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The Effect of Playdough Media Play on Early Childhood Development: Fine Motor and Cognitive
Authors: Yuniyartika Yuniyartika , Sudaryanti Sudaryanti
Published: September 2024

Efforts to improve children's fine motor skills are an indispensable effort in growing and developing early childhood, one of which is using the media of playdough games. This study aims to find out (1) whether there is an effect of playdough media on the fine motor development of group B children at Pembina Sekayu State Kindergarten, (2) whether there is an effect of playdough media on the cognitive development of group B children at Pembina Sekayu State Kindergarten. This study is a quasi-experimental research with a nonequivalent control group design, the population of this study is all children aged 5-6 years at Pembina Sekayu State Kindergarten, with a sample of 60 children. The instrument used was in the form of observation techniques for the fine motor and cognitive development of children. The data analysis technique used independent sample t-test analysis with a significance level of 0.05. The results of the study showed that: (1) there was a significant influence of playdough media on the fine motor development of group B children at Pembina Sekayu State Kindergarten where the paired sample t-test results were obtained on average of 46.77 with a Sig value of 0.000 < 0.05. (2) there was a significant influence of playdough media on the cognitive development of group B children at Pembina Sekayu State Kindergarten where the paired sample t-test results were obtained on average of 52.93 with a Sig value of 0.000 < 0.05. So based on the study, it can be concluded that there is a very significant influence on playdough media games on fine motor and cognitive development in early childhood
Trends and Developments in Physical Education for Disabilities: A Bibliometric Analysis
Authors: Apriady Hilmy , Fitri Mustika , Ockta Yovhandra
Published: September 2024

Research in the field of Physical Education for Disabilities has experienced dynamic development. This study examines trends and advancements in physical education for disabilities through a bibliometric analysis approach. Analyzing a total of 907 articles from the period 2013 to 2023, the study aims to understand the evolution, focus, and contributions of research in this domain. Through bibliometric analysis of data obtained from the Scopus database, we investigated scientific publications related to physical education for disabilities. The use of VOSviewer software facilitated the visualization of collaboration networks among researchers, institutions, and research topics, providing deeper insights into the structure and dynamics of this research domain. This bibliometric method offers insights into research trends over time, identifies key topics of interest, and highlights contributions from various leading institutions and researchers in the field. The study underscores the importance of ongoing research and collaboration in developing physical education for disabilities. Additionally, the study includes a systematic literature review to map potential future research areas based on current trends, offering comprehensive guidance for upcoming research in this field
The Influence of English College Students’ Learning Environment and Self-Directed Learning on Their Academic Achievement
Authors: Syafiqurrakhman M Amien , Basikin Basikin , Nisa Liana Buruuja
Published: September 2024

The current research aims to investigate the influence of English Language Education Department students’ learning environment and self-directed learning towards their academic achievement. Moreover, it also investigates how the students’ learning environment, self-directed learning, and academic achievement scores differ by their educational level. This research was an ex post facto research design. The participants involved in the current research were 106 consisted of 73 undergraduate students and 33 graduate students of the English Language Education Department at Yogyakarta State University. They were selected based on convenience sampling. This research adopted two instruments namely EFL Learning Environment Questionnaire (QEFL-LE) developed by Mutlu (2017) and Self-Directed Learning Scale (SDLS) questionnaire from Lounsbury et al. (2009). Before carrying out the investigation, a pilot study was conducted to improve the validity and reliability of the instruments. Furthermore, composite questionnaires were distributed, resulting in three quantitative data sets of students’ learning environment, self-directed learning, and academic achievement. Finally, both descriptive and inferential statistics were performed using IBM SPSS to analyze the data. The findings reported that there were significant differences in the students’ scores in learning environment, self-directed learning, and academic achievement based on their educational level (bachelor’s and master’s degree). In addition, the scores of master’s degree students consistently surpassed those of bachelor’s degree students in every variable in the current research. Furthermore, it confirms that students’ academic achievement was significantly influenced by their learning environment and self-directed learning. Moreover, students’ learning environment and self-directed are simultaneously become the best predictor of their academic achievement. Based on these findings, pedagogical implications are suggested for English teaching and learning in a higher education context
Development And Implementation of 5M Activity Based Digital Learning With a Cultural Approach
Authors: Husna Nurul , Mariyam Mariyam , Wahyuni Rika , Utami Citra , Prihatiningtyas Nindy Citroresmi , Rosmaiyadi Rosmaiyadi , Buyung Buyung
Published: September 2024

Today's educational transformation has led to digital-based learning. STKIP Singkawang is one of the universities implementing digital-based learning. The aim of this research is to determine the results of development, implementation, and student learning outcomes in implementing 5M activity-based digital learning with a cultural approach. The research method uses research and development (R&D) with a 4D development model without dissemination stages, namely the define, design, and develop stages. The research results show that the results of the development and implementation of digital modules for SBM courses can be presented more interactively, where all activities carried out in class are presented in writing in digital modules that contain 5M activities and are carried out synchronously and asynchronously. The majority of students' learning outcomes get very high scores, and student responses to learning are very positive.
The transmission risk of multidrug-resistant organisms between hospital patients and their pets – a case−control study, Germany, 2019 to 2022
Authors: Hackmann Carolin , Genath Antonia , Gruhl Désirée , Weber Anna , Maechler Friederike , Kola Axel , Schwab Frank , Schwarz Stefan , Lübke-Becker Antina , Schneider Thomas , Gastmeier Petra , Leistner Rasmus
Published: September 2024

Background

Carriage of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in humans constitutes an important public health concern. Cross-transmission of bacteria between animals and humans has been demonstrated before.

Aim

Our aim was to quantify the risk factor ‘pet ownership’ for MDRO colonisation in hospital patients.

Methods

We performed a matched case–control study from 2019 to 2022 in Berlin, Germany and compared MDRO-positive and MDRO-negative patients in terms of contact with pets and other risk factors for MDRO acquisition. Patients completed a questionnaire-based interview and provided nasal and rectal swabs. Pet owners provided swab samples from the throat and stool of their pets (dogs and cats). Phenotypically matching samples of owners and pets were analysed via whole genome sequencing.

Results

The analyses included 2,891 patients. Reported pet ownership was 17.7% in MDRO-positives (154/871) and 23.4% in MDRO-negatives (472/2,020). Among 397 owner–pet pairs, we identified one pair sharing genotypically indistinguishable pathogens (0.3%). A risk factor analysis of pet ownership was performed for carriers of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (OR = 0.662; 95% CI: 0.343–1.277), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) (OR = 0.764; 95% CI: 0.522–1.118) and multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) (OR = 0.819; 95% CI: 0.620–1.082). Colonisation with MDRO was rare in pets, and dogs were more often colonised than cats (MRSA: 0% vs 0%, VRE: 1.5% vs 1.0%, MDR-GNB: 17.2% vs 3.6%).

Conclusion

Transmission of MDROs between humans and pets is possible though rare. In an urban living space, neither cat nor dog ownership appears as a relevant risk factor for MDRO carriage in hospital patients.
Comprehensive Results of Modeling Pedagogical Support for the Educational Potential of the Family in the Conditions of Additional Education of Children in Physical Education and Sport
Authors: Svirid A.A.
Published: September 2024

In modern pedagogical science and educational practice, it is recognized that solving the key problems of educating the younger generation and ensuring the effective socialization of children and adolescents requires, firstly, the pooling of resources of all types of educational institutions, and secondly, the full use of the pedagogical capabilities of the family. The purpose of the study, the comprehensive results of which are presented in the article, was to model the interaction between family and educational organization (using the example of the organization of additional education in the field of physical culture and sports); The goal of the modeled interaction is to facilitate the family’s fulfillment of educational functions. The work used a set of theoretical (general scientific methods of working with information) and practical (diagnostic, experimental, mathematical and statistical) research methods corresponding to the sequence of tasks (theoretical search, theoretical modeling, monitoring, design of the pedagogical process, experimental work, quantitative processing of results experiment and data interpretation). The results of the study were: the theoretically identified structure and content, levels and criteria for the formation of the educational potential of the family (FEP); clarified essence, means and methods of pedagogical support (PP) of the UPS by institutions of additional education of physical culture and sports (DOD FSN), empirically confirmed educational capabilities of the family as a subject of pedagogical interaction with institutions of DOD FSN; theoretically and empirically substantiated organizational and pedagogical conditions for the PP of the UPU by institutions of the DOD FSN; developed and experimentally confirmed model of PP UPS under the conditions of DOD FSN.
Methodology for the Implementation of Project Activities by Student Volunteers on Road Safety Using a Puzzle Mobile Car Park
Authors: Shcherbakov I.N.
Published: September 2024

Improving road safety through activities with preschool and school-age children using a mobile auto town is a current pedagogical area of activity for student volunteers [2; 15-16]. The article presents a methodology for conducting road safety activities by student volunteers using a puzzle mobile city (hereinafter referred to as the methodology). This technique is based on rethinking the process of conducting activities with children to develop their road driving skills. The primary source of the given methodology was the pedagogical ideas of R.Sh. Akhmadieva [4], Tsepalkina I.Yu. [14], Pidruchnoy S.N. [12], Asyanova S.R. [3] and others. The goal of the work was a holistic approach to the development of a methodology for implementing the project activities of student volunteers on road safety using a puzzle mobile motor city, which will not overload all participants in the event with unnecessary theoretical information and will provide a fairly universal apparatus for designing volunteer activities, allowing in the future to quickly disseminate implementation experience productive projects. Based on the conducted research, it was established that the given methodology increases the level of knowledge and skills of all event participants by conducting events with children of preschool and school age using a puzzle mobile auto town and its use is relevant in the pedagogical practice of student volunteers, school volunteers, mentors, methodologists, representatives of non-profit organizations, both fragmentarily and with changes and additions depending on their creative approach.
Information from the Written Sources on the Monastery-fortress Complex of Largvis Village in Leningorskiy District of the Republic of South Ossetia
Authors: Kaziev E.V.
Published: September 2024

The purpose of the study is to define the chronology of the main events related to the history of the complex. The relevance of the study is determined by the ambiguity of the information from the ;written sources, as well as a wide range of opinions in the scientific tradition on the chronology of the historical events directly related to the complex. The result of the study is a general conclusion that it is impossible to say anything definite about the time of the first construction on the site of the complex without archaeological works. F.Kh. Gutnov’s assumption the first reliable information about the complex, presented in the second part of the chronicle “Monument of the Eristavis,” should be dated back to the middle of the 13th century, is supported. The information from the first part of the chronicle, which tells about the founding of the monastery, is the most debatable, since the author of the chronicle probably arbitrarily compiled the information from other written sources, thus ancientizing the time of the appearance of the Ossetian clan of the Ksan Eristavis (Sidamonovs) on the southern slopes of the Caucasus. At the same time, R.G. Dzattiaty’s correlation the initial history of the complex with the Alanian burial grounds and a settlement of the 6th-7th centuries, located on the territory of the Republic of South Ossetia, is consider as a relevant. The study used such general scientific methods as logical, classification, problematic, inductive and deductive, as well as special methods of historical analysis: historical comparative, historical typological, historical genetic, historical biographical, chronological systemic and retrospective analytical.
Research of Competition in the Market of Natural Monopolies in the Novosibirsk Region
Authors: Savelyeva N.K. , Sozinova A.A. , Fokina O.V. , Ganebnykh E.V. , Meteleva O.A.
Published: September 2024

The results of the activities of natural monopolies have a significant impact not only on the economic development of the country, but also on the status of the state in the world market. The purpose of the work is to study the competitive environment in the markets of natural monopolies in the Novosibirsk region. The materials were scientific works by Russian and foreign authors, data from government agencies and official websites of representatives of natural monopolies of the Novosibirsk region. Desk methods were chosen as research methods, namely content analysis of documents and analysis of statistical indicators. The article presents the factors determining the presence of natural monopolies, the number of subjects and the structure of the natural monopoly market in the Novosibirsk region are given, the largest representatives of natural monopolies are noted, the role of the state and public organizations in the process of regulating the activities of representatives of natural monopolies in the Novosibirsk region is noted. Based on the above, it is concluded that maintaining an optimal level of competition in the markets of natural monopolies is one of the most difficult and important state tasks. On the territory of the Novosibirsk Region, natural monopolies exist in the fields of water supply and sanitation, electric and thermal energy, gas transportation, water and rail transportation. During the study period, an increase in the total number of organizations was revealed, especially in the market for the transmission of electric and (or) thermal energy and the market for water supply and sanitation. There is a reduction in the market for gas transportation through pipelines as a result of changes in the macroeconomic and political situation. In order to maintain an optimal level of competition, the activities of natural monopoly entities are under constant control from the Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service for the Novosibirsk Region, the Department of Tariffs of the Novosibirsk Region, as well as public organizations. The implementation of state control measures helps to reduce administrative offenses on the part of natural monopoly entities, ensures that their activities meet the goals of socio-economic development of the Novosibirsk region and the interests of consumers.
The Activities of National-cultural Societies in Shaping the Cultural Agenda of the Region in the Post-Soviet Period: the Experience of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
Authors: Turgieva Z.A.
Published: September 2024

The late 1990s - early 2000s for our country were marked by the formation of new state foundations, revision of political, socio-economic and ethno-cultural relations. And, regional peculiarities dictated their own special ways of development of the multinational and multi-confessional Russian society. It was the ethno-cultural factor that carried significant risks of possible destabilisation of the state and “played into the hands” of external forces. Therefore, one of the main tasks of national and cultural policy has become the preservation and harmonization of interethnic dialogue, peaceful coexistence of cultures and religions. North Ossetia, historically a multi-confessional and multi-ethnic region, is a vivid example of these processes. On 30 December 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree declaring 2022 the Year of Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of Russia, which testifies to the relevance of issues of ethno-cultural diversity in modern conditions [23]. The proposed article examines the activities of national-cultural societies and their influence on the cultural agenda of North Ossetia in the conditions of socio-economic and political transformations. It is concluded that the functioning of such societies is a fundamental factor in the unique ethno-cultural space of North Ossetia.
Gilles de Rais: the Story of the Myth of Bluebeard and More
Authors: Khubulov G.G. , Ktsoeva S.G.
Published: September 2024

The article analyzes the phenomenon of the mythologization of a personality during the Hundred Years’ War - the well-known Gilles de Rais, Marshal of France, friend and comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc. Historical myth, as a stable idea of the past, formed in the public consciousness and based most often on a distorted or altered perception of past events, can itself be a historical source. It reflects a complex of ethical, religious and other ideas that had social significance in one or another period in the history of society. The personality of Gilles de Rais is associated with two main myths - with the image of an alchemist and mass child murderer, and with a man who is considered to be the prototype of the main character of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale “Bluebeard”. The result of this research is the conclusion that the first myth was the product of a deliberate policy of the Inquisitorial court, which convicted Gilles de Rais of the mentioned crimes with the aim of eliminating him and confiscating his property, in which the French king Charles VII was interested. A detailed analysis of this problem was carried out on the basis of materials from the inquisitorial trial of Gilles de Rais, collected by J. Bataille. The second myth was formed spontaneously, apparently due to some coincidences of circumstances present in the content of the first myth with the plot of one of the versions of the French folk tale that existed during the time of Perrault in Brittany.
Traditional and Innovative Paradigms in the Formation Civic Identity and Patriotism
Authors: Tsoraev Z.U.
Published: September 2024

The relevance of the article is due to the modern socio-political situation, characterized by a military-political, cultural, economic and mental clash between Russia and the global West, as well as the growing need of the formation of civil identity and patriotism inside the society in these conditions The purpose of the article is to identify the significance and meaning of sociocultural paradigms in the functioning and development of social processes. In connection with this goal, we examine the content of traditional and innovative paradigms, such as patriarchal, naturalistic, teleological, religious, cultural-centric, economic-centric, etc. All these paradigms are analyzed in connection with the tasks facing Russian civilization of preserving traditional ideas about society, family and man in the new conditions of information confrontation with the West and the actualization of identity problems in general. Based on the methodology of the representative of the philosophy of science T. Kuhn, the role of sociocultural paradigms is shown as factors contributing to the search and solution of rising social problems. Analyzing the meaning of patriotic feelings and their role in preserving the country’s sovereignty, the author turns to the ideas of N.S. Trubetskoy and L.N. Tolstoy. Unlike L.N. Tolstoy, who understood patriotism as an archaic phenomenon in the new Christian era, N.S. Trubetskoy considered patriotic feelings as a condition for preserving national and cultural identity. The article shows the historical significance of pseudomorphosis for the fate of Russia, when the political elite uses alien cultural models developed in a different environment. In order to use political and economic models productively, they must be critically examined and adapted to the existing Russian cultural tradition. Traditional and innovative paradigms as models for posing and solving urgent problems of social and human development are considered in the context of achieving the security and sovereignty of Russia as a state-civilization.
Favorable Psychological Climate as a Condition for a Safe Educational Environment
Authors: Begidova S.N. , Akhtaov R.A. , Murtazova Z.A.
Published: September 2024

The article discusses the influence of a favourable psychological climate on the creation of a safe educational environment. The frequent cases of bullying show that modern schools do not provide physical and psychological safety for students. Psychological and physical violence at school is becoming commonplace. This situation leads to negative attitudes of students to school: unwillingness to attend school, depression, aggressiveness, etc. An unfavourable psychological situation has a negative impact not only on the identity of the victim, but also on the buller itself. A favourable psychological climate in a class or group is one of the dominant conditions for the development of a safe educational environment. To assess the psychological climate in schools and colleges the method «Diagnostics of the psychological climate in the classroom team» was used. The experiment involved 392 school and college respondents. The assessment of the school climate was carried out on a gradation scale, which identified five positions: an emotionally positive psychological climate; stable and positive psychological climate; situational positive climate; situational negative climate; negative psychological climate. The most favourable is the emotionally positive psychological climate in which children feel safe, satisfied, confident. The study showed that the learning environment in which they are located is mostly assessed based on a positive situational climate. Both schools and colleges tend to dominate this position. For senior classes and college courses, this position is more pronounced. The next rank takes a position - situational negative climate, which does not exclude the presence of a bullying situation in the educational environment. The obtained results are a subjective assessment of students of their educational environment and show how comfortable or not the teenager feels in an educational institution. The creation of a safe educational environment is possible only if there is a favourable psychological climate in the classroom/group.
The numerical code in political media discourse (exemplified by proper names)
Authors: Dziuba E.V.
Published: September 2024

The article deals with the role of the numerical code in modern political media discourse. The research aims to identify and analyze the peculiarities of contextual and discursive use of numerals in the structure of proper names used in political communication, as well as to determine the specifics of the development of additional meanings of these units: connotative (expressive, emotional, evaluative), associative and symbolic. Proper names (anthroponyms, militarionyms, polytonyms, chrononyms, eventonyms, chrematonyms) with a numerative component are used as material for the analysis. The source of material was the National Corpus of the Russian Language database, as well as fragments of online political articles. The work uses the methods of contextual, conceptual, cognitive and discourse analysis, which allow us to reveal how numerical nominations acquire additional semantic shades that influence the information encoding and interpretation. As a result of the study, it is established that numerical expressions not only serve to denote quantitative characteristics of political objects and phenomena, but also play an important role in creating certain semantic effects, increasing the impact on the audience, forming certain emotional and ideological associations. The main functions of nominations with a numerical component in political discourse (nominative-differentiating, axiological, symbolic) are marked. It is emphasized that the numeral (ordinal and quantitative), which has a typical function of defining the plurality of objects united by one feature, turns a proper name into a singular phenomenon and establishes a strong connection between a linguistic unit (onym) and its only referent.
Narrative theory and discourse analysis. Translation and comments by E.A. Novikova and N.N. Kislitsyna
Authors: Pier J.
Published: September 2024

One important development in French narratology since the decline of structuralism as it was practiced in the 1960s and 70s can be found in French discourse analysis. Emphasizing discourse in social interaction over structure, discourse analysis regards narrative as one type of discourse among others. Three dimensions of discourse that relate to narrative are singled out: the text linguistic categories of text and discourse, the reformulation of langue and parole in the light of the theory of enunciation and the relations between text and context. The role in narrative analysis of enunciation (Benveniste), speech genres (Bakhtin) and the scene of enunciation (Maingueneau) are examined.
Contextual analysis of precedent texts for scholarly discourse in theoretical and practical literary studies
Authors: Kholikov A.A. , Filatov A.V.
Published: September 2024

The article continues the conceptual description of theoretical and applied literary criticism as an academic discipline and focuses on its historical and methodological aspects. The purpose of the work is to present a strategy for selecting precedent texts of Russian literary criticism and their contextual analysis. The authors consider modern approaches to the definition of scholarly discourse and characterize the special status of the literary studies, on the one hand, striving for a discursive synthesis with linguistics and logic, and on the other – giving greater importance to the subjective sides of personality, which brings it closer to philosophy and fiction. The use of the concept of “precedent texts” (Yu.N. Karaulov) has been clarified in relation to the description of scholarly discourse. The authors substantiate the prospects of a historical and methodological approach to identification of precedent texts in Russian literary criticism of the 20th century, presented as a dynamic semiotic system (Yu.M. Lotman), the scientific “canon” of which undergoes constant transformations in the process of development. They consider the works of A.P. Skaftymov, A. Lezhnev (A.Z. Gorelik), N.Ya. Berkovsky, M.A. Shcheglov, A. Terts (A.D. Sinyavsky), A.P. Chudakov, Yu.A. Karabchievsky as examples of precedent texts. It is proved that the key methodological role in their selection belongs to the concept of context as a set of extra-textual connections of a work, which forms a background for its perception. At the same time, the study of a scholarly text proceeds from the priority of objective contexts over subjective ones, in contrast to the study of fiction. An algorithm of contextual analysis is presented, which includes a consistent consideration of historical, scientific, biographical and bibliographic contexts, which are closely related and influence each other. Their reconstruction has an interdisciplinary character and forms students’ skills of critical selection of contextual information, identification of its factual and heuristic value while observing the principle of historicism. Anticipating the immanent analysis of a scholarly text, contextual analysis also allows a literary researcher to come to a more rational understanding of the role of his own personality in research activities.
Cognitive and discursive features of the sound situation with onomatopes in German
Authors: Evtugova N.N.
Published: September 2024

This article examines the cognitive and discursive features of onomatopoeic vocabulary sounding with the source of the sound of animal voices in direct and figurative meanings in various discourses. The absence of such works and the importance of this layer of vocabulary as an object of auditory perception determine the relevance of the article in the recently significant context of discursive research. The purpose of the article is to describe cognitive and discursive features of sounding situations with onomatopoetic vocabulary based on the analysis of dictionary definitions and texts in different discourses. The research material includes more than 1,000 contextual extracts from the national German language corpus DWDS on such thematic sections as “political speeches”, “minutes of meetings of the Bundestag”, “polytechnic journal”, “Berliner Zeitung”, “Spiegel”, representing political, scientific, media discourses. The methodological basis of the research is represented by cognitive and discursive analysis in combination with semantic interpretation of texts, statistical confirmation of the mass character of the facts presented in the article. The author believes that the cognitive and discursive features of onomatopoeic vocabulary sounding situations with the semantics of animal voices are anthropomorphic and, therefore, the semantic ambiguity of onomatopoeic vocabulary is due to the temporal component, namely the age characteristics of the addressee, and represents a two-component structure. The first component is considered from the standpoint of onto linguistics and has only an onomatopoeic character, which is reflected in the language by interjective, often reduplicated, and verbal lexemes explicating the sound of animal voices located directly in the area of the child’s vital activity. The second component is a more complex semantic structure conditioned by certain types of discursive practices. In institutional political discourse, onomatopes perform the function of intertextuality and are represented by secondary meanings, often in paraphrased phraseological units. In scientific discourse, direct meanings are represented, often with explication of the emotional states of animals. In media discourse, a “sound picture of the world” is expressed, represented by a combination of many animal sounds, explicating such conceptual concepts as “Homeland”, “rural life”, “a certain geographical place”.
ASSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF NON-SPORTS COLLEGE STUDENTS OF DELHI UNIVERSITY REGARDING THE HIGH CONSUMPTION OF JUNK FOOD (UNHEALTHY DIET)
Authors: Malhotra Himani
Published: September 2024

Junk food is defined as the food which is less in nutritional value and high in calories, sugar, fat and salt. It has a harmful effect on health and mental well-being therefore the purpose of the present study has been, to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of non-sports college students of Delhi University regarding the high consumption of junk food. A total of maximum fifty non-sports college students-male and female of 18-20 years of Delhi University from different colleges and academic disciplines such as Bachelors & Masters, has been randomly selected. To collect the quantitative data, the survey questionnaire has been developed and administered to the selected non-sports college students as per their feasibility and convenience. Based on the findings, majority of students emphasized various factors for consuming the junk food: 1) taste and cravings, 2) Due to busy schedule and long working hours spent in college for studies and various activities and living outside home, lack of facilities of cooking, students are bound to have junk food, 3) Availability of junk food options on campus that impact students' dietary practices and lack of healthier alternatives, 4) Peer influence, 5) Marketing Strategies. It is concluded that more awareness, valuable insights and facilities to youth about potential health risk of junk food, should be provided. Formal education/guidance should be given on healthy eating habits that motivate themselves to prepare instant tastier healthy food. They should be informed of various initiatives/campaigns promoting healthy eating habits at their college. Seminars, workshops or educational programs promoting healthy eating habits and reducing junk food consumption, should be organized for students at their colleges.
THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES OF DIGITAL PAYMENTS AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES
Authors: W Angelin , S Sangeetha
Published: September 2024

The interaction between finance and technology, facilitated by the internet, has sparked the rise of digital payment technologies. These technological advancements in the payment industry serve as the basis for achieving financial inclusion. However, despite the continuous progress and potential of transitioning towards digital payments and connecting the population to the pervasive digital landscape, there are critical issues that must be addressed in order to establish a more harmonious, inclusive, and sustainable cashless society. This study aims to provide a comprehensive literature review on the emerging digital payment technologies and the challenges they entail. Through a systematic review of existing empirical studies, this research proposes a state-of-the-art classification of digital payment technologies, encompassing four categories: card payment, e-payment, mobile payment, and cryptocurrencies. Furthermore, the paper identifies key challenges in digital payment technologies, which can be broadly categorized into social, economic, technical, awareness, and legal themes. The classification and categorization of payment technologies, along with the associated challenges, can serve as a valuable resource for both researchers and practitioners in understanding, clarifying, and developing a cohesive digital payment strategy.
Building human networks to drive forward innovations in international data access: Introducing the International Secure Data Facility Professionals Network (ISDFPN)
Authors: Wiltshire Deborah , Lichtwardt Beate , Bishop Libby
Published: September 2024

The International Secure Data Facility Professionals Network (ISDFPN) was set up in 2022 as part of the Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud project (SSHOC) with the aim of bringing together international colleagues working in or towards Trusted Research Environments (TREs), to share expertise and experiences, and to spark collaboration as well as develop new ideas.
While various international networks and collaborations exist currently, these aim to improve the international data infrastructure landscape, and mainly focus on establishing connections between TREs. However, there is also a Forum needed for those working in these TREs, which provides a platform for regular knowledge exchange as well as opportunities of driving innovation. ISDFPN is not a network for developing infrastructure, rather it is a place to share experience, expertise, and ideas, which is not yet formally available internationally. As the fast-changing secure data landscape evolves, this Network will be a vital resource for collaborative work towards finding solutions for shared and newly emerging problems experienced by TRE staff. Where TREs are at diﬀerent stages in their development, such a forum is vital as services seek to learn from each another.
The ISDFPN held its ﬁrst virtual meeting on 30 March 2022, and, although the SSHOC project ﬁnished in April 2022, has continued to meet twice yearly, co-Chaired by the UK Data Service, and GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. This paper traces the ISDFPN from its origins and highlights both its aims and objectives as well as its activities so far.
Building infrastructure and networks – rewards and challenges
Authors: Schwartz-Soicher Ofira , Hayslett Michele
Published: September 2024

Welcome to the third issue of IASSIST Quarterly for 2024, IQ 48(3).
As we are moving towards an open research environment, institutions are building infructractures that will enable sharing data and other research resources with a wider audience. The authors of the three papers in this issue offer our readers the benefit of their experience by sharing what they have learned through the process of establishing new infrustractures and networks.  
The article ”Future models and architecture of data repositories in African universities,” describes the existing landscape of data repositories in African universities. Chigwada and Chiware use a review of existing literature to identify requirements for establishing an institutional data depository, and also identify successes and challenges. Based on their research they offer a roadmap for universities in Africa that are interested in establishing a data repository.
The second article titled ”Working towards securing and building a trusted institutional research data repository through the CoreTrustSeal process: case of Cape Peninsula University of Technology data repository” seems like a natural extention of the previous one. The three authors, Lockhart, Xesi and Chiware (a co-authors of the previous paper), describe the process of establishing a research data repository at Cape Peninsula University of Technology. They provide details about the journey, starting with developing Open Access (OA) and Research Data Management (RDM) policies, identifying tools and developing the infrustructure needed for a an institutional data repository and data preservation, and developing a training program for faculty, students and staff. Additionally the authors comment on their experience, challenges and lessons learned from the application for CoreTrustSeal (CTS) certification for their newly created repository, eSango.
In their article, ”Building human networks to drive forward innovations in international data access: Introducing the International Secure Data Facility Professionals Network (ISDFPN),” authors Wiltshire, Lichtwardt and Bishop describe the motivation and process of establishing the International Secure Data Facility Professional Network (ISDFPN), a forum that brings together international colleagues to share expertise and experience, and to collaborate in developing Trusted Research Environments (TREs).
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Ofira Schwartz and Michele Hayslett, September 2024
Implementation of Problem-Based Learning Model to Improve High School Students' Problem-Solving Ability on Physics Materials
Authors: R Aisya , Usman Usman , Khaeruddin Khaeruddin , Setiawan Trisno
Published: October 2024

This research aims to see whether there is an influence of the problem-based learning model on students' problem-solving abilities in physics material at SMAN 9 Gowa. This research is Pre-Experimental research using One Group Pretest-Posttest Design so that only one class without control class. The population of this study were students of class XI MIPA 1 until XI MIPA 5. The research sample was taken using a simple random class technique, namely class XI MIPA 5 SMAN 9 Gowa. The research instrument is a test instrument for students' physics problem solving abilities in the form of 6 selected essays that use the valid criteria. The research results showed that the physics solving abilities of class XI MIPA 5 students before being taught by applying the problem based learning model were in the low problem category as indicated by the average score of 42.5. Problem solving ability of students before the application of the PBL model is 64% in the medium category, 32% in the low category and 4% in the very low category. The ability to solve physics problems of class XI MIPA 5 students after being taught by applying the problem based learning model is in the high category as shown by the average score of 61.7. Problem solving ability of students after applying the PBL model is 56% in the high category, and 44% in the medium category and nothing student have low and very low problem solving ability. In the pretest, problem solving ability has the lowest score is 19, the highest score is 47 and the average score is 42.5 which is in the medium category with a standard deviation is 6.7, while in the posttest, the lowest score is 50, the highest score is 75, and the average score is 61.7 which is in the high category with a standard deviation is 6.8. There was a significant increase in the physics problem solving abilities of class XI MIPA 5 students after being taught using the problem-based learning model with the N-Gain category = 0.34 (medium criteria).
Implementation of Guided Inquiry to Increase Students’ Interest in Learning Physics and Critical Thinking Skills
Authors: Putri Jayanti Kharisma , Gunawan Cahya Widya , Wiyatmo Yusman
Published: October 2024

The guided inquiry learning model is a pedagogical approach that has demonstrated significant potential to enhance students' critical thinking abilities and their interest in learning. This study aims to examine the extent of improvement in students' critical thinking skills and learning interest through the application of practicum media integrated with the guided inquiry learning model. The research methodology employed in this study follows the Research and Development (R&D) framework, utilizing the 4D model (Define, Design, Develop, Disseminate) to systematically design and evaluate the instructional approach. The research was conducted over a period of two months at SMA Negeri 1 Sewon, involving 35 students from class X-9 as the sample. The students participated in guided inquiry-based learning activities that incorporated practicum media specifically designed for this study. To evaluate the outcomes, a descriptive statistical analysis was conducted using normalized gain scores to measure the improvement in students' critical thinking skills and interest in learning. The results of the study indicate a significant increase in both students' critical thinking abilities and their engagement with the learning material after the implementation of the guided inquiry learning model with practicum media. These findings suggest that the guided inquiry model not only facilitates the development of critical cognitive skills but also enhances student motivation and involvement in the learning process. Given these results, it is evident that the guided inquiry learning model, when supplemented with practicum media, provides a promising instructional strategy for improving both cognitive and affective domains of learning. Further research is recommended to explore the applicability of this model in different educational contexts and across various disciplines to confirm the generalizability of these findings.
The Effect of the Orientation, Analysis, Synthesis, Investigation, Synergy (OASIS) Model on Students' Cognitive Learning Outcomes in Kinetic Gas Theory
Authors: Sasmita Yopi Wiliyana , Aripin Aripin , Makiyah Yanti Sofi
Published: October 2024

Based on the results of a preliminary study at SMA Negeri 1 Cihaurbeuti, it is known that students' cognitive learning outcomes are still classified as poor, one of which is the kinetic gas theory material which still has not reached the minimum completeness criteria, namely 70, because the learning method still uses the lecture method. Apart from that, the lack of innovation in the use of models in physics learning causes physics learning to become less interesting for students so that cognitive learning outcomes need to be improved. One of the solutions taken by researchers to overcome this problem is to apply the Orientation, Analysis, Synthesis, Investigation, Synergy (OASIS) learning model. The aim of this research is to analyze the influence of the OASIS learning model on students' cognitive learning outcomes in class XI gas kinetic theory material at SMA Negeri 1 Cihaurbeuti. The research method used is quasi experimental design because this research is educational research with the object used being humans. The research design applied is nonequivalent control group design, where the two classes of research samples will undergo tests before and after being given treatment. The population in this research is all 7 classes of class To measure cognitive learning outcomes (C1, C2, C3), students were tested before treatment (pretest) and after being given treatment (posttest) in the form of a description of 6 questions on the main material of the kinetic theory of gases. The data analysis technique that will be used is the prerequisite test including the normality test and homogeneity test, as well as hypothesis testing using the t test with a significance level  showing that  (4.06>1.67) which means  is accepted and  is rejected, so it can be concluded that the OASIS learning model has an effect on students' cognitive learning outcomes in gas kinetic theory material.
Performance and Characterization of Seebeck Coefficient and Power Factor in CMC/Glycerin Gel Electrolyte Based Ionic Thermoelectric
Authors: Robiandi Fadli , Shoodiqin Dian Mart , Mayantasari Menasita
Published: October 2024

Ionic thermoelectric (i-TE) materials have gained significant attention for their potential to convert low-temperature thermal energy into electrical energy. In this study, gel electrolyte-based i-TE materials have been synthesized using carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), glycerin and H3PO4 solution as electrolyte. Analysis of thermoelectric properties such as Seebeck coefficient and power factor of the gel electrolyte has been carried out. In this study, ionic conductivity and potential difference or output voltage of CMC/glycerin gel electrolyte were measured. The results of this study indicate that the ionic conductivity and output voltage of the CMC/glycerin sample increase with temperature, whereas the Seebeck coefficient and power factor tend to decrease as the temperature gradient between the hot and cold parts of the CMC/glycerin gel electrolyte sample increases. These findings suggest that the CMC/glycerin-based polymer gel electrolyte has potential for use in i-TE devices, particularly in applications where high power output is required.