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Readiness and Challenges of Prishtina University Students for ESP Classes
Authors: Tërnava-Osmani Sadete , Brestovci Meliha 
Published: March 2024

Learning and teaching a language for specific purposes, in our case English language, is quite a new approach at the Public University of Prishtina, which was established only in 1970. Considering this fact, English language teaching in Kosovo has been around ever since. It was initially taught as General English (GE) in the schools of the capital city and later, namely from the 1980s to date throughout the country. Nevertheless, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is one of the most recent courses that have started to attract the attention of the domestic teaching authorities, mainly at the university level, while it continues to be absent in secondary schools. Despite this, the reason for the absence of ESP in secondary education relates to the lack of planning, extracurricular teaching materials or specific textbooks. In this paper, we will review the current state of GE at the University of Prishtina by assessing the English language first-term exam results for two groups of students in the first year in the Departments of History and Political Sciences, with the aim of finding out whether they are ready to attend ESP courses in the second semester. Research has taken place amongst male and female students, aged 18-19, who attended the A1 and B2+GE level as per the CEFR requirements. The students who pass the exam may be qualified to attend the ESP classes in the second semester, whereas students who did not should continue with GE classes.
Digital Short Story Literacy and the Character of Environmentally Concerned Students
Authors: Juanda Juanda , Afandi Iswan , Yunus Andi Fatimah 
Published: March 2024

The research aims to explore the influence of digital short story literacy on environmental care character through moderation of reading interest. It is a quantitative study that measures the influence of digital short story literacy on environmental care character. The study involved 270 participants as a sample using a purposive sampling technique. The data collection technique for this research was a Google Forms questionnaire. Data analysis used the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 27. The results show that digital short story literacy has a significant influence on environmental care character. The effect of digital short story literacy on environmental care character is significant in statistics. However, reading interest does not present a moderately successful influence of digital short story literacy on the environmental care character. This research contributes to designing curriculum education with special attention paid to the inclusive aspects of digital literacy and environmental short stories to create a conscious and responsible generation’s answer to environmental preservation. More studies need to be conducted about this subject including the additional amount of higher education needed in the regions where natural disasters happen more frequently, as well as more engagement originating from participants who are studying social sciences. In the industrial sector, it is recommended to collaborate with students to make documentaries from digital short stories to promote environmental preservation.
Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Ethanol Leaf Extract of Eucalyptus Tereticornis
Authors: Ebulue M. M. 
Published: March 2024

This study evaluated the bioactive compounds present in the ethanol leaf extract of Eucalyptus tereticornis as well as its antioxidant potential using standard biochemical methods. The leaf extract contains rich number of bioactive compounds (Phenol 109.41± 0.10GAE/g, Flavonoids 33.10± 0.01mgCE/g, Beta-carotene 3.16± 0.00mg/g and Lycopene 0.32± 0.00mg/g). The antioxidant potentials were evaluated using 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, iron-reducing power, inhibition of lipid peroxidation, and nitric oxide scavenging antioxidant systems. The antioxidant activities of the plant extract increased with an increase in concentration. The extract showed high potency in DPPH and nitric oxide free radical scavenging activity compared with the known vitamin C antioxidant potentials. A high reducing power indicative of a high proton (H+) donating potential with a high inhibition of lipid peroxidation portrays a high potent antioxidant activity that protects cells from deleterious effects of free radicals which accounts for its medicinal use. The general results indicated that the plant is rich in bioactive compounds which are believed to have contributed to the high antioxidant activities observed and its medicinal value.
A Hybrid Classification Algorithm for Abdomen Disease Prediction
Authors: Vijayarani S. , Sivamathi C. , Tamilarasi P. 
Published: March 2024

Data mining is the process of sorting through large data sets to identify patterns and establish relationships to solve problems through data analysis. Data mining holds great potential for the healthcare industry to enable health systems to systematically use data and analytics to identify inefficiencies and best practices that improve care and reduce costs. Data mining techniques consist of detection of Anomaly, learning the Association rules, Classification, Clustering, Regression, Time series analysis, and Summarization. In data mining, classification techniques are much popular in medical diagnosis and predicting diseases. Classification techniques are used to predict various diseases such as heart disease, lung cancer, breast cancer, liver diseases, and kidney diseases. The main objective of this work is to predict abdomen diseases like kidney and liver diseases. The work aims to predict liver diseases such as Cirrhosis, Bile Duct, Chronic Hepatitis, Liver Cancer, and Acute Hepatitis using Classification algorithms. The work also aims to predict kidney diseases such as Acute Nephritic Syndrome, Chronic Kidney disease, Acute Renal Failure, and Chronic Glomerulonephritis using Classification algorithms. This work proposes a novel hybrid classification algorithm called WRFSVM (Weighted Random Forest Support Vector Machine) for the prediction of liver diseases and kidney diseases.
Measurement Enhancement of Ultrasonic Sensor using Pelican Optimization Algorithm for Robotic Application
Authors: Khaleel Hind Zuhair , Ahmed Attarid Khudhair , Al-Obaidi Abdulkareem Sh. Mahdi , Luckyardi Senny , Al Husaeni Dwi Fitria , Mahmod Rawnaq Adnan , Humaidi Amjad J. 
Published: March 2024

HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor is one of the famous low-cost sensors. It is measured distance from 2 to 400 cm. It depends on ultrasonic sound waves that are sent by an electronic device to determine the distance of the object, and the reflected sound is converted into an electronic signal. This paper proposed a flowchart of the modern optimization method Pelican Optimization Algorithm (POA) to enhance the distance measurement of ultrasonic sensor kind HC-SR04. In addition, the experimental system designed and interfacing between MATLAB with Ardunio is implemented to easily save the measured and desired distances and enter these distances into the POA as pelicans. The error comparison between two methods implemented, one method called the classical method, and another method is proposed named POA. The results show the minimum distance error between ultrasonic and object in POA is less than the error without POA. The best-measured distance results were achieved and approximately equal to the desired distances. The proposed method of POA for ultrasonic distance sensor enhanced by 99.97%. This sensor accurately detects objects from 2 to 400 cm which can be used in a robotic application.
Designing is Imagining: What Futures and Identities Do Activists With Developmental Disabilities Imagine When Designing For Learners With Developmental Disabilities?
Authors: Sedgwick Marrok , Fuller Stephanie 
Published: March 2024

As learners engage in learning environments, they constantly co-develop ideas about who they are (their identities), and who they can become (their futures). Designers of learning activities make assumptions about what learner identities and imagined futures learners will ultimately take up. Learning activity designers with developmental disabilities who identify as activists may make assumptions about learners with developmental disabilities that other designers would not. Working from a critical disability praxis orientation, the research was led by a person with a developmental disability. This study utilized a grounded theory approach to discourse analysis to analyze the design talk between two adult activists with developmental disabilities while they engaged in a co-design process to create a learning activity intended for learners with developmental disabilities who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). The activity was a game that explores inductive logic. Discourse was analyzed to understand what imagined futures and learner identities these activists assumed learners with developmental disabilities might take up. These activists imagined learners with developmental disabilities who use AAC as being inquisitive, interdependent, and ableism literate, and capable of achieving futures that were validating, inquisitive, accessible, and ableism-literate. These futures and identities suggest that future participatory design research with adults and youth with developmental disabilities might yield innovative curriculum designs.
Equity for Older Adults and Those in Congregate Sites: Lessons from the First Year of a Local Public Health COVID‐19 Response
Authors: Gullett Heidi 
Published: March 2024

AbstractThis paper presents lessons on the equity of healthcare and health for older people that emerged from the experience of a COVID‐19 incident commander during the pandemic. The lessons include the value of ongoing investment in trustworthy cross‐sector relationships and value‐added roles for learners; the importance of working together for the common good which can provide a deep well to draw upon during a crisis; in such times, the vulnerable often become more vulnerable and need extra attention thus meeting the needs of older people requires consideration of age, disability, and congregate living status; an equity lens and cultural humility foster new opportunities for community health and systems thinking, and when balanced with on‐the‐ground work and relationships, make it possible to take on seemingly intractable problems; in order to advance community health and equity, it is vital to meet both immediate needs and to focus on strategic efforts to simultaneously transform systems and structures; developing new knowledge creates opportunities for broader sharing; interprofessional teams enable collective action in a complex problem; transparency and continuous communication are important always, but vital in a crisis; and proactive investment in public health infrastructure could mitigate a future crisis. While the pandemic produced loss and pain for millions, the transportable lessons about investing in system science, equity‐focused, cross‐sector infrastructure, and relationships can inform the future of public health and health care policy, grounded in lived experience, to inform the re‐emergence of collective efforts to foster health equity for older people and other vulnerable populations.
Determining the Changes in Psychomotor Behavior of Adolescents with Special Needs
Authors: Ștefănica Valentina , Mihai Ilie , Cojanu Florin , Vișan Paul-Florinel , Roșu Daniel , Potop Vladimir 
Published: March 2024

The research focuses on the development of physical, cognitive and social components in 28 adolescents (12-14 years old). They are students of two institutionalized centers of Romania. The first one is the "Sfântul Ștelian" Inclusive Education School Center of Costesti, Arges(CC-12 subjects). The second one is the "Sfânta Filofteia" Inclusive Education School Center of Ștefănești (CS-16 subjects). This research aims to identify the individual particularities in the psychomotor behavior of adolescents with special needs (SEN). The subjects were included in personalized psychomotricity programs without compromising the effectiveness of these ones. The specific needs of each individual child were taken into consideration. Primary data were obtained by comprehensively analyzing the psychological records of subjects and evaluating their motor development and physical condition. Scientific instruments used: Optojump Next optical system for movement analysis; Witty SEM intelligent semaphore; Sensamove balance miniboard and Tanita body composition analyzer. Finally, the results from the two centers were compared through statistical-mathematical analysis. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and, as appropriate, the Independent sample t-test and Mann-Witney U test were used. The results of the psycho-pedagogical records highlighted that the socio-demographic variables had relatively similar characteristics in the two institutionalized centers. Regarding the analysis of the psychomotor component, the comparisons between the groups distributions revealed statististically significant differences in only 18.7%. The combined results showed that psychomotor interventions can be similarly applied in the two centers, using the same program. The intervention program and the experimental results of its application are the subject of another research.
Combined Methods for Developing the Specific Strength of Women Long Jumpers U18
Authors: Calfa Horatiu , Mihăilescu Liviu 
Published: March 2024

Background and Study Aim. It is well known that neuromuscular electrostimulation and plyometric exercises positively influence the gain of explosive force in the lower limbs. The combination of plyometric method and electrostimulation begins to gain a positive trend, being included in the modern training of athletes due to the important gain of explosive force. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of combining plyometric and electrostimulation methods in specific training for the development of lower limb muscle strength in long jumpers.
Material and Methods. The study was conducted on 15 women's long jump athletes, age category 18 years ± 1,622, with an average weight of 50.80 kg ± 3,932, height of 165.87cm ±3,292 and foot plant of 39.00 ±1,254. The group carried out the experimental training program for a duration of 12 weeks, with means specific to the two methods, three times a week, lasting 60 minutes. It was assessed: horizontal speed on the last 10m of the run up, 1 RM (a maximum rep for a squat); vertical jump; flight time and performance achieved in the competition. The maximum repetition for a squat was tested with the GykoRePower system, the vertical jump was determined with the OptoJump Next system, and the performance in the test was recorded during the competition. The vertical jump, the average value of power used to develop the explosive force and the length of the jump were evaluated. The recorded data on the muscle profile of the subjects were analyzed with the SPSS statistical analysis program
Results. The statistical analysis performed with T-student obtained significant differences between the two tests of the experiment group (p ≤ 0.001): 1RM registers a progress of 10.476 kg with a progress rate of 18.07%, optimal load registers a progress of 3.627 kg with a progress rate of 8.93%, vertical jump achieves a progress of 4.567 cm with a progress rate of 16.09% with a flight time progress of 0.03833 s with a progress rate of 7.39%, and the speed on the last 10 m of run up progresses by 0.5234 s with a progress rate of 6.79%. Subjects recorded a progress for competition performance of 36.467 cm compared to the initial test with a progress rate of 8.50%.
Conclusions. The research results are objective arguments that highlight that a specific training based on combining plyometric method with electrostimulation determines significant improvements in the development of explosive force of the lower limbs in long jumps with positive effects on sports performance for long jumpers.
A Theoretical Perspective on Understanding Ethical Principles in Sports
Authors: Mindrescu Veronica , Enoiu Razvan Sandu , Lakatos Ilie Ionut , Drugau Sorin , Pelin Bogdan Iulian , Oancea Bogdan-Marian 
Published: March 2024

Physical education as well as sports is human activity that supports holistically the development of individuals. Sport is recognized as an individual activity that provides the opportunity for self-knowledge, self-expression and fulfillment of personal achievement. Sport support skill acquisition and demonstration of skill, a joyful life, a well-being state and a good health. Moreover, sport also involves us in a collective effort to pursue human excellence, giving us the real opportunity for social interaction. Followed by discipline, sport becomes a source of pleasure, but more than that, sport brings inspiration to individuals, brings them together through their cultures and differences, for a common purpose, thus creating bonds where previously there were social divisions. Besides all its attributes, from a social-constructionist paradigm, sport can contribute to the prosperity of society and can stimulate friendships between nations, at the same time calling for co-responsibility. Starting from responsibility as a social value, we thus understand how sport is the environment responsible for the application of rules and for adherence to moral and ethical values, such as respect for the dignity of the person, in a reciprocal way, solidarity, equity, fairness, transparency.
The present paper comes to briefly approach, from a theoretical point of view, the importance of ethics at the level of sports, and to highlight those ethical values ​​(through a selection of ethical principles) on which the sport practice is based, through the lens of international specialized literature.
Marital Adjustment in Risky and Healthy Pregnants
Authors: KARATAŞ BARAN Gonca , KIZILTEPE Kadriye , ÖZTÜRK Gamze 
Published: March 2024

Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the health risk experienced by women during pregnancy and marital satisfaction and marital adjustment.
Materials and Methods:This descriptive and comparative study was conducted with 202 pregnant women in a gynecology and obstetrics hospital between 01/12/2021-01/06/2022. Data were collected using questions on socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics, The Satisfaction with Marriage Scale and The Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale. The results were evaluated at the level of significance p
Analisis Bahaya Longsor di Kecamatan Padalarang Kabupaten Bandung Barat Berbasis Sistem Informasi Geografis
Authors: Rahmawati Septi Sri , Khoirullisan Ahmad Rif’an , Sarastika Tiara , Nurcholis Mohammad 
Published: March 2024

Indonesia is characterized by a diverse topography and low to very high rainfall intensity. In addition, the population density in fertile Indonesian hilly areas is also increasing. These conditions translate to high potential for landslide hazard in Indonesia with threats of loss ranging from economic, social, to fatalities. One of the areas with a high level of landslide hazard is Padalarang Subdistrict, West Bandung Regency, West Java Province. The purpose of this research is to identify the landslide hazard in Padalarang Subdistrict, West Bandung Regency. Geographic Information System Analysis was used in this study by using an overlay technique presented on the map. The analytical method used was a survey-exploratory analysis with descriptive analysis techniques. The results showed that the landslide hazard in Padalarang Subdistrict could be divided into three categories; having landslide hazard in the north, having landslide potential in the north to the west and southeast, and having no landslide hazard in the central to southern parts which are alluvial plains. Analysis of the landslide hazard in Padalarang Subdistrict provided a spatial picture so that it could be potentially employed to be part of disaster mitigation to minimize material and non-material losses.
Kelayakan Shampo Berbahan Dasar Lidah Buaya Dan Jeruk Nipis Untuk Perawatan Rambut Rontok
Authors: Wanti Hilda Wanti , Sari Syakira Kurnia , Lasmi Nadia , Putri Fidella Eriza , Ariyani FharaDita , Miga Dewi Siska , Saputra Indra 
Published: March 2024

Hair is an important part of head protection from exposure to outside air. The problem of hair loss is suffered by many people. Aloe vera is a natural ingredient that is traditionally used to overcome the problem of hair loss. Some studies show the use of aloe vera can be used as an alternative hair care that plays a role in treating dry hair, strengthening hair roots, and reducing hair loss. Lime is one of the medicinal plants that can be used to kill bacteria that cause dandruff. Objective: Knowing the effectiveness of aloe vera gel extract on hair growth so that hair does not fall out and the scalp is clean anti-dandruff. Method: Experimental research with 9 panelists, including 2 lecturers, 3 general public, and 5 students.
Based on the results of this study shows the effect of the use of aloe vera and lime in scalp and hair care on increasing the results of reducing hair loss.Based on experimental results from several samples selected on color with panelists preferring Fr 3, which is attractive with a score of 44.44%. The aroma level with panelists liked on Fr 3 very distinctive smell with a score of 77.77%. The froth power with panelists preferring Fr 3 is quite frothy with a score of 33.33%. The favorability level with the panelists likes FR 3 is very like with a score of 55.55%.