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ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL-BASED STRATEGY IN ARABIC TEACHING AND LEARNING OF MUSLIM MINORITY WEST PAPUA
Authors: Wekke Ismail Suardi , Nurhayati Nurhayati , Farid Miftah
Published: July 2018

Arabic language becomes important and compulsive to understand Quran in schools and madrasah (Islamic school) which have students as learning target. In addition, learning is not only about classroom. The exploration could be extend to environment where the students live around. Therefore, this article would identify the process of Arabic learning and teaching in Islamic boarding school-based strategy. To enhance the process of learning in the madrasah (school), the management provide boarding or domitory facilities for student who can not reach the school every day. This reserach was conducted in West Papua of Indonesia. The research is a series of research to identify the muslim minority Arabic teaching and learning in the island of Papua. Non-participant observation and in-depth interview were employed in collecting data. This article shows that there are four programs were implemented to accelerate students’ competencies in acquitting the target language. Furthermore, this article discusses the issue of strategy was inspired by the development of technology and knowledge as well as the globalization putting the teacher not to be the only one source, likewise the school. On the other hand, print and electronic media, internet and life around the students can be taken as learning sources. Secondly, strategy which is giving chances to the learners to play as dominants in learning management. Finally, this article recommends further research in exploration the topic to extend the potential development of Arabic teaching and learning the region of Muslim minority.
STRATEGI SKIMMING DALAM MENINGKATKAN EFEKTIVITAS BACA SISWA PADA KELAS XI SMK NURUL JADID PAITON PROBOLINGGO
Authors: Hasanah Reni Uswatun
Published: July 2018

The objective of this research is to find out the effectiveness ofSkimming-Scanning Strategy in improving students reading comprehension. Itcovered students’ literal, inferential, critical comprehension in three types of text.They were narrative, descriptive, and news item texts. The research applied quasiexperimental design. The subject of the research was the second grade students ofSMK Nurul Jadid Paiton Probolinggo. The data collected were the students’reading achievement through test (pretest and posttest). This research was dividedinto two groups, experimental and control group, the groups consisted of 28 and27 students, respectively. The result of the data analysis showed that t-test washigher than t-table (6.373>2.000) or Pvalue (Sig.) was smaller than alpha (0.000 <0.05). It meant that mean score of the experimental group was higher than thecontrol group.
Proposal Almuttaqien
Authors: ya fyzar
Published: July 2018

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Collaborating at the Centers: Report from a STEM Education Transformation Workshop Involving Leaders of Centers for Teaching and Learning and STEM Education Centers
Authors: Horii Cassandra , Redd Kacy , OUELLETT MATHEW , Finkelstein Noah , Beach Andrea , Carlisle Deborah , Shadle Susan , Weaver Gabriela
Published: July 2018

This report details how universities can pair the work of STEM Education Centers and Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) to improve teaching and student success in STEM fields. The Collaborating at the Center report, written by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the POD Network in Higher Education, presents key recommendations on ways these two distinct types of campus-based centers can work more closely to further national STEM education improvement efforts.The report is based on some of the key findings of 46 leaders from SECs and CTLs who gathered at a November 2015 workshop that APLU, the POD Network, and the Network of STEM Education Centers (NSEC) convened with support from the National Science Foundation. The workshop was designed to introduce these communities to each other, discuss areas of synergy, and explore ways that these communities could most effectively collaborate to improve student success on their campuses and nationally as networks.Some of the key recommendations from the report include:-Approach cross-unit collaborations by inviting everyone to the table, creating relevant leadership groups, and keeping stakeholders informed.-Map the "territory of collaboration": identify common elements of mission, differentiated strategies, shared goals, strengths, stakeholders, expertise, resources, roles for each center, and benefits from participating in shared projects.-Acknowledge stretched staffing and resources by articulating different possible modes of collaborating at various levels of commitment and normalizing different responses as helpful and not damaging to the centers' relationship.-Record progress and make success visible.
Win-Stay, Lose-Sample: A Simple Sequential Algorithm for Approximating Bayesian Inference
Authors: Bonawitz Elizabeth , Denison Stephanie , gopnik alison , Griffiths Tom
Published: July 2018

People can behave in a way that is consistent with Bayesian models of cognition, despite the fact that performing exact Bayesian inference is computationally challenging. What algorithms could people be using to make this possible? We show that a simple sequential algorithm “Win-Stay, Lose-Sample”, inspired by the Win-Stay, Lose-Shift (WSLS) principle, can be used to approximate Bayesian inference. We investigate the behavior of adults and preschoolers on two causal learning tasks to test whether people might use a similar algorithm. These studies use a “mini-microgenetic method”, investigating how people sequentially update their beliefs as they encounter new evidence. Experiment 1 investigates a deterministic causal learning scenario and Experiments 2 and 3 examine how people make inferences in a stochastic scenario. The behavior of adults and preschoolers in these experiments is consistent with our Bayesian version of the WSLS principle. This algorithm provides both a practical method for performing Bayesian inference and a new way to understand people’s judgments.
Collaboration against ethnography: How colonial history shaped the making of an ethnographic film
Authors: Friedman P. Kerim
Published: July 2018

What happens when a commitment to collaborative ethnographic filmmaking runs up against a community’s ambivalence towards its own history? This paper provides an ethnohistorical account of the making of the film Please Don’t Beat Me, Sir!, exploring how colonial-era “police ethnographies” and contemporary communal politics shape the collaborative endeavor. The film was made in collaboration with Budhan Theatre, an activist theater troupe from the Chhara community in the Indian city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The Chhara are one of more than 198 communities labeled as “Criminal Tribes” by the British, a colonial legacy that still informs their interactions with the police. Inspired by the work of Jean Rouch, the film makes use of experimental ethnographic and cinematic techniques. These participation frameworks allowed the members of Budhan Theatre and their families to shape the structure and content of the film itself, a process sometimes at odds with the film’s ethnographic intent.
The left ventral premotor cortex is involved in hand shaping for intransitive gestures: evidence from a two-person imitation experiment
Authors: Reader Arran T , Holmes Nicholas Paul
Published: July 2018

The ventral premotor cortex (PMv) is involved in grasping and object manipulation, whilst the dorsal premotor cortex (PMd) has been suggested to play a role in reaching and action selection. These areas have also been associated with action imitation, but their relative roles in different types of action imitation are unclear. We examined the role of the left PMv and PMd in meaningful and meaningless action imitation by using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). Participants imitated meaningful and meaningless actions performed by a confederate actor whilst both individuals were motion-tracked. rTMS was applied over the left PMv, left PMd, or a vertex control site during action observation or imitation. Digit velocity was significantly greater following stimulation over the PMv during imitation compared to stimulation over the PMv during observation, regardless of action meaning. Similar effects were not observed over the PMd or vertex. In addition, stimulation over the PMv increased finger movement speed in a (non-imitative) finger-thumb opposition task. We suggest that claims regarding the role of the PMv in object-directed hand shaping may stem from the prevalence of object-directed designs in motor control research. Our results indicate that the PMv may have a broader role in ‘target-directed’ hand shaping, whereby different areas of the hand are considered targets to act upon during intransitive gesturing.
Superresolution alignment with innocence assumption: Towards a fair quality measurement for blind deconvolution
Authors: Welk Martin
Published: July 2018

Quantitative measurements of restoration quality in blind deconvolutionare complicated by the necessity to compensate for opposite shifts ofreconstructed image and point-spread function. Alignment procedures mentionedfor this purpose in the literature are sometimes not exactly enoughspecified; alignment-free approaches sometimes do not take into accountthe full variability of possible shifts.We investigate by experiments on a simple test case the errors induced byinterpolation-based alignment procedures. We propose a new method forMSE/PSNR measurement of image pairs involving non-integer displacementsthat is based on a superresolution approach. We introduce an innocenceassumption in order to keep deviations that can be explained by shiftedsampling grids out of the error measurement. In our test case, the newmeasurement procedure reduces the variations in MSE/PSNR measurementssubstantially, creating the hope that it can be used for valid comparisonsof blind deconvolution methods.
Should We Train Scientific Generalists?
Authors: Sarma Gopal P.
Published: July 2018

I examine the topic of training scientific generalists. To focus the discussion, I propose the creation of a new graduate program, analogous in structure to existing MD/PhD programs, aimed at training a critical mass of scientific researchers with substantial intellectual breadth. In addition to completing the normal requirements for a PhD, students would undergo an intense, several year training period designed to expose them to the core vocabulary of multiple subjects at the graduate level. After providing some historical and philosophical context for this proposal, I outline how such a program could be implemented with little institutional overhead by existing research universities. Finally, I discuss alternative possibil- ities for training generalists by taking advantage of contemporary developments in online learning and open science.
Choosing to Learn: Evidence evaluation for active learning and teaching in early childhood
Authors: Bonawitz Elizabeth , Bass Ilona , Lapidow Elizabeth
Published: July 2018

Choosing to take certain actions has direct consequences for learning. Do childrentend to choose actions that support learning? We present research suggesting that before reaching kindergarten, children demonstrate proficiency in active learning that cannot be accounted for by simple heuristics for decision-making. Instead, children’s choices reveal a sophisticated ability to evaluate evidence (computing information gained by particular actions); potential evidence is compared to other possible rewards and costs associated with actions. This early emerging ability to select evidence underpins informal teaching of, and reasoning about, others. Specifically, we discuss recent empirical work demonstrating that preschool-aged children are able to evaluate potential evidence to support their own learning, another’s learning, and that they can even evaluate a teacher’s evidential selection for a third party’s learning.
Profile of female sterilization in Brazil
Authors: Amaral Ernesto F. L.
Published: July 2018

(1) Background: This study analyzes the profile of female sterilization in Brazil by age, parity, type of delivery, place of delivery, color/race, region of residence, years of schooling, marital status, number of unions, and desired number of children reported by women; (2) Methods: The descriptive analysis is based on the most recent Brazilian database on reproductive health: the 2006 Brazilian National Survey on Demography and Health of Women and Children (PNDS). This dataset has information on the history of pregnancies with live births from January 2001 to July 2007; (3) Results: The study suggests that (a) women with high levels of sterilization, high percentages of more than one pregnancy in the period, and larger parity than the desired number of children tend to have high parity, be black, brown, or indigenous, reside in the North or Northeast, have low levels of education, and have two or more unions; and (b) women with high levels of sterilization, low percentages of more than one pregnancy in the period, and lower parity than the desired number of children tend to have cesarean sections, give birth utilizing private health care obtained through a private insurance plan or direct out-of-pocket payment at private hospitals, and be married. (4) Conclusions: The 1997 family planning law could be altered in order to allow female sterilization in conjunction with childbirth, as a way to attend the demand of Brazilian women in public hospitals. Policies are necessary not only to regulate the public sector, but also to aim better services at private institutions. Female sterilization should be discussed in the context of fertility below the replacement level, as one of its associated factors.
Preprint: Cognitive Control in Depression: Toward Clinical Models Informed by Cognitive Neuroscience
Authors: Grahek Ivan , Everaert Jonas , Krebs Ruth , Koster Ernst H. W.
Published: July 2018

Cognitive control dysfunctions are thought to contribute to the onset and maintenance of depression. However, the causes and nature of these dysfunctions remain unknown. Here, we critically review contemporary research on cognitive control in depression. We identify three main conceptual issues in this field: 1) uncritical use of the tripartite model; 2) reliance on descriptive explanations; and 3) lack of integration with emotional and motivational impairments. Recent advances in cognitive neuroscience offer possibilities to resolve these issues. We review this progress focusing on the ability to detect the need for control, the role of motivation, and the flexibility-stability balance. We propose that depression-related dysfunctions arise from issues in detecting when, how, and for how long to engage in goal-oriented processing. In conclusion, we argue that integrating advances in cognitive neuroscience into clinical research can help to move from a descriptive towards a more mechanistic understanding of cognitive dysfunctions in depression.
Response to Pickett and Wilkinson (2015)
Authors: Rambotti Simone
Published: July 2018

[...] To conclude, I emphasize that none of the points raised here and in the original article are incompatible with the fact that excessive income inequality has adverse social effects, with the existence of social gradients, or with psychological explanations. However, as we look at the bigger picture and analyze it in its complexity, we should strive to avoid reductionism. There is an “enormous and well-developed body of social science literature” (Beckfield & Krieger, 2009, p. 153) that can help shed light on the structural side of this story, which until now has been too readily dismissed.
An Optimization Tool for Impact Analysis of Composite Structures
Authors: Pham DC
Published: July 2018

Composite materials exhibit complex failure behavior under impact loading especially such as that for composite landing gear structure. Possible failure modes in composites may include matrix cracking, fiber breakage, kinking, fiber-matrix debonding or delamination between composite plies. In order to better understand the damage mechanisms and non-linear response of composite structures under impact, complex geometries, materials, ply orientations and stacking sequence need to be considered. However, general drop test analysis for composite structures usually takes a lot of computational efforts, and it may be even more expensive for failure analysis and optimization when various structural geometries and design configurations are taken into account. This paper proposes a new methodology for evaluation and optimization of failure behavior of composite structures subjected to impact loading, whereby drop test analysis of composite structures is modeled by explicitly dynamics analysis of two-dimensional structures and implicit analysis of three-dimensional solid structures to predict delamination or out-of-plane failure. The above-mentioned modeling strategy helps speed up the optimization process and considerably save computational time and efforts. The proposed methodology together with reliable optimization algorithms and failure theory criteria are integrated and coded into a FE optimization tool by Python script. It is shown that the optimization tool effectively helps engineers and researchers perform optimization of general composite structures and fully take into account of various geometries, materials, loading configurations, composite stack-up and sequences and individual ply's orientation.
PERBEDAAN PENAMBAHAN DOSIS PROBIOTIK PADA PAKAN TERHADAP TINGKAT KELANGSUNGAN HIDUP DAN PERTUMBUHAN BENIH IKAN PATIN
Authors: Agustina Sri Sukari
Published: July 2018

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis perbedaaan penambahan dosisprobiotik pada pakan buatan terhadap tingkat kelangsungan hidup dan pertumbuhan benih ikanpatin (Pengasius hypophthalmus). Penelitian ini menggunakan wadah styrofoam dengan ukuran48 x 38 x 18 cm2. Hewan uji yang digunakan adalah benih ikan patin (Pengasiushypophthalmus) dengan ukuran berat 14-21 gram serta padat tebar 3 ekor/wadah. Rancanganyang digunakan adalah Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) dengan 3 perlakuan dan 3 kaliulangan, dimana perlakuan A menggunakan penambahan dosis probiotik 1% pada pakan,perlakuan B menggunakan penambahan dosis probiotik 3% dan perlakuan C menggunakanpenambahan dosis probiotik 5%. Untuk mengetahui pebedaan di antara perlakuan makadilakukan uji Beda Nyata Terkecil (BNT). Pengukuran peubah yang digunakan yaitu tingkatkelangsungan hidup (SR) dan pertumbuhan mutlak. Hasil analisis penelitian, diperoleh bahwaperbedaan penambahan dosis probiotik dalam pakan tidak memberikan perbedaan yang nyatapada tingkat kelangsungan hidup benih ikan patin (Pengasius hypophthalmus), tetapimemberikan perbedaan yang nyata pada pertumbuhan mutlak. Dari ketiga perlakuan perbedaanpenambahan dosis probiotik yang diberikan diperoleh pertumbuhan mutlak untuk perlakuan C(5%) sebesar 8,40 ± 0,70 gram, pada perlakuan B (3%) sebesar 6,17 ± 0,23 gram dan diikutipelakuan A (1%) sebesar 5,80 ± 1,51 gram. Hasil pengukuran kualitas air yang meliputi suhudan pH selama penelitian menunjukkan angka yang masih layak untuk kehidupan benih patindengan kisaran suhu 25-26oC dan pH 7,5-8.
THE POTENTIAL BIODEGRADATION HYDROCARBONS OF PETROLEUM SLUDGE WASTE BY CELL BIOMASS SPONGE Callysppongia sp.
Authors: Marzuki Ismail , Noor Alfian , La Nafie Nursiah
Published: July 2018

The toxicity of petroleum sludge is a serious threat to marine life. Necessary concrete steps petroleum contamination reduction through a search of potential marine materials degrade toxic components hydrocarbons. The sponge is one potential material reducing toxic properties of petroleum contamination. The research objective was to determine the potential Callyspongia sp sponge against the degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon sludge. Four variations of treatment used to determine the potential of sponge biomass, namely: the treatment I, II, III and IV. Indicators degradation is the formation of gas, the smell fermentation, pH changes and increase in the absorbance of the suspension of media degradation. The level degradation each treatment is determined gravimetric method and the known hydrocarbon component changes by using GC-MS. Unidentified gas, the smell of fermentation and changes in media of pH on average degradation occurs on the 15 days of contact for all treatments. Data showed degradation occurs absorbance maximum at 20- 25 days to contact. The highest degradation rates indicated by IV treatment (26.93 %), III (24.84 %), II (22.59 %), and I: (18.20 %). Found 20 kinds of components in the waste sludge aliphatic petroleum to form a homologous series nC10-nC30, and two aromatic components, namely the 2.7-dimethyl naphthalene and 1.4-dimethyl azulene. Callyspongia sp sponge biomass concluded at the highest IV treatment degrading aliphatic hydrocarbons, then treatment III, II and I, while the aromatic components are not degraded by biomass Callyspongia sp sponge at all treatments
EVALUATING FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: A STUDY IN SOUTH SULAWESI PROVINCE (INDONESIA)
Authors: Pirade Ramadhan
Published: July 2018

This study investigates the financial performance measurement (fiscal decentralization, allocation of capital expenditure, economic growth effect on the regional own revenue) in South Sulawesi Province (Indonesia) local government. The database used is sourced from the Central Statistics Agency and the financial statements 24 County and City on 2012-2016, in order to obtain a total sample of 120 units of the sample. The results of the panel regression analysis using Eviews program 9 shows that increasing fiscal decentralization, capital expenditure and hence economic growth increasingly important role in increasing on the regional own revenue. Recommendations of these studies to the parties concerned to be pursued acceleration of economic growth quality and useful for the improvement of the regional own revenue (PAD) and creating equitable economic growth, especially in economic sectors that are closely related to the acceptance of the PAD. This study is very important that further research is necessary to perform additional variables with a longer observation time. Later research can also be done in other provinces in the entire territory of the Republic of Indonesia even more wide-ranging.
ALMOST EVERYTHING ABOUT TOEFL PBT
Authors: Salma Nurul Fathia
Published: July 2018

This article briefly reviews the development of TOEFL which is widely acknowledged. One of the formats of TOEFL discussed is TOEFL Paper-Based Test. All ever you wanted to know about TOEFL Paper-Based Test such as the specific aspects on review are the history, characteristics, structures and the strategies of TOEFL Paper-Based Test as a testing instrument. Besides, this paper also discussed the total of questions applied in every section of the test.
An Islet of Ability in Autistic Children: A Research Note
Authors: Shah Amitta , Frith Uta
Published: July 2018

An aspect of cognitive functioning in autistic children was investigated by comparing their performance on the Children's Embedded Figures Test with that of MA-matched normal and MA-and CA-matched mentally retarded non-autistic children. The autistic children were significantly more competent at this task than either group of control children, and also showed qualitatively different strategies. Since the performance of the autistic children was better than predicted from MA and commensurate with CA, it can be regarded as an islet of ability. This finding is discussed in terms of orientation and visualization factors involved in visuo-spatial abilities and is also related to cognitive deficit.
analisis strategi peningkatan profit usaha makanan ringan berdasarkan balanced score card pada ud primadona sidoarjo
Authors: heryawan muadi
Published: July 2018

Balanced scorecard dipakai tidak hanya sebagai alat untuk memperjelas strategisebuah perusahaan,tapi lebih penting lagi untuk sebuah perencanaan dan pengembangan strategi perusahaan. Tanpa strategi,mustahil sebuah perusahaan dapat bertahan didunia yang serba kompetitive dan dinamis ini.Penggabungan antar keharusan membuat kapabilitas kompetitifjangka panjang dengan tujuan jangka panjang dengan tujuan perusahaan menciptakan sebuah sintesis,dan balanced scorecard dipercaya dapat melengkapi ukuran finansial kinerja masa lalu dengan ukuran pendorong (drivers)kinerja masa depan .semua ini dituang dalam empat perspektif: finansial.pelanggan,proses bisnis internal,serta pembelajaran dan pertumbuhan. karena itu balanced scorecard digunakan perusahaan..sebagai ukuran dasar ,bukan hanya dari tujuan jangka panjang,perusahaan,tapi juga dari penjabaran visi dan misi yang di tanamkanUD PRIMADONA ,sebuah perusahaan yang bergerak dibidang makanan ringan juga sedang dalam proses menentukan arah dan tujuanperusahaan. Layaknya sebuah organisasi yang baru tumbuh dan berkembang ,Makanan ringan merasakan sulitnya menggabungkan antara visi dan misi yang akan ditanamkan pemilik dengan ukuran pendorong kinerja masa depan. Penulis akan menentukan visi dan misi yang kemudian akan dijabarkan menjadi strategic objectives perusahaan .Penulis akan mengumpulkan data dan informasi sedetail mungkin ,termasuk berbagai survey sdan analisa yang kemudian akan digunakan sebagai teory dasar strategimanagemen seperti porter's five force dan tows. Dari analisa tersebut kami penulis akan merangkaum sebuah ukuran strategis yang kemudian dijabarkan dalam empat perspektif balanced scorecard perusahaan.kata kunci: balanced scorecard,strategic management,profit,UD PRIMADONA
Educational Inequalities in Self-Rated Health across US States and European Countries
Authors: Präg Patrick , Subramanian SV
Published: July 2018

The US show a distinct health disadvantage when compared to other high-income nations. A potential lever to reduce this disadvantage is to improve the health situation of lower socioeconomic groups. Our objective is to explore how the considerable within-US variation in health inequalities compares to the health inequalities across other Western countries. Representative survey data from 45 European countries and the US federal states were obtained from the fourth wave of the European Values Study (EVS, 2008) and the 2008 wave of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Using binary logistic regression, we analyze different forms of educational inequalities in self-rated health (SRH), adjusted for age and sex. The extent of educational inequalities in SRH varies considerably over European countries and US states; with US states in general showing greater inequality, however differences between US states and European countries are less clear than commonly assumed. The US have considerable differences in educational inequalities in SRH across geographic locations. To understand the reasons for the US health disadvantage, comparative research has to take into account the vast variation in health inequalities within the US.
High-Risk Behavior: Who's Engaging in It?
Authors: Licata Rachel
Published: July 2018

Why are people engaging in dangerous behaviors, putting themselves and society at risk, despite the detrimental consequences? I propose that with more years of education completed, an individual is less likely to participate in high-risk behaviors; and also, that those who lived in a two-parent household at age 16 are less likely to engage in these behaviors as well. In this research we analyze 345, unmarried respondents, from the 2004 General Social Survey, all whom have answered questions about their educational attainment, strength in religion, familial formation at age 16, employment status and age through an interview process. The data rejects both hypotheses: those with more years of education completed, and who are employed, are likely to visit a bar more often than those with fewer years completed, and there is not any statistically significant relationships to support that those who lived in a two-parent household at age 16 are less likely to participate in high-risk behavior. There is a strong relationship among the drug variables, implying that respondents who are using drugs are typically using more than one. This research shows significant relationships between these variables, but there is a need for future research.
Making Science Transparent By Default; Introducing the TOP Statement
Authors: Aalbersberg IJsbrand Jan , Appleyard Tom , Brookhart Sarah , Carpenter Todd , Clarke Michael , Curry Stephen , Dahl Josh , DeHaven Alexander Carl , Eich Eric , Franko Maryrose , Freedman Len , Graf Chris , Grant Sean , Hanson Brooks , Joseph Heather , Kiermer Veronique , Kramer Bianca , Kraut Alan , Karn Roshan Kumar , Lee Carole J. , MacFarlane Aki , Martone Maryann Elizabeth , Mayo-Wilson Evan , McNutt Marcia , McPhail Meredith , Mellor David Thomas , Moher David , Mudditt Alison , Nosek Brian A. , Orland Belinda , Parker Timothy H. , Parsons Mark Alan , Patterson Mark , Santos Solange , Shore Carolyn , Simons Daniel J. , Spellman Bobbie , Spies Jeffrey Robert , Spitzer Matthew , Stodden Victoria , Swaminathan Sowmya , Sweet Deborah , Tsui Anne , Vazire Simine
Published: July 2018

In order to increase the replicability of scientific work, the scientific community has called for practices designed to increase the transparency of research (McNutt, 2014; Nosek et al., 2015). The validity of a scientific claim depends not on the reputation of those making the claim, the venue in which the claim is made, or the novelty of the result, but rather on the empirical evidence provided by the underlying data and methods. Proper evaluation of the merits of scientific findings requires availability of the methods, materials, and data and the reasoned argument that serve as the basis for the published conclusions (Claerbout and Karrenbach 1992; Donoho et al 2009; Stodden et al 2013; Borwein et al 2013; Munafò et al, 2017). Wide and growing support for these principles (see, for example, signatories to Declaration on Research Assessment, DORA, https://sfdora.org/, and the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines https://cos.io/our-services/top-guidelines/) must be coupled with guidelines to increase open sharing of data and research materials, use of reporting guidelines, preregistration, and replication. We propose that, going forward, authors of all scientific articles disclose the availability and location of all research items, including data, materials, and code, related to their published articles in what we will refer to as a TOP Statement.
Troubled Transitions Into College and the Effects of a Small Intervention Course
Authors: Mellor David Thomas , Brooks Wesely R. , Gray Steven , Jordan Rebecca
Published: July 2018

Student attrition from colleges in the United States is a widespread phenomenon, posing real stresses to students, their families, and to universities. We examined the causes of poor academic performance in students' first semester through interviews and questionnaires and administered a small intervention course to freshmen on academic probation the following semester. This intervention had a modest positive effect on retention and academic self-efficacy but not on locus of control or grade point average. Finally, the 10% lower attrition rate among the students in our Portals to Academic Student Success courses suggests that small-scale interventions can mitigate attrition among students who later prove an ability to continue matriculating.
KRITERIA RUANG PUBLIK KALIJODO PENDUKUNG AKSESIBILITAS DAN PENINGKATAN AKTIVITAS
Authors: Arsitektur ARTEKS Jurnal Teknik , Hartoyo Hansen , Santoni
Published: July 2018

Title: Relation of Activity and Connectivity of Kalijodo as a Public SpacePublic space is a place for social, economic and culture activity. Besides green open spaces, there are a lot of space along the river that have potential issues to be created as a public space. In fact, number of riverside are filled by slum area and there is no public space along the riparian. This research focused on the determining the chriterias of public space that support connectivity and incilining the number of activities. Theory that applied for this research is A Guide to Riverfront Development by Charles A. McLaren amd Public Space principle by Stephen Carr and Carmona. Kalijodo is one of the public space that will be studied because of its position faced in front of the river. Based on those theories, there are chitrerias that will be used to analyse the study casem which are comfort, activity, sociability, and more focus on access, including pedestrian access point, type and distribution of universal access and pedestrian priority. The result of this research could be summarised that physical access are attained by stairs and bridge that connect from river. Eventhough, Kalijodo must concern about visual access, addition of specific program to spread the activities and support by dense of vegetation to reach comfort.Keywords: activity, accessibility, public space, riverside
Analysis of attitude errors in GRACE range-rate residuals - a comparison between SCA1B and the reprocessed attitude fused product (SCA1B +ACC1B)
Authors: Goswami Sujata
Published: July 2018

For the missions like GRACE, the precise knowledge of the satellite’s attitude is a fundamental requirement forthe realization of the inter-satellite ranging principle. It is not only essential for the realization of the precise in-orbit intersatellitepointing, but also for the recovery of accurate temporal gravity field models. Here we present a comparative studyof two attitude datasets. One of them is the standard SCA1B RL02 datasets provided by JPL NASA and another is a fusedattitude dataset computed at TU Graz, based on the combination of ACC1B angular accelerations and SCA1B quaternions.Further, we also present the impact of the attitude datasets on the inter-satellite range measurements by analyzing theirresiduals. Our analysis reveals the significant improvement in the attitude due to the reprocessed product and reducedvalue of residuals computed from the reprocessed attitude
Patients’ experiences of blended Group Therapy for Depression – Part 1: Fit and Implications for the Group Setting
Authors: Schuster Raphael
Published: July 2018

Background: Blended group therapy (bGT) combines group sessions with internet- or app-based treatment modules. Consequently, bGT has the potential to be a reasonable alternative to internet interventions or blended individual therapy. To date, no studies have explored patients’ experiences with this novel approach.Objective: This study investigates the user-centred feasibility of bGT, with special emphasis on the fit and dynamic interplay between psychological groups and internet- or app-based components.Methods: A total of 22 patients, with a variety of different experiences from two prior clinical bGT trials, was interviewed following a semi-structured interview guide. In-depth interviews were analysed by three psychologists, using thematic analysis and a rule-guided online program (QCAmap). The transcript (113 555 words) was condensed to 1081 coded units, with subsequent extraction of 16 themes.Results: From patients’ perspective, the blended format yields advantages, such as in- and intersession alignment to the treatment course. Patients value the option of intimate online self-disclosure and lateral patient-to-therapist communication. Therapists are provided with tools for between-session monitoring and reinforcement of exercising. Further, group phenomena seem to back up therapists’ efforts to increase treatment engagement. As a specificity, issues of tailoring and structure seem to meet different preconditions, when compared to blended individual therapy. Lastly, blending might also result in negative effects, such as dissonance due to non-compliance or a possible constriction of in-session group interaction.Conclusion: Results underpin previous findings on the feasibility of blended group therapy. In the synopsis, structured and proactive forms of group therapy seem most suitable for blending and the integration of both modalities initiates a beneficial interplay. However, potential negative effects should be considered carefully from the conceptualization of new rationales to the training of therapists.Key words: Blended Therapy; Group Therapy; Blended Group Therapy; Internet Interventions; Depression; Therapeutic Factors
The additive advantage of having educated grandfathers for children’s education: evidence from a cross-national sample in Europe
Authors: Sheppard Paula , Monden Christiaan Willem Simon
Published: July 2018

Until recently, research on intergenerational processes of social mobility has focused on two generational processes and paid little attention to the role of the grand-parental generation. An increasing number of studies have started to address this shortfall, but they report inconsistent findings. This may be due to design and measurement differences across studies and to substantive heterogeneity in the association. We use data from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to explore these two issues. First, as we have information on all four grandparents, and both parents, we were able to evaluate the different ways to model grandparental associations. We found that including information on both grandfathers provided the best fit, once controlling for parental education. Second, we investigated the moderating effects of parental education, family size, and the grandparents’ being alive during the grandchild’s early life and school years. Having higher educated grandfathers is associated with higher educational outcomes for grandchildren, net of parental education and wealth. Moreover, having two highly educated grandfathers shows a stronger association than just one. We found no evidence for moderating effects of family size, parental education or generational overlap.
Semantic similarity measurement using historical google search patterns
Authors: Martinez-Gil Jorge , Montes José F. Aldana
Published: July 2018

Computing the semantic similarity between terms (or short text expressions) that have the same meaning but which are not lexicographically similar is an important challenge in the information integration field. The problem is that techniques for textual semantic similarity measurement often fail to deal with words not covered by synonym dictionaries. In this paper, we try to solve this problem by determining the semantic similarity for terms using the knowledge inherent in the search history logs from the Google search engine. To do this, we have designed and evaluated four algorithmic methods for measuring the semantic similarity between terms using their associated history search patterns. These algorithmic methods are: a) frequent co-occurrence of terms in search patterns, b) computation of the relationship between search patterns, c) outlier coincidence on search patterns, and d) forecasting comparisons. We have shown experimentally that some of these methods correlate well with respect to human judgment when evaluating general purpose benchmark datasets, and significantly outperform existing methods when evaluating datasets containing terms that do not usually appear in dictionaries.
Guidance and Counseling Services For Women Victims ff Domestic Violence
Authors: Afdal Afdal , Alizamar Alizamar , Ifdil Ifdil , Erlamsyah Erlamsyah , Taufik Taufik
Published: July 2018

Domestic Violence (DV) is defined as every act against a person, especially a woman, resulting in physical, sexual, psychological, or neglectful misery or suffering. In addition to alleviating problems through legal channels, other things that can be done is through guidance and counseling services. This research is a preliminary research in order to find the model of settlement of cases of domestic violence. The research method used is quantitative. The sample in this study was 63 women victims of violence. Data were collected through Indonesian Domestic Violence for Woman questionnaire. Data were analyzed descriptively to obtain a description of domestic violence experienced by women. Further data are analyzed with independent sample t test to see the difference of violence which is natural for woman based on marriage age. The results of the study showed that (1) the most frequent violence experienced by women was psychic violence, (2) there was a significant difference in violence experienced by women victims of domestic violence where the average of violence experienced by women with low marriage age (under 10 years) High compared with higher marriage age (above 10 years). Further discussed counseling and guidance services to help women victims of domestic violence.
Temperature and pressure dependence of density of a shale oil and derived thermodynamic properties
Authors: Baird Zachariah , Uusi-Kyyny Petri , Järvik Oliver , Oja Vahur , Alopaeus Ville
Published: July 2018

The temperature and pressure dependence of density was measured experimentally from 293 to 473 K and 0.1 to 12 MPa for a shale oil produced from Kukersite oil shale in Estonia. The shale oil sample was a fuel oil fraction of a whole oil produced in a commercial plant that uses solid heat carrier retorting technology. The fraction had a boiling range of approximately 460 to 780 K and contained significant quantities of polar phenolic compounds (hydroxyl group content of 5.3 wt%). The effect of these compounds on the properties of the oil was investigated by removing most of the phenolic compounds via extraction to create the second sample (dephenolated sample with hydroxyl group content of 1.1 wt%). The dephenolation resulted in a shale oil with a composition being more similar to that of other shale oils from well explored deposits. Based on a review of the literature, this is the first experimental data on the pressure dependence of density for this shale oil, and shale oils generally. Thermal expansion coefficients, isothermal compressibilities and speeds of sound were calculated from the experimental data. Empirical relationships describing the temperature dependence of the heat capacities between 288 and 423 K at atmospheric pressure are also presented here.
Effects of the age-education structure of female workers on male earnings in Brazil
Authors: Amaral Ernesto F. L. , Almeida Mariana E , Rios-Neto Eduardo L G , Potter Joseph E
Published: July 2018

The main concern of this study is the impact that an increase in female participation within the labor force has on the earnings of males in Brazil. Previous research considered these transitions for male workers, but did not include female workers when estimating various effects on earnings. The 1970, 1980, 1991, and 2000 Brazilian Demographic Censuses were used for this analysis. Results suggest a significant negative impact on male earnings in 1970 as a result of the share of female workers. This effect has been decreasing over time, as the coefficients from more recent years are positive. Changes in age and educational composition make a substantial difference on the estimation of male earnings in Brazil. The method developed in this study is not infallible, but it improves previous estimates by including the relationship among compositional changes, female labor force participation, and earnings, thus going beyond the direct impact of age and education.
Pengembangan Situs e-Learning dengan Moodle versi 3.1 sebagai Media Pembelajaran pada Program Studi Pendidikan Guru Madrasah Ibtidaiyah
Authors: Batubara Hamdan Husein
Published: July 2018

AbstrakPendahuluan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuat situs e-learning dengan Moodle versi 3.1. dan mengkaji hasil penggunaannya sebagai media pembelajaran pada Program Studi Pendidikan Guru Madrasah Ibtidaiyah. Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian dan pengembangan (research and development) untuk menghasilkan sebuah situs e-learning. Hasil: Dosen dan mahasiswa mendaftar pada situs e-learning dilakukan secara mandiri dengan e-mail. Pengguna yang berhasil mendaftar pada situs e-learning akan mendapatkan peran authentical user (pengguna terdaftar). Authentical user dapat mengikuti sebuah mata dengan cara mendaftar menggunakan sandi mata kuliah. Administrator memberikan peran Manager kepada akun dosen agar ia dapat mandiri dalam membuat dan mendaftarkan dirinya sebagai pengajar pada sebuah halaman mata kuliah. Fitur-fitur untuk menyajikan bahan ajar terdiri dari format buku, halaman tunggal, file, folder, dan URL. Aktivitas pembelajaran yang tersedia adalah forum diskusi, penugasan online, ujian online, feedback, dan kuesioner online. Rata-rata skor ahli media menyatakan bahwa kualitas e-learning berada pada kategori baik dan para pengguna percaya bahwa e-larning efektif digunakan sebagai media pembelajaran. Penutup: Produk yang dikembangkan telah memenuhi saran ahli media dan para pengguna e-learning.Kata Kunci: Media Pembelajaran, E-Learning, MoodleAbstractIntroduction: This study aims to create an e-learning site with Moodle version 3.1. and review the results of its use as learning media in the department of elementary school teacher education. Method: This research uses research and development design to produce an e-learning website. Result: The registration method on the e-learning site is email-based self-registration. Users who successfully register on the e-learning site will get the authentical user role. Authentical users can register on a course by using a course password. The administrator assigns the Manager role for the lecturer's account so that they can creat and enroll himself as a teacher on a course page. Every teacher has obligation to present matter with single page, or file, or folder, or URL. Teacher can add learning activities menggunakan forums, online assignments, online exams, feedbacks, and online questionnaires. The average score of media experts states that the quality of e-learning is in good category and e-learning users welcome the use of e-larning as a medium of learning and assessment. Conclusion: The products developed have met the advice of media experts and e-learning users.
The Development of Individual Physically Aggressive Behaviors from Infancy to Toddlerhood
Authors: Lorber Michael F , Del Vecchio Tamara , Slep Amy M. Smith
Published: July 2018

In the present investigation, we studied the development of six physically aggressive behaviors in infancy and toddlerhood, posing three questions (1) How do the prevalences of individual physically aggressive behaviors change from 8, 15, and 24 months? (2) Are there groups of children who show distinctive patterns in the way individual physically aggressive behaviors develop over time? (3) What are the behavioral pathways leading from 8- to 24-month acts of physical aggression? Mothers and fathers (N = 272) from a moderately at-risk population reported on their children’s physical aggression at each time point. The results revealed the commonality of physical aggression at all ages studied and the diverging developmental patterns of individual behaviors. Some physically aggressive behaviors became less common (e.g., hair pulling), while others became more common (e.g., hitting), with age. Roughly 42% of the children exhibited an increased propensity, relative to their peers, to aggress at all ages. Kicking, biting, hair pulling, and pinching/scratching at 8 months were the first steps on behavioral pathways leading to physical aggression at 24 months. These pathways principally suggested heterotypic continuity in physical aggression.
Hierarchy and the Power-Law Income Distribution Tail
Authors: Fix Blair
Published: July 2018

What explains the power-law distribution of top incomes? This paper tests the hypothesis that it is firm hierarchy that creates the power-law income distribution tail. Using the available case-study evidence on firm hierarchy, I create the first large-scale simulation of the hierarchical structure of the US private sector. Although not tuned to do so, this model reproduces the power-law scaling of top US incomes. I show that this is purely an effect of firm hierarchy. This raises the possibility that the ubiquity of power-law income distribution tails is due to the ubiquity of hierarchical organization in human societies.