Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
UPAYA PENINGKATAN KEPUASAN PELANGGAN INDOSAT BERDASARKAN TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE QUALITY DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (SEM)

Peningkatan kualitas layanan produk IM3 oleh Indosat dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kepuasan pelanggan Indosat yang saat ini posisinya masih dibawah kepuasan pelanggan Telkomsel dan XL. Penentuan upaya peningkatan kualitas layanan dilakukan dengan melakukan pengukuran persepsi pelanggan IM3 berdasarkan telecommunication service quality. Pengukuran diolah menggunakan Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Diperoleh 5 variabel yang dianggap perlu untuk ditingkatkan kualitasnya, yaitu kecepatan penyelesaian keluhan (X4), jeda waktu untuk dapat tersambung ke IM3 info (388) (X3), ketersediaan panggilan darurat (X2), ketepatan pemotongan pulsa (X11), dan kecepatan internet sesuai dengan yang dijanjikan (X8). Kata kunci : peningkatan kualitas layanan , Telecommunication Service Quality, Structural Equation Modeling, peningkatan kepuasan pelanggan Abstract Service quality improvement conducted by Indosat IM3 products to improve their customer satisfaction which is currently still below the position of customer satisfaction by Telkomsel and XL. Determination of efforts to improve the quality of services performed by measuring customer perceptions IM3 based on telecommunication service quality. Measurement processed using Structural Equation Model (SEM). Retrieved 5 variables that need to be improved quality considered, namely the speed of grievance resolution (X4), the lag time to be able to connect to the IM3 info (388) (X3), the availability of emergency calls (X2), precision cutting pulses (X11), and internet speed according to the promise (X8). Keyword : improved service quality, Telecommunication Service Quality, Structural Equation Modelling, increasing customer satisfaction
Economic Behavior, Market Signals, and Urban Ecology

Urban ecologists have extended the bounds of this field to incorporate both the effects of human activities on ecological processes (e.g., humans as generators of disturbances), and the ways in which the structures, functions, and processes of urban ecosystems, and human alterations to them, in turn alter people’s behavior. This feedback loop from the perspective of urban ecologists offers a natural connection to economic models for human behavior. At their core, housing markets reveal price signals that communicate to developers the tradeoffs consumers are willing to make for the private characteristics of homes and the attributes of the neighborhoods where they are located. These signals together with local land use rules guide the location of development. The characteristics of this development in turn influence the functioning and evolution of urban ecosystems. This paper describes markets as coordination mechanisms and conveyors of information from a complex adaptive systems perspective. It also discusses the way in which physical and biological processes, infrastructural boundaries, and the institutional equivalent of “barbed wire” all simultaneously act to shape the transmission of ecosystem services over the landscape. These processes alter the spatial distribution of housing prices in ways that are both continuous and discrete.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series, and residents of developing countries may download this paper without additional charge at www.nber. org.
A shoe-integrated sensor system for wireless gait analysis and real-time therapeutic feedback

Clinical gait analysis currently involves either an expensive analysis in a motion laboratory, using highly accurate, if cumbersome, kinematic systems, or a qualitative analysis with a physician or physical therapist making visual observations. There is a need for a low cost device that falls in between these two methods, and can provide quantitative and repeatable results. In addition, continuous monitoring of gait would be useful for real-time physical rehabilitation. To free patients from the confines of a motion laboratory, this thesis has resulted in a wireless wearable system capable of measuring many parameters relevant to gait analysis. The extensive sensor suite includes three orthogonal accelerometers, and three orthogonal gyroscopes, four force sensors, two bi-directional bend sensors, two dynamic pressure sensors, as well as electric field height sensors. The "GaitShoe" was built to be worn on any shoes, without interfering with gait, and was designed to collect data unobtrusively, in any environment, and over long periods of time. Subject testing of the GaitShoe was carried out on ten healthy subjects with normal gait and five subjects with Parkinson's disease. The calibrated sensor outputs were analyzed, and compared to results obtained simultaneously from The Massachusetts General Hospital Biomotion Lab; the GaitShoe proved highly capable of detecting heel strike and toe off, as well as estimating orientation and position of the subject. A wide variety of features were developed from the calibrated sensor outputs, for use with standard pattern recognition techniques to classify the gait of the subject. The results of the classification demonstrated the ability of the GaitShoe to identify the subjects with Parkinson's disease, as well as individual subjects. Real-time feedback methods were developed to investigate the feasibility of using the continuous monitoring of gait for physical therapy and rehabilitation. Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Joseph A. Paradiso Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Guidelines for the evaluation of ITS projects

The report contains the guidelines for the evaluation of ITS projects for the purpose of comparing the ITS projects to one another and to other transport projects with regard to their impacts and economic feasibility. The guidelines deal with both pre- and post-evaluations. The report has been updated from the version developed in the TETRA programme three years earlier. The guidelines present a systematic method for evaluating the projects so that all essential factors for decision making are investigated. The guidelines are based on the YHTALI framework generally used in Finland for project appraisal, and apply the YHTALI template for presenting the results. The guidelines were developed as a part of the Finnish National R&D Programme on ITS Infrastructures and Services (FITS). The guidelines present extensive checklists of the possible impacts of ITS systems on the transport systems and users as well as all the actors linked to logistics systems. Lists of indicators and their estimation methods cover seven different impact categories: 1) transport network and its costs, 2) fleet and its costs, 3) accessibility, 4) time and predictability, 5) safety, 6) noise, emissions and energy, and 7) valuations and comfort. The use of specific primary indicators is recommended. The economic feasibility analyses can build on a cost benefit analysis or a profitability calculation. In addition, multicriteria analyses and verbal assessments should be used. For studying the feasibility of the implementation of the projects, the guidelines present checklists for market assessment, human-machine interface analyses, and technological, technical, financial, legal and organisational aspects. The guidelines for the evaluation of logistics projects emphasise the main objective of these projects, which is to enhance the competitiveness of the companies. The Du Pont model applied acts as an impact checklist while producing an estimate of the magnitude of the impacts at the same time. To make the use of the guidelines as easy as possible, examples of their application are given for four ITS projects. The example projects deal with 1) traffic and road weather monitoring, 2) timing management in the delivery of goods from ports to wholesale stores, 3) signal priorities for buses, and multimodal route guidance. As a conclusion, the report lists the further development needs in evaluation in general, and especially in evaluation guidelines and methods. The study has been granted European Community financial aid in the field of Trans-European Networks - Transport. This report is available at http://www.vtt. fi/rte/projects/fits/ or http://www.mintc. fi
Stability Analysis of Power Systems

Stability is an important constraint in power system operation and control . The transient stability is an important aspect in designing and upgrading electric power system. This paper presents the concept of power system stability, reasons for instability and the transient state stability analysis of power system is done using the capacitor bank and induction motor model in the MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. By adding capacitor bank reactive power is improved which in turn enhances the active power of the system. The instability caused by the induction motor is also analysed in this paper.
Pengaruh Fungi Indigenous Toleran Zn terhadap Pertumbuhan Bibit Jagung di Media Tailing Steril

Keberadaan logam Zn dalam jumlah tertentu di tailing pasca tambang akan berdampak pada rendahnya populasi mikroba tanah dan menghambat pertumbuhan tanaman. Aplikasi pemanfaatan fungi indigenus dari lahan tercemar merupakan salah satu usaha dalam memperbaiki sifat tanah untuk pertumbuhan tanaman. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh inokulasi fungi dan toksisitas Zn terhadap pertumbuhan jagung pada fase VE-V9 di media tailing steril. Fungi diisolasi dari tailing lahan pasca penambangan timah di Sungailiat Bangka. Tiga isolat dari 15 isolat dipilih untuk pengujian pengaruh inokulasi fungi terhadap pertumbuhan jagung. Percobaan menggunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok(RAK) dua faktor dengan perlakuan jenis fungi dan konsentrasi Zn. Isolat yang digunakan toleran terhadap Zn pada konsentrasi 0-25 ppm dan mampu menghasilkan fitohormon. Hasil percobaan di rumah kaca menunjukkan bahwa inokulasi fungi nyata memperbaiki pertumbuhan jagung, dibandingkan tanpa inokulan. Serapan tertinggi ditunjukkan oleh isolat R 7J1, namun pertumbuhan jagung terbaik didapatkan dari inokulasi isolat B 2J1. The existence of Zn metal in a certain amount in the post tin mine tailings will result in low soil microbial populations and inhibit plant growth. Application of indigenous fungi utilization on contaminated land is one effort to improve soil properties for plant growth.This study aimed to determine the effect of inoculation of fungi and toxicity of zinc on the growth of corn in the phase of VE-V9 in sterile tailings medium. Fungi were isolated from post tin mining tailings tin lands in Bangka Sungailiat. Three isolates from 15 isolates were selected to test the effect of fungal inoculation on the growth of corn. Experiment used a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) two factors with fungi and Zn concentration treatments.Tolerant isolates used were at a concentration of 0-25 ppm Zn and capable to produce phytohormones. Result of experiment in greenhouse showed that fungal inoculation substantially improved the growth of maize, compared with no inoculant.The highest uptake was shown by isolates of R 7J1, but the best corn growth inoculation isolates obtained from B 2J1.
Modelling arc furnace flicker and investigating compensation techniques

In this paper two models which simulate arc furnace flicker are presented. Arc-voltage and arc-resistance are modelled using probability techniques. A practical 33 MVA furnace and a scaled laboratory model are simulated and compensation techniques investigated. The flicker severity values obtained from the simulations are compared to those actually measured.
The Weather Modification Association’s Response to the National Research Council’s Report Titled, “Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research”

Last fall the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences published a report entitled, “Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research”. One of their conclusions was that “there is still no convincing scientific proof of the efficacy of international weather modification efforts. In some instances there are strong indications of induced changes, but this evidence has not been subject to tests of significance and reproducibility. ” The report was very disappointing, with little support for operational cloud seeding. It showed little support for hail suppression and it was extremely short on its review of winter orographic cloud seeding. At the WMA semi-annual executive board meeting held in Reno, Nevada on October 17, 2003, there was a lively discussion about the report but little detail was known. It was concluded that the WMA needed to respond to the report and its conclusions. The board voted to charge Rick Stone, its president, with forming an ad-hoc committee to review the report and develop a statement reflecting the WMA position on the report. This was done in early November, with Bruce Boe, George Bomar, William Cotton, Byron Marler, Harold Orville and Joe Warburton being appointed as members. The committee solicited input from all members of the WMA before its meeting in early December in Fort Collins. The first draft was distributed to all members and further input invited. The committee received numerous comments and many additions and changes were made. The final report was completed in early February. A press release was issued in March. This WMA report is intended to provide an informed review to the membership and to the public and is now published on the WMA web page (www.weathermodification.org) as well as being published in this current WMA Journal. In addition the report has been sent to various political leaders, policy makers, and scientists in the U.S. and abroad.
Specific Microbiome Signatures under the Canopy of Mediterranean Shrubs

Background: Shrub encroachment (SE) is a phenomenon in which grasses and herbaceous vegetation are replaced by woody shrubs. The progressive spread of shrubs represents a form of land cover change that is widespread in arid and semi-arid grassland ecosystems. Many previous studies have highlighted the effects of SE on soil respiration rates and nutrient storage, but little is known about its belowground effects. While previous work considered shrubs to be non-species specific or as a single intervening species, we selected an Ampelodemsos mauritanicus grassland and six coexisting shrubs (i.e. Pistacia lentiscus L., Juniperus phoenicea L., Myrtus communis L., Rosmarinus officinalis L., Olea europaea L., and Euphorbia dendroides L.) to investigate the effects of their encroachment on soil microbiota. We used high-throughput sequencing, coupled with soil chemical analyses and litter using 13C CPMAS NMR spectroscopy.Results: Results showed a strong influence of shrub canopy on bacterial and fungal community diversity, species richness and overall community composition in the soil. Litter chemistry was dominated by O-alkyl-C, with the highest content in Ampelodesmsos and Euphorbia, but richer of aromatic C in Pistacia and Rosmarinus. Bacterial diversity was highest under Juniperus and Euphorbia, while lowest under Rosmarinus and grassland. Conversely, fungal diversity was highest under Olea and Euphorbia, while lowest under Myrtus and grassland. Moreover, soil C and N contents were highest under Olea, Pistacia and Myrtus compared to the other canopies. In addition, grassland and Rosmarinus had the highest Fe content. Furthermore, increased co-occurrence network size and connectivity were recorded under shrubs compared to the grassland matrix.Conclusions: Our results suggest that the individual effect of each shrub on the grassland matrix depends mainly on the chemical properties of the shrub litter, which alters the chemical profile of the soil and, in cascade, shapes the associated microbiota.
Modeling-guided understanding microstructure effects in energy storage dielectrics

Addressing the relationships between microstructures and properties is critical to the design of novel dielectric capacitors, which further enables widespread promising applications in electronic and electrical systems. The present review focuses on the role of different theoretical modeling techniques in understanding microstructural effects in energy storage dielectrics. State-of-the-art developments in the computational modeling of inorganics, polymers and their composite dielectrics are summarized. Diverse microstructural effects, including domain configurations, crystallization behavior and composite structures, are discussed with regards to different models. Theoretical modeling is not only essential for gaining fundamental insights into the underlying mechanisms behind experimental phenomena but can also be used to inversely engineer the design of dielectrics by prediction or optimization. Finally, to further promote innovative developments in dielectric capacitors, some future perspectives are provided to stimulate the in-depth consideration of the research paradigm between modeling and
Air force total ownership costs (AFTOC) and reduction in total ownership costs (R-TOC)-twin pillars of the air force affordability initiatives

United States Air Force (USAF) managers, from applications research personnel to managers of fielded systems, are working to operate USAF as a business by determining total ownership costs (TOC) and the impact of reduced costs on design effectiveness and operational employment. Selection of programs to reduce total ownership cost can be based on analysis of alternatives that use decision support tools developed by Battelle. The tracking system for reporting the savings from the R-TOC initiatives will be based on data collected in the AFTOC program. The reality of the Air Force affordability program is that AFTOC and R-TOC are the twin pillars that will build a very capable and affordable Air Force for the Twenty First Century.
The role of the drinking driver in traffic accidents (the Grand Rapids study)

Blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) over 0.04% are definitely associated with an increased accident rate. The probability of accident involvement increases rapidly at BACs over 0.08%, and becomes extremely high at BACs above 0.15%. When drivers with BACs over 0.08% have accidents, they tend to have more single vehicle accidents, more severe (in terms of injury and damage) accidents and more expensive accidents than sober drivers. BACs of 0.04% and below apparently are not inconsistent with traffic safety. Many factors other than alcohol are related to the probability of accident involvement. The driver classes with the worst accident experience, in addition to the alcoholically impaired, are the young or very old, the inexperienced and those with less formal education. Persons with the most education, those with better jobs and the middle aged, have better than average accident experience. The effects of alcohol are consistent within the various socioeconomic classes considered. High BACs are always associated with bad accident experience. At the higher BACs, the difference in the accident potential between the various classes of drivers is unimportant. An important aspect of the applied survey technique is that it is adaptable to assessing the effect of various policies directed at the drinking driver. Drinking and driving is clearly associated with the frequent use, or abuse, of alcohol. Many drivers with BACs overestimate the number of drinks that it is safe to have before driving. The tendency to drive after drinking is related significantly to the socioeconomic categories appearing most frequently in the drinking driver class.
Comparison of shaping ability of ProTaper Next and 2Shape nickel—titanium files in simulated severe curved canals

Aim: To evaluate the centering ability of ProTaper Next (PTN) and 2Shape (TS) nickel—titanium (NiTi) instruments in terms of maintaining the original root canal configuration in a simulated tooth with severe curvature. Methodology: Twenty standardized simulated curved root canals were prepared to an apical size of 0.25 mm using PTN and TS (n = 10 canal/group) nickel-titanium files. A gig was constructed to enable reproducible image acquisition using a photographic camera. Pre- and post-instrumented images were recorded and superimposed using a computer software. The ability of the instruments to remain centered in the canal was determined by calculating a centering ratio at three independent points of the simulated canal: coronal, middle and apical third of the curvature, using a computer software. Statistical analysis was performed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by independent sample t-test at 5% significance level. Results: No significant difference was found between the two systems (p > 0.05). At the apical third, the mean centering ratio was significantly higher than the centering ratio of the coronal and the middle thirds in both TS and PTN (p < 0.05). Conclusions: There were no significant differences in the centering ability of the ProTaper Next and 2Shape systems in simulated severe curved canals. Both systems exhibited some degree of transportation, especially in the apical third.
Highly efficient 1.5GHz si power MOSFET for digital cellular front end

A 1.5GHz Si power MOSFET with a 55% power-added efficiency at a 6V power supply voltage has been developed. This device is very promising for the high-power amplifiers of a digital cellular telephone front end. Features of the device have a submicrometer-channel structure and a Self-aligned &ain contact structure (SDC), which exhibit an on-state resistance of as low as 0.3Q an output capacitance of smaller than l5pF and a cutoff frequency of as high as 5GHz.
General Perspectives on the Leading International Management Standards

This paper provides a general review of the process of international dissemination of the two main global management standards: ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. An empirical analysis of the international dissemination of the two main global management standards is carried out, along with a review of the main empirical work that has been published from an International Business perspective. The work refers to the major level of dissemination achieved by these global management standards. Although, their unequal dissemination is also stressed, with there being a clear predominance of countries with disparate market structure and institutional environment, such as China, Italy and Spain. The conclusions drawn in the paper are of interest to both academic as well as professional spheres of activity.
Studying the Effect of Establishment Integrated Management System on Organizational Maturity in Fourth Refinery Gas Asaluye

An Integrated Management System (IMS) incorporates many subsystems into a unique system so that the organization can conduct its operations using a single integrated system. This system is the result of unifying Quality Management Systems ISO 9001, Environmental Management Systems ISO 14001, and Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS 18001). The present paper aims to determine the impact of IMS on process maturity. This study was conducted in 2014 in the Fourth Gas Refinery in Asaluyeh, where 124 members of the staff were selected at random as the sample. Using extant literature, a questionnaire was developed to measure the impact of IMS. The collected data were analyzed using AMOS and SPSS software packages. The results indicate that IMS and its subsystems including quality management, environmental management, and occupational health and safety have a significant positive impact on process maturity. Furthermore, the means for quality management, environmental management, occupational health and safety, and process maturity are 4.11, 4.17, 4.12, and 4.08 respectively, all of which are acceptable.