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Information Literacy Skills Required by Blind and visually Impaired Students for Effective Information Access in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka

The work examined the information literacy skills (ILS) of blind and visually impaired students for effective access to information in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The study is a case study, guided by four research objectives which include: ILS’s possessed by the blind and visually impaired students, Method of acquisition of ILS, challenges encountered in the acquisition of ILS and strategies of enhancing their ILS acquisition. The study is a case study. The instruments for data collection were questionnaire and interview. The population of the study comprised 95 visually impaired students of the UNN. Copies of the questionnaire were administered to all 95 visually impaired students, in the presence of volunteered librarians who assisted them in filling the questionnaire. 90 were returned and used for the analysis. Descriptive statistics of frequency mean was used to analyse the data from questionnaire while data obtained from interview was analysed qualitatively. The result revealed that the visually impaired students possess adequate information literacy skills that will enable them to excel in their academic endeavours, though with some challenges, Recommendation were made based on the challenges. These include Incorporating ILS training in the use of library and study skills course taught by Librarians to students, Provision of regular power supply or generating set with automatic change over, provision of scholarship to the people with disability, designing ILS as a compulsory course to all students in the university curriculum, organizing librarians and management information science (MIS) staff, being stake holders, to teach the course and demonstrate the skills to the students with visual impairment and most importantly, creating a sub section of the university library with state of the art facilities and appropriate furnishing, to assist the blind and visually impaired to acquire the IL

KOREAN WAVE SEBAGAI INSTRUMEN SOFT POWER DIPLOMASI KEBUDAYAAN KOREAN SELATAN DI INDONESIA

ABSTRAKKorean Wave atau Hallyu merupakan penyebaran budaya popular dan hiburan Korea yang mulai tersebar pada pertengahan tahun 1990an yang akhirnya menjadi salah satu soft power diplomasi kebudayaan Korea Selatan dan masih terus bertransformasi hingga saat ini. Kesuksesan Korean Wave saat ini tidak lepas dari dukungan pemerintahnya yang memberikan dukungan penuh terhadap peningkatan Korean Wave. Saatini dimana pemerintah Korea Selatan sangat gencar meningkatkan dan menyebarkan Korean Wave di belahan dunia termasuk di Indonesia. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui dan menjelaskan bagaimana sejarah terbentuknya Korean Wave sebagai instrument soft power diplomasi kebudayaan Korea Selatan dan bagaimana Penerapan Korean Wave sebagai Instrument Soft Power Diplomasi Kebudayaan Korea Selatan di Indonesia serta mengetahui dan menjelaskan apa pengaruh Korean Wave sebagai instrument soft power diplomasi kebudayaan dalam membangun citra Korea Selatan di Indonesia. Untuk itu metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini berbasis dokumen serta berbasis internet melalui buku, jurnal, dokumen, artikel,koran online, maupun laporan penelitian dari penelitian terdahulu. Dalam menganalisa data digunakan analisis kualitatif dimana dari data yang didapat disusun berdasarkan fakta-fakta yang ada kemudian mengkorelasikannya satu sama lain untuk melihat bagaimana penerapan Korean wave di Indonesia yang dijalankan oleh pemerintah Korea Selatan dan di dukung oleh para pelaku bisnis industri,media serta masyarakat secara umum serta pengaruh yang ditimbulkan terhadap citra Korea Selatan di Indonesia untuk kemudian ditarik sebuah kesimpulan. Dari data yang diperoleh menunjukkan bahwa melalui kepopuleran Korean Wave pemerintah Korea Selatan dapat mengelola dan memanfaatkan budaya Korean Wave menjadi soft diplomasi Korea Selatan sehingga dapat memperkuat posisinya dan meningkatkan citra Korea selatan di Indonesia bahkan di belahan bumi lainnya. Kata Kunci: Korean Wave; Soft Power; Diplomasi Kebudayaan. ABSTRACT               Korean Wave or Hallyu is the spread of popular culture and entertainment in Korea which began to spread in the mid-1990s which eventually became one of South Korea's soft power cultural diplomacy and still continues to transform today. The success of the Korean Wave is currently inseparable from the support of the government which provides full support for the improvement of the Korean Wave. At present, the South Korean government is intensely increasing and spreading Korean Wave in parts of the world, including in Indonesia. This research was conducted to find out and explain how the history of the Korean Wave was formed as a soft power instrument of South Korean cultural diplomacy and how to apply the Korean Wave as a South Korean Cultural Diplomacy Soft Instrument in Indonesia and to know and explain what Korean Wave influences as a soft power instrument in cultural diplomacy build the image of South Korea in Indonesia. For this reason the method used in this study is document-based and internet-based through books, journals, documents, articles, online newspapers, and research reports from previous studies. In analyzing the data, qualitative analysis is used where the data obtained is compiled based on the facts and then correlates with each other to see how the application of the Korean wave in Indonesia is run by the South Korean government and is supported by industrial, media and community businesses. general as well as the influence that has been made on the image of South Korea in Indonesia to draw a conclusion. From the data obtained shows that through the popularity of the Korean Wave the South Korean government can manage and utilize the Korean Wave culture into South Korea's soft diplomacy so that it can strengthen its position and enhance the image of South Korea in Indonesia even in the other hemisphere. Keywords: Korean Wave; Soft Power; Cultural Diplomacy.ABSTRAKKorean Wave atau Hallyu merupakan penyebaran budaya popular dan hiburan Korea yang mulai tersebar pada pertengahan tahun 1990an yang akhirnya menjadi salah satu soft power diplomasi kebudayaan Korea Selatan dan masih terus bertransformasi hingga saat ini. Kesuksesan Korean Wave saat ini tidak lepas dari dukungan pemerintahnya yang memberikan dukungan penuh terhadap peningkatan Korean Wave. Saatini dimana pemerintah Korea Selatan sangat gencar meningkatkan dan menyebarkan Korean Wave di belahan dunia termasuk di Indonesia. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui dan menjelaskan bagaimana sejarah terbentuknya Korean Wave sebagai instrument soft power diplomasi kebudayaan Korea Selatan dan bagaimana Penerapan Korean Wave sebagai Instrument Soft Power Diplomasi Kebudayaan Korea Selatan di Indonesia serta mengetahui dan menjelaskan apa pengaruh Korean Wave sebagai instrument soft power diplomasi kebudayaan dalam membangun citra Korea Selatan di Indonesia. Untuk itu metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini berbasis dokumen serta berbasis internet melalui buku, jurnal, dokumen, artikel,koran online, maupun laporan penelitian dari penelitian terdahulu. Dalam menganalisa data digunakan analisis kualitatif dimana dari data yang didapat disusun berdasarkan fakta-fakta yang ada kemudian mengkorelasikannya satu sama lain untuk melihat bagaimana penerapan Korean wave di Indonesia yang dijalankan oleh pemerintah Korea Selatan dan di dukung oleh para pelaku bisnis industri,media serta masyarakat secara umum serta pengaruh yang ditimbulkan terhadap citra Korea Selatan di Indonesia untuk kemudian ditarik sebuah kesimpulan. Dari data yang diperoleh menunjukkan bahwa melalui kepopuleran Korean Wave pemerintah Korea Selatan dapat mengelola dan memanfaatkan budaya Korean Wave menjadi soft diplomasi Korea Selatan sehingga dapat memperkuat posisinya dan meningkatkan citra Korea selatan di Indonesia bahkan di belahan bumi lainnya. Kata Kunci: Korean Wave; Soft Power; Diplomasi Kebudayaan.  ABSTRACT               Korean Wave or Hallyu is the spread of popular culture and entertainment in Korea which began to spread in the mid-1990s which eventually became one of South Korea's soft power cultural diplomacy and still continues to transform today. The success of the Korean Wave is currently inseparable from the support of the government which provides full support for the improvement of the Korean Wave. At present, the South Korean government is intensely increasing and spreading Korean Wave in parts of the world, including in Indonesia. This research was conducted to find out and explain how the history of the Korean Wave was formed as a soft power instrument of South Korean cultural diplomacy and how to apply the Korean Wave as a South Korean Cultural Diplomacy Soft Instrument in Indonesia and to know and explain what Korean Wave influences as a soft power instrument in cultural diplomacy build the image of South Korea in Indonesia. For this reason the method used in this study is document-based and internet-based through books, journals, documents, articles, online newspapers, and research reports from previous studies. In analyzing the data, qualitative analysis is used where the data obtained is compiled based on the facts and then correlates with each other to see how the application of the Korean wave in Indonesia is run by the South Korean government and is supported by industrial, media and community businesses. general as well as the influence that has been made on the image of South Korea in Indonesia to draw a conclusion. From the data obtained shows that through the popularity of the Korean Wave the South Korean government can manage and utilize the Korean Wave culture into South Korea's soft diplomacy so that it can strengthen its position and enhance the image of South Korea in Indonesia even in the other hemisphere. Keywords: Korean Wave; Soft Power; Cultural Diplomacy

‘Savage times come again’ : Morel, Wells, and the African Soldier, c.1885-1920

The African soldier trained in western combat was a figure of fear and revulsion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. My article examines representations of African soldiers in nonfictional writings by E.D. Morel about the Congo Free State (1885-1908), the same author’s reportage on African troops in post-First World War Germany, and H.G. Wells’s speculative fiction When the Sleeper Wakes (1899, 1910). In each text racist and anti-colonialist discourses converge in representing the African soldier as the henchman of corrupt imperialism. His alleged propensity for taboo crimes of cannibalism and rape are conceived as threats to white safety and indeed supremacy. By tracing Wells’s connections to the Congo reform campaign and situating his novel between two phases of Morel’s writing career, I interpret When the Sleeper Wakes as neither simply a reflection of past events in Africa or as a prediction of future ones in Europe. It is rather a transcultural text which reveals the impact of European culture upon the ‘Congo atrocities’, and the inscription of this controversy upon European popular cultural forms and social debates

Use of Fluid-Ventilated, Gas-Permeable Scleral Lens for Management of Severe Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca Secondary to Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease

AbstractKeratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) occurs in 40%-60% of patients with chronic graft-versus-host-disease (cGVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Although immunosuppressive therapy is the primary treatment of chronic GVHD, ocular symptoms require measures to improve ocular lubrication, decrease inflammation, and maintain mucosal integrity. The liquid corneal bandage provided by a fluid-ventilated, gas-permeable scleral lens (SL) has been effective in mitigating symptoms and resurfacing corneal erosions in patients with KCS related to causes other than cGVHD. We report outcomes in 9 consecutive patients referred for SL fitting for cGVHD-related severe KCS that was refractory to standard treatments. All patients reported improvement of ocular symptoms and reduced the use of topical lubricants after SL fitting resulting from decreased evaporation. No serious adverse events or infections attributable to the SL occurred. The median Ocular Surface Disease Index improved from 81 (75-100) to 21 (6-52) within 2 weeks after SL fitting, and was 12 (2-53) at the time of last contact, 1-23 months (median, 8.0) after SL fitting. Disability related to KCS resolved in 7 patients after SL fitting. The use of SL appears to be safe and effective in patients with severe cGVHD-related KCS refractory to conventional therapies

A multicenter, longitudinal, interventional, double blind randomized clinical trial in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients residing in remote areas: Lessons learned from the late cytomegalovirus prevention trial

AbstractPurposeThe logistics of conducting double-blinded phase III clinical trials with participants residing in remote locations are complex. Here we describe the implementation of an interventional trial for the prevention of late cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) subjects in a long-term follow-up environment.MethodsA total of 184 subjects at risk for late CMV disease surviving 80 days following allogeneic HCT were randomized to receive six months of valganciclovir or placebo. Subjects were followed through day 270 post-transplant at their local physician's office within the United States. Anti-viral treatment interventions were based on CMV DNAemia as measured by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (>1000 copies/mL) and granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) was prescribed for neutropenia (absolute neutrophil count (ANC < 1.0 × 109 cells/L). Blood samples for viral testing and safety monitoring were shipped to a central laboratory by overnight carrier. Real-time communication was established between the coordinating center and study sites, primary care physicians, and study participants to facilitate starting, stopping and dose adjustments of antiviral drugs and G-CSF. The time required to make these interventions was analyzed.ResultsOf the 4169 scheduled blood specimens, 3832 (92%) were received and analyzed; the majority (97%) arriving at the central site within 2 days. Among subjects with positive CMV DNAemia (N = 46), over 50% received open label antiviral medication within one day. The median time to start G-CSF for neutropenia was <1 day after posting of laboratory results (range 0–6; N = 38). Study drug dose adjustments for abnormal renal function were implemented 203 times; within one day for 48% of cases and within 2 days for 80% of cases.ConclusionComplex randomized, double-blind, multicenter interventional trials with treatment decisions made at a central coordinating site can be conducted safely and effectively according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines over a large geographic area

Assessing Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis

Systematic uncertainties in the light-element abundances and their evolution make a rigorous statistical assessment difficult. However, using Bayesian methods we show that the following statement is robust: the predicted and measured abundances are consistent with 95\% credibility only if the baryon-to-photon ratio is between $2\times 10^{-10}$ and $6.5\times 10^{-10}$ and the number of light neutrino species is less than 3.9. Our analysis suggests that the $^4$He abundance may have been systematically underestimated.Comment: 7 pages, LaTeX(2.09), 6 postscript figures (attached). A postscript version with figures can be found at ftp://astro.uchicago.edu/pub/astro/copi/assessing_BBN . (See the README file for details