bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Upaya Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Siswa pada Mata Pelajaran Sejarah Kebudayaan Islam melalui Strategi Inferencing
Authors: Tetin Tetin , Herlina N. Hani , Tantowie Tanto Aljauharie
Published: September 2021

This research is motivated by the level of completeness of the learning outcomes of class III students of MI Rijalul Hikam Jatinagara, Jatinagara District, Ciamis Regency, which is still low in the SKI subject. The average student learning outcomes in the SKI subject obtained by students are still below the minimum completeness criteria of 75. However, the reality shows that 30% of 17 students have not reached the KKM while 70% of 17 students have reached the KKM. This is because the learning process is more teacher-centered and monotonous. Learning activities are mostly used to take notes so that students become bored. This situation makes students less understanding of the material being taught and easy to forget so that it affects the low student learning outcomes. The research method used was Classroom Action Research (CAR) with Kurt Lewin's model. The sequence of activities in Kurt Lewin's model is planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The data collection techniques used in this research were test, observation, interview and descriptive analysis techniques. Data analysis data selection, data correction and data weighting. After conducting the research, the following data can be obtained: 1) the ability of the teacher in preparing RPP SKI in the first cycle reaches an average of 82.61 (Good); in cycle II reached 86.5 (Good); and in the third cycle reached an average of 93.14 (Very good), 2) the ability of teachers to carry out the learning process of the IEC learning process in the first cycle reached an average of 79.02 (good); in cycle II reached an average value of 86.5 (good); and in cycle III reached an average value of 93.33 (very good). 3) student learning outcomes in the first cycle reached 83.05 (good) with 70.5% completeness in the calculation of 12 students completed, 5 students have not completed. In cycle II it reaches an average of 88.23 (good) with completeness 88.23% on the calculation of 15 students complete, 2 students have not completed and in cycle III reaches an average value of 92.88 (good) with 100% completeness in the calculation all students (22 students) completed. This proves that the Inferencing strategy (concluding) can improve student learning outcomes.
Implementasi Total Quality Management dalam Pengembangan Manajemen Pembelajaran Karakter Religius
Authors: Sari Mia
Published: September 2021

This paper presents the implementation of Total Quality Management in developing religious character learning management. Total Quality Management as an approach that emphasizes the existence of a continuous improvement effort in maximizing products, services, and human resources. Character learning based on Total Quality Management is a process of transferring, habituating, and forming character values by educators (teachers) to students, which is carried out based on the concept of Total Quality Management, namely: quality, customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, and comprehensive in all organizational components. This research is a library research using a qualitative approach. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of Total Quality Management in the development of religious character learning management is still very much needed for educational institutions, especially in the learning process.
Urgensi Model Pembelajaran Interaktif dalam Meningkatkan Prestasi dan Motivasi Belajar Siswa dalam Mata Pelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam
Authors: Hakim Fauzi Rahmanul
Published: September 2021

In learning Islamic Religious Education (PAI) students need a learning model that is appropriate and precise in its characteristics. Learning model is termed by interpreting a broader scope than the learning method or strategy. Therefore, the learning model can be interpreted as planning which is used as a reference or rule in the learning process carried out in the classroom and can be a determinant of learning equipment such as teaching materials, books, curriculum, and so on. So it can be said that the learning model is a directional framework from the educator for the teaching process. This research tries to present an overview of the learning problems of an interactive model in the practice of Islamic education. Islamic education is now faced with various kinds of challenges, demands and needs that have never existed before. So it is not enough with just one learning model, it takes innovation in the renewal of the learning model that is tailored to the system needs, curriculum, human resource competencies, infrastructure, and others. If not, then Islamic education in practice will be increasingly left behind because it becomes a problem of learning models that do not adapt to developments. This research uses a literature study approach, data collection through text studies, then the data obtained is analyzed using content analysis. This method intends to analyze the problems of interactive learning in Islamic education practices. So it becomes a solution if the urgency learning model is made into a good innovation from its weaknesses and strengths. Because the learning process of students will be considered more effective if students after learning can find out something that was not previously known. So, learning achievement will change for the better with a change in new behavior in the level of reason, knowledge, thinking or advancement of physical potential.
Konsep Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) dalam Pemikiran Pendidikan Islam
Authors: Hidayatussaadah Ita
Published: September 2021

Islamic education must give birth to individuals who have positive behavior according to the goals of education itself. One figure of Islamic education thought argued that the purpose of education includes three aspects namely cognitive aspects which include the development of reason, such as intelligence, and power of thought; apective aspects include the development of the heart, such as the development of taste, heart and spirit and psychomotor aspects, namely physical development such as physical health and skills. These three aspects have a very close connection and attachment. By having good, critical and analytical reasoning, students will be able to find values ​​that internalize themselves, plunge into their hearts so as to produce attitudes and behaviors as a manifestation of the knowledge they have acquired. The ability to think critically and analytically requires a high level of reasoning known as Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS).
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS IN NIGERIA: MODERATING EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY: ARDL COINTEGRATION APPROACH
Authors: Yusuf Shamsuddeen Nadabo  , Suleiman Maigari Salisu
Published: September 2021

This paper explores the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth in Nigeria: the moderating role of institutional quality. To accomplish this, the study employs an Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) from (2002Q1–2019Q4) and uses a moderator model to examine the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth via institutional quality. The resilts show that institutional quality in Nigeria has a positive impact on economic growth. The results also indicate that the interactive effect of institutional quality and entrepreneurship has positive effect on economic growth in Nigeria both in the short-run and long-run. The study illustrate that the productive entrepreneurship is a potent vehicle for promoting long term economic growth in Nigeria. In general, unless institutional quality is introduced to improve the influence of entrepreneurship on economic growth, entrepreneurial activity alone may not lead to desired growth. Furthermore, the study presents a perspective of the role of government in establishing an enabling environment that promotes entrepreneurial activity and, as a result, enhances economic growth in Nigeria. Based on this finding, the study recommends for the implimantation of measures and policies aims at encourageing productive entrepreneurial activities that contribute to economic growth. In addition Government and policymakers should improved the quality of institutions such as improving Government Effectiveness, Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Voice and Accountability, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law and Control of Corruption.
KEYWORDS: Economic growth, Entrepreneurship, Moderating, Institutional quality.
A study of communication ties among team members in work environment
Authors:   Department of Architecture, College of Architecture and Design, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan, Obeidat Bushra , Muhammad Bsmah Bany ,   Department of Architecture, College of Architecture and Design, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan
Published: September 2021

Many organizations are rethinking and redesigning their work environments by moving out from traditional offices to shared team spaces that promote teamwork and collaboration. This study explores communication ties in co-working spaces through a comparative study on Jordanian workplaces and their US counterparts. The study employed spatial analysis and a social network survey to empirically examine the effects of spatial variables (distance and covisibility) and team members’ communication characteristics (communication- based on gender and role) on the frequency of employees’ face-to-face and electronic-based communications. Correlations and variance analyses indicated that the frequency of communication between two team members declines with the increase of distance between their work locations and increases with the increase of local visual accessibility between them. In a culture characterized by an obvious social hierarchy like Jordan, the frequency of communication among team members with the same role and the same gender was higher than the frequency of communication among team members with different roles or gender.
Modeling of soil shear strength using multiple linear regression (MLR) at Penang, Malaysia
Authors:   School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia, Balarabe Bala , Bery Andy Anderson ,   Department of Physics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Published: September 2021

This paper presents multiple linear regression (MLR) soil shear strength models developed from electrical resistivity and seismic refraction tomography data. The MLR technique is used to estimate the value of dependent variables of soil shear strength based on the value of two independent variables, namely, resistivity and velocity. These parameters were regressed using regression statistics technique for generating MLR model. The results of MLR model, which is based on the estimation of model dependent parameters (Log10 resistivity and Log10 velocity), calculated for p-value, are less than 0.05 and VIF value less than 10 for cohesion and friction angle models. This result shows that there is a statistically significant relationship between cohesion and friction angle with geophysical parameters (independent variables). The estimation accuracy of the MLR models is also conducted for verification, and the result shows that RMSE value for predicted cohesion and predicted friction angle is 0.77 kN/m2 and 1.73° which is close to zero. Meanwhile, MAPE value was found to be 4.57 % and 7.61 %, indicating highly accurate estimation for the MLR models of predicted cohesion and predicted friction angle. Based on the application of near surface, the study area was successfully classified into two regions, namely, medium and hard clayey sand. Thus, it is concluded that MLR method is suitable in estimating the subsurface characterization that covered more regions compared to the traditional method (laboratory test).
Flow characteristics and noise reduction effects of air cleaners of automobile intake systems with built-in resonators with space efficiency
Authors:   Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kongju National University, Republic of Korea, Song Hoseop , Cho Haengmuk ,   Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kongju National University, Republic of Korea
Published: September 2021

In an automobile intake system, Helmholtz resonator is often used to reduce intake noise. But there is a disadvantage in the engine room. Resonator brings low engine room space efficiency, because resonator needs some. In this paper, we propose air cleaner with built-in resonator for a limited space of air cleaner and analyze the pressure drop effect and the transmission loss performance of the resonator through flow analysis. The air cleaner with a built-in resonator had almost no difference in pressure drop with the conventional air cleaner. Some vortex in conventional air cleaner is removed, and also, the built-in resonator has noise reduction effect at 160Hz at 61dB such as same resonator.
Sliding repetitive control with adaptive bound estimation for motion systems liable to periodic exogenous signals
Authors:   Dept. of Mechatronic Engineering, National Taiwan Normal Univ., Taipei, Taiwan, Lu Yu-Sheng , Li Yueh-Tsang ,   Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, National Yunlin Univ. of Sci. & Tech., Yunlin, Taiwan, Lin Ming-Chang ,   Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan
Published: September 2021

Periodic exogenous signals often exist in motion systems, especially those involving one or more rotating elements. These periodic exogenous signals deteriorate the performance of motion systems, and these adverse effects cannot be practically eliminated by straightforwardly increasing feedback control gains due to sensor noise, actuator saturation, and unmodeled plant dynamics. This paper describes a sliding repetitive controller for motion systems subject to periodic exogenous signals. Moreover, an adaptive law for bound estimation is devised to ensure the presence of a sliding motion for both repetitive learning and disturbance observation. The tracking motion system of a disk drive is considered in practice, and a traditional repetitive controller is also implemented for performance comparisons with the proposed scheme. Experimental results are reported in this paper, showing the efficacy of the proposed scheme.
Nonlinear state feedback controller combined with RBF for nonlinear underactuated overhead crane system
Authors:   University of Baghdad, Al-Khwarizmi College of Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering Department, Baghdad, Mary Ali Hussien , Miry Abbas H. ,   Mustansiriyah University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Kara T. ,   University of Gaziantep, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Miry Mohammed H. ,   University of Technology- communication engineering Dept.
Published: September 2021

This paper proposes a robust control scheme for an underactuated crane system. The presented scheme contains two control strategies, feedback control term and corrective control term, based on Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural networks. A feedback control term is deigned based on the nominal dynamic model of the controlled system. RBF neural networks have been used as adaptive control term to compensate for the system uncertainties and external disturbance. Lyapunov stability theorem has been used to derive updating laws for the weights of the RBF neural networks. To illustrate the robustness and effectiveness of the proposed controller, Matlab program is used to simulate the model of the nonlinear overhead crane system with the proposed control method, taking into account system uncertainties and external disturbance. Simulation results indicated superior control performance of the proposed control method compared to the other control methods used in the test.
Fusion of near-infrared and RGB images on a FPGA using high level synthesis tool
Authors:   Key Laboratory of Digital Signal and Image Processing of Guangdong Province, Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou-515063, China, Raj Alex Noel Joseph , Murugappan M. ,   Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, 13133, Kuwait, V Arunachalam ,   Department of Micro and Nano Electronics,VIT University, Vellore, TamilNadu, India
Published: September 2021

Several applications utilizing a set of red green blue (RGB) and near infrared (NIR) images have been emerging over recent years. The present work proposes a technique of enhancing an image by combining color (RGB) and near infrared information (NIR). In order to fuse the two types of images, the NIR-channel is considered as a luminance counterpart to the visible image. International standard database (RGB-NIR Scene Dataset) is used in this work for image fusion. The objective of the paper is to present a simple and hardware efficient fusion method, where the original RGB image is converted into two different color spaces, namely, HSV and YCbCr. Later, the luminance channel of the RGB image is replaced with the near infrared channel, thereby obtaining a fused enhanced image. The above procedure is effectively implemented on FPGA using the Xilinx HLS tool. RGB-NIR dataset is used in the present work for testing the proposed image fusion algorithm, and the quality of the fused image is measured through peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR). The experimental results indicate that HSV color space is more efficient in image fusion compared to YCbCr color space based on the average PSNR values of approximately 29db for HSV and 25db for YCbCr for various images, respectively. Finally, this complete fusion algorithm is implemented on Xilinx Nexys4 FPGA board to be able to obtain real-time outputs in the form of vivid, contrasted images that are pleasing to the observers. The experimental results illustrate that the Xilinx FPGA utilizes only 50% of the available hardware resources and consumes approximately 5.3 Watts to implement the fusion process.
Fractional order PID sliding mode control for speed regulation of permanent magnet synchronous motor
Authors:   Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Zaihidee Fardila Mohd , Mekhilef Saad ,   Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mubin Marizan ,   Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Published: September 2021

This paper proposed a fractional order PID sliding mode control (FOSMC-PID) for speed regulation of permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM). Fractional calculus has been incorporated in sliding mode controller (SMC) design to enhance chattering suppression ability. However, the design of fractional sliding surface is crucial to ensure that speed tracking accuracy is not jeopardized. The proposed controller is designed with a fractional order PID sliding surface, which balances the characteristics of sliding surface with PI or PD structure in terms of robustness and dynamic performance of the controller. By simulation, speed tracking is proven to be faster and more robust with the proposed controller compared to SMC with integer order. Both integration and derivative terms in the surface design outperform FOSMC-PI and FOSMC-PD in terms of disturbance rejection and chattering. Experimental validation proves the advantage of the proposed controller in terms of robustness.
Hubungan Antara Pengetahuan Tentang Kesehatan Reproduksi Dengan Pernikahan Dini Di Kecamatan Selajambe Kabupaten Kuningan Periode 2018-2019
Authors: Dwi Rusmilia Dea Setia
Published: September 2021

Background : Early marriage according to Law number 16 of 2019 paragraph 7 mentioned marriage is allowed if men and women reach the age of 19 years. In Kuningan Regency, there is an increase in the early marriage incidence in 2016 to 2019. Cases of early marriage based on data in Religious Affair Office of Selajambe subdistrict as much as 18% including the high category of all marriages that occurred entered into early marriage in 2019. There is a match between the data obtained from Selajambe Primary Health Facility and Religious Affair Office of Selajambe subdistrict, i.e. the level of young marriage with the number of pregnancies in women aged ? 20 years. This study aims to find out the relationship between reproductive health knowledge and the rate of early marriage in Selajambe Subdistrict Kuningan Year 2020.

Method : This research used quantitative analytical research with correlation research design, and cross sectional approach method. Research population is newly married women in 2018 to 2019 period, using purposive sampling techniques. Research sample of 30 respondents. Instruments used are questionnaires. Analysis of data used univariate and bivariate with Chi-Square test (X2) with (?) 0.05 degree of meaning.

Research results : Most respondents aged > 20 years as many as 12 people (40%), and educated elementary / junior high school as many as 23 people (76.7%). Most married respondents have sufficient knowledge of reproductive health. The result of statistical analysis of Chi square obtained a value of p value 0.042 smaller than (?) 0.05.

Conclusion : There is a relationship between knowledge about reproductive health and the level of early marriage in Selajambe Subdistrict, Kuningan District in 2020.
EFFECT OF AUTOGENIC RELAXATION TECHNIQUES ON ANXIETY LEVELS IN TRIMESTER III PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE WORK AREA OF KEMBANG MUMPO HEALTH CENTER
Authors: Sari Ruri maiseptya
Published: September 2021

Anxiety is a feeling of not relaxing because of fear that is accompanied by a response. Treatment of anxiety that occurs in primigravida mothers can be done with non-pharmacological therapy, one of which is autogenic relaxation. The research objective was to study the effect of autogenic relaxation techniques on anxiety levels in third trimester mothers in the working area of ??the Kembang Mumpo Health Center. This type of research is pre-experimental, with a one group pre-test and post test design. The population in this study were 21 third trimester pregnant women at the end of the June-July period who experienced anxiety. Sampling in the study with a Purposive sampling technique, namely 10 people. The analysis technique used is the T-test statistical test. The results of the univariate analysis showed that the average anxiety level of third trimester pregnant women before autogenic relaxation techniques was performed was 24.7. The average level of anxiety of third trimester pregnant women after autogenic relaxation techniques was 18.8. The results of the bivariate analysis obtained the value of ?Value = 0.000 <? (0.05). It was concluded that there was an effect of autogenic relaxation techniques on the anxiety level of third trimester pregnant women in the Kembang Mumpo Health Center Work Area. The results of this study are expected to incorporate autogenic relaxation techniques into the health workers' monthly activity agenda for handling anxiety in pregnant women. Especially for midwives, it is hoped that they will be able to equip themselves with various safe methods, namely relaxation. One of them is autogenic relaxation which is useful for helping midwives in overcoming client problems, especially pregnant women with anxiety.
Political Marketing in the 2019 Local Election: A Case of the Indonesia Solidarity Party in the Legislative Election in Jakarta
Authors: Farazian Tezar Arkaansyah , Paskarina Caroline
Published: September 2021

The 2019 Simultaneous General Election was the first election joined by the Indonesia Solidarity Party (Partai Solidaritas Indonesia or popular as PSI) to compete. In the domain of the Regional House of Representatives, the party won the most seats in the Province of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta compared to other provinces that were won by the PSI. This study aims to determine the efforts and strategies used by the Indonesia Solidarity Party, especially in the Province of Jakarta, as well as the image that was generated during the 2019 Simultaneous General Election to the public so that they could win the most seats of the Regional House of Representatives from all other provinces. This study focuses on the realm of political communication and uses the 4Ps political marketing theory (product, promotion, price, place) which was adapted from the marketing theory by Firmanzah. This study also uses a qualitative approach with case study method. The results of the research found that Jakarta Indonesia Solidarity Party focused more on candidates’ campaigns rather than promoting the party as an institution. The use of digital media as a means of promotion during the campaign period was also carried out by the Indonesia Solidarity Party, but conventional methods such as the usage of banners, blusukan (face to face visit) activities, and the distribution of merchandise to the public were also carried out in the context of political marketing by Jakarta Indonesia Solidarity Party.
 
Received: 11 March 2021 / Accepted: 19 June 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
Various Perceptions of Inclusive School: Q Methodological Study
Authors: Vančíková Katarína , Basarabová Barbara , Sabo Robert , Šukolová Denisa
Published: September 2021

Although inclusive education has become a global norm, it cannot be said that there is a universal definition of it. Namely, the ideas of what inclusive education is are formed in a local context under the influence of societal, political, economic and cultural forces. This is confirmed also by results of the research the subject of which was examination of perceptions of inclusive school formed in the Slovak socio-cultural context. The aim of the research was to find out how education actors (teachers, school headmasters, teaching assistants, specialists providing support to pupils, parents) think about the concept "inclusive school". For this purpose, the Q-methodology was used that produced eight various descriptions of inclusive school. They uncovered various contexts in which education actors´ ideas about inclusive school were formed. Some are wider, others refer to socio-cultural specifics of the country; others are more personal, reflecting personal experience, inner beliefs or even projected ideas and desires. The research shows that the pedagogical discourse about inclusive education in Slovakia is not only specific, but also internally variable.
 
Received: 4 May 2021 / Accepted: 21 July 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
How does Online Formative Feedback Impact Student's Motivation and Self-Directed Learning Skills during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Authors: Hung Le Thai
Published: September 2021

This research aims to prove the influences of online formative feedback on students' motivation and self-directed learning skills in the time of COVID-19. The questionnaire was sent to 645 students who have completed at least seven blended learning courses. They were asked to choose one class to describe the frequencies of assessment activities and their characteristics. The data was analyzed using SPSS and PLS software, showing that online feedback significantly positively impacts student motivation and self-directed learning skills, except for self-assessment. Therefore applying technology in assessment can be a good solution during the pandemic time. The research also implies that the effectiveness of online feedback depends on the way it performs. Thus, the faculties should develop strategies to confirm the assessment's validity and efficiency.
 
Received: 5 June 2021 / Accepted: 12 July 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
Analysing the Skill of Writing a Scientific Article as a Written Communication Skill of Prospective Elementary School Teacher on Learning Mathematics
Authors: Syamsuddin Agustan , Sukmawati . , Mustafa Sriyanti , Rosidah . , Ma’rufi .
Published: September 2021

One of the skills developed in the 21st century learning framework is the development of written communication skills for students in higher education. Written communication is the ability to express ideas in written form with the aim of expressing ideas, solving problems, improving reasoning skills, understanding scientific phenomena and constructing the phenomena being studied. One way to make it easier for students to communicate their ideas in writing is to use reflective journals. This pre-experiment research aims to identify the written communication skill of prospective teachers of the elementary school in compiling scientific articles through a reflective journal. The research used one group pretest-posttest design which involved 20 prospective teachers of elementary school. The instrument used was a task sheet of scientific article writing. Data were processed using descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The result showed the average value of prospective teachers' written communication skills before using a reflective journal is 52.50, and after using it is 80.56. The gain index is 0.59, which describes the score improvement of students' written communication skills in the medium category. The value of significance obtained is 0,000 < 0.05. This indicated that there is an influence of the use of reflective journals in enhancing the student's written communication skills.
Implementation Difficulties of Kuwait National Competency-Based Curriculum
Authors: Alajmi Maadi Mahdi
Published: September 2021

The study investigates teachers' understanding and use of competency-based national curriculum in Kuwait's public education schools. A developed questionnaire survey distributed to 317 teachers and 94 supervisors. Findings indicated weaknesses in professional development and training, the assessment process, use of instructional technology, financial supplies, and teacher guides. Recommendations highlight needs of a professional development and training to supervisors and teachers on implementing the national competency-based curriculum, standards-based assessments, instructional technology, instructional strategies, and financial supplies. A future research on effects of the national competency-based curriculum on student learning, teaching performance, and outcomes of educational process is highly recommended.
 
Received: 26 May 2021 / Accepted: 2 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
Cloud-Based Learning Management: An Effective Learning during Social Distancing
Authors: Musyaffi Ayatulloh Michael , Rosnidah Ida , Muna Arinal
Published: September 2021

Teaching and learning as a process and concept is often researched through the viewpoint of graduate students as future educators in their respective fields. The aim of this study was to explore graduate students’ conceptions, experiences, and advice about teaching and learning as they embark on their journey as educators. Through purposive sampling, data were collected from students in the final year of their master’s program in education at a large university in Saudi Arabia. A qualitative content analysis of students’ written responses revealed three main themes: 1) definitions of teaching and learning were either teacher-led (predominant) or student-focused; 2) practical activities and assignments framed students’ memorable experiences; and, 3) updated, diverse methodologies including practical applications formed the main advice for educators. Student conceptions of teaching and learning, while predominantly teacher-led, illustrated elements of student-centered learning.  An underlying trend throughout the data was an awareness and description of the ongoing transition from teacher-centered/led to student-centered classrooms in their higher education experiences. Implications of this study include reflection on teaching and student-centered learning as a concept and process in graduate-level education programs and faculty academic development and reconsideration of the traditional faculty-student relationship to a more cooperative and involved one, particularly at the graduate level.
 
Received: 23 June 2021 / Accepted: 4 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
The Challenging Aspects of Digital Learning Objects Usage in a Primary School During the Pandemics
Authors: Jutaite Raminta , Janiunaite Brigita , Horbacauskiene Jolita
Published: September 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic situation forced to look for other ways to provide continuous education around the world, which highlighted the importance and necessity of online education platforms and digital learning object (DLO) while going through this shift (Zhou et al., 2020; Viner et al., 2020; Wang et al., 2020). Teachers, in primary schools as well, had to reorganize completely their curriculum and assignments to adapt them to the virtual environment. This paper, based on the experiences of primary school teachers, aims to reveal the challenges faced by the teachers when within two weeks all Lithuanian schools and universities had to switch to remote education from face-to-face education and when the adoption of DLOs moved from optional to compulsory ‘mode’ as learning process became remote. The research problem is analyzed primarily by revealing the theoretical aspects of the research, i.e., the concept of the DLO, the specifics of the adoption of DLOs in primary education and the challenges considered through the types of barriers. The findings indicate that teachers experienced challenges of practical training, issues in pupils’ assessment due to the lack of participation in the process of assignment completion, time constrain, different computer systems used, issues of online security, internet access and support. The study also identified the challenges of practical origin, namely, difficulties in keeping pupils’ concentration and attention throughout the lesson, lower level of teacher’s control during lessons as well as differences in pupils’ technical skills to use computers.
 
Received: 2 August 2021 / Accepted: 20 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
Analyzing Indicators of the Results of Applying Forecasting Methods for Production Plans: A Case Study at the Diyala State Company for Electrical Industries
Authors: Ismael Emad Khaleel
Published: September 2021

Economic organizations operate in a dynamic environment, which necessitates the use of quantitative techniques to make their decisions. Here, the role of forecasting production plans emerges. So, this study aims to analysis of the results of applying forecasting methods to production plans for the past years, in the Diyala State Company for Electrical Industries. The Diyala State Company for Electrical Industries was chosen as a field of research for its role in providing distinguished products as well as the development and growth of its products and quality, and because it produces many products, and the study period was limited to ten years, from 2010 to 2019. This study used the descriptive approach in the theoretical side of the study, on the practical side, the current study used the statistical application (SPSS), and some other statistical means to process and analyze what was collected from data related to the company, the research sample, from its official website. The research concluded that flooding the Iraqi market with alternative imported products for the products of the Electrical Industries Company led to the cessation of production of some of the company's products, as a result, its resources were not invested efficiently and production costs were high. The current study suggested to the Ministry of Electricity to buy the company's products, as these products have a good quality comparing with the foreign ones.
 
Received: 10 June 2021 / Accepted: 12 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
The Impact of Movies on Tourism among Egyptian Youth
Authors: Abou Zeid Dina Farouk
Published: September 2021

The research study aims to examine the impact of movies on tourism  among Egyptian youth by studying the different genres of movies and the different types and forms of tourism besides applying infotainment to discover the elements of information and entertainment in movies which encourage the youth to travel. A survey is conducted of a disproportionate stratified  sample of 500 Egyptian university students divided equally between private and public universities and between males and females who have passion for traveling, travel at least once a year and are members of travel Facebook groups. The results show that Egyptian and non-Egyptian movies encourage Egyptian university students to travel abroad. The most popular types of movie-induced tourism among the youth are traveling to destinations portrayed in movies, organized tour of portrayed locations, tour of studio sets and movie-themed park. The findings indicate that movie- induced tourism is affected by movies' infotainment.
 
Received: 22 July 2021 / Accepted: 28 September 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
Primary School Enrolment, Public Spending on Education and Economic Growth in Nigeria
Authors: Nenbee Simeon Gbimoiye , Danielle Igbogidi Eseoghene
Published: September 2021

This paper investigates the effect of primary school enrolment and public education spending on Nigeria’s economic growth using the Autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) for the period 1987 and 2017. The coefficient of the error correction model (ECM) reveals a negative sign of -0.304216 which implies that any disequilibrium in the system in the previous year will be corrected at a speed of 30.42 percent annually. Both the short run and long run models were nicely fitted with high coefficients of determination (R2) of about 62 percent.  The analysis of the result also showed that primary school enrolment rate and public expenditure on education increased but their effects were less impactful on Nigeria’s economic growth. These findings perhaps could be attributed to the poor state of classrooms across, poor teacher-pupil ratio, unstable macroeconomic environment, dearth of instructional materials and more. The paper thus recommend that there should be re-design of  educational strategies by the government to include enrolment campaigns, alternative learning programs, pro-poor economic incentive and more, especially at the basic education level and also increased her  budgetary allocation to education sector  in line with UNESCO recommendation of about 26 percent.
 
Received: 9 June 2021 / Accepted: 28 September 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
King Zog’s Foreign Policy with Neighboring Countries
Authors: Yzeiraj Emirjola
Published: September 2021

Zogu has resolutely defended the freedom and independence of his country. Zogu consolidated diplomatic relations with neighboring countries and the political strategy followed by him brought not only economic stability, but also protection of the territory. Seen from that prespective, the purpose of this paper is to show that the policy pursued by King Zog, influenced the establishment of peace in the country and protected the entire Balkans by not further complicating the situation and neutralizing the greedy interests and intentions of Yugoslavia for the territory of Albania, especially St. Naum. In 1924 King Zog had also a possed Yugoslavia’s intervention and intrigues. Throughout his policy, he aimed to achieve Balkan’s peace, because Zogu understanding very well that this would bring peace to Albania as well.  The foreign policy led by Zog, deprived neighboring countries of any wishing conflicts. Thus the peace in Europe would have been in jeopardy as a result of threatening Balkans’s peace.
 
Received: 7 July 2021 / Accepted: 30 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
Coronary Artherectomy and Treatment of Calcified Coronaries
Authors: Mody Rohit
Published: September 2021

Since the introduction of fi rst balloon angioplasty, the fi eld of interventional cardiology has come a long way and witnessed the development of numerous tools and techniques. However, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of heavily calcifi ed coronary artery lesions has always remained as a challenging scenario as appropriate dilation of these lesions is diffi cult which may lead to inadequate stent deployment and ultimately reduce overall procedural success, increase angiographic complications and subsequent adverse cardiovascular events. Recently, plaque modifi cation using dedicated cutting and scoring balloons and with various atherectomy devices has become progressively more important in the management of severely calcifi ed coronary lesions. It alters the morphology of the lesion and improves the feasibility of PCI in severely calcifi ed coronary lesions with an extremely high success rate and a favorable safety profi le. All available atherectomy devices are characterized with diverse design, diff erent mechanism of plaque modifi cation, and indications. In this review, we will discuss various plaque modifi cation strategies, with a particular focus on current atherectomy devices as they are commonly used for severely calcifi ed coronary lesions.
ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF CONTROL OF LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN DISTANCE LEARNING MODE: WAYS TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM
Authors:   Samara State Technical University, Zhuravlev A.P.
Published: September 2021

The article deals with the issue of improving the quality of learning a foreign language, namely the ways to eliminate the problems that occur during teaching the subject in distance learning mode. By means of the Ishikawa diagram the basic groups of factors that affect the quality of learning a foreign language specifically in distance learning mode are figured out. After that the factors that cannot be affected directly by a teacher are excluded from consideration. The remaining factors are carefully considered in order to find which one of them is the best in terms of neutralizing the stated problem. A number of modern methods of teaching foreign languages is analyzed; as the result, a range of indicative tasks for qualitative control of learning a foreign language is proposed, with basic features of distance learning taken into account. In conclusion it is pointed out that the proposed tasks can be used by the university tutors to enhance the quality of control of learning a foreign language in distance learning mode.
STABILITY AND BOUNDEDNESS BEHAVIOUR OF SOLUTIONS OF A CERTAIN SECOND ORDER NON-AUTONOMOUS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Authors: Olutimo A.L. , Akinmoladun O.M. , Enosegbe D.L.
Published: September 2021

In this paper, we give sufficient conditions for the stability and ultimate boundedness of solutions to a certain second order non-autonomous differential equations with damped and forced functions. Our results improve and extend some of the stability and boundedness results in the literature which themselves are extensions of some results cited therein. We give example to illustrate the result obtained.
Teaching Russian literature in the context of the Azerbaijani model of multiculturalism and modern online education
Authors: Гаджиев А.А.
Published: September 2021

Глобальные изменения, происходящие в современном обществе, отражаются и на системе образования, которая все глубже адаптируется к динамично изменяющейся поликультурной среде, стремительному нарастанию интеграционных процессов и виртуализации образа жизни и сфер общения, профессиональной деятельности и учебного процесса. Эти задачи особенно актуализировались в связи с пандемией.
Необходимо осмысление разнородных вызовов непривычных социальных процессов, в том числе учебного процесса в новых условиях – прежде всего дилеммы между классическими формами образования, задачей индивидуализации учебного процесса, с одной стороны, вынужденной виртуализацией в целом образа жизни и учебно-образовательной деятельности – с другой. Эти вызовы актуальны для образовательных систем как Азербайджана и России, так и других стран евразийского региона. Один из аспектов этой проблемы – характерное для евразийского региона явление русскоязычного образования и, в частности, вопросы преподавания русской литературы в онлайн-формате.

The rapid spread of the pandemic causes an urgent need to understand the diverse challenges of both the global and the educational process. First, it is the dilemma between classical forms of education, the task of individualizing the educational process, on the one hand, and the forced virtualization of the whole way of life and educational activities, on the other. These challenges are relevant for the educational systems of both Azerbaijan and Russia, as well as for other countries of the Eurasian region. One of the aspects of this problem is the phenomenon of education in Russian, which is typical for the Eurasian region, and in particular, the issues of teaching literature online.
Support of the Russian language and education in Russian in the Kyrgyz Republic
Authors: Мурзалиева Д.Д.
Published: September 2021

Кыргызская Республика, русский язык, образование, поддержка русского языка и образования на русском языке в Кыргызской Республике, русистика.

The integration processes, in which the Kyrgyz Republic is involved, require a new approach to teaching, especially teaching language. The participation of the Kyrgyz Republic in the EAEU becomes the basis for the further maintenance of the Russian language and education in Russian in our country. The issue of the ever-growing role of the Russian language and education in Russian in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan is of great importance: the language situation in our country is changing dynamically, and not only in a positive direction. In this regard, it is necessary to precisely raise such issues that will constantly and invariably contribute to the promotion and strengthening of the Russian language and education in Russian in Kyrgyzstan.
Involvement management as a way for schools to adapt to the challenges of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic
Authors: Булаева М.В.
Published: September 2021

Автор освещает возникшие при пандемии проблемы дистанционного формата образования, в том числе с точки зрения социализации, а также базовые причины инертности методологии системы общего образования России. Для сравнения приведен пример опыта функционирования систем образования стран Запада и США. Изменить подход к управлению педагогическим коллективом и педагогическим процессом могут помочь принципы методологии Agile. Данная методология актуализируется при дистанционном формате обучения, так как требует самостоятельной работы обучающихся и как следствие вовлекает их в образовательный процесс.

The article highlights the problematic issues of the distance education that arose during the pandemic, including those of socialization, as well as the main reasons for the inertia of the methodology in the general education system in Russia. To comparison, an example of the Western countries and the United States educational systems way of functioning is given. To change the management of the teaching staff and the pedagogical process itself, the author proposes the principles of Agile methodology. Agile methodology becomes relevant in the distance learning due to the requirements for students independent work and, therefore, their involvement in the educational process.