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Importance Performance Analysis Model for Implementation in National Education Standards (SNPs)
Authors: Mujahidin Endin , Syamsuddin . , Nurhayati Immas , Hafidhuddin Didin , Bahruddin Ending , Endri Endri
Published: September 2021

The purpose of this study is to analyse the implementation of three national education standards (SNPs), namely management standards, graduates competency standards, and teacher and education staff at the Ummul Quro (UQ) Islamic school and the Bogor Hajj Persaudaraan Foundation (YPHB) using importance-performance analysis (IPA) model. This study uses primary data sourced from a questionnaire distributed to thirty respondents. The test results reveal that the application of management standards, graduate competency standards, and standards for teachers and education personnel at Islamic boarding schools UQ and YPHB have been optimal with a level of compatibility between importance and performance at a very good level. The implementation of 3 SNPs in UQ and YPHB based on IPA showed that Islamic education institutions must strive to improve performance through compilation of the respective duties, job description, use of work procedures, and socialization management system and maintain several attributes that have been assessed as good, such as formulate vision and mission, goals, targets and strategic plans, organizational structure, guidelines. The institution also has to maintain the stability of the level of satisfaction with the quality of the performance, implementation of activities according to the agreed program, involvement of community participation and partnerships/school committees, monitoring the implementation of the program.
 
Received: 28 April 2021 / Accepted: 26 July 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
The Relationship Between Intellectual Capital and Performance of Social Enterprises: A Literature Review
Authors: Iskandar Yusuf , Joeliaty . , Kaltum Umi , Hilmiana .
Published: September 2021

There is a need for competition and having a competitive advantage for every enterprise. Moreover, a social enterprise is expected to maintain itself and expand exponentially through innovation and the application of technology. The need to survive implies the need for social innovation within the organizations. When the organization's goal is established, which is the prerequisite for starting a social enterprise, innovation aims to solve the problem. Innovation is a learning outcome that manifests itself into new product features, new products, or production methods. Social innovation is an incremental form of innovation because it emerges from the social needs of a community. The kind of innovation produced is oriented towards the community to provide a solution to their problem. Social enterprises have worked tirelessly to create solutions to the social issues that specific communities are facing. The findings in this research highlight intellectual capital as one of the most fundamental assets in a social enterprise. When discussed in terms of its three branches, intellectual capital's performance of social enterprises is significantly improved.
 
Received: 8 July 2021 / Accepted: 19 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021
Territorial Administrative Division of Czech Republic - Conception Problems and Variants of Solution
Authors: Hampl Martin
Published: September 2021

The paper deals with general problems and possible variants of solution of the new territorial administrative arrangement. A special attention is paid to the application of geographical knowledge, especially the results of the social-geographical regionalization in the solution of these problems. Apart from general problems, variants on central, regional and local levels are dealt with in more detail.
Secularization of Marriage Ritual Among the Ameru in Kenya
Authors: Karicha Jona Mbaabu , Akaranga Stephen Ifedha , Musili Telesia K
Published: September 2021

The Ameru are a Bantu group of people who inhabit Meru and Tharaka Nithi Counties of Kenya. This paper examines how the ritual of marriage was conducted in the traditional setup and the changes that it has undergone with the coming of European missionaries and the influence of the Western ways of life since 1912. In order to contextualize the discussion, the following questions are addressed. First, how was marriage practised among the indigenous Ameru? Second, what are the changes that have affected this ritual in contemporary society? The Secularization theory is adopted to explain the changes that have taken place in this important rite of passage. The findings of this study are based on research conducted in Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties in Kenya. The study reveals that the Ameru society is dynamic and marriage as observed in the contemporary society is no longer practised the way it was before they interacted with the European missionaries. The indigenous positive cultural values should be accommodated while adjusting to modernity.
SOME PROPERTIES OF EQUIDISTRIBUTED AND WELL DISTRIBUTED SEQUENCES
Authors: Miller-Van Wieren Leila
Published: September 2021

Many authors studied properties related to distribution and summability of sequences of real numbers. In these studies, different types of limit points of a sequence were introduced and studied including statistical and uniform statistical cluster points of a sequence. In this paper, we aim to prove some new results about the nature of different types of limit points, this time connected to equidistributed and well distributed sequences.
Aproximación teórica para la praxis de la gerencia avanzada del sistema universitario
Authors: Marcial Diego , Covis Roselin
Published: September 2021

This research was aimed at reviewing the praxis of advanced management of university leaders, where the praxeology and ways of performing management were reviewed. A theoretical approach was made on the praxis of advanced management in education from an ontological phronesis for the formation of leaders in the university system of Chile. Theoretical elements such as Praxeology, Advanced Educational Management, Leadership and University System were developed with epistemological implications through Habermas' theories of communicative action, epistemological obstacles according to Bachelard and Weber's bureaucratic theory.
Evaluation of Root Canal Morphology of Maxillary 2ndPremolars Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography in Chennai Population
Authors: Nur Qistina Binti Ahmad Fauzi  , Mahesh R
Published: September 2021

Background: Using the CBCT, this technique has the ability to identify the root canal morphology asdetailed as using the root canal staining and other clearing techniques that in the past have been of highervalue to the other conventional techniques that can be implemented to give a three-dimensional perspectiveof the complete morphological details. With this, analysing the variation in root canal morphology of humanmaxillary second premolar between different gender in Chennai population can be done.Methods:One hundred Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) images from different patients areselected randomly from Department of Oral Radiology of Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, India.All the CBCT images of patients are examined for the inclusion criteria in maxillary second premolarsbetween different genders based on Vertucci classification. All root canal configurations of maxillary secondpremolars between different genders are investigated and compared withVertucci Classification.Conclusion: Of all the 100 maxillary second premolars, the most common type of canal configuration forboth the genders is Type I (41%), Type III (22%), and Type V (22%). In females, the most common type ofcanal configuration discovered is Type I (35%), Type III (63.6%) and Type V (83.3%). In males, the mostcommon type of canal configuration determined is Type I (65%) and Type III (36.4%).
Noise Sensitivity (Hyperacusis) Due to Covid-19: The First Report of a New Corona Symptom
Authors: Safoura Khodaei  , Arash Momeni Safarabadi  , Fatemeh Mehrabi Rad  , Pegah Shakib  , Maede Nilechi
Published: September 2021

Background: Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses and a subset of Coronaviridae. The present studyis the first report of voice sensitivity in patients with Covid-19.Case Report: In this case report, the patient was a 35-year-old man who referred to a private clinicspecializing in infectious and febrile diseases on October 26, 2016. According to the clinical symptoms andlaboratory test, the coronary test of the patient SARS-COV-2 (RdRp gene) and (E gene) SARS-COV-2 waspositive. The patient suffers from severe noise sensitivity from the first day of infection until 10 days aftertreatment.Conclusions: The patient was so sensitive to sound that different sounds had painful and excruciating effectson the patient’s mind and psyche. Therefore, sensitivity to sound can be one of the symptoms of Covid-19.
PERSON-CENTERED TECHNOLOGY OF COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION
Authors:   Teacher Of The Department Of Primary Education, Termez State University, Termez, Uzbekistan, Turaeva Gulnoz Ergashevna
Published: September 2021

This article is based on the experience of well-known Uzbek, Russian and foreign educators, namely: A. Avloni, Fitrat, H. H. Niyazi, K. D. Ushinsky, N. P. Pirogov, L. N. Tolstoy, Ya. .Korshak, V.A. Sukhomlinsky, K.D. Makarenko, S.T. Shatsky, Y.A. Kamensky, J.J. Russo, K. Rodgers, E. Bern and others.
EDUCATIONAL AND PHYSICAL TRAININGS WITH CHILDREN 11-12 and 13-14 YEARS OLD
Authors:   Ph.D., Associate Professor, Scientific And Methodological Provision Of Physical Education And Sports Specialists Under The Ministry Of Physical Training And Sports Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan, O.S. Jumanov
Published: September 2021

The author, on the basis of pedagogical observations carried out on volleyball players of 11-12 and 13-14 years old, is of particular importance to strengthening health, promoting the correct physical development of those involved, teaching them vital motor skills and abilities. This made it possible to successfully master the skills of playing volleyball to increase the effectiveness of technical and tactical actions in competitions.
La personalización en masa en el marco de la estrategia competitiva de la empresa
Authors: Arroyo-Gutiérrez Luis M. , Jiménez-Partearroyo Montserrat
Published: September 2021

La estrategia de personalización en masa consiste en ofrecer productos personalizados y por tanto diferenciados, con costes similares a los de la producción en masa, buscando compaginar con éxito las dos estrategias competitivas genéricas: líder en costes y diferenciación. Sin embargo y bajo el modelo de Porter este posicionamiento intermedio es una estrategia errónea, extremadamente débil y que supone una clara desventaja estratégica. En este ar tículo se plantea el éxito de esta estrategia híbrida cuando concurren una serie de condiciones y las sitúa dentro del marco competitivo de la empresa, definiéndola como una nueva estrategia de proceso. Los autores además realizan un estudio empírico sobre una amplia muestra de las empresas manufactureras españolas donde se analiza el tipo de estrategia productiva implementada.
Una revisión de las Tablas de Suplementos de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo
Authors: Estellés-Miguel Sofía , Palmer-Gato Marta E. , Albarracín-Guillem José M. , Andrés-Romano Carlos
Published: September 2021

Dentro de los estudios de Métodos y Tiempos, el cálculo de los coeficientes de fatiga es un aspecto fundamental por su impacto en la definición de los estándares de trabajo. Sin embargo, no hay un criterio universal al respecto ya que incluso la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) no llega nunca a definir una norma, sino que plantea unas recomendaciones de manera didáctica para que sean usadas por las par tes afectadas si así lo consideran oportuno. En este trabajo se presentan el resultado de un análisis de estos criterios desarrollados en colaboración con la Comisión Técnica de Organización del Trabajo del Tribunal de Arbitraje Laboral de la Comunidad Valenciana realizado a par tir de las tablas de suplementos existentes para su uso de manera interna en los procesos de arbitraje en los que participa la comisión.
Organisational Innovation in Bureaucracies: An Impossible Mission?
Authors: Gómez Múñoz Carlos F. , Moreno Romero Ana
Published: September 2021

La innovación organizativa puede ser una de las palancas para implementar mejores prácticas de gestión en el sector público. Sin embargo, esta innovación debe examinarse a la luz de la complejidad, ya que se trata de una característica principal de las políticas públicas, así como de las organizaciones del sector público que se ocupan de esas políticas. Para hacer frente a esa complejidad, esta investigación utiliza el marco conceptual desarrollado por Frédéric Laloux en su indagación sobre las organizaciones ‘Teal’, vinculándolo a los antecedentes teóricos sobre la aplicación de la teoría de la complejidad a los estudios sobre organizaciones y gestión pública.El objetivo principal de la investigación es así pues identificar y analizar, según el marco de las organizaciones ‘Teal’, experiencias de innovación organizativa en las administraciones públicas europeas. Para este análisis se examinan la estructura organizativa, los procesos de recursos humanos y las prácticas cotidianas (rutinas repartidas por la organización que incorporan valores y políticas), junto con las condiciones para la aparición de estas iniciativas, los elementos clave para su sostenibilidad y su efecto en el desempeño de la organización.La investigación utiliza el estudio de caso como estrategia, identificando cuatro casos en los que se están implementando diferentes formas de innovación organizativa: el Servicio Público Federal Belga de Seguridad Social, el Conservatorio Municipal de Música de Barcelona, la unidad A.2 de la Agencia Ejecutiva para la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa (EASME) de la Comisión Europea y el Tribunal de Cuentas Europeo.Aunque la muestra de casos es demasiado pequeña para sacar conclusiones generales, los resultados revelan que la innovación en prácticas organizativas en el sector público no solo es posible, sino que está ocurriendo. Al comparar estos cuatro casos, la investigación encuentra algunos patrones comunes que podrían ser utilizados como referencia por los profesionales del sector público interesados en introducir nuevas formas de trabajo en sus organizaciones.
Ellas, líderes: un estudio del contexto empresarial iberoamericano
Authors: Campos-García Irene
Published: September 2021

Pese al incremento de las mujeres en posiciones de liderazgo, aún existen barreras que dificultan su acceso y visibilidad como miembros top de las organizaciones. Este trabajo pretende evidenciar la infrarrepresentación de las líderes en el contexto empresarial iberoamericano y examinar las iniciativas que las compañías que allí operan han implantado a fin de impulsar el liderazgo femenino. Para ello, a partir del ranking MERCO Líderes y los informes corporativos de sostenibilidad y/o diversidad de cada compañía, se realiza un análisis tanto cuantitativo como cualitativo durante el periodo 2013-2020. De las conclusiones obtenidas se derivan ciertas reflexiones que implican a autoridades gubernamentales, compañías y la sociedad en su conjunto.
Blood levels of growth and progression factors in patients with locally advanced breast cancer during neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Authors: Frantsiyants E. M. , Samaneva N. Yu. , Vladimirova L. Yu. , Storozhakova A. E. , Kalabanova E. A. , Kabanov S. N. , Tishina A. V.
Published: September 2021

Purpose of the study. An analysis of blood levels of TGF-β, TGFR2, TNF-α, TNF-αR1, TNF-αR2, CD44 and MMP9 in patients with various biological subtypes of breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy.Materials and methods. This article presents an analysis of levels of growth and progression factors (TGF-β, TGFR2, TNF-α, TNF-αR1, TNF-αR2, CD44 and MMP9) in the blood of 162 patients with various biological subtypes of locally advanced breast cancer receiving 8 cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.Results. Levels of TGF-β, TGFR2, TNF, TNF-α, TNFR1, TNFR2, CD44, MMP9 in patients with all BC subtypes were high before the treatment. After chemotherapy cycles, the values decreased statistically significantly in all BC subtypes: CD44 decreased by 25.2 %, 30 % and 54.7 % in luminal A, luminal B and TNBC, respectively; TNFα– by 26.2 %, 48.3 % and 50.8 %, respectively; TNFα-R1 – by 52.1 %, 39.2 % and 50.3 % respectively; TNFα-R2 – by 31.7 %, 32.8 % and 41.9 % respectively; MMP9 – 35.3 %, 32.6 % and 43.3 % respectively.Conclusions. We identified a combination of growth and progression factors which determines the chemotherapy sensitivity and resistance in all subtypes of breast cancer; so, a decline in the levels of TGF-β, TNFα, MMP9 and CD44 after neoadjuvant chemotherapy predicts further remission for at least 3 years. On the contrary, stabilization or an increase of these indicators leads to the early tumor progression.
Capital Flight, Saving Rate and the Golden Rate Level of Capital Policy Recommendations for Latin American Countries
Authors: Vespignani Joaquin L.
Published: September 2021

This paper seeks to analyze the determinants of capital flight in selected Latin American countries throughtout the 1990s, and gives some insights into what economic policies would be adequate under capital flight conditions. Finding empirically, the saving rate to be a new determinant of capital flight, this paper discusses whether or not acheiving the golden rule level of capital would be desirable and what source of government revenue (direct or indirect taxation) would be appropriate under those conditions.
Understanding the Spread Principal-agent|threshold model|bandwagon effects|Political Economy
Authors: Khan Feisal
Published: September 2021

The traditional approach to modeling corruption in the social sciences has been to see it as a classic prinipal-agent problem. While excellent for analyzing individual actions, the principal-agent approach cannot explain the spread of corruption when society is characterized by a norm of 'non-arm's-length' dealings, or how superior's corruption affects subordinate behavior, i.e. it cannot incorporate social interactions.
Oil and Gas Companies and Community Crises in the Niger Delta
Authors: Hamilton Donald I.
Published: September 2021

This paper examines the role of oil and gas companies in community crises in the Niger Delta. The major conclusions are that oil and gas companies have encountered various forms of community crises in their work environment. These crises have negative impact on the performance of these companies. The paper thinks that adequate community relation will significantly reduce the level of also that oil and gas companies in the Niger Delta should adopt community relation strategy through community development projects as this would minimize the level of community crises and hence enhance the performance of oil and gas companies Industry/community crises in the Niger Delta region
How Happiness can lead to more Efficiency? A New Paradigm Adapted to the World Knowledge Economy
Authors: Baulant Camille
Published: September 2021

Over the last 20 years, the world economy has induced more competition and cooperation. To understand how cooperation is complementary to competition, the paper proposes to analyze both sides of the market economy: the competition side where agents compete with each other and the cooperation side where agents need to cooperate with each other. Despite a rising economic growth during the last thirty years, recent studies on happiness also show a gap between economic growth and life satisfaction (Eeasterlin, 1974, Helliwell, Layard and Sachs, 2016). This work seeks to study the conditions of a more inclusive economy allowing individuals and organizations to reach better efficiency and happiness. To realize this paradigmatic revolution, the paper suggests using the results of Shapiro and Stiglitz’s efficiency wage theory for investigating necessary conditions for a more inclusive economy. In an inclusive growth, two aspects must be analyzed: the long run sustainable happiness and efficiency specialization for agents and countries and their short run daily happiness and efficiency. In the first part, the paper analyzes how recent world changes evolve to use a complexity theory (Le Moigne, 1995) which proposes qualitative inter-dependences between rationality and emotion for reaching rising efficiency. In the second part, the paper demonstrates how the individual strategies of the agents, led by the search for increasing happiness, may induce some long run innovations for the whole society. In the last part, the paper proposes concrete short run actions for greater individual and collective happiness and efficiency.
Federal Wealth Policies in Support of Jim Crow
Authors: Williams Robert B.
Published: September 2021

Recognizing the specific ways that systemic racism has and continues to function in our society is essential to developing a political economy that effectively examines contemporary problems and issues, whatever they may be. To do so, this paper identifies key elements of an anti-racist perspective and uses them to illuminate critical aspects of our racial wealth gap. Given the nature of wealth – its inherent durability and transferability across generations – this paper demonstrates how the current racial wealth gap is the result of past wealth policies that privileged whites. Further, it demonstrates how our current wealth policies are not simply encouraging the concentration of wealth among the 1 percent, but also recreating a system of racial segmentation. In a time in which overtly racialized policies and laws are often illegal, our wealth policies now function as a modern version of past Jim Crow laws and norms. This paper relies on the Survey of Consumer Finances and Joint Committee on Taxation data to document its claims.
Investment Expenditures of Local municipalities in Japan in the 2000s
Authors: Miyazaki Masato
Published: September 2021

In this paper, I analyzed the investment expenditures of local municipalities in Japan in the 2000s by examining the cases of different municipalities and obtained the following results. First, merged municipalities issued Special Merger Bonds and nonmerged/depopulated municipalities issued Depopulation Bonds most. Second, in nonmerged/nondepopulated municipalities began to focus more on works funded by grants and local bonds rather than on unsubsidized works funded by Road Bonds and other types of local bonds. That is, in the past, the total value of Road Bonds was the largest of all bond totals. However, Road Bonds were replaced by School Bonds issued to supplement School Block Grants established during the decentralization reform in the 2000s. Therefore, this phenomenon is one of the outcomes of the decentralization reform. In Japan, the decentralization can increase public works for schools in cities and some select towns and villages with high financial capability indices. This could widen the gap between rich and poor municipalities. The theory of cumulative causation by Gunnar Myrdal can be attributed to this phenomenon
Modern Capitalism and Modern Marxism
Authors: Parry Bruce E. ,   University of Chicago
Published: September 2021

In this essay, we offer our views on some of the fundamental issues involved in creating a revolutionary Marxist position, which we feel must be involved in any adequate systematic analysis of the current development of capitalism and distinguish it from a Keynesian analysis whose inevitable politics are at best Social Democratic. We are not interested in boilerplate Marxism but rather in a sharp and clear analysis of the present day conjuncture as viewed through a historical materialist lens
The Effect of Prison Population Size on Crime Rates: Evidence from Cocaine and Marijuana Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
Authors: Dhondt Geert
Published: September 2021

Simultaneity between prison populations and crime rates makes it difficult to isolate the causal effect of changes in prison populations on crime.  This paper uses marijuana and cocaine mandatory minimum sentencing to break that simultaneity.  Using panel data for 50 states over 40 years, this paper finds that the marginal addition of a prisoner results in a higher, not lower crime rate. Specifically, a 1 percent increase in the prison population results in a 0.28 percent increase in the violent crime rate and a 0.17 percent increase in the property crime rate. This counter-intuitive result suggests that incarceration, already high in the U.S, may have now begun to achieve negative returns in reducing crime.  As such it supports the work of a number of scholars who have suggested that incarceration may have begun to have a positive effect on crime because of a host of factors.
An Interdisciplinary Narrative Oncology, Capital, and Solidarity
Authors: Wilson Benjamin
Published: September 2021

This paper utilizes oncology as the thematic core of an interdisciplinary narrative describing spatial tensions between capitalism and developments in the countervailing social and solidarity economy (SSE).  This exercise explores oncology as metaphor, as a methodological model, and for intervention and policy change.  A Marxian framework supports this narrative construction.   Vampires, the fundamental class process, and the circuit of money capital are concepts that link the genetics of cancer and recent advances in oncology research to political economy.  The application of geographic information system (GIS) technology contributes a spatial dimension to this story.  Maps and exploratory spatial data analysis of the metamorphoses generated across the stages of the circuit of money capital present GIS’s capacity to replicate the genetic mapping of cancer mutations used in oncology.  In addition to diagnostics, genetic mapping enables targeted patient-specific hormonal treatments.  Similarly, it is argued that the SSE is an effective locational treatment strategy for the adverse effects of capitalism’s metabolic processes.
Institutions and Consistent Corruption
Authors:   New Mexico State University
Published: September 2021

Original Institutional Economics (OIE), and other non-mainstream economics paradigms, tend to look holistically at socioeconomic behavior.  From the OIE perspective, a society’s institutions, the implicit and explicit rules governing behaviors, are expected to shape individual and social behavior. Broadly defined, corrupt behavior can be found anywhere, at any time, but evidence suggests that, in some countries, corrupt behavior is more ubiquitous than in others indicating that corruption has become institutionalized.  This paper analyzes two groups of countries: one group in which the level of corruption has been consistently perceived to be low and another in which the level of corruption has been consistently perceived to be high. Several social/institutional indicators are examined to see which, if any, institutional characteristics vary across the two groups. The research is exploratory and its purpose is to gain insight into social/institutional conditions that may discourage or encourage consistent corruption.
Shaky Fundamentals and Economics ‘Science’
Authors: McDermott John
Published: September 2021

The counter scientific character of the reigning mainstream Neo-Classical Economics is demonstrated under 7 headings, variously factual, methodological, including mathematical, and historical.
KALEÇKI’S MICROECONOMICS RECONSIDERED
Authors: Correa Romar
Published: September 2021

Kaleçki’s microeconomics is recast in a strategic framework. The transformation is made in two steps. First, the relationship between capitalist and worker is modeled as a cooperative game. It is shown that the outcome is ‘more favorable’ to the capitalist than any other point on the payoff frontier. The game is then converted into a perfectly antagonistic game. The saddle-point is shown to be the outcome of a capitalist maximization problem
Tuvalet Eğitimi Sürecinde Anne Deneyimleri: Nitel Çalışma
Authors: MENEKŞE Dilek , KARAKAYA SUZAN Özge , ÇINAR Nursan
Published: September 2021

Amaç: Bu çalışma annelerin çocuklarının tuvalet eğitimi sürecindeki deneyimlerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.

Yöntem: Nitel fenomenolojik tipte olan bu çalışma Sakarya ilinde bir Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesinde Şubat- Mayıs 2019 tarihleri arasında yapılmıştır. Çalışma 18 ay-4 yaş arasında çocuğunu polikliniğe muayeneye getiren 14 anne ile yapılmıştır. Veriler soru formu ve yarı-yapılandırılmış görüşme formu ile toplanmıştır. Görüşmelerde derinlemesine görüşme tekniği kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin içerik analizi yapılmış, ana temalar belirlenmiş ve yorumlanmıştır.

Bulgular: Görüşme sırasında elde edilen verilerin analizi sonrasında dört tema ve 17 kategori belirlenmiştir. Temalar; “Tuvalet eğitimine başlama kararı”, “Tuvalet eğitimi için çocuğun hazır oluşluk göstergeleri”, “Tuvalet eğitimine başlama hazırlığı” ve “Tuvalet eğitimi sürecinde yaşananlar” şeklindedir.

Sonuç: Çalışmada annelerin tuvalet eğitimine başlama kararının çeşitli faktörlerden etkilendiği ve başlama zamanı, çocuğun hazır oluşluk göstergelerini tanımlama konusunda yeterli bilgiye sahip olmadıkları görülmüştür. Çalışmada bazı anne davranışlarının çocukların biyo-psikososyal sağlığını olumsuz etkileyebileceği dikkati çekmiştir. Çoğu anne tuvalet eğitimi sürecinde zorlandığını ifade etmiştir. Çocuklarına tuvalet alışkanlığı kazandırma sürecinde aile desteği ile birlikte profesyonel desteğe de ihtiyaç duydukları görülmüştür.
Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin COVID-19 Fobisinin Yordayıcısı Olarak Belirsizliğe Karşı Tahammülsüzlükleri ve Sağlık Anksiyeteleri
Authors: TURAN Fatma Dilek
Published: September 2021

Amaç: Araştırmada hemşirelik öğrencilerinin COVID-19 fobilerinin yordayıcısı olarak, belirsizliğe karşı tahammülsüzlükleri ve sağlık anksiyetelerinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Yöntem: Kesitsel tipteki araştırmanın veri toplama aşaması, Ocak-Mart 2021 tarihlerinde bir devlet üniversitesinin hemşirelik bölümü tüm sınıflarından 184 öğrencinin katılımı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler, “Öğrenci Tanıtım Formu”, “COVID-19 Fobisi Ölçeği”, “Belirsizliğe Karşı Tahammülsüzlük Ölçeği”, “Sağlık Anksiyetesi Ölçeği” ile toplanmıştır. Ölçek puanlarının artması sırasıyla; yüksek düzeyde koronofobiyi, belirsizliğe tahammülsüzlüğü ve sağlık anksiyetesini göstermektedir. Araştırmada bağımsız iki örneklem t testi (Independent t Test), One Way ANOVA, Pearson Korelasyonu ve yordayıcıların tespiti için Çoklu Doğrusal Regresyon analizleri kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada güven aralığı %95, istatistiksel olarak anlamlılık düzeyi p
Identifying Periodic Variable Stars and Eclipsing Binary Systems with Long-term Las Cumbres Observatory Photometric Monitoring of ZTF J0139+5245
Authors: Sanghi Aniket , Vanderbosch Zachary P. , Montgomery Michael H.
Published: September 2021

We present the results of our search for variable stars using the long-term Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) monitoring of white dwarf ZTF J0139+5245 with the two 1.0 m telescope nodes located at McDonald Observatory using the Sinistro imaging instrument. In this search, we find 38 variable sources, of which 27 are newly discovered or newly classified (71%) based on comparisons with previously published catalogs, thereby increasing the number of detections in the field of view under consideration by a factor of ≈2.5. We find that the improved photometric precision per exposure due to longer exposure time for LCO images combined with the greater time sampling of LCO photometry enables us to increase the total number of detections in this field of view. Each LCO image covers a field of view of 26′ × 26′ and observes a region close to the Galactic plane (b = −9.°4) abundant in stars with an average stellar density of ≈8 arcmin−2. We perform aperture photometry and Fourier analysis on over 2000 stars across 1560 LCO images spanning 537 days to find 28 candidate BY Draconis variables, three candidate eclipsing binaries of type EA, and seven candidate eclipsing binaries of type EW. In assigning preliminary classifications to our detections, we demonstrate the applicability of the Gaia color–magnitude diagram as a powerful classification tool for variable-star studies.
Statistical Study on Spatial Distribution and Polarization of Saturn Narrowband Emissions
Authors: Wu Siyuan , Ye Shengyi , Fischer Georg , Wang Jian , Long Minyi , Menietti John D. , Cecconi Baptiste , Kurth William S.
Published: September 2021

The spatial distribution and polarization of Saturn narrowband (NB) emissions have been studied by using Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Sciences data and goniopolarimetric data obtained through an inversion algorithm with a preset source located at the center of Saturn. From 2004 January 1 to 2017 September 12, NB emissions were selected automatically by a computer program and rechecked manually. The spatial distribution shows a preference for high latitude and intensity peaks in the region within 6 Saturn radii (R

s
) for both 5 and 20 kHz NB emissions. 5 kHz NB emissions also show a local time preference roughly in the 18:00−22:00 sector. The Enceladus plasma torus makes it difficult for NB emissions to propagate to the low latitude regions outside the plasma torus. The extent of the low latitude regions where 5 and 20 kHz NB emissions were never observed is consistent with the corresponding plasma torus density contour in the meridional plane. 20 kHz NB emissions show a high circular polarization while 5 kHz NB emissions are less circularly polarized with

V

<
0.6

for majority of the cases. And cases of 5 kHz NB emissions with high circular polarization are more frequently observed at high latitude especially at the northern and southern edges of the Enceladus plasma torus.
Evolution of Large-amplitude Alfvén Waves and Generation of Switchbacks in the Expanding Solar Wind
Authors: Mallet Alfred , Squire Jonathan , Chandran Benjamin D. G. , Bowen Trevor , Bale Stuart D.
Published: September 2021

Motivated by recent Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations of “switchbacks” (abrupt, large-amplitude reversals in the radial magnetic field, which exhibit Alfvénic correlations), we examine the dynamics of large-amplitude Alfvén waves in the expanding solar wind. We develop an analytic model that makes several predictions: switchbacks should preferentially occur in regions where the solar wind plasma has undergone a greater expansion, the switchback fraction at radii comparable to PSP should be an increasing function of radius, and switchbacks should have their gradients preferentially perpendicular to the mean magnetic field direction. The expansion of the plasma generates small compressive components as part of the wave’s nonlinear evolution: these are maximized when the normalized fluctuation amplitude is comparable to

sin
θ

, where θ is the angle between the propagation direction and the mean magnetic field. These compressive components steepen the primary Alfvénic waveform, keeping the solution in a state of nearly constant magnetic field strength as its normalized amplitude δB/B grows due to expansion. The small fluctuations in the magnetic field strength are minimized at a particular θ-dependent value of β, usually of order unity, and the density and magnetic-field-strength fluctuations can be correlated or anticorrelated depending on β and θ. Example solutions of our dynamical equation are presented; some do indeed form magnetic-field reversals. Our predictions appear to match some previously unexplained phenomena in observations and numerical simulations, providing evidence that the observed switchbacks result from the nonlinear evolution of the initially small-amplitude Alfvén waves already known to be present at the coronal base.
Prospects for Constraining Interacting Dark Energy Models with 21 cm Intensity Mapping Experiments
Authors: Zhang Ming , Wang Bo , Wu Peng-Ju , Qi Jing-Zhao , Xu Yidong , Zhang Jing-Fei , Zhang Xin
Published: September 2021

We forecast constraints on cosmological parameters in the interacting dark energy models using the mock data generated for neutral hydrogen intensity mapping (IM) experiments. In this work, we only consider the interacting dark energy models with energy transfer rate Q = β
H
ρ

c
and take BINGO, FAST, SKA1-MID, and Tianlai as typical examples of the 21 cm IM experiments. We find that the Tianlai cylinder array will play an important role in constraining the interacting dark energy model. Assuming perfect foreground removal and calibration and using the Tianlai-alone data, we obtain σ(H
0) = 0.19 km s−1 Mpc−1, σ(Ω
m
) = 0.0033, and σ(σ
8) = 0.0033 in the IΛCDM model, which are much better than the results of Planck+optical BAO (i.e., optical galaxy surveys). However, the Tianlai-alone data cannot provide a very tight constraint on the coupling parameter β compared with Planck+optical BAO, while the Planck+Tianlai data can give a rather tight constraint of σ(β) = 0.00023 due to the parameter degeneracies being well broken by the data combination. In the IwCDM model, we obtain σ(β) = 0.00079 and σ(w) = 0.013 from Planck+Tianlai. In addition, we also make a detailed comparison among BINGO, FAST, SKA1-MID, and Tianlai in constraining the interacting dark energy models. We show that future 21 cm IM experiments will provide a useful tool for exploring the nature of dark energy and play a significant role in measuring the coupling between dark energy and dark matter.
A NICER View of the Massive Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 Informed by Radio Timing and XMM-Newton Spectroscopy
Authors: Riley Thomas E. , Watts Anna L. , Ray Paul S. , Bogdanov Slavko , Guillot Sebastien , Morsink Sharon M. , Bilous Anna V. , Arzoumanian Zaven , Choudhury Devarshi , Deneva Julia S. , Gendreau Keith C. , Harding Alice K. , Ho Wynn C. G. , Lattimer James M. , Loewenstein Michael , Ludlam Renee M. , Markwardt Craig B. , Okajima Takashi , Prescod-Weinstein Chanda , Remillard Ronald A. , Wolff Michael T. , Fonseca Emmanuel , Cromartie H. Thankful , Kerr Matthew , Pennucci Timothy T. , Parthasarathy Aditya , Ransom Scott , Stairs Ingrid , Guillemot Lucas , Cognard Ismael
Published: September 2021

We report on Bayesian estimation of the radius, mass, and hot surface regions of the massive millisecond pulsar PSR J0740+6620, conditional on pulse-profile modeling of Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer X-ray Timing Instrument event data. We condition on informative pulsar mass, distance, and orbital inclination priors derived from the joint North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves and Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment/Pulsar wideband radio timing measurements of Fonseca et al. We use XMM-Newton European Photon Imaging Camera spectroscopic event data to inform our X-ray likelihood function. The prior support of the pulsar radius is truncated at 16 km to ensure coverage of current dense matter models. We assume conservative priors on instrument calibration uncertainty. We constrain the equatorial radius and mass of PSR J0740+6620 to be

12.39

−
0.98

+
1.30

km and

2.072

−
0.066

+
0.067

M
⊙ respectively, each reported as the posterior credible interval bounded by the 16% and 84% quantiles, conditional on surface hot regions that are non-overlapping spherical caps of fully ionized hydrogen atmosphere with uniform effective temperature; a posteriori, the temperature is

log

10

(
T

[
K
]
)
=

5.99

−
0.06

+
0.05

for each hot region. All software for the X-ray modeling framework is open-source and all data, model, and sample information is publicly available, including analysis notebooks and model modules in the Python language. Our marginal likelihood function of mass and equatorial radius is proportional to the marginal joint posterior density of those parameters (within the prior support) and can thus be computed from the posterior samples.
Safety and efficacy of 10-fraction hypofractionated radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer
Authors: Yoo Ye Jin , Kim Su Ssan , Song Si Yeol , Kim Jong Hoon , Ahn Seung Do , Lee Sang-wook , Yoon Sang Min , Kim Young Seok , Park Jin-hong , Jung Jinhong , Choi Eun Kyung
Published: September 2021

Purpose: To investigate the safety and efficacy of hypofractionated radiation therapy (HFRT) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer who are unfit for surgery or stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) at our institution.Materials and Methods: From May 2007 to December 2018, HFRT was used to treat 68 lesions in 64 patients who were unsuitable for SBRT because of central tumor location, large tumor size, or contiguity with the chest wall. The HFRT schedule included a dose of 50–70 Gy delivered in 10 fractions over 2 weeks. The primary outcome was freedom from local progression (FFLP), and the secondary endpoints included overall survival (OS), disease-free survival, and toxicities.Results: The median follow-up period was 25.5 months (range, 5.3 to 119.9 months). The FFLP rates were 79.8% and 67.8% at 1 and 2 years, respectively. The OS rates were 82.8% and 64.1% at 1 and 2 years, respectively. A larger planning target volume was associated with lower FFLP (p = 0.023). Dose escalation was not associated with FFLP (p = 0.964). Four patients (6.3%) experienced grade 3–5 pulmonary toxicities. Tumor location, central or peripheral, was not associated with either grade 3 or higher toxicity.Conclusion: HFRT with 50–70 Gy in 10 fractions demonstrated acceptable toxicity; however, the local control rate can be improved compared with the results of SBRT. More studies are required in patients who are unfit for SBRT to investigate the optimal fractionation scheme.
Croatian Registered Nurses - Perception of Barriers to Research Utilization: A Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Čebohin Maja , Pavlović Dragica , Smolić Robert , Hnatešen Dijana , Farčić Nikolina , Marjanović Ksenija
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND: Despite positive effects of research utilization on improving the quality of care, nurses meet numerous obstacles when trying to bridge the gap between the theory and utilization of research findings in nursing practice. AIM: The study was conducted to identify barriers to research utilization in daily nursing practice among registered nurses in University Hospital Center Osijek, Croatia. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in University Hospital Center Osijek, Croatia in 2014. The study included 415 registered nurses, randomly selected. The BARRIERS Scale and a demographic data questionnaire were used to collect data. RESULTS: The study identified organizational barriers as major obstacles to implementing research findings. The items rated highest were “there is insufficient time on the job to implement new ideas” (78.2%), “nurse does not feel she/he has enough authority to change patient care procedures” (77.5%), “relevant literature is not compiled in one place” (72.1%), “physicians will not cooperate with implementation” (70.5%), and “nurse does not have time to read research” (70.4%). The item “relevant literature is not compiled in one place” belongs to communication subscale, while the other items belong to organizational barriers subscale. CONCLUSION: Registered nurses employed in University Hospital Center Osijek, Croatia perceived organizational barriers as major obstacles to research utilization.
Comparative Analysis of Beet Juice and Red Guava Juice against Erythrocyte and Hematocrit Levels in Post-partum Women
Authors: Nurhasanah Cut , Idiana Andri , Santi Putri , Yushida Yushida
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND: Post-partum physiological bleeding can cause post-partum mothers to experience anemia; often, post-partum mothers are limited by nutrient and fluid intake to keep the body strong and have ideal body weight.

AIM: The aim of the study is to knowing the difference between beet juice and Guava juice on erythrocyte and hematocrit (HTC) levels in post-partum mothers at Darul Imarah Health Center, Darul Imarah District, Aceh Besar District.

METHODS: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-post test design using a randomized controlled trial. The population of post-partum mothers in the Darul Imarah Health Center, Darul Imarah District, Aceh Besar District. The sample selection is purposive sampling with inclusion and exclusion criteria; the sample is 45 people.

RESULTS: The results showed differences in erythrocyte and HTC levels between before and after giving guava and iron (Fe) juices with a p-value of 0.00 <0.05. Beet juice increases the average erythrocytes and HTC levels higher than guava juice. There were significant differences in erythrocyte levels in the guava + Fe, beet + Fe, and control (Fe) treatment groups with a p-value of 0.001 <0.05. the difference in the average difference in erythrocyte levels between the guava and beet treatment groups was 0.03. The treatment group Bit + Fe had a higher mean erythrocyte level different than the guava + the treatment group and the control group (Fe). There was a significant difference in HTC levels in the guava + Fe, beet + Fe, and control (Fe) treatment groups with a p-value of 0.001 <0.05. the difference in the average difference in erythrocyte levels between the guava and beet treatment groups was 0.03. The treatment group Bit + Fe had a higher mean difference in HTC levels than the guava + the treatment group and the control group (Fe).

CONCLUSION: There is a significant difference in erythrocytes and HTC levels between before and after giving guava juice and beet juice to post-partum mothers with a p-value of 0.00 <0.05. Beet juice increases the average level of erythrocytes and HTC, which is higher than guava juice in post-partum mothers at the Darul Imarah Health Center.
Evaluation of Anemia in the Residents of Tambaklorok Exposed to Plumbum
Authors: Santosa Budi
Published: September 2021

BACKGROUND: Anemia is a health condition characterized by a decreased in the levels of hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Ht), and the number of erythrocytes. It is usually caused through exposure to plumbum (Pb) common in most industrial areas. Based on several studies, Tambaklorok is located in the Northern part of the city of Semarang in Indonesia with Pb levels higher than the normal threshold.

AIM: Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the level of anemia among the residents of Tambaklorok based on the characteristics of the respondents.

METHODS: Characteristics assessed include length of stay in the area, the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), smoking habits, and consumption of shellfish. The methods are the cross-sectional research method was used with analytic study approach. The study sample was made up of 104 respondents with the characteristics evaluated through questionnaires. The levels of Hb, Ht, and erythrocytes were analyzed using Hematology Analyzer.

RESULTS: The results showed that 38.6% of residents with over 30 years of stay, 42.2% with other jobs, 45.3% not wearing PPE, 26.7% smokers, and 38.7% of respondents had anemia. In addition, the Gamma statistical test results showed a significant relationship between the use of PPE with the levels of Hb (p = 0.001) and Ht (p = 0.012).

CONCLUSION: The conclusion is generally, 41% of Tambaklorok residents in Semarang had mild anemia based on the industrial activities in the region.