Measurement of the Students' Attitude Toward a Whole-languageapproach-based Lecture Using Score Questionnaires

The objective was to investigate students' attitude toward the implementation of a whole language approach on Reading and Writing for Occupational Purposes Course in the academic year of 2013/2014. The approaches employed were phonological and phoneme awareness, phonic and word study, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension skills and strategies, and writing. The participants were 15 students of the English Language Education Department, Universitas Islam Indonesia. SCORE questionnaire using the Likert's scale was the instrument. Calculation was to find out score index and categorization by following Riduwan's (2007) score interpretation criteria. The findings showed that in the simple category, two of ten questions were agreed absolutely (100%), in the clear category, all questions were agreed for 80 %, in the original category, five of thirteen questions reached majority of agreement (100%), in the relevant category, one of five questions was agreed absolutely (100%), and in the enjoyable category, all questions were agreed by 93%

A Fundamental Idea Of Understanding A Sentence Gramatically

To study of syntax, the concept of structure is fundamental. However structure itself is a very general concept and most of the language learners are assumed that their understanding about sentence is obvious. For many people, a sentence is considered group of words. This idea is not appropriate when a deep study of fundamental idea of a sentence is done.Linguistically speaking, sentences are not formed by words alone but by structural units known as constituents. The constituent has a certain specifiable function in the structure of the thing as a whole. However, the. fundamental idea of a sentence grammatically is that a sentence consists of phrase. Therefore, sentence (S) consists of noun phrase (NP) and verb phrase (VP). The idea of phrase here is to accommodate even a single constituent A at a sentence has. The basic principle of sentence, therefore, is S=NP+VP. It is obvious that NP and VP directly form a sentence. Furthermore, in terms of relation that the phrase may have in a sentence, there are four kinds of phrase relation in a sentence. They are modification, complementation, predication, and coordination

Comprehending Assimilation Pattern by Tracing Its Phonological Process: Input, Environment, and Process

Native speakers, English mother tongue, speak naturally. Although they do not think the way how they are pronouncing words, they seem to simplify their speeches-Therefore, it is often difficult to understand what is spoken by them because it is heard like babbling. One of the simplifications of speeches is assimilation. Assimilation is one of phonological processes. Comprehending its phonological process means understanding its input, environment, and process. Therefore, all phenomena of pronunciation particularly assimilation are collected and then they are classified and described one by one based on its input, environment and process. The result of the research is that to anticipate the preceding word, the first is anticipating the preceding: a) when alveolar is preceded by bilabial, alveolar will anticipate the bilabial by changing alveolar into bilabial, b) when alveolar is preceded by velar, alveolar will anticipate the velar by changing alveolar into velar, c) when alveolar is preceded by palato alveolar, alveolar will anticipate by changing into palato alveolar

EFFICACY OF FLUMETHRIN POUR-ON AGAINST TICKS ON N’DAMA/ BROWN CROSS CATTLE UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS

The efficacy of a commercially available synthetic pyrethroid, 1% flumethrin (Bayticol(R) pour-on), in the control of ticks found on N’Dama/Brown cross cattle was studied. Ten (10) adult N’Dama/Brown crosses were used. Prior to the treatment, the animals were examined for the presence of ticks. The developmental stages and the species of ticks detected were determined. The species of ticks seen on the cattle were Boophilus decoloratus, Hyalomma rufipes and Amblyomma  variegatum. There was 99% and 100% reduction in ticks count at 48hours and 7 days respectively post treatment. There was a low rate of reinfestation up till 42 days post treatment. This study therefore indicated that 1% flumethrin pour-on can control tick infestation and prevent heavy reinfestation of N’ Dama / Brown cross cattle for up to five to six weeks post treatment

Bilateral pneumothorax as possible atypical presentation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

© 2020 The Authors Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is most frequently associated with a mild presentation of fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Typical radiographic findings of COVID-19 are bilateral ground-glass opacities on computed tomography (CT) scans. However, there have been instances of pneumothorax, giant bulla, and pneumomediastinum, mainly in elderly COVID-19 patients and predominately occurring at least one week after symptom onset. Here, we report a case where a healthy, young Hispanic man presented with three days of fever, cough, and dyspnea. On admission to the emergency department, he was found to have bilateral pneumothoraces, pneumomediastinum, and pneumopericardium requiring bilateral chest tubes. The patient had no predisposing risk factors for pneumothorax, such as a history of trauma, smoking, past intubations, asthma, high pressure oxygen delivery, or a history of prior pneumothorax. The only positive diagnostic test was a SARS-CoV-2 test by real-time reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction assay. This case highlights the potential atypical presentation of a COVID-19 infection and is the first reported case, to our knowledge, that features bilateral spontaneous pneumothoraces, pneumomediastinum, and pneumopericardium as a probable rare presentation of COVID-19

In Vitro Propagation and Conservation of Inula Racemosa Hook. F. an Endangered Medicinal Plant of Temperate Origin

Inula racemosa is an endangered medicinal plant. It is commonly known as Pushkarmool, Pushkar and Manu. The great sage Charaka has characterized it as Hikka magrahana (stops hiccups) and Savasahara (helpful in asthma). Also, he has cited it as the best medicament for pleurisy along with cough and asthma (http://enwikipedia.org/wiki/charaka-samhita). Due to the fragile nature of its habitat and exploitation due to its commercial medicinal properties, the species are facing the onslaught of indiscriminate over-exploitation. So far, this plant has not got the required attention from researchers, hence, except for a few efforts, not much work has been done for its cultivation and conservation. Plant tissue culture offers an attractive and quick method for its multiplication and further conservation. In the present investigation, effective procedures for micropropagation and in vitro conservation by vitrification were developed. In vitro propagation using aseptically grown seedlings and in vitro conservation via vitrification were standardized. The in vitro conserved material could be retrieved and multiplied normally on MS (Murashige and Skoog, 1962) medium fortified with 1.00 mg l-1BA (benzyl adenine) which has been recorded as the best performing medium for in vitro shoot multiplication. The conserved shoots showed normal in vitro propagation and after retrieval from vitrification, platelets were hardened and successfully established in the experimental fields under Nauni (Solan, HP) conditions at an elevation of around 1275 meters above mean sea level

Variant Domination Types for a Complete h-ary Tree

يعتبر البيان أداة جيدة  لحلول بعض مشاكل الشبكات. من هذة المشاكل هي مسالة الهيمنة في الشبكات والتي تدرس عن طريق نظرية البيانات بعد تحويل الشبكة الي بيان الذي هو مجموعة من الرؤوس مع مجموعة من الحافات التي تربط بين هذه الرؤوس.  اي مجموعة جزيئة من رؤوس البيان هي مجموعة هيمنة في البيان اذا كان اي راس في البيان اما ينتمي لمجموعة الهيمنة او له جوار في هذه المجموعة. رقم الهيمنة هو قياس اصغر مجموعة تهيمن على البيان. لأهمية هذا الموضوع في مختلف المجالات ، انواع مختلف من الهيمنة في البيانات تم استخدامها في هذا البحث. وذلك بوضع شرط على مجموعة الهيمنة او شرط على مجموعة باقي رؤوس البيان او على المجموعتين. في هذا البحث تم اختيار نوعين من الهيمنة . الاول هو الهيمنة المقيدة حيث الشرط وضع على مجموعة الرؤوس خارج المجموعة المقيدة . اما النوع الثاني وهو الهيمنة الآمنة وهي المجموعة المهيمنة مع وضع شرط على المجموعة المهيمنة. تم دراسة الهيمنة الآمنة مع  انواع مختلفة من الهيمنة المقيدة على عائلة من الاشجاروهي اشجار شعاع الجذر المتكامل ذو العمق .Graph  is a tool that can be used to simplify and solve network problems. Domination is a typical network problem that graph theory is well suited for. A subset of nodes in any network is called dominating if every node is contained in this subset, or is connected to a node in it via an edge. Because of the importance of domination in different areas, variant types of domination have been introduced according to the purpose they are used for. In this paper, two domination parameters the first is the restrained and the second is secure domination have been chosn. The secure domination, and some types of restrained domination in one type of trees is called complete ary tree  are determined

Can remote STI/HIV testing and eClinical Care be compatible with robust public health surveillance?

In this paper we outline the current data capture systems for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infection (STI) surveillance used by Public Health England (PHE), and how these will be affected by the introduction of novel testing platforms and changing patient pathways. We outline the Chlamydia Online Clinical Care Pathway (COCCP), developed as part of the Electronic Self-Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections (eSTI(2)) Consortium, which ensures that surveillance data continue to be routinely collected and transmitted to PHE. We conclude that both novel diagnostic testing platforms and established data capture systems must be adaptable to ensure continued robust public health surveillance

Disparity in Maternal Health Services Among the Different Geopolitical Zones in Nigeria

Although the use of antenatal and other skilled maternal health delivery services in Nigeria was reported to be on the increase, this research explored whether geopolitical zone of residence and place of domicile are associated with the number of antenatal visits and place of delivery. A quantitative cross-sectional study based on secondary data from the Demographic and Health Survey was used to examine the relationship between women’s geopolitical zone of residence, place of domicile (rural/urban), and the number of antenatal visits (categorized as fewer than four or four or more) and delivery (home or health facility). A total of 33,385 women aged 15–49 years were recruited from 888 clusters spread across all the 36 states and the federal capital territory of Nigeria using a stratified two stage proportionate to size cluster design. A higher proportion of women from the South West and North Central zones had made four or more antenatal care visits compared to the other geopolitical zones. The difference was statistically significant even after controlling for differences in education, income, ethnicity, religion, autonomy, and place of domicile (adjusted odd ratio = 2.062; 95% confidence interval [1.897, 2.241]; p \u3c .05). Healthcare policy makers should consider the potential impact of geopolitical zones and place of domicile to enable the development of an all-inclusive strategy to robustly address maternal health services in Nigeria

Seaweed distribution on diversity on the intertidal rocks at Nochiyurani coast of Gulf of Mannar

The present study deals with 21 seaweed species from the intertidal rocks at nine sampling stations along Nochiyurani coast during six month period from January to June 2014. Among the different species of seaweeds, the dominant species Gracilaria corticata in all the sampling stations indicated it's adaptability to the surf zone. Acanthophora spicifera and Caulerpa scalpellifomis var. denticulata were the next two dominant species. The present study reveals that intertidal rocks occurring along the entire coast of Nochiyurani offer suitable substratum for the luxuriant growth of seaweeds. The lack of anthropogenic activity along this coast favours for the good growth of different seaweeds