bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Management of changes in business processes: an empirical study in Slovak enterprises
Authors: Sujová Andrea , Remeň Ondrej
Published: October 2018

Constant change is typical of the current business environment. The ability to manage change is a highly appreciated managerial skill. Being adaptive has become a new competitive advantage of a company. Appropriately and successfully implemented changes can improve corporate performance. This paper aimed to evaluate how Slovak companies had been dealing with change in recent years; whether they had been prepared for it; what tools, methods and concepts they had used; and what ultimately had necessitated them from an economic point of view. The paper explored the current status of change management in the context of business processes particular to Slovak enterprises. A literature review concerning change and process management was provided in order to design appropriate research. The research focused on the level of process-oriented management of change in Slovak enterprises operating in different industrial sectors. The main research method was primary quantitative research via questionnaires. Outputs from the questionnaires were subsequently evaluated by contingency tables and the chi-square test which determined the level of significance via p-value. Research results presented in this paper confirmed a positive influence of business process change on process maturity and corporate performance. The paper contributed to the development of knowledge in the field of change management, namely, process-oriented change management. The creation of a change-based maturity model for enterprises was identified as a new direction for future work with practical implications.
An Unusual and Rare Case of Food-dependent Exercise-induced Anaphylaxis Caused by Ingestion of Potatoes
Authors: Elefterova-Florova Elena V. , Popova Dora N. , Andreeva Rositsa V.
Published: October 2018

Food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (FDEIA) is an unusual and under-recognized form of exercise induced anaphylaxis, which usually occurs if exercise takes place within a few hours after ingestion of sensitizing food, but in some cases may also arise if food follows the exercise. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman who presented to our Department with a history of repeated episodes of acute allergic reactions, triggered by physical activity, after consumption of various vegetables and legumes. This is the first described case of FDEIA in Bulgaria. We believe that there are many other undiagnosed cases, because for the correct recognition of this condition, it is essential to be familiar with the symptoms and combination of factors.
Predictors of left ventricular hypertrophy development in patients with essential hypertension: role of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines
Authors: Tsoi Larisa , Polupanov Andrei , Sabirov Ibragim , Zalova Tazagul , Rysmatova Flora
Published: October 2018

Objective: The data on the relationship between the level of TNF-α and interleukin-10 with the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy and myocardial remodeling in patients with essential hypertension is presented.

Methods: Overall, 156 patients with essential hypertension aged 40 to 75 years (with mean age 55.8 ± 7.5 years) were examined; of which 57 were women and 99 were men. All patients were divided into two groups. The first group included 73 patients showing the presence of  left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), established by echocardiography; the second group included 83 patients who showed no signs of LVH on the echocardiogram.

Results: According to the study, no relationship was found between the concentration of tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) and the development of LVH. It was also shown that only men, but not women with, were associated with the presence of LVH with low levels of interleukin-10 ( IL-10). In addition, a negative correlation was found between the concentration of tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) and IL-10 with the thickness of the left ventricular walls at the initial stages of myocardial remodeling on the echocardiography.

Conclusion: Thus, our study demonstrates the modulating role of inflammation on the processes of myocardial remodeling in hypertension.
Synthesis of Quinolinone Alkaloids via Aryne Insertions into Unsymmetric Imides in Flow
Authors: Schwan Johannes , Kleoff Merlin , Hartmayer Bence , Heretsch Philipp , Christmann Mathias
Published: October 2018

A general strategy for the synthesis of 3,4-dioxygenated quinolin-2-one natural products is reported. The key

step is a regioselective insertion of arynes into unsymmetric imides in flow.
Deswelling Induced Morphological Changes in Dual pH and Temperature Responsive Ultra-Low Crosslinked Poly (N-Isopropyl Acrylamide)-Co-Acrylic Acid Microgels
Authors: Islam Molla , Tumbarello Maddie , Lyon Andrew
Published: October 2018

We demonstrated the deswelling induced morphological change in dual pH and Temperature responsive ultra-low crosslinked Poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide)-co-acrylic acid microgels. The responsivity with pH and temperature were studied by light scattering and atomic force microscopy. Light scattering data suggest that at pH 4.5 the microgels undergo multiple transitions associated with collapse of pNIPAm-rich segments and repulsion between the AAc-rich segments. The evolution of punctate structures around the periphery or throughout the whole microgels at pH 4.5 and 6.5 respectively was revealed by AFM, further illustrating the heterogeneous deswelling present in the ionized copolymer microgels.The impact of this study and understanding how ionization state of copolymer dictates the overall structural properties of microgels will widen our understanding for their applications in biotechnology
GFN2-xTB - an Accurate and Broadly Parametrized Self-Consistent Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Method with Multipole Electrostatics and Density-Dependent Dispersion Contributions
Authors: Bannwarth Christoph , Ehlert Sebastian , Grimme Stefan
Published: October 2018

An extended semiempirical tight-binding model is presented, which is primarily designed for the fast calculation of structures and non-covalent interactions energies for molecular systems with roughly 1000 atoms. The essential novelty in this so-called GFN2-xTB method is the inclusion of anisotropic second order density fluctuation effects via short-range damped interactions of cumulative atomic multipole moments. Without noticeable increase in the computational demands, this results in a less empirical and overall more physically sound method, which does not require any classical halogen or hydrogen bonding corrections and which relies solely on global and element-specific parameters (available up to radon, Z=86). Moreover, the atomic partial charge dependent D4 London dispersion model is incorporated self-consistently, which can be naturally obtained in a tight-binding picture from second order density fluctuations. Fully analytical and numerically precise gradients (nuclear forces) are implemented. The accuracy of the method is benchmarked for a wide variety of systems and compared with other semiempirical methods. Along with excellent performance for the “target” properties, we also find lower errors for “off-target” properties such as barrier heights and molecular dipole moments. High computational efficiency along with the improved physics compared to it precursor GFN-xTB makes this method well-suited to explore the conformational space of molecular systems. Significant improvements are futhermore observed for various benchmark sets, which are prototypical for biomolecular systems in aqueous solution.
Quality Adjusting Education Sector Productivity
Authors: Gemmell Norman , Nolan Patrick , Scobie Grant
Published: October 2018

This article examines how quality-adjusted productivity indices for the education sector may be constructed and proposes methods for making such adjustments to basic measures of labour and multifactor productivity growth. Results highlight the need for careful measurement, showing that measures unadjusted for quality are unlikely to provide sufficiently robust signals about changes in productivity performance in the education sector on which policy advice could be built. Our evidence suggests that quality adjustment to both inputs and outputs can make substantial differences to conclusions about productivity growth trends over 2000–15 compared with unadjusted indices.
Pembelajaran Interaktif Edu-Game Pengenalan Profesi Berbasis Android Pada Siswa Paud
Authors: Rais Muhammad , Riska Muhammad
Published: October 2018

This research is a second year development research that aims to test the usefulness, accuracy, and feasibility of interactive professional recognition learning application products. The trial subjects were expert groups (learning media and PAUD learning), product user groups (PAUD teachers), and PAUD students. The results showed that application products included in the criteria were very useful, very feasible and very appropriate. This means that the substance of the edu-game profession application that has been developed has met the criteria of useful, proper and appropriate, so that it can be used as a choice of professional learning introduction media for PAUD students. The results of observations of PAUD students during the product user trial stage, obtained information that shows that PAUD students have been able to: 1) find differences in various types of professions, 2) play puzzle games to recognize the profession, and 3) recognize the profession through audio messages and pictures. Thus the interactive learning product application of edu-game profession meets the criteria of acceptable (acceptable) which is useful, feasible, and appropriate, and therefore can be used as an alternative choice of learning media that is fun and challenging for PAUD students in introducing the profession
Efektivitas Program Bimbingan Karir Berbasis Teori Super untuk Mengembangkan Identitas Vokasional Remaja
Authors: Agungbudiprabowo Agungbudiprabowo , Nurhudaya Nurhudaya , Budiamin Amin
Published: October 2018

The study aims to test the effectiveness of career guidance program to develop vocational identity of students. The study uses a quantitative approach with quasi experimental methods and non-equivalent pretest-posttest control group design. The study was conducted in SMK Muhammadiyah Imogiri Yogyakarta by taking a research subject that is a class XI student who is determined by random cluster sampling technique. An instrument which is used is the scale of vocational identity and observation guidelines. Results showed empirically career guidance program interventions based theory of Super effective to develop vocational identity of students. This research can be a reference for school counselor in developing vocational identity of students in the school especially those who are in adolescence
Pemberdayaan Divisi Pembinaan MKEK melalui Kerja Proaktif dan Pemberian Sanksi berupa Pembinaan
Authors: Santosa Frans , Prawiroharjo Pukovisa
Published: October 2018

Profesi dokter yang luhur dikendalikan oleh suatu sistem pascakampus berupa pembinaan etika perilaku dan profesionalisme.  Salah satu organ yang menjadi pejuang lini terdepan dalam penegakkan etika kedokteran dalam struktur organisasi profesi Ikatan Dokter Indonesia (IDI) adalah Majelis Kehormatan Etik Kedokteran (MKEK). Dalam menjalankan tujuan utamanya sesuai Pedoman Organisasi dan Tatalaksana Kerja (Ortala) MKEK 2008 dan AD/ART IDI, MKEK membentuk dua divisi yaitu Divisi Pembinaan dan Divisi Kemahkamahan. Seiring dengan rencana pembaharuan Ortala, kami memandang perlunya penguatan peran Divisi Pembinaan antara lain dengan menjabarkan Divisi Pembinaan dapat proaktif dalam bekerja (tidak harus menunggu aduan dahulu) dan memberi kewenangan tambahan bagi Divisi Pembinaan untuk dapat memberi sanksi sebatas pembinaan perilaku pada pelanggaran etik ringan, sehingga memudahkan MKEK mencapai tujuan hakikinya yaitu menjaga dan meningkatkan etika perilaku dan profesionalisme seluruh dokter Indonesia.
Bagaimanakah Peran MKEK dalam Menyikapi Macetnya Eksekusi Keputusan Sidang MKEK yang Melibatkan Otoritas Lain?
Authors: Prawiroharjo Pukovisa , Sidipratomo Prijo , Budiningsih Yuli
Published: October 2018

Dalam tugasnya untuk menegakkan nilai-nilai luhur profesi kedokteran, selama 68 tahun ini seluruh keputusan yang dihasilkan Majelis Kehormatan Etik Kedokteran Ikatan Dokter Indonesia (MKEK IDI) dapat dilaksanakan dengan baik. Akibatnya, tidak ada redaksi yang antisipatif atau memprediksi akan ada batu sandungan dalam eksekusi putusan MKEK sampai pada perubahan terakhir Pedoman Organisasi dan Tatalaksana Kerja (Ortala) MKEK di tahun 2008. Namun akhirnya kini muncul satu kasus yang eksekusinya macet dan tanpa kejelasan. Oleh karena itu, dalam upaya pembaharuan Ortala saat ini harus dituangkan dengan tegas apa yang dapat dilakukan MKEK bila eksekusi putusannya macet. Saat ini ada dua hal yang dapat dilakukan, yaitu peran Ketua MKEK aktif mengingatkan dan meminta rapat Majelis Pimpinan Pusat (MPP) IDI, serta melakukan klarifikasi dan penelaahan proaktif jika terdapat informasi adanya penyumbatan eksekusi putusan MKEK. Artikel ini merekomendasikan perubahan Ortala MKEK untuk mengatasi kebuntuan eksekusi putusan etik lebih lanjut, melalui pembagian porsi kewenangan eksekusi kepada MKEK dan adanya opsi pengambilalihan kewenangan eksekusi oleh MKEK pada proses eksekusi yang mengalami kebuntuan.
PRODUCTIVE QUALITIES OF CROSS-BRED SEMI-COARSE WOOL SHEEP
Authors: Khamiruev T. N. , Volkov I. V. , Bazaron B. Z.
Published: October 2018

The article presents the results of studying productive qualities of young semi-coarse wool sheep during growth period, from birth to 18 months of age, depending on their origin. The study was carried out in Trans-Baikal Territory, in the pedigree breeding unit. Three groups of experimental animals were under study. The control group consisted of young pure-bred semi-coarse wool Aginskaya breed, the first experimental group consisted of the second generation hybrids of Kazakh semi-coarse wool breed, obtained from breeding within its type, and the second group consisted of the second generation crossbred young sheep of Aginskaya breed, obtained from breeding within its type. It was established that sheep of the second experimental group have advantage in terms of growth, development and slaughtering qualities over the pure-bred analogues of the Aginskaya breed and the animals of the first group. At the age of 18 months, rams of the second group also showed a significant advantage in the average live weight over the analogues from the control group and the first group, by 7.1 and 10.1%, respectively. In ewes, significant superiority in body weight over peers was established at the age of 12 months, by 6.2% and 9.5% respectively. In terms of slaughtering qualities, rams of the second experimental group at the age of 4 and 18 months revealed a significant advantage in the carcass weight and slaughter weight (P <0.05-0.001). Purebred sheep of Aginskaya breed were distinguished by the best wool productivity.
THE USE OF IMMUNOGENIC MARKERS IN THE SELECTION OF SHEEP OF ZABAIKALSKAYA BREED
Authors: Khamiruev T. N.
Published: October 2018

The article presents the results of immunogenic certification of fine-fleece sheep of Zabaikalskaya breed of the Khangil type, bred by a sophisticated reproductive cross-breeding method with Australian and Manych Merino breeds. The animals are adapted to a year-round grazing in harsh climatic conditions. The study was carried out in the pedigree plant of Trans-Baikal Territory. The immunogenic certification of animals was carried out in the laboratory of the immunogenic appraisal by six systems of blood groups including 14 antigenic factors. The blood group characteristics of the young were determined depending on their origin. Progeny of Zabaikalskaya stud ram breed of Khangil type is characterized by the highest frequency of occurrence of antigenic factors Aa, Bd, Bi, Bg, Cb, Ma, Mb, R. Given this, the progeny that was bred revealed similarities in the antigenic factors Bd, Bi, Ca, Cb, Ma and R, whereas the discrepancy was established for the antigens Aa, Ab, Bb, Be, Bg, Mb and O. The degree of the genetic similarity and genetic distance between animals within the breed amounted to 0.920 and 0.083 respectively. It is probable that high incidence of antigens Ma, Aa and Bd with the sheep of Zabaikalskaya breed of Khangil type corresponds to their mutton-wool production type. The work demonstrates necessity of the use of genetic markers in the breeding process and in the objective assessment of the degree of genetic similarity and genetic distance between animals of different origin within one breed.
Proximity Between Selfadjoint Operators and Between Their Associated Random Measures
Authors: Boudou Alain , Viguier-Pla Sylvie
Published: October 2018

We study how the proximity between twoselfadjoint bounded operators, measured by a classical distance, canbe expressed by a proximity between the associated spectralmeasures. This last proximity is based on a partial order relation on the set of projectors. Assuming an hypothesis of commutativity, we show that the proximity between operators implies the one between theassociated spectral measures, and conversally, the proximity between spectral measures implies the one between associated selfadjoint operators.
A Note on One-dimensional Varieties Over the Complex p-adic Field
Authors: Dalloul Amran
Published: October 2018

In this paper, we study the varieties V âŠ† C 4 p of dimension one that contain points of the form (x1, x2, exp(x1), exp(x2)) by using tools from Non-Archimedian Analysis.
Anti-type of Hesitant Fuzzy Sets on UP-algebras
Authors: Mosrijai Phakawat , Iampan Aiyared
Published: October 2018

This paper aims to introduce the notions of anti-hesitant fuzzy UP-subalgebras of UP-algebras, anti-hesitant fuzzy UP-filters, anti-hesitant fuzzy UP-ideals, and anti-hesitant fuzzy strongly UP-ideals, and prove some results.Â Furthermore, we discuss the relationships between anti-hesitant fuzzy UP-subalgebras (resp., anti-hesitant fuzzy UP-filters, anti-hesitant fuzzy UP-ideals, anti-hesitant fuzzy strongly UP-ideals) and some level subsets of hesitant fuzzy sets on UP-algebras.
IDENTIFIKASI DAN KARAKTERISASI POTENSI AIR TANAH UNTUK PENGEMBANGAN IRIGASI SUPLEMENTER DI PABRIK GULA RENDENG DAN TRANGKIL JAWA TENGAH
(IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GROUND WATER POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPING SUPLEMENTARY IRRIGATION IN ...
Authors: Rejekiningrum P. , Ramadani F. , Apriyana Y. , Haryono .
Published: October 2018

Micro sugar industry have some potential problem that needed serious interested, issues of global climate change have affected long drought period with the result that water availability for sugarcane very limited, and problem of land resources in specific location. To anticipate water scarcity in sugarcane plantation need to be optimalization water use through identification ground water potential to know depth and distribution groundwater resources used supplementary irrigation. This paper is attempt in optimalising water resources use through mapping of ground water to know ground water potencyl for developing supplementer irrigation with pumping and deep irrigation to increase sugar cane productivity, rendemen, and production in upland sugarcane PG. Rendeng and of Trangkil. Measurement of ground water characteristic through geolistrict survey using Terameter by detecting electrics into ground by electrodes and take the resistivity value in time dimension, this equipment can identify material underground more than 200 metre depth without passing drilling. Of underground material which have known, hence can be determined resistivity and aquifer thickness. The results of this research showed that in PG. Rendeng and and Trangkil have moderate ground water potency (overburden thickness 6-15 and aquifer thickness 16-25 m) until good (overburden thickness 16-25 and aquifer thickness 26-35 m) but moderate is to be dominant. Ground water potency is distribute in the middle and east of PG. Rendeng and Trangkil.
PERANAN RUANG TERBUKA HIJAU DALAM MENGENDALIKAN SUHU UDARA DAN URBAN HEAT ISLAND WILAYAH JABOTABEK
 (THE ROLE OF URBAN GREEN SPACE IN HARNESSING AIR TEMPERATURE AND URBAN HEAT ISLAND. EXEMPLIFIED BY JABOTABEK AREA)
Authors: Effendy Sobri , Bey A. , Zain A.F. M. , Santoso I.
Published: October 2018

This study attempts to develop a functional relationship between air temperature and urban green space using Landsat data. It also aims to estimate the contributions of various forcings, namely, urban green space, population density, urban area, and automobile densities on urban heat island. Subsequently, the impact of urban heat island on temperature humidity index will be assessed quantitatively, followed by surface energy budget analysis of Jabotabek area. Air temperature series are derived from Landsat data, including the NDVI which is used as the bases in generating urban green space of the study area. Principal Component Analysis is utilized in order to establish the relative importance of forcing variables on urban heat island; in order to simplify the structure of factor loadings a varimax rotation is carried out. It is found that air temperature and urban green space for the study area is best represented by a nonlinear equation when a maximum coefficient determination (R2adj) and a minimum standard deviation (S) are to be fulfilled. A 10 to 50% reduction in urban green space would bring air temperature to raise between 0,2 to 1,8 oC. It is interesting to note that this study reveals the same percentage increase in urban green space would only lower the temperature by 0,1 to 0,5 oC. Automobile density is found to be the most important forcing for urban heat island in Jakarta; on the other hand, urban green space is the most dominant forcing in Tangerang and Bekasi. Surface energy budget analysis indicated that the an increase of 1,0 oC in urban heat island would result in additional 80,3 and 69,0 Wm-2 sensible heat fluxes to submedium (G) and to air, respectively.
ANTISIPASI DAN MEKANISME PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN PETANI DALAM PENGENDALIAN DAMPAK ANOMALI IKLIM
(FARMERS’ ANTICIPATION AND DECISION MAKING MECHANISM IN MANAGING IMPACT OF CLIMATE ANOMALY)
Authors: Sarjana S. , Setiapermas M.N. , Basuki S.
Published: October 2018

Farmer’s collective participation in climate anomaly anticipating and managing its impacts are more significant. The study purposed to identify the climate anomaly impact and its anticipation in farmer’s level. The study is conducted in eight districts, i.e., Temanggung, Magelang, Kebumen, Brebes, Kendal, Grobogan, Pati, and Sragen, on July – October 2005. The analysis based on interview of 84 respondents that consist of farmers and officers of local agricultural services. According to the farmers, El Nino affected their farming activities like longer dry season, decreased yield, delay of onset planting season, increased costs for irrigation, seed, pesticides, and cost of land preparation. In farmers’ level, climate anomaly impacts was managed by planting schedules improvement, changing varieties or commodities, and looking for alternative sources of waters. Farmers determine the actions by considering collective decision and the guidance of agriculture extension workers. Time tolerance of farmers tin tailoring climate anomaly is about a month. However, most of farmers manage the farming system based on normal condition. As the climate anomaly is an external factor that affect farming system, local authority should support the farmer’s collective actions through dissemination of anticipation strategies in managing the impacts climate anomaly, and support facilities to implement the strategies.
MODEL DINAMIK PENILAIAN KESESUAIAN AGROKLIMAT TANAMAN KEDELAI
(DYNAMIC MODEL OF AGROCLIMATIC SUITABILITY OF SOYBEAN)
Authors: Supriyadi H. , Koesmaryono Y. , Sibuea L.H.
Published: October 2018

The experiment aims to arrange of data-based of agroclimatic suitability for soybean, to arrange dynamic models for evaluation of suitability for soybean, and to evaluate agroclimatic suitability for soybean on computer. Secondary data of soybean yield and climate were collected from four locations of West Java as specific site targets, those were: Pusakanagara Subang, Cimanggu Bogor, Karangpawitan Garut, and Pasirsarongge Cianjur. Dynamic model has been developed as a tool to assess agroclimatic suitability of soybean which comprises the class, sub class, and sub-sub class level. The model provides information on land productivity, climatic constraint, stages of plant development that related to climate condition. Agroclimatic suitability is classified to five classes, i.e. S1 (very suitable), S2 (suitable), S3 (moderately suitable), S4 (not suitable), and S5 (very not suitable). Base on climate data of 2002, the models indicated that class of S1 were not found. While Cimanggu Bogor is classified as S2; Pusakanagara Subang and Karangpawitan Garut are classified as S3; and Pasirsarongge Cianjur is classified as S4.
PENGEMBANGAN MODEL PREDIKSI MADDEN JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO) BERBASIS PADA HASIL ANALISIS DATA REAL TIME MULTIVARIATE MJO (RMM1 DAN RMM2)
 (PREDICTION MODEL DEVELOPMENT MADDEN JULIAN OSCILLATION (MJO) BASED ON THE RESULTS OF DATA ANALYSIS ...
Authors: Evana Lisa , Effendy Sobri , Hermawan Eddy
Published: October 2018

Background of this research is the importance of study on the Madden Julian Oscillation, the dominant oscillation in the equator area. MJO cycle showed by cloud cluster growing in the Indian Ocean then moved to the east and form a cycle with a range of 40-50 days and the coverage area from 10N-10S. Method that used to predict RMM is Box-Jenkins based on ARIMA (Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average) statistical analysis. The data used RMM daily data period 1 Maret 1979–1 Maret 2009 (30 years). RMM1 and RMM2 is an index for monitoring MJO. This is based on two empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs) from the combined average zonal 850hPa wind, 200hPa zonal wind, and satellite-observed Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) data. The results in form of the Power Spectral Density (PSD) graph Real Time Multivariate MJO (RMM) and long wave radiation (OLR = Outgoing Longwave Radiation) at the position 100° BT, 120° BT, and 140°BT that show the wave pattern (spectrum pattern) and clearly shows the oscillation periods. There is a close relation between RMM1 with OLR at the position 100oBT that characterized the PSD value about 45 day. Through Box-Jenkins method, the prediction model that close to time series data of RMM1 and RMM2 is ARIMA (2,1,2), that mean the forecasts of RMM data for the future depending on one time previously and the error one time before. Prediction model for Zt = Zt = 1,681 Zt-1 – 0,722 Zt-2 - 0,02 at-1 - 0,05 at-2.. Prediction model for RMM2 is Zt = 1,714 Zt-1 – 0,764 Zt-2 - 0,109 at-1 - 0,05 at-2.. The flood case in Jakarta January-February 1996 and 2002 are one of real evidence that made the MJO prediction important. MJO with active phase dominant cover almost the entire Indonesia west area at that moment.
INCREASING WATER PRODUCTIVITY OF LOWLAND RICE THROUGH THE WATER SAVING TECHNIQUES AND CROP MANAGEMENT IN RESPONSE TO DROUGHT
Authors: Setiobudi Didiek , Sembiring Hasil
Published: October 2018

The water saving technology for lowland rice cultivation was very crucial because of in the future irrigation water become scarce and competed with other sectors. The lowering of the availability of irrigation water had the impact for sustainability of rice production. The review of the paper described the pattern of basic water requirement, yield responses of several lowland rice varieties to moisture stress, days interval irrigation and the alternatives of water saving techniques for improving yield and water productivity. The pattern of the actual water requirement (ET+P&S) showed the maximum value of 8.8 mm/day (1.02 lt/sec/ha) for high yielding varieties (HYV) that occurred from heading to 50% flowering. Under limited water supply, irrigation water should be applied that period to prevent yield loss. Soil moisture stress at moderate level (- 0.5 bar) from heading to full flowering was significantly decreased yield about 30% when compared with the yield of continuously flooded 3 cm depth. This period was a critical period of HYV to soil moisture stress. For rotational irrigation purposes, information of the optimum days interval irrigation was important. It was found that 3 days irrigation interval was a critical limit for HYV to achieve higher yield. The SRI model of rice cultivation had the lowest rice yield in the lowland soil, poor drainage, clay soil texture and low permeability. The modified irrigation of the SRI plus fertilizer N based on LCC readings gave a greater yield as well as water productivity. The hybrid and NPT line rice varieties had higher yield components and grain yield than Ciherang variety. Ciherang variety was not favor to grown for the wet season, it was more productive when grown in dry season even with AWD irrigation model. The plant spacing of 25 cm x 25 cm gave higher number of panicle/hill and number of spikelet/panicle under both AWD and continuously flooded 3 cm depth for dry and wet season consistently. The fertilizer N management based on SSNM with low and high rates for the early vegetative stage were not significantly affected all yield components and grain yield. The AWD irrigation could save irrigation water about 18% when compared to the continuously flooded conditions.The grain yield of the hybrid, inbred and NPT line rice varieties was higher for the dry season than wet season under both AWD irrigation and continuous flooding consistently.
EFEKTIVITAS PAKET PENGENDALIAN RESIKO PENYIMPANGAN IKLIM DI JAWA TENGAH
(THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE RISK MANAGEMENT SCHEME IN CENTRAL JAVA)
Authors: Sarjana . , Norma Meinarti , Basuki Seno
Published: October 2018

This paper is summary report of study on implementation of local government designed strategies to anticipate and manage the climate change risks in Central Java. The basis of information obtained from interviews to farmers. In general, planting patterns follow schedule of water availability; therefore, farmers are more interested in talking about the lack of water compared with the excess water. According to farmers' language, climate change is the rainy season retreat. In this context, almost all respondents stated that the climate changes disrupt their farming activities. These disorders include reduction of production, planting schedule delays, increased costs of irrigation, seeds, pesticides and land management. Local agricultural agencies have been disseminating strategies to anticipate and manage the risks of climate change. Those strategies are planting reschedules, changing varieties or commodities, and improving the water management. Local governments also facilitate the implementation of those strategies, namely distribution of water pumps, and seeds according to climate prediction, and repair or construction of irrigation channels and reservoirs. Most respondents (59%) had never directly followed those socialization activities, and due to limited of the distributed facilities, only 29.87% of respondents enjoyed such facilities. However, the recipient stated that the government facilities effectively assist them in controlling the impact of climate change, and most farmers had committed the management of climate changes impacts in a manner consistent with the recommended strategy. These results show that both government assistance and collective action by farmers had the same important role in anticipating and controlling the impact of climate changes. Therefore, the government should socialize recomended strategies in a more intensive, and improve, and expand the reach of distribution facilities to implement the strategy. These efforts would stimulate farmers self-supporting as a whole, so that the programs in anticipating and controlling the impact of climate changes would be more effective.
The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Access to Health Services in Turkey: A Logit Analysis
Authors: ÇOBAN Orhan , ÇOBAN Ayşe , MİRZA Emel
Published: October 2018

This study aims to determine the causes of inequalities in health and to analyze which socio-economic factors are effective on access to health services, by examining the Turkish case. In the analysis, The Turkey Health Survey 2012 micro data from TurkStat and Binary Logistic Regression Method were used. According to the analysis, it is determined that individuals who have lower education and income level are more likely to state poor health status. Also, it is observed that lower education and income level also means lower likelihood of accessing health care and this poses a significant problem against equity. However, income level becomes insignificant on access to healthcare with the sample of individuals stating poor health, probably as a result of increased health insurance coverage by the General Health Insurance Reform.
Examining How Stakeholders at the Local, State, and National Levels Made Sense of the Changed Kindergarten
Authors: Brown Christopher P. , Englehardt Joanna , Barry David P. , Ku Da Hei
Published: October 2018

Kindergarten in the United States has fundamentally changed. It is the new first grade where children are taught increased academic content and experience more standardized testing. There is much debate among education stakeholders about these changes, but such discussions are often siloed— making it difficult to know whether these changes reflect these stakeholders’ understandings of kindergarten specifically or public education in general. This explorative video-cued multivocal ethnographic study addressed this issue by examining how local, state, and national education stakeholders made sense of the changed kindergarten. Such findings provide insight into what it is they viewed driving these academic and instructional changes, what opportunities for further reform exist, and whether these stakeholders will work to support and/or alter such changes.
AMSM- Estimation (Point and Interval)- Chapter Four
Authors: Dahman Mohammed R.
Published: October 2018

In statistics estimation is a data analysis framework that uses a combination of effect sizes, confidence intervals, precision planning, and meta-analysis to plan experiments, analyze data and interpret results. A thorough explanation of point and interval estimation are discussed. Four important steps to understand interval estimation were explained. In addition to the scenario for more than one population.
Helping Students Acquainted with Multiplication in Rectangular Model
Authors: Tasman Fridgo
Published: October 2018

Usually, multiplication is introduced to students to represent quantities that come in group. However there is also rectangular array model which is also related to multiplication. Barmby et al (2009) has shown that the rectangular model such as array representations encourage students to develop their thinking about multiplication as a binary operation with row and column representing two inputs. Considering that finding, this study focusses on a design research that was conducted in Indonesia in which I investigate second grade students’ (between 7 and 8 years old) in Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri (MIN) 2 Palembang, Indonesia, ability to structuring the situation and their ability to represent rectangular model into multiplication sentence. The results shows us that students activity to structuring the situation, looking the number of objects in row or in column, lead them to repeated addition and transform it into multiplication sentence.
Students’ Mathematical Problem-Solving Abilities Through The Application of Learning Models Problem Based Learning
Authors: Nasution Minora Longgom
Published: October 2018

One of the purpose mathematic learning is to develop problem solving abilities. Problem solving is obtained through experience in questioning non-routine. Improving students’ mathematical problem-solving abilities required an appropriate strategy in learning activities one of them is models problem based learning (PBL). Thus, the purpose of this research is to determine whether the problem solving abilities of mathematical students’ who learn to use PBL better than on the ability of students’ mathematical problem solving by applying conventional learning. This research included quasi experiment with static group design and population is students class XI MIA SMAN 1 Lubuk Alung. Class experiment in the class XI MIA 5 and class control in the class XI MIA 6. The instrument of final test students’ mathematical problem solving used essay form. The result of data final test in analyzed with t- test. The result is students’ mathematical problem solving abilities with PBL better then on the ability of students’ mathematical problem solving by applying conventional learning. It’s seen from the high percentage achieved by the group of students who learn to use PBL for each indicator of students’ mathematical problem solving.
The Practicality of Learning Module Based on Jigsaw-Cooperative Learning Model in Media Education Course
Authors: Putra Zonny Amanda , K Arwizet , Rahim Bulkia , Nabawi Rahmat Azis
Published: October 2018

Educational factors that are less appropriate in the delivery of materials and the selection of instructional media causes lesson objectives are perfectly acceptable by students. The educational factors here are defined as the facilities needed in the learning process such as learning media used by lecturers. Based on the problems and goals to be achieved, this type of research is a quasi-experimental research (quasi experiment). Quasi experimental research is a research method used to look for certain influences against others in controlled conditions. In general, the approaches taken in this research were investigative and survey. Results test practicality module Theory of Media Education model of cooperative type of jigsaw according to the lecturer was 97,50%, so it can be concluded the module fell into the category of "Very Practical". Students responded positively to the use of Jigsaw Education Model in the implementation of learning withaverage response of 83.65% belonged to very practicalcategory. Of the thirteen statement items in the questionnaire, all statements were answered very practically by the students. This further strengthened the average of all the items by 83.65%. There was an increase in learning outcome on pretest to post-test of 31.82%.
On the Multitude of Mathematics Skills – Spatial-Numerical Associations and Geometry Skill?
Authors: Cipora Krzysztof , Schroeder Philipp A. , Nuerk Hans-Christoph
Published: October 2018

A commentary being part of the book edited by K.S. Mix and M. Battista.
Similar event-related potentials to structural violations in music and language: A replication of Patel, Gibson, Ratner, Besson, & Holcomb (1998).
Authors: de Leeuw Joshua R , Andrews Jan , Altman Zariah , Andrews Rebecca , Appleby Robert , Bonanno James , Destefano Isabella , Doyle-Samay Eileen , Faruqui Ayela , Griesmer Chrissy , Hwang Jackie , Lawson Kate , Lee Rena Aerey , LIang Yunfei , Mernacaj John , Molina Henry , Ng Hui Xin , Possidente Thomas , Shriver Anne
Published: October 2018

We report a replication of Patel, Gibson, Ratner, Besson & Holbomb (1998). The results of our replication are largely consistent with the conclusions of the original study. We found evidence of a P600 component of the event-related potential (ERP) in response to syntactic violations in language and harmonic inconsistencies in music. There were some minor differences in the spatial distribution of the P600 on the scalp between the replication and the original. The experiment was pre-registered at https://osf.io/g3b5j/register/565fb3678c5e4a66b5582f67. We conducted this experiment as part of an undergraduate cognitive science research methods class at Vassar College; we discuss the practice of integrating replication work into research methods courses.
Self-Dislike and Sadness are Central Symptoms of Depression in College Students: A Network Analysis
Authors: Mullarkey Michael C , Stewart Rochelle A , Wells Tony T , Shumake Jason , Beevers Christopher G
Published: October 2018

Depression in college students is an important public health issue. There is growing recognition that some depression symptoms may have a more central role in the disorder than others. We use network analyses to identify the most central symptoms of depression in college students. In a cross-sectional network the BDI-SF was collected at a single time point (N = 10,005) and in a symptom change network the BDI-SF was collected at two time points separated on average by approximately two months (N = 700). In both samples, the most central depression symptoms were self-dislike and sadness. Centrality scores for the cross-sectional network were highly correlated (r = .86) with the centrality scores for the symptom change network. Self-dislike and sadness may have important roles in college student depression. Additional work experimentally targeting and changing these central symptoms is needed to determine whether they have a causal role in the disorder.
You’ve got a friend(ly school): Can school prosocial norms and friends similarly protect victims from distress?
Authors: Schacter Hannah , Juvonen Jaana
Published: October 2018

Testing the potential protective effects of school-level prosocial norms and having friends on peer victimization-related distress, this study examined whether one protective factor is particularly important in the absence of the other. An ethnically diverse sample (n=5,991) from 26 middle schools reported on peer prosocial behavior, social anxiety, loneliness, and perceived school safety; peer nominations assessed victimization and friends. Multilevel analyses revealed that 6th grade friendless victims felt significantly less anxious, lonely, and unsafe a year later in schools characterized by stronger peer prosocial norms (e.g., helping others). Additionally, victims in less prosocial schools experienced less socially anxiety if they had at least one friend. The findings suggest that attending a school characterized by prosocial peer norms can compensate for high social risk (victimized and friendless) following the transition to middle school, and having friends is important for bullied youth in less prosocial school contexts. These results highlight the importance of simultaneously studying relational and school-level protective factors; implications for anti-bullying interventions are discussed.
Navigating the Politics of Anxiety
Authors: Johansen Mette-Louise
Published: October 2018

This article explores how Danish police officers and social workers involved in countering violent extremism (CVE) seek to cope with the possibility of public moral outrage being directed at the welfare state when issues of security and integration arise. In such cases, state officials are faced with a difficult dilemma: on the one hand, they could be blamed for inefficient casework if there is a terror attack. On the other hand, the target group could perceive their intervention as outrageous, in which case it may end up producing the violence that it purports to prevent. The response to this dilemma is a dynamic shift between early and intense intervention on the one hand, and hesitation and “pulling back” from intervention on the other. I suggest that this dynamic response plays a crucial role in risk assessment and decision-making processes related to CVE efforts in Denmark.
Danger, Moral Opacity, and Outrage
Authors: Sommerfelt Tone
Published: October 2018

This article explores hostile narratives and moral outrage in the context of rising conflict in urban Mali, with a specific emphasis on religious and spatial politics in Bamako. Based on ethnographic observations, interviews, and group discussions, the article examines the specific forms that moral outrage may take in contexts of insecurity and an imminent threat of violence. It argues that moral outrage concerns the transgression of values that are intrinsic to moral being. In the Mali setting, moral outrage emerges as justifiable when people fail, or refuse, to make visible or prove their moral being. Suspected ill-doers are ascribed economic, political, and religious agendas that threaten what it means to be Muslim and that violate the value of the mutual solidarity of the Muslim community and of the nation. At the same time, the public expression of moral outrage contributes to a broader negotiation of identities and state-society relationships.
Moral Thresholds of Outrage
Authors: D’Orsi Lorenzo
Published: October 2018

This article analyses the social construction of moral outrage, interpreting it as both an extemporaneous feeling and an enduring process, objectified in narratives and rituals and permeating public spaces as well as the intimate sphere of social actors’ lives. Based on ethnography carried out in Istanbul, this contribution focuses on the assassination of the Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in 2007. This provoked a moral shock and led to an annual commemoration in which thousands of people—distant in political, religious, ethnic positions—gather around a shared feeling of outrage. The article retraces the narratives of innocence and the moral frames that make Dink’s public figure different from other victims of state violence, thus enabling a moral and emotional identification of a large audience. Outrage over Dink’s murder has become a creative, mobilizing force that fosters new relationships between national history and subjectivity, and de-reifies essentialized social boundaries and identity claims.
Administrating Violence through Coal Ash Policies and Practices
Authors: Eldridge Erin R.
Published: October 2018

Coal ash, the waste generated at coal-burning power plants, is one of the
largest waste streams in the United States, and it contains a range of contaminants,
including arsenic and mercury. Disasters at coal ash waste sites in recent years have
led to increased public scrutiny of coal ash in communities and have sparked policy
debates, lawsuits, and complaints throughout the country. With emphasis on federal
and state coal ash policies since the 1970s, this article highlights the synthesis of government
and corporate power in coal ash politics, and the bureaucratic processes affecting
communities near coal ash sites. Based on ethnographic research following the 2008
Tennessee Valley Authority coal ash disaster, as well as preliminary research on the
“social life” of coal ash in North Carolina, this article specifically offers ethnographic
insight into the lived experiences of social and ecological violence created, perpetuated,
and normalized through bureaucratic processes.
Migrant Residents in Search of Residences
Authors: Sheehan Megan
Published: October 2018

Latin American migration to Chile has increased exponentially over the past 20 years. As migrants settle in Santiago, they face numerous articulations of bureaucracy—at entry, in visa processing, in labor regulations, and in housing law. This article charts a central paradox of migrant experiences with two discordant bureaucratic entities in Chile. Migrants are frequently able to acquire residency documents, yet they are often unable to enter into formal rental agreements or easily access adequate housing. Drawing on data collected during 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Santiago, Chile, I explore migrants’ lived experience of bureaucracy. As migrants navigate the processes involved in attaining visas and in securing housing, their experiences expose the interstices of bureaucracy, sites of disjuncture between contrasting bureaucratic entities and realms. These bureaucratic interstices are critical sites where structural violence is fostered, normalized, and made invisible.