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К 70-летию Тамары Константиновны Головко. Путь в науке
Authors: Гармаш Е. В.
Published: September 2018

29 мая 2018 г. отметила свое 70-летие видный ученый-биолог, специалист в области физиологиирастений, главный научный сотрудник лаборатории экологической физиологии растений Институтабиологии Коми НЦ УрО РАН, доктор биологических наук, профессор Тамара Константиновна Го-ловко. В статье освещены ключевые события жизни и научно-организационная деятельность юбиля-ра, вклад в науку, работа в должности заведующей лабораторией экологической физиологии расте-ний и заместителя директора Института по научным вопросам
Analisis Kebijakan Pemerintah Daerah Terhadap Pengembangan Usaha Kecil Menengah Di Kecamatan Tanjung Pura-Kabupaten Langkat
Authors: Ayu Ade Rahma
Published: September 2018

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HEXACO Personality Predicts Counterproductive Work Behavior and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Low-Stakes and Job Applicant Contexts
Authors: Anglim Jeromy , Lievens Filip , Everton Lisa , Grant Sharon L , Marty Andrew
Published: September 2018

This study examined the degree to which the predictive validity of personality declines in job applicant settings. Participants completed the 200-item HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised, either as part of confidential research (347 non- applicants) or an actual job application (260 job applicants). Approximately 18- months later, participants completed a confidential survey measuring organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and counterproductive work behavior (CWB). There was evidence for a small drop in predictive validity among job applicants, however honesty-humility, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness predicted lower levels of CWB and higher levels of OCB in both job applicants and non-applicants. The study also informs the use of the HEXACO model of personality in selection settings, reporting typical levels of applicant faking and facet-level predictive validity.
Perfectionism in adolescents: Self-critical perfectionism as a predictor of depressive symptoms across the school year
Authors: Levine Shelby L. , Green-Demers Isabelle , Milyavskaya Marina , Werner Kaitlyn M.
Published: September 2018

The present study examined the influence of personal standards and self-critical perfectionism on depressive and anxiety symptoms over the academic year. High-school students (N=174) were surveyed in the late Fall and early Spring, assessing perfectionism in the Fall and mental health across the year in both the Fall and Spring. Path modelling was used to examine whether self-critical and personal standards perfectionism were related to changes in mental health across the school year. Controlling for mental health at the start of the year, self-critical perfectionism predicted an increase in depressive symptoms over time, whereas personal standards perfectionism was unrelated to changes in mental health. Results support that self-critical perfectionism is detrimental to mental health in adolescents, suggesting that future interventions should focus on reducing self-critical cognitive biases in youth.
Auditory information-integration category learning in young children and adults
Authors: Roark Casey L , Holt Lori L.
Published: September 2018

Adults outperform children on category learning that requires selective attention to individual dimensions (rule-based categories) due to their more highly developed working memory abilities, but much less is known about developmental differences in learning categories that require integration across multiple dimensions (information-integration categories). The current study investigates auditory information-integration category learning in 5-7-year-old children (n = 34) and 18-25-year-old adults (n = 35). Adults generally outperformed children during learning. However, some children learned the categories well and used strategies similar to those of adults, assessed through decision bound computational models. The results demonstrate that information-integration learning ability continues to develop throughout at least middle childhood. These results have implications for the development of mechanisms that contribute to speech category learning.
Perceptual dimensions influence auditory category learning
Authors: Roark Casey L , Holt Lori L.
Published: September 2018

Human category learning appears to be supported by dual learning systems. Previous research indicates the engagement of distinct neural systems in learning categories that require selective attention to dimensions versus those that require integration across dimensions. This evidence has largely come from studies of learning across perceptually separable visual dimensions, but recent research has applied dual systems models to understanding auditory and speech categorization. Since differential engagement of the dual learning systems is closely related to selective attention to input dimensions, it may be important that acoustic dimensions are quite often perceptually integral and difficult to attend to selectively. We investigated this issue across artificial auditory categories defined by center frequency and modulation frequency acoustic dimensions. Learners demonstrated a bias to integrate across the dimensions, rather than to selectively attend and the bias specifically reflected a positive correlation between the dimensions. Further, we found that the acoustic dimensions did not equivalently contribute to categorization decisions. These results demonstrate the need to reconsider the assumption that the orthogonal input dimensions used in designing an experiment are indeed orthogonal in perceptual space as there are important implications for category learning.
Rational mechanisms can produce immoral evaluations
Authors: Powell Derek , Horne Zachary
Published: September 2018

People’s expectations play an important role in their reactions to events. There is often disappointment when events fail to meet expectations and a special thrill to having one’s expectations exceeded. We propose that expectations influence evaluations through information-theoretic principles: less expected events do more to inform us about the state of the world than do more expected events. An implication of this proposal is that people may have inappropriately muted responses to morally significant but expected events. In two preregistered experiments, we found that people’s judgments of morally-significant events were affected by the likelihood of that event. People were more upset about events that were unexpected (e.g., a robbery at a clothing store) than events that were more expected (e.g., a robbery at a convenience store). We argue that this bias has pernicious moral consequences, including leading to reduced concern for victims in most need of help.
Curiosity has Comprehensive Benefits in the Workplace: Developing and Validating the Multidimensional Work Related Curiosity Scale in United States and German Employees
Authors: Kashdan Todd Barrett , Disabato David , Goodman Fallon Rachael , McKnight Patrick
Published: September 2018

Curiosity is a fundamental human motive that is beginning to garner closer attention by researchers and practitioners interested in workplace functioning. Recent work suggests that rather than designating someone as possessing curiosity, there is benefit in detailing the various elements of curiosity. To date, there is no research on how multiple dimensions of curiosity operate in the workplace. Across four samples, we developed and validated the Multidimensional Work Related Curiosity Scale. Participants were American and German employees from a range of industries. We found evidence for four workplace curiosity dimensions: Joyous Exploration, Deprivation Sensitivity, Stress Tolerance, and Openness to People’s Ideas. These workplace curiosity dimensions predicted a substantial amount of variance in adaptive outcomes including job satisfaction, work engagement, job crafting, healthy work relationships, and innovation; as a test of construct specificity, workplace curiosity outperformed trait mindfulness in predicting each of these workplace outcomes. Results offer support for a comprehensive model of curiosity that identifies high performing, satisfied individuals in the workplace. These findings underscore the importance of understanding, assessing, leveraging, and developing curiosity in teams and organizations.
Der META-Katalog des i.d.a.- Dachverbandes
Authors: Hauser Margit , Zierold Marius
Published: September 2018

Die 40 im i.d.a.-Dachverband zusammengeschlossenen Bibliotheken, Archive und Dokumentationsstellen in Deutschland, Österreich, Luxemburg, Italien und der Schweiz verfügen über einzigartige Archivbestände zu Aktivistinnen und Organisationen aus den verschiedenen Phasen und Richtungen der Frauenbewegung des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Darüber hinaus stellen sie umfassende Literatur zu Frauenbewegungen, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, lesbischer und queerer Theorie und Belletristik bereit. Im Zuge des vom BMFSJ finanzierten META-Projekts wurde in drei Jahren der META-Katalog geschaffen, der den Großteil der digital verfügbaren Metadaten aus den verschiedenen Einrichtungen nachweist. Trotz der unterschiedlichen Ausgangslagen der Einrichtungen (Einrichtungstypus, Sammlungsschwerpunkt, technische Ausstattung) ist es gelungen ein Nachweisinstrument zu schaffen, dass den Nutzenden ein homogenes Nutzungserlebnis ermöglicht.Die 40 im i.d.a.-Dachverband zusammengeschlossenen Bibliotheken, Archive und Dokumentationsstellen in Deutschland, Österreich, Luxemburg, Italien und der Schweiz verfügen über einzigartige Archivbestände zu Aktivistinnen und Organisationen aus den verschiedenen Phasen und Richtungen der Frauenbewegung des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Darüber hinaus stellen sie umfassende Literatur zu Frauenbewegungen, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, lesbischer und queerer Theorie und Belletristik bereit. Im Zuge des vom BMFSJ finanzierten META-Projekts wurde in drei Jahren der META-Katalog geschaffen, der den Großteil der digital verfügbaren Metadaten aus den verschiedenen Einrichtungen nachweist. Trotz der unterschiedlichen Ausgangslagen der Einrichtungen (Einrichtungstypus, Sammlungsschwerpunkt, technische Ausstattung) ist es gelungen ein Nachweisinstrument zu schaffen, dass den Nutzenden ein homogenes Nutzungserlebnis ermöglicht.
Auf den Spuren von Charlotte und Karl Bühler – Die Erschliessung der Exilbibliothek
Authors: Felsner Johanna , Fließer David , Neutsch Livia , Massoglio Valentino , Spitta Anna
Published: September 2018

Der Artikel stellt die Ergebnisse einer Vorstudie zur endgültigen Erschließung der Exilbibliothek von Charlotte und Karl Bühler vor. Bei einer Nachlassbibliothek wie der Exilbibliothek von Charlotte und Karl Bühler machen vor allem die Benutzungs- und Lesespuren den einmaligen Wert des Bestands aus. Demgemäß ging es in erster Linie darum, diese Exemplarspezifika zu sichern, zu erfassen und zugänglich zu machen. Da es derzeit allerdings (noch) keine einheitliche Vorgehensweise innerhalb des Österreichischen Bibliothekenverbunds bezüglich der elektronischen Verzeichnung von exemplarspezifischen Benutzungsspuren gibt, bestand die Kernaufgabe des Projekts darin, eine auf die Bedürfnisse der Bühlerschen Exilbibliothek zugeschnittene Lösung zu entwickeln.
Internationalization of Universities: Emerging Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
Authors: Zaman Khalid , Mohsin Asma
Published: September 2018

Internationalization of higher education is not a new phenomenon. The concept has grown more by the time and now it has become an important strategic priority for many institutions and governments. Governments and institutions have invested and continue to invest considerable resource in internationalization. Internationalization of higher education is seen as one of the ways a country responds to the impact of globalization. The aim of this study is to examine how the process of internationalization has evolved overtime, and how it is occurring in todayâ€™s global knowledge economy. This article presents the review of the process of internationalization of higher education in a historical context. It also discusses that international mobility of students, scholars, programs, and institutions of higher education is driven by academic, cultural, political, and economic rationales. Furthermore, the study concludes that most of the higher education institutions refrain from aiming to become global institutions because of the academic and economic barriers.
The impact of corporate social responsibility on supply chain
Authors: Younus M.Farhan , Hassan Syed Faizan , Hasnain Hasnain , Nabi Agha Ammad
Published: September 2018

In todayâ€™s business world, growing attention is being paid on the business concept; â€œCorporate Social Responsibility â€œmostly because of environmental concerns, regulatory impacts, commercial benefits and reputation in front of the society. Increasing number of companies initiates and implements practices considered as CSR activities. Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been first introduced by Bowen (1952) and states that while implementing strategies and making their decisions, organizations should act taking into consideration societyâ€™s values. In this respect, Carroll (1979) defined CSR as sensitivity of an organization about the stakeholdersâ€™ expectations on the management of social, environmental, economic, ethic and legal issues. Towards the end of 1980s, concept of sustainable development has been introduced and has focused on economic, social and environmental factors that organizations should consider. Sustainable development emphasizes how today organizations can fulfill their needs without Jeopardizing the needs of the future generations. Therefore, MNCs interested in a green supply chain should be attempting to cut their transportation carbon emissions and those of their suppliers. This can be accomplished by using biofuel, choosing the type of transportation with the least carbon foot print (trains and ships), utilizing smaller trucks when possible, and encouraging fuel efficient driving behavior by employees.
Analisis Pengaruh Budaya Organisasi Terhadap Employee Engagement Dengan Kepuasan Kerja Sebagai Variabel Intervening
Authors: Humairoh Humairoh , Wardoyo Wardoyo
Published: September 2018

Human capital resources are essential to enhance performances and to sustain life cycles of a company. Organizational culture, job satisfaction and employee engagement are key factors of human resources. The objectives of this study were to describe and analyse the influence of organizational culture to employee engagement; to describe and analyse the influence of organizational culture to job satisfaction; to describe and analyse the influence of job satisfaction to employee engagement; and to describe and analyse organizational culture to employee engagement with job satisfaction as intervening variable. The hyphothesis of this study were: (i) the organizational culture has a positive influence to employee engagement, (ii) the organizational culture has a positive influence to job satisfaction, and (iii) the organizational culture has a positive influence to employee engagement with job satisfaction as intervenning variable. This study was a causal research to obtain evidences of causal relationships. The technique sampling applied was a cluster random sampling method with questionnaires as the instrument to collect data whose result processed using method Scala Likert Summated Rating (LSR) with score 1 – 4. Respondents of this research were employees of PT Krakatau Bandar Samudera (KBS) – a port services company in the Province of Banten. Respondents of 155 employees were interviewed based on statements in the quetionnaires. This research used technique of path analysis using SPSS software version 20.. The results of this research indicated that organizational culture has a positive influence to employee engagement, job satisfaction has a positive influence on employee engagement, and organizational culture has a positive influence on employee engagement through job satisfaction as an intervening variable.

Keywords: Organizational Culture, Job Satisfaction, Employee Engagement
Rancang Bangun Sistem Informasi Untuk Menentukan Kapabilitas Konsumen Dalam Mengambil Pinjaman KPR
Authors: Kusnadi Adhi , Putra Risyad Ananda
Published: September 2018

Indonesia is one country that has a relatively large population . The government in the period of 5 years, annually hold a procurement program 1 million FLPP house units. This program is held in an effort to provide a decent home for low income people. FLPP housing development requires good precision and speed of development on the part of the developer, this is often hampered by the bank process, because it is difficult to predict the results and speed of data processing in the bank. Knowing the ability of consumers to get subsidized credit, has many advantages, among others, developers can plan a better cash flow, and developers can replace consumers who will be rejected before entering the bank process. For that reason built a system that can help developers. There are many methods that can be used to create this application. One of them is data mining with Classification tree. The results of 10-fold-cross-validation applications have an accuracy of 92%.

Index Terms-Data Mining, Classification Tree, Housing, FLPP, 10-fold-cross Validation, Consumer Capability
Analisis Pemilihan Metode Quality Of Service Dengan Traffic Policing Dan Traffic Shaping Sebagai Pembanding Bandwidth Pada Cisco Router Internet Service Provider
Authors: Rismawati Nofita , Mulya Muhamad Femy
Published: September 2018

Abstract— Bandwidth is a carrying capacity of data carriers on a network connection, using units of time in speed. The cost of bandwidth procurement is very expensive and if it is not set up with management and hardware support, good software or brainware will cause huge losses. Therefore, a quality service standard must be created in an Internet Service provider known as Quality of Service (QoS). On a Cisco Router there are several methods of Quality of Service configured in such a way that the bandwidth of an ISP can be restricted and well managed. Traffic Policing and Traffic Shaping are two methods of Quality of Service that are widely used and each has advantages and disadvantages in terms of technical and non technical. In this research will answer the use of the best Quality of Service method on Cisco ISP Router by using descriptive analysis through Quality of Service data analysis parameters.

Index Terms— Bandwidth, Quality of Service
Maximum Power Point Tracking pada Sel Surya menggunakan Extreme Learning Machine
Authors: Jalma Wolfgang
Published: September 2018

Maximum Power Point Tracking is a method to obtain maximum harvest of PV solar cell. Due to PV nonlinearity, a lot of novel approach has been. One of the most prominence is neural network, that usually can solve this nonlinearity formulation, although needs relatively longer time in order to train, making it unfeasible for real implementation. This research tried to accelerate the training of the neural network based MPPT, using Extreme Learning Machine, with quite promising results.

Index Terms—Maximum Power Point Tracking, Neural Network, PV Solar Cell, Extreme Learning machine.
Tinjauan Konsistensi Masyarakat Kampung Adat Cireundeu Dalam Melestarikan Adat Istiadat Leluhur
Authors: Tramontane Pirie Marie
Published: September 2018

Kampung adat Cireundeu, diambil dari nama tanaman Cireundeu yang banyak tumbuh di wilayah tersebut dan dipercaya memiliki khasiat untuk penyembuhan suatu penyakit. Kampung adat Cireundeu dihuni oleh kurang lebih 60 kepala keluarga, dengan luas wilayah 64 hektar. Kepercayaan yang diwariskan leleuhur adalah Sunda Wiwitan atau Sunda Karuhun atau disebut juga Agama Djawa Sunda. Kepercayaan itu dibawa oleh Pangeran Madrais yang berasal dari Kesultanan Gebang, Cirebon Timur sejak tahun 1918. Masyarakat kampong adat Cireudeu ini pun melakukan upacara satu sura yaitu merupakan hari raya bagi pemeluk aliran kepercayaan. Keunikan dari kampong ini adalah mengkonsumsi ketela atau singkong (rasi) sebagai makanan pokok. . Semakin tingginya arus modernisasi banyak membuat suatu adat istiadat terdahulu menjadi ditinggalkan atau bahkan hilang. Akan tetapi hiingga saat ini masyrakat adat Cireundeu diyakini masih memegang adat istiadatnya yaitu kepercayaan,upacara ataupun ritual kepercayaan Sunda Wiwitan atau Sunda Karuhun, mengkonsumsi rasi atau makanan berbahan dasar singkong sebagai pengganti nasi, serta mengikuti aturan dalam pengolahan lahan. Perlu diketahui sejauh mana konsistensi masyarakat adat Cireundeu dalam melestarikan adat istiadatnya tersebut. Untuk mengetahui hal tersebut diperlukan penelitian untuk mengukur sejauh mana konsistensi itu berjalan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode kuantitatif-deskriptif. Perolehan data diambil dari wawancara serta kuisioner pada sampel masyarakat adat Cireundeu. Perolahan data ditabulasikan, diukur secara dengan menggunakan skala normative, selanjutnya diuji validitas serta reliabilitasnya. Berdasarkan olah data diatas untuk pengukuran sikap terhadap fenomena social menggunakan perhitungan rating scale. Berdasarkan pada data yang diperoleh didapatkan hasil prosentase masyarakat adat Cireundeu masih melestarikan adat istiadatnya sebanyak 75,83%.

Kata Kunci: masyarakat, adat, istiadat, konsistensi, melestarikan, rating, scale, prosentase
Identitas Dan Budaya Pada Masa Kini: Keuntungan Globalisasi Dan Ancaman Homogenisasi
Authors: Putri Ratna Cahaya Rina Wirawan
Published: September 2018

Gonzales mengembangkan konsep Cultural Fronts, yang menjelaskan bahwa keseharian masyarakat dengan berbagai pengaruh informasi, sejarah, situasi dan simbolis membentuk makna hidup tersendiri dan budaya-budaya selalu bertempur memperebutkan kekuasaan di benak masyarakat, sehingga membentuk identitas yang tidak tunggal (2001). Gonzales mencontohkan seseorang dapat merasa memiliki identitas budaya sekaligus sebagai orang Meksiko, Latin, dan Meksiko-Amerika sebagai akibat dari persentuhannya dengan berbagai budaya (2001, hlm.110). Persentuhan berbagai budaya ini bukan hal baru, namun telah terjadi sejak awal peradaban manusia, terbawa bersama sejarah penyebaran manusia di dunia. Perkembangan teknologi transportasi tidak dipungkiri membawa pengaruh signifikan dalam percampuran budaya, karena memungkinkan orang berpindah dari satu titik ke titik yang lebih jauh membawa budaya yang sangat berbeda. Terlebih, globalisasi dalam masa era digital seperti saat ini meniadakan batasan waktu dan lokasi, sehingga budaya-budaya di seluruh dunia memungkinkan saling silang budaya. Hal ini memunculkan dua sisi kondisi, perkembangan budaya semakin cepat dengan adanya interaksi manusia yang tidak lagi dibatasi waktu dan lokasi. Pada sisi lain, muncul ancaman homogenisasi karena identitas dan budaya saling baur dalam tempo yang cepat dan menipiskan perbedaan antara satu dengan yang lainnya. Artikel ini akan membahas tentang bagaimana memahami identitas dan budaya pada masa globalisasi saat ini. Pembahasan dibagi dalam beberapa bagian, diawali dengan memahami terlebih dahulu mengenai globalisasi, mempertimbangkan dampak positif globalisasi, menimbang ancaman homogenisasi, diskusi, dan diakhiri dengan kesimpulan.

Kata kunci: globalisasi, homogenitas, identitas budaya, kontemporer
Kapital Sosial Dan Relasi Patron-Klien Dalam Operasi Rumah Sewa Privat Di Indonesia
Authors: Hakim Wendy I
Published: September 2018

Indonesia masih mengalami backlog perumahan atau kekurangan unit rumah dan permasalahan kekurangan ini pun masih perlu diurai lebih lanjut dari segi skema kepemilikan rumah yang di dalamnya terdapat persoalan rumah sewa. Persoalan rumah sewa tidak hanya terjadi negara berkembang seperti Indonesia, melainkan juga negara-negara maju, sebagaimana yang telah diangkat oleh beberapa riset terdahulu yang juga diurai dalam paparan ini. Di Indonesia sendiri, kajian mengenai rumah sewa masih didominasi oleh kajian mengenai rumah sewa publik yang disediakan oleh pemerintah. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, riset ini juga bertujuan untuk memberikan kontribusi pada kajian seputar rumah sewa privat di Indonesia. Dengan metode penelitian partisipan-observan, riset ini bertujuan untuk mengurai keberadaan rumah sewa privat dalam skema penyediaan perumahan di Indonesia. Dengan studi kasus rumah sewa privat yang terdiri dari pemilik akomodasi dan si penyewa, riset ini difokuskan pada interaksi antara kedua pihak tersebut sehingga dapat diketahui bagaimana skema sewa privat ini beroperasi. Paparan ini merupakan hasil preliminary research yang mana riset masih berjalan dan dikembangkan. Hasil temuan lapangan sementara mengindikasikan bahwa studi kasus rumah sewa privat dapat beroperasi karena adanya kapital sosial dan relasi patron-klien yang terjalin antara pemilik akomodasi dengan penyewa.

Kata kunci: rumah, rumah sewa, rumah sewa privat, kapital sosial
Registration of Downy Mildew–Resistant Male Hop Germplasm USDA 21087M
Authors: Henning John A. , Gent D. H. , Townsend M. Shaun , Haunold Alfred
Published: September 2018

USDA 21087M (Reg. No. GP‐36, PI 558607) male hop (Humulus lupulus L. var. lupulus) germplasm was released to the public on 6 Dec. 2011. This germplasm has been used by the USDA–ARS for hop cultivar development for several decades. Nonagency interest in this germplasm was expressed, and release of this material is considered beneficial for the US public. USDA 21087M was obtained from the former Yugoslavia by the USDA–ARS in 1974 as Selection 3/3. The defining characteristics of USDA 21087M are its high resistance to downy mildew in the US Pacific Northwest, potential resistance to non‐v4/v6 strains of powdery mildew, and potential good storage ability in hop offspring. It is expected that hop breeders will use this germplasm as a parent for development of downy mildew–resistant hop cultivars. The release of USDA 21087M will give both public and private breeders new germplasm for cultivar and germplasm development.
Comparison of Knowledge of Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Healthy Pregnant Women Attending at Hospital in Bangladesh
Authors: Monir Nowshin , Zeba Zebunnesa , Rahman Azizur
Published: September 2018

Background: A very common medical condition during pregnancy is Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) which has become a global health concern, not only for its higher prevalence, but also because it can be a predisposing factor for type 2 DM and causes other increased health risk for both mother and their offspring in later life.Objective: The objective of the study was to compare knowledge of GDM including source of knowledge, treatment, awareness about GDM and impact of GDM on the baby among mothers with GDM and healthy pregnant mothers.Methodology: The study was a cross-sectional study conducted in Cumilla city from May to October 2016. Eighty-nine participants attending the outpatient department of two hospitals and one antenatal clinic in Cumilla city were selected. A structured questionnaire and in-depth interview method was used to obtain data.Result: Significant difference has been found in knowledge between GDM patients and normal pregnant women regarding source of knowledge (p=0.01), treatment of GDM (p=0.000), risk factors of GDM (p=0.01), problems in managing GDM (p=0.003), nutrition maintenance (p=0.006) and physical exercise (p=0.000). No significant difference has been found in GDM awareness (p=0.83) and its impact on the baby (p=0.28) in two groups. Awareness of GDM is found to be associated with higher education (p=0.000), meal plan (p=0.03) and maintaining nutrition (p=0.01).Conclusion: Knowledge about GDM is poor among pregnant women, especially among normal pregnant women.Journal of Science Foundation 2018;16(1):20-26
Visual Rhetorics and the Seductions of the Monstrous: Some Precautionary Observations
Authors: Shildrick Margrit
Published: September 2018

What does it mean to look at the monstrous? For many people, monstrous embodiment in its many forms arouses discomfort that is more or less successfully managed through the medium of our differential senses. While the creation of an interval between self and other through sight and representation allows for a reassuring self-security, there is also the sense of a certain destabilising ‘yuk’ factor present. Yet, our persistent fascination with the monstrous speaks to a profound longing that may manifest not just in curiosity about the strange, but as a form of desire. In critical cultural studies, the complications of Freudian and Lacanian desire clearly provide a platform for understanding the seductiveness of the monstrous, but are now more often surpassed by the celebration of a reconfigured and wholly positive desire in its Deleuzian sense. At the same time our longing for the monstrous denotes a desire for the grasp of knowledge and for the domestication of anomaly. As such I want to expand on the familiar uneasiness that showing images of the monstrous potentially provokes and its putative encouragement of an undoubted voyeurism, to engage instead with a Derridean exhortation to preserve the strangeness, and with an reparative reading through Deleuze that offers reasons to be hopeful.
Learning Heterogeneous Knowledge Base Embeddings for Explainable Recommendation
Authors: Ai Qingyao , Azizi Vahid , Chen Xu , Zhang Yongfeng
Published: September 2018

Providing model-generated explanations in recommender systems is important to user experience. State-of-the-art recommendation algorithms—especially the collaborative filtering (CF)- based approaches with shallow or deep models—usually work with various unstructured information sources for recommendation, such as textual reviews, visual images, and various implicit or explicit feedbacks. Though structured knowledge bases were considered in content-based approaches, they have been largely ignored recently due to the availability of vast amounts of data and the learning power of many complex models. However, structured knowledge bases exhibit unique advantages in personalized recommendation systems. When the explicit knowledge about users and items is considered for recommendation, the system could provide highly customized recommendations based on users’ historical behaviors and the knowledge is helpful for providing informed explanations regarding the recommended items. A great challenge for using knowledge bases for recommendation is how to integrate large-scale structured and unstructured data, while taking advantage of collaborative filtering for highly accurate performance. Recent achievements in knowledge-base embedding (KBE) sheds light on this problem, which makes it possible to learn user and item representations while preserving the structure of their relationship with external knowledge for explanation. In this work, we propose to explain knowledge-base embeddings for explainable recommendation. Specifically, we propose a knowledge-base representation learning framework to embed heterogeneous entities for recommendation, and based on the embedded knowledge base, a soft matching algorithm is proposed to generate personalized explanations for the recommended items. Experimental results on real-world e-commerce datasets verified the superior recommendation performance and the explainability power of our approach compared with state-of-the-art baselines.
Pneumatic Actuators
Authors: Davis Steve
Published: September 2018

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Correlation between Fructan Exohydrolase Activity and the Quality of Helianthus tuberosus L. Tubers
Authors: Krivorotova Tatjana , Sereikaite Jolanta
Published: September 2018

Jerusalem artichoke tubers have diverse applications in the food industry as well as in biotechnology. Their suitability depends mostly on the inulin content. Seasonal fluctuations of fructan exohydrolase activity responsible for inulin degradation was investigated in the tubers of three Jerusalem artichoke cultivars. The changes of fructan exohydrolase activity positively correlated with the changes of the content of total and short fructooligosaccharides. Therefore, to extract inulin with higher degree of polymerization for biotechnological purposes, the tubers of Jerusalem artichoke should be uprooted in autumn before the level of fructan exohydrolase reaches its maximum. If short fructooligosaccharides are desirable, the tubers in late autumn or spring tubers overwintered in soil are suitable.
Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of the Dof Transcription Factor Gene Family in Gossypium hirsutum L.
Authors: Li Huaizhu , Dou Lingling , Li Wei , Wang Ping , Zhao Qin , Xi Ruimin , Pei Xiaoyu , Liu Yangai , Ren Zhongying
Published: September 2018

Gossypium hirsutum L. is a worldwide economical crop; however, premature leaf senescence reduces its production and quality which is regulated by stresses, hormones, and genes. DNA binding with the one zinc finger (Dof) transcription factors (TFs) participate widely in plant development and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses, but there have been few reports of these TFs in cotton. Here, we perform a genome-wide study of G. Hirsutum L. Dof (GhDof) genes and analyze their phylogeny, duplication, and expression. In total, 114 GhDof genes have been identified and classified into nine subgroups (A, B1, B2.2, B2.1, C1, C2.1, C2.2, D1, and D2) based on phylogenetic analysis. An MCScanX analysis showed that the GhDof genes expanded due to segmental duplications. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis showed that GhDofD9.6 was not only differentially expressed between CCRI10 (with premature senescence) and Liao4086 (without premature senescence) but also responded to salinity stress; GhDofA5.7, GhDofA7.4, GhDofA8.2, GhDof11.1, GhDofD7.2, and GhDofD11.3 signfificantly responded to cold (4 °C) stress. This work lays the foundation for further analysis of the function of GhDof genes in G. hirsutum, which will be helpful for improving the production and quality of cotton.
Effect of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Flight Height on Droplet Distribution, Drift and Control of Cotton Aphids and Spider Mites
Authors: Lou Zhaoxia , Xin Fang , Han Xiaoqiang , Lan Yubin , Duan Tianzhu , Fu Wei
Published: September 2018

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as emerging plant protection machinery, have the advantages of high operational efficiency, high speed, and low drift. The current study aimed to elucidate the characteristics of droplet distribution and drift, control efficiency on cotton aphids and spider mites, and attachment and absorption of cotton leaves during UAV spraying. Kromekote card and filter paper are used as samplers to collect droplets, and the droplet density, coverage rate, deposition, and drift percentage are statistically analyzed. The pooled results showed that the droplet uniformity, the droplet coverage rate, the deposition, and the drifting ability are higher when the UAV flight height was 2 m. The control effects by UAV spraying on cotton aphids and spider mites were 63.7% and 61.3%, respectively. These values are slightly inferior to those obtained through boom spraying. Cotton leaf attachment and absorption of spirodiclofen after UAV spraying were slightly lower than those after boom spraying, therefore, the control efficiency of cotton pests is slightly different. According to the different flight height operations by the UAV sprayer, the drift capability of the droplets at 2 m flight height was large, and the droplet uniformity and deposition were satisfactory. The research results could provide the theoretical basis and technical support for UAV operation.
Polyaspartic Acid Improves Maize (Zea mays L.) Seedling Nitrogen Assimilation Mainly by Enhancing Nitrate Reductase Activity
Authors: Wang Qingyan , Tang Huihui , Li Guangyan , Dong Hui , Dong Xuerui , Xu Yanli , Dong Zhiqiang
Published: September 2018

Improvement of nitrogen use efficiency is of great importance in maize (Zea mays L.) production. In the present study, an eco-friendly growth substance, polyaspartic acid (PASP), was applied to maize seedlings grown with different nitrate (NO3−) doses by foliar spraying, aimed at evaluating its effects on maize nitrogen assimilation at both the physiological and molecular level. The results showed that PASP promoted biomass and nitrogen accumulation in maize seedlings, especially under low NO3− doses. Among different NO3− conditions, the most noticeable increase in plant biomass by PASP addition was observed in seedlings grown with 1 mmol L−1 NO3−, which was a little less than the optimum concentration (2 mmol L−1) for plant growth. Furthermore, the total nitrogen accumulation increased greatly with additions of PASP to plants grown under suboptimal NO3− conditions. The promotion of nitrogen assimilation was mostly due to the increase of nitrate reductase (NR) activities. The NR activities in seedlings grown under low NO3− doses (0.5 and 1.0 mmol L−1) were extremely increased by PASP, while the activities of glutamine synthetase (GS), aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT), and alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) were slightly changed. Moreover, the regulation of PASP on NR activity was most probably due to the promotion of the protein accumulation rather than gene expression. Accumulation of NR protein was similarly affected as NR activity, which was markedly increased by PASP treatment. In conclusion, the present study provides insights into the promotion by PASP of nitrogen assimilation and identifies candidate regulatory enzymatic mechanisms, which warrant further investigation with the use of PASP in promoting nitrogen utilization in crops.
Introduction of Al into the HPM-1 Framework by In Situ Generated Seeds as an Alternative Methodology
Authors: Vinaches Paloma , Rojas Alex , De Alencar Ana Ellen V. , Rodríguez-Castellón Enrique , Braga Tiago P. , Pergher Sibele B. C.
Published: September 2018

An alternative method for the introduction of aluminum into the STW zeolitic framework is presented. HPM-1, a chiral STW zeolite with helical pores, was synthesized in the pure silica form, and an aluminum source was added by in situ generated seeds. Displacements of the peak positions in the Al samples were found in the X-ray diffractograms, indicating the possible incorporation of the heteroatom into the framework. Using an analysis of the 29Si and 27Al magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR) spectra, we concluded that the aluminum was effectively introduced into the framework. The (AlTETRAHEDRAL/AlOCTAHEDRAL) ratio and its textural properties were studied to explain the catalytic ethanol conversion results at medium temperatures. The sample with the lowest Si/Al ratio showed the best results due to its higher surface area and pore volume, in comparison to those observed for the sample with the highest Si/Al ratio, and due to its higher bulk tetrahedral aluminum content, in comparison to the intermediate Si/Al ratio sample. All catalysts were selective to ethylene and diethyl ether, confirming the presence of acidic sites.
Chalcogenide Microstructured Optical Fibers for Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Generation: Interest, Fabrication, and Applications
Authors: Wu Yiming , Meneghetti Marcello , Troles Johann , Adam Jean-Luc
Published: September 2018

The mid-infrared spectral region is of great technical and scientific importance in a variety of research fields and applications. Among these studies, mid-infrared supercontinuum generation has attracted strong interest in the last decade, because of unique properties such as broad wavelength coverage and high coherence, among others. In this paper, the intrinsic optical properties of different types of glasses and fibers are presented. It turns out that microstructured chalcogenide fibers are ideal choices for the generation of mid-infrared supercontinua. The fabrication procedures of chalcogenide microstructured fibers are introduced, including purification methods of the glass, rod synthesis processes, and preform realization techniques. In addition, supercontinua generated in chalcogenide microstructured fibers employing diverse pump sources and configurations are enumerated. Finally, the potential of supercontinua for applications in mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopy is shown.
A Study on the Contact Pressure and Thermo-Elastic Behavior of a Brake Disc-Pad by Infrared Images and Finite Element Analysis
Authors: Goo Byeong-Choon
Published: September 2018

To understand the tribological characteristics of a frictional brake system, it is very important to measure the contact pressure between the brake disc and pads. But until now there have been no direct methods by which to measure the contact pressure. In this study, an attempt to indirectly estimate the contact pressure is proposed. Infrared thermal images and finite element analysis were used as tools. For the thermo-elastic finite element analysis, uniform, linear, quadratic, and quartic heat flux profiles in the radial direction were applied on the disc surface. Thermal and stress fields were obtained under various conditions in the disc fixing holes and on the contact faces of the two half discs. From the numerical results, it was found that the effect of the boundary conditions on the magnitude of thermal stress was about 10%. Numerical temperature data in the radial direction could be curve-fitted to functions with the same order as the heat flux profiles. The coefficients of correlation of the curve-fittings were more than 0.91. It could be concluded that using temperature profiles obtained with an infrared camera, contact pressure distributions on the disc surface could be inferred.
Electrospun Nanomaterials Implementing Antibacterial Inorganic Nanophases
Authors: Ditaranto Nicoletta , Basoli Francesco , Trombetta Marcella , Cioffi Nicola , Rainer Alberto
Published: September 2018

Electrospinning is a versatile, simple, and low cost process for the controlled production of fibers. In recent years, its application to the development of multifunctional materials has encountered increasing success. In this paper, we briefly overview the general aspects of electrospinning and then we focus on the implementation of inorganic nanoantimicrobials, e.g., nanosized antimicrobial agents in electrospun fibers. The most relevant characteristics sought in nanoantimicrobials supported on (or dispersed into) polymeric materials are concisely discussed as well. The interesting literature issued in the last decade in the field of antimicrobial electrospun nanomaterials is critically described. A classification of the most relevant studies as a function of the different approaches chosen for incorporating nanoantimicrobials in the final material is also provided.
A New Method to Retrieve the Three-Dimensional Refractive Index and Specimen Size Using the Transport Intensity Equation, Taking Diffraction into Account
Authors: Agnero Marcel , Konan Kouakou , Kossonou Alvarez , Bagui Olivier , Zoueu Jérémie
Published: September 2018

Refractive index retrieval is possible using the transport intensity equation (TIE), which presents advantages over interferometric techniques. The TIE method is valid only for paraxial ray assumptions. However, diffraction can nullify these TIE model assumptions. Therefore, the refractive index is problematic for reconstruction in three-dimensions (3D) using a set of defocused images, as diffraction effects become prominent. We propose a method to recover the 3D refractive index by combining TIE and deconvolution. A brightfield (BF) microscope was then constructed to apply the proposed technique. A microsphere was used as a sample with well-known properties. The deconvolution of the BF-images of the sample using the microscope’s 3D point spread function led to significantly reduced diffraction effects. TIE was then applied for each set of three images. Applying TIE without taking into account diffraction failed to reconstruct the 3D refractive index. Taking diffraction into account, the refractive index of the sample was clearly recovered, and the sectioning effect of the microsphere was highlighted, leading to a determination of its size. This work is of great significance in improving the 3D reconstruction of the refractive index using the TIE method.
Enhancing the Cycle Life of a Zinc–Air Battery by Means of Electrolyte Additives and Zinc Surface Protection
Authors: Mainar Aroa R. , Colmenares Luis C. , Grande Hans-Jürgen , Blázquez J. Alberto
Published: September 2018

The commercialization of rechargeable alkaline zinc–air batteries (ZAB) requires advanced approaches to improve secondary zinc anode performance, which is hindered by the high corrosion and dissolution rate of zinc in this medium. Modified (with additives) alkaline electrolyte has been one of the most investigated options to reduce the high solubility of zinc. However, this strategy alone has not been fully successful in enhancing the cycle life of the battery. The combination of mitigation strategies into one joint approach, by using additives (ZnO, KF, K2CO3) in the base alkaline electrolyte and simultaneously preparing zinc electrodes that are based on ionomer (Nafion®)-coated zinc particles, was implemented and evaluated. The joint use of electrolyte additives and ionomer coating was intended to regulate the exposition of Zn, deal with zincate solubility, minimize the shape change and dendrite formation, as well as reduce the hydrogen evolution rate. This strategy provided a beneficial joint protective efficiency of 87% thanks to decreasing the corrosion rate from 10.4 (blank) to 1.3 mgZn cm−1·s−1 for coated Zn in the modified electrolyte. Although the rate capability and capacity are limited, the ionomer-coated Zn particles extended the ZAB cycle life by about 50%, providing battery roundtrip efficiency above 55% after 270 h operation.
Electrocatalysis at Electrodes for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
Authors: Wu Yuping , Holze Rudolf
Published: September 2018

Flow batteries (also: redox batteries or redox flow batteries RFB) are briefly introduced as systems for conversion and storage of electrical energy into chemical energy and back. Their place in the wide range of systems and processes for energy conversion and storage is outlined. Acceleration of electrochemical charge transfer for vanadium-based redox systems desired for improved performance efficiency of these systems is reviewed in detail; relevant data pertaining to other redox systems are added when possibly meriting attention. An attempt is made to separate effects simply caused by enlarged electrochemically active surface area and true (specific) electrocatalytic activity. Because this requires proper definition of the experimental setup and careful examination of experimental results, electrochemical methods employed in the reviewed studies are described first.
A Zn-MOF-Catalyzed Terpolymerization of Propylene Oxide, CO2, and β-butyrolactone
Authors: Padmanaban Sudakar , Dharmalingam Sivanesan , Yoon Sungho
Published: September 2018

The terpolymerization of propylene oxide (PO), CO2, and a lactone is one of the prominent sustainable procedures for synthesizing thermoplastic materials at an industrial scale. Herein, the one-pot terpolymerization of PO, CO2, and β-butyrolactone (BBL) was achieved for the first time using a heterogeneous nano-sized catalyst: zinc glutarate (ZnGA-20). The reactivity of both PO and BBL increased with the CO2 pressure, and the polyester content of the terpolymer poly (carbonate-co-ester) could be tuned by controlling the infeed ratio of PO to BBL. When the polyester content increased, the thermal stability of the polymers increased, whereas the glass transition temperature (Tg) decreased.