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THE ROLE OF HISTORICAL SCIENCES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN 21st CENTURY INDONESIA
Authors: Lazuardi Muhammad Luthfi , Pandin Moses Glorino Rumambo
Published: June 2021

Public transportation is one of the most critical needs for a city, including in Indonesia. The fast and dynamic movement of society makes public transportation expected to accommodate the needs of city residents to move more quickly and efficiently. Available public transport can also reduce congestion because many city residents are switching from their private vehicles. Many cities in Indonesia are competing to develop their public transportation to modernize the life of the town. Problems will arise if the city government does not learn from history in planning the development of public transport in the city. This study aims to examine the role of historical science in the development of urban public transportation in Indonesia. The method used in this research is descriptive-qualitative through literature review by analyzing data and information according to the topic of the research topic. The data and information are sourced from 20 journal articles and five credible online portal sites with published years between 2019-2021. The result of this study is the role of historical science in the development of urban public transportation in Indonesia as a reference for city governments to reorganize their transportation systems in the future. This research has research limitations on the development of urban public transport in Indonesia in the 21st century. The researcher recommends further research on the role and benefits of historical science in improving urban public transportation in Indonesia to complement some lacking things from this research. At the same time was adding to the scientific treasures for many people, significant position holders in city government to be more intense in using historical knowledge as an essential study to encourage a better civilization of a city by improving the public transportation system.
Paving the Way for Entrenching the Diaspora’s Voting Rights under the Nigerian Laws: Legal Prospects, Challenges and Potential Solutions
Authors: ELGUJJA ABBA AMSAMI
Published: June 2021

Diaspora overseas or external voting (hereinafter referred to as diaspora voting), which hinges on the citizen’s universal right to vote, has become popular among modern democracies all over the world. Over a hundred nations have so far adopted overseas or (hereinafter referred to as diaspora voting) with varying scope and/or restriction, if any. Among these countries are nearly thirty African countries that also include all of Nigeria’s immediate neighbours except Cameroun.Currently, the Nigerian laws, including the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and the Electoral Act (2010), do not provide for the right of Nigerians overseas to participate in elections unless they personally present themselves for registration and voting at designated centres in Nigeria.Since Nigeria’s return to democratic government in 1999, there have been persistent calls among Nigerians in the diaspora for law reforms to enable them to exercise their universal right to vote during elections. Since then, various administrations of the Nigerian government have, accordingly, yielded to those calls by setting up an independent dedicated body (Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM)) that is saddled with the responsibility of engaging and mobilising Nigerians in the diaspora as equal partners in national development.Political pundits continue to debate on and attempt to strike a balance between, its desirability and the potential logistical and operational challenges that may result therefrom. However, the overwhelming argument is that, in view of their contribution to Nigerian national development, and the contemporary international trend in the globalised modern democracies, Nigerians in diaspora, as equal citizens, should be allowed to exercise their right to vote just like their peers in similar climes.This article reviewed and found that there are some legal hurdles that have to be tackled along the way, and proffers some constitutional amendments and other legal reforms that are necessary for bringing this lofty concept into fruition.
Trường đại học nào có các nhà khoa học năng suất nhất Việt Nam ?
Authors: Nguyen Minh-Hoang
Published: June 2021

Theo dữ liệu Publons (ISI Web of Science), có bốn trường đại học Việt Nam có tổng số công bố khoa học của các nhà khoa học vượt 1.000 và 14 nhà nghiên cứu người Việt tại các cơ sở nghiên cứu trong nước có trên 100 công bố khoa học.
Face Memory and Face Perception in Autism
Authors: Stantic Mirta , Ichijo Eri , Catmur Caroline , Bird Geoff
Published: June 2021

AbstractIt has been argued that autistic individuals have difficulties with face memory but typical face perception. However, only one previous study has examined both face memory and face perception in the same individuals, and this study was conducted with a small group of autistic children. Here face recognition was examined with a group of autistic adults using two face perception tasks (including one designed to avoid a neurotypical bias), and a standard test of face memory. Self-reported face recognition difficulties in everyday life were also recorded. The group of adults with autism scored lower than a matched neurotypical control group on all face tasks, and reported more problems with face recognition in everyday life. On the whole results suggest difficulties with both face perception and face memory in autistic adults, although it should be noted that a wide range of scores were recorded from the autistic individuals, with some scoring in the neurotypical range.
On second thought… The influence of a second stage in the ultimatum game on decision behavior, electro-cortical correlates and their trait interrelation
Authors: Rodrigues Johannes , Weiß Martin , Mussel Patrick , Hewig Johannes
Published: June 2021

In this study, we tested the influence of a second bargaining stage in an ultimatum game (UG) concerning behavioral responses, electro-cortical correlates and their moderations by the trait’s altruism, anger, anxiety and greed in 92 participants. We found that an additional stage led to more rejection in the 2-stage UG (2SUG) and that an increase in offer in the second stage led to more acceptance. The FRN during a trial was linked to expectance evaluation concerning the fairness of the offers, while midfrontal theta was a marker for the needed cognitive control to overcome the respective default behavioral pattern. The FRN responses to unfair offers were more negative for either low or high altruism in the UG, while high trait anxiety led to more negative FRN responses in the first stage of 2SUG, indicating a higher sensitivity to unfairness. Accordingly, the mean FRN response, representing the trait-like general electrocortical reactivity to unfairness, predicted rejection in the first stage of 2SUG. Additionally, we found that high trait anger led to more rejections for unfair offer in 2SUG in general, while trait altruism led to more rejection of unfair offers that were not improved in the second stage of 2SUG. In contrast, trait anxiety led to more acceptance in the second stage of 2SUG, while trait greed even led to more acceptance if the offer was worse than in the stage before. These findings suggest, that 2SUG creates a trait activation situation compared to the UG.
Awareness is required for autonomic performance monitoring in instrumental learning: Evidence from cardiac activity
Authors: Skora Lina , Livermore James J A , Nisini Federica , Scott Ryan Bradley
Published: June 2021

Performance monitoring is a vital aspect of successful learning and decision-making. Performance errors are reflected in the autonomic nervous system, indicating the need for behavioural adjustment. As part of this response, errors cause a pronounced deceleration in heart rate, compared to correct decisions, and precede explicit awareness of the stimulus-outcome contingencies. However, it is unknown whether those signals are present and able to inform instrumental learning without conscious awareness of the stimuli, where explicit performance monitoring is disabled. With mixed evidence for unconscious instrumental learning, determining the presence or absence of autonomic performance monitoring can shed light on its feasibility.Here, we employed an unconscious instrumental conditioning task, where successful learning is evidenced by increased approach responses to visually masked rewarding stimuli, and avoidance of punishing stimuli. An electrocardiogram (ECG) assessed continuous cardiac activity throughout the learning process. Natural fluctuations of awareness under masking permitted us to contrast learning and cardiac deceleration for trials with, versus without, conscious stimulus awareness. Our results demonstrate that on trials where participants did not consciously perceive the stimulus, there was no differentiation in cardiac response between rewarding and punishing feedback, indicating absence of performance monitoring. In contrast, consciously perceived stimuli elicited the expected deceleration upon error commission. This result suggests that, in unconscious instrumental learning, the brain cannot acquire implicit knowledge of stimulus values, rendering correct instrumental choices impossible. This evidence provides support for the notion that consciousness might be required for flexible adaptive behaviour, and that this may be mediated through bodily signals.
HABIT DRIVES SUSTAINABLE TOURIST BEHAVIOUR
Authors: MacInnes Sarah , Grün Bettina , Dolnicar Sara
Published: June 2021

Most practical interventions the tourism industry deploys to make tourists behave in more environmentally sustainable ways when they are at their premises or destination – such as the request to reuse towels to protect the environment – rely on attention and cognitive processing. We propose that focusing instead on habit, as the key construct, will be more effective in achieving behavioural change. This study discusses the – largely neglected – role of habit in our understanding of tourist behaviour and provides initial empirical proof of concept of the explanatory power of habit. Findings suggest that entirely new types of behavioural interventions should be developed, which aim at breaking bad vacation habits through disrupting automaticity, such as reducing plate size to prevent overfilling of plates at the buffets and re-establishing good habits people enact at home, such as by asking people to treat the hotel the same way they do their own home.
Scoring the feasibility of covid-19 eradication using smallpox and polio as benchmarks
Authors: Wilson Nick , Boyd Matt , Mansoor Osman D , Kvalsvig Amanda , Baker Michael G
Published: June 2021

Aim: Given the availability of both public health and social measures (PHSMs) and safe and highly-effective vaccines against covid-19, we aimed to assess the feasibility of covid-19 eradication, relative to the benchmarks of smallpox and polio (albeit only 2 of 3 polio serotypes eradicated to date).Methods: Our scoring system was partly based on previously published factors favouring the eradicability of vaccine-preventable diseases. But it was also supplemented by additional technical, socio-political, and economic factors that we considered relevant.Results: On our scoring for eradication feasibility using a three-point scale and across 17 variables, the mean (total) scores were smallpox at 2.7 (43/48), then covid-19 at 1.8 (30/51), and then polio at 1.5 (26/51). More specifically for covid-19 eradication, animal reservoirs may potentially prevent it; but the main challenges are probably around the high upfront costs and achieving international cooperation. Nevertheless, an advantage for covid-19 eradication over these other diseases is that effective PHSMs can complement vaccination and there is very high global interest in covid-19 control (due to the massive scale of the health, social and economic burden).Conclusions: In this preliminary analysis, the feasibility of covid-19 eradication globally seems slightly more feasible than for polio, but much less than for smallpox eradication. There is a need for a more formal expert review of feasibility and desirability of attempting covid-19 eradication by the World Health Organization or coalitions of national health agencies.
Using R-software for classification of soil granulometry classes and creating the Ferrers diagrams
Authors: Gavrilov Denis A.
Published: June 2021

The article describes a detailed algorithm to recompute the size of the elementary soil particles obtained by Kachinsky technique (a method conventionally used by Russian soil scientists) into the international granulometric size distribution pattern of 2000-50-2 µm using the formula introduced by E.V. Shein in 2009. The article also describes step-by-step procedures to create Ferrers diagrams using the soiltexture”, “plotrix” и “ggtern”packages in R environment. One of the advantages of R software is its free distribution and usage, vast range of options for the diagram settings, and, in the process of doing so, accruing the experience of working with a very popular language for statistical analysis and data visualization.
Phenomenological Interpretations of Some Somatic Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Biophoton Emission in Humans
Authors: Piao Daqing
Published: June 2021

Biophoton emission remains controversial. The photo-genic origin of biophoton has been attributed to the oxidative stress or free radical production. However, there are considerable gaps in quantitative understanding of biophoton emission. I propose an analytical hypothesis for interpreting a few patterns of steady-state biophoton emission of human, including the dependency on age, the diurnal variation, and the geometric asymmetry associated with serious asymmetrical pathological conditions. The hypothesis is based on an alternative form of energy state, termed vivo-nergy, which is associated with only metabolically active organisms that are also under neuronal control. The hypothesis projects a decrease of the vivo-nergy in human during growth beyond puberty. The hypothesis also proposes a modification of the vivo-nergy by the phases of systematic or homeostatic physiology. The hypothesis further postulates that the deviation of the physiology-modified vivo-nergy from the pre-puberty level is deteriorated by acquired organ-specific pathological conditions. A temporal differential change of vivo-nergy is hypothesized to proportionally modulate oxidative stress that functions as the physical source of biophoton emission. The resulted steady-state diffusion of the photon emitted from a photo-genic source in a human geometry simplified as a homogeneous spherical domain is modeled by photon diffusion principles incorporating an extrapolated zero-boundary condition. The age and systematic physiology combined determines the intensity of the centered physiological steady-state photo-genic source. An acquired pathology sets both the intensity and the off-center position of the pathological steady-state photo-genic source. When the age-commemorated, physiology-commanded, and pathology-controlled modifications of the steady-state photo-genetic sources are implemented in the photon diffusion model, the photon fluence rate at the surface of the human-representing spherical domain reveals the patterns on age, the temporal variation corresponding to systematic physiology, and the geometric asymmetry associated with significant asymmetric pathological condition as reported for spontaneous biophoton emission. The hypothesis, as it provides conveniences for quantitative estimation of biophoton emission patterns, will be extended in future works towards interpreting the temporal characteristics of biophoton emission under stimulation.
Uruguayan consumers' perception of mandarins: insights for selection and marketing of new cultivars
Authors: Lado Joanna , Rivas Fernando , Moltini Ana Inés , Alcaire Florencia , Ares Gastón
Published: June 2021

A better understanding of the key characteristics influencing consumers' perception and purchase decisions of mandarins can contribute to the selection of new cultivars that assertively meet their needs and expectations, as well as to the development of strategies to increase mandarin consumption in the different markets. In this context, the aims of the present work were: i) to explore Uruguayan consumers' perception of mandarins, and ii) to identify the key characteristics that drive mandarin purchase decisions. A consumer study with 197 consumers was conducted in a supermarket in the metropolitan area of Montevideo (Uruguay). A word-association task was used to identify consumers' associations with mandarins, whereas a best-worst scaling was used to estimate the relative importance of specific characteristics. Results from the word association task revealed that sensory characteristics (juiciness, sweetness, color, flavor and odor) were the most salient concepts associated with a mandarin, followed by fruit characteristics and consumption context. Mandarin flavor was identified as the most important characteristic underlying consumers' purchase decisions in the best-worst scaling, followed by juiciness and high vitamin content; while packaging, size or price resulted less relevant. Consumer segments who attached different relative importance to vitamin content, price, lack of seeds and easiness to peel were identified. Results from the present work suggest that strategies to increase mandarin consumption should focus on sensory and hedonic aspects rather than package appearance or health-related ones.
Pengaruh Struktur Modal dan Bi Rate Terhadap Nilai Perusahaan Pada PT Bank Mega TBK
Authors: Tri Wulandari Nunik , M. Rimawan
Published: June 2021

This study was aimed to reveal whether or not the effect of modal structure and BI Rate of company’s value in PT Bank Mega Tbk. The type study is associative research. The population was the financial data report of PT Bank Mega Tbk which accessed by www.idx.co.id in financial balance report from 2101 to 2019. This research used purposive sampling method. The technique of analysis data used multiple regression analysis couple with the classic assumption testing of normalities, multicolinearity tests, heterosticity tests, autocoreeclation tests, and regression model equations. Based on the result of this research shows that there is no significant effect of modal structure and negative to company’s value while BI Rate also is no significant and the result is positive to company’s value of PT Bank Mega Tbk
The Current Legal Status of Theological Educational Institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Russian Federation
Authors: Семенова Наталия Сергеевна
Published: June 2021

Статья посвящена церковному и государственному регулированию правового положения духовных учебных заведений Русской Православной Церкви в Российской Федерации в современный период. Основная цель исследования заключается в анализе правового статуса духовных учебных заведений как религиозных организаций, с одной стороны, и как образовательных организаций, с другой стороны. Первичность правового статуса религиозной организации отличает правовое положение духовных учебных заведений от остальных образовательных организаций. В связи с необходимостью соблюдения положений Конституции России, касающихся свободы совести и вероисповедания, положений Федерального закона «О свободе совести и о религиозных объединениях», а так же норм международного права, государство и Церковь ведут поиск правовых решений во избежание дискриминации христиан в реализации их права на подготовку священнослужителей, церковнослужителей и религиозного персонала согласно внутренним установлениям Русской Православной Церкви. В статье представлены особенности церковного статуса духовных учебных заведений, связанных, прежде всего, с предъявлением требования к студентам и преподавателям высокого уровня христианской нравственности, а также особенности государственного статуса, которые призваны обеспечить, по возможности, все требования церковного статуса духовных учебных заведений.

The article is devoted to the Church and state regulation of the legal status of theological educational institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Russian Federation in the modern period. The main purpose of the study is to analyze the legal status of religious educational institutions as religious organizations, on the one hand, and as educational organizations, on the other. The primacy of the legal status of the religious organization distinguishes the legal status of theological educational institutions from other educational organizations. In connection with the need to comply with the provisions of the Constitution of Russia concerning freedom of conscience and religion, the provisions of the Federal Law «On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations», as well as the norms of International Law, the state and the Church are looking for legal solutions to avoid discrimination training of clergy and religious personnel in accordance with the internal regulations of the Russian Orthodox Church. The article presents the features of the church status of theological educational institutions, associated, first of all, with the presentation of requirements for students and teachers of a high level of Christian morality, as well as the features of state status, which are designed to ensure, if possible, all the requirements of the church status of theological educational institutions.
Teaching Materials for Teaching the Discipline «Liturgy of the Bachelor's Program of Theological Schools of the Russian Orthodox Church»
Authors: Пентковский А.М. , Желтов М. , Рева К. , Акишин С.Ю.
Published: June 2021

В настоящем выпуске журнала «Праксис» публикуется тематический план занятий дисциплины Литургика, предназначенный для программы бакалавриата Московской духовной академии, а также отзывы на эти материалы. Задача «объяснения обрядов» (по выражению профессора МДА А. П. Голубцова) традиционно является неотъемлемой частью изучения богослужения в духовных школах Русской Православной Церкви, однако следует признать, что одна из проблем этого изучения в настоящее время состоит в использовании устаревших методик преподавания и в отсутствии последовательного изложения материала, вследствие чего процесс обучения в основном сводится к бессистемному запоминанию сведений о совершении богослужения, содержащихся в Типиконе и в богослужебных книгах. Во втором семестре 2019/2020 учебного года рабочая группа кафедры церковно-практических дисциплин Московской духовной академии, состоящая из преподавателей литургики под руководством профессора А. М. Пентковского, провела работу по корректировке и уточнению содержания учебных программ и тематического плана для трех лет обучения на программе бакалавриата.

This issue of Praxis publishes a thematic plan of classes in the Liturgical disci pline, designed for the undergraduate program of the Moscow Theological Academy, as well as reviews of these materials. The task of "explaining the rites" (as expressed by MTA professor A.P. Golubtsov) traditionally, it is an integral part of the study of worship in the theological schools of the Russian Orthodox Church, but it should be recognized that one of the problems of this study at present is the use of outdated teaching methods and the lack of consistent presentation of ma terial, as a result of which the learning process is mainly reduced to unsystematic memorization of information about the performance of worship contained in the Typicon and in liturgical books. In the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic year, the working group of the Department of Church Practical Disciplines of the Moscow Theological Academy, consisting of liturgical teachers led by Professor A. M. Pentkovsky, carried out work on adjusting and refining the content of the cur ricula and the thematic plan for three years of study at the undergraduate program.
Attempts to Restore the Institution of Deaconess at the end of the Synodal Period and Possible Actualization in the Modern Russian Church
Authors: Зотин Андрей Александрович
Published: June 2021

В трудах Е. Е. Голубинского и С. В. Троицкого есть размышления о просфирнях как о воз можных преемницах диаконисс. В этом контексте представляется интересным проанализировать гипотезы Е. Е. Голубинского и С. В. Троицкого относительно преемства русских просфирен и византийских диаконисс, и в свете новых открывшихся данных попытать ся определить возможную вероятность гипотезы. Помимо этого в Русской Церкви не однократно предпринимались попытки возрождения этого древнего чина, что в свою очередь наталкивает на соображения относительно возможного восстановления института диаконисс в Русской Церкви сегодня. Открывается перспектива для размышлений o том, нужен ли древний институт Русской Церкви, какими возможными функциями можно наделить их представительниц и есть ли место для диаконис в иерархической устройстве Русской Церкви. В статье - с учётом современных канонических и литургических исследований - анализируются гипотезы Е. Е. Голубинского и С. В. Троицкого, затем, на основании краткого рассмотрения истории чина диаконисс в Древней Церкви и освещения попыток восстановления института служительниц в конце Синодального периода, автором предлагаются возможные канонические границы служения диаконисс в современной Русской Православной Церкви.

Based on a brief review of the history of the rite of deaconesses in the ancient Church and coverage of attempts to restore the institution of ministers at the end of the Synodal period, the author suggests possible canonical boundaries of the ministry of deaconesses in the modern Russian Orthodox Church.
Synodal Liturgical Commission
Authors: Забелич Сергей
Published: June 2021

В статье рассказывается об истории создания Синодальной Богослужебной комиссии, основных направлениях ее деятельности, задачах. На заседаниях обсуждаются вопросы и принимаются предварительные решения по сложным календарным вопросам, а также введение новых текстов в богослужебную практику Русской Православной Церкви на основе церковного Устава (Типикона) и литургической традиции Русской Церкви.

The article is devoted to the history of establishing the Synodal Liturgical Commission, the main fields of its work and the essential tasks. The Commission raises a number of important liturgical questions, takes preliminary decisions on the complicated calendar issues and introduces the new texts of divine services into the worship practice of the Russian Orthodox Church following the Church statutes (Typikon) and the liturgical tradition of the Russian Church.
Water Sources and Urban Expansion in Ruwa Town in Post-Colonial Zimbabwe, 1986-2020
Authors: Muzorewa Terence Tapiwa , Nyandoro Mark
Published: June 2021

Africa is experiencing phenomenal urban growth and myriad environmental
challenges associated with urban sprawl. Zimbabwe, situated in the heart of
the southern African region, is no exception to this rule. Urban population has continued to spike, with more than half the world's population residing in urban areas. Although Africa has less than forty per cent (33 per cent for Zimbabwe) of its population living in urban habitats, urban development has been on the rise as a result of the dynamic processes of industrialisation. In order to thrive, these human habitats required sustainable water sources. Private Land Developer Companies (PLDCs) in Ruwa Town, Zimbabwe, were placed at the core of water and other infrastructure expansion. Since the developers were thought to be endowed with financial resources, there were high expectations that the town was going to lead in public infrastructure development. However, this article shows that Ruwa failed to live up to the expected standards in the development of water facilities and other infrastructure to facilitate urban growth and development.
A Self-Learning Autonomous and Intelligent System for the Reduction of Medication Errors in Home Treatments
Authors: Donnici Rosamaria , Coronato Antonio , Naeem Muddasar
Published: June 2021

The treatment process at home after hospitalization may become challenging for elders and people having any physical or cognitive disability. Such patients can, nowadays, be supported by Autonomous and Intelligent Monitoring Systems (AIMSs) that may get new levels of functionalities thanks to technologies like Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning and Internet of Things. We present an AIMS that can assist impaired patients in taking medicines in accordance with their treatment plans. The demonstration of the AIMS via mobile app shows promising results and can improve the quality of healthcare at home.
Inverse Reinforcement Learning Through Max-Margin Algorithm
Authors: Shah Syed Ihtesham Hussain , Coronato Antonio
Published: June 2021

Reinforcement Learning (RL) methods provide a solution for decision-making problems under uncertainty. An agent finds a suitable policy through a reward function by interacting with a dynamic environment. However, for complex and large problems it is very difficult to specify and tune the reward function. Inverse Reinforcement Learning (IRL) may mitigate this problem by learning the reward function through expert demonstrations. This work exploits an IRL method named Max-Margin Algorithm (MMA) to learn the reward function for a robotic navigation problem. The learned reward function reveals the demonstrated policy (expert policy) better than all other policies. Results show that this method has better convergence and learned reward functions through the adopted method represents expert behavior more efficiently.
Prediction of Breast Cancer Using AI-Based Methods
Authors: Aamir Sanam , Rahim Aqsa , Bashir Sajid , Naeem Muddasar
Published: June 2021

Breast cancer has made its mark as the primary cause of female deaths and disability worldwide, making it a significant health problem. However, early diagnosis of breast cancer can lead to its effective treatment. The relevant diagnostic features available in the patient’s medical data may be used in an effective way to diagnose, categorize and classify breast cancer. Considering the importance of early detection of breast cancer in its effective treatment, it is important to accurately diagnose and classify breast cancer using diagnostic features present in available data. Automated techniques based on machine learning are an effective way to classify data for diagnosis. Various machine learning based automated techniques have been proposed by researches for early prediction/diagnosis of breast cancer. However, due to the inherent criticalities and the risks coupled with wrong diagnosis, there is a dire need that the accuracy of the predicted diagnosis must be improved. In this paper, we have introduced a novel supervised machine learning based approach that embodies Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, Support Vector Machine, Artificial Neural Network and Multilayer Perception methods. Experimental results show that the proposed framework has achieved an accuracy of 99.12%. Results obtained after the process of feature selection indicate that both preprocessing methods and feature selection increase the success of the classification system.
nLORE: A Linguistically Rich Deep-Learning System for Locative-Reference Extraction in Tweets
Authors: Fernández-Martínez Nicolás José , Periñán-Pascual Carlos
Published: June 2021

Location-based systems require rich geospatial data in emergency and crisis-related situations (e.g. earthquakes, floods, terrorist attacks, car accidents or pandemics) for the geolocation of not only a given incident but also the affected places and people in need of immediate help, which could potentially save lives and prevent further damage to urban or environmental areas. Given the sparsity of geotagged tweets, geospatial data must be obtained from the locative references mentioned in textual data such as tweets. In this context, we introduce nLORE (neural LOcative Reference Extractor), a deep-learning system that serves to detect locative references in English tweets by making use of the linguistic knowledge provided by LORE. nLORE, which captures fine-grained complex locative references of any type, outperforms not only LORE, but also well-known general-purpose or domain-specific off-the-shelf entity-recognizer systems, both qualitatively and quantitatively. However, LORE shows much better runtime efficiency, which is especially important in emergency-based and crisis-related scenarios that demand quick intervention to send first responders to affected areas and people. This highlights the often undervalued yet very important role of rule-based models in natural language processing for real-life and real-time scenarios.
The use of educational media in endoscopy training
Authors: Khattak Mohammad Fawad
Published: June 2021

When delivering or planning any learning intervention it is important to consider the available educational media. Educational media can be used to supplement, consolidate or be the basis of any learning intervention and they can come and be delivered in a variety of different formats. In this article we look at the use of educational media in endoscopy training.
OPTIMALISASI ANGGARAN KEUANGAN DESA LANJUTAN D PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 DI DESA CICALENGKA KECAMATAN PAGEDANGAN KABUPATEN TANGERANG-BANTEN
Authors: Mardiana Sri , Hasanah Yenni Merinatul , Supriyatna Wawan , Zakaria Zakaria , Indirasari Indri
Published: June 2021

Pelaksanaan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat bertujuan memberikan penyuluhan dan sosialisasi kepada kepala desa, sekretaris desa, BPD, dan masyarakat terkait optimalisasi anggaran keuangan desa pada masa pandemi covid-19 di kelurahan pegedangan.  Desa sebagai penyelengaraan pemerintah terkecil namun merupakan unit terdepan dalam pelayanan kepada masyarakat dan bagian yang strategis untuk keberhasilan semua program pembangunan. Karena itu, upaya untuk memperkuat desa (Pemerintah Desa dan Lembaga Kemasyarakatan) merupakan langkah mempercepat terwujudnya kesejahteraan masyarakat sebagai tujuan otonomi daerah.  Metode dalam pelaksanaan kegiatan pengabdian ini dilakukan dalam beberapa tahap, yaitu:  (1) Tahap Observasi, (2) Tahap Sosialisasi, (3) Tahap Pelaksanaan Penyuluhan. Dalam tahap pelaksanaan penyuluhan, tim PkM Memberikan presentasi mengenai materi optimalisasi penyusunan anggaran keuangan dengan mengadakan pendekatan kepada perangkat desa untuk melakukan tertib administrasi sehingga mempermudah dalam penyusunan anggaran keuangan. Target luaran dari kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat ini di harapkan mampu memberikan inspirasi kepada Perangkat desa dalam menambah referensi mengenai optimalisasi penyusunan anggaran keuangan dana desa supaya tepat sasaran sehingga pelaporan keuangan bisa tepat waktu dan tidak menimbulkan keraguan dari masyarakat mengenai pemanfaatan dana desa. Dengan pelaporan tepat waktu dan tepat guna maka akan membangun kepercayaan masyarakat kepada perangkat desa.
PEMBUATAN HANDFREE SANITIZER DISPENSER UNTUK WARGA PERUMAHAN PARANGTRITIS VILLA DAGO PAMULANG TANGERANG SELATAN
Authors: Andalusi Ratih , Ashri Nurul , Irfan A M
Published: June 2021

Tujuan Pengabdian Masyarakat ini adalah untuk memenuhi salah satu Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi sebagai bentuk inovasi kepada masyarakat serta menyumbang kontribusi kepada pengembangan serta penerapan keilmuan di tengah masyarakat. Kegiatan dilakukan dengan meriset kebutuhan masyarakat akan kebersihan khususnya di masa pandemi SARS-CoV-2 di Wilayah lingkungan kompleks Vila Dago, Cluster Parangtritis, Pamulang, Tangerang Selatan. Sosialisasi protokol hidup sehat dan bersih dengan mencuci tangan dan menjaga jarak adalah salah satu cara untuk menghindari virus SARS-CoV-2. Kegiatan ini masih terus diupayakan agar masyarakat paham betapa pentingnya menjaga kesehatan. Selain mencuci tangan, penggunaan Hand-sanitizer sebagai alternatif membersihkan tangan juga marak dilakukan. Umumnya, Handsanitizer yang digunakan adalah gel atau cair dalam botol 250ml atau 500ml yang dapat di pompa dengan menggunakan tangan. Penggunaan pompa tangan tersebut yang menjadi masalah, Karena khawatir dapat memindahkan virus atau bakteri, untuk itu dilakukan suatu inovasi baru pemanfaatan dispenser sebagai media yang terjamin higienisnya. Hasil kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat yang diperoleh adalah instrument atau alat berupa Hand Sanitizer Dispenser (HSD) yang diaplikasikan secara menyebar disetiap tempat strategis di wilayah kompleks Vila Dago, Cluster Paragntritis, Pamulang, Tangerang Selatan. Dibuatkan dispenser untuk mengeluarkan cairan hand sanitizer tanpa menggunakan tangan dan cukup menekan dengan kaki, dengan tujuan agar pengguna lebih merasa aman dari penyebaran virus SARS-CoV-2. Sasaran pemberian Handfree Sanitizer Dispenser ini akan diberikan kepada warga pemukiman dengan mobilitas warga yang cukup tinggi pada Perumahan Villa Dago, Parangtritis, Pamulang, Tangerang Selatan. Ilmu yang diperoleh pada Pengabdian Masyarakat kali ini diharapkan mampu memberikan semangat khususnya bagi para dosen maupun civitas akademika Universitas Pamulang lainnya dalam memberikan penyuluhan materi serta praktek yang memiliki nilai ekonomis maupun manfaat strategis, serta motivasi serta berkontribusi bagi khalayak masyarakat di dalam maupun luar lingkungan kampus Universitas Pamulang.
MENGEMBANGKAN HOBI MASAK MENJADI BISNIS F DAN B DISAAT COVID-19
Authors: Sawukir Sawukir , Syamtoro Budi , Warasto Hestu Nugroho , Nurhamdi Muhamad , Dana Dana
Published: June 2021

Dalam kegiatan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat (PKM), kami melakukan kerja sama dengan SMPN 12 Tangerang Selatan yang berada didaerah Kec. Pondok Aren, Kota Tangerang Selatan, Provinsi Banten. Adapun yang menjadi objek dalam pengabdian ini adalah seluruh Guru yang mengajar dilingkungan SMPN 12 Tangerang Selatan. Dalam kegiatan ini kami memberikan penyuluhan dan motivasi kepada para tenaga pendidik SMPN 12 Tangerang Selatan untuk mengembangkan hobi masak menjadi peluang bisnis F dan B disaat Covid-19 saat ini agar para tenaga pendidik mendapatkan pendapatan tambahan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan. Hasil dari pelaksanaan pengdian ini menunjukan bahwa sebagian besar tenaga pendidik memiliki hobi memasak dan selama pandemic Covid-19 ini tenaga pendidik yang berada dilingkungan SMPN 12 Tangerang Selatan memiliki minat yang besar untuk mengembangkan hobi masaknya untuk dijadikan bisnis Food & Beverage sebagai tambahan pendapatan untuk menutupi kebutuhan rumah tangga disaat Covid-19 ini.
PROGRAM PENINGKATAN KUALITAS DAN EFEKTIVITAS PROSES BELAJAR DARING DI TENGAH PANDEMI VIRUS CORONA
Authors: Tilova Nurdinni , Guruh Muhamad , Gunawan Hendri , Isnaeni Devi Putri , Marlinah Henni
Published: June 2021

Tujuan dilaksanakannya kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat adalah untuk memberikan penyuluhan serta tanya jawab akan arti pentingnya meningkatkan kualitas dan efektivitas proses belajar daring di tengah pandemi virus corona, agar proses pembelajaran daring dapat terlaksana dengan baik, dan siswa dengan mudah memahami materi yang disampaikan para pedidik. Metode kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini berlangsung dari bulan November sampai dengan Desember 2020 dan terdiri dari tiga tahapan kegiatan. Tahapan pertama yaitu tahap persiapan dalam melakukan survey lokasi mitra, peserta kegiatan dan penyusunan materi. Tahap ke dua yaitu pelaksanaan yang meliputi pemberian ceramah materi Peningkatan Kualitas dan Efektivitas Proses Belajar Daring di Tengah Pandemi Virus Corona. Tahap ketiga yaitu evaluasi antara lain untuk mengetahui seberapa dalam pemahaman peserta pelatihan terhadap materi yang diberikan. Kesimpulan dari kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah SMK Muhammadiyah Parakan hanya menggunakan aplikasi whatsapp dalam melakukan pembelajaran daring, sehingga kurang efektifnya kegiatan belajar jarak jauh. Perlu adanya aplikasi lain yang digunakan sekolah ini agar guru dapat menyampaikan materinya dengan efektif, serta siswa dapat memahami materi yang disampaikan.
PELATIHAN PEMANFAATAN MARKETPLACE PADA UMKM DALAM MASA COVID-19
Authors: Fitriyana Fina , Nuryani Anum , Rosyati Tati , Gusvia Yolanda
Published: June 2021

Pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bekerja sama dengan Rumah Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (RPM) Tangerang Selatan. Tujuan dari pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah untuk mengenalkan penggunaan marketplace dan mengaplikasikannya pada UKM. Ada 100 UKM yang mengikuti kegiatan ini. Proses sosialisasi dilakukan secara serentak dan bersama di Universitas Pamulang. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini terbagi dalam beberapa kelompok dengan minimal satu pengabdi untuk satu peserta pada 31 Oktober - 5 November 2020. Metode dalam kegiatan ini adalah penyuluhan, tutorial, diskusi, pendampingan dan asesmen. Setiap kelompok terdiri dari empat fasilitator dan satu peserta. Melalui kegiatan ini, UKM dapat memanfaatkan dan memahami penggunaan salah satu marketplace / media sosial. Pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini diharapkan dapat bermanfaat bagi berbagai pihak baik UKM, pemerintah maupun akademisi.
PEMBERDAYAAN UMKM DI DESA SITU GADUNG MELALUI SOSIALISASI MANAJEMEN PEMASARAN DALAM RANGKA MENINGKATKAN PENJUALAN DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19
Authors: Wiloso Adisa Ramadhan , Yodanma Acha Hirdie , Baehaqi Muhammad Irfan , Darmadi Teddi , Saputra Irwan
Published: June 2021

Secara statistik, sumbangsih usaha mikro kecil menengah (UMKM) terhadap nilai PDB di Indonesia lebih dominan dibanding usaha besar (UB). Oleh sebab itu, upaya peningkatan kinerja UMKM di masa pandemi covid-19 ini perlu dilakukan untuk menjaga stabilitas ekonomi negara. Salah satunya adalah dengan melakukan sosialisasi kepada pada para pelaku UMKM tentang manajemen pemasaran melalui kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat (PKM). Artikel ini memuat hasil dan diskusi terkait kegiatan PKM yang dilakukan oleh mahasiswa magister manajemen Universitas Pamulang di Desa Situ Gadung, kecamatan Cisauk, kabupaten Tangerang, Banten. Tujuannya adalah untuk meningkatkan kinerja ekonomi pelaku UMKM di wilayah tersebut. Metode yang digunakan berupa pemaparan materi secara langsung dan uji pemahaman melalui pengisian kuesioner, yaitu pre-test dan post-test. Hasil analisis t-test menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan antara nilai pre-test dan post-test signifikan, yaitu nilai post-test lebih tinggi dibanding pre-test. Dengan demikian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa kegiatan PKM ini memberikan manfaat bagi para pelaku UMKM di Desa Situ Gadung. Saran dari penulis adalah menyertakan kegiatan santai berupa kuis atau permainan yang interaktif untuk kegiatan PKM selanjutnya. Hal ini diperlukan agar para hadirin yang mengikuti kegiatan tersebut lebih antusias, sehingga keefektifan penyampaian materi menjadi lebih optimal.
NILAI SENSORIS AROMA DAN RASA PEMPEK DARI JENIS OLAHAN DAGING IKAN PATIN (Pangasius pangasius)DAN PERBANDINGAN TEPUNG TAPIOKA
Authors: Nasir Alhanan , Dasir Dasir , Patimah Siti
Published: June 2021

Pempek merupakan salah satu pangan yang berbahan nabati dan hewani, pempek mempunyai berbagai bentuk seperti pempek adaan, pempek lenjer, pempek pistel, pempek kulit, dan pempek panggang. Ikan patin (Pangasius pangasius) adalah salah satu jenis ikan air tawar yang mudah dibudidayakan sehingga ketersediaan ikan patin terus meningkat. Ikan patin dapat dijadikan sebagai bahan baku pembutan pempek dengan dijadikan produk olahan surimi ikan patin. Tepung tapioka merupakan bahan tambahan tepung yang terbuat dari pati singkong yang ditambahkan dalam pembuatan pempek dengan perbandingan yang berbeda akan menghasilkan pempek dengan kadarprotein juga berbeda. Perlakuan jenis olahan daging ikan patin yang berbeda dengan perbandingan tepung tapioka akan menghasilkan pempek dengan kadar protein serta sensoris warna dan rasa yang berbeda. Penelitian ini menggunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok dengan Faktorial menggunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) Faktorial yang terdiri dari dua faktor yaitu faktor jenis olahan daging ikan patin dan faktor tepung tapioka yang membentuk enam kombinasi perlakuan dan diulang sebanyak tiga kali.Jenis olahan daging ikan patin dan tepung tapioka berpengaruh nyata terhadap aroma. Nilai kesukaan tertinggiterhadap aroma pada perlakuan I2T2 (surimi ikan patin 1,00 bagian : tepung tapioka 1,00 bagian) dengan nilai rata-rata 4,30 (kriteria suka) dan nilai terendah terhadap aroma pada perlakuan I1T3 dengan nilai rata-rata 3,20 (kriteria agak suka). Jenis olahan daging ikan patin dan tepung tapioka terhadap rasa pempek berpengaruh tidak nyata terhadap rasa pempek. Nilai kesukaan tertinggi terhadap rasa perlakuan I2T2 dengan nilai rata-rata 3,85 (kriteria agak suka) dan nilai kesukaan terendah terhadap rasa pada perlakuan I1T2 (daging lumat ikan patin 1,00 bagian : tepung tapioka 1,00 bagian) dengan nilai rata-rata 3,05 (kriteria agak suka).
HISTOPATHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF NEOPLASTIC LESIONS OF KIDNEY- A THREE YEARS STUDY
Authors: Sarswat Saket , . Vimlesh , Soni D.P.
Published: June 2021

Background: Kidney can be involved in various pathological process. Both benign & malignant tumors can occur in the kidney. They arise from different components of renal parenchyma, notably tubular epithelium.1 99 percent of renal neoplasms are malignant, with renal cell carcinoma and wilm’s tumor being the most common2. Men have higher incidence than women (approximately 1.6:1) and vast majority are diagnosed after 65 years of age.

Material and methods: Prospective and retrospective study from January 2017 to December 2019 in the Department of Pathology.

Results: The study comprised of 67 cases of neoplastic conditions, out of which 63 cases are malignant and only 4 cases were recorded as benign.

Conclusion: Malignant tumors far more common than benign lesions. In adults and older individuals, renal cell carcinoma was most common while among paediatric age group, wilms tumor was most common. Benign tumors were uncommon.

Keywords: Kidney, renal cell carcinoma, wilms tumor
Vibration Mitigation of Wind Turbine Towers Using Negative Stiffness Absorbers
Authors: Kapasakalis Konstantinos A. , Antoniadis Ioannis A. , Sapountzakis Evangelos J. , Kampitsis Andreas E.
Published: June 2021

The application of dynamic vibration absorbers (DVA) to Wind Turbine (WT) towers has the potential to significantly improve the damping of the tower and the nacelle dynamic responses, increasing thus the reliability of WTs. The Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) is limited by the requirement of large masses, in association to its installation location. In this study, two alternative concepts are considered. First, the nacelle is released from the WT tower, using a low stiffness connection. This option is based on the seismic isolation concept. Additionally, a novel passive vibration absorption configuration is implemented, based on the KDamper concept. The KDamper is essentially an extension of the TMD, introducing negative stiffness (NS) elements. Instead of increasing the additional mass, the vibration absorption capability of the KDamper can be increased by increasing the value of the NS element. Therefore, the KDamper always indicates better isolation properties than a TMD with the same additional mass.  For the nonlinear dynamic response of the WT a build-in house software is developed. The dynamic performance of the proposed vibration mitigation concepts is numerically examined. All methods present superior dynamic behaviour as compared to the uncontrolled structure, however only the KDamper-based designs significantly increase the effective damping of the WT tower, retaining the additional masses in reasonable ranges.