bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effects of Microscopes and Microbes Simulation Kits on Biology Students’ Academic Performance in Uruan Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Authors: Edet Caroline Gordian , Akpan Iniobong Fred , Thomas Nkoyo A.
Published: June 2024

This study investigated the effect of microscope and microbes simulation kit on students’ academic performance in Biology in Uruan Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Three research questions were raised and three null hypotheses were stated to guide the study. Quasi experimental research design was adopted in the study. Specifically, pre-test, posttest nonequivalent control group design consisting of two experimental groups and one control group was used. The study was conducted in six co-educational public schools in Uruan Local Government Area. A sample of 264 Senior Secondary I Biology students in their intact classes from a population of 3074 students. The intact classes were randomly assigned into two experimental groups and one control group respectively based on location of school. Students in experimental group 1 were taught the concept of microorganism using microscope; students in experimental group 2 were taught using microbes simulation kit while students in control group were taught without instructional material. A researcher-made instrument titled Biology Test on Microorganism with reliability coefficient of 0.87 was used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Mean and standard Deviation were used to answer research questions while ANCOVA was used to test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed that students taught microorganisms using microscope as well as microbes simulation kit had higher mean performance scores than those taught without instructional material. Gender was not a significant factor in determining Biology students’ performance and retention. Furthermore, there was a significant interaction effect of gender and instructional material on students’ performance. Based on the findings, it was concluded that although students taught using microscope performed slightly higher than those taught using microscopes simulation kit; both microscope and microbes simulation kit were effective in enhancing students’ performance in the concept of microorganisms in Biology irrespective of gender.
Examination of the Impact of Learning Management System on University Undergraduate Students’ Academic Performance
Authors: Ojo Michael Bamidele
Published: June 2024

The study examined the impact of Learning Management System (LMS) on university undergraduate student’s academic performance. The study adopted quasi-experimental design, the data for the study were collected through the use of online questionnaire and students’ academic achievement scores in Test and Measurement. The study sample comprised one hundred and four (104) university undergraduate students of Ajayi Crowther University Oyo. The result of the study revealed that there was positive relationship between the use of LMS and students’ academic performance. The findings of the study also revealed that there was significant difference in academic performance of both male and female university undergraduate students taught with LMS and those that were taught with traditional method. The study further revealed that the usage of LMS is hindered with some factors among which are low levels of commitment of the lecturers to the use of LMS, lack of ICT based learning strategy as well as inability of lecturers to provide the needed technical support. The study equally revealed that effective usage of LMS can be recorded by organizing ICT training for both the lecturers and students and improvement of infrastructural facilities will go a long way in improving the effective usage of LMS for teaching and learning process. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that the use of LMS should be encouraged in Nigeria tertiary institutions, lecturers and students should be encouraged to improve their computer literacy skills for effective usage of LMS, government and curriculum development agencies should incorporate learning management system usage into tertiary institutions’ curriculum as one of the modes of instructional delivery and that learning management system facilities should be adequately provided in Nigeria tertiary institutions.
Can Vitamin C Influence Proximate Composition, Morphometric, Haematological and Some Antioxidants Indices of Clarias Gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) Fingerlings?
Authors: Samuel Patrick Ozovehe , Sadiq Hassan , Ajeba All-well
Published: June 2024

The impacts of vitamin C on morphometric and haematological parameters as well as proximate composition and production levels of Reduced glutathione (GSH) and Malondialdehyde (MDA) were evaluated for a period of 12 weeks. A total of 250 samples of Clarias gariepinus fingerlings were acclimatized for two weeks during which they were fed to satiation twice daily. These were then distributed into three treatments and replicates including control with each trough containing 15 samples thus; 350mg/L (T1), 450mg/L (T2 ) and 600mg/L (T3). Three samples of the samples were picked at random bi-weekly; and the following measurements were made: Total Length (TL), Standard Length (SL) and Weight (W). The percentage weight gain (PWG), specific growth rate (SGR), condition factor (CF) and percentage hepatosomatic index (%HI) were also calculated at the end of the experiment. Three samples of the fish were also randomly selected and blood samples collected for hematological analyses. Three samples of fish were selected randomly at the end of the 12 weeks of the experiment and sacrificed; kidneys, livers and gills were excised and homogenized in phosphate buffer. These were then assayed for GSH and MDA following standard methods. Proximate compositions of the fish were determined from two randomly selected samples following standard procedures. The data generated were subjected to one-way analysis of variance and considered significant at P˂0.05. From the results, the maximum SL (20.80±1.10cm),TL (23.90± 0.80cm) and W (82.65±0.40g) were obtained in T1. The highest SGR and CF were also obtained in T1. While T2 had the peak PWG. The total white blood cells count, packed cell volume and blood haemoglobin in T1 were significantly different from all other treatments. The blood platelets and red blood cells count increased significantly as the concentration of the vitamin increased. The proximate composition indicated peak protein content (20.58±0.26%) in T3. The moisture content decreased with increase in the concentration of the vitamin with 75.04±0.12% as the maximum. The GSH production levels in the livers, kidneys and gills increased with increase in the concentration of the vitamin with T3 mean values significantly higher than other treatments including the control. The MDA activities decreased with increase in the concentration of the vitamin in all the organs of interest, and the lowest mean values were obtained in T3. The results of this research have indicated that vitamin C is an invaluable addition capable of improving the health and physiological status of the fish and hence, lead to improved fish farming.
Comparative Study of Quality Deterioration and Microbiological Safety of Oven-Dried and Smoked Products from African Catfish (Clarias Gariepinus) At Various Storage Condition
Authors: Salami S. R , Awoniyi O. O , Oladipupo T.M
Published: June 2024

This study aimed to investigate the effects of oven-drying and smoked-drying on nutritional qualities, quality deterioration and microbiological safety of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) at various storage condition (1st, 14th , 28th and 42nd Day). Fresh fish samples were obtained from Klassik Integrated Aquafarm, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. Fish specimens were divided into two equal parts. One part was dried with smoking kiln and the second part with drum kiln. Proximate parameters (protein, lipid and carbohydrate, ash, fibre), quality deterioration and spoilage parameters (TBAR, TVB-N, PV and TMAN) and microbiological parameters (total viable and mould counts) were determined for the oven-dried and smoked products stored at different storage condition using standard methods. According to the proximate assessment of the oven-dried products under 42 days storage conditions, the moisture content ranged between 4.34 and 13.02%, crude protein ranged between 60.24 and 72.84%, fibre ranged between 0.16 2.08%, fat 14.62 and 16.82%, ash 5.44 and 9.04%. TVB-N value ranged between 8.67 and 14.06mgN/100g,PV 1.08 and 6.14 meq, TBAR 0.98 and 2.04 mgMA/kg and TMA-N 2.22 and 3.96 mgN/100g. TVC ranged between 1.34 and 1.52x103 cfu/g and yeast and mould count 1.16 and 3.88x102cfu/g. Considering all the parameters, it can be concluded that the oven-dried products maintained its excellent nutrients quality under 42 days storage condition while there were significant reduction in nutrients quality, quality deterioration and spoilage, high microbial loads were evidence at 28 days storage condition in smoked products.
Caminando Hacia la Salud: Estrategias Clave de Autocuidado para Evitar el Pie Diabético en Diabetes Tipo 2
Authors: Maldonado Procel Karla Nicole , Lalangui Flores Ariana Nallely , Falconi Peláez Sandra Verónica
Published: June 2024

Objetivo: Describir las estrategias de autocuidado implementadas por pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 para la prevención del pie diabético. Metodología: la investigación tiene un enfoque cuantitativo de diseño no experimental de corte transversal, descriptiva para la muestra se empleó la fórmula de poblaciones finitas con un nivel de confianza del 95% y un 5% de error teniendo un total de 160 pacientes que son atendidos en el mes de noviembre-diciembre. Resultados: el 35,6% pertenece al rango de edades de 61-70 años. El 56.3% son de sexo masculino y 43.7% femenino. En el automanejo de la diabetes el 65,60% pocas veces reconocen cuando se le sube o baja el nivel de azúcar en la sangre. El 51,90% aplican y/o consumen los medicamentos según las indicaciones médicas. El 49,40% pocas veces tiene en cuenta las recomendaciones del personal de salud. Conclusión: se pueden analizar que existe deficiencia de compromiso por parte del paciente, así como la falta de intervenciones en el manejo correcto en la prevención y cuidado por parte de los profesionales de salud, para reducir estas complicaciones es importante crear grupos de apoyo donde el medico realice exámenes exhaustivos de los pies de los pacientes en cada control médico.
La Vinculación con la Sociedad y los Pilares Estratégicos Empresariales en el Sector Comercial de la Ciudad de Jipijapa
Authors: Osejos Vásquez Antonio Eduardo , Parrales Reyes Jenny Elizabeth , Figueroa Soledispa Martha Lorena
Published: June 2024

La vinculación con la sociedad es un aspecto importante para los emprendimientos y comercio del sector comercial en la ciudad de Jipijapa. Interactuar de manera positiva con la comunidad y el entorno en el que operan es esencial para reforzar su imagen corporativa, promover una cultura de responsabilidad social empresarial y contribuir al desarrollo sostenible de la zona. Respecto a los pilares estratégicos empresariales desempeñan un papel fundamental en la creación de valor compartido y en la generación de impactos positivos tanto a nivel económico como social. Por lo antes expuesto, esta investigación tuvo como objetivo diagnosticar la situación actual de los negocios y emprendimientos del sector céntrico de la ciudad de Jipijapa. Para la elaboración del presente artículo se utilizaron diferentes métodos como son el inductivo, analítico y estadístico, así como también se apoyó en técnicas como la observación y la encuesta, con el fin de poder recolectar la mayor información posible para posteriormente realizar el análisis socioeconómico de la ciudad objeto de estudio. La población estuvo constituida por emprendimientos y comercios pertenecientes al área comercial de la ciudad. Se encontró en los resultados de las encuestas que los negocios que han integrado la vinculación con la sociedad en su estrategia empresarial reportan beneficios como un mejor posicionamiento, mayor lealtad de los clientes y una mayor capacidad para atraer y retener talento. Además, han logrado contribuir al desarrollo sostenible de la comunidad a través de iniciativas como programas de capacitación, apoyo a emprendimientos locales y proyectos de mejora ambiental.
RETRACTION NOTICE: Venezuelan Immigration and Social Stigmatization in Peru
Authors: Duche-Pérez Aleixandre Brian , Ruiz-Fernández Yessica Raquel , Peralta-Valencia Víctor Daniel Mateo
Published: June 2024

Retraction note: Duche Pérez, A. B, Ruiz Fernández, Y. R., & Peralta Valencia, V. D. M. (2023). Venezuelan Immigration and Social Stigmatization in Peru. TECHNO REVIEW. International Technology, Science and Society Review Revista Internacional De Tecnología, Ciencia Y Sociedad, 15(1), 21–38. https://doi.org/10.37467/revtechno.v15.5050
The Editorial Office of Eurasia Academic Publishing Group has retracted this article. An investigation carried out by our Research Integrity Department has found a group of articles, among which this one is found, that are not within the thematic scope of the journal. We believe that the editorial process was manipulated and, furthermore, acceptance decisions were made under possibly inappropriate peer review.
Analisis Layout Produksi pada Departemen Detection di PT Excelitas Technologies Batam
Authors: Apriyani Siagian Monika Ester , Loyda Tarigan Elsya Paskaria
Published: June 2024

Dalam industri manufaktur layout berpengaruh untuk meningkatkan aktivitas proses produksi pada lini produksi. PT Excelitas Technologies Batam memiliki permasalahan layout pada area sawing yang penempatan beberapa fasilitas kurang tepat. Hal ini menyebabkan jarak lintasan semakin jauh sehingga proses pemindahan material kurang efesien yang dapat mempengaruhi proses produksi. Perpindahan material yang cukup jauh saat melakukan process sawing ceramic ke process visual memiliki jarak perpindahan material sebesar 16,8 m. Perpindahan material yang cukup jauh saat melakukan  process washing filter ke process expand filter jarak perpindahan material memiliki jarak sebesar 15 m.  Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk merancang layout yang dapat meminimalkan jarak lintasan dan ongkos material handling. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode Computerizec Relative Allocation of Facilities Techniques (CRAFT). Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah layout usulan yang meminimalkan jarak lintasan dan OMH. Pada layout usulan proses material filter  terdapat jarak selisih sebesar 25,3m dari layout awal sebesar 116,25 m dan total OMH  layout usulan terdapat selisih sebesar Rp 2.208.175 dari layout awal sebesar Rp 4.559.931. Pada proses material ceramic terdapat jarak selisih 7,5m dari layout awal sebesar 122,75m dan total OMH pada layout usulan terdapat selisih sebesar Rp 1.786.688 dari layout awal sebesar Rp 4.559.975.
An Inventory Control of Wuling Car Spare Parts Using a Risk Analysis Appoarch
Authors: Laia David Kharun , Herlina
Published: June 2024

PT XWZ is a service company engaged in the automotive sector, which serves the stages of unit sales to service car vehicles (after sales service) for the Wuling car brand. In improving the vehicle service or maintenance process, it is necessary to have an optimal availability of spare parts. From the inventory data in the warehouse, the majority of spare parts stored in the warehouse are classified as slow moving parts. By conducting an ABC and FMEA approach, it is expected to be able to increase the reliability of maintenance needs so as to increase inventory according to the criticality value of spare parts. In this research, 19 spare parts items were found to be classified as critical or high risk items.
ANALISIS KELAYAKAN INVESTASI MESIN LAS LISTRIK WELDTECO NBC – 250F GUNA MENINGKATKAN PRODUKTIVITAS
Authors: Cahya Syahyanda Aulia Isha
Published: June 2024

CV. Karya Cipta Baru is one of the companies operating in the remanufacturing industry for heavy-duty vehicles such as trucks, trailers, and others. The company is planning to invest in electric welding machines to expedite the process of repairing truck trailers. Feasibility analysis and productivity analysis will be conducted to determine the viability of this investment. Sensitivity analysis is performed using the NPV calculation method, resulting in an NPV of Rp. 157,491,591. The calculation of PP estimates a payback period of 4 months and 18 days. The IRR calculation yields an investment return rate of 234%. And the PI calculation shows a profitability index of 8.16. Productivity analysis is also conducted using the Marvin E. Mundel method to assess the impact of the investment in electric welding machines. From the productivity analysis results, the investment is deemed feasible as it can increase the company's sales and net profit
ANALISA PRODUKTIVITAS PRODUKSI GULA DI PG. GEMPOLKREP DENGAN METODE OMAX DAN RCA (ROOTCAUSE ANALYSIS)
Authors: Santoso Krisna Agung S
Published: June 2024

Produktivitas merupakan ujung tombak keberlangsungan hidup perusahaan, jika terjadi peningkatan produktivitas menunjukan keberhasilan perusahaan dalam melakukan proses produksi. PG. Gempolkrep Mojokerto adalah salah satu pabrik gula di area milik PT. Persero Perkebunan Nusantara XX1I – XXII yang berlokasi di Desa Gempolkrep, Kecamatan Gedeg, Kabupaten Mojokerto. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengukur dan menganalisis penyebab penurunan produktivitas yang didasari pada 3 kriteria yaitu Kriteria 1 (Bahan Baku), Kriteria 2 (Tenaga Kerja), Kriteria 3 (Jam Kerja Mesin) Dan Kriteria 4 (Pemakaian Energi Lsitrik). Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Metode Objective Matrix (Omax), Dengan tahapan – tahapan Penentuan Kriteria (Defining), Pengukuran Kriteria (Quantifying) Dan Analisa Indeks Produktivitas (Monitoring). Pada tanggal 1 – 15 Agustus 2023 merupakan produktivitas terbaik dengan indeks produktivitas sebesar 1.000 sedangkan untuk produktivitas terendah terjadi pada tanggal 16 Mei – 31 Mei 2023 sebesar 30,30. Pada tanggal 16 juli – 31 juli 2023 merupakan tingkat overall productivity terbaik dengan indeks perubahan terhadap produktivitas standard sebesar 192 %, Sedangkan untuk Overall Productivity terburuk terjadi pada tanggal 1 September – 15 September 2023 sebesar – 45,4 %. Atribut kriteria yang paling rendah ialah dari Kriteria 3 (Jam Kerja Mesin) mengalami penurunan produktivitas karena memiliki skor sebesar 30, Kriteria 1 (Bahan Baku) memiliki skor sebesar 33, Kriteria 2 (Tenaga Kerja) memiliki skor sebesar 36 dan Kriteria 4 (Pemakaian Energi Listrik) memiliki skor sebesar 38
Implementation of Siemens S7-1200 PID Control on Festo Labvolt 3531 Plant Level Controller with Topkapi SCADA Using Modbus Communication Protocol
Authors: Supriyanto Hadi , Rizal Muhammad Nursyam , Wibowo Sugeng
Published: June 2024

Plant Festo LabVolt 3531 is a DCS, SCADA and process control system trainer based on the Allen Bradley Controllogix 5572 PLC and Factorytalk View SCADA. This research aims to provide another controller solution that can be used on the Festo Labvolt 3531 plant besides the Allen Bradley Controllogix 5572 PLC and FactoryTalk View SCADA. So that students have alternatives and variations of other technologies in learning. In this research, the Siemens S7-1200 PLC was used as a replacement for the Allen Bradley Controllogix 5572 PLC and Topkapi SCADA as a replacement for FactoryTalk View SCADA. As validation of the test, PID control was used to regulate the water level in both tubes at the Festo Labvolt 3531 plant. The test results for several specified height levels showed that the Siemens S7-1200 PLC with PID control integrated into Topkapi SCADA using the mobus communication protocol was successfully implemented , where the resulting control response has an average steady-state error of less than 2% and the delay between the interface and the device on the plant is 0s.
Contributos das intervenções dos enfermeiros na comunicação em cuidados paliativos: scoping review
Authors: Soares Sérgio , Pinho Carla , Bastos Elisabete , Ferreira Luísa
Published: June 2024

Enquadramento: a comunicação em cuidados paliativos é um contínuo repto para profissionais. Os enfermeiros são responsáveis pelo desenvolvimento destas intervenções e será destas que advém melhores resultados junto dos doentes e famílias. Objetivo: mapear as intervenções sobre a comunicação, dos enfermeiros em contexto de cuidados paliativos. Metodologia: estudo exploratório de revisão seguindo a metodologia da Joana Briggs Institute. Perante a questão “Que intervenções de comunicação são desenvolvidas pelos enfermeiros nas equipas de cuidados paliativos?”, realizou-se uma pesquisa nas bases de dados, com descritores MESH, “palliative care”, “nursing Care”, “comunication” com critérios de elegibilidade. Resultados: dos 88 estudos, selecionamos 11, apresentando critérios de seleção. Referem a existência de escassos estudos na área da comunicação em cuidados paliativos; os médicos encontram-se menos representados; a condição clínica no momento do encontro, é condicionadora e foca-se num momento único. É importante a comunicação até com ferramentas informáticas associada à tomada de decisão e realçando o seu indiscutível benefício. A comunicação é um instrumento muito pertinente entre o enfermeiro e o doente. Conclusão: a humanização da morte e o sentir do enfermeiro na passagem de informação sustentam “um sentido para a vida”. É possível mapear as intervenções dos enfermeiros e identificar limitações/lacunas dos saberes na comunicação em cuidados paliativos.
Medical Communication Systems Utilizing Optical Nanoantenna and Microstrip Technology
Authors: Fathi Badr Munaf , A. Murdas Ibrahim , Aldhahab Ahmed
Published: June 2024

Many technical approaches were implemented in the antenna manufacturing process to maintain the desired miniaturization of the size of the antenna model which can be employed in various applied systems such as medical communication systems. Furthermore, over the past several years, nanotechnology science has rapidly grown in a wide variety of applications, which has given rise to novel ideas in the design of antennas based on nanoscale merits, leading to the use of antennae as an essential linkage between the human body and the different apparatus of the medical communication system. Some medical applications dealt with different antenna configurations, such as microstrip patch antenna or optical nanoantenna in conjugate with sensing elements, controlling units, and monitoring instruments to maintain a specified healthcare system. This study summarizes and presents a brief review of the recent applications of antennas in different medical communication systems involving highlights, and drawbacks with explores recommended issues related to using antennas in medical treatment.
SETA- Extractive to Abstractive Summarization with a Similarity-Based Attentional Encoder-Decoder Model
Authors: Dey Monalisa , Mahata Sainik Kumar , Mondal Anupam , Das Dipankar
Published: June 2024

Summarizing information provided within tables of scientific documents has always been a problem. A system that can summarize this vital information, which a table encapsulates, can provide readers with a quick and straightforward solution to comprehend the contents of the document. To train such systems, we need data, and finding a quality one is tricky. To mitigate this challenge, we developed a high-quality corpus that contains both extractive and abstractive summaries derived from tables, using a rule-based approach. This dataset was validated using a combination of automated and manual metrics. Subsequently, we developed a novel Encoder-Decoder framework, along with attention, to generate abstractive summaries from extractive ones. This model works on a mix of extractive summaries and inter-sentential similarity embeddings and learns to map them to corresponding abstractive summaries. On experimentation, we discovered that our model addresses the saliency factor of summarization, an aspect overlooked by previous works. Further experiments show that our model develops coherent abstractive summaries, validated by high BLEU and ROUGE scores.
role of user experience towards customer loyalty with mediating role of customer satisfaction at Shopee
Authors: Saputra Upayana Wiguna
Published: June 2024

Based on data from Badan Pusat Statistika Provinsi Bali (2020) shows that there was an increase of 23.49% in online shopping activities during Covid-19 pandemic in Bali Province. However, the satisfaction and loyalty of Shopee users decreased in the first quarter of 2021. This can be seen from the many bad reviews from reviews on Google Play Store and App Store related to the use of applications that often an error. This study aims to determine the loyalty of Shopee users, where customer satisfaction is the determinant of the perceptions generated by users' experience. With both positive and negative results from users, it will make Shopee users make satisfy to repeat purchases, and eventually become loyal customers. This study used 155 respondents tested using the PLS-SEM as a data analysis method. The result found that user experience has no significant effect on customer loyalty. User experience has a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty and also a partial mediation between user experience and customer loyalty. This study focused on the relationship between user experience, customer satisfaction, and loyalty.
In vitro production of Phalaenopsis orchids
Authors: Yahya Mir Abdullatif , Killi Haworth Dilek , Özden Emre , Tunalı Fatma , Sökmen Atalay
Published: June 2024

Phalaenopsis – known as moth orchids – are the most popular orchids cultivated indoors as decorative house plants. This makes propagation and cultivation of Phalaenopsis important for commercial growers. Enhancements to the micropropagation of Phalaenopsis would have pronounced economic benefits through reduced losses and wastage. We examined the effects of several nutrient media and specific plant growth regulators (PGRs) belonging to the gibberellic acid and cytokinin groups on the in vitro germination of Phalaenopsis seeds, utilizing a single group pretest-posttest model. The effects of several nutrient media such as: Knudson C (KCM), Lindemann (LM), Orchimax (-OM), Orchimax + activated charcoal (+OM), Murashige & Skoog (MS), as well as various PGRs such as 6-Benzylaminopurine (6BA), 6-Furfurylaminopurine (KIN), Adenin hemisulfate (AHS), Thidiazuron (TDZ), 2-Isopentenyl adenine (2iP), and Gibberellic acid (GA3), on the process of germination were also investigated. The explants obtained from the germinating seedlings were subjected to direct organogenesis, and the optimal PGR and tissue fragments were determined. The +OM medium facilitated the shortest germination period (in days). An inverse relationship between the concentration of TDZ and the percentage of germination in the context of the employed PGRs was observed. Apart from TDZ, the remaining PGRs exhibited a positive correlation with concentration. However, no significant difference in germination was observed in comparison to the control. The findings of direct organogenesis investigations revealed that the medium that exhibited the highest productivity was enriched with 5.0 ppm of 6BA. The media containing TDZ exhibited a reduced level of efficiency. Particularly, the group treated with 1.0 ppm of TDZ exhibited reduced efficacy compared to the control group. All concentrations of cytokinin in root elongation stage exhibited a favorable impact in comparison to the control. The variance between these PGRs was not statistically significant.
Examining Nursing Students’ Interest and Performance in Chemistry in Nigeria Colleges of Nursing Sciences: Emerging Issues
Authors: Asekarumeh Jimoh , Martins .O. Iserhienrhien , Chiamaka .B. Osondu , Ezekiel Osahon Efeobhokhan
Published: June 2024

Nurses require a good understanding of chemistry as a result of the interrelationship of many chemistry concepts with nursing both in the classroom and in applications hence, the indispensable nature of chemistry to nursing. However, most nursing students have consistently found chemistry as one of their major nightmares in the course of their studies. This is evident in their performances and interest. This paper aims to critically examine the causes of the increasing decline in nursing students’ interest in chemistry in Nigerian nursing colleges in relation to how they are negatively impacting in their chemistry performances. The paper relied on both primary and secondary sources and on careful analysis found out the major challenging issues as: foundational problems, unqualified candidates/ examination malpractice, faulty/fraudulent admission procedures, lack of laboratories/learning materials and the ease of cross border migration. While the problems obviously maybe more than as elucidated, in chatting a way forward, some strategies suggested as recommendations include proper result verification process, guiding the students through the use of problem-solving skills, the provision of well-equipped laboratories and the adoption and the implementation of digital mode of teaching and learning. Even though they may not be exhaustive, but they have been carefully chosen as highlighted and would go a long way to help if fully implemented.
The Role of Stakeholders in Addressing Cultural Commodification in Puri Saren Agung Ubud Gianyar District
Authors: Purna Gumelar Tri , Kristianto Yohanes , . Widiastuti
Published: June 2024

The impact of cultural commodification tends to refer to negative patronage issues and little attention is paid to discussions of social adjustment. Puri Saren Agung Ubud as a cultural heritage landmark which then commodifies its culture. This research examines the role of stakeholders in responding to cultural commodification. Based on qualitative research with hermeneutic phenomenological analysis, the results show that this cultural commodification is responded to in a form by stakeholders, in this case ARCGM (Academy, royals, community, government, media). The roles of ARCGM stakeholders are: 1) academy as drafter; 2) royals as policy creators and facilitators; 3) community as implementer; 4) government as coordinator; 5) media as an accelerator and mediator. This study proposes that stakeholders build tourism mobility with innovative local values to strengthen socio-cultural identity. This study makes it possible to provide a better understanding of socio-cultural consequences as a basic framework in formulating policies, regulations and collectivities.
Legal basis for the use of covert means
Authors: Finszter Géza
Published: June 2024

Aim: The use of covert means is any information gathering intelligence operation (secret police activity) in which the authorised authorities of the State seek to obtain new knowledge in the course of administrative and criminal proceedings without the knowledge of the holder of the information, by limiting the right of self-determination. In dictatorships, this form of exercise of state power is also dominated by arbitrariness. Constitutional states place the use of secret means on a public law basis. This study aims to demonstrate that it is possible to regulate acts of public authority that are at the heart of secrecy by means of legal instruments whose core is publicity.
Methodology: The objective outlined above can only be achieved if the dogmatic and moral characteristics of the legislation are harmonised with the specific characteristics of the secret police. The task is not easy. Legislation is always about the future and is always based on abstract prognosis; covert intelligence aims to discover the past, the present and the future, and the knowledge to be acquired is always unique and concrete.
Finidings: The abstract nature of the regulation and the uniqueness of the intelligence operation resolve the contradiction between publicity and secrecy. What is public is the rule, what is secret is the application of the rule to a specific situation. However, legislation can become fully formalised when it no longer imposes limits on the operation of state power, but merely authorises it, opening the way to free discretion. In such a case, the guise of legality conceals an untrammelled power.
Value: Law that serves humanity is an effective means of preserving social order. Secret data-collection requires a limitation of rights, yet it is indispensable to combat violations (principle of necessity), provided that it does not cause more serious harm than the threat against which it is used (principle of proportionality).
Egyes közlekedési szabályszegésekre vonatkozó közigazgatási bírságolási kérdések
Authors: Haspel Orsolya
Published: June 2024

Aim: The law of misdemeanours, which emerged in the mid-1950s, embodied the legal policy will that administrative substantive offences should be dealt with by means of misdemeanour proceedings. The legal policy objective was not fulfilled, and the institution of administrative fines was 'spawned' by the impetus of the social laws in question as the law of administrative offences developed. Since the beginning of the 21st century, this has been spreading - according to the legislator's unknown intentions - and has typically developed in the direction of objective sanctions. Perhaps most strikingly in traffic regulation. The aim of this paper is to illustrate some of the specific features of administrative fines, limited to traffic rules. Among the administrative sanctions, the author examines those which are applied by the fining authorities for infringements of road traffic rules. The author tries to justify the need to modify the grounds for exemption in the substantive law as it stands, on the one hand, and the regulation of on-the-spot fines, on the other. Methodology: According to the author, the objective can be achieved if the will to codify embraces the objectives set out above. To this end, the methodology of the study is based on an analysis of the relevant legal norm, from which valid deductive assertions are made. Findings: The infringements transferred from the law of misdemeanours to the law on administrative fines require further codification. Value: The study could help to improve the legal framework for dealing with administrative substantive offences.
Current mortality situation in Bac Ninh province in the period 2017-2020
Authors:   Bac Ninh Centers for Disease Control and prevention, Tran Van Son , Ngo Thi Xuan ,   Bac Ninh Centers for Disease Control and prevention, Cao Thi Nhung ,   Hanoi University of Public Health, Minh Nguyen ,   Hanoi University of Public Health, Vu Tri Duc ,   Hanoi University of Public Health,   The Training and Research Institute on Child Health – Vietnam National Children’s Hospital, Nguyen Van Thang ,   Vietnam National Children’s Hospital, Nguyen Thi Trang Nhung ,   Hanoi University of Public Health,   The Training and Research Institute on Child Health – Vietnam National Children’s Hospital
Published: June 2024

Objective: This study aims at describing the mortality situation in Bac Ninh province from 2017-2020 Methods: A cross-sectional study design was applied. Data regarding individual mortality during 2017-2020 in Bac Ninh province was collected from mortality registration system (namely A6/YTCS). In particular, information about each mortality was collected, including: age, gender, address, date of mortality and cause of mortality. Descriptive statistics was used to show the mortality rate between age groups and gender. A log-scale was used to show the pattern across age groups in each male and female mortality. Results: The results show that the mortality rate (per 1,000 people) of children under 5 years old was lowest among age groups in 2019 compared to other years (0.73 mortality per 1,000 people). However, when comparing the under-5-mortality rate across four years, the mentioned figure was higher than 2017, 2018 and 2020. During the entire period 2017-2020, the age group over 80 years old had the highest mortality rate (per 1,000 people) from 40.82 (in 2017) to 69.90 (in 2020). For gender comparison, male had higher mortality rates than female in all age groups Conclusions: Among children under 5 years old, the mortality rate were highest in 2019 when comparing with the other years, including 2017, 2018 and 2019. Conversely, the lowest mortality trend was observed in 2017 across most age groups, except for the 20-24 and 35-39 age groups. Throughout the period, the mortality rate consistently rose in the over 80 age group. Keywords: Current situation, mortality, mortality rate
Özel Öğrenme Güçlüğü Olan Öğrencilerin Fen Bilimleri Derslerinde Yaşam Becerilerini Geliştirmeye Yönelik Akademisyen Önerileri
Authors: Er Nas Sibel , Yaman Havva , Bekar Şeyma Nur , Kirman Bilgin Arzu , Özmen Haluk , Çakıroğlu Orhan , Şenel Çoruhlu Tülay , Tatlı Zeynep , İpek Akbulut Hava , Gülay Ahmet , Delimehmet Dada Şenay , Çelenk Göksel
Published: June 2024

Özel öğrenme güçlüğü (ÖÖG) olan öğrenciler fen bilimleri dersi kapsamında bireyselleştirilmiş destek eğitime ihtiyaç duyabilmektedirler. Fen bilimleri dersinin temel amaçlarından biri de öğrencilere yaşam becerileri kazandırabilmektir. Fakat fen bilimleri dersleri kapsamında ÖÖG olan öğrencilere gerek sınıf ortamında gerekse destek eğitim odalarında yaşam becerilerinin nasıl kazandırılacağı ve geliştirileceği merak konusudur. Bu fikirden yola çıkılarak mevcut araştırmada “fen bilimleri derslerinde ÖÖG olan öğrencilerin yaşam becerilerinin nasıl geliştirebileceğine yönelik fen bilgisi ve özel eğitim akademisyenlerinin önerileri nelerdir?” sorusuna cevap aranmaktadır. Özel durum yöntemi ile yürütülen bu araştırmada uzmanlık alanı fen bilimleri eğitimi olan 10 ve özel eğitim olan 10 akademisyen olmak üzere toplam 20 katılımcının görüşü alınmıştır. Yarı yapılandırılmış sorulardan oluşan mülakatlardan elde edilen veriler içerik analizine tabi tutulmuştur. Ortaya çıkan kodlar ve temalar grafiksel gösterimlerden yararlanılarak okuyucuya sunulmuştur. Tespit edilen sonuçlardan birisi akademisyenlerin, ÖÖG olan öğrencilere iletişim ve takım çalışması becerilerinin kazandırılmasının diğer yaşam becerilerinin kazandırılmasından daha önemli olduğunu belirtmeleridir. Yaşam becerilerinin eğlenceli takım çalışmalarını içeren eğitsel oyunlarla geliştirebileceği tespit edilen bir diğer önemli sonuçtur. Fen bilgisi öğretmenlerine, derslerinde ve destek eğitim odalarında ÖÖG olan öğrencilerine yönelik araştırma sonuçlarına dayalı etkinlikler gerçekleştirmeleri önerilmektedir.
INTELLECTUAL INFLUENCE CAPITAL ON PERFORMANCE FINANCE WITH STRATEGY BUSINESS AS MODERATION (Empirical Study of Companies Food Sector Manufacturing And Drinks Listed on the IDX Year 2019 – 2021)
Authors: Lam Stefania Lewa , Antoni Antoni
Published: June 2024

The aim of this research is to identify the impact of intellectual capital on financialperformance by considering business strategy as a moderating factor. In this research, the populationused is manufacturing companies operating in the food and beverage sector listed on the IndonesiaStock Exchange from 2019-2021. For sampling, this research used a purposive sampling technique,where 16 food and drink samples were selected that met predetermined criteria. This research usesSPSS 21. In this research, moderated regression analysis is used. The results of data analysis show thatintellectual capital does not have a direct significant influence on financial performance, but theinfluence of intellectual capital on financial performance can be moderated with the help of businessstrategy. Therefore, companies must identify intellectual resources and build a moderate businessstrategy
The EFFECT OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE, INFLUENCE OF AMOUNT AND DEVELOPMENT ON BUSINESS VALUE MODERATION GCG SUBJECT FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANIES ON BEI 2016 - 2020
Authors: Wibowo Aditya Angger
Published: June 2024

The aim of this research is to find out how capital structure, the influence of size and development influence business value which is moderated by GCG. This quantitative research approach uses secondary data about 30 food and beverage companies listed on the IDX from 2016 to 2020 and samples were taken from seven companies, the data collection technique used purposive sampling technique. Data processing analysis uses the partial least square PLS technique using the smart PLS application. The research results show that GCG influences capital structure directly and significantly; size and development are not directly and significantly influenced by GCG; business value is not directly and significantly influenced by GCG; and the amount does not affect ownership directly or significantly.
Intermediate-mass Black Hole Progenitors from Stellar Collisions in Dense Star Clusters
Authors: González Prieto Elena , Weatherford Newlin C. , Fragione Giacomo , Kremer Kyle , Rasio Frederic A.
Published: June 2024

Very massive stars (VMSs) formed via a sequence of stellar collisions in dense star clusters have been proposed as the progenitors of massive black hole seeds. VMSs could indeed collapse to form intermediate-mass black holes, which would then grow by accretion to become the supermassive black holes observed at the centers of galaxies and powering high-redshift quasars. Previous studies have investigated how different cluster initial conditions affect the formation of a VMS, including mass segregation, stellar collisions, and binaries, among others. In this study, we investigate the growth of VMSs with a new grid of Cluster Monte Carlo star cluster simulations—the most expansive to date. The simulations span a wide range of initial conditions, varying the number of stars, cluster density, stellar initial mass function (IMF), and primordial binary fraction. We find a gradual shift in the mass of the most massive collision product across the parameter space; in particular, denser clusters born with top-heavy IMFs provide strong collisional regimes that form VMSs with masses easily exceeding 1000 M
⊙. Our results are used to derive a fitting formula that can predict the typical mass of a VMS formed as a function of the star cluster properties. Additionally, we study the stochasticity of this process and derive a statistical distribution for the mass of the VMS formed in one of our models, recomputing the model 50 times with different initial random seeds.
Observational Predictions for the Survival of Atomic Hydrogen in Simulated Fornax-like Galaxy Clusters
Authors: Chaturvedi Avinash , Tonnesen Stephanie , Bryan Greg L. , Popping Gergö , Hilker Michael , Serra Paolo , Genel Shy
Published: June 2024

The presence of dense, neutral hydrogen clouds in the hot, diffuse intragroup and intracluster (IC) medium is an important clue to the physical processes controlling the survival of cold gas and sheds light on cosmological baryon flows in massive halos. Advances in numerical modeling and observational surveys mean that theory and observational comparisons are now possible. In this paper, we use the high-resolution TNG50 cosmological simulation to study the H i distribution in seven halos with masses similar to the Fornax galaxy cluster. Adopting observational sensitivities similar to the MeerKAT Fornax Survey (MFS), an ongoing H i survey that will probe to column densities of 1018 cm−2, we find that Fornax-like TNG50 halos have an extended distribution of neutral hydrogen clouds. Within 1 R
vir, we predict the MFS will observe a total H i covering fraction of ∼12% (mean value) for 10 kpc pixels and 6% for 2 kpc pixels. If we restrict this to gas more than 10 half-mass radii from galaxies, the mean values only decrease mildly, to 10% (4%) for 10 (2) kpc pixels (albeit with significant halo-to-halo spread). Although there are large amounts of H i outside of galaxies, the gas seems to be associated with satellites, judging both by the visual inspection of projections and by comparison of the line of sight velocities of galaxies and IC H i.
TESS Light Curves of Cataclysmic Variables. IV. A Synoptic View of Eclipsing Old Novae and Novalike Variables
Authors: Bruch Albert
Published: June 2024

Based mainly on the months-long 2 minutes time-resolution light curves observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Telescope (TESS) space mission of 48 eclipsing old novae and novalike variables (commonly referred to as NLs) selected from the Ritter & Kolb catalog, a synoptic view of some basic properties of these systems is provided. The supraorbital variations exhibit a large diversity of behavior. Data taken from the literature and many additional eclipse epochs measured in the TESS and in AAVSO light curves are used to update the orbital ephemerides of 21 targets. The large majority of these suffer period variations which defy current theoretical understanding. Orbital waveforms are constructed and, if possible, their variation over time is studied, revealing some common characteristics but also substantial differences between individual systems. The dependence of the eclipse depth on the out-of-eclipse flux reveals that in all systems a fraction of the light source responsible for the out-of-eclipse variations escapes eclipse and is probably located in the outer disk regions. In systems exhibiting superhumps, both eclipse width and epoch are modulated with the accretion disk precession period. This suggests an expansion and contraction of the eclipsed light source, as well as a periodic shift of its light center as a function of the accretion disk precession phase. The dependence of the orbital and superhump waveforms on the disk precession phase is also examined but does not lead to a consistent picture. Two cataclysmic variables are newly identified as eclipsing. Attention is drawn to specific peculiarities in some of the target stars.
The “Cura pastoralis” Fragment from the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia: A Completely Different Story
Authors: Lenssens Anke
Published: June 2024

The fragment “Cura pastoralis” is the oldest manuscript fragment in Slovenia and is kept in the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia under the file number AS 1073, II–1r. It consists of one bifolium. One side of it is very badly damaged, as the fragment was once used for the binding of a book that served as the marriage register of the town of Trbovlje between 1669 and 1704. The register is still kept in the Diocesan Archives of Maribor. The bifolium is cataloged as a fragment of a ninth-century manuscript containing the “Cura pastoralis” of Gregory the Great. After a thorough examination, however, it turned out to be part of a work by Paterius of Brescia, Gregory the Great’s first secretary, which may have seen the light of day in the Freising scriptorium. There are some physical and content-related similarities between the fragment and the oldest complete manuscript in Slovenia, the Ecloga of Lathcen, which was written in the same period, namely at the end of the first half of the ninth century.
John Donne in Slovenian and the “Reflexive” Translation Theory of Antoine Berman
Authors: Stubbs John
Published: June 2024

In his last book, Antoine Berman developed his theory of “translation criticism” by considering the poetry of John Donne in French translation. The present article applies that theory to Slovenian translations of Donne by Janez Menart and Marjan Strojan. It makes particular use of Berman’s concept of “marked” textual features to consider the survival of Donne’s “far-fetched” stylistic devices in Menart’s and Strojan’s translations. The article suggests that translation critics outside the Slovenian milieu should be aware of the preconceptions fostered by the hierarchy of “high” and “low” impact cultures. Silvia Kadiu, commenting on Berman, stresses the importance of “reflexivity” on the part of literary translators. When, as translation critics, we consider these two translators’ place within Slovenian culture and investigate the critical erudition they display towards Donne’s historical milieu, we find that Strojan and Menart pay exceptional respect to the principle of reflexivity.