bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A thermodynamically consistent chemo-mechanically coupled large deformation model for polymer oxidation
Authors: Konica Shabnam , Sain Trisha
Published: June 2019

In this work, we present a continuum-level thermodynamically consistent model for high temperature oxidation inpolymers, that incorporates the coupling between diffusion, chemical reaction and large deformation behavior ofpolymers. The specific constitutive forms are derived based on the thermodynamic inequality conditions and thekinetics of the oxidative reactions are considered. Oxidative shrinkage has also been considered in the kinematics asan irreversible effect. Subsequently, the model is implemented in ABAQUS/Standard to analyze numerically thecoupled diffusion-reaction behavior of polymers undergoing oxidation. Several numerical simulations are performed tounderstand the effect of various material parameters on the oxidative response. The model is capable of predicting theheterogeneous oxidation profile within a thick polymer sample. It can also track the growth of oxide layer in the case ofa long-term thermo-oxidative aging process. The model can be used to simulate the oxidation process involvingcomplex geometries (as fiber reinforced composites) fairly easily under various ambient conditions.
manajemen mutu terpadu
Authors: andora dona , Rusdinal  , Afriansyah Hade
Published: June 2019

Mutu pendidikan pada dasarnya amatlah penting untuk dikembangkan karena jika tidak dikembangkan maka mutu itu sendiri tidak akan mengalami kenaikkan karena mututersebut dapat berkembang sesuai dengan perkembangan zaman agar mutu pendidkan semakin membaik dari tahun ke tahun
PENERAPAN NILAI-NILAI PANCASILA DALAM KEHIDUPAN MASYARAKAT
Authors: Amelia
Published: June 2019

Penerapan nilai-nilai pancasila sangat perlu diterapkan dalam kehidupan sehari. karena pancasila adalah pedoman bagi kita agar menjadi masyarakat yang baik.
Pengaruh penggunaan media pembelajaran yang minim mengakibatkan penunurunan minat belajar
Authors: Hasibuan Siti Ramlia
Published: June 2019

Pengaruh penggunaan media pembelajaran terhadap minat belajar siswa ditentukan oleh media yang digunakan oleh guru dalam membantu proses pembelajaran
Menyusun Soal Literasi Saintifik Topik Gerak Lurus untuk Sekolah Menengah
Authors: Setiawan Adib Rifqi
Published: June 2019

Descriptive work type of cross-sectional survey through 18 of questions items were aimed at assessing the quality of the scientific literacy’s instrument in competency domain for junior high school students on the topic of straight motion. The validity of the instrument assessed based on obtain judgement expert and reliability of the instrument assessed by internal consistency. The research reports that 14 items question is very good and 4 items question is good with reliability coefficient (α) by 0.72. The results earned shows that instrument can be used as a one of reference for analyzing the difficulties of scientific literacy’s students on the topic of linear motion in junior high school.
Artikel Kepemimpinan Pendidikan
Authors: Milanda Indri , Afriansyah Hade
Published: June 2019

This article describe Educational leadership as a capability and process influencing, guiding, coordinating and mobilizing other people who are related to the development of the science of education and the implementation of education and teaching, so that the activities carried out can be more efficient and effective in achieving educational goals and teaching.
Governing Medical Knowledge Commons - Introduction and Chapter 1
Authors: Strandburg Katherine J. , Frischmann Brett M. , Madison Michael J
Published: June 2019

Governing Medical Knowledge Commons makes three claims: first, evidence matters to innovation policymaking; second, evidence shows that self-governing knowledge commons support effective innovation without prioritizing traditional intellectual property rights; and third, knowledge commons can succeed in the critical fields of medicine and health. The editors' knowledge commons framework adapts Elinor Ostrom's groundbreaking research on natural resource commons to the distinctive attributes of knowledge and information, providing a systematic means for accumulating evidence about how knowledge commons succeed. The editors' previous volume, Governing Knowledge Commons, demonstrated the framework's power through case studies in a diverse range of areas. Governing Medical Knowledge Commons provides fifteen new case studies of knowledge commons in which researchers, medical professionals, and patients generate, improve, and share innovations, offering readers a practical introduction to the knowledge commons framework and a synthesis of conclusions and lessons.
Crime and Punishment: Assessing Deterrence Theory in the Context of Somali Piracy
Authors: Dutton Yvonne
Published: June 2019

46 George Washington International Law Review 607 (2014)
Funding Terrorism: The Problem of Ransom Payments
Authors: Dutton Yvonne
Published: June 2019

53 San Diego Law Review 335 (2016)
An Invitation Regarding Law and Legal Education, and Imagining the Future
Authors: Madison Michael J
Published: June 2019

This Essay consists of an invitation to participate in conversations about the future of legal education in ways that integrate rather than distinguish several threads of concern and revision that have emerged over the last decade. Conversations about the future of legal education necessarily include conversations about the future of law practice, legal services, and law itself. Some of those start with the somewhat stale questions: What are US law professors doing, what should they be doing, and why? Those questions are still relevant and important, but they are no longer the only relevant questions, and they are not the only places to start. What about other legal educators, meaning those who teach and train in legal services worlds but who don’t teach the professional practice of law or the delivery of traditional legal services? What about those who are involved deeply in the production and distribution of law, legal services, and legal information but who are not, themselves, lawyers? Why start with current teachers; why not start with current or future students, or current or future clients, or current or future institutions, or current or future sets of values? Expand the communities of interest and identities of potential participants not only beyond elite US law schools, and not only beyond the private law firms that constitute BigLaw, but also beyond the US and beyond North America. The invitation goes out, in short, to a much broader audience than US law professors, and it is framed in broad but pragmatic terms.
What to Reveal and what to Conceal? An Empirical Examination of Guilty Suspects’ Strategies
Authors: Srivatsav Meghana , Luke Timothy John , Granhag Pär Anders , Strömwall Leif , Vrij Aldert
Published: June 2019

With Study 1 (N=140), we aimed to examine how different ways of disclosing evidence during an interview would influence guilty suspects’ perception of interviewer’s prior knowledge and elicit statement-evidence inconsistencies. We predicted that interviews with evidence disclosed would elicit low statement-evidence inconsistencies whereas interviews where evidence was not disclosed would result in high statement-evidence inconsistencies. The outcome did not support our predictions. Guilty suspects revealed crime-related information about non-critical themes and withheld information regarding critical themes irrespective of evidence disclosure. We explored this unexpected finding in Study 2 (N=216), which was designed to understand if guilty suspects would reveal information regarding themes of the crime that are not incriminating (not critical) in comparison to themes that were incriminating (critical) as observed in Study 1. We used the evidence disclosure tactics of Study 1 in Study 2 and also measured how these influence their perception of interviewer’s knowledge. The outcome replicated findings from Study 1 that guilty suspects reveal or withhold information based on the cost of disclosing the information. This is a novel finding in the Strategic Use of Evidence literature.
The pervasive role of pragmatics in early language
Authors: Bohn Manuel , Frank Michael C.
Published: June 2019

Language is a fundamentally social endeavor. Pragmatics is the study of how speakers and listeners use social reasoning to go beyond the literal meanings of words to interpret language in context. In this review, we take a pragmatic perspective on language development and argue for developmental continuity between early non-verbal communication, language learning, and linguistic pragmatics. We link phenomena from these different literatures by relating them to a computational framework (the rational speech act framework), which conceptualizes communication as fundamentally inferential and grounded in social cognition. The model specifies how different information sources (linguistic utterances, social cues, common ground) are combined when making pragmatic inferences. We present evidence in favor of this inferential view and review how pragmatic reasoning supports children’s learning, comprehension, and use of language.
EXPLAINING GERMANY’S ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY
Authors: Wuhs Steven , McLaughlin Eric
Published: June 2019

Partisan attachments and voting behavior in Germany today are more volatile than in the past. This article tests the enduring influence of social cleavages on voting relative to two other factors that account for party performance: path dependent forces and spatial dependence. Drawing on original data from the eastern German states, we explain support for Germany’s main parties in the 2017 federal election. We find relatively weak evidence for continued influence of social divisions for the major parties, but that support for the radical right Alternative for Germany (AfD) did reflect underlying cleavage structures. Additionally, we identify reliable effects of the historical immigrant population on contemporary voting. We also see weak evidence of
lock-in political effects associated with German reunification, limited only to the CDU. Most interestingly, we observe powerful and robust effects of spatial dependence for three of the four parties we examine. We conclude that the effects presented here should signal to scholars of parties and electoral politics the need to incorporate history and geography into their analytical frameworks alongside more traditional approaches, since eastern Germany may in
fact be less spatialized than western Germany or other country cases because of the homogenizing efforts of the SED regime.
Book Reviews
Authors: Silver Hilary ,   et al.
Published: June 2019

Rafaela Dancygier, Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics
(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017)
Reviewed by Hilary Silver, Sociology, George Washington University
Thomas Großbölting, Losing Heaven: Religion in Germany since 1945;
translated by Alex Skinner (New York: Berghahn Books, 2017.
Reviewed by Jeffrey Luppes, World Languages, Indiana University
South Bend
Hans Vorländer, Maik Herold, and Steven Schäller, PEGIDA and New
Right-Wing Populism In Germany (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
Reviewed by Joyce Mushaben, Political Science, University of
Missouri St. Louis
Kara L. Ritzheimer, “Trash,” Censorship, and National Identity in Early
Twentieth-Century Germany (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Reviewed by Ambika Natarajan, History, Philosophy, and Religion,
Oregon State University
Anna Saunders, Memorializing the GDR: Monuments and Memory After 1989
(New York: Berghahn Books, 2018)
Reviewed by Jeffrey Luppes, World Languages, Indiana University
South Bend
Desmond Dinan, Neill Nugent and William E. Paterson, eds., The European
Union in Crisis (London: Palgrave, 2017)
Reviewed by Helge F. Jani, Hamburg, Germany
Noah Benezra Strote, Lions and Lambs: Conflict in Weimar and the Creation of
Post-Nazi Germany (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017).
Reviewed by Darren O’Byrne, History, University of Cambridge
Chunjie Zhang, Transculturality and German Discourse in the Age of European
Colonialism (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2017)
Reviewed by Christopher Thomas Goodwin, History, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Marcel Fratzscher, The Germany Illusion: Between Economic Euphoria and
Despair (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018).
Reviewed by Stephen J. Silvia, International Relations, American
University
Pengembangan Futsal Sport Training di Kelurahan Takkalala Kecamatan Wara Selatan Kota Palopo Provinsi Sulsel
Authors: Dahlan Firmansyah , Galugu Nur Saqinah
Published: June 2019

Tujuan dilaksanakannya program: (1) sebagai peningkatan peran serta masyarakat khususnya akademisi dibidang pendidikan jasmani dan olahraga yang bergelut dalam pengembangan olahraga Futsal agar memiliki tambahan dari segi finansial; (2) meningkatkan peran serta permerhati dan pecinta olahraga Futsal agar raihan prestasi Asosiasi Futsal Kota Palopo meningkat, dimana animo masyarakat terkait olahraga Futsal sangat tinggi namun raihan prestasi di tingkat Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan sangat minim. Program ini melibatkan 2 mitra: Mandiri Futsal Akademy (mitra 1) dan Kompleks dan Gedung Olahraga Sinar Setuju (mitra 2). Permasalahan mitra 1, Pemasaran, publikasi kurang menarik/komunikatif, tenaga pelatih yang belum berlisensi dan membutuhkan sentuhan teknologi dibidang olahraga Futsal. Mitra 2 merupakan kompleks olahraga terkemuka di Kota Palopo, dengan kapasitas 2 lapangan Futsal dan 2 lapangan Bulutangkis indoor. Namun masih membutuhkan perbaikan dibidang Manajemen keuangan, administrasi, dan Pelayanan. Pelaksanaan program dikemas dalam 3 (tiga) tahapan yakni: alur pelaksanaan program PKM ini dimulai dari, 1) Tahap persiapan, 2) tahap pelaksanaan, dan 3) tahap monitoring dan evaluasi.
İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Kapsamında Ölümlü İş Kazalarına Yönelik Yargıtay Kararları
Authors: BAYGELDİ Ahmet Doğan , GERDAN Serpil
Published: June 2019

Teknoloji
ile beraber makineleşmenin çalışma hayatındaki yeri hızla artsa da üretimin
merkezinde hala insan ve onun emeği bulunmaktadır. Üretim ve çalışma düzeni ne
kadar farklı şekil alırsa alsın çalışılan mekânlar insan sağlığı ve güvenliğine
ilişkin bir takım riskler taşımakta ve bu riskler insanların hayatlarını
tehlikeye sokabilmektedir. Çalışma hayatında karşılaşılan riskler taraflara
ekonomik ve psikolojik yönden zarar verebileceği gibi işgücü kayıplarına
sebebiyet vererek üretimin azalmasına yol açabilir. Kaza,
ani olarak ve istenilmeden zarar doğuran sebepler bütünüdür. İş sağlığı ve
güvenliği açısından iş kazası iş sağlığı ve güvenliği olgusunun kalbini oluşturur. Yapılan
sayısız mücadelenin ve mevzuat çalışmasının asıl amacı iş kazası ve meslek hastalığının
meydana gelmemesi içindir. İş kazasının ne olduğu, hangi durumların iş kazası
olarak kabul edildiği hukuki açıdan son derece önemli bir konudur. Gerçekleşen
bir kazanın iş kazası olup olmamasına göre doğuracağı sonuçlar farklı
olacaktır. Bu çalışmada, 2013-2018
yılları arasında Türkiye’de İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği kapsamında yaşanan ölümlü
iş kazalarına yönelik Yargıtay kararları incelenmiştir. Ayrıca iş kazasının
Türk hukuk sisteminde nasıl açıklandığı araştırılmış ve buna göre verilen kararların
bakış açısı olarak kusur sorumluluğuna mı yoksa kusursuz sorumluluğa mı daha
yakın olduğu araştırılmıştır. İşverenin bir kazadan
dolayı sorumlu olabilmesi için oluşan zarar ile işverenin herhangi bir eylemi
veya tutumu arasında illiyet bağının kurulabilmesi gerekir. İş kazaları
davalarında öncelikli olarak bu bağın varlığı araştırılır. Ölümle sonuçlanan iş
kazalarına yönelik Yargıtay karar sonuçları; işveren tarafı taksirle adam
öldürme suçu ile suçlandıklarını, işverenin dikkat ve özen yükümlülüğünü
göstermesi gerektiğini ve failin hareketi ile meydana gelen zararlı netice
arasında nedensellik bağının bulunması gerektiğini göstermektedir. Ayrıca alınan
kararlarda işveren ile işçi arasındaki iş görme ediminin niteliğinin ve
işverenin iş kazalarındaki yükümlülüklerinin sınırının önemi ön plana
çıkmaktadır.
Thermodynamics of Damaged DNA Binding and Catalysis by Human AP Endonuclease 1
Authors: Miroshnikova A. D. , Kuznetsova A. A. , Kuznetsov N. A. , Fedorova O. S.
Published: June 2019

Apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonucleases play an important role in DNA repair and initiation of AP site elimination. One of the most topical problems in the field of DNA repair is to understand the mechanism of the enzymatic process involving the human enzyme APE1 that provides recognition of AP sites and efficient cleavage of the 5-phosphodiester bond. In this study, a thermodynamic analysis of the interaction between APE1 and a DNA substrate containing a stable AP site analog lacking the C1 hydroxyl group (F site) was performed. Based on stopped-flow kinetic data at different temperatures, the steps of DNA binding, catalysis, and DNA product release were characterized. The changes in the standard Gibbs energy, enthalpy, and entropy of sequential specific steps of the repair process were determined. The thermodynamic analysis of the data suggests that the initial step of the DNA substrate binding includes formation of non-specific contacts between the enzyme binding surface and DNA, as well as insertion of the amino acid residues Arg177 and Met270 into the duplex, which results in the removal of crystalline water molecules from DNA grooves. The second binding step involves the F site flipping-out process and formation of specific contacts between the enzyme active site and the everted 5-phosphate-2-deoxyribose residue. It was shown that non-specific interactions between the binding surfaces of the enzyme and DNA provide the main contribution into the thermodynamic parameters of the DNA product release step.
MicroRNAs: The Role in Autoimmune Inflammation
Authors: Baulina N. M. , Kulakova O. G. , Favorova O. O.
Published: June 2019

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level through base-pairing predominantly with a 3-untranslated region of target mRNA, followed by mRNA degradation or translational repression. Totally, miRNAs change, through a complex regulatory network, the expression of more than 60% of human genes. MiRNAs are key regulators of the immune response that affect maturation, proliferation, differentiation, and activation of immune cells, as well as antibody secretion and release of inflammatory mediators. Disruption of this regulation may lead to the development of various pathological conditions, including autoimmune inflammation. This review summarizes the data on biogenesis and the mechanisms of miRNA action. We discuss the role of miRNAs in the development and the action of the immune system, as well as in the development of an autoimmune inflammatory response. Special attention is given to the role of miRNAs in the autoimmune inflammation in multiple sclerosis, which is a serious socially significant disease of the central nervous system. Currently, a lot of research is focused on this problem.
Linking Product Line Strategies to Competitive Advantage
Authors: Abubakar Ismaila , Isa Mohammad Haruna
Published: June 2019

Purpose-This study examines the relationships between product line strategies and competitive advantage in Nigerian foods and beverages industry.
Design/Methodology-Data were obtained from a sample of 278 employees choosing from 8 companies in the foods and beverages industry located in north-eastern Nigeria using a self-administered questionnaire. Pearson's correlation and Multiple regression were conducted in the data analysis.
Findings-Findings of the research revealed that all four hypotheses were supported signifying that product line strategies have significant effects on the competitive advantage of foods and beverages companies in Nigeria.
Practical Implications-The study combined the dimensions of product line strategies to determine optimal product line in the food and beverages industry. It provides the decision makers of food and beverages firms in Nigeria with a guide for determining the blend of product line strategies to adopt in order to gain competitive advantage. It also served as a guide to potential investors in the food and beverages industry to make an informed decision that can strategically improve the efficiency and effectiveness through its advocacy on reforming product line strategies.
Moderating Role of Intellectual Capital between Relationship of Bank Specific Factors and Credit Risk of Islamic Banks
Authors: Nawaz Muhammad , Nor Alias Mat , Tolos Habibah
Published: June 2019

Purpose-The Objective of this study is to investigate the moderating role of Intellectual Capital between the relationship of Bank internal factor and Credit Risk in Islamic banks of Pakistan. Design/Methodology-Panel data are obtained from annual reports of 4 Islamic banks of Pakistan from the period 2006 to 2017. These are analyzed using hierarchical regression techniques, via Eviews 9 software. Findings-The results showed that intellectual capital significantly moderates the relationship of bank internal variable and credit risk in Islamic banks in Pakistan. Practical Implications-The study found that Intellectual Capital is a very important driver for credit risk. The investment in Intellectual Capital may lower the credit risk which will further help in the growth and sustainability of the bank and hence the growth in the economy. The results of the study will be useful for bank management, policy maker, and regulator and academia for future research.
Factibilidad en la elaboración de calzado de cuero para caballero: Caso de estudio
Authors: Espinoza González Juan Ennis , Luna Altamirano Kléber Antonio , Cantos Ochoa Marcos Eduardo , González Astudillo Ximena Rocío , Chamba Esparza Verónica Paola
Published: June 2019

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo determinar la factibilidad de producir y comercializar calzado de cuero y suela para caballero en la ciudad de Azogues-Ecuador, cuyo problema se traduce a la poca existencia de este tipo de producto en el mercado, debido a precios no accesibles por los consumidores en productos similares o sustitutivos, a más de ello los artesanos que elaboraban este calzado se han retirado de la profesión y otros han fallecido. Entregar a la ciudadanía un producto de calidad elaborado en cuero y suela de forma artesanal, representa elegancia y distinción al momento de vestir, el nicho de mercado está centrado en clientes como profesionales en diferentes áreas, como abogados, académicos, docentes, autoridades y aquellas personas cuyas actividades son de índole institucional. Los resultados han demostrado la factibilidad de este emprendimiento ya que los indicadores de rentabilidad económicos son altamente confiables y han respondido con porcentajes acordes al mercado, con ello se recomienda la ejecución y operatividad de este emplazamiento.
El femicidio de “Diana de Ibarra”: tratamiento informativo en Facebook en enero de 2019.
Authors: Vásconez Merino Galo Xavier , Lomas Badillo Raúl Edison , Ocaña Morales José Miguel
Published: June 2019

El presente estudio se basa en la metodología realizada en el artículo científico “Tratamiento informativo del feminicidio en los medios de comunicación digitales chilenos en marzo de 2016: Una aproximación al horizonte actual desde la perspectiva de género” de Cecilia Ananías y Karen Vergara, en el que se categorizan los errores que cometen los medios, cuando realizan publicaciones sobre femicidio.

Se analiza la información de las fanpage de Facebook de tres diarios de la ciudad de Riobamba y dos diarios a nivel nacional sobre el caso de femicidio de “Diana de Ibarra”, ocurrido la noche del 19 de enero de 2019, para lo cual se segmentó el estudio en las publicaciones que se hicieron entre el 19 y el 26 de enero de 2019, en referencia al caso en cuestión y se realizó el análisis de 46 publicaciones de los mencionados diarios en Facebook.

La investigación dio como resultado que las fanpage cometen errores en cuanto a morbo y sensacionalismo, mostrando imágenes y textos que resultan ser bastante abiertos en su objetivo de acaparar atención. Otro error que se comete es la falta de contextualización de la noticia y discriminación por etnia, religión, condición social, sexualidad o nacionalidad, en el caso particular de “Diana de Ibarra”, por el hecho de que el atacante fuera venezolano, lo que desató una oleada de xenofobia en el Ecuador que desvió la atención del femicidio en sí como un acto de violencia contra las mujeres.
Utilización de aceites esenciales de la planta tipo (Minthostachys mollis) para la conservación de carne de hamburguesa.
Authors: López Casignia Rosa Estefanía , Pino Falconí Paúl Roberto , Zambrano Núñez Telmo Marcelo , Paredes Guerrero Roger Badin
Published: June 2019

Esta investigación utilizó el aceite esencial (AE) de la planta Tipo (Minthostachys mollis) para conservar carne de hamburguesas. La extracción del (AE) se realizó por destilación por arrastre de vapor; como resultado de este proceso se obtuvo hidrolato y el aceite esencial, El (AE) fue incorporado a la hamburguesa en diversos porcentajes en su elaboración. Para determinar las características organolépticas que aporta el (AE) en las hamburguesas, se elaboraron fichas de análisis sensorial, éstas fueron aplicadas al grupo focal de 31 docentes de la Escuela de Gastronomía. Las hamburguesas con diferentes porcentajes de (AE) fueron sometidas a exámenes microbiológicos para determinar la presencia (UFC) de Escherichia coli, Salmonella y Staphylococcus aureus, observando que para E. coli y S. aureus hubo un crecimiento mayor en la muestra T0 (0% de AE) frente a las tres muestras que tienen aceite esencial; y a medida que se añade aceite esencial el crecimiento disminuye, a diferencia de Salmonella en donde no hay presencia de (UFC) en ninguna muestra. En características organolépticas se evidenció que el (AE) no modifica los parámetros color, olor y textura, sin embargo en el descriptor sabor existieron diferencias estadísticas siendo mejor aceptada la muestra T0 (0% de AE) frente al resto de tratamientos que si tenían aceite adicionado como conservante.
Genetic Variability, Character Association and Path Analysis in Boro Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Germplasm from Bangladesh
Authors: Islam MZ , Chakrabarty T , Akter N , Rashid ESMH , Khalequzzaman M , Chowdhury MAZ
Published: June 2019

The success of varietal development programmme largely depends on the nature and magnitude of genetic variability, heritability and characters association of the crop. The objective of the present study was to estimate the extent of genetic variability and relation between yield and related characters of rice. Forty Boro rice germplasm were evaluated in a randomised complete block design with three replications. Analysis of variance indicated significant differences among the genotypes for 14 quantitative characters. The presence of slightly higher phenotypic coefficient of variation than genotypic coefficient of variation indicated the negligible influence of environment on the expression of yield and its component traits. Leaf length, days to flowering, days to maturity and 1000 grain weight showed highly positive significant correlation present with yield hill-1. High heritability had been observed for yield contributing traits during the study, suggested that these traits would respond to selection owing to their high genetic variability and transmissibility. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the inheritance of traits, their heritability and relationship with other important characteristics is important for the choice of breeding and selection methods for crop improvement.

Bangladesh Rice j. 2018, 22(1): 35-43
Report on influenza viruses received and tested by the Melbourne WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in 2017
Authors: Roe Merryn , Kaye Matthew , Iannello Pina , Lau Hilda , Buettner Iwona , Tolosa M Ximena , Zakis Tasoula , Leung Vivian K , Chow Michelle K
Published: June 2019

As part of its role in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS), the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in Melbourne received a record total of 5866 human influenza positive samples during 2017. Viruses were analysed for their antigenic, genetic and antiviral susceptibility properties and were propagated in qualified cells and hens’ eggs for use as potential seasonal influenza vaccine virus candidates. In 2017, influenza A(H3) viruses predominated over influenza A(H1)pdm09 and B viruses, accounting for a total of 54% of all viruses analysed. The majority of A(H1)pdm09, A(H3) and influenza B viruses analysed at the Centre were found to be antigenically similar to the respective WHO recommended vaccine strains for the Southern Hemisphere in 2017. However, phylogenetic analysis indicated that the majority of circulating A(H3) viruses had undergone genetic drift relative to the WHO recommended vaccine strain for 2017. Of 3733 samples tested for susceptibility to the neuraminidase inhibitors oseltamivir and zanamivir, only two A(H1)pdm09 viruses and one A(H3) virus showed highly reduced inhibition by oseltamivir, while just one A(H1)pdm09 virus showed highly reduced inhibition by zanamivir.
PENGARUH PEMBERIAN PUPUK MAJEMUK NPK DAN LIMBAH CAIR TAHU TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN BAWANG MERAH (Allium asaclonicum. L)
Authors: Raga Markus Kola , Bullu Novi I , Nge Sonya T.M
Published: June 2019

Bawang merah (Allium ascalonicum L.) merupakan komoditas tanaman horikultura yang banyak dikonsumsi oleh masyarakat sebagai bumbu masakan dan memiliki nilai ekonomis yang tinggi dipasaran. berdasarkan hasil observasi peneliti dikebun pertanian yang ada di Desa Mata Air, bawang merah mengalami masalah pertumbuhan. Oleh karena itu penulis melakukan penelitian ini. Dengan demikian tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian pupuk NPK dan limbah cair tahu serta kosentrasi yang paling efektif yang meningkatkan pertumbuhan bawang merah. Penelitian ini telah dilaksanakan didesa Mata Air Tarus Kabupaten Kupang selama 3 bulan. Jenis pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu penelitian eksperimen dengan desain RAK dengan 12 unit percobaan yakni: satu kontrol dan sebelas perlakuan. Parameter tanaman yang diamati meliputi jumlah daun, tinggi tanaman dan diameter umbi. Data dianalisis secara statistik menggunakan ANOVA satu jalur dengan taraf signifikansi 5%. Hasilnya menunjukan Konsentrasi perlakuan yang dapat meningkatkan parameter pertumbuhan jumlah daun, tinggi tanaman, jumlah umbi dan diameter umbi bawang merah yaitu pada perlakuan P1-P3, dengan konsentrasi perlakuan yang paling optimal dalam meningkatkan parameter jumlah umbi bawang merah adalah konsentrasi 50% pupuk NPK+50% limbah cair tahu. Akan tetapi, pengaruh pemberian pupuk NPK dan limbah cair tahu dengan kosentrasi lebih rendah dan lebih tinggi dapat menunjukan hasil yang kurang optimal.
The Third Isomorphism Theorem on UP-Bialgebras
Authors: ROMANO Daniel A.
Published: June 2019

The concept of UP-bialgebras was introduced and analyzed by Mosrijai and Iampan at the beginning of 2019. Theorem that we can look at as the First theorem on UP-biisomorphism between the UP-bialgebras is given in our forthcoming text [9]. In this article we construct a form of the third theorem on UP-biisomorphism between UP-bialgebras.
ANÁLISE DE CONCEITOS SOBRE VALOR DA INFORMAÇÃO NO ÂMBITO DA CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO
Authors: Valentim Marta Lígia Pomim , Ançanello Juliana Venancio
Published: June 2019

A informação se constitui em um dos objetos de estudos da Ciência da Informação, entretanto não possui uma definição única e amplamente aceita pela comunidade acadêmica. Do mesmo modo, o conceito de valor também é compreendido sob diferentes perspectivas e de acordo com o enfoque de cada campo científico. Nessa perspectiva, há certa dificuldade em se estabelecer o que é uma informação de valor e como ocorre o processo de agregação de valor. Nesse intuito, analisou-se conceitos e definições sobre ‘valor da informação’ no âmbito da Ciência da Informação. A pesquisa é de natureza qualitativa e, para tanto, realizou-se a análise de textos relevantes da área sobre a referida temática aplicando os métodos ‘Análise de Conteúdo’ e a ‘Análise de Redes Sociais’. A literatura analisada evidenciou que a compreensão sobre ‘valor da informação’ é múltipla, ou seja, refere-se a distintas perspectivas, uma vez que sua compreensão está relacionada ao sujeito cognoscente, bem como ao contexto em que está inserido, a sua utilidade e aplicação. Verificou-se o tipo de valor e, assim, foi possível relacioná-lo a um determinado contexto organizacional, considerando as características específicas do ambiente em que está inserido. Ressalta-se que a noção de valor também se confunde com a sua condição monetária (custo), mesmo que está não seja diretamente relacionada ao seu real ou potencial valor.
AS DISCIPLINAS METODOLOGIA DO TRABALHO CIENTÍFICO E MÉTODOS E TÉCNICAS DE ESTUDOS E PESQUISA BIBLIOGRÁFICA NOS CURSOS DE GRADUAÇÃO DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO MARANHÃO: um olhar acadêmico
Authors: Pecegueiro Claudia Maria , Teixeira Cenivalda Miranda de Sousa
Published: June 2019

Trata-se de um estudo em torno das disciplinas Metodologia do Trabalho Científico (MTC) e Métodos e Técnicas de Estudos e Pesquisa Bibliográfica (MTEPB), ministradas nos cursos de graduação do Centro de Ciências Sociais e Centro de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Federal do  Maranhão. Partese dos seguintes questionamentos: quais cursos ofertam essas disciplinas? Como elas vêm sendo ministradas? Tais perguntas direcionam ao objetivo geral deste estudo: verificar como se dá o ensino das referidas disciplinas, no sentido de avaliar se as mudanças nos projetos pedagógicos dos cursos analisados estão de acordo com a disciplina matriz proposta pelo Departamento de Biblioteconomia. Adotou-se como procedimento metodológico a pesquisa documental, centrada nos programas de disciplinas que compõem os projetos pedagógicos de cada curso, com abordagem qualitativa nas análises das ementas, dispostas deforma contextualizada em diferentes perspectivas. Os resultados até aqui alcançados apontam que, embora as disciplinas MTEPB e MTC sejam de grande relevância para o percurso acadêmico dos discentes, seis cursos do CCBS e CCSo as retiraram do seu Projeto Político Pedagógico; quatro cursos alteraram as ementas, e três alteraram a carga horária; e, por fim, observou-se que dois cursos deixaram de ministrá-las em parceria com o Departamento de Biblioteconomia o que fere a interdisciplinaridade nos cursos universitários. No geral, nos cursos onde as disciplinas são ministradas, oito do CCBS e onze do CCSo, as mesmas são ofertadas nos primeiros semestres do ano letivo, indo ao encontro dos anseios do Departamento de Biblioteconomia. Este, por sua vez, vê as disciplinas como instrumentos facilitadores do discente.
Typology in the fertility of seven Tall coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) populations using artificial pollination traits in field genebank
Authors: Martial Yao Saraka D. , Zadjehi Koffi E.B , Ysidor Konan N. , Louis Konan K.J. , Nafan Diarrassouba , Jesus Fofana I. , Noel Konan K.J. , Souleymane Silue , Sylvère Sie R. , Bourdeix Roland
Published: June 2019

This study investigates the fertility typology for seven Tall coconut accessions using artificial pollination characters. Ten traits describing fertility were considered for characterizing three groups of coconut individuals per accession. Ten males parental, twenty to forty female parental, and ten progenies were randomly explored per coconut accession. Except for the rate of seeds germination, the outcomes revealed the usefulness of the characters assessed for the discrimination of the accessions studied. The typology of the fertility of the accessions studied is independent of the origins and highlighted two main groups. The first group gathers Laccadive Common Tall (LCT) and West African Tall (WAT and WAT6) accessions including the most fertile male parents and the females showing great production of seed nuts. From this group, the progenies set out a lack of vigour. The second group is constituted of Panama Tall (PNT01 and PNT02), Solomon Island Tall (SIT) and Gazelle Peninsula Tall (GPT) accessions with characters opposite to the previous ones. The investigations of the Tall coconut accessions fertility are fundamental to address the low size of genitors and progenies for respective field genebank regeneration and representative field replanting.
Ensino de geografia nos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental e necessidades formativas: o que dizem os professores
Authors: Militao Silvio Cesar Nunes
Published: June 2019

Esta pesquisa, desenvolvida em 2016, objetivou diagnosticar e analisar as necessidades formativas dos professores de uma Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental, particularmente em Geografia. De natureza quali-quantitativa, contemplou pesquisa bibliográfica e aplicação de questionário. Os resultados indicaram que os professores se interessam por processos de formação continuada, os quais devem primar pela articulação teoria e prática. Revelaram também que todos os professores da escola parceira ensinam aos seus alunos conteúdos de Geografia, valendo-se majoritariamente do uso do livro didático. Evidenciaram, ainda, que os conteúdos de Cartografia são considerados por parte expressiva dos docentes como os mais difíceis de serem ensinados.
História Pública brasileira e internacional: seu desenvolvimento no tempo, possíveis consensos e dissensos
Authors: Fagundes Bruno Flávio Lontra
Published: June 2019

A partir da discussão brasileira e internacional, principalmente anglo-saxã, este artigo analisa práticas e desdobramentos conceituais da História Pública – desde seu surgimento, aceito aqui o ano de 1978 pelo texto de Robert Kelley, “The Public History Its origins, nature and prospects”, até a segunda década dos anos 2000, visando alcançar algumas tentativas de definição do campo da História Pública já razoavelmente consolidadas em parte da literatura internacional comparada à recente discussão da literatura brasileira, visando possíveis consensos e dissensos acerca do que marca o campo e sua especificidade em algumas realidades nacionais.
Wave Mode Identification of Acoustic Emission Signals Using Phase Analysis
Authors: Barroso-Romero Maria , Gagar Daniel , Pant Shashank , Martinez Marcias
Published: June 2019

Acoustic Emission (AE) monitoring can be used to detect and locate structural damage such as growing fatigue cracks. The accuracy of damage location and consequently the inference of its significance for damage assessment is dependent on the wave propagation properties in terms of wave velocity, dispersion, attenuation and wave mode conversion. These behaviors are understood and accounted for in simplistic structures; however, actual structures are geometrically complex, with components comprising of different materials. One of the key challenges in such scenarios is the ability to positively identify wave modes and correctly associate their properties for damage location analysis. In this study, a novel method for wave mode identification is presented based on phase and instantaneous frequency analysis. Finite Element (FE) simulations and experiments on a representative aircraft wing structure were conducted to evaluate the performance of the technique. The results show how a phase analysis obtained from a Hilbert Transform of the wave signal in combination with variations of the instantaneous frequency of the wave signal, can be used to determine the arrival and therefore identification of the different wave modes on a complex structure. The methodology outlined in this paper was proven on an Automatic Sensor Test wave signal, Pencil Lead Breaks and Hanning windows and it was shown that the percentage difference is between 3% and 15% for the A0 and S0 wave speed respectively.
Nutrients’ and Antinutrients’ Seed Content in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Lines Carrying Mutations Affecting Seed Composition
Authors: Giuberti Gianluca , Tava Aldo , Mennella Giuseppe , Pecetti Luciano , Masoero Francesco , Sparvoli Francesca , Lo Fiego Antonio , Campion Bruno
Published: June 2019

Lectins, phytic acid and condensed tannins exert major antinutritional effects in common bean when grains are consumed as a staple food. In addition, phaseolin, i.e., the major storage protein of the bean seed, is marginally digested when introduced in the raw form. Our breeding target was to adjust the nutrient/antinutrient balance of the bean seed for obtaining a plant food with improved nutritional value for human consumption. In this study, the seeds of twelve phytohaemagglutinin-E-free bean lines carrying the mutations low phytic acid, phytohaemagglutinin-L-free, α-Amylase inhibitors-free, phaseolin-free, and reduced amount of condensed tannins, introgressed and differently combined in seven genetic groups, were analyzed for their nutrient composition. Inedited characteristics, such as a strong positive correlation (+0.839 **) between the genetic combination “Absence of phaseolin + Presence of the α-Amylase Inhibitors” and the amount of “accumulated iron and zinc”, were detected. Three lines carrying this genetic combination showed a much higher iron content than the baseline (+22.4%) and one of them in particular, achieved high level (+29.1%; 91.37 µg g−1) without any specific breeding intervention. If confirmed by scientific verification, the association of these genetic traits might be usefully exploited for raising iron and zinc seed content in a bean biofortification breeding program.
The Visitor Effect on Zoo Animals: Implications and Opportunities for Zoo Animal Welfare
Authors: Sherwen Sally L. , Hemsworth Paul H.
Published: June 2019

Achieving and maintaining high standards of animal welfare is critical to the success of a modern zoo. Research has shown that an animal’s welfare is highly dependent on how various individual animal factors (e.g., species traits, genetics, temperament and previous experience) interact with environmental features (e.g., social grouping, enclosure design and sensory environment). One prominent feature of the zoo environment is the presence of visitors. Visitor contact can be unpredictable and intense, particularly in terms of auditory and visual interaction. Depending on an animal’s perception of this interaction, visitors can have either negative, neutral or positive impacts on zoo animal behaviour and welfare. This paper reviews the literature on the implications and potential opportunities of human-zoo animal interactions on animal behaviour and welfare, with the aim of stimulating interest, understanding and exploration of this important subject. The literature to date presents a mixed range of findings on the topic. It is possible this variation in the responses of zoo animals to visitors may be due to species-specific differences, the nature and intensity of the visitor interactions, enclosure design, and individual animal characteristics. Analysing these studies and better understanding animal preferences and motivations can provide insight into what animals find negatively and positively reinforcing in terms of visitor contact in a specific zoo setting. This understanding can then be applied to either safeguard welfare in cases where visitors can have a negative impact, or, conversely, it can be applied to highlight opportunities to encourage animal-visitor interaction in situations where animals experience positive emotions associated with visitor interaction.
Impact of Mobility on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Injection Drug Users
Authors: Agusto Folashade B. , Kim Soyeon
Published: June 2019

In this study, we develop and present a deterministic model for the transmission dynamics of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among injection drug users. The model consists of non-injection drug users as well as low-and high-risk injection drug users (IDUs). The model further incorporates the movement of these individuals between large metro, suburban and rural areas. The model parameters were estimated by fitting the model to the 2008–2013 disease prevalence data for non-IDUs obtained from the Agency for Healthcare and Research and Quality (AHRQ), as well as the 2009–2013 Census Bureau data for the number of individuals migrating between three different counties in Kansas. Sensitivity analysis was implemented to determine the parameters with the most significant impact on the total number of infected individuals; the transmission probability, recovery rates, and positive behavioral change parameter for the subgroup have the most significant effect on the number of infected individuals. Furthermore, the sensitivity of the parameters in the different areas was the same when the areas are disconnected. When the areas are connected, the parameters in large-metro areas were the most sensitive, and the rural areas were least sensitive. The result shows that to effectively control the disease across the large metro, suburban and rural areas, it is best to focus on controlling both behavior and disease in the large metro area as this has a trickle-down effect to the other places. However, controlling behavior and disease at the same time in all the areas will lead to the elimination of the disease.
Suppression of AMD-Like Pathology by Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidant SkQ1 Is Associated with a Decrease in the Accumulation of Amyloid β and in mTOR Activity
Authors: Muraleva Natalia A. , Kozhevnikova Oyuna S. , Fursova Anzhela Z. , Kolosova Nataliya G.
Published: June 2019

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major cause of irreversible visual impairment and blindness in developed countries, and the molecular pathogenesis of AMD is poorly understood. Recent studies strongly indicate that amyloid β (Aβ) accumulation —found in the brain and a defining feature of Alzheimer’s disease—also forms in the retina in both Alzheimer’s disease and AMD. The reason why highly neurotoxic proteins of consistently aggregate in the aging retina, and to what extent they contribute to AMD, remains to be fully addressed. Nonetheless, the hypothesis that Aβ is a therapeutic target in AMD is debated. Here, we showed that long-term treatment with SkQ1 (250 nmol/[kg body weight] daily from the age of 1.5 to 22 months) suppressed the development of AMD-like pathology in senescence-accelerated OXYS rats by reducing the level of Aβ and suppressing the activity of mTOR in the retina. Inhibition of mTOR signaling activity, which plays key roles in aging and age-related diseases, can be considered a new mechanism of the prophylactic effect of SkQ1. It seems probable that dietary supplementation with mitochondria-targeted antioxidant SkQ1 can be a good prevention strategy to maintain eye health and possibly a treatment of AMD.
Data Driven Leakage Detection and Classification of a Boiler Tube
Authors: Sohaib Muhammad , Kim Jong-Myon
Published: June 2019

Boiler heat exchange in thermal power plants involves tubes to transfer heat from the fuel to the water. Boiler tube leakage can cause outages and huge power generation loss. Therefore, early detection of leaks in boiler tubes is necessary to avoid such accidents. In this study, a boiler tube leak detection and classification mechanism was designed using wavelet packet transform (WPT) analysis of the acoustic emission (AE) signals acquired from the boiler tube and a fully connected deep neural network (FC-DNN). WPT analysis of the AE signals enabled the extraction of features associated with the different conditions of the boiler tube, that is, normal and leak conditions. The deep neural network (DNN) effectively explores the salient information from the wavelet packet features through a deep architecture instead of considering shallow networks, such as k-nearest neighbors (k-NN) and support vector machines (SVM). This enhances the classification performance of the leak identification and classification model developed. The proposed model yielded a 99.2 % average classification accuracy when tested with AE signals from the boiler tube. The experimental results prove the efficacy of the proposed model for boiler tube leak detection and classification.