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INTERNALISASI PANDANGAN KI HADJAR DEWANTARA PADA PEMBELAJARAN IPA SD/MI DALAM KURIKULUM 2013 (STUDI KASUS MI DI KABUPATEN WONOSOBO DAN SD TAMAN SISWA YOGYAKARTA)
Authors: Sugiyanto Bambang , Hidayat Muhtar Sofwan
Published: December 2018

Tujuan jangka panjang dari penelitian ini adalah Menemukan informasi dan rekomendasi tentang bentuk internalisasi Pandangan Ki Hadjar Dewantara Pada Pembelajaran IPA SD/MI Dalam Kurikulum 2013. Tujuan khusus dari penelitian melihat seperti apa dan sejauh mana penginternalisasian Pandangan Ki Hadjar Dewantara Pada Pembelajaran IPA di SD Taman Siswa Yogyakarta dan Pembelajaran IPA MI Dalam Kurikulum 2013 Di Kabupaten Wonosobo. Penelitian menggunakan metode Gabungan dengan instrument penelitannya mengggunakan angket dan lembar observasi. Jumlah sekolah sejumlah 15 MI dengan menggunakan kurikulum 2013 di Wonosobo dan SD Taman Siswa Yogyakarta

Berdasar penelitian yang sudah di laksanakan dapat di simpulkan bahwa masih ada beberapa indikator yang perlu di tingkatkan dalam pelaksanaanya. Direkomdasikan dan diharapkan dari pihak sekolah, yayasan maupun dinas terkait supaya diberikan bekal pelatihan atau workshop yang bertujuan untuk peningkatan kemampuan penguasaan materi khusunya materi IPA kepada para guru, memberikan penguasaan mengenai Kurikulum 2013 serta paham tentang tujuan atau capaian kurikulum 2013 yang di harapkan baik dari siswa maupun gurunya. Mengenalkan dan memberikan penjelasan serta contoh teknis penerapan pandangan Ki Hadjar Dewantara dalam pembelajaran, khusunya pembelajaran menggunakan kurikulum 2013. Perlu adanya pembentukan sikap dan mental bagi guru supaya karakter guru yang di perlihatkan pada siswa dalam pembelajaran mencerminkan padangan Ki Hadjar Dewantara serta memberikan fasilitas dan memenuhinya kebutuhan guru baik secara moril maupun matriil dan memberikan akses mudah untuk memperoleh informasi seluas luasnya mengenai materi atau informasi yang di butuhkan guna untuk meningkatkan kemampuan paedagogik guru. Serta membuat aturan atau kebijakan yang mengharuskan pembelajaran yang dilaksanakan oleh guru harus bersendikan nilai-nilai luhur Pandangan Ki Hadjar Dewantara.
DESKRIPSI IMPLEMENTASI KOMPETENSI PERAWAT SESUAI CLINICAL APPOINTMENT DI RSUD KRT SETJONEGORO WONOSOBO
Authors: Marwiati Marwiati
Published: December 2018

Praktik keperawatan profesional berbasis kompetensi adal ah integrasi dari pengetahuan, skill, tanggungjawab dan akuntabilitas. Implementasi dari kompetensi berdasarkan kewenangan klinis dapat berdampak pada kepuasan pasien dan kejadian patient safety. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui deskripsi implementasi kompetensi perawat klinis I di RSUD KRT Setjonegoro dengan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologis dengan metode indepth interview pada 5 perawat klinis I, 5 partisipan triangulasi untuk membedakan aplikasi implementasi kompetensi berdasarkan penugasan klinis.

Observasi dilakukan pada perawat klinis I. Kebijakan dan peraturan dari penugasan klinis merupakan bagian dari sistem pelayanan kesehatan dan proses yang meliputi sosialisasi kredensial, kredensial dan penerbitan penugasan klinis. Implementasi kompetensi yang kurang sesuai dengan penugasan klinis dapat menyebabkan komplain dari pasien dan adanya kejadian yang tidak diharapkan. Dukungan dari semua pihak diperlukan untuk implementasi kompetensi perawat berdasarkan penugasan klinis.
Is Prehospital Care Really a Profession?
Authors: Reynolds Louise
Published: December 2018

Summary
The movement of the ambulance industry toward a professional standing has been gaining momentum for some years. This has been in part due to the education of the paramedics, the formation of the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals and the recognition of interstate qualifications.

This paper takes a formal definition of professionalism to evaluate the changes that have taken place over time and further, what changes need to take place. Even so, this article argues that while significant progress has been made further developments are required to meet a formal definition of professionalism. Undertaking such an evaluation may seem a fruitless exercise nonetheless such an evaluation highlights areas that can be addressed with minimal resources.
Standards and Standardization in Paramedic Protocols
Authors: Anantharaman Gaevan
Published: December 2018

This editorial looks at the issue of standardisation of paramedic protocols
Pre-hospital paramedic administration of Ceftriaxone for suspected meningococcal septicaemia in Victoria, Australia
Authors: Walker Tony
Published: December 2018

Meningococcal septicaemia is not common in Australia. The disease does however have a rapid onset and relatively high levels of mortality and morbidity, particularly in children and adolescents. An effective vaccine has been introduced to protect against Group C disease, however no commercially available vaccine exists to protect against Group B which accounts for the majority of cases in Australia.
Australian authorities recommend the early administration of antibiotics to cases of suspected meningococcal septicaemia. Ambulance services are important providers of primary healthcare with strong clinical governance processes. They are well placed to assist in meeting the goal of early antibiotic therapy particularly in rural and remote areas where there may be prolonged ambulance transport times and variable access to medical practitioners and other primary healthcare providers.
In late 2003 Rural Ambulance Victoria introduced clinical practice guidelines which authorised ambulance and intensive care paramedics to administer the antibiotic Ceftriaxone in cases of suspected meningococcal septicaemia. This paper reviews meningococcal disease in Australia, explores the drivers and processes leading to the development of these guidelines, outlines experiences with the program to date, and identifies the need for further research in this area.
Tongue involvement in Parry-Romberg syndrome with unilateral morphea
Authors: BAYKAL SELCUK Leyla , YAYLİ Savas
Published: December 2018

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Toluidine blue application to detect dysplasia and malignant changes in patients with oral lichenoid lesions
Authors: TASKİN Banu , GERCEKER TURK Bengu , KANDİLOGLU Gulsen , CEYLAN Can , GUNERİ Pelin , ALPER Sibel , DERELİ Tugrul
Published: December 2018

Background  Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic disease with immune-mediated pathogenesis which can be premalignant. Oral lichenoid dysplasia (OLD) is a precancerous process with lichenoid features which is frequently confused with OLP.Objective In this study, we aimed to investigate the efficacy of toluidine blue (TB) administration before biopsy to detect the dysplastic changes in patients who were clinically diagnosed with OLP.Methods Thirty consecutive patients with oral lichenoid lesions whose clinical findings were consistent with OLP were included in the study. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients studied were recorded and clinical photos were taken before and after the administration of TB. Areas to be biopsied were determined according to the results of the TB staining. Histopathologically, all the specimens were evaluated in terms of the diagnostic features of OLP and the presence of dysplastic findings. Results The mean age of the 30 patients (21 females, 9 males) included in the study was 51.03 (26-70 years) and the median value of disease duration was 12.00 ± 67.23 months (2-360 months). Six patients (20.0%) had positive staining after application of TB. Histopathological examination revealed OLP findings in 17 patients (56.7%), OLP and dysplasia findings in nine patients (30.0%) and lichenoid dysplasia in four patients (13.3%). Dysplasia was detected in all of the lesions (six patients) which were stained blue with TB. The relationship between staining and dysplasia was significant (p<0.05). OLP and dysplasia were observed in four of these six patients (66.7%), and lichenoid dysplasia was observed in the other two (33.3%). The relationship between presence of dysplasia and presence of mitosis was found statistically significant in patients with histopathological dysplasia (p<0.05). When the presence of mitosis was evaluated in biopsies taken from the stained lesions, a statistically significant relation was found (p<0.05).ConclusionsIn our study, it was observed that dysplasia was detected in all stained areas after the application of TB to clinically classical OLP patients, but there was no staining in some patients despite the presence of dysplasia. Therefore, the sensitivity of the application was 46%, specificity was 100%, positive predictive value was 100% and negative predictive value was 70.8%. TB application is a specific test to detect the dysplasia; however because of the low sensitivity in oral lichenoid lesions, another method is needed to increase the sensitivity.
Approximation by Baskakov-Szász-Stancu Operators Preserving Exponential Functions
Authors: Bodur Murat , Gürel Yılmaz Övgü , Aral Ali
Published: December 2018

The purpose of this paper is to construct a general class of operators which has known Baskakov-Szász-Stancu that preserving constant and $e^{2ax}, a>0$ functions. We scrutinize a uniform convergence result and analyze the asymptotic behavior of our operators, as well. Finally, we discuss the convergence of corresponding sequences in exponential weighted spaces and make a comparison about which one approximates better between classical Baskakov-Szász-Stancu operators and the recent operators.
Differences of Operators of Lupaş Type
Authors: Gupta Vijay
Published: December 2018

In the present article, we study the approximation of difference of operators and find the quantitative estimates for the difference of Lupaş operators with Lupaş-Szász operators and Lupaş-Kantorovich operators in terms of modulus of continuity. Also, we find the quantitative estimate for the difference of Lupaş-Kantorovich operators and Lupaş-Szász operators.
A Short Survey on the Recent Fixed Point Results on $b$-Metric Spaces
Authors: Karapınar Erdal
Published: December 2018

The aim of this short survey is to collect and combine basic notions and results in the fixed point theory in the context of $b$-metric spaces. It is also aimed to show that there are still enough rooms for several researchers in this interesting direction and a huge application potential.
Approximation of Modified Jakimovski-Leviatan-Beta Type Operators
Authors: Mursaleen Mohammad , Nasıruzzaman Mohammad
Published: December 2018

In the present paper, we define Jakimovski-Leviatan type modified operators. We study some approximation results for these operators. We also determine the order of convergence in terms of modulus of continuity, Lipschitz functions, Peetre's K-functional, second order modulus of continuity and weighted modulus of continuity.
Optimal Sliding Mode Control for an Active Suspension System Based on a Genetic Algorithm
Authors: Zhou Chen , Liu Xinhui , Chen Wei , Xu Feixiang , Cao Bingwei
Published: December 2018

In order to improve the dynamic quality of traditional sliding mode control for an active suspension system, an optimal sliding mode control (OSMC) based on a genetic algorithm (GA) is proposed. First, the overall structure and control principle of the active suspension system are introduced. Second, the mathematical model of the quarter car active suspension system is established. Third, a sliding mode control (SMC) controller is designed to manipulate the active force to control the active suspension system. Fourth, GA is applied to optimize the weight coefficients of an SMC switching function and the parameters of the control law. Finally, the simulation model is built based on MATLAB/Simulink (version 2014a), and the simulations are performed and analyzed with the proposed control strategy to identify its performance. The simulation results show that the OSMC controller tuned using a GA has better control performance than the traditional SMC controller.
Optimal Design of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Heart Rate Level Classification Systems Using the Bird Swarm Algorithm
Authors: Miramontes Ivette , Guzman Juan , Melin Patricia , Prado-Arechiga German
Published: December 2018

In this paper, the optimal designs of type-1 and interval type-2 fuzzy systems for the classification of the heart rate level are presented. The contribution of this work is a proposed approach for achieving the optimal design of interval type-2 fuzzy systems for the classification of the heart rate in patients. The fuzzy rule base was designed based on the knowledge of experts. Optimization of the membership functions of the fuzzy systems is done in order to improve the classification rate and provide a more accurate diagnosis, and for this goal the Bird Swarm Algorithm was used. Two different type-1 fuzzy systems are designed and optimized, the first one with trapezoidal membership functions and the second with Gaussian membership functions. Once the best type-1 fuzzy systems have been obtained, these are considered as a basis for designing the interval type-2 fuzzy systems, where the footprint of uncertainty was optimized to find the optimal representation of uncertainty. After performing different tests with patients and comparing the classification rate of each fuzzy system, it is concluded that fuzzy systems with Gaussian membership functions provide a better classification than those designed with trapezoidal membership functions. Additionally, tests were performed with the Crow Search Algorithm to carry out a performance comparison, with Bird Swarm Algorithm being the one with the best results.
Addendum: Gosling, E.M., et al. The Status of Pet Rabbit Breeding and Online Sales in the UK: A Glimpse into an Otherwise Elusive Industry. Animals 2018, 8, 199
Authors: Gosling Emma , Vázquez-Diosdado Jorge , Harvey Naomi
Published: December 2018

The authors would like to add the following statement to the published article [...]
BRCA1-Dependent Transcriptional Regulation: Implication in Tissue-Specific Tumor Suppression
Authors: Zhang Xiaowen , Li Rong
Published: December 2018

Germ-line mutations in breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) predominantly predispose women to breast and ovarian cancers. BRCA1 is best known for its functions in maintenance of genomic integrity including repairing DNA double-strand breaks through homologous recombination and suppressing DNA replication stress. However, whether these universally important BRCA1 functions in maintenance of genomic stability are sufficient to account for its tissue-specific tumor-suppressing function remains unclear. Accumulating evidence indicates that there are previously underappreciated roles of BRCA1 in transcriptional regulation and chromatin remodeling. In this review, we discuss the functional significance of interactions between BRCA1 and various transcription factors, its role in epigenetic regulation and chromatin dynamics, and BRCA1-dependent crosstalk between the machineries of transcription and genome integrity. Furthermore, we propose a model of how transcriptional regulation could contribute to tissue-dependent tumor-suppressing function of BRCA1.
Combination Therapy after TACE for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Macroscopic Vascular Invasion: Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy versus Sorafenib
Authors: Shen Lujun , Xi Mian , Zhao Lei , Zhang Xuhui , Wang Xiuchen , Huang Zhimei , Chen Qifeng , Zhang Tianqi , Shen Jingxian , Liu Mengzhong , Huang Jinhua
Published: December 2018

Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) has shown promising results in the control of macroscopic vascular invasion in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, its efficacy in comparison to sorafenib when combined with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) remains to be determined. Between 2009 and 2017, 77 HCC patients with macroscopic vascular invasion receiving TACE–SBRT or TACE–sorafenib combination therapies were enrolled. The best treatment responses, overall survival (OS), and progression-free survival (PFS) of the two treatment arms were compared. Of the patients enrolled, 26 patients (33.8%) received TACE–SBRT treatment, and 51 (66.2%) received TACE–sorafenib treatment. The patients in the TACE–SBRT group were more frequently classified as elder in age (p = 0.012), having recurrent disease (p = 0.026), and showing lower rates of multiple hepatic lesions (p = 0.005) than patients in TACE–sorafenib group. After propensity score matching (PSM), 26 pairs of well-matched HCC patients were selected; patients in the TACE–SBRT group showed better overall response rates in trend compared to those in the TACE–sorafenib group. The hazard ratio (HR) of OS to PFS for the TACE–SBRT approach and the TACE–sorafenib approach was 0.36 (95% CI, 0.17–0.75; p = 0.007) and 0.35 (95% CI, 0.20–0.62; p < 0.001), respectively. For HCC patients with macrovascular invasion, TACE plus SBRT could provide improved OS and PFS compared to TACE–sorafenib therapy.
Extinction Properties of Obliquely Deposited TiN Nanorod Arrays
Authors: Jen Yi-Jun , Wang Wei-Chien , Wu Kai-Lun , Lin Meng-Jie
Published: December 2018

Plasmonic titanium nitride (TiN) nanorod arrays (NRA) were fabricated by glancing angle deposition in a DC magnetron reactive sputtering system. The morphology of the TiN NRA was varied by collimating the vapor flux. The transmittance, reflectance, and extinctance of slanted TiN nanorods with different lengths as functions of wavelength and angle of incidence were measured and analyzed. The extinction peaks in the spectra reveal the transverse and longitudinal plasmonic modes of TiN NRA upon excitation by s-polarized and p-polarized light, respectively. The near-field simulation was performed to elucidate localized field enhancements that correspond to high extinction. The extension of the high extinction band with an increasing length of the nanorods results in broadband and wide-angle light extinction for a TiN NRA with a thickness greater than 426 nm.
Computational Assessment of the Hazardous Release Dispersion from a Diesel Pool Fire in a Complex Building’s Area
Authors: Vasilopoulos Konstantinos , Mentzos Michalis , Sarris Ioannis E. , Tsoutsanis Panagiotis
Published: December 2018

A hazardous release accident taking place within the complex morphology of an urban setting could cause grave damage both to the population’s safety and to the environment. An unpredicted accident constitutes a complicated physical phenomenon with unanticipated outcomes. This is because, in the event of an unforeseen accident, the dispersion of the hazardous materials exhausted in the environment is determined by unstable parameters such as the wind flow and the complex turbulent diffusion around urban blocks of buildings. Our case study focused on a diesel pool fire accident that occured between an array of nine cubical buildings. The accident was studied with a Large eddy Simulation model based on the Fire Dynamics Simulation method. This model was successfully compared against the nine cubes of the Silsoe experiment. The model’s results were used for the determination of the immediately dangerous to life or health smoke zones of the accident. It was found that the urban geometry defined the hazardous gasses dispersion, thus increasing the toxic mass concentration around the buildings.
Community Ecology and Phylogeography of Bats in the Guianan Savannas of Northern South America
Authors: Lim Burton K. , Lee Thomas E.
Published: December 2018

The Guiana Shield of South America contains savannas within one of the largest contiguous expanses of pristine tropical rainforest remaining in the world, but biodiversity in the grasslands is poorly known. In lowland Neotropical areas, bats typically comprise the most species-rich group of mammals. We compare the bat faunal community and phylogeography in the savanna habitats of the Llanos in Venezuela, Rupununi in Guyana, and Sipaliwini in Suriname. Measures of species diversity and relative abundance from standardized field survey methodology enable comparison among these three grassland regions. Genetic variation is summarized by DNA barcoding to examine biogeographic patterns across larger forest–savanna landscapes. A total of 76 species of bats is documented, of which 18 species are reported from all 3 savannas and 30 species are reported from only 1 of the savannas. Endemism is low with 5 taxa restricted primarily to dry, open habitats. However, 7 other species have divergent phylogeographic lineages associated with savanna populations. Although bat species are usually distributed over wide regions of the Neotropics, the habitat mosaics of the Guiana Shield have different faunal assemblages. Going back into the Miocene, the contractions and expansions of forest–savanna paleoenvironments over time have contributed to speciation and the current high levels of biodiversity in South America.
Effectiveness of DNA Barcoding in Speyeria Butterflies at Small Geographic Scales
Authors: Hill Ryan I. , Ganeshan Maya , Wourms Lindsay , Kronforst Marcus R. , Mullen Sean P. , Savage Wesley K.
Published: December 2018

North American Speyeria butterflies are a group of conservation concern and a challenge to butterfly systematists. Establishing species delimitation and evolutionary relationships among Speyeria has proven difficult due to the polytypic nature of many species, coupled with the similarity of wing patterns of sympatric species. Recent molecular work has found not all Speyeria species to be monophyletic, which could be explained by improper species definitions, incomplete lineage sorting, or ongoing hybridization and introgression. However, these studies involved broad geographic sampling where molecular markers such as the DNA barcode may be especially subject to incomplete lineage sorting. Here we focus on a more local scale, analyzing the mitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase subunit I (CoI) to test whether this marker recovers four sympatric Speyeria species: adiaste (W. H. Edwards, 1864), callippe (Boisduval, 1852), coronis (Behr, 1864), and zerene (Boisduval, 1852), in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. We found that CoI works well to separate all four species. Subspecies were less well-defined, with the S. adiaste subspecies clustering separately, but more mixed for the S. zerene and S. callippe subspecies. Overall, our analyses illustrate the utility of the DNA barcode for separating the Speyeria species and suggest further studies to investigate different geographic scales in order to elucidate genetic diversity patterns in this genus in North America.
Congestion Adaptive Traffic Light Control and Notification Architecture Using Google Maps APIs
Authors: Mishra Sumit , Bhattacharya Devanjan , Gupta Ankit
Published: December 2018

Traffic jams can be avoided by controlling traffic signals according to quickly building congestion with steep gradients on short temporal and small spatial scales. With the rising standards of computational technology, single-board computers, software packages, platforms, and APIs (Application Program Interfaces), it has become relatively easy for developers to create systems for controlling signals and informative systems. Hence, for enhancing the power of Intelligent Transport Systems in automotive telematics, in this study, we used crowdsourced traffic congestion data from Google to adjust traffic light cycle times with a system that is adaptable to congestion. One aim of the system proposed here is to inform drivers about the status of the upcoming traffic light on their route. Since crowdsourced data are used, the system does not entail the high infrastructure cost associated with sensing networks. A full system module-level analysis is presented for implementation. The system proposed is fail-safe against temporal communication failure. Along with a case study for examining congestion levels, generic information processing for the cycle time decision and status delivery system was tested and confirmed to be viable and quick for a restricted prototype model. The information required was delivered correctly over sustained trials, with an average time delay of 1.5 s and a maximum of 3 s.
Dental Attendance in Undocumented Immigrants before and after the Implementation of a Personal Assistance Program: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
Authors: Lambert Martijn
Published: December 2018

Undocumented immigrants are a high-risk social group with low access to care. The present study aims to increase awareness and dental attendance in this subgroup, assisted by community health workers (CHW). Starting from 2015, two trained dentists volunteered to perform free oral health examinations and further dental care referral in a welfare organisation in Ghent, Belgium. In 2016 and 2017, a two-day oral health training was added, enabling social workers to operate as community oral health workers and to provide personal oral health advice and assistance. Over the three years, an oral health examination was performed on 204 clients from 1 to 69 years old, with a mean age of 36.7 (SD = 15.9), showing high levels of untreated caries (71.6%; n = 146) and a Dutch Periodontal Screening Index (DPSI) score of 3 or 4 in 62.2% of the sample (n = 97). Regarding dental attendance, the total number of missed appointments decreased significantly, with 40.9% in 2015, 11.9% in 2016 and 8.0% in 2017 (p < 0.001). Undocumented immigrants can be integrated into professional oral health care. Personal assistance by community health workers might be an effective method, although this requires further investigation.
Complexity and Entropy Analysis of a Multi-Channel Supply Chain Considering Channel Cooperation and Service
Authors: Li Qiuxiang , Chen Xingli , Huang Yimin
Published: December 2018

In this paper, based on the background of channel cooperation and service of the supply chain, this paper constructs a Nash game model and a Stackeberg game model in the multi-channel supply chain considering an online-to-store channel (OSC). Based on maximizing the profits and the bounded rationality expectation rule (BRE), this paper builds a dynamic game model, respectively, and analyzes the stability of the equilibrium points by mathematical analysis and explores the influences of parameters on stability domain and entropy of the system by using bifurcation diagram, the entropy diagram, the largest Lyapunov exponent and the chaotic attractor etc. Besides, the influences of service level and profit distribution rate on system’s profit are discussed. The theoretical results show that the greater the service level and profit distribution rate are, the smaller the stability domain of the system is; the system will go into chaotic state and the system’s entropy will increase when operators adjust her/his price decision quickly; when the manufacturer or the retailer keeps service level in the appropriate value which is conducive to maximizing her/his profit; the manufacturer should carefully set the service level of OSC to ensure the system’s profit; in Nash game model, the stability of the system weakens than that in Stackelberg game model. Furthermore, this paper puts forward some suggestions to help the manufacturer and retailer in multi-channel supply chain to do the better decision.
Evaluating Partnerships in Sustainability-Oriented Food Supply Chain: A Five-Stage Performance Measurement Model
Authors: Shashi  , Singh Rajwinder , Centobelli Piera , Cerchione Roberto
Published: December 2018

This study aims to investigate how overall food supply chain performance (FSCP) often depends on the performance of partners in a sustainable and energy-efficient supply chain. Initially, the study classifies the FSCP and further examines the partner relationships in sustainability-oriented food supply chain (FSC). To do so, the study proposes and formally tests a five-stage performance measurement model. The present research mainly focuses on the Indian food industry. Results highlight significant direct and indirect positive performance relationships between the different FSC stages. The structural equation modeling analysis highlights that producer’s performance positively impacts supplier’s performance, processor’s performance, and distributor’s performance. Moreover, supplier’s performance positively impacts processor’s performance, distributor’s performance, and retailer’s performance, and also processor’s performance positively impacts both distributor’s performance and retailer’s performance. Lastly, distributor’s performance positively impacts retailer’s performance. The study suggests that regular performance improvement at each FSC stage would improve the performance of the next stage players. Most importantly, the direct impact of each partner’s performance is comparatively high on its immediate next partner’s performance. Furthermore, this study will assist practitioners to understand various FSCP measurement issues and make significant improvements in their sustainable and energy-efficient supply chain practices.
Energy Efficiency of Biorefinery Schemes Using Sugarcane Bagasse as Raw Material
Authors: Restrepo-Serna Daissy Lorena , Martínez-Ruano Jimmy Anderson , Cardona-Alzate Carlos Ariel
Published: December 2018

The use of biomass to obtain value-added products has been a good alternative for reducing their environmental impacts. For this purpose, different studies have been carried out focused on the use of agro-industrial waste. One of the most commonly used raw materials has been bagasse obtained from the processing of sugarcane in high quantities in countries like Brazil, India, China, Thailand, Pakistan, Mexico, Colombia, Indonesia, Philippines, and the United States. From 1 ton of sugarcane, 280 kg of bagasse can be obtained. Sugarcane bagasse (SCB) is a waste that is rich in polysaccharides, which makes it a promising raw material for obtaining products under biorefinery concept. The objective of this work was to analyze from the energetic point of view, different biorefinery schemes in which SCB is employed as a raw material. The design and simulation of the different biorefinery schemes is performed in Aspen Plus software. From this software, it was possible to obtain the different mass and energy balances, which are used in the technical and energetic analysis. Exergy is used as a comparison tool for the energy analysis. These analyses allowed for the selection of the best biorefinery configuration from SCB.
A Deep Neural Network Model for Short-Term Load Forecast Based on Long Short-Term Memory Network and Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Tian Chujie , Ma Jian , Zhang Chunhong , Zhan Panpan
Published: December 2018

Accurate electrical load forecasting is of great significance to help power companies in better scheduling and efficient management. Since high levels of uncertainties exist in the load time series, it is a challenging task to make accurate short-term load forecast (STLF). In recent years, deep learning approaches provide better performance to predict electrical load in real world cases. The convolutional neural network (CNN) can extract the local trend and capture the same pattern, and the long short-term memory (LSTM) is proposed to learn the relationship in time steps. In this paper, a new deep neural network framework that integrates the hidden feature of the CNN model and the LSTM model is proposed to improve the forecasting accuracy. The proposed model was tested in a real-world case, and detailed experiments were conducted to validate its practicality and stability. The forecasting performance of the proposed model was compared with the LSTM model and the CNN model. The Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) were used as the evaluation indexes. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed model can achieve better and stable performance in STLF.
Application of Particle Swarm Optimization to a Scheduling Strategy for Microgrids Coupled with Natural Gas Networks
Authors: Yousif Muhammad , Ai Qian , Gao Yang , Wattoo Waqas Ahmad , Jiang Ziqing , Hao Ran
Published: December 2018

This article focuses on the minimization of operational cost and optimal power dispatch associated with microgrids coupled with natural gas networks using particle swarm optimization (PSO). Introducing a natural gas turbine in a microgrid to overcome the drawbacks of renewable energy resources is a recent trend. This results in increased load and congestion in the gas network. To avoid congestion and balance the load, it is necessary to coordinate with the electric grid to plan optimal dispatch of both interactive networks. A modification is done in applying PSO to solve this coupled network problem. To study the proposed approach, a 7-node natural gas system coupled with the IEEE bus 33 test system is used. The proposed strategy provides the optimal power dispatch. Moreover, it indicates that power sharing between the main grid and microgrid is reduced in such a way that it may help the main grid to shave the load curve peaks.
Spatial Segregation Facilitates the Coexistence of Tree Species in Temperate Forests
Authors: Shi Peijian , Gao Jie , Song Zhaopeng , Liu Yanhong , Hui Cang
Published: December 2018

Competition between plants has an important role during the natural succession of forest communities. Niche separation between plants can reduce such interspecific competition and enable multispecies plant to achieve coexistence, although this proposition has rarely been supported in experiments. Plant competition can be captured by spatial segregation of the competing species to avoid fierce direct conflicts for nutrients and light. We investigated a site of 400 m × 1000 m in Beijing Pine Mountain National Nature Reserve that was established for protecting Chinese pine and some rare fungi. Six dominant tree species (Fraxinus chinensis Roxb., Syringa reticulata (Blume) H. Hara var. amurensis (Rupr.) J. S. Pringle, Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb., Armeniaca sibirica (L.) Lam., Pinus tabuliformis Carrière, and Ulmus pumila L.) were individually marked. Metrics of spatial segregation, based on the theory of spatial point process, were calculated to detect spatial competition. The corresponding type (species)-specific probabilities and the p-values from a spatially implicit test revealed significant overall spatial segregation between the six tree species. We further used the cross-type L-function to check the spatial correlation between Chinese pine and the other tree species, and detected a significant spatial repulsion relationship with four other tree species. Our study shows that each of the six dominant tree species occupies a different subarea in the landscape to effectively reduce direct spatial competition. We thus argue that patchy distributions of different tree species could be common in late forest community succession, and the coexistence of plants could be maintained over a large spatial scale. Management intervention, such as thinning the densities of dominant tree species, could be used to foster species coexistence and ensure the productivity of commercial stands.
Allelopathy of Wild Mushrooms—An Important Factor for Assessing Forest Ecosystems in Japan
Authors: Osivand Asma , Araya Hiroshi , Appiah Kwame S. , Mardani Hossein , Ishizaki Takayuki , Fujii Yoshiharu
Published: December 2018

Research Highlights: Some organisms such as plants and fungi release certain secondary metabolites, generally called allelochemicals, which can influence the organisms around them. Some of the secondary metabolites released by mushrooms may have certain effects on the growth and development of neighboring plants. Background Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the allelopathic potential of mushrooms in a forest ecosystem. To this end, 289 Japanese mushroom species were collected from the wild and tested using a modified sandwich method, which is a quick and effective bioassay technique. Materials and Methods: The collected specimens were prepared for bioassay as dried samples, and 10 mg/well (10 cm2) was added to a 6-well multidish according to the mycelia biomass, which was estimated at 700−900 kg ha−1 year−1 (7–9 mg 10 cm−2) in coniferous forests. Results: Of the screened mushroom species, 74% inhibited more than 50% of the radicle elongation in lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. Great Lakes 366) seedlings, while the average of all species was 41.1%. This result suggests that wild mushrooms have a significant regulatory effect on lettuce growth. According to our standard deviation variance analysis, 54 out of 289 species showed significant allelopathic activity. Among these species, Xeromphalina tenuipes, Cortinarius violaceus, and Clavaria miyabeana exhibited the strongest growth inhibitory activity, with radicle elongation of 5.1%, 4.3%, and 7.6% of the control, respectively. In contrast, Ischnoderma resinosum stimulated the length of radicle and hypocotyl growth by 30.6% and 42.0%, respectively. These results suggest that these species may play important roles in ecosystems. In addition, the wide range of allelopathic activities observed in mushrooms indicates that various amounts of diverse secondary metabolites from these species are involved in mushroom allelopathy. Conclusions: Our study reveals the importance of evaluating mushroom allelopathy to understand the wider ecological structures within complex ecosystems.
Characterizing Actions in a Dynamic Common Pool Resource Game
Authors: Somasse Gbetonmasse B. , Smith Alexander , Chapman Zachary
Published: December 2018

We conducted a dynamic common pool resource experiment and found large differences among groups in the total benefits (surplus) obtained from the resource. To shed light on the factors underlying the differences, we characterized individual appropriation decisions as irresponsible, sustainable, or constructive, and defined a measure of the intensity of such actions. We then examined the relationships between group-level success and the frequency and intensity of the individual actions, finding that the average intensity of irresponsible actions was the best predictor of group success. We interpreted this as suggestive evidence that policies aimed at preserving and maximizing the benefits of renewable resources should above all else aim to reduce the intensity of irresponsible actions.
Optimal Control of Heterogeneous Mutating Viruses
Authors: Gubar Elena , Taynitskiy Vladislav , Zhu Quanyan
Published: December 2018

Different strains of influenza viruses spread in human populations during every epidemic season. As the size of an infected population increases, the virus can mutate itself and grow in strength. The traditional epidemic SIR model does not capture virus mutations and, hence, the model is not sufficient to study epidemics where the virus mutates at the same time as it spreads. In this work, we establish a novel framework to study the epidemic process with mutations of influenza viruses, which couples the SIR model with replicator dynamics used for describing virus mutations. We formulated an optimal control problem to study the optimal strategies for medical treatment and quarantine decisions. We obtained structural results for the optimal strategies and used numerical examples to corroborate our results.
Ancient Ancestry Informative Markers for Identifying Fine-Scale Ancient Population Structure in Eurasians
Authors: Esposito Umberto , Das Ranajit , Syed Syakir , Pirooznia Mehdi , Elhaik Eran
Published: December 2018

The rapid accumulation of ancient human genomes from various areas and time periods potentially enables the expansion of studies of biodiversity, biogeography, forensics, population history, and epidemiology into past populations. However, most ancient DNA (aDNA) data were generated through microarrays designed for modern-day populations, which are known to misrepresent the population structure. Past studies addressed these problems by using ancestry informative markers (AIMs). It is, however, unclear whether AIMs derived from contemporary human genomes can capture ancient population structures, and whether AIM-finding methods are applicable to aDNA. Further the high missingness rates in ancient—and oftentimes haploid—DNA can also distort the population structure. Here, we define ancient AIMs (aAIMs) and develop a framework to evaluate established and novel AIM-finding methods in identifying the most informative markers. We show that aAIMs identified by a novel principal component analysis (PCA)-based method outperform all of the competing methods in classifying ancient individuals into populations and identifying admixed individuals. In some cases, predictions made using the aAIMs were more accurate than those made with a complete marker set. We discuss the features of the ancient Eurasian population structure and strategies to identify aAIMs. This work informs the design of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) microarrays and the interpretation of aDNA results, which enables a population-wide testing of primordialist theories.
Neural Network Evolving Algorithm Based on the Triplet Codon Encoding Method
Authors: Yang Xu , Deng Songgaojun , Ji Mengyao , Zhao Jinfeng , Zheng Wenhao
Published: December 2018

Artificial intelligence research received more and more attention nowadays. Neural Evolution (NE) is one very important branch of AI, which waves the power of evolutionary algorithms to generate Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). How to use the evolutionary advantages of network topology and weights to solve the application of Artificial Neural Networks is the main problem in the field of NE. In this paper, a novel DNA encoding method based on the triple codon is proposed. Additionally, a NE algorithm Triplet Codon Encoding Neural Network Evolving Algorithm (TCENNE) based on this encoding method is presented to verify the rationality and validity of the coding design. The results show that TCENNE is very effective and more robust than NE algorithms, due to the coding design. Also, it is shown that it can realize the co-evolution of network topology and weights and outperform other neural evolution systems in challenging reinforcement learning tasks.
PIF-Mediated Sucrose Regulation of the Circadian Oscillator is Light Quality and Temperature Dependent
Authors: Shor Ekaterina , Potavskaya Raya , Kurtz Ayelet , Paik Inyup , Huq Enamul , Green Rachel
Published: December 2018

Studies are increasingly showing that metabolic and circadian (~24 h) pathways are strongly interconnected, with the circadian system regulating the metabolic state of the cell, and metabolic products feeding back to entrain the oscillator. In plants, probably the most significant impact of the circadian system on metabolism is in its reciprocal regulation of photosynthesis; however, the pathways by which this occurs are still poorly understood. We have previously shown that members of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR (PIF) family are involved in the photosynthate entrainment of the circadian oscillator. In this paper, using Arabidopsis mutants and overexpression lines, we examine how temperature and light quality affect PIF-mediated sucrose signaling to the oscillator and examine the contributions of individual PIF members. Our results also show that the quality of light is important for PIF signaling, with red and blue lights having the opposite effects, and that temperature affects PIF-mediated sucrose signaling. We propose the light sensitivity of PIF-mediated sucrose entrainment of the oscillator may be important in enabling plants to distinguish between sucrose produced de novo from photosynthesis during the day and the sucrose products of starch degradation at the end of the night.
Enhancer Trapping and Annotation in Zebrafish Mediated with Sleeping Beauty, piggyBac and Tol2 Transposons
Authors: Shen Dan , Xue Songlei , Chan Shuheng , Sang Yatong , Wang Saisai , Wang Yali , Chen Cai , Gao Bo , Mueller Ferenc , Song Chengyi
Published: December 2018

Although transposon-mediated enhancer trapping (ET) is successfully applied in diverse models, the efficiency of various transposon systems varies significantly, and little information is available regarding efficiency of enhancer trapping by various transposons in zebrafish. Most potential enhancers (Ens) still lack evidence of actual En activity. Here, we compared the differences in ET efficiency between sleeping beauty (SB), piggyBac (PB) and Tol2 transposons. Tol2 represented the highest germline transfer efficiencies at 55.56% (NF0 = 165), followed by SB (38.36%, NF0 = 151) and PB (32.65%, NF0 = 149). ET lines generated by the Tol2 transposon tended to produce offspring with a single expression pattern per line, while PB and SB tended to generate embryos with multiple expression patterns. In our tests, 10 putative Ens (En1–10) were identified by splinkerette PCR and comparative genomic analysis. Combining the GFP expression profiles and mRNA expression patterns revealed that En1 and En2 may be involved in regulation of the expression of dlx1a and dlx2a, while En6 may be involved in regulation of the expression of line TK4 transgene and rps26, and En7 may be involved in the regulation of the expression of wnt1 and wnt10b. Most identified Ens were found to be transcribed in zebrafish embryos, and their regulatory function may involve eRNAs.
Association between Polymorphisms in Inflammatory Response-Related Genes and the Susceptibility, Progression and Prognosis of the Diffuse Histological Subtype of Gastric Cancer
Authors: Furuya Tatiane K. , Jacob Carlos E. , Tomitão Michele T. P. , Camacho Lizeth C. C. , Ramos Marcus F. K. P. , Eluf-Neto José , Alves Venâncio A. F. , Zilberstein Bruno , Cecconello Ivan , Ribeiro Ulysses , Chammas Roger
Published: December 2018

The chronic inflammatory microenvironment and immune cell dysfunction have been described as critical components for gastric tumor initiation and progression. The diffuse subtype is related to poor clinical outcomes, pronounced inflammation, and the worst prognosis. We investigated the association of polymorphisms in inflammatory response-related genes (COX-2, OGG1, TNFB, TNFA, HSPA1L, HSPA1B, VEGFA, IL17F, LGALS3, PHB, and TP53) with gastric cancer susceptibility, progression and prognosis in a Brazilian sample, focusing on the diffuse subtype. We also performed the analysis regarding the total sample of cases (not stratified for tumor subtypes), allowing the comparison between the findings. We further investigated the polymorphisms in linkage disequilibrium and performed haplotype association analyses. In the case-control study, rs1042522 (TP53) was associated with a stronger risk for developing gastric cancer in the sample stratified for diffuse subtype patients when compared to the risk observed for the total cases; CTC haplotype (rs699947/rs833061/rs2010963 VEGFA) was associated with risk while rs699947 was associated with protection for gastric malignancy in the total sample. Regarding the associations with the clinicopathological features of gastric cancer, for the diffuse subtype we found that rs699947 and rs833061 (VEGFA) were associated with outcomes related to a worse progression while rs5275 (COX-2), rs909253 (TNFB), and rs2227956 (HSPA1L) were associated to a better progression of the disease. In the total sample, rs699947 and rs833061 (VEGFA), rs4644 (LGALS3), and rs1042522 (TP53) were able to predict a worse progression while rs5275 (COX-2), rs2227956 (HSPA1L), and rs3025039 (VEGFA) a better progression. Besides, rs909253 (TNFB) predicted protection for the overall and disease-free survivals for gastric cancer. In conclusion, these results helped us to clarify the potential role of these polymorphisms in genes involved in the modulation of the inflammatory response in the pathogenesis of gastric cancer.