bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Recursos fisioterapêuticos na dor pélvica gestacional: revisão da literatura e proposta de manual de orientação
Authors: De Souza Renata Stefânia Olah , De Moraes Bianca Mesquita , De Oliveira Claudia , Batista Patricia Andrade , Francisco Rossana Pulcineli Vieira , Tanaka Clarice
Published: January 2020

Introdução: Este estudo apresenta uma revisão da literatura a respeito da dor pélvica gestacional, uma dor sentida entre as cristas ilí­acas posteriores, as dobras glúteas e as articulações sacroilí­acas, podendo irradiar para a região posterior da coxa e ocorrer junto com a dor na sí­nfise púbica. Objetivos: Fazer uma revisão da literatura, levantando estudos sobre quais intervenções fisioterapêuticas foram mais eficazes no tratamento de mulheres portadoras de dor pélvica gestacional sem associação í  dor lombar, e propor um manual de orientação para essas pacientes. Métodos: Revisão da literatura, consultando-se artigos publicados entre os anos 2008 e 2019, nas bases de dados Pedro, Pubmed e Scielo. Resultados: Os resultados desta pesquisa apontam que os recursos fisioterapêuticos encontrados nos estudos amenizaram a dor pélvica gestacional e contribuí­ram para funcionalidade das gestantes; nenhum, porém, foi capaz de zerar as queixas das pacientes. Conclusão: Existem recursos fisioterapêuticos para a dor pélvica gestacional que reduzem a dor e melhoram a funcionalidade das gestantes; porém, pelo baixo número de estudos sobre essa dor considerada isoladamente da dor lombar, sugerem-se mais pesquisas sobre abordagens fisioterapêuticas que se mostrem mais efetivas para mulheres nessa condição.Palavras-chave: gestação, dor pélvica, dor da cintura pélvica, Fisioterapia, modalidades fisioterapêuticas.
Pressões inspiratória e expiratória máximas: confiabilidade intra e interexaminadores
Authors: Pereira Fabio Dutra , De Barros Patrí­cia Zaidan , Da Silva Elirez Bezerra
Published: January 2020

Introdução: Pressões estáticas ventilatórias máximas são mensuradas pelo manômetro/ manovacuômetro, expressam a força dos músculos ventilatórios em cmH2O. Objetivos: Verificar a confiabilidade intra e interexaminadores das PImáx e PEmáx. Métodos: Constituiu-se amostra randomicamente (n=70). Dois examinadores independentes, executaram três medições intradia (consistência interna) e duas interdias (estabilidade). O instrumento utilizado para medir as PImáx e PEmáx foi um manovacuômetro digital MDV®300 (MDI/Brasil) de intervalo operacional de ±300 cmH2O. Calcularam-se o coeficiente de correlação intraclasse e o erro tí­pico da medida, a significância adotada foi de P â‰¤ 0,05 e o pacote estatí­stico usado foi SPSS 20.0. Resultados: Consistência interna: intra examinador PImáx CCI = 0,97 e ETM(ETM%) = 6,71(6) e PEmáx CCI = 0,95 e ETM(ETM%) = 10,92(8); interexaminadores da PImáx CCI = 0,98 e ETM(ETM%) = 5,41(5) e PEmáx CCI = 0,96 e ETM(ETM%) = 8,82(7). Estabilidade: intra examinador da PImáx CCI = 0,95 e ETM (ETM%) = 7,92(7) e PEmáx CCI = 0,93 e ETM(ETM%) = 12,34(9); interexaminadores da PImáx CCI = 0,96 e ETM(ETM%) = 6,36(6) e PEmáx CCI = 0,93 e ETM(ETM%) = 11,75(9). Todas as análises estatí­sticas foram (P = 0,0001). Conclusão: PImáx e PEmáx têm confiabilidade intra e interexaminadores adequada í  prática clí­nica.Palavras-chave: força muscular, músculos respiratórios, correlação de dados, fisioterapia, diagnóstico.
How does captivity affect skin colour reflectance of golden mantella frogs?
Authors: Passos Luiza
Published: January 2020

Coloration is an important trait for social communication in amphibians, being used in intra- and intersexual signalling to express information about individual body condition and health state, amongst other things. The striking colour pattern exhibited by some anuran species are also used in “aposematic” signals to advertise unpalatability to predators. The aim of
this study was to investigate how the captive environment affects the colour of golden mantella frogs by comparing captive reared frogs with wild conspecifics. A USB-2000 portable diode-array spectrometer and a xenon strobe light source were used to perform spectrophotometric measurements on captive and wild populations. Hue, chroma and brightness of skin colour were analysed as well as body condition using the scaled mass index. Analyses showed variation among populations, but significant differences were only found between captive and wild populations. Generalised linear mixed models were used to evaluate the effects of body condition on colour variation and showed that animals with lower body condition from one captive population had significantly different coloration than their wild counterparts. Importantly, one captive
population was not greatly different in coloration from their wild counterparts – demonstrating that this problem is not inevitable in captivity. These results can have important implications for reintroduction programmes.
Biosorption of Cationic Dyes onto Cork Stopper Particles by Inverse Fluidized Bed
Authors: Al.Joboury Israa A. , Ebrahime Shahlaa E.
Published: January 2020

In this study cork stopper particles was used as a low cost biosorbent to remove the cationic dyes (Methylene blue (MB), Malachite green (MG), and Methyl violet (MV)) from simulated wastewater. Continuous experiments were studied in a laboratory scale in inverse fluidized-bed packed with cork stopper particles for removal these dyes. A set of continuous mode experiments was carried out in inverse fluidized bed column to study the effect of flow rate (10, 15, 20 l/h), bed depth (5, 10, 15 cm), and influent concentration (10, 20, 30 mg/l) on the performance of biosorption process onto cork stopper particles. The minimum inverse fluidized velocity was calculated and it was found to be 8 ×10-5 m/s. The results indicate that cork adsorbs dyes efficiently and can be used as a low-cost alternative for the removal of cationic dyes in wastewater treatment.
Removal of lead ions from wastewater using crushed concrete demolition waste
Authors: Ali Alyaa F. , Abd Ali Ziad T.
Published: January 2020

The sorption of Pb2+ ions from synthetic wastewater using crushed concrete demolition waste (CCDW) which collected from a demolition site was investigated in a batch sorption system. Factors inﬂuencing on sorption process such as shaking time (0-300min), initial concentration of contaminant (100-750mg/L), shaking speed (0-250 rpm), and adsorbent dosage (0.05-3 g/ml) have been studied. Batch experiments confirmed that the best values of these parameters were (180 min, 100 mg/l, 200 rpm, 0.3 g CCDW/100 ml) respectively where the achieved removal efficiency is equal to 100%. Sorption data were described using four isotherm models (Langmuir, Freundlich, Redlich-Peterson, and Radke-Prausnitz). Results proved that the pure adsorption and precipitation are the main mechanisms for removal of lead ions from aqueous solution onto CCDW and sorption data can be represented by Langmuir model. The lead ion was successfully removed from aqueous solution during batch experiments using (CCDW) in the particle size range 2–1 mm. The principal mechanism of uptake of Pb2+ was found to be by diffusion into the cement matrix and this was detected by Scanning electron microscopy.
Optimization of the electro coagulation process for the removal of cadmium from aqueous solution using RSM
Authors: Sadoon Zahraa Adil , M-Ridha Mohanad J.
Published: January 2020

A certain of industrialized wastewater streams include heavy metal ions, should be efficiently removal before the reuse or discharge of treated waters could occur. In this work, the removal of cadmium from aqueous solution was carried out by electro coagulation using aluminum electrodes as anode and cathode. Electro coagulation cell of 1litter was used in this research. Several operating parameters on the removal efficiency of cadmium were investigated, such as initial pH, voltage, initial cadmium  ion concentration, NaCl concentration, spacing between electrodes, and  type of electrode . The Cd(II) concentration (50 ,100,150,200 ppm),( stirring speed 120 rpm) at room temperature . A pH was use   to be a constant best value when studied the  impact  of voltage values were chosen as 6,10,  and 14 increasing voltage  increased Cd(II) removals significantly Removal of 30.1%, 94.1%, 97.4%. The optimum removal efficiency of 97.4 % was achieved at a voltage of 14 V and pH 5 using (Al/Al.) electrodes, within 60 min of operating time. The concentration of NaCl was 0.6 g/l with a 0. 5 cm spacing between the electrodes.
Assessing the Building’s Developments on the Human Perception: The Case Study of Imam Al-Hussein Shrine in Karbala, Iraq
Authors: Al-Furaty Ali B. , Ashour Ammar S.
Published: January 2020

This paper investigates the implications of buildings’ developments of Imam Hussein Holy Shrine in Karbala, Iraq. It is questioning the space perception from within normal and expert human experience. The investigation spans a decade of reflections since the new shrine development accomplished. The ratio between mass and void have been changed significantly and thus led to alterations in viewing angles, inclusion, visual axis’s, orientation, movement, and human sense of scale. Those developments were encompassing, the addition of a new floor to the existing outer wall building, adding huge steel columns, covering the open-to-sky courtyard of the shrine, and extending the old boundaries of the shrine outwardly 10 meters using arched floors.The purpose is to tackle the current problem of how the shrine’s developments have affected the space perception, hierarchical order of space, and the induced new sensual spatial activities, such as eating, sleeping, and gathering. This paper therefore aims to address the current question of how the shrine’s developments have changed the individual’s experience in perceiving the inner spaces and other building’s components. It was hypothesized that an analysis of the perception of Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain's developments can provide clear answers of the urban changes, which were occurred. The findings showed that the space inclusion has increased while the viewing angles, visual axis’s, continuous movement, and human scale have reduced. Further work will include the influences of the socio-economic and environmental factors in relation to the existing spaces and activities in the analysis and compare the findings with other similar shrine cases, like the Holy Shrine of Imam Al-Abbas.
Development of a Watermark Embedding Algorithm within Digital Images in Frequency Domain using Ant colony Algorithm
Authors: Kadid Lara Fathi
Published: January 2020

In this paper, an algorithm of watermark embedding within digital cover images was developed, in order to guarantee the copyright of digital images. The proposed algorithm depends transform the image to frequency domain, and ant colony algorithm to determine the optimal blocks to execute the embedding process. Many factors affects the achievement of watermark requirement, the most important factors are embedding domain, embedding method, coefficient used for embedding and blocks locations where The optimal location of them, that varies depending on the nature of the image and the attacks. First, we divided the cover image into 8*8 blocks and calculating standard deviation between their pixels to detect blocks of pixels with strong edges, which is considered the best in the embedding process due to its robustness towards the attacks. Then we used DCT (Discrete cosine transform) on blocks to transfer the original cover image to frequency domain and execute the embedding process relying on the proposed algorithm in two coefficients that belong to the medium frequency of  the specific blocks from ants algorithm which provides flexibility in determined the most important blocks in terms of balancing between robust of watermark and transparency of the watermark image. The proposed algorithm provided good results in the watermark robustness and transparency in proportion to the nature of cover image towards various types of image processing.
ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ ХМАРНИХ СЕРВІСІВ GOOGLE ДЛЯ МОНІТОРИНГУ Й ОЦІНЮВАННЯ ЗДОРОВОГО СПОСОБУ ЖИТТЯ СТУДЕНТІВ
Authors: Величко Степан Петрович , Руденко Тетяна Володимирівна
Published: January 2020

Стаття присвячена запровадженню хмарних сервісів з метою моніторингу й аналізу стану фізичного розвитку та здоров’я студентів, їхній обізнаності й готовності щодо здорового способу життя. Для достовірної інформації про фізичний стан здоров’я студентів пропонується визначати рівень здоров’я кожного студента окремо за допомогою експрес-тесту СОЗ (самооцінка здоров’я), залучаючи для збору і накопичення інформації самих студентів, а з метою зацікавлення їх цією проблемою пропонуються методи самоконтролю та індивідуальних розрахунків засобами інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій (ІКТ), зокрема використання хмарних сервісів Google, які достатньо поширені, можуть бути використані будь-ким у будь-який момент і вільно пропонуються в Інтернет-середовищі. За цих обставин для якісної і кількісної оцінки стану фізичного здоров’я академічної групи на заняттях з валеології у педагогічних закладах вищої освіти використовуються розрахунки п’яти індексів, аналіз яких дає можливість узагальнити результати на якісному і кількісному рівні та показати їх у вигляді табличних або графічних даних. Студенти самостійно збирають інформацію для визначення кожного з критеріїв про стан індивідуального здоров’я й життєдіяльності і, використовуючи пропоновані програмні продукти хмарних сервісів, досить швидко роблять відповідні розрахунки, що дозволяють оцінювати й моніторити стан здоров’я академічної групи (чи курсу в цілому) на практичних заняттях та в ході виконання індивідуальних завдань чи навчальних проєктів. Такий підхід дає можливість залучати студентів до використання хмарних сервісів Google і точніше оцінювати відповідні коефіцієнти та одночасно сприяє формуванню активної і життєдіяльної особистості майбутнього професійно компетентного фахівця з вищою освітою. Запропонований метод може успішно запроваджуватися на практиці для оцінки рівня фізичного здоров’я та здорового способу життя людини у будь-яких галузях діяльності, а для окремих груп співробітників відповідних офісів чи відділень можна ефективно вирішувати завдання збереження здоров’я і формування здорового способу життя. У статті висвітлюється рівень обізнаності студентів щодо ведення здорового способу життя й використання для оцінки цього рівня хмарних сервісів Google, що посильно для студентів перших курсів педагогічних університетів і навіть є можливим у ході моніторингу здоров’я старшокласників.
COMPONENTS OF ICT COMPETENCE OF TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS
Authors: Бирка Маріан Філаретович , Сущенко Андрій Віталійович , Лукашів Тарас Олегович
Published: January 2020

Nowadays, the competency-based approach is becoming more and more traditional in Ukrainian education for every level – from preschool to postgraduate. Its focus is on two main concepts, “competency” and “competence”, interpreted in numerous ways in teaching and learning, which leads to inadequate educational results. Therefore, profound understanding and clear vision of the main concepts are very significant for the effective organization of the educational process. The article examines the ICT competency as a prerequisite for effective professional activities of pre-service teachers of mathematics and informatics in conditions of information society and digital world. The proper ICT competence level can considerably enhance both the teaching and learning processes, facilitate teachers’ professional development and their adaptation to changes in educational technologies. In this regard, defining the structure and content of ICT competency of pre-service teachers of mathematics and informatics is very important for clarification of educational process outcomes and students’ supporting personal characteristics needed to utilize ICT in their future job. The study introduces the conceptual model of structure of ICT competency and competence, which enlarges the focus of educational process to embrace value orientations and qualities of a person. In our opinion, the structure of ICT competency as well as of ICT competence should include the following criteria: knowledge, skills, habits, value orientations (motives, stimuli, values, interests and ambitions) and person’s qualities (abilities). Also, the article discusses the content of ICT competence of pre-service teachers of mathematics and informatics, based on the introduced model. ICT competence content data were acquired from empirical survey that involved students and practicing informatics teachers.
ОСОБЛИВОСТІ КЛАСИФІКАЦІЇ ОБ’ЄКТІВ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНОГО ПОЛЯ ДІТЬМИ ІЗ ЗАТРИМКОЮ ПСИХІЧНОГО РОЗВИТКУ
Authors: Прохоренко Леся Іванівна , Романенко Оксана Вікторівна
Published: January 2020

Авторами здійснено спробу окреслити особливості класифікації об’єктів інформаційного поля дітьми з затримкою психічного розвитку, що передбачало вивчення сформованості процесів та операцій, які лежать в основі здатності до категоризації предметів і явищ навколишнього світу, зокрема побудови гіпотези, сприйняття невизначеності вимог завдання, аналіз інформаційного поля як умови прогнозування та ін. На основі теоретичного аналізу з’ясовано, що взаємодія зі світом інформації залежить від рівня когнітивного розвитку дітей і здатності трансформувати інформацію відповідно до функціонування когнітивних процесів. Тобто процес пізнання передбачає вербалізацію даних, які надходять із зовнішнього світу й ґрунтуються на вміннях проводити хоча б первинний аналіз пошукових завдань, котрий базується на когнітивних здібностях. Розглянуто та проаналізовано модифікації методу утворення штучних понять, що дало змогу розробити діагностичний інструментарій щодо з’ясування особливостей перебігу когнітивних процесів у дітей із затримкою психічного розвитку при сприйнятті характеристик інформаційного поля (як об’єкта відображення, так і суб’єкта сприйняття). Застосування методики утворення штучних понять (Дж. Брунер) дало змогу виявити особливості когнітивних стратегій при класифікації об’єктів інформаційного поля в дітей із затримкою психічного розвитку та дітей з нормотиповим розвитком (умінь класифікувати об’єкти, встановлювати закономірності, формувати відповідний спосіб дії та можливості застосування в нових ситуаціях). Доведено, що в дітей із затримкою психічного розвитку функціонування когнітивних механізмів, які задіяні в операціоналізації інформації, знаходиться на досить низькому рівні. Установлено, що для дітей із затримкою психічного розвитку властивими є: складність сприйняття об’єктів інформаційного поля, фрагментарність їх класифікації; низький темп оволодіння пізнавальною інформації та її категоризацією; вузька спрямованість пізнавальної орієнтації щодо оволодіння програмовим матеріалом та ін. Отримані результати є досить цікавими, оскільки свідчать, про можливість, за відповідних умов, формування вищого рівня (або прискорення) розвитку слабко розвинених когнітивних здатностей у дітей зазначеної категорії. Отже, у статті науково-теоретично обґрунтовано й стисло охарактеризовано процес класифікації об’єктів інформаційного поля дітьми із затримкою психічного розвитку, а також наведено результати експериментального дослідження, яке дало змогу визначити особливості та окреслити окремі шляхи його оптимізації.
Detección y cuantificación de norovirus GII por retro PCR en tiempo real en matrices alimentarias chilenas según ISO 15216-1 y BAM FDA
Authors: Cachicas Viviana , Lopez Moya Mariel , Gavilanes Luis , Baeza Pablo , Galeno Hector
Published: January 2020

Norovirus es un virus entérico que causa gastroenteritis y el genotipo GII prevalece en muestras clínicas y brotes chilenos. La población chilena puede estar expuesta a este patógeno por aguas residuales insuficientemente tratadas donde el virus es capaz de regresar a diferentes alimentos como verduras, moluscos bivalvos, frutas blandas y agua potable. Para determinar la capacidad de detectar y cuantificar el norovirus GII en diferentes matrices de alimentos, contaminamos artificialmente con el norovirus GII y el virus Mengo ™ arándanos, fresas, lechuga, bivalvos y aguas residuales. Se agregó ARN sintético de GII para determinar la inhibición de retro qPCR por recomendación de metodologías validadas de ISO15216-1. Se perdió hasta 4,95 lg en aguas residuales. El % de recuperación del virus subrogado fue superior al 1% sólo en una muestra de glándula digestiva. El nivel de inhibición de la PCR retro se consideró crítico para las fresas sin dilución. Este estudio en diferentes matrices alimentarias muestra el bajo nivel de recuperación de Norovirus GII, incluso teniendo en cuenta los estudios validados relacionados con la eficiencia de extracción y la inhibición de qPCR retro lo que dificulta el avance tecnológico para una cuantificación viral de una muestra ambiental.
Cocaina base en Chile, 10 años de análisis
Authors: Ayala Salvador , Chicahual Basilio , Duffau Boris , Vargas Gisela
Published: January 2020

La cocaína es una sustancia que produce graves complicaciones para la salud, e incluso puede causar la muerte en personas aparentemente sanas, además, es comercializada de forma adulterada por lo que aumenta su potencial adictivo y tóxico, convirtiéndola en uno de los problemas sanitarios más graves en el mundo occidental en el campo de las toxicomanías. Es por esta razón, la necesidad de contar con datos que permitan observar el comportamiento de la cocaína base durante un extenso período de tiempo, fijándonos en su concentración, adulterantes y diluyentes utilizados, como también una descripción según distribución regional de Chile continental. El objetivo fue evaluar la concentración de cocaína base, la frecuencia de adulteración y su distribución territorial en Chile en un período de 10 años, desde el 2006 hasta el 2016. El universo fue de 131.830 muestras confirmadas con cocaína base. La caracterización y cuantificación de las muestras se realizó con metodologías validadas y recomendadas por las Naciones Unidas mediante GC-FID, GC-MS, HPTLC, TLC y FTIR –ATR. El 52,3% (68.976/131.830) del total de muestras se cuantificó, de éstas, la concentración promedio de cocaína base a través de los años fue de 41,3%. Se observó que las regiones del norte de Chile presentan las más altas concentraciones de cocaína base, en contraposición de las regiones del sur. Por otra parte, de la totalidad de muestras analizadas en el periodo el 40,4% (53.258) presentaba adulteración y/o dilución. Dentro de los diluyentes, destaca la presencia de carbonatos (98,5%), mientras que dentro del grupo de adulterantes se observa que predominan fenacetina (55,2%) y cafeína (36,1%), continuando con el grupo de anestésicos lidocaína (3,7%), benzocaína (2,6%) y procaína (1,4%).
History of Education and Contemporary Education
Authors: Bitty Yehuda
Published: January 2020

This research paper describes how pedagogical knowledge is constructed sharing the paradigm from the history of Jewish education. We discuss examples shared with my students during my lectures and where I try to build their own identity as future teachers.
Facilitating and Improving Speaking Accuracy through Self-correction and Self-awareness in TOEFL Independent Speaking Tasks
Authors: Souri Davood , Merç Ali
Published: January 2020

Assessing the speaking skills of language learners has always been in the agenda considering the fact that speaking correspondingly involves comprehension, and interaction is almost impossible without comprehension in the target language. During the independent speaking tasks of the TOEFL-IBT test, candidates often make grammar mistakes, and since they have limited time for self-correction, they cannot answer the questions fully, and eventually they run out of time finishing the task completely. These mistakes directly affect candidates’ speaking negatively, and they often seek ways to make fewer mistakes so that they can focus more on supporting their ideas and fluency. The purpose of this study is to find out if a TOEFL test candidate is likely to use the target language more efficiently in the successive and subsequent trials based on self-correction and self-awareness of errors. For this purpose, a Turkish learner of English preparing to take TOEFL-IBT test in a private English language school was assessed on an 8-step speaking test trial for the 14 speaking questions for the independent speaking tasks of the TOEFL-IBT test. After each trial, the participant’s reflections were analyzed through coding and under three themes: lexis, elaboration and structure. The results of this study indicated that, through awareness raising and self-correction, the participant’s speaking skills improved in terms of vocabulary range, elaboration, using discourse linkers based on the raters’ judgments, however, there was no noticeable improvement regarding sentence structure. The participant also reported that self-correction was an effective way to remember the errors and considered the raters’ feedback useful in becoming more aware of certain areas. The interview results revealed that the learner preferred discovery learning rather than rote.
Integrated Social Media into Mobile-Assisted Foreign Language Learning
Authors: Luo Ling
Published: January 2020

In today's college campuses, having a smartphone and being active on social media has become a fashion. Though many mobile apps have been designed for learning languages, there are few studies on applying social media based mobile apps to promote the effective learning of foreign languages. As an emerging social media mobile app, WeChat is the most popular social tool in Chinese community around the world. The WeChat app has many communication functions: live chat, group chat, and multimedia input and document transmission, which are essential for language learning. In this research project, we integrate WeChat into a mobile-assisted Mandarin learning app that we have designed. WeChat and the mobile app allow effective communication among instructors and students, and student groups. It offers a variety of communication methods, including voice, text, graphic (abundant icons) and video, which fits the needs of language learning and practices. This integration between WeChat and the mobile app helps to expand the traditional language teaching and learning outside the classroom. Instructors can provide students instant instructions and feedback, and students can learn and practice the exercises anywhere. We have piloted this new approach and conducted various experiments in two sections of Chinese level I in a US college to assess its effectiveness.
Towards a Semantic-oriented Model of Participatory Journalism Management
Authors: Saridou Theodora , Panagiotidis Kosmas , Tsipas Nikolaos , Veglis Andreas
Published: January 2020

During the last two decades, citizens’ participation in news production process has raised great academic and entrepreneurial interest for participatory journalism. Traditional procedures and concepts such as gate keeping have been under discussion. News organizations redesign their websites in order to adopt tools and applications that make it possible for users to be active consumers or even co-producers of journalistic content, by liking, sharing, commenting and submitting material. At the same time, huge amounts of user-generated content are uploaded every minute on social media platforms. Subsequently, professionals have to deal with continually available information, which requires management, classification and evaluation in order to keep high journalistic standards and to avoid problems, varying from plain grammar mistakes to serious situations of fake news, hostility or hate speech. Thus, there is the obvious need for a new model of managing participatory journalism, based on semantic technologies, which will support organized collection and moderation of content in an effective way and in short time. The main objective of this paper is to define the requirements and describe the characteristics that the model should have. For this purpose, two online surveys of journalists and users were conducted in Greece, in order to gain some insights concerning the development of the model. The paper presents the key findings from the surveys and identifies the views, the preferences and the experiences as expressed by the respondents, which lead to the tendency towards a collaborative, semantic-oriented way of submitting and receiving user-generated content.
Social Media and ‘Silaturrahim’
Authors: Adzmi Azian Muhamad
Published: January 2020

This research identifies the ‘silaturrahim’ relationships in social media engagement among Diaspora communities. Particular focus is given to Malaysians overseas, and their ways of communication with their families, community/society, and friends or acquaintances, in the country they are currently residing as well as their country of origin. Moreover, the research looked at the relationships of Malaysians overseas with other Malaysians who are staying abroad, while continuing the tradition of ‘silaturrahim’ relationships in forming a positive culture online. In addition, this research seeks to create a deeper understanding of ‘silaturrahim’, and how ‘silaturrahim’ has become a good online culture among Malaysians, particularly the Malays. Apart from that, it investigates how the actions of ‘silaturrahim' relationships, which are practised physically, can be translated as part of online communication activities and identifies other elements that show closeness in the ‘silaturrahim’ culture. The research is carried out using a qualitative research approach, combining two methods, namely; in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. It involves a wide range of respondents’ who possess Malaysians background and live abroad, to obtain their insights on the ‘silaturrahim’ culture in social media, as well as their primary purpose of using social media. This study is expected to contribute in the cultural studies, communication and the social media fields, especially in understanding the ‘silaturrahim’ culture, not only limited to physical involvement, but also its ability to enhance a positive non-physical communication culture. These findings are useful for increasing these of social media as a platform of maintaining or improving a ‘silaturrahim’ culture and for establishing a positive communication culture among the Diaspora community.
Paklitaksel’in Oluşturduğu Testis Hasarı Üzerine Resveratrol’ün Koruyucu Etkisinin İncelenmesi
Authors: BİLGİCİ Pınar , BALCIOĞLU Esra , YAKAN Birkan
Published: January 2020

Çalışmamızda kemoterapik etkiye sahip olan Paklitakselin(PAC)
testis organı üzerinde oluşturduğu hasarın Resveratrol (RES)’ ün koruyucu etkisiyle
azaltılması amaçlanmıştır.

Çalışmada Wistar albino türü erkek sıçanlar her
grupta 10'ar hayvan olacak şekilde kontrol, paklitaksel (PAC) (10mg/kg),
resveratrol (RES) (10mg/kg) ve paklitaksel+resveratrol (PAC+RES) (10mg/kg -10
mg/kg) olarak 4 gruba ayrıldı. Dokuların genel yapısının değerlendirilmesi için
Hematoksilen-Eozin ve apoptozisi değerlendirmek için TUNEL metodu kullanıldı.
Biyokimyasal olarak testis dokusunda
malondialdehyde (MDA), katalaz  (CAT) ve
süperoksit dismutaz  (SOD) değerlerine
doku örneklerinde bakıldı.

Sonuç olarak,
dokular histopatolojik olarak değerlendirildiğinde diğer gruplardan farklı
olarak PAC grubunda epitelde düzensizlikler ve nekrotik tübüllerin
sayısında artış, bağ dokusu alanlarında genişleme gözlendi. TUNEL yöntemi
sonuçlarına göre PAC grubunda TUNEL pozitif hücre sayısı kontrol, RES ve
PAC+RES  gruplarıyla kıyaslandığında
artış gösterdi. Bu sonuçlar; testis
dokusunda PAC' in oluşturduğu oksidatif stresin RES' ün meydana getirdiği
antioksidan etkiyle azaltılabileceğini gösterdi. Testis dokusundaki MDA, CAT ve
SOD değerleri  kıyaslandığında gruplar
arasında anlamı bir farklılık bulunmadı(p>0,005).
Sonuçta PAC birçok organı etkilediği gibi testis dokusunda da çok ciddi
hasarlar oluşturmaktadır. Bu hasarı engellemek için PAC kullanımı sırasında  RES’ün de kullanılması testiste koruyucu ve düzeltici
olabilir.
Çölyakta Probiyotik ve Prebiyotikler
Authors: ERDEM Nur Bengü , AÇIKGÖZ Aylin
Published: January 2020

Çölyak hastalığının toplumdaki görülme sıklığı
yaklaşık olarak %1’dir. Hastalığın tek etkili tedavi yöntemi, yaşam boyu
sürdürülecek glutensiz diyettir. Günümüzde birçok ürünün gluten içermesi ve
glutensiz diyete uyumun zor olması, hastalığın tedavisinde alternatif tedavi
seçeneklerine ihtiyaç duyulmasına yol açmıştır. Çölyak; çevresel ve genetik
faktörlerin etkileşimi sonucunda oluşmaktadır. Gluten proteinleri hastalığın
oluşumunda esas çevresel etmen olmasına rağmen yapılan son çalışmalar bağırsak
mikrobiyotasındaki değişimlerin çölyak oluşumunu etkileyebileceğini
göstermektedir. Çölyak tanılı ve sağlıklı bireylerin mikrobiyota
kompozisyonlarının farklı olması hastalığın oluşumunda mikrobiyotanın etkisine
işaret etmektedir. Değişen bağırsak mikrobiyotasının çölyaktaki düzelmeyen
semptomlarla ilgili olduğu, ayrıca probiyotik ve/veya prebiyotik kullanımının
hastalığın tedavisinde faydalı olabileceği öne sürülmektedir. Bu yazının amacı;
probiyotik ve prebiyotiklerin çölyak hastalığı üzerine etkilerinin güncel literatür
ile derlenmesidir.
SEROTONİN ve EPİLEPSİDE ROLÜ
Authors: TAŞKIRAN Mehmet
Published: January 2020

Serotonin (5-HT), merkezi ve periferik sinir sistemindeki birçok fizyolojik rolünün yanı sıra epilepsi üzerinde
de önemli rollere sahiptir. Şimdiye kadar 5-HT1-5-HT7
olmak üzere serotonine ait yedi reseptör tipi ve bunların alt tipleri tanımlanmıştır. Bu reseptörlere ilave olarak serotonerjik nörotransmisyonda görev alan ve sinir
sonlanmalarından serotoninin geri alınımından sorumlu
olan serotonin geri alım taşıyıcı proteinleri de bulunmaktadır.
Genel olarak, serotonin öncülü 5-hidroksitriptofan ve
serotonin geri alım inhibitörleri gibi hücre dışı
serotonin seviyelerini yükselten ajanlar ile serotonin
reseptör agonistleri hem fokal hem de jeneralize nöbetleri baskılamaktadır. Aksine beyinde 5-HT’nin uzaklaştırılması veya reseptör antagonistlerinin uygulanması ise
odyojenik, kimyasal ve elektrikle uyarılan epilepsi modellerinde nöbet eşik değerini düşürdüğü bilinmektedir.
Yapılan çalışmalarda, özellikle 5-HT1A, 5-HT2C, 5-HT3, 5-
HT4 ve 5-HT7 reseptörleri ve serotonin geri alım inhibitörleri üzerine odaklanılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular bu
reseptörlerin hem epileptogenezde hem de epileptiform
aktivitenin sürdürülmesinde önemli rollere sahip olduğunu ortaya koymuştur.
İNTÖRN HEMŞİRELERDE MESLEKİ DEĞERLER VE ETİK DUYARLILIK
Authors: CANER Nuray , SEZER EFE Yağmur , ERDEM Emine , BAŞDAŞ Öznur , BAYAT Meral , YILDIRIM Maksude
Published: January 2020

Giriş: Hemşirelik eğitiminde öğrencilerin hemşireliğe ilişkin bilgi, beceri, tutum, mesleki değerler ve etik ilkeleri içselleştirmesi beklenmektedir. Bu tanımlayıcı çalışma, intörn hemşirelerin mesleki değerlerinin ve etik duyarlılıklarının belirlenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır.Yöntem: Bu çalışma, bir Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi hemşirelik son sınıf öğrencileri (n=139) ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Etik kurul, kurum izni ve bireysel onam alınan bu çalışmada veriler; anket formu, Hemşirelerin Mesleki Değerleri Ölçeği ve Byrd’nin Hemşirelere Yönelik Etik Duyarlılık Testi ile toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılan öğrencilerin %84.9’unun kız olduğu, %56.8’inin hemşirelik bölümünü isteyerek seçtiği, %55.4’ünün mezuniyet sonrası iş bulma imkanı daha fazla olduğu için hemşirelik mesleğini tercih ettiği belirlenmiştir. Öğrencilerin %69.8’inin etik duyarlılıkları orta düzeyde bulunmuş olup, mesleğini seven öğrencilerin etik duyarlılıklarının daha iyi olduğu saptanmıştır (p<0.05). Ayrıca kız öğrencilerin, hemşirelik mesleğine isteyerek seçenlerin, hemşirelik mesleğini seven ve mesleğini değiştirmek istemeyen öğrencilerin mesleki değerlerinin daha iyi olduğu belirlenmiştir (p>0.05). Sonuç: Çalışmada öğrencilerin cinsiyetinin, mesleği sevme ve mesleği isteyerek tercih etme durumlarının etik duyarlılık düzeyleri ve mesleki değerleri üzerinde etkili olduğu bulunmuştur. Hemşirelik eğitiminde öğrencilerin mesleki değerleri ve etik duyarlılıklarının geliştirilmesine yönelik yapılacak faaliyetler ve eğitim müfredatı düzenlemeleri hemşirelik mesleğinin gelişimi açısından önemlidir.
Civan percemi (Archilia millefolium)’nin diyabetik sıçanların karaciğer dokusundaki antioksidan enzimler üzerine koruyucu etkisinin araştırılması
Authors: NİSARİ Mustafa
Published: January 2020

Amaç: Civan perçemi (CP) antioksidan, antibakteriyel, diüretik ve anti-inflamatuar etkilere sahiptir. Çalışmamızda, streptozotosinle diyabet oluşturulan sıçan karaciğer dokularında MDA seviyesi ve antioksidan enzim aktivitesi üzerine CP’nin koruyucu etkisi araştırıldı. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmada 250-300 gr 40 adet erkek Wistar albino sıçanlar kullanıldı. Kontrol grubu, Diyabet grubu ve CP ile tedavi edilen diyabet grubu olmak üzere 3 gruba ayrıldı. Sıçanlarda diyabet oluşturmak için tek doz 60 mg/kg streptozotosin (STZ) intraperitoneal olarak enjeksiyon yapıldı. Tedavi grubuna ise 6 hafta süre ile 250 mg/kg/gün CP verildi. Deneyin sonunda bütün hayvanlar sakrifiye edildi.Bulgular: Çalışma sonucunda streptozotosinle diyabet oluşturulmuş sıçanlarda kontrol grubu ile karşılaştırıldıklarında diyabet oluşturulan sıçanların karaciğer dokusundaki lipit peroksidasyon ürününde (MDA) ve SOD enzim aktivitesinde, CAT ve GSH düzeylerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı derecede fark olduğu gözlendi (p<0.001.sırası ile). Bununla birlikte diyabetik sıçanlarda 6 hafta CP tedavisi sonrası, doku MDA seviyelerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir azalma gözlenirken, GST ve CAT enzim aktivitelerinde anlamlı bir artış (p<0.001.sırası ile) olduğu gözlendi. Sonuç: Diyabette oksidatif stresin indüklenmesinin önemli olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu çalışmada CP’nin antioksidan enzim aktivitelerinde artışa neden olduğundan diyabet durumunda lipid peroksidasyonuna karşı koruyucu etkilerinin olabileceğini göstermektedir.
Swot Analysis and Suggestions, Opinion of Respondents on Contract Farming
Authors: Harish N
Published: January 2020

This article focused on the SWOT analysis and suggestions, opinions of respondents on contract farming. The study was conducted in two districts of Karnataka state viz., Bangalore Rural and Tumakuru. Two taluks each from each district, Tumakuru and Gubbi taluks from Tumakuru district, and Nelamangala and Doddaballapura taluks from Bangalore Rural district were selected. A total of three crops were selected purposively, namely Gherkin, Watermelon, Tomato. The respondents were selected based on simple random sampling techniques; the sample size was Gherkin 35, Tomato 35, Watermelon 10, and noncontract farmers 20 from each taluk of two districts.
Cashless Economy in India: Challenges Ahead
Authors: Hasan Aslam , Atif Aman Mohammed , Ashraf Ali Mohd
Published: January 2020

In an attempt to curb-out black money, money laundering, and to have a sound economy, the central government of India has embarked on the cashless economy. It is the birth of a new era in the nation with life with digital money. This paper is going to conceptualize the meaning of a cashless system, explains online banking techniques in India, schemes by government to spread the cashless system in India and highlights the challenges of the cashless economy and electronic payment systems. The objective of this study is to examine the significant challenges that are faced by Indians on the way towards cashless. To achieve the objectives of this exploratory type of personal study, interviews will be conducted.
A Study on Role Stress among the Executives in Information Technology with Special Reference to Bangalore City
Authors: Azuma I , Kannadas P
Published: January 2020

Over the last few decades, Indian Organizations had never bothered about the issues related to human behavior. But, presently, organizational behavior has become a separate field of study, and the Indian organizations have also started thinking about the pattern of Multi-National Corporations, which are successfully running their business in India. Stress is the way human beings react both physically and mentally to changes, events, and situations in their lives. This change has occurred in terms of science and technology, industrial growth, urbanization, modernization, and automation, on the one hand, and an expanding population, unemployment, and stress on the other. It has become important for the management to understand training effectiveness behavior-related problems of people who are working in the organizations for achieving the predetermined goals. However, the last two decades, with the inflow of many corporate sectors, namely Information Technology (IT), Information Technology Enabled Service Sector (ITES), Banking, Insurance, and Educational Institutions, are commonly labeled as stressful environments. During the last decade, fast growth has been observed by the information technology sectors. Particularly in developing countries, mostly in information technology and information technology - enabled service sectors due to higher competition, the organizational climate has deteriorated. Due to this overburden, the executives of the information technology sector and information technology enabled the service sector to have undergone more stress. This stress leads the executives to become unhealthy, and Stress at work can be a real problem for the organization as well as to the executives.
Defense Budget: Insufﬁcient Allocation for Modernization of Forces
Authors: Thangamani BW
Published: January 2020

The Indian defense sector is growing at an unprecedented rate in comparison with other leading countries. India is ranked as the 5th largest investor in defense globally. India established itself as the World’s largest arms importer, with 70 percent of its defense procurement coming from foreign companies. The threat from China and Pakistan and their growing defense capabilities have led to a modernization drive; the present government has increased its allocation for capital expenditure to buy ﬁ ghter jets and expand the naval force. In general, several pressing security issues largely determine the direction of India’s security policy and its military spending. First, the insurgency in Kashmir and the related conﬂ ict with Pakistan remain unsolved. Indian armed forces are steadily undergoing modernization, such as futuristic soldier systems and missile defense systems. However, the allocation of resources has been severely inadequate in the recent past that fails to address the various needs of the armed forces in India. This paper will focus on the distribution of funds between capital and revenue expenditure and its signiﬁcance.
A Study on Market Orientation Concepts of Hoteliers towards Development of Tourism and The Level of Satisfaction in Tamil Nadu
Authors: Kanagarani S
Published: January 2020

The hoteliers arrange a parcel of good arrangements. At the point when they are made accessible to the clients, the business will be put in a raised plane. In any case, in India, the general absence of worry for the client is very predominant. One needs to make a picture in the brains of the voyagers, to take them back to a similar inn whenever. The overall analysis has revealed that variables like Customer Satisfaction, Interaction with Customers, SWOT, Trained Personnel and Competitors Activities variables are signiﬁ cant at ﬁ ve percent and other variables like Quality Consciousness, Communication, Employee Morale Performance Monitoring, Customer Expectations and 24 Hours Security are signiﬁ cant at one percent and remaining variables like Market Information, Quick Decisions, Adaptive on Market Needs, Sales Promotion, Technology Absorption, Membership in Association, Environmental Scanning, Generation and Dissemination, Achieving Public Image and Other Value Added Services are not signiﬁcant. The recommendations presented in the assessment will direct the issues of the hoteliers in the examination zone explicitly and all cabin business in India when all is said in done.
HRD Practices- A Strategic Tool for Employee Engagement at Organized Retail Organizations
Authors: Sumathi K , Vidya R , Sujatha K
Published: January 2020

Employee Engagement can be discussed as the positive or negative attachment of the employee’s emotional attachment to their job, colleagues, and organization which profoundly influences their willingness to learn & perform at work. To have a competent work force, every organization needs to have engaged employees at the top level as they have to perform a dynamic task. Especially in the Indian organized retail sector, it is very important to have engaged employees since the industry is growing very fast and also have the full potential to grow further. It is the challenge in front of the organization to have a strategic plan to have and develop employee engagement. Therefore the present study is to prove how exactly the sound HRD practices can act as a tool for Employee Engagement at selected retail organizations at the top level.
Challenge Management of Banking Services – with Special Reference to Virtual Banking Service Challenges
Authors: Shifa Fathima J
Published: January 2020

The Indian Banking industry is seeing an exceptional challenge. To remain ahead, banks are thinking of plenty of services to draw customers. Services including 24-hours banking, Service at entryway step, Telephone banking, Internet banking, Extended Business Hours (EBH), Speedy handling are just a couple to mention. The larger piece of the present bank transactions happens elsewhere other than in-branch premises. This shows the growth of “virtual” banks in India. With accommodation, speed, productivity, and adequacy, these virtual banks, as a result, have opened up another universe of conceivable outcomes and brought major changes in giving a wide scope of services. Virtual banks are presently observed as a response to the challenge of planning another service channel that is completely secure, useful, and which customers can promptly figure out how to utilize and confide in it. (Aladwani, A, M.) Virtual banking, an amazing “esteem included” instrument, has become the point of convergence for banks to attract and hold customers. However, the point of these services is to satisfy customers; there is a need to comprehend customer mindfulness, observation, and significantly the degree of satisfaction. Virtual banking is a transporter that licenses customers to access and do economic transactions on their financial foundation obligations from their web empowered PC systems with net association with banks’ web locales whenever 24 Hours. Banks assume a vital job in advancing online businesses. Even though V-customers have the alternative of money down, which is by all accounts secure reliable, still there is an inclination for the V-payment plans, which must be given through banks. Banks go about as solid and dependable go-betweens in online transactions, and they give an intense opening in the online business. At present, banks have V-payment systems like Internet banking, electronic fund transfers (NEFT/RTGS), plastic money (credit card and debit card), and portable banking. These systems give payment to online transactions like the online acquisition of items, versatile revives, lodging booking, ticket booking, and so forth by considering a wide range of safety efforts. For the genuine working of these V-services, the need for able frameworks is an unavoidable element. Reserve Bank of India is observing and inspecting the legitimate and different requirements of V-Banking on persistent bases to guarantee that V-banking would create on sound lines, and V-Banking related challenges would not represent a risk to financial dependability. Hence, the present study is on the challenges of Virtual banking services in its challenge management strategies and the study based on secondary sources of data.