bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Wireless Network Smart Grids for Continuous Power Supply and Monitoring
Authors:   Principal, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering, Bangalore, India., Dr. Suresha*  , C Parvathi ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering, Bangalore, India., C Ashritha ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering, Bangalore, India., Muni Abhay R ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Venkateshwara College of Engineering, Bangalore, India.
Published: August 2022

Advent of electric power revolutionized the life of a civilized human. From the early dated discoveries of Nikola Tesla, Alessandro Volta to the latest applications of electricity has made it indispensable for our daily life. The wide-ranging applications of power have made ease of living. From greenland to brownland we are dealt with the utilization of the electricity. Power generation, transmission, distribution, and efficient utilization promote the progress of a nation. Power crisis which has been abating. India suffers large deficits which need to be overcome at the earliest. We see a lot of power outages and most of the time we never know the reason behind it. Even in the 21st century, the digital age, we should not be facing this problem. One of the reasons behind the shortfall of a proper power supply is the inefficient power monitoring ensued by breakdowns, repairs and maintenance work of power plants, transformers, and transmission lines. This project is designed as the one-time solution to monitor the outages in real time without the requirement of a meatware. A power monitoring system automatically analyzes and retrieves the power quality events. The monitoring system comprises of smart grids and a centralized workstation. Smart grids contribute towards sending data of power supply status to the workstation continuously. Based on the status drawn by the grids the workstations analyze the data and intimate the electricity boards about the power outages. Thus elimination of manual summoning the designated authorities by automatic monitoring acts as the core of the proposed project. The automatic switching to an alternative resource is done by the automatic phase selector. The smart grids also promote to increase efficiency and energy conservation. The gravity of the paper is power monitoring and shift to a secondary power resource in the absence of the primary. Power monitoring acts as a preventive measure to recover the huge deficits suffered by the power crisis.
UTILIZATION OF CARBOHYDRATE POTENTIAL IN VARIOUS KINDS OF BANANA COB FLOUR BANANA IN KACANG GOATS
Authors: A. Aswandi , Syaefullah B. L. , Iyai D.A. , Wajo M. Jen.
Published: August 2022

The objective of this research was to observe the productivity in kacang goats which were given a complete feed containing flour of various types of banana plant weevils. The material studied in this study was six complete types of feed. Complete feed containing weevil flour from 5 banana plant varieties. Complete feed is prepared with a complete feed composition. The cattle used were 18 male bean goats, mean initial body weight, 15.42 ± 1.98 kg (CV: 13.73%) aged 10-15 months. Livestock is given complete feed containing banana weevil flour for 60 days. The cage is 12 m x 6m in size, construction has a floor platform as high as 140 cm, the enclosure is 1 x 1 m in size and 130 cm in height, equipped with a drinking area. The treatment was in the form of 6 complete types of feed with different formulations, consisting of CF0, CF1, CF2, CF3, CF4, and CF5 containing banana weevil flour with different varieties and control treatment (CF0). The research design used was a completely randomized design with five treatments of complete feed formulas containing hump flour of various banana varieties.The results of the research that the complete feed formulation containing Batu banana hump flour (CF2) and Kapok (CF3) produced the best productivity and performance response of Kacang goat. compared to treatment; CF0  CF1; CF4 and CF5.
EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION ON SERUM E2, P4, FSH AND LH DURING DIFFERENT ESTRUS PERIODS AND PREGNANCY IN EWES
Authors: Al-Marzani E. A. H. , Barwary M. S.
Published: August 2022

This research was designed to know the effect of different estrus synchronization protocols on Serum E, P, FSH, and LH  during different estrus periods and pregnancy in Karadi and Arabi ewes. The study was carried out by using 30 ewes for each breed at 2-4 years. Ewes from each breed were equally and randomly distributed into three groups. The first group was treated with vaginal sponges saturated with (60 mg) of Medroxy progesterone acetate within a period of (14) fourteen days (T1). The second group was administrated with the MAP injected with a dose of 300 IU / head of the hCG (T2). The third group was treated with MAP treatment, and injected at a dose of 75 µg /head of GnRH (T3). The results of this analysis showed a significant increase in the estrogen concentration in the different reproductive stages; the significant level of estrogen in the estrus phase (60.96) pg/ml. The concentration of progesterone differed significantly in the different reproductive stages, with the highest concentration in the pregnancy period (16.33) pg/ml. In comparison, the FSH concentration differed significantly in the different reproductive stages with the highest concentration in the estrus period(3.243) mIU/ml.  the highest  significant level of serum LH is in the estrus period (5.230) mIU/ml. Thus, the study is concluded that hormones and phases may be effective in inducing follicular growth and ovulation and finally may increase pregnancy rate and production .
MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF OVINE BABESIOSIS AT BAGHDAD CITY / IRAQ
Authors: K. Arwa R. , Kawan M. H.
Published: August 2022

This study was conducted to detect the prevalence of Babesiosis in different areas at Baghdad city, by using microscopic examination ;180 sheep’s head blood samples were collected from each local breed (122 males and 58 females) with different age groups from 6 months to more than one year old, during the period extended from 1/October2019 to end of April 2020.Giemsa stained blood smears were done for detection Babesia spp. ; The overall rate of  infection with Babesia spp. in sheep was 15.55% (28/180), significant differences P≤0.05 was  recorded between male 19.67% ( 24/122) and female 6.89% ( 4/58 ), and sheep with  equal or more than one year old  registered higher rate of  infection 18.18% (2/11) , also highest rate of infection recorded in April 45% (9/20) with highly significant differences P≤0.01 between months of study.
INFLUENCE OF CITRIC ACID, GINGER EXTRACT AND STORAGE PERIOD ON FRUIT QUALITY OF LOCAL ORANGE (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck)
Authors: Al-Hajani Rezan M. A. , Haded N. N. F. , Al Bamarny S. F. A.
Published: August 2022

This study was carried out on fruit of local orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) grown at private orchard Diyala governorate / Iraq, to study the effect of dipped fruits for 10 min in (0, 1, 2, 3% citric acid, 5 and 10% ginger) on fruit quality of orange during 65- and 105-days cold storage at 5+1 with 85- 90% RH. Dipping fruits in citric acid solution reduced fruit's weight loss and decay. Ginger extract at 5 and 10% significantly reserved acidity, total sugar and sugar/acid ratio, also caused a reduction in fruit weight loss and fruit decay. There was a significant decreases in fruits peel carotene and an increases in vitamin C, when fruits were treated with 5% ginger extract. Prolonging storage period from 65 to 105day significantly increased fruit total soluble solids, weight loss, total sugar, and fruit peel carotene but, reduced vitamin C and total acidity. The interaction between dip treatments and storage period had a significantly positive effect on the quality feature of fruit orange.
DLQI IN ACNE VULGARIS
Authors: Mariam Joseph Neha , R.G. Sharada
Published: August 2022

Introduction: Acne vulgaris is a chronic inammatory disease of the pilo-sebaceous unit characterized by seborrhoea, open and closed
comedones, papules, pustules, and in more severe cases, nodules and pseudocysts. It is the most common dermatological condition encountered in
adolescents. Scarring and psychosocial distress are debilitating complications which persists long after active lesions have disappeared To. Aim:
study the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) of patients with acne vulgaris attending Dermatology OPD at Saveetha Medical College.
Methodology: Seventy-ve patients having clinical history of acne vulgaris attending Dermatology OPD at Saveetha Medical College & Hospital
was included in our study. Clinical details regarding age, sex, site of lesion, grading of acne, complications and quality of life was obtained and a
detailed dermatological examination was done in all these patients. An informed consent was obtained from the included patients. All ndings were
recorded on specialized designed proforma. In our study out of seventy-ve patients with acne vulgaris, 16 were males and 59 wereResult:
females. The most common age group affected were 21-25 years (46%) of age. Acne scars occurred in 42 (56%) patients. Almost ninety percentage
of patients had moderate to severe impact on quality of life. Acne vulgaris is the most common dermatological condition which canConclusion:
cause signicant impairment in the quality of life of the patients. Proper treatment of acne vulgaris along with appropriate counselling of the
patients will help in improving the quality of life of the patients.
CASE STUDY: JAK2 V617F NEGATIVE POLYCYTHAEMIA CAUSING PORTAL VENOUS HYPERTENSION WITHOUT EVIDENT PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS.
Authors: Chaudhary Rajvi , Vora Neel , Patel Darsh , G Parmar Kartikey
Published: August 2022

Polycythaemia is dened as an increase in the haemoglobin above normal. This increase may be real or only apparent because of a decrease in
plasma volume (spurious or relative polycythaemia). Often patients with polycythaemia are detected through an incidental nding of elevated
haemoglobin or haematocrit level. Patients with polycythaemia may be asymptomatic or experience symptoms related to the increased red cell
mass or the underlying disease process that leads to the increased red cell mass. The dominant symptoms from an increased red cell mass are related
to hyper viscosity and thrombosis (both venous and arterial), because the blood viscosity increases logarithmically at haematocrits >55%. We are
presenting a case of a patient aged 30 years presenting with fatigue, headaches, dizziness, recurrent multiple joint pain.
دور قواعد القانون الدولي الخاص في حماية المستهلك في العلاقات التعاقدية ذات العنصر الأجنبي
Authors: جناحي وفاء
Published: August 2022

تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى بيان فاعلية قواعد تنازع القوانين في حماية المستهلك في تعاملاته الدولية الخاصة في ظل التشريع البحريني مقارنةً بالتنظيمات الأوروبية التي صدرت في هذا الخصوص.  

 لا يخفى أن العقود الدولية التي يبرمها المستهلك مع أشخاص آخرين من خارج الدولة التي فيها مقر إقامته المعتادة، قد تخضعه لقوانين لا يكون على علم أو اطلاع بتفاصيلها؛ وليس هذا فحسب بل أصبح بإمكان المنتج أو المزود المتعاقد مع المستهلك، وفقا لمبدأ حرية الإرادة المستقر ضمن قواعد تنازع القوانين، اختيار قانون أجنبي معين ليكون القانون الواجب التطبيق على العقد كذريعة للتهرب من تطبيق القواعد الآمرة الخاصة بحماية المستهلك في دولة هذا الأخير؛ وكل هذا يحدث بسبب التفاوت في القوة التفاوضية والاقتصادية بين أطراف العقد: المستهلك وهو الطرف الضعيف في مقابل طرف آخر أقوى وهو المهني المحترف ويسمى أيضا بالمزود.

   خلصت الدراسة إلى غياب التشريعات التي توفر الحماية الكافية اللازمة للمستهلك خارج حدود دولته، وتوصي بذلك بضرورة توفير حماية إجرائية للمستهلك ضمن قواعد تنازع القوانين لضمان تطبيق القواعد الوطنية الآمرة في قانون الدولة التي يقيم فيها المستهلك وبالنتيجة لضمان حقه في التقاضي.
Insider Dealing in Kuwait: A comparative study with United Kingdom and the United States
Authors: Al-Shebli Abdullah
Published: August 2022

Insider dealing involves the use of information that is not disclosed to the public. Insider dealing has a long and controversial history with regard to securities laws, because some people believe that insider dealing should not be banned by law. However, nearly every country bans insider dealing, although it is done in different ways. This article considers insider dealing as an example of fraud on the stock exchange. It examines protection of individual investors form insider dealing under the Kuwait Capital Markets Act of 2010 (the Act) and suggests recommendations that have the potential to provide more protection to such investors.  In order to achieve this aim, this article discusses the existing legal framework for the regulation of insider dealing in the Kuwait and the UK stock markets. It also looks at American law, because the United States has a long history and extensive experience in this regard.
Disfrutar excursiones por nuestra bella Colombia
Authors: Escobar Cazal Elizabeth Ann , Velásquez Ardila María Cristina , Escobar Reyes Gonzalo
Published: August 2022

Caminatas, excursiones, senderismo, son actividades recreativas que rompen rutinas de trabajo, compromisos diarios, e inundan de alegría y ánimo a quienes participan en ellas, permitiendo de paso conocer y disfrutar paisajes, tener contacto con el verde de la naturaleza, respirar aire limpio , y compartir la integración en familia, con amigos y vecinos. Por ser estas de baja exigencia física, tienen un favor que no es necesario contar con entrenamiento de súper atletas, recomendándose, eso sí, estar en buen estado de salud. Por lo que son incluidos niños y adultos mayores.
Implementation of the Pareto principle in focus group generation based on global coronavirus disease morbidity and mortality rates
Authors: Eissa Mostafa Essam , Rashed Engy Refaat , Eissa Dalia Essam
Published: August 2022

The recent pandemic that has hit the world has affected humanity in all aspects of life. Since the outbreak of this worldwide epidemic, a huge amount of data has been generated. In this article, we have provided a new simplified insight into the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) using the Pareto principle to highlight the main contributors to morbidity and mortality. A time series database of confirmed cumulative cases and deaths for all countries was processed from the Humanitarian Data Exchange website provided by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. More than 85% of the incidents recorded worldwide were from the AMRO, EURO, and SEARO WHO regions, and the United States, Russia, and India were found to account for the largest proportion of cases and deaths in these affected areas. The application of Pareto analysis is useful in finding focus groups for further study and modeling
The Correlation Between Eco-Airport Implementation and Organizational Commitment to the Intention of Employee’s Green Behavior
Authors: Mulyanda Indah , Santoso Sugeng , Rachmat Asep Rudiana , Wahyudi Wahyudi
Published: August 2022

Climate change and the environment are vast topics and are becoming all parties' concerns nowadays. From 2010 to 2020, Indonesia’s average financial loss due to hydrometeorology each year was 22.8 trillion. The environmental issues that cause financial loss become not only the country’s concern but also institutes and companies in Indonesia. Eco-airport is one of Soekarno-Hatta airport’s efforts to preserve the environment. The implementation of the eco-airport also consists of employees committed to the organization. This research objective is to understand the correlation between eco-airport implementation and organizational commitment to employees’ green behavior. A method is a quantitative approach using cluster sampling and data regression analysis techniques for proofing hypothesis models with 100 samples. This research results show that eco-Aiport implementation and organizational commitment have a linear correlation, significantly influencing employees’ green behavior.
Use of DMAIC methodology to enhance online delivery and assessment during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Dewa Mendon
Published: August 2022

COVID-19 prompted a radical shift in many universities globally, from contact lectures to adoption of online learning and assessment. A university of technology in South Africa has similarly undergone this transition of adopting an online learning and assessment platform. However, there have been many challenges faced in ensuring integrity of online assessments and ensuring that learning outcomes are addressed. This study aims to investigate the factors that inhibit reliability and effectiveness of online assessment during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic in a department of industrial engineering at a university of technology in South Africa. The study sample consisted of 80 third-year students enrolled in a Production Engineering course. A five-stage Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) methodology was used to identify the factors that influenced the reliability and effectiveness of online assessment and, thereafter, to improve the online assessment process. The results demonstrate that there was room for improvement in the online learning environment, which in turn led to more authentic assessment and better academic performance by the students. Recommendations are made regarding strategies that could enhance the integrity of online assessments and minimise cheating while ensuring that learning outcomes are addressed.
COVID-19 pandemic lockdown impact on parity of participation for students with mental health challenges in higher education
Authors: Chiwandire Desire
Published: August 2022

Despite post-apartheid South Africa’s human rights-based education policies, a range of practices, including curriculum design and teaching strategies, continue to disproportionately disadvantage students with disabilities (SWDs). The disadvantage of SWDs that are caused by these practices, results in low access, throughput, and success rates for this group. Recently the situation has been exacerbated by many South African universities' recourse to emergency remote online learning as a result of the effects of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. The remote learning strategy disadvantaged SWDs, particularly those with invisible disabilities such as mental health challenges, whose voices, as evidenced by this study, continue to be overlooked. The purpose of this study was to explore how SWDs are experiencing emergency remote online learning during the COVID-19 lockdown. Online self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from five postgraduate students with mental health challenges at one historically white university in South Africa. Data were coded and analysed using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) method of inductive and deductive thematic analysis, and Nancy Fraser’s approach to social justice was used as a theoretical lens. The study identified numerous barriers that highlight the under-preparedness of the sampled university in providing equal educational opportunities, with students with mental health challenges as well as those with other types of invisible disabilities being disproportionately affected. This study has added new knowledge by identifying both new challenges and opportunities for emergency remote online learning for students with mental health challenges. Thus, the study calls for universities to achieve parity of participation for students with mental health challenges by consulting with these students if higher education institutions (HEIs) are to effectively support this group to overcome the identified emergency remote online learning-oriented barriers.
Beyond the Pandemic: Art-making lessons for SOTL in an unequal South African context
Authors: Berman Kim
Published: August 2022

This article aims to present an arts-based campaign as a strategy to glimpse into ‘the fault lines of inequality of access’ through the voices of art students and considers hope and imagination as strategies to engage with and move through the despair and trauma emerging out of the COVID-19 pandemic period. The Lockdown Collection (TLC), established at the start of the first hard lockdown in March 2020, is considered, a case study for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South (SOTL). It reveals greater understanding of ways that visual research pedagogies can develop collective strategies for the individual and community to flourish in the face of the pandemic. Such strategies include the capacities to listen to student voices and raise funds for vulnerable artists. Artists find resilience in their ability to make a difference through their own agency to remake and transform internal and external realities through their artwork and imagine different possibilities. The contention is that economic agency is and must be part of the strategy.
Beyond the pandemic: Lessons for the future of SOTL in the global South (part two)
Authors: Samuel Michael , Motala Shireen , Simpson Zach
Published: August 2022

The third biennial SOTL in the South Conference took place online between November 22 and 25, 2021. The theme of the conference was ‘Beyond the Pandemic: Lessons for the Future of SOTL in the Global South’. This theme was in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which raised fundamental and urgent questions for the scholarship of teaching and learning. Emerging from the conference were a number of papers that sought to address questions regarding the challenges associated with academic life in lockdown and the transition to online teaching and learning. These papers examined these questions from a diversity of perspectives: student, lecturers, support staff, and academic managers. A first collection of these papers was released in April 2022. This collection privileged the perspectives of university management, lecturers, academic advisors, doctoral supervisors and tutors. In this, the second part of our collection of papers emerging from the 2021 SOTL in the South conference, greater focus is placed on student perspectives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Power mode of heating crimping
Authors: Platonov V.I. , Chudin V.N.
Published: August 2022

Relations for calculating of stresses and force during heating crimping of pipe elements are proposed. The state of viscoplasticity of an anisotropic material is accepted for calculation. The equilibrium equation and the flow condition are used in the scheme of a plane stress state. The results of calculations and samples of products are presented.
Peningkatan Ekonomi Masyarakat Melalui Edukasi Literasi Keuangan Islam
Authors: Vahlevi Dewi Riza Lisvi
Published: August 2022

Understanding of Islamic financial literacy should have been applied at least in personal finance, because when someone can manage finances well, it means that person has intelligence in managing personal finances. This article tries to explore how the process of educating the public about Islamic financial literacy in an effort to improve their economic level. Using the literature review method and field research, this article confirms that Islamic financial literacy plays an important role in improving the community's economy. In practice, Islamic financial literacy is really able to improve the community's economy starting from their personal finances.
Nilai-Nilai Toleransi dalam Fiqih Sedekah di Indonesia : Studi terhadap Pemberian Sesaji Pasca Meletusnya Gunung Semeru
Authors: Ula Siti Khoirotul , Al-Asy’ari M. Khoirul Hadi
Published: August 2022

Recently, we were shocked by a video of a moslem youth kicking “sesaji” that placed around the mountain after the eruption of Semeru. In the video, the young man judged that the root of all natural disasters, including the eruption of Semeru, was the many “shirk” practiced which made Allah swt angry. Furthermore, this article is a fiqh research that will explain how the position of "sesaji" in the perspective of fiqh “sedekah” in Indonesia. In this article, the main object of this study is the event of giving “Sesaji” after the eruption of Semeru by the Moslems there. As a fiqh research, of course the explanation that will be explained in this article is how fiqh sedekah reads these activities which the sedekah itself is one of the teachings of Islam which has a high meaning and value of tolerance for the others. Fiqh sedekah in the context of religiousities in Indonesia is very flexible and relevant to the context of a multicultural society. Based on the data obtained from informants regarding the origin of this "sesaji", it was concluded that the sesaji were given by moslems intended to reject bala’ while avoiding the anger of the jinn. The local community considers that "sesaji" can be a means to ask permission from God Almighty so that the genie is not angry, because the genie is also a creature of God. The "sesaji" are placed around the mountain after the eruption of Semeru to be eaten by birds and other animals and are not intended for alms to humans. In the event of giving sesaji, the values ​​of tolerance towards fellow creatures of God, both to humans and other creatures, which are included in the fiqh sedekah are contained in the activity of giving sesaji after the eruption of Semeru.
A CRITICAL REVIEW OF ASSET PRICE FORECAST METHODS IN THE STOCK MARKET
Authors:   Graduate Student, Financial university, Moscow, Russia, Sergeev Alexey V.
Published: August 2022

The article discusses the mathematical methods used when working on the stock markets. A critical review of the considered methods is carried out. Features of work in the conditions of risk and uncertainty are revealed. Recommendations on the use of various methods in operations in the stock market are proposed.
Limitation Analysis of 1st and 2nd Generation Superconductors used in Resistive Superconductor Fault Current Limiters
Authors:   Department of Aviation Electrical Electronics, School of Civil Aviation, Firat University, Elazig, 23100, Turkey., Yılmaz Buğra , Gençoğlu Muhsin Tunay ,   Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Firat University, Elazig, 23100, Turkey.
Published: August 2022

Fault currents in power systems force valuable power system elements thermally, dynamically, and electromagnetically until the arc disappears. Installation elements that can withstand fault currents or damage existing components require a high cost. Installing components that withstand fault currents and the damage of fault currents to existing components are costly. Resistive Superconducting Fault Current Limiter (R-SFCL), one of the modern limiting methods, increases the safety and sustainability of the system by eliminating these risks. In this study, a dynamic model was created in MATLAB/Simulink for 1G and 2G HTS used in R-SFCL, and their response to single phase-to-ground fault was observed. According to the simulation results, the most advantageous HTS type for R-SFCL was determined. The fault current level, limitation rate, resistance and temperature values, and response times were compared in terms of limiting performance.
Analisis Text Mining pada Sosial Media Twitter Menggunakan Metode Support Vector Machine (SVM) dan Social Network Analysis (SNA)
Authors: Lestari Tri Putri
Published: August 2022

Online loans are growing rapidly in Indonesia in the last two years. This is because the online loan administration requirements are easier compared to bank financial service loans. Online loans are financial services that provide online-based services. Along with the development of online loans, many illegal online loans have sprung up and often commit violations, such as leaking customer personal information and abusing data by carrying out extreme actions such as terrorizing customers who make online loan transactions. This certainly gets a lot of comments from the public, especially on social media twitter. This study aims to conduct a sentiment analysis to see what phenomena are happening among the public regarding online loans. The data used are tweets or retweets from Twitter social media with #pinjamanonline #pinjol. Twitter social media was chosen because an incident can become a phenomenon if it gets a lot of attention from the community, especially on Twitter social media. In this study, using text mining techniques by applying the Support Vector Machine algorithm to classify sentiments on twitter users regarding online loans. This study also looks at the interactions that occur on social media Twitter using social network analysis (SNA). the results of research and testing of the Support Vector Machine method to classify online loans with an Accuracy value level of 86.6%, with a positive precision of 86%, neutral of 1.00% and negative of 87%, positive recall of 90%, neutral 87% and negative of 26 % and positive F1-Score of 88% neutral 42% and negative 86%. Then at the Social Network Analysis stage there is the most influential account, namely influencer @alvinline21 with 1402 nodes.
Prediksi Kuantitas Penggunaan Obat pada Layanan Kesehatan Menggunakan Algoritma Backpropagation Neural Network
Authors: Khairati Fajrul , Putra Hasdi
Published: August 2022

Prediction of the amount of drug use at public health centers is needed to ensure the availability of drugs for patients in service quality management. A good prediction of the amount of medicine needed helps the quality of development planning in the health sector. Scientific developments in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) deliver a variety of the best techniques for making predictions. By adopting the workings of neural networks (neurons) in the human brain or Artificial Neural Network (ANN), the Backpropagation Neural Network (BPNN) algorithm is one of the best algorithms in making predictions, including predicting drug use in health services. The problem of this research is how to design the best architectural model such as the number of neurons in the input layer, hidden layer and other parameters so as to produce predictions with optimal accuracy. This study aims to develop an ANN architectural design with the Backpropagation algorithm to predict the need for drug use. The data used is data on drug use reports from 2015 to 2021 at the Andalas Community Health Center (Puskesmas) Padang City. The steps taken to predict are; collect data, pre-process data and perform analysis, design ANN architecture, make predictions. Learning using the backpropagation algorithm through the initial weight initialization process, activation stage, weight training (weight change) and iteration stage. The proportion of the amount of data used for training is 70% data and 30% for testing data. The results of this study indicate that the best ANN architecture is 12-12-1 with an accuracy of predicting the quantity of drug use reaching 97.87% for paracetamol with a Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of 2.13%. The prediction results become a reference for the Puskesmas and the Health Office for service planning and development.
Sistem Pakar dalam Mendiagnosis Hama Blas dan Kresek pada Tanaman Padi Menggunakan Metode Forward Chaining
Authors: Nasution Guslila Sari
Published: August 2022

Saat ini perkembangan teknologi yang semakin meningkat memberikan pengaruh positif bagi perkembangan kehidupan manusia, termasuk di bidang pertanian. Salah satunya adalah Sistem Pakar yang dapat mentransfer pengetahuan pakar ke dalam aplikasi komputer untuk mempermudah dan mempercepat dalam mendiagnosis suatu kelainan atau penyakit pada tanaman padi. Minimnya pengetahuan tentang hama dan penyakit oleh petani dan terbatasnya jumlah tenaga ahli yang menangani permasalahan tersebut, sangat menghambat petani dalam mencegah permasalahan yang ada, oleh karena itu perlu dibangun Sistem Pakar untuk mengidentifikasi hama atau penyakit pada tanaman Padi di Kabupaten Mandailing Natal. Dengan diterapkannya metode inferensi Forward Chaining pada Sistem Pakar diagnosis hama pada tanaman padi dapat menjadi informasi dan pengetahuan yang akan membantu masyarakat atau individu untuk mengetahui jenis hama dan penyakit apa saja yang menyerang tanaman padi, tanpa harus menunggu dan mengharapkan jawaban langsung dari para ahli. Hasil dari kombinasi tersebut adalah Output berupa solusi hama dan penyakit padi. Sistem Pakar ini akan memudahkan petani untuk mengetahui jenis hama dan penyakit tanaman padi serta cara pengendaliannya. Diharapkan dengan adanya Sistem Pakar ini para petani dapat terbantu dalam menentukan jenis penyakit yang menyerang padi mereka dan dapat melakukan pencegahan agar tidak menular ke tanaman padi lainnya.
Sistem Pakar Menggunakan Metode Forward Chaining dalam Perawatan Maternal
Authors: Harahap Dedy Saputra
Published: August 2022

Angka Kematian Ibu (AKI) di Indonesia masih tinggi. 76% kematian ibu terjadi di fase persalinan & pasca persalinan, Namun faktor-faktor risiko persalinan terjadi mulai dari fase sebelum & saat hamil (Sumber: EMNC (2019), Riskesdas (2007, 2013, 2018), Berbagai program yang telah dilakukan pemerintah berupaya untuk menurunkan Angka Kematian Ibu, baik secara promotif maupun preventif selama kehamilan dan menjelang persalinan. Perawat berperan penting dalam upaya meminimalkan serta menurunkan Angka Kematian Ibu melalui metode Forward Chaining, Perawat dan ibu hamil harus berperan aktif dalam menemukan gejala dan faktor resiko selama kehamilan. Maternal Emergency Screening (MES) merupakan sebuah rancangan teknologi informasi menggunakan metode Forward Chaining dalam perawatan maternal berbasis web. Untuk merancang sistem pakar dari basis pengetahuan. yang dapat mempermudah ibu hamil dalam mengidentifikasi secara dini faktor resiko dalam kegawatdaruratan kehamilan serta mampu mengambil keputusan layaknya seorang pakar, mengidentifikasi faktor resiko terhadap wanita hamil serta ibu pada masa kehamilan. Menargetkan 16 penyakit masalah kesehatan ibu dan 43 data gejala penyakit. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode Forward Chaining.Penggunaan Maternal Emergency Screening (MES) memberikan peluang sebagai sistem skrining dini dalam menemukan resiko kegawadaruratan kehamilan serta membantu perawat untuk melakukan tindakan perawatan secara tepat dalam rangka menurunkan Angka Kematian Ibu  (AKI). Hasil prediksi digunakan untuk pertimbangan dalam pengambilan keputusan, solusi penanganannya sebelum dibawa ke dokter. Sistem pakar dengan metode Forward Chaining berbasis web ini dapat berfungsi sebagai asisten HEWs dan pedoman praktis bagi mahasiswa kedokteran
Rinko Kawauchi: Imperfect Photographs
Authors: Masnatta Clara
Published: August 2022

The oeuvre of contemporary Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi is characterized by an approach that gives precedence to process over product and combines conceptual art with vernacular traditions, making her pictures happily imperfect. Starting with Kawauchi’s transmedial concept of the image, often positioned between word and image and mainly materialized through photo books, I propose that Kawauchi’s photographs are imperfect thanks to her experimentation with technical mistakes, the vernacular subject-matter of everyday snapshots, seriality, sequencing, and format variation, elliptical visibility, the aesthetics of color, and a non-linear temporality. Imperfection, furthermore, emphasizes the materiality of the medium, and removes photography from the referent-centered documentary domain by way of aesthetic, rather than semiotic, significance. Imperfection also activates different modes of reception, emphasizing emotional involvement and participant viewing.
Covid-19 Pandemi Sürecinde Ortaokul ve Lise Öğrencilerinin Depresyon ve Anksiyete Düzeylerinin İncelenmesi
Authors: ÖZER Şükrü , TOPAL Nihal , ODACI Hatice
Published: August 2022

Bu araştırmada Covid-19 pandemi sürecinde ortaokul ve lise öğrencilerinin kaygı ve depresyon düzeylerindeki olası farklılıkların bazı demografik değişkenlere göre incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırma verileri; Demografik Bilgi Formu ve Çocuklarda Anksiyete ve Depresyon Ölçeği-Yenilenmiş Formu ile toplanmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu 2020-2021 akademik yılı bahar döneminde eğitimlerine devam eden 191 ortaokul (%47) (117 kız, 74 erkek) ve 215 lise (%53) (141 kız, 74 erkek) öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Öğrenciler 10-19 yaş aralığında olup, yaş ortalaması 14,76’dır (Ortaokul, X̅ =13,07; Lise, X̅ =16,26). Yapılan analiz sonuçlarına göre, öğrencilerin kaygı düzeyleri ile okul türü, cinsiyet, kendisine veya çevresindekilere hastalık bulaşma durumu, pandemi sonrası internet kulanım süresi ve kulanım amacı, salgına yönelik endişe düzeyi ve salgınla ilgili tedbirlerin uygulanma düzeyi değişkenleri açısından gruplar arasında anlamlı farklılıklar vardır. Ayrıca öğrencilerin depresyon düzeyleri, okul türü, cinsiyet, pandemi öncesi ve sonrası internet kullanım süresi ve internet kullanım amacı, salgına yönelik endişe düzeyi ve salgınla ilgili tedbirlerin uygulanma düzeyi değişkenlerine göre anlamlı düzeyde farklılaşmaktadır.
STEM Etkinlikleri Öz Yeterlik Algı Ölçeği’nin Geliştirilmesi: Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması
Authors: KARAKAYA Ferhat , YILMAZ Mehmet
Published: August 2022

STEM etkinlikleri, farklı disiplinleri içerisinde barındıran ve öğrencilerin karşılaştıkları sorunlara çözüm üretebilme süreçlerini içermektedir. Bu araştırmada, öğretmenlerin STEM etkinlikleri öz yeterlik algılarını belirlenmesi için geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçeğinin geliştirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu, 473 (308 kişi açımlayıcı faktör analiz (AFA) için ve 165 doğrulayıcı faktör analizi (DFA) için) öğretmenden oluşmaktadır. 51 maddelik 5’li Likert tipinde hazırlanan taslak ölçek formu, 308 öğretmene uygulanmıştır. Veriler, madde-toplam puan korelasyon değerleri hesaplanarak uzman görüşüne sunulmuştur. Elde edilen bulgulara göre, taslak form 26 maddeden oluşan forma dönüştürülmüştür. Daha sonra AFA yapılmıştır. Analiz sonucuna göre, 6 madde taslak formdan çıkartılmıştır. 20 maddeden oluşan ölçek formunun iç tutarlık güvenirlik katsayısı (Cronbach Alpha) 0.97 ve tek faktörlü yapıda toplam varyansın %64.569’unu açıkladığı belirlenmiştir. Yapı geçerliliğini belirlemek amacıyla DFA yapılmıştır. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda, uyum indekslerinin yüksek derecede sağlandığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu sonuçlara göre, ölçeğin geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğunu söylenebilir.
THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND ADVERTISING ON CONSUMERS’ PURCHASE INTENTION IN PAKISTAN
Authors: Wahed Sanan Waheed Khan* , Adnan Malik Adnan
Published: August 2022

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Purpose - The use of social media as a platform for performing marketing and advertising operations is growing in popularity. Advertisements on social media take up a significant amount of time, financial resources, and other organizational resources. However, there is always room for improvement in how businesses may develop advertising for social media platforms to attract people effectively and to encourage them to buy their goods. Therefore, this research investigated the primary elements connected to social media advertising that can predict a consumer's desire to make a purchase.
Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Hainan Island with new faunistic records from China and with notes on the unique body modifications in the genus Agathidium
Authors: Švec Zdeněk
Published: August 2022

Agathidium (Agathidium) pilulum sp. nov., Agathidium (Macroceble) cornigerum sp. nov., Agathidium (Macroceble) apiforme sp. nov., and Dermatohomoeus pennatus sp. nov. from Hainan Island (China) are described and distinguished from other similar species. A key for identification of the Leiodidae subfamilies, tribes, genera and species occurring in Hainan is provided. Unique morphological modifications of the legs and the male genitalia in Agathidium Panzer, 1797 from Hainan are illustrated and discussed. New faunistic records of the genus Agathidium from the mainland China are also presented: Agathidium (Agathidium) formosum Angelini & De Marzo, 1984 from Jiangxi, Agathidium (Microceble) venustum Angelini & De Marzo, 1995 from Sichuan, Agathidium (Agathidium) kabateki Angelini, 2000 from Yunnan, and Agathidium (Agathidium) puetzi Angelini & Švec, 2000 from Gansu.
Self-assembly of C60 on a ZnTPP/Fe(001)–p(1 × 1)O substrate: observation of a quasi-freestanding C60 monolayer
Authors: Albani Guglielmo , Capra Michele , Lodesani Alessandro , Calloni Alberto , Bussetti Gianlorenzo , Finazzi Marco , Ciccacci Franco , Brambilla Alberto , Duò Lamberto , Picone Andrea
Published: August 2022

Fullerene (C60) has been deposited in ultrahigh vacuum on top of a zinc tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP) monolayer self-assembled on a Fe(001)–p(1 × 1)O substrate. The nanoscale morphology and the electronic properties of the C60/ZnTPP/Fe(001)–p(1 × 1)O heterostructure have been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy and ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy. C60 nucleates compact and well-ordered hexagonal domains on top of the ZnTPP buffer layer, suggesting a high surface diffusivity of C60 and a weak coupling between the overlayer and the substrate. Accordingly, work function measurements reveal a negligible charge transfer at the C60/ZnTPP interface. Finally, the difference between the energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) and that of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) measured on C60 is about 3.75 eV, a value remarkably higher than those found in fullerene films stabilized directly on metal surfaces. Our results unveil a model system that could be useful in applications in which a quasi-freestanding monolayer of C60 interfaced with a metallic electrode is required.
Synthesis of protected precursors of chitin oligosaccharides by electrochemical polyglycosylation of thioglycosides
Authors: Rahman Md Azadur , Kuroda Kana , Endo Hirofumi , Sasaki Norihiko , Hamada Tomoaki , Sakai Hiraku , Nokami Toshiki
Published: August 2022

The synthesis of protected precursors of chitin oligosaccharides by electrochemical polyglycosylation of thioglycosides as monomer is described. Oligosaccharides up to the hexasaccharide were synthesized under optimized reaction conditions. Further, a modified method enabled the synthesis of oligosaccharides up to the octasaccharide by repeating electrolysis with additional monomers. The mechanism of the electrochemical polyglycosylation is also discussed, based on the oxidation potential of the monomer and oligosaccharides.
Assessing the Availability of School-Based Income-Generating Activities in the Public Secondary Schools in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
Authors: Njau Lucretia Kilire , Ogoti Evans , Lyamtane Eugene
Published: August 2022

This study assessed the availability of school-based income-generating activities (IGAs) in public secondary schools in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania. Guided by Resource Dependency Theory, the study adopted a convergent design under a mixed research approach for data collection and analysis. Probability and non-probability sampling techniques were employed to obtain 36 Heads of Schools (HOSs), 360 Teachers, 432 Students, and 6 District Education Officers. The quantitative data were analyzed descriptively (frequency and percentage) and inferential statistics using the ANOVA statistical test and presented in form of tables. Qualitative data were coded to translate the responses into specific categories and themes. The study found that, school shops as the most practiced school-based IGAs in public secondary schools. The study also revealed that cafeteria and crop cultivation were moderately practiced IGAs. Moreover, the study also depicted that animal keeping, poultry keeping, fish farming, vegetable gardening, tree nursery, hiring of school vehicle, and renting school facilities ranked as the least practiced IGAs. Through ANOVA test, the study found that there was no significant difference in the mean response of HOSs, teachers, and students on the availability of income-generating activities in public secondary schools in Kilimanjaro region. The study concluded that the public secondary schools do not practice IGAs such as animal keeping, poultry keeping, fish farming, vegetable garden, tree nursery, hiring of school vehicles and renting school facilities. This could be due to limited land space and inadequate motivation for benefits accrue from these projects. Therefore, the study recommends that District Education Officers, Heads of Schools, teachers, and parents, should make sure that all public secondary schools are fully engaged in school-based income-generating activities to supplement the school’s financial requirements. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology should develop a clear directive policy based on the establishment and expansion of IGAs in public secondary schools in Tanzania.
On Self-Regulated Learning and Academic Engagement Among Senior High School Students in Ghana
Authors: Adewale Sotannde Rabiu
Published: August 2022

The issue of students’ academic performance has become a matter of general interest to the nation’s governments, educationists, parents, and students because of the growing rate of academic failure especially at the secondary school level. Hence, this work investigated home-based factors, institutional environment and teacher characteristics as determinants of students’ academic performance in Ogun State senior secondary schools.The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The sample consisted of 1700 respondents made up of 1400 students and 300 teachers selected through stratified random sampling technique from public secondary schools in Ogun State, Nigeria. Three research instruments were used for data collection. They are, ‘Students Home Factors Questionnaire (SHFQ) (r = .76), Institutional Environment Questionnaire (IEQ) (r = .82), and Records of Students Academic Performance (RESAP). Data were analysed using Multiple Regression Analysis. Two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 alpha level.Findings revealed that home based factors, institutional environment and teachers’ characteristics made significant joint contribution to the prediction of students’ academic performance (F = 25.487; p < .05). Moreover, these variables made significant independent contributions to the prediction of students’ academic performance. Out of the three predictors, the most potent factor was teachers’ characteristics (β= 6.131, t = 4.181, p < .05); followed by home based factors (β= 4.254; t= 3.154, p < .05) while institutional environment (β= 2.734, t= 2.691; p < .05) was the least potent predictor of students’ academic performance.It was recommended that parents should be encouraged to make their homes to be learners’ friendly. This can be done by creating awareness on the influential role of home factors on students’ academic performance. This should be done during PTA meetings, school visiting days and through the mass media. That governments, school proprietors and school administrators should endeavour to make the school environment to be conducive for learning through proper location of schools, provision of teaching – learning facilities and making the school environment to be learners’ friendly. Also, teachers’ quality should be continually improved through self-development efforts, periodic seminars, and workshops, and on-the-job training to keep teachers abreast of the developments in their field. Finally, schools should provide effective counselling services and administrative supports to facilitate teaching and learning in order to improve students’ academic performance.