Beginner Stage Research Articles

Outcome of Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy in Relation to the Surgeon's Experience: Propensity Score Matching.

Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) presents a challenging learning curve, and the correlation between surgeon experience and clinical outcomes remains contentious. This retrospective study aimed to compare the outcomes of PELD performed by a single surgeon at beginner and experienced stages. Propensity score matching selected 150 patients (75 per group) with a minimum 3-year follow-up. Clinical and radiological outcomes, perioperative complications, and adverse events were assessed. Baseline characteristics, pain improvement, patient satisfaction, and radiological outcomes did not differ between the groups. However, operation time was longer in the beginner group than in the experienced group (57.5 min [IQR, 50.0-70.0] versus 50.0 min [IQR, 45.0-55.0], p < 0.001). The beginner group had higher perioperative complication rates (eight patients [10.7%] versus one patient [1.3%], with a hazard ratio of 8.836 [95% CI, 1.077-72.514], p = 0.034) and lower 3-year survival without adverse events (19 patients [25.3%] in the beginner group and 10 patients [13.3%] in the experienced group, p = 0.045). Our findings indicate that the clinical outcomes were more favorable in patients operated on at the experienced stage compared to those treated at the beginner stage.

The Learning Stages of Ngroncongi/Undul usuk: Achieving the Original Solo Keroncong Singing Style

The hegemony of advanced keroncong figures in keroncong singing has made the Solo keroncong singing style more recognised by the wider community with its lilting characteristics. However, for the Surakarta people (Solo), there is something more essential than that, namely ngroncongi, also known as undul usuk. This term is often given to keroncong singers as an assessment of the quality of their singing. Hence, this research aims at identifying and describing undul usuk and its achievement process by employing descriptive qualitative methods. Observation, interviews, and documentation studies were used to collect the data, while the triangulation technique was used to test the data’s validity. The findings show that the undul usuk concept is a sub-concept of the ngroncongi basic concept. There are various hierarchical stages in the achievement of Solo keroncong singing, which consist of the beginner stage, the average stage, the skilled stage, the specialist stage, and singing ngroncongi as the highest achievement or expert stage. To achieve this, some rules and tips need to be followed, which requires effort and time. Singers are required to be effortless in aligning skills, thoughts, and feelings. This study manifests a society that preserves the essence of keroncong singing through development and preservation dualism.The novelty of this research is on how it can be used as a reference for the performer and connoisseurs of keroncong music.

WE'RE ALL MAKERS NOW: ARTS AND CRAFT PARTICIPATION IN MIDLIFE

Abstract Recent research has focused on the benefits of participation in creative activities for older adults, even those who experiencing cognitive deficits. However, many people begin participating in creative activities in midlife, and continue their participation into later life. Research in my lab suggests that middle aged people turn to crafts that involve making things to reduce stress and increase feelings of productivity. Glaveanu’s sociocultural theory will be introduced to explain the benefits middle aged people get from creating crafts, and how those benefits are accrued from the beginner stage through the development of expertise.

Multimedia Information Time Balance Management in Mobile Cloud Environment Supported By Case Study

Mobile cloud computing is used to define and determine computing services with a structure model. The data and resource of any service will be retrieved from cloud computing through internet service, some tools, and user interface (web-based or application). Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) is a hybrid of cloud computing and mobile computing. Multimedia Information is the core of Mobile Cloud information because of the sizable information of multimedia particularly video streaming. Mobile Cloud mostly handles and processes that information. MCC is one of the business expressions with the real environment in the IT world. The concept of the MCC is still in the beginner stage of advancement. So, the handle of the innovation in a careful way especially in the bearing of future research should be provide. In this paper, an algorithm is throttled load balancing for mobile clouds has been presented within an example of Multimedia information. The results has shown that the load balancing of cloud computing environment. In this scenario, load balancing techniques in mobile cloud computing can be employed and can successfully manage time through the cloud.

Penerapan Primary Chord dan Secondary Chord dengan Pendekatan Primary Beat pada Mata Kuliah Harmoni Manual

This study aims to provide basic knowledge and skills for students in the application of Primary and Secondary Chords by limiting the chord composition roadmap centered on the melody of the song which is in the primary beat position. This research can be used as a reference for students in restructuring the Chord Progression of a song or better known as the Reharmonization of Chord for the beginner stage. This research method uses a qualitative research method with an Art Practice-Based Research approach with the object of study in the form of a Kelok Sembilan folk song and a literature study on the theory of the concept of the application of Primary and Secondary Chord harmonies. The results showed that the Primary Beat approach made it easier for students to determine the chord progression arrangement for the song twists, students only needed to follow the strong beats of each bar as a reference for determining the chord progression, so both in theory and practice, students did not have much difficulty playing it. This approach is also very effective to be applied in restructuring the chord progression of other simple songs because it is able to give a newer and fresher feel to the chord progression.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RECIPROCAL TEACHING STRATEGY TO TEACH READING COMPREHENSION IN NARRATIVE TEXT TO THE ELEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 KUTOREJO

Reading had become one of the essential English skills which should be mastered by students in their English learning. Furthermore, in reading activity, students could enrich their vocabulary, practice their pronunciation which also useful in speaking, writing, even listening skills. However, sometimes students could face some problems which they have experienced when reading those texts, even if they were encountering with reading texts at school. Thus, students needed the teachers’ guidances in their English learning because most of them could be classified as the beginner stage. This research was aimed to measure and investigate the effectiveness of Reciprocal Teaching strategy to teach reading comprehension in narrative text to the eleventh-grade students of SMAN 1 Kutorejo. The researcher had used quasi-experimental research which picked two classes to become the samples from eleventh-grade classes in SMAN 1 Kutorejo by using the purposive sampling technique. Those classes were chosen randomly as the experiment class. One class which would be taught by using Reciprocal Teaching strategy was XI-IPA 1, while the other class, XI-IPA 5 would be taught by using Non Reciprocal Teaching strategy. Furthermore, the researcher had prepared the post-test which contained 50 questions with multiple choice about narrative text reading comprehension for both eleventh-grade classes to collect the data. The data which had been gotten from the post-test were analyzed by using the statistical technique with an independent t-test formula that would show the differences between both classes that have different treatments.&#x0D;

Building Information Modelling Diffusion Research in Developing Countries: A User Meta-Model Approach

Building information modelling (BIM) has become a common denominator for information management, efficiency, collaboration, and productivity in the construction industry. The adoption of building information modelling has been assessed to be unequal in the construction industry the world over. It has been observed that developing countries are struggling with BIM adoption and are at a beginner stage in the process. Meanwhile, there have been different research efforts focused on advancing BIM diffusion in developing countries. This study focused on reviewing the research trend and knowledge domains of BIM research in developing countries. The study analysed scholarly publications from selected developing countries sourced from the Scopus database from 2005 to 2019; the study covered BIM research efforts since their commencement in developing countries. The study identified the different research trends and the current focus through visualisations using VOS viewer software. The most influential and productive researchers were also identified. This research contributes to the extant body of knowledge by synthesizing the state of the art of BIM research in developing countries. Furthermore, it provides the pre-COVID-19 BIM diffusion status in developing countries.

PENEKANAN PEMAHAMAN PULSA PADA MATERI AJAR DRUMS 1 YAMAHA MUSIC FOUNDATION

AbstractThis study aims to find out how the emphasizing is on pulses understanding in the Drums 1 Yamaha Music Foundation teaching material. The type of this research is a qualitative paradigm with a content analysis approach. The object of this research was the Drums 1 Yamaha Music Foundation book, and the research subject was pulse suppression contained in the drum practice material. The research instrument was the author itself and was assisted by supporting instruments such as stationery, laptop, and mobile phone. The data were collected through observation, interview, and documentation. The data types were primary and secondary data. The data were analyzed through practicing, analyzing, eliciting findings, describing findings, and making conclusion. The results show that the Drums 1 Yamaha Music Foundation book is a teaching material intended for students / drummers at the beginner stage (beginner) in the 10th &amp; 9th grade. Therefore, Yamaha provides systematic learning and focuses on pulses as a reference for learning, so pulses are considered crucial. This study reveals the pulses implicitly stated in the Drums 1 Yamaha Music Foundation book where pulses are implemented in 3 forms of practice patterns which are mutually applied. The quarter pulses applied to stick control is a main foundation to orchestrate the pulses in the from of not subdivision, not variation, rhythm pattern, and the drum fill-in. The difference is on where the focus is located. So the research definitively has proven that there is emphasizing of pulses which are presented in various forms of practice patterns.Keywords: Emphasis, understanding pulse, Learning Drums 1 Yamaha Music Foundation

‘The blue dot thing’: a discourse analysis of learner interlanguage in instructional design

ABSTRACT We used audio-recorded interactions from a co-design of early designers working together making a language learning app to map discourse practices onto an operationalisation of an early stage of design learning in instructional design. A previously published typography of design discourse operationally defined the discourse practices of an advanced beginner stage. We asked, How did the discourse practices of early designers emerge when they engaged each other in the act of designing? We searched transcripts for examples of nine discourse practices in design that were previously established by the literature which suggested these discursive practices might appear in design language in use. We found that these practices often did appear, but ranged in discursive proficiency, suggesting the existence of an interlanguage of design. This discourse analysis informs scholars of design learning as to the variability in the emergence of discourse practices in design. To illustrate these insights, we present five diverse excerpts that illuminate the breadth of how design discourse emerges in early designer’s discussions. From these data, we concluded that there is an interlanguage of instructional design that maps unevenly across discourse practices of the advanced beginner.

Effects of Positive Psychological Capital, Social Support and Head Nurses' Authentic Leadership on Organizational Commitment of Nurses at the Advanced Beginner Stage

Effects of Positive Psychological Capital, Social Support and Head Nurses' Authentic Leadership on Organizational Commitment of Nurses at the Advanced Beginner Stage

Psychological and pedagogical course of teaching Russian as a foreign language: the stage of speech adaptation

The topicality of the article is determined by the need for systemic analysis of the structure and content of the modern communicative field, which not only defines the character of functioning of literary Russian language as a subject of study, but also triggers the formation of new mechanisms of acquiring knowledge. The aims of research are to identify and provide a scientific description of psychological and pedagogical components of linguodidactic strategy in Russian universities as a basis for multidimensional model of teaching Russian as a foreign language at the beginner stage. The methodological concept of the work is based on combining methods of complex theoretical description as well as socio-pedagogical, observational and diagnostic research, extrapolated to real educational process at the preparatory faculty. The article identifies the topical features of the initial stage of teaching Russian as a foreign language, describes modern principles and basic conditions for effective teaching Russian as a foreign language at the initial stage, classifies basic factors determining linguistic and methodical vectors of pedagogical activity at the stage of speech adaptation , and denotes the vector of linguodidactic technologies and their components, focusing on students’ cognitive/communicative/axiological expectations. The results of the study and approbation of new methodological guidelines indicated that the proposed linguistic and methodical strategy ensures dynamic development of foreigners’ cognitive and creative abilities to self-education, which can form students’ multilingual and multicultural personalities.

Speaking skills diagnostics at the beginner level of teaching Russian as a foreign language in a foreign university

The article describes the conditions and specifics of teaching Russian as a foreign language in a foreign university. The results of ascertaining experiment conducted in a polylingual group of students in the University of Strasbourg at the beginning of their second year are given. The purpose of the experiment was to diagnose the ability to create and deliver a coherent prepared and unprepared monologue, give its quantitative and qualitative analysis according to the selected criteria. Parameters for prepared and unprepared monologues are not considered separately in regulatory documents. In fact, foreign students demonstrate these types of speaking Russian at different levels. The importance of developing oral unprepared speech at the beginner stage of learning Russian, especially in learning outside the language environment is discussed in the article.

Muddling Through the Passage of Qualitative Research: Experiences of a Novice Researcher

The article is written as a travelogue by the author while exploring the passage of qualitative research in her maiden independent research work—her dissertation. The author describes in the article how her journey of qualitative research took shape right from the take-off point: the choice of topic and methodology to the data collection, analysis and presentation of the findings. The article also throws light on the various experiences of the researcher during the journey including the issues and challenges faced by her in different stages of the study like the research proposal stage, data collection stage and the data analysis stage. The objective of the article is to familiarize the qualitative researchers, who are currently at the beginner stage, with the possible issues and pitfalls of qualitative research process. For that the author has used her own experiences to explain the nuances of the process. In the article, the author also highlights that irrespective of the challenges faced in the process how the research study helped her in developing herself as a better researcher and a wiser person, making her efforts fruitful and providing her a sense of achievement.

Consumer’s demands on functional design for sports climbing pants and product developments

The purpose of this study was to identify the consumers` demands on functional design of sports climbing pants. Data were collected through a field survey. 82 male and 70 female amateur sports climbers in Seoul participated. The questionnaires measured aspects of functional design in sports climbing pants, specifically motion adaptability, comfort and aesthetic value of the climbing pants. The results of this study show that comfort during climbing postures was the most important value of the climbing pants. The subjects sought motion adaptability at the hip, crotch, thigh and knee. The preferred style and degree of fit of climbing pants were differed according to gender. Men preferred loose or semi tight fit style climbing pants but women preferred the leggings style of the sport pants. The soft touch seam line and body shaping function were also important for women. The type of pants preferred for sports climbing also differed by the climbing experience period. Men began to wear the outdoor mountaineering style pants when they had experienced sports climbing for 6 months and to wear the climbing expert style pants when they had experienced sports climbing for a year. Most women wore leggings style sports pants from the beginner stage. This study also analyzed Korean market trend in 2016~2017 F/W for sports climbing pants design. The men`s pants were more likely to be designed to improve mobility compared to the women`s pants, even though the aesthetic value of the sports climbing pants was important for women.

Child-Computer Interaction at the Beginner Stage of Music Learning: Effects of Reflexive Interaction on Children's Musical Improvisation.

In this article children’s musical improvisation is investigated through the “reflexive interaction” paradigm. We used a particular system, the MIROR-Impro, implemented in the framework of the MIROR project (EC-FP7), which is able to reply to the child playing a keyboard by a “reflexive” output, mirroring (with repetitions and variations) her/his inputs. The study was conducted in a public primary school, with 47 children, aged 6–7. The experimental design used the convergence procedure, based on three sample groups allowing us to verify if the reflexive interaction using the MIROR-Impro is necessary and/or sufficient to improve the children’s abilities to improvise. The following conditions were used as independent variables: to play only the keyboard, the keyboard with the MIROR-Impro but with not-reflexive reply, the keyboard with the MIROR-Impro with reflexive reply. As dependent variables we estimated the children’s ability to improvise in solos, and in duets. Each child carried out a training program consisting of 5 weekly individual 12 min sessions. The control group played the complete package of independent variables; Experimental Group 1 played the keyboard and the keyboard with the MIROR-Impro with not-reflexive reply; Experimental Group 2 played only the keyboard with the reflexive system. One week after, the children were asked to improvise a musical piece on the keyboard alone (Solo task), and in pairs with a friend (Duet task). Three independent judges assessed the Solo and the Duet tasks by means of a grid based on the TAI-Test for Ability to Improvise rating scale. The EG2, which trained only with the reflexive system, reached the highest average results and the difference with EG1, which did not used the reflexive system, is statistically significant when the children improvise in a duet. The results indicate that in the sample of participants the reflexive interaction alone could be sufficient to increase the improvisational skills, and necessary when they improvise in duets. However, these results are in general not statistically significant. The correlation between Reflexive Interaction and the ability to improvise is statistically significant. The results are discussed on the light of the recent literature in neuroscience and music education.

Technical Training Junior Tennis Players Aged 8–9 as a Constituent Part of Successful Playing Activity

This article is dedicated to the issue of determining technical aptitude for playing activities in junior tennis players during the beginner stage of their sports training. The research aim is to determine the aptitude of junior tennis players aged 8–9 to proceed to the «green» level as the result of technical aptitude and competitive activities analysis. Work Results. The level of training junior tennis players has been analyzed, which consists of 3 levels (red, orange and green), each of them having their specifics in playing activities. This promotes gradual training junior tennis players for technical and tactical training. The average indices of technical training junior tennis players are determined and the correlation between technical training and competitive activity in junior tennis players are analyzed. The analysis of the correlation between the results of technical training and competitive activity has confirmed that all the criteria of technical training have the positive correlation which indicates the direct proportionality in the determined factors. Conclusions. As a result of our experimental research, based on the analysis of technical training and competitive activity of the junior tennis players, we have determined that the junior tennis players aged between 8 and 9 are ready to proceed to the «green» level of tennis.

Peculiarities of forming phonetic awareness in the introductory communicative corrective course

Introduction. When it comes to college students, phonetic competence is formed at the beginner stage of learning a foreign language. Traditionally, language majors are offered in the Introductory Communicative Corrective Course during their freshman year. Phonetic competence includes phonetic skills, phonetic knowledge and phonetic awareness. The effectiveness of forming phoneticcompetence depends on how well its components are developed. What makes the formation of phonetic competence especially challenging is the filtering influence of the students’ mother tongue and a misconception of the approximation principle, which is typical of grade teachers. Students usually display deformed and fossilized phonetic skills, lack of differential sensitivity to phonetic units of different levels, as well as insufficient phonetic awareness. Purpose. The purpose of this research is defining the concept of phonetic awareness, its nature, peculiarities and its influence on the process of forming phonetic competence. The author offers a set of phonetic exercises geared toward forming phonetic competence. Methods. A detailed study of scientific resources devoted to the study of forming phonetic competence and its components enabled us to use all the existing approaches to the description of this phenomenon as part of the communicative competence of a foreign language. Author’s experience in teaching German at the college level and the awareness of all the challenges related to it allowed to come up with a set of exercises for developing phonetic competence as a whole and for phonetic awareness in particular. Results. The exercises suggested for developing phonetic awareness as a component of phonetic competence are based on the existing tenets of psycholinguistics, methodology of teaching, and didactics. The exercises can be used both in the Introductory Communicative Corrective Course for future teachers of German and as a separate series of drills geared toward the improvement of phonetic competence and its components.

Step-by-Step Flowcharting: A Case to Teach Beginning Flowcharting Skills

ABSTRACT System flowcharts are a major tool for documenting business processes and related internal controls. However, it is difficult for students, who have little business experience, to learn flowcharting while simultaneously learning the details of business processes and controls. As a result, at the beginner stage, many students appear overwhelmed by guidelines, rules, and processes. This step-by-step case uses a simple process, unveiled one step at a time and using a minimal number of symbols, to help students understand flowcharting. The case activities involve active learning, cooperative group work, prompt feedback, and instructor interaction. Having students attempt to draw diagrams and then, if necessary, correct them can promote learning. The objective is to foster active, engaged learning by using a series of simple scenarios that build on one another. The contribution to accounting information systems education is a simplified and effective method of teaching an important skill to students. Student performance improvement and feedback from this case was extremely positive.

ANALISIS KONTRASTIF BAHASA LIO-INDONESIA DAN PENGIMPLEMENTASIANNYA DALAM MODEL PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA KEDUA

Abstract: A Contrastive Analysis of the Lio and Indonesian Languages and ItsImplementation in a Second Language Learning Method. This study aims toidentify linguistic characteristics of the Lio and Indonesian languages and employthem in a second language learning model. This study employed an R &amp; Dapproach consisting of two stages: linguistic characteristic identification andimplementation in a second language learning model. The data in the first stagewere collected through observations, discussions, and interviews. The contrastiveanalysis using the synchronic method was done to analyze them and those from thefocus group discussions were analyzed using the qualitative descriptive technique.The data from the second stage were analyzed using the quantitative technique.The results are as follows. First, both languages have similarities in terms of thephoneme system and phrase and sentence structures. Therefore, the students withthe Lio language and culture background find it easy to learn Indonesian in thebeginner stage. Second, both languages have similarities in phrase structure, i.e. HMand M-D, and in sentence structure, i.e. SVO. Third, because of such similarities,a contrastive learning model is appropriate for the Indonesian language learning inthe beginner stage for the students with the Lio language and culture background.Keywords: contrastive analysis, second language learning model

Use of the Human Patient Simulator to Teach Clinical Judgment Skills in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program

Nurse educators are finding it increasingly more challenging to prepare undergraduate students for the ever-changing and more acute clinical environment. As an answer to this dilemma, the human patient simulator can provide students with the opportunity to enhance knowledge, to facilitate skill acquisition, to decrease anxiety, and to promote clinical judgment in a safe environment. These experiences assist the novice nursing student to progress to the advanced beginner stage of practice. This article describes how faculty used the human patient simulator in creating a case scenario that enhanced critical thinking in senior nursing students.