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Kajian Rupabheda: Tokoh-tokoh Sri Tanjung pada Relief Candi Penataran
Authors: Miftakhuddin
Published: August 2020

Relief Sri Tanjung terpampang pada dinding luar pendapa teras ke-dua Candi Panataran, Blitar, Jawa Timur. Masyarakat meyakini, narasi relief tersebut mengangkat cerita legenda Banyuwangi zaman Jawa Pertengahan. Di dalam relief terlihat adanya figur-figur dalam lakon cerita Sri Tanjung berikut penanda pepohonan, hewan, atau bentuk alam lain dalam gaya dekoratif. Beberapa penelitian telah berusaha menafsir relief dari sisi yang lain. Tetapi Rupabheda hadir sebagai teori estetika yang menjadi dasar penafsiran yang baru. Melalui metode semiotika, relief diasumsikan sebagai representasi tanda dan simbol (terdiri atas signifier dan signified). Analisis dilakukan dengan menghubungkan unsur-unsur tersebut dengan denotatum, ground, and interpretant. Analisis Rupabheda berhasil menelaah pergeseran makna dari beragam tanda yang terdapat pada arca Hindu. Penelitian ini menemukan adanya kebaruan makna dalam identifikasi tokoh-tokoh di dalam relief. Visualisasi relief cerita Sri Tanjung telah menyamarkan ikon budaya Jawa Pertengahan dalam relief arca Hindu. Temuan penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa relief Sri Tanjung telah memasukkan narasi cerita lokal yang berbeda dengan epik Mahabarata – Ramayana dalam situs bangunan Hindu
Measuring naturalistic proximity as a window into caregiver–child interaction patterns
Authors: Salo Virginia C. , Pannuto Pat , Hedgecock William , Biri Andreas , Russo David A. , Piersiak Hannah , Humphreys Kathryn Leigh
Published: August 2020

The interactions most supportive of positive child development take place in moments of close contact with others. In the earliest years of life, a child’s caregivers are the primary partners in these important interactions. Little is known about the patterns of real-life physical interactions between children and their caregivers, in part due to an inability to measure these interactions as they occur in real time. We have developed a wearable, infrastructure-free device (TotTag) used to dynamically and unobtrusively measure physical proximity between children and caregivers in real-time. We present a case-study illustration of the TotTag with data collected over two (12-hour) days each from two families: a family of four (30-month-old son, 61-month-old daughter, 37-year-old father, 37-year-old mother), and a family of three (12-month-old daughter, 35-year-old-father, 33-year-old mother). We explored patterns of proximity within each parent–child dyad and whether close proximity would indicate periods in which increased opportunity for developmentally critical interactions occur. Each child also wore a widely used wearable audio recording device (LENA) to collect time-synced linguistic input. Descriptive analyses reveal wide variability in caregiver–child proximity both within and across dyads, and that amount of time spent in close proximity with a caregiver is associated with the number of adult words and conversational turns to which a child was exposed. This suggests that variations in proximity are linked to, though, critically, not synonymous with, quantity of a child’s exposure to adult language. Potential implications for deepening understanding of early caregiver–child interactions are discussed.
Latent Structure of a Brief Clinical Battery of Neuropsychological Tests Administered In-Home Via Telephone
Authors: Matchanova Anastasia , Babicz Michelle A. , Medina Luis D. , Rahman Samina , Johnson Briana , Thompson Jennifer L. , Beltran-Najera Ilex , Brooks Jasmin L. , Sullivan Kelli L. , Walker Rheeda L. , Podell Kenneth , Woods Steven Paul
Published: August 2020

Objective: To examine the factor structure and sociodemographic correlates of a battery of clinical neuropsychological tests administered in-home and via telephone. Method: Participants included 280 healthy adults who completed a 35-40 min battery consisting of seven auditory-verbal neuropsychological tests (i.e., 10 variables) that included digit span, list learning and memory, prospective memory, verbal fluency, and oral trail making. Results: After removing oral trail making part A, a three-factor model comprised of executive functions, memory and attention demonstrated the best fit to the data. Nevertheless, the shared variance between the nine remaining neuropsychological variables was also adequately explained by a single-factor model and a two-factor model comprised of executive functions and memory. Factor scores were variably associated with education, race/ethnicity, and IQ, but not with sex or age. Conclusions: Findings provide preliminary support for the feasibility and factor structure and sociodemographic correlates of a brief telephone-based screening neuropsychological battery comprised mostly of commonly administered clinical measures. Future studies are needed to determine the reliability, sensitivity, and ecological relevance of this battery, as well as equivalency to in-person assessment.
Predictive Hermeneutics
Authors: Reason Suspended , Rutten Tom
Published: August 2020

Recently, cognitive scientists like Clark (2016) and Hohwy (2013), alongside computational neuroscientist Karl Friston (2006, 2013) have conceptualized the mind as a hierarchical prediction system, at levels varying from the “merely” sensory to the highly conceptual. Here, we extend this thesis in order to understand the hermeneutic process as it relates to textual and artistic encounters. We argue that one of the foundational mechanisms of the artwork, as it is contemporarily conceived, can be meaningfully conceptualized as a cognitively rich interaction which, by design, informs and exploits the mind’s predictive system. We further show how this mechanism, and a predictive framework more generally, help explain a host of traditional literary, aesthetic, and art historical values, including ambiguity, defamiliarization, and reversal.
Modeling public opinion over time and space: Trust in state institutions in Europe, 1989-2019
Authors: Kolczynska Marta , Bürkner Paul - Christian , Kennedy Lauren , Vehtari Aki
Published: August 2020

Combining public opinion data from different sources enables new cross-national and longitudinal research, but is accompanied by unique challenges related to the comparability of the source survey data. The analytic strategy we propose relies on Bayesian explanatory item response theory models to address differences in the measurement of attitudes, and poststratification that uses administrative population data to improve the quality of estimates and correct for differences in sample representativeness. Partially pooled models with data from all countries would be prohibitively slow, so we estimate separate by-country models in a way that maintains comparability of estimates across countries. We apply this strategy to data from 13 cross-national research projects from 27 European countries to estimate trajectories of political trust between 1989-2019.
Just because they say it is sustainable development, it does not mean that it is: Sustainable development as a master-signifier in Swiss urban and regional planning
Authors: Carr Constance
Published: August 2020

With stunning green landscapes, exemplary public transport, and picturesque walkable cities, Switzerland often occupies the public imaginary of a place that has tackled sustainable development. This research, however, looks under the hood and finds that this development path supports not only modes of capital accumulation, but also certain less sustainable patterns of development and governance. This paper examines this apparent paradox by looking at the role of sustainable development as a master-signifier in Swiss urban development processes. Empirical observations were made in the Glatt Valley of Switzerland, where governing officials of small municipalities are confronted with coordinating urban development under growth pressure within cantonal and federal policy frameworks that claim sustainable development. It can be seen that sustainable development is an empty master-signifier that policy makers engage to justify the quilting of a certain hegemonic discourses of power that reflect in further uneven urban development. By reproducing business as usual market-led urban growth, fragmentation is maintained as are social spatial disparities are entrenched.
Influence of Land Use on Mode Choice Behavior of the Citizens of Khulna City
Authors: Ahasan Rakibul , Mudasser Mehedi
Published: August 2020

The information regarding travel behavior of the citizen and understanding why they are making any particular choice in their trip making is gaining vital importance in shaping the traffic management system in any city efficient and competent. Travel behavior pattern of the citizens could have both negative and positive influences on the sustainability issue of any transport system. This paper focuses on the steps of the transport demand model with two types of information- demographic information and travel data. Information regarding trip generation, the pattern of trip variation with housing types, modal choices for various purposes along with changes in income variation of citizens in Khulna City were explored using statistical tools and` techniques, and trip distribution modeling was done to find out the factors affecting the trip making behavior. The findings showed that there is present a salubrious relationship between the income level of the people and their mode preferences. However, the total number of trips has influenced mostly by the income of the households where housing condition has a negative impact on the trips produced. Vehicle ownership and family size do not have that much effect on the number of trips generated. So, the consideration of both positive and negative influential variables on the travel pattern can help to outline a sustainable future transportation plan of Khulna City.
Why quantitative papers based on primary data get desk-rejected by Annals of Tourism Research
Authors: Dolnicar Sara
Published: August 2020

This paper analyses desk-rejection reasons for manuscript submissions to Annals of Tourism Research. Specifically, the analysis focuses on studies that use primary data as the basis of their insights. A small number of key issues explains most desk-rejections, including: the use of weak empirical measures and research designs which do not lead to valid conclusions; text-duplication; ignoring key changes to the external environment, such as COVID-19; and a lack of (clearly articulated) contribution to knowledge.
Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Beams With Circular Transverse Openings Under Static Loads
Authors: Jen Hua Ling , Tang Howe Sheng , Leong Wen Kam , Sia How Teck
Published: August 2020

Transverse opening in a reinforced concrete beam allows the crossing of mechanical and electrical services through the beam. However, it affects the strength of a beam. Understanding its structural behaviour is crucial to ensure a safe design of the beam. For that, an experimental study was carried out on reinforced concrete beams with circular transverse openings. The four-point load test was conducted to study the effects of the size and the position of the opening on the beam performance under the shear and flexural loads. In addition, three reinforcing methods for the opening were tested. The beams were evaluated in terms of the load-displacement responses, mechanical properties, deflections, and failure modes. The opening with the diameter not exceeding 0.25 times beam height affected about 20% of beam strength (without reinforcements at the opening). The diagonal bar reinforcing method effectively restored the beam strength for the opening size not exceeding 1/3 of beam height. The equation model proposed conservatively predicted the ultimate capacity of the beam with a transverse opening.
PERTANGGUNGJAWABAN YURIDIS DALAM TRANSAKSI LAYANAN MEDIS (TRANSAKSI TERAPEUTIK) TERMASUK INFORMED CONSENT ATAS TINDAKAN MEDIS PADA RUMAH SAKIT
Authors: Ekasari Mahadian Tri
Published: August 2020

This research resulted, First, with the informed consent not necessarily the medical staff / doctor cannot be sued or prosecuted, precisely with the existence of this informed consent the medical staff / doctor must work professionally and in accordance with operational standards as stated in informed consent. Second, hospitals as legal entities (corporations) can be prosecuted and accounted for by malpractice actions of health workers in hospitals. Article 46 of Law Number 44 Year 2009 concerning Hospitals that hospitals must be responsible for negligence committed by doctors practicing in hospitals is a burden borne by the owner and management of the hospital. Third, there are several efforts that can be taken in the event of negligence or malpractice by health workers / doctors / hospitals, namely by reporting to the MKEK / MKDKI, conducting mediation, civil litigation and criminal reporting.Keywords: Informed Consent, Patient, Hospital
Between Russia, Lithuania and Poland: The Life, Pedagogique Activity and Work of Stefan NaręBski – the Architect-Artist of the Vilnius School
Authors: Chervonnaia Svetlana Mikhailovna
Published: August 2020

It cannot be said that the creative biography of the artist-architect Stefan Narębski (1892–1966) remains a completely unknown page in the history of art, but everything that has been written and published so far about the life and work of Stefan Narębski is only the top of the iceberg which is his complete biography.
The author restores many forgotten and unknown facts of this biography, mainly based on the materials of the Archive of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, first of all, the artist’s own notes (“Diaries”), which had never been published before. Discoveries of this kind relate primarily to the childhood and adolescence of Narębski, held in the Caucasus and Vilnius; his participation in the 1905 revolution; his educational and creative activities in Włocławek in the 1920s; his connections with Stephen Batory University; as well as the repressions that he faced both during the years of the Nazi occupation of Lithuania and during the restoration of Soviet power here, in 1944–45. In the artistic heritage of Narębski, a close-up is highlighted by the types of residential buildings developed by him, educational institutions (museum, school, university department), modern churches, projects for the artistic transformation and decoration of public interiors (the residence of the archbishop; town halls in Vilnius and Torun). The theoretical development of the artistic training program for masters of architectural design (design and decoration of interiors), carried out by Narębski, and the practical implementation of this program at the Nicolaus Copernicus University contained an innovative beginning and provided the most important breakthrough of Polish post-war artistic pedagogy towards a modern, progressive methodology. Of great importance is the international aspect of the work of Narębski, whose personal biography is connected not only with Poland and the strongest impulses of Polish patriotism, but also with Lithuania, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine (with the places where he studied, lived, worked, built and planned the construction of new objects). His contribution to the development of art and artistic pedagogy is subject to measurement on the scale of not only national but also Eastern European culture.
CIDEM’s femicide archive and the process of gendered legal change in Bolivia
Authors: Miguel-Lorenzo Xandra
Published: August 2020

This article analyses a spectacle, a wrestling match, that brings out the problem of violence against women and the role of activist organisations such as the Centro de Información y Desarrollo de la Mujer (CIDEM) to raise awareness among people and to influence the Bolivian state to change the gender of the law. In effect, it considers CIDEM’s vigilant role, by visualising cases of femicides in partnership with the press, is translated in wrestling matches. The article considers one such wrestling match I witnessed in El Alto, Bolivia, and argues that CIDEM’s vigilant role extends to overlooking and complementing the vigilant roles of the state and customary legal systems in El Alto that are unable to prevent femicides: women being killed by men because of their gender.
Review of Vincent Chetail, International Migration Law (Oxford University Press, 2019)
Authors: Desmond Alan
Published: August 2020

Recenzja ksiazki Vincent'a Chetail'a
The National Air Pollution Control Programme in Poland – Selected Legal Issues
Authors: Radecka Ewa
Published: August 2020

Niniejszy artykuł skupia się na wskazaniu zobowiązań Polski wynikających z art. 6 dyrektywy Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady (UE) 2016/2284 z dnia 14 grudnia 2016 r. w sprawie redukcji krajowych emisji niektórych rodzajów zanieczyszczeń atmosferycznych, zmiany dyrektywy 2003/35/WE oraz uchylenia dyrektywy 2001/81/WE[1]. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zaprezentowanie rozwiązań prawnych przyjętych w krajowym programie ograniczania zanieczyszczeń powietrza (dalej: KPOZP) w Polsce, z wcześniejszym umiejscowieniem tego dokumentu na tle innych prawnych instrumentów ochrony powietrza, oraz ocena jego skuteczności.
Local Citizen Initiatives in Poland: The Disparity in Signature Requirements
Authors: Lis-Staranowicz Dorota , Giżyńska Monika
Published: August 2020

In the social sciences, the attention is drawn to the relationship between instruments of direct democracy and signature requirement, because the latter may block the activity of citizens. Therefore, this paper focuses on signature requirements of local citizen’ initiatives (LCI), which is also analyzed from the perspective of the principle of equality. We identify: the legal threshold of support (LTS) and the actual threshold of support (ATS). The legal threshold is construed as the statutory requirement of support (quantified or specified as a percentage), whereas the actual threshold of support is the quotient of the number of signatures required and the total number of residents in a given district. With respect to the LCI, a district is an area of a municipality, poviat and voivodship. The ATS is an indicator used by us to study the principle of equality.
Pursuit of Non-Pecuniary Loss and Pecuniary Damage Compensation for Spoiled Holiday
Authors: May Joanna
Published: August 2020

Od 1 lipca 2018 r. obowiązują przepisy ustawy z 24 listopada 2017 r. o imprezach turystycznych i powiązanych usługach turystycznych, która reguluje prawa podróżnych za "zmarnowany urlop". Ustawa o imprezach turystycznych zastąpiła poprzednią regulację wynikającą z ustawy z dnia 29 sierpnia 1997 r. o usługach hotelarskich oraz usługach pilotów wycieczek i przewodników turystycznych, wprowadzając zdecydowanie szerszy zakres odpowiedzialności przedsiębiorców działających w branży turystycznej, co miało ułatwić poszkodowanym dochodzenie roszczeń. W artykule przybliżono sposób naprawiania szkody za utratę przyjemności z wakacji w poprzednim oraz obowiązującym stanie prawnym. Następnie Autorka przedstawiła przebieg postępowania sądowego, zarówno w sytuacji gdy podróżny zdecyduje się na postępowanie grupowe, jak również gdy indywidualnie wytoczy powództwo. Autorka zwraca uwagę na konieczność właściwego przygotowania się przez podróżnego do procesu cywilnego ze względu na spoczywający na nim ciężar dowodu, omawia także wady i zalety poszczególnych rozwiązań prawnych.
Access to a Lawyer for Suspects at the Police Station and During Detention Proceedings
Authors: Markiewicz Tymon
Published: August 2020

Directive 2013/48/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 on the right of access to a lawyer lays down minimum standards concerning access to a lawyer for suspects and the accused in criminal proceedings, as well as persons subject to the European arrest warrant proceedings. The present article focus on the subject of access to a lawyer at the earliest stage of criminal proceedings – in connection with arrest as well as during proceedings concerning the use of pre-trial detention. Author analyzes in sequence: subjective scope of the right to a lawyer, the right to a lawyer for the person deprived of liberty, confidentiality of communications between the person deprived of liberty and their lawyer. The main statement is that Poland does not meet that standard.
“Dual Legal Representation” of a Requested Person in European Arrest Warrant Proceedings – Remarks from the Polish Perspective
Authors: Wąsek-Wiaderek Małgorzata Marzena
Published: August 2020

W artykule podjęto próbę udzielenia odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy prawo polskie oferuje możliwość tzw. "podwójnej reprezentacji", jak tego wymaga art. 10 dyrektywy unijnej 2013/48 oraz art. 5 dyrektywy unijnej 2016/1919. Analiza obejmuje obie perspektywy, to znaczy zbadano zarówno możliwość realizowania prawa do "podwójnej reprezentacji" w postępowaniu w sprawie wykonania Europejskiego Nakazu Aresztowania prowadzonym w Polsce, jak i prawo do wyznaczenia obrońcy w Polsce jako kraju wydania tego nakazu. Rozważania dotyczą jedynie Europejskich Nakazów Aresztowania wydanych w celu ścigania. Chociaż oba wymienione przepisy dyrektyw nie zostały wdrożone do prawa krajowego, ich bezpośrednie stosowanie może zapewnić pełne korzystanie przez osobę ściganą z prawa do "podwójnej reprezentacji". Dzięki temu, że prawo polskie traktuje osobę ściganą jak oskarżonego w postępowaniu karnym, Kodeks postępowania karnego oferuje podstawy prawne do ustanowienia/wyznaczenia osobie ściganej obrońcy w Polsce jako kraju wydania Europejskiego Nakazu Aresztowania.
Tendencias en ciencias de la computación
Authors: Blandon Andrade Juan Carlos
Published: August 2020

A trend study consists to review and analyze a great amount of information that refers to a discipline, it is based on many sources of information. This paper shows the main trend topics in computer science around the world, this base on the advances in industry 4.0. The background shows a great interest in the practical application of theoretical topics studied in the academy inside the productive and governmental sectors. Then, it is relevant to present the current trend issues in many sectors and contexts. In this work, a study is presented from the perspective of governments, business, and academia, which evidences the relevant topics for computer sciences. This article pretends to contribute to the articulation between the academic, governmental, and productive sectors as a contribution to the development of the countries.
La robótica y el diseño de APP: una posibilidad para potenciar el pensamiento matemático de los estudiantes de pregrado
Authors: Henao López Juan Carlos , Murcia Londoño Euclides
Published: August 2020

In the national educational context and for students at the basic and secondary education levels, their appropriations of mathematical concepts tend to be low and this becomes especially evident when they enter higher education. It is necessary to implement active and innovative methodologies that promote in the student new dynamics for the development of a mathematical Knowledge; To answer to this problem, from the research group Entre Ciencia e Ingeniería of the Faculty of Basic Sciences and Engineering of the Católica de Pereira University, it is proposed to carry out a methodological proposal based on the use of robotic devices LEGO MINDSTORMS and mobile platforms such as App Inventor with the purpose that the student improves their levels of competence in numerical, variational and geometric thoughts.
Control de temperatura en intercambiadores de calor tipo coraza-tubo: una revisión realizada a la industria
Authors: Álvarez Diaz Juan Gonzalo , Armero Viveros Juan Manuel , Urrutia Carlos Andres
Published: August 2020

This review on temperature control loops in shell-and-tube heat exchangers is part of a study conducted to the industry in the region of Valle del Cauca where the following deficiencies were identified in the control engineering of heat exchangers: lack of knowledge of the model, inexperience in the selection of control strategies, poor tuning of control algorithms and lack of knowledge of performance evaluation criteria. The literature consulted shows a great number of methods of model identification and control strategies and tuning applied to heat exchangers, however, most of them are implemented at the simulation level, disregarding the non-linearities and interactions of the exchanger in the industrial process. The review presents different methods and concepts used to obtain models, control strategies, tuning and evaluation of control loops that are in the literature since 2010.
Análisis de desempeño a nivel de simulación de un sistema de comunicaciones Li-Fi para la transmisión de datos a alta velocidad
Authors: Arteaga Benavides Esteban Alberto , Morán Figueroa Germán Homero , Gómez Agredo Gustavo Adolfo
Published: August 2020

The high wireless requirements in access, capacity and security demanded by today's society together with the great congestion of the radio spectrum has led to looking for new technological solutions such as Light Fidelity (Li-Fi). This paper shows the design and implementation of a Li-Fi communications system within an indoor environment used the optical OFDM modulation technique with asymmetric clipping (ACO-OFDM) through MATLAB software. System performance is analyzed in terms of bit error rate (BER) and bit to noise power ratio (Eb/No) taking into account receiver position, QAM modulation order and transmission rate. The results show that the performance of the system depends directly on the position of the receiver, in addition to high transmission rates the multipath degrades the performance of the system.
Evaluación de la calidad del agua en el embalse hidroeléctrico El Quimbo
Authors: Losada Benavides Luis Carlos , Rueda Sanabria Carlos Alberto , Martínez Silva Paula
Published: August 2020

Dams are built to provide energy, to act as water reservoirs for human and animal consumption, and to water cultivated fields; for those reasons, it is of high importance to assess their water quality periodically. This research diagnosed the quality of water of the Quimbo Dam by using the Simplified Index of Water Quality (SIWQ), which contemplates the measure of dissolved oxygen (DO), conductivity, temperature, Chemical demand of oxygen (QDO) and total suspended solids (TSS). Samples were taken in seven different points along the dam, and four points on rivers that tribute their waters to the dam, during field trips from May until October, 2017. In the same way, in each point, samples were taken at different depths (0.1, 5.0, and 10.0 meters). The obtained results from the analysis of physicochemical parameters described above showed that in average the water quality of Quimbo Dam is in a good condition, with potential for fishing and recreational activities; it is not apt for human consumption without conventional treatment; on the other hand, the water from the tributaries showed medium quality, specially Guandinosa stream which presented the lowest value of SIWQ (35.2), classified as useful only for recreation, water for cultivated fields and industrial activities.
INSIDENSI SERANGAN HAMA PENGGEREK BATANG PADA PERSEMAIAN KALIANDRA DI PT.USAHA TANI LESTARI SUMBA BARAT NTT.
Authors: Jusuf Wida Darwiati , Yulianti Mira
Published: August 2020

Stem borers at Kaliandra Nursery In PT Usaha Tani Lestari, Sumba Barat NTT.       Pest attack is the major problem in the cultivation of energy-producing wood plants, one of which is a stem borer that attacks Kaliandra (Calliandra callothyrsus) plant. The information regarding the level of stem borer attack is needed as a material consideration in the management of the energy-producing timber plant. The purpose of this study is to assess the incidence, calculate the percentage and intensity of attacks and identify the stem borer. This research was conducted at Kaliandra Nursery PT. Sustainable Farming in West Sumba, NTT. The results showed that the identification of stem borer pests of the Xyleborus sp (Scolytidae: Coleoptera) species. 7-month-old seedlings have been attacked with an average stem diameter of 1.21 cm and a stem height of 63.7 cm. The holes produced by the pest Xyleborus sp by 2 mm with the highest number of hole holes 30 points per seed. the distance of the first drill hole from the base is 3.01 cm and the final distance of the drill hole is 56.96 cm. The results of the percentage of attacks reached 90% with the category of severe attacks, the incidence of stem borer pests are also driven by very extreme weather factors/heat.Keywords: Stem Borer, Kaliandra, Percentage, And Intensity of The AttackABSTRAK      Serangan hama merupakan masalah utama yang dihadapi dalam budidaya tanaman penghasil kayu energi, salah satunya adalah hama penggerek batang yang banyak menyerang tanaman kaliandra (Calliandra callothyrsus). Informasi mengenai tingkat serangan hama penggerek batang diperlukan sebagai bahan pertimbangan dalam pengelolaan tanaman penghasil kayu energi tersebut. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengkaji insidensi, menghitung persentase dan intensitas serangan serta mengidentifikasi hama penggerek batang tersebut. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di persemaian kaliandra PT. Usaha Tani Lestari Sumba Barat, NTT. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa identifikasi hama penggerek batang adalah dari jenis Xyleborus sp (Scolytidae : Coleoptera). Bibit umur 7 bulan sudah terserang dengan rata-rata diameter batang 1,21 cm dan tinggi batang 63,7 cm. Lubang gerek yang dihasilkan hama Xyleborus sp sebesar 2 mm dengan jumlah lubang gerek terbanyak 30 titik per bibit. Jarak lubang gerek pertama dari pangkal bawah 3,01 cm dan jarak terakhir lubang gerek sepanjang 56,96 cm. Hasil persentase serangan mencapai 90% dengan kategori serangan yang berat, insidensi hama penggerek batang tersebut juga dipacu oleh faktor cuaca yang sangat ekstrem /panas.Kata Kunci : Hama penggerek batang, kaliandra, persentase, dan intensitas serangan
KARAKTERISTIK MEMBRAN KOMPOSIT BERBASIS KITOSAN/PVA TERMODIFIKASI LEMPUNG DARI BABAKAN MADANG BOGOR
Authors: Kharisma Thria , Ariesta Nina , Arrisujaya Dian
Published: August 2020

The use of natural polymers as membranes of DMFC from chitosan was developed because it is more environmentally friendly and has high thermal stability, but the proton conductivity is low. The Clay from Babakan Madang, which contained of SiO2 50% was expected to increase proton conductivity and improve the characteristics of the polymer membrane. Chitosan / PVA based membrane synthesis was carried out by adding clay weight variations of 0.3, 0.6 and 0.9 g. The spectra of membranes investigated by FT-IR  confirmed the presence of functional groups from chitosan/PVA/clay. Morphological analysis using SEM showed that there were granules of clay dispersed on the membrane. The determination of membran conductivity using EIS  showed the highest proton conductivity value was a membrane with the addition of 0.6 g clay, it was 6.96 x 10-7 S / cm. The membrane water swelling produced on the three membranes tended to be high, with the smallest value of 56.69% on the membrane with the addition of 0.9 grams of clay. The methanol uptake data found that the conductivity of membrane with the addition of 0.6 grams of clay was 346.11%.
Die Parteielite schlägt zurück – Joe Bidens Sieg in den Demokratischen Vorwahlen
Authors: Adorf Philipp
Published: August 2020

Sah es im Februar 2020 für einige Wochen so aus als würde mit Bernie Sanders ein Kritiker des Demokratischen Establishments die Kandidatur der Partei erobern, so schaffte mit Joe Biden der bevorzugte Repräsentant des Mainstreams innerhalb weniger Tage dank seiner Siege in South Carolina und am Super Tuesday ein historisches Comeback. In seiner Gesamtheit bietet das Duell zwischen Biden und Sanders substanzielle Erkenntnisse hinsichtlich des Zustands der heutigen Demokratischen Partei, die zwar ideologisch nach links gerückt ist, aber den Sieg gegen Trump als übergeordnetes Ziel betrachtet.
Koalitionsregime in Ländern und Bund. Auf dem Weg in die Kenia-Republik?
Authors: Decker Frank , Ruhose Fedor
Published: August 2020

Durch die Verfestigung des Sechsparteiensystems droht die Gefahr, dass in Deutschland künftig nur noch breite Koalitionen in der politischen Mitte gebildet werden können. Den größten Nutzen davon hätte die AfD. Um den Weg in die Kenia-Republik zu stoppen, sind flexiblere Formen des Regierens nötig. Die in dem Beitrag erörterten Vorschläge reichen von Minderheitsregierungen über ein verändertes Koalitionsmanagement bis hin zu Reformen der Regierungsbestellung.
Identitäre gegen Demokratie. Kritik der Erziehung zum Ethnopluralismus
Authors: von Olberg Hans-Joachim
Published: August 2020

Ausgehend von der Darstellung des neu erschienen Erziehungsratgebers von Caroline Sommerfeld „Wir erziehen“ (2019) aus dem Antaios-Verlag werden das aktuelle politische und gedankliche Umfeld der Neuen Rechten wie der Identitären Bewegung sowie die historischen Vorläufer völkischer Erziehungsvorstellungen aufgezeigt. Die Begründungen und vorgeschlagenen Handlungsmaximen dieser in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik so noch bislang nicht bekannten, aber mit hohem Anspruch ausformulierten Konzeption völkischer Erziehung werden einer kritischen Prüfung unterzogen und offene Fragen der erziehungswissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung mit rechtsextremer Theorie und Praxis benannt.
Organizational justice and employees’ performance: A study of an emerging economy
Authors: Fiaz Muhammad , Rasool Wasif , Ikram Amir , Rehman Nabeel
Published: August 2020

BACKGROUND: Employee’s trust influences the organizational performance and leads to the accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives within a defined timeframe. Organizational Justice defines how equitably the employees of an organization are treated by their management considering both structural and cultural parameters. Trust is a manifestation of belief the employees have developed in their management in return. Many researchers came up with a verdict in favor of trust within any organization to develop good relationships between employees and top management. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this research is to determine the mediating role of trust between organizational justice and employee performance. METHODS: Convenient random sampling has been used to gather data from 433 employees working in different departments of the big five commercial banks in Pakistan; Baron and Kenny’s test was used to determine the mediating effect of trust. RESULTS: The findings of the research reflected that organizational justice significantly influences the performance of the organization. It has also been determined that employees’ trust fully mediates the impact of organizational justice on employees’ performance. CONCLUSIONS: Managers need to pay particular attention to justice as an important motivating factor for employees in order to improve organizational productivity.
Optimizing Use of Neuroimaging Tools in Evaluation of Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
Authors: Raji Cyrus A. , Torosyan Nare , Silverman Daniel H. S.
Published: August 2020

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease and is characterized by preclinical, pre-dementia, and dementia phases. Progression of the disease leads to cognitive decline and is associated with loss of functional independence, personality changes, and behavioral disturbances. Current guidelines for AD diagnosis include the use of neuroimaging tools as biomarkers for identifying and monitoring pathological changes. Various imaging modalities, namely magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and PET with amyloid-beta tracers are available to facilitate early accurate diagnoses. Enhancing diagnosis in the early stages of the disease can allow for timely interventions that can delay progression of the disease. This paper will discuss the characteristic findings associated with each of the imaging tools for patients with AD, with a focus on FDG-PET due to its established accuracy in assisting with the differential diagnosis of dementia and discussion of other methods including MRI. Diagnostically-relevant features to aid clinicians in making a differential diagnosis will also be pointed out and multimodal imaging will be reviewed. We also discuss the role of quantification software in interpretation of brain imaging. Lastly, to guide evaluation of patients presenting with cognitive deficits, an algorithm for optimal integration of these imaging tools will be shared. Molecular imaging modalities used in dementia evaluations hold promise toward identifying AD-related pathology before symptoms are fully in evidence. The work describes state of the art functional and molecular imaging methods for AD. It will also overview a clinically applicable quantitative method for reproducible assessments of such scans in the early identification of AD.
A hybrid risk assessment method for mining sector based on QFD, fuzzy inference system, and AHP
Authors: Cinar Ulas , Cebi Selcuk
Published: August 2020

Conventional risk assessment methods are widely used for industrial safety applications. However, there are serious obstacles to their usage as; (i) all of the potential hazards are considered as an independent event, (ii) various risks are identified based on these hazards, (iii) risk magnitudes of these risks are obtained without considering interdependencies among the hazards, and then (iv) the protective measures against the defined risks are taken based on these risk magnitudes. Therefore, conventional methods do not provide any assessment for overall risks in the working environment. Furthermore, although an accident may cause different severity such as loss of working days, loss of limbs, occupational disease, and death, the conventional methods do not consider all potential consequences of any accident, simultaneously. The main objective of this paper is to propose an effective risk assessment approach by using the fuzzy set theory, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Fuzzy Inference System (FIS), and Quality Function Deployment (QFD) methods to quantify the risk of any hazard considering interdependencies among all potential hazards and consequences in working environment. Within the scope of this research, an application in the mining sector has been presented to illustrate the validation and the effectiveness of the proposed approach**.
Analysis of a new business model to fundraise non-governmental organizations using fuzzy cognitive maps
Authors: Ucal Sari Irem , Sergi Duygu , Aytore Can
Published: August 2020

Fundraising is one of the most critical issues for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to carry out their projects. In this paper, a search engine project which aims to find additional financial sources and increase donations for NGOs is proposed. The proposed search engine project is analyzed using fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) to define and manage factor influences on the success of the project. FCMs are useful tools to define long term effects of important factors for a system. First casual relations of the factors are determined and then using sigmoid function for learning algorithm, the equilibrium state for the system is obtained. It is found that the factors generating monetary values are the most important ones for the project to be successful in long term.
Healthcare service provider type selection of the medical tourists by using neutrosophic sets
Authors: Karadayi-Usta Saliha , Bozdag Cafer Erhan
Published: August 2020

Medical tourism service offers a professional healthcare opportunity by travelling abroad with the chance of touristic and cultural activities at the destination country. Medical travelers prefer a foreign country for treatment due to long waiting periods, high costs, excessive number of patients, inadequate number of healthcare professionals and inadequate cutting-edge technological equipment at their country of residence. An assistance company (AC) is a legal requirement to support medical tourists in Turkey during the treatment period, and offers alternative healthcare service providers (HSPs) that are public hospitals, private hospitals and private clinics at the first phase of the medical tourism service. Moreover, there are specific HSPs certificated by the government, and a few number of public hospitals authenticated for medical tourism. By taking the whole above statements into consideration, HSP selection is a key decision-making point differentiating from a traditional hospital selection of a patient. Medical tourists must evaluate various criteria in order to select a proper HSP. Additionally, these decision criteria are often vague, complex, indeterminate and inconsistent information in the HSP type decision. Hence, in this study, a decision making model based on neutrosophic fuzzy sets considering HSP selection in every aspect (truthiness, indeterminacy and falsity) is suggested.
Determination of uncertain parameters of a two-axis gimbal and motion tracking via Fuzzy logic control approach
Authors: Jahanandish Roya , Khosravifard Amir , Vatankhah Ramin
Published: August 2020

This paper proposes a new method to improve fuzzy control performance accuracy in the stabilization of the two-axis gimbal system. To this end, due to the fact that the knowledge of the accurate behavior of the system plays a substantial role in fuzzy control performance, all the uncertain parameters of the dynamic model such as friction, mass imbalance and moments of inertia are estimated prior to the controller design and without imposing any computational burden on the control scheme. To estimate the uncertainties and disturbances which exist in the dynamic equations, an identification process formulated as an inverse problem is utilized, and the Gauss– Newton method is adopted for the optimization process. Regarding the severe sensitivity of inverse problems to measurement errors, this undesirable effect is reduced by using a proper smoothing technique. In order to increase the accuracy of the final results, a novel procedure for calculation of the sensitivity coefficients of the inverse problem is proposed. This procedure is based on the direct differentiation of the governing equations with respect to the unknown parameters. At the end, simulation results are presented to confirm the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.
Optimal broadcast scheduling method for VANETs: An adaptive discrete firefly approach
Authors: Christy Jackson J , Rekha D , Vijayakumar V , Carvalho Glaucio H.S.
Published: August 2020

Vehicular Adhoc Networks (VANET) are thought-about as a mainstay in Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). For an efficient vehicular Adhoc network, broadcasting i.e. sharing a safety related message across all vehicles and infrastructure throughout the network is pivotal. Hence an efficient TDMA based MAC protocol for VANETs would serve the purpose of broadcast scheduling. At the same time, high mobility, influential traffic density, and an altering network topology makes it strenuous to form an efficient broadcast schedule. In this paper an evolutionary approach has been chosen to solve the broadcast scheduling problem in VANETs. The paper focusses on identifying an optimal solution with minimal TDMA frames and increased transmissions. These two parameters are the converging factor for the evolutionary algorithms employed. The proposed approach uses an Adaptive Discrete Firefly Algorithm (ADFA) for solving the Broadcast Scheduling Problem (BSP). The results are compared with traditional evolutionary approaches such as Genetic Algorithm and Cuckoo search algorithm. A mathematical analysis to find the probability of achieving a time slot is done using Markov Chain analysis.
Distributed Entropy Energy-Efficient Clustering algorithm for cluster head selection (DEEEC)
Authors: Arun Ranganathan , Balamurugan Rangaswamy
Published: August 2020

In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) the energy of Sensor nodes is not certainly sufficient. In order to optimize the endurance of WSN, it is essential to minimize the utilization of energy. Head of group or Cluster Head (CH) is an eminent method to develop the endurance of WSN that aggregates the WSN with higher energy. CH for intra-cluster and inter-cluster communication becomes dependent. For complete, in WSN, the Energy level of CH extends its life of cluster. While evolving cluster algorithms, the complicated job is to identify the energy utilization amount of heterogeneous WSNs. Based on Chaotic Firefly Algorithm CH (CFACH) selection, the formulated work is named “Novel Distributed Entropy Energy-Efficient Clustering Algorithm”, in short, DEEEC for HWSNs. The formulated DEEEC Algorithm, which is a CH, has two main stages. In the first stage, the identification of temporary CHs along with its entropy value is found using the correlative measure of residual and original energy. Along with this, in the clustering algorithm, the rotating epoch and its entropy value must be predicted automatically by its sensor nodes. In the second stage, if any member in the cluster having larger residual energy, shall modify the temporary CHs in the direction of the deciding set. The target of the nodes with large energy has the probability to be CHs which is determined by the above two stages meant for CH selection. The MATLAB is required to simulate the DEEEC Algorithm. The simulated results of the formulated DEEEC Algorithm produce good results with respect to the energy and increased lifetime when it is correlated with the current traditional clustering protocols being used in the Heterogeneous WSNs.
Cluster ensemble selection using balanced normalized mutual information
Authors: Wang Zecong , Parvin Hamid , Qasem Sultan Noman , Tuan Bui Anh , Pho Kim-Hung
Published: August 2020

A bad partition in an ensemble will be removed by a cluster ensemble selection framework from the final ensemble. It is the main idea in cluster ensemble selection to remove these partitions (bad partitions) from the selected ensemble. But still, it is likely that one of them contains some reliable clusters. Therefore, it may be reasonable to apply the selection phase on cluster level. To do this, a cluster evaluation metric is needed. Some of these metrics have been recently introduced; each of them has its limitations. The weak points of each method have been addressed in the paper. Subsequently, a new metric for cluster assessment has been introduced. The new measure is named Balanced Normalized Mutual Information (BNMI) criterion. It balances the deficiency of the traditional NMI-based criteria. Additionally, an innovative cluster ensemble approach has been proposed. To create the consensus partition considering the elected clusters, a set of different aggregation-functions (called also consensus-functions) have been utilized: the ones which are based upon the co-association matrix (CAM), the ones which are based on hyper graph partitioning algorithms, and the ones which are based upon intermediate space. The experimental study indicates that the state-of-the-art cluster ensemble methods are outperformed by the proposed cluster ensemble approach.