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Phenotypic and Molecular Detection of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases Producing-Bacteria Isolated From Pregnant Women With Genital Tract Infection in Duhok Governorate
Authors: Nerway Sozan M. , Al-Delaimi Muna S. 
Published: July 2021

Beta-lactamase producing bacteria have a worldwide distribution with a high degree of prevalence in both community and hospital. Furthermore, multidrug resistant (MDR) and extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) producing bacterial isolates from women patients may limit treatment options available. This study was designed to determine the frequency of bacterial isolates associated with genital tract infection in pregnant women and their antimicrobial resistance profile and to assess the prevalence of extended spectrum β-lactamases producing bacteria. Demonstrating the β-lactamase genes (blaTEM, blaSHV and blaCTX-M) by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay with specific primers, was carried out on patients who were admitted to Maternity and Obstetric Hospital in Duhok city from November 2018 to October 2019. A total of 100 high vaginal swabs were collected from pregnant women patients between the ages 18-45 years. All clinical samples were cultured and standard microbiological methods were used to identify bacterial isolates, then confirmed by Vitek®2 compact automated system. All gram negative bacterial isolates were studied phenotypically and genotypically for extended spectrum β-lactamases-production. Out of 100 vaginal swabs, 88% confirmed positive culture; 90.9% of which were bacterial isolates. From the total bacterial isolates, 38.8% were gram negative bacteria, with a predominant 54.8% Klebsiella pneumoniae followed by Escherichia coli 35.5%. 54.8% of the isolates were characterized as multidrug resistance isolates, 29% isolates were extensive drug resistance, and no pan drug resistance were detected. Among these, the commonest extended spectrum β-lactamases producing isolates were Escherichia coli 81.8% followed by, Klebsiella pneumoniae 58.8%. Extended spectrum β-lactamases-producing isolates have showed significantly higher resistance than non- extended spectrum β-lactamases producing isolates to third and fourth generation cephalosporins. CTX-M was the most common β-lactamase gene 73.7% among extended spectrum β-lactamase producing strains, followed by blaSHV, 57.9% and blaTEM 52.6%, 21.1% had combination of all bla genes, 15.8% had CTX-M only and combination of blaCTX-M with blaSHV and blaTEM. 10.5% among extended spectrum β-lactamases producing isolates carried SHV type only and in combination with TEM type while TEM gene were observed in 5.3%. We concluded that the drug resistant isolates were common, worryingly high and it may limit treatment options available. In this study a high level of the blaCTX-M gene was demonstrated among extended spectrum β-lactamases producing isolates.
Umbrella Monopole Antenna for 5G Applications
Authors: Lutfia Paulen Aulia , Nurhayati Nurhayati , Christydass Samuel Prasad Jones 
Published: July 2021

Umbrella Monopole Antenna (UMA) proposed in this paper for 5G application. We designed four models of UMA, i.e: UMA-A, UMA-B, UMA-C, and UMA-D. The antenna has a curvature in the patch as an umbrella shape with a feeding shape a microstrip feed line. Four variations of the patch antenna have been designed and get different performance in VSWR, surface current, and directivity. The proposed antenna has a wide bandwidth that operates 8 GHz 30 GHz with VSWR <2 dB. The Increasing of directivity is reached for UMA-A, UMA-C, UMA-D, and UMA-B, i.e: 6.38 dBi, 7.97 dBi, 8,84dBi, and 9,15 dBi respectively at 24 GHz. The maximum gain has been reached for UMA-B of 9.15. The lowest frequency that has a return loss of 10 dB has resulted for UMA-D in the frequency around 5 GHz. All of the UMA antennas can be applied for 5G mmwave applications at 24 GHz and 28 GHz.
Tratamientos no convencionales utilizados en la curación de las heridas
Authors: Martínez Delgado Lorena , Lozada Méndez Maira Maira , Campos Guzmán Nelson Rolando 
Published: July 2021

El tratamiento de heridas crónicas es un desafío para los profesionales de la salud, por el tiempo de cicatrización, la lentitud del proceso, las recidivas y las repercusiones psicosociales: cambios en el estilo de vida, alteración en la convivencia familiar y autoimagen. En la actualidad existen diversos tratamientos para el manejo de heridas. Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo identificar tratamientos no convencionales utilizados en la curación de las heridas. Metodología: Revisión integrativa de literatura, que realizó una búsqueda en diferentes bases de datos: Science direct; Scopus, EBSCOhost; LILACS y PubMed. Se incluyeron artículos, publicados del 2001 al 2020, producto de investigación, ensayos clínicos y revisiones sistemáticas con Meta-análisis, en tres idiomas. Resultados: 51 artículos seleccionados utilizaron: manejo con miel, larvas, plantas medicinales y barro, entre otros. Conclusiones: Esta revisión permitió identificar diversos tratamientos y evidenciar el aumento en el número de investigaciones que buscan sustentación científica para la utilización de tratamientos no convencionales.
Mechanical Behavior of Concrete Reinforced with Waste Aluminium Strips
Authors: Channa Imran Ali , Saand Abdullah 
Published: July 2021

The main objective of this research work is to investigate the influence of the addition of waste materials, like aluminium waste material, Soft Drink Tin Fibers (SDTF) or soft tins to improve mechanical properties of concrete and also study the strength behavior of concrete, such as flexural strength and indirect or split tensile strength. It has been acknowledged that the use of fibers in concrete has considerable effects to improve strength parameters and characteristics of concrete. In this research work, similar efforts are made to present the effects of soft tin fibers or aluminium waste material as a reinforcing material in concrete and to assess the mechanical behavior of concrete. Particularly, this research work aimed to investigate experimentally the effect of soft drink tins on tensile (cylinder splitting tensile strength) and flexural strength. Soft tin fibers of 25.4 5 0.5 mm in size were used and added from 1 to 5% by the weight of cement with the design mix of 1:1.624:2.760 at 0.50 w/c ratio. Therefore, 6 batches (every batch contained 3 prisms and 3 cylinders) were prepared and cast for evaluation of tensile and flexural strength. One batch was cast without inclusion of fibers (controlled batch) and remaining 5 batches were cast with the addition of fibers using 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5% respectively. It was revealed from obtained results that split tensile strength and flexural strength of specimen increases as compared to controlled batch up to 4% addition of fibers. Moreover, beyond 4% soft drink tin fiber level, strength begins to fall down. Thus, it can be suggested that mechanical properties of concrete can be enhanced by 4% of soft drink tin fibers. Moreover, in this study, soft drink tin fibers (SDTF) or aluminium waste are used as the application of utilization of waste materials as a partial construction material and also on another side it controls the solid waste and environmental pollution. Doi: 10.28991/cej-2021-03091718 Full Text: PDF
Analyzing the Epidemiological Outbreak of COVID-19: Real-time, Visual Data Analysis, Short-term Forecasting, and Risk Factor Identification
Authors: Long Jiawei 
Published: July 2021

The COVID-19 outbreak was initially reported in Wuhan, China, and it has been declared as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 by WHO. It has now spread to over 180 countries, and it has gradually evolved into a world-wide pandemic, endangering the state of global public health and becoming a serious threat to the global community. To combat and prevent the spread of the disease, all individuals should be well-informed of the rapidly changing state of COVID-19. To accomplish this objective, I have built a website to analyze and deliver the latest state of the disease and relevant analytical insights. The website is designed to cater to the general audience, and it aims to communicate insights through various straightforward and concise data visualizations that are supported by sound statistical methods, accurate data modeling, state-of-the-art natural language processing techniques, and reliable data sources. This paper discusses the major methodologies which are utilized to generate the insights displayed on the website, which include an automatic data ingestion pipeline, normalization techniques, moving average computation, ARIMA time-series forecasting, and logistic regression models. In addition, the paper highlights key discoveries that have been derived in regard to COVID-19 using the methodologies. Doi: 10.28991/HIJ-2021-02-03-09 Full Text: PDF
Black Bodies, White Bodies – ‘Gypsy’ Images in Central Europe at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (1880–1920)
Authors: Kovács Éva 
Published: July 2021

The problem of the observer has long been a key concern of social theories. However, in mainstream sociology, it was not until three decades ago that the relationship between image and text, seeing and gaze, appeared on the horizon of the discipline. Studying the visual representation of Roma in Modernity, one sees how CentralEuropean societies create their own sexualised and feminised Blackness through ‘savage’ groups and individuals. The central thesis of the article is that, across Europe, the panoptic regime of Modernity operates with the optical unconscious in two ways. On the one hand, by re-visualising social differences that becameinvisible after the collapse of feudal society; on the other, by bringing the oppressed into sight and rendering the oppressors invisible. However, there is a significant difference between the Western and Eastern European representations of ‘savages’: in the process of nation-building, the ‘Gypsy’ became an ambiguous part of the national imaginary in Eastern European countries. The paper argues that ideas and visual representations of Roma commuted between Central and Western Europe resulted in tensions between the colonial and emancipatory gazes.
Contesting Stereotypes through Self-Representation? A Review of the Romani Exhibition Stands at the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair
Authors: Tittel Laura Soréna 
Published: July 2021

Romani literature was exhibited at the Frankfurt Book Fair at specific stands and events for the first time in 2019. This article reviews the presented literature and authors and discusses advantages and disadvantages of establishing the category “Romani literature” within the context of the Frankfurt Book Fair. It argues that the category provides a new platform for Romani authors as well as for Romani identity politics and was set up with the aim to fight existing racism against Roma. Making oneself visible as a diverse minority at such an event can help to break up stereotypes and constitutes a success after centuries of underrepresentation. At the same time, the article uncovers the danger of feeding into essentialism through the label “Romani literature” and reflects on the limitations of emancipatory politics when participating in a predominantly commercial event.
Honouring Inuit Women’s Educational and Employment Experiences through Indigenous Storywork Methodology
Authors: Wasilik Tina 
Published: July 2021

The legacy of the Arctic Residential School system is still present in Nunavut education today. Inuit in Nunavut continue to receive a westernized education that does not fully encompass traditional Inuit learning principles. However, a group of Inuit women, enrolled in a Northern College Early Childhood Education (ECE) Diploma Program from 2015-2017, uniquely blended a child-centred educational approach with traditional Inuit learning methods. Through the Inuit women’s practicum placements completed at a preschool, they developed self-confidence and a skill set that led to their employment and self-reliance.
The Oxford dictionary defines self-reliance as “the ability to do or decide things by yourself, rather than depending on other people for help” (Oxford University Press 2021). This definition does not fully capture the essence of self-reliance from Inuit women’s perspectives. Their self-reliance is greatly tied to a combination of domestic work, wage work, and land-related work that forms a unique framework to capture the specificity of northern women’s self-reliance. My research study will explore the personal experiences of these Inuit women graduates. The study intends to inform institutional decision-making, determine how to best support the Inuit women’s educational access and success, contribute to the scholarly work in the field of education and advance future Inuit training and employment initiatives.
My research questions are: What does self-reliance look like from an Inuit woman’s point of view? How did participating in the 2015-2017 ECE Diploma Program influence the Inuit women’s lives?
Indigenous Storywork is grounded in Indigenous Research Framework (Lavallée 2009) which allows for connections between people, their ancestors, and the natural world. Indigenous Storywork guides my study theoretically and methodologically. I will use Storywork to engage in holistic meaning-making that involves the heart (emotions), mind (intellect), body (physical actions), and spirit (spirituality) (Archibald et al. 2019).
Storywork is essentially a three-part framework: story-making, storytelling, and connecting with specific cultures and peoples experiences through stories (Archibald et al. 2019). This framework honours distinctive traditional Inuit knowledge and these Inuit women’s holistic identity regarding their relationships with themselves, family, community, land, environment, and the wider society. Indigenous Storywork methodology creates space for my participants to share dreams, visions, spiritual encounters, and lived experience stories through interviews. My research honours the Storywork of Inuit women through their culturally responsive and unique educational opportunities.
A Brief Review of Young Children’s Home Digital Literacy Practices
Authors: Liu Yina 
Published: July 2021

COVID-19 has created significant changes in the everyday lives of teachers, children and parents. Due to school lockdowns in the spring semester of 2020, teachers shifted from in-person classroom teaching into “emergent remote teaching” (Hodges et al. 2020, para. 5), where digital tools and software were used for instruction and teacher-student communications. Many children have also shifted their social lives from face-to-face to virtual interactions (Hutchins 2020); for example, engaging in online family story reading, social media participation, and joining after school activities digitally. This pandemic has highlighted the importance of being literate in digital environments for children. Digital literacy, that is, literacy practices undertaken across multi-media, involving “accessing, using and analysing digital texts and artefacts in addition to their production and dissemination” (Sefton-Green et al. 2016, p. 15). The importance of the digital world and digital tools for the post-COVID future where digital literacy could become more prominently featured for teachers, children, and parents must not be underemphasized.

In this presentation, I reviewed the literature on young children’s digital literacy practices at home. Many studies have illustrated the benefits and various kinds of learning that children get from their digital play at home, including emergent literacy learning (Neumann 2016), digital citizenship (Bennett et al. 2016), etc. Moreover, I presented the complex trajectories of children playing with their digital devices and toys at home (Marsh 2017). In the 21st century children’s home play, the boundaries between the virtual and physical worlds are blurring (Marsh 2010; O’Mara and Laidlaw 2011; Carrington 2017).

More importantly, this literature review suggests a gap and an opportunity for future researchers to explore home digital literacy of children, who are from minority backgrounds in Canada, as literacy practices are socially and culturally situated. This presentation illustrates the importance of my proposed doctoral research, as my research aims to explore Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) children’s digital home literacy practices in Canada.
Upaya Meningkatkan Aktivitas Dan Hasil Belajar Peserta Didik Dengan Menggunakan Metode Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) di SDN 2 Kotagajah Lampung Tengah Tahun Pelajaran 2019/2020
Authors: Yudianto Asep , Afifah Nurul , Fatonah Isti , Suridin Suridin 
Published: July 2021

The process of teaching and learning mathematics in elementary schools is generally presented in an abstract form, learning is dominated by lectures, exercises, and question and answer methods so that students become passive and find it difficult to understand the material. This study aims to determine the level of activity and student learning outcomes in mathematics class VA students of SDN 2 Kotagajah. So that mathematics learning activities can be felt meaningful and produce activity and learning outcomes as well as learning objectives to be achieved properly is to apply the approach of realistic mathematics education (RME). Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) is an approach that emphasizes the conceptualization of teaching and has a tendency for students to become active participants in the teaching and learning process. This research is a classroom action research with data analysis in the form of qualitative and quantitative analysis using test data collection tools, observation, and documentation. This study concludes that there is a relationship between student activity and learning outcomes and the use of successful methods to achieve the desired targets. The average percentage of student activity in the first cycle was 67% and remembering as much as 11% and in the second cycle was 78%. The percentage of completeness of learning outcomes reached 52% and 76% in cycle II. So, there was an increase in learning outcomes from cycle I to cycle II, which was 24%.
Kebijakan Open Data Penelitian dalam Membangun Komunikasi Ilmiah di Perpustakaan Lembaga Riset
Authors: Tupan Tupan Tupan 
Published: July 2021

A study was conducted on the role of research institute libraries in supporting open data research policies to improve scientific communication. The study aims to determine the role of libraries in open data research policies to improve scientific communication, and determine the role of libraries in relation to the open data research movement in building scientific communication. The research was conducted using the narrative review method, which is research that is carried out looking for articles related to the study of the role of research institutes libraries in open data research policies to improve scientific communication. namely data management plans and research data sharing processes, ensuring the data can be accessed, storing data in repositories and ensuring data can be accessed within a certain period of time. Libraries are the pioneers of the open data research movement by providing consultancy services for data analysis, research data mining, data curation services, data analysis and visualization, and saving research data over a long period of time. The main support provided by the library in building scientific communication is to create meta data and store data in repositories. Provide training in the management and storage of research data for researchers with the aim that the resulting research data can be used and disseminated for further research
Assessment of improved neonatal ward infrastructure on neonatal health outcomes in southern Malawi
Authors: Haraldsdóttir Ingunn , Milanzi Faque Bob , Thorkelsson Thordur , Gunnlaugsson Geir 
Published: July 2021

Background In 2019, 18 infants out of 1,000 live births died in the neonatal period on a global level. The distribution of these deaths was uneven, with the highest neonatal mortality rates (NMR) in sub-Saharan Africa, attributing to as much as 28 deaths per 1,000 live births. One of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) includes reducing NMR to at least 12 per 1,000 live births by 2030. Several studies have emphasised the need for interventions to improve procedures and outcomes of childbirth to lower NMR. The NMR declined in Malawi from 41 in 2000 to 23 in 2016, but the pace of progress needs to be accelerated. The objective of this study was to describe the impact and outcomes of infrastructure improvement in neonatal care services, in a district hospital in Malawi. Methods The data was collected at Mangochi District Hospital in Malawi, where a new nursery opened in January 2019. The outcomes of the 624 newborns admitted in the old nursery and 1,742 newborns in the New nursery were compared. Results Birth asphyxia was the commonest diagnosis (40%), followed by sepsis (28%). Missing values attributed to 40-80% of registry records, and were significantly more common in the old nursery. Among the 1,721 (73%) newborns with information on birth weight and gestational age, 311 (18%) were born small for gestational age (SGA). Survival rates of admitted infants, including those born SGA, significantly improved in the new nursery compared to the old nursery (P<0.001). The severe shortage of staff caused increased workloads. Conclusions Neonatal survival improved with more space, better-trained staff and upgrade of equipment. Monitoring of admitted newborns and their clinical care and data management and storage was a significant problem, alongside staff shortage. These results show that a multi-dimensional approach towards NMR is required, taking roots in improvements of quality of care, appropriate space, equipment and continuous education, as well as the supervision for better clinical monitoring and registration of clinical progress and outcome. <br>
PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOPERATIF TIPE STAD BERBANTUAN MEDIA KANTONG BILANGAN DALAM MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR MATEMATIKA
Authors: Hardianto Hardianto , Ulfa Marissa , Fauziah Kiki 
Published: July 2021

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh rendahnya hasil belajar matematika. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe STAD berbantuan media kantong bilangan efektif terhadap hasil belajar matematika. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian tindakan kelas. Model penelitian yang digunakan adalah Kemmis dan Taggart dengan menggunakan dua siklus. Setiap siklus dilaksanakan dalam enam kali pertemuan. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 26 siswa kelas III SDN 96 Campurejo yang terdiri dari 15 siswa laki-laki dan 11 siswa perempuan. Objek penelitian ini adalah penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe STAD berbantuan media kantong bilangan untuk meningkatan hasil belajar siswa. Metode pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui tes essay, observasi aktivitas siswa dan observasi aktivitas guru, dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data dilakukan secara kualitatif dan kuantitatif. Secara kualitatif melalui persentase hasil kinerja guru dan secara kuantitatif melalui nilai ketuntasan belajar siswa individual, nilai rata-rata hasil belajar siswa, persentase hasil belajar klasikal siswa. Indikator keberhasilan siswa ditandai dengan meningkatnya hasil belajar siswa dengan ketuntasan klasikal belajar siswa mencapai 70%. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat peningkatan hasil belajar siswa. Peningkatan hasil belajar siswa kelas III dapat dilihat berdasarkan persentase yang meningkat dari pra tindakan siswa sebesar 23,0% mengalami peningkatan 30,8% pada siklus I menjadi 53,8% pada siklus II meningkat 34,6% menjadi 88,4%.