bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Do Wikis Affect Grammatical Aspects of Second Language Writing
Authors: Schuetze Ulf
Published: February 2019

This paper reports on a study that investigated the use of wikis in a first-year German as a second language class. The focus of the study was to analyze students’ use of grammar. Three classes of 24 students each participated in the study: one class using wikis and one class not using wikis to collaborate on two writing assignments; and one control group. Descriptive statistics as well as ANOVA were used to analyze the assignments as well as the writing components of two tests. Results showed the class using wikis benefited in their writing assignments regarding complex syntax (word order) but encountered problems with the same structures in a test. In addition, a short survey was carried out, asking students of the class using wikis about their experience, attitude and anxiety towards such a technology. Most students felt comfortable participating in a shared online writing task and thought that it helped their writing.
Enhancing Student Engagement through Online Authentic Materials
Authors: Erbaggio Pierluigi , Gopalakrishnan Sangeetha , Hobbs Sandra , Liu Haiyong
Published: February 2019

Students exposed to authentic materials in the foreign languageclassroom are better able to process foreign language input in real-lifesituations and have a more positive attitude towards learning theforeign culture. However, exposure to authentic materials can alsoresult in reactions of anxiety and frustration on the part of the foreignlanguage learner. By providing access to authentic content online, thepedagogical benefits of the use of authentic material can be maximized,while some of the drawbacks inherent in such use can be mitigated. Inthis article, we discuss how the use of online technologies offersopportunities to provide access to authentic material that is engaging,appropriate, and affordable. By using the multi-media capabilities of aCourse Management System (CMS) to deliver authentic materialsonline, instructors of French, Italian, and Chinese were able to bothpositively impact student attitudes toward the subject matter and todesign learning and evaluation activities that increased studentengagement. We find that using technology to deliver authentic materials can help alleviate student anxiety associated with being exposed to authentic foreign language. Furthermore, students becomeactive participants in the learning process and are able to employ theirown learning style. We conclude by discussing the limitations andimplications of our findings and making suggestions for futureresearch.
Online Peer Feedback in Beginners’ Writing Tasks
Authors: Tolosa Constanza , East Martin , Villers Helen
Published: February 2019

This study contributes to the body of research that aims to understandthe relationship between online communication and foreign language(FL) learning, in particular when teachers seek to provide authenticopportunities for interaction for their learners. The study wasmotivated by efforts made in the New Zealand context to overcome thegeographic limitations of interaction between FL learners and nativespeakers. We report on the findings of an exploratory study into anonline reciprocal peer tutoring program established to enhance the FLlearning of a group of beginner eleven-year old students of Spanish,with particular focus on the benefits of written corrective feedback. Theproject aimed to examine the processes by which students tutored eachother in the online environment as they responded to each other’s texts.The analysis of the students’ messages focused on (1) the aspects oflanguage corrected by the tutors, (2) the frequency with which tutorsaccurately identified and provided input on errors, (3) the types offeedback provided by the tutors, and (4) what the learners did with thecorrections and feedback. The findings indicate that the students werewilling to contribute to peer correction and used different strategiesand correction techniques to foster attention to linguistic form,although they were not always capable of providing accurate feedbackor metalinguistic explanations.
Measuring the Impact of Online Translation on FL Writing Scores
Authors: O'Neill Errol M.
Published: February 2019

Online translation (OT) sites, which automatically convert text from one language to another, have been around for nearly 20 years. While foreign language students and teachers have long been aware of their existence, and debates about the accuracy and usefulness of OT are well known, surprisingly little research has been done to analyze the actual effects of online translator usage on student writing. The current study compares the scores of two composition tasks by third- and fourth-semester university students of French who used an online translator, with or without prior training, to the scores of students who did not use OT. Students using an online translator did not perform significantly worse those not using the translator on either task. In fact, students who received prior training in OT outscored the control group overall on the second writing task. Additionally, students using the online translator received higher subscores on one or both writing tasks for features such as comprehensibility, spelling, content, and grammar. The results of the current study are discussed in detail; implications for the foreign language classroom are presented; and avenues for future research are proposed.
Changes in Lexical and Reading Proficiency Through English Input from Video Games
Authors: Thanyawatpokin Benjamin
Published: February 2019

In recent years, video games have slowly been gaining more traction as a learning tool in the academic world. Evidence has been shown that video games can be used as tools to support language acquisition. However, studies, which focus on single-player games and their use outside of a classroom environment, are still sparse. This paper investigates single-player video games and their effect on University student reading and vocabulary comprehension in a mixed-method study. The participants in the study included a treatment group of nine second-year university students and a control group of ten second-year university students. All the students were volunteers from the same program and came from the same university. Data taken included vocabulary size and word recognition tests followed by a reading rate and reading comprehension test. In addition to this data, qualitative data in the form of interviews were included to support the findings of the reading and vocabulary tests. Over two months, data taken from subjects suggests reading rate, reading comprehension, and word recognition speeds showed a statistically significant rise. On the other hand, vocabulary size scores showed the treatment group had lower vocabulary sizes. In addition, the diaries show evidence that repeated incidental encounters with the same word and phrase may have played a part in the above-mentioned benefits. Motivation to play the game was also upheld throughout the two months according to the qualitative data. The data suggest that certain dimensions of reading and vocabulary comprehension such as word recognition speed and reading speed can be developed by using video games as a learning support tool.
An Investigation of Language-Learning Strategies in a Blogging Task
Authors: Poza María Isabel Charle
Published: February 2019

This study sought to identify the language-learning strategies employed by learners of Spanish while posting entries to a class blog. The project consisted of the development of a blogging activity and its implementation in an Intermediate Spanish course. In accordance with the literature’s recommendations about language-learning-strategy assessment, the study employed an actual-task strategy questionnaire which included open-ended questions, along with a checklist to identify the strategies used by participants while completing the blogging task. The analysis of the data revealed that participants employed a variety of strategies while posting their entries to the class blog. The most prevalent was the use of previous knowledge, which was mainly reflected in the choice of topic for blog entries made by participants. Participants also used the task-based strategy of re-wording and rephrasing to simplify the language and turned to available resources such as a Spanish-English dictionary, their textbook, the Internet, and help from friends or classmates. Additionally, participants used the metacognitive strategies of monitoring and evaluation to ensure the quality of their posts, coupled with the task-based strategy of applying general grammatical rules to specific blogging problems. Finally, the data analysis revealed that, contrary to the findings of previous research, students had some awareness of the existence of strategies that they could use to facilitate the blogging task.
Intercultural Classroom
Authors: Romjue Amanda , MacDonald Judson
Published: February 2019

The Intercultural Classroom is a free, online resource for promoting intercultural competence in the language classroom. This report describes the project and its impetus. A review of the literature on intercultural competence explores definitions and research on the topic, the idea of “authentic” resources, and resources for implementing intercultural learning in the classroom. The methods section of this work describes how the project was completed with the hope that others might wish to replicate it in other places and with other languages. The discussion section of the report details the two main components of The Intercultural Classroom, Las Perspectivas, and Los Ojos. Finally, the report concludes with ideas for future research on the topic of intercultural competence.
Seed Sterilization v1
Authors: Rajewski Alex
Published: February 2019

This protocol details how to surface sterilize plant seeds for tissue culture regeneration/transformation or for other techniques requiring sterile seeds.
Tomato Transformation Media v1
Authors: Rajewski Alex
Published: February 2019

This protocol is simply the media recipes for use with my tomato transformation protocol.
Scholarly Certainty Survey and Analysis v1
Authors: D D. Wilkinson Mark , Prieto Godoy Mario
Published: February 2019

Using the TAC Biomedical Summarization Corpus (Min-Yen), we extracted 45 manually curated scholarly assertions (selection described below). Based on these, we generated three independently-executed Web-based questionnaires where researchers in the biomedical domain, from different linguistic groups but in comparable research institutes, were presented with assertions and asked to categorize the strength of those assertion into 4 (High, Medium High, Medium Low and Low), 3 (Category 1, Category 2 and Category 3) or 2 (Relatively High and Relatively Low) certainty levels over the three questionnaires. G Index (Holley & Guilford, 1964) coefficient analysis was applied to determine the degree of agreement between annotators. We then extracted the essential features of inter-rater agreement from the questionnaire data using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Afterward, we categorized our collection of statements in clusters using k-means algorithm (Jolliffe, 2011) (Dunham, 2006). Finally, an automated classifier model was generated using deep-learning techniques over the results of this study (manuscript under preparation). This was used to construct exemplar scholarly assertions capturing certainty metadata, and published as machine-readable NanoPublication.
Member Reactions to Social Loafers When Doing Group-Based Assignments: A Group Processes Perspective
Authors: Milinga Joseph Reginard , Kibonde Ezelina Angetile , Mallya Venance Paul , Mwakifuna Monica Asagwile
Published: February 2019

Understanding how student teachers undertake their group work may provide solid foundation for developing essential skills required for the 21st Century teachers, and subsequently help improve group-based assessment in higher education. However, social loafing has been found to interfere with this assessment mode. This article reports on undergraduate student teachers’ reactions to social loafers when working on group assignments as part of their continuous assessment. It focuses on how they go about doing their group work and react to the social loafers. The data were collected using face-to-face semi-structured interviews from 18 purposefully and conveniently selected participants. The findings have indicated procedures that students observe in doing their group assignments such as formulation of own group norms and rules, and holding of meetings for the work being determined by the nature of the assignments, and their submission deadlines. Additionally, it has been found that group members employ humanitarian, punitive and threatening approaches as they react to social loafers. The article concludes that proper planning for students’ group assignments is important and; both instructors and students should play their roles accordingly to overcome the problem of social loafing when the use of group-based assessments is indispensable within higher education contexts.
Assessment of Social Sustainability in Construction Projects Using Social Network Analysis
Authors: Almahmoud Essam , Kumar Doloi Hemanta
Published: February 2019

This paper aims to propose a framework that puts the stakeholders at the forefront of achieving sustainability in the social context. This research, thus, argues that the social sustainability outcomes in construction are best achieved by taking into account the satisfaction of the stakeholders. Based on sustainability and equity theories, a dynamic assessment model has been developed to evaluate the contributions of projects in a social context. Multiple stakeholders and their differing interests associated with the construction projects have been integrated using social network analysis. The mapping of the relationships between the project stakeholders, with respect to their relative stakes and seven social core functions, have been integrated into the assessment model. The findings of this research suggest that the degree of satisfying the needs of diverse stakeholders is highly significant in achieving social sustainability performance of projects. Using a case study from Saudi Arabia, the applicability and significance of the assessment model has been demonstrated. The application of the model provides the opportunity to identify any problems and to enhance the overall performance of projects in the social context. The functionality and efficacy of the model need to be further tested outside the Saudi Arabian region. The research is original in the sense that for the first time, a novel approach has been developed, putting the stakeholders at the forefront of achieving sustainability outcomes in construction projects
Biblioteka Tomci Paluszkowej
Authors: Bogusławski Marcin M.
Published: February 2019

Przedmiotem mojego zainteresowania czynię zasadniczo dwie książki – Stary gmach Piotra Matywieckiego i petite poucette Michela Serres’a. Na ich kanwie chciałbym postawić pytania o tożsamość biblioteki, etos bibliotekarza oraz o miejsce bibliotek w świecie ludzi mobilnych, oderwanych od stacjonarności.
Przegonić chmury: komunikowanie wizji, misji i wartości na stronach WWW bibliotek akademickich
Authors: Banaszewski Kamil , Bartosiak Katarzyna
Published: February 2019

There are many uncertains about the future of academic libraries in contemporary debates. Dictated with changes in the environment as well as in education, they make the redefinition of university libraries necessary and the new formula for their identity is needed. Answers for following about mission and vision of libraries should be found: how do libraries see their future and their prospective role? could library image be shaped by mission and vision, plans and strategies, values and goals? could those affect the stakeholders’ evaluation? If so, whether and how are they communicated to the users? Do academic libraries use the communication and information potential of their own websites? Analyzing the web pages of the Polish public university libraries, the article examines whether and where the information about the mission, vision and values is placed on their web portals.
Style myślenia o bibliotece doby cyfryzacji. Instytucjonalna identyfikacja biblioteki
Authors: Gamrowska Beata , Mielczarek Rafał
Published: February 2019

Librar y remains the most important institution of social life. Its position is being set in a dialectical process in which social objectification of library bound to the institutional structure confronts ways that individual think about institution of library. That dialectical process is being shaped by number of factors connected to current civilizational environment – meaning cultural political and economic factors. One of them is Internet. The analysis given in the article is dedicated to the issue of Facebook influence on though style regarding institution of library as well as on the institutional identity of library.
Opracowanie w chmurze czy chmury nad opracowaniem? Automatyczne indeksowanie dokumentów a biblioteki
Authors: Włodarczyk Bartłomiej
Published: February 2019

The paper presents recent research in the field of automatic indexing of text documents, inter alia, in libraries, and the attitudes of Polish academic librarians towards the computerization of the subject cataloging. The methods of literature review and survey were used along with the analysis of Polish academic curricula in the field of library and information science. The article demonstrates on several examples that the similarities in document layout and the topical diversity or homogeneity are the key factors in the computerization of cataloging. The survey conducted amongst Polish subject indexing specialists from academic libraries shows that they have highly limited knowledge about automatic indexing. The results are then compared with the findings of the study on German- and English-speaking librarians’ opinions about automatic subject indexing. They are similar to the outcomes of the previous research by Alice Keller into the attitudes of, among others, the English-speaking subjects.
Elektroniczne bazy danych w usługach informacyjnych biblioteki akademickiej
Authors: Kościewicz Dawid
Published: February 2019

The aim of the paper is to discuss the challenges for providing effective scientific information in an economic library, in the context of use of electronic databases. The electronic databases subscribed by the Main Library of the Wrocław University of Economics are described, regarding the challenges for their use by the Library`s users. The article is based on a subject literature from the field of science of librarian studies, as well as on the author`s personal experience and observations. The paper ends with following conclusions: academic libraries have to conduct an effective information education of their users; increasing the information competences of users, regarding databases, should be a priority of librarians charged with scientific information; a beneficial form of enriching academic library`s information resources is reaching for information sources of the European Union.
Innowacyjność w bibliotece – doświadczenia bibliotek europejskich
Authors: Czerwińska Elżbieta , Jańdziak Anna
Published: February 2019

The article discusses the reasons for the decrease in interest in the traditional library. The solutions proposed in the literature of the subject and examples of practical solutions used in European libraries are presented.
Craft brewing – is it really about the sensory revolution?
Authors: Mastanjević Kristina , Krstanović Vinko , Lukinac Jasmina , Jukić Marko , Lučan Mirela , Mastanjević Krešimir
Published: February 2019

The sudden craft breweries expansion currently occurring in Europe, and by that also in Croatia, has been a true conundrum. The question is why craft breweries currently undergo such intense propagation. The answers to this is not simple and has to be monitored from a few different angles: what are today’s consumer’s preferences? Why this sudden need to drink posh beer? Health wise – is it healthier to drink craft beer than industrial? The fact is that craft breweries offer beer with a story. The popularity of health benefits of moderate beer consumption, different reports in popular papers and magazines on polyphenolic and other anti-oxidative compounds that aid catching free radicals and reduce the damage they cause, contribute to the shift from industrial plane lager beer craft beer. In the eye of the scientific storm-genetic manipulation with yeast strains, and barley cultivars, water treatments, automatization, people choose simple procedures and raw materials that give them a feeling of uniqueness. This paper contributes to the knowledge of why craft breweries are taking on more and more popularity and why are consumers attracted to such products.
Marketing communication in beer industry in the Czech Republic with respect to minibreweries
Authors: Březinová Monika , Havelka Zbyněk , Bartoš Petr
Published: February 2019

Minibreweries are a specific group on the Czech beer market and they communicate with their customers mostly via their product – the beer. Their main asset is uniqueness and locality. Presentation of these breweries is mostly realized by financially less difficult methods. The present text deals with the problems of marketing communication of minibreweries with respect to the techniques used. Data collection was performed via electronic questionnaire in January 2017. The researched sample consisted of 350 minibreweries as of 31st December 2016. Recoverability of the questionnaires was 41% (145 minibreweries). The aim of the research was to find out, with the help of descriptive statistic methods, which marketing tools are used by minibreweries. The results confirm that, for marketing communication, minibreweries use mostly low-cost techniques such as own web pages, which are used by 90% of the researched minibreweries, social sites by 84% of respondents, and through the renown of the minibrewery by 80% of respondents. Furthermore there are tools to be used to differentiate the product, such as labels (in 90% of respondents), glasses and beer coasters (in 85% of respondents), the least used kind of these tools being the advertisement in the national broadcast transmission (in 4% of respondents) and in the news (in 8% of respondents).
A estrutura dos silicatos
Authors: Pastore Heloise O.
Published: February 2019

Os silicatos são pervasivos na Natureza. Desde os grupos individuais presentes em algumas gemas naturais até os tectossilicatos tridimensionais presentes nos zeólitos naturais e sintéticos. Os zeólitos têm sua maior utilização na purificação de gases e tratamento de água para consumo humano (retirada de cátions NH4 + ). Alguns detergentes em pó já trazem a inscrição “contém catalisador amigo do meio ambiente”. Esse material é um zeólito que retirará os íons cálcio e magnésio da água, de tal maneira que o detergente faça espuma. Além dessas aplicações, um dos passos no refino do petróleo, que é composto de hidrocarbonetos pesados, é o craqueamento catalítico que utiliza zeólitos para quebrar moléculas grandes naquelas que compõem a gasolina, querosene, etc. Este texto abordará diversos aspectos relacionados a esses materiais, sua ocorrência na Natureza, suas estruturas e propriedades correlacionadas a ela, sua descoberta e a química relacionada a sua preparação e atividade nas diversas aplicações.
Princípios básicos de XAS e XPS
Authors: Ribeiro Emerson Schwingel , Francisco Maria Suzana P. , Gushikem Yoshitaka , Gonçalves José Eduardo
Published: February 2019

Os princípios básicos das espectroscopias de absorção e fotoeletrônica de raios-X (XAS e XPS) e seus principais equipamentos e métodos de tratamento de dados utilizados são introduzidos. É dada ênfase aos estudos das propriedades eletrônica e estrutural de materiais inorgânicos descrevendo alguns exemplos da literatura. Essas técnicas fornecem diferentes informações. A XPS permite a investigação da superfície, sendo principalmente usada na investigação de mudanças química e estrutural dos elementos presentes na superfície do material estudado. Por outro lado, a XAS fornece informações do volume (bulk) da amostra e sonda a ordem a curto alcance ao redor do átomo de interesse. Os exemplos descritos mostram que essas técnicas são complementares na caracterização de materiais.
Faixa linear de uma curva de calibração
Authors: Augusto Fábio , Andrade João Carlos de , Custodio Rogério
Published: February 2019

Sistemas lineares são extremamente úteis na representação de dados experimentais e as curvas de calibração são os mais conhecidos. Nestes casos, os desvios da linearidade são geralmente atribuídos a efeitos químicos e físicos que não foram preliminarmente levados em conta e que tornam-se agentes complicadores na análise matemática dos dados. As técnicas numéricas utilizadas para avaliar o comportamento de sistemas lineares e estabelecer a faixa linear serão abordadas no texto a seguir.
O uso do gráfico de resíduos no modelamento de dados químicos
Authors: Coscione Aline Renée , Falcão Audrey de Arruda , Andrade João Carlos de
Published: February 2019

Nesse trabalho empregou-se o método da análise de superfície de reposta para otimizar a resposta catalítica do Mo(VI) na reação de oxidação de íons iodeto pela água oxigenada, obtidas pelo método do tempo fixo. A absorbância da reação não catalítica e da ação catalítica do Mo(VI), o delta, foram modeladas. Isso foi feito de forma detalhada para ilustrar a importância da avaliação cuidadosa dos resultados, o que nem sempre é destacado devido ao rigor matemático necessário e à dificuldade dos usuários das técnicas multivariadas em lidar com essa linguagem. O exemplo apresentado neste trabalho mostra que apenas a análise de variância (ANOVA) não é um critério suficiente para a seleção de um modelo, que pode descrever um determinado conjunto de dados, sendo imprescindível que a análise do gráfico dos resíduos também seja feita, mantendo-se uma visão crítica dos resultados obtidos. Os vinte e quatro ensaios do planejamento fatorial inicialmente empregados no modelamento (doze na ausência e doze na presença de molibdênio), e posteriormente estendidos a um planejamento estrela (oito ensaios), podem ser realizados numa aula experimental de 4 a 6 horas, permitindo sua inclusão num curso experimental para a graduação, introduzindo o uso de métodos multivariados de otimização. O emprego de um procedimento de extração do iodo gerado in situ permite ainda “congelar” a reação catalítica num tempo de reação pré-determinado, permitindo a realização de um número elevado de experimentos de maneira eficiente através do processo em batelada, tornando possível a obtenção dos dados necessários à construção dos modelos matemáticos.
Normas para o manuseio de ampolas de vidro
Authors: UNICAMP Instituto de Química
Published: February 2019

Esta norma tem por finalidade delinear procedimentos básicos para o acondicionamento de substâncias em ampolas a serem fechadas e/ou abertas na oficina de vidraria, além de estabelecer as responsabilidades pelo seu cumprimento.
Tendência das disciplinas de química geral no Brasil
Authors: César Janaína , Andrade João Carlos de , Alvim Terezinha Ribeiro
Published: February 2019

Como a Química é uma ciência em constante evolução, a disciplina de Química Geral oferecida pelas Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) deve refletir esse fato. Algumas alternativas para o ensino de Química Geral têm sido propostas em outros países, mas pouco se conhece sobre o que vem sendo ensinado no Brasil, tanto no aspecto teórico como no experimental. Sendo assim, uma pesquisa foi realizada durante o primeiro semestre de 2004 junto as IES brasileiras, para obter informações sobre a disciplina de Química Geral. Baseado nos dados obtidos, foi possível apresentar uma visão geral da situação atual dessa disciplina no Brasil.
O conceito de propriedade termodinâmica
Authors: Bassi Adalberto B. M. S.
Published: February 2019

São inicialmente mostradas as idéias de grandeza e corpo clássicos, meio contínuo, funções temporal e constitutiva, densidade e taxa, sendo esta última relacionada a noções rudimentares sobre derivadas e funcionais. Em seguida, o conceito de propriedade é indicado, sem a utilização de expressões matemáticas, bem como a classificação das propriedades em intensivas, extensivas e extensivas aditivas. Complementarmente, os conceitos matemáticos de equação diferencial exata e inexata são discutidos e relacionados ao de propriedade. Nesta discussão, aparece o ilogismo e a inoportunidade inerentes ao uso de mais do que um único símbolo matemático para representar o diferencial de uma variável, uso este proveniente de um errôneo conceito de diferencial. O conceito exato é, então, brevemente referido.
Quantidade de substância
Authors: Bassi Adalberto B. M. S.
Published: February 2019

A quantidade de substância é uma das quatro propriedades fundamentais da termodinâmica dos meios homogêneos [1], juntamente com o volume, a energia interna e a entropia. Trata-se de um conceito lecionado desde o ensino médio, mas que, entretanto, não é tão elementar quanto possa parecer. Um aspecto nem sempre esclarecido é o fato dela se relacionar com o número de partículas de uma mesma espécie química presente no sistema, mas ao mesmo tempo variar de um modo contínuo, assim como as outras três propriedades fundamentais.
PENGARUH PENERAPAN BLENDED LEARNING BERBASIS SCHOOLOGY TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SISWA
Authors: Ambar Ningsih Wiwik Suci , Suana Wayan , Maharta Nengah
Published: February 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh penggunaan Blended learning berbasis schoology terhadap kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa. Pada penelitian ini menggunakan design penelitian Non-Equivalent Control Group Design. Selanjutnya populasi yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu seluruh siswa XII IPA SMA Negeri 5 Metro dengan sampel yang terpilih melalui teknik purposive sampling yaitu XII IPA 1 dan 2. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan berbentuk tes pilihan jamak untuk mengukur kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa. Teknik analisis data menggunakan Uji N-Gain dan uji Independent Sample T-test . Nilai rata-rata N-gain kemampuan berpikir kritis pada kelas ekperimen sebesar 0,43 dengan kategori sedang, sedangkan kelas kontrol dengan kategori rendah bernilai 0,10. Berdasarkan hasil dari uji Independent Sample T-test, nilai Asymp. Sig. (2-Tailed) kurang  dari 0,05 yaitu sebesar 0,000, maka H0 ditolak. Jadi terdapat perbedaan rata-rata kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa kelas eksperimen dan kelas kontrol secara siginifikan.Artinya penerapan blended learning berbasis schoology memberikan pengaruh yang siginifikan terhadap kemampuan berpikir kritis.
Quantum Chaos and Quantum Randomness—Paradigms of Entropy Production on the Smallest Scales
Authors: Dittrich Thomas
Published: February 2019

Quantum chaos is presented as a paradigm of information processing by dynamical systems at the bottom of the range of phase-space scales. Starting with a brief review of classical chaos as entropy flow from micro- to macro-scales, I argue that quantum chaos came as an indispensable rectification, removing inconsistencies related to entropy in classical chaos: Bottom-up information currents require an inexhaustible entropy production and a diverging information density in phase space, reminiscent of Gibbs' paradox in Statistical Mechanics. It is shown how a mere discretization of the state space of classical models already entails phenomena similar to hallmarks of quantum chaos, and how the unitary time evolution in a closed system directly implies the “quantum death” of classical chaos. As complementary evidence, I discuss quantum chaos under continuous measurement. Here, the two-way exchange of information with a macroscopic apparatus opens an inexhaustible source of entropy and lifts the limitations implied by unitary quantum dynamics in closed systems. The infiltration of fresh entropy restores permanent chaotic dynamics in observed quantum systems. Could other instances of stochasticity in quantum mechanics be interpreted in a similar guise? Where observed quantum systems generate randomness, that is, produce entropy without discernible source, could it have infiltrated from the macroscopic meter? This speculation is worked out for the case of spin measurement.
Interactions between Irrigation and Fertilization on Growth Performance of Gesnariad
Authors: Luo Le , Zhang Yichi , Wang Yingnan , Cheng Tangren , Pan Huitang , Wang Jia , Zhang Qixiang
Published: February 2019

Gesnariad (Primulina yungfuensis) is a popular houseplant species, native to southwest China. However, stunting frequently occurs as a result of limited knowledge about the growth requirements of this plant. Understanding water and fertilizer requirements of gesnariad are important for effective large-scale greenhouse cultivation. Using a response surface methodology (RSM) based on a rotatable central composite design (RCCD; half implementation), a pot experiment was performed in a natural-light greenhouse from June to Sept. 2014. The study assessed the interaction between irrigation volume (W) and nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) fertilizer rates on plant height, crown diameter, number of leaves, single leaf area, and fresh weight. Results showed that W had a significant positive effect on plant height, crown diameter, single leaf area, and fresh weight. Furthermore, P fertilization resulted in increased leaf number. Combined P and K fertilization reduced individual leaf area, whereas combined N and P fertilization reduced fresh weight. By analyzing the multiobjective decision-making model, we found that a combination of 100.2 mL water, 3.6 mmol·L−1 N, 0.10 mmol·L−1 P, and 1.2 mmol·L−1 K could be used to achieve optimum growth of gesnariad.
Hospitality in the image of small family accommodation businesses
Authors: Dębski Maciej , Sułkowski Łukasz
Published: February 2019

Small and micro businesses form the largest group of entities offering services to tourists in tourist destinations. A majority of them are family businesses accommodation facilities. The study tests the hypothesis that the family nature of a business offering accommodation services can be a source of real competitive advantage being of significance for a certain group of clients. The advantage can be shaped by creating an image based on the owner’s involvement and hospitality. As the literature research indicated, in the case of the businesses described, it is relatively easy to develop a bond between the facility’s manager and their clients. The deliberations were extended by an empirical study conducted on a group of young people from Poland and Ukraine. Its results have indicated that accommodation services are significant elements of the satisfaction among the clients surveyed, and that in the group surveyed, the key reason for a trip is the intention to “experience and learn” and not comfort. It has also been confirmed that the determinants of accommodation services related to broadly defined hospitality are significant, however, not key in the group analyzed.
Probability Factors Affecting Income Smoothing in Banks in 2010−2016
Authors: Dewi Kartika
Published: February 2019

The purpose of this research was to examine profitability factors in banking that affected income smoothing. Profit is the most important number for readers in making the economic decision. This research used probability factors that affected income smoothing in the bank. Probability ratio testing used Return on Assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE), Net Interest Margin (NIM), and Operating Expense Ratio (OER). The population was all banks listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange in 2010-2016. The sample was 203 data obtained through purposive judgment sampling. Using Logistic Binary Regression from SPSS version 20, Eckel Index was used to determine which companies smooth its income. The result shows that ROA, NIM, and OER are significant to income smoothing. However, ROE does not affect income smoothing significantly.
The Accountant Satisfaction in Using ERP Systems
Authors: Weli Weli
Published: February 2019

Although studies of the benefits of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) have been done before, the analysis of accountant satisfaction models in using ERP systems has not been explored specifically from the perceptions of accounting benefits, operational benefits, individual productivity, and managerial benefits. There has been significant growth in the use of ERP systems in Indonesia. Therefore, this study proposes a model of the accountant satisfaction in using the ERP systems. The population of this study is the accountants working in Jakarta. The data are collected from ERP users in several companies in Jakarta by using a questionnaire with snowball sampling method. As much as 282 respondents return the questionnaire. The analysis of the proposed model is done by Partial Least Square (PLS). The results of the analysis provide support to the proposed model that accounting benefits, operational benefits, individual productivity, and managerial benefits are indicators that measure user satisfaction of ERP systems. The expected theoretical contribution of the results of this study is to provide insight into the system user satisfaction model, apart from the practical contribution for ERP provider companies for paying attention to the factors affecting ERP user satisfaction.
The Correlation between Internet Literacy and Passive Vocabulary Size
Authors: Weganofa Riza , Lutviana Rizky
Published: February 2019

This research aimed at describing the correlation between students’ internet literacy and their passive vocabulary size. The findings of this research were expected to predict how much the two variables correlate. This research was beneficial as inter internet users in Indonesia were growing in numbers (55 billion users in 2011), and most of them were students. Their intensity in using internet would affect on education, later. Thus, it was important to see whether there was a strong positive correlation between students’ internet literacy and their passive vocabulary size. Passive vocabulary became the limitation of this research as it could explain how big students’ ‘vocabulary reservoir,’ and thus, it could predict the active vocabulary size.This was a correlational research involving randomly 81 senior students of English Education Department. The instruments used were a set of vocabulary test, and a questionnaire on internet literacy. Using two-tailed significant level, it is found that the result of rho is -0,001 with 0,993 of significant level. Therefore, there is no correlation between students’ internet literacy and their passive vocabulary size. It can be concluded that there are other factors which affect students’ passive vocabulary.
Second Language Writing Anxiety of Indonesian EFL Students
Authors: Kusumaningputri Reni , Ningsih Tri Ayu , Wisasongko Wisasongko
Published: February 2019

This research reported the types, as well as the causal factors of writing anxiety experienced by 44 volunteered Indonesian student writers from the first and second year of college. This research applied two questionnaires to get descriptions of types and causal factors of writing anxiety; Second Language Writing Anxiety Inventory (SLWAI) and Causes of Writing Anxiety Inventory (CWAI), and interview. The findings show that cognitive anxiety is found to be the most experienced type of writing anxiety among both students’ levels. There is a slight difference in the result of CWAI questionnaire in that three major causal factors of freshmen writing anxiety are language difficulties, time pressure, and insufficient writing practice. Meanwhile, the causal factors of sophomores are insufficient writing practice, language difficulties, and insufficient writing technique. These suggest that classroom instructions need to gear on improving students’ linguistic capabilities and writing techniques through modeling.
The Character Formation of Children in Japan: A Study of Japanese Children Textbook on Moral Education (Doutoku)
Authors: Unsriana Linda , Ningrum Rosita
Published: February 2019

The purpose of this research was to explore any underlying messages or moral principle in Japanese elementary school textbook titled “Watashitachi no Doutoku” and its correlation with the character formation of children in Japan. The method used in this research was the literature review that was derived from corpus data in the form of an original Japanese  manuscript. The corpus data were derived from textbooks that were still being used in Japan to date, in the form of original books in the Japanese language from the first grade to sixth grade elementary school, whereas the research method used a descriptive analysis method. The problem analysis was divided into four sections, including intrapersonal morality, interpersonal moral value, morality toward nature, and morality toward society. The conclusion indicates that character installment through special school subjects, namely moral education (doutoku), using Watashitachi no Doutoku influences character formation of elementary school children in Japan.
Translation Techniques and Their Impacts to the Modality Orientation’s Shift in The Jungle Book Movie Subtitle
Authors: Romdhati Arifah Tenny , Nababan Mangatur , Santosa Riyadi
Published: February 2019

This research aimed to analyze the translation techniques used by the subtitler to translate modality orientation and the impact of the translation techniques on the modality orientation shifts in “The Jungle Book” movie subtitle. This research was a descriptive qualitative research. The data in this research were words, phrases, and clauses as the marker of modality orientation in the movie, and translation techniques used by the subtitler. Modality orientation was obtained through content analysis based on Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) theory as proposed by Halliday and Matthiessen (2014). Then, translation techniques were obtained through Focus Group Discussion (FGD) as proposed by Molina and Albir (2002). The findings show that the subtitler uses seven techniques to translate modality orientation. They have established equivalence, modulation, discursive creation with established equivalence, deletion, transposition, discursive creation, and reduction with established equivalence. The subtitler uses established equivalence to translate orientation that produces same category, value, form, and orientation. Deletion technique, modulation, and creation discursive with established equivalence cause the loss of modality in the target language. Applying modulation, transposition, discursive creation, and reduction with established equivalence techniques make a shift on the modality orientation and also produce different meaning in the target language. The change of value in modality in the target language is caused by the use of modulation and reduction with established equivalence technique by the subtitler.
The Role of Grammarly in Assessing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Writing
Authors: Ghufron Muhammad Ali , Rosyida Fathia
Published: February 2019

This research aimed at investigating the use of Grammarly software and in what terms it was more effective in reducing students’ errors in EFL writing compared to teacher corrective feedback (indirect corrective feedback). This research used the quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental design. There were 40 university students from English Education Study Program of a private university in Indonesia who were selected and randomized clustered into two; experimental and control groups. The students were tested at the beginning and the end of the research. The quantitative data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The results of the research confirm that the students whose work is evaluated by using Grammarly have a significant reduction in their errors compared to those whose work is evaluated by the teacher (indirect corrective feedback). The software is shown to be more effective to reduce the errors in terms of vocabulary usages (diction), language use (grammar), and mechanics of writing (spelling and punctuation). However, it is less effective to improve the content and organization of students’ EFL writing. This research can suggest EFL/ESL teachers with an alternative assessment for students’ writing that supports an autonomous learning environment.
Translation Analysis of Circumstances in the Gospel of Matthew Chapter 12 through 14 from English into Indonesian
Authors: Tilusubya Burwan , Nababan Mangatur , Santosa Riyadi
Published: February 2019

This research deployed translation of circumstances, viewed from transitivity with the descriptive qualitative method. Its objectives were to describe the translation technique of the circumstances and to evaluate the quality of the translation based on accuracy and acceptability. It utilized document analysis and focus group discussion for data collection. The data were analyzed through the domain, taxonomy, componential analysis, and finding cultural value. Meanwhile, the research indicates the application of established equivalent, combination, modulation, transposition, paraphrasing, deletion, explicitation, discursive creation, and implicitation techniques are influenced by the form of a circumstance or an adverb. Furthermore, the application of established equivalent, combination, and implicitation produces a good translation based on accuracy compared to modulation, transposition, explicitation, and paraphrasing. The research concludes that the deployment of appropriate translation techniques produces a good translation.
International Entrepreneurship as Development of Entrepreneurship Education: A Study Case of ASEAN Economic Community Countries
Authors: Wimpertiwi Dotty
Published: February 2019

The objectives of this research were; (1) adding up the enrichment in the entrepreneurship education in BINUS to change the mindset of the students to be able to compete and create the new workspace in the AEC, especially in three countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore) using PEST analysis to understand more about how doing entrepreneurship global or international. (2) Giving the contribution to enrich the knowledge of the basic concept of AEC for entrepreneur students. (3) Providing the insight on the challenge and the opportunity especially in International Entrepreneur. The research methods were qualitative and descriptive analysis follow by literature study. Results show that by learning entrepreneurship of ASEAN will change the mindset of the students to be more competing when doing business. There are several opportunity and challenge in neighboring countries between the member of the AEC, for the university that has the start-up or SMEs for being global or international.
Demonstration of energy-saving membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems
Authors: Yamashita Kyoko , Itokawa Hiroki , Hashimoto Toshikazu
Published: February 2019

Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have the advantages of achieving excellent effluent quality, a small footprint and smooth operation and maintenance. On the other hand, its high energy consumption remains a critical challenge for MBR application. Japan Sewage Works Agency has conducted a series of joint researches with several private companies since 2012 and developed four kinds of energy-saving MBR systems. Based on the results of long-term pilot-scale demonstrations, specific energy consumption (SEC) per unit treated effluent volume was calculated for each MBR system, resulting in all systems achieving SEC of 0.4 kWh/m3 or less. To meet an additional requirement for expanding MBR application, it is also necessary to establish the applicability of MBR systems to combined sewer systems, suffering from occasional inflow fluctuation caused by rainfall. The capability of temporary higher flux operation during and after rainy weather was also demonstrated with three of the four developed systems.