bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Using Twitter to Support Reflective Learning in an Asynchronous Online Course
Authors: Luo Tian , Shah Smruti J. , Cromptom Helen
Published: August 2018

The purpose of this study was to further our understanding of the use of Twitter for promoting reflective learning. Specifically, this study investigated how students participate in Twitter-supported activities, what type of knowledge are manifested when Twitter is used to reflect on the course readings, and how students perceive the Twitter-supported activities. The data showed that Twitter was successful in keeping the learners engaged in the reflective discussion activities for a prolonged period compared to Blackboard. Students overall had a positive perception towards the integration of Twitter to support reflection and discussion along with active participation. Twitter was effective in increasing perceived learner-content and learner-learner interactivity along with engagement. We also provide recommendations for educational practitioners and direction for future research.
Prenatal Tetanus, Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis Vaccination and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Authors: Becerra-Culqui Tracy A. , Getahun Darios , Chiu Vicki , Sy Lina S. , Tseng Hung Fu
Published: August 2018

BACKGROUND:

Increasing vaccination of pregnant women makes it important to assess safety events potentially linked to prenatal vaccination. This study investigates the association between prenatal tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk in offspring.

METHODS:

This is a retrospective cohort study of mother-child pairs with deliveries January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2014 at Kaiser Permanente Southern California hospitals. Maternal Tdap vaccination from pregnancy start to delivery date was obtained from electronic medical records. A diagnosis of ASD was obtained by using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth and Tenth Revision codes. Children were managed from birth to first ASD diagnosis, end of membership, or end of follow-up (June 30, 2017). Cox proportional hazards models estimated the unadjusted and adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for the association between maternal Tdap vaccination and ASD, with inverse probability of treatment weighting to adjust for confounding.

RESULTS:

Women vaccinated were more likely to be Asian American or Pacific Islander, be nulliparous, have a higher education, receive influenza vaccination prenatally, and give birth at term. ASD was diagnosed in 1341 (1.6%) children, and the incidence rate was 3.78 per 1000 person years in the Tdap exposed and 4.05 per 1000 person years in the unexposed group (HR: 0.98, 95% confidence interval: 0.88–1.09). The inverse probability of treatment weighting–adjusted analyses revealed that prenatal Tdap vaccination was not associated with an increased ASD risk (HR: 0.85, 95% confidence interval: 0.77–0.95).

CONCLUSIONS:

Prenatal Tdap vaccination was not associated with an increased ASD risk. We support recommendations to vaccinate pregnant women to protect infants, who are at highest risk of death after pertussis infection.
Legislation to Increase Uptake of HPV Vaccination and Adolescent Sexual Behaviors
Authors: Cook Erin E. , Venkataramani Atheendar S. , Kim Jane J. , Tamimi Rulla M. , Holmes Michelle D.
Published: August 2018

BACKGROUND:

Despite preventive health benefits of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, uptake in the United States remains low. Twenty-four states have enacted legislation regarding HPV vaccination and education. One reason these policies have been controversial is because of concerns that they encourage risky adolescent sexual behaviors. Our aim in this study is to determine if state HPV legislation is associated with changes in adolescent sexual behaviors.

METHODS:

This is a difference-in-difference study in which we use data on adolescent sexual behaviors from the school-based state Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System from 2001 to 2015. Sexual behaviors included ever having sexual intercourse in the last 3 months and condom use during last sexual intercourse. We compared changes in sexual behaviors among high school students before and after HPV legislation to changes among high school students in states without legislation.

RESULTS:

A total of 715 338 participants reported ever having sexual intercourse in the last 3 months, and 217 077 sexually active participants reported recent condom use. We found no substantive or statistically significant associations between HPV legislation and adolescent sexual behaviors. Recent sexual intercourse decreased by 0.90 percentage points (P = .21), and recent condom use increased by 0.96 percentage points (P = .32) among adolescents in states that enacted legislation compared with states that did not. Results were robust to a number of sensitivity analyses.

CONCLUSIONS:

Implementation of HPV legislation was not associated with changes in adolescent sexual behaviors in the United States. Concern that legislation will increase risky adolescent sexual behaviors should not be used when deciding to pass HPV legislation.
New biocenosis model of Vendian (Ediacaran) sedimentation basin of Podilia (Ukraine)
Authors: Nesterovsky V. A. , Martyshyn A. I. , Chupryna A. M.
Published: August 2018

The aim of this study is to fully research all aspects of the distribution, development, conditions of burial and preservation of the Ediacaran biocomplex. Thiswork summarizes and extends all data on the unique Vendian invertebrates that are distributed in the natural and artificial outcrops of the Dniester River Basin within Podilia (Ukraine). One of the basic locations of the annual observation was a quarry of rubble stone production near the Dniester hydroelectric station-1, Novodnistrovsk city, which exposes a continuous section of the deposits of the Lomoziv, Yampil, Lyadova and Bernashivka Beds lying on a crystalline basement. This paper shows the outcomes of long-term fieldwork of the Upper Ediacaran which include deposits of the Mogyliv-Podilsky and Kanylivka Group. The researched section is characterized by its clastic composition and the absence of carbonate formations. The basic paleontological collection has more than two thousand specimens, for instance, the imprints of molluscous fauna, traces of their live activity, the remains of flora and fossils of a problematic nature. The most numerous and informative collection of these fossils is located in the stock of the Geological Museum of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The collection contains unique material, including a number of Ediacaran fossils described for the first time. On the whole within Podilia region, more than 100 species have been described in detail. The main areas of biota accumulation in the outcrops are associated with argillites, argillite-siltstones and their contact with sandstones. The best preservation of the imprints is detected in the boundary of facial transitions. Research has revealed that there is a decrease in the numerical and species composition of the molluscous biota, and the dynamic increase in evolution of burrowing organisms and plants within the Podilia Basin during the late Vendian. Such a phenomenon led to an environmental change, increase in oxygen and appearance of new groups of organisms that were subsequently displaced invertebrates. This occurred at the Precambrian/Cambrian transition, and in the geological literature is described as the «Cambrian explosion». Studies have found that the total number of taxonomic composition of the Eidacaran in Podilia is similar to the orictocoenosis of Southern Australia and the White Sea. Nevertheless, the Podilia biocomplex is more ancient than the Southern Australian and the White Sea, it is much younger than the Avallonian.
Risk of man-made and ecological disasters at the filter stations in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Authors: Ulytsky O. , Yermakov V. , Buglak O. , Lunova O.
Published: August 2018

The ecological situation in the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the context of the military conflict which began in early 2014 is unstable and requires a timely resolution. Military conflicts lead to a number of dangerous impacts on soils and landscapes, surface and underground waters, vegetation and fauna, and military actions significantly increase the risk of emergencies in industrial enterprises and infrastructural facilities. Conflicts occurring in industrially developed territories with a large number of environmentally hazardous enterprises and objects constitute a particular danger to the environment. This article considers critical infrastructural objects on the example of objects of water supply (filtering stations) of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Damage to or destruction of these objects threatens national security, the economy, and the health and safety of the population. Water supply facilities require the attention and access of international experts for preventing man-made and ecological disasters. An expert evaluation was carried out to assess theenvironmental threats and risks, existing threats were identified, an information and analytical system was developed, and recommendations were issued for minimizing the risks of man-made and ecological disasters. The current risk of an industrial accident with significant environmental consequences occurring in the course of the conflict is in the range from "low" to "average". According to an expert assessment within the framework of the OSCE Project Coordinator's study in Ukraine, in the course of development of any adverse scenarios, the potential danger of emergencies with serious environmental consequences remains significant. With large volumes of liquid chlorine emissions into the air, the population living in the zone of possible chemical contamination can be subjected to a severe degree of poisoning, which will lead to lethal consequences and a large number of victims. Economic development of Donetsk and Lugansk regions without the obligatory consideration of environmental factors is impossible. Ensuring the rehabilitation of the ecology of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts is an important factor in bringing environmental protection activities in the region into line with the requirements of environmental safety in the current social and economic conditions and making these activities an integral part of the sustainable economic and social development of Ukraine.
HORROR FILMS IN UNCONSCIOUS ANTHROPOLOGICAL STRATEGIES OF BIOPOWER
Authors: S. A. Malenko  , A. G. Nekita
Published: August 2018

Purpose. The article is devoted to horror films as forms of anthropological crisis in mass culture, which generate specific meanings and are presented in ways of control over consumer society, as well as act as unconscious ideological mediators of multiculturalism and globalization. Theoretical basis. The main working tool for the analysis of horror films is the method of historical amplification, developed by C. G. Jung, as a basis for comparative analysis of symbolic interpretations of cultural realities and traditions of American horror films. On this basis, the authors propose their own methodological strategy for the analysis of horror films, complementing the theoretical potential of Jungianism with methodological developments of Marxism and neo-Marxism, which can be called "Jung-Marxism". It is distinguished by the orientation and content of socio-cultural phenomena, the essence of which is considered in the context of the interaction of social and archetypal meanings of life of man and society, as well as allows to identify latent unconscious trends in the emergence and functioning of social institutions. With this approach, horror films are not only institutes of production and introduction of fear in consumer society, but also the biotic basis of management at all levels of social communication. Originality. Horror films have a significant impact on the consumer society on the basis of a special mythology, in which the manipulative and propaganda methods of formation and transmission of modern power are sublimated. And the emergence of the horror film genre in American and world cinema means abandoning the model of classical political power based on the sacralisation and rationalization of personal authority and physical coercion. The scientific reflection on the films of this genre allows us to understand the biotic mechanisms of manipulation of social space and the formation of the state of biopower as a new qualitative state of social control. Conclusions. The anthropological model of horror films is concentrated in the following maxim: fear consumes a man a man consumes fear, and the biopower consumes all the subjects of fear consumption, and all their socio-cultural context of communication. Therefore, horror films are a productive means of ideologue-propaganda infection, subsequent deformation and consumer substitution of the mental nucleus of other cultural traditions.
Not minimal but more difficult to measure: A panel study of media effects
Authors: Falasca Kajsa
Published: August 2018

Traditional media effect theories as agenda-setting theory have recently been questioned due to the development of the media environment with media fragmentation and individualized media consumption. Other scholars disagree and suggest that a distinction has to be made between actual media effects and the ease with which they can be measured. Given this scholarly discussion the purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the agenda-setting effects of different media consumption measures on individual issue salience. The study is based on a panel survey that includes different measures of consumption: (1) general news media attention, (2) exposure to different media types such as traditional news media, online news media, and political social media. Overall, the findings suggest that general news media attention might be a more significant measure for consumption in a high-choice media environment. In essence, this study suggests that agenda-setting effects are not becoming non-significant but rather difficult to measure.
2029 - o fim dos jornais em papel em Portugal? Um estudo longitudinal sobre os principais indicadores de desempenho no sector da imprensa escrita tradicional portuguesa
Authors: Quintanilha Tiago Lima
Published: August 2018

Os novos produtos no formato digital e as novas técnicas tendem a assumir uma forte influência no sector da imprensa escrita e na sua vertente mais tradicional, o formato em papel, consubstanciando-se em agentes de mudança (Küng, 2013; Storsul, 2013) incremental e inovação radical e disruptiva (Sádaba, 2016a, b, c), ao interferirem nas lógicas convencionais de utilização e consumo de notícias por parte dos utilizadores.

Vários autores (Hjarvard, 2012; Barnhurst, 2010; Brock, 2015; Nossek et al, 2015) abordam os efeitos da mutabilidade tecnológica no sector da imprensa escrita e no seu segmento em papel, apontando de forma genérica para cenários em que as vendas de jornais no formato físico têm vindo a diminuir ao longo dos anos, na Era da híper-informação e do imediatismo online, e em função da forte migração dos públicos de notícias para os formatos online sustentados no multiformato, policentralidade e participação (Queuniet, 2011).

A partir da análise longitudinal dos resultados coligidos pela APCT (Associação Portuguesa Para O Controlo De Tiragem E Circulação) sobre o exercício de vendas em papel e tiragens dos principais títulos de imprensa escrita de alcance nacional, durante o período 2008-2017, confirmamos a tendência de agudização do sector da imprensa escrita em papel, a partir da constatação de um cenário de queda continuada do volume de vendas. Criamos também um novo índice de eficiência para cálculo da força das publicações no mercado, e, com base no cálculo da taxa de variação do número médio mensal de vendas para o período 2008-2017, chegamos ao ano de 2029 como data hipotética para o fim das vendas de jornais em papel em Portugal.
A simple framework for describing strength of saturated frozen soils as multi-phase coupled system
Authors: Nishimura Satoshi , Wang Jinyuan
Published: August 2018

Frozen soils are characterised by the co-existence of ice and unfrozen liquid water in the pores, engendering complex interactions between thermal, hydraulic and mechanical processes within a coupled system. The consequence is reflected in the peculiar features seen in frozen soils' deformation behaviour and strength. This study applies a re-interpretation to a constitutive modelling framework for frozen soils originally proposed by Nishimura and co-workers in 2009 and demonstrates its expediency in describing some of the key features of frozen soils' strength. The framework adopts a suction-equivalent stress, s, and an effective stress, p′, with a critical state line (CSL) common to both frozen and unfrozen states, following a postulate put forward by Ladanyi and Morel in 1990. The influence of temperature, density and confining pressure application before and after freezing on the ultimate strength is rationally reproduced by simple criteria combining pore ice tensile failure and the CSL within the framework, while it is seamlessly continuous to conventional unfrozen critical state soil mechanics above the freezing temperature. Such complex phenomena as the multi-stage pressure dependency of the frozen strength, originally noted by Chamberlain and co-workers in 1972, are shown to be described generally well for clays and sands.
Parametric analysis on punching shear resistance of reinforced-concrete continuous slabs
Authors: Belletti Beatrice , Muttoni Aurelio , Ravasini Simone , Vecchi Francesca
Published: August 2018

Punching shear resistance formulations provided by codes are usually calibrated on test results of isolated specimens that typically simulate the slab zone within the points of contraflexure around the column (hogging area). However, the behaviour of actual continuous flat slabs can be different to that of isolated specimens owing to the beneficial contributions of moment redistributions and membrane actions that cannot take place in isolated specimens. This paper presents a parametric study carried out to highlight the influence of the main geometrical features and the reinforcement layout affecting the punching shear resistance of continuous slabs around internal columns.
Dynamic responses of the shallow foundation of an onshore wind turbine
Authors: Deng Zong-Wei , Gao Qian-Feng , Dong Hui , Li Liu-Xi
Published: August 2018

Wind is a dynamic variable, which produces rocking movements on wind turbines, and thus resulting in dynamic responses of foundations and the subsoil. This study attempts to examine the dynamic responses of the shallow foundation of an onshore wind turbine subjected to wind loads. To this end, a series of model tests considering different wind load conditions was carried out on a 1/10-scale physical model. The static responses, the dynamic responses and the dynamic amplification effects of the shallow foundation were subsequently measured and analysed. The results demonstrate that the dynamic responses of the wind turbine shallow foundation were visibly affected by both the mean wind load and the fluctuating wind load. At the rated wind speed, the maximum strain-based dynamic amplification factor (DAF) of the foundation baseplate reached as high as 1·65, the maximum deformation-based DAF of the foundation top was 1·14 and the maximum contact-pressure-based DAF on the downwind side was 1·14. In addition, the reliability of the physical model was discussed and the results were verified by comparison with the numerical data in the literature.
Kronik Hastalık Nedeni İle Takip Edilen Çocukların Bakım Verenlerinin Bakım Verme Yükünün Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: Türe Esra , Yazar Abdullah , Akın Fatih , Aydın Adem
Published: August 2018

Amaç:
Çocuk
acil kliniğimize başvuran kronik hastalığı olan çocukların bakım verenlerinin epidemiyolojik
özelliklerini ve bakım verme yükünü araştırıp, bunlar arasındaki ilişkiyi
değerlendirmeyi amaçladık.Gereç ve Yöntem: 18 yaş altında, kronik hastalık
nedeni ile takip edilen hastaların bakım verenleri çalışmaya dahil edildi. Bakım verenlerin yaşadığı stresi
değerlendirmek amacıyla Zarit
Bakım Verme Yükü Ölçeği (ZBYÖ) kullanıldı.
 Bulgular:
ZBYÖ puanları
24–83 arasında değişmekte olup
ortalama 47,64±15,31 olarak bulundu. Bakım yükü ile bakım verenlerin yaş grupları
incelendiğinde, >40 yaş olan 21 bakım verenin 13’ü (p= 0,001) ağır derecede
yüke, 18-25 yaş arasındaki 25 bakım verenin 14’ü istatistiksel anlamlı olarak
(p= 0,001) hafif derecede yüke sahip idi. Bakım verenlerin gelir düzeyi
incelendiğinde; ağır derecede yüke sahip 41 hastanın 19’u istatistiksel anlamlı
olarak <1000 TL gelire sahip idi (p= 0,004). Hastane ziyaret sayıları
incelendiğinde; <5/yıl hastane ziyareti olan 34 hastanın bakım vereninin
33’ü (p= 0,001) hafif yüke, >10/yıl hastane ziyareti olan 25 hastanın bakım
vereninin 16’sı (p= 0,001) istatistiksel anlamlı olarak ağır yüke sahip idi. Sonuç:
Bakım
verenlerinin bakım verme yüklerini belirlemek, yaşadıkları güçlükleri
tanımlamak, gerekli sosyal ve ekonomik desteği sağlamak, yaşam kalitelerini
artırmak ve hastaların daha kaliteli hizmet alması için gereklidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Bakım veren; bakım
verme yükü; kronik hastalık
Proposta de traço para blocos de concreto de pavimento intertravado
Authors: Schvaickardt Charles Miguel , Mattos João Rodrigo Guerreiro
Published: August 2018

O presente artigo apresenta um estudo técnico de traço de concreto para aplicação em pavimentos com blocos intertravados de concreto, promovendo ensaios para determinação das características e propriedades dos agregados, tais como, análise da composição granulométrica, massa unitária de material no estado solto e teor de umidade total. O objetivo principal deste trabalho é avaliar dosagens de traços experimentais, variando a adição de água e diferentes quantidades e proporções de agregados miúdos e graúdos, procurando conhecer suas influências. Outro parâmetro a ser analisado é a influência do tipo de cimento no traço. Para verificação destas atribuições, submeteu-se os blocos a ensaios de inspeção visual, avaliação dimensional, absorção de água e resistência característica à compressão. Com este estudo é possível justificar a fundamental importância da realização do controle tecnológico da confecção das peças para conseguir um produto final de melhor qualidade. Também foi possível realizar um comparativo da eficiência no custo-benefício dos blocos confeccionados experimentalmente no estudo, com os blocos confeccionados atualmente na fábrica de uma prefeitura municipal. Analisando os resultados, pode-se perceber o melhor desempenho gerado pelos traços propostos, verificando a influência dos parâmetros de materiais, vibro-prensa e dosagem. Por fim, pode-se propor uma dosagem tecnicamente mais adequada a ser utilizada na fábrica municipal para produção de peças para pavimentação, que atenda às exigências normativas e seja apropriada para utilização em ruas do Município.
INVESTIGATION OF LEAVE LEVEL OF COPPER ORE OF ZHEZKAZGAN DEPOSIT
Authors: Zhalgasuly N. , Kogut A. V. , Ismailova A. A.
Published: August 2018

In the conditions of the Zhezkazgan copper deposit, which is worked underground, the losses of ore in the left pillars fluctuate from 12 to  25 %, sometimes reaching 40%. During the development of the  Zhezkazgan deposit, tens of millions of tons of rich ore were left in  various kinds of losses. The annual increase in ore losses in various  parts, taking into account the increasing production, is  approximately equal to the annual productivity of the whole mine.  Also in the production process so far rich in content of the interlayer  copper ores of low power. Therefore, the search for the most  effective methods of mining lost, off-balance and waste ores is of  paramount importance. One of such methods is underground  leaching, which allows to carry out their secondary development and make maximum use of the mineral wealth. The aim of the research  was to experimentally study the leaching of oxidized, mixed and  sulphide copper ores of the old spent mines in the Zhezkazgan deposit using various solvents. The squeezing of oxide  and sulphide rudes was carried out in 2 stages, when the durability  of the experimental crests was 35 hours and the durable 294 hours.  The oxidant-sulphide ore is 20 mm high and can be cured at 50-80  % media, for 10 months. For the period of time, the chalcocin rudus  is derived from 30 to 50 % of media, and from 5 to 12 % of bernital  chalcopyrite, which results in the effectiveness of the subsequent  method of squeezing the effluent. The best dissolves are acidic acid  (5-10 g/l) and acidified sulphate oxide (5 g/l). Residual cystic acid  production and development of oxidant processes up to 1.6-3.2 t/t  for medium oxidized rudder and up to 2.54.1 t/t for chalcocin rudder, which acts as a catalyst for thawing technical and economic indicators.
ESTABLISHMENT OF REGULARITY OF CHANGES IN CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERMETALLIDES OF ALUMINUM SYSTEMS - LANTANIDES OF COMPOUNDS Al11Ln3, β-Al11Ln3 AND Al3Ln
Authors: Chamanova M. , Akhmedov Sh. A. , Nazhmudinov Sh. Z. , Badalov A.
Published: August 2018

Ensuring the effective development of industries based on natural resources, taking into account the necessary qualitative scientific  justification, balancing the reasonable level of scientific and  technological progress, is justified by the creation of new materials  with specified characteristics. For this, fundamental studies of the  physico-chemical and thermodynamic properties of various systems, in particular intermetallides (MI), are an important applied  problem. At present, the study of aluminum-based metal systems  involving rare-earth metals becomes especially urgent. The problem  of determining the regularities of the changes in the thermochemical characteristics of the IM aluminum-lanthanide  systems of the α-Al11Ln3, β- Al11Ln3 and Al3Ln compositions is  considered, by refining the values of the temperature and melting  enthalpy using semiempirical and calculated methods that allow  obtaining fairly complete characteristics on the temperature and enthalpy of melting of the IM compositions of the rich aluminum with  a demand in modern technology.
EFFECT OF CAVITIES SHAPES ON THE ROUGHNESS FRICTION FACTOR IN PERFORATED AND SLOTTED HORIZONTAL WELLS USED TO DEWATER OPENCAST MINES
Authors: Tran Duc Huan , Drebenstedt Carsten
Published: August 2018

The horizontal wells have been adapted to use for dewatering purpose in the mining industry. Due to unique characteristics, those horizontal filters are rec-ommended to utilize not only the mechanical strength but also the hydraulic per-formance. Pressure drop along the horizontal well is a major factor that affects the performance of a wellbore. The pressure drop incurs due to four separate effects: wall friction, perforation roughness, inflow acceleration and mixing ef-fects. This work presents the effects of the two first factors in perforated or slot-ted pipes, which correspond to the case of no flow through the wall. Numerical analysis was carried out with different types of perforations and slots. The simu-lated model accomplished using ANSYS Fluent 14.5. The results revealed that at high Reynolds number, the roughness friction factors in circular perforated pipes are significantly greater than those in axial slotted pipes and perpendicular slotted pipes.
Analysis of the Effect of Uncertain Renewable Sources on Static Voltage Stability by Using NR-Based DSOPF Model with Adapted IEEE-30 Bus Test System
Authors: GÖZDE Haluk , BAYDAR Basar , TAPLAMACİOGLU M.cengiz
Published: August 2018

This study examines
the uncertainty effect of renewable energy resources on the static voltage
stability thanks to modeling a specific area of Turkish electricity network by
using classic IEEE 30-bus test system. For this purpose, the classic IEEE
30-bus test system is adapted to the Turkish electricity network by using new
approach proposed in the study, which is based on the 2015 Turkey real and
reactive load curves. In this way, the classic IEEE 30-bus test system is
considered a part of Turkish electricity network. The analyses are performed on
this model using Newton-Raphson (NR) solution by established three Optimal
Power Flow (OPF) studies: dynamic-OPF study without renewable sources,
dynamic-OPF study with renewable energy sources having constant power output,
Dynamic-Stochastic Optimal Power Flow (DSOPF) study with uncertain renewable
energy sources. To take into account the uncertainty effects, Weibull
Probability Distribution Function (PDF) using Turkey wind and solar data are
used for each month. At the end of the study, it is observed that the
integration of uncertain renewable energy sources into the Turkey electricity
power system largely decreases both the yearly total generation cost and the
reactive power generation.
Dyadic adjustment and hopelessness levels among infertile women
Authors: Durat Gülgün , Özdemir Kevser , Çulhacık Gümrah Duygu
Published: August 2018

Purpose: Infertility is a health problem that causes psychological, physiological and social problems such as hopelessness, loneliness, anxiety, depression, social withdrawal, marital maladjustment, divorce etc. This study aims at identifying the relationship between dyadic adjustment and hopelessness among infertile women.Materials and Methods: This study, which is a cross-sectional type study, was carried out at the Infertility outpatient clinics of Sakarya Education and Research Hospital. Research sample consists of 442 infertile women who have accepted to participate in the study.  Data was collected with the “Interview Form”, “Beck Hopelessness Scale and “Dyadic Adjustment Scale”.  Results: Socio-demographic characteristics such as age, family type, residence, chronic illness background and infertility type, affected the hopelessness level of infertile women. A negative relationship was found between the scores of infertile women in the Beck Hopelessness Scale and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale.Conclusion: It can be said that provision of psychological support that improves dyadic adjustment to couples consulting to infertility polyclinics may be useful for continuity of treatment by reducing hopelessness.
Conhecimentos tradicionais kaingang nas terras indígenas jamã tÿ tãnh/estrela, pó nãnh mág e ka mág/farroupilha, rio grande do sul/brasil: permanências e (re)significações no fio do tempo
Authors: Invernizzi Marina , Silva Juciane Beatriz Sehn da , Laroque Luís Fernando Da Silva
Published: August 2018

Os Kaingang são uma etnia indígena do tronco linguístico Jê, estão localizados tradicionalmente no centro sul do Brasil Meridional e somam aproximadamente 38 mil indivíduos. Os espaços de investigação são a Terra Indígena Jamã Tÿ Tãnh, situada na cidade de Estrela/RS e as Terras Indígenas Pó Nãnh Mág e Ka Mág, ambas localizadas na cidade de Farroupilha/RS. O objetivo é apresentar alguns conhecimentos tradicionais perpetuados e/ou (re)significados pelos Kaingang das Terras Indígenas Jamã Tÿ Tãnh, Pó Nãnh Mág e Ka Mág em contextos urbanos. A metodologia consiste em um estudo qualitativo e descritivo. Os procedimentos metodológicos são revisão bibliográfica sobre os Kaingang, levantamento e análise de fontes documentais encontradas no Ministério Público Federal de Lajeado e de Caxias do Sul. Nas Terras Indígenas mencionadas foram realizadas pesquisa de campo, posteriores escritas de diários de campo, registros fotográficos e entrevistas com os indígenas baseadas na metodologia de História Oral. Os dados pesquisados foram analisados com base em teóricos da cultura, etnicidade, cosmologia e interculturalidade onde, por exemplo, a nominação das Terras Indígenas relaciona-se a ordem simbólica Kaingang. Jamã Tÿ Tãnh significa “os coqueiros que vivem ali”, Pó Nãnh Mág significa “morros e montanhas próximos de nós” e Ka Mág “árvore grande que está aqui”. Existe também, entre outros aspectos, a prática da reciprocidade intra e interaldeã, a organização sociopolítica, permanência de conhecimentos de etnobotânica e a pedagogia do afeto a terra que, portanto devem ser respeitados como direitos humanos e a ancestralidade indígena.
O Método Canguru como um veículo para o empoderamento materno
Authors: Testoni Tâniélyn Tuan , Dos Passos Aires Luana Cláudia
Published: August 2018

Estudo descritivo com abordagem qualitativa, com o objetivo de conhecer as percepções da mulher/mãe sobre a sua participação no Método Canguru, em uma maternidade pública, no município de Joinville – SC. Foram entrevistadas nove mães que participaram de alguma das três etapas descritas pelo Método Canguru, no período de junho a novembro de 2017. Foi utilizada a Análise de Conteúdo Temática, sob a ótica do Referencial Teórico das Políticas Públicas de Saúde. Os resultados destacam o Método Canguru como uma tecnologia que concretiza a realização do sonho de ser mãe, a partir do empoderamento materno, permeando as principais fortalezas e fragilidades decorrentes do inesperado nascimento de um filho pré-termo. Considerando a importância do Método Canguru para o desempenho da maternidade, é necessário que a equipe de saúde acolha as mães como protagonistas no processo de internação de seu filho, minimizando efeitos negativos.
As dimensões estruturantes do trabalho policial
Authors: Torres Karoline Bernardes , Campos Ioneide De Oliveira , Rodrigues Daniela Da Silva
Published: August 2018

Este artigo tem como objetivo investigar as dimensões estruturantes do trabalho do policial militar em ação e identificar as estratégias de defesa utilizados pelo trabalhador em seu contexto laboral. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, realizada no período de outubro a novembro do ano de 2015, com base em um estudo de caso de uma policial militar em ação, e conduzida segundo os pressupostos da visão macro e microergonômico da tarefa, e da atividade que compõem o trabalho policial.  Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevista semiestruturada, e observação do ambiente de trabalho, analisados com base na técnica de análise de conteúdo, e nas dimensões estruturantes do trabalho. Após vivenciar situações estressantes, o sujeito pode manter ou compensar as perdas por meio do uso de estratégias que viabilizam novas formas de desempenho das atividades instrumentais de vida diária e do trabalho.
Sintomatologia depressiva em usuários atendidos por uma Unidade Matricial de Saúde
Authors: Casaburi Luiza Elena , Galera Sueli Aparecida Frari , Garcia Luan Augusto Alves , Ferreira Lúcia Aparecida
Published: August 2018

O presente estudo teve como objetivo realizar um levantamento da sintomatologia depressiva em usuários do serviço Matricial de saúde. Tratou-se de estudo exploratório descritivo, desenvolvido em uma Unidade de Matricial em Saúde em um município do interior do Triângulo Mineiro, durante o período de Julho a Novembro de 2013. A amostra foi composta por 282 usuários do serviço de saúde. Foi utilizado instrumento de caracterização sociodemográfica e Inventário de Depressão de Beck para rastreio de sintomatologia depressiva. A maioria dos participantes eram do sexo masculino, com faixa etária entre 18 a 59 anos, casados e com escolaridade até 8 anos. Apresentaram disforia 11,0% dos participantes e cerca de 31,0% apresentaram pontuação indicativa de depressão, sendo mais prevalentes tais sintomas em idosos (p=0,028). Situação conjugal solteiros, divorciados e viúvos também apresentou relação estatística significativa com pontuações indicativas de depressão (p=0,042). A saúde mental ainda é problema negligenciado pela Atenção Primária, cabendo a tais profissionais aprimorar suas práticas de trabalho, valorizando as diversas formas de investigação da sintomatologia depressiva, depressão e seus fatores associados.
Taxonomy and classification of cacao
Authors:   International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria, Bhattacharjee Ranjana , Akoroda Malachy ,   Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Nigeria
Published: August 2018

Theobroma cacao is one of the most important cash crops in the world and is native to the tropical, humid forests of South America. This chapter discusses its origin and the taxonomy and classification of the varieties of Theobroma. It then reviews the characteristics of the three general groups of Theobroma: criollo, forastero and trinitario.
The potential of somatic embryogenesis for commercial-scale propagation of elite cacao varieties
Authors:   The Pennsylvania State University, USA, Maximova Siela N. , Guiltinan Mark J. ,   The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Published: August 2018

Plant tissue culture can be used to speed up the development and deployment of genetically improved genotypes. Research conducted by multiple groups for over 25 years has led to the development of protocols for efficient somatic embryogenesis (SE) of cacao. This chapter provides a synthesis of publically available information and literature describing the research and development activities on cacao tissue culture and of field-test evaluations of SE-derived plants. The chapter also reviews current activities in cacao-producing countries involving adoption and scale-up for large-scale propagation of important genotypes, providing a number of field studies from Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Religion and Reason in the Grasp of Basic Models
Authors: Klapwijk Jacob
Published: August 2018

How do religious faith and human understanding relate to each other? On this question there is no consensus, nor has there ever been in the past. The history of Western philosophy confronts us with a complex diversity of views that grew into more or less indisputable standard positions. These positions are not the strict result of theoretical reflection. Their acceptance is largely based on pre-theoretical considerations, the self-evidence of a spiritual intuition or religious motivation.

The different views of the realtionship of religion and reason can be grouped into a limited number of basic models or motifs. This essay will discuss seven of them as they arose in the Christian tradition. I will name them as follows: identification, conflict, subordination, complementarity, foundation, authenticity and transformation.

For the sake of brevity the text focuses on the origins and first manifestations of these models. But we will add again and again fragments of further developments to make clear how resilient these models are. They continue to assert themselves even in new periods of time. Their diversity keeps on challenging us, up to the present day, to reconsider the self-evidence of our own position in the debate on religion and reason.
EVALUATION OF HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN EFFECTIVENESS IN PATIENTS WITH SENSORYMOTOR POLYNEUROPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH MONOCLONAL GAMMAPATHY OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE
Authors: Yakovlev A. A. , Gapeshin R. A. , Smochilin A. G. , Yakovleva M. V.
Published: August 2018

Introduction. A number of paraproteinemic polyneuropathy is directly linked to the monoclonal gammapathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). One of the first manifestations of MGUS in addition to the secretion of monoclonal immunoglobulin, and long before the manifestation of malignancy is polyneuropathy.

Materials and Methods. Were examined in 16 patients with polyneuropathy associated with MGUS in age from 53 to 78 years. Patients underwent a course of infusion therapy with human immunoglobulin in the dose of 0.4 g/kg for 5 days.

Results. After treatment revealed a reduction of the manifestations of the sensory component of the neuropathy, neuropathic pain and sensitive ataxia that was confirmed by electromyographic data of stabilography, and a rating on a scale Lovett, the scale of neuropathy disability score, the questionnaire «Pain detect». The motor component of polyneuropathy had more persistent symptoms.

Conclusion. Treatment with human immunoglobulin is effective in reduction of neuropathic pain and sensory ataxia and in increase of superficial and deep sensation, while the motor component of polyneuropathy had more persistent symptoms.
الاشتقاق في مادة "حاء سين باء " و معانيها في القرآن الكريم ( الاشتقاق الأكبر و الاشتقاق الصغير )
Authors: Khumaeroh Siti
Published: August 2018

هذا البحث لوصف الاشتقاق الأكبر في مادة " حاء سين باء " و مشتقاتها ومعانيها  في القرآن الكريم ، في قسم تربية اللغة العربية بجامعة جاكرتا الحكومية. والطريقة المستخدمة في هذا البحث هي الطريقة التحليلية الوصفية و هي من البحث النوعي من خلال الاشتقاق الأكبر في مادة " حاء سين باء " و مشتقاتها ومعانيها  .إن نتائج البحث تشتمل على 212 آية في 69 سورة في القرآن التي تضم ألفاظاً من الاشتقاق الأكبر في مادة " حاء سين باء " و مشتقاتها ومعانيها. و بتوزيعها إلى 18 معنى في القرآن و هي في مادة "حاء باء سين"معنى واحدة و هي: (1) توقفون في مشتقات فعل مضارع. في مادة "حاء سين باء " 8 معان و هي : (1) ظنّ في مشتقات فعل ماض و فعل مضارع. (2) يسروه يخبركم يوم القيامة في مشتقات فعل مضارع ، (3) الكافي في مشتقات صفة مشبهة  و مصدر.(4) عرض عمله في مشتقات مصدر. (5) جازاه عليه في الدنيا في مشتقات مصدر .  (6) محصين في مشتقات اسم الفاعل(7) حافظ في مشتقات صفة مشبهة(8) يجروبها في مشتقات مصدر . و في مادة "سين باء حاء" 6 معان و هي : (1) نزّهه في مشتقات فعل ماض و فعل مضارع  . (2) يدورون في مشتقات فعل مضارع .(3) يصلون في مشتقات فعل مضارع و فعل أمر. (4) تعجب في مشتقات مصدر  . (5) تصرّفا في إشغالك في مشتقات المصدر. (6) الذاكرين الله في مشتقات اسم الفاعل . و في مادة "سين حاء باء" 3 معان و هي:(1) يجروبها في مشتقات فعل مضارع (2) غيم في مشتقات مصدر(3) بالمطر في مشتقات مصدر(4).
The Principle of Asymmetry Aesthetic in Cinematography
Authors: Limano Ferric
Published: August 2018

The research showed the principle of asymmetry having a grasp of aesthetic in cinematography. It was needed the understanding of conceptual tools in filming, not only the physical tools. With this principle, the research presented the recommendations in practice that could be applied better in visual for the audience.Methods used in this research was qualitative descriptive. There was a connection of the principle asymmetry with object research (conceptual tools in cinematography) included; frame, light and color, lens, movement, texture, establishing, and point of view with comparison with symmetry principle, then simulate with 3D (three dimensional) editor. The result of this research is people can apply this principle to experience the constant that added the aesthetic in the film with hope to give advantages to the Indonesian movie industry.
Visual Literacy of Infographic Review in DKV Students’ Works in Bina Nusantara University
Authors: Suprayitno Suprayitno
Published: August 2018

This research aimed to provide theoretical benefits for students, practitioners of infographics as the enrichment, especially for Desain Komunikasi Visual (DKV - Visual Communication Design) courses and solve the occurring visual problems. Theories related to infographic problems were used to analyze the examples ofthe student's infographic work. Moreover, the qualitative method was used for data collection in the form of literature study, observation, and documentation. The results of this research show that in general the students are less precise in the selection and usage of visual literacy elements, and the hierarchy is not good. Thus, it reduces the clarity and effectiveness of the infographic function. This is the urgency of this study about how to formulate a pattern or formula in making a work that is not only good and beautiful but also is smart, creative, and informative.
Resistance toward Domination of Racial Difference Ideology in Jacqueline Woodson’s Novels
Authors: Al Hafizh Muhammad
Published: August 2018

This article was a result of the library research which was conducted by using Gramscian hegemony theory and ideology concept by Thompson. The media analized was the three novels by Jacqueline Woodson, they were Maizon at Blue Hill  (MBH), If You Come Softly (IYCS), and Lena. The analysis of ideology use language, continued by the process of resitance, and finaly ideology negotiation. The result of the research shows that there are five resistance forms toward domination and ideology dissemination of racial differences in Jacqueline Woodson’s novels, they are (1) moderation, (2) pretention, (3) devaluation, (4) respectful resignation, and (5) rejection.
How Non-Native Writers Realize Their Interpersonal Meaning?
Authors: Arifin Adip
Published: August 2018

This research was aimed at describing and explaining the interpersonal meaning, types of mood system, and modality found in the thesis abstracts. The method used was descriptive qualitative and specifically designed as discourse analysis. The data were taken from two abstracts, written by undergraduate students, majoring in English Language Education atdifferent colleges in Ponorogo, East Java. They were non-native of English. Units of analysis were clauses, words, and phrases. The data were analyzed by using interpersonal meaning theory, proposed by Halliday. The result of this research reveals that firstly, the interpersonal meaning of the abstracts is realized through wordings of the clauses based on the mood system (subject and finite), while the residue is realized through the element of predicator, complement, and adjunct. Secondly, the mood types found are mostly declarative, and only a few of them are interrogative. The declarative form is characterized by order of subject followed by finite, while the interrogative form is characterized by the use of question word, instead of the order of finite and subject. Thirdly, in terms of modality, the abstracts dominantly display the use of low degree modality (can, could, may) which signals the writer’s intention to weaken the authority toward the readers.
Literature on Student Book and its Effect for Developing Elementary School Teaching Materials
Authors: Ningrum Emi Febrina
Published: August 2018

This research adopted the qualitative research content analysis on the 4th grade of elementary school students which aimed to know the literary material contained in the 2013 curriculum student book in Indonesia as the compulsory guidebook. The results of this research could be useful for guidelines for the development of literary materials by teachers when implementing learning planning. The findings show that students’ literature material is only about 30% of the Indonesian language learning material found in the 4th grade of elementary school. The lesson was limited to reading the text of the story then answering questions about the content of the text. In general, literary competence material in student books has not been emphasized on the cultivation of literary concepts. The development of literary materials in the 4th grade of elementary school should include the introduction of literary concepts, analyzing the contents of literary texts, and applying moral values in literature to be applied in daily life.
Hubungan Karakteristik Ibu dengan Pengetahuan Ibu Usia Reproduktif tentang Kontrasepsi Intra Uterine Device (IUD) di Dusun Kuwungsari Kelurahan Sragen Kulon Kecamatan Sragen Kabupaten Sragen
Authors: Mutika Winnie Tunggal , Lalusu Erni Yusnita
Published: August 2018

TujuanPenelitian ini menganalisa hubungan antara karakteristik ibu (umur, pendidikan, dan paritas) dengan pengetahuan ibu usia reproduktif tentang kontrasepsi IUD di Dusun Kuwungsari, Kelurahan Sragen Kulon, Kecamatan Sragen, Kabupaten SragenMetodePenelitian menggunakan rancangan cross sectional dengan jumlah responden 52 orang dan teknik sampling yang digunakan quota sampling. Penelitian ini akan mengambil 25% dari seluruh ibu usia reproduktif dengan cara memilih sampel secara bebas sesuai dengan karakteristik yang ditentukan.HasilHasil uji statistik diperoleh nilai p = 0,003 sehingga ada hubungan yang signifikan antara umur dengan pengetahuan ibu usia reproduktif tentang kontrasepsi IUD. Semakin bertambah umur maka pengetahuan semakin baik. Hasil uji statistik diperoleh nilai p = 0,000 sehingga ada hubungan yang signifikan antara pendidikan dengan pengetahuan ibu usia reproduktif tentang kontrasepsi IUD. Semakin tinggi pendidikan maka pengetahuan semakin baik Hasil uji statistik diperoleh nilai p = 0,325 sehingga tidak ada hubungan yang signifikan antara paritas dengan pengetahuan ibu usia reproduktif tentang kontrasepsi IUD.SimpulanAdanya hubungan yang bermakna antara umur dan pendidikan dengan pengetahuan ibu usia reproduktif tentang kontrasepsi IUD.