bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
IMPROVING CHASSIS FRAME FOR EIMARACE 2014 TS131 RACING CAR BY USING HYPERMESH ANALYSIS
Authors: WAN MUSTAPHA WAN AMIRUDDIN , MD ZAIN BADIUL ZAMAN , KAMARUDDIN MUHAMMAD SHAH RUL
Published: September 2021

This paper presents the improvement chassis frame for EIMARace 2014 Ts131 racing car using HYPERMESH analysis. A chassis frame of race car have been designed and developed according to the specifications of Educational Innovation of Motorsports and Automotive Race (EIMARace 2014). The race car chassis was developed using computer aided design (CAD) software and analysis using HYPERMESH. The goal and target of this project are to simulate frame structure, strength validation and also to improve chassis frame when torsion and bending are applied by using HYPERMESH analysis software. In order to achieve the objective, two types of analysis (bending and torsion) were being run to determine the characteristics of the chassis. Based on average analysis result, the displacements of the improvement chassis are significantly decreased. As conclusion, the new improvements of chassis frame are more compatible for racing which can through the rough surface of road without any failure.

 

Kertas kerja ini membentangkan peningkatan bingkai casis untuk kereta lumba EIMARace 2014 Ts131 dengan menggunakan analisis HYPERMESH. Bingkai casis kereta lumba telah direka dan dibangunkan EIMARace 2014). Casis kereta lumba dibangunkan dengan menggunakan bantuan komputer perisian reka bentuk (CAD) dan menganalisis menggunakan HYPERMESH. Matlamat dan sasaran projek ini adalah untuk mensimulasikan struktur kerangka, pengesahan kekuatan dan juga untuk meningkatkan kerangka casis apabila kilasan dan lenturan telah digunakan dengan menggunakan perisian analisis HYPERMESH. Untuk mencapai matlamat itu, dua jenis analisis (lenturan dan kilasan) dijalankan untuk menentukan ciri-ciri casis. Berdasarkan keputusan purata analisis, anjakan peningkatan casis menurun dengan ketara. Kesimpulannya, peningkatan baru kerangka casis adalah lebih serasi untuk perlumbaan yang boleh  melalui permukaan jalan kasar tanpa sebarang kegagalan.
PEMBANGUNAN KOMIK PENDIDIKAN SEBAGAI SOLUSI KEPADA STIGMA SOSIAL PEMBACA MALAYSIA: ISU, ELEMEN DAN IMPLIKASI
Authors: AZMAN FARAH NADIA , ZAIBON SYAMSUL BAHRIN , SHIRATUDDIN NORSHUHADA
Published: September 2021

AbstrakSebagai warisan seni tanah air yang tidak ternilai, sebilangan besar pelan tindakan bagi mengangkatmartabat komik di Malaysia telah direalisasikan oleh pelbagai pihak. Namun begitu, masih wujud stigmanegatif terhadap komik di kalangan masyarakat. Bagi menyokong usaha pembangunan komik pendidikansebagai salah satu solusi memantapkan sokongan umum terhadap media visual ini, artikel ini mengkajielemen utama dalam komik pendidikan yang disenaraikan mengikut kategori berbeza. Ini bertujuan untukmengenalpasti bagaimana unsur pendidikan diintegrasikan dalam komik. Hasil kajian didapati selariinstructional yang dinyatakan oleh pelopor seni komik antarabangsa,Will Eisner iaitu komik pendidikan dengan kandungan bersifat fakta dan kandungan untuk pembentukansikap. Analisa juga merumuskan bahawa komik pendidikan berpotensi menjadi medium pilihan primerdi kalangan kanak-kanak dan remaja kerana kandungannya memenuhi perkembangan intelektual dankehendak emosi golongan tersebut. Artikel ini turut mengupas kepentingan menjalankan penyelidikanlanjutan bagi memantau sejauh mana komik pendidikan diterima pembaca dengan kerjasama wargaindustri komik negara.

AbstractAs the invaluable artistic heritage of the motherland, a large number of action plans to raise the prestigeof comics in Malaysia has been realized by various parties. However, there is still a negative stigmaagainst comics in the societies. To support the development of educational comic as one of the solutionsto strengthen public support for visual media, this article examines the key elements in comic educationlisted according to different categories. It aims to identify how the educational elements are integrated incomic. The findings appear consistent with two general classifications of instructional comic expressedby the international pioneers of comic arts, Will Eisner as the educational comic with factual contents andcontents for the formation of attitudes. The analysis also concludes that the educational comic embracesthe potential to become the primary choice among the children and adolescents as the content meets theintellectual and emotional needs of these groups. This article also explains the importance of conductingfurther research to monitor the extent of comic education being received by comic readers under thecollaboration of activists from the comic industries in the country.
KESAN PENAMBAHAN HABUK KAYU CENGAL TERHADAP SIFAT KEKERASAN LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene)
Authors: HUSSIN MOHD SOBRI BIN , ABDULLAH SHAMSUDDIN BIN , AZIB AHMAD FARUDZI BIN
Published: September 2021

AbstrakKajian ini melibatkan Polietelena Berketumpatan Rendah (LDPE) diadun dengan bahan tambah iaituhabuk kayu Cengal (HK). Habuk kayu dapat dimajukan, ini kerana sisa kayu dapat mengurangkankos penggunaan bahan asli dalam pengeluaran. Lantaran itu, kajian dilakukan berhubung dengankekekerasan sesuatu bahan campuran yang dihasilkan. Oleh itu, satu kajian dilakukan bagi menentukankesan penambahan habuk kayu terhadap kekerasan bahan LDPE yang akan dihasilkan. Kajian dilakukandengan melihat kesan ke atas penambahan habuk kayu dengan sifat LDPE tulen. Pemerhatian dilakukanterhadap sifat mekanikal LDPE yang dikurangkan kuantiti jisimnya dengan nisbah penambahan habukkayu sebanyak 3, 6, 9, 12 dan 15 peratus. Habuk kayu diayak menerusi pengayak yang bersaiz 200?m dan ditimbang mengikut campuran penambahan. Sampel dihasilkan menggunakan mesin suntikanpanas bagi tujuan ujian kekerasan. Keputusan ujian dianalisa bertujuan untuk membuat perbandingandengan 100% LDPE dengan peratusan HK yang ditetapkan. Ujian kekerasan secara keseluruhannyameningkat. Peningkatan paling tinggi adalah pada sampel 12% HK iaitu sebanyak 8.2%. Dalam kajianini kekerasan bahan meningkat dengan penambahan HK. Kajian lanjut tentang kekuatan bahan bolehditeruskan melalui penambahan saiz partikel pengisi yang lebih halus.

 

AbstractThe study involved Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) blended with additive that is sawdust Cengal (HK).Sawdust can be developed, because wood waste can reduce the use of natural materials in production.Thus, a study was undertaken in relation to the hardness of the produced mixture. Therefore, a study wasconducted to determine the effect of wood dust on he hardness of the produced mixture LDPE material tobe produced. The study was undertaken by looking at the effect of adding the quantity of sawdust to thenature of pure LDPE. Observations were made on the mechanical properties of LDPE when the quantityof mass is reduced by increasing the sawdust ratio from 3 to 6, 9, 12 and 15 percent. Sawdust was siftedthrough a sieve with the size of 200 ?m and weighed by the addition of a mixture. Samples for hardnesstest were produced by using injection hot machine. The test results are analyzed in order to make acomparison with 100 % LDPE with HK prescribed percentage. (It is found that overall, the hardness of theproduced mixture has increase. The highest increase (8.2 %) was shown by the 12%HK sample). In thisstudy, the hardness increased with the addition of HK. Further study of the strength of the material can bepursued through the addition of finer particle size filler.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE OF ENTREPRENEURS IN NARATHIWAT, THAILAND
Authors: YAACOB MOHD RAFI , ZAKARIA MOHD NAZRI , ISMAIL MOHAMMAD , ABDUL AZIZ ZURAIMI , ZAINOL FAKHRUL ANWAR
Published: September 2021

AbstrakNarathiwat merupakan sebahagian daripada 77 wilayah di Thailand yang terletak di utara negeri Kelantan, Malaysia. Majoriti penduduknya beragama Islam dan mempunyai sosio-budaya yang sama. Pelbagai produk dari Thailand dieksport ke Malaysia masuk melalui Kelantan dan sebagai salah satu prasyaratperniagaan antarabangsa, usahawan Narathiwat perlu pengetahuan dalam hal ini. Kajian ini mengukur pengetahuan perniagaan antarabangsa usahawan Narathiwat dan ini pengukuran tahap pengetahuan usahawan penting bukan sahaja mencerminkan kekuatan perniagaan merentas sempadan sekarangtetapi boleh menjadi petanda aras perancangan pelaksanaan Komuniti Ekonomi ASEAN (AEC). Dalam kajian ini, 30 usahawan mikro dan usahawan kecil daripada pelbagai perniagaan diselidiki pada April, 2014. Dengan menggunakan skala Likert, 1 pada tahap tidak tahu hingga 5 tahap sangat tahu, hasil kajianmenunjukkan usahawan mempunyai pengetahuan rendah dalam semua aspek: peraturan pengurusankewa ngan, dasar awam dan peluang perniagaan, AEC, rangkaian perniagaan, imej perusahaan serta logistik dan pengedaran. Penemuan ini tidak bagus dalam konteks perniagaan antarabangsa dan pada masa yang sama menimbulkan banyak persoalan. Untuk menangani hal ini, pemerintah Narathiwat dan kerajaan Thailand perlu meningkatkan pengetahuan usahawan melalui pembentukkan polisi awam untuk menyokong dan mengembangkan pengetahuan di kalangan usahawan. Dengan usaha sedemikian,usahawan di Narathiwat akan lebih bersedia untuk menyertai AEC

 

AbstractNarathiwat is one of the 77 provinces in Thailand north of Kelantan, Malaysia. A majority of the population are Muslims and retain a similar socio-cultural practices as in Kelantan. At present, a variety of products from Thailand are exported to Malaysia through Kelantan. One of the prerequisites for internationalbusiness is knowledge about international business. This study investigates the level of knowledge among entrepreneurs in Narathiwat on international usiness. Measuring such knowledge does not only reflect  the intensity of business across borders at present but also provide an early indicator of such activityupon the implementation of the Asean Economic Community (AEC). In this study, 30 micro and small-size entrepreneurs of various businesses from Narathiwat were surveyed in April, 2014. Using Likert Scale ranging from 1 (no knowledge) to 5 (highly knowledgeable), the findings showed that the entrepreneurs had low knowledge in regulation, financial management, public policy and business opportunity, AEC, enterprise image, international networking and logistics, and distributive trade. These findings are alarming and raise more questions. Therefore, Narathiwat and the Thai government should improve their entrepreneurs’ international knowledge by formulating a public policy to support and foster new knowledge on international business. By so doing, entrepreneurs in Narathiwat will be better prepared as the country embraces AEC.
A BRIEF CONCEPT IN LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
Authors: ZAHAR IWAN
Published: September 2021

AbstrakDi Malaysia, tidak terdapat banyak perbincangan tentang landskap fotografi dan tidak ramai juru gambaryang berkemahiran dalam bidang ini. Penyelidikan ini menggunakan analisis kandungan dan analisis fotodaripada sumber yang berlainan termasuk monograf, buku, dan jurnal. Esei pendek ini menerangkanpengaruh seni Zen terhadap landskap foto, dan perkembangannya di Barat. Ia juga menerangkansecara ringkas tentang sejarah landskap fotografi di Malaysia. Selain daripada itu, esei ini tidak berhasratuntuk menerangkan semua teknik dan konsep landskap fotogafi, tetapi saya cuba menghubungkaitkanpengalaman saya dalam landskap fotografi dan mengintegrasi teori fotografi dalam penciptaan landskapfoto. Kesimpulan kajian ini menunjukkan ramai landskap jurugambar telah memperkembangkan konsepmereka daripada ideologi dan sumber lain seperti lukisan dan falsafah. Tiada pengaruh Zen atau Gestaltdalam landskap fotografi Lambert dan Thompson ditemui.

 

AbstractThere are not much discussions on landscape photography and also not many photographers in Malaysiaspecialize in this genre. The research uses content analysis and pictoral analysis from many sources,including monographs, books and journals. This short essay explains the influence of Zen art on landscapephotos, and the development of landscape photos in the west. It also briefly explains history of landscapephotography in Malaysia. Furthermore, this short essay does not aim to explain all the techniques andconcepts of landscape photography, but I try to relate to my own experience in landscape photographyand other integrated photograhic theories in making landscape photo. The conclusion of this studyindicates that many landscape photographers develop their concepts from the previous ideas and alsofrom other sources such as painting and philosophy. There are no Zen or Gestalt influences on Lambertand Thompson’s landscape photographies found.
PENGOPTIMUNAN ANALISIS BIOMEKANIK TERHADAP PEMAIN BOLA SEPAK MENGGUNAKAN KAEDAH TINDAK BALAS PERMUKAAN
Authors: MAHAMAD ALI MOHD FIRDAUS , ISMAIL AHMAD RASDAN
Published: September 2021

Bola sepak merupakan suatu permainan yang digemari di seluruh dunia dan sukan ini merupakan sukannombor satu di dunia begitu juga di Malaysia. Walaupun bola sepak di negara kita menuju era profesional,prestasinya adalah di tahap rendah dan tidak dapat dibanggakan. Setelah dikaji, pemain bola sepaknegara masih lemah dari segi teknik tendangan. Teknik tendangan yang berkualiti dalam permainan bolasepak merupakan aspek terpenting dalam menghasilkan jaringan dan juga hantaran. Teknik tendangankekura kaki merupakan teknik tendangan yang kerap kali digunakan dalam sukan bola sepak bagi tujuanhantaran pendek dan tepat serta ketika melakukan jaringan. Kajian ini dijalankan bagi mendapatkan nilaipengoptimuman bagi arah sudut larian dan jarak kaki sokongan daripada bola serta tekanan dalaman bolaterhadap halaju sudut pada bahagian kaki yang menendang. Seramai enam orang subjek menggunakankaki dominan kanan dan bebas daripada sebarang kecederaan dari pelbagai kategori telah dipilih sebagaisubjek dalam kajian ini. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan mengambil gambar video 3 dimensi yangdifokuskan pada bahagian bawah badan iaitu dari paras pinggang ke buku lali. Untuk tujuan ini, penandaakan dilekatkan pada bahagian bawah badan sebelum tendangan dilakukan oleh subjek. Analisis datatelah dilakukan dengan menggunakan perisian 3 Dimensi Qualisys Track Manager. Bagi analisis statistik,perisian Minitab dengan menggunakan kaedah tindak balas permukaan melalui rekabentuk Box-Behnkentelah digunakan. Hasil daripada kajian ini, didapati pengotimuman bagi ketiga-tiga parameter iaitu arahsudut larian adalah sebanyak 53.6º, jarak kaki sokongan sebanyak 8.84sm dan tekanan bola sebanyak0.9bar dengan halaju sudut lutut sebanyak 779.27 darjah/saat telah terhasil. Persamaan model matematikbagi pengaruh setiap faktor tendangan terhadap halaju sudut pada bahagian kaki yang menendang telahditentukan.
Ethical and Global Health Perspectives on Obstetric Healthcare and Safe Abortions in Refugee and Internally Displaced Populations
Authors: Boutros Hannah
Published: September 2021

Statement of Significance
Literature demonstrates women living in poverty in remote areas are less likely to receive adequate health care, particularly in regard to obstetrics and gynecology. Lack of medical care during childbirth is associated with significant maternal mortality due to otherwise readily prevented or treated causes. While reproductive healthcare for women in all 'developing nations' merits consideration, this catch-all term for under-resourced regions obscures disproportionate burdens faced by a heterogeneous collection of communities facing disparate barriers to health care.
Displaced women, both externally as refugees or within their nation of origin, face maternal morbidity and mortality rates at nearly twice the world average. Displaced women and those in countries deemed as undergoing a humanitarian crisis, represent the majority of all maternal deaths—both globally and among developing nations.
This article considers the current state of women's health in displaced populations. Data on morbidity, mortality, and disparities in reproductive health demonstrate a violation of their human rights as defined by well-established ethical paradigms and international declarations. The onus of guaranteeing human rights to reproductive health falls well within the purview of the international medical community. Medical providers and medical organizations have a responsibility to recognize and amend these disparities and this article concludes by offering practical approaches toward this end.
The evolution of early medieval Moravian axe-shaped currency bars through the perspective of an archaeological experiment
Authors: Hlavica Michal , Bárta Patrick
Published: September 2021

The presented text attempts to assess the possibilities and limitations of processing Great Moravian currency bars (by domestic archaeologists traditionally called axe-shaped hryvnias) into the form of an end product – a tool in the form of an axe – using an archaeological experiment. In this manner, it is also testing the possibilities of the axe-shaped bars to remain in circulation as tokens of general-purpose money. The present experiment shows that the processing of these bars is considerably loss-making, which means that in the case of their circulation as tokens, their withdrawal from circulation for the purpose of their practical utilization would be unlikely. The text also attempts to model the genesis of axe-shaped currency, seeing their roots in Moravian social currency, which probably originally had the form of real axes. During the social and political changes of the Great Moravian period, this currency acquired the form of stylised semi-finished products and were probably also integrated in anonymous market transactions at least in part of Great Moravian territory.
Impact of Leadership Styles on Job Performance; from Nurse’s Points of View at Benghazi Medical Centre
Authors: Alaqeli Eman , Altarhuni Ainas , Almabrook Nidaal
Published: September 2021

Background and objectives. The relationship between leadership styles and job performance draws considerable attention from recent researchers. The main objective of this study was to determine the impact of leadership style (autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire) on job performance from nurse’s points of view at Benghazi Medical Centre. Method. This study was a descriptive questionnaire-based study conducted on 100 nurses working at Benghazi Medical Centre, Libya. To analyze the data (mean, standard deviation, ANOVA test were used. Furthermore, multiple regressions and Pearson correlation were used to determine whether a relationship exists between the independent and dependent variables. Result. Of 100, only 60 questionnaires were completed, giving a response rate of 60%. The findings of this study indicated that democratic was the most dominantly used in the hospital, followed by the autocratic and laissez-faire leadership styles. Whereas, the laissez-faire leadership style had a strong positive and significant impact on performance (R2= .333; P < 0.01). Conclusion. Laissez-faire leadership style positively affected nurses’ performance. Future research that might be relevant to be further explored are worth.
Efisiensi Pemasaran Susu Sapi Perah di Kelompok Ternak Rejeki Lumintu Kelurahan Sumurrejo Kecamatan Gunungpati Kota Semarang
Authors: Saparto, dan  Sutopo Nadia Alfia Safitri,
Published: September 2021

ABSTRAKPenelitian bertujuan mengetahui saluran pemasaran, biaya pemasaran, keuntungan pemasaran, margin pemasaran, farmer’s share serta efisiensi pemasaran susu sapi di Kelompok Ternak Rejeki Lumintu Kelurahan Sumurrejo Kecamatan Gunungpati Kota Semarang. Metode dasar yang digunakan adalah deskriptif analisis. Metode penentuan petani responden dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode sensus, sedangkan penentuan lembaga pemasaran dilakukan dengan metode snawball sampling. Data yang digunakan adalah data primer dan sekunder yang diambil pada bulan Februari – Maret 2020 dengan teknik wawancara, pencatatan dan observasi. Analisis data menggunakan cost margin analysis. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa ada 3 saluran pemasaran yaitu Saluran I : Peternak→ Konsumen, Saluran II : Peternak→ Pedagang Pengumpul → Konsumen, dan Saluran III : Peternak→ Pedagang Pengumpul → Pedagang Besar → Konsumen. Biaya pemasaran Saluran I Rp. 0,00 /liter, Saluran II Rp. 150,00 /liter, dan Saluran III Rp. 693,08 /liter. Keuntungan pemasaran per liter Saluran I Rp. Rp. 1.854,18 /liter, Saluran II Rp. 1.850,00 /liter, Saluran III Rp. 2.579,65 /liter. Margin pemasaran per liter Saluran I Rp. Rp. 1.854,18 atau 26,49 %, Saluran II Rp. 2.000,00 atau 28,57% dan Saluran III Rp. 3.272,73 atau 39,56%. Farmer’s share Saluran I 73,51%, Saluran II 71,43% , Saluran III 60,44%. Kesimpulan : efesiensi pemasaran di ketiga saluran pemasaran efisien. Urutan saluran pemasaran paling efisien adalah saluran I, saluran II, dan saluran III. Kata Kunci : Efisiensi Pemasaran, Margin Pemasaran, Farmer’s Share, Susu Sapi
Pengaruh Diferensiasi Produk, Inovasi Produk, dan Iklan terhadap Loyalitas Konsumen Shampo Sunsilk di Kota Ambon
Authors: Tehuayo Erlinda
Published: September 2021

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of product differentiation, product innovation and advertising on consumer loyalty Sunsilk shampoo in Ambon city. This research is a quantitative descriptive research. The population in this study were consumers who had used Sunsilk shampoo and the number of samples was 100 respondents. By using a questionnaire as a data collection tool. Sampling using non-probability sampling technique with purposive sampling method. The data analysis method used is Multiple Linear Regression. Based on the results of the multiple regression test, it shows that the product differentiation variable has a positive and significant influence on the consumer loyalty variable. Furthermore, the product innovation variable has a positive and significant effect on consumer loyalty and the advertising variable has a positive and significant influence on consumer loyalty.
 
Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menganalisis pengaruh diferensiasi produk, inovasi produk dan iklan terhadap loyalitas konsumen shampo sunsilk di kota ambon. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian yang bersifat deskriptif kuantitatif. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah konsumen yang sudah pernah menggunakan shampo sunsilk dan jumlah sampel sebanyak 100 responden. Dengan menggunakan kuesioner sebagai alat pengumpul data. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik non probability sampling dengan metode purposive sampling. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah Regresi Linier Berganda.
Berdasarkan hasil uji regresi berganda menunjukkan bahwa variabel diferensiasi produk memiliki pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan terhadap variabel loyalitas konsumen. Selanjutnya variabel inovasi produk memiliki pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan terhadap loyalitas konsumen dan variabel iklan memiliki pengaruh yang positif dan signifikan terhadap loyalitas konsumen.
Melanin, a potential new matrix material for recombinant His-tag protein purification
Authors: Nguyen Thi Loan , Nguyen Thi Hong Loan , Nguyen Dinh Thang , Le Thi Hong Nhung ,   Faculty of Biology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam,   Faculty of Biology, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam,   The Key laboratory of Enzyme and Protein Technology,  University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam,   The Key laboratory of Enzyme and Protein Technology,  University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Published: September 2021

Nickel-Sepharose (Ni-Sepharose) has been being applied as the most common matrix in purifying His-tag proteins based on the affinity interaction between histidine residues and Ni2+ ion. However, Sepharose still comes at high cost for this purification purpose, especially in developing countries as Vietnam. Here, we show for the first time that melanin from ink sacs of squids which is considered as biowaste in the food industry, can be used as a new potential matrix material instead of Sepharose. We utilized either melanin or melanin charged with metal ions as the stationary phase of affinity purification of His-tag proteins. The results showed that a recombinant His-tag protein VP28 in a protein pool was captured by melanin and Ni2+/Fe3+/Zn2+ chelated melanin. Experiments for releasing VP28 were performed only on the melanin and Ni2+-melanin matrices. The result showed that VP28 was quite selectively eluted when applying elution buffer of 250 mM imidazole overnight. The relative efficiency in releasing VP28 of melanin and Ni-melanin matrices roughly compared to Ni-Sepharose were about 38 and 18% respectively. Further optimization of this process may allow higher efficiency in the purification of His-tag proteins.
Simultaneous determination of phytoestrogens in dietary supplements by high-performance liquid chromatography
Authors: Vu Thi Thanh An , Mac Thi Thanh Hoa , Cao Cong Khanh ,   National Institute for Food Control, Hanoi, Vietnam,   National Institute for Food Control, Hanoi, Vietnam,   National Institute for Food Control, Hanoi, Vietnam
Published: September 2021

The bio-active phytoestrogen compounds (puerarin, daidzin, glycitin, genistin, miroestrol, daidzein, glycitein, genistein) in dietary supplements were extracted by ultrasonic method with methanol solvent in 40oC. The analysis procedure was carried out on HPLC Alliance e2695 (Waters) system, with RP-C18 Reliant (25 mm × 4.6 mm; 5µm) column, at 30oC. Phytoestrogens were separated by using gradient elution with a mobile phase consisting 0.1% (v/v) phosphoric aqueous solution and methanol in 45 minutes. The method was validated by determining its specificity, linear range, limit of detection, limit of quantification, repeatability and accuracy. This method was applied succesfully to determine content of Phytoestrogens in commercial dietary supplement products.
Monitoring Level Air Pada Waduk Secara Realtime Berbasis IoT Memanfaatkan Aplikasi Telegram
Authors: Kresna Muhammad , Susilo Kunto Eko
Published: September 2021

Manfaat dari dibangunnya waduk beragam.seperti.penyedia.air untuk irigasi,.air baku.atau.air.minum, sebagai.pembangkit.listrik, sebagai tangkapan air untuk pengendalian banjir, dan tempat wisata disaat yang bersamaan. Tetapi, cuaca yang tidak dapat diprediksi menyebabkan volume air waduk dapat meluap sewaktu-waktu jika.tidak.dipantau.dengan baik. Penelitian.ini.dilakukan.dengan.merancang.alat untuk monitoring.level.air pada waduk melalui.aplikasi.messengger.Telegram. Alat.ini.dirancang menggunakan ESP8266 sebagai.komputer.mini.untuk.mengatur.kerja.sistem, sensor.ultrasonik HC-SR04.sebagai pembaca.level.air, motor.servo sebagai.alat.buka.tutup.kran otomatis, buzzer sebagai sinyal peringatan, dan aplikasi messengger Telegram.yang telah diunduh dan dipasang pada smartphone. Hasilnya.menunjukkan.bahwa.alat.tersebut.dapat.memberikan informasi tingkat.air.di.waduk. Pengguna.juga.bisa.meminta.informasi.level.air.pada.waduk, dimana alat.akan memberikan.informasi secara.otomatis saat air.waduk melebihi.batas normal.
Women Participation in Eri culture with Special Reference to Kamrup District of Assam
Authors: Rabha Pulak , Saikia Monimala
Published: September 2021

A study was conducted during 2017-18 in Kamrup district of Assam to know the participation of women in eri culture. Data were collected purposively from 120 women engaged in eri culture through personal contact method by using the pre-structured interview schedule from three development blocks viz., Chhaygaon, Rampur and Chayani Borduwa. It was revealed that all the women were involved in eri silkworm rearing, followed by feeding, bed cleaning and moulting care (95.83%), leaf harvesting (91.67%), cooking of cocoon and spinning (88.33%) and disinfection (85.00%). A total of 81.67 per cent women faced the problem of leaf crisis during winter months. Participation of women in decision making varied from procurement of disease free laying (85.83%) to nutrient management (27.50%). The study also inferred that training need is prominent in most of the activities of eri culture.
Estimation of Potential Economic Benefits of Livestock Farming in Rural Madhya Pradesh
Authors: Agrawal Aditi , Chaudhary Udita , R Raju
Published: September 2021

The study was carried out using the secondary data on income, expenditure, productive assets and indebtedness of agricultural households in Madhya Pradesh collected from the Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in 70th round (2012-13). The household level data on various parameters was first extracted for Madhya Pradesh and brought into suitable form for carrying out analysis in SPSS. Tabular analysis was employed to analyze the potential economic benefits of livestock farming. The findings revealed that marginal and small farmers earned only 26-27 per cent of income of large farm households. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes who constitutes nearly 43.5 per cent of total farm households in Madhya Pradesh earns only 33.8 and 33.4 per cent, respectively of the income of OBC farmers. Among the regions, farmers in the northern and central regions of the state earn the highest income while those in the southern and vindhya regions earn the lowest income. in spite of farmers’ high satisfaction in selling milk to cooperatives (72-75%), the share of cooperatives and government agencies was very less in procuring milk from farm households (3-5.5%) in the state.
A Study on Storage and Security in Cloud Environment
Authors: Sumathi A. , Divya Dr. V.
Published: September 2021

Cloud computing technology is a new buzzword in the IT industry and expecting a new for coming world. It is a style of computing which is having dynamically scalable virtualized resources provided as a service over the Internet. It reduces the time required to procure heavy resources and boot new server instances in minutes, allowing one to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as ones requirement changes. With the rise of a ubiquitous provision of computing resources over the past years, cloud computing has been established as a prominent research topic. Many researchers, however, focus exclusively on the technical aspects of cloud computing, thereby neglecting the business opportunities and potentials cloud computing can offer. Enabled through this technology, new market players and business value networks arise and break up the traditional value chain of service provision. The focus of this paper lies on the real business aspects of cloud computing.
Hierarchical clustering as a tool to develop a classification scheme for rabbit meat quality
Authors: Larivière-Lajoie A. -S. , Cinq-Mars Dancy , Guay Frederic , Binggeli Simon , Dalmau Antoni , Saucier Linda
Published: September 2021

This study aimed to characterise the quality of meat from commercially-raised rabbits. Animals came from five different producers and were  laughtered in three different plants under provincial or federal inspection jurisdiction. Animal behaviour evaluated by scan sampling prior to feed withdrawal (FW) and transport, as well as blood lactate concentration at exsanguination, did not raise concerns with respect to stress. Stomach pH was higher (P=0.047) when the FW time was short (≤13.5 h), at a mean value of 2.23. All pH values measured 1 h post-mortem from the Biceps femoris (BF) and almost all (97.6%) from the Longissimus lumborum (LL) were higher than 6. Values for ultimate pH measured 24 h postmortem(pHu) ranged from 5.80 to 6.83 and from 5.70 to 6.70 for BF and LL muscles, respectively. The maximum meat drip loss recorded was 2.6%, while cooking loss reached 30%. Meat lightness (L*) and colour intensity (C*) for the long FW times (≥23 h) were no different from those with short and intermediate (15.5 to 17.3 h) FW times. However, these colour parameters were higher for the short FW time class compared to the intermediate FW time class (P<0.02). A hierarchical cluster analysis based on pHu, cooking loss and lightness (L*) from 200 rabbit loins was performed. Of the four clusters created, clusters 1 and 2 had the best and second-best meat quality, respectively. Clusters 3 and 4 had the lowest meat quality and presented DFD-like (dark, firm and dry) characteristics. Meat did not exhibit PSE-like (pale, soft, exudative) characteristics, even for the slaughter lot with the minimum mean pHu. Of the eight slaughter lots evaluated, more than 50% of the meat from three of them fell into clusters 3 and 4; all three were in the intermediate FW time class. Overall, the quality of rabbit meat analysed was acceptable for commercial use, but rather variable. This suggests that there are factors within the value chain that are not yet fully controlled and require further investigation.
Molecular genetic diversity of some rabbit breeds based on mitochondrial 16S rRNA sequences
Authors: Allam Mohammad , Mahrous N. S.
Published: September 2021

The present study was performed to assess the genetic variations among six rabbit breeds in Egypt based on mitochondrial 16S rRNA sequences. The length of partial mitochondrial 16S rRNA in the six rabbit breeds ranged from 546 bp to 558 bp. The sequenced regions were submitted to GenBank/NCBI under accession numbers (MW052052 - MW052057). The average content of A+T was 57% in all breeds. Among breeds, the percentages of genetic distance values were ranged from 0.000 to 0.004. The highest P-distance (0.004) was found between the New Zealand White breed and all other breeds. The results support the suitability of mitochondrial 16S rRNA for genetic diversity analysis of rabbit breeds and the applicability for future research on genetic relationships and the phylogeny of rabbit breeds.
A Study of the Corrosion of Polymethyl Methacrylate Coated Rebar Using Glancing Angle X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy
Authors: Situm Arthur , Guo Xiaoxuan , Barlow Burke C. , Guo Bao , Burgess Ian J. , Grosvenor Andrew P.
Published: September 2021

Polymer coatings can be used to mitigate the corrosion of steel in high-chloride environments. Obtaining speciation information from thin corrosion layers can be important for understanding corrosion mechanisms, including polymer coating failure. This study outlines the effectiveness of collecting glancing angle x-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (GA-XANES) spectra at the Fe K-edge to obtain chemical speciation information at the polymer/steel interface without removal of the polymer film. The depth of penetration of the incident x rays can be altered by changing the incidence angle, allowing for more fluorescence signal from corrosion products to be detected relative to the Fe metal fluorescence signal in GA-XANES spectra. This study demonstrates the use of GA-XANES to study thin layers of steel corrosion and obtain depth profile information of steel corrosion products beneath a polymethyl methacrylate polymer coating.
Noise Matters
Authors: Hainge Greg
Published: September 2021

Everyone knows what noise is. Or do they? Can we in fact say that one man's noise is another teenager's music? Is noise in fact only an auditory phenomenon or does it extend far beyond this realm? If our common definitions of noise are necessarily subjective and noise is not just unpleasant sound, then it merits a closer look (or listen).

Greg Hainge sets out to define noise in this way, to find within it a series of operations common across its multiple manifestations that allow us to apprehend it as something other than a highly subjective term that tells us very little. Examining a wide range of texts, including Sartre's novel Nausea and David Lynch's iconic films Eraserhead and Inland Empire, Hainge investigates some of the Twentieth Century's most infamous noisemongers to suggest that they're not that noisy after all; and it finds true noise in some surprising places. The result is a thrilling and illuminating study of sound and culture.
Factors Affecting Management of Epilepsy amongest Epileptic Clients Receiving Services at Serere Health Centre IV Serere District.
Authors:   , Olinga Micheal Albert
Published: September 2021

ABSTRACT Background: Epilepsy is a neurological condition, which affects the nervous system. It is usually diagnosed after a person has had a least two sutures that were not caused by some known medical condition like; Alcohol withdrawal, extremely low blood sugar, heart problems, or some other medical condition. Epilepsy can also be diagnosed after a seizure if a patient has a condition that places them at risk for having another seizure. Methodology: The study had both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection like; data collection tools. The data was collected from 30 respondents who were especially epileptic clients in the catchment area of the whole Centre. Data aggregation, entry, and analysis were done using the Micro-soft excel tool. Results: The study showed that the majority of the respondents were not married (66.7%), majority of the respondents were below the age of 19 years (40%), also most of the respondents were not educated (40%), (10%) and (23.3%) blamed epilepsy on witchcraft and curse from God, (93.7%) have ever missed clinic day, (55%) had come alone to the clinic. Recommendations; therefore are that the concerned authority and well-wishers are called upon to take up the findings or conduct their study related to these problems to see the way forward. In conclusion, drug adherences, discrimination, low family social support, were the major factors affecting the management of epilepsy. These challenges would majorly be resolved through health education and counseling of the entire communities.
Indonesian Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Validity and Reliability
Authors: Mohd Kassim Mohd Amiruddin , Ayu Friska , Kamu Assis , Pang Nicholas Tze Ping , Ho Chong Mun , Algristian Hafid , Sahri Moch , Hambali Nurfarah Lydia , Omar Azizan
Published: September 2021

Background and Objective: The Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) is a seven-item uni-dimensional scale assessing the severity of COVID-19 concerns. A translation and validation of the FCV-19S in Bahasa Indonesia language was expedited in view of the worrying trends of COVID-19 in Indonesia as well as its psychological squeal.

Methods: Formal WHO forward and backward translation sequences were applied in translating the English FCV-19S into Bahasa Indonesia. Indonesian university participants were recruited via convenience sampling online using snowball methods. The reliability and validity of the Indonesian FCV-19S was psychometrically evaluated by applying confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis in relation to sociodemographic variables and response to the depression, anxiety, and stress components of the Indonesian version of DASS-21. The sample consisted of 434 Indonesian participants.

Results: The Cronbach α value for the Indonesia FCV-19-I was 0.819 indicated very good internal reliability. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the uni-dimensional factor structure of the FCV19S fitted well with the data. The FCV-19-I was significantly correlated with anxiety (r= 0.705, p< 0.001) subscales of DASS-21. The FCV-19-I’s properties tested using Rasch analysis were also satisfactory, although three items in FCV-19-I were not able to be tested.

Conclusion: Hence, the Indonesian FCV-19-I is valid and reliable, with robust psychometric properties from classical and modern psychometric methods. It can be a valuable and useful tool in identifying and responding to psychological distress caused by COVID-19.
Occupational Stressors and Job Satisfaction among Royal Malaysian Navy at Teluk Sepangar Sabah: Comparison between Submariners and Surface Ship Personnel
Authors: Shamsuddin Mohd Shahnaz , Robinson Fredie , Jaafar Safirah Jaan , Hussain Syed Shajee , Myint Than
Published: September 2021

Introduction: In the military, different aspects of job satisfaction are taken into account as compared to the civilian workforce. Some of the job satisfaction is related to as the working environment, nature of work and task, military operations and organizational traditions (e.g. obedience, policies and military disciplines). All these job stressors have an influence on the job satisfaction. Therefore, the military cannot be regarded as a normal and traditional work setting. The objectives of this study were to determine the differences of occupational stressors among submariners and surface ship personnel, the job satisfaction itself and to find a relationship between job satisfaction and occupational stressors among those two groups of occupation.

Methods: In this cross-sectional comparative study, self-administered NIOSH (USA) Generic Job Stress Questionnaire was used as a tool to measure occupational stressors and job satisfaction among 50 submariners and 48 surface ship personnel.

Results: The response rate was 98%. The result showed that there are statistically significant difference in the means in terms of job stressors among submariners and surface ship crews except for the conflict at work (P=0.03) and job requirement (P=0.01). Simple linear regression analysis shows that only mental demands had significant relationship with job satisfaction (P<0.001). Other job stressors such as the physical environment which were very different between these two occupations did not show any significant association on the occupational stress and job satisfaction when compared.

Conclusion: Further study would hope to examine the mental demand aspect as this can improve the overall job satisfaction level among these two groups of occupation.
A study of causes of delay and cost overrun in office construction projects in the eThekwini Municipal Area, South Africa
Authors:   , Adugna Nafkote Tesfahun
Published: September 2021

On-time completion and conformity with assigned cost of every project are the most important factors in the success of project plans. Cost overruns and time overrun (delays) have been critical problems of many projects around the world in general and in South Africa in particular. The main objectives of this research are to assess the dominant causes of cost and time overruns, identifying possible and practical measures that can minimize overruns in office building construction projects around eThekwini Municipal area of Kwazulu-Natal. These objectives are achieved through the implementation of the research methodologies that are mainly literature review and questionnaire survey conducted to identify and evaluate the significant factors contributing to delay and cost overruns within the projects of interest. A review of literature identified eighty-five variables for delay, grouped in nine major categories and nine variables for cost overruns ranked in their order of importance in three sets based on the responses from the professionals working for the client, consultants and contractors. The agreement among the sets of rankings for delay and cost overruns has also been tested using statistical methods. The result indicates that there is strong agreement on ranking the importance of the individual variables of delay and cost overruns between parties. From each of the three sets of rankings, the twenty most important variables of delay and the three most important variables of cost overrun are identified as critical. Based on overall results, the top five most important causes are contractor’s cash flow problems, delay in progress payments by the client, poor site supervision and management by contractor, inefficient quality control by the contractor during construction leading to rework due to errors, and contractor’s difficulties in financing the project. Out of the 20 most important delay causing variables, three are found to be common between all parties. These are delay in progress payments by the client, delay in delivery and late ordering of material, and insufficient skill of labour. Furthermore, the study reveals that all stakeholders of construction parties are deeply involved in contributing to the causes of the problems. Thus, in order to eliminate or minimize cost and time extension of office construction projects in the eThekwini Municipal area, a joint effort based on teamwork is essential through effective project planning, controlling and monitoring which boils down to putting in place best practice construction project management.
Augmented Intelligence
Authors: Sadiku Matthew N. O. , Ashaolu Tolulope J. , Ajayi-Majebi Abayomi , Musa Sarhan M.
Published: September 2021

Augmented intelligence (AI), also known as intelligence augmentation (IA) or cognitive augmentation, is next level artificial intelligence. Augmented intelligence refers to the synergistic technology of humans and computers. This paper compares Augmented Intelligence with Artificial Intelligence, and describes its applications including sales, business, healthcare, military, decision-making, remote assistance and logistics. The article further describes the benefits and challenges associated with AI. In the foreseeable future, AI will be augmenting our capabilities, allowing us to do more in less amount of time. 9
Arduino based control of the Food and Water Conveyance Systems of a Refractance Window Dryer
Authors: Mutumba Raymonds , Kigozi Julia , Tumutegyereize Peter , Ssenyimba Shaffic , Muyonga John
Published: September 2021

A refractance window dryer with a 14.5kg/hr throughput capacity was developed to effectively dry food product of 3mm on the conveyor belt. For efficient dryer performance an automated system for the conveyor belt movement and water conveyance system was designed. The automated system comprised of an ARDUINO centered control system, an arrangement of sensors, water pump and the conveyor motor. A computer program was written in Arduino environment, successfully compiled and uploaded on to the controller board to process all commands. The system was first simulated successfully in ISIS Proteus environment and connected onto a bread board for testing before attaching the motor onto the main circuit board. Performance tests done at 85°C revealed that there was no movement of the belt as temperature built steadily from 31.19°C until it reached a temperature of 92.0°C in the boiler. The maximum recorded water temperature was 98.06°C and the system had an operating range of 95±3°C. Achieving this led to an automated food conveyance system that was reliable and ensured high product quality. The Arduino based system worked well and is recommended for the refractance window dryer and can be up scaled to a bigger similar machine.
Nitroisatin dithiocarbazate: Synthesis, structural characterization, DFT, and docking studies
Authors: Pereira Pedro Henrique do Nascimento , Lima Jackelinne Camargo , Deflon Victor Marcelo , Malpass Geoffroy Roger Pointer , De Oliveira Ronaldo Junio , Maia Pedro Ivo Da Silva
Published: September 2021

The reaction between 5-nitroisatin with S-benzyl dithiocarbazate affords a new isatindithio carbazate so-called NO2Isadtc (Benzyl 2-(5-nitro-2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)hydrazinecarbodi thioate) which was characterized by means of 1H NMR, FT-IR, UV-visible and single crystal X-ray diffraction - Crystal data for C16H12N4O3S2 (M =372.42 g/mol): triclinic space group P-1, (n°. 02), a = 6.640 Å, b = 8.256 Å, c = 15.908 Å, V = 849.6 Å3, Z = 2, T = 293 K, μ(MoKα) = 0.337 mm-1, Dcalc = 1.456 g/cm3, 27515 reflections measured (2.499° ≤ 2Θ ≤ 26.524°), 3518 unique (Rint = 0.0533, Rsigma =0.0222) which were used in all calculations. The final R1 was 0.0367 (I > 2σ(I)) and wR2 was 0.1045 (all data). Computational methods were applied to NO2Isadtc and its nonsubstituted parent compound Isadtc for structure optimization, electronic distribution, and infrared calculations using B3LYP functional with 6-31G(d,p) basis set in ethanol as a polarizable continuum model. Furthermore, docking studies using human thioredoxin reductase 1 (TrxR) as enzyme target also were performed using NO2Isadtc and the optimized structure of Isadtc. The results demonstrated that both NO2Isadtc and Isadtc may act as inhibitors of TrxR, having different interactions detected, highlighting the contact between the NO2 group and the S111 at the helix which is found for NO2Isadtc.