bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PERANCANGAN APLIKASI DISPOSISI SURAT MASUK DAN PEMBUATAN SURAT KELUAR DI STMIK MUSIRAWAS LUBUKLINGGAU BERBASIS WEB MOBILE
Authors: Irawan Davit
Published: November 2018

AbstrakPada saat ini perkembangan dari teknologi komunikasi berkembang begitu pesat, saat ini telah banyak bermunculannya alat telekomunikasi atau perhubungan yang canggih, diantaranya yaitu telepon, seluler, televisi, radio, telegram, facsimile dan lain sebagainya. Dengan pentingnya keberadaan dari surat suatuinstansi atau perusahaan perluuntuk dapat melakukan pengolahan dengan baik dari surat yang mereka miliki, akan tetapi saat ini suatu instansi atau perusaan telah melakukan berbagai kesalahan dalam proses pengelolaansuratatau data-data penting yang ada.Pada STMIK Musirawas Lubuklinggau yang merupakansalahsatuperguruantinggi di kotaLubuklinggau, mengalami permasalahan dalam pengolahan surat keluar dan surat masuk beserta dengan disposisi surat, dimana proses system pencatatan sura tmasuk dan surat keluar masih menggunakan proses manual akibatnya sulit menemukan kembali arsip yang diperlukan untuk proses pelaksanaan kegiatan, sehingga terjadi dan terdapat duplikasi arsip serta menumpuknya data yang memenuhi ruangan akademik STMIK Musirawas Lubuklinggau Dalam penelitian ini,akan dibangun Perancangan dan Implementasi Perancangan Aplikasi Disposisi Surat Masuk Dan Pembuatan Surat Keluar Di Stmik Musirawas Lubuklinggau Berbasis Web Mobile, aplikas iini membatu Permasalahn STMIK Musirawas dalam melakukan pengolahan data surat masuk dan surat keluar, Rancangan Aplikasi ini dibangun berbasis Web Mobile dan aplikasi dibangun dengan metode pengembangan sistem Waterfall, serta MySQL sebagai database aplikasi. Berdasarkan blackbox testing dan hasil evaluasi terhadap responden pengguna aplikasi, maka didapatkan bahwa Aplikasi Disposisi Surat Masuk Dan Pembuatan Surat Keluari maupun sistem yang telah dibuat dapat digunakan untukk melakukan pengolahan data surat masuk dan surat keluar dengan lebih efektif. Kata kunci:Web Mobile,Waterfall, dan blackboxtesting
SISTEM PAKAR DIAGNOSA PENYAKIT AKIBAT GIGITAN NYAMUK DENGAN METODE BAYES BERBASIS WEB
Authors: RUSDIYANTO RUSDIYANTO
Published: November 2018

Sistem pakar adalah sebuah sistem yang menggunakan pengetahuan manusia dimana pengetahuan tersebut dimasukan ke dalam sebuah komputer dan kemudian digunakan untuk menyelesaikan masalah-masalah yang biasanya membutuhkan kepakaran atau keahlian manusia. Seseorang yang bukan pakar menggunakan sistem pakar untuk menyelesaikan masalah-masalah yang dihadapi salah satunya masalah kesehatan. Pengetahuan tentang jenis penyakit akibat gigitan nyamuk seperti Demam Berdarah dangue(DBD) dan penyakit Malaria.  Dalam bidang kesehatan, sistem pakar ini tentunya akan sangat memudahkan masyarakat untuk mendiagnosa gejala awal penyakit dan memberikan solusi penyakit tersebut tanpa harus bertemu langsung dengan dokter. Metode yang diterapkan dalam sistem pakar ini adalah Teorema Bayes. Metode ini dapat melakukan pengambilan keputusan (inferensi) probabilistic. Inferensi probabilistic adalah memprediksi nilai variabel yang tidak dapat diketahui secara langsung dengan menggunakan nilai-nilai variabel lain yang telah diketahui
PENERAPAN METODE WATERFALL PADA APLIKASI PERUMAHAN DI KOTA PALEMBANG BERBASIS WEB MOBILE (STUDI KASUS PT. SANDARAN SUKSES ABADI)
Authors: Irsyad Hafiz
Published: November 2018

AbstrakTeknologi informasi secara terus menurus berkembang dengan sangat pesat, sehingga kemampuan komputer dapat mengatasi berbagai problem yang di hadapi oleh penggua. Dengan salah satu perkembangan teknologi informasi dapat memberikan sebuah solusi untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk merancang system informasi perumahan yang berguna untuk mengembangkan link pemasaran perumahan. Adapun metode yang digunakan adalah Model Waterfall dimana pada metode ini dilakukan secara bertahap yang mana dimulai dari tahapan analisa kebutuhan system, desain system, implementasi dan pengujian unit, pengujian system dan perawatan system. Perancangan system informasi ini menggunakan bahasa pemograman PHP dan MySQL untuk databasenya. Untuk design webnya menggunakan framework Bootstrap. Bootstrap merupakan framework untuk membangun design web secara responsive. Dengan penerapan metode Waterfall ini maka hasil dari rancangan aplikasi ini dapat memberikan sebuah informasi berupa harga, lokasi, fasilitas, desain rumah, tipe rumah dan dapat juga menggunakan simulasi KPR (Kredit Pemilikan Rumah) bagi user yang menggunakan kredit dalam pembelian rumah. Kata Kunci: Perumahan, Waterfall, Bootstrap, Web Mobile
Unione europea e turismo: quali opportunità per le autonomie locali?
Authors: Degrassi Lidianna
Published: November 2018

Dopo una breve panoramica sulle competenze in materia di "turismo" nell'ordinamento giuridico dell'UE, in particolare nel Trattato di Lisbona del 2009, l'analisi si sofferma sulla rilevanza del governo locale all'interno del sistema giuridico sovranazionale. Viene quindi affrontata la questione dei fondi strutturali e delle altre fonti di finanziamento che incidono indirettamente sulla materia «turismo» che le regioni e le amministrazioni locali possono ancora utilizzare, a meno che non sia l'Iniziativa Comunitaria-IC a consentire il finanziamento diretto dell'UE , come nel caso dello sviluppo di progetti transfrontalieri, transnazionali e interregionali nel programma Interreg, in particolare il V, cui è particolarmente interessato il Friuli-Venezia Giulia, oltre che Grado. La riflessione finale è dedicata allo scenario futuro dell'UE con uno specifico ipotetico rilancio del governo locale e un ulteriore sviluppo del settore turistico a partire dall'analisi del Libro Bianco della Commissione Europea del marzo 2017.
Aggiornamenti 2017 su pagamenti pecuniari e contratti turistici
Authors: Tassoni Giorgia
Published: November 2018

Il d.lgs. 25 maggio 2017, n. 90 ha modificato la normativa in materia di riciclaggio, pur mantenendo il limite massimo di tremila euro per i pagamenti in contanti, in assenza di tracciabilità. Tale decreto ha tuttavia modificato la cosiddetta soglia antiriciclaggio, riducendo l'importo da 15.000,00 a 10.000,00 euro. Con riferimento ai pagamenti elettronici non rifiutabili, i decreti - previsti dal co. 5 dell'art. 15 d.l. n. 179/2012 così come modificato dalla l. 208/2015 - non sono stati emanati, nonostante ciò fosse previsto. Il d.lgs. n. 218/2017 attua la Direttiva (UE) 2015/2366 relativa ai servizi di pagamento nel mercato interno e il rispetto delle norme interne al Regolamento (UE) 2015/751 relativo alle commissioni interbancarie sulle operazioni di pagamento basate su carte. La mancata approvazione, nel 2017, dei decreti interministeriali contenenti le sanzioni applicabili in caso di diniego dell'operatore, unitamente alla percezione sociale della disuguaglianza implicita nella norma, rappresenta un chiaro indice della mancanza di efficacia della norma stessa. Ciò merita una riflessione seria, dato che una determinata modalità di pagamento può essere imposta dal legislatore solo se corrisponde a un comportamento sociale consuetudinario che è significativamente e ampiamente riconosciuto. Al contrario, i progetti legislativi in corso sembrano andare nella direzione opposta, dato che includono alcune proposte legislative volte a costruire, in caso di rifiuto dei pagamenti elettronici, una tipologia di reato analoga a quella prevista dall'art. 693 cod pen. ovvero il rifiuto di accettazione della moneta avente corso legale.
Il contratto per conto di chi spetta nel settore del turismo
Authors: Boga Diletta
Published: November 2018

A differenza del contratto a favore di terzi, il contratto di assicurazione per conto di chi spetta, disciplinato dall'art. 1891 cod. civ., prevede un regime in base al quale i diritti derivanti dal contratto spettano all'assicurato, mentre gli obblighi derivanti dal contratto stesso devono essere adempiuti dal contraente, ad eccezione di quelli che per loro natura possono essere adempiuti solo dall'assicurato. Pertanto, nessuna delle parti può essere considerata terza (parte) in relazione al contratto di assicurazione perché, nel caso del contratto per conto di chi spetta, i diritti della controparte dell'assicuratore riguardano sia il contraente che il soggetto assicurato. Si tratta di uno strumento di autonomia privata meritevole di tutela giuridica anche per i contratti non legati all'assicurazione (e diversi dall'assicurazione stessa), in particolare per quei contratti conclusi dal tour operator con i fornitori di servizi primari al fine di assemblare le varie componenti di un pacchetto turistico (trasporto, alloggio, partecipazione ad eventi culturali o altro). In tali casi, esiste una separazione tra il contraente (tour operator) e l'utente del servizio (turista) relativamente alle prerogative che sono di competenza della controparte del fornitore: la giustificazione di tale separazione è nel contratto tra i tour operators e i turisti (viaggio organizzato), relativo ad un contratto di servizio, per cui il turista riconosce il vantaggio di avere un unico interlocutore, responsabile dell'organizzazione del viaggio organizzato, inteso come risultato unitario.
La legittimità del mantenimento per tutto l'anno delle strutture balneari facilmente amovibili
Authors: Rossi Stefania
Published: November 2018

La decisione prende in esame la delicata questione della rimozione di strutture mobili (amovibili) funzionali alla spiagge e alle attività balneari in Puglia, con particolare riferimento alla responsabilità penale per aver omesso lo smantellamento delle strutture balneari oltre il periodo di validità autorizzato per la manutenzione stagionale.
Determining characteristics of boards adopting Integrated Reporting
Authors: Alfiero Simona , Cane Massimo , Doronzo Ruggiero , Esposito Alfredo
Published: November 2018

Nowadays, companies and markets are increasingly international and growing numbers of stakeholders are affected by the economic, social and environmental aspects of business, resulting in significant changes in how corporate information is both perceived and published. Over the last few years, this new scenario has led to many company boards voluntarily adopting an accounting and company performance communication tool, known as Integrated Reporting, (IR) which is a single disclosure document that satisfies stakeholders' increasing need for communication. This study's objective is to contribute to existing literature on the relationship between financial reporting and corporate governance, investigating into whether certain characteristics of the board - including numbers, gender, nationality, average age - influence decisions to adopt IR or not. The analysis was carried out on a sample of 120 Italian companies in different sectors for the year 2014. These results showed a positive relationship between the decision to use IR and the size of the board and the presence of female boardmembers, whereas the presence of foreign and older boardmembers had a negative effect on adopting IR.
Estática comparativa e indeterminación de signos en un modelo macroeconómico neoclásico sencillo
Authors: Cendejas Bueno José Luis
Published: November 2018

En este trabajo se analiza un modelo macroeconómico neoclásico sencillo de dos periodos -corto y largo plazo- que considera exclusivamente el sector real de la economía (mercados de bienes y de trabajo). Se comprueba cómo, bajo una caracterización general, algunos signos importantes de la estática comparativa están indeterminados. Esta ambigüedad está causada por la presencia del tipo de interés real que liga intertemporalmente los cuatro mercados considerados. Añadiendo supuestos simplificadores se consigue determinar los signos al coste de una pérdida de generalidad y admisibilidad empírica. Este hecho limita considerablemente la relevancia empírica de buena parte de los modelos utilizados habitualmente para la enseñanza de la macroeconomía, donde se evitan resultados de este tipo, dado que se persigue fundamentalmente responder a preguntas sobre el sentido de las intervenciones de política fiscal y monetaria. Leído positivamente, este resultado obliga a prestar una mayor atención a todas las posibilidades teóricas que surgen al modelizar sistemas de interdependencia general, como son los propios de la macroeconomía.
La Banca en la Sombra: Definición, Regulación y Evolución. Un Análisis Internacional
Authors: Climent Diranzo Francisco José , Doménech Sarría María
Published: November 2018

El Sistema de la Banca en la Sombra engloba las actividades de intermediación crediticia que no están reguladas, que contienen riesgos de carácter sistémico y poseen características más atractivas que las que ofrece la banca tradicional. No obstante, debido a la participación del sistema bancario en este tipo de actividades, propiciado por la inexistencia de una regulación prudencial, se ha demostrado que en situaciones de estrés los riesgos de la Banca en la Sombra han sido transferidos al sistema regulado. El objetivo de este trabajo es el estudio del fenómeno de la Banca en la Sombra en términos conceptuales, qué actividades se incluyen, el análisis de su tamaño y cómo ha sido su evolución. También, se analizan los problemas que conllevan este tipo de actividades y qué expectativas de regulación proyectan. Además, se lleva a cabo un análisis estadístico mediante test no paramétricos, a partir de los datos de la Banca en la Sombra en 26 países registrados por el Financial Stability Board para el periodo 2010-2014. Los resultados permiten concluir que se pueden agrupar los países en seis conjuntos y que existen tres grupos en los que los países que los componen poseen distribuciones iguales.
Strategi Pengembangan Usaha Mikro dan Kecil Pada Usaha Pengolahan Pangan
Authors: Warcito Warcito , Saleh Amiruddin
Published: November 2018

 

Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan strategi yang diterapkan, menganalisis lingkungan internal dan eksternal serta menyusun alternatif strategi pengembangan usaha pada usaha pengolahan pangan di Bogor. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif yang didukung dengan wawancara semi terstruktur untuk memperoleh data-data yang digunakan. Responden meliputi Kepala bidang Usaha Kecil dan Menengah Dinas Koperasi Usaha Kecil Menengah, Perindustiran dan Perdagangan Kabupaten dan Kota Bogor, Pendamping bagi pelaku usaha. Dalam menentukan informan wawancara menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Dalam menyusun alternatif strategi menggunakan Analisa SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunites dan Threats). Strategi alternatif untuk pengembangan usaha mikro dan kecil pada usaha pengolahan pangan merupakan strategi intensif atau pertumbuhan yang agresif (Growth Oriented Strategy) dengan menggunakan kekuatan untuk memanfaatkan peluangnya, melalui pengembangan pasar usaha mikro dan kecil di wilayah Bogor.
Organizational Culture, Work Discipline, and Compensation on Organizational Commitment (Case study : the Department of Agriculture in the city of Bogor)
Authors: . Anizar , Djamil Masyhudzulhak , Rahim Anwar
Published: November 2018

The results show the influence of cultural variables There are organizations, labor discipline, and compensation together (combined) to the organization's commitment to the Bogor Agricultural Department. The magnitude of effect was 69.8%. While the rest is 100% - 69.8% = 30.2% is a variable influenced the other is not examined in this study. These results indicate that when the variables of organizational culture, work discipline, and compensation together (combined) to increase the commitment of the organization will increase, and vice versa if the variables of organizational culture, work discipline, and compensation together (combined) decreased the commitment the organization will decline.
Variables influence organizational culture, work discipline, and partial compensation (their own) to the organization's commitment to the Bogor Agricultural Department, is as follows: (a) The influence of organizational culture on organizational commitment 33.1%, (b ) The influence of labor discipline on organizational commitment 37.1%, (c) The amount of the compensation effect on organizational commitment 31.8%, (d) effect of partial indicates that the variable of work discipline is the most dominant variable affecting organizational commitment. Path equation is: Y = 0.331 X1+ 0.371 X2 + 0.318 X3+C.
Institutional Model-Based Community Economic Development In The District Indramayu
Authors: Warcito Warcito
Published: November 2018

The purpose of this study was (1) Identify the potential and the problems faced by the target group KIMBis in science and technology-based community economic development, (2) Increase the capacity of businesses through technology escort KIMBis target group, and (3) Build the institutional model description based community economic development science and technology.
The approach taken in this study in the form of action research. Implementation of applied research carried out in the form of activities in the village KIMBis Kandanghaur Eretan Wetan District of Indramayu district. The results of this study showed that (a) Clinical Technology Business Mina in Indramayu formed based on the potential of fisheries resources and aquaculture (b) Institutional KIMBis Indramayu become media for awareness stage, and shuck pengkapasitasan target groups involving many stakeholders. (c) may receive a referral Indramayu KIMBIs institutional model of community-based economic development of science and technology.
Perception of The Islamic Banks Toward The Qardhul Hasan Products In Indonesia
Authors: Prasetyowati Riris Aishah
Published: November 2018

This research study deals with the perceptions of customers of Islamic Banks on the issue of Qardhul Hasan in Indonesia. The study adopted the methodology of questionnaire survey. 15 full-fledged Islamic banks in Indonesia are used in the study. The response rate is 46,9% . The findings are divided into three sections : Knowledge and awareness about Qardhul hasan, General Information on Qardhul hasan, Problems and obstacles of Qardhul Hasan in Islamic banks and differences in Perceptions and behaviors among customers of the Islamic Banks on the issue of Qardhul Hasan.
In general, the Islamic banks are familiar with Qardhul hasan and they agreed that Islamic banks should offer Qardhul hasan in order to enhance corporate social responsibility and to help needy people. Therefore, the findings could provide insights to Islamic banks in diversifying their products by offering qardhul hasan to the customers but with proper guidelines and policies.
The Management Of Micro and Small Business In Bengkulu
Authors: Djamil, MM. Prof. Dr. H. Masydzulhak
Published: November 2018

Regional autonomy essentially is the central government policy to quicken the development and service to public in region. Nevertheless, there are still many constraints and obstacles for development in some region. This might be caused by the incapability of Government in interpreting the meaning of regional autonomy. Small and medium industry (UKM) have been proven been able to survive in economic crisis in the year 1997 / 1998. The time has come for Government to make cooperation and give bigger opportunity to grow UKM business. Scale number of (UKM) in Bengkulu province can become economic bases of area either for economic regional contribution or PDRB and labor absorption. The policy of small and middle business management is to effectively arrange and efficiency applied economic resource, with considering regional carrying capacity of coastal area.
Strategi Peningkatan Kinerja Sekolah SMA Berbasis Balanced Scorecard Pada Yayasan Pendidikan Madania Indonesia
Authors: Daud Muallim , Rahim Anwar , Kohar Abdul
Published: November 2018

Performance improvement strategy is a method to find new techniques in solving problems faced by organization and improve its performance. This is a quantitative research in a descriptive design, the chosen sample are 95 students of 11 and 12 graders as the perspective of customers, 44 teachers and employees as the perspective of learning and growth.

This study aims to measure SMA Madania’s performance using balanced scorecard, analyzing the main strategy that SMA Madania has to improve. Analyzing the targeted strategy that has become SMA Madania’s priority to realize vision, mission, and organization goals. Analyzing the performance standard that can be implemented to measure the achievement of targeted strategy conducted by SMA Madania. The measurement has been done on four perspectives of balanced scorecard; financial, customers, internal business process, and SMA Madania’s learning and growth.

The results showed: finances were managed economically, effectively and efficiently in 2013 – 2015. Customer’s aspect has shown in the level of satisfaction (student) on a scale of 70 per cent scored 4 (satisfied). Internal Business Process’ aspects such as innovation, business process, and after sales services (alumni) scored 48 per cent (very good). Learning and growth’s aspect shown employees’ satisfaction 42.71 per cent on a scale of 2 (unsatisfied). Based on SWOT analysis, Balanced Scorecard recommended some strategies, finance performance improvement through billings and savings, rejuvenation of facilities and infrastructure, and compensation improvement for employees and employees’ retention, mapping and re-planning of human resources for the appropriate department and function in accordance with competencies and qualifications.
FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN KUNJUNGAN NEONATUS DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS LUBUK KILANGAN
Authors: Zuraida Zuraida
Published: November 2018

Berdasarkan survei Riset Kesehatan Dasar Depkes 2014, kematian bayi baru lahir (neonatus) merupakan penyumbang kematian terbesar pada tingginya angka kematian bayi (AKB).Target kunjungan neonatal pada tahun 2015 adalah 90%, sedangkan berdasarkan hasil studi pendahuluan di Puskesmas Lubuk Kilangan Padang didapatkan pencapaian target tersebut pada tahun 2015 belum tercapai maksimal.Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan kunjungan neonatus di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Lubuk Kilangan Padang tahun 2016.

Jenis penelitian adalah deskriptif analitik dengan desain cross sectional. Populasi penelitian adalah seluruh ibu yang mempunyai bayi berumur lebih dari 28 hari  di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Lubuk Kilangan Padang yang melakukan kunjungan neonatus yaitu 56 orang. Teknik pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan menggunakan teknik Total Sampling.Data diperoleh dengan metode pengisian kuesioner.Analisa data menggunakan uji statistic chi square.

Hasil penelitian didapatkan 57,1% responden yang memiliki pengetahuan yang rendah, 55,4 % responden yang memiliki sikap negatif, 67,9% responden yang tidak bekerja, 55,4% responden yang kunjungan neonatusnya tidak tercapai. Hasil uji statistic menunjukkan ada hubungan antara pengetahuan (p = 0,009), sikap (p = 0,004), pekerjaan (0,000) dengan kunjungan neonatus.

Disimpulkan lebih separuh ibu yang melakukan kunjungan neonatus tidak tercapai yang disebabkan karena pengetahuan yang rendah, sikap yang negatif, dan ibu tidak bekerja. Diharapkan pada pihak petugas Puskesmas agar diupayakan peningkatan kerjasama yang baik dengan pihak PKK, Kader Posyandu dalam rangka pemberian informasi tentang pentingnya kunjungan neonatus, dan petugas Puskesmas menyarankan pada ibu hamil dapat melakukan kunjungan Neonatus.

 

 

Kata Kunci         : Pengetahuan, Sikap, Pekerjaan, Kunjungan Neonatus
A Type-2 Fuzzy Relational Database Model
Authors: Hoa Nguyen
Published: November 2018

This paper introduces a type-2 fuzzy relational database model (T-2FRDB) as an extension of type-1 fuzzy relational database models with a full set of basic fuzzy relational algebraic operations that can represent and query uncertain and imprecise information in real world applications. In this model, the membership degree of tuples in a fuzzy relation is represented by fuzzy numbers on [0,1], and fuzzy relational algebraic operations are defined by using the extension principle for computing minimum and maximum values of such fuzzy numbers. Some properties of the type-2 fuzzy relational algebraic operations in T-2FRDB are also formulated and proven as extensions of their counterpart in the type-1 fuzzy relational database models. DOI: 10.32913/rd-ict.vol3.no14.352
Application of MARSplines Method for Failure Rate Prediction
Authors: Kutyłowska Małgorzata
Published: November 2018

In this paper MARSplines method was presented to model failure rate of water pipes in years 2015-2016 in the selected Polish city. The output parameters were chosen as three dependent variables - three values of failure rate of water mains, distribution pipes and house connections. Diameter, season, material and kind of the conduit were selected as independent variables. At the beginning of modelling 21 basis (splines) function were assumed. On a final note two functions were selected (after reduction of negligible functions). The model consists of three factors: β0, β1 and β2. The penalty for adding basis function was assumed at the level of 2. The correlation was equalled to 0.44. Relatively huge discrepancies between real and predicted values of failure rate of water mains and house connections were observed. In the future investigations concerning this problem the three separated models for each kind of conduit should be created. The calculations using MARSplines method were carried out in the program Statistica 13.1.
Motions and Spaces: What Collides in Ben Jonson's Epigrams
Authors: Kerwin William
Published: November 2018

“Motions and Spaces: What Collides in Ben Jonson's Epigrams,” reads Jonson's epigrams in terms of the distinct ways they manage fluid social forms. Drawing on the new formalist theory of Caroline Levine, the essay defines Jonson's epigrams as short poems that transform collisions, turning the rhythms and motions of social forms into whole and still literary forms. Jonson's epigrams are – despite his demurrals – narratives, telling stories of how figures of shame or praise were instituted out of conflict. Movements of social forms are transformed into poetic and whole forms. The critical heritage on the epigrams can be mapped in terms of an emphasis upon movement or stillness, and the essay proceeds through a range of poems in order to see how movement produces stillness; process and structure, or motion and space, become co-constitutive of the poems. Reading several satiric epigrams and several epigrams of praise, the essay attempts to shift understanding of the epigrams from thinking about people and social relations as they are toward thinking about people and social relations as they become. Jonson's translation of Horace's The Art of Poetry stakes out poetry's purpose: “Things sacred from profane to separate; / The public from the private,” and this essay explores how that process works in Jonson's epigrams.
Of Lunatics, Lovers, and Poets: The Conversation about Poetry in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Authors: Carlson Donald
Published: November 2018

Individual works of poetry and drama often contribute to a conversation that spans centuries, but A Midsummer Night's Dream contains a very specific dialogue in which Shakespeare takes the Jesuit priest-poet Robert Southwell for an interlocutor. Shakespeare creates this conversation by echoing Southwell's published work. By the first staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream, around 1595 or 1596, Southwell had endured a martyr's death; but that didn't stop Shakespeare from responding to the prescriptions laid down by Southwell about the proper way for Christian poets to write. His prefatory letter and introductory poem to the posthumous volume St. Peters Complaint make clear that Christian poets whose poems are not overtly devotional are squandering their talent. He remonstrates with such poets – one in particular, whom Southwell addresses as his “belov'd cousen” – to chasten themselves and to write poetry more in the vein of the reverent and improving verses included in Southwell's own volume. Through the character of Theseus, especially, and in the structure of the play, more generally, Shakespeare replies to Southwell. Shakespeare doesn't simply reject Southwell, but rather evokes an understanding of piety and poetry consistent with the pre-Reformation, late medieval Church. This understanding is one that allows room for juxtaposing the sacred and the profane as opposed to championing one at the expense of the other.
The Poets' Cold War: Dekker, Marston, and the Prologue to Volpone
Authors: Roberts P. B.
Published: November 2018

Recent commentators on the “Poetomachia” have stressed its ludic and commercially-driven aspects. By the time Volpone appeared in 1605, they claim, any animosity on Jonson's part towards his former adversaries Dekker and Marston had faded away. After all, in 1604 he had collaborated with Dekker on London's entertainment for James I, and Marston had written flatteringly of Jonson in The Malcontent. This note presents evidence that in fact the enmity lingered long after Jonson formally declared his retreat from the quarrel in Poetaster. Editors of Volpone have not previously noticed that when, in the Prologue, Jonson boasts of having written the play without the aid of a “journeyman”, this alludes to Marston and Dekker. In Poetaster, Jonson repeatedly describes the Dekker character, Demetrius, as “journeyman” to the gentlemanly Crispinus (a representative of Marston), and Dekker picks up on this when replying in Satiromastix. Jonson insulting Dekker by calling him Marston's “journeyman” is typical in several respects: he habitually applies the language of craft and commerce to his literary enemies in a contemptuous way (he represents Dekker in Poetaster as a mere hack, without Horace-Jonson's exalted sense of vocation); and in his “Poets' War” plays, he portrays Dekker as Marston's subordinate.
The New Novelty: Corralation as Quarantine in Speculative Realism and New Materialism
Authors: Basile Jonathan
Published: November 2018

The foundational gesture of New Materialism and Speculative Realism dismisses vast swaths of past philosophy and theory in order to signify their own avant-garde status. The violence of this gesture, which tries to corral difference within past texts in order to feign its own purity, can be considered as a theoretical quarantine. Examples of medical and spiritual quarantine, the 2014 ebola epidemic and Jesus’ temptation, are analyzed to show that the figure is inherently compromised – the harder one fights to keep the other away, the more one becomes inseparable from it. Derrida's reflections on the reactions against deconstruction show that this desire for progress is always inherently conservative; Meillassoux and Jane Bennett are considered as contemporary examples. A deconstruction of corralation and the academico-capitalist forces driving these ‘innovations’ might open us to reading the never-simply-past text, and to the possibility of the event.
Investigating the Influence of Biochar Particle Size and Depth of Placement on Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions from Simulated Urine Patches
Authors: Mahmud Ainul Faizah , Camps-Arbestain Marta , Hedley Mike
Published: November 2018

The use of biochar reduces nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from soils under specific conditions yet the mechanisms through which interactions occur are not fully understood. The objectives of this glasshouse study were to investigate the effect of (i) biochar particle size, and (ii) the impact of soil inversion—through simulated mouldboard ploughing—on N2O emissions from soils to which cattle urine was applied. Pine biochar (550 °C) with two different particle sizes (<2 mm and >4 mm) was mixed either into the top soil layer at the original 0–10 cm depth in the soil column or at 10–20 cm depth by inverting the top soil to simulate ploughing. Nitrous oxide emissions were monitored for every two to three days, up to seven weeks during the summer trial and measurements were repeated during the autumn trial. We found that the use of large particle size biochar in the inverted soil had significant impact on increasing the cumulative N2O emissions in autumn trial, possibly through changes in the water hydraulic conductivity of the soil column and increased water retention at the boundary between soil layers. This study thus highlights the importance of the role of biochar particle size and the method of biochar placement on soil physical properties and the implications of these on N2O emissions.
A 5-Methylcytosine Site of Growth Differentiation Factor 9 (GDF9) Gene Affects Its Tissue-Specific Expression in Sheep
Authors: Pan Zhangyuan , Wang Xiangyu , Di Ran , Liu Qiuyue , Hu Wenping , Cao Xiaohan , Guo Xiaofei , He Xiaoyun , Lv Shengjin , Li Fukuan , Wang Hui , Chu Mingxing
Published: November 2018

Growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) plays an important role in the early folliculogenesis of sheep. This study investigated the mRNA expression of ovine GDF9 in different tissues by real-time PCR. GDF9 exhibits significantly higher levels of expression (p < 0.01) in the ovary, relative to other tissues, indicating that its expression is tissue specific. To explore the regulatory mechanism of this tissue-specific expression, the methylation level of one CpG island (−1453 to −1854) of GDF9 promoter in ovary and heart was determined. In this region (−1987 to −1750), only the mC-4 site was present in the Sp4 binding site showed differential methylation between the heart and ovary; with increased (p < 0.01) methylation being observed in the heart. Additionally, the methylation level was negatively correlated with GDF9 mRNA expression (R = −0.75, p = 0.012), indicating that the methylation of this site plays an important role in transcriptional regulation of GDF9. The methylation effect of the mC-4 site was confirmed by using dual-luciferase. Site-directed mutation (methylation) of mC-4 site significantly reduced (p < 0.05) basal transcriptional activity of GDF9 promoter in oocytes. These results imply that methylation of GDF9 promoter CpG island mC-4 site may affect the binding of the Sp4 transcription factor to the GDF9 promoter region in sheep, thereby regulating GDF9 expression and resulting in a tissue-specific expression.
Key Bit-Dependent Side-Channel Attacks on Protected Binary Scalar Multiplication †
Authors: Sim Bo-Yeon , Kang Junki , Han Dong-Guk
Published: November 2018

Binary scalar multiplication, which is the main operation of elliptic curve cryptography, is vulnerable to side-channel analysis. It is especially vulnerable to side-channel analysis using power consumption and electromagnetic emission patterns. Thus, various countermeasures have been reported. However, they focused on eliminating patterns of conditional branches, statistical characteristics according to intermediate values, or data inter-relationships. Even though secret scalar bits are directly loaded during the check phase, countermeasures for this phase have not been considered. Therefore, in this paper, we show that there is side-channel leakage associated with secret scalar bit values. We experimented with hardware and software implementations, and experiments were focused on the Montgomery–López–Dahab ladder algorithm protected by scalar randomization in hardware implementations. We show that we could extract secret key bits with a 100% success rate using a single trace. Moreover, our attack did not require sophisticated preprocessing and could defeat existing countermeasures using a single trace. We focused on the key bit identification functions of mbedTLS and OpenSSL in software implementations. The success rate was over 94%, so brute-force attacks could still be able to recover the whole secret scalar bits. We propose a countermeasure and demonstrate experimentally that it can be effectively applied.
Transbulbar B-Mode Sonography for Clinical Phenotyping Multiple Sclerosis
Authors: De Masi Roberto , Orlando Stefania , Conte Aldo , Pasca Sergio , Scarpello Rocco , Spagnolo Pantaleo , De Donno Antonella
Published: November 2018

The aim of this study was to assess putative differences in optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) and associated clinical/paraclinical variables between relapsing remitting (RR) and secondary progressive (SP) multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. We examined 60 relapse-free MS patients and 35 healthy controls by means of transbulbar B-mode sonography (TBS). Expanded disability status scale (EDSS) values were from 3 to 4 indicated patients with a transitional RR to SP phenotype. Mean ONSD was significantly lower in MS patients. Mean ONSD measured at 5 mm from the eyeball (ONSD5) was significantly lower in SP than in RR patients, while ONSD measured at 3 mm from the eyeball (ONSD3) was statistically higher in RR than in the transitional group. The myelination index (MI), i.e., the ratio of ONSD3 to ONSD5, was used to assess the relative myelination of the optic nerve (ON). Higher ONSD5 and MI (0.90) corresponded to patients with the RR phenotype having a mean EDSS of 2.0; lower MI (0.84) clustered the transitional patients having a mean EDSS of 3.7. Finally, lower MI with low ONSD3 identified the SP phenotype having a mean EDSS ≥ 4.0. The TBS in MS highlights chronic optic neuropathy, caused by early subclinical axonal loss and demyelination.
Adipocyte Size Evaluation Based on Photoacoustic Spectral Analysis Combined with Deep Learning Method
Authors: Ma Xiang , Cao Meng , Shen Qinghong , Yuan Jie , Feng Ting , Cheng Qian , Wang Xueding , Washabaugh Alexandra R. , Baker Nicki A. , Lumeng Carey N. , O’Rourke Robert W.
Published: November 2018

Adipocyte size, i.e., the cell area of adipose tissue, is correlated directly with metabolic disease risk in obese humans. This study proposes an approach of processing the photoacoustic (PA) signal power spectrum using a deep learning method to evaluate adipocyte size in human adipose tissue. This approach has the potential to provide noninvasive assessment of adipose tissue dysfunction, replacing traditional invasive methods of evaluating adipose tissue via biopsy and histopathology. A deep neural network with fully connected layers was used to fit the relationship between PA spectrum and average adipocyte size. Experiments on human adipose tissue specimens were performed, and the optimal parameters of the deep learning method were applied to establish the relationship between the PA spectrum and average adipocyte size. By studying different spectral bands in the entire spectral range using the deep network, a spectral band mostly sensitive to the adipocyte size was identified. A method of combining all frequency components of PA spectrum was tested to achieve a more accurate evaluation.
RETRACTED: Using Data Mining Methods for Predicting Sequential Maintenance Activities
Authors: Rezig Sadok , Achour Zied , Rezg Nidhal
Published: November 2018

A data mining approach is integrated in this work for predictive sequential maintenance along with information on spare parts based on the history of the maintenance data. For most practical problems, the simple failure of one part of a given piece of equipment induces the subsequent failure of the other parts of said equipment. For example, it is frequently observed in mining industries that, like many other industries, the maintenance of conventional equipment is carried out in sequence. Besides, depending on the state of parts of the equipment, many parts can be consumed and replaced. Consequently, with a group of spare parts consumed sequentially in various maintenance activities, it is possible to discover sequential maintenance activities. From maintenance data with predefined support or threshold values and spare parts information, this work determines the sequential patterns of maintenance activities. The proposed method predicts the occurrence of the next maintenance activity with information on the consumed spare parts. An industrial real case study is presented in this paper and it is well-noticed that our experimental results shed new light on the maintenance prediction using data mining.
X-ray Spectroscopy Based Diagnostic of GigaGauss Magnetic Fields during Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interactions
Authors: Dalimier Elisabeth , Oks Eugene
Published: November 2018

GigaGauss (GG), and even multi-GG magnetic fields are expected to be developed during relativistic laser-plasma interactions. Sub-GG magnetic fields were previously measured by a method using the self-generated harmonics of the laser frequency, and the fact that the magnetized plasma is birefringent and/or optically active depending on the propagation direction of the electromagnetic wave. In the present short communication, we outline an idea for a method of measuring GG magnetic fields based on the phenomenon of Langmuir-wave-caused dips (L-dips) in X-ray line profiles. The L-dips were observed in several experimental spectroscopic studies of relativistic laser-plasma interactions. Ultrastrong magnetic fields affect the separation of the L-dips from one another, so that this relative shift can be used to measure such fields.
A Robust Two-Step Process for the Efficient Conversion of Acidic Soybean Oil for Biodiesel Production
Authors: Ma Gaojian , Dai Lingmei , Liu Dehua , Du Wei
Published: November 2018

Acidic oil, which is easily obtained and with lower cost, is a potential raw material for biodiesel production. Apart from containing large quantity of FFAs (free fatty acids), acidic oil usually contains some amount of inorganic acid, glycerides and some other complex components, leading to complicated effect on lipase’s catalytic performance. Exploring the efficient process of converting acidic oil for biodiesel production is of great significance to promote the use of acidic oil. A two-step conversion process for acidic soybean oil was proposed in this paper, where sulfuric acid-mediated hydrolysis was adopted first, then the hydrolyzed free fatty acid, collected from the upper oil layer was further subject to the second-step esterification catalyzed by immobilized lipase Novozym435. Through this novel process, the negative effect caused by harmful impurities and by-product glycerol on lipase was eliminated. A fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) yield of 95% could be obtained with the acid value decreased to 4 mgKOH/g from 188 mgKOH/g. There was no obvious loss in lipase’s activity and a FAME yield of 90% could be maintained with the lipase being repeatedly used for 10 batches. This process was found to have a good applicability to different acidic oils, indicating it has great prospect for converting low quality oil sources for biodiesel preparation.
Model Selection for Body Temperature Signal Classification Using Both Amplitude and Ordinality-Based Entropy Measures
Authors: Cuesta-Frau David , Miró-Martínez Pau , Oltra-Crespo Sandra , Jordán-Núñez Jorge , Vargas Borja , González Paula , Varela-Entrecanales Manuel
Published: November 2018

Many entropy-related methods for signal classification have been proposed and exploited successfully in the last several decades. However, it is sometimes difficult to find the optimal measure and the optimal parameter configuration for a specific purpose or context. Suboptimal settings may therefore produce subpar results and not even reach the desired level of significance. In order to increase the signal classification accuracy in these suboptimal situations, this paper proposes statistical models created with uncorrelated measures that exploit the possible synergies between them. The methods employed are permutation entropy (PE), approximate entropy (ApEn), and sample entropy (SampEn). Since PE is based on subpattern ordinal differences, whereas ApEn and SampEn are based on subpattern amplitude differences, we hypothesized that a combination of PE with another method would enhance the individual performance of any of them. The dataset was composed of body temperature records, for which we did not obtain a classification accuracy above 80% with a single measure, in this study or even in previous studies. The results confirmed that the classification accuracy rose up to 90% when combining PE and ApEn with a logistic model.
Thermodynamics and Cosmic Censorship Conjecture in Kerr–Newman–de Sitter Black Hole
Authors: Gwak Bogeun
Published: November 2018

We investigate the laws of thermodynamics and the validity of the cosmic censorship conjecture in the Kerr–Newman–de Sitter black hole under charged particle absorption. Here, the black hole undergoes infinitesimal changes because of the momenta carried by the particle entering it. The cosmic censorship conjecture is tested by whether the black hole can be overcharged beyond the extremal condition under absorption. The changes in the black hole violate the second law of thermodynamics. Furthermore, this is related to the cosmic censorship conjecture. To resolve this violation, we impose a reference energy of the particle at the asymptotic region based on the first law of thermodynamics. Under imposition of the reference energy, the absorption satisfies the laws of thermodynamics, and the extremal black hole cannot be overcharged. Thus, the cosmic censorship conjecture is valid under the absorption.
Method for Switching between Traction and Brake Control for Speed Profile Optimization in Mountainous Situations
Authors: Lin Nan , Zong Changfu , Shi Shuming
Published: November 2018

Making full use of front road grade information to achieve the best fuel efficiency is important for intelligent vehicles. Normal theoretical studies pay too much attention to engine continuous feedback control. The theoretical foundation of switching between traction and brake control has been ignored. In mountainous terrain, both the engine and road slopes are energy sources. Switching between traction and brake control is the key point. This research focuses on broadening the normal control range. The comprehensive objective function that contains traction and brake control is built, and then the analytical switching control law is derived based on Pontryagin’s maximum principle (PMP). Analytical switching control laws express the mechanism of switching between traction and brake control for economic cruise control (ECC). Simulation results show that the model can solve the switch time and the entire speed profile precisely. Brake control is very important in downhill situations. The parameters in the objective function influence not only the switch time but also the switch process. This research offers a theoretical foundation for ECC with road slopes and can make onboard control more precise and efficient.
Thermo-Economic Analysis of a Bottoming Kalina Cycle for Internal Combustion Engine Exhaust Heat Recovery
Authors: Gao Hong , Chen Fuxiang
Published: November 2018

The use of a Kalina cycle (KC) with a superheater to recover waste heat from an internal combustion engine (ICE) is described in this paper. The thermodynamic and economic analyses are performed for KC. The results indicate that using KC with a superheater is a feasible method to recover waste heat from ICE. The maximum thermal efficiency of KC is 46.94% at 100% ICE percentage load. The improvement of thermal efficiency is greater than 10% at all ICE loads, and the maximum improvement of thermal efficiency is 21.6% at 100% ICE load. Both the net power output and thermal efficiency of the KC subsystem increase with ICE percentage load and ammonia mass fraction. A lower turbine inlet pressure leads to a higher net power output of KC and a greater improvement of thermal efficiency when the ammonia mass fraction of the mixture is greater than 0.34. In the paper, if the same KC, which uses the largest capital investment, is used at different ICE loads, the payback period decreases with ICE load and ammonia mass fraction. In addition, both longer annual operation times and lower interest rates lead to shorter payback periods. However, it is worth noting that the payback period will be longer than the ICE’s lifetime if the ICE load is low and the annual operation time is too short.