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On Dance-Musicking and Collaborative Musicality in Formal and Non-Formal Music and Dance-Music Arts Education
Authors: Ronald Kibirige
Published: November 2023

The processes of creating and practicing music and dance-music in many communities are as important as their results. When we draw on out-of-class experiences to aid in-class teaching sessions, we highlight core aspects of non-formal knowledge such as co-existence, collaborative musicality, as well as the communal spirit of Ubuntu (Kibirige, 2020; Mabingo, 2020a; Østern, 2017) embedded in such interactive artistic processes. The processes of musicking and dance-musicking engage the practitioner’s sensibilities in that artistic moment of “doing” (Berkowitz, 2010; Sloboda, 1988). Such moments never exist in isolation, but rather in a convergence of sonic and bodily artistic interactions. This collaborative (micro) intersection has received meagre attention in the academic field of arts education. In this article, I present dance-musicking and collaborative musicality as skill development pedagogical and interactive artistic mechanisms of engagement that allow for holistic arts teaching and learning. I draw on John Baily’s (2001) understanding of “learning through doing,” Christopher Small’s (1998) conceptualisation of “musicking” and triangulate these with Mantle Hood’s (1960) engagement with the notion of musicality. The article asks how the dance-musicking process and notion of collaborative musicality, both as pedagogical mechanisms, enhance holistic music and dance-music arts teaching and learning in both formal and non-formal contexts. In so doing, the article discusses how, by way of dance-musicking and collaborative musicality, the formal and non-formal knowledge bases complement each other, although rarely presented as such in arts education.
Analysis of Student Satisfaction Levels with Online Learning Systems
Authors: Hazriyanti Irma , Mutathahirin Mutathahirin , Khairunnisa Khairunnisa
Published: November 2023

This research aims to analyze student satisfaction in online learning. This research uses quantitative methods. The data source was taken using a questionnaire from 50 active students attending college in a few Universities in Sumatra. All data is then analyzed using software SPSS Windows Version 20 and found 33 students stated that they were not satisfied with the total percentage of 60%, 3 students stated that they were very dissatisfied with the results percentage 5.5% of students, 17 students stated that they were satisfied with a percentage of 30.9 students, then 2 students stated that they were very satisfied with the online learning system with a percentage of 4%. The satisfaction in question is measured through five indicators, namely; i). level of satisfaction, ii) clarity of structure and subject matter of material discussion, iii) suitability of learning material with RPS, iv) consistency of lecturers in online learning, v) liking online learning. The five indicators used as instrument items in this research were used to determine the level of student satisfaction with the online learning system during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Power System Analysis of Steam Power Plant Using ETAP at ULPL Indralaya South Sumatra
Authors: Umi Rasyda Thriska Dewi
Published: November 2023

PT PLN (Persero) UPDK Keramasan have three   group work units in South Sumatra Province which is study has located in Ogan Ilir Regency namely PT. PLN ULPL Indralaya. This study is one steam turbine generator unit often experiences shutdown due to several factors. One of them is out of service for the protection operating system on the 4 MVA to 11.5/6.9 kV transformer unit when there is a disturbance so that there is an inter-trip to the upstream system which results in a blackout system.  We analyzed the disturbance using ETAP software. We made three analyzes there are load flow, short circuit and relay coordination. As study results submitted to PT PLN ULPL Indralaya is to scenario 3 for the analysis of the resulting lower flow is a decrease in load of about 63% for short circuit value obtained between 0.011 to 50.776 kA also relay coordination should be adding devices such as IDMT curve Long Time Inverse.
The 2007 Provincial Election in Saskatchewan
Authors: McGrane David Patrick
Published: November 2023

The 2007 Saskatchewan provincial election is undoubtedly an important event in the province’s history. The Saskatchewan Party has been elected at a time when the economy is booming and the population is starting to grow. It remains to be seen how the Wall government will ‘manage’ this economic growth and if the Saskatchewan Party is able to put an end the CCF-NDP’s status as the province’s natural governing party. On the other hand, it will be interesting to see if the NDP can quickly rebuild itself and put forth a social democratic ideology that is relevant for 21st century. Finally, it will be intriguing to see if the Liberals will disappear completely from Saskatchewan provincial politics or if they can find a constructive role befitting a party that has existed since Saskatchewan was created and has governed the province several times. In any event, it is clear that a new chapter is being written in Saskatchewan politics and it is much too early to tell what twists and turns are ahead and how the story will end.
Introduction: Constructing a Cross Border Cascadia Region
Authors: Brunet-Jailly Emmanuel , Smith Patrick
Published: November 2023

For the last 20 years the scholarship on borders has shifted from a narrow geographical perspective where borders were conceptualized as boundary lines drafted on maps and containers of polities, states, and sovereignties that were mutually recognized by international treaties, to complex geographical spaces, where borders result from political and policy mechanisms where people (agents) and institutions, policies and cultures and economic flows (structures) re-invent borderland, border-regions and border-zones, and ultimately the boundary line itself. Collectively, the research covered in this special issue suggests several avenues for future collaboration: on Cascadia-based research and on cross-border regional comparisons.
Branding Cascadia: Considering Cascadia’s Conflicting Conceptualizations - Who Gets To Decide?
Authors: Smith Patrick J.
Published: November 2023

This article examines the notion of branding – or place marketing - through the experience of Cascadia – the transborder region of Pacific NorthWest North America. It assesses the Cascadia city-region ‘brand’ in the context of competing definitions about the cross-border region, asking whether a multiplicity of conceptualizations is a definitional disadvantage or strength. It concludes that the urban conception is the most sustainable ‘brand’, and one in keeping with the initial branding of Cascadia around ecological imagery. It examines some of the cooperative – and occasionally conflictual – activity in the Cascadia region and concludes with lessons for city regions – particularly those which are not ‘top- tiered’ in world city terms – from this Mainstreet Cascadia experience, noting that seven ‘globalist’ characteristics stand out as ‘best strategies’ for rebranding local-global relations in terms other than ‘globalized.
Alberta’s Port? Networked Federalism and the Port Development in Prince Rupert
Authors: Young John
Published: November 2023

The opening of the Fairview Terminal in September, 2007 was an important landmark in the one hundred year history of Prince Rupert Port development. Despite the initial vision and plans of Charles Hays, a later boom provided by American troops during World War II, and another spike in development in the late 1970s, Prince Rupert has yet to fulfill its early promise as a gateway to the East. The recent emergence of container shipping and the construction of a new deep water container port is the latest in a series of efforts to fulfill that promise. Throughout its history, the port in Prince Rupert has been shaped and hindered by external political and economic forces, dependent on support from outside investors and government officials with little commitment to the local community. This paper examines these factors across time to illustrate specific dynamics that are critical components of contemporary development, and highlights the contributions and benefits of what has been termed elsewhere “network federalism.” Such a concept highlights the influence of multi-level governance, both vertical and horizontal, on public policy and development. The paper begins with a review of Rupert port development in the past, then turns to the present, and concludes with some comparisons intended to highlight prospects for the future, both in Rupert and in multi-level governance.
The Nature of Regional Policy Work in Canada's Public Service
Authors: Wellstead Adam , Stedman Richard C. , Lindquist Evert
Published: November 2023

This paper compares rank-and-file policy-based Canadian federal

government employees both in the National Capital Region and in the

regions. Data was collected from an online survey, the results find a

number of significant differences between the two groups in terms of

demographics, tasks, and attitudes. We conclude that regional oriented

policy tasks are carried out by a relatively few number of people and this

group is, at best, on the margins of what could be considered to policy

work. These differences may have a significant impact on the federal

government’s overall policy capacity.
Completing the ‘Three-Peat’: Recent Provincial Elections in British Columbia
Authors: Smith Patrick J.
Published: November 2023

British Columbia held its 39th General Election on May 12, 2009. It produced a result very close to the previous election in May, 2005, with Gordon Campbell’s Liberal Government returned with 48% of the popular vote and 49 of 85 seats (or 57.6% of the MLA’s) in an expanded British Columbia legislature. For Gordon Campbell, his victory to a third term made him only the fourth Premier in British Columbia to be elected for a third term, and the first since William Bennett and the Socreds from the mid 1970’s to the mid 1980’s.

Until Gordon Campbell, all First Ministers since 1986 had served no more than one term, some considerably less. (VanderZalm, Johnston, Harcourt, Clark, Miller and Dosanjh (between 1986 and 2001 – an average of 2.5 years each), During this decade and a half of electoral turmoil, British Columbia became the first Canadian jurisdiction with Recall and Initiative legislation, as well as adding a separate Referendum Act.

To understand the 2009 result, having an idea of its prelude is helpful. That prelude included two General Elections – in 1996 and 2001 which were controversial and resulted in British Columbia’s shift to fixed election dates for 2005 and 2009. The latter two elections both also included a referendum on electoral reform. Both of these failed.
A Race for Second Place: The 2011 Provincial Election in Newfoundland and Labrador
Authors: Marland Alex
Published: November 2023

This descriptive summary of the 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador election profiles a campaign that had two signifi-cant, if predictable, outcomes: Kathy Dunderdale became the first woman in the province’s history to lead her party to victory and for the first time the New Democratic Party (NDP) placed second in the popular vote. As with the previ-ous election in 2007, that the Progressive Conservative (PC) party would continue to run the government was never in doubt, and the main question was again how many seats the Liberals and NDP would win. This time, however, there was plenty of intrigue about which party would form and lead the official opposition.
Intra-Party Federalism and the Impact of the Provincial Parties on 'Uniting the Right'
Authors: Walchuk Bradley
Published: November 2023

This article examines the role played by the Ontar- io and Alberta Progressive Conservative Parties in the movement to ‘unite the Right’ in Canada in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This movement sought to unify the Re- form/Canadian Alliance and the federal Progressive Con- servative party, who all suffered from frequent electoral losses as a result of vote-splitting on the right of the political spectrum. This movement resulted in the creation of the Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. The ‘unite the right’ movement was greatly aided by the power and influence of provincial Progressive Conservative parties, especially in Ontario and Alberta. The paper explores the various strate- gic and pragmatic concerns of the provincial wings, and details the balancing of ideology, partisanship, and electoral success.
Across the Barricades: Non-Indigenous Mobilization and Settler Colonialism in Canada
Authors: Morden Michael
Published: November 2023

Recently, a new body of scholarship on “settler colonialism” has emerged with the goal to analyze the non-Native dimension of Indigenous-settler relations, in Canada and other settler states. This paper will identify two shortcomings of the new literature: first, a tendency to conflate mass-level non-Natives with the state itself; and second, an erroneous, primordial presentation of non-Native norms and identity. The paper examines two case studies of settler political mobilization in opposition to Indigenous peoples, in the contexts of the Indigenous occupations at Ipperwash/Aazhoodena in the early- to mid-1990s, and Caledonia/Kanonhstaton in 2006. The cases reveal consistency in how the mobilization is framed by non-Native participants – as a defense of abstract procedural principles like equality before the law and public order. This normative framework does not resonate with settler colonial theory. They also illustrate the degree to which mass-level non-Natives are autonomous actors in the relationship. During both conflicts, local non-Natives often advanced divergent interests from those of the state, producing a tripartite political dynamic that is not anticipated in the literature.
Going Negative: Campaigning in Canadian Provinces
Authors: Marland Alex
Published: November 2023

The study of political communication in Canada’s provinces suffers from an absence of pan-Canadian information. This descriptive article bridges the gap by documenting some observable trends. It submits that negative advertising is more intense in larger provinces than in smaller jurisdictions. Permanent campaigning is the new normal as electioneering ramps up in anticipation of a fixed date election. Provincial parties and citizens avail themselves of new technology by communicating with digital video, which is not subject to the same financial, technical, content or regulatory constraints as television. Similarities of political communication across Canada are noted, including copycatting of federal-level practices.
Priming the Voter: Assessing the Implications of Economic Perceptions on Evaluations of Leaders and Parties
Authors: McGrane David , Clavelle Kirk , Berdahl Loleen
Published: November 2023

This article examines the effects of economic perceptions on party leader evaluations and on the overall feelings of voters towards the various parties contesting the election. We find that positive feelings towards incumbent parties and premiers and negative feelings towards the primary opposition parties and their leaders increase when voters feel that the provincial economy is strong. However, such ‘sociotropic’ economic perceptions do not affect feelings towards third parties and their leaders. In this sense, economic perceptions are important for the battle between the governing party and its primary challenger: they prime voters to like either the incumbent party and Premier, or like the government-in-waiting and the Premier-in-waiting. On the other hand, voters’ evaluations of third parties and their leaders seem to be based on factors other than economic perceptions.
Evaluation and Utilization of Policy Information in the Canadian Parliament: The Influence of External Policy Actors
Authors: Hardy Vincent
Published: November 2023

While policy information utilization in the Public Service has been the subject of investigation, little is known in Canada about how legislators seek out knowledge or respond to information provided by external actors. Often described as lacking influence within the policy process, the average Canadian MP is assumed to engage little in policy-making. Based on a survey conducted amongst Members of the Canadian Parliament in April 2013, this paper investigates how MPs engage with both internal and external sources of information and what are some of the potential factors that explain MPs’ utilization of policy knowledge. Findings indicate that internal sources of information are the most regularly consulted, yet that amongst external providers, academic research is valued most highly. In line with recent literature on policy networks, results suggest that personal contact between policy actors is one of the most important mechanisms to ensure a positive reception of information. The overall conclusion is that MPs continue to have a strong interest in policy and respond positively to lobbying, whether these are the efforts of industry associations or academics disseminating their research.
Liberty, Equality, Laicity: Québec’s Charter of Values and the Reframing of Politics
Authors: Melancon Jerome
Published: November 2023

The debate around Québec's proposed "Charter of Values" in 2013 and 2014 occupied the centre of the political, intellectual, and academic attention space. However, this proposed legislation was discussed across Canada on the basis of limited information in view of documents which were only available in French and of the specific historical and political context that remained unexplored. Once set in this context and in light of the manifestos that answered it, the Québec "Charter of Values" can be seen as an attempt to develop a renewed cultural nationalism in terms of criteria for adhesion and belonging to the Québecois nation. In appealing to values said to be held by Quebecers and establishing a distinction from those who do not share these values of democracy, equality between women and men, and laicity, the "Charter of Values" has the effect of providing a new framework for democratic politics and the exercise of rights and freedoms.
Global Austerity and Local Democracy: The Case of Participatory Budgeting in Guelph, ON.
Authors: Pin Laura Grace
Published: November 2023

This paper examines the role of participatory budgeting in policy-making at the municipal level, through a case study of the longest experiment with participatory budgeting in Canada, the Neighbourhood Support Coalition (NSC) in Guelph, ON. While existing scholarship tends to view participatory budgeting largely as oppositional to neoliberalism, I argue that participatory budgeting in Guelph is better understood as an adaptation of community groups to a neoliberal political context, rather than a direct challenge to neoliberal policies. When participatory budgeting began to be perceived as contravening neoliberal rationalities of autonomy, self-sufficiency, and marketization, the grassroots democratic elements of the practice were ultimately sacrificed in favour of a process that fit better with these logics. This work builds on previous research on participatory budgeting in Guelph by both bringing participatory budgeting in explicit dialogue with neoliberalism, and temporally extending the narrative of Guelph’s experience with participatory budgeting beyond 2009.
The 2014 Scottish Referendum and the Nationalism-Social Policy Nexus
Authors: Béland Daniel , Lecours André
Published: November 2023

During the campaign leading to the 2014 Scottish referendum on independence, social policy issues played a central role. This article explains the nature of Scottish nationalist mobilization and its relationship with social policy, from the drive for ‘home rule’ in the 1980s and early-mid 1990s to the 2014 referendum campaign. As shown, the idea that Scotland must become independent from the United Kingdom to protect its more progressive nation from social policy retrenchment originating from the central (British) government appeared long before the 2014 referendum campaign. In fact, the march towards devolution in the 1980s and early to mid-1990s had featured a similar argument about how political autonomy could enable Scots to make social policy better suited to their social democratic preferences. Through a comparison with the 1980 and 1995 Québec referendums on sovereignty, this article offers a comparative and historical perspective on the social policy debate surrounding the Scottish referendum while focusing primarily on health care and pensions.
The 2014 Provincial Election in New Brunswick
Authors: Lewis J.P. , Bateman Tom , Desserud Don
Published: November 2023

In the 2006 and 2010 New Brunswick provincial elections, power changed hands as control of the government went from Progressive Conservative to Liberal (2006) and back to Progressive Conservative (2010). The 2014 election found Premier David Alward attempting to return an incumbent party to the government benches for the first time since Bernard Lord in 2003. Alward faced three new party leaders in Liberal Brian Gallant, New Democrat Dominic Cardy and the Green’s David Coon. Early polls predicted a Liberal landslide but the margin would close as Election Day approached with the Liberal earning a small 27 to 21 seat majority over the PC Party with Coon winning the first Green seat in the province and Cardy’s NDP being shutout. With the results, New Brunswick would find itself with another under-forty premier, Gallant was 32 years old when sworn-in, and a vacancy in the Progressive Conservative leadership as Alward swiftly stepped down after his party’s defeat. The election reflected another example of New Brunswick’s current turnstile party system with the two major parties differing on few issues and struggling to find electoral momentum in a stubborn provincial economy stymied by structural demographic challenges.
After Identity Politics? Faith in Liberal Citizenship
Authors: Sajoo Amyn
Published: November 2023

The ambivalent role of religion in modern citizenship is hardly new, whether in terms of the “hardware” (legal-political institutions and processes) or “software” (public attitudes and habits). Faith narratives can vigorously contest liberal claims of civil belonging and freedom, such as on gender and secularism. Yet liberal citizenship also benefits from justice claims anchored in interpretations of religion, ranging from equality and solidarity to nonviolence and reconciliation. Identity politics is a formative part of liberal citizenship, with a dominant tribal discourse legitimated by the accommodation of minority ethno-religious claims to equity and equality. Nativist populism aggravates an already adversarial relationship between faith and liberal citizenship, notably for minority religions. This paper argues for symbiosis between liberal citizenship and diverse religious identities—a political theology that takes pluralism seriously. While liberalism purports to minimize expectations of individual virtue, civic pluralism calls for the inclusion of collective and individual ethical commitments, beyond ruptures of secular and sacred that shape a jurisprudence on the “burdens of accommodation.” Evidence from Canada, among other liberal settings, suggests that the alternative is civic fragmentation that favours majoritarian tribalism.
Physical Characteristics and Shelf Life Estimation Of Instant Powder Drink Made from The Combination Of Yellow Sweet Potatoes and Red Beans
Authors: Majiding Chaidir Masyhuri , Ash Siddiq Muhammad Nuzul Azhim , Rozi Fahrul
Published: November 2023

Introdiction: In this modern era, people demand everything fast and practical. Likewise, in terms of food or beverage, people tend to prefer instant products. Instant products are food or beverage products that are easy to serve or consume in a relatively short time, such as instant powdered drinks. The physical characteristics of instant products can be interpreted as the essential properties of their ingredients in addition to chemical and biochemical properties. The physical characteristics are needed to develop instant products that are useful for producing quality food or beverage products. Aims: Instant powder drink product from the combination of yellow sweet potatoes and red beans need to be analyzed for their physical characteristics through yield, water absorption, solubility, viscosity, and shelf life. Result: The results of the analysis showed that the instant powder drink product combination of yellow sweet potato and red bean had a yield of 30.40%, a water absorption capacity of 4.98 ml, a solubility of 63.42%, and a viscosity of 14.80 cp. At the same time, the shelf life of this product is based on the assumption of average storage temperature in Indonesia (around 28ºC-38ºC), which is approximately 5 months of shelf life. Conclusion: Based on the results of the analysis, instant powder drink products have fairly good product stability and the product can be stored at room temperature or refrigerator
Kulnun grunnskólakennara
Authors: Ævarsdóttir Þórdís Lilja , Kaldalóns Ingibjörg V.
Published: November 2023

Markmiðið með rannsókninni var að öðlast skilning á upplifun og reynslu grunnskólakennara af kulnun og þeim áhrifum sem starfsumhverfi hefur á kulnun grunnskólakennaranna að þeirra eigin mati. Stuðningur úr starfsumhverfinu var skoðaður í ljósi sjálfsákvörðunarkenninga Ryan og Deci (2017) um hvernig unnt sé að mæta sálrænum grunnþörfum þeirra fyrir sjálfræði, hæfni og félagstengsl. Einnig var sjónum beint að hvort og þá hvaða persónulega lærdóm, svokallaðan áfallaþroska, kennarar draga af þeirri reynslu að hafa lent í kulnun. Rannsóknir hafa sýnt að þeir sem upplifa áfallaþroska finna fyrir breytingum á þremur sviðum í lífi sínu; breyttri lífssýn, breyttum tengslum við aðra og breyttri og sterkari sjálfsmynd. Fyrirbærafræðilegri nálgun var beitt þar sem tekin voru djúpviðtöl við sjö starfandi grunnskólakennara sem höfðu lent í kulnun og snúið aftur til kennslu. Niðurstöður sýndu að það sem réð mestu var andlegt og líkamlegt álag sem og skortur á stuðningi á vinnustaðnum. Álagið fólst í að kennararnir þurftu að sinna mörgum mismunandi hlutverkum sem gátu stangast á. Þeim fannst sig oft skorta sjálfræði í störfum sínum og upplifðu að þeir hefðu hvorki hæfni né bjargir til að sinna þessum mismunandi hlutverkum. Í kjölfarið upplifðu þeir vanmátt og skömm. Stuðningur í starfsumhverfi kennaranna skipti þá sköpum, að finna að þeir skiptu aðra máli og upplifa að þeir tilheyrðu hóp. Kennararnir upplifðu allir að lífið væri á einhvern hátt betra en áður en þeir lentu í kulnun. Þeir töldu sig hafa nýja og breytta lífssýn, vera þakklátari fyrir daglegt líf, hafa breytta og sterkari sjálfsmynd og vera meðvitaðri um að rækta tengsl við fólk sem væri þeim mikilvægt. Rannsóknin varpar auknum skilningi á þann lærdóm sem draga má af kulnun og hvernig starfsumhverfið getur stutt kennara. Þannig má vonandi fækka í hópi kennara sem hverfa frá störfum vegna kulnunar.
Length of hospitalization, APPLE score, and number of intravenous catheters placed at admission are associated with increased odds of peripheral intravenous catheter complications in dogs
Authors: Granger Kyle L. , Guieu Liz-Valérie , Zersen Kristin M.
Published: November 2023

OBJECTIVE

To identify risk factors associated with peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) complications in dogs hospitalized in the critical care unit (CCU).

ANIMALS

107 dogs admitted to the CCU between October 2022 and March 2023.

METHODS

This prospective, observational clinical trial was performed at a single veterinary teaching hospital. Dogs hospitalized in the CCU for at least 24 hours were evaluated for enrollment. PIVC were placed following a standardized protocol and monitored for complications. PIVC complications were classified as extravasation, phlebitis, dislodgement, occlusion, line breakage, or patient removal.

RESULTS

Median PIVC dwell time was 46.50 hours (range, 24.25 to 159.25 hours). Overall PIVC complication rate was 12.1% (13/107), with phlebitis (4/107 [3.7%]) and extravasation (4/107 [3.7%]) being the most frequently recorded complications. Multivariable analysis identified increasing length of hospitalization (LOH; OR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.04 to 1.97; P = .029), an acute patient physiologic and laboratory evaluation full (APPLEFULL) score > 35 (OR, 4.66; 95% CI, 1.09 to 19.90; P = .038), and having 2 PIVCs placed at admission (OR, 10.92; 95% CI, 1.96 to 60.73; P = .006) as risk factors for PIVC complication.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE

Increasing LOH, an APPLEFULL score > 35 and having 2 PIVCs placed at admission were associated with increased odds for PIVC complication in this study. Although these are independent risk factors for PIVC complication, the combination of increasing LOH, an APPLEFULL score > 35, and having 2 PIVCs placed at admission may represent a more severely ill population, drawing attention to a vulnerable group of dogs at risk for PIVC complication.
Synthesis of surgeon and rehabilitation therapist treatment methods of bicipital tenosynovitis in dogs allows development of an initial consensus therapeutic protocol
Authors: Lane David M. , Pfeil Dirsko von , Kowaleski Michael P.
Published: November 2023

OBJECTIVE

To compare the therapeutic approach of surgical specialists, sports medicine and rehabilitation specialists, and veterinarians with rehabilitation certification when treating bicipital tendon disease or tenosynovitis in dogs and to combine this information with existing research to develop a treatment algorithm that provides a framework for treating bicipital tenosynovitis.

SAMPLE

223 respondents to an internet survey of board-certified veterinary surgeons, board-certified sports medicine and rehabilitation therapists, and veterinarians with rehabilitation certification.

METHODS

The survey was promoted via multiple listservs, specialist college newsletters, and private relevant social media sites. Answers were compiled and submitted for statistical analysis.

RESULTS

Compared to rehabilitation therapists (RTh), surgeons placed less value on the stabilizing function of the biceps tendon and its role in preventing other shoulder morbidities. Similarly, compared to RTh, surgeons were more inclined to select surgery as the primary therapeutic approach and attributed a less optimistic prognosis to conservative therapy outcomes. There were multiple differences between surgeons and RTh in executing a conservative therapy program, with RTh more likely to recommend therapeutic exercise, extracorporeal shockwave, regenerative medicine, therapeutic ultrasound, exercise restriction, photobiomodulation, and pulsed electromagnetic field therapy. RTh were less likely to prescribe NSAIDS or inject corticosteroids. Despite the above noted differences, there were also multiple areas of agreement.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE

Consensus agreement, combined with existing research, was used to create a treatment algorithm suggesting how to best address multiple manifestations of bicipital tendinopathy. Such guidelines can be considered to direct therapeutic strategies for this common condition.
Normal Extensions
Authors: Schwarzweller Christoph
Published: November 2023

In this article we continue the formalization of field theory in Mizar [1], [2], [4], [3]. We introduce normal extensions: an (algebraic) extension E of F is normal if every polynomial of F that has a root in E already splits in E. We proved characterizations (for finite extensions) by minimal polynomials [7], splitting fields, and fixing monomorphisms [6], [5]. This required extending results from [11] and [12], in particular that F[T] = {p(a
1, . . . an
) | p ∈ F[X], ai
∈ T} and F(T) = F[T] for finite algebraic T ⊆ E. We also provided the counterexample that 𝒬(∛2) is not normal over 𝒬 (compare [13]).
Migrant Remittances During a Global Shock: Evidence From the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico
Authors: Ambrosius Christian , Campos-Vázquez Raymundo M. , Esquivel Gerardo
Published: November 2023

During a global shock two forces act upon international remittances in opposite directions: income losses among migrants may reduce their ability to send remittances and, at the same time, migrants’ concern for their family's wellbeing may prompt them to send more remittances back home. Which of these drivers prevail is an empirical matter. We assemble quarterly data at the subnational level in Mexico to study the behavior of remittances during the Covid-19 pandemic. We estimate elasticities of remittances with respect to employment conditions at both origin and destination places of Mexican migrants. Our results show that destination country conditions have been the main driver of remittances to Mexico, whereas origin country conditions had no discernible effect on remittances during the pandemic. We also show that contractions in consumption in Mexico are associated with reductions in remittances. We conclude that risk-coping via remittances provides limited protection during global crises.
Factores determinantes de la adopción de riego tecnificado en La Laguna, México
Authors:   Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Departamento de Economía, Texcoco, Estado de México, México, Torres-Moreno Miriam , Mora-Flores José Saturnino ,   Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Departamento de Economía, Texcoco, Estado de México, México, García-Salazar José Alberto ,   Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Departamento de Economía, Texcoco, Estado de México, México, Rubiños-Panta Enrique ,   Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Departamento de Hidrociencias, Texcoco, Estado de México, México, Arana-Coronado Oscar Antonio ,   Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Departamento de Economía, Texcoco, Estado de México, México, Arjona-Suarez Enrique ,   Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Departamento de Estadística, Texcoco, Estado de México, México
Published: November 2023

En la actualidad, los recursos hídricos se encuentran más presionados en términos de cantidad y calidad debido al incremento de la demanda, así como de las prácticas de riego inadecuadas. El sector agrícola emplea la mayor parte del recurso disponible, por lo que es esencial hacer un uso eficiente del mismo. El empleo de sistemas de riego tecnificado se considera como una de las herramientas para incrementar la eficiencia, sin embargo su adopción en México aún es baja. El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar los factores que afectan la adopción del riego tecnificado entre los agricultores de La Laguna mediante un modelo de regresión cualitativa (Logit). Los datos se recopilaron mediante una encuesta aplicada a 139 agricultores de La Laguna, México. El análisis estadístico se realizó utilizando el software SAS 9.3. Las variables incluidas en el modelo empleado explica el 85.3 % (R2 de McFadden = 0.853) de la variación en la adopción de riego tecnificado. Los resultados muestran una relación significativa entre la probabilidad de adopción y los siguientes factores: nivel educativo, conocimiento de programas gubernamentales, asistencia técnica y rendimiento. También se observó una relación significativa entre el ingreso neto obtenido por metro cúbico y la adopción de tecnología de riego. Para aumentar la adopción de este tipo de tecnología entre los productores agrícolas de La Laguna se sugiere incrementar la promoción de los apoyos gubernamentales, al igual que la asistencia técnica y educación sobre los beneficios de adoptar esta tecnología de riego.
Pengaruh Ukuran Perusahaan, Likuiditas, dan Profitabilitas terhadap Struktur Modal Perbankan Tahun 2017-2021
Authors: Chandra Aldo , Setyawan Ignatius Roni
Published: November 2023

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh ukuran perusahaan, likuiditas, dan profitabilitas terhadap struktur modal perusahaan perbankan yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia pada tahun 2017-2021. Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik pengambilan sampel purposive samplingdalam menentukan sampel yang spesifik. Terdapat 40 sampel perusahaan pada penelitian ini selama 5 tahun (200 observasi). Pengambilan data sekunder dilakukan pada website resmi Bursa Efek Indonesia yakni www.idx.co.id. Metode analisis pada penelitian ini adalah analisis regresi data panel dengan software pengolah data Eviews 12. Struktur modal diukur dengan Debt to Equity Ratio (DER), ukuran perusahaan diukur dengan Size, likuiditas diukur dengan Current Ratio (CR), dan profitabilitas diukur dengan Return on Asset (ROA). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan ukuran perusahaan tidak mempengaruhi struktur modal, likuiditas mempengaruhi secara negatif dan signifikan terhadap struktur modal, dan profitabilitas tidak mempengaruhi struktur modal.

 

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of company size, liquidity, and profitability on the capital structure of banking companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2017-2021. This study used a purposive sampling technique to determine a specific sample. There were 40 samples of companies in this study for 5 years (200 observations). Secondary data collection was carried out on the official website of the Indonesia Stock Exchange, namely www.idx.co.id. The method of analysis in this study is panel data regression analysis with data processing software Eviews 12. Capital structure is measured by Debt to Equity Ratio (DER), company size is measured by Size, liquidity is measured by Current Ratio (CR), and profitability is measured by Return on Assets (ROA). The results showed that firm size did not affect capital structure, liquidity had a negative and significant effect on capital structure, and profitability did not affect capital structure.
Perbandingan Pengaruh Pendukung Selebriti Keanu dan Anggun terhadap Niat Pembelian Sampo Pantene
Authors: Gunardi Leni Faroka , Cokki Cokki
Published: November 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membandingkan pengaruh dua selebriti, yaitu Anggun dan Keanu, terhadap niat pembelian produk sampo Pantene. Sampel yang digunakan sebanyak 200 orang, yaitu 100 orang untuk masing-masing selebriti. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan kuesioner dan dianalisis menggunakan Partial Least Squares-Multi Group Analysis (PLS-MGA). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pendukung selebriti memiliki dampak positif pada citra merek, dan citra merek memiliki dampak positif pada niat pembelian. Secara spesifik, Anggun memiliki dampak yang lebih besar daripada Keanu pada citra merek.

 

This study aims to compare the influence of two celebrities, namely Anggun and Keanu, on the purchase intention of Pantene shampoo products. A total of 200 respondents were used, with 100 respondents for each celebrity. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using Partial Least Squares-Multi Group Analysis (PLS-MGA). The results of the study show that celebrity endorsers have a positive impact on brand image, and brand image has a positive impact on purchase intention. Specifically, Anggun has a greater impact on brand image compared to Keanu.
Faktor-Faktor yang Memengaruhi Loyalitas Nasabah dengan Mediasi Kepuasan Nasabah pada PT Bank Seabank Indonesia
Authors: Lisa Viona , Selamat Frangky
Published: November 2023

Dengan terjadinya perkembangan yang pesat di industri perbankan, persaingan merupakan hal yang melekat dan sering terjadi. Banyaknya kantor cabang dan bank baru yang membuat persaingan di perbankan menjadi lebih sulit. Menciptakan kepuasan nasabah merupakan hal penting yang harus diciptakan oleh perusahaan perbankan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah promosi, kualitas layanan, dan citra merek dapat mempengaruhi loyalitas nasabah dengan mediasi kepuasan nasabah. Sebanyak 158 responden berhasil dikumpulkan melalui online kuesioner. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan non-probability sampling dan purposive sampling. Penelitian ini menggunakan program PLS-SEM (Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan promosi tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kepuasan nasabah. Kualitas layanan dan citra merek memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan nasabah. Promosi tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap loyalitas. Kualitas layanan dan citra merek memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap loyalitas nasabah. Promosi tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap loyalitas nasabah melalui kepuasan nasabah. Kualitas layanan dan citra merek memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap loyalitas nasabah melalui kepuasan nasabah.

 

With the rapid developments in the banking industry, competition is inherent and often occurs. The large number of branch offices and new banks has made competition in banking more difficult. Creating customer satisfaction is an important thing that must be created by banking companies. The purpose of this research is to find out whether promotion, service quality, and brand image can influence customer loyalty by mediating customer satisfaction. A total of 158 respondents were successfully collected through online questionnaires. Sampling using non-probability sampling and purposive sampling. This study uses the PLS-SEM (Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling) program. The results of this study indicate that promotion has no significant effect on customer satisfaction. Service quality and brand image have a positive and significant impact on customer satisfaction. Promotion has no significant effect on loyalty. Service quality and brand image have a positive and significant influence on customer loyalty. Promotion has no significant effect on customer loyalty through customer satisfaction. Service quality and brand image have a positive and significant impact on customer loyalty through customer satisfaction.
Spermatozoa quality of Landrace Boar in Beltsville thawing solution diluent with various levels of moringa leaf extract
Authors: Adu Wirona , Hine Thomas , Marawali Aloysius , Marlene Nalley Wilmientje
Published: November 2023

This study aims to find the best level of sun-dried Moringa leaf extract (SDMLE) in Beltsville Thawing Solution (BTS) diluent to preserve the spermatozoa of Landrace boars. Semen from a two-year-old Landrace boar was collected using the massage method. Semen with spermatozoa motility ≥70% and spermatozoa abnormalities <20% was diluted with BTS (P0, control), BTS + 3% SDMLE (P1), BTS + 6% SDMLE (P2), BTS + 9% SDMLE (P3), and BTS + 12% SDMLE (P4). Storage of liquid semen using a cool box with a temperature of 15-20oC, while evaluating the quality of semen every 8 hours for spermatozoa motility, viability, abnormality, and longevity. The results showed that spermatozoa stored for 40 hours in BTS + 3% SDMLE (P1) diluent had higher quality (P<0.05) than the other four diluents, namely motility (54.00%), viability (61.16%), abnormality (3.62%), and longevity (45.77%). The results of this study concluded that 3% SDMLE added to BTS diluent was the best level for the preservation of spermatozoa in landrace boars.
Epidemic: Learning Games Go Viral
Authors: Jenson Jennifer , Taylor Nicholas , De Castell Suzanne
Published: November 2023

In this case study, we document the development and user-testing of Epidemic: Self-care for Crisis, an online educational resource that invites users (aged 14-20) to develop game-based knowledge and practices around prevention, self-care and (mis)information in the face of contagious diseases - a timely project, given the ongoing anxieties, and false (and not so false) alarms, over SARS, Avian Flu, and H1N1. The game Contagion, the forerunner to Epidemic, mobilized the conventions and mechanics of single-player adventure games to engage players 'experientially' with health- and disease-related understandings: we configured the same basic self-care information as "narrative knowledge", intended to mobilize players' attention and intelligence voluntarily, using narrative as a rhetorical strategy. We were using narrative's traditional, paradigmatic function within literate cultural forms of interpellation - stories of playful, pleasurable persuasion designed to engage players, Epidemic takes a decidedly different tack towards delivering the same educational content. Reconfiguring digital play within social networking conventions affords us a design-based platform for fundamental theory development in game-based learning. Epidemic's modular, Flash and XML-based design allows for accessible and straightforward creation and editing of educational content, both textual and visual: players can generate and publish their own virus-like avatars, stop-motion animations, and disease-related public service announcements. Some interesting divergences in play-based education on community health/self care, between interactive narrative and social-networking configurations for ludic knowledge representation, appear noteworthy.  Our user-testing, we argue, signifies a further innovation in the field of educational game design, leaving behind the clichéd concern over 'what did you learn today' in favor of focusing on when and how laughter, engagement and attention are most at work. Taken together, these innovations instantiate an approach to digitally-mediated learning that construes and practices assessment differently than in traditional education (and in educational technology design), which are more concerned with propositionally identifiable learning outcomes.  In the case of Epidemic, however, we are more concerned with how play-based learning design can best support the cultivation of responsible and critically-informed attitudes towards public health.
Promoting Environmental Stewardship through gardens: A case study of children’s views of an urban school garden
Authors: Upitis Rena , Hughes Scott , Peterson Anna
Published: November 2023

Fostering children’s relationships with nature to develop their sense of environmental stewardship is an important means for redressing damage to the planet caused by human consumption and our collective failure to connect with the natural world. School garden programs provide a potentially meaningful way to promote children’s sense of connection to nature. This paper describes findings from an 8-month qualitative study investigating how a school garden program at one public elementary school in southeastern Ontario promoted the students’ sense of environmental stewardship. Data collected from eight students through observations, semi-structured interviews, and students’ photographs identified five broad themes associated with enhancing environmental stewardship for children (including connecting with nature, caretaking, and harvesting) as well as three broad themes that help explain the long-term success of the venture (including parental involvement and community connections). The discussion highlights some of the benefits of the school garden program, as well as some of the difficulties associated with the program and limitations of the study.
Cartographies of Colonial Commemoration: Critical Toponymy and Historical Geographies in Toronto
Authors: Smith Bryan
Published: November 2023

Everyday, I move across a cartography that tells me a story, one that I often don’t consciously listen to, but do learn from. This story, one of colonial dominance, lives on through the markings of place, particularly the toponyms, or place names. In this article, I seek to explore the role of these toponyms in telling a story of place, one that (re)writes my home, Toronto, as a colonized space, one whose geographic and historic intelligibility is made possible through the inscription of place-names that commemorate the European centre. I demonstrate how the banality of colonial geography works in its powerfully subtle ways by taking the reader on an imaginary subway ride, one that travels across a series of toponyms that highlight how the city recites, inscribes and promulgates a story of colonial presence in a largely obscured but simultaneously hyper-visible way. I argue that such colonial story telling through toponymy is a crucial site at which to engage critically.