bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
From a distance: Technology and the first low-residency drama therapy education program
Authors: Pilgrim Kristen , Ventura Nicole , Bingen Amy , Faith Emily , Fort Juliana , Reyes Olivia , Richmond Mimi , Rosenthal-Schutt Susannah , Schwinn S. Aaron , Butler Jason D.
Published: April 2020

This article examines the first-year experiences of Lesley University’s first low-residency master’s drama therapy training cohort and their advisor. Course work in this program combines predominantly online learning with several weeks of in-person learning each year, marking a departure from traditional drama therapy education. This article explores ways in which distance learning impacted this cohort in their first year of drama therapy education. Within the cohort’s reflections, specific themes related to technology, cohort experience, course instruction and work–life balance are examined as well as drama therapy–specific aspects of their experience. Recommendations are made for future hybrid drama therapy education, including increased use of video and video conferencing, increased training of online instructors, standard use of in-person residencies and further research into technology in drama therapy.
Navigating history: Aesthetics and appropriation and the interactive web documentary Freedom’s Ring (2013)
Authors: Dang Sarah-Mai
Published: April 2020

The article focuses on web documentaries as a form of interactive historiography by presenting a case study on Freedom’s Ring (2013), a multi-media-based animation of Martin Luther King’s speech ‘I have a Dream’ published in Vectors. Taking both the production and the reception side into account, the article addresses the constitution of knowledge – or rather aesthetic experience – through artistic research practices. In doing so, it reflects upon the concepts of authorship, copyright and participation. Due to its numerous sources, the navigation system, the artwork, its referentiality and variability, it is made the case that Freedom’s Ring challenges history as a ‘grand narrative’ by creating a subjective point of view and putting the user in the position of an activist. Web documentaries are regarded as part of an epistemic and sociopolitical development, in which artistic and academic methods merge.
Self-sacrifice in Train to Busan (2016)
Authors: McKeown Will
Published: April 2020

In order to recognize and calibrate the two parts to its structure, self-sacrifice in zombie cinema will be examined in terms of survival-based and emotion-based motivational frameworks. The interaction of these frameworks will be unpacked and their properties, differences and similarities will be appraised and questioned. Examinations of this kind require three different analytical methods that therefore determine the structure of this article. The first section will outline how the survival and emotional-based motivational frameworks exist within the same sequence in Train to Busan (2016). The implications of this will be addressed in relation to the organization of modern neo-liberalism and what Paul Verhaeghe coins the neoliberal meritocracy. The second section examines the temporal projections of the characters in the sequence (specifically how the sequence depicts a character’s understanding of the future and how their present situation fits into that). These projections are cross-referenced with the specific example of the neo-liberal South Korean economic climate to add credence to the proposition that the need (or fetishization) of survival is a neo-liberal symptom and a hangover from the pressures that are ceaselessly exerted to keep its hierarchies in place. The final section of this article examines abjection and identity in relation to the chosen sequence in Train to Busan. It explores the generation of identity in relation to self-sacrifice and concludes that self-sacrifice is a necessary enforcer of a specifically neo-liberal competition.
In Permanent Crisis: Ethnicity in Contemporary European Media and Cinema, Ipek A. Celik (2015)
Authors: Joseph McGonagle
Published: April 2020

Review of: In Permanent Crisis: Ethnicity in Contemporary European Media and Cinema, Ipek A. Celik (2015)

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 206 pp.,

ISBN 978-0-47205-272-1, p/bk, $39.95
Horror Film: A Critical Introduction, Murray Leeder (2018)
Authors: Goodman Penelope J.
Published: April 2020

Review of: Horror Film: A Critical Introduction, Murray Leeder (2018)

New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic, ix+276 pp.,

ISBN 978-1-50131-443-8, p/bk, £25.90
Middlebrow Cinema, Sally Faulkner (ed.) (2016)
Authors: Harrod Mary
Published: April 2020

Review of: Middlebrow Cinema, Sally Faulkner (ed.) (2016)

London and New York: Routledge, 224 pp.,

ISBN 978-1-13877-713-2, p/bk, £28.99
Middle-range theory: Without it what could anyone do?
Authors: Cartwright Nancy
Published: April 2020

Philosophers of science have had little to say about 'middle-range theory' although much of what is done in science and of what drives its successes falls under that label. These lectures aim to spark an interest in the topic and to lay groundwork for further research on it. 'Middle' in 'middle range' is with respect to the level both of abstraction and generality. Much middle-range theory is about things that come under the label 'mechanism'. The lectures explore three different kinds of mechanism: structural mechanisms or underlying systems that afford causal pathways; causal-chain mechanisms that are represented in what in policy contexts are called 'theories of change' and for which I give an extended account following the causal process theory of Wesley Salmon; and middle-range-law mechanisms like those discussed by Jon Elster, which I claim are – and rightly are –  rampant throughout the social sciences. The theory of the democratic peace, that democracies do not go to war with democracies, serves as a running example. The discussions build up to the start of, first, an argument that reliability in social (and natural) science depends not so much on evidence than it does on the support of a virtuous tangle of practices (without which there couldn't even be evidence), and second, a defence of a community-practice centred instrumentalist understanding of many of the central basic principles that we use (often successfully) in social (and in natural) science for explanation, prediction and evaluation.
Carcass and meat characteristics of male Kacang goat fattened by complete
silage
Authors: Tahuk Paulus Klau , Bira Gerson F.
Published: April 2020

Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the carcass and meat
characteristics of male Kacang goat fattened by complete silage made from
natural grass, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench and Pennisetum purpuphoides.
Materials and Methods: This study examined 12 young male Kacang goats aged
10-12 months with an initial body weight of 10-12 kg. The livestock was
divided into three groups randomly to receive feed treatments. The three
treatments of this study included T1: Complete silage made from natural
grass; T2: Complete silage made from S. bicolor (L.) Moench, and T3:
Complete silage made from P. purpuphoides. Data were analyzed according to
the analysis of variance procedure. Results: The carcass percentage of
livestock T2 and T3 treatment was relatively similar but higher (p<0.05)
than the T1 group. The non-carcass percentage of T2 and T3 was relatively
the same but lower than T1. The water content of T1 treatment was higher
(p<0.05) than T3, but relatively the same as T2 treatment. The collagen
content of T2 and T3 was relatively the same but lower (p<0.05) than T1;
likewise, the cholesterol of T2 and T3 treatments was relatively similar but
higher than T1 treatment. The variables of slaughter and carcass weight, and
non-carcass weight, meat protein content, acidity, cooking losses, water
holding capacity, and tenderness were not significantly different between
groups of animals. Conclusion: The use of S. bicolor (L.) Moench and P.
purpuphoides as a basic forage in making complete silage has been shown to
increase carcass percentage, the content (%) of fat, collagen, and
cholesterol. Otherwise, the treatments have no effect on the content of pH,
tenderness (kg/cm2), cooking loss (%), and water holding capacity (%) of
male Kacang goat fattened. Therefore, S. bicolor (L.) Moench and P.
purpuphoides plants have great potential to be developed by farmers/
ranchers as feed for goats.
Hubungan Pola Asuh Ibu dengan Perilaku pada Anak Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Istiqomah Nurul , Sutomo Retno , Hartini Sri
Published: April 2020

Latar belakang. Anak usia sekolah dengan masalah perilaku akan memperlihatkan kerusakan keterampilan sosial dan mengalami penolakan dari teman sebayanya. Pola asuh yang diberikan oleh orang tua kepada anak juga akan memengaruhi kepribadian anak. Anak akan sulit bersosialisasi dan berkembang apabila terdapat kesalahan pola asuhorang tua.Tujuan. Mengetahui hubungan antara pola asuh Ibu dengan perilaku pada anak sekolah dasar.Metode. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan studi cross-sectional. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada bulan Mei-Juni 2018. Subjek penelitian berjumlah 110 bu dari anak SD yang telah memenuhi kriteria inklusi dan eksklusi yang dipilih secara multistage cluster random sampling. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah kuesioner pola asuh orang tua, Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), Brief Family Relationship Scale (BFRS), dan kuesioner demografi. Analisis data bivariat dengan Chi-square atau Fisher’s dan dilanjutkan dengan Coefficient Contingency. Hasil. Anak yang mengalami masalah perilaku secara keseluruhan sebesar 43,7%. Pola asuh demokratis merupakan pola asuh terbanyak yang diterapkan oleh ibu (78,2%). Terdapat hubungan antara pola asuh ibu dengan perilaku anak (p<0,05). Kesimpulan. Terdapat hubungan antara pola asuh ibu dengan perilaku anak SD. Peneliti selanjutnya diharapkan meneliti pola asuh dan perilaku anak tidak hanya menggunakan laporan ibu saja, tetapi menggunakaan metode observasi serta melibatkan lebih dari satu informan.
Pedoman Resusitasi Syok Septik “Surviving Sepsis Campaign” Butuh Penyesuaian
Authors: Pudjiadi Antonius Hocky
Published: April 2020

Surviving sepsis campaign (SSC) mengeluarkan pedoman tata laksana klinis pasien sepsis. Pedoman tata laksana ini dibuat atas dasar ilmu kedokteran berbasis bukti berdasarkan data pasien sepsis dewasa. Dalam panduannya, terdapat target-target tata laksana yang perlu dicapai dalam batas waktu tertentu, termasuk target hemodinamik sebagai panduan resusitasi, seperti jumlah cairan resusitasi, rerata tekanan arteri, dan tekanan vena sentral. Makalah ini bertujuan untuk mengupas permasalahan dari adaptasi target SSC, khususnya pada pasien anak di Indonesia.
Construção de Soluções para o Desenvolvimento com Sustentabilidade e Cidadania nas áreas de Comunicação, Tecnologia e Produção, Meio Ambiente e Trabalho
Authors: Uhde Leonir Terezinha , Scortegagna Paulo Ernesto , Nasi Lara
Published: April 2020

Este trabalho descreve uma proposta de soluções para o desenvolvimento sustentável e cidadania para o município de Aparecida do Rio Negro (TO), no Norte do Brasil, a partir das áreas de comunicação, tecnologia, meio ambiente e trabalho. São descritas a processualidade, a metodologia, a execução, os resultados e as contribuições do projeto desenvolvido pela equipe da Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Unijuí), no âmbito do Projeto Rondon, Operação “TOCANTINS”, desenvolvida de 20 de janeiro a 5 de fevereiro de 2017. O percurso metodológico constitui-se de quatro momentos: participação no edital de seleção da IES; viagem precursora; processo de planejamento da Operação e capacitação da equipe de rondonistas e Operação. Os indicadores quantitativos das ações multidisciplinares, refletem o trabalho.
Escola, Universidade e Unidade de Conservação: a Educação Ambiental como conexão, um estudo de caso em Itapuã – RS
Authors: De Souza Bettina Rubin , Frizzo Taís Cristine Ernst , Rocha Dayse Aparecida Dos Santos , Delacroix Rafaela
Published: April 2020

Este trabalho tem como propósito apresentar algumas experiências realizadas em Itapuã, Viamão, RS, entre 2018 e 2019, com foco na relação entre o Parque Estadual de Itapuã (PEI) e as escolas da região. Foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica e levantamento das escolas que visitaram o PEI nos últimos anos. Foram oferecidas atividades de Educação Ambiental para estudantes e para professores das escolas da região. Essas e as ações propostas pelo PEI foram acompanhadas por observação participante. Observaram-se dificuldades relacionadas aos processos burocráticos exigidos das escolas, como a falta de recursos humanos e financeiros nestas e nas unidades de conservação. Por outro lado, foi possível perceber que a parceria entre as instituições na promoção de ações conjuntas de Educação Ambiental é um ganho para ambas.
Percepção ambiental de alunos que viveram o maior desastre-crime ambiental do Brasil: implicações para a Educação Ambiental
Authors: Buss Aldineia , Da Silva Mariela Mattos
Published: April 2020

A percepção ambiental influencia e é influenciada pela educação ambiental, daí a importância do seu estudo. Assim, no contexto do maior desastre-crime ambiental do Brasil, ocorrido no Rio Doce, objetivou-se avaliar a concepção de ambiente e a percepção ambiental de estudantes que vivenciaram as consequências diretas desse desastre-crime. 140 alunos de duas escolas estaduais, situadas no centro da cidade de Colatina-ES, participaram desta pesquisa. A coleta de dados se deu a partir de questionários com questões abertas, cujas respostas foram categorizadas para a análise. Observou-se que mesmo vivendo em um contexto de injustiça ambiental, isso é pouco percebido pelos participantes da pesquisa. A maioria dos alunos revelou uma concepção antropocêntrica e/ou naturalista de meio ambiente, deixando explícita a necessidade de uma educação ambiental transformadora.
Avaliação do desempenho e comportamento ingestivo de ovinos recebendo ração extrusada em diferentes relações volumoso e concentrado
Authors: Macedo Junior Gilberto de Lima , Ruela Paulo Arthur Cardoso , Oliveira Karla Alves , Araújo Carolina Moreira , Varanis Laura Ferrari Monteiro , Assis Tamires Soares de
Published: April 2020

Objetivou-se com esse trabalho avaliar o efeito da utilização de ração extrusada em diferentes relações volumoso:concentrado (V:C) sobre o comportamento ingestivo, medidas biométricas e ganho de peso de ovinos de classes sexuais distintas. Foram utilizados 20 ovinos cruzados Â½ Dorper e Â½ Santa Inês, sendo oito machos e doze fêmeas, com idade de aproximadamente quatro meses e com peso corporal médio de 34 kg. Foram mensurados o escore de condição corporal (ECC), circunferência de barril (CB), circunferência torácica (CT), altura de posterior (AP), altura de anterior, largura de peito (LP), comprimento corporal (CC) e perímetro escrotal (PE). Além das medidas biométricas, também foram avaliados o ganho de peso e o comportamento ingestivo dos animais. Não houve efeito das diferentes relações V:C sobre o escore de condição corporal (ECC) e nem sobre nenhum dos parâmetros biométricos. O ECC foi influenciado pelos períodos de avaliação e pelo sexo dos animais. Observou-se diferenças significativas das distintas classes sexuais sobre o ganho médio diário, com superioridade dos machos. Houve interação entre sexo e período para ócio, tratamento e período para ruminação e interação entre tratamento e período para alimentação, sendo este último maior nos períodos iniciais. A ração extrusada provoca alterações na condição corporal dos ovinos, afeta positivamente o ganho de peso e altera o comportamento ingestivo destes animais.
Distribución anual de partos en caprinos del sudoeste de la provincia de Chaco, Argentina
Authors: SMERIGLIO Aldo R.
Published: April 2020

La distribución de los partos en majadas caprinas a lo largo del año determina el volumen de oferta comercial en el mismo. Sin embargo esto podría estar condicionado por el sistema de manejo empleado. Es por ello que el objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar la distribución de los partos en hatos de cabras del sudoeste de la provincia del Chaco, Argentina y su relación con el sistema productivo utilizado. El estudio se llevó adelante mediante el relevamiento de 541 nacimientos en 6 establecimientos bajo 2 tipos de manejo: extensivo (n=447) y semi-intensivo (n=93). Los datos fueron tomados en planillas de registros por cada productor caprino. Se realizó un análisis exploratorio y descriptivo mediante el software estadístico Infostat. Se observó que la mayor concentración de los partos ocurrió principalmente en los meses de invierno y otoño en los sistemas extensivos, sin embargo se encontraron diferencias con el sistema semi-intensivo, en donde la ocurrencia de nacimientos fue homogénea a lo largo del año con un leve incremento en los meses de primavera. Se concluye que la distribución de los partos está afectada por el tipo de sistema productivo utilizado, pudiéndose lograr una oferta comercial uniforme a lo largo del año con la intensificación del sistema.
OTORITAS KHARISMATIK DALAM PERKAWINAN: Studi atas Perjodohan di Pondok Pesantren Al-Ma’sum Tempuran, Magelang
Authors: Amna Afina
Published: April 2020

This article discussed about marriage arrangement practiced in Pondok Pesantren Al-Ma’sum Magelang in which the majority of the santris have got a marriage as a product of marriage arrangement. Utilizing deep interview with the kyai and some santries, it has been discovered that Kiai plays important role in the process of marriage arrangement. It was the kyai who selected the santris mates. This phenomenon has been practiced since the formation stage of the pesantren in 1990 until now. The charismatic leadership of Kiai and the concept of barakah believed by the santri are two key factors that this phenomenon comes to the fore. Moreover, kiai also serves as a wali mujbir for his santri. This makes the santri not dare to refuse what has been chosen by the Kiai.[Artikel ini membahas tentang perjodohan yang ada di Pondok Pesantren Al-Ma’sum Magelang. Hampir sebagian besar santrinya menikah karena perjodohan. Dengan menggunakan wawancara mendalam dengan Kyai dan beberapa santri, tulisan ini menunjukkan bahwa kyai mempunyai peranan yang sangat menentukan dalam proses perjodohan yang terjadi. Perjodohan yang terjadi mutlak dipilihkan oleh kiai, biasanya wali santri memberikan kewenangan kepada kiai agar kiainya mencarikan jodoh untuk anaknya. Praktek perjodohan di Pondok Pesantren Al-Ma’sum ini sudah ada sejak pondok ini berdiri pada tahun 1990 sampai sekarang. Adanya kepemimpinan kharismatik dari kiai dan konsep barokah yang dipercaya para santri menjadikan proses perjodohan ini terjadi. Kiai di sini juga berperan sebagai wali mujbir bagi pernikahan santrinya. Hal ini menjadikan santri tidak berani menolak dengan apa yang telah dipilihkan oleh kiainya.]
Comparative Anatomy of Labyrinth and Gill of Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) (Burchell, 1822) and Snakehead Fish (Channa striata) (Bloch, 1793)
Authors: Karlina Ina , Luthfi Muhammad Ja’far
Published: April 2020

Dumbo catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and Gabus (Channa striata) have additional organ respiratory system structures in the gills, called labyrinth. This organ is a tool for fish to take oxygen directly from the air so that it can live in low oxygen habitats. Both fish have differences at the Order level. Catfish is an order of Siluriformes as Gabus is an order of Perciformes. The purpose of this study was to distinguish the anatomy and histology of the gill structure and labyrinth in both fish. The macroanatomy observation was conveyed by dissection to determine the gill topography in the two fish species. Histology preparations were carried out using the paraffin method and using Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE) staining that showed in the labyrinth organ there were many blood vessels to bind oxygen then distributed to all parts of the fish's body.
A Simple Method for Clearing and Staining Specimens for The Demonstration of Animal Skeleton
Authors: Luthfi Muhammad Ja’far , Soesilo Nyoman Puniawati
Published: April 2020

Teaching skeletal system would be more attractive using real/preserved specimen compared to those using only book. The aim of the research was to develop clearing and staining method of animal skeleton specimen using Alizarin Red S-Alcian Blue as teaching aid tool. The specimen were eviscerated, fixed, stained, cleared, and keep in glycerine solution. The spesimen will increase effectiveness in elementary school science teaching and learning.
Echinoderms Diversity and Abundance in Gunung Kidul Beach Yogyakarta
Authors: Supriyati Hikmah , K Setyawati Dwi , Ahzami Ahzami , Sodiq Farhani , Khoiriyah Septiana
Published: April 2020

Echinoderms are one of marine invertebrate animals that have an important role, as a recycle of nutrients in the functioning of ecosystems. Echinoderms usually appear in the intertidal zone of the coast. The existence of echinoderms in the intertidal zone is affected by external and internal factors. This study aims to determine the level of abundance and diversity of Echinoderms in the intertidal zone in the Krakal and Drini coastal areas, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta. Data were collected using transect method. The main transect along 50 meters was divided into 5 sampling points, and the distance between sampling points was 10 meters. After that, each point was taken for 3 observation plots with an area of 1x1 meters and the distance between plots is 5 meters. The results showed that, the diversity index on the krakal coast had a higher value (0.139) when compared to the Drini coast (0.129). Calculation of echinonderm abundance index shows that the Drini beach location has a high abundance value when compared to the abundance value at the Krakal beach loc ation. The parameter measurement results can be seen that both the pH and temperature parameters on both the Krakal and Drini coast have values that correspond to the optimum parameter in the waters.
Anatomical and Histological Study of Shark (Carcharhinus sorrah) Kidney
Authors: Supriyati Hikmah , Rakhmiyati Rakhmiyati , Luthfi Muhammad Ja’far
Published: April 2020

Sharks are sea water fishes belong to the class Chondrichthyes, Subclass Elasmobranchii. Sharks are cartilaginous fish that have a different osmoregulation process than any other sea water fish. Cartilaginous fish is the only vertebrate that can maintain urea. This study aims to determine the anatomical and histological structure of the kidney in the anterior, medial and posterior parts of kidney. The study was conducted by observing anatomy of the kidney. Histological preparations were made using the paraffin method. Qualitative descriptive data analysis was done. Research results show that shark kidneys consist of three parts, namely the head kidney, the body kidney, and the tail kidney. Kidney sharks are brownish red with a size of 18 cm long. Histological observations of shark kidney in the head kidney reveals many glomerulus, body kidney reveals many distal and tubule proximal contractile tubules whereas tail kidney reveals stroma that is rarely found in vertebrate kidney.
Liver Profile of Atazanavir/Ritonavir in Pregnant Albino Rats
Authors: Adikwu Elias , Kemelayefa James , Ocheiga Winifred
Published: April 2020

Medication use during pregnancy is challenging due to the occurrence of maternal or fetal toxicities. Atazanavir/ritonavir (ATV/r) has hepatotoxic potential hence; use in pregnant patients living with human immunodeficiency virus may cause maternal hepatotoxicity. This study assessed the liver profile of ATV/r in pregnant albino rats. Thirty pregnant albino rats randomized into groups were orally treated daily with ATV/r (4.28/1.43 mg/kg-34.3/11.4 mg/kg) for 16 days. After treatment, the rats were weighed and sacrificed. Blood samples were collected and examined for serum biochemical parameters. Liver samples were weighed and assessed for biochemical and histological changes. Body and liver weights were normal (p>0.05) in ATV/r-treated pregnant rats when compared to control. Serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, low density lipoprotein cholesterol and blood glucose levels were significantly (p<0.01) elevated whereas high density lipoprotein cholesterol level was significantly (p<0.01) decreased in rats treated with ATV/r (34.3/11.4 mg/kg) when compared to control. Liver and serum aminotransferases, alkaline phosphatase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, lactate dehydrogenase, total bilirubin, and conjugated bilirubin levels were significantly increased in a dose-dependent fashion in rats treated with ATV/r; 8.57/2.86 mg/kg (p<0.05), 17.1/5.72 mg/kg (p<0.01) and 34.3/11.4 mg/kg (p<0.001) when compared to control. Liver superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione and glutathione peroxidase levels were significantly decreased whereas malondialdehyde levels were significantly increased in a dose-dependent fashion in rats treated with ATV/r; 8.57/2.86 mg/kg (p<0.05), 17.1/5.72 mg/kg (p<0.01) and 34.3/11.4 mg/kg (p<0.001) when compared to control. Necrotic hepatocytes were observed at higher doses of ATV/r. ATV/r may not be hepatotoxic in pregnant women living with HIV at the clinical dose.
The Potential of Chrysin of Oroxylum indicum L. to Induce Carbonic Anhydrase (CA) to Improve Cattle Fertility
Authors: Amin Mohamad , Fahmi Muhammad Najib , Ridho Muhammad Andi Ali , Fitri Nurul , Lestari Umie , Maulina Dina , Amin Ihya Fakhrurizal
Published: April 2020

The Artificial Insemination (AI) aims to develop the potential of the cattle reproduction comprehensively. The success of AI results is highly dependent on the level of livestock fertility. Therefore, improv the quality and quantity of semen could be done by hormone induction. However, hormone prices are expensive. This problem could be overcome using alternative way with the natural compound containing chrysin which might has the same function. The purpose of the study was analyze the potential of chrysin compound from Bungli plant (Oroxylum indicum) as fertilizer of males through bioinformatics approach. Methods performed through data search by webserver with the following stages: (1) Pubchem, (2) Swiss (3) Target Prediction, (4) Uniprot, (5) Protein Data Bank and (6) docking software using PyRx, PyMOL and Discovery Studio. The results showed that the chrysin compound interact with carbonic anhydrase (CA) expressed from the testes of the cattle, through van der Waals and Pi-Alkyl bonds. Chrysin is effective as CA ligand inducers based on affinity bonds (-8.4 kcal/mole) and more negatively than flavonol as a control compound with binding affinity (-6.2 kcal/mol). This suggests that chrysin is an effective compound as a potential drug for improved livestock fertility.
The Effect of Cassava Peel Starch Addition to Bioplastic Biodegradation Based On Chitosan On Soil and River Water Media
Authors: Syuhada Mahfud , Sofa Sintia Ainus , Sedyadi Endaruji
Published: April 2020

The study of the relationship between starch addition to biodegradation of bioplastics has been carried out. This study aims to understand the biodegradability of chitosan-based bioplastics with additional cassava peel starch on soil and river water media. This research was conducted through four stages, namely making starch from cassava peel waste, making bioplastics using the blending and castingwet processes method with variations of starch 5, 10, 15 and 20 ml. Testing physical mechanical properties including water resistance, thickness, tensile strength, elongation, and modulus young. Testing the characteristics of bioplastics functional groups was carried out using FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) and biodegradation testing of bioplastics carried out on soil and river water media. The results of bioplastics research with variation 5 ml produce good mechanical physical properties. Bioplastics produced water resistance value of 45.03%, thickness of 0.0190 mm, tensile strength of 49.93 MPa, elongation of 3.068% and Young modulus of 1627.63 MPa. Bioplastics biodegradation test was observed by measuring the decrease in sample mass. The biodegradation test results in soil and river water media respectively showed a decrease in bioplastic mass up to 63% and 54%. The biodegradation rate of the calculation results on soil media is −0,1502 and in river water media is −0,0948.
La activación de la inmigración
Authors: Lacomba Vázquez Joan , Moraes Mena Natalia
Published: April 2020

Los enfoques convencionales sobre las migraciones han tendido a considerar frecuentemente a los inmigrantes como sujetos pasivos en sus procesos de incorporación a las sociedades de recepción. En cambio, cada vez contamos con más muestras de la iniciativa de los propios inmigrantes como actores de procesos de cambio, así como nuevas perspectivas de investigación que tratan de dar cuenta de este giro: el reconocimiento de la autonomía de las migraciones, la relevancia de las capacidades y la agencia de los migrantes en diferentes ámbitos y su contribución al desarrollo de las sociedades de recepción. En realidad, los inmigrantes despliegan diversas estrategias, luchas y resistencias contribuyendo así a crear procesos de transformación social en diversos terrenos: en el campo económico y el emprendimiento, en el de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil o en el político.
Face-to-face to online: PhD academic writing @Maastricht University
Authors: Wylie Neill
Published: April 2020

Maastricht University (UM) has a distinct global perspective and a strong focus on innovation. UM offers an array of PhD courses to distance and campus based students who have access to elective, credit bearing modules and the language needs of these students are catered for by the Language Centre. Many PhD candidates choose to take an academic writing course in their first or second year of their degree. In recent years, demand for a more student focused, flexible academic writing course has grown. In line with UM’s policy of supporting innovative teaching practices, the Language Centre’s face-to-face PhD academic writing course, PhD Writing 1, has been transformed into a fully online course containing eight interactive webinar sessions named Online PhD Writing, which runs in addition to the face-to-face rendition. On the back of the success of this course, coupled with increased demand for a follow up course, this author was tasked with creating an advanced online PhD academic writing course to cater for global students with diverse time zones and schedules. This paper evaluates the challenges posed and the advances made in constructing both online courses and explores the technologies used in implementing them.
Repurposing virtual reality assets: from health sciences to Italian language learning
Authors: Plutino Alessia , Cervi-Wilson Tiziana , Brick Billy
Published: April 2020

This paper reports on the rationale for the implementation of a pilot project using a scenario-based Virtual Reality (VR) resource, originally developed by Health Sciences at Coventry University and now being repurposed for Italian language learning as a collaborative project with Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of Southampton. The original aim of the resource was to prepare health care students for home visits by allowing them to experience a semi-linear conversation with a virtual Non-player Character (NPC). The authors will discuss how they are planning to repurpose the resource for Italian language learning and teaching and will analyse the potential pedagogical uses within the modern language curriculum, including emotional language, employability skills, and the year abroad.
Developing intercultural competence: building on the year abroad in oral classes
Authors: Castiglione Vera , Placenti Stefania
Published: April 2020

This paper provides an analytical account of a speaking activity, which was designed and delivered by the authors in order to help modern languages finalist students to further develop their intercultural competence. It argues that even finalists coming back from their year abroad might struggle with making sense of cultural differences. The paper presents an activity that builds on their year abroad to facilitate deeper cultural understanding. Through an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates recent recommendations of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) as well as scholarly work on cultural studies and intercultural pedagogy, this paper offers a concrete example of how a language curriculum can be adapted to meet the challenges of today’s culturally complex and ever changing world.
Effect of heuristic anchoring and adjustment, and optimism bias, in stock market forecasts
Authors: Peña Victor Alberto , Gómez-Mejía Alina
Published: April 2020

Stock market forecasting is an important and challenging process that influences investment decisions. This paper presents an experimental design that aims to measure the influence of the anchoring and adjustment heuristic and optimism bias in these forecasts. The study was conducted using information from the S&P MILA Pacific Alliance Select financial index; this was presented to 670 students from the cities of Concepción (Chile), Cali (Colombia), and Lima (Peru). Data was collected and presented through an instrument that asked participants to make a forecast judgment of the said financial index, based on the presented graphics, representing a year, a month, a week, and the last closing value of the index. Thus, it was possible to measure the influence of the anchor and adjustment heuristic in order to establish whether the presence of an initial value affected the financial forecast. Similarly, the study sought to determine whether the judgment issued was biased toward an optimistic or pessimistic position, thereby proving the presence of an error or expectation bias, known as optimism bias. The results were analyzed using the least squares method, and the data panel confirmed that the anchoring and adjustment heuristic influences the forecast of the financial index used in the study. Similarly, the presence of optimism bias in the cognitive process of forecasting in finance was inferred.
Determinantes del balance comercial bilateral de México: ingreso, tipo de cambio y composición de las exportaciones
Authors: Carrasco Carlos Alberto , Tovar-García Edgar Demetrio
Published: April 2020

En este artículo se utilizan modelos dinámicos con datos de panel para estudiar los determinantes del balance comercial bilateral de México con 39 socios comerciales en el periodo 1990-2016. La literatura señala al ingreso y al tipo de cambio real como las variables independientes clave. Asimismo, se incluye la composición de las exportaciones como variable explicativa (algo ignorado previamente). Los resultados difieren de otras investigaciones: no se encuentra evidencia robusta sobre el efecto del ingreso, hay evidencia de la importancia del tipo de cambio real y se encuentra un nexo positivo, aunque débil, con las exportaciones consistentes de bienes de alta tecnología, lo cual explica parcialmente el persistente déficit comercial de México.
Capital Structure-Firm Value Nexus: Moderating Role of Profitability
Authors: Almahadin Hamed Ahmad , Oroud Yazan Salameh
Published: April 2020

This study aims to investigate the moderating role of profitability in the relationship between capital structure and firm value in Jordan, as an example of an emerging economy. For this purpose, two functional models were formulated to capture the direct relationship as well as the interaction impact of capital structure on firm value. The robust empirical findings of panel data analysis provide strong evidence of an adverse relationship between capital structure and firm value. The findings confirm that the impact of capital structure appears to be complicated in nature and difficult to examine without controlling for the interaction of profitability as one of the major determinants. Therefore, studying the interaction effect provides ample evidence and enhances the understanding of the link between firm value and capital structure. The empirical results of the study may provide important insights and policy implications to decision-makers.
A metrizable semitopological semilattice with non-closed partial order
Authors: Banakh Taras , Bardyla Serhii , Ravsky Alex
Published: April 2020

We construct a metrizable semitopological semilattice X whose partial order P = {(x, y) ∈ X × X : xy = x} is a non-closed dense subset of X × X. As a by-product we find necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a (metrizable) Hausdorff topology on a set, act, semigroup or semilattice, having a prescribed countable family of convergent sequences.
Waltz of the Oil Field
Authors: Meador Daryl
Published: April 2020

This paper critically listens to the Oral History of the Texas Oil Industry archives, a concatenation of slightly drawling white oilmen recorded in the mid twentieth century. The uniformity of the authorial voices in this archive helps to construct a monolithic white historiography that sanitizes collective memory in Texas. The archive offers insight into the sonic qualities of power in Texas as it is mediated through an idealized Texan identity via accent. In an effort to unsettle the authority of this totalizing Texan identity and its voice, this paper also listens to the history of Creole music as it migrated into Texas and transformed in contact with the state's oil industry. Placing these two different vocal histories together, one self-assured and one characterized by stretching its own limits, interrogates how we listen to the voice in history, attuned to sonic and vocal notations of power as it has alternately been enjoyed or endured.
Optimization of HPPs chain operation on the Lower Sava during flood events
Authors: Rak Gašper , Brenčič Matija
Published: April 2020

A complex combination of influencing factors and extensive planned interventions must be considered when planning hydropower production. In addition to electricity production, the main goal is conservation of the run-off regime and conservation or mitigation of flood risk in an affected area. Besides the design of interventions and structures important for HPP operating and other accompanying measures into a considered area, the appropriate operation of an individual HPP and HPPs chain as a whole contributes significantly to achieving the desired goals during high waters. This paper presents an optimization of the HPP chain operation on the section of Sava River between Radeče and state border with the Republic of Croatia. The approximately 60-km long, substantially urbanized section of the Lower Sava, where construction of a chain of six run-of-the-river HPPs is in its finals stages, had to meet a number of requirements to improve or at least conserve the same level of flood risk and run-off regime on the border with the Republic of Croatia, defined by interstate agreement. In order to meet the requirements, we determined a uniform operating procedure of HPP chains during flood events that ensures the conservation of flood-wave characteristics along the chain of HPPs, while meeting the requirements of other stakeholders in this influential area. We showed with hydraulic analysis that the shape of the flood wave and its peak discharge can be conserved, but it is not possible to conserve natural flood-wave propagation time along the chain of HPPs.
KEMAMPUAN MENCERITAKAN VIDEO HIKAYAT ABU NAWAS SISWA KELAS X IPA 1 MAN 1 SURAKARTA MELALUI KETERAMPILAN MENULIS
Authors: Achsani Ferdian , Rosita Farida Yufarlina
Published: April 2020

Penelitian deskriptif kualitatif ini mendeskripsikan tentang kemampuan menulis siswa kelas X IPA 1 di MAN 1 Surakarta.  Penelitian yang dilakukan pada tahun 2018 ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sampai sejauh mana kemampuan menulis siswa dengan bantuan media berupa video hikayat abu nawas dengan cara mendeskripsikan melalui bentuk kata-kata maupun tulisan. Subjek penelitian yaitu kelas  X IPA 1 dengan siswa yang berjumlah 34 orang. Data yang diambil untuk mengetahui keterampilan menulis siswa dengan menggunakan metode penilaian tes tertulis. Teknik analisis data bertujuan untuk membeirkan gambaran mengenai kemampuan menulis siswa  di kelas X IPA 1. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan siswa dalam keterampilan menulis menunjukkan kategori baik. 4 siswa mendapat kategori nilai kurang, 13 siswa mendapat kategori nilai cukup, dan 17 siswa mendapat kategori nilai baik.  Hasil penelitian ini dapat dijadikan acuan bagi guru bahasa Indonesia di MAN 1 Surakarta maupun di sekolah lain untuk meningkatkan keterampilan  berbahasa siswa.

Kata Kunci : Kemampuan Siswa; Menulis; Teks Hikayat.

Abstract. This descriptive qualitative study describes the writing ability of class X students of IPA 1 in MAN 1 Surakarta. The research conducted in 2018 aims to determine the extent to which students' writing skills with the help of the media are in the form of the video of abu nawas saga by describing it through the form of words and writing. The research subjects were class X IPA 1 with 34 students. Data was taken to find out students' writing skills using the written test assessment method. The data analysis technique aims to provide an overview of the writing skills of students in class X Science 1. The results of the study show that students' abilities in writing skills show good categories. 4 students get a less value category, 13 students get enough value categories, and 17 students get good value categories. The results of this study can be used as a reference for Indonesian language teachers in MAN 1 Surakarta and in other schools to improve students' language skills.

Keyword: Student Ability; Write; Text of Story
Rekonstruksi Soal USBN Bahasa Indonesia Berbasis HOTS: Studi Kasus di SMP Semesta Semarang
Authors: Rohmaniyah Alfiyatur , Wagiran Wagiran
Published: April 2020

Abstrak.  Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan hasil analisis soal USBN Bahasa Indonesia di SMP Semesta Semarang dan memaparkan hasil rekonstruksi soal USBN Bahasa Indonesia berbasis HOTS di SMP Semesta Semarang. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian analisis evaluatif. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian analisis ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah studi dokumentasi. Pembahasan pada artikel ini merupakan sebagian langkah dari penelitian rekonstruksi soal USBN Bahasa Indonesia berbasis HOTS. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kandungan HOTS pada soal USBN Bahasa Indonesia tingkat SMP sebanyak 52,5% yang terdiri atas C4, C5, dan C6. Terdapat pula soal yang mengandung MOTS sebanyak 47,5% yaitu berupa level kognitif pemahaman dan level kognitif aplikasi. Kisi-kisi soal USBN Bahasa Indonesia Berbasis HOTS hasil rekonstruksi mengandung level kognitif HOTS sebanyak 95% dan MOTS 5% dengan tujuan untuk membekali dan membiasakan peserta didik dalam berpikir secara analitis, kritis, dan kreatif serta dapat bersaing dalam dunia Internasional.

Kata Kunci: USBN; Soal berorientasi HOTS

 

Abstrack. This research aims to describe the results of the analysis of HOTS content about Indonesian USBN on junior high school level and to explain the results of reconstruction of Indonesian USBN questions on HOTS-based SMP. This type of research is evaluative analysis research. The method used in this analytical research is descriptive qualitative. The data collection technique in this research is the study of documentation. The discussion in this article is part of the steps from HOTS-based Indonesian USBN reconstruction research. The results of this research indicate that the HOTS content in the Indonesian National Level USBN questions is 52.5% consisting of C4, C5, and C6. There are also questions that contain as much as 47.5% MOTS in the form of cognitive level of understanding and cognitive level of application. HOTS based Indonesian language USBN lattice reconstruction results contain C4 cognitive levels HOTS as much as 95% and MOTS much 5% with the aim of equipping and accustoming students in analytical, critical, and creative thinking and can compete in international world.

Key Word: USBN; Questions oriented HOTS.
analysis Transformasi Makna Simbolik Mihrab pada Novel ke Film Dalam Mihrab Cinta Karya Habiburrahman El Shirazy
Authors: Oktafiyani Ayu , Suseno Suseno , Nuryatin Agus
Published: April 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bentuk transformasi makna simbolik mihrab dalam novel dan film Dalam Mihrab Cinta. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan ekranisasi dan Semiotik Riffaterre. Terdapat perbedaan pada hasil pemaknaan simbolik mihrab antara novel dan film karena fokus cerita yang juga berbeda, meski keduanya bermuara pada makna yang sama. Hasil transformasi menimbulkan adanya penciutan, penambahan dan perubahan bervariasi. Makna simbolik mihrab pada novel dan film diartikan sebagai pejalanan pencarian jati diri Syamsul untuk menjadi orang yang ditakdirkan baik oleh Allah, dengan mendekatkan diri kepada-Nya. Hal itu didasarkan pada hasil pembacaan heuristik, hermeneutiknya.

This study aims to determine the form of transformation of symbolic meaning mihrab in novel and film. This research use approach of ekranisasi and Semiotik Riffaterre. There is a difference in the meaning of mihrab between novels and movies because the focus of the story is also different, although both boils down to the same meaning. The result of the transformation caused the shrinkage, addition and varied change. The symbolic meaning of mihrab in novels and films is defined as the quest for the identity of Syamsul in order to be a person who is destined well by Allah, by drawing closer to Him. It is based on the result of heuristic readings, hermeneutics.
Eu gosto é do verão: psicodrama com adolescentes nas férias de verão
Authors: Fontoura Mariana , Mucha Vieira Filipa , Rute Pereira Alves Diana
Published: April 2020

Este artigo apresenta uma intervenção psicodramática com sete adolescentes ao longo de oito sessões no período de férias escolares de verão, que decorreu numa clínica hospitalar de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental do norte de Portugal. A pertinência da manutenção do processo psicoterapêutico já iniciado em alguns adolescentes, e a necessidade de dar uma resposta psicoterapêutica a outros, fez com que se desse continuidade a um grupo de intervenção durante o verão, altura em que o acompanhamento grupal é habitualmente suspenso. Considera-se que a presença nestas sessões, para além da ação terapêutica, pôde constituir-se como uma continuidade do cumprimento de um compromisso semanal extrínseco ao contexto sociofamiliar pela promoção de trocas sociais com pares comprometidas pela interrupção escolar. O estudo, de caráter retrospectivo, teve como objetivo identificar os problemas/dificuldades, assim como compreender a experiência subjetiva dos adolescentes sobre o processo terapêutico em grupo de psicodrama. Para tal, foi aplicado um conjunto de instrumentos ideográficos antes, durante e após a intervenção. Os resultados deste estudo serão discutidos tendo em conta as implicações para a investigação e prática clínica psicodramática. A avaliação final da experiência sugere que o psicodrama promoveu mudanças ao nível do comportamento e funcionamento psicológico dos adolescentes, nomeadamente na diminuição da percepção de ansiedade e de desadequação no desempenho social, na melhoria do autoconceito e da identificação/expressão emocional que são reveladoras de saúde mental.