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PENGARUH KEADILAN ORGANISASIONAL TERHADAP KEPUASAN KERJA KARYAWAN BANK NAGARI CABANG UTAMA PADANG
Authors: Annisa Tiara , Mayliza Riri
Published: March 2019

This study aims to obtain empirical evidence of the influence of organizational justice as measured by procedural justice, distributive justice and interactional justice to employee job satisfaction. In this study, a sample of 123 employees of Bank Nagari Branch of Padang selected by using purposive sampling method. The analysis method used is multiple regression and t-statistic test. Based on the results of hypothesis testing that has been done found that procedural justice and distributive justice have a significant effect on job satisfaction of employees of Bank Nagari Main Branch Padang, while interactional justice has no significant effect on employees of Bank Nagari Main Branch Padang
Implications of Revised CO2-CH4 and CO2-H2 Absorption for Outer Edge Habitable Zone Planets
Authors: Ramirez Ramses
Published: March 2019

Recent calculations of CO2-CH4 and CO2-H2 collision-induced absorption (CIA) confirm that it is stronger than that for N2-CH4 and N2-H2 pairs. Such N2-based molecules had been previously used as proxies for CO2-(H2,CH4) CIA when data for the latter had not yet existed. Nevertheless, calculations of CO2-(H2,CH4) CIA still need further refinement as predicted absorption is still too large when compared to subsequent laboratory experiments. Here, I discuss what effect this uncertainty in computed CO2-(H2,CH4) absorption has on recently computed habitable zone boundaries for outer edge habitable zone planets. I also discuss the implications for life on potentially habitable planets orbiting different star types.
The Extended Micro Hot Fusion Scenario
Authors: Kühne Rainer
Published: March 2019

The cold fusion neutron emissions, neutron bursts, and heat bursts can be explained by the extended micro hot fusion scenario. I describe the model and present the experimental evidence.
Time-Varying Fine-Structure Constant Requires Cosmological Constant
Authors: Kühne Rainer
Published: March 2019

Webb et al. presented preliminary evidence for a time-varying fine-structure constant. We show Teller's formula for this variation to be ruled out within the Einstein-de Sitter universe, however, it is compatible with cosmologies which require a large cosmological constant.
Thermodynamics of Heisenberg Chains Coupled to Phonons
Authors: Kühne Rainer
Published: March 2019

This PhD thesis examines the thermodynamical properties of spin-1/2 Heisenberg chains which are coupled to Einstein phonons. One result of this study is that these spin-phonon systems undergo a phase transition similar to a spin-Peierls transition (cf. Physical Review B 60 (1999) 12125-12133 and Physical Review B 65 (2002) 144438). Another result is that in the undimerized phase the critical exponent nu depends on both the phonon frequency and the spin-phonon coupling constant. This means that these spin-phonon systems change the universality class continuously with the spin-phonon coupling (cf. arXiv: cond-mat/9912150v1).
PENGARUH GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DAN LEVERAGE TERHADAP KINERJA KEUANGAN PADA PERBANKAN YANG TERDAFTAR DI BEI
Authors: Putri Andrani Dwi , Mayliza Riri
Published: March 2019

Economic slowdown is also contained in the problem that occurred in banking companies is about the depressed problem loans, so the profit of large banks plummeted. This study aims to determine the board of commissioners, board of directors, and institutional ownership of the financial performance of the company. The sample used is financial sector company in year 20012-2016 by using technique of perposive sampling with amount of 30 sample. Type of data used is secondary data obtained from Hypothesis in this study was tested using regression of penel data. The result of hypothesis testing shows that institutional ownership has positive and insignificant effect, independent board of commissioner has a negative but significant effect to company's financial performance (ROA). leveragr has a negative and significant effect on ROA.
Absolute Dating of John the Baptist, the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and Paul the Apostle
Authors: Kühne Rainer
Published: March 2019

I suggest the following scenario. In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius (14-37), that is late in 28 or early in 29, John began to preach a baptism. Jesus healed and preached and was crucified on the Preparation Day, Friday 3 April 33 during a lunar eclipse. Thereafter the apostles began to preach and raising the number of believers from 120 to 5000. This caused a persecution where Saul converted to Paul late in 33. Afterwards Paul spent three years in Damascus, where Aretas IV was king. Thereafter Paul did his first travel which lasted for fourteen years, that is 36-50. This was followed by the council of the apostles late in 50. Thereafter Paul did his second travel which lasted for at least a year and six months. Then he did his third travel which lasted for at least two years and six months, that is 52-54. Afterwards he was imprisoned for two years by Antonius Felix until Porcius Festus became procurator of Judaea in 56.
Geographische Tatsachen und Fiktionen in Platons Atlantisbericht
Authors: Kühne Rainer
Published: March 2019

This paper examines the geographical description of Athens and Atlantis in Plato's dialogues Timaios and Critias. Plato described both Attika and the Athenian Acropolis essentially correct. The description of the Acropolis resembles the historical Acropolis of the Mycenaean time, but also the city of Athens of Plato's time. Plato's description of Atlantis is impossible from the geological point of view. Greek elements which appeared for the first time in the 7th century BC are included in the cultural description of Atlantis. The flood and cataclysms mentioned by Plato are based neither on Greek nor Egyptian tradition, but are based on his philosophical views.
Tabletop Experiment to Verify Magnetic Monopoles
Authors: Kühne Rainer
Published: March 2019

Recently, we suggested a model of magnetic monopoles (hep-ph/9708394). Here we will propose a tabletop experiment to test this model. The verification of the predicted effect would have far-reaching consequences.
"Anonyma: Eine Frau in Berlin": Ein Historisches Dokument Der Autorin Marta Hillers
Authors: Kühne Rainer
Published: March 2019

Im April und Mai 1945 wurden 100.000 Frauen in Berlin von Soldaten der Roten Armee vergewaltigt. Von ihnen waren 65.000 im gebärfähigen Alter, 13.000 wurden schwanger. Die meisten Frauen haben abgetrieben, etwa 1.200 dieser Kinder wurden geboren [1-4]. Autobiographisch beschrieben wurden diese Vergewaltigungen in "Anonyma: Eine Frau in Berlin" [5]. Das Buch erschien zuerst 1954 in englischer Übersetzung [6], wurde 1959 in deutscher Sprache veröffentlicht und erst in der Neuauflage von 2003 ein Bestseller. Im Jahr 2008 wurde das Buch verfilmt, mit Nina Hoss in der Hauptrolle. Hier belege ich, dass diese Autobiographie kein Roman ist, wie oft behauptet, sondern ein historisches Dokument.
PENGARUH KOMPENSASI FINANSIAL, LINGKUNGAN KERJA DAN MOTIVASI KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA PEGAWAI PADA KANTOR PDAM KOTA PAYAKUMBUH
Authors: Saputra Heru Marta , mayliza Riri
Published: March 2019

Effect of Financial Compensation, Work Environment and Work Motivation on Employee Performance in the Regional Water Company (PDAM) Payakumbuh. The principal issues in this study is whether the process of financial compensation, work environment, work motivation influence on the performance of employees at the Regional Water Company (PDAM) Payakumbuh. This study aims to reveal the Financial Compensation Effect, Work Environment and Work Motivation on Employee Performance in the Regional Water Company (PDAM) Payakumbuh. This research is descriptive associative. The population in this study is the employee at the Regional Water Company (PDAM) Payakumbuh totaling 67 people. The sampling technique sampling study is saturated. The questionnaire was used as data collection techniques. Data analysis technique used is descriptive analysis and multiple regression analysis, multicollinearity analysis, analysis heterokedastisistas, normality test and coefficient detereminasi. To test the hypothesis used t test, Test F. Based on the analysis of the influence of financial compensation, work environment and work motivation and employee performance, especially in the Regional Water Company (PDAM) Payakumbuh, it would seem that there is a positive influence and significant correlation between financial compensation, work environment, work motivation on employee performance. Thus the hypothesis is proved.
PENGARUH KEPUASAN KERJA DAN LOYALITAS KERJA TERHADAP ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR (OCB) PADA PEGAWAI BPKPAD DI MADINA
Authors: Ansori  , Mayliza Riri
Published: March 2019

This research was conducted in order to know the influence of job satisfaction and job loyalty to OCB. The data used in this study is the primary data obtained from the questionnaire. The number of samples in this study were 89 respondents taken using the slopin formula. The analytical technique used is multiple regersion and hypothesis test using F test and T test. The result showed that job satisfaction variable have positive and significant affect to OCB. The variable that has the most dominant influence on OCB is work loyalty variable. From this research obtained R value of 0,425, it means that 42% OCB variable can be explained by independent variable that is job satisfaction and work loyalty and the rest that is equal to 58% explained by variables other then equation.
List of Theoretical Physics Papers for Which Their Authors were Awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics
Authors: Kühne Rainer
Published: March 2019

I present a list of 66 theoretical physics papers for which their authors were awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics. These include Lorentz 1902 [1], von Laue 1914 [2], Planck 1918 [3, 4], Einstein 1921 [5], Bohr 1922 [6], de Broglie 1929 [7], Heisenberg 1932 [8], Schrödinger 1933 [9], Dirac 1933 [10], Pauli 1945 [11], Yukawa 1949 [12], Born 1954 [13, 14], Lee and Yang 1957 [15], Tamm and Frank 1958 [16], Landau 1962 [17], Wigner 1963 [18, 19], Goeppert-Mayer 1963 [20], Jensen 1963 [21], Tomonaga 1965 [22], Schwinger 1965 [23-26], Feynman 1965 [27, 28], Bethe 1967 [29, 30], Gell-Mann 1969 [31], Alfvén 1970 [32], Néel 1970 [33], Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer 1972 [34, 35], Josephson 1973 [36], Bohr and Mottelson 1975 [37], Anderson 1977 [38], Glashow 1979 [39], Weinberg 1979 [40], Salam 1979 [41], Wilson 1982 [42, 43], Chandrasekhar 1983 [44], Fowler 1983 [45], Laughlin 1998 [46], 't Hooft and Veltman 1999 [47-50], Ginzburg 2003 [51, 52], Abrikosov 2003 [53, 54], Leggett 2003 [55], Gross and Wilczek 2004 [56], Politzer 2004 [57], Glauber 2005 [58], Nambu 2008 [59], Kobayashi and Maskawa 2008 [60], Englert 2013 [61], Higgs 2013 [62, 63], Kosterlitz and Thouless 2016 [64], Haldane 2016 [65, 66].
Possible Observation of a Second Kind of Light - Magnetic Photon Rays
Authors: Kühne Rainer
Published: March 2019

Several years ago, I suggested a quantum field theory which has many attractive features. (1) It can explain the quantization of electric charge. (2) It describes symmetrized Maxwell equations. (3) It is manifestly covariant. (4) It describes local four-potentials. (5) It avoids the unphysical Dirac string. My model predicts a second kind of light, which I named ``magnetic photon rays.'' Here I will discuss possible observations of this radiation by August Kundt in 1885, Alipasha Vaziri in February 2002, and Roderic Lakes in June 2002.
PENGARUH CITRA PERUSAHAAN (CORPORATE IMAGE) DAN PENANGANAN KELUHAN (COMPLAINT HANDLING) TERHADAP LOYALITAS PELANGGAN (LOYALITY) NATASHA SKIN CARE DI KOTA PADANG
Authors: Aprisia Gies , mayliza Riri
Published: March 2019

This research was conducted at Natasha Skin Care Branch of Padang. The purpose of this research are: 1) To know the influence of corporate image to customer loyalty in Natasha Skin Care, 2) To know the effect of complaint handling to customer loyalty in Natasha Skin Care. The type of this research is qualitative research. The object of this research is Natasha Skin Care Branch of Padang. Data analysis method used is descriptive analysis and multiple linear regression analysis. Based on the result of the research, the conclusion is as follows: 1), Corporate Image has an effect on loyalty of Natasha Skin Care Padang customer because the significance level is 0,000 smaller than the significant level 0,05 (Sig 0,000 <0,05), it can be concluded that the image company partially influence to customer loyalty Natasha Skin Care Padang (H1 accepted). 2), Complaint handling has negative and significant effect on customer loyalty Natasha Skin Care Padang because of the significance level 0.000 smaller than level of significant 0,05 (Sig 0,000 <0,05), hence can be concluded that complaint handling have negative and significant effect partially to customer loyalty Natasha Skin Care Padang (H2 accepted).
Worlds in Collision and the Origin of Life
Authors: Kühne Rainer
Published: March 2019

Earth and Moon were formed 4.6 billion years ago by the collision of the two protoplanets Gaia and Theia. Afterwards the Earth formed a crust where colliding comets provided the water of the oceans. This Hadean Eon was terminated 3.9 billion years ago during the Late Heavy Bombardment when an eccentric orbit of Jupiter caused a bombardment of the Earth by asteroids. Soon thereafter, 3.8 billion years ago, there is geochemical evidence of terrestrial life which performed photosynthesis. The terrestrial life witnessed and survived several cataclysms including the snowball Earth 760 to 580 million years ago, an ice age 440 million years ago which was possibly caused by a gamma-ray burst, and an asteroid impact 65 million years ago which generated the Chicxulub crater and contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. The 1908 Tunguska explosion was caused by a small stony asteroid. Amino acids, purines, pyrimidines and sugars, but no proteins, nucleotides or extraterrestrial unicellular organisms were detected in meteorites. This argues against the hypothesis of panspermia. The synthesis of amino acids, small peptides, purines and pyrimidine ribonucleotides under conditions of the primitive Earth (Stanley Miller experiments) and the polymerization of RNA nucleotides on clay minerals suggests that viroids and an RNA world could have existed during the Hadean Eon.
Spin-Phonon Chains with Bond Coupling
Authors: Kühne Rainer
Published: March 2019

We investigate the antiadiabatic limit of an antiferromagnetic S=1/2 Heisenberg chain coupled to Einstein phonons via a bond coupling. The flow equation method is used to decouple the spin and the phonon part of the Hamiltonian. In the effective spin model longer range spin-spin interactions are generated. The effective spin chain is frustrated. The resulting temperature dependent couplings are used to determine the magnetic susceptibility and to determine the phase transition from a gapless state to a dimerized gapped phase. The susceptibilities and the phase diagram obtained via the effective couplings are compared with independently calculated quantum Monte Carlo results.
Extraterrestrial Microfossils in Meteorites and the Panspermia Hypothesis
Authors: Kühne Rainer
Published: March 2019

I review the experiments by Stanley Miller and Sidney Fox on the production of amino acids and unicellular forms under primitive terrestrial atmosphere conditions. I continue with a review of the evidence for and against unicellular organisms in the Orgueil meteorite and the ALH84001 martian meteorite. I conclude that the evidence argues against the panspermia hypothesis of Fred Hoyle and Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe.
Analytical Design and Estimation of Conventional and Electrical Aircraft Environmental Control Systems
Authors: Devadurgam Hemanth , Rajagopal Soorya , Munjulury Raghu Chaitanya
Published: March 2019

Environmental control system holds vital importance as it is responsible for passenger’s ventilation and comfort. This paper presents an analytical design of environmental control systems and represents the estimated design in three-dimensional. Knowledge-based engineering application serves as the base for designing and methodology for the environmental control systems. Flexibility in the model enables the user to control the size and positioning of the system and also sub-systems associated with it. The number of passengers serves as the driving input and three-dimensional model gives the exact representation with respect to the volume occupied and dependencies on the number of passengers. It also provides a faster method to alter the system to user needs with respect to the number of air supply pipes, number of ducts and pipe length. Knowledge-based engineering gives the freedom to visualize various options in the conceptual design process.
Sikap Demokratis dalam Musyawarah
Authors: nasution Ammi thoibah
Published: March 2019

Makalah ini disusun untuk memenuhi tugas mata kuliah PPKn SD/MI, dalam makalah ini dijelaskan bagaimana sikap yang seharusnya dilakukan oleh seorang anak ataupun seseorang dalam musyawarah. Sehingga tidak ada kesalahan-kesalahan yang dapat menimbulkan pertengkaran karena kesalahpahaman.
Tak Melayang Dipuji, Tak Tumbang Dicaci: Kajian Biografi Oza Kioza
Authors: Setiawan Adib Rifqi
Published: March 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapat narasi biografi Oza Kioza penyanyi asal Indonesia. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan naratif bentuk kajian biografi kemudian diperiksa keabsahan, keandalan, dan keobjektifannya menggunakan teknik triangulasi dan external audit untuk diuraikan dalam bentuk narasi yang padu. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Oza Kioza sudah sejak kecil diarahkan oleh ibunya untuk menjadi penyanyi yang pada dasarnya bukan di genre dangdut serta sudah mencoba beberapa genre musik, tapi jalan yang dialami selalu lebih mudah sebagai penyanyi dangdut. Melalui kajian ini terungkap bahwa Oza Kioza termasuk penyanyi yang memandang bahwa modal erotis termasuk aspek penting dalam mendukung karier sebagai penyanyi.
‘The load of diversity’: Cognitive load of lessons on biodiversity and classification in the biology textbooks of five different states of India
Authors: Machiah Akhila , Zeeshan Mohammed , Pillai Sruthi , Binoy V V
Published: March 2019

Teaching and learning biodiversity and classification is highly dependent upon visual information and Graphical Representations (GRs) are an essential component of the study materials discussing these topics. However, GRs are double-edged swords; if used appropriately it reduces the mental effort experienced while learning (cognitive load). Meanwhile, the illustrations loosely connected with the text or complex in its visual properties can hinder the learning significantly. The present study compared the usage of GRs in the lesson on biodiversity and classification given in the IXth standard biology textbooks followed by five different states in India namely Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Mizoram, Rajasthan, and Telangana and its contribution to the cognitive load. Our result revealed that though these textbooks followed similar contents the properties of the GRs used were noticeably dissimilar. Divergence was also noticed in the way in which the GRs were integrated with the textual information (conceptual integration) and the degree of interaction between such conceptually integrated groups. Influence of such dissimilarity in frequency, form, function, and physical and conceptual integration of GRs on various dimensions of the mental effort required for the comprehension of these vital concepts in environmental science is discussed under the light of the cognitive load theory.
Research Counts, Not the Journal
Authors: Abambres Miguel , Ribeiro Tiago , Sousa Ana , Lantsoght Eva Olivia Leontien
Published: March 2019

‘If there is one thing every bibliometrician agrees, is that you should never use the journal impact factor (JIF) to evaluate research performance for an article or an individual – that is a mortal sin’. Few sentences could define so precisely the uses and misuses of the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) better than Anthony van Raan’s. This manuscript presents a critical overview on the international use, by governments and institutions, of the JIF and/or journal indexing information for individual research quality assessment. Interviews given by Nobel Laureates speaking on this matter are partially illustrated in this work. Furthermore, the authors propose complementary and alternative versions of the journal impact factor, respectively named Complementary (CIF) and Timeless (TIF) Impact Factors, aiming to better assess the average quality of a journal – never of a paper or an author. The idea behind impact factors is not useless, it has just been misused.
Productivity, Profits, and Pay: A Field Experiment Analyzing the Impacts of Compensation Systems in an Apparel Factory
Authors: Lollo Niklas , O'Rourke Dara
Published: March 2019

Factory worker pay in global value chains remains a contentious issue. In this paper, we evaluate a two-year field experiment in an apparel factory to analyze altered compensation systems designed to increase worker pay while supporting factory goals around productivity and profitability. Using a quasi-experimental design, with unique data on wages, hours, productivity, quality, and worker engagement, we estimate the impact of three altered compensation systems on pay, productivity, and factory profits. The compensation systems can be described as: 1) an improved productivity-based scheme, 2) a scheme that brings quality and waste reduction into the calculation; and 3) a “target wage” scheme. Overall, the treatments raised wages by 4.2-9.7% and increased productivity by 8-10% points. Management reported significant financial benefits from the experiment, including increased profits for five of six lines, and avoided costs and productivity losses due to decreased turnover. The factory workers, through focus-group interviews before, during, and after the intervention, reported improved relations with team members and managers. This study demonstrates altered factory compensation can support better factory performance and a better paid workforce, indicating a path towards advanced supply chains with improved wages.
Pro-poor Leasehold Forestry: A Community-based Tenure Regime in Nepal
Authors: Kafley Govinda Prasad , Pokharel Krishna
Published: March 2019

Nepal’s Leasehold Forestry (LHF) programme,which has the twin goals of degraded forest rehabilitation and rural poverty alleviation, started in the early 1990s and is regarded as a priority forestry programme in Nepal.There has been limited documentationof the impact of the LHF programme as well as of the issues and challenges faced by it. On the basis of scarce existing literature and of our long experience working in the programme, we, in this paper, discuss such impacts, issues and challenges. We suggest that the programme has so far been quite positive in meeting the stated objectives; however, there remains a range of issues that deserve on-going attention. While the programme, in general, is criticized for its strategy of handing over poor quality land to the poor people, the communities’ tenure rights over land and forest resources is not fully secured either. Provisions regarding the transfer of tenure rights to the kin and/or in the context of absentees are absent, and the benefit sharing mechanisms are unclear in case of trees which were present at the time of handover, and compete across other overlapping forest management activities. Support services available to the LHF user groups are inadequate and discontinuous, limiting the opportunities for the poor leaseholders to harness their potential to pool resources from other poverty reduction programmes and influence policy processes. We indicate some areas of intervention at policy and programme levels that seek to overcome these issues and to provide wider space for LHF user groups to exercise their agency towards achieving the programme’s goals effectively, efficiently and equitably.
Buffer Zone Community Forestry in Nepal: Examining Tenure and Management Outcomes
Authors: Thing Sudeep Jana , Poudel Buddi S
Published: March 2019

This paper examines the transfer of management rights over forests and natural resources and exercise of such rights by various sections of local communities in Protected Area (PA) buffer zones in Nepal. The study is based on an extensive review of government policy documents, available published and grey materials. The paper has also been drawn from the long experiences of the authors working in PAs and buffer zones in various parts of the country. We found that Buffer Zone Community Forests (BZCFs) have so far made significant contribution to biodiversity conservation, local livelihoods and institutional building in buffer zones. However, we also found a range of critical challenges in realising clear, comprehensive and secure rights by the local communities. Effective functioning of buffer zone community forestry is undermined by ever-increasing demand of forest products, lack of needed management autonomy and support from the PA management authorities, absence of clear policy guideline, increasing human-wildlife conflict and persistence of social exclusion of women, poor and marginalised. We argue that a better understanding and attention to address tenure related challenges in BZCFs would aid both conservation and local livelihoods and thereby enhance socio-ecological resilience of buffer zone communities.
Infectious diseases consultation improves key performance metrics in the management of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: A multicentre cohort study
Authors: Lam John C , Gregson Daniel B , Robinson Stephen , Somayaji Ranjani , Welikovitch Lisa , Conly John M , Parkins Michael D
Published: March 2019

Background: Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We sought to identify factors associated with infectious diseases consultation (IDC) and understand how IDC associates with SAB patient management and outcomes. Methods: A multicentre retrospective study was performed between 2012 and 2014 in a large Canadian Health Zone in order to determine factors associated with IDC and performance of key quality of care determinants in SAB management and clinical outcomes. Factors subject to quality of care determinants were established a priori and studied for associations with IDC and 30-day all-cause mortality using multivariable analysis. Results: Of 961 SAB episodes experienced by 892 adult patients, 605 episodes received an IDC. Patients receiving IDC were more likely to have prosthetic valves and joints and to have community-acquired and known sources of SAB, but increasing age decreased IDC occurrence. IDC was the strongest independent predictor for quality of care performance metrics, including repeat blood cultures and echocardiography. Mortality at 30 days was 20% in the cohort, and protective factors included IDC, achievement of source control, targeted therapy within 48 hours, and follow-up blood cultures but not the performance of echocardiography. Conclusions: There were significant gaps between the treatments and investigations that patients actually received for SAB and what is considered the optimal management of their condition. IDC is associated with improved attainment of targeted SAB quality of care determinants and reduced mortality rates. Based on our findings, we propose a policy of mandatory IDC for all cases of SAB to improve patient management and outcomes.
A Comprehensive Literature Study on Microfibres from Washing Machines
Authors: Schöpel Bettina , Stamminger Rainer
Published: March 2019

The ubiquitous finding of microplastic in the abiotic and biotic environment has gained a lot of attention recently in the media, scientific community and among the general public. One of the known sources of microfibres is the washing of textiles. It would be a conceivable option to install filters in domestic washing machines that would sift out microplastics to prevent this pollution. The aim of this paper was to conduct a comprehensive literature search on microplastics filters in washing machines published already. Although the results of this research show that there has been an effort to find solutions for this problem in a worldwide context, there has been no known proven system that prevents microfibre release in the aquatic environment which does not have a harmful influence on the washing behaviour and/or washing results.
Easy Removal of Methylparaben and Propylparaben from Aqueous Solution Using Nonionic Micellar System
Authors: Habbal S. , Haddou B. , Canselier J. P. , Gourdon C.
Published: March 2019

This study aimed to investigate the simultaneous removal of methylparaben (MePB) and propylparaben (PrPB) from effluents (each one at 16 mg/L) using a nonionic micellar system containing Triton X-114. Response surface methodology (RSM) has been carried out. Extraction results using nonionic surfactant two-phase system were considered as a function of surfactant concentration and temperature variation. Four responses were investigated: MePB and PrPB extraction yield (E), solute (Xs,w) and surfactant (Xsf,w) concentrations in the aqueous phase and the volume fraction of micellar phase (ϕC) at equilibrium. Very high extraction efficiencies (99 % for PrPB and 84 % for MePB) were achieved at optimal conditions. Thereby, the amounts of PrPB and MePB were reduced 80 and 5 times, respectively. The extraction improvement using sodium sulfate was also shown. Finally, the solute stripping from micellar phase by pH change was proved.
Adsorption of Single and Mixed Surfactants onto Jordanian Natural Clay
Authors: Abdel-Rahem Rami A. , Eldurini Nabil M. , Altwaiq Abdelmnim M. , Qutaishat Saleh , Daraosheh Ahmad Q. , Qashmar Hana'
Published: March 2019

The adsorption of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and N,N-dimethyldodecan-1-amine oxide (DDAO) and their mixtures from their solutions, onto Jordanian Natural Clay (JNC) was investigated at room temperature. The clay was firstly analyzed with X-ray fluorescence technique. The surface tension of the single and mixed surfactant solutions was then measured as a function of the total surfactant concentration and the critical micelle concentration (CMC) values of these solutions were determined. The interaction between SDS and DDAO as indicated by their interaction parameter was calculated according to the regular solution model. Adsorption of single surfactants onto 3 % wt/vol Jordanian Natural Clay, using the depletion method, was ultimately investigated. Although no absorbed SDS molecules were found onto the Jordanian Clay, but a pronounced adsorption tendency for DDAO and mixed SDS/DDAO molecules was obtained. The amounts of surfactant adsorbed onto 3 wt/vol% JNC follow the trend: SDS/DDAO > DDAO > SDS indicating the importance of synergistic interaction of surfactants on their adsorption behavior.
CARACTERIZAÇÃO PEDOLÓGICA DE LOCAIS DE ESTUDO DE POPULAÇÕES NATURAIS DE CASTANHEIRA-DO-BRASIL NO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO
Authors: Spera Silvio Tulio , Magalhães Ciro Augusto de Sousa , Baldoni Aisy Botega , Calderano Sebastião Barreiros
Published: March 2019

A castanheira-do-brasil (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.) é nativa da Amazônia e importante espécie de exploração extrativista. O ambiente edáfico característico de áreas de ocorrência de concentração de populações naturais de castanheira-do-brasil, no norte de Mato Grosso foi avaliado. O estudo foi conduzido em quatro áreas de ocorrência de castanhais no norte de Mato Grosso, nos municípios de Itaúba, Alta Floresta, Juína e Cotriguaçu, nos quais se descreveu os perfis de solos, e dos quais foram feitas análises químicas, granulométricas e mineralógicas. Os resultados indicaram que a castanheira-do-brasil é espécie típica de clima predominante na Amazônia, que ocorre em solos ácidos, de textura variando de arenosa a média, de baixa fertilidade natural e, às vezes, com elevado teor de alumínio, entretanto, são solos cauliníticos ou cauliníticos-gibbsíticos, o que os difere da maioria dos solos de cerrados. Foram identificados solos dos grandes grupos Argissolo Vermelho Amarelo distróficos e Latossolo Vermelho Amarelo distróficos de relevo plano a ondulado.Palavras-chave: solos florestais, perfil de solo, atributos químicos, pedomorfologia, mineralogia. PEDOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION AT PLACES OF OCCURRENCE OF NATURAL POPULATIONS OF BRAZIL NUTS IN THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO ABSTRACT:The Brazil nuts trees (Bertholletia excels Bonpl.) are native to the Amazon and important specie of extractive exploitation. The edaphic environment characteristic of concentration areas of Brazil nuts tree specimens, in the North of Mato Grosso was evaluated in research project that studied the edaphic attributes at places of occurrence of natural populations of Brazil nuts in the State of Mato Grosso. The study was carried out in four areas of Brazil nuts occurrence in the North of Mato Grosso, in the municipalities of Itaúba, Alta Floresta, Juína and Cotriguaçu, which described the soil profiles, and which were made chemical, physical and mineralogical analysis. The results indicated that the Brazil nuts tree is a typical specie of the Amazon, which grows in the State of Mato Grosso, in soils acids, ranging from sandy to loamy texture, low natural fertility and, sometimes, with high content of aluminum, however, is a caullinitic or caullinitic-gibbsitic soils, which differs from the majority of soils of the Brazilian savanna. Soils were identified as dystrophic Red Yellow Argisols (Haplustult) and Red Yellow Latosols (Haplustox) and relief vary from plain to undulate.Keywords: forest soils, soil profile, chemical attributes, morphological attributes, mineralogy.
UTILIZAÇÃO DO NDVI NA ANÁLISE DA VEGETAÇÃO APÓS OCORRÊNCIA DE INCÊNDIO
Authors: Leal Fabrício Assis , Souza Cátia Menezes de , Leal Glória da Silva Almeida , Miguel Eder Pereira
Published: March 2019

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a vegetação do Parque Nacional das Emas antes e após a ocorrência de fogo, por meio do NDVI. Para a obtenção do NDVI foram utilizadas imagens do satélite ResourceSat-1, em julho/2010 (antes) e setembro/2010 (após). Foram aleatorizados pontos amostrais nas classes mais representativas de vegetação do PARNA, sendo: 60 pontos na classe Campo, 45 pontos na classe Cerrado, 35 pontos na classe Várzea e 35 pontos na classe Mata. Os valores encontrados de NDVI nos pontos amostrados, antes e após a ocorrência do incêndio, foram comparados estatisticamente pelo teste de qui-quadrado (χ²). Para quantificar a perda de biomassa após o incêndio, a imagem NDVI antes do incêndio foi subtraída da imagem NDVI após o incêndio, gerando assim uma imagem da diferença. Esta imagem foi classificada em cinco classes: baixa, moderada, média, alta e muito alta. Os resultados mostraram que houve diferença significativa nos valores de NDVI antes e após o incêndio, para todas as tipologias. Em relação a perda de biomassa, a classe Alta foi a mais representativa entre todas mapeadas, representando 41,1%, seguida pela classe Média (40,6%) e a classe mais extrema Muito Alta com 7,4%. O incêndio afetou, significativamente, as tipologias do parque.Palavras-chave: savana, incêndios florestais, severidade de incêndio, unidade de conservação. APPLICATION OF NDVI IN VEGETATION ANALYSIS AFTER FIRE OCCURRENCE ABSTRACT: The objective of this work was to evaluate the vegetation of Emas' PARNA before and after the occurrence of fire, through NDVI. In order to obtain the NDVI, we used images from the ResourceSat-1 satellite, in July/2010 (before) and September/2010 (after). Sampling points in the most representative PARNA vegetation classes were randomized: 60 points in the Campo class, 45 points in the Cerrado class, 35 points in the Várzea class and 35 points in the Mata class. The NDVI values found in the sampled sites, before and after the occurrence of the fire, were compared statistically by the chi-square test (χ²). To quantify biomass loss after fire, the NDVI image before the fire was subtracted from the NDVI image after the fire, thus generating an image of the difference. This image was classified into five classes: low, moderate, medium, high and very high. The results showed that there was a significant difference in the NDVI values before and after the fire, for all types. In relation to the loss of biomass, the Upper class was the most representative among all mapped, representing 41.1%, followed by the middle class (40.6%) and the most extreme class Very High with 7.4%.Keywords: savannah, forest fires, fire severity, conservation unit.
MST E EDUCAÇÕES: interfaces mobilizadoras de humanização
Authors: Figueiredo Allan Diêgo Rodrigues , Miranda Marcelo Henrique Gonçalves de , Alencar Maria Fernanda dos Santos
Published: March 2019

O presente artigo tem como objetivo compreender as principais contribuições do MST em interface com a Educação levando em consideração as categorias Escola, Formação Continuada de Professores (centrada na escola) e a Educação não Formal. A partir desse intento, nosso estudo se constituiu na dinâmica de uma pesquisa empírica, com técnicas de coletas de dados da observação não participante, conversas com sujeitos de pesquisa e análise documental, analisadas via Análise de Conteúdo. A partir desse contexto se concluiu que as ações-reflexões do MST são novos modos de formar professores específicos do/no campo mesmo em tempos de incertezas, de desencantos de recrudescimento do neoliberalismo e do neoconservadorismo, pois suas ações pedagógicas focam formação continuada de professores centrada na escola, na busca de educAções que se desdobram em esperança, no reforço do ser humano omnilateral.
A DINÂMICA DOS ESPAÇOS PÚBLICOS EM TEFÉ E COARI-AMAZONAS
Authors: Situba Nagila Dos Santos
Published: March 2019

A presente pesquisa teve como finalidade analisar a dinâmica e espacialidade dos espaços públicos de Tefé e Coari – Amazonas, de modo a compreender seu planejamento, limpeza e funcionamento. Nesse sentido, os espaços públicos são caracterizados como espaços de encontro e desencontro, ir e vir, do material ao imaginário. Metodologicamente para alcançar os objetivos propostos fez-se levantamento bibliográfico, pesquisa de campo (2015 e 2016) e aplicação de formulários para 120 moradores de Tefé e 75 para moradores de Coari. Os resultados obtidos apontam diferenças no quantitativo de praças, sendo 15 em Coari, 4 em Tefé; apesar da não arborização das praças ambas precisam de manutenção; os espaços das cidades estão sujos; há ausência de lixeiras e existe a presença do comércio informal.
Y Denge Test Performansı ile Hamstring Esnekliği Arasındaki İlişki
Authors: ATEŞ Bahar
Published: March 2019

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Y Denge Test (YBT) uzanma mesafeleri ve hamstring esnekliği arasındaki ilişkiliyi incelemektir. Çalışmaya, rekreasyonel olarak aktif olan, sağlıklı 25 kadın (yaş, 34,5 ± 7,82) ve 7 erkek (yaş, 37,3 ± 6,13) dahil edildi. Her katılımcının yaş, boy, kilo ve bacak uzunlukları ölçümleri alındı. Hamstring esnekliği otur-uzan testi ile ölçüldü. Y BalanceTest platformu kullanılarak katılımcıların, anterior (ANT), posteromedial (PM) ve posteriolateral (PM) olmak üzere 3 yönde uzanma mesafeleri ölçüldü. Elde edilen ortalama puanların her yönün için (ANT, PM ve PL) bacak uzunluk değerlerine göre normalize değerlerine ulaşıldı ve ANT, PM ve PL puanların ortalaması alınarak toplam puan (TOP) hesaplandı. Pearson korelasyon analizi, Y Denge test normalize uzanma puanları ile hamstring esnekliği arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek için kullanıldı. Sonuç olarak, YBT’nin uzanma mesafeleri ile katılımcıların hamstring esnek değerleri arasında anlamlı bir ilişkiye rastlanılmadı.
The Effect of Recreational Activities on Social Physique Anxiety in Sedentary Individuals
Authors: DOĞRU Yeliz
Published: March 2019

Exercise plays an important role in variables that involve concern about individuals' physical appearance. Therefore, the effect of sedentary women between the ages of 25-35 on the effects of the exercises they participated for recreational purposes on the levels of social physics anxiety was the aim of the study. 65 sedentary women participated in the study voluntarily. Pilates group (PG, n=20), Fitness group (FG, n=23) and control group (CG, n=25) were divided into three groups. PG and FG perform the exercise 3 days a week for 3 months. The control group did not perform any exercise. Statistics were performed by using SPSS package program. Conformity of data to a normal distribution was evaluated by Shapiro-Wilk test. Normally distributed data were expressed as mean and as standard deviation. Paired-t-test was used for the pre-test and used the post-test comparison of the data, while Repeated Measures ANOVA was used for intergroup comparisons, and Unpaired t-test was used to determine to originate on which group was the difference. Accordingly, after 3 months of an exercise, there was a significant difference between body weight, body mass index and pre-end values of social physique anxiety (SPA) in PG and FG (p <0.05).  Pair-wise comparisons, this resultant difference was between exercise groups and the control group (p <0.05). As a result, it is possible to mention the positive effects of recreational exercises in social physics anxiety.
Monitoring System of the Institute of Geophysical Research of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Authors: Mikhailova Natalya N. , Sokolova Inna N.
Published: March 2019

Natalya N. Mikhailova and Inna N. Sokolova report on the Kazakhstan Monitoring System of the Institute of Geophysical Research of the Ministry of Energy for the Summary of the Bulletin of the International Seismological Centre.
Cognitive Trend in Implementing the Third Mission of University
Authors: Tskhadaya Nikolay D. , Bezgodov Dmitry N. , Belyaeva Oksana I.
Published: March 2019

The concept of “cognitive trend” applied in the article summarizes the specific theoretical approaches and changes in the management practice of modern regional University. The effect of synergy in relation to University third mission, which is further specified as a valuecompetence synergy, is approved as a key goal that led to the emergence of a cognitive trend. The phenomenon of knowledge is proposed to be considered as the main motivational resource to achieve this goal, which makes it possible to associate the author’s position with a wide area of research in the modern science of education called “cognitive management”. The motivational resource of the knowledge phenomenon is substantiated in the context of the four-level model of University organizational culture. An analysis of the four-level model gives a basis to assert its exceptional relevance to the idea of the University and the objectives of its third mission. The axiological content of the University organizational culture is revealed through the reflexive analysis of the phenomena of scientific truth, scientific knowledge, and evidence as a criterion of science. The possibility of extrapolation of the value content of the University organizational culture in the regional environment is justified from the standpoint of G. Kelly’s cognitive psychology. As a source of the fundamental principles of the communicative space of the University, the authors propose the social and philosophical concepts of communication by M. M. Bakhtin, J. Habermas and K.-O. Apel.
Teaching Academic English Corpus Trough Word-formation
Authors: Korotkina Irina B.
Published: March 2019

Classical elements permeate global academic discourse and scientific terminology. Understanding the meanings and functioning of these elements can help multilingual scholars cope with disciplinary literature and write for publication and is therefore essential in teaching English for academic and specific purposes. However, few manuals on academic vocabulary explore word-formation in-depth or use it as a tool to alleviate learning through analysis and synthesis rather than memorizing words. Russian, as many other European languages, is a synthetic language in which affixation is as productive as in Latin. The paper presents a well-designed and approbated course of academic vocabulary for social scientists, analyses relationships between linguistic studies and teaching academic vocabulary, and discusses the ways of increasing the effectiveness and clarity of teaching by more systematic study of classical elements, enhancing students’ analytical skills through innovative methodology and using the advantages of similarities between Russian and Latin word-formation. Comparative analysis demonstrates that the key features of the course, such as interactive computer-based visual materials and various analytical tasks involving students’ background knowledge and academic awareness, help students not only decipher unknown words, but also produce neologisms, which is essential in coping with new terminology. Published as a book, Academic Vocabulary for Social Sciences is now available for teachers, students and researchers as a resource for study and self-study. The effectiveness of the approach demonstrates that it can be used as a model to design similar specific vocabulary courses for students of other synthetic languages.
The Model of Master’s Degree Program in Product Design Engineering
Authors: Nechaev Vladimir D. , Evstigneev Maxim P. , Dushko Veronika R.
Published: March 2019

The paper presents the model of Master’s Degree Program in Product Design Engineering implemented for training engineers majoring in “Innovation shipbuilding”. The program is being rolled out as a pilot project since 2017 on the basis of the Institute of National Technological Initiative of Sevastopol State University. The ideology of Master’s programs in Product Design Engineering generally matches with the paradigm of context education, nevertheless it has its own specific features, such as the principle of diploma project readiness (as a product of Master’s program) to enter into the market, and the evaluation of the product by expert community; training of the graduates to professional activity as ‘chief designer managers’, who understand the principles of how to organize the team of specialists and to obtain the required result as a market product; simulation by the students of the role of a customer for the object of designing, and preparation of the future engineer taking into account not only object designing, but also future utilization, that is, the whole life cycle. Special attention is paid to so called “distributed design”, which enables to organize a virtual professional environment of a “design bureau” bringing together different student project groups.
TOP-200 Higher Education Institutions in Four International Ratings: Comparative Analysis
Authors: Zadorozhnyuk Ivan E. , Korosteleva Larisa Yu. , Tebiyev Boris K.
Published: March 2019

Rating places of 200 higher education institutions according to ARWU, THE, QS and Moscow International Rating (MosIR) are compared. The authors give an interpretation of a phenomenon of domination of English-language higher education institutions on the top positions and as well as higher education institutions of Europe and North America. The paper dwells on the main ranking parameters in Moscow International University Ranking (MosIR) and its innovative charac teristics, in particular the new parameter “University and Society”. The ranking “Three University Missions” focuses on the social openness of higher education institutions, their communications with society. Special attention is paid to the ranking paradoxes. The authors come to a conclusion that the introduction of Moscow International University Ranking improves the competitive environment in the global educational space.