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Institutional Improvement in Supporting the Carrying Capacity of The Kendari City Coastal Area, Indonesia
Authors: Munawir Abdillah , Rusdiyanto Edi , Soesanta Prabawa Eka , Muna Siti Umamah Naili
Published: March 2024

This research is an escalating the environmental management of Kendari Bay coastal areas using an interpretatively structural modeling (ISM) technique. The fundamental circumstances of various problems in the coastal areas of Kendari Bay become complex due to the involvement of many interested parties (stakeholders) such as local government, communities, industries, merchants, hotel's owners, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and dynamic because the degradation rate of the coastal environment will change over time. This research aimed to seek the institutional roles in terms of concerned institutions, related government policies, and the needed programs in managing the coastal areas of Kendari Bay. Data collection was conducted from August to October 2018. Data were gathered through interviews, observation, and focus group discussions by using a technique of Interpretatively Structural Modelling (ISM). Results of this research exhibit that key elements of prioritized programs were information system development, research and development consolidation, clean the Kendari Bay movement and against pollution socialization, the establishment of community or custom-based organizations, and creating a coastal development agent of the bay. Furthermore, the results of analyzing the institutional key elements in broadening environmental management of Kendari Bay coastal areas were suggested to increase multi-sectors coordination among institutions such as Marine and Fishery Office, Regional Development Agency (Bappeda), Settlements and Public Housing Office, Environmental Office, Traditional Leaders, Watershed Management Agency, and Forestry Office. Those institutions in the analysis were hoped to be standard institutions in expanding the management of Kendari Bay coastal areas sustainably.
Arrangement of Kendran Village, Tegallalang District, Gianyar Regency From Study Model Towards Tourism Village
Authors: Djaja Bharuna S Anak Agung Gde , Salain Ketut Muliawan , Aritama Anak Agung Ngurah
Published: March 2024

An area/village rearranging model is a series of initiatives to revitalize the village by enhancing strategic and substantial values from regions that still have promise. Kendran Village is one of the villages in Tegelalang District, Gianyar Regency, that has been inhabited by people since the 4th century BC. This settlement was frequently battled for by many kingdoms in Bali throughout the royal period. The natural potential, broadness of rice fields, and presence of two rivers around the settlement give it a distinct topography. Kendran Village is frequently visited by visitors due to the presence of relatively original village structures as well as many interesting relics from the past. Taking into consideration the development and influence of not properly planned tourism development around the Kendran Village area, which has a negative impact on the environment and local cultural heritage, it is deemed necessary to carry out an arrangement as a guiding model for the revitalization of the Kendran Village area. The descriptive qualitative research approach was utilized, depending on theoretical discussion and based on the collection of physical observational data, non-physical interview findings, and references to existing literature. The outcomes, in the form of a structural model for a tourist town, might be oriented at beneficial changes and advancements for the local community's socio-cultural, environmental, and economic situations.
Implementation of Circular Economy Principles in Building Construction Waste
Authors: Khiyana A'izzatul , Suharyanto Agus , Devia Yatnanta Padma
Published: March 2024

Building projects often generate significant amounts of waste. This happens because the building projects mostly adopts a linear economic model of “take, make, dispose of”, using materials to the construction of buildings and disposing them at the end of life. This linear economic model only focuses on human activities because the disposal of materials ultimately does not become a sustainable practice in the future. For this reason, an alternative is needed in reducing and processing the construction waste by implementing circular economy principles. This study aims to identify type of construction waste in building project, provide recommendations for handling it with circular economy principles, and calculating the cost savings. The method that used in this study are field observation and interview for collecting data. The result showed that steel reinforcement, ready-mix concrete, light brick, ceramic, multiplex, spun pile, and anchor can be handled with circular economy principles are reduce, reuse, recycle, recovery, and repair. The cost savings from handled it in project A, B, and C are Rp. 68.252.490,65, Rp. 84.182.684,96, and Rp. 31.794.238,51, respectively.
When Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Goes Wrong: a Second Assessment of the Integrated Waste Processing Plant TPST Samtaku in Jimbaran, Badung Regency
Authors: Podger Owen Main
Published: March 2024

The June 2023 edition of Astonjadro contained an article arguing that the Integrated Waste Processing Plant (Tempat Pengelolaan Sampah Terpadu, TPST) built in Jimbaran Bali provides a model for corporate social responsibility (CSR) (Okta Golden, 2023 April). The objective of this paper is to provide an alternative view from the neighboring community. The key methodology is a document review, of documents collected through action research by the author, until recently a resident suffering from the mis-location and mismanagement of the TPST, and active with the community in complaining and finally demanding its closure. The paper assesses the performance of applying for permission to build and operate the TPST, based on Indonesia Business Links principles of CSR, and assesses a failure in five of the seven principles. The paper questions the motives for inconsistencies and deceit uncovered, saying a response is beyond the scope of the paper. It sees Okta Golden, the author of the original paper, as a victim of the lack of social responsibility, It sees the regular requests for suffering neighbors to collaborate as inappropriate. It concludes that the assessment by Okta Golden that TPST Samtaku Jimbaran is a model of CSR was misplaced.
Energy use Efficiency on High Rise Hotel Building to Reduce Carbon Emission Using Sefaira
Authors: Satriopratomo Dhimas F. , Devia Yatnanta Padma , Susanti Lilya
Published: March 2024

A lot of energy consumed by large hotel buildings can affect the environment degradation in a long period of time. Every building plan, including hotels must consider an integrated balance in utilizing existing and limited resources based on low CO2 emissions. Excessive use of energy has a negative impact which increasing the amount of CO2 emissions. This research aims to determine the effect of energy efficiency to provide recommendations, which require significant reduction of energy and environmental degradation by minimizing energy use and CO2 emission. The method that used in this research are modelling, and simulate the energy use intensity and carbon emission using Sefaira as a Sketchup Software plug-in by simulating the existing design and provide a recommendation. The object that being used in this research is a hotel building that have 11 floor and 1 basement in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The result shows EUI of existing hotel building is 977 kWh/m2/year and carbon emission 1.872.042 kgCO2e/year. Comparing to the EUI standard which at the limit of 290–400 kWh/m2/yr. It is recommended to build additional window at the dismantled room area on north and south side of the hotel’s corridor. The recommended design, provides a reduction of EUI into 744,22 kWh/m2/year (31,28%). Meanwhile the carbon emission reduced into 1.467.072 kgCO2e/year (27,60%) from the existing design.
Analysis of Factors Affecting the Cost Performance of Road Improvement Work in Serang Regency
Authors: Gusbian Tri , Amin Mawardi
Published: March 2024

The Road Infrastructure Development Acceleration Program that has been launched by the Serang Regency Government in the 2017 fiscal year to the 2021 fiscal year, In the implementation of road improvement work in Serang Regency, a working length of 100 kilometers per year has been set for 5 budget years starting from the 2017-2021 fiscal year, the implementation of road improvement work in Serang Regency until the end of 2021 the remaining 20 kilometers due to changes in road length and increase in the volume of work in the field. This study analyzes the factors of additional costs incurred on road improvement work in Serang Regency by identifying the factors causing the cost increase from the largest to smallest factors data collection methods through questionnaires and interviews addressed to contractor personnel with validity, reliability and correlation tests used for data processing, while descriptive analysis is used for data analysis using Jeffreys Amazing Statistics Program (JASP) version 0.16.2 and Relative Importance Index (RII) are expected with this method to determine the factors causing additional costs in road improvement work. The highest level factor was identified as causing the additional cost of implementing Serang Regency road improvement work, namely Volume Changes (Technical Factors) with an RII index value of 0.715.
Evaluation of the Existing Conditions of Tinobu Port, Lasolo District, North Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province
Authors: Usman Rizki , Chaerul Muhammad , Anugrah Anugrah
Published: March 2024

The research location is located in Tinobu Village, Lasolo District, North Konawe Regency, which is a developing area and is known for its abundant natural wealth. Tinobu Port existed before Indonesia's independence, where Tinobu Port is tens of years old and has become an icon on the coast of North Konawe Regency, especially in Tinobu Village. Tinobu Port does not have any main facilities or supporting facilities that can facilitate activities at the port. Tinobu Port is widely used by local fishermen for loading and unloading of fish to be sold around the North Konawe Regency area and some are even sold as far as the city of Kendari. development after development has been carried out by the surrounding community as well as assistance from the local government so that at this time Tinobu Port already has a causeway with a length of approximately 400 (four hundred) meters, but due to the age factor, the condition of the causeway has also suffered a lot of damage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Existing Conditions of Tinobu Port, Lasolo District, North Konawe Regency in the form of several surveys conducted directly at the research location for future development purposes.
Potential Supervision Consultant Contract Disputes Due to Extension of Contractor Time in DKI Jakarta Regional Government Project Based on Fidic White Book
Authors: Nuranto Adi
Published: March 2024

DKI Jakarta is a province in Indonesia that has the most significant regional budget (APBD). This has led to numerous infrastructure development projects funded by the regional budget in Jakarta. Most projects in Jakarta follow a traditional document tendering process, where procurement starts with the engagement of planning consultants to design a project. After the planning documents are completed, contractor and supervision consultant services are procured concurrently. This research aims to identify the factors that result in non-extension and non-payment of supervising consultants and to determine the potential dominant disputes in supervising consultant contracts due to contractor time extension addendums, particularly in projects within the regional government environment of DKI Jakarta. The aim is to minimize the impact of such issues in the future. This research is a combined study with a sequential form. The population of this research consists of building construction projects in the province of DKI Jakarta. The sample for this research is a sports arena construction project. The respondents in this study are the project owners and the supervising consultants associated with the research project. The data will be processed using a rating evaluation method, allowing for the relative comparison of the predetermined variable categories with each other. The provisions should be based on fairness between the contracting parties. The research findings indicate that supervising consultants are entitled to time extensions and additional fees for supervision during the extended period, due to the contractor's extension of the physical implementation time based on technical considerations. The feasibility of the extension proposal is assessed through research, and the results are documented in an addendum to the contract.
Analysis of the Availability and Sustainable Management of Clean Water and Sanitation in Bogor Regency
Authors: Aminda Renea Shinta
Published: March 2024

The provision of clean water includes several main components, including: raw water source unit, processing unit, production unit, transmission unit and production unit. Water is used by humans for various daily needs. Water needs for individual needs vary for each place and each level of need. The higher the standard of living in a place, the greater the need for water. The goal that must be achieved in managing clean water in stages is to have access to household drinking water services reaching 100% by 2030. The next achievement is the achievement and realization of sanitation and clean water management for vulnerable community groups at 68.77%, shown by this achievement in 2026. To achieve the number of sub-districts or villages implementing community-based total sanitation of 98%. Meanwhile, the achievement of the proportion of households served by a centralized clean water waste management system is 71.66% in 2026. The proportion of households served by a fecal sludge management system until this data is published has not been covered so the baseline set at 20% in 2021 will be achieved in 2023 The Bogor Regency Government's target in establishing this feces processing concept is very good.
The Reliability Level of Women's Dormitory Building Ibn Khaldun University Bogor
Authors: Lutfi Muhamad , Chayati Nurul , Rulhendri Rulhendri , Aryanti Reska , Insan Muhammad Khaerul
Published: March 2024

The Ibn Khaldun University Women's Dormitory Building, Bogor (ASPIKA) is a building that functions as a temporary residence for female students. The ASPIKA Building was established 13 years ago, this has resulted in several building components and structures experiencing some damage which resulted in the function of the ASPIKA Building decreasing, so an assessment of the reliability level of the building is needed. Aspects used in the assessment of the reliability of the ASPIKA Building based on the proper function of the building include aspects of architecture, structure, utility and fire protection, accessibility, and building layout taking into account the applicable SNI standards. The method used is descriptive quantitative as well as survey data of the existing building by the Minister of Public Works No. 2/PRT/M/2006 concerning Guidelines for Building Technical Requirements. The results showed that the percentage value of the building on the architectural component aspect was 95.50%, indicating the building is in reliable condition. The percentage value on the structural component aspect of the building is 96.56%, indicating that the building is still reliable. The percentage of utility and fire protection components has a value of 65% indicating that the component aspects of the building are not reliable. Unreliable factors in utility and fire protection components are influenced by an inadequate fire prevention system so more attention must be paid to these aspects. Components in the accessibility aspect get a percentage of 65%, meaning that they are less reliable, where this value is influenced by the limited access of people with disabilities to reach areas on each floor of the building. The building layout and the environment get a 100% percentage which identifies the building layout as reliable based on the documents on the ASPIKA Building. The total value of the reliability level of ASPIKA Buildings obtained is 79.41% categorized as "Less Reliable" (reliable category is > 95%), this is influenced by the fire protection component by 65% ​​and the accessibility component by 65%. The solution that can be done by the university is to repair and procure facilities on the fire protection system and provide accessibility facilities that can make it easier for people with disabilities.
Music Beyond Sound: Weighing the Contributions of Touch, Sight, and Balance
Authors: Russo Frank
Published: March 2024

Ludwig van Beethoven suffered many hardships in his life, but the least known among them may be the persistent slivers he endured while handling wood. Yes, wood! Be it through clenching a wooden stick between his teeth or cutting the legs off of a grand piano, he is said to have developed resourceful methods that enabled him to feel mechanical vibrations of music in an effort to compensate for his failing sense of hearing (Wallace, 2018). Indeed, by all accounts, Beethoven was profoundly deaf by the time he composed his masterful ninth symphony. Stories of its debut in Vienna in 1824 suggest that Beethoven had to be turned around to see the rapturous applause of the audience.

The notion of feeling music continues to this day (Moore, 2019). Cities around the world host Deaf raves—giant parties where dancers feel the music through powerful subwoofers and bass shakers connected to floorboards. They also dance to the music, taking inspiration from visualizations that are projected onto large overhead screens. There is also a growing cadre of deaf musicians who are performing signed music (see bit.ly/37sQv4h). This music tends to be beat heavy, featuring lyrics delivered through sign language. Fueled in part by this cultural interest, researchers have begun to investigate the processes that enable deaf music and the ways in which auditory and nonauditory modalities combine to influence the experience of music for listeners of varying hearing ability
Joint Speech and its Relation to Joint Action
Authors: Russo Frank
Published: March 2024

  

In his article “The Territory Between Speech and Song: A Joint Speech Perspective,” Cummins (2020) argues that research has failed to adequately recognize an important category of vocal activity that falls outside of the domains of language and music, at least as they are typically defined. This category, referred to by Cummins as joint speech, spans a range of vocal activity so broad that it is not possible to define it using musical or phonetic terms. Instead, the feature that draws the varied examples together is vocal activity that is coordinated across participants and embedded in a physical and social context. In this invited commentary, I argue that although joint speech adds an important thread to the discourse on the relations between speech and song by putting an emphasis on the collective, it is ultimately related to a wider class of joint action phenomena found in the animal kingdom.
Effect of Age on Sensitivity to Tonality
Authors: Minghella Danielle , Russo Frank , Pichora-Fuller M. Kathleen
Published: March 2024

The sensitivity to tonality using the probe-tone technique is tested and the differences due to age, periodicity of the stimulus, and frequency range, is investigated. The differences in younger and older adults processing pitch relations in music and tonality referring to the attribute of auditory sensation and the hierarchical organization of pitches around the tonic or key-note of a piece of music are discussed. Sensitivity to the tonal hierarchy is found to be affected by pitch range and the periodicity of tones while the older adults with good audiornetric thresholds are believed to have age-related declines in various aspects of auditory temporal processing. The results show a significant main effects of age and and periodicity to measure tonal sensitivity of younger adults and older adults. The recovery scores for the younger adults with jittered tones are not found to differ from those of the older adults with normal tones.
The Effect of Locomotive Horn Characteristics on Motorist Detection
Authors: Melnik G. M. , Russo Frank , Popkin Steve
Published: March 2024

Previous research examining locomotive train horns has suggested that certain characteristics, such as the number of flutes used and the frequency components of flutes, may enhance the effectiveness of the horn as a warning device. The current research sought to examine these findings by using recordings of standard train horns that varied in their sound characteristics. A signal detection procedure was used in which participants were asked to resp ond when they noticed a locomotive horn played through a background of in -car noise. Participants were also simultaneously engaged in a visual tracking task in order to impose additional attentional demands similar to those encountered by a motorist. Results of the study are largely consistent with previous tests of locomotive train horn efficacy; however, the effects of isolated characteristics in real horns appear to be interactive rather than additive. Additional findings also suggest that detection may also be dependent on whether the demands of driving and distractions leave sufficient attention left to detect and react to the train horn. Results are discussed in terms of implications for motorist safety and design of locomotive horns.
Guest Editorial
Authors: Russo Frank
Published: March 2024

Canadian researchers have been and continue to be at the forefront of research in music cognition. By my count, there are currently 12 labs in Canada that are engaged in some aspect of music cognition, and in any given year, work from these labs accounts for no less than 15% of the peer-reviewed literature in the field. Although the roots of music cognition can be found in well-controlled psychoacoustic paradigms, researchers have increasingly branched out to consider questions that touch on aspects that run closer to our everyday experience with music. Consistent with this trend, there has been a growing interest in the manner by which separate physical dimensions of music including those that span modalities are registered, compared, and in some cases integrated. This special issue features four papers that investigate the multidimensional and multimodal nature of music and related questions of integration.
Ideomotor effects of pitch on continuation tapping
Authors: Ammirante Paolo , Forde Thompson William , Russo Frank
Published: March 2024

The ideomotor principle predicts that perception will modulate action where overlap exists between perceptual and motor representations of action. This effect is demonstrated with auditory stimuli. Previous perceptual evidence suggests that pitch contour and pitch distance in tone sequences may elicit tonal motion effects consistent with listeners' implicit awareness of the lawful dynamics of locomotive bodies. To examine modulating effects of perception on action, participants in a continuation tapping task produced a steady tempo. Auditory tones were triggered by each tap. Pitch contour randomly and persistently varied within trials. Pitch distance between successive tones varied between trials. Although participants were instructed to ignore them, tones systematically affected finger dynamics and timing. Where pitch contour implied positive acceleration, the following tap and the intertap interval (ITI) that it completed were faster. Where pitch contour implied negative acceleration, the following tap and the ITI that it completed were slower. Tempo was faster with greater pitch distance. Musical training did not predict the magnitude of these effects. There were no generalized effects on timing variability. Pitch contour findings demonstrate how tonal motion may elicit the spontaneous production of accents found in expressive music performance.
Mirroring in Dance/Movement Therapy: Potential mechanisms behind empathy enhancement
Authors: McGarry Lucy M. , Russo Frank
Published: March 2024

Mirroring, an exercise practiced in Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT), is considered by practitioners and patients to enhance emotional understanding and empathy for others. Mirroring involves imitation by the therapist of movements, emotions, or intentions implied by a client's movement, and is commonly practiced in order to enhance empathy of the therapist for the client. Despite enthusiastic claims for its effectiveness, a clear theoretical framework that would explain the effects of mirroring on empathy has not yet been presented, and empirical research on the topic is generally lacking. In this review, we propose that mirroring in DMT enhances understanding of others’ emotional intentions through enhanced use of mirror neuron circuitry. Research on the mirror neuron system (MNS) suggests that the brain areas involved in perception and production of movement overlap, and that these brain areas are also involved in the understanding of movement intention (Rizzolatti & Craighero, 2004). One important route to emotion recognition involves a neural simulation of another person's emotional actions in order to infer the intentions behind those actions, and empathize with them. Future research is proposed in order to systematically explore the effectiveness of mirroring in dance therapy, the neural mechanisms behind it, and its applicability to patient populations who have problems with empathy.
Predicting Emotion from Music Audio Features Using Neural Networks
Authors: Vempala Naresh , Russo Frank
Published: March 2024

We describe our implementation of two neural networks: a static feedforward network, and an Elman network, for predicting mean valence/arousal ratings of participants for musical excerpts based on audio features. Thirteen audio features were extracted from 12 classical music excerpts (3 from each emotion quadrant). Valence/arousal ratings were collected from 45 participants for the static network, and 9 participants for the Elman network. For the Elman network, each excerpt was temporally segmented into four, sequential chunks of equal duration. Networks were trained on eight of the 12 excerpts and tested on the remaining four. The static network predicted values that closely matched mean participant ratings of valence and arousal. The Elman network did a good job of predicting the arousal trend but not the valence trend. Our study indicates that neural networks can be trained to identify statistical consistencies across audio features to predict valence/arousal values.
Audio-visual facilitation of the mu rhythm
Authors: McGarry Lucy M. , Russo Frank , Schalles Matt D. , A. Pineda Jaime
Published: March 2024

Previous studies demonstrate that perception of action presented audio-visually facilitates greater mirror neuron system (MNS) activity in humans (Kaplan and Iacoboni in Cogn Process 8(2):103–113, 2007) and non-human primates (Keysers et al. in Exp Brain Res 153(4):628–636, 2003) than perception of action presented unimodally. In the current study, we examined whether audio-visual facilitation of the MNS can be indexed using electroencephalography (EEG) measurement of the mu rhythm. The mu rhythm is an EEG oscillation with peaks at 10 and 20 Hz that is suppressed during the execution and perception of action and is speculated to reflect activity in the premotor and inferior parietal cortices as a result of MNS activation (Pineda in Behav Brain Funct 4(1):47, 2008). Participants observed experimental stimuli unimodally (visual-alone or audio-alone) or bimodally during randomized presentations of two hands ripping a sheet of paper, and a control video depicting a box moving up and down. Audio-visual perception of action stimuli led to greater event-related desynchrony (ERD) of the 8–13 Hz mu rhythm compared to unimodal perception of the same stimuli over the C3 electrode, as well as in a left central cluster when data were examined in source space. These results are consistent with Kaplan and Iacoboni’s (in Cogn Process 8(2):103–113, 2007), findings that indicate audio-visual facilitation of the MNS; our left central cluster was localized approximately 13.89 mm away from the ventral premotor cluster identified in their fMRI study, suggesting that these clusters originate from similar sources. Consistency of results in electrode space and component space support the use of ICA as a valid source localization tool.
Noise exposure and hearing loss in classical orchestra musicians
Authors: Behar Alberto , Chasin Marshall , Mosher Steve , Abdoli-Eramaki Mohammad , Russo Frank
Published: March 2024

Introduction: This study is a follow-up to prior research from our group that attempts to relate noise exposure and hearing thresholds in active performing musicians of the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra.

Materials and Methods: Exposures obtained in early 2010 were compared to exposures obtained in early 2017 (the present study). In addition, audiometric thresholds obtained in early 2012 were compared to thresholds obtained in early 2017 (the present study). This collection of measurements presents an opportunity to observe the regularities in the patterns of exposure as well as threshold changes that may be expected in active orchestra musicians over a 5-year span.

Results: The pattern of noise exposure across instrument groups, which was consistent over the two time points, reveals highest exposures among brass, percussion/basses, and woodwinds. However, the average noise exposure across groups and time was consistently below 85 dBA, which suggests no occupational hazard. These observations were corroborated by audiometric thresholds, which were generally (a) in the normal range and (b) unchanged in the 5-year period between measurements.

Conclusion: Because exposure levels were consistently below 85 dBA and changes in audiometric thresholds were minimal, we conclude that musicians experienced little-to-no risk of noise-induced hearing loss.
Maternal Vocal Interactions with Infants: Reciprocal Visual Influences
Authors: E. Trehub Sandra , Plantinga Judy , Russo Frank
Published: March 2024

The present study examined the influence of infant visual cues on maternal vocal and facial expressiveness while speaking or singing and the influence of maternal visual cues on infant attention. Experiment 1 asked whether mothers exhibit more vocal emotion when speaking and singing to infants in or out of view. Adults judged which of each pair of audio excerpts (in view, out of view) sounded more emotional. Face-to-face vocalizations were judged more emotional than vocalizations to infants out of view. Moreover, mothers smiled considerably more while singing than while speaking to infants. Experiment 2 examined the influence of video feedback from infants on maternal speech and singing. Maternal vocalizations in the context of video feedback were judged to be less emotional than those in face-to-face contexts but more emotional than those in out-of-view contexts. Experiment 3 compared six-month-old infants’ attention to maternal speech and singing with audio-only versions or with silent video-only versions. Infants exhibited comparable attention to audio-only versions of speech and singing but greater attention to video-only versions of singing. The present investigation is unique in documenting the contribution of infant visual feedback to maternal vocal emotion in contexts that control for infants’ presence, visibility, and proximity.
Movement Synchrony Influences Intergroup Relations in a Minimal Groups Paradigm
Authors: Good Arla , Choma Becky , Russo Frank
Published: March 2024

Studies show that synchronizing movements with others encourages a collective social identity, leading to increased cooperation within a group. The current study investigated whether movement synchrony impacts social categorization and cooperation across intergroup boundaries. Two 3-person groups were brought together under movement synchrony conditions designed to emphasize different social categorizations of the aggregate: all individuals moved to the same beat, each minimal group moved to a different beat, or each individual moved to a different beat. Results demonstrate that movement synchrony influenced social categorization and cooperation across intergroup boundaries. Implications for approaches to intergroup relations using movement synchrony are noted.
Acoustic Analysis of Emotional Speech Processed by Hearing Aids
Authors: Goy Huiwen , Pichora-Fuller M. Kathleen , Singh Gurjit , Russo Frank
Published: March 2024

A talker’s emotional state is one important type of information carried by the speech signal. Past studies have shown that listeners with hearing loss have difficulties identifying vocal emotion. However, there is little research on how much hearing aids may ameliorate these difficulties. The amplitude compression performed by hearing aids makes words easier to recognize, but little is known about how such processing affects the emotional cues carried in the speech signal. The speech materials used in this study were sentences spoken by a young female actor portraying different vocal emotions. These sentences were processed using different hearing aid simulations: a flat 10 dB gain across frequencies; linear gain according to NAL-NL2 targets; fast amplitude compression, and slow amplitude compression. Acoustic analyses of the hearing aid-processed speech showed that the amplitude envelope was flattened by fast amplitude compression, more so for sentences spoken in Angry and Happy conditions than in other emotion conditions. Hearing aid processing using NAL-NL2 targets also led to an increase in the amount of high-frequency energy, more so for sentences spoken in Neutral and Sad conditions than in other emotion conditions. We conclude that amplitude processing by hearing aids is beneficial for audibility but potentially detrimental for emotion understanding.
Theory of Mind
Authors: Graur Alexander J. , Russo Frank , Forde Thompson William
Published: March 2024

Theory of mind (ToM) refers to the ability to ascribe mental states to oneself and to others and how individuals may use this information to interpret the beliefs and intentions of others as distinct from their own. It is the capacity to understand people as mental beings with desires, beliefs, emotions, and intentions such that their actions, and others’ interactions with them, can be interpreted and explained by these mental states.
Singing Promotes Cooperation in a Diverse Group of Children
Authors: Good Arla , Russo Frank
Published: March 2024

Previous research involving preschool children and adults suggests that moving in synchrony with others can foster cooperation. Song provides a rich oscillatory framework that supports synchronous movement and may thus be considered a powerful agent of positive social relations. In the current study, we assessed this hypothesis in a group of primary-school aged children with diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Children participated in one of three activity conditions: group singing, group art, or competitive games. They were then asked to play a prisoner’s dilemma game as a measure of cooperation. Results showed that children who engaged in group singing were more cooperative than children who engaged in group art or competitive games.
A Comparison between a remote testing and a laboratory test setting for evaluating emotional responses to non-speech sounds
Authors: Picou Erin M. , Singh Gurjit , Russo Frank
Published: March 2024

Objective: To evaluate remote testing as a tool for measuring emotional responses to non-speech sounds.

Design: Participants self-reported their hearing status and rated valence and arousal in response to non-speech sounds on an Internet crowdsourcing platform. These ratings were compared to data obtained in a laboratory setting with participants who had confirmed normal or impaired hearing.

Study sample: Adults with normal and impaired hearing.

Results: In both settings, participants with hearing loss rated pleasant sounds as less pleasant than did their peers with normal hearing. The difference in valence ratings between groups was generally smaller when measured in the remote setting than in the laboratory setting. This difference was the result of participants with normal hearing rating sounds as less extreme (less pleasant, less unpleasant) in the remote setting than did their peers in the laboratory setting, whereas no such difference was noted for participants with hearing loss. Ratings of arousal were similar from participants with normal and impaired hearing; the similarity persisted in both settings.

Conclusions: In both test settings, participants with hearing loss rated pleasant sounds as less pleasant than did their normal hearing counterparts. Future work is warranted to explain the ratings of participants with normal hearing.
Examining potential effects of arousal, valence, and likability of music on visually induced motion sickness
Authors: Peck Katlyn , Russo Frank , Campos Jennifer L. , Keshavarz Behrang
Published: March 2024

The present study investigated how valence, arousal, and subjective liking of music affect visually induced motion sickness (VIMS). VIMS is a common side effect when interacting with virtual environments, resulting in discomfort, dizziness, and/or nausea. Music has previously been shown to reduce VIMS, but the precise nature of this effect remains unknown. Eighty participants watched a video of a bicycle ride filmed from a first-person perspective. First, participants (n = 40) were randomly assigned to one of four groups that listened to pre-selected, classical music excerpts varying in valence and arousal (happy, peaceful, agitated, sad) while watching the video. Second, the level of subjective liking of music was maximized by asking participants to select their favourite music (n = 20), which was then played during the video. A control group (n = 20) watched the video without music. VIMS was measured using the Fast Motion Sickness Scale (FMS) and the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ). No effects of valence or arousal on VIMS symptoms were found. Instead, we found that VIMS was significantly reduced when music liking was maximized: Participants who listened to their favourite music reported less VIMS compared to those who did not listen to music at all or to pre-selected music that they liked less. Music that is highly liked can, under certain circumstances, successfully reduce VIMS. These effects appear to be independent of the valence and arousal characteristics of the music.
Extent of Electronic Gadget Usage in Learning English and Reading Comprehension of Grade Six Pupils
Authors: Conrado P. Geniston Jr  , Lunica Mae R. Logronio  , Kacey Cervantes  , Mary Grace C. Ramada
Published: March 2024

In an age where digital technology is deeply ingrained in our lives, children are becoming more immersed in electronic gadgets, often at the expense of traditional reading. Thus, this study sought to determine and understand how the proliferation of electronic gadget usage of the Grade 6 pupils of Loon South Central Elementary School impacts the level of their reading comprehension. With gadgets becoming a ubiquitous presence in their lives, this study aims to determine the significant relationship between the extent of electronic gadget usage of the respondents and the respondent’s level of reading comprehension in applied, literal and interpretive category. The descriptive survey research design was used within the study. Findings revealed that there is no significant relationship between the extent of electronic gadget usage and level of reading comprehension. This means that the amount of time children spent in using electronic gadgets does not affect the level of their reading comprehension. Thus, students are capable of maintaining their comprehension skills, regardless of their screen time.
Criterios de diseño para desarrollos habitacionales amigables con las personas mayores
Authors: Narváez Montoya Oscar Luis , Franco Muñoz Rodrigo , Santiago García Luis Enrique
Published: March 2024

La presente publicación es resultado del proyecto de investigación “Propuesta alternativa de modelos de desarrollos habitacionales para personas mayores. El caso Aguascalientes”. El proyecto de investigación corresponde a la línea de investigación del urbanismo gerontológico, es decir, el estudio de la vejez desde la disciplina del urbanismo, y se inscribe en el ámbito de la previsión, de la planeación. Uno de los principales retos que afrontarán nuestras ciudades será el adaptar sus estructuras al nuevo perfil demográfico. Y de aquí se desprende la importancia de este estudio: proponer nuevos modelos de desarrollos habitacionales que atiendan las necesidades del nuevo perfil de las personas mayores. El objetivo general del proyecto fue proponer modelos de desarrollos habitacionales amigables con las personas mayores considerando tres escalas: nivel vivienda, nivel desarrollo habitacional y nivel entorno inmediato. La hipótesis de trabajo se formuló de la siguiente manera: Como consecuencia del envejecimiento demográfico, la magnitud y el nuevo perfil de las personas mayores en Aguascalientes, se demandarán nuevos modelos de desarrollo habitacionales que atiendan tanto los aspectos de la vivienda como los de su entorno. Las principales técnicas de investigación utilizadas fueron: la sistematización bibliográfica, hemerográfica, cartográfica y documental; la observación directa controlada; la encuesta; talleres de diseño urbano participativo, taller de expertos y taller de actores sociales clave. En cuanto a la presente publicación, comprende dos capítulos que corresponden a las tres escalas de análisis de los modelos de desarrollos habitacionales amigables con las personas mayores: El capítulo uno hace referencia al nivel vivienda y el capítulo dos al nivel desarrollo habitacional y el entorno inmediato. A nivel vivienda, los indicadores de habitabilidad para la vivienda de adultos mayores consideraron los siguientes espacios: cochera, baño, recámara, accesos, sala, comedor y cocina. A nivel de desarrollo habitacional, se consideraron los siguientes espacios: calles colectoras, vialidades locales, jardín cotidiano, vecinal y de barrio. Asimismo, se plantean recomendaciones específicas referentes a la lotificación de estos desarrollos habitacionales. A nivel entorno inmediato se consideraron los elementos del diseño para lograr el ambiente deseado en el entorno y el equipamiento y estructura necesarios. Finalmente, hay que señalar que esta publicación permitirá, por un lado, hacer factible la transferencia de los resultados a los usuarios tanto del sector público, social como privado y, por otro, el constituirse en un importante apoyo didáctico en las actividades de docencia relacionadas con la disciplina del Urbanismo.
Hubungan Penggunaan Gadget Terhadap Kejadian Miopia Mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran UMI Angkatan 2016, 2017, 2018
Authors: Islami Rifka Augina , Ratih Natasha  , Musa Inna Mutmainnah , Mokhtar Shulhana , Sri Julyani  , Darkutni Diah Tantri , R Hikmah Hiromi
Published: March 2024

Gadget merupakan salah satu teknologi yang sangat berperan pada era globalisasi ini. Sekarang gadget bukanlah benda yang asing lagi, hampir semua orang memilikinya. gadget memiliki dampak negatif bagi penggunanya, dengan pemakaian gadget dalam waktu yang lama dapat menimbulkan kelelahan mata. Gejala-gejala kelelahan mata antara lain rangsangan, mata berair dan kemerahan, melihat rangkap, kepala pusing, berkurangnya kemampuan akomodasi, menurunnya ketajaman penglihatan khususnya miopia. Miopia adalah adalah suatu kelainan refraksi pada mata di mana bayangan difokuskan di depan retina. Tujuan Penelitia ini untuk Untuk mengetahui Hubungan Durasi Penggunaan Gadget Terhadap Angka Kejadian Miopia Pada Mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Muslim Indonesia Angkatan 2016, 2017, dan 2018. Jenis dan rancangan penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian analitik dengan rancangan cross sectional dan menggunakan tehnik purposive sampling. Data diperoleh dari pengisian kuesioner yang dibagikan. Hasil Penelitia diperoleh taraf signifikansi p= 0,315. Hasil tersebut menunjukkan bahwa p<0,05, menandakan Hoditerima berarti durasi penggunaan gadget tidak berpengaruh terhadap kejadian miopia.
Hubungan Pengetahuan Ibu Hamil Terhadap Resiko Ketuban Pecah Dini RSIA Sitti Khadijah 1 Makassar
Authors: Muhammad Fadli  , Mona Nulanda  , Sri Wahyu  , Dahliah  , Arfah Arni Isnaini , Abdullah Andi Farid , Sirajuddin Nur Fatimah
Published: March 2024

Ketuban pecah dini (KPD) masih merupakan masalah kesehatan di Indonesia dengan angka kejadian dan angka kematiannya yang cukup tinggi, kejadian ketuban pecah dini mendekati 10% dari semua persalinan. Pada umur kehamilan kurang dari 34 minggu sekitar 4 %. Sedangkan menurut Wahyuni (2009) kejadian KPD di Indonesia sebanyak 35,70% - 55,30% dari 17.665 kelahiran. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran pengetahuan dan sikap ibu hamil tentang ketuban pecah dini di RSIA Sitti Khadijah 1 Makassar.Penelitian yang dilakukan adalah penelitian survey deskriptif dengan teknik Accidental sampling dan seluruh sampel yang masuk kriteria inklusi. Penelitian ini dilakukan di RSIA Sitti Khadijah 1 Makassar dengan sampel 34. Data penelitian ini diperoleh melalui data primer dari hasil kuisioner. Distribusi usia ibu terbanyak di RSIA Sitti Khadijah 1 Makassar adalah usia 20-29 tahun, tingkat pengetahuan sedang, Tingkat sikap sedang, dan resiko tinggi terhadap faktor resiko ketuban pecah dini. Tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara tingkat pengetahuan ibu terhadap faktor resiko ketuban pecah dini. Tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara sikap ibu terhadap faktor resiko ketuban pecah dini.
Hubungan Keikutsertaan Mahasiswa Pada Kelompok Belajar dengan IPK Semester Dua Di FK UMI Angkatan 2017 dan 2018
Authors: Siti Hazrah  , Nesyana Nurmadillah  , Dwi Anggita  , Zulfiyah Surdam  , Rasfayanah  , Jalil St. Wahida , Israeny Nur  , Andi Tenrigangka
Published: March 2024

Dalam sistem pembelajaran di Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Muslim Indonesia yang menggunakan sistem blok, mahasiswa dituntut untuk dapat lebih banyak belajar secara mandiri karena setiap blok hanya ditempuh dalam waktu paling lama 7 minggu. Padatnya kegiatan proses pembelajaran dengan waktu yang singkat, mahasiswa harus mampu memaksimalkan waktu belajar untuk memperoleh hasil belajar yang baik. Salah satu caranya yaitu memahami tentang strategi atau metode belajar yang dimiliki mahasiswa. Salah satu metode pembelajaran yang sering digunakan oleh mahasiswa kedokteran yaitu kelompok belajar. Kelompok belajar adalah metode belajar yang menerapkan kerja sama antara anggota dalam kelompok kecil yang terdiri dari dua orang atau lebih dalam satu kelompok sehingga mereka dapat belajar dalam satu tim untuk mecapai tujuan dan untuk menyelesaikan sebuah masalah yang dihadapi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan keikutsertaan mahasiswa pada kelompok belajar dengan indeks prestasi kumulatif semester dua di Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Muslim Indonesia angkatan 2017 dan 2018. Penelitian ini bersifat analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Jumlah sampel yang digunakan pada penelitian ini berjumlah 369 orang yang terdiri atas 146 orang angkatan 2017 dan 223 orang untuk angkatan 2018. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa tidak terdapat hubungan antara kelompok belajar dengan IPK semester dua (p = 0,147). Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diketahui bahwa tidak terdapat hubungan antara keikutsertaan mahasiswa pada kelompok belajar dengan indeks prestasi kumulatif semester dua Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Muslim Indonesia angkatan 2017 dan 2018.