bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Teachers’ Views on the Priorities of Effective School Management
Authors: Anastasiou S. , Garametsi V.
Published: January 2020

The aim of the present study was to investigate teachers’ views on the priorities of effective school management. The possible variability of teachers’ views in relation to age and work experience was also investigated. For this purpose, research was carried out in Secondary Public and Private Education schools of Ioannina, the capital city and the largest in the Epirus Prefecture, North-West part of Greece. Over 300 questionnaires were distributed to 32 Secondary Education Schools and 165 completed questionnaires were collected (return rate 54.99%). Teachers were asked to indicate their views on the priorities which should be set for effective School Management. Teachers pointed as most important priorities team work and collaboration with the Principal and their pupils (56%) whereas as least selected priority (24.4%) they pointed their participation in helping pupils to get a job. Compared to Public Schools, teachers working in Private Schools gave increased priority in: pupils' performance, raising teachers’ aspirations for their pupils, teachers’ job satisfaction, team work, collaboration with the Principal, parental involvement-collaboration between teachers and parents and school environment. The results indicate a significant variability on teachers’ age and work experience regarding their priorities for effective school management. This variability highlights the importance of focusing on teachers’ attitudes for a successful implementation of effective human resources and school management.
Transitivity System as a Tool for Producing (In)accurate Mental Images through Translation
Authors: Almanna Ali
Published: January 2020

The ultimate objective of this study is to show some of the contributions of Halliday’s transitivity model to the actual act of translating between two languages that are culturally distant, such as Arabic and English. To this end, I have analysed the translation of a short story, and then compared it with its source text, based on Halliday’s (1994) transitivity model. Halliday’s transitivity model has been adopted in the current study as it offers effective toolkits to analyse and describe the original text. It produces a repertoire of features of the original text, which can be compared to the corresponding profiles of the target text with the aim of identifying a) the similarities and differences between the source text and the target text and b) whether the translators have produced an accurate mental image or not. Added to this, this study intends to determine whether this model can be used as a theoretical framework for analysing certain socio-cultural experiences encoded linguistically in a text, regardless of the language itself. It has been shown from the discussion of the data that this model does not confine itself to English only, but can be applied to other languages such as Arabic. Further, the processes along with their participants and circumstances utilized by the writer in the current study lend themselves easily to equivalent processes in the target language. Again, it has been shown that in order to produce an accurate mental image, it is not enough to pay extra attention to the process itself along with its participants and circumstances, but adequate consideration should also be given to the interaction between the participants of the process and the flow of energy, force dynamics, scope of attention, time lapse and metaphorization.
Substance Use in College Students: A Comparative Study on French and Moroccan Students
Authors: Soubhi Fatima Zahra , El Berjaoui Moulay El Mustapha , Touri Bouzekri , Lima Laurent , Talbi Mohamed
Published: January 2020

This paper is a comparative study related to the project Volubilis "Moroccan and French students: comparative approach". Volubilis survey is a part of an integrated project between the University of Grenoble Alpes and Hassan II University of Casablanca. This research project aims at collecting data related to students consumption of addictive substances, who enroll in faculty of humanities, economy and sciences of the Universities of the Rhône Alpes region (Lyon and Grenoble) and Hassan II University of Casablanca (e.g. tobacco, alcohol, cannabis...). In order to conduct a comparative study and to come out with effective results. Our sample is made up of 350 students from Hassan II University in Casablanca and 1464 students from Rhône-Alpes universities their average age is 22 years old for both.
The Role of Organizational Culture of Private Universities on Lecturer Satisfaction and Trust
Authors: Yusuf Furtasan Ali
Published: January 2020

The culture of private university organizations which tend to be heterogeneous and vary according to the conditions and characteristics of each organization can encourage the growth of the organizational commitment of lecturers and the performance of private universities. However, on the other hand, this organizational culture difference can also hamper the performance of the organizations of each private university in Indonesia to develop the potential of the organization and employee personnel. This study analyzes the influence of organizational culture on the satisfaction and trust of lecturers at private universities in Indonesia. This is based on the consideration that a conducive university organizational culture can trigger the rise of organizational commitment of lecturers. By using analysis of variance to examine the significance and linearity of job satisfaction regression for organizational culture and trust regression for organizational culture, the results indicate a significant and linear relationship in regression testing between job satisfaction for organizational culture and lecturer trust in organizational culture. Practically, this finding indicates the importance of management of private universities to develop organizational culture to realize the vision of subordinates in private universities.
Stereotypical Gender Attributions across Sexual Orientations on Tinder: Evidence from Turkey
Authors: Hetsroni Amir , Tuncez Meriç , Özdemir Mina
Published: January 2020

In this study we examine the accuracy of stereotypical gendered attributions of Tinder users and compare them across sexual orientation lines. We randomly sampled 2,539 Tinder users from Turkey and analyzed their photos for decorative artifacts. The results indicate a significant difference between heterosexual women and lesbians, with the latter adopting less feminine decorative artifacts and displaying more masculine decorative artifacts. The differences among men are not as drastic, however, homosexuals were still slightly more likely to feature feminine and gender-neutral decorative artifacts. No systematic difference was detected in masculine decorative artifacts among men. Overall, female Tinder users featured more gender-neutral decorative artifacts than males, regardless of sexual orientation. The results are discussed in relation to culture and stereotypes.
The Second Scramble for Africa: A Cause for Afro-Pessimism
Authors: Nwachukwu Joel N. , Ogundiwin Aaron Ola
Published: January 2020

This paper argued that although the second scramble for Africa could be located within the broader neo-imperialist global strategy, nevertheless, it is quite different from the classic race for Africa in the 19th century, in terms of its approach, mechanism, timing and new participants. It is also new in some ways. Firstly, it has enlisted the rampageous United States of America, Russia and the ravenous new Asian entrants such as China and India, plus the Oil-rich Sheikdoms, while retaining a number of the European imperial powers in the affray. Secondly, it has created a local bourgeoisie that sees itself as the overseer of foreign interests on the continent. Thirdly, the ideology of the new scramble is based on quick-loot-fast-plunder and is derived from modern globalization imperatives. This study which adopted as its approach, a combination of descriptive, analytical, evaluative as well as historical perspectives insists that unless the second scramble is checked, it would consolidate Africa’s relegation to marginality, cultural irrelevance, and eventual recolonization. Through the test of series of hypotheses, the work exposed the major forces at work as it answered some basic questions of the research. It concludes that Africa needs a super power to provide it with a nuclear umbrella, and draw a marshal plan – the type America did for the war devastated Europe at the end of the Second World War, to assert itself.
Management of Information and Communication Technology and Teachers’ Work Performance in Secondary Schools in Cross River State, Nigeria
Authors: Etor Comfort R. , Etor Comfort R. , Mbon Usen F. , Ekanem E. E.
Published: January 2020

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between management of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and teachers’ work performance in secondary schools in Cross River State, Nigeria.  To achieve the purpose of the study, two research questions and one null hypothesis were formulated to guide the study.  Survey research design was adopted for the study.  The population of the study comprised of 5288 teachers in all the 271 public secondary schools in Cross River State, Nigeria.  A sample of 800 teachers was drawn using stratified and simple random sampling techniques.  Two instruments titled: Management of Information and Communications Technology Questionnaire (MICTQ) and Teachers’ Work Performance Questionnaire (TWPQ) were used to collect data from the respondents. Data was analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation at .05 level of significance and 798 degrees of freedom. The finding revealed that among the 12 principals’ ICT management practices, only cleaning/dusting, proper utilization, arrangement of facilities and ventilation centres were significant. A positive significant relationship between Information and Communication Technology and teachers’ work performance was also established (p < .05).  Based on the finding, it was recommended amongst others that, there should be adequate supply of ICT facilities to secondary schools for effective utilization by teachers and students for quality teaching and learning.
Individual Retirement Accounts in Portugal
Authors: Garcia Maria Teresa Medeiros
Published: January 2020

In Portugal, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) were created with significant tax incentives in 1989. To inform the debate with research findings, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the determinants of IRAs’ participation, both for retired and no-retired persons. The paper uses ASF (Portuguese Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority) Statistics and European Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (Share) database, Wave 4, and a probit model. The results show that the variables that have a positive and significant impact on the ownership of IRAs are age, years of education, income, and house ownership.
A Comparative Study of Urban and Rural Youths’ Exposure to Violence in TV Programmes and Susceptibility to Violent Behaviour
Authors: Azubuike Chieme , Ikoro Nwokezi John
Published: January 2020

Television as an agent of education and dissemination of information has touched lives in diverse aspects, especially in education, entertainment and enlightenment. However, even though it parades these positive attributes, it has also encouraged negative attributes to the audience, especially the youths. Youths are susceptible to violence arising from watching TV. Then, the question is who are the most hit by this anomaly - the urban or the rural youth? This is the main thrust of this study. To unravel answers to this question, this study used the survey method where the use of questionnaire was employed. The findings show that the urban youths are more vulnerable to violence due to TV viewing. We therefore, recommend that the parents should guard their children on what to watch; friends to keep. Above all, agencies of government should intensify efforts at making sure that guidelines to dishing out films are adhered to.
PARADIGMAL CONCEPT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SYSTEM OF INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Authors: Khvesyk Mykhaylo , Levkovska Lyudmila , Mandzyk Valeriy
Published: January 2020

As a result of the study, it was proved that the existing water resources management system, which is built on the component, territorial-branch principle, causes extremely high and unacceptable economic, social and environmental costs at the present stage of human development. An alternative paradigmatic concept of forming an integrated water resources management system in Ukraine is proposed based on the basic provisions of the theory and methodology of neo-institutionalism. The main directions of organization of the institutional architecture of water resources management in the context of providing sustainable water use are determined.
PROBLEMS AND SPECIAL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC DIAGNOSIS OF INDUSTRIAL HAZARDOUS OIL AND GAS COMPANIES
Authors: Stepanyuk Halyna , Boiko Volodymyr
Published: January 2020

The methodical approach for procedure of environmental and economic diagnosis of industrial hazardous oil and gas companies is offered. The basic principles of ecological and economic diagnosis are substantiated. The system of indicators for assessing the ecological and economic level of industrial hazardous oil and gas companies is presented. It characterizes the ecological and economic processes of oil and gas companies in a complex way.
FORMS AND MEASURES OF ORGANIZATION OF SPACIOUS MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE ASSETS IN UKRAINE
Authors: Mykytenko Victoriia
Published: January 2020

The scheme of interdependence and interaction between the four basic planes (material, social, factor and institutional) of the system of spatial management of natural resource assets has been developed. The structural-logical scheme of good forms and means of spatial management is improved. The methodologically important positions of using logistic design methods and taking into account the determinants of process management in the determination of the most important regressors of resource-functional, organizational-economic and regulatory-legal influence, the application of which allows the establishment of priority objects of making efforts to rationalize the processes of nature use in resource constraints.
ESTIMATION OF BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RENTAL INSTRUMENT FOR REGULATION USE OF FORESTS
Authors: Sakal Oksana
Published: January 2020

Rent management of forest management in Ukraine is explored. It is substantiated that the relevant state policy in this area is conservative. The existing mechanism of this regulation does not comply defined reproductive and environmental functions exclusively fiscal. It is proposed to improve the basis for collecting rent payments on the economic evaluation of forest resources to enhance the incentive effect on forest users' activities.
PROBLEMMETIC OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR PROTECTION OF THE ZAKARPATTIA REGION: ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMICAL CHALLENGES AND THREATS
Authors: Khymynets Volodymyr
Published: January 2020

The state of pollution of atmospheric air in the Zakarpattia region with the disclosure of the component composition of emissions of harmful substances is analyzed. Conditions and peculiarities of financing of air protection measures of the region are considered. The reasons and consequences of related environmental problems are revealed. The threats of deterioration of air quality and ways of their solution are systematized.
THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF CHINA'S CULTURAL SOFT POWER DEVELOPMENT ON UKRAINE
Authors: Chenlin Chen
Published: January 2020

Cultural soft power is the overall influence and competitiveness of a country's culture. Enhancing the soft power of national culture has become a major strategic issue of each country all over the world. As the world’s second largest economy, the development of cultural industry and the promotion of Chinese culture has always been regarded as an important task, which has made good achievements in the development of China’s cultural soft power. Especially, in recent years, China's leaders have paid high attention to cultural soft power, which has produced cultural influence and attraction to a certain level internationally, and created a beautiful image of China at the same time. This paper makes a systematic analysis on the effect of the development of China's cultural soft power. By combining with the reality of the development of Ukraine's cultural soft power, this paper tries to put forward the way and strategies to develop Ukraine's cultural soft power, to improve policies and regulations, and to implement innovative development of Ukraine's culture on the basis of studying the development measures and beneficial experience of China's cultural soft power. In this way, Ukraine's cultural industry will be stronger and larger, and then, the system of Ukraine’s culture dissemination to foreign countries will be established.
SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNING DOCUMENTATION FOR THE UNITED TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES
Authors: Dorosh Olha , Kupriyanchik Iryna , Melnyk Denys
Published: January 2020

The land and town planning legislation concerning the planning of land use development within the united territorial communities (UTC) is considered. It is found that legislative norms need to be finalized. The necessity of updating the existing land management documentation developed prior to the adoption of the Law of Ukraine "On Land Management" and changes in the structure of urban development in connection with the adoption of the Law of Ukraine "On Regulation of Urban Development" was proved as they do not ensure the integrity of the planning process within the territories of these communities through their institutional incapacity (proved by the example of the Palan Unified Territorial Community of the Uman district of the Cherkasy region). The priority of land management and urban planning documents as the most influential tools in planning the development of land use systems in UTC is scientifically grounded and their interdependence established.
MODELOS MENTAIS DE ESTUDANTES DOS ANOS INICIAIS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL SOBRE O DIA E A NOITE: UM ESTUDO SOB DIFERENTES REFERENCIAIS
Authors: Gomide Hanny Angeles , Longhini Marcos Daniel
Published: January 2020

Este artigo procurou apontar subsídios para a elaboração de propostas voltada à Educação em Astronomia, relativos ao ensino do tema dia/noite, tendo por base modelos mentais de alunos quando explicam tal fenômeno segundo um referencial pautado na superfície da Terra e fora dela. Participaram desta pesquisa 18 alunos do 5º ano de uma escola estadual do município de Uberlândia (MG). As fontes de dados utilizadas foram: oral, gráfica e imagética, as quais foram analisadas segundo 4 categorias. Foram levantados pelos discentes 4 modelos mentais caracterizados e por nós denominados de: introdutório; intermediário; integrado e inconsistente. Os resultados apontam que o maior número de modelos mentais levantados pelos discentes é o intermediário. A maioria dos estudantes participantes não transitam entre os diferentes referenciais adotados quando explicam sobre o tema. Por fim, listamos propostas para o trabalho na sala de aula, pautadas por um ensino articulado com atividades de observação do céu.
ECLIPSES DE CUANDO ÉRAMOS CHICOS: RECUERDOS VIVENCIALMENTE SIGNIFICATIVOS DE ECLIPSES DE SOL
Authors: Camino Néstor , Paolantonio Santiago
Published: January 2020

Desenvolvemos um estudo interpretativo qualitativo com adultos com mais de 65 anos, recuperando suas lembranças de eclipses solares vistos quando meninos entre 1921 e 1960 (18 parciais, 4 anulares e 3 totais). Buscamos corroborar se as experiências "vivencialmente significativas" das crianças, neste caso: a visualização dos eclipses do Sol, podem ser recuperadas décadas mais tarde através de memórias, com um bom grau de correspondência com o fenômeno. Os registros foram obtidos solicitando a descrição da memória, a idade que eles tinham, a que hora e lugar e com quem eles viram, e como eles aprenderam sobre a ocorrência do fenômeno. O estudo foi desenvolvido ao longo de vários anos através de entrevistas pessoais e questionários escritos; A participação de adultos mais velhos foi voluntária. Com as lembranças que a história do espaço-tempo permitiu, identificamos o que teria sido o eclipse observado, também localizando no mapa da Argentina quem e de onde outros viram o mesmo eclipse. Nosso objetivo é fornecer novos elementos para apoiar um Ensino de Astronomia que não só tende a construção de aprendizagem significativa em geral, mas também para gerar experiências de vida que sejam significativas para pessoas e socialmente relevantes para todos.
UM NOVO OLHAR PARA O MÉTODO DE PTOLOMEU DE DETERMINAÇÃO DA DISTÂNCIA TERRA-LUA
Authors: Monteiro Mário Antonio Alves , Freire Afonso Holanda de Freitas , Souza Cícero Jailton de Morais , Souza Giselly Alexandre de , Leite Ibson José Maciel
Published: January 2020

Realizamos um estudo para determinação da distância Terra-Lua utilizando o método da passagem da Lua pela direção do zênite, e propomos um ajuste à modelagem matemática desse método que permite a obtenção dessa distância sem considerar, na segunda medida de tempo, que a Lua esteja posicionada exatamente na direção do zênite do observador. Assim como nesse método, consideramos em nossa proposta a aproximação de que a trajetória da Lua em volta da Terra é circular e não levamos em consideração a inclinação do plano orbital da Lua. No entanto, mesmo com estas aproximações, levando-se em consideração os resultados encontrados e os erros obtidos, concluímos que a proposta representa uma melhoria ao método de referência, e ainda que as medidas experimentais foram facilitadas.
The Obsidian Impediment - Comedones
Authors: Bajaj Anubha
Published: January 2020

Comedones appear as blackheads and whiteheads and implicate cutaneous zones with dense sebaceous follicles, particularly the face, upper chest or dorsal torso. Acne vulgaris is frequently enunciated with comedones. Hyper-proliferation and aberrant desquamation of ductal keratinocytes is enunciated which impedes sebum exudation within a pilo-sebaceous duct, thus engendering comedones. Also, a prototypicpilo-sebaceous duct unit metamorphoses into a comedone when progenitor component of the sebaceous glands differentiate into epithelial-like cells.“Micro-comedone theory” cogitates acne configuration as “comedogenesis” which is contingent to androgen secretion, hyper-proliferating keratinocytes with accumulation of keratin and sebum within the pilo-sebaceous unit. Hyperkeratinisation is also due to secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin -1 alpha (IL-1α) produced as a result of cutaneous colonization of Propionibacterium acnes.
Spectrophotometric Determination of Zolmitriptan in Pure Form and in Tablets Through Charge Transfer Complex Reaction
Authors: Ashour Safwan
Published: January 2020

Apert syndrome (AS) a type of acrocephalosyndactyly is a rare congenital disorder with autosomal dominant mode of transmission that consists of craniofacial synostosis, midfacial hypoplasia and bilateral limb syndactyly. Patients present in early childhood for multiple surgeries which make it imperative to know about various anaesthetic implications like difficult airway ventilation, airway hyper reactivity, associated congenital anomalies, increased airway secretions and deranged temperature thermoregulation associated with this syndrome. The patient should be thoroughly evaluated preoperatively and managed accordingly. We discuss the successful management of a three and a half years old male child two simple, rapid and selective colorimetric methods were developed for the determination of zolmitriptan (ZMT) in pure form and pharmaceutical preparations. These methods are based on the directly formation of charge-transfer complexes between ZMT and m-nitrophenol (MNP) in aqueous medium (ZMT: MNP, 1:1) and 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) in ethanol:water (80:20). The developed method involves formation of coloured complexes (1:1) of ZMT with MNP and DNP. The yellow formed complexes were quantitatively measured at 400 and 440 nm for ZMT-MNP and ZMT-DNP, respectively. Beer's law was obeyed in the concentration ranges of 3.0–260 μg/mL for MNP and 3.5–120 μg/mL for DNP. Limit of detection and limit of quantitation for MNP were calculated as 0.58 and 1.75 μg/mL, respectively, and for DNP were 0.32 and 0.97 μg/mL, respectively. The method was validated with respect to accuracy, robustness and selectivity. The proposed method has been successfully applied for the determination of ZMT in tablets.
The Assess Risk of Hypertension and its Potential Association with Coronary Diseases in Patients with High Pulse Wave Velocity
Authors: Nagay Aleksandr
Published: January 2020

Background and objectives: The work was initiated to assess risk of hypertension and its potential association with coronary diseases in patients with high pulse wave velocity.

Materials and methods: The study included 150 patients with hypertension in average age of 60.8 ± 7.05 years. Genotyping of the SNP was performed by polymerase chain reaction, multiplex Real-Time PCR. Essential hypertension panel: 9 genes. Vascular stiffness was determined on a Sphygmocor apparatus.

Result: In our study, the highest genetic risk was found 55%. We found the PWV tendency to increase towards high genetic risk of susceptibility to the hypertension (12± 1.5 and 11± 2.8: 10.7± 5.3). In patients with high genetic risk, the systolic pressure was found 17 mm Hg higher than the one in the low risk group. Three genes of salt sensitivity were found to make a 70% contribution to the risk above (ADD1 1378 G/T, GNB825 C/T, and CYP11B2 С344Т). According to our findings, the deleterious alleles, such as CYP11B2, GNB and NOS3, made more frequent contribution to the hypertension risk and blood vessel deterioration. We suppose that the frequent occurrence of NOS3 mutations was associated with the endothelial dysfunction, a triggering mechanism for the vessel deterioration.In our study, mutations in NOS3:-786_T>C, GNB: 825_C>T, AGTR2:1675G>A and AGT:704_T>C genes occurred most frequently in patients with high genetic risk.

Conclusions: The above mutations are supposed to cause alterations in phenotypic expression in the cells of blood vessels in every other hypertensive person. The alterations make up 55% of the whole population of hypertensive persons. In other cases, factors of ecological effect of the environment, probably, left behind the genetic inheritance regardless of age and sex. To our mind, there are significant ethnic differences in ADD1, GNB and CYP11B2 genes. Mutation points in the genes were associated with dangerous prediction of the hypertension. These conclusions confirmed the concept of variability of the mutations associated with the etiology of salt gradient disorder, geographical latitude and race phenotype. Thus, the panel we use can be a suitable genetic marker to identify subjects with high risk of hypertension living in the hot climate and having associations with ischemic stroke, diabetes and heart failure.
Apexogenesis & Apexification
Authors: M Goldberg
Published: January 2020

Apexogenesis and apexification constitute two alternatives possibilities to endodontic therapies. Apexogenesis is a phenomenon implicating a vital pulp. The thin dentin walls of the large canals place the tooth at greater risk for root fracture. Root lengthening is associated with tooth eruption. The treatment objective is to maximize the opportunity for apical development and closure. This is known as apexification that is occurring when the pulp is non-vital, infected or not. Apexification enhanced the continued root dentin formation inside the lumen, linked with apical closure and possibly with radicular dental pulp regeneration. A new treatment option of revascularization has recently been introduced after triple antibiotic therapy. It involves disinfecting the root canal system. After laceration of the periapex with a file until bleeding occurs, it provides a matrix of blood clot into which cells could grow. In parallel, it involves the sealing of the coronal access.
IMPLEMENTASI E-GOVERNMENT PADA SITUS WEB PEMERINTAH MENUJU TATA KELOLA PEMERINTAHAN BERBASIS OPEN GOVERNMENT DI PROVINSI JAMBI
Authors: Suci Pratiwi Cholillah
Published: January 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sejauh mana pemerintah Provinsi Jambi melaksanakan egovernment dalam pemerintahannya dengan memanfaatkan teknologi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif dengan melakukan observasi pada seluruh situs/website resmi Pemerintah Daerah di Provinsi Jambi untuk mendapatkan data-data yang bersifat primer. Saat ini instansi pemerintah di Provinsi Jambi sudah berinisiatif mengembangkan pelayanan publik melalui jaringan komunikasi dan informasi dalam bentuk situs web. Namun, implementasi mayoritas situs web pemerintah daerah Provinsi, Kabupaten/Kota Jambi masih berada pada tingkat pertama (persiapan) dan hanya sebagian kecil yang telah mencapai tingkat dua (pematangan), sedangkan tingkat tiga (pemantapan) dan empat (pemanfaatan) belum tercapai. Artinya, implementasi e-government di Provinsi Jambi baru pada tahap awal, sehingga banyak lembaga pemerintah yang menyatakan dirinya sudah mengaplikasikan e-government, ternyata baru pada tahap web presence. Tantangan utama terletak pada kemampuan dan kesiapan manajemen serta para pelaku dan bukannya teknologi pendukung e-government. Apabila hal tersebut tidak diatasi maka dapat mengakibatkan timbulnya digital divide. Lebih jauh lagi transparansi kebijakan dan pelaksanaan otonomi daerah akan semakin sulit dikelola dan akan menutup jalan ke arah demokratisasi yang sempurna. Maka untuk meningkatkan pengelolaan e-government pemerintah Provinsi Jambi harus meningkatkan sumber daya manusia, merubah kultur atau budaya kerja yang dapat mempengaruhi kinerja pemerintah dalam pengembangan e-government. Hakekat tujuan diterapkannya e-goverment adalah agar pemerintah dapat menerapkan suatu praktik yang disebut sebagai good governance berupa suatu kontrak sosial yang menuntut demokratisasi terhadap pelaksanaan administrasi pemerintahan. Jika pemerintah Provinsi Jambi berkomitmen melakukan hal ini secara serius, maka akan menunjang optimalisasi e-government sebagai bentuk tercapainya open government di Provinsi Jambi.
KETAHANAN KELUARGA: TINJAUAN KEBERSAMAAN KELUARGA MENGHADAPI TEKANAN PEREKONOMIAN DI KOTA JAMBI
Authors: Aulia Reni , Ridho Muhammad , A Rapli
Published: January 2020

Kesetaraan gender mulai muncul akibat sebagian masyarakat berpendapat bahwa, wanita selalu selalu diposisikan berada dibawah laki-laki. Hal ini diakibatkan karena tingkat pendidikan wanita terkadang masih lebih rendah dibandingkan dengan kaum laki-laki. Akan tetapi, kesenjangan pendidikan tersebut telah mulai berubah, buktinya pada era saat ini tingkat pendidikan wanita dapat dikatakan setara atau bahkan jauh lebih tinggi dibanding tingkat pendidikan kaum laki-laki. Untuk tingkat pekerjaan, jabatan wanita juga tidak kalah tinggi dibandingkan dengan yang diraih oleh kaum laki-laki. Hal ini menandakan bahwa kesetaraan gender telah berjalan dengan baik. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan gambaran mengenai kebersaan keluarga dalam menjalani kehidupan sehari-hari. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi, responden dalam penelitian ini terdiri atas 5 orang yang dipilih secara purposife sampling, dengan pedoman wawancara sebagai alat pengumpul data. Dari hasil penelitian ketahui bahwa antara suami dan istri setra anak bekerjasama dalam memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-harinya
Examining the Event Service Quality for Travelers with Mobility Impairments by Korean Caregivers' Perspective
Authors: Kang Sangguk , Kim Heeyoun , Cole Shu , Piatt Jennifer A.
Published: January 2020

Travelers with mobility impairments (TwMI) often have difficulty traveling alone due to various constraints and barriers. Caregivers of TwMI might play an important role in mitigating these constraints and barriers for TwMI. Knowing the event service quality for TwMI from the point
of view of caregivers is essential for better quality of travel for both caregivers and TwMI. So far, although event service quality is important for people with disabilities, most of the studies have been conducted with people without disabilities. As caregivers' opinion is critical for deciding
event participation, this study focused on perspective of caregivers regarding event service quality for TwMI. This study utilized structure equation modeling (SEM) analysis to empirically examine the relationship among event service quality for TwMI in terms of perspective of caregivers who
accompanied TwMI to the event, caregivers' event satisfaction with TwMI, and caregivers' behavior intentions. From two event service qualities for TwMI, only service environment quality for TwMI demonstrated statistical significance on caregivers' event satisfaction with TwMI while service
provider quality for TwMI had no statistical significance on both caregivers' event satisfaction with TwMI and caregivers' behavior intention. Caregivers' event satisfaction with TwMI demonstrated statistical significance on caregivers' behavior intention. Overall, this study may provide practical
information to event organizers and other hospitality industries related to service quality for TwMI from various points of view.
Metody badawcze stosowane w pracach dotyczących ograniczania występowania populacji Globodera rostochiensis w glebie
Authors: Franke Katarzyna , Gryń Grzegorz , Michałowska Lidia , Nowakowski Mateusz
Published: January 2020

Mątwik ziemniaczany i mątwik agresywny to dwa nicienie tworzące cysty na korzeniach ziemniaka. Zarówno w Polsce jak i w wielu innych państwach posiadają status organizmów kwarantannowych. Obecność mątwika ziemniaczanego może powodować straty w plonie bulw sięgające 50–80%. Metody zwalczania mątwika można podzielić na trzy grupy: agrotechniczną, biologiczną i chemiczną. Pozyskane wyniki będą stanowiły podstawę opracowania zaleceń dla rolników, które usprawnią eliminację szkodnika.
Optymalizacja metod detekcji mutacji w genie Nud indukowanej przez technologię CRISPR/Cas9 w jęczmieniu zwyczajnym (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Authors: Przyborowski Mateusz , Gasparis Sebastian , Orczyk Wacław , Nadolska-Orczyk Anna
Published: January 2020

Celem pracy był wybór optymalnej metody detekcji mutacji w genie Nud indukowanej z wykorzystaniem technologii CRISPR/Cas9 w jęczmieniu zwyczajnym. Testowano cztery powszechnie wykorzystywane techniki genotypowania: polimorfizm długości fragmentów restrykcyjnych (RFLP), trawienie enzymatyczne przy użyciu endonukleazy I z bakteriofaga T7, wysokorozdzielczą krzywą topnienia produktu reakcji łańcuchowej polimerazy (HRM-PCR) oraz sondy molekularne. W toku prowadzonych prac stwierdzono, że najkorzystniejszym sposobem wykrywania mutacji indukowanej techniką CRISPR/Cas9 jest metoda oparta o sondy molekularne. Daje ona jednoznaczne i powtarzalne wyniki ale jednocześnie wymaga użycia zawansowanej aparatury.
Wirulencja populacji Puccinia triticina sprawcy rdzy brunatnej na pszenicy i pszenżycie w Polsce w latach 2016–2017
Authors: Czajowski Grzegorz , Czembor Paweł
Published: January 2020

Badaniami objęto grupę 97 jednozarodnikowych izolatów patogenu, zebranych z różnych odmian pszenicy i pszenżyta na terenie Polski. Analizę wirulencji wykonano w oparciu o zestaw blisko-izogenicznych linii pszenicy, które zawierają pojedyncze, znane geny odporności Lr. Zaobserwowano, że większość izolatów pochodzących z pszenżyta posiadało wirulencję wobec trzech genów Lr. Natomiast wśród izolatów pochodzących z pszenicy przeważały izolaty wirulentne wobec innych trzech genów Lr.
Wykorzystanie właściwości allelopatycznych sorga (Sorghum bicolor) w ograniczaniu zachwaszczenia zbóż
Authors: Żurek Monika , Ochodzki Piotr , Warzecha Roman
Published: January 2020

Ograniczanie konkurencyjności chwastów metodami mechanicznymi (pielniki, pielenie ręczne) jest procesem czaso- oraz kosztochłonnym. Allelopatia odnosi się głównie do substancji chemicznych wydzielanych do podłoża, które wpływają na wzrost innych organizmów w bezpośrednim otoczeniu. Jedną z roślin o najsilniejszym potencjale allelopatycznym jest, należące do rodziny wiechlinowatych, sorgo. Celem przeprowadzonych badań było określenie potencjału allelopatycznego wybranych form (odmian) sorga oraz przydatności wyciągu wodnego z sorga (Sorghum bicolor) jako bioherbicydu w ograniczeniu zachwaszczenia w uprawie ekologicznej zbóż (kukurydzy, pszenicy, pszenżyta), w naszych warunkach klimatycznych.
Skuteczność wybranych herbicydów w uprawie sorga
Authors: Nowicka Sylwiana , Waligóra Hubert , Skrzypczak Witold
Published: January 2020

Sorgo po pszenicy, kukurydzy, ryżu oraz jęczmieniu zajmuje piątą pozycję pod względem powierzchni upraw zbóż na świecie. Sorgo w początkowej fazie cechuje się powolnym wzrostem, co powoduje, że przez pewien czas międzyrzędzia pozostają niezakryte i w konsekwencji stwarza odpowiednie warunki do szybkiego wzrostu i rozwoju chwastów. Celem prowadzonych badań była ocena skuteczności i selektywności wybranych herbicydów stosowanych w uprawie sorgo na terenie Wielkopolski.
The occurrence of iron silicides in a fulgurite: Implications for fulgurite genesis
Authors: Stefano Christopher J. , Hackney Stephen A. , Kampf Anthony R.
Published: January 2020

Rapidly formed eutectic textures are observed in Fe silicides in a fulgurite from Michigan. The 14 cm-diameter fulgurite was formed in sandy glacial till in 2014 near Houghton Lake, Michigan. Spherical droplets of iron silicides up to ∼200 μm in diameter were found in the natural glass. Back-scattered electron images of some droplets show a eutectic intergrowth texture of two iron silicides with individual crystals up to ∼1 μm in maximum dimension. X-ray diffraction study showed the specimens to be an intergrowth of naquite (FeSi) and linzhiite (FeSi2) or naquite and xifengite (Fe5Si3). Droplets also contain minor native silicon, Fe-Ti silicides, and/or other Ti- rich phases which were discovered during TEM observations. It is important to note that the lower-temperature phase luobusaite (Fe3Si7) was not observed in any droplets, indicating rapid quenching of the fulgurite, consistent with a natural origin during a lightning strike as opposed to an artificial origin, e.g., resulting from a downed power line.
Stability of sodalite relative to nepheline in NaCl–H2O brines at 750 °C: Implications for hydrothermal formation of sodalite
Authors: Schneider Jonathan B. , Jenkins David M.
Published: January 2020

Formation of the feldspathoid sodalite (Na6Al6Si6O24·2NaCl) by reaction of nepheline (NaAlSiO4) with NaCl-bearing brines was investigated at 3 and 6 kbar and at a constant temperature of 750 °C to determine the brine concentration at which sodalite forms with variation in pressure. The reaction boundary was located by reaction-reversal experiments in the system NaAlSiO4–NaCl–H2O at a brine concentration of 0.16 ± 0.08 XNaCl [= molar ratio NaCl/(NaCl + H2O)] at 3 kbar and at a brine concentration of 0.35 ± 0.03 XNaCl at 6 kbar. Characterization of the sodalite using both X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy after treatment in these brines indicated no obvious evidence of water or hydroxyl incorporation into the cage structure of sodalite. The data from this study were combined with earlier results by Wellman (1970) and Sharp et al. (1989) at lower (1–1.5 kbar) and higher (7–8 kbar) pressures, respectively, on sodalite formation from nepheline and NaCl which models as a concave-down curve in XNaCl – P space. In general, sodalite buffers the concentration of neutral aqueous NaCl° in the brine to relatively low values at P < 4 kbar, but NaCl° increases rapidly at higher pressures. Thermochemical modeling of these data was done to determine the activity of the aqueous NaCl° relative to a 1 molal (m) standard state, demonstrating very low activities (<0.2 m, or 1.2 wt.%) of NaCl° at 3 kbar and lower, but rising to relatively high activities (>20 m, or 54 wt.%) of NaCl° at 6 kbar or higher. The results from this study place constraints on the concentration of NaCl° in brines coexisting with nepheline and sodalite and, because of the relative insensitivity of this reaction to temperature, can provide a convenient geobarometer for those localities where the fluid compositions that formed nepheline and sodalite can be determined independently.
Getting the Perspective: The Northland Stories
Authors: Brandt Kenneth K.
Published: January 2020

This chapter centers on the short stories inspired by London’s Klondike Gold Rush experiences, which provided the settings that galvanized the thematic focus of his writing. The major Northland stories are discussed in relation the motifs of literary Naturalism, with a concentrated emphasis on Darwinian themes and London’s depiction of the primal influence of the natural environment. These stories are discussed in relation the complicated issues of imperialism, primitivism, and racialism that recur throughout these texts. The stories ‘To Build a Fire,” “The White Silence,” “The Law of Life,” “In a Far Country,” “Love of Life,” “The League of Old Men” are analyzed in depth.
Free and Determined: Questions of Agency in The Road and The Star Rover
Authors: Brandt Kenneth K.
Published: January 2020

This chapter discusses the ways in which London frequently represents the interplay of freedom and determinism in his work. The analysis focuses primarily on The Road, his tramp memoir, and The Star Rover, his prison novel and discusses how these novels address issues of agency. Most often, London posits that a viable category of agency exists and that a degree of moral responsibility is defensible; however, the degree of freedom and level of accountability he most consistently portrays are notably limited. Though his views on agency were not static, London most frequently dramatizes a position in the free will-determinism debate that resembles a compatibilistic view of free will. For London, the complexly muddled and inevitable intermingling of (often unconscious) deterministic factors with unimpeded conscious choices diminishes the cogency of the compatibilist position; yet, at the same time, he is unwilling to completely dismiss compatibilism because it presents a means to understand—and possibly to most fully realize—the widest range of whatever freedoms may be available. These tensions are central to the themes and conflicts in The Road and The Star Rover, where London explores the coexistence of free will and determinism.
Coda: Literary Legacy and Scholarship
Authors: Brandt Kenneth K.
Published: January 2020

This concluding chapter offers a succinct overview of London’s position in the canon of American literary studies and highlights important biographical and critical studies of the author’s work. Over the last three decades, serious scholarship on Jack London has continued to expand and deepen. International readers also incline to see him as an archetypal American writer. Following London’s death, however, literary modernists in the 1920s, whose formal difficulty catered to a culturally elite audience, were wary of his popular accessibility and largely ignored his writing. But his major concerns—generating consolatory value in an increasingly post-theistic world, remedying exploitive socioeconomic systems, and achieving a more nuanced understanding of our psychobiology—remain central to societal, political, and intellectual debates worldwide. The cultural-theoretical turn that shaped most scholarly discourse by the early 1980s initiated a more comprehensive re-evaluation of his writing. By the 1990s a London revival in the academy was well underway and scholars continue to generate innovative critical approaches to his work.
Vertigo (1990)
Authors: Schütte Uwe
Published: January 2020

This chapter introduces the reader to Sebald’s poem, Vertigo. Another fragmented epic, it opens with a short biography of Stendhal (the French writer Marie Henri Beyle) which Schütte relates to Sebald’s preoccupation with memory. The second part is an unnamed narrator’s travelogue of two Alpine journeys, whilst the third is a semi-fictional reconstruction of Franz Kafka’s stay in an Italian sanatorium. The fourth is a recounting of a homecoming, mirroring Sebald’s own return to Germany and the repressed fears of his childhood. Schütte presents Vertigo as an example of Sebald’s ability to blur the dividing line between the authentic and the fake, manipulating sensations of memory and dizziness as suggested in the poem’s title.
The Emigrants (1992)
Authors: Schütte Uwe
Published: January 2020

In this chapter, Schütte analyses the work that transformed Sebald’s career. The Emigrants is a collection of four stories which reflect on the suffering of the victims of Nazi terror. They explore the tragic phenomenon of ‘survivor syndrome’, where victims repress the burden of escaping persecution before being compelled to end their lives. Two of the narratives, Dr Henry Selwyn and Paul Bereyter, end in forms of redemptive suicide as the characters are troubled by long-repressed memories and feelings of collective responsibility for the Holocaust. Reflecting on the title, Schütte argues that Sebald, thinly cloaked as the narrator, believed the loss of one’s homeland as a result of forced migration to be a paradigmatic experience of modern life.
The Rings of Saturn (1995)
Authors: Schütte Uwe
Published: January 2020

In this chapter, Schütte considers The Rings of Saturn as Sebald’s masterpiece. He presents the book as much more than a portrayal of Suffolk and its environs, instead a work that freely crosses genres such as autobiography, biography, travelogue and meditative essay.It explores many of Sebald’s literary preoccupations including human’s natural history of destruction, and the author’s belief in the Holocaust as not a singular, incommensurable event, but part of a recurrent chain of disasters we all have a degree of guilt for.
Postscript
Authors: Schütte Uwe
Published: January 2020

When you grow up promises are held up in front of you. Get your O levels done and your A levels and then everything will be fine. And then you do your BA and your PhD, but the more you are lured along this road, the more is taken away from you, the less the scope becomes. Day by day you leave things behind, ultimately your health, and so loss becomes the most common experience we have. I think somehow this has to be accounted for and as there are few other places where it is accounted for it has to be done by writing. It is quite clear to me that many people can identify with this view of life. It is not necessarily a pessimistic one; it is just a matter of fact that somehow this whole process is one in which you get done out of what you thought was your entitlement....
The “Scrubby Scotch Screw Company”: British India Steam Navigation Co.'s Coastal Services in South Asia, 1862-1870
Authors: Munro J. Forbes
Published: January 2020

The 1860s were marked by a gradual spread of steamship lines in the Indian Ocean maritime region. On the long routes from Suez and Aden to India, Australia and the Far East, P&O, the “flagship” of British imperialism in the region,1 was joined from 1861 by its French counterpart, Messageries Imperiales, which in its steamship lines from Marseilles to Alexandria and from Suez to Singapore, Saigon, Hong Kong and Yokohama expressed the aspirations and elegance of Napoleon Ill's empire. The two firms politely manoeuvred for passenger traffic and the fine freights--silks, raw silk, opium, bullion and specie--which were the perfect accompaniment for mail and passenger liners....
Marketing Opportunities and Marketing Practices; The Eclipse of British Shipbuilding, 1957-1976
Authors: Slaven Tony
Published: January 2020

Between the end of the Second World War and 1958, the output of the world merchant shipbuilding industry rose sharply, from 2.1 million gross registered tons (grt) in 1946 to 9.27 million grt in 1958. During these years Britain retained its position as the world's leading shipbuilder, even though its market share slipped from half to fifteen percent....