O Papel do Apoiador Escolar na Educação Inclusiva / The Importance of the School Supporter in Inclusive Education

Resumo: A educação inclusiva é conhecida como uma forma de trabalhar com crianças com necessidades especiais no ambiente escolar. Vista de forma mais ampla, ela tem o papel de acolher a diversidade e dar assistência a todos os estudantes, pois o objetivo da inclusão educacional é acabar com a exclusão social. O trabalho de pesquisa tem como objetivo avaliar as dificuldades encontradas pelos professores apoiadores das salas de aula, saber qual o suporte e formação que recebe para atuar. Além disso, a pesquisa possibilita compreender a realidade da inclusão a partir de redes de ensino diferentes, a pública e a privada. A metodologia aplicada incluiu dados da observação da sala de aula no intuito de narrar e analisar o cotidiano do “professor apoiador escolar”. O trabalho foi realizado na Cidade de Salgueiro/PE, e em Umãs/PE, com apoiadores escolares de três escolas, os participantes foram apoiadores escolhidos em turmas aleatórias, em um total de 10 apoiadores de sala de aula.---Inclusive education is known as a way of working with children with special needs in the school environment. Viewed more broadly, it has the role of welcoming diversity and providing assistance to all students, as the objective of educational inclusion is to end social exclusion. The research work aims to assess the difficulties encountered by supportive teachers in the classroom, to know what support and training they receive to act. In addition, the research makes it possible to understand the reality of inclusion from different educational networks, public and private. The methodology applied included data from classroom observation in order to narrate and analyze the daily life of the “supporting school teacher”. The work was carried out in the City of Salgueiro/PE, and in Umãs/PE, with school supporters from three schools, the participants were supporters chosen in random groups, in a total of 10 classroom supporters.

Response to iodine supplementation in the growth and quality of Texel lamb meat

Iodine deficiency determines reproductive problems especially in the production of thyroid hormone, affecting the functions that thyroidal hormones regulate, such as energy metabolism, thermoregulation, reproduction, growth, muscle and bone tissue function. Indeed a certain concentration of iodine in the diet can promote performance in production in terms of fattening and growth. The main goal of the work was the supplementation with iodine salt from weaning to work on the production and quality of carcass and meat of early lambs of the Texel breed. Three random groups were formed. In one group, iodine salt was administered daily individually, in another group salt without iodine and finally a third "control" group without salt aggregate. All these animals were fed on natural field with an energy-protein supplement. The weaning weight and its evolution (daily gain) were determined, fortnightly until the work weight (35 kg) was reached. Blood levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and Selenium (Se) were evaluated. In the carcass were measured the hot and cold carcass weight, pH, colour; GR point and in the meat tenderness will be determined in the Longissimus dorsi muscle. Se concentrations, neutral detergent fiber, crude protein and iodine in pastures were also determined. The results show that no significant differences were found for any of the characters measured.

Reading Comprehension Tests for Children: Test Equating and Specific Age-Interval Reports

Equating is used to directly compare alternate forms of tests. We describe the equating of two alternative forms of a reading comprehension test for Brazilian children (2nd to 5th grade), Form A (n = 427) and Form B (n = 321). We employed non-equivalent random groups design with internal anchor items. Local independence was attested via standardized residual Pearson's bivariate correlation. First, from 176 items, we selected 42 in each form (33 unique and 9 in common) using 2PL model, a one-dimensional item response theory (IRT) model. Using the equateIRT package for R, the anchor items were used to link both forms. Linking coefficients were estimated under two different methods (Haebara and Stocking–Lord), resulting in scores equating by two methods: observed score equating (OSE) and true score equating (TSE). We provided reference-specific age-intervals for the sample. The final version was informative for a wide range of theta abilities. We concluded that the forms could be used interchangeably.

A Simulation Toolkit for Testing the Sensitivity and Accuracy of Corticometry Pipelines

In recent years, the replicability of neuroimaging findings has become an important concern to the research community. Neuroimaging pipelines consist of myriad numerical procedures, which can have a cumulative effect on the accuracy of findings. To address this problem, we propose a method for simulating artificial lesions in the brain in order to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of lesion detection, using different automated corticometry pipelines. We have applied this method to different versions of two widely used neuroimaging pipelines (CIVET and FreeSurfer), in terms of coefficients of variation; sensitivity and specificity of detecting lesions in 4 different regions of interest in the cortex, while introducing variations to the lesion size, the blurring kernel used prior to statistical analyses, and different thickness metrics (in CIVET). These variations are tested in a between-subject design (in two random groups, with and without lesions, using T1-weigted MRIs of 152 individuals from the International Consortium of Brain Mapping (ICBM) dataset) and in a within-subject pre-/post-lesion design [using 21 T1-Weighted MRIs of a single adult individual, scanned in the Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS)]. The simulation method is sensitive to partial volume effect and lesion size. Comparisons between pipelines illustrate the ability of this method to uncover differences in sensitivity and specificity of lesion detection. We propose that this method be adopted in the workflow of software development and release.

PENERAPAN ORNAMEN PADA DESAIN TOTEBAG DITINJAU BERDASARKAN PRINSIP-PRINSIP DESAIN

This study aims to determine the ability and development potential of VII grade students of SMPN 28 Medan in applying design elements and principles to tote bag design. This research is a qualitative research. The method used is descriptive qualitative research methods. The population of this research is 240 ornamental works in tote bag design. The sample used consisted of 30 works using the Cluster Random Sampling technique, namely samples taken by random groups (classes). Aspects of the design principles examined in this study are unity, balance, rhythm and emphasis. The results showed that overall the work of applying ornaments to the tote bag design of the VII grade students of SMPN 28 Medan obtained a good category and in the potential for developing the work as a whole there is still much that needs to be improved in order to get better results.Keywords: application, ornament, design principles.AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kemampuan dan potensi pengembangan siswa SMPN 28 Medan kelas VII dalam menerapkan unsur dan prinsip desain pada desain tote bag. Penelitian ini termasuk jenis penelitian kualitatif. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode penelitian Deskriptif Kualitatif. Populasi penelitian ini berjumlah 240 karya ornamen pada desain tote bag. Sampel yang digunakan terdiri dari 30 karya dengan menggunakan teknik Cluster Random Sampling yaitu sampel yang diambil berdasarkan kelompok (kelas) secara acak. Aspek prinsip-prinsip desain yang diteliti dalam penelitian ini yaitu kesatuan, keseimbangan, irama dan penekanan. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa secara keseluruhan karya penerapan ornamen pada desain tote bag karya siswa smpn 28 Medan kelas VII memperoleh kategori baik dan dalam potensi pengembangan karya secara keseluruhan masih banyak yang harus diperbaiki agar mendapatkan hasil yang lebih baik.Kata Kunci: penerapan, ornamen, prinsip desain. Authors:Ester Yuniar Simbolon : Universitas Negeri MedanZulkifli : Universitas Negeri MedanSugito : Universitas Negeri MedanReferences:Bramantijo, B., Karsam, K., & Priyoleksono, T. (2017). Tote Bag Berbahan Tenun Gedhog sebagai Produk Penunjang Bagi UKM Tenun dan Batik Gedhog Tuban. Batoboh, 2(2), 124-132. http://dx.doi.org/10.26887/bt.v2i2.355.Farida, N., Widoretno, S., & Yuliastuti, E. (2020). Pembuatan Kantong Kain “Tote Bag” sebagai Pengganti Kantong Plastik pada Pemuda Wirausaha Blitar. Jurnal Graha Pengabdian, 2(4), 296-304.Meyer, Franz Sales. (1957). Hand book of Ornament: New York: Dover Publication.Saragih, Daulat. (2017). Jenis Motif dan Nilai Filosofis Ornamen Tradisional Sumatera Utara. Yogyakarta: Thafa Media Yogyakarta.Sembiring, Dermawan. (2014). Wawasan Seni. Medan: Unimed Press.Simbolon, E. Y. (2020). “Karya Tote Bag”. Hasil Dokumentasi Pribadi: 28 Januari 2020, SMPN 28 Medan.Sunaryo, Aryo. (2009). Ornamen Nusantara. Semarang: Dahara Prize.Tasbergaransi. (2017). Sejarah dan Perkembangan Tote Bag. https://www.kaskus.co.id/thread/5913b07d60e24b78228b4567/sejarah-dan-perkembangan-tote-bag/ (diakses tanggal 28 Januari 2021).Zulkifli, Z., Atmojo, W. T., Kartono, G., & Nurwani, N. (2021). Revitalisasi Identitas Melayu: Studi Penerapan Ragam Hias Tradisonal Melayu pada Bangunan Modern di Kota Medan. Journal ofEducation, Humaniora and Social Sciences (JEHSS), 3(3), 895-903. https://doi.org/10.34007/jehss.v3i3.421.

Antioxidant and antihyperglycemic activities of Scorzonera cinerea radical leaves in streptozocin-induced diabetic rats

Scorzonera species are used for treating various diseases. They are consumed raw, especially in the spring, and have nutritious and dietetic values. This study evaluated the antidiabetic and antioxidant effects of ethanolic extracts of Scorzonera cinerea (Sc) radical leaves in diabetes mellitus. Five random groups of Wistar rats (n = 8) were created – control, diabetic, acarbose, Sc-Dried, and Sc-Frozen. Phenolic profiles of extracts were determined by HPLC. Free radical scavenging capacity was measured using DPPH and ABTS tests. The inhibitory effects of Sc extracts on α-glucosidase and α-amylase activities were also evaluated. Moreover, superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and catalase (CAT) activities, glutathione (GSH) concentration, malondialdehyde (MDA), total antioxidant status (TAS) and total oxidant status (TOS) were analyzed in the liver tissues. While dried Scorzonera extract was more effective in α-amylase inhibitory activity, frozen Scorzonera extract was more effective in α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. Sc-Dried and Sc-Frozen extracts lowered blood glucose and HbA1c levels, they also increased insulin. Although liver MDA and TOS were significantly increased in the diabetic group, their values were significantly lower in the Sc-Dried- and Sc-Frozen-treated groups. GSH, TAS, and anti-oxidant enzyme activities decreased in the diabetic group, but Sc-Dried and Sc-Frozen supplements significantly enhanced liver antioxidant values. In conclusion, S. cinerea treatment exerts potential hypoglycemic and antioxidant effects in diabetes. Thus, it can be considered as a candidate dietary supplement for health benefits in diabetes.

Understanding the Adoption of Incentivized Word-of-Mouth in the Online Environment

Nowadays, word-of-mouth is a very important component of e-commerce activity because consumers are very sensitive to other people’s opinions. Depending on the companies’ politics, these opinions can be incentivized or non-incentivized. One of the major dilemmas consists in establishing which kind of word-of-mouth has more influence on customers’ perceptions. The purpose of this study is to assess the relationships between perceived argument quality (PAQ) and perceived source expertise (PSE), on the one hand, and electronic word-of-mouth adoption intention on the other hand, for an incentivized message compared to a non-incentivized message. We processed answers from two different random groups by using adapted PAQ and PSE inventories of questions. The constructs, latent variables and items were analyzed in IBM Amos software, and our findings confirm the hypotheses regarding the relationship between the attributes of the message (argument quality and source expertise) and message credibility. Additionally, we found a significant positive relationship between message credibility and electronic word-of-mouth adoption intention. Our research also explores the moderating role of the message type (incentivized vs. non-incentivized) in the relationships above, and we discovered that the message type significantly moderates the relationship between perceived argument quality and credibility, but the type of message does not moderate the relationship between message credibility and eWOM adoption intention.

Curcumin Minimises Histopathological and Immunological Progression in the Ankle Joints of Collagen-Induced Arthritis Rats

Curcumin is a traditionally used spice with a potential to treat various inflammatory diseases including arthritis. This study was aimed at observing curcumin’s effects on the histopathological progression and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) levels in collageninduced arthritis (CIA). Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats (150+50 g) were divided into five random groups. A group was assigned as the normal control (CTRL), while the remaining were subcutaneously immunised with 150 μg of collagen emulsion on day 0. CTRL and CIA-Curcumin-d0 groups were supplemented daily with olive oil (1 ml/kg) and curcumin (110 mg/ml/kg) from day 0, respectively. The CIA-OV (negative control), CIA-Beta and CIA-Curcumin-d14 groups were given daily supplementation of olive oil (1 ml/kg), Betamethasone (0.5 mg/ml/kg), and curcumin (110 mg/ml/kg) from day 14, respectively. The daily oral supplementations continued until day 42. The study showed that CIA-Beta (**P<0.05) and CIACurcumin- d0 (**P=0.01) groups had significantly lower mean histological scores compared to CIA-OV, respectively. Serum IL-1β levels for CIA-Beta and CIACurcumin- d0 were not significantly raised on day 42 as to compared to day 0, and the mean increment of IL-1β levels from day 0 to day 42 were significantly lower (**P≤0.01) for all the CIA groups compared to CIA-OV. There was no significant difference in both mean histological scores and IL-1β levels of CIA-Curcumin-d0 compared to CIA-Beta. Early supplementation of curcumin could potentially minimise disease progression of CIA in rats.