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NOVEL-FILM INTERFACE AND POSTCOLONIAL DYSTOPIA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TSITSI DANGAREMBGAâ€™S NOVEL AND FILM, NERVOUS CONDITIONS AND NERIA
Authors: Nembaware Shadreck
Published: January 2018

This paper comparatively and contrastively explores two art forms, the novel and film, by the same artist, Tsitsi Dangarembga, with a view to gauging their effectiveness in conÂ­figuring Zimbabweâ€™s postcolonial dispensation. What is gained and what is lost when an artist shifts from one art form to another? Dangarembga belongs to the protest tradition of Zimbabwean postcolonial artists and the conceptual fibre of this tradition is notably the dystopian themes like disillusionment, cultural confusion, sex-role stereotyping, as well as social power relations. Dangarembgaâ€™s canonical novel, Nervous conditions (1988), and the highest grossing film in Zimbabwean history, Neria (1993), are both sterling atÂ­tempts within the feminist tradition. The film and novel mirror a society in the throes of an epochal transition, the sense of impending change giving the works the commonality of an apocalyptic vision. Against a backdrop shaped by the interplay of historical, culÂ­tural and colonial forces, the works become perceptive anthropological windows into a society replete with multiple contradictions. In both her novel and her film, Dangarembga equips her protagonists, Tambudzai and Neria respectively, with a self-defining voice that questions and subverts the status quo. Salient manifestations of toxic masculinity in this patriarchal society account for the subtlety with which Dangarembga critiques gender relations within and without the boundaries of race and class. The protagonists in both works undergo rigorous struggles from which they ultimately emerge as different persons. This paper focuses on the nature of this struggle and its concomitant change.
POSTMODERN FICTION AS CRITIQUE AND AFFIRMATION OF THE SPIRIT OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND MODERNITY
Authors: Moyo Tafara
Published: January 2018

Â In this essay I argue that affirmations of traces of the Enlightenment project are locatable in the itinerary of postmodernisms simultaneously as the erosive disavowal of certain features of Enlightenment is persistently played out. Seeded in postmodernism is the disruptive iconoclasÂ­tic act of Enlightenment. Enlightenment dismantled the edifice of feudalism to impose its own iconography and taxonomical protocols. But unlike Enlightenment/modernity, postmodernismâ€™s subversion lacks the teleology to install a new iconography. While the impetus of Enlightenment/modernity formulates metanarratives and venerates the deployment of rationalism in creating coherent historiographies, postmodernism refuses any totalising/universalising/homogenising ideological and scientific narratives, as it privileges the deferral of meaning. Yet the relentless decentring of meaning formations must be the desire to equip the reader with discursive tools to know how to interpret a multiplicity of contesting narratives (affirmed in its praxis) similar to Enlightenment/modernityâ€™s desire to accumulate knowledge as coterminous with knowlÂ­edge as power to control and change. Arguably, postmodernismâ€™s creation of renegade centres of meaning, after dismantling metanarratives, is inscribed with a romantic rapture; the desire for novelty and the realist ethos of capturing the underpinning social, economic and historic formations circumscribing realities, acts and events.
UNHU/UBUNTU ANACHRONISTIC? THE MANIFESTATION OF FEMALE AGENCY IN VIRGINIA PHIRIâ€™S HIGHWAY QUEEN (2010)
Authors: Manyarara Barbra
Published: January 2018

The contemporary relevance of female sexuality as discursive space in fiction is that it reflects current events as it criticises, exposes and illuminates lived reality, such as the HIV and AIDS epidemic, excruciating poverty, homelessness and a general economic meltdown as is the case in Zimbabwe in the first decade of the new millennium. However, the practice of female sexuality may still go against the principles of ubuntu. In Highway Queen Phiri gives agency to the female first person narrator, Sophie, and also sets out males and females who in their interaction with each other, may or may not promote ubuntu. An analysis of this novel shows that the writer challenges many unhelpful attitudes towards the HIV and AIDS pandemic by exploring the employment of travel and female sexuality as coping strategies for dealing with poverty, HIV and AIDS, and the economic downturn in the first decade of the new millennium in Zimbabwe. However, the well-intentioned female agency fails to hold up in the face of the dire circumstances of poverty and disease and Sophieâ€™s urbanised family has to go back to the village for survival under the care of the patriarchal uncles; thus Phiri appears to give a flawed instrumentality to these women.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER THROUGH DISCOURSE ON THE SOCIAL NETWORK BADOO: EXPLORING VIRTUAL INTERACTION
Authors: Lirola MarÃ­a MartÃ­nez
Published: January 2018

Â Nowadays many meetings and conversations take place through social networks. Badoo.com is one of the best known, with more than 102 million users in 2010. This article concentrates on communication through the chat in Badoo between 150 men and the author. The study analyses the main linguistic characteristics in the conversations (orthography, use of capital letters, emoticons and strategies of courtesy and discourtesy) in order to observe how gender is constructed in interaction. The analysis shows that the conversations have characteristics of oral discourse. Moreover, the author prepared five questions as a survey in order to observe what men expected from Badoo, what their values and hobbies were, if they would like to marry and the characteristics they value in women. The analysis of the survey results shows how the participants in the virtual interactions investigated here, negotiate their gender identities.
FROM IMAGE TO SIGN: QUEERING THE â€˜LESBIANâ€™ IN JEANETTE WINTERSONâ€™S ACADEMIC RECEPTION
Authors: Farkas Zita
Published: January 2018

Â Some literary works are particularly open to and â€˜inviteâ€™ (Belsey 2005, p. 163) lesbian and queer interpretations. Jeanette Wintersonâ€™s work has proved particularly fertile for these interpretations, even as it has initiated a reappraisal of the categories of lesbian identity and fiction. The reception that has greeted Wintersonâ€™s work illustrates how debates on lesbian identity have shifted from those which are grounded in political considerations to those which are textually dispersed and function as a sign. However, this queering of lesbian meaning has not led to the annihilation of its political stance. Wintersonâ€™s postmodern-lesbian and queer interpretations draw attention to the political implications of gender performance and transcendence even as they advocate a fluid lesbian identity. Thus, both critics who consider lesbian fiction to engage in the complexities of lesbian existence and critics who search in the text for a â€˜lesbian sensitivityâ€™ that queers the heterosexual matrix share a strong commitment to political reading and a belief in the subversive power of the lesbian text.
Queering Families of Origin
Authors: Rothmann Jacques
Published: January 2018

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ANALISIS FIQH MUAMALAH TENTANG HYBRID CONTRACT MODEL DAN PENERAPANNYA PADA LEMBAGA KEUANGAN SYARIAH
Authors: Isfandiar Ali Amin
Published: January 2018

This paper is intended to analyze philosophically about the existence of a hybrid contract (english) or al-‘Uqûd al-Murakkabah (Arabic) or multiakad (Indonesia). Search focused on the opinion of scholars of hadith and fiqh (muamalah), as well as its application in Islamic Financial Institutions. This is important, because, in the form of a single contract is not able to respond to contemporary financial transactions which always move and are affected by the financial industry both nationally, regionally and internationally. By using qualitative and literature method, the study concluded that, firstly, fiqh muamalah contemporary view of the hadith related to contract hybrid models lead to the editorial about the ban of bai’ataini fi bai’atin (two sale and purchase in the sale), ban of shafqataini fi shafqatin (two agreements in the deal) and the prohibition of bay’ and the salaf (sale and purchase agreement and ordering of goods), secondly, the construction of contract hybrid models in Islamic banks is addressed to the construction of al- ‘Uqûd al-Mutaqâbilah (dependent or conditional contract), which implemented on Guarantee Bank (BG), and al-‘Uqûd al-Mujtami'ah (same type contract), which implemented on the Housing Financing.
ANALISIS MODEL PREDIKSI PEMERINGKATAN OBLIGASI SYARIAH PERUSAHAAN DENGAN PENDEKATAN RASIO KEUANGAN DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA
Authors: Tamara Karima
Published: January 2018

This study aimed to determine whether financial ratio was a predictor to predict future bond ratings, and which one was significant. This study concentrates on techniques to predict bond ratings. Bond rating is important because these rankings provide an informative statement and provide a signal about the probability of default of a company's debt. The Islamic bond companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and assessed by rating agencies PEFINDO in 2009- 2011 were used to answer the research question. Leverage (LTLTA), liquidity (CaCl), solvency (CFOTL), profitability (OIS), and productivity (STA) were used as variable of financial ratio. This study examined the financial ratios that can establish sharia bond rating prediction model using discriminant analysis (MDA). The results were : (1) there were different level of Islamic bond in financial ratios of liquidity (CaCl), solvency (CFOTL), profitability (OIS), and productivity (STA); (2) financial ratios, that could form the prediction model of Islamic bonds ranking, were CaCl , OIS , STA, (3) the accuracy level of the formed model were 94.3%.
PENGARUH KEPERCAYAAN, KEPUASAN TERHADAP LOYALITAS DENGAN KEPEMIMPINAN PENGURUS SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERATING (Studi Kasus BMT Bahtera, BTM di Pekalongan dan Kospin Jasa Syariah Cabang Pekalongan)
Authors: Asytuti Rinda , Anggraini Mariska Dewi , Nasrullah M.
Published: January 2018

This study aimed to determine the effect of trust, satisfaction to the customers' loyalty that moderated by leadership of the board as a moderating variable. A total of 100 questionnaires with closed answer using a Likert scale were spread to 100 customers BTM Wiradesa, BMT Bahtera and Kospin Jasa Syariah in Pekalongan to answer the problem. The results showed that trust, satisfaction and leadership of the board, respectively had positive and significant effect on customers' loyalty. Meanwhile, the leadership of the board as a moderating variable is also positive and significant effect on customer loyalty.
KEMAMPUAN SISWA MAN 2 PEKALONGAN DALAM MENULIS TEKS DESKRIPTIF DAN RECOUNT BAHASA INGGRIS
Authors: Puspitasari Dewi , * Riskiana , Aziz Abdul
Published: January 2018

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui seberapa baik deskriptif teks dan recount teks yang ditulis oleh para siswa adalah dan bagaimana tujuan komunikatif dalam teks deskriptif muncul. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa siswa MAN 2 Pekalongan, secara umum, mampu menulis recount dan teks deskriptif, meskipun ada banyak kesalahan tata bahasa (kesalahan tata bahasa) atau kata-order (membuat kata) dibuat dalam tulisan-tulisan mereka. Itu juga menemukan bahwa pelaksanaan pembelajaran bahasa Inggris berdasarkan 2006 Kurikulum yang digunakan GBA (Genre Based Approach) telah kelemahan, seperti masalah kekurangan tenses belajar dan bagaimana menyusun kalimat dalam bahasa Inggris.
Performance Evaluation of Mobile Charger Using Heating Technology
Authors: Dalwadi Darshankumar , Agarwal Mohit , Priya Sambridhi , Goradiya Bhargav
Published: January 2018

In today‟s fast growing world, the energy requirements are increasing with a rapid pace. A quick reflection on a typical day revels that majority of our everyday gadgets require energy that is generated either in renewable or non-renewable form. The increased reliance on technology necessitates availability of energy on our planet in a humongous amount; but unfortunately, it is limited, therefore the world is inquisitive about the energy that can last up to decades, such that the resources do not exhaust and are available for our future generations to come. We have made an attempt to unearth the technology of generating the energy from air, water even the sun rays using solar panels, but to a certain extent they are quiet costly and have their respective feasibility limitations. The technology we focus here is using heat as a source to produce electric power sufficient to charge a mobile phone. Since the heat is ubiquitous, it can be collected and converted into the desired form. This technology has vast applications; from charging various gadgets to providing electricity in a distant rural home where the ease of electricity is out of reach. The motive of presenting this paper is to analyze the heating module that can produce the energy when heated and how it can be converted into charge for a mobile phone.
A Report of RV-CuBES 2017
Authors: Reger Giles
Published: January 2018

RV-CuBES was an international workshop that took place alongside the 17th International Conference on Runtime Verification in Seattle during 13-16th September, 2017. The focus of the competition was to consider tools for Runtime Verification (RV). The acronym CuBES stands for Competitions, usability, Benchmarks, Evaluation, and Standardisation. The workshop consisted of poster presentations of tool overview papers and a discussion session of position papers. This report gives an overview of submissions and discussions.
Event Stream Processing with BeepBeep 3
Authors: Hallé Sylvain , Khoury Raphael
Published: January 2018

This paper is a short introduction to the BeepBeep 3 event stream processor. It highlights the main design decisions that informed its development, and the features that distinguish it from other Runtime Verification tools.
Modelling and Analysis of Irregular Geometrical Configured RCC Multi-Storey Building Using Shear Wall
Authors: Kadakia Rutvij , Patel Vatsal , Arya Anshu Arya
Published: January 2018

This study aims to model and study G+14 RCC building with different geometrical configurations and provision of shear wall at different location for zone IV and V. The various parameters like Lateral displacement, Storey drift, Drift ratio, Base Shear are compared for building models developed by using SAP2000 with and without shear wall. The provision of shear wall in multistoried building in zone V improved lateral load carrying capacity and also other parameters are enhanced in comparison with building in zone IV.
The Structure of Spanish Verbless Sentences
Authors: Garcia-Marchena Oscar
Published: January 2018

Spanish verbless utterances in the CORDE corpus have been classified in a taxonomy and annotated for distribution frequency and syntactic properties (part of speech of the head, structure and syntactic type). This work has allowed to note that Spanish verbless utterances are a non-negligible part of oral utterances: they amount to around 19% of the 63,000 utterances from the corpus, both in root and subordinate contexts. Among these verbless utterances, fragments are significantly more frequent as roots than verbless clauses, but they are both equally rare in subordination.
Runtime Verification using VALOUR
Authors: Azzopardi Shaun , Colombo Christian , Ebejer Jean Paul , Mallia Edward , Pace Gordon
Published: January 2018

In this paper we give an overview of Valour, a runtime verification tool which has been developed in the context of a project to act as a backend verification tool for financial transaction software. A Valour script is written by the user and is then compiled into a verification system. Although, developed as part of a project, the tool has been designed as a stand-alone general-purpose verification engine with a particular emphasis on event consumption. The strong points of Valour when compared to other runtime verification tools is its focus on scalability and robustness.
Unit Quantity Contract as a Mitigation of Unbalanced Bidding
Authors: Prajapati Rohitkumar , Bhavsar Jaydev
Published: January 2018

Government construction sector is having major issue in Item Rate Contract – Unbalance bidding. Projects bid by Contractors at very low rate like Building projects 15-30% below than SOR rates. Road projects having much lower rates compare to Building projects. Government SOR rates are higher than the actual rate is not the reason behind that. Its contractor’s strategy to make bid amount as low as possible by making tender Unbalance. Unbalanced tender affects the healthy competition between contractors as well almost removes the genuine bidders. If the strategy of contractors turned positive than they may earned fat profit, which puts burden on the government. On the other hand, they may suffer from loss. Avoidance of loss may affect the quality of the work and enhances corruption. To avoid the loss of government, bad quality of work and corruption this topic is chosen to find the alternative to mitigate the unbalance tender.
Diagnosing Alternative Facts
Authors: de Kleer Johan , Klenk Matthew , Feldman Alexander
Published: January 2018

This paper presents an approach to applying model-based diagnosis to the task of interpreting in- formation from a wide variety of sources: text, video, meta-data, audio, etc. Much of the information contained in the sources is contradictory, incomplete, purposely deceptive or biased. People make critical decisions based on such murky information. By automating the construction of alternatives, we can design systems that support intelligence analysts and ordinary citizens in understanding the world. We have developed a preliminary version of our HCDX tool (hypothesis construction through diagnosis). We plan to distribute this tool as open source.
Giant photo-effect in proton transport through graphene
Authors: Lozada-Hidalgo Marcelo , Hu Sheng , Zhang Sheng , Kravets Vasyl , Rodriguez Francisco J. , Berdyugin Alexey , Grigorenko Alexander , Geim Andre K.
Published: January 2018

Graphene has recently been shown to be permeable to thermal protons, nuclei of hydrogen atoms, which sparked interest in its use as a proton-conducting membrane in relevant technologies. Here we report that proton transport through graphene can be enhanced strongly by iluminating it with visible light. Using electrical measurements and mass spectrometry, we find a photoresponsivity of ∼104 A W-1, which translates into a gain of ∼104 protons per photon, with response times in a microsecond range. These characteristics are competitive with thos of state-of-the-art photodetectors based on electron transport using silicon and novel two-dimensional materials. The photo-proton effect can be important for graphene's envisaged use in fuel cells and hydrogen isotope separation. Our observations can also be of interest for other applications such as light-iduced water splitting, photo-catalysis and novel photodetectors.
Design and Seismic Analysis of Ground Supported Water Tank
Authors: Patel Rahul , Dave Rishi , Vyas Prutha
Published: January 2018

The ground supported tanks are firmly attached with ground and tank walls are subjected to hydrostatic as well as hydrodynamic pressure due to seismic forces. Base of the tank is subjected to weight of water and pressure of soil. Top of the tanks may be covered and is designed by using IS 3370:2009 Part (I, II) [4] and IS 1893:2007 (part-2) draft code[3] is used for the seismic analysis of the tank. This paper gives idea behind the design of liquid retaining structure (rectangular ground supported water tank) using working stress method. This paper includes the seismic analysis and design of the tank. The values are obtained with the help of spreadsheet program. Analysis of ground supported water tank has been carried out and relationship between tank capacity with moment capacity and reinforcement area, base shear with impulsive height and overturning moment with convective height is derived.
Decentralized Diagnosis of Discrete Event Systems Using an Arborescent Architecture
Authors: Khoumsi Ahmed
Published: January 2018

Decentralized diagnosis of discrete event systems consists in detecting faults in discrete event systems by using decentralized architectures. In particular, inference-based diagnosis is a decentralized architecture of interest, since it is more general than several other decentralized architectures. In this paper, we first propose a method that realizes a diagnosis objective D by an arborescent architecture (or tree). Each leaf of the tree is a decentralized diagnosis, and each node n is a disjunction or con- junction of the diagnosis decisions of the two children of n. Then, we show that if inference-based diagnosis is applicable to D, then all the leafs of the obtained tree are basic decentralized diagnosers. This implies that every inference-based diagnosis is realizable by a combination of basic decentralized diagnosers.
Pragmática e interpretación telefónica: un estudio sobre ataques contra la imagen de los intérpretes (FTA, Face threatening acts)
Authors: Lazaro Gutierrez Raquel , Cabrera Méndez Gabriel
Published: January 2018

Como parte de un proyecto desarrollado conjuntamente entre miembros del ámbito académico y del mundo profesional se está llevando a cabo un estudio sobre pragmática en interpretación telefónica. Se centra, en concreto, en la interpretación en los servicios públicos y en las estrategias que utilizan los intérpretes a la hora de enfrentarse a las dificultades que surgen durante el desarrollo de su trabajo.

Huelga mencionar que la interpretación a distancia implica un gran número de nuevas estrategias y habilidades que los profesionales deben adquirir. Resulta especialmente complicada la interpretación de las FTA, que, según nuestros datos, son muy frecuentes en las conversaciones con mediación lingüística. En ocasiones, los interlocutores se esconden tras el intérprete a la hora de expresar contenido potencialemente ofensivo; en otras, esperan que el intérprete modifique su ataque contra la imagen de su interlocutor o llegan a presuponer que el intérprete omitirá esa parte ofensiva de su discurso.

Los intérpretes telefónicos profesionales, que suelen apoyarse en su propio bagaje de habilidades y experiencias personales, consiguen desarrollar una serie de estrategias para lidiar con estas dificultades. Entendemos que es aconsejable compilar estas estrategias para facilitar una formación útil, actualizada y realista para los intérpretes telefónicos, tanto para principiantes como para expertos.

Queremos compartir en este congreso un conjunto de ejemplos, fruto de nuestro análisis discursivo de conversaciones reales mediadas por intérpretes entre usuarios y proveedores de los servicios públicos (personal de hospital, ambulancias, ayuntamientos, oficinas de turismo, comisarías de policía…). Nuestro objetivo es aislar y describir las diferentes reacciones y soluciones que aplican los intérpretes cuando se enfrentan a las FTA. El fin último de este estudio es elaborar una lista de recomendaciones y materiales formativos para actuales y futuros intérpretes telefónicos.
Progressive Collapse Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Frame Structure with and without Considering Actual Soil Condition
Authors: Patel Bhavik , Shah Bharat
Published: January 2018

It has been found that the forces in the members of frame structures considering soil-structure

interaction, differs than conventional method of analysis. Analysis considering soil-structure interaction is time-consuming process; hence, if the relation between two methods established, then by using conventional method, realistic results can be obtained. In the present work, effort has been made to study the impact of soil-structure interaction on the progressive collapse assessment of reinforced concrete frame structure (building). It is clear that the differential settlement of the foundation changes the load transfer system of the super structure. Differential settlement depends on the properties of the soil below foundation and the stiffness of the super structure. The objective of this study is to quantify the change in the reaction at the foundation level due to soil structure interaction. To achieve this target, the Winkler approach is used. In this model, soil below foundation is modelled as idealized springs. To study the effect of failure of load carrying elements i.e. columns on the entire structure; 15 storey moment resistant RC buildings is considered. The building is modelled and analyzed for progressive collapse using the structural analysis and design software SAP2000. Nonlinear static analysis is performed to understand the progressive collapse phenomena. The nonlinear static analysis is found to be the most efficient method for progressive collapse assessment of the reinforced concrete structure with consideration of soil effect. General Service Administration (GSA 2003) guideline is used for loading and procedure to assess the potential towards progressive collapse of structure.
Terminología y traducción en contextos especializados (alemán-español): el sector vitivinícola
Authors: Balbuena Torezano M. Del Carmen
Published: January 2018

Es una realidad aceptada de forma unánime que el traductor especializado ha de conocer el campo temático en el que trabaja, siendo por tanto imprescindible que junto a la competencia lingüística sea necesario además un profundo conocimiento de la temática sobre la cual versa el texto al que se ha de enfrentar. El presente trabajo aborda las principales características de una terminología propia de un sector, el de la vitivinicultura, que contiene numerosas unidades de significado especializadas, dada la ingente cantidad de dominios y subdominios léxicos que subyacen al evento [vino]. Partimos de las premisas establecidas para la ejecución del proyecto WeinApp: Sistema multilingüe de información y recursos vitivinícolas (Ref. FFI2016-79785-R, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad), centrado especialmente en el estudio del léxico desde perspectivas contrastivas y la búsqueda de equivalencias para la correcta traducción de los textos especializados. No en vano, dentro del sector agroalimentario, la vitivinicultura constituye un amplio campo de estudio no sólo dentro de las denominadas disciplinas científicas, sino también, dentro del campo de las Humanidades, en torno a tipologías textuales, fraseología, léxico especializado, culturemas y análisis contrastivo aplicado a la traducción de textos y a la interpretación de discursos, dada la indudable relevancia del producto en torno al cual surgen todas estas unidades lingüísticas, textuales y culturales. El conocimiento de las estructuras gramaticales, la formación de palabras y los mecanismos para la creación de nuevos términos en lengua original –el alemán-, posibilitará, como veremos a lo largo de la exposición del trabajo, una herramienta útil de trabajo para el traductor, que logrará con éxito la correcta traducción de los textos al español.
An open source Real Time IOT based environmental sensor monitoring system
Authors: Vithlani Ronak , Fultariya Siddharth , Jivani Mahesh , Pandya Haresh
Published: January 2018

In this paper, we have described an operative prototype for Internet of Things (IoT) used for consistent monitoring various environmental sensors by means of low cost open source embedded system. The explanation about the unified network construction and the interconnecting devices for the consistent measurement of environmental parameters by various sensors and broadcast of data through internet is being presented. The framework of the monitoring system is based on a combination of embedded sensing units, information structure for data collection, and intellectual and context responsiveness. The projected system does not involve a devoted server computer with respect to analogous systems and offers a light weight communication protocol to monitor environment data using sensors. Outcomes are inspiring as the consistency of sensing information broadcast through the projected unified network construction is very much reliable. The prototype was experienced to create real-time graphical information rather than a test bed set-up.
Revisiting intersection of nine-point circle in the universal mode using novel computing tools (Revisiting Schrödder’s findings)
Authors: Chauhan Jagadish K , Gandhi R.B.
Published: January 2018

The geometries of points, lines, line segments, triangles and circles have been studied at depth by many learned mathematicians, scholars and researchers for a long period of time. Among these geometries the geometrical properties of nine-point circle is indeed interesting, fascinating and glamorous also. The curiosity present in human mind have motivated the aforesaid community to explore the properties of more than one nine-point circle emerging from four arbitrarily chosen points. In this paper the authors have attempted to simulate a few of them in a user friendly environment and bringing in light a case which is yet not either studied or not found in the prevailing literature, as regards Schro ̈dder’s findings. Key words: Nine-point circle, ortho-centric points, collinear points, MATLAB
CORALSE: Design of a Corpus of Spanish Sign Language
Authors: Fernández Soneira Ana-María , Báez Montero Inmaculada C. , Freijeiro Ocampo Eva
Published: January 2018

The approval of the law for the recognition of Sign Languages and its subsequent development (together with the laws enacted by the regional governments and the work of universities and institutions such as CNLSE) has changed the landscape of the research activity carried out in the field of SL in Spain.

In spite of these social advances, a corpus of Spanish Sign Language (LSE) has not yet been compiled. The average Sign Language corpus is traditionally composed of collections of annotated or tagged videos that contain written material aligned with the main Sign Language data.

The compiling project presented here, CORALSE, proposes: 1) to collect a representative number of samples of language use; 2) to tag and transcribe the collected samples and build an online corpus; 3) to advance in the description of the grammar of LSE; 4) to provide the scientific background needed for the development of materials for educational purposes; and 5) to advance in the development of different types of LSE.
Groundwater Quality Assessment for Irrigation Water Use in Mahi Right Bank Command Area, Gujarat, India
Authors: Patel Reshma , Dhiman Sanjay
Published: January 2018

Hydrochemical study was carried out in Mahi Right Bank Command Area in Central Gujarat, India to understand suitability of groundwater quality for irrigation purpose. Groundwater quality data for shallow wells were collected from State water data centre and Gujarat Engineering Research Institute. Na-Cl, Na-HCO3-Cl, Ca- Na-HCO3-Cl, Ca- Na-Cl are dominant groundwater type. Quality assessment for groundwater in the study area was carried out for irrigation purpose on basis of salinity index, SAR, % Sodium, RSC (Residual Sodium Carbonate), PI (Permeability Index), MH (Magnesium Hazard), and USDA (United States Department of Agricultural) Classification. It is observed that except few locations most of the groundwater samples were not suitable for irrigation based on MH. The groundwater quality assessment carried out will help the irrigation engineers and the other stake holders in planning the conjunctive water use for agricultural activities in the command area.
Semantic Structure, Speech Units and Facial Movements: Multimodal Corpus Analysis of English Public Speaking
Authors: Fuyuno Miharu , Yamashita Yuko , Saitoh Takeshi , Nakajima Yoshitaka
Published: January 2018

This study examines connections between the semantic structure and speech units, and characteristics of facial movements in EFL learners’ public speech. The data were obtained from a multimodal corpus of English public speaking constructed from digital audio and video data of an official English speech contest held in a Japanese high school. Evaluation data of contest judges were also included. For the audio data, speech pauses were extracted with an acoustic analysis software, and the spoken content (text) of each speech unit embedded between two pauses was then annotated. The semantic structures of the speech units were analysed based on segmental chunks of clauses. Motion capturing was applied on video data; forty-two tracking points were set on each speaker's eyes, nose, mouths and face lines. The results indicated: (1) Speakers with higher evaluations showed a similar semantic structure pattern in their speech units. It was also confirmed as similar to that for NSE samples. (2) Horizontal facial movements and the angles of face rotations were extracted from motion capturing. The result is expected to be useful for defining a facial movement model that effectively describes good eye contacts in public speaking.
The Expression of Uncertainty as a Strategy for Mitigating the Assertion. An Analysis in an Oral Computerized Corpus
Authors: Barrios-Sabador María José
Published: January 2018

This paper looks into the use of probability markers in oral texts as a strategy used to weaken the illocutionary force involved in the assertive act. To meet this objective, twenty-three probability markers in five thousand paragraphs were analyzed. The analysis allowed us to see the use of thirteen of these markers to mitigate assertions in informal spoken language, mainly in peer-to-peer interactions with interpersonal purposes. In such contexts, probability markers usually protect the positive face of the speaker and occasionally that of the addressee. Some patterns are perceived concerning the scalar position of the marker (expression of more or less certainty) and whose face (speaker’s or addressee’s) is threatened by the potentially negative effect of the assertive act.
JURNAL BELAJAR SEBAGAI SARANA PENGEMBANGAN KEMAMPUAN METAKOGNISI SISWA
Authors: Wahdah Nova Fitriani , Jufri A Wahab , Zulkifli Lalu
Published: January 2018

Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis: (1) peningkatan kemampuan menulis jurnal belajar, (2) perbedaan kemampuan metakognisi siswa yang menulis jurnal belajar dengan siswa yang tidak menulis jurnal belajar, dan (3) hubungan kemampuan menulis jurnal belajar dengan kemampuan metakognisi siswa. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan nonequivalent control group design. Populasi dalam penelitian ini yaitu siswa kelas X dan kelas XI di SMAN 1 Pringgarata tahun ajaran 2014/2015 (285 orang). Sampel penelitian ditentukan melalui teknik simple random sampling. Sampel penelitian yang berjumlah 124 orang tersebar di kelas X3 dan XI IPA1 sebagai kelompok eksperimen, serta di kelas X2 danXI IPA2 sebagai kelompok kontrol. Instrumen penelitian berupa jurnal belajar, rubrik penilaian jurnal belajar, dan inventori kesadaran metakognisi. Data hasil penelitian dianalisis menggunakan program SPSS for windows 16. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa: (1) kemampuan siswa dalam menulis jurnal belajar mengalami peningkatan (N-gain= 0,2), (2) ada perbedaan kemampuan metakognisi antara siswa yang menulis jurnal belajar dengan siswa yang tidak menulis jurnal belajar (p < 0,05), dan (3) kemampuan menulis jurnal belajar berkorelasi positif dengan kemampuan metakognisi (p < 0,05).Kata kunci: jurnal belajar, kemampuan metakognisiAbstract. The aim of this research wereÃÂ  to analyze: (1) the improvement of students ability in journal writing skills, (2) the difference of metacognitive skills between students who wrote learning journal and those who did not write learning journal, (3) the correlation of journal writing skills and the metacognitive skills of students. The research design was used nonequivalent control group design. The Population of this research were students in X and XI class of SMAN 1 Pringgarata 2014/2015 (285 peoples). Sample of this research was determined by simple random sampling technique. The amount of sample wereÃÂ  124 peoples, that distributed in X3 and XI IPA1 classas experimental group, ÃÂ X2 and XI IPA2 ÃÂ class as control group. The research instruments were learning journal, rubric of learning journal and metacognitive awareness inventory (MAI). Data in this research was analyzed by using SPSS for windows 16. The result of this research shows: (1) the students skills in writing journal was increase (N-gain = 0,2), (2) there were significant difference between students who wrote journal and those who did not write journal (p < 0,05), and (3) journal writing skills was positively correlated with the students metacognitive skillÃÂ  ÃÂ (p < 0,05).Keywords: learning journal, metacognitive skills
UJI PENURUNAN KOLESTEROL PADA MENCIT PUTIH (Mus musculus) SECARA IN-VIVO MENGGUNAKAN EKSTRAK METANOL UMBI TALAS (Colocasia esculenta L) SEBAGAI UPAYA PENCEGAHAN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Authors: Umami Samsul Rizal , Hapizah Sarifa Siti , Fitri Rosita , Hakim Aliefman
Published: January 2018

Abstrak : Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh ekstrak umbi talas (Colocasia esculenta L) terhadap penurunan kadar kolesterol mencit putih (Mus musculus). Induksi hiperkolesterolemik dilakukan dengan pemberian kuning telur puyuh, pakan ayam broiler dan pemberian propiltiourasil (PTU) pada mencit putih (Mus musculus). Penelitian ini menggunakan metode ekstraksi dan uji penurunan kadar kolesterol dengan ekstrak umbi talas. Mencit dibagi menjadi 5 kelompok percobaan yang terdiri dari 3 kelompok perlakuan (P1, P2, dan P3) dan 2 kelompok kontrol (K+ dan K-). Dosis yang digunakan yaitu 100 mg/kgBB, dosis P2 yaitu 200 mg/kgBB, dan P3 yaitu 300 mg/kgBB. Sedangkan kelompok K+ diberikan dosis simvastatin dan K- hanya aquades. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pada dosis 100 mg/kgBB terjadi peningkatan kadar kolesterol sebesar 5,2 mg/dL, pada K- juga mengalami peningkatan sebesar 3,8 mg/dL. Sedangkan pada P2 mengalami penurunan yang cukup tinggi sebesar 27,9 mg/dL, sementara P3 mengalami penurunan sebesar 2,4 mg/dL dan K+ juga mengalami penurunan sebesar 2,2 mg/dL. Berdasarkan hasil ini, dosis 200 mg/kgBB menunjukkan penurunan dosis yang lebih baik daripada dosis yang lain.ÃÂ Kata Kunci : Hiperkolesterolemik, PTU, Umbi Talas, Ekstraksi, KolesterolÃÂ Abstrack: This study aimed to determine the effect of taro root extract (Colocasia esculenta L) to decrease cholesterol levels of white mice (Mus musculus). Induction hiperkolesterolemik done by providing quail egg yolk, broiler chicken feed and administration of propylthiouracil (PTU) in white mice (Mus musculus). In this study using extraction methods and test cholesterol-lowering with taro root extract. The mice were divided into 5 experimental groups consisting of 3 treatment groups (P1, P2, and P3) and two control groups (K + and K-). In the group P1 doses used were 100 mg / kg body weight, P2 dose of 200 mg / kg, and P3 is 300 mg / kg. While the group K + and K- simvastatin dose given only distilled water. The results showed that at a dose of 100 mg / kg showed elevated levels of cholesterol by 5.2 mg / dL, the K- increased by 3.8 mg / dL. While at P2 decreased quite high by 27.9 mg / dL, P3 decreased by 2.4 mg / dL and K + also decreased by 2.2 mg / dL. Based on these results, a dose of 200 mg / kg showed a dose reduction is better than another dose.ÃÂ Keywords: Hiperkolesterolemik, PTU, Bulbs Talas, Extraction, Cholesterol
PENGARUH MODEL PEMBELAJARAN VISUAL AUDITORIAL KINESTETIK (VAK) TERHADAP MOTIVASI DAN HASIL BELAJAR IPA BIOLOGI SISWA KELAS VIII SMP NEGERI 3 GUNUNGSARI TAHUN AJARAN 2015/2016
Authors: Suryadin Suryadin , Merta I Wayan , Kusmiyati Kusmiyati
Published: January 2018

Abstrak: Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh model pembelajaran Visual Auditorial Kinestetik (VAK) terhadap motivasi dan hasil belajar IPA Biologi siswa. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimen semu dengan desain penelitian nonequivalent control group design. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas VIIIÃÂ  SMPN 3 Gunungsari yang terbagi menjadi 3 kelas. Penentuan sampel dilakukan dengan teknik simple random sampling dan diperoleh kelas VIII B sebagai kelas eksperimen dan kelas VIII C sebagai kelas kontrol. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk mengukur motivasi belajar adalah angket motivasi belajar dan untuk mengukur hasil belajar adalah test obyektif (pilihan ganda). Data hasil penelitian dianalisis menggunakan uji-t dengan teknik independent sample t-test dengan taraf signifikansi 5% yang dihitung dengan bantuan program SPSS 17 for Windows. Hasil penelitian terhadap motivasi belajar siswa setelah dilakukan uji beda menunjukan bahwa nilai t hitung > t kritik yaitu 3,411 > 1,680, sedangkan untuk hasil belajar diperoleh t hitung > t kritik yaitu 3,285 >1,680. Hal ini berarti bahwa penerapan model pembelajaran Visual Auditorial Kinestetik (VAK) berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap motivasi dan hasil belajar IPA Biologi siswa.Kata-Kata Kunci: Hasil Belajar, Model pembelajaran VAK, Motivasi Belajar
UPAYA MENINGKATKAN PRESTASI BELAJAR MAHASISWA PADA POKOK BAHASAN INTEGRAL MELALUI PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TIPE TEAM GAMES TOURNAMENT (TGT) PADA PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN MATEMATIKA FKIP UNIVERSITAS MATARAM
Authors: Romdhini Mamika Ujianita , Hayati Laila
Published: January 2018

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan prestasi belajar mahasiswa program studi Pendidikan Matematika FKIP Universitas Mataram tahun 2007/2008 pada mata kuliah Matematika Dasar pokok bahasan Integral. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian tindakan kelas yang dilaksanakan dalam 3 siklus, dengan setiap siklus terdiri dari tahap perencanaan, pelaksanaan tindakan, observasi, evaluasi, dan refleksi. Adapun indikator keberhasilan setiap siklus adalah tercapainya ketuntasan belajar klasikal, yaitu minimal 85 % mahasiswa memperoleh nilai minimal 56 (pada skala 100) atau mendapat nilai C. Hasil penelitian pada siklus I menunjukkan ketuntasan belajar 41,2 %, pada siklus II mencapai ketuntasan 83,8 % dan pada siklus III mencapai ketuntasan 86,8 %. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe Team Games Tournament (TGT) dapat meningkatkan prestasi belajar mahasiswa program studi Pendidikan Matematika FKIP Universitas Mataram pada pokok bahasan Integral.Kata-kata kunci: kooperatif, Team Games Tournament (TGT), Integral, ketuntasan belajarÃÂ Abstract: The research aims are to improving students academic reward in Mathematics education program study FKIP Mataram University in academic year 2007/2008 of the Basic Mathematics Lecture on subject integral. This class room action research was done in 3 cycles and every cycle contain 5 steps that is planning, action, observation, evaluation, and reflection. The research is called success if 85 % of the students has score of evaluation minimum 56 or get C at every cycle. The result of research in cycle I was 41,2 %, in cycle II got 83,8 %, and the cycle III achieve 86,8 %, of the students have score minimum 56 . the conclusion is cooperative learning can be improved achievement of the mathematics on subject integral in academic year 2007/2008.Keywords: cooperative, Team Games Tournament (TGT), integral, achievement of the mathematics.
PEMBELAJARAN BIOLOGI BERBASIS PROYEK UNTUK MENGEMBANGKAN SIKAP ILMIAH DAN KESADARAN LINGKUNGAN SISWA SEKOLAH MENENGAH
Authors: Jufri A. Wahab
Published: January 2018

Abstrak. Perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan, teknologi dan informasi yang sangat pesat akhir-akhir ini memberikan dampak pada hampir semua aspek kehidupan manusia, termasuk pada masalah lingkungan. Dalam rangka menghadapi permasalahan lingkunganÃÂ  hidup yang sangat kompleks dan multidimensi, pembelajaran biologi memegang peran penting. Model pembelajaran biologi berbasis proyek dapat menjadi salah satu alternatif untuk mengemÃÂ­bangkan sikap ilmiah dan kesadaran lingkungan di kalangan siswa. Materi pelajaran Biologi dalam pembelajaran berbasis proyek dapat diintegrasikan dengan mata pelajaran lain seperti Bahasa Inggris, Bahasa Indonesia, Matematika, dan IPS. Penugasan siswa untuk mengembangkan proyek-proyek biologi dapat membantu siswa untuk berlatih mengumÃÂ­pulkan dan menganalisis data, mengidentifikasi variabel, menyelesaikan masalah, dan mengkomunikasikan hasil kerjanya. Melalui kegiatan mengerjakan proyek biologi siswa bahkan dapat berperan merehabilitasi kondisi lingkungan yang terancam rusak. Tentu semua hal tersebut akan dapat berhasil dengan adanya inisiatif, kerja keras, dan kolaborasi antara guru, sekolah, orangtua dan masyarakat.Kata kunci: biologi, proyek, sikap ilmiah, kesadaran lingkungan.Abstract: The development of science, technology and information which grow very rapidly nowadays affect almost all aspects of humans life includes the humanÃ¢â¬â¢s environment. In order to solve the very complex and multi dimension environment problems, the teaching of biology plays an important role. Project based model of teaching biology can be an alternative to develop the students scientific attitude and their environment awareness.ÃÂ  This model of teaching capable of integrating the subject of biology to other subjects includes English, Indonesian, Mathematics, and Social Science. Student tasks in form of some projects help student to learn by doing through activities of collecting and analyzing data, to identify variables, to solve problems, and to communicate their project results. Furthermore, through project activities, student can involve to rehabilitate the unwanted environmental conditions. Of course, all of those efforts would be useful if there are initiatives, strong efforts, and collaboration between teacher, school staffs, student parents and the communities around the school.Key words: biology, project, scientific attitude, environmental awareness.
UJI KEBERADAAN DAN VIABILITAS SEL Lactobacillus bulgaricus PADA PEMBUATAN VCO FERMENTASI YANG BERFUNGSI PROBIOTIK
Authors: S a r k on o Sarkono , Julisaniah Nur Indah
Published: January 2018

Abstrak: Salah satu upaya pengembangan produk kelapa adalah pembuatan minyak kelapa murni atau biasa disebut Virgin coconut oil (VCO). Selain dengan proses sentrifugasi, VCO juga dapat dibuat dengan bantuan mikrobia khususnya bakteri. Dalam penelitian ini dilakukan pembuatan VCO denganÃÂ  metode fermentasi mengggunakan bakteri Lactobacillus bulgaricus. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bakteri L. bulgaricus dapat digunakan sebagai salah satu alternatifÃÂ  dalam pembuatan VCO dengan cara fermentasi. Setelah proses fermentasi, sel bakteri L. bulgaricus lebih banyak berada pada lapisan blondo, diikuti lapisan air dan lapisan minyak.ÃÂ  Sedangkan berdasarkan uji viabilitas selama penyimpanan, jumlah sel L. bulgaricus terus mengalami penurunan jumlah sel hidup selama penyimpanan. Waktu penyimpanan maksimal dimana masih terdapat sel L. bulgaricus pada VCO adalah 24 hari.Kata kunci : VCO, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Viabilitas.ÃÂ Abstract: An effort of coconut product development is making the pure coconut oil or so-called Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO). Besides of centrifugation process, VCO can be also made by biological process, especially using bacteria. Bacterial fermentation method with Lactobacillus bulgaricus was performed to produce VCO. The results showed that the bacterium L. bulgaricus can be used as an alternative in producing VCO by way of fermentation. After the fermentation process, bacterial cells L. bulgaricus mostly present at blondo layer, followed by a layer of water and oil layers. Meanwhile, based on testing the viability during storage, the number of cell L Bulgaricus been steadily declining number of living cells during storage. The maximum storage time for L. bulgaricus on the VCO is 24 days.ÃÂ Keywords: VCO, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Viability.