bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
COMPARISON OF LIPID PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC NEUROPATHY AND WITHOUT NEUROPATHY; A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
Authors: Huma Kanwal , Mehboob Khadija , Rashid Amir , Fuad Fatima , Mujahid Muhammad Mamoon , Arshad Asma
Published: January 2021

Objective: To compare lipid profile in patients with diabetic neuropathy and without neuropathy.

Study Design: Cross-sectional comparative study.

Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out at Multidisciplinary Lab-1, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Army Medical College, from Jan 2020 to Sep 2020 in collaboration with Pak-Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi.

Methodology: Eighty-four subjects were selected and divided into three groups, twenty-eight in each. Group Iincluded diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with peripheral neuropathy, group II included diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus without peripheral neuropathy and group III consisted of healthy individuals. Biochemical parameters including total cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol were measured. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 22.0. One way ANOVA test was used that followed by post-Hoc Tukey test for group comparison.

Results: There was significant difference in triglycerides (p-value 0.001) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol(0.003) levels among group I and III. While, between group II and III significant difference of high density lipoprotein cholesterol was present. There was no significant difference between group I and II regarding all lipid profile parameters.

Conclusion: There was significant increase of triglycerides levels and decrease of high density lipoproteincholesterol in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy as compared to healthy controls. No significantdifference was observed for all parameters of lipid profile between patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathyand without peripheral neuropathy.
STRESS AND AGE AS PREDICTORS OF POOR FAMILY RELATIONS AMONG FEMALE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
Authors: Mustafa Nazia , Sardar Tahir , Khan Najm Us Saqib , Akhtar Muhammad Naveed , Mumtaz Javaria , Zubair Usama Bin
Published: January 2021

Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the role of stress and age in managing family relations.

Study Design: Cross sectional study.

Place and Duration of Study: Public sector hospitals in Rawalpindi and Islamabad from May 2018 to June2018.

Methodology: A sample of 103females healthcare professionals (Doctors=15, Psychiatrists= 14, psychologists=29, Nurses=22 and Others = 23) (Married=53, unmarried=50) with mean age of 30years (range from 20to50years) were taken from various hospitals in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Data was collected by using the Perceived Stress Scale and the Index of Family Relations.

Results: Results revealed significant positive correlation between age and poor family relations whereas correlation between stress and family relations is not significant. Regression analysis showed age as predictor of poor family relations. These findings were interpreted with thesupport of literature.

Conclusion: It is concluded a work- family life balance should be achieved and presence of stress or mental health problems should be screened timely in order to manage them before it’s too late.
TO DETERMINE CORRELATION BETWEEN MEAN PERIPHERAL LEUCOCYTE COUNTS AND MEAN LESION VOLUME IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE
Authors: Khan Raees Iqbal , Mehmood Arshad , Khattak Abdul Latif , Syeda Hina , Jibran Raja , Sheen Irfan Najam
Published: January 2021

Objective: To determine correlation between mean peripheral leucocyte counts and mean lesion volume in acute ischemic stroke.

Study Design: Cross sectional study.

Place and Duration of Study: We have performed all this research work Combined Military Hospital Quetta, from Jan 2018 to Dec 2018.

Methodology: All admitted patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were incorporated in the study. The diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke was based on symptoms of focal neurologic insufficiency and MRI brain evidence of infarct. Total peripheral leucocyte counts were calculated under the supervision of a pathologist who is the fellow of CPSP and has addition a l10 years of experience in pathology. All the above stated evidence including name, age, gender and address were documented in the study Performa.

Results: Total no of patients in our study was 70. Of total patients 39 (55.71%) were male and 31 (4.29%) were females. Correlation between mean peripheral leucocytes counts and mean lesion volume in acute ischemic stroke was calculated as 15.97 ± 3.53 x 109 for TLC and 12.50 ± 3.24 for lesion volume, final results of R are 0.7936. Positive correlation revealed that both increased. X variable scores proportionately related with increased Y variable scores. Same goes for decreased values. The coefficient of determination R2 results turned out to be 0.6298.

Conclusion: We concluded a positive correlation between mean peripheral leucocytes counts and mean lesion volume in acute ischemic stroke. Additional studies are mandatory to validate our findings to establish positive correlation.
THROMBOCYTOPENIA AND ELEVATED ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE LEVELS IN MALARIA PATIENTS
Authors: Gilani Sayed Tanveer Abbas , Khan Amjad , Khan Tariq Ali , Farooq Muhammad
Published: January 2021

Objective: To study thrombocytopenia and elevated ALT levels in malaria patients reporting to Pak Med Level II+ Hospital XII and XIII, UN Mission Liberia, West Africa.

Study Design: Cross sectional study.

Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Pathology and Medicine, Pak Med Level II+ Hospital XII and XIII, UN Mission Liberia, West Africa, from Feb 2015 to Dec 2016.

Methodology: In total of 100 febrile patients of both gender and all ages reported to Pak Med Level II+ Hospital XII and XIII, Liberia with clinical features of malaria and having positive malarial parasite (MP) on any of the methods of immune chromatography (ICT) or microscopic film were included. The febrile patients with typical clinical features of malaria but having negative MP both on ICT and microscopic methods were excluded.Pretreatment whole blood in EDTA was collected for testing MP on ICT and by microscopic method including MP index and platelets, while serum for ALT.

Results: Out of total 100 patients, 75 were males, 25 females with mean age of 38 ± 5 years. MP was found positive on MP film in 95% and on ICT in 88% cases. Thrombocytopenia was found in 69% and ALT was elevated in 60% cases. Mean and SD for platelets count was 129 ± 72 x 109/L and of ALT 76 ± 66 U/L. Mean of MP index was 0.49 ranging from 0 to 3.5%. Correlation of MP index with platelets and ALT was found insignificant, although in malaria patients, platelets and ALT was inversely correlated significantly with each other showing low platelets along with elevated ALT levels.

Conclusion: In malaria patients, thrombocytopenia and elevated ALT are frequent findings, which may not definitely correlate with MP index. So it is advisable to test for platelet count and ALT in all patients of malaria for early diagnosis and better management.
DEFICIENCY OF ADAMTS-13 IN SEPSIS PATIENTS AND ITS CORRELATION WITH MORBIDITY/ MORTALITY
Authors: Ali Syed Owais , Hussain Chaudhry Altaf , Ahmad Dawood , Mahmood Rafia , Fatima Syeda Sarwat , Fatima Taqdees
Published: January 2021

Objective: To detect ADAMTS-13 deficiency in sepsis patients and its effect on in-hospital morbidity and mortality in adult patients of sepsis.

Study Design: Cross sectional study.

Place and Duration of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) and Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalpindi, from Apr 2017 to Apr 2018.

Methodology: All indoor patients admitted at Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi and diagnosed as suffering from sepsis at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology according to the guidelines of the Critical Care Society of Medicine Consensus Conference Committee. Forty sepsis patients were recruited for the study. Two groups were formed on the basis of ADAMTS-13 antigen levels, non-deficient and deficient. Basic haematological and clinical parameters were recorded. Levels of ADAMTS-13 antigen were analyzed by using Technozyme kit byenzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and level less than 0.40 IU/ml was taken deficient as defined by manufacturer. Comparison was done between ADAMTS-13 deficient and non-deficient group with regard to clinical and haematological characteristics, ICU stay, hospital admission days and in-hospital mortality. Healthy controls of same age and gender were also observed for ADAMTS-13 antigen level.

Results: Among total 40 sepsis patients, thirty two (80%) were males and eight (20%) were females with a mean age of 61 ± 15 years (range: 30-85 years). ADAMTS-13 deficiency (<0.40 IU/ml) was found in 28 (70%) of patients while 12 (30%) had normal antigen levels. In patients with ADAMTS-13 deficiency, twenty four (85.7%) had low platelet levels <150 x 109/l, mean hospital stay 19.2 ± 7.6 days and in-hospital mortality was seen in eight (28.6%) patients, in comparison of non-deficient group in which platelet levels were equal or >150 x 109/l, mean hospital stay was 10.2 ± 3.6 days and in-hospital mortality was in one (8.3%) patient respectively. ADAMTS-13 antigen level was found sufficient in healthy controls.

Conclusion: Majority of the sepsis patients were found ADAMTS-13 deficient. Deficiency exhibit long term hospital admission, thrombocytopenia and increase in hospital mortality. ADAMTS-13 deficiency might play a role in sepsis induced thrombocytopenia and in hospital mortality. More studies are recommended on the subject with larger sample size to evaluate its role in sepsis.
Review and Bibliometric Analysis of Industry 4.0 in Social Sciences
Authors: TEPE Gencay , MUCAN ÖZCAN Burcu
Published: January 2021

The increased rate of technological advancements with Globalization changed, and still changing the industry structures, corporates, the way of working. In recent years Industry 4.0 became one of the prominent subjects. Therefore various corporations and research companies have contributed greatly to the literature of Industry 4.0. In order to find out the fields, countries and authors’ contribution to the subject in terms of conducting studies and their influence on other studies, published studies for the last two decades are reviewed with the bibliometric analysis method. The types, key research subjects, the cross-subject relations and collaborations for 1084 document reviewed by the analysis are revealed. With a systematic map that will be created for Industry 4.0, the aim is to indicate the progress of published papers in graphics, to determine the current fields of interest regarding the subject and in turn to guide the potential future researches. Among these results, it is seen that Business and Management fields, and Engineering are the most prominent disciplines in terms of working on Industry 4.0. Germany has most publications and BRIC countries, such as China at the forefront, Brazil and Russia follow Germany closely.
Kalender Kasrı: Yapımı, Tadilatı ve II. Mahmud Dönemi Askerî Üs Olma Süreci
Authors: AYDIN Salim
Published: January 2021

Bu çalışmanın konusu, dünyanın jeostratejik açıdan en önemli yerlerinden birisi olan ve iki kıtayı birbirinden ayıran İstanbul Boğazı’ndaki (Boğaziçi) Kalender Kasrı’dır. Bu kasır Osmanlı Devleti’nde padişahlar için yapılan biniş kasırlarından birisidir. Çalışma, Kalender’de inşa edilen biniş kasrının ilk yapımından günümüze kadar olan evrelerini, incelemektedir. III. Ahmed, III. Selim ve Abdülaziz dönemlerinde Kalender’de birer kasır inşa ettirilmiştir. Bu kasırlardan sadece Abdülaziz’in yaptırdığı kasır, farklı dönemlerde yapılan tadilatlarla günümüze kadar gelmiştir. Ayrıca, 1828-29 Osmanlı-Rus Savaşı’nda Rami Kışlası’ndan Sancak-ı Şerif’in niçin Kalender Kasrı’na getirildiği, yine kasrın Osmanlı Devleti’nin son yılları ile Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin ilk yıllarında okul olarak kullanıldığı birincil kaynaklarla ortaya konmuştur. Osmanlı Devleti döneminde yapılmış ve günümüze kadar ulaşmış Küçüksu, Beykoz, Aynalıkavak, Ihlamur, Maslak vb. kasırlarla ilgili çok sayıda akademik makale ya da kitap yazılmasına rağmen, Kalender Kasrı ile ilgili akademik bir çalışma bulunmamaktadır. Bu makalenin, bu eksikliğin giderilmesinde önemli bir rol oynayacağı düşünülmektedir.
Torn between Two Worlds: Unsettled Sense of Place and Belongingness between Old and New Homelands during a Global Pandemic
Authors: Camellia Suborna
Published: January 2021

Growing evidence from countries in the global North and South indicates that a disproportionately high number of migrants are being physically and emotionally, economically and socially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This suggests that the everyday experiences of living in the time of a global pandemic is not the same for everyone. There is an emerging scholarship that argues that to understand the dissimilar impacts of COVID-19 on migrants, it is necessary to take into account their specific social situations across diverse contexts. Reflecting critically on our experiences of living through the pandemic as first-generation aspirational immigrants in Australia, in this paper we highlight the struggles and vulnerabilities in the time of COVID-19 specific to the context of newly arrived immigrants from the global South to the North. We will discuss how our senses of place and belongingness between old and new homelands have become unsettled as we endeavour to make our new home in Australia while at the same time managing caring responsibilities for our elderly parents in our old homeland, Bangladesh, a country that has largely failed to ensure care for elderly people during this pandemic. The anxieties of losing loved ones to COVID-19 in Bangladesh combined with the growing insecurities of making a foothold in the shrinking labour market in Australia have become part of our everyday lives. As we juggle and struggle between the two homes, we increasingly recognise that people with multiple belongingness, particularly recent immigrants from the global south, might experience unique vulnerabilities that warrant attention of researchers, practitioners and policymakers.
En torno a la justicia transicional
Authors: Tojeira José M.
Published: January 2021

No abstract available.
ECA Estudios Centroamericanos,Vol. 71, No. 747, 2016: 453-470.
Unidades generacionales como agentes políticos en la transición política salvadoreña
Authors: Artiga-González Álvaro
Published: January 2021

Los procesos de cambio político constituyen un lugar apropiado para observar las relaciones entre los agentes promotores del cambio y las estructuras que pretenden cambiar. Además, si tales procesos son impulsados por organizaciones políticas  integradas mayoritariamente por jóvenes, que han elaborado su marco interpretativo para darle un sentido propio al mundo objetivo elaborado por generaciones anteriores, un enfoque generacional también resulta propicio para comprender las dinámicas implicadas en aquellos procesos. Este trabajo es una propuesta de lectura del cambio de régimen político en El Salvador, ocurrido entre 1980 y 1992. Sin embargo, las organizaciones político-militares que lo impulsaron comenzaron a emerger, como unidades generacionales, desde 1970. Condicionadas por factores socioeconómicos, tecnológicos, político-jurídicos e ideológicos, tales unidades se constituyeron en el mismo proceso de transformación política. Las modalidades organizativas que adoptaron, las identidades colectivas que construyeron, los fines que persiguieron y las estrategias que consideraron adecuadas emergieron en ese mismo proceso a través de la interacción con otros agentes sociales y políticos. Transcurridos 22 años, las unidades generacionales lograron transformar la estructura política del país, aunque no en la forma como lo desearon al inicio. Además, ellas mismas y otros agentes resultaron transformados. Un doble juego entre la agencia y la estructura había tenido lugar. La aplicación de un enfoque generacional, que pretende integrar a la vez la acción de la agencia con la transformación estructural, supone un desafío importante. Hablar de generaciones no es simplemente hablar de cohortes o de grupos de edad. Tampoco hablar de agencia-estructura tiene un único sentido. En ambos casos, se requiere previamente de una aclaración teórico-conceptual.

ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 74, No. 758, 2019: 377-402
Del todo y sus partes: pertinencia de la epístola a Francisco de la Cueva y Silva dentro de La Filomena de Lope de Vega
Authors: Saba Mariano Nicolás
Published: January 2021

RESUMEN:
Resulta indudable la necesidad de indagar en las características del género misceláneo para el estudio de La Filomena, de Lope de Vega. En este sentido, un análisis pormenorizado de la epístola primera -dedicada a Francisco de la Cueva y Silva- puede aportar algunas hipótesis con respecto a la pertinencia de ciertas inclusiones en la totalidad del libro. La problematización de la erudición "poeticida" en la mencionada epístola ayuda a comprender no sólo la contienda oblicua de Lope poeta con ciertos rivales, sino también un modo de calibrar el combate con la erudición y aglutinar −por medio de ese ejercicio defensivo− la totalidad fragmentaria del libro.

ABSTRACT:
It is necessary to investigate the characteristics of the miscellaneous literary genre for the study of La Filomena, by Lope de Vega. In this sense, a detailed analysis of the first epistle -dedicated to Francisco de la Cueva y Silva- can provide some hypotheses regarding the relevance of certain inclusions in the entire book. The problematization of the “poeticida” scholarship in this epistle helps to understand not only the oblique confrontation of Lope with certain rivals, but also a way of calibrating the combat with the scholarship and agglutinating −by means of that defensive exercise− the fragmentary totality of the book.
Epístola II de Lope de Vega: señorío y poesía
Authors: Gonano Eleonora Camila
Published: January 2021

RESUMEN:
El presente trabajo se propone abordar la epístola II que Lope dedicara al doctor Gregorio de Angulo. Nuestro objetivo es analizar la tensión manifiesta entre señorío y poesía atendiendo a las características del subgénero lírico elegido, como también en un nivel macro la importancia de su inserción en un texto mucho más amplio y complejo como es la obra miscelánea que la contiene: La Filomena.

ABSTRACT:
The present work aims to address Epistle II that Lope dedicated to Dr. Gregorio de Angulo. Our objective is to analyze the manifest tension between lordship and poetry, taking into account the characteristics of the chosen lyrical subgenre, as well as, at a macro level, the importance of its insertion in a much broader and more complex text such as the miscellaneous work that contains it: La Filomena.
Poesía y materia mitológica en “El jardín de Lope de Vega”
Authors: González Ximena
Published: January 2021

RESUMEN:
La epístola VIII de La Filomena se estructura sobre la base de la descripción de un fabuloso vergel. Mediante la ecfrasis de las breves historias mitológicas que adornan los elementos de este espacio, la voz poética deja entrever abundantes reflexiones sobre problemáticas relativas a su particular visión de la poesía, su relación con otros poetas del campo (cruzada por la permanente queja frente a la envidia de sus colegas), la siempre compleja cuestión del mecenazgo y la gratitud de los poderosos y otras cuestiones vinculadas a su quehacer como poeta. En este trabajo, nos proponemos analizar la estrecha relación que existe entre los problemas enumerados y los núcleos míticos elegidos para su representación y descripción.

ABSTRACT:
Filomena´s Eighth Epistle contains the description of a fabulous garden. Through the ecfrasis of the brief mythological stories that adorn the elements of this space, the poetic voice reveals abundant reflections. The topics of those considerations point to problems related to his particular vision of poetry, his relationship with other poets (crossed by the permanent complaint against the envy of his colleagues), the complex question of patronage and the gratitude of the Nobels and other issues related to his work as a poet. In this paper, we propose to analyze the close relationship that exists between the problems listed and the mythical stories chosen for their representation and description.
Juegos especulares y entramado poético en la Epístola a don Juan de Arguijo de La Filomena
Authors: Vitali Noelia
Published: January 2021

RESUMEN: La novena epístola de La Filomena, dedicada a don Juan de Arguijo, posee una particular importancia dentro del corpus que integra no sólo por la posición destacada que ocupa como última pieza del epistolario escrita por Lope, sino también porque en ella se condensan una serie de sentidos poéticos y metapoéticos que atraviesan el volumen misceláneo del que forma parte. El presente artículo se propone examinar algunos procedimientos mediante los cuales la estructura de esta composición entra en diálogo con la materia que trata, contribuyendo a construir la imagen de poeta culto que Lope está bogando por forjarse durante esta época. ABSTRACT: The epistle dedicated to Juan de Arguijo in Lope´s La Filomena has a particular importance not only because it is the last epistle of the volumen written by Lope, but also because it summarizes several poetic and metapoetic meanings. This article aims to explore some structural and theme procedures whereby the text builds the cultivated poet image Lope was looking forward to create for himself.
“Con gran razón, a tu valor inmenso, consagran mil deidades sus labores”: la Epístola de Amarilis a Belardo como defensa de la obra de Lope de Vega
Authors: Vinatea Martina
Published: January 2021

RESUMEN: Entre 1617 y 1621, la fama de Lope de Vega era innegable; sin embargo, es el periodo de mayor virulencia de los ataques contra el Fénix de los ingenios. Por ello, Lope prepara un volumen misceláneo: La Filomena y otras diversas rimas cuya temática le sirve para construir un discurso de defensa de su obra contra sus muchos detractores. La incorporación de la Epístola de Amarilis a Belardo a este volumen le ayuda especialmente para mostrar que su obra es apreciada hasta en los confines del imperio español.

ABSTRACT: Between 1617 and 1621, Lope de Vega's fame was undeniable; however, this is the period of the most virulent attacks against the Fénix de los Ingenios. For this reason, Lope prepared a miscellaneous volume: La Filomena y otras diversas rimas whose themes served him to construct a discourse in defence of his work against its many detractors. The inclusion of the Epístola de Amarilis a Belardo in this volume helps him specially to show that his work is appreciated even in the confines of the Spanish Empire.
De sentencias, aforismos y pastores: dos notas sobre la "Segunda parte" de La Filomena
Authors: Festini Patricia
Published: January 2021

RESUMEN: La segunda parte de La Filomena actualiza la contienda Spongia-Expostulatio Spongiae como un mecanismo de reivindicación de la figura de Lope como poeta cortesano. Este trabajo se propone analizar las estrategias de defensa desplegadas en los dos parlamentos de Filomena. Consideramos que su alegato está construido en torno a dos ejes. En el primer discurso, la erudición desplegada a través de sentencias y aforismos funciona como un elemento de legitimación. En el segundo, donde realmente defiende sus obras, el encuadre que ofrecen a su defensa dos fragmentos de La Arcadia, valida la totalidad de sus obras consolidándose como un verdadero poeta castellano.

ABSTRACT: The second part of La Filomena updates the Spongia-Expostulatio Spongiae contest as a mechanism to claim Lope as a courtly poet. This paper intends to analyze the defense strategies deployed in the two Filomena parliaments. We consider that his allegation is elaborated around two axes. In the first speech, the erudition displayed through sentences and aphorisms functions as an element of legitimation. In the second, where he really defends his works, the framework offered by two fragments of La Arcadia to his defense, validates all his works consolidating himself as a true Castilian poet.
Los godos de Lope (poesía, épica, novela)
Authors: Sáez Adrián J.
Published: January 2021

RESUMEN: El mito neogótico es fundamental en la obra de Lope de Vega, aunque habitualmente solo se estudia en el teatro. Este trabajo pretende examinar el sentido del goticismo en otras parcelas como la poesía, la épica y la novela, para tratar de ofrecer una visión panorámica del Lope godo. ABSTRACT: Neogothic myth is essential in Lope de Vega's work, even if usually it's been studied in theatre. This work aims to examine the presence and meaning of gothicism in other fields, such as poetry, epic and novel, in order to offer a panoramic vision of a gothic Lope.
KAJIAN PENDAPATAN PENGELOLAAN WADUK BATU BESI PLTA KAREBBE
Authors: Sari Andi Kartini
Published: January 2021

Waduk Batu Besi terletak di Kabupaten Luwu Timur Sulawesi Selatan, tampungan waduk dimanfaatkan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan operasional PT. INCO dalam pengolahan biji nikel yang bergerak di bidang pertambangan nikel. PLTA Karebbe merupakan pembangkit listrik tenaga air yang berlokasi di Karebbe di sungai Larona dengan kapasitas 90 MW. Kajian pola operasi waduk Batu Besi PLTA Karebbe dalam pengembangan dan pengelolaan 37 tahun kedepan, analisis pendapatan yang diperoleh dari pengelolaan waduk dihitung dari perkalian antara jumlah air yang dilepas waduk dengan harga satuan tarif dasar listrik dari masing masing kebutuhan, sehingga dapat diperhitungkanseberapa besar pemakaian listrik setiap bulanya dan seberapa besar pendapatan yang dihasilkan oleh PT. INCO selama 37 tahun kedepan (Tahun 1998-2035). Besarnya tenaga yang dikeluarkan sangat tergantung pada debit yang dialirkan dan tinggi tekanan efektif pada waduk tersebut. Seluruh biaya pengeluaran waduk diperhitungkan mulai sejak waduk beroperasi yang terdiri dari besarnyapendapatan yang diperoleh dan biaya operasi pemeliharaan waduk Batu besi. Pendapatan atas pemanfaatan air waduk dalam meningkatkatkan produktifitas nikel per tahun rata-rata diperoleh sebesar Rp.619.467.864.630,957 per Kwh dengan total pendapatan Rp.23.539.778,855 per Kwh, dengan total pemakaian daya listrik sebesar 69,631 GWh.
ANALISIS DAN KONSEP PERENCANAAN KAWASAN PELABUHAN KOTA PENAJAM SEBAGAI PINTU GERBANG KAB. PENAJAM PASER UTARA KALIMANTAN TIMUR
Authors: Fisu Amiruddin Akbar
Published: January 2021

Kawasan Pelabuhan sebagai pintu gerbang untuk masuk dan keluar dan Kabupaten Penajam Paser Utara memiliki nilai yang cukup strategis sehingga pengembangan dan pemanfaatan ruang kawasan tersebut harusnya memberi nilai Iebih bagi masyarakat Kabupaten Penajam. Sebagai jalur lintasan trans Kalimantan, kawasan Pelabuhan Penajam memiliki peran penting dalam sirkulasi pergerakan penduduk dan barang balk antar kota dalam wilayah propinsi Kalimantan Timur atau antar kota yang memiliki kedekatan fisik wilayah, sehingga kawasan tersebut menjadi entri point bagi Kabupaten Penajam Paser Utara. Namun penataan kawasan mi belumlah optimal, hal mi dikarenakan keberadaankawasan pemukiman atas air yang terkesan kumuh dan tidak sehat. Permasalahan lain adalah kurangnya ruang publik di Penajam juga menjadi salahsatu masalah tersendiri. Selain itu, masyarakat Penajam tidak memiliki onientasi yang jelas juga tidak mengenali identitas yang jelas terhadap suatu tempat dan keselarasan hubungan dengan tempat- tempat lain di Kota Penajam. Perencanaan ini dilakukan dengan beberapa kajian pustaka sebagai landasan untuk merencanakan kawasan pelabuhan yang dimaksud serta landasan-landasan untuk pembuatan konsep. Analisis yang digunakan dalam perencanaan mi adalah analisis potensi dan masalah, analisis karakteristik pantai, analisis kebutuhanruang public, Analisis citra kawasan, analisis kelayakan pelabuhan, Analisis kebutuhan lahan parkir, analisis jumlah penumpang dan kendaraan pelabuhan ferry, dan analisis kelayakan permukiman kumuh. Output utama dalam perencanaan ini adalah konsep penataan pelabuhan, perencanaan ruang publik (public space), dan penataan permukiman dengan konsep utilitas terpadu.
PEMANFAATAN LIMBAH KARUNG PLASTIK
Authors: Sulaeman Budiawan
Published: January 2021

Bahan baku dasar karung plastik adalah polipropilena yang kuat terhadap kerusakan yang timbul dari bahan kimia (asam dan basa) maupun fisika (panas, dingin dan tekanan). Bila dibandingkan dengan serat sintesis fiber. Polipropilena lebih kesat dan lebih mengikat bahan. Dengan dasar tersebut, Karung plastik bisa digunakan untuk pengganti serat penguat (serat fiber) pada fiberglass. Sehingga penulis tertarik untuk mengganti bahan tersebut dengan limbah karung plastik bekas yang banyak terbuang/menjadi sampah di pasar rakyat Kota Palopo. Fiberglass yang menggunakan serat polipropilena mempunyai kualitas hampir sama dengan yang menggunakan serat fiber. Uji lentur  serat fiber sebesar 881,3 kg/cm2 dan uji lentur serat Polipropilena mencapai 746,4 kg/cm2. Uji kepadatan material dengan menggunakan serat polipropilena yang berlebihan (0,20 g/cm2) akan menurunkan kepadatan hingga 45,14% dari bahan uji kontrol. Sehingga komposisi kepadatannya mencapai 1,27 g/cm2 tidak layak untuk digunakan sebagai bahan baku untuk meningkatkan mutu produk. Perlu diteliti ulang tentang pembuatan fiberglass dengan Serat Polipropilena, dengan menggunakan bahan baku alternatif serat yang lain (Karung Goni). Pembuatan fiberglass masih perlu dilakukan eksperimen yang lebih banyak variasi campuran dengan Serat Polipropilena guna memperoleh hasil penelitian yang lebih sempurna (penggunaan teknik sulam). Jika akan dimanfaatkan sebagai campuran fiberglass secara massal perlu ada penambahan zat pewarna seperti pigmen, sehingga hasil produk mempunyai warna yang menarik
TINJAUAN KECELAKAAN LALU LINTAS ANTAR WILAYAH PADA JALAN TRANS PROVINSI SULAWESI SELATAN
Authors: Fisu Amiruddin Akbar
Published: January 2021

Kecelakaan lalu lintas dijalan raya merupakan penyumbang angka kematian terbesar di dunia. World Health Organization (WHO) mencatat hampir 3.400 orang meninggal di jalan dunia setiap hari. Puluhan juta orang terluka setiap tahun. Anak, pejalan kaki, pengendara sepeda dan orang tua paling rentan dari pengguna jalan. Secara umum Kepolisian Republik Indonesia mencatat 98.419 kecelakaan pada tahun 2017. Pelaporan oleh polisi dan keakuratan laporan polisi akan memastikan penentuan pengelompokan penyebab terjadinya kecelakaan dan dengan demikian akan memungkinkan penyusunan daftar penyebab sebagai sesuatu yang berpengaruh pada terjadinya kecelakaan. Hal ini dilakukan dengan menyusun jumlah data kecelakaan pada lokasi tertentu dan jenis cedera kecelakaan atau sistem pembobotan (Asian Development Bank, 1998: 42). Untuk menganalisis setiap permasalahan yang ada, langkah pertama adalah membawa pengetahuan ke data yang ada. Penemuan pengetahuan dimulai pada lingkungan tingkat dan pengumpulan data dari sumber data. Mencermati data, tujuan dapat disesuaikan, dan berdasarkan tujuan data target dapat dipilih. Sulawesi selatan sebagai salah satu provinsi dengan jumlah pergerakan antar wilayah yang cukup padat. Dengan intensitas pergerakan yang sibuk, tidak sedikit kecelakaan lalu lintas yang terjadi. Tulisan ini menganalisis statistic kecelakaan dilihat dari potensi kecelakaan, lokasi rawan kecelakaan, accident rate,  serta kerugian yang ditimbulkan akibat kecelakaan lalu lintas.
DIAGNOSA PENYAKIT PADA IKAN AIR TAWAR DENGAN METODE RULE-BASED DAN CASE BASED REASONING
Authors: Abduh Hisma
Published: January 2021

Para pelaku usaha budidaya ikan air tawar, khususnya dalam pemeliharaan ikan di kolam air tawar sudah jelas dituntut agar apa yang diusahakan pada usaha pembesaran ikan dapat berkembang atau tumbuh dengan baik, cepat dan tumbuh besar sehingga produksi akan berhasil secara baik dan bisa memuaskan dengan keuntungan yang maksimal. Untuk mencapai hasil tersebut sudah jelas bahwa pelaku usaha  perlu memahami beberapa teknik yang harus dijalankan sehingga apa yang dilakukan dalam usaha tersebut dapat berhasil dengan baik dan ikan bisa tumbuh berkembang secara cepat dan sempurna. Untuk  menghambat kegagalan dalam pemeliharaan ikan maka perlu dibuat sebuah sistem pakar dengan menggunakan penggabungan RBR dan CBR. Sistem pakar dimulai dengan melakukan pengecekan data masukan berdasarkan aturan yang telah tersimpan dalam basis aturan dengan menerapkan metode certainty factor. Bersamaan dengan itu juga sistem akan melakukan pengecekan data input berdasarkan kasus yang tersimpan dalam basis kasus dengan menerapkan metode nearest neighbor. Hasil penelitian menghasilkan bahwa sistem mengenali 24 data yang sesuai dengan data riil hasil diagnosa pakar dan 6 data yang tidak sesuai dengan data riil hasil diagnosa pakar atau bisa dikatakan nilai akurasi sistem sebesar 80 %.
Overseas Professionals and Technology Transfer to China
Authors:   Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Fedasiuk Ryan , Weinstein Emily
Published: January 2021

China's government encourages members of the Chinese diaspora to engage in technology transfer through Chinese professional associations. This issue brief analyzes 208 such associations to assess the scope of technical exchange between overseas professionals and entities within China.
U.S. Demand for AI-Related Talent
Authors:   Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Toney Autumn , Flagg Melissa
Published: January 2021

The U.S. government and industry both see artificial intelligence as a pivotal technology for future growth and competitiveness. What skills will be needed to create, integrate, and deploy AI applications? This data brief analyzes market demand for AI-related jobs to determine their educational requirements, dominant sectors, and geographic distribution.
Formulation and Nutritional Evaluation of a Nutraceutical with Antioxidant Activity Developed for the Management of Metabolic Syndrome
Authors: Ahmed Ayuba Sumayya , Bashar Farida , Yusuf Abdulkarim , Onu Andrew , Muhammad Alhaji , Saidu Yusuf , Suleiman Bilbis Lawal , Yahya Abba Abdullahi
Published: January 2021

Background: Antioxidants are critical for maintaining optimum health and wellbeing and they protect the body against the development of diseases caused by oxidative stress. Nutraceuticals are foods or part of food that have medical benefit. The present study formulated and nutritionally evaluated an antioxidant rich nutraceutical. Materials/Methods: Nutritional analysis of proximate composition, amino acids and fatty acids profile, antioxidants vitamins and minerals were determined using standard methods. Tomatoes, ginger, garlic, onion, watermelon seed, lemon juice and palm oil were used to formulate the nutraceutical. Results: Proximate composition analysis
DAMPAK PANDEMI COVID-19 TERHADAP PERAN ORANG TUA DAN GURU DALAM MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS PEMBELAJARAN DARING ANAK USIA SEKOLAH DASAR
Authors: Puji Asmaul Chusna  , Ana Dwi Muji Utami
Published: January 2021

This research aims to know the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on parents and teachers in improving the quality of online learning for elementary school age children, to find out the obstacles and supporters faced by teachers and parents in improving the quality of online learning for elementary school age children. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The object of this study were teachers, students' parents, and students in the shade of MI AL-HIKMAH Talun Blitar. Data collection techniques using observation and interviews. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a list of interview questions to be developed with related literature. The results of this study show the results that teachers always provide motivation, provide customised tasks with abilities and never squeeze in every task. Provide full guidance if needed by parents. This is also done by parents of students actively accompanying and guiding them in working on assignments. Trying to be comfortable but still disciplined to the maximum in accordance with the teacher's instructions. However, in addition to the less supportive facilities and infrastructure, they complained about the additional cost of buying an internet quota, the signals that were less supportive, children at home quickly got bored and misused when using an Android cellphone.
Technology and marketing: a multidisciplinary outlook
Authors: Sam Billi
Published: January 2021

New technologies have revolutionized nearly every aspect of human existence, including the ways that firms market products and services to consumers. Along with now familiar innovations like the Internet, greater computing capacity, mobile devices and applications, and social media, more radical innovations are emerging. Related to artificial intelligence (AI) (Davenport 2018), the Internet of things (IoT) (Hoffman and Novak 2018), and robotics (Mende et al. 2019), these technological advances are exerting profound effects on the practice of marketing.

Thus, it should come as no surprise that firms across nearly every business sector (e.g., retailing, manufacturing, healthcare, financial) keep steadily increasing their technology spending, driven to reach various objectives. For example, many manufacturing firms seek cost savings through mechanized and robotic production processes, which both limit labor costs and increase production efficiencies. Retailers and service firms devote more spending to online, mobile, and social media platforms in attempts to better communicate and connect with customers (both current and potential), thereby increasing their revenues.

Early adopters of each new technology change the rules of the game (e.g., Grewal 2019). Consider Amazon as an example: It leads the pack in adopting a host of technological innovations. Its fulfillment centers feature robotic technologies to assist workers, increase efficiencies, and drive down costs. Amazon is actively experimenting with drone delivery (a service it calls Prime Air). Furthermore, it is known for its predictive analytic capabilities, uses AI to establish and maintain its sophisticated personalized recommendation system, and has developed an innovative, patented, one-click ordering system.

Ride-sharing firms like Uber and Lyft similarly have revolutionized traditional taxi and limousine industries, as well as providing novel work opportunities and greater customer control over their rides. Such groundbreaking shifts also depend heavily on the available technology, including geofencing and social media ratings capabilities. Newer options, such as autonomous vehicles, are on the horizon and likely to shake up the ride-sharing industry and ultimately the entire transportation industry. Waymo (Google’s self-driving vehicle), Tesla, and Volvo are all racing to introduce the first driverless test vehicles to create value for consumers and business customers.
The role of marketing and innovation in services
Authors: M De Luca Luigi ,   Dennis Herhausen, Gabriele Troilo, Andrea Rossi
Published: January 2021

Big data technologies and analytics enable new digital services and are often associated with superior performance. However, firms investing in big data often fail to attain those advantages. To answer the questions of how and when big data pay off, marketing scholars need new theoretical approaches and empirical tools that account for the digitized world. Building on affordance theory, the authors develop a novel, conceptually rigorous, and practice-oriented framework of the impact of big data investments on service innovation and performance. Affordances represent action possibilities, namely what individuals or organizations with certain goals and capabilities can do with a technology. The authors conceptualize and operationalize three important big data marketing affordances: customer behavior pattern spotting, real-time market responsiveness, and data-driven market ambidexterity. The empirical analysis establishes construct validity and offers a preliminary nomological test of direct, indirect, and conditional effects of big data marketing affordances on perceived big data performance.
Local and remote response of ozone to Arctic stratospheric circulation extremes
Authors: Hong Hao-Jhe , Reichler Thomas
Published: January 2021

Abstract. Intense natural circulation variability associated with stratospheric sudden warmings, vortex intensifications, and final warmings is a typical feature of the winter Arctic stratosphere. The attendant changes in transport, mixing, and temperature create pronounced perturbations in stratospheric ozone. Understanding these perturbations is important because of their potential feedbacks with the circulation and because ozone is a key trace gas of the stratosphere. Here, we use Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 (MERRA-2), reanalysis to contrast the typical spatiotemporal structure of ozone during sudden warming and vortex intensification events. We examine the changes of ozone in both the Arctic and the tropics, document the underlying dynamical mechanisms for the observed changes, and analyze the entire life cycle of the stratospheric events – from the event onset in midwinter to the final warming in early spring. Over the Arctic and during sudden warmings, ozone undergoes a rapid and long-lasting increase of up to ∼ 50 DU, which only gradually decays to climatology before the final warming. In contrast, vortex intensifications are passive events, associated with gradual decreases in Arctic ozone that reach ∼ 40 DU during late winter and decay thereafter. The persistent loss in Arctic ozone during vortex intensifications is dramatically compensated by sudden warming-like increases after the final warming. In the tropics, the changes in ozone from Arctic circulation events are obscured by the influences from the quasi-biennial oscillation. After controlling for this effect, small but coherent reductions in tropical ozone can be seen during the onset of sudden warmings (∼ 2.5 DU) and also during the final warmings that
follow vortex intensifications (∼ 2 DU). Our results
demonstrate that Arctic circulation extremes have significant local and
remote influences on the distribution of stratospheric ozone.
Improvement of the satellite-derived NOx emissions on air quality modeling and its effect on ozone and secondary inorganic aerosol formation in the Yangtze River Delta, China
Authors: Yang Yang , Zhao Yu , Zhang Lei , Zhang Jie , Huang Xin , Zhao Xuefen , Zhang Yan , Xi Mengxiao , Lu Yi
Published: January 2021

Abstract. We developed a top-down methodology combining the inversed chemistry
transport modeling and satellite-derived tropospheric vertical column of
NO2 and estimated the NOx emissions of the Yangtze River Delta (YRD)
region at a horizontal resolution of 9 km for January, April, July, and
October 2016. The effect of the top-down emission estimation on air quality
modeling and the response of ambient ozone (O3) and inorganic aerosols
(SO42-, NO3-, and NH4+, SNA) to the changed
precursor emissions were evaluated with the Community Multi-scale Air
Quality (CMAQ) system. The top-down estimates of NOx emissions were
smaller than those (i.e., the
bottom-up estimates) in a national emission inventory, Multi-resolution Emission Inventory for China (MEIC), for all the 4 months, and the monthly mean was
calculated to be 260.0 Gg/month, 24 % less than the bottom-up one. The
NO2 concentrations simulated with the bottom-up estimate of NOx
emissions were clearly higher than the ground observations, indicating the
possible overestimation in the current emission inventory, attributed to its
insufficient consideration of recent emission control in the region. The
model performance based on top-down estimate was much better, and the
biggest change was found for July, with the normalized mean bias (NMB) and
normalized mean error (NME) reduced from 111 % to −0.4 % and from
111 % to 33 %, respectively. The results demonstrate the improvement of
NOx emission estimation with the nonlinear inversed modeling and
satellite observation constraint. With the smaller NOx emissions in the
top-down estimate than the bottom-up one, the elevated concentrations of
ambient O3 were simulated for most of the YRD, and they were closer to
observations except for July, implying the VOC (volatile organic
compound)-limited regime of O3 formation. With available ground
observations of SNA in the YRD, moreover, better model performance of
NO3- and NH4+ was achieved for most seasons, implying
the effectiveness of precursor emission estimation on the simulation of
secondary inorganic aerosols. Through the sensitivity analysis of O3
formation for April 2016, the decreased O3 concentrations were found
for most of the YRD region when only VOC emissions were reduced or the reduced
rate of VOC emissions was 2 times of that of NOx, implying the
crucial role of VOC control in O3 pollution abatement. The SNA level
for January 2016 was simulated to decline 12 % when 30 % of NH3
emissions were reduced, while the change was much smaller with the same
reduced rate for SO2 or NOx. The result suggests that reducing
NH3 emissions was the most effective way to alleviate SNA pollution of the
YRD in winter.
Formaldehyde total column densities over Mexico City: comparison between multi-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy and solar-absorption Fourier transform infrared measurements
Authors: Rivera Cárdenas Claudia , Guarín Cesar , Stremme Wolfgang , Friedrich Martina M. , Bezanilla Alejandro , Rivera Ramos Diana , Mendoza-Rodríguez Cristina A. , Grutter Michel , Blumenstock Thomas , Hase Frank
Published: January 2021

Abstract. Formaldehyde (HCHO) total column densities over the Mexico City metropolitan area (MCMA) were retrieved using two independent measurement techniques: multi-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. For the MAX-DOAS measurements, the software QDOAS was used to calculate differential slant column densities (dSCDs) from the measured spectra and subsequently the Mexican MAX-DOAS fit (MMF) retrieval code to convert from dSCDs to vertical column densities (VCDs). The direct solar-absorption spectra measured with FTIR were analyzed using the PROFFIT (PROFile FIT) retrieval code. Typically the MAX-DOAS instrument reports higher VCDs than those measured with FTIR, in part due to differences found in the ground-level sensitivities as revealed from the retrieval diagnostics from both instruments, as the FTIR and the MAX-DOAS information do not refer exactly to the same altitudes of the atmosphere. Three MAX-DOAS datasets using measurements conducted towards the east, west or both sides of the measurement plane were evaluated with respect to the FTIR results. The retrieved MAX-DOAS HCHO VCDs where 6 %, 8 % and 28 % larger than the FTIR measurements which, supported with satellite data, indicates a large horizontal inhomogeneity in the HCHO abundances. The temporal change in the vertical distribution of this pollutant, guided by the evolution of the mixing-layer height, affects the comparison of the two retrievals with different sensitivities (total column averaging kernels). In addition to the reported seasonal and diurnal variability of HCHO columns within the urban site, background data from measurements at a high-altitude station, located only 60 km away, are presented.