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Quality Of Life Of Residents In Urban Areas Of Regulatory Plans In Kosovo, Marjan Ivezaj Oct 2020

Quality Of Life Of Residents In Urban Areas Of Regulatory Plans In Kosovo, Marjan Ivezaj

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The Metaphorisation Of ‘Vegeta’ In The Albanian Political Discourse, Jetmire Aliu, Arbër Çeliku Oct 2020

The Metaphorisation Of ‘Vegeta’ In The Albanian Political Discourse, Jetmire Aliu, Arbër Çeliku

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Metaphor, as a stylistic figure, finds use in both professional and everyday discourses. It serves as a weapon of expression, as a means of expressing the ninth, figurative and ornate meaning. In our communication space, recently, metaphor finds a dense use even in political discourse. In the current circumstances of Albanian policy-making, it often happens that we have conceptual ambiguities in the expression of what is said, scandals and even linguistic distortions, which cause a visible confusion of the entire public opinion. The most recent example to illustrate this is the metaphor of the vegeta in front of the media, …

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The Importance Of Digital Skills In Education In The Covid-19 Era, Alma V. Lama Oct 2020

The Importance Of Digital Skills In Education In The Covid-19 Era, Alma V. Lama

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Education is a fundamental right and we have to make sure we hold on to it despite any crisis and beyond. Just like in all the world, Kosovo has been affected by the pandemic COVID -19 in March 2020. The pandemic situation has changed how things function and it looks like this is going to be a new normal. As a result of it, all industries including the educational institutions, those private and public, had to reimagine how to switch into online performance and computer-based learning. Online learning has served as a lever to continue with education in an online …

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Nursing Care In Patients With Corneal Inflammation, Kaltrina Azizi, Doruntina Ismaili Oct 2020

Nursing Care In Patients With Corneal Inflammation, Kaltrina Azizi, Doruntina Ismaili

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There are two types of keratitis, the one which includes substance loss (ulcer) and the one where the inflammation process develops in deep layers without epithelium damage (keratitis stromalis or parenchimatosa).Common signs for all the types of keratitis are: cular pain that is intensified during the movement of palpebra on cornea. photophobia, it occurs from the painful contraction of the inflamed iris, decrease on sight sharpness, and watering.According to etiology, keratitis is divided in bacterial, viral, mitotic, allergic and trophic keratitis. According to this study, masculine gender is much more affected with 41 cases in total or 68.33%, then comes …

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Understanding The Process Of Dying Among Young And Old Adults, Tringa Lajqi Oct 2020

Understanding The Process Of Dying Among Young And Old Adults, Tringa Lajqi

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This qualitative study aimed to further understand and explore the different perspectives that young and old adults have regarding the process of dying , respectively how young and old adults perceive and understand the process of dying, their thoughts, feelings and beliefs regarding the personal death and the death of loved ones, the connection between life and death cycle, their insights regarding the pivotal role that culture has on the way how people approach death, different coping mechanisms when facing loss, the idea of afterlife and perspectives for the idea of being immortal. In this research study participated 8 young …

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Policing And Challenges Throughout The Covid-19 Pandemic, Fatos Haziri Oct 2020

Policing And Challenges Throughout The Covid-19 Pandemic, Fatos Haziri

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In this paper I aim to examine some new roles and practices that the police should have during the COVID 19 pandemic crisis, some of the challenges that this situation creates; new policing approach to developing a two-dimensional police response, both in carrying out traditional legal missions and responsibilities, as well as in its new role in the complex context created by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, to operate and to serve their community as the broadest function of public safety. Police today is facing a new challenge, that of policing the Covid-19 Pandemic. Traditional police practices in the pandemic situation …

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Application Of Contemporary Methods In Fighting Organized Crime In The Republic Of Kosovo, Sheqir Kutllovci Oct 2020

Application Of Contemporary Methods In Fighting Organized Crime In The Republic Of Kosovo, Sheqir Kutllovci

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In this paper 1 we will explain the causes that lead to problems in the application of modern methods and tools of combating organized crime in the Republic of Kosovo. Based on the analysis of cause and effect, efforts are being made to overcome them.The paper is based on comparative analysis and presentation of local and international forensic practices that ensure quality. The paper focuses on the following issues: analysis of the strategy against organized crime; the incompetence of the human factor in the police, prosecution and judiciary; insufficient motivation in the application of forensic methods; better coordination with contemporary …

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Anthropometric Requirements Of Children For Furniture Dimensions In Lower Secondary Schools In Kosovo (Study Case - Children Aged 8-10 Years), Rrahim Sejdiu, Blertë Sylejmani, Anduela Kasumaj, Erza Kadriu, Agron Bajraktari Oct 2020

Anthropometric Requirements Of Children For Furniture Dimensions In Lower Secondary Schools In Kosovo (Study Case - Children Aged 8-10 Years), Rrahim Sejdiu, Blertë Sylejmani, Anduela Kasumaj, Erza Kadriu, Agron Bajraktari

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The care for children is and should be the main part of a society. Successful periods were those that had the same care for children, starting from the family as the main cell of society, followed by school which has been and is the place where children learn and get educated, then also the state and all society institutions that at any case shouldn’t leave the attention for children behind so they can also see the paths of their future. Of course family and school have the main role in this education and teaching, because that’s where everything starts, where …

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Ornamental Plant Species For Urban Public Green Spaces, Nexhat Balaj Oct 2020

Ornamental Plant Species For Urban Public Green Spaces, Nexhat Balaj

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This paper aims to analyze and identify the urban vegetation and green spaces in Prishtina urban area such as; parks and green spaces, vegetation, type of trees, shrubs, urban forests and woodlands, planted public flower beds, greenway, private, public gardens and other vegetation. Urban vegetation plays an important role when it comes to cope with the challenges that are related to the urban infrastructure of 21st century. During our work we have studied vegetation in five urban green spaces in the central and northern parts of the city of Prishtina, capital Republic of Kosovo.Urban vegetation and green areas presents a …

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Building The Same Houses - Social Category, Nexhat Cocaj Oct 2020

Building The Same Houses - Social Category, Nexhat Cocaj

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In the Albanian area, especially in Kosovo, in recent decades there has been construction of houses with the same appearance (projects). The phenomenon of building houses with the same appearance, in addition to the elements of cultural heritage, it also includes elements of social life. The construction of such houses is happening not only because of their appearance, but also to prove social equality, which equality affects the aspect of economic life, namely the preservation of social equality in a close family, or even more wide. The phenomenon of building the same houses is more present in rural areas, but …

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Nursing Care For The Newborn And The Mother After Childbirth - Postpartum Phase, Home Care, Doruntina Ismaili, Kaltrina Azizi Oct 2020

Nursing Care For The Newborn And The Mother After Childbirth - Postpartum Phase, Home Care, Doruntina Ismaili, Kaltrina Azizi

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Childbirth is a joyous event when a woman gives birth to a child she desires. Despite the pain and embarrassment, childbirth is the long-awaited peak of pregnancy and the beginning of a new life. However, childbirth is also a critical time for the health of the mother and her baby. The postpartum phase is an essential period for a mother and her baby. The postpartum period includes a critical transitional time for a woman, her newborn, and her family, on a physiological, emotional, and social level.The postpartum period, or puerperium, begins about an hour after birth and includes the following …

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Evaluation Of Students’ Feedbacks On Online Education During Covid-19, Aferina Skeja, Nora Sadiku Dushi Oct 2020

Evaluation Of Students’ Feedbacks On Online Education During Covid-19, Aferina Skeja, Nora Sadiku Dushi

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Covid-19 started affecting the whole world enormously within a few weeks and is continuing to do so. The primary action taken in order to limit the spread of the virus is social isolation. This process has caused difficulties in all areas, especially in education. Universities were obliged to switch to online education as all institutions closed down without stating an expected opening date. Online education has started to become the new normal in academia, but this new normal may be imposing difficulty to some. Compulsory online education during the pandemic is perceived in different ways by students. In this study …

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Indicators Of Quality In Higher Education – Literature Review, Dugagjin Sokoli Oct 2020

Indicators Of Quality In Higher Education – Literature Review, Dugagjin Sokoli

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The educational indicators, like the rest of the social indicators, have experienced great diffusion in recent years. For this reason, education indicators are increasingly being talked about, in very different contexts and referring to very different realities. Despite the many drawbacks that present, quantitative indicators are still in the process of improvement and even creation, the truth is that they facilitate the analysis of education, although their values do not explain the causal relationships or allow conclusions to be drawn univocal. Although in the different editions (OECD, 2008) some concrete indicators have been varying, the general structure is maintained around …

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Ethics In Clinical Research On Application Of Virtual Articulators In Dentistry, Dugagjin Sokoli, Merita Sveqla, Burim Kiseri, Kujtim Shala Oct 2020

Ethics In Clinical Research On Application Of Virtual Articulators In Dentistry, Dugagjin Sokoli, Merita Sveqla, Burim Kiseri, Kujtim Shala

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Just like any other medical research field, the investigation on the use of virtual articulators in dentistry has its ethical implications. Research ethics in oral and medical investigations are critical internationally. The privacy of any participant in the research is a non-negotiable and justice is crucial at all times during the research. We researched on various online research platforms and selected 12 research papers, out of 197, that treat the ethics in research in medical and dental clinical research. We identified 10 ethical issues that needs to be considered while doing clinical research on application of virtual articulators in dentistry. …

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American Road Movies: Bony Clyde And Easy Rider, Halil Bashota Oct 2020

American Road Movies: Bony Clyde And Easy Rider, Halil Bashota

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With the advancements in science and technology in 1930s and the great developments in industrial revolution, road narratives have flourished due to a reflection of the American society towards the dynamic and upheaval changes that have happened by the recovery from the war. These multifaceted approaches to the road narratives differ, but in most cases it remains within one flow, from journey to their daily routines, traveling, means of transportations by car or motorcycles, decisions taken, and everything until the story, that is narrating the whole picture of the adventure. Therefore, the paper will study the comparison of American road …

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Attitudes Of Citizens Of The Republic Of Kosovo And The Identification Of Overcoming Mechanisms During The Covid-19-Coronavirus Period, Nausika Hoxha Oct 2020

Attitudes Of Citizens Of The Republic Of Kosovo And The Identification Of Overcoming Mechanisms During The Covid-19-Coronavirus Period, Nausika Hoxha

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The purpose of the research is to identify the overcoming mechanisms to citizens of Kosovo and how they feel during the quarantine. The research was conducted with quantitative design and 1053 participants, variated age 19-65, while the administration of the non- standardized questionnaire was online and consisted of 22 questions and 3 of them were opened questions. The analysis of the data was performed depending on the frequency obtained from the results of the online platform in a descriptive form, by which a questionnaire was administered where they present the percentages and graphs from the answers of the participants. The …

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Think-Pair-Share: Teaching Strategy Unravels Uncertainty, Duli Pllana Oct 2020

Think-Pair-Share: Teaching Strategy Unravels Uncertainty, Duli Pllana

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Think-Pair-Share and Uncertainty in general situations intersects several similarities with each other such as: thinking, communication, teamwork and creativity. Think-Pair-Share teaching strategy proceeds with three steps. Usually, it applies in all academic subjects; nonetheless, I employed it in algebra class when we analyzed open ended questions. As a teacher, I gave the question (real world situation question) to students, as a first step students read the question and analyzed the question individually. Second step, students paired in groups of four to five students; they discussed their thoughts (ideas how to solve the problem) about the question within their group. Step …

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Study On Gender Biased Language Usage In Spanish Secondary Learning Regulations, Manuel A. Bejarano Bache Oct 2020

Study On Gender Biased Language Usage In Spanish Secondary Learning Regulations, Manuel A. Bejarano Bache

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Currently, Society past mistakes about gender discrimination are being recognized. Social and civic strife are achieving to take out barriers, pre-established by means of hard pressure and control from male chauvinism. One of these barriers is that which is set through non-inclusive and sexist language, frequently biasing the message to the masculine sector, neglecting or keeping women down or on invisibility. This language is widely used and we can see it nowadays in official administrative documents. In spite of to-the-change tendency which is important and realizable, and the hard efforts which are being carried out, incomplete attempts to carry out …

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The Complexity Issues Of Enterprise Digitalization And The Organisational Challenges Of Operations: The Case Of Kosova, Ylber Limani, Edmond Hajrizi, Larry Stapleton Oct 2020

The Complexity Issues Of Enterprise Digitalization And The Organisational Challenges Of Operations: The Case Of Kosova, Ylber Limani, Edmond Hajrizi, Larry Stapleton

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One of the main challenges to business digital transformation is lack of agile approach to the operations digitalization requirements. This problem can be translated on three main related hypothetical issues: business inability to change various things in a short period of time, lack of straightforward strategic line commitment, and failure to take iterative organisational fast approach towards simplification of technology complexity. This research aims to address the potential causes of organizational inflexibility, strategic issues, and the mode of response to the complex requirements of digitalization process. The target population is composed of Kosovar enterprises with a definite sample. Qualitative research …

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Media In The Republic Of North Macedonia: Between Objective Informing And False News, Liljana Siljanovska Oct 2020

Media In The Republic Of North Macedonia: Between Objective Informing And False News, Liljana Siljanovska

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Objectivity is a key element in professional journalism as opposed to fake news that increasingly affects the media space in the Republic of North Macedonia. The irresponsible behavior of some media, especially social media, contributes to creating a climate in which the public is misled. The trend of misinformation suggests exactly that, misuse of the media space in order to lead the audience to wrong conclusions. The misinformation easily won the media space, in a way removing the position of professional media research. Many studies point to the fact that fake news travels faster than the real news. Responsible media …

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Factors On Memory Retention: Effect To Students’ Academic Performance, Irene A. Pillado, Maria Chona Z. Futalana, Sheena Mae T. Comighud Oct 2020

Factors On Memory Retention: Effect To Students’ Academic Performance, Irene A. Pillado, Maria Chona Z. Futalana, Sheena Mae T. Comighud

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This paper examined the factors contributory to memory retention affecting the academic performance in Mathematics of Grade 7 students of Kalumboyan High School, Bayawan City Division for SY 2019–2020. The study made use of the descriptive-correlational research design. The questionnaire covered five areas: motivational practices and experiences, goal setting and accomplishments, personalized learning, teaching strategies and learning activities, and educational resources and learning devices. The respondents of the study were the 160 Grade 7 students. The study utilized percentage, mean, weighted mean, and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. The salient findings revealed that the extent of students’ perception on factors contributory …

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Utilization Of Maintenance And Other Operating Expenses (Mooe) In Relation To Students’ Academic Performance, Limer N. Arevalo, Sheena Mae.T Comighud Oct 2020

Utilization Of Maintenance And Other Operating Expenses (Mooe) In Relation To Students’ Academic Performance, Limer N. Arevalo, Sheena Mae.T Comighud

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This research used the descriptive method to determine the extent of utilization of Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) in relation to Students’ Academic Performance in the Public Elementary Schools of Bayawan City Division, Negros Oriental for SY 2018-2019. The quantitative data were gathered from 68 teachers’ league presidents and 68 school heads. Also, the researcher conducted a survey questionnaire. Descriptive method was used in this study. The statistical tools used in the analysis of the data were percentage, mean, weighted mean, and spearman rank correlation coefficient. The study found out that the extent of utilization of the Maintenance and …

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Motivation In Relation To Teachers’ Performance, Sheena Mae T. Comighud, Melca Jamio Arevalo Oct 2020

Motivation In Relation To Teachers’ Performance, Sheena Mae T. Comighud, Melca Jamio Arevalo

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This research used the descriptive-correlational method to determine the level of motivation in relation to teachers’ performance. The quantitative data were gathered from 89 teachers of District 6, Bayawan City Division, Negros Oriental for SY 2018-2019. Also, the researcher conducted a survey questionnaire. Descriptive–correlational method was used in this study. The statistical tools used in the analysis of the data were percentage, mean, weighted mean, and spearman rank correlation coefficient. The study found out that the level of motivation as perceived by the teachers was “very high” in terms of the following aspects: (a) existence needs; (b) relatedness; and (c) …

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Russian Disinformation In The Balkans, Selim Ibraimi, Ruzhdi Matoshi Oct 2020

Russian Disinformation In The Balkans, Selim Ibraimi, Ruzhdi Matoshi

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The purpose of this paper is to identify the sources of Russian influence in the Western Balkans. The most influential tool of the Russian Federation is the information warfare, composed with hybrid tactics, attempting to set a foot in the Western Balkans. Qualitative methods were used for analysis and the findings. The main results indicate that Russia has divers’ methods to impact political developments in the Balkans. Russia has been interested in this part of Europe, and it engages with all interested sides in the region. With its state propaganda, Russia at least has the ability to divert the policies …

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Correlations Between National Psychology And Institutional Culture, Dervish Alimi Oct 2020

Correlations Between National Psychology And Institutional Culture, Dervish Alimi

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In Psycholinguistics, there are obvious linguistic relations between the tradition of a nation and its attitude towards the state institution, concerning the obedience to the laws and the respect for orders of the political institutions representing the state authorities. The special path of history of a nation, fulfilled with continuous fights for liberation has also impacted the lack of use of the vocabulary related to the institutional culture, whereas the nations that didn’t need to fight for their freedom, but in the contrary, they have fought to conquer lands and spread their civilizations, have a rich vocabulary regarding to the …

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Contributing Factors To The Onset Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd) Symptoms Among The Survivors Of Albania Earthquake, Diadora Cërmjani, Shkurtë Bajgora, Fjolla Ramadani Oct 2020

Contributing Factors To The Onset Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd) Symptoms Among The Survivors Of Albania Earthquake, Diadora Cërmjani, Shkurtë Bajgora, Fjolla Ramadani

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On November 2019 Albania was shook by the largest earthquake to hit this country in less than forty years. Earthquakes like that one give rise to mental health problems like PTSD symptoms, but some people report far more PTSD related symptoms than others. Therefore, this study aims to understand the factors that make some earthquake survivors more prone to experience PTSD symptoms. 227 participants were part of this study (74 % females). Self- report questionnaires were used such as Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES-R) and The Life Stressor Checklist-Revised (LSC-R). The results indicate that proximity to epicenter of …

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Security Of Information Systems - Legal And Ethical Rules, Chalenges Of Appying In Kosova., Ruzhdi Jashari, Muhamet Avdyli Oct 2020

Security Of Information Systems - Legal And Ethical Rules, Chalenges Of Appying In Kosova., Ruzhdi Jashari, Muhamet Avdyli

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Being aware of the epochal developments of Information Technology and Communication, as well as the irreplaceable role in all areas of life and the new challenges that digitalization has brought during its use, our project will clarify the legal rules, ethical and challenges during application use in Kosovo. While we are having our time off, lunchtime, sleep time or we disconnect from information network for some moments, we see that with the clicks we are making in our computer machine, we stumble in a lot of new information. But in the ICT field, we are full of information about hundreds …

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Gender Stereotypes Portrayed Through Colours In Magazines– Corpus-Based Study, Rina Krasniqi Oct 2020

Gender Stereotypes Portrayed Through Colours In Magazines– Corpus-Based Study, Rina Krasniqi

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the corpus of two magazines (Cosmopolitan and Men’s Health) and whether they sub-consciously portray gender stereotypes. This study focuses on the usage of the seven basic colors (Primary (N=3), secondary (N=3), and black) in the magazines, their frequency in articles, and the purpose of usage. A mixed method was used in order to retrieve the results of this research. The quantitative method was utilized to extract the frequency of a color in both magazines, whereas the qualitative method explored the usage of colors in context, so within the articles. The findings of …

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Nursing Care In The Quality Of Life Of Patients With Stome- Colostome And Patient Education Even Outside Hospitals, Fëllënza Spahiu, Yllka Krasniqi, Besnik Elshani Oct 2020

Nursing Care In The Quality Of Life Of Patients With Stome- Colostome And Patient Education Even Outside Hospitals, Fëllënza Spahiu, Yllka Krasniqi, Besnik Elshani

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The colon is the last part of the human digestive tract. It consists of the colon, rectum and anus which is the most final part that performs defecation or defecation. The task of the colon is to absorb fluids, residual nutrients, pass on fecal materials, and dispose of them. When the colon, rectum, or anus cannot perform this function due to various diseases or traumatic injuries, then another way must be found to eliminate fecal material. The colostomy consists of an opening (stoma) of the colon and its ascent to the abdominal wall, creating a new communication to eliminate gases …

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The Influence Of Parents’ Educational Styles On Students’ Dangerous Behavior, In Terms Of Alcohol Consumption, Mirlinde Bilalli Oct 2020

The Influence Of Parents’ Educational Styles On Students’ Dangerous Behavior, In Terms Of Alcohol Consumption, Mirlinde Bilalli

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The aim of this study was to detect the connection of the parenting upbringing styles with the drinking habits of the adolescents. A sample study has been conducted over 600 respondents, students from primary and secondary schools from the Polog region. The scale used for assessment of upbringing styles was applied- “Egna Minnen Batraffande Uppfostran” (EMBU), as well as the questionnaire by the WHO form “The global research of the adolescents’ health”. The statistical analysis of the data gained from the research was made with the statistical program SPSS 17,0. The results revealed that the structure of the respondents was …

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