bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of atrial natriuretic peptide and cardiac troponin I concentrations for assessment of disease severity in dogs with naturally occurring mitral valve disease
Authors: Hori Yasutomo , Iguchi Masayuki , Hirakawa Atsushi , Kamiya Zenta , Yamano Shigeki , Ibaragi Toshiki , Isayama Noriko , Yamashita Yohei , Iwasa Naoki , Inaba Haruki , Heishima Yasuhiro , Yuki Masashi
Published: January 2020

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate and compare the clinical usefulness of plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and cardiac troponin-I (cTnI) concentrations for assessment of disease severity in dogs with naturally occurring mitral valve disease (MVD).

ANIMALS

316 dogs with MVD and 40 healthy control dogs.

PROCEDURES

Each dog underwent a physical examination and echocardiographic and thoracic radiographic assessments. Blood samples were obtained and processed for measurement of plasma ANP and cTnI concentrations. Dogs with MVD were categorized into 3 groups (stages B1 [no clinical signs or evidence of cardiac enlargement], B2 [no clinical signs with evidence of cardiac enlargement], and C [history of congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema]) on the basis of American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine guidelines. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was used to evaluate the accuracy of plasma ANP and cTnI concentrations for assessment of MVD severity.

RESULTS

Plasma ANP and cTnI concentrations increased as disease severity increased. Median plasma ANP concentrations for all 3 MVD groups and median plasma cTnI concentrations for the stage B2 and C groups were significantly greater than the corresponding concentrations for the control group. Plasma ANP concentration, but not cTnI concentration, appeared to be useful for detection of dogs with subclinical (stages B1 and B2) MVD, whereas both concentrations appeared useful for detection of dogs with stage C MVD.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE

Results indicated that plasma ANP and cTnI concentrations should not be used independently to diagnose MVD but can be used to assess MVD severity and supplement echocardiographic findings.
What to do? A Review of the Academic Time-Based Decision-Making Literature
Authors: Rupar Nicholas J. , Strong David S.
Published: January 2020

Time-based activities at Universities are shifting toward a more transactional approach, yet there is little understanding of the time management capabilities of students in adapting to a more flexible structure. Although many studies report on efforts to address engineering students being stressed, surfacelearning oriented, and prone to missing class, few studies address how these relate to students’ time management.  In an effort to explore how students value, prioritize, and spend their time, this paper proposes a new term, “Academic Time-Based Decision-Making” (ATBDM), which lies at the crossroads of time management, selfefficacy, and self-regulated learning.  Factors influencing ATBDM are currently mostly speculative, although class scheduling, social norms, and the internet and social media are frequent causal suggestions.  It is also unknown as to how ATBDM is conducted across the breadth of students, which skills or “tools” are employed, and whether the process or influencing factors change over the course of time.  A research study to explore why and how engineering students make academic decisions is proposed. By providing deeper insights into the factors influencing ATBDM, it may be possible to develop more effective support or intervention to assist students in making balanced and positive choices.
PILOT OF A SERIES OF ONLINE RESOURCES TO HELP STUDENTS TRANSITION TO FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING
Authors: Ostafichuk Peter M. , Jaeger Carol P. , Golsteyn Quentin , Nesbit Susan
Published: January 2020

Transitioning from high school to university can be a difficult time for students. A significant element in this transition is related to heightened selfresponsibility and self-regulation for one’s own learning. A series of eight online screencasts (consisting of narrated video with activities and quiz questions) was created and introduced at the University of British Columbia in 2018 as a pilot project. The goal was to help first year engineering students with their academic transition by providing evidence-based principles of effective study strategies and attitudes. Materials were delivered in the academic setting, rather than through traditional orientation and support channels, as a way to elevate this content and to reach as many students as possible. Materials were optional but a small grade incentive was included. Students appear to have found the resources beneficial as roughly half of the class viewed at least half of the screencasts. The opportunity to earn a small course bonus mark was cited as a key incentive, but approximately half of students identified academic and university transition benefits as their primary reasons for viewing. A course survey conducted five months after the final screencast in the series revealed positive student attitudes towards the materials, with approximately 70% of students identifying the materials as helpful or very helpful. In addition, students who had viewed a particular screencast gave significantly more favourable responses in prompts regarding perceptions of effective study practices. Finally, a positive correlation was observed between the number of screencasts viewed and course final exam grade (+0.8% on the final per screencast viewed). Overall, the results of this pilot suggest the use of online screencast materials to aid students in the transition to university is effective.
HOW TO FIX IT WHEN IT'S NOT BROKEN! EXPERIENCES FROM APPLYING SMALL TEACHING PRACTICES
Authors: Jazayeri Yani
Published: January 2020

In this paper, two ‘small teaching methods’, namely retrieval and prediction were added to the standard delivery of a third year circuits course. Students were asked to ‘retrieve’ their course knowledge frequently by answering questions in lectures and tutorials using educational software tools. They were also asked to occasionally ‘predict’ the answers to questions about topics they have not seen before. The student performance on the midterm exam showed a noticeable improvement in comparison to previous years. There was also a noticeable reduction in percentage of students with C and D grades. A student survey at the end of the semester revealed that a substantial portion of the students claimed that they paid more attention and retained more of the course material due to the small teaching practices.
A SURVEY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS BEHIND LEARNING TO DESIGN: NOVICES AS DORMANT EXPERT DESIGNERS
Authors: Gress G. R. , Li S.
Published: January 2020

With their increasing emphasis on the importance of hands-on practice and gaining experience, the fields of engineering-design research and education appear to be entering a human-focused transition other fields like economics and decision making have emerged from in the recent past. In addition to the original, modernism-rooted desire for a rational science of design modelled on the natural sciences, this delay may be due the inherently strong association of engineering with science – i.e., ‘applied science.’ This research investigated whether there may instead be a science to the human involvement in design, of the human behaviours that often appear in actual engineering design practice. It surveyed published empirical studies in psychology, child development and other social and life sciences – as well as those within design research itself. Of particular interest were the designer behaviours and activities which did not follow the prescriptions of – or were prescribed against by – the traditional, rational-design methods: visualization, single-solution conjecturing, and intuition. Results from this survey showed comprehensively that environmental interactions and authentic design experiences activate latent design abilities and coping mechanisms that may be difficult to obtain otherwise. Without such interaction and the gaining of experience there can be no designing, so essentially design is a wholly human phenomenon. Rather than follow the rational-design method and prescribe against these design-enabling behaviours, then, it appears that a better pedagogical approach is to allow them to develop and mature – and let design novices become the experts they were meant to be.
“Too Tedious to Mention”: Pondering the Border, Black Atlantic, and Public Schooling in Colonial Canada
Authors: Zellars Rachel
Published: January 2020

An advertisement for a “Negro man and boy” and “a variety of other articles too tedious to mention” for disposal” inspired this author to examine the “truly impossible, futile position for most black parents” in eighteenth and nineteenth century Canada. This article first examines how slaves were sold in a similar manner on both sides of the border by addressing the “many meanings of the border” to those involved with black migration in Canada. It then then examines a history of public schooling violence and legal case studies to evaluate the realities of those who faced “de facto practices of racial discrimination” when seeking an emancipated education for black families. By centering the realities evident in advertisements for slaves and public-school violence, I consider how Canadians were involved in the British Atlantic world slave trade and contributed to “an ongoing global project of subjugation and dispersal of African and African-descended peoples” by focusing on how racial public-school segregation responded to large-scale arrivals of black free and enslaved peoples in the late eighteenth and early to mid nineteenth centuries.
La lógica de la cura: Una revisión desde el psicoanálisis lacaniano
Authors: Fabre Aileen
Published: January 2020

El presente artículo busca ser un aporte al trabajo con pacientes de estructura clínica psicótica, presentando un análisis teórico desde los postulados psicoanalíticos clásicos, invitando a pensar la constitución subjetiva de la psicosis transitando por el concepto de pulsión sexual (Trieb) de Sigmund Freud y goce (jouissance), lazo y sinthome de Jacques Lacan, para pensar el padecer particular de la psicosis y con ello, sostener la cura como un dispositivo que no busca la remisión de la psicosis, pero que tampoco retrocede frente a ella, pudiendo ofrecer un tratamiento posible que le permita al sujeto psicótico vivir con un menor dolor psíquico, siendo esta la principal tarea de la terapia.
Fronteras internas y racialización: Elementos conceptuales para interpretar la carencia en trato igualitario de los migrantes en Chile
Authors: Rosales Ariel
Published: January 2020

Muchos migrantes en Chile se encuentran en situación de pobreza a nivel de ingresos, pero también son los con mayor pobreza multidimensional. Considerando la dimensión relacional de la pobreza, el objetivo de este trabajo es desarrollar un análisis del nivel de cohesión social que presentan los migrantes latinoamericanos en el país tomando como ejes la idea de frontera interna y racismo. Mediante la desagregación de los indicadores sobre pobreza multidimensional en población migrante entregados por la Encuesta CASEN 2017 y la revisión de literatura sobre el racismo en Chile, se pudo dar cuenta de que la situación de vulnerabilidad y la carencia de trato igualitario que padece un gran número de inmigrantes latinoamericanos responden a procesos y prácticas de racialización y a la presencia de aspectos socio-culturales que operan como fronteras internas que participan en la gestación de discriminaciones y prácticas racistas que influyen la marginación de los inmigrantes latinoamericanos. El resultado de lo desarrollado sostiene que nuestra sociedad cuenta con estereotipos discriminadores hacia los inmigrantes asociados a aspectos estéticos, culturales y étnicos.
A Journey to the North-West in Search of Rock Art
Authors: Varenov Andrey V. , Kudinova Maria A.
Published: January 2020

A report on the scientific journey to Gansu province of the PRC in July 2019 is presented. During the journey the authors had consultations with the Chinese rock art specialists, visited the Historical museum of Gansu province, the Museum of North-Western University and the Wujiachuan rock art site in Jingyuan county of Gansu province. Brief descriptions of the rock art site and museum collections are given.
The Palace that Could Be the Biggest in the World
Authors: Komissarov Sergey A. , Soloviev Aleksandr I.
Published: January 2020

The authors investigate the historical fate of one of four construction mega-projects of Qin Shihuangdi, namely, Epang Palace which was supposed to become the worthy dwelling for the first unifier of the Celestial Empire. Construction workers erected the giant platform-stylobate and built three walls around it. During the Middle Ages (from the end of the Han dynasty and up to the Tang dynasty) it accommodated the military Echeng settlement. Within the same period of time, by the efforts of literati and, first of all, by prominent poet Du Mu (803–852) who wrote “The Ode on Epang Palace”, a myth was created about the wonderful residence of the Emperor with many features such as watchtowers, pavilions and galleries, and how all these beauties were destroyed by rebellions in the great fire. Nevertheless, regular archaeological excavations conducted at the site during the period of 2002–2004 did not reveal any traces of such a fire. The Palace wasn’t burned down – it was simply never constructed. Furthermore, though the huge base platform of the Palace was registered by UNESCO experts as the biggest palace building in the world, no further complicated constructions were found on its surface (though some evidence of preparatory works were reported, for example, the many pieces of roofing tiles that were lifted to the platform).
The results of archaeological investigations of real Epang meant the death-warrant to false Epang that was built by local authorities as popular tourist attraction, means a source of money. It was ruined in 2012 and replaced with archaeological park where all construction works were to be based on scientific reconstruction.
On the Way to Multiculturalism in Japan – Popularization of “Plain Japanese Language”
Authors: Frolova Evgenia L.
Published: January 2020

Modern Japan is resolutely turning towards creating a full-fledged multicultural society. Becoming aware of the depopulation crisis, many municipalities are actively working to attract foreigners. In combination with other measures of the Japanese government, teaching Japanese to foreigners of all levels ensures mutual understanding.
The concept of “Plain Japanese” (PJL) implies the use of a simplified language with limited vocabulary and a set of elementary grammar. “Plain Japanese” was created as a means of providing information to foreigners, firstly for emergency situations, and secondly for everyday life. The scope of application of “Plain Japanese” over the past 25 years has expanded considerably. The leading role in the study of “Plain Japanese” belongs to the research team of Professor Iori Isao from Hitotsubashi University (Pref. Tokyo). Prof. Iori believes that “Plain Japanese” can perform the following key functions: 1. “Plain Japanese” as a state guarantee of “compensatory education”. Children of foreigners who grew up in Japan should also be able to socialize unhindered. “Plain Japanese” is suitable for this purpose as well as possible. 2. “Plain Japanese” as a language of communication in regional communities. In order for “Plain Japanese” to successfully perform the role of an intermediary language, not only foreigners should speak and study it, but also the Japanese who work with foreigners. 3. “Plain Japanese” as the initial level of the Japanese language across all regions. These are schools and Japanese courses for foreigners. To teach the initial level of the Japanese language in a very short time, it is necessary to considerably cut down the grammatical and lexical minimum compared to, for example, the school course of the Japanese language. At present, digital technologies have been created for translating texts to the European Congregation Campaign, research groups are being conducted, and educational literature is being produced by initiative groups.
Archers on the Petroglyphs of Kara-Too in Kyrgyzstan
Authors: Khudyakov Yuliy S. , Tabaldiev Kubatbek Sh.
Published: January 2020

Purpose. The article analyzes in details two small petroglyphic compositions with human figures and hoofed animals made in the technique of dotted engraving on rocky ridges, which were discovered in the mountains of Kara-Too, a part of the mountain range of Tian Shan in Kyrgyzstan, and provides a brief description of another similar composition.
Results. We summarized the primary events of researching rock graphic arts compositions in mountains, particularly those located in the northern part of the Kyrgyz Republic. The first imagery group, which was discovered at the site Kara-Too, demonstrates a dismounted archer wearing a rounded head-dress and keeping a bow and arrow in his hand, with a bow quiver hung to his belt, and a profile imagery of a hoofed animal with two protuberances on its back, which probably means that the animal is a camel. The second petroglyphic composition shows two archers with bows and arrows in their hands, who are hunting goats. We also give a brief description of the third multi-figure composition present at this petroglyphic location. It includes an imagery of a horseman, some horses, a dog, mountain goats and sheep or Altai argali, as well as a construction with walls and a double-pitch roof.
Conclusion. The images of humans and animals in the petroglyphic composition of Kara-Too, which were described in the article, apparently relate to the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.
On Technology of Manufacturing Medieval Ritual Silverware (Based on Materials from the Museum of the History and Culture of the Peoples of Siberia and the Far East, IAE SB RAS)
Authors: Salnikova Irina V.
Published: January 2020

Purpose. The collection of the Museum of history and culture of peoples of Siberia and Far East at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS has a unique section of ritual objects produced by the Ob Ugrians during Middle Ages. The collection features unique objects made of silver, which allows us to make a conclusion that silver had a sacral meaning for the Khanty and Mansi, and the material itself was closely connected with a complex of cosmological and mythological conceptions.
Results. We conducted XRF analysis for a series of silver objects of cult and identified three objects made with the use of a special laborious technology by means of cold hammering from three sheets of silver.
Conclusion. The article gives a full description of the objects and describes the semantics of the images presented. We provide the results of element composition of the metal and identify a circle of analogues. The artifacts considered included a metal plate with a solar sign made with gilding, with an engraving around it on the surface of metalwork, a stylized profile of attenuated heads of elks facing each other (the drawing was created later); the second item being a metal plate with a central part in the form of a medallion depicting a horseman who strikes a man lying at the horse’s legs with a spear (it was made by means of engraving on a ready form); and the third item being a platter with the images of an eagle owl standing on the back of a deer and a duck flying up. The plots of the silver items evidently have a cult significance and correspond to some mythological constructs. The unique technology of their three-layer composition is accounted for by mythological conceptions and enhances a sacral significance of the items.
Names of musical instruments in the Monument “Truthful Record about the Mongols of the Qing Empire”
Authors: Sundueva E. V.
Published: January 2020

The author considers the names of musical instruments presented in the decree on attributes of an escort of the Manchurian governor Hung Taiji for the festive ceremony held in honor of granting him the title ‘Gracious Peaceful Bogdo-Khan’ in 1636. The decree is presented in the written monument “Truthful record about Mongols of the Qing Empire” published in Classic Mongolian in 2013 in Huhe-Hoto (Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of China). The author concludes that nominations of most of musical instruments took place on the basis of the acoustic perception of the sound they produced. For the first time the etymology of the word bičkigür ‘flute’ from the now-defunct verb *bičgi- ‘to whistle’ is proposed. In this way, in the Mongolic languages there are both ‘transparent onomatopoeias’ associated with some real sounds and imitations that lost their connection with the ideophonic words and allow only etymological reconstructions. The analyzing of semantics of dependent components of Mongolian complex words indicates that figurative perception of objects plays the main role during the nomination process. Consideration of complex words shows a generally similar mechanism of nomination of musical instruments in Mongolian and Chinese of the 17 th century. The description of the ideophonic words made it possible to expose semiotic, psychophysiological and linguistic foundations of the essence of language.
Some of the features of the consonant system of the Chalkan language
Authors: Shirobokova N. N. , Fedina N. N.
Published: January 2020

In the following article, we describe the changes that have occurred in Chalkan phonetics over the last 70 years. We compare the consonant system data collected by N. A. Baskakov to modern research data of Siberian experimental phonetics. Certain differences between the Chalkan phonetic systems and other Siberian languages are revealed. We also describe the phonetic processes that are currently taking place in the modern Chalkan language. We list the following changes in Chalkan consonantism: nasalization of labial consonants in anlaut (p- → m-), denasalization of labial consonants in inlaut (-m- → -β-), spirantization of occlusive labial phonemes in inlaut (-p- → -β-), replacement of the anlaut č- by the Altai ħ-, removal of the final fricative low-obstruent super-weak -ɣ. In Siberian Turkic languages, including the Chalkan language (as well as some Kipchak languages, including Kyrgyz, Kazakh, etc.), one may observe a process that can be characterized as a shift of phonotactic trends typical for monosyllabic roots in inter-morphemic clusters of consonants. As the model of affix annexation via connective vowels disappeared, the number of inter-morphemic consonant combinations increased, intensifying the processes of assimilation. Cases of progressive assimilation are the most common: if a stem ends with a vowel or a sonorous consonant, the first obstruent consonant of the affix is either voiced or sonorous (tүn=de ‘at night’, palъ=ɡe ‘to the child’ in Chalkan). If a stem ends with a voiceless consonant, the first consonant of the affix is also voiceless (pᴜlᴜt(t)e ‘on a cloud’, kaske ‘to a goose’ in Chalkan). The Chalkan languages possesses traits typical for Southern Siberian Turkic languages; however, it also has traits similar to those of Kipchak languages, namely the relatively high degree of preservation of voiceless intervocalic consonants in stems (whereas in inter-morphemic positions they are voiced).
Experiments on Supersonic Boundary Layer Laminarization by Means of Foreign-Gas Injection
Authors: Lysenko V. I. , Smorodsky B. V. , Yermolaev Yu. G. , Yatskih A. A. , Kosinov A. D.
Published: January 2020

Experimental investigation of the influence of the distributed heavy gas (sulfur hexafluoride, SF6) injection into the near-wall sub-layer of a boundary layer) on the hydrodynamic stability in relation to controlled disturbances of the supersonic flat-plate boundary-layer at free-stream Mach number M = 2 have been performed. It was for the first time in controlled experiments obtained that injection of this foreign gas leads to the boundary-layer stabilization that is manifested in reduction of disturbance amplification rates. Good quantitative agreement of collected experimental data with computations based on the linear stability theory is obtained.
Air Round Microjet Interaction with Coaxial Hydrogen Jet at It Combustion for Supersonic Speed Jets Efflux
Authors: Kozlov V. V. , Grek G. R. , Litvinenko M. V. , Litvinenko Yu. A. , Tambovzev A. S. , Shmakov A. G.
Published: January 2020

Results of experimental studies of the round air microjet interaction with a coaxial hydrogen jet at its combustion for supersonic speed jets efflux are presented in this work. It is revealed that combustion of the coaxial hydrogen jet with growth of its speed efflux is accompanied by all scenarios, observed at study of the round and plane hydrogen microjets diffusion combustion. However, “bottleneck flame region” undergoes considerable geometrical deformations because of specifics of a flame of a coaxial jet. It is shown that “bottleneck flame region” is transformed from Y-shaped to spherical shape in the activity of growth of a coaxial jet speed efflux. It is found that a round air microjet interaction with a coaxial hydrogen jet at its combustion is accompanied by several new phenomena: existence of cone-shaped area a coaxial jet combustion near a nozzle exit; existence of small-scale supersonic cells on a resultant flame; absence of the hydrogen combustion efflux from combustion region of a coaxial jet near nozzle exit; flame-out from combustion region of a coaxial jet near nozzle exit that leads to hydrogen ignition downstream, its intensive combustion and sharp acoustic noise occurrence; existence of a turbulent flame, to its separation from a nozzle exit and transition to supersonic combustion of a resultant jet.
The Element Composition of the Mountain Altai Plants
Authors: Khramova E. P. , Chankina O. V. , Syeva S. Ya. , Kostikova V. A. , Rakshun Ya. V. , Sorokoletov D. S.
Published: January 2020

A study has been first made on the element composition of both the plants of six species, belonging to three families, growing in the Mountain Altai, and the samples of soil from their habitat using the method of X-ray fluorescence analysis, involving synchrotron radiation (SRXRF). The highest accumulation of macro- and microelements is typical of the representatives of Caragana of the Fabaceae family, the lowest content was recorded for the representatives of Potentilla and Sibiraea of the Rosaceae family. The amount of elements - Br, Y, Mo, Nb, Zr, Ti, Rb, Co, Sr, Fe, Ni and V varies within a wide range (Сmax/Cmin > 5), Mn, Cu and Pb - within small (1,5 < Сmax/Cmin < 2,5) and with very small (Сmax/Cmin < 1.5) range.
Role of Trospium chloride and tamsulosin therapy for treating patients with symptoms of over-active bladder related to benign prostatic enlargement
Authors: Falah Mahdi Ali  , Hayder Mahdi Alaridy  , Ahmed Ali Obaid
Published: January 2020

To assess the benefit and safety of composite therapy (Tamsulosin and Trospium drugs) in treating benign prostatic enlargement complain, mainly overactive urinary bladder symptoms. OBJECTIVE: The study has been designed to estimate the benefit and safety of Trospium and Tamsulosin in processing of symptoms of excessive bladder and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). Patients and Methods: Prospective clinical trial study conducted at Al-Diwaniya teaching hospitals and private clinics from march 2016 to march 2017, to patients BPH and bothersome symptoms. 60 patients were treated with Tamsulocin and 60 patients were treated by Tamsulocin and Trospium. RESULTS: Median scores of IPSS, OABSS, and QOL proved no big difference between two study sets before staring treatment (P = 0.544), (P = 0.287) , (P = 0.668) consecutively. After one month, both treatments led to a big reduction in IPSS, OABSS median score; (P < 0.001), (P < 0.001). Following three months, both treatments resulted in significant reduction in IPSS (P < 0.001), OABSS (P < 0.001), QOL result, (P < 0.001) consecutively. Conclusion: These results suggest which treatment with Trospium and tamsulosin therapy provides benefit for men with natural - Syndrome of the acute urinary tract and benign enlarged prostate.
AFIKSASI PADA LIRIK LAGU DALAM ALBUM “MONOKROM” : KAJIAN MORFOLOGIS
Authors: Restiani Anggi , Sofyan Agus Nero
Published: January 2020

This research entitled “The Usage of Affixes on Lyrics Songs Tulus in The Album Monokrom: a Morphologycal Study.” The method used in this study is a qualitative method. The data are taken from the lyrics songs Tulus in the Album Monokrom that exist in the internet site and artificial data (made by the author).The theory are used Affixes, prefiks, sufiks, and Confixs.  Based on the research there is a lot of use of affixation in lyrics songs Tulus on the Monokrom album. The data are  grouped into 3, ie prefixed word, suffixes and confix.the prefix found in 58 data consists of prefixes ber-, me-, di-, and ter-. The most common prefix is ber- , whereas the prefix whose frequency of occurrence is the smallest is prefix di-. The suffix found in 44 data, consisting of suffix -kan, -an, -nya and -i. The most commonly found suffix is the suffix -kan, whereas the suffix with the least frequency of occurrences is the suffix -nya. The confix found in 8 data, consists of words that have confix ke-an and per-an.
National policy actions on dementia in the Americas and Asia-Pacific: Consensus and challenges
Authors: Sun Fei , Chima Emmanuel , Wharton Tracy , Iyengar Vijeth
Published: January 2020

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) affect over 50 million persons globally, and the number is expected to rise. In response, health ministries are developing and implementing policies and programs to systemically address the needs of individuals and families affected by ADRD. While national plans of action on ADRD are advancing among European Member States of World Health Organization (WHO), those in the Asia-Pacific and Americas are lagging behind. Since previous studies have largely ignored the Americas and Asia-Pacific—where approximately two-thirds of the global ADRD population resides—this study sought to identify (a) the socioeconomic factors associated with the likelihood of having a national dementia policy, and (b) to examine common and differing features among the national plans in these regions. Employing the dementia policy guidelines of WHO and the Pan American Health Organization as an extraction guide for data collection and analysis, the national dementia plans and available socioeconomic data of 10 Member States were analyzed with comparative and qualitative analyses. Findings suggested at least a 14-fold increase in the likelihood of having a national dementia plan if a Member State had one of the following: a universal health care system, more than 14% of the population 65 years of age or older, or high-income. All the Member States in the study identified dementia as a public health priority, but priorities differed. Inconsistencies included development of information systems, training for health care professionals, and long-term care systems.
IMPLEMENTATION OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING MODEL TYPE NUMBERED HEAD TOGETHER (NHT) TO TRAIN SCIENCE PROCESS SKILL IN ACID BASE MATTER OF GRADE STUDENTS AT SMAN JOGOROTO JOMBANG
Authors: Rahmawati Mulia Sri
Published: January 2020

The purpose of this research is to describe  the implementation of syntax of the numbered heads together (NHT) type of cooperative learning model and the students science process skills when applying the Numbered Heads Together (NHT) type of cooperative learning model to the acid base material. This research uses One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The results of the research are shown as follows: (1) The implementation of the syntax of the NHT types of cooperative learning model obtained a percentage at three meetings in the first phase of 62.5%, 75.0%, 87.0%; the second phase of 75.0%, 87.0%, and 100%; the third phase of 75.0%, 75.0%, and 100%; the fourth phase of 62.5%, 87.0%, and 100%; the fifth phase of 75.0%, 87%, 100%; the sixth phase 50%, 100%, and 100%. (2) Science process skills of students to formulate problems get n-gain values of 0.31 in the medium category, compile hypotheses to get n-gains value off 0.49 in the medium category, collecting data get n-gain values of 1,00 with a high category, analyzing the data get a n-gain value of 0.99 with a high category, and make conclusions to get a n-gain value of 0.92 with a high category.Keywords: numbered head together (NHT), science process skills, acid base.
MANAJEMEN PEMBIAYAAN PENDIDIKAN DI SEKOLAH DASAR ISLAM AR RAHMAH KECAMATAN SURUH
Authors: Ekowati Endang Tri , Sunandar Sunandar , Murniati Ngurah Ayu Nyoman
Published: January 2020

Dalam penyelenggaraan pendidikan, pembiayaan merupakan potensi yang sangat menentukan kualitas sumber daya manusia dan merupakan bagian yang tidak dapat terpisahkan dalam manajemen administrasi pendidikan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) perencanaan anggaran untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan; (2) pengorganisasian SDM untuk manajemen pembiayaan pendidikan untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan; (3) pelaksanaan manajemen pembiayaan pendidikan untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan; (4) sistem pengawasan pembiayaan pendidikan untuk meningkatkan mutu pendidikan di SD Islam Ar Rahmah Suruh.Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif jenis deskriptif analitis. Metode pengumpulan datanya adalah observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data menggunakan model analisis interaktif Miles dan Huberman yang mencakup empat komponen yaitu pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Pengecekan keabasahan data menggunakan Kredibilitas, Transferbility, Dependebilitas, dan Konfirmabilitas.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: 1) perencanaan anggaran pendidikan SD Islam Ar RAhmah disusun dan dituangkan dalam bentuk RAPBPT yang diadakan pada tiap akhir tahun dengan menetapkan semua program beserta anggaran masing-masing program. Melibatkan stakholders sekolah, melalui rapat serta keputusan rapat yang sudah di sepakati diputuskan lagi oleh ketua yayasan; 2) Mekanisme pengorganisasian pembiayaan pendidikan dimulai dari sumber dana itu sendiri. Kedua pengorganisasian sumber daya manusia yang mengelola dana tersebut. Di lihat dari struktur organisasi yang bertanggung jawab mengelola keuangan di SD Islam Ar Rahmah adalah kepala sekolah; 3) Pelaksanaan Anggaran di SD Islam Ar Rahmah Suruh digunakan untuk pembiayaan program sekolah serta belanja barang dan jasa dan pengembangan; 4) Pengawasan pembiayaan pendidikan di SD Islam Ar Rahmah dilakukan oleh yayasan Ar Rahmah Suruh dan dinas kependidikan. Kemudian, pertanggungjawaban pembiayaan sekolah diserahkan kepada Komite Sekolah, Yayasan Ar Rahmah, dan dinas pendidikan.
MANAJEMEN SEKOLAH ADIWIYATA DI SMK NEGERI 1 ADIWERNA KABUPATEN TEGAL
Authors: Sugianto Slamet , Nurkolis Nurkolis , Egar Ngasbun
Published: January 2020

Sekolah Adiwiyata merupakan tempat yang baik dan ideal dimana dapat diperoleh segala ilmu pengetahuan dan norma serta etika yang dapat menjadi dasar manusia dalam terciptanya kesejahteraan hidup kita dan menuju cita-cita pembangunan berkelanjutan. Fokus dalam penelitian ini adalah: perencanaan sekolah Adiwiyata, manajemen kurikulum, manajemen sarana dan prasarana di SMK Negeri 1 Adiwerna. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah: (1) mengetahui perencanaan sekolah Adiwiyata, (2) mengetahui manajemen kurikulum, (3) mengetahui manajemen sarana dan prasarana di SMK Negeri 1 Adiwerna.Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan etnografi. Teknik pengumpulan data berupa wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi dengan  triangulasi. Subyek dalam penelitian ini adalah Tim Adiwiyata, Kepala sekolah, wakil kepala sekolah, guru, peserta didik, karyawan, pengelola kantin dan tenaga kebersihan. Penelitian ini dilakukan di SMK Negeri 1 Adiwerna Kabupaten Tegal.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa: (1) perencanaan sekolah Adiwiyata dilakukan dengan membentuk tim Adiwiyata dan membuat visi misi sekolah, pelaksanaan aksi lingkungan yang mengacu pada 4 komponen Adiwiyata dan melakukan evaluasi dan monitoring melalui kegiatan implementasi, (2) manajemen kurikulum berbasis lingkungan dilaksanakan dengan mengintegrasikan wawasan lingkungan dengan mata pelajaran dan kegiatan ekstrakurikuler, (3) manajemen humas berbasis partisipatif dilakukan dengan melakukan upaya peningkatan partisipasi siswa dalam kegiatan lingkungan dan kegiatan kemitraan, (4) manajemen sarana dan prasarana dilakukan dengan pengalokasian anggaran dalam RKAS sebesar 22,97% dan penyediaan lahan hijau yang luas beserta biodiversitasnya serta fasilitas lain yang menunjang. Hambatan yang pada umumnya ditemui adalah kurangnya kesadaran untuk peduli pada lingkungan sehingga Adiwiyata belum menjadi gaya hidup warga sekolah. Saran dari peneliti adalah perlunya peningkatan kesadaran pada warga sekolah memahami program perlindungan dan pengelolaan lingkungan hidup merupakan tanggung jawab bersama sehingga predikat sebagai sekolah Adiwiyata melalui peningkatan program kemitraan serta meningkatkan peran serta masyarakat dalam perencanaan kebutuhan sarana dan prasarana
PERAN KEPALA SEKOLAH DALAM PENYELENGGARAAN SEKOLAH YANG BERMUTU DI SD ISLAM AR RAHMAH SURUH KABUPATEN SEMARANG
Authors: Harwanti Wiwik , Sudharto Sudharto , Roshayanti Fenny
Published: January 2020

Fokus penelitian ini adalah: (1) Peran keterampilan konseptual dalam rangka penyelenggaraan sekolah yang bermutu. (2) Peran keterampilan teknis dalam rangka penyelenggaraan sekolah yang bermutu. (3) Peran keterampilan hubungan manusia dalam rangka penyelenggaraan sekolah yang bermutu.(4) Masalah yang dihadapi dalam rangka penyelenggaraan sekolah yang bermutu dan cara mengatasinya.            Pendekatan penelitian kualitatif, jenis studi kasus (case study) yaitu penelitian yang langsung dilakukan ke lokasi penelitian di SD Islam Ar Rahmah Suruh Kabupaten Semarang pada tahun pelajaran 2018/2019.Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Pengecekan keabsahan data dilakukan dengan credibility, transferability, defendability, confirmability.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan peran keterampilan konseptual kepala sekolah pada pemahaman kepala sekolah terhadap konsep sekolah bermutu dan perumusan program sekolah dalam rangka penyelenggaraan sekolah bermutu. Peran keterampilan teknik kepala sekolah menunjukkan keterampilan dalam pengelolaan kurikulum, KBM, sarana dan prasarana, dan keterampilan dalam pelaksanaan program supervisi. Peran keterampilan hubungan manusia menunjukkan keterampilan menjalin komunikasi, membimbing dan memotivasi, dan menjalin kerjasama dengan guru dan komite sekolahMasalah yang dihadapi oleh kepala sekolah dalam penyelenggaraan sekolah yang bermutu pada keterampilan konsep adalah perbedaan pemahan konsep pada guru, pada keterampilan teknik tentang pengelolaan kurikulumdan, sarana prasarana, pada keterampilan hubungan manusia adanya perbedaan pendapat pada penyelenggaraan sekolah yang bermutu. Upaya yang sudah dilakukan adalah pembinaan, mengoptimalkan kegiatan KKG, dan bekerja sama dengan pihak SMP Ar Rahmah Suruh untuk mengatasi kekurangan kelas.
IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN PENDIDIKAN INKLUSI DI SEKOLAH DASAR NEGERI BOLO KABUPATEN DEMAK
Authors: Supriatini Supriatini , Muhdi Muhdi , Yuliejantiningsih Yovitha
Published: January 2020

Mendapatkan pelayanan pendidikan adalah hak semua warga negara Indonesia tidak terkecuali anak ABK. SD Negeri Bolo Demak telah mengimplementasikan kebijakan pendidikan inklusi. Kebijakannya tersebut mendapat respon positif dari pemerintah kabupaten Demak dengan SK: No. 421.8/30/2012. Fokus penelitian ini adalah bagaimanakah implementasi kebijakan pendidikan inklusi di SD Negeri Bolo Demak dan sub fokusnya adalah komunikasi, sumber daya, disposisi dan struktur birokrasi dalam pelaksanaan kebijakan pendidikan inklusi.Metode penelitian ini adalah kualitatif deskriptif, yaitu metode yang diarahkan untuk menggambarkan atau memaparkan apa adanya hasil penelitian. Sumber data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini ada dua jenis yaitu primer dan sekunder. data primer berasal dari wawancara, sedangkan data sekunder dari observasi, dokumen. Analisis data meliputi pengumpulan data, penyajian data, reduksi data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Keabsahan data menggunakan trianggulasi sumber.Hasil penelitian ini adalah 1) komunikasi dalam mengimplementasikan kebijakan pendidikan inklusi meliputi komunikasi internal dan eksternal. Komunikasi internal terdiri dari komunikasi dengan pendidik yaitu guru ABK dan tenaga kependidikan yaitu staf tata usaha dan psikolog. Komunikasi eksternal diantaranya adalah dengan pihak pihak luar seperti UPTD DIKBUD Kec. Demak, Orang tua siswa, Komite Sekolah., 2) sumber daya dalam mengimplementasikan kebijakan pendidikan inklusi meliputi tiga hal yaitu manusianya, anggarannya dan fasilitasnya. Sumber daya manusia terdiri dari guru pendamping ABK. Guru mata pelajaran dan  psikolog. Sumber daya anggaran terdiri dari Anggaran dari Dana BOS, anggaran dari Dana Pemda dan Anggaran dari dana swadaya. Sumber daya fasilitas terdiri dari sarana gedung, kelas dan media dan alat bantu belajar, 3) disposisi implementator kebijakan pendidikan inklusi meliputi: jujur dalam segala aspek oleh semua stakeholder sekolah, tanggung Jawab pada masing-masing TUPOKSI, Temanwork yang solid sebagai satu kesatuan, 4) struktur birokrasi pelaksanaan kebijakan pendidikan inklusi terdiri dari: standar Operasional Procedur (SOP), struktur birokrasi kepengerusan, standar sistem penilaian.
MANAJEMEN MUTU AKADEMIK SDIT QURAN INSAN MULIA KRADENAN KECAMATAN KALIWUNGU KABUPATEN SEMARANG
Authors: Sulistyani Tutik , Abdullah Ghufron , Murniati Ngurah Ayu Nyoman
Published: January 2020

Mutu pendidikan mencakup input, proses, dan output pendidikan. Untuk menghasilkan output yang berkualitas dalam suatu lembaga pendidikan ditentukan oleh suatu manajemen yang baik. Mutu akademik merupakan capaian akademik yang menunjukkan perolehan nilai hasil proses pembelajaran. Mutu akademik yang dicapai oleh SDIT Quran Insan Mulia Kradenan Kecamatan Kaliwungu Kabupaten Semarang sangat membanggakan dikarenakan adanya manajemen yang tersusun dengan baik mulai dari perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pelaksanaan sampai dengan pengawasan.Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Penelitian dilaksanakan di SDIT Quran Insan Mulia Kradenan Kecamatan Kaliwungu Kabupaten Semarang pada bulan Oktober 2018 sampai dengan bulan Februari 2019. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui wawancara, observasi dan studi dokumentasi. Prosedur analisis data dengan reduksi data, penyajian data dan verifikasi data. Sedangkan subjek penelitian adalah kepala sekolah, ketua yayasan, guru, komite dan pengawas sekolah.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: 1) implementasi manajemen mutu akademik SDIT Quran Insan Mulia Kradenan Kecamatan Kaliwungu Kabupaten semarang dilakukan secara terstruktur mulai dari perencanaan, pengorganisasian, pelaksanaan dan pengawasan dengan melibatkan peran aktif kepala sekolah, guru, komite, ketua yayasan, pengawas dan orang tua peserta didik. 2) dalam fungsi dan tanggung jawab mutu akademik di sekolah menempatkan personal sesuai dengan kompetensinya masing-masing. 3) kendala yang dialami diantaranya sangat dibutuhkan peningkatan koordinasi masing-masing bidang, loyalitas yang tinggi, kelengkapan administrasi dan sarana prasarana.Manajemen mutu akademik diperlukan dalam perubahan organisasi pendidikan. Hal ini penting bagi inovasi organisasi dan adaptasi terhadap pelaksanaan manajemen. Manajemen mutu akademik akan menjadi realistik bila menempatkan mutu jasa pelayanan pendidikan dan mutu lulusan yang sesuai dengan kebutuhan masyarakat.
Actual problems of social protection of disabled people in the Russian Federation
Authors: Ivanova Nailya
Published: January 2020

The article discusses the issues of social protection of people with disabilities, analyzes the provisions of the current legislation governing measures of social support for people with disabilities, and summarizes the judicial practice on problematic issues of social protection of people with disabilities in the Russian Federation.
Formation of the institution of responsibility for crimes against the peace and security of mankind
Authors: Trikoz Elena , Haminskiy Yakov
Published: January 2020

The authors examine the historical background and the main stages in the development of the concept of international crimes. Three conceptual models of international crimes are analyzed, which replaced each other during the past century. The article compares three models – Nuremberg, Hague and Roman. The conclusion is made about the gradual expansion of the most serious international crimes – core crimes. The important contribution of the UN International Law Commission to promoting the concept of responsibility for international crimes is noted.
Bioethics and Genetically Modified Foods
Authors: Gomez-Otamendi Jaaasai
Published: January 2020

Currently, the genetic modification of plants, animals and other organisms has intensified and has allowed the development of increasingly advanced methods. The creation of transgenic foods, their use and distribution have generated various positions, since there is no certainty about their effects on human health or the environment. The objective of bioethics is then to question what is the best environment for the development of new food technologies and balances the ideas of the sectors that support or reject the production and use of genetically modified organisms, and in this way promotes clear and free knowledge of the information contained in these products.
CONAMED as a Mediation Strategy the Development of the Medical Act
Authors: López-Pontigo Lydia , Acuña-Gurrola María del Refugio , Pimentel Bertha M. , Hernández-Pacheco Iván
Published: January 2020

In the medical practice, several elements like science and technology that are also linked to the use of knowledge and values, which set the relationship physician-patient, aim at offering well-being to the population. This demands professional health care staff with a competent training to serve them. However, sometimes this duo becomes devalued due to several factors like malpractice leading to a medical complaint. Is in this scenario that CONAMED plays an important role with its strategy of mediation offering alternative methods to solve disputes or conflicts within the medical practice.
Bioethics and Human Rights in the Area of Health-related Research: A Brief Review of Resource
Authors: Cotonieto-Martínez E
Published: January 2020

Bioethics and Human Rights are knowledge fields that every health professional has to master to perform their work with quality and respect to human dignity, especially regarding health-related research. The purpose of this review is to identify the main documents that allow the researcher to be able to obey national and international ethical guidelines during the design, implementation, information management and evaluation of health-related researches. Promoting the use of this type of resources will strengthen the related procedures to produce scientific material about health respecting bioethical principles and protecting human rights.
Polypharmacy, the ethical implication in the elderly
Authors: Olvera-Hernández Elena G. , Acuña-Gurrola María del Refugio , Chehue Romero Alejandro
Published: January 2020

Worldwide, the population has been aging,  in 2015, life expectancy was 70.5 years old, with around 14% of the planet's inhabitants having an age of 60 years or more. While, for the same period (Organización de las Naciones Unidas, 2013). The average number of years was, in Mexico, 74.95, with 10.28% being part of this population group (Consejo Nacionacional de Población, 2019). In Mexico in 2016 it amounted to 12.4 million people over 60 years. For its part, in the State of Hidalgo, based on data taken from the Intercensal Survey conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, in 2015, 10.90% of the population exceeded 60 years, with a life expectancy of 74.46 years (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía, 2019).

However, greater life expectancy does not imply greater quality of life, that is, living longer is not associated with well-being, since currently the increase in longevity is accompanied by a higher incidence of morbidity and disabilities, directly related with geriatric medicine (Bagma, Griño, San José & Armandons, 2010).