bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Retrospective pattern study of pediatric surgical conditions outcome in a tertiary care center
Authors: Behera Bijaylaxmi , Kaur Gagandeep , Dharmik Ashish
Published: May 2023

Aim: To observe the incidence and outcome of pediatric surgical conditions in a tertiary care center. Method: A retrospective observational study was conducted at Motherhood Chaitanya hospital between January, 2018 to December, 2021 and 118 patients requiring surgery were enrolled during the time frame. These cases were divided into congenital and acquired conditions. Incidence of various surgical conditions in different age groups has been observed. The comparison was made as to which condition is predominantly common in the center. Length of hospital stay was taken into consideration and time taken to initiate enteral feeds and reach full feeds was studied in gastrointestinal (GI) cases. The outcome of 118 cases has been assessed in the form of discharge or death. Results: In this study, a total of 118 patients were enrolled over the specified age time frame from birth to 16 years. The majority of the cases were males and the male to female ratio of 2.8:1. 32.2% of the cases were between 4 to 13 years, the age group most commonly affected. 80 cases accounted for congenital anomalies with inguinal hernia being the most common (18.75%). 31.5% were abscesses requiring drainage among acquired conditions. 50% of total cases were gastrointestinal cases with inguinal hernia having a maximum incidence(25.4%). 32.2% of cases had a hospital stay of 24 to 48 hours. Time taken to initiate feeds was 1.5 days in GI surgeries. Mortality of 2.5% has been observed in this study. Conclusion: Pediatric surgery conditions pose a major health and economic burden to the community so they must be timely identified and treated.
Undertriage for Children With Caregivers Preferring Languages Other Than English
Authors: Rojas Christina R. , Chamberlain James M. , Cohen Joanna S. , Badolato Gia M. , Cook Lawrence J. , Goyal Monika K. , Berkowitz Deena
Published: May 2023

OBJECTIVES

Undertriage, the underestimation of acuity, can result in delayed care and potential morbidity in the emergency department (ED). Although inequities in ED care based on language preference have been noted, little is known about its association with undertriage. We evaluated for differences in undertriage based on caregiver language preference.

METHODS

This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of patients aged younger than 21 years, triaged as Emergency Severity Index (ESI) level 4 or 5 (nonurgent), to the pediatric ED from January 1, 2019, through January 31, 2021. Indicators of undertriage were defined as hospital admission, significant ED resource use, or return visits with admission. We used logistic regression with generalized estimating equations to measure the association of preferred language with undertriage.

RESULTS

Of 114 266 ED visits included in the study, 22 525 (19.8%) represented patients with caregivers preferring languages other than English. These children were more likely to experience undertriage compared with those with caregivers preferring English (3.7% [English] versus 4.6% [Spanish] versus 5.9% [other languages]; Spanish versus English: odds ratio [OR], 1.3; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.2–1.4] and other languages versus English: OR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.2–2.2). Differences remained after adjusting for sex, insurance, mode of arrival, and clustering by triage nurse (Spanish versus English: adjusted OR, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.3–1.5) and other languages versus English: adjusted OR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.2–2.2).

CONCLUSIONS

Children accompanied by caregivers preferring languages other than English are more likely to be undertriaged in the pediatric ED. Efforts to improve the triage process are needed to promote equitable care for this population.
Reduced-Dose Systemic Fibrinolysis in Massive Pulmonary Embolism: A Pilot Study
Authors: Aykan Ahmet Çağrı , Gökdeniz Tayyar , Gül İlker , Kalaycıoğlu Ezgi , Karabay Can Yücel , Boyacı Faruk , Hatem Engin , Weingart Scott D. , Dursun İhsan
Published: May 2023

Objective Severe pulmonary embolism (PE) has a high mortality rate, which can be lowered by thrombolytic therapy (TT). However, full-dose TT is associated with major complications, including life-threatening bleeding. The aim of this study was to explore the efficacy and safety of extended, low-dose administration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) on in-hospital mortality and outcomes in massive PE.Methods This was a single-center, prospective cohort trial at a tertiary university hospital. A total of 37 consecutive patients with massive PE were included. A peripheral intravenous infusion was used to administer 25 mg of tPA over 6 hours. The primary endpoints were in-hospital mortality, major complications, pulmonary hypertension, and right ventricular dysfunction. The secondary endpoints were 6-month mortality and pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction 6 months after the PE.Results The mean age of the patients was 68.76±14.54 years. The mean pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP; 56.51±7.34 mmHg vs. 34.16±2.81 mmHg, P<0.001) and right/left ventricle diameter (1.37±0.12 vs. 0.99±0.12, P<0.001) decreased significantly after TT. Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (1.43±0.33 cm vs. 2.07±0.27 cm, P<0.001), myocardial performance index (0.47±0.08 vs. 0.55±0.07, P<0.001), and systolic wave prime (9.6±2.8 vs. 15.3±2.6) increased significantly after TT. No major bleeding or stroke was observed. There was one in-hospital death and two additional deaths within 6 months. No cases of pulmonary hypertension were identified during follow-up.Conclusion The results of this pilot study suggest that an extended infusion of low-dose tPA is a safe and effective therapy in patients with massive PE. This protocol was also effective in decreasing PASP and restoring right ventricular function.
REPRESENTACIONES SOCIALES DE LOS ROLES DE GÉNERO TRADICIONALES ENTRE MUJERES CON PUESTOS DE MANDO EN EL SECTOR EMPRESARIAL DE MÉXICO: CONTINUIDADES Y TRANSFORMACIONES
Authors: Ochoa Rodríguez Alejandra , González Victoria Rosa María
Published: May 2023

A varias décadas de que se colocara en la mesa del debate la llamada “doblejornada”, y poco después reconocida como “triplejornada”, este fenómeno sigue presente como una encrucijada, prácticamente, irresoluble en la percepción y en la dinámica de una gran mayoría de mujeres. El objetivo de este artículo es dar a conocer los resultados de una investigación amplia y centrada en el análisis de las continuidades y las transformaciones de los roles de género tradicionales entre mujeres con puestos de mando en el sector empresarial de México, desde la teoría de las representaciones sociales. Se recurrió a la metodología cualitativa, específicamente a las trayectorias de vida, la cual permite aproximarse a la subjetividad como un fenómeno sociohistórico.
Africa’s move from raw material exports toward mineral value addition: Historical background and implications
Authors: Mavhunga Clapperton Chakanetsa
Published: May 2023

For the last 500 years, the West has mapped Africa as a source of raw materials, disrupted vibrant African value addition, and arrogated itself as the place where industrial revolutions (value addition) happen. This strategy is clearly traceable from the transatlantic slave trade, continuing through European colonialism, to the current critical raw materials (CRMs) framing necessary for its digital and climate tech dominance. African countries have realized that continuing to export materials raw is an unsustainable path of dependency. Emphasis is now on value addition, which is the norm in everyday life, rendered informal, marginal, even illegal under colonialism and never revisited, recentered, and formalized after independence. This article takes minerals as an example of indigenous value addition and how the transatlantic slave trade and colonial rule destroyed it and inserted in its place extractive infrastructures of CRMs export that have remained intact since independence. The last half of the essay switches to Africa’s pivot to value addition, zeroing in on Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as case studies, focusing on chrome, cobalt, and lithium. These minerals constitute the basis for the electric vehicle, smartphone, lithium-ion battery, semiconductor, and other electronic manufacturing to supply the newly created African Continental Free Trade Area, an internal market of 1.3 billion people. The article ends with a discussion of four major challenges to value addition—energy, finance, markets, and skills—and how Africa is meeting and could meet them. The reader is invited to consider the implications of a world order in which Africa is no longer exporting its materials raw, but becomes the center of global manufacturing, adding value to its own materials.

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Survival Strategies of Madurese Ethnic Street Vendors in Surabaya City During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Dayanti Fitria , Harianto Sugeng
Published: May 2023

Since the emergence of Covid-19, the lives of informal workers have changed, and street vendors are no exception. This happened because government policies limited the space for people to move, impacting informal workers' income. There is a demand to survive amid declining income during the Covid-19 pandemic, requiring strategies so that informal workers can survive. This article explores the problems experienced by overseas street vendors during the Covid-19 Pandemic. It analyzes the survival strategies by conducting a case study of ethnic Madurese street vendors in Surabaya, Indonesia. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method with a knife of theoretical analysis survival mechanism of James C Scott. This research was conducted in 2021 in the city of Surabaya. Data collection was carried out utilizing observation and in-depth interviews. The results show that several survival strategies are used by overseas street vendors, especially ethnic Madurese as urban people, namely reducing employee salaries, spending management and making priority scales, doing side jobs, and relying on social relations.
Analysis of Grab Transportation Services in Ciamis Regency, West Java, Indonesia
Authors: Effendi Adang Djatnika
Published: May 2023

Problems with customer satisfaction at PT. Grab Indonesia in Ciamis Regency, where certain customers are still dissatisfied with the services offered, served as the inspiration for this study. This may be affected by how well PT Grab Indonesia's drivers perform in the Ciamis Regency region.  An estimated t value of 12.965 and a significance value of 0.0000.05 indicated that Tangible (Physical Evidence) has a substantial impact on customer satisfaction.  With a t count of 1.101 and a significance value of 0.274>0.05, reliability does not significantly influence customer happiness.  With a t count of 2.677 and a significance value of 0.0090.05, responsiveness has a favorable and substantial impact on consumer power.  With a t count of -3.293 and a significance value of 0.001 to 0.05, assurance has a favorable and substantial impact on organizational commitment.  With a t count of 4.668 and a significance value of 0.0000.05, Emphaty has a favorable and significant impact on customer satisfaction. As can be observed from the significant value of 0.00 0.05 and the computed F value of 66.765, which is higher than the F table, Service Quality characteristics such as tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy jointly affect Customer Satisfaction. The tangible variable, or physical evidence, has the largest beta of all the variables, making it the variable that is most dominant when compared to other variables. The effect of service quality characteristics on customer satisfaction was found to be 78% Rsquare in this study, while the remaining 22% was influenced by other variables that were not examined.
STATISTIK PENGUNJUNG WEBSITE JURNAL PUSAT RISET PERIKANAN
Authors: GUNAWAN ARIEF
Published: May 2023

Pusat Riset Perikanan mempunyai 4 jurnal terakreditasi nasional bidang perikanan tangkap yang sudah terbit secara online mulai tahun 2016. Untuk mengetahui seberapa bermanfaat laman website masing-masing jurnal ini, maka dibuat statistik pengunjung agar dapat diketahui sejauh mana perkembangan website ini. Data statistik diperoleh dari laman website https://statcounter.comdan diolah menggunakan aplikasi microsoft excell. Dari hasil pengolahan didapatkan data dari tahun 2016-2020. Dari hasil olah data dapat dikatakan bahwa jumlah pengunjung empat laman website jurnal Pusriskan mengalami peningkatan yang signifikan dari tahun 2016-2020 kecuali IFRJ mengalami penurunan pada tahun 2019, jumlah pengunjung dari keempat jurnal data terendah terdapat di bulan yang sama yaitu Agustus sedangkan jumlah tertinggi bulan Oktober untuk JPPI, November untuk Bawal dan JKPI serta di bulan April untuk IFRJ. Pengunjung 3 jurnal yaitu JPPI, JKPI dan Bawal masih didominasi dari Indonesia dengan persentase lebih dari 98%, sedangkan jurnal IFRJ yang merupakan jurnal berbahasa Inggris dengan persentase 60.40% dari Indonesiadan 39.60% dari luar Indonesia. Untuk asal kota pengunjung didapatkan hasil kota Jakarta terbanyak dengan persentase 23.40% untuk wilayah Indonesia dan Singapura dan Aracaju, Sergipe-Brasil dengan 5% untuk wilayah luar Indonesia. Dapat dilihat juga bahwa jumlah negara yang mengakses laman website IFRJ adalah sebanyak 25 negara.Research Center for Fisheries has 4 nationally accredited journals in the field of capture fisheries which have been published online starting in 2016. To find out how useful the website pages of each journal are, visitor statistics are made so that it can be seen how far the development of this website is. Statistical data was obtained from the website https://statcounter.com and processedusing the Microsoft Excel application. The processing results obtained data from 2016-2020. From the results of data processing, it can be said that the number of visitors of the Pusriskan journal website experienced a significant increase from 2016-2020 except for IFRJ which decreased in 2019, the number of visitors from the four journals, the lowest data was in the same month namely August, while the highest number was in October for JPPI, November for Bawal and JKPI and in April for IFRJ. Visitors to 3 journals JPPI, JKPI and Bawal are still dominated by Indonesia with a percentage of more than 98%, IFRJ journal which is an English language journal with a percentage of 60.40% from Indonesia and 39.60% from outside Indonesia. For the city of origin of visitors, the result was Jakarta with the highest percentage of 23.40% for the territory of Indonesia and Singapore and Aracaju, Sergipe-Brazil with 5% for areas outside Indonesia. It can also be seen that the number of countries accessing the IFRJ website is 25 countries.
KAJIAN BIBLIOMETRIKA : TINGKAT PRODUKTIVITAS DAN KOLABORASI PENULIS MEDIA AKUAKULTUR 2016-2020
Authors: PUSPA ERNY , ENDARWATI TETI
Published: May 2023

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat kolaborasi penulis, tingkat produktivitas penulis, dan artikel pada publikasi Media Akuakultur periode tahun 2016-2020. Metode penelitian yang digunakan deskriptif kuantitatif dengan analisis bibliometrik. Analisis tingkat kolaborasi menggunakan rumus Subramanyam dan perhitungan frekuensi produktivitas penulis. Hasil kajianmenunjukkan jumlah keseluruhan artikel pada Media Akuakultur periode 2016-2020 sebanyak 69 judul, dengan pola penerbitan 2 penulis sebanyak 11 artikel, 3 penulis 24 artikel, 4 penulis 20 artikel, 5 penulis 9 artikel, hal ini sesuai dengan penghitungan tingkat derajat kolaborasi (C) yang diperoleh adalah 1 yang menunjukkan bahwa seluruh tulisan hasil penelitian dilakukan secarakolaborasi dengan pola kepengarangan kolaborasi sebanyak 219 orang. Diperoleh 7 peringkat produktivitas penulis pada Media Akuakultur 2016-2020 yaitu : peringkat pertama 6 judul artikel, peringkat kedua 5 judul artikel, peringkat ketiga 4 judul artkel, peringkat keempat 5 judul artikel, peringkat kelima 3 judul artikel, peringkat ke enam 2 judul artikel, dan peringkat ketujuh 1 judul artkel. Penulis dengan produktivitas tertinggi dalam kurun waktu 2016-2020 adalah Jojo Subagya, Otong Zaenal Arifin, Makmur, Vitas Atmadi Prakoso dengan penulisan ilmiah sebanyak 6 artikel. This research aims to determine the level of author collaboration, the level of author productivity, and articles on Media Akuakultur publications for the 2016-2020 period. The research used quantitative descriptive method using bibliometric analysis Subramanyam formula and the calculation of the frequency of the author’s productivity. The result showed that the amount of Media akuakultur article published in 2016-2020 periods were 69 articles, with a publishing form of 2 authors as many as 11 articles, 3 authors 24 articles, 4 authors 20 articles, 5 authors 9 articles. this matter suitable in accordance with collaboration degree calculation (C) obtained 1, the showedthat all research writings were carried out in collaboration with a collaborative authorship form of 219 people, and obtained 7 authors productivity rankings are: first rank 6 article titles, second rank 5 article titles, third rank 4 article titles, fourth rank 5 article titles, fifth rank 3 article titles, sixth rank 2 article and seventh rank 1 article title and the highest productivity authors in the 2016-2020 periods are : Jojo Subagya, Otong Zaenal Arifin, Makmur and Vitas Atmadi Prakoso with 6 scientific writing articles.
ADAPTASI KOMPETENSI PARA ARSIPARIS DEPO ARSIP PROVINSI BANTEN PADA ERA PERKEMBANGAN TEKNOLOGI DAN INFORMASI
Authors: Rahim Aulia , Sukaesih Sukaesih , Prahatmaja Nurmaya
Published: May 2023

Era perkembangan teknologi dan informasi sudah merambah ke berbagai macam aspek kehidupan salah satunya lembaga kearsipan seperti Depo Arsip Provinsi Banten. Banyak terobosan baru serta penambahan peran teknologi ke dalam dunia kearsipan yang membuat para arsiparis Depo Arsip Provinsi Banten harus dengan segala macam usaha untuk meningkatkan kompetensinya agar dapat beradaptasi dengan keadaan ini. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif dengan teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan observasi, wawancara serta literature review. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa berbagai macam kegiatan kearsipan serta fasilitas di Depo Arsip Provinsi Banten sudah banyak melibatkan peran teknologi di dalamnya dan para arsiparis pun dibekali untuk selalu mengembangkan kompetensinya dalam menghadapi perubahan ini dengan berbagai macam pendidikan dan pelatihanThe era of technology and information development has penetrated into various aspects of life, one of which is archival institutions such as Depo Arsip Provinsi Banten. There are many new breakthroughs and the addition of the role of technology into the world of archives, which makes the archivists Depo Arsip Provinsi Banten with all kinds of efforts to improve their competence in order to adapt to this situation. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method with data collection techniques carried out by observation, interviews and literature review. The results of the study show that various archival activities and facilities at Depo Arsip Provinsi Banten have involved the role of technology in it and archivists are also equipped to always develop their competence in dealing with these changes with various kinds of education and training.
KONTRIBUSI KARYA TULIS TEKNISI LITKAYASA PADA PUBLIKASI ILMIAH : STUDI KASUS TEKNISI LITKAYASA PADA BALAI RISET PERIKANAN BUDIDAYA AIR PAYAU DAN PENYULUHAN PERIKANAN
Authors: Syarianah Syarianah
Published: May 2023

Teknisi Litkayasa merupakan mitra strategis bagi para peneliti di Badan Riset Kelautan dan Perikanan dalam menunjang keberhasilan program penelitian. Sebagai mitra peneliti, teknisi litkayasa harus kreatif dalam pengumpulan angka kredit, salah satunya dari tulisan ilmiah. Kajian bertujuan untuk mengetahui kontribusi karya tulis teknisi litkayasa dalam publikasi ilmiah di lingkup Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan terutama pada Bulletin Teknik Litkayasa Akuakultur, Prosiding Pertemuan Teknisi Litkayasa, dan Prosiding Seminar Nasional Teknisi Litkayasa. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa kontribusi teknisi litkayasa dalam kurun waktu 10 tahun yaitu sebanyak 180 karya tulis, yang terdiri dari 44 karya tulis dipublikasikan melalui Bulletin Teknis Akuakultur dan 136 karya tulis dipublikasikan melalui prosiding pertemuan/seminar. Tingkat kolaborasi penulis teknisi litkayasa menunjukkan bahwa dari 180 karya tulis, terdapat 179 (99,44%) karya tulis kolaborasi dan hanya 1 (0,56%) karya tulis yang merupakan penulis tunggal. Teknisi litkayasa paling produktif sebanyak 5 orang dengan sembilan karya tulis. Sedangkan teknisi litkayasa yang kurang produktif terdapat 2 orang masing-masing dengan satu karya tulis.Technicians are a strategic partner for researchers at the Research Agency for Marine Affairs and Fisheries in supporting successfully of research programs. As a research partner, the technician must be creative in collecting a credit point, one of them which is from scientific writing. The study aims to know the contribution of scientific paper from the technicians in the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries published Aquaculture Technical Bulletin, Proceedings of the Litkayasa Technician Meeting, and Proceedings of the National Seminar on Technicians. The results of the study showed that the contribution of technicians within a period of 10 years was 180 written works, consisting of 44 papers published in the Aquaculture Technical Bulletin and 136 papers published in the meeting/ seminar proceedings. The level of collaboration of technician writers shows that out of 180 written works, there are 179 (99.44%) collaborative works and only 1 (0.56%) written works are single authors. The most productive engineering technicians are 5 people with each people with nine written works respectively. Meanwhile, there are two technician less productive each only one written work respectively.
Gendering madness
Authors: Landorf Brittany
Published: May 2023

In this article, I examine what narratives of enraptured madness (jadhb) and the figure of the mad female saint (majdhuba) reveal about the articulation of gendered saintly orthodoxy within the modern Moroccan hagiographical compendium Salwat al-Anfas wa-Muhadathat al-Akyas bi-man Uqbira min al-‘Ulama’ wa’l-Sulaha’ bi-Fas (The entertainment of souls and the discourse of the wise concerning the scholars and the Sufis who in Fez met their demise). Written by the nineteenth-century Moroccan historian and Sufi, Muhammad ibn Ja‘far al-Kattani, this text draws on and also plays with the genre of Sufi hagiography. Because it is arranged as a ‘tomb visiting guide,’ it appears to scatter traditional vestiges of Sufi hierarchies and rhetorical organization strategies, presenting a composite picture of Sufi sainthood. However, al-Kattani also reaffirms entrenched gendered hierarchies of spiritual authority. Throughout Salwat al-Anfas, al-Kattani’s depiction of the majdhuba acts as a literary foil for the paradigm of the ‘good Sufi woman’ or normative female sainthood. Although al-Kattani includes narratives of the majdhuba that depict potentially transgressive gender performances experienced within the state of enraptured madness – such as uncovering the body, growing a beard, babbling, gossiping, and acting aggressively in public spaces – these deviant performances serve to solidify normative modes of sainthood. Or, in other words, enraptured madness sticks to certain saints more than others, creating gendered hierarchies of spiritual authority.
Cuidado de enfermería al adulto hospitalizado con alteraciones cardiovasculares y circulatorias
Authors:   Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Hernández Gamboa Adriana Elena
Published: May 2023

Las enfermedades cardiovasculares ocasionan el mayor número de muertes en el mundo. Muchas de las causas están relacionadas con condiciones susceptibles de prevención, tales como dislipidemia, obesidad, sedentarismo, estrés, consumo de alcohol o tabaco, entre otras. Otros factores como la presencia de hipertensión o diabetes son susceptibles de un adecuado manejo para evitar complicaciones que puedan llevar a un infarto agudo de miocardio, una insuficiencia cardiaca y/o renal, un accidente cerebrovascular, entre otros similares que conlleven requerimiento de diálisis, atención en unidades de cuidado intensivo, etc., lo cual aumenta los costos en el sistema de salud como los gastos en el bolsillo de las familias, al igual que el sufrimiento por causa de lesiones o secuelas irreversibles en el enfermo. La Organización Mundial de la Salud ha hecho a través de los años un llamado a los Gobiernos de los diferentes países con el fin de implementar estrategias en las diversas poblaciones para fomentar los estilos de vida saludables, los cuales incluyen una nutrición balanceada (aumento de frutas y verduras, disminución de alimentos empaquetados o con procesos químicos…), fomento del ejercicio, disminución del estrés, actividades de recreación, descanso y reposo adecuados, entre otras. La presente nota de clase evidencia nuestro compromiso como personal de salud de contribuir al bienestar del individuo, la familia y la sociedad en general, por medio de acciones que propendan hacia la promoción de la salud, la prevención y la detección temprana de la enfermedad, una atención humanizada y oportuna con alta calidad, la rehabilitación y la recuperación del estado de salud, para tener familias sanas y felices.
Recovery of 1933
Authors: Jacobson Margaret M. , Leeper Eric M. , Preston Bruce
Published: May 2023

When Roosevelt abandoned the gold standard in April 1933, he converted government debt from a tax-backed claim to gold to a claim to dollars, opening the door to unbacked fiscal expansion. Roosevelt followed a state-contingent fiscal rule that ran nominal-debt-financed primary deficits until the price level rose and economic activity recovered. Theory suggests that government spending multipliers can be substantially larger when fiscal expansions are unbacked than when they are tax-backed. VAR estimates using data on "emergency" unbacked spending and "ordinary" backed spending confirm this prediction and find that primary deficits made quantitatively important contributions to raising both the price level and real GNP after 1933. VAR evidence does not support the conventional monetary explanation that gold revaluation and gold inflows, which raised the monetary base, drove the recovery independently of fiscal actions.
Opportunity and incentive for becoming bilingual in Colombia: Implications for Programa Nacional de Bilingüismo
Authors: Herazo Rivera José David , Jerez Rodríguez Sonia , Lorduy Arellano Danilza
Published: May 2023

The Programa Nacional de Bilingüismo (PNB) seeks to promote English proficiency in Colombian society in order to position Colombia within world communication processes, a global economy, and an increasingly multicultural world. Using documentary and statistical data within a case study approach, we characterize the PNB as a case of acquisition planning and argue that some of the social conditions that bolster bilingualism are not sufficiently developed in the Colombian context. Specifically, we maintain that the number of jobs requiring bilingual workers in Colombia's labor market and the patterns of international mobility of Colombians provide little opportunity and incentive for developing bilingualism to the extent envisioned by the PNB.
role of the first language in hybrid foreign language classes: A sin or a tool?
Authors: Colombo Laura M.
Published: May 2023

The use of the first language (L1) in the foreign language classroom has been highly contested in the last decades. This paper discusses the use of L1 in online activities in hybrid lower-level Spanish as a foreign language (SFL) courses, with a focus on threaded discussions about cultural topics. I first discuss the use of L1 in foreign language (FL) teaching. Second, I present Vygotsky's (1978) postulates about learning, and Cole and Engeström's (2001) activity theory. Third, I conduct an activity analysis of the SFL class to further narrow it down to L1 use in the discussion boards. By looking at the discussion boards through the lens of sociocultural theories, I claim that the use of L1 is a necessary cognitive tool for fostering inter-cultural learning through online discussions in SFL classes.
Knowledge base and EFL teacher education programs: a Colombian perspective
Authors: Fandiño Parra Yamith José
Published: May 2023

In the 21st century, Colombian pre-service EFL Teacher Education Programs (TEPs) should study what constitutes the core knowledge base for language teachers to be effective in their profession. These programs must refrain from simply conceptualizing knowledge base as the acquisition of the basic skills required for teaching, the competency of educators in their subject matter area, and the use of pedagogical skills. Instead, they should strive to reflect on what Colombian language teachers need to know about teaching and learning, and study how their knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes inform their practices. A starting point to do so is to interpret the variety of proposals that have been generated through the years in the field. This paperoffers a review of what teacher knowledge base is, presents an overview of how Colombian EFL TEPs are working on teacher knowledge,and suggests some strategies to envision a more complete framework of reference for teacher formation in Colombia.
Peer-feedback and online interaction: a case study
Authors: Espitia Martha Isabel , Cruz Corzo Carolina
Published: May 2023

The implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom has led to different practices and types of interaction. Online interaction allows teachers and students to use the target language beyond the classroom and provides students with more time to be exposed to and use the language. This case study aimed at understanding how a group of twelve students at Universidad de la Sabana, who participated in online forums as part of the requirements of a blended EFL course, interacted online to provide peer-feedback on written compositions. It also analyzed how online interaction was undertaken when using online forums. Findings suggest that participants raised awareness about the relevance of editing to avoid possible language problems by reviewing their peers' products and that the implementation of online peer feedback as an assessment strategy reveals students' beliefs towards language assessment.
English Teacher’s Representations of the Comprehensive Training Process: How Do They Describe It?
Authors: Díaz Monsalve Ana Elsy , Carmona Agudelo Nadia Carolina
Published: May 2023

In order to identify perceptions of comprehensive learning held by public elementary school English teachers in Medellín, nineteen teachers with undergraduate or graduate degrees in English participated in a qualitative study, completed a questionnaire, and some took part in an in-depth in­terview. English teacher perceptions possess both practical and theoretical characteristics and are structured thematically in accordance with student personality, communicative ability, and social and cultural context. This re­search project allowed the authors to create new concepts of comprehensive learning based on the experiences of English teachers.

Received: 31-08-09/ Accepted: 09-12-09

How to reference this article:

Diaz Monslve, A. E. & Carmona Agudelo, N. C. (2010). Representaciones de los docentes de inglés sobre el proceso de formación integral: ¿qué descripción ofrecen de ella? Íkala. 15(1), pp.173-203.
Conceptual Dynamism in Terminological Knowledge Bases: The Case of Ecolexicon
Authors: Faber Pamela , León Pilar
Published: May 2023

The new conceptual-linguistic shift in terminology has given rise to a new approach, focused on discourse and the real use of terms in texts. This change of paradigm has led to a significant improvement in the content of terminolo­gical knowledge bases. However, the most innovative aspect of knowledge modeling lies in the wide-ranging use of ontologies. This provides ter­minology with greater semantic expressiveness. The presentation of the environmental knowledge base, EcoLexicon, developed at the Universi­dad de Granada, by the research group, EcoLexicon. In order to obtain the maximum benefit from the application of ontologies, a closed inventory of conceptual relations is proposed along with their combinatorial poten­tial. Accordingly, the result is a domain-specific representation, restricted by context. The method is based on data extracted from a corpus of texts compiled for this research, the concepts in the domain are classified accor­ding to their typology and relational potential. The characteristics applied are those of the Web Ontology Language (OWL) to make inferences (e.g. the transitivity of metonymy). The definition of conceptual relations, de­pending on the nature of the concepts, offers a quantitative solution that limits excess information, and at the same time, offers a qualitative solution for knowledge acquisition. EcoLexicon successfully combines terminology with the expressive capacity of ontologies, which in the future will help to define search systems adapted to different user groups.

Received: 03-03-10 / Accepted: 30-04-10

How to reference this article:

Hien, A. (2010). Dinamismo conceptual en las bases de conocimiento terminológico: el caso de EcoLexicon. Íkala, 15(2), 43 – 72.
Partielle Koreferenz im Spanischen als Problem der Grammatik, Lehre und Übersetzung / Partial Coreference in Spanish as a Grammar, Teaching and Transla¬tion Problem
Authors: Sinner Carsten
Published: May 2023

The goal of this text is to analyze partial co-reference in Spanish and Ger­man from the perspectives of grammar, language teaching and translation studies. After an attempt to explain the restrictions of partial co-reference in Spanish and German, the normative position is presented. Also after appro­aching the description of partial coreference as a phenomenon in languages in general, partial co-reference in Spanish and German is analyzed, taking into account earlier attempts to describe or explain the structure and de­termining the contexts and structures in which the construction is judged grammatical or acceptable.

Received: 02-12-08 / Acceptaed: 13-04-09

How to reference this article:

Carsten, S.(2010).Partielle koreferenz im Spanischen als Problem der Grammatik, Lehre und Übersetzung. Íkala, 15(2), pp.103-139.
Translation studies considerations on the interrelationship between health-medical language and the literary language
Authors: Huertas Cristina
Published: May 2023

This paper aims to study the existing interrelation between two specialized languages that are apparently opposed: the literary and medical languages. Besides, the study comprised three different stages: 1) analysis and des­cription of both literary and medical languages individually; 2) creation of a corpus consisting of real, representative texts from the literary and medi­cal fields; and 3) comparative analysis of the interrelations between these two languages. The interrelation between these two specialized languages is clear, specifically for the English and Spanish languages, since different words and terms are shared in order to include new nuances. Furthermore, the translation of both types of texts studied in this paper requires an efficient use of data and documentation sources, which together with translation stra­tegies, are unavoidable to solve the problems derived from cultural aspects such as anisomorphisms. Even though specialized languages have been stu­died separately, the interrelation between them, and the extrapolation of terms and concepts of one specialized language to another, can be clearly observed. Moreover, the translator should know the asymmetrical relation between two texts, or even two languages, due to the anisomorphisms, espe­cially cultural anisomorphisms, to avoid inaccuracies in their translations.

Recieved: 12-01-2010 /Accepted: 14-04-2010

How to reference this article:

Huertas, C. (2010). Consideraciones traductológicas sobre la interrelación entre el lenguaje médico-sanitario y el lenguaje literario. Íkala, 15(3), 237 – 260.
Exploring Writer Identity in Mexican EFL Students’ Academic Writing
Authors: Roux Rodriguez Ruth , Mora Vazquez Alberto , Trejo Guzman Nelly Paulina
Published: May 2023

The objective of this study was to explore writer identity in Mexican undergraduate students of Applied Linguistics writing in English. We focused on the participants' use of first person pronouns and the ways in which they conceptualized their identity as authors of their essays. We employed a combination of text analysis and discourse-based interview methodologies. Findings indicate that participants that made ample use of first person pronouns employed them to present personal experiences rather than to project a strong authorial self. By contrast, those who made little use of first person pronouns seemed to project stronger authorial selves by employing a broader range of stylistic choices. The use of first person pronouns is not essential in the development of strong authorial selves. Higher education should provide better opportunities and resources for students to learn how to project a strong authorial presence in the academic texts they write in English.
Honest Start: Reassessing the Role of Theory in EFL Teacher Preparation
Authors: Gómez González Juan David
Published: May 2023

This essay revisits the long acknowledged but still unresolved theory/practice schism in EFL teacher education. The methodology used included the research of literature related to the subject, a comparison and contrast of representative examples of its current manifestations, and an examination of its effects on a selected group of undergraduate students. Results showed a need for measures to be taken that would establish a more solid link between teacher education programs and teacher needs. It ends by suggesting alternative approaches that could begin to return basic and pragmatic content to teacher education and professional development programs.
Discordance between the Indirect Object and the Atonic Pronoun le, a Growing Phenomenon
Authors: Caicedo Villa Stella
Published: May 2023

In this descriptive, comparative and explanatory research, the phenomenon of discordance is examined between the indirect object and the atonic pronoun that doubles it in the sentence, in a corpus taken from the digital version of El Colombiano newspaper. With the help of Cratylus ® software frequencies of use of the discordance as well as the concordance were found, the grammatical structures of sentences, their grammatical number, the indirect object reference to thing and person was analyzed and finally results were compared. It is concluded that there is not only one explanation for the use of the discordance and probably it is a question of the phenomenon called fossilization. What indeed could be proved is the high frequency of disagreement detected in the cases when the atonic pronoun precedes the direct complement in the sentence.
Modelagem e Simulação de sistemas usando Lógica Fuzzy com Python: Teoria e Prática
Authors: Zavaleta Jorge
Published: May 2023

A teoria de conjuntos fuzzy é uma ramificação da matemática que estuda conjuntos com relações de pertinência difusas, ou seja, que variam gradualmente entre 0 e 1. Essa teoria foi proposta por Lotfi A. Zadeh em 1965 e é uma extensão da teoria de conjuntos clássicos, que tem relações de pertinência bem definidas. A teoria de conjuntos fuzzy tem diversas aplicações em áreas como controle de processos industriais e engenharias. O objetivo deste livro é introduzir os conceitos básicos da teoria de conjuntos fuzzy e mostrar como implementá-los na linguagem Python, linguagem de programação versátil e popular. O livro é destinado a estudantes de engenharia ou qualquer pessoa interessada em lógica fuzzy e sua programação em Python. A obra está dividida em 10 capítulo, os capítulos ímpares apresentam a teoria e os pares a parte prática na linguagem Python. Cada capítulo é apresentar brevemente as definições e propriedades necessárias para representar e processar o conhecimento por meio de Lógica Fuzzy usando a linguagem Python. Iniciando o percurso pelas definições e propriedades da teoria de conjuntos clássica, dos conjuntos fuzzy e suas correspondentes definições e propriedades usando a linguagem Python. Teoria de Conjuntos Fuzzy e seus correspondentes em Python. Relações Fuzzy e suas correspondentes em Python. Números Fuzzy e seus correspondentes em Python. Modelagem Fuzzy e seus correspondentes em Python. A implementações em Python estão no github: https://github.com/zavaleta/Modelagem_e_Sistemas_em_Python
Ancient and Christian anthropology: three hypotheses about the origin of the soul
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Lymar Viacheslav
Published: May 2023

In Eastern Christian philosophy, there are several views on the origin of the soul, which, in turn, were borrowed from ancient philosophy. This article deals with the study of three main hypotheses about the origin of the soul, which originate from ancient philosophy and pre-Christian religious beliefs. The reception of these hypotheses with some transformation and adaptation was adopted and further developed by prominent Christian thinkers of both the East and the West. Therefore, the main emphasis is on the development of these hypotheses from patrology and later – in Christian philosophy, to modern research. In the first three centuries, the Christian doctrine of the origin of the human soul was not yet clearly defined. One or another thinker only occasionally pondered on this issue. Of course, the main source from which the basis for philosophizing was taken was the Bible. However, Christian thinkers also resorted to ancient Greek philosophy, within which all three views on the origin of the soul were previously formed: the hypothesis of the re-existence of souls, creationism – that is, the creation of the soul and traditionism – the birth of the soul. The three hypotheses we considered about the origin of the human soul coexisted peacefully among the philosophers of antiquity. In the Christian tradition, the hypothesis of predestination was relatively quickly exposed and rejected as contrary to the authority of the Bible. From the standpoint of Christianity, the hypotheses of creationism and translationism have their advantages, but also their disadvantages, and, therefore, since the time of church councils, Christian thinkers have been trying to combine these two hypotheses. The hypothesis of translationism, which is the most consistent with modern scientific discoveries, is considered separately. This hypothesis is investigated in connection with the achievements of genetics and cytology, in particular, taking into account the knowledge accumulated by mankind about the development of the fetus from conception. Also, the hypothesis of traditionism is analyzed in accordance with the requirements of philosophical anthropology regarding the presence of freedom and responsibility in man.
Organic geochemistry and petrography of Miocene ombrotrophic coals in the tropical Asem-Asem Basin (Kalimantan, Indonesia): Comparison to coeval subtropical coals in the Eastern Alps
Authors: Fikri Hafidz Noor , Sachsenhofer Reinhard F. , Bechtel Achim , Gross Doris
Published: May 2023

The middle Miocene Warukin Formation in the Asem-Asem Basin (Kalimantan) contains a 20-m-thick coal seam (BL1) that is mined at the Jumbang mine. The seam, formed in a tropical peat, was studied to reconstruct the peat-forming environment and to compare its characteristics with those of similarly aged tropical coals from the Tutupan mine in the Barito Basin (Kalimantan) and similarly aged (~15 Ma) subtropical coal from the Leoben Basin in the Eastern Alps (Austria). Although all coals were formed in ombrotrophic peatlands, the comparison reveals differences in biomarker and maceral composition due to the different climate and flora.

The study is based on 22 coal and three non–coal samples, each representing a stratigraphic interval of 0.2 to 1.0 m. The samples were analyzed for ash yield, carbon and sulphur contents, and maceral composition. Organic geochemical parameters were obtained on eight coal samples to obtain information on the peat-forming vegetation. The low-ash, low-sulphur BL1 seam was deposited in an ombrotrophic basinal (coastal) mire. Locally increased sulphur contents in the lower coal bench BL1L demonstrate brackish influence and a near-shore environment. The vegetation was dominated by angiosperms including abundant dammar resin producing Dipterocarpaceae, while the contribution of gymnosperms was negligible.

The Tutupan seams T110 and T210, which were formed in kerapah (inland) ombrotrophic mires, have similar ash yields and sulphur contents but contain higher, although still low, concentrations of gymnosperm-derived diterpenoids. In addition, lower amounts of cadinane-type biomarkers and resinite suggest that Dipterocarpaceae were less dominant in kerapah peats. While differences between tropical coals from Kalimantan are minor, major differences exist between the tropical coals and the subtropical ombrotrophic Leoben coal. These include significantly higher concentrations of gymnosperm-derived biomarkers in subtropical peat, lower amounts of resinite due to the absence of Dipterocarpaceae, as wells as lower amounts of leaf- and rootlet-derived macerals. Apparently, fungal activity was also reduced in the sub-tropical Leoben peat. Surprisingly, the average amount of oxidized plant remains is also lower in the subtropical peat.
The role of the proto-Alpine Cenerian Orogen in the Avalonian- Cadomian belt
Authors: Finger Fritz , Riegler Gudrun
Published: May 2023

The proto-Alpine Cenerian orogen (Ediacaran-Ordovician) and the Cadomian orogen (Ediacaran-Cambrian), remnants of which are exposed in the central European Variscides, should be defined as two distinct and spatially separated coastal orogens within the Avalonian-Cadomian belt. The Cadomian orogen originally lay in front of the Sahara metacraton. It underwent a change from an active to a passive margin setting during the Cambrian. The Cenerian orogen, represented by intra-Alpine rocks, was located farther east near the Arabian Nubian Shield, from where it inherited a characteristic Tonian/Stenian detrital zircon signal. Subduction persisted in the Cenerian Orogen until the Ordovician. The Cadomian orogen was akin to Andean type whereas the Cenerian orogen was more akin to Alaskan type. This paper explores why the two orogens have such different characteristics and tectonic evolutions despite their probable proximity in the Avalonian-Cadomian belt. One explanation could be that they were at nearly right-angles to each other due to a strong concave bending of the northern Gondwana margin ahead of the Arabian-Nubian Shield.
Design and Implementation of Technical Analysis Based LSTM Model for Stock Price Prediction
Authors: Babu Dara Rajesh , Sathyanarayana Bachala
Published: May 2023

The paper describes the design and implementation of a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) model for stock price prediction based on technical analysis. The model use technical indicators such as moving averages and Bollinger Bands to discover trends in the stock market and forecast future stock values. Historical stock data was used to extract technical indicators for the model. These indicators were then used as input features to train the LSTM model using a supervised learning strategy. Metrics such as mean absolute error, mean squared error, and root mean squared error were used to assess the model's performance. However, as investment became more accessible, the stock market became more difficult and volatile. This paper proposes a stock price prediction system that employs a (LSTM) oriented neural network to forecast the next-day closing price of APPLE shares. Regression and LONG SHORT-TERM MEMORY models are constructed using selected input variables, and their performance is evaluated using RMSE, MAPE, and R squared error metrics to analyze the stock's trend for buying and selling.