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The Influence Factors of Participatory Communication in the Development of Entrepreneurship Behavior in Enbal Casava Processing

The people of Southeast Maluku district have their own uniqueness food compared to other communities in Indonesia by processing bitter cassava into traditional food which in the local language is called Enbal. The potential for developing enbal in increasing the people's income is responded by the local government by forming a small industrial group processing enbal. The purpose of this research is to describe the characteristics of the processing of waste, the availability of local food information, the support of institutional support, participatory communication and entrepreneurial behavior, and then to analyze the factors that influence participatory communication in the development of entrepreneurship behavior in the processing of enbal. The study was conducted in Southeast Maluku district by taking data conducted in a census of the entire population of small-scale processing industries in Southeast Maluku district, totaling 127 processors. Primary data collection techniques were carried out using a questionnaire and secondary data obtained from relevant agencies from the district government of Southeast Maluku. The results showed that the age of the processor is dominant in the productive category with a low level of education and adequate experience, a wide enough land area. In general, the majority of the level of motivation for the processing of enbal is in the high category and the level of the airport is low. The level of availability of local food information is not available. The level of institutional support for local small-scale food industry is not optimal because it is in the medium category. The level of participatory communication of the recipient processing has generally been participatory. Entrepreneurial behavior possessed by enbal processors in the district of maluku Tenggara is mostly in the high category. Factors that significantly and positively influence participatory communication are individual characteristics and institutional support. The participatory communication factor also significantly and positively influences entrepreneurial behavior Participatory communication is reflected by dialogue, voice, liberating-pedagogy, and reflection on action.
Impact of Land-Use Practices on Vegetation Cover in Apa Local Government Area, Benue State, Nigeria

Apart from the direct benefits of forest to man items of food, health care shelter and clothing, it provides several beneficial environmental services such as creation and preservation of quality environment, protecting watershed and carrying out photosynthesis. It also has profound influence on the local water resources and plays an important role in the carbon-dioxide budget of the global atmosphere (Khalil, 1995; Nwoboshi, 2000). Maintaining healthy forest can play a significant role in climate change mitigation.
Factors associated with uremic pruritus in chronic kidney failure patients

Objective Uremic pruritus is one of the most distressing symptoms in patients with chronic renal failure. Interestingly, pruritus is not typically found in acute renal failure. Etiology and pathogenesis of uremic pruritus remain unclear. Several studies have demonstrated controversial results. Our study evaluated the frequency and intensity of uremic pruritus in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) on hemodialysis including its associated factors. The aim of our study was to determine etiology and pathogenesis of uremic pruritus. Methods The study was a cross-sectional study conducted at Dr. Kariadi Hospital in Semarang city involving 33 hemodialysis patients between June and November 2005. About 6 cc of blood volume was withdrawn from each patient before the patient undergoing hemodialysis. Laboratory findings including blood urea, parathyroid hormone, calcium, phosphate, magnesium, vitamin A, and interleukin 2 levels were evaluated. Patient were be interviewed and examined if they had other diseases that may also cause pruritus. Results Uremic pruritus was found in 75.8% of the patients. Uremic pruritus had no correlation with urea level; secondary hyperparathyroidism, elevated divalent cations levels such as calcium, phosphate, magnesium levels as well as with hypervitaminosis A, interleukin-2 level or any group of those variables. On the other hand, uremic pruritus correlated to concomitant diseases. The intensity of uremic pruritus was related to the duration of hemodialysis. Conclusion Multifactorial facets could be involved in the pathogenesis of uremic pruritus. Further experiments are required to reveal greater details regarding the pathogenesis of uremic pruritus.
Chitin Fibre Formation by the Solution Blow Spinning Method, Using 1-butyl- 3-methylimidazolium Acetate Ionic Liquid as a Solvent

Chitin is the second most abundant polysaccharide on the Earth after cellulose, therefore there is a tangible need for finding new environmentally-friendly solvents for the manufacture of useful forms of that polymer. Ionic liquids have been recently proposed as a possible type of solvent for chitin and cellulose. The possibility of the dissolution of chitin of various origin in six selected ionic liquids was investigated. Chitin samples were characterised by the main characteristic properties: degree of N-acetylation (by FTIR spectroscopy), degree of crystallinity (by WAXS), average molecular weight (by the viscometric method) and physical form. The studies performed allowed to find the optimum chitin-ionic liquid system based on 1-btyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate for the manufacture of chitin fibres by the solution blow spinning method. Final products were characterized by the same set of parameters as the initial materials.
Role of Local Community in Gishwati Forest Reserve Rehabilitation and Its Implication on Local Community Livelihood

The main objective of this study was to assess the role of local community in Gishwati Forest Rehabilitation and its implication on local community livelihood. This study was conducted in Rutsiro District which is located in Western Province. Findings, showed that most of the local people they were not interested about the rehabilitation of Gishwati Forest Reserve because they don’t gain a lot in the process and they are not consulted as one of the stakeholders. They showed the challenges faced by local communities in the forest rehabilitation and the main one was the poverty. Also, it showed the land cover, land use of the forest and forest change since 1986 to 2019. In addition, findings showed the impacts of forest rehabilitation on community livelihoods, according to the results negative impacts are many compared to positive impacts. Suggested solutions to overcome the mentioned challenges were: to improve local community livelihood, to be consulted before implementing any project concerning them, to give them trainings. As recommendation, the planning of forestry related programs or projects; the local community should play a big role by giving out their ideas on how they think it can be done and alternative sources of income of local community have to be planned because rehabilitation process halt their livelihood.
ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND ITS EFFECT TOWARD SME PERFORMANCE THROUGH STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY ON FASHION INDUSTRY IN MALANG

The relationship between strategy and performance is central to the study of strategic management. The main objective of this study is to examine the form of entrepreneurial orientation toward strategic flexibility and SMEs performance. By taking a more specific sample, this study uses SMEs in fashion in Malang as the object of research. Data was collected through questionnaires, with 31 owners of SMEs fashion in Malang being taken as respondents. The findings of the study revealed that only proactiveness had a significant direct effect on SMEs performance, while innovativeness, risk-taking, and proactiveness significantly influenced strategic flexibility. Proactiveness was found to have the greatest influence on strategic flexibility. This study shows the important role of strategic flexibility in strengthening the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on SMEs performance. Research implications and suggestions are discussed at the end of this article.
Evaluation of Design Storms and Critical Rainfall Durations for Flood Prediction in Partially Urbanized Catchments

This study investigates and compares several design storms for flood estimation in partially urbanized catchments. Six different design storms were considered: Euler II, alternating block method, average variability method, Huff’s curves, and uniform rainfall. Additionally, two extreme historical storms were included for comparison. A small, ungauged, partially urbanized catchment in Novigrad (Croatia) was chosen as a study area to account for the infiltration impact on the rainfall-runoff process. The performance of each design storm was assessed based on the flood modeling results, namely the water depth, water velocity, flow rate, and overall flood extent. Furthermore, several rainfall durations were considered to identify a critical scenario. The excess rainfall was computed using the Soil Conservation Service’s Curve Number method, and two-dimensional flooding simulations were performed by the HEC-RAS model. The results confirmed that the choice of the design storm and the rainfall duration has a significant impact on the flood modeling results. Overall, design storms constructed only from IDF curves overestimated flooding in comparison to historical events, whereas design storms derived from the analysis of observed temporal patterns matched or slightly underestimated the flooding results. Of the six considered design storms, the average variability method showed the closest agreement with historical storms.
Geochemical analysis of forest floor leaf litters of Madhupur Sal forest of Bangladesh

Academic Editor: Md. Rashedur Rahman An experiment was conducted in Lahoria and Rasulpur beats of Madhupur Sal forest of Bangladesh to study the geochemical analysis of forest floor leaf litters with varying stands. The study was followed by completely randomized design (CRD) with four replications. The experiment consisted of three treatments like pure stand, plantation stand and mixed stand. A quadrate sample of 10 × 10 m plot size was determined to collect the leaf litter samples from the forest floor for chemical analysis. The chemical properties of leaf litters such as organic carbon, total N, C: N, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulphur, boron, iron and zinc were determined following standard methods. The result revealed that the organic carbon, C: N, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sulphur, boron, iron and zinc content was the highest (39.04%, 59.12, 548.76 ppm, 0.53%, 745.74 ppm,0.25%, 50.75 ppm, 94.38 ppm and 36.31 ppm, respectively) in the mixed stand and the lowest (37.67%, 35.87, 293.26 ppm, 569.19 ppm, 0.22%, 27.77 ppm in case of organic carbon, C: N, phosphorus, magnesium, sulphur, zinc, respectively) both in the plantation stand and in the pure stand (0.30%, 37.57 ppm, 68.36 ppm in case of potassium, boron, iron, respectively). The content of total nitrogen was the highest (1.05%) in the plantation stand and the lowest (0.65%) in the pure stand while the content of calcium was the highest (0.32%) in the pure stand and the lowest (0.27%) was found both in the mixed stand and plantation stand. Therefore, it can be concluded that the geochemical characteristics of forest floor leaf litters of Madhupur Sal forest was well in the pure stand of natural forest (Sal tree) rather than the plantation forest (exotic tree species).
EMPTY LATTICE MODEL FOR PHONONIC CRYSTALS WITH ELASTIC ANSIOTROPY

For phononic crystals, the Bragg band gaps generally, but not always, open around high symmetry points of the first Brillouin zone. The commonly accepted explanation stems from the empty lattice model: assuming a small material contrast between the constituents of the unit cell, avoided crossings in the phononic band structure appear at frequencies and wavenumbers corresponding to band intersections; for scalar waves the lowest intersections coincide with boundaries of the first Brillouin zone. In case the phononic crystal contains ansiotropic solid materials, however, its overall symmetry is not dictated solely by the lattice symmetry. We construct an empty lattice model for phononic crystals composed of elastic anisotropic materials, relying on their slowness surfaces. Even in the case of isotropic constituent materials, avoided crossings can appear at intersections between bands for elastic waves of different polarizations, i.e. shear and longitudinal, because these are coupled by periodicity in the phononic crystal. For bands with similar polarization, avoided crossings can appear at reciprocal lattice points that do not sit at boundaries of the first Brillouin zone.
Screening of biosurfactant producing yeasts isolated from mangrove ecosystem of Surat region of Gujarat, India

Background/ Objectives: Biosurfactants are extracellular surface-active compounds produced by bacteria, fungi and yeast. Interest in biosurfactant has been increasing due to their unique properties. The objective of this study is to screen for potential biosurfactant producing yeasts from mangrove areas of Gujarat in India.Methodology: The biosurfactant producing yeasts isolated fromfive differentmangrove sites i.e. Hazira,Mandroi, Mirzapur, Kantiyajal and Machhad of Surat, Gujarat during summer season of 2015. Isolated yeasts were screened for the production of biosurfactant by Parafilm M, Oil displacement and Emulsification index method in which cottonseed oil was used as a substrate. The type of biosurfactant produced was identified by Phenol-sulfuric acid test, Biuret test and phosphate test. Findings: Total twenty four yeasts were isolated from soils of sampling sites. Yeasts were initially screened by Parafilm M and oil displacement method. Out of these 24 isolate, 6 isolates namely, Ky-48, Ky-53, Ky-54, Ky-84, Ky-86 and Ky-87 showed promising biosurfactant activity. These six isolates were further subjected to secondary screening method: Emulsification test, to identify biosurfactant production. Two isolates, namely Ky-46 (emulsification index: 61.53 %) and Ky-86 (emulsification index: 46.66 %) showed maximum biosurfactant production. All six isolates showed positive result for phenolsulfuric acid method. This indicated that the isolated biosurfactant was Glycolipid in nature.Novelty/Applications: Few mangrove yeasts have potential to produce high amount of glycolipid that can be used in food processing and detergents, healthcare and cosmetics industries.
A Simple Hinge Model for Displacement-based Nonlinear Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Columns

Abstract – During strong earthquakes, reinforced concrete (RC) structures experience cyclic lateral loads that result to degradation in load-carrying capacity, and failure of columns in shear and/or flexure. This study presents a simple hysteretic hinge model that may be used in displacement-based analysis of RC columns, classified as flexure critical, shear critical, and shear-flexure critical, subjected to cyclic loads. The proposed hinge model made up of zero-length nonlinear springs can simulate the hysteretic behavior of reinforced concrete material in axial, shear, and flexure. The nonlinear parameters of the springs were derived from geometric and material properties of the column and estimated using Response-2000 software. Pushover analysis and response to cyclic loading were performed using the Open System for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (OpenSees) program and validated by comparing the force-displacement response of select forty-three RC columns available in the PEER Structural Performance Database. Results show that for the six rectangular columns, the numerical experiments using the proposed hinge model and the actual force-displacement curves gave R-squared values greater than 0.80 signifying good agreement of results. Therefore, it was concluded that the model can reasonably replicate nonlinear behavior of shear-, shear-flexure, and flexure-critical columns subjected to cyclic loading and, therefore, may be used to assess performance of actual RC columns. Keywords—hinge model, reinforced concrete, performance assessment, OpenSees, column
Effect of a Planned Health Teaching on Improving Knowledge and Competence of Home Care Practice of Post Stroke Patient Among Caregivers' Achievement

Background: Stroke is one of the major healthcare challenges, being one of the leading causes of death, disability, and dependency in the activity of daily living worldwide Homecare of stroke patients is having a great role in the patient recovery. Patient family caregivers and relatives can play an important role in the care of patients. But how to continue proper care of the patient at home after discharge, they don't know what to do and don't have practice as well. In this view, the researcher believes that it might be a great help for caregivers and the patients to teach theirs about stroke and home care of stroke patients. Objective: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a planned health teaching on the caregiver's knowledge and competence of home care of stroke patients. Therefore, improve the patients' functional ability. Methods: The two group pre and post-test, quasi-experimental design was conducted among 50 caregivers of stroke patients, assigned to 25 caregivers as a control group and 25 caregivers as an experimental group. The study was done in the university hospital at El Fayoum city from 1st March 2019 to 31st August 2019. Four tools were used for data collection after reviewing relevant data as the following; a structured interviewing questionnaire, caregiver's knowledge questionnaire regarding stroke, caregiver's practices regarding bed position, Position Change and Transfer, and Range of Motion Exercises, and patient function ability assessment according to Barthel index. Results : revealed that there was a poor score level of knowledge and competence of home care practices before the intervention. However, there was an improvement of score level in the control and experimental group post-intervention, but the higher score was observed in the experimental group. The mean score level of patient functional ability in the experimental group improved than the control group through follow up. Highly statistical significance was found between control and experimental group post-intervention related to knowledge and practices. A positive significant correlation between caregiver's practices and patients function ability in the experimental group was found. Conclusion: planned health teaching is important after patients discharge to increase the caregiver's knowledge and competence of home care practices of post-stroke patients; resulting in improved patient functional ability.
Study by optical techniques of the dependence of aggregation parameters of human red blood cells on their deformability

Blood microcirculation in human body is greatly dependent on the microrheologic properties of red blood cells. The aim of this work is to identify the relationship between the deformability of these cells and their aggregation properties, both of which are the key factors for the blood flow. Laser diffractometry, diffuse light scattering and laser tweezers were implemented for in vitro measurements. Different osmolarity of plasma (150–500 mOsm/l) and concentrations of glutaraldehyde (up to 0.004%) were used to change the deformability of healthy red blood cells in vitro . The results show that with the cells becoming more rigid some aggregation parameters (e.g. the fraction of aggregated cells) decrease, while some of them (e.g. the hydrodynamic strength of the aggregate) stay unchanged. For example, after incubation in 0.004% glutaraldehyde solution the erythrocyte deformability drops by 19 ± 2% and this leads to a decrease by 77 ± 4% in the aggregation index. This means that there is a connection between cell deformability and the formation of the aggregates, however the relationship is less pronounced and more complex for the disaggregation process.
Bird wing digits & their homologies: reassessment of developmental evidence for a 2,3,4 identity

The theory of descent of birds from theropod dinosaurs demands that their fore-limb digit identities (1,2,3) are the same as those of birds and thus the conventional embryological identification of these as 2,3,4 remains a major problem for acceptance of this theory. Are the 2,3,4 identities of bird wing digits correct? The paper analyses the developing bird wing as a specialisation of the general developmental ‘bauplan’ for the pentadactyl skeleton. Evidence from the chick embryonic skeletogenic pattern supports interpretation of the main digits as 2,3,4 on the basis of timing, position & connections, using comparative methods eg comparison with other amniote patterns of limb skeletogenesis. Fresh support for 2,3,4 identity comes from evidence of i) a temporary embryonic digit 1 in the ostrich and of ii) a condensation-specific Sox9 molecular domain in a digit 1 position in the chick wingbud. In contrast, the recent ‘frame shift’ hypothesis of Wagner proposes molecular identity transformation by which theropod identities for 1,2,3 have become shifted to avian digit condensations 2,3,4. Support for ‘frame shift’ is claimed from evidence (Vargas & Fallon 2004) that the expression domain for Hox d 13 alone characterises digit 1, but a domain for Hox d 12 and 13 characterises digits 2-5. Here it is argued that this evidence for ‘frame shift’ is speculative and insufficiently convincing to support reinterpretation of the wing digits as 1,2,3. Evidence that wing digits have been correctly identified as 2,3,4 continues to provoke doubts about the ‘dinosaur-bird’ theory. The presence of well-defined feathers in the bird-like hands of certain dromaeosaurs (from Liaoning, China) may be due to their possibly being secondarily flightless birds, thus suggesting that birds may derive from a lineage separate from that of theropods.
MODELLING AND PREDICTION OF PRECIPITATION AND SOIL MOVEMENT BASED ON ADINSAR

Abstract. Evaluating soil movement related to precipitation is needed for geologic and hydrologic applications. In principle, the soil body swells and shrinks depending on soil type, precipitation rate, moisture content, and drainage rate. The precipitations are normally measured at weather stations. Measuring the soil movement by using ground-based sensors and hydrologic models across a large area is costly and time-consuming. Also the weather observations were not fully involved in modelling. A long-term monitoring using remote sensing is a cost-effective alternative. For this purpose, we developed a new approach in this study to model the transformation between precipitation and soil movement. The time-series soil movement over a large area is evaluated by ADInSAR at mm/yr level. As a result, the predictive model can compute the precipitation at a location from its ADInSAR-derived movement, and vice versa. Our test using Sentinel-1 images shows that the prediction accuracy for precipitation is 14 mm (mean error rate 12%) and it amounts 12 mm/yr for soil movement. The accuracies indicate that our modelling is relevant to the reality. We also discuss the influences of different parameters on the modelling. In the future, we will proceed with tests considering other areas of interest, time spans, and image sources. More target points will be analysed in detail. Last but not least, we will work on the applications related to geology and hydrology.