6th Semester Research Articles

Mengurangi Penyebab Plagiat pada Tugas Akhir Semester Melalui Bimbingan Kelompok Mahasiswa BK Universitas Muslim Nusantara Alwashliyah

This study aims to find out the description of the causes of plagiarism in the final semester assignments carried out by guidance and counseling students. Plagiarism behavior is imitating, imitating, quoting writings, work or other people's work either intentionally or unintentionally in completing exam assignments or making papers without including proper and adequate sources to obtain learning grades. The method used is an observational and qualitative approach. The sample in this study were students in the 5th semester of counseling guidance, totaling 6 students from the Muslim Nusantara Alwashliyah University. Verbatim dialogue and questionnaire results show that from observations before cycle I to cycle II there has been an increase in reducing the habit of plagiarism.

PROGRAMACIÓN DE INTERFAZ GRÁFICA EN APP DESIGNER DEL MATLAB PARA REPRESENTAR LA SERIE DE FOURIER EN CURSO INTRODUCTORIO DE TELECOMUNICACIONES

This article describes the procedure for the implementation of a graphical user interface using the App Designer development environment of the Matlab software and its Toolbox Signal Processing and Symbolic Math, which allowed obtaining the Fourier Series coefficients for seven periodic signals followed by a graphical representation in the domain of time and frequency through pulses. Likewise, this 
 interface was implemented using various components such as Drop Down, Button, Knob, Axes, among others, which allowed the choice of the number of sinusoidal components used in the decomposition, as well as the choice of the type of signal, its amplitude, frequency, DC level and duration time of the same. Therefore, this implementation complements the teaching-learning process developed remotely for a topic in the Telecommunications I course of the 6th academic semester of the Electronic Engineering Degree at Ricardo Palma University. Finally, the graphical results are presented for the case of four choices of periodic signals, with different amplitudes, frequencies and DC levels; as well as the numerical results in terms of the mean square error, showing a lower value for the triangular signal despite using a reduced number of sinusoidal components

CHANGES IN BIOSAFETY PROTOCOLS IN THE TIME OF COVID AND THEIR EMOTIONAL IMPACT ON DENTISTRY GRADUATES

Introduction: in March 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic, due to its rapid spread. As the virus behaves in different ways and in some cases it can be fatal, many changes have occurred, including those related to biosecurity in hospitals and dental clinics. Aim: to evaluate the changes in biosafety protocols and the anxiety rates of undergraduate dentistry students. Methods: 100 academics who were enrolled in at least one discipline with clinical care for patients and which has a biosafety protocol were invited to participate in the research. The questions addressed were related to personal data (age, gender) and an adapted questionnaire on “Biosecurity in times of Covid” and a questionnaire on “Fear and Anxiety in the face of the coronavirus pandemic”. Results: A total of 100 academics from the University Center of Serra Gaúcha (FSG) participated in the research. Of these, 20 (20%) were male and 80 (80%) were female. The average age of participants was 22.8 years. Of these 100 students, 13 were in the 4th semester of the course, 39 were in the 6th semester, 23 were in the 8th and 25 in the 10th semester of the course. When asked if they felt fear when hearing that people were dying from COVID-19, 66% of academics said they felt fear. Regarding the fear of taking the infection from the clinic to the family, 91% of students said they were afraid. Next, students were asked if they were afraid of talking to patients in closed environments, only 12% said they were afraid. Sixty percent (60%) of students say they feel anxious when providing care to patients who have a cough or are suspected to be infected with the COVID-19 virus. Conclusion: negative effects on students’ mental health, such as fear and anxiety due to the risk of contamination and transmission of the COVID-19 virus, have been caused, requiring the implementation of mental health promotion strategies, especially if the pandemic extends.

Tugas dalam Perkuliahan: Profil Prokrastinasi Akademik Mahasiswa Jurusan Tadris Biologi IAIN Kerinci

This study aims to determine how the academic procrastination of students at Biology Department of State Islamic Institute of Kerinci. This research was conducted on 189 students of the Biology Education of State Islamic Institute of Kerinci at the 2nd semester to the 8th semester who were randomly selected. The population in this study were students of the Biology Education at State Islamic Institute of Kerinci. Sample were selected by using by using the Slovin formula. Then, the sample obtained is 140 samples, while in this study the researchers took more than the number of samples that should be as many as 189 samples. While the sampling technique used by researchers is Simple Random Sampling. Based on the results of the research conducted by the author at the Biology Study Program of IAIN Kerinci, it was found that through a questionnaire distributed to 189 students, academic procrastination could be concluded that the academic procrastination of IAIN Kerinci Biology Department students was classified as high at 42.85% with a frequency of 81 respondents, with the average male gender which is higher that is equal to 80.2 on average. With academic procrastination, students of the Department of Biology Tadris IAIN Kerinci based on gender, the average is higher on male students.

Pengembangan Bajan Ajar Kritik Sastra dengan Menggunakan Metode Pembelajaran Mandiri

This development research aims to describe the results of the validation reliability of the development of literary criticism teaching materials using the independent learning method. The problem that often occurs is the lack of textbooks that can support the learning of literary criticism courses, so that students' understanding of theory practice in literary criticism courses is weak. The research method used is the RD development method. The research sample is 4th semester students of the Indonesian Language Education Study Program FKIP UM-Tapsel for the 2021-2022 academic year. Based on the results of development research it is known that the reliability conclusion of developing literary criticism teaching materials using independent learning methods is successful and feasible to be made as literary criticism teaching materials for independent learning.Keywords: Development, teaching materials, literary criticism, independent learning

Associação do sexo e fase de formação com atividade física e comportamento sedentário em universitários de enfermagem

Abstract Physical Insufficient levels of physical activity and sedentary behavior are highly prevalent worldwide and associated with cardiometabolic diseases and may vary according to gender and academic training. The objective was to investigate the association of sex and academic training with the level of physical activity and time spent in sedentary behavior in nursing students. It is a cross-sectional study with 286 nursing students from a public university. A sociodemographic and academic characterization instrument and an extended version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire were applied. Data were analyzed descriptively and by Pearson's Chi-Square/Fisher's Exact test. The significance level was 5%. 65.7% of university students were active. Men were more active in leisure (p=0.000) and commuting (p=0.03). There was no association between sex and semester and total physical activity level. The prevalence of time in sedentary behavior ≥ 8 h/day for seven, five days, and weekends were 39.3%, 57.1%, and 21.4% for men and 55.0%, 65.1%, and 43.0% for women. A more significant proportion of women showed time in sedentary behavior ≥ 8 h/day on weekends (p=0.015) than men. A higher proportion between the 1st and 5th semesters remained ≥ 8 h/day in sedentary behavior on seven (p=0.024) and five days (p=0.001) week compared to those between the 6th and 10th semesters. The prevalence of insufficient physical activity levels and a long time in sedentary behavior were high and influenced by gender and training phase. Men were more active in commuting and leisure than women. Sedentary behavior is associated with gender and a training phase.

Medical education during the COVID-19 pandemic: What students missed and what they did not. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study.

Medical education was and still is challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, and several strategies were implemented by the universities worldwide in order to maintain a good level of education. The aim of this work is to point out how strategies adopted in a German university hospital reached students and how comfortable they felt with the proposed solutions in order to define future possibilities in modern teaching. A questionnaire was answered by medical students at the end of the 8th and 10th semester in a German university hospital asking them about their perception of medical education during the pandemic as well as about strategies adopted by the faculty. A total of 92 out of 117 students answered the questionnaire (78.6% response rate). Students felt disadvantaged in their medical education because of the pandemic on a scale from 0 (not at all) to 10 (completely) (5.34±2.3, range 0-10 points), regardless of semester, gender, and whether they aimed at a surgical career or not. During the pandemic they missed practical exercises most (93.5%), followed by contact with other students (65.2%). Presence lessons were missed (28.3%) the least. Among the strategies offered to maintain education, recorded lessons were appreciated most, followed by skills labs. Live-stream lessons were considered less comfortable. Several aspects of medical education were replaced satisfactorily during the pandemic, others need to be adapted in the future in order to meet the students' needs and expectations. Theoretical online education but not live stream lessons could be an option beyond COVID-19 as they are highly appreciated by students.

Assessment of Nutritional Status of MBChB 4th Year Second Semester Students at Cavendish University Zambia, Longacres Campus, Lusaka, Zambia

It has been established that leading a sedentary lifestyle makes people prone to health problems such as hypertension, diabetes and poor nutrition. In addition, the poor sanitary conditions in schools and places of lodging have resulted in the contraction of urinary tract infections. The main aim of this study was to determine the general health status of the 4th year medical students at Cavendish University Zambia, Lusaka. This was done through the analysis of blood sugar levels, urine samples, blood pressure and body mass index. The study serves to answer what the nutritional status is based on body mass index, how blood pressure relates to hypertension, what the levels of diabetes are among students, what the general urinalysis findings are and the general factors associated with the health status of students. The study was conducted on 41 students, 26 being males and 15 females. In the blood glucose test, 14% presented with an abnormal level of glucose and 86% were normal. On average male students had a blood glucose level greater than 6.0mmol/L while female students had levels below 6.0mmol/L. in the BMI calculations, 61.3% of the students had a normal BMI, 7 being female and 20 being male a total of 8 females and 6 males had an abnormal BMI value. The criteria for normal urinalysis value were the absence or traces of the substance and abnormal values were indicated by the presence of small, moderate or large amounts of the substances. 100% of the students had normal glucose, blood and urobilinogen readings. 55.4% of the participants presented with normal blood pressure while 44.6% presented with abnormal blood pressure levels.

Explaining the health system in a practical way - the use of a simulation game in medical sociology teaching.

A simulation game is a valuable method for conveying teaching content in a practical way. The aim was to design a teaching module for medical sociology on the subject of "The German health care system" which would convey the contents and connections to the students in a practical way using a simulation game. In addition to the development of scenarios for the simulation game, role cards for various institutions of the health care system were also produced as a result. The students were given the opportunity beforehand to work on theoretical content regarding the German health care system online (the "flipped classroom method"). In the 90-minute face-to-face event the simulation game was played, followed by a feedback session. The initial impressions of the students were collected. In the 2022 summer semester, a total of 185 students from the 4th pre-clinical semester took part in the seminar. The students were divided into twelve seminars. One scenario was worked on per seminar. The simulation game contributed to a better understanding of the health care system. The students were generally very satisfied with this type of knowledge transfer and thought that this method might well be integrated into teaching in the future. Communicating the health care system through a simulation game is evidently suitable for explaining clearly complex issues and presenting the various interests of the individual institutions. In addition, a simulation game stimulates critical debate and can contribute to imparting theoretical content in teaching medical sociology in a practical way.

Meditação para estresse e ansiedade em universitários: um ensaio clínico randomizado

Abstract: Introduction: Stress is a state in which the body homeostasis is threatened, leading to adaptive, physiological and behavioral responses. Anxiety is an unpleasant feeling that occurs whenever a future potential threat is perceived. Whenever these states are prolonged, both lead to metabolic, cardiovascular, neuropsychiatric and immunological consequences. University students are more susceptible to stress and anxiety symptoms than the general population. Mindfulness is a technique that allows its practitioners to become more aware of their emotions, dealing with stress in a more skilled way. Objective: To; evaluate the efficacy of a modified mindfulness program in reducing stress and anxiety symptoms in medicine and dentistry undergraduate students. Methods: This was a single blinded, randomized, clinical trial. Students from the aforementioned courses enrolled in the 1st to the 8th semesters of a higher education institution, answered Lipp’s Inventory of Stress symptoms for Adults (ISSL) (n=418) and the State-Trace Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (n=369). Those who showed a positive score for symptoms of stress and/or anxiety and accepted to take part in the intervention (n=59), were randomized into one of the two groups - mindfulness (a 2-week modified program), or control. After the intervention, the students were asked to answer the STAI and ISSL tools once again. Results: The global prevalence of stress and anxiety symptoms were 67% (n=280) and 76.4% (n=282), respectively. At the end of the second week, symptoms of stress and anxiety decreased 30.8% and 22.2%, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences between the mindfulness and control groups (p>0.05). Conclusion: Symptoms of stress and anxiety are highly prevalent among the studied population. Among medicine and dentistry undergraduate students in this higher education institution, a shortened mindfulness program was unable to reduce symptoms of stress and anxiety in a statistically significant way when compared to a control group.

Transtornos mentais comuns em estudantes de medicina: prevalência e fatores associados

Abstract Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of Common Mental Disorders (CMD) among medical students and identify the factors associated with this disorder. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with all medical students, enrolled from the 1st to the 8th semesters in a public university, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. We used a self-administered questionnaire that included SRQ-20 (Self-Reporting Questionnaire), IPAQ (International Physical Activity Questionnaire - long form) and sociodemographic, school, occupational and health variables. The multivariate analysis was performed using COX Regression for cross-sectional studies. Results: We evaluated 556 students (289 women and 267 men), representing 90.2% of the target population. The overall prevalence of CMD found was 53.3%, 78.8% of students reported feeling nervous, 56.8% experienced poor sleep quality, and 6.5% had suicidal thoughts. After the multivariate analysis, the following factors maintained their association with a higher prevalence of CMD: having no previous undergraduate degree (PR=1.49), having an unfavorable self-perception of health (PR=1.53), not having failed disciplines (PR=1.20), and being a smoker (PR=1.19). Physical activity did not have a protective effect on CMD in this study. Conclusions: The prevalence of CMD among medical students was high and mainly associated with an unfavorable self-perception of health. The results highlight the need for strengthening institutional policies aimed at preventing psychological distress among students.

Avaliação de atitudes relacionadas ao atendimento humanizado pelos estudantes de Medicina

Abstract: Introduction: Typical medical care has been characterized by professional and disease-centered attitudes, with little concern for focusing on the patient’s psychosocial context and expectations. However, the medical care that seeks to more globally encompass the patient’s perspective has shown to bring greater benefits. Objective: To evaluate the attitudes of medical students regarding the physician-patient relationship. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that evaluated the attitudes of students in the 4th semester of the medical course in relation to patient care based on the application of the Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale and a questionnaire with sociodemographic and curricular characteristics. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software and the Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn’s post hoc, and Chi-square test. Results: A total of 83 medical students participated in the study, with a prevalence of female students (74.7%), and those who declared a family income of less than US$ 2,140 (43.0%), as well as those who professed the Catholic religion (53.0%). The majority of students (85.5%) had attitudes centered on the physician and the disease (mean PPOS scores <4.57), with scores in the caring domain higher than those in the sharing domain. The variables gender, family income, student financial aid, and religion showed a positive association (p≤0.05) with PPOS scores related to patient-centered attitudes. There were no statistically significant associations of PPOS scores with the variables age group, city of origin, undergraduate research activities, extracurricular internships, artistic activities, personal and family history of serious illness, and parental level of schooling. Conclusion: The present study showed that the assessed medical students had attitudes centered on the physician and on the disease, with mean PPOS scores below the range related to attitudes of humanized medicine.

Breaking the Waves of Language: Unraveling Students’ Challenges with English Clauses in Coastal Environmental Discourse through a Grammar Teaching Technique

The purpose of this research is to investigate the challenges that students encounter when learning English clauses in Coastal Environmental Discourse through the ‘Stepping the 5 Stairs D’ Technique. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method to complete and in-depth describe the conditions as they are, without giving treatment to or manipulating the variables studied. In collecting the data, researchers used questionnaire. The questionnaire Were 17 multiple choices questions about English clauses. And the subjects of this study were 31 English Language Education students from class K1 and K2 of 2021. From this study it was concluded that most of the 4th semester English education students were able to determine correct and incorrect sentences in sentences and it was also found that students’ ability to use ‘stepping the 5 stairs D’ in identifying main clauses and sub clauses was quite good.

Avaliação da qualidade de vida e fatores associados em graduandos de Enfermagem

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the quality of life of nursing undergraduate students and factors associated with socioeconomic variables and internship field. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in an educational institution located in the northern region of the state of Ceará, Brazil, involving 309 nursing undergraduates from the 1st to the 10th semester. The WHOQOL-bref instrument was used to evaluate the quality of life. Each domain and total score of the instrument were considered as outcome variables. Results: 69.3% of the individuals were women, the mean age of the sample was 28 years, and 67.7% defined their quality of life as “good” or “very good.” Undergraduates who consumed well water and those with lower income had a higher chance of presenting lower scores in the physical domain and environmental domain of quality of life, respectively (p < 0.05), and of having a lower total quality of life score. Conclusion: The students considered their quality of life to be good/very good, and sociodemographic factors influenced the lower quality of life score.

Üsküdar University bid farewell to its 10th graduates

Üsküdar University bid farewell to its 10th semester graduates with the 2022-2023 Academic Year graduation ceremony.

Webtoon as an Attractive Learning Medium in Reading Comprehension for 6th Semester Students of English Education UIN Prof. K.H. Saifuddin Zuhri

This research is motivated by a situation where students' reading interest is low, so there is a need for media that can make students interested in reading and learning. Webtoon is an online comic application that is quite in demand by readers of various ages, Webtoons can also be used as learning media to increase motivation and reading comprehension. The aim of this research wants to discuss about how to use Webtoon as a medium for learning reading comprehension and whether Webtoon is in accordance with the computer-Assisted Language Learning Criteria (CALL). This study uses qualitative methods, data collected by interview techniques. The respondents in this study were 6 students from 6 TBI B who use the Webtoon application as a medium for learning reading comprehension. This research was analyzed using Chapelle theory, which has six criteria where indicate that an application can be learning media. The results of this study show that using Webtoon as a medium for learning reading comprehension is in accordance with the criteria for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), namely language learning potential, learner fit, meaning focus, authenticity, positive impact and practically. The majority of respondents gave positive comments on every aspect put forward by Chapelle. Therefore, Webtoons can be used as an interesting medium for learning reading comprehension.

Investigating the Caring Behaviors of Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Caring is a state of "feeling and demonstrating concern and empathy for others, showing or having compassion”. Care is practiced by nurses in clinical settings, so clinical education is an essential and integral part of nursing education. Aim: To identify the caring behaviors of undergraduate nursing students of KPK. Methodology: The design was cross-sectional descriptive conducted in the private and public sector nursing institutes of KPK from august 2022 to September 2022. The sample size was 259 using simple random sampling, while the instrument used was a caring behavior inventory (CBI-24) having a Chronbach alpha of 0.96. Mean and standard deviation was calculated for continuous variables while the chi-square test was applied for the association between demographic variables and caring behaviors through SPSS 20. Results: The finding reveal that males were in the majority (86.9%) compared to female students (13.1%). The overall mean score of assurance was higher 39.5±7.6, followed by respecting 22±4.8, while the knowledge and skills mean score was 19.3 ± 4.7, and connectedness 10.8± 3.12. The overall caring behaviors of females were 95±4 higher than male 91.3±1.7. The students of 8th semester caring behaviors were 98.7±1.5 higher than other semesters mean score. Implications: The study will help the nursing institutes and nursing instructor that how nursing students perceived, barriers in caring and how to improve the caring behaviors of undergraduate nursing students in clinical settings. Conclusions: Our study suggests that caring behaviors are perceived by students from the 1st semester of the nursing program. The caring behaviors of the students were significantly associated with gender and semester. Keywords: Care, nursing students, clinical duties, caring skills

Classification of Student Graduation using Naïve Bayes by Comparing between Random Oversampling and Feature Selections of Information Gain and Forward Selection

Class-imbalanced data with high attribute dimensions in datasets frequently contribute to issues in a classification process as this can affect algorithms’ performance in the computing process because there are imbalanced numbers of data in each class and irrelevant attributes that must be processed; therefore, this needs for some techniques to overcome the class-imbalanced data and feature selection to reduce data complexity and irrelevant features. Therefore, this study applied random oversampling (ROs) method to overcome the class-imbalanced data and two feature selections (information gain and forward selection) compared to determine which feature selection is superior, more effective and more appropriate to apply. The results of feature selection then were used to classify the student graduation by creating a classification model of Naïve Bayes algorithm. This study indicated an increase in the average accuracy of the Naïve Bayes method without the ROs preprocessing and the feature selection (81.83%), with the ROs (83.84%), with information gain with 3 selected features (86.03%) and forward selection with 2 selected features (86.42%); consequently, these led to increasing accuracy of 4.2% from no pre-processing to information gain and 4.59% from no pre-processing to forward selection. Therefore, the best feature selection was the forward selection with 2 selected features (GPA of the 8th semester and the overall GPA), and the ROs and both feature selections were proven to improve the performance of the Naïve Bayes method.

An Analysis of Challenges and Practices in B. Ed. (Honors) at Government Elementary College of Education, Sindh, Pakistan

Teaching is an international and noble profession. Every field of life is going through remarkable achievements with international standards and competencies. The same situation is necessary for the teaching profession, with international recognition of quality education. In the local context, National Professional Standards for Teachers in Pakistan is also a remarkable milestone in this field to promote the level of teachers up to the mark, which plays a vital role for underdeveloped countries like Pakistan. The purpose of this research was to analyze challenges and practices in B.Ed. (Honors). Data sources for this study were College Supervisors, Cooperating Teachers and Student Teachers enrolled in the Second year. Structured interviews with 02 College Supervisors, 02 Cooperating Teachers, and Focus Group Discussions with 10 Student Teachers were used as the tools to accomplish the required data, analyzed qualitatively and converted into Themes and Constructs. Close-ended questionnaires were also administered among 40 STs (of the 3rd and 4th semesters). Study findings showed that Student Teachers (STs) have an awareness of the importance of practicum for improving their pedagogical skills and subject content knowledge, whereas, in contrast, Cooperating Teachers and College Supervisors failed to skillfully equip assisting Student Teachers.

Gambaran Tingkat Kelelahan (Burnout) Pada Mahasiswa DIII Keperawatan Semester 5 Dalam Pembelajaran Daring di Masa Pandemi COVID-19 di Denpasar

Background: Fatigue (Burnout) is a psychological syndrome in a person that causes fatigue, emotional and mental stress due to excessive stress which can be caused by stressful situations that must be resolved beyond the individual's ability with symptoms such as decreased interest in learning, decreased enthusiasm and fatigue. A person's burnout varies depending on a person's ability to deal with difficult situations that cause fatigue, depersonalization and according to him the interest in self-achievement in certain situations. The results of previous this study showed that most of the respondents, which were 88 respondents (56.4%) experienced moderate fatigue. The purpose of this study is to describe the level of fatigue (Burnout) in the 5th semester of diploma 3 nursing students in online learning during the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic in Denpasar. Methods: This research is a quantitative research with a cross sectional study. Sampling was total sampling by using 65 people, who were the 5th semester of diploma nursing students at the Campus of Stikes KESDAM IX / Udayana and ITEKES. The instrument used was the MBI-SS questionnaire from Maslach and Jakson which was adopted from previous research and has been validated to determine the level of student burnout, using an online questionnaire with the Google form. Data analysis in this study used univariate analysis. Results: The results of this study showed that most of the respondents, which were 49 respondents (75.4%) experienced moderate fatigue. Characteristics of respondents based on age as many as 65 people (100%) aged > 20 years, characteristics of respondents based on gender where most of the respondents as many as 36 respondents (55.4%) were female. Conclusion: Most of the respondents have moderate levels of fatigue (burnout)