Kinds Of Programs Research Articles

Pattern of Principal Management in Implementing Student's Religious Character (Study At SMK IT Khoiru Ummah)

The principal's management pattern in instilling religious character in students at SMK IT Khoiru Ummah is as an effort to grow the character of each student to become a noble human being. To find out the problem and get accurate data, the researcher used the method of observation, interviews and documentation. And using qualitative descriptive analysis techniques. From this research, it can be said that the principal's management pattern in instilling religious character in students at SMK IT Khoiru Ummah is a form of implementation or hard work effort to provide intakes to students about religious education through various kinds of programs that are created and arranged. The hope is that in the future students in the IT Khoiru Ummah Vocational School will become students with religious character in accordance with the Qur'an and Sunnah. The activities that are programmed and implemented are: (a) Duha prayer, (b) Reading the Qur'an and Al-Matsurat, (c) Tahsin and Tahfizh activities for students. With all these programs, it is a starting point and indicator of the success of the management pattern process carried out to instill religious character in students.

PENERAPAN MANAJEMEN SEBAGAI UPAYA PEMBENTUKAN PEMUSTAKA LITERATE DI RUMAH BACA REGENSI PINANG GRAHA RAYA

The main purpose of this community service activity is to form an information literate society and become literate library users. The library management training at Rumah Baca Badut Syari'ah aims to attract community empathy to preserve a positive culture in receiving information so that alliteration does not occur. Rumah Baca Badut Syari'ah is an appropriate facility and has maximum benefit if it is managed professionally. The Reading House is like a library in its growth and its existence in the midst of society is a tool to increase interest and more than that TBM also functions as an effort to carry out educational activities and fulfill the needs of reading citizens in general and community reading gardens are the heart of community education by Various kinds of programs and services in it are expected to be able to motivate and foster interest and penchant for reading for. With the development of interest and fondness for reading, reading is a habit that must be practiced every day as it meets the needs of life. The methods of implementing the activities include lectures, question and answer methods, and simulation / training. The expected result of PKM activities is to shape the community to become information literate and literate library users.

Catchment Areas, Community Outreach and Engagement Revisited: The 2021 Guidelines for Cancer Center Support Grants from the National Cancer Institute

New guidelines for Cancer Center Support Grants have recently been issued by the NCI that require increased attention to cancer center catchment areas and their community outreach and engagement activities [PAR-21-321]. Past experience with these requirements has engendered some confusion and frustration on the part of both researchers and reviewers that these new guidelines aim to dispel. In this commentary we, as experienced cancer center leaders in population sciences, offer our views on the most important aspects of the new guidelines and provide three examples of the kinds of programs that can apply cancer prevention and control research to improve cancer population health. With 71 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers in 36 states, the potential for broad impact on the reduction of the nation's cancer burden is enormous if the intended application of cancer center research to individuals and populations is fulfilled.

Investigation of 2D Seismic DDA Method for Numerical Simulation of Shaking Table Test of Rock Mass Engineering

Since the basic theory of the discontinue deformation analysis (DDA) method was proposed, the DDA open source has gone through a long development process. At present, different kinds of programs have been widely applied in rock mass engineering such as slope, dam, and tunnel. This paper introduces the solution principle of DDA motion equations in detail, as well as the development status of the 2D open-source program. Numerical simulation of shaking table test of rock mass engineering using 2D DDA program is highlighted, and investigations of seismic wave pre-processing and seismic input method are carried out. First, based on the Newmark integration scheme, the integration algorithms of synthetic or measured seismic wave time history, correction function of seismic wave, and DDA simulation are unified. Then, three seismic input methods are implanted in the DDA program, and the applicability of various seismic input methods is discussed. On this basis, using the improved seismic 2D DDA program, a shaking table test of typical rock mass engineering is simulated. Through the comparison between the theoretical/test data and simulation results, the reliability of the improved DDA program in seismic response analysis is verified; the large mass method and the large stiffness method are more suitable for rigid foundation, such as shaking table test; the propagation of the seismic wave presents a significant amplification effect due to the reflection, refraction, and diffraction in the tunnel. The research results provide DDA theory and an open-source program for analyzing the seismic response of rock mass engineering.

Single-Session, Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Improve Parenting Skills to Help Children Cope With Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Feasibility Study.

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on families’ daily routines and psychosocial well-being, and technology has played a key role in providing socially distanced health care services.ObjectiveThe first objective of this paper was to describe the content and delivery of a single-session, internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) intervention, which has been developed to help parents cope with children’s anxiety and manage daily situations with their children. The second objective was to report user adherence and satisfaction among the first participants who completed the intervention.MethodsThe Let’s Cope Together intervention has been developed by our research group. It combines evidence-based CBT elements, such as psychoeducation and skills to manage anxiety, with parent training programs that strengthen how parents interact with their child and handle daily situations. A pre-post design was used to examine user satisfaction and the skills the parents learned. Participants were recruited using advertisements, media activity, day care centers, and schools and asked about background characteristics, emotional symptoms, and parenting practices before they underwent the iCBT. After they completed the 7 themes, they were asked what new parenting skills they had learned from the iCBT and how satisfied they were with the program.ResultsOf the 602 participants who filled in the baseline survey, 196 (32.6%) completed the program’s 7 themes, and 189 (31.4%) completed the postintervention survey. Most (138/189, 73.0%) of the participants who completed the postintervention survey were satisfied with the program and had learned skills that eased both their anxiety (141/189, 74.6%) and their children’s anxiety (157/189, 83.1%). The majority (157/189, 83.1%) reported that they learned how to organize their daily routines better, and just over one-half (100/189, 53.0%) reported that the program improved how they planned each day with their children.ConclusionsThe single-session iCBT helped parents to face the psychological demands of the COVID-19 pandemic. Future studies should determine how the participation rate and adherence can be optimized in digital, universal interventions. This will help to determine what kinds of programs should be developed, including their content and delivery.

Exercise Improves the Impact of Chronic Pain in Older Adults: Results of an RCT

Background: Chronic Pain (CP) is a crucial determinant for disability in older adults. CP amplifies the impact of other common age-related diseases and increases cardiovascular risk. Physical exercise can improve CP. Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) with high-intensity exercise in older adults excluded people with Moderate Chronic Illness (MCI) and CP. Objective: This study aimed at evaluating in an RCT whether moderate exercise training can improve chronic pain in a sample of older adults, including people with MCI, and if any modification persists over time. Methods: A sample of 120 older adults was randomly selected for a moderate-intensity exercise program or cultural activities (control group). Chronic pain was assessed at t0, at t12 (end of the trial), and t48 weeks, by means of the Italian version of the SIP-Roland Scale. Results: Seventy-nine participants completed the follow-up (age 72.3±4.7, women 55.3%). At the end of RCT, an improvement in the SIP scale score was found in the exercise group (p=0.035), showing a lower score than the control group; this difference was not maintained at 48 weeks (p=0.235). Conclusion: Our study highlighted that a moderate-intensity exercise intervention reduced chronic pain in older adults, but this effect disappeared at follow-up after 36 weeks from the end of the training program. These findings suggested that such kinds of programs, easily accessible to old people even with MCI, should be implemented and supported over time, thus promoting active aging and preventing CP of age-related diseases. Clinical Trial Registration: Clinical.Trials.gov.NCT03858114

Online interprofessional education materials through a community learning program during the COVID 19 pandemic in Chile.

This article aims to share the online collaborative experience of interprofessional teamwork among healthcare undergraduate students based on community learning during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Chile. This experience took place in 48 different communities in Chile from November 10, 2020 to January 12, 2021. It was a way of responding to the health education needs of the community when the entire Chilean population was in confinement. Students managed to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic despite the challenges, including internet connectivity problems and the limited time available to do the work. The educational programs and videos shared in this article will be helpful for other interprofessional health educators to implement the same kind of program.

Assessment of a teleophthalmology program for the prevention of diabetes blindness in a rural area of Argentina.

Teleophthalmology programs have become one of the main tools for the early detection of diabetic retinopathy. Assessing the implementation of these programs is essential to contextualize and understand their effectiveness in different regions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of annual eye examination in people with diabetes before and after implementing a teleophthalmology program in the province of La Pampa (Argentina). A before-and-after study design was performed, comparing the rate of eye examination performed before and after starting with the Program. The analysis was carried out with a random survey of people with diabetes. People from rural and urban areas of the province were included. The program was implemented only in the rural area, while the urban area has the traditional care system. The annual eye examination rate carried out before and after the implementation of the Program in rural areas improved from 39.3% to 78.6%. Being 22.9% higher than in the urban area. The studied teleophthalmology program achieved a significant increase in eye examinations. These kinds of programs are essential to face blindness due to diabetes in the rural regions of Argentina.

ИНВЕСТИЦИИ КАК ДРАЙВЕР РОСТА СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОЙ ОТРАСЛИ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАТАРСТАН)

In economically developed countries of the world, agricultural industries are actively supported by the government through the implementation of various kinds of programs, which is explained by the high social significance of the industry. Due to the low profitability of the industry, the debt burden of most enterprises, as well as the high wear and tear of fixed assets, the development of the agricultural industry is possible only if it is integrated into the overall system of economic growth. In order to achieve this condition, the government of the Republic of Tatarstan is actively improving the investment climate in this area of the economy by implementing measures such as: - subsidizing the renewal of fixed assets of enterprises (at least 50% of acquisitions are compensated by the government of the Republic of Tatarstan through various programs); - integration of modern technical programs that allow you to control and analyze each stage of production by an enterprise (Agrosignal, Teleagronom, Dayy Comp, etc.); - the launch of new production departments of enterprises (for example, an elevator in the city of Zelenodolsk), as well as the modernization of current production facilities. The above measures, carried out by the government of Tatarstan, lead to the following improvements: 1) the debt load of enterprises is reduced; 2) the productivity of the activity increases; 3) cost savings occur, which, in turn, increases the profitability of production. In addition, these changes have a positive impact on the following important components of the development of the agrarian sector of the economy: - social: a) creating jobs and attracting young personnel, creating competitive conditions for employment; b) ensuring food autonomy of the state; - financial: a) attracting private investors to the industry; b) replenishment of the state budget (through taxation) using one of the main sources of taxation for the budget - income tax.

Effect of Root Pruning on the Root Growth Potential (RGP) of Three Philippine Native Tree Species

Root growth potential (RGP) is the plant’s capacity to grow new roots, an important trait for seedlings to be used on any reforestation program. In the Philippines, these kinds of programs often end up in failure, as low-quality seedlings are usually chosen due to unfamiliarity with attributes that indicate good outplanting performance, narrow sources of high-quality seeds, and the lack of a reliable quality assessment method. This study aimed to determine the RGP of three native species – namely, bignai (Antidesma bunius), kamagong (Diospyros blancoi), and molave (Vitex parviflora) – and find its correlation with other morphological parameters. The experiment was done in a completely randomized design (CRD) with taproot pruning lengths (1-cm pruning, 2-cm pruning, and no root pruning) applied as treatments for each species. The morphological parameters measured included the relative growth rate (height and diameter), number of leaves, root collar diameter (RCD), biomass (root, shoot, and total) and length of taproot while root-shoot ratio, sturdiness quotient, and seedling quality index (SQI) were calculated. In general, taproot pruning had no significant effects on the seedling morphological attributes of all species. Excluding molave, the two other species had mostly responded well to root pruning and can be recommended as a treatment to induce root growth development. RGP had generally complemented the results from the other parameters, indicating how root development was associated with the morphological growth of the species. The study shows how RGP can also be relied on for testing seedling health and the status of native species. For a more comprehensive result, future research could increase experiment duration or use younger seedlings. A field performance assessment could also be performed to supplement the RGP study

Dziecko w procesie kształcenia – konotacje stylów przyswajania wiedzy

Human brain is set of connections, circuits and countless branches and blockers. Individual features decide on way of information absorption. It is possible to observed a kind of programming of the method of receiving and selecting information.

Engaging Graduate Students in Cultural Experiences Early: The Development, Implementation, and Preliminary Student Perceptions of a Community Engagement Clinical Experience.

Speech-language pathologists and audiologists are called to serve an increasingly diverse patient population in the United States. This increased diversity highlights the need for clinicians to be educated early in their careers about best practices to serve patients and clients from diverse backgrounds. In this clinical focus article, the authors present the development, implementation, and preliminary perceptions of a culturally responsive clinical experience for speech-language pathology graduate students designed to engage them early in their learning career. The pilot program was based on pillars of experiential learning and community engagement. Graduate students attended trainings aligned with a model of culturally relevant care to prepare them to conduct speech and language screenings and small group language enrichment in English and Spanish. Preliminary analyses of student reflections indicated themes of positive perceptions about the experience and provided preliminary support for students learning about working with culturally and linguistically diverse populations in an early, intentional, and focused experience. Early personnel preparation to culturally responsive care is crucial to meet the needs of future caseloads. Further research into the effectiveness of this kind of program is necessary to identify which variables may have the most impact on a student's cultural sensitivity, awareness, knowledge, and skills.

Establishment of An Academic Makerspace at the Bataan Peninsula State University: Prospects and Challenges

Makerspaces are now fixtures in smart cities and universities in advanced countries. Many universities, especially in the United States, have Academic Makerspaces serving students and faculty, helping them with their projects. In Bataan Peninsula State University our goal is to have an Academic Makerspace with services and facilities at par with international standards. This Academic Makerspace will be a place where our students can ideate, conceptualize, build and manufacture their projects, either academic projects, or just extracurricular projects they are interested in. The goal is to promote invention, innovation, creation and making. This study summarized the best practices of Academic Makerspaces in the United States. The practices of local innovation centers were also benchmarked. With this study, we have identified what facilities are needed, which equipment to purchase, and what kinds of programs should be made available in the Makerspace. Fund source, possible partner agencies, and other important details have been discussed. This study provides short- and long-term plans/programs which would be very important in the establishment of BPSU’s Academic Makerspace. These plans will be used to recommend future facilities/services in BPSU. The prospects and challenges of establishing an academic makerspace which would need careful consideration have been briefly discussed.

Constraint Answer Set Programming: Integrational and Translational (or SMT-based) Approaches

AbstractConstraint answer set programming or CASP, for short, is a hybrid approach in automated reasoning putting together the advances of distinct research areas such as answer set programming, constraint processing, and satisfiability modulo theories. CASP demonstrates promising results, including the development of a multitude of solvers: acsolver, clingcon, ezcsp, idp, inca, dingo, mingo, aspmt2smt, clingo[l,dl], and ezsmt. It opens new horizons for declarative programming applications such as solving complex train scheduling problems. Systems designed to find solutions to constraint answer set programs can be grouped according to their construction into, what we call, integrational or translational approaches. The focus of this paper is an overview of the key ingredients of the design of constraint answer set solvers drawing distinctions and parallels between integrational and translational approaches. The paper also provides a glimpse at the kind of programs its users develop by utilizing a CASP encoding of Traveling Salesman problem for illustration. In addition, we place the CASP technology on the map among its automated reasoning peers as well as discuss future possibilities for the development of CASP.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION: PARTICIPATION IN A SUBSIDIZED PROGRAM “EXPORT TRADE EXECUTIVE”

The economic conditions nowadays with the increased international competition, open borders, and easier money circulation in the market have created the need for additional production, while unemployment rates have been on the rise making adults required to enrich their knowledge attend training seminars in order to achieve a successful transition from the education stage to the labor market. These new market conditions have led to the promotion of professional development and training of the workforce, which will be achieved through vocational education (Valiente et al., 2020, Saar et al., 2013). At the same time, the need for more opportunities for personal and social development and employment has created lifelong learning in post-secondary education. Subsidized training programs are very often implemented, organized by large organizations, in order to provide additional knowledge to adult workers and the unemployed, regardless of age, level of knowledge, degree, and specialty. This study explores the motivation and the criteria of the participation in one of the Subsidized Unemployed Program with the title “Export Trade Executive”. According to the results of the research, the driving force for the participation of adults in this kind of program is the professional development of the participants, the improvement of their professional skills, the adaptation to the new technological data, but also socialization through the program.
 
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Promoting food literacy in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review

Abstract Background Diabetes is one of the major global health threats whose burden is sharply increasing. Food literacy is proved to be relevant to optimize self-management in diabetic patients. The present review aims to map the current literature on educational interventions to promote food literacy in type 2 diabetes, with a particular focus on the concept of patient engagement. Methods Five databases were queried using the Population-Intervention-Context-Outcome (PICO) model. Individual study quality was assessed using the Quality Criteria Checklist for primary research provided by the American Diabetes Association. Data were summarized using descriptive statistic and a comparison between intervention carried out by a multidisciplinary team versus a single professionist was performed adopting a Chi-square test (p < 0.05 was deemed as statistically significant). Results Of 1580 articles, 28 were finally included. Outcome categories were narratively labelled as “clinical”, “psychological”, “behavioural” and “literacy”. When the provider was a multidisciplinary team (25% of studies) improvement in self-management occurred in 86% of cases while in single-provider intervention the percentage was 71%, but the difference was not significant (p = 0.45). In the 10.7% of articles the use of technologies was reported, but generically descripted as the use of webpages, email or social media. Globally, an improvement in food literacy was reported in 75% of the interventions. Conclusions Nowadays, the use of a technology proxy is recognized as an efficient support in boosting patients' education, but the evidence in improving food literacy is scarce and difficult to compare. Public health programs improving food literacy are effective at different levels. These findings should encourage decision makers to allocate resources in this kind of programs. Key messages Engaging people in the management of their disease by increasing food literacy level may represent a first step to reach the “health in all policies” approach. When planning a public health intervention, allocating resources for improving individual’s education is essential to achieve better health outcomes.

A Peek into the US Informal STEM Landscape through Theconnectory.org

AbstractIt's well‐known that informal STEM learning is a critical component of STEM education. However, there is not a comprehensive directory, at the state or national level, listing informal STEM programs offered in the US. This makes it difficult to assess the national landscape of informal STEM programs. Theconnectory.org is by far the most comprehensive listing that aims to connect learners and volunteers to informal STEM learning opportunities. In this poster, we present the results from a data analytics project using the informal STEM program information collected through theconnectory.org API to sketch a preliminary picture of what kind of programs are offered and what audiences are targeted. Theconnectory.org has the potential to become a primary resource for STEM learners, educators, and policymakers. There are ways the ASIST community (faculty and students) can help enrich this resource.

Community radio stations’ production responses to COVID-19 pandemic in India

The COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown have made community radio broadcasting more important than before. Using case studies and interviews, we explored the kind of programming adopted by selected community radio (CR) stations in India during the pandemic and how they fight fake news. We also analyzed other issues they addressed during this period. We identified more dedicated programming services concerning COVID-19, fake news, and mental health using two-way communication by CR stations. The latter shared personalized and fact-checked information disseminated to the community. Issues related to rising domestic violence and mental health were also highlighted in their broadcast during the nationwide lockdown. Fake news percolated quickly in the communities where most members are illiterate and have little access to fact-checked information. CR stations indeed play a pivotal role in engaging the community in verifying fake news through personalized storytelling, using folk and traditional media, and engaging COVID-19 warriors from the community to authenticate the information.

Religious Community Movement Online: Tracking History And Transformation Of Islamic Dakwah in Indonesia

This article generally examines online religious communities; more specifically, this article reviews religious communities in Indonesia with the object of study by the United Muslim community. Muslim United is one of the online religious communities in Indonesia. This community has various kinds of programs, including conducting da'wah activities through social media and a massive alms program at dawn which is carried out to assist in distributing fruits to class communities lewd. This article explains specifically about the united Muslim community that exists on social media. The method used in this article is ethnography, a method that collects data through the Muslim United Instagram account and also searches for other data from the YouTube, Twitter accounts that are specific about activities in the Muslim United community. This study indicates that the Muslim community is united in opening up hijrah spaces for young people and carrying out religious, social movements without any politics.

Effects of a Neuromuscular Warm-Up Program in Youth Female Soccer Players.

The protective effects of different warm-up injury prevention routines in youth female soccer players have been demonstrated in the literature, however, there is a paucity of information regarding the effects that these kinds of programs have on soccer-specific physical performance variables. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a 12-week neuromuscular warm-up program on physical performance in youth female soccer players. Players (age: 13.94 ± 0.82 years) were divided into two groups. One group performed a neuromuscular activation program (n = 21) twice per week whereas the other group (control, n = 17) continued with their habitual warm-up routine for the same duration. Both groups of players performed strength, jumping and balance tests before and after the intervention period. Substantially greater improvements were detected in the mean velocity for the squat (p < 0.001; Effect Size = 0.95) and the hip thrust (p < 0.001; Effect Size = 0.51) in the experimental group in comparison to the control group. In addition, after the intervention period players in the experimental group showed an increase in the jumping height in the unloaded double-leg and single-leg counter-movement jumps (p = 0.003-0.012; Effect Size = 0.42-0.46). The results of this study provide evidence that a 12-week neuromuscular warm-up program can be effective to improve different physical performance variables in youth female soccer players.