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Bibliometric Analysis of Public Literature on Google Drive
Authors: Salleh Noor Salizabinti Mohd , Hussain Azham , . .
Published: January 2021

Ever since cloud storage has been a trend for data storage technology, Google Drive has been widely used by users and research on the use of Google Drive has initiated starting from 2012. Based on the usefulness and benefits of Google Drive, there are many kinds of research has been conducted on this topic. Thus, this paper aims to analyze and report various types of published works related to Google Drive based on the data obtained from SCOPUS database as of May 2020. This study adopted a bibliometric analysis by using “Google Drive” keyword search and managed to retrieve 356 documents to-be analyzed. Standard bibliometric indicators has been used to present the result in this article; document type, source type, year of publication, languages of document, subject area, most active sources, keyword analysis, geographical distribution of documents, authorship and most productive authors, most influential institution, text and citation analysis. MS Excel, VOS viewer, and Publish and Perish 7 software had been utilize in order to analyze the gathered documents. The result shows there is an increased growth rate of research on Google Drive from 2012 until 2016. However, the number of research is decreasing slowly from 2017 until 2020. In total, there are 9 languages being used, 26 subjects area with one undefined, 73 countries with one undefined, 160 authors and 160 institutions.
Factors Affecting Lecturers’ Commitment to their University – A Study in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Authors: Tai Tran Duc , Singh Harwindar , Hieu Vu Minh
Published: January 2021

Resulting from the globalization, there exists the fierce competition in all of the organizations in Vietnam. In higher education, education quality is built up by many factors in which lecturers are the cornerstone for the determination and development of the education quality, organization performance and competitive advantage, especially for sustainable development. This study is to identify factors and their impacts on employment (job) satisfaction, organizational trust, and lecturer’s commitment to universities located in Ho Chi Minh City. Later, managerial recommendations and implications have been formed to the universities. Both of the qualitative method and quantitative method have been used with techniques as EFA, CFA, SEM from the 772 surveyed samples as university lecturers. The findings express job satisfaction and organizational trust impact positively on the lecturer's commitment. Additionally, the research shows its limitations by its samples the new researches.
The Rapid Growth of Coconut Estates in Indragiri Hilir 1980s – 1990s
Authors: Akmal Atqo , Warto Warto , Sariyatun Sariyatun
Published: January 2021

Coconut estate is one of the vital agriculture sub-sectors in Indonesia because it has an important role in absorbing employment. In the early 20th century, Netherland Indies was one of the major copra exporters globally, and the eastern region of Nusantara contributed as the leading producer. However, in the 1930s – 1950s, the coconut-based economy's contraction phase in the eastern region had weakened the whole production. The Indonesian government tried to recover coconut estates and its economic market through several efforts, such as rehabilitating smallholder coconut estates, recovering copra trading, and starting coconut industrialization. Used historical research methods, this article described the shifting of Indonesia coconut-based economy from the past center of trade and production, in the eastern region of Indonesia, to a recent major producer and industry cluster in the Indragiri Hilir, Riau Province. In the 1980s – 1990s, the government efforts to improve coconut commodities have led to shifting the Indonesian coconut-based economy to Indragiri Hilir. Several policies issued by the government such as Smallholder Coconut Development Project, Proyek Peremajaan Rehabilitasi dan Perluasan Tanaman Ekspor (PRPTE), Nucleus Estate Smallholder (NES), Nucleus Estate Smallholder Transmigration (NES-Trans), and the local government funding, as well as the liberalization of coconut trading regulation, had stimulated rapid growth of coconut estates in Indragiri Hilir. Even though several schemes and governments attempt to develop smallholder coconut estates, the expansion rate was mostly dominated by self-funded smallholder coconut estates. During the 1980s – 1990s, the increasing demand for coconut from large-scale processing industries had attracted the smallholder to cultivate coconut.
Mata Rantai Perdagangan Lada di Kalimantan Bagian Tenggara Pada Abad ke-17-18
Authors: Susilowati Endang
Published: January 2021

In the period of 17th  century up to 18th century, pepper was one of the important commodities of Southeastern Kalimantan. Pepper was produced by Dayak tribes in rural areas of Southeastern Kalimantan, transported through the rivers and traded in Banjarmasin, which was the most important port in the region.  Merchants from all around the globe visited Banjarmasin to trade for this commodity. This article aims to study the linkage of the pepper trade in Banjarmasin which involved pepper farmers in rural areas, Chinese and Banjar merchants as the middlemen, Sultan and court officials as the holders of privileges in pepper trade, and foreign traders (Chinese, Dutch, and the British) as the buyer of pepper in the port city of Banjarmasin. By discussing the role of each part of the link, the relationship between these parts can be seen clearly. The results of this study indicate that pepper farmers are the most disadvantaged party in this trade link, they hardly benefit from the growing trade of the pepper they produced. Meanwhile the middlemen, Sultan and court officials had enjoyed huge profits. The Sultan even used pepper as a political tool to gain the support of Dutch authorities (Dutch East-India Company) in dealing with their enemies. Another important link was the Chinese, Dutch and British merchants who competed for the pepper supplies. The Chinese traders who charged the pepper for a higher price had easier way to obtain the pepper supplies than the Dutch and British traders who were supported by their trading authorities.
ПРАВОПИСНА КОМПЕТЕНТНІСТЬ ЯК ЕЛЕМЕНТ ПРОФЕСІОГРАМИ ВИКЛАДАЧА ЛІНГВІСТИЧНИХ ДИСЦИПЛІН
Authors: КАРПОВЕЦЬ ХРИСТИНА
Published: January 2021

The article focuses on spelling competence as a component of a lecturer’s professiogram in the field of linguistics disciplines. In particular, the authors analyze how psycholinguistic factors form the current pedagogical competence. The professiogram of a lecturer in the educational paradigm covers such characteristics as competence, professionalism, and mastery, as well as the conditions of its acquisition, development, and criteria for evaluation. Spelling competence in the structure of the professional language-communicative competence of a philologist is a part of several “subsystems”: spelling competence → linguistic competence → professional lingo-communicative competence. It is also a complex formation, which contains cognitive, operational, active, valuesemantic, and behavioral components. The current article reveals the phenomenon of speech in connection with the deployment of spelling skills. Its development involves the transformation of external speech into the internal, when the reproduction of a word’s image occurs automatically, and the actual linguistic process remains outside the consciousness.
TREŚĆ VERSUS FORMA. Z ROZWAŻAŃ NAD NATURĄ TEKSTU LITERACKIEGO W ŚWIETLE UKRAIŃSKICH MANIFESTÓW LITERACKICH LAT 20. XX WIEKU
Authors: Nowacki Albert
Published: January 2021

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on an extremely interesting issue, which was the attempt to explain the primacy of content over form or form over content in Ukrainian literature. The author emphasizes that this issue was the subject of considerations at the end of the 19th century, when modernist literature, looking for new ways of artistic expression, gave primacy to the form of a literary work over its content. Modernists felt freed from the duty of “moralizing” the reader, arguing that the writer’s duty is to constantly experiment with the form. The author refers to such figures as Mykola Voronyj, Mykola Sriblanski, Yakiv Mozhejko, Dmytro Zahul, and circles associated with the magazine “Muzahet”, “Literature Critical Almanac”, “Ukraїns’ka khata” and the literary group “Moloda Muza”. Discussions at the turn of the century came alive again in the 1920s in the newly formed Ukrainian Soviet Republic. Supporters of socialist realism argued that the content of the literary work is more important, because, in their opinion, the writer’s duty is to “educate” society. Based on the research conducted, it can also be stated that at the same time there were also writers whoemphasized the significant importance of the form of the literary work. Among them were members of the literary group called “Grono”. Later in the paper, the ideas advanced by Valeriian Polishchuk, who proposed the concept of the literature of the spiral (literature like mathematics ), are analysed. An interesting poem theory is also mentioned here, where euphony came to the fore. It was the author’s concept of a new rhythm of the poem, referred to as the “khvilyada”.
УКРАЇНСЬКА РЕЦЕПЦІЯ ПОЛЬСЬКОГО ХУДОЖНЬОГО РЕПОРТАЖУ: ПОСТРАДЯНСЬКІ РЕЦИДИВИ І СИНДРОМ ПОСТКОЛОНІАЛЬНОЇ ПУСТКИ
Authors: Нахлік Олеся
Published: January 2021

For the first time in Ukrainian literary studies the specificity of the Ukrainian reception of reportages by J. Hugo-Bader describing post-Soviet reality on the territories of Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Transnistria is analyzed. For Ukrainian readers, it is particularly important to read these texts through the prism of their own experience of life after the collapse of the Soviet colossus. The Ukrainian success of White Fever is evidenced by the fact that it has undoubtedly been a powerful stimulus to rethink the phenomenon of modern Russia and to overcome this deformed reality of delirium tremens, in which post-communist freedom is a curse. In the article, special attention is paid to text-reactions, discussing Hugo-Bader’s linguistic skill and his reporter’s method of “hugging” the interlocutor in order to create texts showing not only the unknown reality, but also evoking empathy.
РОМАН ДОЦЯ ТАМАРИ ГОРІХА ЗЕРНЯ: СТРАТЕГІЇ ТВОРЕННЯ ЕФЕКТУ СПІВПРИЧЕТНОСТІ
Authors: ГРЕБЕНЮК ТЕТЯНА
Published: January 2021

The article considers narrative strategies of the creation of the effect of the reader’s involvement in the protagonist’s life experience in Tamara Horiha Zernia’s novel Dotsya, which is devoted to the important problem of today — the war on the east of Ukraine. The theoretical framework of the study is based on Monika Fludernik’s cognitive-narratological conception of experientiality referring to the idea of the reader’s familiarization with a character’s experience by narrative means. Three strategies of creating the experientiality in this novel are seen as the most important: mimetism while reflecting the region realities, manipulation by the category of local identity, and vivid emotionality of the novel’s narrative. The protagonist’s depersonalization, the display of corporal reactions and the inclusion of invective digressions into the fictional discourse are considered as prevailing patterns of emotional expression.
Fundamentals of reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT)
Authors: Moad Catherine L. , Moad Graeme
Published: January 2021

Radical polymerization is transformed into what is known as reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization by the addition of a RAFT agent. RAFT polymerization enables the preparation of polymers with predictable molar mass, narrow chain length distribution, high end-group integrity and provides the ability to construct macromolecules with the intricate architectures and composition demanded by modern applications in medicine, electronics and nanotechnology. This paper provides a background to understanding the mechanism of RAFT polymerization and how this technique has evolved.
Conviviality, the Internet, and AI. Ivan Illich, Bernard Stiegler, and the Question Concerning Information-technological Self-limitation
Authors: Beinsteiner Andreas
Published: January 2021

In his book Tools for Conviviality (1975), Ivan Illich calls for human self-limitation in technology development. His aim is neither environmental protection nor the prevention of unforeseen side-effects of technology development, but the comprehensibility of technologies’ operating principles for the user. For if the construction or repairing of tools requires expert knowledge inaccessible to the public, this necessarily entails social imbalances in power. In a similar manner, Bernard Stiegler conceives the delegation of know-how to technological systems as a kind of proletarianization that ultimately may result in a loss of savoir-vivre. Without sweepingly rejecting the division of labour, automation or specialized knowledge, practices of commoning respond to such diagnoses: free software like GNU/Linux or open hardware largely succeed in unlinking the expert knowledge that advanced computing doubtlessly requires from problematic power effects. From this perspective, proprietary algorithms are problematic, as their lack of transparency prevents conviviality. This also holds for the practices of data aggregation and extraction which steadily increase the information gap between platform providers and users. An even more fundamental problem is posed by so-called “self-learning”, i.e., recursively adapting, algorithms: it is not clear how and to what extent the knowledge and instructions generated by “artificial intelligence” can be traced and reconstructed by human insight. Thus, we are confronted with a situation of potentially non-recoverable proletarianization and non-conviviality that exposes a renewed urgency of Illich’s considerations concerning technological self-limitation.
Voxel-based finite element modelling of wood elements based on spatial density and geometry data using computed tomography
Authors: Hartig Jens U. , Bieberle André , Engmann Chris , Haller Peer
Published: January 2021

In this paper, voxel-based finite element modelling based on spatial geometry and density data is applied to simulate the detailed stress and strain distribution in a large wood element. As example, a moulded wooden tube with a length of 3 m and a diameter of 0.3 m is examined. Gamma-ray computed tomography is used to obtain both, its actual geometric shape and spatial density distribution. Correlation functions (R2 ≈ 0.6) between density and elastic material properties are experimentally determined and serve as link for defining the non-uniform distribution of the material properties in the finite element model. Considering the geometric imperfections and spatial variation of the material properties, a detailed analysis of the stress and strain distribution of a wood element is performed. Additionally, a non-destructive axial compression test is applied on the wooden tube to analyse the load-bearing behaviour. By means of digital image correlation, the deformation of the surface is obtained, which also serves for validation of the finite element model in terms of strain distributions.
Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of (m, n)-Jordan derivations
Authors: An Guangyu , Yao Ying
Published: January 2021

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Variation in differential object marking: On some differences between Spanish and Romanian
Authors: Irimia Monica Alexandrina
Published: January 2021

Although differential object marking (DOM) has been studied from a multitude of perspectives, research into the types of variation it allows in closely related languages is still needed. This article examines DOM from the point of view of (micro)variation, focusing on two genetically related languages, namely, standard Spanish and Romanian. Both identities and points of divergence are discussed in detail and argued to result from a morphosyntactic parameter in the realm of differential marking. Following López [López, Luis. 2012. Indefinite Objects Scrambling, Choice Functions and Differential Marking. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press], the Spanish special marker signals certain types of nominals which undergo short scrambling in order to have Case licensed. In Romanian, however, DOM is equated with an additional operation beyond the valuation of Case.
Shakespeare Against Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism in the World of Globalisation
Authors: Dumitrašković Tatjana
Published: January 2021

Critics belonging to cultural materialism consider that Shakespeare’s work has its own political dimension by demystifying specific forms of power. The paper deals with the way Shakespeare’s three great tragedies reveal how the authoritarian power could function through terror based on violence and dictatorship, and the abuse of that power in the world of globalisation.
Memories and Stories Redefining the Past and History in Julian Barnes’s the Sense of an Ending
Authors: Catană Elisabeta Simona
Published: January 2021

This essay analyses Julian Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending and argues that the concepts of the past and history are redefined by the narrator’s subjective memories and stories in a postmodernist manner. This essay shows that the past is reread as a letter and as a diary fragment which ask for the readers’ various interpretations regarding their absolute truth.
Calculation Model for the Mixing Amount of Internal Curing Materials in High-strength Concrete based on Modified MULTIMOORA
Authors: Guo Lixia , Wang Minghua , Zhong Ling , Zhang Yanan
Published: January 2021

The internal curing technology has been widely applied to high-strength concrete, for it can make the high-strength concrete marked by low shrinkage and durable frost resistance. The key to its extension and application lies in the reasonable mixing amount of internal curing materials. To address this problem, scholars have proposed a method for determining the water demand in internal curing; however, the water release of internal curing materials is difficult to obtain by measurement due to the mixing method. Therefore, this paper proposed a calculation model for the mixing amount of internal curing materials based on the modified MULTIMOORA method (Multi-Objective Optimization on the basis of Ratio Analysis plus full multiplicative form). First, different internal curing materials (super absorbent polymer (SAP), lightweight aggregate (LWA)) and pretreatment methods were selected to calculate their compressive strength, self-shrinkage and frost durability according to a proposed test scheme on the mixing amount of internal curing materials, and in such case, the comprehensive performance evaluation of the above indexes was turned into a multi-attribute decision-making problem. Second, the ordered weighted averaging (OWA) method and the entropy weight method were used to determine the subjective and objective weights of the indexes respectively, to eliminate the impact of outliers in the subjective evaluation values. Finally, the comprehensive performance of each test group was sorted using MULTIMOORA, and based on the sorting results and the calculation model, the mixing amount of internal curing materials was determined. The numerical example application results showed that the mixing amount of SAP curing material calculated based on the model herein was 1.276 kg/m3, and the mixing method adopted the pre-water absorption method with the total water-binder ratio unchanged. The numerical example evaluation results were in good agreement with the test results. The internal curing effect of SAP was better than that of LWA, and reached the best when the mixing amount was calculated at 25 times the water release rate and the requirement for the maximum total water diversion was met. The study may provide new ideas for extension and application of the internal curing technology.
Reducing the carbon footprint in the foundations structures of masonry family houses
Authors: Ondová Marcela , Eštoková Adriana , Fabianová Martina
Published: January 2021

Nowadays, the environmental assessment becomes more and more of interest as an additional tool for the decision-makers. The researchers in civil engineering focus on building materials, structures as well as whole buildings environmental evaluation. Analysis of the environmental impact of particular structures may be helpful for selecting building materials, with regard to the environmental performance of buildings in the early project phase. The aim of this paper is presentation of an environmental evaluation of the rarely assessed particular structures – building foundations and the analysis of the share of the building foundations to the overall environmental impact of building as well. The obtained data point to the need to include the environmental impacts of foundations when assessing the buildings, because of it is a necessary part of any type of family house. One kilogram of built-in foundations materials was responsible for emissions of 0.092 kg of greenhouse gases expressed by carbon dioxide (CO2). Embodied energy was calculated as equal to 1.14 MJ per 1kg of foundations materials and 832.2 MJ/m2 per building floor area. The foundation materials of houses contributed to the total environmental impact of the whole buildings by, on average, 15.0 and 22.8 % for embodied energy and global warming potential, respectively.
Structural diagnostics and structural analysis of precast concrete building
Authors: Demjan Ivo , Tomko Michal , Šoltýs Róbert
Published: January 2021

The aim of this paper was to estimate further service possibilities of precast concrete structure. It was necessary to remain basic reliability conditions for actual service conditions. To reach this goal a complex experimental diagnostics and structural analysis was applied. On the basis of these methods construction arrangements recommendations were defined.
Mutations in the SARS CoV-2 spike protein may cause functional changes in the protein quaternary structure
Authors: Akbulut Ekrem
Published: January 2021

Objectives

This study aimed to model the changes resulting from mutations in surface (spike/S) glycoproteins, which play a key role in the entry of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2) into host cells, in a protein quaternary structure and to evaluate their possible effects on the functional structure.

Methods

Genome sequence information of SARS CoV-2-infected patients located in Turkey was obtained from the GISAID EpiCoV database. Structural analysis of spike proteins was done using bioinformatics tools (MAFFT, PSIPRED, ProMod3, PyMoL and DynOmics).

Results

We identified 76 Thr>Ile mutations in the N-terminal domain; 468 Ile>Val mutations in the receptor binding site and 614 Asp>Gly, 679 Asn>Lys, 771 Ala>Val and 772 Val>Ile mutations in the S1 subunit. It has been observed that the mutations, except those of residues 771 and 772, may cause significant conformational, topological and electrostatic changes in a protein quaternary structure. It has been determined that the mutations in the receptor binding site transform the protein structure into a formation that can mask the binding site and affect receptor affinity.

Conclusions

It has been considered that SARS CoV-2 S glycoprotein mutations may cause changes in a protein functional structure that can affect the severity of disease.
Laurocerasus officinalis Roem. fruit extract induces cell death through caspase mediated apoptosis in gastric cancer cell lines
Authors: Karakaş Nihal , Okur Mehmet Evren , Öztunç Nurşah , Çiçek Polat Derya , Karadağ Ayşe Esra
Published: January 2021

Objectives

Laurocerasus
officinalis Roem. fruits are traditionally used for several health problems. Although there are some studies about its antiproliferative effects on different cancer cells, no study was reported about its potential therapeutic efficacy against gastric cancers which is the most malignant disease in the digestive system with high morbidity and mortality.

Methods

This study was aimed to evaluate L. officinalis fruit extract phytochemical contents as well as to compare anticancer effects on gastric cancer cells. The antioxidant activities were determined by ABTS and DPPH assays. Anticancer effects were measured by cell viability assays, then apoptotic proteins were analyzed by western blotting and flow cytometry.

Results

Laurocerasus officinalis fruit methanol extract showed moderate antioxidant activity by ABTS• and DPPH• assays. Significant cytotoxic activities and caspase mediated apoptosis were detected in the extract treated MKN-45 and AGS gastric cancer cells respectively while sparing healthy cells.

Conclusion

Our results showed that the L. officinalis Roem. extract has significant anticancer efficacy on gastric cancer cell lines; therefore, it can be further studied to determine its potential therapeutic components.
Monotherapy versus combination therapy in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia: A single center study
Authors: Al-Bazzaz Wishyar , Alkhayat Omar , AlKhayat Ali
Published: January 2021

Background and objectives: Most benign prostatic hyperplasia patients do not present obvious indicators for surgical intervention, so most of these patients are treated initially with medical therapy. This study aimed to compare the incidence of acute urinary retention after treatment with monotherapy with the incidence after combination therapy and determine the need for surgery in both methods. Methods: This is a retrospective study of the medical records of 248 benign prostatic hyperplasia patients who had attended Rizgary Teaching Hospital from May 2012 to June 2017. These patients were divided into two groups of 138 and 110 patients who have been treated by 0.4 mg tamsulosin capsule once daily and 0.4 mg tamsulosin capsule plus 5mg finasteride tablet once daily, respectively. Benign prostatic hyperplasia outcomes (acute urinary retention, benign prostatic hyperplasia related surgery) were compared between these two groups according to prostate volume and serum prostate specific antigen. Results: The combined treatment had significantly reduced the incidence of acute urinary retention and benign prostatic hyperplasia related surgery than monotherapy (P = 0.006 and 0.044, respectively). Similarly, when prostate volume and prostate specific antigen were above the cutoff value, both acute urinary retention and benign prostatic hyperplasia related surgery were lower in the combination therapy group than the monotherapy group. Conclusion: Combined therapy (0.4 mg tamsulosin plus 5mg finasteride) was significantly superior to 0.4 mg tamsulosin alone in the reduction of the incidence of acute urinary retention and benign prostatic hyperplasia related surgery among benign prostatic hyperplasia patients. Keywords: Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Acute urinary retention; Benign prostatic hyperplasia related surgery; Prostate volume; Prostate specific antigen.
Transforming the Campus Foodscape Through Participatory Mapping
Authors: Fanshel Rosalie Zdzienicka , Iles Alastair
Published: January 2021

University campuses are dynamic foodscapes that meet the needs of thousands of diverse community members. These foodscapes are difficult to comprehend in their entirety, and inequities based on race, class, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, dis/ability, and other forms of marginalization often remain unidentified and unaddressed. Since 2015, the UC Berkeley Foodscape Mapping Project has emerged as a model of participatory, justice-oriented food systems education. Drawing on critical pedagogy principles, it uses the Berkeley campus as a living laboratory for students, staff, and faculty to generate food systems knowledge. We trace the project’s development to show how what started as a set of workshops to address campus climate problems grew into a major mapping effort and advocacy projects that aim to improve the campus food system. Early on, workshops found that the biggest barrier to changing our campus food system was understanding the system itself: who the individual and departmental decision makers are and how different parts of the foodscape interact. Foodscape mapping is one possible pathway for changing a campus food system. This pathway was chosen because it could create a much-needed data foundation for advocacy at UC Berkeley. We discuss the concept of mapping and work through the process of building the Campus Food Players map. Several examples of Spotlight Maps and a practical policy advocacy project are presented to show the variety of outputs. Finally, we analyze financial, personnel, and pedagogical resources needed to realize the map, along with important constraints on its development. Readers will learn about campus foodscape mapping and be better equipped to develop projects at their own campuses.
Lessons from long-term care
Authors: Nix Hayden P. , Parker Ellen
Published: January 2021

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Application of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society's heart failure guidelines in a heart function clinic
Authors: Aucoin Brynn Victoria Margaret , Stevenson Robert S.
Published: January 2021

Keywords: Heart Failure, Guideline Adherence, Evidence Based-PracticePurpose: Heart failure is a significant diagnosis that poses serious mortality and morbidity risks. Many studies have assessed the efficacy of evidence-based guidelines in improving patient outcomes in the management of heart failure; however, there is limited data on how these guidelines are applied in clinical practice.Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional approach was used to examine a physician’s adherence to the Canadian Cardiovascular Society’s (CCS) most recent practice guidelines on managing heart failure. Data was collected from electronic hospital health records and patient charts of patients enrolled in a heart function clinic. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were done to compare current clinical practices related to investigations, treatment, and follow-up to the guidelines.Results: A total of 37 patients met inclusion criteria for this study (n=37). The majority of patients were males, 81%, with an average age of 71 years, 10 medications with 5.5 comorbidities. Recommendations regarding wait times, frequency of follow-up, and blood work were met 97%, 78%, and 64% of participants, respectively with most patients being reassessed more frequently than the guideline recommendation. Medical therapy recommendations were met in over 70% of participants. All participants had EF assessments as frequently or more frequently than guideline requirements.Conclusion: Overall, the Heart Function Clinic practices assessed in this study align well with the current guidelines recommended by the CCS. Although this study is by no means comprehensive, it provides an initial glimpse into how practice guidelines may be applied in clinical practice and identifies areas where further work needs to be done.
Pixelated vision: Validation of the complaint with no objective findings
Authors: Sheppard Emily A.L. , Gordon Kevin E.
Published: January 2021

Background: We encountered a young female presenting with a complaint of “pixelated vision”. A brief literature search at the time of consultation showed no peer reviewed publications. Our objective was to use an infodemiologic approach to investigate the possible occurrence of an unidentified visual phenomenon.Methods: An Internet search with the metabrowser search engine Dogpile (www.dogpile.com) was conducted on April 24, 2018, using free text words “pixelated” and “vision.” The first 100 results were scanned for forum posts and cross-referenced to minimize duplication.Results: Of the first 100 results, 15 unique posts were identified. The majority of posts were made by the affected individual (n=14, 93%). Sex was female (n=5, 33%), male (n=2, 13%) or unknown (n=8, 53%). Onset was identified as new (n=10, 67%) or chronic (n=5, 33%).Conclusion: The availability and content of these forum postings suggest that pixelated vision is an uncommon, non-pathological visual phenomenon not yet documented in conventional medical literature.
Promoting skin cancer awareness
Authors: Riahi Aryan
Published: January 2021

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Carved komari (vulva) stones from Rapa Nui: museum objects, legacy data and contemporary local history
Authors: Kaeppler Adrienne L. , Van Tilburg Jo Anne
Published: January 2021

The authors examine selected stone objects in the J.L. Young Collection, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Two were named by Young “Maea Momoa” (ma‘ea momoa; lit. ‘stone for chickens’). One of the ma‘ea momoa is a “pillow stone” (ŋarua) or basaltic beach cobble incised with komari (vulva motifs). The other is a “Bar of stone” lavishly embellished with similar motifs. Six other objects are said to be “fetish stones”. A possible ‘Orongo provenance for the incised “Bar of stone” is raised and tested, and toponymic and linguistic data are offered in support of a new interpretation of the origin of the hakatoro repe ‘elongation of the clitoris’ ritual and the function of one incised “fetish stone” in that process. This research calls attention to the traditional role of women in ‘Orongo ceremonies and employs relatively obscure museum collection objects and their previously overlooked documentation, thus uniting multiple data strands to reveal new details of Rapanui ritual life.
Mediator Analysis of Perceived Organizational Support: Role of Spiritual Leadership on Affective Commitment
Authors: Rumangkit Stefanus
Published: January 2021

This study aims to investigate the influence of spiritual leadership and perceived organizational support on affective commitment. In addition, the moderating role of perceived organizational support in the relationship of spiritual leadership and affective commitment will be tested. This research was conducted with survey research design, and the type of data was cross-sectional. Surveys conducted based on web based surveys. Research focuses on organizational members or employees in the Bandar Lampung region. Data is collected by self-administered survey with sampling in the form of non-probability sampling, namely by purposive sampling. Processing data and testing hypotheses is done using moderated regression analysis. The number of respondents in this study amounted to 130 respondents. Spiritual leadership is measured by SLT survey questions developed by Fry et al (2005), with 17 items of questions. Affective commitment was measured by 6 items of measurement scale developed by Meyer, Allen and Smith (1993). Whereas, perceived organizational support was measured by the short version of (Eisenberger et al., 1986), consisting of 8 statements.The results of the investigation show that spiritual leadership and perceived organizational support influence affective commitment. In particular, the moderating effect of perceived organizational support can strengthen the relationship of spiritual leadership and affective commitment.
Bancassurance Business Strategy in Life Insurance: a Case Study One of Joint Venture Company in Indonesia
Authors: Abiyyu Ikhwan , Najib Mukhamad , Asmara Alla
Published: January 2021

This research will conduct bancassurance business strategy for one of life insurance company. Bancassurance business in Indonesia is wide open and needed the right strategy for every company. Life insurance companies in the bancassurance business hold an important roles as a party that providing the product for bank customers. The mapping is carried out for the current business conditions run by the company using BMC tool and will be deepened with a SWOT analysis for each component in BMC. To present a new market, the company need to apply a new strategy that has never been carried out by competitors, with the perspective of BOS, a write off-reduce-increase-create scheme will be implemented to produce BMC alternatives. The result showed three strategic issues for the company, there are product development by collaborating with general incurance, customer segmentation development especially for High Net Worth customers also offering product with foreign currency, and digital competency strengthening in selling and internal process. These three strategies can be used as extra ammunition for the life insurance companies to compete in the bancassurance business.
Performance and Contribution of Japanese and Non-Japanese Financial Institutions in Developing Economies: an Empirical Research in Indonesia
Authors: Johan Suwinto
Published: January 2021

Paper purpose is to analysis the value generated by the Japanese and Non Japanese financial institutions in Indonesia banking from 2013-2018. The paper concentrated on the 16 foreign banks contained of seven affiliates of Japanese banks and nine affiliates of Asian Non-Japanese Banks. The shareholdersâ€™ origination will be the independent parameter, and the main financial measurements are the capital structure, credit risk, efficiency, profitability, and firm size, will be the dependent parameter. This paper used non-parametric Mann Whitney Test, besides parametric by Regression of Dummy Variable. The empirical outcomes indicate that there are variances in capital structure, credit risk, efficiency, and firm size. There is no significant variance in profitability ratio. Japanese banks are more noticeable in terms of firm size and well in efficiency ratio and loan to deposit ratio. However, Japanese banks have a higher non-performing credit. The outcomes are significant at a = 1% for capital structure and efficiency ratio.
The Relationship between Basic and Advanced Financial Literacy Index and Lecturer Financial Planning
Authors: Soejono Fransiska , Mendari Anastasia Sri
Published: January 2021

Aims of this study are to discover the way lecturers in Palembang manage their financial planning and to analyze the relationship between the financial literacy index and financial planning. The data of this study were analyzed by conducting descriptive analysis and using the pearson correlation coefficient in the testing a hypothesis. Respondents in this study were as many as 153 people. For collecting data, a survey has been conducted by sending questioners. Based on the survey, generally, lecturers in Palembang have implemented the steps of their financial planning and debt management in a good way, and that the lecturers recognize the importance of insurance, but, the survey also pointed out that the lecturers do not have a piece of sufficient knowledge to determine a particular product of insurance that suits their need. The investment activity of the lecturers is considered lacking since most of the lecturers have no plan on preparing pension funds and inheritance of their own despite their knowledge of the importance of preparing them. It has been figured out that there is a relation between basic financial literacy and financial planning. Advanced financial literacy also has a relation to financial planning. This study implicates that a good understanding of financial literacy related to improvement in financial planning so that it needs a bigger effort from the respondents for improving their awareness on the importance of financial planning.
Moderating Role of Job Autonomy in the Relationship among Antecedents of Organizational Commitment: Empirical Study in Indonesia Social Security Administrator for Health
Authors: Abdillah Willy , Mursalina Asyraf
Published: January 2021

This study examines the effect of perceived work overload and work-family conflict on organizational commitment with job autonomy as a moderating variable. This study combines Moore (2000a) and Ahuja et al. (2007) IS Turnover model to develop a more parsimony model in explaining the phenomenon of organizational commitment in Social Security Administrator for Health (BPJS Kesehatan). Population of this study is employees of BPJS Kesehatan including Central Office, Deputy for Jakarta-Bogor-Depok-Tangerang-Bekasi (Jabodetabek) Region, Deputy for Central Java and DIY, Deputy for Papua and West Papua, Deputy for North Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Gorontalo and North Maluku, and Deputy for Region South Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi and Maluku. 1650 samples of employee from all level and job positions have gathered by online questionnaire survey. The Result shows that the perception of work overload and work-family conflict affects organizational commitment and is moderated by job autonomy. Implications for future research and stakeholders are further discussed.
Assessment of the components that deliver agricultural extension services, at Gezira state-wad medani great locality, Sudan
Authors: A Hamad Mohammed Adam , M Ali Adam Elradi , Abdallh Mohamed Atta Ali
Published: January 2021

This study was conducted at Wad Medani Great Locality, Sudan- season 2016. The study attempts to assess the components that transferring agricultural extension services to the farmers involving services centers, also to assess the old components through the links between each other’s, type of the link, and information transferring cost. The primary data were collected from a field surveys using a well-structured questionnaire. Secondary data was collected from books and scientific journals. The quota sample technique was used and 322 farmers were selected as the study population. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used for data analysis focusing on descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. Results indicated that 64% of the respondents have landowner, 70% of their agricultural experience less than 15 years, and 79% Invested in cotton, corn, wheat, and peanuts, and 76%, 68%, 75%, and 71% of the respondents their source of fertilizer, fertilizer information, pesticides, and pesticides information were service centers respectively. 71% of the farmers assess that their links with extension were strong- direct- official, 62% and 92% of the respondents stated the personal method was used for delivering information by extension is its and the service centers respectively. Services centers were quick response partners and extension was the less cost. Results of correlation analysis showed that the link with extension had high significant with the source of seeds (.011) (R=-.142), and highly significant with the source of fertilizer (.000) the value (R=.317), fertilizer information, pesticides, and pesticides information (.000) the value (R=.271). The result of the regression test of the farmers showed a high significant link with the extension (.487 beta). The research recommended information should be transferred to all agricultural partners; Training sessions have to be held to all extension officers and ASCs workers, using more than one approach for conducting the extension process.
Isolation of 2,4-Di-tert-butylphenol and Butyrospermol 3-?-O-palmitate from Syzygium aqueum stem bark
Authors: Kristanti Alfinda Novi , Aung Ei Ei , Aminah Nanik Siti , Takaya Yoshiaki , Ramadhan Rico
Published: January 2021

Syzygium genus in Myrtaceae family is a rich source of phytochemical constituents that possess various bioactivities. One of well-known species of this genus, Syzygium aqueum, has been already utilized as traditional medicine. This plant is cultivated in countries of tropical regions of the world such as Malaysia and Indonesia. The aim of this study was intended to isolate phytochemical constituents from the stem bark of S. aqueum. To date, there have been no reports of chemical substances isolated from the stem bark of this plant. The powder of the stem bark was extracted followed by partitioned in order to obtain n-hexane extract which then was separated using silica gel column chromatographic several times until the pure compounds were resulted. The isolated compounds were identified by spectroscopie method including Fouirer Transform Infrared (FTIR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and were known as 2,4-Di-tert-butylphenol & butyrospermol 3-β-O-palmitate, respectively. The spectoscopie data of those compounds were compared with references.
An assessment of the effect of noise pollution on rental values of properties in Nigeria
Authors: Wokekoro Ebiwari
Published: January 2021

The study assessed the impact of noise pollution on rental values of properties in Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. Questionnaire was designed to obtain data from the respondents. The close ended questions were used to collect the data. The questionnaire was distributed to respondents through their emails and phone numbers in May, 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdown. The study adopted purposive and convenient sampling technique. The data analysis was based on sixty one questionnaires retrieved. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage and mean. The results revealed that noise pollution reduces property rental values with a mean of 2.7 which is greater than the mean rating of 2.5. The study concludes that noise pollution negatively impacts property values. The study recommends the development and enforcement of noise abatement measures to improve urban neighbourhood quality and increase property values.
Using design-based research to explore the influence of context in promoting pedagogical reform
Authors: Di Biase Rhonda
Published: January 2021

Many developing countries are seeking to improve the quality of education by promoting the use of learner-centred pedagogy as part of system wide reform.  Yet many studies reveal a gap between what is envisaged in policy and what happens in practice and the inherent limitations of uncritical adoption of 'best practice' from elsewhere into local contexts. Therefore design-based research (DBR), as an interventionist approach, was selected to investigate the conditions under which the innovation of learner-centred education can be implemented in the authentic setting of a Maldivian island school.  The paper elaborates the rationale underpinning this choice and a discussion of the defining features of DBR as they applied in this study: acknowledging the importance of context; facilitating collaboration between researcher and participants; and attending to a theoretical output of the research. The participatory approach which underpinned how DBR was utilised in the study and its implications for enhancing the context-appropriateness of and teachers' engagement with the reforms is also discussed.  In so doing, the paper illustrates the ways in which the defining features of DBR respond to the call for better attention to context as a means for enabling greater success of global reform efforts.
Filling gap and new state record of Lithodytes lineatus (Schneider, 1799) (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from the eastern Brazilian Amazon
Authors: Dias-Souza Marcos Roberto , de Figueiredo Vinícius A. M. B. , Tavares-Pinheiro Rodrigo , Costa-Campos Carlos Eduardo
Published: January 2021

Lithodytes lineatus (Schneider, 1799) is a medium-sized frog distributed throughout South America and found in Brazil in the Amazonia and Cerrado domains. Here we document two new records of the species in forested areas in the state of Amapá, Northern Brazil, and provide an updated distribution map for it. The record of L. lineatus in the state of Amapá extends its distribution approximately 78 km from the nearest locality, Floresta Estadual do Paru, in the municipality of Monte Alegre, state of Pará, Brazil, and help to fill information gaps.