bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Inclusive pedagogy
Authors: Jain Romi
Published: June 2019

Cognitive dissonance refers to an experience of incongruity between an entrenched understanding of a phenomenon or concept and a new piece of cognition. If unaddressed, dissonance can be at the heart of international students’ unresolved dilemmas, unspoken feelings, and unshared stories, facts and experiences. In response, pedagogy needs to tap cognitive dissonance that issues from cultural diversityinduced viewpoints, cognitive perceptions, and beliefs on the part of international students, enriching and equalizing the learning environment. Within the framework of postmodernism and social constructivism, this paper offers multiple strategies for the utilization of cognitive dissonance. It is based on three data sources. First, following approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the informed consent procedure, interviews instructors at a university in a mid-West American city highlight instructors’ experiences with and strategies pertaining to engagement of dissonance. Second, the author’s first-hand experiences of dissonance in the United States have been incorporated. Third, the existing literature relevant to the study has been used.
Composition going global
Authors: Houston Maria
Published: June 2019

In response to current trends in Composition as well as the challenges of langauging and pedagogy in the global reality, this qualitative classroom-based action research study was designed to gain a better understanding of strategies, practices, and competences exhibited by students of various linguistic and cultural backgrounds when composing, reading, and responding to the narratives of their peers in a multi- lingual composition class. In a focused presentation of a single student case study, the manuscript conceptualizes ‘effective’ writing in global contexts, outlines successful strategies to gain the ‘buy-in’ from culturally and linguistically diverse audiences when composing transnationally and translingually. The study concludes by suggesting ways and strategies to transform ‘traditional’ peer response assignments to engage global rhetorics and transnational frameworks for the sake of all students and their success communicating across languages, rhetorics, borders, and modes.
Transformation of Value Positions in the Youth Attitude of to Work: A Philosophical Analysis
Authors: Kobylkin Roman
Published: June 2019

Most representatives of the modern youth demonstrate formed clip thinking characterized by a loss of skills to analyze, discourse, set logical connections. This not only affects the process of learning and obtaining professional knowledge, but also expresses a change in the attitude to work as one of the most important values against the background of a significant increase in the value of leisure. The transformation of values due to the influence of external factors such as television, Internet, radio, media on consciousness is obvious. The bulk of the media clip thinking is the youth facing serious difficulties in introducing serious creative work and the creation of new values. At present the structure and types of differences in employment are undergoing epoch-making changes. They are expressed in the mixture of traditional and modern trends, the emergence of new forms of work (freelance, downshifting, etc.), as well as in the formation of new trends in the attitude to work. New values such as "success", "pleasure", "power" are formed on the basis of cultural changes in the youth environment. The value paradigm formed in the youth environment under the influence of mass culture in the conditions of the information revolution has become an expression of new needs in the transformation of social reality. Under these conditions, the study of trends in the youth's value attitudes to work is of great theoretical and practical importance. The theoretical basis of this article is grounded on the works of A. Mole, E. Toffler, D. bell, E. Fromm, G. Marcuse, G. McLuhan. Their research papers reflect the changes that began to occur in society in the second half of the XX century and had an impact on the change of value orientations of young people. In our country, these changes were manifested in the generation of the nineties and noughties, and the representatives of this generation are the carriers of new values associated with the consequences of the information revolution.
Dynamic compressive behaviour of coconut fibre-reinforced concrete composite
Authors: Wang Wenjie , Zhang Tongyue , Chouw Nawawi , Li Zhongxian , Xu Zhaodong
Published: June 2019

Coconut fibre-reinforced concrete (CFRC) is widely used in the construction of house walls, especially in rural areas, but its impact resistance has rarely been studied. This paper investigates the dynamic compressive behaviour of CFRC by conducting high-speed servo-hydraulic tests under different strain rates ranging from 0·2 to 30 s−1. To study the strain rate effects on compressive strength, failure pattern, failure processes and energy absorption, CFRC cylindrical specimens with different coconut fibre contents – that is, 1, 3 and 5% of cement mass – were prepared and tested. The results showed that compressive strength increased with the strain rate, but decreased when the coconut fibre volume exceeded 3%. This paper discusses the relationship between the fibre-content-dependent dynamic increase factor and the strain rate for CFRC composites. In addition, it studies the failure process of CFRC via an analysis of the effect of the fibre content. The result of this research should be helpful in designing high-speed, impact-resistant, natural fibre-reinforced composites.
Analysis of the Entry Mode Choice from Both Transaction Costs and Resource Based Theory
Authors: Araya - Castillo Luis , Barrientos Oradini Nicolás , Yánez - Jara Víctor Manuel , Acevedo Duque Ángel
Published: June 2019

The liberalization of markets opened doors for expansion and increased the level of competition in numerous markets. This explains that firms are increasinglydiversifying across national borders. This phenomenon is related with the international entrepreneurship, since internationalization is an example of a strategy change that can be defined as an entrepreneurial act. In this context, the scholars in international business have given answers to basically three questions: Why, where, and how do companies internationalize. Since the present research deals with entry modes choice, the focus is clearly on “how.” The choice of entry mode constitutes one of the most critical decisions for international strategy success. This research analyzes the entry mode choice from the perspective of both transaction costs and resource based theory, because these perspectives use different assumptions and consider different assumptions. Given this, I propose 4 propositions related with the study of entry mode choice from the transaction costs and resource based theory.
The Impact of Credit Risk Mispricing on Mortgage Lending during the Subprime Boom
Authors: Kahn James A. , Kay Benjamin S.
Published: June 2019

We provide new evidence that credit supply shifts contributed to the U.S. subprime mortgage boom and bust. We collect original data on both government and private mortgage insurance premiums from 1999-2016, and document that prior to 2008, premiums did not vary across loans with widely different observable characteristics that we show were predictors of default risk. Then, using a set of post-crisis insurance premiums to fit a model of default behavior, and allowing for time-varying expectations about house price appreciation, we quantify the mispricing of default risk in premiums prior to 2008. We show that the flat premium structure, which necessarily resulted in safer mortgages cross-subsidizing riskier ones, produced substantial adverse selection. Government insurance maintained an even flatter premium structure even post-crisis, and consequently also suffered from adverse selection. But after 2008 it reduced its exposure to default risk through a combination of hi gher premiums and rationing at the extensive margin.
Leveraged Bank Loan versus High Yield Bond Mutual Funds
Authors: Banegas Ayelen , Goldenring Jessica
Published: June 2019

Since the financial crisis, the markets for Bank Loan (BL) and High Yield Bond (HYB) mutual funds (MFs) have grown significantly, with assets under management increasing from $19 billion and $75 billion to close to $117 billion and $225 billion, respectively, as of December 2018. This short paper characterizes the universe of BL MFs and compare it against that of HYB MFs on several dimensions. We document that BL and HYB MFsÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ respective market share of leverage loans (LL) and high yield (HY) corporate bonds outstanding increased since the mid-2000s. We also show that in terms of portfolio allocations, HYB and BL MFs hold around 60 percent of B, BB and BBB-rated assets and that exposure to foreign fixed-income markets is relatively small for both types of MFs. Finally, we document that net flows as a share of assets were larger and more volatile for BL MFs than for their HYB counterparts and that HYB MFs significantly outperformed BL MFs since early 2000.
CREEP RESISTANCE OF FERRITIC-MARTENSITIC STEEL 16Cr12MoWSiVNbB (EP-823)
Authors: Belomyttsev M. Yu. , Molyarov V. G.
Published: June 2019

Base characteristics of ferritic-martensitic heat resisting steels with 12 % of chrome are parameters of their strength and creep resistance at temperatures of 600 – 750 °С. Steel 16Cr12MoWSiVNbB (EP-823) is considered as the basic material for manufacturing environments fuel rods (TVEL) of a developed reactor with natural safety of BRESTtype. In the literature, there are data about its mechanical characteristics for tensile tests in a range of temperatures of 20 – 750 °С and the limited characteristics of rupture strength. Data on its creep velocity is absent. Laws of creep of steel EP-823 were investigated on metal of three heats with weight of 3 kg. The compression tests at air were applied for cylindrical samples of 5 ÷ 6 mmat temperatures of 600 – 760 °С and stresses of 70 – 310 MPa. The base of compression tests did not exceed 11 hours. The structure after quenching and tempering consisted of tempered martensite and 6 – 12 vol. % of delta-ferrite, the grain size was less 20 μm. It is shown, that the description of creep tests results in double logarithmic (log (σ) – log (έ)) coordinates provides the best concurrence of results of approximation and experiment, than in half-logarithmic (σ – log (έ)). The analysis of parametrical dependences on Hollomon’s PS = (T/1000)[CS – log (έ) and to Larsen-Miller’s PE = (T/1000)[СE – log (σ)] has allowed to find the equations for creep velocity for the set pressure level of 100 – 220 MPa in the form of log (έ) = –19,355 + 9,17 (T/1000) log (σ) and ultimate strength of creep under the set admissions for creep velocity of 0,01 – 1 %/hour in the form of log (σ) = 4,304 – – 0,109 (T/1000) [20 – log (έ)]. Calculations of ultimate strength of creep and creep velocity on pair models and models of Hollomon (Larsen-Miller) give close results, but the preference should be given the second ones as these models consider all three varied factors. Data of control tests under the scheme of a tensile in the same conditions are cited. It is shown, that between results of tests on compression and on tensile at definition of durability characteristics, there is the linear dependence expressed by the equation σ0.2 at compression = 1.3σ0.2 at tensile. At the analysis of creep it has been established, that creep velocity for steel of one grade (09Cr12W3NbB) and for one heat at diﬀerent type of loading (tensile or compression) have similar values while creep velocities for steel of one grade (EP-823), but of diﬀerent heats even at one type of loading – compression, can diﬀer substantially.
POWER ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS OF BRITTLE MATERIALS DESTRUCTION IN UNIVERSAL CRUSHING MACHINE WITH ROLL LOCKER
Authors: Nikitin A. G. , Epifantsev Yu. A. , Medvedeva K. S. , Gerike P. B.
Published: June 2019

The processing of friable materials used in metallurgical industry for production of definite size classes requires operation of crushing machines, including single-roll machines. Parameters of crushing process are degree and efficiency of crushing. The crushing degree is estimated by the ratio of dimensions of the initial crushing and resulting pieces and depends on the size of gap between the roll and the fixed jaw. Crushing efficiency is determined by mass of material crushed by consumed electric energy unit, and depends mainly on strength of crushed material. In order to reduce energy consumption needed for crushing, a single-roll crusher was developed at Siberian State Industrial University with forced feeding of crushing piece into the fracture zone due to the locker located on the roll. Forces of technological resistance appearing during machine operation are the main initial values for machine drive power and structural elements strength testing, thus, the operation power analysis is an integral stage in the design of any machine, including a crushing one. In the present work, forces acting on a crushing piece from roll side and fixed jaw in vertical and horizontal planes are identified. Based on the results obtained, it was determined that internal compressive forces acting on piece of crushing material cause action of normal compressive stresses in a piece, as well as an internal torque eﬀect, which causes shearing stresses action, i.e. a complex stress state is generated in a fractioned piece with simultaneous action of normal and shearing stresses, under which action a fractioning piece is destroyed. Thus reduction in energy consumption for crushing is achieved, with all other conditions being equal. It reduces energy consumption of a single-roll crusher with forced feeding of material into the crushing zone.
CURRENT PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES OF COMPUTER SIMULATION OF CONTINUOUS STEEL CASTING
Authors: Shipel’nikov A. A. , Rogotovskii A. N. , Bobyleva N. A. , Skakov S. V.
Published: June 2019

Nowadays we can see increase in using of engineering analysis systems in the field of continuous steel casting simulation due to their high accuracy and convergence with industrial experiments results. Such powerful systems as «ANSYS» and «ProCast» allows solving gas-, hydrodynamic and thermal problems, the parallel interaction of which constitutes the essence of most metallurgical processes. Group of authors from the LSTU Chair “Metallurgical technology” have successfully carried out computer experiments in tundish and continuous casting mold processes simulation. The experiments were aimed at first, on studying of further improving in liquid steel flow modifiers (partitions, turbo-stops, thresholds) design, at second, on influence of argon blowing regime on liquid steel flow parameters in the 50-ton tundish workspace, and, at third, on influence of submerged nozzles design on the liquid steel flow in crystallizer, assuming deterministic-dynamic operation mode. The results of calculations are velocity fields of liquid steel flow and flow temperatures fields in tundish and crystallizer, as well as temperature fields in the tundish refractory lining. An equation of primary flow average velocity change on exit from submerged nozzle was also formulated. These preliminary results allow us to assess the velocity changes and direction of the melt flow and formation of volumes with different melt temperatures when using flow modifiers in the ladle, including using of “argon curtain” in the casting chamber. Obtained data on melt flow motion and on location of erosion spots in crystallizing «crust», also on the presence of temperature gradient zones in various regions of crystallizer workspace may be useful to practice engineers engaged in choice of crystallizer submerged nozzle design. Effective control of melt flow in tundish and in crystallizer allows significant improvements in continuous cast slabs and rolled products quality in context of reducing metal products rejection due to defects associated with slag or nonmetallic inclusions presence and due to cracks formed as the result of insufficient thickness of crystallized «crust».
Rekreatif Gruplara Üyelik: Motosiklet Grupları Üzerine Bir İnceleme
Authors: ERTAŞ Mehmet , AKTAŞ Gürhan
Published: June 2019

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İnsanlar yaşamları boyunca, aile, arkadaş ve benzeri grupların içinde olma gereksinimi duymaktadır. İnsanlar zorunlu olarak içinde oldukları bu grupların yanında serbest zamanlarını geçirdikleri ve gönüllü olarak katıldıkları rekreatif gruplara da üye olmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, kişilerin gönüllü olarak katıldıkları motosiklet gruplarına üyeliğin nedenlerinin incelenmesidir. Bu kapsamda, çalışmanın birincil verileri aktif olarak motosiklet kullanan 27 kişi ile yüz yüze görüşmeler aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden olan olgu bilim (fenomenoloji) deseni kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde ise içerik analizi tekniğinden yararlanılmıştır. İçerik analizi sonucunda motosiklet gruplarına üyeliği etkileyen etmenlerin yedi ana kategoride toplandığı görülmüştür. Bu kategoriler; güvenlik, sosyalleşme, tecrübe kazanma, deneyim paylaşma, eşitlik, grubun gücü ve grup kurallarıdır. Sonuç olarak, motosiklet kullanıcıları seyahatlerinde kendilerini güvende hissetmek, grup içinde farklı insanlarla tanışmak, deneyimli kişilerden tecrübe kazanmak ve seyahatleri sırasında tek başlarına yaşayamayacakları deneyimleri grup ile birlikte yaşayabilmek için motosiklet gruplarına üye olmaktadır. Motosiklet grupları üzerine yapılan bu inceleme çalışmasının, bireylerin rekreatif gruplara katılımlarını etkileyen etmenlerin ortaya çıkarılmasını amaçlayarak, rekreatif gruplarda gönüllü grup üyeliği konusundaki gelecek çalışmalara örnek teşkil etmesi umulmaktadır. 
Konaklama İşletmelerinde Finansal Performans Ölçütü Olarak Yatırılan Sermayenin Getirisi
Authors: KARADENİZ Erdinç , DALAK Selda , GÜNAY Fatih , BEYAZGÜL Mehmet
Published: June 2019

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Bu çalışmanın amacı, son yıllarda finansal performansın analizinde önem kazanan yatırılan sermayenin getirisi (YSG) ölçütünü açıklamak ve payları Borsa İstanbul’da (BİST) işlem gören konaklama işletmeleri ile dünyada marka değeri en yüksek olan konaklama işletmelerinin YSG değerlerini hesaplayarak finansal performanslarını karşılaştırmalı olarak incelemektir. Bu amaçla BİST’te işlem gören 12 Türk konaklama işletmesinin ve Brand Finance 2017 sıralamasına göre dünyada marka değeri en yüksek ilk on konaklama işletmesinin, 2012-2016 yılları arasında YSG değerleri hesaplanarak işletmelerin beş yıllık finansal performansları karşılaştırmalı olarak analiz edilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda, incelenen dönemlerde VSNFK, YS ve YSG değerleri itibariyle dünyada marka değeri en yüksek konaklama işletmelerinin, BİST konaklama işletmelerine göre daha başarılı bir performans gösterdikleri belirlenmiştir. Analiz sonuçları incelendiğinde; Brand Finance sıralamasında yer alan konaklama işletmelerinde, en yüksek YSG değerinin 2014 yılında B1 işletmesinde 23,54 en düşük YSG değerinin ise 2015 yılında yine B1 işletmesinde -1,07 olarak gerçekleştiği belirlenmiştir. BİST işletmelerinde ise en yüksek YSG değerinin 2012 yılında A10 işletmesinde 3,02; en düşük YSG değerinin ise 2016 yılında A5 işletmesinde -1,06 olarak gerçekleştiği saptanmıştır. 
Turizm Eğitimi Gören Öğrencilerin Kişilik Özelliklerinin Kültürel Zekâ Düzeylerine Etkisi
Authors: KEMENT Üzeyir , ÇAVUŞOĞLU Sinan , USLU Ahmet
Published: June 2019

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Bu araştırmanın amacı, turizm eğitimi gören öğrencilerin kişilik özelliklerinin kültürel zekâ düzeylerine etkisinin belirlenmesidir. Araştırmada nicel yöntem kullanılmakla beraber veri toplama aracı olarak anket kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini Türkiye’de turizm eğitimi gören öğrenciler oluşturmaktadır. Evrenin tamamına erişilmesinin mümkün olmaması sebebiyle kolayda örneklem metodu aracılığıyla örneklem alma yoluna gidilmiş ve araştırma kapsamında turizm eğitimi gören toplam 396 öğrenci ile görüşülerek anketler doldurulmuştur. Araştırma kapsamında elde edilen sonuçlar incelendiğinde turizm eğitimi gören öğrencilerin kişilik özelliklerinin kültürel zekâ düzeylerini olumlu yönde etkilediği tespit edilmiştir. Ayrıca kültürel zekâ alt boyutlarından biliş boyutunu, uyumluluk, motivasyon alt boyutunu dışa dönüklük ve davranış alt boyutunu ise öz disiplin ve dışa dönüklük alt boyutları olumlu yönde etkilediği sonuçlarına ulaşılmıştır. Genel olarak yapılan inceleme sonucunda ise beş faktör kişilik özelliklerinin kültürel zekâ düzeyini etkilediği tespit edilmiştir. Dolayısıyla turizm eğitimi gören öğrencilerin sahip olduğu kişilik özelliklerinin kültürel zekâ düzeylerini etkilediği ifade edilebilir.
A Narrative Analysis of Teacher Educators’ Motivation: Evidence from the Universities of Sindh, Pakistan
Authors: Sahito Zafarullah , Vaisanen Pertti
Published: June 2019

The study was conducted to explore the factors of motivation of teacher educators of the departments of Education at universities of Sindh province of Pakistan. The data was collected and analyzed through narrative analysis technique, the qualitative research design. The total sixteen factors of motivation were found as five intrinsic and eleven extrinsic respectively. The findings of the article would be suitable and reliable addition in to the available literature to understand the phenomenon of motivation in organizational setting to support their students’ to work for the betterment of society.
L1 versus Multiple Vocabulary Teaching Techniques
Authors: Altalhab Sultan
Published: June 2019

This study compares the effect of using different vocabulary teaching techniques and L1 (Arabic) on vocabulary retention. The participants were 162 Saudi intermediate school students who were divided into two groups. The first group was taught the target words using L1 whilst the second group was taught using multiples teaching techniques (synonyms, body language and pictures). A pre-test, post-test and delayed post-test based on meaning recall were utilised. The findings show that the multiple group achieved superiority over the L1 group in both post-test and delayed post-test. Also, pictures were found to be the most effective teaching technique while body language was the least.
Empowering Indonesian Teachers to Improve Students’ Learning: Case Studies of Teachers’ Action Research
Authors: Tursini Umi
Published: June 2019

This current study was undertaken to examine how Indonesian teachers implemented action research (AR) in an attempt to develop their professionalism and provide better learning opportunity for their students. The research approach in this study included qualitative case study design elements that involved three English teachers who varied in terms of teaching experience, age, and academic qualification as the research participants. The research participants were assisted to get more understanding about AR by inviting them to take part in AR workshops, participate in focus group discussions, and undertake an AR project. Multiple data sources were obtained through interview, observation, focus group discussion, and documentation. The findings indicated that all participants learned important things about their teaching practice and students’ learning through their engagement in action research activity. The findings also showed that conducting AR had encouraged participants to be more reflective and empowered them to be a researcher of their own classroom. In spite of the positive and promising results of this study, the success of action research mainly depends on teachers’ own need and motivation to conduct AR to monitor their teaching. Therefore, sufficient support should be provided to teachers to enable them to conduct AR including focus group discussions since this study also highlights the importance of collegial dialogues in developing teachers’ practice. It is reasonable to recommend educational or institutional leaders in Indonesia provide opportunities for teachers to take initiative in referring to action research for achieving professional growth.
Social Problems of Social Communications Research as Mass Emotion Areas of Functioning
Authors: Beletska Alevtyna
Published: June 2019

The subject of the new publication of the author are scientific researches in the field of social communication, monographs, materials in the media, that demonstrate the social importance of social communications researching as areas of functioning of mass emotions. The participants of social communications need to realize the phenomenon of transformation of individual emotions into mass emotions under the influence of information source, media specialist and recipient of an information product.

The objective of the study is to elucidate the social problems of phenomenon of mass emotions’ coverage in social communications for the purpose of controlling mass consciousness by the efforts of mass media representatives, works of popular cinema and other subjects of formation of public opinion.

The methods of theoretical research (system, comparative and functional methods) and a specific scientific method of media monitoring were used to achieve the goal.

The main results of the study: the topic “Mass emotions as a sphere of social communication functioning” has the social importance for all participants in the process of social communication – media professionals and audiences. It is proved that creation of the theory of mass emotions within the framework of the theory of social communications will contribute to solving the systemic problem of the quality of mass information institutions and the social communication product, as well as effectiveness and professionalism of their work in the post-truth and fake news, and will make it impossible to manipulate emotions of mass audience in order to achieve communicative tasks.
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ICE AND SNOW RELATED INJURIES IN RUSSIAN REGIONS
Authors: Sosenkina I. M. , Osokin N. A. , Klimentova A. Yu.
Published: June 2019

In recent years, there has been a dynamic increase in injuries associated with winter slippery conditions on the streets of settlements. Injures directly affect the quality of life and costs of specific people, and indirectly – the economic performance of various organizations and foundations to which the injured is related. The costs and loss of profit of organizations, municipalities and the state, due to the winter injuries of the population are analyzed. To this end, an analysis of foreign and Russian studies and various aspects of injuries associated with a controlled cause, icing has been carried out. Developed tools and methods of calculation. The results of the paper indicate that injuries derived from winter slipperiness can has a substantial negative effect on a region’s economy by decreasing it GDP by more than 0.1%. In conclusion the authors stress the importance of enhancing the current statistical monitoring system in Russia to help prevent winter related injuries and implement efficient methodsof preventing road icing to minimize the negative economic impact.
Improved methods of the contrast-enhanced ultrasound in patient with chronic viral hepatitis
Authors: Tikhankova A. V. , Borsukov A. V. , Buyeverov A. O. , Ivanov V. V. , Ivanov Yu. V.
Published: June 2019

Rationale. The article presents the data obtained by an improved method of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in patients with chronic viral hepatitis.
Methods. We compared the quantitative and qualitative CEUS parameters in 2 groups of patients: the 1st group was administered 2.5 ml of the contrast agent, and the 2nd group was administered 1.0 ml of the contrast agent.
Results. The results showed that the quantitative parameters had no statistical differences in the arterial and portal phases.
Conclusion. The parameters of the late venous phase were not clinically significant, since the study objective included the assessment of diffuse liver disease, not focal liver lesions.
Anterolateral ligament as a main stabilizing structure оf rotational stability оf the knee joint
Authors: Epshtein Alena A. , Prizov A. P. , Lazko F. L. , Zagorodniy N. V. , Akhpashev A. A.
Published: June 2019

Currently, anterior cruciate ligament grafting is one of the most popular operations on the knee joint, but despite the fact that the technique has been used for years, there is a high percentage of unsatisfactory long-term postoperative results, reaching 25%, according to various authors. The concern over this problem has led to an increase in the number of studies aimed at the understanding of the causes of these failures. Most researchers have concluded that the unsatisfactory results are associated with instability in the knee joint, which is caused by the damage of a ligamentous structure found in many dissections, namely, anterolateral ligament (ALL). In this literature review, we have analyzed the articles dedicated to the ALL, its anatomical and histological structure, its biomechanics, as well as its role in the anterolateral stability of the joint. Also in this review we consider the existing surgical methods for the correction of anterolateral instability associated with the ALL damage.
¿Qué es, cómo se hace y para qué sirve la teoría? Aportes desde la sociología y sus márgenes
Authors: Fraga Eugenia
Published: June 2019

This paper seeks to answer three questions: What is theory? How is theory done? Why do we theorize? We will search for possible and heterogeneous answers in certain sociological reflections, some classic, such as Parsons' systematic theory, Alexander's theoretical logic, Ritzer's metatheory, and some contemporary, such as Somers' sociological history of concept formation, Pels' political geography of knowledge, Schluchter's history of sociological theory with a systematic purpose, and Swedberg's theorization. Furthermore, we will search for other possible and variable answers in certain extra-sociological and interdisciplinary reflections, such as Skinner's intellectual history, Koselleck's conceptual history, Blumenberg's metaphorology, and Castel's problematization. In this way, we will be able to conclude that theory can be defined in terms of concepts, ideas, networks, cultural matrixes, schools, and problems; that these are theorized through definitions and explanations, typologies and classifications, metaphors and analogies; and, finally, that we theorize in order to understand, explain, and even intervene in the socio-historical world.
Cambio institucional en la atención de la enfermedad mental en el Hospital Psiquiátrico San Isidro (1955-1970)
Authors: Castrillón-Valderrutén María del Carmen , Sánchez-Salcedo José Fernando
Published: June 2019

Clinical histories are an important source of information about institutional changes given that they provide data about the general way in which psychiatric institutions function. This article seeks to explore, through a qualitative revision of 24 clinical histories of the Hospital Psiquiátrico San Isidro in Cali (Colombia), the methods to diagnose and the treatments carried out by the psychiatrists affiliated to the Department of Psychiatry of the Universidad del Valle, between 1957 and 1970. One of the main findings of this study is the setting of an "institutional change", i.e., the institutionalization of a medical practice which standardized procedures, diagnoses, and treatments, through an institutional mechanism that legitimized and reproduced these practices at a local level.
Double antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention: individual efficacy and hemorrhagic safety of P2Y12 blockers of ticagrelor and clopidogrel in actual clinical practice
Authors: Korotaeva E. S. , Koroleva L. Yu. , Kovaleva G. V. , Kuzmenko E. A. , Nosov V. P.
Published: June 2019

Aim. To study the comparative efficacy and safety of clopidogrel and ticagrelor in the “double” antiplatelet therapy (DATT) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the early and late periods in real clinical practice, and to assess adherence to treatment.

Materials and methods. The study included 109 patients with ACS, who underwent PCI. Patients were divided into two groups: the 1st group (n=57) – received ticagrelor and the 2nd group (n = 52) – received clopidogrel in the DATT for 12 months. The frequency of ischemic events (death from cardiovascular causes, repeated myocardial infarction (MI) and stent thrombosis (ST)) and hemorrhagic events was analyzed during hospitalization, in 3 months, 6 months and in 12 months. Also, the reasons of repeated hospitalizations during the year were analyzed. The adherence of patients was assessed using the Moriski–Green scale.

Results. There were no significant differences in the ticagrelor and clopidogrel groups (8.8% vs. 11.5%, p=0.87) for the incidence of stent thrombosis (ST). In the correlation analysis, in half of all cases of subacute ST in the total sample (n=109) (in 4 (3.65%) cases from 8 (7.3%)), the main reason for its development was the lack of adherence of patients to DATT (τ=0,6; p<0,001). The frequency of minor bleeding significantly prevailed in the ticagrelor group versus the clopidogrel group (38.6% vs. 21.2%, p=0.047). No significant difference in the rates of major bleeding was found between the ticagrelor and clopidogrel groups (1.8% and 1.9%, p=0.52). However, the difference in the rates of fatal bleeding, including more instances of fatal intracranial bleeding (1.8% vs. 0%; p=0,34), allows us to talk about the best hemorrhagic safety of clopidogrel.

Conclusion. In this study, ticagrelor and clopidogrel were comparable in their effectiveness. Ischemic events and repeated hospitalizations in both groups are associated with the progression of atherosclerosis, confirmed by angiography; the development of stent restenosis, as well as low adherence, which is the main predictor of subacute TS. In addition, clopidogrel versus ticagrelor showed better hemorrhagic safety in the frequency of development of minor bleeding.
CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO DETERMINE THE ESSENCE AND STRUCTURE OF THE STRATEGIC POTENTIAL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Authors: Doschanova A.I. , Mishulina O.V. , Baranova N.A. , Dambaulova G.K. , Gorelova N.S.
Published: June 2019

Purpose of study: The aim of the study is to systematize theoretical approaches to the consideration of the nature and structure of the strategic potential of the organization of the agro-industrial complex, since its effective management has a huge impact on the achievement of the organization’s strategic goals of its development and the competitiveness of the organization as a whole.

Methodology: The theoretical and methodological basis of the study are the works of foreign and domestic economic scientists, who present approaches to the study of the strategic potential of the organization of the agro-industrial complex. General scientific methods, such as analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, detailing and generalization, comparison, formalization, analogy, historical, logical and systematic approaches, were used as research tools in the present work.

Main Findings: The feasibility of applying an effective target approach to determine the essence of the organization’s strategic potential has been determined. The definition of the strategic potential of the organization of the agro-industrial complex is formulated and its characteristics are determined. The necessity of using the resource-functional approach to determine the structure of the organization’s strategic potential has been proved.

Applications of this study: The main provisions of the scientific article are the basis for solving practical problems of improving the management of the strategic potential of the organization of the agricultural and industrial complex and can be used directly by the head in making strategic management decisions that provide economically justified development of the organization in the future.

Novelty/Originality of this study: The scientific novelty of the study is to substantiate the theoretical provisions on the essence and structure of the strategic potential of the organization of the agro-industrial complex, aimed at solving the problems of improving strategic management in the agro-industrial complex to improve its efficiency and competitiveness.
Battling Academic Corruption in Higher Education: Does External Quality Assurance (EQA) Offer a Ray of Hope?
Authors: Nabaho Lazarus , Turyasingura Wilberforce
Published: June 2019

The post-1980s changes in the global higher education landscape have triggered a burgeoning of incidents of academic corruption in higher education institutions. Since 2000, the discourse on how to combat academic corruption has gained traction in higher education and quality assurance is advanced as one of the strategies for fighting corruption in higher education. In 2016, UNESCO (and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation) issued a “wakeup call” to quality assurance systems to take up a leading role in the battle against academic corruption. However, a dearth of empirical and conceptual studies on how the quality assurance systems, in general, and external quality assurance systems, in particular, can take up a leading role in the crusade against academic corruption exists. This conceptual paper, using the crime-punishment model as an analytical lens, explores how the national quality assurance agencies (and systems) can exercise the leadership role in combating academic corruption. The paper advances the setting of academic integrity standards, institutional and programme accreditation, accreditation of academic journals, sharing information and promoting whistleblowing, monitoring of institutions, applying sanctions, and ranking of higher education institutions on the basis of integrity indicators as options that are available to quality assurance agencies in the exercise of their leadership role in combating academic corruption. These approaches are hypothesised to create both incentives and disincentives for the institutions and staff in connection with engaging in academic corruption. Nevertheless, the paper takes cognisance of the fact that external quality assurance is necessary but not sufficient in combating corruption at the level of the academy.
Determining Batterer Intervention Program Treatment Intensities: An Illustration Using the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment
Authors: Radatz Dana L. , Hilton N. Zoe
Published: June 2019

To incorporate evidence-based practices into batterer intervention programs (BIPs), some intimate partner violence (IPV) researchers have begun to explore the integration of the principles of effective intervention (PEI) into BIPs. The PEI risk principle states that programs should assess offenders' risk for recidivism, and then match offenders' risk levels to the intensity of treatment and other interventions. Therefore, this study demonstrates how BIPs can use the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA) to guide treatment intensity decisions for IPV offenders. Using data from men with criminal charges for IPV incidents in the original ODARA construction and validation research (N = 970), we illustrate how low, medium, and high categories can be created and used to inform BIP treatment intensity decisions (as outlined by the risk principle). Results indicate the ODARA can be used to inform a three-tiered categorical system for BIPs, in accordance with the risk principle of the PEI. Study results provide an avenue for BIP service providers to consider when determining treatment intensity for its IPV offenders. Suggestions for future research are also provided.
“I Am Still Afraid of Her”: Men's Experiences of Post-Separation Abuse
Authors: Bates Elizabeth A.
Published: June 2019

Research has demonstrated the prevalence of men's victimization of intimate partner violence (e.g., Archer, 2000; Bates, Graham-Kevan, & Arthcer, 2014) and more recently there has been qualitative work to highlight the severity and impact of their experiences. Little research has explored how the abuse continues or changes once the couple have separated. The aim of this study was to qualitatively explore men's experiences of abuse post-separation and the barriers they experience to help-seeking. Interviews were done with a sample of 13 men and were analyzed thematically (Braun & Clarke, 2006). Results revealed that their experience of IPV continued post-separation through harassment, false allegations and manipulation of the parental relationship. This abuse often continued, and in some cases escalated, for some time after the relationship broke down. Some men described parental alienation experiences and having had their relationship with their children manipulated or withheld completely. These experiences were impactful and left men with mental health issues, living in fear, or having affected the development of a new relationship. Findings are discussed within the context of current policy and practice within the United Kingdom.
POLYSACCHARIDE AS GELATIN SUBTITUTE MATERIAL IN HALAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM
Authors: Faridah Hayyun Durrotul , Susanti Tri
Published: June 2019

Drug delivery system describe the journey of a drug to get the target of action. The material used in drug delivery is very diverse and according to the therapymethod. So far, the use of gelatin in the pharmaceutical is very extensive, such as material in the drug delivery system. Gelatin can be produced from the extraction of animal collagen like from skin, bone and connective tissue. They are usually taken from the products of animal slaughterhouse products such as pigs and cattles. To produce a halal material, starting from the selection of basic materials until production of a material must be appropiate with Islamic rules. Like the selection of basic materials that getting from halal animals, the slaughter process is according to Islamic law and does not contain alcohol or other non-halal ingredients. However, today the use of pig skin as a gelatin base material is preferred because of its abundant availability and ease of processing. But actually pigs are animals that should not be consumed in Islam. The large number of pharmaceutical products derivating from pigs is a problem for a Muslim because it can be non-halal product. Therefore it is necessary to look for alternative gelatin as drug delivery system. One of the alternative material that can be used is a polysaccharide which is a natural polymer with very abundant availability in nature. For example carrageenan which is a polysaccharide extracted from the red seaweed, alginate extracted from brown seaweed, and xanthan gum which is the excretion of Xanthomonas campestris bacteria. The polysaccharide can be used as a halal drug delivery system and has the potential to be developed further so that it has better quality than gelatin.
Isolasi Dan Identifikasi Aspergillus Spp pada Paru-Paru Ayam Kampung Yang Dijual di Pasar Banyuwangi
Authors: Praja Ratih Novita , Yudhana Aditya
Published: June 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengisolasi dan mengidentifikasi Aspergillus Spp pada paru-paru ayam kampung. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah 20 paru-paru ayam kampung yang diambil secara acak dari Pasar Banyuwangi yang terletak pada wilayah tengah Kota Banyuwangi, Jawa Timur. Sampel dicuci dengan aquades steril yang berisi antibiotik selanjutnya ditanamkan pada media spesifik Sabouraud’s Dextrose Agar (SDA) kemudian diinkubasikan pada suhu kamar selama 3-7 hari. Pertumbuhan morfologi Aspergillus diamati secara makroskopis. Koloni yang diduga Aspergillus Spp diperiksa secara mikroskopis. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis secara deskriptif. Hasil pemeriksaan menunjukkan bahwa Aspergillus Spp dapat diisolasi pada 9 dari 20 sampel paru-paru. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa 45% sampel paru-paru yang diperiksa positif terinfeksi Aspergillus Spp dan 55% bebas dari infeksi Aspergillus Spp.
Perbedaan Sarang Alami dengan Semi Alami Mempengaruhi Masa Inkubasi dan Keberhasilan Menetas Telur Penyu Lekang (Lepidochelys olivacea) Pantai Boom Banyuwangi
Authors: Samosir Sabrina Hatoguan , Hernawati Tatik , Yudhana Aditya , Haditanojo Wiyanto
Published: June 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui pengaruh kondisi lingkungan dalam aspek pH, suhu dan kelembaban antara sarang alami dengan sarang semi alami terhadap presentase daya tetas dan masa inkubasi telur Penyu Lekang (Lepidochelys olivacea) di kawasan Pantai Boom Banyuwangi. Sampel dipilih dengan metode purposive sampling berupa 20 telur Penyu Lekang yang berasal dari satu induk yang sama. Telur Penyu Lekang yang di inkubasi pada sarang alami dan sarang semi alami masing-masing berjumlah 10 butir. Rancangan penelitian menggunakan metode deskriptif, dengan melakukan observasi terhadap kondisi lingkungan antara sarang alami dengan semi alami. Uji t independent digunakan untuk membandingkan presentase daya tetas. Analisis dilakukan dengan program SPSS. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan presentase daya tetas pada sarang alami berbeda sangat nyata dengan sarang semi alami, sedangkan masa inkubasi tidak dapat diambil data. Presentase daya tetas pada sarang alami lebih baik dibandingkan dengan sarang semi alami. Sarang semi alami memiliki pH yang lebih asam dibandingkan pH pada sarang alami. Simpulan penelitian ini terdapat perbedaan kondisi lingkungan pada aspek pH, suhu, dan kelembaban antara sarang alami dan sarang semi alami yang mempengaruhi masa inkubasi dan daya tetas telur Penyu Lekang.
Hidroponik Fodder Jagung sebagai Substitusi Hijauan Pakan Ternak Ditinjau dari Produktivitas Susu Kambing Sapera
Authors: Saputro Amung Logam , Hamid Iwan Sahrial , Prastiya Ragil Angga , Purnama Muhammad Thohawi Elziyad
Published: June 2019

Hidroponik adalah sistem bercocok tanam menggunakan media cair dan nutrisi-nutrisi yang diperlukan untuk pertumbuhan tanaman. Keuntungan bercocok tanam dengan hidroponik yakni tanaman tidak merusak tanah, tidak membutuhkan tempat yang luas, tanpa pestisida atau obat hama yang merusak tanah, mempercepat pertumbuhan dan menjaga kualitas tanaman. Penelitian ini menggunakan perbandingan konsentrat dan fodder jagung yakni P1 (100:0), P2 (60:40), P3 (75:25) dan P4 (0:100). Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa kuantitas susu pada hari ke-1, ke-2 dan ke-3 menunjukkan P4 berbeda nyata (p<0,05) dengan P1, P2, dan P3. Hal ini menunjukkan penurunan kuantitas susu pada P4 dan kuantitas susu terbanyak pada P1 dan P3. Simpulan penelitian perlakuan pemberian fodder jagung 25% dan konsentrat 75% serta perlakuan konsentrat 100% dapat meningkatkan kuantitas susu kambing Sapera.