bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A Randomized Trial of Therapeutic Ultrasound on Pain, Tenderness, and Muscle Stiffness Using a High and Low Intensity Model of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
Authors: Gabison Sharon , Nussbaum Ethne L. 
Published: January 2024

Purpose: This study evaluated ultrasound (US) effectiveness in an experimental model of soft tissue injury, and examined the model, delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), as a variable in the outcome. Methods: One hundred and twenty females completed 30 repetitions (low-DOMS) or 70 repetitions (high-DOMS) of eccentric contractions of biceps brachii muscles and received one of four protocols: no US (control), placebo US, or 3 MHz US, pulsed 20% duty cycle, at either 0.6 W/cm2, spatial-average temporal-peak intensity (SATP) (0.12 W/cm2, spatial-average temporal-average intensity (SATA)) or 1.0 W/cm2, SATP (0.2 W/cm2 SATA). A further 60 females completed a low-DOMS protocol and received one of three protocols: placebo US, or continuous wave 3 MHz US at either 0.2 or 0.4 W/cm2, SATP/SATA. US was applied to biceps muscles for 5 minutes on days 1 to 3. Muscle soreness, tenderness, and stiffness were measured pre-DOMS induction and at 24, 48, and 72 hours post-induction. Results: Pulsed US, 20% duty cycle, at 0.6 W/cm2, SATP, (0.12 W/cm2, SATA) reduced muscle soreness in a low-DOMS but not in a high-DOMS protocol. Continuous wave US at 0.4 W/cm2, SATP/SATA reduced tenderness. Continuous US at 0.2 W/cm2, SATP/SATA was marginally effective on stiffness and tenderness. Conclusion: The results have implications for US management of acute soft tissue injury and the use of DOMS as an experimental model for soft tissue inflammation.
Reading Diaspora: The Architectonic Spaces in Preeta Samarasanâ€™s <i>Evening is the Whole Day<i/>
Authors: Leon Carol 
Published: January 2024

Â Many Malaysian writers have delved into the subjects of race, identity and nationhood, given the postcolonial and multicultural contexts of the country. One relatively new writer who has added her voice to the narrative of the Indian diasporic community in Malaysia is Preeta Samarasan. Evening is the Whole Day (2008) is a riveting text by a diasporic author writing about the diasporic Indians living in Malaysia. Naturally themes of home and homeland are dominant in the text. Indeed, the house occupied by the rich, middle-class family in the narrative, called the Big House, becomes a reflection of the many issues faced by Indians living in a country rife with racial politics. More than just reflecting this familyâ€™s desire to belong, in Evening is the Whole Day, the house becomes a space wherein the personal and the public coincide. Within this space too, differing realities exist between the poor and the rich. It is this diverse economic standings which create varying realities for both groups of people.This paper then will explore the architectonic spaces in Evening is the Whole Day with the aim of highlighting some of the pressing issues faced by the Indians in Malaysia. The motif of the house and, by extension, the notion of home, is evoked as a theoretical concept to image and analyse some of these issues.
A Note on Vietnam War Poetry
Authors: Thumboo Edwin 
Published: January 2024

Â From the response to Vietnam War (1955-75), especially its atrocities including the long-term effects of chemical weapons, it is clear that the total experience, immediate and long-term, was most unusual. Moreover, for the Vietnamese, it was national survival and identity. For the Americans, an attempt to stem the spread of Communism. A third factor was the different reaction in part religious/spiritual/cultural in the attitudes to death and destruction in which duty and doing the right thing mattered. This is reflected in the poetry written by both sides in the works of Vietnamese poets, Pham Tien Duat, Nguyen Duy, Huu Thinh and Van Le, and Americans, John Balaban for example. With the final piece, it emerges that all cultures, whatever their form, ultimately share the same substance consisting of universal values that transcend war, geography, culture and politics.
Images of Bangladesh in Niaz Zamanâ€™s Novels
Authors: Huq Sabiha 
Published: January 2024

Niaz Zaman, a renowned Bangladeshi writer in English, has employed realism in all three novels she has thus far written: The Crooked Neem Tree (1982), A Different Sita (2011) and The Baromashi Tapes (2011). Against the backdrop of Bangladesh at different points in time, Zamanâ€™s novels focus on womenâ€™s struggles in ways that according to critics like Toril Moi, may seem to be a feministic realism in womanâ€™s fiction. The worlds depicted in her novels differ in a variety of ways but not in focal themes, as she draws upon womenâ€™s experiences in preâ€ and postâ€independence Bangladesh with a singularity of style, adhering to historical facts. Representation of regular lives with the most commonplace details like clothing, food, rituals, daily habits, etc. is sometimes mingled with romance, rebellion and accidents; and this blend infuses her stories with glorious and extraordinary journeys of ordinary women. Quite expectedly, imperfections of human life also become significant parts of such narratives of lived experiences, and that often becomes an aesthetic experience in Zamanâ€™s fiction. The women in her novels are given as much moral strength as needed for women to become leading figures in events carried out single-handedly without the presence of men. This paper is an attempt at reading how Zaman has used her fictional work to depict an essentially Bangladeshi reality.
The Blame Game: War and Violence in Dilruba Z. Araâ€™s <I>Blame</I>
Authors: Biswas Sanjib Kr , Tripathi Priyanka 
Published: January 2024

Contemporary studies pertaining to the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh by South Asian women writers have ignited reinvestigation into the intensity of violence, rape and attribution of blame. Ethnicity based gendered violence in 1971 and the sudden shift in the attribution of the blame are some of the issues that have also been dealt with by a few Bangladeshi diasporic women novelists such as Tahmima Anam and Dilruba Z. Ara in their post-2000 novels written in English. Dilruba Z. Ara, a Swedish-Bangladeshi novelist, in her novel Blame (2015) emphasises that the blame game is a significant repercussion of war. Ara clarifies that Bengali people blamed Pakistanis for the 1971 genocide whereas Pakistanis blamed Bengali nationalists for not abiding by the Pakistani nationality. This novel, in the form of a Bildungsroman, is divided into three parts which narrate the journey of the female protagonist from the bondage of patriarchy towards a liberal life, her engagement in the war and her sexual victimisation in the same war. The mass killing of civilians, plundering of the country and victimisation of women do not end with the war; rather the blame game continues during the war resolution process. Courageous women in the war such as Araâ€™s protagonist Laila and her friend Gita are blamed for their own victimisation. In the context of how the blame game became an important tool to nullify gendered violence in the 1971 war, the paper intends to reread Araâ€™s novel Blame.
Peran Financiall Distress Sebagai Variabel Mediasi Dalam Ratio Keuangan Pengaruhnya Terhadap Firm Value
Authors: Martini Ni Nyoman Putu , Firmansyah Ichwan Gayuh , Susbiyani Arik 
Published: January 2024

Firm value merupakan value yang mencerminkan berapa harga yang mampu dibayar oleh investor untuk suatu corporations. karena firm value dapat memberikan kemakmuran yang maksimal bagi pemegang saham secara maksimum apabila harga saham meningkat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh rasio keuangan liquiditas, leverage, profitabilitas terhadap financial distress dan firm value. Corporations kelapa sawit yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonnesia tahun 2015-2020 merupakan populasi dari penelitian ini. Sedangkan metode purpposive sampling, merupakan tehnik yang dipakai dalam pengambilan sample. Teknnik analis data menggunakann Structural Eqquation Moddelling (SEM) Warrp PLS 7,0. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa liquditas berpengaruh positif dan tidak signifikan terhadap firm value. Leverage dan financial distress secara terpisah berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap firm value. Profitabilitas berpengaruh negatif tetapi tidak signifikan terhadap firm value.. Liquiditas berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap financial distress. Leverage berpengaruh negatif dan signifikan terhadap financial distress. Profitabilitas berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap financial distress. Liquiditas berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap firm value yang dimediasi financial distress. Leverage berpengaruh negative dan signifikan terhadap firm value yang dimediasi financial distress. Profitabilitas berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap firm value yang dimediasi oleh variable financial distress
Pengembangan Sumber Daya Manusia Dan Budaya Organisasi Dalam Meningkatkan Kinerja Karyawan Pada Amanda Cafe
Authors: Arifin Miftahol , Anwar Syaiful , Widyastuti Endang , Hermanto Bambang 
Published: January 2024

Sumber daya manusia merupakan suatu faktor terpenting sebagai penunjang bagi suatu perusahaan untuk mencapai tujuan yang diinginkan.Tanpa adanya sumber daya manusia, perusahaan tidak dapat menjalankan aktivitas atau pun kegiatan perusahaannya dengan baik. Dengan adanya fasilitas lengkap maupun teknologi canggih serta biaya besar yang digunakan tidak akan ada harganya apabila tidak ada faktor terpenting dalam kehidupan perusahaan yaitu sumber daya manusia untuk memelihara, menjaga dan memanfaatkan dengan sebaik-baiknya sarana dan fasilitas yang telah disediakan dengan baik. Budaya organisasi yang kuat meningkatkan konsistensi perilaku. Budaya-budaya yang kuat menekankan para karyawan agar dapat menyesuaikan diri dengan nilai-nilai yang terkandung di dalam budaya-budaya tersebut, budaya-budaya dengan nilai yang kuat tersebut membatasi ukuran-ukuran nilai dan gaya yang dapat diterapkan. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini ialah deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa sumber daya manusia merupakan hal yang mendasar, sehingga diperlukan suatu strategi untuk pengembangan sumber daya manusia. Tahapan pengembangan sumber daya manusia dimulai dari saat rekruitmen, pengalaman kerja dan mengikut beberapa pelatihan dan pendidikan berjenjang. Budaya organisasi dapat menjadi pembentuk cara kerja serta karakter karyawan agar sesuai dengan tujuan perusahaan demi cara kerja yang lebih efisien dan lebih menguntungkan. Tetapi perlu adanya perubahan budaya organisasi untuk menyesuaikan zaman dan menyesuaikan lingkungan yang juga ikut berkembang. Kegunaan mengikuti lingkungan yang ada adalah agar dapat diterima oleh masyarakat dengan baik.
АНАЛІЗ ФАКТОРІВ ВПЛИВУ ЗОВНІШНЬОГО СЕРЕДОВИЩА ДЛЯ ЦИВІЛЬНОЇ АВІАЦІЇ
Authors: Алекперова Фарида , Мамадова Валида 
Published: January 2024

In the article, the authors indicate the strategic goals of analyzing external factors in civil aviation. The study identified the key factors that most influence Civil Aviation and for one factor a detailed analysis was made and recommendations for solving problems were given. The purpose of the article is to conduct an analysis of the factors of the external environment for civil aviation and give recommendations on their use. Methods used in the study: comparative analysis, detailing and generalization, comparison and grouping, etc. The hypothesis of the study. The external environment can present not only threats, but also opportunities for the company. Present of the main material. It is only by maximizing the opportunities of the external environment and minimizing the threats that a company can remain competitive and succeed in the market. It is by analyzing the factors of the external environment and forecasting their impact on the company that an organization can quickly adapt to changes and make strategically correct decisions for further development and advancement. The originality and practical significance of the study. The main stage in setting long-term goals and developing an effective strategy is strategic analysis, which should provide a realistic assessment of the company's own resources and capabilities in relation to the state (and needs) of the external environment in which the company operates. Conclusions. On the basis of this analysis, a rational choice of strategies from a possible set of options should be made. The questions arise, how and with what help to make the analysis? Various tools can be used, including PEST-analysis, which will be discussed in our work. Thus, the relationship between the factors of the economic group was identified. The result, based on this analysis, is that increased attention should be paid to changes in oil prices. The final decision is that this factor should be thoroughly investigated, taken into account in the SWOT analysis, and a response program developed
Niccolo Machiavelli’s views on public security
Authors: Zahumenna Yu. O. 
Published: January 2024

The article investigates and reveals the comprehension of how the concepts of the public security phenomenon are constructed in the philosophical and legal views of Niccolo Machiavelli.
In Europe at that time, ensuring public security was an extremely urgent task for almost every state, which involved concern for the individual human salvation, i.e. the search for confidence in faith, at the individual level, and at the collective level – concern for the protection of subjects from violence, war, injustice, hunger, rising prices, poverty, and concern for public welfare in the broadest sense. It is emphasised that one of the most popular and detailed concepts of public security at that time was proposed by the prominent Italian philosopher, diplomat and politician Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527). There have been and still are heated academic discussions around its content, meaning and focus, which touch upon some controversial aspects of the security concept and help to clarify important nuances of Machiavellian vision of public security and key instruments for its guarantee better.
According to the results of the study, it has been concluded that Machiavelli's security concept is characterised by rationalism, secularism, pragmatism, nationalism, an emphasis on a combination of power and legal elements with the predominance of the former, institutional and personal factors of public security with the priority of the former, instruments of psychological pressure (intimidation to keep the people in line), military force and diplomacy (to prevent external threats), separation of ethics and politics in the field of public security, a balanced attitude to the need to maintain internal and external security, and a high appreciation of the historical experience of ensuring security in antiquity and in modern centralised and absolutist states at an early stage.
Peculiarities of the special knowledge application in the investigation of taking a government official or law enforcement officer as hostage
Authors: Prokopenko O. Yu. 
Published: January 2024

An effective investigation of any criminal offence is not possible without the use of specialised knowledge. Taking a government official or law enforcement officer as a hostage is no exception; on the contrary, from the moment information about the seizure is received, there is a need to engage specialists from various fields of knowledge, including a forensic expert, dog handler, explosives expert, etc.
The purpose of the study is to investigate the scientific findings on the definition of the concept of “special knowledge” and to clarify its role in the investigation of criminal proceedings under Article 349 “Taking a government official or law enforcement officer as a hostage” of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. To achieve this goal, the study used the following methods: analysis, synthesis, comparison, critical thinking, and systemic and structural methods, with the aim of conducting a thorough study of theoretical developments, results of investigative and judicial practice, systematising the results and formulating conclusions.
It has been argued that one of the ways to improve the efficiency of detection and investigation of crimes is to use specialised knowledge in the activities of law enforcement agencies. In particular, when investigating the taking of a government official or a law enforcement officer as a hostage, special knowledge should be considered as skills and abilities in a particular area which are used in criminal proceedings and contribute to establishing the truth in the case, which contributes to the effective completion of the investigation.
As a result of the study, the special knowledge has been classified, namely: by the procedural position of the person who uses it, by the form of expression, by the need to use special knowledge at a certain stage of investigation, by the form of the final result, by the field of knowledge, by the degree of secrecy, by the purpose of use, by the significance of the results obtained.
According to the results of a comprehensive analysis, three forms of special knowledge application are proposed in the course of investigation of taking a government official or law enforcement officer as a hostage: specialist involvement in investigative (detective) actions, appointment of forensic examinations and consulting.
The role of specialists when involved in conducting typical investigative (detective) actions, such as: inspection of the scene, interrogation and investigative experiment, has been described. An indicative list of specialists who can assist an investigator has been proposed, and the tasks which can be solved through such interaction have been outlined. An indicative list of tasks facilitated by the appointment of forensic examinations has been provided.
Antinomies of Anglo-American and Domestic jurisprudence in understanding the children’s rights issues
Authors: Burdin M. Yu. , Nevzorov I. L. , Tomliak T. S. 
Published: January 2024

The article analyses the views of Anglo-American jurisprudence on the issues of children's rights in the context of similar national scientific works.
Within the Ukrainian legal thought, the issue of childhood legal mediation and understanding of the child's status is traditionally addressed on the basis of theoretical (primarily positivist) ideas about the subjects of legal relations, the theory of the legal status of a person, and ways of protecting rights developed by fundamental legal science, civil and family law.
The formation and development of the best interests of the child theory in Anglo-American legal science is essentially an alternative scientific approach to solving the problem of the volitional factor as a prerequisite for the acquisition and exercise of rights by a child. According to some scholars, this allows avoiding conceptual contradictions when addressing the issue of including children among persons who have subjective rights and bear legal responsibilities.
At the conceptual and legal level, the best interests of the child in Anglo-American jurisprudence are considered to be an important legal category that requires consideration on the highest level of the child's needs and ensuring his or her well-being, safety and harmonious development in society. This category requires constant consideration of the interests of the child in various life situations and conditions of a competitive society.
With the concept of “ensuring the best interests of the child” formalised in Ukrainian positive law in 2016, the interest of the national scientific community in creative understanding of the current views of representatives of Anglo-American jurisprudence on the issue of children’s rights will continue to grow, since the interests of children, despite scientific disputes and other circumstances, always require legal protection and legal support.
Implementasi Metode Deskripsi Gambar Melalui Media Banner Bergambar Dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab Maharah al Istima’ Wal Kalam
Authors: Inayah Ine , Ningsih Ayu Widya , Afifah Mawaddah Abdilah Lina , Hanifah Umi , Anam Khoirul 
Published: January 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan bagaimana metode deskripsi gambar dengan menggunakan media banner bergambar diterapkan di MTsN 1 Sidoarjo. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dengan pendekatan observasi terhadap kelas VIII di MTsN 1 Sidoarjo yang berjumlah 33 siswa. Data pada penelitian dikumpulkan melalui observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Analisis data dilakukan melalui tahapan pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data, dan verifikasi data. Dari penelitian yang telah dilakukan peneliti menyimpulkan bahwa penerapan metode deskripsi gambar dengan menggunakan media banner mampu meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa, melatih kemampuan mendengar siswa, memudahkan siswa dalam menghafal mufrodat, serta memudahkan guru dalam mengetahui kemampuan berbicara tiap siswa.
Kata Kunci: Deskripsi gambar, media banner, bahasa Arab
Meczet w Warszawie a Karaimi
Authors: Konopacki Artur 
Published: January 2024

Tatarzy obok Karaimów byli niewątpliwie najmniejszymi etnosem, który zasilił Wielkie Księstwo Litewskie w końcu XIV wieku. Obie grupy choć różniące się od siebie pozostawały w dość bliskiej relacji na przestrzeni wieków, a to z racji zamieszkiwania obok siebie, wchodzenia w relacje natury gospodarczej, czy w końcu pozostając „innymi” wobec większości. W niniejszym artykule chciałbym zaakcentować jeden z elementów wzajemnej współpracy i wzajemnego poparcia mianowicie kwestię budowy meczetu w Warszawie. Dzięki bogatej korespondencji Seraja Szapszała możemy prześledzić wzajemną współprace tatarsko-karaimską w kwestii budowy meczetu w Warszawie w okresie międzywojennym.
The Implementation of PDP Framework in Developing Reading Practice Material for the Topic of Tourism and Hospitality
Authors: Norhayati Norhayati , Din Maaz Ud 
Published: January 2024

Reading is a complex process of understanding the main messages from a text. Reading is a receptive skill, where learners do not need to produce language to do it. They receive and understand it. These skills are sometimes known as passive skills. Reading skill competency can be improved by doing a lot of practice. As learners learn in different ways, one theory of learning focuses on the way information is given to learners and refers to visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners. Regarding those theories, so it is believed that in order to support the learners in improving their reading ability, the learners need to use appropriate reading practice materials that are related to their interests. In developing reading practice materials, one of the frameworks that can be applied is PDP (Pre-During-Post). This framework helps ensure students are motivated, engaged, and active before, while, and after in reading a text. This research was focused in developing reading practice materials for students of tourism and hospitality. The research design used in this study is the research and development method. The result of this study is reading practice materials in PDP frameworks that have contents related to tourism and hospitality topics. The learners showed positive improvement in reading ability after they were given some practice with the developed materials.