scholarly journals UPOTREBA REČNIKÂ U UČENjU ENGLESKOG JEZIKA STRUKE NA TERCIJARNOM NIVOU IZ PERSPEKTIVE STUDENATA

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (49) ◽  
pp. 107-121
Author(s):  
Tatjana Glušac ◽  
Mira Milić
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Systematic Training ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
The University ◽  
Dictionary Use ◽  
Technical Terms

The aim of this paper is to present one part of a research study that explored the use of gen- eral-purpose and technical dictionaries in learning English for specific purposes at the tertiary level in Serbia. The research was carried out in 2018 on a sample encompassing 705 students from all the faculties of the University of Novi Sad. It was realized by means of a question- naire composed of 50 questions with a four-point Likert scale and 10 questions with answers on a two-point scale. Also, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 11 students. The quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS 20, and the interview data were analyzed utilizing content analysis. Our quantitative findings reveal that students mostly use digital dictionaries, followed by printed and monolingual ones, and finally dictionaries of technical terms. The same quantitative data indicate that students use dictionaries primarily to find out the mean- ing of a word or its spelling, while they do not understand the abbreviations for grammati- cal information and cannot evaluate the quality of a dictionary. The majority of them do not possess a technical dictionary. The qualitative data confirm that the respondents mostly use digital sources and tools (e.g., Google Translate) since such searches are consistently faster and offer single, ready-made answers. The findings suggest that a systematic training in dictionary use at all educational levels is necessary.

scholarly journals HOW UNIVERSITY TEACHERS OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND THEIR STUDENTS EMPLOY DICTIONARIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

1970 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 281-295
Author(s):  
Tatjana Glušac ◽  
Mira Milić
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Word Meanings ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Bilingual Dictionaries ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Mobile Phone Applications ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
The University ◽  
Dictionary Use

This paper explores how tertiary level teachers of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and their students use dictionaries in ESP teaching and learning. The study included 21 ESP teachers and 705 students from the University of Novi Sad. Data were gathered by conducting a questionnaire (one for teachers and one for students) and an interview. The teachers’ questionnaire had 45 questions, whereas the students' contained 60 questions. Of these, 16 questions were identical and the answers to them were compared using ANOVA. The results reveal that the teachers’ and students’ views of dictionary use differ significantly with respect to 11 questions. The students primarily use online bilingual dictionaries and tools, whereas the teachers prefer monolingual dictionaries in the form of mobile phone applications. Dictionaries were primarily used for finding word meanings, with students failing to understand all lexicographic information. The results necessitate that both students and teachers receive training in dictionary use and that dictionaries become an obligatory teaching and learning resource.

scholarly journals Analysis of Consumers’ Preference for Local Rice among Households in Ekiti State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
G. T. Ajayi ◽  
A. Ajiboye
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Good Taste ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Government

Consumers’ preference for local rice determines its demand. Therefore, the study was carried out to analyze consumers’ preference for local rice among households in Ekiti State. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for this study. A total of 240 women were randomly selected from three Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the State. Primary data were obtained with the use of a well-structured interview schedule. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics as well as inferential statistic like logistic regression. The mean age of the respondents was 38 years and more than half (53.3%) of the respondents were females. Most (70.0%) of the respondents had a mean family size of 7 persons. Most (87.0%) preferred local rice and factors influencing consumers’ preference for local rice include good nutritional value, quality of rice and good taste. Local rice was very much preferred by the respondents. Logistic regression shows that significant influence exists between price, taste, availability of rice and presence of particles and preferred choice of rice. Therefore, efforts should be made by the government to formulate price control policy on local rice for its affordability by the consumers and there should be improvement on processing technology of local rice to eliminate presence of particles for improved quality and good taste to enhance the consumers’ preference for choice of rice. Also, the government should support farmers through provision of incentives and credit facilities so as to produce more local rice for its availability all year round.

Problems in Online Dictionary Use for Advanced Slovenian Learners of English

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M T Cr Farina ◽  
Marjeta Vrbinc ◽  
Alenka Vrbinc
Keyword(s):  
Target Word ◽  
Common Word ◽  
Think Aloud ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
The University ◽  
Dictionary Use

Abstract This article reports on findings from interviews with students from the University of Ljubljana. The study is based on fourteen questions about participants’ habits of dictionary use, their look-up abilities, and their perceptions of the utility and quality of definitions and illustrative examples. Students were given nine contexts containing a clearly-marked common word used in an infrequent sense; they had to locate the relevant sense in the online Merriam–Webster Learner’s Dictionary (MWLD). A think-aloud method enabled the researchers to follow the students’ look-up process and record their problems as well as their suggestions on how to improve the content and presentation of information in the dictionary. Recommendations are provided on: the improvement of drop-down menus; the inclusion of the form(s) of a target word; illustrative examples; the use of italics, boldface, and colors as well as what types of information should be displayed or available if needed.

scholarly journals Assessment of the quality of OSIRIS mesospheric temperatures using satellite and ground-based measurements

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 2993-3006 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. Sheese ◽  
K. Strong ◽  
E. J. Llewellyn ◽  
R. L. Gattinger ◽  
J. M. Russell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infrared Imaging ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Cold Bias ◽  
Temperature Profiles ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Upper Boundary

Abstract. The Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imaging System (OSIRIS) on the Odin satellite is currently in its 12th year of observing the Earth's limb. For the first time, continuous temperature profiles extending from the stratopause to the upper mesosphere have been derived from OSIRIS measurements of Rayleigh-scattered sunlight. Through most of the mesosphere, OSIRIS temperatures are in good agreement with coincident temperature profiles derived from other satellite and ground-based measurements. In the altitude region of 55–80 km, OSIRIS temperatures are typically within 4–5 K of those from the SABER, ACE-FTS, and SOFIE instruments on the TIMED, SciSat-I, and AIM satellites, respectively. The mean differences between individual OSIRIS profiles and those of the other satellite instruments are typically within the combined uncertainties and previously reported biases. OSIRIS temperatures are typically within 2 K of those from the University of Western Ontario's Purple Crow Lidar in the altitude region of 52–79 km, where the mean differences are within combined uncertainties. Near 84 km, OSIRIS temperatures exhibit a cold bias of 10–15 K, which is due to a cold bias in OSIRIS O2 A-band temperatures at 85 km, the upper boundary of the Rayleigh-scatter derived temperatures; and near 48 km OSIRIS temperatures exhibit a cold bias of 5–15 K, which is likely due to multiple-scatter effects that are not taken into account in the retrieval.

scholarly journals Service Quality Satisfaction: Perceptions of Ghanaian Higher Education Students Learning at a Distance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
samuel amponsah ◽  
Boadi Agyekum
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Service Reliability ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Ghana

Assessing students’ satisfaction of service quality is vital to educational service providers. This qualitative study hence employed the SERVQUAL Theory to explore the perspectives of 30 distance learning students on the quality of services provided at the University of Ghana Learning Centres. The participants were purposively selected and engaged in in-depth qualitative interviews through a semi-structured interview guide. Our findings revealed varied satisfaction levels with the five dimensions of quality of service: reliability, assurance, responsiveness, tangibility, and empathy. The findings revealed that students’ perceptions of the tangibility and empathy dimensions were negative. We thus advocate leveraging the three dimensions perceived to be satisfying among students while ensuring improvements in the two other dimensions that elicited no satisfaction. Consequently, we offer recommendations framed by UNESCO that may be of interest to providers and managers of distance education programmes in similar learning centres.

scholarly journals Challenges encountered in a South African school nutrition programme

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tafirenyika Mafugu
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
School Nutrition ◽  
Nutrient Deficiencies ◽  
Food Handlers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
South African School ◽  
The Mean

Background: School Nutritional Programmes (SNP) provide meals at school to reduce hunger, nutrient deficiencies and improve class alertness among children in poor communities. The purpose of the research was to determine the challenges encountered in implementing the SNP in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa in 2017.Design and methods: A cross-sectional study underpinned by a concurrent triangulation research design where interviews were used to collect qualitative data from stakeholders, and a questionnaire collected quantitative data from students. The set of qualitative data was thematically analysed. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the quantitative data. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey HSD test were used to compare the mean scores for food quality on different days of the week.Results: Both the quality and quantity of food were affected by delays in payment of food suppliers, lack of training of stakeholders, and poor kitchen facilities. Health problems experienced by students after eating the food made them reluctant to consume meals on some days. The Tukey HSD test indicated that the mean score for the quality of food served on Wednesday (3.2±1.3) was significantly higher than the mean score for the quality of the meal served on Friday (2.5±1.3).Conclusions: Late payment of food-suppliers and inadequate training of food-handlers affected the quality and quantity of the meals. The researcher recommends that the programme administrators should improve the frequency of payment for food suppliers, training of food handlers, and find alternative meals for students who do not consume the regular meals due to various reasons.

scholarly journals Tolerance of several Novi Sad sunflower hybrids to phomopsis stem canker under natural infection

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-201
Author(s):  
Bosko Dedic ◽  
Igor Balalic ◽  
Ilija Radeka ◽  
Nada Lacok ◽  
Sonja Tancic
Keyword(s):  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Natural Infection ◽  
Stem Canker ◽  
First Year ◽  
Canker Disease ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
Very High

Sunflower diseases have a major impact on sunflower yield and quality of seed. When conditions during vegetation are favorable, the intensity of damage can be very high. Therefore, surveys of economically important diseases are necessary. A survey of incidences and severity of phomopsis stem canker was performed on 9 locations during 2007 and 2008. A total of 8 hybrids per location was examined. Lodging of plants as a symptom of stem canker disease was not detected. The mean disease incidence was less than 5%, depending on hybrid, location and year. Generally, higher deasease incidence was recorded in the first year of survey than in the second. The hybrids Velja, NS-H-111 and Baca demonstrated an elevated level of resistance. Despite significant differences in disease severity that was found among the hybrids tested, all of them were highly resistant to phomopsis stem canker.

Significados e Sentimentos de Cuidados Paliativos: o Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo de Acadêmicos de Enfermagem e Medicina/ Meanings and Feelings of Palliative Care: the Collective Subject Discourse of Nursing Students and Medicine

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 35-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela Weitzembaur Dos Reis ◽  
Priscila Da Silva ◽  
José Vitor Da Silva ◽  
Jorge Leonardo Narcy ◽  
Maria Cristina Porto Silva
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
The University ◽  
Palliative Care Needs ◽  
De Medicina

Objetivos: identificar as características pessoais e acadêmicas dos alunos de enfermagem e medicina em seus últimos períodos escolares; conhecer os significados de cuidados paliativos e identificar os sentimentos desses acadêmicos em relação aos pacientes com necessidades de cuidados paliativos. Materiais e métodos: o estudo foi de abordagem qualitativa, do tipo exploratório, descritivo e transversal. A amostra se constituiu de 50 acadêmicos da Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre, MG, que se encontravam no último ano do curso, sendo 25 de enfermagem e os demais de medicina.  A amostragem foi intencional ou teórica. Utilizaram-se dois instrumentos para coleta de dados: Caracterização pessoal e acadêmica e o Roteiro de entrevista semiestruturada. Empregaram-se as estratégias metodológicas do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo para a análise dos dados. Resultados e discussão: do tema significados de cuidados paliativos, emergiram as seguintes representações sociais: qualidade de vida sem visar à cura, diversos significados e cuidados. Do tema sentimentos relacionados aos cuidados paliativos, identificaram-se que estes foram de conotação positiva e negativa, bem como sentimentos de ambivalência. Em relação aos motivos, encontraram-se como ideias centrais principais as concepções de diversos aspectos, ajudar ao paciente e fazer bem ao paciente. Conclusão: os significados, sentimentos e seus motivos foram muito diversificados, assumindo caráter multidimensional.  Palavras chave: Cuidados Paliativos; Sentimentos; Acadêmicos.    ABSTRACT Objectives: To identify the characteristics of personal and academic nursing and medical students in their last school term; know the meaning of palliative care and identify the feelings of those academics in relation to patients with palliative care needs. Materials and methods: The study was a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and transversal. The sample consisted of 50 students of the University of Vale do Sapucai, Pouso Alegre, MG, who were in the final year, 25 nurses and other medical. The sample was intentional or theoretical. Two instruments were used for data collection: Characterization personal and academic roadmap and semi-structured interview. Were employed the methodological strategies of the Collective Subject Discourse for data analysis. Results: the meaning palliative care, social representations emerged the following: quality of life without seeking to cure, many meanings and care. Theme feelings related to palliative care, were identified the sewere positive and negative connotations as well as feelings of ambivalence. Regarding the reasons, it was found as the main central ideas conceptions of various aspects, to help the patient and makegood to the patient. Conclusion: the meanings, feelings and motives were very diverse, assuming multidimensional.  Keywords: Palliative Care; Feelings; Academics.

Quality of Sexual Life after Microsurgical Penile Denervation in Men with Primary Premature Ejaculation

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-49
Author(s):  
Pencho P. Genov ◽  
Nikolay H. Kolev ◽  
Rumen P. Kotsev ◽  
Vladislav R. Dunev ◽  
Boyan A. Stoykov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Sexual Function ◽  
Premature Ejaculation ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Sexual Life ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The University ◽  
Urology Clinic

SummaryPremature ejaculation (PE) is the most common sexual dysfunction in men, yet it is not well studied. Its frequency reaches 30% for men from 18 to 59 years of age in different countries. The aim of this article was to investigate the quality of sexual life in men with primary PE operated on with microsurgical penile denervation, using the Brief Male Sexual Functional Inventory (BMSFI). From September 2011 to March 2014, 22 patients were operated on with microsurgical penile denervation in the urology clinic of the University Hospital - Pleven and the Department of Urology at UMHAT Ruse AD. The mean result from the BMSFI in patients was 22 points preoperatively, indicating significant worsening of sexual function and quality of life in all five questionnaire domains. After surgery, the results increased to 28, 33 and 39 respectively, at 3, 6 and 12 months, respectively. Premature ejaculation not only leads to problems in controlling ejaculation but also worsens the overall sexual function and quality of life of patients.

scholarly journals The use of mechanical ventilation systems with heat recovery to ensure air quality in residential premises

2019 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 05007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uladzimir Navaseltsau ◽  
Dzina Navaseltsava ◽  
Vitali Khaletski
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Safety Requirements ◽  
Systematic Training ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The University ◽  
Ventilation Systems

The construction industry is an important segment of the national economy of the Republic of Belarus. In recent years, strict environmental safety requirements have been imposed on the quality of housing being built. The carbon dioxide content in the classrooms’ air of the university as model objects was investigated by the authors. It has been shown that the content of this pollutant can exceed 2,000 ppm. The use of mechanical ventilation systems, especially with heat recovery, allows to solve the problem of poor air quality in residential premises. However, for the successful functioning of ventilation systems, systematic training of the inhabitants and the implementation of educational programs are required.

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