bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT WITH TEACHERS' CREATIVITY
Authors: Rafiee Mahmoud , Khorasgani Narges Saeidian
Published: February 2018

Purpose: The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between knowledge management and psychological empowering with teachers' creativity in a descriptive correlational method in Isfahan in 2015.

Methodology: The statistical population included all teachers teaching at a 1st grade of boyish high schools of Isfahan city (774 teachers) out of which 256 persons were chosen through multi-steps accidental sampling using Corcoran method. Research instruments contained 3 questionnaires of knowledge management of Patrick and Sonia (2009) with 38 questions, questionnaire of psychological empowerment by Spritizer (1996) with 15 questions and creativity questionnaire of Tierney et al. (1999) having 9 questions based on Likert's 5-item scale. In order to examine the justifiability of questionnaires. Stability of this questionnaire was examined using Cronbach's Alpha, which was 0.90, 0.80and 0.83 for management, psychological empowerment, and creativity respectively. In order to analyze data, we used a descriptive statistic (frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation) and influential statistic (Pearson correlational coefficient, multi-step regression and variance analytic test).

Main Findings: Findings of this study showed that there exists a positive, meaningful relationship between two predicting a variable of knowledge management (r꞊ 0.382) and all its dimensions and also psychological empowerment (r꞊0.136) and its affectivity dimension with creativity.(p<0.05).

Implications: Results of this study can help education administrator to streamline teacher’s activity in higher education institutions.

Originality: This study is first of its kind in researching relationship between knowledge management and psychological empowerment with teachers' creativity in Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
Minimizing of current harmonics for electrical power system station by controlled current source
Authors: Talib Dr. Jaber Ghaib
Published: February 2018

In this optional method, controlled current source CCS with controlled voltage source CVS is used to increase the high power system station acts. The traditional system causes high odd and even harmonics for current and voltage that it leads to decreasing the system efficiency.  The output sinewave voltage and current is distorted with more unstable. Therefore, the best solution for this critical situation, CCS with CVS controller are used to develop the efficiency by reducing the steady state error, decreasing the overshoot with undershoots for system. The results are completed depending on Matlab Simulink with toolbox. The system with two controllers has the consultant over conventional system with increase the active power and minimizing losses power by limitation the harmonics
Transforming Leaders Into Stewards Of Teaching Excellence: Building And Sustaining An Academic Culture Through Leadership Immersion
Authors: Phillips Candice , Bassell Kellie , Fillmore Laura , Stephenson Winsome
Published: February 2018

Nursing must transform education and practice to meet the changing healthcare environment; yet, steps to desired change remain unknown. Academic leaders are well-positioned to initiate change and transform the academic landscape. However, many advance to leadership positions with minimal orientation to the role. Moreover, leaders in academic nursing often have expertise as clinicians and administrators, and not as academics. It is incumbent on nurse leaders to acquire needed competencies to fulfill the academic role. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to immerse leaders in an exploration of steps to initiate and sustain change in the teaching and learning process. Self-reported low- and high-level outcomes were analyzed using Kirkpatrick’s Model (1994) to evaluate the effectiveness of the immersion in preparing leaders to build and sustain a quality academic culture. Leadership immersions were implemented to transform leaders into stewards of teaching excellence. Pre- and post-immersion surveys captured data across three levels: satisfaction, knowledge and skill acquisition, and change in behavior. Seventy-three participants were evaluated. Participants for inclusion in the three-month analysis culminated in a 41% response rate. Findings were analyzed using ANOVA and t-tests. Further analysis was performed using Cohen’s d to determine effect size. Three-month follow-up surveys revealed no significant effect change (p<0.05). Results suggest immersion is effective in preparing leaders of academic nursing to build a quality academic culture. Through immersion, leaders established a collective vision of teaching excellence and proficiency in confronting and resolving actual and desired teaching practices, while enriching the life and work of faculty.
The Effect Of Teaching Methodology On Accounting Students' Perceptions Of Traits Important To Success
Authors: Nichols Linda M.
Published: February 2018

This study evolved from a previous study that examined the perceptions of the importance of specific traits to success in the accounting profession by both accounting professionals in the United States and internationally.  That study found that the international subjects valued some soft skills, such as creativity, as being more important to success than did the subjects in the United States.  Because of the importance of soft skills to success in the accounting profession worldwide, I sought to determine if teaching methodology in the accounting classroom in the United States could affect the perceptions of students regarding the importance of traits to success in the accounting profession.  Three particular new methodologies were added to the accounting courses in which the study was run; a team debate, a writing assignment justifying an impairment decision in an unclear situation, and a team presentation in which creativity was a very significant percentage of the final grade.  The results revealed that the traits of persuasiveness, good oral communication skills, good marketing skills, and creativity were ranked significantly more important by the student subjects at the end of the semester term than they were at the beginning of the semester term.  Based on these results, accounting educators need to experiment to find methodologies that relate to their specific accounting courses that will help students realize the importance of soft skills for professional success in accounting.
Be Responsive To Get In Print Faster
Authors: Slater Timothy F.
Published: February 2018

The vast majority of questions received by peer-reviewed journal editors revolve around one repeated and sometimes frantic theme:  when will my article appear in print?  Manuscript authors sometimes forget how many different procedural and sequential steps must occur before even the most scholarly and well-conceived “print-ready” article makes it into print.  However, the most important steps where timelines seem to get unexpectedly extended are not actually those phases controlled by the publishers or the reviewers or the editors, but the critical steps related to the responsiveness of the authors themselves.  The bottom line to helping publishers get scholarly work you can be proud of published in a timely matter is for authors to posture themselves in rapid response mode, replying promptly to correspondence from the journal.
Prehod kovin iz tal v tkiva izbranih vrst prostoživečih živali
Authors: Al Sayegh-Petkovšek Samar , Kopušar Nataša , Pokorny Boštjan , Tome Davorin , Kryštufek Boris
Published: February 2018

We studied transfer of metals from soil to tissues of selected free-living animals: small mammals (Myodes glareolus, Microtus arvalis, Apodemus flavicollis), Parus major and red fox (Vulpes vulpes), inhabiting Veliki Vrh, Slovenia. At the same time, we assessed the risk for these organisms on the basis of comparison with metal levels in plant and animal tissues to effect concentrations for liver, critical levels of metals, defined in Slovene legislation and Hazard Quotient calculation. The exception was Parus major. This passerine bird was replaced with Turdus merula which feeds on earthworms. Our results show that meadow and forest ecosystems at Veliki Vrh, which was exposed (especially in the past) to high levels of pollutants (including metals) from thermal power plant, are moderately polluted with Pb (forest soil, animal tissues), Hg (forest soil, animal tissues) and Cd (meadow soil, roots of grass and clovers). Nevertheless, the risk for selected free-living animals was in general insignificant, since the levels of Hg, Pb and Cd were below critical (small mammals, red fox) and lethal levels (earthworms). However, there is a probability of risk due to the intake of mercury in red fox through Myodes glareolus and of Pb in Turdus merula through earthworms, if these food sources would constitute at least half of the diet of these organisms.
Problems of taxation of economic subjects
Authors: Kaledin Sergey , Shestakova Ekaterina
Published: February 2018

Despite of the efforts of the Federal Tax Service to improvement of administration of taxes and positions in the ranking “Doing business” we can see and observe various problems of taxation in the Russian Federation. Tax problems are connected with tax administration and usage of tax concessions, changes of tax policy, unstable tax regulation.
Percepção de QVT em agência reguladora de serviços
Authors: Brusiquese Romildo Garcia , Ferreira Mário César , Pacheco Veruska Albuquerque
Published: February 2018

Este estudo objetivou verificar a percepção de trabalhadores de uma agência reguladora de serviços no Brasil quanto à qualidade de vida no trabalho (QVT). A amostra foi de 1.062 participantes, que responderam ao Inventário de Avaliação de Qualidade de Vida no Trabalho (IA_QVT), aplicado no formato digital. Os resultados indicaram avaliação favorável dos fatores Condições de Trabalho; Relações Socioprofissionais de Trabalho; e Elo Trabalho-Vida Social e desfavorável nos fatores Organização do Trabalho e Reconhecimento e Crescimento Profissional, os quais se caracterizam por ações sob domínio do empregador. Conforme hipótese proposta, a avaliação de QVT se posicionou em zona de transição da cartografia do IA_QVT, indicando necessidade de atuação prioritária nos fatores mais críticos. Sugere-se a realização de novos estudos para ampliar as análises desse recém-surgido campo de trabalho.
Palavras-chave: Qualidade de vida no trabalho; ergonomia; gestão de pessoas.
Struktur dan Konduktivitas Ionik Kaca LiMnPO4 sebagai Katoda pada Baterai Sekunder
Authors: Qomariyah Siti , Widanarto Wahyu , Cahyanto Wahyu Tri
Published: February 2018

Katoda kaca Lithium Manganese Phosphates (LiMnPO4) telah dibuat melalui reaksi solid state dan metode melt quenching pada temperatur 900 °C dengan komposisi 5 Li2CO3 : x MnO2 : 15 ZnO : (80-x) P2O5 (dimana x = 0; 1,5 dan 3 dalam % mol). Karakterisasi sifat termal katoda yang meliputi temperatur transisi kaca Tg dilakukan dengan Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). Pengaruh penambahan MnO2 terhadap struktur dan konduktivitas ionik katoda kaca dipelajari dengan menggunakan X-ray Diffraction (XRD) dan LCR meter. Pola difraksi XRD yang diperoleh menunjukkan bahwa struktur semua katoda adalah amorf. Konduktivitas ionik katoda meningkat dengan bertambahnya konsentrasi MnO2, namun konduktivitas cenderung menurun pada konsentrasi MnO2 yang berlebihan. Nilai konduktivitas ionik tertinggi katoda sebesar 7,25x10-4 S/cm ditunjukkan oleh katoda kaca yang mengandung 1,5% MnO2. Berdasarkan pengujian voltametri siklik dan charge/discharge, katoda kaca LiMnPO4 sangat berpotensi untuk digunakan dalam baterai Lithium sekunder.
Food and Feeding Habits of Bilih Fish Mystacoleucus padangensis (Bleeker, 1852) In Naborsahan River, Toba Lake, North Sumatera
Authors: Suryanti Ani , Sulistiono Sulistiono , Muchsin Ismudi , Kartamihardja Endi Setiadi
Published: February 2018

The bilih fish Mystacoleucus padangensis did a migration of the lake to the river that empties into the lake to spawn. This study aimed to determine whether migratory fish bilih ate when and what kind of natural foods consumed by bilih fish in it migration habitat. The study was conducted in Naborsahan River, Toba lake, North Sumatra. Sampling was done every 1 hour using Cast net. The results showed that bilih fish keep doing the feeding activity and having diurnal when migrated. The natural food bilih fish in the river and Toba lake was same, it was the phytoplankton of the class Bacilariopiceae. Natural food bilih fish that found in it intestine were phytoplankton include Rhizosolenia, Synedra, Gonatozygon, Closterium, Surirella, Pinnularia, Oscillatroria, Melosira, Gyrosigma, Aulacoseira and Zooplankton among others Creseis, Tubifex and Daphnia. The type of natural food  that  nostly found  in bilih fish intestines were phytoplankton from the genus Synedra Bacilariopiceae with Index of Preporedance (IP) is 97.9 %. Based on the composition of the natural food that was dominated, bilih fish was categorized as the plankton feeder.
Application of Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) Components In Telecommunication Network Design and Optimization Course
Authors: Firdaus Firdaus , Dewi Fatma
Published: February 2018

ABSTRACT: One of the academic problems in the Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Program of Islamic University of Indonesia is the thesis work beyond the target time, so the average period of study became over time. Several solutions have been worked out, but the results have not been  significant impact. The biggest problem is the lack of research experience and support skills in research. This research proposes a new solution by inviting students to do integrated learning and research in the Telecommunication Network Design and Optimization course. The selected learning model is Contextual Teaching and Learning based on Problem Based Learning. CTL is a teaching-learning strategy that emphasizes the full process of student  involvement in order to discover the material learned and relate it to real life situations that encourage students to apply it in their lives. The results can improve the students achievement of competencies and give direct experience to students to conduct the research. This is evidenced by the increase of the average mark from 63.78 to 78.91 and the availability of student to write the good research reports.Keywords: Contextual, problem based learning, integrated learning and research, study periodReceived: 17 January 2018, Revised: 15 February 2018, Accepted: 24 February 2018
Chemo-entrepreneurship Modelling on Chemical Bonding Materials as an Effort to Grow Entrepreneurial Spirit of Students with Hearing Impairment in (Islamic) Senior High School
Authors: Kamaludin Agus
Published: February 2018

ABSTRACT: This research aims to develop MEc Bond learning media (Magnetic Educhem Bonding) for students with hearing impairment in (Islamic) senior high school based on chemo-entrepreneurship modeling. This research uses the development model by Borg & Gall that includes the identification of potentials and problems, product selection, literature review, planning, developing initial product draft, initial field trials and product revisions, and it ends with major field trials and product revision. The subjects of this research include material experts, media experts, disability experts, senior high school chemistry teachers and students. The data of this research are taken by using several instruments:interview guide, product quality assessment sheet, and student response sheet. The interview result is analyzed by using descriptive technique, assessment result of product quality is analyzed by using categorical descriptive quantitative technique, and student's response is analyzed by using percentage technique. The results of this research has been developed with the input from the validation specialist and chemistry teachers. Learning media which is developed has best quality, according to the assessment of chemistry teachers in (Islamic) senior high school, with the ideality percentage of 91.02%. In general, students with hearing impairment might respond positively which gets the ideality percentage of 86% to the MEc Bond learning media which makes the material chemical bonds easier to be understood and fun. In addition, the media is desperately necessary for studying chemical bonding in class and it can foster entrepreneurial spirit for the students in the form of making learning media ofchemical bonds.Keywords: chemo-entrepreneurship, learning media, chemical bonds, MEc bondReceived: 16 January 2018, Revised: 31 January 2018, Accepted: 25 February 2018
ESTRATÉGIAS METODOLÓGICAS PARA INVESTIGAR A PROSÓDIA DO FOCO NO PORTUGUÊS BRASILEIRO
Authors: Ribeiro Pereira Carpes Daise , Seara Izabel Christine
Published: February 2018

O presente artigo discute a montagem de corpora para análise prosódica dos focos não exaustivo, exaustivo e contrastivo em português brasileiro. São descritas aqui as metodologias de experimentos de produção e percepção criados para investigar e descrever a prosódia da fala e a prosódia visual de sentenças declarativas com os três tipos de focos anteriormente mencionados, considerando-se a hipótese de que haja diferentes comportamentos prosódicos para diferentes tipos de foco. É feita uma descrição metodológica dos experimentos já realizados bem como a descrição dos primeiros resultados encontrados e das próximas etapas experimentais.
ORAÇÕES ADVERBIAIS INTRODUZIDAS POR SEM (QUE) + VERBO: RELAÇÃO DE REALCE OU DE EXTENSÃO?
Authors: Silva Camilo Rosa , Ramos Marta Anaísa Bezerra
Published: February 2018

Neste artigo, analisamos um tipo de oração adverbial que apresenta duas características peculiares: é uma oração fixa, para a qual não há uma estrutura correspondente sob a forma desenvolvida; e expressa sentido de adição, típico de orações coordenadas. Trata-se de um uso próprio da combinação sem falar.../sem apontar.../sem contar... Embora a função de juntor seja atribuída à conjunção, já partimos, aqui, do princípio de que a preposição, diante de forma verbal não-finita, recategorizou-se como conector, apesar de as gramáticas só reconhecerem essa função juntiva da preposição quando esta integra uma locução conjuntiva, no caso em foco, a locução sem que. Assim, neste estudo, além de evidenciarmos a recategorização da preposição sem como conector, defendemos, a partir de uma pequena amostra de trechos de artigos de opinião, bem como de entrevistas, que esse conector se reveste de sentidos diversos, não rotulados pela tradição, dentre os quais destacamos o de adição. Ressaltamos, também, a interveniência de fatores discursivos atuantes na gramática, provocando uma reflexão sobre a abordagem dos mecanismos de articulação oracional. Para atingirmos os propósitos referidos, expomos concepções de gramáticos e linguistas como Bechara (2003) e Azeredo (2000; 2014), Longhin-Thomazi (2004), Castilho (2010), Ilari (2008), Decat (2001; 2011), Oliveira (2000).
O estatuto das palavras em Vieira na expressão do profetismo
Authors: Salvador Mosca Lineide
Published: February 2018

0 presente estudo objetiva examinar os diversos valores atribuídos ao uso da palavra por Vieira, no que toca às previsões e antevisões da história portuguesa e do mundo da época, como homem sintonizado com o seu tempo. A polêmica entre sebastianistas e joanistas e outros lances politicos de relevo na época ensejam o estudo das modalidades lingüísticas para a expressão da certeza/incerteza (epistêmica), do possível/impossível (alética) e a do dever (deôntica). Ressaltava-se o caráter obrigatório de determinadas ações a serem cumpridas pelo povo lusitano. Para tanto, este deveria julgá-las possíveis e nelas crer. 0 caráter de promessa que permeia o discurso social da década de 1660, tendo Vieira como grande porta-voz, aponta o caráter performativo de sua linguagem e também da História. O profetismo na obra de Vieira vem recebendo ultimamente tratamento mais acurado, constituindo alvo de novas investigações. A fundamentação teórica do presente trabalho situa-se no âmbito dos estudos da Argumentação e da Retórica, havendo ainda que considerar a transdisciplinaridade exigida por tais estudos e ditada pela personalidade multifacetária de Vieira como missionário, orador, diplomata, confessor/conselheiro, numa orquestração de vozes.
Electronic structure of the candidate 2D Dirac semimetal SrMnSb2: a combined experimental and theoretical study
Authors: Ramankutty Shyama Varier , Henke Jans , Schiphorst Adriaan , Nutakki Rajah , Bron Stephan , Araizi-Kanoutas Georgios , Mishra Shrawan , Li Lei , Huang Yingkai , Kim Timur , Hoesch Moritz , Schlueter Christoph , Lee Tien-Lin , de Visser Anne , Zhong Zhicheng , van Wezel Jasper , van Heumen Erik , Golden Mark
Published: February 2018

SrMnSb_22
is suggested to be a magnetic topological semimetal. It contains square,
2D Sb planes with non-symmorphic crystal symmetries that could protect
band crossings, offering the possibility of a quasi-2D, robust Dirac
semi-metal in the form of a stable, bulk (3D) crystal. Here, we report a
combined and comprehensive experimental and theoretical investigation of
the electronic structure of SrMnSb_22,
including the first ARPES data on this compound.
SrMnSb_22
possesses a small Fermi surface originating from highly 2D, sharp and
linearly dispersing bands (the ‘Y-states’) around the (0,/a)-point in
kk-space.
The ARPES Fermi surface agrees perfectly with that from bulk-sensitive
Shubnikov de Haas data from the same crystals, proving the Y-states to
be responsible for electrical conductivity in
SrMnSb_22.
DFT and tight binding (TB) methods are used to model the electronic
states, and both show good agreement with the ARPES data. Despite the
great promise of the latter, both theory approaches show the Y-states to
be gapped above E_FF,
suggesting trivial topology. Subsequent analysis within both theory
approaches shows the Berry phase to be zero, indicating the
non-topological character of the transport in
SrMnSb_22,
a conclusion backed up by the analysis of the quantum oscillation data
from our crystals.
Desalination of brackish water for agriculture: challenges and future perspectives for seawater intrusion areas in Vietnam
Authors: Cong Vo Huu
Published: February 2018

This research aims to provide an overview of the seawater encroachment threat on agriculture in lowland areas and potential solutions for better practices. It was found that the Mekong river delta experiences severe impacts from climate change with more than 75% of provinces affected by seawater intrusion, of which Kien Giang, Ca Mau and Ben Tre provinces are the most influenced with 70% affected areas. The salinity of river water was observed in the range of 15–30 g/L in 2015; meanwhile, the strongest tolerated rice species reached ceiling values of 3–4 g/L. Emerging challenges were identified due to the uncertain upstream hydrological regime coupled with high levels of tide, field evaporation and water withdrawal. The development strategies of affected provinces are given on the modification of rice tolerant capacity, and modification to aquaculture in areas with high salinity, in which water purification is in urgent demand. Desalination technologies have been proposed with various innovations which are still not practical on a large scale. The desalination of seawater and brackish water by reverse osmosis, nano-filtration, electro-dialysis, ion-exchange resins, electrochemical processes and thermal distillation has been applied to agriculture. The advance reverse osmosis shows most potential because of its advances in treating performance, cost effectiveness and effective rejection of brine.
House Qualities Characteristics Relationship on House Prices: Klang District
Authors: Masri Muhamad Hilmi Mohamad , Nawawi Abdul Hadi , Mohd Safian Edie Ezwan , Ahmad Saleh Ahmad Fawwaz
Published: February 2018

The research was conducted to measure the characteristics quality of houses in Malaysia. The aim of this research was to produce significant results of the relationship between house qualities and house prices. The methodology used in this research was primarily by AHP and conducting Regression Analysis between the characteristics and house prices. Data collection gathered through a sampling of landed terrace houses in the Klang district was incorporated for this. The results from the research portray significant findings that can help improve quality of life for targeted households.
Essential Entities towards Developing an Adaptive Reuse Model for Organization Management in Conservation of Heritage Buildings in Malaysia
Authors: Hanafi Mohd Hanizun , Umar Mohd Umzarulazijo , Abdul Razak Arman , Abdul Rashid Zul Zakiyudin
Published: February 2018

The paper purposely to explore, review and confirm the keys factors that have enormous impact and influence on the conservation of heritage building in Malaysia. A focus on developing an adaptive reuse (AR) model as a decision-making tool in enhancing the heritage building performance by equipping substantial information to the relevant organization, such as authority and the private sector. These papers enlighten the significant finding from the excessive literature review within the trustworthy sources. Factors influence in heritage building being set accordingly to bridge the gap and tighten up the common understanding of the major player
Financialization and its discontents
Authors: Mehrling Perry
Published: February 2018

Finance is not something separate from society. It is neither a Marxian superstructure nor a monetarist veil, but rather the very substance of modern social relations, a web of time-dated promises to pay that stretches from now into the future, and from here around the globe. Financial relationships are not about mediating something else on the ‘real’ side of the economy; they are the constitutive relationships of the whole system. Financial globalization and global financialization have produced a global Financial Society, hierarchical and inherently unstable. The problem confronting social analysts is not so much to find the social in the money grid - the money grid is already social - but rather to understand the dynamical operations of that grid on its own terms. This essay sketches the fundamental processes that produce and reproduce Financial Society - settlement and market-making - as an attempt to provide a realistic point of departure for any feasible project of reform.
Platform capitalism: The intermediation and capitalisation of digital economic circulation
Authors: Langley Paul , Leyshon Andrew
Published: February 2018

A new form of digital economic circulation has emerged, wherein ideas, knowledge, labour and use rights for otherwise idle assets move between geographically distributed but connected and interactive online communities. Such circulation is apparent across a number of digital economic ecologies, including social media, online marketplaces, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding and other manifestations of the so-called ‘sharing economy’. Prevailing accounts deploy concepts such as ‘co-production’, ‘prosumption’ and ‘peer-to-peer’ to explain digital economic circulation as networked exchange relations characterised by their disintermediated, collaborative and democratising qualities. Building from the neologism of platform capitalism, we place ‘the platform’ — understood as a distinct mode of socio-technical intermediary and business arrangement that is incorporated into wider processes of capitalisation — at the centre of the critical analysis of digital economic circulation. To create multi-sided markets and coordinate network effects, platforms enrol users through a participatory economic culture and mobilise code and data analytics to compose immanent infrastructures. Platform intermediation is also nested in the ex-post construction of a replicable business model. Prioritising rapid up-scaling and extracting revenues from circulations and associated data trails, the model performs the structure of venture capital investment which capitalises on the potential of platforms to realise monopoly rents.
The sword and the knife: a comparison of ancient Egyptian treatment of sword injuries and present day knife trauma.
Authors: Wade Katherine Jane
Published: February 2018

The Edwin Smith papyrus is the oldest known surgical treatise, thought to have been written in 1700 B.C. It was first discovered in Luxor in 1862 and was first translated from hieroglyph script by Egyptologist, James Henry Breasted in 1930. The papyrus details forty eight traumatic injuries which are topographically organised and considered formulaically through examination, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.The Khopesh was an ancient Egyptian sickle shaped sword which was thought to have been used to inflict a slash-type sharp force injury during battle. Treatment of these slash-type wounds as described in the Edwin Smith papyrus are compared with the current treatment of equivalent slash-type injuries, commonly knife wounds in the twenty first century.Comparison of a variety of components involved in the treatment of historical and modern slash-type sharp force wounds has illustrated that despite advances in medical practice, some of the basic principles of our current treatment regimes are derived from practices established thousands of years ago by the ancient Egyptians.
A NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE MICROSCALE PLASTIC STRAIN LOCALIZATION IN FRICTION STIR WELD ZONES
Authors: Balokhonov Ruslan , Romanova Varvara , Batukhtina Ekaterina , Sergeev Maxim , Emelianova Evgeniya
Published: February 2018

A crystal plasticity approach was used to study the effects of grain shape and texture on the deformation behavior of friction stir weld (FSW) microregions. The explicit stress-strain analysis was performed for two representative grain structures with equiaxed and extended grains. Grain orientations were assigned to simulate no texture or a weak or strong cubic texture. Calculations have shown that the texture gave rise to earlier plastic strain localization on a larger scale. The highest stresses were found to develop in a non-textured specimen with equiaxed grains where the grain boundaries served as a barrier to dislocation motion. In both equiaxed and extended grain structures with a strong cubic texture no pronounced strain localization was seen on the grain scale but mesoscale shear bands appeared early in the deformation process. The calculations have shown that the microstructure-based simulation is a reasonable tool to study the deformation behavior of FSW materials, which is difficult to be predicted within macroscopic models alone.
Hypovitaminosis D in Healthy Health Care Professionals: A Real Deficiency or Necessity of New Reference Value for Specific Population?
Authors: Bhatt Rajendra Dev , Pradhan Nikita , Gurung Rojeena , Risal Prabodh
Published: February 2018

Introduction:

Vitamin D, a steroid vitamin, has attracted noticeable interest of clinicians and researchers for decades because of its diverse array of biological functions. Various studies have shown that the level of vitamin D is low in significant proportion of healthy individuals. However, indoor workers especially health care professionals are not focused, particularly in Nepal. We aimed to measure level of vitamin D in apparently healthy health care professionals.

Methods:

A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in apparently healthy health care professionals working at Kathmandu University Hospital in Dhulikhel, Nepal. Structured questionnaire including socio­demographics, dietary habits, and anthropometric measurements was filled in by the participants. Total serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D was measured by Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA) technique. Results were analyzed with t-test, Chi-square test, and Pearson correlation test.

Results:

Data from 64 female and 47 male were analyzed, mean 25-hydroxy vitamin D level was 8.81 ng/dl (SD = 4). Almost all (98.2%, n = 109) participants had vitamin D lower than normal where 72.7% (n = 92) were deficient, 24.5% (n = 17) were insufficient, and only 2.7% (n = 2) were having adequate level. Non-specific body pain was the only factor among all we studied that was significantly associated with vitamin D levels (p = 0.002).

Conclusion:

Hypovitaminosis of 25-hydroxy vitamin D was found to be very common (98.2%) in apparently healthy health care subjects of Dhulikhel Hospital. This may necessitate further research to redefine the biological reference value for our population.
Modelo de la aceptación de evaluaciones en línea de matemáticas: percepciones de los estudiantes de licenciaturas en ciencias sociales / Acceptance’s model of on-line math assessments: perceptions from undergraduate social science students
Authors: Acosta Gonzaga Elizabeth , Ramírez Arellano Aldo , Álvarez Cedillo Jesús Antonio , Rivera González Igor , Rivera González Gibran
Published: February 2018

Aunque se han realizado estudios en la aceptación de las evaluaciones en línea, no se han explorado para la enseñanza de las matemáticas en estudiantes de licenciaturas en ciencias sociales. Este estudio analiza los efectos de un grupo de factores que afectan la actitud, la aceptación y la intención del uso de las evaluaciones de matemáticas en línea, en estudiantes de la modalidad a distancia de la escuela de Comercio y Administración del Instituto Politécnico Nacional en México. Para ello se utilizó un instrumento con 15 reactivos aplicado a 23 estudiantes. Comprender los factores tratados requirió del modelo para la aceptación de la tecnología (TAM, por sus siglas en inglés), el cual ha probado ser un modelo robusto para determinar la actitud e intención de uso de la tecnología en diversos contextos, incluyendo el educativo. El análisis se realizó mediante la técnica de ecuaciones estructurales, usando mínimos cuadrados parciales, propia para estudios exploratorios y muestras pequeñas. Los resultados sugieren que los factores facilidad de condiciones e influencia social  son los principales determinantes de una actitud y aceptación favorable para usar exámenes de matemáticas en línea, por lo se puede concluir que el proporcionar a los alumnos la infraestructura tecnológica y servicio técnico adecuado es importante, y que el mantener una comunicación continua y eficiente de autoridades y maestros puede influenciar favorablemente a la actitud de los estudiantes para usar la plataforma.
PERANCANGAN SISTEM INFORMASI PENGALOKASIAN ASISTEN
Authors: Nurcahyo Anggoro Ari
Published: February 2018

Sebagian besar mata kuliah Program Studi Teknik Informatika Universitas Pasundan, memerlukan kegiatan yang dapat membantu mahasiswa untuk memahami materi ajar yang disampaikan dosen dikelas, maka untuk membantu mahasiswa tersebut diperlukan kegiatan praktikum setiap periode pengajarannya. Dalam penyelenggaran kegiatan praktikum diperlukan alokasi asisten yang bisa mendayagunakan asisten sesuai kebutuhan mata kuliah praktikum, sehingga asisten dapat membimbing praktikan dalam suatu kegiatan praktikum. Namun dalam penyesuaian pendayagunaan asisten ke dalam jadwal praktikum yang tersedia, kadang kala belum bisa memenuhi kebutuhan mata kuliah praktikum, karena latar belakang kompetensi asisten belum sesuai dengan kebutuhan mata kuliah praktikum, dan ketidakselarasan antara jadwal praktikum yang telah tersedia dengan waktu luang yang dimiliki asisten. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengantisipasi masalah-masalah yang terjadi dalam pengalokasian asisten, dalam penelitian ini akan merancang sistem informasi pengalokasian asisten dengan menerapkan beberapa fungsi manajemen sumber daya manusia. Fungsi manajemen sumber daya manusia yang diusulkan adalah domain untuk mendapatkan kemampuan asisten, sehingga dapat menarik kesimpulan serta mengusulkan model sistem yang dapat membantu pengguna sistem dalam pengalokasian asisten. Berdasarkan hasil perancangan sistem informasi pengalokasian asisten, maka hasil rancangan model sistem informasi pengalokasian asisten ditunjukan untuk membantu LPSTIUP dalam pengalokasian asisten ke jadwal praktikum, sehingga pengalokasian asisten sesuai kebutuhan mata kuliah praktikum, berdasarkan histori alokasi asisten, dan kompetensi yang dimiliki asisten.
SISTEM PENCEGAHAN SERANGAN BRUTEFORCE PADA UBUNTU SERVER DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN FAIL2BAN
Authors: Kurniawan Iwan
Published: February 2018

Perkembangan internet yang semakin cepat dengan berbagai macam fungsi dan kebutuhan, menuntut meningkatnya kualitas keamanan jaringan webserver. Terutama dengan semakin terbukanya   pengetahuan  hacking  dan  cracking,  didukung  dengan banyaknya  tools  yang tersedia dengan mudah dan kebanyakan free,  semakin mempermudah para  intruder  dan  attacker  untuk melakukan aksi penyusupan ataupun serangan. Masalah timbul ketika sang administrator sedang tidak berada pada posisi siap sedia, misalnya sakit, berada di luar jam kerja, atau adanya kepentingan mendadak, sedangkan serangan terhadap server bisa terjadi kapan saja. Salah satu serangan yang berakibat fatal adalah, serangan bruteforce. Serangan bruteforce pada server memang jarang sekali terjadi, tetapi akibat yang ditimbulkan dari serangan ini adalah penyerang bisa mendapatkan hak akses administrator dan tentu saja membahayakan server. Administrator  membutuhkan suatu sistem yang dapat membantu kerjanya. Sebuah sistem yang dapat memberikan hasil laporan apa yang terjadi pada sistem apakah itu sebuah serangan atau penyusupan. Dengan hasil laporan yang di dapat ,administrator akan bertindak lebih jauh untuk mencegah terjadinya serangan di masa yang akan datang.
KARAKTERISASI MATERIAL BUCKET TEETH PADA EXCAVATOR UNTUK PENINGKATAN KUALITAS DAN PEMBUATAN
Authors: Tarigan Buki
Published: February 2018

Abstrak: Bucket teeth adalah komponen attachment yang sering digunakan pada heavy equipment salah satunya yaitu bucket wheel excavator, yang fungsinya untuk material handling. Prinsip kerja bucket wheel excavator adalah continuous excavators, namun dalam pengoperasinnya bucket teeth sering terjadi kendala yang dapat mengganggu proses produksi. Salah satu kendala yang sering terjadi adalah keausan pada bucket teeth. Bucket teeth harus mempunyai ketangguhan dan kekuatan bahan yang tinggi, sehingga dapatmempengaruhi life time dari komponen tersebut dan mengurangi down time. Dalam penelitian ini akan dibahas mengenai karakterisasi material bucket teeth pada BWE (Bucket wheel excavator) dengan menggunakanmetoda pengamatan metalografi, pengujian komposisi kimia, dan pengujian kekerasan yang berguna untuk mengetahui harga kekerasan pada bucket teeth dengan, demikian dapat memberi informasi kepada industri lokal dan perusahaan yang menggunakan bucket teeth mengenai spesifikasi material yang cocok untuk pembuatan bucket teeth. Adapun hasil pengujian metalografi, analisa komposisi kimia bucket teeth adalah termasuk material baja paduan sedang yang mengandung silicon, mangan dan krom yang mempunyai sifat tangguh, tahan korosi dan tahan aus. Diliahat dari struktur mikro dan kekerasan mempunayai struktur martensit temper dan harga kekerasanya rata-rata 468 BHN. Dengan adanya porositas dan permukaan specimen yang kasar dapat diperkirakan bahwa proses pembuatan bucket teeth menggunakan proses pengecoran (casting), dan diikuti dengan pengerasan (hardening) dan temper
Notas sobre gramíneas del N de Marruecos. II
Authors: Romero-Zarco Carlos
Published: February 2018

Se aportan algunas novedades corológicas y comentarios críticos sobre varios géneros de gramíneas (Poaceae) del N de Marruecos.
Fitosociología y sintaxonomía de los manglares y saladares de las lagunas costeras de los cayos Coco y Sabinal, Cuba.
Authors: Martínez-Quesada Eddy
Published: February 2018

Se estudió la fitosociología y sintaxonomía de los manglares y saladares asociados a las lagunas costeras de los cayos Coco y Sabinal, en el archipiélago Sabana-Camagüey, al norte de Cuba. Se encontraron 11 asociaciones vegetales, nueve de la clase Rizophoretea mangle y dos de la clase Batido- Sarcocornietea. Se describe vez una asociación, que constituye un manglar. En las comunidades estudiadas predominan los nanofanerófitos de hojas micrófilas, debido a la interacción con factores limitantes, como el sustrato, la salinidad y la disponibilidad de agua dulce. La flora sinantrópica acompañante se compone en su mayoría por apófitos, principalmente extrapófitos, como Batis maritima, y carece de antropófitos. La zonación de las comunidades no sigue un patrón fijo. Se presenta un esquema sintaxómico con las clases, órdenes, alianzas y asociaciones estudiadas.
Utilização de Sargassum vulgare C. Agardh na adubação de Helianthus annuus L. (girassol)
Authors: Coelho Sheila Lorena Araújo , Resende Sheila Vitória , Nunes José Marcos de Castro
Published: February 2018

Este estudo propõe avaliar o potencial de Sargassum vulgare como fertilizante no crescimento do girassol. O delineamento experimental utilizado para análise do comprimento da parte aérea foi inteiramente casualizado em arranjo fatorial 5 X 2 X 7 (concentrações de farinha desidratada de S. vulgare X concentrações de húmus de esterco bovino e caprino X períodos de avaliação), com oito repetições e uma planta por repetição. Para análise área foliar e massa seca total o delineamento experimental utilizado foi inteiramente casualizado em arranjo fatorial 5 X 2 (concentrações de farinha desidratada de S. vulgare X concentrações de húmus), com quatro repetições e uma planta por repetição. Os resultados indicam que, apesar de ter havido um aumento do crescimento da parte aérea das plantas nos períodos avaliados, não houve o incremento deste crescimento ao utilizar a farinha desidratada de S. vulgare nas concentrações acima de 1%  na ausência do húmus.
Hypericum androsaemum L. (Clusiaceae [=Guttiferae]), novedad corológica para la provincia de Córdoba (Andalucía, España).
Authors: Tirado Javier López
Published: February 2018

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Revisión taxonómica del género Molineriella Rouy (Gramineae: Poeae: Airinae) en la Península Ibérica.
Authors: Cebrino Cruz Jesús , Romero-Zarco Carlos
Published: February 2018

Se presenta una revisión del género Molineriella Rouy sobre la base del estudio morfológico de 1.300 ejemplares de herbario. Se trata de un género mediterráneo que tiene su máxima riqueza específica en la Península Ibérica, y para el que se han reconocido aquí tres especies, para las cuales se aportan descripciones y mapas de distribución en el área de estudio. Se han designado un neotipo para Aira laevis Brot. y sendos lectotipos para Periballia minuta subsp. australis Paunero y Molineria minuta var. baetica Willk. Se ha descrito como nueva Molineriella laevis var. submutica Cebrino & Romero Zarco.
Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. en la Comunidad de Madrid
Authors: Medina Domingo Leopoldo , Ferrero Luis María
Published: February 2018

Mollugo cerviana (L.) Ser. es un taxon de amplia distribución, nativo en Eurasia, África y Oceanía (Gonçalves, 1990), e introducido en América (USDA-NRCS, 2017), especialmente en sistemas subdesérticos (Sanz Elorza et al., 2010). En la Península Ibérica se encuentra disperso por la zona centro, al norte y al sur del Sistema Central (ANTHOS, 2017), con localidades dudosas en Asturias (Lainz, 1981) y Almería (Gandoger, 1896).
Filago desertorum Pomel en la Península Ibérica
Authors: Gutiérrez-Larruscain David , López-González Noemí , Pinto-Carrasco Daniel , Andrés-Sánchez Santiago
Published: February 2018

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Oral Text of Genjek in Karangasem Regency
Authors: Nyoman Mantra Ida Bagus , Weda Kusuma I Nyoman , Suarka I Nyoman , Rai Putra Ida Bagus
Published: February 2018

This study examines the oral text of genjek in Karangasem regency with the main focus was analyzing the structure, function  and meaning of oral text of genjek by using the theory of structure, theory of function and theory of semiotics. The theory of structure was used to analyze the structure of oral text of genjek. The theory of function was used to analyze the function of the oral text of genjek and the theory of semiotics was used to analyze the meaning of the oral text of genjek.The present study was a qualitative study with systematic study that departs from theory to observation on the availability of data for further analysis and data validation. The approach used in this study was a phenomenological approach that moved from the phenomenon of language used in genjek. The implication of this study is expected to provide benefits to the linguistic approach in studying the structure, function and meaning of the other texts and other literary works. In this study, it was found that oral text of genjek is literary work which has macro structure, super structure and micro structure. The function of genjek includes:  entertainment function, education function, function of remembering the past, solidarity function, social control function, social protest and criticism function, and religious function. Meanings of genjek includes: meaning of love, meaning of the collective consciousness, meaning of ritual, existence of social stratification recognition. Creation process of genjek text is done together spontaneously by a group of people who are gathered together. Inheritance process of genjek is done naturally and non-naturally so that genjek can thrive in Karangasem society
Ekstrak Hirarki Data Dari Situs Web A-Z Animals Menggunakan Web Scraping
Authors: Darmawan I Putu Arditya , Piarsa I Nyoman , Arya Dharmaadi I Putu
Published: February 2018

A-Z Animals merupakan sebuah website yang menyajikan data mengenai Kingdom Animalia. Data Kingdom Animalia memiliki hirarki atau tingkatan yang disebut dengan tingkat takson, yang dimulai dari kingdom hingga species. Permasalahan yang dihadapi adalah data yang terdapat pada website tersebut dapat digunakan kembali untuk kepentingan lain, seperti membuat kamus, media pembelajaran dan lain-lain, namun diperlukan waktu yang cukup lama untuk memasukkan data ke database akibat banyak dan kompleksitas data. Solusi dari permasalahan tersebut adalah membuat aplikasi yang dapat secara otomatis mengambil data dari website untuk mempercepat pengumpulan data. Web Scraping merupakan metode untuk mengambil dokumen sebuah website dari internet, yang berupa HTML, selanjutnya dilakukan analisis untuk diambil data tertentu dari dokumen tersebut. Hasil pengujian yang telah dilakukan menunjukkan bahwa aplikasi dapat mengambil konten atau data yang diperlukan dari website a-z-animal.com. Aplikasi membutuhkan waktu rata-rata untuk memproses satu buah halaman a-z-animal.com adalah sekitar 16.13 detik.
Honorarios, Salarios, Hora cátedra y Prestaciones Sociales de los profesores universitarios
Authors: Ramírez Plazas Jaime
Published: February 2018

El presente artículo presenta la evolución de la remuneración de los profesores catedráticos de las universidades públicas y la formulación de un proyecto de Acuerdo que dé cumplimiento a la sentencia C-006/96.
Legal Comparison by the Courts
Authors: Cassese Sabino
Published: February 2018

On July 2, 2009 , the Delhi High Court ruled that consensual sexual acts between adults in private are not criminal, and therefore declared that Section 377 of the Indian Criminal Code violates Articles 21, 14 and 15 of the Constitution.