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The Development Of Interactive Learning Media Based On Visual Basic For 8th Grade Junior High School In Application (Vba) On Additive, Addictive And Psychotropic Substances, Erlina Wati, Nurul Afiqah, Anggi Kusuma Sari, Restesa Rahmayumita, Muhammad Nasir

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

This study aims to develop interactive learning media. The research method used is the ADDIE development research method. There are five stages of developing this interactive media, namely analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The assessment instrument consists of three experts and users. The data analysis technique used is the descriptive data analysis technique. The data that has been analyzed is then described qualitatively to find out the research category in each aspect, the design aspect with an average score of 0.819 with the high category, the pedagogic aspect 0.817 with the high category, the content aspect 0.817 with the …

Divulging Two Decades Of Multimedia Applications In Biology Education, Khairul Hafezad Abdullah

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

Biology is an indispensable component of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Accordingly, effective biology teaching necessitates multimedia to assist students in fathoming complex scientific themes. This study aims to scrutinise the bibliometrics of preceding publications on multimedia applications in biology education from the Scopus and Web of Science databases. This study explores descriptive publishing patterns and the emergence of academic discourse about multimedia applications in biology education using ScientoPy and VOSviewer. The results reveal publications on this topic have been volatile, with less than ten publications in both databases. The United States has bested others as the most …

Development Of Augmented Reality (Ar) Learning Media To Increase Student Motivation And Learning Outcomes In Science, Ilham Widia Yusa, Ana Yuniasti Retno Wulandari, Badrud Tamam, Irsad Rosidi, Mochammad Yasir, Achmad Yusuf Bagus Setiawan

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

This research aims to 1) develop AR learning media regarding the interaction of living things and the environment, 2) determine the feasibility and response to AR media, and 3) determine differences in students' motivation and science learning outcomes before and after implementing AR media. AR-based mobile application. The study of AR media development uses the Waterfall development model which consists of 5 stages, namely analysis, design, code, testing, and maintenance. In-depth research data collection techniques use observation sheets, interview guides, media expert and material expert validation questionnaires, student response questionnaires as well as science learning motivation questionnaires and cognitive tests. …

Project-Based Learning E-Modules Based On Research Results On The Nutritional Content Of Sawi Asin (Fermented Mustard), Nisa Febriyanti, Hanum Mukti Rahayu, Anandita Eka Setiadi

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

The project-based learning model focuses on directing students to be more active in learning. The learning model will be effective if combined with e-module media. Because e-modules provide facilities for students to learn independently. One of the materials in class XII Biology that is applied in e-modules is biotechnology related to local potential, namely Sawi Asin fermentation. The study aims to develop project-based learning e-modules based on research results on the nutritional content of Sawi Asin fermentation. The research method uses Research and Development which adapts the Alessi and Trolip development model. There are three stages carried out, namely, planning …

Implementation Of Imwr (Inspiring-Modeling-Writing-Reporting) Scaffolding On Students Cognitive Learning Outcome In The Stoichiometry Topic, Indah Langitasari, Ratna Sari Siti Aisyah, Siti Elis Sya'adah

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

Stoichiometry is one of the essential chemistry topics that is an abstract concept, involves complex calculations, and is related to other chemical concepts. It can cause not a few students to have difficulty learning it. Scaffolding is needed in the learning process of stoichiometry concepts to help students understand concepts more easily and improve learning outcomes. This research aims to determine differences in students' cognitive learning outcomes on the stoichiometry topic after implementing the IMWR scaffolding model. This research used experimental research with the one-group pretest-postest design. Respondents were 32 high school students who were determined by purposive sampling. The …

Science Process Skills Of Prospective Science Teachers' In Practicum Activity At The Laboratory, Brian Ricard Wola, Jovialine Albertine Rungkat, Gerry Michael Donad Harindah

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

This research aims to determine the prospective science teachers' mastery level of science process skills (SPS), the mastery level of SPS indicators, and the prospective science teachers' mastery level of SPS based on gender. This study used a descriptive method with a quantitative approach. Purposive sampling techniques are used and obtain 23 prospective science teachers during the last two years at the Universitas Negeri Manado. The research instrument used interview guidelines and observation sheets. The results showed (1) the prospective science teachers' mastery level of SPS in practicum activity at the laboratory is 80% categorized as sufficient; (2) the mastery …

Develeopment E-Modules Based Android In Newton's Law Topic For Senior High School, Ira Lelita Eriyanti, Jumadi Jumadi, Yanarti Yanarti, Wiwin Rosiningtias

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

Developing android-based teaching materials is an initial step to follow the presence of the society 5.0 era in the learning system. This study aimed to know the feasibility and practicality of an Android-based e-module developed on Newton's law material. This study is research and development using the 4D model from Thiagarajan with four stages of development: define, design, develop, and dissemination. The research instrument used is an expert validation sheet, students' reliability questionnaire, interview guide sheet, and e-module prototype with research subjects consisting of 50 students. The research instruments used are expert validation sheets, student reliability questionnaires, interview guide sheets, …

Utilizing Social Media In Socioscientific Issues Discussion To Improve Argumentative Skills And Microbial Literacy, Yanti Herlanti, Nuryani Rustaman, Any Fitriani, Ijang Rohman

Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan IPA

Microbial literacy plays an essential role in understanding microbiology issues. Discussion of socioscientific issues is one way to improve microbial literacy and argumentative skills. Socioscientific issues discussion takes a long time if applied in an inadequate classroom. Thus, social media is used as a tool to discuss socioscientific issues. This study aims to utilize social media Facebook' in discussing socioscientific issues. The research method used is quasi-experimental. The pre-post one group design was used to know the effect of socioscientific discussion on argumentation skills, and the pre and post-control group design was used to know the differences in microbiological literacy …

Review Of Bénédicte Boisseron's Afro-Dog: Blackness And The Animal Question, Thomas Aiello

Between the Species

This review evaluates Bénédicte Boisseron's Afro-Dog: Blackness and the Animal Question. In the process, it tracks the development of the academic relation between Blackness and animality.

Skin Lipids Alone Enable Conspecific Tracking In An Invasive Reptile, The Argentine Black And White Tegu Lizard (Salvator Merianae), M. Rockwell Parker, Eric A. Tillman, Lauren A. Nazarian, Megan L. Barlowe, Julianna M. Lincoln, Bryan M. Kluever

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Locating potential mates in non-native habitats is one of the most important challenges faced by invasive vertebrate species. The Argentine black and white tegu lizard (Salvator merianae) is a major invasive reptile species in the contiguous United States and is rapidly expanding its range across Florida and the Southeast, in part due to inadequate management strategies and tools. Because a wide array of reptiles, especially squamates (snakes and lizards), have been well-studied for their reliance on chemical cues to locate conspecifics, our project aimed to isolate chemical cues from tegus and assess the ability of adult males and …

Contaminant Metals And Cardiovascular Health, Karl Kristian Lundin, Yusuf Kamran Qadeer, Zhen Wang, Salim S. Virani, Roman Leischik, Carl J. Lavie, Markus Strauss, Chayakrit Krittanawong

Office of the Provost

A growing body of research has begun to link exposure to environmental contaminants, such as heavy metals, with a variety of negative health outcomes. In this paper, we sought to review the current research describing the impact of certain common contaminant metals on cardiovascular (CV) health. We reviewed ten metals: lead, barium, nickel, chromium, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, selenium, zinc, and copper. After a literature review, we briefly summarized the routes of environmental exposure, pathophysiological mechanisms, CV health impacts, and exposure prevention and/or mitigation strategies for each metal. The resulting article discloses a broad spectrum of pathological significance, from relatively benign …

Between-Ing: Collaborative Writing And The Unfoldings Of Relational Space, Ken Gale, Jonathan Wyatt

Plymouth Institute of Education

In conversation with Claire Parnet, Deleuze is quoted as saying, “(w)e were only two, but what was important for us was less our working together than this strange fact of working between the two of us.” Deleuze’s concept of “between-the-two” has been used by “Gale and Wyatt,” as a leitmotif for the collaborative writing with which they have engaged “between the two” and also in collaboration with others. The persistence and longevity of this usage has led to the possibility that an “image of thought” has been brought to life which is constitutive of the “us” rather than the “betweened.” …

Green Catalyst For Clean Fuel Production Via Hydrodeoxygenation, Selva Bi̇lge Yücel, Yusuf Osman Donar, Samed Ergenekon, Beyza Özoylumlu, Ali̇ Sinağ

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The development of new fuel sources to replace nonrenewable fossil fuels has received substantial attention due to the ongoing demand for fossil fuels. Biomass and raw waste materials are crucial sources to produce suitable alternative fuels instead of nonrenewable fuels and offer a greener approach. Therefore, improving the fuel properties of biooils produced from the thermochemical conversion of biomass and raw waste materials is critical as it is used as an alternative to nonrenewable fuel. Developing an economical and eco-friendly method to produce sustainable and renewable oil by improving biooil containing large amounts of phenolic compounds has become imperative. One …

Arsenic Speciation By Using Emerging Sample Preparation Techniques: A Review, Muhammad Saqaf Jagirani, Mustafa Soylak

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Arsenic is a hazardous element that causes environmental pollution. Due to its toxicological effects, it is crucial to quantify and minimize the hazardous impact on the ecology. Despite the significant advances in analytical techniques, sample preparation is still crucial for determining target analytes in complex matrices. Several factors affect the direct analysis, such as trace-level analysis, advanced regulatory requirements, complexity of sample matrices, and incompatible with analytical instrumentation. Along with the development in the sample preparation process, microextraction methods play an essential role in the sample preparation process. Microextraction techniques (METs) are the newest green approach that replaces traditional sample …

Metal-Organic Frameworks As Photocatalysts In Energetic And Environmental Applications, Eli̇f Özcan, Zeli̇ha Mermer, Yunus Zorlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are an exciting new class of porous materials with great potential for photocatalytic applications in the environmental and energy sectors. MOFs provide significant advantages over more traditional materials when used as photocatalysts due to their high surface area, adaptable topologies, and functional ability. In this article, we summarize current developments in the use of MOFs as photocatalysts for a variety of applications, such as CO2 reduction, water splitting, pollutant degradation, and hydrogen production. We discuss the fundamental properties of MOFs that make them ideal for photocatalytic applications, as well as strategies for improving their performance. The opportunities …

Determination Of Ketamine Using Melamine-Modified Gold Nanoparticles, Güler Güneş, Zi̇ya Can, Ayşem Arda, Mustafa Reşat Apak

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Ketamine is used in medicine because of its anaesthetic and antidepressant effects at low doses. Unfortunately, due to its narcotic effect when used at high doses, its abuse among young people is increasing. It is also one of the most common drugs used in rape. Therefore, there is a need for fast and inexpensive tests that can be performed on-site. With the advancement of nanotechnology, nanoparticle-based approaches have found their place in selective analyses as in many fields. In the developed method, firstly gold nanoparticles were modified with melamine (AuNPs@Mel). Under optimized conditions, hydrogen bonds formed between ketamine and AuNPs@Mel …

Sonophotochemical And Photochemical Efficiency Of Thiazole-Containing Metal Phthalocyanines And Their Gold Nanoconjugates, Nazli Farajzadeh, Hacer Yasemi̇n Yeni̇lmez, Göknur Yaşa Atmaca, Ali̇ Erdoğmuş, Zehra Bayir

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This study presents the synthesis of some metal {M = Zn(II), Lu(III), Si(IV)} phthalocyanines bearing chlorine and 2-(4-methylthiazol-5-yl) ethoxy groups at peripheral or axial positions. The newly synthesized metal phthalocyanines were characterized by applying FT-IR, 1 H NMR, mass, and UV-Vis spectroscopic approaches. Additionally, the surface of gold nanoparticles was modified with zinc(II) and silicon(IV) phthalocyanines. The resultant nanoconjugates were characterized using TEM images. Moreover, the effect of metal ions and position of substituent, and gold nanoparticles on the photochemical and sonophotochemical properties of the studied phthalocyanines was investigated. The highest singlet oxygen quantum yield was obtained for the lutetium …

Amplifying The Dielectric Constant Of Shellac By Incorporating Natural Clays For Organic Field Effect Transistors (Ofets), Sunwoo Kim, Cigdem Yumusak, Cristian-Vlad Irimia, Mateusz Bednorz, Esma Yenel, Mahmut Kuş, Ni̇yazi̇ Serdar Sariçi̇ftçi̇, Bong Sup Shim, Mihai Irimia

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

We demonstrate in this work the practical use of uniform mixtures of a bioresin shellac and four natural clays, i.e. montmorillonite, sepiolite, halloysite and vermiculate as dielectrics in organic field effect transistors (OFETs). We present a thorough characterization of their processability and film forming characteristic, surface characterization, elaborate dielectric investigation and the fabrication of field effect transistors with two classic organic semiconductors, i.e. pentacene and fullerene C60. We show that low operating voltage of approximately 4 V is possible for all the OFETs using several combinations of clays and shellac. The capacitance measurements show an improvement of the dielectric constant …

Entorhinal Cortical Delta Oscillations Drive Memory Consolidation, Juhee Haam, Suman Gunin, Leslie Wilson, Sydney Fry, Briana Bernstein, Eric Thomson, Hayden Noblet, Jesse Cushman, Jerrel L. Yakel

Faculty Publications

Long-term memories are formed by creating stable memory representations via memory consolidation, which mainly occurs during sleep following the encoding of labile memories in the hippocampus during waking. The entorhinal cortex (EC) has intricate connections with the hippocampus, but its role in memory consolidation is largely unknown. Using cell-type- and input-specific in vivo neural activity recordings, here we show that the temporoammonic pathway neurons in the EC, which directly innervate the output area of the hippocampus, exhibit potent oscillatory activities during anesthesia and sleep. Using in vivo individual and populational neuronal activity recordings, we demonstrate that a subpopulation of the …

Deep Learning-Based Automatic Stereology For High- And Low-Magnification Images, Hunter Morera

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Quantification of the true number of stained cells in specific brain regions is an important metric in many fields of biomedical research involving cell degeneration, cytotoxicology, cellular inflammation, and drug development for a wide range of neurological disorders and mental illnesses. Unbiased stereology is the current state-of-the-art method for collecting the cell count data from tissue sections. These studies require trained experts to manually focus through a z-stack of microscopy images and count (click) on a hundred or more cells per case, making this approach time consuming (~1 hour per case) and prone to human error (i.e., inter-rater variability). Thus, …

Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Cation Channel 3 Promotes Hcc Development In A Female-Biased Manner, Yueqi Zhang, Xinhui Liu, Kairui Sun, Yue Luo, Jack Yang, Aimin Li, Matti Kiupel, Stefanie Fenske, Martin Biel, Qing-Sheng Mi, Hongbing Wang, Hua Xiao

Dermatology Articles

Sex differences in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development are regulated by sex and non-sex chromosomes, sex hormones, and environmental factors. We previously reported that Ncoa5(+/-) mice develop HCC in a male-biased manner. Here we show that NCOA5 expression is reduced in male patient HCCs while the expression of an NCOA5-interacting tumor suppressor, TIP30, is lower in female HCCs. Tip30 heterozygous deletion does not change HCC incidence in Ncoa5(+/-) male mice but dramatically increases HCC incidence in Ncoa5(+/-) female mice, accompanied by hepatic hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channel 3 (HCN3) overexpression. HCN3 overexpression cooperates with MYC to promote mouse HCC development, whereas …

Method For The Treatment Of Malignancies, Richard Heller, Melinda Lee Lucas

USF Patents

A method of treating cancerous tumors is presented herein. The method includes injecting an effective dose of a plasmid encoded for IL-12, B7-1 or IL-15 into a cancerous tumor and subsequently administering at least one high voltage, short duration pulse to the tumor. The electroporation pulses may be administered at least 700V/cm for a duration of less than 1 millisecond. The intratumor treatments with electroporation may be administered in at least a two-treatment protocol with the time between treatments being about 7 days. The intratumor treatments with electroporation may be administered in a three-treatment protocol with a time of four …

Sporozoite Cryopreservation Compositions And Methods, John H. Adams, Alison Elizabeth Roth

USF Patents

Described herein are compositions and methods to cryopreserve sporozoites. In some aspects, the method can include the step of placing harvested salivary glands containing sporozoites into an insect-based medium.

2023-October-31-Sherrod Library Reaches Out In Many Ways To Support Students, Faculty.Pdf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Academic libraries come with a built-in clientele. Students must write term papers, after all, and faculty use library resources in course preparation and research. But with the constantly changing technology and methodologies, it can be hard to keep up with the myriad ways to use the library.

Staff at the Sherrod Library of East Tennessee State University work hard to help students and faculty stay on top of it all. To do this, the library engages in two different kinds of outreach, according to David Atkins, dean of the Sherrod Library.

“First, we support students and faculty with their research …

The Moderating Effect Of Volunteer Motives On The Relation Between Job Demands And Exhaustion, Aaron Whitely

Theses and Dissertations

Developments in the burnout literature have shown that concepts such as a personality can function as job resources in a framework where resources buffer the relation between job demands and burnout. The present study looked at the concept of volunteer motivation as a job resource used to buffer the relation between job demands and exhaustion. With a sample of 338 volunteers from various volunteer organizations, this research examined the relation of motivation, broken into intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and exhaustion. Both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation were negatively associated with exhaustion. Intrinsic motivation was found to interact with job demands such …

Compte Rendu De La Conférence Organisée Par L’Association Hamazkaïne Pour La Culture Et L’Éducation (Liban) Et La Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbonne) : La Vision Créative Post-Génocide, Entre Mémoire, Art Et Demande De Restitution, Hratch Tokatlian

Regards

À l’occasion du cent septième anniversaire du génocide arménien, l’association éducative et culturelle arménienne Hamazkaïne a lancé le 21 mai 2022 des groupes de réflexion se déroulant à l’orphelinat arménien « Bird’s Nest » de Byblos (Jbeil). En présence de plus de cent trente jeunes étudiants universitaires et professionnels, quatorze académiciens et chercheurs ont présenté leurs travaux et recherches sur la mémoire arménienne post-génocide à travers l’art et la littérature lors de la conférence intitulée « La vision créative post-génocide : Entre mémoire, art et revendications ».

"Dima Punk" – A Conversation About Music Documentary, Subcultures And Street Language In Morocco, Stefan Pethke, Dominique Caubet

Regards

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Germany’s oldest music film festival, the Hamburg-based UNERHÖRT!, had to organize its fourteenth edition via online streamings. If there was any positive aspect about the pandemic, it consisted in granting more time to discussing the films through virtual Q&As. This article is an edited transcript of an interview in which the filmmaker, renowned sociolinguist and expert of North African Arab dialects Dominique Caubet, talked to UNERHÖRT! programme coordinator Stefan Pethke about her film Dima Punk (2019), featuring Stof, a young punk from Casablanca, Morocco. The in-depth discussion between Caubet and Pethke allowed them …

Borobudur Temple And The Megalith Villages Of The Ngadha And Manggarai In The Light Of Indonesia’S Tourist Promotion; A Legacy Of Colonial Representation, Tular Sudarmadi

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

As a foreign exchange earner for the Indonesian government, the tourism industry has currently prioritized ten tourist destinations. Problematically, this promotion of the beauty and diversity of nature and ethnicty marginalizes and exoticizes a number of ethnic group and their areas. This promotion, which can be traced back to colonial times, still reflects the Dutch colonial legacy, particularly Darwinian social evolution. To clarify this situation, this article illustrates tourism promotion in the historical and socio-cultural contexts of Borobodur in Java and the megalith villages of the Ngadha and Manggarai people of Flores. It investigates the representation and articulation of colonial …

Examining The Role Of Microglia In Diabetic Retinopathy: Phenotypes, Mechanisms, And Therapies, Charles W. Pfeifer

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Retinal microglia activation and function is a pivotal component of ocular disease pathology, but their involvement in diabetic retinopathy, a complex neurovascular complication of diabetes, remains unclear. The purpose of this thesis work is to thoroughly examine features of microglia activation in DR, identify mechanistic underpinnings of their contributions to neuroinflammatory features of disease pathogenesis, and assess immunotherapeutic targeting of microglia as a potential approach to treating early-stage DR. Here, we show that chronic hyperglycemia elicits morphological, ultrastructural, and transcriptional changes in retinal microglia during early-stage DR while other elements of the retinal neurovascular unit remain unperturbed. Through chronic ablation …