bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Actividad comunicativa interactiva entre un adulto y un grupo de niños preescolares en una experiencia de juego grupal
Authors: González-Moreno Claudia Ximena 
Published: June 2019

El objetivo de este estudio es analizar la actividad comunicativa interactiva entre el adulto y un grupo de 20 niños preescolares en una experiencia de juego grupal. Esta experiencia fue desarrollada y analizada desde la perspectiva de la psicología pedagógica histórico-cultural de L.S. Vigotsky. La experiencia se desarrolló en un aula de clase de una institución educativa pública en la ciudad de Bogotá, Colombia. Los resultados muestran que la actividad comunicativa interactiva entre el adulto y los niños en el juego permite el desarrollo de habilidades en la iniciativa para la toma de turnos conversacionales al representar los roles, en la expresión de información de contenido temático de acuerdo a la situación de juego, en la realización de preguntas para considerar la perspectiva del otro, en la narración de secuencias de eventos, en la comprensión de la intención comunicativas de los diversos roles que participan en el juego y en la comprensión y expresión de construcciones lingüísticas complejas usadas al asumir un rol. Se concluye que la actividad comunicativa en el juego de roles sociales posibilita que los niños conozcan a los demás y que se conozcan a sí mismos.
Efectos del café cafeinado sobre la memoria inmediata y la planificación visomotora en estudiantes universitarios
Authors: Santacruz Ortega Maria Del Pilar , Bohórquez Alonso Martha , López José Julián , Molina Miguel 
Published: June 2019

Con el objetivo de evaluar los efectos del café con cafeína 150mg/130 ml en la memoria a corto plazo y en la ejecución cognitiva con una prueba de coordinación visomotora, en estudiantes universitarios de ambos sexos, se utilizó un diseño experimental pretest- postest con grupo control. A 109 estudiantes universitarios de pregrado, se les evaluó la memoria a corto plazo mediante el número de figuras recordadas, después de observarlas dos minutos en la pantalla del computador y los aciertos, los errores (de secuencia y de atravesamiento) y la velocidad de ejecución en una prueba de planificación con actividad visomotora. Para establecer la línea base, se aplicó el TESEN No 1 Después, aleatoriamente y por medio del método doble-ciego se les dio a beber café con cafeína/ sin cafeína, pasados 30 minutos se les repitió la evaluación con una lámina diferente de 32 figuras y se utilizó el test de sendero No 3. Se analizaron los datos mediante la prueba de rangos de Wilcoxon para establecer las diferencias entre el pretest y el postest y para comparar la ejecución de los grupos control y experimental en el pretest y en el postest se utilizó la U de Mann-Whitney con un alpha igual a 0.05. Se encontró que el café con cafeína incrementó la memoria de figuras, los aciertos, disminuyó los errores de atravesamientos, no afecto los errores totales ni la velocidad de ejecución de los senderos. El café cafeinado incremento algunos índices de la ejecución cognoscitiva y estos efectos son diferenciales en relación al sexo.
Evaluating Bibliographic Referencing Tools for a Polytechnic Environment
Authors: Brander Gina , Langman Erin , Maddison Tasha , Shrubsole Jennifer 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Objective – This paper analyzes the design process for a toolkit for appraising emerging and established bibliographic reference generators and managers for a particular student population. Others looking to adapt or draw from the toolkit to meet the needs of users at their own institutions will benefit from this exploration of how one team developed and streamlined the process of assessment.
Methods – The authors implemented an extensive initial evaluation using a checklist and comprehensive rubric to review and select reference tools. This work was guided by a matrix of categories from Marino (2012), Bates (2015), and other literature. As the tools were assessed using the toolkit, the components of the toolkit were evaluated and revised. Toolkit revisions were based on evaluators’ feedback and lessons learned during the testing process.
Results – Fifty-three tools were screened using a checklist that reviewed features, including cost and referencing styles. Eighteen tools were thoroughly evaluated using the comprehensive rubric by multiple researchers to minimize bias. From this secondary testing, tools were recommended for use within this environment. Ultimately the process of creating an assessment toolkit allowed the researchers to develop a streamlined process for further testing. The toolkit includes a checklist to reduce the list of potential tools, a rubric for features, a rubric to evaluate qualitative criteria, and an instrument for scoring.
Conclusion – User needs and the campus environment are critical considerations for the selection of reference tools. For this project, researchers developed a comprehensive rubric and testing procedure to ensure consistency and validity of data. The streamlined process in turn enabled library staff to provide evidence based recommendations for the most suitable manager or generator to meet the needs of individual programs.
Delivering Information Literacy via Facebook: Here Comes the Spinach!
Authors: Tyson A. F. , Angelo Anton , McElwaine Brian , Tauro Kiera 
Published: June 2019

Abstract
Objective – Information literacy (IL) skills are critical to undergraduate student success and yet not all students receive equal amounts of curriculum-integrated IL instruction. This study investigated whether Facebook could be employed by libraries as an additional method of delivering IL content to students. To test whether students would engage with IL content provided via a library Facebook page, this study compared the engagement (measured by Facebook’s reach and engagement metrics) with IL content to the library’s normal marketing content.
Methods – We ran a two-part intervention using the University of Canterbury Library’s Facebook page. We created content to help students find, interpret, and reference resources, and measured their reception using Facebook’s metrics. Our first intervention focused on specific courses and mentioned courses by name through hashtagging, while our second intervention targeted peak assessment times during the semester. Statistics on each post’s reach and engagement were collected from Facebook’s analytics.
Results – Students chose to engage with posts on the library Facebook page that contain IL content more than the normal library marketing-related content. Including course-specific identifiers (hashtags) and tagging student clubs and societies in the post further increased engagement. Reach was increased when student clubs and societies shared our content with their followers.
Conclusion – This intervention found that students engaged more with IL content than with general library posts on Facebook. Course-targeted interventions were more successful in engaging students than generic IL content, with timeliness, specificity, and community being important factors in building student engagement. This demonstrates that academic libraries can use Facebook for more than just promotional purposes and offers a potential new channel for delivering IL content.
Academic Library Patrons Value Personalized Attention and Subject Matter Expertise in Reference Consultations
Authors: Kaari Jennifer 
Published: June 2019

A Review of:
Rogers, E., & Carrier, H. S. (2017). A qualitative investigation of patrons’ experiences with academic library research consultations. Reference Services Review, 45(1), 18–37. https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-04-2016-0029
Abstract
Objective – To examine the experiences of patrons with one-on-one reference consultation services.
Design – Qualitative analysis of open-ended interviews.
Setting – Academic library at a public university in the Southern United States.
Subjects – Students who attended a consultation with a reference librarian.
Methods – All students who attended a reference consultation with a librarian were invited to participate in an interview. Open-ended interviews were conducted after informed consent was collected. Interviewers were provided with prompts to help participants discuss their experiences but were not intended to guide the conversation. The interviews were recorded and then transcribed line-by-line. The transcripts were then analyzed using a conventional, inductive model of content analysis. Transcripts were first analyzed in an initial phase to identify basic themes, and then further examined in an advanced analysis in light of these themes.
Main Results – 10 students agreed to participate for a response rate of 38%. Most participants became aware of the reference consultation service by receiving library instruction as part of their course or through word-of-mouth recommendations from peers or faculty. No participants were aware of consultations through library marketing efforts or the library website. The major theme that emerged from the analysis was that patrons chose a reference consultation because it allowed them one-on-one attention from the librarian and because of the librarian’s perceived subject expertise. The primary problems participants identified with the service were that it was not adequately marketed to the students and that students were not aware of the service. Participants intended to use the skills and information gathered from the consultation to continue their independent research and they also largely intended to use librarian’s services as they continue working on their projects.
Conclusion – The authors found that the reference consultation is a valuable service for academic libraries and that consultation with a librarian in their office provides unique perceived benefits to the patrons compared to a traditional reference desk interaction. Further research is suggested to determine the value of consultations for distance or online students, to ensure that reference consultations services are sustainable, and to further examine student’s emotive reactions to the consultation experience.
Blind User Experiences of US Academic Libraries can be Improved by More Proactive Reference Service Delivery
Authors: Howlett Alisa 
Published: June 2019

A Review of:
Mulliken, A. (2017). There is nothing inherently mysterious about assistive technology: A qualitative study about blind user experiences in US academic libraries. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 57(2), 115-126. https://doi.org/10.5860/rusq.57.2.6528
Abstract
Objective – To explore blind users’ experiences with academic libraries.
Design – Qualitative questionnaire.
Setting – Academic libraries within the United States of America.
Subjects – 18 individuals who are legally blind, have experience relying on a screen reader to access the internet, and have used an academic library either online or in person within the previous two years.
Methods – An open-ended questionnaire was administered via telephone interview. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed using an inductive approach to identify themes using Hill et al.’s (2005) approach.
Main Results – The author found seven themes in the interview data: experiences working with reference librarians in person, difficulty with library websites, screen reader use during reference transactions, preferences for independence, using chat, interactions with disability officers, and challenges of working with citation styles.
Conclusion – The study concluded that academic libraries and librarians should be more proactive when approaching reference services for blind users. The author offered suggestions for practice about how to improve blind user experiences of academic libraries.
Molecular analysis and antimicrobial resistance pattern of distinct strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from cystic fibrosis patients in Iran
Authors: Emaneini Mohammad , Kalantar-Neyestanaki Davood , Jabalameli Leila , Hashemi Mojtaba , Beigverdi Reza , Jabalameli Fereshteh 
Published: June 2019

Background and Objectives: Colonization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients may lead to severe pulmonary disease and death. Different characteristics of P. aeruginosa from these patients were determined in the present study.
Materials and Methods: Antimicrobial susceptibility and AmpC-overproduction were determined. The β-lactamase genes were detected by PCR and the oprD gene was sequenced in some of the carbapenem resistance isolates. Distribution of exo genes was determined by PCR. Cytotoxicity of Exo effector proteins was measured using A549 cells. Biofilm production was determined by microtiter plate assay. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) –PCR was performed for molecular analysis.
Results: Polymyxin B, piperacillin/tazobactam and meropenem were the most active antibiotics and 9.6% of isolates were

ampC overproducers. The prevalence of bla

, bla

, bla

, and bla

genes were as follow: 22.7%, 3.75%, 6.25% and

VEB

OXA

VIM

PER

3.75%, respectively. A high proportion (83.5%) of isolates was able to produce biofilm. The exoT gene was present in all isolates while exoU was present in about 35% of them. RAPD-PCR revealed 49 patterns among 78 tested isolates in which
34 patterns were detected once.
Conclusion: Biofilm formation ability and relatively high frequency of exoS may contribute to the persistence of bacteria within lungs of CF patients. Some characteristics of isolates recovered from a single patient after several sampling proce- dures were similar, while others lacked resemblance.
Effect of microencapsulation on Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii viability in the gastrointestinal tract and level of some blood biochemical factors in wistar rats
Authors: Ghorbani-Choboghlo Hassan , Nikaein Donya , Khosravi Ali-Reza , Rahmani Reza , Farahnejad Zohreh 
Published: June 2019

ABSTRACT

Background and Objectives: Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in an adequate amount, confer a health benefit on the host through the gut. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a widespread yeast found in nature. This microor- ganism has been used as a probiotic agent in recent years. In this study, the effect of microencapsulation on survival rate of S. cerevisiae var. boulardii in the simulated gastrointestinal tract medium and the impact of microencapsulated S. cerevisiae var. boulardii on some serum biochemical factors in a rat model was evaluated.
Materials and Methods: 30 male wistar rats were divided into three groups (control, rats receiving microencapsulated S. cerevisiae var. boulardii, and rats receiving S. cerevisiae var. boulardii alone). The probiotic was gavaged at a dosage of 2 gr/ kg BW for 8 weeks. Blood was collected from rats at the end of the treatment period and biochemical factors were measured using Mancompany kits.
Results: The results showed a significant increase in viability of microencapsulated S. cerevisiae var. boulardii in compar- ison with free S. cerevisiae var. boulardii (p<0.05). Weight of rats in probiotic treated groups was significantly higher in comparison with the control group (p<0.05). Moreover, probiotic treatment reduced mean levels of triglycerides, cholesterol, free blood sugar and liver enzymes in rats.
Conclusion: Microencapsulation could increase the survival rate of yeast probiotics in the gastrointestinal tract; however, more studies are needed for better understanding of the exact effect of microencapsulation on probiotics’ function.
CONSUMERS’ PARSIMONY OF MOBILE INTERNET BANKING USAGE IN MALAYSIA
Authors: Foo-Wah Lim , Fakhrorazi A. , Islam Rabiul 
Published: June 2019

Purpose of the Study: The objective of this study is to empirically investigate the determinants of the adoption of mobile Internet Banking in Malaysia. However, the slow growth of mobile Internet banking usage as comparison to online Internet Banking increases the concern on the adoption and parsimony issues of mobile Internet banking (MI-Banking) usage in managing personal finances and banking activities.
Methodology: Self-administered survey was applied and analyzed by using V-Base structural equation modeling. The responses of 358 respondents were analyzed by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) based on Partial Least Squares (PLS) technique.
Results: The findings of this study revealed that perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and perceived risk significantly influenced the adoption of mobile internet banking, while perceived ease of use was found to have the greatest influence on the overall adoption of mobile internet banking. At the same token, perceived ease of use was found to have a significant influence on perceived usefulness.
Implications: The application of mobile internet services has increased and mobile phones are becoming significant tools for managing and controlling personal finances and spending. Thus, a study was conducted to seek clarification on the predictors of mobile Internet banking adoption among Malaysians that will embark further and deeper studies in the context of mobile Internet Banking.
THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN GLOBAL CORPORATIONS
Authors: Othman Muhammad Fuad , Islam Rabiul , Abdul Ghani Ahmad Bashawir 
Published: June 2019

Purpose of the Study: The impact of global leadership behavior in the contemporary business environment cannot be easily overlooked as the global environment is full of competitive challenges. Leadership behavior is critically significant because it impacts the present or future situations of any organization. The attainment of an organization’s objectives depends largely on leaders and their leadership behavior.
Methodology: The data for this study were obtained from existing literatures on international leadership in global corporations as well. The methodology relied heavily on existing previous literatures on the subject being dealt with.
Results: The demonstration of a specific leadership behavior by leaders affects both productivity and job satisfaction of employees directly or indirectly. Multinational firms can promote economic activities in developing nations and offer an opportunity to enhance the economic growth, qualities of life, regional, and world commons. This leadership expertise enables the achievement of maximum proficiency and output at a minimum cost.
Implications: The role of global leadership behavior on the performance of multinational corporations has been discussed decisively and how they impact on both workers and organizational performance. Multinational companies often have their headquarters in one state, while other branches or outlets exist in other nations of the world and keep a high standard of leadership outfit.
Novelty: The innovation of this paper is the maximum proficiency of international leadership in global corporations.
THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT ON POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Authors: Islam Rabiul , Arbak Salwani , Raihan Joarder Mohd Hasanur 
Published: June 2019

Purpose of the study: The aim of this study is to discuss the role of government on politics and trade. Political economy brings the production and exchange of goods and services that are parallel with the country’s law. The government plays a massive role because if it is not effective then the trade profitability will be decreased. Thus, political intervention is needed to protect the development of economy, sovereignty, and citizens of the state.
Methodology: The data for this study were obtained from existing literatures on the role of government on politics and international trade. The methodology relied heavily on existing literatures on the subject being dealt with.
Result: Political economy on international trade enables the cheap production and import of goods and services in the country. This is because international trade does not limit to commodities as they are produced by only some countries. Finally, political economy can be surveyed by comprehensively gathering political aspects, such as national policies and their administration, and this will take a basic position on the existing and ideal financial models, organizations, and related policies which are being formulated by micro- and macro-economic agendas.
Implication: The interest for the political economy of trade arrangement is the complementary impact of global exchange on local and worldwide legislative issues.
IMPACT OF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS ON PERFORMANCE OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES
Authors: Islam Rabiul , Osman Nazariah , Othman Muhammad Fuad , Raihan Md. Abu 
Published: June 2019

Purpose of Study: The aim of this study is to influence the global leadership behaviors on performance in multinational companies. The leadership of multinational companies has become a prominent issue in the 21st century. Organizational performance depends on the leadership style and behavior of the organization. It is also viewed as the survival and profitability of an organization in which its measurement is primary both in manufacturing and services. On the other hand, transactional leadership focuses mainly on goal attainment and transactional leaders are focused on task completion and have fewer emphasis on the emotions and challenges of subordinates or employees.
Methodology: The data for this study were obtained from existing literatures on the impact of global leadership behaviors on the performance of multinational companies. The methodology heavily relied on existing previous literatures on the subject being dealt with.
Results: Transactional leadership was explicated as the style of leadership that focuses on meeting specific goals or performance criteria and the development of followers and their needs. Relations-oriented leaders are different from task-oriented leaders. On this side of the spectrum, relations-oriented leaders tend to focus more on developing a close relationship with their employees.
Implications: Transactional leadership style lacks supervision and influence on subordinates from leaders, as they indulge themselves from any situation that threatens or confronts them; therefore, the responsibilities are shifted on the employees.
INFLUENCE OF ISLAMIC ADVERTISING: ETHIC VIOLATION ON CUSTOMER PURCHASE INTENTION OF HALAL COSMETIC PRODUCTS IN MALAYSIA
Authors: Arbak Salwani , Islam Rabiul , Al Rasyid Harun 
Published: June 2019

Purpose of the study: This paper examines the relation between Muslim women customer offense due to Islamic advertising ethics violation and purchase intention of halal cosmetic products in Malaysia.
Methodology: The relation between Muslim women customer offense due to Islamic advertising ethics violation of halal cosmetic products and purchase intention in Malaysia was examined through a survey that included 110 Muslim women respondents in Malaysia, who used cosmetics. The items used for the operationalization of variables were based on the advertising ethics provided by Quran and Sunnah. Based on the correlation results, this study reveals that Islamic advertising ethic violation (honesty, racism, sexism, intention, and language) has correlation with purchase intention. A multiple regression analysis highlighted that racism, sexism, intention, and language have negative and significant influence on purchase intention.
Results: Only one variable was found that was not a significant influence on the purchase intention of halal cosmetic products in Malaysia. Sexism plays the most critical role in influencing consumers’ intention that makes them avoid buying halal cosmetic products. Furthermore, customer offense is created due to the violation of ethics and has a negative impact on purchase intention of halal cosmetic products.
Implications: The current study confirms that irrespective of their religion as Muslims, women’s perspective find those advertisements offensive and unethical. The ethics provided by Islam are universal in nature.