bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Authentic Materials on Writing Performance across Different Levels of Proficiency
Authors: Sukmawan Sony - , Setyowati Lestari - , El-Sulukiyyah Ana Ahsana 
Published: April 2021

The use of authentic materials for language teaching is common. Yet, there is not much information about what type of instructional materials benefits learners. The purpose of the study is to find empirical evidence of whether nonâ€“fiction authentic materials are more superior that fiction authentic material. The researchers used an experimental design to answer the research question. The population of the study was all students who took an essay writing course at University PGRI Wiranegara in the academic year 2019-2020. The sample was taken by using a systematic random sampling method which results in two equal numbers of students in two experimental groups. Group A was taught with non-fiction authentic material, while group B was taught with the fiction authentic material. The researchers used ANOVA to analyze the data in SPSS 22. The process of teaching and learning followed the writing as a process approach and was done in a blended-learning setting because of the pandemic of COVID 19. The result shows that there is no significant interaction between content type and proficiency level (F(2,30) = 1.347,Â pÂ = .275). The main effect ofÂ content type on writing performance was not significant (F(1,30)=.001,Â pÂ .973), but the main effect of proficiency level onÂ writing performance is significant such that the students who have a higher level of writing proficiency have better performance than the students who have a lower level of writing proficiencyÂ Â (FÂ (2,30) = 5.653,Â pÂ .008). The researchers conclude that both types of authentic materials are equally effective to improve the studentsâ€™ essay writing performance.
Examining Studentsâ€™ Challenges in Oracy in Academic Context Classes
Authors: Wulandari Bunga Ayu , Piscioneri Matthew , Ikram Wahyuni 
Published: April 2021

This study identifies challenges perceived by Indonesian students of English as a Foreign Language inÂ Oracy in Academic ContextÂ classes as well as possible causes of the problems. This subject was a new addition to the 2018 curriculum of the English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty at XXX University in Indonesia. The findings show the main problems students faced related to speaking issues, for example, lack of self-confidence, fear of making mistakes, ineffective class schedule, annoying audience behaviour, lack of vocabulary, lack of grammatical precision, poor pronunciation, difficult and uninteresting topics, direct or immediate corrective feedback, and problems coordinating group work. The students also pointed out that as listeners they perceived difficulties due to their lack of adequate background knowledge, unfamiliar vocabularies, anxiety, speakersâ€™ poor pronunciation, too fast or too long presentations, accents, clarity of the sound, seat positioning, room temperature, lack of concentration, and indifferent speakers. Based on analysis of the data, these problems are induced by several factors which include lack of linguistic proficiency, variable cognitive competencies, physical conditions, and most prominently psychological, social and emotional challenges. A set of recommendations to address these issues is also presented in the following paper.Â Â
Koordinasi Mata Tangan, Kekuatan Otot Lengan dan Kelentukan Pergelangan Tangan terhadap Keterampilan Shooting Atlet Petanque
Authors: Susandi Eka Wahyudhi Andi Sultan Brilin , Ismail Muh. , Arfah Muh. 
Published: April 2021

Penelitian ini dilatar belakangi oleh kurangnya prestasi atlet petanque Sulawesi Tengah dalam kejuaraan nasional dan aspek fisik yang diduga berpengaruh dalam prestasi atlet yaitu koordinasi mata tangan, kekuatan otot lengan, dan kelentukan pergelangan tangan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan antara koordinasi mata tangan, kekuatan otot lengan, dan kelentukan pergelangan tangan terhadap keterampilan shooting pada atlet petanque Sulawesi Tengah. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah atlet Petanque Sulawesi Tengah yang berjumlah 15 atlet. Sampel yang diambil dari hasil total sampling. Dari hasil analisis uji korelasi dan regresi dengan nilai signifikan 0.05, menunjukan hasil yang tidak signifikan dan 1) tidak ada hubungan antara koordinasi mata tangan terhadap keterampilan shooting karena menunjukan hasil nilai signifikan 0.172 > 0.05, 2) tidak ada hubungan kekuatan otot lengan terhadap keterampilan shooting karena menunjukan hasil nilai signifikan 0.608 > 0.05, 3) kelentukan pergelangan tangan terhadap keterampilan shooting karena menunjukan hasil nilai signifikan 0.071 > 0.05, dan 4) Secara bersama antara koordinasi mata tangan, kekuatan otot lengan, dan kelentukan pergelangan tangan terhadap keterampilan shooting karena menunjukan hasil nilai signifikan 0.068 > 0.05
Minat Siswa Dalam Mengikuti Kegiatan Ekstrakurikuler Sepak Bola Di Sekolah Menengah Pertama Sekecamatan
Authors: Hafid Rizki Adiyatna , Chaerul Andrie , Resita Citra 
Published: April 2021

Tujuan yang ingin dicapai dalam penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui seberapa besar minat siswa dalam mengkuti kegiatan ekstrakurikuler sepak bola di Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri Se-Kecamatan Karawang Barat. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif, dengan metode yang digunakan adalah survei dengan teknik pengambilan datanya menggunakan angket ataupun kuisioner. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah minat siswa dalam mengkuti kegiatan ekstrakurikuler sepak bola di sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri Se-Kecamatan Karawang Barat yang berjumlah 282 siswa. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis deskriptif yang dituangkan dalam bentuk persentase. Berdasarkan dari hasil penelitian tersebut diketahui minat siswa dalam mengikuti kegiatan ekstrakurikuler sepak bola smp Negeri Se-Kecamatan Karawang Barat yang menyatakan pada kategori “sangat etuju” dengan persentase 5.7%, pada kategori “setuju” dengan persentase 27.7%, pada kategori “netral” dengan persentase 33.0%, pada kategori “tidak setuju” dengan persentase 25.9%, dan pada kategori “sangat tidak setuju” dengan persentase 7.8%. Jadi dapat disimpulkan minat siswa dalam mengikuti kegiatan ekstrakurikuler sepak bola SMP Negeri Se-Kecamatan Karawang Barat adalah “netral”
Analisis dan Perancangan Software Pengukuran Metrik Skala dan Kompleksitas Database Relasional
Authors: Pratama Mochammad Rizqy , Yaqin Muhammad Ainul , Untari Bunga Cahyaning , Uliunuha Dwi Zulva , Fauzan Abd. Charis 
Published: April 2021

Database relasional merupakan database yang di dalamannya terdapat tabel-tabel yang berhubungan antar satu tabel dengan yang lainnya. Pada database relasi terdapat kompleksitas relasional database. Untuk dapat mengetahui nilai kompleksitas relational database, diperlukan perhitungan kompleksitas database terlebih dahulu. Pada perhitungan kompleksitas database cara perhitungannya cukup rumit apabila menggunakan perhitungan manual karena kita harus membandingkan dengan database lain, selain itu perhitungan manual juga membutuhkan waktu yang lama. Oleh karena itu, kami melakukan penelitian yang bertujuan untuk menghasilkan suatu software yang dapat menentukan nilai kompleksitas sebuah database dengan menggunakan metrik skala. Untuk menentukan nilai kompleksitas database di berikan bobot pada tiap tabel, kolom, primary key, foreign key, secondary key, tipe data, lebar data, relation yang kemudian di hitung dengan menggunakan rumus yang telah kami tentukan.
A Survey of Information Technology Applications to Treat Fear of Public Speaking
Authors: Qays Algahreeb  , Florica Moldoveanu  , Alin Moldoveanu  
Published: April 2021

Public speaking started to gain much attention when it comes to phobias, which is anxiety for new presenters. In some cases, specialists consider that avoiding the phenomenon which causes the phobia is sufficient treatment; in others, the exact opposite, being gradually exposed to the object of fear may lead to a cure. We have to start looking for other psychotherapeutic methods, innovative ones, to help people surpass their immense fears and improve their ability to give presentations. The current article presents a survey on discovering fear and anxiety when preventing and treating it and analyses their utility as tools for learning how to overcome this type of phobias, thus improving presentation ability. Using IT-based solutions for treating presented this fear, especially anxiety for new presenters. The current methods of dealing with the fear of public speaking will be reviewed, as well as Clarify the technology (tools, systems, and applications) based used for detecting and treatment. We will analyze research that studies how to detect fear and the ways to treat it, the concept behind their mechanism and the possibility of exploiting them in presentations. therefore, the paper debates these IT instruments and applications in this field. Based on the results of the survey, we will propose an appropriate mechanism for detecting degrees and types of fear when presenting presentations and their treatment.
Satisfaction among the Insured and the Uninsured Patients visiting for OPD services in various health facilities of Kaski
Authors: Yadav Dipendra Kumar , Kshetri Binod Poudel , Sharma Prabin 
Published: April 2021

Health insurance is the process of financial protection against health-related poverty and catastrophic health care cost. Satisfaction of the patients is the perception towards services they get from the health institution. This study aims to assess the satisfaction level and factors associated with it among the insured and the uninsured patients visiting the OPD services in the health facilities of Kaski.
Cross-sectional analytical study was conducted using purposive sampling technique. Data was collected through Face-to-face interview among 258 participants (107 Insured and 151 Uninsured) while EPI DATA and SPSS were used for the data entry and analysis respectively. Ethical approval was obtained from the institutional review committee of Pokhara University and respective health facilities and consent from each participant was taken.
Insured and uninsured participants were 41.5% and 58.5% respectively. 52.3% of insured and 49% of uninsured patients were female. Among the 107 insured participants, 74.8% participants visited for the first time and 18.7% for follow up. Educational status and SHI premium affordability were associated with satisfaction of the insured. Waiting time was associated with satisfaction among the uninsured participants. Waiting time, time provided doctors related availability of medicines related to lower level of satisfaction in both participants. Majority of the insured (83.2%) and uninsured (84.8%) participants were satisfied.
The study shows overall satisfaction to be good in both insured and uninsured participants; however, it is suggested to improve the health service-related factors like waiting time; time provided by the doctors and the awareness on policy among the patients for further improvement of the program in Nepalese context.
The Curse of Totalitarianism and the Challenge of Critical Pedagogy
Authors: Giroux Henry A. 
Published: April 2021

Expanding critical pedagogy as a mode of public pedagogy suggests being attentive to and addressing modes of knowledge and social practices in a variety of sites that not only encourage critical thinking, thoughtfulness and meaningful dialogue, but also offer opportunities to mobilize instances of moral outrage, social responsibility and collective action. Such mobilization opposes glaring material inequities and the growing cynical belief that today’s culture of investment and finance makes it impossible to address many of the major social problems facing the United States, Canada, Latin America and the larger world. Most importantly, such work points to the link between civic education, critical pedagogy and modes of oppositional political agency that are pivotal to creating a politics that promotes democratic values, relations, autonomy and social change.
Higher Education and the Politics of Disruption
Authors: Giroux Henry A. 
Published: April 2021

At its best education is dangerous because it offers young people and other actors the promise of racial and economic justice, a future in which democracy becomes inclusive and a dream in which all lives matter. In a healthy society universities should be subversive; they should go against the grain, and give voice to the voiceless, the unmentionable and the whispers of truth that haunt the apostles of unchecked power and wealth. Pedagogy should be disruptive and unsettling and push hard against the common sense vocabularies of neoliberalism and its regime of affective management.
Recepcja idei postmodernizmu w pedagogice radykalnej Petera McLarena
Authors: Kruszelnicki Wojciech 
Published: April 2021

The aim of this paper is to comprehensively reconstruct the reception of postmodernism in Peter McLaren’s critical/radical pedagogy. On a more general level, the article discusses the pedagogical perils of uncriticalinfatuation with poststructuralist and postmodernist principles of dismantling grand metanarratives and debunking the notions of truth, totality, and universalism and replacing them with the notions of pluralism and perspectivism. The author seeks to verify the statement that McLaren’s response to postmodern developments in philosophy and social theory is in as much similar to that of Henry Giroux’s that it produces a project of education informed by postmodern ideas. The thesis – advanced in the mid 1990s by Tomasz Szkudlarek – is refuted on the basis of thorough a analysis of both earlier and more contemporary texts of McLaren where the main tenets of postmodern theory are severely criticized. The argument about the evolution of McLaren’s thought from a cautious appropriation of some elements of postmodernism to its downright condemnation is supported by the theory of its increasing radicalization under the influence of Marxism. The alternative to the illusory radicality of postmodernism – denounced as affirming the status-quo – is “pedagogy of revolution,” which emerges as strictly political, interventionist praxis whose aim is no longer discourse analysis but concrete social struggle against the oppressive capitalist class relations.
Understanding the Need for Tools and Resources to Manage Enteral Nutrition Intolerance: An On-line Survey
Authors: Hopkins Bethany , Madill Janet 
Published: April 2021

Purpose: Enteral nutrition intolerance (ENI) is a common complication among tube-fed patients, associated with reduced volumes of nutrition delivered, and may contribute to malnutrition risk. This research aimed to obtain insights about dietitians’ needs and preferences related to tools and resources to help identify and manage ENI. Methods: An online survey was administered to registered dietitians (RD) engaged in enteral nutrition (EN) management, recruited from a list of attendees at a national webinar. The 16-question survey asked about participant’s experience with ENI and interest in resources to manage ENI. Results: Of the 219 surveys completed (25% response rate), 86% identified ENI as an issue/concern that interferes with adequate nutrition or hydration for their patients. Ninety-seven percent reported being interested in having tools/resources to manage ENI. The symptoms identified as most pressing to manage were diarrhea (73%), bloating/abdominal discomfort (42%), and nausea (32%). Preferred types of tools were hard-copy resources (70%), algorithms (67%), and web-based instruments (62%). Conclusions: ENI remains an issue for clinicians working with tube-fed patients and RDs are interested in management tools. These results have implications for the development of evidence-based resources to help improve EN delivery and ultimately may contribute to clinician’s efforts at reducing malnutrition.
Mental Health of Students Reporting Food Insecurity during the Transition to University
Authors: Howard Andrea L. , Barker Erin T. 
Published: April 2021

Purpose: The present study examined differences in mental health and well-being between students with and without suspected food insecurity during their transition to university.Methods: We drew on existing data from 4 samples of first-year undergraduates enrolled at 3 large universities in 3 provinces (Alberta n = 199, Québec n = 299, and Ontario n = 461 and n = 510). Students completed online surveys assessing a wide range of health-related behaviours and indicators, and students were classified as food secure or insecure based on their responses to screening questions.Results: Mental health (depression, anxiety, low satisfaction with life) was consistently poorer in students classified as food insecure across all samples. The magnitude of mental health deficit was comparable to socioeconomic disadvantage associated with food insecurity.Conclusions: Students experiencing food insecurity are disproportionately launching their university careers with poorer mental health, revealing a critical point of intervention for these socioeconomically higher-risk students.
Apresentação: Biodiversidade (II)
Authors: Gonçalves Aguiar Carlos Francisco 
Published: April 2021

A informação fóssil mostra que a diversidade em espécies aumentou paulatinamente desde a emergência da vida há cerca de 3.500 milhões de anos. O número de espécies de plantas terrestres progrediu num crescendo inexorável, pontualmente interrompido por catástrofes naturais, desde a sua evolução, algures nas margens de um curso de água doce no Carbónico Superior/Ordovícico inferior. Nunca coexistiram tantas espécies de seres vivos e de plantas no planeta Terra como no Holocénico (últimos 11.500 anos). Quer isto dizer que, em média, a taxa de especiação foi naturalmente superior à taxa de extinção, ainda que permeada por eventos catastróficos. Em ciência, os conceitos são mais ou menos consistentes, e as teorias e as hipóteses corroboradas (confirmadas) ou refutadas (eliminadas) com base na evidência observacional e/ou experimental. Cientistas e não cientistas são livres de propor explicações alternativas, porém, em ciência, ninguém escapa à tirania dos factos: quem desafia uma hipótese ou uma teoria tem de provar que os dados que as sustentam estão errados ou propor explanações alternativas plausíveis, que compreendam toda a evidência disponível. A rejeição em definitivo de uma teoria depende do escrupuloso cumprimento de uma destas duas condições. Numa época de relativização da evidência e da ciência e, em particular, da ciência da biodiversidade, é crucial ter presente que o formidável corpo de observações acumulado na última década mostra, de forma perentória, que o biota terrestre enfrenta uma nova extinção em massa, desta vez mediada por uma espécie invulgarmente sucedida: o homem.
Stimulation of Dopamine Production by Sodium Benzoate, a Metabolite of Cinnamon and a Food Additive
Authors: Rangasamy Suresh B. , Dasarathi Sridevi , Nutakki Aparna , Mukherjee Shreya , Nellivalasa Rohith , Pahan Kalipada 
Published: April 2021

Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most important neurodegenerative disorders in human in which recovery of functions could be achieved by improving the survival and function of residual dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the dopamine (DA) biosynthesis pathway. Objective: Earlier our laboratory has shown that sodium benzoate (NaB), a metabolite of cinnamon and an FDA-approved drug against urea cycle disorders and glycine encephalopathy, increases neuroprotective molecules and protects dopaminergic neurons in a mouse model of PD. Here, we examined whether NaB could stimulate the production of DA in dopaminergic neurons. Methods: We employed PCR, real-time PCR, western blot, immunostaining, and HPLC to study the signature function of dopaminergic neurons. Locomotor functions were monitored in mice by open-field. Results: NaB increased the mRNA and protein expression of TH to produce DA in mouse MN9D dopaminergic neuronal cells. Accordingly, oral feeding of NaB increased the expression of TH in the nigra, upregulated striatal DA, and improved locomotor activities in striatum of normal C57/BL6 and aged A53T- α-syn transgenic mice. Rapid induction of cAMP response element binding (CREB) activation by NaB in dopaminergic neuronal cells and the abrogation of NaB-induced expression of TH by siRNA knockdown of CREB suggest that NaB stimulates the transcription of TH in dopaminergic neurons via CREB. Conclusion: These results indicate a new function of NaB in which it may be beneficial in PD via stimulation of DA production from residual dopaminergic neurons.
Knowledge and perceived benefits of exercise among women with breast cancer in tertiary hospitals in Delta State
Authors: Odikpo Linda C. , Chiejina E.N. 
Published: April 2021

BACKGROUND: Knowledge of exercise is of paramount importance in improving and reclaiming the health of women with breast cancer and also enables them to reap the enormous benefits associated with healthy physical activity. AIM: To assess the knowledge and perceived benefits of exercise among women with breast cancer in Delta State. METHOD: Sample of 94 eligible consenting women who are still maintaining follow up with the two tertiary hospitals in Delta state, Federal Medical Center (FMC) Asaba and Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH) Oghara were enlisted for the study. RESULT: Findings from the study revealed knowledge of the recommended exercise was poor among the women with breast cancer, as only 21(22.3%) had good knowledge. For those knowledgeable, their knowledge source was mainly through the mass media 5(23.8%) and the internet 4(19.0%). On the benefits of exercise as perceived by the women with breast cancer, the result shows that 88 (93.6%) of the women with breast cancer perceived exercise as beneficial. The principal exercise perceived to be beneficial was walking 43(45.7) and treatment of discomfort 25(26.6%) was the main benefit they hoped to gain from exercise. Also demographic profiles of the women were not significantly related to their knowledge about the recommended exercise asp > 0.05. CONCLUSION: Knowledge of the recommended exercise was low among women with breast cancer despite their awareness of the benefits. It is therefore essential for health care providers, especially those involved in the care of these patients, to use every avenue to health-educate, counsel and help them in implementing the recommended exercise to enhance their survival.