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Pre-Service Teachers’ Epistemological Understanding Of The Language Of Instruction: Can Education Policy Stop Kiswahili In Tanzania’S Classrooms?, John Misana Biseko

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Language-in-education policies in Sub-Saharan Africa is a topic that has attracted several researchers. The adoption of alien languages as legitimate languages of instruction is a matter that has been seriously challenged. Since the 1960s, the debate in Tanzania has been on which language qualifies for the status of LOI. The answers have been favouring either the alien language (English) or the dominant language (Kiswahili). In 2014 the government launched the education policy, which declares both English and Kiswahili as LOI in post-primary education. In the 2023 edition, the policy was changed to declare English as the sole LOI in post-primary …

Improvement Of Calorimetric Quality Analyzers For Substances, Makhfuza Azimovna Radjabova

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

It is noted that the development of intelligent means of measuring qualitative indices is of topical importance. Since the quality of many substances is determined by optical methods, an algorithm for spectrophotometric data processing has been developed, which consists of primary data processing (stage I) and determination of qualitative indices of liquid products (stage II). Since the task of numerical determination of colour characteristics of transmittance coefficients of liquid samples is incorrectly set, it is recommended to use regularization methods of A.N.Tikhonov to improve metrological characteristics of the device. On the basis of regularization methods for solving incorrect problems, algorithms …

E-Government Requirements In Colleges Of Physical Education And Sports Sciences In Iraq, Tuqa Mohammed Salih, Mawahib Hameed Numan

Modern Sport

In recent times, E-Government has entered the business arena significantly and widely. It has become a necessity within any institution, as it serves as the backbone due to its ability to provide homogeneity among its units, utilizing information technology, modern systems, and devices. This explains the importance of e-government, which is fundamental to the success of any endeavor, as it reduces work burdens, simplifies administrative tasks, and saves a lot of time, effort, and costs. Therefore, the research aims to build a scale for the implementation of E-Government and to understand the current state of E-Government implementation in Iraqi colleges …

The Effect Of Rehabilitation Exercises In Improving The Muscle Strength Of Those With A Partial Tear In The Posterior Thigh Muscle For Karbala Football Club Players, Sabaa Basim Mohammed, Suhad Haseeb Abdul-Hameed, Ibrahim Dabayebeh

Modern Sport

Sports rehabilitation is the important factor in rehabilitating function, motor performance, and normal appearance after injury. It helps the injured person to regain functional ability in the shortest possible time and to the highest functional level and protects the injured organ from recurrence of the injury. The importance of the research lies in the fact that these exercises have a positive effect in restoring the functions of the organ by improving muscle strength and reducing the degree of pain, as partial tear injury occurs in most athletes because they are more susceptible to friction. The researchers found, during the field …

The Relationship Of Some Physical Abilities To The Level Of Technical Performance Of Disabled Long Jumpers, Category 36cp, Fatima Muhammed Hussein, Intidhar Jumaa Mubarak

Modern Sport

Through the two researchers monitoring the level of technical performance of the 36CP disabled long jumpers, it was found that they did not achieve good results in the past championships, and through that we felt that there was a training problem among the long jumpers and we wanted to diagnose the weakness that led to the level of performance not being at the desired level, so the researchers resorted to solving the problem by conducting some tests for the elements of physical fitness (maximum speed, muscular strength of the legs, muscular strength of the abdominal muscles). From this, the two …

Relation Y-Balance Test And Lower-Limb Strength Of Sport Science Faculty Students At The Arab American University, Islam Mohammad Abbas, Samir Khalid Ameen, Mosab Saleem Hamed

Modern Sport

The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between the Y-balance test (YBT) distance and the lower-limb strength of Sport Science Faculty students at Arab American University. Forty (40) collegiate students aged (19.80 ± 1.26) years, enrolled in the second semester of the 2022-2023 academic year from the sports science department, volunteered for this study

The Effect Of Specific Exercises Using A Balance Ball To Develop Dynamic Balance And Learn The Skills Of Dribbling And Scoring In Basketball For Female Students, Sura Kasid Hasan, Intisar Uaid Ali

Modern Sport

The progress of nations in physical education relies on addressing present and future challenges to promote innovation and renewal in the educational environment capable of efficiently achieving cognitive and skill-based objectives. Basketball, as one of the important subjects, is endorsed by the Ministry of Education due to its direct relevance to human and societal life. This type of sport requires the practitioner to have the ability to quickly change directions, manoeuvre, jump, and defend the court. Therefore, playing this game demands varying levels of sensory systems in processing for skillful performance. Based on these premises, the importance of this study …

The Effect Of Compound Training Exercises On Some Components Of Coordination Ability, Precision In Handling, And Scoring For Female Football Players In Baghdad Indoor Football Clubs, Mais Hameed Taha, Widad Kadhum Majeed, Taiysir Mansi

Modern Sport

Achieving a high level of performance in indoor football necessitates a high degree of proficiency in the game's specific requirements, along with the mastery of offensive skills and coordination abilities that contribute to adaptive motor performance in various in-game scenarios. The research problem lies in insufficient training curricula to meet the growing demand for specialized physical, technical, and coordination capabilities essential for optimal performance. The research aims to formulate comprehensive exercises aimed at enhancing specific components of coordination abilities, as well as the precision of ball handling and shooting skills for female indoor football players. The researchers employed the experimental …

Relation Between Gross Motor Function, Consumption Pattern And Macronutrient Intake With Nutritional Status Cerebral Palsy, Almas Barizah Fathaniah, Eka Andriani, Sabrina Sabrina

Bulletin of Culinary Art and Hospitality

Cerebral Palsy is a condition of motor disturbances caused by brain damage during child development. Globally, the incidence of CP in low- and middle income countries is 3.4 per 1000 live births. Cerebral Palsy (CP) is defined from the word cerebral, namely the brain, and palsy which is paralysis or a paralyzed condition caused by a nerve disorder that functions to regulate the movement of the body's muscles. The purpose of this study was to analyze the description and relationship between the level of gross motor skills, diet, and intake of macronutrients with nutritional status in people with cerebral palsy. …

The Impact Of A Curriculum Based On The Bybee Model On Learning Some Volleyball Skills For Female Students At The College Of Physical Education And Sports Sciences, Woroud Qassim Hamad, Sahar Hurr Majeed, Khitam Mousa

Modern Sport

The significance of this research lies in its development of a proposed educational curriculum that is based on the Bybee model and aimed at teaching students the skills of serving and receiving in volleyball. The importance of the Bybee model lies in its ability to facilitate the application of information in various situations. The research problem emerged after the researchers redownloaded previous studies and sources. They noticed a deficiency in the performance skills of setting and receiving in volleyball among female students. Consequently, the researchers decided to investigate the impact of the educational curriculum using the Bybee model on the …

Perception Of Quality Of Life Among Fifth Grade Preparatory School Students In Baghdad, Reem Faisal Rajab, Sahira Razzaq Kadhim, Ali Salam Al-Yaaribi

Modern Sport

The research aims to study the quality of life among preparatory school students in Baghdad, particularly in the context of current social circumstances, encompassing both male and female students. The study utilizes a quality-of-life scale developed by Noor Latif Abdul Zahra, comprising 54 items distributed across ten dimensions. These dimensions include physical health, mental skills, psychological well-being, resilience, optimism and satisfaction, self-independence and self-efficacy, job satisfaction, social support, social status, and moral values. The research problem revolved around the question: "Is there a sense of quality of life among fifth-grade preparatory school students (both males and females)?" The researchers established …

Emotional Self-Control Among Ground Tennis And Table Tennis Players For The Disables, Raghdaa Fouad Mohammed, Sahira Razzaq Kadhim, Mahfoodha Al-Kitani

Modern Sport

Emotional self-control is an important factor in terms of the player’s ability to raise the level of performance and control his behavior, and it is considered a risk factor when it is low such that the player deviates from his normal behavior. Low self-control is nothing but difficulty in controlling the self and issuing abnormal behaviors such as extreme anger and thus the influence negatively in the level of performance. As for the research problem, the researchers noted that they suffer from psychological problems as a result of neglecting and lack of proper attention to them. The player sees himself …

The Role Of Administrative Creativity In The Organizational Normalization Of Physical Education Supervisors In Baghdad, Sahar Salman Hasan, Fatima Abid Malih, Mehmet Dalkiliç

Modern Sport

The purpose of this paper is to identify the role of administrative creativity in organizational normalization by examining the relationship and the impact of these two variables on the sample studied. The research adopted the descriptive-analytical approach by studying the relationship and effects between the researched variables by collecting relevant data from the research sample individuals and analyzing them. The current research population included supervisors specializing in physical education in Baghdad, and the research sample consisted of (90) supervisors specializing in physical education in Baghdad and a sample of the exploratory experiment, numbering (5) individuals for each measurement. One of …

The Effect Of Bungee And Similar Physical Exercises Using Rubber Ropes On Learning Some Skills Of Backstroke For Female Students, Third Stage, College Of Physical Education And Sports Sciences For Women - University Of Baghdad, Sabah Latif Hasan, Mawahib Hameed Numan

Modern Sport

In download of the tremendous development we are experiencing today and the information revolution, researchers and specialists, despite their different downloads on the best methods of education in general and motor learning in particular, are seeking to innovate modern educational methods to acquire motor skills that are based on the foundations and principles of motor education, which requires variable learning processes. Its priority is the methods and types of applied exercises used in the learning processes, especially if there are some motor skills that need to choose the appropriate method to learn them according to their requirements. Therefore, the research …

The Effect Of Interactive Speed Exercises On Developing Some Skills Women's Futsal, Baneen Mukhif Hamzah, Fatima Abid Malih, Samiha Amara

Modern Sport

The speed of skills has become linked to modern methods of individual and group play, and each of them has begun to serve the other tactically. Through the follow-up of the researchers, they noticed that there is a significant weakness in the speed of performance and slowness in mental preparation, which plays a major role in understanding mental readiness, which is linked to the speed of making decisions during the game, as well as the weakness of the physical speed of the female players, which in turn has an impact on the skill performance of the players of the Iraqi …

Puppy Love And [Information] Play: An Intersection Of Theatre, Queer Kink, And Consent, Emily Kitchens

Faculty Articles

This note from the field centers on a nexus of queer kink subcultures and consent-based intimacy work in theatre. I report, investigate and wrangle with the process of incorporating queer kink aesthetics into the production of Love and Information by Caryl Churchill I directed at KSU February 2023. What I have learned and hope to demonstrate throughout the paper, is that queer kink subcultures are often paradigmatic examples of communities built on consent, and we as performing arts practitioners can more visibly expand the margins of our cultural competency dialogues to not only include them but look to them as …

Cultural Violence In Saki’S “The Toys Of Peace” And Ahmed Al-Malik’S “The Tank”, Maha Qahtan Sulaiman

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Violence cannot be separated from human culture, civilization, and ideology. Ironically, it is society that creates the borders of legal and illegal violence. Therefore, violence is culturally relevant. This paper examines the culture of violence in Saki’s “The Toys of Peace” and Ahmed Al-Malik’s “The Tank.” The two short stories are set in entirely different backgrounds and address violence in relation to children’s and adults’ lives, respectively. The study aims to examine violence in relation to culture and man’s primitive instincts. It also addresses controlling violence through education, promoting peace, and encouraging refined codes of conduct. The paper juxtaposes violence …

The Use Of Literature At The University Level : Observing Literature Specialists In Their Efl Classes, Mohammed Jasim Betti, Safaa Abbas Noor Al Yasiri

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Literature is always used for students to communicate with others, by sharing their thoughts and feelings about the literary text being analyzed by the literature specialists. This study observed literature specialists in their EFL classes. It addresses the following questions: Can literature be used for developing both language and literature areas, and What are the areas of language and literature developed by the use of literature?

Golding’S Lord Of The Flies As A Symbolic Novel, Mushtaq Awad Jabbar, Omar R. Marzah, Ali Hasan Abed

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Golding's Lord of the Flies is full of symbolism. Every object or character in this novel has a symbolic meaning. Golding uses symbolism to send his message regarding his main themes in this novel like savagery and violence through recognizable symbolic characters such as Ralph, piggy, Jack and other boys in the island. The author employs many characters in the novel to have a notable symbolic meaning, symbolism within objects like the conch shell, the glasses, the fire, shelters and rocks. Symbolism within animals like a pig; The main purpose of this article is to find out the symbolism in …

Predictors Of Prescription Opioid Misuse Based On Type Of Healthcare Insurance, Keon Green Drph, Mba, Hca, C.J. Schumaker Phd Lfache

Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

The misuse and abuse of prescription opioid (PO) medications has garnered the attention of lawmakers, healthcare professionals, and public health experts since the opioid epidemic was declared a national public health emergency in 2017. Our purpose in this study was to investigate the types of healthcare insurance that predict PO misuse. We also sought to inform stakeholders of potentially needed changes to the existing inconsistent drug utilization rules necessary to achieve parity among all types of healthcare insurance and minimize loopholes. We performed a secondary data analysis on the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data of noninstitutionalized …

Pricing Corporate Governance, Albert Choi

Articles

Scholars and practitioners have long theorized that by penalizing firms with unattractive governance features, the stock market incentivizes firms to adopt the optimal governance structure at their initial public offerings (IPOs). This theory, however, does not seem to match with practice. Not only do many IPO firms offer putatively suboptimal governance arrangements, such as staggered boards and dual-class structures, but these arrangements have been gaining popularity among IPO firms. This Article argues that the IPO market is unlikely to provide the necessary discipline to incentivize companies to adopt the optimal governance package. In particular, when the optimal governance package differs …

Two-Pore Channel-2 And Inositol Trisphosphate Receptors Coordinate Ca2+ Signals Between Lysosomes And The Endoplasmic Reticulum, Yu Yuan, Vikas Arige, Ryo Saito, Qianru Mu, Gabriela C. Brailoiu, Gustavo J.S. Pereira, Stephen R. Bolsover, Marco Keller, Franz Bracher, Christian Grimm, Eugen Brailoiu, Jonathan S. Marchant, David I. Yule, Sandip Patel

College of Pharmacy Faculty Papers

Lysosomes and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are Ca2+ stores mobilized by the second messengers NAADP and IP3, respectively. Here, we establish Ca2+ signals between the two sources as fundamental building blocks that couple local release to global changes in Ca2+. Cell-wide Ca2+ signals evoked by activation of endogenous NAADP-sensitive channels on lysosomes comprise both local and global components and exhibit a major dependence on ER Ca2+ despite their lysosomal origin. Knockout of ER IP3 receptor channels delays these signals, whereas expression of lysosomal TPC2 channels accelerates them. High-resolution Ca2+ imaging reveals elementary events upon TPC2 opening and signals coupled to …

The Legality Of Military Involvement In Law Enforcement Operations Against Criminal Armed Groups In Indonesia’S Papua Province, Sefriani -, Nur Gemilang Mahardhika

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This paper intends to (a) analyze whether the conflict in Papua meets the requirements to be categorized as a non-international armed conflict (NIAC) and (b) analyze the legality of the involvement of Indonesian National Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI) in the Papuan conflict using the principles found in international human rights law and international humanitarian law. This normative juridical research employs the conceptual, statutory, and comparative approaches. The results of the study indicate that the threshold of NIAC has not been met in the Papuan conflict, especially the requirements for determining the organized armed groups, as well as the …

Learners’ Beliefs And Teachers’ Practice Of Grammar- Focused Written Corrective Feedback In The Malaysian Primary Esl Classrooms: A Pilot Study, Kuet Poh Pui, Wun Chiew Pung, Ai Ping Ho

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Written corrective feedback (WCF) is utilized by language teachers to address learners’ mistakes in writing. Although WCF studies should strike a balance between the viewpoints of teachers and learners, studies that focused on learners, especially young learners, have been limited. This study investigated Malaysian primary school learners’ beliefs of how they would like to receive written corrective feedback to grammatical mistakes (GWCF) in their essays, as well as what teachers actually did when providing GWCF in learners’ essays. Findings from the survey showed that the majority of the learners believed all the grammatical mistakes in writing should be indicated and …

Factors Associated With Postacute Covid-19 Syndrome Among Patients In Malaysia, Ahtheemathurra Ballasingam, Farida Islahudin, Siti Azdiah Abdul Aziz, Mohd Makmor-Bakry

Makara Journal of Health Research

Background: Post-acute COVID-19 is known to affect multiple organs. It is essential to determine factors that affect post-acute COVID-19 syndrome and medications needed by patients for optimized care.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted among patients recruited by stratified sampling from two COVID-19 hospitals in Malaysia. Patients were followed up for 6 months using a standard questionnaire to identify demographics, symptoms, medications taken, and factors associated with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome.

Results: A total of 388 were successfully followed up. The most frequently reported symptom was respiratory symptoms (N = 168, 43.30%), of which cough (N = …

Russian Authoritarian Discourse Of The 20th And 21st Centuries As A Subject Of Study In The University Classroom, Yulia Denisova

Russian Language Journal

The ability of students to recognize and interpret various forms of propagandist speech within the context of authoritarian discourse is crucial for effective information literacy education. This article emphasizes the need to introduce a specialized section within university courses on Russian cultural history for foreign students learning Russian. We propose naming this section “Russian Authoritarian Discourse: Features of Propaganda Language.” Focusing on the relationship between language and social structures and exploring the typology of linguistic situations shaped by social factors, the proposed section is grounded in a sociolinguistic approach. The article presents practical tools for analyzing real-life and immediately relevant …

Tracking Current Events In The Russian-Language Classroom, Cori Anderson, Daniel Brooks

Russian Language Journal

Given weaponized disinformation about recent US elections and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, media literacy has become an essential part of a 21st-century liberal arts education, in line with the AAC&U’s Essential Learning Outcomes. By including news media in the language classroom, instructors can introduce students to the products and practices of the target culture and enhance their comprehension of Russian-language texts. We describe a current events blog project, appropriate at any level of instruction, with specific examples from second- and sixth-semester university-level Russian-language courses. Students follow current events in the Russian-speaking world on a topic of their choosing, …

Constructing A Course On Russian Media Analysis For Learners At Ilr 3+/4 Proficiency, Olga Mukhortova

Russian Language Journal

The proficiency movement of the 1980s and ‘90s in foreign language teaching and learning demonstrated that U. S. students can attain Intermediate-level proficiency by the end of a four-year post-secondary course of study. Language programs can now pay more attention to enabling students to reach the Advanced1 and Superior levels (ACTFL, 2012; Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR); Martin, 2020, p. 43). One can observe the particular demand for ILR 3/4 speakers from the U. S. government in the diversity of state-sponsored initiatives in foreign languages aiming for Superior-level (ILR 3/3+) and higher proficiency. Understandably, the need for speakers of Russian at …

Digital Dissidence: Russian Foreign Agents And The Media Of Opposition, Matthew Mangold

Russian Language Journal

Over the last ten years the Russian state has veered steadily toward authoritarianism, passing new socially repressive laws and harnessing television and radio to state propaganda and disinformation about Ukraine and the west. At the same time, platforms like Vimeo and Youtube have made uploading, sharing, and viewing digital content in high-quality formats more accessible to author-producers and viewers globally. These social changes have been followed by a movement of independent, fact-grounded digital storytelling built on documentary forms and deft investigative reporting that reveals the Russian state’s negligence, corruption, and efforts at social control. This article addresses the digital environment …

Enough Excuses On Drug Importation: A New Transnational Paradigm For Fda Regulation And Lower Us Drug Prices, Gabriel Levitt

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which enforces drug safety laws, asserts that under most circumstances the importation of prescription drugs is illegal. Yet because of high drug prices in the United States, over the past couple of decades, tens of millions of Americans have imported prescription drugs for personal use. For many, this was their only way to afford them. A unique array of federal laws, regulations, and policies, including the de facto decriminalization of the practice of personal drug importation, have in effect permitted personal drug importation. The same exceptions, however, are not available for commercial drug …