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Blocos lógicos em tempos do movimento da matemática moderna (1960-1980)
Authors: Franca Denise Medina , Santos Edilene Simões Costa dos
Published: August 2022

Este texto objetiva, por meio da análise histórica de atividades em currículos e programas brasileiros, identificar elementos da constituição de saberes para ensinar classificação, seriação e ordenação com a utilização dos blocos lógicos, a fim de compreender o movimento de institucionalização destes saberes durante a Matemática Moderna. Os referenciais adotados buscam entender os saberes profissionais da docência em diferentes tempos históricos, tendo em vista tensões entre campo profissional e campo disciplinar da Matemática, e das Ciências da Educação presentes em legislações, programas, currículo, decretos, dentre outros, no que se refere aos saberes a ensinar e para ensinar. O estudo sugere que um dos saberes objetivados em programas brasileiros, refere-se às maneiras de abordar as estruturas lógico-matemáticas de forma concreta, ou seja, com ênfase no modo em que os blocos lógicos constroem e concretizam saberes referentes às estruturas lógicas de
Formação docente e ensino de matemática
Authors: Menezes Andréa Morais de , Morais Marcelo Bezerra de
Published: August 2022

Com este artigo, pretendemos analisar historicamente o processo de formação docente para atuar no ensino de matemática nos anos iniciais ofertado pelo curso de licenciatura em Pedagogia da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (FE/UERN), a partir de sua criação em 1966. Para isso, desenvolvemos uma operação historiográfica pautada em documentos oficiais, referenciais e arquivos curriculares institucionais, principalmente programas de disciplinas. Os resultados apontam a existência de três momentos históricos que dividem o percurso formativo do curso para ofertar uma formação voltada ao ensino de matemática, marcado temporalmente pelos anos de 1967, 1995 e 2007. Ainda, é possível indicar que, ao menos nas duas últimas décadas, o curso buscou propiciar uma formação pautado em questões sociais, críticas e construtivistas, atentando às orientações presentes nos documentos de regulamentação da formação e em estudos científicos recentes.
PENGARUH STRUKTUR MODAL DAN PROFITABILITAS TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN PERBANKAN SYARIAH DI INDONESIA
Authors: Agustina Ahadiah , Huda Nurul
Published: August 2022

Every company has the same goal both short and long term that is to maximize and increase the prosperity of the shareholders. To achieve this, then the path that can be taken by the management company is to increase the profits obtained and maximize the value of the company. The purpose of this research is to know the influence of capital structure (DAR, DER) and profitability (ROA, ROE) to company value (EPS) in syariah banking at Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2015-2019. The population of this study is the Sharia (BUS) Commercial Bank listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2012-2016. Method of determining the sample by purposive sampling method, with some criteria that have been determined then the number of samples is as much as 6 Sharia Commercial Banks. The research data is secondary data obtained from Annual Report (AR) year 2015-2019. Data analysis technique used in this research is panel data regression analysis. The results obtained in this study indicate that: 1) DAR has no significant and significant effect on firm value, 2) DER has a significant positive effect on firm value, 3) ROA has no effect on firm value, 4) ROE has no effect on firm value.
PENGARUH BANK SPESIFIK TERHADAP PROFITABILITAS BANK UMUM SYARIAH DI INDONESIA
Authors: Asfarini Khairunnisa , Nasution Dewi Sartika , Syapriatama Imronjana
Published: August 2022

This study aims to determine the effect of Bank Spesifics that contain BOPO, FDR and CAR onBank Profitability which proxied by ROA, of Islamic Commercial Banks for the period 2018-2021. This study uses OLS estimation methods with the population in the study 15 IslamicCommercial Banks in Indonesia. The number of samples consists of the financial statements ofIslamic banks during 2018-2021. The sampling technique employes purposive sampling method.The results of this study indicate that the BOPO and FDR have no effect on ROA meanwhileCAR has positive and significant effect on ROA.
Students’ Perception of the Importance of the Use of Information Technology in Higher Education at Dongola University and the Difficulties they Face
Authors: Gamer Majzoob Ahmed Mohammed
Published: August 2022

Abstract:

 This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of using information technology media and communication in university education from the students’ perspective and the difficulties they face at Dongola University, and the effect of some variables (specialization, gender, and level of education, experience) on that, using the descriptive method.  To achieve this goal, the researcher developed a questionnaire as a tool for the study which included  (27) and were divided into three major themes. The sample of the study consisted of (240) male and female students in the academic year, who were chosen by the stratified random method. The results of the study showed that the degree of the students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of using information technology media and communications  at university and the difficulties they face was moderate where the total average of the items was (70.17%) which is at a very moderate level. Also, no statistically significant differences were found that could be due to gender, specialization and experience student. However,  statistically significant differences at (a=0.05) in the difficulties they face were found which could be attributed to level of education in favor of the first level students. Finally, in light of these results and discussion, the study ended with a set of  conclusions and recommendations.
The Availability of Quality Standards in University Buildings from the Students’ Perspective
Authors: Slimani Jamila , Belasla Fatiha
Published: August 2022

Abstract: This study aimed to identify the availability of quality standards in university buildings from the students' perspective.  The sample consisted of (400) students, selected randomly from different disciplines   within (5) Algeria universities, colleges of Social and Human Sciences. The Researchers used a questionnaire that consisted of (30) items, distributed over three areas.  The research tool was properly validated and checked for reliability. The study revealed that the students’ satisfaction with the quality standards in the university buildings was generally low. Based on these results, the researchers proposed a set of recommendations.
Areas of Developing University Education in some Saudi Universities from the Point of View of Staff Members: A Field Study
Authors: ALrawaili Nawaf Abdulla
Published: August 2022

The study aimed to identify areas of developing university education in some Saudi universities. The sample of the study was 1873 male Saudi PhD holders. A survey was developed to collect necessary information to achieve the objective of the study. The survey consisted of two parts. Part I: items about general information about the respondents. Part II: items about their responses regarding areas of the study. An interview form was also developed for interviewing five university leaders from some Saudi universities in order to extrapolate their opinions regarding university education in Saudi universities and the areas of development. The researcher used analytical descriptive methodology. The study results showed that revealed the most important areas for developing university education are the following: developing a common database of published scientific researches; supporting outstanding and talented students; developing academic programs; increasing the use of staff members’ experience in community service; conducting on-going evaluation of programs; and applying standards of academic accreditation. Results of study showed significant statistical differences due to variable effect of university name for Umm Al-Qura University. There were no significant differences among the sample due to the nature of work and academic specialization regarding their evaluation and approval of the importance of the suggested areas to develop university education and the attempt to achieve them in their universities because of the positive effect on developing university education in Saudi Arabia.   

Keywords: Higher education, University jobs, Total development, Objectives of university education, Factors effecting higher education development.
A proposal to Raise the Level of Competitive Advantage of Scientific Research from the Teaching Staff’s Perspective in Higher Education Institutions - the Kingdom of Bahrain
Authors: ELsherbiny Elbaz Ahmed Noshy Anis
Published: August 2022

The study aimed to provide a proposal to raise the level of competitive advantage in scientific research from the teaching staff’s perspective in higher education institutions - in the Kingdom of Bahrain. To achieve this objective, the study used a descriptive method, and a questionnaire as a tool for the field study. In order to determine the mechanisms for achieving competitive advantage in scientific research at the institutions of higher education in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the tool was administered to a sample of (137) faculty members  from some higher education institutions (public and private) in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The field study revealed a number of results, inter alia, the study sample agreed with all the proposed mechanisms to achieve competitive advantage in scientific research at institutions of higher education in the Kingdom of Bahrain at a high degree. Their agreement to the themes was in this order: academic support for scientific research, financial support for scientific research, community support for scientific research, and information technology support for scientific research. The study results also showed no statistically significant differences between the responses of the study sample about the proposed mechanisms for achieving competitive advantage in scientific research due to the variables of the academic degree  and the institution.

Keywords: Competitive advantage, Research, Higher education institutions.
A Proposed Framework for Applying the National Standards of Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Sudan from the Teaching Staff’s Perspective - Faculties of Business Administration
Authors: Elfaki Alfatih Alamin , Mohamed Khedir Sidieq , Hamato Mohamed Ahmed , Abdo Ahmed Idries
Published: August 2022

This study aimed to clarify the importance of having national standards and their role in achieving quality, as well as establishing a framework for the actual application of national standards in quality assurance so as to achieve quality in higher education institutions. The researchers  followed a descriptive analytical method to achieve the objectives of the study and developed a questionnaire covering primary and secondary variables that have a role in the design of specific models to help in applying the national standards by the Sudanese universities. The questionnaire included one dependent variable; the effective application of national standards of quality assurance in higher education institutions, and the four main variables (independent) are: the national standards of quality assurance in higher education in Sudan, the standard of quality assurance, the standard of teaching and learning and the standard of scientific research and publication. The study revealed a number of conclusions: there were statistically significant differences in the extent of familiarity with the  national quality assurance standards in Sudan according to the academic rank of the  faculty members; there were also significant differences in the extent of compliance with the  national quality assurance standards in Sudan according to the academic rank of the faculty members; there was full agreement between the national standards for quality assurance in Sudan and the international standards for quality assurance; and  there were statistically significant differences in that the absence of specific models would have a negative impact on effective application of national standards of quality assurance in higher education in Sudan, according to the academic rank of the faculty members.

Keywords: Quality, The program, Standards, University, Total quality management.
Success Factors of Implementing Quality Assurance System in Public Algerian Universities from the View Point of Quality Assurance Officials
Authors: رقاد صليحة
Published: August 2022

This study aimed to examine the success factors of implementing quality assurance system in public Algerian universities from the view point of quality assurance officials. To achieve this aim,  a questionnaire, as a measurement tool, was used , after verifying its psychometric properties. The study showed differences  in the quality assurance officials’ points of view concerning the appropriate policy of implementing the Quality Assurance System.   The results also revealed the participants’ approval of the majority of success factors which are considered as the basic potentials of implementing the quality assurance system very effectively. The most important factors are: stakeholders’ awareness-raising of quality culture; senior management support for the process of implementing quality assurance system; the need to bring a change in the strategic orientation of the institution in terms of its vision, mission and objectives;  supporting the establishment of effective information systems; and changing common misconceptions so as to be in line with the values required for the successful implementation of the system, and the adoption of adequate incentive system.

Keywords: Quality assurance, Quality assurance system, Success factors, Public Algerian universities.
The Quality of Educational Services Provided by the Arab Academy– Faculty of Finance and Banking from Graduate Students' Perspective, Sana’a
Authors: Alsharjabi Abdulrahman , Daraan Khadeeja Abdul-Hadi , Alsarori Hussein Ali
Published: August 2022

The objective of this Study was to investigate the opinions of graduate students on the level of quality of educational services at the Faculty of Finance and Banking in Sana’a. The researchers used a questionnaire to collect the data. The questionnaire consisted of six sections: textbooks, instructional aids, library services, faculty, admission and registration procedures, and infrastructure. The main research question focused the level of the quality educational services provided at the faculty of Finance and Banking in Sana’a. The population of the study consisted of 379 students where 150 were randomly selected.  To answer the research question, the researchers used  the descriptive method. to The research results showed that the  students had a high satisfaction level of the services provided. In addition, the results showed that there were no differences among graduate students’ opinions based on gender, age, program, area of specialization, and payment of tuition fees.

Keywords: Service quality, Faculty of finance and banking, Graduate studies.
Assessing the Curricula of Political Sciences’ Programs at the Palestinian Universities in Accordance with the Academic Standards of Political Sciences
Authors: Aburedwan Alaa H. A .
Published: August 2022

The study aimed at answering the following key question: Are academic standards of political sciences fulfilled in the curricula of political science programs at the Palestinian universities? Accordingly, the study included a theoretical section that explained the basic concepts of quality in education, and some international experiences adopted for quality assurance of political sciences programs. Then the study analyzed, according to the standard criteria, the curricula of four departments that grant a bachelor's degree in political sciences, based on information published on the departments’ sites on the internet, and according to the academic guidebook of each department. The study concluded that the mission and objectives of three departments are clear, while the findings of the analysis showed that there is mismatch of requirements in the Palestinian curricula with academic standards. Most programs are rich with major materials, but need a little adjustment to conform to the standards. The findings also showed a number of negative points in study plans, which do not contain enough credit hours for scientific research, computer applications, and field training, while they have extra credit hours for university requirements. The study made several recommendations to address the problems of the curricula, including: Inviting departments to form committees to ensure quality, to modify the curricula, and develop it in accordance with international standards.

Keywords: Academic program, Academic standards, Curricula assessment, Political sciences.
The Level of Educational Services Quality in Saudi Universities according to a Developed Scale University of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic Model
Authors: Al-Ajmi Nouf Abdulaali , Al-Twaijri Fatema Abdulaziz
Published: August 2022

Abstract:This study aimed to develop an instrument to measure the quality of educational services provided to students. This instrument was extracted from HEDPERF instrument, and standards of the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment, Saudi Arabia. And testing the ability of the instrument to determine the quality of the educational services(academic, administrative, and facilities and equipment, and the degree of reputation and renown),  provided to students of mathematics and Physics departments, Faculty of Science, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University as well as the degree of overall satisfaction. Descriptive method was used. The findings of the study is that the overall average score for the approval of the axis of the quality of academic services, and the axis of the quality of administrative services, and the axis of the quality of facilities and equipment, and the axis of the quality reputation and renown in the sections of mathematics and physics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences phrases came largely neutral. Also, degree of satisfaction with the educational services of (58%) the study members was medium, while (17.6%) of the members of the study, the degree of their approval of the quality of educational services provided weak. while(15%), of the study members were dissatisfied with the educational services provided. (5%) expressed a high approval of  the quality of educational services altogether were (4.25%) did not specify  their point of view of quality educational services.
A Proposed Training Program to Enhance Administrative Competencies of Academic Administrators at the Jordanian Universities in Light of the Change Administration Requirements
Authors: Abo Alian Fatma Samih Mohammed , Al Serhan Khaled Ali
Published: August 2022

Abstract:           Study aimed at constructing a proposed training program to enhance administrative competencies of academic administrators at the Jordanian universities in light of the change administration requirements. The study sample comprised  (621) academic administrators working at various Jordanian universities for the academic year )2013-2014( The inferential statistics such as mean, t-test, standard deviation, Scheffe test, Pearson correlation coefficient and One-Way Analysis of Variance ANOVA were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that the degree of applying change management policies by academic administrators was intermediate, and that the degree of administrative skills of university academic administrators was also intermediate. The researcher recommended a training program to be conducted in order to develop the administrative skills of academic administrators in various
Adaptation Strategies with Psychological Stress and Their Relative of Some Variables: A Field Study on A Sample of Female Student of Preparatory Year at Hail University
Authors: Abu Alaish Haya Suleiman
Published: August 2022

Abstract    The main objective of this study was to investigate the most Adaptation Strategies with Psychological Stress for the female students of preparatory Year at Hail University, and its relation with, scientific specialization and academic average.To fulfill the aim of the research, a scale of 35 items distributed among six fields has been prepared. The scale has been applied to a sample of (300) female student chosen randomly from faculty of education, the data is analyzed by using Mean, T test and ANNOVA.The results indicated that the order of female student strategies priorities according to the student's point of view in the six fields of the study are as follows: Religious field, problem solving, relaxation, request help from others, avoiding and escaping, and doing enjoys activities.The results also indicated that there is significant difference between the Mean scores of the student concerning their Adaptation Strategies with Psychological Stress according to the scientific specialization variable, and academic average.  The study recommended that there should be more concern given to the University students, and the necessity of counseling and psychological services for the female students of property Year at Hail University.
O assentamento como lugar de chegada, de morada e da velhice
Authors: Menegat Alzira Salete , Nunes Fabio Pereira
Published: August 2022

Neste artigo, analisamos a velhice no assentamento Colônia Conceição, localizado no município de Nioaque, estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, MS, compreendendo as reconfigurações e as sociabilidades do lugar, criadas pelos assentados que lá se iniciaram e que atualmente se encontram vivendo a etapa da velhice, ainda mantendo a administração das unidades de produção. Para isso, realizamos um estudo qualitativo no assentamento, identificando a quantidade de pessoas velhas e entendendo como estão se organizando na gestão de suas unidades. Os resultados mostraram que em 128 lotes existe a presença de pessoas com 60 anos ou mais, administrando as unidades e transformando o espaço, evidenciando resistência ao viverem a velhice no assentamento.
Cidade-balneário e os sujeitos da expansão e verticalização urbana: o protagonismo invisibilizado dos trabalhadores da construção civil de Matinhos, Paraná, entre os anos 1980 e 2000
Authors: Filippim Marcos Luiz , Chemin Marcelo , Andrade Daniele de Castro Gonçalves de , Piola Felipe Ganancin
Published: August 2022

O texto comunica resultados de uma pesquisa com trabalhadores da construção civil que migraram entre os anos 1980 e 2000 para o município de Matinhos, tradicional reduto balneário do Paraná. Esses sujeitos atuaram em canteiros de obras, estabeleceram-se em definitivo na região e reconstruíram suas vidas vinculadas à dinâmica da cidade e sua formação socioespacial. Os objetivos do estudo foram assim constituídos: i) identificar aspectos da origem e trajetória dos trabalhadores da construção civil em Matinhos; ii) analisar sua adaptação, inserção social, formas de lazer e relações no âmbito do trabalho; e iii) refletir acerca da dinâmica da identidade e dos aspectos culturais experimentados por esses trabalhadores. A metodologia utilizada foi uma abordagem qualitativa com delineamento de estudo de caso, utilizando-se, para a coleta de dados, entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os resultados permitiram conhecer aspectos do processo de migração vivenciado por dez jovens trabalhadores com origens em áreas rurais de diversas regiões do Paraná. Inicialmente inseridos em contextos de fragilidade socioeconômica, apostaram na migração para ascensão social, fixando-se no litoral do Paraná a partir de oportunidades no setor da construção civil, na época com ritmo acelerado, pois acompanhava a verticalização urbana, impulsionada por edificações de segunda residência de uso predominantemente balneário. A inserção laboral nos canteiros de obras se deu na condição popularmente denominada como “oreia seca”, base da hierarquia das funções, equivalente ao servente de obras. O ambiente do trabalho e as moradias, não raro alojamentos, assim como as redes sociais de apoio, constituíram importantes referências microterritoriais, bases iniciais para uma gradativa inserção local, pois oportunizavam acolhimento e apoio para recriação de laços e sociabilidades. Os entrevistados relataram ascensão social e profissional concomitante ao desenvolvimento balneário; constituíram-se com suas famílias no município, deixando transparecer orgulho e satisfação por essas escolhas.
Job Precariousness: Supply Chain Management in a Waste Pickers Association
Authors: Silva Éder Luiz Araújo , Ribeiro Rosinei Batista , Mello Adilson da Silva , Domingos Bianca Siqueira Martins
Published: August 2022

Waste pickers are key players within municipal solid waste management and an important link in the recycling chain. Waste pickers perform their activities in precarious conditions: they work in bad weather; run the risk of traffic accidents; come in contact with insects that transmit disease and suffer from weight overload. These conditions are aggravated by the lack of labor rights and guarantees, as well as the instability of income and exploitation in commercial processes receiving derisory prices for materials. In this context, the present research seeks, in an interdisciplinary way, the supply chain management interface with the aspects that constitute the precariousness of the pickers’ work, aiming to identify and foster proposals for infrastructure and supply chain improvements of an association of recyclable waste pickers through dialogue and construction with the workers concerned. For this, the ergonomic work analysis was used for information gathering and diagnosis that will subsidize the construction of a process map through the SIPOC tool. From the documentary analysis of the project, the result of part of the association’s production process was reached, that is, its recovery of recyclables in 2018, which reached a volume of 141,893.7 kg. This study sought to provide moments of reflective discussion with the pickers about the organizational processes of the association, in order to collectively construct proposals that enable better working conditions for them.
Análise da integração da gestão de risco de desastres à política de desenvolvimento territorial local
Authors: Jansen Giane Roberta , Vieira Rafaela
Published: August 2022

A emergência mundial do número de registros de ocorrências de desastres e as perdas e os danos gerados despontam a necessidade de integração da gestão de riscos de desastres às demais políticas públicas, para a construção de territórios resilientes. O Marco de Sendai e a Política Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Civil preveem a integração da gestão de riscos de desastres na formulação e implementação das políticas públicas de desenvolvimento, recebendo ênfase as políticas de uso da terra e o nível territorial local – estratégico por ser onde o risco se materializa e onde as políticas públicas tornam-se ações, além de concentrar atribuição de competências enquanto ente federativo. O estudo objetiva analisar a integração da gestão de riscos de desastres às políticas públicas de desenvolvimento territorial dos municípios, partindo dos Planos Diretores Físico-Territoriais para verificar o quanto a temática gestão de risco de desastres é incorporada a seu corpo textual. A pesquisa tem abordagem sistêmica; é estruturada nas etapas de levantamento, sistematização, análise e síntese. A pesquisa é básica; qualiquantitativa; explicativa; utiliza técnicas de pesquisa bibliográfica, documental; de natureza descritiva, estatística descritiva univariada e multivariada. O estudo de caso da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Itajaí mostra que os corpos de texto dos Planos Diretores Físico-Territoriais podem ser agrupados em três grandes classes: 1) infraestrutura, associada às dinâmicas durante e pós-desastre; 2) estruturação política, estratégica e organizacional, com abordagem mais sistêmica; e 3) visão prática/aplicada. Há maior concentração de planos na Classe 2 e há maior frequência de termos específicos na Classe 1. A análise de formas associadas à gestão de risco de desastres no corpo textual dos Planos Diretores Físico-Territoriais dos municípios da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Itajaí verifica a baixa integração da gestão de risco de desastres às políticas públicas territoriais municipais.
Turismo como criador de mercado para o artesanato em Mato Grosso do Sul
Authors: Violin Fábio Luciano
Published: August 2022

O estudo teve como objeto o turismo enquanto instrumento de produção de mercado para o artesanato sul-mato-grossense. O objetivo da pesquisa visou analisar a relação entre a atividade turística e o artesanato no estado e, para tanto, foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com responsáveis por lojas de artesanato, turistas e autóctones ao longo de todas as entradas do estado de Mato Grosso do Sul e seus pontos turísticos em ascensão e em queda, cobrindo, dessa forma, a totalidade de pontos de oferta e localidades de incidência de produção e consumo de peças artesanais. Decorreram dessa ação as observações in loco e a geração de registros fotográficos ilustrativos dos pontos passíveis de inferência. Os resultados evidenciam relação indissociável entre o turismo e o artesanato, uma vez que o primeiro produz mercado para o segundo, que, por seu turno, molda-se ao primeiro, existindo uma relação engendrada a partir da demanda dos turistas que se valem do circuito turístico ativo. Contudo, o tripé do desenvolvimento sustentável – economia, ambiente e sociedade – não é referência para as empresas que vendem peças artesanais aos turistas, que se resumem a ver o comércio como fonte exclusiva de lucro, existindo poucos representantes genuinamente interessados no contexto da cultura e da história que uma peça artesanal pode representar.
The Effectiveness of the Problem-Solving Strategy in Enhancing the Academic Achievement of Islamic Studies Students at a Saudi College
Authors: Omar Mona Taha Mohamad
Published: August 2022

Recently, there has been a shift from teacher- to student-centered teaching paradigms, which have proven to lead to better learning outcomes. However, teaching in the Islamic Studies Department at Ad-Dilam College of Education, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, is currently mainly lecture-oriented. This is attributable to the nature of Islamic courses, which conventionally focus on lecturing on the part of teachers and memorization on the part of students. This study has explored the effectiveness of a student-centered teaching strategy, the problem-solving strategy, in enhancing the academic achievement of Islamic Studies students at Ad-Dilam College of Education. One group of students (N = 22) was taught a unit in the Special Teaching Methods Course using the problem-solving strategy. Another group (N = 20) was taught the same unit using conventional lecture-oriented teaching. An author-developed achievement test was used to compare the performance of the two groups after the intervention. Means, standard deviations, and independent samples t-tests revealed that the problem-solving classroom significantly outperformed the lecture-oriented classroom in skills, values, and total achievement. Both groups achieved comparable gains in the knowledge dimension of achievement, thus the difference between the groups in knowledge was not significant. Classroom observation during the intervention revealed that students in the problem-solving classroom were more enthusiastic and interacted more actively during classes. Based on the findings, implications are drawn and recommendations offered.
The OSCE, Ukraine, and peace process
Authors: Zagorskii A.
Published: August 2022

At the beginning of the Ukraine crisis in 2014, the OSCE acted unexpectedly promptly for an organization deeply divided for years. Although the revitalization of its relatively autonomous institutions and mechanisms (that did not require prior consensus) failed to produce uncontested evidence to inform collective decisions, the deployment of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission raised the threshold for resuming violence. The Normandy group (France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine) became the main platform for generating political solutions. The Trilateral Contact Group (the special representative of the OSCE Chairperson, Russia, and Ukraine) proved instrumental for translating these solutions into practical measures. These activities fueled expectations of consolidation of the peace process in spite of the obstacles faced by the OSCE operations, such as their limited mandate, restrictions to the freedom of movement, and inability to verify the withdrawal of weapons or enforce ceasefire and disengagement agreements. However, the ultimate failure of the Minsk peace process in early 2022 can hardly be attributed to these shortcomings. It was the increasing disagreement between Russia and Ukraine on a number of central issues of the peace process, such as the sequence of steps to implement the agreed measures or the engagement of the separatist regions in talks with Kiev, that undermined political process, adversely affected the OSCE operations, and eroded the fragile consensus. Despite the temporary revitalization of the political process in late 2019 and in 2020, the escalation of the situation around Ukraine in 2021 – early 2022 degenerated into a direct military intervention by Russia and resulted in the termination of all consensus-based OSCE operations in Ukraine.
Donbass at limbo: self-proclaimed republics in the inter-war period (2014–2021)
Authors: Matveeva A.
Published: August 2022

In order to better understand the new phase of the war in and around Donbass that started in February 2022, the article suggests looking back at the “interwar” period in the region. This period is analyzed through the prism of a combination of three interpretations of the conflict – as an irredentist movement to join the “historical homeland” which the region had been “separated from”, as a civil conflict for a different (multiethnic, multilingual, more decentralized) Ukraine, better disposed towards the aspirations of the people of Donbass, and as an international geopolitical confrontation between Russia and the West. All three interpretations are seen as valid. In 2014–2022, self-proclaimed republics (the DNR and the LNR) went through the stages of their formation in the context of a historical cataclysm, early postconflict development when their economic and social life was still oriented towards Ukraine, the cut-off stage resulting from a strict economic blockade by Kiev, and the concluding period of creeping integration into Russia. The article specifically addresses the limbo phase that lasted from 2016 to early 2022. While this phase brought a greater level of security that allowed life in the DNR and the LNR to go on, security was brittle and prone to significant disruption. However, in both security and socio-political terms, the worst was the sense of a lack of clarity about the entities’ future, with three scenarios circulated by politicians at once: return to Ukraine on the basis of the Minsk agreements, joining Russia, and building up their own “statehood”. The Minsk Agreements that were initially viewed positively, as they reduced the level of hostilities, progressively lost their value. Special status was not what the war had been fought for and it remained an amorphous and abstract idea, which the years that passed since failed to fill with practical content. Balancing on the verge of renewal of hostilities necessitated the resources that the two republics did not have, which locked them into dependency on the Russian government. While the republics survived as self-governing entities with a political and cultural proximity to Russia and established proto-state institutions, they also experienced governance deficit and economic decline. By the early 2020s, any illusions of the two republics’ independent agency evaporated. What started as a people’s rebellion, when the region asserted its right to make choices and act upon them, came to the situation that their future was to be determined elsewhere. This future seemed to clear up since Russia’s formal recognition of the DNR and the LNR and the start of Russian military operation in Ukraine in 2022, but its contours lie beyond the article’s scope.
Achievements of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, in the field of research on plants used in the old Polish folk medicine, 1919-2015
Authors: Janowicz Adrianna
Published: August 2022

Artykuł przedstawia zakres badań nad roślinami stosowanymi w danej polskiej medycynie ludowej, które prowadzali pracownicy naukowi Studium, Oddziału i Wydziału Farmaceutycznego Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego, następnie Akademii Medycznej, a od 2007 r. Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Poznaniu. W pracy nie uwzględniano zmian systematyki botanicznej i podano terminologię używaną przez autorów badań. Studia nad roślinami stosowanymi w dawnej polskiej medycynie ludowej były stałym elementem działalności naukowej poznańskiego Wydziału Farmaceutycznego w latach 1919-2015, jednak po 1989 r. stopniowo ustępowały miejsca badaniom roślin stosowanych w medycynie ludowej na innych kontynentach. Analizowane badania wskazują na stałą inspirację nauk farmaceutycznych medycyną ludową, choć nie wszyscy ich autorzy zdają sobie sprawę z etnogenezy swej działalności naukowej.
Following the beginnings of the Association of Polish Catholic Pharmacists
Authors: Fiklewicz-Dreszczyk Barbara
Published: August 2022

Artykuł przedstawia okoliczności powstania Stowarzyszenia Farmaceutów Katolickich Polski, zarejestrowanego w 1991 r. Jest to wspomnienie głównej inicjatorki i pierwszej przewodniczącej Stowarzyszenia, która wiele uwagi poświęciła także Międzynarodowej Federacji Farmaceutów Katolickich
Measurement Uncertainty Interval In Case of a Known Relationship between Precision and Mean
Authors: Uhlig Steffen , Colson Bertrand , Gowik Petra
Published: August 2022

Measurement uncertainty is typically expressed in terms of a symmetric interval , where denotes the measurement result and the expanded uncertainty. However, in the case of heteroscedasticity, symmetric uncertainty intervals can be misleading. In this paper, a different approach for the calculation of uncertainty intervals is introduced. This approach is applicable when a validation study has been conducted with samples with known concentrations. It will be shown how, under certain circumstances, asymmetric uncertainty intervals arise quite naturally and lead to more reliable uncertainty intervals.
Economic analysis of intensive and super-intensive Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp production in a Biofloc Technology system
Authors: Almeida Marcos Souza de , Gimenes Régio Marcio Toesca , Furtado Plínio Schmidt , Poersch Luís Henrique , Wasielesky Wilson , Fóes Geraldo Kipper , Carrijo-Mauad Juliana Rosa
Published: August 2022

In recent decades, new aquaculture technologies have been developed and improved, such as the Biofloc Technology system, which is considered an alternative to the conventional aquaculture model. This study compared the bioeconomic viability of intensive production in nurseries and super-intensive production of shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei bioflocs greenhouses. The investment for implementing the project was US$ 767,190.18 for intensive production and US$ 807,669.16 for super-intensive production. The analyses showed Net Present Value of US$ 363,718.21 and US$ 385,477.42, Equivalent annual value of US$ 59,830.66 and US$ 63,410.00, Net future value of US$ 965,052.69 and US$ 1,022,786.35, Payback Period 4.12 and 4.11, Discounted payback period 5.64 and 5.63, Profitability Index 1.47 and 1.48, Internal Rate of Return 20.49 and 20.55%, and Modified Internal Rate of Return 14.61 and 14.64%. The investment analysis used in this study showed that super-intensive production in a greenhouse is the best investment option. The development of a new scenario simulating the super-intensive production of shrimp in a Biofloc Technology system, considering land use as a premise, made it possible to observe the possibility of obtaining financial gains in scale, both in the reduction of production costs and in the economic performance of the enterprise. However, the financial contribution for the implementation and operation of the project increased substantially.
Rainfall effects on Anomalocardia flexuosa densities on the northeastern Brazilian coast using distributed lag models
Authors: Lima Severino Adriano de Oliveira , Andrade Humber Agrelli , Sousa Raniere Garcez Costa
Published: August 2022

In this study, the effects of precipitation on Anomalocardia flexuosa densities were analyzed from the perspective of temporal delays between the variables. The collections occurred bi-monthly between April 2016 and February 2018 at Mangue Seco beach, Pernambuco, Brazil. Total densities and densities according to the category of size (small, medium and large), and precipitation were analyzed with autocorrelation and cross-correlation functions, with a retrospective analysis of up to 12 months. Distributed lag models were used among the variables. The maximum density was found in June 2017 (378 ind.m2) for the medium-size category of individuals. Significant autocorrelations occurred for densities (total and average size) and precipitation. In cross-correlation functions, high precipitation for a given month was followed by high densities of total and average individuals for up to two months. Distributed lag models also showed significant values between densities (total and medium-sized) and precipitation, which explained more than 50% of the variability of these two groups. The effect of precipitation was responsible for the increase in the density of A. flexuosa for up to two months, mainly by increasing individuals with medium shell lengths.
Desafios para inclusão escolar da pessoa com deficiência
Authors: Givigi Rosana Carla do Nascimento , Oliveira Lillian Muniz , Barreto Lara Lyss de Almeida
Published: August 2022

O crescimento das desigualdades sociais no Brasil aponta para a necessidade de que a sociedade se organize e crie respostas à exclusão social. Nessa perspectiva, a educação pode se configurar como uma das vias de enfrentamento da desigualdade social. As políticas públicas em educação no Brasil estão orientadas pelo princípio da inclusão, porém as pessoas com deficiência se deparam com inúmeras barreiras. Esse artigo objetiva analisar os desafios educacionais que perpassam o processo de inclusão escolar de alunos com deficiência. Trata-se de um relato de experiência do tipo descritivo, observacional de caráter qualitativo. A experiência nessa pesquisa foi desenvolvida numa escola pública do município de Aracaju-SE-Brasil. A partir da reflexão sobre os desafios impostos para a inclusão escolar da pessoa com deficiência foram possíveis algumas formulações: a escola precisa se reorganizar e se constituir enquanto espaço de coletividade; o Estado deve priorizar as políticas essenciais, como da educação e garantir seu financiamento; o trabalho colaborativo pode ser uma ferramenta de formação de professores e de ação contra a exclusão; família e escola precisam estreitar o diálogo com a sociedade. Por fim, é possível perceber que a luta pela educação inclusiva deve estar alinhada com a luta contra as políticas hegemônicas propostas pelo capitalismo.
‘Misclassified Partnership’ and the Impact of Legal Loophole on Workers
Authors: Izzati Nabiyla Risfa , Sesunan Mas Muhammad Gibran
Published: August 2022

In Indonesia, the partnership model was previously popularized by gig companies. However, now it is spreading into various businesses, such as e-commerce, shipping, and start-up industries. Over the years, the extensive use of the partnership model is becoming problematic as it transforms into a "misclassified partnership," where a job that should be considered an employment relationship is instead misclassified into a partnership. This study uses doctrinal legal research completed with a statutory approach to finding an apparent legal loophole regarding the partnership model within Indonesia's regulatory space. The term "partnership" is not recognized by Manpower Law. Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Law, on the other hand, identifies the term partnership (kemitraan) but does not contextualize it within the current partnership model. The research also found that this legal loophole has been impacting the working conditions of workers under the partnership model, robbing their workers' rights and legal protection by law. The possible solutions to the issue are then discussed by looking at the good practices in other countries, such as the UK, France, Spain, and the US
The prevalence of Strongylida/strongyles in small ruminants in Manatuto Municipality in central region of Timor-Leste
Authors: Amaral Acacio Cardoso , Freitas Joana Da Costa , De Carvalho Rui Daniel , Noronha Ana Maria da Costa Goncalves , Ribeiro Jaime Maria da Silva , Dos Santos Inocencio
Published: August 2022

Objective: This research aimed to identify the prevalence of Strongyles in small ruminants (sheep and goats) in the central region of Timor-Leste.

Methods: There were two methods used in this research, i.e. multistage sampling to determine research sites and purposive sampling to collect samples. The total samples collected were 192. From the 192 samples collected, 96 samples were from goats and another 96 samples from sheep. The sample size was determined based on 50% design prevalence and 95% confidence level and absolute precision of 10%. Samples examined were fresh fecal samples from sheep and goats. The samples were tested using a native smear to identify the presence of worms’ eggs in the feces. The 95% confidence interval of the prevalence was calculated using the exact binomial method.

Results: Based on laboratory examination, it was found that the prevalence of Strongylida/strongyles in sheep was 21.88% (14.1-31.5%) and in goats was 20.83% (13.2-30.3%). Based on sex, the highest prevalence of Strongylida/strongyles of sheep was found in ram 25% (13.6-39.6%) compared to 18.75% (8.9-32.6%) in the ewe. In goats, however, the prevalence of Strongylida/strongyles was 25% (13.6-39.6%) in doe and 16.67% (7.5-30.2%) in bucks. Based on age, the highest prevalence in sheep was found in the age group of 9-12 months old 31.25% (16.1-50.0%), whereas in goats, the highest prevalence was found in the age group of 0-4 months old 28.13% (13.7-46.7%).

Conclusions: Based on this research, it was identified that the prevalence of Strongylida/strongyles in small ruminants (sheep and goats) in the central region of Timor-Leste was 21.35% (15.8-27.8%).
Pengembangan Media Audio Visual Berbasis Adobe Flash Pada Mata Pelajaran Komputer Dan Jaringan Dasar Smk Antartika 1 Sidoarjo
Authors: Wiguna Akbar
Published: August 2022

Penelitian dikembangkan bertujuan untuk menguji bagaimana pengembangan dan kelayakan instrumen pembelajaran Adobe Flash pada mata pelajaran Komputer dan jaringan dasar. Jenis pengembangan ini adalah penelitian RD dan Model pengembangan yang digunakan adalah 4-D. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di SMK Antartika 1 Sidoarjo. Hasil validasi media ditunjukan oleh validasi score oleh ahli media dan ahli materi sejumlah 92% yang dikategorikan “Sangat Layak” untuk di aplikasikan kepada siswa. Dari penelitian pengembangan tersebut dapat dipastikan bahwa instrumen pembelajaran berdasar Adobe Flash Mata Pelajaran komputer dan jaringan dasar di SMK Antartika 1 Sidoarjo diakui sangat layak digunakan.Kata Kunci: Media Audio visual, Adobe Flash