bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Patulin and patulin producing Penicillium spp. occurrence in apples and apple-based products including baby food
Authors: Hammami Walid , Al-Thani Roda , Fiori Stefano , Al-Meer Saeed , Atia Fathy Atia , Rabah Duha , Migheli Quirico , Jaoua Samir
Published: April 2017

Introduction: Patulin has raised the international attention because of its health risk. In fact, it has mutagenic, neurotoxic, immunotoxic, genotoxic and gastrointestinal effects in animals. In the present work, patulin and patulin-producing Penicillium spp. in apple and apple-based products marketed in Qatar were analysed. Methodology: Sampling was carried out using apple fruits and apple-based products. Fungi were isolated from undamaged apples, apple juice and baby apple food. DNA extraction was carried out with DNeasy Plant Mini Kit (QIAGEN, Valencia, USA). The molecular identification of fungal isolates was carried out using ITS1-ITS4 PCR. PCR products were sequenced and blasted. Patulin was extracted and analyzed by LC/MS/MS, then quantified using Agilent 1290UHPLC coupled to 6460 triple quadruple mass spectrometer. Results: Forty-five samples of undamaged fresh apple fruits, apple juice and apple-based baby food products sold in different markets in Qatar were surveyed for both fungal and patulin contamination using Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometery (LC/MS/MS). Twenty-five Penicillium spp. isolates were selected, including 23 P. expansum and one isolate each of P. brevicompactum and P. commune. All the tested Penicillium spp. isolates produced patulin in vitro (from 40 to 100 μg/g on Malt Yeast Extract agar medium). Patulin was detected in 100% of apple juice samples at levels ranging from 5.27 to 82.21 µg/kg. Only 5 samples contained patulin levels higher than European Union recommended limit (50 µg/kg). The average patulin contamination was 30.67 µg/kg and 10.92 µg/kg in baby apple juice and in baby apple compote, respectively.
Risk factors for surgical site infection after hysterectomy
Authors: Göksever Çelik Hale , Çelik Engin , Turan Gökçe , Seçkin Kerem Doğa , Gedikbaşı Ali
Published: April 2017

Introduction: The aim of the study was to define the clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients who had surgical site infection (SSI) after hysterectomy. Methodology: This study was a retrospective cohort study. The patient data of 840 subjects who had undergone any type of hysterectomy and reported SSI after surgery were obtained from the archives of a tertiary referral center. The different types of hysterectomy procedures performed on these patients included total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH), laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH), and vaginal hysterectomy (VH). In addition, age, body mass index (BMI), preoperative and postoperative blood parameters, gravidity, and parity were also documented. Results: TAH, LH, and VH were performed on 63.2% (n = 531), 21.6% (n = 181), and 15.2% (n = 128) of patients, respectively. Overall, SSIs were observed in 3.7% (n = 31) of all hysterectomy patients. Among them, 4.5% of TAH patients, 1.7% of LH patients, and 3.1% of VH patients had SSIs after the hysterectomy operation. Analysis of the data revealed that the patients with SSIs had significantly higher BMIs, lower preoperative hemoglobin, lower postoperative hemoglobin and hematocrit, and higher postoperative platelet counts compared to patients who did not have any SSIs. Conclusions: High BMI, blood loss during surgery, low hematocrit levels, and resulting anemia increased the incidence of SSI after hysterectomy. Among the different types of hysterectomy, LH was found to be relatively better than TAH and VH in preventing the occurrence of SSI.
« Grupo operativo » : le travail des liens
Authors: Jaïtin Rosa
Published: May 2017

Cet article interroge la conception du groupe « operativo » en tant que groupe de travail qui porte sur le travail des liens. Ceux-ci se structurent à travers différents types d’alliances. En particulier les alliances inconscientes qui ont comme fonction la reconnaissance de l’appartenance au lien à travers le faire avec les autres. Une seconde fonction, elle, correspond au processus de transmission et de communication en tant qu’action instrumentale. Le travail des liens opère au moyen d’une tâche manifeste et latente, qui mobilise des fantasmes inconscients. Pichon Rivière différencie trois moments dans sa réalisation (pré-tâche, tâche, et projet), liés à l’intégration du penser, du faire et du sentir du groupe, ainsi qu’au degré de subjectivation de ses membres. Des demandes différentes de thérapies des liens (de groupe thérapeutique de formation, de couple, familial), ainsi que des demandes dans le champ institutionnel et communautaire, requièrent l’analyse et la mise en place de dispositifs particuliers. Pour compléter l’analyse du travail des liens, nous examinons le grand groupe et le groupe « operativo » de formation. Le grand groupe ne fait pas seulement référence au nombre de participants, mais à la manière dont le sujet est nommé et reconnu comme tel. D’autre part, le groupe « operativo » de formation porte sur l’articulation entre la thématique qui est travaillée et la dynamique de groupe qui émerge. Une situation clinique illustre une journée de formation.
Espoir et désespoir… dans les groupes d’analyse des pratiques
Authors: Di Rocco Vincent
Published: May 2017

La fonction des groupes d’analyse de la pratique en institution psychiatrique ne consiste pas uniquement à soutenir une réflexivité sur les pratiques soignantes permettant d’affiner ces pratiques. Ces groupes sont le lieu d’un travail psychique indispensable à l’élaboration des processus psychiques engagés par la confrontation à l’irreprésentable convoquée par les problématiques psychotiques. La confrontation à l’irreprésentable, que véhiculent les états psychotiques, pousse à des ruptures du lien identificatoire et des contrats narcissiques entre soignants et patients conduisant à des formes de réactions thérapeutiques négatives marquées par la passivation et les logiques du désespoir. Les dispositifs d’analyse de la pratique sont une nécessité dans ce champ afin de permettre une élaboration groupale des processus de mélancolisation à l’œuvre dans le soin psychiatrique. Une illustration clinique permettra de saisir les enjeux du travail groupal d’élaboration des formes transférentielles du désespoir dans la clinique psychiatrique basée une prise en charge hospitalière.
Quand les cadres analysent leurs pratiques professionnelles.
Authors: David Catherine
Published: May 2017

Faire équipe de direction dans les institutions de la mésinscription est complexe. Le contexte actuel et ses exigences réinterrogent les repères professionnels individuels et collectifs. La direction et l’encadrement de la tâche primaire et celle du cadre organisationnel et institutionnel sont de plus en plus clivés. Des tensions se cristallisent et provoquent des demandes d’analyse des pratiques. Dans une perspective psychosociologique et clinique, cet espace tiers mettra en dialogue les dimensions intrasubjectives, intersubjectives, organisationnelles, institutionnelles et sociétales, liées au travail. Pour que cette expérience se produise, un dispositif rigoureux est nécessaire. La première rencontre nommée exploratoire constitue une première expérimentation de cette centration pluridimensionnelle pour co-penser le dispositif. Elle préfigure les problématiques à traiter tant sur plan du groupe de travail que sur la dynamique groupale.
Une expérience d’accompagnement d’équipe
Authors: Lagueux Roger
Published: May 2017

Devant l’impossible analyse de la pratique professionnelle, une proposition d’accompagnement d’équipe réunit tous les personnels d’une institution pour handicapés mentaux. Cette expérience, de près de quatre ans, consiste à analyser des situations institutionnelles de pratiques professionnelles. Les trente-deux situations mises au travail, après analyse de contenu, fournissent des informations caractéristiques et déterminantes pour toutes les populations de l’établissement. Elles mettent en lumière une réalité clinique capitale pour tous : la vulnérabilité du résident. Le concept de vulnérabilité, par sa dynamique de liaison, constitue un véritable levier de changement pour l’institution et l’élaboration de ses différents projets.
New Literacy Implementation
Authors: Hsu Hui-Yin , Wang Shaing-Kwei , Coster Daniel
Published: May 2017

With advancing technology, “literacy” evolves to include new forms of literacy made possible by digital technologies. “New literacy” refers to using technology to research, locate, evaluate, synthesize and communication information. The purpose of the study is to develop a framework to guide science teachers' new literacy practices, and examine the impact of new literacy approach on students' science learning and new literacy skills. The authors worked with 25 middle school science teachers through a two-year professional development (PD), and followed their implementation to investigate the PD impact on their classroom practices and students' learning outcomes. The authors adopted mixed-methods to examine change in teachers' new literacy practices, students' science learning outcomes, and students' confidence in new literacy skills. The study results showed increases in teachers' frequency and types of new literacy practices, positive impact on students' science learning and confidence in new literacy skills. Factors affecting teachers' new literacy practice are also reported.
Política migratoria Argentina: una mirada desde el institucionalismo histórico
Authors: Norambuena Carmen , Matamoros Rodrigo
Published: May 2017

Este artículo analiza la política migratoria argentina desde la teoría del institucionalismo histórico. En el siglo XX, dicha política se caracterizó, desde la dictación de la Ley de Residencia de 1902, por un sesgo restrictivo que fue intensificándose a lo largo de la centuria mediante distintas disposiciones, siendo uno de sus principales hitos la Ley Videla de 1981. Con el regreso al régimen democrático, distintos proyectos buscaron la derogación de esta ley, pero no fue sino hasta el año 2004 que se logró este propósito, con el denominado Proyecto Giustiniani. En este artículo se realiza un estudio de desarrollo del caso de la política migratoria argentina, teniendo como hipótesis que la Ley de Migraciones N°25.871 del año 2004 implicó el quiebre de la dependencia de la trayectoria que a lo largo del siglo XX siguió la institucionalidad migratoria.
Estructura y diversidad de la vegetación arbórea en tres relieves de la costa de Oaxaca
Authors: Ortega-Baranda Verónica , Valdez-Hernández Juan I. , García-Moya Edmundo , Rodríguez-Trejo Dante A.
Published: May 2017

Introducción: La influencia del relieve es importante en la distribución espacial y heterogeneidad de la vegetación arbórea en las selvas.Objetivo: La estructura y diversidad arbórea se analizaron en tres relieves de la costa de Oaxaca: planicie, premontaña y montaña baja.Materiales y métodos: En cada relieve, con tres unidades de muestreo de 1,000 m2, se registraron altura total, cobertura de copa y diámetro normal de tres clases de tamaños: fustales, latizales y brinzales. La estructura se caracterizó mediante estratificación vertical, distribución diamétrica, índice de valor de importancia (IVI) y forestal (IVF); la diversidad con el índice de Shannon-Wienner (H ́); y la semejanza florística con el coeficiente de Sorensen.Resultados y discusión: Las especies con mayores IVI e IVF fueron Bravaisia integerrima (fustales) y Pithecellobium dulce (latizales y brinzales) en planicie; Faramea occidentalis (fustales, latizales y brinzales) en premontaña; Cecropia obtusifolia (fustales), Cupania dentata (latizales) y Nectandra globosa (brinzales) en montaña baja. La diversidad H’ fue significativamente mayor (P < 0.05) en montaña baja (3.24) que en premontaña (1.76) y planicie (2.07). La semejanza florística de fustales y latizales fue menor entre planicie y premontaña, y para brinzales fue menor entre planicie y montaña baja.Conclusión: La riqueza y diversidad de especies fueron diferentes en cada clase de tamaño en al menos un relieve.
Un enfoque metodológico para áreas verdes urbanas: un caso de estudio en Madrid
Authors: Briz-de-Felipe Teresa , De Felipe-Boente Isabel
Published: May 2017

Introducción: Los habitantes de las ciudades son conscientes de los efectos positivos que brinda el estar rodeado de naturaleza.Objetivo: Se probó un método para la identificación de áreas verdes urbanas y para conocer la actitud de los actores involucrados en el proceso de enverdecimiento tanto de suelo como de altura.Materiales y métodos: Se cuantificaron los tejados disponibles para el establecimiento de áreas verdes. Los residentes fueron entrevistados para consultar su opinión y disposición para la instalación y mantenimiento de un tejado verde. El estudio se realizó a través de la evaluación tecnosocioeconómica. El índice de disponibilidad al enverdecimiento (WTG, por sus siglas en inglés) se utilizó para analizar la presencia o ausencia de plantas en los tejados.Resultados y discusión: Se propuso un nuevo índice, denominado índice ponderado de evaluación verde (GEWI, por sus siglas en inglés), para medir la "presencia de verde" en un entorno urbano. El índice establece la relación entre el número de tejados y el WTG de los habitantes. Los distritos de Salamanca (Madrid), San Martí (Barcelona) y Nervión (Sevilla) tuvieron mayor GEWI; es decir, mayor presencia de agricultura urbana.Conclusiones: La metodología y el índice propuestos muestran las posibilidades de las zonas de estudio para incrementar sus zonas verdes. Algunos factores como disminuir los trámites o facilitar la instalación de azoteas verdes podrían ayudar a lograr tal objetivo.
Actualización de cambio de cobertura terrestre mediante análisis basado en la elevación y distancia de los asentamientos: Un estudio de caso de Turquía
Authors: Kadıoğulları Ali Ihsan , Sönmez Turan , Zeki Başkent Emin , Karahalil Uzay
Published: May 2017

Introducción: Conocer el cambio del paisaje y la dinámica del bosque con base en los parámetros topográficos y las actividades humanas es importante para el manejo sostenible de los ecosistemas forestales.Objetivo: Actualizar el análisis de los cambios en el uso del suelo y cobertura terrestre en Gümüşhane Forest Enterprise en el noreste de Turquía.Materiales y métodos: Los cambios en las mejoras forestales en un periodo 26 años (1987-2013) se analizaron de acuerdo con las clases de uso de suelo y cobertura terrestre utilizando planes de manejo forestal. Las transiciones temporales entre el uso del suelo y los tipos de cobertura se documentaron y evaluaron con base en los parámetros topográficos y la distancia de los asentamientos, utilizando mapas de elevación y buffers de anillo.Resultados y discusión: El periodo mostró una rápida mejoría forestal con un incremento de 50,910 ha y tasa de mejora anual de 1.58 %. Mientras que la zona de elevación más arbolada (66.6 % - 40,124 ha) se localizó entre 1,501 y 2,000 m, la tasa de forestación más alta (22.4 % - 13,509 ha) se encontró a una distancia de más de 500 m de las áreas de asentamiento entre 1971 y 2013.  Los bosques de Gümüşhane se fragmentaron debido a un aumento de áreas forestales productivas entre 1971 y 2013.Conclusiones: Se obtuvieron datos importantes sobre la dinámica de los ecosistemas forestales en Gümüşhane Forest Enterprise. Existe un fuerte vínculo entre los cambios en el uso de suelo y la cubierta forestal, la presión social, la distancia de los asentamientos y la clase de elevación.
Introduction
Authors: Harrison Douglas
Published: May 2017

This introductory chapter offers a scholarly glimpse into the world of southern gospel music from both a sacred and secular point of view. Here the author positions himself as both a gospel-music insider and outsider in discussing methods for how this book approaches and understands southern gospel's cultural functions. In addition, this chapter also functions as a primer on southern gospel music. Broadly defined, southern gospel songs fall into four general types. There are songs of celebration, as well as more commonplace toe-tappers and other upbeat feel-good songs; patriotic and political songs; songs of supplication; and songs of surrender. Across all song styles and types, a tension persists between the music's function as an instrument of conversion and as a vehicle of aesthetic satisfaction.
Sex, Sickness, and Slavery
Authors: Weiner Marli F. , Hough Mazie
Published: May 2017

This study of medical treatment in the antebellum South argues that Southern physicians' scientific training and practice uniquely entitled them to formulate medical justification for the imbalanced racial hierarchies of the period. Challenged with both helping to preserve the slave system (by acknowledging and preserving clear distinctions of race and sex) and enhancing their own authority (with correct medical diagnoses and effective treatment), doctors sought to understand bodies that did not necessarily fit into neat dichotomies or agree with suggested treatments. Expertly drawing the dynamic tensions during this period in which Southern culture and the demands of slavery often trumped science, this book explores how doctors struggled with contradictions as medicine became a key arena for debate over issues of gender (male vs. female), health and illness, race (black vs. white), and geography (North vs. South).
Chasing Newsroom Diversity
Authors: Mellinger Gwyneth
Published: May 2017

This book explores the complex history of the decades-long ASNE (American Society of News Editors) diversity initiative, which culminated in the failed Goal 2000 effort to match newsroom demographics with those of the U.S. population. Drawing upon exhaustive reviews of ASNE archival materials, the book examines the democratic paradox through the lens of the ASNE, an elite organization that arguably did more than any other during the twentieth century to institutionalize professional standards in journalism and expand the concepts of government accountability and the free press. The ASNE would emerge in the 1970s as the leader in the newsroom integration movement, but its effort would be frustrated by structures of exclusion that the organization had embedded into its own professional standards. Explaining why a project so promising failed so profoundly, the book expands our understanding of the intransigence of institutional racism, gender discrimination, and homophobia within democracy.
Sweet Air
Authors: Comentale Edward P.
Published: May 2017

This book rewrites the history of early twentieth-century pop music in modernist terms. Tracking the evolution of popular regional genres such as blues, country, folk, and rockabilly in relation to the growth of industry and consumer culture, the book shows how this music became a vital means of exploring the new and often overwhelming feelings brought on by modern life. The book examines these rural genres as they translated the traumas of local experience—the racial violence of the Delta, the mass exodus from the South, the Dust Bowl of the Texas panhandle—into sonic form. Considering the accessibility of these popular music forms, the book asserts the value of music as a source of progressive cultural investment, linking poor, rural performers and audiences to an increasingly vast network of commerce, transportation, and technology.
Feminist Writings
Authors: Beauvoir Simone de
Published: May 2017

By turns surprising and revelatory, this sixth volume in the Beauvoir series presents newly discovered writings and lectures while providing new translations and contexts for the author's more familiar writings. Spanning the author's career from the 1940s through 1986, the pieces explain the paradoxes in her political and feminist stances, including the famous 1972 announcement of a “conversion to feminism” after decades of activism on behalf of women. The book documents and contextualizes the author's thinking, writing, public statements, and activities in the services of causes like French divorce law reform and the rights of women in the Iranian Revolution. In addition, the book provides new insights into the author's complex thinking and illuminates her historic role in linking the movements for sexual freedom, sexual equality, homosexual rights, and women's rights in France.
Brigitte Bardot and the Lolita Syndrome
Authors: de Beauvoir Simone
Published: May 2017

On New Year’s Eve, Brigitte Bardot appeared on French television. She was got up as usual—blue jeans, sweater, and shock of tousled hair. Lounging on a sofa, she plucked at a guitar. “That’s not hard,” said a woman.1 “I could do just as well. She’s not even pretty. She has the face of a housemaid.” The men couldn’t keep from devouring her with their eyes, but they too snickered. Only two or three of us, among thirty or so spectators, thought her charming. Then she did an excellent classical dance number. “She ...
Word Warrior
Authors: Williams Sonja D.
Published: May 2017

Posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2007, Richard Durham creatively chronicled and brought to life the significant events of his times. Durham's trademark narrative style engaged listeners with fascinating characters, compelling details, and sharp images of pivotal moments in American and African American history and culture. This book draws on archives and hard-to-access family records, as well as interviews with family and colleagues, to illuminate Durham's astounding career. Durham paved the way for black journalists as a dramatist and a star investigative reporter and editor for the pioneering black newspapers the Chicago Defender and Muhammed Speaks. Talented and versatile, he also created the acclaimed radio series Destination Freedom and Here Comes Tomorrow and wrote for popular radio fare like The Lone Ranger. Incredibly, Durham's energies extended still further—to community and labor organizing, advising Chicago mayoral hopeful Harold Washington, and mentoring generations of activists.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for English Language Teaching, Vol. 10, No. 5
Authors: Yu Gavin
Published: April 2017

Reviewer acknowledgements for English Language Teaching, Vol. 10, No. 5, 2017
Understanding How Students Study: The Genealogy and Conceptual Basis of A Widely Used Pedagogical Research Tool, Biggs’ Study Process Questionnaire
Authors: Lake Warren , Boyd William , Boyd Wendy
Published: April 2017

The Study Process Questionnaire (SPQ) continues to be applied in a wide range of pedagogical situations. However, the question remains as to how well a researcher understands the conceptual basis behind the tool they choose. This essay provides a compact and comprehensive view of the conceptual basis for the development of the original SPQ, and the later revised version (R-SPQ-2F), and offers a way for a researcher to quickly be informed on the concepts underpinning the tool, enabling the opportunity to quickly assess whether the R-SPQ-2F is an appropriate tool to be using in there study. In this essay we look at the earliest stages in the development of the SPQ, through to the development of the revised Study Process Questionnaire unpacking the underlying conceptual model.
The Effect of Practical Presentations’ Strategy on the Achievement of the Ninth Graders Students of the Pre-Vocational Education Subject in Shobak District Schools
Authors: Al Tawarah Haroon M. , Mahasneh Omar M. , Al-Hawartheh Nourah A.
Published: April 2017

The present research was conducted to evaluate the effect of using practical presentations on the achievement of the ninth graders students in pre-vocational education subject in Shobak district schools, in comparison to the prevailing method, and identify whether there are differences attributed to the gender variable. To answer the questions, the study was applied to an experimental sample in two schools of Shobak district consisting of (46) male and female students from the ninth grade for the academic year 2015/2016, who studied the pre-vocational education by using the practical presentation method, and a control group in two schools consisting of (46) students studied by using the lecturing method. The results of the study showed statistically significant differences between mean scores of members of the two groups (the experimental),male and female and (the control), male and female in the post-test application in favor of the of the experimental group that used practical presentations. The results also showed the absence of statistically significant difference at the significance level (0.05) attributed to the gender variable in the achievement of the experimental group.
Education, Science and Technology in Mexico: Challenges for Innovation
Authors: Gómez-Merino Fernando Carlos , Trejo-Téllez Libia Iris , Méndez-Cadena Maria Esther , Hernández-Cázares Aleida Selene
Published: April 2017

The innovation process is founded on a high-quality education system at all levels, which trains scientists and technologists capable of generating innovations. Education is the most decisive factor in human development, yet in Mexico current statistics reveal a critical situation at every educational level, as only 1 out of every 10 children entering elementary school obtains a university degree, and less than 0.01% of the population holds a doctoral degree. In addition, international tests such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) reflect the low educational performance of Mexican students in several subject areas. The deficiencies found in the national education system negatively impact innovation indicators. Although there have been major initiatives to reverse underperformance in education, science, technology and innovation (STI), the country has actually seen its global competitiveness ranking fall from 55th in 2013 to 57th in 2015, and structural reforms in education, science and technology proposed since 2012 have still not been successfully implemented. This paper analyses the current status of the education and STI systems in Mexico and sets out some strategies to improve public policies to profit from the great competitive advantages that Mexico has as an emerging economy, with about 52 million economically active people and great untapped potential if innovations policies are implemented successfully.
Vocabulary Teaching in Foreign Language via Audiovisual Method Technique of Listening and Following Writing Scripts
Authors: Bozavli Ebubekir
Published: April 2017

The objective is hereby study is to compare the effects of conventional and audiovisual methods on learning efficiency and success of retention with regard to vocabulary teaching in foreign language. Research sample consists of 21 undergraduate and 7 graduate students studying at Department of French Language Teaching, Kazim Karabekir Faculty of Education, Ataturk University. The methodology applied herein is experimental research. Two groups of 14 were randomly established, one as experimental and one as control group. Experimental group underwent audiovisual method, while conventional vocabulary teaching method, still applied in schools, was applied on the control group. The data was gathered from instructive videos equipped with pedagogical references on the website of TV5 monde, under the title “Enseigner le francais avec Tv 5 Monde” [Learn French with TV5 Monde]. Two practices, namely, “2001-2011: faut-il encore avoir peur du terrorisme” [2001-2011: Should we still fear terrorism?], “guerres et conflits: vers une privatisation générale?” [Wars & conflicts: Towards an overall privatisation?], both at C1 education level, have been selected. Success rates in research data were found out by means of percentage calculations. The resulting values are analysed and interpreted through descriptive and content analysis methodology. According to research outputs, the learners are more successful in efficiency of learning and retention via audiovisual method than through conventional method. Simultaneous action of multiple sense organs and high motivation during learning process are considered as the principal reasons for such success.
The Characteristic of the Process of Students’ Metacognition in Solving Calculus Problems
Authors: Purnomo Dwi , Nusantara Toto , Subanji Subanji , Rahardjo Swasono
Published: April 2017

This article is the result of research aims to describe the patterns and characteristics of the process of metacognition student of mathematics in solving calculus problems. Description was done by looking at changes in awareness, evaluation, and regulation as components of metacognition. The changes in components of metacognition seen by the emergence of indicators for each indicator were described in descriptors. To see the changes, the researcher used the instrument consisting of calculus problems, metacognition questionnaires, observation sheet, and interviews. Researcher gave calculus to 23 students who followed the course of differential calculus. The research data were in the form of the works of the students, transcript think-aloud, metacognition questionnaire results, observations using the observation sheet, and a transcript of the interview. Based on research data obtained, the research subjects were categorized in the high-ability students, medium, and low. Data were analyzed using constant comparison method of Glaser and Strauss. Based on data, analysis can be concluded that the pattern and characteristics of the change process awareness, evaluation and regulation mathematic students in solving calculus problems can be distinguished in the process of metacognition complete with the order, complete metacognition was not with the order, and metacognition incomplete.
The Effect of A Training Program in Improving First Classes Teachers Skills in Dealing with Special Needs Students in Regular Classroom in Amman
Authors: Al-Taj Heyam Musa , Al-Oweidi Alia Mohammed
Published: April 2017

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a training program in improving first classes female teachers’ skills in dealing with special needs students in regular classroom among a sample of private schools female teachers in Amman. The study adopted the quasi-experimental approach based on two equivalent groups, as the sample consisted of (30) teachers distributed into two groups; an experimental group (n=15), a control group (n=15). To achieve the aim of the study, a scale to measure the level of teachers skills was developed consisting of (23) items administrated on the sample before and after the program which contained of (6) training sessions. The findings showed that the training program was effective in developing teachers’ skills in dealing with special needs students, as the means of the experimental group developed on all sub-domains and the total degree of the scale. The findings showed that the post-performance of the control group was (2.11), meanwhile, it was for the experimental group (3.46), this indicates a difference in the performance of both groups. Moreover, the findings showed that there were no significant statistical differences in the extent of benefiting of the program according to years of experience and scientific qualifications variables. The study recommended the need to re-apply the program on other samples in other schools teaching special needs students.
Readers Theater as a Tool to Understand Difficult Concept in Economics
Authors: Wulandari Dwi , Narmaditya Bagus Shandy
Published: April 2017

Readers Theater is one of the innovative learning in an effort to increase the understanding and value students’ learning processes that involve the activity of reading, writing, listening and speaking. In this type of learning, students read a manuscript of a certain literature and other students grasp the meaning of what was read and is shown by the reader. Readers Theaters are different from playing drama. In the drama needed costumes, setting room etc., but in this learning not required. Is the key to effective learning is clearly read the script readers, and listeners can clearly visualize from what is shown. This paper used readers theater to teach a topic of macroeconomics which is unemployment that often considered as a hard topic. We found that students are very happy with this method. Their reading, writing, listening and speaking activities are improving and the most important thing is their understanding of unemployment topic is so much better compared to teaching them with the only direct instruction method. One of the parts that should not be forgotten by teachers is debriefing to check the understanding of the students and many students want this method to be continued especially for another difficult topic so it will be easy to understand.
A Tale of Three Cities: Fostering Intrinsic Motivation for Information Seeking in Children of Diverse Cultures
Authors: Crow Sherry R. , Kastello Lisa
Published: April 2017

The purpose of the research was to increase understanding of the experiences in the lives of upper elementary-aged students that foster an intrinsic motivation to seek information, as well as to compare and contrast the experiences of intrinsically motivated students from an individualist culture (Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.), a collectivist culture (Kampala, Uganda) and a culture that is both individualistic and collectivist (Mysore, India). The principal results are that the informants from all three groups had an affinity for play, a tendency toward creativity, and that they enjoyed doing competence-building activities. A point of disparity in the findings was in the information seeking behavior of the collectivist Kampalan students with regard to their penchant for seeking information by asking other people as compared with the two less-collectivist groups. Interest/relevance was the dominant factor in all three groups of students’ favorite information seeking quests. Major conclusions are that social conditions supporting all three needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness) that foster intrinsic motivation were evident in the lives of the students, though relatedness and autonomy needs were balanced differently depending on their cultures. Recommendations based on this research for elementary school teachers and librarians are: to allow choice when possible, to provide creative alternatives for students to present information, to be sensitive to the differing relational needs of children, and to be there as a stable influence when immigrant students find circumstances overwhelming. Findings on the information-seeking styles by media types of the three sets of informants are included.
Analysis of Factors Influencing Creative Personality of Elementary School Students
Authors: Park Jongman , Kim Minkee , Jang Shinho
Published: April 2017

This quantitative research examined factors that affect elementary students’ creativity and how those factors correlate. Aiming to identify significant factors that affect creativity and to clarify the relationship between these factors by path analysis, this research was designed to be a stepping stone for creativity enhancement studies. Data were gathered from 208 students in 3 fifth-grade classes and 3 sixth-grade classes in 5 different schools located in Seoul, Korea. Survey questions, asked through five-score Likert-scale items, focused on attentiveness in science class, creativity and scientific attitude, which has been shown by the literature to have positive influences on one another. The findings include that their scientific attitude, attentiveness, and creativity correlated with significance, where gender did not have an effect on the relationship. Gender and age of the students have shown no significant effect on their scientific attitude, attentiveness or creativity. Scientific attitude, attentiveness and creativity have demonstrated positive effects to each other, the effect being stronger from scientific attitude to creativity (0.659) than the other two, attentiveness & scientific attitude (0.32) and attentiveness & creativity (0.368). Scientific attitude affects creativity most directly (0.659), and attentiveness would affect creativity more as a cofactor next to the scientific attitude (0.213) rather than when it’s by itself (0.154). That is, if a teacher devises a certain way to enhance attentiveness of students during their science class, their scientific attitude and attentiveness would increase, giving them a solid chance to enhance their creativity consequently.
The Mediatory Role of Exercise Self-Regulation in the Relationship between Personality Traits and Anger Management of Athletes
Authors: Shahbazzadeh Somayeh , Beliad Mohammad Reza
Published: April 2017

This study investigates the mediatory role of exercise self-regulation role in the relationship between personality traits and anger management among athletes. The statistical population of this study includes all athlete students of Shar-e Ghods College, among which 260 people were selected as sample using random sampling method. In addition, the analysis was done using structural equation modeling and path analysis through SPSS and Amous software. The results indicated that in investigating the effect of personality traits on anger management, neuroticism impacts on anger management positively and agreeableness and conscientiousness impact on anger management negatively. In response to the second question, it was concluded that exercise self-regulation impacts on anger management positively, so that with one increase in the standard deviation of exercise self-regulation scores, 0.224 standard deviation is added to anger management. Therefore, in response to the third research question, it was concluded that exercise self-regulation mediates the effect of agreeableness and conscientiousness on anger management significantly.
Modeling the Association between Deliberative Beliefs and Organizational Citizenship Behavior among Teachers
Authors: Lin Chun-wen
Published: April 2017

Aristotle proposed that deliberation in the political arena facilitates citizens’ abilities to deliberate about the ultimate interests of human beings, identify the highest human benefit achievable given the circumstances, and develop moral virtues and good deeds. Appealing to Aristotelian deliberation, this study investigates the relationships among normative deliberative beliefs, personal deliberative beliefs, and organizational citizenship behavior among senior/vocational high school teachers. A survey was completed by 202 Taiwanese senior/vocational high school teachers. The results, derived from structural equation modeling, reveal that the direct contribution of normative deliberative beliefs to organizational citizenship behavior was rather weak, but personal deliberative beliefs contribute significantly to the organizational citizenship behavior in teachers. Implications for these findings are discussed.
The Level of Career Success for Talented Students and Its Relation with Gender, Center and Educational Level
Authors: Al Hajjat Adel Tawfeeq
Published: April 2017

The aim of this study is to recognize the level of career success for talented students who are graduates from programs of talented individuals in Jubilee School in Amman city and pioneering center for talented individuals in Salt city. The sample of the study includes (162) graduates from the mentioned programs. Also the study aimed to know the level of career success with gender variable and the kind of center that presents the program.To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher prepared a scale of career success which contains five dimensions (psychological dimension, social, economic, mental features and work environment) and these dimensions are distributed on (66) paragraphs. Indications of sincerity and invariance of tool were extracted and the scale was applied on individuals of the sample by three ways: (direct interview, phone call and e-mail). To extract the results, the following elements were calculated: arithmetic means, standard deviations, regression analysis, correlation coefficients and analysis of two-way and multiple variances.The results of the study indicated that the talented individuals of the sample showed high level in career success according to the used scale, the results also showed that the level of career success for females was greater than the males and the results indicated that the career success for the individuals who are graduates from Jubilee School was greater than the career success for individuals who are graduates from leading center for talented students in Salt.
Mastery Motivation and Secure Attachment among Preschool Children in the Light of Depending on Domestic Workers in the Saudi Society
Authors: Abdulfattah Azza Khalil , Badawood Asma Saeid
Published: April 2017

The current study aims to verify the impact of children’s secure attachment to their mothers on their mastery motivation in the light of the dependence on domestic workers’ phenomenon in the Saudi society. To achieve the goals of the study, a random sample of Saudi children was selected from Riyadh city in Saudi Arabia, whose favorable economic circumstances contributed in the dependence of their families on domestic workers. The sample is consisted of two pre-school children groups who were under six years old; the first group is consisted of (74) child whose families depend on domestic workers, while the second group is consisted of (109) child from families who do not depend on domestic workers to care for their children. The outcomes were collected after applying DMQ 17 questionnaire for assessing mastery motivation for children below the age of 6 for George Morgan. The results showed that early attachment’s relationship with mothers has a prominent impact on the mastery motivation development. Moreover, the outcomes showed no significant effects of domestic workers who are in charge of housekeeping, and care services on all mastery motivation dimensions.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Education Studies, Vol. 10, No. 5
Authors: Lee Chris
Published: April 2017

Reviewer acknowledgements for International Education Studies, Vol. 10, No. 5, 2017.
Do Prospective Teachers Care About PISA Studies? A Pilot Study among University Students in Germany
Authors: Ioannidou Olga , Georgiou Despoina , Obersteiner Andreas , Bas Nilufer Deniz , Mieslinger Christine
Published: April 2017

The results of international comparison studies such as the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) have initiated intense discussions about educational reforms in Germany. Although in-service and pre-service teachers are an essential part of such reforms, little is known about their attitudes towards PISA studies. The present study aims to fill this gap through the investigation of pre-service teachers’ awareness, interest, perception, and attitudes towards PISA. A questionnaire was used to survey a sample of 107 university students who were participating in a teacher education program. The results reveal that 100% of the participants are aware of PISA. Nearly 69% of the participants think that the impact of PISA is rather high or very high, while 41% of them believe that PISA results are reliable. Accordingly, half of the participants seem to be interested in PISA results for their country. The present study discusses these findings in the light of the expected outcomes as proposed in standards for teacher education.
The Role of Social Networking Sites in Creating Moral Crisis and the Role of the University in Confronting It from the View Point of Qassim University Faculty Members
Authors: Al-Smadi Hend Sam’an Ibrahim
Published: April 2017

The study aimed at recognizing the effect of the social networking sites (henceforth snss) in creating moral crisis and the role of the university in its confrontation from the view point of faculty members at Qassim University. Two tests were constructed; the first included (29 items) developed to identify the role of snss in creating moral crisis from the view point of faculty members at Qassim University, the second included (25 items) developed to identify the role of the university in confronting the moral crisis from the view point of faculty members at Qassim University. Faculty members (No. 154) at Qassim University completed the two tests, they rated the role of snss in creating the moral crisis, it was moderate; the overall means score was (2.16). The role of the university in confronting the moral crisis from the view point of the faculty members was moderate also; the overall mean score was (2.20). Statistical differences of type of the faculty and the academic degree were not found.
Fragmentation of Thinking Structure’s Students to Solving the Problem of Application Definite Integral in Area
Authors: Wibawa Kadek Adi , Nusantara Toto , Subanji Subanji , Parta I Nengah
Published: April 2017

This study aims to reveal the fragmentation of thinking structure’s students in solving the problems of application definite integral in area. Fragmentation is a term on the computer (storage) that is highly relevant correlated with theoretical constructions that occur in the human brain (memory). Almost every student has a different way to construct a problem. That’s very interesting to finding a process of thinking students. Researcher works in three cases. The findings of this study were two in every case, which the fragmentation whole construction and fragmentation construction pseudo. Data this study a full description and in-depth exploration of the students majoring in mathematics education since high school that has been learned about the material Integral course and the area.
The Saudi Tatweer Education Reforms: Implications of Neoliberal Thought to Saudi Education Policy
Authors: Tayan Bilal M.
Published: April 2017

The King Abdullah Public Education Development Project or the ‘Tatweer’ education reforms were created to improve the quality of teaching and learning in Saudi Arabia. It was a response to develop generations of Saudis who would contribute to the economic well-being of the nation. The Saudi Tatweer education reforms have been important in highlighting questions about power, globalisation and divergence. Therefore, set against a background of neoliberal discourse, I will assess the influences and impact of the drivers within Tatweer – a seemingly market-driven set of education reforms. With reference to Foucauldian thought on power and governance, I will also raise some questions on whether the Tatweer reforms were rigorous and effective enough in improving the level of education within the Saudi context. Finally, I will consider the importance of Ball’s (2003) perspective on performativity, and how market forces and international influence have impacted on Saudi education policy reform.
How Do Higher-Education Students Use Their Initial Understanding to Deal with Contextual Logic-Based Problems in Discrete Mathematics?
Authors: Lubis Asrin , Nasution Andrea Arifsyah
Published: April 2017

Mathematical reasoning in logical context has now received much attention in the mathematics curriculum documents of many countries, including Indonesia. In Indonesia, students start formally learning about logic when they pursue to senior-high school. Before, they previously have many experiences to deal with logic, but the earlier assignments do not label them as logic. Although the students have already experienced much about logic, it does not assure that they have a better understand about it even they purpose to university. Thus, this paper presents several findings of our small-scale study which was conducted to investigate the issues on how higher-education students overcome contextual logic-based problems. Data were collected through pretest, students’ written work, video recording and interview. A fifteen-minute test which consisted of four questions was given to 53 student participants in the third semester who proposed mathematics discrete course. The information towards the main issues was required through the analysis of students’ written work in the pretest and video recording during the students’ interview. The findings indicate that the students’ initial understanding, in general, do not help them much to solve logical problems based on context. In our findings, they apply several strategies, such as random proportions, word descriptions, permutation-combination calculations and deriving conclusion through logical premises.