bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
News of the End of the World: The Essay Film as Mentality
Authors: Català Domènech Josep Maria
Published: July 2022

The contemporary essay film is situated within the deep transformations of cinema that led to post-cinema, just as it arises from the revolution experienced by the classic documentary, now transformed into the post-documentary, whose main axes are subjectivity and thought. Following the ideas of Deleuze and Guattari, the essay film can be considered as a sign of a new image of thought derived from cinema but more complex. The essay mode in general, as a way of thinking, adapts to the complexities of the contemporary world through its fluid, rhizomatic and multidimensional condition. Likewise, based on the hypothesis that the essay form corresponds to a certain mentality anthropologically understood, it results in the existence of a post-subject that is especially evident with the essay film and that confronts the crisis of transcendental subjectivity that has characterized the twentieth-century thought.
Land use land cover change detection in the lower Bhavani basin, Tamil Nadu, using geospatial techniques
Authors: Karishma C. G. , Kannan Balaji , Nagarajan K. , Panneerselvam S. , Pazhanivelan S.
Published: July 2022

Land use land cover (LULC) change detection is essential for sustainable development, planning and management. This study was an attempt to evaluate the LULC change in the lower bhavani basin from 2014 to 2019, using Landsat 8 data integrating Google Earth Engine (GEE) as a web-based platform and Geographic Information System. The CART and Random Forest classifiers in GEE were used for performing supervised classification. The classified map accuracy was assessed using high resolution imagery and evaluated using a confusion matrix implemented in GEE. Five major LULC classes, viz., agriculture, built up, current fallow, forest and waterbody, were identified, and the dominant land use in the study area was agriculture and current fallow, followed by dominant land use of forest. During the study period (2014–2019) the change inbuilt-up area 7.37% in 2019 and 5.45% in 2014, was noted due to urban sprawl. GEE showed significant versatility and proved to be an effective platform for LULC detection.
Screening of finger millet genotypes for sodicity tolerance using the Na+/K+ ratio as a major physiological trait
Authors: Keerthana K , Chitra S , Naveenkumar T
Published: July 2022

Sodicity affects a larger area than salinity, but research on the sodicity tolerance mechanism is limited. The study was carried out to screen 120 finger millet genotypes under sodic soil conditions and identify sodicity-tolerant genotypes. The experimental field soil conditions were sandy clay loam with pH 8.9, electrical conductivity (EC) 0.94 dSm-1 and exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) 21.5, which was naturally sodic. Grain yield per plant and Na+/K+ ratio were recorded for each genotype to screen sodicity tolerance among the genotypes. A significantly higher grain yield per plant than that of the sodicity-tolerant check variety TRY 1 (23.10 g) was observed in 30 finger millet genotypes. The analysis of sodium and potassium revealed that these 30 finger millet genotypes also recorded a significantly lower Na+/K+ ratio, which is comparatively lower than that of the sodicity-tolerant check variety TRY 1 (0.23 Na+/K+ ratio). The genotypes (FIN 3045, FIN 2875, FIN 3077, FIN 3015, FIN 3063, FIN 2861, FIN 3028, FIN 2867, FIN 2854, FIN 2860, FIN 2872, FIN 2896, FIN 4268, FIN 3034, FIN 3928, FIN 3104, FIN 3965, FIN 3091, FIN 2960, FIN 3994, FIN 4198, FIN 3174, FIN 3078, FIN 4288, FIN 4202, FIN 4238, FIN 3089, FIN 4205, FIN 3966 and FIN 3182) that recorded higher grain yield per plant and lower Na+/K+ ratio can be considered sodicity tolerant. These genotypes with a high grain yield per plant and a low Na+/K+ ratio could be utilized in stress breeding programs to develop sodicity-tolerant finger millet varieties.
Effect of antibiotic materials on rugose spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) oviposition
Authors: M Saranya , JS, Kennedy , S Jeyarani , R Anandham
Published: July 2022

The rugose spiralling whitefly is an invasive sucking pest on horticultural crops found in India. Elimination of endomicrobial communities harboured in hosts through antibiotic treatments adversely affects the fitness parameters of rugose spiralling whitefly. Keeping this in view, the present study aimed to evaluate the ovicidal action of antibiotics against rugose spiralling whiteflies reared on four host plants. Antibiotics with varied modes of action were erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, carbenicillin and cefotaxime and were applied to coconut, banana, sapota and guava leaves for whitefly oviposition. Antibiotic treatment, carbenicillin 100 μg/mL + ciprofloxazin 5 μg/mL significantly (p<0.05) reduced the oviposition and % egg hatchability of whiteflies reared in coconut (13 eggs/spiral and 61.54%), banana (15 eggs/spiral and 60.00%), sapota (15 eggs/spiral and 66.67%) and guava (16 eggs/spiral and 56.25%). The reduction in the number of eggs per spiral and hatchability percentage proved that antibiotic treatments significantly (P<0.05) reduced rugose spiralling whitefly fecundity. Antibiotic material affects the fitness parameters of whitefly by disrupting the endomicrobial communities associated with whitefly. Antibacterial materials have a potential plant protection role in the management of whiteflies by reducing population growth.
An economic analysis of groundwater markets and water use efficiency in hard rock area of Hosur union Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu
Authors: Venkatesh M. , Pouchepparadjou A. , Swaminathan N. , Ayyob K. C.
Published: July 2022

Groundwater selling is a guarantee against deficiency rains in areas where farmers do not have access to surface water irrigation. Therefore, examination of groundwater market development and the efficiency of groundwater use under different water regimes needs to be studied. The objective of the study was (a) to analyse the structure and contact of groundwater markets and (b) to estimate the cost of ground water extraction and selling price in Hosur and Kaveripatinam taluks of Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu. Based on the Primary survey, water structures were analysed using simple statistics and measured efficiency by Data Envelopment Analysis. The groundwater market structure demonstrated that the number of irrigation water buyers grows as the size of the farm decreases, while the number of irrigation water sellers grows as the size of the farm increases. The efficiency of groundwater use is estimated by data envelop analysis. According to the data, in a sample of groundwater markets, the seller-buyer concentration ratio was 1:1.13. The cropping intensity and irrigation intensity were highest (89.13 and 93.19 %, respectively) for the self-user+seller category. The selling price of groundwater (Rs. 50 per tank) was marginally higher than the total cost of water extraction (Rs. 28.27 per tank), thereby implying the exploitative nature of groundwater markets. According to findings on input consumption and landholdings, water buyers are resource-strapped farmers who are unlikely to be able to afford the large investments required to install a well.
Impact of different levels of iron on mitigation of iron chlorosis in varagu CO 3 (Paspalum scrobiculatum. L)
Authors: Vetrivel M. , Devi D. Durga , Sivakumar R. , Chinnasamy G. P.
Published: July 2022

Iron (Fe) deficiency is a major nutritional disorder in crops growing in calcareous soils. Varagu crop are more susceptible to (Fe) deficiency in the early stage of growth and the deficiency is exhibited as chlorosis developing interveinally in the new leaves.  The objective of the present study was to see the impact of different levels iron on mitigation of chlorosis in varagu, Paspalum scrobiculatum under calcareous soil and to investigate the influence of soil and foliar application of iron on growth, physiological and improvement of yield potential of varagu under calcareous soil condition. The varagu variety CO3 taken for this study The treatments comprised T1, NPK (44:22:0 kg ha-1) + 12.5 t  FYM/ha,T2, NPK (44:22:30 kg ha-1) +12.5 t FYM/ha, T3, T1 + Soil application of FeSO4   (25 kg ha-1), T4, T2 + Soil application of FeSO4 (25 kg ha-1), T5, T1 + Soil application of FeSO4 (50 kg ha-1), T6, T2 + Soil application of FeSO4 (50 kg ha-1), T7, T3 + Foliar spray of 0.5% FeSO4, T8, T4 + Foliar spray of 0.5% FeSO4, T9,T5 + Foliar spray of 0.5% FeSO4, T10,  T6 + Foliar spray of 0.5% FeSO4. During experimentation, morphological characteristics, growth attributes, physiological and biochemical components and biomass traits determined the mitigation of iron chlorosis. The iron deficiency in varagu was effectively controlled by T10, soil treatment 50 kg ha-1 FeSO4 and foliar spray of 0.5% FeSO4 applied on the 30th and 50th days after sowing through maintaining highest growth parameter values, maximum catalase and peroxidase activity and maintaining more chlorophyll content.
Usability of monthly ERFS (Extended Range Forecast System) to predict maize yield using DSSAT (Decision Support System for Agro-technology Transfer) model over Erode District of Tamil Nadu
Authors: M.N Harinarayanan , V Manivannan. , Dheebakaran Ga , M Guna.
Published: July 2022

Extended Range of Forecast Service (ERFS) is highly useful for planning of cropping season and midterm correction at the farm level. The medium-range and long-range forecast validation have many studies, whereas ERF has less that needs to be studied. Maize is an important field crop in India after rice and wheat.  Therefore, the prediction of maize yield has significant importance. In the present study, ERFS data were validated by correlation analysis using monthly observed rainfall frequency and intensity. This data was imported to DSSAT (Decision Support System for Agro-technology Transfer) to simulate maize yield of Erode district of Tamil Nadu. The model output and actual yield data from Erode were compared. Forecasted monthly total rainfall was correlated at a rate of 0.97r value with that observed. Yield simulation of maize was done using DSSAT by integrating ERFS data and the observed monthly data. Mean per cent deviation among the yields of observed weather and the disaggregated one tended to be -15.7 %. The average deviation between the yields of ERF forecasted weather data and actual yield was very high ( -29.7 % ) for Erode. Mean % deviation between the yields of observed weather and the actual yield was -14.7 %. Downscaled and accurate weather forecasts could be facilitated for yield prediction of crops by DSSAT model. Yield prediction by the model under observed weather was convenient and usable. Model under-predicted the yields when using ERF data. Both model and ERF forecast need to be improved further for higher resolution.
Response of transplanted finger millet to weed management practices under sodic soil condition
Authors: Shanmugapriya P. , Rathika S. , Ramesh T. , Janaki P.
Published: July 2022

Weeds are the major biotic constraints in finger millet production and account for 41 to 63% yield loss. Weed management through herbicides plays a major role in increasing productivity. The field experiment was conducted at Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tiruchirapalli during Kharif, 2018, to evaluate the weed management practices on the growth and yield of transplanted finger millet under sodic soil conditions. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with ten treatments and three replications. The treatment comprised weed management practices with different herbicides and their combinations. The results revealed that the highest plant height, total number of tillers/m2, dry matter production, leaf area index and crop growth rate were registered in PE application of bensulfuron methyl at 60 g/ha + pretilachlor at 600 g/ha fb EPOE application of bispyribac sodium at 25 g/ha. The highest grain and straw yield was also registered in PE application of bensulfuron methyl at 60 g/ha + pretilachlor at 600 g/ha fb EPOE application of bispyribac sodium at 25 g/ha, and it was on par with hand weeding at 15 and 30 DAT. Hence, in transplanted finger millet under sodic soil, the application of PE bensulfuron methyl at 60 g ha-1 + pretilachlor at 600 g ha-1 fb EPOE bispyribac sodium at 25 g ha-1 was found to be the most viable option for effective weed control besides increased productivity and profitability.
Causal effect between balance of payment and foreign direct investment in oil and gas sector in Nigeria
Authors: Opusunju Michael Isaac , Akyuz Murat
Published: July 2022

The study examined the effect of balance of payment on foreign direct investment on the oil and gas sector in Nigeria.  The study used ex-post facto research design and the population is made up of 5 oil and gas foreign investors in Nigeria. The sample size is the 5 oil and gas foreign investors. The study relied on reports from Central Bank of Nigeria for secondary data. The study employed various procedures in analysing the data such as correlation matrix, unit root test, co-integration and vector error correction model. The study found that causality ran from balance of payment to multinational corporations in Oil and Gas sector in Nigeria in terms of foreign direct investment which implied that balance trade openness caused increase in the inflow of FDI in Oil and Gas sector of Nigeria. This implied that balance of payment attracted more inflow of FDI in Oil and Gas sector in Nigeria. The study recommended that balance of payment policy in Oil and Gas should be formulated to encourage inflow of foreign direct investment in the sector in Nigeria. Government of Nigeria should seek for the assistant of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to direct investors in Oil and Gas to refine the oil and gas in Nigeria without exporting the raw material to their home country.
“You woke me up”: el encuentro con el goce femenino como condición de duelo en Her, de Spike Jonze
Authors: Saito Gutiérrez Gabriela
Published: July 2022

Desde el psicoanálisis contemporáneo, la propuesta filosófica de Byung Chul Han y la teoría de la recepción, el presente artículo busca identificar a Her, de Spike Jonze, como la representación contemporánea del goce o jouissance femenino. Según planteo, esta noción organiza dos procesos de subjetivación llevados a cabo por los protagonistas de manera sucesiva: primero, la configuración de Samantha, inicialmente, como objeto-a, causa del deseo, y, luego, como símbolo del goce femenino; y segundo, la recomposición intersubjetiva de Theodore como agente de duelo. Con este fin, en el primer apartado, sostengo una lectura detallada de la sociedad representada en Her como símil hiperbólico de lo que Han ha denominado como sociedad del cansancio, mientras que identifico a Theodore como una doble simbolización del Prometeo cansado paradigmático y melancólico. Posteriormente, en el segundo apartado, dividido en dos secciones, abordo las condiciones del primer proceso de subjetivación referido a fin de proponer que la relación de Theodore y Samantha configuran una metáfora de la transferencia psicoanalítica; y que Samantha, como subjetividad en evolución, debe, primero, ganar una corporalidad sexuada para, finalmente, apostar por la erradicación de la materialidad finita. Por último, en el tercer apartado, ahondo en el segundo proceso de subjetivación aludido con el objetivo de sustentar cómo la exposición de Theodore ante el goce femenino posibilita su duelo. Concluyo, entonces, que Her no solo representa la sociedad del cansancio, sino una apuesta por su erradicación a partir de un retorno a los afectos y a la intersubjetividad humana.
Babe, un cerdito no tan valiente
Authors: Rojas Castillo Sandra Daniela
Published: July 2022

Babe, el cerdito valiente es una obra cinematográfica que se ha utilizado generalmente como una fábula con la moraleja de que cada quién es dueño de su destino, pero una mirada crítica de la película revela que la película nos enseña una verdad cruel ‘si no quieres ser alimento debes ayudar a cuidar a los animales-alimento’. Desde la antropomorfización de los animales como sujetos narrativos que dentro de su animalidad tienen una historia de vida que contar, esta película expone la forma como el ser humano ha clasificado a los animales según parámetros arbitrarios como el uso y la inconformidad de algunos de los animales por el lugar que el humano les ha dado en el mundo. A partir de la búsqueda por no ser la cena del pato Ferdinand y el joven cerdo Babe, pretendo exponer la necesidad de ser un animal indispensable en el mundo humano, el individualismo que trae consigo esta búsqueda y el alto costo que se deriva de ser emancipado de la categoría alimento.
Reseña: Proyectamos alturas
Authors: Muñoz Jimena
Published: July 2022

Desde Tierra del Fuego hasta Venezuela, el Festival de Cine de las Alturas recoge la tradición de la filmografía andina. Reúne cada año en la provincia argentina de Jujuy una vasta y original producción artística y cultural. Como se sabe, la cordillera de los Andes debe su nombre al vocablo quechua “Inti”, que, según las crónicas del Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, significa “Oriente” e indica ese punto cardinal por dónde sale el sol, visto desde las costas del Perú. Este artículo, preparado especialmente por Jimena Muñoz, Productora General del Festival, nos acerca al valor ético del cine en su función de memoria histórica y acontecimiento creador.
Medical decision-making and children
Authors: Tucak Ivana , Nedić Tomislav , Sabo Dorian
Published: July 2022

Pediatric medical decision making has been a matter of discussion for the last few decades. Generally, the currently prevailing viewpoints are that the children’s wishes should be heard and that children should be allowed to participate in medical decision-making according to their development. Those discussions do not only touch on ethical, legal and political matters, but are also based on empirical research. There are no simple answers to those large issues, especially the age limit at which children can be considered capable of giving informed consent. In that context, a balance needs to be struck between the protection of children’s interests and the respect for their “developing autonomy”. The first part of this article outlines the principle of autonomy that informed consent is based on, whereas the second part focuses on two concepts: that of parental permission and of assent of the child, both of which are well-known in the contemporary medico-legal realm. The term “assent” is commonly used in cases when individuals are not legally allowed to give informed consent but are capable of taking part in the process of medical decision-making.
In the third part of the paper, three Croatian legal acts were analyzed in a context of the informed consent of the child: the Protection of Patient’s Rights Act, the Family Act and the Civil Obligations Act. The fact that several legal regulations, in particular the Protection of Patient’s Rights Act, the Family Act and the Civil Obligations Act, must be used in parallel when it comes to the issue of informed consent of a child, can be, legally speaking, quite confusing. Thus, such regulation may leave some doubts and difficulties in the immediate application, especially with regard to emergency medical interventions. In this regard, perhaps the fact of adopting a special law on the consent of children to medical procedures could be considered, or at least the provision within the Family Act or the Protection of Patient’s Rights Act, which uniformly summarizes all the above regulations.
Zločini protiv čovječnosti
Authors: Omerović Enis , Grande Andrea
Published: July 2022

S obzirom na aktuelnost rada Komisije Ujedinjenih nacija (UN) za međunarodno pravo (ILC) u cilju donošenja Nacrta Pravila (Članova) o zločinima protiv čovječnosti te usvajanja, kao krajnjega smisla i svrhe, mnogostranoga međunarodnoga ugovora (konvencije) o sprječavanju i kažnjavanju zločina protiv čovječnosti, ovaj članak ima prvobitno za cilj rekonstruirati redoslijed događaja i teorijske okvire koji su oblikovali dosadašnji kontekst tumačenja i primjene navedene skupine međunarodnih zločina, čija je inkriminacija radnji izvršenja nastajala i razvijala se poglavito kao opće običajno međunarodno pravo, i koja su pojmovna određenja najrazličitijih oblika zločina protiv čovječnosti usvajana u statutima međunarodnih krivičnih tribunala, Rimskome statutu Međunarodnoga krivičnoga suda (ICC) te internacionaliziranim sudištima. Također, i najvažnije, rad ima za cilj – na osnovu datoga konteksta – problematizirati određene implikacije u pružanim definicijama. Posebna pažnja će se posvetiti, prije svega, dugotrajnoj poveznici zločina protiv čovječnosti i oružanih sukoba, kako bi se naknadno doveo u pitanje smjer kretanja novih uvjeta postojanja napada. Zaključno će se, namjerom upotpunjavanja cjelokupne teorijske pozadine, dalje analizirati mogućnosti dijelom drugačije kategorizacije i tumačenja radnji ovoga međunarodnoga zločina stricto sensu i mogućih odgovornih počinitelja za odnosni zločin.
Opći i posebni pravni učinci ugovora
Authors: Pavlović Mladen
Published: July 2022

Opći učinci ugovora vrijede za sve ugovore, dok posebni samo za dvostrano obvezujuće ugovore. Zbog postojanja uzajamnih davanja ugovornih strana, kod teretnih se ugovora, pored ostalih načela obveznog prava, primjenjuje i načelo jednake vrijednosti prestacija, ali ta ekvivalencija može biti poremećena već u trenutku sklapanja ugovora ili pak za njegova trajanja. Da bi se izbjegli takvi poremećaji u pravnom prometu, zakonodavac je propisao posebne pravne učinke, među kojima je najznačajnija odgovornost za materijalne i pravne nedostatke ispunjenja. Odgovornost za faktične mane stvari (činidbe) i pravne nedostatke ispunjenja ukazuju da se pravni učinci naplatnog pravnog posla (teretnog ugovora) nisu u potpunosti ugasili samim ispunjenjem dužnih činidbi po ugovoru, nego da još traju. Stoga su ovi pravni instituti toliko povezani sa svrhom naplatnih pravnih poslova da se odgovornost za nedostatke faktične i pravne naravi podrazumijeva u svakom takvom poslu (ugovoru) kao njegov prirodni sastojak.
Predictors of Intergenerational Learning in Kindergarten
Authors: Šindić Aleksandra , Partalo Dragan , Ličen Nives
Published: July 2022

An exploratory study is part of a project of a quantitative nature conducted in 2021 on a sample of 105 preschool teachers of preschool institutions in the Banja Luka region, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its goal was to examine whether elementary knowledge and sociodemographic variables of preschool teachers (work experience and year of completion of formal education) play a role in the prediction of intergenerational learning in a kindergarten context. The theoretical framework of the study is the concept of both intergenerational learning and professional development. Using multiple regression analysis, preschool teachers’ elementary knowledge was singled out as a predictor of intergenerational learning in kindergarten. The predominance of elementary knowledge about intergenerational learning for its implementation in relation to other variables that do not carry individual action, confirms the importance of a constructivist approach in pedagogical work and indicates that the active construction of individual knowledge through various types of education is crucial. The findings of the study indicate the need for more emphasis on the design and implementation of education on intergenerational learning through formal, non-formal education and informal learning in order to acquaint preschool teachers with this concept and ways of its implementation in everyday life and work through various programs and projects.
Watching our SM3D paper’s footprints
Authors: AISDL Mindsponge
Published: July 2022

Since January 2022, the article has attracted approximately nine thousand accesses and has received a considerable number of citations from peer-reviewed articles.
Differential expression of ethylmalonyl-CoA decarboxylase 1 in cancers of the breast.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: July 2022

Breast cancer affects women at relatively high frequency (1). We mined published microarray datasets (2, 3) to determine in an unbiased fashion and at the level of the transcriptome genes most differentially expressed in the primary tumors of patients with early-onset breast cancer. We found significant differential expression of the gene encoding ethylmalonyl-CoA decarboxylase 1, ECHDC1, when comparing primary tumors of the breast to the tissue of origin, the normal breast: in women aged 45 and younger, and women aged 70 and higher. ECHDC1 was also differentially expressed in the brain metastases of patients with brain metastatic breast cancer. ECHDC1 mRNA was present at significantly lower quantities in tumors of the breast as compared to normal breast tissue. Analysis of human survival data revealed that expression of ECHDC1 in primary tumors of the breast was correlated with distant metastasis-free survival in patients with HER2+ subtype breast cancer, demonstrating a relationship between primary tumor expression of a differentially expressed gene and patient survival outcomes influenced by PAM50 molecular subtype. ECHDC1 may be of relevance to initiation, maintenance or progression of cancers of the female breast.
PENGARUH MODEL PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (PBL)MENGGUNAKAN METODE PRAKTIKUM TERHADAP PRESTASI BELAJAR KIMIA MATERI TITRASI ASAM BASA PADA SISWA KELAS XI IPA SMAN 2 MATARAM
Authors: Savalas Lalu Rudyat Telly
Published: July 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penerapan model Problem BasedLearning dengan menggunakan metode praktikum terhadap prestasi belajar kimia materi titrasiasam basa pada siswa kelas XI IPA SMAN 2 Mataram. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian quasiexperimental atau eksperimen semu dengan desain penelitian post-test only nonequivalentcontrol group. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas XI IPA SMAN 2 Mataramtahun pelajaran 2015/2016. Teknik penentuan sampel menggunakan purposive samplingsehingga didapatkan kelas sampel yaitu kelas XI IPA 1 sebagai kelas eksperimen dan kelas XIIPA 2 sebagai kelas kontrol. Pada kelas eksperimen dilakukan pembelajaran menggunakanmodel Problem Based Learning dengan metode praktikum sedangkan kelas kontrol dilakukanpembelajaran dengan menggunakan metode praktikum sederhana. Data yang dikumpulkandalam penelitian ini berupa prestasi belajar yang diperoleh dengan teknik tes dan diolah denganuji-t. Analisis terhadap data menunjukkan nilai thitung sebesar 2,080 dengan ttabel sebesar 1,674pada taraf signifikan 5%. Berdasarkan nilai rata-rata posttest dan ketuntasan klasikal yangdiperoleh, kelas eksperimen memiliki nilai yang lebih tinggi daripada kelas kontrol. Berdasarkankedua hasil tersebut maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa prestasi belajar kimia siswa yang diajarmenggunakan model Problem Based Learning (PBL) dengan metode praktikum lebih baikdibandingkan siswa yang diajar dengan metode praktikum sederhana pada materi titrasi asambasa siswa kelas XI IPA SMAN 2 Mataram.
Central Limit Theorem
Authors: Cranier Louis
Published: July 2022

In probability theory, the central limit theorem (CLT) establishes that, in many situations, when independent random variables are summed up, their properly normalized sum tends toward a normal distribution even if the original variables themselves are not normally distributed.The theorem is a key concept in probability theory because it implies that probabilistic and statistical methods that work for normal distributions can be applicable to many problems involving other types of distributions.
PENGARUH METODE EKSPERIMEN DAN MEDIA ANIMASI BERBASIS INKUIRI TERBIMBING TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR KIMIA SISWA KELAS X SMAN 3 MATARAM
Authors: Savalas Lalu Rudyat Telly
Published: July 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh metode eksperimen dan mediaanimasi berbasis inkuiri terbimbing terhadap hasil belajar kimia materi larutan elektrolit dannonelektrolit pada siswa kelas X SMAN 3 Mataram. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitianeksperimen semu dengan rancangan pretest-posttest nonequivalen control group design.Populasi dalam penelitian ini meliputi siswa kelas X SMAN 3 Mataram tahun ajaran 2015/2016yang terbagi dalam 12 kelas. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling, sehinggadidapatkan dua kelas sampel yaitu kelas X2 sebagai kelas eksperimen dan kelas X3 sebagaikelas kontrol. Pada kelas eksperimen menerapkan pembelajaran dengan metode eksperimendan media animasi berbasis inkuiri terbimbing, sedangkan kelas kontrol dilakukan pembelajarandengan menggunakan pembelajaran konvensional. Data yang dikumpulkan dalam penelitian iniberupa data hasil pretest dan posttest yang diolah dengan analisis kovarian (anakova). Hasil ujianakova pada taraf signifikan 5% menunjukkan Fhitung (58,48) > Ftabel (3,98) yang berarti Haditerima. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut, maka dapat disimpulkan metode eksperimen dan mediaanimasi berbasis inkuiri terbimbing berpengaruh signifikan terhadap hasil belajar kimia materilarutan elektrolit dan nonelektrolit pada siswa kelas X SMAN 3 Mataram tahun ajaran 2015/2016.
IDENTIFIKASI BELALANG JENIS ORDO ORTHOPTERA DI GREEN HOUSE SAMATA KABUPATEN GOWA
Authors: @uin-alauddin.ac.id
Published: July 2022

Belalang adalah kelompok yang berasal dari serangga (kelas insekta), dan berasal dari ordo Orthopera. Orthoptera termasuk serangga yang sangat beragam. Dari segi morfologinya, ordo orthoptera nampak memiliki perbedaan dan persamaan pada fenotipnya Tujuan tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui keragaman jenis ordo Orthopera yang berada di Green House Samata. Adapun metode yang digunkana pada penelitian ini ialah deskriptif kualitatif dengan melakukan survei langsung di lokasi, dengan bantuan kamera pengintai. Adapun hasil yang diperoleh dari pengamatan dapat mnegetahui jenis jenis belalang (Caelifera) dari ordo Orthopera.
LÃNG PHÍ SÁCH GIÁO KHOA
Authors: TKLV QLKT
Published: July 2022

Vài năm gần đây Sách giáo khoa dành cho học sinh các bậc tiểu học, trung học và trung học phổ thông đang bị lãng phí vì không thể tái sử dụng như những năm trước đây. Kết quả là không chỉ ảnh hưởng đến chất lượng đào tạo, nhiều phụ huynh lao đao với những khoản đóng góp ngày càng lớn hơn nữa ảnh hưởng nhiều đến các lĩnh vực khác như lãng phí tài nguyên, ô nhiễm môi trường. Bằng phương pháp thực nghiệm, phân tích số liệu và khảo sát ý kiến thông qua cộng đồng, các bài báo, các trang mạng xã hội, các ý kiến phản hồi cho thấy người dân đang không đồng tình với việc sử dụng lãng phí như trên.
What is a Turing Test for emotional AI?
Authors: Ho Tung Manh
Published: July 2022

This essay has provided some considerations of features of the Turing Test for emotional AI, which includes the control of training emotional data, the use of cultural differences in emotions, the use of dialogue, the use of causal relationships among emotion, reason, and action. These tools serve as initial parameters for evaluating whether an emotional AI has achieved the status of general and strong emotional intelligence. It also highlights the tension in theoretical debates on what emotions are, whether they are biologically hardwired or constructed, and speculates that a disembodied affect-sensing algorithm cannot pass the Turing test for emotional intelligence. It is clear that laden in our understanding of emotions is our presumptions of what constitutes a mind and its relationship with the world
Simulated Rain Algorithm: A new metaheuristic method for optimization problems
Authors: Chi Rui , Chi Xuexin
Published: July 2022

This paper presents a new heuristic method named simulated rain algorithm (SRA) for global optimization problems. The SRA simulates the steps of rainfall in nature, such as the splitting and merging of raindrops and the formation of rain water. And then, based on these steps, an effective mechanism is derived to solve the global optimal problem. Finally, the performance of SRA is benchmarked on 8 classical test functions, and the experimental results validate the effectiveness of the proposed simulated rain algorithm.
Evaluating individual heterogeneity in mental health research: an overview of clustering methods and guidelines for applications
Authors: Gao Caroline X. , Dwyer Dominic , Zhu Ye , Smith Catherine L , Du Lan , Filia Kate M. , Bayer Johanna Margarete Marianne , Menssink Jana , Wang Teresa , Bergmeir Christoph , Wood Stephen , Cotton Sue M.
Published: July 2022

Clustering models or cluster analyses have been widely used to explore individual heterogeneity in mental health research and psychology. Despite advances in new algorithms and increasing popularity, there is little guidance on model choice, analytical framework and reporting requirements. In this paper, we aimed to address this gap by first providing an introduction to the philosophy, design, advantages/disadvantages and implementation of major algorithms that are particularly relevant in mental health research with examples in the R software language. Extensions of basic models, such as kernel methods, deep learning, semi-supervised clustering, and clustering ensembles are subsequently introduced. How to choose algorithms to address common issues as well as methods for pre-clustering data processing, clustering evaluation and validation are then discussed. Importantly, we also provide general guidance on clustering workflow and reporting requirements. A rapid review of publications (December 2020-December 2021) focusing on the top six psychology and psychiatry journals publishing most of the clustering papers is also presented. The review highlights a few issues, including a lack of diversity in the algorithm of choice, robust internal and external validation processes (e.g., via resampling), and available data and analysis code to improve reproducibility. This comprehensive paper offers researchers (in both mental health and other broader health application areas) advanced tools and guidelines to use these methods efficiently, robustly and transparently.
Do People Gain Insight from Personalized Feedback about Distributions of their Affective Experiences?
Authors: Leertouwer IJsbrand , Vermunt Jeroen , Schuurman Noémi Katalin
Published: July 2022

In so-called personalized feedback procedures, people report on their experiences through Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) and receive a summary of their EMA data afterwards. Although the goal of such a procedure is to promote these peoples’ insight in their moment-to-moment experiences, the extent to which they gain insight from their personalized feedback has not yet been quantified. In this study, we quantified whether participants (N = 100) gained insight from their personalized feedback in a pre-post- design. We provided participants with a novel type of feedback about frequency distributions of their affective experiences as captured by EMA data. We compared this feedback to frequency distributions that participants estimated of all their affective experiences, both before before and after seeing their feedback. We found that participants’ initial estimates were often close to their personalized feedback. However, there were large interindividual differences in this difference score, as well as the extent to which participants changed their initial estimate in response to the personalized feedback. Overall, participants changed their estimates such that the means and standard deviations of the distributions were closer to those of their feedback. However, the means and standard deviations of participant’s estimated distributions - both before and after receiving feedback - were usually higher than those of the respective feedback. These latter findings can either be interpreted as a persistent retrospective bias towards salient experiences, or a shortcoming of EMA data to capture salient experiences.
Tell me a fairy tale: an automated approach to analyze expressive language development in adolescents
Authors: Pedroni Breno , Rocha Fabio Theoto , Puglisi Marina Leite , Aluisio Sandra Maria , Pompeia Sabine
Published: July 2022

Expressive oral language development (EOLD) in adolescence is understudied and usuallyinvolves a small set of language parameters. To explore this development in more detail, weused automated language analyses of transcripts of narrative speech (fairy-tale retellings) of257 Portuguese-speaking 9-15-year-olds. We grouped multiple linguistic parameters intoword/lexical, sentence/grammar and inter-sentence/cohesion category levels entered asmultivariate factors in general linear models considering the effects of development, sex andparental schooling. We found substantial EOLD at all levels, with negligible effects (exceptin one level) of sex, and parental schooling (a measure of participants’ socioeconomic status).Age (months), pubertal status and school grade generally showed comparable EOLD effects,suggesting sexual maturation and participants’ grade are not more determinant factors thanage. In summary, automated scoring of linguistic features of transcribed fairy-tale retellings isa sensitive, inexpensive, and ecological way of identifying EOLD in adolescence whichminimizes socioeconomic effects on oral language.
Global language diversification is linked to socio-ecology and threat status
Authors: Bouckaert Remco , Redding David , Sheehan Oliver , Kyritsis Thanos , Gray Russell , Jones Kate E , Atkinson Quentin
Published: July 2022

Global linguistic diversity reflects the gradual gain and loss of languages over millennia, yet half of the world’s ~6-7000 languages are threatened with extinction by the end of this century. Attempts to identify factors that promote or reduce linguistic diversity have focused largely on the correlates of current language richness (languages per unit area) and threat status. However, much less work has examined how linguistic diversity is shaped by evolutionary history and the processes of lineage diversification and extinction that underlie it. Here, we use Bayesian phylogenetic inference techniques to generate a supertree of extant human languages (n=6635) that integrates prior knowledge and uncertainty about linguistic diversification around the globe. Our posterior treeset, which represents more than 10 million years of language change, reveals net diversification rates are higher in regions of moderate population density and landscape traversability, for languages spoken over a larger area and further from cities, and for cultures that are reliant on agriculture and maintain political links beyond the local community. By combining our global tree with data on language threat status we also show that evolutionary distinctness (how distantly related a language is to its closest relatives) is positively related to endangerment, and generate a ranking and map of the world’s most evolutionarily distinct, globally endangered (EDGE) languages. Our findings provide insight into the forces shaping linguistic diversity, indicate more of the evolutionary history of languages is at risk than expected under a random threat distribution, reinforce the need to act now to document and protect this diversity, and pave the way for further refinement of the global tree of human languages.
Pioneering safe and inclusive LGBT+ specific retirement accommodation Exploring models in the USA, UK, & Spain
Authors: Concannon Liam
Published: July 2022

With significant advances in equal rights for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens, achieved across the western world during the past few decades, one group that continues to be overlooked is LGBT seniors. This article examines the unique discrimination and homophobia faced by older LGBT people living in nursing and residential care homes. It investigates ways in which these environments construct and perpetuate heteronormativity by addressing the needs of heterosexual residents, while at the same time, failing to meet the specific preferences of their LGBT residents. The assumption of heterosexuality in residential care is the ‘norm’ whereby non-normative sexualities are negated. For those considering long-term care, the fear of alienation and having to go back into the ‘closet’ is of profound concern. The argument most frequently presented to counter this is training managers and care staff to deliver non-discriminatory health and social care practices, targeting the unique needs of LGBT residents. However, from within the gay community has come a solution to end the type of homophobic behaviour often encountered in mainstream care environments. This has seen the radical and sometimes controversial growth in alternative forms of retirement housing for gay elders, in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and across Europe. This article explores these schemes, taking into account criticism that deems such positive discrimination is contrary to the principles of equality legislation and the spirit of social inclusion.
कक्षा दशको नेपाली भाषा पाठ्यपुस्तक २०५५ को विश्लेषण {Analysis of Class Ten Nepali Language Textbook 2055}
Authors: फुयाल Phuyal शोभाकुमारी Shobhakumari
Published: July 2022

प्रस्तुत लेख भाषा पाठ्यपुस्तकको अध्ययन विश्लेषणमा आधारित रहेको छ । यस लेखमा कक्षा दशको २०५५ को नेपाली भाषा पाठ्यपुस्तकको विशेषताको अध्ययन विश्लेषण गरी सबल र दुर्बल पक्ष पत्ता लगाइ सुझाव दिनु मूलभूत उद्देश्य रहेको छ । यो अध्ययन मूलतः वर्णनात्मक अनुसन्धान विधिमा आधारित रहेको छ । यस अध्ययनमा सामग्री सङ्कलनका क्रममा प्राथमिक र द्वितीय स्रोतविधि अपनाइएको छ । यस लेखमा प्रयोग भएका मुख्य विधिहरूमा पाठ्यक्रम अनुरुपता र पुस्तकालय अध्ययन विधि रहेका छन् । यस क्रममा मुख्यतः विभिन्न पत्रपत्रिकामा प्रकाशित लेख, रचना तथा पाठ्यपुस्तकबाट अनुसन्धान विषयसँग सम्बद्ध पूर्वकार्यहरू, सन्दर्भ पुस्तक लेख प्रतिवेदन आदिमा प्रकाशित लगायतका सामग्री उपयोग गरिएको छ । यस भाषा पाठ्यपुस्तकमा सम्बन्धित उद्देश्यलाई आधार मानेर तयार पारिएको भए तापनि लेखाइ सिपलाई बढी जोड दिइएको पाइन्छ । पाठ्यपुस्तक निर्माण गर्दा छनोट र स्तरणको नियमलाई ध्यान दिनुपर्ने देखिन्छ । प्रस्तुत अध्ययनले भाषा पाठ्यपुस्तकको अध्ययन विश्लेषण गर्न चाहने भाषाविज्ञ, भाषाका विद्यार्थी, भाषा पाठ्यपुस्तक निर्माण गर्ने संस्थालाई समेत उपयोगी हुने विश्वास लिइएको छ ।

{The presented article is based on the study and analysis of language textbooks. In this article, the main objective is to study and analyze the characteristics of the Nepali language textbook of class 10, 2055, and find out the strengths and weaknesses and make suggestions. This study is basically based on descriptive research method. In this study, primary and secondary source methods have been adopted during the collection of material. The main methods used in this article are curriculum adaptation and library study methods. In this process, mainly articles published in various newspapers, compositions and previous works related to the research topic from textbooks, reference books, articles published in reports etc. have been used. Although this language textbook has been prepared based on the related objectives, more emphasis is placed on writing skills. It seems that the rules of selection and leveling should be taken into consideration while making textbooks. It is believed that the presented study will be useful for linguists, language students, language textbook makers who want to analyze the study of language textbooks.}
What More to do to Make Online Teaching an Attractive and Effective Tool for Medical Students? An Experience from a Rural Tertiary Care Institute in Haryana State, India
Authors: Verma Ramesh Kumar , Verma Vijay Kumar
Published: July 2022

Introduction: Though online teaching-learning methodology is not a new way of transferring knowledge and skill, however pandemic of COVID-19 has made it more relevant to all fields. Medical education is majorly dependent on patients and related resources. However, the current pandemic has pushed the medical fraternity to use online methods. Understanding the perception of end-users (medical students) may help get the best out of this methodology. Hence, we planned this study to know medical students' perception of the online teaching-learning methodology.
Methods: The present cross-sectional study was executed among the undergraduate medical students, from the first year to final year, of Bhagat Phool Singh, Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat of Haryana state, India. The data were collected through a semi-structured questionnaire sent to all students as a link to Google form. The study sample was selected through stratified random sampling. We assumed every batch of students as a stratum and randomly selected 25 students from each batch; hence, data analysis from 100 students was conducted.
Results: Most participants found the online teaching-learning methodology comfortable, time and money-saving. However, almost all of them refuted online methods for clinical or bedside teaching. Family distractions, internet connectivity, physical discomfort, isolated feeling, and poor interaction among peers were reported as barriers to online methods.
Conclusions:Selective use of online teaching-learning methodology with inbuilt peer interaction has enormous potential in medical education.
Quality of Life of Elderly Residing at Old Age Homes of Biratnagar Metropolitan City
Authors: Khadgi Deepika
Published: July 2022

Elderly is the vulnerable age; and their health status and well-being is an important area of concern which is reflected by Quality of Life (QOL). With the increasing population of the aged in developed as well as developing world, proportion of elderly living in old age homes is also in increasing trend due to migration of children and nuclear family concept. The objective of the study waste assesses the QOL of the elderly people residing in old age homes at Biratnagar with the use of WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Cross-sectional descriptive study including the census of the elderly living at selected old age homes was used. Data was collected from the 57 elderly meeting the inclusion criteria through face to face interview by using interview guide. The findings of the study showed that the participants were of age group from 60 and above, and 66.70%of them were female. Among 57 respondents, 42 (76.39%) were married and 15(23.61%) were unmarried. Of those married, nearly half of them (47.61%) had no children. More than 1/3 rd (71.92%) of the respondents were illiterate and nearly half (45.61%) of them were involved in agriculture in the past. As perceived by the elderly themselves, the overall quality of life was found to be good in less than half (42.10%) and overall quality of health score was found to be satisfied in more than half (59.64%) of them. Also, the study has revealed higher score in physical domain and psychological domain which reflects that the components of these domains as physical needs, health needs, religious and spiritual needs, financial needs have been addressed. Thus, it can be concluded that quality of life is perceived good by less than half and quality of health is perceived satisfactory by more than half with higher score in physical and psychological domain. However, they are in need of social support and relationship which can be promoted to some extent by inculcating the content of geriatric care in school curriculum. Also, there should be provision of visit to geriatric centers so that awareness regarding this area could be raised.