bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Kiran Bedi, Parminder Jeet Singh, and Sandeep Srivastava. Governance @ Net: New Governance Opportunities for India. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001. 374 pages. Paperback. Indian Rs 295.00.
Authors: Ilhan Niaz
Published: August 2018

Considering that India faces an acute shortage of electricity, has a poor telephone network, an extremely low level of human development, and an even lower rate of computer ownership (4.5 per thousand), it is premature to fantasise about the benefits of electronic government. Fantasising, however, is precisely what the three authors of Governance @ Net: New Governance Opportunities for India engage in. The argument is that by incorporating computer technology into governance structures the entire system can be made more efficient. It is pointed out, correctly, that India’s main problem lies with allocating resources efficiently. Government initiatives in social welfare and food distribution do not touch their targets in an effective or meaningful manner. People have to go through various ordeals when paying bills, posting income tax returns, and registering complaints.
Nirmal Sengupta. A New Institutional Theory of Production: An Application. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001. Hardbound. Indian Rs 495.00.
Authors: Aban Haq
Published: August 2018

Human interactive behaviour is determined by certain norms and accepted codes of conduct at all levels of social contact. These rules of behaviour define the parameters of social institutions such as marriage and family. However, behavioural patterns hold importance not only at personal levels but also in the life of a community or society. Resultantly, we observe the evolution of institutions in all spheres of economic and social significance. Due to their complexity and intricacy, institutions have found the interest of all social scientists, each analysing it under his/her own respective microscope.
Key Fundamental Factors and Long-run Price Changes in an Emerging Market—A Case Study of Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE)
Authors: Mohammad Irfan Chaudhary
Published: August 2018

Share prices are the most important indicator readily available to the investors for their decision to invest or not in a particular share. Theories suggest that share price changes are associated with changes in fundamental variables which are relevant for share valuation like payout ratio, dividend yield, capital structure, earnings size of the firm and its growth, [Wilcox (1984); Rappoport (1986); Downs (1991)]. Linter (1956) linked dividend changes to earnings while Shapiro valuation model (1962) showed dividend streams discounted by the difference in discount rate and growth in dividend should be equal to share price. This predicts direct relation between pay out ratio and the price-earning multiple. Conversely it means that there is an inverse relation between pay out ratio and share price changes. Several eventbased studies established direct relation between share price changes and either earnings or dividend changes [Ball and Brown (1968); Baskin (1989)]. Sharpe (1964) and Hamada (1972) suggested direct relation between share price changes and capital structure. Beaver, Kettler and Sholes (1970) showed that firms appear to pay less of their earnings if they have higher earning volatility. This suggests payout ratio as relevant factor for share price changes. Investigations of share price changes appear to yield evidence that changes in fundamental variable(s) should jointly bring about changes in share prices both in developed and emerging markets. However, the actual fundamental factors found to be relevant may vary from market to market. For example, changes in asset growth of firms are significant in the case of Japanese shares while earnings appear to be universally a relevant factor [Ariff, et al. (1994)]. However, it is widely agreed that a set of fundamental variables as suggested by individual theories is no doubt relevant as possible factors affecting share price changes in the short and the long-run [Ariff and Khan (2000)].
Wheat Productivity, Efficiency, and Sustainability: A Stochastic Production Frontier Analysis
Authors: Munir Ahmad  , Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry
Published: August 2018

The agriculture sector plays a crucial role in the overall development of the country. The sector shares about 24 percent of the GDP and employs about 44 percent of the workforce in the country. Crops sub-sector is the major contributor towards agriculture, sharing more than 53 percent of the value-added. Wheat, being the staple food of Pakistanis, carries immense importance: it contributes about 12 percent of sector value-added, is sown on about 37 percent of the total cropped area, and shares 80 percent in consumption of food grains, while its share in food grain production is around 70 percent. As primary diet, wheat alone shares about 50 percent of the total calories’ and proteins intake in Pakistan, and contributes about 8 percent of the total fat consumed [FAO (Various Issues]. Consequently, overall dietary well being of our people especially the urban and rural poor is largely dependent on the performance of wheat economy.
Zero-tillage Technology and Farm Profits: A Case Study of Wheat Growers in the Rice Zone of Punjab
Authors: Muhammad Iqbal  , M. Azeem Khan
Published: August 2018

The rice-wheat cropping zone of Punjab is the main producer of high-valued and fine quality basmati rice in Pakistan. The rice produced in this area is famous for its grain length and aromatic characteristics. Being an important export item, rice contributes significantly to the national foreign exchange earnings. Wheat is the other major crop of the rice-wheat system and being the staple food is central to national agricultural policies. Rice is grown on a vast area in this zone during Kharif mostly followed by wheat in the Rabi season. Studies have shown that a large gap exists between the potential and yields actually realised by the wheat growers of the area [Byerlee, et al. (1984); Hobbs (1985) and Sheikh, et al. (2000)]. Farmers’ practices regarding land preparation for paddy, wheat planting time, and other conflicts endogenous to the rice-wheat based cropping system were identified as the major factors limiting wheat yield in the area. The flooded and puddled soils that are well suited for paddy production as compared to well-drained conditions required for wheat is such an example of the system conflicts.
The Knowledge-based Economy: Trends and Implications for Pakistan
Authors: Rukhsana Kalim  , Suleman Aziz Lodhi
Published: August 2018

Economic history has witnessed transformation from Agriculture based to Manufacturing based economies over the time. This transformation had its effects on social structure of the communities, as new types of jobs were created in the manufacturing industries, and new life styles of metropolitan culture evolved. A similar transformation is now taking place as; business has grown global over the last years, making the present business atmosphere further competitive, fast and fluid. Technological and political events taking place across the world affect us as strongly as something happening in our neighbourhood.
Bringing About a Behavioural Change in Providers to Meet the Reproductive Health Needs of Clients
Authors: Ali Mohammad Mir  , Zeba A. Sathar  , Minhaj Ul Haque
Published: August 2018

The international conference on population and development held in Cairo in 1994 has became a historical turning point in the way population policies and programmes are perceived and sexual and reproductive health services are conceptualised and delivered. Inherent in the ICPD plan of action is the concept of care that recommends providing a range of reproductive health services to both men and women, that are safe and effective, and that satisfy clients, needs and wants. Clients are far more likely to use services that are of high quality. Achieving quality care requires complying with high technical and ethical standards (such as freedom of choice, informed consent, and freedom from coercion and abuse) and providing services at costs that are affordable to both clients and health care system. The most common barriers to quality are negative provider attitudes or behaviours, poor interactions between clients and providers, a lack of essential drugs and supplies in facilities, and delays in referrals to other necessary services.
Structural Issues and Reforms in Financial (non-bank) Market in Pakistan
Authors: Haroon Sharif
Published: August 2018

A large body of research now links financial sector development, including the depth of the banking system, liquidity in capital market, and financial liberalisation to long-run growth and poverty reduction. According to a recent World Bank report,1 “As the dust settles from the great financial crises of 1997-98, the potentially disastrous consequences of weak financial markets are apparent”. The report further states that the importance of getting financial policy making right has become one of the most critical development issues in this century. In the past, there have been two extreme approaches concerning financial market regulation. One clearly supports the central role of state in the financial markets, whereas, the other sees state intervention more of a problem than as the solution. Of these two rather diverging ideologies, the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) advocate the development of market institutions, more liberalisation and lesser role of state. Pakistan has been following IFI advice in this regard. However, after the East Asian Crisis, a strong point of view has emerged that believes that in developing countries, ruling out state’s role from financial markets is unrealistic. But, the state has to play a developmental role. According to Stiglitz (1991), “governments have played a central role—whether good or ill may be debated—in the development of most of those countries which today belong among the more developed”.
Poverty, Feudalism, and Land Reform— The Continued Relevance of Iqbal
Authors: Pervez Tahir
Published: August 2018

After half a century of development experience, one-third of the population of Pakistan today is condemned to struggle below the poverty line, howsoever defined. In absolute terms, this size of the population of the poor is larger than the total population of [West] Pakistan at the time of independence in 1947. The incidence of rural poverty is greater than in urban areas. Iqbal died nine years before the state of Pakistan was established in 1947 and 2 years before the adoption of the Lahore Resolution in 1940. Territorially, the present-day Pakistan is closer to Iqbal’s idea of the Muslim State presented in his famous presidential address at the annual session of the Muslim League held at Allahabad in 1930: “I would like to see the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sindh and Balochistan amalgamated into a single State” [Brelvi (1977), p. 63]. The same, however, would be hard to say in regard to his vision of economy and society. Poverty as a problem, feudalism as the cause and land reform as a solution formed the most important part of this vision.
Privatisation, Regulation, and Competition in South Asia (The Mahbub ul Haq Memorial Lecture)
Authors: T. N. Srinivasan
Published: August 2018

Privatisation has begun to accelerate in India and Pakistan. However, it is not clear that a change in ownership per se will contribute significantly to a more rapid, efficient, and equitable growth unless policies that ensure competition for these enterprises and remove distortions in factor markets also are undertaken at the same time or prior to privatisation. After a brief discussion of the transition from state-led development to more market-oriented policies and gradual opening to world markets, this paper reviews some of the analytical literature on privatisation and regulation. The translation of these theories into concrete policy suggestions is difficult for countries such as Pakistan and India, where many of the assumptions behind the theories do not hold. However, the results of empirical studies on past privatisations around the world do hold lessons for South Asia. Similarly, theories of regulation offer only broad recommendations, most notably (for South Asia) that regulation is not the best way to redistribute resources. The final section of the paper reviews India’s and Pakistan’s experience with privatisation thus far. Attempted privatisation of electricity in India serves as an example of the need for more attention to regulation, while the transfer of ownership has led to better service at lower cost in the telecommunications sector. Pakistan’s privatisation programme appears to have had similarly mixed results, though it is difficult to come to firm conclusions with the evidence at hand.
FATWA METHODOLOGY OF NATIONAL SHARIA BOARD OF INDONESIAN ULAMA COUNCIL IN ISLAMIC ECONOMICS
Authors: Izmuddin Iiz
Published: August 2018

Abstract: This study aims to find out the methodology of DSN-MUI fatwa in response to the problems of Muslims in Indonesia related to economy. The DSN-MUI comes by issuing its fatwa with a distinctive fatwa methodology, called mutawassitah (moderation) between the mutasâhil (liberal) method and the mutasyaddid (textualist) method. There are about 116 fatwas issued by DSN-MUI from 2000 to present time (2017). The first fatwa on Giro 01/DSN-MUI/IV/2000 and the latest fatwa No. 116/DSN-MUI/II/2017 on Uang Elektronik Syariah. The approach in this study is the mashlahah approach, the jurisprudence (fiqh) principles and madhhab comparison especially mutasyaddid (texstualist) and mutasâhil sects (liberal). This study concludes that the methodology of the DSN-MUI fatwa declaring with moderation methodology is in fact closer to the mazhab of mutasâhil even though the approach of fiqhiyah approaches more closely to the textualist but the subtance is closer to the madhhab mutasâhil.

Abstrak: Moderasi Metodologi Fatwa Dewan Syariah Nasional Majelis Ulama Indonesia dalam Perkembangan Ekonomi Syariah. Studi ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui model metodologi fatwa DSN-MUI dalam menjawab persoalan umat Islam di Indonesia yang berkaitan dengan ekonomi. DSN-MUI hadir dengan mengeluarkan fatwanya dengan metodologi fatwa yang khas, yaitu dengan jalan mutawassitah (moderasi) antara metode mutasâhil (liberal) dan metode mutasyaddid (tekstualis). Ada sekitar 116 fatwa yang dikeluarkan oleh DSN-MUI dari tahun 2000 sampai sekarang (2017). Fatwa pertama tentang Giro bernomor 01/DSN-MUI/IV/2000 dan fatwa terakhir bernomor 116/DSN-MUI/II/2017 tentang Uang Elektronik Syariah. Pendekatan dalam studi ini adalah pendekatan mashlahah, kaidah-kaidah fikih dan perbandingan mazhab terutama mazhab mutasyaddid (tekstualis) dan mazhab mutasâhil (liberal). Studi ini menyimpulkan bahwa metodologi fatwa DSN-MUI yang mendeklarasikan dengan metodologi moderasi, kenyataannya lebih mendekati kepada mazhab mutasâhil walaupun proses pendekatan fiqhiyah lebih mendekati mazhab tekstualis, akan tetapi subtansinya lebih mendekati mazhab mutasâhil.

Keywords: moderation, fatwa, DSN-MUI, Islamic economic
CONTENT AND THE MAIN FEATURES OF STOLYPIN AGRARIAN REFORM IMPLEMENTATION IN SARATOV PROVINCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XX CENTURY
Authors: Shishkin Dmitrii Petrovich
Published: August 2018

The relevance of the topic is conditioned by the demand for the domestic experience of agricultural reforms in the conditions of the current modernization of the Russian village. On the basis of the archival documents analysis, the local factors and features of the agrarian reform implementation in Saratov province are studied. The reasons of resistance to its realization from various layers of Saratov peasantry are investigated. They include the weakness of the administrative apparatus, the lack of the consideration of the peasants’ specific needs, the arbitrariness of the local authorities and the conservative way of life of the rural communities’ members. Finally, the author draws conclusion about the contradictory results of the agrarian reform in the conditions of Saratov province at the beginning of the XX century.
STATE PLAN FOR ELECTRIFICATION OF RUSSIA ON AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTRY
Authors: Shcherbakova Ol'ga Mikhailovna
Published: August 2018

In the article, the subject of the research is “The State Plan for Electrification of the RSFSR” and “The Proceedings of the GOELRO Commission”. The author focuses on scientists’ views related to agriculture development. This approach allows expanding the understanding of the draft of 1920 and showing the existing interconnection between industrial and agrarian problems in this draft. The idea that during the work scientific and technical intellectuals, agrarian specialists, and the Bolshevik leadership came to the understanding on the modernization issues of villages, which contributed to the renunciation of “war communism” and transition to the NEP, is substantiated.
QUASI-ONTOLOGY OF POSTMODERNISM
Authors: Kornienko Natal’ya Vladimirovna
Published: August 2018

The article is devoted to the study of the postmodernism phenomenon from the position of the “concrete” metaphysics of P. A. Florensky through the lenses of the language ontological conception, supplemented by the theory of simulacra by J. Baudrillard. The author introduces the notion of quasi-ontology in contrast to normative ontology, and attempts to justify the emergence of postmodernism against its background through the three stages of the semiosis of the language-sign relative to the language-symbol. In the course of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that postmodernism, being formed on the basis of quasi-ontology, cannot have an ontological basis, and, therefore, it is an illusion created by non-normative ontology, a priori coexisting along with Existence.
LEITMOTIF IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DRAMA THEATER
Authors: Mal'tseva Ol'ga Nikolaevna
Published: August 2018

The article deals with the leitmotif as a component of the performance in the drama theater. In the course of the study, the peculiarities of the leitmotif, primarily its functions, location and the means of the stage language, which are used to create this part of the performance composition, are identified. The relevance and novelty of the research are in the proposed classification of leitmotifs and in the expansion of the ideas about the leitmotif as a constructive and meaningful factor in the drama theater. The results of the research will be useful for researchers and practitioners of the theater, as well as for teachers of theatrical higher education establishments in courses on the theater theory and seminars on the analysis of the performance.
SYNTHESIS OF VERBAL AND VISUAL MEANS IN FORMAL COMPOSITION (BY THE EXAMPLE OF V. F. STEPANOVA’S GRAPHICS CONVEYING COLORS)
Authors: Pivovarova Nataliya Alekseevna
Published: August 2018

In the article, the comparative and contrast analysis of the verbal and visual means of creating expressiveness in a formal composition is presented. Therefore, V. F. Stepanova’s creative work, namely her early experiments in visual poetry, subjectless verses as a synthetic genre at the intersection of poetry and graphics, is studied. The synthesis of the verbal and the visual by the material of subjectless verses is considered within the framework of the formal and semantic interaction of elements. The conclusions about the applicability of the method of verbal-visual means synthesis in the composition are drawn; and the possibilities of its use to create communication are specified.
RADIO-INTERVENTION OF JAPAN AS A MEANS OF POLITICAL AND INFORMATION INFLUENCE ON THE POPULATION OF FRONTIER DISTRICTS OF THE FAR EAST IN THE 1930S
Authors: Isaev Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
Published: August 2018

In the article, on the basis of archival documents, the process of using radio as a means of political and information struggle between Japan and the USSR in the Far East in the 1930s is studied. The reasons for the use of radio for military purposes and the activity of the Japanese-Manchurian authorities in the production of radio broadcasts to the Soviet Far East are considered. The information component of the political and ideological propaganda, which was spread on the territory of the USSR, is characterized. The measures for counterpropaganda and the technical prevention of radio broadcasts from the territory of Manchuria are analyzed; the problems in their use are identified.
E. E. UKHTOMSKY’S AND S. N. SYROMYATNIKOV’S IDEAS ABOUT RUSSIAN HISTORICAL TASKS IN THE CONTEXT OF DISCUSSIONS ON “YELLOW PERIL”
Authors: Suvorov Valerii Vladimirovich
Published: August 2018

The exponents of “easternism” ideas E. E. Ukhtomsky and S. N. Syromyatnikov, in the discussion of Russia’s eastern policy, did not attach much importance to the ideas of “Yellow Peril” and periodically exposed them to criticism in newspapers. Accordingly, their understanding of Russian historical tasks in the East was not subject to significant review depending on the complications of the situation in the Far East and the popularity of the ideas about “Yellow Peril”. It is significant that even during the Russo-Japanese War they did not discard their views on the “Yellow Peril” problem.
Akulturasi Di Kraton Kasepuhan Dan Mesjid Panjunan, Cirebon
Authors: Koestoro Lucas Partanda
Published: August 2018

Pendukung kebudayaan adalah manusia. Sejak kelahirannya dan dalam proses sosialisasi, manusia mendapatkan berbagai pengetahuan. Pengetahuan yang didapat dan dipelajari dari lingkungan keluarga pada lingkup kecil dan masyarakat pada lingkup besar, mendasari dan mendorong tingkah lakunya dalam mempertahankan hidup. Sebab manusia tidak bertindak hanya karena adanya dorongan untuk hidup saja, tetapi juga karena suatu desakan baru yang berasal dari budi manusia dan menjadi dasar keseluruhan hidupnya yang dinamakan kebudayaan. Sehingga suatu masyarakat ketika berhadapan dan berinteraksi dengan masyarakat lain dengan kebudayaan yang berlainan, kebudayaan baru tadi tidak langsung diterima apa adanya. Tetapi dinilai dan diseleksi mana yang sesuai dengan kebudayaannya sendiri. Budi manusia yang menilai benda dan kejadian yang beraneka ragam di sekitarhya kemudian memllihnya untuk dijadikan tujuan maupun isi kelakuan budayanya (Sutan Takdir Alisyahbana, tanpa angka tahun: 4 dan 7).
ARCA VISNU CIBUAYA II DALAM PERBANDINGAN
Authors: Saraswati Selarti Venetsia
Published: August 2018

Untuk mempelajari bentuk-bentuk-arca, dalam hal ini arca-arca dewa, harus diperhatikan apa yang mendasari pembuatan arca tersebut. Perwujudan dewa ke dalam bentuk arca disebabkan oleh adanya dorongan untuk mengkonkritkan bentuk-dewa-dewa tersebut yang semula merupakan suatu gambaran yang abstrak. Dengan tujuan itu kemudian dewa-dewa diwujudkan dalam bentuk yang dapat dilihat dan diraba, yaitu dalam bentuk arca.
Bangunan Megalitik Salah Satu Cerminan Solidaritas Masa Perundagian
Authors: Atmosudiro Sumijati
Published: August 2018

Masyarakat perundagian telah mencapai tata kehidupan yang teratur.Kemajuan-kemajuan muncul di segala bidang, baik yang berkaitan dengan usaha untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan hidup, kesenian maupun kepercayaan. Masyarakat masa ini telah membentuk desa-desa yang luas. Salah satu contoh desa masa tersebut telah ditemukan dalam ekskavasi di pantai Gilimanuk, Bali (R.P. Soejono, 1977a: 260). Dari jenis-jenis temuan yang berasal dari situs tersebut di atas, di~roleh gambaran tentang salah satu tata kehidupan masyarakat perundagian, khususnya yang bertempat tinggal di tepi pantai. Dari temuan yang berupa sisa-sisa makanan serta bekas-bekas benda keperluan sehari-hari, dapat diperoleh petunjuk bahwa kehidupan masyarakat di daerah itu, adalah sebagai nelayan (R.P. Soejono, 1977b: 271).
Çağdaş Obstretride Doğumhane: Yapı ve İşleyiş Standartları
Authors: ÖZTÜRK Melike , ALAN Sultan , KADIOĞLU Selim
Published: August 2018

İnsanlığın
varoluşu kadar eski olan doğum yardımı başlangıçta kadınlar arası bir dayanışma
olarak ortaya çıkmış, bu sürecin tıbbi ortamlara taşınması görece yakın
geçmişte gerçekleşmiştir. Hastanelerin kendine özgü özellikleri bulunan
birimleri olarak çağdaş doğumhanelerin tıp tarihi sahnesine çıkışı XIX.
Yüzyılda olmuştur. Hastanelerde doğum eyleminin gerçekleştiği ve doğum
yardımının yapıldığı birim Türkçede “doğum odası”, “doğum salonu”, “doğumhane”
şeklinde adlandırılmaktadır. Doğum yardımının hastaneye taşınması, sağladığı
avantajların yanı sıra hem işleyiş hem de donanım olarak sürecin
karmaşıklaşmasına dolayısıyla bazı sorunlarında ortaya çıkmasına zemin
hazırlamıştır. Bu sorunlar çoğunlukla medikal özellikler taşımakta ancak kimi
zaman da tıp etiğinin gündeme gelmesine yol açmaktadır. Bildirinin içeriğinde
çağdaş standartlar çerçevesinde, doğumhanelerin fiziksel koşulları, doğum
sürecinde kullanılan ekipman, doğum yardımı ekibi ve birimin işleyiş düzeni
sırayla ele alınmıştır.
Metode Penelitian Psikologi
Authors: AA ABDUL LATIF
Published: August 2018

metodologi penelitian psikologi, baik kualitatif maupun kuantitatif
SPIRITUALITAS PETUNGAN: KONSTRUK PSIKOLOGIS PENENTUAN WAKTU PERNIKAHAN PADA ORANG JAWA
Authors: AA ABDUL LATIF
Published: August 2018

This research aims to get the dynamics of decision making in determining the time of marriage on the Javanese community by using “petungan” constructs. Until now the Javanese community still persists and trusts there is spesific time, so-called good time, to get married. This is a phenomenological qualitative research to reveal the meaning and psychological dynamics of the used “petungan” in reasoning the time of marriage.“Petungan” as a reasoning in determining the time of marriage comes from tradition and individual experience the reflects of user psychological dynamics. Psychological representation in the use “petungan” to determine the time of marriage is (1) negative bias – efforts to avoid psychological anxiety, (2) constructs expectation – “petungan” symbolic value expected, (3) “petungan” spiritual – achievement of psychological expectations.
Inovasi dan Kreasi Mampu Mengatasi Keterbatasan dalam Penelitian Material Dimensi Dua, Nol, dan Satu di Indonesia
Authors: Khairurrijal K
Published: August 2018

Sejak awal penulis telah menyadari bahwa ada keterbatasan dalam melakukan penelitian di bidang material di Indonesia. Agar penelitian tidak mandek, penulis telah menyiapkan diri dengan pemodelan dan simulasi di samping melakukan eksperimen ketika masih mengambil program doktor di Jepang. Setelah pulang ke Indonesia, penulis langsung melakukan inovasi dalam pemodelan dan simulasi di bidang material dimensi dua (lapisan tipis). Untuk keperluan pengujian keabsahan model dan simulatornya, penulis bekerja sama dengan peneliti di Jepang untuk memeroleh data eksperimen bagi pengujian tersebut. Selain itu, penulis telah mengembangkan alat ukur I-V Meter yang murah. Saat ini, I-V Meter tersebut telah digunakan mulai dari Aceh hingga Palu. Kemudian, bidang penelitian penulis berkembang ke area material dimensi nol (nanopartikel) dengan metoda sederhana bekerja sama dengan para peneliti di ITB khususnya. Kerja sama dengan peneliti di Jepang berlanjut untuk bidang material dimensi satu (nanoserat) dengan metoda pemintalan elektrik (electrospinning). Penulis selanjutnya mengembangkan alat pemintalan elektrik agar terjangkau oleh peneliti lain di Indonesia. Beberapa perguruan tinggi dan sebuah perusahaan telah menggunakan alat tersebut. Perubahan moda pemintalan elektrik ke penyemprotan elektrik (electrospray) menggunakan alat tersebut menghasilkan nanopartikel. Dengan demikian, alat pemintalan elektrik dapat digunakan untuk membuat nanopartikel (material dimensi nol), nanoserat (material dimensi satu), dan membran (material dimensi dua). Penulis bersama tim peneliti telah membuktikan bahwa inovasi dan kreasi mampu mengatasi keterbatasan dalam penelitian material di Indonesia. Hasil-hasil riset tersebut telah dipublikasikan di jurnal internasional bereputasi.
Analisis Pengaruh Budaya Organisasi Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai (Studi Kasus Di STT Ibnu Sina Batam)
Authors: Bora M. Ansyar , larisang
Published: August 2018

STT Ibnu Sina Batam merupakan institusi pendidikan yang telah memiliki dan menerapkanbudaya organisasi yaitu budaya yang berorientasi pada mutu. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan dibentuknyalembaga penjaminan mutu internal, tujuan dibentuknya lembaga ini yaitu untuk memelihara danmeningkatkan mutu perguruan tinggi secara berkelanjutan, yang dijalankan oleh seluruh unit kerjasecara internal untuk mewujudkan visi dan misi, serta untuk memenuhi kebutuhan stakeholders melaluipenyelenggaraan Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi. Sampai saat ini belum pernah dilakukan pengukuranpengaruh budaya organisasi yang telah diterapkan di STT Ibnu Sina Batam terhadap kinerja pegawai.Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan penekatanstatitistik inferensial nonparametric dengan jumlah populasi sebanyak 24 orang karyawan tetap STTIbnu Sina Batam. Teknik analisa data dalam penelitian ini yaitu Analisa deskriptif digunakan untukmemberikan gambaran secara umum tentang data yang digunakan, uji prasyarat analisis, analisiskorelasi rank spearman, digunakan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara budaya organisasi (X) dankinerja pegawai (Y). dan uji determinasi, digunakan untuk mengetahui seberapa besar pengaruh variabledalam penelitian.Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa Terdapat hubungan siginfikan antarabudaya organisasi dan kinerja pegawai yang ditunjukan dengan nilai probabilitas atau signifikasi 0.000lebih kecil dari 0.05, dengan nilai r 0.835 didapat nilai koefisien determinasi r2 x 100% = 69.7 %, artinyahubungan antara budaya organisasi dan kinerja pegawai sebesar 69.7% dan 30.3% dipengaruhi olehfaktor lain diluar budaya organisasi.
Age, Cohort, and Social Change: Parental and Spousal Education and White Women’s Health Limitations from 1967 to 2012
Authors: Wolfe Joseph D.
Published: August 2018

A large body of research finds that the association between educational attainment and health is at historic highs for white women. Rapid changes in labor force participation, access to high-paying jobs, and gender attitudes have radically altered the meaning of education for women’s lives and their dependence on the socioeconomic attainments of their families. Drawing on three nationally representative, longitudinal surveys conducted from 1967 to 2012, this study examines how personal, parental, and spousal attainments contribute to the widening education gap in health for successive cohorts of white women (N = 8,405). Overall, the health of women did not change substantially across cohorts, but results did uncover cohort differences among low-educated women that were linked to parental and spousal educational attainments and personal earnings. These findings confirm growing educational inequalities in health and demonstrate the importance of historical context and family attainments when examining cohort variation in the education-health relationship.
Agricultural Offset Potential in the United States: Economic and Geospatial Insights
Authors: Proville Jeremy , Parkhurst Robert T. , Koller Steven , Kroopf Sara , Baker Justin , Salas William A
Published: August 2018

Although agricultural greenhouse gases (GHGs) are emitted from a wide variety of activities and regions, many mitigation opportunities exist. This article describes efforts undertaken by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and partners (2007 to present) to convert abatement opportunities into carbon offsets with the aim of reducing GHGs in this sector and providing revenue to landowners. Analyses of emission-abating practices for rice, rangelands and almonds demonstrate that abatement costs are significant for most practices and are accompanied by high break-even carbon prices — often due to high transaction costs. Nonetheless, total abatement potential is shown to be large for certain activities. For this reason, and given the large series of opportunities not yet explored, a focal point of subsequent efforts should be to reduce transaction costs and barriers to entry.
Professor Martin Hairer
Authors: Barons Martine , Chleboun Paul , Barons Martine J. , Chleboun Paul I.
Published: August 2018

Professor Martin Hairer was one of four recipients of the 2014 Fields Medal, widely viewed as the highest honour a mathematician can receive. He is currently Regius Professor of Mathematics in the Mathematics Department at the University of Warwick. Professor Hairer has contributed significantly to the field of stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs), which engages with interdisciplinary approaches to mathematics and physics. He has enjoyed great success communicating mathematics to a range of audiences and has also developed music editing software.In this interview, early career mathematicians, Dr Martine Barons (MJB) and Dr Paul Chleboun ask Professor Hairer (MH) about how his interest in mathematics developed; the awards ceremony where he received the Fields Medal; Amadeus Pro, the music software he developed and continues to maintain; and the challenges of engaging a sceptical and sometimes critical public as a mathematician.
Hamlet, Performance and Chaotic Cultural Networks
Authors: Rybczak Emil , Rybczak Emil
Published: August 2018

Since the 1960s, chaos theory has become an important but controversial tool used by scientists and mathematicians to describe physical or theoretical systems or networks. It explains how the simple can generate the complex. Its central tenets can also provide an alternative language and means of literary interpretation. This article will explore how the principles of chaos theory can be used to close read and systematise various aspects of the language and performance of Shakespeare. The argument is built upon an analysis of Hamlet, in an effort to understand the play and its reproduction as the evolution of interconnected complex networks. Various aspects of the text will be discussed, including its language, structural and character patterning, and its reproduction through performance and cinematic adaptation. Each of these topics, and the characters, devices or ideas they discuss, constitute nodes of the complex network of Hamlet as both text and idea.Responding to the cultural analysis of other scholars, this article uses Hamlet as an ideal example of how the appropriation of scientific language can defamiliarise a particular literary or dramatic artefact. This allows fresh interpretation and understanding of its location within the broader networks of theatre and culture. I suggest the possibilities of close reading literary works through the lens of chaos and suggest how they might be applied and developed in conjunction with other texts, media or performances.
Palestinian Refugees: A Gendered Perspective
Authors: Nasser Eddin Nof , Nasser-Eddin Nof
Published: August 2018

This article argues that the situation of Palestinian refugees is still relevant till this day. There are around five million refugees living in neighbouring Arab countries, such as Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Egypt, as well as neighbouring areas in Palestine itself, like the West Bank and Gaza Strip, under very precarious conditions. Their situation is extremely unstable as any changes in the region can influence them directly.

The need to address this issue is particularly important because Palestinian refugees (as well as internally displaced Palestinians) have been both historically and politically marginalised. In particular, I will argue for a need to gender the debate around the Palestinian refugees, because the distinct experience of women Palestinian refugees has been overlooked within this context. Most literature has focused on the Palestinian refugees as a holistic population, which assumes all refugees share the same struggle. However, understanding the position of women within the context of the refugees and the unique struggles they face is essential to understanding their particular experiences as refugees and in highlighting their differential needs; this is why a feminist perspective is needed within the field of refugee studies.

This article is based on a feminist journey drawing on research interviews with female Palestinian refugees in camps in Jordan, and with Syrian Palestinian women in Turkey, Jordan and Europe.
Professor Alex Callinicos
Authors: Saqer Ali , Saqer Ali
Published: August 2018

Professor Alex Callinicos is a renowned social theorist and scholar of international political economy. He conducts research on Marx and Marxism, European social and political theory, contemporary political philosophy, critical theory, historiography, and international political economy. His work provides invaluable insights on issues of race and racism, social justice, the Third Way, imperialism, austerity, and EU politics, among many other fascinating contemporary issues. Alex studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford, and Philosophy of Science at the London School of Economics before writing a DPhil on Marx's Capital, also at Balliol. He was a Junior Research Fellow in Contemporary Social Thought at St Peter's College, Oxford from 1979 to 1981, after which he taught social and political theory at the Department of Politics at the University of York until 2005, when he moved to King's College London. Alex is currently the Professor of European Studies at King's and editor of International Socialism. Alex has been an active contributor to the development of the movement for another globalization, participating in the World Social Forum and an animator of the European Social Forum. Among his best known books are The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx (1983), Against Postmodernism (1990), Social Theory (1999), An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto (2003), The Resources of Critique (2006), Imperialism and Global Political Economy (2009). His most recent book is entitled Deciphering Capital: Marx’s Capital and its Destiny (2014).
Translation and Modernism: Mapping the Relationship
Authors: Rzepa Joanna , Rzepa Joanna
Published: August 2018

The ‘Translation and Modernism: Twentieth-Century Crises and Traumas’ conference hosted at the University of Warwick on 22–23 January 2016 explored new research pathways in the emerging interdisciplinary field of modernism and translation. It brought together leading academics, early career researchers, and postgraduate students working in translation studies, comparative literature, modernist studies, English studies, and modern languages. The conference participants engaged in a lively interdisciplinary dialogue, considering new research questions and sharing recent methodological developments. The papers presented at the conference shed new light on the key role of translation in twentieth-century literary culture. The three main themes discussed at the conference addressed the modernist re-evaluation of translation as a compositional technique, the idea of translation as a form of cultural memory transmission, and the ways in which translation was theorised by twentieth-century authors, translators, and philosophers.
Exploring the Interconnections between Culture and Behaviour: an Interdisciplinary Conference at the University of Warwick
Authors: Debray Carolin , Greenaway Thomas , Kim Kyoungmi , Debray Carolin , Greenaway Thomas , Kim Kyoungmi
Published: August 2018

In this article we reflect on the ‘Interconnections between Culture and Behaviour: Interdisciplinary Perspectives’ conference. The event brought together renowned scholars from the fields of psychology and sociology to applied linguistics, who presented the conceptualisations made and methodological approaches taken to explore culture and behaviour in their respective disciplines. In table discussions the participants debated the commonalities and differences between their respective disciplines and reflected on their own approaches. In a final plenum discussion speakers and participants questioned the compatibility of approaches in order to explore opportunities for interdisciplinary research. No discipline denied that links between culture and behaviour exist, but that other constructs are needed to explore them further, such as norms. The contexts in which behaviours are observed were also highlighted as crucial by all speakers, although they operationalised it quite differently. All sides acknowledged the value of multi- or interdisciplinary approaches when researching the links between culture and behaviour. However, philosophical differences affecting practical issues, such as data collection methods and analytical tools, were also identified as impacting compatibility. Following the discussions at the event, speakers and organisers decided to further explore these ideas in a special issue, which is currently in preparation.
Global Futures: Building Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research Careers
Authors: Vipond Rebecca Ann , Vipond Rebecca
Published: August 2018

On 19and 20 May 2016 the Institute of Advanced Study convened a two-day conference entitled Global Futures: Building Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research Careers. This symposium was attended by 100 postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early career academics from across the University of Warwick. Seven workshops throughout the two days covered current sources of funding, testimony on building a successful research career, developing an excellent academic track record, engaging with non-academic audiences, and advice on writing successful proposals. Additionally nine attendees competed in a flash talk competition, where they were challenged to speak for five minutes each about the core message of their research.
The Influence of Witness Intoxication, Witness Race, and Defendant Race on Mock Juror Decision Making
Authors: Ewanation Logan , Maeder Evelyn
Published: August 2018

Negative stereotypes about Indigenous people concerning alcoholism and criminality permeate Canadian society. This study primarily explores whether racial bias affects mock jurors' perceptions of Indigenous eyewitnesses, particularly when the eyewitness was intoxicated at the time of the crime. Participants read a trial transcript in which eyewitness intoxication and both eyewitness and defendant race (Indigenous/white) were manipulated, then provided a verdict and responded to a series of questions about the eyewitness. We found an indirect effect of eyewitness intoxication on verdict, operating through perceived eyewitness accuracy, such that intoxicated eyewitnesses were associated with significantly fewer convictions. Participants also rated Indigenous eyewitnesses as more accurate than white eyewitnesses. Although there were no significant main effects of defendant or eyewitness race on verdicts, we did observe a significant indirect effect of eyewitness race: Indigenous eyewitnesses were associated with more convictions via perceived accuracy. These effects run contrary to some previous literature and, coupled with our findings regarding criminality stereotypes, suggest that prospective jurors may be becoming aware of systemic bias facing Indigenous peoples. This study adds to the growing body of research investigating prospective jurors' decision making in Canada.
Risk Terrains of Illicit Drug Activities in Durham Region, Ontario
Authors: Onat Ismail , Akca Davut , Bastug Mehmet Fatih
Published: August 2018

Street-level drug activities pose a serious problem for communities, and exploring the environmental context of drug crimes is one important aspect of the increasing problem in Canada. This study examined the urban backcloth of illicit drug activities in the Durham Region, Ontario. Drawing on the locations of 5,297 drug arrests between 2011and 2013, along with 6,291 surrounding physical features in the environment, the risk terrain modelling framework guided the analyses, which revealed that the risk of drug crimes varies by context and time. Similar to previous research in the United States and the Netherlands, the authors found that 11 out of 18 correlates were significantly associated with drug crimes. Unlike other study settings, the locations of alcohol sales and service did not predict the occurrence of drug crimes in the Durham Region. In addition, the risk clusters differed when the same correlates were modelled for incidents of each year separately. The models provided a valid prediction from one year to the next. Nearly 85% of all places with illicit drugs arrests in 2012 and 2013 overlapped with high-risk places of 2011 and 2012, respectively. The resulting risk map informs practitioners and policy makers on where to focus resources in the region.
A Conversation about “Editing” Plurilingual Scholars’ Thesis Writing
Authors: Corcoran James , Gagné Antoinette , McIntosh Megan
Published: August 2018

Drawing on our combined experiences providing thesis writing support, we critically consider the tensions surrounding policies and practices aimed at plurilingual graduate students using English as an additional language (EAL). Our trioethnographic methodology allows us to unpack and explore the ethics framing our individual “editing” practices amid institutional norms, expectations and ideologies. Drawing on relevant literature in the field, our conversations or “trialogues” produce insights and raise questions surrounding the ethical imperative of providing effective thesis writing support for plurilingual EAL writers in an era of increasing internationalization. We conclude with suggestions for flexible, targeted writing support that challenges narrow epistemologies and stale ideologies regarding taboo editing practices of academic and language literacy brokers involved in the production and revision of thesis writing.
Karakterisasi Modul Dedekind yang Dibangun Secara Hingga Melalui Order Modul
Authors: Sirad La Ode
Published: August 2018

Misalkan R merupakan gelanggang komutatif dengan unsur satuan dan T merupakan himpunan multiplikatif dari semua unsur regular  R. Gelanggang hasil bagi dari R, yaitu RT^-1, senantiasa dapat dikonstruksi sehingga dapat dilakukan penyisipan R ke dalam RT^-1. Salah satu kaitan antara gelanggang dan modul adalah melalui order modul teta (M) . Order modul dapat dipandang sebagai gelanggang komutatif. Lebih jauh, order modul merupakan subgelanggang dari gelanggang hasil bagi. Gelanggang yang setiap ideal tak-nolnya dapat dibalik disebut gelanggang Dedekind. Konsep ideal yang dapat dibalik diperumum ke dalam teori modul. Pada teori modul, telah dikembangkan konsep submodul yang dapat dibalik. Dengan demikian pengertian modul Dedekind dapat dibangun. Pada pengkajian keterkaitan antara struktur dari M suatu modul-R dengan modul-teta (M) , ditemukan bahwa sifat-sifat pada modul-R juga mempengaruhi sifat-sifat pada modul- teta (M). Modul-teta(M)merupakan modul Dedekind, order modul merupakan gelanggang Dedekind dan order modul adalah tertutup secara integral jika M merupakan modul-R Dedekind yang dibangun secara hingga. Hasil utama dalam penelitian ini membahas karakterisasi modul Dedekind yang dibangun secara hingga terkait dengan sifat order modul.Kata kunci: modul Dedekind, order modul, submodul yang dapat dibalik.
Patients immunodéprimés, quel pathogène pour quel déficit immunitaire ? (en dehors de l’infection à VIH)
Authors: Dumas G. , Bigé N. , Lemiale V. , Azoulay E.
Published: August 2018

Le nombre de patients immunodéprimés ne cesse d’augmenter en raison de l’amélioration du pronostic global du cancer et de l’utilisation croissante d’immunosuppresseurs tant en transplantation qu’au cours des maladies auto-immunes. Les infections sévères restent la première cause d’admission en réanimation dans cette population et sont dominées par les atteintes respiratoires. On distingue les déficits primitifs, volontiers révélés dans l’enfance, des déficits secondaires (médicamenteux ou non), les plus fréquents. Dans tous les cas, les sujets sont exposés à des infections inhabituelles de par leur fréquence, leur type et leur sévérité. À côté des pyogènes habituels, les infections opportunistes et la réactivation d’infections latentes font toute la complexité de la démarche diagnostique. Celle-ci doit être rigoureuse, orientée par le type de déficit, les antécédents, les prophylaxies éventuelles et la présentation clinicoradiologique. Elle permettra seule de guider le traitement probabiliste et les examens étiologiques, l’absence de diagnostic étant associée à une mortalité élevée.