Main Course Research Articles

Learning Method For Local Identity Through Traditional Food In Tulungagung “Ayam Lodho”

This research aims to look into the traditional food of Tulungagung. Ayamlodho is a traditional Tulungagung dish that is very popular among the locals. AyamLodho is also served with urap-urap and has a distinctive grilled and spicy sauce. AyamLodho became popular among Tulungagung residents as the main course menu at special events. The purpose of this research is to examine the meaning of AyamLodho as well as the meaning of the word Lodho. This study employs a qualitative approach. In-depth interviews, observation, document studies, literature studies, and recording sources are all used to collect data. Functional analysis is a method for deciphering the meaning of Ayamlodhofood.The goal of this review is to analyze the meaning of the traditional food "AyamLodho" using this symbolic model so that the meaning obtained is the meaning of Bronislaw Malinowski. Malinowski's theory is a progression of functionalism in terms of methods for describing the various functional relationships of cultural elements in a living social system, with a focus on cultural objects and tradition. The role of the reader is the most important object of research in this theory, and it is the role of the reader who will trigger various views on the meaning of AyamLodho's traditional food. According to the findings, the meaning of Ayam lodho with a functionalism approach is an expression of gratitude for the people of Tulungagung Regency. As for this theory, cultural and traditional sociological heritage are not biological heritage. Beliefs or religion, traditional customs, and social structures are examples of social heritage forces that influence and shape the personality born into the community.

HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND PROMOTION IN NURSING PRACTICE

Although health assessments are performed regularly and routinely, they must be conducted and documented with great thoroughness and attention to detail. Nursing assessments inform each step of the patient’s care plan. Therefore, nurses have a tremendous responsibility to ensure they have the necessary skill sets to perform accurate evaluations for all patients. The article outlines main types of health assessment, that are included into the course of studies Health Assessment, which is aimed at development of systemic knowledge and understanding of conceptual foundations by students utilizing systematic history taking and the knowledge of therapeutic communication to elicit subjective data; collecting objective data; validating, analyzing and documentation of those data. Holistic health assessment is viewed from a health promotion, cultural, nutritional, mental health and developmental perspective. During this course students identify appropriate methods of data collection to conduct a multidimensional systemic screening health assessment on clients across the lifespan. Health Assessment is one of the main courses for students studying at I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Training program “Nursing”, the first (bachelor) degree of higher education, branch of knowledge 00 “22 Health Care”, specialty 223 “Nursing”.

Advocating access to justice: Facilitating or gatekeeping?

Advocacy is one of the central means for supporting access to justice. The social work profession has advocacy as one of its main courses of action. This discusses the components in actions that are considered as good practice for facilitating access to justice in its democratic aspects. More explicitly social workers advocacy for promoting the worth and dignity of human beings in society. Four different ideals in social work are presented, self-help, treatment, philanthropy and bureaucracy. Thereafter, cases presented as best practice from European social workers are used for pointing out the central components described for good advocacy work. These are communication, inclusion and flexibility. Taken together, the aspects all go back to having respect for those in need of advocacy. In advocating for access to justice, it is important that the advocates are actively aware of their own role in a way that their efforts facilitate access to justice.

Predictors of the effectiveness of treatment of tuberculosis patients with the development of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region of the Russian Federation

With an unstable epidemic situation for tuberculosis, with the development of a pandemic of another etiology, the importance of effective treatment of the disease increases. The results of observation of 326 patients were used and the influence of individual predictors of efficacy, including individual gene polymorphisms of xenobiotic biotransformation enzymes and patient adherence to treatment were analyzed. The value of the patient’s commitment to treatment as a predictor of effectiveness has been established, it is justified and necessary to use it to correct the main course of treatment. When consulting and managing patients with tuberculosis as a multifactorial disease, it is recommended to use methods of testing the polymorphism of genes of xenobiotic biotransformation enzymes in order to predict possible complications and the effectiveness of treatment, followed by the appointment of individual therapeutic and preventive measures.

Inospitalidade e Estranhamento do Outro: A Discriminação do Mercado

Considering Michel Foucault’s two main courses on the general theme of biopolitics, namely, Il faut défendre la société (1997; 1999), a course for the academic year of 1976, and La naissance de la biopolitique (2004; 2008), taught by his turn in 1978/1979, I intend to consider that we are experiencing a new form of racism, this time no longer a state type, as already considered by Foucault, but a type of racism provoked and economically fomented, therefore, a market racism. Racism whose traces must be sought not exactly in economic theories, but among the historical agents par excellence of the market, that is, entrepreneurs in the exercise of their businesses. For this, I will focus, for the moment, on presenting market racism from the perspective of German business during the Third Reich, in Germany.

Morphological characteristics of cracks in soil with and without vegetation cover

An assertive understanding of cracks in expansive soils makes their typification a challenge, especially in field conditions. Seeking to overcome such difficulty, digital images have been used to estimate the fractal geometry of surface cracks in soils with and without vegetation in a semi-arid environment. This study was carried out in a cross-section along the main course of a first-order watershed in the Centro Sul region, Ceará State (Brazil). Two treatments comprised soil with and without vegetation cover. Experimental plots were installed to represent the upper, middle, and lower parts of the watershed studied (vegetated and non-vegetated), with an area of 1 m2 and spaced 2 m apart. The following morphometric characteristics of cracks were monitored and evaluated during 38 days, namely: area, weighted average between crack area and its perimeter, weighted average of the fractal dimension area of the cracks, connectivity between cracks and soil moisture. In the soil with and without vegetation, intensity of cracks in the soil had a significant correlation (p ≤ 0.01) with the perimeter, fractal area and crack connection. The intensity of cracks between covered and uncovered plots showed a significant difference (p ≤ 0.01), only in the lower part of the watershed. The middle stretch had higher sand content and differed statistically from the lower stretch for intensity of cracks in the soil. Vegetation influenced the correlation between cracks intensity and their connection, influencing their morphology in the sandy stretch.

The mysterious adventures of Detective Duke: How storified programming MOOCs support learners in achieving their learning goals

About 15 years ago, the first Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) appeared and revolutionized online education with more interactive and engaging course designs. Yet, keeping learners motivated and ensuring high satisfaction is one of the challenges today's course designers face. Therefore, many MOOC providers employed gamification elements that only boost extrinsic motivation briefly and are limited to platform support. In this article, we introduce and evaluate a gameful learning design we used in several iterations on computer science education courses. For each of the courses on the fundamentals of the Java programming language, we developed a self-contained, continuous story that accompanies learners through their learning journey and helps visualize key concepts. Furthermore, we share our approach to creating the surrounding story in our MOOCs and provide a guideline for educators to develop their own stories. Our data and the long-term evaluation spanning over four Java courses between 2017 and 2021 indicates the openness of learners toward storified programming courses in general and highlights those elements that had the highest impact. While only a few learners did not like the story at all, most learners consumed the additional story elements we provided. However, learners' interest in influencing the story through majority voting was negligible and did not show a considerable positive impact, so we continued with a fixed story instead. We did not find evidence that learners just participated in the narrative because they worked on all materials. Instead, for 10–16% of learners, the story was their main course motivation. We also investigated differences in the presentation format and concluded that several longer audio-book style videos were most preferred by learners in comparison to animated videos or different textual formats. Surprisingly, the availability of a coherent story embedding examples and providing a context for the practical programming exercises also led to a slightly higher ranking in the perceived quality of the learning material (by 4%). With our research in the context of storified MOOCs, we advance gameful learning designs, foster learner engagement and satisfaction in online courses, and help educators ease knowledge transfer for their learners.

Food portion adequacy and its carbon footprint: Case study from a traditional Portuguese restaurant

The study of the relationship between excessive food portions, nutritional and environmental impact can demonstrate to consumers the need to rethink food choices.The aim of this study was to analyse the restaurant menus composition in terms of: portions, nutritional adequacy and the carbon footprint (CFP).In general, the restaurant menus exceeded energy, protein, lipid, and salt requirements. The menu with the most CFP was the one with 3 types of meat and chorizo and the menu with the low CFP was the menu consisting of a vegetable's starter and a main course with adequate portions.

К ВОПРОСУ О СОКРАЩЕНИИ ДЛИТЕЛЬНОСТИ ЛЕЧЕНИЯ ТУБЕРКУЛЕЗА ОРГАНОВ ДЫХАНИЯ У ПОДРОСТКОВ ПРИ ПОЛУЧЕНИИ ТЕСТА ЛЕКАРСТВЕННОЙ ЧУВСТВИТЕЛЬНОСТИ НА ЭТАПЕ ХИМИОТЕРАПИИ

We carried out a cohort retrospective study to justify the possibilities to continue the main TB treatment course in adolescents with determined drug susceptibility during treatment (without return to treatment commencement) in order to reduce the total duration of treatment. Out of 123 patients who completed treatment in 2019–2022 we selected 31 patients with drug susceptibility test (DST) results obtained by only cultural studies using BACTEC MGIT 960 after 1.5-2 months of treatment. We established that DST results obtained using BACTEC MGIT 960 during treatment would determine further treatment tactics. We compared two groups of patients. Group 1 included 17 patients susceptible to at least 3 TB drugs and positive clinical and X-ray dynamics; their treatment regimens were corrected without return to the intensive phase. Group 2 included 14 patients susceptible to 1-2 TB drugs of the administered regimen without positive clinical and X-ray dynamics; after treatment correction they received the intensive phase of treatment again. The comparison of the main chemotherapy course duration showed that the patients of group 2 received treatment for a significantly longer period of time as compared to the patients of group 1 (the Mann–Whitney U test – 30.5, the critical value 67; р < 0.05).

Ideological and political study of college English courses under the guidance of ecological linguistics

With the development of The Times, the new curriculum reform is gradually promoted. Ideological and political course has become the key teaching goal in the current university curriculum, and also the teaching focus of the reform and innovation of the university curriculum system. As a public compulsory course for college students, college English course involves a large number of students and a long class hours. It is one of the main courses of development courses and ideological and political education. Ecological linguistics emphasizes the connection and connection between language and ecological environment, which has attracted the attention of the education industry in recent decades. As a language course, college English can be organically combined with ecological linguistics. Because language and its environment will interact, and language is the basis of social and cultural inheritance. Therefore, in order to improve the teaching level of college English, it is necessary to perfectly integrate ecological linguistics with ideological and politics of the course. However, in the current ideological and political teaching objectives of university courses, the integration of ecological linguistics has not been valued. According to the current background and the current classroom teaching mode of college English, this paper discusses the strategy of improving the ideological and political education level of college English courses under the guidance of ecological linguistics, in order to improve the current college English education system in China.

ОСМАНСЬКО-БРАЗИЛЬСЬКІ ВІДНОСИНИ 1858–1919 РР.

The article examines the complex of Ottoman-Brazilian relations in the period 1858–1919 based on a comprehensive analysis of available published sources and the scientific studies of scientists. The development, dynamics, and evolution of bilateral relations between the Ottoman Empire and Brazil during the above period are examined. The major task of this study is to provide an analysis of the prerequisites, reasons, motivation and main course of countries to establish connection and official diplomatic relations, highlighting the general features and major achievements of the activities of Brazilian diplomatic institutions in the territory of the Ottoman Empire and Ottoman diplomatic institutions in the territory of Brazil. The methodological basis of the article is the principles of historicism, pluralism, comprehensiveness, integrity and objectivity of knowledge. Methods of analysis and synthesis were also used. The scientific novelty of the article consists in the fact that for the first time the evolution of relations between the Ottoman Empire and Brazil is highlighted, theoretical assessments of the interests of the Ottoman Empire in Brazil and Brazil in the Ottoman Empire are formulated. In the conclusions of the work, it is noted that due to various and multiple legal conflicts, misunderstandings and the lack of political will, even taking into account the existence of a bilateral agreement on the establishment of diplomatic relations, the activity of diplomatic institutions was extremely complicated by the above-mentioned facts, which did not contribute to the intensification of bilateral relations and its further development. A theoretical assessment of the interests of the Ottoman Empire in Brazil and Brazil in the Ottoman Empire is formulated. The negative influence of the migration factor on bilateral relations has been revealed.

ГИДРОБИОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ СООБЩЕСТВА СРЕДНЕГО ТЕЧЕНИЯ РЕКИ ЛЕНЫ

The investigated site is located within the area of the Yakutsk Urban District and subjected to a high anthropogenic load. The construction of a bridge over the Lena River at its middle reaches is crucial for transport accessibility but will have a negative impact on aquatic bioresources and their habitat. Previously, this section of the river has not been studied, so the results will be indicative of the current state of aquatic biological resources and their habitat. This factor determined the aim of this study: the status assessment of the hydrobionts inhabiting a localized area in the middle reaches of the Lena River. The hydrochemical analysis of water samples has been carried out in the laboratory of the Republican Center for Information, Analysis and Environmental Monitoring (State Budgetary Institution “RIATSEM”); collection and laboratory processing of zooplankton and zoobenthos samples have been conducted according to generally accepted methods. The hydrochemical composition and dissolved gases of the aquatic environment in the localized section of the Middle Lena River in the vicinity of the bridge crossing are favorable for the development of organic life. Zooplankton is represented by 54 species, more than a half of which is comprised by rotifers (52 %). The average biomass of zooplankton in the spring and summer seasons was 1.135 g/m3; in the autumn and winter seasons it was 0.057 g/m3, and the average annual value was 0.238 g/m3. Crustaceans have the highest share in the biomass, and rotifers are the most abundant. Zoobenthic organisms are represented by 9 groups; oligochaetes and chironomid larvae prevail throughout the year. The average biomass of the zoobenthos in the area along the shore was 37.41 g/m2; in the auxiliary streams it was 174.84 g/m2, and in the main course it was 3.52 g/m2. Following the results of this study, the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the invertebrates have been found to be indicative of a favorable state of their habitat.

«Назад к Островскому»: деконструкция постановки классики в режиссерском театре 1920-х годов

Ostrovsky’s centenary in 1923 gave impetus for a major leap in the history of directing. Ostrovsky turned out to be the first author whose plays were staged almost simultaneously (within 3 years) in all styles of Russian directing. Alexander Tairov staged “The Storm” at the Moscow Kamerny Theatre, in 1924, by mythologizing Ostrovsky’s tragedy. The myth of the Russian soul outside the boundaries of time turned out to be in the center of his performance. The psychological portrayal of the 19th-century drama’s character was mastered by the mythological approach. Such components as mythological thinking, constructivism, and the concept of Ostrovsky’s secret mysticism of the Russian soul were combined for the first time. Actress Alisa Koonen delved into the archetype of the heroine. The avant-garde production of Sergey Eisenstein’s “Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man” at the First Workers’ Theatre of Proletkult (1923) was connected with the ancient tradition of the fairground booth show. For the first time in the history of the Russian theatre, a director used the principles of open actualization of the classic play, the connections between drama and the circus, cinematic methods in the theatre, and a “montage of attractions”. “A Profitable Position” staged by Vsevolod Meyerhold (Theatre of the Revolution, 1923) was associated with Russian romanticism. The production revealed the two worlds — the spiritual reality in the opposition to the material everyday life. The metaphorical performance was built according to the principle of a thematic development similar to music. In “The Forest” at the Meyerhold Theatre (1924), the director contrasted three genres and semantic layers: a farcical level, a love line, as in Russian romanticism of the 19th century, and a layer that united the structure — acting and theatricality (the leitmotif of actors and acting). The visual dynamic of the dialogue with hyperbolic expression became the director’s principle approach. In his work on the production “An Ardent Heart” (Moscow Art Theatre, 1926), Stanislavsky created the phenomenon of the psychological grotesque. The performance was perceived by most critics as satirical and accusatory. Stanislavsky did not lose interest in the motives of human behavior, especially of a theatrical nature, and revealed a certain way of human thinking. The progress in the new discoveries in Ostrovsky’s dramaturgy in the first half of the 1920s shaped the main courses in which the Russian theatre was developing in the 20th century.

Primary Cardiac Lymphoma: Case Series

Primary cardiac lymphoma (PCL) is an extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma exclusively located in the heart and/or pericardium. It is frequently found in immunocompromised patients and is fatal unless timely diagnosed and treated. Untreated, it has a mean survival time of 6 months. The differential diagnosis includes other malignant cardiac neoplasms. Among the imaging modalities, echocardiography is emerging as an indispensable investigation for the early diagnosis and follow-up of these patients, although histopathology gives the final diagnosis. Here, we present three cases of PCL in immunocompetent patients, out of whom two were adults and one was a child. Two patients presented with pericardial tamponade and a third with complete heart block. On echocardiography, lymphoma was located in the right heart chambers in all three cases with the presence of significant pericardial effusion. Histopathological examination showed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in adults and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma in the child. All three patients received chemotherapy. Only two patients survived. The child remained asymptomatic, while the adult male had a relapse after 6 months of completion of the first chemotherapy regimen. The diagnosis of PCL is difficult due to nonspecific clinical manifestations. At present, the main course of treatment is chemotherapy, although surgery may be required in some cases. Among the available imaging modalities, echocardiography is a cost-effective and readily available investigation for the early detection of the tumor.

Busting the Silos of “Global” Scholarship

Busting the Silos of “Global” Scholarship

Integration of Gross Anatomy, Histology, and Pathology in a Pre-matriculation Curriculum: A Triple-Discipline Approach.

In recent years, many schools have cut back on their teaching and laboratory hours, and courses in the anatomical sciences are more integrated into the horizontal and longitudinal curriculums. Traditionally, teaching in anatomical science classes consists of lectures and laboratory sessions. Usually, gross anatomy and histology are the two main courses in pre-matriculation programs. The summer pre-matriculation program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) was designed to better prepare students for success in their first year of medicine and dentistry. The course provided these students with an opportunity to study gross anatomy and histology ahead of time and develop their learning skills for the coming academic year. Historically, gross anatomy and histology courses have been taught separately with a different emphasis. We have designed a new approach to implement gross anatomy, histology, and pathology-all three disciplines-in a single lecture in the organ section of the histology course. This triple-discipline (triple lecture) approach allows three professors in anatomy, histology, and pathology to work together in a two-and-a-half-hour review lecture. This approach allows students to develop their critical thinking skills and better prepares them to transfer basic anatomic knowledge into their future clinical practice. Students indicated this was their first experience with the triple-discipline approach, and they remarked that it helped them integrate anatomy and histology as well as demonstrate the clinical importance of the structures and organs. This approach can be used at different stages of medical education and helps faculty and students better integrate various disciplines and is more suitable in the modern curriculum. A similar approach was used in our fourth year course in medical histology.

Sources of synergy in state budget digitalization of the Kyrgyz Republic

The course towards the “digitalization” of the state’s entire economy which implies a comprehensive coverage with penetration into economic activity and the digital technology system is currently the main course of the post-industrial society. The processes of digitalization and transparency of budgetary relations aim to address issues related to the efficiency of budget spending and the optimal functioning of the state apparatus. Transparency of the given processes helps to reduce transaction costs, tackle corrupt practices and contribute to saving budgetary and other resources. Thus, digitalization of the state budget significantly increases the economic effect as a result of the sharing of individual elements of the system. The expected positive results in the digitalization of budgetary processes in the Kyrgyz Republic are classified as follows: savings on material costs; ensuring a minimum space in the functioning of public finances; reduction of time losses in obtaining, processing, storing and transmitting the relevant data; increasing the adoption of high-quality management decisions; EDS owner identification, etc. Therefore, the action of all these positive elements will become a source of a synergy effect in the process of the state budget digitalization.

Numerical Compliance with EU Fiscal Rules: Facts and Figures from a New Database

Abstract EU fiscal rules are meant to keep public finances on a sustainable path. This paper presents a new database that tracks numerical compliance with the four main rules of the Stability and Growth Pact starting in 1998. Our assessment of numerical compliance abstracts from the many exceptions and elements of discretion allowed by the letter and the spirit of EU law. It focuses on the main course of action implied by the rules. Overall, our database points to a very mixed compliance record. On average – across countries, years and rules – budgetary policies of the EU member states are compliant in just over half of the cases with stark and persistent differences across countries. We also detect a distinct cyclical pattern of compliance, which sends false signals of safety in good times.

Extreme precipitations and their influence on the River flood Hazards: A case study of the Sana River Basin in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The subject of the research paper is the use of remote sensing in monitoring and analyzing the impact of climate change on the occurrence of extreme precipitation, and the cause-and-effect occurrence of floods in the area of the Sana River Basin in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The goal is to process the "product" of remote sensing to identify the time intervals of occurrence of extreme precipitation, to assess their impact on water levels, and to map potential floods in space. Spatial identification of zones that are at risk of flooding is an integral part of the aforementioned goal. Precipitation monitoring was performed by processing Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station Data through the Google Earth Engine platform. The observed 30-year period (1992-2022) was compared with the average precipitation for 2017, 2018 and 2019. The impact of extreme precipitation on the water level of the Sana River was analyzed. Flooding periods have been identified: February and December 2017, March 2018 and May 2019. Mapping of flooded areas was carried out by pre-processing and post-processing of Sentinel-1 radar satellite images. The total flooded area is: 710.38 ha (February 2017), 496.79 ha (December 2017), 417.86 ha (March 2018) and 422.42 ha (May 2019). Based on the identified flooded areas, a flood risk map was created on the main course of the Sana River. The research contributes to a better understanding of the changes that occur in the area under the influence of climate change, and the data presented are important for numerous practical issues in the field of water resource management and flood protection.

The Main Directions Of The National Freedom Movement In Northern Azerbaijan At The Beginning Of The 20th Century

Abstract. Research on the main development course and characteristics of the National Liberation Movement at the beginning of the twentieth century in Azerbaijan is important in the light of the decolonization discourse. This study analyzes religious-philosophical (idealistic), atheistic-Marxist, also enlightenment, national-democratic and socialdemocratic directions, existed for solving the political problems of this era. Moreover, the nature of political-ideological, socio-philological aspects of these directions has been studied. Before the first Russian revolution (1905-1907) and during the years of the revolution, the political and ideological situation of Northern Azerbaijan became complex and contradictory. Especially after the first Russian revolution, the political and ideological life of the country mainly developed in three directions: 1) National enlightment romanticism (realists, romantics), 2) National democratic direction (Islamism, Turkism, modernism and etc.), 3) Social democratic trends and Marxism (national revolutionaries, Menshevism, Bolshevism, Socialist Revolutionaries). The results of the study show that although all three directions played a unique role in the national liberation movement of Azerbaijan, the national democratism was a major course. At the same time, this paper scrutinize the conditions, as well as the factors that existed in the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic1 and led to the end of its existence.