Research Tendency Research Articles

ANALISIS SKRIPSI MAHASISWA PRODI TEKNOLOGI PENDIDIKAN FAKULTAS ILMU PENDIDIKAN UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MAKASSAR

The problem in this research is how is the distribution of student thesis research trends and what factors influence the tendency of student thesis research in the Educational Technology Study Program, Faculty of Education, Makassar State University during the last 6 years? The aim is to analyze and describe the distribution of student thesis research tendencies and find out the factors that influence them. The research approach used in this study is a qualitative approach, this type of research is descriptive (descriptive) and uses the case study method. This research was conducted in the library of the Educational Technology Study Program, Faculty of Education, Makassar State University. Collecting data using observation, documentation and interview techniques. The data analysis technique uses the Miles and Huberman model, which consists of data reduction, data presentation, and decision making/verification stages. The results of the study show that over the last 6 years, there has been a change in the focus and scope of thesis research for students of the Educational Technology Study Program, Faculty of Education, Makassar State University. Recently, they are more inclined to use research and development/R&D as much as 46.67%. In addition, the education level chosen as the research location began to be dominated by the Educational Technology Study Program itself. There are 3 factors that influence the tendency of student thesis research in Educational Technology Study Program, Faculty of Education, Makassar State University, namely, student competence, the influence of friends, and the influence of supervisors

Soil-structure interaction: A state-of-the-art review of modeling techniques and studies on seismic response of building structures

The present article aims to provide an overview of the consequences of dynamic soil-structure interaction (SSI) on building structures and the available modelling techniques to resolve SSI problems. The role of SSI has been traditionally considered beneficial to the response of structures. However, contemporary studies and evidence from past earthquakes showed detrimental effects of SSI in certain conditions. An overview of the related investigations and findings is presented and discussed in this article. Additionally, the main approaches to evaluate seismic soil-structure interaction problems with the commonly used modelling techniques and computational methods are highlighted. The strength, limitations, and application cases of each model are also discussed and compared. Moreover, the role of SSI in various design codes and global guidelines is summarized. Finally, the advancements and recent findings on the SSI effects on the seismic response of buildings with different structural systems and foundation types are presented. In addition, with the aim of helping new researchers to improve previous findings, the research gaps and future research tendencies in the SSI field are pointed out.

The Quixotic Quest for Objectivity in Observation

The Quixotic Quest for Objectivity in Observation

Analytical Approach to Society 5.0 Phenomenon Studies with Scientometric Analysis Method

As a result of the intense penetration of globalization into societies, the necessity of integrating technology with society has emerged. In this context, an increase in the tendency of researchers towards the phenomenon of Society 5.0 has been observed. Since the subject is current and affects future social sustainability, it has become important to examine the literature from a holistic perspective. The study aims to examine the studies on the phenomenon of Society 5.0 in the literature from a systematic and holistic perspective and to ensure that the study is a source for future research. Using the Scopus database, qualitative interpretations are made within the scope of a total of 151 bibliographic quantitative data. The fact that Scientometrics studies and CiteSpace analysis have never been done in the literature on this phenomenon has increased the originality of the study. Analysis of countries, intellectual analysis, keywords; burst point and cluster analyzes has been performed. As a result of the findings, an increase in the research tendency, an increase in the production and collaboration networks of the countries, and an increase in the diversity of keywords (especially sustainable society) have been observed as the trend towards the subject increased. Moreover, it will be important for social sustainability to increase the study orientation for future studies in areas that are lacking (sociology, psychology, gerontology, etc. social sciences).

A Bibliometric Analysis of Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication in Language Learning Using VOSviewer and CitNetExplorer

Synchronous computer-mediated communication in the online language classroom has gained growing attention in the wake of the worldwide epidemic. Nevertheless, only a few researchers have studied it through bibliometric analyses. This study aimed to retrospect the previous development and figure out the role of intercultural competence, social presence, and corrective feedback in synchronous computer-mediated communication-based language learning. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed to analyze previous studies (n = 1292) by VOSviewer and CitNetExplorer. The findings revealed prolific authors, sources, organizations, and regions in tables, which indicated that scholars in this field were mainly located in the USA and China. With a rising research tendency, several heated topics were also presented with VOSviewer. The findings also signified that intercultural competence, social presence, and corrective feedback all played an important role in synchronous computer-mediated communication-based language learning and they were interdependent. Implications for future studies were also discussed.

Innovation and Management of Smart Transformation Global Energy Sector: Systematic Literature Review

The acceleration of globalisation processes and increasing countries’ energy interdependence are required to ensure national energy security and independence. That demands investigating and developing processes and approaches for sustainable transformation of the global energy sector. The article aims to perform a complex review and investigation of the academic environment to analyse the trends and features of scientific publications devoted to new trends and tendencies in the smart energy industry transformation. To provide a categorical and theoretical background on the key scientific publications’ trends, the paper conducted a bibliometric analysis of scientific publications about smart energy management and sustainable energy sector. The subject of investigation is publications on smart energy management and the sustainable energy sector. The article represented the results of bibliometric analysis using the Scopus tools analytics and VOSViewer tools. The investigation answered the central question of the key academic and research tendencies in the smart energy development and sustainable transformation field. Thus, qualitative, and quantitative trends describe the academic tendencies to spread smart and sustainable technologies in the energy industry. Using the Scopus scientometric database, a system of more than 5000 academic texts in the determined area was created from 2001 to 2022. Such countries as India, China, the USA, the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada, South Korea, France represent the analysed scientific area. Describing the key trends and clusters has allowed understanding and systemised the dominant trends in the development of scientific publications in the field of management of sustainable development processes, spreading the IOT processes, and renewable energy.

METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT

Empirical studies of sociology of management need adequate methodology particularly because the re-sults of these studies influence managerial decisions. The authors identify the relevant methodological principles and demonstrate their evolution from antiquity to the present. They note that methodological foundations can lead to invalidity of empirical data and to risk of erroneous decisions in case these foun-dations are used outside the worldview on the basis of which they were formed. The science about meth-ods, or methodology, has passed through three stages in its development since antiquity to the present day: metaphysical, dialectical, and tektological. These stages replaced each other, modifying and incorpo-rating into the subsequent ones. The authors justify that the methodology of sociology of management, based on the three-level model «fundamental methodology –middle level’s theory –empirical research»,began its full-fledged development starting from Hawthorne experiments.During these experiments the principles of the Taylorian concept of organization were first rethought critically, by E. Mayo. The au-thors note a tendency in contemporary research on sociology of management toward a focus on normative power and moral means of involvement. Many fundamental approaches in sociology of management are linked with the complex of ideas of Alexander Bogdanov’s tektology: contemporary methodology of so-ciology ofmanagement is based on the tektological principle of organization. The authors offer a model of sociological research on and improvement of management mechanisms in organizations that was de-veloped on the basis of practical consulting experience.

Working at the intersection of research and practice: The love to read project

There is growing interest in the use of research-practice partnerships in education, in an attempt to narrow the widely recognized gap between educational research and practice. However, there is a tendency for partnership research to be weighted towards first-person accounts and the majority of literature comes from the US. This article describes the process of researcher-teacher collaboration to co-design an educational program, and teachers’ evaluation of this process, set within the context of a longer-term research-practice partnership in the UK. This paper discusses the benefits, challenges and methodological considerations associated with research-practice partnerships. Implications for future research-practice partnerships are highlighted, as are lessons learnt for those interested in working collaboratively and productively at the intersection of research and practice.

A Scientometric Analysis of Scholarly Literature on Radiological Sciences from Saudi Arabia over the Last Thirty Five Years (1985-2020)

Introduction: Scientometric analysis helps to measure the research growth and highlights the salient characteristics of the specific dataset. Saudi Arabia is rapidly growing country in the field of science and technology and remarkably contributing in the research productivity in all areas of health sciences, including radiological sciences from 1995 to 2000 and is drastically increased globally. Aim: To analyse the credible literature on radiological sciences research from Saudi Arabia as reflected in the Scopus database. Materials and Methods: This was a quantitative exploratory study based on scientometric analysis. The data was extracted from the Scopus database. The subject category of “radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging” was selected in the advanced search feature of the Scopus database. All the relevant scholarly literature consisted of articles and reviews indexed under the country name of Saudi Arabia published in English language from 1985 to 2020 were included for analysis. Results: Saudi Arabia was ranked 33rd with 1,587 papers in radiological sciences, representing 0.43% of the global share. The slow progress was observed in the first 20 years but the remarkable growth was recorded during the last five years of study. King Saud University and King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre were the most contributing institutions. Saudi radiologists collaborated with 99 countries of the world and the United States was on the top. Four national journals were included in the list of top 10 preferred journals. Conclusion: Although the rising tendency in radiological sciences research was evident during the last 10 years, still the share of Saudi Arabia was found much lower in comparison with the developed countries. Few well-established Institutions have taken lead in research productivity but a prioritised response from other Research Institutions is recommended.

Audience as constructivism discourses: Rethinking on the Media Audience Study

This article aims to analyze and interpret the following two basic contents. Firstly, we would examine the theoretical viewpoints on the use and gratification of Herta Herzog and Elihu Katz together with encoding/decoding theses of Stuart Hall, which are recognized by the scholastic world as the researches that paved ways for the study of Media Audience. The views of those theorists have led to the discourses on behavioral psychology and meaning construction of the audience in the interactions with the media. The mid-20th century findings have yielded the two research paradigms that focus on the public activism, as opposed to the assumptions of their passivity in the theoretical perspective of the effects study tradition. We evaluate these discourses in the context of the cold war, the Leftist movements, and the ideological innovations of the neo-Marxist school. Secondly, by assessing the two public discourses’ contributions, we will further consider the view of public ethnography and especially the trend of media constructionism. These are two theoretical tendencies in media public research that have taken place from the 1980s to the present. On the basis of the assessment of the strengths as well as the limitations of these tendencies, especially constructionism- a theoretical trend with the ambition to study the public in relation to the media production world, we will yield new claims about the Media Audience study theory.

The concept of messianic time by Walter Benjamin and its political implications

Despite Benjamin’s “renaissance” in contemporary research literature, the meaning of the concept of Jetztzeit(“Now-time”), one of his key political and philosophical concepts, remains vague, largely due to the tendency of researchers to follow Benjamin‘s narrative and metaphorical style. The author of this article purposely uses a strict analytical approach to capture the key characteristics of the concept and their relationship to each other. To do this, the concept is analyzed in the first part of the article through the prism of the related concepts of “messianic time” and “kairos time”. In the second part, the author traces the possible political implications of different interpretations of the concept itself and its connection with Benjamin’s concept of “divine violence”, showing that different interpretations lead to diametrically-opposite perceptions of Benjamin’s position, from a supporter of “pure criticism” to an activist of “direct actions”. In conclusion, the significant role of the Benjamin project as an alternative to the “mainstream” of the Frankfurt School (Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer) is pointed out in the context of today’s prospects for the revival of the Marxist political utopia.

Mathematical education at Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University: history, achievements, and future prospects

The study focuses on the advancement of mathematical education at Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University (KSPU). The research's goals and objectives include distinguishing and characterizing basic stages of formation and development of KSPU's mathematical education, informing about the current state of teaching, methodological, scientific, and research activity, and defining future prospects for developing the Department of Mathematics and Methods of its Teaching. The authors define stages of growing mathematical education at KSPU as eras of its 90-year development that are notable for distinct organizational and training techniques for Mathematics teachers. Teaching, research, and a life committed to people are factors that serve as the foundation for identifying basic stages in the growth of the Department of Mathematics. After analyzing information from the University archive, museum, and accessible personal data of Mathematics teachers - University teachers, graduates, and researchers - a special edition "Mathematical Education in Kryvyi Rih Pedagogical University: Personality Dimension" was issued to commemorate the Department of Mathematics' 90th anniversary. The information also includes their publications in the ORCID and Google Scholar databases, as well as the University repository. The basic stages of establishing mathematical education in the educational institution and its research tendencies are identified.

술과 축제, 그리고 의례

In order to activate ritual researches in Korean prehistoric archaeology, this paper reviewed the existing ritual-related discussions and looked at the social functions and meanings of feasts, which have not received so much attention in the meantime, in connection with archaeological materials. Feasts are a strategic behavior performed for the main purpose of confirming the identity of groups and securing solidarity, acquiring, maintaining, and strengthening socio-political power by hosts who held those feasts. Essential parts of the feasts are the hospitality, and among others alcoholic beverage is an indispensable drink in the feasts. In this paper, after reviewing in detail the cases in China where the existence of alcohol was confirmed through archaeo-scientific analysis, theoretical discussions on rituals and feasts and critical review of ritual-related studies in Korea were conducted. After that, I briefly reviewed the archaeological data that can be interpreted in relation to the feasts in Korean prehistoric archeology. Through this, it was pointed out that archaeological confirmation and interpretation of various rituals and feasts, such as rites of passage and labor mobilization festivals, and overcoming the research tendency that was biased towards the study of funeral rites, are essential for a holistic understanding of prehistoric society.

Trends in Research on Artificial Intelligence in Anesthesia: A VOSviewer -Based Bibliometric Analysis

Background: The scientific literature on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in anesthesia is rapidly growing. Considering that applications of AI strategies can offer paramount support in clinical decision processes, it is crucial to delineate the research features. Bibliometric analyses can provide an overview of research tendencies useful for supplementary investigations in a research field. Methods: The comprehensive literature about AI in anesthesia was checked in the Web of Science (WOS) core collection. Year of publication, journal metrics including impact factor and quartile, title, document type, topic, and article metric (citations) were extracted. The software tool VOSviewer (version 1.6.17) was implemented for the co-occurrence of keywords and the co-citation analyses, and for evaluating research networks (countries and institutions). Results: Altogether, 288 documents were retrieved from the WOS and 154 articles were included in the analysis. The number of articles increased from 4 articles in 2017 to 37 in 2021. Only 34 were observational investigations and 7 RCTs. The most relevant topic is “anesthesia management”. The research network for countries and institutions shows severe gaps. Conclusion: Research on AI in anesthesia is rapidly developing. Further clinical studies are needed. Although different topics are addressed, scientific collaborations must be implemented.

A Meta-Synthesis Research of Articles on Turkish as a Foreign Language Teaching Sets

This study aimed to analyze the articles examining five teaching sets commonly used in teaching Turkish as a foreign language from different perspectives by using meta-synthesis method and to reveal the research tendency in the field. For this purpose, 136 articles published in different journals in the ULAKBIM TR index, Dergi Park, ASOS, and Google Scholar databases were accessed by searching the identified keywords. The articles have been analyzed in terms of the publication year, subject area, index, method, name of the teaching set examined in the article, book type, level/grade, sample group, and data collection tool if exists. As a result of the analysis, three main themes were formed: articles analyzing teaching sets, articles taking opinions about teaching sets, and articles analyzing teaching sets and taking opinions about these sets. Under these themes, the subject areas of the articles, the teachings set, the levels, and the grades were analyzed in detail. It was realized that the number of articles that took opinions about the teaching sets and the number of articles that both analyzed and took opinions about the teaching sets was limited. According to the results of the research, it was detected that the document analysis method was mostly used in the articles, the textbooks included in the teaching sets were mostly included in the article samples, and the teaching sets were mostly analyzed in terms of culture transfer/cultural elements and vocabulary. It was also concluded that in articles examining a single teaching set, basic and intermediate level text and workbooks were included more in the article samples, but in articles examining more than one teaching set, there was a gradual decrease from basic level to advanced level.

Bibliometric analysis of the global research trends and hotspots in chordoma from 2000 to 2020.

Chordoma is formed from embryonic residues or ectopic chordae and locally aggressive or malignant tumors. We visually analyzed the research tendency and hotspot of chordoma. The bibliometric analysis was conducted from the Web of Science Core Collection database over the past two decades. The term and strategies were as follows: "TS = (chordoma) OR TS = (chordoblastoma) OR TS = (chordocarcinoma) OR TS = (chordoepithelioma) OR TS = (chordosarcoma) OR TS = (notochordoma). AND Language: English. AND Reference Type: Article OR Review". A total of 2,118 references were retrieved and used to make a visual analysis by VOSviewer 1.6.15. The chordoma was on a steady rise and chordoma but remained the focus of scholars and organizations over the last two decades. The Chinese institutions and scholars lacked cooperation with their counterparts in other countries. The citations of documents and co-citation analysis of cited references suggested that M.L. McMaster, B.P. Walcott, P. Bergh, and S. Stacchiotti were leading researchers in this field of chordoma and their papers had been widely accepted and inspired recent researches. Keywords associated with recent chemotherapy, PD-1-related immunotherapy, and SMARCB1/integrase interactor 1 (INI1) in chordoma were a shortage of research and there may be more research ideas in the future by scholars. The research of chordoma will continue to be the hotspot. Thus, explaining the molecular mechanism and potential role of transcriptional inhibition and immunologic responses to SMARCB1/INI1-negative poorly differentiated chordoma will be available for preclinical experiments and clinical trials and lead to new therapeutic opportunities for chordoma patients.

Research tendencies in the discipline of distance education (2015-2022): Examination of doctoral theses in higher education in Turkey

Research tendencies in the discipline of distance education (2015-2022): Examination of doctoral theses in higher education in Turkey

Investigation of publications on the use of technology in music education

The aim of the study is to determine the research tendencies of publications on music education and technology. Constructed as a mixed methods research, this study follows an exploratory sequential explanatory design. One of the types of data collection technique, document analysis technique was used in the study. The study group of this research consists of articles on music education and technology searched in international databases. The "Publication Evaluation Form" developed by the researcher was used to collect the data of the study. During the data collection phase of the research, databases such as TR Index, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Springer Link, ResearchGate and ProQuest were used. In the search, 213 publications meeting the criteria were reached. As the result of the study, it is determined that usually the studies that are; few-authored, constructed with data collected through survey and observation forms, made with the sample groups selected with regards to availability, made with relatively easier statistical techniques. It is among the findings of the research that the necessary information was not specified in most of the studies examined.

Ervins Oberlenders. Pētījumi Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogistes vēsturē. Rakstu krājums. Ventspils: Ventspils muzejs, 2021

n the occasion of the 85th birthday of outstanding German historian, professor emeritus at Mainz University Dr., Dr. h. c. Erwin Oberländer, Ventspils Museum issued a special volume containing articles written by Professor Oberländer on the history of the Baltic region, especially that of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1561–1795). The publication is primarily addressed to the Latvian readers as the articles have been translated into Latvian. The book contains nine articles, published in various collections and journals in 1994–2008, and a preface written by the author himself. In the preface, Professor Oberländer outlines the tendency of historical research in Europe within the recent decades to broaden the focus from the history of nation-states to that of regional-scale processes, underlining the importance of regional history in building the awareness of their identity in the local populations. Through his articles, presentations and compiled collections of articles, Professor Oberländer has brought the history of the Baltic region to the public attention in Latvia and other countries and made a considerable contribution to the historical science of Latvia. Our cordial congratulations to Erwin Oberländer on his birthday!

Scientometric analysis of research in the field prefabricated construction

Introduction. State policy in the field of housing construction, providing the increase in the volume and decrease in the cost of housing construction, promotes to the development of prefabricated construction. In its turn, the increase in the prefabricated construction requires studying and introducing modern organizational and technological solutions for the erection of buildings and production of precast reinforced concrete structures, determining the directions of improvement of prefabricated construction.
 
 Materials and methods. To study the development and effectiveness of prefabricated construction, actual directions and tendencies of scientific research in the field of prefabricated construction, the structure of citation of publications, key researchers, leading countries, institutions, scientific journals a scientometric analysis was carried out based on the SciVal analytical system using visualization tools, quantitative and qualitative scientometric metrics.
 
 Results. Analysis of research trends in the field of construction and building technologies in the world has shown that prefabricated construction is one of the most intensively developing and promising areas of research. The main subjects of research in the field of prefabricated construction are design and information modeling, organization of prefabricated construction and production, delivery of structures to the building site and their assembling, at that, less attention is paid to the research in the field of production technologies of precast reinforced concrete structures in the factory conditions and production management, for which further research in these directions is needed. Studies of the development of industrial house-building in the practice of housing construction have shown that the efficiency of prefabricated construction must be considered in the context of a particular country or region and evaluated by applying a systematic analysis of costs and benefits.
 
 Conclusions. The results of the executed scientometric analysis make it possible to identify trends, priority areas for further scientific research and their relationship with other areas of science, and can be a scientific basis for identifying gaps in current research in the field of prefabricated construction.