REVIEW ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
Research on Pragmatic Presupposition in English News Headlines-A Case Study Based on China Daily
Weixuan Shi, Mengdan Fan
Page no 180-184 |
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Headlines remain the most significant part in news reports, for which they provide readers with the major information. Meanwhile, pragmatic presupposition focuses on the study of the relationships between utterances, context and participants in communication, thus being widely used in the design of news headlines. So this paper mainly analyzes English news headlines selected from China Daily from the perspective of pragmatic presupposition to explore how readers can quickly correlate news headlines with the news. The results confirm the functions of presupposition to provide worthwhile information and attract readers’ attention. Through the study, it’s intended to enable the readers with a better understanding of news headlines behind presupposition and help the news editors create more attractive headlines.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
Wetter the Better: Comparative Evaluation of Wettability of 3 Different Root Canal Sealers on Dentin: An in vitro Study
Dr. Sania Singh, Dr. Udita Khare, Dr. Meera Uday Kulkarni
Page no 363-367 |
10.21276/sjodr.2018.3.11.3
Comparative evaluation of wettability of 3 different root canal sealers on
dentin. 30 dentin blocks were prepared from single rooted maxillary anterior teeth.
After storage and adequate cleaning protocol, they were surface treated with 17%
EDTA (Glyde File Prep, Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland) Prime Dental
Products) for 5 minutes. Following this, they were divided into 3 groups (n=10) for:
Group I: AH Plus, Group II: Endo Sequence BC Sealer, Group III: MTA Fillapex.
Controlled volume of each sealer was placed onto the dentin blocks using a
customized wire loop. The contact angle in each case was measured using Dataphysics
OCA Easydrop software on a dynamic contact angle analyzer for 1 minute. Readings
will be analysed with suitable statistical tests. The contact angle values for AH Plus
sealer were significantly lower when compared to the other two sealer groups. The
wettability of AH Plus sealer on the root surface dentin was found to be better than
Endosequence BC Sealer and Endoseal MTA.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
Illocutive Force of Songs in the Communication of the Xoy Seereer
Daouda Ngom
Page no 175-179 |
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This article attempts to examine how songs are associated with discursive and communicative activities in the traditional xoy ceremony in Seereer country. It proposes a reflection on the coupling between the verbal communication and the singing communication to demonstrate their complementarities and then to analyze the influence of the one on the other with respect to the functional process of the communicational exchanges. The article also emphasizes the multiplicity of communicative functions that songs play in the interactive device set up in the framework of a highly cultural and ritualized ceremony, during which the right to speak is not given to everyone; and the strategies of triggering and linking exchanges are done by the use of songs to give a new orientation to the speeches. All this is done and expressed by and in the communicative value of the songs, a value molded by an illocutive force that easily reaches and stimulates the target hearers.
CASE REPORT | Nov. 30, 2018
Immediate Loading of Single-Tooth Implant Restoration in Congenitally Missing Maxillary Lateral Incisors: A Thorough Clinical Guide Case Report
Manal R Alammari, Khalid Alhindi
Page no 368-373 |
10.21276/sjodr.2018.3.11.4
This case report describes a A23-year-old female patient with a congenitally
missing maxillary lateral incisor whose missing lateral incisor tooth was rehabilitated
using a dental implant which was restored with cemented e-max crown over gold
abutment. As the patient is a young female and the implant was in the aesthetic area,
placing immediate provisional restoration was the chosen method of restoration. The
case reported presented illustrates a therapeutic strategy consisting of implant
placement and immediate provisionalization. The treatment sequences were followed as
recommended in the dental protocol. First, A maxillary surgical stent was prepared for
the correct implant position, a submerged maxillary anterior single-tooth implant
placed according to a standard protocol 3.5mmx10mmTC Prima Implant in the area of
tooth 12. The implant’s shoulder was placed 2 mm apical to the cemento‐enamel
junction of the adjacent teeth. Thereafter immediate temporization was done in two
stages. First stage immediately after the implant placement then 3 months after. Lastly,
a consistent and suitable follow-up program was applied. Conclusion: When sensibly
selected and accomplished, our case report outcome indicates that this technique may
provide promising immediate results relative to the aesthetic, maintenance and stability
of the peri-implanted tissues as well as patients’ satisfaction, expectation and
functionality.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
On Image-Gestalt and Poetic Realm in Poetry Translation
Wang Feng, Chen Lili
Page no 126-130 |
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Poetry is one of the greatest treasures of Chinese literature and culture. We aim to explore into the actualization of image-gestalt (referred to as image-G) in conveying the original poetic realm in poetry translation. In this article, the images-G in different poetry translations are analyzed under three circumstances: “emotions are born out of sceneries”; 2) “sceneries are influenced by emotions”; and 3) “emotions are co-existent with sceneries”, so as to realize the reproduction of the Image-G in literary translation. It will bring enlightenment to researchers who study the English translation of Chinese poetry from a new perspective.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
Nigerian Deformed Capitalist State, Distorted Federalism and the Development Quagmire of the Niger Delta Region
Ukachikara Ucheoma O
Page no 1313-1219 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.11.9
The development challenges of Nigeria’s oil-rich region – the Niger Delta
– have remained palpable. It has also necessitated many debates from different
ideological perspectives. The much attention received stems from the fact that the
Niger Delta is a region blessed (cursed) with huge human and natural resources, but
has remained perpetually poor. That is the basis for the now-cacophonic paradox in
the region: wealthiest but penurious. Many reasons have been adduced for the
existence of this paradox but very little attention has been given to the impacts of the
character of Nigerian post-colonial state on the development issues of the region. It is
against this backdrop that this paper attempted an investigation into the relationship
between the nature of Nigerian state, its form of federalism and the demonstrable
development challenges of the Niger Delta. In conducting this investigation, Marxian
Political Economy Approach was adopted as the theoretical framework in order to
historicise the emergence of Nigerian post-colonial state with a view to ascertaining
the factors responsible for its characterisation as deformed-capitalist. As a largely
desk study, data were mainly obtained from secondary sources which included such
documents as journals, textbooks and articles in addition to internet resource
materials. Content analysis of the data revealed that the deformed-capitalist nature of
Nigerian post-colonial state partly manifests in its distorted federalism which has
furthered the development of underdevelopment in the Niger Delta. The paper
therefore recommended the restructuring of Nigeria’s federal system, tantamount to
the implementation of real fiscal federal principles which are instrumental to the
development of federations like United States of America and states like Alaska. In
other words, resource control was highly advocated.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
Analysis of Brand Image, Company Image and Promotion towards Purchasing Decisions and Its Implications on Consumer Satisfaction in the Veterinary Medicine Industry PT. XYZ
Laksyudha Prasetyo, Adi Nurmahdi
Page no 1252-1260 |
10.36348/sjbms.2018.v03i11.008
This study aims to analyze the influence of Brand Image, Company Image, and Promotion toward Purchase Decisions and Its Implications on Consumer Satisfaction in the Veterinary Medicine Industry of PT. XYZ. In an effort to maintain the continuity of its business in Indonesia, as one of the largest veterinary drug distributors in Indonesia PT XYZ continues to improve its performance with the main objective of increasing consumer satisfaction. The population used in this study is Consumers of PT. XYZ in the West Java region as many as 100 consumers. The analytical technique used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis tool Version 3.0. The results in this study are (1) Brand Image has a positive and significant effect on Purchase Decision, (2) Company Image has a positive and significant effect on Purchase Decision, (3) Promotion has a positive and significant effect on Purchasing Decision, (4) Purchasing Decisions have a positive and significant effect on Consumer Satisfaction, (5) Brand Image has a positive and significant effect on Consumer Satisfaction through Purchase Decision, (6) Company Image has a significant effect on Consumer Satisfaction through Purchase Decision, and (7) Promotion has a positive and significant effect on Consumer Satisfaction through Purchase Decision.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
Relationship between Food Addiction and Impulsive Personality Traits among Zagazig University Students
Eman Shokry Abd-Allah, Basma Abd Elmajid Adly, Usama Mahmoud Youssef, Safaa Mohamed Metwally
Page no 335-344 |
10.21276/sjnhc
Food addiction is a new terminology that shares a similar neurobiological and
behavioral framework with substance addiction. It was speculated that food addiction is
incriminated in the current obesity epidemic. This study aims to assess the relationship
between food addiction and impulsive personality traits among Zagazig University
Students. Cross- sectional descriptive design was utilized in this study. The study was
conducted in two health related faculties and two non-health related faculties at Zagazig
University, Egypt. The sample type was purposive sample consisted of 480 students were
included. Three tools were used for data collection: demographic data sheet, Yale Food
Addiction Scale and Impulsive Behavior Scale. The results of the present study showed
that the prevalence rate of food addiction was 39% and the prevalence rate of impulsive
personality subscales (positive urgency, sensation seeking, premeditation, negative
urgency and perseverance (8.8%, 10%, 0%, 5% & 0%) respectively. It also showed that
food addiction has statistically significant positive correlation with impulsive personality
traits. Food addiction had shown a significant effect on impulsive personality traits among
Zagazig University Students. Educational programs should be encouraged for Zagazig
University Students to decrease the prevalence of food addiction and its health
consequences.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
The Moot Issue of Crime and Deterrence in A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Abib SENE
Page no 169-174 |
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Elaborated on an otherization-based attitude, this article fends off the gloomy and shaky curtain of a reciprocal hate to spotlight the pang and travail which, indeed, turn the relationship between the colonizer and the colonized into a pugilistic day by day set-to. In his main right stuff to wedge apart the indigenous’ in-groupness spirit, the strangers from afar shake asunder the Canvas that fuel and abet the villagers’ topmost grit and mettle to stand against a bleak and threadbare existence. This being, the thought process browses through the abstruse questions of crime and guilt in a reference frame of colonization in Kenya and Nigeria. Likewise, the blueprint of poetic justice sounds like a clear-cut voice that meets justice in the name and by dint of a people’s cohesiveness and one-ness.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
Mathematical Method in Data Processing and Modeling
Zhaojun Liu, Zhongdong Han, Lanhua Zhang
Page no 667-671 |
10.21276/sjeat.2018.3.11.2
Modeling is a good way to solve the reality question. In order to describe the
matter of the real system, many models were designed to make deep research. In many
models, there is always an idea that characterizes the main line of mathematics. With the
main line, the models were derived to rules or regulations complied with the real
systems. By the rules, the data processing can be handled by all kinds of algorithms and
software or platforms so that they can be processed like a assembly line. By the
modeling, many real systems can be demonstrated with visual and vivid methods so that
everyone can understand or use. Numerical simulation also a popular way to set up or
verify the models complied with mathematical methods.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
On the Gain and Loss of Emotions in Pound’s Translation of Cathay
WANG Feng, LAN Qi
Page no 121-125 |
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The essence of poetry lies in its expression of emotions, as is the case with poetry translation, which aims not only to express the meaning, but more importantly, to convey the emotions in the original poem. The study of Pound’s Cathay explores into the gains and losses in his translation of emotions from his idea of “Energy in Language” as well as his creative translation. The translation practice in Cathay shows that his two strategies of image juxtaposition and absolute rhythm have greatly enhanced the emotional effect in poetry translation. However, what cannot be neglected is that due to the distinct cultural background, there have been misreading about the poetry images and misunderstanding of the form of Chinese poetry, which inevitably lead to loss of emotional effect in poetry translation. It is hoped that this study can enlighten poetry translators and arouse their attention to the translation of emotions in poetry to gradually improve the translation quality of classical Chinese poetry.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
An Evaluation of Urban Solid Waste Management in Ajah Area of Lagos Metropolis
Chukwu, Kevin Ejike
Page no 1264-1272 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.11.3
Solid waste management has emerged as one of the greatest challenges
facing environmentalprotection agencies and the communities in developing countries
and the increasing waste generation has become a topic of water pollution and
environmental concern in the metropolis.This study seeks to evaluate the management
of solid waste in Lagos State and proffers workable solutions to these challenges
which will improve environmental sustainability.In this study, solid waste
management challenges are characterized by inefficient collection methods,
insufficient coverage of the collection system and some level of improper waste
disposal. Observation of the environment, and direct interviews with people in the
area was also conducted. The data obtained were analyzed and the study indicates that
wastes generation, sorting, handling and disposal were mostly implicated, and that
dumping and landfill are some of the current methods being adopted in the disposal of
wastes within Lagos, composting and incineration are less often adopted just as
industry best practice methods like recycling and re-use are less frequently used. It
was also seen that the main type of waste disposal system used in Ajah is the PSP,
which is meant to make waste management better, but due to challenges in pick up
times, it seems to have a drawback. The analysis shows us that the use of PSP is the
most prominent waste disposal system practiced but with a challenge of pick up
timing. The most generated type of waste within the study area happens to be the food
waste. To this effect, recommendations were given to bring solutions as
follows;People should be treated as active partners in the process of change, there will
be a more likely successful situation of waste management; Relevant information
should be presented to the people and even with an increase of awareness to a certain
level, additional monitoring and sustained management over a long period of time is
necessary; The monthly environmental sanitation practice should be taken more
seriously and the waste collection trucks from LAWMA should immediately after the
sanitation if not during the sanitation, go round to collect the refuse that will be
heaped on roads during the sanitation practice; The state assembly should formulate
laws on waste management which will go as far as individual waste practice and
ensure that the laws are enforced by government agencies; Monthly awards to neatest
areas should be instituted to encourage the people of the areas to keep their
environment clean always by properly handling and storing their wastes. Government
should not only make laws, but sponsor public health and environmental education
programmes regularly and also make environmental education part of the education
curriculum at all school levels.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
Design Method of Stroke Research Based On Complex Network
Zhaojun Liu, Bin Nie, Lanhua Zhang
Page no 648-651 |
10.36348/sjm.2018.v03i11.007
In order to understand cerebral vascular disease better in stroke, we collect the reasons of prevention and control so as to find the methods. Complex network is a new tool to find the inner factors of a real system that it can be used to cerebral vascular disease to improve the prevention and control. The custom methods provide active role for prevention and control of cerebral vascular disease, which can work together with complex network to get better. The design method of stroke based on complex network will provide the novel window for Cerebral vascular disease
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
The Clinical Effectiveness of AFOS & Exercises in Children with TOE Walking
Samreen Izhar, Noureen Fatima, Sana Farooq, Nida Zakir, Syed Hasan Abbas Rizvi
Page no 79-89 |
10.36348/jaspe.2018
Abstract: The objective of this study is to explain the importance of use of AFOs and exercise in children with toe walking due to calf muscle tightness, to provide advance rehabilitation techniques that can reduce the effects of progressive contractures, postural deformities and imbalance and to explain the best treatment and guidelines to parents to make the child maximum independent. This is an experimental based study in which participants are randomly selected. Fifty male and female participants (children) of age between 03 yrs –12 yrs are selected who presents with toe walking due to tightness in Achilles tendon. All participants are assessed prior to treatment and then reassessed after three month of therapy. Data was collected through an assessment form. Data was analyzed by the paired T-test statistics .The result shows a significant difference (p=0.00) in the variables of cadence, pain (VAS), ankle dorsiflexion & planter flexion range (p<0.005).The mean result for pre and post cadence is (-5.820), post treatment cadence improved because of achieving improved ankle dorsiflexion range. The study demonstrated that use of AFOS and exercises can achieve good ankle function and range of motion can be improved .The study shows that children with Toe walking due to Achilles tendon tightness can improve their walking pattern and ADLs by the use of AFOS & exercises.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Nov. 30, 2018
The EFL Course Syllabus Offered in Geography and Environmental Science Department at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh: Relevance and Effectiveness
Ambia Islam Rumu
Page no 155-164 |
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This paper reports on an action research which investigates the practicality of auxiliary communicative English courses offered for academic purpose in the tertiary level. The purpose is to explore the opinions of students and teachers about the effectiveness of syllabus at undergraduate level of Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh. This qualitative study studies one hundred Students of Geography and Environmental Science Department from Jahangirnagar University. Both students and teachers are given questionnaire and interviewed for the study. Through data collection , this study finds out that the learners and the facilitators consider the syllabus is not experienced enough to enrich their communication skills properly as the apprentices lack practice and do not get enough exposure from that particular one course as the syllabus is not designed analyzing their needs. This study gives recommendations to teachers to restructure their syllabus after doing a needs analysis in relation to a particular subject to make it more effective and real for the respective learners.