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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CURRICULUM 2013 REVISION ON LESSON PLANS MADE BY ENGLISH TEACHERS OF SMAN 2 MAGELANG IN SCHOOL YEAR 2018/2019
Authors: Aeini Khurotul
Published: August 2019

ABSTRACTLesson plan helps the teachers organize the teaching and learning process. It is important to achieve the learning objective. Regulation of Ministry of National Education and Culture No 22 of 2016 is guidance to design the lesson plan. In fact, many teachers of SMAN 2 Magelang have not implemented the regulation in their lesson plan.There are two objectives of this research. First, it is to know the components of lesson plans made by English teacher. Second, it is to know how the implementation of curriculum 2013 revision in the lesson plans made by English teachers of SMAN 2 Magelang is.This research is descriptive qualitative. In conducting this research, the writer collected the documentation of 18 lesson plans made by 4 English teacher of SMAN 2 Magelang. The data were analyzed by using checklist then described.There are two results on this research. First, there are 13 components on lesson plans made by English teachers of SMAN 2 Magelang. Second, the implementation of components in lesson plans are different from one teacher to another. The average implementation of components in lesson plans made by teacher 1 is 98.46%, made by teacher 2 is 100%, the average implementation of components in lesson plans made by teacher 3 is 96.92%, and made by teacher 4 is 60%.According to findings, it can be concluded that the lesson plans made by 4 English teachers implement the components. The components are based on the Regulation of Ministry of National Education and Culture No 22 of 2016. According to the result above, the writer suggests to the teachers to complete the lesson plans and increase their knowledge especially in designing a lesson plan.Keyword: Lesson plan, Curriculum 2013 revision, English teacher
Effects of MyBFF@school Intervention in Health-related Quality of Life among Overweight and Obese Primary School Children
Authors: Ishak Zahari , Low Suet Fin , Wan Ibrahim Wan Abdul Hakim , Yahya Abqariyah , Md. Zain Fuziah , Selamat Rusidah , Yazid Jalaludin Muhammad , Mokhtar Abdul Halim
Published: August 2019

Obesity has been shown to impact the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among children. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of MyBFF@school program on HRQOL among overweight and obese primary school children in Malaysia. KINDLR Questionnaire was used to collect data on their HRQOL before and after the program. ANCOVA was used to analyse the comparison between intervention and control group after 6 months. There are significant effect on family functioning, F(2,1103)=7.452, p<0.05 and school functioning, F(1,1117)=7.103, p<0.05 after the intervention. Effects can also be seen on physical well-being, emotional well-being and friends functioning. The program is effective in improving the HRQOL significantly in two dimensions namely the family and school functioning. In order to achieve greater overall success,social support should be an integral part of the program and stigma on obesity should be managed and reduced by including normal-weight children in the program.
Believing and Sharing Information by Fake Sources: An Experiment
Authors: Bauer Paul Cornelius , Clemm von Hohenberg Bernhard
Published: August 2019

The increasing spread of false stories (“fake news”) represents one of the great challenges societies face in the 21st century. A little understood aspect of this phenomenon, and the processing of online news in general, is how sources influence whether people believe and share what they read. In contrast to the pre-digital era, the Internet makes it easy for anyone to imitate well-known and credible sources in name and appearance. In a pre-registered survey experiment, we first investigate the effect of this contrast (real vs. fake source) and find that subjects, as expected, have a higher tendency to believe and a somewhat higher propensity to share news by real sources. We then expose subjects to a number of reports manipulated in content (congruent vs. incongruent with individuals' attitudes), which reveals our most crucial finding. As predicted, people are more likely to believe a news report by a source that has previously given them congruent information. However, this only holds if the source is fake. We further use machine learning to uncover treatment heterogeneity. Effects vary most strongly for different levels of trust in the mainstream media, and having voted for the populist right.
Changes in the physico-chemical properties of spear and pepper mint volatile oils during storage
Authors: El-Moghazy Tamer Farouk Ahmed
Published: August 2019

The experiment was conducted in Sabahia Horticultural Research Station, Alexandria, Egypt during the period from February 2005 until July 2007. Spear and pepper mint fields were planted late February and harvested in June 2005. The oil from the herbs was extracted by steam distillation method in a private factory in 6-October city. Then, the storage experiment was started in the middle of July 2005 and extended for two years.Dark and clear glasses, 25 ml, were filled with the oils to study the effects of the presence vs. absence of oxygen in the bottle atmosphere (half full vs. full filled bottles), dry oil vs. moisted oil (1% moisture), darkness vs. light (dark vs. clear glasses) and the effect of room temperature vs. low temperature (4oC) on the oils quality during storage. Each treatment was represented by 3 bottles, used once only in each sampling every three months for 9 times lasted for 24 months, June 2007, including the starting point samples. Storing either spear mint volatile oil or pepper mint volatile oil dry, away of air, in dark and placed in a refrigerator is recommended to keep the oils quality in good status. The active compounds will be remained in the acceptable levels and retard it far from spoilage for longer time, it might reach 24 months.
Efektifitas Terapi Dzikir Terhadap kecemasan Ibu Hamil Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Bara-baraya Makassar Kota Makassar Tahun 2018
Authors: ikawati nurul
Published: August 2019

ABSTRAKWanita hamil akan mengalami adaptasi atau perubahan fisiologis dan psikologis. Salah satu aspek psikologis yang berpengaruh pada kehamilan adalah kecemasan. Saat ini telah dikembangkan terapi non-farmakologi berdasarkan Islam, yaitu dzikir. Secara fisiologis, dzikir akan menghasilkan beberapa efek medis dan psikologis yaitu akan membuat seimbang kadar serotonin dan norepineprin di dalam tubuh. Hal tersebut merupakan morfin alami yang bekerja di dalam otak yang dapat membuat hati dan pikiran merasa tenang setelah berdzikirPenelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui efektifitas terapi dzikir terhadap kecemasan ibu hamil di Puskesmas bara – baraya Tahun 2018.Desain penelitian adalah studi quasi eksperimen dengan pendekatan non randomized pre test post test with control group. Sampel penelitian dengan teknik non probability sampling terdiri atas 15 orang untuk kelompok Eksperimen dan 15 orang untuk kelompok kontrol sehingga total jumlah sampel sebanyak 30 orang responden yang diambil dengan teknik purposive sampling Data dianalisis secara univariat dalam dalam bentuk distribusi frekuensi dan bivariat untuk menguji hubungan antara variabel dengan uji T Dua Sampel Berpasangan.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada efektifitas terapi dzikir terhadap kecemasan dengan nilai p=0,000. Maka dari itu terapi dzikir memiliki efek ketenangan yang dapat menurunkan tingkat kecemasan pada ibu hamil. Efek dari dzikir terhadap psiokologis yang terjadi dalam dimensi alam sadar manusia akan menumbuhkan penghayatan yang lebih mendalam akan kehadiran Allah.Kata Kunci: Terapi Dzikir, Ibu Hamil, Kecemasan.Daftar Pustaka: 15 (2011-2017).
Green New Deal: policies to stop climate damage by 2025
Authors: McGaughey Ewan
Published: August 2019

How can law and policy reform stop climate damage, and reach a carbon neutral economy by 2025? Numerous groups around the world, from activists, to academics, to elected representatives, are drafting policies to stop the planet burning and drowning. The House of Commons in the UK, as well as 308 local and regional governments, have declared a ‘climate emergency’. A total of 935 jurisdictions worldwide have done the same, while the US House of Representatives has passed a resolution calling for a Green New Deal. In light of these declarations and principles, it is necessary to understand which legal reforms are needed. This paper enumerates key legal reforms under the banner of a ‘Green New Deal’, setting out policies that can be immediately adopted by local and central government in the UK, in European Union law, and by international organisations. The same policies are also adaptable to other jurisdictions.
When the killing has been done: Influences of personality on third-party judgment and punishment of homicides in moral dilemma scenarios
Authors: Behnke Alexander , Strobel Anja , Armbruster Diana
Published: August 2019

Killing people is universally considered reprehensible and evokes in observers a need to punish perpetrators. To investigate how observers’ personality influences their cognitive, emotional, and punishing reactions towards perpetrators, we analyzed data from 1,004 participants who responded to three scenarios describing deliberate killings from a third-party perspective. Utilitarian motive of killing and inevitability of harm varied systematically between scenarios. Participants’ moral appropriateness judgments, emotions towards perpetrators, and assigned punishments revealed complex scenario-personality interactions. Trait psychopathy led to more understanding emotions but harsher punishments in all scenarios. Regarding utilitarian killings, need for cognition led to milder punishments, whereas intuitive/authority-obedient thinking led to stronger negative emotions and harsher punishments. Other-oriented empathy, trait anxiety, and justice sensitivity did not account for differences in third-party punishments. Our findings highlight the importance of interindividual differences on moral decision making and sense of justice.
Is Belief in Free Will Related to Higher Life Satisfaction for Everyone
Authors: Spronken Maitta , Holland Rob , Wang Zuo Jun , Dijksterhuis Ap
Published: August 2019

Previous research revealed a positive relation between belief in free will and life satisfaction. We examined this relation in a Western country other than the U.S (the Netherlands). The relation between belief in free will and life satisfaction was obtained, but qualified by questionnaire order. People seemed to indicate stronger free will beliefs when being satisfied. As hypothesized, the relation between belief in free will and life satisfaction was positive for people with high self-esteem, but somewhat negative for people with low self-esteem (Study 1). When manipulating self-esteem, mood dropped more for participants with stronger free will beliefs in the low self-esteem condition (Study 2). We did not replicate this finding in Study 3. In the U.S., no moderation by questionnaire order or self-esteem was found (Study 4). The relation between free will beliefs and life satisfaction may depend on people’s self-esteem and the (cultural) salience of free will beliefs.
Does alcohol cue Inhibitory Control Training survive a context shift?
Authors: Jones Andrew , Baines Laura , Franken Ingmar H.A. , Verbruggen Frederick , Field Matt
Published: August 2019

Rationale: Inhibitory control training (ICT) is a novel psychological intervention that aims to improve inhibitory control in response to alcohol-related cues through associative learning. Laboratory studies have demonstrated reductions in alcohol consumption following ICT compared to control / sham training, but it is unclear if these effects are robust to a change of context. Objectives: In a pre-registered study we examined whether the effects of ICT would survive a context shift from a neutral context to a semi-naturalistic bar setting. Methods: Using a mixed design, sixty heavy drinkers (40 female) were randomly allocated to receive either ICT or control / sham training in a neutral laboratory over two sessions. We developed a novel variation of ICT that used multiple stop signals in order to establish direct stimulus-stop associations. The effects of ICT / control were measured once in the same context and once following a shift to a novel (alcohol-related) context. Our dependent variables were ad-libitum alcohol consumption following training, change in inhibitory control processes and change in alcohol value (the proposed mechanisms of action of ICT). Results: ICT did not reduce alcohol consumption in either context compared to the control group. Furthermore, we demonstrated no effects of ICT on inhibitory control processes or alcohol value. Bayesian analyses demonstrated overall support for the null hypotheses. Conclusion: This study failed to find any effects of ICT on alcohol consumption or candidate psychological mechanisms either in the same context, or in a novel context. These findings illustrate the difficulty in training alcohol-inhibition associations, and they add to a growing body of literature which suggest ICT holds little evidential value as a psychological intervention for alcohol use disorders.
What kind of rationalization is system justification?
Authors: Laurin Kristin , Jettinghoff William
Published: August 2019

Cushman uses rationalization to refer to people’s explanations for their own actions. In system justification theory, scholars use the same term to refer to people’s efforts to cast their current status quo in an exaggeratedly positive light. We try to reconcile these two meanings, positing that system justification could result from people trying to explain their own failure to take action to combat inequality. We highlight two novel and contested predictions emerging from this interpretation.
Prediction Of Mortality By Pediatric Risk Of Mortality (PRISM) III Score In NGMC Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Authors: Bora Roma
Published: August 2019

Background: The pediatric risk of mortality (PRISM) III score helps in predicting prognosis. It is being used in most of the pediatric intensive care units of developed world and few of developing ones. We have undertaken this study to evaluate efficacy of PRISM III score in prediction of mortality.

Material and Methods: Prospective hospital based analytical study conducted from May 2018 to April 2019 in patients admitted to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of NGMC, Nepal. The pediatric risk of mortality score (PRISM) III which includes 14 parameters (physiological and laboratory) was recorded within 24 hours of admission. A total of 480 patients were included. The final outcome was recorded as death or discharge.

Result: It was observed that mortality increased with increasing PRISM III score approaching almost 100% by PRISM III score of 25 and more. The variables that were found to be risk factors for death were readmission, diseases of hepatobiliary system, mechanical ventilation (MV) and use of vasoactive drugs with p value of <0.001. PRISM III score offers a good discriminative power with 0.866 (95% CI) area under the ROC curve.

Conclusion: The pediatric risk of mortality score was found to be a useful tool for prediction of prognosis.
Dermatological Conditions Associated with Pregnancy: A Hospital Based Study
Authors: Pandey Sumit , Sharma Nirmala , Pokhrel Kumar
Published: August 2019

Background: Pregnancy Changes can be both physiologic and pathologic, affecting commonly the skin, nails, and hair shafts. Pregnancy has immunologic, endocrine, metabolic and vascular changes, which leads to changes of skin and its appendages and can affect every organ of pregnant women including the skin. Pregnancy also modifies the course of a number of preexisting dermatological conditions. The aim of our study was to study the common skin manifestation

Objectives: during pregnancy.

Material and Method: Hundred pregnant women were enrolled in the study. This is a hospital- based prospective cross- sectional descriptive study, conducted in the out-patient department (OPD) of Department of Dermatology and Venereology and Department and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital Kohalpur, Banke Nepal, conducted over a period of two year, June 2016 to May 2018. A detailed history along with complete cutaneous examination was carried out in all patients. Relevant investigations were done wherever necessary.

Result: A total of 100 pregnant women were recruited in our study from June2016 to May 2018. Out of these, 65(65%) were primigravidas and 35(35%) were multi gravidas. Their age range was 18 to 37 years with the mean of 24. Most of them presented in the third trimester. Pruritus was the commonest symptom accounting for 28(28%)cases. Physiological changes were seen in 75(75%) cases and 10 (10%) cases of specific dermatoses of pregnancy were seen.

Conclusion: Skin manifestations are quite common in pregnancy and physiological changes were frequently seen. This study emphasizes the need for a scrupulous and meticulous search for dermatological and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a casual cursory examination and clinicians need to distinguish between physiological skin changes and specific dermatoses of pregnancy for better patient care.
Socio-demographic Characteristics and Psychosocial Stressors in the Children and Adolescents with Somatoform Disorders
Authors: Jalan Rekha K. , Adhikari Jyoti , Belbase Mohan
Published: August 2019

Introduction: Somatoform disorders are characterized by physical symptoms that suggest a medical condition, and which are not fully explainable by general medical condition, or by the direct effects of a substance, or by another mental disorder.

Objectives: to study the socio-demographic characteristics and psychosocial stressors in children and adolescents with somatoform disorders.

Methods: From 1st January, 2018 to 30th  June 2018, Children and adolescents from 3 to 18 years of age with unexplained physical st thsymptoms were evaluated using DSM – IV criteria. Detailed evaluation followed for those meeting inclusion criteria.

Results: Among 65 patients (18, 27.69% boys and 47, 72.31% girls) meeting inclusion criteria, conversion disorder was the most common (37, 56.92%), followed by undifferentiated somatoform disorder (15, 23.08%). Girls were significantly more represented among conversion disorder patients compared to other groups of somatoform disorders (68.08% vs. 27.78%, X2 =8.63, p<0.01) Stressors 2 were identified in 95% and acute precipitating stressors were present in 75% patients. Both the boys and girls had significantly higher rates of academic problems. Boys found to have social and environmental problems while girls had problems in primary support group.

Conclusion: Somatoform disorder, particularly conversion disorder is more common and it is found more in girls. Academic problems, poor interpersonal relations and conflict in the family are the important psychosocial stressors.
Solubility of Carbon and Nitrogen and Precipitation of Carbides and Nitrides during Carbonitriding as Basis for Simulation∗
Authors: Skalecki M. G. , Klümper-Westkamp H. , Steinbacher M. , Zoch H.-W.
Published: August 2019

Carbonitriding is used to improve the properties of steel components. The carbon and nitrogen content and the microstructure comprising martensite, retained austenite, and finely distributed nitrides and carbides are significant parameters determining component properties. Current state of the art posits that these multi-phase microstructures determine optimal material conditions. The reliability of a process is strongly dependent on the options for control. Previous studies dealt with the measurement of atmospheric nitrogen potential by means of an ammonia sensor in the exhaust gas. The equilibrium contents in the austenite were determined based on this and the mutual effects of carbon and nitrogen. Further improvement of the reliability of the carbonitriding process requires simulation of the carbon and nitrogen profiles and the precipitation condition of carbides and nitrides. Apart from the equilibrium content, the maximum solubilities determined by phase diagram calculations and precipitation in the presence of interdependent carbon and nitrogen effects, including interactions with other alloying elements, need to be examined towards further development of controlled carbonitriding to ensure reliable heat treatment results.
A recital analysis. An attempt to examine the structure of a poem through its recital
Authors: Aristov V. V.
Published: August 2019

A ‘practical’ look at Batyushkov’s poem ‘You are awake, oh Baia, from the tomb…’ [‘Ty probuzhdaeshsya, o Bayya, iz grobnitsy…’] by means of musical and vocal performance allows its further analysis with interspersing elements of synthesis. When employed jointly, a recital and analysis of a poem determine a combined plan of its examination and offer a deeper view of the poem’s structure. A vocal recital implies consecutive emergence of words in a poem, but can also activate a (largely subconscious) inner interpretation, nonlinear and with varying sequences of lines and words. While Y. Lotman’s work mainly focuses on the systems of assonances and consonances, this article deals with more sophisticated sound complexes. In a holistic poetic recital, with accentuated syllables and repetitions, one can perceive formations of separate musical parts, accompanied by something close to musical compositions. The author shows how a recital of a whole text can then help to discern separate recurrent and transforming symbolic elements. The author devised a method of ‘the inner plastic theatre’, which he employs in order to study the system of different movements within Batyushkov’s poem.
Another earth and sky. Vladimir Korolenko and Igor Dedkov in the chaos of revolutions
Authors: Yakovlev S. A.
Published: August 2019

The writer Vladimir Korolenko (1853–1921) and literary critic Igor Dedkov (1934–1994) became witnesses and active participants of Russia’s two ‘fateful’ historical upheavals: one at the beginning of the 20th c., and the other at its end. The article examines the values system of the civic stance assumed by these preeminent literary figures at the time of such opposite political U-turns. Quoted in the article are V. Korolenko’s journals and his letters to A. Lunacharsky. The article analyses I. Dedkov’s perception of Korolenko’s works as expressed in his diaries from the 1950s–1980s and journalistic pieces. The author comes to a paradoxical conclusion that while Korolenko and Dedkov represented nominally antagonistic political systems, their ultimate goals do not contradict each other. United by the ideals of narodnichestvo, Korolenko and Dedkov abhorred the changes brought about by the contemporary revolutions, which explains the heavy political charge of this paper.
The ethnic-cultural space of modern Karachay-Balkar poetry
Authors: Kerimova R. A.
Published: August 2019

The article is devoted to the problems of ethnic-cultural perceptions in contemporary Karachay-Balkar poetry. It defines criteria for shaping an ethnic and civic self-identity. The paper discusses how cultural globalization affects the ideology of the Karachay-Balkar people. In a detailed analysis of works by N. Bayramkulov and A. Bakkuev, two poets of a younger generation, the author argues that fundamental values and stereotypes take priority in the poetic mentality of younger artists. Closely examining the themes of the poets’ works – philosophy, religion, history, society and politics – the author specially describes the way each poet deals with the nation’s artistic memory. Another focus is on the analysis of poetics. It is suggested that the young poets’ creative method is found at convergence of realism and mythopoeia. Their poetry centers around the mythical images of stone, water, mountains, and ‘taulu’ (‘a man of the mountains’).
Perancangan Smart Home Untuk Pengendalian Peralatan Elektronik Dan Pemantauan Keamanan Rumah Berbasis Internet Of Things
Authors: Rahayu Endang Sri , Nurdin Romi Achmad Mukthi
Published: August 2019

Perkembangan teknologi  “Smart Home” merupakan dampak perkembangan kemajuan teknologi yang bertujuan membantu manusia  mengelola aktifitas sehari-hari dalam mengendalikan peralatan elektronik serta memantau kondisi rumah.  Pengendalian perangkat elektronik di beberapa titik lokasi secara otomatis dilakukan dengan mengirimkan sms dari handphone ke modul pengendali. Perangkat ini juga akan menghubungkan modul pengendali melalui jaringan internet sehingga terbangun fungsi  Internet Of Things (IOT). Smart Home berbasis Arduino memfasilitasi sistem keamanan rumah dengan memasang sensor Infra Red untuk mendeteksi adanya objek yang bergerak, Sensor MQ-2 untuk mendeteksi kebocoran gas, Sensor DHT11 untuk mendeteksi temperature dan kelembaban, Sensor Ultrasonic untuk mengukur ketinggian air pada penampung air. Perangkat pemodelan Smart Home Berbasis Arduino dan Internet Of Things (IoT Node MCU ESP8266) memiliki dashboard dan database yang tersimpan pada Virtual Private Server (VPS). Dashboard dan database ditampilkan dengan mengetikkan IP Address yang disediakan oleh VPS pada browser, sehingga alat tersebut dapat dikendalikan dari jarak jauh melalui jaringan internet. Sensor DHT11 memiliki error rata-rata sebesar 1,83 Celcius. Batas nilai pada area berbahaya untuk sensor gas (LPG/asap) disetting diatas 200 ppm, untuk membunyikan alarm. Sensor PIR dapat mendeteksi pergerakan hingga jarak 5 meter. Sensor ultrasonik mampu mendeteksi jarak  4 meter.
Serum Sodium Levels Predict the Recurrence of Febrile Seizure within 24 Hours
Authors: Duangpetsang Jatuporn
Published: August 2019

Objective: Febrile seizure is a common disorder in children that occurs in 2.5% of children 6-60 months of age. The study was conducted to ascertain the role of serum sodium as a predictor of seizure recurrence within the same febrile illness.Material and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in children with febrile seizures who were admitted to Kaengkhro Hospital between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2017. The data collected from medical records included age, gender, serum sodium level, body temperature, duration of fever, and family history of febrile seizures.Results: Two hundred ten children were diagnosed with febrile seizures; 190 had a single febrile seizure and 20 had recurrent febrile seizures. Mean±standard deviation ages of children with a single febrile seizure and recurrent febrile seizures were 22.95 ± 0.95 and 22.34 ± 0.89 months, respectively. Serum sodium levels in children with recurrent seizures within 24 hours (130.80 mmol/L) were significantly lower than in children with a single febrile seizure (132.37 mmol/L, p-value=0.02). A family history of febrile seizures was significant for predicting recurrent seizures within 24 hours (p−value= 0.006).Conclusion: Serum sodium levels predict the recurrence of febrile seizure within 24 hours.
Less invasive spinal deformity surgery: the impact of the learning curve at tertiary spine care centers
Authors: Wang Michael Y. , Tran Stacie , Brusko G. Damian , Eastlack Robert , Park Paul , Nunley Pierce D. , Kanter Adam S. , Uribe Juan S. , Anand Neel , Okonkwo David O. , Than Khoi D. , Shaffrey Christopher I. , Lafage Virginie , Mundis Gregory M. , Mummaneni Praveen V. , _ _
Published: August 2019

OBJECTIVE

The past decade has seen major advances in techniques for treating more complex spinal disorders using minimally invasive surgery (MIS). While appealing from the standpoint of patient perioperative outcomes, a major impediment to adoption has been the significant learning curve in utilizing MIS techniques.

METHODS

Data were retrospectively analyzed from a multicenter series of adult spinal deformity surgeries treated at eight tertiary spine care centers in the period from 2008 to 2015. All patients had undergone a less invasive or hybrid approach for a deformity correction satisfying the following inclusion criteria at baseline: coronal Cobb angle ≥ 20°, sagittal vertical axis (SVA) > 5 cm, or pelvic tilt > 20°. Analyzed data included baseline demographic details, severity of deformity, surgical metrics, clinical outcomes (numeric rating scale [NRS] score and Oswestry Disability Index [ODI]), radiographic outcomes, and complications. A minimum follow-up of 2 years was required for study inclusion.

RESULTS

Across the 8-year study period, among 222 patients, there was a trend toward treating increasingly morbid patients, with the mean age increasing from 50.7 to 62.4 years (p = 0.013) and the BMI increasing from 25.5 to 31.4 kg/m2 (p = 0.12). There was no statistical difference in the severity of coronal and sagittal deformity treated over the study period. With regard to radiographic changes following surgery, there was an increasing emphasis on sagittal correction and, conversely, less coronal correction. There was no statistically significant difference in clinical outcomes over the 8-year period, and meaningful improvements were seen in all years (ODI range of improvement: 15.0–26.9). Neither were there statistically significant differences in major complications; however, minor complications were seen less often as the surgeons gained experience (p = 0.064). Operative time was decreased on average by 47% over the 8-year period.

Trends in surgical practice were seen as well. Total fusion construct length was unchanged until the last year when there was a marked decrease in conjunction with a decrease in interbody levels treated (p = 0.004) while obtaining a higher degree of sagittal correction, suggesting more selective but powerful interbody reduction methods as reflected by an increase in the lateral and anterior column resection techniques being utilized.

CONCLUSIONS

The use of minimally invasive methods for adult spinal deformity surgery has evolved over the past decade. Experienced surgeons are treating older and more morbid patients with similar outcomes. A reliance on selective, more powerful interbody approaches is increasing as well.
Use of Patient Health Questionnaire–2 scoring to predict patient satisfaction and return to work up to 1 year after lumbar fusion: a 2-year analysis from the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative
Authors: Zakaria Hesham Mostafa , Mansour Tarek R. , Telemi Edvin , Asmaro Karam , Macki Mohamed , Bazydlo Michael , Schultz Lonni , Nerenz David R. , Abdulhak Muwaffak , Schwalb Jason M. , Park Paul , Chang Victor
Published: August 2019

OBJECTIVE

The Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC) is a prospective, longitudinal, multicenter, quality-improvement collaborative. Using MSSIC, the authors sought to identify the relationship between a positive Patient Health Questionnaire–2 (PHQ-2) screening, which is predictive of depression, and patient satisfaction, return to work, and achieving Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) minimal clinically important difference (MCID) scores up to 2 years after lumbar fusion.

METHODS

Data from a total of 8585 lumbar fusion patients were analyzed. Patient satisfaction was measured by the North American Spine Society patient satisfaction index. A positive PHQ-2 score is one that is ≥ 3, which has an 82.9% sensitivity and 90.0% specificity in detecting major depressive disorder. Generalized estimating equation models were constructed; variables tested include age, sex, race, past medical history, severity of surgery, and preoperative opioid usage.

RESULTS

Multivariate analysis was performed. Patients with a positive PHQ-2 score (i.e., ≥ 3) were less likely to be satisfied after lumbar fusion at 90 days (relative risk [RR] 0.93, p < 0.001), 1 year (RR 0.92, p = 0.001), and 2 years (RR 0.92, p = 0.028). A positive PHQ-2 score was also associated with decreased likelihood of returning to work at 90 days (RR 0.76, p < 0.001), 1 year (RR 0.85, p = 0.001), and 2 years (RR 0.82, p = 0.031). A positive PHQ-2 score was predictive of failure to achieve an ODI MCID at 90 days (RR 1.07, p = 0.005) but not at 1 year or 2 years after lumbar fusion.

CONCLUSIONS

A multivariate analysis based on information from a large, multicenter, prospective database on lumbar fusion patients was performed. The authors found that a positive score (≥ 3) on the PHQ-2, which is a simple and accurate screening tool for depression, predicts an inability to return to work and worse satisfaction up to 2 years after lumbar fusion. Depression is a treatable condition, and so in the same way that patients are medically optimized before surgery to decrease postoperative morbidity, perhaps patients should have preoperative psychiatric optimization to improve postoperative functional outcomes.
Analysis of fluorophores of organic substances dissolved in Suvani river water using reversed-phase liquid chromatography
Authors: Trubetskoy O. A. , Trubetskaya O. E.
Published: August 2019

Reversed-phase high-efficiency liquid chromatography was used in combination with detection by multiwave fluorescence for analysis of organic substances dissolved in natural water of the Suwannee River. Also analyzed were the stable electrophoretic fractions А, В, and C+D, obtained by a combination of preparative size-exclusion chromatography and analytical electrophoresis in a polyacrylamide gel. Fraction А has the largest molecular size, and fraction C+D, the smallest. Using 3D fluorescent analysis, humic-like fluorescence was detected both in the original sample and in all fractions; protein-like fluorescence is almost fully localized in fractions А and В of the largest and middle molecular sizes. The wide peak of humic-like fluorescence is split into several groups of fluorophores with different emissions maxima (435, 455, 460, and 465 nm) and degrees of hydrophobicity. The obtained results were analyzed in relation to contemporary theories of formation of humic-like fluorescence of dissolved organic substances. The low-molecular free aromatic amino acids tyrosine and tryptophan were identified in fractions А and В of the highest molecular size and constitute >50% of the protein-like fluorescence of the organic substances dissolved in the Suwannee River water. The data obtained ensure better understanding of the molecular nature of protein-like and humic-like fluorescence of organic substance dissolved in natural water.
Environmental changes in last 200 years from results of bottom-sediments analysis of lake Oron (Kodar ridge, Eastern Siberia, Russia)
Authors: Enushchenko I. V.
Published: August 2019

Records of bottom sediments accumulated in Lake Oron over the last 200 years were analyzed. Chironomidological and palynological examinations of Lake Oron bottom sediments, based on a 10-cm-thick sample from drilling, were conducted. The dynamic climate effect on fauna was studied by examination of Chironomidae larvae from the lake. The lake’s hydrological status and the local and regional landscape and vegetation were also determined. As a result of these environmental studies, the effect of Lake Oron’s nearshore conversion to bog on the process of the lake water’s acidification was assumed, and the approximate dates of the process were defined as beginning in the 1940s.
Differential object marking in Ibero-Romance languages: Explanatory models in domestic and Russian educational literature
Authors: Pakhmutova N.
Published: August 2019

Differential object marking / dom is the term for the phenomenon of distinguishing two classes of direct objects, one bearing a special marker, while the other lacking it. In modern linguistics, the marker licensing is partially or fully attributed to the features of a direct object: Animacy/Inanimacy and referential status. Russian didactic literature generally contains a reduced explanatory model of Spanish dom, based on the grammar of the Royal Spanish Academy. For Catalan, the explanatory model is complicated by the usus/norm split, the latter reducing the phenomenon’s scope. The paper focuses on the improvement of dom explanatory models for Spanish and Catalan.
The views of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky on the education of the generations: The motive of the escape of children in the novels of 1960-ies
Authors: Kuznetsov
Published: August 2019

The article focuses on the correlations between the changes in the Soviet education system under Khrushchev’s rule, the brothers Strugatsky’s pedagogical views, and some aspects of the plot-construction in their novels of the 1960s. Arguments are cited in favor of the influence of the USSR’s education policy on the Strugatskys and the gradual development of the escape motif in their work.
PENGEMBANGAN PRAKTIKUM DECODER DAN ENCODER MENGGUNAKAN VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT
Authors: Irwansyah Nurkahfi
Published: August 2019

Dalam perkembangan teknologi pengukuran sangatlah penting dalam melakukan berbagai pekerjaan maupun pengumpulan data yang bersifaf objektif. Yang dimana hasil tersebut dapat memiliki keakuratan dan dapat di pertanggung jawabkan hasilnya. Dalam pengukuran tersebut banyak sekali alat yang di pergunakan dalam hal pengukuran yeng tentu saja merepotkan dalam hal efektifitas bekerja tidak hanya banyak namun besar dari ukuran alat menyulitkan untuk di bawa kemanapun dalam beraktifitas. Oleh karena itu pengembangan dalam hal pengukuran sangatlah membantu para pekerja dalam mementukan nilai dari suatu data yang akan di ambil. Terutama alat yang mudah di bawa kemanapun dam memiliki berbagai kemampuan dalam hal pengukuran dengan menggunakan teknologi digital yang di keluarkan oleh Nasional Instrument terciptalah NI myRIO alat yang dapat di program untuk proses pengukuran dan dapat di tampilkan pula  ke dalam suatu perangkat lunak LabVIEW dengan hasil berupa grafik ataupun angka. Dengan ukuran yang tidak terlalu besar alat inipun mudah di bawa kemanapun dan dimanapun. Dengan menggunakan alat yang berbasis virtual instrument tersebut dapat menumpulkan data hasil praktikum dalam hal pengujian alat yang berhubungan dengan elektronika digital dengan baik sesuai dengan ketentuan dari alat tersebut.
Analisis Keekonomian Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Panas Bumi Kapasitas Kecil Sistem Siklus Uap
Authors: Insani Nur Abdi
Published: August 2019

PLTP merupakan energi yang bisa dikembangkan menjadi listrik. Sedangkan pada sektor ekonomi, kontribusi PLTP saat ini masih sangat kecil. Kebijakan harga maksimum pembelian listrik dari PLTP oleh PT PLN sebesar 12,6 cent US$/kWh untuk wilayah Indonesia bagian Barat. Kebijakan harga PLTP skala besar (> 30 MW) tetapi pada skala kecil (< 10 MW). Hasil perhitungan menunjukkan bahwa PLTP skala kecil bergantung pada kualitas sumber daya dan kondisi infrastrukturnya. Jadi, dapat diketahui diperlukan kebijakan baru yaitu feed in tariff.
ISOLASI SELULOSA DARI BAGAS TEBU MELALUI PEMANASAN IRADIASI GELOMBANG MIKRO
Authors: Jufrinaldi Jufrinaldi
Published: August 2019

ABSTRAKDi Indonesia, bagas tebu berpotensi sebagai sumber alternatif selulosa karena jumlahnya yang melimpah. Bagas tebu merupakan hasil samping dari proses pembuatan gula yang mengandung 40-50% selulosa dan 25-35% hemiselulosa. Selulosa berpotensi dikembangkan menjadi salah satu bahan baku kimia terbarukan. Potensi tersebut ditunjang dengan sifatnya yang biokompatibilitas, dan sifat ramah lingkungannya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan selulosa melalui proses likuifaksi, delignifikasi dan pemutihan menggunakan pemanas gelombang iradiasi mikro. Isolasi selulosa dari bagas tebu memanfaatkan pemanasan iradiasi gelombang mikro selama 18 menit. Isolat selulosa yang dihasilkan menunjukkan rendemen sebesar 38.57% dengan kadar α-selulosa dan hemiselulosa berturut-turut adalah 78.46% dan 18.65%. Keberhasilan proses isolasi juga dapat dilihat dari spektrum FTIR bagas tebu dan isolat selulosa. Hasil spektrum selulosa menunjukkan pengurangan serapan gugus guasil dam siringil, dan peningkatan serapan gugus β-selulosa. Pencirian isolat selulosa juga dilakukan menggunakan DSC dan SEM yang menunjukkan keberhasilan proses isolasi selulosa. Pemanasan menggunakan gelombang irradiasi mikro dapat mengurangi waktu proses. Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa gelombang irradiasi mikro dapat diaplikasikan untuk efektivitas waktu proses. Kata kunci : sellulosa, isolasi, gelombang irradiasi mikro, bagas tebu
PENGARUH KONSENTRASI PERLAKUAN AWAL ALKALI TERHADAP ENZYMATIC DIGESTIBILITY PADA PROSES SAKARIFIKASI LIMBAH PELEPAH KELAPA SAWIT
Authors: Sudiyarmanto Sudiyarmanto
Published: August 2019

ABSTRAKBiomasa lignoselulosa dapat diperoleh dari berbagai limbah pertanian, limbah industri kertas, limbah hasil hutan dan limbah perkebunan. Salah satu contoh limbah perkebunan yang jumlahnya sangat melimpah di Indonesia adalah pelepah kelapa sawit. Limbah biomasa ini dapat dikonversi menjadi gula-gula sederhana (gula fermentasi) melalui dua tahapan, yaitu proses perlakuan awal dan hidrolisis secara enzimatis (sakarifikasi). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh konsentrasi perlakuan awal alkali terhadap enzymatic digestibility pada proses sakarifikasi pelepah kelapa sawit. Proses perlakuan awal pelepah kelapa sawit dengan variasi konsentrasi alkali 4-15 %(w/w) dilakukan pada kondisi rasio solid/liquid 1:5, temperatur 150oC dan tekanan awal 5 bar selama 30 menit. Sedangkan proses sakarifikasi dilakukan pada konsentrasi substrat 15 %(w/v), konsentrasi enzim selulase 15 FPU/g substrat menggunakan buffer asam sitrat pH 4,8 pada kondisi operasi; temperatur 50 oC, kecepatan 150 rpm dan waktu 72 jam. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa konsentrasi NaOH 10 %(w/w) yang digunakan pada proses perlakuan awal alkali menghasilkan kadar selulosa tertinggi (69,38 %) dan kadar lignin terendah (13,34 %). Proses sakarifikasi dengan variabel ini dapat menghasilkan kadar glukosa sebesar 8,40 %(w/w) dan kadar xilosa sebesar 1,97 %(w/w). Sedangkan ED selulosa dan ED hemiselulosa yang diperoleh pada kondisi ini berturut-turut sebesar 12,07 % dan 24,28 %. Kata kunci : pelepah, kelapa sawit, perlakuan awal, sakarifikasi, enzymatic digestibility
KRITERIA IDEAL LOKASI RUKYAT
Authors: Machzumy Machzumy
Published: August 2019

Penentuan awal bulan Kamariah merupakan salah satu kajian falak yang paling sering menyita perhatian dan sering diperbincangkan. Hal ini terjadi karena sampai saat ini belum ada sebuah kesepakatan dalam penentuan awal bulan, baik itu hasil ataupun metodenya. Di samping itu, kegiatan observasi juga harus memperhatikan keadaan tempat yang dijadikan lokasi untuk melakukan rukyat. Suatu lokasi rukyat harus memenuhi beberapa kriteria yaitu memperhatikan keadaan atmosfer, baik itu dari keadaan cuaca, intensitas hujan, evaporasi air laut, pencemaran cahaya dan debu, luas pandang terhadap ufuk, dan ketinggianya dari permukaan laut. Namun dari beberapa kali observasi hanya sekali berhasil merukyat hilal. Melihat fenomena ini, penulis tertarik untuk mengkaji, serta menganalisis faktor yang mempengaruhi tingkat keberhasilan rukyat hilal observatorium Tgk. Chiek Kuta Karang, dan bagaimana kriteria ideal suatu lokasi rukyat. Untuk menjawab masalah tersebut, penulis menggunakan metode kualitatif. Data yang diperoleh dari hasil observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi, dan penelahaan dokumen yang relevan. Disimpulkan bahwa faktor yang mempengaruhi tingkat keberhasilan rukyat di kedua observatorium adalah faktor internal hilal, dan faktor eksternal yang meliputi: letak geografis dan lingkungan observatorium.
ISLAMISASI DI KUPULAUAN MELAYU NUSANTARA
Authors: Di Mul ya
Published: August 2019

ABSTRAK

Tulisan ini menguak tentang pandangan Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas terhadap bagaimana Islamisasi di Kepulauan Melayu Nusantara. Dalam ini  Al-Attas melakukan studi kritis terhadap sarjana Barat yang cenderung mempersempit peranan Islam, dan sebaliknya menonjolkan signifikansi Hinduisme dan Buddhisme dalam sejarah dan kebudayaan Islam di Melayu Nusantara. Para sarjana Barat tersebut lebih mengunggulkan Hindu-Buddha sebagai agama yang sangat berpengaruh di dunia Melayu Nusantara dibandingkan pengaruh Islam. Argumentasi para sarjana tersebut terkesan sangat melemahkan peranan Islam sebagai agama terbesar yang dianut oleh masyarakat Nusantara selama berabad-abad. Beberapa sarjana Barat yang akan diklarifikasi pandanganya oleh al-Attas adalah Van Leur, Schrike, Snouck Hurgronje, dan Winstedt. Perlu ditegaskan di sini bahwa Islamisasi merupakan sebuah teori yang digagas oleh al-Attas untuk mempertegas pengaruh Islam di Kepulauan Melayu Nusantara melalui konsep metafisika sufisme.

 

Kata Kunci: Islamisasi, Melayu Nusantara, Hindu, Buddha, Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas.

 

ABSTACT

This paper discusses the outlook Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas of the Islamization of the Malay Archipelago. Al-Attas argue that most Western scholars tend to narrow the role of Islam, and instead highlight the significance of Hinduism and Buddhism in the history and culture of the Malays. Western scholars are more favor Hindu-Buddhism as a religion is very influential in the world than the Malay Archipelago Islamic influence. This view was impressed greatly weaken the role of Islam as a religion that is embraced by the community's largest archipelago for centuries. Some Western scholars that the consideration to be clarified by al-Attas was Van Leur, Schrike, Snouck, and Winstedt. It should be emphasized here that Islamization is a theory that was initiated by al-Attas to reinforce the influence of Islam with metafisic of slamic sufism in Malay Archipelago.

 

Kay Word: Islamization, Malay Archipelago, Hinduism, Buddhism, Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas.
GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING IN SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY
Authors: Putri Mita Anggela , Neviyarni Neviyarni , Ahmad Riska , Syukur Yarmis
Published: August 2019

This study discusses guidance and counseling accountability in schools so that school counselors can demonstrate their duties as instrumental personnel in achieving optimal student competencies. One model of accountability activities is the MEASURE model developed by Stone and Dahir (2016), as a six-step accountability process that helps school counselors to implement a component of accountability into counseling and guidance programs. The advice in this study is for school counselors to conduct In-Service Training to help them improve their skills in accountability.
STUDY OF PEDIATRIC INJURIES: PATTERNS AND OUTCOME
Authors: Elshambaty Yasir. B.
Published: August 2019

Purpose this study aims to show the patterns and outcome of pediatric injury among those living in Albaha region in Saudi Arabia

Methods this is a cross-sectional descriptive household-based study, included children between 0-17 years old both male and female. The data were collected with structured questionnaire between 20 Nov – 20 Dec 2018 and  analyzed with SPSS version 25

Results the total of participants was 257 injured child. 199(77.4%) are male and 58(22.6%) are female. About 44%of them were injured at pre-school level and 56% were traumatized at school age. The least incidence of injury occurred in those less than 2 yrs and higher incidence in those between 3-10 yrs old. The most common mechanism of injury was falling from height. The most affected group age by RTA accidents was 11-17 yrs old. Approximately 83% of the injured children required hospital management. Only one third of the injuries were  associated complications. The most common injured anatomic part was the upper limb and the least affected part was the spine. Only 5% of the injuries were associated with a disability and the common was loss of organ or part of it. Paralysis occurred in less than 1% and head injury resulted in disabilities more than 1%.

Conclusion the vast majority of the injuries in our participants are not serious. The severe injuries were associated with RTA-related trauma. Most of injuries due to falling from height are not serious. We recommend not to allow the children to drive cars.

Keywords: pediatric injuries; injury patterns; household.
如何加强小型农田水利工程的运行维护管理
Authors: 王 霞
Published: August 2019

小型农田水利工程是农村经济发展的重要基础设施,做好小型农田水利工程管理工作,确保其安全运行,发挥其应有的效益,对社会主义新农村建设具有重要的保障作用。为此,在推进农田水利工程发展时,需要结合具体事件解决管理中存在的问题。本文就将对如何加强小型农田水利工程的运行维护管理进行分析探讨,以供借鉴。
简析水利工程建设对生态环境的影响
Authors: 安 亭洁
Published: August 2019

中国水利工程既可以发挥积极作用,同时会对区域原有的生态环境造成一定负面影响。需要正确认识水利工程建设对生态环境的影响,为保障人类与自然可以和谐相处,需要采取有效措施促进水利工程建设与生态环境的协调发展,本文主要研究水利工程建设对生态环境造成的影响,同时提出合理化解决措施。
关于更好的落实水利施工管理工作的研讨
Authors: 胡 建兴
Published: August 2019

水利工程施工管理系统的组成非常复杂,其影响因素也是复杂多样。水利工程施工项目管理的最终目标是能够高效益的施工,这就要求生产配置合理,以确保施工生产的均衡,并采用现代化技术,为企业赢得最大的综合效益。本文介绍了水利施工管理的内容,分析了水利施工管理的常见问题,为更好的落实水利施工管理工作展开研究探讨。