bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Herringbone Technique on The Students’ Achievement in Reading Narrative Text at Smas Budisatrya in Academic Years Of 2021/2022
Authors: Dinda Suryani  , Rini Fadhilah
Published: August 2023

The objective of this research is finding out whether or not there is significant The Effect of Using Herringbone Technique on Students’ Achievemenet in Reading Narrative Text at the second semester of the grade of SMAS Budisatrya Medan in academic year 2021/2022.Reading comprehension is the ability to get comprehension, including to recognize the unfamiliar words or sentence in the text. Comic series is one of media that uses some comics related to the story given. These comics has function to describe the story. It is an appropriate media to be taught in Senior High School level to open up their mind widely by reading passage.

There were two variables in this research. The independent variable is the word herringbone technique (X) and dependent variable is the students’ reading comprehension (Y). The research methodology in this research is Quasi experimental design with experimental and control class. The population of this research is the eight grade of SMAS Budisatrya Medan. In determining the sampling technique. The samples of research were 2 classes VIII A consisted of 15 students while in VIII B consisted 15 students. In collecting the data, there were pre-test and post-test and instrument. After  giving the post-test ,the researcher analyzed the data of research .

From the result, it was obtained that t-count is higher than t-critical (46 >39,33).  Therefore, there is significant influence of using series pictures towards students’ reading comprehension in narrative text at the second semester of the eleven grade of SMAS Budisatrya Medan in academic year 2021/2-2022.
Improving Students' Ability In Writing Procedure Text By Using Project-Based Learning At Second Grade Students Of SMA SWASTA AL-WASHLIYAH TANJUNG MORAWA
Authors: Sari Intan , Siregar Nurhafni , Wariyati
Published: August 2023

This research was conducted to improve students' ability in writing procedure text using project-based learning. The formulation of the problem is: “Does the use of project-based learning improve the students' ability in writing procedure text”. The aims of the research is: “To find out whether the use of project-based learning improves the students' ability in writing procedure text”. In this research, the subject of the research were the grade XI-1 students at SMA Al-Washliyah Tanjung Morawa in 2021/2022 academic years which consists of 30 students. In carrying out this research, the researcher used classroom action research (CAR) as a research method. The researcher used the Kemmis and Mc Taggart model. The researchers and English teachers collaborated on this research. Researchers as teachers and teachers as observers. This research was carried out based on research procedures, namely planning, action, observation, and reflection. This research consisted of two cycles. One cycle consisted of two meetings. The instruments used for  get data were interview guidelines, questionnaire, test, and field notes. To analyze student scores, the mean of students, the class percentage, and percentage of students' improvement formulas are used. The results of the research using project-based learning showed that there was an increase in students' ability in writing procedure text. Students get grades gradually until students get good grades. The minimum completeness criteria score (KKM) in English subjects is 75. The average score of students on the pre-test is 61.13. The average score of students in post-test one is 69.06 and there are 40% of students who can get the KKM score. The students' mean score on post-test two was 78.4. And there are 83.3% of students who can get the KKM score. This means that the research has succeeded in achieving the success criteria, namely 75% of students get the KKM score. In addition, there were very positive responses from students and teachers regarding the use of project-based learning. So, it can be concluded that project-based learning can improve students' ability in writing procedure text
Effect of Using English Song on Students’ Vocabulary Mastery at 7th Grade of MTS YP Al Azhar Medan
Authors: Salim Noor Muhammad , Zulfitri
Published: August 2023

Four skills in teaching English, that we always learn are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. There are several elements of language which support these four skills are structure, vocabulary, pronunciation and spelling. Vocabulary is one of the most significant things to be learned in the language, and it is the main center of learning a foreign language. Anggraini (2013:2) states that in teaching English, teaching vocabulary is an essential activity since vocabulary mastery applied to all language learning and concern all or any four language skills such learning, speaking, reading and writing. Learning vocabulary is significant because the student’s ability to learn how to write and read English, as well as to proposing their ideas and knowing the subject, vocabulary mastery is decided. If the students lack vocabulary, they will have trouble communicating and transmitting message. It is also difficult for students with limited vocabulary to understand the oral and written language because vocabulary is a central component of learning English.
Analisis Pelaksanaan Pendidikan Karakter Untuk Mengatasi Krisis Moral Mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Sejarah Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara
Authors: Ningsih Rindia , Hardiyansyah Muhammad Ricky , Nugraha Muhammad Adika , Nurasiah Nurasiah , Azis Abdul
Published: August 2023

Pentingnya pendidikan karakter di lingkungan  remaja saat ini sebagai sistem nilai-nilai karakter yang ditanamkan melalui pengetahuan, perasaan, dan tindakan untuk mendidik moral dan perilaku dalam meminimalisir krisis moral  yang  telah menimbulkan berbagai masalah seperti penyalahgunaan narkoba, kekerasan, dan bullying. Oleh karena itu, tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk memberikan pengetahuan tentang pentingnya pendidikan karakter untuk mengatasi permasalahan moral mahasiswa program studi pendidikan sejarah di Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ada beberapa faktor yang mempengaruhi kemerosotan moral mahasiswa seperti perkembangan waktu, keluarga, teman sebaya, lingkungan sekolah, dan lingkungan sosial. Manfaat pendidikan karakter antara lain melatih kecerdasan, mencegah perilaku buruk, meningkatkan budi pekerti dan akhlak individu,serta dapat menciptakan suasana yang kondusif, serta membangun bangsa yang lebih jujur dan lebih baik. Oleh karena itu, pendidikan karakter sangat penting dalam mewujudkan warga negara yang baik dengan nilai-nilai moral yang selaras dengan moralitas bangsa Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus yang sesuai dengan kasus yang di teliti melalui observasi terhadap individu atau kelompok yang terkait dengan krisis moral yang terjadi dalam kalangan mahasiswa program studi pendidikan sejarah di Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara. Dalam melakukan analisis pelaksanaan pendidikan karakter untuk mengatasi krisis moral mahasiswa, peneliti memilih kasus yang relevan dan mengumpulkan data yang akurat berdasarkan sumber dan objek yang di teliti sehingga  analisis data dapat di lakukan secara cermat untuk menemukan pola atau tema yang muncul terkait dengan pelaksanaan pendidikan karakter yang di teliti.
Enhancing the Enthusiasm and Educational Achievements in Sociology Pertaining to Social Issues Arising from Social Grouping among Class XI-7 Students during the Odd Semester of the Academic Year 2022/2023
Authors: Lestari Sri
Published: August 2023

The main aim of this classroom action research is divided into three parts: 1) Executing the Differentiated approach of Problem Based Learning to enhance the interest in studying Sociology pertaining to Social Issues arising from Social Grouping among Class XI-7 students, Odd Semester of the Academic Year 2022/2023. 2) Utilizing the Differentiated method of Problem Based Learning to elevate the academic achievements in Sociology concerning Social Issues resulting from Social Grouping among Class XI-7 students, Odd Semester of the Academic Year 2022/2023. 3) Applying the Differentiated model of Problem Based Learning to amplify both the enthusiasm and academic achievements in Sociology regarding Social Issues caused by Social Grouping among Class XI-7 students, Odd Semester of the Academic Year 2022/2023. The research subjects encompass the students of Class XI-7 at Batik 1 Surakarta High School during the academic year 2022/2023, encompassing a total of 38 students, comprising 18 males and 20 females. The research methodology involves three data collection techniques: (i) Documenting to compile data on initial interest and academic outcomes; (ii) Observing to monitor interest in learning throughout cycle 1 and cycle 2; (iii) Employing written tests to gauge academic outcomes in cycle 1 and cycle 2. Data is collected through a variety of tools, including documents, observation sheets, and written test items. Validation of interest in learning is conducted through the observations of an external observer, while validation of academic outcomes is achieved by developing a written test framework. The employed data analysis technique entails a comparative descriptive analysis, followed by a phase of introspection. The findings of this study reveal that: 1) The implementation of the Differentiated approach of Problem Based Learning effectively boosts interest in studying Sociology to 58.77%. 2) The application of the identical teaching approach similarly contributes to enhancing academic achievements in Sociology to 28.06%. 3) The fusion of applying the teaching model along with utilizing the Differentiated Problem Based Learning strategy leads to a rise in both enthusiasm and academic achievements in Sociology to 58.77%. All these outcomes serve to depict the efficiency of the intervention executed in this research.
Jogos esportivos de bola e formação superior em educação física
Authors: Canan Felipe , Pontes Aguiar Amanda , Simão Marinho Anna Ayla , Guerra Felix Júlia Trajano
Published: August 2023

Objetivou-se identificar o perfil de conteúdos técnico-instrumentais relacionados aos jogos esportivos de bola ministrados pelos cursos presenciais de Educação Física ofertados por instituições de ensino superior públicas no Brasil. A pesquisa é quantitativa, descritiva e documental, investigando as grades curriculares de 76,6% dos cursos. A maioria dos cursos (licenciatura e bacharelado), adota os jogos esportivos de bola tradicionais (basquetebol, futebol/futsal, handebol e voleibol) como disciplinas, cedendo pouco espaço para os não tradicionais, categorias de jogos ou disciplinas esportivo-pedagógicas, que poderiam contribuir para uma maior diversificação de conhecimentos e vivências dos estudantes e, ao mesmo tempo, aprimoramento da cultura esportiva escolar e social de maneira geral. Conclui-se que a formação superior em Educação Física, a partir da amostra estudada, tem mostra-se conservadora e tradicionalista, não agregando suficientemente ao conhecimento sobre jogos esportivos de bola dos estudantes e, indiretamente, da sociedade como um todo.
Español Identificación de los test de coordinación motriz aplicados en el área de educación física: una revisión sistemática de literatura
Authors: Cuaspa Burgos Huber Yovanny , Ivania Guerrero Sandra , Armero Chaves Paula Andrea
Published: August 2023

La coordinación motriz (CM) es un proceso evolutivo complejo de adquisición progresiva, y es capacidad necesaria para el desempeño eficaz en cada una de las acciones del ser humano. De ahí que el control corporal y sus acciones de movimiento constituya una de las grandes metas de formación en el planteamiento de los lineamentos curriculares del área de educación física, recreación y deporte con la finalidad de orientar a la formación personal y al desarrollo de procesos educativos, culturales y sociales en los educandos, con el propósito de enfocarlos en la actualidad al desarrollo de las competencias motrices, expresiva corporal y axiológica corporal. Para el caso de estudio, el objetivo general del presente artículo fue revisar la literatura existente desde el año 2015, con fines de identificar los test de coordinación motriz (TCM) aplicados en el área de la educación física, correspondiendo a la educación básica y secundaria; conllevando a comprender el conocimiento y desarrollo corporal desde la competencia motriz; mediante una búsqueda sistemática en diferentes bases de datos electrónicas: Scielo, Dialnet, Redalyc.
From exclusion to inclusion in public innovation support?
Authors: Lindberg Malin
Published: August 2023

This article examines whether hitherto marginalized actors, industries and innovations – such as women, services industries and service innovations – could be acknowledged by the use of a bottom-up approach in innovation research in a way that helps make public innovation support more inclusive. It is scrutinized whether the relation between context, organization and outcomes in publically financed innovation networks such as clusters and innovation systems serves to highlight how more inclusive innovation support could be designed. Four regional innovation networks promoting women’s entrepreneurship and innovation in Sweden are analyzed by a bottom-up approach, since while emphasizing decentralization and inclusion in theory, most innovation theories and policies are in practice characterized by a top-down approach, ascribing superiority to certain actors, industries and innovations while marginalizing others in a distinct – often gendered – pattern. The bottom-up approach makes it possible to expose that being a marginalized actor in public innovation support is related to the organization of entrepreneurial types of innovation systems, based on contacts established ad hoc and resources gathered from scratch, making a wider range of actors, industries and innovations relevant than in institutional types of innovation systems favored in prevalent public innovation support. By acknowledging both types of innovation systems, more inclusive innovation policies could be designed and more nuanced innovation theories could be developed.
Power relations between managers and politicians
Authors: Nordgren Lars
Published: August 2023

The purpose of this article was to analyse how power relations drive hospital managers to resign in conjunction with three university hospital mergers in Sweden. Interviews were carried out with leading politicians and managers during two studies of mergers. In a third study, a paraphrased text from a previous study was used. Discourse analysis of the interviews revealed power struggles between politicians and managers, leading to situations of distrust. As the merger processes were additionally perceived to entail negative consequences for the patients and staff in the mass media the managers’ positions were undermined and they were in all the cases forced to resign by politicians. By using the notions of power relations and subjectification this power mechanism worked was analysed. Three themes emerged from the analysis; collision between values, displacement of responsibility and the resign of the manager. When leading politicians built alliances with leading professions in criticizing the hospital manager publicly, the manager lost trust.
After the NPM Wave
Authors: Johansson Kerstin , Denvall Verner , Vedung Evert
Published: August 2023

Over the last two decades, a movement for Evidence-Based Management (EBM) has surfaced across the Atlantic world with pretensions of being a successor of New Public Management (NPM). In this paper, we focus on Swedish social welfare as an arena where persistent government attempts have been made to implement locally new evidence-based ideas, specifically evidence-based practice (EBP). In Swedish discourse, the meaning of “evidence-based” is contested. One interpretation maintains that best (and only accepta- ble) evidence comes from the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Another inter- pretation maintains that evidence from research constitutes only one leg of a multi-factorial definition; that is, this view contends that RCT evidence should be considered along with experience of practitioners and clients (users). Although client participation was an important tenet in the incipient attempts to implement EBP, by using translation theory this article will show that later attempts have tended to ignore the client’s perspective. From this foundation, we address why client views and outlooks have been ignored in EBP implementation.
Corruption or Nineteen Eighty-Four?
Authors: Czarniawska Barbara
Published: August 2023

This paper is based on my recent assignment as a participant on an independent investigation commission, whose three members – a political scientist, a law scholar, and a management scholar (me) – were given the task of scrutinizing the activities of Gothenburg City Council, City Government, city administration, and municipal companies, in light of the 2010 "corruption scandal" in the city. The work of the commission, its results and their reception form a basis for the discussion of complexity of recent transparency requirements.
Making it work
Authors: Blinkenberg Federspiel Sofie
Published: August 2023

Digitalization is held to be a key component in transforming the public administration into a reflexive, flexible and dynamic organization. For this to be realized, digitalization, i.e. the strategic use of Information Technology (IT) in innovating workflows, needs to become a part of the organizational identity. Drawing on the concepts of institutional logics and institutional work this paper uses a qualitative case study of two Danish local administrations to explore the institutionalization of digitalization. The paper describes the intra-organizational presence of diverging perceptions of the role of IT in digitaliza- tion and illustrates how institutional work within the organizations was loosely organized around specific characters – the Mediators, the Preachers and the Gatekeepers – with the purpose of bridging these differences into a nuanced institution of digitalization. By showing that the organization of institutional work within an organization is not only shaped by but also a strategic response to diverging institutional logics, the paper makes an important contribution to the debate on the relation between institutional work and institutional logics. The findings make the paper urge the local administrations to accept a more nuanced institutionalization of digitalization, and to highlight the key role, the mid- level manager as a Mediator plays in this regard.
SMEs in Public markets
Authors: Sköld Birgitta
Published: August 2023

During the 1990s New Public Management ideas were implemented in the Public Sectors in the Western world. In Sweden one of the stipulated goals was to stimulate SME devel- opment. The aim of this paper is to describe and analyse how Public markets in different industries have enabled small-business ownership over time. This longitudinal, quantita- tive study confirms previous studies that claim that structural prerequisites create barriers for small-business owners in terms of economic and relational dimensions. The findings would not have been revealed without an analysis of the data at the most detailed industry level. Data was available from Statistics Sweden. The main conclusion is that the relative position of small-business owners is produced and reproduced by the structural prerequi- sites that prevail in industries. The relative position of small-business owners has in- creased the most in industries where there was already a private market and a significant proportion of small-business owners. In the other industries which lacked these structural conditions in 1993, there was little or no change of the relative position over time, despite the fact that the private share of the market expanded.
Hubungan antara peran orang tua dan pola asuh dengan perilaku seks pra nikah pada remaja di SMKN 1 Seyegan
Authors: Rizka Ayu Nurhatati
Published: August 2023

Background :Teenager is a period when students are confused about their identity so that at this period teenagers are still looking for who they really are. At this period they tend to be more open with friends and prone to falling into juvenile delinquency, including pre-marriage sex. Parents play an important role in this matter both in the parental role and parenting style given to their children.Objective:The research aims to find out how the relationship between the parental role and parenting style with pre-marriage sex behavior in teenagers.Method: This study uses a correlation analytical design with a cross sectional research design. The samples in this study were 33 respondents consisting of teenagers in class X and XI. The instruments used were parental role questionnaires, parenting styles, and pre-marriage sex behavior. Bivariate data analysis applied Somers'd test and Contingency Coefficient.Results: The results of this study indicate that the majority of respondents get moderate parental roles (66.7%) and the majority of democratic parenting styles (69.7%), as well as pre-marriage sex behavior in the moderate category (57.6%). The results of the analysis of the relationship between the parental role and pre-marriage sexual behavior obtained a p value of 0.025 with an r value of -0.342 and an analysis of the relationship between parenting style and pre-marriage sexual behavior obtained a pvalue of 0.334.Conclusion: There is a relationship between the parental role and premarriage sex behavior in teenagers and there is no relationship between parenting style and pre-marriage sex behavior in teenagers at SMK N 1Seyegan.Keywords: Parental role, parenting style, pre-marriage sex behavior, teenagers
The first fossil representative of the water strider subfamily Ptilomerinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Gerridae) in the Oligocene paleolake of Murs (southern France) with some palaeoecological considerations
Authors: Nel André , Mennecart Bastien , Spasojevic Tamara , Viertler Alexandra , Maridet Olivier , Costeur Loïc , Garrouste Romain , Coster Pauline
Published: August 2023

Oligoptilomera luberonensis gen. et sp. nov., first fossil representative of the gerrid subfamily Ptilomerinae, is described and figured from the Oligocene of Murs (Vaucluse, Southern France). Extant Ptilomerinae live in streams in warm climates, of the Indo-Malaysian, eastern Palaearctic, and Papouan regions. The discovery of this Oligocene French Ptilomerinae is in accordance with the putative age of the subfamily, at least older than the Eocene, and with the Indo-Malaysian affinities previously recorded for some other insects from the Oligocene of France. The two insect assemblages of Murs and Céreste are compared and the differences discussed. Although of similar ages, that from Murs was possibly corresponding to a more shallow water paleolake than that of Céreste.
EVALUASI KEBIJAKAN SANITASI AIR DALAM UPAYA PENYEDIAAN AIR BERSIH BAGI MASYARAKAT
Authors: Hanafiah Ali , Agustinus D.L Moses
Published: August 2023

Water sanitation development is an important aspect in achieving public health and welfare in Indonesia. However,the problem of water sanitation is increasingly complex and difficult to solve. This study aims to evaluate watersanitation policies in an effort to provide clean water for the community, as well as analyze the factors that supportand hinder the implementation of water sanitation policies. The research method used is descriptive, focusing onWeekurra Village, West Wewewa District, Southwest Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province. TheGovernment of Southwest Sumba realizes that Weekurra Village has potential natural resources that can be used tomeet water sanitation needs and increase access to adequate clean water. Although water sanitation services areavailable in Weekurra Village, residents still have to travel a long distance (about 1.3 km) with about 16 minutes,through inadequate roads, to get clean water. This is a worrying problem. An inhibiting factor in the provision of cleanwater is the uneven distribution, where some regions have not benefited. This is due to the long distance betweenwater sources and residents' residences, as well as the lack of budget to build pipeline infrastructure and waterreservoirs for each individual. Based on research findings, there are several problems that have not been solved Therefore, several suggestions were proposed, among others: cooperation between the Village Government and theRegency Government of South West Sumba to formulate regulations governing sanitation and the provision of cleanwater, to ensure the need for clean water can be fulfilled properly as a basic human need. In addition, it is expectedthat there will be sufficient budget to build facilities and infrastructure such as storage tanks and pipe systems as aneffort to distribute clean water to the community in Weekurra Village
IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN PROGRAM PENDIRIAN BADAN USAHA MILIK DESA (BUMDES) DALAM USAHA MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS HIDUP SOSIAL EKONOMI MASYARAKAT
Authors: Hadiwiyono Hadiwiyono , Adi Roy Pandang Adi Roy
Published: August 2023

Village is an administrative division in Indonesia under a sub-district headed by the Village Head. Therefore, inthe East Java region, especially the Landungsari Village Government, Dau District realizes that LandungsariVillage-Owned Enterprises are good and of course must be managed properly so as to improve the quality ofsocial life of the community. The purpose of this study is to find out how the implementation of the village-ownedenterprise establishment program in improving the quality of social life of the community, to find out who isinvolved in the establishment of a Village-Owned Enterprise and to find out what factors affect the implementationof the village-owned enterprise establishment program in improving the quality of social life of the community.Implementation is implemented when a policy is formulated with clear objectives. Therefore, to find out theImplementation of the Village Owned Business Entity Establishment Program Policy (Bumdes) in an Effort toImprove the Quality of Social Life of the Community, to obtain data, data collection techniques by conductingInterviews, Documentation, and Observation, researchers use the type of Descriptive research with a Qualitativeapproach. Based on the Results of Research in Landungsari Village Regarding the Implementation of the Policyfor the Establishment of Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) Program in an Effort to Improve the Quality ofSocial Life of the Community, it can be concluded that for now the efforts of the Landungsari Village Governmenthave run well and optimally, because the Landungsari Village Government has invited the community to worktogether in terms of maintaining and protecting all businesses that have been managed by Business Entity officers Village Owned both in terms of business implementation of Market Business Units, Agricultural Units, Livestock,Industrial Hum, Waste Management, and Savings and Loans Business Units as a form of empowering villagecommunities so that rural communities can increase income or income through market business programs.
Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia in Childhood
Authors: Özbek Mehmet Nuri , Orhan Özhan
Published: August 2023

Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia (HH) is the most common cause of permanent hypoglycemia, especially in the neonatal period. Childhood HH is mostly related to genes encoding proteins in the insulin secretion pathways, and may also be seen in syndromes such as Beckwidth Wiedemann, Kabuki, and Turner. The majority of congenital HH cases are the result of KATP channel gene defect. Most of these cases are unresponsive to diazoxide treatment. In this review, recent genetic studies and recent updates in treatment options in childhood HH are reviewed.
Genetic divergence studies for yield and quality traits in white and brown finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L).)
Authors: Meera Gopal  , Haritha T  , CV Chandra Mohan Reddy  , S Balaji Nayak
Published: August 2023

The present study assessed the nature and magnitude of genetic variability for yield and quality-related traits in 64 finger millet genotypes for 25 parameters during Kharif, 2020-21 at Agricultural College Farm, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh. In D2 analysis, the maximum inter-cluster distance was observed between cluster Ⅳ, with white-seeded genotypes and cluster Ⅵ with brown-seeded genotypes indicating these clusters may give a high heterotic response and better segregants. The principal component analysis identified the maximum contributing variables i.e., grain yield per plant, harvest index, fingers per earhead, test weight, peduncle length, seed protein content and seed calcium content in the first principal component. PCA scores of 64 genotypes indicated that genotypes IC0477628, IC0476988, IC0477206, VR1034, IC473950 and IC0477272 are diverse for yield and quality traits and hence hybridization between these genotypes is suggested for generating transgressive segregants.
Comparative analysis of various soils concerning chemical parameters in command (canal irrigated) and uncommand (well irrigated and rainfed) areas of Raisinghnagar, District Sriganganagar (Rajasthan)
Authors: AK Dular  , Pratibha
Published: August 2023

Soil is a vital source for the cultivation of all types of crops. The crop’s cultivation depends on the soil's physical and chemical properties. The optimum plant growth and crop yield depend not only on the total amount of nutrients present in the soil at a particular time but also on their availability which in turn is controlled by the physical and chemical properties of soil. So, in the present study, a comparative analysis was undertaken between various soil parameters (chemical properties of soil) of different vicinity like Command (canal irrigated) and Uncommand (well irrigated and rainfed) agriculture fields of various villages in Sriganganagar District, Rajasthan. The cumulative analysis of soil chemical parameters regarding the Command (canal irrigated) area and Uncommand (well irrigated and rainfed) area were undertaken during the study period.
Reading Coles Reading Themes: Epideictic Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing
Authors: Moe Peter Wayne
Published: August 2023

Epideictic rhetoric reifies and reshapes the shared values of a community, and in this article, I reread William E. Coles Jr.’sThe Plural Ias showing forth a classroom built upon epideictic rhetoric, his own epideictic pedagogy asking that teachers of writing engage student work not expecting to be persuaded but as observers of rhetorical display.
Reflection as Relationality: Rhetorical Alliances and Teaching Alternative Rhetorics
Authors: Jo Hsu V.
Published: August 2023

Building on studies of alternative rhetorics, this article envisions personal writing pedagogy as a relational endeavor that fosters rhetorical alliances among disparate communities. I detail a particular course design through which “personal reflection” becomes a means of enacting more radical forms of belonging.
Composition Is the Ethical Negotiation of Fantastical Selves
Authors: Allen Ira J.
Published: August 2023

This article addresses an impasse between rhetoric and composition practice and theory. On one hand, from the poststructural through the posthuman, our most vigorous theories challenge classical notions of selfhood and agency. On the other hand, from institutional assessment through writing about writing, composition’s most vigorous practices entail fairly traditional ideas about selfhood and agency. This piece crosses over the impasse by suggesting that “self” and “agency” are vital fantasies for composition, and that negotiating these fantasies is an ethical process. At its heart, I argue, composition is any ethical, collective working out of these fantastical concepts that helps adaptive individuals more freely emerge.
“A Debt Is Just the Perversion of a Promise”: Composition and the Student Loan
Authors: Rushing Daniel James
Published: August 2023

While scholars of writing have increasingly turned toward economic issues, the role of debt has remained largely absent from composition scholarship. This article takes stock of the material and ideological magnitude of student debt in the age of neoliberalism and proposes bringing the subject into the writing classroom.
“Can I Get a Witness?”: Writing with June Jordan
Authors: Rallin Aneil
Published: August 2023

With June Jordan’s voice lodged inside my head, I traverse history and the here and now as queer immigrant scholar/teacher of color via a transnational critical optic, alert to the ravages of power. I write using experimental form to break the hold of dominant (white) rhetorical traditions that are failing us, intertwining my words with Jordan’s words amidst ongoing assaults on our lives/imaginations.
Translating a Path to College: Literate Resonances of Migrant Child Language Brokering
Authors: Simon Kaia L.
Published: August 2023

Although scholars have studied migrant children who translate for their families, less is known about how these experiences matter for life-long literacy experiences. This article argues that child language brokers develop advanced skills in literacy and rhetoric from which they draw throughout their lives, in multiple contexts.
We Belong in the Discussion: Including HBCUs in Conversations about Race and Writing
Authors: Keaton Jackson Karen , Jackson Hope , Hicks Tafari Dawn N.
Published: August 2023

In this article, we argue that HBCU composition faculty members impact the composition field through our innovative and unorthodox tactics that we label cross-boundary discourse, discursive homeplacing, and safe harboring. Our goal is to show that HBCUs are unique sites of inquiry and poised to be at the forefront of conversations about race and writing because of our institutional contexts and the student populations with whom we work each day.
Monstrous Composition: Reanimating the Lecture in First-Year Writing Instruction
Authors: Seigel Marika , Chase Josh , Herder William De , Feltz Silke , Kitalong Karla Saari , Romney Abraham , Tweedale Kimberly
Published: August 2023

This article reports on one university’s experiment in resurrecting and reanimating the composition lecture, a one-hundred-plus student section dubbed “MonsterComp,” including the process, outcomes, and lessons learned. Although this restructuring of the first-year composition course was partially motivated by administrative pressures, the main motivation behind this experiment was to enhance teacher training and support while still retaining the workshop environment and low student-to-instructor ratio of traditional composition sections. The course involves multiple stakeholders, including the WPA and graduate student program coordinators, graduate student instructors, and course-based coaches from our university's writing center. Assessment of student work, observations of the course, and surveys administered to stakeholders indicate that the course was successful in terms of teacher training and preserving student learning outcomes.
With Heart in Hand: Whiteness, Homonormativity, and the Question of the Erasure of Gloria Anzaldúa’s Chicana Identity from the CCCC Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award
Authors: Padilla J. Paul
Published: August 2023

The Queer Caucus created the Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award to honor Anzaldúa’s impact on “studies of both rhetoric and queer theory” through forging “connections across difference and oppression in order to dismantle systems of privilege, whether that be heterosexism, heteronormativity, racism, sexism or ableism (as a non-exhaustive list).” However, the text of the Award, along with its impetus, belies these intentions. The Award erases Anzaldúa’s Chicanidad from her work and her person through the emphasis on culture-less sexual and gender minority experiences, the redefinition of Anzaldúa’s work as focused on generalized difference and oppression, and the omission of any substantive acknowledgment of her Chicanidad. This essay examines the erasure of Anzaldúa’s Chicanidad and the appropriation of Anzaldúa as a race-less and culture-less liberatory figure through the operation of homonormativity and whiteness. I analyze the text and impetus of the Award through an analytical framework rooted in the rhetorical concepts of Kenneth Burke and Gloria Anzaldúa’s own concerns about erasure and appropriation through homonormativity and whiteness. I argue that the meaningful change to the text and its authorship, as well as to meaningful inclusion of queers of color, is necessary for the Award to continue.
Who Is It Really For? Trigger Warnings and the Maintenance of the Racial Status Quo
Authors: Grayson Mara Lee
Published: August 2023

This essay examines the discourse around the trigger warning through the analytic paradigm of racial literacy and the rhetorical frames of colorblind racism to illuminate how the trigger warning as currently conceptualized, even when framed as a means of equitable engagement, is mediated by and upholds the racial status quo.
Writing Towards Access: Collaboration and Community
Authors: Libow Jess
Published: August 2023

In this praxis-focused article, I reflect on incorporating what disability justice activists call “collective access” into the composition classroom through a semester-long, class-wide “Accessibility Best Practices” assignment. I show how asking students to recursively address access together helped them approach writing itself as a collaborative and revisionary process.
2022 CCCC Exemplar Award Acceptance Speech: Hospitality in a Dappled Discipline
Authors: Wetherbee Phelps Louise
Published: August 2023

These remarks have been edited lightly for publication here.
(Re)Active Praxis: Dominant Discomforts: Reflections on Our Attempts to Queer English Teacher Education
Authors: Schey Ryan , Staley Sara
Published: August 2023

In this essay, two English language arts teacher educators reflect on their efforts to live out a queer anti-oppressive pedagogy and explore tensions in navigating emotionality and discomfort.
Our Américas: Excavating Erased histories as Culturally sustaining Instruction
Authors: Nowell Zander , Smith Alexandria
Published: August 2023

The authors present a unit on the erased histories of nondominant identities as a form of culturally sustaining instruction.
Columns: Books In Review: The Teacher as Gatherer
Authors: Zoss Michelle , Dejaynes Tiffany A.
Published: August 2023

Tiffany A. DeJaynes reviews a book that invites teachers to reimagine themselves as gatherers of guests and as hosts of learning experiences.
Columns: Teaching Shakespeare: Black Hams: Upending Hamlet through Contemporary Productions
Authors: Long Kevin , Christel Mary T. , George Gregory Christian
Published: August 2023

Contemporary adaptations of hamlet offer the opportunity to reset Shakespeare’s characters and themes in contemporary contexts.
Departments: Alternative Format: Letter to Myself Amid the Ferguson Uprising
Authors: McNulty Taylor Anna
Published: August 2023

An educator reflects on her work teaching during the Ferguson Uprising, sharing advice with her past self.
Departments: Children’s Literature Reviews: Normalize, Problematize, Galvanize: Becoming More Human by Interrogating Struggles in Community with Texts
Authors: Johnson Aeriale N.
Published: August 2023

In this column, the author features children’s books that facilitate conversation and inquiry that develop students’ understanding of mistakes and coping mechanisms for struggle.
In Dialogue: The Future of Critical Studies in Literacy Research
Authors: Brochin Carol , Filipiak Danielle , Hsieh Betina , Kirkland David E. , Nyachae Tiffany M.
Published: August 2023

For the final In Dialogue of our editorial term, we wanted to invite some luminary voices in literacy studies to think together about the future of critical studies in literacy research. We asked Betina Hsieh, Danielle Filipiak, Tiffany Nyachae, David Kirkland, and Carol Brochin what they thought would push the field forward: What would or should literacy studies and English education look like in the future, including what collective priorities should be emphasized? We invited them to think together, to imagine what might be possible or necessary in a world that is on fire. In giving these scholars the “last word” of our editorial term, we are hoping that this effort toward intergenerational, collaborative knowledge building can be one of the seeds of hope that will help us grow toward a better future.
Effectiveness of pesticidal plant extracts on field and post-harvest pests in Bambara groundnuts in Tanzania
Authors:   , Tlankka Nicodemus Sakweli
Published: August 2023

A randomized complete block design (RCBD) experiment was conducted to assess the effectiveness of Bidens pilosa, Lantana camara, Vernonia amygdalina, Tithonia diversifolia, Tephrosia vogelii and Lippia javanica against field pests of bambara groundnuts. The extracts were prepared by dissolving powder of the plants leaves at the concentration of 10% (w/v) in tap water containing 1% soap and left for 24 hours. Then, extracts were sprayed on 2 weeks seedlings of bambara groundnut and assessment of the abundance of insect pests and beneficial arthropods and plant damage was conducted weekly for 15 weeks. The results showed that pesticidal plants significantly (P ≤ 0.05) reduced the abundance of foliage beetles, aphids, mealybugs, red spider mites, and leafhoppers and caused significantly (P ≤ 0.05) less threat to ladybird, hoverfly, wasps and spiders. A storage experiment was conducted to assess the insecticidal effectiveness of B. pilosa, L. camara, T. vogelii, V. amygdalina, L. javanica, T. diversifolia and Croton dichogamus leaves powder on Callosobruchus maculatus. The pesticidal plants powder were admixed with grains at the dosage of 10% (w/w) and compared with actellic dust and untreated control. The experiment was monitored for 6 months. T. vogelii and actellic dust were the most effective treatments by killing 93.07 - 100% and 91.33 - 100% of bruchids respectively for 180 days of the study. Therefore, Tephrosia vogelii is recommended in controlling field and post-harvest pests in bambara groundnuts. Further research is recommended to assess the active compounds, mode of action and toxicity of T. vogelii and assess its effect on non-target organisms in bambara groundnuts.
Antimalarial potential and phytochemical composition of fractions of Lippia kituiensis Vatke (Verbenaceae) growing in Northern Tanzania
Authors:   , Kibet Ng’etich Japheth
Published: August 2023

Despite past decades of steady advances in reducing severity of Malaria, statistics show that the disease continues to pose a serious threat to human health. Previous successes in development of antimalarial drugs from medicinal plants have fuelled research in this area. However, antimalarial studies to fractionate extracts from such plants have progressed slowly. This study reports antimalarial potential of fractions from Lippia kituiensis Vatke, for the first time. Column chromatography was used during fractionation. Antiplasmodial assays against chloroquine-sensitive (D6) and resistant (W2) Plasmodium strains was done using hypoxanthine incorporation assay. A colorimetric assay was done to assess cytotoxicity of fractions against the Vero cell line. Obtained fractions exhibited varied inhibitory concentrations (IC 50 ); with the most efficacious being, Lk-5 (19.45 ± 6.20 μg/ml), Lk-3 (30.43 ± 0.68 μg/ml), Lk-4 (30.82 ± 18.01 μg/ml), and Lk-6 (36.53 ± 14.42 μg/ml) against D6. Generally, lower activity against W2 was obtained with the most active being Lk-4 (24.18±2.50 μg/ml), and Lk-5 (24.42±5.95 μg/ml), while chloroquine (positive control) exerted IC 50 of 77.86±4.09 ng/ml (W2) and 15.71±6.49 ng/ml (D6) respectively. Fraction LK-4 was the most cytotoxic showing cytotoxic concentration of 46.26 μg/ml. When tested in mice, fractions suppressed Plasmodium berghei significantly compared to the negative control with Lk-3 being the most efficacious (80.01±1). Due to substantive efficacy, GC-MS was done on Lk-3 revealing 8 compounds where three have previously been ascribed to antimalarial activity and other pharmacological effects. This study adds to present knowledge of antimalarial efficacy of L. kituiensis and provides basis for further work to be done on isolation of compounds from its extracts.
Heavy metals and pesticide residues as quality determinants for sustainable management of prawns along the Indian coastline of Tanzania
Authors:   , Patiri Gloria
Published: August 2023

The presence of heavy metals and pesticide residues in prawns, water and sediments, were determine. Prawns, sediments and water samples were collected along prawns fishing zones in the Indian coastline of Tanzania. Zinc (Zn), lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) were analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS). Direct Mercury Analyzer (DMA) was used for mercury (Hg) analysis. Pesticide residues were analyzed by Gas ChromatographyMass Spectrophotometry (GC-MS). Information on stakeholder’s perception on the sources of aquatic pollution was collected using a structured questionnaire. Results indicated that, fertilizer (60.7%), pesticides (59.8%) and herbicides (60.7%) were the main sources of aquatic pollution. Cyberdip and Utupa-mixed local herbs were the chemicals used in prawns fishing. Heavy metal contaminants were predominant in sediments followed by prawns, and water. The heavy metals were highly concentrated in prawns and sediments in the order of Zn > Pb > Cd > Hg, and Pb > Zn > Cd > Hg in water respectively. Lambda-cyhalothrin was the only pesticide residue detected in prawns and sediments but not in water. Lambdacyhalothrin levels detected in prawns from Kisiju and Kilwa were 5.6 – 45.2 folds above the maximum acceptable limits. Lambda-cyhalothrin levels in sediments was 175; 4070 and 4432 folds higher than the maximum acceptable level in Bagamoyo, Kilwa and Kisiju respectively. Presence of Zn, Pb and lambda-cyhalothrin beyond acceptable limits in prawns and sediments may indicate marine pollution. The maximum acceptable level of lambdacyhalothrin in sediments is 0.00372 mg/kg and the maximum acceptable level of lambdacyhalothrin for prawns is 0.05 mg/kg. These pollutants may impair quality and safety of prawns and by-products which is a risk to the public health. Therefore, monitoring of agricultural and the anthropogenic activities around prawn fishing areas is inevitable.
The Positive Effects of In Vivo/In Vitro Suplementation of Nanoparticles on Semen
Authors: Koca Recep Hakkı
Published: August 2023

Nanoparticles (NPs) are small size molecules. It is divided into organic and inorganic. Organic NPs have many clinical uses, from inoculation to homeostasis, long-term storage and delivery to the system, and absorption of topically used drugs into the skin. Inorganic NPs can be used in intraoperative lymphatic scanning, tumors, and anemia treatments. NPs have a favorable effect on sperm motility, kinematic parameters or membrane integrity rates, they can also be used as antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal in genital organ diseases. There are many studies in which the addition of NPs can be beneficial or harmful to sperm. Researchers have stated that it may be beneficial or cytotoxic depending on in vivo (such as airway, skin or injection) or in vitro use. It has been reported that NPs have positive effects on motility, kinematic parameters, plasma membrane integrity, DNA damage and acrosomal integrity and can be used as an antioxidant. In addition, it has been reported that it can be used in sexsorting, bioimaging and nanopurification, and that more studies on NPs will increase in the coming years.