Postgraduate School Research Articles

Research competences in university students in virtual learning environments

Research competencies are adopted in higher education, however, little is known about the role of these competencies in the virtual environment. This research is one of the first to describe research competences in postgraduate students in virtual learning environments. An observational design study using the research competences questionnaire was conducted with 89 students. The findings indicate that cognitive and teamwork competences are the most predominant (58.4% and 71.9%) and that the weakest areas are related to technological competences 33.7%, methodological competences 39.7% and project management 22.5%. These findings highlight the need to improve curricula in postgraduate schools where research competences are strengthened by prioritising technological, methodological and project management aspects so that students obtain the necessary skills and abilities and can improve their research processes.
 
 Keywords: research competences, virtual learning environments, research training.

Alternatives of Genuine Basic Education Program in Papua Provinces, Indonesia

ABSTRACT: This paper examines alternatives to accelerate genuine education in Papua Provinces (Papua Province and West Papua Province), Indonesia. It is two strategic Provinces as pillars of the nation in eastern Indonesia. There are several considerations behind the need for a strategy to adjust the implementation of education in Papua. Especially basic education for rural and remote communities in “Tanah” (Land) of Papua. One of them is that currently the educational attainment in these two Provinces are relatively behind compared to most other Provinces in Indonesia. In general, there is still a low learning culture adopted by the people of “Tanah” Papua. This is because, among other things, some Papuans still live in a nomadic cultural pattern (hunting and gathering), which results in low school enrollment rates. This research-based paper uses literature studies, documentary studies, and limited FGDs (Focus Group Discussions) with several stakeholders. The results achieved in this study include: high percentage Senior High School dropout; obstacles for Primary School are reading and writing; while for Junior High School this concern mathematics, languages, and science. The majority of the children do not continue to Secondary school after Primary school. Public and Private schools management system for the interior, coastal, remote, and isolated areas receive very little support for teaching staff, equipment, media materials, school text books, and school administration. Lastly, the majority of isolated areas or marginal communities in Papua cannot read and write. KEY WORDS : Basic Education; Marginal Communities; Learning Culture in Rural Areas. About the Authors: Prof. Dr. Dinn Wahyudin is a Senior Lecturer at the Curriculum and Educational Technology Department, Faculty of Education UPI (Indonesia University of Education) in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Dr . Ir . Agus Sumule is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Agriculture UNIPA (State University of Papua), Indonesia. Andi Suwirta, M.Hum. is a Ph.D. Student by Research at the Study Program of History Education SPs (School of Postgraduate) UPI in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. E-mail address: dinn_wahyudin@upi.edu and suciandi@upi.edu Suggested Citation: Wahyudin, Dinn, Agus Sumule & Andi Suwirta. (2021). “Alternatives of Genuine Basic Education Program in Papua Provinces, Indonesia” in TAWARIKH: Journal of Historical Studies , Volume 12(2), April, pp.219-240. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Suci and ASPENSI, with ISSN 2085-0980 (print) and ISSN 2685-2284 (online). A rticle Timeline : Accepted (February 9, 2021); Revised (March 2, 2021); and Published (April 30, 2021).

60th Anniversary of Postgraduate School of Federal State-Financed Institution “Federal Centre for Animal Health”

When the All-Union Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research Institute was founded in 1958, an active search for relevant specialists and researchers was organized with a view to recruiting them as staff members. In the early days of its establishment, the All-Union Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research Institute was mainly stuffed with the graduates of the Moscow Academy of Veterinary Medicine named after K. I. Skryabin and the Kharkov, Leningrad, Vitebsk Institutes of Veterinary Medicine. Later they were joined by the graduates of the University of Gorky, the Kazan and Ivanovo Institutes of Veterinary Medicine, the Vladimir Pedagogical Institute and many others. In 1963, the All-Union Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research Institute began to train research workers through postgraduate training programmes and thesis-based programmes. The leading scientists of the Institute were authorized by a decision of the Higher Attestation Commission of the USSR to provide academic supervision to postgraduate students. A specialized council for thesis defense started its activities in regard to Candidate of Science thesis defense in 1976 and in regard to Doctor of Science thesis defense – in 1996. The specialized council for Candidate of Science thesis defense comprised Candidates and Doctors of Sciences, staff members of the All-Union Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research Institute, as well as Doctors of Sciences from the All-Russian Research Institute of Veterinary Virology and Microbiology (VNIIVViM) (N. I. Arkhipov, I. F. Vishnyakov, V. M. Kolosov, N. A. Lagutkin, Yu. I. Petrov, G. A. Safonov, G. G. Yurkov). In 1996, the specialized council for Candidate of Science thesis defense was enlarged, and the following reputable scientists were invited to participate in its activities as its members: two Doctors of Sciences from the VNIIVViM (Ye. M. Khripunov, M. A. Dymin), four staff members of the VGNKI (K. N. Gruzdev, A. N. Panin, V. I. Ulasov, K. V. Shumilov), the staff members of the Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (O. I. Sukharev) and the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (V. V. Makarov). The paper provides brief information on the training of scientific personnel for research and production laboratories of the institution, postgraduate school activities, thesis-based programmes, the council for Doctor of Science and Candidate of Science thesis defense.

Determinants of self-employment by new PhDs

ABSTRACT Using 16 years of NSF data, we explore determinants of self-employment by new PhDs in the US, considering the role of field of study, demographics, and a factor that has gotten much attention in recent years (though in different contexts) – the role of student debt. While a small share of the population, one would think that young doctoral recipients are an especially innovative group, and perhaps likely candidates for entrepreneurial activities. After controlling for field and demographics and quality of doctoral institution, we find some evidence consistent with an impact of student debt, especially the more exogenous undergraduate debt, in limiting the choice of self-employment as an immediate career path post-graduate school. This effect, however, is limited to graduates of schools below the most elite.

Giving children a voice through partnership: a child rights-based approach to the co-design of postgraduate nurse education

BackgroundThere is an increasing need for the voice of children and young people to be more evident in planning and designing services, including the delivery of higher education, for school nurses to ultimately influence service delivery.AimTo raise awareness of the importance of children's rights by embedding them in postgraduate school nurse education to influence school nurse service delivery.MethodsA model was developed through direct partnership with representatives of the Children's Parliament in Scotland. This model facilitated the inclusion of children and young people's opinions in the co-design of postgraduate nurse education in order to incorporate children and young people's rights and opinions and improve the delivery of the school nurse service in Aberdeen.ResultsIn a supported environment, children and young people were able to negotiate relationships with multiagency professionals on an equal basis, building connections and trust with them in partnership, based on their perceptions of school nurses' daily actions and characteristics. Their negotiation of relationships identified various change management categories for improving the delivery of higher education and services.ConclusionsChildren and young people have clear opinions and views when consulted in an inclusive age-appropriate way through rights-based participation. It is important that listening and taking due cognisance of children's voices becomes the norm in influencing higher education, and that children and young people have a direct influence on improving children's services.

Quality of life of Family Health Strategy professionals: a systematic review.

Individuals' quality of working life and motivation are directly related to their satisfaction and wellbeing. Although studies on the quality of life of family health workers have been conducted, there are none correlating these professionals' wellbeing with this work model. To review the scientific literature in order to identify the levels of quality of life, in their dimensions, of Family Health Strategy workers. Systematic review of observational studies developed through a partnership between two postgraduate schools (Piracicaba and Uberlândia). The review followed the PRISMA recommendations and was registered in the PROSPERO database. Ten databases were used, including the "grey literature". Two evaluators selected the eligible studies, collected the data and assessed the risk of biases, independently. The JBI tool was used to assess the risk of bias. A complementary statistical analysis was conducted on the means and standard deviations of the results from the WHOQOL-100 and WHOQOL-bref questionnaires. The initial search presented 1,744 results, from which eight were included in the qualitative analysis. The studies were published between 2007 and 2018. The total sample included 1,358 answered questionnaires. All the studies presented low risk of bias. The complementary analysis showed that the environmental factor (mean score 56.12 ± 2.33) had the most influence on the quality of life of community health workers, while physical health (mean score 14.29 ± 0.21) had the most influence on graduate professionals. Professionals working within the Family Health Strategy had dimensions of quality of life that varied according to their professional category.

Stakeholders shaping experiences of self-funded international PhD students in UK business schools

Self-funded international PhD students bring substantial financial returns to universities, but they are often placed in a precarious position, caught between different identities and experiencing struggles that are peculiar to international students – liability for fees, which sometimes have to be raised during their study; visa restrictions that affect employability; and the solitary journey of their doctoral study. It is, therefore, important to recognise their unique positioning and understand how their experiences are being shaped and can be improved. Using qualitative data obtained through semi-structured interviews with 26 self-funded international PhD students in UK business schools, the analysis identified variations in experiences based on gender, marital status, and university group as significant to self-funded PhD students' experiences. The study also adopted the theory of student persistence and the multidimensional value-based approach to identify the role of university administrative systems, supervisors, fellow PhD students, social networks, families, and self-funded PhD students as key stakeholders shaping students’ learning experiences and maintaining their engagement, influencing completion rates, and affecting post-graduation outcomes. This study extended the existing knowledge on international student experiences and doctoral education, presenting vital implications for a range of stakeholders, including universities, post-graduate and business schools, academic and professional bodies, supervisors, and policymakers.

Typical OER (Open Educational Resources) Development Model for Prospective Vocational High School Teachers in Indonesia

ABSTRACT: Access to a quality learning materials in the era of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) is increasingly massive, so it can solve problems such as imbalances in the quality of educational materials and access to the intended materials. Every country in the world strives to provide wide-open access through the use of web-based applications to facilitate and provide support to the population on the needs of teaching materials according to their needs. Distance learning can be one of the alternative solutions done easily by utilizing ICT infrastructure. In Indonesia, research on OER ( O pen E ducational R esources ) in the field of vocational education has not been widely carried out, more research has been conducted only on aspects of the application of OER in higher education in general. The purpose of this research is how to develop a typical OER development model for prospective vocational high school teachers in LPTK ( Lembaga Pendidikan Tenaga Kependidikan or Education Institute for Education Personnel )’s University based in an effort to improve their quality and competence. This research method uses DBR ( Design-Based Research ). Through a series of tests, it can be seen that the model developed has been able to improve student competence in achieving learning outcomes, through the implementation of pre-test and post-test at each practice session carried out. The results show that the average of the consensus from the experts for all aspects of the model that has been developed is 88.8%. This shows that the typical OER development model in this study is very feasible to be implemented widely. KEY WORDS: Information Technology; Educational Technology; Open Educational Resources; Design-Based Research. About the Authors: Saripudin, M.T. is a Student at the Technological and Vocational Education Study Program of SPs UPI (School of Postgraduate, Indonesia University of Education), Jalan Dr. Setiabudhi No.229 Bandung 40154, West Java, Indonesia. Pof. Dr. As'ari Djohar and Dr. Dedi Rohendi are the Lecturers at the Technological and Vocational Education Study Program of SPs UPI in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. For academic interests, the Authors are able to be contacted via e-mail address at: saripudin@upi.edu , asaridjohar@upi.edu , and dedir@upi.edu Suggested Citation: Saripudin, As'ari Djohar & Dedi Rohendi. (2021). “Typical OER (Open Educational Resources) Development Model for Prospective Vocational High School Teachers in Indonesia” in EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies , Volume 13(2), February, pp.131-152. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press owned by ASPENSI with ISSN 1979-7877 (print) and ISSN 2621-587X (online). Article Timeline: Accepted (December 14, 2020); Revised (January 15, 2021); and Published (February 28, 2021).

Corporate Governance and Cash Holdings in Emerging Market: Evidence from Indonesia

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to find out the influence of corporate governance on cash holdings in non-financial companies that are listed in the Indonesian Stock Exchange for the period 2010-2017. The method used in this study is a quantitative method equipped with purposive sampling, the list used is time-series data obtained from the Indonesian Stock Exchange. The data analysis technique used in this study, which was based on the result of the research model test, is the fixed effect model. Companies that have poor corporate governance tend to accumulate cash (cash holdings) compared to companies that have good corporate governance. The result of this study supports the flexibility hypothesis that companies in Indonesia tend to hoard cash as in Singapore and Malaysia, even though they do not have a single ownership structure. This possibility is influenced by a weak legal system, where the legal system in Indonesia does not act as a supervisor of corporate management practices, so that the company without control from the regulator. The government as the regulator only has the role of providing a legal umbrella and full corporate governance submitted to each company. In this sense, there are no standards used as references by the companies in corporate governance. It implies that the company with the poorer implementation of corporate governance tends to hold the cash compared to the company with the better corporate governance. This study may contribute more to the comprehensive review and the development of financial management discipline. KEY WORDS: Flexibility Hypothesis; Corporate Governance; Cash Holdings; Family Pyramid; Sales Growth; Capital Expenditure . About the Authors: Prof. Dr. Nugraha is a Lecturer at the FPEB UPI (Faculty of Economic and Business Education, Indonesia University of Education), Jalan Dr. Setiabudhi No.229 Bandung 40154, West Java, Indonesia. Indri Ayu Lestari is a Student at the SPs (School of Postgraduate Studies) UPI in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. For academic interests, the Authors are able to be contacted via e-mail address at: nugraha@upi.edu and indri.ayu@student.upi.edu Suggested Citation: Nugraha & Indri Ayu Lestari. (2021). “Corporate Governance and Cash Holdings in Emerging Market: Evidence from Indonesia” in EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies , Volume 13(2), February, pp.93-116. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press owned by ASPENSI with ISSN 1979-7877 (print) and ISSN 2621-587X (online). Article Timeline: Accepted (December 27, 2020); Revised (January 25, 2021); and Published (February 28, 2021).

The Quadruple Helix Strategy for Tourism Development: Case Study at Mekar Rahayu Village, Marga Asih District, Bandung Regency

ABSTRACT : The purpose of this research is to know the potential of tourism as well as implement the Quadruple Helix strategy in developing tourism in Mekar Rahayu Village, so that it can be used as a reference for the government of Mekar Rahayu Village, Marga Asih District, Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia to implement policies in developing tourism in the region. This research uses qualitative descriptive approach, using secondary data and primary data. Respondents to this study consisted of local government, academics, tourism community, and tourism businesses. The results showed that academic, government, business, and community as stakeholders of Quadruple Helix strategy play an important role in developing tourism in Mekar Rahayu Village. The results of research and community service from universities in Mekar Rahayu Village have not been followed up with implementation by both the village government and stakeholders related to tourism development in the region. Bandung Regency Government policy related to tourism development in Mekar Rahayu Village is to develop the potential of religious tourism that already exists in the village and become a mainstay tourism potential. So far, awareness to develop and utilize tourist destinations in Mekar Rahayu is only owned by people who are in the location of tourist attractions, such as the community in Kampung Mahmud. KEY WORDS: Development; Strategy; Tourism; Quadruple Helix. About the Authors: Dr. Hidayat is a Senior Lecturer at the Postgraduate School UNNUR (Nurtanio University), Campus II, Jalan Casa No.2 Sulaiman, Bandung 40229, West Java, Indonesia. Asep R. Rukmana, M.A.P. is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UNNUR in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. For academic interests, the Authors are able to be contacted via e-mails address at: hidayat.dr@unnur.ac.id and asepryadi@gmail.com Suggested Citation: Hidayat & Asep R. Rukmana. (2021). “The Quadruple Helix Strategy for Tourism Development: Case Study at Mekar Rahayu Village, Marga Asih District, Bandung Regency” in EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies , Volume 13(2), February, pp.117-130. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press owned by ASPENSI with ISSN 1979-7877 (print) and ISSN 2621-587X (online). Article Timeline: Accepted (December 14, 2020); Revised (January 17, 2021); and Published (February 28, 2021).

Abstract 901: Quality of life among oropharyngeal cancer survivors

Abstract Purpose: Oropharyngeal cancer incidence continues to increase in the United States. Studies on the quality of life (QOL) experienced by oropharyngeal cancer patients usually assessed QOL one year after diagnosis instead of in the long term, and most were hospital-based. The aim of this study is to assess oral health and QOL in oropharyngeal cancer survivors in a population-based cohort over a long term follow-up. Methods: First primary oropharyngeal cancer patients, with confirmed cancer diagnosis from 1996 to 2016 were identified in the Utah Cancer Registry. Between January and May of 2019, the patients completed the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core-30 (EORTC QLQ-C30), Quality of Life Questionnaire Head and Neck Cancer Module (EORTC QLQ-H&N35) and Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) questionnaire. Adjusted linear regression was used to assess associations between each dependent variables and QoL scores. The global health mean score ranges from 0 to 100; >70 is considered a high level of functioning and <70 is associated with lower level of symptomology based on previous studies. The OHIP-14 score ranges from 0 to 56; <9 is considered better functioning for oral health. Results: Among 262 oropharyngeal cancer survivors, 84.0% were male, 74.7% were sixty and older at cancer diagnosis, 21.8% were overweight (µ=26.5 (sd=4.9) kg/m2). More than half of participants had seen a dentist within the last 6 months (65.8%) and were former smokers (51.1%). The global QoL means scores for 1996-2000, 2001-2005, 2006-2010, and 2011-2016 were 77.5 (sd=16.3), 73.4 (sd=17.6), 67.3 (sd=24.1), and 73.4 (sd=20.4). Both the global QoL mean score (72.0 (sd=20.8)) and the OHIP-14 mean score (13.2 (sd=13.9)) were fairly high. Similarly, individual QoL physical, role, emotional, cognitive, and social mean scores from the QLQ-30 were also fairly high, ranging from 77.8 to 85.9. From the EORTC H&N35 symptomatology scale, the highest symptom related mean scores were observed for weight gain (85.8 (sd=35.0)), pain-killers use (64.4 (sd=48.0)), and dry mouth (61.7 (sd=35.6)). Higher global QoL mean scores were seen with higher education (postgraduate vs technical school, 81.9 (sd=19.3) vs 67.9 (sd=22.4)), higher income ($100,000+ vs less than $25,00, 76.4 (sd=17.3) vs 60.2 (sd=24.6)), younger age (<40 vs >70, 87.5 (sd=17.7) vs 71.9 (sd=2.6)), and BMI (<18.5 vs 18.5-24.9, 45.8 (sd=26.7) vs 74.8 (sd=20.2)). Conclusion: Global QoL improvement suggests adaptability to a new normal among this group of U.S. oropharyngeal cancer survivors when compared to previous studies which were largely based on a shorter follow-up time. Oral health-related quality of life was marginally poor in our study, suggesting needed improvement in patient management overtime, with worse improvement in physical discomfort and physical disability scores across all demographic patient characteristics except with distant stage and recurrence. Citation Format: Alzina Koric, Marcus Monroe, Seungmin Kim, Esther Chang, Qingqing Hu, Siqi Hu, Mia Hashibe. Quality of life among oropharyngeal cancer survivors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021; 2021 Apr 10-15 and May 17-21. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2021;81(13_Suppl):Abstract nr 901.

In Memoriam: professor Antonio Salvetti (1936-2021).

In Memoriam: professor Antonio Salvetti (1936-2021).

AHED - Post-Graduate, Life-Long Health Education: A Dream Coming True

Change in healthcare is ceaseless due emerging diseases, demography, constant biomedical discoveries, new technologies for diagnosis and treatment. Also, the model of practice and management and the ever-growing society expectations contribute to this permanent scenario of change.Professionals must keep up with the pace of innovation and the drivers for change by constantly adapting – as also recognized by World Health Organization (WHO), knowledge and competences that professionals had acquired when they graduate will need constant, life-long updating.In fact, life-long medical education is one of professionalism’s portfolio requirements and also the responsibility of each professional. Some professional boards in a few countries are already requiring their professionals to, periodically, attend post-graduate education as a pre-requisite to re-certification, in a similar way done to other high responsibility professions, as airline pilots. This obligation will also come for our doctors and health professionals in due time.Advanced Health Education (AHED) the post-graduate school for health education was created to fulfill those needs: In 2019 a consortium formed by NOVA Medical School, José de Mello Saúde, Associação Nacional de Farmácias (ANF) and Câmara Municipal de Cascais, with the mission to provide post-graduate healthcare education in a structured manner, by high international standards, with course evaluation and credit awarding. Courses to be directed not only to medical doctors but also having in view health teams, by so involving different professionals, working together as in real life scenarios.Courses by AHED (Advanced Health Education) traditionally focus on cutting edge technical advances, with the use of hands on, virtual or cadaveric simulation. However, courses covering classical topics are also welcome, always with a strong practical component where problem solving by attendees is encouraged.Courses are being organized at NOVA Medical School’s labs and premises, at the sophisticated simulation lab of Hospital CUF Tejo, ANF auditorium and other premises (IPO Porto, Hospital Dona Estefânia, Fundação Champalimaud, etc.), but a dedicated building is being constructed to soon be ready in Carcavelos, not far from NOVA’s School of Business and Economics campus and, very conveniently side by side with the NOVA Medical School new premises, by so creating a health education campus.Since its beginning, despite pandemic adversity, in 2020 AHED organized 18 courses (of 40 initial offer) enrolling 289 participants and achieving a remarkable degree of return satisfaction (net promoter score between 50 and 93!). Majority of courses (40%) focused on multidisciplinary and integrated practice, while 30% covered pure medical topics and 30% professional practices, being more technical in nature. For 2021, 16 courses enrolling 375 participants have been concluded and another 25 are scheduled till the end of the year.The degree of success for AHED’s courses may not only be measured by the attendees’ self-evaluations and net promoter scores at the end but is well expressed by the demand and avidity of the courses by growing numbers of healthcare professionals – doctors, nurses, technicians, pharmacists and everyone in the healthcare ecosystem.AHED is run professionally: by an administration council and an academic council where courses are proposed and accepted and monitored for quality and impact. Because AHED’s courses are “by NOVA Medical School”, courses get also sponsored by NOVA Medical School’s Scientific council, in order to further obtaining scientific validation by national academic credits. Recently, an Advisory Board is being implemented, involving industry (pharma, devices, insurers, society) in order to help the academic council in the process of courses topics selection, bridging by so our academia to the real world needs of professionals to be educated.As an organization run by strict quality standards, AHED was granted DGERT full accreditation for educational activities, and stays ethically aligned with MedTech for activities where that is justified. Furthermore, in order to better ensure its operations, AHED already established a significant portfolio of scientifical, technical and professional cooperation with different organizations and professional societies in the field of healthcare.AHED has already achieved its own national reputational credits as a serious school for life-long medical education, enrolling students and all an elite of top professionals in the country. More and more we foster the international market, from where we wish to attract not only students but also top professionals, that will enrich our lecturing academia.There were many local initiatives for post-graduate medical education in the past but at AHED we, like Thomas Jefferson, “like more the dreams of the future than the history of the past”. The dream is to provide every healthcare professional the education he might need, fostering professional development but, above all, contributing for better healthcare competence.
 This is AHED’s vision & mission, and we are getting there!

La Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici di Matera dell’Università degli Studi della Basilicata. Formazione, ricerca, terza missione

The Post-graduate School in Archaeology of the University of Basilicata was founded in the academic year 1990/1991 and was reformed in the academic year 2010/2011. It is based in Matera, from 2018 in the new university Campus and provides two curricula of classical archaeology and late ancient and medieval archaeology. Since its foundation it has welcomed about 350 students from all over Italy and abroad.

La ricerca archeologica della Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici di Matera per gli insediamenti fortificati medievali: analisi di alcuni contesti del complesso episcopale di Satrianum (Tito, PZ)

The medieval settlement of Satrianum is a part of the archaeological researches of Post-graduate school of Matera, University of Basilicata, since twenty years. The archaeological excavations have discovered a monumental cathedral and a bishopric. This paper aims to describe some structures, close to the episcopal complex: a latrine and a room with stairway, transformed in a dunghill.

Development of postgraduate school’s digital library as a repository of digital collections

The development of information and communication technology offers advantages for library management. The ease of access to the internet makes it easy for us to access the library’s digital collection without any time and space limitations. Currently, many digital libraries have been developed in various universities to complement the existence of conventional libraries. This digital library’s presence can be a solution for traditional libraries to overcome existing limitations and constraints. This current study discusses how Universitas Negeri Semarang’s postgraduate school digital library is developed. The waterfall method and was used to guide systems development. This paper outlines how the digital library is used to give a portrait to the users of some features offered.

Penerapan Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique pada Pemodelan Regresi Logistik Biner terhadap Keberhasilan Studi Mahasiswa Program Magister IPB

The Postgraduate School of IPB has academic standards as well as high competitiveness of graduates who have spread both at home and abroad. In this study Binary Logistic Regression method was used to determine the factors that influence the success of the study of Postgraduate students of Bogor Agricultural University (Graduate School-IPB). The data used are data from IPB Graduate School students who graduated from 2011 to 2015. The response variable used is the success status of student studies namely graduating and not passing and using 9 explanatory variables namely gender, marital status, admission status when entering S2, college status S1 level, the source of S2 education costs, group of agencies working, S2 study program groups, age when entering S2 and S1 GPA. The data obtained is not balanced with the percentage of students who graduate is greater than those who did not pass, so the imbalance of data is handled with SMOTE if it is not handled it will cause a misclassification. Comparison of classification results seen in testing data. The results in the model before SMOTE have an area under the curve or AUC of 0.6760, an accuracy value of 88.77%, a sensitivity value of 99.09% and a specificity of 4.63%. The model after 600% oversampling SMOTE has an AUC value of 0.6642, an accuracy value of 78.36%, a sensitivity value of 83.65%, and a specificity value of 35.18%. Although the accuracy of the model and sensitivity value before SMOTE was higher than the model after SMOTE, the specificity in the model after SMOTE was higher, which meant that the model after SMOTE was better at predicting minority classes (not graduating).

Kajian Pemanfaatan Koleksi Jurnal Internasional UPT Perpustakaan Universitas Diponegoro melalui Perspektif Bibliometrik pada Tesis Sekolah Pascasarjana tahun 2018-2019

The aim of this study is to determine the use of international journal collection subscribed by Diponegoro University Library through a bibliometric perspective on the Magister student thesis School of Postgraduate published in 2018 and 2019. This study analyzes the usage of international journal collection on the theses of School of Postgraduate students, frequently used journals and authors, and the level of obsolescence of international journal collections. This study used quantitative method with data collection techniques using documentation analysis from institutional repository or directly at the School of Postgraduate library. This study examines 221 theses titles from four study programs using descriptive statistical analysis with Microsoft Excel. The findings show that the School of Postgraduate students who compiled the thesis published in 2018 and 2019 have utilized international journal collection. Masters in Environmental Sciences 17,16%, Masters in Epidemiology 14,86%, Masters in Information System 37,12%, and Master in Energy 26,68%. The journal titles that are often used by each study program in sequence are Journal of Cleaner Production, PLOSone, Expert System with Application, and Energy Policy. The names of authors that are often mentioned are Li, Y., Sacco, R., L., Chen, J.-K., and Champier, D. Futhermore, more than 50% of the literature that utilizes international journal collection subscribed by Undip is literature with current category.

The potential of training specialist oncology nurses in real-life reporting of adverse drug reactions

Specialist oncology nurses (SONs) have the potential to play a major role in monitoring and reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs); and reduce the level of underreporting by current healthcare professionals. The aim of this study was to investigate the long term clinical and educational effects of real-life pharmacovigilance education intervention for SONs on ADR reporting. This prospective cohort study, with a 2-year follow-up, was carried out in the three postgraduate schools in the Netherlands. In one of the schools, the prescribing qualification course was expanded to include a lecture on pharmacovigilance, an ADR reporting assignment, and group discussion of self-reported ADRs (intervention). The clinical value of the intervention was assessed by analyzing the quantity and quality of ADR-reports sent to the Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Center Lareb, up to 2 years after the course and by evaluating the competences regarding pharmacovigilance of SONs annually. Eighty-eight SONs (78% of all SONs with a prescribing qualification in the Netherlands) were included. During the study, 82 ADRs were reported by the intervention group and 0 by the control group. This made the intervention group 105 times more likely to report an ADR after the course than an average nurse in the Netherlands. This is the first study to show a significant and relevant increase in the number of well-documented ADR reports after a single educational intervention. The real-life pharmacovigilance educational intervention also resulted in a long-term increase in pharmacovigilance competence. We recommend implementing real-life, context- and problem-based pharmacovigilance learning assignments in all healthcare curricula.

290 Depression, anxiety, and resting heart rate variability during sleep in a sample of active duty service members

Abstract Introduction Depression and anxiety are among the most prevalent mental health outcomes in the military population with rates ranging between 11% and 15% in Army active duty service members (ADSMs). Oftentimes both maladies are comorbid with insomnia and other sleep-related disorders. We explored the association between self-reported depression and anxiety levels and resting heart rate variability (HRV) metrics during sleep using a wearable device, the Oura ring. Methods We conducted a longitudinal, naturalistic assessment of fit-for-duty ADSMs (N=44; 21-40 years of age, 38 males) attending the Naval Postgraduate School. Depression was assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory; anxiety was assessed by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. HRV (average nightly HRV and average nightly HRVmaximal during sleep) was assessed with the Oura devices during a period of MD=8 days (range 8–18). Results The median BDI score was 5.50 (IQR=9.50; range 0–23). Most participants had minimal depression (36, 81.8%) with seven (16.9%) having mild depression and one (2.27%) moderate depression. The median state anxiety score was 29.5 (IQR=16.8; range 20 – 56), whereas the median trait anxiety score was 31.0 (IQR=15.8; range 21–56). Correlation analysis (Spearman’s rho) showed that lower depression and anxiety scores were associated with higher nightly HRV during sleep. Specifically, average nightly HRV was correlated with BDI scores (rho=-0.384, p=0.010), state anxiety scores (rho=-0.343, p=0.023), and trait anxiety (rho=-0.356, p=0.018). Average nightly HRVmaximal was negatively correlated with BDI scores (rho=-0.435, p=0.003), state anxiety scores (rho=-0.339, p=0.024), and trait anxiety (rho=-0.339, p=0.025). Conclusion Our findings suggest that HRV during sleep is associated with self-reported depression and anxiety levels in this sample of ADSMs. Further research is needed to assess the utility and limitations of the Oura devices to collect data in field settings. Support (if any):