bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Missing Link in the Realization of the African Integrated High-Speed Railway Network: Rules on Technical Standards and Operation
Authors: Rajab Said Nyambu
Published: April 2019

One of the major objectives of the African Union (AU) is to develop an integrated high-speed railway network connecting major African cities for improved continental trade and competition. This paper provides an overview of the main technical aspects of high-speed railway lines with special focus on cross-border operational and technical interoperability. It briefly describes the missing link in realizing a truly interoperable high-speed railway network for the African case. It introduces the technical aspects of railway lines that must be unified for cross-border operation. It also outlines the reasons that may explain the global success of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), offering the author’s view on factors that continue to influence decision making in favor of ERTMS over other national and not interoperable solutions such as the Chinese Train Control System (CTCS). The paper concludes by suggesting the way forward for combined continental effort to realize the African Integrated High-Speed Railway Lines Network as part of the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
An Economic Analysis of the South-North Bali Connection Railway Plan in The Acceleration of Economic Equality Development in Bali, Indonesia
Authors: Sudarsana Dewa Ketut
Published: April 2019

At present the economic development in the province of Bali between South and North Bali is very significant. This condition is presumed to be the transportation infrastructure for the connecting road of South Bali - the existing aiIDRort is not optimal. The alternative transportation infrastructure studied is the plan to build a railway line across South-North Bali. Mengwitani-Singaraja link road is required to be capable to provide more optimal accessibility so that there is an even distribution of economic growth.he indicators used in the feasibility analysis of economic aspects are net present value (NPV), benefit cost ratio (BCR) and economic internal rate of ruturn (EIRR) The price component is used by the shadowprice method. Costs calculated according to the life cycle cost of the project development. Benefits calculated include direct benefits in the form of passenger ticket income and indirect costs in the form of cost savings for existing road users, a multiplier effect, an increase in tourist visits to northern Bali. Economic analysis indicates that the planned North-North Bali railway line is worth proceeding, this is shown by the NPV indicator of IDR 860 billion, BCR of 1.11 and EIRR of 13.11% greater than the 12% price reduction rate. Although it shows that there is feasibility of economic studies, a strategy is needed to produce financial feasibility so that it can be offered in cooperation between government and business entities (PPP) in order to accelerate its developmen
Performance Evaluation of a Combined Heat and Power Plant in the Niger Delta of Nigeria
Authors: Gbonee Barikuura , Nkoi Barinyima , Sodiki John
Published: April 2019

This research presents the performance assessment of a combined heat and power plant operating in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The main focus is to evaluate the performance parameters of the gas turbine unit and the waste heat recovery generator section of the combined-heat-and-power plant. Data were gathered from the manufacturer’s manual, field and panel operator’s log sheets and the human machine interface (HMI) monitoring screen. The standard thermodynamic equations were used to determine the appropriate parameters of the various components of the gas turbine power plant as well as that of the heat exchangers of the heat recovery steam generator (HRSG). The outcome of all analysis indicated that for every 10C rise in ambient temperature of the compressor air intake there is an average of 0.146MW drop in the gas turbine power output, a fall of about 0.176% in the thermal efficiency of the plant, a decrease of about 2.46% in the combined-cycle thermal efficiency and an increase of about 0.0323 Kg/Kwh in specific fuel consumption of the plant. In evaluating the performance of the Waste Heat Boiler (WHB), the principle of heat balance above pinch was applied to a single steam pressure HRSG exhaust gas/steam temperature profile versus exhaust heat flow. Hence, the evaporative capacity (steam flow) of the HRSG was computed from the total heat transfer in the super-heaters and evaporator tubes using heat balance above pinch. The analysis revealed that the equivalent evaporation, evaporative capacity (steam flow) and the HRSG thermal efficiency depends on the heat exchanger’s heat load and its effective maintenance.
Economic Analysis of Natural Gas Reserves Addition from Coal Bed Methane in Nigeria
Authors: Green Ibim Abba , Ugoji Kelechi Uchenna , Igbere B. Ndukam
Published: April 2019

The aim of this project is to economically analyze Coal Bed Methane (CBM) development in Nigeria. This will offer an opportunity to use gas from the Nation huge coal reserves for domestic and exportation purposes to boost the economy of Nigeria. CBM can be used to generate power as well as manufacture alternative products. The profitability of coal bed methane (CBM) project depends on factors such as seam thickness, gas content, methane content, coal rank and permeability. Its economics are influenced by other variables, such as fiscal policy, depth of coal seam, volume of water disposal, access to market and price of gas. Potential and existing sites for coal bed methane extraction in Nigeria were identified. Kim’s equation was used to estimate the gas content. The gas-in-place was derived with Volumetric method. Methane quantification was estimated using Eddy curve. It is observed that the ultimate reserves, the capital costs, and the gas price have significant effect on the net present value (NPV) and internal rate of returns (IRR) and thus the economic viability of the project.  Economic analysis of LNG and Pipeline projects for gas transmission were comparatively examined. It is observed that the gas price and demand at the market hub depend largely on the mode of transmission.
Effective Maintenance of Gas Turbine Power Plant to Improve Productivity
Authors: Humphrey Daniel Ibani , Barinyima Nkoi , E. Isaac Okwu
Published: April 2019

This research work identified strategies to effectively maintain the gas turbine power plant as to improve on productivity. The main aim is to determine the effect of a good maintenance culture on the reliability of gas turbine power plant operation, to evaluate the loss of revenue due to high rate of intervention (or failure) in the power plant. Materials were collected from the manufacturers manual, maintenance report log sheet, production report log book/sheets, intervention schedule programmes, mechanical vibration analyzer machines, machine lubrication schedule/plan, Instrumentation calibration manuals and plants simulation model log books/sheets, human machine interface system (HMI) as well as the equipment control and monitoring machine (ECM), self administered questionnaire and internet system. The collated data were analyzed with the aid of number of intervention, mean time between failures (MTBF), mean time to repair (MTTR), production yield, loss of revenue equations as well as responses from returned questionnaires to determine the effect of adequate maintenance of the power plant on productivity. The analysis revealed a negative growth rate in productivity resulting from poor performance of the gas turbine power plant in the year (2013-2017) due to poor maintenance culture. There has been colossal loss of revenue due to incessant shutdown of power plant which also affects the process plants. From the result of five years average yield of Notore historical products cost per day for two major products namely; ammonia and urea amounted to N0.1104B. In other words, for one production year, revenue of N36.4 Billion would have been received but due to high plant down-time for maintenance intervention, the company lost about N0.851Billion in a year. This is a huge loss to Notore Chemical Industries Plc.
Thermal Recovery of Niger Delta Heavy Crude
Authors: J. Nmegbu C. G. , Braye Oritom Hezekiah , N. Wami E.
Published: April 2019

Unconventional oil reserve estimate in Nigeria which is at an average of 42 billion barrels of hydrocarbon deposits, surpasses the proven reserve of 37.2 billion barrels of conventional oil reservoirs. With these statistics, the need to evaluate the prospects of production from these unconventional reservoir systems becomes a subject of interest. In this study, a thermal approach towards the recovery of a Niger Delta heavy crude oil was conducted by the viscosity reduction mechanism via hot water injection. Fluid characterization via laboratory tests revealed that the Niger Delta retrieved heavy crude sample had a viscosity 17.80 cp,13.24oAPI and a density of 0.997.6 g/cc. This sample was subjected to a series of recovery processes with hot water temperature ranging from 75 OC to 100 OC at an interval of 5oC, using a locally constructed apparatus. It was used to simulate a reservoir bulk volume of 30 litres and 8.871 liters pore volume having fluid saturations of 20% formation brine. The heavy crude viscosities were found to be in the magnitude of 1.95cp to 0.87 cp for injected hot water of 75 OC to 100 OC after post recovery tests. Temperature losses to the rock matrix of a heavy crude reservoirs and optimum injection temperatures for a known reservoir bulk volume were also established via experimental processes. The validity of assertion that hot water injection can considerably alter flow properties of heavy oils was experimentally confirmed upon comparing with a convention al water injection process.
The Characteristic of Control Algorithms for an Induction Electromotor by the Parameters Change in Stator Winding Voltage
Authors: Motto Frederic Biya , Tchuidjan Roger , Ndzana Benoît , Tchinda Colince Tatsa
Published: April 2019

In this paper we study various control algorithms of electromagnetic torque and rotor rotation speed by parameters change in stator voltage for an induction electromotor.
Kalman Algorithm Based Electrical Impedance Tomography Imaging
Authors: Islam Md Rabiul
Published: April 2019

Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive imaging technique that displays changes in conductivity within a body. This method finds application in biomedical and geology. EIT finds use in medical applications, as the different tissues of the body have different conductivity and dielectric constants. In this paper a phantom model is designed considering Finite Element Model (FEM). AC current of amplitude 1 mA and frequency 1 KHz is applied considering adjacent protocol with noise less and noisy cases. From the computed voltage data image is reconstructed using Kalman algorithm. For noisy case noise levels equal to Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) 30 dB, 15 dB and 7 dB were considered. Kalman algorithm is studied for EIT image reconstruction in noise free and noisy case, in terms of shape, size, spatial location of the target object.
A Journey Down The Lane In Past Memories Rohinton Mistry’s Aspects of Immigration
Authors: Jaolkar Dr. Vikas
Published: April 2019

Rohinton Mistry was born and brought up in Mumbai in the mid fifty’s, migrated to Canada at the age of 23. Mistry belongs to that class of the Indian authors who shifted their base from India to somewhere else but throughout their lives continue missing their mother land. We can easily recall a beautiful song of the movie “Namste London” which says “Main Jahan rahoon main kahin bhi rahoon Teri yaad saath he” means “where ever I am but your memories are always there with me.” The acute pain and feeling of not being with the people who are like you, who speaks your language can be better , felt and expressed by exiled or immigrant writers . Such people might be physically away from their own motherland but deep in their hearts always keep on missing their motherland. According to Hudson “A nation’s life has its moods of exultation and depression, its epochs a strong faith and strenuous idealism now of doubt struggle and disillusion, now of unbelief and flippant disregard for the sanctities of existence and while the manner of expression will vary greatly with the individuality of each writer the dominant spirit of the hour whatever they may be will directly or indirectly reveal itself in his work”. (1) According to Goethe’s statement “Everyman is the citizen of his age as well as of his country.”(2) The impact and influence of the age, psyche, cultural heritage and political up down on the Author’s mind is due to the fact that later is constantly influenced by the spirit of all above fastness and reacts to it vividly and vigorously. Although he left India in 1975 and does not often go back, Mistry told a British Magazine that he feels no hindrance in writing about this home country “So far I have had no difficulty writing about it, even though I have been away for so long”, he said “All fiction relies on the real world in the sense that we all face in the world through our five senses and we accumulate details, consciously or subconsciously. This accumulation of debt can be drawn on when you write fiction. (3) The beauty and delicacy with which Mistry has portrayed the experience of immigration, the immense pain of not being with your own people, no author has done it so far.
Problems in Visulising and Validating History: A Discourse on Jaishree Misra’s Rani
Authors: Tripathi Prof. Shubhra
Published: April 2019

History is neither about 'past' nor 'dead' in India. The past mingles with the present in a continuous confluence and the dead infuse life too often in today. This is because the ancient social, cultural, literary and historical traditions spanning several thousand years, sustain the present day India. It is therefore, natural that history is pulsating with life and verve. For this reason writers in all ages have turned to history for inspiration and to draw material for their themes. However, the linguistic and ethnic heterogeneity which comprises the complex socio-cultural fabric of India facilitates viewing the past from various angles. According to their perception and socio-cultural concerns, writers have painted Indian history in various hues in their fiction. The interrelationship of history and literature is intricate and deep rooted. Therefore, it is not surprising if different literary works sharing the same historical theme receive divergent reviews and responses of readers from different regions. It is difficult to define the parameters of historical fiction, and equally baffling to explain and predict the reception a particular work of historical fiction will have among readers, or that the author's vision will reach the readers in the same light as he perceived it. A reaction substantiating this argument is the row over and the subsequent banning of Jaishree Misra's novel Rani in the State of Uttar Pradesh in Central India few years back, whereas other works on the same historical personality have been immensely popular.
KESALAHAN PENGUCAPAN KOSAKATA PELAJAR BIPA DI UPT BAHASA UNIVERSITAS SEBELAS MARET SURAKARTA
Authors: Pusvita Winda Dewi , Andayani Andayani , Winarni Retno
Published: April 2019

AbstractWarga Negara Asing (WNA) tertarik datang ke Indonesia dengan beberapa latar belakang seperti  tertarik pada budaya, makanan, sosial, dan lain sebagainya. Melalui latar belakang tersebut WNA harus berkecimpung dengan Warga Negara Indonesia (WNI) melalui bahasa yaitu bahasa Indonesia. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu mendeskripsikan kesalahan pengucapan kosakata pelajar BIPA di UPT Bahasa Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta. Subjek penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa asing pelajar BIPA tingkat dasar di UPT Bahasa Universitas Sebelas Maret. Pelajar BIPA berasal dari lima negara yaitu Polandia, Filipina, Thailand, Vietnam, dan Meksiko. Kelima pelajar BIPA tersebut memiliki kemampuan dasar bahasa Indonesia yang berbeda.  Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode studi kasus. Hasil penelitian diuraikan dengan deskripsi data kesalahan pengucapan kosakata pelajar BIPA dari hasil temuan.  Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kesalahan pengucapan kosakata responden yang berasal dari Polandia, Filipina, Thailand, Vietnam, dan Meksiko masih sangat beragam. Kesalahan pengucapan kosakata pelajar BIPA tersebut di dalam penelitian ini di klasifikasikan setiap responden penelitian.
ANALISIS SIMBOL WACANA IKLAN DETERGEN PADA SIARAN TELEVISI RCTI: KAJIAN SEMIOTIKA
Authors: Hetilaniar Hetilaniar
Published: April 2019

Wacana adalah sarana komunikasi yang baik dalam masyarakat. Iklan merupakan salah satu bentuk wacana yang paling mudah untuk mempengaruhi penonton.  Di samping itu, iklan televisi merupakan salah satu sarana komunikasi budaya yang paling dekat dengan manusia sehingga dengan media televisi tersebut, penonton dengan mudah terpengaruh untuk melakukan budaya konsumtif. Masalah yang akan dibahas dalam penelitian ini adalah bagaimanakah makna simbol wacana iklan detergen pada siaran televisi RCTI. Diharapkan dengan adanya penelitian ini penonton lebih selektif dalam menyikapi sesuatu yang ditawarkan pada iklan televisi.   Penelitian ini menggunakan teori semiotika Roland Barthes. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif. Data dalam penelitian ini adalah iklan detergen yang disiarkan pada stasiun televisi RCTI. Data dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan teknik rekam. Analisis data diawali dengan memotong iklan per shot, lalu memaknainya dengan menggunakan teori Roland Barthes, yaitu memaknai simbol-simbol pada iklan detergen tersebut yang dihubungkan dengan mitos.            Setelah dilakukan analisis, didapat bahwa semua simbol pada iklan detergen menyiratkan kemudahan dalam melakukan kegiatan mencuci, hasil cucian akan lebih cepat bersih, detergen yang ramah lingkungan, kemandirian, baju putih tidak masalah terhadap noda membandel, dan pentingnya kedekatan ibu dan anak.
PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN MEDIA GAMBAR TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN BERBICARA BAHASA INGGRIS
Authors: Santoso Doni Anggoro Ari , Muniroh Zumrotul , Akmaliah Nurul
Published: April 2019

ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to find out the effect of the using of flash cards towards student’s speaking ability in STBA Pertiwi, Cileungsi. The researchers hope that this research can give advantages to all of lecturers and students in doing the learning process, especially in English speaking ability. The method used in this research is experiment method using two groups of classes. One class as experiment class, where the researchers are giving the materials using flash cards. While the other class is control class, where the materials are given with lecturing method. Based on the result of the data analysis, it can be concluded that the average score for English speaking ability in control class is 64,7. The median is 61.5. The modus is 57,5. The variance is 258, 6256. And the standard deviation is 16,082. In the other hand, the average score for English speaking ability in experiment class is 70,5. The median is 71,21. The modus is 85,056. The variance is 229, 128. And the standard deviation is 15,14. It is also obtained that the equation of Total Variance is 15,62. And the TObserved is 1,69 and the T table is 1,667. So that Tobserved >Ttable; 1,69>1,667 that is significant. It can be concluded that there is positive and significant effect of using of flash cards towards student’s speaking ability in STBA Pertiwi, Cileungsi.
BENTUK DAN PROSES PEMBENTUKAN BAHASA PROKEM PARA PEKERJA MANYENG DI DESA GARUNG LOR KECAMATAN KALIWUNGU KABUPATEN KUDUS
Authors: Fardani Much Arsyad , Wiranti Dwiana Asih
Published: April 2019

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menjabarkan bentuk dan proses pembentukan bahasa prokem para pekerja manyeng di Desa Garung Lor, Kecamatan Kaliwungu, Kabupaten Kudus. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah ditemukan tiga bentuk bahasa prokem yang digunakan para pekerja manyeng di Desa Garung Lor, Kudus. Ketiga bentuk tersebut, antara lain: 1) bentuk kata tunggal, 2) bentuk kata kompleks, dan 3) bentuk sapaan. Proses pembentukan dari ketiga kategori memiliki perbedaan. Pada bentuk kata tunggal dan kompleks proses pembentukannya dengan menambahkan suku kata ask pada vokal terakhir suatu kata. Sementara itu, proses pembentukan bentuk sapaan tidak menggunakan rumus tertentu melainkan lebih pada manasuka.  Kata Kunci: bentuk, proses pembentukan, bahasa prokem, pekerja manyeng.
Keefektifan Model Pembelajaran Picture and Picture Dalam Keterampilan Menulis Untuk Tingkat Universitas
Authors: Widyawati Wiwik Yully
Published: April 2019

penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah model picture and picture efektif atau tidak untuk meningkatkan hasil tulisan teks recount mahasiswa semester 4 tingkat universitas. subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa. sampel yang digunakan  dalam penelitian ini adalah  60 mahasiswa yang dibagi menjadi 2 kelompok, 30 mahasiswa untuk kelas eksperiment dan 30 mhasiswa untuk kelas kontrol. penelitian ini menggunakan buku dan tes sebagai sumber data. dalam hal ini test yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah test menulis teks recount. penelitian ini menggunakan metode quantitatif yaituekperiment. temuan dalam penelitian ini adalah melalui analisis test yang dilakukan mahasiswa tentang menulis teks recount. setelah menganalisis data, hasil dari tes yang diterapkan kepada mahasiswa yang menggunakan model pembelajaran picture and picture menunjukkan bahwa nilai tertinggi  adalah 92, nilai terendah adalah 56, dibandingkan mahasiswa yang tidak menggunakan model pembelajaran picture and picture. nilai rata -rata dan median kelas experiment yaitu 81,63 dan 77,5. jika dikonsultasikan ke klasifikasi tingkatan nilai menulis, rata-rata kemampuan menulis dikategorikan bagus. sebaliknya, hasil dari test yang diterapkan kepada mahasiswa  yang menggunakan teknik konvensuional atau kelas kontrol, menu njukkan bahwa nilai tertinggi dan terendah adalah 83 dan 50. nilai rata-rata dan median kelas kontrol yaitu 69,1 dan 70. jika dikonsultasikan tingkatan nilai menulis, dikategorikan jelek atau kurang bagus. berdasarkan pernyataan diatas, hal inidapat disimpulkan bahwa hasil penelitian menyatakan bahwa ada pengaruh yang bagus mengenai penggunaan model pembelajaran picture and picture dalam meningkatkan kemampuan menulis teks recount. jadi model pembelajaran picture and picture sangat efektif dalam meningkatkan kemampuan menulis.
KESALAHAN PENGGUNAAN HURUF KAPITAL PADA KARANGAN DESKRIPSI TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN MENULIS MAHASISWAUNIVERSITAS INDRAPRASTA PGRI
Authors: Haryanti Ade Siti
Published: April 2019

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kesalahan penggunaan huruf kapital pada karangan deskripsi mahasiswa Universitas Indraprasta PGRI. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif yang termasuk dalam penelitian kebahasaan. Berdasarkan penelitian dan pendeskripsian mengenai kesalahan penggunaan huruf kapital pada karangan deskripsi mahasiswa Semester 3 (R3A) yang mengikuti mata kuliah Menulis Universitas Indraprasta PGRI, dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat sebanyak 101 kesalahan dalam menggunakan huruf kapital dari 20 karangan deskripsi mahasiswa semester 3 kelas R3A yang meliputi: 1) Huruf kapital dipakai sebagai huruf pertama awal kalimat, sebanyak 25 kesalahan 25%. 2) Huruf kapital dipakai sebagai huruf pertama nama tahun, hari, bulan, hari besar atau hari raya, sebanyak 10 kesalahan 10%. 3) Huruf kapital dipakai sebagai huruf pertama nama geografis, sebanyak 35 kesalahan 34%. 4) Huruf kapital dipakai sebagai huruf pertama unsur-unsur nama orang termasuk nama julukan dan singkatan, sebanyak 23 kesalahan 23%. 5) Huruf kapital dipakai sebagai huruf pertama setiap kata agama, kitab suci, dan Tuhan, termasuk sebutan dan kata ganti untuk Tuhan, sebanyak 8 kesalahan 8%.
Analisis Kesulitan Pelafalan Konsonan Bahasa Indonesia (Studi Kasus terhadap Pemelajar BIPA Asal Tiongkok di Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta)
Authors: Wiratsih Woro
Published: April 2019

Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kesulitan pelafalan, khususnya beberapa konsonan dalam bahasa Indonesia dalam praktik berbicara pemelajaran BIPA asal Tiongkok di Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan teknik simak catat atau observasi dan mencatat serta simak libat cakap atau wawancara. Data yang diperoleh kemudian dianalisis dan diklasifikasi berdasarkan kesulitan pelafalan tiap konsonan. Hasil dari penelitian ini disajikan secara informal atau menggunakan deskripsi kata-kata dari penulis. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat beberapa kesulitan pelafalan yang diamali oleh pemelajar BIPA asal Tiongkok yang meliputi lima kelompok konsonan, yaitu konsonan { /b/  /d/  /g/ }, { /-p/  /-t/  /-k/ },  {/-η-/  / -l/}, {/r/}, dan {/h/}. Dengan mengetahui kesulitan pelafalan konsonan bahasa Indonesia yang dialami oleh pembelajar BIPA asal Tiongkok, diharapkan adanya penyesuaian materi dan  metode pengajaran yang tepat untuk dapat meminimalisir kesulitan yang dapat mengganggu pemelajar dalam proses belajar bahasa Indonesia. Kata Kunci: kesulitan pelafalan, pemelajar BIPA asal Tiongkok, bahasa Indonesia, pemelajaran BIPA (Bahasa Indonesia bagi Penutur Asing)
TEKNIK PERSUASI BROSUR PROMOSI PENERIMAAN MAHASISWA BARU PERGURUAN TINGGI KEAGAMAAN BUDDHA DI INDONESIA
Authors: Suntoro Suntoro
Published: April 2019

The promotion of new student admission  of the Buddhist College is done in various ways, one of which is using brochures. Although this method has already been abandoned, for the Buddhist College, brochure still become the most favorite one. This study aims to find out persuasive techniques contained in the year of 2018-2019 academic brochure. The research method used was qualitative content analysis with the unit of analysis being ten academic brochures Buddhist College in Indonesia. Data collection techniques use documentation, while data analysis is done by matching methods with referential matching techniques and pragmatic techniques. The results of this study indicate that there are five persuasion techniques used in the academic brochure, namely rationalization, identification, suggestion, conformity, and compensation, while replacement techniques are not found in the brochure. Therefore, brochures should be designed creatively and attractively and have high persuasive values to attract more attention.
PENGARUH MODEL PEMBELAJARAN PAPAN MEMORI TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN MEMAHAMI PEMBACAAN CERPEN PADA SISWA KELAS XI MA NEGERI BANTARKALONG TASIKMALAYA
Authors: Nurjamilah Ai Siti
Published: April 2019

Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dengan tujuan untuk memperoleh informasi mengenai pengaruh model pembelajaran Papan Memori dalam pembelajaran menyimak pembacaan cerita pendek pada siswa kelas X1 IPS 1 MAN Bantarkalong Tasikmalaya. Dalam penelitian ini digunakan metode eksperimen dengan rancangan kelompok prates dan pascates. Populasinya, semua peserta didik kelas XI MA Negeri 1 Bantarkalong Tasikmalaya jurusan IPA dan IPS. Sampel diambil secara diundi dan terpilih satu jurusan, yakni jurusan IPS; karena jurusan IPS terdapat dua kelas, IPS 1 dan IPS 2, sehingga harus melakukan pengundian dalam menentukan kelas eksperimen dan kelas kontrol. Berdasarkan hasil pengundian, terpilih kelas XI IPS 1 sebagai kelas eksperimen yang pada pembelajarannya menggunakan model pembelajaran Papan Memori dan kelas XI IPS 2 sebagai kelas kontrol dengan model pembelajaran yang biasa digunakan oleh guru setempat. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah prates dan pascates kemampuan analisis cerpen. Penelitian yang telah dilaksanakan menunjukkan bahwa model pembelajaran Papan Memori mampu meningkatkan kemampuan siswa dalam memahami cerita pendek. Hal ini dapat dibuktikan dengan adanya perbandingan nilai yang didapatkan oleh peserta didik pada kelas eksperimen lebih bagus daripada yang diperoleh siswa kelas kontrol dalam kemampuan mengapresiasi cerita pendek. Artinya model pembelajaran Papan Memori merupakan model yang cocok untuk diterapkan atau diaplikasikan dalam pembelajaran kemampuan memahami cerita pendek.
PENINGKATAN KETERAMPILAN BERBICARA MENGGUNAKAN METODE KOOPERATIF TIPE JIGSAW PADA MAHASISWA PBSI TINGKAT I-B IKIP PGRI BOJONEGORO TAHUN AKADEMIK 2018/2019
Authors: Darmuki Agus , Hariyadi Ahmad
Published: April 2019

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk meningkatkan: (1) kualitas proses  (keaktifan) pembelajaran berbicara dengan menggunakan metode kooperatif tipe Jigsaw pada mahasiswa prodi PBSI tingkat I-B IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro dan (2) hasil pembelajaran keterampilan berbicara dengan menerapkan metode kooperatif tipe Jigsaw pada mahasiswa prodi PBSI tingkat I-B IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas. Penelitian ini subjeknya  adalah mahasiswa tingkat I-B berjumlah 40 mahasiswa yang terdiri atas 30 mahasiswa perempuan dan 10 mahasiswa laki-laki dan satu orang dosen pengampu matakuliah keterampilan berbicara. Objek penelitian ini adalah kegiatan pembelajaran berbicara. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah observasi, wawancara mendalam, dan analisis dokumen. Teknik validitas data menggunakan teknik triangulasi sumber data dan triangulasi metode. Teknik analisis data pada penelitian ini menggunakan  teknik analisis deskripsi komparatif dan analisis interaktif. Penelitian tindakan kelas ini dilakukan  dalam dua siklus yang meliputi empat tahapan, yaitu: perencanaan, pelaksanaan, observasi, dan refleksi. Hasil penelitian ini  menunjukkan adanya peningkatan  hasil pembelajaran berbicara, ditandai dengan meningkatnya jumlah mahasiswa yang mencapai batas ketuntasan, yaitu pada siklus I ada  32  mahasiswa (80 %), pada siklus II  ada 38  mahasiswa (95%), dan pada siklus III ada 40 mahasiswa (100%). Simpulan penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa penerapan metode kooperatif tipe Jigsaw dapat meningkatkan keaktifan mahasiswa, proses dan hasil pembelajaran keterampilan berbicara mahasiswa.
COHESION IN ANNE HATHAWAY’S SPEECH TEXT ON “PAID PARENTAL LEAVE IS ABOUT CREATING FREEDOM TO DEFINE ROLES”
Authors: Utomo Slamet , Sekti Dita Indah
Published: April 2019

This research aims to identify the grammatical and lexical cohesion used in Anne Hathaway’s speech text on “Paid Parental Leave is about Creating Freedom to Define Roles”, and interpret how grammatical and lexical cohesion are used in Anne Hathaway’s speech text on “Paid Parental Leave is about Creating Freedom to Define Roles”.The type of this research is descriptive qualitative research. The result of this research shows that all types of grammatical and lexical cohesion are used in the speech text. For the grammatical cohesions are: reference (personal, demonstrative and comparative reference), substitution (nominal substitution), ellipsis (verbal and clausal ellipsis) and conjunction (additive, adversative, causal and temporal conjunction). Meanwhile, the lexical cohesions are: reiteration (repetition, synonym, superordinate and general word) and collocation. The most dominant of cohesive devices used in the speech text is reference especially for personal reference. All those cohesive devices are used clearly, it means that the speech text of Anne Hathaway entitled “Paid Parental Leave is about Creating Freedom to Define Roles” used grammatical and lexical cohesion well. Finally, the writer suggests that cohesion is important to be studied in language learning because cohesion can be used as a strategy to construct and comprehend any text especially for speech.
Bioenergía a partir de residuos ganaderos. Estado de situación en provincia de Buenos Aires
Authors: Nogar Ada Graciela , Chomicki Carolina , Berdolini José Luis
Published: April 2019

El consumo de energía proveniente de fuentes fósiles se mantiene en crecimiento y sus consecuencias son inquietantes. Lo antes expresado se observa en el aumento de gases de efecto invernadero y en las dificultades de acceso/conectividad de poblaciones marginales y rurales. En este contexto, es necesario encontrar alternativas que atenúen el problema de la disponibilidad y colaboren con la diversificación de la matriz energética. La generación distribuida (GD) es un modelo que pondera las fuentes renovables, en el cual la producción de biogás a partir de la reutilización de residuos está ocupando y preocupando a actores públicos y privados. Este trabajo explora la producción de biogás en la Provincia de Buenos Aires a partir de un estudio de caso en Carlos Tejedor y reflexiona acerca del aprovechamiento de los residuos ganaderos, los procesos productivos/energéticos, la diversificación de la matriz energética y la reducción en la demanda de energías fósiles.
Semi-Supervised Target-Dependent Sentiment Classification for Micro-Blogs
Authors: Abudalfa Shadi I. , Ahmed Moataz A.
Published: April 2019

The wealth of opinions available in the social media motivated researchers to develop automatic opinion detection tools. Many such tools are currently available online for opinion mining in short text, known as micro-blogs, but their efficacies are still limited. Current tools focus on detecting sentiment polarity expressed in a micro-blog regardless of the topic (target) discussed. Little improved approaches have been proposed to detect sentiment towards a specific target, referred to as target-dependent sentiment classification. Our literature review has shown that all these target-dependent approaches use supervised learning techniques. Such techniques need a huge amount of labeled data for increasing classification accuracy. However, preparing labeled data from social media needs a lot of efforts. In this work, we address this issue by employing semisupervised learning techniques that have not been used before with target-dependent sentiment classification. To the best of our knowledge, our work is the first research that employs semisupervised learning techniques in this direction. Semi-supervised learning techniques have been known in the literature to improve classification accuracy in comparison with supervised learning techniques; however, they use same number of labeled samples plus many unlabelled ones. In this work, we propose a new semi-supervised learning technique that uses less number of labeled microblogs than that used with supervised learning techniques. Experiment results have shown that the proposed technique provides competitive accuracy.
DMITRY IVANOVICH SHIRSHOV – DOCTOR, SCIENTIST, INNOVATOR (on the 150th anniversary of the birth)
Authors: Bezhenar V. F. , Kira E. F. , Turlak A. S. , Novikov B. N. , Kira K. E.
Published: April 2019

IIn 2018, the 150th anniversary of Dmitrii I. Shirshov was celebrated. The article is devoted to Shirshov’s biography and describes his research pathway, the main achievements in obstetrics, gynecology and urogynecology. In addition, the article tells about the characteristic of his clinical and teaching activities.
SYPHILIS IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: CONDITION OF THE ISSUE AND UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS
Authors: Bagretsova I. A. , Sukharev A. V. , Barsukova I. M.
Published: April 2019

Introduction. The development of the system of emergency medical care in emergency department inevitably brings up issues of its availability and quality. Moreover, if the leading pathological syndrome resulting in the hospitalization and threating to the patient’s life deserves priority attention, so the accompanying pathology often remains in the shadow. Thus, venereal diseases, in particular, syphilis is epidemiologically dangerous disease as for the patients having this illness and for the patients surrounding them and the medical personnel carrying out the medical process. 

The objective of the study was to assess the current state of the problem of medical care for patients with venereal pathology in an emergency department.

Material and methods. The material for the study was the data of medical records of patients in multispecialised emergency department of St. Petersburg for 4 years: 1088 – with positive serological reaction and 4500 – without dermatovenereal pathology (DVP).

Results. By the results of the research, the diagnosis of syphilis was based only on the enzyme immunoassay test for syphilis and the diagnosis of syphilis remained unspecified; the efforts to prevent the spread of syphilis in emergency department were insufficient, did not allow carrying out appropriate preventive, therapeutic and diagnostic measures.

Conclusion. Development of new models and principles of the organization of the diagnostic and treatment process, including the introduction of methods of express diagnosis in emergency department is required.
Promoting Career Planning Through the Use of an Engineering Experience Evaluation for Licensure
Authors: Bollo Martin E.
Published: April 2019

Professional registration (P.Eng.) applicants in B.C. must use the Engineers & Geoscientists BC web-based Competency Experience Reporting System (CERS) to have their work experience evaluated. CERS measures competencies – measures of the ability to perform the tasks and roles of an occupational category to standards expected and recognized by employers and the community at large – in seven competency categories, each of which can be related to the twelve CEAB graduate attributes.As part of a university-level course in engineering professionalism, students were given an assignment to use CERS to conduct a self-evaluation and make recommendations for their own future professional development.To measure the perceived effectiveness of the assignment, students completed three identical questionnaires: one before the topic was introduced, one after a guest speaker presentation on the topic, and one after submitting the assignment. The questionnaire measured each student’s degree of knowledge or understanding of ten different aspects of professional registration and professional development. The results indicated a progressive increase in agreement between the first, second and third questionnaire for all ten questions, with the greatest increases relating to registration procedures and students’ identification of shortcomings of their own experience.Usage of the competency assessment system by regulators is being expanded in Canada, which potentially provides the opportunity to conduct similar student assignments within other engineering programs.
Sounds of Home: A Survey of Local Music Collection Management Practices in Canadian Libraries
Authors: Doi Carolyn , Luyk Sean
Published: April 2019

This paper describes the findings of a national survey of local music collection managers in Canadian libraries in 2018. The survey aims to capture a snapshot of local music collection management practices by identifying areas where collection managers make use of specialized skills and competencies and where practices may be improved. An online questionnaire was sent to local music collection managers in Canadian libraries and consisted of 20 questions that addressed demographics, collection scope, collection development, promotion, access, and preservation.The results show that local music collections are diverse in scope and include a wide range of formats. Many include archival materials or are described or organized using archival principles. Collection managers use a range of strategies to build and develop local music collections, including working with community members and donors to identify, select, and purchase collection materials. Collections are used most frequently by community members and researchers to conduct scholarly or historical research. Outreach and promotion are areas where collection managers are using diverse strategies, including community engagement, event hosting, and online marketing, to build awareness of collections. Physical and digital preservation practices are being implemented by most participants, and online access to collections is often available through additional collection description or digitization.Collection managers may face challenges due to the unique nature of local music collections. Strategies for collection management, collection development, outreach, or promotion may fall outside traditional professional skill sets or competencies. Areas for development include donor relations, community engagement, and archival collection management.
Bluegrass Generation – by Neil Rosenberg (Book Review)
Authors: Tsai Sija
Published: April 2019

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Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times – by Alan Walker (Book Review)
Authors: Pekacz Jolanta
Published: April 2019

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The Acquisition of English Speaking Skills of Small Traders in Hanoi’s Old Quarter
Authors: Ha Vu Hai , Anh Nguyen Tran Tram
Published: April 2019

Abstract: The recent increase in the number of foreign visitors to Vietnam highlights the necessity for the improvement of English speaking skills of small traders in Hanoi’s Old Quarter - a popular tourist destination in Vietnam, where English is pivotal in both trading and promoting Vietnamese culture. In that context, this research explores how these traders could acquire their English speaking skills in their own living contexts. Adopting both qualitative and quantitative methods, particularly observation, interviews with small traders (n=23) and survey questionnaires combined with interviews with foreigners (n=100), the research has reached two major conclusions. First, unlike popular assumptions that small traders learn English through contact with foreigners, the sources of their English acquisition were much more diverse. Secondly, small traders were expected to speak English well not only to carry out transactions but also to aid foreigners in a wide range of functions, ranging from navigating through the streets to better understanding Vietnamese culture. However, the English speaking skills of these traders were often found insufficient in terms of grammatical, discourse, and sociolinguistic competences. From the collected data, the article suggests a number of different ways to enhance the small trader’s acquisition of English speaking skills.Keywords: Small traders, Hanoi’s Old Quarter, English language acquisition, international tourism.
Pemetaan Topografi Teristris Berbasis Sistem Informasi Geografis Menggunakan “Gps Handheld” Sebagai Acuan Pencarian Koordinat Awal (Studi Kasus: “Masterplan Sport Centre” Di Muntok, Bangka Belitung)
Authors: Rahman Aris , Nasihien Ronny Durrotun , Hardaningrum Farida
Published: April 2019

Sports activity today is very significant growth. The spirit to welcome the 2018 Asian Games, which was originally held in Jakarta and Palembang, made the West Bangka district government plan to build a Sport Center as a medium to foster youth activities and especially in sports. The selected location is in Air Belo Village, Muntok District, West Bangka Regency with 13 hectares area.The research of planning of Masterplan Sport Center by using Topographical Mapping Method Based on Geographic Information System (GIS) with initial coordinate reference using GPS Handheld is expected to produce accurate design that can meet the needs of sports facilities and tourism sector in West Bangka Regency.The result of the Topography Teristris measurement in the form of Contour Map integrated with Rambut Bumi Indonesia (RBI) resulted in the location oriented Thematic map. For position correction using Google Earth, the result must meet Gross coordinate position error fault
Epidemiology of Subcutaneous Lipomas
Authors: SINGH SARLA Gurmeet
Published: April 2019

Lipoma is a slow growing, encapsulated, lobulated, fluctuant and painless tumour composed of fat cells. It occurs anywhere in the body where fat is found and hence the name ‘universal tumour’ or ‘ubiquitous tumour’. We aimed to review and evaluate the epidemiology of Subcutaneous Lipomas in this study. All 126 patients who had a non-visceral lipoma diagnosed on histopathological examination during a period of 1 year were analysed as regards the age, gender, size, site and multiplicity of the lipomas. The lipomas were smaller than 5 cm in 75 of the 126 patients (71.90%). Multiple subcutaneous lipomas were found in 22 patients (17.46%), most of them young males. 62.98 % (70 out of 126) patients were between the age group of 40 to 60 years.  The prevalence of subcutaneous, non- visceral lipomas was more common in males as in our study, out of 126 patients, 78 (61.90%) patients were males and 48 (38.09%) patients were females. As a result in this study, lipomas were common, benign, slow growing, and generally asymptomatic tumours. They were more common in males and commonly occurred in the age group of 31- 60 years. They commonly occurred in the head and neck and trunk region and were usually less than 5 cm in size.
Knowledge Attitude and Practice Regarding Screening of Breast Cancer Among Women in Karachi, Pakistan
Authors: KHAN Erum , KHALID Abdullah Bin , ANWAR Adina , SAFEER Nadia
Published: April 2019

Breast cancer in women is a major health
burden both in developed and developing countries. Breast cancer leads second
cause of death in worldwide and as well as in Pakistan. A breast cancer is one
of the preventable cancers of the body. Self-breast examination is a very easy
tool for early screening but lack of awareness regarding breast cancer is a
major hurdle in breast cancer diagnosis at an early stage. The aim of the study
is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding screening of Breast
Cancer among Women in Karachi, Pakistan. Study type is cross sectional study
and designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice about the screening
of breast cancer in general population of Karachi. The sample size of this
study consisted of 336 volunteer female individuals. The questionnaire
contained 10 questions pertaining to knowledge of breast cancer, 3 questions
about of attitude of females and 4 questions about screening of breast cancer.
Out of 336 participants 94% (n=316) females which were married and 6% (n=20)
others were widow. As far as the knowledge was concerned there was family
history of breast cancer in 31.3% females and no family history 83.2%
patients.  Responding to the question
about “do you practice SBE (Self Breast examination)” majority of females 72%
were in proper practice of SBE while 28% females were not in proper practice. In
conclusion, findings showed that the level of awareness of breast cancer i.e.
knowledge of about breast cancer alarming signs, risk factors, screening
program and breast self-examination  were
very inadequate.
Хірургічне лікування низхідного гнійного медіастиніту
Authors: Shevchuk I. M. , Snizhko S. S. , Andreieshchev S. A.
Published: April 2019

Мета. Покращити результати лікування хворих з низхідним гнійним медіастинітом (НГМ) шляхом удосконалення хірургічних доступів до середостіння, методів місцевого хірургічного лікування та дренування середостіння.

Матеріали і методи. Проведено обстеження та лікування 170 хворих із флегмоною шиї (ФШ) за період з 2004 по 2018 р. У 73 (42,9%) хворих ФШ ускладнилася розвитком НГМ. Чоловіків було 49 (67,1%), жінок − 24 (32,9%) віком від 21 до 72 років, середній вік хворих становив (47,3 ± 4,3) року.

Результати. Хірургічне лікування НГМ передбачає усунення первинного джерела захворювання, вибір операційного доступу до середостіння, розкриття і санацію всіх гнійних ділянок середостіння, забезпечення постійного видалення гнійних мас із клітковини середостіння та плевральної порожнини. У разі застосування інтрамедіастинального введення антибактеріальних препаратів у 30 (90,9%) із 33 хворих гнійний процес було ліквідовано на стадії ФШ без його поширення в клітковину середостіння. НГМ розвинувся лише у 3 (9,1%) хворих. Із 137 хворих, яким даний метод не застосовували, у 70 (51,1%) ФШ ускладнилася НГМ.

Висновки. Застосовуючи інтрамедіастинальне введення антибактеріальних препаратів у хворих з ФШ, ми знизили частоту поширення гнійного процесу в середостіння з розвитком НГМ з 51,1 до 9,1%. Перевагами використання відеоасистованої торакоскопії в порівнянні з торакотомією є менша травматичність, скорочення тривалості операції, хороша візуалізація уражених ділянок плеври та можливість мініінвазивного дренування середостіння та плевральної порожнини.

Розроблена тактика хірургічного лікування НГМ забезпечує адекватну санацію гнійних вогнищ на шиї та в середостінні, швидке зниження рівня ендогенної інтоксикації та зменшення летальності із 27,0 до 8,3%.