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ANALISIS PENDAYAGUNAAN DANA ZAKAT PRODUKTIF DALAM PENGEMBANGAN EKONOMI MUSTAHIK DI BAZNAS KABUPATEN BOGOR
Authors: Jihanullah Munandar Ibrahim , Hamdani Ikhwan , Muhlisin Sofian
Published: December 2022

Zakat menjadi salah satu instrumen pemerintah dalam menangani kemiskinan, pengangguran dan kesenjangan sosial. Salah satu program pemerintah dalam pengentasan kemiskinan ialah memberikan bantuan kepada masyarakat berupa modal untuk mengembangkan atau memulai usaha bisnis yang dapat meningkatkan pendapatan masyarakat. Namun terdapat permasalahan UMKM terutama pada usaha mikro yaitu permasalahan permodalan karena mayoritas berasal dari keluarga miskin. Oleh karena itu, melalui Badan Amil Zakat Nasional atau Lembaga Amil Zakat, para usaha mikro dapat menerima bantuan berupa modal uang ataupun modal barang dari badan amil tersebut. Sekarang ini zakat telah berkembang tidak hanya untuk keperluan konsumtif saja, namun dikembangkan menjadi produktif. BAZNAS dalam kegiatannya mengumpulkan, mengelola, mendistribusikan dan mendayagunakan zakat dalam rangka meningkatkan taraf hidup mustahik. Sebagaimana yang dilakukan oleh BAZNAS Kabupaten Bogor melalui target “M to M” dan bagaimana pendayagunaan zakat produktif untuk meningkatkan usaha mustahik. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif jenis penelitian lapangan (field research) yaitu penelitian yang langsung pada lapangan atau informan. Sumber data ini terdiri dari data primer dan sekunder yang diperoleh melalui observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi dari BAZNAS Kabupaten Bogor dan mustahik penerima dana zakat produktif. Dalam analisis penelitian ini menggunakan analisis deskriptif dimana data-data yang bersifat kualitatif diteliti, dianalisis, dikembangkan, dan disesuaikan dengan teori-teori pendukung yang ada. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian bahwa pendayagunaan zakat produktif untuk meningkatkan usaha mustahik yang dilakukan oleh BAZNAS Kabupaten Bogor yaitu dengan target “M to M” yaitu bantuan modal usaha mustahik perorangan, bantuan sarana prasarana, serta bantuan pelatihan usaha lainnya. Bantuan yang disalurkan berupa uang dan sarana prasarana. Melalui target ini pendapatan usaha mustahik meningkat dari pendapatan sebelum mendapatan bantuan usaha mikro mustahik. Serta meningkatkan juga volume hasil produksi usaha para mustahik.
ANALISIS PERSEPSI PROGRAM “TONIGHT SHOW PREMIERE” DI YOUTUBE
Authors: Wijaya Edi
Published: December 2022

Every research has a purpose, this research wants to answer the problem of a new media (internet) as an alternative media choice where people seek entertainment, especially on the “Tonight Show Premiere” program on Youtube. This type of research is descriptive analysis research that uses a communication science approach, especially in mass communication. Meanwhile, the data collection method used in this research is in-depth interview, observation and documentation. The sources of data for this research come from privately owned theory books, documents related to the topic raised by the researcher. Furthermore, data processing techniques and data analysis were carried out to answer questions that the researchers had prepared to ask the selected audience and then the data was prepared for later processing. The data analysis in this study includes data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions.
PANDEMI COVID-19 DALAM KEHIDUPAN SOSIAL-EKONOMI MASYARAKAT NELAYAN KELURAHAN PINANGSORI KECAMATAN PINANGSORI KABUPATEN TAPANULI TENGAH
Authors: Josia Bukit Richad , Suriadi Agus
Published: December 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has limited the movement of people and goods due to the stipulation of regulations by the government, namely PSBB/lockdown, resulting in limited marketing/distribution, especially fisheries. Where small fishermen can no longer sell their fish catches to market traders as usual again due to this pandemic and make fishermen in a dilemma because fishermen's income is decreasing and their needs are increasing, this is what makes fishing communities have to think and look for new jobs to be able to maintain their economy during this pandemic. The purpose of this study was to determine the social and economic conditions of the fishing community in Pinangsori Village, Pinangsori District, Central Tapanuli Regency in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. This research is a qualitative research using descriptive method. Data collection was carried out by means of library research, field studies in field studies including interviews, observations, and documentation. The results of the research on the subjects studied found that: the income of fishermen in the Pinangsori village decreased because during the pandemic the market traders who usually bought a lot of fish to fishermen were now reduced because the market was quiet so traders only took enough from fishermen, catches decreased, difficulties market the catch, expenses increase because the fishing communities also meet other needs such as buying their tools to catch fish, fishermen looking for new jobs such as being palm oil workers, construction workers to increase their income.
PEMBANGUNAN DESA DIMASA PANDEMI COVID-19 DESA LINGGA RAJA II KECAMATAN PEGAGAN HILIR KABUPATEN DAIRI
Authors: Hamdani Ricky , Ginting Bengkel
Published: December 2022

Village funds are funds sourced from the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget which are used in village development, the use of village funds in general is for village administration, community development and empowerment as well as village physical development. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of village funds underwent a change due to the central government's policy in the context of preventing and handling the COVID-19 pandemic, which previously used for village development were shifted to the prevention and handling of COVID-19 and Village Cash Direct Assistance. Transfer of the village fund budget for  The prevention and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or stopped development in Lingga Raja II, this is due to the large amount of budget used for Cash Direct Assistance for people who do not receive assistance from the central government, regional governments or assistance from various ministries. The method used in this research is a descriptive research method with a qualitative approach. Data was collected by direct observation of the research location, interviews with research informants, documentation and through literature sources in the form of books, journals, and several articles on the internet. The data obtained were then analyzed and explained qualitatively. The results of this study indicate that changes in the use of village funds for the prevention and handling of the covid-19 pandemic affect village development, especially the 2020 budget where physical development as a priority program does not exist at all. Meanwhile, the 2021 budget with adjustments to the realization of the physical development budget as a priority program will be carried out again.
ANALISIS PROGRAM NON DRAMA TERHADAP MINAT PROMOSI DAN MINAT MASYARAKAT BERKUNJUNG DALAM PERAN SERTA STASIUN TELEVISI
Authors: Pramanta Putra Jaqualine , Syarief Fauzi , Susana Susana
Published: December 2022

Communities is important aspect in the survival of a tourist destinations and the community also an important aspect in the success a program a television show where in the program present information devoted to the communityAs for the kind of research used is research quantitative with the methods descriptive verifikatif which is to explain x, y and looking for relation of them in size sample as much as 140 respondents. The sampling techniques used is random sampling .Analysis techniques the data used analytics linear regression multiple. The research results show positive results and significant on variables subjects that is content program, format program, duration  program and simultaneously to interest visit community. Magnitude impact of the Program  of interest visit communities is a very important aspect for the continuity of tourism places in the program.
KOMUNIKASI INTERPERSONAL DALAM MEMASARKAN PROGRAM CELEBRITY FITNESS KEPADA MEMBERNYA
Authors: Fitria Namira , Rifayanti Imelda
Published: December 2022

Communication is something that cannot be separated in human life because in essence humans are social creatures who need other people. Interpersonal communication is a form of communication that occurs every day in human life. Likewise in the marketing process carried out by a marketer with his clients. In this process there is a form of communication called interpersonal communication. Celebrity fitness has several programs that must be marketed to its members through a marketing. When the marketing process requires a marketer to visit members who are exercising. Then when you are marketing that is what is called interpersonal communication. Broadly speaking, the role of marketing is to market the company's products to customers. The scope of the discussion in this journal is to find out the processes and activities in interpersonal communication between marketing and members at celebrity fitness.
THE EFFECTS OF TEACHING TECHNIQUES TOWARDS STUDENT’S READING SKILL AT VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN SOUTH JAKARTA
Authors: Prihatna Sari Ferdias
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this study was to: determine the interactional effects of teaching technique  towards student’s reading skill that was taught by role plays and filling information gap (both  are communicative language teaching) to the students. The research method used was  experimental one. Sample size of 60 students consisting of 30 for experimental class and 30 for  control class taken from Vocational High School in South Jakarta, and the sampling technique used is  cluster sampling. Research instruments used were the test to distinguish the effect of teaching  techniques towards student’s reading skill in the form of oral test (5 items for scoring), that  have been tested valid and reliable with coefficient of reliability at 0.839 and 0.705. The  research uses two-ways ANOVA test. The result showed there is a significant effect of teaching  technique towards student’s reading skill, as Fobserved = 95.553 > Ftable = 2.77 and Sig = 0.000  < 0.05. The results contribute most to the increasing of student’s reading skill.
REPRESENTASI FEMINISME DALAM IKLAN GOJEK VERSI AKIBAT WFH TAS KERJA JADI GABUT
Authors: Muntaha Meliala Robbikal
Published: December 2022

In the new normal era, Gojek is again aggressively advertising with a unique and interesting concept. In November 2021, Gojek published an advertisement for the version of Due to WFH's Work Bag So Coarse on its official YouTube account. This ad represents women in responding to the new normal with a great desire to work in the office as usual, outside the home and bored with working systems from inside the home. Therefore, the writer is interested in knowing how the representation of this feminism in the Gojek advertisement version Due to WFH's Work Bags Becomes Gabut. The research method was carried out by the author with a qualitative approach, by analyzing the data through the semiotics of Roland Bhartes' model. The results show that the meaning of denotation is represented by how the female model acts and complains about the noise of neighbors cutting ceramics, no longer feels at home at home and wants to work outside the house immediately. The connotative meaning is shown that women have the freedom to have a career outside the home and enjoy life outside the home according to what they want. In this context, women have a career outside the home is considered a good thing and do not always have to deal with the domestic area. Myths are shown by efforts to lead public opinion on Liberal Feminism.
ANALISIS PREDIKSI KEBANGKRUTAN DENGAN METODE ALTMAN Z – SCORE PADA PT. ASTRA OTOPARTS TBK
Authors: Wulansari Murwani
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this study was to determine the business continuity of PT. Astra Otoparts Tbk uses secondary data in the form of financial statements for 2019 – 2021. This study uses the Altman Z Score method which is one method for assessing the bankruptcy of a company. The covid 19 pandemic caused a significant decrease in performance at PT. Astra Otoparts. Z Score PT. Astra Otoparts in 2020 was 2.43,  it decreased from 2.60 in 2019.  Z. Such conditions indicate that PT. Astra Otoparts Tbk experienced financial distress (financial distress).
PENGARUH GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN KAPOLS MOTIVASI DAN KINERJA ANGGOTA POLSEK JATIASIH
Authors: Bunga S Roydawaty
Published: December 2022

Every organization needs a leader who can provide enthusiasm, guidance, direction on the performance of its employees/employees in achieving organizational goals. Leadership style and motivation have an important role in implementing performance for Village Government employees in the Lumajang District, Lumajang Regency, that there is an influence of leadership style and motivation simultaneously/partially on the performance of Kelurahan Government employees in Lumajang District, Lumajang Regency, the leadership style of the Kapolsek dominantly influences the performance of members of the Jatiasih Police, this shows the importance of leadership style and motivation to improve employee performance. If the leadership style and giving motivation are not paid attention to, then there will be a decrease in work performance/achievement. After conducting an evaluation, it can be concluded that there is a need to increase attention and policies towards members of the Jatiasih Polsek regarding performance, the problem of standard time which can still be said to be lacking and must design motivation for good members to be able to achieve organizational goals
ANALISA KETEPATAN PEMANFATAAN WAKTU BERMAIN GAME
Authors: Sabariah Etika , Kamil Mustafa , Indah Tri , Siboro Sony
Published: December 2022

Abstract

Games Online give opportunity to good activity if wise scheduling timing, is special to children, because the children must be playing with  motoric organs and always interaction together to developments capability EQ, IQ and SQ. Timing grow up mindset the children,  still step process  studying mark up capacity memory and still studying development interaction sociality with all friends to understands and can be adaption emotional on interaction with all friends. With information education give the children understand what them must to do to devide time playing by games online, playing tradisional and studying
MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN MATA KULIAH SINEMATOGRAFI MENGGUNAKAN FILM MIRACLE IN CELL NO.7 VERSI INDONESIA
Authors: Fitri Syarif , Mutiah Tuty
Published: December 2022

The formulation of the research problem studied raised the learning media for the cinematography course using the Miracle In Cell No. film. 7 versions of the Indonesian language that use the variables of movie viewing (X) and viewing interest (Y) with the aim of testing students' films among students who watch film shows. Miracle In Cell Indonesian version No.7. Quantitative descriptive analysis with the method used in the study by distributing questionnaires to a sample of 62 students of the Faculty of Communication and Language Sciences, University of Bina Sarana Informatika, Kalimalang Branch. This study uses analytical techniques using regression testing to test the hypothesis. It can be concluded that it is very influential by looking at the results of hypothesis testing, it is obtained tcount 3,369 > ttable (? 60) of 1,671 besides that based on the probability value it can be seen that the probability value (sig) of 0.001 < 0.05, then Ho is rejected and H1 is accepted.
RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM PENGGAJIAN DENGAN METODE WATERFALL PADA PT.LANGGENG ENGINEERING TEKNIK INDONESIA
Authors: Ferliyanti Herlina , Nurmayanti Ita , Ramadhani Nafi , Herlan Asymar Hasta
Published: December 2022

The payroll system is a continuous process related to employee management. Processing employee data apart from calculating the amount of salary to be received and employee income tax, the payroll system is also used to allocate labor costs to products. Payroll data management requires an information system that can manage payroll data accurately and on time. PT Langgeng Engineering Teknik Indonesia is a company engaged in general trading, supplying industrial goods, infrastructure, fabrication, mechanics, electrical and maintenance services and pinting really needs a computerized payroll system by managing employee attendance data and working hours. The payroll system using the Waterfall method makes it easier for companies to manage employee salary data so that they can obtain precise and accurate salary calculations
IMPLEMENTASI TEORI BELAJAR KONTRUKTIVISME : METODE PENEMUAN UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA SMP NEGERI 1 STABAT
Authors: Hendrik Hendrik , Panggabean Ellis Mardiana
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this research is to find out whether the application of constructivism learning theory to the discovery method can increase the effectiveness of student learning. 2. to find out how the application of constructivism learning theory to the discovery method can increase the effectiveness of student learning. This research was carried out by giving the discovery method learning treatment to the subjects of Stabat 1 Public Middle School students. From the results of data analysis, it was found that students' mastery of material was 76.91% in the medium category, classical learning mastery was 87.3%, achievement of specific learning objectives as a whole was 80%. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that learning mathematics using the discovery method at Stabat 1 Public Middle School is effective. So this method can be an alternative method of learning mathematics.
ANALISIS TERJEMAHAN INTERJEKSI DARI BAHASA INDONESIA KE BAHASA INGGRIS PADA SUBTITLE FILM NUSSA
Authors: Kasmir Naserly Mursyid
Published: December 2022

This research was conducted to analyze the translation of the word interjection in the film Nussa. The observation of the word interjection in this study was only taken in the first 11 minutes of the film. In such a short period of time, 18 interjections were found, each of which had an English word equivalent. Of the 18 words, it can be grouped into two large categories that can be grouped, including Interjection of Equal Forms and Interjection of Different Forms. The two categories are deliberately grouped because they are unique in terms of translation from BSa to BSu or vice versa. As for categories outside the two large categories, they fall into the translation of the interjection just like in the general translation object, because the equivalent of the word can be well represented. This research was applied to Nussa Film because the film is a children's themed film. Generally, in children's films, many expressions are conveyed, especially in the use of the word interjection.
Two new ant-mimicking spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Costa Rica
Authors: Pekár Stano
Published: December 2022

During a recent investigation of ant-mimicking arthropods in Costa Rica, two new species of salticid spiders were discovered. Here, I provide descriptions of the two species, Myrmapana costaricaensis sp. nov. and Corcovetella galianoae sp. nov. The former species has two forms; the dark form resembles Neoponera ants, while the light form resembles Pseudomyrmex ants. Corcovetella galianoae resembles Camponotus ants.
Camouflaging as identity work
Authors: Singh Nina , Frandsen Sanne
Published: December 2022

This paper examines how professionals position themselves and negotiate their identity in the intersection of professional work and sales work in the context of two professional service firms. We propose the concept of camouflaging as identity work to illustrate how professionals (re)construct their identity and position themselves as professionals by integrating and blurring the lines between the various discourses of professionalism and sales in a way that makes sales work appear as a natural part of their professional work and identity. We identify four ways in which professionals position themselves in relation to sales work, namely, as relationship builders, trustworthy partners, problem solvers and helpers. The present paper contributes to 1) the literature on professional identity by emphasizing the importance of work for professional identity construction, 2) previous studies of identity tensions by illustrating camouflaging as a way to navigate and negotiate various discourses and 3) the literature on identity work by showing how a variety of available social identities propels identity work in unexpected ways.
Communicating strategy in a town hall setting
Authors: Kjærbeck Susanne , Wolff Lundholt Marianne
Published: December 2022

This article focuses on strategy communication in an administrative housing association. It investigates top management’s attempts to facilitate dialog with employees in a town hall meeting. The purpose is to provide insights into the communicative methods employed, thereby contributing to understanding what can be considered as ‘true’ dialog, why dialog is important, and whether dialog is possible in this specific organizational context.Within the theoretical frame of change communication and strategy-as-practice, a case study of a specific town hall meeting is conducted. Based on ethnomethodological conversation analysis three key sequences from a specific town hall meeting are analyzed, and the participants’ actions are described as here-and-now moments for facilitating or hindering dialog.The study points to several communicative techniques employed by management that discourage dialog, instead of facilitating it. Moreover, the meeting is designed and performed as managers’ one-way communication of information, which limits their access to valuable information from the operational employees. In this case, the micro practices investigated are considered an impediment to organizational change and a move towards organizational silence (Tourish & Robson, 2006; Morrison and Milliken, 2000).
Knowledge Communication
Authors: Kastberg Peter
Published: December 2022

This paper is a thoroughly revised version of the manuscript of my inaugural professorial lecture delivered on March 16th of 2018, when I was called upon to take up the position as full professor at the department of Culture and Learning, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Aalborg in Denmark. As this is a revised version of a talk given four years ago almost to the date, the reader will probably be able to spot remnants of its oral origins. But not only that. As much of what I envisioned in 2018 has been published one way of the other since then, the reader will also be invited to join me on a text archeological expedition. Much like Norman Mailer’s use of (rhetorical) “Time Machines” in his The Naked and the Dead, so will I be making extensive use of references and footnotes as rhetorical wormholes allowing the reader to oscillate between 2018 and today, 2022. This paper is an integration of ideas harvested from over a decade’s worth of research publications within the field that I have labelled Knowledge Communication. Basically, my interest in Knowledge Communication grew out of a curiosity as to the conceptual interfaces between communication and knowledge. As a point of entry suffice it to say that – as seen from the helicopter perspective – what sets Knowledge Communication apart from other related fields of communication studies is the fact that it takes its point of departure in the knowledge society. I.e., not in any specific discourse, neither in any one particular knowledge domain, and not even in communication per se, but in the context encompassing all of this, i.e., the knowledge society. 

Structurally, this paper is divided into four sections. In the first section, I will sketch out my personal Bildungsweg and give a brief, narrative account of how my scholarly interests progressed from lexeme to communication. A Bildungsweg that eventually gave rise to a perspectivist outlook. In section 2, I will be presenting my take on the formative force of perspective as well as of interruptions of regress. The results, as it were, of applying interruptions of regress to the disciplines that I was socialized into, i.e., Language for Specific Purpose, Public Understanding of Science, and Knowledge Management, allows me to establish the three Cs of the Knowledge Communication research programme, i.e., communication, convergence, and constructivism, respectively. In section 3, I will present, discuss, and evaluate three widely acknowledged understandings of communication. My critical evaluation of existing understandings of what communication ‘is’ and what it ‘does’ serves as a stepping-stone for conceptualizing a novel take on communication as co-actional. An understanding of communication that is able to encompass the three Cs. In the final section, section 4, I propose fruitful avenues of research stemming from the Knowledge Communication research programme.
Online Video Research Interview (OVRI)
Authors: Heiselberg Lene
Published: December 2022

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AN MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING BASED COURSE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION
Authors: Aburas Hani Mohammad , Batarfi Ibraheem , Bahshwan Abdullah , Alzahrani Ramzi , Qarout Abdullah
Published: December 2022

Evaluation of the educational process is essential to its development and improvement. This paper aims to create a model for evaluating students’ satisfaction with industrial engineering courses using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) tools. The research began with a course evaluation data survey with 28 questions (variables). Then the assessment model was proposed, based on the previously collected data. The suggested assessment model identified the constructs using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Then the extracted variables and the resulting constructs were prioritised using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Next, a structured local questionnaire was drawn up and distributed to industrial engineering students at a Saudi university to validate the developed model. After that, the suggested framework was applied to the data to assess the students’ overall satisfaction with the course. Finally, it was found that the Operations Research Track, of the five current tracks, scored the highest satisfaction rate. This study’s results could be helpful in knowing the importance of MCDM in the evaluation process, as it distinguishes the value of students’ evaluations for the development and growth of the evaluation of educational courses.  Keywords Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Course Evaluation Framework, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM)
LEAPFROGGING PATHWAY FOR FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: A CASE OF PROCESS INNOVATION WITHIN AN AUTOMOTIVE SUBSIDIARY FIRM
Authors: Moeketsi Tshepang Clinton , Letaba Petrus Tshotleho
Published: December 2022

The relationship between Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies and innovation makes for an interesting case, as innovation seeks to unlock a level of competitiveness for its users, the extent of which is covered in this research paper. The premise of this study is that subsidiary firms lend themselves to the practice of process innovation. The focus of this study was on a South African automotive subsidiary firm, and a case study methodology was adopted. Data was collected in the form of questionnaire responses from specialists and interview feedback from managers in order to derive insights that would inform the state of firms’ technological capabilities, the dynamics behind them, and the leapfrogging measures that might be taken. This study showed that the current state of technological capabilities in the sample firm ranged from inadequate to satisfactory. Three priority areas were defined: robotics, big data and cloud computing, and advanced manufacturing systems. The workers’ mindsets were found to be a serious barrier to taking full advantage of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. This study covered measures that would be necessary to ensure a successful digital transformation, best realised through an incremental innovation strategy. The main metrics of firm competitiveness were outlined as quality, volume, and cost, all of which could be influenced by process innovations. Keywords Fourth Industrial Revolution; Process Innovation; Leapfrogging Pathway; Competitiveness; Automotive
Book Review: Research Data Management and Data Literacies
Authors: Luo Jiebei
Published: December 2022

This review offers a critical outline of Koltay Tibor’s Research Data Management and Data Literacies. Tibor’s insights on the current landscape of data ecologies and key components in research data management provide a creative connection between data governance and data management. The review identifies several key challenges in building comprehensive data ecologies and echoes Tibor’s recommendations for librarians on how to address these challenges and provide effective research data services in academic libraries worldwide.
How Reliable Are Digital Radiographs for Evaluating Intra-articular Displacement in Ankle Epiphyseal Fractures: Can Computed Tomography Be Eliminated?
Authors: Turgut Ali , Koca Anıl , Uzakgider Melikşah , Altundağ Ümit , Gezer Mehmet Can , Kalenderer Onder
Published: December 2022

Background: The amount of intra-articular displacement of the fracture is the main issue when deciding the treatment method between conservative or surgical means in intra-articular fractures. In this study, we aimed to determine the intraobserver and interobserver reliability of measuring intra-articular displacement and to compare the digital radiographic and computed tomographic (CT) evaluations in distal tibia intra-articular epiphyseal fractures.

Methods: Thirty-seven patients with digital radiography and CT scans were included in the study. Four sets were prepared with these images. Two of four sets were prepared as ankle radiographs, and the other two sets were prepared with CT scan views. Five observers were asked to measure the intra-articular displacement of the fractures in millimeters and also to make a decision between displacement amounts over or under 2 mm. Intraclass correlation coefficient scores were calculated for evaluation of intraobserver reliability, and Fleiss kappa values were calculated for interobserver reliability evaluations. A value greater than 0.75 was accepted as excellent agreement; 0.75 to 0.40 as intermediate to good agreement; and below 0.40 as poor agreement.

Results: There were 15 Salter-Harris type 3, 13 Salter-Harris type 4, seven triplanar, and two Tillaux-Chaput fractures. Both intraobserver and interobserver reliabilities were slightly higher for CT scan evaluations. Amounts of displacement were found to be measured higher after CT scan evaluations other than radiographs. After the measurement of joint displacements on CT scans, it was observed that the measurements found below 2 mm on the digital radiograph measurement changed to greater than or equal to 2 mm in 16.4% of the patients.

Conclusions: This study confirmed that digital radiographs cannot replace CT scans for the measurement of intra-articular displacement in ankle epiphyseal fractures.
Isokinetic Analysis of Flexible Flatfoot: Is It a Weakness of Proprioception and Muscle Strength?
Authors: Ozyalvac Osman Nuri , Aydin Canan Gonen , Akpinar Evren , Bayhan Avni Ilhan , Yildirim Timur
Published: December 2022

Background: Although flexible flatfoot (FF) in children is a foot deformity that is frequently encountered in daily orthopedics practice, its etiology is still controversial. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is a weakness in muscle strength and proprioception in patients with FF.

Methods: The study group consisted of 16 cases with FF, and the control group consisted of 25 volunteers with normal feet. An isokinetic dynamometer was used to assess muscle strength and proprioception of movement directions of plantarflexion, dorsiflexion, eversion (EV), and inversion (INV) in both groups.

Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the groups in strength of plantarflexion and dorsiflexion muscles, whereas in the control group, proprioception of all four movement directions and strengths of the EV and INV muscles were found to be statistically significantly higher (P < .05).

Conclusions: There is weakness in EV and INV muscle strength and proprioception disorder in patients with FF. We recommend conducting further studies that validate muscle weakness and proprioception disorders with different study designs and evaluate the effectiveness of improving muscle strength and proprioception weakness in FF.
Cost of Treatment of Neuroischemic Ulcers of the Lower Extremity in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease in the United States
Authors: Saatsoglou Paul A. , Lowenthal Susan Pitman , Armstrong David G.
Published: December 2022

Background: We evaluated the cost of treating neuroischemic ulcers of the lower extremity in patients with peripheral artery disease by using medical and hospital claims records submitted for reimbursement to payers (private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid).

Methods: Adjudicated claims and remittance data on claims that include submitted charges, line items paid by insurers directly to providers and patient payments of copays, deductibles and co-insurance were used. Eligible patients from a commercial database containing more than 60% of US patients with health insurance were analyzed. Patient selection, performed using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes, yielded a study population of 42,837 unique anonymized patients.

Results: Using the metric of “submitted charges” to overcome differences in levels of reimbursement across insurance payers and Medicare/Medicaid, we identified 34,348 patients with ulcers with an average treatment cost of $94,100 per patient ($41,800 annualized) The costliest ulcer subtype was nonpressure ulcer of the heel/midfoot among 13,184 patients with $121,400 per patient ($53,900 annualized), 29% higher than across all ulcer types. The subset of 22,281 ulcer patients who also had a surgical procedure incurred costs of $121,000 per patient ($53,800 annualized). The costliest surgical codes were complications of vascular prosthetic devices, implants, grafts among 6444 patients with $146,900 per patient ($65,300 annualized). The combination of most expensive ulcer and most expensive surgery yielded a cohort of 2355 patients with the highest average cost of $177,400 per patient ($78,800 annualized).

Conclusions: The resource burden for management of neuroischemic ulcers of the lower extremity in patients with peripheral artery disease is substantial. Mitigating this burden may help reduce significant resource utilization.
Vattentäta strategier: Långsiktig planering av eftersatt underhåll av kommunal infrastruktur
Authors: Jonsson Robert , Alm Jens , Paulsson Alexander
Published: December 2022

Följande artikel har till syfte att synliggöra strategier som kommuner med eftersatt underhåll använder för att komma till rätta med den så kallade underhållsskulden. I Sverige är underhållet generellt eftersatt vad gäller kommunalt ägd infrastruktur. Framtida reinvesterings- och investeringsbehov är stora. Trots framskrivna styrdokument och policyer avseende god ekonomisk hushållning är långvarigt eftersatt underhåll ett tillstånd för kommuner i olika storlekar och olika delar av Sverige och tidigare forskning framhåller att det är mycket ovanligt att kommuner lyckats vända långvarigt eftersatt underhåll. Dock är Skellefteå unikt i det avseendet att de, trots olika finansieringsformer för VA respektive gata, lyckats med förvaltning av sina anläggningstillgångar i enlighet med god ekonomisk hushållning under senare år. Utifrån begreppsparet strategi och taktik och genom intervju- och dokumentstudier ämnar vi synliggöra vilka strategier Skellefteå kommun utveckla för att vända ett långvarigt eftersatt underhåll. Resultaten visar att kommunen arbetat utifrån två övergripande strategier – vårdastrategin och samverkansstrategin och lyckats vända eftersatt underhåll inom båda områdena. Medan vårdastrategin handlar om att förvalta anläggningstillgångar i enlighet med god ekonomisk hushållning och att utveckla anläggningstillgångar på ett medvetet hushållningssätt handlar samverkansstrategin om att på vilket sätt kommunen valt att organisera de berörda verksamheterna för att underlätta tvärsektoriellt arbete.
Evaluation of Cancer Deaths Attributable to Tobacco in California, 2014-2019
Authors: Maguire Frances B. , Movsisyan Ani S. , Morris Cyllene R. , Parikh-Patel Arti , Keegan Theresa H. M. , Tong Elisa K.
Published: December 2022

Importance

California’s tobacco control efforts have been associated with a decrease in cancer mortality, but these estimates are based on smoking prevalence of the general population. Patient-level tobacco use information allows for more precise estimates of the proportion of cancer deaths attributable to smoking.

Objective

To calculate the proportion (smoking-attributable fraction) and number (smoking-attributable cancer mortality) of cancer deaths attributable to tobacco use using patient-level data.

Design, Setting, and Participants

The smoking-attributable fraction and smoking-attributable cancer mortality were calculated for a retrospective cohort of patients whose cancer was diagnosed from 2014 to 2019 with at least 1 year of follow-up using relative risks from large US prospective studies and patient-level smoking information. Follow-up continued through April 2022. A population-based cohort was identified from the California Cancer Registry. Participants included adults aged 20 years and older with a diagnosis of 1 of the 12 tobacco-related cancers (oral cavity or pharynx, larynx, esophagus, lung, liver, stomach, pancreas, kidney, bladder, colon or rectum, cervix, and acute myeloid leukemia).

Exposures

Tobacco use defined as current, former, or never.

Main Outcomes and Measures

The primary outcomes were the smoking-attributable fraction and smoking-attributable cancer mortality for each of the 12 tobacco-related cancers over 2 time periods (2014-2016 vs 2017-2019) and by sex.

Results

Among 395 459 patients with a tobacco-related cancer, most (285 768 patients [72.3%]) were older than 60 years, the majority (228 054 patients [57.7%]) were non-Hispanic White, 229 188 patients were men (58.0%), and nearly one-half (184 415 patients [46.6%]) had lung or colorectal cancers. Nearly one-half of the deaths (93 764 patients [45.8%]) in the cohort were attributable to tobacco. More than one-half (227 660 patients [57.6%]) of patients had ever used tobacco, and 69 103 patients (17.5%) were current tobacco users, which was higher than the proportion in the general population (11.7%). The overall smoking-attributable fraction of cancer deaths decreased significantly from 47.7% (95% CI, 47.3%-48.0%) in 2014 to 2016 to 44.8% (95% CI, 44.5%-45.1%) in 2017 to 2019, and this decrease was seen for both men and women. The overall smoking-attributable cancer mortality decreased by 10.2%.

Conclusions and Relevance

California still has a substantial burden of tobacco use and associated cancer. The proportion of cancer deaths associated with tobacco use was almost double what was previously estimated. There was a modest but significant decline in this proportion for overall tobacco-associated cancers, especially for women.
Assessment of an Opioid Stewardship Program on Perioperative Opioid Prescribing in a Safety-Net Health System
Authors: DeUgarte Daniel A. , Fleischman Ross , Mccollough Maureen , Ault Glenn , Rolfe Kevin , de Virgilio Christian
Published: December 2022

This quality improvement study involves comparison of opioid prescription data before and after implementation of an opioid stewardship program in a safety-net medical system.
The impact of COVID-19 on hospital-based workers influenza vaccination uptake: A two-year retrospective cohort study
Authors: Albanesi Beatrice , Clari Marco , Gonella Silvia , Chiarini Daniela , Aimasso Carla , Mansour Ihab , Coggiola Maurizio , Charrier Lorena , Dimonte Valerio
Published: December 2022

Objectives

This study aimed at exploring 2020/2021 and 2019/2020 seasonal influenza vaccine uptake among healthcare and non-healthcare workers, hereafter hospital-based workers (HBWs); examining attitudes and motivations for uptake in the 2020/2021 season; and exploring the amount, types, and sources of information used by HBWs.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study. Socio-demographics, working profile, working area, and vaccination status data were collected. Motivations for vaccination uptake in the 2020/2021 season were also explored. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used.

Results

Overall, uptake increased from 14.8% in 2019/2020 to 31.7% in 2020/2021. Male workers show greater vaccination uptake than their female counterparts (20.4% vs. 12.6% in 2019/2020, and 36.5% vs. 29.8% in 2020/2021). Uptake increased for healthcare assistants (+8.9%), administrative/managerial staff (+17%), nurses/midwives (+17.1%), non-medical graduate staff (+22.8%), and physicians (+33.2%), while it decreased slightly for resident physicians despite still being one of the most vaccinated categories (−4.6%). Main reasons for vaccination were the desire to protect patients (33.0%) and relatives (51.1%). Lastly, 60.8% of HBWs relied on institutional sources of information; the remainder relied on non-institutional sources including social media and chatting with colleagues.

Conclusions

Vaccination uptake increased in the 2020/21 season. Tailored educational interventions are required on the impact of influenza in care settings, vaccine efficacy, and vaccination safety. Investments in improving HBWs' reliance on institutional sources, and their ability to find them, are also needed.
Ornithinibacillus
Authors: Wenning Mareike , Scherer Siegfried
Published: December 2022

Ornithinibacillus(Or.ni.thi.ni.ba.cil'lus. N.L. neut. n.ornithinum, ornithine; L. masc. n.bacillus, a small staff, a wand; N.L. masc. n.Ornithinibacillus, a rod with ornithine).

Bacillota / Bacilli / Bacillales / Bacillaceae / Ornithinibacillus

The genusOrnithinibacilluswas proposed in 2006 with the description ofOrnithinibacillus(O.)bavariensisandOrnithinibacillus californiensisthat originated from pasteurized milk and coastal surface sediment. Currently, 10 species with validly published names have been described, and soil and saline environments seem to be the preferred habitats of this genus.Ornithinibacillusspecies are rod‐shaped Gram‐positive cells, 0.2–1 × 1–20 μm in size and mostly, but not in all cases, motile by peritrichous flagella. Terminal spores are produced in swollen sporangia. Colonies are often colored brownish orange or beige‐brownish but may also be creamy white or translucent. All species are strictly aerobic and halotolerant or slightly halophilic and display hemolytic activity. The quinone system contains MK‐7 as the dominating menaquinone. The fatty acid composition of most species is characterized by a dominance of iso‐C15:0or anteiso‐C15:0; some species, however, contain larger amounts of iso‐C16:0or anteiso‐C17:0.Ornithinibacillusis genetically closely related to its neighbor genusOceanobacillus, and a clear distinction is possible only by the analysis of the peptidoglycan type. The defining characteristic forOrnithinibacillusis the A4β (l‐Orn–d‐Asp) or A4α (l‐Lys–d‐Asp) peptidoglycan type, whileOceanobacillusdisplays an A1γ type withmeso‐DAP as the diagnostic amino acid.

DNA G + C content (mol%): 35.9–40.4.

Type species:Ornithinibacillus bavariensisMayr et al. 2006VP.
Tepidibacillus
Authors: Slobodkina Galina
Published: December 2022

Te.pi.di.ba.cil'lus. L. masc. adj.
tepidus
, warm; L. masc. n.
bacillus
, small rod; N.L. masc. n.
Tepidibacillus
, a small rod from a warm habitat.

Firmicutes / Bacilli / Bacillales / Bacillaceae / Tepidibacillus

The genus
Tepidibacillus
accommodates Gram‐stain‐positive, spore‐forming, and rod‐shaped motile bacteria. Species of the genus are facultatively anaerobic and microaerobic, neutrophilic moderate thermophiles. They grow chemoorganoheterotrophically with a number of carbohydrates, proteinaceous substrates, organic acids, and alcohols either by respiration or fermentation. The major cellular fatty acids are C
15:0
, anteiso‐C
15:0
, iso‐C
15:0
, C
16:0
, iso‐C
16:0
, and C
18:0
. The genus
Tepidibacillus
is a member of the family
Bacillaceae
and class “
Bacilli
.” The main habitats of the genus are subsurface ecosystems. The type species,
Tepidibacillus fermentans
, was isolated from the production water of an underground gas storage reservoir (North Caucasus Region, Russia).

DNA G + C content (mol%):
35.4–36.6 (genome data).

Type species
:
Tepidibacillus fermentans
Slobodkina et al. 2013, VL155.
Herodes Atticus
Authors: Bowie Ewen L.
Published: December 2022

Born ca. 101ce, Herodes Atticus combined Athenian and Roman careers, becomingconsul ordinariusin 143. The premier sophist of Philostratus’Lives, Herodes taught many sophists later prominent. His huge wealth was augmented by that of his wife Regilla: together they built a nymphaeum at Olympia; on her death he commemorated her by the Athens Odeion; he also built at Corinth, Canusium, and Alexandria. Ca. 174 quarrels with Athenians caused his exile until Marcus Aurelius brokered a reconciliation. On his death (177) he was buried in the Panathenaic stadium he had clad in marble for the Panathenaea of 140.
Ultra‐Broadband and Wide‐Angle Metamaterial Absorber with Carbon Black/Carbonyl Iron Composites Fabricated by Direct‐Ink‐Write 3D Printing
Authors: Zhang Zhe , Wang Fei , Zhang Jiliang , Li Peifeng , Jiang Kaiyong
Published: December 2022

This study proposes the fabrication of an asymmetric woodpile metamaterial absorber using direct‐ink‐writing 3D printing technology. The prepared inks are compounded using two loss fillers: carbon black and carbonyl iron powder. The synergistic effect enhances the electromagnetic loss performance and the synergistic mechanism is analyzed. The designed asymmetric woodpile absorber has a wider bandwidth than a simple tetragonal woodpile, and the advantage presented by the asymmetric woodpile arrangement overcomes the local impedance mismatch. A simulation is then performed, which demonstrates that the designed asymmetric woodpile metamaterial with a thickness of 8.6 mm can achieve a −10 dB absorbing bandwidth in the frequency range of 3.9–18 GHz, and the maximum reflection loss reaches up to −39 dB. Additionally, the absorber exhibits excellent angular performance and the absorption bandwidth of the transverse electric polarization or transverse magnetic polarization waves can reach more than 10 GHz with incident angles from 0° to 50°. Furthermore, the manufacturing process of the absorber is simple, efficient, and inexpensive, which presents considerable potential for its widespread implementation in practical engineering applications.