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Pertukaran Otomatis dalam Informasi: Perspektif Ekonomi Politik
Authors: Akmam Sidharta
Published: June 2020

Singapura merupakan mitra dagang dan investasi utama bagi Indonesia. Kedua negarasaling membutuhkan terlepas dari pasang surutnya hubungan keduanya. Hal yang seringdisoroti pemerintah Indonesia adalah harta milik warga negara Indonesia yang disimpan diSingapura dan diperkirakan mencapai 60% dari seluruh kekayaan warga Indonesia di luarnegeri. Hal ini menjadi semakin penting karena ada kebutuhan dana dalam jumlah besaruntuk menunjang pembangunan infrastruktur. Tujuan penulisan ini adalah untuk menilaiupaya pemerintah untuk menarik kembali harta yang di luar negeri melalui programpertukaran informasi secara otomatis (AEOI). Pemerintah telah menjalankan programpengampunan pajak atau tax amnesty. Penulis menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatifdan kuantitatif serta hasil penelitian mengenai AEOI yang ada. Hasil menunjukkan bahwaprogram pengam-punan pajak tidak mencapai target awal karena kelemahan AEOI, yangdisusun berdasarkan program FATCA yang dilakukan oleh Amerika Serikat.
Penyebab Krisis Finansial Global tahun 2008: Kegagalan Financial Development dalam Mendorong Pertumbuhan dan Stabilitas Ekonomi
Authors: Santoso Yohanes William
Published: June 2020

The Global Financial Crisis has raised questions for economists on the causes of the issue and how to prevent similar case in the future. One of the causes of the crisis was a large and rapid increase of credit accumulation in the United States (US) on the period of 2000 to 2007. While according to the theory of Financial Development, credit is one of the indicator that shows the ongoing national financial system. Credit includes the access get credit and the ability of financial institution to lend credit. Both can be seen in the United States, proved by the ease of access to home loans and increasing amount of subprime mortgages. In accordance with the theory of financial development, the US economy should had experienced growth and stability. However, the rapid increase of credit accumulation in US has led to instability and crisis. The anomaly proves the failure of Financial Development and encourage the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to review the theory and prove its relevance in explaining economic growth and stability.
Indonesia Membership on Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO): Cost and Benefit Analysis
Authors: Nasution Husni , Diana Shinta Rahma , Sianipar Bernhard , Rubiyanti Sri , Susanti Dini , Rafikasari Astri
Published: June 2020

Indonesia with seven other countries, namely Bangladesh, China, Iran, Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru, and Thailand are the signatory countries of APSCO Convention, on October 28th, 2005. APSCO is space coopeation organization outside the United Nations system for the Asia Pacific region, initiated by the People’s Republic of  China. To date, from the eight signatory countries, only Indonesia has not ratified yet and has not become a full member of APSCO. This paper examines cost and benefit of the Indonesia membership on APSCO.  The methods used are quantitative and qualitative method.  While the analysis used approaches related to contribution of cost to provided and benefits to be received by Indonesia as well as the national interest mentioned in Presidential Decree No. 64/1999 on Indonesian Membership and Indonesian Government Contributions to International Organizations.  From the study, it was found that by ratifying the Convention and following APSCO activities optimally, the benefits will be receive by Indonesia greater than contribution given to APSCO. Similarry, the joining of Indonesia in APSCO will also provide substansial benefit for the national interest, especially for politic, economic, international peace and security, humanity, and others as well as  enhancing better relationship among countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Peran Jejaring Feminis Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) dalam Merepresentasikan Hak Asasi Perempuan
Authors: Retyaningtyas Lathiefah Widuri
Published: June 2020

Penelitian ini berusaha menjelaskan latar belakang pentingnya membangun sebuah jejaring feminis untuk menghadapi situasi yang tidak memihak perempuan akibat langgengnya hegemoni patriarki. Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) sebagai salah satu jejaring feminis dipilih sebagai contoh untuk melihat peran yang dimiliki jejaring feminis dalam merepresentasikan hak asasi perempuan beserta gambaran tantangan yang dihadapi dalam menghadapi hegemoni patriarki yang terlegitimasi pada aspek kehidupan manusia. APWLD menggunakan instrumen hukum untuk memperkuat hasil-hasil penelitian, pelatihan, advokasi dan aktivismenya dalam mengklaim dan memperkuat hak asasi perempuan pada setiap ruang-ruang dialog yang memengaruhi kebijakan ditingkat lokal, nasional, regional maupun internasional. Upaya yang dilakukan oleh APWLD dalam mendorong perubahan untuk memengaruhi praktik kebijakan ataupun hukum pada tingkat lokal, nasional, regional dan internasional akan ditinjau melalui kerangka Transnational Feminist Networks (TFNs).
Globalization on Culture and Identity: Pengaruh dan Eksistensi Hallyu (Korean-Wave) Versus Westernisasi di Indonesia
Authors: Larasati Dinda
Published: June 2020

Globalisasi sebagai sebuah konsep yang mendominasi di era saat ini telah menyentuh berbagai aspek kehidupan manusia dan dalam berbagai bidang. Tak terkecuali aspek budaya dan identitas yang pada dasarnya bersifat dinamis dan mengkuti perkembangan zaman. Salah satu dampak nyata globalisasi terhadap budaya yaitu munculnya budaya global yang menjadi trend negara-negara di seluruh dunia seperti westernisasi. Westernisasi merupakan budaya global yang berisikan nilai-nilai budaya barat yang banyak di adopsi, di adaptasi, di tiru, dan di anut oleh negara-negara di dunia termasuk Indonesia. Pada perkembangannya, westernisasi mendapatkan rival sebagai budaya global yang di tandai dengan munculnya Hallyu (Korean-Wave) yang dapat di katakan sebagai westernisasi versi Asia. Korea-Wave sendiri merupakan trend budaya yang sarat akan nilai-nilai budaya Korea Selatan. Kedua budaya global ini pun memberikan pengaruh terhadap masyarakat Indonesia yang bertindak sebagai konsumen budaya. Dengan menggunakan metode eksplanatif yang berbasis studi literatur bersumber pada buku, jurnal dan media, penulis bertujuan untuk mengkaji mengenai globalisasi  budaya yang menimbulkan munculnya budaya global seperti westernisasi dan Korean wave serta pengaruh dan eksistensi keduanya di Indonesia . Fokus bahasan akan mengacu pada  “bagaimana pengaruh dan eksistensi Hallyu (Korean-Wave)  Vs. Westernisasi di Indonesia?” Untuk mengkaji topik tersebut, penulis menggunakan konsep tiga scenario  budaya dalam globalisasi (The Scenario of Culture in Globalization) atau yang dikenal sebagai Skenario 3 H  (The Three H Scenarios). Hasil analisa penulis menunjukkan bahwa Korean-Wave mulai menggeser posisi westernisasi sebagai budaya global di Indonesia yang di buktikan dengan meningkatnya minat masyarakat Indonesia terhadap simbol-simbol kebudayaan Korea seperti musik, makanan, fashion, make-up, bahkan juga bahasa. Kata-kata Kunci: Globalisasi Budaya, Korean-Wave, Westernisasi
Mengurai Kode Geopolitik Korea Selatan: Analisis terhadap Satu Tahun Pidato Kepresidenan Moon-Jae In 2017-2018
Authors: Bhiswara Bara
Published: June 2020

Sebagai ‘middle power’ yang dikepung para ‘major powers’, kebijakan luar negeri Korea Selatan secara umum dibentuk dengan kepentingan untuk menjembatani relasi kekuatan yang muncul di kawasan. Kompetisi pengaruh dari AS dan Tiongkok, opsi kerjasama internasional, hingga provokasi militer Korea Utara di Semenanjung Korea menjadi dinamika isu geopolitik yang senantiasa memunculkan tantangan tersendiri bagi presiden yang tengah menjabat. Menggunakan metode analisis konten, artikel ini berusaha mengidentifikasi bagaimana kode geopolitik Korea Selatan diartikulasikan dalam satu tahun masa kepresidenan Moon Jae-In. Berangkat dari sudut pandang geopolitik, pembahasan akan difokuskan dalam meninjau peta retoris Korea Selatan, bagaimana Korea Selatan memposisikan dirinya di kawasan dan sistem internasional, dan bagaimana Korea Selatan mengidentifikasi kawan, lawan, dan menjustifikasinya kepada audien domestic dan internasional.
STRATEGI PEMERINTAH REPUBLIK INDONESIA DALAM PENANGANAN MASALAH PELINTAS BATAS INDONESIA-TIMOR LESTE
Authors: Seran Remigius
Published: June 2020

ABSTRACTThe urgency to set up the Border Between Indonesia and Timor-Leste and the border crossers is based on much more complex historical reasons than the arrangement of Indonesia's borders with other countries. Border governance policies between Indonesia and Timor-Leste are characterized by: border governance policies indicate a desire to adopt an integrated approach, governance practices tend to be fragmented where two very dominant approaches are the security approach and the socio-economic welfare approach. A border governance policy that ignores cultural identity variables leads to a reverse response, namely the use of cultural identity to challenge the country's dominant conception and policy in border governance. The phenomenon of "rat road" and other cross-border interaction networks called illegal by the state can be read as a form of local community resistance to the claim of state sovereignty over the border. In an integrated border governance policy, a cultural approach should be one of the main components that characterize other approaches. Jailly puts the four dimensions of the policy parallel, the cultural approach in border governance policy to the principles that fuel security policy, local politics and economic policy in border governance. The practical consequence of this study is the policy that border governance must move beyond the dominance of the economic security approach to an integrated approach. This study proposes the concept of trans-border social and cultural space as an important element in integrated border governance.Key Words: Border governance, Indonesia – Timor-Leste, Cultural crosser borders.
Strategi Ekspansi PT. Garuda Indonesia Tbk melalui Kolaborasi Internasional dengan SkyTeam Airline Alliance
Authors: Dewi Ni Made Citra Kusuma
Published: June 2020

On March 5th 2014, Garuda Indonesia officially joined SkyTeam AirlineAlliance and became the first Indonesian airline that takes part in theglobal airline alliance. Based on that case, the author aims to explore theexpansion strategy of PT. Garuda Indonesa Tbk. through its membershipin SkyTeam. The author will utilize the strategic alliance theory of InternationalBusiness in understanding the relation between Garuda Indonesiaand SkyTeam. The author will also provide several datas to comparethe business operation of PT. Garuda Indonesia before and after joiningSkyTeam Airline Alliance in order to analyze the impact of this alliance.According to the collected data, the author found that the membership ofGaruda Indonesia in SkyTeam has shown positive impacts to the airline’snumber of international traffic, total operating revenues, as well as itsquality of service. Therefore, the author argues that SkyTeam AirlineAlliance contributes not only to the increase of profit earned by GarudaIndonesia, but also the airline’s quality of service.
Aspek Pragmatisme Dalam Kebijakan Pintu Terbuka Jerman terhadap Pengungsi Timur Tengah: Solusi Grey Population
Authors: Salsabila Nadia Khansa
Published: June 2020

In 2015, refugee crisis that occurred in European Union due to the war inthe Middle East formed the background of Germany’s open-door policy.As it is implemented, this open-door policy attracted several controversieswith strong internal criticism and negative public opinion, but the policystill be maintained. This phenomenon raises questions regarding on thebasis of German legitimacy in maintaining an open-door policy whichhas always highlighted the sides and ideas of humanitarianism. Therefore,this study seeks to see other aspects of Germany’s open-door policyas German foreign policy, namely ‘pragmatism’ based on considerationof demographic issues related to greying population which have a negativeimpact on German’s stability and economic prospects. Based on thesethoughts, the author argues that Germany maintained the open-door policyas a solution to help overcome greying population in demographic andeconomic context. The open-door policy can be use as a solution throughthe use of refugees and immigrants as productive workers and tax payersin Germany.
Program PetroCaribe sebagai Strategi Ekonomi Venezuela Era Presiden Nicolas Maduro
Authors: Aurellia Debby , Febriana Yasinta D. , Salaeh N.
Published: June 2020

PetroCaribe is an oil organization initiated by Venezuela for countries inthe Caribbean region as a mean to economic diplomacy and overcomethe oil crisis within the country. Furthermore, PetroCaribe aims to provideoil to countries in the Caribbean at low prices. This study aims tofind out the reasons behind the retention of PetroCaribe as a way to overcomethe economic crisis in Venezuela, and the influence of the existenceof PetroCaribe on countries in the Caribbean region. The approachused in this study is the liberal institutionalist theory, which regardsthe state as a selfish rational actor in operating internationally so thatagreements cannot be enforced hierarchically. Therefore, internationalorganizations can only expect cooperation to occur if the states havethe same interests. This is where PetroCaribe become useful as a formof organization that accommodates the cooperation of the Venezuelanstate as the main actor with Caribbean countries in the economic field. Themethod used in this study is qualitative and descriptive.
Vitamin D eksikliği olan bireylerde paratiroid bezlerinin ultrasonografik değerlendirilmesi ve paratiroid bezi boyutlarının anksiyete-depresyon ile ilişkisinin belirlenmesi
Authors: BÜYÜKŞİRECİ Mehmet , EKER BÜYÜKŞİRECİ Dilek
Published: June 2020

Amaç: Bu çalışmada amacımız vitamin D eksikliği olanlarda paratiroid bezinin ultrasonografi (US) ile değerlendirilmesi ve paratiroid bezi boyutlarının anksiyete-depresyon ile ilişkisinin belirlenmesidir.

Materyal ve method: Bu çalışmaya vitamin D eksikliği olan ve vitamin D düzeyleri normal saptanan 30-65 yaş arası 39 birey dahil edildi (24 vitamin D eksikliği grubu, 15 kontrol grubu). Vitamin D düzeyi < 20 nmol/L olan katılımcılar vitamin D eksikliği grubuna dahil edildi. Tüm katılımcılara hastane anksiyete-depresyon ölçeği dolduruldu. Katılımcıların serum vitamin D, kalsiyum ve parathormon düzeyleri kayıt altına alındı. Katılımcılara laboratuar verilerine kör bir radyolog tarafından paratiroid bezlerine yönelik US yapıldı ve US ile tespit edilebilen paratiroid bezlerinden en büyüğünün boyutları kaydedildi. Akut ağrılı hastalar, romatizmal hastalığı olanlar, nörolojik ve psikiatrik hastalığı olanlar çalışmaya dahil edilmedi.

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Vitamin D eksikliği olan 24 katılımcı ile vitamin D düzeyi normal olan 15 katılımcı çalışmaya dahil edildi. Cinsiyet dağılımı, yaş, boy, kilo ve body- mass indexi (BMI) her iki grupta benzer bulundu (Tablo-1). Vitamin D eksikliği olan grupta parathormon düzeyi kontrol grubuna göre anlamlı olarak yüksek saptandı (p=0.009) (Tablo-1). Vitamin D eksikliği olan grupta vitamin D düzeyi 7.84±3.21 ng/ml, kontrol grubunda ise 41.43±20.42 ng/ml olarak saptandı (p< 0.001). Her iki grup arasında anksiyete düzeyi açısından anlamlı fark saptanmadı. Vitamin D eksikliği olan grupta depresyon skoru kontrol grubuna göre anlamlı olarak yüksek saptandı (p
Effect of a Planned Health Teaching on Improving Knowledge and Competence of Home Care Practice of Post Stroke Patient Among Caregivers' Achievement
Authors: Sheha Eman Ali Abd El Moaty , Soultan Asmaa Abouda Abdelhamed , Malk Rasha Nabil , Elsherbeny Eman Mohammed Mohammed
Published: June 2020

Background: Stroke is one of the major healthcare challenges, being one of the leading causes of death, disability, and dependency in the activity of daily living worldwide Homecare of stroke patients is having a great role in the patient recovery. Patient family caregivers and relatives can play an important role in the care of patients. But how to continue proper care of the patient at home after discharge, they don't know what to do and don't have practice as well. In this view, the researcher believes that it might be a great help for caregivers and the patients to teach theirs about stroke and home care of stroke patients. Objective: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a planned health teaching on the caregiver's knowledge and competence of home care of stroke patients. Therefore, improve the patients' functional ability. Methods: The two group pre and post-test, quasi-experimental design was conducted among 50 caregivers of stroke patients, assigned to 25 caregivers as a control group and 25 caregivers as an experimental group. The study was done in the university hospital at El Fayoum city from 1st March 2019 to 31st August 2019. Four tools were used for data collection after reviewing relevant data as the following; a structured interviewing questionnaire, caregiver's knowledge questionnaire regarding stroke, caregiver's practices regarding bed position, Position Change and Transfer, and Range of Motion Exercises, and patient function ability assessment according to Barthel index. Results: revealed that there was a poor score level of knowledge and competence of home care practices before the intervention. However, there was an improvement of score level in the control and experimental group post-intervention, but the higher score was observed in the experimental group. The mean score level of patient functional ability in the experimental group improved than the control group through follow up. Highly statistical significance was found between control and experimental group post-intervention related to knowledge and practices. A positive significant correlation between caregiver's practices and patients function ability in the experimental group was found. Conclusion: planned health teaching is important after patients discharge to increase the caregiver's knowledge and competence of home care practices of post-stroke patients; resulting in improved patient functional ability.
A LEI 11.689/2008 E O TRIBUNAL DO JÚRI NO BRASIL: ASPECTOS CRÍTICOS DOUTRINÁRIOS E JURISPRUDENCIAIS
Authors: Câmera Kamila , Barreto Oliveira Tarsis
Published: June 2020

O presente artigo utiliza o embasamento teórico para expor possíveis violações de fundamentos constitucionais que ocorrem durante os debates no Tribunal do Júri, especificamente quanto ao crime de homicídio. Inicialmente, discorre-se sobre o instituto do Tribunal do Júri, tratando de sua evolução histórica e de seu posicionamento na Constituição Federal, tornando-o cláusula pétrea, bem como dos seus princípios próprios. Aborda-se a vinculação entre os debates e possíveis violações à Constituição Federal. Demonstra-se o caráter simbólico e arcaico do instituto, prevalecendo a encenação das partes sobre o processo em si, a importância da tecnicidade coloquial da acusação e da defesa em plenário, para que o Conselho de Sentença seja capaz de compreender as normas jurídicas ali debatidas e, consequentemente, ter discernimento no momento da votação dos quesitos, para não comprometer o resultado do julgamento. Conclui-se pela imprescindibilidade das partes buscarem aproximação linguística com o conhecimento dos jurados leigos, manterem o foco no processo em discussão e valorizarem o réu e a vítima, muitas vezes marginalizados em detrimento do privilégio das encenações das partes.
A IGREJA UNIVERSAL E INTOLERÂNCIA RELIGIOSA: A satanização das religiões afro-brasileiras
Authors: Fernandes Andreia Maia , Almeida Flávio Aparecido de
Published: June 2020

A Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus é a pioneira do movimento neopentecostal no Brasil e ainda hoje é a maior representante desse movimento religioso.  As teorias salvacionista e da prosperidade, o uso maciço de meios de comunicação, foram características que fizeram a Universal convencer fiéis de outras Igrejas tradicionais se converterem a seus dogmas. Conforme ia ganhando terreno no campo religioso seu discurso, foi ficando mais forte e os ataques a outras religiões se tornaram constantes. O principal alvo desses ataques são as religiões de matrizes africanas. O discurso que sataniza as religiões afro-brasileiras feito pela Igreja de Edir Macedo ultrapassa os limites do púlpito do templo, ganha os veículos de comunicação e a intolerância religiosa que sempre existiu, ganha forças se transformando em atos de violência verbal e física. Palavras-chave: Intolerância - Igreja Universal – satanização - religiões afro-brasileiras.
Teorias da linguagem e leitura bíblica: provocações pós-metafísicas a partir de Eleazar Meletinski e Northrop Frye
Authors: Rocha Abdruschin Schaeffer , Terra Kenner Roger Cazotto
Published: June 2020

“Texto” é toda unidade semiótica, cujas tramas internas produzem sentido. Para a exegese bíblica a Escritura é o campo de disputa de interpretação e lugar de trabalho. Durante muito tempo, as ciências bíblicas preocupavam-se especialmente com questões relacionadas à autoria, significado histórico, contexto social, genealogia de tradições e outros horizontes através dos quais perguntas voltadas para o “além-texto” eram priorizadas. Com a derrocada do paradigma do sujeito e a crítica às ingenuidades metodológicas em torno da relação direta entre linguagem e realidade, novas propostas conquistaram espaço. Mudanças epistemológicas a partir da Linguist Turn, por exemplo, foram fundamentais nas ciências, dando-lhes contornos pós-metafísicos. Neste ensaio, serão evocadas no âmbito dessa discussão epistemológica algumas das principais ideias advogadas pelos críticos literários e filósofos da linguagem Northrop Frye e Eleazar Meletinski, pretendendo, à luz de suas intuições e propostas, perceber contribuições para a exegese bíblica. Inicialmente, contextualizaremos a discussão apresentando a Virada Linguística e depois apresentaremos as teorias da linguagem de Frey e o conceito “arquétipo literário” postulado por Meletinski, o que possibilitará intuições metodológicas nas ciências bíblicas.
Contribuições hermenêuticas à epistemologia da ciência da religião
Authors: Mendes Danilo
Published: June 2020

Este artigo pretende apresentar contribuições à epistemologia da ciência da religião a partir de conceitos da tradição filosófica hermenêutica. Para tal, partimos do pressuposto de que a ciência da religião é uma ciência fundamentalmente hermenêutica, uma vez que se ocupa de interpretar o fenômeno religioso em suas mais diversas manifestações e pelos mais diversos métodos. A partir dessa noção básica, consideraremos como os conceitos de linguagem como modo de habitar a terra (Em M. Heidegger), fusão de horizontes (em H. G. Gadamer) e de niilismo (em G. Vattimo) contribuem positivamente com o pensamento sobre fazer ciência da religião. A partir dessas considerações, pretendemos não só apresentar condições de possibilidade para o conhecimento e compreensão do fenômeno religioso, mas também seus limites. Nesse sentido, nossa hipótese é que assumir a ciência da religião como ciência hermenêutica, ou antes, ação interpretativa, é também assumir essas potencialidades e limites intrínsecos ao pensamento fundamental sobre a hermenêutica.
Geschichte des interreligiösen Dialogs
Authors: Dehn Ulrich
Published: June 2020

O diálogo inter-religioso tem uma longa história e, para que ele ocorra, é preciso ter em mente que os interlocutores têm direitos iguais. A história de alguns projetos e iniciativas de diálogo inter-religioso demonstra que há uma grande variedade de diálogos e encontros, sem mencionar as atividades menores e menos importantes que ocorreram ao longo da história, como grupos de diálogo local, grupos de estudos inter-religiosos em Universidades, de leitura da Bíblia, do Alcorão, fóruns inter-religiosos ou debates sobre as religiões em grandes cidades ou outros espaços. É importante destacar que pessoas de diferentes religiões devem participar do diálogo em pé de igualdade, sem que uma religião domine a outra. Nesse sentido, a análise da história do diálogo inter-religioso nos oferece uma oportunidade de ver e avaliar que tipo de diálogo foi frutífero, suas dificuldades e por onde devemos continuá-lo, a fim de entender melhor as religiões e, portanto, lutar também pela paz e contribuir para uma vida próspera juntos.
Compreensão da Educação pela Igreja Católica Romana da América Latina
Authors: Rocha Terezinha Sueli , Junqueira Sérgio
Published: June 2020

Este artigo é o resultado de uma pesquisa qualitativa documental é parte do Projeto Fundamentos, Eixos e Metodologia da Pastoral Escolar iniciado em 2009 como parte do Programa desenvolvido pelo Grupo de Pesquisa Educação e Religião (GPER) História e concepções da Educação Religiosa. Este projeto é essencial para estabelecer os referenciais sobre a Pastoral Escolar visando a fundamentação da formação de pastoralista, pois, é necessário sistematizar os estudos sobre a questão da educação para fundamentar o campo da pastoral escolar. Efetivamente com objetivo de estabelecer os elementos constitutivos para a consolidação de uma pastoral escolar no contexto da educação básica brasileira. O estudo da compreensão de Educação ao longo das Conferências Episcopais da América Latina possibilita subsidiar os fundamentos de uma proposta para a Pastoral Escolar.
Evaluating reanalysis and satellite-based precipitation at regional scale: A case study in southern Mexico
Authors: Morales-Velázquez Mirce Ivón , Herrera Graciela del Socorro , Aparicio Javier , Rafieeinasab Arezoo , Lobato-Sánchez René
Published: June 2020

Accurate precipitation data is essential for any hydrometeorological study, particularly for calibration and simulation of hydrological models. In this paper, we evaluate the precipitation of two different reanalysis products (the ERA5 and GLDAS), and two satellite-based precipitation products (TRMM 3B42 and CHIRPS) over the La Sierra river basins in Southern Mexico, on regional and daily time scales, from 2008 to 2010. We compare the collocated gridded precipitation data against in-situ precipitation measurements in each gauge station, as well as the mean areal precipitation (MAP) over the catchments in the study area for the different products. The Pearson correlation coefficient, the root mean square error, and the multiplicative bias metrics suggest that CHIRPS and ERA5 are the highest quality precipitation products over the study area. CHIRPS performs better on the grid to point comparison, estimating better precipitation events from 10-50 mm, above 100 mm, and for all the values without threshold. ERA5 does better for precipitation from 0-10 and 50-100 mm. These two datasets also have better performance on representing the spatial rainfall variability according to the mean annual precipitation and MAP analysis, showing statistical values close to each other.
Analysis and Forecast of COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan
Authors: Malik Abdul Bari
Published: June 2020

The COVID-19 infections in Pakistan are spreading at an exponential rate and a point may soon be reached where rigorous prevention measures would need to be adopted. Mathematical models can help define the scale of an epidemic and the rate at which an infection can spread in a community. I used ARIMA Model, Diffusion Model, SIRD Model and Prophet Model to forecast the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan and compared the numbers with the reported cases on the national database. Results depicts that Pakistan could hit peak number of infectious cases between June 2020 and July, 2020.
Precise Interlateral Spacing for Optimal Stimulation and Enhanced Production in North American Shale
Authors: Rassadkin Georgy , Ridgway Douglas , Dorey Jamie , Healy Carl , Moss Clinton
Published: June 2020

The growing problem of well-to-well fracture interactions in North American shale plays dictates the need for more accurate interlateral spacing measurements. Conventional wellbore surveying techniques, such as magnetic and gyroscopic measurements while drilling (MWD), cannot guarantee optimal placement due to growing systematic errors that dominate survey uncertainty. This uncertainty may impede optimal field stimulation modeling because the wellbore positioning data used in the analytical calculations are inaccurate.

Multiple industry technical papers demonstrate a correlation between interlateral spacing and the severity of frac hits. The interlateral distance measurements are used in the calculations for optimal reservoir stimulation and frac hit modeling. With present commodity prices, the industry cannot afford suboptimal field development caused by inaccurate well placement.

In this paper, we compare the conventional survey technique with a commercially proven long-distance active magnetic ranging system that supplements the traditional MWD system. We apply relevant survey error models to two exemplary well pads—an actual well pad from a West Texas shale play and a realistic, although hypothetical, example—and compare them with relative ranging uncertainty.

The first example shows that MWD positional error exceeds relative ranging uncertainty while the wells are still near vertical at approximately 6,500 ft measured depth (MD). The second example shows that interlateral spacing uncertainty using active magnetic ranging can be 50% of the MWD semimajor error at the end of the curve at 10,000 ft MD [8,910 ft true vertical depth (TVD)] before the lateral section starts. The MWD uncertainty then gets larger due to systematic survey errors multiplied in the “dead reckoning” computation process. With the magnetic ranging applied while drilling, the ranging uncertainty stays practically the same throughout the whole well, enabling tenfold improvement in interlateral spacing accuracy.
Three-Dimensional Projection-Based Embedded Discrete-Fracture Model for Compositional Simulation of Fractured Reservoirs
Authors: Olorode Olufemi , Wang Bin , Rashid Harun Ur
Published: June 2020

Most unconventional oil and gas reservoirs are known to have several natural fractures in different orientations, which are consistent with the prevailing stresses when they were created. The accurate and efficient modeling of natural and hydraulic fractures presents a significant computational challenge. In this work, we show the limitations of the embedded discrete-fracture model (EDFM) and present the first 3D projection-based EDFM (pEDFM) algorithm and compositional simulation studies with realistic fracture networks in a fully 3D space.

The simulation results from this work indicate that the pEDFM presented can model realistic fractured unconventional reservoirs accurately and efficiently. To validate the model, we present some simplistic fracture cases that can be meshed and modeled easily using explicit-fracture modeling in commercial-reservoir simulators. From the cases studied, we observe that using progressively finer grids near the hydraulic-fracture surfaces helps to improve model accuracy because this allows us to capture the sharp pressure drops expected near these fracture surfaces. The simulation results show that, unlike EDFM, the robust pEDFM algorithm presented here is accurate even at the low fracture-conductivity values expected in many of these ubiquitous natural fractures.

In this paper, we present the first full 3D compositional modeling with pEDFM. We demonstrate that our model can accurately and efficiently model multiply fractured horizontal wells in unconventional reservoirs, which have complex networks of thousands of fractures at various orientations.
Efficacy and clinical predictors of response to rTMS treatment in pharmacoresistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): A retrospective study
Authors: Rostami Reza , Kazemi Reza , Jabbari Arezoo , Madani Azam , Rostami Hosseinreza , Taherpour Mohammad Amin , Molavi Parviz , Jaafari Nematollah , Kuo Min-Fang , Vicario Carmelo M. , Nitsche Michael A. , Salehinejad Mohammad Ali
Published: June 2020

Background: Application of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been promising and approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2018, but effects differ between patients. Knowledge about clinical predictors of rTMS response may help to increase clinical efficacy but is not available so far. Methods: In a retrospective study, we investigated the efficacy of rTMS over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) or supplementary motor area (SMA) in 65 pharmaco-resistant OCD outpatients recruited for rTMS treatment from July 2015 to May 2017. Patients received either SMA rTMS (n = 38) or bilateral DLPFC rTMS (n = 27) in case of reporting higher affective and depressive symptoms in addition to the primary OCD symptoms. OCD symptoms and depression/anxiety states were measured at baseline (before the 1st session) and after the 20th session of rTMS. Additionally, we performed a binary logistic regression analysis on the demographic and clinical variables based on the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) 3-factor and 2-factor models and individual items to investigate potential predictors of rTMS response. Results: Patients’ scores in Y-BOCS and Beck anxiety/depression inventories were significantly decreased following rTMS treatment. 46.2% of all patients responded to rTMS, based on the criterion of at least a 30% reduction in Y-BOCS scores. There was no significant difference between response rates of patients in DLPFC and SMA groups. No significant demographic predictors of rTMS efficacy were identified. The factors “Obsession severity”, “resistance” and “disturbance” and the “Interference due to obsessions” and “resistance against compulsions” items of the Y-BOCS significantly predicted response to rTMS. Conclusions: In patients with less intrusive/interfering thoughts, and low scores in the “obsession severity”, “disturbance”, and “resistance factors, rTMS might have superior effects. Identification of clinical and non-clinical predictors of response is relevant to personalize and adapt rTMS protocols in pharmaco-resistant OCD patients. Interpretation of rTMS efficacy should be done with caution due to the lack of a sham intervention condition.
Comparative cytological and transcriptome analysis reveals high pollen fertility and upregulation of environmentally sensitive genic male sterility genes in neo-tetraploid rice
Authors: Wu Jinwen , Chen Yuanmou , Lin Hong , Chen Yang , Yu Hang , Lu Zijun , Li Xiang , Zhou Hai , Chen Zhixiong , Liu Xiangdong
Published: June 2020

Background: Autotetraploid rice is a useful germplasm for polyploid rice breeding; however, low seed setting is a major hindrance for the utilization of autotetraploid rice. Our previous study demonstrated that neo-tetraploid rice have great yield potential, which is thought to be one effective way to overcome the low fertility of autotetraploid rice. However, there is little known about the cause of high pollen fertility in neo-tetraploid rice. Here, we employed cytology and RNA-seq to study the molecular genetic mechanism of high pollen fertility in neo-tetraploid rice. Results: Cytological observations indicate that H1 displayed high pollen fertility (95.62%), lower percentage of pollen mother cells（PMCs）abnormalities, and stable chromosome configurations during the pollen development process compared with its two parents. RNA-seq analysis detected 440 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in neo-tetraploid rice compared with its two parents. Of these DEGs, 193 were annotated as pollen fertility-related genes, and 129 (~66.8%) exhibited significant upregulation in neo-tetraploid rice compared with its two parents, including nine cloned genes ( TMS9-1 , TMS5 etc.) that were validated by qRT-PCR and had been demonstrated to be pollen fertility-related genes. We further selected TMS9-1 and TMS5 as the candidate gene and analysed its pollen fertility in neo-tetraploid rice using the CRISPR/Cas9 technique. Significant variations have been detected in pollen fertility value, pollen development process and expression level in H1 and its knock out lines. Conclusion: Our finding provides strong evidence for the regulatory mechanisms of neo-tetraploid rice, and upregulation of pollen fertility-related genes should be associated with high fertility. Moreover, knockout of environmentally sensitive genic male sterility genes in the present study provides the new useful germplasm for polyploidy rice breeding.
Clinical characteristics and time trends of hospitalized methadone exposures s in the United States based on the Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC) Case Registry: 2010-2017
Authors: Mehrpour Omid , Hoyte Christopher , Amirabadizadeh Alireza , Brent Jeffrey
Published: June 2020

Background: Methadone is well known for its long duration of action and propensity for mortality after an overdose. The present research was aimed at evaluating the clinical manifestations and time trends of methadone exposure in patients in US hospitals.Methods: We queried the American College of Medical Toxicology's Toxicology Investigators Consortium case registry for all cases of methadone exposure between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2017. The collected information included demographic features, clinical presentations, therapeutic interventions, poisoning type (acute, chronic, or acute on chronic), and the reason(s) for exposure. Descriptive data and relative frequencies were used to investigate the participants' characteristics. Our data analysis was performed using SPSS version 19 and Prism software. The trends and clinical manifestations of methadone poisoning over the time period of the study were specifically investigated.Results: Nine hundred and seventy-three patients who met our inclusion criteria, with a mean age of 41.9 ± 16.6 years (range: 11 months-78 years) were analyzed. Five hundred eighty-two (60.2%) were male. The highest rate of methadone poisoning was observed in 2013. There was an increasing rate of methadone exposures in 2010–2013, followed by a decline in 2014–2017. The most common clinical manifestations in methadone-poisoned patients were coma (48.6%) and respiratory depression (33.6%). The in-hospital mortality rate of methadone poisoning was 1.4%.Conclusion: ToxIC Registry data showed that inpatient methadone exposures enhanced from 2010 to 2013, after which a reduction occurred in the years 2014 to 2017.
Health-related quality of life in women with polycystic ovary syndrome attending to a tertiary hospital in Southeastern Spain: a case-control study.
Authors: Sánchez-Ferrer María L , Adoamnei Evdochia , Prieto-Sánchez María T , Mendiola Jaime , Corbalán-Biyang Shiana , Moñino-García Miriam , Palomar-Rodríguez Joaquín A , Torres-Cantero Alberto M
Published: June 2020

Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a chronic condition with symptoms affecting many women at reproductive age and evaluating their health-related quality of Life (HRQoL) is an important issue. Moreover, differences in the HRQoL between women with different PCOS phenotypes have never been analyzed. Therefore, the aim of our study was to compare the HRQoL between women with PCOS -and its phenotypes- and controls attending to a tertiary hospital. Methods: A group of 117 women with PCOS and 153 controls were studied between 2014 and 2016. Controls were women without PCOS attending the gynecological outpatient clinic for routine examinations. Cases were women attending the same setting and diagnosed with PCOS. PCOS diagnose was performed following the Rotterdam Criteria and women were further classified by anovulatory or ovulatory phenotypic subtype. Women underwent physical and gynecological exams and completed health questionnaires including the Short Form-12v2. Eight scales and two component summary scores [Physical (PCS) and Mental (MCS), respectively] were calculated. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed to assess differences in HRQoL between women with PCOS and controls. Results: All women with PCOS and anovulatory PCOS presented lower score in PCS compared to controls [mean (95%CI): 53.7 (52.5-54.9) and 52.9 (51.5-54.4) vs. 55.8 (54.8-56.8); p-values<0.01], as well as lower scores for five out of the eight scales (p-values < 0.05) after adjusting by age, body mass index, infertility, educational level and current occupation. No significant differences were observed for the MCS between women with or without PCOS or its phenotypic subtypes. Conclusions: HRQoL was significantly decreased in adult women with PCOS and its anovulatory phenotype compared to controls attending the outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital. These results may have implications for the clinical practice and suggest the need for specific interventions in women with PCOS.
Landslide Susceptibility Mapping using Statistical Methods in Uatzau Catchment Area, Northwestern Ethiopia
Authors: Wubalem Azemeraw
Published: June 2020

Abstract
Uatzau basin in northwestern Ethiopia is one of the most landslide-prone regions, which characterized by frequent high landslide occurrences causing damages in farmlands, non-cultivated lands, properties, and loss of life. Preparing a Landslide susceptibility mapping is imperative to manage the landslide hazard and reduce damages of properties and loss of lives. GIS-based frequency ratio, information value, and certainty factor methods were applied. The landslide inventory map was prepared from detailed fieldwork and Google Earth imagery interpretation. Thus, 514 landslides were mapped, and out of which 359 (70%) of landslides were randomly selected keeping their spatial distribution to build landslide susceptibility models, while the remaining 155 (30%) of the landslides were used to model validation. In this study, six factors, including lithology, land use/cover, distance to stream, slope gradient, slope aspect, and slope curvature were evaluated. The effects of the landslide factor of slope instability were determined by comparing with landslide inventory raster using the GIS environment. The landslide susceptibility maps of the Uatzau area were categorized into very low, low, moderate, high and very high susceptibility classes. The landslide susceptibility maps of the three models validated by the ROC curve. The results for the area under the curve (AUC) are 88.83% for the frequency ratio model, 87.03% for certainty factor, and 84.83% of information value models, which are indicating very good accuracy in the identification of landslide susceptibility zones of a region. From these resulted maps, it is possible to recommend, the statistical methods (Frequency Ratio, Information Value, and Certainty Factor Methods) are adequate to landslide susceptibility mapping. The landslide susceptibility maps can be used for regional land use planning and landslide hazard mitigation purposes.
Keywords: landslide; susceptibility; Geographic Information System (GIS); certainty factor; frequency ratio; information value; Ethiopia.
Shape Reserved Stereo Matching with Segment-based Cost Aggregation and Dual-path Refinement
Authors: Huang Chih-Shuan , Huang Ya-Han , Chan Din-Yuen , Yang Jar-Ferr
Published: June 2020

Stereo matching is one of the most important topics in computer vision and aims at generating precise depth maps for various smart applications. The major challenge of stereo matching is to suppress inevitable errors occurring in smooth, occluded and discontinuous regions. In this paper, we propose a robust stereo matching system, which is based on segment-based superpixels, to design adaptive matching computation and dual-path refinement. After the selection of matching costs, we suggest the segment-based adaptive support weights for cost aggregation, instead of color similarity and spatial proximity, to achieve precise depth estimation. Then, the proposed dual-path depth refinement, which refers the texture features in a cross-based support region, corrects the inaccurate disparities to successively refine the depth maps with shape reserving. Specially for left-most and right most regions, the segment-based refinement can greatly improve the mismatched disparity holes. The experimental results show that the proposed system achieves higher accurate depth maps than the conventional stereo matching methods.
Agreement between Original and Rasch-Approved Neck Disability Index
Authors: LU ZE , MacDermid Joy C. , Nazari Goris
Published: June 2020

Background: Given the high prevalence of neck pain, the neck disability index (NDI) has been used to evaluate patient status and treatment outcomes. Modified versions were proposed as solutions to measurement deficits in the NDI. However, the original 10-item NDI was scored out of 50 and is still the most frequently administered version. Examining the extent of agreement between traditional and Rasch-based versions using Bland-Altman (B&A) plots will inform our understanding of score differences that might rise from using different versions. Therefore, the objective of current study was to describe the extent of agreement between different versions of NDI.Methods: The current study was a secondary data analysis. The study data was compiled from two prospectively collected data sources. We performed a comprehensive literature search to identify Rasch approved NDI within four databases including Embase, Medline, PubMed, and Google Scholar. Alternate forms and scorings were compared to each other and to the standard NDI. We graphed B&A plots and calculated the mean difference and the 95% limits of agreement (LoA; ±1.96 times the standard deviation).Results: Two Rasch approved alternative versions (8 vs 5 items) were identified from 303 screened publications. We analyzed data from 201 (43 males and 158 females) patients attending community clinics for neck pain. We found that the mean difference was approximately 10% of the total score between the 10-item and 5-item (-4.6 points), whereas the 10-item versus 8-item and 8-item versus 5-item had smaller mean differences (-2.3 points). The B&A plots displayed wider 95% LoA for the agreement between 10-item and 8-item (LoA: -12.0, 7.4) and 5-item (LoA: -14.9, 5.8) compared with the LoA for the 8-item and 5-item (LoA: -7.8, 3.3). Conclusion: Two Rasch-based NDI solutions (8 vs 5 items) which differ in number of items and conceptual construction are available to provide interval level scoring. They both provide scores that are substantially different from the ordinal NDI, which does not provide interval level scoring. Smaller differences between the two Rasch solutions exist and may relate to the items included. Due to the size and unpredictable nature of the bias between measures, they should not be used interchangeably.
The association of dietary inflammatory index with urinary risk factors of kidney stones formation in men with nephrolithiasis
Authors: Maddahi Niloofarsadat , Yarizadeh Habib , Aghamir SeyedMohammad Kazem , Alizadeh Shahab , Yekaninejad MirSaeed , Mirzaei Khadijeh
Published: June 2020

Objective

Inflammation plays a leading role in the pathogenesis of nephrolithiasis. The association of the dietary inflammatory index (DII) with urinary lithogenic factors is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the relation of DII to urinary risk factors of kidney stones formation.

Results

Of 264 participants, 61.4% (n= 162), 72% (n=190), 74.6% (n=197), 68.6% (n=181), and 80.3% (n=212) had hyperoxaluria, hypercreatininuria, hypercalciuria, hyperuricosuria, hypocitraturia, respectively. There was a significant increasing trajectory in urinary calcium, uric acid, and creatinine as well as a decreasing trend in urinary citrate across tertiles of DII score (all P=≤0.001). After multivariate adjustment for energy intake, age, physical activity and body mass index, high DII scores were associated with elevated odds of having hypercreatininuria (OR=2.80, 95%CI: 1.10-7.12, P trend =0.04), hypercalciuria (OR=7.44, 95%CI: 2.62-21.14, P trend ≤0.001), hyperuricosuria (OR=2.22, 95%CI: 1.001-4.95, P trend =0.05), and hypocitraturia (OR=5.84, 95%CI: 2.14-15.91, P trend ≤0.001). No association was identified between DII and hyperoxaluria.