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eHealth in Care Coordination for Older Adults Living at Home: A Scoping Review (Preprint)
Authors: Fjellså Hilde Marie Hunsbedt , Husebø Anne Marie Lunde , Storm Marianne
Published: May 2022

BACKGROUND

The population of older adults is projected to increase, potentially resulting in more older adults living with chronic illnesses or multimorbidity. Living with chronic conditions often results in fragmented healthcare services or a lack of information sharing between the involved healthcare professionals. Care coordination can help older adults navigate the healthcare system and improve information sharing. Older adults want to cope with the illness themselves, and many are positive to use eHealth.

OBJECTIVE

The study aimed to map the research literature about eHealth in care coordination for older adults living at home and to assess care coordination activities, outcomes, and factors reported by older adults and healthcare professionals.

METHODS

We used a scoping review methodology. A total of 1057 records were identified. We screened 630 records, including abstracts and titles, against the final eligibility criteria. The data were charted, and the analysis consisted of both a descriptive and thematic analysis.

RESULTS

A total of 16 articles were included in the scoping review. Categories of eHealth used for care coordination when older adults living at home were electronic health records and patient portals, telehealth-monitoring solutions, and telephone only. The care coordination activity communication was evident in all articles. The results on patient and healthcare utilization outcomes were mixed, however with an overweight of improved mental and physical health and reduced rehospitalization and hospital admission rates. Observing changes in patients’ health was a facilitator for healthcare professionals using eHealth in CC. When using eHealth in CC, available patient support, personal continuity, and feeling a sense of security and safety were facilitators for older adults. Older adults reported barriers such as individual patient characteristics, lack of experience, confidence, and knowledge when using eHealth. Healthcare professionals reported barriers such as increased workload and hampered communication.

CONCLUSIONS

Study results showed that using eHealth to coordinate care when older adults live at home is promising. To ensure the successful use of eHealth in CC, we recommend customized eHealth enabled healthcare services for older adults, including individualized education and support.
Diagnostic Performance of Fractional Excretion of Sodium for the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury
Authors: Abdelhafez Mohammad , Nayfeh Tarek , Atieh Anwar , AbuShamma Omar , Babaa Basheer , Baniowda Muath , Hrizat Alaa , Hasan Bashar , Hassett Leslie , Hamadah Abdurrahman , Gharaibeh Kamel
Published: May 2022

Background and objectives

AKI is classified as prerenal, intrinsic, and postrenal. Prerenal AKI and intrinsic AKI represent the most common causes for AKI in hospitalized patients. This study aimed to examine the accuracy of the fractional excretion of sodium for distinguishing intrinsic from prerenal AKI.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Library, and Scopus for all available studies that met the criteria until December 31, 2021. We included studies that evaluated fractional excretion of sodium in differentiating AKI etiologies in adults, whereas studies that did not have sufficient data to extract a 2×2 table were excluded. We assessed the methodologic quality using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 tool and extracted the diagnostic accuracy data for all included studies. We conducted a meta-analysis using the bivariate random effects model. We performed subgroup analysis to investigate sources of heterogeneity and the effect of the relevant confounders on fractional excretion of sodium accuracy.

Results

We included 19 studies with 1287 patients. In a subset of 15 studies (872 patients) that used a threshold of 1%, the pooled sensitivity and specificity for differentiating intrinsic from prerenal AKI were 90% (95% confidence interval, 81% to 95%) and 82% (95% confidence interval, 70% to 90%), respectively. In a subgroup of six studies (511 patients) that included CKD or patients on diuretics, the pooled sensitivity and specificity were 83% (95% confidence interval, 64% to 93%) and 66% (95% confidence interval, 51% to 78%), respectively. In five studies with 238 patients on diuretics, the pooled sensitivity and specificity were 80% (95% confidence interval, 69% to 87%) and 54% (95% confidence interval, 31% to 75%), respectively. In eight studies with 264 oliguric patients with no history of CKD or diuretic therapy, the pooled sensitivity and specificity were 95% (95% confidence interval, 82% to 99%) and 91% (95% confidence interval, 83% to 95%), respectively.

Conclusions

Fractional excretion of sodium has a limited role for AKI differentiation in patients with a history of CKD or those on diuretic therapy. It is most valuable when oliguria is present.
THE EFFECTS OF ISOLATED AND COMBINED ADMINISTRATION OF L-ARGININE AND AMINOGUANIDINE IN ACUTE EXPERIMENTAL PERITONITIS
Authors:   Grodno State Medical University, Husakouskaya E.V. , Maksimovich N.Ye. ,   Grodno State Medical University
Published: May 2022

Objectives. To study the effects of isolated and combined administration of L-arginine and aminoguanidine in acute experimental peritonitis. Material and methods. Experiments were conducted on white male rats (n=185), divided into 5equal series, which were injected intraperitoneally, 0,6ml/100g: the 1st series (control) - 0.9%NaCl, the 2nd (experimental peritonitis, EP) - the 5th series - 15% fecal suspension, with intramuscular injection to rats of the 3rd series with: substrate of NO-synthase (NOS) - L-arginine, L-Arg (300mg/kg), 4thseries - inhibitor of inducible NOS - aminoguanidine, AG (15 mg/kg), the 5th series - L-Arg and AG in analogous doses. The signs of intoxication syndrome, changes in leukocyte differential count and peritoneal fluid, the severity of prooxidant-antioxidant imbalance, lesions of vascular endothelium and structural changes in the peritoneum were studied. Results. The research of the EP course in rats with combined administration of L-Arg and AG revealed in the presence of more significant corrective effect, in comparison with the results in EP with their isolated use, showing up in the increase of motor activity and muscular strength, normalization of breathing and thermoregulation, decrease in the severity of leukocytosis and nuclear shift of the leukogram to the left, increase in the phagocytic activity, decline in the concentration of nitrite/nitrates and malondialdehyde, increased level of reduced glutathione, decrease in the quantity of circulating endothelial cells in blood and structural disorders in peritoneum. Conclusions. The most pronounced corrective effect of combined administration of the NOS-substrate, L-Arg, and the inhibitor of its inducible isoform, AG, in rats with EP may result from the suppression of excessive NO production by AG, as well as the maintenance of the constitutive NOS-activity and various metabolic pathways in the course of L-Arg administration.
CELL SURVIVAL INVESTIGATION OF TWO TYPES OF AUTOLOGICAL OSTEOPLASTIC MATERIALS IN SPINE FUSION PROCEDURES
Authors:   Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital, Rozhin V.V. , Chueshova N.V. ,   Institute of Radiobiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Nadyrov E.A. ,   Gomel State Medical University, Kirilenko S.I. ,   Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital, Matveyenkau M.V. ,   Institute of Radiobiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Nikolaev V.I. ,   Gomel State Medical University
Published: May 2022

Objectives. To compare the survival rate of «bone chip» cells and native transplant automixture by evaluating the architectonics of cell membranes. Material and methods. Autograft in the form of a native graft automixture obtained using a «bone dust filtering device» and «bone chips» obtained using Kerrison rongeurs in 6 patients operated for degenerative diseases of the spine. The study was carried out using a flow cytometer by assessing the architectonics of cell membranes during the first three days. Results. The study of native transplant automixture and «bone chips» determined the dispersed state of the first graft and the latter, similar in its structure to the whole bone. The spectrograms analysis showed a heterogeneous composition of grafts, and in the case of native transplant automixture, the scatter was more pronounced. The increase in the number of cells during the first three days of the native transplant automixture is probably associated with the elimination of contact inhibition of their proliferation and the release of osteoinductive factors from the bone matrix. The number of necrotic cells was higher in the native transplant automixture, which is due to the rough method of its preparation, however, this number was not statistically significant compared to the number of necrotic cells in the «bone chips». Despite the combined thermal and mechanical impact, the survival of the cell component in both cases made up more than 98.0% without any statistical significance in comparison between the two types of transplants (p>0.05). Conclusions. The high survival rate of the cellular component of both types of autografts indicates that the osteogenic potential does not depend on the method of their preparation.
Development and Validation of New Smartphone Based Colorimetric Method for Metoprolol succinate in Bulk and Tablet Dosage Form
Authors: Prajapati Dhruvin Manishkumar , Mashru Rajashree
Published: May 2022

A method for determining the concentration of coloured compounds in a solution is colorimetry. The intensity of the colour is related to the chemical concentration being measured. Because of its low cost and ability to collect, store, and interpret data all in one device, smartphone-based colorimetry has increased in appeal as an analytical tool. The camera on the phone is used as a detector in smartphone colorimetry. Both the smartphone colorimetric method and the UV method relied on the detection of colour intensity as concentration rose. The ammonium metavanadate reagent is orange red in colour, but when it reacts with Metoprolol succinate, it changes to a green colour complex. The developed method has good linearity in the 20-40µg/ml range. The colour intensity increases as the concentration of API increases. All of the photos were captured on a smartphone and analyzed with photometrix PRO software. The photometrix PRO application turns an image to an RGB histogram, and it also includes regression models. LOD and LOQ value for UV visible spectrophotometry technique is 1.05µg/ml and 3.189µg/ml, respectively. Photometrix PRO LOD and LOQ are 0.0338µg/ml and 0.102µg/ml, respectively. The percent RSD of Metoprolol succinate was <2% utilizing Photometrix PRO and UV method. The results of a statistical tool called a two-paired test on both procedures show that they are both equally significant.

Keywords: UV spectrophotometry, Metoprolol succinate, Smartphone based colorimetry, Photometrix PRO, RGB Histogram
Development of a Telegram Bot to Determine the Level of Technological Readiness
Authors: Suntsova D. I. , Pavlov V. A. , Makarenko Z. V. , Bakholdin P. P. , Politsinsky A. S. , Kremlev A. S. , Margun A. A.
Published: May 2022

The article proposes a Telegram bot to automate the process of assessing the readiness level of the technology. Flowcharts reflecting the algorithm of the bot, and images demonstrating the appearance of its interface are presented. To confirm the correct operation of the Telegram bot, a random project was taken, its main characteristics were highlighted, and based on them, a conclusion about the technology readiness level was made in two ways: by expert evaluation in accordance with the national standard and using a bot running on a personal computer with the Windows operating system and on a mobile device with the Android operating system. With equal input data, the conclusion about the readiness level of the technology obtained at the output of the algorithm coincides with the result of the expert assessment. It is proposed to use the Telegram bot as a source of an additional opinion about the level of technological readiness of the project.
Improving Research Performance Through Planning by Readiness Levels in Lean R&D
Authors: Sartori A. V.
Published: May 2022

Among the factors that contribute to increasing the effectiveness of R&D, a special place is occupied by the issue of effective work planning, criteria for monitoring their effectiveness. The low research effectiveness noted at the level of state institutions hinders the innovative development of our country. The first fundamental step in solving this problem is the preparation of detailed comprehensive technical specifications based on effective work planning, the very possibility of which is a hotly debated issue in the scientific and technical community. The direct relationship between results planning and objective monitoring of the work progress, which together lead to increased effectiveness, the possibility of redistributing the budget in favor of highly effective innovative developments, is analyzed, and shown. Based on the lean R&D approach and tailored readiness levels criteria, both the possibility itself and practical step-by-step recommendations for planning and operational monitoring of results are shown. The recommendations are considered on the example of the formulation of detailed criteria for the necessity and sufficiency of pilot sample testing as the most important element of the early motivation of an industrial partner to get into cooperation. The described methodology is an important part of the lean R&D concept developed by the author, towards differentiated risk management based on numerical readiness levels criteria, early decision-making on the transformation of goals and objectives of work depending on the results obtained, and reasonable redistribution of investments. The result of the study is practical recommendations for planning and operational control of the results achieved to create competitive innovative products, early diagnosis of risks, justifications for the redistribution of resources. The article may be of interest to heads of research departments of universities, innovative companies, startups, venture funds, development institutions.
The impact of single dose intravenous dexamethasone as an adjunctive therapy for primary treatment on concentrations of inflammatory biomarkers in children with Kawasaki disease
Authors: Kwon Jung Eun
Published: May 2022

Purpose: This study was performed to investigate the impact of single dose dexamethasone as an adjunctive therapy for primary treatment on values of inflammatory markers in children with Kawasaki disease (KD).Methods:We investigated inflammatory markers, including white blood cells, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-10 in 42 children with complete KD who were hospitalized in the Kyungpook National University Children’s Hospital from March 2016 through April 2017. The children underwent primary treatment for KD with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and/or dexamethasone. They were divided into 2 groups according to the use of dexamethasone. To assess the change in values of inflammatory markers, the blood was drawn twice from each child; before and 24 hours after the administration of IVIG.Results: Of the 42 study children, 18 and 24 were classified as the dexamethasone and control groups, respectively. No significant differences were found between the 2 groups in terms of the length of hospital stay, duration of fever, and time required for IVIG administration. In both groups, white blood cells, CRP, IL-6, and IL-10 significantly decreased after the primary therapy. The delta scores of CRP, IL-6, and IL-10 were higher in the dexamethasone group (P = 0.015, P = 0.001, and P = 0.002, respectively). No coronary artery abnormalities were found in both groups.Conclusion: This study suggests an anti-inflammatory effect of single dose dexamethasone as an adjunctive therapy for primary treatment in children with KD without shortening the duration of fever and the length of hospital stay.
Corrosion of orthodontic brackets: qualitative and quantitative surface analysis
Authors: Doomen Romy A. , Nedeljkovic Ivana , Kuitert Reinder B. , Kleverlaan Cornelis J. , Aydin Burcu
Published: May 2022

Objectives

To determine and compare surface characteristics and presence of corrosion in new and used brackets with optical light microscopy (OLM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and with elemental chemical analysis with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS).

Materials and Methods

OLM and SEM were used to analyze 24 new and 24 used conventional premolar brackets. EDS analysis was performed in six used brackets and four new brackets with corrosion-suspected spots.

Results

OLM and SEM images showed wear/abfraction signs, striations, pits/crevices, and adherent material. Used brackets showed more deterioration than new brackets. SEM images disclosed more morphological features than OLM images. EDS analysis revealed a significantly higher phosphorus (P = .001) and sodium (P < .005) weight fraction and significantly lower amounts of chromium (P < .001) in used brackets. The iron, chromium, and nickel weight fractions did not differ significantly between the clean and corrosion-suspected spots. Of the corrosion-suspected spots analyzed by combined SEM and EDS, 44.14% and 6.90% remained corrosion-suspected on used and new brackets, respectively.

Conclusions

Used brackets showed more signs of corrosion than new ones. Combined assessment of SEM and EDS indicates that the bracket surface is affected during orthodontic treatment as a result of corrosion.
Thirty-Year Time Trends in Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular Edema in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes
Authors: Allen Digby W. , Liew Gerald , Cho Yoon Hi , Pryke Alison , Cusumano Janine , Hing Stephen , Chan Albert K. , Craig Maria E. , Donaghue Kim C.
Published: May 2022

OBJECTIVE

To examine trends in diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema (DME) in adolescents with type 1 diabetes between 1990 and 2019.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

We analyzed 5,487 complication assessments for 2,404 adolescents (52.7% female, aged 12–20 years, diabetes duration >5 years), stratified by three decades (1990–1999, 2000–2009, 2010–2019). DR and DME were graded according to the modified Airlie House classification from seven-field stereoscopic fundal photography.

RESULTS

Over three decades, the prevalence of DR was 40, 21, and 20% (P < 0.001) and DME 1.4, 0.5, and 0.9% (P = 0.13), respectively, for 1990–1999, 2000–2009, and 2010–2019. Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) use increased (0, 12, and 55%; P < 0.001); mean HbA1c was bimodal (8.7, 8.5, and 8.7%; P < 0.001), and the proportion of adolescents meeting target HbA1c <7% did not change significantly (8.3, 7.7, and 7.1%; P = 0.63). In multivariable generalized estimating equation analysis, DR was associated with 1–2 daily injections (odds ratio 1.88, 95% CI 1.42–2.48) and multiple injections in comparison with CSII (1.38, 1.09–1.74); older age (1.11, 1.07–1.15), higher HbA1c (1.19, 1.05–1.15), longer diabetes duration (1.15, 1.12–1.18), overweight/obesity (1.27, 1.08–1.49) and higher diastolic blood pressure SDS (1.11, 1.01–1.21). DME was associated with 1–2 daily injections (3.26, 1.72–6.19), longer diabetes duration (1.26, 1.12–1.41), higher diastolic blood pressure SDS (1.66, 1.22–2.27), higher HbA1c (1.28, 1.03–1.59), and elevated cholesterol (3.78, 1.84–7.76).

CONCLUSIONS

One in five adolescents with type 1 diabetes had DR in the last decade. These findings support contemporary guidelines for lower glycemic targets, increasing CSII use, and targeting modifiable risk factors including blood pressure, cholesterol, and overweight/obesity.
Color Changes Associated with Sandblasting, Hydrofluoric Acid Etching, and Er:YAG Laser Irradiation of Milled Feldspathic Porcelain Laminate Veneers
Authors: Al-Wahadni AM , Abu Al-Addous AM , Nattress BR , Jum’ah A
Published: May 2022

Objectives

To evaluate color changes in milled feldspathic porcelain laminate veneers following hydrofluoric acid etching (HFA), sandblasting (SB), or Er:YAG laser irradiation (LI).

Methods and Materials

Disc-shaped specimens (thickness=1 mm, diameter=8 mm) were milled from feldspathic porcelain blocks (n=40). Glazed specimens were randomly assigned to four subgroups (n=10 each) according to surface treatment: negative control, HFA, SB, and LI. A layer of translucent, light-cured resin cement (thickness=0.1 mm) was then applied following silanization. The color was characterized by the L*, a*, and b* uniform color space (CIE) using a reflection spectrophotometer. CIEDE2000 (ΔE00) was calculated to determine the color difference between each surface treatment and negative control groups. Data were statistically analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA), Kruskal-Wallis, and Dunn-Bonferroni post hoc tests.

Results

There were no significant differences in CIEL* and CIEb* coordinates between negative control and all surface treatment groups (p≥0.108). The SB group demonstrated significantly lower mean CIEa* (higher greenish hue) compared to other groups (p≤0.003). HFA exhibited significantly higher CIEa* (closer to red) when compared to LI (p=0.039). LI induced the smallest overall color change compared to negative control (ΔE00=1.43 [1.07]). However, the differences in ΔE00 values were not statistically significant (p=0.648).

Conclusions

The tested surface treatments did not affect the lightness or the yellowness of the 1-mm-thick milled feldspathic porcelain veneers. However, sandblasting resulted in a significant increase in the greenish hue. The Er:YAG laser resulted in the closest ΔE00 (1.43) to the 50:50% perceptibility threshold (ΔE00=1.2).
Temu Kembali Informasi Menggunakan Metode Vector Space Model Pada Majalah Suara Muhammadiyah Periode 2010 – 2015
Authors: Sucipto Adi
Published: May 2022

Temu kembali informasi berdasar peristiwa pada Majalah Suara Muhammadiyah periode 2010 – 2015 adalah untuk melihat banyaknya kata yang digunakan pada dokumen untuk menggambarkan topik yang dibahas pada dokumen tersebut. Temu kembali infomasi pada dokumen ini dibatasi untuk periode 2010 – 2015 dan dokumen yang dikumpulkan sebanyak 232 dokumen. Pengumpulan dokumen majalah Suara Muhammadiyah dalam bentuk digital yaitu berekstensi pdf. Ektraksi teks dokumen dari berkas pdf menggunakan pdfminer. Metode untuk temu kembali menggunakan Vector Space Model. Tahapan dimulai dari ekstraksi dokumen pdf menjadi teks,kemudian teks diparsing untuk menghapus tanda baca dan tanda hubung, penghapusan stopwords bahasa Indonesia untuk mengurangi kata-kata hubung dan kata-kata yang kurang bermakna, kemudian dilakukan pembobotan teks dan pencarian kemiripan teks untuk dapat menghitung dan mencari kembali informasi. Setelah dilakukan parsing dan pembobotan teks didapatkan bahwa teks yang banyak digunakan di dalam dokumen tersebut. Dengan hasil Precision sebesar 72.96% dan F1 measure sebesar 80.94. Sehingga artikel yang dapat ditemukan dengan kata kunci tertentu yang sesuai.
Perancangan Aplikasi Bercocok Tanam Pada Kawasan Perkotaan Berbasis Android
Authors: Pratama Naufal Alip , Putri Devi Afriyantari Puspa
Published: May 2022

Kawasan perkotaan yang merupakan pusat ekonomi mendorong orang-orang untuk beraktiftas dan bekerja disana. Hal itu sejalan dengan pertumbuhan bangunan mulai dari perkantoran, industri, serta tempat tinggal yang semakin padat. Dengan semakin sedikitnya ruang terbuka pada kawasan perkotaan membuat kesadaran masyarakat  dalam berkebun dan bercocok tanam semakin berkurang. Metode urban agriculture  dibutuhkan dalam sistem pertanian perkotaan, dengan metode ini produksi tanaman dapat dilakukan dengan efisien dalam lahan yang terbatas. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk merancang aplikasi yang bertujuan memberi panduan dan diskusi antar pengguna dalam melakukan urban agriculture untuk mengatasi keterbatasan lahan dalam bercocok tanam pada kawasan perkotaan. Aplikasi dibuat dengan basis android menggunkan sdk flutter dan Firebase dalam menyimpan basis data.  Dalam penelitian ini penulis menggunakan metode System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) dengan pendekatan menggunakan model Waterfall. Penelitian menghasilkan aplikasi android yang bernama “PlantGo” yang bisa digunakan oleh masyarakat umum. Pengujian aplikasi menunjukan hasil yang bagus, yang dimana dalam pengujian Black Box seluruh fitur berjalan dengan semestinya dan pengujian Usability dengan 30 responden menghasilkan hasil yang bagus dengan skor 89,75% yang dimana aplikasi tersebut dapat diterima dengan baik oleh pengguna.
KECEMASAN TERHADAP MATA AJAR ILMU PENGETAHUAN ALAM (IPA) PADA SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR DAN MENENGAH
Authors: Parikesit Arli Aditya
Published: May 2022

Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam (IPA) merupakan mata ajar wajib yang diajarkan di sekolah dasar dan menegah. Permasalahan yang terjadi pada pembelajaran IPA adalah terjadinya kecemasan pada siswa. Kecemasan pada IPA terjadi di berbagai spektrum populasi siswa, mulai dari kelompok minoritas, sampai pada kebangsaan dan gender tertentu. Di Indonesia, kecemasan IPA juga telah terjadi, dan menjadi  masalah serius. Saat ini beberapa solusi untuk mengatasi kecemasan IPA sudah dapat dilakukan, diantaranya melalui pembelajaran tematik, pengembangan sekolah anak berbakat, pendekatan psikoterapi, pendekatan spiritualisme, kondisi kelas yang positif, Problem Based Learning, dan teknologi informasi. Namun, keberhasilan semua pendekatan tersebut baru dapat terjamin jika guru dapat menjalankan peran sebagai motivator bagi siswa.
EVALUASI PELATIHAN PENINGKATAN KOMPETENSI PROFESIONAL GURU SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA
Authors: Anif Sofyan , Sutama Sutama , Prayitno Harun Joko , Sukartono Sukartono
Published: May 2022

Improvement of teacher professional competency can be done through training. However, training has not been fully successful, therefore training activities need to be evaluated relating to training materials, instructor requirements, training facilities, training methods, and implementation process. The purpose of this study is to analyze and evaluate of training to improve the professional competence of junior high school teachers. This research uses a qualitative approach. Research subjects is education authorities, supervisors, principals, and junior high school teachers in Kendal Regency. Data collection techniques with a questionnaire; interviews, and documentation. Data analysis techniques using the flow method through the process of collecting, reducing, displaying, drawing and verifying data. The results of the study show that indicators of training materials have an average 2.12 (not good), instructor requirements 1.81 (not good), existence of training facilities 1.64 (not good), training methods 1.80 (not good), and management training conducted is on an average of 1.97 (not good). Based on these results it can be interpreted that the training has not been as expected and needs to be followed up with better management.
Manajemen Magang Industri Guru Produktif Teknik Komputer dan Jaringan di SMK Negeri Kabupaten Cilacap
Authors: Herawati Novie
Published: May 2022

The research aimed to analyze the planning industrial apprenticeship of productive teachers in computer and network engineering at Vocational High School in Cilacap Regency, elaborate the problem in processing of apprenticeship computer and network engineering teacher at Vocational High School in Cilacap Regency, and to evaluate of industrial apprenticeship computer and network engineering teacher at Vocational High School in Cilacap Regency. This research was done in two Vocational High School which had done industrial apprenticeship for teacher expertise competence in computer and network, they were SMK N 1 Binangun and SMK N 1 Cilacap. The method used in research were descriptive with a qualitative approach. The research data obtained by obtaining some facts from direct interviewee. The research subjects were taken using random techniques based on area (Cluster Random Sampling), data collection validation technique using triangulation research evidence. Data analysis using interactive method by Miles Huberman that begun with data collection, reduction, data presentation and data verification. The results showed that the planning of internship work for productive TKJ teachers needed to be made technical instructions for internship activities, the implementation of the internship showed that the competence, implementation of K3, practical equipment in schools were not in accordance with industry standards, evaluation of apprenticeship activities included adding apprenticeship quota, upgrading teacher competence, synchronization equipment, industry standard curriculum. It is hoped that the next teacher internship research will be able to determine the time, competence, and standard internship equipment with the industry.
The System of US Presidential Election: Particularities, Problems of Functioning and Prospects for Transformation.
Authors: Buchyn Mykola , Kalynchuk Khrystyna
Published: May 2022

The article examines the level of democracy of the US presidential electoral system and the prospects for its transformation. In order to do this examination, considerable attention is paying on the main procedural aspects of the US presidential election, in particular, on the features of the organization of primary elections, popular voting and the expression of will of the Electoral College. Using general scientific, logical and empirical research methods, the weaknesses and strengths of the US presidential electoral system are analyzed. For instance, the disproportion of the representation of American states in the Electoral College, as well as the disproportion between the number of votes and the number of electors as a factor of two-level electoral distortions are considered. The authors argue that the issue is relevant due to the emergence of political instability in the United States, which is related to the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and its non-recognition by part of American society and the defeated candidate, which provoked domestic social and political instability and negatively affected the international image of the USA. The study concluded that the electoral system used during the US presidential election, despite some positive aspects, can be partially interpreted as undemocratic, with the existing disproportion of representation, and therefore needs to be reformed and has enough prospects and ways for it. Ways to minimize shortcomings and prospects for the transformation of the US presidential electoral system are identified. The authors emphasize that the main problem is the choice of the most rational option for reforming the US presidential electoral system, which will not lead to an even greater socio-political crisis in the United States.
Critical Remarks on Positivistic Logic. (Trans. by Ihor Karivets)
Authors: Ingarden Roman
Published: May 2022

For the fist time the work "Critical Remarks on Positivistic Logic" by Polish philosopher Roman Ingarden is translated into the Ukrainian. Translator - Assoc. Prof. Ihor Karivets
“Foucault in the Valley of Death”. Interview with Simeon Wade conducted by Heather Dandes. (Trans. by Pavlo Bartusiak)
Authors: Wade Simeon , Dandes Heather
Published: May 2022

For the first time, the interview "Foucault in the Valley of Death" with Simeon Wade conducted by Heather Dandes is translated into the Ukrainian. Translator - Dr. Pavlo Bartusiak.
Communities of Care
Authors: Schaffer Talia
Published: May 2022

This book explores Victorian fictional representations of care communities, small voluntary groups that coalesce around someone in need. Drawing lessons from Victorian sociality, the book proposes a theory of communal care and a mode of critical reading centered on an ethics of care. In the Victorian era, medical science offered little hope for cure of illness or disability, and chronic invalidism and lengthy convalescences were common. Small communities might gather around afflicted individuals to minister to their needs and palliate their suffering. The book examines these groups in the novels of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Henry James, and Charlotte Yonge, and studies the relationships that they exemplify. How do carers become part of the community? How do they negotiate status? How do caring emotions develop? And what does it mean to think of care as an activity rather than a feeling? Contrasting the Victorian emphasis on community and social structure with modern individualism and interiority, the book takes us closer to the worldview from which these novels emerged. It also considers the ways in which these models of carework could inform and improve practice in criticism, in teaching, and in our daily lives. Through the lens of care, the book discovers a vital form of communal relationship in the Victorian novel. It also demonstrates that literary criticism done well is the best care that scholars can give to texts.
Wordsworth and Godwin in “Frozen Regions”
Authors: Risinger Jacob
Published: May 2022

This chapter takes up the legacy of the radical 1790s more directly by positing a subterranean connection between the Stoic radicalism that rocked Britain and France in the 1790s and William Wordsworth's mature and much maligned indifference. It highlights that Wordsworth's evolving response to William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice perfectly encapsulates the paradigmatic story about the Romantic generation's pivot from revolutionary fervor to political apostasy. At the height of the French Revolution, Wordsworth was an ardent proponent of Godwin's Political Justice, a radical philosophy that promised to abstract the hopes of man out of his feelings. The chapter recounts how Wordsworth took a bleaker view of systems of morality that fail to melt into people's affections. It argues that the vast power of Stoic radicalism was not so easily put to rest.
Coleridge, Lyric Askesis, and Living Form
Authors: Risinger Jacob
Published: May 2022

This chapter mentions Samuel Taylor Coleridge in exploring a consequential disconnect between Stoic philosophy and corporeal reality. It discusses how Coleridge occupies a strange position in a study of Romantic Stoicism, describing his own utter impotence of the Volition that thwarted his attempts at emotional regulation. Coleridge was deeply skeptical about what he described as the most peccant part of Stoicism, the discrepancy between its moral psychology and the fact of embodied selfhood. The chapter argues that Coleridge approached the lyric as not just a genre or an artistic artifact but an askesis or practice, a technology of the self by which emotion, opinion, and mental impressions might be evaluated, attenuated, or affirmed. It introduces the complex relation of Stoicism to two centrals literary categories: lyric and character.
Postwar New Beginning
Authors: Renaud Terence
Published: May 2022

This chapter narrates the activities of the New Beginning following the war in 1945. Months following the war, experiments in neoleftist organizations such as the Antifascist Committees (Antifa) occurred outside the control of the traditional workers' parties. The Antifa created a police force to purge and expropriate Nazis and built a network for democratic reconstruction. However, the Antifa lost authority as Allied occupation forces imposed bureaucratic systems of administration. Meanwhile, the manifesto of the League of Democratic Socialists (BdS) envisioned a German People's Republic based on participatory democracy without being limited to empty, formal parliamentarism.
Implementasi Model Pembelajaran Problem Based Learning untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Komunikasi dan Koneksi Matematis serta Self-Efficacy Siswa SMA
Authors: Maulidia Khoirina Dwi Ayu , Firmansyah Eka , Mubarika Melinda Putri
Published: May 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji peningkatan kemampuan komunikasi matematis, kemampuan koneksi matematis serta self efficacy dengan model pembelajaran Problem Based Learning. Metode yang dilakukan dalam penelitian ini adalah mix methods dengan tipe embedded design. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas XI SMAS Angkasa Bandung 2019/2020. Sampel yang digunakan adalah 2 kelas, dimana 1 kelas sebagai kelas eksperimen dan 1 kelas sebagai kelas kontrol. Instrumen yang digunakan berupa tes kemampuan komunikasi matematis, tes kemampuan koneksi matematis, skala sikap self efficacy, observasi dan wawancara. Data yang digunakan untuk menguji perbedaan dua rata-rata adalah uji-t dan korelasi (kuantitatif) serta deskripsi (kualitatif). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa 1) kemampuan komunikasi matematis siswa yang mendapatkan model Problem Based Learning lebih baik daripada siswa yang mendapat pembelajaran konvensional, 2) kemampuan koneksi matematis siswa yang mendapatkan model Problem Based Learninglebih baik daripada siswa yang mendapat pembelajaran konvensional, 3) Self-Efficacy siswa yang memperoleh model pembelajaran Problem Based Learning termasuk kedalam kategori yang baik, 4) terdapat korelasi antara kemampuan komunikasi matematis dengan self efficacy siswa yang menggunakan pembelajaran dengan model pembelajaranProblem Based Learning, 5) terdapat korelasi antara kemampuan koneksi matematis siswa dan self efficacy siswa yang menggunakan pembelajaran dengan model pembelajaranProblem Based Learning.
Pembelajaran Berbasis Masalah Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Pemahaman Dan Komunikasi Matematik Mahasiswa
Authors: Cipta Eliva Sukma
Published: May 2022

The aim of this study was to examine the improvement and achievement of mathematical understanding and mathematical communication skills of better among students who earn the PBL and the conventional learning, in terms of overall and category of early mathematics ability students (high, medium, low), student attitudes toward the PBL. The method used is an experimental method to the study design pretest-posttest control group. Research subjects involving 73 students Semester VI Mathematics Education courses UIN Bandung. The results of this study are: 1) there is a significant difference in improvement between the mathematical understanding students studying with PBL and conventional learning; 2) there is no significant difference between the increase in mathematical understanding students studying with PBL and conventional learning in terms of mathematical communication students; 3) there is no significant difference in improvement between the mathematical communication students studying with PBL and conventional learning; 4) there is no significant difference between the increase in mathematical communication students studying with PBL and conventional learning in terms category of early mathematics ability students; 5) the students have a positive attitude towards learning mathematics with PBL.
Peningkatan Kemampuan Pemecahan Masalah Dan Disposisi Matematis Siswa SMK Dengan Pembelajaran Berbasis Masalah Berbantuan Multimedia Interactive
Authors: Asmara Andes Safarandes
Published: May 2022

Masalah pokok yang dianalisis dalam penelitian ini adalah:  untuk mengetahui peningkatan kemampuan pemecahan masalah dan disposisi matematis siswa SMK sebagai dampak dari penggunaan pembelajaran berbasis masalah berbantuan multimedia interactive (geogebra). Metode penelitian adalah mixed methods sequential explanatory. Penelitian ini merupakan studi eksperimen yang melibatkan siswa kelas XI sebanyak dua kelas dengan sampel 43 siswa jurusan Analisis Kimia, instrumen yang digunakan ini adalah tes kemampuan pemecahan masalah, skala disposisi matematis siswa, observasi serta wawancara, data dianalisis secara deskriftif dan di uji statistik menggunakan uji normalitas, uji Mann Whitney, analisis korelasi-t. Berdasarkan hasil data analisis disimpulkan bahwa peningkatan kemampuan pemecahan masalah dan disposisi matematis siswa dengan pembelajaran berbasis masalah berbantuan multimedia interactive lebih baik dari pada kemampuan pemecahan masalah dan disposisi matematis siswa yang mendapat pembelajaran secara konvensional.
Meningkatkan Kemampuan Representasi, Disposisi Matematis Melalui Pembelajaran Berbasis Masalah Teknik Mind Map
Authors: Andiani Dini
Published: May 2022

Penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimen untuk mengetahui bagaimana kemampuan representasi dan disposisi matematis siswa akibat penerapan pembelajaran berbasis masalah dengan Teknik Mind Map. Subyek penelitian adalah siswa kelas XI suatu Madrasah Aliyah Negeri, yang berjumlah 58 orang. Dari dua kelas penelitian, satu kelas sebagai kelas eksperimen dan diberi pembelajaran berbasis masalah dengan Teknik Mind Map, sedangkan satu kelas lain sebagai kelas kontrol dan diberi pembelajaran biasa. Pengolahan data menggunakan Uji Independent Sample t-Test, Wann Whitney U dan Uji Kruskal Wallis. Kesimpulan penelitian ini adalah: (1) Kemampuan representasi matematis siswa, setelah mendapatkan pembelajaran berbasis masalah dengan Teknik Mind Map lebih tinggi daripada siswa yang mendapatkan pembelajaran biasa; (2) Terdapat perbedaan peningkatan kemampuan representasi matematis antara siswa kelompok PAM (tinggi, sedang dan rendah) yang memperoleh pembelajaran berbasis masalah dengan Teknik Mind Map; (3) Peningkatan disposisi matematis siswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran berbasis masalah dengan Teknik Mind Map sama dengan siswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran biasa; (4) Tidak terdapat perbedaan peningkatan disposisi matematis antara siswa kelompok PAM yang memperoleh pembelajaran berbasis masalah dengan Teknik Mind Map.
Technology Acceptance Models pada Teknologi Digital: Survey Paper
Authors: Nofita Megia , Sebastian Danny
Published: May 2022

Pertumbuhan teknologi yang pesat membawa dampak yang besar bagi masyarakat dan membawa masyarakat untuk mampu beradaptasi dengan terbukanya informasi. Banyak bidang mengintegrasikan teknologi dalam pekerjaannya. Akan tetapi, persoalan adaptasi akan menjadi persoalan yang besar bagi masyarakat di saat teknologi baru bermunculan. Untuk mengevaluasi dan memprediksi perilaku masyarakat dibutuhkan kerangka kerja yaitu TAM (Teori Acceptance Model) di mana model ini populer dan banyak digunakan dalam studi perilaku saat menggunakan teknologi.  Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk 1) melihat TAM dari sudut pandang kerangka kerja dan perluasan TAM, 2) tujuan menggunakan TAM, 3) variabel eksternal yang digunakan selain konstruksi TAM, 4) identifikasi bidang apa saja yang menggunakan TAM pada teknologi digital dalam tahun 2021 dengan menggunakan SLR (Systematic Literature Review), serta 5) mengidentifikasi pada topik penelitian dan menjawab pertanyaan penelitian dan didapatkan selama tahun 2021. Kerangka kerja TAM dengan dua konstruksi utama PEUO dan PU masih bersifat adaptif dan kontekstual dalam berbagai bidang. Contohnya pendidikan, bisnis, akomodasi, pariwisata, dan perbankan dengan tujuan menguji, mengidentifikasi, menyelidiki, dan menguji akuntabilitas faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi perilaku dengan beberapa variabel tambahan.
Pembelajaran Program Vokasional di Pusat Kegiatan Belajar Masyarakat
Authors: Rohana Rohana , Aprilia Imas Diana , Khomdijah Oom Siti
Published: May 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis dukungan yang diberikan orangtua dan lembaga pendidikan non-formal PKBM terhadap keberhasilan kerja yang dicapai oleh anak dengan Tunagrahita. Keterampilan kerja yang dimiliki anak Tunagrahita merupakan aspek yang harus dipersiapkan sejak berada di lembaga pemdidikan. Hal ini bertujuan agar anak dengan tunagrahita mampu menunjukkan performa kerja yang baik saat berada di dunia kerja. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian deskriptif kualitif. Dua orang siswa dengan Tunagrahita dipilih sebagai sampel dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Data diambil melalui observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi terhadap dua sampel, orangtua dan tutor. Data dianalisis dengan teknik deskriptif analitik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa keberhasilan kerja yang dicapai oleh anak dengan Tunagrahita berasal dari dukungan yang diberikan oleh orangtua dan lembaga pemdidikan. Selain itu, program keterampilan yang diikuti selama di lembaga pendidikan juga menjadi faktor penentu keberhasilan kerja. Dukungan dari orangtua dan lembaga pendidikan diberikan sejak anak dengan Tunagrahita masih bersekolah, menjalani program latihan kerja, dan saat bekerja. Diharapkan hasil penelitian mendapat gambaran mengenai keterlaksanaan yang seharusnya diberikan agar anak dengan tunagrahita bisa mandiri dan sukses di dunia kerja.
Systematic Review: Anti-Osteoporosis Potential Activities Of Phytoestrogen Compounds In Chrysophyllum cainito L., Elaeis guineensis Jacq., Lannea acida Rich., Marsilea crenata Presl., and Medicago sativa L.
Authors: Ma’arif Burhan , Suryanto Suryanto , Muslikh Faisal Akhmal , Suryadinata Arif , Fauziyah Begum
Published: May 2022

Phytoestrogens are compounds from plants that have a structure and function similar to estrogen (17β-estradiol). Phytoestrogens can be found in Chrysophyllum cainito L., Elaeis guineensis Jacq., Lannea acida Rich., Marsilea crenata Presl., and Medicago sativa L. This systematic review aimed to prove that all of these five plants have phytoestrogens which were observed with several instruments, and to assess activities and bone forming mechanisms from these five plants in the female mice (Mus musculus) and female rats (Rattus norvegicus). This systematic review was done by identifying articles in several databases (Google Scholar, PubMed, and Science Direct). The process of selecting the articles used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines to create a flowchart with inclusion and exclusion study criteria. Meta-synthesis was done to analyze, identify, and interpret all of the data in the articles systematically. 31 articles in total were obtained from the selection process, with 27 articles containing a discussion about chemical compound content and 4 articles describing research results for in vivo testing of the plants that were reviewed. The results showed that these five plants have phytoestrogens and by in vivo testing have the activity in increasing trabecular bone density in the experimental animals.
The Ideal and the Real in Cervantes’s Don Quixote: A Hegelian Dialectic Approach Bechir Saoudi1
Authors: Saoudi Bechir
Published: May 2022

This research project studies the real and the ideal in Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote from a Hegelian dialectic perspective. Hegel’s framework of thesis, antithesis and synthesis is applicable to the analysis of the opposing themes of idealism and realism in the novel. Three main questions have been dealt with: First, what makes up Don Quixote’s idealism? Second, what are the main components of realism that stand in his way? Third, what is the outcome of the interaction between the ideal and the real? The study has managed to answer its key research questions: First, idealism in the novel is exemplified by Don Quixote who believes in chivalry principles as unquestionably truthful and genuine. Second, realism is mainly represented by Sancho and the characters that are concerned with immediate practical preoccupations and material matters. Third, Quixote’s application of his version of idealism witnesses a transfer towards a concession to the real world that, in turn, makes a significant transference to reconcile with Don Quixote’s ideals. Applying the thesis-antithesis-synthesis dialectic approach to analyze conflicting themes is a productive exploration of literature.