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Equalities between h-type Indices and Definitions of Rational h-type Indicators
Authors: Egghe Leo , Fassin Yves , Rousseau Ronald 
Published: March 2019

Abstract

Purpose
To show for which publication-citation arrays h-type indices are equal and to reconsider rational h-type indices. Results for these research questions fill some gaps in existing basic knowledge about h-type indices.

Design/methodology/approach
The results and introduction of new indicators are based on well-known definitions.

Findings
The research purpose has been reached: answers to the first questions are obtained and new indicators are defined.

Research limitations
h-type indices do not meet the Bouyssou-Marchant independence requirement.

Practical implications
On the one hand, more insight has been obtained for well-known indices such as the h- and the g-index and on the other hand, simple extensions of existing indicators have been added to the bibliometric toolbox. Relative rational h-type indices are more useful for individuals than the existing absolute ones.

Originality/value
Answers to basic questions such as “when are the values of two h-type indices equal” are provided. A new rational h-index is introduced.
Measuring Scientific Productivity in China Using Malmquist Productivity Index
Authors: Song Yaoyao , Schubert Torben , Liu Huihui , Yang Guoliang 
Published: March 2019

Abstract

Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the scientific productivity of China’s science system.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper employs the Malmquist productivity index (MPI) based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).

Findings
The results reveal that the overall efficiency of Chinese universities increased significantly from 2009 to 2016, which is mainly driven by technological progress. From the perspective of the functions of higher education, research and transfer activities perform better than the teaching activities.

Research limitations
As an implication, the indicator selection mechanism, investigation period and the MPI model can be further extended in the future research.

Practical implications
The results indicate that Chinese education administrative departments should take actions to guide and promote the teaching activities and formulate reasonable resource allocation regulations to reach the balanced development in Chinese universities.

Originality/value
This paper selects 58 Chinese universities and conducts a quantified measurement during the period 2009–2016. Three main functional activities of universities (i.e. teaching, researching, and application) are innovatively categorized into different schemes, and we calculate their performance, respectively.
Identification and Prediction of Interdisciplinary Research Topics: A Study Based on the Concept Lattice Theory
Authors: Xu Haiyun , Wang Chao , Dong Kun , Yue Zenghui 
Published: March 2019

Abstract

Purpose
Formal concept analysis (FCA) and concept lattice theory (CLT) are introduced for constructing a network of IDR topics and for evaluating their effectiveness for knowledge structure exploration.

Design/methodology/approach
We introduced the theory and applications of FCA and CLT, and then proposed a method for interdisciplinary knowledge discovery based on CLT. As an example of empirical analysis, interdisciplinary research (IDR) topics in Information & Library Science (LIS) and Medical Informatics, and in LIS and Geography-Physical, were utilized as empirical fields. Subsequently, we carried out a comparative analysis with two other IDR topic recognition methods.

Findings
The CLT approach is suitable for IDR topic identification and predictions.

Research limitations
IDR topic recognition based on the CLT is not sensitive to the interdisciplinarity of topic terms, since the data can only reflect whether there is a relationship between the discipline and the topic terms. Moreover, the CLT cannot clearly represent a large amounts of concepts.

Practical implications
A deeper understanding of the IDR topics was obtained as the structural and hierarchical relationships between them were identified, which can help to get more precise identification and prediction to IDR topics.

Originality/value
IDR topics identification based on CLT have performed well and this theory has several advantages for identifying and predicting IDR topics. First, in a concept lattice, there is a partial order relation between interconnected nodes, and consequently, a complete concept lattice can present hierarchical properties. Second, clustering analysis of IDR topics based on concept lattices can yield clusters that highlight the essential knowledge features and help display the semantic relationship between different IDR topics. Furthermore, the Hasse diagram automatically displays all the IDR topics associated with the different disciplines, thus forming clusters of specific concepts and visually retaining and presenting the associations of IDR topics through multiple inheritance relationships between the concepts.
The Growing Phenomenon of Street Children in Tehran
Authors: Salihu Habeeb A. 
Published: March 2019

This study examines the increasing phenomenon of street children in Tehran. It focuses on the challenges and risks these children encounter and the overall implications on the general populace and the country as a whole. The study adopted both primary and secondary sources of data. The primary data were qualitative design (face-to-face interview). The population include all street children in Tehran. Purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to select a total of 3725 street children for this research. Information gathered was coded, categorized and analyzed using EZ Test Software to quantify the results and demonstrate the frequency of responses to the open-ended questions relating to the research interest. The study found that there are two categories of street children in Tehran (children of the street and children on the street), they experience several challenges such as extortion, exploitation, rape, and harassment. Furthermore, they engage in different activities to get money or survive. The study concludes that disrupted socioeconomic structure of families and the influx of different categories of people into the cities are the major causes of the phenomenon. The study, therefore, recommends that addressing the socioeconomic challenges should be the first approach toward ending the menace.
American foreign policy in Middle East: new transformations under W. Bush and Obama administrations
Authors: Mohammed Abdulkhaliq Shamel 
Published: March 2019

This study attempts to diagnose the changes witnessed by the American foreign policy in the Middle East, in both of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, this phase witnessed shift at the level of the visions, beliefs and attitudes. which reflected on the nature of the of dealing with the issues of the region , and embodied the most prominent features of change to adopt the U.S. policy toward the countries of the region in a general principle encapsulates policies , texture pressure in order to establish the values of democracy and human rights as a philosophy and a general principle , and inwardly save its interests in the Middle East , the United States sought for six decades in middle east countries to achieve stability on the expense of democracy , and through the support of totalitarian existing regimes , and cracking down on the opposition .but the events of September 11 forced them to change the approach to foreign policy encouraging democracy and claim to impose reforms. the study exposed to the George W. Bush hard doctrine, unilateral, military tool that give superiority to the implementation of the objectives of its foreign policy, on the contrast of president Obama doctrine with its realistic approach, which sees the need to combine all the tools of foreign policy to implement its objectives, Also this study return to realistic policy in its alliances and legitimacy, as well as dealt approach U.S. political discourse towards the Muslim world, and seek the main topics like, the war on Iraq in 2003and its impact on reformation in the Middle East .And the U.S. position on the Arab Spring, specifically the Syrian revolution. Also this study deals with U.S policy towards Iran Nuclear file, and The Arab-Israeli conflict .The study concluded that foreign policy changes occurred in George W. Bush second presidency is differ from his first presidency, and this transformation take a wider dimension and more comprehensive in Barack Obama's presidency.
The Effect of Guided Imagery to The Level of Anxiety of Trimester III Pregnant Woman in The Working Area of Mijen Health Center in Semarang City
Authors: Wulandari Priharyanti , Sofitamia Alifia , Kustriyani Menik 
Published: March 2019

Background: Pregnancy is a time when there are dramatic changes both psychologically and biologically that can cause anxiety. From the results of interviews stated 7 of 10 third trimester pregnant mother said anxious moment before childbirth. Guided imagery is a therapy to overcome anxiety. The purpose of this study to determine the effect of guided imagery on the anxiety level of pregnant women at Trimester III. Method: Quantitative research type of quasi-experimental design pre and post-test without control. Sampling by purposive sampling. The sample size is 30 respondents. The anxiety was measured using the HRSA questionnaire and analyzed using the Match Pair Test Wilcoxon test. Results: The results of analysis of 30 respondents, before given guided imagery therapy most of the respondents experienced moderate anxiety as many as 18 people (60%). After being given guided imagery treatment most respondents had light anxiety 17 people (56.7%). The result of the Wilcoxon test shows p-value 0.000 (p-value <0,05), Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. Conclusion: There is an influence of guided imagery on the anxiety level of third-trimester pregnant women in the Working Area of Mijen Health Center in Semarang City with a p-value of 0.000 which means that guided imagery can reduce the anxiety level of third-trimester pregnant women.
IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING RESULTS IN MATHEMATICAL LEARNING THROUGH SOMATIC, AUDITORY, VISUAL AND INTELLECTUAL APPROACH (SAVI)
Authors: Adohar Ovan , Mahmud Ramlan , B Ruslan 
Published: March 2019

This research was aimed to improve the Somatic, Auditory, Visual, and Intelectual (SAVI) approach to Grade Seven B (VII B) Bajiminasa. The Type of research used is classroom action research with classroom action research. The subject of this study was the students is class VIII Bajiminasa Makassar, South Sulawesi. of SMP Islam Sultan Agung 4 Semarang, Central Java. The writer analyzed the data with quantitative and qualitative approaches on learning outcomes. The resulth of the study showed that the Somatic, Audotory, Visual and Intelectual (SAVI) approach was complete and student learning outomes had increased. To complete and improve in learning outcomes, presumably provide special guidance and do not experience improvement
Les anecdotes du suttisme- image d’une altérité féminine ambiguë
Authors: Vijayan Devika 
Published: March 2019

Quand on parle de l’image de l’Inde ou de l’Indien dans les récits de voyage vers les Indes orientales, on avance souvent cette hypothèse qu’en dépit des progrès des connaissances, la persistance de l’imaginaire définit à toutes les périodes de l’histoire les relations entre l’Inde et le monde occidental. L’Inde n’a donc jamais été découverte comme l’a été l’Amérique par Christophe Colomb en 1492. C’est un pays qui, comme l’affirme Catherine Weinberger-Thomas, a été construit et reconstruit « par le processus de la mémorisation de certains stéréotypes ». Une de ces pratiques qui ne cessait d’étonner le public européen et que l’on qualifiait d’« horribles spectacles » ou encore de « coutume barbare » est celle de l’immolation des veuves hindoues sur le bûcher de leurs maris. Certains chercheurs, comme Pompa Banerjee, pensent que les voyageurs utilisent les récits anecdotiques sur ce rite comme tremplin pour promouvoir leurs idées sur une altérité religieuse barbare. Dans cet article nous remettons en cause cette affirmation en examinant le cas spécifique des voyageurs français aux Indes orientales aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. En analysant les récits anecdotiques, nous démontrerons que cette pratique met plutôt en scène un discours sur une altérité féminine fracturée, ce qui est largement symptomatique de l’image ambiguë de la femme occidentale et orientale durant l’Ancien Régime.
Écriture à quatre mains : le cas de François Pyrard de Laval et Jean Thévenot
Authors: Vijayan Devika 
Published: March 2019

La rédaction des relations de voyage confère un nouveau statut au voyageur, celui de l’écrivain. Cette conception nouvelle met au jour une opposition entre l’écrivain-voyageur et le voyageur-écrivain. À l’un reviendrait les compétences de l’écriture, une vision de l’ailleurs qui s’offre par la médiation de l’artifice littéraire. L’autre note souvent ses perceptions immédiates dans un style simple. Mais que dire des voyageurs qui ne savent ni lire ni écrire? L’étude de Grégoire Holtz démontre que la période « entre le Moyen-Âge jusqu’à la fin du XVIIe siècle, est une période particulièrement fertile pour la composition des récits de voyage à quatre mains » (Holtz 300). Nous analyserons le cas spécifique de François Pyrard de Laval et celui de Jean Thévenot, deux voyageurs qui s’embarquent vers les Indes orientales au XVIIe siècle. Pyrard est natif d’une famille de marchands de Laval et il est à la limite de l’analphabétisme. Jean Thévenot, quant à lui, est bien éduqué, mais comme il est mort sur le chemin de retour, c’est son frère qui achève la deuxième partie de ses Voyages. Quelles qu’en soient les raisons, l’appel à un rédacteur pour écrire le voyage semble très répandu et la grande constante de cette forme d’écriture est l’effacement du rédacteur derrière la figure du voyageur. Nous examinerons le rôle de ces deux copistes : Pierre Bergeron et Bonaventure Thévenot. S’agit-il de simples scribes ou bien des rédacteurs qui ont profondément modifié le récit du voyageur pour satisfaire aux attentes du public?
L’Asie dans les écrits de la fin du XVIIIe siècle : Jean Potocki
Authors: Rabsztyn Andrzej 
Published: March 2019

« Les détours dorées de Moscou se perdent dans un lointain bleuâtre. Adieu, Europe livrée aux troubles ! je vais me reposer dans la tranquille et paisible Asie », – écrit Jean Potocki au début de son voyage au Caucase, en 1797. Cependant, l’aventure « asiatique » de l’auteur du Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse commence bien avant, c’est-à-dire en 1784, quand il part pour la Turquie. Or, l’image passée à la postérité de cet « homme des Lumières » : un ethnologue incontournable de l’époque et l’auteur polonais d’expression française, est celle d’un « écrivain voyageur » ayant sillonné sans désemparer les routes de l’Orient.Tributaire des travaux de François Rosset, cette contribution se propose d’analyser le rapport de Potocki à l’Asie. Si le voyage en Turquie l’invite à décrire la douceur des ses mœurs tout en renonçant à la réflexion sur le « despotisme oriental », l’expédition dans le Caucase et plus tard celle en Chine cherchent à tracer la piste de la future expansion russe. Dans sa découverte de l’Asie, Potocki voit le berceau de toutes les civilisations. La description des autochtones (Ossètes, Nogaï ou Tourkmènes) est complétée par les dessins de l’auteur, et le souvenir des « figures chinoises » peintes par Watteau se manifeste dès le début de ses relations de voyages. Tout ce qu’il note sur les peuples aujourd’hui sédentarisés des steppes russes ou des contreforts du Caucase, Kalmouks, Tchétchènes, etc., constitue un document d’époque irremplaçable.
Aller vers la dissolution : hybridité, ambivalence et monstruosité chez l’écrivaine mauricienne Ananda Devi
Authors: Arnold Markus 
Published: March 2019

La romancière mauricienne Ananda Devi contribue avec son esthétique singulière du « para-naturel » à l’éclatement des imaginaires, à la redéfinition identitaire et au renouveau postcolonial dans la littérature de l’océan Indien. Si son univers fictionnel avec ses étranges intrigues et ses figures hybrides, ‘anormales’ et monstrueuses s’avère souvent hermétique pour le lecteur, s’en dégagent des réflexions puissantes sur les complexités sociales, éthiques et artistiques du monde contemporain. Le présent article propose une discussion critique du travail de Devi et une analyse de son roman La vie de Joséphin le fou (2003) pour interroger la signification multiple de ces représentations déréalisées originales et de ses principaux tropes.
Inquiry based learning and technology, negative or positive?
Authors: Medeiros Rebecca 
Published: March 2019

In this research paper, the conflicts with the implementation of inquiry based learning and digital technology into an elementary school setting are explored. They are investigated under the grounds of an inquiry-based research study conducted mainly through online surveys. This survey was important because there were two deployed: one to current teachers and one to future teachers. The aim was to discover what conflicts teachers were having with inquiry based learning and whether or not technology was a negative or a positive attribute with the implementation of inquiry based learning (IBL). Also, I wanted to discover what future educators think about their future teaching roles and whether or not they will use digital technologies to help with IBL in the classroom. The participants were Mount Royal University Education students as well as K-9 teachers and staff throughout several schools in Calgary, Alberta. Analysis from the surveys and written responses will document the practicing teacher and future teacher perspectives on inquiry based learning through digital technologies.
Studi Pelacakan (Tracer Study) Kinerja Lulusan Program Pascasarjana Magister Ilmu Ekonomi (MIE) Fakultas Ekonomi Dan Bisnis Universitas Mataram
Authors: Santoso Budi , Mahmudi Hadi , Basuki Prayitno 
Published: March 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji: a) Kondisi Proses belajar mengajar dan manajemen internal di Prodi MIE UNRAM. b) Kebutuhan soft dan hard skills lulusan/ alumni Prodi MIE UNRAM. c) Penilaian pengguna terhadap kinerja lulusan Prodi MIE UNRAM. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara terhadap sebelas orang responden alumni Prodi MIE UNRAM yang tersebar di Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa Alumni menyatakan pentingnya pengalaman magang, penekanan besar terhadap aspek peragaan atau demontrasi materi perkuliahan, dan pembimbingan akademik bernilai besar dalam proses pembelajaran. Sedangkan soft dan hard skills yang mereka butuhkan adalah kemampuan mengkomunikasikan hasil penelitian, dan gagasan mereka dengan dunia praktik. Didapati pula bahwa responden alumni sangat mampu bersaing dengan alumni perguruan tinggi lain baik dalam memperoleh pekerjaan maupun dalam penyelesaian pekerjaan di organisasi mereka.
ALOKASI PENDAPATAN RUMAH TANGGA TENAGA KERJA WANITA YANG BERMIGRASI KE LUAR NEGERI DI KABUPATEN LOMBOK TIMUR
Authors: Fadliyanti Luluk , Rois Ihsan , Mulawiani Baiq Saripta Wiji 
Published: March 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis alokasi pendapatan tenaga kerja wanita yang berasal dari kabupaten Lombok Timur yang bermigrasi ke luar negeri, serta melihat faktor-faktor apa saja yang mempengaruhi pengeluaran pendapatan keluarga tenaga kerja wanita migran tersebut. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kuantitatif, dengan menggunakan alat analisis Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR). Hasilnya bahwa alokasi pengeluaran rumah tangga tenaga kerja wanita migran paling tinggi adalah untuk pengeluaran makanan yang dipengaruhi oleh jumlah anak usia 6-18 tahun dan jumlah anak usia 0-5 tahun. Selanjutnya diikuti oleh pengeluaran kebutuhan rumah tangga lainnya yang dipengaruhi oleh jumlah tanggungan keluarga dan jumlah anak usia 0-5 tahun, pengeluaran pendidikan dipengaruhi oleh jumlah anak usia 6-18 tahun dan pengeluaran kesehatan dipengaruhi oleh jumlah anak usia 0-5 tahun.
The Spectrum of Biopsy-Proved Kidney Disease: A Retrospective Single Center Study in Erbil-Iraq
Authors: Al-Imam Ahmed , Ali Mudhafar Abdullah , Al-Mukhtar Safa Ezzaddin 
Published: March 2019

BACKGROUND
Renal biopsy is crucial to determine the pattern of the different types of renal diseases. It represents the gold standard of diagnostics for renal pathologies, including glomerular diseases, and it has an important value for the prognosis, monitoring disease progression, and planning the management protocol.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVE
To report the frequency of different pathological lesions affecting the kidney in patients who were admitted to our medical centre.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This is a retrospective study of all patients with renal diseases who underwent percutaneous renal biopsy at the Erbil Kidney Centre for eight years (1st of January 2010 to 31st of December 2017). A total of 893 cases were biopsied and subsequently studied via histopathological examination and immunofluorescence microscopy. The study is ethically permitted by the Kurdistan Board for Medical Specialization.
RESULTS
The average age of the patients was 30.9 years. The most common clinical indication for biopsy included nephrotic syndrome (46.47%), acute renal failure (19.04%), chronic renal failure (15.34%), nephritic syndrome (7.39%), proteinuria alone (7.28%), and hematuria alone (4.48%). In patients with a primary glomerular disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and minimal change disease were the most frequent (27.44% and 16.01%) in the younger patients (18.61±13.47 years), while membranous glomerulonephritis was more common in older patients (38.94±13.69 years). Patients with a secondary glomerular disease were mainly diagnosed with lupus nephritis, amyloidosis, and diabetic nephropathy.
CONCLUSION
The epitome of our study signifies that the spectrum of glomerular diseases varies based on age, sex, ethnicity, and geographical distribution. The implementation of renal biopsy proved to be a cornerstone in reaching the correct diagnosis. Future studies should implement the use of electron microscopy in conjunction with classical techniques of histopathology and immunofluorescence microscopy to diagnose equivocal cases of interest.
Profile of Obstetric and Iatrogenic Fistula Surgeries at Kathmandu Model Hospital
Authors: Shrestha Ranjana , Karki Aruna , Dangal Ganesh , Pradhan Hema , Bhattachan Kabin , Poudel Rekha , Bajracharya Nishma , Tiwari Kenusha Devi 
Published: March 2019

Aims: Vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF) is an abnormal fistulous communication between the bladder and/or urethra and the vagina that allows continuous involuntary discharge of urine into the vaginal vault affecting patients’ medical, physical, mental, social and sexual life. The aim of this study was to review and deliver a profile, their demography and outcome in the early phase of fistula surgery performed in our institute.
Methods: This was a retrospective study of 222 patients who underwent fistula surgery during the period of January 2012 to March 2018 in Kathmandu Model Hospital. The fistula were classified according to Goh`s system. Patients’ demography, obstetric characteristics and fistula repair outcomes were reviewed. The primary outcome was in terms of urinary continence.
Results: A total of 222 women aged between 10 to 65 years with a mean age of 31.4 were included. Majority of the patients had fistula due to obstetrical cause, contributing 58% (n=127) and in 42 % (n=95) of patients had fistula of gynecological etiology. Most of the patients had fistula of type 1a, contributing 38% (n=84) and only 0.01% (n=3) of type 3c and 4b according to Goh’s classification. Among 127 fistulas repaired of obstetric etiology100 (78.7%) patients and 85 (89.4%) out of 95 fistula patients of gynecological cause were continent and dry.
Conclusions: Our study showed obstructed and prolonged labor was the major cause of obstetric fistula, however iatrogenic fistula was also becoming common. Majority of our cases had successful outcome with some degree of stress in some patients.