Efektifitas Pengajaran Kosakata Bahasa Tionghoa melalui Permainan di Kursus Bahasa Tionghoa Elyon

Penggunaan bahasa Tionghoa sebagai bahasa kedua saat ini semakin meningkat. Pada pengajaran bahasa Tionghoa khususnya pengajaran kosa kata, salah satu cara yang dapat digunakan oleh pengajar bahasa Tionghoa adalah dengan menggunakan metode permainan. Saat ini masih banyak pengajar bahasa Tionghoa yang menggunakan metode pengajaran tradisional. Oleh sebab itu, penulis melakukan penelitian mengenai efektifitas pengajaran dengan permainan dalam pengajaran kosakata bahasa Tionghoa di kursus bahasa Tionghoa Elyon. Metode penelitian yang digunakan ialah desain pengukuran berulang dengan penyajian data menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan t-test. Subjek penelitian ini ialah siswa-siswi kelas 3 dan pengajar bahasa Tionghoa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa metode pengajaran kosakata bahasa Tionghoa dengan permainan lebih efektif bagi siswa dalam belajar bahasa Tionghoa. Dan metode pengajaran dengan permainan ini juga dapat mengembangkan kreativitas bagi pengajar bahasa Tionghoa

Persepsi Pasien Non Tionghoa di Klinik Karang Asem Surabaya terhadap Pengobatan Tradisional Tiongkok 泗水KarangAsem路中医非华裔病人接受中医治疗的原因和看法

Dahulu orang non Tionghoa hanya minum jamu, ke dukun dan ke dokter umum bila sakit. Namun, 15 tahun terakhir, orang non Tionghoa yang menerima pengobatan tradisional Tiongkok di Surabaya semakin banyak. Penulis menggunakan metode kualitatif untuk menjelaskan pendapat dan alasan Pasien non Tionghoa di Klinik Surabaya terhadap pengobatan tradisional Tiongkok. Dari hasil wawancara disimpulkan: narasumber menerima pengobatan tradisional Tiongkok karena direkomendasikan orang lain. Para perekomendasi menyatakan bahwa teknik pengobatan tradisional Tiongkok sangat bagus. Ketika perekomendasi menjelaskan bahwa sinse seorang Tionghoa, pewawancara merasa khawatir pada awalnya. Tetapi, perekomendasi menjelaskan bahwa sinse ini tidak memandang ras dan agama. Orang non Tionghoa yang disembuhkan olehnya juga tidak sedikit. Para pewawancara setelah menerima mengobatan tradisional Tiongkok, menurut mereka ramuan obat tidak berbahan kimia, namun sulit diramu dan rasanya pahit. Pasien yang menerima akupuntur beranggapan bahwa dengan menggunakan jarum saja sudah bisa menyembuhkan penyakit, dan harganya tidak mahal

Influence of uniaxial tensile stress on the mechanical and piezoelectric properties of short-period ferroelectric superlattice

Tetragonal ferroelectric/ferroelectric BaTiO3/PbTiO3 superlattice under uniaxial tensile stress along the c axis is investigated from first principles. We show that the calculated ideal tensile strength is 6.85 GPa and that the superlattice under the loading of uniaxial tensile stress becomes soft along the nonpolar axes. We also find that the appropriately applied uniaxial tensile stress can significantly enhance the piezoelectricity for the superlattice, with piezoelectric coefficient d33 increasing from the ground state value by a factor of about 8, reaching 678.42 pC/N. The underlying mechanism for the enhancement of piezoelectricity is discussed

First-Principles Study of Magnetic Properties of 3dTransition Metals Doped in ZnO Nanowires

The defect formation energies of transition metals (Cr, Fe, and Ni) doped in the pseudo-H passivated ZnO nanowires and bulk are systematically investigated using first-principles methods. The general chemical trends of the nanowires are similar to those of the bulk. We also show that the formation energy increases as the diameter of the nanowire decreases, indicating that the doping of magnetic ions in the ZnO nanowire becomes more difficult with decreasing diameter. We also systematically calculate the ferromagnetic properties of transition metals doped in the ZnO nanowire and bulk, and find that Cr ions of the nanowire favor ferromagnetic state, which is consistent with the experimental results. We also find that the ferromagnetic coupling state of Cr is more stable in the nanowire than in the bulk, which may lead to a higherTcuseful for the nano-materials design of spintronics

Polymorphisms of XRCC4 are involved in reduced colorectal cancer risk in Chinese schizophrenia patients

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genetic factors related to the regulation of apoptosis in schizophrenia patients may be involved in a reduced vulnerability to cancer. XRCC4 is one of the potential candidate genes associated with schizophrenia which might induce colorectal cancer resistance.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>To examine the genetic association between colorectal cancer and schizophrenia, we analyzed five SNPs (rs6452526, rs2662238, rs963248, rs35268, rs2386275) covering ~205.7 kb in the region of XRCC4.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We observed that two of the five genetic polymorphisms showed statistically significant differences between 312 colorectal cancer subjects without schizophrenia and 270 schizophrenia subjects (rs6452536, p = 0.004, OR 0.61, 95% CI 0.44-0.86; rs35268, p = 0.028, OR 1.54, 95% CI 1.05-2.26). Moreover, the haplotype which combined all five markers was the most significant, giving a global <it>p </it>= 0.0005.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Our data firstly indicate that XRCC4 may be a potential protective gene towards schizophrenia, conferring reduced susceptibility to colorectal cancer in the Han Chinese population.</p

Synthesis and Characterization of Glomerate GaN Nanowires

Glomerate GaN nanowires were synthesized on Si(111) substrates by annealing sputtered Ga2O3/Co films under flowing ammonia at temperature of 950 °C. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy and Fourier transformed infrared spectra were used to characterize the morphology, crystallinity and microstructure of the as-synthesized samples. Our results show that the samples are of hexagonal wurtzite structure. For the majority of GaN nanowires, the length is up to tens of microns and the diameter is in the range of 50–200 nm. The growth process of the GaN nanowires is dominated by Co–Ga–N alloy mechanism

Lack of Trehalose Accelerates H2O2-Induced Candida albicans Apoptosis through Regulating Ca2+ Signaling Pathway and Caspase Activity

Trehalose is a non-reducing disaccharide and can be accumulated in response to heat or oxidative stresses in Candida albicans. Here we showed that a C. albicans tps1Δ mutant, which is deficient in trehalose synthesis, exhibited increased apoptosis rate upon H2O2 treatment together with an increase of intracellular Ca2+ level and caspase activity. When the intracellular Ca2+ level was stimulated by adding CaCl2 or A23187, both the apoptosis rate and caspase activity were increased. In contrast, the presence of two calcium chelators, EGTA and BAPTA, could attenuate these effects. Moreover, we investigated the role of Ca2+ pathway in C. albicans apoptosis and found that both calcineurin and the calcineurin-dependent transcription factor, Crz1p, mutants showed decreased apoptosis and caspase activity upon H2O2 treatment compared to the wild-type cells. Expression of CaMCA1, the only gene found encoding a C. albicans metacaspase, in calcineurin-deleted or Crz1p-deleted cells restored the cell sensitivity to H2O2. Our results suggest that Ca2+ and its downstream calcineurin/Crz1p/CaMCA1 pathway are involved in H2O2 -induced C. albicans apoptosis. Inhibition of this pathway might be the mechanism for the protective role of trehalose in C. albicans

World-Wide FINGERS Network: A global approach to risk reduction and prevention of dementia

© 2020 The Authors. Alzheimer\u27s & Dementia published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Alzheimer\u27s Association Reducing the risk of dementia can halt the worldwide increase of affected people. The multifactorial and heterogeneous nature of late-onset dementia, including Alzheimer\u27s disease (AD), indicates a potential impact of multidomain lifestyle interventions on risk reduction. The positive results of the landmark multidomain Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER) support such an approach. The World-Wide FINGERS (WW-FINGERS), launched in 2017 and including over 25 countries, is the first global network of multidomain lifestyle intervention trials for dementia risk reduction and prevention. WW-FINGERS aims to adapt, test, and optimize the FINGER model to reduce risk across the spectrum of cognitive decline—from at-risk asymptomatic states to early symptomatic stages—in different geographical, cultural, and economic settings. WW-FINGERS aims to harmonize and adapt multidomain interventions across various countries and settings, to facilitate data sharing and analysis across studies, and to promote international joint initiatives to identify globally implementable and effective preventive strategies