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Best laid plans: Research design and the field in a study of crafts in the Hampi region
Authors: Rajangam Krupa
Published: April 2017

The article engages with debates on the contemporary practice of ‘traditional’ regional Indian crafts and the disciplinary position of craft at a time when the roles traditionally assigned to academia, patrons (industry and craft non-governmental organizations [NGOs]) and craftspeople are in flux. The author takes the reader through a self-reflexive journey of unlearning based on her experiences as project researcher on an initiative to document traditional crafts in and around the Hampi World Heritage site. What began as an ‘objective’ attempt to present a comprehensive field-based project to document the living craft traditions of a region transformed into a discussion on the politics of research. The example of the Hampi project made it clear to the author that knowledge production is dialogic. ‘Field’, ‘place’ and ‘community’, whether project committee, general public or craftspeople (so-called objects of enquiry), can and do influence the parameters of research design. And this understanding leads to an acceptance on her part that, in turn, ‘researchers’ can only impact the field in a limited way. Consequently, a more useful role for herself and other communities, including craft NGOs, might be that of giving voice to the voiceless, in this instance, craftspeople. More significantly that the views and concerns of craftspeople do matter irrespective of whether they are in accord with the views of individuals, groups or communities that seek to support them, whether craft industry, patrons or researchers.
To collect – or not: Sir Roy Strong CH and his wardrobe
Authors: Whyman Ben
Published: April 2017

The biography of objects has been explored in my recent research into three men’s wardrobes stored in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and Fashion Museum, Bath. The aim has been to better understand how the materiality and biography of clothing, and the individual process of drawing together these ‘collections’ of material artefacts, can augment the life-story of these men’s lives. One of the subjects, Sir Roy Strong, will be used as a case study for this article. I set Strong’s life in context, and explore the notion of the biography of the object through a number of his garments. I explore notions of collecting, intentions (or lack of) behind purposeful acquisition of a group of objects like clothing, and the act of donating to a museum. In summary, I consider how the act of constructing the ‘life-story’ of fashion objects might influence the curatorial interpretations of these collections.
A brief historical overview of the first major menswear exhibition in the United States – Adam in the Looking Glass at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1950
Authors: Maglio Diane
Published: April 2017

Adam in the Looking Glass was the first exclusively menswear exhibition in America. The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, under the direction of Polaire Weissman, displayed more than 600 years of men’s finery arranged among paintings, decorative arts and furniture. The display techniques included garments in glass cases, dressed figures arranged in tableaux, and retail store mannequins dressed in menswear of the future. Twelve American womenswear designers were invited to create, for display in the exhibition, garments they proposed as tomorrow’s menswear. This article provides a brief historical overview of Adam in the Looking Glass which ran from 30 January 1950 to 30 July 1950.
‘There are no people in these photographs’: Human scarcity, the Sierra Club aesthetic, and the politics of presence
Authors: Blower Nicholas
Published: April 2017

The 1960s saw Californian environmental group the Sierra Club attempt to aestheticize conservation politics through an ambitious photographic publishing programme. Praised within the decade, prominent environmental organization leaders credited the initiative for increasing the ranks of conservation groups, catalysing public sympathy for the American wilds, and popularizing the idea of ecology. Yet critics contended that the programme created and popularized a landscape aesthetic predicated on human absence. In doing so, the Sierra Club was seen to obscure urban, class- and race-based environmental problems and help entrench a vision of nature that was separate, fantastical and elitist. In an attempt to communicate how such publications constructed nature, other studies have discounted the club’s own debates about human presence in their publishing content. This article places ideological debates about the inclusion of people within conservation photography in centre frame. It explores how the role of human presence in late 1960s conservation photography was simultaneously connected to a nostalgic desire for the return to pre-war preservationist practice and – somewhat paradoxically – to the emergent, broadened agenda of environmentalism. Furthermore, it connects disputes over presence to growing concerns about the public image of American environmentalism.
Experimental Diplomacy: Art and International Cultural Relations at 49th Parallel
Authors: Diggon Elizabeth
Published: April 2017

This article focuses on 49th Parallel: Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art (1981–92), a New York City-based art gallery that was conceived as a diplomatic ‘pilot project’ by Canada’s Department of External Affairs to focus on ‘new’ and ‘experimental’ Canadian contemporary art. Drawing from policy papers, memorandums and grant applications, I examine the gallery’s conceptual framework governing three key exhibitions, particularly the assumptions informing the gallery’s deployment of contemporary art as a tool of soft power within a climate of ascendant neoliberal capitalist ideologies. These records of the gallery’s mandate and programming reveal mounting pressures to increase the presence of Canadian art in the international art scene.
Relocating Iphigénie en Tauride
Authors: Pettegree Jane
Published: April 2017

This article reflects upon the director’s experience of directing Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride with a student opera company (Byre Opera) in June 2015, and in particular, insights gained about the topical issues raised by this work. Discussion of this particular production is laid alongside reviews of other, professional productions of this piece in the same year, which reveal a range of possible reactions to the potential for Gluck’s composition to be read as reflecting contemporary anxieties and concerns. The article engages with an earlier essay by Michael Ewans in SMT 9:2, 2015, developing and qualifying suggestions made by Ewans about the classical framing of Gluck’s opera to make the work relatable for modern audiences. It concludes that the classical location is used to position a very specific and not necessarily trans-historical set of topical and political resonances; this places a gap between mimetic representation and reality that should be carefully considered by any company hoping to produce the work using a contemporary realist staging.
Using focused ethnography to understand brokering practices among international students
Authors: Lee Sherrie
Published: April 2017

The academic challenges of international students, particularly those with English as an additional language (EAL), have been mostly researched in the context of the formal curriculum (e.g. classroom communication styles, reading and writing skills). These challenges include inadequate English proficiency and differing educational expectations, and being isolated from the host community. However, little is understood about students’ informal academic learning outside the prescribed curriculum, in particular, their brokering practices. Brokering practices are help-seeking interactions that bridge gaps in the seekers’ knowledge and understanding of new cultural practices thus enabling them to access resources they would find difficult to do so on their own. For EAL students, these help-seeking interactions may involve getting others to translate, interpret or explain particular aspects of the host academic environment. In this research, focused ethnography is used to investigate the nature of brokering practices among ten international EAL tertiary students during their initial academic semester of fifteen weeks. Focused ethnography specifically addresses constraints in the research context (e.g. time and access to informants), as well as capitalizes on technological tools such as digital recording devices. In seeking to understand brokering interactions and relationships students have with their brokers, conventional ethnographic methods were adapted, for example, digital ethnographic methods were used instead of participant observation. Digital ethnographic methods allows a large amount of data to be recorded and reviewed, a feature of focused ethnography known as data intensity. While this form of intensity has been argued to compensate for a short period of research activity, this research suggests that another form of intensity – relational intensity – is just as important in addressing research constraints. Relational intensity refers to the researcher’s ongoing responsiveness to the needs of research participants. The article concludes that future focused ethnographic research should consider both data-related and relational forms of intensity in addressing research constraints.
MONTEIRO LOBATO E O IDEÁRIO ESCOLANOVISTA: UM MODELO DE ESCOLA NO SÍTIO DO PICA-PAU AMARELO
Authors: Gomes Machado Maria Cristina , Pacifico Martineli Laís
Published: April 2017

O estudo mostra que, com base na obra literária infantil de Monteiro Lobato (1882-1948), o autor dialogava e compartilhava com os pressupostos teórico-metodológicos do ideário escolanovista. Sua aproximação ficou expressa nos livros de literatura destinados às crianças, produzidos na primeira metade do século XX, momento em que esse movimento ganhou repercussão no país. Fundamentamos essa proposição discorrendo sobre o contato estabelecido por Monteiro Lobato com os pressupostos teóricos dessa teoria, bem como mostramos em Serões de Dona Benta, do ano de 1935, como a prática educativa do “Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo” se apropria dos modelos de educação propostos pela Escola Nova. Observamos que a educação desempenhava importante papel na formação moral e intelectual das crianças brasileiras, devido à necessidade de preparar trabalhadores às indústrias e os cidadãos à República. Para garantia dessa formação era necessário um outro modelo pedagógico. Monteiro Lobato teve contato com a nova corrente pedagógica quando publicou artigos que divulgavam essa corrente na Revista do Brasil, com a leitura de livros de autores renovadores e pela amizade mantida com educadores brasileiros ligados à corrente, como Anísio Teixeira. Notamos que Lobato compartilhava dos ideais da Escola Nova pela leitura de seus livros infantis, ao projetar uma escola em que a criança (personagens) participa ativamente do seu processo de aprendizagem, livre para descobrir seus interesses e aprofundá-los quando desejasse. Assim, caberia à professora (Dona Benta) fornecer os meios necessários para que elas pudessem aprender por meio de brincadeiras, ativando a imaginação. Para tanto, os conteúdos científicos se tornariam essenciais à sua formação, a aprendizagem se iniciava pela experimentação e observação por meio dos cinco sentidos e daquilo que a criança vivenciava no seu dia a dia, nesse processo o material escolar tornava-se uma ferramenta imprescindível para a aprendizagem.
Avaliação físico-química das águas do processo de dessalinização de poços salobros e salinos em comunidades rurais do oeste potiguar
Authors: Oliveira André Moreira de , Dias Nildo Da Silva , Freitas Jair José Rabelo de , Martins Daniel Freitas Freire , Rabelo Lycia Nascimento
Published: April 2017

O fornecimento de água potável é o maior desafio das comunidades rurais da região semiárida do Brasil, que são caracterizadas pela escassez de recursos hídricos apropriados para consumo humano. Em uma tendência observada há alguns anos, os Governos Federal e Estadual têm buscado instalar equipamentos de dessalinização das águas salobras subterrâneas para a geração de água doce para o abastecimento de comunidades distantes dos centros urbanos. Desta forma, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade das águas oriundas do processo de dessalinização de poços em comunidades rurais do oeste potiguar e seus riscos quanto ao uso na irrigação. A pesquisa foi realizada no período de 2013 e 2014 e, inicialmente, foram identificadas as comunidades abastecidas com as unidades de captação e tratamento de água por dessalinização, através de um levantamento cadastral. Para isto, foram realizadas quatro campanhas de coletas em diferentes períodos do ano para avaliação da qualidade das águas potável do tratamento por osmose reversa, poço e rejeito salino, dentro de cada período. Foram analisados parâmetros físico-químicos das águas para fins de irrigação. As águas foram classificadas quanto ao uso na irrigação; aos riscos de problemas de infiltração no solo causados pela sodicidade da água e toxicidade em plantas. As estações de tratamento de água por osmose reversa nas comunidades rurais monitoradas produziram uma água dessalinizada com concentrações baixas de sais, com 68% do total das amostras na classe de classificação C1S1; 25% na classe C2S1 e; apenas 7% na classe C3S1. Com relação ao rejeito gerado, 93% das amostras de água de rejeito se classificaram como C3 ou C4 nos quatro períodos de coleta, ou seja, águas de alto ou extremamente alto risco de salinização.
A Study on culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy of elementary teachers: Based on Gay’s theory
Authors: Hong Su Hyang , Chang Insil
Published: April 2017

The purpose of this paper is to explore elementary teachers’ culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy (CRTSE), and to categorize it based on culturally responsive teaching theory by Gay. To accomplish this purpose, the data (n: 296) from the survey was analyzed by using SPSS for descriptive statistics, frequencies, factor analysis, and reliabilities. The survey contains 40 questions for measuring culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy, classified by five factors: knowledge base of culturally diverse learners, multicultural curriculum reconstruction, cultural caring and learning community, communications, and reconstruction of multicultural instruction. Factor and reliability analyses were conducted using 23 of these questions. “Culturally caring and learning community” is the high factor, whereas “communication” is the lowest factor. CRTSE in relation to elementary teachers’ personal characters is not meaningful. The conclusion drawn from the results is that elementary teachers in Korea currently do not implement culturally responsive teaching theory, which in turn, emphasizes the needs for further implementation of culturally responsive teaching.
Factors associated with socioeconomically disadvantaged students' informed career decisions
Authors: Song Hyojune , Lee Jeon-yi , Cha Yun-kyung
Published: April 2017

This study intended to identify factors associated with informed career decision making among socioeconomically disadvantaged students. Data for the study came from the Korean Education & Employment Panel (KEEP), whereby we analyzed extensive information on career decisions among 18 year-old students. The findings suggested that students who made well-informed decisions about their career paths despite low socioeconomic status tended to have participated in school-based career exploration programs, had a sound understanding of their own career aptitudes, and received positive attention and support from their parents. This result provides educators and social workers with useful evidence so that they can help socioeconomically disadvantaged students have adequate opportunities for well-informed career exploration.
Correlation and influencing factors of multicultural awareness and cultural sensitivity among Korean nursing students
Authors: Kim Jeong Ah , Choi Jung
Published: April 2017

The purpose of this study is to identify the correlation and influencing factors of the multicultural awareness(MA) and cultural sensitivity(CS) among Korean nursing students. This study involved 361 third and forth-grade nursing students. Data collection was conducted through the use of questionnaires which included MA and CS. The main results were as follows. MA and CS of the participants in this study were shown to have moderate levels(MA : M=3.63, SD=0.48; CS : M=3.56, SD=0.47). The nursing students who had experience in caring foreign patients were found to have significantly higher MA and CS. In addition, there was a significant positive correlation between MA and CS(r=.532, p＜.001). The factors influencing MA were acquisition of cultural knowledge and acceptance of cultural uniqueness. The factors influencing CS were receptivity to multiculture, multicultural openness, multicultural sensitivity/distinction, experience of caring foreign patients, and the religion. The findings suggest that multicultural programs for nursing students have to be provided to enhance MA and CS.
The effects of group art therapy on vocabulary ability and stress of children from multicultural families
Authors: Kim Gahyun , Chang Seok-hwan
Published: April 2017

The purpose of this study is to conduct group art therapy for children aged from two through six who have multicultural familiy background and to find out its effects on their language development. As for the participants, fourteen children were categorized as an experimental group, whereas ten were classified as a control group, all of whom are from multicultural families who live in Jeolla Province, South Korea. One or two weekly sessions of group art therapy, which were 12 sessions in total, were conducted for the experimental group. Each session was about 30 to 40 minutes long. The Wilcoxon signed rank test was used for analyzing the results of the pre-post programs. In terms of quantitative measures, Receptive & Expressive Vocabulary Test(REVT) was performed to examine some effects on the children's vocabulary development. Cortisol tests were conducted to see the differences on stress levels before and after the art therapy program. The results showed that scores of the receptive and expressive vocabulary scales significantly increased, while he stress of the therapy group significantly decreased. These results showed that the group art therapy had positive effects on vocabulary development and stress of children from multicultural families.
Exposición fotográfica: “Paisajes pesqueros campechanos y yucatecos: tradición y modernidad”, Instituto de Geografía, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Cd. Mx., 6 de marzo al 7 de abril de 2017
Authors: Jiménez Pelcastre Araceli
Published: April 2017

Se cumple un año de la primera entrega fotográfica, realizada por José Manuel Crespo Guerrero, que se exhibió en la planta baja del edificio principal del Instituto de Geografía, en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Jiménez, 2016). Hace 12 meses el tema se centró en la actividad pesquera comercial ribereña que se realiza en la Reserva de la Biosfera El Vizcaíno, Baja California Sur. Ahora accedemos a una segunda exhibición, del 6 de marzo al 7 de abril de 2017, en el mismo lugar, bajo un eje similar al anterior, pero con un par de cambios. Uno se refiere a la zona que exhibe, las áreas naturales protegidas de Campeche y Yucatán, respectivamente: Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Laguna de Términos y Reserva de la Biosfera de Ría Celestún. El otro, la temporalidad: abarca el pasado y el presente.
AVALIAÇÃO DA ROTULAGEM DE SUPLEMENTOS VITAMÍNICOS E/OU MINERAIS
Authors: Ibiapina Andressa Barros , Lucena Monalisa de Alencar , Oliveira Camila dos Reis , Oliveira Lucas Vaz de Castro , Ribeiro Alessandra Braga
Published: April 2017

As vitaminas e os minerais são elementos essenciais ao funcionamento do organismo humano. Para garantir a quantidade adequada desses nutrientes, muitos indivíduos utilizam suplementos vitamínicos e/ou minerais, os quais devem apresentar no mínimo 25% e no máximo 100% da Ingestão Diária Recomendada (IDR). Considerando a importância comercial da venda de suplementos pelos estabelecimentos e a relevância desses produtos para a saúde humana, este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a conformidade da rotulagem de suplementos vitamínicos, minerais e vitamínicos/minerais dispostos à venda em 10 farmácias comerciais, em Teresina-PI, em julho de 2016. A pesquisa de campo consistiu em um estudo quantitativo observacional dos dados contidos nos rótulos de todos os produtos contendo vitaminas e/ou minerais, de acordo com o preconizado pela legislação vigente. Foram coletadas informações de 208 produtos, incluindo medicamentos, contudo, somente os suplementos foram avaliados de acordo com os itens requeridos pela Portaria nº 32/1988. Observou-se que, de 154 suplementos analisados, apenas 49% obedeceram a todos os aspectos da rotulagem preconizada pela legislação. Entre os erros mais comuns, destacam-se a designação incorreta do produto (67,90%) e falhas nas advertências obrigatórias (35,90%). A falta de informações básicas de rotulagem dificulta a escolha adequada do suplemento pelos consumidores e enfatiza a necessidade da presença de um profissional de saúde que possa auxiliar a população na seleção de um produto confiável, além da possibilidade de indicação racional para a utilização desse tipo de produto.
INFLUÊNCIA DO GÊNERO EM ESTUDOS DE BIOEQUIVALÊNCIA DE MEDICAMENTOS
Authors: Da Silva José Wellithom Viturino , De Lima Rafael Ferreira , De Andrade Ana Rosa Brissant , Kishishita Juliana , Leal Leila Bastos , Sousa Giovana Damasceno
Published: April 2017

As diferenças anatômicas e fisiológicas entre os gêneros masculino e feminino podem modificar o processo farmacocinético de um fármaco e assim, interferir em sua biodisponibilidade, tornando um determinado medicamento não bioequivalente quando comparado em apenas um gênero. Dito isto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a influência do gênero na bioequivalência de três medicamentos testes na forma de comprimido revestido: Metildopa 500 mg, Diazepam 10 mg e Butilbrometo de Escopolamina 10mg. Para tanto, os parâmetros farmacocinéticos que determinam a bioequivalência, ASC0-t, ASC0-∞ e Cmáx, foram recalculados considerando os gêneros em separado. Os estudos do Diazepam e Escopolamina foram bioequivalentes para ambos os sexos, mas bioinequivalentes quando considerado apenas o sexo feminino. O estudo de bioequivalência da Metildopa não foi bioequivalente para ambos os sexos e nem para os sexos em separado. Assim, faz se necessário ampliar as discussões sobre a forma de analisar e definir a bioequivalência de medicamentos a fim de garantir a eficiência e segurança dos tratamentos para ambos os sexos.
Perancangan Papan Informasi Digital Berbasis Web pada Raspberry pi
Authors: Panuntun Rizal , Rochim Adian Fatchur , Martono Kurniawan Teguh
Published: April 2017

Digital signage is information boards migrate from conventional forms to digital form. Form of digital signage used in computer by connecting to monitor to display the information. Digital notice board (digital signage) puts a digital-based information services in one direction. Many digital signage applications appear with the development of information technology. Unfortunately, if used as a digital signage devices, the implementation of existing digital signage applications using a desktop computer is unefficient. Signage applications that developed to be implemented on a single board computers such as raspberry-pi is still rare. In that case, there are any idea to implement a mini computer raspberry-pi as digital signage devices. Mini computer raspberry-Pi was chosen because of its small size and power saving. so it can be efficient and flexible than a regular desktop computer. Forming of this thesis includes designing web server using PHP and MySQL and raspberry pi configuration. The results of this research is to implement digital signage in raspbeery pi that produce a web-based digital information boards that efficient and power saving.
Sistem Pakar Penyakit di Daerah Tropis pada Anak Berbasis Web
Authors: Nasution Rian Haris Muda , Nurhayati Oky Dwi , Kridalukmana Rinta
Published: April 2017

Perkembangan ilmu kedokteran mengalami kemajuan pesat yang ditandai dengan ditemukannya penyakit- penyakit tropis baru yang belum teridentifikasi sebelumnya. Para dokter ahli terus mencoba menemukan solusi untuk mengatasi penemuan baru dan selalu mencoba memberikan pelayanan terbaik terhadap para pasien. Kesehatan merupakan hal yang berharga bagi manusia, karena siapa saja dapat mengalami gangguan kesehatan. Anak sangat rentan terhadap kuman penyakit dan kurangnya kepekaan terhadap gejala suatu penyakit merupakan ketakutan tersendiri bagi orang tua, oleh sebab itu penulis membuat aplikasi sistem Pakar demam berdarah untuk membantu para orang tua dalam mengidentifikasi penyakit demam berdarah berdasarkan gejala. Pada penelitian ini penulis membuat suatu penerapan metode untuk penyusunan laporan Tugas Akhir ini adalah metode penelitian kuantitatif yang meliputi studi pustaka, observasi dan wawancara. Teknik pengembangan sistem perangkat lunak dilakukan dengan metode waterfall. Metode waterfall meliputi beberapa proses diantaranya definisi kebutuhan, analisis, design, coding, pengujian dan perawatan. Berdasarkan hasil pengujian alpha dan betha, aplikasi yang dibangun sudah berjalan cukup maksimal, tetapi tidak menutup kemungkinan dapat terjadi kesalahan dan kekurangan pada saat aplikasi digunakan. Hasil pengujian mampu membedakan jenis penyakit demam dengue, demam berdarah dengue da syok syndrome dengue. Hasil penelitian yang sudah dilakukan, hasil pengujian alpha memberikan hasil bahwa aplikasi berjalan cukup maksimal tetapi tidak menutup kemungkinan dapat terjadi kesalahan pada suatu aplikasi yang digunakan dan hasil pengujian betha adalah 67.00%.
Location Based Service Panduan Pencarian Rumah Sakit dengan Platform Android di Kota Semarang
Authors: Udka Muh. , Isnanto R. Rizal , Kridalukmana Rinta
Published: April 2017

Until now, the location information of the General Hospital has not yet computerized and many take advantage of mobile devices. Therefore, it is necessary to study to facilitate the search for the nearest hospital. Android-based phones have several features such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), which can be used to give the user the latest geolocation information, and connectivity with the 3G network. While the Location Based Service (LBS) are services that support GPS function. The Android platform can also be integrated with the Google Maps API. Google Maps API is a product from Google that offers the ease of building applications that require data geolocation and the ability to provide a fairly complete map. The first step in this research is to study the literature on Android, GPS, and Google Maps API. The second step is to design applications with modeling Unified Modeling Language (UML). The final step, carried implementation using the Java programming language. Based on test results, hospital In the search application, there are two options to choose a search based on a list of hospitals or radius of the location of the user. And the use of GPS is very accurate, but it can only work with a maximum when used in a location free from obstruction satellite, evident from testing conducted by researchers who carried out the entire room without any obstructions. Search applications hospital immediately shows the route to the nearest hospital from the user. At the hospital Radius of users displayed in the application is the shortest distance when the straight line drawn between the hospital with the user. Search applications hospitals can work well in the real environment, ie Android devices Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. Android applications are developed with the target API level 15, can run well too at the API level on it.
Sistem Pengendali Peralatan Elektronik dalam Rumah secara Otomatis Menggunakan Sensor PIR, Sensor LM35, dan Sensor LDR
Authors: Desyantoro Eka , Rochim Adian Fatchur , Martono Kurniawan Teguh
Published: April 2017

Listrik merupakan hal yang sangat penting di kehidupan kita. Setiap pekerjaan kita pasti dibantu dengan adanya listrik. Mulai dari penerangan hingga pengaturan suhu ruangan pun semuanya dibantu oleh listrik. Ketergantungan manusia terhadap listrik ini menimbulkan kebiasaan buruk. Banyak orang yang terkadang membiarkan suatu peralatan elektronik hidup pada saat tidak dibutuhkan. Terjadi suatu permasalahan untuk menciptakan suatu desain sistem embedded untuk mengendalikan peralatan elektronik dalam rumah secara otomatis. Makalah ini membahas tentang perancangan sistem pengendali peralatan elektronik dalam rumah secara otomatis. Sistem terdiri dari sensor PIR yang berfungsi untuk mendeteksi objek bergerak (manusia), sensor LM35 yang berfungsi untuk mendeteksi suhu, dan sensor LDR berfungsi sebagai sensor cahaya. Mikrokontroller ATMega16 sebagai pengendali jalannya sistem dari pembacaan sensor, menampilkan data sensor pada LCD dan mengatur kontak relay untuk menghidup dan mematikan listrik. Sistem pengendali peralatan elektronik dalam rumah secara otomatis menunjukan sensor LDR dapat membedakan gelap dan terang, sensor suhu LM35 dapat mendeteksi suhu dalam ruangan dengan toleransi kesalahan pembacaan kurang lebih 2o Celcius, dan sensor PIR dapat mendeteksi pergerakan manusia sejauh 5 meter.
Aplikasi Pengolahan Citra Digital Meat Detection Dengan Metode Segmentasi K-Mean Clustering Berbasis OpenCV Dan Eclipse
Authors: Arsy Lazuardi , Nurhayati Oky Dwi , Martono Kurniawan Teguh
Published: April 2017

Kualitas suatu daging sapi ditentukan oleh beberapa parameter, diantaranya adalah parameter ukuran, terkstur, ciri warna, bau dari daging dan lain – lain. Parameter terseburt merupakan salah satu faktor penting untuk menentukan kualitas daging. Umunya dalam menetukan kualitas baik buruknya daging dilakukan dengan cara manual yaitu menggunakan indera penglihatan dari segi warna maupun bentuk yang memiliki banyak kelemahan seperti penilaian oleh manusia yang bersifat subyektif dan tak konsisten. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk membuat aplikasi untuk mendeteksi kualitas daging. Aplikasi dibangun dengan menggunakan bahasa pemrograman Java pada Android yang terintegrasi dengan Android SDK dan Eclipse menggunakan library OpenCV sehingga aplikasi ini berbasis mobile. Metode yang dipakai menggunakan segmentasi k-mean clustering selanjutnya dianalisis secara statistik. Pendeteksian kualitas dilakukan dengan menggunakan pencocokan tekstur dan warna daging berdasar data yang sudah ada. Aplikasi yang dibuat dapat digunakan untuk mencari nilai k yang signifikan serta mampu mendeteksi kualitas baik atau buruknya daging dengan melakukan pengujian terhadap beberapa jenis daging serta aplikasi ini dapat digunakan oleh masyarakat luas.
Studia trzeciego stopnia w polskich uczelniach - funkcjonowanie, diagnoza, rekomendacje
Authors: Bień Dominik
Published: April 2017

Celem poniższego tekstu jest udzielenie odpowiedzi na pytanie o zasadność funkcjonowania studiów trzeciego stopnia w polskich uczelniach w aktualnej formie. Do realizacji tego celu posłużą wyniki badań „Doktoranci 2011” i „Doktoranci 2015” oraz dane Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego. Wyniki zostały zaprezentowane w ramach podziału na następujące obszary: finanse i kwestie stypendialne, jakość kształcenia i dydaktyki, badań i nauki, samorządności oraz innych. W ostatniej części tekstu przedstawione zostały również rekomendacje, których realizacja mogłaby się przyczynić do poprawy funkcjonowania studiów trzeciego stopnia w Polsce.
Galen on Sexual Desire and Sexual Regulation
Authors: Ahonen Marke
Published: April 2017

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Naming the Principles in Democritus: An Epistemological Problem
Authors: Piergiacomi Enrico
Published: April 2017

It is well known that Democritus posited two principles of reality,
Critical news reading with Twitter? Exploring data-mining practices and their impact on societal discourse
Authors: Verbeke Mathias , Berendt Bettina , d’Haenens Leen , Opgenhaffen Michaël
Published: April 2017

This article shows that the collaboration between social science and computer science scholars proves fruitful in enhancing conceptual and methodological innovation in research appropriate for the digital world. It presents arguments for ways in which a multi-disciplinary approach can strengthen media studies and nnovatively advance both research breadth and depth. To illustrate this interesting connection of both disciplines, we present the example analysis of large data from Twitter and discuss this analysis in a communication science research environment. We propose TwiNeR, a software tool that analyzes tweet content using an advanced language modeling approach for classifying tweets into five prototypical messages referring to ‘activities’ related to news and news sources in the Twitter network (i.e., source-fed article, user-fed article, content spread by user, other source content, other user content).
Drying Kinetics and Quality Attributes of White Radish in Low Pressure Superheated Steam
Authors: Liu Jianbo , Xue Jing , Xu Qing , Shi Yapeng , Wu Long , Li Zhanyong
Published: April 2017

In this paper, white radish discs were dried in superheated steam at absolute pressure 95 mbar at four levels of drying temperature from 75 °C to 90 °C. The drying kinetics and various quality attributes of white radish were investigated, compared with the results by vacuum drying. By kinetic modeling of drying processes with Fick’s second law, low pressure superheated steam drying (LPSSD) had slightly lower value of effective moisture diffusivity but higher activation energy than vacuum drying. In comparison with vacuum drying, the rehydration capability of dried samples by LPSSD was better due to porous microstructure. Only 25 % or more the total amount of Vitamin C was preserved after drying to the ultimate moisture content, but it was found that some amount of Vitamin C was taken with the exhaust steam and preserved in the condensate.
Conflicting Interpretation of the Court and Government, and Uncertainty of the Wage System in Korea
Authors: Cho Joonmo , Lee Sang-Hee
Published: April 2017

Due to an abrupt change in legal adjudication, Korean companies might experience a significant rise in wage costs unless preemptive policy measures reduce the legal uncertainty in a coordinated manner. The situation in Korea is compared to that of Japan, with a similar statutory structure for employee wages and allowances.
STARD3 mediates endoplasmic reticulum‐to‐endosome cholesterol transport at membrane contact sites
Authors: Wilhelm Léa P , Wendling Corinne , Védie Benoît , Kobayashi Toshihide , Chenard Marie‐Pierre , Tomasetto Catherine , Drin Guillaume , Alpy Fabien
Published: April 2017

StAR‐related lipid transfer domain‐3 (STARD3) is a sterol‐binding protein that creates endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–endosome contact sites. How this protein, at the crossroad between sterol uptake and synthesis pathways, impacts the intracellular distribution of this lipid was ill‐defined. Here, by using in situ cholesterol labeling and quantification, we demonstrated that STARD3 induces cholesterol accumulation in endosomes at the expense of the plasma membrane. STARD3‐mediated cholesterol routing depends both on its lipid transfer activity and its ability to create ER–endosome contacts. Corroborating this, in vitro reconstitution assays indicated that STARD3 and its ER‐anchored partner, Vesicle‐associated membrane protein‐associated protein (VAP), assemble into a machine that allows a highly efficient transport of cholesterol within membrane contacts. Thus, STARD3 is a cholesterol transporter scaffolding ER–endosome contacts and modulating cellular cholesterol repartition by delivering cholesterol to endosomes.
Diagnostic tests for Cushing's syndrome differ from published guidelines: data from ERCUSYN
Authors: Valassi Elena , Franz Holger , Brue Thierry , Feelders Richard A , Netea-Maier Romana , Tsagarakis Stylianos , Webb Susan M , Yaneva Maria , Reincke Martin , Droste Michael , Komerdus Irina , Maiter Dominique , Kastelan Darko , Chanson Philippe , Pfeifer Marija , Strasburger Christian J , Tóth Miklós , Chabre Olivier , Tabarin Antoine , Krsek Michal , Fajardo Carmen , Bolanowski Marek , Santos Alicia , Wass John A H , Trainer Peter J , _ _
Published: April 2017

Objective

To evaluate which tests are performed to diagnose hypercortisolism in patients included in the European Registry on Cushing’s syndrome (ERCUSYN), and to examine if their use differs from the current guidelines.

Patients and methods

We analyzed data on the diagnostic tests performed in 1341 patients with Cushing’s syndrome (CS) who have been entered into the ERCUSYN database between January 1, 2000 and January 31, 2016 from 57 centers in 26 European countries. Sixty-seven percent had pituitary-dependent CS (PIT-CS), 24% had adrenal-dependent CS (ADR-CS), 6% had CS from an ectopic source (ECT-CS) and 3% were classified as having CS from other causes (OTH-CS).

Results

Of the first-line tests, urinary free cortisol (UFC) test was performed in 78% of patients, overnight 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST) in 60% and late-night salivary cortisol (LSaC) in 25%. Use of LSaC increased in the last five years as compared with previous years (P < 0.01). Use of HDDST was slightly more frequent in the last 5 years as compared with previous years (P < 0.05). Of the additional tests, late-night serum cortisol (LSeC) was measured in 62% and 48-h 2 mg/day low-dose dexamethasone suppression test (LDDST) in 33% of cases. ACTH was performed in 78% of patients. LSeC and overnight 1 mg DST supported the diagnosis of both PIT-CS and ADR-CS more frequently than UFC (P < 0.05).

Conclusions

Use of diagnostic tests for CS varies across Europe and partly differs from the currently available guidelines. It would seem pertinent that a European consensus be established to determine the best diagnostic approach to CS, taking into account specific inter-country differences with regard to the availability of diagnostic tools.
Unusual Fungal Lesion Presenting as a Neoplastic Pediatric Tongue Mass
Authors: Naples James , Martin Alison , Sobelman Debora , Schoem Scott
Published: April 2017

Tongue lesions in the pediatric population are rare. The differential diagnosis of these lesions is broad, and rapid growth of the lesion is concerning for a neoplastic process. We present a rare case of a fungal lesion mimicking a neoplastic growth in a 22-month-old girl. She underwent complete excision successfully. Full evaluation for benign and malignant neoplasms was negative. Tissue culture demonstrated growth of a rare Candida species to be the cause of the lesion. Postoperatively, she continues to do well, without regrowth 6 months later. This case reinforces the role of tissue culture when histology fails to demonstrate a diagnosis and emphasizes the need for efficient communication between the pediatrician, otolaryngologist, and pathologist for timely excision.
Effectiveness of Vaccination During Pregnancy to Prevent Infant Pertussis
Authors: Baxter Roger , Bartlett Joan , Fireman Bruce , Lewis Edwin , Klein Nicola P.
Published: April 2017

BACKGROUND:

Vaccination against pertussis during pregnancy is recommended to protect newborns, yet there is limited information about the effectiveness of maternal tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine before the first infant dose of diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine and during the first year of life in infants who have received DTaP.

METHODS:

In a retrospective cohort study of infants born at Kaiser Permanente Northern California from 2010 to 2015, we estimated the effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination for protecting newborns against pertussis in the first 2 months of life and in the first year of life accounting for each infant DTaP dose.

RESULTS:

Among 148 981 newborns, the vaccine effectiveness of maternal Tdap was 91.4% (95% confidence interval [CI], 19.5 to 99.1) during the first 2 months of life and 69.0% (95% CI, 43.6 to 82.9) during the entire first year of life. The vaccine effectiveness was 87.9% (95% CI, 41.4 to 97.5) before infants had any DTaP vaccine doses, 81.4% (95% CI, 42.5 to 94.0) between doses 1 and 2, 6.4% (95% CI, −165.1 to 66.9) between doses 2 and 3, and 65.9% (95% CI, 4.5 to 87.8) after infants had 3 DTaP doses.

CONCLUSIONS:

Maternal Tdap vaccination was highly protective against infant pertussis, especially in the first 2 months of life. Even after infant DTaP dosing, there was evidence of additional protection from maternal Tdap vaccination for the first year of life. This study strongly supports the United States’ current recommendation to administer Tdap during each pregnancy.
Valores de colinesterasa plasmática y eritrocitaria con ácido 6-6‘-ditiodinicotínico (DTNA) como indicador
Authors: Restrepo Cortés Beatriz , Londoño Franco Ángela Liliana , Sánchez López Juan Farid
Published: April 2017

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal empleando ácido 6-6‘-ditiodinicotínico (DTNA) como indicador para calcular los valores de la actividad de colinesterasa plasmática (AchP) y eritrocitaria (AchE) humana y estandarizarlos para ser utilizados como indicadores de riesgo laboral por exposición a organofosforados y carbamatos en la población de la zona cafetera de Colombia. Se eligió esta técnica pues es una alternativa precisa, sencilla y económica: con pocos interferentes permite analizar AchP y AchE, no se tiene que corregir con hemoglobina; el DTNA es estable congelado o refrigerado y permite analizar muchas muestras en poco tiempo. Se evaluaron 819 muestras de agricultores. La AchE fue significativamente mayor en las personas menores de 45 años y en personas no fumigadoras, la AchP fue mayor en los fumigadores; esto es un indicador de que la población fumigadora se encuentra expuesta a organofosforados y carbamatos de forma prolongada. Se sugiere utilizar como valores máximos de referencia de la AchE y AchP 11378 U/L y 10354 U/L, respectivamente como indicadores de intervención ocupacional.
KEBUTUHAN PROTEIN OPTIMAL PADA PAKAN BENIH IKAN SIDAT (Anguilla bicolor)
Authors: Djajasewaka Hidayat , Tahapari Evi
Published: April 2017

Tujttan penelitian ini untuk menclapatkau pakan dengan karrdungan protein optimai untuk pertumbuhan dan sintasan benih ikan sidat.
NILAI KECERNAAN BEBERAPA BAHAN PAKAN DALAM PENCERNAAN IKAN TAMBAKAN (Ilelostoma temminckii)
Authors: Djajasewaka Hidayat , Tahapari Evi
Published: April 2017

Penelitian nilai kecernaan untuk berbagai bahan pakan ikan tambakan (Helostomaternrninckii) dilakukan selama 12 hari di Laboratorium Basah Nutrisi, Sukamandi.
KEBUTUHAN PROTEIN PAKAN BAGI PEMBESARAN IKAN KERAPU BEBEK, Cromileptes altivelis
Authors: Rachmansyah Rachmansyah , Pong-Masak Petrus Rani , Laining Asda , Mangawe Aris George
Published: April 2017

Benih ikan kerapu bebek berbobot 17,34 +-,2,10 g/ekor dipelihara dalam keramba jaring apung selama 60 hari dengan kepadatan 15 ekorlm3.
Kongenitale Struma beim neonatalen Fohlen
Authors: Köhler Kernt , Wehrend Axel , Nieth Jennifer
Published: April 2017

Beschrieben werden zwei Fälle einer angeborenen Struma beim Fohlen sowie deren sonographische Darstellung. Ein Fohlen wies neben einer vergrößerten Schilddrüse skelettale Missbildungen in Form einer Brachygnathia superior und einer Beugefehlstellung der Vordergliedmaßen sowie Anzeichen einer Dysmaturität auf. Aufgrund der schlechten Prognose wurde das Tier euthanasiert. Das zweite Fohlen war prämatur und zeigte eine respiratorische Symptomatik. Unter sympto matischer Therapie bildete sich die Struma innerhalb einiger Wochen zurück.
Alimentäre Thyreotoxikose bei zwei Hunden
Authors: Güssow Arne , Cook Andrea , Rick Markus , Neiger Reto , Kempker Karsten
Published: April 2017

Zwei Hunde mit erhöhter Thyroxinkonzentration, von denen einer deutliche klinische Symptome einer Hyperthyreose aufwies, wurden zur diagnostischen Abklärung überwiesen. Mittels gezielter anamnestischer Aufarbeitung, klinischer Untersuchung, weiterführender Labordiagnostik und Szintigraphie konnte eine alimentäre Thyreotoxikose diagnostiziert werden. Ursächlich war in einem Fall die Fütterung von mit Schilddrüsengewebe kontaminiertem rohem Futter (BARF), im anderen Fall ein konventionelles Hundefutter. Nach Futterumstellung verschwanden bei dem betroffenen Hund die klinischen Symptome. Eine Kontrolluntersuchung ergab bei beiden Hunden eine Thyroxinkonzentration im Referenzbereich.
Mathematical aspects of nutrition systems projecting for dietary therapy
Authors: Krutovyi G. , Zaparenko A. , Borysova A.
Published: April 2017

The mathematical toolkit created and used for the design of durable nutrition systems aimed at the prevention and therapy of the diseases caused by calcium deficiency is analyzed. In particular, these are: the complex of mathematical models of the expendable diets and methods of the ingredients content optimization in them, mathematical model of daily diets optimization, and formalizationed method of fast and light determination of a diet’s biological value.The ways for the improvement of the developed mathematical toolkit aimed at the creation of the nutrition systems with higher level of both nutrients balance and provision of daily needs in them on the basis of using unconventional floury products enriched with the deficient nutrients, functionals for balancing the connected groups of nutrients are determined, as well as the introduction of aggregated restrictions on these groups of nutrients to the models (both products and rations).
Technology of production biological active additive based on selenium containing culture of bifidobacterium
Authors: Kaprelyants L. , Zykov A. , Tregub N.
Published: April 2017

The article presents data on the positive impact of essential microelement selenium on the human body. It was characterized the ability to accumulate inorganic forms of selenium (such as selenites and selenates) into the organic forms by probiotic microorganisms. The article presents data concerning sodium selenite concentration impact on biomass growth of bifidobacterium culture. It was fined optimum conditions for accumulation maximum selenium containing biomass of microorganisms. Based on experiments it was created selenium containing biologically active additive.
Використання полімерних комбінованих плівок у технології sous-vide
Authors: Дишкантюк О. , Андріянова А.
Published: April 2017

У статті обґрунтовано доцільність використання вакуумних полімерних матеріалів в технології Sous-Vide при приготуванні страв для військовослужбовців, туристів, експедиторів. Із метою дослідження вакуумних упаковок проведено детальний аналіз літературних джерел щодо плівкових матеріалів, які використовуються в харчовій промисловості. Детально вивчено стандарти виготовлення цих матеріалів. Проаналізовано їхню безпека для людини, реакцію з продуктами, стійкість до температур. Вивчено комбінаційні компоненти комбінованих плівок, детально проаналізовано кожен компонент плівок, та їхні властивості. На основі проведеного аналізу обрано для використання в технології Sous-Vide комбіновані вакуумні плівки «Profi cook». Визначено їхні бар’єрні властивості, вивчено вплив низьких і високих температур на їхні властивості. За результатами випробувань визначено, що обрані плівки «Profi cook» відповідають стандартам і безпечні для приготування в них страв за технологією Sous-Vide.