bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
DEIXIS IN THE LEGEND OF LAKE TOBA STORY
Authors: Lugina Gina , R Eka Nuryulia , Suprijadi Dasep
Published: November 2019

Language is more than a sign as it can function as a tool for communication among humans. This means that language can be learned by the humans. One of the fields that study the language is pragmatics. Pragmatics can be defined as the study of contextual meaning; therefore there should be a relationship between language and the context. However, this relationship can be recognized through deixis. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the types of deixis found in the story of “The Legend of Lake Toba”. This paper uses descriptive qualitative method, because it analyzes the types of deixis found in the story. The method of collecting the data is documentation. Specifically using theory of Alan Cruse (2000) about deixis. The steps to analyze the data are reading the story, finding the deixis, and classifying the types of deixis. The finding showed that the types of deixis like personal deixis, spatial deixis, and temporal deixis are used in The Legend of Lake Toba story. In this research, personal types is the dominant types that occur in this story.
IMPROVING READING SKILL USING JIGSAW
Authors: Sopyan Fadhil Muhammad , Hasanah Khoulah Uswatun , Haryudin Acep
Published: November 2019

Abstract This study is aim to identify improving student’s reading skill using jigsaw. Whether jigsawcan improving students ability in reading skill. The research method used in this research is Qualitative Method and Classroom Action Research as a design.The subject of this study were 32 students of the tenth gradesin one of SMK in Bandung Barat. There were seven encounters covered on those two periods; three encounters were for tests, and the other four encounters were for doing treatment. The treatment was teaching reading skill, especially in reading Narrative text, with the used of Jigaw method.The instruments used in this research were observation, interview, field notes and tests. The tests were used to test the students on pre-test, post-test 1 and post-test 2. The tests given subsisted of 10 items in the form of find out the structure of Narrative text and Comprehenison questions based on the text. This research aims at improving reading ability by using jigsaw method in understanding generic structure, language feature and kinds of narrative text. Through two periods, three tests and four treatments, the teaching and learning process is done and run very well in the year of one SMK in Bandung. As shown in the data above that the increase in score almost reaching KKM is 6.5 while the specified KKM is 7.0. Keywords:Reading, Jigsaw, classroom action research
Crowd Risks and Advanced Tools
Authors: O’Toole William , Luke Dr Stephen , Semmens Travis , Brown Dr Jason , Tatrai Andrew
Published: November 2019

The objectives of organisations engaged with crowd situations are subject to serious threats that can disrupt and compromise their integrity and prevent desired outcomes. By employing a risk management process, organisations can identify and assess threats, vulnerabilities and weaknesses and also the likelihood and consequences to the security environment. Risk management involves identifying and assessing threats to the operating environment or strategic goals and prioritizing resources to minimise, monitor and control the impact of events (incidents).
Security Hostile Attacks
Authors: O’Toole William , Luke Dr Stephen , Semmens Travis , Brown Dr Jason , Tatrai Andrew
Published: November 2019

Attacks on people at events and crowds in general are found around the world. It has completely changed the security at events, and event planning as a whole. From cement bollards to bag checks, it is an irritant to every event attendee. The extra security cost of events has risen so high that many events have been cancelled. The celebratory element of the event has been diminished. However it is not the new phenomena that the media seems to assume. Many countries have lived with political/social inspired attacks for years. If a country has hostile neighbours, terror attacks will occur. Regardless of the statistical evidence and the probability of an attack, people are so worried that the sound of a sharp crack in a crowded place can cause panic and a stampede. This chapter describes some of the attacks on crowds at events, and what the security agencies and governments require from those who manage the crowded spaces. It is well to remember that no matter what is written here or in government recommendations, the attackers are ‘free agents’ and can adapt their actions to the conditions trying to prevent them.
Türkiye’de Özel Eğitim Alanında Değerlendirme Süreci
Authors: YENİOĞLU Samet , SAYAR Kübra , KÖSE Hasan , GÜNER YILDIZ Nevin
Published: November 2019

Bu çalışma, ülkemizde
özel eğitim alanında doğum öncesi ve doğum sonrası dönemlerde hangi araçlarla ve
nasıl değerlendirme yapıldığını ortaya koymayı amaçlayan bir derleme
makalesidir. Çalışmada, Türkiye’de doğum öncesi dönemden başlayarak okul
dönemini de içine alan süreçte yürütülen tanılama ve değerlendirme uygulamaları
ile bu uygulamalarda kullanılan değerlendirme araçlarının özellikleri
tanıtılmaya çalışılmıştır. Bireyin gelişiminin izlenmesi, risk altında
olanların belirlenmesi, gerekli önlemlerin alınması ve gereksinim duyulan türde
programların hazırlanabilmesi için farklı dönemlerde farklı değerlendirme
yöntemlerinden yararlanılmaktadır. Çocuğun gelişimi için yapılabilecekler
konusunda aileye ve uzmanlara dayanak sağlayan bu değerlendirmeler, doğum
öncesi dönemden başlamakta, bebeklik, erken çocukluk ve okul döneminde devam
etmektedir. Uygun yapılan değerlendirme ile gereksinime yönelik hazırlanan plan
sayesinde hem zaman tasarrufu sağlanmakta hem de mümkün olan en erken dönemde
etkili müdahaleye başlanmaktadır.
Öğretmen Adaylarının Eğitim Felsefesi İnançları ve Demokratik Tutumları Arasındaki İlişki
Authors: SÖNMEZ EKTEM İşıl
Published: November 2019

Bu araştırmanın amacı, öğretmen adaylarının eğitim felsefesi inançlarını
belirlemek ve eğitim inançları ve demokratik tutumları arasındaki ilişkiyi
ortaya koymaktır. Nicel araştırma yöntemine göre desenlenen bu araştırma,
betimsel nitelik taşımaktadır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu Necmettin Erbakan
Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesinde öğretim görmekte olan toplam 263 öğretmen
adayı oluşturmuştur. Araştırma verilerinin toplanmasında Yılmaz, Altınkurt,
Çokluk (2011) tarafından geliştirilen “Eğitim İnançları Ölçeği” ve Gözütok
(1995) tarafından geliştirilen “Demokratik Tutum Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır.
Verilerin analizinde betimsel istatistikler, Mann Whitney U ve Spearman Sıra
Farkları Korelasyon Katsayısı kullanılmıştır. Araştırma bulgularına göre
öğretmen adaylarının en çok varoluşçu ve ilerlemeci eğitim felsefesini
benimsedikleri; eğitim felsefelerinin cinsiyet ve öğretmenlik programına göre
farklılık gösterdiği belirlenmiştir. Öğretmen adaylarının eğitim felsefeleri
ile demokratik tutumları arasında anlamlı ilişkiler bulunmuştur.
Fen Bilgisi Öğretmeni Adaylarının STEM Eğitimine İlişkin Metaforik Algıları
Authors: ERGÜN Ayşegül , KIYICI Gülbin
Published: November 2019

Bu araştırmanın amacı fen bilgisi öğretmeni adaylarının STEM eğitimine ilişkin metaforik algılarını belirlemektir. Araştırmada betimsel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2016-2017 öğretim yılı bahar döneminde Ege bölgesindeki bir devlet üniversitesinin Fen Bilgisi Öğretmenliği Programına devam eden, 69 üçüncü sınıf öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Katılımcılara “STEM eğitiminin sahip olduğu özellikler düşünüldüğünde, STEM eğitimi ………’ya benzer; çünkü,……” yazılı bir form verilerek cümleyi tamamlamaları istenmiştir. Verilerin analizinde içerik analizi tekniği kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin analizi sonucunda, katılımcılar 50 adet geçerli metafor üretmişlerdir. Bu metaforlar ortak özellikleri bakımından altı kavramsal kategoride toplanmıştır. Öğretmen adaylarının ürettikleri metaforlar ve gerekçeleri incelendiğinde STEM eğitimine ilişkin olumlu düşüncelere sahip oldukları, STEM eğitimini yeni ürünler oluşturma sürecinde yaparak yaşayarak öğrenmeyi sağlayan, problemlere çözüm üreten bireyler yetiştirmeyi hedefleyen, disiplinlerarası bir yaklaşım olarak algıladıkları belirlenmiştir. Bununla birlikte araştırmada öğretmen adaylarının STEM eğitimine ilişkin olumsuz bir algıya sahip olmadıkları sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
Sınıf Öğretmeni Adaylarının Yazma Alışkanlıkları, Tercihleri, Tutum ve İnançları
Authors: KAYABAŞI Bekir , KARADAĞ YILMAZ Ruhan
Published: November 2019

Sınıf öğretmeni adaylarının yazma alışkanlıklarını, tercihlerini, tutum ve inançlarını çeşitli boyutlarıyla ortaya koymak ve öğretmen adaylarının yazmaya ilişkin olumsuz tutumlarının nedenlerini belirlemek bu araştırmanın temel amacını oluşturmaktadır. Nitel araş-tırma yaklaşımıyla gerçekleştirilen araştırmada durum çalışması desenlerinden kolektif durum çalışması yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araş-tırma verileri araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen açık uçlu görüşme formları aracılığıyla toplanmış, verilerinin analizinde betimsel analiz tekniği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklemini sınıf eğitimi programı 1. ve 4. sınıfta öğrenim gören 195 öğretmen adayı oluş-turmaktadır. Araştırma sonucunda öğretmen adaylarının bilgisayar yerine el yazısıyla yazmayı tercih ettikleri ve el yazısının klavyeye göre daha kolay olduğunu düşündükleri ortaya çıkmıştır. Öğretmen adaylarının yazma alışkanlıklarının olmadığı, yazı yazmaktan hoşlanmadıkları, ancak kalıcı olması, duygusal rahatlama sağlaması ve kişisel özgürlük sunması gibi nedenlerle yazmayı önemli bul-dukları araştırmanın önemli sonuçları arasındadır. Öğretmen adayları sosyal etkinlikler, internet ve sosyal ağlarda geçirilen sürenin fazla olması gibi nedenlerle yazmaya fazla zaman ayırmadıklarını, duygusal yoğunluğun olmaması nedeniyle de yazmada zorlandıkla-rını belirtmişlerdir.
An Investigation of the Effects of 5E Model Based on Context-Based In-struction Approach on the Attitudes and Perception of Self-Efficacy of Pre-Service Teachers towards the Assessment and Evaluation Course
Authors: DEDE Hülya
Published: November 2019

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of 5E model based on context-based instruction approach the atti-tudes and perception of self-efficacy of pre-service teachers towards the assessment and evaluation course. For this pur-pose, appropriate contexts for the assessment-evaluation course topics have been prepared and the lessons have been taught in accordance with 5E model based on context-based instruction approach. The study group consists of 30 students who were studying in the third year of the department of sci-ence education in Kilis 7 Aralik University in the spring semes-ter of 2017-2018 academic years. The one-group pre-test post-test pre-experimental designs were utilized as the research method in the study. The application lasted approximately four weeks. Self-Efficacy Perception Scale for Assessment and Eval-uation in Education and Self-Efficacy Perception Scale for Assessment and Evaluation in Education were used as the measurement tools. The obtained data were analyzed with dependent groups t test. As a result of the study, it was deter-mined that the 5E model based on the context-based teaching approach was statistically significant in the attitudes of the students towards the assessment and evaluation course and in the self-efficacy perception pre-test and post-test average.
Hafta Sonu Avm’ye Gidelim Mi; AVM’lerde Yer Alan Oyun Alanları Üzerine Bir İnceleme
Authors: ŞAHİN Emine Seylan , SARIASLAN Beyza , BENCİK KANGAL Saniye
Published: November 2019

Oyun çocukların motor, dil, bilişsel ve sosyal-duygusal gelişimini

destekleyen ve gerekli becerilerin kazanımını sağlayan önemli bir araçtır. Bu

nedenle çocuklar onlara farklı oyun alternatiflerinin sunulduğu bir çevreye

ihtiyaç duyarlar. Günümüzde kentleşmenin ve iş hayatının getirdiği etkilerle

beraber aileler çocuklarını alış veriş merkezlerindeki oyun alanlarına

götürmeye başlamışlardır. Bu nedenle yapılan çalışmada alış veriş

merkezlerindeki oyun alanlarının çocuğun gelişimsel ihtiyaçlarına cevap verip vermediği

ve bu oyun alanlarının özellikleri araştırılmıştır.
Delaware Okul İklimi Ölçeği Öğrenci Versiyonunun Türk Kültürüne Uyarlanması: Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması
Authors: DURNALI Mehmet , FİLİZ Bijen
Published: November 2019

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Bear, Gaskins, Blank ve Chen (2011) tarafından ilk, orta ve lise öğrencileri için geliştirilen ve Yang, Bear, Chen, Zhang, Blank ve Huang (2013) tarafından güncel-lenen Delaware Okul İklimi Ölçeği (DOİ-Ö)’ni Türk Kültürüne uyarlamaktır. Ölçek maddelerinin Türkçe sürümünün dilsel eşdeğerliğinin sağlanması İngilizce ve Türkçe dillerinde uzman bir grubun fikir birliği ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. DOİ-Ö’nün yapı geçerliliği, Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi (DFA) ile test edilmiştir. DFA için ölçek, gönüllük esasına dayalı olarak 2017-2018 öğretim yılı bahar döneminde, amaçlı uygun örnekleme yönte-mine göre gönüllük esasına dayalı olarak, Bursa’nın X ilçesi-nin farklı okul türlerinde öğrenim gören toplam 333 lise öğren-cisine uygulanmıştır. DFA analizi sonucunda modelin faktör yapılarının ve uyum iyiliği değerlerinin en az “kabul edilebilir” düzeylerde olduğu doğrulanmıştır. DOİ-Ö maddelerinin yeterli düzeyde ayırt edicilik özelliğine sahip olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Cronbach Alpha katsayısı; öğretmen-öğrenci ilişkileri boyutu için .80; öğrenci-öğrenci ilişkileri boyutu için .67; okul ilgisi boyutu için .73; okul kurallarının adilliği boyutu için .73 ve ölçek bütünü için .84 bulunmuştur. Ölçek bütünü ve alt boyutla-rının ilişki katsayısı değerleri, ölçek bütünü ve alt boyutları arasında pozitif yönlü anlamlı doğrusal bir ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. Dolayısıyla DFA orijinal yapıyı doğrulamıştır. Alt boyutlar, Türkçe’ye “öğretmen-öğrenci ilişkileri”, “öğrenci-öğrenci ilişkileri”, “okul ilgisi” ve “okul kurallarının adilliği” şeklinde çevrilmiştir. Uyarlanan ölçekte orijinali gibi 17 madde mevcuttur. Sonuç olarak, Türk Kültürüne uyarlanan DOİ-Ö’nün geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğu tespit edil-miştir. Özellikle, bu ölçek, okulların yönetim süreçlerine ilişkin çeşitli çıkarımlara ulaşma noktasında faydalı olabilir.
Kelîle ve Dimne’deki Etik Unsurlar; Bu Unsurların Ahlâk Eğitimi Bakımından Önemi
Authors: PATTABANOĞLU Fatma Zehra
Published: November 2019

“Kelîle ve Dimne” adlı masal kitabı İslâm ahlâk düşüncesinin

ilk kaynaklarındandır. Hint filozof Beydaba tarafından kaleme alınan eser,

İranlı düşünür İbn Mukaffa tarafından Arapçaya tercüme edilmiştir. Mezkûr eser

ahlâk ve siyaset içerikli yapısının yanında, İslâmî ilimlerin oluşum aşamasında

tercüme edilmesinden dolayı, ilgili dönemi aydınlatmak açısından büyük önem

taşımaktadır. Ahlâkî nasihatlerle donatılmış eserin amacı, masallar ve gerçek

hayattan alınan hikâyelerle bireysel ve toplumsal davranışları iyileştirerek,

mutlu bir yaşamın yollarını göstermektir. Buna ilaveten siyasetçilere başarılı

bir yönetimin şartlarını ve pratik olarak yapılması gerekenleri öğretmektir.

Makalenin amacı ise, Kelîle ve Dimne’de ele alınan ahlâkî unsurları felsefî bir

çözümlemeye tâbi tutmak, ahlâk eğitimi bakımından değerlendirmek ve toplumun

duygu ve düşünce dünyasını yansıtan sembolik tarzdaki bu hikâyelerin etik

alanındaki etkilerine dikkat çekmektir. 
Exploring the change patterns in retirees’ psychological health using growth mixture modeling
Authors: Doo Songhwa , Chang JaeYoon
Published: November 2019

Using growth mixture modeling which tracks unobserved heterogeneity in population, the current study explored the change patterns of retirees’ psychological health and investigated factors influencing each developmental trajectory. Specifically, based on role theory, continuity theory, and resources theory, it was hypothesized that retirees would display three different types of psychological patterns: the maintaining, enhancing, and declining pattern. In order to test the above expectation, I adapted panel data of the Korean Retirement and Income Study including a total of 436 retirees who participated in survey every other year since 2005 to 2011. Results revealed that there are two distinct change patterns of retirees’ psychological health: the enhancing pattern and the declining pattern. Following was logistic regression analysis which investigated factors influencing each pattern. As a result, it was found that those with higher education and pre-retire satisfaction on health and economic status were more likely to display the enhancing pattern. On the other hand, those who retired late and retired due to health problems were more likely to display the declining pattern.
The effects of pay for performance on creative performance
Authors: Kim WooYoung , Chang JaeYoon
Published: November 2019

Although companies implementing pay-for-performance system are increasing, the empirical study of effectiveness is scarce. Focusing on creativity which is closely related to organizational productivity, the current study explored the effects of pay-for-performance on creativity. Based on threat-rigidity theory(Staw et al., 1981), this study hypothesized that pay-for-performance would lead to heightened anxiety and attentional narrowing. Also, this study tried to examine the mediating effects of anxiety and attentional breadth on the relationship between pay-for-performance and creativity. Results are as following. First, the creative performance of the pay-for-performance group was lower than that of control group. Second, the level of anxiety in the pay-for-performance group was higher than the control group but there wasn't significantly difference between two groups in attentional breadth. Third, although anxiety was correlated negatively with creative performance, the correlation between attentional breadth and creative performance was not significant. Forth, anxiety fully mediated the relationship between the pay-for-performance and creative performance; yet attentional breadth had no mediation effects. Lastly, the implication and limitations of the current study and suggestions for future research were discussed.
Validation of the career adaptability scale
Authors: Tak Jinkook , Lee Eunjoo , Lim Green
Published: November 2019

The purpose of this study was to test validity of the Korean version of the Career Adaptability Scale(CAAS) developed by Savickas(2012) based on two samples of employees. In the study 1, data were collected from 300 employees across a wide variety of companies. The total of 24 items of the Korean version of the CAAS were administered. The results of factor analyses showed that the four-factor model with 16 items was appropriate. In the study 2, data were collected from 184 employees across various companies. The results of confirmatory factor analyses showed that the four-factor model had high goodness-of-fit indices supporting construct validity of the Korean version of the CAAS. Also the results of correlation analyses showed that career adaptability was significantly related to various criteria such as perception of future career success, career planning, career satisfaction, and career commitment, confirming criterion-related validity of the Korean version of the CAAS. Finally, implications, limitations, and future studies were discussed.
EFFECT OF NATURAL FERTILIZATION AND CALCIUM CARBONATE ON YIELDING AND BIOLOGICAL VALUE OF THYME (Thymus vulgaris L.)
Authors: Dzida Katarzyna , Michałojć Zenia , Jarosz Zbigniew` , Pitura Karolina , Skubij Natalia , Skubij Daniel , Krawiec Marcela
Published: November 2019

Thyme belongs to herbal plants, the yield and quality of which depend on biological factors, agrotechnical procedures and the way of processing and storage. Basic factor differentiating the biological value of plants is fertilization, including manure, as well as plant growth and development, which is significantly influenced by the pH of the substrate, in which the plants are grown. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of manure dose (12.5 and 25 g·dm–3) and calcium carbonate (5 and 15 g·dm–3) on the yield and biological value of thyme. The fresh thyme mass yield was changed under the influence of the factors used. The highest yield of raw material was recorded after using a high dose of manure and calcium carbonate. Significantly higher concentration of essential oil in thyme was found after feeding the plants with higher dose of manure. The inverse relationship was demonstrated for the amount of L-ascorbic acid that decreased with the increase in manure dose. Calcium fertilizers not only serve to regulate the acidity, but are also a source of calcium for plants. After applying a higher dose of CaCO3, sig h thyme mass was observed and higher dry matter content was recorded.
POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF SWEET CHERRY FRUITS AS AFFECTED BY BIOREGULATORS
Authors: Kalajdžić Jelena , Milić Biserka , Petreš Mladen , Stankov Aleksandra , Grahovac Mila , Magazin Nenad , Keserović Zoran
Published: November 2019

During the cold storage of sweet cherry, severe losses can occur due to the water loss, phytopathogenic fungi and physiological disorders. The aim of this research was to assess the effects of treatments with NAA (α-naphthaleneacetic acid), BA (6-benzyladenine), and GA3 (gibberellic acid) on fruit quality at harvest and after 21 days of storage under two regimes, including 0°C, RH (relative humidity) 90% and 3°C, RH 70%, and after additional shelf life exposure. Sweet cherry cultivars – ‘Summit’, ‘Kordia’ and ‘Regina’ – were treated with bioregulators at the end of flowering. NAA significantly increased the fruit weight at harvest compared to the control in all cultivars assessed. BA stimulated the fruit growth in ‘Kordia’ and ‘Regina’, while it was ineffective in ‘Summit’. GA3 caused significant increase in fruit weight by 8.3% in ‘Kordia’ only. Moreover, BA and GA3 induced a higher firmness of fruits at harvest. Weight loss of fruits during storage at 0°C, RH 90%, was increased with NAA and reduced with GA3 in ‘Regina’ only. BA and GA3 reduced the weight loss of sweet cherry fruits stored at 3°C, RH 70%. Bioregulator treatments increased TA (titratable acidity) in fruits at harvest, while the effects on TA during storage were variable depending on the cultivar. ‘Summit’ had the highest sensitivity to storage fruit rot. BA and GA3 decreased the disease occurrence on fruits stored at 0°C in ‘Summit’ and ‘Kordia’.
Back Propagation Neural Network(BPNN) and Sigmoid Activation Function in Multi-Layer Networks
Authors: Asaad Renas Rajab , Ali Rasan Ismail
Published: November 2019

Back propagation neural network are known for computing the problems that cannot easily be computed (huge datasets analysis or training) in artificial neural networks. The main idea of this paper is to implement XOR logic gate by ANNs using back propagation neural network for back propagation of errors, and sigmoid activation function. This neural network to map non-linear threshold gate. The non-linear used to classify binary inputs (x1, x2) and passing it through hidden layer for computing coefficient_errors and gradient_errors (Cerrors, Gerrors), after computing errors by (ei = Output_desired- Output_actual) the weights and thetas (ΔWji = (α)(Xj)(gi), Δϴj = (α)(-1)(gi)) are changing according to errors. Sigmoid activation function is = sig(x)=1/(1+e-x) and Derivation of sigmoid is = dsig(x) = sig(x)(1-sig(x)). The sig(x) and Dsig(x) is between 1 to 0.
The Aest/ethics of Imagination and Deceit in Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation: A Foucauldian-Aristotelian Reading
Authors: Langis Unhae
Published: November 2019

By examining the actions of Paul Poitier in John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation as an aesth/ethic subject, this essay explores the possibilities and challenges of integrating the aesthetic and ethical imperatives of self-formation within the limits of one’s historical and cultural situation. In Guarian terms linking art and life, how does one find the salutary balance between chaos and control: how does one give structure, or teleological purpose, to a life of random color? While the scholarship on Guare’s play readily includes discussions on race, class, and sexuality, notably lacking are rigorous ethical examinations that explore the play’s signature concerns of aesthetics and ethics embedded in the issues of race and economics. A discerning examination of Paul’s aesth/ethic pursuit within the framework of Foucauldian and Aristotelian ethics illuminates the play in unprecedented ways, at the same time offering valuable ethical insights into our own endeavors to live the good life.
Pushing Boundaries and Exploring Limits: Ami McKay’s The Birth House as (Hys)torical Fiction
Authors: Mintz Judith Rebecca
Published: November 2019

This chapter examines the structural and political devices of postmodern historiographic metafiction and the use of humorous fiction about childbirth as a counter-historical practice. I argue that while The Birth House operates as a form of historical fiction, author Ami McKay’s primary goal is to draw attention to Euro-Canadian notions of morality and the so-called medically sound infallibility of science through representations of the grotesque. What type of book is The Birth House and how does it fit in to Canadian literary tradition? I propose that The Birth House provides a space in which McKay uses binary oppositions to argue for the promotion of midwifery, holistic birthing, and the reclamation of the feminist body through mothering. Through historical fiction, McKay unpacks historic discourse by suggesting that the inscription of a woman, a midwife no less, into turn of the twentieth century narrative disrupts the national myths of medical and scientific progress.
Stage Tricks: Handling Props in Arden of Faversham
Authors: Mittertreiner Neal Bernice
Published: November 2019

In 1551 England, Alice Arden cuckolded and then murdered Thomas Arden of Faversham, a prosperous, if unscrupulous, merchant and landlord, in their own home. Alice Arden was tried and convicted of murder, sentenced to die, and burnt at the stake. In the 1570s Holinshed chronicled the crimes and sentencing related to Thomas Arden's murder, and some twenty years later an anonymous playwright dramatized the events in a domestic tragedy called Arden of Faversham. Performed on the Elizabethan, and newly secular English stage in the wake of the Reformation, Arden of Faversham employs what I call the Corpus Christi affect, a phenomenon from the outlawed medieval theatre, to play a trick on its staring and startled audience. My focus is the play's spectacle--a poisoned crucifix, a painting that kills at a glance, a prayer book, shorn of its leaves--spectacle that insistently points at and exploits anxieties that motivate the iconophobes and the iconoclasts. I work with Andrew Sofer's account of semiotic and phenomenological attitudes towards stage properties in my analysis of Arden's props and the characters that handle them. I argue that while Alice's blasphemy, rebellion, and felony appear to be contained and condemned by her death sentence, the play stages its own subversive act by asserting the corpse of her husband as potentially salvific--the very means by which Alice performs her spiritual redemption.
Afro-Surreal and Afro-Futuristic Visual Technologies in Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Colson Whitehead’s Zone One
Authors: Spencer Rochelle
Published: November 2019

The recent explosion of interest in black speculative fiction necessitates study of these new, innovative texts. Afro-Surrealism, a form of black speculative fiction that began in the 1920s (First Wave Afro-Surrealism) and gained popularity in the 1960s (Second Wave Afro-Surrealism), has entered a Third Wave, one that closely mirrors its aesthetic cousin Afro- Futurism in its incorporation of technology into various texts. Both Afro-Surrealism and Afro-Futurism have sparked an outpouring of visual art, music, books, websites, and films, but more importantly, these movements have reinvigorated the novel by incorporating film’s storytelling techniques (jump cuts, montages). These narrative changes, when coupled with the frequent references to film, reveal how some black writers are rethinking technology.  For the Afro-Surrealist, borrowing from film’s visual technologies allows for a more meaningful retelling of history, while for the Afro-Futurist, cinematic writing represents people of color’s ability to work as technological innovators and creators. This paper positions Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao as the representative Third Wave Afro-Surrealist text, and Colson Whitehead’s Zone One as the representative Afro-Futurist text.
Art in the Streets of a Shattered City
Authors: Kurjenoja Anne Kristiina , Ismael María Emilia
Published: November 2019

The world economy has detonated processes of re-territorialization in Latin American cities to favor their aspirations to be distinguished as global cities. The economical dynamics of globalization emerging from their public politics have increased social inequalities having their manifestations on one hand, in economical polarization of the urban area and on the other, in the gentrification and increasing social segmentation and fragmentation of the urban area. The result has been a new, socio-economically and culturally shattered geography of centrality and marginality with frictions between them having their manifestations in ourbreaks of contesting non-institutional creative and artistic practices of local communities and urban tribes, among them projects of art in the street and street art. These creative practices have been used by local urban communities as manifestations of civil resistance to denounce their marginalized situation and to demand major visibility in local public politics. In the framework of global creative economy thus, these illegitimate creative practices have been threatened by public politics favoring creative industries to convert them to new innovative cultural goods and services to impulse the production of aggregated value and through it, neutralize their contesting character. Thus, this paper analyses the cases of urban muralism in Xanenetla, Puebla, and street art in Cholula, Puebla, in order to study the impact of the dynamics of globalized economy on the local contesting culture and art as a fragmenting urban force.
Postmodern Chic and Postcolonial Cheek: A Map of Linguistic Resistance, Hybridity, and Pedagogy in Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children
Authors: Dora-Laskey Prathim-Maya
Published: November 2019

This essay examines how Salman Rushdie appropriates the colonial linguistic medium (English) in Midnight’s Children and embeds resistance within its commonplace and seemingly innocent lexical interstices through the insertion of Hindi/Urdu terms in his wordplay. This lexical hybridity may be examined as a creative example of Homi Bhabha's exegetical “third space” that is postmodern in its disruption of semiotic stasis and postcolonial in its disruption of the primacy of English. This paper contextualizes Rushdie’s code-mixing of English and Hindi/Urdu lexical registers to produce multiple meanings and puns, maps select examples through L.G. Heller’s mode of linguistic diagramming, and provides an overview of the resultant ideological considerations.
Speculations on the Mediterranean Borderscape: Le Baiser de Lampedusa
Authors: Ruzzi Silvia
Published: November 2019

Authors of academic research on globalization often employ watery metaphors -fluidity, circulation, flows - in attempt to analyze the unlimitedness of movements of capital, commodities, ideas, and people. The frictionless sea has thus come to be the metaphor of circulation par excellence. Yet, in the last two decades, the hardening of migration policies all over Europe and beyond EU borders, which has aimed at strengthening a water-barrier between Europe and its “southern beyond”, compels for a consideration of the maritime space, the Mediterranean Sea, as b/order space(s). Through a geo-literary analysis of the novel Le Baiser de Lampedusa (2011) by Mounir Charfi, I will focus my attention on the ways in which the Mediterranean Sea is rendered, modeled and reflected as a b/order space in and through literary representation. The author through the close association of the ordinary and the fantastic, and employing a narrative mode that undermines realism, creates an alternative description of the Mediterranean borderscape in which basic assumptions of referentiality do not hold anymore. In fact, throughout the narrative, the notion of the Mediterranean sea is challenged and its visual appearance becomes blurred and disappears. As a consequence of its disappearance, continents shift and geographic regions are subverted. What emerges is first that the understanding of the Mediterrannean Sea as a b/order is put into question, and secondly, that geopolitical delimitations are not only arbitrary but also flexible. Therefore, the following article deals with the realm of counterfactual geography in border fiction.
Preparation and characterization of vetiver oil encapsulated polymeric microcapsules for sedative and hypnotic activity
Authors: Syed Ansar Ali  , Amit Kumar Nayak  , Kalyan Kumar Sen  , Prabhakar T
Published: November 2019

In the present work, in view of the medicinal properties of vetiver oil (extracted from the roots of Vetiveria zizanioides L.), we made an attempt to encapsulate vetiver oil in a biocompatible polymeric system made of sodium alginate with gellan gum or karaya gum. Sodium alginate and gellan gum or karaya gum were ionotropically cross-linked to encapsulate vetiver oil. Vetiver oil encapsulations in these microcapsules were 35.92 ± 3.18 % to 78.55 ± 3.35%. Vetiver oil encapsulated microcapsules were of spherically shaped with 656-769 µm mean diameter. This vetiver oil encapsulated microcapsules made of alginate-gellan gum blends were found capable of providing a long release of encapsulated oil, showing the potential for the sustained release application. These microcapsules were analyzed by FTIR, DSC, and SEM, etc. In addition, sedative and hypnotic activities of vetiver oil encapsulated polymeric microcapsules in the male Swiss albino mice were evaluated. The sedative-hypnotic activity of vetiver oil encapsulated polymeric microcapsules in rats was observing the number of crossing and motilities. The results proves that vetiver oil encapsulated polymeric microcapsules decreased motility when compared to the control group.
MMP9 modulates the metastatic cascade and immune landscape for breast cancer anti-metastatic therapy
Authors: Owyong Mark , Chou Jonathan , van den Bijgaart Renske JE , Kong Niwen , Efe Gizem , Maynard Carrie , Talmi-Frank Dalit , Solomonov Inna , Koopman Charlotte , Hadler-Olsen Elin , Headley Mark , Lin Charlene , Wang Chih-Yang , Sagi Irit , Werb Zena , Plaks Vicki
Published: November 2019

Metastasis, the main cause of cancer-related death, has traditionally been viewed as a late-occurring process during cancer progression. Using the MMTV-PyMT luminal B breast cancer model, we demonstrate that the lung metastatic niche is established early during tumorigenesis. We found that matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) is an important component of the metastatic niche early in tumorigenesis and promotes circulating tumor cells to colonize the lungs. Blocking active MMP9, using a monoclonal antibody specific to the active form of gelatinases, inhibited endogenous and experimental lung metastases in the MMTV-PyMT model. Mechanistically, inhibiting MMP9 attenuated migration, invasion, and colony formation and promoted CD8+ T cell infiltration and activation. Interestingly, primary tumor burden was unaffected, suggesting that inhibiting active MMP9 is primarily effective during the early metastatic cascade. These findings suggest that the early metastatic circuit can be disrupted by inhibiting active MMP9 and warrant further studies of MMP9-targeted anti-metastatic breast cancer therapy.
Decreasing and stabilising trends of antimicrobial consumption and resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in segmented regression analysis, European Union/European Economic Area, 2001 to 2018
Authors: Peñalva Germán , Högberg Liselotte Diaz , Weist Klaus , Vlahović-Palčevski Vera , Heuer Ole , Monnet Dominique L ,   ESAC-Net study group,   EARS-Net study group
Published: November 2019

Investments to reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the European Union have been made, including efforts to strengthen prudent antimicrobial use. Using segmented regression, we report decreasing and stabilising trends in data reported to the European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption Network and stabilising trends in data reported to the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network. Our results could be an early indication of the effect of prioritising AMR on the public health agenda.
ANALISIS KELAYAKAN USAHA MINYAK SERAI WANGI PADA KONDISI RISIKO (STUDI KASUS PT. MUSIM PANEN HARMONIS)
Authors: Farah Nabila Windias , Nurmalina Rita
Published: November 2019

Citronella oil is one of the essential oils commodity that has great potential to become a business. PT. Musim Panen Harmonis is a company that produce citronella oil. Cultivation and distillation business of Citronella needs a lot of investment costs and cant be separated from the possibility of production and price risk that will affect the feasibility of the business. The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of citronella oil refining non-financial and financial conditions both normal and risk conditions. The research methods used feasibility analysis of non-financial aspects, financial aspect, and scenario analysis with risk assessment. PT. Musim Panen Harmonis is worth to do of non-financial and financial aspects. In normal condition, NPV value is Rp. 7.415.711 072, IRR value is 14.02 persen, Net B/C value is 1.65, and Payback period is nine years one month long. While financial analysis though the risk condition also gain value that full fill investment standart criteria. Then based on the risk assessment said that production risk has higher level than price risk. It means when the business of PT Musim Panen Harmonis face off the production risk it will gain more loss. Advice given to this effort is to optimize production through increased number of citronella plant populations and the use of all land in accordance with the goals and plans, and the company needs to make a contract with partners on the lowest price limit.
Temel Eğitimde Yaratıcı Düşünme Becerisinin Kazandırılmasının Önemi
Authors: ÇİMŞİR Serap
Published: November 2019

Toplumda eleştirel düşünebilen, sorun çözebilen,
sağlıklı kararlar verebilen, yaratıcı fikirler ortaya koyabilen bireylerin önemi bilinen bir gerçektir. Düşünme becerileri süreçleri
incelendiğinde hepsinin ortak yanının bir fikrin ortaya çıkması, yaratılması,
yeni bir bakış açısı ile bir şeyin keşfedilmesi ile ilgili bir durumun oluşması
dikkati çekmektedir. Özellikle problem çözme ve karar verme
becerisinde sorunu çözecek ve en uygun kararı verecek seçeneği bulmak yaratıcı düşünme becerisinin işlevselliğine bağlıdır.  Bilim, sanat, eğitim, sağlık vb alanlarda
yapılan öncü çalışmaların, icatların, fikirlerin, kısacası tüm topluma hizmet çalışmalarının temelinde yaratıcı düşünme becerisi önemli rol oynamaktadır.

Temel eğitim, öğrencileri bir üst eğitim kurumuna hazırlamanın yanında, onları hayata
hazırlama ve onlara yaşam becerileri kazandırma sorumluluğunu da
üstlenmektedir. Temel eğitimde uygulanan yöntem tekniklerin yaratıcı düşünmeyi geliştirmeye yönelik olması, sınıfın fiziki ve duygusal ortamını da yaratıcı düşünmeyi
destekleyecek şekilde düzenlemesi bu becerinin kazandırılmasında etkili
olacaktır. Bu çalışmada yaratıcı düşünmenin önemi, aşamaları ve yaratıcı düşünme becerisini kazandırmaya
yönelik açıklamalara ve tartışmaya yer verilmektedir.
Level of Stress in Students with the Disturbance of Nasal Breathing and Comorbid Disorders
Authors: Evert L. S. , Ignatova I. A. , Zaitseva O. I. , Shilov S. N. , Lisova N. A.
Published: November 2019

Background. The progressive increase of the number of schoolchildren with adaptation disorders and low level of health in recent years determines the need to assess the characteristics of the psychosomatic status in children and adolescents with various types of somatic pathology, including diseases of ENT organs, accompanied by nasal breathing disorders and hypoxia. It is also necessary to determine the severity of stress in children, for timely prevention and correction of these disorders.Aim: to assess the level of stress in schoolchildren with nasal breathing disorders against the background of nasal diseases and concomitant psychosomatic disorders.Materials and methods. 481 schoolchildren aged 12–17 (boys and girls) were examined. Nasal breathing disorders were assessed by a comprehensive ENT examination, including rhinoscopy, radiography of the sinuses, and olfactometry. The presence and severity of stress were determined by the questionnaire “Social factors and stress”.Results. We found that the high level of stress in children with nasal breathing disorders on the background of ENT pathology is more often associated with the high frequency and severity of psychosomatic symptoms: the presence of dorsalgia, asthenic syndrome, chronic headache and frequent episodes of abdominal pain. Moderately and significantly increased levels of stress associated with the presence of children with hypertension, asthenic syndrome, frequent abdominal pain, frequent pain in the cervical spine, panic disorders.Conclusions. Thus, the presence of certain psychosomatic complaints in children with nasal breathing disorders is directly related to the level of stress, which is important to take into account when planning preventive and corrective measures aimed at increasing the adaptive capacity and stress resistance of children. The studies illustrate the need to assess the psychosomatic status and the level of stress in schoolchildren with nasal breathing disorders taking into account their existing comorbid disorders of the psychosomatic spectrum.
Dynamics of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Local Cold Injury
Authors: Mikhailichenko M. I. , Shapovalov K. G. , Mudrov V. A. , Gruzdeva O. S.
Published: November 2019

The relevance of cold injury is due to its high specific weight in the structure of injuries, complexities of complex therapy, and unsatisfactory results of treatment. It is known that in the pathogenesis of local cold injury, the leading role belongs to endothelial dysfunction, which secretes a huge amount of biologically active substances, including matrix metalloproteinases.Aim: to determine the dynamics of the content of matrix metalloproteinases of the second subfamily (MMP-2, MMP-9) in the serum of patients with local cold injury.Materials and methods. The study included 80 patients (60 men, 20 women) with frostbite of the III–IV degree of the foot to the level of the lower third of the leg in the late reactive period and the period of granulation and epithelization.Results. In the late reactive period in patients with cryopreservation, the level of MMP-2 was 3.4 times higher relative to the control (p = 0.011), on day 30 MMP-2 values did not differ from the control parameters (p = 0.103). The level of collagenase B (MMP-9) in patients with local cold injury on day 5 was 14.5 times higher than the control parameters (p = 0.002), on day 30 – 12.5 times higher compared to the control group (p = 0.000094).Conclusion. During the analysis of the data obtained, we can think about the dual nature of collagenases during the processes of inflammation. In a situation of distress, collagenases prevent endothelial dysfunction by eliminating the cellular structures of the endothelium to ensure adequate metabolism in tissues. Their importance as markers of failure of adequate flow of reparative processes is not excluded.
Role of Growth Factors in the Adhesive Process in the Abdominal Cavity
Authors: Dremina N. N. , Shurygin M. G. , Chepurnikh E. E. , Shurygina I. A.
Published: November 2019

Fibroproliferative diseases have been described in the lungs, kidneys, liver, eyes, heart, skin, and abdomen. Each fibrous pathology has causal factors and pathological manifestations characteristic of this organ and this condition. However, there are common mechanisms underlying many fibrous pathologies. This gives potential value to studies focused on specific processes, among which is the adhesive process in the abdominal cavity. The study of growth factors in the formation of connective tissue contributes to a better understanding of the pathogenetic picture in this pathology. It is shown that vascular endothelial growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, transforming growth factor, platelet growth factor, insulin-like growth factor and keratinocyte growth factor participate in the development of abdominal adhesions. Each of these factors contributes significantly to the formation of peritoneal fibrosis.Thus, damage to any tissue initiates a complex multistage process, which is regulated by a large number of cytokines and growth factors. Growth factors control cell migration, proliferation, differentiation, and survival. In addition, they are able to influence the expression of other factors involved in the regenerative response. Understanding the process that develops during the formation of the adhesive process in the abdominal cavity and the growth factors affecting it is important for their further use in order to prevent the pathological process.
Comparison of the Endoscopic Picture in Case of Complications of the upper Gastrointestinal Tract Caused by the Use of Antithrombotic Agents and Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Authors: Moroz E. V. , Karateev A. Y. , Kryukov E. V. , Sokolov A. A. , Artemkin E. N.
Published: November 2019

Intaking antithrombotic funds (ATA) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is one of the most frequent causes of pathology in gastrointestinal (GI) tract.The purpose of the study: comparison of pathological changes of the mucous membrane in the upper GI tract, that occur against the background of ATA and NSAIDs admission.Material and methods. Endoscopic data of two groups of patients taking ATA and NSAIDS have been compared. The first group of 448 patients from the 10th Gastrointestinal Department in N.N. Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital was on record from 2013 to 2017. The patients had erosive ulcerous changes of gastrointestinal mucosa, occurred against the background of the ATA admission. The second group comprised 6431 patients with rheumatic diseases. They were hospitalized in the clinic of V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology in the period from 2007 to 2016 and took NSAIDs regularly.Results. Duodenal and gastric ulcer changes in gastric mucosa and duodenal ulcers were identified in 168 (37.5 %) patients taking ATA and in 1691 (26.3 %) patient treated with NSAIDS. Structure of pathology varied. So, against the background of ATA and NSAIDS admission, the number of acute gastric ulceration amounted to 6.5 % and 15.5 % (p < 0.001); acute ulcers duodenal was 2.9 % and 4.9 %; combined ulcerative lesions of gastric and duodenal was 2.9 % and 2.0 %; multiple erosions of gastroduodenal mucosa were 52.4 % and 15.7 % (p < 0.001); single erosion was 35. 1% and 61.6 %. The factor of ulcer history and age ≥ 65 years old increased significantly the risk of duodenal and gastric ulcer changes in patients taking ATA and NSAIDs: OR 5.182 (95% CI 2.701–9.942) and 3.24 (95% CI 2.19–5.34), 4.537 (95% CI 2.036–10.11) and 2.016 (95% CI 1.230–2.917) respectively. Intaking of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) reduced significantly the risk of complications for both ATA and NSAIDs: OR 0.329 (95% CI 0.199–0.546) and 0.317 (95% CI 0.210–0.428) respectively.Conclusion. The structure of pathology of mucous in the upper gastrointestinal tract that arose against the backdrop of ATA and NSAIDs admission is different. The first is characterized by a multiple erosion, while the second one has single acute distal gastric ulcers. The ulcerative history and advanced age of patients increase significantly the risk of complications concerning the gastroduodenal mucosa when using ATA and NSAIDs. PPI is the effective means of preventing this pathology.