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CURRENT SITUATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC LEARNING IN KOSOVO
Full text linkWe will present in this paper the educational aspect of the Telemedicine Center of Kosova (TCK) in the UCCK and in the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Prishtina. In order to explore the current state of electronic learning in Kosovo, we visited and conducted interviews with the managing staff of Kosovo Telemedicine Centre in UCCK and in the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Prishtina. The Telemedicine Center of Kosova started officially its function in December 2002. This center provides educational and clinical services. One of the important educational activities in TCK is the functioning of electronic library since the establishment of the center.Keywords: distance learning, electronic learning in Kosovo, the Telemedicine Center of Kosovo, the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering
CLIMATE CHANGE AND FARMING VULNERABILITY IN THE COAST OF BANGLADESH
Full text linkThe research was conducted in the coastal wetland to investigate farmers’ livelihood vulnerabilities. The farmers within the study area of costal wetland were earnestly affected by various types of hazards like, river bank erosion, salinity intrusion, cyclone, tidal flood, heavy rainfall, water logging as well. Agriculture is the main source of economy, which is threatened by almost all the hazards. In the study area most of the farmers (46.36%) were having below 0.2 hectors of land and only 4.54% farmers had above 0.3 hectors. The major field crop of the study area was rice (Boro/Aman). Generically farmers were not acquainted to cultivate Aus in this area. During Aus growing season (kharif-1) the salinity intensity became higher and they had less opportunity to use the land for Aus cultivation. Majority of the farmers (72.73%) used rain water for agricultural purpose instead of river water. In adverse situations, around 37% farmers were migrating from affected areas to non affected areas and among the displaced farmer 21% were permanent and 16% were seasonal. The present study revealed that climate change induced hazards severely leading to crisis of freshwater, damage of houses, decreasing in rice and other essential crop production.Keywords: Livelihood, Climate Change, Salinity, Agriculture, Environmental Migration, Coastal Wetland
ALISTAIR MACLEOD’S WRITING AS AN APOLOGY TO SCOTTISH HERITAGE IN CANADIAN LITERATURE
Full text linkScottish emigration to North America is certainly one of the most relevant events in Scottish history. In Canada, Scottish immigrants and their descendants have contributed widely to the formation of Canadian society and culture. In the literary field, writers of Scottish origin as Alice Munro and Margaret Laurence have attained recognition for their work, and certain elements of the Scottish heritage are seen without difficulty in their work. The significance of Scotland is even more deeply felt in the stories of Alistair MacLeod, whose original Cape Breton tales examine the lives of displaced Scots who have frequently had to face difficulty and hardship in their new environment. Family history, oral tradition, nostalgia, clan loyalty, and the connection between Scotland and Nova Scotia have an influence in the lives of most of MacLeod’s characters. This contribution is aimed to establish the ways in which Scotland is shown in Canadian literature written by authors of Scottish descent. Its objective is firstly to broadly discuss the idea of Scotland in Canadian literature, and then, more concretely, to examine the importance of Scotland and Scottish heritage in the stories of Alistair MacLeod. His revealing stories come across more as an oral narrative than as a written one. The oral tradition is an important aspect of the Scottish Gaelic community which MacLeod’s family belongs to, and this fact shows the role of this heritage in his work. Keywords: Scottish emigration, Scottish tradition, Canadian literature of Scottish origin, Alistair MacLeod short stories, Cape Breton, etc
The Use of Short Story in TEFL: An Integrated and Communicative Sample Study: “The Third Wish”, By Joan Aiken
Full text linkShort story teaching is really a dynamic and integrated task in communicative language teaching. Simple class-lecture may not be fruitful if it is not penetrated into the mind of the students. The teacher has to remember not only how effective the way teaching is, but also how interesting the classroom teaching could be. Traditional approaches in which the teacher, like the protagonist in a “monologue” is the only speaker and the students, being silent listeners, have got nothing to do other than listen to what the teacher says, no matter whether they enjoy it or not. Mere teacher-centered approaches of teaching the short story neither can arouse students’ interest in the content, nor do they directly involve the students in the learning process beyond the surface meaning of the short story. Thus, a careful selection of in-class activities appropriate to students’ language requirements and level should be incorporated into the short story teaching, which would help students consolidate their language knowledge and get involved into a short story through deeper analysis by offering many wide-ranging activities. The present paper, in the light of the views above, intends to show how integrated and communicative approach enables a teacher in the classroom to teach more effectively by directly involving students in the classroom activities. To illustrate this, Joan Aiken’s widely-known short story “The Third Wish” is selected as it allows for a variety of activities.Keywords: Integrated, learner involvement, communicative approach, literary interpretation
Gastric Cancer Associated with Helicobacter Pylori
Full text linkIn spite of a decline in incidence and mortality of gastric cancer over the last decades, it is still the fourth most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death in the world. The differences in prevalence of gastric cancer have been explained as a multifactorial process with an interaction involving both infection with Helicobacter pylori as a triggering factor and host genetic susceptibility as an important explanation for interindividual variation in gastric cancer risk. At present, there is no definitive host genetic risk marker, and evidence suggests that each proposed host risk factor should be evaluated in specific ethnic populations to define its importance. In this review, we discuss the most relevant up to date data on genetic polymorphisms that have been associated with an increased risk for the development of gastric cancer, its potential role in the development of this neoplasia, and its interplay with the virulence factors of the bacteria
Strategies and Approaches in Teaching Compounding and Derivation in ESP Classes
Full text linkThis article focuses on the emphasis put on word formation while teaching ESP. Teaching terminology makes ESP difficult not only for the students, but also for the lecturers. As the students lack the scientific approach to different topics explained to them, lecturers analyze the texts in detail, dealing with grammar, lexicology, semantics, etc. One of the key issues that ESP analyzes in detail is terminology, which is definitely explained through parsing the word into its constituents and dealing with other complex word formation techniques. The basic techniques often dealt with are compounding and derivation. However the lecturer must know the subjects considerably beyond the content s/he is expected to teach, have a strong background in the subjects related to the specialty area, and understand major concepts, assumptions, and debates that are central to the discipline they teach. Thus the role of the lecturer is to analyze texts from the linguistic viewpoint.Keywords: ESP, compounding, derivation, linguistic competence
Celie, The Black Thunder: An Ecofeministic Study of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple
Full text linkEcological feminism or Ecofeminism is comparatively a novel approach towards nature, politics and spirituality. When a section of the society is disproportionately affected by certain androcentric decisions and practices, the planet as a whole is confronted with problems pertaining to environmental justice. Environmental reports state that the worst victims are women of color and therefore it is natural that women of colour are forced to become activists to safeguard the environment. Alice Walker is an extremely unique and committed writer who opts for a wider dimension in terms of environmental justice. The Color Purple, Walker's third novel focuses on the physical pain, mental agony, violence and death of black women narrated in a time-honoured epistolary technique. The fiction spans to around thirty years in the life cycle of Celie, a naïve Southern black girl who later emancipates into a strong black woman fully realizing her potential physically, economically and spiritually. This research paper focuses on the exploitation of nature by the androcentric dominance and the course opted by the Celie, the central character towards the establishment of a holistic anthropological society where there exists an equilibrium between nature and humans as well as between both the genders of mankind.Keywords: androcentric decisions, environmental justice, emancipation, holistic anthropological society
Composition of Hazelnuts (Corylus Avellana L.) Grown in Albania
Full text linkLocated in the Western Balkan, Albaniais characterized by a Mediterranean climate, which is present in most of its territory. Its geography imposes the possibility of cultivating nuts, showing economic interest in agriculture. The hazelnuts (Corylus avelana L.) in the national subsidy scheme, currently under implementation, are showing high interest in increasing the cultivated nuts’ plantation area. Beyond the economic interest, nuts show a high scientific interest due to their significant contribution to the Mediterranean Diet and their nutritional benefits, such as being an essential source of polyunsaturated fatty acids and essential minerals. Preliminary studies on the main constituents from the two hazelnut cultivars, Visoka and Tonda romana cv., were conducted in two selected regions during the 2011harvesting year. The fatty acid analysis used the AOAC (2000) method. The chemical characterization indicated that the main constituent in the dried hazelnuts results in triglycerides of 59.9- 61.02 g/100 g dry weight. The protein content varies from 14.25-15.14g/100g, and carbohydrates vary from 18.21-20.55 g/100 g dry-weight hazelnut. Minerals with higher values resulted in potassium of 907 mg100g-1 and calcium of 190.5 mg 100g-1. Iron, manganese, magnesium, and copper were other minerals of nutritional importance