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Some characteristics of the new reservoir of Platanovrysi that affect the river Nestos system
Authors: ΑΛΜΠΑΝΑΚΗΣ Κ. , ΨΙΛΟΒΙΚΟΣ Α. , ΒΟΥΒΑΛΙΔΗΣ Κ.
Published: August 2018

The reservoir of Platanovrysi in the Nestos valley has a long and narrow shape, limited in area and volume, deep close to the dam wall (90 m) and very shallow at its uphill end (5m). It receives considerable volume of water from the upper large reservoir of Thesaurus all through the year, as well as limited volumes of water in seasonal flows from its drainage basin. Platanovrysi reservoir has distinct morphological and operational characteristics that make it different from natural lakes regarding temperature and dissolved oxygen distribution in the water column. The epilimnion is limited at the area of the deeper part of the lake only. It forms an entrapped warm wedge, with the maximum depth close to the dam and a horizontal extension up to the beginning of the shallow part of the lake. This is due to both the inflows of large volumes of cold water from Thesaurus as well as the lack of a surface outflow from the dam of Platanovrysi. The water temperatures of the surface water of the upper part of the lake as well as the temperatures of the hypolimnion are similar. The temperature is very low during the spring and the summer (6-7°C), becomes higher during autumn (14-15°C) and drops again during winter (9-10°C). This shifting of seasonal temperatures is purely due to the inflows of cold water from the hypolimnion of the reservoir of Thesaurus in spring and summer periods and from the base of epilimnion during autumn. The water is rich in oxygen during the spring and the summer while it becomes poor in oxygen during the autumn and the beginning of winter. The operation of Platanovrysi Power Station allows the cold water from the hypolimnion of the lake to flow into the river Nestos channel and brings cold water during the warm period of the year downstream. This type of change of the water temperature may affect the natural processes of the river fauna and flora as well as the human processes in the plains of Nestos (irrigation). It is therefore necessary to construct and operate the last (lower) reservoir of Temenos in Nestos, to regulate the flow and warm the water of the river Nestos channel.
Hypotheses, rationale, design, and methods for evaluation of a randomized controlled trial using Tocotrienol, an isomer of Vitamin E derived from palm oil, on the prevention of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
Authors: Musa Ahmad Farouk , Dillon Jeswant , Md Taib Mohamed Ezani , Mohamed Yunus Alwi , Nordin Rusli Bin , Kah Hay Yuen
Published: August 2018

Background: One of the most common complications following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery is atrial fibrillation (AF), which contributes towards increasing morbidity and mortality, length of hospital stay (LoHS) and reduced quality of life (QoL) of patients.

Objectives: To determine whether the intake of Tocotrienol, a Vitamin E isomer derived from palm oil, before and immediately following CABG prevents AF, reduces LoHS, and improves the QoL of patients.

Protocol: The study is registered with the National Medical Research Register with a trial number NMRR-17-1994-34963 and designed as a prospective, randomized controlled trial (RCT) with parallel groups. The experimental group will receive two 200mg Tocotrienol capsules each day, while the control group will receive two identical placebo (palm Super Olein) capsules per day. ECG readings will be used to detect AF post operatively, LoHS will be measured by checking the records from the National Heart Institute Hospital register, and the health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) analysis (the Malay version of the Short Form 36 Questionnaire) will be used to analyse QoL. The sample size was calculated to be 140 in each arm of the RCT for a power of 0.8 and a significance level of 0.05.

Funding: HOVID Berhad funds this research project.

Expected outcomes: The primary endpoint is the development of postoperative AF, whilst the secondary endpoints are the LoHS and HRQoL of patients post CABG.

Future implications: Prevention of AF and its complications such as cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events, especially stroke, is an important output. Malaysia is one of the biggest producers and exporters of palm oil and palm oil products. Thus, the possibility of marketing Tocotrienol, in reducing AF post CABG surgery, is a very important proposition indeed.

Trial number: NMRR-17-1994-34963
The Problem of Embedding Audit within the System of Corporate Financial Control
Authors: Егорова Ирина , Egorova Irina
Published: August 2018

Th e article is devoted to the existing features of the audit integration into the system of corporate fi nancial control, the problems of its organization and implementation, due to the lack of a unifi ed regulatory, legal and methodological framework for the formation of this system.
Optimizing the Cutoff Grade for an Operational Underground Mine
Authors: King Barry , Newman Alexandra
Published: August 2018

An important strategic decision for any operational mine is the differentiation between ore and waste material; this differentiation is referred to as the cutoff grade. In underground mining, material classified as ore is extracted, while waste is left in situ. Our mixed-integer programming optimization framework determines the cutoff grades in three different, predetermined zones for a soon-to-be-operational underground mine. We fix all cutoff grades a priori to optimize the periods in which to complete each mining activity to maximize the net present value for this restricted problem. We then use an enumerative optimization framework that relaxes the fixed cutoff-grade assumption and constructs a schedule for each cutoff-grade combination for all three zones. This framework both exploits an underlying mathematical structure and identifies an optimum set of grades that unconditionally maximizes net present value under the existing zone configuration, thereby providing objective, repeatable, and superior solutions, verified by our industry partner, a major gold producer, for large-scale problems in a matter of days; current industry practice would produce solutions with lower net present value and based only on detailed analysis for a single zone, would require six to eight weeks and would preclude scenario analysis.
Investigation of sub-acute levels of zinc oxide nanoparticles on the filtration rate of Mytilaster lineatus and Dressina polymorpha in the short term
Authors: QADERMARZI AMIR , POULADI MOJTABA , REZAMAND ALI , HOSEINIFAR SEYED HOSSEIN , HEDAYATI ALI AKBAR
Published: August 2018

Qadermarzi A, Pouladi M, Rezamand A, Hoseinifar SH, Hedayati AA. 2018. Investigation of sub-acute levels of zinc oxide nanoparticles on the filtration rate of Mytilaster lineatus and Dressina polymorpha in the short term. Nusantara Bioscience 10: 53-57. The filtration rate is one of the physiological indices in the bivalves which indicate the degree of efficacy of the filtration function in the exposure to contaminants. In this study, changes in the filtration rate of freshwater bivalves (D. polymorpha and M. lineatus) were investigated after exposure periods of 5 and 10 days with nanoparticles. Bivalves were transferred from the natural environment to the laboratory. The distribution of nanoparticles was measured by differential light scattering (DLS). Bivalves were exposed to 2.5, 25 and 50 ppm nanoparticles for ten days in water reservoirs. The filtration rates were significantly different in the treatments compared to the control samples, with the highest filtration rate was observed in the control group. On the fifth day, the highest filtration rate was obtained in the first treatment of M. lineatus and the lowest filtration rate was obtained in the third treatment of D. polymorphia. The highest filtration rates were observed in the first and second treatments and the lowest filtration rate was observed in the third treatment. Also, there was no significant difference in the filtration rate of M. lineatus in the 1st treatment with control (P> 0.05) on the 5th day, but filtration rate was significantly (P <0.05) less than other concentrations and control group in the third treatment. On the other hand, the filtration rates on the 10th day showed similar differences compared to the 5th day. It could be concluded that the changes infiltration rate are an appropriate indicator for the measurement of contamination in nanoparticles.
The effect of dilution level of liquid tapioca waste culture medium and concentration of phosphate on the growth of microalgae Navicula sp.
Authors: AMALAH NUR , WIDYARTINI DWI SUNU , CHRISTIANI CHRISTIANI , HIDAYAH HEXA PRILIANA
Published: August 2018

Amalah N, Widyartini DS, Christiani, Hidayah HP. 2018. The effect of dilution level of liquid tapioca waste culture medium and concentration of phosphate on the growth of microalgae Navicula sp.. Nusantara Bioscience 10: 65-69. Liquid tapioca waste can be used as microalgae culture medium due to its nutrient contents that can support the life of microalgae. Liquid tapioca waste contains phosphate nutrient that can influence cell division and fat formation. Liquid tapioca waste is usually still highly concentrated, so it has to be diluted first to allow the light penetrates the microalgae growth medium. The aim of this research was to determine the effect of interaction between dilution level of liquid tapioca waste and concentration of phosphate on the density of Navicula sp. This research employed a factorial treatment design laid out in a Completely Randomized Design. The first factor was the dilution level of liquid tapioca liquid waste, consisted of 0%, 10%, 20%, and 30%, and the second factor was the concentration of phosphate comprised of 0 ppm, 10 ppm, 20 ppm, and 30 ppm. ANOVA results indicated a significant interaction between the dilution level of liquid tapioca waste and concentration of phosphate on the density of Navicula sp. DMRT post hoc test showed that dilution of liquid tapioca liquid at the level of 20% without phosphate addition was the best treatment that produced the highest Navicula sp. density.
Short Communication: The effect of ethylene glycol as plasticizer against mechanical properties of bioplastic originated from jackfruit seed starch and cocoa pod husk
Authors: LUBIS MAULIDA , HARAHAP MARA BANGUN , GINTING M. HENDRA S. , MAYSARAH SITI , GANA ARIF
Published: August 2018

Lubis M, Harahap MB, Ginting MHS, Maysarah S, Gana A. 2018. Short Communication: The effect of ethylene glycol as plasticizer against mechanical properties of bioplastic originated from jackfruit seed starch and cocoa pod husk. Nusantara Bioscience 10: 76-80. The addition of elasticity of bioplastic from jackfruit seed starch reinforced with cacao pod husk was studied using ethylene glycol as plasticizer. This study aimed to investigate the effect of addition of ethylene glycol as plasticizer against mechanical properties of bioplastic from jackfruit seed starch and cacao pod husk. Bioplastic was made by casting method at temperature 88.1 ̊C with ratios of cacao pod husk as fillers and jackfruit seed as starch were 9:1, 8:2, 7:3, 6:4, and 5:5 (w/v). The variations of ethylene glycol were from 0.2 (v/w) to 0.4 (v/w). The result showed that ethylene glycol could increase the mechanical properties of bioplastic. The best condition of bioplastic was achieved at ratio 7:3 in addition of ethylene glycol was 0.2 (v/w) with tensile strength of 15.40 MPa and elongation at break 2.39%. The result of FT-IR analysis indicated that bioplastics consisted of O-H group, C-H group, C=O group and C-O group. The SEM images demonstrated the bioplastic with cacao pod husk as filler and ethylene glycol as plasticizer had the fracture surfaces with the compact structure compared to that bioplastic without fillers.
The Nostalgia of Empire: Time Travel In Cuba
Authors: Louis A. Pérez Jr.
Published: August 2018

This article examines the representation of present day Cuba in North American popular culture. It interprets documentary sources including blogs, travel guides, television documentaries, newspapers and travel company websites and brochures to establish that Cuba has become primarily a site of nostalgia for North American travellers. It argues that the phenomenon of American wistfulness for Cuba is best understood as a condition associated with the original eighteenth-century explanation of nostalgia: as a pathology, an affective-cognitive experience in the form of an inconsolable yearning for a distant past and a vanished place. In fact, it is not Cuba that is ‘stuck in time’ but rather American knowledge of Cuba that is ‘frozen in a by-gone era’: a historically conditioned cultural memory borne of prevailing mid-twentieth-century tropes of empire. As a consequence, the article concludes with a warning that the appeal of this nostalgia-driven time travel will cease to ‘work’ as a marketing device, whereupon the need to fulfil the expectations created by nostalgia for a dark time in Cuban history may well have unforeseen and unwelcome consequences.
Cuban Cinema, Crisis or Transition? Negotiating a Cultural Tightrope
Authors: Guy Baron
Published: August 2018

According to García Borrero, although recent events would appear to signal a new start in Cuban cinema, the transition towards a different type of audiovisual production has been happening for a while due to a number of factors, not least the use of new digital technologies that have democratised production and have allowed many young people to make films away from the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) when previously the institution had a very tight rein on both production and distribution. It is this loss of centralised control of the production process that is at the heart of the institution's problems, and this article draws on the work of Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci to illustrate how hegemony is operating within Cuban cinema production today, ultimately arguing that what is involved today in Cuban cinema is a struggle for hegemony and a crisis of civil society.
La política, participación, y el Sistema del Poder Popular: propuestas para el perfeccionamiento
Authors: Jésus Pastor García Brigos
Published: August 2018

Este artículo trata de la participación popular en un proceso en constante evolución de transformación socialista, el socialismo como proceso y el comienzo de la transformación comunista. Esto necesariamente requiere una cuidadosa consideración de los dos conceptos políticos de ‘democracia’ y ‘el pueblo’. El trabajo surge de un análisis continuo de las experiencias del mundo socialista y del desarrollo de Cuba en particular. Se analiza la evolución de la participación popular en el proceso social cubano después del 1 de enero de 1959, en el marco de las condiciones específicas de Cuba como un país subdesarrollado – no solo económicamente atrasado – y una peculiar neocolonia de los Estados Unidos. Una preocupación central es el papel necesario del ‘pueblo’ en una comprensión política del concepto de Estado, como una forma de organización del ‘poder público’ y como la institución específica del gobierno cubano, el Sistema del Poder Popular. El artículo termina señalando varias cosas que debe promoverse para seguir fomentando el desarrollo de un Estado socialista que debe ‘fortalecerse para poder desvanecerse’.
El fracaso de las compañías de seguros de esclavos: Cuba a partir de la experiencia norteamericana
Authors: Claudia Varella
Published: August 2018

Los seguros sobre la vida, en tanto empresamoderna, nacen en el mundo atlántico abarcando a toda la población, independientemente de la etnia. Sin embargo, los seguros de vida experimentaron un auge allá donde destacó la necesidad de asegurar la propiedad esclava de color: Estados Unidos y Cuba son dos grandes ejemplos. Los años clave de los seguros de vida sobre esclavos en Estados Unidos se sitúan entre mediados y finales de la década de 1840. Pero a partir de 1870 los problemas de fraude, insolvencia, y falta de nuevos contratantes hicieron menguar drásticamente el número de compañías dedicadas a esta actividad, ya exclusivamente para personas libres, abriendo una etapa nueva para la evolución del seguro laboral para las clases medias. En el caso de Cuba, hubo una relación entre la represión gradual de la trata esclavista en la década de 1850 y el crecimiento en ese período de las compañías de seguros de esclavos en esa colonia. Este artículo indaga en la experiencia cubana nutrida de la norteamericana. Ambas muestran similitudes y contrastes sorprendentes. Se pone el foco en las razones del fracaso de estas compañías en el centro económico del Caribe que la isla cubana representó en el siglo XIX.
When children are not ‘the left behind’: Transnational practices of intra-regional mobility in the South Pacific
Authors: Torre Andreea R. , Cangiano Alessio
Published: August 2018

Much of the traditional literature on migration in the South Pacific describes Pacific Islands as countries of permanent out-migration directed towards the Rim countries. Yet over the past two decades there has been considerable diversification of the routes and patterns of South Pacific mobility. This article, by focusing on emerging mobility trajectories between Pacific Island Countries, ventures into the scarcely studied arena of intra-regional migration with a case study of Nauruan migrant families in Fiji. Conceptually, this research is positioned within the literature on transnationalism. Yet most studies on transnational family migration have focused on ‘South–North’ migration routes; emphasized the impacts of both economic and social remittances on local communities at origin; and identified migratory patterns characterized by family separation, with parents ‘on the move’ and children and older family members ‘left-behind’. This article, which relies on a mix-method approach integrating quantitative data and qualitative information, provides a complementary perspective highlighting the centrality of education as primary driver of the migration process, the pivotal role of children in the construction of transnational social fields and the intersections between institutional structures, self-initiated practices of movement and kinship relations in shaping the family migratory trajectories.
Condition assessment of power transformers status based on moisture level using fuzzy logic techniques
Authors: Rexhepi Vezir , Nakov Petar
Published: August 2018

Power transformers are one of the most expensive components; therefore the focus on their status and its continuous operation is the primary task. In the power systems, condition assessment of performance and reliability is based on the state of components, measurements, testing and maintenance as well as their diagnosis. Hence, condition assessment of power transformer parameters is the most important regarding their status and finding incipient failures. Among many factors, the most factors that affects the safe operation and life expentancy of the transformer is the moisture in oil. It is known that the low moisture oil in power transformers causes many problems including electrical breakdown, increase the amount of partial discharge, decreases the dielectric withstand strength and other phenomena. Thus, knowledge about the moisture concentration in a power transformer is significantly important for safe operation and lifespan. In this study, moisture level in oil is estimated and its status classification is proposed by using fuzzy logic techniques for the power transformer monitoring and condition assessment. Moreover, the goal of the study is to find methods and techniques for the condition assessment of power transformers status based on the state of moisture in oil using the fuzzy logic technique. These applied techniques increase the power system reliability, help to reduce incipient failures, and give the better maintenance plan using an algorithm based on logic rules. Also, by using the fuzzy logic techniques, it is easier to prevent failures which may have consequences not only for transformers but also for the power system as a whole.
Design, manufacture and performance analysis of an automatic antenna tracker for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Authors: Nugroho Gesang , Dectaviansyah Dicky
Published: August 2018

In conducting a disaster monitoring mission, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has to travel a long distance to cover the region that is hited by a disaster. In the monitoring mission, Air Data and Attitude Heading Reference System (ADAHRS) data are very important to always be displayed on the ground control station (GCS). Unfortunately, the area of monitoring mission is very wide, whereas the usage of an omnidirectional antenna in the disaster monitoring mission is limited to the UAV maximum range. Therefore, a high gain directional antenna is needed. However, the directional antenna has a disadvantage of always being directed to the target. To solve this problem, antenna tracker is made to track the UAV continuously so that the directional antenna can always be directed to the flying UAV. An antenna tracker using a 32-bit microcontroller and GPS with two degrees-of-freedom was developed. It is able to move 360 degrees on azimuth axis (yaw) and 90 degrees on elevation axis (pitch). Meanwhile, the directional antenna is three elements yagi type with a radiation capability of 6 dBi. By using the antenna tracker, larger UAV range was obtained and the connection between the UAV and the GCS could always be maintained with a minimum fluctuation of RSSI signal, compared to those without using antenna tracker.
Proposta para procedimentos de vistoria de Projetos Produtor de Água: Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Camboriú - SC, Brasil
Authors: Santos Paulo Henrique , Schwingel Paulo Ricardo
Published: August 2018

A conservação da água é um tema que tem preocupado o ser humano, assumindo caráter vital na atualidade devido à escassez do recurso hídrico. O Programa Produtor de Água (PPA) no Brasil é uma iniciativa da Agência Nacional de Águas (ANA), criado com objetivo de reduzir a erosão e assoreamento dos corpos de água em áreas rurais. O Projeto Produtor de Água (PA), adotando o Pagamento por Serviços Ambientais (PSA), foi criado para a Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Camboriú (SC) em 2013. A adesão voluntária ao projeto prevê, através de contratos, a proteção de matas ciliares e nascentes cobertas com vegetação nativa, proteção de áreas com cobertura vegetal nativa, restauração de áreas degradadas dentro e fora de matas ciliares e nascentes. Os benefícios financeiros são pagos aos contratados após parecer positivo das vistorias. Desta forma, é necessário procedimentos que assegurem credibilidade técnica as vistorias. Após análise do projeto PA na Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Camboriú, o presente estudo propõe: fluxograma para vistorias e relatórios; checklist; registro fotográfico; treinamento e documentações necessárias para as vistorias. A proposta certifica um padrão de qualidade para os PPA, garantindo maior credibilidade e eficácia dos projetos e possibilitando sua replicação no Brasil e exterior.
A good day at work. But what really is a good day at work?
Authors: Jones Alex
Published: August 2018

Social pedagogy encourages practitioners to view everyday situations as potential learning opportunities for young people and to support them to learn through doing rather than being told. This article uses a reflective account from an experienced residential care practitioner to illustrate how creating a space in sports activities for young people to learn together and support each other to solve problems can provide an opportunity for young people to develop valuable interpersonal skills and relationships with each other.
Unreasonable doubt: Politics and aesthetics in the crime novels of Horacio Vázquez Rial
Authors: Bollig Ben
Published: August 2018

Horacio Vázquez Rial (Buenos Aires, 1947–Madrid, 2012) was an Argentine writer, historian and ex-militant in the Trotskyite Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People’s Revolutionary Army, or ERP). He left Argentina for Spain in the mid-1970s and became an outspoken critic of the Latin American left and in particular of the Kirchner and Fernández de Kirchner governments in the 2000s. He also penned a series of pioneering, neo-noir thrillers that return time and again to the violence of the mid- to late-1970s in Argentina. This paper draws on the work of Andrew Popper on crime fiction, Fredric Jameson on Raymond Chandler and Joel Black on the aesthetics of murder. It also responds to the work of Neil Larsen on another writer with a similar political trajectory, Mario Vargas Llosa, and answers a recent call from Jens Andermann for cultural studies practitioners to examine the ideology and the technique of right-wing works, in this case those dealing explicitly with the author’s own former armed militancy.
The factors that influence gold prices of Turkey
Türkiye’de altın fiyatlarını belirleyen faktörler
Authors: Cicioğlu Şükrü , Eraslan Büşra , Torun Pınar
Published: August 2018

Aim: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the factors affecting gold prices in Turkey.Method: Covering the period from 03.2003 to 05. 2016 the study. Factors affecting gold prices of Turkey are analyzed by FMOLS, DOLS and CCR cointegreation tests. Gold prices are dependent variable in the model. CPI, BIST 100,  real effective exchange rate, silver prices and petroleum prices are independent variables in the model.  In addition to, simple regression model was established due to variables not included in these models.Results: According to the resuts obtained,  silver prices and the Dow Jones Index have a positive effect on gold prices while the changes of BIST 100 Index have a negative effect on gold prices. 1 percent  increase in the BIST 100 Index  decreases  the gold prices by 0.23 percent . Morever, 1percent increase in the Dow Jones Index rises the gold prices by 0.13 percent . In addition, 1 percent increase in the silver prices increases  the gold prices by 0.63 percent . However, Inflation, Exchange rates and petrolium prices  haven’t effect on the gold prices.Conclusion:  The results obtained indicate that Investors demand gold for speculation. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetAmaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye’de atın fiyatlarını belirleyen faktörlerin analiz edilmesidirGereç ve Yöntem: 2003:03 - 2016:05 dönemini kapsayan bu çalışmada altın fiyatlarını belirleyen faktörler FMOLS, DOLS ve CCR eş bütünleşme testleri kullanılarak analiz edilmiş,  bu modellere dahil edilmeyen değişkenler nedeniyle ilave olarak basit regresyon modeli kurulmuştur. Modelin bağımlı değişkeni altın fiyatlarıdır. Dow Jones Endeksi, enflasyon, BİST 100 endeksi, Reel efektif döviz kuru, gümüş ve petrol fiyatları modelde yer alan bağımsız değişkenlerdir. Bulgular: FMOLS, DOLS ve CCR tahminlerine göre İstanbul Borsası’ndaki değişmeler altın fiyatlarını negatif etkilerken, gümüş fiyatları ve Amerikan borsasındaki değişmeler altın fiyatlarını pozitif etkilemektedir. İstanbul Borsası’ndaki % 1’lik artış, altın fiyatlarını % 0.23 düşürmektedir. Amerikan Borsası’ndaki % 1’lik artış altın fiyatlarını % 0.13 artırmaktadır. Gümüş fiyatlarındaki % 1’lik artış altın fiyatlarını % 0.63 artırmaktadır. Basit regresyon modeli tahminlerine göre İstanbul Borsası, Amerikan Borsası ve gümüş fiyatlarındaki değişmeler altın fiyatlarını etkilerken, diğer değişkenler altın fiyatlarını etkilemez.Sonuç: Elde edilen sonuçlar Türkiye’de daha çok spekülasyon nedeniyle altın talebinde bulunulduğunu göstermektedir.
Perkembangan Demokratisasi Pemerintahan Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, 1945–1955
Authors: Asichin Moch. , Rochwulaningsih Yety
Published: August 2018

Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk memberi gambaran dan analisis bagaimana perkembangan demokratisasi  pemerintahan Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta merupakan komitmen dan hasil usaha yang sistematis dan terstruktur dari pihak penguasa Kraton Yogyakarta yang mestinya bercorak otokratis. Dengan metode sejarah kritis, kajian ini mengidentifikasi bahwa demokratisasi pemerintahan Kraton Yogyakarta dilakukan oleh Sultan HB IX setelah dinobatkan sebagai penguasa kraton Yogyakarta menggantikan Sultan HB VIII. Dengan jabatan sebagai Koo, HB IX menyusun rancangan bentuk pemerintahan yang demokratis dengan melibatkan peran rakyat dalam pengambilan keputusan dan konsep itu dapat direalisasikan di DIY ketika Sultan HB IX dan Paku Alam secara resmi ditetapkan oleh pemerintah RI sebagai Kepala Daerah dan Wakil Kepala Daerah. Demokratisasi pemerintahan ditunkukkan dari Maklumat No. 14 Daerah Istimewa Negara RI (Kasultanan dan Paku Alam) tentang Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Kelurahan dan Majelis Permusyawaratan Desa yang bersama-sama dengan Dewan Pemerintah menentukan arah penyelenggaraan pemerintahan. Demikian juga pada masa pasca revolusi, melalui Pemilu lokal dibentuk DPRD dan DPD.
FOREIGNISASI LEKSIKON BUDAYA DALAM PENERJEMAHAN RONGGENG DUKUH PARUK KE DALAM BAHASA JEPANG
Authors: Nishfullayli Sa’idatun
Published: August 2018

In the translation of cultural words, Domestication and Foreignization strategy is a kind of translation strategy that is widely applied by translators. The tendency to use one of these strategies in a translation work can be identified through the analysis of translation techniques. This article discusses the translation strategy of cultural words in Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk which had translated into Japanese, Parukku Mura no Odoriko. Through the identification and analysis of translation techniques, it is known that the cultural words in Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk is translated into Japanese using several techniques: (1) borrowing, (2) paraphrase, (3) using cultural words which equivalence in target language, (4) using generic words, (5) using neutral words . From the results of calculating the amount of usage of each technique, it is known that the borrowing and paraphrase is the most widely used techniques, so it can be concluded that in this translation used the strategy of foreignization. Foreignization is the strategy that focuses on the source text, as an interpreter attempt to maintain the concept of culture As well as the socio-cultural values of Javanese society as in the original novel. The fact raises the assumption that Parukku Mura no Odoriko lacks the tastes of readers in Japan because of the many foreign cultural concepts in the novel thus making the distance between the reader and the translation product itself.
VERBA TEMIRU: KAJIAN STRUKTUR
Authors: Aprilani Felicia
Published: August 2018

The author analyzes the shape and function of the verb temiru and structure modification studies. The purpose of this study is to describe the shape and function of temiru verb in the sentence contained in the work of Banana Yoshimoto kitchin novel and novel Totto - chan Tetsuko Kuroyanagi work through the study of form and function. In this paper the author uses descriptive analysis method according to the theory Sudaryanto. According to research methods of descriptive analysis is done solely based on facts or phenomena that are empirically still used by native speakers so it can be described as is. For data analysis the authors use the method agih, namely the basic techniques Element For Direct ( BUL ). To analyze the data, the author uses the theory Yuriko Sunagawa et al. Based on this theory can be found in general function temiru verb meaning to try .
MINWA : GAMBARAN NILAI KEHIDUPAN MASYARAKAT JEPANG
Authors: Rahmah Yuliani
Published: August 2018

[Title: MINWA: The Reflection of Japanese society’s Life ] Folklore is part of a collective culture that is spread and passed down from generation to generation. In this paper we will discuss about the type of oral folklore that developed in Japan. This exposure focuses on an explanation of the values of life contained in all three. The values of life discussed include religious values, social values and moral values. By knowing these values can be known also things that became the origin of the formation of Japanese society identity. The results of this research is that folklor which in Japan known as Minwa, can be categorized into 3 types and knows as Shinwa, Densetsu and Mukashi Banashi. In the three types of folklore Mukashi Banashi is a type of folklore that is full of life values. In mukashi banashi the religious values, social values and moral values described not only in all the elements of the story builder, but they are expressed in more detail.
Perilaku gizi dan faktor psikososial remaja obes
Authors: Noer Etika Ratna , Kustanti Erin Ratna , Fitriyanti Addina Rizky
Published: August 2018

Background: Adolescent obesity is a complex condition involving medical, psychology and cultural issue. Changing dietary practices and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle predispose to obesity related nutritional behavior. Obese adolescents have impact on psychological problem, including stress, social discrimination, reduced self-esteem, self-dissatisfaction and resulting in lower quality of life.Objectives: This study describes nutritional behavior and psychosocial factors in overweight and obese adolescent. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted in the Public Senior High School (SMA 2) on July to August 2015, in Semarang City. In-depth-interview and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) were carried out with 20 of obese adolescent aged 15 to 17 years, 2 parents, 2 teacher and 2 friends. Thematic analysis is used to identify themes in a data.Results: The majority participants considered the timing of obese are when they reach puberty. The pattern of food habits of obese adolescents become unhealthy. Obese adolescents also feel the bullying or ridicule from friends, so that they psychologically disturbing. Environmental factors play a role in the incidence of obese adolescents, namely lack of control by parents. The parents say that obese adolescents are still in a reasonable level because the adolescent has not shown any serious health problems, but a sense of fear still owned by the parents of obese adolescents.Conclusion: The findings show obesity in adolescent has not been considered as health problem. Unhealthy diet, bullying, poor motivation and lack of peer supports are contributing factors in obese adolescent.
KARTINI: SANG PENYIBAK FAJAR NASIONALISME INDONESIA
Authors: Yuliati Dewi
Published: August 2018

This aticle presents the discussion on Kartini as an Indonesian nationalist heroine who is still becoming public debate. It is very important to trace the historical records of Kartini’s activities in connection with her dreams to promote the life quality of her nation. It can be stated that Kartini has an important role to open the first gate for the rising Indonesian consciousness through her competence as a cultural diplomat by proposing her letters which were sent to her friends in the Netherlands. Finally, her dream came true when “Kartini Schools” were opened in Semarang, Bogor, Batavia, and Madiun in 1913-1914, and her ideas became the inspiring ideology of the Indonesian nationalism movements which arose after Kartini died on 17th September 1904.
Dağıtımdan Tanınmaya Toplumsal Adaletin Anlamı
Authors: GÖK Alihan
Published: August 2018

Modern koşullar altında
biçimlenen toplumsal adalet toplumsal kaynakların dağıtımını, normatif ilkelere
dayanan ideal bir kurumsal ve siyasi yapı içinde ele alır. Böyle bir yapıda
devletin rolü mevcut eşitsizlikleri, dağıtımcı bir adalet anlayışı çerçevesinde
düzenlemektir. John Rawls’un liberal eşitlikçi bir perspektiften ortaya koyduğu
kuramı, bu çağdaş adalet anlayışının en olgun ifadesi sayılır. Öte yandan
modern toplumsal koşulların sadece kaynakların dağıtımı üzerinde değil, tüm
topluma yayılan özneler-arası ilişkiler üzerinde de önemli etkileri vardır.
Axel Honneth’in toplumsal patolojiler olarak adlandırdığı bu olumsuz etkiler,
toplumsal adaletin sınırlarının dağıtımdan daha öteye, tanınma mücadelelerine
doğru genişletilmesi gerektiğini işaret eder. Adaletin kapsamını sorgulamamıza
izin veren bu yaklaşım, onu yalnızca kuramsal bir tartışmanın konusu olarak
değil, adaletsizlik deneyimlerinden yola çıkarak sürekli yeniden tanımlanan bir
kavram olarak ele alır. Çağdaş toplumsal hareketler nezdinde tanınma
mücadeleleri olarak karşımıza çıkan ahlaki taleplerin toplumsal adaletin
geleneksel çerçevesini zorlaması, adil bir toplum fikrinin, sınırlı dağıtımcı
perspektifin ötesinde aranması gerektiğini gösterir. Tanınma taleplerinin
ötesinde ortak bir “toplumsal adalet mücadelesi” oluşturmak ise ancak tekil
adaletsizlik deneyimleri arasında pratikte olduğu gibi kuramsal düzlemde de bağ
kurabilmekle mümkündür.
Prevalence and antibiotic utilization pattern of uropathogens causing community-acquired urinary tract infection in Kerala, India
Authors: Chandrasekhar Dilip , Dollychan Athira , Roy Bincy Mary , Cholamughath Shinu , Parambil Jaffer Chalil
Published: August 2018

Background:

A prospective observational study was carried out over a period of 6 months among the inpatients and outpatients in the departments of general medicine, urology, obstetrics, and gynecology of a tertiary level referral hospital in south Malabar region of Kerala to assess the prevalence of various bacterial isolates and their changing susceptibility to antimicrobial agents and to evaluate the pattern of antibiotic utilization in urinary tract infection (UTI).

Methods:

A total of 680 samples were analyzed from December 2015 to May 2016; among them, only 74 patients met the inclusion criteria. Of the 74 patients, 53 were female and 21 were male. Female patients were found to be significantly higher in number in the age group of 61–70years. The maximum number of UTI cases was reported from the general medicine department.

Results:

The disease was more significantly portrayed in suburbans (47%) and rural (38%) population compared with urbans (15%). Fever (60.81%) and dysuria (48.64%) were the most common symptoms. Diabetes (34%) was found to be the major predisposing factor followed by postmenopausal factors (24%), previous UTI (14%), renal disease (9%), benign prostatic hypertrophy (8%), smoking (7%), and oral contraceptives (4%). Escherichia coli was the major isolate (n=36) followed by Klebsiella (n=13), Citrobacter (n=8), Enterococcus (n=7), Enterobacter (n=4), Pseudomonas (n=3), coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (n=2), and Proteus (n=1). Majority of patients were prescribed with cefoperazone+sulbactum (n=28) followed by levofloxacin (n=25) and nitrofurantoin (n=10). Cumulative antibiogram was prepared as the final step of the study using the WHONET 5.6 software. Gram-negative organisms such as E. coli, Klebsiella, and Citrobacter showed higher susceptibility toward piperacillin-tazobactum, cefoperazone-sulbactam, imipenem, meropenem, amikacin, and netilmicin. Gram-positive organisms such as Enterococcus showed higher susceptibility toward piperacillin-tazobactum, cefoperazone-sulbactam, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, vancomycin, and linezolid.

Conclusions:

In our setting, routine culture may be necessary as treatment failure with empirical therapy is likely to occur.
Uniformity and the Delta Method
Authors: Kasy Maximilian
Published: August 2018

When are asymptotic approximations using the delta-method uniformly valid? We provide sufficient conditions as well as closely related necessary conditions for uniform negligibility of the remainder of such approximations. These conditions are easily verified by empirical practitioners and permit to identify settings and parameter regions where pointwise asymptotic approximations perform poorly. Our framework allows for a unified and transparent discussion of uniformity issues in various sub-fields of statistics and econometrics. Our conditions involve uniform bounds on the remainder of a first-order approximation for the function of interest.
A Hybrid Grey Wolf Optimiser Algorithm for Solving Time Series Classification Problems
Authors: Nsour Heba Al , Alweshah Mohammed , Hammouri Abdelaziz I. , Ofeishat Hussein Al , Mirjalili Seyedali
Published: August 2018

One of the major objectives of any classification technique is to categorise the incoming input values based on their various attributes. Many techniques have been described in the literature, one of them being the probabilistic neural network (PNN). There were many comparisons made between the various published techniques depending on their precision. In this study, the researchers investigated the search capability of the grey wolf optimiser (GWO) algorithm for determining the optimised values of the PNN weights. To the best of our knowledge, we report for the first time on a GWO algorithm along with the PNN for solving the classification of time series problem. PNN was used for obtaining the primary solution, and thereby the PNN weights were adjusted using the GWO for solving the time series data and further decreasing the error rate. In this study, the main goal was to investigate the application of the GWO algorithm along with the PNN classifier for improving the classification precision and enhancing the balance between exploitation and exploration in the GWO search algorithm. The hybrid GWO-PNN algorithm was used in this study, and the results obtained were compared with the published literature. The experimental results for six benchmark time series datasets showed that this hybrid GWO-PNN outperformed the PNN algorithm for the studied datasets. It has been seen that hybrid classification techniques are more precise and reliable for solving classification problems. A comparison with other algorithms in the published literature showed that the hybrid GWO-PNN could decrease the error rate and could also generate a better result for five of the datasets studied.
From single-case analysis of neonatal deaths toward a further reduction of the neonatal mortality rate
Authors: Sander André , Wauer Roland
Published: August 2018

Background

The infant mortality rate (IMR), a key indicator of the quality of a healthcare system, has remained at approximately 3.5‰ for the past 10 years in Germany. Generic quality indicators (QIs), as used in Germany since 2010, greatly help in ensuring such a good value but do not seem to be able to further reduce the IMR. The neonatal mortality rate (NMR) contributes to 65–70% of the IMR. We therefore propose single-case analysis of neonatal deaths as an additional method and show an efficient way to implement this approach.

Methods

We used the Nordic-Baltic classification (NBC) to detect avoidable neonatal deaths. We applied this classification to a sample of 1968 neonatal death records, which represent over 90% of all neonatal deaths in East Berlin from 1973 to 1989. All cases were analyzed as to their preventability based on the complete perinatal and clinical data by a special commission of different experts. The NBC was automatically applied through natural language processing and an ontology-based terminology server.

Results

The NBC was used to select the group of cases that had a high potential of avoidance. The selected group represented 6.0% of all cases, and 60.4% of the cases within that group were judged avoidable or conditionally avoidable. The automatic detection of malformations showed an F1 score of 0.94.

Conclusion

The results show that our method can be applied automatically and is a powerful and highly specific tool for selecting potentially avoidable neonatal deaths and thus for supporting efficient single-case analysis.
There is No Teleological Suspension of the Ethical: Kierkegaard’s Logic Against Religious Justification and Moral Exceptionalism
Authors: Fox-Muraton Mélissa
Published: August 2018

In The Book on Adler and “Does a Human Being Have the Right to Let Himself Be Put to Death for the Truth,” Kierkegaard relies on logical reasoning and grammatical analysis in order to arrive at categorical normative conclusions against the use of religious belief and authority as a justification for ethical action. These arguments demonstrate that some types of moral knowledge can be arrived at through reason/logic, despite Kierkegaard’s efforts to separate the spheres of logic and existence. Kierkegaard thereby offers a strong critique of both moral exceptionalism and an ethics of conviction, a critique which—as the paper argues—is not incompatible with his existential and Christian ethics.
Kierkegaard on Variation and Thought Experiment
Authors: Helms Eleanor
Published: August 2018

Do thought experiments provide “evidence” or just new mental frameworks? Current accounts of thought experiment turn to theories of reason and explanation rather than perception to explain how thought experiments work. I offer Kierkegaard’s own view of thought experiment, which is influenced by Kantian idealism rather than scientific empiricism. Drawing on philosophical research in aesthetics, I then show how all perception is a hybrid of sensory content and conceptual structures. On this Kantian-Kierkegaardian account, thought experiments help us see differently and gain new evidence through new kinds of experiences. My project retrieves the original Danish context of the term “thought experiment” [Tankeexperiment] and offers a new understanding of thought experiments as both sensory and conceptual, like perception itself.
Subjectivity and Ambiguity: Anxiety and Love in Kierkegaard
Authors: Houmark Amanda
Published: August 2018

This paper seeks to emphasize the connection between the concepts of anxiety and love as central phenomena in both Kierkegaard’s anthropology and ethics. Through the analysis of these two concepts, which Kierkegaard says “to be in the ground of man,” this paper argues that love or purity of heart should not be seen as an alternative or solution to anxiety or ambiguity. Instead, it suggests that understanding the two concepts jointly unveils how the single individual in subjectivity is in a constant flux between entangling oneself in a self-enclosed reserve on the one hand and opening up to the risks of being on 70,000 fathoms of water and yet being joyful on the other hand.
Anti-Climacus’ Inverted Dialectic of Divine Grace and Human Activity
Authors: Li Elizabeth
Published: August 2018

This article will show that the relationship between divine grace and human activity in the Anti-Climacus works should be understood as an inverted dialectic. Although Anti-Climacus communicates the strictness of Christianity and the importance of undertaking the Christian task, I will argue that the Anti-Climacus works are ultimately aimed at deepening the reader’s understanding of grace. By exploring Anti-Climacus’ accounts of human imagination and will in coming to faith and in the task of following Christ, it becomes clear that human activity ultimately reveals human beings’ limitations and their dependence on grace.
Recognition, Self-Recognition, and God: An Interpretation of The Sickness unto Death as an Existential Theory of Self-Recognition
Authors: Lundsgaard-Leth Kresten
Published: August 2018

In this paper, I reconstruct the understanding of selfhood in The Sickness unto Death. Using Leo Tolstoy’s character Ivan Ilyich, I argue that one can become alienated from oneself, although one is completely socially recognized. I critically engage this reconstruction with the theories of social agency of Axel Honneth and Robert Pippin and the existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre. In the end, Anti-Climacus offers a notion of self-relating selfhood, which keeps a balance between the radical self-construction of Sartre and the theories of social dependency of Honneth and Pippin by understanding “God” as the necessity of having irreducibly personal reasons for becoming oneself.
A Portrait of Spiritlessness in the Age of Leveling
Authors: Parding Mathias G.
Published: August 2018

Since the spirit of the time greatly influences the individual, Kierkegaard becomes increasingly aware of a socio-political environment in which a specific psychological character is molded, namely that of spiritlessness. Consequently, my primary objective in this paper will be to examine how this character manifests itself as a socio-psychological phenomenon in the age of leveling. How does spiritlessness constitute what we can call a pathology of normality as an emblematic despair of the age? In trying to answer this question I hope to clarify the reason for Kierkegaard’s increasingly problematic relation to his time. Since the intimate relationship between the concept of spiritlessness and leveling is given the most systematic account in Two Ages, most of the contributions in this paper will derive from this work.