bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Kemampuan Penalaran Formal dan Lingkungan Pendidikan Keluarga Dikaitkan dengan Hasil Belajar Fisika Siswa Kelas X SMA Negeri 1 Sungguminasa Kabupaten Gowa
Authors: Tawil Muh.
Published: April 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan informasi siswaÂ kelas X SMAN 1 Sungguminasa Kabupaten Gowa dalam ha! 1) hasilÂ belajar fisika, 2) kemampuan penalaran formal, 3) projil lingkungan pendidikan keluarga, 4) apakah kemampuan penaralan formalÂ mempunyai pengaruh positip yang signifikan terhadap hasil belajar fisika, 5) apakah lingkungan pendidikan keluarga mempunyaiÂ pengaruh positif yang signifikan terhadap hasil belajar fisika. HasilÂ penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 1) hasil belajar fisika termasukÂ kategori sedang, 2) Kemampuan penalaran formal termasuk kategoriÂ awal formal, 3) profit lingkungan pendidikan (a) sebagian besarÂ mempunyai tempat belajar di rumah tetapi tidak memadai, (b) waktuÂ belajar di rumah sekitar 3 jam perhari,(c) orang tua pernahÂ menanyakan keadaan belajar dan memberi bantuan dalamÂ menyelesaikan permasalahan pelajaran, (d) mendapatkan hadiah/pujian dari orang tuanya bila mereka berprestasi di sekolah, (e)Â pendidikan orang tua pada umumnya minimal lulus SMA (ayah) danÂ lulus SMP (ibu), 4) kemampuan penalaran formal berpengaruh positifÂ yang signifikan terhadap hasil belajar fisika, dan 5) lingkunganÂ pendidikan keluarga tidak berpengaruh positif yang signifikan terhadap hasil belajar fisika.
Hubungan Minat Terhadap Profesi Guru dan Motivasi Berprestasi dengan Keterampilan Mengajar
Authors: Hidayat H. Sholeh
Published: April 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui seberapa kuatÂ hubungan minat terhadap profesi guru dan motivasi berprestasiÂ dengan keterampilan mengajar. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan 1)Minat terhadap profesi guru mahasiswa semester VIII jurusanÂ Pendidikan matematika termasuk kategori tinggi, 2) MotivasiÂ berprestasi mahasiswa semester VIII jurusan Pendidikan MatemtikaÂ termasuk kategori tinggi, 3) Keterampilan mengajar mahasiswa semester VIII jurusan Pendidikan Matematika termasuk baik, 4) MinatÂ terhadap profesi guru memiliki hubungan positif dengan keterampilanÂ mengajar, 5) Motivasi berprestasi memiliki hubungan yang positifÂ dengan keterampilan mengajar dan 6) Minat terhadap pofesi guruÂ dan Motiovasi berprestasi secara bersama-sama memi/iki hubunganÂ positif dengan keterampilan mengajar. Untuk meningkatkan minatÂ terhadap profesi guru dan motivasi berprestasi serta keterampilanÂ mengajar para mahasisw a dalam pembelajaran PPL dan IlmuÂ Pembelajaran lainnya perlu diberikan pengalaman mengajar yangÂ bermakna melalui pilihan strategi pembelajaran dan pemilihan meÂ­dia pembelajaran yang tepat.
Upaya Peningkatan Partisipasi Mahasiswa dalam Proses Pembelajaran Mata Kuliah Sosiologi Pendidikan Melalui Metode Peer Teaching dan Brainstorming
Authors: Martono Nanang
Published: April 2018

Salah satu permasalahan yang dihadapi dosen di kelasÂ adalah mahasiswa yang pasif selama proses pembelajaran, terutamaÂ bila kelas yang ada adalah kelas besar. Artikel ini ditulis berdasarkanÂ Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK), untuk mengatasi rendahnyaÂ partisipasi mahasiswa tersebut melalui diskusi kelompokÂ (menggunakan metode peer teaching) dan diskusi kelasÂ (menggunakan metode brainstorming). Langkah pertama yangÂ dilakukan adalah dosen menyampaikan materi kepada mahasiswa.Â Di akhir proses pembelajaran, dosen memberikan materi diskusi untukÂ didiskusikan secara berkelompok. Proses diskusi kelompok dilakukanÂ di luar jam kuliah. Metode brainstorming dilakukan pada pertemuanÂ berikutnya setelah diskusi kelompok. Dalam diskusi ini, salah satuÂ atau dua kelompok mempresentasikan hasil diskusi kelompoknya.Â Kelompok yang lain bertugas sebagai audience yang menanggapiÂ hasil diskusi kelompok presenter. Hasil PTK menunjukkan bahwaÂ hampir 75 persen mahasiswa berpartisipasi aktif dalam diskusiÂ kelompok. Pada diskusi kelas, 15 persen mahasiswa juga aktif selamaÂ diskusi.
e-Learning en comunidades de aprendizaje de arquitectura y diseño
Authors: Manzano Rivera Esteban Javier
Published: April 2018

En esta época tecnológica, cualquier facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño con un aprendizaje tradicional también puede adaptarse a entornos virtuales de aprendizaje e-Learning. El modelo e-Learning como un Habitat Virtual se fundamenta en el marco de trabajo de un arquitecto, basado en la teoría del hábitat y el circuito de ocupación y producción del espacio, el cual nos demuestra cómo funciona y  conviven los seres humanos con sus diferencias en el único planeta habitable “hasta hoy día”, y cómo se ha desarrollado un nuevo hábitat “El Virtual”. El modelo se evaluó a través de un diseño experimental que se realizó en la facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño de la Universidad de las Américas -UDLA-, en la asignatura de Diseño de Muebles, que ofrece lineamientos a los alumnos para mejorar la calidad de vida de los ciudadanos con mobiliarios urbanos innovadores. La muestra del experimento fueron 12 alumnos que se dividieron en 2 grupos. El primer grupo, de control, siguió un modelo tradicional de aprendizaje. El segundo grupo o experimental, siguió un modelo virtual de aprendizaje. Como mecanismo estándar de evaluación, ambos grupos resolvieron un caso particular. El resultado del modelo Piloto fue pos itivo y alcanzó las expectativas.
Técnica Flexible de Zhang para el cálculo de parámetros intrínsecos y extrínsecos en el ajuste de dietas en cultivos de Oreochromis Sp
Authors: Matallana Edgar , Martínez Romero Ever
Published: April 2018

El cálculo de los parámetros intrínsecos y extrínsecos de cámaras digitales usadas en los cultivos de Tilapias, facilita el ajuste de dichas cámaras a las medidas biométricas reales que se esperan obtener del cultivo. Con estos cálculos se busca crear un modelo matemático que permita relacionar las medidas en pixeles del sensor óptico de las cámaras con las medidas biométricas de las tilapias. Para encontrar la talla de la tilapia roja por medio de reconocimiento de imágenes digitales se determinaron las características internas, geométricas y ópticas de la cámara (Parámetros intrínsecos) y la posición de referencia de la cámara, con respecto al acuario o  estanque (parámetros extrínsecos). El propósito era hallar un modelo matemático que permitiera obtener la información biométrica de las tilapias a partir de las imágenes digitales obtenidas por la cámara. Para este caso, se aplicó el método de calibración de Zhang, utilizando imágenes de un plano con patrones de intensidad específicos, capturados por la cámara en diferentes posiciones y orientaciones. Con los parámetros encontrados se buscó el modelo matemático que relacionara las medidas reales biométricas de las tilapias con el análisis de las imágenes digitalizadas.
ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIOXIDANT EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT SOLVENT EXTRACTS OF MEDICINAL PLANT: FAGONIA MOLLIS DELILE
Authors: ALGHANEM S. M.
Published: April 2018

The present study was aimed to evaluation of the medicinal uses of Fagonia mollis by studying some active constituents, antioxidants and antimicrobial activities. Fagonia mollis Delile was collected from different sites from Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The phytochemical analysis of the aerial parts of F. mollis indicated that the plant is rich in secondary compounds. F. mollis exhibited the highest content of tannins and saponins (19.9±1.68 and 16.8±1.32, mg/g D.W., respectively), followed by phenolics (11.6±0.72 mg/g D.W.), flavonoids (8.6±0.82 mg/g D.W.) and then alkaloids (5.6±0.64 mg/g D.W.). In the DPPH test system, the crud extract of F. mollis, with an IC50 value of 1.51 mg ml?1, but higher than that of the positive control catechol (0.37 mg ml?1). In the present study the petroleum ether and methylene chloride extracts of F. mollis inhibit all pathogenic bacteria with different rates. Ethyl acetate extract has no effect on both Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia, while the acetone inhibited all the bacteria except Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Methyl alcohol extract of plant on tested bacteria proved a broad spectrum antimicrobial potential. On the other hand, petroleum ether extract inhibited the growth of Candidia albicans and Mucor spp (8 and 9.3 mm, respectively), but has no effect on the Aspergillus fumigatus and A. niger. The methylene chloride, Ethyl acetate and methyl alcohol extracts had no antifungal activities against all the pathogenic fungi. Acetone extract inhibited the growth of A. fumigatus (10.2mm) but has no effect on the others. The above results revealed that F. mollis have an excellent anti-bacterial activity and can be used for disease therapy.
Transforming the Rural Agricultural Landscape Through Groundwater Optimisation: Exploring A Chinese-South African Partnership
Authors: Dorasamy Nirmala , Bakre Olayemi
Published: April 2018

The majority of the South African rural populace is directly or indirectly engaged in agricultural practices to earn a livelihood. However, impediments such as climate change, water shortages, and inadequacy of institutional support have undermined these once thriving subsistence farming communities. Furthermore, poor leadership in hydrology, coupled with a lack of depth in skills at all government levels to facilitate the understanding of the importance of groundwater, has made it near impossible for subsistence farmers to benefit optimally from groundwater. The 2012 drought experienced in South Africa paralysed several subsistence farming communities in KwaZulu-Natal. To revamp subsistence farming and assist these farmers across South Africa, the Department of Water and Sanitation launched interventions, but despite the enormous resources expended, indicators (e.g. unsustainable farming practices, poor crop yield, pitiable living conditions, and poor standards of living) provide evidence that these interventions have not yielded the desired results. This paper seeks to suggest practicable interventions aimed at reducing the vulnerability of subsistence farmers in KwaZulu-Natal. The study pursued a qualitative approach in that it solicited the views of experts on groundwater and in related fields to gain an in-depth perspective. Some of the core challenges undermining the sustainability and growth of subsistence farming in the study area were found to be the inadequacy of experts on groundwater, water shortages, institutional deficiencies, lack of political will, and lack of coordination among stakeholders. Pragmatic recommendations are made to address these challenges, among other things to encourage a South African-Chinese partnership in the hydrology sector.
Young men have always wanted to rush into print: a note on Denis Glover's writings on typography
Authors: Rollo Lindsay
Published: April 2018

Denis Glover was a self-assessed expert on typography. This article reviews Glover’s education and training as a typographer and discusses his four accessible published articles. The article then assesses his contribution to the establishment of higher standards of type selection and use in the post-WWII period, particularly for book work. The 'new' typography he and others promoted is now the established typography.Lindsay Rollo, a retired one-time technical editor, is now an independent researcher.Correspondence about this article may be directed to the author at lrollo@paradise.net.nz
‘Rather a lot of death’: Misreading Lauris Edmond’s Late Song as an intentional last collection.
Authors: Lentle-Keenan Samantha Anne
Published: April 2018

Ths article discusses the history of Lauris Edmond's posthumously published Late Song. It argues that editorial invention means that the work cannot be considered a final instalment of autobiography.
'Sweetness and light belong to us’: The Maoriland Worker and Proletarian Poetics
Authors: McNeill Dougal , Murray Alistair
Published: April 2018

Documenting the publication of poetry in The Maoriland Worker, this essay considers the place of poetry and poetics in the Worker’s history and its political project. What was the place of literature in the early years of the New Zealand labour movement? What sorts of texts circulated, and how were they received and interpreted by socialist journalists and critics? Combining quantitative analysis with close reading, this essay offers the Worker as a case study in early New Zealand labour movement literary culture.Correspondence about this article may be directed to Dougal McNeill at Dougal.McNeill@vuw.ac.nz
James K. Baxter and John Ball: a note on the source of 'Letter to Piers Plowman'
Authors: Whiteford Peter
Published: April 2018

Baxter's early poem 'Letter to Piers Plowman' includes references to characters known to us not from Langland's poem but from one of the letters of John Ball (Royal manuscript). This note identifies a likely source in which Baxter could have encountered this little-known political text.
Glover’s and Fairburn’s Inklings
Authors: Rollo Lindsay
Published: April 2018

Denis Glover and ARD Fairburn each contributed three items to the long defunct trade house magazine Inkling: 1947– 51. The significance of the publication to New Zealand printing industry is discussed. The influence of the two authors in proselytising improved client relations and adopting higher standards of typography is assessed in the context of the literary nationalism that emerged in the late 1930s. Inkling was also an important vehicle for the illustrator and cartoonist Robert Brett.Lindsay Rollo, a retired one-time technical editor, is now an independent researcher.Correspondence about this article may be directed to the author at lrollo@paradise.net.nz
Historical Material in Maurice Gee's The Fire-Raiser
Authors: Van Rij Vivien
Published: April 2018

Award-winning New Zealand writer, Maurice Gee, has written five realistic novels for children, each set during a defining period in New Zealand history. This essay examines Gee’s use in The Fire-Raiser of historical material, particularly that related to Nelson Central School and its lively headmaster, F. G. Gibbs. Through his accurate reproduction of precise detail Gee vividly evokes small-town New Zealand during World War I. But Gee also adapts historical material in order to pursue his ideal of balance.Vivien van Rij is a lecturer in Victoria University's Faculty of Education, specialising in children's literature and literacy.Correspondence about this article may be directed to the author at vivien.vanrij@vuw.ac.nz
‘Texted pasts’—the sources of colonial land surveying
Authors: Byrnes Giselle M.
Published: April 2018

This article considers how the diaries and field books of colonial land surveyors provides historians of colonisation with a valuable repository of information. It is argued that these largely marginalised archival sources are significant for two reasons. First, while they contain a good deal of detail regarding the practice of land surveying—measurements, sketches and brief maps—these texts also contain rich botanical and ethnological information as well as personal reflections on the processes of land transformation and settlement. Second, as these texts were constructed ‘in transit’, they present to the historian important questions of context, authority and self-censorship.Professor Giselle Byrnes is Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Law, Education, Business and Arts at Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory AUSTRALIACorrespondence relating to this article may be directed to the author at giselle.byrnes@cdu.edu.au
Writing Along Broken Lines: Violence and Ethnicity in Contemporary Maori Fiction
Authors: Drichel Simone
Published: April 2018

Review of Writing Along Broken Lines: Violence and Ethnicity in Contemporary Maori
‘He Who Would Be a Poet’: James K. Baxter's Early Poetry Manuscript Books
Authors: Millar Paul
Published: April 2018

James K. Baxter's Early Poetry Manuscript Books
Never a Soul at Home: New Zealand Literary Nationalism and the 1930s
Authors: Millar Paul
Published: April 2018

Research into New Zealand Literary Nationalism and the 1930s
Labour and Employment Surveys of the Department of Statistics
Authors: Cook Len
Published: April 2018

Labour and employment statistics result from surveys of: (a) individuals who are in the labour force, and (b) employers of labour (as identified through establishments). The regular surveys that produce statistical data on individuals in the labour force, the Census of Population and the Household Survey, provide a wealth of statistical data on the economic and demographic characteristics of labour force members and their households. Industry, sector, and place of employment data is also obtainable from surveys of individuals, however the details on the activity of employing organisations collected in this way is limited. Specific one-off surveys may provide additional such data, as did the Social Indicators Survey of 1980-81.
ANALISIS PENYEBAB KEGAGALAN MENDIRIKAN USAHA BARU PADA PARA LULUSAN PROGRAM WIRAUSAHA BARU JAWA BARAT KELAS IDE BISNIS
Authors: Srihadiastuti Rida , Hidayatullah Deden Syarif
Published: April 2018

Wirausaha Baru Jawa Barat Program (WUB Jabar Program) which organized by Badiklatkop Bandung, is an entrepreneurship training in 3 choices of business field, those are food-beverage, convection, and salon. Participants are divided into Ide Bisnis class, Start-up class, or Growth class. Ide Bisnis Class is for participants who do not have a business, or already have a business but not yet reached the age of 1 year. Through a survey of 237 Ide Bisnis class graduates, there were 21 people who failed in establishing their new business after participated in the program. This research aims to determine the factors that caused failure. The qualitative descriptive method used in this research. Data collection techniques with an observation of program WUB Jabar, and interviews with 7 graduates who experienced business failure, also to 5 graduates whose business is still continuing. Data analysis techniques with Miles and Huberman models. The results of this research explained that the main factor causing graduates’ new business failure is the barrier on capital because barriers on capital causing barriers on other factors. And capital factor is also the most difficult barrier to be solved by the graduates who do not experience the business failure
PENGARUH PENGALAMAN EKONOMI, KONTROL DIRI SERTA PENDAPATAN SISWA TERHADAP PERILAKU EKONOMI SISWA SMA DI KECAMATAN PASIR BELENGKONG KABUPATEN PASER
Authors: Faidah Ning , Harti Harti , Subroto Waspodo Tjipto
Published: April 2018

This study aims to analyze the influence of economic experience, self-control and income of high school students on the behavior of high school economics in Pasir Belengkong District Paser district. The population of this study are students of class X and XI High School year 2016/2017. Data collection techniques using documentation and questionnaire, the method of proportional random sampling. The result of the analysis shows that partially the student's income does not have significant effect on the economic performance while the economic experience and self-control have a significant and positive influence on the students’ economic behavior. While simultaneous economic experience, self-control and student income have a significant effect on student economic behavior. Positive influence is indicated by the provision of continuous economic experience through habituation and strong self-control of each individual determines the rational economic behavior of each student. Daily habits related to economic experience need to be improved and in subsequent research the control of information needs to be added
Genetic characterisation of small ruminant lentiviruses in sheep and goats from the Czech Republic
Authors: Barták Pavel , Šimek Bronislav , Václavek Petr , Čurn Vladislav , Plodková Hana , Tonka Tomáš , Farková Barbora , Vernerová Kateřina , Vejčík Antonín
Published: April 2018

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of small ruminant lentivirus (SRLV) infections on sheep and goat farms which are exempt from state monitoring and carry molecular characterisation of strains circulating amongst these farms without SRLV eradication. A total number of 3,410 blood samples of sheep and goats from 21 herds were collected for the purpose of the project. The detected serological prevalence of maedi visna in sheep was 19.9% (556/2801) and the seroprevalence of caprine arthritis and encephalitis in goats was 14.1% (86/609). All positive animals were tested by the nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR) method for the presence of provirus in the buffy-coats from EDTA-blood samples. Phylogenetic analysis of 93 SRLV strains identified the genotype in 77 sequences, where 60 of them were genotype A and 17 belonged to genotype B. Whereas all of the genotype B sequences were classified in subtype B2, the genotype A group of isolates showed higher variability and were related to subgenotypes A2 and A3. This study represents the first report of genetic characterisation of SRLV strains circulating in the territory of the Czech Republic.
Detection and molecular characterization of equine herpesviruses 1, 2, and 5 in horses in the Republic of Serbia
Authors: Radalj Andrea , Nišavić Jakov , Krnjaić Dejan , Valčić Miroslav , Jovanović Tanja , Veljović Ljubiša , Milić Nenad
Published: April 2018

The presence of equine herpesviruses 1, 2 and 5 (EHV-1, EHV-2 and EHV-5) was examined in 66 samples of spinal cord, submandibular lymph nodes and spleen of healthy, non-vaccinated abattoir horses from different locations in the Republic of Serbia. Virus isolation was conducted on RK-13 cell line with the confirmation of isolated viral strains by multiplex nested polymerase chain reaction. The cytopathic effect was observed 48–72 h after the first inoculation in 28 (42.4%) organ samples, and after 5 days in 11 other samples (16.7%) that were all confirmed as EHV-1. Four other samples (6.1%) that showed cytopathic effects on day 5 of the third passage were all positive for EHV-5. Additionally, EHV-1, EHV-2, and EHV-5 were directly detected in all organs by multiplex nested PCR in 46 (69.7%), 3 (4.5%), and 7 (10.6%) samples, respectively. The molecular characterization based on nucleotide sequencing of the part of the gB gene showed that Serbian EHV-1 isolates were 100% homogenous and clustered with EHV-1 strains from Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan. The EHV-2 strain from Serbia branched together with Turkish EHV-2 isolates with homogeneity from 96% to 98%. Serbian EHV-5 strains can be separated in one distinct cluster with isolates from Turkey and the United States with homogeneity from 98 to 99%. These data represent the first report of the molecular characterization of EHV-1, EHV-2, and EHV-5 in the horse population of the Republic of Serbia and document the first successful isolation of Serbian EHV-5 strains.
Simultaneous determination of β-agonists and monitoring in bovine tissues by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
Authors: Jeong Kyunghun , Hossain Akil , Park Hae-chul , Son Seong-Wan , Kang JeongWoo
Published: April 2018

The misuse of β-agonists leads to a potential risk to public health and is forbidden in many countries. We developed a rapid, sensitive and reliable multi-residue detection method for zilpaterol, ractopamine, and clenbuterol in bovine tissues by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Residues were extracted in ethyl acetate after protein precipitation, and then analyzed by the developed method. Good linearities (R2 > 0.99) were observed, and the recoveries of zilpaterol, ractopamine, and clenbuterol were 99%, 74%, and 102%, respectively. The limits of quantitation for zilpaterol, ractopamine, and clenbuterol were 1.3, 5.0, and 1.7 ng/g, respectively. The method is also applied successfully to bovine tissues within the Korean National Residue Programme. None of the 3 β-agonists were detected from 50 domestic samples. However, zilpaterol (6.3 ng/g) was quantified in one out of the 50 imported samples. The application of this method will be helpful in quality control analysis of β-agonists residues in bovine tissues.
1,000x Faster than PLINK: Genome-Wide Epistasis Detection with Logistic Regression Using Combined FPGA and GPU Accelerators
Authors: Wienbrandt Lars , Kässens Jan Christian , Hübenthal Matthias , Ellinghaus David
Published: April 2018

Logistic regression as implemented in PLINK is a powerful and commonly used framework for assessing gene-gene (GxG) interactions. However, fitting regression models for each pair of markers in a genome-wide dataset is a computationally intensive task. Performing billions of tests with PLINK takes days if not weeks, for which reason pre-filtering techniques and fast epistasis screenings are applied to reduce the computational burden. Here, we demonstrate that employing a combination of a Xilinx UltraScale KU115 FPGA and an Nvidia Tesla P100 GPU leads to runtimes of only minutes for logistic regression GxG tests on a genome-wide level. In particular, a dataset with 53,000 samples genotyped at 130,000 SNPs was analyzed in 8 minutes, resulting in a speedup of more than 1,000 when compared to PLINK v1.9 using 32 threads on a server-grade computing platform. Furthermore, on-the-fly calculation of test statistics, p-values and LD-scores in double precision make commonly used pre-filtering strategies obsolete.
Polish model of judicial review of decisions taken by the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
Authors: MADEJ Beata Agnieszka
Published: April 2018

Aim: The research effort in the aspect of a model of a court control of a decision issued by the President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection is predominantly supported by significance and importance of applicable legal solutions in practice. The research was aimed at evaluating the model of court control of decisions of the OCCP President. Design / Research methods: Due to the scope of the research covered by the author, the core research methods is the dogmatic method. Because of the theoretical and legal nature of the considerations, the main method used in the research was the method of analytical and dogmatic legal research method. Conclusions / findings: The research shows that it is a complex process to assess the effectiveness of the model for court control of the OCCP President's decisions which is used, in particular in terms of ensuring full and effective guarantee and protection of entrepreneurs' rights. One should agree that the arguments raised by both proponents and antagonists of transformation of the applicable legal solutions seem justified.  Observations from two systems: the model of a control exerted by common court and administrative courts in the context discussed in the paper leads representatives of case law to formulating justified demands for changing the existing model.   Originality / value of the article: The unique nature of competition and consumer law cases is expressed in the hybrid nature of the proceedings run before the OCCP President and, later on, before common courts.  The legislator determined the particular procedure for verifying the governance forms of the impact of the President, which is particularly justified by the nature of competition and consumer protection cases and classifying them formally to civil law cases. Proceedings before the competition and consumer protection court is the first instance proceedings with the purpose of recognising the technical aspects of the case in the light of the civil law provisions. The deliberations presented in the paper clearly lead to the conclusion that submission of the decisions made in competition protection cases to the control of common court is decisive for its scope and applied criteria and, except for legality, criteria such as usefulness, applicability or efficient management are also applied by court. Implications of the research: The deliberations presented in the paper may contribute to initiate works on the transformation of the model for controlling decisions of Polish competition bodies by court.
A model of protecting financial service clients in the UK
Authors: ZAWADZKA Patrycja
Published: April 2018

Aim: The purpose of the paper is to describe changes occurring in the UK in consequence of the financial crisis with regard to protecting financial service customers, which prompts towards the answer to the question about the optimum protection model when it comes to protecting financial market customers. The author analyses whether regulations in use in the UK are sufficient to ensure cohesion between the public supervision of the financial market and customer protection. In practice, these value may be in opposition. Design / Research methods: The basic research method used in the paper is analysing sources of law and the literature of the subject. Conclusions: The most recent financial market crises undermined the assumption that public and legal supervision is a sufficient tool preventing market turbulences. The financial market supervision should expand beyond professional financial service providers. At the same time, it is also necessary to ensure customer protection. Having conducted the research, the Author recognises that the model used to supervise the financial market and protect financial service customers adopted in the UK deserves to be multiplied on the basis of Polish law, with a particular focus on transferring the supervisory function to the central bank. Originality / value of the article: The topic is pertinent and important as, in the EU member states, adaptation of new legal solutions in the area of financial supervision is considered. However, the problem tackled in the paper has not received any wider coverage in the literature of the subject. The UK regulations may and, according to the author - should serve as a model for the Polish legislator who is planning to challenge the issue of organising supervision over the Polish financial market in the near future.
Bid rigging in public procurement market according to the decisions of the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection
Authors: RÓŻOWICZ Konrad
Published: April 2018

Aim: In the practice of awarding public contracts, sometimes the behavior of market actors, instead of competing with other entities, are aimed at illegal cooperation, including bid rigging. The above shows that healthy competition is not possible without efficient market control. In public procurement market this control is, primarily, carried out by public procurement entities: the President of the Public Procurement Office (Prezes UZP) and the National Appeal Chamber (KIO), and furthermore by President od the Office of Competition (Prezes UOKiK) and Consumer Protection and the Court od Competition and Consumer Protection. and Consumer Protection (SOKiK). The interesting issue is how the activities of the President of Office of Competition and Consumer Protection targeted  to contend with bid rigging affects on the activities of President of the Public Procurement Office (Prezes UZP) or the National Appeal Chamber (KIO). Design / Research methods: analysis and comparison decisions/ judgment issued by the President of the Public Procurement Office, National Appeal Chamber, the President of  the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection and the Court of Competition and Consumer Protection. Conclusions: The analysis has shown that the existence of specificities in the activities of the decision-making bodies and the judgments examined. However, in keeping with the specificity of the forms and objectives of control, these entities should cooperate, to a greater extent than before. Expanding the scope of cooperation would make it possible to better contend with bid rigging without changing the competition protection model. The introduction of institutionalized instruments for cooperation between the authorities seems to be valuable in terms of system solutions. Value of the article: The main value of the article is the comparison of selectively selected decisions and judgments representative of the problem under consideration and their comparative analysis in order to achieve the research objectives. The article deals with issues relevant to both public procurement practitioners and the state bodies dealing with procurement matters.
Infringement of consumers’ collective interest – the case of “insurance–deposits”
Authors: SŁOWIKOWSKI Marcin Andrzej
Published: April 2018

Aim: The purpose of the paper is to present the legal regulation aimed at protecting consumers and demonstrate how legal norms influences the economy. The topic is important because of the increasing scale of controversial practices concerning the insurance-depots.Design / Research methods: This issue is examined using the review of legal acts and judgments regarding col-lective violations of consumer interests related to life insurance with a capital fund offered on the Polish market, as well as literature review.Conclusions / findings: The aim of the paper is to assess the scope of negative consequences of such financial products. The paper is another voice in the discussion on loses from “insurance-depots” and might bring value added to their stakeholders, in particular banks and former clients. Originality / value of the article: The research applies suggestion for further quantitative models concerning the topic.
The premise of the effect on trade among EU member states in projects concerning culture and heritage conservation within the framework of the implementation of the projects from EU funds – recommendations for judicial decisions
Authors: ODACHOWSKI Jarosław
Published: April 2018

Aim: Public aid can be involved even in such peculiar public activity sector as culture and heritage conservation. Hence, the EU projects implemented in this area may be subject to legal restrictions on state aid. In this respect, particular legal doubts concerning state aid arise in the context of “impact on trade” premise. This situation is a consequence of both lack of clear definition thereof and the peculiar nature of culture projects. The present paper is aimed at identifying particular issues that ought to be taken into account when determining the possible impact on trade (recommendations for judicature). These issues aren’t actually defined in law, but only in few judgments and literature. Hence, there is a necessity to make further researches.Design / Research methods: Analysis of legal provisions, judgments and literature.Conclusions / findings: 1) It is practically impossible for relevant legal acts to encompass all possible instances of public aid in culture projects. Undoubtedly, judicature (both, of the ECJ and Polish administrative courts) attempts to fill in this peculiar gap by examining and resolving individual cases. 2) Nonetheless, the judicature is not able to account for all possible situations that can be encountered when implementing projects co-financed by the EU, either3) due to the specific nature of this project category, all the above-mentioned aspects and possible interrelations among them need to be considered in great detail. Therefore, each and every case has to be examined separately and individually 4) each of the elements should be examined in detail at every stage of determining whether public aid is granted in a given case (here: from the perspective of possible impact on trade) – both by beneficiaries of the EU funds as well as by institutions involved in management and control system and by administrative courts 5) in individual situations, the sequence of occurrence and intensity of individual elements may differ, which means that each and every case needs to be examined and resolved separately as regards the possible impact on trade and, consequently, the presence of public aid. Originality / value of the article: Contemplated problems are a subject of few judgments and literature. Value of this article is a scientific deepening of all discussed issues. This one is addressed to beneficiaries of the EU funds as well as to institutions involved in management and control system and administrative courts. Implications of the research: This article will enable beneficiaries and mentioned institutions and courts to interpret occurrence of public aid in above-mentioned projects in the appropriate way.
Decisions issued by the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection regarding the imposition of penalty payments on entrepreneurs as a repressive sanction
Authors: DANEL Ewelina
Published: April 2018

Aim:The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the nature of decisions issued by the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection regarding the imposition of penalty payments on entrepreneurs for infringements of the Protection of Competition and Consumers Act of February 26, 2007, which is one of the indications of restrictions on economic freedom. Special attention has been paid to the criteria applied by the President of the OCCP for imposing penalty payments while indicating the changes introduced by amendments to the Act  which came into force on January 18, 2015. Design / Research methods:Legal historical method, systematic and teleological interpretation, comparative law Conclusions / findings:Both the rules and the criteria required to be applied by the President of the OCCP when inflicting punishment are included in a catalogue of directives in Article 111 of CCPA. In the catalogue, the legislator attaches particular importance to the premise consisting in a breach of provisions of the law and a previous breach of the same legal act while other elements, separate for each type of breach, are specified later on, imposing on the President of the OCCP the obligation to consider both attenuating circumstances and aggravating circumstances when deciding on the degree (amount) of the penalty. Irrespective of the above, due to the open catalogue of circumstances affecting the gravity of the penalty, the President of the OCCP may also consider some circumstances indirectly implied in the act and developed by the judiciary decisions, which include the type of non-compliance or breach, the degree of violating the public interest, intentional or unintentional action orduration of the breach. Originality / value of the article:To signal criteria changes applied by the President of the OCCP for imposing penalty payments while indicating the changes introduced by amendments to the Act, which came into force on 18 January 2015.
Mediant Mixture and “Blue Notes” in Rock
Authors: Temperley David , Ren Iris , Duan Zhiyao
Published: April 2018

Rock features extensive use of mediant mixture, that is, the use of both scale-degrees3̂and ♭3̂within a song; it also has been said to employ “blue notes” that fall between these two degrees. In this study we explore these issues, seeking to gain a better understanding of the use of mediant mixture and blue notes in rock. In addition to conventional aural analysis, we use an automatic pitch-tracking algorithm that identifies pitch contours with high accuracy. We focus on the Jackson 5’s “ABC”; several other songs and sections of songs are also considered briefly. Our tentative conclusions are that choices between3̂and ♭3̂in rock are complex but principled, guided by a small set of interacting preferences, and that blue notes are uncommon but do occasionally occur.
Scriabin’s Atonal Problem
Authors: Bazayev Inessa
Published: April 2018

An integral feature in many of Scriabin’s late musical narratives is the presence of an atonal problem—a musical event that threatens a harmony which the piece is based on. I offer a new interpretation of Scriabin’s late music, in which the idea of an atonal problem becomes a defining feature of his style (after op. 58). This atonal problem is defined as a non-chord tone, which disrupts the balance of the collection (octatonic, whole-tone, or Mystic) which the work is based on. Drawing from Schoenberg’s concept of a tonal problem and from Straus’s expansion of this concept in Disability Studies in music, I use Scriabin’s piano miniatures to show that, within each work, a single pitch class always stands out registrally, dynamically, and/or rhythmically, and becomes an important staple of Scriabin’s late style. Thus, the accommodation of this “wrong” note no longer represents that pitch class as a disruptive note, but rather it adds to the unique aspect of that work.
Stepping Out
Authors: Horlacher Gretchen
Published: April 2018

This paper explores relationships between musical and balletic structure in Balanchine’s choreographies of Tchaikovsky’s op. 48Serenadeand Stravinsky’sOrpheus. It demonstrates how movement in music (phrase shapes, melodic directions) and movement in ballet (in individuals and in the corps de ballet) may respond to one another, especially in how each art form follows and alters its own conventions.
Educational Management and the Stress of the Teacher
Authors: Shaifo Zulfiqarullah
Published: April 2018

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A Comparison between Traditional and Reciprocal Teaching of Reading Comprehension among Poor Readers
Authors: Nabeel Tanzila , Liaqat Amna
Published: April 2018

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An Overview of the Benefits of In-Service Training Programme Regarding Improvement in Teaching Skills of Secondary School Teachers
Authors: Jumani Nabi Bux
Published: April 2018

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Status of Communication in Workshops at Allama Iqbal Open University: Students View
Authors: Iqbal Muhammad Javed
Published: April 2018

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The Status of Physical Education and sports Facilities for Girls in the Secondary Schools
Authors: Majeed Zahid
Published: April 2018

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The Ownership Structure and Dividend Payout Policy in Pakistan: Evidence from KSE 100 Index Non-financial Firms
Authors: Raza Syed Hassan
Published: April 2018

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Cooperative Learning and Academic Achievement of High Achievers and Low Achievers in English Language
Authors: Khan Shafqat Ali
Published: April 2018

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SKILLS LEARNING COMPETENCY OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE PHYSICS LABORATORY
Authors: Shah Iqbal
Published: April 2018

Practical skills occupy a pivotal position in the laboratory teaching learning process. Developing the practical skills in the students is a very common objective of teaching Physics. Laboratories are one of the characteristic features of education in the sciences at all levels. It would be rare to find any course in any institution of education without a substantial component of laboratory activity.This paper describes the performance of girl students’ skills learning at secondary school level in the Physics laboratory. A teacher made criterion - reference test was applied to measure three practical skills that is measuring skills, graph drawing skills and graph interpreting skills. The objectives were to study competency in measurement skills, in graph drawing skills and in graph interpreting skills. Only eight percent of the student achieved the mastery level in any of the three skills. The performance of the students in measurement skills was comparatively better than the other two skills. The performance of the students in graph interpreting was very poor of all the three skills.It is important to think about the ways of teaching in the context of laboratory work and also the facilities in the laboratories. In developed countries like UK, where great time and money is spent on doing practical work in schools, there is a need for sound empirical based evidence to justify the laboratory work. For developing countries, like Pakistan, the same justification is needed in order to set up and manage good laboratory for all science courses.This study has aimed at exploring the competency in Physics laboratory skills learning of the secondary school level students.Only 8% students achieved the mastery level in learning the three skills. The competences of the students were much below than the criterion marks (80%) fixed for this study.
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VIRTUAL AND TRADITIONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN PAKISTAN
Authors: Mahboob Ayesha
Published: April 2018

Online education is increasingly becoming common in higher education forsupporting traditional education as well as emerging as an opportunity fordelivering entire education online. In Online education, multimedia materials areused to support learning and the ability to adapt the course content to meet awider range of learner interests and abilities. This research investigates thesatisfaction and performance of the students in TLE and VLE and also findsdifferences in gender based students’ satisfaction and performance. Further, thepreferences of the students in selecting their Learning Environment are analysed.Data have been collected from four educational institutions with a sample of size200 duly taken for consideration. The findings portray that maximum students aresatisfied with their learning environment and performing well in their respectiveenvironment. However, most male students especially of TLE want to switch overfrom TLE to VLE due to certain reasons. Management or higher authorities in TEmay try a launch an optional parallel VE to attract more students and to give analternate option for their traditional student to perform better.
HIGHER EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN
Authors: Mahmood Tariq
Published: April 2018

This paper highlights the role of higher education for the economic growth inPakistan. We explore the impact of increase in enrolment at tertiary level on thegrowth rate of income per worker. Estimating a growth model developed byMankiv et. al. (1992), using the annual data of Pakistan, we find a robustrelationship between higher education and economic growth in the long run. Themodel has also shown that investment in fixed capital has positive impact oneconomic uplift. Applying Johansen’s cointegration test, we show that the longrun elasticity of income with respect to capital stock is different from its share inGDP, and increase in the enrolment per unit of effective worker helps inbolstering economic growth. But, like earlier literature we also find statisticallyinsignificant relationship between higher education and GDP per worker. Thereare some fundamental reasons concerning to the ambiguous impact of investingin human capital on economic growth, particularly in the short run in case ofPakistan. First, the sharp increase in enrollment, recently, has been damaging thequality of education. Second, the unequal distribution of educational services hasheld back the efficiency of public expenditures, particularly before the reformsundertaken by higher education commission. Third, the low private return ofeducation has limited the demand for higher education in Pakistan for almost fiftyyears.
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS COMPETENCIES: AN ANALYSIS OF CLASSROOM PRACTICES IN WORKERS WELFARE MODEL SCHOOLS
Authors: Siddique Tahir Kaleem
Published: April 2018

This research was designed to study Instructional Process Competencies throughobservation of classroom practices in workers welfare model schools in Pakistan.The study was designed to identify essential teacher competencies for schooleffectiveness and to find out if the classroom practices used by Workers WelfareModel School teachers are consistent with these competencies. Forty sampleschools were selected from a total of 75 on all Pakistan bases. The data collectedthrough the questionnaire, classroom observations, focused group discussion andofficial documents was analyzed using both qualitative and quantitativetechniques.Most of the teachers’ responses and results of observations were consistent in theareas of classroom management and material utilization. The teachers in WWFmodel schools, though professionally trained, did not use these competencieseffectively in the classroom.The paper recommends that teachers may be provided in-service training onregular basis. The schools at the same time should develop strategies to superviseclassroom teaching to ensure that teachers use competencies effectively
Study of Pygmalion Effect on Classroom Management
Authors: Nabeel Tanzila
Published: April 2018

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