bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
REFUSAL STRATEGY PERFORMED BY INDONESIAN EFL LEARNER
Authors: Rahayu Nenden Sri
Published: January 2019

The research investigates the speech act recognition of refusing as made by Indonesian learners of English as a foreign language, native Indonesian, and native English. It involves three groups: 13 Indonesian EFL Learners (IELs), 13 Indonesian Native Speakers (INSs), and 13 American Native Speakers (NSs) of English. They were asked to respond to ten different situations, in which they carry out the speech act of refusal. Their strategies in refusing were compared one another in order to find out whether the refusal performed by Indonesian EFL Learner (IELs) correspond more closely with those of the Indonesian Native Speakers (INSs) or with speakers of the target language, the American Native Speakers (NSs). The data, collected from a Discourse Completion Test (DCT) which was developed by Blum-Kulka, were analyzed and categorized based on Azis�s categories (2000). Results indicated that although a similar range of refusal strategies were available to the two language groups, cross-cultural variation still exists. The data involved some contextual variables, which include the status of interlocutors (higher, equal, or lower status) and eliciting acts, i.e., requests, invitations, offers, and suggestions.Keywords: Indonesian EFL Learners; interlanguage pragmatics; refusal strategy; speech�act.
Graphic Organizers Support Young L2 Writers’ Argumentative Skills
Authors: Anderson Carl Edlund , Mora González Carlos Andrés , Cuesta Medina Liliana Marcela
Published: January 2019

Learners are increasingly required to analyze critically information presented in languages other than their first to form reasoned opinions and solve problems. It is thus urgent to develop their argumentation skills, needed not only for academic success but also later professional life—and, indeed, by participant citizens in democratic societies. Although there has been some increased interest in teaching argumentation at pre-tertiary levels, this remains a relatively unexplored issue in Colombia (and, indeed, much of the developing world), certainly when considering writing in a second language. This qualitative study analyzed the influence of graphic organizers on the development of argumentative written tasks by a group of sixth-grade English learners. Data was collected through surveys, questionnaires, focus group, a teachers’ journal, and students’ written artifacts and analyzed through the grounded theory approach. Findings revealed that using graphic organizers positively influenced learners’ argumentative writing skills, specifically through supporting strategic information planning and argumentative linearization during the pre- and while-writing stages. These understandings show that younger learners can develop complex argumentative writing skills in a second language, thereby offering significant lessons for teachers of language—and content—in both the first and additional languages.
Exploring Social Skills and Character Education of Students Through Storytelling in L2
Authors: León-Garzón Rosmery , Castañeda-Peña Harold
Published: January 2019

Little is known about character education and social skills within a transformative curriculum framework in the L2 classroom. This action research study stems from identifying peer rejection in 7th grade English language classrooms as a social issue hampering English language practices for some students. Four L2 storytelling workshops were designed and implemented adapting social and linguistic contents. Data comprising students’ reactions to the content of the adapted short stories were collected using classroom interaction transcriptions, students’ artifacts, field notes, semi-structured interviews with students, and the evaluation of the storytelling workshops made by the students. Data analysis demonstrates that students could learn to live in a community creating healthy L2 learning environments when there is a sense of awareness about accepting differences whilst practicing the use of the English language.
Developing Autonomy Through Student-Centered English Language Learning Process for Engineering Students
Authors: Olaya Marian Lissett
Published: January 2019

This article focuses on how the incorporation of autonomy into university students’ learning process improves their English language performance. The participants of this study were 25 students of engineering programs in a public university. Data collection was done through observation, a survey, and a group interview. Two categories that emerged after the data analysis supported the main finding that technology-based activities can be conceived as a starting point for the incorporation of autonomous learning in the English language education at the university.
Intraseasonal Climate Forecast For The Alcântara Region In Northeastern Brazil (Previsão Climática Intrasazonal para a Região de Alcântara no Nordeste Brasileiro)
Authors: Corrêa Cleber Souza , Reboita Michelle Simões , Camillo Gerson Luiz , Couto Vinicius Milanez , Corrêa Felipe Nascimento
Published: January 2019

Thisstudy used the outputs from the global NCEP climate forecast system (CFSv2) as initial and boundary conditions for the Regional Climate Model (RegCM4.6). The purpose of this work is to analyze the performance in forecasting the sub-seasonal and seasonal climate from June to October 2017 in Alcântara Launch Center (ALC), located in the northeastern Brazil. The study focused on wind and air temperature variables in the lower atmosphere. The predictions were validated with the ERA-Interim reanalysis. In the Alcântara region, the RegCM4.6 model presented a good performance in representing the monthly means of the variables under study, but in other regions of the domain, it presented greater deviations. R E S U M O As saídas do sistema global de previsão climática do NCEP (CFSv2) foram utilizadas como condições iniciais e de fronteira no Modelo Regional Climático (RegCM4.6) a fim de produzir previsões intrasazonais (um mês) para o Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (CLA) no estado do Maranhão. As previsões foram realizadas de junho a outubro de 2017 e o vento e a temperatura do ar na baixa atmosfera foram avaliados. Para tanto, foi utilizada a reanálise ERA-Interim. Na região de Alcântara, o RegCM4.6 teve uma boa performance em representar as médias mensais das variáveis em estudo, mas em setores oceânicos do domínio, apresentou maiores desvios.  Palavras-Chaves: modelo climático regional (RegCM4.6); downscaling dinâmico; CFSv2; Alcântara
Swot-analysis of the implementation of blended learning in institutuins of higher education
Authors: Ivashchenko Mykola , Bykova Tetjana
Published: January 2019

According to the tendencies of digital education development - from MOOC (Massive open online courses) technology to biometrics, blended learning is defined as a perspective innovative way of improvement the national education. It is considered as a flexible combination of traditional (face-to-face instruction) with computer study (computer-mediated instruction). In order to the fact that blended education is not widely spreaded all over Ukraine, there is a need for an objective assessment of the perspectives of this technology. The revealed possibilities of using the SWOT analysis method in the process of making managerial decisions and strategic planning determined it as a way to research the advantages and disadvantages of introducing of blended learning in higher education institutions in the context of a comprehensive transformation of educational sector in the direction of combining educational technologies with the theoretical and practical attainment of management methodology. The study uses the standard list of criteria as a basis, adapts them to the conditions of the educational process. According to the criteria we choose , indicators are defined strengths and weaknesses of blended learning; opportunities and threats of the environment, which directly and indirectly influence the implementation of the technology of blended learning in the modern educational system. The results of the SWOT analysis show that the strong aspects of blended learning are predominate. Most of the weaknesses are minimized by dominating the strengths and opportunities that can be identified in the development of the environment. Revealed threats are not fatal but most difficult to be minimized. Consequently, the introduction of blended learning in the educational process of higher education is a sufficiently substantiated and perspective way out for improving the education system of Ukraine
Electronic social art
Authors: Osmolyk Kateryna , Toit Johan
Published: January 2019

Modern education requires effective innovations that can help provide a system of necessary quality learning changes. Education must be not only comprehensive, stable and excellent, but also constantly developed to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing and unpredictable global world. The focus of educational innovation should be on the theoretical and practical teaching and learning process, as well as on students, parents, society and its culture. Technological applications require a solid theoretical basis, based on targeted, systematic studies and pedagogy. One of the most important areas of research can be modern technologies and innovations and their efficiency in education.With the development of modern communication and information technologies, the problem of their use in the educational process is quite important and actual. The use of Electronic Social Art as a combination of personal experience and art, presented with the help of new technologies, increases the interest in art and creates new opportunities for education. Electronic Social Art has great potential and implements informative, community, normative, creative, integration and mediatory functions.
Method of use of technical tools and software in the processes of professional training of future artist-vocalist
Authors: Folomieieva Natalya
Published: January 2019

The article is devoted to the basics of the methodology of the use of technical tools and software in the process of professional training of future bachelors of musical art - artists-vocalists in artistic institutions of higher education. The main terms of use of technical means and software are offered in the course of professional training of future bachelors of music art - artists-singers in higher education institutions. Also, the article defines the terms of use of software in the process of mastering the future artists-singers of the course «Pop singing» in the process of training in the specialty «Music Art». The research outlines the main methodological recommendations for using the features of the direction of the microphone and the equalizer of the mixing console for individual classes on pop singing in the process of professional training of future pop singers. The emphasis is placed on the importance of using in the process of professional training for future bachelors of musical art software for recording rehearsal work. The conclusion is made on the necessity and importance of further improvement of curricula and educational and professional programs of the specialty «Musical art» in order to deepen the practical and technical component of the process of professional training, in particular, in the specialty «Pop Singing».
The webinar as means of realization of educational projects of public organization
Authors: Voskoboinikova-Huzieva Olena
Published: January 2019

The article is sanctified to the analysis of efficiency ofrealization of вебінарів as forms of grant of educationalservice and realization publicly of important projects on theexample of activity of the Allukrainian public association the “Ukrainian library association”. An association develops continuous education, both inunderstanding of in-plant training of specialists of library-informative sphere and conducts the educational measuresoriented to the actual for the different categories of usersthemes. ULA has successful experience of project activity, together with British Advice in Ukraine participates in a project the “Active citizens”, is the performer of project “Culture of academic respectability: role of libraries” that are the constituent of general project of Assistance to academic respectability in Ukraine, that he will be realized by American advices from education at participation of Department of education and science of Ukraine and at support of Embassy of the USA in Ukraine. An author is carry out the review of various professionally andpublicly oriented, that will realize ULA, in particularsuch as a “e-book in a library” or cycle of webinar on aproject “Culture of academic respectability: role of libraries”. A basic accent is done on the analysis of cycle of webinar, that took place within the limits of realization of the project "Library and electoral process: teach librarians and electors of constitutional rights" (2014 - 2015). A project envisaged realization trainers main and regional тренінгових centers for librarians in every area of Ukraine of cycle from six webinar, that were oriented to the studies of citizens of Ukraine more effectively to realize the right to vote. In basis of webinar the operating by then normatively-legislative base of Ukraine was fixed in relation to elections. On statistics of project to such studies the over 5 thousand citizens of Ukraine became familiar with different age. Until now a videoarchive of webinar is accessible on youtube channel ULA. An author is offer recommendations for the interestedestablishments and organizations in realization of scaleallukrainian projects, where one of facilities of communicationand realization of project webinar comes forward. Recommendations take into account an organizational and methodical constituent, it is marked on the necessity of presence in organization of infrastructure and experience of successful partner project activity.
Formation of digital competence of future teachers of elementary school using blended learning and personal learning environment
Authors: Gladun M. , Nastas D. , Spivak S.
Published: January 2019

The article is devoted to the issue of formation and increasing digital competence of future primary school teachers. The article addresses the issue of the implementation of blended learning in higher education, analysis methods and software applications with which scientific and teaching staff engaged in educational activities. The characteristic features and needs of the new generation Z have been determined, the concepts of macro, meso and micro trends in European education have been analyzed. The authors discovered the meaning of Personal learning environment (PLE), substantiated the idea that giving students the opportunity to work in a qualitatively formed e-environment will allow them to acquire professional and soft-skills for later life, create their own e-portfolio, manage their own educational formal and informal learning process throughout life. There are highlighted and described the characteristic features of informal learning in the article. The emphasis in the work is on the personalization of educational trajectories of students, thanks to PLE tools. The use of ICT, in particular, network services, allows us to create the appropriate pedagogical and technological basis for the maintenance of modern informational systems of educational purposes, which are the priority in the basis of any educational process, the formation of digital competence, and the effective organization of the educational environment of an educational institution
Advantages and Disadvantages of an Innovative Tablet Technology Learning Activity: A Ten Year Case Study in Small Tertiary Mathematics Classrooms
Authors: Robson Daphne , Basse Britta
Published: January 2019

Aim/Purpose: To identify positive and negative aspects for learning of interactive tablet technology learning activities that promote student engagement and learning.

Background: Engaging students in mathematics classes is an on-going challenge for teachers.
In 2008 we were offered the opportunity to run interactive activities with a class set of tablet PCs that had just been released on to the market. Since then, we have run these interactive activities continuously with mathematics classes for computing students, albeit with two changes in hardware.

Methodology: In the interactive activities, students submit full worked solutions to various problem types (classified as table, text, open or multi-choice) which can then be displayed to the class anonymously, discussed and annotated by the teacher. We surveyed student and staff perceptions and monitored academic performance.

Contribution: We have over 10 years of results, observations, and experience from 2008, when tablet technologies were new and expensive, to the current time, when modern tablets with styli are now affordable.

Findings: There was a significant increase in higher grades although pass rates did not increase significantly. Over the ten year period of the study, perceptions of students and staff about how this technology impacted on student learning were consistently positive. The majority of students found all problem types useful for learning even those they rated “too hard” or “too easy”. Benefits included increased feedback, peer learning and engagement.

Recommendations for Practitioners: We recommend using tablet learning activities to engage students and teachers and to contribute to learning.

Impact on Society: This study shows how using tablet technologies for interactive classroom activities can enable and enhance known pedagogies of feedback, peer instruction, and student engagement for mathematics classes.

Future Research: We recommend extending this study to include larger classes, and other technical subjects that use symbols and diagrams. In addition, we suggest considering control groups.
Yükseköğretimde Araştırmacı Seçiminde Çok Ölçütlü Karar Verme Yöntemlerinin Kullanılması: Bir Örnek Uygulama
Authors: ÖZDER Emir Hüseyin , BEDİR Neşet , EREN Tamer
Published: January 2019

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye'deki bir yüksek öğretim kurumundaki endüstri mühendisliği bölümü için araştırma projesinde yer alacak uygun araştırmacı seçimi yapılmıştır. Günümüzde, kişisel eğitim alma konusundaki önem artmıştır. Ayrıca, lisans eğitimindeki bilgilerin temelleri, lisansüstü eğitiminde araştırmacı olabilmek adına önemlidir. Eğitimli kişilerin şirketlerdeki varlığı, şirketlerin karar verme aşamalarında daha etkili sonuçlar elde etmesini sağlamaktadır. Bireylerin kişisel gelişim süreci, şirketler arası rekabet nedeniyle şirketin imajını ve marka değerini doğrudan etkiler. Sorununun çözümünde Analitik Hiyerarşi Prosesi (AHP) ve PROMETHEE yöntemleri kullanılmaktadır. AHP yöntemi ile kriterler ağırlıklandırılmıştır. PROMETHEE yöntemi ile 15 aday arasında sıralama yapılmıştır. Kriterlerin ağırlıklandırma sonuçlarında ALES puan %24’lük bir değer ile ön plana çıkmaktadır. Adaylar arasında ise bu kriter ağırlıklarına göre 14 numaralı aday ilk sırada çıkmıştır.
Örgüt Kültürünün Ve Örgütsel Adaletin Bilgi Paylaşımı Üzerine Etkisi: Bir Devlet Üniversitesi Örneği
Authors: ŞENTÜRK Faruk Kerem , CARMAN Yasin
Published: January 2019

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, örgütlerdeki kültür tipleri ile adalet algılarının bilgi paylaşımı niyetine ve bilgi paylaşım niyetinin bilgi paylaşma tutumu üzerine etkisini belirlemektir. Araştırmada nicel araştırma yöntemi kullanılmış ve araştırma verileri anket tekniği ile toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini Düzce Üniversitesi akademik ve idari personeli oluşturmaktadır. Düzce Üniversitesi Personel Daire Başkanlığından elde edilen verilere göre akademik ve idari personel sayısı 1765’tir. Araştırmada 322 ankete ulaşılmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda; örgüt kültürü tiplerinden hiyerarşi kültür tipinin, örgütsel adalet boyutlarından prosedürel adalet boyutunun bilgi paylaşma niyeti üzerinde etkili olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Son olarak bilgi paylaşım niyetinin ise bilgi paylaşma tutumu üzerinde pozitif yönde etkili olduğu saptanmıştır.
Monopoly in a Competitive Setting
Authors: Mayer-Foulkes David
Published: January 2019

A production market with given preferences, technology and compe tition technology is vulnerable if it admits both perfect competition and monopoly or oligopoly. Under decreasing returns, sunk costs combined with a potential for monopoly profits provide a sufficient basis for vulnerability. A large agent can establish monopoly by installing enough productive capacity. The monopolist deters entry by threatening to oversupply the market. The threat is credible if the future discount rate is low enough and if enough small players enter the market in the absence of punishment. Financial institutions can capture vulnerable markets for profit, reducing competition, efficiency and equity.
Türkiye Tarımında Kooperatifçilik Alternatifini Yeniden Düşünmek
Authors: ŞAHİN Çağatay
Published: January 2019

Bu çalışmada Türkiye'de neoliberalizmin örgütlü işçi sınıfı ve örgütlü
üreticiler üzerinde yarattığı tahribatın tarımsal üretim açısından ortadan
kaldırılmasında kooperatifleşme alternatifi (yeni kooperatifçilik) tarımsal üretici kooperatifleri üzerinden ana hatlarıyla tartışılacaktır. Bu
tartışmada bazıları geleneksel, bazıları ise yeni kooperatifler olarak
tanımlanabilecek olan kooperatiflerle 2018 yılı boyunca yarı yapılandırılmış
görüşme kağıdı kullanılarak yapılan yüz yüze derinlemesine görüşme bulgularından
da yararlanılacaktır.
Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi perilaku seksual pranikah pada remaja SMP dan SMA di wilayah eks-kota administratip Cilacap
Authors: Ulfah Mariah
Published: January 2019

Latar Belakang: Sebuah penelitian di salah satu SMA X di Kabupaten cilacap ditemukan bahwa 3,3 persen dari 123 siswa kelas XI sudah melakukan hubungan seksual, dan dari informasi guru BK (bimbingan konseling) yang ditemui oleh peneliti menyebutkan bahwa perilaku tersebut sudah dilakukan sejak siswa duduk di bangku SMP.Tujuan: Mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi perilaku seksual pranikah pada remaja SMP dan SMA di wilayah eks-kota administratip CilacapMetode: Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian analitik observasional dengan desain crossectional. Penelitian dilakukan di 5 sekolah SMP dan 12 sekolah SMA di kabupaten Cilacap pada tahun 2013. Populasi penelitian adalah seluruh remaja (putra-putri) yang duduk di bangku SMP dan SMA dengan jumlah sampel sebanyak 596 orang yang dipilih secara Systematic Random Sampling. Variabel-variabel penelitian diukur dengan menggunkan angket. Analisa data menggunakan analisis jalur/path analysis dengn program PLS.Hasil: Tidak ada pengaruh langsung karaktersitik remaja, sikap masyarakat, orang tua, teman dan sikap terhadap seks terhadap perilaku seksual pranikah (t<1.96). Ada pengaruh langsung akses media, peran guru, persepsi, pengetahuan dan nilai virginitas terhadap perilaku seksual pranikah pada remaja putri SMP SMA di Kabupaten Cillacap (t>1.96; R square 0.336).Kesimpulan: 36.6% Perilaku seksual pranikah pada remaja SMP dan SMA di Kabupaten Cilacap dipengaruhi oleh akses media, peran guru, persepsi, pengetahuan dan nilai virginitas.
O Agronegócio no Brasil: uma análise contra-hegemônica voltada à sustentabilidade e ao direito ao desenvolvimento
Authors: Costa Patrícia Spagnolo Parise , Lino Estefânia Naiara da Silva
Published: January 2019

O agronegócio é instrumento de grande desenvolvimento econômico para o País. As leis brasileiras impõem parâmetros para sua implementação, pautando-o na sustentabilidade. Contudo, será que, de fato, o agronegócio atende aos preceitos legais voltados à sustentabilidade e ao desenvolvimento em todas as suas esferas? Qual o papel do Estado e do Direito neste processo de preservação dos direitos humanos? Diante de tais questionamentos, tem-se com este estudo o objetivo de analisar, a partir de uma visão contra-hegemônica, voltada à sustentabilidade e ao direito ao desenvolvimento, a prática do agronegócio no Brasil. Para tanto, valeu-se da pesquisa bibliográfica, do método de procedimento histórico e do método de abordagem dedutivo. Concluiu-se que o agronegócio nem sempre tem se pautado pela legislação, ou seja, tem ferido leis trabalhistas, causado danos ao meio ambiente, além de aumentar a pobreza e a fome no campo. Para que o agronegócio seja, de fato, bem-        -sucedido, o governo brasileiro há de pautar suas políticas públicas agrícolas nos critérios da responsabilidade do poder efetivo e na ética da responsabilidade. O Direito possui papel essencial neste processo de reflexão.
A nacionalidade originária e a questão da dupla nacionalidade: jus soli e jus sanguinis em perspectiva histórica
Authors: Mialhe Jorge Luís
Published: January 2019

Este artigo pretende estudar a nacionalidade originária nos trinta anos da Constituição brasileira de 1988 e a questão da dupla nacionalidade, tendo em vista a discussão do jus soli e do jus sanguinis em perspectiva histórica e examinar os artigos sobre nacionalidade nas constituições brasileiras. Em seguida, será apresentada a proposta de dupla nacionalidade elaborada pela Comissão Provisória de Estudos Constitucionais, em 1987, ignorada na redação do artigo 12 do texto original da Constituição de 1988 e posteriormente corrigida pela Emenda Constitucional de Revisão n°. 3, de 07 de junho de 1994. Nesta, o reconhecimento da dupla nacionalidade legitimou a aspiração de brasileiros de ascendência européia e flexibilizou o superado conceito de soberania absoluta, adequando o país às injunções de abertura de fronteiras e de integração de nações, permitindo a milhares de brasileiros o livre exercício da sua dupla nacionalidade.
Birinci Dünya Savaşı’ndaki Alman Propaganda Kartpostallarında Kullanılan Karikatürlerde Türklerin Sunumunun Göstergebilimsel Açıdan İncelenmesi
Authors: ÇAKI Caner
Published: January 2019

Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nda İttifak Devletleri Bloğu’nun başını çeken Alman İmparatorluğu,savaşta düşmanlarına korku salmak, müttefiklerini ise kendi bloğunda tutabilmek içinpropaganda kartpostallarını etkin bir şekilde kullanmıştır. Bu süreçte Almanya’da,özellikle Türkiye’yi (Osmanlı İmparatorluğu) konu alan pek çok propagandakartpostalının ortaya çıktığı görülmüştür. Bu çalışmada, Birinci Dünya Savaşı’ndaAlmanya’da kullanılan propaganda kartpostallarındaki karikatürlerde, Almanlarınmüttefiki Türkleri, nasıl ve ne şekilde sundukları incelenmeye çalışılmıştır. Bu açıdanamaçlı örnekleme metodu kullanılarak belirlenen Türklerin konu edildiği beş Almanpropaganda kartpostalı çalışmada analiz edilmiştir. Seçilen propaganda kartpostalları,Roland Barthes’ın düzanlam (dénotation), yananlam (connotation), metafor, metonimve mit kavramları çerçevesinde yorumlanmıştır. Çalışmada elde edilen bulgularışığında Almanların Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nda kartpostalları propaganda amaçlıkullandığı, Alman propaganda kartpostallarındaki karikatürlerde Türklerin “fes”,“şalvar” ve “bayrak” metonimleri içerisinde sunulduğu ve Türklerin genel olarak “cesur”,“kahraman” ve “güçlü” metaforları içerisinde açıklandığı ortaya çıkarılmıştır.
Comparing MTurk and the US Population’s Occupational Diversity
Authors: Castille Christopher Michael , Avet Sarah , Daigle Kathryn
Published: January 2019

We compare the occupational diversity of two convenient MTurk samples against the broader US economy from which they have been indirectly sampled. We focus on the occupational diversity given a chief concern that findings from OB/HR investigations relying on MTurk might not generalize to the broader US economy. Additionally, as researchers may hope to target specific populations (e.g., sales professionals) understanding the extent to which these professionals represent the MTurk population would be helpful. Therefore, we compare the occupational diversity of MTurk against that described by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, testing the null hypothesis that these populations are equivalent in terms of occupational diversity. Across both samples, which were obtained from studies conducted in 2015, we found differences suggesting that the MTurk population is generally overrepresented by white collar professionals, though this is an imperfect trend. This trend replicated for data obtained in 2017.
A robust metatranscriptomic technology for population-scale studies of diet, gut microbiome, and human health
Authors: Hatch Andrew , Horne James , Toma Ryan , Twibell Brittany L. , Somerville Kalie M. , Pelle Benjamin , Canfield Kinga P. , Banavar Guruduth , Perlina Ally , Messier Helen , Klitgord Niels , Vuyisich Momchilo
Published: January 2019

The gut microbiome plays a major role in many chronic diseases. It is the only “organ” in our body whose function can easily be manipulated by our diet and lifestyle. Using personalized nutrition should enable precise control of the gut microbiome’s functions that support human health and prevent chronic diseases. Without a functional readout of the gut microbiome, however, personalized nutrition cannot be realized.Stool metatranscriptomic analysis offers a comprehensive functional view of the gut microbiome. Despite its usefulness, metatranscriptomics has seen very limited use in clinical studies due to its complexity, cost, and bioinformatic challenges associated with both microbial taxonomy and functions. This method has also received some criticism due to potential intra-sample variability, rapid changes, and RNA degradation.Here, we describe a robust and automated stool metatranscriptomic method, Viomega. This method was specifically developed for population-scale studies on the effects of gut microbiome on human health and disease, with the goal to develop personalized nutrition algorithms. Viomega includes sample collection, ambient temperature sample preservation, total RNA extraction, physical removal of ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), preparation of directional Illumina libraries, Illumina sequencing, taxonomic classification based on a database of >110,000 microbial genomes, and quantitative microbial gene expression analysis using a database of ~100 million microbial genes.In this report, we demonstrate the robustness of Viomega technology. We also applied the method to 10,000 human stool samples and report the taxonomic and functional data. Finally, we performed several small clinical studies to demonstrate the connections between diet and the gut metatranscriptome.
БЛОГ-ТЕХНОЛОГИИ КАК СПОСОБ ПОВЫШЕНИЯ МОТИВАЦИИ К ОБУЧЕНИЮ// Social Sciences: Achievements and Prospects Journal 1(9), 2019/ OEAPS Inc.(Open European Academy of Public Sciences); Chief Editor Mark Freeman - Barcelona, Spain. 16.01.2019: OEAPS Inc., 2019. - pp. 14-17.
Authors: Панкова Татьяна Владимировна
Published: January 2019

В центре внимания данной статьи находится вопрос выявления возможности обучения письменной речи на иностранном языке с применением блог-технологий. Рассматриваются дидактические и методические свойства блог-технологий, на основе которых может быть построен процесс обучения иноязычной письменной речи, повышающий уровень мотивации к изучению иностранного языка, а также эффективность обучения за счет создания осознанного и личностно значимого для обучающегося процесса, развивающего творческий и эмоциональный потенциал, учитывающего индивидуальные особенности и уникальность каждого участника образовательного процесса. В статье представлен опыт российских и зарубежных преподавателей, использующих блог-технологии в процессе обучения письменной речи на иностранном языке.The article deals with the possibility of using web-log technology in the process of teaching writing in a foreign language. The didactic and methodical properties of web-log technology, on the basis of which the process of teaching foreign writing can be built, are presented in the article. The use of web-log technology increases the level of motivation for learning a foreign language, as well as the effectiveness of teaching by creating a conscious and personally significant learning process. Besides, it is stated that the teaching process can develop creative and emotional potential, taking into account the individual characteristics and uniqueness of each participant of the educational process. The article presents the experience of Russian and foreign teachers using web-log technologies in the process of teaching writing in a foreign language.
Медиапсихологическая безопасность в свете медиапсихологических исследований// Social Sciences: Achievements and Prospects Journal 8, 2018/ OEAPS Inc.(Open European Academy of Public Sciences); Chief Editor Mark Freeman - Barcelona, Spain. 16.12.2018: OEAPS Inc., 2018. - pp. 15-21.
Authors: Жижина Мария Викторовна
Published: January 2019

В статье рассматриваются основные направления проблемы медиапсихологической безопасности в контексте медиапсихологических исследований, анализируются детерминанты, влияющие на формирование информационно-психологической безопасности личности. Теоретический анализ междисциплинарных исследований, показал, что понятие информационно-психологическая (медиапсихологическая) безопасность рассматривается исследователями в одном ряду с такими понятиями как информационная безопасность, медиазащищенность, медииммунитет, медиакомпетентность, медиакультура, культура медиапотребления, психоэкология.The article deals with the main directions of the problem of media psychological security in the context of media psychological research. It also analyzes the determinants that affect shaping the information and psychological security of an individual. The theoretical analysis of interdisciplinary research has shown that researchers consider the concept of informational and psychological (media psychological) security along with concepts such as information security, media security, media immunity, media competence, media culture, the culture of media consumption, and psychoecology.
MENYIAPKAN TRADITIONAL MINDED UNTUK MENGEMBANGKAN DAN MENGANGKAT FASHION DI INDONESIA
Authors: Irianti Agus Hery Supadmi
Published: January 2019

Indonesia adlaah negara yang kaya dengan tekstil dan produk tekstil yang berunsur etnik. Tekstil berunsur etnik Indonesia memiliki nilai seni dan budaya yang sangat tinggi. Tekstil berunsur etnik ini masih dikerjakan dengan sentuhan tangan manusia. Kekayaan budaya bangsa ini sangat bernilai tinggi dan wajib dilestarikan, namun sangatlah disayangkan karena animo masyarakat dalam memakai produk fashion berbahan tradisional menurut Luluk (2005) sangat rendah, terutama pada remaja laki-laki (17,02%) dan remaja perempuan (21,54%). Jumlah penduduk di Indonesia yang berjumlah lebih dari 200 juta jiwa sesungguhnya merupakan potensi yang luar biasa untuk mengangkat percaturan fashion negeri ini. Hal ini disebabkan oleh banyak hal, diantaranya masuknya pengaruh budaya dari barat yang kadang melupakan budaya bangsa sendiri. Demikian juga dengan mode busana, para remaja kita lebih suka dan merasa pervaya diri apabila sudah mengenakan busana dari luar. Agar dapat mengembangkan dan mengangkar fashion di Indonesia, maka perlu diciptakan Traditional Minded, yaitu dengan cara: mengeluarkan Kebijakan Pemerintah, Menggalakkan Cinta Produk Dalam Negeri, Membuat Inovasi Baru dalam Busana, Memberikan sentuhan Etnik/Tradisional, Memberdayakan Desainer Indonesia untuk bBerpartisipasi, Melibatkan Media Cetak dan Elektronik
HUBUNGAN PENGAWASAN PIMPINAN DENGAN KINERJA PEGAWAI DI BADAN KEPEGAWAIAN DAERAH PROVINSI SUMATERA BARAT
Authors: Irsyad Irsyad
Published: January 2019

The purpose of this study is to determine the performance of employees, supervision and leadership relations supervisory leadership with employee performance in the Regional Personnel Agency of West Sumatra Province. Population in this research is employees of Regional Personnel Board of West Sumatera Province which amounted 52 people. The sample of this study was taken using krejcie table with Proportional Stratified Random Sampling technique and obtained 51 samples. The instrument of this study is Likert Scale Questionnaire with five choices that have been tested for its validity and reliability. Data were analyzed by using product moment correlation formula. Based on the results of research that has been done can be concluded that supervision of the leadership on the category is high enough that is 72% and employee performance in good enough category that is equal to 79%.The results show that the correlation coefficient between leadership supervision with significant employee performance is rxy = 0.529 > rtable = 0.361 at 99% confidence level. On the correlation significance there is also a significant relationship between supervisory leadership with employee performance is tcount = 4.361 > ttable 2.704 at 99% confidence level. Thus the hypothesis tested is acceptable. The hypothesis reads a significant relationship between supervisory leadership and employee performance
Pengelolaan hutan bersama pemerintah dan unsur-unsur yang ada di masyarakat dalam menjada kawasan hutan
Authors: Karmila Nur
Published: January 2019

Menurut Undang-Undang No. 23 tahun 1997 tentang Pengelolaan Lingkungan Hidup dijelaskan bahwa Pengelolaan lingkungan hidup adalah upaya terpadu untuk melestarikan fungsi lingkungan hidup yang meliputi kebijaksanaan penataan, pemanfaatan, pengembangan, pemeliharaan, pemulihan, pengawasan, dan pengendalian lingkungan hidup.
Penanganan masalah pemukiman kumuh secara kolaboratif dengan keterlibatan berbagai pemangku kepentingan
Authors: WAHYU EMIL
Published: January 2019

Tugas final tata kelola lingkungan
RENCANA STRATEGIS SMK NEGERI I RANAH PESISIR
Authors: NINGRUM TIA AYU
Published: January 2019

SMK/MAK merupakan lembaga pendidikan kejuruan yang mempunyai tujuan untuk mempersiapkan siswa menjadi tenaga kerja yang berkompetensi dan mandiri dengan mengutamakan kemampuan dan keterampilan di bidang tertentu sesuai dengan jurusannya. Pendidikan kejuruan bertujuan untuk menghasilkan manusia yang produktif, yakni manusia kerja, bukan manusia beban bagi keluarga, masyarakat, dan bangsanya. Dalam Undang-undang Sistem Pendidikan Nasional No. 20 tahun 2003 juga dinyatakan bahwa pendidikan kejuruan adalah pendidikan menengah yang mempersiapkan peserta didik terutama untuk bekerja dalam bidang tertentu.Melihat pentingnya pengembangan SMK untuk ikut berkiprah untuk mempersiapkan Sumber Daya Manusia (SDM) yang handal, terampil dan inovatif, agar dapat bersaing memasuki dunia kerja maupun merancang kehidupan sendiri maka pentingnya juga dibentuk sekolah kejuruan sesuai dengan permintaan kebutuhan. Dibentuk dan dikembangkanya SMKN I Ranah Pesisir juga karena alasann tersebut
Category Learning can alter perception and its neural correlates.
Authors: Pérez-Gay Juárez Fernanda , Sicotte Tomy , Thériault Christian , Harnad Stevan
Published: January 2019

Learned Categorical Perception (CP) occurs when the members of different categories come to look more dissimilar (“between-category separation”) and/or members of the same category come to look more similar (“within-category compression”) after a new category has been learned. To measure learned CP and its physiological correlates we compared dissimilarity judgments and Event Related Potentials (ERPs) before and after learning to sort multi-featured visual textures into two categories by trial and error with corrective feedback. With the same number of training trials and feedback, about half the participants succeeded in learning the categories (“learners”: criterion 80% accuracy) and the rest did not (“non-learners”). At both lower and higher levels of difficulty, successful learners showed significant between-category separation in pairwise dissimilarity judgments after learning compared to before; their late parietal ERP positivity (LPC, usually interpreted as decisional) also increased and their occipital negativity (N1) (usually interpreted as perceptual) decreased. LPC increased with response accuracy and N1 amplitude decreased with between-category separation for the Learners. Non-learners showed no significant changes in dissimilarity judgments, LPC or N1, within or between categories. This is behavioral and physiological evidence that category learning can alter perception. We sketch a neural net model for this effect.
To /b/ or Not to /b/: Preparation of Contingent Phonological Starting Points in Word Production
Authors: Trapp Sarah , O'Seaghdha Padraig
Published: January 2019

Preparation of unattached phonological fragments such as word-initial consonants has been conceived of as partial production and thus as revealing fundamental processes of phonological encoding in language production. However, recent evidence of flexible preparation (O’Séaghdha & Frazer, 2014) challenges the partial production view. Instead, preparation may be mediated by high-level attention to meta-linguistically accessible elements, such as starting points for phonological encoding. If so, preparation may occur even if it is often inapplicable. In a word naming experiment, preparation was equally present for sets containing three consistent items whether they were embedded with single or with multiple inconsistent exceptions. Unlike in previous work, preparation was not evident immediately after single inconsistent items. These results lead us to further specify the theory of attentional form preparation as follows: Preparation of starting points in word production not only involves sustained attention to an abstract symbolic construal of the current task situation (e.g., /b/s are relevant), but also opportunistic transient deployment of that construal in conjunction with target word selection. This proposal underscores the need for coordination among distinct processes of anticipatory preparation and actual word production. More broadly, phonological encoding provides a rich but underexplored domain for the study of complex attention.
Statistical regularities induce spatial as well as feature-specific suppression
Authors: Failing Michel , Feldmann-Wüstefeld Tobias , Wang Benchi , Olivers Christian Nicolas Leon , Theeuwes Jan
Published: January 2019

We are constantly extracting regularities from the visual environment to optimize attentional orienting. Here we examine the phenomenon that recurrent presentation of distractors in a specific location leads to its attentional suppression. Specifically, we address the question whether suppression is specific to the spatial regularities of distractors or also extends to visual features bearing statistical regularities. To that end, we used a visual search task with two high probability locations, each showing one of two distractor types more often than the other. At these high probability locations, target processing was impaired and attentional capture by either distractor was reduced, consistent with feature-unspecific spatial suppression. However, suppression was more facilitated when the distractor feature was presented at the high probability location that matched its features, suggesting feature-specific suppression. Interestingly, feature-unspecific spatial suppression only spread between locations when distractors varied within a feature dimension (e.g. red and green) but not when they varied across feature dimensions (e.g., red and square). Our findings thus demonstrate a joint influence of implicitly learned spatial and feature regularities on attention and reveal how the visual system can benefit from complex statistical regularities.
Premenstrual Disorders: A Primer and Research Agenda for Psychologists
Authors: Eisenlohr-Moul Tory A.
Published: January 2019

Females are two times more likely to develop an affective disorder and three times more likely to make a suicide attempt. The etiology of these sex differences is complex, and cannot be reduced to biology alone. However, the growing field of reproductive mood disorders highlights how lifetime exposure to fluctuations in neuroactive sex hormones (including across the menstrual cycle) do contribute to greater female risk, specifically among those females who are neurobiologically sensitive to normal hormone changes (e.g., those with premenstrual disorders). Psychologists--and particularly clinical psychologists-- are trained to be expert in skills relevant to the study and treatment of premenstrual disorders, including assessment, differential diagnosis, and mechanisms of complex behaviors, and often develop other relevant expertise in the neurobiology of affective disorders and advanced longitudinal methods. The purpose of this article is to clarify how psychologists’ strengths can be readily applied to advance scientific knowledge and improve patient care in premenstrual disorders. In order to increase psychologist involvement in this emerging field, this article includes a primer on premenstrual disorders such as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and premenstrual exacerbation (PME) of underlying disorders. It then provides recommendations for research psychologists interested in engaging this field, and outlines critical research areas for future work. Finally, brief recommendations for psychologists in clinical practice are provided.
Removing hand form information specifically impairs emotion recognition for fearful and angry body stimuli
Authors: Ross Paddy , Flack Tessa R.
Published: January 2019

Emotion perception research has largely been dominated by work on facial expressions, but emotion is also strongly conveyed from the body. Research exploring emotion recognition from the body tends to refer to ‘the body’ as a whole entity. However, the body is made up of different components (hands, arms, trunk etc.), all of which could be differentially contributing to emotion recognition. We know that the hands can help to convey actions, and in particular are important for social communication through gestures, but we currently do not know to what extent the hands influence emotion recognition from the body. Here, 93 adults viewed static emotional body stimuli with either the hands, arms, or both components removed and completed a forced-choice emotion recognition task. Removing the hands significantly reduced recognition accuracy for fear and anger, but made no significant difference to the recognition of happiness and sadness. Removing the arms had no effect on emotion recognition accuracy compared to the full-body stimuli. These results suggest the hands may play a key role in the recognition of emotions from the body.
Penguatan Peran Ziswaf dalam Menyongsong Era SDGs: Kajian Filantropi BMT Tamzis Wonosobo
Authors: Khanifa Nurma Khusna
Published: January 2019

The way to alleviate the poverty in the community, family, and individuals to prosperous condition and to alleviate the burden of daily living needs is a real practice of philanthropy. This is the relevance between the objectives of zakat, infaq, shadaqah, and waqf (ziswaf) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) towards the achievement of development goals. The movement focuses on 6 issues including: without poverty, without hunger, quality education, decent work and economic growth, reduced inequality, and environmental cleanliness. It means that ziswaf is a pressure on the existence of community assets. As an effort to fund to distribute (social function), as well as control function. In order to have a practical and valuable impact, Islamic philanthropy must have a relationship between the purpose and essence of the Shari'a in the form of maqashid syarîah to encourage social welfare and the economy. As the inherent institution of Baitul Mal Tamzis, the concept of a creative philanthropy approach is used to increase the scope and sustainability of institutional impacts and provide institutional specific roles with specific institutions and target communities both consumptive and productive