bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A comparative study on the constitutional type of high-school students belonging to different generations
Authors: Dobrescu Tatiana 
Published: May 2019

Presumably, identifying the coordinates regarding the constitutional type of certain high-school age generations would emphasise the effect of the instructional process specific to the field of Physical Education and Sports, and it would motivate the people involved to make an improvement in their work. I have organised a study at the Sportive High-school from Romania, in two classes from different generations (2016â€“2017 and 2017â€“2018). The research methods I used were: the study of the bibliographical material, the observation, the tests, the statistical-mathematical method and the graphical representation method. Over the 9 months of the research, the students took their classes as established in the curricula, and the results of the research confirm the previously stated hypothesis, thus constituting strong arguments for the study of the role and importance the specific means of physical education have on the general physical development of high-school students.
Keywords: Constitutional type, high-school students, different generations, physical development
Ecofeminism and sustainable entrepreneurship: an alternative view of the planet
Authors: Rodriguez Esther Mena , Gomez Carrillo Victoria del Rocio 
Published: May 2019

The wage gap is undeniable. Part-time employment and temporary employment have the distinctive trademark of women. In times of crisis, the number of families that are economically dependent on women increases. In view of the current crisis and the great deterioration of our planet, an alternative approach to this problem is ecofeminism. It is necessary to stop the expansion of profit margins and excessive consumerism in favour of other drivers of change more in line with sustainable development. This research presents an assessment of an activity on the perceptions of postgraduate students faced with moral dilemmas. The objective of this activity was to show that there are gendered differences when responding to such moral dilemmas. The methodology used is qualitative and information was collected from the answers provided by the students who participated in the activity. The results show that there are slight gendered differences in the responses.
Keywords: Eco-feminism, moral dilemmas, postgraduate students, qualitative methodology, gender.
Transparency in evaluation through the use of rubrics in university subjects
Authors: Velasco-Martinez Leticia-Concepcion , Tojar-Hurtado Juan-Carlos 
Published: May 2019

Two key elements of educational innovation in evaluation are student participation and transparency. In both cases, rubrics are a powerful resource promoting a transparent and fair evaluation. However, there is still not enough evidence on the levels of student participation in the assessment process. The objective of this study is to ascertain the level of transparency provided by the use of scoring rubrics in university subjects by analysing the relevant factors that are involved in a more significant and participatory evaluation of learning processes. This research is approached from a qualitative perspective through content analysis of in-depth interviews conducted with higher education institutions in Mexico (n = 22). The results and conclusions show the importance of promoting more transparent evaluative practices in order to acquire true formative evaluation.
Keywords: Participation, transparency, higher education, interview, scoring rubrics.
Is the satisfaction of the graduate students in the educational sciences an indicator of their future professional career?
Authors: Urea Ionela Roxana 
Published: May 2019

Today, developing a professional career in the same field that persons have an academic degree is very difficult to accomplish. The statistical data in Romania pointed that about 39.7% of the university graduate students work and try to have a professional career in another field than the one in which they have a university diploma. There are a lot of studies that have been done during the last four years focusing on revealing the necessity of working in interdisciplinary teams in elaborating the professional master curricula in relation with the employerâ€™s requests, the specificity of occupations, the local or regional resources, etc. This paper tries to reveal the implications that the satisfaction towards the bachelor training programme in educational sciences has upon pursuing a continuous professional career in the same field.

Keywords: Career development, student satisfaction, studentsâ€™ attitudes, well-being, professional development.
An improved model for internal efficiency and financing education in Morocco
Authors: Mohammed Lamarti Sefian , Bakkali Imane 
Published: May 2019

The repetition by the child of an education level can be beneficial for him since its aim to reinforce his skills if he is below average. However, the cost of this operation weighs on the budget in Morocco because of the high rate of repetition. In this work, we present an improved model of transition from one level to another higher by involving the internal performance of the Moroccan education system. This model is based on an automatic transition during the first years of primary education with a skill enhancing in parallel. This reinforcement will be carried using ICT and active pedagogies.
Keywords: Education model, financing model, internal efficiency, ICT.
Supporting English competence development in university teachers: Principles and practices
Authors: Kulamikhina Irina V. , Esmurzaeva Zhanbota B. , Vasbieva Dinara G. , Alipichev Aleksei Yu 
Published: May 2019

In todayâ€™s world, the English language communicative competence is a major soft skill of university teachers which is needed for personal and professional fulfilment and career development. This study aimed at the design and practical realisation of the 72-hour English course stimulating the teaching staffâ€™s engagement in language learning and English communicative competence development at the Omsk State Agrarian University. The authors have discussed the principles and approaches to the course content design and efficacy of four classroom management strategies: the use of real life communication situations, making presentations, visual thinking strategy and short-film-based discussions for developing EFL communicative competence in university teachers. The situational approach to the content design introduced â€˜real-lifeâ€™ communicative situations serving as a teaching method and an assessment tool. The participants of the course took an online test: â€˜Evaluation of Readiness for The Certificate Exam in Englishâ€™, developed by the Tomsk Polytechnic University, at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the course.
Keywords: Communicative competence, adult language learning, university teaching staff, visual thinking, situational approach, communicative environment.
Teamwork between class teachers and support teachers as the basis of inclusion - A case study in Romanian primary school education
Authors: Turculet Alina , Voinea Mihaela 
Published: May 2019

The purpose of this study is to identify how primary school teachers understand the importance of inclusive education and the benefits of the collaboration between the class teachers and the support teachers. In order to identify the social representations of primary school teachers regarding the cooperation with the support teachers, we have used a questionnaire-based inquiry. We have organised the data into a case study at the level of primary school education. The responses to the open questions offered by the investigated teachers allowed a dramaturgical approach to the roles and the responsibilities of the actors in special education. Our results enhance the benefits of integration of students with special educational needs in the conditions of a distributed responsibility between parents, class teachers and support teachers. Therefore, the qualitative analysis of the written responses of primary school teachers reveals the need of continuous training in aspects related to special educational needs.
Keywords: Special educational needs, support teachers, primary school education.
Developing learning abilities through flexible teaching strategies
Authors: Simion Anca Georgiana , Chis Olga 
Published: May 2019

The national Romanian curriculum challenges practitioners to apply it through educational and structured activities so as not to delineate the structure indicated by the national curriculum. Due to a common dialogue with other educational systems, the current Romanian educational system addresses at the micro-pedagogical level educational practices specific to other educational systems. The Finnish educational system manages to effectively combine current curriculum structures, the social vision based on trust and the implementation of educational software. This triad of components provides Finnish practitioners and foreign practitioners with the Finnish educational system, a design of educational activities validated by the educational outcomes. We wanted to discover the Romanian teachers' vision of the opportunities of the Finnish education system, as well as finding out about the continuous training of teachers in the national educational system.
Keywords: Romanian curriculum, Finnish educational system, cooperation, curriculum implementation.
How does using feedback empower student metacognition and learning?
Authors: Thu Thuy Do Thi , Thi Thuy Tang 
Published: May 2019

Encouraging students to foster the learning styles and supporting them to strive with the challenges in education are responsibilities of teachers, especially in higher education where students are expected to master their current and lifelong learning. The study, therefore, investigates the impact of teacher feedback on student meta-cognition and explores the link between student achievements and their cognitive skills through a research done on 440 Vietnamese students from 40 universities and colleges in Vietnam. The findings show that only monitoring strongly affect the studentsâ€™ academic achievement, meanwhile teacher feedback has no direct impact on the studentsâ€™ results.
Keywords: Self-regulated learning (SRL), meta-cognition, teacher feedback, life-long learning, Vietnamese students.
TEACHING SPEECH SKILLS USING ROLE MODELING/ تعليم مهارة الكلام باستخدام طريقة تمثيل الأدوار
Authors: Maimunah Iffat 
Published: May 2019

<pre>Teaching Arabic at the Islamic university aims to understand Islamic books written in Arabic as well as improve language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Previous research conducted by researchers showed the weakness of students in speaking. The teaching and learning process cause this. The teacher does not use various strategies. He only tells about lessons, limited opportunities for students to talk in class and their respective motivations to talk and discuss in class. The research conducted by this researcher aims to improve speaking skills through role-playing strategies. Role-playing is one of the most effective and exciting teaching methods that help us in the learning process, especially in developing speaking skills. The subjects of this study were students of the Islamic State University of Malang, Indonesia Faculty of Economics, EKA class 3. Using two cycles each containing four methods, namely: planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. The results of this study indicate that role-playing strategies are useful in improving students' speaking skills. During the role-playing, they do it with confidence without feeling embarrassed or worried, and they can speak fluently, even they can work together to improve their speaking skills while acting in the teaching process.</pre><p> </p><strong>Keywords: </strong>role-playing; teaching speaking skills; teaching strategies
Premedication with Oral Paracetamol for Reduction of Propofol Injection Pain: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
Authors: Nimmaanrat Sasikaan , Jongjidpranitarn Manasanun , Prathep Sumidtra , Oofuvong Maliwan 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
Background: To compare the effect of premedication with 2 different doses of oral paracetamol to prevent pain at propofol intravenous injection.
Methods: We conducted a double-blind randomized controlled trial in which patients scheduled for induction of general anesthesia with intravenous propofol received either a placebo, 500 mg or 1000 mg of oral paracetamol (P500 and P1000, respectively) 1 hr prior to induction. Two mg/kg of propofol was injected at a rate of 600 ml/hr. After 1/4 of the full dose had been injected, the syringe pump was paused, and patients were asked to rate pain at the injection site using a verbal numerical rating score (VNRS) from 0-10.
Results: Three hundred and twenty-four patients were included. Pain intensity was lower in both P500 and P1000 groups (median VNRS [interquartile range] = 2 [0-3] and 4 [2-5], respectively) than in the placebo group (8 [7-10]; P<0.001)*. The rate of pain was lower in the P1000 group (70.4%) than in both the P500 and the placebo group (86.1% and 99.1%, respectively; P<0.001)*. The respective rates of mild (VNRS 1-3), moderate (VNRS 4-6) and severe pain (VNRS 7-10) were 47.2, 23.2 and 0% in the P1000 group, 28.7, 50 and 7.4% in the P500 group, and 0, 22.2 and 76.9% in the placebo group (P<0.001* for between group comparisons). Tolerance was similar in the 3 groups.
Conclusions: A premedication with oral paracetamol can dose-dependently reduce pain at propofol intravenous injection. To avoid this common uncomfortable concern for the patients, this well-tolerated, available and cheap treatment appears as an option to be implemented in the current practice.
Experiences of shared sanitation – towards a better understanding of access, exclusion and ‘toilet mobility’ in low-income urban areas
Authors: Foggitt Ella , Cawood Sally , Evans Barbara , Acheampong Patricia 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 6.2 calls for ‘adequate and equitable sanitation for all’. In dense, rapidly urbanising cities, the challenge of providing household sanitation means that many countries include shared, community and public toilets in their national strategies to meet global goals. However, shared sanitation is associated with several problems including poor management and exclusion. This study examines shared sanitation access and use by using innovative mapping methods in compound house units in Fante New Town, Kumasi, Ghana. This study reveals that 56% of house units have at least one toilet. Of the 47% of people living in these house units, almost a third were excluded from using the toilet. Tenure status was the main driver for exclusion, with nearly half of people reporting non-usage ‘not allowed’ to use the toilet by the landlord. This study outlines key policy interventions to address broader institutional and regulatory barriers to shared sanitation. At the settlement level, this includes the provision of safe, well-managed public toilets and engagement with landlords to improve house unit toilet access. At the national and global level, this study calls for nuanced indicators to assess the quality of access and to ensure shared sanitation works for everyone.
This article has been made Open Access thanks to the generous support of a global network of libraries as part of the Knowledge Unlatched Select initiative.
How does greywater separation impact the operation of conventional wastewater treatment plants?
Authors: Morandi Carlo , Steinmetz Heidrun 
Published: May 2019

Abstract
Source separation has thus far been addressed mainly within the context of decentralization in new development areas; centralized approaches for resource-oriented sanitation remained, however, largely disregarded. By means of inhabitant-specific load and volume flow balances, based on typical reference values for municipal wastewater in Germany, a stepwise transition towards on-site greywater recycling was investigated for a model wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Up to 17% transition (separation of greywater from 17% of the total inhabitants), greywater separation was proven to benefit plant operation by reducing energy consumption for aeration. From 17% transition onwards, however, unfavorable carbon to nitrogen ratios (C/N) were reported, as less biodegradable carbon reaches denitrification, thus shifting C/N ratios negatively. Therefore, nitrogen recovery/removal from N-rich sludge sidestreams would be required. At 35% transition, a 50% N recovery from sludge liquor was proven to be sufficient in order to ensure full denitrification; combined with greywater separation, nutrient recovery yielded 14% reduction in power demand for aeration (on the actual state). Additionally, extensive mainstream process changeovers could be avoided by separating N-rich urine alongside greywater from the main wastewater stream. Urine separation was proven to maintain denitrification stability as well as reduce power demand for aeration. The calculations show that, under consideration of specific boundary conditions, existing WWTP can be successfully integrated in transition concepts for resource-oriented sanitation.
Molecular Investigations of the Newly Synthesized Azomethines as Antioxidants: Theoretical and Experimental Studies
Authors: Shahab Siyamak , Sheikhi Masoome , Filippovich Liudmila , Dikusar Evgenij , Pazniak Anhelina , Rouhani Morteza , Kumar Rakesh 
Published: May 2019

:
In this study, the antioxidant property of new synthesized
azomethins has been investigated as theoretical and experimental.

Methods and Results:
Density functional theory (DFT) was employed to investigate the
Bond Dissociation Enthalpy (BDE), Mulliken Charges, NBO analysis, Ionization Potential
(IP), Electron Affinities (EA), HOMO and LUMO energies, Hardness (η), Softness (S),
Electronegativity (µ), Electrophilic Index (ω), Electron Donating Power (ω-), Electron
Accepting Power (ω+) and Energy Gap (Eg) in order to deduce scavenging action of the
two new synthesized azomethines (FD-1 and FD-2). Spin density calculations and NBO
analysis were also carried out to understand the antioxidant activity mechanism.
Comparison of BDE of FD-1 and FD-2 indicate the weal antioxidant potential of these
structures.

Conclusion:
FD-1 and FD-2 have very high antioxidant potential due to the planarity
and formation of intramolecular hydrogen bonds.
Exploring Secondary Metabolites Database of Apocynaceae, Menispermaceae, and Annonaceae to Select Potential Anti-HCV Compounds
Authors: Barros Renata P.C. , Scotti Luciana , Scotti Marcus T. 
Published: May 2019

Background:
Hepatitis C is a disease that constitutes a serious global health problem, is
often asymptomatic and difficult to diagnose and about 60-80% of infected patients develop chronic
diseases over time. As there is no vaccine against hepatitis C virus (HCV), developing new cheap
treatments is a big challenge.

Objective:
The search for new drugs from natural products has been outstanding in recent years. The
aim of this study was to combine structure-based and ligand-based virtual screening (VS) techniques to
select potentially active molecules against four HCV target proteins from in-house secondary metabolite
dataset (SistematX).

Materials and Methods:
From the ChEMBL database, we selected four sets of 1199, 355, 290 and
237chemical structures with inhibitory activity against different targets of HCV to create random forest
models with an accuracy value higher than 82% for cross-validation and test sets. Afterward, a ligandbased
virtual screen of the entire 1848 secondary metabolites database stored in SistematX was performed.
In addition, a structure-based virtual screening was also performed for the same set of secondary
metabolites using molecular docking.

Results:
Finally, using consensus analyses approach combining ligand-based and structure-based VS,
three alkaloids were selected as potential anti-HCV compounds.

Conclusion:
The selected structures are a starting point for further studies in order to develop new anti-
HCV compounds based on natural products.
The Effect of Stenotic Geometry and Non-newtonian Property of Blood Flow through Arterial Stenosis
Authors: Sriyab Somchai 
Published: May 2019

Background:
A mathematical model of blood flow is a way to study the blood flow
behavior. In this research work, a mathematical model of non-Newtonian blood flow through
different stenosis, namely bell shape and cosine shape, is considered. The physiologically important
flow quantities of blood flow behavior to describe the blood flow phenomena are obtained such as
resistance to flow, skin friction and blood flow rate.

Methods:
Mathematical methods are used to analyze a mathematical model of blood flow through
stenosed artery. The resistance to flow, skin friction and blood flow rate were obtained to describe
the blood flow in stenosis. The resistance to flow is a relation between pressure and blood flow rate
while the skin friction is the friction at the artery membrane.

Results:
The blood flow in cosine geometry exhibits higher resistance to flow and flow rate than in
the bell geometry, while the blood flow in bell geometry gives a higher skin friction than in cosine
geometry. Not only the effect of stenotic geometry was studied but also the effect of stenosis depth
and stenosis height on the flow quantities Moreover, the power law index was adjusted to explore
the non-Newtonian behavior. When blood exhibits Newtonian behavior, the resistance to flow and
skin friction decrease but the blood flow rate increases.

Conclusion:
The stenosed artery geometry, the stenosis length, stenosis depth and the power law
index (non-Newtonian behavior) are important factors affecting the blood flow through the stenosed
artery. This work provides some potential aspects to further study the causes and development of
cardiovascular diseases.