bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Components of Social Dimension for Community Gardens in Housing Residential
Authors: Abdullah Ayeop Shafa Marzidah , Zainol Halmi , Mohd Hussain Nur Huzeima
Published: February 2018

Community gardens are known as space for people to plant vegetables and fruits for their daily use. Various social benefits could be obtained through the implementation of community gardens in the urban neighbourhoods. This paper aims to give a better understanding relationship between the social dimension and community garden. The objectives of this paper are to identify the social dimension elements of sustainable development and to explore the benefits from community garden implementation towards social dimension. This paper analyses established references from previous articles and theses to identify a relationship between the social dimension and community garden.
Web-Based Health Intervention for Young People Who Have a Parent with a Mental Illness: Delphi Study Among Potential Future Users (Preprint)
Authors: Matar Jodie L , Maybery Darryl J , McLean Louise A , Reupert Andrea
Published: February 2018

BACKGROUND

Young people who have a parent with a mental illness face elevated risks to their mental health and well-being. However, they may not have access to appropriate interventions. Web-based interventions may reach and meet the needs of this at-risk group, yet their preferences regarding the features of this medium are unknown.

OBJECTIVE

This study sought to determine the utility of a Web-based intervention to meet the needs of young people who have a parent with a mental illness and their perspectives regarding the types of features of such a website.

METHODS

A systematic, 2-round Delphi study was employed to solicit the views of 282 young people aged 16 to 21 years (Round 1, n=14; Round 2, n=268) from urban and regional settings in Australia who self-reported that their parent has a mental illness. “Regional” was used to refer to nonurban participants in the study. After ascertaining whether a Web-based intervention was warranted, Web-based intervention features were identified, including how the site might be facilitated, topics, duration and frequency, and the nature of the professional contact. The extent to which young people agreed on the importance of these factors was assessed. Differences and similarities across gender and location were investigated. A mixed method analytic framework was employed using thematic analysis as well as 2-way between-groups analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) controlling for age and chi-square test of independence analysis.

RESULTS

Both rounds highlighted a strong preference for a Web-based intervention. Consensus was reached for a professionally monitored site, young people and professionals having equal input into the weekly facilitated sessions (eg, sharing the lead role in discussions or deciding on relevant session content), unlimited time access, 1-hour, open discussion, weekly sessions over 6 weeks, psychoeducation about mental illness, and considerations for the management of safety violations. There were significant main effects of location type and several of the preferred features for a Web-based intervention for young people who have a parent with a mental illness. However, effect sizes were small to moderate, limiting practical application.

CONCLUSIONS

Young people aged 16 to 21 years indicated a need for a professionally monitored, psychoeducational, Web-based intervention, with input from professional facilitators and other young people who have a parent with a mental illness, in addition to recommendations to external resources. These findings may inform the development of future Web-based interventions for this highly vulnerable group.
Safety of Intravenous Iron in Dialysis
Authors: Hougen Ingrid , Collister David , Bourrier Mathieu , Ferguson Thomas , Hochheim Laura , Komenda Paul , Rigatto Claudio , Tangri Navdeep
Published: February 2018

Background and objectives

The safety of intravenous iron dosing in dialysis is uncertain. Higher-dose intravenous iron may be associated with a higher risk of infections, cardiovascular events, hospitalizations, and mortality. This systematic review aimed to determine the safety of higher-dose versus lower-dose intravenous iron, oral iron, or no iron supplementation in adult patients treated with dialysis.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We searched Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane library, and CINAHL from inception to January 6, 2017 for randomized, controlled trials and observational studies comparing higher-dose intravenous iron with lower-dose intravenous iron, oral iron, or no iron in patients treated with dialysis that had all-cause mortality, infection, cardiovascular events, or hospitalizations as outcomes.

Results

Of the 2231 eligible studies, seven randomized, controlled trials and 15 observational studies met inclusion criteria. The randomized, controlled trials showed no association between higher-dose intravenous iron (>400 mg/mo for most studies) and mortality (six studies; n=970; pooled relative risk, 0.93; 95% confidence interval, 0.47 to 1.84; follow-up ranging from 35 days to 26 months) or infection (four studies; n=743; relative risk, 1.02; 95% confidence interval, 0.74 to 1.41). The observational studies showed no association between higher-dose intravenous iron (>200 mg/mo for most studies) and mortality (eight studies; n=241,408; hazard ratio, 1.09; 95% confidence interval, 0.98 to 1.21; follow-up ranging from 3 to 24 months), infection (eight studies; n=135,532; pooled hazard ratio, 1.13; 95% confidence interval, 0.99 to 1.28), cardiovascular events (seven studies; n=135,675; hazard ratio, 1.18; 95% confidence interval, 0.90 to 1.56), or hospitalizations (five studies; n=134,324; hazard ratio, 1.08; 95% confidence interval, 0.97 to 1.19).

Conclusions

Higher-dose intravenous iron does not seem to be associated with higher risk of mortality, infection, cardiovascular events, or hospitalizations in adult patients on dialysis. Strength of this finding is limited by small numbers of participants and events in the randomized, controlled trials and statistical heterogeneity in observational studies.
The Familias Saludables partnership: Engaging the Latino community to address early childhood obesity
Authors: Thompson Darcy A , Federspiel Deborah A
Published: February 2018

Darcy A Thompson is an Associate Professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Her main research seeks to address early childhood obesity in low-income children. She works in the Lifestyle Medicine clinic at Children’s Hospital Colorado, a clinic focused on caring for children with obesity and related comorbidities. She is also an Associate Medical Director for the Research Institute at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Her training includes a Master of Public Health degree, a medical degree (Yale University) and the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Fellowship (University of Washington).

Deborah (Deb) A Federspiel has been leading child health advocacy and community health improvement initiatives in support of Children’s Hospital Colorado’s mission for the past 15 years. Her professional background includes experience developing and managing teams, programs and operations, as well as building partnerships and coalitions to drive key strategic initiatives and advance positive change on behalf of children and families. An active member of a number of community advisory committees and nonprofit boards, she has worked in the Colorado nonprofit sector since 1999. She has a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of Dayton.
Capital Market Union and residential capitalism in Europe: Rescaling the housing-centred model of financialization
Authors: Fernandez Rodrigo , Aalbers Manuel B.
Published: February 2018

This article examines the effects of implementing the proposals of the European Commission to institute a Capital Market Union (CMU) on the diverse landscape of residential capitalism in Europe. The CMU will bypass existing national institutional blockades that left core countries of the Eurozone, namely Germany, France and Italy, largely untouched by the housing-centred financialization that developed in countries like Spain, Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands. It is widely acknowledged that the rise in securitized mortgage debt contributed to the global financial crisis. As part of the CMU, the new European Commission is promoting mortgage securitization throughout the EU and thereby rescaling the political economy of housing finance that was hitherto rooted in national, institutional models. We argue that countries which ‘missed’ the previous housing boom will not be able to prevent future housing-centred financialization. CMU thus signifies a spatial expansion of the debt-led accumulation model.
Recurrent Aspergillus endocarditis in an immunocompetent patient: challenges in diagnosis and management
Authors: Beh Yuan Ye , Lim Grace Li Hsien , Stewart Andrew
Published: February 2018

We describe an unusual case of recurrent Aspergillus endocarditis in an immunocompetent 64-year-old lady. Four weeks after aortic valve replacement surgery, she presented with an inferior ST elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography demonstrated compromise of the ostium of the right coronary artery, which was successfully treated by primary angioplasty and stenting. Six weeks later, she suffered from a subarachnoid haemorrhage secondary to a mycotic aneurysm. A transoesphageal echocardiogram suggested a large aortic root vegetation. She underwent urgent aortic root replacement with removal of the vegetation, which was subsequently confirmed to be caused by Aspergillus. She was discharged on long term anti-fungal medication (Voriconazole), which she discontinued after seventeen weeks. Several years later, she presented with non-specific symptoms and was ultimately diagnosed with a recurrence of Aspergillus endocarditis. This case illustrates one of the many non-specific ways Aspergillus endocarditis can present. A high index of suspicion can prevent significant life-threatening complications.
SIMULATION OF WEAR IN A SPHERICAL JOINT WITH A POLYMERIC COMPONENT OF THE TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT CONSIDERING ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
Authors: Pakhaliuk Vladimir , Poliakov Aleksandr
Published: February 2018

The present study assesses the impact of the main typical activities of patients' daily living (ADL) after total hip arthroplasty (THA) on the wear parameters of sliding couple's materials by simulating linear and volumetric wear according to the Archard's law in a spherical joint with a polymeric element of the total hip replacement (THR). The mathematical wear model, built on the basis of algorithms and custom codes of the finite element analysis in ANSYS and MATLAB software systems, has been studied numerically. The activities used in the model are: level walking, stair ascending-stair descending, chair sitting-chair rising, and deep squatting. They were described by typical waveforms of the angular displacements of the THR's femoral component and the waveforms of the applied force. The results of the simulation show that for the same duration the overall wear value with ADL is significantly higher than in the case of level walking according to the requirements of ISO 14242-1. Therefore, the evaluation of the wear value for ADL is more informative for predicting the functional life time of the THR. Analysis of the simulation results shows that the amount of wear calculated for all activities separately is practically the same as the overall wear value obtained at summary action of ADL. This effect of the independence of contributions to the total amount of wear of each activity makes it possible to significantly simplify the solution of the problem of wear estimation for typical activities, including stochastic ones.
SIMULATION OF FRACTURE USING A MESH-DEPENDENT FRACTURE CRITERION IN THE DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD
Authors: Dimaki Andrey , Shilko Evgeny , Psakhie Sergey , Popov Valentin
Published: February 2018

Recently, Pohrt and Popov have shown that for simulation of adhesive contacts a mesh dependent detachment criterion must be used to obtain the mesh-independent macroscopic behavior of the system. The same principle should be also applicable for the simulation of fracture processes in any method using finite discretization. In particular, in the Discrete Element Methods (DEM) the detachment criterion of particles should depend on the particle size. In the present paper, we analyze how the mesh dependent detachment criterion has to be introduced to guarantee the macroscopic invariance of mechanical behavior of a material. We find that it is possible to formulate the criterion which describes fracture both in tensile and shear experiments correctly.
Benefits of very high feed rates for laser beam welding of AlMgSi aluminum alloys
Authors: Hagenlocher Christian , Fetzer Florian , Weber Rudolf , Graf Thomas
Published: February 2018

The present paper shows that laser beam welding of AA6016 aluminum sheets without filler wire but at high feed rates in the order of several tens of m/min is beneficial with respect to depth fluctuation, pores, and centerline cracks. Welds in the overlap configuration with a laser power of 16 kW (cw) at feed rates of 30 m/min and above were investigated. A comparably large laser beam diameter of 630 μm enabled welding at more than 50 m/min without humping. Full penetration and partial penetration welds were accomplished with depths of 2.4 and 2.0 mm, respectively, without pore formation. The partially penetrated welds show negligible local depth fluctuations in the range of only a few μm. Full penetration welds were performed at edge distances of 4, 5, and 6 mm without occurrence of centerline cracks. This constitutes a significant reduction of the critical zone for the formation of centerline cracks at the close edge position compared to conventional laser beam welding parameters.
KAJIAN MITIGASI BENCANA KEBAKARAN DI PERMUKIMAN PADAT
Authors: Nurwulandari Furi Sari
Published: February 2018

Di Kota Bandung saat ini terjadi perkembangan permukiman padat, dan implikasi dari peningkatan kebutuhan permukiman ini tidak selalu disertai dengan kepedulian akan pentingnya keamanan dan keselamatan dari ancaman bencana, salah satunya kebakaran. Studi yang dilakukan adalah mengkaji bentuk mitigasi kebakaran di permukiman padat berdasarkan faktor-faktor bencana kebakaran yang terdapat di RW 9, RW 16 dan RW 20 Kelurahan Taman Sari. Pada studi ini analisis data yang dilakukan adalah analisis data kualitatif, yaitu menganalisis risiko bencana kebakaran berdasarkan karakteristik masing-masing wilayah dan memetakannya (maping), serta menyusun skenario mitigasi berdasarkan pendekatan mitigasi bencana dan manajemen kebencanaan. Berdasarkan nilai risiko bencana kebakaran di ketiga RW, maka dapat ditarik kesimpulan bahwa RW 09, RW 16 dan RW 20 memiliki tingkat risiko bencana sedang.
PEMBUATAN APLIKASI KELAYAKAN KREDIT MIKRO PADA PT. BPD JAWA BARAT DAN BANTEN,TBK.
Authors: Putra Sandra Islama
Published: February 2018

PT. BDP Jawa Barat dan Banten,Tbk merupakan salah satu Perbankan yang bergerak dalam bisnis peminjaman uang dan suatu lembaga intermediasi dalam negara, salah satu produknya kredit mikro, berkenaan hal tersebut bank menutut para karyawan dapat memberikan pelayanan yang terbaik dan memuaskan kepada nasabahnya. Di era yang modern ini, teknologi bukan merupakan hal yang baru terutama di perusahaan. Hampir semua perusahaan menggunakan teknologi dalam menjalankan, mengembangkan dan mendukung oprasional segala jenis perusahaan bisnis. Dengan seiring perkembangan teknologi dan ilmu pengetahuan maka informasi memiliki peranan yang sangat penting untuk mendukung pengambilan sebuah keputusan,  sehingga sistem manual mulai ditinggalkan, dan digantikan dengan sistem komputerisasi. Hal ini dikarenakan sistem manual seringkali membuat kinerja perusahaan terhambat dan kurang optimal. Oleh sebab itu dibuatkanlah aplikasi yang akan membantu bagian analis kredit mikro, untuk pengambilan keputusan kelayakan nasabah yang akan mengajukan kredit. Penganalisisan kelayakan ini didasarkan atas syarat yang telah ditentukan oleh PT. BDP Jawa Barat dan Banten, Tbk. Untuk menyelesaikannya masalah ini dibuatkanlah aplikasi kelayakan kredit mikro terhadap nasabah yang layak mengajukan dan meneria kredit yang didukung dengan bahasa pemrograman Visual Basic dan Sql Server sebagai media penyimpanan data.
BUSINESS PLAN CV. CIHANJUANG INTI TEKNIK
Authors: Bachri Asep Saeful
Published: February 2018

Seiring berkembangnya teknologi yang semakin modern memberikan pengaruh terhadap kegiatan ekonomi termasuk aktivitas bisnis pada suatu perusahaan, sehingga banyak terjadi persaingan yang kompetitif ditambah dengan adanya suatu perjanjian atau kerja sama di bidang Indsutri dan perdagangan yang dilakukan pemerintah Indonesia dengan negara lain yang disebut MEA. Dalam mengembangkan rencana bisnis atau business plan dimulai dengan analisis SWOT yang mencakup analisis Internal dan Eksternal perusahaan. Setelah analisis SWOT dibuat, maka selanjutnya menyusun rencana bisnis dimulai dari ringkasan eksekutif, uraian umum usaha, analisis aspek pemasaran sampai analisis aspek keuangan. Dari analisis SWOT didapatkan kekuatan, kelemahan, peluang, dan ancaman yang ada di perusahaan dan salah satu strategi dari hasil analisis SWOT yang menggunakan kekuatan dan peluang yang ada ialah Mempertahankan kualitas produk yang dimiliki oleh  CV. Cihanjuang Inti Teknik yang ditujukan untuk para konsumen. Untuk hasil penyusunan rencana bisnis diketahui bahwa CV.Cihanjuang Inti Teknik bergerak pada industri makanan dan minuman tradisional khas Jawa Barat, memiliki potensi pasar yang baik, memiliki jenis produk yang beragam. Manajemen CV. Cihanjuang Inti Teknik sudah dapat dijalankan dengan baik dengan jumlah tenaga kerja yang ada sebanyak 53 orang. CV. Cihanjuang Inti Teknik memiliki nilai IRR sebesar 22,42%, dengan nilai ROI sebesar 17%. Dan nilai Profitability Index sebesar 1,37.
STUDI LAJU DEOKSIGENASI PADA SUNGAI CIKAPUNDUNG UNTUK RUAS SILIWANGI - ASIA AFRIKA, BANDUNG
Authors: Yustiani Yonik
Published: February 2018

Sungai Cikapundung merupakan sungai terbesar di kota Bandung. Di pinggiran sungai dipadati oleh rumah-rumah penduduk dengan saluran buangannya yang langsung mengarah ke sungai. Buangan yang berasal dari kegiatan domestik dan industri yang tersuspensi dalam sungai dapat mempengaruhi  penurunan kualitas air pada Sungai Cikapundung. Berbagai upaya dapat dilaksanakan dalam rangka perbaikan kondisi lingkungan Sungai Cikapundung. Salah satu kegiatan yang dapat dilakukan adalah prediksi kualitas airnya melalui pemodelan. Model kualitas untuk sungai yang tercemar limbah domestik pada umumnya menggunakan persamaan BOD dan DO. Studi ini diarahkan untuk mengetahui nilai koefisien laju deoksigenasi aktual air Sungai Cikapundung untuk ruas padat penduduk. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan pada lima titik lokasi yang dianggap dapat mewakili kondisi sungai dengan jumlah kepadatan penduduk. Metode analisis laboratorium yang digunakan dalam perhitungan laju deoksigenasi yaitu menggunakan Metode Winkler dan Metode Slope, sedangkan Rumus Empiris yang digunakan dalam perhitungan laju deoksigenasi menggunakan Rumus Persamaan Hydroscience untuk aliran normal. Hasil perhitungan menunjukkan bahwa nilai rentang laju deoksigenasi (K1) pada Sungai Cikapundung berkisar antara 0,03 hingga 0,24 per hari dan nilai rentang BOD Ultimate (La) berkisar antara 6,42 hingga 15,75 mg/L. Sedangkan untuk nilai rentang laju deoksigenasi (K1) pada Sungai Cikapundung dengan menggunakan rumus empiris berkisar antara 0,50 hingga 0,66 per hari.
PERANCANGAN DAN PEMBUATAN ALAT UJI NDT ULTRASONIC TEST DENGAN METODE MICROCONTROLLER
Authors: Sumarjo Jojo , Santosa Aa , Purbowo Riko
Published: February 2018

Alat ukur NDT merupakan suatu alat ukur tanpa merusak dari komponen yang diuji. Telah dibuat suatu alat ukur NDT jenis Ultasonic dengan menggunakan 2 motor penggerak dengan daya motor dan11,4 Watt 19,5 Watt dan menggunakan sensor yang diatur secara Microcontroller. Sensor tersebut mendeteksi keberadaan cacat logam dengan dua Probe. Pantulan dari probe tersebut akan membuat suatu grafik yang menjelaskan kedalaman dari cacat yang terjadi pada logam. Microcontroller menggunakan ATMEGA 8. Alat NDT tersebut dilakukan kalibrasi dengan alat ukur yang sudah standar dengan menggunakan dua buah material yaitu baja dan tembaga. Dari hasil kalibrasi didapat hasil untuk material baja pada alat ukur yang dibuat dengan material baja kecepatan rambatnya 3,13 sedangkan untuk tembaga 2,39. Sedangkan untuk alat ukur standar kecepatan rambat baja 0,89 dan untuk tembaga 0,59. Perhitungan secara metoda Transversal untuk kecepatan rambat baja 3,13 dan tembaga 2,39.
Mercedes-Benz returns to hybrid drives
Authors: Rusak Zbigniew
Published: February 2018

The premiere of the new Citaro with the hybrid drive during  this year's Busworld Europe fair is opening a new chapter in the evolution of drive systems of public buses. This time Mercedes-Benz decided to present the completely different attempt at the development of hybrid buses. So far almost all producers have built the hybrid bus, using the conventional drive as the base, however in most cases changes not only were limited to exchanging the components of drive system. Inserting additional electric engine, battery or super condensers and power control system caused, that within design constraints it was necessary to interfere into vehicle superstructure. Of course the assembly of all additional components affected the appreciable increase of the vehicle's price, as well as the increase in mass what has lead to significantly limiting the capacity of the vehicle on average by 10-15 %. Now designers from Mannheim prepared the new construction of the hybrid, being a compromise between the purchase price of the vehicle, price effective costs reduction of its use and the global ecological effect. It was presented in the article.
Redécouverte de Limonium narbonense Miller (Plumbaginaceae) en Algerie (el Tarf, Numidie Nord - Est Algerien).
Authors: Boulemtafes Amir , Hamel Tarek
Published: February 2018

Les auteurs signalent la présence de Lumonium narbonense Miller dans une sansouïre à Salicornia arabica L, dans le Nord-Est algérien.
Better Data From Better Measurements Using Computerized Adaptive Testing
Authors: Weiss David J.
Published: February 2018

The process of constructing a fixed-length conventional test frequently focuses on maximizing internal consistency reliability by selecting test items that are of average difficulty and high discrimination (a “peaked” test). The effect of constructing such a test, when viewed from the perspective of item response theory, is test scores that are precise for examinees whose trait levels are near the point at which the test is peaked; as examinee trait levels deviate from the mean, the precision of their scores decreases substantially. Results of a small simulation study demonstrate that when peaked tests are “off target” for an examinee, their scores are biased and have spuriously high standard deviations, reflecting substantial amounts of error. These errors can reduce the correlations of these kinds of scores with other variables and adversely affect the results of standard statistical tests. By contrast, scores from adaptive tests are essentially unbiased and have standard deviations that are much closer to true values. Basic concepts of adaptive testing are introduced and fully adaptive computerized tests (CATs) based on IRT are described. Several examples of response records from CATs are discussed to illustrate how CATs function. Some operational issues, including item exposure, content balancing, and enemy items are also briefly discussed. It is concluded that because CAT constructs a unique test for examinee, scores from CATs will be more precise and should provide better data for social science research and applications. DOI:10.2458/azu_jmmss_v2i1_weiss
Problems in Using Diagnosis in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Research
Authors: Bickman Leonard , Wighton Lynne G. , Lambert E. Warren , Karver Marc S. , Steding Lindsey
Published: February 2018

This paper presents results from a three-part study on diagnosis of children with affective and behavior disorders. We examined the reliability, discriminant, and predictive validity of common diagnoses used in mental health services research using a research diagnostic interview. Results suggest four problems: a) some diagnoses demonstrate internal consistency only slightly better than symptoms chosen at random; b) diagnosis did not add appreciably to a brief global functioning screen in predicting service use; c) low inter-rater reliability among informants and clinicians for six of the most common diagnoses; and d) clinician diagnoses differed between sites in ways that reflect different reimbursement strategies. The study concludes that clinicians and researchers should not assume diagnosis is a useful measure of child and adolescent problems and outcomes until there is more evidence supporting the validity of diagnosis.DOI:10.2458/azu_jmmss_v3i1_bickman
A Case Study About Why It Can Be Difficult To Test Whether Propensity Score Analysis Works in Field Experiments
Authors: Shadish William R. , Steiner Peter M. , Cook Thomas D.
Published: February 2018

Peikes, Moreno and Orzol (2008) sensibly caution researchers that propensity score analysis may not lead to valid causal inference in field applications. But at the same time, they made the far stronger claim to have performed an ideal test of whether propensity score matching in quasi-experimental data is capable of approximating the results of a randomized experiment in their dataset, and that this ideal test showed that such matching could not do so. In this article we show that their study does not support that conclusion because it failed to meet a number of basic criteria for an ideal test. By implication, many other purported tests of the effectiveness of propensity score analysis probably also fail to meet these criteria, and are therefore questionable contributions to the literature on the effects of propensity score analysis. DOI:10.2458/azu_jmmss_v3i2_shadish
Pharmacokinetics of buprenorphine after intravenous and oral transmucosal administration in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus)
Authors: Sadar Miranda J. , Knych Heather K. , Drazenovich Tracy L. , Paul-Murphy Joanne R.
Published: February 2018

OBJECTIVE To determine pharmacokinetics and sedative effects of buprenorphine after IV and oral transmucosal (OTM) administration in guinea pigs.

ANIMALS 14 male guinea pigs (6 adults for preliminary experiment; eight 8 to 11-week-old animals for primary study).

PROCEDURES A preliminary experiment was conducted to determine an appropriate buprenorphine dose. In the primary study, buprenorphine (0.2 mg/kg) was administered IV or OTM, and blood samples were obtained. The pH of the oral cavity was measured before OTM administration. Sedation was scored for 6 hours on a scale of 0 to 3 (0 = no sedation and 3 = heavy sedation). After a 7-day washout period, procedures were repeated in a crossover manner. Plasma buprenorphine concentration was quantified, and data were analyzed with a noncompartmental pharmacokinetic approach.

RESULTS Mean peak plasma buprenorphine concentrations were 46.7 and 2.4 ng/mL after IV and OTM administration, respectively. Mean time to maximum plasma buprenorphine concentration was 1.5 and 71.2 minutes, and mean terminal half-life was 184.9 and 173.0 minutes for IV and OTM administration, respectively. There was a range of sedation effects (0 to 2) for both routes of administration, which resolved within the 6-hour time frame.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE On the basis of pharmacokinetic parameters for this study, buprenorphine at 0.2 mg/kg may be administered IV every 7 hours or OTM every 4 hours to maintain a target plasma concentration of 1 ng/mL. Further studies are needed to evaluate administration of multiple doses and sedative effects in guinea pigs with signs of pain.
Effects of dexmedetomidine combined with commonly administered opioids on clinical variables in dogs
Authors: Nishimura Lilian T. , Auckburally Adam , Santilli Juliana , Vieira Beatriz H. B. , Garcia Debora O. , Honsho Cristiane S. , de Mattos-Junior Ewaldo
Published: February 2018

OBJECTIVE To evaluate cardiopulmonary, sedative, and antinociceptive effects of dexmedetomidine combined with commonly administered opioids in dogs.

ANIMALS 8 healthy Beagles.

PROCEDURES Dogs were sedated by IM administration of each of 7 treatments. Treatments comprised dexmedetomidine (0.01 mg/kg; Dex) and the same dose of dexmedetomidine plus butorphanol (0.15 mg/kg; Dex-But), meperidine (5 mg/kg; Dex-Mep), methadone (0.5 mg/kg; Dex-Meth), morphine (0.5 mg/kg; Dex-Mor), nalbuphine (0.5 mg/kg; Dex-Nal), or tramadol (5 mg/kg; Dex-Tram). Cardiorespiratory and arterial blood gas variables and sedative and antinociceptive scores were measured before drug injection (time 0; baseline) and at 15-minute intervals for 120 minutes.

RESULTS Heart rate was reduced at all time points after injection of Dex-But, Dex-Mep, Dex-Meth, and Dex-Mor treatments. There was a significant reduction of mean arterial blood pressure for Dex-But, Dex-Mep, and Dex-Mor treatments at all time points, compared with baseline. There was a significant decrease in respiratory rate, compared with the baseline value, for Dex, Dex-But, Dex-Meth, and Dex-Tram treatments from 15 to 120 minutes. A significant decrease in arterial blood pH was detected from baseline to 120 minutes for all treatments, with differences among Dex, Dex-Mep, and Dex-Mor. Reduction in Pao2 was greater for the Dex-Mep treatment than for the other treatments. The highest sedation scores were detected for Dex-Mep and Dex-Meth treatments. Antinociceptive effects were superior for Dex-But, Dex-Meth, Dex-Mor, and Dex-Nal treatments.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Drug combinations caused similar cardiorespiratory changes, with greater sedative effects for Dex-Mep and Dex-Meth and superior antinociceptive effects for Dex-But, Dex-Meth, Dex-Mor, and Dex-Nal.
Neuropathologic features of the hippocampus and amygdala in cats with familial spontaneous epilepsy
Authors: Yu Yoshihiko , Hasegawa Daisuke , Hamamoto Yuji , Mizoguchi Shunta , Kuwabara Takayuki , Fujiwara-Igarashi Aki , Tsuboi Masaya , Chambers James Ken , Fujita Michio , Uchida Kazuyuki
Published: February 2018

OBJECTIVE To investigate epilepsy-related neuropathologic changes in cats of a familial spontaneous epileptic strain (ie, familial spontaneous epileptic cats [FSECs]).

ANIMALS 6 FSECs, 9 age-matched unrelated healthy control cats, and 2 nonaffected (without clinical seizures)dams and 1 nonaffected sire of FSECs.

PROCEDURES Immunohistochemical analyses were used to evaluate hippocampal sclerosis, amygdaloid sclerosis, mossy fiber sprouting, and granule cell pathological changes. Values were compared between FSECs and control cats.

RESULTS Significantly fewer neurons without gliosis were detected in the third subregion of the cornu ammonis (CA) of the dorsal and ventral aspects of the hippocampus as well as the central nucleus of the amygdala in FSECs versus control cats. Gliosis without neuronal loss was also observed in the CA4 subregion of the ventral aspect of the hippocampus. No changes in mossy fiber sprouting and granule cell pathological changes were detected. Moreover, similar changes were observed in the dams and sire without clinical seizures, although to a lesser extent.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Findings suggested that the lower numbers of neurons in the CA3 subregion of the hippocampus and the central nucleus of the amygdala were endophenotypes of familial spontaneous epilepsy in cats. In contrast to results of other veterinary medicine reports, severe epilepsy-related neuropathologic changes (eg, hippocampal sclerosis, amygdaloid sclerosis, mossy fiber sprouting, and granule cell pathological changes) were not detected in FSECs. Despite the use of a small number of cats with infrequent seizures, these findings contributed new insights on the pathophysiologic mechanisms of genetic-related epilepsy in cats.
Early Lexical Development and the Development of Translation Equivalents in a Simultaneous Bilingual Child
Authors: Sri Adnyani Ni Luh Putu , Sutjiati Beratha Ni Luh , Pastika I Wayan , Suparwa I Nyoman
Published: February 2018

This study focuses on the development of lexicon by a child raised simulatneously in Indonesian and German from birth. In the immediate family members, the child received Indonesian from the mother and German from the father. The data was collected in natural setting when the child was 1;0 up to 3;0. In collecting the data, diary records and weekly video recordings were used. The data was analized using two softwares, ELAN and Toolbox. The child’s speech was segmented based on the child’s utterances. The result of the study shows that at the end of the study the child developed 521 lexicon in Indonesian and 243 in German. Both in Indonesian and German the child acquired more nouns than verbs. Besides, the child also developed about 164 translation equivalents. Thus, it confirms that the bilingual child developed two different lexical systems.
Implementation of Brown & Levinson’s Sociological Aspects in Verbal Interaction at Hotel Context
Authors: Rai Jaya Widanta I Made , Budiarsa Made , Simpen I Wayan , Netra I Made
Published: February 2018

This research is an initiating reserach atempting to support the main project of developing pragmatic-based English teaching model at vocational college. Specifically, it is aimed examining whether (or not) sociocultural aspects of power, distance, and rank of imposition (PDR) proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987) is applicable for hotel context. In addition, it was aimed at designing oral role play card used for the main research data collecting. The role play card focuses on speech act (SA) of request and refusal. Twenty hotel staff were involved in doing exemplar generation, and activity undertaken to list situations at hotel dealing with request and refusal, and to inventory two most widely occured situation of each SA to be used as topic of role play card. The card was piloted by involving three students to see whether they were appropriate and obtain input of correction both content and language before being used. It was concluded that PDR is not tottaly suitable sosiological aspect used for criteria in doing verbal interaction at hotel context as power and distace (P D) are not distinctive aspects.
Intelligent Fuzzy Logic - Cuckoo Search Algorithm Method for Short-Term Electric Load Forecasting in 150 kV Sulselrabar System
Authors: Djalal Muhammad Ruswandi , Faisal Faisal
Published: February 2018

Forecasting the electrical load becomes important, because it can estimate electricity consumption over a certain time range. Accuracy in electric load forecasting can improve safety and reliability in the operation of power systems such as load flow, maintenance of generating units and scheduling of generating units. In this study used case study system Sulselrabar, which is currently growing, but still not much to discuss about the condition of the current system and which will come. Several methods for predicting electrical loads have been widely used, ranging from conventional to smart-based methods. In this research will be proposed method of artificial intelligence for forecasting Short Term load on Sulselrabar system. The method used is based Fuzzy Logic and Cuckoo Search Algorithm. The combination of Fuzzy logic and Cuckoo Search methods is chosen because the combination of both optimizes optimum fuzzy logic membership, so the forecasting results have a very small error. From the results of the research can be concluded that the result of load forecasting using Fuzzy Logic method optimized using Cuckoo Search Algorithm (FL-CSA) is better than Fuzzy Logic that is not optimized. The analysis results using input data 3 months before day H, to predict the load for one week on January 1 to 7 january 2014, and as a comparison used the predicted day H data. From the simulation results, the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) is smaller using FLCSA, for the smallest MAPE on 1 January 2014 of 0.06785208%. While the highest MAPE on January 4, 2014 amounted to -0.44973%.
PENENTUAN NILAI KONTRAK OPSI TIPE BINARY PADA KOMODITS KAKAO MENGGUNAKAN METODE QUASI MONTE CARLO DENGAN BARISAN BILANGAN ACAK FAURE
Authors: RATNASARI DEWA AYU AGUNG PUTRI , DHARMAWAN KOMANG , NILAKUSMAWATI DESAK PUTU EKA
Published: February 2018

Contract options are the most important part of an investment strategy. An option is a contract that entitles the owner or holder to sell an asset on a designated maturity date. A binary or asset-or-nothing option is an option in which the option holder will perform or not the option. There are many methods used in determining the option contract value, one of this is the Monte Carlo Quasi method of the Faure random. The purpose of this study is to determine the value of binary type option contract using the Quasi Monte Carlo method of the Faure random and compare with the Monte Carlo method. The results of this study indicate that the option contract calculated by the Monte Carlo Quasi method results in a more fair value. Monte Carlo method simulation 10.000 generate  standard error is 0.9316 and the option convergence at 18.9144. While Quasi Monte Carlo simulation  3000 generate standard error is 0.09091 and the option convergence at 18.8203. This show  the  Quasi Monte Carlo method reaches a faster convergent of Monte Carlo method.
MEMBANDINGKAN RISIKO SISTEMATIS MENGGUNAKAN CAPM-GARCH DAN CAPM-EGARCH
Authors: AMELIAH VIKY , DHARMAWAN KOMANG , WIDANA I NYOMAN
Published: February 2018

In making stock investments, investors usually pay attention to the rate of return and risk of the stock investment. To calculate risk using capital asset pricing model (CAPM), GARCH, and EGARCH. The data used in this study is secondary data in the form of daily closing price (daily close price), JII price index and monthly SBI rate. All data were processed using matlab 13. The research sample consisted of 6 flagship shares for the period of 2013-2017 ie ADHI, SMGR, UNTR, BSDE, ICBP, KLBF. The conclusion of the research is the beta of each stock including aggressive beta because beta greater than 1. For return CAPM GARACH and CAPM EGARCH obtained Kalbe Farma stock (KLBF) has small beta and big return means GARCH and EGARCH model equally Can predict that stock KLBF shares the least risk and large returns among the six stocks.
Causality between Frequency of Visit with Tourists Satisfaction: a Multi-group Analysis
Authors: Kencana Eka N. , Darmayanti Trisna
Published: February 2018

This work is aimed to study the causal relationship between frequencies of visit to Bali with tourists’ satisfaction regarding the quality of destination. An instrument with five Likert-scale options was designed to measure visitors’ perception. The respondents in this study are 150 tourists who visited Kuta and Nusa Dua areas in September— October 2016, two famous tourist destinations in Bali; consists of 75 foreign and domestic tourists, respectively. The respondents were asked for their satisfaction and quality of destination had been visited. By applying structural equation modeling with multi-group analysis (MGA-SEM), the result shows the quality of destination significantly affects their satisfaction. In addition, satisfaction level for repeater guests is smaller compared to tourists’ who visited the destination for the first time.
Development of Tourist Attractions in Kutri Pekraman Village
Authors: Oka Mahagangga I GA. , Anom I Putu
Published: February 2018

This study is inspired by the existence of Bukit Darma Durga Kutri Temple located in Kutri Pekraman Village in Buruan Village, Blahbatuh Sub-regency, Gianyar Regency. Bukit Darma Durga Kutri Temple as an archaeological heritage possesses tourism potentials if it is managed holistically. This study aims to develop a strategy for the development of Kutri Pekraman Village with the tourist attractions that it has in store as a tourist village. This study employs the qualitative paradigm paired with a combination of both the qualitative and qualitative methods (mixed methods) and the SWOT analysis as the data analysis technique. The research method used is a combination of both the quantitative and qualitative methods with the qualitative paradigm as the main approach to the study. As for the sampling, qualitatively the technique used is the purposive sampling technique where there are four informants, and quantitatively the technique used is the total sampling technique where there are 100 respondents from the local residents and 15 foreign tourists. The result of the study indicates that the people of Kutri Pekraman Village in Buruan, Blahbatuh Sub-regency, Gianyar Regency are ready to carry out the development of a tourist village using all tourism potentials that are considered to be very attractive for tourists. The result of the analysis points to the strategy of future tourism development as a tourist village with the approach of alternative tourism (heritage tourism) with Bukit Darma Durga Kutri Temple as the core of the tourism, supported by the rice field areas which are popular among tourists for tracking and cycling activities.
El problema de la cientificidad del Derecho en la concepción de ciencia en la modernidad: Una aproximación al investigar jurídico
Authors: Gómez Caballero Leider
Published: February 2018

Dentro de la historia de la ciencia ha aparecido la física (physis-estudio de la naturaleza) como uno de los saberes más fecundos y que más rápido ha encontrado el  verdadero camino de una ciencia, al decir de Kant (1987), debe la física tan provechosa revolución de su pensamiento a la ocurrencia de buscar (no imaginar) en la naturaleza, conforme a lo que la misma razón ha puesto en ella. En este sentido la física ha sido la ciencia  que les ha marcado el derrotero a todas las demás y ha puesto,  en diversas ocasiones a replantear saberes externos a ella. El objeto del presente ensayo es describir cómo colateralmente al desarrollo de la física se ha dado también un desarrollo o más bien una transformación del concepto de ciencia y una transformación de aquellos saberes que aspiraron a encuadrar en el nuevo concepto de ciencia; entre estos el derecho. Como corolario de este proceso de intento de formalizar el saber jurídico, surgen muchas escuelas que intentan explicar el investigar jurídico. La experiencia jurídica contemporánea nos muestra que el objeto del estudio jurídico es un objeto que cambia con el tiempo y con las culturas, y la exigencia de un método fundado en la teoría de la interpretación y argumentación surgen como conclusiones-premisas de esta investigación.
Analisis Hukum Pembentukan Badan Usaha Milik Desa Dalam Upaya Meningkatan Pendapatan Asli Desa Di Kecamatan Babalan Kabupaten Langkat
Authors: Adhari Agus , I Ismaidar
Published: February 2018

Lahirnya Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 tentang Desa mengamanatkan pendirian Badan Usaha Milik Desa (BUMDES) sebagai salah satu upaya meningkatkan sumber pendapatan asli desa guna menciptakan desa yang mandiri. Permasalahan pendirian BUMDES diharapkan tidak hanya berorientasi pada aspek kuantitas, namun juga kualitas, sehingga BUMDES dapat berjalan dengan efektif dan memiliki kontribusi yang baik bagi pendapatan asli daerah khususnya, dan bagi penciptaan lapangan perkerjaan secara umum. Pembentukan badan usaha milik desa saat ini di Kabupaten langkat sudah terbentuk, namun masih memiliki kelemahan dari sisi orientasi dan jenis usahanya, sehingga menimbulkan potensi ketidakefektifan dan berpotensi tidak dapat bertahan lama, karena kurang mempertimbangkan aspek kebutuhan dan sinergi antar BUMDES pada kecamatan lain. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian kualitatif, dengan pendekatan yuridis empiris. Penelitian ini dimulai dengan menginventarisasi potensi desa dan jenis pekerjaan masyarakat tiap desa di kecamatan Babalan, dan menyesuaikannya dengan RPJMDES di Kecamatan Babalan, sehingga pembangunan desa khususnya dalam hal meningkatkan pendapatan asli desa dapat bersinergi dengan pembangunan daerah. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan proses pembentukan BUMDes di Kecamatan Babalan belum sepenuhnya berjalan dengan baik. Pembentukan dilakukan secara tergesa-gesa dikarenakan “paksaan” dalam peraturan perundang-undangan tentang BUMDes. Pembentukan BUMDes terlihat lebih disebabkan adanya anggaran desa yang harus disertakan dalam BUMDes, sehingga bentuk BUMDes seakan dipaksakan tanpa ada musyawarah dari seluruh elemen masyarakat desa. Kemudian mekanisme penyertaan modal BUMDes masih belum menjadi perhatian sebagai sektor pendapatan asli desa. Lazimnya BUMDes terlebih dahulu mempresentasekan proposal dan mengusulkan jumlah yang dibutuhkan, namun praktiknya, besaran anggaran terlebih dahulu dijanjikan oleh kepala desa bahkan sebelum proposal diajukan oleh BUMDes kepada kepala desa. Akhirnya, Proposal BUMDes menyesuaikan anggaran proposal dengan jumlah yang dijanjikan oleh Kepala Desa. Selanjutnya BUMDes belum berperan signifikan dalam upaya meningkatkan pendapatan asli desa, hal ini dapat dilihat dari APBDes Tahun 2016 dimana BUMDes belum menyetorkan deviden untuk dijadikan salah satu unsur pendapatan asli desa.
Effect of Compaction Energy on Engineering Properties of Expansive Soil
Authors: Hussain Sadam
Published: February 2018

Swelling of expansive clays is one of the great hazards, a foundation engineer encounters. Each year expansive soils cause severe damage to residences, buildings, highways, pipelines, and other civil engineering structures. Strength and deformation parameters of soils are normally related to soil type and moisture. However, surprisingly limited focus has been directed to the compaction energy applied to the soil. Study presented herein is proposed to examine the effect of varying compaction energy of the engineering properties i.e. compaction characteristics, unconfined compressive strength, California bearing ratio and swell percentage of soil. When compaction energy increased from 237 KJ/m3 to 1197 KJ/m3, MDD increased from 1.61 g/cm3 to 1.75 g/cm3, OMC reduced from 31.55 percent to 21.63 percent, UCS increased from 110.8 to 230.6 KPa, and CBR increased from mere 1 percent to 10.2 percent. Results indicate substantial improvement in these properties. So, compacting soil at higher compaction energy levels can provide an effective approach for stabilization of expansive soils up to a particular limit. But if the soil is compacted more than this limit, an increase in swell potential of soil is noticed due to the reduction in permeability of soil.