bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Penilaian Kualitas Air Minum Produk Smart Water Station Berdasarkan Parameter Mikrobiologi Menggunakan Metode Most Probable Number di Fakultas Kedokteran UKRIDA
Authors: Rosadini Pasaribu Donna Mesina , Arly Fransiska Elviana , Gunadi Wani Devita
Published: April 2020

Kebutuhan air yang paling utama dalam kehidupan manusia tidak terlepas dari air bersih terutama sebagai air minum. Namun, tidak semua air yang ada di bumi dapat dikonsumsi oleh manusia karena air juga merupakan media yang baik untuk kehidupan bakteri. Menurut Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan (Permenkes) No. 492/MENKES/PER/IV/2010 tentang persyaratan kualitas air minum untuk seluruh penyelenggara bahwa air minum tidak boleh mengandung bakteri patogen yang dapat menyebabkan penyakit, terutama penyakit saluran pencernaan yaitu bakteri Coliform dan Escherichia coli. Kadar maksimum kandungan bakteri Coliform dan Escherichia coli dalam air minum adalah 0 per 100 ml sampel. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kualitas air minum produk Smart Water Station yang ada di Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana (UKRIDA). Penelitian ini dilakukan di Laboratorium Mikrobiologi Kampus II UKRIDA pada sampel yang telah memenuhi kriteria inklusi dan eksklusi. Jenis penelitian ini adalah eksperimental deskriptif yang  diperoleh melalui observasi laboratorium berdasarkan parameter fisik dan mikrobiologi dengan menggunakan Most Probable Number (MPN) dan Total Plate Count (TPC). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada satupun sampel melebihi batas maksimum yang  dipersyaratkan dalam air minum, serta berdasarkan parameter fisik baik rasa, bau, maupun suhu berada dalam batas normal.
Uji Kadar Likopen dan Aktivitas Antioksidan pada Buah Tomat
Authors: Sima Fanny Mariska , Majawati Esther , Kurniawan Hendrik
Published: April 2020

Stres oksidatif, yaitu ketidakseimbangan antara radikal bebas dan zat antioksidan dalam tubuh, banyak dikaitkan dengan kejadian atherosklerosis,  inflamasi, kanker, dan proses penuaan. Beban stres oksidatif yang meningkat karena pengaruh pola makan yang tinggi lemak dan polusi menyebabkan tubuh membutuhkan asupan antioksidan dari luar berupa suplemen atau bahan-bahan makanan yang mengandung antioksidan misalnya tomat (Solanum lycopersicum). Buah tomat memiliki kandungan likopen yang cukup tinggi yang kemampuannya mengendalikan radikal bebas 100 kali lebih efisien dibanding vitamin E dan 12500 kali dari pada glutathione peroksidase (enzim antioksidan endogen dalam tubuh). Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menentukan aktivitas antioksidan buah tomat dan untuk mengetahui kadar likopen dalam tomat. Aktivitas antioksidan ditentukan secara spektrofotometri, yaitu dengan métode DPPH. Kadar likopen dalam buah tomat ditentukan berdasarkan absorbansi dan nilai absorbansi spesifiknya. Dari hasil penelitian ini didapatkan kadar antioksidan dengan metode DPPH/ IC50 buah tomat adalah  60 µg/ml termasuk dalam antioksidan kuat, dan kadar likopen dalam buah tomat ada sebesar 3.42 mg/kg sampel segar. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa buah tomat mengandung kadar antioksidan.
Korelasi Internet Gaming Disorder terhadap Kualitas Tidur Mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran UKRIDA Tahun Ajaran 2018/2019
Authors: Lukita Januwar , William William , Sumadikarya Indriani K , Rumiati Flora
Published: April 2020

Internet gaming disorder merupakan salah satu bentuk penggunaan internet yang secara berkelanjutan yang bersifat patologis. Salah satu kerugian yang dapat terjadi adalah terganggunya kualitas tidur seseorang dikarenakan waktu tidur yang dikobankan untuk bermain game. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui korelasi internet gaming disorder terhadap kualitas tidur mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian analitik dengan purposive sampling pada 88 orang responden yang terdiri dari mahasiswa angkatan 2015, 2016, 2017, dan 2018 di Fakultas Kedokteran UKRIDA. Kuesioner Internet Gaming Disorder Short-Scale Form (IGD9S-SF) digunakan untuk menentukan kejadian internet gaming disorder dan kuesioner Pittsburgh’s Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) digunakan untuk menilai kualitas tidur responden. Analisis data dilakukan dengan menggunakan SPSS versi 24. Sebanyak 87% responden memiliki kualitas tidur yang buruk, dan dari responden yang memiliki kualitas tidur buruk didapatkan sebanyak 9,1% mengalami internet gaming disorder. Dalam penelitian ini internet gaming disorder memiliki korelasi lemah terhadap kualitas tidur mahasiswa FK UKRIDA.
Hubungan Indeks Massa Tubuh terhadap Dysmenorrhea pada Mahasiswi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana Angkatan 2015
Authors: Hartono Budiman , Leuhery Fallentino Christman
Published: April 2020

Kelebihan berat badan menjadi masalah yang meningkat di Indonesia Kelebihan berat badan dikatakan sebagai faktor risiko bagi perempuan yang menstruasi menderita dysmenorrhea. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis ada tidaknya hubungan antara indeks massa tubuh (IMT) terhadap dysmenorrhea pada mahasiswi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Krida Wacana (UKRIDA) angkatan 2015. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain korelasi analitik potong lintang. Penelitian ini dilakukan di UKRIDA dari bulan Juni hingga Desember 2018.  Subjek penelitian ini adalah mahasiswi aktif Fakultas Kedokteran UKRIDA angkatan 2015 dengan cara menyebarkan kuisoner, microtoise sebagai alat ukur tinggi badan, dan timbangan injak sebagai alat ukur berat badan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa rerata umur mahasiswi angkatan 2015 di Fakultas Kedokteran UKRIDA adalah 21 tahun. Indeks massa tubuh normal sebanyak 51 responden (48,2%). Derajat nyeri (dysmenorrhea) responden mengeluh nyeri sebanyak 63 responden (59,4%) dan didapatkan hubungan yang bermakna antara indeks massa tubuh dengan dysmenorrhea pada mahasisiwi Fakultas Kedokteran UKRIDA angkatan 2015.
The evaluations of ESWL, RIRS and m-PCNL treatments in kidney stones smaller than two centimeters
Authors: Saygın Hüseyin , Gökce Gökhan , Korğalı Esat
Published: April 2020

Objective: The aim of the current study was to compare the outcome of minimal invasive treatment (RIRS, m-PCNL) with the ESWL, Micro-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (m-PCNL), and Retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) in patients with renal calculi less than two centimeters in size.

Methods: Preoperative renal ureter-bladder (KUB) film and computed tomography (CT) used to imaging stone size and localization in all patients. Ninety consecutive patients were randomized equally to three groups. We evaluated age, gender, stone size, length of hospitalization, stone-free rates, X-ray duration that patients were exposed during the processes, general anesthesia time, Visual Analogue Scale values, Modified Clavien Complication Scale scores after RIRS, mPCNL, and ESWL on renal stones smaller than 2 cm.

Results: At the end of the first month, stone-free rate for the lower calyx stones was 33.3% (3 patients out of 10) in ESWL, 83.3% (10 patients out of 12) in RIRS, and 90.9% (10 patients out of 11) in m-PCNL. ESWL's success in the lower-calyx stones was found to be low. Our rates for the stones in renal pelvis, middle, and upper calyx were % 85.7 (18 patients out of 21) in ESWL, % 94.4 (17 patients out of 18) in RIRS and % 94.7 (18 patients out of 19) in m-PCNL. No difference was observed in the duration of hospitalization among patients who underwent RIRS and m-PCNL. The VAS scores in ESWL group were higher than other groups. There were no significant differences for fluoroscopy time between the groups. Decrease in hemoglobin values before and after the procedure were found to be significant in m-PCNL group (p<0.05).

Conclusions: We compared three minimal invasive treatments for less than 2 cm renal stones; m-PCNL and RIRS methods were found to be more effective than ESWL, especially aspects of the stone free rates.
In Shortly about Cancer of the Tongue
Authors: S Franjić
Published: April 2020

Cancer of the tongue is a type of oral cancer that occurs in the front two-thirds of the tongue. If cancer occurs at the back of the tongue, then it is a type of head or neck cancer. These cancers are extremely rare and occur in a small number of cases. Cancer in the front of the tongue also does not occur as often, but it is the most common type of oral cancer. Cancer of the tongue mainly occurs in squamous cells – thin, flat cells that are found on the surface of all soft tissues, and therefore the tongue. Cancer of the tongue is a disease that affects the front of the tongue, while cancer in the back of the tongue is called oropharyngeal cancer. Symptoms that indicate tongue cancer are pain in the jaw or throat, pain during swallowing, feeling that there is something in the throat, stiff tongue or jaw, problem with chewing and swallowing food, white or red stamps in the mouth or tongue, ulcer on non-healing tongue, pimples in the mouth, bleeding tongue and growths on the tongue.
Why be a Surgeon and Research in Northeast Brazil?
Authors: I Araújo-Filho
Published: April 2020

As a general surgeon, I never thought of research in my field. What I liked was to operate and is in the operating room. It was through my professor and master and doctoral advisor that I discovered the possibility of researching surgery. I learned that through research in medicine, we could evaluate established treatments, scientifically validate dogmas or paradigms that were once unquestionable, and apply evidence-based surgery for the benefit of our patients. In this sense, I noted the importance that senior researchers in surgery services should encourage young people and offer knowledge on how to design research, from the methodology of studies, collection of primary and secondary data, and analysis of complex data to the publication of the result in the form of a manuscript. Work on the use of techniques to innovate and translate research results in the real-world process of operational activity. As I am not so young anymore, I think that training the next generation of surgeons in research is of fundamental importance.
Smart Wireless sensors for Impairment detection of the offshore Wind Turbines
Authors: G. Dr. Ranganathan , S. Dr. Smys
Published: April 2020

The maintenance of Wind farms located in the off shores are highly challenging as the preservation and the operational availability are tedious. The insufficiency in the traditional system for monitoring the conditions of the wind turbines located in the off shores has made this topic an attractive area of research. The proposed method in the paper utilizes the multiple intelligent smart sensors to detect the impairments in the structure of the wind turbines. The sensors utilized in the proposed method estimates the damage index in the wind turbine by engaging the embedded software. The effectiveness of the proposed method was measured by applying it to the off shore wind turbines. The results obtained evinces the minimized cost and the down time in maintaining the off shore wind farms.
A Novel Multi-Tier Architecture Based Mobile Cloud Computing For Enhanced Energy Utilization
Authors: Prof. Sathish  , S. Dr. Smys
Published: April 2020

The recent advancements in the mobile devices and the growing needs of the mobile users led to the clubbing of mobile devices with the cloud computing developing a platform coined as mobile cloud computing. The main scope of conceiving this clubbed mobile and cloud paradigm is to direct the tasks that are resource and computationally intensive to the cloud for its execution. While the execution takes place in the cloud, the resources of the mobile users that are clubbed with the cloud remains wasted until the responses are received from the cloud. These results in the excess battery drain causing frequent recharges. To put an end to this, the paper puts forward an the multi-tier architectures in-built with the various level of cluster process for processing to properly handle the mobile device participating in the cloud , minimizing the number of idle mobile users and enhances the energy efficiency. The proposed method is validated using the network simulator-II to evince the energy balancing achieved through the proposed multi-tier architecture based MCC-(mobile cloud computing).
Service Quality Assurance in Cloud Data Centers Using Migration Scaling
Authors: Sungheetha Dr. Akey , Sharma R Dr. Rajesh
Published: April 2020

The continuous and swift progress in the number of the cloud data centers have led to establishment of multitudes of the computational nodes and the huge paradigm. But the assuring the quality of services through these paradigms is still questionable. So tit has become a prominent areas of research. As the quality of service of the data centers plays a vital role in the user satisfaction. The present work carried out in the paper survey the service quality rendered in the previous similar work, identifies the drawbacks and proposes a strategy of migration taking into consideration the multiple metrics. The proposed structure is validated through the cloud simulator to evince its capability in efficiently handling the resources and guaranteeing the quality of service.
Factors Influencing the Regularityof Antenatal Care Examiation in Biru-Biru Health Center Bone Regency
Authors: Mujahidah Fatimah Fitriani
Published: April 2020

One effective way to reduce morbidity and maternal mortality is to do antenatal checks. This study aims to determine the factors that influence the regularity of antenatal care examinations in health service units Bone Regency. The research design used in this study was cross sectional. The study population was 322 women who performed antenatal examination. Sampling 32 people selected by axal sampling. Research results show a significant relationship between knowledge (p value = 0,028) and regularity of antenatal visits with the attitude of Subjekts (p value = 0,01). Thus it can be concluded that there is a relationship between Subjekts knowledge and attitudes with regular K1-K4 antenatal visits and there is no relationship with husband’s suports with regular K1-K4 antenatal visits. This research recommends that health workers improve the counseling program for pregnant women, the need for the addition of medical deices to complete the need for antenatal checks at the puskesmas Biru-Biru Kabupaten Bone, and the need to increase awareness of family members, especially husbands,, to support pregnant women to examine their pregnancies as early as possible.
Payroll Share, Real Wage and Labor Productivity across US States
Authors: Mendieta-Muñoz Ivan , Rada Codrina , Schiavone Ansel , von Arnim Rudi
Published: April 2020

This paper analyzes regional contributions to the US payroll share from 1977 to 2017 and the four major business cycles throughout this period. We implement two empirical exercises. First, we decompose the US payroll share across states. Utilizing a Divisia index decomposition technique yields exact contributions of real wages, employment structure, labor productivity and relative prices across the states to the aggregate change in the payroll share. Key findings are that the decline in the aggregate (i) is driven by decoupling between real wage and labor productivity; and (ii) is initially driven by the rust belt states, but subsequently dominated by relatively large states. Second, we employ mixture models on real wages and labor productivity across US states to discern whether distinct mechanisms appear to generate these distributions. Univariate models (iii) indicate the possibility that two distinct mechanisms generate state labor productivities, raising the question of whether regional dualism has taken hold. Lastly, we use bivariate mixture models to investigate whether such dualism and decoupling manifest in the joint distributions of payroll shares and labor productivity, too. Results (iv) are affirmative, and further suggest a tendency for high performing states to have relatively high payroll shares initially, and low payroll shares more recently.
Urbane Landwirtschaft im Ruhrgebiet
Authors: Häpke Ulrich
Published: April 2020

Einem Verweis auf Max Weber, für den die Landwirtschaft in der Stadt noch selbstverständlich war, werden einige Positionen gegenübergestellt, die die Landwirtschaft praktisch und/oder theoretisch aus der Stadt ausgrenzen. Statistisch kann allerdings gezeigt werden, wie bedeutend die urbane Landwirtschaft in Städten und Ballungsräumen in der BRD ist. Dabei ist die urbane Landwirtschaft – bezogen auf die BRD – ein professionelles Arbeitsfeld, das mit besonderen städtischen Bedingungen umgehen muss: der Verbrauchernähe stehen ständige Flächenverluste als Problem gegenüber. Am Beispiel des Ruhrgebietes, das zu den größten europäischen Ballungsräumen gehört und zugleich einen hohen landwirtschaftlichen Flächenanteil aufweist, wird einerseits die Problematik der Flächenverluste und der hohen Pachtflächenanteile skizziert. Andererseits wird gezeigt, wie sich über eine bedarfsorientierte Agrarproduktion, Direktvermarktung, die Unterstützung von Selbstversorgungsansätzen sowie die Umweltbildung vielfältige im- und explizite Kooperationen zwischen urbanen Landwirt*innen und Stadtbewohner*innen entwickelt haben.
Nachhaltiges Wohnen auf dem Dorf?
Authors: Naumann Matthias , Mießner Michael
Published: April 2020

Dörfer, Kleinstädte und ländliche Regionen spielen in den kritischen Sozialwissenschaften bislang nur eine untergeordnete Rolle. Noch weniger Beachtung findet die Verknüpfung von ökologischer und Wohnungsfrage in ländlichen Kontexten. Die angloamerikanische kritische Humangeographie bietet für die Untersuchung ländlicher Umbrüche zahlreiche konzeptionelle und empirische Anregungen, die in der deutschsprachigen Forschung bisher jedoch kaum rezipiert wurden. Der Beitrag schließt an die kritische rural geography an und plädiert für ein 'Recht auf das Dorf', das die ökologische und die Wohnungsfrage miteinander verbindet. Jenseits von romantisierender 'Landlust' und dystopischen Schrumpfungsszenarien kann das 'Recht auf das Dorf' eine Orientierung für eine sozial-ökologische Transformation ländlicher Räume darstellen.
Destilasi Kering Sampah Plastik Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
Authors: Mogot Rivaldo Lee , Anom Dewa , Kumajas Jenny
Published: April 2020

Indonesia is the second largest contributor of plastic waste in the world. Lack of public knowledge about the negative effects of plastic waste and the management of plastic waste that has not been good causes a buildup of plastic waste. This study aims to convert LDPE plastic waste into a liquid similar to petroleum, separate and analyze the chemical components present in the liquid produced by the distillation of dry plastic waste. Plastic waste is dry distilled at temperatures up to 300 oC, without solvents involved. Liquid distilled from a distillation of dry distillation (Fractionation) to separate the chemical components. To find out what chemical components are present, the resulting liquid from multilevel distillation (Fractionation) was analyzed by means of Infrared Spectroscopy (IR) and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). The results of IR analysis on the LDPE plastic waste fractionation distillation fluid showed the presence of Aromatic, Alkane and Alkene functional groups. The results of GC-MS analysis on the LDPE plastic waste fractionation distillation fluid for each fraction showed that in general it is a group of hydrocarbon compounds with different molecular masses.
Structure Of Stigmasterols in Bran of Red Rice from Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Authors: Moko Emma Mauren , Rahardiyan Dino
Published: April 2020

Rice bran contained important bioactive phytochemical components such as tocopherol, tocotrienol, and γ-oryzanol, and one of the components of γ-oryzanol is stigmasterol. The aim of the present study was to isolate and identify stigmasterol in native red rice bran extract. The isolation of sterol from red rice bran extract was performed by using Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) and followed by identification by  Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). The TLC single spot originated from crude red rice hexane extract was observed at 365 nm UV and the FTIR spectra analysis result showed that the OH group was indicated by 3436,9 cm-1 absorption. While absorption regions of 2931,6 to 2852,5 cm-1 indicate the presence of single bond CH. The data of 1H-, 13C- and 2D-NMR of rice bran sterol indicated that the single spot obtained in TLC analysis was stigmasterol. It can be concluded that native red rice variety of North Sulawesi contained stigmasterol and potential as a native antioxidant sources.
Pengaruh Ukuran Perusahaan, Volume Perdagangan Saham, Volatilitas Return Saham, dan Dividend Yield terhadap Bid-Ask Spread
Authors: Rio Pebra Perdana , Husnatarina Fitria , Oktavia Rini
Published: April 2020

Bid-Ask Spread sebenarnya mengukur informasi tidak simetris atau asymmetric information antara broker dan investor. Besar kecilnya Bid-Ask Spread menunjukkan seberapa besar asymmetric information diantara pelaku pasar. Untuk mengurangi tingkat asymmetric information tersebut maka pelaku pasar berupaya mendapatkan sinyal tertentu yang dapat dijadikan sebagai informasi untuk mengurangi ketidakpastian yang terjadi. Penelitian bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh Ukuran Perusahaan, Volume Perdagangan Saham Volatilitas Return Saham dan Dividend Yield terhadap Bid-Ask Spread secara parsial pada perusahaan manufaktur yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia periode tahun 2014-2018. Data diambil dari website Bursa Efek Indonesia. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah perusahaan manufaktur yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia sampai periode 2018. Sampel dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 30 perusahaan selama 5 tahun. Sampel diperoleh dengan metode purposive sampling. Metode analisis dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis statistik deskriptif, analisis regresi linier berganda, uji asumsi klasik serta pengujian hipotesis dengan menggunakan software IBM SPSS 24. Berdasarkan hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa secara parsial ukuran perusahaan dan volume perdagangan saham berpengaruh negatif dan signifikan terhadap bid-ask spread, sedangkan volatilitas return saham memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap bid-ask spread, akan tetapi dividend yield tidak berpengaruh terhadap bid-ask spread.
Determinan Harga Saham dengan Nilai Perusahaan sebagai Variabel Intervening pada Perusahaan Sektor Konstruksi Bangunan
Authors: Arseto Dedi Dwi , Sinurat Mangasi
Published: April 2020

Tujuan Penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh DER, EPS, dan ROA terhadap harga saham dengan ukuran perusahaan sebagai variabel intervening. Populasi penelitian ini adalah perusahaan disektor konstruksi bangunan yang terdaftar di BIE pada tahun 2014 hingga 2018. Sampel yang digunakan sebanyak 5 perusahaan dengan menggunakan teknik perposive sampling. Metode analisi yang digunakan adalah analisis jalur. Hasil Penelitian Pengaruh langsung Debt Equity Ratio terhadap harga saham memperlihatkan hasil positif dan signifikan. Sedangkan pengaruh tidak langsung Debt Equity Ratio positif tidak signifikan terhadap harga saham melalui nilai perusahaan. Pengaruh langsung Return On Asset terhadap harga saham memperoleh hasil positif tidak signifikan. Pengaruh tidak langsung  Return On Asset terhadap harga saham melalui nilai perusahaan memperoleh hasil positif tidak signifikan. Pengaruh langsung Erning Per Share terhadap harga saham memperoleh hasil positif signifikan. Pengaruh tidak langsung  Erning Per Share terhadap harga saham melalui nilai perusahaan memperoleh hasil positif tidak signifikan. Nilai perusahan terhadap harga saham berpengaruh positif signifkan pada perusahaan sektor konstruksi bangunan periode 2014 hingga 2018.
A GIS Based University’s Campus Evacuation Plan in Case of Emergencies
Authors: Otun Olayinka Waziri , Arekhandia Shedrack Ighodalo
Published: April 2020

Abstract Emergencies are bound to happen anywhere at any time and as such pre-planning is necessary.  This study outlined a procedure by which students on a university campus can be evacuated safely, while optimising use of available resources. Applications of optimisation techniques in campus emergency planning studies are not common, especially in developing countries. Collaboration of students is essential for a successful campus emergency evacuation, as such this study examined factors that will predict students’ behaviour in an emergency. The study adopted a location-allocation (L-A) model based decision support system (DSS) to implement the campus evacuation plan.  The DSS was implemented within a geographic information system (GIS) environment.   A total of 150 students were selected randomly across six faculties at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria for the study. In the event of an emergency it is proposed that all the students will move to designated assembly areas.  The output from the emergency decision support system will be used to direct students from the assembly areas to appropriate evacuation points. The DSS was specifically applied in this study to find the locations of five evacuation points that will minimise travel distances of all students from thirteen assembly areas. The results from the DSS showed the average travel distance is 328.43 metres.  This study used the binary logistic regression model to predict factors that will influence students to assist in an emergency. The result of the analysis showed that their level of consciousness of emergencies is the only factor that will significantly influence them to assist in an emergency. The findings from this study showed that for a disaster resilient university it must develop an all-hazards comprehensive plan, conduct regular emergency training and exercises, and develop a partnership with the host community for joint use of emergency resources.  Keywords: Decision Support System ; Emergency Preparedness; Evacuation Plan; Location-Allocation Models; University Campus.
In Silico Analysis of Ethanol Binding Activity in Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Authors: Lungidningtyas Angganararas , Parikesit Arli Aditya
Published: April 2020

Ethanol and nicotine are two common substances that are often linked to complications in alcoholic smokers. The high number of the co-consumptions in alcoholic smokers suggested a possible interaction between ethanol and nicotine in the central nervous system and a potential similar mechanism of action. Both ethanol and nicotine are shown to bind with neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), a ligand gated cation channel specifically targeted by the endogenous acetylcholine. Ethanol has a much less specific binding capability to modulate the receptors, however, emerging reports indicates that ethanol can interact with nAChRs both directly and indirectly. This study focuses on the analysis of ethanol binding sites with nAChRs using molecular docking techniques obtained from the Protein Data Bank. The obtained data showed a possible binding site for ethanol in nAChRs, however, upon validation, result is not substantial. Nevertheless, the obtained data should be useful for future reference for the basis of ethanol interactions with the human nAChRs proteins.
Norbert Angermann und Karsten Brüggemann, Geschichte der baltischen Länder. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 2018, 360 S.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: April 2020

Die zwei Autoren sind renommierte Historiker und haben sich bereits mehrfach als Experten für die Geschichte Ost- und Nordosteuropa ausgewiesen. Sie sind also ohne Zweifel höchst qualifiziert, die Geschichte der baltischen Länder zu schreiben, was sich auch in der Bibliographie
am Ende des Buches zeigt, die aber erstaunlich kurz ausgefallen ist.
Thomas Falmagne und Luc Deitz, Luc (Bearb.), Die Orvaler Handschriften bis zum Jahr 1628 in den Beständen der Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg und des Grand Séminaire de Luxembourg. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2017, 2 Bde., 348, 471 S., 100 Farbabbildungen.
Authors: Lützelschwab Ralf
Published: April 2020

Wie so viele Zisterzienserabteien durchlief Orval im Laufe der Jahrhunderte Phasen von Aufstieg und Niedergang - aufgehoben, geplündert und zerstört wurde das Kloster freilich erst ab 1793 in den nachrevolutionären Wirren. 1926 wagte man einen Neuanfang: auf den alten
Grundmauern erhoben sich bald neue Gebäude, in denen bis heute Trappistenmönche ihrer Berufung nachgehen - darunter einige bemerkenswert gute (Ordens-)Historiker und Philologen.1
Michael A. Gomez, African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa. Princeton, NJ, and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2017, viii, 505 pp., 8 maps.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: April 2020

To do justice to history in the global context would require to pursue global history, which is not just a chiasmic play on words. No major country, no people, no great civilization, and no significant culture has really existed in total isolation, with just a few exceptions. But most
scholars are simply not able to cover everything, and it would be hubris even to aim for that goal. Traditionally, medievalists have mostly focused on western, central, southern, and somewhat also northern Europe, for instance, but then this comes to a limit very quickly
since linguistic barriers and also difficulties gaining access to the relevant sources and archives make this all very difficult. Recent years have also seen efforts to open the perspective toward the Arabic, Indian, and Asian world, whereas the American cultures remain mostly ignored in the
medieval context. The opposite side probably faces the same difficulties, since Chinese or Japanese medievalists have to cope with a very long and expansive history as well, or the Indian or Indonesian historians, for example, which leaves no room or time to explore the connections, if there
have ever been any, to other cultures.
Krisen, Kriege, Katastrophen: Zum Umgang mit Angst und Bedrohung im Mittelalter, ed. Christian Rohr, Ursula Bieber, and Katharina Zeppezauer-Wachauer. Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zu Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit, 3 (Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter,
2018), VI, 420 S., 20 s/w Abb.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: April 2020

Die hier versammelten Beiträge entstanden ursprünglich anlässlich der 9. Ringvorlesung des damaligen Interdisziplinären Zentrums für Mittelalterstudien, dem heutigen Interdisziplinären Zentrum für Mittelalter und Frühneuzeit, Salzburg, im Herbstsemester
2009/2010. Seitdem ist viel Zeit verstrichen, und als einer der zentralen Förderer, Ulrich Müller, am 14. Oktober 2012 verstarb, tragischerweise gefolgt von seinem Historiker-Kollegen Heinz Dopsch am 31. Juli 2014, verzögerte sich wiederum vieles, womit
das heute vorliegende Ergebnis schon an manchen Stellen darunter leidet, nicht mehr auf dem neuesten Stand zu sein. Dennoch wirkt die hier verfolgte Themenstellung faszinierend und erhellend, auch wenn das Spektrum sich schnell als fast zu breit ausgefächert erweist. Allein schon zum
Theme ‘Krisen’ hätte ein ganzer Band gefüllt werden können, aber hier kommen noch ‘Krieg’, ‘Katastrophen’ und sogar noch ‘Angst’ und ‘Bedrohung’ dazu, manchmal sogar bezogen auf die Apokalypse. Einige der Autoren sprechen
zudem ‘Rache’ an und gehen somit ausführlich auf die Emotionsgeschichte ein, was alles fast wie ein unbändiges Potpourri wirkt. Man merkt zudem überall, dass sich die Verfasser mehr oder weniger an ein studentisches Publikum richten, denn sie besprechen ihre Themen
auf sehr umfassende Weise und haben nur recht wenig auch die jüngere Forschung konsultiert, ohne sich überhaupt darum zu bemühen, sich mit der relevanten Literatur kritisch auseinanderzusetzen. Die jeweils angefügten Bibliographien bestehen viel zu oft schlicht aus Literaturgeschichten,
Enzyklopädien und Internetseite.
Medieval and Early Modern Murder: Legal, Literary and Historical Contexts, ed. Larissa Tracy. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2018, xiv, 486 pp., 3 b/w ill.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: April 2020

This volume treats one of the worst crimes people can commit, murder, as it was perceived and evaluated in the Middle Ages and the early modern age. Originally conceived in 2013, the project then grew out of a number of scholarly events organized by Larissa Tracy. While much work has
already been done on violence in the Middle Ages, murder in its specific legal and cultural connotations certainly deserves particular and further attention, although crime and punishment have also been addressed even quite recently (Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages and Early Modern
Age, ed. A. Classen and Connie Scarborough, 2012; here not consulted). Crime constitutes a legal case, and should be studied first of all through the lens of legal history, which is the case here in the first section of papers. But it remains unclear how the entire volume really intends
to embed the deed within the legal discourse, although Tracy refers to some major law books (leaving out others, again, such as Eike von Repgow’s famous Sachsenspiegel, ca. 1225/1230). The discourse on crime at large, and on murder in specific allows us to understand any society
throughout time because murder has been a universal phenomenon. Would it hence make sense to quote Michel Foucault (Discipline and Punish, here in the trans. by Alan Sheridan, 1995), who had only a vague idea about the Middle Ages and claimed that the legal system as we know it today
emerged only in the early modern age (6)? Tracy uses him as a fig leaf and quickly turns away from him because early medieval societies knew already of extensive legal codes, some of which are here taken into consideration by individual contributors.
Dietmar Rieger, Esclarzir paraul’escura: Regards sur la diversité des lettres médiévales. Preface: Bernard Ribémont. Recherches littéraires médiévales, 22. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2016, 431 pp.
Authors: Pfeffer Wendy
Published: April 2020

Dietmar Rieger’s publications on medieval literature are vast and expansive, covering a range of genres and languages. This volume brings together nineteen essays, seventeen of which were previously published in journals, Festschriften, or collections of essays, all of
which have been updated and some translated here into French for the ease of a French-reading public, i.e.,scholars in the discipline of French literature, especially those whose mastery of German is not strong (of the original languages of the essays, eight were first published in French,
eight in German; the one Italian essay remains in Italian). Two additional essays are published here for the first time. The collection follows a similar earlier volume of articles by Rieger, Chanter et dire: Etudes sur la littérature du Moyen Age (Paris: Champion, 1997).
Sarah Schäfer-Althaus, The Gendered Body. Female Sanctity, Gender Hybridity and the Body in Women’s Hagiography. Regensburger Beiträge zur Gender-Forschung, 8. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2016, 184 S.
Authors: Bill-Mrziglod Michaela
Published: April 2020

Es ist ein ambitioniertes Unterfangen, sich seitens der Literaturwissenschaft dem breiten Forschungsfeld der Hagiographie zu nähern, das bislang hauptsächlich von Theologie und historischen Wissenschaften besetzt wurde. Die Methode der Annäherung über die Metaphorik
einzelner Körperteile, die in den Heiligenlegenden eine zentrale Rolle spielen, stellt dabei ein bereicherndes Novum dar. Bislang wurde die Bedeutung einzelner Körperteile meist ohne Berücksichtigung gendersensibler Aspekte vorwiegend in materiellen Quellen wie Reliquien und
Körperteilreliquiaren untersucht. Zwar lassen sich durchaus Einzeluntersuchungen zu Textquellen ausmachen, die sich jeweils einem spezifischen Körperteil und seiner historisch-metaphorischen Bedeutung widmen (so z.B. Haare, Haut, Hände, Brüste, ,,Körpersäfte“
usf.), eine Gesamtschau fehlte aber bislang.
Achim Timmermann, Memory and Redemption: Public Monuments and the Making of Late Medieval Landscape. Architectura Medii Aevi, vol. VIII. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2017, 427 pp, color ill.
Authors: Stanford Charlotte A.
Published: April 2020

The thousands of wayside crosses that still dot the countryside of German-speaking lands are only a remnant of a vast former complex of public images. Achim Timmermann’s wide-sweeping and engaging study considers these works, for the most part neglected in art historical discourse,
as a whole phenomenon that comprises a virtual “media revolution” of the later medieval period (xi). Unlike the elite spaces of ecclesiastical architecture or private devotional books, the memorials and monuments brought together for consideration here were, and for the most part
still are, publicly accessible in a wide variety of locales, ranging from boundary markers to village centers. The visual impact of these works was equally wide-ranging, and it is in the study of this impact that this book truly breaks new ground.
Die Geschichte vom Leben des Johannes von Gorze. Ed. and trans. by Peter Christian Jacobsen. Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi 81. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2015, vii, 629 pp.
Authors: Bruce Scott G.
Published: April 2020

The History of the Life of John, Abbot of the Monastery of Gorze (Hystoria de vita domni Iohannis Gorzie coenobii abbatis) is one of the most important and yet enigmatic saints’ lives from the tenth century. Written in the decades around 1000 by a monk named John
of St. Arnulf, this unusual work of hagiography was by no means a best-seller. It survives in a single manuscript (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 13766) and seems to be incomplete, as the text breaks off rather abruptly and includes no account of John’s abbacy
or his death. Even so, it has attracted considerable interest from monastic historians. Jean Mabillon first edited the History in 1685; Georg Heinrich Pertz created the first modern edition for the Monumenta Germaniae Historia series in 1841; and Michel Parisse
made the text even more accessible in 1999 by publishing a slightly improved Latin text and rendering it into French, the first translation of the History into any modern language.
Jamie Kreiner, The Social Life of Hagiography in the Merovingian Kingdom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. xii, 329.
Authors: Bachrach Bernard S.
Published: April 2020

In 1988 Walter Goffart demonstrated conclusively that the authors of early medieval narrative texts had to be taken seriously as people of intellectual substance capable of sustaining sophisticated arguments. Their works, Goffart warns us, were not to be treated, as previously had been
the case, as mere naive receptecals of fact and fantasy to be plundered by historians in search of accurate information. In the wake of Goffart’s work, it has become a cliché that text must be treated as text before it is treated as evidence if, in fact, it ever is to be used
for the latter purpose. In the generation that has passed since Goffart’s paradigm has taken hold it is rare to find anyone who will read early medieval narrative works, such as those of Gregory of Tours (d. 594), as plain text.
The Introduction of Christianity into the Early Medieval Insular World: Converting the Isles I, ed. Roy Flechner and Máire Ní Mhaonaigh. Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages 19. Turnhout: Brepols, 2016, xx, 508 pp.
Authors: Breeze Andrew
Published: April 2020

A thousand pages of print, instigated by Cambridge scholars and published by a respected press, might be expected to indicate major advances for knowledge of Christianity in early Britain and beyond. Why we have no such thing is set out in this review’s
second part. Before that, a list of chapters in the two volumes.
Pierre Bouet und François Neveux, Der Teppich von Bayeux: Ein mittelalterliches Meisterwerk. Übersetzt von Heike Rosbach und Hanne Henninger. Darmstadt: Theiss, 2018, 236 S., zahlreiche farbige Abb.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: April 2020

Kaum ein anderes Textilkunstwerk des Mittelalters hat bis heute solch eine Bekanntheit errungen wie der Teppich von Bayeux. Die Forschung hat sich schon seit sehr langem intensiv damit beschäftigt, aber er hat auch größtes Interesse unter dem breiteren Publikum erregt.
Das Museum in Bayeux ermöglicht die gründliche Beschäftigung mit diesem erstaunlichen Wandbehang aus dem späten 12. Jahrhundert, der die Vorgeschichte und die eigentliche Eroberung Englands durch Herzog Willhelm von der Normandie 1066 darstellt. Neben zahlreichen Faksimile-Drucken
kann man mittlerweile den Teppich auch mühelos im Internet aufrufen, z.B. unter http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html;
oder: https://web.archive.org/web/20170620160331/http://www.aemma.org/onlineResources/bayeux/bayeuxIndex1.html
The Four Branches of the Mabinogi, ed. and trans. by Matthieu Boyd, with the modernization assistance of Stacie Lents. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 2017, 119 pp., 5 b/w ill, 1 map.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: April 2020

Welsh medievalists have long recognized the canonical quality of The Four Branches of the Mabinogi (late eleventh or early twelfth century), resulting in a long series of editions and translations. William Owen Pughe was the first to offer a modern English translation in 1795.
The recent translation by Will Parker (2005) is available now online at: http://www.mabinogi.net/translations.htm, and I suspect that many university teachers happily
rely on this one because of its easy accessibility and clarity of the English version. Now, Matthieu Boyd, who teaches at Fairleigh Dickinson University (Florham Campus, Madison, MD), offers a new rendering, which is specifically targeting undergraduate students. This explains his strategy
to modernize the medieval Welsh as much as possible, and to turn this marvelous text into an enjoyable read even for contemporary students, without moving too far away from the original. This modernization was carried out with the assistance of his colleague, the playwright Stacie Lents. This
entails, for instance, that even some of the medieval names are adapted. Many times the conservative reader might feel uncomfortable when words and phrases such as “to shit,” “to egg on,” “to nip at the heels,” or “Manawydan & Co” (60–61)
appear. The adaptation of personal names is not carried out systematically, but the overall impression of this translation is certainly positive, making the study of this masterpiece of medieval Welsh literature to a real pleasure.
Veronika Hassel, Das Werk Friedrichs von Hausen: Edition und Studien. Philologische Studien und Quellen, 269. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2018, S. 412.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: April 2020

In ihrer Düsseldorfer Dissertation von 2017 bemüht sich Veronika Hassel darum, das Werk eines der bekanntesten mhd. Minnesänger, Friedrich von Hausen, einer neuen Analyse zu unterwerfen, indem sie bewusst Abstand von bisherigen Ansätzen nimmt, seine Lieder genauer
in dem historischen Kontext zu verorten, d.h. seine Hinweise auf den Kreuzzug als biographische Bestätigung anzusehen. Stattdessen will Hassel seine Gedichte als fiktionale Entwürfe betrachten, womit die historische Komponente bewusst stark zurückgenommen wird, was nicht unbedingt
eine richtige Entscheidung sein dürfte, wenngleich man den hier vorgestellten Neuansatz durchaus begrüßen wird, solange er nicht zu extrem die sozialen und politischen Aspekte in den Hintergrund drückt.
The Lais of Marie de France: Text and Translation, ed. and trans. by Claire M. Waters. Peterborough, Ont., and Tonawanda, NY: Broadview Press, 2018, 424 pp.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: April 2020

Famous medieval writers continuously find modern publishers willing to produce ever new translations into modern vernacular languages, while the vast majority of contemporary medieval authors linger in the margins and often continue to await even the publication of a critical edition
of their works. This is the case with Marie de France as well, whose lais have now been translated into English once again by Claire M. Waters who is Professor of English at the University of California, Davis. She has previously published studies such as Angels and Earthly Creatures:
Preaching, Performance, and Gender in the Later Middle Ages (2003), Virgins and Scholars: A Fifteenth-Century Compilation of the Lives of John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Jerome, and Katherine of Alexandria (2008), and Translating Clergie: Status, Education, and Salvation
in Thirteenth-Century Vernacular Texts (2016).
Dagmar Schmengler, Die Masken von Reims. Zur Genese negativer Ausdrucksformen zwischen Tradition und Innovation. Kunstwissenschaftliche Studien 187. Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2016, 302 S., zahlreiche s/w Abb.
Authors: Dinzelbacher Peter
Published: April 2020

Während die Standard-Motive der christlichen Ikonographie repräsentierende Bauplastik der Kathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims schon Thema zahlreicher (vielfach redundanter) Publikationen war, beschäftigt sich die vorliegende, bereits 2008 approbierte Frankfurter Dissertation
mit einem bisher wenig untersuchten Bereich, nämlich den zahlreichen menschlichen und tierischen Köpfen oder Masken, welche sowohl am Außenbau als auch im Inneren zu sehen – oder aufgrund der großen Höhe und Abdeckung durch architektonische Strukturen nicht
zu sehen sind. Im Wesentlichen stellt die Arbeit eine sorgfältige Registrierung dieser Skulpturen dar (der Katalog umfasst 139 Objekte) sowie der bis anhin ihnen gewidmeten Studien. Berechtigterweise sind die nicht wenigen, auf kriegsbedingte Schäden zurückgehenden Kopien und
Ergänzungen aus der Untersuchung ausgeschieden und der Schwerpunkt auf die i.d.R. authentischen Objekte am Chor und Querhaus gelegt. Das zentrale Problem, warum so viele Köpfe an so wenig sichtbaren Stellen in Auftrag gegeben wurden, und die Frage nach den
religiösen Konzepten der Auftraggeber konnte freilich bislang nicht beantwortet werden und findet auch hier keine Antwort, da schriftliche Dokumente dazu nicht bekannt sind. Dagegen werden die Möglichkeiten der ikonographischen und kunstsoziologischen Interpretation einlässlich
diskutiert.
The Saga of the Volsungs, with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok. Trans., with intro., by Jackson Crawford. Indianapolis, IN, and Cambridge: Hackett Publishing, 2017, xxxiv, 147 pp., 1 map.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: April 2020

Old Norse sagas are simply in today, probably because they contain so much valuable and intriguing information about the world of the Icelanders and Vikings, and because they reflect deeply on mythological concepts and historical events, strongly colored by heroic deeds. This means
that publishers of textbooks continue to demonstrate their willingness to produce English translations, such as the present one of The Saga of the Volsungs, which Jackson Crawford accompanies with a translation of The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok. Henry Halliday Sparling (1890), Margaret
Schlauch (1930), Ronald G. Finch (1965), Jesse L. Byock (1990 and 1999), and Kaaren Grimstad (2000), among others, had already offered English translations of the former, but none of them are listed by Crawford in his introduction. Translations into German, French, Italian, or other languages
are also not considered, although there is a long tradition of comparable work that has been done many decades ago until today.
Christine de Pizan, The Book of the Cyte of Ladyes, trans. by Brian Anslay, ed. by Hope Johnston. Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 457. Tempe, AZ: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2014, lxiv, 622 pp., 10 b/w ill.
Authors: Classen Albrecht
Published: April 2020

On the one hand, this new edition, or rather translation, of Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies (1405) certainly deserves to be reviewed in Mediaevistik because Christine still falls squarely into the late Middle Ages. On the other, the publication
date of this translation, 1521, places it certainly outside of that period. However, a translation is always an important mirror of the reception history, which proves to be particularly rich in Christine’s case. Brian Anslay’s English translation was the first and only one to
appear in print (by Henry Pepwell), at least before the twentieth century. However, we know of twenty-seven surviving manuscripts, whereas there are only five copies of Anslay’s printed work available. It is worth noting that the issues addressed here by Christine, helping women to find
their own realm and identity, was apparently of significance also for her male audience since Anslay was sponsored by Richard Grey, third earl of Kent.