bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PENGARUH PEMBIASAAN SHALAT DHUHA TERHADAP KARAKTER SISWA-SISWI SMA NEGERI 1 BESITANG
Authors: Agustina
Published: June 2023

ABSTRAK

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah kebiasaan sholat dhuha berpengaruh terhadap karakter siswa di SMAN 1 Besitang. Jenis penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif riset. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah guru siswa di SMAN 1 Besitang. Sampel penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas X dan XI Agama  dengan sampel sebanyak 159 sampel. Dalam penelitian ini instrumen penelitian menggunakan kuesioner dengan skala Likert. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah uji validitas dan reliabilitas dengan menggunakan spss 16. Setelah dilakukan perhitungan korelasi Pearson, rxy adalah 0,509. Indeksnya adalah 0,40-0,70 yang artinya ada adalah hubungan yang sangat kuat antara variabel X dan variabel Y. Ternyata itu rx1x2y rtabel sebesar 0,361 sehingga hipotesis nol (Ho) ditolak dan alternatifnya hipotesis (Ha) diterima. Artinya ada yang signifikan atau sedang hubungan antara kebiasaan sholat dhuha (Variabel X) dengan karakter siswa (Variabel Y) di SMAN 1 Besitang.

Kata kunci: pembiasaan sholat dhuha, karakter, siswa

 

ABSTRACT

This study aims to determine whether the habit of Duha prayer affects the character of students at SMAN 1 Besitang. This type of research is quantitative research. The population in this study were student teachers at SMAN 1 Besitang. The sample of this research was students of class X and XI Religion with a sample of 159 samples. In this study the research instrument used a questionnaire with a Likert scale. The data analysis used is the validity and reliability test using SPSS 16. After calculating the Pearson correlation, rxy is 0.509. The index is 0.40-0.70 which means there is a very strong relationship between variable X and variable Y. It turns out that the rx1x2y rtable is 0.361 so the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. This means that there is a significant or moderate relationship between the habit of Duha prayer (Variable X) and student character (Variable Y) at SMAN 1 Besitang.

Keywords: habituation of dhuha prayer, character, students
Root Cause Analysis and Strategies to Improve Outpatient Pharmacy Services
Authors: A. Harits Nu’man , Ria Aulia
Published: June 2023

XYZ is a hospital that provides health services and also provides pharmaceutical services. According to Permenkes No.129 of 2008 concerning Minimum Service Standards for Hospitals, the waiting time for ready-made medicine is ≤ 30 minutes and the waiting time for concoction medicine is ≤ 60 minutes. However, in 2019 and 2020 XYZ Hospital has not been able to achieve it, so a preliminary study was carried out by evaluating the outpatient pharmaceutical service business processes using the Quality Evaluation Framework (QEF) approach with the results showing a mismatch in target achievement in the prescription review process which included prescription review failures. (Q5), the process of checking drug availability which includes failure to check drug availability (Q7), the drug billing process which includes drug billing time efficiency (Q14), the administrative process which includes administrative time efficiency (Q18) and the process of providing information/counseling which includes authority provision of information/counseling (Q24). After knowing the quality factors that are not achieved, it is necessary to analyze the root causes and strategies for improving outpatient pharmacy services. This study aims to analyze the gaps in the business process of outpatient pharmacy services and determine the improvement strategy at XYZ Hospital. Collecting data in this study by conducting Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and documentation studies. Analysis of the data used using qualitative methods by doing data reduction, data display and conclusion/verification. From the results of the study, it was found that the gap in outpatient pharmacy services using Root Cause Analysis (RCA) was in the categories of procedures, people, policies, and plant/technology so the strategy for improving outpatient pharmacy services was by implementing e-prescriptions, eliminating hanging billing procedures, adding human resources and infrastructure, strengthening the integrated hospital information system. Thus it can be concluded that an analysis of the root causes of the business processes of outpatient pharmacy services needs to be carried out so that service improvement strategies can be determined.
Techno-economic Analysis of co-firing waste Refused Derived Fuel (RDF) in coal-fired power plant
Authors: Fitrianingrum Yuli , Surjasatyo Adi
Published: June 2023

Massive efforts have been made to reduce CO2 emissions around the world from the used of fossil fuels by seeking alternative fossil fuels in power plants. The utilization of waste in the energy sector with co-firing technology is one way to reduce the impact on the environment. The Indonesian government is currently issuing SNI 8966:2021 to take advantage by using of biomass waste as raw material for making Refused Derived Fuel or RDF in power plants (BSN, 2021. RDF which has a calorific value of 1800 kcal/kg will be tested in PLTU Indramayu which the coal has caloric value 4100 kcal/kg. The mass ratio for blending is 1% RDF and 99% Coal. This study aims to analyze the feasibility of economical, operational, and environmental if co-firing test carried out with waste RDF at PLTU. RDF is processed from waste using the concept of collaboration with DLH Indramayu. RDF processing site is carried out at PDU Indramayu using the peuyeumization method. Within 11 days, the plant produced RDF 14 tons which will be supplied as mixed fuel for co-firing PLTU Indramayu. Operational observations at the Indramayu PLTU during the 1% BBJP co-firing process showed parameters that were still within operational safe limits, but there was an increase in SO2 and NOx emissions which were still below the KLHK emission standards. The results of the techno-economic analysis show that if there is an increase in LCOE of 0.16-rupiah in the co-firing test with 1% BBJP, while for the Net Present Value (NPV) parameter a value of Rp.40,437,359 is obtained, the Internal rate return (IRR) parameter is 8.25%, the Profitability index (PI) parameter is 1.011 and the last payback period (PBP) is 6.63 years indicating the feasibility of investing in the BBJP processing project. From an economic point of view, the surrounding community provides opportunities for employment and business provision of consumable materials for BBJP processing projects.
Regulation Of The Right Of Restitution For Children As Victims Of Criminal Acts
Authors: Andi Dewi Pratiwi  , Akhdiari Harpa Dj
Published: June 2023

Victims of criminal acts only get inner satisfaction from the punishment imposed on the perpetrators but do not get anything that has a direct impact on them. The codified concept of Indonesian punishment in the Criminal Code (KUHP) regulates more aspects related to perpetrators of criminal acts and sentencing. Not much regulates the rights of victims of criminal acts. This paradigm shift began to occur after the enactment of Law Number 13 of 2006 concerning the Protection of Witnesses and Victims, where in this Law the rights of Witnesses and Victims began to be considered. Victims are individuals who are harmed materially or immaterially for the occurrence of criminal acts that they receive. In cases of sexual violence against children, it results in losses suffered by child victims in the short and long term which require recovery of the child's condition. Law Number 13 of 2006 juncto Law Number 31 of 2014 concerning Protection of Witnesses and Victims has accommodated restitution.In Law Number 31 of 2014 concerning Protection of Witnesses and Victims, the victims of criminal acts have the right to obtain restitution rights in the form of compensation for loss of property or income, compensation for losses caused by suffering directly related to the crime, and/or reimbursement for medical and/or psychological treatment costs. However, at present the implementation of restitution for victims of crimes against children is considered not optimal, especially regarding the implementation of restitution that can be given to victims.
Schweizerisches Familienrecht, Januar-April 2023
Authors: Boente Walter , Zilian Fiona
Published: June 2023

Ent­spre­chend dem Ziel der „(Zeit-)Schriften des Rechts“, die von Tag zu Tag anschwel­len­den und zuneh­mend ver­streu­ten Ver­öf­fent­li­chun­gen zum Recht zu sam­meln, zu sich­ten und hier­aus eine Aus­wahl aktu­ell beson­ders lesens­wer­ter Texte zu tref­fen, wird mit dieser Aus­gabe eine Aus­wahl der Schrif­ten zum Schwei­ze­ri­schen Familienrecht vor­ge­legt.
WAGNER GRUBU’NUN YAPISI VE OPERASYONLARI ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME
Authors: ERKAN Anıl Çağlar , ATEŞ Ahmet
Published: June 2023

Bu çalışma son on yılda uluslararası ilişkilerde önemi giderek artan Wagner Grubu’nun yapısını ve operasyonlarını ilgili literatür, raporlar ve dokümanlardan yararlanarak incelemektedir. Gerçekleştirilen analiz sonucunda Wagner’in hem literatürde hem de uygulamada kendine has bir yeri olan ve bu şekilde analiz edilmesi gereken bir aktör olduğu tespit edilmiştir. İlgili literatürün sistematik analizi sonucunda Wagner’i kavramsal açıdan paralı asker veya özel askeri şirket olarak sınıflandırmanın yanlış olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu durumun sebebi olarak Wagner’in yasallığının muğlak olması ve diğer özel askeri şirketler gibi çeşitli devlet kurum ve uluslararası örgütler ile çalışmak yerine tek müşterisinin Rusya olması belirtilmiştir. Wagner’in gerçekleştirdiği faaliyetlerinin analizi sonucunda ise Wagner’in uygulamada ulusal ve uluslararası emsallerinden farklı olarak davrandığı sonucuna varılmıştır. Bu durumun temel sebeplerinin ise, hibrit bir yönetim ve personel yapısına sahip olması, salt Rusya devletinin güdümünde ve Rus dış politikası çerçevesinde faaliyet göstermesi ve özel bir şirket olarak faaliyet ve işe alımlarından ideolojik motivasyonlarının olması olduğu saptanmıştır.
KAYIT DIŞI EKONOMİ ÖZELİNDE DIŞ TİCARET VE EKONOMİK BÜYÜMENİN ENERJİ TÜKETİMİ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ: G20 ÜLKELERİ ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: DAĞILGAN Gökhan
Published: June 2023

Enerji tüketiminin belirleyicileri üzerine son yıllarda yapılan çalışmalar artmaktadır. Bu çalışma kayıt dışı ekonomi ve seçilmiş makroekonomik değişkenlerin enerji tüketimi üzerindeki etkisini G-20 ülkeleri için analiz etmektedir. 2005’ten 2017'ye kadar Türkiye’nin de aralarında bulunduğu G-20 ülkeleri için dinamik panel veriler kullanılarak İki Aşamalı Sistem Genelleştirilmiş Momentler Yöntemi (GMM) aracılığıyla tahmin edilmiştir. Kayıt dışı ekonomi, ithalat, ihracat ve ekonomik büyümenin enerji tüketimi üzerindeki etkisi incelenmiştir. Yapılan analiz sonucunda, kayıt dışı ekonominin enerji tüketimi üzerindeki etkisi negatif ve istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir etkiye sahiptir. Dolayısıyla kayıt dışı ekonominin artması enerji tüketimini azaltmaktadır. İthalat, ihracat ve ekonomik büyümenin enerji kullanımı üzerindeki etkisi pozitif ve istatistiksel olarak anlamlıdır. Bu değişkenlerde meydana gelen bir artış enerji kullanımını artırmaktadır. Çalışma özelinde elde edilen bulgular, G-20 ülkelerinin kayıt dışı ekonomi seviyelerinin istenilen seviyelerde olduğunu ve daha düşük kayıt dışı ekonomi seviyelerini hedeflemeleri gerektiğini belirtmektedir.
Nurses' Job Satisfaction in Respiratory Isolation Units of Coronavirus Disease
Authors: Hussein Zahraa
Published: June 2023

Abstract

Objective(s): To assess the job satisfaction during of covid-19 among the nurses in respiratory isolation units of coronavirus disease.

Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional design was carried out in four hospitals at isolation units of coronavirus disease from the period (21th December, 2021 to 27th January, 2022). A non-probability (convenience) sampling method consists of (300) nurse was selected convenience based on the study criteria. The tool used to measure the job satisfaction is Job satisfaction scale for clinical nursing (JSS-CN). This tool consists of two parts, the first part is for demographic information and consists of 8 items, and the second part is a measure of job satisfaction for clinical nurses of 33 items. Data were entered into IBM-SPSS, version 23, and analyzed using descriptive statistics by specifying: frequencies, percentages, and arithmetic mean.

Results: presented that nurses' job satisfaction were within high score in all items because the mean more than (3.18).

Conclusion: Job satisfaction levels for nurses working in isolation units were not affected by COVID-19 as its levels were high.

Recommendations: The study recommends maintaining levels of job satisfaction for nurses within the current levels by providing psychological support and continuous encouragement by nursing officials in order to continue the nursing giving at its best during the epidemic period.
Effectiveness of an Interventional Program on Nurses Practices regarding Removing and Cleaning Burn Dead Tissue
Authors: Khoder Yas
Published: June 2023

Abstract

Objective(s): The study aims to measure the effectiveness of the program on removing dead tissue for burn patients by testing the nurses before the program in addition to testing them again after implementing the educational program.

Methodology: The study is quantitative in nature (one experimental) and will employ pre- and post-testing techniques between October 17, 2020 and March 20, 2022. A non-probability (purposive) sample of 24 nurses working in the Azadi Teaching Hospital's Burns and Plastic Surgery Center was chosen. The experimental survey of nursing practice, a literature review, scientific records, and previous research were all taken into consideration when developing the training program and study's conclusion. The program's information and tool are reviewed by sixteen experts representing a variety of areas, and the instrument's dependability is established through test and retest. The effectiveness of the nurse education program is evaluated using 22 clinical criteria for first burn treatment. In SPSS version 22, descriptive and inferential statistics are used to analyze the data.

 Results: The findings show that men between the ages of 30 and 39, graduates of high school, and people with less than five years of experience made up the vast majority of the sample. The majority of the samples participated in a burn course that was conducted in Iraq. In addition to significant comparisons, there were significant differences at P 0.01 in the removal of necrotic tissue and the cleaning of burns.

 Conclusions: study conclude that nurses practice regarding initial burn management improved due to implementing the suggested intervention program. 

 Recommendations: the study recommends that providing of an educational program about removing and cleaning burn dead tissue as part of the curriculum in burns and plastic surgery center is essential.
Clients' Perspective towards Family-centered Care Health Services of Family-provider Partnership
Authors: Hussein Emad
Published: June 2023

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the family-centered care health services of family-provider partnership in Baghdad/ Iraq.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study is conducted in Baghdad Province. A cluster samples of 440 clients who review family centered care for the purpose of health services. The instruments underlying the study phenomenon deals with client's socio-demographic characteristics and family centered care questionnaire which include (partnership related to decision-making team, supporting the family as the constant in the child’s life, family-to-family and peer support and supporting transition to adulthood). The reliability of the questionnaire was achieved through a pilot study and then presented to experts to prove its credibility. The data were collected by using interview techniques method and analyzed through the application of descriptive and inferential statistical analysis.

Results: Findings show participants age, the mean age for clients' is 39, the age 20-29 years old were recorded the highest percentage among (n=179; 40.7%), female were predominated among clients who reviews family-centered care (n=281; 63.9%), the illiterate clients were records the highest percentage (n=97; 22%), most of reviews health services in terms of vaccines (n=188; 42.7%). The clients who included in the study sample were expressed a poor level of family-provider partnership. There were significant differences in family-provider partnership health services with regard to clients' education level and types of services were received at p-value <0.05.

 

Conclusion: Partnerships between family and providers are out of the ordinary. In order for a fast evolving health care system to be effective, family-provider collaboration in care design, delivery, and assessment is essential. To improve care and results, stakeholders are increasingly recognizing the importance of focusing care on the patient and incorporating patient and family viewpoints.

Recommendations:  Family health centers need to be monitored and evaluated periodically with regards to providing health care services according to the standard, which is reflected in gaining the confidence of the individual in the health center. , Further researches need to be conducted in evaluating the quality of health services of family health care centers, based on international standards approved by international health organizations.
Type 2 Diabetic Patients’ Knowledge Regarding Preventive Measures of Diabetic Foot
Authors: Sabah Shahad
Published: June 2023

Objective: Assess type 2 diabetic patients’ knowledge regarding preventive measures of diabetic foot. Find out the relationship between of type 2 diabetic patients’ knowledge regarding preventive measures of diabetic foot with certain sociodemographic characteristics
Methodology: A descriptive study was carried out from (2nd January 2022 to 26th March 2022).  A non –probability (purposive) sample of (60) adult patients who are diagnosed with type2 diabetes mellitus these patients have met the study criteria which was selected from Imam AL-Hussein Medical-City. The study instrument consist of two section: (Demographic Information Sheet, and Foot Care Outcome Expectations Scale) The questionnaire was designer measure the level of diabetic patient' knowledge about preventive measures of diabetic foot, which consisted of (14) items and other structured knowledge questionnaire containing (6) questions were developed by researcher based on the existing resources to assess knowledge of patient regarding preventive measures of diabetic foot.
Results: The study indicates that the patient have fair level of knowledge (MS=1.34), and no significant association between diabetic Patients’ Knowledge Regarding Preventive Measures of Diabetic Foot and their demographic characteristics.
Conclusion: The results show that the level of knowledge about preventive measures for the diabetic foot of the patients was Fair. There are no significant differences were found regarding demographic variables.
Recommendations:
The Ministry of Health should use the media to organize public health campaigns to strengthen knowledge towards contributing factors and preventive measures for diabetic foot. Further research is recommended to repeat the research on a large probability sample to achieve further generalization.
Association between Enhancing Learning Needs and Demographic Characteristic of Patients with Myocardial Infarction
Authors: Zainab Kazem
Published: June 2023

Abstract

Objectives: To find out the association between enhancing learning needs and demographic characteristic of (gender, education level and age).

Methods: This study was conducted on purposive sample was selected to obtain representative and accurate data consisting of (90) patients who are in a peroid of recovering from myocardial infarction at Missan Center for Cardiac Diseases and Surgery, (10) patients were excluded for the pilot study, Data were analyzed using descriptive statistical data analysis approach of frequency, percentage,  and analysis of variance (ANOVA).

Results: The study finding shows, there was significant relationship between gender and patients’ learning needs in pretest and posttest at (P value > .000), while no significant relationship was found with patients’ age and level of education with their learning needs.

Recommendations: The study recommend that the future research on perceived learning needs could focus at the needs of patients from other groups, such as individuals with cardiac arrhythmia but no MI. Further research into the perceived learning needs of these patient populations could be conducted.
Effectiveness of an Intervention Program on Nurses’ Performance toward Neonatal Endotracheal Suctioning Procedure
Authors: Qasem Alaa
Published: June 2023

Objective(s): To evaluate nurses’ Practice toward neonatal endotracheal suctioning procedure, and to determine the effectiveness of the interventional program on nurses’ practices, as well as to find out the relationship between nurses’ practice and their demographic characteristics.
Methodology: A Pre-experimental, one group design, was carried out to achieve the objectives of the current study using the evaluation approach and the implementation of the education program for the period from January 17 to June 31, 2022. A non- probability, purposive sample of (24) nurses were selected from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Pediatric Teaching Hospital/ Medical City Department. A checklist was developed consists of two parts: part I: Nurses’ demographic characteristics, and part II: Evaluation of nurses' Practice toward neonatal endotracheal suctioning procedure which consist of three domains (60) item, using the observation technique for data collection….
Results: The results of the data showed that all of the (24) neonatal intensive care unit nurses had an Inadequate level of Practice in the pre-test, while the results of the post-test after implementing the program was adequate through apply all steps the suctioning procedure.
Conclusions: The intervention program, after its application, had a positive and effective effect on the practices of neonate intensive care unit nurses. While there was a clear change for the better in their practices after apply the program.
 Recommendations: The researcher recommends the implementation and generalization of the interventional program for nurses' practices and its inclusion in the nursing curriculum. It also recommends that the Ministry of Health appoint and distribute university degree holders only in all neonatal intensive care units and compulsory nurses to participate in training courses intensively and continuously.
Dependence Severity, Locus of Control, and Readiness to Change in Male Alcoholic Clients: A Correlational Study
Authors: Hasan Wuod
Published: June 2023

Objectives: To assess the level of dependence severity, locus of control, and readiness to change in male alcohol clients and measure the correlation between dependence with a locus of control and readiness to change.

Methodology: A descriptive correlational design was conducted in the substance use rehabilitation centers at psychiatric teaching hospitals in Baghdad city from November /2021 to May 2022. The instrument of the study was designed by using sociodemographic, the clinical characteristics of the client, the Short-form Alcohol Dependence Data Questionnaire (SADD), Drinking Related Internal-External Locus of Control Scale: (DRIE), and the Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES). The data was collected through the use of a semi-structured form and analyzed by Social Package for Statistical Sciences SPSS version 26.0

Results: The study showed a highly significant difference in dependence severity with an internal and external locus of control at p-value= .001, a significant reverse relationship between readiness to change among clients with regard to the duration of alcohol use at p-value= .008, and amount of alcohol use per day at p-value=.009. A significant relationship between readiness to change and clients’ level of education, and age of alcoholic clients’ is significant at p-value= .005.and significant relationship between locus of control and monthly income.

Conclusions: Alcoholic male clients have a moderate dependence severity of alcohol and moderate external locus of control, low internal locus of control, and high readiness to change.

Recommendations: Further research should be conducted on AUD, activating the media’s role to increase community awareness about the harmful effects of alcohol and the possible treatment methods.
Evaluation of Late Adulthood Knowledge about Social Frailty
Authors: Abbas Ammar
Published: June 2023

Objective(s): Evaluation of late adulthood knowledge about social frailty, measure the level of knowledge about social frailty, and to find out the relationship between knowledge and socio-demographic characteristics. 
Methodology: A descriptive study design was carried out to measure the late adults' level of knowledge at Technical Institute-Suwaira in Middle Technical University and to find out the association between late adults' knowledge and their socio-demographic characteristic. The study was started from 28th April 2022 to 15th August 2022. The sample was Non-probability (convenience) sample of (100) late adults were selected according to the study that are working in Technical Institute-Suwaira. The data were collected by direct interview using specific questionnaire that’s composed of two parts (24) items which are: Part (1) Socio-demographic characteristics which included 9 items. Part (2) which deals with knowledge about social frailty and includes 15 items. Data were analyzed by using (SPSS) package version 25. Descriptive data through determination of: Frequency, percentage, mean of score and standard deviation. Inferential statistical data analysis approach: used by enforcement of the Chi –square test used for determining the association between Socio-demographic characteristics and late adults' knowledge.
Results: (64%) of them were (49-56) years old, (61%) were male, the late adults' more than half evaluation of knowledge is moderate, more than half level of knowledge is moderate about social frailty (61%), and present high significant relationship between late adults' knowledge and age.
Conclusions: The findings concluded that late adults need more awareness and information to support their knowledge about social frailty. Age, gender, job title, life style of late adults' socio-demographic characteristics that has a significant relationship with social frailty.
Recommendations:  The study recommend that need to developing educational programs, lectures, courses and seminars about frailty and domains of frailty to increase knowledge of late adults that lead to change their lifestyle and go away the wrong behaviors and habits.
NGHIÊN CỨU CÁC MÔ HÌNH DU LỊCH NÔNG NGHIỆP CỦA CÁC NƯỚC VÀ VIỆT NAM - CÁC KHUYẾN NGHỊ ĐỐI VỚI DU LỊCH HÀ NỘI
Authors: Đinh Phạm Hiền
Published: June 2023

Tổng hợp các mô hình du lịch nông nghiệp của 5 nước/vùng lãnh thổ trên thế giới và 6 địa phương của Việt Nam cho thấy mỗi nơi có những cách làm du lịch nông nghiệp khác nhau nhưng điểm chung của tất cả là phải khai thác những nét riêng kể cả lợi thế và không lợi thế thì mới thành công. Từ nhận định trên, nghiên cứu đã đưa ra một số khuyến nghị với Hà Nội trong xây dựng mô hình du lịch nông nghiệp là: Cần gắn với xây dựng nông thôn mới, dựa trên đặc trưng của nền tảng nông nghiệp, chuyên nghiệp, hợp tác và liên kết, có sự quản lý và hỗ trợ của nhà nước, khai thác cả nông nghiệp truyền thống và nông nghiệp công nghệ cao.
Effect of Hatha Yoga on BMI and Health-Related Quality of Life of Obese Children: A Pilot Study
Authors: Ghosh Soumya , Mukherjee Ashoke
Published: June 2023

The present study aimed to find out the effectiveness of six-week hatha yoga training programme on BMI and health-related quality of life on obese children. For the purpose of the study 10 obese children selected through random purposive sampling technique from Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal, India. They were divided into two groups, namely HYG (N-5) and CG (N-5). BMI was calculated through height and weight. SF 36 questionnaire was used to get the information on health-related quality of life. The gathered information were analysed through ANCOVA and the significant level was kept at 0.05. The ANCOVA revealed that the six week hatha yoga training program is effective for the improvement of BMI and health-related quality of life of obese children.
Holding “free and unfair elections”: the electoral containment strategies used by incumbent political parties in Albania to secure their grip on power
Authors: SQAPI Gerti , MILE Klementin
Published: June 2023

The purpose of this article is to highlight the clientelistic strategies and informal practices that the ruling political parties in Albania use during the elections to ensure an unfair advantage in their favour over the opposition challengers. One of the main characteristics of the political developments of the transition period in Albania since 1991 has been the flourishing of informal practices and clientelist networks of political parties within state structures, which has produced an extreme politicization of these institutions. These strategies that in general terms we label as “clientelistic” and that have been used to a large extent by the incumbent political parties have had a direct negative impact on the conduct of free and fair elections in Albania by distorting their main goal: to reflect the will of the people. This is because such clientelist strategies, together with the informal practices/mechanisms that accompany them, have influenced the creation of an unlevelled playing field, and have produced a hyperincumbency advantage in the electoral contests between political parties in Albania. The case of the recent elections held in Albania on 25 April 2021 will be the empirical case of this study, in which are evidenced the electoral containment strategies and practices that the ruling political party used to provide an unfair advantage in its favour and to secure its grip on power.
Territorial reform and lack of real decentralization in Albania
Authors: KALEMAJ Ilir
Published: June 2023

Albania has undertaken decentralization reforms at least in two separate instances in the post-communist period. The first was in late 1990s and the second with the territorial reform of 2016. Although the focus of the first was to bring Albania in line with the European Charter of Local Self-Government and the second officially to have a more effective governing of the territory, the real decentralization of power has not taken place. This is not so much because of the lack of proper legal framework or the necessary constitutional changes but mostly because of lack of real political will to delegate power to subsidiaries, to empower municipalities and to create the basis for actual autonomy of the local authorities.
Justice, political ethics, and democracy. Assessing two levels of government
Authors: ÇULLHAJ Florian
Published: June 2023

Fiat iustitia ne pereat mundus, literally ‘Justice must be done so the world may not perish’. It is a famous Latin proverb that forms the basis of modern jurisprudence. Both in the original version, ’Fiat iustitia e pereat mundus’, implying, ‘Let justice be done, and even the world may perish’ – and in our adjusted version, justice must be at the basis of human society, at least in a democratic political system. However, what kind of justice is most congruent with today’s pluralist democracy? The one is grounded on ethical intersubjective a priori mediation or directly applied justice regardless of its consequences. How can today’s democracy and comprehensive doctrines be compatible with negotiating pluralism and gaining stability within Albania successfully? To answer the above questions, in this article, we will use John Rawls’ response, introduced in his 1993 book Political Liberalism. Furthermore, another goal of this article is to elucidate the Albanian politician’s ethics outlook. In this regard, a set of fundamental questions arise here. For example, why do our politicians act as they do? Is there e proper political way to act? To cope with these questions, we will analyze Max Weber’s essay Between Two Laws to grasp the current Leader’s type of ethics. Weber’s classification of the ethic of conviction and ethic of responsibility, and to what extent he prescribes each ethic to the ‘ideal politician’, will be at the heart of this line of reasoning The article proceeds into four key sections — the first deals with assessing the Leader’s political ethics in current Albania. The second section provides a parsimonious classification of the current state of Albania’s democracy; the third section offers a short analysis of the Socialist Party government, both central and local, whereas the last part provides a solution for democratic consolidation through the empowerment of the Constitution.
The revalution proces in Albania during 2016-2021
Authors: MAHO Besnik
Published: June 2023

The constitutional reform related to the system of justice realized in 2016 in Albania, was welcomed with a positive enthusiasm by all stakeholders, civil society, business groups, including the political class who voted for this reform unanimously. One of the goals of the implementation of this reform is not only the restoration of new justice institutions and the strengthening of existing ones but above all the re-evaluation of all judges and prosecutors who are part of the judiciary in three main aspects: – asset valuation, a background and integrity check to discover the links to organized crime and a qualification assessment. The total number of all judges and prosecutors in the Republic of Albania is over 800 subjects, starting from the courts of the first instance and the prosecutor’s offices near them to the Constitutional Court. The re-evaluation process is carried out by two new constitutional institutions that are established and function for a transitional period, the Independent Qualification Commission (IQC) as a first instance with a mandate of 5 years, and the Appeals Commission (AC) as a degree second with an 8-year term.
THOMAS NAGEL E A TELEOLOGIA ARISTOTÉLICA-TOMISTA
Authors: García Larraín Federico
Published: June 2023

A concepção materialista do mundo, apoiada pela teoria da evolução, tem sido oposta à prova da existência de Deus pela ordem do mundo (a quinta via de São Tomás). Embora a explicação darwiniana não se oponha diretamente à existência de Deus, em algumas de suas formulações contemporâneas (Dawkins, Gould, Wilson e Lewontin, por exemplo) isso é assumido como um ponto de partida. Neste contexto, a recente publicação de Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is almost certainly false, de Thomas Nagel, causou grande controvérsia. O autor afirma que é possível distinguir uma teleologia no mundo natural, embora ele não vá ao ponto de propor a existência de um Deus criador. Este documento examinará os postulados de Nagel, comparando-os com a filosofia natural aristotélica e thomística, a fim de esclarecer os fundamentos de sua crítica ao darwinismo e compreender que tipo de teleologia ele postula.
Addressing the challenges of sharing computational workflows with Yevis. Q&A with Tazro Ohta.
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: June 2023

At  GigaScience  we see more and more of our published papers use computational workflows, as they provides researchers easy access to high-quality analysis methods without the requirement of computational expertise. However, systems are needed to enable the sharing of these workflows in a reusable form.
1,600 plant extracts reveal their secrets
Authors: Zauner Hans
Published: June 2023

 Plants are full of biochemical potential. Today in  GigaScience,  we publish an article that presents a searchable library of spectra and molecules found in a collection of 1,600 plant extracts. 
GigaByte now indexed in PubMed and PubMed Central (PMC)
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: June 2023

GigaScience Press is pleased to announce  GigaByte  journal is now indexed in PubMed and PubMed Central (PMC) databases run by the US National Library of Medicine. PubMed being a searchable database of biomedical citations and abstracts, and PMC being a free digital archive of the full-text of Open Access articles.
Would we know about flow-through lungs if birds were extinct?
Authors: Taylor Mike
Published: June 2023

Last night a thought occurred to me, and I wrote to Matt: Matt wrote back and gave me permission to write up his reply into an SV-POW! post, which you are now, obviously, reading. Here’s what he said. No, we’d have no idea about the flow-through lungs from fossils. In fact, it’s particularly bad for birds.
Aprendizaje expansivo en entornos digitales: un análisis de redes epistémicas con perspectiva de género
Authors: Jiménez Cortés Rocío
Published: June 2023

El aprendizaje en entornos digitales se enfrenta a desafíos actuales de distinta naturaleza, entre ellos, los teóricos. En este sentido, la literatura científica sobre la Teoría de la Actividad de Tercera Generación muestra la necesidad de un mayor avance y discusión a la luz de las tecnologías digitales. Este trabajo aplica la Teoría del Aprendizaje Expansivo a la evaluación de una intervención formativa en línea orientada a futuros profesionales de la educación a distancia. Para ello, seguimos un método etnográfico cuantitativo y estudiamos 158 unidades discursivas que se producen en foros asíncronos en un entorno digital aplicando un análisis de redes epistémicas (ENA). Los resultados muestran cuatro perfiles discursivos con diferencias significativas entre equipos: discurso empático-conceptual, discurso representativo-conceptual, discurso crítico y discurso comprensivo-conceptual. Se identifican acciones de aprendizaje expansivo asociadas a perfiles discursivos y diferencias significativas en función del género entre los equipos E1(mixto)-E2(mujeres), E1(mixto)-E3(mujeres), E2(mujeres)-E3(mujeres), E1(mixto)-E5(hombres), E2(mujeres)-E5(hombres) y E3(mujeres)-E5(hombres). El trabajo supone un aporte original al avanzar conocimiento para el desarrollo de la teoría del aprendizaje expansivo en educación y un aporte metodológico y empírico sobre las evidencias de aprendizaje mediado por tecnologías digitales en la educación superior. Contribuye a futuros análisis de entornos digitales de aprendizaje sensibles al género.
Artefactos identitarios multimodales 2.0 como mecanismo de personalización del aprendizaje en educación superior. Un estudio cualitativo
Authors: Baig Marc , Boned Paula , González-Ceballos Irene , Esteban-Guitart Moisès
Published: June 2023

El ámbito de la educación, en general, y la educación superior, en particular, se ha visto fuertemente afectado por las transformaciones digitales que han repercutido en los procesos de aprendizaje que se suceden a lo largo, ancho y profundo de nuestras vidas. Un reto asociado a estas transformaciones es la vinculación de experiencias de aprendizaje, conectando las necesidades, motivaciones e intereses de los aprendices con las oportunidades educativas para promover aprendizajes con un mayor sentido y valor personal. El objetivo de este trabajo fue diseñar, implementar y evaluar una práctica educativa, mediada digitalmente, en el ámbito de la educación superior a partir de la creación y utilización, con fines pedagógicos, de artefactos identitarios producidos por los propios aprendices. El diseño de la práctica pedagógica contempla cuatro fases: elaboración de artefactos identitarios; vinculación personal-académica; trabajo de campo y desarrollo de un artefacto (vídeo) compartido en un canal de YouTube, así como autoevaluación de los aprendizajes realizados. Participaron 64 estudiantes universitarios, con edades comprendidas entre los 20 y los 32 años (M = 21,5). Los resultados obtenidos permiten ilustrar y analizar los artefactos identitarios producidos, su relación con los temas elegidos, así como los aprendizajes realizados según la percepción de los estudiantes y el equipo docente mediante una rúbrica de evaluación. Se concluye resaltando las evidencias de dicha práctica educativa en la promoción de aprendizajes académicos, personales y procedimentales. Se discuten los mismos a partir de la literatura existente sobre los usos educativos de artefactos identitarios, sugiriendo futuras líneas de investigación.
Vidas migrantes · Autobiografía y autoficción a partir de los ejercicios de dramaturgia actoral de José Sanchis Sinisterra
Authors: Gómez-Urda González Félix , Martinez Thomas Monique
Published: June 2023

Este artículo propone una reflexión acerca del taller Micromemorias, impartido por el dramaturgo y pedagogo José Sanchis Sinisterra durante el mes de junio de 2022 en el marco de TransMigrARTS. Considerado como el mayor dramaturgo español, Sinisterra ofreció en Madrid un taller para personas migrantes con observadores internacionales, investigadores de varias disciplinas –antropología, filosofía, psicología, especialistas de arte, investigadoras artistas, danza, teatro y performance– procedentes de Colombia y Francia. Como estaba ocurriendo al mismo tiempo en Bogotá y Medellín, el objetivo de la observación era poder analizar las practicas metodológicas del artista (en este caso la dramaturgia actoral desarrollada por el propio Sinisterra) para valorar el efecto transformador de la experiencia teatral en los participantes. A raíz de la emergencia de los aspectos autobiográficos y autoficcionales surgidos durante la experiencia se logró establecer una cartografía de la sensibilidad migrante y apuntar los ejercicios más significativos para la transformación.
Comparative Assessment of the Effect of Thermo-Physical Properties on the Performance of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector
Authors:   Kampala International University, Emmanuel Olayimika Sangotayo , Benjamin Aina Peter ,   Kampala International University
Published: June 2023

The harmful effects of fossil fuels on the environment and continuous growth in the energy demand across the world due to the prosperous population have made it essential to harness renewable energy through different technologies. The heat transfer fluids used in solar thermal systems are fundamental to enhance the higher effectiveness of solar thermal systems. This paper presents a comparative analysis of the influence of the thermo-physical properties of CuO, Al2O3, and TiO2 waterbased nanofluids on the thermal performance of the Parabolic Trough Solar Concentrator, PTSC. The energy governing equations of nanofluids, coupled with the concentrator’s effectiveness equations were solved using iterative relaxation approach. C++ program is developed to examine the impact of the thermal characteristics of the three water-based nanofluids on the heat distribution and performance of the concentrator with varying sizes of nanoparticle in the range 1% ≤ φ ≤ 10% at 0.2 kg/s mass flow rate value. The results reveal that the heat transfer coefficient is expanding by 20%, 21%, and 14%, and thermal efficiencies are diminishing by 9%, 56% and 33% using TiO2, CuO and Al2O3 respectively, with the density increase by 28 %, the thermal conductivity increase by 23 %, and the specific heat capacity reduce by 30 %. The influence of the thermophysical properties of the water-based nanofluids on the heat transfer coefficient and the efficiency of the PTSC are significant. This work indicates that the suspended nanoparticles significantly change the thermal characteristics of the suspension which determines its applications
Application of Data Mining Techniques in Education: A Review
Authors:   Kano State Polytechnic, Muhammad Suleiman Muhammad , Ibrahim Bello Mukhtar ,   Kano State Polytechnic, . Shilpa ,   Lovely Professional University, Kuliya Muhammed ,   Federal Polytechnic
Published: June 2023

Data mining is the process that analyzes large data to find fresh and unknown information that increases industry productivity. In the field of trying, to discover novel and potentially suitable data, DM also be called KDD (Knowledge Discovery in Databases). Currently, DM has been introduced with educational settings, which is called EDM, it is an area of systematic analysis focused on the improvement of discovery approaches in the exclusive types of facts from academic situations and using this approach to effectively understood learners and the settings wherein they learn. EDM is emerging that focuses on analyzing educational data to develop models for improving experiences and efficiency in teaching and learning. Growing popularity in DM and the system of education is transforming educational data mining into a modern, rising research culture. Educational data mining involves removing hidden knowledge from vast educational datasets utilizing techniques and resources such as sorting, decision tree, clustering algorithms, etc. to create novel methods of knowledge exploration from educational databases, which is used for educational assessment which decision-making.
A Discourse on Smoothing Parameterizations using Hypothetical Dataset
Authors:   Edo University Iyamho, U. Siloko Israel , Nwankwo Wilson ,   Edo University Iyamho, Umezuruike Chinecherem ,   Kampala International University
Published: June 2023

The univariate kernel estimator usually requires a smoothing parameter, unlike the multi-dimensional estimators that necessarily require more smoothing parameters. The smoothing parameter(s) of kernels with a higher dimension may be called smoothing matrices. Kernels of higher dimensions have three kinds of parameterizations as estimators viz: constant, diagonal, and full parameterizations. Unlike the full parameterization, the diagonal parameterization exhibit some levels of restrictions. This study attempts to reconnoiter the coherence exhibited by kernel estimators especially where smoothing parameterizations are employed. In this discourse, asymptotic mean-integrated squared error(AMISE) is used as a criterion function and bivariate cases alone are considered. With some hypothetical data, the results show that full smoothing parameterization outperformed the constant and diagonal parameterizations in respect of the asymptotic mean-integrated squared error’s value and the kernel estimate’s ability to retain the true characteristics of the affected distribution.
Information management and its communication: a health perspective
Authors:   Department of Mass Communication, Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin Nigeria, Nofisat, S A. , AbdulWahab A. A ,   Department of Mass Communication, Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin Nigeria, Sadiq, B. O ,   Department of Computer Engineering, Kampala International University, Uganda.
Published: June 2023

This research work examined how health officers manage patient records and communicate with them. The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria Medical Center served as the case study for the research. Six (6) research questions were developed based on the research subject to direct the investigation. The research questions are: What kinds of patient data are gathered by records officers at ABU Medical Center? What kind of patient data is kept at the ABU Medical Center so that records officers can communicate with them? What kind of patient data are records officers at ABU Medical Center retrieving? What kind of patient information does ABU Medical Center disseminate? What kind of information is spread around the ABU Medical Center? A questionnaire that was provided to the staff of the record office of the ABU medical Center for Analysis was used to gather responses to the objective questions.