bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
High-Speed Rotorcraft Pitch Axis Response Type Investigation
Authors:   US Army DEVCOM AvMC, Berger Tom ,   Pennsylvania State University, Horn Joseph , Tischler Mark
Published: October 2022

This paper presents a systematic investigation of high-speed rotorcraft pitch-axis response types, command models, and handling-qualities specifications. The investigation was done using two Future Vertical Lift-relevant rotorcraft configurations—a lift offset coaxial helicopter with a pusher propeller and a tiltrotor. Five response types were investigated, consisting of: a pitch rate-command/attitude-hold response type typically used for rotorcraft, a pitch ratecommand/attitude-hold response type using a higher-order command model based on the conventional airplane pitch rate transfer function, a normal acceleration/angle-of-attack hold response type, a flight path rate command/flight path hold response type, and a “blended” flight path rate command response type which varies the command model bandwidth based on stick input size. Designs of varying levels of pitch attitude bandwidth, flight path bandwidth, control anticipation parameter, and pitch attitude dropback were evaluated in a piloted simulation experiment conducted at the Penn State Flight Simulator facility using two high-speed Mission Task Elements. The results of the piloted simulation suggest that both the pitch attitude bandwidth and the pitch attitude dropback requirements must be met for Level 1 handling qualities. In addition, the current fixed-wing boundary for pitch attitude dropback appears to be too loose for high speed rotorcraft, and should be tightened to better match with pilot ratings. A set of recommended specifications and associated updated Level boundaries is provided in the Appendix.
Direct Load Recognition and Damage Estimation using Supervised Learning
Authors:   Sorbonne Université, Del Caroline ,   Airbus Helicopters, Beroul Frederic , Jouve Jeremy , Nikolajevic Konstanca
Published: October 2022

This paper presents an end-to-end solution to recognize loads from general flight parameters with the aim of damage estimation. The development of such a method will enable to adapt the replacement of helicopter components as a function of the real operational damage. This method consists in two main parts, first the load recognition, then the damage estimation from the reconstructed load by using the rainflow cycle counting algorithm [1] and fatigue properties. The first part has been tested on two different loads, the mast bending moment, a load with simple dynamic behavior and the pitch-link load, having more dynamic content. This article shows that the load recognition methodology gives interesting results on entire flights, even for a complex dynamic load, thanks to the use of Multi-Layer Perceptron algorithms. The damage estimation results are satisfying in the majority of cases, although it must be improved on flights having specific maneuvers. These first results are promising and provide a starting point for future analysis.
Prognostics Framework to Enable a Maintenance Free Operating Period
Authors:   Collins Aerospace, DeWind Eric , Sopko Richard
Published: October 2022

The development of prognostics algorithms and methods are a key area of research required to improve reliability and safety of vertical lift aircraft by anticipating when failures are likely to occur. The concept of a Maintenance Free Operating Period (MFOP) allows for an efficient deployment of resources but requires that maintenance actions can be predicted accurately to avoid excessive downtime or failures during the MFOP. Naturally prognostics can be used to improve the effectiveness of an MFOP. The framework for using prognostics to enable an MFOP allows for a variety of prognostics methods, provides recommended maintenance actions required to achieve MFOP targets, accounts for uncertainties in how the aircraft is deployed and how components degrade, allows for configurable maintenance times and MFOP durations, and evaluates the probability of a successful MFOP. The framework is demonstrated with defined prognostic algorithms for illustrative purposes but is general enough to accommodate a variety of algorithms. Future prognostics algorithms can look to the framework’s requirements to ensure that they are useful for MFOP.
An Investigation of Legacy Vibration Checks on Modern H-47 Chinook Systems via Seeded Fault Testing
Authors:   Avion Solutions, Hunt James , Martin TJ , Samper Thomas
Published: October 2022

Vibration monitoring of dynamic components is an important part of ensuring aircraft safety and has been used to determine the health of rotating components since the inception of the modern day helicopter. Some vibration checks have not changed from the time that a specific helicopter was placed into service and others have been modified with the addition of Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) with the goal to improve them. A seeded fault test on an MH-47 aircraft was conducted to directly compare modified vibration checks to the legacy checks, identify a method to decrease vibrations, and minimize maintenance. Data was collected using Modernized Signal Processing Unit (MSPU) which replaced the Aviation Vibration Analyzer (AVA) for rotor smoothing and all drivetrain vibration checks. While this paper will present lessons learned, it will also provide successful HUMS benefits. This paper will demonstrate that HUMS can not only maintain legacy vibration checks but improve them as well with changes that enhance airworthiness and reduce maintenance burden. This is an example of how HUMS continues to evolve as we press forward in the pursuit of providing aircraft users with the best tools possible.
On Leveraging Network-wide Information from Hotspot Sensor Networks using Multi-output Gaussian Process Regression Model
Authors:   Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Amer Ahmad , Kopsaftopoulos Fotis
Published: October 2022

With the needs for full structural state awareness and health monitoring as well as emerging challenges of Urban Air Mobility (UAV) and Future Vertical Lift (FVL), Health and Usage Monitoring systems (HUMS) need to be more accurate, robust and reliable than ever before. In active-sensing guided-wave networks in particular, conventional Damage Index (DI)-based approaches have been the industry standard for decades because of their computational simplicity and ability to do the damage detection and quantification tasks. However, under specific circumstances, like for specific actuator-sensor paths within a network or due to varying operational conditions, DIs can suffer from various drawbacks that make them prone to inaccurate and/or ineffective damage quantification. This study builds on previous work by the authors where DIs were used to train single-output Gaussian Process regression models (SOGPRMs) for robust damage quantification, and the accuracy limit of SOGPRMs was shown to depend on the evolution of the chosen DI formulation with damage size. In this study, multi-output GPRMs (MOGPRMs) are used instead in order to leverage information about damage size from multiple actuator-sensor path DI values. It is shown that the proposed approach can overcome the different shortcomings of DI evolution with damage size in the different path by capturing the correlation between the DI evolution for different paths. The proposed framework is applied for an Al coupon with simulated damage, and the damage size quantification results are compared with those of SOGPRMs. It is shown that the information fusion approach exhibited by MOGPRMs gives more accurate damage size estimations compared to SOGPRMs.
Development of Magnesium Laser Powder Bed Fusion to Manufacture Light-weight Components for Vertical Lift Applications
Authors:   Netherlands Aerospace Centre NLR, Smit Marc ,   The Boeing Company, Paesano Antonio , Hoen-Velterop Ludmila , Montero-Sistiaga Maria
Published: October 2022

This paper describes the work that was conducted to demonstrate the capability to produce high quality representative magnesium products for vertical lift applications by Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF). An important step in the development was the selection of a metal powder with adequate spreadability for LPBF. Optimum process parameters are required for the production of parts featuring low porosity and low roughness. An efficient optimization approach was applied that enabled the selection of process parameters by analysis of an array of thin wall and block samples from one single build job. After the process parameter selection, benchmark parts were produced for evaluating design rules to print magnesium parts. Demonstrator parts were successfully produced based on a representative light-weight component for Vertical Lift application. A very fine homogeneous microstructure was found at the melt-pool and grain scale. After the removal of the parts from the baseplate, some deformation occurred due to residual stresses.
Assessment of motor function by development of a new program in community-dwelling elderly
Authors: Muragod Anil R. , Kanabur Vijayalaxmi
Published: October 2022

OBJECTIVES:

The present study intended to identify community elderly at risk for Motor dysfunction by developing a new programme.

METHODOLOGY:

Twenty-one Individuals aged ≥60 years were assessed using Five minutes sit to stand test (FTSTST) for lower limb strength, mobility; The Functional Gait Index (FGI) assessed Balance, Gait; Older people's Quality of Life Scale-Brief (OPQL-Brief) assessed Quality of Life.

RESULTS:

One way ANOVA (P < 0.05) was used for Comparison of gender specific scores of FTSTST, FGI, OPQL-Brief the first two had no significant change but the third one showed significantly higher difference in males (P = 0.0004). Correlation analysis between age and all three outcome measures was significantly positive for FTSTST, significantly negative for FGI; OPQL-Brief scale showed non-significant negative correlation.

CONCLUSION:

This study provides evidence that the new programme developed is effective in assessing motor dysfunction in community elderly.
Prawa potencjalnych cyfrowych osób w cyfrowym społeczeństwie. Kilka uwag o moralno-prawnym statusie ultrainteligentnej maszyny
Authors: Stoiński Andrzej
Published: October 2022

Zasadniczym celem tego tekstu jest zbadanie możliwości posiadania praw przez inteligentną maszynę. Zastanowimy się nad wartością trzech rodzajów uzasadnień owych praw. Po pierwsze, uzasadnienie praw sztucznej inteligencji odwołujące się do ich korelacji z ludzkimi obowiązkami niezupełnymi. Analizujemy też podejście bazujące na statusie obiektów moralnych w ich relacjach z ludźmi. Powołując się na prace różnych teoretyków oba te uzasadnienia uznajemy za niewystarczająco przekonujące. Najbardziej trafne wydaje się uzasadnienie posiadania praw przez takie maszyny, które wypełniałyby warunki bycia sztuczną osobą, moralnym podmiotem. Jednakże i ta ostatnia opcja nie jest wolna od licznych trudności, na które zwracamy uwagę.

Rights of Possible Digital Persons in a Digital Society. Rights of possible digital persons in a digital society. A few remarks on the moral and legal status of an ultra-intelligent machine

The main goal of this text is to take a closer look at the possibility of an intelligent machine having rights. First of all, we will consider the value of the three kinds of justifications for these rights. As for the justification of the rights of Artificial Intelligence referring to some correlation with human imperfect duties and that which is based on the status of moral objects in relations with people, we consider them unconvincing. It seems most accurate to justify the possession of rights by such machines that would fulfill the conditions of being an artificial person, a moral subject. However, the latter option is not free from the numerous difficulties that we bring to your attention.
A Theologian’s Answer to the Challenge of Colonization. Francisco de Vitoria on the Meta-Communicative Aspects of Religious Contact in a Colonial Setting
Authors: Stünkel Knut Martin
Published: October 2022

In Francisco de Vitoria’s (1483?-1546) texts, one may witness a significant object-language attempt to contemplate on and to establish the conditions for successful communication between traditions. It is an attempt on meta-communicative issues involved in the situation of religious contact between Spanish conquerors and missionaries and the indigenous population of the New World. The Dominican professor bases his considerations on the analysis of language as the preeminent element of human communities. Criticizing former missionary practices, Vitoria aims at establishing the notions of reason and purity of conduct as tertia comparationis that allow the connection of Christian discourse to the mindset of the indigenous. Therefore, to Vitoria, the main meta-communicative goal of a missionizing Christian speaker in facing a non-Christian audience is to establish a situation that allows hearing reason being communicated.
Pengaruh Posisi Pronasi Pada Bayi Prematur Yang Terpasang Cpap Terhadap Status Hemodinamik Di Ruang Nicu Rs An-Nisa Tangerang Tahun 2020
Authors: Oktariani Liana , Ria Setia Sari  , Febi Ratna Sari
Published: October 2022

Bayi premature dapat diartikan sebagai bayi lahir hidup sebelum usia kehamilan 37 minggu dihitung dari hari pertama haid terakhir tanpa mempertimbangkan berat badan lahir. Kegawatan yang sering terjadi pada bayi premature pada masa awal kelahirannya adalah Respiratory Distress Syndome. Kegawatan saluran nafas yang terjadi pada neonatus dapat menyebabkan bayi mengalami henti nafas sampai dengan kematian. Dengan adanya masalah ini sehingga beresiko meningkatkan angka kesakitan (morbititas) dan angka kematian (mortalitas) pada neonatus sehingga dibutukan suatu alat bantu pendukung pernapasan baik ventilasi mekanik maupun Continous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian posisi prone terhadap bayi premature yang terpasang CPAP. Rancangan penelitian ini adalah menggunakan quasi eksperimental dengan design one group pretest-post test yang melibatkan satu kelompok subjek. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 30 bayi premtur yang dirawat di Ruang NICU RS AN-NISA Tangerang. Hasil penelitian dianalisis menggunakan Paired t- test yang menunjukkan adanya pengaruh posisi pronasi terhadap bayi premature yang terpasang CPAP di Ruang NICU RS AN-NISA Tangerang dengan nilai p value (0,000) < p 0,05.
Literatur Review Pengaruh Discharge Planning Dengan Kualitas Hidup Pasien Stroke
Authors: Sitompul Osrika , Ida Faridah  , Yati Afiyanti
Published: October 2022

Stroke adalah penyebab tertinggi kematian dan menimbulkan kelemahan anggota gerak yang menyebabkan keterbatasan gerak dan beraktifitas. Tujuan dari kajian literatur adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh Discharge Planning dengan Kualitas Hidup Pasien Stroke di Fasilitas Kesehatan. Metode Penelitian: Penelitian yang dilakukan dengan metode kajian literature. Penelusuran literature didapatkan dari data base online  Google Schollar, PubMed, dan Elsiver, dari tahun 2016-2020 untuk artikel jurnal, dengan menggunakan kata kunci: Discharge planning, Kualitas hidup dan Pasien stroke. Setelah dilakukan search didapatkan 245 artikel terdiri dari 245 artikel pada  Google Schollar, PUBMED, dan  Elsiver, yang sesuai dengan kriteria inklusi dan eksliusi ditemukan 10 artikel. Hasil: Setelah dilakukan pembahasan pada ke-10 artikel tersebut didapatkan bahwa pengaruh discharge planning sangat baik, serta dukungan keluarga akan menimbulkan  dampak yaitu memperbaiki kualitas hidup pasien stroke yaitu dapat meningkatkan aktifitas, pencegahan komplikasi penyakit dan kepatuhan pasien dalam mengkonsumsi obat dan rutin menjalankan kontrol penyakitnya.
Practices of Promoting Professional Identities of Female English Teachers through Professional Organizations
Authors: Kadel Purna Bahadur
Published: October 2022

This study is an attempt to explore the existing practices in promoting the professional identities of female English teachers through professional organizations. Nine female English teachers were selected as a sample using a purposive non-random sampling procedure from Kathmandu district. This is a narrative inquiry research design in which I used in-depth interview as a tool to collect the required data to address the research objectives of this study. Using interpretive research paradigm, I analyzed and interpreted the data of the study. This study was conducted to find out the actual practices of female English teachers in promoting their professional identities through professional organizations. The findings of this study show that participation in ELT conference for professional identity, conducting action research for professional identities, use of resources for promoting professional identities, use of ICT embedded ELT skills for professional identities, and use of reflective practices in classroom for professional identities were the main practices in developing the professional identities of female English teachers. More importantly, professional organizations became remarkable platforms to promote the professional identities of female English teachers. This study would be a blueprint for all female English teachers to develop their professional identities.
Economics of Lemongrass Cultivation in Jharkhand State
Authors: Sharma Ram Suresh
Published: October 2022

The present study was carried out to study the cost of cultivation and returns from lemongrass, oil bearing aromatic crop using different cost concepts, estimated from primary data collected from 75 cultivators. The cost of cultivation was calculated using operating expenses (Cost A1) at ` 51,713, while considering all types of costs (Cost C3) it reached to ` 68691 per hectare. The gross returns from cultivation of lemongrass in a hectare was found at ` 1,40,000 hectare, while net return over Cost A1 and Cost C3 was estimated at ` 71309 and ` 88287, respectively. The B: C ratio over cost A1 and cost C3 was calculated as ` 1.71 and ` 1.04, which indicated that lemongrass cultivation is profitable venture in the study area. Estimation of a regression model indicated positive and significant influence of expenditure on machine use, lemongrass slips and manures/ fertilizer on returns from lemongrass. There are two channels for marketing of lemongrass oil, i.e. (i) producer-local buyer-industry, and (ii) producer- industry. It was observed that marketing cost and price spread was higher in channel-I due to more number of intermediaries. The lemongrass cultivator can ease their marketing activities and enhance income through formation of cooperative society.
Trend Analysis and Seasonal Variability of Market Arrivals and Prices of Rice in West-Bengal
Authors: Sarkar Sourakanti
Published: October 2022

An attempt has been made to study the behavioural pattern of prices and market arrivals for rice by generating a monthly seasonal index of market arrivals and prices for the crop in five selected markets, namely Bardhaman, Siliguri, Contai, Chakdah, and Bishnupur of West Bengal from 2013–14 to 2018–19. It establishes that the month of February has the greatest average monthly arrival, followed by the months of March and May. It has a declining pattern up until October, after which it climbs upward and reaches its peak in February. In case of prices, long term movement over time has a significant increasing trend pattern expect Contai and Siliguri markets. The variability associated with arrival is very high may be due to the uncertain prices and seasonal nature of agricultural production system. But variability related with prices are comparatively less. All five markets have relatively little intra-year price variance. The relationship between market arrival and current price is positive for all markets except Siliguri and Bishnupur where one year lagged price is positively correlated with arrival only for Contai and Bishnupur markets.
Analysis and Justification of the Choice of a Simplified Taxation System for Sustainable Development of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Authors: Slatvinska Maryna
Published: October 2022

Sustainable business development involves, among other things, the choice of the optimal taxation system. The study provides specific practical recommendations for choosing a simplified taxation system. The authors compared two taxation systems in Ukraine in an accessible visual form: common and simplified, highlighted the advantages of the simplified one and developed practical recommendations for choosing a taxation system. In particular, the authors developed an Algorithm for justifying the transition to a simplified taxation system and also presented and described in detail the Sequence of actions during the transition to a simplified taxation system. A feature of the study is the lack of an expanded theoretical base in favour of methodological justification, namely the use of official documents: the Tax Code of Ukraine and other legislative acts relating directly or indirectly to the taxation of a private entrepreneur. Thus, the proposed recommendations can help the entrepreneur choose a simplified taxation system, which will significantly speed up the process of interaction with the client and reduce the subjective factor.
Softening of Barky Root Cuttings of Jute by Pectinolytic Bacterial Strains for Better Spinability and Industrial Uses
Authors: Ray Deb Prasad
Published: October 2022

Jute is a very important commercial fibre and cash crop in India. India is the largest producer of jute in the World. The jute fibre available in the market sometimes contains a lot of barky portions. The barky portions of jute cause serious processing difficulties in the industry. As a result barky part is either cut off before processing or the jute reeds used for product development like thick yarn & rugetc. The cut-off portions of jute are called root cuttings and are generally considered as waste material. Forty six bacterial isolates were screened having pectinolytic activity. Two best strains were selected based on the potency index. The bacterial consortium within 1:1 ratio had effectively removed (75-88%) the barky root portion of jute fibre in both 1:10 (10 days) and 1:20 (7 days) liquor ratio. The treated fibre recorded good bundle strength (17-18cN) and spinnable to make 12lb/spy yarn having a tenacity of 7.88 cN/tex. The treatment time was reduced to 5 days (50% reduction) with mechanically softened fibre. Mechanical softening can be used to omit the media supplement of 0.5% Di-ammonium phosphate.
DIRAC'S LINEARIZATION APPLIED TO THE FUNCTIONAL, WITH MATRIX ASPECT, FOR THE TIME OF FLIGHT OF LIGHT
Authors: BULNES Juan , LÓPEZ-BONILLA José Luıs
Published: October 2022

In this paper, we adopt a matrix treatment to solve the variational problem that consists of determining the physical path traveled by light between two points in a medium whose refractive index depends on a spatial coordinate. The considered treatment begins with the trivial repetition of the expression of the value of the considered functional, repetition expressed in the form of a matrix. Next, we adopt the trick (of Dirac) originally used as part of the construction of the dynamic equation of relativistic quantum mechanics, which allows us to rewrite the (now) matrix integrand in the expression of the value of the functional in terms of the sum of two (non-diagonal) matrices brought externally to the problem, which are determined based on some requirements. As a result of this development, we obtain two equivalent versions of Snell's law.
The Task-Based Approach to Online Language Learning: An Example of Practice
Authors:   PhD student, Linguistics, Communication and Translation research team, FLSH Tetouan, UAE, Kenza FRISSA
Published: October 2022

Distance learning, face-to-face learning, mediated communication, virtual classrooms, and e-tasks, are all terms that have recently been at the heart of the preoccupations of practitioners and the research community in Education Sciences and Didactics. But what exactly is it about? And what does it have to do with language teaching and learning? In what forms is it relevant to use these Internet-based devices? What changes does this imply for the teacher and what is his/her role from now on? These are some of the questions that this article will attempt to answer. The focus is on language learning in an e-learning teaching device and the conditions that must be met for this mode of learning to be effective.
Age and growth of the red flounder Paralichthys orbignyanus (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes) in southern Brazil
Authors: Haimovici Manuel , Kikuchi Eidi , Gonçalves Oliveira Carolina
Published: October 2022

The red flounder Paralichthys orbignyanus is a large pleuronectiform fish endemic in coastal waters, coastal lagoons and estuaries in the southwestern Atlantic. Although less abundant than other Paralichthys spp, its high price makes it a valuable resource for small-scale fishers that have been intensely fished in the last decades. To study its growth and lifespan in southern Brazil, we examined thin otolith sections collected for age determinations of both young-of-the-year (YOY) and older fishes. Opaque bands form mainly in spring and summer, coincident with the reproductive season. Larger and older males reached 601 mm and eight years, while females reached 985 mm and 11 years. The assumed daily microincrements counts ranged from 127 to 196 for YOY of 135 to 184 mm TL. The common weight-length equation for grouped sexes was TW♀♂=0.000015TL2.93 (mm, g). The von Bertalanffy growth equations were: TL♀=1076(1–e–0.15 (t+0.78)); TL♂=652(1–e–0.28 (t+0.48)); and TL♀♂=839(1–e–0.20 (t+0.67)). Therefore, P. orbignyanus is a fast-growing and relatively short-living species for which females attain larger length and older ages than males, characteristics that have to be taken into account for its stock assessment and management.
PREPARO DOS PROFISSIONAIS DE ENFERMAGEM NO CUIDADO AO IDOSO: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA
Authors: Do Val Rossés Juliano
Published: October 2022

A enfermagem tem o poder de transmitir cuidados humanizados que previnem, minimizam ou tratam as consequências e debilidades advindas do processo de envelhecimento. Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo é investigar, através de uma revisão integrativa, como ocorre o preparo dos profissionais da enfermagem no cuidado ao indivíduo idoso e os desafios que podem ocorrer nesse processo. Metodologia: Trata-se de uma pesquisa de revisão integrativa e a coleta de dados foi desenvolvida com estudos entre os anos de 2017 e 2022 nas seguintes bases de dados: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) Web of Science e National Library of Medicine (PubMed/Medline), Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) e Google Acadêmico. Resultados: Foram encontrados 630 artigos no total, e logo após da aplicação dos critérios de inclusão, reduziu-se para 100 artigos. Destes, 76 foram excluídos por não estarem disponíveis para downloads, por estarem duplicados e seus títulos não estarem conforme a proposta da pesquisa. Foram lidos os resumos dos 21 artigos restantes e selecionados 12 para a leitura na íntegra. Após a leitura dos artigos selecionados, oito (8) artigos foram escolhidos como amostra para compor esta revisão. Considerações finais: Conclui-se que a assistência a essa população necessita ser de competência de uma equipe de profissionais de saúde que desenvolva de forma integral as necessidades físicas e emocionais desses indivíduos, sendo assim, torna-se necessária a realização de estratégias de cuidados que possibilitem a edificação de habilidades, inclusive pelo enfermeiro, para que os idosos possam viver com qualidade.
Technology Adoption for STEM Education in Higher Education: Students’ Experience from Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries
Authors: Oladele Jumoke Iyabode , Ayanwale Musa Adekunle , Ndlovu Mdutshekelwa
Published: October 2022

Challenges of a lack of formal technology-embeded teacher training, collaborative learning models, adequate technology know-how, and internet access are barriers to adopting technological-enabled teaching and learning STEM subjects in the African context. This study examined technology adoption for STEM in higher education while evaluating students’ experiences with evidence and implications for less developed countries. The survey research design was adopted for the study. The study population was students in higher learning institutions in selected countries in the sub-Saharan African region using a multi-stage sampling procedure consisting of convenience and purposive sampling techniques. A self-developed questionnaire titled Technology Adoption for Teaching and Learning Questionnaire “TATLQ” premised on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model was used for data collection. The instrument had an overall reliability coefficient of 0.96. The collated data were analysed using descriptive of the median and a network chart to answer the research questions. In contrast, the inferential statistics of t-test and Analysis of Variance statistics were used to test the hypothesis generated for the study and implemented in the psych package of R programming language version 4.0.2 software. Findings revealed that students had a positive experience with online teaching and learning and concluded that technology adoption for STEM education online teaching and learning is feasible in sub-Sahara Africa, with the need for improvements in internet access and technical support on the basis for which recommendations were made.
PATIENTS’ PERCEPTION OF QUALITY HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN GHANA
Authors: Adade Pearl , Boohene David , Odame Christabel
Published: October 2022

One of the main forces behind global health campaigns is quality improvement, and this is especially true in acute care settings like emergency departments, where making quick, life-saving judgments is of utmost importance. The majority of researchers in Ghana have focused mostly on secondary and tertiary hospitals in Ghana, paying less attention to basic healthcare settings, which are the main entrance points for the majority of emergency situations. The purpose of this study was to investigate how patients perceived receiving high-quality care in private hospitals in Ghana's emergency rooms. A sample of 160 patients was used to explore perception on quality care delivery at the Emergency Department (ED) of private hospitals in Ghana.The findings showed that patients thought doctors had adequate knowledge in their field based on their ability to assess, prescribe appropriate medications, and request diagnostic investigations that are pertinent to the working diagnosis, even though they thought the physical care and information flow at the ED was subpar. The study suggests using a digital compliant management system that enables patients to express their issues in real time, along with a high degree of responsiveness. Future studies may also investigate the perceptions of particular patient populations to discover requirements unique to them, thus enhancing the patient-centered approach to care, taking into account that the study examined the viewpoints of a variety of patient demographics.
Influence of Self-Care Awareness on the Physical Well-Being of African Religious Women in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya: A Psycho - Educational Intervention
Authors: Uche Anthonia Odilile
Published: October 2022

Purpose: This study explored how self-care awareness practice influences the physical well-being of African religious Women of the Catholic Church in Karen, Nairobi-Kenya.

Methodology: Qualitative paradigm and phenomenological design were used. Target was all African religious women living in Karen. Maximum variation sampling technique was used to select four religious women’s congregations that participated in the study. Criterion sampling technique was used to select 10 participants for the study, comprising of 4 religious women, 2 religious brothers, 2 priests and 2 lay persons.

Methodology: Findings revealed that, religious women in Karen-Nairobi were prevented from adequate self-caring due to overwork, negligence, wrong concept of religious life, poor remuneration, poverty, influence of entrenched gender role, inability to integrate prayer life, the apostolate and community life as well as a misunderstanding of the meaning of self-care.

Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: This study concluded that the lack of self-care awareness among African Catholic Religious Women in Karen affected their physical well-being. Suggested remedial interventions included awareness creation, greater access to education, designing and use of a self-care curriculum, regular supervision of self-care practice by superiors, the replacement of life-diminishing structures in the religious life and the Church, revision of life and establishing economic sustainability.
“So, Is Your Journal Listed on PubMed?”
Authors: Black Peter C.
Published: October 2022

None available.
Urology in Syria: A View From Inside
Authors: Altopajee Khaled , Shahait Mohammed
Published: October 2022

None available.
Students’ Anxieties in EFL Speaking Class
Authors: Firdaus Ridho Hafizh , Wahyudin Wawan , Rohbiah Tatu Siti
Published: October 2022

This study is focused on identifying the factor of students’ anxiety and solution to reduce anxiety in speaking English at the third Semester Students of English Education Department of Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten in Academic Year 2021/2022. The formulated problems of this study were: (1) What are the causes of students’ anxiety in speaking English? (2) How are the solutions to reduce students’ anxiety in speaking English? The method used qualitative method. The participants of this study were third semester students majoring in English Education at Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin Banten. The data were gathered through questionnaire and interview. The results of this study: first, personal and interpersonal students’ fear in speaking English cause low self-confidence. Second, the students’ perceptions, they fell apprehensive about speaking in front of the class. Third, lecturer-students interaction, the students sensed anxiety when they don't understand what the lecturer is correcting. The last is the lack of preparation, according to the students; they are concerned about their lack of preparation for tests or speaking in front of the class. The solution to reduce anxiety; the students said trying to be confident, preparing material, and they don't be scared to make mistakes when speaking because correcting the errors will help them speak more confident.
‘A New Source of Happiness to Man’?: Maple Sugaring and Settler Colonialism in the Early Modern Atlantic World
Authors: Snook Edith
Published: October 2022

This essay will look at how cooking becomes manufacturing in eighteenthcentury
North America. The paper’s focus is ‘Remarks on the Manufacturing
of Maple Sugar’, an extended recipe that appeared in American and
English periodicals, in the Nova Scotia Magazine, and as a pamphlet in
London and Philadelphia in 1790–1791. With the stated goals of efficiency,
profit, replicability, and patriotism, the instructions seek to deploy the
techniques and ethos of cane sugar refining in the making of maple
sugar. The ‘Remarks’ and the short-lived efforts of the Pennsylvanian
settlers behind the text illustrate manufacturing’s ties to settler colonialism:
in the recipe’s documentation of settlers’ adoption of Indigenous
knowledge in ways that erase the presence of Indigenous peoples in their
territories and in the overt use of maple sugar manufacturing to further
settler claims to that land.
Addressing Scale in Nature-Based Solutions
Authors:   International Livestock Research Institute, Vincent Odongo , Barquet Karina ,   Stockholm Environment Institute, Green Jonathan ,   Stockholm Environment Institute
Published: October 2022

Nature-based solutions (NbS) need to be explicitly designed to deliver measurable benefits for nature and society. The authors argue that different dimensions of scale could be better incorporated in the future design of NbS.
The influence of social security system on poverty alleviation in Makhado Municipality
Authors:   , Enos Thenga Takalani
Published: October 2022

The overall aim of this study isto evaluate the impact of social security on poverty alleviation in rural areas of Makhado Local Municipality, Limpopo Province.Poverty is most stressing social problem in Makhodo Local Municipality of Limpopo province. The Department of Social Development Business Plan (2013:3) supports this by a statement which says "poverty is distributed unevenly among the nine provinces of the country. The government has expended resources for the poverty alleviation programmes with so little achievement because poverty is continuing to be one of South Africa's burning social problems. The study was employed a mixed methods research design. This involves concurrent triangulation strategy which combines qualitative and quantitative approaches. The study used both quantitative and qualitative techniques for data collection and analysis. Quantitative techniques were mostly used in that they provided the researcher with an understanding of experiences and impact of social security on poverty alleviation in rural areas of Makhado Local Municipality, Limpopo Province. A simple random and purposive sample was used for selection of a sample population. Random sampling was done to the Household Head as well as the LED project member whereby selection of the sampling will be done randomly in the form of questionnaire distribution. A purposive sampling technique was employed in selection study participants of qualitative method. Purposeful sampling was done to the municipal officials, ward committees as well as traditional leaders. The interview data was transcribed, coded and then themes were looked for in the coded data. Data was obtained through questionnaires and interview. Data from questionnaires was analysed by means of using tables and figures. The data was entered from the spreadsheet was exported to the SPSS so that it could be analysed to yield the results. The findings revealed that some of the caregivers misuse the grant and do not utilise it in the best interest of children. Thus, the grant is sometimes not spent on the things it is intended for. Instead, it is utilised for gambling, and for purchasing alcohol. It was therefore recommended that the there is need for South Africa to develop a comprehensive system of social protection which were enable caregivers to receive support in their own right. This would serve to ensure that the social grant is used specifically to meet the needs of children.
Making beyond nothingness : an artistic challenge to the unaesthetic language of the public space
Authors:   , Streak James Gregory
Published: October 2022

This project constitutes a practice-based research enquiry of two interrelated components: an exhibition of creative work, Nothing Matters, and an accompanying exegesis. The creative work on exhibition comprises a range of small- and large-scale outputs that incorporate drawing, photography, sculptural work, and re-imagined ‘found’ objects, all produced between 2017-2021. The overall title of the project, Making Beyond Nothingness: An Artistic Challenge to the Unaesthetic Language of the Public Space, embodies the paradox at the heart of the pursuit. How to create ‘something’ of conceptual and aesthetic compulsion from a language of nothingness, whether it be ‘found’ in the surrounding temper of the public space or, in art, in various manifestations of the ‘dematerialised object’: the void; the empty canvas or gallery; the ‘invisible’ work; or the detritus of the everyday? The written component – the ‘dissertation’ – traces my style through points of reference in the development of Conceptual Art (Chapter 1) before turning, more generally, to examples of my previous work (Chapter 2) and, in Chapter 3, specifically to my reflections on the creative works that form the exhibition to be examined. To quote from the Institutional guideline preamble to the PhD in Visual and Performing Arts, “The body of applied creative work is formulated in relation to the research problem outlined in the dissertation; there can be no formal separation between the examination of the creative work and the dissertation.
NGHIÊN CỨU, ĐÁNH GIÁ CÔNG TÁC CHO THUÊ ĐẤT VÀ HIỆU QUẢ SỬ DỤNG ĐẤT THUÊ CỦA CÁC DOANH NGHIỆP TRÊN ĐỊA BÀN THÀNH PHỐ THÁI NGUYÊN,TỈNH THÁI NGUYÊN 2019 – 2021
Authors: Trần Thị Thu Hiền , Trần Thị Hương
Published: October 2022

Nghiên cứu, đánh giá công tác cho thuê đất và hiệu quả sử dụng đất thuê của các doanh nghiệp được thưc hiện trên địa bàn thành phố Thái Nguyên, tỉnh Thái Nguyên, giai đoạn 2019 - 2021. Nghiên cứu này được tiến hành nhằm tìm ra những thuận lợi, khó khăn từ đó đề xuất một số giải pháp nâng cao hiệu quả công tác cho thuê đất và hiệu quả sử dụng đất thuê. Nghiên cứu đã áp dụng các phương pháp: Thu thập số liệu; chọn mẫu điều tra; so sánh, đánh giá giữa tình hình quản lý và sử dụng đất đai trên địa bàn với các văn bản pháp luật của Trung ương và địa phương. Kết quả cho thấy trong giai đoạn 2019 - 2021 trên địa bàn thành phố Thái Nguyên đã có 108 doanh nghiệp được UBND tỉnh cho thuê đất với tổng số khu đất được thuê là 250 khu và tổng diện tích là 10.610.509,3 m2. Về cơ bản các doanh nghiệp sau khi nhận đất đều sử dụng đất đúng mục đích, có hiệu quả, đóng góp đáng kể vào sự phát triển kinh tế - xã hội của thành phố. Như vậy, để tiếp tục đạt kết quả cao hơn nữa trong thời gian tới cần: Tăng cường hơn nữa công tác thanh tra, kiểm tra, giám sát về thẩm quyền, trách nhiệm của các cơ quan, cán bộ công chức trong thi hành công vụ. Tiếp tục nâng cao vai trò giám sát của nhân dân trong công tác quản lý đất đai và bảo vệ môi trường.
NGHIÊN CỨU TUYỂN CHỌN VÀ XÂY DỰNG VƯỜN CÂY ĐẦU DÒNG CẤP 1 CÁC DÒNG KEO LAI BV10, BV16, BV33
Authors: Phạm Thị Mai Trang , Nguyễn Thị Thu Hiền
Published: October 2022

Nhân giống bằng phương pháp nuôi cấy mô đối với cây lâm nghiệp được áp dụng tại Việt Nam từ những năm 1970. Đây là công cụ tối ưu để nâng cao năng suất chất lượng rừng . Với đặc thù Lâm nghiệp là một ngành sản xuất kinh doanh có chu kỳ dài, nên chất lượng giống cây trồng có ảnh hưởng lớn đến hiệu quả sản xuất kinh doanh rừng do vậy, việc sử dụng giống cây sản xuất bằng phương pháp nuôi cấy mô là thực sự cần thiết. Để có nguồn vật liệu ban đầu phục vụ cho sản xuất cây giống bằng phương pháp nuôi cấy mô, việc đầu tiên phải có được vườn cây đầu dòng chất lượng đúng quy định. Nghiên cứu xây dựng vườn đầu dòng đối với dòng keo BV10, BV16, Bv33 cho thấy: Tổng thời gian xây dựng vườn cây đầu dòng từ giai đoạn Invtro đến khi được công nhận vườn đủ tiêu chuẩn làm cây đầu dòng là 275 ngày trong đó giai đoạn Invitro dòng BV10, BV33 là 21 ngày, dòng BV16 là 24 ngày. Giai đoạn Invitro dòng BV33 có sức sinh trưởng kém hơn dòng BV10 và BV33, đến giai đoạn vườn ươm và giai đoạn trồng rừng dòng BV16 lại có sức sinh trưởng mạnh hơn 2 dòng BV10, BV33.
ĐÁNH GIÁ HIỆN TRẠNG SỬ DỤNG ĐẤT NĂM 2021 THỊ TRẤN BẰNG LŨNG – HUYỆN CHỢ ĐỒN – TỈNH BẮC KẠN
Authors: Nguyễn Thị Hồng
Published: October 2022

Nghiên cứu đánh giá hiện trạng và biến động diện tích các lọai hình sử dụng đất thị trấn Bằng Lũng, huyện Chợ Đồn, tỉnh Bắc Kạn năm 2021. Trong nghiên cứu, tác giả sử dụng phương pháp thu thập và tổng hợp số liệu; từ đó xử lý, phân tích và so sánh kết quả; kết hợp với điều tra để khoanh vẽ, chỉnh lý trên bản đồ bằng phần mềm Microstation. Kết quả cho thấy tổng diện tích đất tự nhiên toàn thị trấn là 2,496.39 ha, trong đó, diện tích đất nông nghiệp là 2,069.46 ha, chiếm 82.90%; diện tích đất phi nông nghiệp là 250.57 ha,  chiếm 10.04%; diện tích đất chưa sử dụng là 174.69 ha, chiếm 7.06%. Thị trấn Bằng Lũng có biến động diện tích đất theo chiều hướng: giảm diện tích đất nông nghiệp so với năm 2014 do chuyển mục đích sang đất phi nông nghiệp, chủ yếu là xây dựng cơ sở hạ tầng; diện tích nhóm đất phi nông nghiệp tăng so với năm 2014 do đất nông nghiệp và đất chưa sử dụng chuyển sang. Trên cơ sở đánh giá hiện trạng sử dụng đất, nghiên cứu đề xuất các giải pháp tăng cường về quản lý nâng cao hiệu quả sử dụng đất.
« La nuit nous lie », entretien avec Camille Readman Prud’homme
Authors: Ngamaleu Armel Jovensel
Published: October 2022

Camille Readman Prud’homme est née à Montréal. Elle a complété une maîtrise en création littéraire à l’Université du Québec à Montréal et poursuit présentement des études doctorales à la New York University. En 2021, elle a publié Quand je ne dis rien je pense encore à l’Oie de Cravan, finaliste au Prix Émile-Nelligan, lauréat du Prix des Libraires – Poésie 2022 et présentement en lice pour le Prix Alain-Granbois 2022. Cette entrevue est à l’initiative d’Armel Jovensel Ngamaleu.
Upper Extremity Muscle Activation during Drive Volley and Groundstroke for Two-Handed Backhand of Female Tennis Players
Authors: Tai Mu-Lin , Yang Chun-Ju , Tang Wen-Tzu , Elliott Bruce , Chang Kai-Lung
Published: October 2022

Drive volley is one of the essential backhand stroke technique trends seen in recent women’s tennis competitions. Although movements of the drive volley and groundstroke are similar, activation of the internal muscles vary due to different incoming ball conditions. Most previous studies only focused on the groundstroke, however. The current study investigates the different muscle activation patterns in the upper extremity muscle during the two-handed backhand drive volley as well as the groundstroke for female tennis players. Ten elite female tennis players were measured in the muscle activation of the flexor carpi radialis (FCR), extensor carpi radialis (ECR), biceps brachii (BB), and triceps brachii (TB) from both upper extremities. Racket-head speed at impact, swing duration of each phase, and racket-head average velocity in both strokes were also recorded. Significant differences were found between the drive volley and groundstroke in the velocity profile of racket tip, swing duration of each phase (preparation, early follow-through, and late follow-through), activation patterns of upper extremity muscles, and flexor/ extensor ratios of wrist and elbow in both upper extremities. Different racket trajectory strategies were also observed between the two strokes, with greater horizontal racket velocity recorded in the groundstroke but greater vertical velocity in the drive volley. ECR and TB muscle activation during the drive volley preparation phase was greater than the groundstroke when completing a quicker backswing. In the early acceleration phase, the greater FCR leading arm activation in the drive volley assisted wrist stabilization in preparation for impact. In the late follow-through phase, less TB leading arm activity and higher ECR trailing arm activity in the drive volley showed more forward compression movement in racket contact with the ball. As it is essential for the drive volley to complete a quicker backswing and to increase shot efficiency at the end of the forward movement, coaches should consider the two strokes’ muscle activation and technique differences to enhance specific techniques and fitness training programs.
El ritmo y el rito: la anticipación de elementos posdramáticos en el pensamiento de Friedrich Nietzsche
Authors: Gimber Arno
Published: October 2022

Este artículo trata de relacionar el teatro posdramático con algunas ideas que Friedrich Nietzsche presenta sobre todo en su primera obra importante, El origen de la tragedia. En concreto se buscan similitudes en el concepto de lo performativo y en un aspecto esencial de la tragedia nietzscheana, el dolor físico. No se pretende establecer una filiación directa entre Nietzsche y el teatro de última actualidad sino llamar la atención sobre una de las consecuencias más recientes de la ruptura estética que él propuso.