bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Efficiency of Professional Development Programs based on Social Constructivism in Improving Teaching Practices of Mathematics Teachers in Jordan
Authors: Nemrawi Ziad M. , Zraiqat Amjad M.
Published: April 2020

The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficiency of professional development programs based on social constructivism in improving the teaching practices of mathematics teachers. The research team developed a training program based on social constructivism in teacher education. The participants of this program included nine mathematics teachers from the Um Al-Basateen school district located in the south of the capital city, Amman. Data was collected before and after the program and certain tools of qualitative research were employed in the study. These tools included observation, interviews, and documentation. Moreover, the research team developed a measurement to evaluate the participants’ teaching practices. The measurement consisted of five levels (novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient and expert) indicating the improvement in teaching practices. The teaching practices under evaluation were composed of six areas: teaching, learning, evaluation, classroom dialogue, knowledge resources, and mathematical content. Research findings indicated that there was a noticeable improvement in the participants’ teaching practices during the two stages of the study. Prior to the program, the teaching practices in the areas of classroom dialogue and knowledge resources were classified at the first level (novice) and in the remaining four areas, the teaching practices were classified at level two (advanced beginner). However, in the post-program stage, teaching practices in the areas of teaching, learning and classroom dialogue reached level five (expert) whereas mathematical content achieved level four (proficient). Furthermore, teaching practices in the areas of evaluation and resources reached level three (competent).
Allelopathic Effect of Chrysanthemum Procumentens on the Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Beans Phaseolus Vulgaris
Authors: Akinwunmi Kemi , Odunsi Esther , Amadi Chizi
Published: April 2020

The present study was undertaken to assess the allelopathic effect of Chrysanthemum procumentens in relation to germination and growth of bean seedling. C. procumentens reduced germination and suppressed early seedling growth of beans. With increase in extract concentration from 20 mg ml-1 to 60 mg ml-1, a gradual decrease in seed germination evaluated by reduction in the concentration of biomolecules such as total protein, total soluble sugar and amylase activities; and increase in the activities of hydrolytic enzymes such as proteases, Lipases and Arginase occurred. The longest seedling root and shoot lengths were recorded on day 1 at 20 mg ml-1 extract concentration while the shortest seedling root and shoot length were recorded on day 6 at 80 mg ml-1 extract concentrations. It was noted that the reduction in germination and suppression of seedling growth observed in this study were concentration and time dependent. The result suggested that C. procumentens had good allelopathic potential which reduces germination and plant growth.
Effect of starch modification on physico-chemical, functional and structural characterization of cassava starch (Manihot esculenta Crantz)
Authors: Dolas K.A. , Ranveer R.C. , Tapre A.R. , Nandane A.S. , Sahoo A.K.
Published: April 2020

Starch extracted from cassava was subjected to chemical and enzymatic modification.
Extracted native starch and modified starches were evaluated for proximate analysis and
then assessed for different functional properties such as water-binding capacity, swelling
power and solubility. Chemically and enzymatic modified starches recorded higher waterbinding capacity i.e. 89.69% and 96.10% respectively and higher solubility 80.33% and
79.66% respectively as compared to native starch having the water-binding capacity
70.63% and solubility 25.18%. Scanning electron microscopy revealed round to polygonal
in shapes with smooth surface for native starch and spherical to oval shaped granules for
chemically modified starch. Enzymatic modified starch showed relatively rough surface,
pores and cracks on surface fissures. X-ray diffractograms showed typical ‘B’ for pattern
native starch but in modified starches showed typical ‘A’ pattern comparatively reduced
peak and covers a larger area. FT-IR Image of starch and modified starch showed the
typical peaks for the starch backbone. The O-H (alcohol) stretching band in the region
3500–3000 cm-1 was found to be broadened and became less sharp, strong and broad in
the spectra of the native and chemical modified starch, in comparison to that of the
enzyme modified starch. Functional properties of starch such as water-binding capacity
and solubility of starch granules increased by chemical and enzymatic modification.
TAXATION SYSTEM: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THAILAND AND THE PHILIPPINES
Authors: Pinthong Rattana , Pajongwong Paiboon , Svetalekth Thamrongsak
Published: April 2020

The purpose of this research to study of taxation system, taxpayers, taxation agencies, tax rates, penalties, term and conditions of tax privileges and comparative analysis of taxation systems between Thailand and Philippines. The findings of tax system comparison were the difference of tax collection organization between Thailand and Philippines, however, both countries have the same tax system that are tax baskets, tax regulations, tax benefits. From these findings can be concluded that taxpayers or entity in Thailand has more advantage than Philippines’s in tax allowance regulations, personal tax income allowance favoured to taxpayers for lower tax rate. Moreover, the tax rate in Thailand is lower than in Philippines resulting to proprietors or investors could bring these proceeds to expand their business or investment, finally, it will generate economic growth.
SOLAR WATER SEA DISTILLATION USING CONDENSER
Authors: Samosir Rahmad
Published: April 2020

Water is one of the main needs of living things, especially humans who need clean water for drinking, bathing, washing and other purposes. However, many regions have difficulties to get clean water, especially people who live on the beach, thus many experts try to process seawater into clean water which is worth drinking. One of the ways to process salt water into fresh water is by distillation. In this research, the author tries to distill water with the help of condenser. In this research, the author made an evaporation chamber of 80 cm x 100 cm x 30 cm. Through the use of solar-powered blower, vapor is inhaled from the evaporation chamber, therefore the pressure on the evaporation chamber will fall, so that the evaporation will occur much faster and the resulting vapor can be supplied to the condenser for cooling. From the test result using variation of blower rotation of 2800 rpm, 2200 rpm, and 1200 rpm, each condensate water produced from the distillation process are 215 ml/h, 410 ml/h, and 250 ml/hr. The condensate resulted from the highest rotation (2800 rpm) produces less condensate, thus based on our observation, we temporarily conclude that it occurs because there is water vapor coming out from the condensate, but more accurate research is needed to confirm it. Condensate of 410 ml/hour is still not as expected, thus this research will be continued in order to reach the expected result.
ACADEMIC STAFF SELECTION IN THE SULTANATE OF OMAN – THE CASE OF COLLEGES OF TECHNOLOGY
Authors: Nasser Al Muniri Khamis Said
Published: April 2020

This paper looks at the academic staff selection practices at the Colleges of Technology in Oman. An inductive reasoning or bottom up approach was used in this research project. The main method of data collection used was semi-structured interviews conducted with selected government officials whose position and experience would enable them to provide useful data on the issues being explore. Some of the main findings of the research was that the interviewers predominantly conducted unstructured interviews and the interviewers had not received any training on how to conduct interviews and carryout the selection process. In addition, the interviewers did not have any standard selection criteria when recruiting academic staff to the college of technology. The research findings will help administrators in Oman to improve the recruitment and selection process of academic Staff.
Perbaikan Teknik Pembrongsongan melalui Aplikasi Pestisida untuk Meningkatkan Kemulusan Buah Jambu Kristal (Psidium guajava L)
Authors: Parameswara Yosephine Sista , Susanto Slamet
Published: April 2020

Jambu ‘kristal’ merupakan kultivar unggulan jambu biji dan memiliki pasar yang baik di Indonesia. Jambu kristal memiliki rasa yang manis, tekstur renyah, vitamin C, dan kandungan lain yang bermanfaat. Kualitas merupakan masalah utama dalam budidaya jambu ‘kristal’, salah satunya adalah tingkat kemulusan buah. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui  pengaruh bahan aktif pestisida yang digunakan pada teknik pembrongsongan buah terhadap tingkat kemulusan buah. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Kebun Percobaan Cikabayan dan Laboratorium Pascapanen, Departemen Agronomi dan Hortikultura, Institut Pertanian Bogor pada Bulan Februari 2017 hingga Agustus 2017. Bahan yang digunakan pada teknik pembrongsongan adalah bahan aktif pestisida: Klorpirifos, Abamektin, dan Mankozeb. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perlakuan bahan aktif pestisida memberikan pengaruh yang sangat nyata pada peubah kemulusan buah. Perlakuan bahan aktif pestisida meningkatkan kemulusan buah hingga dua kali lipat. Perlakuan bahan aktif pestisida tidak memberikan pengaruh nyata pada peubah diameter, kelunakan, bobot, PTT, dan ATT.
Pupuk Hayati Bacillus sp. Meningkatkan Produktivitas Tanaman Karet (Hevea brasiliensis Muell Arg.)
Authors: Sugiyanta . , Septianti Octafiani
Published: April 2020

Karet alam (Hevea brasiliensis Muell Arg.) merupakan salah satu komoditas perkebunan yang penting di Indonesia. Permasalahan karet Indonesia adalah rendahnya produktivitas dan mutu karet yang dihasilkan, khususnya oleh petani karet rakyat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian pupuk hayati Bacillus pada produktivitas tanaman karet. Penelitian dibagi menjadi dua percobaan berdasarkan cara aplikasi pupuk hayati Bacillus yaitu dioles dan disemprot. Percobaan dilakukan di kebun karet, kebun percobaan IPB Cikabayan, Bogor. Percobaan 1 (aplikasi pupuk hayati Bacillus dioles) dilakukan pada bulan Oktober hingga Desember 2016. Percobaan ini disusun dalam rancangan acak kelompok 1 faktor yaitu aplikasi pupuk hayati Bacillus dan terdiri atas 2 taraf perlakuan (kontrol dan 4 g pupuk hayati Bacillus/tanaman/aplikasi). Setiap perlakuan diulang sebanyak 5 kali. Percobaan 2 (aplikasi pupuk hayati Bacillus disemprot) dilakukan pada bulan Desember 2017 hingga Februari 2018. Percobaan ini disusun dalam rancangan acak kelompok 1 faktor (aplikasi pupuk hayati Bacillus) dan terdiri atas 5 taraf perlakuan (kontrol, 1 ml, 2 ml, 3 ml, dan 4 ml pupuk hayati Bacillus sp./10 ml air/tanaman/aplikasi). Setiap perlakuan diulang sebanyak 3 kali. Hasil percobaan 1 dan 2 menunjukkan bahwa aplikasi pupuk hayati Bacillus nyata meningkatkan produksi lateks, produksi karet kering per tanaman, dan hasil karet kering per hektar, tetapi tidak berpengaruh terhadap kadar karet kering (KKK).
Subclasses of analytic functions associated with Pascal distribution series
Authors: FRASİN Basem
Published: April 2020

In the present paper, we determine necessary and sufficient conditions for the Pascal distribution series to be in the subclasses S(k,λ) and C(k,λ) of analytic functions. Further, we consider an integral operator related to Pascal distribution series. Some interesting special cases of our main results are also considered.
Technology Transfer Evolution: Driving Economic Prosperity
Authors: Jyotishi Shalin R.
Published: April 2020

APLU’s Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Economic Prosperity produced the report to help public research universities evolve toward more comprehensive technology transfer efforts. The report, Technology Transfer Evolution: Driving Economic Prosperity, calls on universities to accelerate their transition to a technology transfer model that reflects a broader engagement in economic development, and that connects to and supports the learning and discovery missions of universities.
Citation Analysis ( Article ) Statistical Analysis of Stern Volmer equation Equation Applied on Biomolecules
Authors: DATTA JAYDIP
Published: April 2020

CITATION : Citation Analysis ( Article ) Statistical Analysis of Stern Volmer equation Equation Applied on Biomolecules. ( Academia.edu , Google Scholar )
komputer
Authors: Hasibuan Ermida
Published: April 2020

sistem komputer adalah suatu jaringan elektronik perangkat keras dan perangkat lunak yang melakukan tugas tertentu (menerima input, memproses input, menyimpan perintah-perintah dan menyediakan output dalam bentuk informasi) selain itu dapat pula diartikan sebagai elemen-elemen yang terkait untuk menjalankan suatu aktivitas dengan menggunakan komputer. komputer dapat membantu manusia dalam pekerjaan sehari-hari. elemen dari sistem komputer terdiri dari manusianya(brainware), perangkat lunak(software), dan perangkat keras (hardware). dengan komponen tersebut merupakan elemen yang terlibat dalam suatu sistem komputer.
Quan hệ Công chúng- Để người khác gọi ta là PR
Authors: Giao Ha Nam Khanh
Published: April 2020

Chương 1: Quan hệ công chúng là gì?Chương 2: Công việc trong quan hệ công chúngChương 3: Lược sử ngành quan hệ công chúngChương 4: Các nhóm công chúng trong quan hệ công chúngChương 5: Lý thuyết truyền thông và ý kiến công chúngChương 6: Đạo đức trong quan hệ công chúngChương 7: Nghiên cứu và đánh giá Chương 8: Kế hoạch: Các chiến lược trong quan hệ công chúngChương 9: Thông đạt: Kỹ năng của quan hệ công chúngChương 10: Kỹ năng viết và trình bàyChương 11: Công nghệ thông đạt mớiChương 12: Thông đạt khủng hoảngChương 13: Hệ thống thông đạt marketingChương 14: Thông đạt đa văn hóa Chương 15: Quan hệ công chúng và luật phápChương 16: Tương lai của bạn trong quan hệ công chúng
Quản trị Bán hàng- Đội ngũ Bán hàng tốt chưa?
Authors: Giao Ha Nam Khanh
Published: April 2020

Chương 1: Khái quát quản trị bán hàng và quy trình bán hàngChương 2: Lập kế hoạch marketingChương 3: Quy trình mua hàng của tổ chứcChương 4: Đạo đức bán hàngChương 5: Tổ chức lực lượng bán hàngChương 6: Ước tính nhu cầuChương 7: Định mức bán hàngChương 8: Thiết kế lãnh thổ Chương 9: Mô hình bán hàng Chương 10: Tuyển mộ và chọn lọc đội ngũ bán hàngChương 11: Huấn luyện bán hàngChương 12: Các chương trình lương- thưởng
Neutrophilia and NETopathy as Key Pathologic Drivers of Progressive Lung Impairment in Patients with COVID-19
Authors: Narasaraju Teluguakula , Tang Benjamin , Herrmann Martin , Muller Sylviane , Chow Vincent TK , Radic Marko
Published: April 2020

There is an urgent need for new therapeutic strategies to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to curtail its most severe complications. Severely ill patients experience pathologic manifestations of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and clinical reports demonstrate striking neutrophilia, elevated levels of multiple cytokines, and an exaggerated inflammatory response in fatal COVID-19. Mechanical respirator devices are the most widely applied therapy for ARDS in COVID-19. Despite mechanical ventilation, the current therapy is faced with poor survival and abnormal lung remodeling, and patients who recover often experience impaired cognition or physical disability. In this review, we argue the need to develop therapies aimed at inhibiting neutrophil recruitment, activation, degranulation, and neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) release as treatments for ARDS in COVID-19. Targeting host-mediated immunopathology holds promise to alleviate progressive pathologic complications of ARDS and reduce morbidities and mortalities in severely ill patients with COVID-19.
AZKA ALVIAN NUGRAHA - MAKALAH KEBUGARAN JASMANI
Authors: Nugraha Azka Alvian
Published: April 2020

Problems in students SMAN 3 Medan shows the learning result of the students towards Physical Sports And Health Education is still below average. The learning result of students at SMAN 3 Medan affected by many factors, which are influenced by the study motivation and parens attention, and also the physical fitness. The purpose of this research is to find out the direct and indirect effect between variation of learning motivation, parental care, and the physical fitness towards the learning result of Physical Sports And Health Education.
Engineering Work-and-Learn: Imperatives for Innovation
Authors: Jyotishi Shalin R.
Published: April 2020

This report by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, and the Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) Manufacturing USA Institute captures four key imperatives for university faculty, administrators, and industry partners to innovate work-and-learn models to better prepare engineering students for work in industry. The four imperatives are: 1) Engineering graduates should have deeper understanding of how their role intersects with other processes and individuals in the workplace. 2) All engineering students should participate in high-quality and innovative work-and-learn experiences during their undergraduate and graduate programs. 3) Engineering curriculum must be responsive to evolving industry needs, including the needs of small, medium, and large employers. 4) Work-and-learn models should be more widely implemented in university engineering programs and not reliant on a small group of ‘champion’ professors or administrators. The report also presents recommendations for addressing these imperatives along with case studies on innovative practices from promising work-and-learn programs from around the country.
The Experience of Ugliness in Nature and Urban environments
Authors: Felisberti Fatima Maria
Published: April 2020

In folk psychology experiences of ugliness are often associated with the negation of beauty, distress and disorder, but empirical evidence is remarkably rare. Here, participants (referred to as informed participants) took 102 photographs of ugly landscapes and urban scenes (later used on a survey) and reflected on their experiences while taking them. In another phase of the study participants naïve to the intentional ugliness in the photographs rated landscapes higher than informed participants, but the range of liking ratings was wider in the latter group. The ratings for urban scenes were similar in the two cohorts (n = 92). The reflective notes revealed that emotional experiences with visual ugliness could overlap (e.g. decay), but ugliness was associated more frequently with fear and death in landscapes, and with physical and moral disgust and sadness in urban scenes. The findings uncovered a complex layer of experiential associations that varied within participants and environments. Emotions triggered by perceived ugliness were contingent on a composite of socio-cultural, emotional, and evolutionary factors. Jointly, the data suggest that ugliness is perceived as an independent aesthetic experience with its own processing streams rather than the endpoints on an imaginary scale culminating with beauty.
Best Practices: Caregiver Training Resources Derived from Remote Behavioral Service Delivery within the Foster Care System
Authors: King Emma K. , Harrell Angelyn R. , Richling Sarah
Published: April 2020

In the face of COVID-19 and necessary shifts in service delivery for behavior analysts, caregiver involvement in behavioral interventions will likely increase. Resources caregivers can consume and implement independently are critical in helping caregivers manage behavior in their homes. This paper includes antecedent and consequent behavior management strategies which correspond with provided written instructions and video tutorials designed for caregivers. The materials presented within this paper were originally produced and found effective in aiding caregivers managing behavior in the home within the Alabama foster care system. Although individuals within this system are at a higher risk of abuse and neglect and may engage in higher levels of aberrant behavior, we are distributing this document in hopes it will help behavior analysts working across a variety of populations as they navigate changes in service delivery and adopt resources for continued care and caregiver training.
Overconfidence in financial knowledge associated with financial risk tolerance in older adults
Authors: Samanez-Larkin Gregory Russell , Mottola Gary , Heflin Darby , Yu Lei , Boyle Patricia
Published: April 2020

Taking excessive financial risk in older age can have harmful, far-reaching consequences as opportunities to recover lost wealth are limited. Better understanding the mechanisms of financial risk taking in older age is critically important for both identifying vulnerabilities in certain older adults and for developing interventions to empower aging investors to make wise financial choices into the most advanced ages. The goals of the present study were to identify age differences in financial literacy, confidence in financial knowledge, and risk taking and how literacy and confidence were related to financial risk taking across older adults with and without cognitive impairment (ages 58–101). Using cross-sectional data from the Rush Memory and Aging Project, analyses revealed that risk aversion was higher and self-reported willingness to take financial risks was lower at older ages. Financial literacy was similar across the sixties and seventies but lower at the oldest ages. However, confidence in financial knowledge was not associated with age when controlling for financial literacy. In exploratory analyses, a measure of overconfidence in financial knowledge was positively associated with self-reported financial risk tolerance but not a behavioral measure of risk aversion. The overconfidence effect on risk tolerance did not vary across individuals with no cognitive impairment or Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Overconfidence accounted for about 6% of the variance in financial risk tolerance. The present results suggest that overconfidence may contribute to risky financial behavior. Calibration of confidence levels to actual literacy is a potential target for future interventions aimed at protecting senior investors.
Generative Adaptive Testing with Digit Span Items
Authors: Wolfe John Harmon , Larson Gerald E.
Published: April 2020

The feasibility of generating items in real-time for computerized adaptive testing is explored, using forward digit span as an exemplar. A sample of 531 recruits at the Naval Training Center in San Diego were administered 36 computer-generated forward digit span items of varying lengths. Calibrations showed that the item difficulty was a simple linear function of the number of digits in the item, thus making the difficulty of newly generated items predictable. Simulations of Computerized adaptive testing with the approach were conducted with favorable results.
Immediate psychological effects of the COVID-19 quarantine in youth from Italy and Spain
Authors: Orgilés Mireia , Morales Alexandra , Delvecchio Elisa , Mazzeschi Claudia , Espada José Pedro
Published: April 2020

The present study aims to examine for the first time the emotional impact of the quarantine on children and adolescents from Italy and Spain, two of the most affected countries by COVID-19. 1,143 parents of Italian and Spanish children aged 3 to 18 years completed a survey providing information about how the quarantine affects their children and themselves, compared to before the home confinement. 85.7% of the parents perceived changes in their children´s emotional state and behaviors during the quarantine. The most frequent symptoms were difficulty concentrating (76.6%), boredom (52%), irritability (39%), restlessness (38.8%), nervousness (38%), feelings of loneliness (31.3%), uneasiness (30.4%), and worries (30.1%), and Spanish parents reported more symptoms than Italians. As expected, children of both countries used monitors more frequently, spent less time doing physical activity, and slept more hours during the quarantine. Furthermore, when family coexistence during quarantine became more difficult, the situation was more serious, and the level of stress was higher, parents tended to report more emotional problems in their children.The quarantine impacts considerably on Italian and Spanish youth, reinforcing the need to detect children with emotional and behavioral problems as early as possible to improve their psychological well-being.
The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on political support: Some good news for democracy? (Published in European Journal of Political Research)
Authors: Bol Damien , Giani Marco , Blais André , Loewen Peter John
Published: April 2020

Major crises can act as critical junctures or reinforce the political status quo, depending on how citizens view the performance of central institutions. We use an interrupted time series to study the political effect of the enforcement of a strict confinement policy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we take advantage of a unique representative web-based survey that was fielded in March and April 2020 in Western Europe to compare the political support of those who took the survey right before and right after the start of the lockdown in their country. We find that lockdowns have increased vote intentions for the party of the Prime Minister/President, trust in government, and satisfaction with democracy. Furthermore, we find that, while rallying individuals around current leaders and institutions, they have had no effect on traditional left-right attitudes.
Revealing reviewers` identities as part of open peer-review and analysis of the review reports
Authors: Bolek Cezary , Marolov Dejan , Bolek Monika , Shopovski Jovan
Published: April 2020

This research article is aimed at comparing review reports in which the identity of the reviewers is revealed to the authors of the papers with those where the reviewers decided to remain anonymous. The review reports are gathered as part of the peer review process of the European Scientific Journal (ESJ). This journal maintains a single-blind peer review procedure and optional open review. Reviewers are familiar with the names of the authors but not vice versa. When sending the review reports, the reviewers can opt to reveal their identity to the authors. 343 review reports from members of the ESJ editorial board, gathered within the period of May to July 2019, were analyzed. The data analysis was performed using Python programing language based on NumPy, Pandas, and Scipy packages.Half of the reviewers decided to choose the open option and reveal their names to the authors of the papers. The other half remained anonymous. The results show that female reviewers more often decide to remain anonymous than their male colleagues. However, there is no significant difference in the review reports on the basis of gender or country of institutional affiliation of the reviewers. Revealing identity did not make difference in reviewers’ point appraisal in the review reports. This difference was not significant. However, majority of the reviewers who recommended rejection in their review reports were not willing to reveal their identities. Even more, those reviewers who revealed their identity were more likely to recommend acceptance without revision or minor revision in their review reports.
Minimizing Whose Influence? How Rejecting PAC Contributions Affects Contribution Patterns
Authors: Jenkins Nicholas R.
Published: April 2020

Do pledges to reject corporate PAC contributions minimize corporate influence in elections? I address this question with campaign finance data for Congressional candidates in the 2018 elections. While I find that candidates who pledge to reject corporate PAC contributions receive fewer contributions from business PACs, I also find that they substitute these funds with small-dollar contributions, large-dollar contributions from individuals affiliated with business interests, and large-dollar contributions from individuals outside their districts. These findings support the claim that voters are motivated to donate by anti-corporate PAC pledges, as candidates hope, but that these candidates likely substitute corporate PAC contributions with funds from sources beyond small-dollar donations. This study is the first to examine the effects of rejecting corporate PAC contributions on contribution patterns and the first test of the claim that anti-corporate PAC pledges will increase small-dollar donations.
Work Performance of Print Media Employees: A Path Analysis using Organization and Psychological Behaviors
Authors: Advincula Rachel
Published: April 2020

This study determined the best fit model of work performance among print media employees in Region XI. In an attempt to answer the objective, a quantitative research method utilizing a descriptive-correlational research design was employed. The study was conducted in Region XI which is located at the Southeastern part of Mindanao, Philippines. The employees of print media companies in Region XI were the respondents particularly those in printing press business industry that offers printing, publications, and adverting services. There were 419 employees of printing industry participated in the study. The study was employed the questionnaires adapted from different studies and to fit the context of the respondents of this study. The instrument was divided into four parts such as Innovative Work Behavior, Work Engagement, Organization learning and Work Performance. Results revealed that there is a significant relationship between innovative work behavior, organizational learning, work engagement and work performance of print media employees. Among the three independent variables, only the organizational learning and work engagement significantly predict employees work performance while the innovative work behavior does significantly predict employees work performance. Since organizational learning and work engagement were significant predictors of employees work performance, it is recommended that the management of print media will consider these variables in formulating training like advance multimedia, seminars on capacity building, and rewards and incentives program to improve employees work performance.
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way people recreate outdoors: Preliminary report on a national survey of outdoor enthusiasts amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Rice William L. , Meyer Caleb , Lawhon Ben , Taff B. Derrick , Mateer Tim , Reigner Nathan , Newman Peter
Published: April 2020

On March 11th, 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The pandemic is rapidly altering daily life and leading to changes in the way we spend time outside. In an effort to gather timely and relevant data on national recreation patterns, before, during, and after the pandemic, the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics worked quickly with its academic partner, Pennsylvania State University, to offer guidance to land managers, recreation providers, and outdoor enthusiasts across the country. In total, 1,012 outdoor recreationists were surveyed through the Leave No Trace community in a 48-hour window beginning on the morning of April 9th. Our hope is that the results of this rapid assessment will provide valuable information for managing the changing recreation use of public lands, predicting spikes in recreation, and offering insight for land managers as they work to protect the natural world. The following tables, figures, and corresponding brief descriptions are intended to provide initial results of this research effort. Further results are forthcoming.
Cohort-Specific Experiences of Industrial Decline and Intergenerational Income Mobility
Authors: Seltzer Nathan
Published: April 2020

The U.S. manufacturing industry has long been regarded as the economic engine that built and sustained the middle class. In recent decades, this pillar of economic opportunity has eroded substantially. Though much has been written about the decline of manufacturing sectors in U.S. communities, the potential consequences for economic mobility, and stratification processes more generally, remain largely unexplored. In this study, I develop a conceptual framework linking the study of labor market change to economic stratification. I examine how structural changes to U.S. labor markets have altered opportunities for economic advancement in the U.S. I focus the analysis on birth cohorts in the 1980s, whose labor market entry spans the large-scale erosion of the manufacturing industry in the 2000s. I find strong evidence that declines in manufacturing employment have contributed to growing geographic disparities in upward intergenerational income mobility. Children raised in counties that experienced large contractions in manufacturing industries throughout adolescence experienced large economic penalties in adulthood via reduced levels of upward mobility. The results demonstrate how long-term macroeconomic changes can disrupt and redistribute opportunities within societies.
Spatial Variation of the root zone layer temperature in the northern taiga of West Siberia
Authors: Makhatkov Igor D. , Ermolov Yury V.
Published: April 2020

The article presents the results of annual heat dynamics in the soils of the main forest types in the central part of the northern taiga subzone of West Siberia. The general patterns of temperature dynamics at different depths are described, and the features of the forest soils temperature regimes revealed. The characteristic features of soil temperature regimes of drained arears and small rivers’ floodplains were compared with similar sites in the northern part of the subzone. The values of heat supply, heat transfer and temperature and thermal conductivity of the studied soils are discussed.
Implementasi Data Mining dengan Algoritma Naïve Bayes pada Penjualan Obat
Authors: Wijaya Herry Derajad , Dwiasnati Saruni
Published: April 2020

Jenis obat yang makin lama makin bervariatif, dari obat yang berharga murah sampai harga yang kalau dilihat sangat kurang masuk akal namun fungsinya sangat bagus. Meningkatnya peredaran jenis obat terutama vitamin, hal ini mendorong penulis untuk melakukan penelitian untuk menentukan produk vitamin mana yang LAKU atau TIDAK LAKU yang bisa di gunakan sebagai pedoman sebuah apotek menentukan jumlah stok barang yang harus ada pada gudang apotek tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan nilai accuracy untuk data penjualan obat terutama jenis-jenis vitamin dengan menggunakan algoritma klasifikasi data mining yaitu algoritma Naïve Bayes. Penelitian ini menggunakan tools Rapidminner versi 8 sebagai media untuk menguji data yang akan diolah untuk mendapatkan hasil accuracy dan ROC.
Komparasi Algortima C4.5, Naïve Bayes dan k-Nearest Neighbor Sebagai Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Menaikkan Jumlah Peserta Didik
Authors: Harianto Harianto , Rosiyadi Didi
Published: April 2020

Persaingan dalam menarik minat orang tua siswa untuk menyekolahkan anak mereka ke sekolah swasta memang sangat tinggi. Sekolah swasta harus bekerja keras dalam hal mendapatkan siswa yang akan melanjutkan pendidikannya ke tingkat selanjutnya. Sekolah hendaknya harus memiliki nilai tambah yang lebih di mata  orang tua siswa. Dari ketiga algoritma yang digunakan, terdapat nilai accuracy tertinggi sebesar 86,50% dihasilkan dari algoritma Naïve Bayes. Dalam artian, tingkat prediksi untuk sekolah SMP Cenderawasih mendapatkan jumlah siswa yang didapatkan dari kuesioner sangat memungkinkan orang tua mendaftarkan anaknya kesekolah ini. Dapat dilihat dari beberapa faktor yang dijadikan sebagai atribut dalam daftar kuesioner. Dengan algoritma Naïve Bayes, atribut yang paling tinggi sebagai faktor penentu orang tua mendaftarkan anaknya adalah atribut umur, yaitu yang berumur 31 sampai 50 tahun, kemudian atribut faktor karena tidak masuk negeri, atribut transport menggunakan motor, kemudian atribut jarak, serta atribut informasi yang didapat dari teman atau saudara. Dari faktor tersebut terlihat apa saja yang harus dilakukan untuk menaikkan jumlah siswa
ОЦІНКА ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ МІСТ ТА РАЙОНІВ ЗАКАРПАТСЬКОЇ ОБЛАСТІ МЕТОДОМ АНАЛІЗУ ІЄРАРХІЙ
Authors: Шитікова Т. В.  , Ігнатишин М. І.
Published: April 2020

The article assesses the results of activity of enterprises of cities and districts of Zakarpattya region with the use of the Saati method.The conducted studies on this method allowed to obtain an assessment of the activities of enterprises by integrating several indicators, by quantifying the level of industrial activity, to identify those criteria, which will allow for the adoption of the right managerial decisions to improve the efficiency of industrial policy in the region, to identify depressed areas that need investment and state regulation .The scientific novelty consists in the construction of a hierarchical model for evaluating industrial policy using fully matched matrices of pairwise comparisons obtained through the transformation of economic activity indices into dimensionless criteria of Thomas Saati's hierarchical model.
ФОРМУВАННЯ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНОЇ СИСТЕМИ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЇ В УМОВАХ ЦИФРОВОЇ ЕКОНОМІКИ
Authors: Гринько П. Л.
Published: April 2020

The article reveals the role and importance of information, which is a dominant resource, acquires comprehensive significance for the life of society in a digital economy, determining its political, socio-economic and cultural development. In any organization, the aggregation of data into a single digital information space is important for the management system, which creates such an information infrastructure of the organization (IIO) that allows solving the tasks and is a kind of management loop through the prism of technological innovations. Therefore, the author has developed and proposed a model of the organization’s information infrastructure architecture, which contributes to the constant updating of innovations, methods and approaches to the information environment in the digital economy. The information management infrastructure of organizations is becoming a priority management object, requires consideration of its properties and specifics, due to the processes of digital modernization of the economy. The organization’s information infrastructure is a comprehensive system that covers information, personnel, a set of applied, technological and technical solutions to provide information support for the organization’s work in accordance with the rules and concept, mission and strategy of the organization, its business model and management approaches.
Institutional aspects in regulating interaction between financial and innovation sectors
Authors: Rakhmetova А.М. , Kalkabayeva G.M.
Published: April 2020

Object: The scientific paper focuses on issues of inefficient intersectoral interaction through the prism of an institutional methodological approach. In particular, the authors aim to investigate and identify problems that limit the harmonious and mutually beneficial interaction of subjects of the financial and credit and innovation sectors in the modern conditions of the Kazakhstani economy.Methods: Based on the use of comparative, statistical and expert analysis, the authors conclude that it is necessary to level the existing problem nodes by improving the existing institutional environment in terms of developing financial, real and regulatory innovations, further developing the institutional infrastructure, and an optimal combination of formal and informal institutions.Findings: It is recommended to change the current paradigm of regulatory institutions implementation in the direction of preventive and stimulating regulation of subjects in both sectors at the same time in order to reduce the existing asymmetry.Conclusions: The article considers the sources of financial and credit support for the innovation sector, identifies problems in financing investment and innovation projects in Kazakhstan based on a comprehensive analysis of the costs of research and development, bank lending, foreign investment, investment potential of the pension and insurance sectors, and development institutions.
An IMPROVED PAGERANK ALGORITHM BASED ON A HYBRID APPROACH
Authors: Hasan Fares , Koo Kwong Ze  , Rozilawati Razali  , Abudhahir Buhari  , Elisha Tadiwa
Published: April 2020

PageRank is an algorithm that brings an order to the Internet by returning the best result to the users corresponding to a search query. The algorithm returns the result by calculating the outgoing links that a webpage has thus reflecting whether the webpage is relevant or not. However, there are still problems existing which relate to the time needed to calculate the page rank of all the webpages. The turnaround time is long as the webpages in the Internet are a lot and keep increasing. Secondly, the results returned by the algorithm are biased towards mainly old webpages resulting in newly created webpages having lower page rankings compared to old webpages even though new pages might have comparatively more relevant information. To overcome these setbacks, this research proposes an alternative hybrid algorithm based on an optimized normalization technique and content-based approach. The proposed algorithm reduces the number of iterations required to calculate the page rank hence improving efficiency by calculating the mean of all page rank values and normalising the page rank value through the use of the mean. This is complemented by calculating the valid links of web pages based on the validity of the links rather than the conventional popularity.
The SIMPLE DESIGN AND CONTROL OF UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE VIA ARDUINO AND ANDROID APPLICATION
Authors: Safi Ullah Butt  , Bhatti Abdul Rauf , Bilal Ali  , Ali Bashir  , Muhammad Umar  , Taufeeq Liaquat
Published: April 2020

This paper presents the design and implementation of unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) using a simple approach. An unmanned ground vehicle is an automobile without any onboard human presence. It is remotely controlled by an operator. It can be used in scenarios where the presence of human operator is inconvenient and dangerous. It is an Arduino and Android application based controlled vehicle. Bluetooth module (HC-06) provides the communication between the vehicle components and Android application. The motion of the vehicle is based on two DC gear motors that are connected to the rear wheels of the vehicle. The vehicle is equipped with the video camera (V380S) and a gun to provide live video stream to the operator and to fire in lethal situations respectively. The developed vehicle shows the possible usage of such prototype in security and military applications.
Ksiądz Profesor Stanisław Longosz: filolog, patrolog, dydaktyk, założyciel i redaktor "Vox Patrum
Authors: Stępniewska Alina
Published: April 2020

Życie i działalność ks. prof. Stanisława Longosza
Wykaz drukowanych prac ks. prof. Stanisława Longosza
Authors: Figiel Józef
Published: April 2020

Wykaz prac ks. prof. Stanisława Longosza
Lubelski rękopis "Dekretu Gracjana"
Authors: Burczak Krzysztof
Published: April 2020

Biblioteka Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Jana Pawła II w Lublinie posiada szczególnie interesujący manuskrypt Decretum Gratiani. Dzieło pochodzi z XIII wieku i powstało w Tuluzie. Prawdopodobnie w XV wieku francuscy benedyktyni przekazali dzieło swoim braciom w Monte Calvo (= Łysa Góra) w Polsce. Manuskrypt znajdował się w prywatnej kolekcji Piotra Moszyńskiego w Krakowie. 25 maja 1923 r. jego syn, hrabia Jerzy Moszyński, przekazał dzieło Bibliotece Uniwersyteckiej w Lublinie. Rękopis jest w dobrym stanie: zawiera 308 arkuszy pergaminu. Okładka manuskryptu jest wykonana z drewna oprawionego w skórę. Manuskrypt zawiera 38 miniatur. Tekst dekretu i glosariusz Johannesa Teutonicusa są zapisane czarnym atramentem. Rubryki są napisane czerwonym atramentem. Inicjały są napisane czerwonym i niebieskim atramentem. Tekst zawiera liczne napisy z XVIII wieku. Rękopis jest szczególnie interesujący dla naukowców z powodu zawartych paleae. W rękopisie dekretu w Lublinie znajduje się 73 paleae.
Symbolika ptaków w "Enarrationes in Psalmos" świętego Augustyna
Authors: Cieśluk Marek
Published: April 2020

Artykuł omawia symbolikę ptaków i ukazuje w jaki sposób Augustyn w swym dziele "Enarrationes in Psalmos" wykorzystuje pojawiające się odniesienia do ptaków: orła, kokoszy, pelikana, puszczyka, wróbla i synogarlicy.  Augustyn wyjaśniając teksty psalmów stara się dostrzeżone w nich symboliczne znaczenia odnieść, o ile to możliwe, do Chrystusa. We wszystkich analizowanych fragmentach możemy dostrzec biskupa Hippony jako duszpasterza, który nie tylko stara się w oparciu o posiadaną wiedzę tłumaczyć niełatwe teksty Starego Testamentu, ale dokłada też starań, aby jak najlepiej wpływały one na powierzonych jego opiece chrześcijan.
I protoplasti paleocristiani dell'ordine dei monaci di san Paolo primo eremita secondo l'opera "Paulina Eremus" di Padre Bartolomeo Bolesławski
Authors: Degórski Bazyli
Published: April 2020

Artykuł analizuje rękopiśmienne dzieło o. Bartłomieja Bolesławskiego O.S.P.P.E.: "Paulina Eremus seu co[m]mentarius hystoricus in quo Ordinis Fratrum Eremitarum Sancti Pauli Primi Eremitae primordia, progressus, fundationes, privile- gia, viri illustres referuntur", które pochodzi z 1630 roku. Manuskrypt ten jest obecnie przechowywany w Archiwum Jasnogórskim. Paulina Eremus o. Bolesławskiego jest nie tylko cennym źródłem, by poznać dzieje Zakonu Paulinów, lecz także przybliża historię eremityzmu pierwszych wieków chrześcijaństwa, z którym Paulini byli i są ściśle związani od samych początku swego istnienia. Paulina Eremus dostarcza licznych wiadomości dotyczących zarówno dziejów starochrześcijańskiego pustelnic- twa, jak i samego Zakonu Paulinów. Rękopis jasno wykazuje, iż duchowość pauliri- skich mnichów jest głęboko związana nie tylko ze św. Pawłem z Teb - pierwszym pustelnikiem chrześcijańskim, lecz także ze wszystkimi eremitami pierwszych wieków - jego naśladowcami.
Najstarsze źródła o życiu Izaaka Syryjczyka biskupa Niniwy
Authors: Dybski Henryk
Published: April 2020

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Koncepcja sztuki w pismach świętego Augustyna
Authors: Eckmann Augustyn
Published: April 2020

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O teatrze Pompejusza. Addenda
Authors: Iwaszkiewicz-Wronikowska Bożena
Published: April 2020

Autrice presenta attuale stato di studi sul Teatro di Pompeo, sul quale esiste un articolo di Stanislao Longosz, pubblicato nel „Vox Patrum” 20-23 (1991-1992) 253-278.
List papieża Hormizdasa do cesarza Anastazego I
Authors: Koczwara Stanisław
Published: April 2020

Hac in brevi dissertatiuncula post introductionem cum annexa bibliographia proponitur prima in linguam Polonorum translatio Epistolae Hormisdae papae ad Anastasium I imperatorem.
Nurt fenomenologiczno-egzystencjalny w polskiej współczesnej filozofii Boga
Authors: Kowalczyk Stanisław
Published: April 2020

The main followers of phenomenological-existential trend in the field of philosophy of God in Poland are: Marian Jaworski, Józef Tischner and Karol Tarnowski. Jaworski united thomistic arguments for existence of God with augustian philosophy of subject and personal-axiological experience. Tischner completely rejected thomism and his philosophy of God based on anthropology and personal values. Tarnowski also was critical toward ontological-cosmological arguments for existence of God. He is fallower of G. Marcel and therefore accepted religious faith as basis of theism.
Modlitwa znakiem wiarygodności Kościoła w eklezjologii patrystycznej
Authors: Krzyszowski Zbigniew
Published: April 2020

L’auteur de cet article montre la fonction de la priere dans la fondation de l’Eglise, dans rćvćlation du mystere de l’Eglise et de la communion de l’Eglise. L’Eglise croit comme elle prie. II expliquait le sens d’adage fameux „Lex orandi, lex credendi”: la regle de la priere est la regle de la foi. Dans sa priere, l'Eglise dit ce qu’elle croit, mais aussi, coinjointement, dans sa priere l’Eglise manifeste ce qu’elle est credible.
Teologia pastoralna a patrystyka (w przededniu trzydziestej rocznicy istnienia "Vox Patrum")
Authors: Marczewski Marek
Published: April 2020

Artykuł omawia zawartość czasopisma "Vox Patrum" pod kątem użyteczności dla teologii pastoralnej oraz ukazuje wpływ i użyteczność patrystyki dla teologii pastoralnej.