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Community Consensus: SPE Membership - The Best Money You Will Ever Invest
Authors: Spady Darcy
Published: December 2017

President's column

Here is the value proposition: Value beyond calculation.

How much did you pay for dinner the last time you went to a nice restaurant? What’s it cost to fill the petrol tank in your vehicle? How much do you spend in a month at a brand name coffee joint, which I will call Fivebucks?

OK, let’s think about it. How many visits a week do you make to Fivebucks? It’s the place that makes the lattes and nice drinks close to the office, and maybe even a nice Americano or a chai on a weekend morning. In any given month, I would say the average member splurges on about 20 of these (I’m probably low). And what do you get out of that experience—probably weight gain, increased pulse rate, and your contribution to the growing landfills all over the globe (unless you actually recycle the whole container or use your own). Although, I’m sure it tasted good.

For about the same amount of money, you can pay your annual membership dues for SPE, and have no weight gain, an occasional increase in heart rate due to a healthy technical discussion, and actually help to solve the problem of methane gas from landfills (and other methane and hydrocarbon production issues). In addition, you can ensure that you are part of the greatest society on the planet—one that does a stellar job of engaging, stimulating, and educating our members in local meetings, work-shops, conferences, webinars and a host of other activities. All that, plus you pay 65% less for quality technical papers downloaded from OnePetro.

I think I’ve made my point.

I do have a great deal of fun occasionally helping SPE staff in the membership booth at our events across the globe. They are bound by a number of rules and protocols of politeness, but I can’t really be fired, so I can ask whatever I want of the enquiring prospective or lapsed member. There is a bit of shock factor when the guy behind the booth asks how much their last dinner bill was, or how much a hotel room cost for that weekend away, or what’s the cost of a fill-up at the pump. Pretty hard to continue the line of reasoning that SPE membership costs too much.
Technology Focus: EOR Performance and Modeling (January 2018)
Authors: Gurpinar Omer
Published: December 2017

Technology Focus

Efforts for increasing recovery factors in all reservoir types continued with increasing momentum during the past year. Maturing fields combined with limited exploration forced operators to focus on recovering more from existing fields. Implementing enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in a depressed-oil-price environment is accepted as a challenge by our resilient industry, and, therefore, all aspects of EOR, including EOR agents, EOR physics, and EOR modeling and monitoring, improved further.

We saw progress in all EOR schemes in the past year, from expanding-solvent steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) to increasing recovery factors in unconventional fields in the US. While carbon-dioxide EOR continues to be used in conventional reservoirs, it is also becoming a desired EOR agent for unconventionals. EOR implementations in high-viscosity-oil reservoirs continued to see improvements with more chemistry, with heat, with improved reservoir characterization, and with advancements in SAGD implementation.

Progress in chemical EOR, from polymer to alkaline/surfactant/polymer, has been significant. Not only are there new chemicals with improved recovery capabilities, but also the cost of the chemicals is being reduced continuously. All those factors led to more operators using chemical EOR. It is worth reiterating that increasing recovery factors in unconventionals will remain the top priority for many years to come. The next chapter of the exciting unconventionals journey will be more about EOR. 

EOR momentum on all fronts is reflected in the technical papers reviewed this year. This is the first time I have seen that all EOR schemes were covered. Half the technical papers were about fundamentals, and the other half were about field implementation. I found that to be the best indicator that EOR is becoming an integral part of managing oil fields. The selected papers provide a summary of some of the noteworthy advancements in EOR performance and modeling.

Recommended additional reading at OnePetro: www.onepetro.org.

SPE 187032 Nanoscale-Flow-Chip Platform for Laboratory Evaluation of Enhanced-Oil-Recovery Materials by Michael Engel, IBM Research, et al.

SPE 185526 Surveillance and Initial Results of an Existing Polymer Flood:  A Case History From the Rayoso Formation by L.A. Martino, YPF, et al.

SPE 183165 Borehole Controlled-Source Electromagnetics for Hydrocarbon-Saturation Monitoring in the Bockstedt Oil Field, Onshore Northwest Germany by K. Tietze, GFZ Potsdam, et al.

SPE 182669 Uncertainty Quantification for Foam Flooding in Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs by A. Almaqbali, Heriot-Watt University, et al.

SPE 185002 ES-SAGD Relative Permeability as a Function of Temperature and Solvent Concentrations by M. Zeidani, University of Calgary, et al.
Data-Driven Technologies Accelerate Planning for Mature-Field Rejuvenation
Authors: Wilson Adam
Published: December 2017

This article, written by Special Publications Editor Adam Wilson, contains highlights of paper SPE 185751, “Using Data-Driven Technologies To Accelerate the Field-Development-Planning Process for Mature-Field Rejuvenation,” by Jeremy B. Brown, SPE, Amir Salehi, SPE, Wassim Benhallam, SPE, and Sebastien F. Matringe, SPE, Quantum Reservoir Impact International, prepared for the 2017 SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, 23–27 April. The paper has not been peer reviewed.

This paper presents a data-driven technology and associated work flow for fast identification of field-development opportunities in mature oil fields that accelerates subsurface field-development planning and reduces the time requirement from months to weeks. This technology is ideally suited for large, complex oil fields with large data sets and has been used for brownfield rejuvenation, for asset evaluation during acquisition, and as an independent validation system within internal review programs for large oil companies.

Introduction

This approach does not require fullfield static or dynamic modeling but retains a high degree of confidence by coupling a reliance on data and analytics with judgment of experienced subject-matter experts who quickly validate results. This methodology relies on automated or machine-assisted geological and engineering work flows. Because the forecasting algorithms use regression or neural-network techniques that train on historical data, this approach is not applicable to undeveloped or early-stage greenfields.

Methodology

This technology relies on rapid integration and quality control of key geological and well data, including wireline logs, production/injection by well, completions data, and well trajectories. Automated, machine-assisted, or neural-network-driven work flows enable quick geological mapping, estimation of flow contribution by stratigraphic flow unit, decline-curve analysis, single and multitank material-balance history matching, fractional-flow modeling, drainage-area estimation for all wells by flow unit, identification of pay behind pipe, identification of unswept/bypassed-oil pockets, production mapping using numerical tracers, and waterflood optimization.

Reservoir-Engineering Work Flows

The first step of this approach is rapid analysis of production, injection, and pressure data. Numerous standard work flows of reservoir engineering are auto mated or machine-assisted during this phase.

Performance Summary of Active Wells. Maps and trends of oil, gas, and water production and well vintage and grouping analyses by layer and block provide a quick, automated framing analysis of reservoir trends.

Offline-Well Analysis. Special emphasis is given to wells currently offline, which often present the quickest and easiest opportunities to raise production. The cause of each well’s shut-in is characterized on the basis of trends in water cut, gas/oil ratio, and pressure. These analyses will lead to specific opportunities to restore production from offline wells.
Money supply. Endogenous or exogenous variable? With reference to Iraq
Authors: Hasan Thwaini Falah , Abdulzahra Hamdan Ahmed
Published: December 2017

The issue of whether money supply is a dependent or an independent variable remains a debating one, especially with the ongoing development and innovation of institutions, tools, and financial, monetary, and banking derivatives. In general, we can say that there are two trends of thought about the issue under consideration. The first trend views money supply as an exogenous variable because the monetary authority can control and monitor it. The second one views money supply as an endogenous variable because Federal Bank has no ability to affect it, especially when nominal or money income is changed and reflected on money multiplier and money supply, and also when the monetary authority cannot restrict the monetary expansion as a result of different factors related to the economy structure or related to other non-economic factors.
Integration of Ukraine into the European banking system: cleaning, rebooting and Basel III
Authors: Ramskyi Andriy , Loiko Valeria , Sobolieva-Tereshchenko Olena , Loiko Daria , Zharnikova Valeriia
Published: December 2017

The urgency of the issue is related to changes in the Ukrainian banks’ business environment, taking into account the impact of domestic and global financial instability and the implementation of the regulatory framework for banking regulation of the National Bank of Ukraine in accordance with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision recommendations. The main goal of this research is to analyze the degree of implementation and compliance with the Basel III regulations in Ukrainian banking system. To carry out the research, regulatory and legislative documents of the National Bank of Ukraine, the Basel Accords, statistic data of the Ukrainian banks and the National Bank of Ukraine were used. For this purpose, the analysis of main indicators of Ukrainian banks’ financial stability within the period of 2014–2017 is made. Thus, post-crisis regulatory changes have aimed at restoring bank stability. The results seem to suggest that bank regulatory changes may be repressive, for instance, cleaning and optimization of the banking system as an effective tool for anticrisis management. As a result, it was concluded that banks with foreign capital are the most stable in the banking system of Ukraine in comparison with domestic banks.
Evaluation of slaughterhouse supervision by Veterinary Inspectorate
Authors: FELSMANN MARIUSZ Z. , LISIOWSKA MAŁGORZATA , SOŁTYSZEWSKI IRENEUSZ , SZAREK JÓZEF , GULDA DOMINIKA , GEHRKE MAREK , NAUMOWICZ KAROLINA
Published: December 2017

Owing to its properties, food of animal origin is subject to special supervision by the Veterinary Inspectorate (VI), and food production requires close adherence to official regulations. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the veterinary supervision of abattoirs in Poland on the basis of data generated by the VI in 2005-2015, which are available on the website of the General Veterinary Office (the RRW-5 report). The data from the reports for particular years were used to determine statistical trends for the number of official decisions (warnings and prohibitions) issued by the IV for supervised and controlled abattoirs. It was found that in 2005-2006 (i.e. the transition period, during which abattoirs not yet in compliance with the EU requirements were allowed to operate) there was a 31.36% reduction in the number of abattoirs (from 762 to 521) with a negative evaluation issued by the VI. In 2007, the number of such abattoirs was comparable (1,432) to that in the previous years, but the VI issued more negative opinions (by 16.52%) than in the previous years because of more restrictive regulations. The results of such actions became visible in 2008, when the number of abattoirs decreased to 731, and the number of those with a negative assessment decreased by 33.28%. Starting from 2010, there was a progressive reduction in the number of decisions issued by the VI: in 2015, it was 66.32% smaller than in 2010 (a drop from 2,500 to 967). The number of decisions decreased along with the number of abattoirs in which poor sanitary conditions were found. An increase in the number of negatively assessed abattoirs results in the VI issuing administrative decisions: first, official warnings (to eliminate irregularities) and then prohibition notices (to stop production). Compared with the years 2005-2013, the years 2014-2015 saw a similar number of warnings and the lowest number of prohibition notices. Although the total number of administrative decisions and prohibition notices issued during 2005-2015 showed a clear downward trend, there was an upward trend in the number of warnings. By using administrative tools commensurate with potential risks to consumers, the VI improves sanitary conditions in abattoirs or eliminates them from the market. The analysis conducted in this study suggests that the sanitary conditions of animal slaughterhouses in Poland are satisfactory, which is partly attributable to the appropriate supervision of such facilities by the VI. .
Effect of balanced supplementary feeding in winter on qualitative and quantitative changes in the population of microbes colonizing the rumen of red deer
Authors: GNAT SEBASTIAN , DZIEDZIC ROMAN , NOWAKIEWICZ ANETA , ZIĘBA PRZEMYSŁAW , TROŚCIAŃCZYK ALEKSANDRA , MAJER-DZIEDZIC BARBARA , ZIÓŁKOWSKA GRAŻYNA , BEEGER SŁAWOMIR , WÓJCIK MARIUSZ
Published: December 2017

Ruminants are a group of animals that process and assimilate their food in a unique manner. The functioning of the digestive tract of these animals is closely related to the abundance and composition of microbes in the forestomach, which is a complex ecosystem of bacteria, protozoa and fungi. Microorganisms present in the rumen, and in particular their effect on physiological processes in the body, influence the animal’s physical condition and state of health. Microbiological examination of rumen microbiota ecology is hindered by a lack of selective growth media, as well as by difficulties in isolating bacteria in vitro and accurately identifying them. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of food consumed by red deer (Cervus elaphus) on the diversity of their rumen microbiota. Microbes were compared in two study periods. In autumn the animals’ diet came exclusively from natural plant sources, while in winter, supplementary feeding was introduced, including specially prepared fodder. The study showed that in deer that did not receive the special fodder in winter, but only natural plant components, the abundance of bacterial flora decreased significantly compared with what it was in autumn, unlike in animals that did receive the fodder, whose composition and caloric value substantially increased the activity of rumen microbes. In winter, changes in proportions of different morphological forms of rumen bacteria were observed, as well as a decline in their total number, particularly in the animals that did not receive the pellets. A similar decline was also observed in the populations of yeasts and protozoa in winter. To sum up the results of the study, the use of the specially prepared high-calorie fodder in winter was shown to influence the rumen ecosystem of red deer. The most significant factor improving the condition of deer receiving supplementary fodder during this period is the stabilization of bacterial flora in the rumen, which directly contributes to the efficiency of digestion..
A COMPREENSÃO DO CONCEITO DE PAISAGEM DOS ALUNOS DO 6° ANO – FUNDAMENTAL II UM ESTUDO NA ABORDAGEM PIAGETIANA
Authors: Pichiteli Milaine Aparecida
Published: December 2017

A construção de conceitos é a base para a compreensão e a construção do conhecimento científico e, entre eles, evidentemente, o geográfico. O presente estudo delimitando-se ao período operatório-concreto, segundo a classificação de Jean Piaget, discute bibliografias que tratam dessas fases no ensino-aprendizagem da criança, utilizando um dos conceitos-chave para a Geografia, a paisagem, para exemplificar a importância de uma boa compreensão de conceitos nessa fase de transição. Tratamos de entender como acontece a construção do conceito paisagem por parte de crianças na fase na qual esta sai do campo da ação e parte para o campo da representação mental. Para isso, analisamos, integradamente à pesquisa bibliográfica, os resultados de uma pesquisa de campo com crianças de 11 anos de um colégio da rede estadual de ensino na cidade de Maringá, Paraná.
ENSINO DE MICROBIOLOGIA E A EXPERIMENTAÇÃO NO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL
Authors: Moresco Terimar Ruoso , Da Rocha João Batista Teixeira , Barbosa Nilda Berenice de Vargas
Published: December 2017

RESUMO

Com este estudo objetivamos explorar a eficiência do uso da experimentação, como proposta para o aprendizado de conceitos sobre microrganismos. Oficina com atividades experimentais, Micromundo, foi realizada com 70 alunos do ensino fundamental. A oficina teve seis atividades experimentais sobre conceituação, nutrição, ubiquidade, antimicrobianos, importância e observação dos microrganismos. A eficiência desta estratégia foi avaliada por meio das respostas dos alunos a questionários realizados antes e depois da oficina. As diferenças entre as respostas antes e depois da oficina foram avaliadas. As explicações dos estudantes que foram analisadas e categorizadas conforme o grau de entendimento. Com esta análise observamos que as aulas experimentais foram eficientes para o aprendizado de conceitos sobre os microrganismos, melhorando em 66,67% o desempenho dos estudantes. Portanto, atividades experimentais são estratégias indispensáveis para melhorar aprendizado de microbiologia. Em consequência legitimamos a necessidade de organização de espaços adequados e aperfeiçoamento dos professores para real implementação desse tipo de prática nas escolas.

Palavras-chaves: Educação em Microbiologia. Experimentação. Estratégia Didática. Ensino Fundamental
EDUCAÇÃO E PRÁTICAS PARA PROMOÇÃO DE SAÚDE MENTAL NA ADOLESCÊNCIA
Authors: Robaert Damaris Wehrmann , Schonardie Elisiane Felzke
Published: December 2017

Este texto constitui-se em um relato de uma pesquisa desenvolvida durante o Curso de pós-graduação Lato Sensu em Saúde Mental. Ela consiste em uma abordagem qualitativa, do tipo estudo de caso, onde buscou-se compreender as concepções dos profissionais da área da psicologia, no que se refere às práticas de saúde mental, já desenvolvidas, pelas equipes dos centros de saúde, de dois campus de um Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia. Parte-se aqui da concepção de saúde mental construída a partir da Reforma Psiquiátrica e, consequentemente, da necessidade de construção de uma rede comunitária de atenção à saúde, podendo a escola constituir-se como uma das integrantes desta. O motivo de ter-se optado por este caso reside no fato de referir-se a uma recente experiência de articulação entre saúde e educação – experiência diferenciada por introduzir centros de saúde, com equipes multiprofissionais, dentro das escolas. Sendo uma proposta inovadora, portanto, se faz importante compreender como os profissionais da saúde a tem percebido e, como entendem as possibilidades de contribuições da escola quanto ao desenvolvimento de ações com ênfase na saúde mental dos adolescentes. Entre os resultados encontrados, destaca-se que a concepção destes apontou afirmativamente para interessantes práticas já desenvolvidas nesse sentido. 
CONSTRUÇÃO IDENTITÁRIA DO PROFESSOR DE COMPUTAÇÃO: INTEGRAÇÃO CURRICULAR DOS DOCUMENTOS A AÇÃO
Authors: Cambraia Adão Caron , Pedroso Eliana Fritzen
Published: December 2017

O presente artigo visa discutir a relação teoria e prática na construção de uma identidade docente, mais especificamente dos licenciandos em computação. Para isso, faz uma breve análise do Projeto Pedagógico do Curso no que tange ao Componente Curricular Articulador, no esforço de mapear aspectos que marcam uma constituição do professor de computação. Em seguida, um relato de experiência desse componente. Percebe-se que o diálogo estabelecido para planejamento e execução de uma articulação curricular proporciona a criação de uma conexão entre os diferentes núcleos que compõem a licenciatura em computação e promovem um Desenvolvimento Profissional Docente, marcas de uma identidade docente dinâmica e em permanente construção.
Bullying and Adjustment Problems in Islamic Elementary School
Authors: Agustina Setiowati Erni
Published: December 2017

The number of bullying cases is getting more significant among students. The effect of bullying covers some conditions of psychology, physic, and adjustment either for bullies, bully-victims or whoever witnesses the action (bystander). The cases of bullying more problematic if the action occurs in Islamic based schools. In the Holy Quran, there are 12 verses which correlate to enmity (i’tada ya’tadi). Besides, it also has 39 verses about scolding (istahzaa yastahziu). Thus, actions relating to harassment should be decreased more than non-Islamic based schools. This study aims to describe bullying behavior and adjustment. The quantitative method is used for this study. The sample involved in this study was 73 students of Islamic elementary schools in the district of Semarang Utara selected by purposive sampling. The data were collected through a questionnaire of bullying behavior, reliability coefficient α=0.890 and corrected correlation coefficients was in the range between 0.268-0.552. SCT (Sentence Completion Test) for Children was used to measure perception of adjustment problems. Data analyzed by a descriptive statistic. The finding indicated that bullying was in a high category and students have some adjustment problems related to interpersonal relationship, in school and family, and self-concept.

 
Kasus bullying akhir-akhir ini terus meningkat di kalangan siswa. Dampak dari bullying antara lain berpengaruh pada kondisi psikologis, fisik, dan penyesuaian baik bagi pelaku, korban, maupun teman korban atau siapapun yang menyaksikan kejadian tersebut. Kasus bullying ini lebih problematik bila terjadi di sekolah berbasis agama Islam. Dalam al-Quran terdapat 12 ayat yang berkaitan dengan kata permusuhan (i’tada ya’tadi). Disamping itu, terdapat 39 ayat mengenai cacian (ihtahzaa yastahziu). Sehingga semestinya kejadian yang berkaitan dengan kekerasan dapat ditekan dibanding pada sekolah umum. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan perilaku bullying dan masalah penyesuaian. Sampel yang dilibatkan dalam penelitian ini adalah 73 siswa dari sekolah dasar islam di kota semarang yang dipilih menggunakan cara purposive sampling. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner perilaku bullying, reliabilitas α=0.890 dan koefisien korelasi antara skor aitem-total bergerak antara 0.268-0.552. SCT (Sentence Completion Test) untuk anak digunakan untuk mengukur persepsi terhadap masalah penyesuaian. Data dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perilaku bullying pada siswa tergolong pada kategori tinggi dan terdapat beberapa masalah penyesuaian yang terkait dengan relasi interpersonal, penyesuaian di sekolah dan keluarga dan masalah konsep diri.
Factors Influencing Non-Performing Financing (NPF) at Sharia Banking
Authors: Effendi Jaenal , Thiarany Usy , Nursyamsiah Tita
Published: December 2017

The risk of financing is the risk caused by the failure of the customers to fulfill their obligations. Non-performing financing (NPF) is a representation of financing risk that is channeled and has a direct impact on bank profitability. The value of NPF tends to increase annually with a value that is already close to the maximum limit set by Bank Indonesia of 5 percent. This condition is able to lead to the inefficiency of the banking system and in the long run, will have an impact on the sustainability of the bank. Therefore, the analysis of NPF factors should be conducted as a preventive measure and a risks controller of business activities. This research analyzes the factors influencing NPF at sharia banking (BUS) using a quarterly data from first quarter of 2012 until third quarter 2016. The method used in this research is panel data analysis. The result of analysis shows that the factors influencing NPF negatively and significantly are ratio of revenue sharing financing (RR), Return on Assets (ROA), inflation, Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) and Bank size while Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Operating Cost to Operating Income (BOPO) have a significant positive effect.

Risiko pembiayaan adalah risiko yang disebabkan oleh adanya kegagalan nasabah dalam memenuhi kewajibannya. Non- Performing Financing (NPF) merupakan representasi dari risiko pembiayaan yang disalurkan dan berdampak langsung pada profitabilitas perbankan. Nilai NPF yang cenderung meningkat setiap tahunnya dengan nilai yang sudah mendekati batas maksimum yang telah ditetapkan oleh Bank Indonesia yaitu sebesar 5 persen dapat menyebabkan inefisiensi perbankan dan dalam jangka panjang akan berdampak pada kelangsungan bank. Maka dari itu, analisis faktor-faktor NPF perlu ditinjau sebagai upaya pencegahan dan untuk mengendalikan risiko dari kegiatan usaha. Penelitian ini menganalisis faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi NPF pada Bank Umum Syariah (BUS) dengan menggunakan data kuartal dari kuartal I 2012 hingga kuartal III 2016. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis data panel. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi NPF secara negatif dan signifikan adalah RR, ROA, inflasi, CAR dan Bank size sedangkan GDP dan BOPO berpengaruh positif signifikan.
Políticas de ensino integral na América Latina
Authors: Silva Andréa Giordanna Araujo da
Published: December 2017

O artigo apresenta a análise dos programas de ampliação do tempo escolar e diversificação curricular implantados em diversos países da América Latina, a partir da década de 1990, e objetiva identificar os resultados educacionais e sociais das políticas de ampliação do tempo escolar. A investigação utilizou, como fontes de pesquisa, documentos oficiais postos em circulação pelos governos de estados latino-americanos: Argentina, Chile, México, Uruguai, El Salvador, República Dominicana e Venezuela e identificou-se a existência de um confronto ideológico na definição dos fundamentos para a reestruturação dos sistemas de ensino público na América Latina. Observou-se que, de modo geral, a ampliação do tempo escolar e a diversificação das práticas curriculares têm como objetivos centrais promover a elevação do desempenho intelectual dos estudantes nos exames nacionais e internacionais de aferição de aprendizagem e garantir a qualificação da força de trabalho juvenil para o ingresso imediato no mercado produtivo.
A concepção de qualidade educacional impulsionada pelas avaliações externas no estado de São Paulo
Authors: Filipe Fabiana Alvarenga , Bertagna Regiane Helena
Published: December 2017

Este artigo apresenta dados de pesquisa e visa analisar a concepção de qualidade educacional induzida pela sistemática de avaliação em larga escala adotada do estado de São Paulo. Com relação aos procedimentos metodológicos, insere-se na Abordagem Qualitativa (ANDRÉ, 2005) por meio da Pesquisa Bibliográfica sobre avaliação e qualidade educacional, Levantamento Documental e Análise de Conteúdo. Evidenciou-se que o ideário neoliberal que permeia a política educacional paulista, desde a década de 1990, induz a qualidade educacional a uma concepção reducionista, pautada na quantificação de resultados. A pesquisa possibilitou também a reflexão acerca da Avaliação Institucional Participativa e do conceito de Qualidade Negociada como caminho para alcançar a Qualidade Social da Educação.
Construções insubordinadas no português do Brasil: completivas e condicionais em análise
Authors: Bezerra de Menezes Hirata Vale Flavia , Peres de Oliveira Taisa , Da Silva Camila Fernandes
Published: December 2017

Neste trabalho, discutem-se usos de construções condicionais e completivas insubordinadas no português do Brasil, a partir das reflexões teóricas desenvolvidas particularmente por Evans (2007), Mithun (2008), Gras (2011), D’Hertefelt (2015), Sansiñena (2015) e Hirata-Vale (2015, 2017). Insubordinação é conhecido como o processo pelo qual construções que apresentam uma marca qualquer de subordinação passam a ser usadas independentemente, sem que estejam conectadas a uma oração principal. Embora possam parecer construções idiossincráticas, usadas apenas esporadicamente pelos falantes, as pesquisas acerca dessas construções constatam que elas são bastante frequentes e realizam estratégias discursivo-pragmáticas específicas. Desse modo, o objetivo deste trabalho é descrever essas construções no português do Brasil, apresentando suas características discursivas e funcionais.
Aposições oracionais em uso: rediscutindo fronteiras categoriais
Authors: Nogueira Márcia Teixeira
Published: December 2017

Uma das propriedades mais associadas às construções apositivas é a sua natureza nominal, embora gramáticos e linguistas identifiquem aposições não nominais na fronteira com a coordenação e a subordinação. Com base teórica na Gramática Discursivo-Funcional (HENGEVELD; MACKENZIE, 2008; KEIZER, 2007), eu analiso a fronteira entre aposição e complementação em construções nas quais uma oração se encontra ligada aos substantivos fato, tese e desculpa por meio da preposição de.
Latest Trends and Challenges In Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC)
Authors: Jourdani Mohammed , Mounir Hamid , Marjani Abdellatif El
Published: December 2017

Background:

During last few years, the proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) underwent a huge development.

Method:

The different contributions to the design, the material of all components and the efficiencies are analyzed.

Result:

Many technical advances are introduced to increase the PEMFC fuel cell efficiency and lifetime for transportation, stationary and portable utilization.

Conclusion:

By the last years, the total cost of this system is decreasing. However, the remaining challenges that need to be overcome mean that it will be several years before full commercialization can take place.This paper gives an overview of the recent advancements in the development of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel cells and remaining challenges of PEMFC.
Its Impacts on and Transformations of Ecosystems and Life
Authors: Engelbrecht Hubert
Published: December 2017

Rising affluence and world population demands increasing supply.
Consequently, mass extraction, processing, and shipping of mineral raw materials and
other goods has spread over the world. The huge anthropogenic turnover of materials
caused by socio-economic metabolism and by all kinds of effects and interactions
resulted in problems for the ecosphere. The transformations of natural environments
turned out to be detrimental to biodiversity, to ecosystem services, and to life in
general. Fauna and flora were exposed to greater adaptive pressure. Dissipative and
dispersive use of natural products created huge amounts of waste and of toxic sites,
resulting in health problems, fatalities, and enormous economic costs. Several
planetary-scale tipping points, which occurred with further biodiversity loss, radiative
CO2 forcing, dieback of rainforests and loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet, were
approached and partly transgressed, because regulatory natural forces cannot
compensate for the magnitudes of human activities. Emerging system pressures and
rising global connectedness have resulted in risk societies, which are characterised by
latent conflicts with sustainability, dependencies, higher disparities, environmental
degradations, and less precise system predictabilities, as well as the awareness of these
problems, documented e.g. by the creation of Earth Overshoot Day.
Extraction of Mineral Raw Materials and its Utilisations
Authors: Engelbrecht Hubert
Published: December 2017

Mineral commodities1 are the backbone of the global economy and the base
of secondary and tertiary industries. Growing economic demand and wealth founded on
the life cycles of mines (from exploration to closure) and the life cycles of extracted
matter (processing, refining, trading, consumption, and disposal). Industrial mining
started in the second half of the 18th century in England, predominantly with coal and
iron. This development spread over the world and got diversified; quantities of some
commodities have increased a thousandfold since then. The quantity of mineral raw
materials, mined and put into use in the USA increased by thirty-fold in the 20th
century. Technical development since the 1980s increased the demand for diversity of
mining products considerably. Global mining is controlled by ca. 10 enterprises.
Description of geological settings, development, major extraction and mining sites,
recent production numbers, estimated resources and reserves of mineral commodities,
as well as numerous applications follow. They include energy carriers (hard coal,
lignite, natural gas, petroleum, uranium, geothermal heat), ferro-alloy metals (e.g. iron,
chrome, nickel), and non ferrous metals (e.g. copper, aluminium). The problem of
strategic metals is addressed. Finally, the cumulative annual mass of extraction
necessary to supply more than 7 billion persons is given.
Transformation of Ecosystems in the Spheres of Earth
Authors: Engelbrecht Hubert
Published: December 2017

Anthropogenic forcings caused complex ecosystem transformations in the
pedo-, cryo-, hydro-, atmo-, and biospheres and global adaptive pressure on biota.
Human Beings: Adverse Effects of Transformations
Authors: Engelbrecht Hubert
Published: December 2017

World population growth, concentration in megacities, development of the
technosphere and numerous novel chemical substances, industry, and agriculture have
exposed humans to new kinds of health threats. Insufficient sewerage systems in
megacities resulted in cholera epidemics. London smog caused impairment of the
respiratory tract and rickets. Los Angeles smog brought about the presence of ground
level toxic ozone in urban aerosol plumes. Mortality increased significantly in cities
during summer heat waves. Permanent availability of artificial light has entailed
unhealthy night and shift work. Rapid increase in global traffic resulted in annual
losses of more than 1 million lives. Excess artificial noise causes 61,000 disability
adjusted life years annually. Global annual fatalities due to air pollution run up to 5.5
millions. Clean-up of industrial brownfields impose financial burdens on public
budgets. Health costs of Hg released into the environment are estimated at a minimum
of 23,000 euros/kg. A positive correlation exists between health impairment and CO2
emissions. Financial pressure is rising to organise constructions to shelter coastal cities
against sea level rise. Growth of cropland has not kept pace with population growth
since 1960. Ailments arise because of mass-consumption of cheap foodstuffs, luxury
food, and stimulants. Globally, 1.8 billion persons lack access to good quality drinking
water. Detected detrimental effects of certified chemicals and pharmaceuticals resulted
in numerous health impairments. Global distillation has deteriorated the health status of
the Arctic population. Health burdens arise due to industrial and nuclear havaries, and
above ground nuclear tests. Intentional application of industrially produced warfare has
caused ca. 145 million fatalities since 1800.
Causes of the Environmental Crisis and Proposals for its Mitigation
Authors: Engelbrecht Hubert
Published: December 2017

The transformations caused by industrialisation are ambivalent: Progress in
technology, medicine, science, human well being, mobility, food security, etc. contrasts
with the degradation of the environment and implied health impairments for human
beings. The latter has occurred, because humans created many more sources than sinks
and artificial material flows exceeded the natural ones; in that way, waste and toxic
matter accumulated in the biosphere. Genius ideas of scientists and inventors, as well
as treasures generated by nature inside the Earth were utilised and exploited
economically. Innate behaviour, ideologies, traditional economic systems, and
permanent growth marginalised ecological concerns. Insufficient technological
diversity, population growth, and energy subsidies entailed dependencies and the risk
of resource depletion. Recommendations to avoid further aggravation of the ecological
crisis are: Dematerialisation; terminating the use of fossil energy carriers; ecological,
social, and humanitarian concerns must be equally entitled beside economic concerns;
realistic pricing of products and fair trade; shift to economic systems and human
reproductive societies characterised by sufficiency; fostering of positive human
creativity and intellect, as well as fine arts, aesthetics, and morals.
Analisis Prinsip Layout and Composition pada Web Design Perusahaan PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Tbk dan PT. FIF Group berdasarkan Buku “The Principle of Beautifull Website Design (2nd Edition) By Jason Beaird”
Authors: Kuswanto Heri
Published: December 2017

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui prinsip-prinsip desain web yang menarik berdasarkan buku “The Principle of The Beatiful Website Design (2nd edition) by Jason Beaird yang difokuskan pada prinsip Layout and Composition, sekaligus menjawab apakah perusahaan yang memiliki divisi IT menerapkan prinsip tersebut. Metode yang digunakan adalah pendekatan studi kasus, dengan tujuh variabel yakni web page anatomy, grid theory, balance, unity, emphasis, fresh trend dan resizing: fixed, fluid, or responsive layouts. Kajian dilakukan dengan menganalisis dan membandingkan dua buah website perusahaan nasional dengan hasil yang menunjukkan bahwa rancangan website lebih dipengaruhi oleh faktor pandangan dari sisi kegunaan dan estetika.
ANALISIS KEBERHASILAN SISTEM E-LEARNING SMK NEGERI 1 MALANG
Authors: Sakkinah Intan Sulistyaningrum
Published: December 2017

E-learning merupakan salah satu pembelajaran yang saat ini banyak dikembangkan di lembaga pendidikan. SMK Negeri 1 Malang merupakan salah satu sekolah yang telah menggunakan e-learning namun sistem e-learning SMK Negeri 1 Malang belum diukur tingkat keberhasilannya. Oleh sebab itu tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui kerhasilan sistem e-learning SMK Negeri 1 Malang dengan menggunakan model analisis DeLone dan McLean. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa e-learning SMK Negeri 1 Malang dinyatakan berhasil.
PEMBAGIAN TINGKAT KECANDUAN GAME ONLINE MENGGUNAKAN K-MEANS CLUSTERING SERTA KORELASINYA TERHADAP PRESTASI AKADEMIK
Authors: Prastyo Yudi
Published: December 2017

Game online tidak hanya memberikan hiburan tetapi juga memberikan tantangan yang menarik untuk diselesaikan sehingga individu bermain game online tanpa memperhitungkan waktu demi mencapai kepuasan. Salah satu metode yang dapat digunakan untuk mengelompokkan tingkat kecanduan game online adalah metode K-Means Clustering. K-Means Clustering merupakan salah satu metode data clustering non hirarki yang berusaha mempartisi data yang ada ke dalam bentuk satu atau lebih cluster/kelompok.Penelitian ini mengambil data sample kuesioner dari mahasiswa di Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor dimana isian kuesioner akan diolah sebagai acuan pengelompokkan tingkat kecanduan game online.Hasil clusteringdigunakan untuk mengetahui hubungannya antara tingkat kecanduan game online terhadap prestasi akademik mahasiswa. K-Means Clustering memiliki berbagai keunggulan diantaranya sederhana untuk dipahami, mudah untuk diterapkan, membutuhkan sedikit pengetahuan, mampu menangani data numerik dan kategorikal, tangguh, dan dapat menangani dataset yang besar. Nilai korelasi yang dihasilkan sebesar -0,885yang berarti bahwa adanya korelasi antara tingkat kecanduan game online terhadap prestasi akademik mahasiswa di Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor
PEMETAAN KOMPETENSI LULUSAN SMK BIDANG KEAHLIAN TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DAN KOMUNIKASI DI KOTA MAKASSAR
Authors: Tandirerung Veronika Asri
Published: December 2017

Kebutuhan kompetensi di era digital lebih khusus di era Masyarakat Ekonomi Asean (MEA) membutuhkan tenaga kerja professional di bidang keahlian Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi. Salah satu bidang keahlian di SMK adalah bidang keahlian Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui pemetaan kompetensi lulusan SMK TIK di Kota Makassar dan peluang kerja lulusan TIK. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kuantitatif. Data diperoleh dengan mengumpulkan data hasil uji kompetensi. Data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan teknik dokumentasi dan kuesioner. Data yang terkumpul dianalisis secara deskriptif kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian adalah kompetensi rekayasa perangkat lunak berada pada kategori sangat tinggi yakni 20.5%, Kategori tinggi pada program keahlian teknologi komputer dan jaringan 52.3%. kategori cukup pada program teknologi komputer dan jaringan 43.1%, kategori rendah paling besar pada program keahlian rekayasa perangkat lunak 26.4%. Peluang kompetensi lulusan dengan kompetensi yang dibutuhkan stakeholder bidang Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi diperoleh bahwa peluang kerja lulusan SMK bidang keahlian TIK di Kota Makassar yaitu di industri lokal sangat tinggi yakni 60 %, di industri nasional adalah kategori sangat tinggi 40 %, di industri international kategori tinggi 80%, Peluang kerja lulusan untuk berwirausaha adalah kategori sangat tinggi 80%, dan peluang siswa untuk studi lanjut S1/D3 adalah dikategorikan sangat tinggi 40%
UJI KELAYAKAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN INTERAKTIF PADA MATA PELAJARAN ADMINISTRASI SERVER
Authors: Ernawati Iis
Published: December 2017

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat kelayakan Media Pembelajaran Interaktif pada Mata Pelajaran Administrasi Server di SMK Negeri 2 Depok. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif. Prosedur pengujian yang digunakan adalah Alpha Testing dan Beta Testing. Subyek penelitian ini adalah para siswa kelas XI Teknik Komputer Jaringan di SMK Negeri 2 Depok. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan kuesioner. Analisis data menggunakan analisis data kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh adalah Media Pembelajaran Interaktif pada Mata Pelajaran Administrasi Server materi proxy server mendapat penilaian 85,50% dari ahli media, 85,83% dari ahli materi, dan 85,73% dari pengguna atau siswa. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa media pembelajaran interaktif pada mata pelajaran Administrasi Server materi proxy server ini sangat layak digunakan untuk pembelajaran di SMK Negeri 2 Depok.
Using Mobile Technology to Provide Personalized Reminiscence for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers: Appraisal of Outcomes From a Quasi-Experimental Study (Preprint)
Authors: Laird Elizabeth A , Ryan Assumpta , McCauley Claire , Bond Raymond B , Mulvenna Maurice D , Curran Kevin J , Bunting Brendan , Ferry Finola , Gibson Aideen
Published: December 2017

BACKGROUND

Dementia is an international research priority. Reminiscence is an intervention that prompts memories and has been widely used as a therapeutic approach for people living with dementia. We developed a novel iPad app to support home-based personalized reminiscence. It is crucial that technology-enabled reminiscence interventions are appraised.

OBJECTIVE

We sought to measure the effect of technology-enabled reminiscence on mutuality (defined as the level of “closeness” between an adult living with dementia and their carer), quality of carer and patient relationship, and subjective well-being.

METHODS

A 19-week personalized reminiscence intervention facilitated by a program of training and a bespoke iPad app was delivered to people living with dementia and their family carers at their own homes. Participants (N=60) were recruited in dyads from a cognitive rehabilitation team affiliated with a large UK health care organization. Each dyad comprised a person living with early to moderate dementia and his or her family carer. Outcome measurement data were collected at baseline, midpoint, and intervention closure.

RESULTS

Participants living with dementia attained statistically significant increases in mutuality, quality of carer and patient relationship, and subjective well-being (P<.001 for all 3) from baseline to endpoint. Carers attained nonsignificant increases in mutuality and quality of carer and patient relationship and a nonsignificant decrease in subjective well-being.

CONCLUSIONS

Our results indicate that individual-specific reminiscence supported by an iPad app may be efficient in the context of early to moderate dementia. A robust randomized controlled trial of technology-enabled personalized reminiscence is warranted.
THE IMPACT OF TRADE ON CHILD LABOR: EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED SAARC AND ASEAN COUNTRIES
Authors: Ab-Rahim Rossazana , Tariq Bilal
Published: December 2017

Past studies have tended to investigate the relationship between trade and child labor under the traditional trade theories, while assuming that the trade in homogenous goods and the results show inconclusive evidence of a relationship. Hence, it would be interesting to investigate the trade effects of differentiated goods on child labor in the setting of the new trade theory. This study attempts to investigate the trade-induced child labor effects (selection, scale and technique effects) in selected Asian countries over the period from 1999 to 2013. The countries consist of the major South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries, namely: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and selected ASEAN countries, namely: Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand, where child labor is most common. The results of this study confirm that the total impact of trade on child labor also needs to account for the selection effect, in addition to the scale and technique effects. The findings imply trade liberalization hampers the child labor market in the context of the trade in differentiated goods.
MEWUJUDKAN PERNIAGAAN BERKEADILAN MELALUI PENINGKATAN AKSES KEADILAN KONSUMEN
Authors: Widijantoro Johanes
Published: December 2017

Abstract In the mid of free trade era, both in domestic and international level, consumer protection issues has become more relevan to be examined. One of the important aspect in the field of consumer protection that should be strengthened is consumer’s acces to justice. The complexity of global trade marked by unfair commercial practices have often negative impacts for consumer; consumer rights often be ignored and violated by business people. Therefore government must be able to ensure the existence of consumer’s access to justice through the rule making, policy, and the new legal institutionalization in order to create fair business climate. IntisariDi era perdagangan bebas seperti sekarang ini, isu perlindungan konsumen makin penting dan relevan baik dalam konteks perdagangan di tingkat domestik maupun internasional. Salah satu aspek yang masih harus ditingkatkan di bidang perlindungan konsumen ialah akses keadilan konsumen, sebab pertumbuhan perniagaan yang makin kompleks jangan sampai hanya memposisikan konsumen sebagai obyek kepentingan bisnis semata. Oleh karena itu, Negara harus dapat menjamin terciptanya akses keadilan konsumen baik melalui regulasi, kebijakan, maupun kelembagaan hukum baru agar tercipta iklim perniagaan yang berkeadilan. Di samping itu melalui peningkatan akses keadilan konsumen diharapkan dapat menumbuhkan kesadaran konsumen akan hak-haknya.