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MEASURES FOR STRENGTHENING OF INFORMATION SPACE IN LATGALE AND SECURING OF THE LATGALIAN LANGUAGE IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Authors: Mjartāns Dainis
Published: January 2018

The existence of two separate and distinctly different information spaces is acutely apparent in Latgale, and this situation is heightened by easily picked up Russian and Belarussian television programming as well as illegal satellite operator (smartcard) sharing. Considering these circumstances – and the fact that residents are exposed to vastly different information and interpretations about national, international, economic, social and cultural developments – national Latvian media policy is focused on forging closer links in the realm of information between Latgale and other regions of Latvia, thereby guaranteeing that residents of the border areas are informed of national processes and developments in international events. What steps should be taken in order to, with a reasonable amount of investment, reach as large an audience as possible and promote the development of diverse content for the Latgalian audience? The author of the article analyses the goals and support measures initiated by the Latgale electronic media programme of the National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) for Latgalian electronic media and producer groups. The programme is a set of measures and activities based on the public service remit for public and commercial media, which includes technical solutions for improving broadcasting standards. In particular, the programme focuses on supporting content generation at local radio stations, which in Latgale continue to be an important source of information and have substantial audiences. The article focuses on tasks that should be performed by the Latgale multimedia studio of Latvian Radio. The studio is a precondition for increasing the public media audience in Latgale as well as for the consolidation of Latgalian identity and protection of the Latgalian language. Based on the communicative needs of Latgalian speakers, the author accents the need for electronic media in the Latgalian language. In-depth studies regarding the demand for and use of written materials in the Latgalian language would help in developing a strategy for the coming years for shaping policy in regard to the preservation and further development of the Latgalian language.
CONTRIBUTION OF CHOIR CONDUCTORS TERĒZE BROKA AND STANISLAVS BROKS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATGALIAN CULTURE IN DAUGAVPILS IN THE 60s OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Authors: Rancāne Anna
Published: January 2018

Latgalian culture of the 60s and 70s of the 20th century is still insufficiently studied and evaluated. Although this time in Latvia is marked by the dominance of the Soviet ideology in all spheres of social life, russification, and ban of Latgalian print, there were people who managed to develop Latgalian identity and culture. Terēze Broka (1925) and Stanislavs Broks (1926–1977), the two outstanding choir conductors, are among such people. After graduation from Latvia State Conservatory they were appointed to work in Daugavpils. In this city, characterized by Russian spirit and with no choirs, the two conductors within a short period of time managed to establish musical collectives and develop repertoires where along with the obligatory Soviet songs Latgalian folk songs were included. In autumn 1954, Terēze Broka established a women’s vocal ensemble „Daina” and a group of kokle (a Latvian national musical instrument) players, and looked for more unknown Latgalian songs at the Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR. The folk songs were arranged by her husband, conductor and director of Daugavpils Music College Stanislavs Broks who in 1956 established a mixed choir, later called „Daugava”. Due to their persevering work in a short period of time both Daugavpils musical collectives gained brilliant success and were nominated to the VI World Youth and Students Festival in Moscow in summer 1957 where they were awarded the silver prize. This success is followed by the bright parade of Latgalian performance, the week of Latgalian culture in Riga in December 1958, where the two Daugavpils collectives were at the centre of all events. It is noteworthy that the two collectives mainly consisted of Latvians, Russians and Poles who did not know the Latgalian language, but were diligent and motivated to learn to be able to sing in Broks’ collectives. In 1961 the Latvian Music Department in Minneapolis (USA) released the first disc of the Latgalian folk songs “Latgalian (Latvian) Folk songs“ compiled by Mikelis Bukšs. The disc contains 15 music pieces from the repertoire of Daugavpils mixed choir „Daugava” (conducted by S. Broks) and the women’s vocal ensemble „Daina” (led by T. Broka). „Aiz azara bolti bārzi”, „Aiz azara augsti kolni...”, „Siermi zyrgi, jauni puiši...”, „Audzit muni gari lyni”, „Es sovai māmeņai...” and other Latgalian folk songs arrangements served as a specific brand of Daugavpils, which strengthened the self-confidence of Latgalians of that time.
Folk Art and Fine Art from the Puerto Rican Diaspora: Individuation, Cultural Preservation, and Resistance
Authors: Land Erika K
Published: January 2018

Puerto Ricans in north Philadelphia experience marginalization in the larger culture, but also incorporation into the multiple ethnicities that have historically made up Puerto Rican identity. Both of these experiences are reflected in the art of Taller Puertorriqueño, an arts education program for children and youth in the area. Taller permits social and cultural mobility as well as freedom of artistic expression by constantly pushing boundaries, allowing students to represent more authentic reflections of their values as a means of dealing with cultural ambiguity. In addition, they rewrite their oppressive history by leveraging human and cultural values embedded in their artistic language. Taller is a mission-oriented institution that uses art for social transformation in the community and for celebrating a fluid ethnic and social identity.  Though not a religious institution, Taller’s art reflects the religious commitments of the Puerto Rican community, enacts the liturgy of art in ways that contribute to God’s transformative kingdom, and thereby helps to promote good stewardship throughout the community.
"A Diagram for Fire" by Jon Bialecki
Authors: Marshall Adam
Published: January 2018

Book review.
Resolução de conflitos trabalhistas pela via conciliatória: expressão do (neo)conservadorismo
Authors: Hillesheim Jaime
Published: January 2018

RESUMO: Pretende-se, aqui, apresentar e problematizar as proposições do empresariado brasileiro no âmbito das relações de trabalho, tendo como fonte de pesquisa documentos elaborados e publicados por entidades patronais. Sob o argumento de que, no Brasil, tem-se uma legislação rígida e em descompasso com as exigências do mercado, a burguesia nacional pugna pela “modernização” das relações laborais. No corolário da pauta da prevalência do “negociado sobre o legislado”, a conciliação trabalhista é vislumbrada como um importante mecanismo de resolução de conflitos entre patrão e empregado.  No seu conjunto, as propostas dos empregadores revelam e dão materialidade ao conservadorismo que, num processo de constante renovação, impõe aos trabalhadores a perda de direitos. Por isso, no tempo presente – marcado pelo avanço dos interesses do capital sobre o trabalho – a discussão marxiana sobre os limites da emancipação política deve ser retomada. Palavras-chave: Conciliação Trabalhista; Conservadorismo; Emancipação Política. ABSTRACT: This paper intends to evidence and problematize the premises of brazilians entrepreneurs within the scope of labor relations, having documents developed and published by employer's union entities as source of research. Under the reasoning that there is a stern legislation at play in Brazil, and that it is out of sync with market demands, the national middle-class fights for the “upgrading” of labor relations. At the unveiling of the agenda for prioritising the exercising of the “negotiated over the legislated” mindset, labor conciliation is perceived as a fundamental gear to solve labor related conflicts. As a whole, the employer's premises reveal, and give substance to, conservatism, that, due to a constant renewal process, imposes the loss of rights on the working class. Thus, currently - discernible by the capital’s overpowering of labor - the Marxist debate regarding the limitations of political emancipation must be resumed. Keywords: Labor Conciliation; Conservatism; Political Emancipation.
Editorial
Authors: Ferraz Ana Targina Rodrigues , Frizera Franciani Bernardes
Published: January 2018

Restauração conservadora e novas resistências
CSANTAVÉRI HIEDELEMKÖZLÉSEK
Authors: LÁNCZ Irén
Published: January 2018

Penavin Olga hagyatékában négyszáznyolcvan Csantavéren gyűjtött hiedelemközlés található. Ezeket a hiedelemközléseket mutatja be a tanulmány néprajzi, szemiotikai és nyelvi szempontok figyelembevételével. A hiedelemközlések egy része mágikus eljárással kapcsolatos előírás és tanács, nagyobb részük a mindennapi élettel kapcsolatos eljárásokat tartalmazza. A hiedelmek tilalom formájában is megjelennek a hiedelemközlésekben. Ezek arra vonatkoznak, hogy valakinek valamit nem szabad csinálnia, mert annak következményei lesznek. A tilalmak is csoportokba sorolhatók. A korpuszban vannak haláljósló jeleket és egyéb jósló jeleket tartalmazók is. A közlések tükrözik egy közösség hiedelemvilágát. Szemiotikai megközelítéssel bemutatható a hiedelemközlések releváns elemeinek korrelációja, oppozíciója és szemiotikai hálója. A nyelvi szempontú elemzés figyelembe veszi a sajátos mondatszerkezeti formákat, a szóalakok morfológiai jellemzőit és a szemantikai markereket.
BEING OURSELF IN THE IN-BETWEENNESS: ANDRÉ KARÁTSON’S HOMES I–II.
Authors: VARGA Zoltán Z.
Published: January 2018

The study researches interconnections between cultural identity and historical traumas in autobiographical works. The research work, the beginning of which the previous issue of Hungarológiai Közlemények has already published a paper, continued with the analysis of the two volume life writing of Otthonok (Homes), by Endre Karátson, a 1956 emigree to France with a successful university career as a professor of comparative literature, who in the meantime created his literary oeuvre in Hungarian. Karátson’s work fits both into the tradition of Hungarian memoire literature which brings to the fore social situation and historical context, and into personal life stories as an individualistic genre which depicts and records existential challenges of selfcreation. The study discovers in a unique formula the experience describing living both in a foreign country or in one’s home country, similar to that found in Márai’s work. When interpreting the autobiography, the study of Karátson’s way of holding onto, promoting and moulding the cultural awareness which he had brought with him from Hungary plays an important role, and so does the unveiling of how the value structure and behaviour patterns of the recipient French culture and society blended in through his intim personal relationships with his self-awareness.
Perspectivas da arqueologia pública no Brasil e em Cuba
Authors: Backx Isabela
Published: January 2018

Entrevistada: Lourdes Dominguez: Pesquisadora da Oficina de El Pesquisador de Habana Vieja, Cuba e professora visitante da Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
Patrimônio cultural e processos educativos: uma conversa com Elizabete Tamanini
Authors: Almeida Gabriela Berthou de , Moraes Rúbia Caroline Sousa de , Menezes Victor S.
Published: January 2018

Elizabete Tamanini professora da Universidade da Região de Joinville. Atualmente dedica-se ao pós-doutorado na UNICAMP.
HERRERA, Alexander. La Recuperación de Tecnologías Indígenas: Arqueología, tecnología y Desarrollo en los Andes. Editorial Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá Colombia
Authors: Jiménez Andrés Alarcón
Published: January 2018

Resenha de livro
Assessment of neuroprotective role of PPAR-gamma agonist in spinal cord injury as possible therapeutic agents
Authors: Jahanbakhsh Zahra , Ghoshooni Hassan , Mohammadi Mohammad Taghi
Published: January 2018

It has been reported that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma agonist, pioglitazone, has several beneficial roles in many pathological states of nervous tissues. Then in the present study, we aimed to examine the neuroprotective actions of pioglitazone (PPAR-gamma agonist) on motor function, histopathological changes and oxidative damage during spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats. Twenty-four male Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups as follows; sham, control injury and pioglitazone-treated injured groups. SCI was performed according to the Ping-Weight Drop (contusion) model in rat. The animals received pioglitazone (3 mg/kg) intraperitoneally at times of 15 min after injury and then each 12 hours for seven days. At day seven after SCI, the malondialdehyde and glutathione levels were assessed using biochemical techniques. Histopathological alterations in injured spinal cord and motor function recovery were also assessed after six weeks. Induction of SCI in control group significantly increased the malondialdehyde levels (56%, P=0.002) and decreased the content of glutathione (39±4 nMol/mL) compared to control group (49±6 nMol/mL). Pioglitazone in treated injured rats significantly decreased the malondialdehyde levels (37%, P=0.018) but not glutathione levels (42±1 nMol/mL) compared to sham group. In addition, pioglitazone noticeably improved the histopathological changes of injured spinal cord but not motor function. Our findings revealed that pioglitazone decreases histopathological changes and oxidative damage of injured spinal cord. However, it is suggested that pioglitazone must be applied at higher doses for improving motor function during SCI.
Exploring the Relationship Between Personality Factors and Workplace Deviant Behavior Among Pekanbaru City Civil Servants
Authors: Hastuti Dwi
Published: January 2018

This study investigated personality factors as predictors of workplace deviance behavior among civil servants in Pekanbaru, Indonesia. Using cross-sectional survey method, data were conducted to 263 civil servants from various departments and Agencies in Pekanbaru by using questionnaires. The instrument for data collection includes the Big Five Inventory (BFI) and the Workplace Deviance Scale. The hypothesis was used multiple regression with data analyzed by using Partial Least Square (PLS). The results revealed that there were a significant influence personality factors to workplace deviance behavior. The independently, extraversion and conscientiousness have negative significant to workplace deviance behavior and neuroticism and openness to experience have positive significant to workplace deviance behavior but not agreeableness significantly. This study recommended that the importance of taking personality traits into consideration during employee recruitment processes to minimize workplace deviant behavior.
TRANSFORMASI PERPUSTAKAAN DESA UNTUK PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT: STUDI KASUS DI DESA MARGAMUKTI - PANGALENGAN BANDUNG
Authors: Rohman Asep Saeful , Sukaesih Sukaesih
Published: January 2018

Perpustakaan memiliki peran, fungsi, dan tujuan yang strategis. Selain turut mencerdaskan bangsa serta menumbuhkan minat dan kebiasaan membaca, perpustakaan juga diharapkan mampu berperan aktif dalam pemberdayaan masyarakat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peran aktif perpustakaan desa dan transformasinya dalam pemberdayaan masyarakat agar dapat berkontribusi dalam membangun desa dan memberdayakan masyarakat. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan Mei - September 2017 dengan menggunakan metode studi kasus dan pendekatan kualitatif pada perpustakaan desa Pabukon Saba Desa di Desa Margamukti, Pangalengan-Bandung. Data diperoleh melalui pengamatan, analisis dokumen, dan wawancara mendalam terhadap responden, yaitu pengurus perpustakaan desa, kepala desa, dan kelompok tani. Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa perpustakaan dikem-bangkan dengan berbasis teknologi informasi dan komunikasi serta potensi lokal, sebagai tempat untuk memperoleh informasi dan beragam pengetahuan bagi masyarakat. Berbagai program pelibatan masyarakat dalam belajar dan berkegiatan di bidang pertanian, perkebunan, dan ekonomi kreatif dikembangkan secara inovatif oleh pengelola perpustakaan. Untuk menjangkau masyarakat yang ada di pelosok, disediakan layanan mobil perpustakaan keliling. Kemitraan dilakukan dengan berbagai stakeholder, baik yang ada di desa maupun di luar desa, untuk bersama-sama melakukan program pemberdayaan masyarakat. Selain mendapat anggaran dari dana desa, perpustakaan juga memperoleh dana dari kegiatan usaha pertanian dan perkebunan. Masyarakat desa memperoleh dampak positif yang nyata dari perpustakaan berupa peningkatan kesejahteraan, keterampilan, dan pengetahuan. Perpustakaan Pabukon Saba Desa berhasil melakukan transformasi dan berperan aktif dalam pembangunan desa melalui pemberdayaan masyarakat dengan konsep ekonomi hijau berbasis literasi.
PENGELOLAAN KONTEN DAN INTENSITAS PENCARIAN INFORMASI PADA WEB PUSAT PENELITIAN DAN PENGEMBANGAN TANAMAN PANGAN
Authors: Wilis Jelita
Published: January 2018

Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Tanaman Pangan (Puslitbangtan) memiliki web dengan kode operasional www.pangan. litbang.pertanian.go.id. Pengkajian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui teknis pengelolaan konten dan intensitas pencarian informasi pada web Puslitbangtan pada tahun 2016. Pengkajian dilakukan di Perpustakaan Puslitbangtan di Bogor pada April - Mei 2017 menggunakan metode deskriptif. Hasil pengkajian menunjukkan menu pada web Puslitbangtan meliputi Beranda, Profil, Berita, Hasil Penelitian, Publikasi, Kinerja, Kerja Sama, Kontak, dan Layanan Jasa. Pengelolaan konten web mencakup pembaruan data dan informasi pada semua menu, kecuali menu “Profil” dan “Kontak” yang bersifat permanen. Selain berita utama, menu “Beranda” berisi agenda seminar bulanan dengan materi yang diperbarui 1-2 minggu sebelum penyelenggaraan. Menu “Berita” diperbarui dengan 65 informasi penelitian dan pengembangan, rata-rata 5-6 berita per bulan. Berita tentang hasil penelitian padi dan kedelai paling dominan, masing-masing 26% dan 23%. Menu “Publikasi” diperbarui dengan Jurnal Penelitian Pertanian Tanaman Pangan (Jurnal PP), Buletin Iptek Tanaman Pangan (Buletin Iptek), dan Berita Puslitbangtan yang terbit secara berkala. Menu “Kinerja” diperbarui dengan laporan tengah tahun dan laporan akhir tahun, LAKIP, renstra, dan kinerja utama Puslitbangtan. Pembaruan menu “Kerja Sama” sesuai dengan data yang tersedia, termasuk kerja sama lisensi varietas unggul. Pengelola web telah merespons permintaan benih padi, palawija, magang, dan lainnya pada menu “Layanan Jasa”. Pada tahun 2016, web Puslitbangtan dikunjungi 137.809 kali, rata-rata 11.484 kali per bulan.
VISUALISASI DATA DI SISTEM MANAJEMEN PERPUSTAKAAN
Authors: Saputra Dwi Fajar
Published: January 2018

Penerapan sistem manajemen perpustakaan berdampak pada proses bisnis di perpustakaan yang menjadi lebih cepat dan keluarannya dapat terukur. Potensi tersebut perlu lebih ditingkatkan sehingga menghasilkan keluaran yang lebih mendalam bagi pustakawan. Visualisasi data pada sistem manajemen merupakan bagian yang dapat diterapkan untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut. Pengkajian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penerapan visualisasi data pada sistem manajemen perpustakaan serta pola kerja dan manfaatnya terhadap manajeman perpustakaan. Perancangan visualisasi data dibuat dengan memanfaatkan metadata pengarang dan judul. Uji coba dilakukan pada aplikasi Senayan Library Management System (SLiMS) versi Cendana dengan cara menambahkan file kode jenis javascript. Hasil yang diperoleh berupa diagram pohon yang menggambarkan hubungan antarpengarang sehingga dapat diketahui kolaborasi dan kompetensi tiap pengarang yang datanya sudah tersimpan di pangkalan data. Visualisasi data juga menghasilkan keluaran yang dapat menjadi bahan untuk mengevaluasi konten di perpustakaan, sehingga mempermudah pustakawan dalam pengambilan keputusan pengembangan perpustakaan.
Qualification and Implementation of a Technologically and Cost Effective Solution for Perforating in Drilling Fluid for HPHT Fields: Gudrun Case History
Authors: Fleming Niall , Karunakaran Mary , Hireche Sammy
Published: January 2018

With increasing focus on identifying cost effective solutions to well design with minimal impact on productivity, this paper will focus on an alternative to cesium formate as perforation fluid in the HPHT Gudrun field operated by Statoil. Cesium formate has been used with success for drilling and perforating many HPHT wells. However, given the significant cost of this fluid coupled with low oil prices, Statoil wanted to perform testing to assess the performance of an alternative low ECD oil based mud as a perforation fluid. The paper will describe the extensive qualification testing that has been performed. This includes coreflooding using representative plugs from Gudrun under downwhole temperature and pressure conditions. In addition, eight Section IV perforation tests have been performed to compare the performance of Cs formate and the low ECD oil based mud. These tests were undertaken using gas and oil saturated cores to reflect different production scenarios. The main aspects of the perforation operation that were reflected in the test design were as follows. Perforating at reservoir pressure and laboratory testing temperature of approximately 100°CSimulating an extended shut in period after perforationUndertaking a clean up sequence using scaled down flowrates

Based on the results of the coreflooding combined with the section IV 19B testing, the low ECD OBM was selected as the perforating fluid for use on Gudrun. The perceived benefits of using the low ECD OBM were as follows. Simplification: use of the same fluid for drilling and perforating the reservoir section.Tangible cost savings in fluid cost and time savings of approximately 40M NOK ($5M).Potentially increased productivity compared to cesium formate.Improved standardization of the operational sequence.

Perforation modelling is described and comparison is made between this and the Section IV tests. Finally, the well start-up experiences and production data are presented demonstrating the effectiveness of the low ECD oil based mud as a perforation fluid.
EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: PRINCIPLES, TECHNOLOGIES, PRACTICES
Authors: Горбунова София , Gorbunova Sofia
Published: January 2018

The article discusses the principles of education for sustainable development and examples of their implementation in the context of the ecological culture formation. The subject of the study is environmental education for sustainable development. The aim of this research is to formulate the principles of education for sustainable development and to show the ways of their practical implementation. The research uses the comparative approach with elements of hypothetical-deductive analysis. As a result of the study, a set of interrelated principles determining education for sustainable development was defined: continuity, inclusiveness, interdisciplinarity, integration, unity of theory and practice. The results of this study can be used in educational practice in the creation and implementation of curricula and courses, as methodological recommendations for the work of volunteer organizations and educational environmental activities. The results can be used in the sustainable development programs designed by the administrative authorities. Environmental education is an important tool for implementing the concept of sustainable development. Thus, the outlined educational principles should become the basis of educational practices and technologies aimed at the formation of ecological culture and the ecologization of consciousness.
Can multi-objective calibration of streamflow guarantee better hydrological model accuracy?
Authors: Zhang Ruqiang , Liu Junguo , Gao Hongkai , Mao Ganquan
Published: January 2018

Hydrological models often require calibration. Multi-objective calibration has been more widely used than single-objective calibration. However, it has not been fully ascertained that multi-objective calibration will necessarily guarantee better model accuracy. To test whether multi-calibration was effective in comparison to single-calibration in terms of model accuracy, two strategies were tested out. For these strategies, the objective functions used included the Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency and its logarithmic form, which highlight high flow and low flow, respectively. These two indexes were first used for multi-objective calibration, and then they were separately employed for single-objective calibration. To assess the calibration strategies' accuracy, the simulated streamflow was compared with observed streamflow, particularly high flow and low flow. This study was conducted in the upper stream of the Heihe River basin in northwest China using the FLEX-Topo model and MOSCEM-UA algorithm. The results show that the simulation based on the Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency performed best both in modelling the dynamics and simulating the high flow of the observed streamflow. Thus, it seems that multi-objective calibration does not necessarily lead to better model accuracy. This conclusion might provide useful information for hydrologists in calibrating their models, making their simulations more reliable.
Portrait of a successful small-town water service provider in Nepal's changing landscape
Authors: Rautanen Sanna-Leena , White Pamela
Published: January 2018

This study was made in Nepal's Tarai plains, where rapid population growth over the past decade has transformed a large number of rural bazaars and roadside hubs into vibrant small towns. This study draws a portrait of a distinctly successful small-town water supply scheme and its service provider, the Murgia Water Users and Sanitation Association. Exploring this particular case with regards to social, technological, financial and organisational systems, and by comparing the performance of this case against 63 other water service providers in Nepal, the study asks: how could there be more of this type of successful water service provider? This scheme was constructed during the bilateral Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Support Programme Phase III, Nepal-Finland cooperation (1999–2005), using the typical rural approach, namely community management, with strong capacity building. Since then the service modality in this study case has evolved towards a professional community-managed service delivery. The success is rooted in good water governance principles: participation, responsiveness, financial transparency, accountability and overall strong commitment and vision, as well as strong technical assistance. They have resulted in re-investment in both the capital maintenance expenditure and into new infrastructure, even into an entirely new water supply scheme.
Public finance for water infrastructure development and its practical challenges for small towns
Authors: Humphreys Elena , van der Kerk Andrea , Fonseca Catarina
Published: January 2018

The small and fluctuating population, the economic characteristics and administrative capacity of small towns not only pose infrastructural challenges for providing services, but also limit the possibilities for generating local revenues for financing water infrastructure development and maintenance. This limited ability to generate local resources for water infrastructure is exacerbated by the way in which scarce public funds are allocated. A first concern is linked to an urban bias that characterizes allocation of funds by central governments. A second concerns the prioritization of other sectors by allocation decisions of local governments. These local governments often prioritize other sectors such as education, health and agriculture for the use of scarce local public resources. What this discussion highlights is that existing models used for financing water infrastructure development do not seem very applicable to the realities of small towns. Additional research and models are necessary to allow for solutions that are better tailored to these realities.
Pengembangan multimedia pembelajaran Hukum Agraria pada Program Studi Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
Authors: Suripno Suripno
Published: January 2018

This study was aimed at: 1) producing an appropriate learning multimedia for agrarian laws in terms of the material and presentation aspects student responses, and 2) investigate the effectiveness of the developed multimedia to develop student learning outcomes. This was a research and development study. The results of the study were as follows. 1) Regarding the developed learning multimedia product: a) it had good quality in terms of the material aspect with a mean score of 4.10; b) it had good quality in terms of the presentation aspect with a mean score of 4.07; and c) the students’ responses to the media attractiveness showed that the multimedia was attractive with a mean score of 3.82. 2) The effectiveness of the use of the developed learning multimedia to improve learning outcomes was indicated by the fact that: a) there was a score improvement (30.16%) from a mean score of 51.50 in the pre-test to 73.75 in the post-test; and b) there was an improvement in mastery by 60% among 20 students, from five students (25%) attaining mastery in the pretest to 17 students (85%) attaining mastery in the posttest. Therefore, the multimedia for Agrarian Laws learning is appropriate to apply.
Pendidikan multikultural untuk membangun bangsa yang nasionalis religius
Authors: Ambarudin R. Ibnu
Published: January 2018

Indonesia is a multicultural country, multiethnic, multi-religious, and multi other things spreaded in the world. Therefore, it needs a wise, appropriate, and effective ways to respond so that the steps taken are not slipped ways and consequently endanger the sustainability of the nation in the future. Multicultural education is required by Indonesia to reduce the occurrence of horizontal conflicts between communities, because of differences in culture, ethnicity, customs, and religion is the emphasizing on learning to appreciate differences and not be regarded as causes of fragmentation. This can be done through selection of suitable material or nuanced tolerance towards all humans in the frame of together and do not emphasize the difference because of the spirit of ideology or their respective groups. Conceptually many religions and beliefs in the shades of multicultural are expected to bring about harmonious relationship, but in the implementation phase are still a lot of gaps between the expectation and realization due to some exclusive-uninded people still in multicultural society.
Pengembangan komponen kompetensi kewargaan dalam buku teks Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan SMP/MTs
Authors: Arif Dikdik Baehaqi
Published: January 2018

This essay was aimed at describing the development of civic knowledge, civic skill and civic disposition on textbooks for junior high school namely “Belajar Memahami Kewarganegaraan 1, 2 and 3”. Based on content analysis, it can be conducted that civic education element was developed through teaching material presented accompanied by features, such as additional boxes, every chapter including pictures, law corner, info, public figures, and citizenship dictionary. In addition to presentation of civic skill related teaching material, box of “uji kompetensi” was utilize to enhance civic skill competences. Civic disposition was enhanced by inserting national values as well as up-held-values but conceptually.
Peningkatan aktivitas dan hasil belajar PKn dengan pembelajaran kooperatif tipe jigsaw di kelas 8c SMP Negeri 3 Berbah
Authors: Sunarta Sunarta
Published: January 2018

Classroom Action Research was conducted in class VIII C SMP Negeri 3 Berbah Academic Year 2013/2014 by using Jigsaw cooperative learning approach. This study aims to implement cooperative learning Jigsaw to improve the activity and learning outcomes of students in the subject of Citizenship Education. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive analysis. The results of this study indicate that prior to the implementation of the action no activity learners are categorized very active, the active category 5 (22.73%), fairly active 6 (27.27%) and less active 11 (50.00%). After the first cycle are very active category 5 (27.27%), the active category 11 (50.00%), quite active 4 (18.18%) and less active 1 (4.55). And after the second cycle which is very active category 7 (31.82%), the active category 9 (40.91%), quite active 5 (22.73%) and less active 2 (09,09%)). When viewed in the development of mastery learning it before action 9 learners otherwise completed (40.91%), following which the first cycle were 17 (77.27%) students who otherwise completed and after the second cycle students who achieve mastery learning 19 learners (86.36%). During the implementation of the action has been an increase in both, the level of activity and learning outcomes of students. Student activity levels increased along with the lessons learned in the initial group of experts and grouped. With increasing activity of the learner cognitive structure and his memory be better study results also increased
Pengembangan aspek moral dalam Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan SD dan SMP: Respons atas realitas keprihatinan moral
Authors: Suharno Suharno
Published: January 2018

The reality of Indonesian people’s life experienced the phenomena of depleted horizon moralities politically, legally, socially, and culturally. Civic education and learning process in the classroom could be a locomotive for moral improvement for Indonesian people. The crucial point in acting or doing something is not gun but man behind the gun. So teacher is the most important actor in this endeavor.
Pesantren sebagai situs kewarganegaraan dan pembentukan budaya kewargaan di Madura
Authors: Muwafiq Ahmad , Samsuri Samsuri
Published: January 2018

This research aimed to analyze the pesantren as a site of citizenship and its role in shaping civic culture in Madura. This research was qualitative with a case study The results of this study indicate that: 1) Pesantren as a site of citizenship was a place of sowing identity and spirit of religion and nationality for citizens who are participative, active, caring, sensitive and responsible. 2) The role of pesantren as a site of citizenship in shaping civic culture in Madura, appears in the field of education, social, and politics through the inculcation of religious and national values, community empowerment, and political involvement. All of that were voiced on the religious values that characterize pesantren as an institution of Islamic education. Pesantren with traditional managerial patterns was guided by an open and moderate religious understanding. In the pesantren with modern managerial patterns, the programs were based on Islami, Tarbawi, Ma'hadi, and Indonesiawi. The forms of overcoming the problem were the empowerment of alumni and cooperation with the community.
Reorientasi civic disposition dalam kurikulum Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan sebagai upaya membentuk warga negara yang ideal
Authors: Mulyono Budi
Published: January 2018

This article discusses the urgency of civic disposition in citizenship education curriculum in order to shape citizen character. Civic disposition is a the most substantive and essential element of citizenship education. In this matter it is intended that good citizen is the target. But, in the course of time, it is evidenced that citizenship education curriculum is intervened by rezim. The feature of a good citizenship means differently to different regime. It is recommended that the reoriented of this curriculum is intended to release the interest and power of rezim by placing Pancasila and 1945 Constitution.
A Dietary Assessment App for Hospitalized Patients at Nutritional Risk: Development and Evaluation of the MyFood App (Preprint)
Authors: Paulsen Mari Mohn , Hagen Martina Lovise Lindhart , Frøyen Marte Hesvik , Foss-Pedersen Rikke Julie , Bergsager Dagfinn , Tangvik Randi Julie , Andersen Lene Frost
Published: January 2018

BACKGROUND

Disease-related malnutrition is a common challenge among hospitalized patients. There seems to be a lack of an effective system to follow-up nutritional monitoring and treatment of patients at nutritional risk after risk assessment. We identify a need for a more standardized system to prevent and treat disease-related malnutrition.

OBJECTIVE

We aimed to develop a dietary assessment app for tablets for use in a hospital setting and to evaluate the app’s ability to measure individual intake of energy, protein, liquid, and food and beverage items among hospitalized patients for two days. We also aimed to measure patients’ experiences using the app.

METHODS

We have developed the MyFood app, which consists of three modules: 1) collection of information about the patient, 2) dietary assessment function, and 3) evaluation of recorded intake compared to individual needs. We used observations from digital photography of the meals, combined with partial weighing of the meal components, as a reference method to evaluate the app’s dietary assessment system for two days. Differences in the intake estimations of energy, protein, liquid, and food and beverage items between MyFood and the photograph method were analyzed on both group and individual level.

RESULTS

Thirty-two patients hospitalized at Oslo University Hospital were included in the study. The data collection period ran from March to May 2017. About half of the patients had ≥90% agreement between MyFood and the photograph method for energy, protein, and liquid intake on both recording days. Dinner was the meal with the lowest percent agreement between methods. MyFood overestimated patients’ intake of bread and cereals and underestimated fruit consumption. Agreement between methods increased from day 1 to day 2 for bread and cereals, spreads, egg, yogurt, soup, hot dishes, and desserts. Ninety percent of participants reported that MyFood was easy to use, and 97% found the app easy to navigate.

CONCLUSIONS

We developed the MyFood app as a tool to monitor dietary intake among hospitalized patients at nutritional risk. The recorded intake of energy, protein, and liquid using MyFood showed good agreement with the photograph method for the majority of participants. The app’s ability to estimate intake within food groups was good, except for bread and cereals which were overestimated and fruits which were underestimated. The app was well accepted among study participants and has the potential to be a dietary assessment tool for use among patients in clinical practice.
A Computerized Method for Measuring Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography Yield in the Emergency Department: Validation Study (Preprint)
Authors: Richardson Safiya , Solomon Philip , O'Connell Alexander , Khan Sundas , Gong Jonathan , Makhnevich Alex , Qiu Guang , Zhang Meng , McGinn Thomas
Published: January 2018

BACKGROUND

Use of computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) in the assessment of pulmonary embolism (PE) has markedly increased over the past two decades. While this technology has improved the accuracy of radiological testing for PE, CTPA also carries the risk of substantial iatrogenic harm. Each CTPA carries a 14% risk of contrast-induced nephropathy and a lifetime malignancy risk that can be as high as 2.76%. The appropriate use of CTPA can be estimated by monitoring the CTPA yield, the percentage of tests positive for PE. This is the first study to propose and validate a computerized method for measuring the CTPA yield in the emergency department (ED).

OBJECTIVE

The objective of our study was to assess the validity of a novel computerized method of calculating the CTPA yield in the ED.

METHODS

The electronic health record databases at two tertiary care academic hospitals were queried for CTPA orders completed in the ED over 1-month periods. These visits were linked with an inpatient admission with a discharge diagnosis of PE based on the International Classification of Diseases codes. The computerized the CTPA yield was calculated as the number of CTPA orders with an associated inpatient discharge diagnosis of PE divided by the total number of orders for completed CTPA. This computerized method was then validated by 2 independent reviewers performing a manual chart review, which included reading the free-text radiology reports for each CTPA.

RESULTS

A total of 349 CTPA orders were completed during the 1-month periods at the two institutions. Of them, acute PE was diagnosed on CTPA in 28 studies, with a CTPA yield of 7.7%. The computerized method correctly identified 27 of 28 scans positive for PE. The one discordant scan was tied to a patient who was discharged directly from the ED and, as a result, never received an inpatient discharge diagnosis.

CONCLUSIONS

This is the first successful validation study of a computerized method for calculating the CTPA yield in the ED. This method for data extraction allows for an accurate determination of the CTPA yield and is more efficient than manual chart review. With this ability, health care systems can monitor the appropriate use of CTPA and the effect of interventions to reduce overuse and decrease preventable iatrogenic harm.
Predicting the Reasons of Customer Complaints: A First Step Toward Anticipating Quality Issues of In Vitro Diagnostics Assays with Machine Learning (Preprint)
Authors: Aris-Brosou Stephane , Kim James , Li Li , Liu Hui
Published: January 2018

BACKGROUND

Vendors in the health care industry produce diagnostic systems that, through a secured connection, allow them to monitor performance almost in real time. However, challenges exist in analyzing and interpreting large volumes of noisy quality control (QC) data. As a result, some QC shifts may not be detected early enough by the vendor, but lead a customer to complain.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to hypothesize that a more proactive response could be designed by utilizing the collected QC data more efficiently. Our aim is therefore to help prevent customer complaints by predicting them based on the QC data collected by in vitro diagnostic systems.

METHODS

QC data from five select in vitro diagnostic assays were combined with the corresponding database of customer complaints over a period of 90 days. A subset of these data over the last 45 days was also analyzed to assess how the length of the training period affects predictions. We defined a set of features used to train two classifiers, one based on decision trees and the other based on adaptive boosting, and assessed model performance by cross-validation.

RESULTS

The cross-validations showed classification error rates close to zero for some assays with adaptive boosting when predicting the potential cause of customer complaints. Performance was improved by shortening the training period when the volume of complaints increased. Denoising filters that reduced the number of categories to predict further improved performance, as their application simplified the prediction problem.

CONCLUSIONS

This novel approach to predicting customer complaints based on QC data may allow the diagnostic industry, the expected end user of our approach, to proactively identify potential product quality issues and fix these before receiving customer complaints. This represents a new step in the direction of using big data toward product quality improvement.
A Novel mHealth Approach for a Patient-Centered Medication and Health Management System in Taiwan: Pilot Study (Preprint)
Authors: Hsieh Wen-Ting , Su Yung-Cheng , Han Hsin-Lien , Huang Ming-Yuan
Published: January 2018

BACKGROUND

Mobile health (mHealth) apps have recently demonstrated the potential to engage and empower people to improve their own health. Although the availability of health-related apps is increasing, their adoption rate in Taiwan is exceptionally low mainly due to the preponderance of Western culture-based app designs that are challenging for non-English-speaking individuals. To our knowledge, no mHealth app is available in Taiwan that is culturally tailored for Chinese-speaking users and that applies a patient-centered approach to self-manage medication and health.

OBJECTIVE

The purpose of this study was to design and deploy a culturally tailored mHealth system that could be easily integrated into current clinical practice and to evaluate how this mHealth system could support the continuity of patient care in Taiwan.

METHODS

An mHealth information system and a mobile app were designed. To promote the best patient experience, a Quick Response (QR) code system was developed to enable efficient registration of personal medication information through the mobile app. The app also supported notifications for drug utilization, refills, and symptom checks. Patients were encouraged to record medication use, symptoms, and self-assessments in the app during their treatment period. Evaluation of the novel mHealth system was conducted from August 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 at MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Population data and app usage statistics were analyzed.

RESULTS

During the 5-month implementation period, a total of 25,909 users downloaded the app with an overall 7-day retention rate of 15.4% (SD 3.9). Young male adults (range 25-44 years) were the predominant user population. Patients’ feedback on app usability and design, QR code system as drug input method, medication reminders, and linking family or friends into care networks was generally positive. Physicians showed great interest in utilizing patient-generated data in their care process, and the positive medication adherence rate was the most highly valued component of this system.

CONCLUSIONS

This pilot study demonstrated the value of a novel mHealth approach for individualized medication and health management in Taiwan. The mHealth system shows the potential to optimize personalized care into existing clinical services and may help hospitals and health authorities perform continuous quality improvement and policy development.