bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Identifying and Controlling the Wrong Sitting Posture
Authors:   AP, Electronics and Communication, LPU, Jalandhar, India, Singh* Someet , Reddy Vanganur Sujith Kumar ,   System Software Engineer, Smartron India pvt. Ltd., Kaur Navjot ,   AP, Computer Science and Engineering, LPU, Jalandhar, India, Jain Anuj ,   AP, Electronics and Communication, LPU, Jalandhar, India
Published: October 2019

Sitting is one of the relaxing actions in our daily life. This paper proposes an experimental setup to find best sitting postures and also to analyze the appropriate time required for a particular sitting posture using IR sensors. IR sensors are used to find the posture of a human being, the sensors senses and send signals to AVR Microcontroller for analyzing the input and also it sends the output to another Microcontroller through wireless communication for correcting the posture.
Design Simulation And Analysis of A Unified Power Flow Conditioner for Transmission Line
Authors:   Electrical Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana., Sereto* Frank.A. , Samikannu* Ravi ,   Electrical Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana., Srinivasan M. ,   Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, India., Karthikrajan S. ,   Electrical and Electronics Engineering, VIT University Chennai, India., Mezhuyev Vitaliy ,   Computer Systems and Software Engineering, University Malaysia Pahang, Pahang, Malaysia.
Published: October 2019

The reactive power compensation in power system is done by using different Flexible AC Transmission Controllers (FACTS). Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) is simulated and analyzed to observe its overall functions when integrated into a transmission line. It is installed in electric transmission lines hence assisting in the controlling and manipulating of the power flowing in the lines to give out reliable, controlled and efficient electricity to an ordinary consumer. The modelling of this device UPFC was done based on the theory of line models which are short, medium and a long line models. Conclusion on which model to use was based on two factors. The first one is model voltage level and length of the transmission line. The simulation of the designed circuit models was carried out using MATLAB and the results were then analyzed.
Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Performance of Employees at Manufacturing Organizations
Authors:   Research Scholar, DYPatil Deemed To be University School of Management, Navi Mumbai, India., Bhoir Bhagyshree M , Suri Dr. Sapna ,   Associate Professor, DYPatil Deemed To be University School of Management, Navi Mumbai, India.
Published: October 2019

Emotional intelligence of Employee was examined by the Researcher in the present study in association with performance in manufacturing organization. Competency of Emotional Intelligence and Employee Performance were also investigated in this study. Pilot study has been conducted on the basis of sample of 100 Employee from Navi Mumbai, Mumbai industrial area, data collection, convenient sampling technique was used for study purpose. Responses from Employees and Employers were recorded separately with the help of questionnaire distributed among them. The study was conducted to get good reliability of questionnaire and therefore questionnaire can be used for further survey with few modifications in the question. The study examined the competency Performance of Employee (EI) and factor impacting performance of Employee (EI). The study was also conducted to examine the Self-regulation and Social skill, Self-awareness, Relationship Management in associated with Emotion of Employees.
Transfer Learning Based Traffic Sign Recognition System for Surveillance Application
Authors:   Amity University ,Noida, India manisha, Chahande* Manisha , Gohokar Vinaya ,   Maharashtra Institute of Technology ,Pune,India
Published: October 2019

Road Traffic Recognition is very important in many applications, such as automated deployment, traffic mapping, and vehicle tracking. Proposed traffic sign recognition system tails the transfer learning method that is frequently used in neural network uses. The benefit of expending this technique is that the initially network has been trained with a rich set of features appropriate to a wide range of images. Once the network is trained , learning can be transferred to the new activity adjustment to the network. Firsthand Indian traffic sign dataset is used.New results exhibit that the suggested method can accomplish modest outcomes when matched with other related techniques.
Boosting Aircraft Efficiency by Reversing the Load on the Horizontal Stabilizer
Authors:   Associate Professor, Department of Mechatronics Engineering, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan., Al-Habahbeh* Osama M. , Abu-Elola Maher ,   Student, Department of Mechatronics Engineering, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, Rousan Leema ,   Student, Department of Mechatronics Engineering, The University of Jordan Amman, Jordan, Al-Khawaldeh Mustafa A. ,   Assistant Professor, * Correspondence Author, Department of Mechatronics Engineering, , Philadelphia University, Amman, Jordan
Published: October 2019

This work aims at finding how reversing the direction of THS force improves aircraft performance. In most airplanes, the trimmable horizontal stabilizer (THS) is subjected to downward air force. This downward force acts in the same direction as the weight and opposite to the lift. The produced extra lift can be used to increase the payload or extend the range of the aircraft by carrying more fuel. The proposed design is based on shifting the wings location forward in order to make the force on the THS upward instead of downward. However, the stability of the airplane will be adversely affected. To address this issue, modern control theory is applied to the airplane elevator so as to maintain longitudinal stability. An airplane model based on longitudinal dynamics was used to investigate the stability of the airplane. Both current and proposed designs are simulated first without controllers and then with active controllers. The longitudinal dynamics’ equations are used to design the controllers so as to make the aircraft stable. The payload gain due to the proposed design is calculated; For a typical airliner, it is found that up to 21% increase in payload can be achieved using the proposed design. The proposed design where the load on the THS becomes upward instead of downward results in improving flight efficiency; that is, we can choose between increasing payload, extending the range, reducing the thrust, or using a smaller wing, or any combination of these benefits. In all these cases, there is an operational advantage. This advantage is translated to cost savings or higher revenues.
Optimized Routing Protocols for Data Monitoring in Wireless Sensor Network
Authors:   B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology GST Road, Vandalur, Chennai 600 048, Tamilnadu, India, Ameen* Nabeena , Jamal D. Najumnissa ,   B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology GST Road, Vandalur, Chennai 600 048, Tamilnadu, India, Raj L. Arun ,   B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology GST Road, Vandalur, Chennai 600 048, Tamilnadu, India
Published: October 2019

In recent, the wireless networking technologies have witnessed monumental growth. The discovery of IEC (Integrated Electronic Circuits) which provide minute, intelligent sensory nodes that are being embedded within the human body has resulted in the formation of WBANs - Wireless Body Area Networks. The technology of WSN (wireless sensor networks) aids in uninterrupted monitoring of an individual’s health and the patient’s diabetes practice period with no involvement in patient’s mundane activities on local servers. There is a central sink node present within the sensor network, which supervises wireless transmission, optimizes the lifetime of the network and picks out the optimal path. The present research work proposes the framework of DCDH-SRP (dynamic channel direction and hop count based secure routing protocol) also termed as a secure communication monitoring system for transmitting and receiving the sensitive data in a secured way form the server to the network users. In the enhanced EAODV protocols, each node possesses the transmission rate as TX and receiving rate being RX. TX and RX rely upon the chosen optimal path. ACO - Ant Colony Optimization which is founded on the ODMRP-ACO (optimized dynamic, secure multipath routing protocol) is adapted for transmission of data in the wireless sensor networks. ACO determines the shortest path amidst the source and the destination node. The protocol recommended is DCDH-SRP which aids in data transmission and determining of shortest path relies upon the direction of dynamic channel node and minimum hop count in wireless sensor networks. For analyzing the performance related to the path duration and hop count metric, a network (n) model for DCDH-SRP is being formulated. A comparison is made between the proposed system and the improvised (Enhanced -Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector) EAODV and (Optimized Dynamic Multi-path Routing Protocol- Ant Colony Optimization) ODMRP-ACO (of an earlier work). According to the output generated, the performance is enhanced using the proposed protocol than the other existing systems. In order to verify the mathematical models and perform extensive testing of the proposed protocol, the NS2 simulator is adopted. Remarkable and improvised performance is revealed by the DCDH-SR Protocols.
Forecasting Volatility of Crude oil Prices using Box-Jenkins's Autoregressive Moving Average: Evidence from Indian Chemical Industry
Authors:   School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Thapar Institute of Engineering and technology (Deemed University), Patiala, India, Sharma* Rakesh Kumar
Published: October 2019

The current paper deals with to forecast volatility in crude oil prices in Indian economy. In the current study volatility is measured through change in monthly crude oil prices per barrel. The monthly data of crude oil price have taken from January 1995 to May, 2017. The different unit root tests are applied to test check change in crude oil price series is stationary or non stationary. Box-Jenkins's Autoregressive Moving Average of Box-Jenkins methodology has been used for developing a forecasting model. Minimum Akaike Information Criteria (AIC) has been opted to arrive at fit good ARMA model. According to this criteria (4, 3)(0,0) was observed as one of the best model to predict the volatility in future crude oil prices. Forecasted volatility in prices may be utilized for calculating future spot price and hedging future risk. Moreover, forecasted prices volatility of crude oil will also beneficial to oil companies, policy makers for formulating different economic policies and taking some crucial economic decision.
Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Steel using Data Science Techniques
Authors:   Department of computer science and engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, India., Sandhya* Dr. N. , Sowmya V. ,   Department of computer science and engineering, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, India., Bandaru Dr. Chennakesava Rao ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, India., Babu Dr. G. Raghu ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, India.
Published: October 2019

Stainless steel is most extensively utilized material in all engineering applications, house hold products, constructions, because it is environment friendly and can be recycled. The principal purpose of this paper is to implement different data science algorithms for predicting stainless steel mechanical properties. Integrating Data science techniques in material science and engineering helps manufacturers, designers, researchers and students in understanding the selection, discovery and development of materials used for various engineering applications. Data science algorithms help to find out the properties of the material without performing any experiments. The Data Science techniques such as Random Forest, Neural Network, Linear regression, K- Nearest Neighbor, Support vector Machine, Decision Tree, and Ensemble methods are used for predicting Tensile Strength by specifying processing parameters of stainless steel like carbon content, sectional size, temperature, manufacturing process. The research here is developed as part of AICTE grant sanctioned under RPS scheme [19] and it aims to implement different data science algorithms for predicting Tensile strength of steel and identifying the algorithm with decent prediction accuracy.
PCA + LDA Fuzzy Based Model for Emotional Nature Recognition of Human Video
Authors:   Dept. of Mathematics & Humanities, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India., Pandit* Dr. Dhiren , Dhodiya Dr. Jayesh ,   Applied Mathematics & Humanities Department, SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India
Published: October 2019

Human expresses their emotions by means of verbal and nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communications are done mainly using facial expression. This paper aims to recognize human emotion using nonverbal communication of human facial expressions. Different mathematical techniques like: principle component analysis (PCA), linear discriminate analysis (LDA) and independent component analysis (ICA) are widely used for human facial expression recognition. This paper applied fusion of PCA and LDA based model for facial video emotion recognition with neural network (NN), fuzzy approach and Ekman’s proposed concept of action units of faces. Moreover, results obtained in linguistic form using action units with fuzzy approach on unknwn individual persons for identification of nature of input video and compare with the actual data to validate the model. This paper concludes that developed approach provides 99% accuracy for human facial expression recognition and identification of nature of input video.
Optimization and Assessment of Residual Chlorine using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Modeling
Authors:   MIE Dept., College of Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Muscat ,Oman, Al-Araimi* Manahel Mohammad , M.J* Varghese. ,   CCCI, College of Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Muscat ,Oman,, Rao Lakkim Setty Nageswara ,   MIE Dept., College of Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Muscat ,Oman., Feroz Shaik ,   College of Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Muscat ,Oman
Published: October 2019

Water polluted with microorganisms and pathogens is one of the most significant hazards to public health. Potential microorganisms unsafe to human health can be destroyed through effective disinfection. To stop the re-growth of microorganisms, it is also advisable to take care of the residual disinfectant in the water distribution networks. The most frequently used cleanser material is chlorine. When the chlorine dosage is too low, there will be a deficiency of enough residues at the end of the water network system, leading to re-growth of microorganisms. Addition of an excessive amount of chlorine will lead to corrosion of the pipeline network and also the development of disinfection by-products (DBPs) including carcinogens. Thus, to determine the best rate of chlorine dosage, it is essential to model the system to forecast chlorine decay within the network. In this research study, two major modeling and optimization strategies were employed to assess the optimum dosage of chlorine for municipal water disinfection and also to predict residual chlorine at any predetermined node within the water distribution network. Artificial neural network (ANN) modeling techniques were used to forecast chlorine concentrations in different nodes in the urban water distribution system in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman. One-year dataset from one of the distribution system was used for conducting network modeling in this study. The input factors to RSM model considered were pH, chlorine dosage and time. Response variables for RSM model were fixed as total organic carbon (TOC), Biological oxygen demand (BOD) and residual chlorine An Artificial neural network (ANN) model for residual chlorine was created with pH, inlet-concentration of chlorine and initial temperature as input parameters and residual chlorine in the piping network as an output parameter. The ANN model created using these data can be employed to forecast the residual chlorine value in the urban water network at any given specific location. The results from this study utilizing the uniqueness of an ANN model to predict residual chlorine and water quality parameters have the potential to detect complex higher-order behavior between input and output parameters exist in urban water distribution system.
K-SVD: Dictionary Developing Algorithms for Sparse Representation of Signal.
Authors:   Electronics and Telecommunication, BATU University, PVPIT, Budhgaon, Sangli, India., Patil* Ms:Snehal , Patil Prof:A.G. ,   Electronics and Telecommunication, BATU University, PVPIT, Budhgaon, Sangli, India.
Published: October 2019

The sparse representation of signal is more interested in recent days. It contains overcomplete dictionaries that provides the signal atom. All signals of sparse explained with the help of linear combination of atom. Our proposed system mainly worked on different types of pursuit algorithm that decompose signal with respect to given dictionary D. In K-SVD algorithm description with the help of K-means algorithm. In analytical manner we developed all the algorithm with the help of calculation of dictionary D and it also apply to various method to get updated data. After correction of data we developed K-SVD algorithm which is adaptable. It also work in future work.
Strength Behavior of Pumice Stone Lightweight Concrete Beam in Contrast with Reinforced Concrete Beam
Authors:   Department of Civil Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India., Saravanakumar* R. , Veerakumar R. ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India., Kumar G. ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
Published: October 2019

The density of concrete less than that of nominal concrete achieved by any means is referred as Light weight concrete. Circulated air through Concrete, Light Weight Aggregate Concrete, Foamed Concrete are different types of Light weight concrete. In this research study, the density of the concrete has been reduced by replacing the coarse aggregate by the pumice stone as light weight coarse aggregate. The major advantage of this study is to reduce the risk of seismic damages of the structure by reducing the self weight of the structure. The decrease in dead load of structure because of the utilization of LWC additionally brings about reduction in the cross segment of other auxiliary individuals such as beam, column and foundation. The pumice stones have huge number of voids and have moderately higher warm protection than the ostensible aggregates. The objective of this research is to obtain light weight concrete having low unit weight and an optimum compressive strength. The Nominal concrete and the light weight concrete is prepared and the tests were led to decide the mechanical properties and compressive quality, its flexural capacity in beams
The Effect of Contexts on Learning Styles in M-Learning Environment using Chi Square Test
Authors:   Department of Information Science & Engineering Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi, Karnataka, India, Deshpande* Sudhindra B. , Mangalwede Shrinivas R. ,   Department of Computer Science & Engineering Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
Published: October 2019

The mobile learning system is the anywhere anytime learning that can happen with the smart devices with network connectivity. The learner is the one who learns through these portable smart devices in a personalized environment. So the M-Learning system should understand the needs of a learner, the learning styles and features of the devices; and accordingly should build the context of the learner. The system should adapt itself to the context of the learner, to deliver the content in the video or audio or text formats. The learning styles are identified as V for Visual, A for auditory, R for read and K for kinesthetic. In this paper two contexts – college and house has been considered for the study of Chi Square Test. The Chi Square test has been conducted to find the association and dependencies between the various categorical variables of college and house against the VARK learning styles.
Performance Analysis of a Solar PV based Grid Tied Multilevel Inverter Scheme for Linear and Non Linear Load
Authors:   Research Scholar, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, Ahmad* Mohmmad , Kirmani Sheeraz ,   Assistant Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi India
Published: October 2019

This paper presents the performance of Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) based grid connected multilevel inverter scheme having linear and nonlinear load connected at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC). Initially the analysis was carried out for the complete inverter circuit resulting in a slightly higher harmonics in PCC voltage and current, which can be further reduced to a lower value by connecting a filter. For a linear RL load, due to the filter, the THD in PCC voltage is reduced from 13% to below 5% (IEEE standard) and the THD in grid current decreases to below 5% from 14.8%. Similarly for a nonlinear load at PCC, a Diode Bridge, the harmonics in PCC voltage and the grid current can be further reduced to the lower level by connecting filter. The results obtained from simulation using SIMULINK/MATLAB Software are tabulated for SPV based grid tied system and also explained graphically.
Technology and Structure of The Development of Personnel Strategy of a Project in The Aviation Industry
Authors:   Moscow Aviation Institute (State University of Aerospace Technologies), Moscow, Russia., Burdina* Anna Anatolyevna , Bondarenko Anna Viktorovna ,   Moscow Aviation Institute (State University of Aerospace Technologies), Moscow, Russia., Manayenkova Yelena Timofeyevna ,   Moscow Aviation Institute (State University of Aerospace Technologies), Moscow, Russia.
Published: October 2019

The human resourcing component of the problem of analyzing the strategic efficiency of the industrial enterprises' projects for high-tech products (HTP) creation is highlighted. The dynamics of the key performance indicators of the aviation industry and the results of the analysis of achieving the target industry indicators in the aircraft manufacturing sector describing human resources are presented. A system is proposed for selecting the indicators for assessing the level of development of the project human resourcing. The specific features of the project human resourcing in the aviation industry of the Russian Federation are reflected. A method of assessing the level of development of personnel structural characteristics of the strategic efficiency of the HTP creation project in the aviation industry is proposed, taking into account the factor of their territorial production and assembly.
SNCHAR : Sign language Character Recognition
Authors:   Department of Computer Engineering & Applications, GLA University, Mathura, India., Chaurasia* Amit , Kshire Harshul ,   Department of Computer Engineering & Applications, GLA University, Mathura, India.
Published: October 2019

Hard of hearing and unable to speak individuals convey among themselves utilizing gesture based communication yet typical individuals think that it’s hard to comprehend their language. Utilizing two hands frequently prompts lack of definition of highlights because of covering of hands. Our undertaking goes for making the essential stride in crossing over the correspondence hole between typical individuals and tragically challenged individuals utilizing Sign language. Powerful augmentation of this undertaking to words and typical statements may not just cause the deaf and dumb individuals to impart quicker and simpler with external world, yet in addition give a lift in creating self-sufficient frameworks for comprehension and supporting them. Gesture based communication is the favored technique for correspondence among the hard of hearing and the meeting debilitated individuals everywhere throughout the world. Acknowledgment of communication via gestures can have shifting level of achievement when utilized in a computer vision or some other techniques. Communication via gestures is said to have an organized arrangement of signals where each motion is having a particular significance. We propose a solution to this problem as SNCHAR will allow easy interaction between the deaf and the hearing impaired people and the ones who are not. Here SN stands for Sign language, CHA for Character, and R for Recognition system. The project "SNCHAR: Sign language Character Recognition" system is a python based application. It uses live video as input, and predicts the letters the user is gesturing in the live feed. It captures the frames, and recognizes the area of hand gesture by looking for skin color intensity object. It separates the gesture area from the rest of the frame, and feeds that part to our pre-trained model. This pre-trained model, using the hand gesture as input predicts a value that represents an alphabet. This alphabet is displayed on the screen. User can hear the text predicted on the screen by pressing “P” on the keyboard. The predicted text can be erased if required by using “Z” from the keyboard
Compact Self Complementary UWB Antenna with Triple Band Notch Characteristics for Wireless Communications
Authors:   Electronics and Communication Engineering, Scholar JNTU Hyderabad, Assistant Professor in ECE ,Vardhaman college of Engineering , India., Krishna* Ch.Rama , Kumar Dr.G.A.E. Satish ,   Professor in ECE, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India., Reddy Dr.P. Chandra Sekhar ,   Professor in ECE, JNTU H college of Engineering, Hyderabad, India.
Published: October 2019

the objective of this paper is to design and analysis of the Ultra wide Band Micro strip Patch Antenna which covers the Ultra Wide Band 2.9 to 21.5 GHz. To get an optimum results and performance of the projected self complementary UWB antenna depends on the study of dissimilar methods for optimizing the different parameters of the radiating patch along with notch dimensions. The proposed self complementary UWB antenna with overlapped rectangular shape patch and Defected DGS is designed with C-Slot in the radiating patch element and ground with L shaped slot which covers the whole UWB frequency band apart from band notches WLAN (5.125-5.825 GHz) ,Satellite Communications (7.9-8.5 GHz) and Ku band 13.4-14.5GHz.The UWB antenna performance is improved in terms of the Bandwidth by including Rectangular shaped slit between feeding element and the radiating patch. Now a days it is important to avoid existing wireless communication networks from the design of UWB antenna. The self complementary UWB antenna impedance bandwidth from 2.9 GHz to 21.5 GHz with a maximum of return loss S11 -43 dB at operating frequency10.5 GHz and with a Gain of 5.64dB.
PILEFLEBITIS PORTAL – REPORTE DE UN CASO
Authors: Charria mejia Jose gabriel , Benavidez Mateo , Giraldo Sebastian , Serna Adriana
Published: October 2019

La trombosis séptica de la porta es una complicación poco frecuente y altamente mortal que se presenta en los pacientes como complicación de patología quirúrgica abdominal principalmente en casos de apendicitis aguda y enfermedad diverticular complicada. Las manifestaciones clínicas de la condición son bizarras lo que hace el diagnostico difícil y por ende la intervención tardía, favoreciendo así las tasas de complicaciones y desenlaces adversos. La aproximación diagnostica se enfoca en la clínica y técnicas de imagen. Se presenta un caso en relación a trombosis séptica de la porta secundario a patología dependiente del apéndice cecal manifiesto como choque séptico.
Meningitis por Listeria monocytogenes con ADA elevado en paciente inmunocompetente.
Authors: Betancur jimenez Carlos alberto , Mejia Saldarriaga Mateo , Posada Velez Veronica
Published: October 2019

La neuroinfección por Listeria monocytogenes, que incluye meningitis y rombencefalitis, se ha descrito tradicionalmente en personas en los extremos de la vida (menores de un año, mayores de 50 años), embarazadas y pacientes inmunosuprimidos con disfunción de la inmunidad celular. Es poco frecuente el compromiso de pacientes jóvenes sin estas condiciones predisponentes. La elevación de la adenosin-deaminasa (ADA) en líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) se ha descrito como una prueba con alta sensibilidad y especificidad para el diagnóstico de meningitis tuberculosa, pero no en la causada por Listeria monocytogenes.

En el presente artículo se presenta el caso de una paciente joven, sin inmunosupresión conocida, que presenta un cuadro subagudo de meningitis, LCR con pleocitosis de predominio mononuclear, parálisis del VI par craneal y elevación de ADA, secundario a compromiso por L. monocytogenes.
HIPOTIROIDISMO Y APNEA DEL SUEÑO
Authors: Londono Palacio Natalia , Rico López Alvaro Fernando
Published: October 2019

La Salud es un Derecho Fundamental de todo Ser Humano, ya reconocido por la Ley Estatutaria de Salud (Ley 1751 de 2015). Esta ley devuelve la autonomía profesional al médico y para hacer buen uso de ella, debemos ejercer nuestra profesión dentro de un marco de autorregulación, ética, racionalidad y evidencia científica. Somos los médicos los llamados a liderar la identificación de los gastos innecesarios en salud, sin descuidar la calidad de la atención. Iniciamos aquí una serie de artículos en los que esperamos exponer, bajo evidencia científica, cuáles prácticas en medicina debemos continuar, mejorar o abolir con el fin de autorregularnos bajo conceptos éticos, de calidad y de racionalidad científica.

El cuadro clínico del hipotiroidismo y de la apnea del sueño son bastantes similares, sin embargo cada una tiene unas características clínicas particulares que son las que debemos evaluar.

¿Se recomienda solicitar rutinariamente pruebas de función tiroidea a todos los pacientes con sospecha diagnóstica o diagnóstico confirmado de apnea del sueño?; ¿Se recomienda realizar un estudio del sueño a todos los pacientes con diagnóstico de hipotiroidismo clínico o subclínico?

No se recomienda realizar pruebas de función tiroidea a todos los pacientes con diagnóstico de apnea del sueño, así como tampoco hacer estudio del sueño a todos los pacientes con hipotiroidismo. Solo se recomienda hacer cuando la sospecha clínica lo amerite. Sugerimos la realización de investigaciones de costo/efectividad.
Sindrome de Hamman
Authors: Campbell Silva Santiago
Published: October 2019

Se conoce como Síndrome de Hamman al neumomediastino espontáneo. Condición considerada benigna, autolimitada y poco reportada en la literatura nacional e internacional. Es probable que exista un subregistro o no se dé a conocer lo suficiente. Debe tenerse en cuenta en todo paciente joven que ingrese a los servicios de urgencias por dolor torácico, disnea y enfisema subcutáneo. El diagnóstico se realiza por sospecha clínica y se confirma con los rayos X de tórax. El tratamiento es netamente conservador. Presentamos un caso ilustrativo de esta condición que se presentó en un joven después de un episodio paroxístico de tos ocasionado por contacto con gasolina. Su condición previa era completamente normal.
FAKTOR YANG MENENTUKAN LOYALITAS NASABAH PADA BANK BNI SYARIAH (STUDI KASUS NASABAH BANK BNI SYARIAH CABANG FATMAWATI)
Authors: Sesunan Yunia Silvia
Published: October 2019

The purpose of this study was to observe the effect of marketing mix, brand image, servicequality and loyalitas of the customer's Bank BNI Syariah Branch Fatmawati. The data that used inthis study is primary data, and data collection is done using questionnaire with random samplingmethode,the object of this research is the customerof Bank BNI Syariah Fatmawati Branch. In orderto provide the best service to the customer. The result of this study indicates that marketing mix,brand image and service qualityhave positive and significant partial and simultaneous effect oncustomer loyalty of Bank BNI Syariah Branch Fatmawati.
Analisis Peramalan Hasil Produksi Gitar Dengan Menggunakan Model Apx500ii Bulan Januari 2015 Pada PT Yamaha Music Manufacturing Indonesia (Metode Forecasting Dan QM For Windows)
Authors: Haryanti Dewi , Phalipi Syahnan , Hamzah Muhammad Ichwan
Published: October 2019

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian di bidang manajemen pemasaran. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif yang merupakan metode penelitian yang digunakan untuk menganalisis suatu data statistik secara deskriptif, sedangkan metode yang digunakan adalah metode peramalan kuantitatif (forecasting). Tujuan penelitian adalah dapat mengetahui peramalan produksi gitar model APX500II bulan Januari 2015 pada PT. Yamaha Music Manufacturing Indonesia menggunakan metode forecasting dan QM for Windows. Sehingga hasil produksi gitar sesuai dengan permintaan pasar dan tidak terjadi pemborosan atau kerugian akibat produksi berlebih. Serta dapat mengetahui nilai MAD dan MSE yang paling sesuai untuk meramalkan hasil produksi gitar bulan Januari 2015. Lokasi penelitian dilakukan pada PT. Yamaha Music Manufacturing Indonesia. Penelitian dilaksanakan pada 08 Desember 2014 sampai 09 Januari 2015 selama satu bulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dari ke enam metode peramalan yang digunakan, nilai MAD dan MSE yang paling rendah yaitu nilai MAD sebesar 391,0755 dan MSE 246.291,6152. Maka dapat diperoleh nilai peramalan hasil produksi gitar model APX500II untuk bulan Januari 2015 sebesar 1.068.4695 unit.
UJI PEMBERIAN PUPUK ISKANDAR MUDA (PIM) ORGANIK TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN DAN PRODUKSI TANAMAN SAWI (Brassica juncea. L)
Authors: D Afmerta , Ezward Chairil , Mashadi Mashadi
Published: October 2019

ABSTRAK

 

              Penelitian ini telah dilaksanakan di Kelurahan Lubuk Jambi Kecamatan Kuantan Mudik Kabupaten Kuantan Singingi. Waktu penelitian dimulai pada Bulan Juni sampai Agustus 2016. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui uji pemberian pupuk iskandar muda (PIM) organik terhadap pertumbuhan dan produksi tanaman sawi (Brassica juncea. L). Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) Non Faktorial yaitu Pupuk Iskandar Muda (PIM) Organik yang terdiri dari 6 taraf perlakuan dan 3 ulangan dengan jumlah plot sebanyak 18 buah dengan ukuran 80 cm x 80 cm. Perlakuan P0 = tanpa pemberian PIM Organik, P1 = Pemberian PIM Organik 0,5 ton/ha, setara dengan 32 gr/plot, P2 = Pemberian PIM Organik 1 ton/ha, setara dengan 64 gr/plot, P3 = Pemberian PIM Organik 1,5 ton/ha, setara dengan 96 gr/plot, P4 = Pemberian PIM Organik 2 ton/ha, setara dengan 128 gr/plot dan P5 = Pemberian PIM Organik 2,5 ton/ha, setara dengan 160 gr/plot. Data-data dianalisis secara statistik, dengan uji lanjut beda nyata jujur (BNJ) pada taraf 5%. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, maka disimpulkan bahwa pemberian Pupuk Iskandar Muda (PIM) organik memberikan pengaruh yang nyata terhadap jumlah daun dan berat segar tanaman. Perlakuan terbaik terdapat pada perlakuan P5 (Pemberian PIM Organik 2,5 ton/ha, setara dengan 160 gr/plot) dengan jumlah daun 15,22 helai dan berat segar tanaman 499,56 gram/tanaman.
The Role of Charcoal from Oil Palm Trunks for Improving Macro Nutrients Content of Corn (Zea mays, L.).
Authors: Febrianti Febrianti , Asridawati Syofia
Published: October 2019

Budidaya tanaman jagung (Zea mays L.) membutuhkan nutrisi yang  berperan penting dalam produksi jagung, sehingga upaya peningkatan produksi jagung selalu diikuti dengan menggunakan pupuk. Ketersediaan batang kelapa sawit yang melimpah saat penanaman kembali kelapa sawit merupakan peluang untuk memanfaatkan batang kelapa sawit sebagai bahan baku arang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari pengaruh arang dari batang kelapa sawit terhadap kadar unsur hara makro tanaman jagung. Tanah yang digunakan sebagai media tanam adalah Latosol yang diambil pada kedalaman 0-20 cm. Media tanam diberi arang batang kelapa sawit sebanyak 0%, 4%, 8%, 12%, 16% dan 20% dari berat tanah tanah yang digunakan. Berat tanah yang digunakan adalah 12 kg BKM. Media tanam diberi pupuk dasar nitrogen (N), fosfor (P) dan kalium (K). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tanah yang diberi perlakuan 20% arang dari batang kelapa sawit meningkatkan kadar hara nitrogen (N), fosfor (P), kalium (K) dan magnesium (Mg) secara signifikan.
AKUPRESSURE PADA TITIK HEGU UNTUK MENGATASI NYERI MENSTRUASI
Authors: Kostania Gita , Kuswati Kuswati , Fitriyani Ati
Published: October 2019

Latar Belakang : Menstruasi merupakan tanda pubertas seorang wanita dan menjadi rutinitas wanita yang masih dalam masa subur. Siklus ini menimbulkan ketidaknyamanan, salah satunya nyeri menstruasi. Nyeri ini dapat berupa kram ringan hingga dapat mengganggu kegiatan sehari-hari. Nyeri menstruasi dapat dikurangi secara farmakologis dan non farmakologis. Secara non farmakologis salah satunya adalah dengan akupresure pada titik Hegu.

Tujuan : Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh akupresure titik hegu terhadap nyeri menstruasi.

Metode : Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasional. Jenis penelitian quasy eksperiment dengan rancangan non equivalent control group. Populasi aktualnya yaitu santriwati kelas XI Madrasah Bertaraf Internasional Amanatul Ummah Mojokerto yang mengalami nyeri menstruasi sebanyak 126 orang. Teknik pengambilan sample adalah purposive sampling dengan perhitungan rumus Slovin, didapatkan sebanyak 56 responden. Instrumen penelitian menggunakan lembar observasi dengan pengukuran Numeric Rating Scale. Analisis data menggunakan independent t-test.

Hasil : Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan penurunan nyeri menstruasi antara kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol dengan p=0,001 (p
EVALUASI PENCATATAN KOHORT BAYI DI WILAYAH KABUPATEN PEKALONGAN
Authors: Kristiyanti Rini , Setyaningsih Pujiati , Fajriyah Nuniek Nizmah
Published: October 2019

Latar belakang: Keberhasilan upaya pelayanan kesehatan pada bayi dapat diketahui melalui cakupan pelayanan kesehatan bayi, yang didalamnya menggambarkan kinerja bidan dalam memberikan pelayanan kepada bayi. Kohort bayi merupakan salah satu instrumen kesehatan ibu dan anak yang merupakan sumber data tentang bayi di suatu wilayah kerja bidan. Evaluasi pencatatan kohort perlu dilakukan agar dapat mengetahui sejauh mana instrumen tersebut bermanfaat dan untuk menentukan program ke depan berkaitan dengan kesehatan ibu dan anak.

Tujuan: Menggambarkan evaluasi pencatatan kohort bayi di wilayah Kabupaten Pekalongan.

Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh bidan di wilayah kabupaten Pekalongan sejumlah 339 orang. Teknik pengambilan sampel dengan menggunakan purposive sampling didapatkan 6 puskesmas dengan subyek penelitian sejumlah 57 orang. Pada penelitian ini menggunakan checklist yang diisi sesuai dengan hasil kohort bayi masing-masing subyek penelitian. Analisa data menggunakan analisis univariat.

Hasil: Item dalam kohort bayi diisi dengan lengkap sebesar 16,7% (No.urut, nama bayi, jenis kelamin, jenis kelamin, alamat, dan kondisi saat lahir), sedangkan item yang lain diisi tidak lengkap. Hasil tidak lengkap paling sering ditemui pada item NIK (93%), kematian (98,2%), masuk balita (75,4%), dan keterangan (82,5%)

Simpulan: Sebagian besar (83,3%) item dalam kohort bayi belum diisi dengan lengkap oleh bidan
Confiança Pública e Legitimidade do Poder Judiciário: a agenda de pesquisa pendente no Brasil
Authors: Castro Paulo Alexandre Batista de
Published: October 2019

A emergência do judiciário no cenário político nacional tem levantado questões importantes sobre como
as instituições representativas lidam com os problemas de representação. Embora exista uma literatura diversa
no Brasil interessada em investigar as nuances da relação entre o Judiciário e outros Poderes, os esforços de
pesquisa mais recentes têm se concentrado em desvendar como os tribunais funcionam internamente. Este artigo
caminha em uma direção diferente para abordar uma nova perspectiva analítica no campo dos estudos judiciais: a
construção da legitimidade judicial. Partindo da premissa de que os tribunais não são universalmente dotados de
legitimidade, o artigo resume quatro das principais correntes teóricas da literatura internacional para as seguintes
perguntas: como é construída a legitimidade do Judiciário? Quais fatores colocam essa legitimidade em risco? O
objetivo desta discussão é oferecer algumas idéias sobre o campo dos estudos relacionados à legitimidade e estimular
o desenvolvimento de novos estudos que considerem essas questões no Brasil.
Controle Social: o que as evidências realmente mostram?
Authors: Fox Jonathan
Published: October 2019

As evidências empíricas de impactos tangíveis de iniciativas de controle social são ambíguas. Esta meta-análise reinterpreta as avaliações por meio de uma nova lente: a distinção entre abordagens táticas e estratégicas para a promoção da voz cidadã para melhorar a performance do setor público. Experimentos de campo
estudam intervenções táticas e limitadas, baseadas em premissas otimistas acerca do poder da informação como único elemento para motivar a ação coletiva e para influenciar o desempenho do Estado. Estudos sobre estratégias mutidimensionais que geram ambientes propícios para a ação coletiva e impulsionam a capacidade estatal de responder a essa participação são mais promissores. As estratégias-sanduíche possibilitam que “voz” e “dentes” se empoderarem mutuamente, por meio da sinergia Estado-sociedade.
MICROBIAL ASSESSMENT OF READY-TO-EAT FOOD AND FOOD CONTACT SURFACES IN SELECTED RESTAURANTS IN OKADA, SOUTH -SOUTH NIGERIA
Authors: Akpoka Obhioze Augustine
Published: October 2019

Good food hygiene ensures that the preparation and preservation of foods are safe for human consumption. It ensures that food is prevented from microbial contamination at the levels of production to consumption. The aim of this study was to determine the microbial content of ready-to-eat cooked food, ready-to-use serving plates and hands of food handlers in six selected restaurants in Okada, Edo State, Nigeria. The samples were aseptically collected from the restaurants and taken to the microbiology laboratory of Igbinedion University, Okada for analysis. The microbial content of the samples was identified by standard microbiological methods. The microorganisms isolated were Enterobacter species, Streptococcus species, Micrococcus species, Bacillus species, Staphylococcus aureus and Saccharomyces species. The total aerobic viable counts, total coliform counts and total Staphylococcus counts in the ready-to-eat cooked food from the six restaurants were 3.67 ± 0.33 × 102 cfu/g - 2.71 ± 0.05 × 104 cfu/g; 3.33 ± 0.33 × 102 cfu/g - 2.39 ± 0.04 × 104 cfu/g and 0.00 ± 0.00 cfu/g - 3.70 ± 0.21 × 103 cfu/g respectively. The concentration of microbes on the food contact surfaces from ready-to-use serving plates were 0.00 ± 0.00 cfu/cm2 - 14.67 ± 0.33 cfu/cm2 and 0.00 ± 0.00 cfu/cm2 - 22.67 ± 0.33 cfu/cm2 in the hands of the food handlers. Therefore, foods provided to consumers at these restaurants are not of acceptable microbiological quality.
ASSESSMENT OF 16S rRNA SEQUENCE AND HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT (HPC) METHODS OF IDENTIFYING BACTERIA FROM DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS IN BENIN CITY METROPOLIS
Authors: Enaigbe Andrew A. , Akpoka Obhioze Augustine , Imade Stanley Odaro
Published: October 2019

A variety of simple culture-based tests which are proposed to recover a wide range of microorganisms from water are collectively known as heterotrophic plate count (HPC) and used as an indirect indicator to give information about water quality.  The aim of this study was to assess the heterotrophic plate count (HPC) culture-based dependent and 16S rRNA independent techniques of identifying bacteria. The HPC was conducted by incubating a filtered sample of water on R2A agar plates and enumerating the number of resultant bacterial colonies that grow on each plate. The molecular analysis was performed by extracting the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from bacterial isolate and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was done to obtain the amplicons (PCR products). Purified PCR products were sequenced by ABI V3.1 Big dye kit and the analysis of sequence was conducted by the basic local alignment search tool (BLAST) to identify their closest relatives. A total number of 17 isolates of Pseudomonas, Bacillus and Proteus were phenotypically identified, while the nucleotide sequence revealed the presence of 59 diverse strains with distribution (percentage) of Pseudomonas (25) 42.2 %, Bacillus 17 (28.8 %) and Proteus (17) 28.8 %. The investigated isolates when compared from gene data-base recorded genetic relatedness with similarity index of 61 to 100 %. The 16S rRNA gene sequences from DNA extractions showed microbial consortia in drinking water to comprise of a broad array of bacterial diversity, including those of critical concern to human health such as Pseudomonas and Bacillus. Finally, there was no significant correlation between the HPC test and 16S rRNA sequence analysis.
REVISÃO DA LITERATURA MÉDICA VIGENTE SOBRE AS DIFICULDADES FRENTE A IMPLANTOPLASTIA
Authors: Figueira Karina
Published: October 2019

Introdução: Implantoplastia é a modificação mecânica do implante, incluindo remoção de rosca e alisamento da superfície, tem sido proposta durante o tratamento peri-implantite cirúrgico. Objetivos: O objetivo da revisão atual foi avaliar sistematicamente a literatura para responder à questão focada “Existem complicações mecânicas e ou biológicas devido à implantoplastia? ”. Materiais e métodos: A busca sistemática da literatura foi realizada em três bases de dados para avaliar possíveis complicações mecânicas e ou biológicas. Todos os estudos laboratoriais, pré-clínicos in vivo e clínicos envolvendo implantoplastia foram incluídos, e qualquer complicação potencialmente relacionada à implantoplastia foi registrada e resumida. Resultados: Estudos laboratoriais demonstraram que a implantoplastia não resulta em aumento de temperatura, desde que o resfriamento apropriado seja usado, mas leva à redução da força do implante em implantes de dimensão “padrão”; além disso, estudos pré-clínicos mostraram deposição de partículas de titânio nos tecidos circundantes. No entanto, nenhum estudo clínico relatou qualquer complicação notável devido à implantoplastia; entre 217‐291 implantes submetidos a implantoplastia, nenhuma fratura de implante foi relatada durante um follow-up de 3-126 meses, enquanto apenas um único caso de descoloração da mucosa, provavelmente devido à deposição de partículas de titânio, foi relatado. Conclusões: Com base em todas as evidências clínicas e in vivo pré-clínicas atualmente disponíveis, mas limitadas, a implantoplastia não parece estar associada a nenhuma complicação mecânica ou biológica notável a curto ou médio prazo. Palavras Chave: Implantoplastia; Peri-implantite; Reabsorção óssea.