bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
SECOND LIFE: A THREE-DIMENIONAL VIRTUAL WORLD FOR DEVELOPING THAI EFL LEARNERS’ ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Authors: JEHMA Hambalee
Published: July 2020

This quasi-experimental research aims to investigate if applying the Second life, a virtual platform, in the English communication classroom is highly effective. Other factors such as the gender differences, the difference of majors of study, and the number of hours spent on computers were also investigated. The Second life has been employed as a research tool in the study for developing English as a foreign language undergraduate students’ English communication skills. The samples of this study were 40 undergraduate students from two different majors, social sciences and science, divided into16 males and 24 females. They were studying English course at the university as a compulsory subject. The students took the TOEIC test as the pre-test before the semester starts. They were, then, asked to practice their English communication skills by typically interacting with the English contents, having discussion in the Second Life platform virtually outside of the classroom. After the TOEIC test was taken again at the end of the semester as the post-test and the data has been analyzed by t-test and ANOVA, the findings show that students with different backgrounds which were genders, fields of study, and hours of spending the computers have indifferent mean scores in their communication skills. It means all the students have developed their English communication skills. Applying the Second Life in English Communication classroom for EFL learners is highly recommended.
INVESTIGATING STUDENT SATISFACTION IN ONLINE LEARNING: THE ROLE OF STUDENT INTERACTION AND ENGAGEMENT IN DISTANCE LEARNING UNIVERSITY
Authors: MUZAMMIL Moh. , SUTAWIJAYA Adrian , HARSASI Meirani
Published: July 2020

This study aimed to analyze student satisfaction and engagement effect in online learning which are

influenced by student interaction. We use the concept of interaction which is divided into three types of

interactions, namely student interactions with other students, student interactions with tutors/teachers, and

student interactions with content. We conducted this research in an open and distance learning university

in Indonesia. To answer the research goals, we applied a quantitative research approach utilizing structural

equation modelling to verify our proposed hypotheses. To gain the data, we exploit an online survey

through a questionnaire and the data were being collected randomly. The population of this study was all

students in Faculty of Economics who registered in online learning at the first semester of 2018 that reach

as many as 124,041 students. We attached the questionnaires in all online classes and 4,305 of them were

completed and could be used for statistical analysis. We proposed four hypotheses and based on the result

of structural modelling, we verified that all the hypotheses were supported. The statistical analysis has found

that interaction among students, interaction between students and teacher, and interaction between students

and content have positive impact on student engagement. The results also showed that student engagement

has positive impact on student satisfaction. We discuss the practical implication and suggestion for future

research in the results and discussion section.
INTEGRATION OF BALANCED SCORECARD AND SIX SIGMA IN MEASURING OPEN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC SERVICES PERFORMANCE
Authors: FATMASARI Rhini
Published: July 2020

Performance appraisal is one of the activities carried out by the organization to assess performance quantitatively. One of the performance assessment methods used is Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard. Six Sigma is an organizational approach to improve operational excellence, while the Balanced Scorecard provides a framework for transforming organizational strategies into work matrices that help organizations compete. Strategic business plans can be implemented using the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) performance management system approach, while various action programs can be applied using the Six Sigma approach. Both methods can be integrated to synergize in achieving the company’s strategic goals. This study aims to measure the performance of Open University academic services with the integration of BSC and Six Sigma in the field of academic services. Through this integration, performance measurement was focused on quality control by exploring UT’s academic service system as a whole and combined with four perspectives in the Balanced Scorecard. The results showed the level of student satisfaction with UT’s academic services of 90.20% which means that students are very satisfied with UT’s academic services which include programs of distance education and programs, models, teaching materials (modules and non-print teaching materials), face-to-face tutorials and online tutorials, learning assistance counselling services, and learning evaluation. Meanwhile, measurement using Six Sigma shows that UT academic services are at level 3, which means there are still some UT services that are not perfect, especially in tutorial and teaching materials services.
COMPARISON OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN BULGARIAN AGRICULTURE WITH OTHER EU MEMBER STATES
Authors: Bachev H. , Kharlamova G.
Published: July 2020

Іn Bulgaria, there is no comprehensive analysis of the state and evolution of agrarian research and development (ARD) activities, neither comparative studies with other EU member states. The goal of this paper is to analyze the state and evolution of ARD in Bulgaria during the period after country’s EU accession in 2007, identify major trends in that area, make a comparison with other EU states, specify main problems, and suggest conclusions for improvement of policies during next programming period. The analysis has found out that in years of EU membership the expenditures for ARD significantly decreased absolutely and relatively as a share in the total expenditures for R&D, which indicates diminishing importance and deteriorating financial, personnel, and material potential of agrarian knowledge and innovation sector. The most important sector for ARD in the country is the government in which more than 80% of overall expenditures for ARD are invested, as distribution of expenditures and organization of R&D in major sectors differ considerably from other EU member states. ARD in the country mainly are funded by the state budget, and the importance of budget financing relatedly increases during the period, unlike trends in other EU countries.
La autopercepción de competencia mediática y su relación con las variables sociodemográficas del profesorado de tres instituciones educativas ubicadas en Lima
Authors: Gonzales-Miñán Milagros Del Carmen , Turpo-Gebera Osbaldo , Suárez-Guerrero Cristóbal
Published: July 2020

El objetivo del estudio fue conocer los niveles de autopercepción de competencia mediática y su relación con las variables sociodemográficas del profesorado de tres instituciones educativas ubicadas en Lima. El método fue cuantitativo, el nivel descriptivo correlacional y el diseño no experimental. Se aplicó el Cuestionario de autopercepción sobre competencia mediática para docentes en formación así como un cuestionario de datos para recoger información sobre las variables sociodemográficas. El análisis psicométrico del instrumento refiere validez de contenido (acuerdo interjueces por V de Aiken con valores por encima de 0,85 en todos los ítems) y alta fiabilidad (Alfa de Cronbach de 0,92). El muestreo fue no probabilístico incidental, conformando una muestra de 78 profesores. Los resultados indican que la autopercepción de competencia mediática se distribuye de manera mayoritaria en los niveles bajo y medio. Se concluye que el constructo se correlaciona con todas las variables sociodemográficas, estando a favor de las mujeres, los casados, los profesores de mayor edad y años de experiencia, los que se iniciaron con menos de 30 años, los que enseñan en primaria, los contratados, los que estudiaron en universidad, los que poseen maestría, laboran en el colegio privado y se capacitan y actualizan frecuentemente.  Palabras Clave: Competencia mediática; autopercepción; profesorado; educación básica
SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF CONVALESCENT PLASMA FOR COVID-19: THE FIRST RESULTS OF A CLINICAL STUDY
Authors: Baklaushev Vladimir , Averyanov A. V. , Sotnikova A. G. , Perkina Anastasia S. , Ivanov Alexander , Yusubalieva Gaukhar M. , Novikova Oksana N. , Shikina Valentina Е. , Kedrova A. G. , Sandjarov A. E. , Balionis Olga I. , Valuev-Elliston Vladimir T. , Zakirova Natalia F. , Glazov Yaroslav N. , Panukhina Irina A. , Soloviev Nikolay A. , Ivanov Yu. V. , Vasilev Valentin N. , Klypa T. V. , Troitskiy Alexander V.
Published: July 2020

Introduction. The lack of effective aetiotropic therapy of COVID-19 prompted researchers around the world searching for various methods of SARS-CoV-2 elimination, including convalescent plasma. The aim of this work was to study the safety and efficacy of severe COVID-19 treatment with convalescence plasma containing specific antibodies to the receptor binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2 S protein in a titer of at least 1: 1000. Methods. A single-center, randomized, prospective, clinical study performed at the FRCC FMBA of Russia with the participation of 85 patients who were stratified in two groups. The first group contains 20 critically ill patients who are on mechanical ventilation; Results. The use of plasma of convalescents in patients with severe COVID-19 with mechanical ventilation does not affect the disease outcome in these patients. Mortality rate in this group was 60%, which corresponds to the average mortality of patients on mechanical ventilation in our hospital. In the second group clinical improvement was detected in 75% and 51%, for convalescent and normal plasma respectively. Of the 46 people who received convalescent plasma, three patients (6.5%) were transferred to mechanical ventilation, two of whom died. In the group receiving non-immune plasma, the need for mechanical ventilation also arose in three patients (15%), of which two died. The hospital mortality in the group of convalescent plasma was 4.3%, which is significantly lower than the average COVID-19 hospital mortality in our Center (6.73%) and more than two times lower than the hospital mortality in the control group (n = 150), matched by age and by the disease severity. Conclusions. Thus, we demonstrated relative safety of convalescent plasma transfusion and the effectiveness of such therapy for COVID-19 at least in terms of the survival of patients with severe respiratory failure without mechanical ventilation. In the absence of bioengineered neutralizing antibodies and effective aetiotropic therapy, the use of hyperimmune convalescent plasma is the simplest and most effective method of specific etiopathogenetic therapy using forms of COVID-19.
Desenvolvimento do capim vetiver cultivado em diferentes ambientes e adubado com esterco bovino
Authors: Medeiros Leonardo Oliveira Santos , Nascimento Maria Teresa Cristina Coelho do , Santos Joelma Sales dos , Brasileiro Ilza Maria Do Nascimento , Azevedo Carlos Alberto Vieira de
Published: July 2020

Este trabalho foi realizado com o objetivo de avaliar o desenvolvimento do capim vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides L. Roberty) cultivado em colunas de PVC e adubado com diferentes níveis de esterco bovino sob condições de ambiente distintas. O experimento foi instalado em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com três repetições, em esquema fatorial 5 x 2, sendo cinco níveis de esterco bovino (0%, 10%, 20%, 30% e 40%) e dois tipos de ambiente (ambiente livre e ambiente protegido com tela de sombreamento de 80% de abertura), totalizando 30 unidades experimentais. Foram realizadas avaliações referentes à altura de planta e ao número de brotos aos 15, 30, 45 e 60 dias após o transplantio (DAT). Aos 60 DAT, no final do experimento, as plantas foram separadas para determinação do comprimento da raiz e da produção de massa verde e seca da parte aérea e da raiz. Os resultados obtidos permitiram constatar que a ausência de esterco bovino contribuiu para o maior desenvolvimento do sistema radicular das plantas de capim vetiver. O nível de 10% de esterco bovino proporcionou maior número de brotos e acréscimo na massa verde da parte aérea e nas massas verde e seca da raiz. O ambiente livre proporcionou o maior desenvolvimento das plantas de capim vetiver.
SUSTAINING ACADEMIC SUCCESS THROUGH EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Authors: Afalla Bonimar T. , Fabelico Fitzgerald L.
Published: July 2020

Purpose of the study: This study ascertained the classroom management practices of teachers and their relationship to the academic performance of college students of a state university in the Philippines.

Methodology: As a correlational study, 317 randomly selected senior college students served as respondents. A survey questionnaire was used to determine the level of teachers’ classroom management practices. The Grade Point Averages (GPAs) of the students constitute their academic performance. Frequency, percentage, mean, and Pearson r were used to analyse gathered data statistically.

Main Findings: When the teachers give priority to the physical classroom condition, the students tend to feel relaxed and comfortable, thereby displaying a higher level of academic performance. Further, students performed better when the teachers positively reinforced their responses. Furthermore, the students’ better performance in their educational undertakings is linked with teachers’ adeptness in time management.

Applications of this study: To further improve the academic performance of students, teachers may strengthen the teaching-learning process through the following provisions: inspiring classroom setups, classroom enhancement programs (peer teaching, remedial and tutorial programs), appropriate educative measures and proper allocation of time.

Novelty/Originality of this study: This study provides verifications that some aspects of classroom management such as physical condition, discipline, and time management are significantly linked to students’ academic success.
Households Livelihood Coping Strategies in the Urban Informal Settlements the Case of Mlalakuwa Dar-es-Salaam Tanzania
Authors: N.G.A.K. Tesha Dennis
Published: July 2020

This paper explores various households livelihood coping strategies in the urban informal settlement of Mlalakuwa in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. It employed a case study method in the urban informal settlement of Mlalakuwa. Multiple data collection tools were employed, in which semi-structured interviews with key informants, field observations, sketches, mapping and photographic registration, were used in collecting primary data through household survey, while literature review, was used in collecting secondary data. Descriptive statistical and content analysis were employed in data analysis.The paper revealed that; households in the study are involved in a lot of livelihood activities, such as urban agriculture and livestock keeping (i.e. pigs, chicken and cow), as well as trading these goods in the market, shop keeping, selling pharmaceutical, monetary services (banks, and mobile money), brewing of local drink, running female and male hair dressing saloons as well as selling their products, vehicle and motor cycles repairing, milling machines, taxi-running and driving, motor cycles-running and driving, mobile shoe shining and mending, food processing and vending, food product street hawking, fish and meat butchery, selling fuel wood and charcoal, tailoring and cloth retailing, carpentry, welding and metal working, bricks and pavement material making, building materials retailing, oil and gas trading, etc. drawn by combining both tangible and intangible assets, as a strategy in coping with life stress and shocks. It argues that the informal economy plays a crucial role not only for the lower income earners, but also the middle and higher income earners, with everyone depending on one another, in different livelihood activities. Living together in one area, the three income earning groups, involves themselves in agricultural (farm) and non-agricultural (non-farm), monetary (economics) or non-monetary (non-economics), livelihood activities which all ernes them capital, as coping strategy against life stress and shocks. The paper concludes that; the households in the Mlalakuwa urban informal settlement, survives by combining various assets as a livelihood coping and recovery strategies based on their indigenous strategies and knowledge, so as to recover from daily life stress and shocks.
Tumor retroperitoneal primario durante el embarazo: reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura
Authors: Aragón-Mendoza Rafael Leonardo , Arenas-Gamboa Jaime , Vieira-Serna Santiago , Sierra Isaac Alfonso Juan
Published: July 2020

Objetivo: reportar el caso de una paciente gestante con diagnóstico de tumor retroperitoneal primario y hacer revisión de la literatura del diagnóstico, tratamiento y pronóstico materno-fetal de esta entidad durante el embarazo. Materiales y métodos: gestante de 19 años que consulta por tumor retroperitoneal identificado por ecografía, se realizó biopsia percutánea con resultado de tumor benigno; parto por cesárea con recién nacido sano. A los 4 meses se realizó resección quirúrgica, la histopatología mostró un teratoma quístico maduro. Se realizó búsqueda en las bases de datos de: Medline vía PubMed, Lilacs, SciELO y ScienceDirect, con los términos: “embarazo”, “neoplasias” y “neoplasias retroperitoneales”, incluyendo reportes y series de caso de tumores retroperitoneales en el embarazo. Se identificó el diagnóstico, tratamiento y pronóstico materno-fetal Resultados: se identificaron 1.658 títulos, de los cuales 34 reportes de casos y una serie de casos cumplieron con los criterios de inclusión. El 62,9% eran tumores benignos. El diagnóstico se hizo como hallazgo incidental en el 63% de los casos, el ultrasonido identificó la masa en el 77%, la biopsia percutánea se utilizó en el 8% de los casos incluyendo el reportado. El tratamiento quirúrgico fue utilizado en el 88% de los casos, generalmente después del parto. Hubo mortalidad materna en el 8,5% de los casos. El pronóstico fetal fue bueno en el 65% de las gestaciones. Conclusión: los tumores retroperitoneales en la gestación, a pesar de ser principalmente benignos, tienen un pronóstico materno y fetal reservado en un importante número de casos. Se requiere evaluar los beneficios y riesgo de la biopsia percutánea.
Observation on the Effect of Comfortable Nursing in ICU Patients with Severe Infection
Authors: Li Yexin
Published: July 2020

Objective: this article aims to explore the effect of comfortable nursing in ICU patients with severe infection. Methods: from January 2018 to January 2019, 44 patients with severe infection were selected as research objects. They were randomly divided into observation group (n=22) and control group (n=22). The control group was given routine nursing, while the observation group was given comfortable nursing on the basis of the control group. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQ1), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and the incidence of adverse reactions were observed and compared between the two groups before and after intervention. Results: the PSQI score and SAS score of the patients in the observation group were lower than those in the control group. The incidence of adverse reactions in the observation group was 4.59%, which was significantly lower than that in the control group (27.27%), and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: comfortable nursing intervention for ICU patients with severe infection can obviously improve their sleep quality and negative emotions, and reduce the incidence of adverse reactions during hospitalization, which has clinical application value.
The architecture of the Kattendijk Formation and the implications on the early Pliocene depositional evolution of the southern margin of the North Sea Basin
Authors: DECKERS Jef , LOUWYE Stephen
Published: July 2020

An east-west correlation profile through the upper Neogene succession north of Antwerp, based on cone penetration tests, reveals the architecture of the lower Pliocene Kattendijk Formation. It shows a basal incision of the Kattendijk Formation down to 20 m in Miocene sands and locally even Lower Oligocene clays. The incision is part of a much larger gully system in the region at the base of the Kattendijk Formation. The strongest gully incision is observed along the western profile, and coincides with increases in the thickness of the Kattendijk Formation from its typical four to six meters thickness in the east towards a maximum of 15 m in the west. Correlations show that this additional thickness represents a separate sequence of the Kattendijk Formation that first filled the deepest part of the gully prior to being transgressed and covered by the second sequence deposited in a larger gully system. Both sequences of the Kattendijk Formation have basal transgressive layers, and are lithologically identical. Initial, deep incision at the base of the Kattendijk Formation might have been the result of the constriction of early Pliocene tidal currents that invaded and expanded fluvial or estuarine gullies that had developed during the latest Miocene sea-level low. A similar mechanism had been proposed for the development of late Miocene gully system at the base of the Diest Formation further southeast in northern Belgium. As the wider area was transgressed and covered by the second sequence of the Kattendijk Formation, flow constriction ended, currents weakened and gully incisions were reduced in size.
Nem ela, nem ele
Authors: Hartemann Gabby
Published: July 2020

Pode a arqueologia produzir conhecimento sobre gênero(s) que não mantenha pessoas trans na condição de anomalia? Tendo em vista o incrível e permanente silêncio na ampla literatura arqueológica no que concernem as existências e corpos fora de binarismos macho/fêmea e homem/mulher, este trabalho aponta para a necessidade de construirmos uma crítica queer no âmbito da produção de conhecimento da arqueologia que transcenda esses binarismos modernos ocidentais. A partir de uma investigação da literatura arqueológica, procura-se enxergar as formas com as quais o tema da não-binariedade de sexo e de gênero tem sido tratado, bem como pretende-se dar visibilidade a caminhos alternativos sendo traçados. O olhar trans proposto nesta reflexão afirma-se enquanto esforço que visa fortalecer uma arqueologia queer brasileira disposta a distanciar-se de discursos hegemônicos sobre o que constitui a normalidade.
Patrimônio como categoria de luta LGBT+
Authors: Silva Bruno Sanches Ranzani da , Barros Julia Xavier
Published: July 2020

Para os propósitos deste resumo, partirei da concepção de patrimônio como uma categoria Estatal de gestão do espaço público e da memória social (SILVA 2017). Nesse escopo, gostaria de fazer algumas considerações sobre o uso dessa categoria como instrumento de luta, como retórica que possa carregar pautas sociais em negociação com o Estado pela melhoria da qualidade de vida da população – aqui, falo da população LGBT+. Veremos brevemente, ao final, o caso da Parada do Orgulho LGBT de São Paulo.
The island of menstruating men
Authors: Benavides Oswald Hugo
Published: July 2020

My initial reading, almost three decades ago (as a graduate student), of Leacock’s introduction was quite profound.  It was the first time I read a succinct outline of how gender inequality might have developed and was equally offered a viable hypothesis of what might have also led to patriarchy.  This is particularly significant since, most probably, for the majority of our species’ history, that is, for almost two hundred thousands years, a greater form of gender (and social) equality had existed.  It was Engel’s work through Leacock’s introduction that enabled me to appreciate how when capital accumulation appeared, particularly under state formation, women faired worse than men and seem to have become second class citizens.However, the questions still remained: How did this shift occur?  What were the mechanism that made normalized one gender over another, and made this a lasting legacy until our days?  And what were the roles of child-birth, and perhaps warring itself, in this process, since both activity seemed to be the most gender-specific ones in the literature? Meanwhile, no actual hypothesis was proposed in Leacock’s introduction of how same-sex desire might have entered the picture.  Although it was clear from the analysis that monogamous heterosexual arrangements were complicit with capital accumulation, as well as, with gender hierarchy, patriarchy and sexual discrimination.
Regado com o sangue de tantos mártires
Authors: Lima Rodrigo Araújo de
Published: July 2020

A Arqueologia que se fez na Espanha, durante o regime Franquista, foi sem dúvida uma Arqueologia enviesada, compelida e sobretudo, cruel. Nesse artigo discorreremos sobre a relação entre o Governo e a Academia no período franquista. Temos como objetivo evidenciar os maus usos da Arqueologia, para tanto abordaremos quatro autores que tiveram importante papel na Arqueologia durante o regime de Franco, são eles: Julio Martínez Santa-Olalla; Martín Almagro Basch, Oswald Meghin e Miguel Tarradell i Mateu.
A faiança fina e o comportamento de consumo na Fazenda São Bento e Engenho Jaguaribe no século XVIII-XIX na Sesmaria Jaguaribe Litoral Norte de Pernambuco
Authors: Silva Vanessa Rodrigues da , Oliveira Cláudia Alves de
Published: July 2020

O estudo do comportamento de consumo dos moradores da Fazenda São Bento e do Engenho Jaguaribe no século XVIII-XIX, situados no litoral norte do estado de Pernambuco. Questiona-se o comportamento de consumo de seus moradores em relação ao uso da faiança fina, existiria um padrão de consumo distinto entre os moradores do Engenho e Fazenda? Trabalhou-se com a hipótese de que os moradores teriam comportamento de consumo distinto devido a natureza das unidades trabalhadas. Foram utilizadas a Fórmula de Datação da Cerâmica (South, 1972), Escala Econômica de Miller (Miller, 1980) e a Análise Tipológica. A pesquisa demonstrou que tanto o sítio São Bento quanto o Engenho Jaguaribe possuem louças consideradas de baixo valor, Bandedware, seguidas da faiança fina Transfer Printing de valor mais elevado o que demonstra preocupação com os utensílios do cotidiano.
Arqueologia e ação política
Authors: Fernandes Mariana Costa de Moraes , Coronel Luciana  Paiva , Thiesen Beatriz Valladão
Published: July 2020

A partir das ideias do arqueólogo González Ruibal sobre a necessidade de criar formas alternativas de traduzir os restos do passado e as de Randall Mcguire sobre arqueologia e ação política, procuramos discutir o fazer arqueológico enquanto ação política e demonstrar que a materialidade tem o poder de nos despertar para os acontecimentos do passado. Para isso, usamos como exemplo a Instalação Vestígios de uma ausência: Uma arqueologia da Repressão, pensada em 2014 pelos alunos da disciplina Arqueologia do Capitalismo III, da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG. A Instalação teve como objetivo principal divulgar repressão durante a Ditadura Militar brasileira através dos objetos e sem o uso de palavras. Através da leitura dos escritos deixados pelo público que visitou a Instalação, procuramos demonstrar a eficácia dessa forma alternativa de divulgar o conhecimento do passado.
As experiências da arte como necessidades da vida
Authors: Farina Mauricius Martins
Published: July 2020

A edição n. º 10 da Revista Visuais apresenta artigos de pesquisadores de diferentes instituições do Brasil, de Portugal e da Espanha. Vale destacar que a Revista Visuais tem em perspectiva abrir espaço para textos que se relacionem com a teoria e a crı́tica da arte, com a experiência da arte, e em particular com os textos produzidos por artistas e pesquisadores relacionados às complexidades do processo criativo na arte. Assim, esperarmos contribuir e dar continuidade da missão da Revista Visuais que está em abrir seu espaço para a publicação das investigações em artes visuais nas suas várias possibilidades e articulações.
UPAYA GURU DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN KARAKTER ANAK USIA DINI MELALUI KETELADANAN DAN PEMBIASAAN DI PAUD AL-AMIEN GUNUNG ELEH KEDUNGDUNG SAMPANG
Authors: Hasanah Umrotul
Published: July 2020

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana upaya guru dalam membangun karakter anak usia dini di PAUD Al-Amien Gunung Eleh Kedungdung Sampang. Target penelitian ini adalah terbentuknya karakter anak usia dini melalui keteladanan dan pembiasaan. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif dengan metode penelitian kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan informasi penelitian ini dengan metode observasi dan wawancara. Analisis data penelitian ini menggunakan analisis deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa membangun karakter anak disekolah harus dengan pembiasaan, keteladanan guru dan semua pihak sekolah maupun orang tua di rumah. Pembiasaan dan keteladanan yang diterapkan sebagai berikut: 1) mengajarkan perbuatan jujur, 2) mengajarkan anak tentang sikap tanggung jawab, 3) mengajarkan anak tentang perbuatan disiplin, 4) bekerja sama dengan temannya.
PENGEMBANGAN KARAKTER SOPAN SANTUN MELALUI KEGIATAN BERMAIN PERAN PADA ANAK USIA DINI DI TK ADIRASA JUMIANG
Authors: Aini Qurrarul
Published: July 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana penerapan metode bermain peran dalam mengembangkan karakter sopan santun pada anak. Subjek penelitian ini adalah anak kelompok B RA Adirasa Jumiang Muballighin II. Data yang dikumpukan berupa karakter sopan santun anak dan proses penerapan metode bermain peran dalam pembelajaran. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terjadi peningkatan karakter sopan santun anak dari Siklus I sampai dengan Siklus III. Rata-rata persentase pencapaian kemampuan karakter sopan santun anak meningkat berturut-turut dari prasiklus, sikus I dan siklus III. Berturut-turut 45% pada kondisi prasiklus meningkat menjadi 70% pada siklus I, 22,62% di siklus II. Sedangkan jumlah anak yang tuntas belajar atau mencapai prosentase keberhasilan sebesar 75% juga terus anak yang prasentase pencapaiannya yang berkatagori mulai berkembang. Dan pada siklus III, anak sudah banyak mengalami peningkatan salah satunya bisa mwewarnai sesuai dengan kreasinya sendirai dan sudah bisa tidak melebihi garis ketika mewarnai.
Pengembangan Kurikulum Pembelajaran AUD Berbasis Tauhid
Authors: Maulidina Junita , Aini Nur , Riskiyanti Riskiyanti , Wahyuni Sri
Published: July 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan tentang Pengembangan Kurikulum Pembelajaran AnakUsia Dini Berbasis Tauhid. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan jenis penelitiandeskriptif. Data ini di peroleh dari melalui referensi dari jurnal. Hasil penelitian ini sebagai berikut: 1)Konsep pendidikan Tauhid anak usia dini 2) Penerapan konsep pendidikan anak usia dini 3)Perencanaan pembelajaran tauhid 4) Implementasi pembelajaran berbasis Tauhid. Pendidikanberbasis Tauhid merupakan salah satu solusi untuk Pendidikan di Indonesia, Pendidikan berbasisTauhid adalah keseluruhan kegiatan Pendidikan yang meliputi pembimbingan, pembinaan danpengembangan potensi diri manusia sesuai dengan bakat, kadar kemampuan dan keahlian masingmasing yang bersumber dan bemuara kepada Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala. Sedangkan konsep dasardari kurikulum berbasis Tauhid adalah menerapkan sebuah kurikulum Pendidikan yang muatanmaupun metode pembelajarannya mengarah kepada pembentukan karakter islami untukmeningkatkan ketaqwaan kepada Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala.
How the COVID-19 Crisis is Showing us the Complexities in the Global Energy Transition
Authors: Meza Carlos Germán , Amado Nilton Bispo , Sauer Ildo
Published: July 2020

The measures for tackling the COVID-19 may shrink the global GDP by approximately 6% in 2020, the deepest post-war recession. As a result, the global energy demand declined by 3.8% in the first quarter of 2020. Concerning fossil fuels, this conjuncture reduced the demand drastically and collapsed the prices to historic levels. Despite the general market disruptions, renewable energy sources (RES) seem to be more resilient to the crisis because they are the only sources that will grow in demand in 2020, driven by priority dispatch. The RES´s significant growth in cumulative installed capacity in the last two decades and the significant cost reductions of RES and energy storage technologies are positive signs towards better market conditions for the global energy transition. Currently, the crisis is seen by international agencies and transition scholars as an opportunity to advance a renewable-based energy transformation. Nevertheless, this article aims at caution about another possibility: if societal changes are not urgently implemented, the crisis may weaken the global energy transition. This article examines this last possibility from a three-level perspective: 1) post-COVID economic recovery, 2) low oil and natural gas prices and competitiveness of alternative sources and, 3) reorganization of the world energy market and the OPEC+. This paper exists to stimulate debate.
Effect on CO2 Emissions in Maritime Container Terminals Using New Vessel Mooring System by Vacum. Emissions by TEU
Authors: Díaz-Ruiz-Navamuel Emma , Ortega Andres , Andres Manuel , Pérez-Labajos1 Carlos A.
Published: July 2020

Taking into account the increase in the emission of greenhouse gases produced by ships, during navigation and maneuvering in the port, a direct consequence of the increase in maritime traffic, the international community has developed a broad set of regulations to limit such emissions. The installation in commercial ports of automatic mooring systems by means of vacuum suction cups (AMS), thus reducing considerably the time required to carry out the mooring and unmooring maneuvers of ships, is a factor that is considerably influencing the decrease in Emissions of polluting gases in commercial ports with high traffic. The objective of the present work is to verify the influence of the use of the AMS on the emissions of polluting gases produced in the facilities destined to the traffic of container ships. It examines the CO2 emissions of container ships that call in the only three container ports equipped with AMS: Salalah (Oman), Beirut (Lebanon) and Ngqura (South Africa). Between them, these three ports supported the transit of 6 million TEUS in 2017. The calculation of emissions is made taking into account the time saved when performing the mooring maneuvers using the new AMS system compared with when it is not used. To do this, two different calculation methods are used: EPA and ENTEC to then compare the results of the two and thus obtain the reduction in emissions per TEU in these terminals during the mooring maneuvers. The paper concludes with a discussion on the values of the reductions in emissions obtained and the advantages of the installation of AMS in commercial ports located near population centres.
Biometric analysis of moustached thryssa Thryssa mystax (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) along the Ratnagiri coast of Maharashtra, India
Authors: Kende D. R. , Nirmale V. H. , Gurjar U. R. , Qayoom U. , Syed N. , Pawar R. A.
Published: July 2020

The moustached thryssa Thryssa mystax (Bloch and Schneider, 1801), is an important bycatch landed by trawl nets and mini purse seines at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. Morphometric characters and length-weight relationship of the moustached thryssa were studied from 876 specimens comprising of 436 males, 407 females and 33 indeterminates, collected from Ratnagiri. The coefficient of correlation of total length against other morphometric characters of T. mystax ranged between 0.3967 (against pre-pelvic length) to 0.9966 (against fork length). All morphometric measures had a high and moderate degree of correlation with total length. The length-weight relationship indicated isometric growth. The coefficient of correlation (r) for the length-weight relationship was estimated at 0.9327, 0.9266, 0.9743 and 0.9379 for the males, females, indeterminants and pooled data, respectively.
Vulnerabilidad, conocimiento sobre medidas de mitigación y exposición ante COVID-19 en adultos de México: Resultados de la ENSARS-CoV-2
Authors: Gaona-Pineda Elsa Berenice , Mundo-Rosas Verónica , Méndez-Gómez-Humarán Ignacio , Gómez-Acosta Luz María , Ávila-Arcos Marco Antonio , Cuevas-Nasu Lucía , Shamah-Levy Teresa
Published: July 2020

Objetivo. Caracterizar el grado de vulnerabilidad, el conocimiento de medidas de contención y síntomas de la enfermedad de COVID-19, su movilidad y confinamiento en una muestra nacional de adultos mexicanos. Material y métodos. Se obtuvo información de 1073 adultos (≥20 Años) a nivel nacional por encuesta telefónica (ENSARS-CoV2). Por análisis de correspondencias se clasificó a la población en grupos de vulnerabilidad ante el COVID-19, considerando morbilidad. Se evaluó su asociación con conocimientos de medidas de mitigación, síntomas, movilidad y confinamiento, mediante un modelo de análisis de varianza multivariado (MANOVA). Resultados. Se clasificó a la población en 4 grupos. Se observó una asociación significativa entre la vulnerabilidad y sexo; los hombres pasaron más tiempo fuera de casa, hombres ≥60 años con diabetes o hipertensión pasan menos tiempo con visitas o amistades e identifican menor número de síntomas y medidas de mitigación de COVID-19. Conclusiones. Los resultados aportan al conocimiento para generar recomendaciones focalizadas para prevención y cuidados ante COVID-19.
Geolocalización en las campañas SEM: una mirada al uso de los términos de ubicación en las palabras clave
Authors: Moreno Beltrán Luisa Fernanda , López Torres Katherine Paulina , Lasso Parra Miguel Antonio
Published: July 2020

El objetivo de esta investigación es evaluar el potencial y la efectividad de las palabras clave de longtail de georreferenciación, en el sector específico de la venta de bebidas naturales en Internet por medio de una campaña SEM (Search Engine Marketing). La base teórica proviene de una serie de investigaciones acerca de la clasificación de las palabras clave y el efecto que tiene la ubicación en las campañas de marketing. Para la creación de los anuncios se hizo un análisis de cómo buscaban en Internet las personas que consumen este tipo de producto, los beneficios asociados y los competidores. Se escogieron las palabras con una competencia alta y un buen nivel de búsquedas. Para medir la efectividad de estos términos de búsqueda se decidió correr una campaña de seis anuncios en Google por 10 días. Con el análisis de los resultados identificamos que la característica de geolocalización solo es usada por marcas líderes del mercado y franquicias con presencia en diferentes ciudades.
The impact of Icariside II on human prostate cancer cell proliferation, mobility, and autophagy via PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling pathway
Authors: Li Shuang , Zhan Yunlu , Xie Yingwei , Wang Yonghui , Liu Yuexin
Published: July 2020

Background

The flavonol glycoside icariside Ⅱ (ICA II) has been shown to exhibit a range of anti-tumor properties. Herein we evaluated the impact of ICA II on the proliferation, motility, and autophagy activity of human prostate cancer cells, and we further evaluated the molecular mechanisms underlying these effects.
Methods

Herein, we treated DU145 human prostate cancer cells with a range of ICA II doses. We then evaluated the proliferative abilities of these cells via CCK-8 assay, whereas apoptosis and cell cycle status were assessed via flow cytometry. We further utilized wound healing and transwell assays to probe the impact of ICA II on migratory and invasive activities, while autophagy was assessed via laser confocal fluorescence microscopy. Western blotting was further utilized to measure LC3-II/I, Beclin-1, P70S6K, PI3K, AKT, mTOR, phospho-AKT, phospho-mTOR, and phospho-P70S6K levels, with RT-PCR being used to evaluate the expression of these same genes at the mRNA level.
Results

We found that ICA II was capable of mediating a dose- and time-dependent suppression of prostate cancer cell proliferative activity, while also causing these cells to enter a state of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. We further determined that ICA II treatment was associated with significant impairment of prostate cancer cell migratory and invasive abilities, whereas autophagy was enhanced in treated cells relative to untreated controls. Levels of p-P70S6K, p-mTOR, p-AKT, and PI3K were all also decreased by ICA II.
Conclusion

Our results indicate that ICA II treatment is capable of suppressing human prostate tumor cell proliferation and disrupting migratory activity while enhancing autophagy through PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling. As such, ICA II may be an ideal candidate drug for the treatment of prostate cancer.
First-Generation Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients with a Wuhan-Traveling History are Prone to More Severe Diseases
Authors: Zhang Peiyan , Chen Jincheng , Xiao Guohui , Chen Peifen , Liu Shuyan , Li Xiaoli , Li Yinfeng , Zhang Su , Bi Jing , Feng Shiyan , Wang Fuxiang , Zhang Guoliang , Liu Yingxia
Published: July 2020

Wuhan has the highest number of deaths and mortality from COVID-19 in China to date, but the reason remains unknown. Here we compared patients with COVID-19 with a history of traveling in Wuhan with those who did not travel in Wuhan in the early stage of pandemic with respect to a series of clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters. We observed that patients who had traveled in Wuhan had an increased rate of severe disease and longer viral duration along with fewer CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, although there was no significant difference in viral load between the two groups.
Plasma Metabolomics Signature of Gout and Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia
Authors: Zhang Baoyu , Zhang Lijie , Wang Yuan , Wang Zongwei , Mo Caiyan , Cao Bin , Yin Ruili , Ke Jing , Yang Longyan , Zhao Dong
Published: July 2020

Background: Gout is a metabolic disease and is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis affecting men. However, the pathogenesis of gout is still uncertain, and novel biomarkers are needed for early prediction and diagnosis of gout. To reveal the metabolic alterations in plasma of gout patients and hyperuricemia patients and discover novel molecular biomarkers for early diagnosis. Metabonomics was employed to screen and identify novel biomarkers of gout based on human plasma. High performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector (HPLC-DAD) and orthogonal signal correction partial least squares discriminate analysis (OPLS-DA) were also used for metabonomics study.Results: 80 and 62 features were selected as remarkable significant variables in the two modes between gout and control group, 90 and 50 features between hyperuricemia (HUA) and control group, 63 and 60 features between gout and HUA group, respectively. 25 potential metabolic biomarkers which at least in two comparison groups were remained. Among 25 metabolites, 34% presented high area under the curve (AUC) values (AUC >0.75). Four metabolites including Lys-Ser, L-Pipecolic acid, glycine, arecoline were screened out. They were used to distinguish gout from hyperuricemia with AUC>0.75, which was greater than the AUC of uric acid.Conclusion: The differential metabolites of gout screened out were involved in amino acid metabolism, including glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, arginine biosynthesis, glutathione metabolism. Lys-Ser, L-pipecolic acid, glycine, arecoline were down-regulated in gout patients compared with hyperuricemia patients. The metabolomics signatures could serve as an efficient tool for early diagnosis and provide novel insights into the pathogenesis of gout.
Acupuncture Decreases the Incidence of Post-stroke Dementia: A Taiwan Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study
Authors: Chu Shao-Ang , Chen Te-Yuan , Chen Po-Yuan , Tzeng Wei-Jie , Liang Cheng-Loong , Lu Kang , Chen Han-Jung , Tsai Chin-Chuan , Wang Hao-Kuang
Published: July 2020

BACKGROUND

Stroke has been recognized as one of the major causes of adult disability worldwide, and post-stroke dementia may affect up to one-third of stroke survivors. This condition could be prevented if we could recognize and treat it earlier. Acupuncture as a complementary treatment for stroke has been shown to be beneficial for subsequent post-stroke rehabilitation. Our study investigated if acupuncture served additional advantages to decreasing the incidence of post-stroke dementia.
METHODS

We provide a retrospective cohort study from Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. This study compared the incidence of post-stroke dementia between cohorts with and without acupuncture treatment by calculating adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of acupuncture associated with post-stroke dementia using Cox proportional hazard regressions. The study group was composed of 9,547 patients who received first hospitalization for the treatment of stroke between 2002 and 2004; of which, 47,735 comparison patients were defined as the control group. The two groups were followed-up until the diagnosis of dementia presented or until the end of 2007.
RESULTS

The adjusted HRs of developing dementia among patients with stroke was 4.705 times the average (range, 4.353–5.085), and the incidence of dementia was higher in males. The study group tended to have less incidence of all kinds of dementia after acupuncture treatment, and patients without stroke receiving acupuncture had a lower probability of dementia than those untreated during the follow-up period.
CONCLUSIONS

This study presents evidence that acupuncture serves as an effective and alternative procedure to lower the risk of post-stroke dementia and the overall incidence of dementia in Taiwanese population.
15O-Water Dynamic Positron Emission Tomography in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Early Decrease in Blood Flow After Anti-Angiogenic Treatment is Correlated with a Shorter Time to Tumour Progression
Authors: Katayama Daisuke , Yanagawa Masahiro , Matsunaga Keiko , Watabe Hiroshi , Watabe Tadashi , Kato Hiroki , Kijima Takashi , Takeda Yoshito , Kumanogoh Atsushi , Shimosegawa Eku , Hatazawa Jun , Tomiyama Noriyuki
Published: July 2020

Purpose: To evaluate tumour blood flow in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who underwent chemotherapy with bevacizumab before and after administration of chemotherapy using 15O-water positron emission tomography (PET), and to investigate the effects of bevacizumab on tumour blood flow changes and progression-free survival (PFS).Methods: Twelve patients with NSCLC were enrolled. Six patients had chemotherapy with bevacizumab, and the other six had chemotherapy without bevacizumab. 15O-water dynamic PET scans were performed within 1week before the start of chemotherapy and within 1 week after the first day of chemotherapy. Tumour blood flow was analysed quantitatively using a single one‑tissue compartment model with the correction of pulmonary circulation blood volume and arterial blood volume via an image-derived input function. Results: In the bevacizumab group mean tumour blood flow had reduced statistically significantly post-chemotherapy (pre-chemotherapy 0.27 ± 0.14 mL/cm3/min, post‑chemotherapy 0.18 ± 0.12 mL/cm3/min). In the no bevacizumab group there was no significant difference between mean tumour perfusion pre-chemotherapy (0.42 ± 0.42 mL/cm3/min) and post-chemotherapy (0.40 ± 0.27 mL/cm3/min). In the bevacizumab group there was a positive correlation between the blood flow ratio (tumour blood flow post-chemotherapy/tumour blood flow pre-chemotherapy) and PFS (correlation coefficient 0.94).Conclusion: Mean tumour blood flow decreases within 1–2 days after bevacizumab administration. Greater reductions in blood flow were associated with shorter PFS.