Multidirectional Communication Research Articles

Exercise-induced modulation of neuroinflammation in ageing.

Optimal performance of the central nervous system (CNS) depends on dynamic, multidirectional communication between different cell types both within and without the CNS to maintain the homeostatic environment. Ageing, in turn, is associated with CNS disequilibrium resulting in suboptimal functioning of its cells and potential cognitive impairment. Emerging evidence indicates that inter-organ communication influences the functioning of CNS cell types, which are subject to age- and environment-dependent alterations. Endurance exercise has specifically been demonstrated to have a marked impact on neuroimmune communications, particularly those involving microglia, the resident macrophages of the CNS parenchyma, as well as microglia-astrocyte interactions in rodents. Via its action on CNS glial cells, regular aerobic exercise has been shown to provide an adaptive advantage against perturbations to homeostasis, such as immunological challenge or ageing. In light of the accumulating evidence and evolutionary reasoning it may be argued that recurrent exercise-associated inter-organ signalling is necessary for the optimisation of glial function and hence CNS equilibrium. This, in turn, would imply that the absence of exercise-derived mediators and dysregulated inter-organ communication associated with a sedentary lifestyle may contribute to CNS dyshomeostasis, which is accelerated during ageing. As well as exploring the evidence of the impact of exercise on glial function, here we suggest potential next steps in identifying the mechanistic underpinnings of these effects and the potential importance of sex differences.

Waveform design and signal processing for integrated radar-communication system based on frequency diversity array

Frequency diversity array (FDA) radar can continuously scan the whole airspace within a pulse duration by introducing a stepping frequency increment among each array element. The integrated radar-communication system (IRCS) based on FDA can perform multi-directional communication and target detection in a single pulse. We propose the waveform design and signal processing methods for IRCS based on FDA. Firstly, the transmit signal model adopts the pulse mode, and each pulse is divided into multiple sub-pulses. The communication symbols are embedded into the radar transmit waveform of each sub-pulse through phase-shift keying. Then, the tangent frequency-modulated signal is employed as the baseband waveform with the space coding by the Zadoff-Chu sequence to ensure pulse compression performance. Finally, the signal processing methods of radar and communication are proposed, respectively. The performances are verified in terms of the transmit-receive beampattern, multi-dimensional ambiguity function, and bit error rate. The simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method can perform multi-symbol communication under the premise of satisfying the directional scanning and pulse compression performances.

Hubungan Pola Komunikasi Penyuluh Pertanian Lapangan (PPL) dengan Penerapan Teknik Budidaya Sayuran Sawi di Kecamatan Paal Merah Kota Jambi

<p><em>Agricultural extension activities are one of the efforts to change farmers' behaviour and develop farmers, including knowledge, skills and attitudes. This is done to realize agricultural development where one of the goals is to increase productivity. The objectives of this study are 1) knowing the communication patterns carried out by field agricultural extension workers, 2) knowing the level of application of mustard cultivation technology, and 3) knowing the relationship between communication patterns and the application of mustard cultivation techniques. This research was carried out in Paal Merah Sub-district and the Lingkar Selatan Village of Jambi City. The selection of the site was made deliberately. The sample in this study was 53 mustard farmers in both villages. This study used descriptive analysis and correlation analysis with the Spearman Rank method. The results showed that the communication patterns carried out were one-way communication patterns, two-way communication patterns, and multi-directional communication patterns. As a result, 92.45% of mustard farmers are at the level of application of high category mustard cultivation techniques, and 7.55% are in a low category. Based on the results of spearman rank analysis, it is known that the pattern of one-way communication is not related to the level of application of mustard cultivation techniques; the relationship category is weak and has a negative direction. On the other hand, the two-way and multi-directional communication patterns are related to the degree of application of mustard cultivation techniques, including the category of strong relationships and having a positive direction.</em></p>

POLA KOMUNIKASI SATU ARAH SEBAGAI INTERAKSI EDUKATIF DALAM KISAH NABI ĀDAM AS

Educational interaction is a relationship between two or more people in the educational process. The interaction will form a pattern of one-way, two-way and even multidirectional communication. In the story of the Prophet Adam AS in the Qur'an there is an educational interaction that forms a pattern of one-way communication. This study aims to find one-way communication patterns as educational interactions in the story of the Prophet Adam AS. The research method used is a type of library research (library Research). The data source comes from the primary data source in the form of verses from the Qur'an about the story of the Prophet Adam, and the secondary data source comes from an interpretation book about the opinions of scholars. Data analysis using content analysis. As a result of this study, there is a pattern of communication as an educational interaction between God and the Angels, between God and Satan, and between God and Adam AS and His Wife.

Strengthening the Merci Mon Héros Campaign Through Adaptive Management: Application of Social Listening Methodology.

BackgroundBetween 2014 and 2018, the penetration of smartphones in sub-Saharan Africa increased from 10% to 30%, enabling increased access to the internet, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube. These platforms engage users in multidirectional communication and provide public health programs with the tools to inform and engage diverse audiences on a range of public health issues, as well as monitor opinions and behaviors on health topics.ObjectiveThis paper details the process used by the U.S. Agency for International Development–funded Breakthrough RESEARCH to apply social media monitoring and social listening techniques in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, and Togo for the adaptive management of the Merci Mon Héros campaign. We documented how these approaches were applied and how the lessons learned can be used to support future public health communication campaigns.MethodsThe process involved 6 steps: (1) ensure there is a sufficient volume of topic-specific web-based conversation in the target countries; (2) develop measures to monitor the campaign’s social media strategy; (3) identify search terms to assess campaign and related conversations; (4) quantitatively assess campaign audience demographics, campaign reach, and engagement through social media monitoring; (5) qualitatively assess audience attitudes, opinions, and behaviors and understand conversation context through social media listening; and (6) adapt campaign content and approach based on the analysis of social media data.ResultsWe analyzed posts across social media platforms from November 2019 to October 2020 based on identified key search terms related to family planning, reproductive health, menstruation, sexual activity, and gender. Based on the quantitative and qualitative assessments in steps 4 and 5, there were several adaptive shifts in the campaign’s content and approach, of which the following 3 shifts are highlighted. (1) Social media monitoring identified that the Facebook campaign fans were primarily male, which prompted the campaign to target calls to action to the male audience already following the campaign and shift marketing approaches to increase the proportion of female followers. (2) Shorter videos had a higher chance of being viewed in their entirety. In response to this, the campaign shortened video lengths and created screenshot teasers to promote videos. (3) The most negative sentiment related to the campaign videos was associated with beliefs against premarital sex. In response to this finding, the campaign included videos and Facebook Live sessions with religious leaders who promoted talking openly with young people to support intergenerational discussion about reproductive health.ConclusionsPrior to launching health campaigns, programs should test the most relevant social media platforms and their limitations. Inherent biases to internet and social media access are important challenges, and ethical considerations around data privacy must continue to guide the advances in this technology’s use for research. However, social listening and social media monitoring can be powerful monitoring and evaluation tools that can be used to aid the adaptive management of health campaigns that engage populations who have a digital presence.

“We want to hear your problems and fix them”: A case study of pandemic support calls for home health aides

ABSTRACT Home health aides and home care agencies, who operate in a high work stress environment under normal conditions, were placed under extraordinary demands during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we examine the unfolding effort at one agency in New York City to offer phone-based support calls to aides. We used a qualitative, single case study design involving semi-structured interviews with call staff and agency leaders (n = 9) and analysis of one year of thematic notes from the calls. We found that the calls resulted in multidirectional communication between agency staff and aides, an increased sense of empathy among staff, and a greater integration of aides into the agency’s overall infrastructure. We explore how these calls might contribute to aide retention, worker voice, and mental health. We note the facilitators and barriers to implementing this type of job-based support to help other agencies that may be considering similar models.

MANAJEMEN STRATEGI DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN KEUNGGULAN DAYA SAING PERPUSTAKAAN UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MALANG

Human resource problems, vision and mission that are not according to needs, work programs and budgets must be immediately responded to by the leadership of the UM Library so that he has a competitive advantage in carrying out his duties and functions properly. This study aims to obtain a method of how the UM Library implements strategic management by describing and analyzing the environmental analysis process, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation carried out by library leaders in developing the competitive advantage of UM libraries. This study explores data and information based on direct interviews with UM Library leaders and documentation related to strategic management in developing the advantages of UM Libraries. At the stage of environmental analysis with structuration theory, developing multi-directional communication, resources exceeding national standards, realizing an eco campus, observing user behavior and collaborating with other organizations. The strategy formulation stage, by formulating a contextual and flexible vision and mission, making goals in line with the goals of institutions, national libraries and ministries, implementing coopetition strategies, and making institutional and non-institutional policies. UM Library Leaders in implementing the strategy by running programs both written and intended, optimizing capital and making easy and simple work procedures. At the strategy evaluation stage, the UM library leadership conducts internal, external, formal and informal evaluations.

Ionising Radiation Promotes Invasive Potential of Breast Cancer Cells: The Role of Exosomes in the Process.

Along with the cells that are exposed to radiation, non-irradiated cells can unveil radiation effects as a result of intercellular communication, which are collectively defined as radiation induced bystander effects (RIBE). Exosome-mediated signalling is one of the core mechanisms responsible for multidirectional communication of tumor cells and their associated microenvironment, which may result in enhancement of malignant tumor phenotypes. Recent studies show that exosomes and exosome-mediated signalling also play a dynamic role in RIBE in cancer cell lines, many of which focused on altered exosome cargo or their effects on DNA damage. However, there is a lack of knowledge regarding how these changes in exosome cargo are reflected in other functional characteristics of cancer cells from the aspects of invasiveness and metastasis. Therefore, in the current study, we aimed to investigate exosome-mediated bystander effects of 2 Gy X-ray therapeutic dose of ionizing radiation on the invasive potential of MCF-7 breast cancer cells in vitro via assessing Matrigel invasion potential, epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) characteristics and the extent of glycosylation, as well as underlying plausible molecular mechanisms. The findings show that exosomes derived from irradiated MCF-7 cells enhance invasiveness of bystander MCF-7 cells, possibly through altered miRNA and protein content carried in exosomes.

Adaptasi dan komunikasi mahasiswa asal papua dalam interaksi sosial di kota malang

When people from different cultural backgrounds talk to each other, this is known as intercultural communication. These differences can cause problems such as culture shock. The use of communication patterns in the context of cultural diversity among ethnic Papuan students at Kanjuruhan University Malang is quite diverse, including multidirectional communication patterns. The purpose of this study is to find out how ethnic Papuan students who experience culture shock communicate in social situations. The objects used in this study are ethnic Papuan students in semester 2, 4, 6 and 8 at Kanjuruhan University Malang, with each taking two students in each semester. Interviews, observations, literature studies, and documentation were used as data collection techniques. From the results of the study, it can be concluded that the culture shock of Papuan students affects how communication patterns are used. One-way communication patterns are applied by 2nd semester students with culture shock experienced such as language barriers or accents as well as self-conditions that include feelings of fear, inferiority or lack of confidence. Furthermore, two-way communication patterns are applied by 4th semester students and 6th semester students, students who use this communication pattern have begun to be able to overcome the culture shock they experienced. And finally, the multidirectional communication pattern was applied by 8th semester and 6th semester students, students who applied this pattern were able to overcome the culture shock they had previously experienced.

A Review of 50-Years of International Literature on the Internal Environment of Building Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs).

Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) have developed dynamically across the world, paralleling the emergence of the primary care discipline. While this review focuses on the internal environment of PBRNs, the complete framework will be presented incrementally in future publications. We conducted a scoping review of the published and gray literature. Electronic databases, including MEDLINE (PubMed), OVID, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), Scopus, and SAGE Premier, were searched for publications between January 1, 1965 and December 31, 2020 for English-language articles. Rigorous inclusion/exclusion criteria were implemented to identify relevant publications, and inductive thematic analysis was applied to elucidate key elements, subthemes, and themes. Social network theory was used to synthesize findings. A total of 229 publications described the establishment of 93 PBRNs in 15 countries that met the inclusion criteria. The overall framework yielded 3 main themes, 12 subthemes, and 57 key elements. Key PBRN activities included relationship building between academia and practitioners and development of a learning environment through multidirectional communication. PBRNs across many countries contributed significantly to shaping the landscape of primary health care and became an integral part of it. Many common features within the sphere of PBRNs can be identified that seem to promote their establishment across the world.

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF DEVELOPING CHILDREN’S INQUISITIVENESS IN EARLY SCHOOL EDUCATION – INSPIRATION FOR DIALOGUE, ASKING QUESTIONS, AND CRITICAL THINKING

The article presents issues related to the development of children's inquisitiveness in a philosophical context. Its essence and purpose is to emphasise the great importance of philosophy as a science that develops wisdom of thinking, independent and critical thinking, cognitive curiosity, introduces to dialogue, discussion and multidirectional communication, which opens the way to multi-intelligent cognition of the world. The period of early childhood education is presented as an open teaching-learning process, in which the teacher creates situations and opportunities to pose varied and variable questions, reasoning, logical thinking, problem-solving, exploratory and searching independence, active action. Student acquires a variety of skills, changes the attitude under the influence of experience, performs tasks, derives reflection from them, critically summarising what has happened, draws conclusions from the analysis, implementing the results of actions, changing the specific understanding of the world and behaviour. Crucial are deliberate and insightful observations, and educational experiments, emphasising creative learning, exercises, tasks, images, multi-faceted activities, and the creation of especially difficult questions by students and the search for answers.

Pola Komunikasi Penyuluh Pertanian Dalam Program Peningkatan Kapasitas Petani Jagung Di Kabupaten Sumbawa (Studi Kasus Kelompok Tani Desa Luk Kecamatan Rhee Kabupaten Sumbawa)

This is evident from the fact that Luk Village's petunia corn production has increased in the previous 5 years. In increasing the capacity of farmers this is caused by a communication process carried out by agricultural extension agents with farmer groups. So in this study the researcher intends to find out how the communication patterns of agricultural extension agents in the program to increase the capacity of maize farmers in Sumbawa Regency.This research uses a case study qualitative method. The theoretical analysis used is the SMCRE theory from David Kennet Berlo and the Communication Patterns from Effendy so that farmers can find out the communication process and communication patterns that occur at the agricultural extension agent with the Luk Village farmer groups. The informants of this study were agricultural extension workers and farmer groups in Luk. Collecting data through observation, interviews, and documentation. The results of this study indicate that in the capacity building program there is an SMCR communication process, the SMCR process itself includes:Message source, message, communication channel, message recipient, and finally the communication effect. Then there were 3 communication patterns carried out by the agricultural extension agents in the corn farmer groups of Luk Village including one-way communication patterns, two-way communication patterns, and multidirectional communication patterns
 Keywords: Communication Patterns, Agricultural Extension, Corn Farmer Group

Public Engagement in Climate Communication on China’s Weibo: Network Structure and Information Flows

This article provides an empirical study of public engagement with climate change discourse in China by analysing how Chinese publics participate in the public discussion around two Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports and how individual users interact with state and elite actors on the pre-eminent Chinese microblogging platform Weibo. Using social network analysis methods and a temporal comparison, we examine the structure of climate communication networks, the direction of information flows among multiple types of Weibo users, and the changes in information diffusion patterns between the pre- and post-Paris periods. Our results show there is an increasing yet constrained form of public engagement in climate communication on Weibo alongside China’s pro-environmental transition in recent years. We find an expansion of public engagement as shown by individual users’ increasing influence in communication networks and the diversification of frames associated with climate change discourse. However, we also find three restrictive interaction tendencies that limit Weibo’s potential to facilitate multi-directional communication and open public deliberation of climate change, including the decline of mutually balanced dialogic interactions, the lack of bottom-up information flows, and the reinforcement of homophily tendencies amongst eco-insiders and governmental users. These findings highlight the coexistence of both opportunities and constraints of Weibo being a venue for public engagement with climate communication and as a forum for a new climate politics and citizen participation in China.

Pola Komunikasi Guru- Siswa di Sekolah Slanker (MA NU 03 Brebes) Melalui Sistem Perbaikan Karakter

The purpose of this study was: to determine the communication patterns used by educators to students in order to improve character in the Brebes SLANKER School. This research uses social penetration theory. The data analysis technique used is descriptive qualitative, where the authors collect existing data, compile systematically, then describe the results of the study based on the images or data obtained during the study. The results of this study indicate that the pattern of communication between teachers and students in SLANKER schools (Madrasah Aliyah NU 03 Brebes) through the education system is able to improve student character. With the use of two-way and multi-directional communication patterns through the education system with the arts and storytelling, it can improve student character in the form of manners.

Higher education leadership and uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic

The impact of the pandemic on higher education activities is a major concern around the world. Higher education is obliged to carry out the necessary measures of adaptation, innovation, and management change, which are promoted by leaders at various levels. The leadership is further committed to encouraging transformative changes to meet students’ most critical needs. Leadership is expected to be able to use all resources in the organization, even in limited conditions due to pandemic impacts. The crisis condition during pandemic become the main approach in implementing higher education leadership. First, the leader develops effective multi-directional communication to mediate and respond to actual needs and changes, especially involving parties impacted or affected by policy changes. Second, the leader develops a cooperation network to support mutually one another to form productivity. It is necessary to network with all interests to formulate the best solution to reduce the adverse impacts of the pandemic. Third, the leader develops empathy to encourage the work environment, increase productivity, and combine efforts to promote health on their personal and professional sides. Fourth, lecturers develop an own set of heuristics for managing their classes using technology as the main work in the new normal situation.JEL Classification A23; I00; I23

The Effectiveness Of Communications Online Learning In The Middle Of Pandemic Covid-19

Purpose: The success of online learning in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic is greatly influenced by communication factors, which are the effective use of electronic communication media by teachers and students. The purpose of this paper is to describe the effectiveness of communication in online learning in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Methodology: This writing uses a type of qualitative research. Qualitative research methods are more appropriate in this paper because the author wants to describe the effectiveness of communication in online learning in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Data collection using literature study techniques. Results: According to the results of the author's analysis, asynchronous learning is an effective communication applied to online learning in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is because through asynchronous learning communication, learning interactivity can be reflected in online distance learning through knowledge networks, such as Kompas, Kaskus, Instagram, e-mail, and social media such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Google +. The diversity of resources and activities supports students in making multi-directional communication easier, more effective, and become less tedious.

Big Data as a tool helpful in communication management

The boundaries between the online and offline worlds have become irretrievably blurred, especially as mobile devices have proliferated. As a result, more and more activities are transferred to the Internet. Every activity in the network leaves a trace, which is why the volume of available data is growing rapidly. The amount of increasing information affects all market participants, and the necessity to constantly collect and process large amounts of data becomes an everyday reality. The aim of the article is to present the concept of big data and to indicate examples of the use of big data to manage marketing communication with the environment. It should be emphasized that not only data transfer devices, but also human interaction contribute to the creation of very large data sets. Acquiring and correctly interpreting them plays an important role in market entities in terms of management, including communication management. Contemporary multi-directional communication, including communication in a hypermedia environment, creates new challenges and threats. The article was prepared based on a literature review, research reports and an analysis of secondary sources. It also outlines the practical implications. The considerations provided are the basis for further activities and empirical research.

TANDEM: biomicrofluidic systems with transverse and normal diffusional environments for multidirectional signaling.

Biomicrofluidic systems that can recapitulate complex biological processes with precisely controlled 3D geometries are a significant advancement from traditional 2D cultures. To this point, these systems have largely been limited to either laterally adjacent channels in a single plane or vertically stacked single-channel arrangements. As a result, lateral (or transverse) and vertical (or normal) diffusion have been isolated to their respective designs only, thus limiting potential access to nutrients and 3D communication that typifies in vivo microenvironments. Here we report a novel device architecture called "TANDEM", an acronym for "T̲ransverse A̲nd N̲ormal D̲iffusional E̲nvironments for M̲ultidirectional Signaling", which enables multiplanar arrangements of aligned channels where normal and transverse diffusion occur in tandem to facilitate multidirectional communication. We developed a computational transport model in COMSOL and tested diffusion and culture viability in one specific TANDEM configuration, and found that TANDEM systems demonstrated enhanced diffusion in comparison to single-plane counterparts. This resulted in improved viability of hydrogel-embedded cells, which typically suffer from a lack of sufficient nutrient access during long-term culture. Finally, we showed that TANDEM designs can be expanded to more complex alternative configurations depending on the needs of the end-user. Based on these findings, TANDEM designs can utilize multidirectional enhanced diffusion to improve long-term viability and ultimately facilitate more robust and more biomimetic microfluidic systems with increasingly more complex geometric layouts.

Nilai Dasar Collaborative Governance Dalam Studi Kebijakan Publik

This paper examines the basic values of collaborative governance based on theoretical studies and empirical facts in an integrative manner. The starting point study of the relationship between stakeholders in each stage of public policy is increasingly complex. Based on this complexity, studies on governance also experience dynamics. The collaborative framework in governance provides a meaning that is more than just governance. Collaborative governance is a concept in public policy that has developed in the last few decades. In principle, the collaborative is different from the network as well as the partnership. There is an essential value attached to it. Henceforth, it becomes part of its characteristics. The basic values referred to are consensus orientation, collective leadership, multidirectional communication, and resource sharing. The four basic values are integrated into one integrated process in any collaborative governance action.

Context, Challenges, and Prospects for Agricultural Extension in Nigeria

Agricultural extension programs have been implemented in Nigeria by governmental and nongovernmental agencies from the colonial era to the present day as a means toward bolstering economic development, rural livelihoods, food security, and trade relations. Nevertheless, funding and staffing levels in agricultural extension remain low compared to Nigeria’s farming population. With a brief review of past initiatives, current challenges, and potential opportunities, this article gives recommendations in three focus areas for maximizing the effectiveness of Nigerian agricultural extension: (1) prioritize human education over input provisioning in the definition of agricultural extension’s primary purpose; (2) aim for household food security, not solely business expansion, to ensure the inclusion of the most vulnerable farmers; and (3) foster multidirectional communication among academic researchers, extension agents, and farmers. Overall, this article argues that taking a farmer-centric educational approach to agricultural extension, rather than a farm-centric business approach, will have the most profound and sustained impact on Nigerian agricultural development. Keywords: Nigeria; agricultural extension; rural development; fertilizer subsidies; farmer education; household food security; agribusiness; research-farmer linkage