bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effects of Cooperative Learning on Cognitive Engagement and Task Achievement: A Study of Omani Bachelor of Education Program EFL Students
Authors: Ahmed Ali Sulaiman Moosa , Singh Thakur Vijay
Published: March 2022

Led by a premise that effective cooperative tasks play a vital role in enhancing Cognitive Engagement (CE) and task achievement in ESL/EFL teaching, this study investigates the effects of Cooperative Learning (CL) on Omani Bachelor of Education (B. Ed.) students’ CE and task achievement. This quasi-experimental study has three objectives: (i) To find out the level of awareness of CE skills required during EFL learning sessions; (ii) To examine whether there are any statistically significant differences between the mean scores of students’ responses taught through CL strategies and taught in normal setting; and (iii) To investigate whether there are significant differences among EFL students’ CE levels attributed to their gender. A total of 36 B. Ed. students were assigned to Experimental Group and Control Group with 18 students in each. Analytical results of the study found that (a) The overall CE levels of the students was low at the mean score of 2.20; (b) On statistical grounds, significant differences were found at the level of <0.01 between the mean scores of CE responses of students taught through CL and those who were taught in a normal setting; and (c) No statistically significant differences were found at the level of <0.05 between mean scores of students’ CE responses attributed to their gender. We have discussed a number of pedagogical implications emerging from the findings of this study for raising students’ awareness, enhancing teachers’ roles and responsibilities, effective task designing and developing engaging instructional materials.
Cothematic Intertextuality in a Sociocognitive Discourse-Analytical Perspective
Authors: H.Y. Salama Amir
Published: March 2022

The present study seeks to revisit the concept of intertextuality as integrated into a sociocognitive discourse-analytical perspective, whereby intertextual meanings can be explicated via semantic macropropositions, mental representations, event models, and pragmatic context models. The study’s significance derives from its scholarly endeavour to demonstrate how the semantic and rhetorical meanings of intertextuality are cognitively explicable in relation to their relevant macro social/societal structures in McGrath and McGrath’s (2007) The Dawkins Delusion? as a polemical response to Richard Dawkins’ (2006) The God Delusion. Three research questions have been posed: (1) What are the cothematic intertextual links that globally constitute the discourse(s) drawn upon in The Dawkins Delusion?? (2) How to explain the intertextual local meanings constructed and generated by their relevant event models in the same book? (3) What are the context model’s constraints that control the production and reception of the intertextual local meanings and relate them to macro social/societal structures? Methodologically, the study subjects Thibault’s (1991) notion of “cothematic intertextuality” to the sociocognitive approach presented in critical discourse studies. The data analysis has demonstrated how the global and local intertextual meanings holding between two sets of textbook data have been cognitively mediated and related to significant social/societal macrostructures.
Making Sense of Texts: EFL Students’ Intercultural Competence and Interpretation Depth
Authors: Alyeksyeyeva Iryna , Chaiuku Tetyana , Kovalchuk Iryna , Galitska Elizaveta
Published: March 2022

The study is aimed at exploring Master’s students’ sense-making of various second language (L2) texts and its correlation with interpretation depth and the students’ intercultural competence. The significance of this research lies in the fact that it provides an insight on culture-specific issues challenging for advanced and proficient Ukrainian learners of English when they make sense of L2 vocabulary, interactions, public, mass and social media discourse. The study is based on a questionnaire with open-ended questions filled in by forty Ukrainian Master’s students. The subjects were asked to interpret several English vocabulary items, idioms, linguistic landscape signs as well as mass media and social media texts. The findings suggest that the students’ intercultural competence rests on the information obtained from English textbooks as well as from current mass and social media content. When facing ambiguity or uncertainty, the students tend to show a lack of cultural awareness and resort to first language (L1) assumptions in their sense-making, which may entail a wrong or inaccurate understanding. The students’ interpretation of public, mass and social media texts reveals their insufficient background knowledge of L2 culture, which does not lead to inaccuracies in sense-making but prevents comprehensive understanding of messages. The study argues that Master’s students majoring in English need to enhance their cultural awareness, to develop their intercultural competence and to be prepared for continuous learning of L2 cultural schemata.
Change, Stasis and Celtic Tiger Ireland in the Short Stories of There Are Little Kingdoms (2007) by Kevin Barry
Authors:   University of Almeria, Armie Madalina
Published: March 2022

This essay focuses on Irish writer Kevin Barry’s first collection of short stories, There Are Little Kingdoms (2007). The Ireland depicted in this work is the Ireland of the new millennium – a territory facing the transformations of Celtic Tiger prosperity. The analysis of these short stories, which provide several snapshots of contemporary Ireland, will explore how the Republic depicted in Barry’s work is a territory in some ways bound to its rural past, often characterised by its short-sightedness despite pretensions of development. Changes are occurring, but at the same time stasis permeates the scenarios of the plots. The irony is salient, considering that the Celtic Tiger era is a time associated with prosperity and joy, yet the lives and stories of the characters of There Are Little Kingdoms (2007), as this essay will reveal, are downbeat.
The “Decade of Centenaries”: Commemoration, Controversies, Gender and “Trending”
Authors:   Maynooth University, Connolly Linda
Published: March 2022

The Irish State officially commemorated the Easter Rising of 1916 in 2016 as part of a “decade of centenaries”, a period in history (1913-23) marked by significant episodes of violence and conflict. Despite this, the concepts of pluralism and reconciliation were chosen and embraced as the basis to successfully remember and recall these landmark events in the present.
“Your Notes to Self are also Notes to Others”: A Conversation with Emilie Pine
Authors:   University of Oviedo, González-Arias Luz Mar
Published: March 2022

Emilie Pine is Professor of Modern Drama at University College, Dublin (UCD) and the author of Notes to Self (Tramp Press, 2018), her very successful collection of personal essays. As an academic, she has published extensively in the fields of memory and drama; as an essayist, her work takes us to territories that have been traditionally silenced or edited out of the collective imaginary, both in Ireland and beyond. Her first novel, Ruth & Pen, which will be published in May 2022, explores themes as volatile as infertility, how it affects relationships and how climate change impacts on our 21st-century lives. This interview focuses on Pine’s career as a university lecturer and professional writer. It touches upon some of the themes dealt with in her celebrated collection of essays: her father’s alcoholism, medical and hospital experiences, mental health issues and the eating disorders that she experienced in her early years.
Pelatihan Empati Pada Anak Kelas V SD Antonius 2 Banyumanik Kota Semarang
Authors: Sumijati Sri , Suparmi Suparmi
Published: March 2022

Empati merupakan kemampuan yang sangat penting bagi relasi sosial yang baik, sehingga latihan empati harus diberikan kepada individu sejak masih kecil. Pengabdian masyarakat berupa pelatihan empati ini dilakukan terhadap kelompok sasaran, yaitu siswa kelas V SD Antonius 2, Banyumanik, Kota Semarang. Adapun tujuan pelatihan adalah untuk meningkatkan empati anak-anak tersebut. Sebanyak enambelas anak berpartisipasi dalam pelatihan, terdiri dari sebelas anak perempuan dan lima anak laki-laki dengan rentang usia 10 tahun 3 bulan – 11 tahun 11 bulan. Pelatihan dilakukan dalam empat sesi, dimana setiap sesi berlangsung selama 90 menit.  Metode yang digunakan dalam pelatihan adalah mengajak anak berdiskusi tentang pengertian empati dan macam-macam emosi, menunjukkan video-gambar-foto dan membahasnya bersama anak, membaca cerita dan mendorong anak untuk bertanya atau berkomentar, meminta anak untuk menggambar dan berceritera tentang gambarnya, memberi tugas yang harus dikerjakan anak di rumah. Pelaksanaan pengabdian masyarakat ini berlangsung selama bulan Februari hingga Maret 2020, dan hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa secara kuantitatif tidak ada peningkatan empati pada anak-anak yang mengikuti pelatihan empati. Hal ini nampak dari tidak adanya perbedaan empati yang diukur sebelum dan setelah pelatihan. Meskipun demikian secara kualitatif ada indikasi peningkatan perilaku empatik yang muncul dalam interaksi anak dengan orang lain.
Pengembangan Kemampuan Pengurus dan Anggota Koperasi Lokapita Kota Semarang Dalam Mempertahankan Usaha Di Masa Pandemi
Authors: Prawihatmi Chatarina Yekti , Agustini Maria Yosephine Dwi Hayu , Ferijani Agatha
Published: March 2022

Para pengrajin sulampita di Kota Semarang bergabung dan membentuk koperasi dengan nama Koperasi Lokapita. Penjualan hasil kerajinan sulampita menurun selama pandemi covid-19 karena kesempatan untuk memasarkan produknya melalui pameran, bazaar, car free day, dan lain-lain tidak ada. Para anggota koperasi secara pribadi mencoba memasarkan produknya melalui media sosial, namun banyak yang tidak bertahan karena mengalami kesulitan dan kendala dalam pemasaran online. Kegiatan pengabdian ini dimaksudkan untuk membantu pengurus dan anggota koperasi untuk tetap bertahan. Kegiatan mencakup pemberian motivasi, pelatihan pemasaran online, dan pelatihan pembukuan berdasar aplikasi kepada pengurus dan anggota Koperasi Lokapita. Peserta mengikuti pelatihan dengan baik dan dipraktekkan melalui pendampingan sehingga memberikan hasil yang menggembirakan, yaitu meningkatnya motivasi pengurus dan anggota Koperasi Lokapita untuk tetap kreatif dan produktif di masa pandemi dan penjualan yang mulai meningkat.
Pendampingan Pengasuhan Pada Orangtua Yang Mempunyai Anak Berkebutuhan Khusus
Authors: Rahayu Esthi , Yudiati Erna Agustina
Published: March 2022

Pengabdian ini ditujukan untuk ibu-ibu yang mempunyai anak berkebutuhan khusus (ABK). Lokasi pengabdian di PKBM (Pusat Kegiatan Belajar Masyarakat) Anugerah Bangsa (Jln. Pedalangan, Banyumanik, Semarang). Alasan kami memilih tempat terserbut, didasarkan pada hasil wawancara dengan pengawas sekolah tersebut. Pihak sekolah mengharapkan ada psikolog yang mendampingi orangtua yang mempunyai ABK, dimana anak mereka tercatat sebagai siswa di PKBM Ansa. Pendampingam kami khususkan dalam pengasuhan. Metode pendampingannya adalah psikoedukasi. Kegiatan ini kami bagi yaitu: 1) Observasi di kelas dan wawancara ke guru kelas (satu kali); 2) FGD terhadap orangtua yang mempunyai ABK, sebanyak dua kali; 3) Psikoedukasi (tiga kali). Psikoedukasi yang kami berikan tentang pengasuhan orangtua dan pendidikan seks bagi ABK (usia 13-15 tahun). Hal ini penting karena ABK belum paham dengan pendidikan seks sedangkan orangtua merasa tabu untuk menyampaikan pendidikan seks kepada anak. Dalam melancarkan kegiatan, kami dibantu oleh Yohana Sondang Activa, S.Psi (NIM:16.e3.0062), mahasiswi Program Studi Psikologi Profesi (S2) yang sedang menjalan praktek kerja di PKBM Ansa. Pengabdian dilakukan oleh tim pengabdian dari 19 – 28 November 2019. Orangtua yang kami dampingi berjumlah sembilan orang. ABK yang dimiliki oleh mereka, bervariasi, meliputi: autis, ADHD, IDD, dimana mereka mengalami kendala dalam memahami pendidikan seks. Semua ABK berada di Sekolah Menengah Pertama Anugerah Bangsa. Hasil evaluasi dari kegiatan tersebut, orangtua maupun pihak sekolah merasa senang dengan kegiatan kami. Mereka mengharapkan ada psikolog yang rutin memberikan psikoedukasi kepada guru dan orangtua tentang cara mendampingi ABK. Pengetahuan tentang ABK yang dimiliki oleh guru dan orangtua, kurang. Termasuk pengetahuan tentang pengasuhan dan cara menyampaikan pendidikan seks kepada ABK.
Penyuluhan Dan Konsultasi Hukum Bagi Guru-Guru Anggota Pgri Kabupaten Karanganyar Provinsi Jawa Tengah
Authors: Pratama Toebagus Galang Windi , Budoyo Sapto , Widodo Wahyu , Maryanto Maryanto
Published: March 2022

Perlindungan Hukum bagi guru di dalam menjalankan tugas profesional nya amat diperlukan mengingat banyak nya kasus baik pidana maupun perdata yang seringkali menimpa guru. Hal ini menjadi dasar bagi tim pengabdi di dalam melakukan pengabdian dalam bentuk Penyuluhan dan Konsultasi Hukum Bagi Guru-Guru Anggota PGRI Kabupaten Karanganyar Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Metode Pelaksanaan Pengabdian ini direncanakan dibagi menjadi 4 Tahapan yakni  Penyuluhan terkait Tugas Profesional Guru yang telah dilaksanakan pada hari Jumat, 09 April 2021 yang dilanjutkan dengan Konsultasi hukum  Bagi Guru-Guru Anggota PGRI Kabupaten Karanganyar Provinsi Jawa Tengah dimana metode pelaksanaan nya ialah dengan Konsultasi Langsung di Jadwal yang sudah ditentukan selama periode 09 April 2021 hingga 09 Juni 2021 dan Konsultasi tidak langsung secara Online yang kemudian diakhiri dengan kegiatan monitoring dan Evaluasi. Terhadap pelaksanaan program pengabdian ini, telah mendapat reaksi yang positif dari guru guru anggota PGRI Kabupaten Karanganyar sebagaimana dapat dilihat dari banyaknya peserta yang hadir dan jumlah guru yang melakukan konsultasi. Target luaran dari kegiatan pengabdian ini yang sudah tercapai ialah meningkat nya pemahaman Guru-Guru Anggota PGRI Kabupaten Karanganyar Provinsi Jawa dan publikasi pada media massa.
implementación de la política de primer empleo en Santiago de Cali, Colombia (2015-2019)
Authors: Rodríguez Alexis Alegría , Marín Bairon Otálvaro
Published: March 2022

El presente artículo analiza la implementación de la política de primer empleo en el Distrito Especial de Santiago de Cali, Colombia. La política surge de la Ley 1429 (2010), orientada a formalizar empresas, fomentar trabajo y crear el programa «40 mil Primeros Empleos», como estrategia para paliar el desempleo juvenil. Los resultados evidencian un aumento en la intermediación de actores, de coberturas y de ofertas laborales que no brindan soluciones de fondo. Las conclusiones muestran la precariedad en la contratación juvenil, así como la ausencia de mecanismos de sostenibilidad y de seguimiento del proceso de implementación de la política pública en el ámbito local.
Parameters of Lexicographic Description of New Vocabulary of Modern German in Electronic Dictionary of Neologisms of Leibniz Institute for German Language
Authors: Smolonogina E. A. , Sitnikova I. O.
Published: March 2022

The problem of lexicographic fixation of neologisms at the present stage of development of German-language lexicography by private explanatory dictionaries of electronic format is considered. A fairly successful example of lexicographic practice was chosen as the object of the study — an electronic dictionary of neologisms of the modern German language on the lexicographic online portal of the Leibniz Institute for the German Language. The dictionary is a “living”, constantly updated edition, which is based on the criteria for the definition and classification of neologisms, developed by its compilers. The authors of the article performed an analysis of the parameters of the lexicographic description of neologisms in this dictionary. The question is raised about the mandatory or optional nature of the parameters used by the compilers of the dictionary when forming the microtext (dictionary entry). Standard and specific parameters of lexicographic description, which are profile for the dictionary of new words are distinguished: example-definition, first fixation, language reflection, encyclopedic information, representation in dictionaries, etc. The analysis of lexicographic practice sets the task of summarizing the practical experience of lexicographers in order to determine the optimal set of parameters for the codification of neology.
Formation of Early Dissident Movements Ideology in USSR in 1960s Years: Ethics of Alexander Yesenin-Volpin
Authors: Gross A. A.
Published: March 2022

The problem of the appearance of the Soviet dissident movement in 1965 is investigated. Particular attention is paid to the “Glasnost rally” on December 5, 1965, which, according to the recollections of the dissidents themselves, became the “assembly point” of the movement. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the author offers an interpretation of the moral motives of the initiator of the rally, Alexander Yesenin-Volpin. The main sources of the study are the unpublished diaries of 1961—1965 and the political statement of Yesenin-Volpin in August 1965, kept in the archives of the International Memorial in Moscow.  Particular attention is paid to the case of the publication of the “letter of repentance” by the well-known Moscow dissenter Alexander Ginzburg in the newspaper “Vechernyaya Moskva” in June 1965; it had not previously attracted the attention of researchers. It is shown that, having condemned the “repentance” of a dissenter in a political statement in August 1965, Yesenin-Volpin formulated a “dissident” ethic known in the late 1960s — early 1970s. It has been proven that the statement summed up the dissident’s moral reflections in his diaries and became the source of the slogans with which Yesenin-Volpin was preparing for the «Glasnost Rally». As a result of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that in the summer of 1965 in the imagination of the dissident there was already a social community united by “dissident” values.
Transition from Gesture and Gesture Nomination to Phraseology
Authors: Ioanesyan E. R.
Published: March 2022

Based on the material of several languages, semantic transitions from gestural nominations to gestural phraseological units, as well as the development of figurative meanings of gestural units are considered. The subject of the study is emblems — communicative gestures containing information that a person intentionally conveys to the addressee, and symptomatic gestures — gestures that express the emotional state of the gesticulator. The study showed that the transition from gestural nomination to gestural phraseology is often accompanied by a change in the actant structure of the original unit. One of the signs of the transition from gesture to gesture phraseology is the generalization of the situation — the generalization of one of the actants of the situation, which is expressed by the presence in the sentence of quantifier units that form universal noun phrases with nouns. Idiomatization of gestural units in different languages has both similarities and differences: differences in the meaning of phraseological units built on the basis of gestural units of the same semantics, or differences in the derivational potential of similar gestural units in different languages. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that gestures play a huge role in oral communication, and the fact that it was carried out in line with such areas as the construction of explanatory models of language and semantic typology.
Verbs with Prefix po- in Russian Dialects of Amur Region
Authors: Sadchenko V. T.
Published: March 2022

The prefix verbal lexicon is analyzed on the basis of the dialect material of the Russian dialects of the Amur region. The relevance and novelty of the work are due to both the general unresolved problem of describing the meanings of Russian verbal prefixes, and insufficient knowledge of the specifics of verbal word formation in dialects. Verbal derivatives with the prefix po- are considered. The linguistic processes accompanying the formation of these derivatives are characterized. A classification of word-formation types and patterns is proposed based on the material presented in the Dictionary of Russian Dialects of the Amur Region, their distinctive features are noted in comparison with their literary counterparts. Attention is drawn to the phenomena of polyprefixation and substitution, in which the prefix po- is involved. It is concluded that the group of Russian dialects of the Amur region is characterized by agglutination with the prepositive prefix po-. Addressing the problems of verbal prefixation in dialects of secondary formation, localized on a vast territory of late settlement, can contribute to a wider involvement of dialect material to illustrate the controversial provisions of prefixology in modern Russian, as well as to identify the features of the verbal derivation of the Russian language in the aspect of its regional existence.
Conventional and Innovative Metaphors with Source Sphere “Liquidity” in English Investment Discourse
Authors: Buzheninov A. E.
Published: March 2022

The results of the metaphorical model study “investment phenomenon is a liquid” in the investment English discourse are presented. The relevance of the study is due, on the one hand, to the most important epistemological role of metaphor as a mechanism that categorizes, interprets and forms knowledge about the world and its phenomena, and on the other hand, the fact that the study of the metaphorical model is carried out on the basis of scientific discourse. The methodological basis of the study is the frame-slot analysis of the metaphorical model, which includes contextual, component and definitional types of analysis of the metaphorically used lexical units. A review of works devoted to various aspects of the study of conventional and innovative metaphors is given. The work develops a frame-slot structure of the metaphorical model under study, which is represented by such frames as “Movement of a liquid” (slots: “Vessels”, “Reservoirs”), “Disasters” and “Procedural properties of a liquid”. Particular attention is paid to the role of conventional and innovative metaphors in the conceptualization of investment phenomena. The derivative nature of innovative metaphors from conventional ones is shown, the first ones represent a further expansion of the conceptual links between the target sphere and the source sphere by occasional lexical filling of the target slots.
Towards an ethical turn in urban studies
Authors: Tedeschi Miriam
Published: March 2022

This article explores an ethical approach to urban planning, drawing on Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophy of becoming. A central argument in this study is that the reality policymakers face when deciding how to pursue good (in the moral sense) actions or how to eschew bad ones is ontologically unpredictable and unstable. Unpredictability and instability are characteristics of urban assemblages, which compose and decompose affecting each other in a positive or negative way. Following Deleuze and Spinoza, this paper claims that urban composition and decomposition are good (empowering) and bad (harming), respectively, in an ethical and amoral sense. However, moral and fixed values, often left unchallenged in urban planning and policymaking, fail to describe these ethical transitions among assemblages: in fact, urban planning and policies’ unavoidable conatus, namely their survival as rational system, is to avoid direct confrontation with ethical and dangerous happenings and, instead, increase their power of acting so as to make urban bodies docile, controlled and normalised through standardised moral categories and classifications. These categories are but ethically generated information shorn of their situated and eventful role, acquiring the shape of data and transformed into fixed layers of apparently stable and predictable reality.
Honolulu rail transit
Authors: Boeing Geoff
Published: March 2022

The city of Honolulu, Hawaii is currently planning and developing a new rail transit system. While Honolulu has supportive density and topography for rail transit, questions remain about its ability to effectively integrate urban design and accessibility across the system. Every transit trip begins and ends with a walking trip from origins and to destinations: transportation planning must account for pedestrian safety, comfort, and access. Ildefons Cerd ’s 19th century utopian plan for Barcelona’s Eixample district produced a renowned, livable urban form. The Eixample, with its well-integrated rail transit, serves as a model of urban design, land use, transportation planning, and pedestrian-scaled streets working in synergy to produce accessibility. This study discusses the urban form of Honolulu and the history and planning of its new rail transit system. Then it reviews the history of Cerd ’s plan for the Eixample and discusses its urban form and performance today. Finally it draws several lessons from Barcelona’s urban design, accessibility, and rail transit planning and critically discusses their applicability to policy and design in Honolulu. This discussion is situated within wider debates around livable cities and social justice as it contributes several form and design lessons to the livability and accessibility literature while identifying potential concerns with privatization and displacement.
The spatialisation struggle
Authors: Van de Ven Annelies
Published: March 2022

This article explores the significance of open space to the formation of local culture and identity. Rejecting any absolute categorisation of open-public and closed-private space, the essay attempts to redefine open space, in order to make it more suitable to specific case studies outside the western democratic discourse within which it is often used. Space is a process, shaping the world around it as much as it is shaped by its own circumstances. This also implies that the experience of space is highly pluralistic, a notion made exceedingly clear in the changing structure and meaning of space throughout Baghdad’s history. In light of recent crises in Baghdad the discussion of its spaces has become critical. By analysing the evolution of Baghdad from a spatial perspective, I will explore how embodied experiences interact with the cognitive readings of space within the case of Baghdad. I aim to show the significance of open space to the self-identification of an urban population. This to suggest its immense value to the improvement of cultural heritage management, especially in conflict areas.
Immigrant entrepreneurs' access to information as a local economic development problem
Authors: Doyle Jessica
Published: March 2022

Sociologists and geographers have examined immigrant entrepreneurship in the United States to discuss what types of industries immigrants enter, why some groups are more inclined to entrepreneurship than others, and how social networks influence business formation. But such analyses have generally not included considerations of how the larger geographic setting in which the immigrants operate—including the urban form, the built environment, and local economic-development efforts—affect entrepreneurial decisions. Meanwhile, immigrant settlement patterns have changed in recent decades, bringing groups of immigrants outside of larger cities and into suburban areas not accustomed to hosting immigrants. In such environments, a would-be entrepreneur might have even more difficulty accessing the information necessary to successfully start and maintain a business. This paper will survey previous literature on immigrant entrepreneurship, largely from sociology, geography, and planning, to argue that local economic-development resources, even when targeted at small business owners, fail to address the needs of immigrant entrepreneurs. Instead, these would-be entrepreneurs rely on their own personal networks and on co-ethnic community support institutions.
Use of Dynamic Time Warping for Description of Combustion Process in a Biomass Boiler
Authors: Kucín Martin , Fajman Martin , Polcar Adam , Čupera Jiří
Published: March 2022

The efficient biomass energy use is a key prerequisite for the implementation of renewable energy development strategies on a regional level. For the highly efficient energy use in the combustion process, it is necessary to properly regulate the process based on its precise description. The paper aim is to evaluate whether dynamic time warping (DTW) methods can be used for this description, as well as for the recognition of the specific operating state of a biomass boiler. For the DTW analysis, operating records of more than 10 hours of a laboratory biomass boiler (P = 25 kW) were used, including an emission analysis, for which the operating modes were intentionally alternated in order to identify the stable and transient states of boiler operation. Based on the results, it can be stated that the identical partial operating sections of the controlled variables can be reliably identified in the operating variables of boiler by means of the DTW method, since its manifestations of operating regulation showed compliance with the given operating state, and it is possible to identify a partial quantity for estimating the total operating boiler state.
Hepatitis B elimination in children of Slovenian origin born in Slovenia after the introduction of preventive strategies: The results of a national study
Authors: Kmet Nina Grasselli , Poljak Mario , Zakotnik Breda , Matičič Mojca
Published: March 2022

Introduction

In Slovenia national strategies to prevent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in children were introduced in the mid-nineties. The aim of the present study was to analyze the epidemiological characteristics of chronic hepatitis B infection in children in Slovenia after the introduction of mandatory HBV vaccination of children and mandatory screening of pregnant women for HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) with consecutive active and passive immunization of newborns of HBsAg-positive mothers.

Methods

Children from all regions of Slovenia whose blood samples tested positive for HBsAg at the national reference laboratory for viral hepatitis between January 1997 and December 2010 were included. Demographic, epidemiological and virological data were reviewed retrospectively. Statistical evaluation of the patients’ characteristics was performed and possible trends during the observation period determined.

Results

Among 52 HBsAg-positive children, there were 22 (42.3%) girls and 30 (57.7%) boys. Among 40 children tested for HBeAg, 17 were positive (42.5%). The most frequent risk factor for acquiring HBV infection was “presence of HBV infection within the family” (24/35; 68.8%). A significant association between the presence of HBeAg and a viral load of >20,000 IU/ml was found (p=0.001). The difference in the proportion of children of Slovenian origin born before 1994 and after was statistically significant (p=0.039). A statistically significant negative linear trend of the number of diagnosed children in the observed period was found (p=0.006).

Conclusions

Prevention strategies adopted in the mid-nineties have resulted in the elimination of chronic hepatitis B in children of Slovenian origin born in Slovenia.
Problems in teaching and learning English online during the Covid-19 pandemic
Authors: Wulandari Siti , Gani Sofyan A , Muslem Asnawi
Published: March 2022

The coronaviruses (Covid-19) pandemic has spread rapidly worldwide, including the education sector. The policy toward the study from home during the Covid-19 outbreak caused a new problem in the teaching and learning system. The objectives of the research were to find out and describe the problem faced by the teachers in conducting online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a qualitative method approach. The research subjects are three English teachers. The data was gathered through observation and interviews from three English teachers at SMA Negeri 4 Banda Aceh. Some of the problems emerged during online learning, nine problems. The arisen of teaching problems were: internet access, disability in accessing technology, difficulty in explaining the materials, flexibility in controlling and managing students' activities, indiscipline, time-consuming, lack students' motivation, students absent in online class, and the last parents support system. The findings showed that there are two solutions to overcome the problems by teachers, namely, applying online chat of WhatsApp and keeping the interaction with the students' parents to support the student activities and explain the lesson plans while online learning teaching and learning process.
The use of paired reading method to teach reading skill for the eight grade students of Islamic boarding school
Authors: Wahyuddin Ulvia Ramadhani , Sahraini Sahraini , Tenrisanna Syam Andi
Published: March 2022

This quasi-experimental research aimed at identifying the effect of paired reading method on the reading skill achievement of the eighth-grade students in the Islamic boarding school of Nurut Tauhid 2020/2021. To collect the data, 12 students were chosen as the subjects of purposive sampling. They were given a pre-test, treatments for 12 times by using paired reading method, and a post-test. The result of this study shows that paired reading method has a positive effect on the reading skill of the students at the Islamic boarding school of Nurut Tauhid. The researcher suggests that using a paired reading method can be an alternative way to improve their reading skills gradually. This research hopefully would become a consideration for a language teacher in the current context to implement paired reading in teaching reading in their classroom teaching.
The frequency of the rhetorical pattern of undergraduate thesis background section in English education departments of two universities in Aceh
Authors: Al Farisyi Imam , Samad Iskandar Abdul , Marhaban Saiful
Published: March 2022

This research examined the rhetorical pattern of thesis background, particularly the undergraduate scripts of English education department students. The study aims to find out the frequency of the rhetorical patterns in writing thesis background. The approach used in this study is a qualitative method based on content analysis. The sample consisted of 20 English education undergraduate theses from two universities in Indonesia. The data were analyzed based on Kanoksilapatham (2005) classification by following the framework of Swales’s CARS model (2004). The results show that the undergraduate students of English departments have a similar frequency of the rhetorical pattern with the framework guidance. Although some students have reached an adequate standard in writing research background using their own way, they also should improve the language style in academic writing.
An investigation on using teaching media in teaching speaking skill
Authors: Marhamah Fitri , Muslem Asnawi , Marhaban Saiful
Published: March 2022

Teaching media is a mode and learning messages to students that can help teachers to improve students’ learning achievement. This study aimed at finding kinds of the teaching media used by teacher in teaching speaking skill and the obstacles that she encountered in using teaching media. This study is a qualitative study. There were one teacher and one online class meeting involved in this study. To collect the data, the researcher employed observation via Zoom Cloud Meeting recording and interview. The result of the study indicates that there are 8 of teaching media which are generally used by the teacher, comprising: Zoom application, WhatsApp group, Microsoft word and Microsoft PowerPoint, video, YouTube, whiteboard, and course book. The teacher faced the obstacles toward the difference background of students’ ability, the number of the students, the availability of network, and the teacher’s less attention in using teaching media. In short, the teacher should consider the appropriateness of teaching materials to the students’ level of intelligence because it will help them to understand the material successfully.
Analyzing higher order thinking skills (HOTS) questions of reading essay tasks in senior high school English textbook
Authors: Shalihah Maziyyatus , Dzulfikri Dzulfikri , Mustofa Mutmainnah
Published: March 2022

English textbooks, particularly for senior high school students, should provide competent English reading activities to help students improve their English skills by simultaneously training them in reading and vocabulary knowledge. The researcher aims to investigate the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in essay reading exercises distributed in the English SMK/MAK textbook for grades X, XI, and XII. The researcher selected the English textbook published by Bumi Aksara. This study was carried out using the qualitative method.. The data analysis method was sequentially started from textbook observation, question selection, data reduction, and finally the HOTS data analysis. According to the results, there are 6 HOTS reading essay questions (C4: 2, C5: 4) in the English textbook for X grade, 7 HOTS reading essay questions (C4: 5, C5: 2) in the English textbook for XI grade, and 12 HOTS reading essay questions (C5: 12) in the English textbook for XII grade. It can be concluded from the findings that HOTS reading essay questions are distributed less than LOTS. These results may suggest to English teachers to be selective in utilizing English textbooks to improve student's critical thinking and for the further researcher to investigate HOTS effects on students’ achievement.
The effectiveness of reciprocal scaffolding technique on students’ writing skill
Authors: Zuhra Cut Mulia , Muslem Asnawi , Daud Bukhari
Published: March 2022

The objectives of this research were to investigate the effectiveness of using the reciprocal scaffolding technique on students’ writing skills and the students’ responses toward the implementation of the technique in the teaching and learning process at the second-year student of State Junior High School 1 Kutamakmur, North Aceh. The samples for this study were drawn in two customized groups using a random sampling approach with class VIII/b as the experimental group and class VIII/d as the control group forming a total of 52 students. The data for this study were gathered using a test and a questionnaire. The data were analyzed to determine the difference in the t-test scores between the two groups. The statistical results showed that the control group’s mean pre-test score was 50.15, which was lower than the experimental group’s 51.69. Meanwhile, the mean score of the experimental group in the post-test was 70.88, which was higher than the control group’s 58.34. The significant value for both groups in the post-test was 0.00, which is less than 0.05. Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis was accepted. It indicates that teaching writing while employing reciprocal scaffolding more effectively improves the students’ writing than teaching without it. In addition, the questionnaire that was presented to the experimental group revealed that the students gave positive responses toward the use of reciprocal scaffolding techniques in teaching writing.
The effect of using computer-assisted reading with inquiry-based learning on student reading comprehension
Authors: Zakiyuddin Zakiyuddin , Mustofa Mutmainnah , Yunus Muhammad
Published: March 2022

This study aims to determine whether there is a difference between students who read using computer-assisted reading and those who read using other means in terms of reading. The sample was 23 students studying at two senior high schools in Sumenep, East Java, Indonesia. They were selected from student representatives based on their English language skills. The experiment was divided into six stages which include learning and testing. The researchers used lexical-tutor where there are audio-assisted reading, concordance, and online dictionary. For the learning process, researchers use inquiry-based learning, which focuses on student activity. To determine whether there is an effect on reading comprehension, the researcher used a paired sample t-test and an independent sample test to determine whether there is a difference in student reading comprehension score using an inquiry-based computer aid with those who do not use it. Based on the results of the study, there is no effect and no difference between reading using computer-assisted reading with inquiry-based learning and those who did not use computers. When viewed from individual scores, the results of the study showed little progress. The results of the observation show that not all students like to read while listening to audio.
Conselhos escolares e a participação na gestão democrática
Authors: Lima Carla , Camargo Flávia , Waldhelm Andrea
Published: March 2022

Os conselhos escolares implementados nas escolas públicas brasileiras discutem os interesses públicos e comunitários das unidades de ensino e têm favorecido a participação de grupos socialmente heterogêneos e representativos dos segmentos da escola na gestão democrática. Nesta perspectiva, a pesquisa tem por objetivo compreender de que forma os/as diretores/as escolares têm contribuído para a efetivação da participação dos/as conselheiros/as na gestão democrática das escolas públicas da rede municipal de Macaé, à luz de estudos do campo da gestão escolar e sociologia da educação. Trata-se de uma investigação quantitativa com base em um questionário aplicado aos/às diretores/as municipais. A análise dos resultados aponta que há o exercício democrático de consulta ao conselho escolar, mas existe certo desconhecimento no que concerne às suas atribuições. Ademais, a participação é limitada pelo/a diretor/a escolar ao não potencializar distintas vozes, partilha na tomada de decisão coletiva e democrática, tendo a deliberação um lugar periférico nos conselhos escolares de Macaé.
 
Recebido: 15/5/2021
Aceite: 20/10/2021
ВЕРТИКАЛЬНОЕ ОЗЕЛЕНЕНИЕ ГОРОДСКИХ ПРОСТРАНСТВ
Authors: Литвинова А.И. , Евстигнеева Н.А. , Евстигнеева Ю.В.
Published: March 2022

The relevance of greening of major and the world largest cities to the sustainability and self-recreational potential of the environment is considered. The functions of greened territories that promote the sanitary conditions of urban environment and human health are outlined. The importance of the aesthetic aspect of greening for the mental and emotional conditions of population is stressed. The impossibility of further development of urban greening using conventional approaches to green space arranging is substantiated. The vertical greening as an alternative approach to increasing the scope of greening is brough into focus. Based on open publications, the modern technologies of vertical greening are reviewed. A classification of the technologies according to their engineering embodiments is proposed and the resulting categories are characterized. The normative juridical basis for vertical greening in Moscow is considered. It is found that currently the small architectural forms are employed in Moscow for greening on a regular basis. Using facades for greening and adapting successful foreign developments to domestic conditions are suggested as promising.
Croissance Portuaire et Urbanisation: Le Cas D'Anvers (XIXe Siècle)
Authors: Baetens Roland
Published: March 2022

L'histoire maritime est un domaine (ou en fait, une démarcation géographique) qui faitpartie de l'historiographie socio-économique de par ses liens avec le commerce, le transport,la technique et la société. Un des aspects de la recherche parfois négligé concernel'interaction entre l'extension d'un port et le développement d'une ville. Une étude desquartiers citadins et de leurs caractères spécifiques devrait certainement prêter attention auquartier du port: le rendez-vous des marins ou le quartier des pêcheurs. Mais l'extension duport peut entraîner de telles conséquences qu'elles influencent l'intégralité du tissu urbain.
Online Classrooms in the Digital Era - Online Presence Through Learners’ Perception
Authors: Duy Pham Khanh , Hiep Pham Cong
Published: March 2022

This research aims to evaluate learners’ experience of online presence (i.e., teaching, social, cognitive presence) on learning needs, outcomes and challenges in meeting those expectations at a Vietnam university, which offered an entire curriculum online during 2020 and 2021 in response to a strict social distancing mandate. This study provides the following contributions. First, it helps educational institutions understand online learners’ pressing needs using a well-studied framework and create a high-level, engaging online learning environment. Second, it complements other studies that examine the Community of Inquiry framework in the context of a university in Vietnam during COVID-19, whose findings can be generalizable to other institutions. Finally, it puts forward further challenges that educational institutions should consider balancing online learners’ needs and operational constraints to advance the effectiveness of online learning. The study shows that the students highly regarded teaching presence from the instructors and institution, which included online infrastructure, learning management system, and various online teaching modes. Lively online lectures, recorded sessions, and the use of social media made the learning experience satisfactory. However, cognitive and social presence was not found strongly present in students’ learning. Class sizes, workload, and lack of personal contacts were found to be the main reasons for instructors not promoting such aspects of the learning.
PENDEKATAN CO-HOUSING SEBAGAI STRATEGI PENERAPAN HUNIAN BERIMBANG DI INDONESIA
Authors: Ramadhila Nadjma
Published: March 2022

Konsep hunian berimbang telah diatur oleh pemerintah dalam melaksanakan penyelenggaraan perumahan dan kawasan permukiman melalui Undang-Undang Nomor 1 Tahun 2011 tentang Perumahan dan Kawasan Permukiman dengan tujuan menciptakan keserasian dan lingkungan yang harmonis pada masyarakat dengan berbagai status sosial dan tingkat ekonomi yang berbeda. Faktanya penyelenggaraan perumahan dengan konsep hunian berimbang belum dapat diimplementasikan secara menyeluruh karena isu terkait harga lahan yang tidak dapat dikontrol serta ketimpangan sosial budaya dan ekonomi antara kelompok untuk dapat hidup berdampingan dalam satu lingkungan. Di berbagai negara, kawasan hunian dengan penerapan konsep serasi dan harmonis antar pemilik rumah telah dilakukan melalui konsep Co-Housing. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk dapat memberikan gambaran konsep Co-Housing di berbagai negara yang dapat dijadikan acuan penerapan konsep hunian berimbang di Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan metoda studi literatur dengan menggunakan beberapa referensi terkait Co-Housing. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah memberikan rekomendasi penerapan hunian berimbang di Indonesia dengan pendekatan Collaborative Housing, yaitu para penghuni terlibat aktif dalam aktifitas sosial ekonomi di dalam Kawasan perumahan dengan peran serta pengembang sebagai pelaku pembangunan.
PENGARUH KONDISI LINGKUNGAN FISIK TERHADAP KONDISI LINGKUNGAN SOSIAL PENGHUNI RUMAH SUSUN KEMAYORAN
Authors: Maghfirroh Adiena
Published: March 2022

Dalam mengurangi permukiman kumuh di perkotaan, pemerintah melaksanakan program pembangunan rumah susun yang diperuntukkan bagi masyarakat berpenghasilan rendah. Pembangunan perumahan merupakan alat di dalam memperbaiki kualitas hidup penghuninya. Dalam pembangunan rumah susun terjadi perbaikan kondisi fisik. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh kondisi lingkungan fisik pada kondisi lingkungan sosial penghuni di rumah susun. Metode yang digunakan adalah regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa lingkungan fisik rumah susun memiliki pengaruh pada lingkungan sosial penghuni sebesar 41,8%. Terdapat dua variabel lingkungan fisik yang berpengaruh signifikan pada lingkungan sosial, yaitu kondisi fisik bangunan dan aksesibilitas.