bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
On Some Properties of Integral-Type Operator in Weighted Herz Spaces with Variable Exponent Lebesgue Spaces
Authors: AKIN Lütfi
Published: September 2019

For the last quarter century a considerable number of research has been carried out on the study of Herz spaces, variable exponent Lebesgue  spaces and Sobolev spaces. This studies also have played an important role in  problems of elasticity, fluid dynamics, calculus of variations. Our aim in this work is to prove some properties of the integral-type operator on weighted Herz space with variable exponent Lebesgue space (VELS).
Energy-Momentum Distribution of Six-Dimensional Geometric Model of Gravitational Field
Authors: ALİ Sarfraz , AMİR M. Jamil
Published: September 2019

Much work has been done in exploring the energy-momentum distribution of different four-dimensional spacetimes using different prescriptions. In this paper, we intend to explore the energy and momentum density of six-dimensional geometric model of the gravitational field. The model was constructed by postulating a six-dimensional spacetime manifold with a structure of spacetime of absolute parallelism. For this purpose, we consider the metric representing the geometric model and use five prescriptions, namely, Einstein, Landau-Lifshitz, Bergmann-Thomson, Papapetrou, and Möller in the framework of General Relativity. The energy and momentum turn out to be well defined and finite. The comparison of the results shows that Einstein and Bergmann-Thomson prescriptions yield same energy-momentum densities but different from the other three prescriptions. It is mentioning here that the energy vanishes in the case of Möller's prescription and the momentum densities become zero in all the cases.
Inequalities of Hermite-Hadamard and Bullen Type for $AH$-Convex Functions
Authors: KADAKAL Mahir , İŞCAN İmdat
Published: September 2019

In this paper, by using an integral identity some new general inequalities of the Hermite-Hadamard and Bullen type for functions whose second derivatives in absolute value at certain power are arithmetically-harmonically convex are obtained. Some applications to special means of real numbers are also given.
MANAJEMEN KONFLIK PERSPEKTIF PENDIDIKAN ISLAM
Authors: BINTI KHOLIFAH YUSNIA
Published: September 2019

Conflict is inevitable and will surely be present in every person's life or the life of an organization. Viewing conflict can be from two angles, each point of view will have different consequences and will even be opposite. When conflicts are seen as positive in the sense that they are seen as learning, conflict will become a force for progress. But on the contrary if the conflict is seen as something that is not good or negative then the conflict will become a weakness that can cause stress, division and even hostility. Looking at these two points of view when someone is told to choose, it will choose the good, that is, conflict is seen positively, because actually everyone does not like division. But this is not easy because in reality everyone tends to be emotional when facing a conflict that ultimately has a negative impact. Therefore we need a way to manage a conflict that comes so that conflict becomes a positive thing. Islamic education teaches various ways on how to deal with conflict. Because in fact there is a difference that is considered as a trigger for the emergence of conflict is a blessing.
BEN VE ÖTEKİ’NE YOLCULUK İKİLİĞİ BAĞLAMINDA, BELLEK OTOPORTRELERİ KARŞILAŞTIRMASI: ANDY WARHOL VE GUSTAVE COURBET OTOPORTRELERİ
Authors: Bahadır Aşkın , Aytekin Cemile Arzu
Published: September 2019

Bu araştırmada amaç; Ben’e ve Öteki’ne Yolculuk İkiliği Bağlamında, Kendine Yaklaşma (Ben-leşme) ve Kendinden Uzaklaşma (Ötekileşme) olarak karşıt uçlarda iki bellek otoportresini, Andy Warhol ve Gustave Courbet otobiyografik sanatsal anlatımlarını (özne-anti özne), karşılaştırmalı analizler yolu ile incelemektir. Bu bağlamda, araştırmada öncelikle ben ve öteki kavramları psikolojik ve felsefi açıdan incelenmektedir. İki sanatçının örnekleme alınan otoportreleri, otobiyografik açıdan edinilen bilgiler ışığında karşılaştırmalı analiz edilerek benleşme ötekileşme unsurları saptanmaktadır.
Content Kebijakan dalam Implementasi Peraturan Daerah untuk Pengurangan Kematian Bayi di Kabupaten Kupang
Authors: Rene Mariayani Oktafiana , Kismartini Kismartini , Purnaweni Hartuti
Published: September 2019

Content atau isi dari suatu kebijakan juga menjadi salah satu faktor yang menentukan keberhasilan dalam proses implementasi kebijakan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis bagaimana content atau isi dari Perda No 3 Tahun 2016 sebagai kebijakan untuk pengurangan kematian bayi di kabupaten Kupang, dengan menggunakan salah satu unsur dari model implementasi Najam (1995) yaitu conten. Metode yang digunakan ialah kualitatif dengan Teknik pengumpulan data berupa observasi, wawancara dan studi kepustakaan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan content atau isi dari Perda No 3 Tahun 2016 sudah dengan jelas memuat tujuan yang hendak dicapai, dan cara mencapai tujuan tersebut. Cara mencapai tujuan yang ditetapkan juga telah sesuai dengan sebab-akibat masalah kematian bayi di Kabupaten Kupang.
Praktek Jual Beli Parang dengan Cara Penumpukan untuk Meningkatkan Harga di Desa Koto Padang Perspektif Hukum Islam
Authors: Witro Doli
Published: September 2019

Manusia, dalam menunaikan hak dan kewajibannya terhadap sesama anggota masyarakat, tentunya tidak lepas dari ikatan ketergantungan satu sama lain. Banyak interaksi dan kerjasama yang dilakukan manusia dalam memenuhi kebutuhan hidunya. Sebagai seorang muslim yang memeluk agama Islam dalam melakukan transaksi jual beli tentunya harus sesuai dengan rukun-rukun, syarat-syarat, dan juga bentuk-bentuk jual beli yang diperbolehkan dalam ajaran agama Islam. Jual beli sudah terjadi sejak masa dahulu, namun masih bertahan hingga kini, begitupun di Desa Koto Padang. Desa Koto Padang merupakan salah satu desa yang ada di Kecamatan Tanah kampung, Kota Sungai Penuh. Desa ini mempunyai kerajinan tangan yaitu pandai besi. Para saragi sebelum memasarkan parang keluar daerah mencari dan mendatangi tukang sahoh terlebih dahulu untuk membeli parang. Pada saat terjadi transaksi, maka dengan sendirinya terjadi kesepakatan antara penjual dan pembeli. Ketika permintaan parang banyak, dengan sendirinya terjadi kelangkaan, pada saat yang bersama ada sebagian tukang sahoh yang melakukan penumpukan parang untuk meningkatkan harga. Kelangkaan parang terjadi karena banyaknya permintaan dari laur daerah sedangkan tukauh terlambat mengeluarkan pesanan parang yang dipesan oleh tukang sahoh. Pada saat jumlah parang stabil dijual dengan harga Rp. 500.000 perkodi semua tukang sahoh menjual dengan harga yang sama. Tetapi ketika terjadi kelangkaan parang, tukang sahoh yang melakukan penumpukan parang tadi, menjual dengan harga Rp. 550.000 perkodi sedangkan dia menpunyai persediaan parang yang cukup banyak dan tidak mau kurang dengan harga yang sebesar itu. Berdasarkan objek, penelitian ini adalah penelitian lapangan (field research). Penyajian data dilakukan secara naratif deskriptif. Sumber data ada dua yaitu: sumber data primer dan sumber data sekunder. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah observasi, wawancara, dan dokumenter. Adapun teknik analisis data digunakan adalah teknik analisis yang dikemukan oleh Miles dan Huberman dengan langkah-langkah yaitu reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hal ini penulis rasa penting untuk dikaji, melihat permasalahan tersebut dalam tinjauan hukum Islam. Setelah kajian ini dilakukan penulis berharap dijadikan sebagai bahan masukan dan pertimbangan bagi tukang sahoh dan saragi dalam melakukan jual beli parang di Desa koto Padang.
The Efficiency of Planting Stock of Some Tree-Shrubs in Armenia in Open-Air Hydroponics Conditions
Authors: Albert Hovsepyan , Khachatur Mayrapetyan , Gnel Poghosyan , Silva Eloyan , Anna Eghiazaryan
Published: September 2019

The question of nature conservation became one of the most important in the world. It especially concerns to the countries with dry climate, such as Armenia, where auto recovery possibility of forests is excessively low. Gradual disappearance of forests, green areas is due to human non-competent acting, climate change, which aggravates present ecological crisis. One of the important steps for solution of this problem is the recovery of forests, green areas that requires the existence of huge amount of saplings. The use of open-air hydroponics is one of the best versions to receive healthy, qualify saplings. We studied and developed open-air hydroponic methods and biotechnologies of cultivation of 25 species of tree-shrubs important for the landscaping and forest recovery. There was studied the influence of nutrition solution offered by Davtyan G.S. and used in our Institute many years and its modified variants with the changes of main nutrients elements ratio on the biometric parameters of plants. Received results showed that saplings grown in open-air hydroponics conditions have strong root system, provide high rooting, which is very important in the recovery of forests, green areas, especially today’s ecological critical conditions of forest zones.
UM RELATO DE CASO SOBRE REAÇÕES A MÚLTIPLOS ANTIBIÓTICOS - O PERIGO DO RÓTULO INDEVIDO
Authors: Bertoli Andrezza Fabrízia , Boaventura Vinícius , Rufino Cloves Domingos , Hallack Porto Nádia Maria , Costa Spindola Maria Anita , Morato Edelton Flavio , Da Silva Jane
Published: September 2019

Resumo Introdução: Reações de hipersensibilidade à droga afetam 7% da população em geral, enquanto a hipersensibilidade a múltiplas drogas é um evento mais raro, com antibióticos sendo agentes de importância nas duas situações. Entretanto, percebe-se que, principalmente na atenção primária, confiar apenas nos relatos dos pacientes para considerá-los alérgicos a antibióticos, sem investigação adequada, pode gerar diagnósticos indevidos. Objetivos: descrever caso de paciente com diagnóstico prévio de hipersensibilidade a múltiplas drogas, proporcionando uma visão crítica sobre a classificação errônea das reações a drogas e suas consequências individuais e na saúde pública. Métodos: forneceu-se TCLE à paciente; após, coletaram-se dados de seu prontuário, relatando caso real atendido no HU-UFSC. Caso clínico: paciente feminina, 38 anos, queixa-se de alergia a múltiplos antibióticos, sem investigação adequada anterior, com necessidade atual de tratamento para infecção urinária. Encaminhada para consulta no NARTAD, onde recebeu administração supervisionada de sulfametoxazol com trimetoprim, sem manifestação de reações posteriores, liberando a medicação para uso pela paciente. Discussão: relatos de alergia a medicamentos, especialmente a antibióticos, devem ser investigados através de anamnese, exame físico e testes alérgicos complementares, quando indicado, além do registro detalhado das informações. A perpetuação de rótulos de alergia a antibióticos, além de efeitos psicológicos nos pacientes, gera custos ao governo com medicações, infecções de sítio cirúrgico, falha terapêutica e iatrogenia. Conclusões: médicos, especialmente da atenção primária à saúde, devem qualificar-se para reconhecer reações de hipersensibilidade a drogas, orientar e encaminhar adequadamente os pacientes, evitando a continuidade dos falsos rótulos alérgicos.
EXPERIENCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF BURNERS, CHAMBERS, AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS OF NITROGEN OXIDES BY BOILERS DURING THE COMBUSTION OF NATURAL GAS
Authors: Sigal I.Ya. , Smikhula A.V. , Sigal O.I.
Published: September 2019

In the article discusses the features of constructive solutions accepted in the burner devices and chambers of boiler units, which were used both when converting solid fuel boilers to natural gas, and creating new designs of gas boiler units. The works to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions at the Gas Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine began in the 1960s and by 1971 significant results had been achieved was shown. The main methods and technical solutions that are used to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides during the combustion of natural gas in boilers of various capacities, including 300 MW power units, are considered. The principal design of a two-stage burner, which are operated in an amount of more than 2000 units in Ukraine and the CIS countries is presented. The installed two-stage burner devices for combustion of natural gas require immediate reconstruction with bringing their indicators to the calculated ones at the first stage. The modernization of the exist ing two-stage burners is possible to achieve the readings of the EU emissions directive 2010/75/EU was shown. The most promising technologies for further reducing the level of nitrogen oxide emissions less than 100 mg/Nm3 (3% O2, dry gases) when burning natural gas were shown. Bibl. 38, Fig.4, Tab. 1.
DATA VISUALISASI SEBAGAI PENDUKUNG INVESTIGASI MEDIA SOSIAL
Authors: Pomalingo Suwito , Sugiantoro Bambang , Prayudi Yudi
Published: September 2019

Social media is an application that can make everyone interact with each other and can consume information by sharing content quickly, efficiently and real time. Various kinds of information about someone's activities that we can find on social media, making social media can help to conduct investigations. Some research, using visualization with several graph methods to facilitate the process of analyzing data on social media that is so abundant. But the data used only comes from one social media, while there is still a lot of information on other social media that can be used as data sources for analysis purposes. In this study visualization using the directed graph method will be carried out, then calculate the value of network property and the value of centrality to find out which nodes have many activities which will be carried out in depth searches to find patterns of interaction or activity. Based on the results of the calculated centrality, it is found that on Twitter and Instagram accounts there are many interactions, this can be seen in the value of the indegree and outdegree node. Based on the results of the analysis in this study, information that is important for investigating social media is obtained, such as information about user profiles, posts, comments, preferred social media pages, location, and timestamp, all of which are connected by a line that shows the relationship between the node.
High Achievers
Authors: Kusumayanthi Susi
Published: September 2019

This paper reports on language learning strategies to develop speaking skill employed by university students categorized as high achiever students. It also focuses on the reasons why they employed those strategies. The study focuses on the above topics because the research concerning language learning strategies to develop speaking skill still receives a little attention in Indonesian EFL context. Some researchers, such as Chamot (1993), affirm that language learning strategy has primarily benefit for developing speaking skill. Two university students were participating in this study. They were studying in the eighth semester at a university in Bandung. They were taking a three-month English for Job Seekers Program supported by the university. In selecting the participants, this study made use of purposeful sampling to gain the important information from the participants (Alwasilah, 2002: 146). The instruments used were questionnaires and interviews. The questionnaires were adapted from Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) Version7.0 as well as Background Questionnaire developed by Oxford (1990). The interview was an open-ended interview. The study then revealed several findings, among others, is that the high achiever students employed meta-cognitive strategies the most. Concerning the reasons why they employed those strategies were presented in this research.
Toxicity bioassay of chlorpyrifos on some local fish species of northern Bangladesh
Authors: Zahan MN , Islam MJ , Mahajebin T , Rahman MS , Hossain AKMM
Published: September 2019

Four fish species namely, stinging catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis), spotted snakehead (Channa punctatus), climbing perch (Anabas testudineus) and tangra (Batasio tengana) were exposed to various concentrations of chlorpyrifos (Expert 20 EC) to investigate the mortality rate of fish species and the toxicity level of the pesticide. The LC50 values of chlorpyrifos on these fish species were 23.10, 20.32, 16.61 and 13.94 ppm, respectively at 96 hours of exposure. Among these results, it is clear that the lethal concentration is varying species to species because their strengths are different. During the experiments, some water quality parameters such as temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, total dissolved solids and electrical conductivity were also analyzed. The temperature values remained within the ranges of 17-20°C and the pH was 6.64-7.30. Fish behaved irregular and erratic movements followed by hyper excitability, loss of balance and settling to the bottom of the test chamber. At higher concentration of chlorpyrifos, alterations in physiological and behavioural responses especially erratic swimming, gulping, mucus secretion, increased opercular movement and profuse emission of mucus all above the body were observed during the primary stages of contact after which it became occasional.

Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech. 9 (1): 42-47, June, 2019
Reinforcing social learning beyond video: lessons from the sasakawa global 2000 rice videos in kamwenge district, Uganda
Authors: Karubanga G , Okry F , Kibwika P , Agea JG , Sseguya H
Published: September 2019

The study assesses how social learning was triggered and reinforced through video-mediated extension as used by Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG 2000) from 2007 to 2010 among rice farmers in Kamwenge district, Uganda. A longitudinal study involving six focus group discussions and 100 semi-structured interviews were conducted in August 2015 to February 2016, and later 21 key informant interviews in June 2018 to generate data from farmers. While thematic-content analysis was used for the qualitative data, SPSS v.18 was used for quantitative data analysis. Results indicate that video-complementary extension methods were non-discriminative as evidenced by the diversity of farmers who participated in the demonstration sites, field days and exchange visits in terms of age mix and level of education attained. Furthermore, use of videos in extension is more effective when combined with other complementary follow-up extension methods; thus, deepening social learning among farmers. For effective scaling-up of the impact of video-mediated extension messages, use of complementary extension methods such as demonstration plots, exchange visit and field days offer greater opportunities for developing more localized videos for farmer learning. However, this requires pragmatic retooling of extension workers to effectively document local videos on the interactive learning that occurs in these complementary extension methods.

Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech. 9 (1): 66-72, June, 2019
An Empirical Investigation of Factors Affecting Stock Prices in Vietnam
Authors: Vo Xuan Vinh
Published: September 2019

This paper investigates factors affecting Vietnam’s stock prices including US stock prices, foreign exchange rates, gold prices and crude oil prices. Using the daily data from 2005 to 2012, the results indicate that Vietnam’s stock prices are influenced by crude oil prices. In addition, Vietnam’s stock prices are also affected significantly by US stock prices, and foreign exchange rates over the period before the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. There is evidence that Vietnam’s stock prices are highly correlated with US stock prices, foreign exchange rates and gold prices for the same period. Furthermore, Vietnam’s stock prices were cointegrated with US stock prices both before and after the crisis, and with foreign exchange rates, gold prices and crude oil prices only during and after the crisis.
An Investigation of the Relationships Between Internal Integration, Antecedents and Functional Performance in Vietnam
Authors: Nguyen Thanh Hieu
Published: September 2019

Supply chain integration has been considered to be a source of competitive advantage for firms as it improves relationships and the flow of information and resources both between internal functions in an organization and between supply chain partners. This study examines the relationship between internal integration and functional performance. It also examines the three key antecedents to internal integration: communication, leader support and conflict. A questionnaire survey is used to collect data from a sample of 152 production managers. The data are analyzed using regression. The results indicate that communication, conflict and leader support are antecedents of internal integration and also impact functional performance. Internal integration is also found to mediate the relationships between communication and leader support with functional performance, but not for the relationships between conflict and functional performance. This is also the contribution of the paper, which is the first to examine and suggest these mediating effects between communication, leader support, internal integration and functional performance.
PENGARUH PENERAPAN STANDAR AKUNTANSI PEMERINTAH, IMPLEMENTASI SISTEM INFORMASI MANAJEMEN DAERAH, DAN SISTEM PENGENDALIAN INTERNAL PEMERINTAH TERHADAP KUALITAS LAPORAN KEUANGAN PEMERINTAH DAERAH KABUPATEN SELUMA
Authors: Ikriyati Tri , Aprila Nila
Published: September 2019

Effect of application of government accounting standards, implementation of regional management information systems, and government internal control systems on the quality of financial statements at the regional government of seluma district. This research used a quantitative approach, using primary data through questionnaires. Respondents of this research were 26 OPD of part of a financial manager a the regonal governmnt of seluma district. The Variables in thiss researcch is the government accounting standards, implementation of regional management information systems, and govrnment internal contcl systems as independent variables, as well the qualty of local governmnt financiial statements as the dependent variable. The data were analyzed with multiple regression method. The results of hypothesis shown that the government accounting standards, implementation of regional management information systems, and governent internal contral systems give the impact add it was positive to the qality of financial statemnts at the ragional govermment of seluma district.Key words: Management Information Systems, And Government internal Control Systems.
THE EFFECT OF INDEPENDENCE, OBJECTIVITY, KNOWLEDGE, WORK EXPERINECE, INTEGRITY , ON AUDIT QUALITY (Study On West Java Provincial Inspectorate In 2018)
Authors: Sihombing Yohana Ariska , Triyanto Dedik Nur
Published: September 2019

Audit quality is audit conducted in accordance with the standard so that it is able to recognized and report in case of violations committed clients. The purpose of this study is to analyse the things that relate to the quality of the audit. This research intends to influence independent variable information simultaneously and is partial. In this research, which became the independent variables namely independence, objectivity, knowledge, work experience, and integrity while the dependent varaibel i.e. the quality of audits.The population in this research is the auditor of internal Inspectorate West Java province year 2018 by the number of respondents as many as 31 people and sampling techniques in the study of saturated samples is random sampling. Methods of analysis in this research is descriptive statistics analysis and multiple regression analysis using SPSS software 23.Based on the test results, the value of R square on this research is of 54.8%, it means that independent varibel influenced dependent variabel 54,8%. While the rest amounted to 45.2% influenced by other factors. Simultaneously varaibel the independence, objectivity, knowledge, work experience, and the integrity of the influential significantly to the quality of the audit. Partially variable positive effect significantly to certify the quality of audits. Partially variable objectivity, knowledge, work experience, and do not affect the integrity of the quality audit. Key Words : Independence, Objectivity, Knowledge, Work Experience, Integrity, Audit Quality
Computable Proximity of $\ell_1$-Discs on the Digital Plane
Authors: PETERS James F. , KORDZAYA K. , DOCHVİRİ İ.
Published: September 2019

This paper investigates problems in the characterization of the proximity of digital discs.  Based on the $l_1$-metric structure for the 2D digital plane and using a Jaccard-like metric, we determine numerical characters for intersecting digital discs.
On the Bicomplex $k$-Fibonacci Quaternions
Authors: TORUNBALCI AYDIN Fügen
Published: September 2019

In this paper, bicomplex $k$-Fibonacci quaternions are defined. Also, some algebraic properties of bicomplex $k$-Fibonacci quaternions are investigated. For example, the summation formula, generating functions, Binet's formula, the Honsberger identity, the d'Ocagne's identity, Cassini's identity, Catalan's identity for these quaternions are given. In the last part, a different way to find $n-th$ term of the bicomplex $k$-Fibonacci quaternion sequence was given using the determinant of a tridiagonal matrix.
RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY V.N.KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – 90 YEARS
Authors: Larin Vasil
Published: September 2019

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Female Leadership Families and Their Social Problems in the War Affected Area of Puthukkudiyiruppu Divisional Secretariat Division in Mullaitivu District of Sri Lanka
Authors: Thusiyanthy Ms. N. , Rajendram Dr. K.
Published: September 2019

The main objectives of the study are to study the social issues faced in female leadership families and find out the causes for the formation of female-led families. Primary and secondary data have been utilized in this study. To collect primary data 205 households had selected by way of the stratified random sampling method. Questionnaires, key informants interview, and focus group discussion have been adopted. Several social issues have been identified, which was in the hold of the battle for three decades. After the war, to study the status of basic needs such as food, accommodation, education, health, social protection, transport, cultural issues, employment, and income have been reviewed. Death of husband, living apart, disappearance, and being unmarried and living alone is being the main causes of the formation of female-led families. Their livelihood and life could be improved by creating employment opportunities, strengthening and empowering the economy, formation of leadership, provision of psychosocial reinforcement, encouraging remarriage, and maintenance of elderly family-led females, ensuring safety among female-led families.
John Adams FLS of Pembroke (1769–1798): a forgotten Welsh naturalist and conchologist
Authors: Oliver P. Graham
Published: September 2019

John Adams was a member of a long line of landed gentry from Pembrokeshire, Wales. At a young age, he became a Fellow of the Linnean Society and read four papers before his untimely death by drowning at the age of 29. He described 53 invertebrate species as new to science, mostly from small molluscan shells, but he should be regarded as a naturalist, not a shell collector. He read mathematics at Cambridge University and seems to have relied heavily on his library and social connections to develop his expertise in natural history. Although never publishing on botany, the annotations in his botanical books and his connections with John Symmons and James Edward Smith show him to be competent with the British flora.
Brian Hodgson's Tibetan Mastiffs: twice presented to the Zoological Society of London
Authors: Lowther David , Sylph Ann , Watson Mark F.
Published: September 2019

In November 1828, King George IV presented to the menagerie of the Zoological Society of London a pair of Tibetan Mastiffs (Canis lupus familiaris) sent from Nepal by Brian Houghton Hodgson, the Assistant Resident at the British Residency in Kathmandu. The dogs' stay was brief: within weeks of their arrival, both dogs had succumbed to distemper, a disorder which periodically ran rampant through the Society's collections. However, during their short lives they caught the imagination of those naturalists fortunate enough to see them, and they live on in a number of watercolours commissioned by Hodgson before they started on their journey to Britain. This paper traces the brief existence of the “Thibet watch dogs” in London, paying close attention to their intended and abortive use as a gift to gain favour with the King, and places their portraits within the wider context of Hodgson's work in Nepal.
A Scottish daughter of Flora: Lady Charlotte Murray and herherbarium portabile
Authors: Noltie H. J.
Published: September 2019

A collection of 267 late-eighteenth-century miniature botanical illustrations, painted in Perthshire, Scotland, by Lady Charlotte Murray (1754–1808) is described. The drawings are arranged according to the Sexual System of Linnaeus in a specially adapted box. The scientific and social context of the collection is discussed, including the role the cards may have played in relation to a botanical card game housed in a companion box of educational games also created by Lady Charlotte. Her place in the history of the discovery of the Scottish Highland flora is discussed, as is her influence on the botanical activities of her nieces Lady Charlotte Menzies and Lady Amelia Drummond.
A vernacular late Renaissance manuscript herbal from the eastern Ligurian Apennines
Authors: Bruzzone Raffaella
Published: September 2019

In 1982, in the course of transferring the archive of the De Paoli family of Porciorasco to the Museo Contadino di Cassego (eastern Ligurian Apennines), a manuscript herbal dated about 1598 was discovered. The document is analysed here in all its aspect: the materials (paper, inks and pigments), the plants represented, the iconographical models, and the archival context. The result is a hypothesis about the circulation of knowledge about natural history in the area where it was found and used between the late sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries. As for the iconographical sources, models were found in both manuscripts and printed books from the medico-botanical tradition, including Hortus sanitatis and Tractatus de virtutibus herbarum.
The ant as metaphor: Orientalism, imperialism and myrmecology [W. T. Stearn Student Essay]
Authors: Chew Carissa
Published: September 2019

Myrmecological texts that circulated in Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth century can be interpreted, from the perspective of the post-colonial theory of Orientalism, as belonging to a wider body of colonial-era European literature that has historically portrayed New World peoples and animals as the “Other”. In implicit ways, colonial-era literature on ant behaviour reproduces the Orientalist dichotomy of civilization and savagery. At different times, the ant colony has been portrayed, somewhat paradoxically, as both a civilized society in miniature and a foreign savage order. On the one hand, some British myrmecological texts rendered the ant as a symbol of Britishness and civilization: the elevated image of the ant reflected the imperialist trope that non-white people were inferior, savage Others. On the other hand, the ant colony was portrayed elsewhere in British myrmecological literature – and in other European texts that were translated into English and circulated in Britain – as a dangerous, merciless and aggressive Otherness itself. Accordingly, in these texts, the ant and the “native” are depicted as accomplices who share an antagonism toward the colonial project. Both these positive and negative representations of the ant reflect and reproduce Orientalist tropes, which have historically been used to emphasize the perceived inferior status of non-white colonial subjects.
An Invisible Nation? The BBC and English-language Arts Television in Wales
Authors: Genders Amy
Published: September 2019

The history of the BBC's regional programming is one of perennial tension between representing and reflecting the diversity of the UK's nations and regions and what is often perceived as an unrelenting ‘metropolitan centricity’. Through charting the mixed fortunes of English-language arts television for and about Wales, this article examines how the narrow range of cultural representation available on BBC television is situated within a public service broadcasting strategy that continues to regard regional arts as inherently ‘provincial’ and as such, inferior to that of London. The data and analysis presented derives from a broader study based on 21 qualitative interviews conducted with key figures directly involved in the production and commissioning of arts content across the BBC's television, radio and online services. The accounts provided by these interviewees are also contextualised by analysis of broadcasting policy and internal BBC documents, including annual yearbooks and reports. The article concludes by arguing that if the BBC is to reflect more adequately the true diversity of the UK's nations and regions and the distinct arts and cultures constituted within them, it must start by devolving its commissioning powers more equally. Rather than merely shifting centralisation from London to allocated ‘centres of excellence’ such as Scotland in the case of arts broadcasting, an effective public service arts proposition should strive to give greater autonomy and agency to the nations and regions so that they might build their arts strategies in their own image as opposed to that of the capital.
The Pioneers Get Shot: Music Video, Independent Production and Cultural Hierarchy in Britain
Authors: Caston Emily
Published: September 2019

This article identifies and summarises the main findings of the AHRC research project ‘Fifty Years of British Music Video, 1966–2016’. It contextualises the history of music video as a film practice within an unspoken cultural hierarchy of screen arts widely shared in universities, policy circles and the British Film Institute. The article documents the main stages in the development of the music video industry and highlights the extent to which the pioneers served as early adopters of new technologies in videotape, telecine and digital film-making. The ACTT consistently lobbied against music video producers, as did the Musicians’ Union, and consequently music video producers emerged from the 1980s with virtually no protection of their rights. The ACTT's issue was new video technology which it opposed. It also opposed offline editing on video tape because it would lead to redundancies of film editors and potentially required fewer post-production crew. The MU's issue was royalty payments to session musicians and lip synch. The music video industry has functioned as a crucial R&D sector and incubator for new talent and new technologies in the British film and television industries as a whole, without experiencing any of the financial rewards, cultural status or copyright protections of the more esteemed ‘screen arts’.
Multidisciplinary management of a gastric fistula after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
Authors: SLAVU IULIAN , Daniela Mihaila , Lucian Alecu
Published: September 2019

We present the case of a 23-year-old patient with a BMI of 42 kg / m², hypertension and gonarthrosis who presented for an evaluation regarding bariatric surgery. After the preoperative investigations and consults were obtained a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy was done. The first two postoperative days were uneventful but on day 3 the patient became tachycardic, febrile and purulent fluid was observed on the perigastric drain. An abdominal CT was obtained which confirmed the diagnosis of a gastric fistula. Reintervention was undertaken with primary laparoscopic suture of the gastric fistula, peritoneal lavage, and drainage. Three days after the second surgery the gastric fistula re-opened. After interdisciplinary evaluation, a conservation tactic was decided upon and an expandable gastric stent was mounted via an upper endoscopy. Seven days after,  the stent migrated towards the duodenum so a second stent was mounted. The evolution after the second stent was favorable, the drainage tube was extracted 7 days and the gastric stents were extracted at 1month. One year after the surgery the patient showed a favorable evolution with considerable weight loss. Post-surgical complications in gastric-sleeve patients warrant extreme care and multidisciplinary management ensures optimal results.

First picture on the left identifies the gastric fistula with a barium X-ray, the following pictures (2, 3) describe the process of mounting the stent under x-ray guidance and figure 4 demonstrates gastric contention of the barium after the stent was mounted.
The Association of TAS1R2 to Dental and Cardiovascular Health
Authors: Keryakos Joseph , van Oosbree Annika , Kiesow Alyssa
Published: September 2019

Despite brushing and/or flossing their teeth twice daily, many people are still susceptible to dental cavities and tooth decay. This research investigates the genetic and cardiovascular health behind this phenomenon. Two gene variants related to taste pathways, taste 1 receptor member 2 (TAS1R2) and taste 2 receptor member 38 (TAS2R38), were tested on the DNA of 20 students at Northern State University (10 males and 10 females). In concert with genetic screening, tooth impressions were taken of the participants’ upper and lower jaws along with salivary pH, heart rates, and blood pressures. Participants’ cavities and fillings were counted and their gums examined for inflammation. Results showed that seven out of 10 males and two out of 10 females had the gene variant (TAS1R2). Students with this gene variant had an average salivary pH of 5.22—significantly lower than the salivary pH for the other non-carrier students (p < 0.05). These students also had smaller-sized tooth enamel, with none showing a size greater than one millimeter (x̄ = 0.84 millimeters). Students not expressing the gene variant had fewer cavities than those expressing the TAS1R2 gene variant (i.e., one of the regions amplified). Four of the males and both of the females that carried the gene variant also showed signs of swollen gums, possibly contributing to heart disease in the future. Blood pressures and heart rates for the carriers were statistically significant (p < 0.05), showing higher pressures and faster rates compared to non-carriers; meanwhile, all of the non-carriers had normal pressures and rates. Further, body mass index was lower among individuals without the gene variant. The results this limited study indicate that the TAS1R2 gene variant may play a role in cavity development and impact (or indicate poor) cardiovascular health, highlighting the importance of understanding the role of gene variants with regard to risk of tooth decay and gum and heart disease.
KEYWORDS: Dental cavities; Tooth decay; Gum and heart disease; Taste pathway gene; Gene variant; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Salivary pH; Tooth enamel
Body Image and Self-Esteem in Female College Students of Healthy Weight and Excess Weight: The Mediating Role of Weight Stigma
Authors: Smith Carlie , Becnel Jennifer , Williams Amanda
Published: September 2019

Emerging adulthood is an important transition in which the development of lifelong behaviors emerge. Recent research suggests that women in college are particularly vulnerable to poor body image and low self-esteem. This is also a time of possible weight gain as individuals learn to eat and exercise on their own. These are important as body mass index (BMI) influences how women feel about themselves and how others view them. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to examine the associations between body image, self-esteem, and weight stigma among female college students of healthy weight and excess weight. Participants (n=124; 83% White) were recruited to take a short survey administered online through Facebook advertisements and snowball sampling. Results reveled poorer body image and more experiences with weight stigma among individuals with excess weight. Additionally, weight stigma fully mediated the relationship between BMI and self-esteem as well as BMI and body image. Results were consistent with previous research noting the stigma and stereotypes associated with excess weight. Future work should examine these relationships in more diverse groups to identify those at greatest risk for negative self-concept for intervention.
KEYWORDS: Weight; Weight Stigma; Self-Esteem; Body Image; College Students; Women
PERAN PEMERINTAH DAERAH DALAM MENGENTASKAN KEMISKINAN DI KABUPATEN TANGERANG PROVINSI BANTEN
Authors: Marthalina Marthalina
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACT

Tangerang Regency has many potential natural resources and human resources that should be added value in increasing the economic potential of the community. However, the people’s life in Tangerang district is still living in poverty. Looking at the facts in the field that there are still many people living in slums, the researchers need to conduct a study on how the role of local government in Tangerang District eradicate poverty in the region. The research design refers to secondary data from 2011-2015. The research was conducted by qualitative method with descriptive inductive writing to obtain data. The scope of writing is about the role of Local Government of Tangerang Regency in Eradicating Poverty as well as factors that inhibit and support the role. The results of this sresearch illustrates that the role of Local Government of Tangerang Regency in alleviating poverty is quite a lot of realized in 25 excellent programs that are implemented consistently cross-sectoral and cross-SKPD which is expected to solve synergic regional problems and integrated but the community is still constrained some access related to clean water facilities, especially in some densely populated areas or slums in coastal areas.

Keywords: role, local government, poverty
KEPEMIMPINAN IDEAL PADA ERA GENERASI MILENIAL
Authors: Peramesti Ni Putu Depi Yulia , Kusmana Dedi
Published: September 2019

ABSTRACT

Leadership is an important part of the management process and is needed in all types of organizations. Leaders plan and organize existing resources by influencing and directing others to achieve optimal subordinate performance. Leadership success is influenced by the leadership style applied and the satisfaction of subordinates. Being a good leader in the generation of millennials today and in the future is a critical challenge. Along with the times, many leaders emerged due to demands and environmental conditions at that time. In the era of millennial generation, effective governance will be realized if leaders can fulfill qualifications as credible leaders, have the ability, intellectual, and vision that is far ahead. But a good leader must also have integrity, honesty, and loyalty to the interests of the people. Millennial leadership needs to support the independence and entrepreneurial spirit of the millennial generation. Building a nation must have the main foundation of independence and entrepreneurship.

Keywords: leadership, millennial generation, ideal leaders.
Kuruluşunun İlk Yıllarında Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nde Uygulanan Hükümet Sistemleri
Authors: AYGEN Murat , ATMACA Yıldız
Published: September 2019

Hükümet sistemlerinin
anlaşılmasında ve sınıflandırılmasında, yasama, yürütme ve yargının hangi
organda birleştiği, ayrıştığı veya birbirleri üzerinde hangisinin etkin olduğu,
bunlar arasındaki ilişkinin nasıl olması gerektiği temel hareket noktası
olmuştur. Bir ülkede hangi hükümet sistemi uygulanacak olursa olsun, yargının,
yasama ve yürütme organlarından bağımsız olması çok önemlidir. Yargının
siyasallaştığı bir hükümet sisteminin fayda ve zararlarını tartışılmasına gerek
bile yoktur. Dünyada uygulanan hükümet sistemleri kuvvetler birliğine ve
kuvvetler ayrılığına dayanan sistemler olmak üzere ikiye ayrılmaktadır.  Ancak, hükümet sistemi ile devlet sistemi
farklı şeyler olduğundan federal devlet türünde başkanlık sistemi
uygulanabileceği gibi, parlamenter sistem, meclis hükümeti sistemi veya
yarı-başkanlık sistemi de uygulanabilir. Aynı şekilde üniter devlet türünde
yarı-başkanlık sistemi uygulanabileceği gibi, benzer şekilde parlamenter sistem
ve başkanlık sistemi de uygulanabilir. Veya üniter bir devlet olan Türkiye'de
uygulanan Cumhurbaşkanlığı Hükümet Sistemi veya kendine has Türk tipi başkanlık
sistemi de uygulanabilir. Uygulanacak hükümet sistemleri, uygulanması düşünülen
ülkelerin siyasal kültürüne, siyaset sosyolojisine, dünyadaki korunganlık
durumlarına ve geçmişte yaşadığı siyasi deneyimlerine ve demokrasisinin
kırılganlığına bağlıdır. Bir ülkede başarılı bir şekilde uygulanan aynı hükümet
sisteminin diğer ülkelerde de başarılı bir şekilde uygulanabileceği yönünde bir
durum söz konusu değildir. Bu bağlamda bu çalışma, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin
kuruluşundan bu yana hangi hükümet sistemlerini etkin bir şekilde uyguladığı
hususunu  incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır.
Çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden ikinci kaynak araştırması ve içerik analizi
yönetimi kullanılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda, Türkiye’nin farklı dönemlerde farklı
 hükümet sistemlerine kapı araladıkları
anlaşılmıştır.
Türkiye’de Kamu Personeli Alanında Hazırlanan Lisansüstü Tezlerin İçerik Analizi: 1986-2018
Authors: IŞIK Murşit
Published: September 2019

Türkiye’de
kamu personeli olgusu, iş arayan kişilerin kamu personeli olabilmek için
girdiği sınavlarla, kamu personeline verilen ücretlerle, kamu personelinin
atanması ve zaman zaman kamu hizmetlerinin aksaması ve rüşvet gibi konularla
toplumun gündeminden hiç düşmeyen bir konu olma özelliğini sürdürmektedir.
Akademik olarak ta kamu personeli, kamu çalışanı, devlet memuru gibi kavramlar
adı altında araştırmalar yapılmakta, kamu personelinin sorunları tespit edilip
çözüm önerileri sunulmaya çalışılmaktadır. Araştırma lisansüstü düzeyde kamu
personeli kavramı kullanılarak yapılan çalışmaların nitel olarak incelenmesini
amaçlamıştır. Bu kapsamda 1986-2018 yılları arasında hazırlanan 52 adet tez,
tezlerin türü, temel konusu, dili, yapıldığı üniversite, enstitü, anabilim
dalı, tezlere erişim durumu, tezlere uygulanan yöntemler gibi değişkenlerle
gruplandırılarak analiz edilmeye çalışılmıştır.
FIELD PILOT STUDY ON THE ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED HYDROCARBON REMEDIATION TECHNIQUES
Authors: Okonofua E. S. , Babatola J. O. , Ojuri Oluwapelumi
Published: September 2019

The study discussed the remediation potentials of phytoremediation, land farming treatment and chemico-biological stabilization treatments in degrading Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (TPH) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) in soils polluted with crude oil in varying concentrations. The field pilot study was carried out in Benin city, Nigeria by preparing nine (9) cells with sub-cells attached which serve as control; each cell measures 1.53 m2. Three cells contained 100 kg of artificially contaminated soils at low contamination concentration (3000 mg kg-1), the next three cells contained 100 kg of contaminated soil samples but with medium concentration (5000 mg kg-1), while the last three cells contained 100 kg of spike samples in high concentration (7000 mg kg-1). The sub cells contained 10 kg of soil and left untreated. Each role containing three cells with low, medium and high concentration was treated separately using the three treatment methods. Soil samples to organic amendment ratio for the treatments was 2:1. The results showed over 90% reduction in the initial concentration of TPH and PAH across the different contamination levels with except in the control sub cells were only 30% reduction was recorded. The treated soil was found useful for agricultural purpose. One-way analysis of variance reveals a significant difference at p≤0.05 in the results obtained in application of the three methods. This implies that the methods effectively degraded the TPH and PAH concentrations. The three different methods of treatments effectively degraded TPH and PAH contaminants with land farming treatment being the best of the three.