The effectiveness of English cartoon movie towards vocabulary score

This study is aimed to measure the effectiveness of English cartoon movie toward vocabulary score at the seventh graders of MTs Muslimat Nu Palangka Raya. The study included in quantitative Approach with Quasi Experimental design, especially non-randomized control group, pre-test and post-test. It was designed the Lesson Plan, conducted the treatment and observed the students’ score by pre-test and post-test. The population of study was the seventh graders of MTs Muslimat Nu Palangka Raya which consisted of 3 classes that each class of 39 students. The writer chose VII-A as control class and VII-B experiment class which both as sample. The sample was determined using cluster random sampling technique. The writer applied T-test calculation to test the hypothesis to analyze the data. The result of testing normality found asymptotic significance (0.121) that was higher than significance level (α=0.05). It could be concluded the data distribution was normal. The result of homogeneity showed that the significance observed (0.80) was higher than (α=0.05). It could be concluded that the data was homogeneous. The result of T-test using manual calculation found tobserved (3.5408684) and ttable at signifance level of 5% (1.99). It meant tobserved>ttable. The result of T-test using SPSS 18.0 calculation found tobserved (3.201) was higher than ttable at significance level of 5% (1.99). It was interpreted that the alternative hypotheses (Ha) stating there is significant effect of English cartoon movie toward vocabulary score at the seventh graders of MTs Muslimat Nu Palangka Raya was accepted and null hypotheses (Ho) stating there is no significant effect of English cartoon movie toward vocabulary score at the seventh graders of MTs Muslimat Nu Palangka Raya was rejected, It is proved the value tobserved was higher than ttable, either at significance level 5% or 1% (1.992.64). It meant that teaching vocabulary using English cartoon movie gave significant effect on vocabulary score at the seventh graders of MTs Muslimat Nu Palangka Raya. It is recommended that the teacher apply this media teaching vocabulary

Rekayasa Perangkat Lunak Informasi Kemiskinan

Dalam rangka mengimplementasikan berbagai program penanggulangan kemiskinan, informasi mengenai siapa yang miskin dan dimana mereka berada menjadi sangat penting dan akan menjadi modal dasar dalam targeting rumah tangga miskin. Dengan kata lain, agar program penanggulangan kemiskinan berhasil dan tepat sasaran, maka ketersediaan data kemiskinan yang terpercaya merupakan suatu keharusan. Di Indonesia sendiri, sumber data mengenai kemiskinan telah tersedia di berbagai sumber. Namun demikian, sumber yang resmi digunakan oleh pemerintah adalah data kemiskinan yang bersumber dari Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS). Data kemiskinan yang bersumber dari BPS sering menjadi dasar dalam implementasi program penanggulangan kemiskinan oleh pemerintah. Berdasarkan penelitian yang telah dilakukan sebelumnya, proses penentuan pola data kemiskinan dengan menggunakan metode KDD (Knowlerge Discovery in Database) dengan memakai data PPLS dari Badan Pusat Statistik menghasilkan tujuh pola informasi. Ketujuh pola informasi tersebut dihasilkan berdasarkan hasil analisis data dan requirement pada Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Daerah (BAPPEDA) terhadap data kemiskinan. Ketujuh pola informasi tersebut merupakan hasil dari pengclusteran / pengelompokan data kemiskinan berdasarkan wilayah dan tingkat kemiskinan berdasarkan indikator kemiskinan. Proses rekayasa perangkat lunak informasi kemiskinan dibangun dengan menggunakan metode Rapid Application Deveopment (RAD) untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pemerintah akan informasi data kemiskinan

Learning Fourier-Constrained Diffusion Bridges for MRI Reconstruction

Recent years have witnessed a surge in deep generative models for accelerated MRI reconstruction. Diffusion priors in particular have gained traction with their superior representational fidelity and diversity. Instead of the target transformation from undersampled to fully-sampled data, common diffusion priors are trained to learn a multi-step transformation from Gaussian noise onto fully-sampled data. During inference, data-fidelity projections are injected in between reverse diffusion steps to reach a compromise solution within the span of both the diffusion prior and the imaging operator. Unfortunately, suboptimal solutions can arise as the normality assumption of the diffusion prior causes divergence between learned and target transformations. To address this limitation, here we introduce the first diffusion bridge for accelerated MRI reconstruction. The proposed Fourier-constrained diffusion bridge (FDB) leverages a generalized process to transform between undersampled and fully-sampled data via random noise addition and random frequency removal as degradation operators. Unlike common diffusion priors that use an asymptotic endpoint based on Gaussian noise, FDB captures a transformation between finite endpoints where the initial endpoint is based on moderate degradation of fully-sampled data. Demonstrations on brain MRI indicate that FDB outperforms state-of-the-art reconstruction methods including conventional diffusion priors

Race and sex: teachers' views on who gets ahead in schools?

The research reported here was part of a large study of the impact of age, disability, race and sex on the teaching profession in England. The basic question asked in this research was how do these factors interact with career aspirations and achievements of classteachers, promoted teachers and headteachers? There were three different data sources: a large postal survey drawn from diverse geographic regions across England with over 2000 respondents; face‐to‐face individual interviews with over 100 teachers in 18 case study schools from across all of the main regions of England; discussions with special interest groups of teachers. Not surprisingly, the answer to the above question was complex. Nonetheless, the paper's conclusion highlights some of the noteworthy themes across this broad sample of teachers from primary, secondary and special schools

Severe Unresolved Cholestasis Due to Unknown Etiology Leading to Early Allograft Failure Within the First 3 Months of Liver Transplantation

Background Causes of severe cholestasis after liver transplantation (LT) are multi-factorial. Although the etiology is predictable in some, others culminate in graft/patient loss without a definitive cause identified. Severe cholestasis is usually associated with overlapped histological findings of rejection and biliary features, and diagnostic interpretation may pose a challenge.Methods This is 10-year retrospective analysis of patients with unexplained severe cholestasis resulting in death/graft loss within 90 days of LT. Of 1 583 LT during the study period, 90-day graft failure occurred in 129 (8%) cases; a total of 45 (3%) patients had unresolving severe cholestasis (bilirubin, >100 mol/L; alkaline phosphatase, >400 UI/L after 15 days from LT), excluding those due to primary nonfunction/sepsis/vascular causes (n = 84). Demographics, allograft biopsies, radiological investigations, and clinical outcome were analyzed.Results All patients had persistent abnormal liver biochemistry. Doppler ultrasound scan was normal in all cases. Thirty-five (78%) recipients had at least 1 allograft biopsy (2 [1-9]). On the first biopsy, 22 (63%) patients had acute rejection, 4 (18%) early-chronic rejection, 12 (34%) antibody-mediated rejection. In subsequent biopsies chronic rejection was evident in 5 (14%) cases. Donor-specific antibodies were detected in all patients tested. Biliary anatomy was studied in detail in 9 (20%) patients, all presenting biliary strictures. The majority (n = 39; 87%) died within 32 (10-91) days, only survivors were from retransplantation (n = 3;6.5%) and biliary intervention (n = 3;6.5%).Conclusions Unresolving severe cholestasis after LT is a key parameter predicting patient/allograft outcome. Histologically, rejection seems to overlap with biliary strictures; hence, allograft biopsy with signs of rejection should not be a reason to overlook biliary problems, in particular when biliary features are present. Only extensive radiological investigation/intervention or retransplantation prevents patient/allograft loss

Leprosy Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (LPEP) Programme : study protocol for evaluating the feasibility and impact on case detection rates of contact tracing and single dose rifampicin

Introduction: The reported number of new leprosy patients has barely changed in recent years. Thus, additional approaches or modifications to the current standard of passive case detection are needed to interrupt leprosy transmission. Large-scale clinical trials with single dose rifampicin (SDR) given as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to contacts of newly diagnosed patients with leprosy have shown a 50–60% reduction of the risk of developing leprosy over the following 2 years. To accelerate the uptake of this evidence and introduction of PEP into national leprosy programmes, data on the effectiveness, impact and feasibility of contact tracing and PEP for leprosy are required. The leprosy post-exposure prophylaxis (LPEP) programme was designed to obtain those data. Methods and analysis: The LPEP programme evaluates feasibility, effectiveness and impact of PEP with SDR in pilot areas situated in several leprosy endemic countries: India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. Complementary sites are located in Brazil and Cambodia. From 2015 to 2018, contact persons of patients with leprosy are traced, screened for symptoms and assessed for eligibility to receive SDR. The intervention is implemented by the national leprosy programmes, tailored to local conditions and capacities, and relying on available human and material resources. It is coordinated on the ground with the help of the in-country partners of the International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP). A robust data collection and reporting system is established in the pilot areas with regular monitoring and quality control, contributing to the strengthening of the national surveillance systems to become more action-oriented. Ethics and dissemination: Ethical approval has been obtained from the relevant ethics committees in the countries. Results and lessons learnt from the LPEP programme will be published in peer-reviewed journals and should provide important evidence and guidance for national and global policymakers to strengthen current leprosy elimination strategies

Religion and religious education : comparing and contrasting pupils’ and teachers’ views in an English school

This publication builds on and develops the English findings of the qualitative study of European teenagers’ perspectives on religion and religious education (Knauth et al. 2008), part of ‘Religion in Education: A contribution to dialogue or a factor of conflict in transforming societies of European countries?’ (REDCo) project. It uses data gathered from 27 pupils, aged 15-16, from a school in a multicultural Northern town in England and compares those findings with data gathered from ten teachers in the humanities faculty of the same school, collected during research for the Warwick REDCo Community of Practice. Comparisons are drawn between the teachers’ and their pupils’ attitudes and values using the same structure as the European study: personal views and experiences of religion, the social dimension of religion, and religious education in school. The discussion offers an analysis of the similarities and differences in worldviews and beliefs which emerged. These include religious commitment/observance differences between the mainly Muslim-heritage pupils and their mainly non-practising Christian-heritage teachers. The research should inform the ways in which the statutory duties to promote community cohesion and equalities can be implemented in schools. It should also facilitate intercultural and interreligious understanding between teachers and the pupils from different ethnic and religious backgrounds

'Just open your eyes a bit more': The methodological challenges of researching black and minority ethnic students' experiences of physical education teacher education

In this paper we discuss some of the challenges of centralising 'race' and ethnicity in Physical Education (PE) research, through reflecting on the design and implementation of a study exploring Black and minority ethnic students' experiences of their teacher education. Our aim in the paper is to contribute to ongoing theoretical and methodological debates about intersectionality, and specifically about difference and power in the research process. As McCorkel and Myers notes, the 'researchers' backstage'-the assumptions, motivations, narratives and relations-that underpin any research are not always made visible and yet are highly significant in judging the quality and substance of the resulting project. As feminists, we argue that the invisibility of 'race' and ethnicity within Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE), and PE research more widely, is untenable; however, we also show how centralising 'race' and ethnicity raised significant methodological and epistemological questions, particularly given our position as White researchers and lecturers. In this paper, we reflect on a number of aspects of our research 'journey': the theoretical and methodological challenges of operationalising concepts of 'race' and ethnicity, the practical issues and dilemmas involved in recruiting participants for the study, the difficulties of 'talking race' personally and professionally and challenges of representing the experiences of 'others'. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC

Acute seizures occurring in association with SARS-CoV-2

Seizures are an infrequent and serious neurological complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection, with limited data describing the etiology and the clinical context in which these occur or the associated electrographic and imaging findings. This series details four cases of seizures occurring in patients with COVID-19 with distinct time points, underlying pathology, and proposed physiological mechanisms. An enhanced understanding of seizure manifestations in COVID-19 and their clinical course may allow for earlier detection and improved patient management

'You were quiet - I did all the marching': Research processes involved in hearing the voices of South Asian girls

This article is available open access through the publisher’s website at the link below. Copyright @ 2011 A B Academic Publishers.This article provides insights into the outcomes of reflection following two interview approaches used to explore narratives of the lived, individual experiences of South-Asian girls living in West London. In attempting to illuminate and re-present the cultural experiences as told by these girls, the choice of interview approach became critical in allowing the voices to be effectively heard (Rogers, 2005). This article therefore considers how a semi-structured interview approach offered valuable insights into the girls' experiences but became constraining for both researcher and participant in unveiling the complexity and depth of their lives. These constraints emerged through reflection by both participants and researcher. As a result of reflexivity during the research process, the researcher moved towards the use of research conversations during the second phase of the study. Ultimately the study revealed how the girls felt empowered by the opportunity to narrate their individual experiences and tell of their lives. In narrating their reflections on being part of the research, there was a clear recognition that the process facilitated the articulation of new voices and ‘multi-voicedness’ (Moen, 2006