bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Laboratory Evaluation of Soil Amendments To Limit Structural Degradation under a Sequential Irrigation with Coal Seam Gas and Rain Water
Authors: Ali Aram , McLean Bennett John , Marchuk Alla , Watson Caitlin 
Published: January 2018

Core Ideas
Land amendment irrigation was effective at reducing structural decline under rapid dilution.
Threshold electrolyte concentration analysis and initial Ksat are crucial management factors.
High‐frequency rainfall events may cause concern for marginal quality water use in irrigation.
Land amendment irrigation (LAI) has become an increasingly useful practice in addressing sodic and alkaline coal seam methane gas (CSG) water for irrigation purposes. However, there is a paucity of information pertaining to rapid dilution of soil solution under LAI management. This study investigated the ability of land amendment to buffer soils against structure degradation under sequential irrigation with CSG water (electrical conductivity [EC], 3 dS cm–1; sodium adsorption ratio [SAR], 100 mmolc L–1; pH 8.4) and rainwater in a highly smectitic black Vertisol (BV) and kaolinitic Oxisol (OX) soil. Stoichiometric quantities of gypsum and sulfur amendments were applied for the LAI process to reduce sodicity and alkalinity to a target of SAR ≤20 and HCO3− alkalinity ≤100 mg L–1. Soils were irrigated with 10 ML ha–1 CSG water and 9 ML ha–1 rainwater in the sequence of 1 ML ha–1 and 0.9 ML ha–1 CSG water and rainwater events, respectively, using a 7.5 mm h–1 rainfall intensity. Saturated hydraulic conductivity was determined and reported as a reduction from initial conductivity. The collected leachates were used for subsequent measurements of pH, EC, SAR, and alkalinity at each event. Results suggested that LAI was inadequate to protect soil structure from more than three of the intensity–frequency–duration events but sufficient for up to three events. This was considered positive evidence for LAI given the annual recurrence of such an event was one for the region. Additional gypsum application had no significant effect on protecting soil from further hydraulic reduction compared with LAI alone. The OX and BV behaved differently in terms of the observed hydraulic reduction, which was determined to be both a function of iron oxides (OX) and the effect of dilution, in contrast to the threshold electrolyte concentration. This highlighted that both the initial hydraulic conductivity and threshold electrolyte conditions are important in implementing LAI.
The High Cost of Judges: Reconsidering Judicial Pensions and Retirement in an Ageing Population
Authors: Opeskin Brian 
Published: January 2018

In recent years there has been unprecedented concern about the impact of population change on Australian society. The concerns come from different quarters. Commentators have variously remarked that fertility is too low, immigration is too high, the population is ageing too rapidly, and that uneven spatial distribution is placing too great a burden on the infrastructure of already crowded cities. As further evidence of the growing interest in population dynamics, in 2010 the Australian Government created a new office of the Minister for Sustainable Population to help guide the development of policies to meet Australia’s future population needs.These are important issues in a national population debate, yet demographic change also affects specific workforces in specific ways, and this has led to a new interest in workforce planning. This article examines how demographic change is likely to affect one aspect of the Australian judicial system in the future, namely, the cost of judges.
Retssikkerhed som rationalitetsmyte: Administrativ praksis inden for det sociale klagesystem
Authors: Jakobsen Turf Böcker 
Published: January 2018

The Notion of Legal Rights as a Rationalized Myth:
Administrative Proceedings in the Social Appeals System

The social appeals system is expected to safeguard the legal rights of Danish citizens, a task it shares with other bodies that deal with complaints about public decision-making. However an ethnographic inquiry into the actual proceedings of the appeals system reveals that this objective is rather ambiguous. The notion of legal rights does not provide officials with a common set of guidelines regarding the criteria for social casework. This is illustra-ted in the article by a case concerning the rights of immi-grants to choose a permanent residence. The case was followed in two different organizational settings, regional and national. Different conceptions of the basic goal of the appeals system seem to prevail in these settings. At the regional level, emphasis is on safeguarding the (human) rights of individuals. At the national level, more attention is paid towards securing a general state of legal unifor-mity. The concept of legal rights therefore fails to offer a sociological understanding of the administrative procee-dings of the appeals system. The article suggests that the notion of legal rights may instead be seen as a rationalized myth, a term taken from the new institutionalism. As such, legal rights do not refer directly to actual proceedings, but are exceedingly important in explaining and legitimizing the presence of the appeals system in more general societal terms.
Cuantificación y distribución cartográfica de la generación de escorrentía y sedimentos en las provincia de Málaga
Authors: Gallegos Reina Antonio 
Published: January 2018

El artículo realiza una aproximación a los riesgos de inundación y erosión en la provincia de Málaga, desde la cuantificación y distribución cartográfica de los procesos de generación de escorrentía y sedimentos. Para estimar la generación de escorrentía se ha trabajado con el umbral de escorrentía y con las máximas lluvias diarias. La generación de sedimentos se ha modelizado aplicando cartográficamente la Ecuación Universal de Pérdida de Suelos. Finalmente, se han calculado diversas estadísticas para cada una de estas variables tanto a nivel provincial como municipal. Paralelamente, durante el trabajo se incide en la interrelación entre las peligrosidades por inundabilidad y erosión, y la necesidad de estudiar ambos riesgos de manera asociada.
Clinical signs, treatment, and prognostic factors for dogs with histoplasmosis
Authors: Wilson Allison G. , KuKanich Kate S. , Hanzlicek Andrew S. , Payton Mark E. 
Published: January 2018

Abstract
OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical manifestations of histoplasmosis in a large sample of dogs, compare outcomes achieved with fluconazole versus itraconazole, and identify variables available at the time of diagnosis with prognostic value.
DESIGN Retrospective case series with nested cohort study.
ANIMALS 79 dogs with confirmed histoplasmosis evaluated at 2 veterinary teaching hospitals from 1999 through 2015.
PROCEDURES Medical records were reviewed and data extracted regarding clinical signs at evaluation, physical examination findings, clinical laboratory values, other diagnostic test results, treatments, and outcomes. Data were compared between antifungal agents used (fluconazole or itraconazole) and between other variables.
RESULTS Various breeds were represented. Working and herding breeds had mostly disseminated histoplasmosis, and toy breeds had mostly the gastrointestinal form. The diagnosis was often achieved with noninvasive techniques, such as cytologic evaluation of rectal scrape samples (n = 24) or blood films (15). Clinical remission was achieved in 16 of 25 (64%) dogs receiving fluconazole and 17 of 24 (71%) dogs receiving itraconazole. No differences were identified between antifungal agents in survival, clinical remission, or disease relapse rates. Identified negative prognostic factors included Great Pyrenees breed, dyspnea, need for oxygen supplementation, icterus, palpable abdominal organomegaly, anemia, thrombocytopenia, hypercalcemia, high serum alkaline phosphatase activity, and hyperbilirubinemia, whereas diarrhea was a positive prognostic factor.
CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Findings suggested that histoplasmosis should be considered in a sick dog of any breed in an endemic area. Clinical signs may be nonspecific. Diagnosis may often be possible with noninvasive and inexpensive tests. Either fluconazole or itraconazole may be an effective treatment option.
PORTRAIT OF A POLITICAL LIBERATION THEOLOGIAN: LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND THE MAKING OF ABEL MUZOREWAâ€™S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SUBJECTIVITY IN RISE UP AND WALK
Authors: Ngoshi Hazel Tafadzwa 
Published: January 2018

Â Autobiographical subjects are products of their experiential histories, memories, agency and the discourses of their time lived and time of textual production. This article explores the religious and political discursive economy in which Abel Muzorewa (former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia) narrates the story of his life and how this discursive context constructs his autobiographical subjectivity. The article examines how Muzorewaâ€™s religious beliefs â€“ comÂ­bined with his experiential history of being a colonial subject â€“ are deployed as a strategy of constructing his subjectivity. I argue that the discursive contexts of mass nationalism and his Christian religious beliefs grounded in Latin American liberation theology construct both MuÂ­zorewa as the subject of Rise up and walk and the narrative discourse. The article posits that the narrative tropes derived from Christian texts that Muzorewa deploys mediate his identity, and that his selfhood emerges with the unfolding of the narrative. What he claims to be politiÂ­cal pragmatism on his part is also inspired by the practical theology which he subscribes to. I argue that his subjectivity is complexly realised through the contradictory relationship between missionary theology and liberation theology.
Mental Health Issues of School-Going Adolescents in High Schools in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Authors: Mfidi F H 
Published: January 2018

The study sought to describe and explore the experiences of school teachers and school health nurses in dealing with mental health issues of school-going adolescents in high schools. A qualitative descriptive exploratory design was used to gain an integrated view of the experiences of these school teachers and school health nurses. Semi-structured individual interviews and two focus group discussions were held with teachers and school health nurses, respectively, until data saturation was achieved.Â Preliminary analysis ran concurrently with data collection and was finalised using the directed content analysis method. Mental health issues to emerge were inappropriate handling of emotions by adolescents, engaging in risky behaviours and disruptive behaviours by adolescents. The conclusion reached is that there is a clear need for interventions and programmes that would promote social skills among school-going adolescents.
CLIL and academic vocabulary: a preliminary study of secondary-school learners’ academic vocabulary size
Authors: Castellano-Risco Irene 
Published: January 2018

Since their eruption in the European Educational Systems panorama, the use of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approaches has widely spread all throughout Europe, resulting in a revolution in foreign language teaching approaches (Coyle, Hood, Marsh, 2010; Mehisto, Marsh &amp; Frigols, 2008; Pérez Cañado, 2012; Ruiz de Zarobe &amp; Jiménez Catalán, 2009). This situation has set off a plethora of studies with two different foci: on the one hand, researchers have attempted to clarify the CLIL phenomenon, developing a theoretical framework (Coyle, 2006, 2007; Coyle, Hood &amp; Marsh, 2010; Mehisto, Marsh &amp; Frigols, 2008; Pérez-Cañado, 2012) On the other hand, other studies have attempted to identify its main advantages and drawbacks. This latter trend has reported clear benefits of using CLIL approaches in terms of vocabulary learning, L1 transfer (Agustín Llach, 2009) and fluency (Ruiz de Zarobe, 2008) among others. However, although CLIL approaches are developed in academic settings, most of the studies focusing on the area of vocabulary research have concentrated on learners’ general receptive vocabulary size in relation to the CLIL practice (Canga Alonso, 2012; Canga Alonso, 2013; Canga Alonso, 2015; Jiménez Catalán &amp; Ruiz de Zarobe, 2009) and have neglected the analysis of the academic vocabulary.This paper presents a preliminary study on the academic vocabulary and its interaction with the educational approach (CLIL vs English as a Foreign Language) of two groups of secondary-school learners. 100 students in their 3rd year of secondary education took part in this study. They were asked to respond the Academic Level version of the Vocabulary Levels Tests (Schmitt, Schmitt, and Clapham 2001) and the data obtained were compared looking into differences according to the kind of approach. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used for pinpointing significant correlations. As expected, results show significant discordances as regards academic vocabulary size, revealing higher size of academic vocabulary for the CLIL learners.
Sentence Length and NP Complexity of General and Medical Written Academic and Media Texts. An Analysis Using a Trained Syntactic Parser.
Authors: Herrero Zorita Carlos , Moreno-Sandoval Antonio 
Published: January 2018

The main objective of this work is to perform a comparative analysis of sentence and main noun phrases complexity in two different types of discourses, written media and academic prose, using a trained syntactic parser (Stanford PCFG Parser). For this purpose, we have selected three written sources: a general media corpus, a medical media subcorpus and a medical academic prose subcorpus. From a total of more than 160000 sentences, we have carefully selected as the study sample a total of 300, which have been morphologically and syntactically annotated.Influenced by other studies related to syntax and statistics, our hypothesis is that NPs from academic prose and written media will contain four or more words, and those belonging to academic prose will be larger than the latter. The NPs studied are those that perform the main functions of the clause: subject, object (direct and indirect), attribute and time expressions. The results show a confirmation of our hypothesis. The academic subcorpus has the longest sentences and more complex NPs than the other texts. On the other hand, written media corpora achieve smaller NPs but their results are quite similar.
Abduction by Non-Experts
Authors: Bjorner Nikolaj , Jovanović Dejan , Lepoint Tancrède , Rümmer Philipp , Schäf Martin 
Published: January 2018

Crowdsourcing promises to quasi-automate tasks that cannot be automated otherwise. Success stories like natural language translation or recognition of cats in images show that carefully crafted crowdsourcing tasks solve large problem instances which could not be solved otherwise. To utilize crowdsourcing, one has to define the problem in a way that is easy to split into small tasks, that the tasks are easy to solve for humans and hard to solve for a machine, and that the machine can efficiently check if the solution is correct.In this paper we discuss a novel approach of using crowdsourcing to assist software verification. We argue that Horn clauses form a good base for crowdsourcing since they are easy to subdivide, and that logic abduction is a suitable task since it is hard to find abductive inferences for Horn clauses automatically, but it is easy to check if an inference makes a Horn clause valid. We describe a prototype implementation, we show how crowdsourcing integrates in the verification process, and present preliminary results.
PENILAIAN KINERJA (PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT) DALAM PEMBELAJARAN KIMIA
Authors: Diartha I Nyoman , Wildan Wildan , Muntari Muntari 
Published: January 2018

Abstrak. Pemecahan masalah dengan pendekatan saintifik tumbuh dan berkembang sejalan dengan perkembangan pembelajaran kimia. Penilaian kinerja (performance assessment) ÃÂ merupakan perspektif baru dalam sistem penilaian pembelajaran kimia. Penilaian kinerja merupakan sistem penilaian pengetahuan dan keterampilan dalam suatu tugas nyata. Terdapat tiga tahapan dalam mengembangkan penilaian kinerja yakni (1) menentukan tujuan, (2) memilih obejek kinerja, dan (3) mengembangkan kriteria penilaian.ÃÂ Abstract. The problem solving with scientific approach grow and develop along of the chemistry learning development. One of the development is the appearance of new perspective in the assessment system of chemistry learning. Performance assessment is assessment system to evaluate knowledge and skills in a real task. There are three activities to development performance assessment, i.e: (1) defining the purpose; (2) choosing the activity; (3) developing the scoring criteria.
PENGEMBANGAN MODEL PRAKTIKUM BERBASIS SOFTWARE MOST PROBABLE NUMBER (MP-BSMPN) PADA MATA KULIAH MIKROBIOLOGI AIR
Authors: AAIA Trisnawati , Jufri Abdul Wahab , Ramdani Agus 
Published: January 2018

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui karakteristik, kelayakan, kepraktisan dan keterbacaan ModelÃÂ Praktikum Berbasis Software Most Probable Number (MP-BSMPN) pada Mata Kuliah Mikrobiologi Air. MP-BSMPN dikembangkan dengan prosedur pengembangan model Borg dan Gall. Produk yang dikembangkan adalah model praktikum yang pelaksanaannya menerapkan perangkat pembelajaran MP-BSMPN yang dikemas dalamÃÂ 3 tahapan pelaksanaanÃÂ yaitu: 1) Tahap Persiapan Praktikum, 2) Tahap Pelaksanaan Praktikum dan 3) Tahap Akhir Praktikum atau Tindak Lanjut Praktikum. ÃÂ Hasil uji ahli menunjukkan bahwa kelayakan perangkat pembelajaran MP-BSMPN berkisar ÃÂ antara layak sampai sangat layak (3,25 Ã¢â¬â 3,85). Tujuh perangkat mendapatkan nilai sangat layak,ÃÂ 2 perangkat bernilai layak. Perangkat MP-BSMPN yang mendapat nilai validasi ahli sangat layak adalah ÃÂ Rencana Pembelajaran Semester, Panduan Praktikum Mahasiswa dan Lembar Hasil Kerja Mahasiswa (PPM-LHKM), Instrumen Keterampilan Proses Sains dan Instrumen Penguasaan Konsep sedangkan Bahan Ajar Praktikum dan Media Pembelajaran AnimasiÃÂ MPN bernilai layak. Hasil uji empiris menunjukkan bahwa nilai tanggapan mahasiswa sebesar 77 % dan pengajar 88 % ÃÂ adalah praktis dan terbaca. Instrumen keterampilan proses sains dan penguasaan konsep terbukti valid dan reliabel (keterampilan proses sain r = 0,889; penguasaan konsep r = 0,91) dengan keterlaksanaan pembelajaran pada kategori terlaksana dengan sangat baik (92 %). Kesimpulan hasil penelitian adalah MP-BSMPN yang dikembangkan memiliki karakteristik perangkat pembelajaran yang sangat layak, praktis danÃÂ terbaca, terlaksana dengan sangat baik, valid dan reliabel sertaÃÂ dapat diterapkan dengan praktis sebagai model praktikum dalam pemeriksaan MPN Coliform dan Colitinja pada mata kuliah Mikrobiologi Air.
THINK PAIR SHARE: HASIL BELAJAR IPA DAN KERJASAMA SISWA
Authors: Susanti Ana , Wijayanti Astuti 
Published: January 2018

Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe Think Pair Share (TPS) terhadap hasil belajar IPA siswa kelas VIII SMP Negeri 2 Banguntapan Bantul tahun pelajaran 2016/2017 ditinjau dari kerjasama siswa. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah eksperimen semu. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik tes dan teknik angket. Instrumen tes berupa soal pilihan ganda yang berjumlah 30 soal dan instrumen angket berupa pernyataan yang berjumlah 20 butir. Hasil penelitian diperoleh Fhitung = 8,770 dengan p = 0,005 dan rerata hasil belajar sebesar 20,72 dan rerata hasil angket sebesar 80,84. Berdasarkan rerata hasil belajar dan hasil angket, maka ada pengaruh penggunaan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe TPS terhadap hasil belajar IPA siswa kelas VIII ditinjau dari kerjasama siswa.ÃÂ Kata Kunci: TPS, IPA, dan kerjasama
PENGARUH MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TIPE TGT (TEAM GAMES TOURNAMENT) BERBANTUAN MEDIA KARTU MOL TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR KIMIA SISWA KELAS X SMAN 1 NARMADA TAHUN AJARAN 2016/2017
Authors: Sumiati Sumiati , Andayani Yayuk , Al Idrus Syarifa Wahidah 
Published: January 2018

Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe TGT (Team Games Tournament) berbantuan media kartu mol terhadap hasil belajar kimia siswa kelas XÃÂ SMAN 1 Narmada tahun ajaran 2016/2017. Penelitian ini merupakan eksperimen semu dengan desain kelompok kontrol non-ekuivalen. Kelas X MS 1 dan X MS 3 terpilih sebagai sampel penelitian yang diambil dari populasi seluruh kelas X MS SMAN 1 Narmada melalui teknik pengambilan purposive sampling. Variabel bebasnya adalah model pembelajaran TGT (Team Games Tournament) berbantuan media kartu mol untuk kelas eksperimen dan model pembelajaran langsung untuk kelas kontrol, sedangkan variabel terikatnya adalah hasil belajar siswa ranah kognitif. Data hasil belajar diperoleh dengan pemberian tes pilihan ganda di awal pertemuan (pre-test) dan di akhir pertemuan (post-test). Rata-rata hasil pre-test dan post-test pada kelas eksperimen berturut-turut 23,89 dan 52,57 sedangkan pada kelas kontrol 30,93 dan 50,63. Data hasil ini selanjutnya diuji dengan uji anakova sehingga didapatkan Fhitung (1,80) kurang dari Ftabel (4,00) sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa penerapan model kooperatif tipe TGT (Team Games Tournament) berbantuan media kartu mol tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap hasil belajar kimia siswa kelas X SMAN 1 Narmada tahun ajaran 2016/2017.ÃÂ Kata Kunci : Model Pembelajaran team games tournament (TGT), media kartu, hasil belajar, stoikiometri kimia.
ISOLASI SENYAWA SINAMALDEHID DARI BATANG KAYU MANIS (Cinnamomum burmanii) DENGAN METODE KROMATOGRAFI KOLOM
Authors: Wasia Nurul Hikmatun , Sudarma I Made , Savalas Lalu Rudyat Telly , Hakim Aliefman 
Published: January 2018

Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengisolasi senyawa sinamaldehid dengan menggunakan kromatografi kolom. Penelitian dilakukan di kantor Senyawa Standar Indonesia. Batang kering tanaman kayu manis (Cinnamomum burmanii) telah diekstraksi dengan menggunakan pelarut dichlorometane. Fraksinasi ekstrak DCM menggunakan kromatografi kolom dengan perbandingan eluen 1:1 yaitu n-heksan : DCM, menghasilkan sebanyak 20 fraksi mayor. Berdasarkan hasil analisis menggunakan Kromatografi Lapis Tipis (KLT) n-heksan : DCM telah dihasilkan 8 fraksi yang diklasifikasi berdasarkan area spot yang sama. Ada 3 fraksi yaitu fraksi A (10,11), B (12,13,14) C (16,18,17,19). Hasil identifikasi menggunakan GC-MS spectrometer menunjukkan bahwa fraksi yang mengandung sinamaldehid adalah fraksi B dengan porsentase sebanyak 71,36 %.ÃÂ Keywords: Sinamaldehid, fraksinasi, KLT, kromatografi kolom, GC-MS.