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Assessing the Removal of Regional Health Authorities in Ontario
Authors: Barker Paul
Published: August 2021

A little more than a decade ago, a series of regional bodies were introduced throughout Ontario to help resolve difficulties with the province’s health care system. The Local Health Integration Networks, the name given to the new health entities, sought to create a connected set of health services and to achieve more effective control and distribution of health care finances. A third intent was to engage the community when setting priorities for health care. Recently, the new government of Ontario replaced the LHINs with a single health authority. It asserted that the single authority was better equipped to handle the many problems that still prevailed. An assessment of this decision offers some grounds for disbanding the LHINs. However, the findings offer stronger support for the alternative of keeping the regional authorities and providing them with greater autonomy.
Patent Situation in Russia
Authors: Kuzmina Anastasiia Sergeevna
Published: August 2021

This article examines the patent situation in Russia, analyzes the data and, based on this analysis, draws a conclusion about the expansion of the patent in Russian Federation.
APLICAÇÃO DA MATRIZ IMPORTÂNCIA VERSUS DESEMPENHO: UM ESTUDO EM UM RESTAURANTE DE SANTA MARIA/RS
Authors: Rosa Luciana Aparecida Barbieri da , Ortiz Vanessa  Helen , Pentiado Godoy Tais , Damke Luana Inês , Pentiado Godoy Leoni
Published: August 2021

A literatura mostra que o tema qualidade em serviços nas grandes organizações, foram as que mais se destacaram com a implantação da qualidade e agiram agressivamente para fazer da “qualidade em serviços”, a sua vantagem competitiva. Porém, quando se trata de pequenas organizações, como o estudo de caso do restaurante de Santa Maria RS, estes estudos ainda são escassos.  O presente artigo analisa a percepção e identifica o grau de importância atribuído pelos clientes para cada critério competitivo e o desempenho da empresa em relação aos seus concorrentes. A pesquisa de natureza quantitativa foi adaptada do estudo de Jesus (2005) e Slack, Chambers e Johnston (2002). A amostra foi escolhida de forma não probabilística e intencional. Os resultados das dimensões que obteve nota mais alta para importância-desempenho, foi o atributo “qualidade da comida” dentro da dimensão confiabilidade foi o melhor avaliado, mostrando que os clientes confiam na qualidade do que é servido e retornam ao restaurante por esse motivo, o colocando em um patamar “verde” sendo assim, considerado “melhor que os concorrentes”. Quanto a limitação do estudo, a amostra utilizada na pesquisa foi não probabilística considerando os critérios de qualidade e acessibilidade. Por esta razão, os resultados da pesquisa não devem ser generalizados para outros estabelecimentos.
Correlation of natural language assessment results with health-related quality of life in adult glioma patients
Authors: Ammanuel Simon G. , Almeida Nyle C. , Kurteff Garret , Kakaizada Sofia , Molinaro Annette M. , Berger Mitchel S. , Chang Edward F. , Hervey-Jumper Shawn L.
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE

Impairments of speech are common in patients with glioma and negatively impact health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The benchmark for clinical assessments is task-based measures, which are not always feasible to administer and may miss essential components of HRQoL. In this study, the authors tested the hypothesis that variations in natural language (NL) correlate with HRQoL in a pattern distinct from task-based measures of language performance.

METHODS

NL use was assessed using audio samples collected unobtrusively from 18 patients with newly diagnosed low- and high-grade glioma. NL measures were calculated using manual segmentation and correlated with Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QoL) outcomes. Spearman’s rank-order correlation was used to determine relationships between Neuro-QoL scores and NL measures.

RESULTS

The distribution of NL measures across the entire patient cohort included a mean ± SD total time speaking of 11.5 ± 2.20 seconds, total number of words of 27.2 ± 4.44, number of function words of 10.9 ± 1.68, number of content words of 16.3 ± 2.91, and speech rate of 2.61 ± 0.20 words/second. Speech rate was negatively correlated with functional domains (rho = −0.62 and p = 0.007 for satisfaction with social roles; rho = −0.74 and p < 0.001 for participation in social roles) but positively correlated with impairment domains (rho = 0.58 and p = 0.009 for fatigue) of Neuro-QoL.

CONCLUSIONS

Assessment of NL at the time of diagnosis may be a useful measure in the context of treatment planning and monitoring outcomes for adult patients with glioma.
Karbon dioksida refrigeran alami untuk sistem refrigerasi supermarket dan pompa kalor gedung komersiall
Authors:   Politeknik Negeri Bali, Bangse Ketut , Suamir I Nyoman ,   Politeknik Negeri Bali, Susila I Dewa Made ,   Politeknik Negeri Bali, Suparwika I Ketut ,   Politeknik Negeri Bali, Raditya I Putu Sandi ,   Politeknik Negeri Bali
Published: August 2021

Paper ini mengevaluasi sifat-sifat termo-fisik dari karbon dioksida yang memiliki potensi sebagai refrigeran alternatif ramah lingkungan dengan nama standar R744. Refrigeran R744 merupakan senyawa alami yang memiliki potensi perusakan ozon (ODP) nol dan potensi pemanasan global (GWP) yang sangat rendah yaitu 1 kgCO2/kg. Evaluasi dilakukan secara komprehensif mencakup keuntungan utama R744 dibandingkan dengan refrigeran alami lainnya dalam berbagai aplikasi khususnya pada refrigerasi supermarket dan pompa kalor gedung komersial. R744 memiliki sifat termo-fisik yang menarik seperti viskositas rendah, konduktivitas termal tinggi, kapasitas panas spesifik tinggi, dan massa jenis uap tinggi. Sifat termo-fisik ini dapat memberikan keunggulan kepada R744 pada perpindahan panas yang baik di evaporator, kondensor, dan pendingin gas (gas cooler). Dengan demikian penggunaan R744 memungkinkan pemilihan komponen dengan ukuran yang lebih kecil dibandingkan sistem dengan refrigeran HFC. Pemanfaatan R744 pada refrigerasi supermarket dan pompa kalor gedung komersial juga dibahas. Ditemukan pada aplikasi pompa kalor untuk pemanas air di negara-negara yang beriklim tropis, sistem transkritikal R744 dengan sangat mudah dapat mencapai temperature air panas di antara 65 °C dan 80 °C dengan COP sistem bisa mencapai 5,4.
Manajemen Risiko Pada Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat dan Banten Tbk
Authors: Tiyani Lutfi Alif , Febriyanti Diah , Munawaroh Siti Ummi , Ni’mah Ulin
Published: August 2021

This study aims to identify and analyze risk management in banking, namely risk, operational risk, market risk, liquidity risk, legal risk, compliance risk, yield risk and investment risk. And to analyze the financial ratio reports for the first quarter and second quarter of 2020 at the West Java and Banten (BJB) Tbk development bank. This research uses descriptive quantitative method at PT. West Java and Banten Regional Development Bank Tbk (BJB) Tbk which are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period 2018 to 2020. The sample in this study is PT. West Java Regional Development Bank and Banten Tbk (BJB) which are registered on the IDX and are still operating in the 2018-2020 period. Data collection tools in  this study are to use the method of observation on financial data at the bank and internet  research. The results of this study indicate the existence of smooth and bad conditions in management analysis and financial ratio analysis at BJB banks which consist of analysis of CAR, non-performing assets, CKPN, gross NPF, NPF Net, ROA, ROE, NI, NOM, BOPO, and FDR. The results of the overall calculation at PT. West Java Regional Development Bank and Banten Tbk, in the 2018-2020 period experienced an increase and decrease every year.
Pemberian Hadiah Pada PT BPRS Gajahtongga Kotopiliang Kota Sawahlunto
Authors: Sari Yenni Puspita , Zainuddin Zainuddin
Published: August 2021

This study examines the prizes given by PT. BPRS Gajahtongga Kotopiliang City of Sawahlunto on savings and financing products. The problem in this research is that the bank's wadi’ah savings product promises to give a gift in the form of a bonus in the form of an increase in the balance and the bank also gives bonuses to customers who pay installments on time in the form of money said at the beginning of the contract. The type of research used is field research with descriptive analytical methods that use economic fiqh theory. The data sources used are primary and secondary data sources, while the data collection techniques used are interviews and documentation. The result of this research is that the gift given by PT BPRS Gajahtongga Kotopiliang in the form of a bonus to customers on the wadi'ah savings product is not yet in accordance with the DSN Fatwa NO: 86 / DSN-MUI / IX / 2012 regarding the prize in raising funds in Islamic Financial Institutions, while the provision of a loan installment bonus if the purpose is to discipline customers in paying their legal debt. However, the system for awarding bonuses is not in accordance with the provisions of prizes at Islamic Financial Institutions
Preferensi dan Perilaku Tokoh Masyarakat terhadap Perbankan Syariah di Kecamatan Sungai Pagu Kabupaten Solok Selatan
Authors: Anisah Ariyun , Widianita Rika , Nurani Khadijah
Published: August 2021

The development of Islamic banking in the Sungai Pagu sub-district of South Solok Regency  in terms of network operations, where the Bank Syariah Services Unit in Nagari Muaralabuh is the only Islamic banking institution operating in this area. The problem in this study is: What are the preferences and behavior of community leaders on Islamic banking in Sungai Pagu District.With the aim of knowing the preferences and behavior of community figures on Islamic banking in Sungai Pagu district, South Solok Regency. This research is a field study with a qualitative descriptive approach. Primary data sources are community figure involved  in BAMUS Nagari management of 55 people selected with purposive sampling techniques. Data collection techniques are conducted  through interviews, observations, questionnaires, and documentation. The results revealed the preferences of respondents in the banking sector in Sungai Pagu district, South Solok Regency, with a percentage index above 60%, but this was not supported by good behavior from correspondents where the score index was below 60%. While the role of respondents in delivering and disseminating Islamic banking to the community is at 60%, meaning that good and community leaders are a medium of socialization and promotion of Islamic banking in this area
Capacity Building Sebagai Upaya Peningkatan Kemampuan Pengurus Lazis Sabilillah di Malang
Authors: Bunyamin Bunyamin , Munfaqiroh Siti , Liana Yuyuk , Salim Agus , Irawati Rina , Prasetyo Irawan Budi , Sudiarto Edi
Published: August 2021

Capacity building merupakan penguatan kapasitas individu, kelompok atau organisasi yang mengembangkan kemampuan, keterampilan, potensi, bakat, dan penguasaan kompetensi individu, kelompok, dan organisasi yang diharapkan mampu bertahan untuk mengatasi tantangan perubahan yang terjadi. Optimalisasi Caracter Building ini dilakukan melalui pelatihan service excellent dan informasi tehnologi di lingkungan pengurus dan relawan Laziz Sabililah. Terdapat dua tahap pelaksanaan kegiatan, yaitu: (1) Melakukan rekruitmen untuk relawan-relawan dalam kegiatan ini dengan tujuan untuk melakukan regenerasi anggota serta menambah jumlah anggota dalam menghadapi kegiatan bulan Ramadhan, dan (2) Pengenalan lingkungan dan pelatihan–pelatihan bagi pengurus Laziz Sabililah yang terdiri dari remaja-remaja masjid untuk meningkatkan kapasitas diri. Output dari kegiatan ini adalah: (1) Kemampuan memberikan pelayanan prima dalam penerimaan zakat sehingga

 

masyarakat merasa puas dan nyaman, dan (2) Peningkatan kemampuan pengurus dalam pengelolaan dana zakat dengan meggunakan kemajuan teknologi informasi dengan lebih maksimal lagi sehingga dana terdebut dapat diserap, dikelola serta disalurkan dengan tepat.
A Primer on the Evolution of Aducanumab: The First Antibody Approved for Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
Authors: Mukhopadhyay Sanchari , Banerjee Debanjan
Published: August 2021

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia with global burden projected to triple by 2050. It incurs significant biopsychosocial burden worldwide with limited treatment options. Aducanumab is the first monoclonal antibody recently approved by the US-FDA for mild AD through the accelerated approval pathway. It is the first molecule to be approved for AD since 2003 and carries with it a therapeutic promise for the future. As the definition of AD has evolved from a pathological entity to a Clinico-biological construct over the years, the amyloid-β (Aβ) pathway has been increasingly implicated in its pathogenesis. The approval of Aducanumab is based on reduction of the Aβ load in the brain, which forms a surrogate marker for this pathway. The research populace has, however, been globally divided by skepticism and hope regarding this approval. Failure to meet clinical endpoints in the trials, alleged transparency issues, cost-effectiveness, potential adverse effects, need for regular monitoring, and critique of ‘amyloid cascade hypothesis’ itself are the main caveats concerning the antibody. With this controversy in background, this paper critically looks at antibody research in AD therapeutics, evidence, and evolution of Aducanumab as a drug and the potential clinical implications of its use in future. While the efficacy of this monoclonal antibody in AD stands as a test of time, based on the growing evidence it is vital to rethink and explore alternate pathways of pathogenesis (oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, cholesterol metabolism, vascular factors, etc.) as possible therapeutic targets that may help elucidate the enigma of this complex yet progressive and debilitating neurodegenerative disorder.
Optimal design of piezoelectric cantilever velocity sensor based on PVDF
Authors: Wang Liping , Chen Renwen , Zhang Yuxiang , Liu Chuan
Published: August 2021

The response charge of piezoelectric speed sensors using a conventional rectangular cantilever is low, which also causes a low sensitivity in speed measurement. To improve the sensor sensitivity, a piezoelectric speed sensor based on a streamlined piezoelectric cantilever is employed in this paper. Furthermore, a theoretical optimization model of the sensor based on Bernstein polynomial equation is established, and a simulation optimization flow work is also proposed. With method of moving asymptotes (MMA) algorithm, more charge output can be obtained than before. The simulation results show that the optimized sensor can output a voltage of 416 mV and obtain a sensitivity of 52 mV/m⋅s−1 when the input speed is 8 m/s. As compared with the values of 300 mV and 37.5 mV/m⋅s−1 in the un-optimized case, the improvement in the sensor sensitivity is up to 38%, which confirms the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Future trends in magnetic source device design for magnetic targeted drug delivery system
Authors: Xiong Qi , Song Xianqi , Yang Meng , Zhou Lijun , Li Zhe , Zhu Xinhui , Zhi Li
Published: August 2021

Magnetic targeted drug delivery systems can improve drug utilization and reduce drug side effects. There are still many difficulties to be overcome in clinical practice. The main problems include providing large enough magnetic capture particles to concentrate drug-loaded magnetic micro-nanoparticles (MNPs) to the lesion site. The existing research focuses on the development of targeted carriers, and the magnet device has not formed a mature research system. Based on the recent development of magnet devices in recent years, this paper proposes the research direction of potential magnet devices. From the dynamic behavior of the particles under the magnetic field, the magnetic system and the mathematical model design direction of the optimized magnet are developed. This article describes the obstacles encountered in drug targeting in the study of magnet devices and summarizes the potential development of future magnet devices.
The influences of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the phenolic content and antioxidant enzymes of basil using a plant factory system
Authors: Almaghrabi Omar , Almulaiky Yaaser Q.
Published: August 2021

We used two types of Ocimum basilicum plants and white light-emitting diode (LED) lights as controls (plant factory unit 1, PFU 1). We applied four composite LED light treatments, 125:125:125 white, red, blue (PFU 2), 0.0:250:125 white, red, blue (PFU 3), 125:125:57 white, red, blue (PFU 4) and 125:57:125 white, red, blue (PFU 5) to evaluate light quality effects on antioxidant capacity of O. basilicum plants. The results revealed that the composite lights of PFUs 2,3,4 and 5 were beneficial for the accumulation of flavonoids and glutathione but were not beneficial forthe proanthocyanidin content; the plants subjected to the PFUs 2,3,4 and 5 treatments had a higher laccase activity and proline content and a lower malondialdehyde (MDA) content, polyphenol oxidase activity and peroxidase activity than the control plants.Analysis via high-performance liquid chromatography revealed that protocatechuic acid, gentisic acid, chlorogenic acid, syringic acid, cinnamic acid, quercetin, apigenin, kaempferol, chrysin, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, p-coumaric acid, apigenin-7-glucoside, rutin, rosmarinic acid were the major phenolic components in the O. Basilicum extracts, and sufficient composite lighting of O. basilicum plants significantly enhanced these antioxidant concentrations. Our results indicate that the use of LEDs with different light qualities to irradiate O. basilicum significantly improved the antioxidant capacity which could be a beneficial for nutrition and health benefits.
Study on leaching kinetics of hexavalent chromium from aged calcium-free chromium slag
Authors: Qi Quan , Li Liang , Wei Liangyu , Hu Baoming , Liu Zheng , Liu Xuqing
Published: August 2021

To provide a scientific basis for the resource utilization of chromium slag, this article studies the release law of hexavalent chromium in the aged calcium-free chromium slag. XRD (X-ray diffractometer) and MLA (Mineral Liberation Analyzer) were used to analyze the composition of the chromium slag; using sulfuric acid-nitric acid as the leaching solution, the release law of hexavalent chromium in chromium slag and the leaching kinetics were studied. The results show that main components of the chromium slag are magnesioferrite, chromite, hematite, hydrargillite, and spinel; chromium is mainly present in chromite and magnesioferrite; the leaching rate of hexavalent chromium increases with the increase of temperature or the decrease of pH. The analysis of leaching kinetics shows the leaching rate is controlled by the internal diffusion reaction, and the apparent activation energy is 11.93 kJ·mol–1. The chromium slag is aged in high temperature seasons, which is conducive to the precipitation of hexavalent chromium in the chromium slag, can increase the yield of chromate in the roasting kiln, and is conducive to resource utilization; chromium slag should be stored in order to prevent acid rain erosion which leads to environmental pollution risk (e.g. drinking water).
Capacity development in household surveys experience from the centre for development data training initiative
Authors: Kanyanda Shelton , Kouadio Hugues , McGee Kevin , Zezza Alberto
Published: August 2021

Household surveys remain the major source of official statistics for monitoring development policies particularly in developing countries. In the context of rapid developments in data needs, extensive methodological work, data processing and use at national and international levels and a remaining capacity gap despite efforts for statistical capacity building in last decade, it is critical for training centers to keep up to speed with international best practices. This paper show that the approach of the Centre for Development Data Training initiative (C4D2 Training Initiative) is highly effective and stand to have a long-term impact on household survey capacity in Africa region. It is made of several components all of which aim to bolster capacity development in the region. It harmonizes and improves the quality and sustainability of training on household surveys through increased local capacity and greater dissemination of best practices, creates a network among participants and trainers to facilitate knowledge exchange on best practices as well as survey harmonization across countries. Taking advantage of benefits, the initiative should endeavor other regions subject to their interest and embrace the use of virtual and web-based training.
Risk factors for implant failure of custom-made acetabular implants in patients with Paprosky III acetabular bone loss and combined pelvic discontinuity
Authors: Fröschen Frank S. , Randau Thomas M. , Gravius Nadine , Wirtz Dieter C. , Gravius Sascha , Walter Sebastian G.
Published: August 2021

BACKGROUND: Severe acetabular bone loss in revision total hip arthroplasty (RTHA), both with or without pelvic discontinuity, remains a great challenge in orthopaedic surgery. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate risk factors for failure of custom-made acetabular implants in RTHA. METHODS: Seventy patients with severe acetabular bone loss (Paprosky Type III) and pelvic discontinuity, who required RTHA, were included in our study. All prostheses were constructed based on a thin-layer computed-tomography (CT) scan of the pelvis. The treatment was considered unsuccessful in the event of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) or aseptic loosening (AL) with need for explantation of the custom-made acetabular implant. RESULTS: The average follow-up was 41.9 ± 34.8 months (range 1.5–120). Implant survival at last follow-up was 75.7% (53 of 70). Explantation was necessary in 17 cases (15 PJI; 2 AL). Previous PJI as reason for RTHA (p= 0.025; OR 3.56 (95% CI: 1.14; 11.21)), additional revision of femoral components (p= 0.003; OR 8.4 (95% CI: 1.75; 40.42)), rheumatoid disease (p= 0.039; OR 3.43 (95% CI: 1.01; 11.40)), elevated preoperative CRP > 15.2 mg/l (p= 0.015; AUC: 0.7) and preoperative haemoglobin < 10.05 (p= 0.022; AUC: 0.69) were statistically significant risk factors associated with treatment failure. Age and BMI were not statistically significant contributing to implant failure. CONCLUSION: Risk factors for treatment failure were a previous PJI, additional revision of femoral component, rheumatoid disease, elevated preoperative CRP and low preoperative haemoglobin. Awareness of these risk factors will help to improve future treatment standards.
Agreement between inertial measurement unit and optoelectronic system to measure postural sway
Authors: Vagnini Alessandro , Furone Roberta , Zanotti Giulia , Adamo Paola , Temporiti Federico , Gatti Roberto
Published: August 2021

BACKGROUND: Optoelectronic systems and force platforms represent the gold standard for postural sway assessment, but pose disadvantages in terms of equipment, cost and preparation time. OBJECTIVE: Wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs) have been proposed to overcome these issues, but have never been compared to an optoelectronic system. The study aim was therefore to investigate agreement between inertial measurement unit and optoelectronic system in postural sway assessment. METHODS: Thirty healthy volunteers performed four balance tasks. IMU was placed on the sacrum (S2) with a retroreflective marker over the sensor and subjects’ performance was simultaneously recorded by both systems. Total (TOT), anterior-posterior (AP) and medial-lateral (ML) length of trace, range, speed, root mean squared (RMS), and confidence ellipse were computed. RESULTS: ICCs revealed excellent correlations for Length-TOT, Length-AP and Speed-AP, good correlation for Length-ML, Speed-ML, Confidence Ellipse, Range-AP and RMS-AP, and moderate correlation for range-ML and RMS-ML. Bland-Altman plot showed greater estimation for Length-TOT, Length-AP, Speed-AP, confidence ellipse and RMS-AP using optoelectronic system, and for Length-ML, Range-AP, Range-ML, Speed-ML, RMS-ML using IMU. Both systems revealed the same differences among tasks. CONCLUSION: The excellent to good agreement of IMU for length of trace and speed parameters and its user-friendly application suggest its potential implementations in clinical practice.
Mathematical and deep learning analysis based on tissue dielectric properties at low frequencies predict outcome in human breast cancer
Authors: Shawki Mamdouh M. , Azmy Mohamed Moustafa , Salama Mohammed , Shawki Sanaa
Published: August 2021

BACKGROUND: The early detection of human breast cancer represents a great chance of survival. Malignant tissues have more water content and higher electrolytes concentration while they have lower fat content than the normal. These cancer biochemical characters provide malignant tissue with high electric permittivity (ε´) and conductivity (σ). OBJECTIVE: To examine if the dielectric behavior of normal and malignant tissues at low frequencies (α dispersion) will lead to the threshold (separating) line between them and find the threshold values of capacitance and resistance. These data are used as input for deep learning neural networks, and the outcomes are normal or malignant. METHODS: ε´ and σ in the range of 50 Hz to 100 KHz for 15 human malignant tissues and their corresponding normal ones have been measured. The separating line equation between the two classes is found by mathematical calculations and verified via support vector machine (SVM). Normal range and the threshold value of both normal capacitance and resistance are calculated. RESULTS: Deep learning analysis has an accuracy of 91.7%, 85.7% sensitivity, and 100% specificity for instant and automatic prediction of the type of breast tissue, either normal or malignant. CONCLUSIONS: These data can be used in both cancer diagnosis and prognosis follow-up.
Utilization of Dried Leaf Litter as Organic Fertilizer in Talang Ilir Hamlet, Sukamoro Village, Banyuasin Regency, South Sumatra
Authors: Marlina Neni , Zairani Fitri Yetty , Hasani Burlian , Khodijah Khodijah , Vianto Oktha
Published: July 2021

None of the dried plant leaves in Sukamoro Village use them as organic fertilizer, instead, they are piled up as garbage and then burned.  This dry leaf litter is a problem and is considered to be very polluting to the nature conservation disturbance. If the dry leaf litter can be processed into solid organic fertilizer, it can reduce environmental pollution and is very useful in increasing plant growth and production. This organic fertilizer is easy to make and raw materials are available in the Sukamoro village.  This service aims to invite the people of Dusun Talang Ilir to use dry leaf litter as organic fertilizer. The counseling had been held in Talang Ilir Hamlet RT 03 RW 01 Sukamoro Subdistrict, Talang Kelapa District, Banyuasin Regency, South Sumatra from February 8 to March 8, 2021, with KKN Class 25 students of 2021.  The method used was the socialization of making organic fertilizer using dry leaf litter around the environment.  The people of Talang Ilir Hamlet RT 03 RW 01 Sukammoro Village want to try making organic fertilizers from dry leaf litter.
MOVEMENT TRANSFORMATIONS IN ENGLISH SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION
Authors: Adha Ruly
Published: July 2021

Chomsky states that language is a mirror of the mind. From that opinion, he creates a concept which is known as competence and performance. Competence is the fluent native speaker’s knowledge of his language; meanwhile, performance is what people actually say or understand by what someone else says on a given situation. Chomsky adds that there are two structures involved in constructing a sentence namely, Deep Structure and Surface Structure. A sentence always derives from Deep Structure which exists in the mind of speakers. Then, syntactic rules will be applied to the Deep Structure. After applying the rules, Surface Structure will be obtained. The syntactic rules applied in a sentence are Movement Transformation, Deletion Transformation, and Substitution Transformation. However, the main discussion in this article is Movement Transformation. This article will elaborate some types of movement transformation in constructing English sentences.
AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSFORMATION FROM DIRECT TO INDIRECT SPEECH
Authors: Idami Zahratul
Published: July 2021

The objective of the study is to reveal the types of errors made by students in transforming direct to indirect speech in the form of statements. Furthermore, it attempts to find out the kind of errors that the students do most. To achieve the objectives of the study, the writer conducted a field research in which a test of grammar was administered. Then she did the library research in order to find some books and references that were related to error analysis and grammar. The subjects of the study were the second grade students of SMA Negeri 2 Peusangan. There were 295 students from which 34 students were taken as the sample. With the intention of drawing representative sample, simple random sampling was applied. The data were in the form of students’ scores on the tests. The data shows that the students made errors on the selection of appropriate tenses, pronouns, and adverb of time. The most errors they made were in changing pronoun. In line with the result of the research, the writer suggested that to improve the students’ ability in transforming direct to indirect speech, students have to learn more about pronoun, tenses, and adverb of time in turning direct to indirect speech. Additionally, it is essential to the teacher to know that choosing the appropriate pronoun is still hard for the students, so that they have to find a new way to improve it.
PEMBATALAN PERKAWINAN DAN PENCEGAHANNYA
Authors: Faisal Faisal
Published: July 2021

Mengingat tidak seharusnya suatu perkawinan itu dibatalkan, karena suatuperkawinan merupakan suatu hal yang bersifat religius dan tidak bolehdipermainkan. Dan karena dalam suatu perkawinan tidak hanya mengikathubungan satu laki-laki dengan satu perempuan, melainkan mengikat semuakeluarga besar yang ada dalam nasab keluarga dan perkawinan yang terjaditidak hanya hubungan antara manusia dengan manusia (hablu minan nas),melainkan melibatkan hubungan antara manusia dengan Allah SWT., (habluminallah), sehingga perkawinan tidak mudah dibatalkan. Pembatalanperkawinan merupakan suatu tindakan guna memperoleh keputusanpengadilan yang menyatakan bahwa perkawinan yang dilaksanakan batal.Pengetahuan pihak KUA terhadap keabsahan calon mempelai tidak lainkarena akan berimbas pada sah dan tidaknya perkawinan tersebut. Sehinggadipandang penting adanya pencegahan yang dilakukan, guna tidak terjadinyapembatalan perkawinan. Maka diperlukanlah langkah-langkah yang harusditempuh seperti lembaga pemerintah Kantor Urusan Agama (KUA) supayadapat mengambil tindakan untuk mengantisipasi terjadinya pembatalanperkawinan.
ZAKAT FITRAH DALAM BENTUK UANG
Authors: Safrizal Safrizal
Published: July 2021

Membayar zakat fitrah dalam bentuk uang merupakan permasalahan baru yang tidak dijelaskan hukumnya secara langsung dalam Al-quransehingga para ulama mencoba menemukan hukumnya melalui ijtihad,dari hasil ijtihad para ulama ditemukan perbedaan-perbedaan dalammenetapkan hukumnya, ada yang mengatakan hukum bayar zakatfitrah dalam bentuk uang boleh, ada yang mengatakan tidak boleh.Pada hakikatnya perbedaan, para ulama khususnya MUI-SU dan MPUAceh merupakan hal yang wajar, dan perbedaan tersebut tidak bisadisatukan. Tujuan dilakuakan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahuipenetapan hukum dan metode istimbath MUI Sumatera Utara danMPU Aceh tentang hukum bayar zakat fitrah dalam bentuk uang.
TO STUDY CORRELATION OF SERUM VITAMIN D LEVEL WITH OSTEOARTICULAR INFECTION
Authors: Ranjan Navendu , Kumar Sudhir , Dharmshktu Ishwar Singh , Saini Pankaj Kumar , Khan Shekh Mohammed
Published: August 2021

Background: To study correlation of serum vitamin D level with osteoarticular infection

Methods: All patients (5 to 65 years of age) were presented with pain and raised local temperature of osteoarticular joint or prosthetic joint in the Orthopaedic department of S.M.S. Medical college and attached hospitals, were included in the study.

Results: The mean (SD) of S. Vitamin D (ng/mL) in the Osteoarticular Infection: Present group was 19.08 (8.41). The mean (SD) of S. Vitamin D (ng/mL) in the Osteoarticular Infection: Absent group was 18.53 (9.26). The median (IQR) of S. Vitamin D (ng/mL) in the Osteoarticular Infection: Present group was 17.7 (14.15-23.3). The median (IQR) of S. Vitamin D (ng/mL) in the Osteoarticular Infection: Absent group was 14.85 (11.6-23.3). The S. Vitamin D (ng/mL) in the Osteoarticular Infection: Present ranged from 8.2 -38. The S. Vitamin D (ng/mL) in the Osteoarticular Infection: Absent ranged from 9.2 - 46.

Conclusion: Our study result were similar in respect to other authors but statistically not significant, therefore requires reopening of the debate on correlation of serum vitamin D with osteoarticular infections.

Keywords: Osteoarticular Infection, Vitamin D, Joint
Folk Games in Southern Khmer Culture in Vietnam
Authors: Khanh Pham Tiet
Published: July 2021

Folk games have long been viewed as a vivid picture reflecting people’s materials and spiritual life accumulated through multiple generations. Folk game, whether it serves as an entertainment activity in idle seasons, leisure time, or just jollity for children; is aimed at the solidarity and unity of the communities, villages, and the entire national solidarity. Folk games were once a page of precious memories imprinted on the homeland and villages, which nurtured people with good lifestyles and souls. Nevertheless, these days, the role of folk games is no longer blooming as before. The preferences and ways of entertainment of all classes of people, especially the youth, witness more or less changes. For the Khmer residing in the South of Vietnam, an ethnic group associated with the rice farming tradition, folk games in particular and folklore, in general, are of prime importance. This article presents the origin, gameplay and recognizes the cultural values of folk games in daily life and festivals of the Khmer people in the South to contribute to popularizing and preserving the beauty of Khmer culture in today’s society.
IMPLEMENTATION OF TOPSIS METHOD FOR DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS OF DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS (BLT) IMPACT OF COVID-19 IMPACTS OF MICRO SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (UMKM) IN PAITON DISTRICT, PROBOLINGGO DISTRICT
Authors: Nadhiroh Anis , Agustianingsi Dewi , Syahdania Diajeng Syahdania , Prasti M Dian
Published: August 2021

Efforts Government provides social assistance in order to fulfill all the needs of the economy for the people, especially the business of Micro Small Medium Enterprises are exposed to the impact of the virus covid-19 turned out to be still considered not optimal. So many actors business who think that aid social who do not and have not been precisely targeted and The Government also recognizes the problem that, until the time of this Ministry of Social Affairs and the government is still updating the data in order to precisely target. The case is suspected to be due to data collection that is not in accordance with facts and is not real-time in each region. Inputting the data in manually in the District Paiton Probolinggo risk not the right target, the receiver doubles as well as there are elements – elements that utilize state of the. Be because the methods TOPSIS expected to be able to determine the criteria of Enterprises of Micro Small Medium Enterprises are entitled to receive the assistance of social COVID-19. Method of TOPSIS is a method that uses calculations or that provides the kinds of criteria specified which have a weight of up to the value end of the weight will be the decision final. Method of TOPSIS it refers to the benchmark Enterprises Micro Small Medium Enterprises or actors effort that deserves receive the corresponding data is relevant.
Female stardom in contemporary Romanian new wave cinema
Authors: Virginás Andrea
Published: August 2021

This article analyses film roles, red-carpet appearances and nonfilmic performances of three of the most well-known and admired actresses of the Romanian New Wave (Luminița Gheorghiu, Maria Popistașu and Anamaria Marinca). Their unglamorous female stardom is paradoxical if considered from the standpoint of mainstream/dominant cinema and the tradition described by Jackie Stacey as “[t]he ‘visual pleasure’ offered by the glamour and sexual appeal of Hollywood stars” (159). Aspects such as the major contradiction between screen role and screen persona, or the lack of ideal(istic) images offered to the audience are theorised on the basis of Christine Gledhill’s and Richard Dyer’s models, Anne Morey’s term of “the elegiac female grotesque” and Ana Salzberg’s concept of narcissistic Hollywood female stardom and embodied experience (107). The coherence of unglamorous female stardom as a real-life discursive construct emerges in the article through the consideration of Romanian New Wave cinema–similarly to 1970s-1980s New Indian Cinema in which unglamorous female stars existed (Gandhy-Thomas)–as a peripheral cinematic formation defined by a specific relation to glamour and consumption (Dyer, Gundle). Furthermore, the article suggests that this coherence is dependent on considering the production context of the Romanian New Wave in the framework of small national European cinemas (Hjort and Petrie, Soila), while emphasising the lack of integrated studio background (Haskell) and the fact that its female stars have been conditioned by postcommunist possibilities to articulate female public identities (Pasca Harsanyi, Roman).
Visualising data in digital cinema studies
Authors: Verhoeven Deb
Published: August 2021

This article examines the critical role visualisation plays for digital cinema studies and proposes that cinema studies has an equally critical role to play in evaluating and developing visualisation methods. The article reflects on work undertaken in the Kinomatics Project, a multidisciplinary study that explores, analyses and visualises the industrial geometry of motion pictures and which is one of the first ‚Äúbig data‚Äù studies of contemporary cultural diffusion. Its examination of global film flow rests on a large dataset of showtime information comprising more than 330 million records that describe every film screening in forty-eight countries over a thirtymonth period as well as additional aggregated box-office data.
"Racism's part of my culture"
Authors: Goff Loretta
Published: August 2021

This article applies theories of humour (incongruity, superiority, relief) to a reading of the films Irish Jam (John Eyres, 2006) and The Guard (John Michael McDonagh, 2011) in order to interrogate their depiction of racial, national and cultural stereotypes and differences. Both films combine elements of humour in their portrayal of the "fish out of water" experiences of the African-American male leads in Ireland. Through this we see three consequences: the incongruity of the protagonists' experiences, both in terms of their expectations of Ireland and the expectations the Irish have of them; the superiority felt by certain locals, and, thus vicariously, by audience members for recognising moments of (what they consider) ignorance or racism; humour being used to relieve the tensions of interacting with the Other. I argue that the different uses of humour in these films function as a social corrective in their interrogation of racist ideologies. However, the films play it safe by taking their protagonists out of America, allowing the discussion of race to unfold in Ireland where whiteness holds a unique status (as simultaneously nonwhite because of the historical discrimination the Irish faced), and racial and national differentiation can be conflated. Equally, the films ultimately remain conservative in their interrogation of racism, confronting certain stereotypes while perpetuating others.
Representing ethnicity in cinema during Turkey's Kurdish Initiative
Authors: Koçer Zeynep , Göztepe Mustafa Orhan
Published: August 2021

In 2009, the Turkish government started the “Kurdish Initiative”, a comprehensive policymaking process, in an attempt to improve the democratic standards and civil rights of the Kurdish population. Even though the initiative ended in 2015, it made it possible for a significant number of independent films to emerge which deal with the Kurdish issue. Historically, mainstream cinema’s symbolic representation of Kurdish identity served to neutralise its Kurdish characters by portraying them as Turkish speaking and one-dimensional. Breaking this tradition, these independent films offer multi-layered, Kurdish speaking characters with progressive narratives. This article investigates three films produced on the eve of and during the “Kurdish Initiative”: My Marlon and Brando (Gitmek: Benim Marlon ve Brandom, Hüseyin Karabey, 2008), The Storm (Bahoz, Kazım Öz, 2008) and Future Lasts Forever (Gelecek Uzun Sürer, Özcan Alper, 2011). In addition to interrupting the traditional acceptance of stereotypes by the mainstream cinema, each film discusses the symbolic representations of Kurdish identity through different aspects: transnationality, the role of discriminative processes, and memory and trauma.
Teaching European cinema
Authors: Loist Skadi
Published: August 2021

The “Teaching European Cinema” dossier has grown out of the European University Film Award (EUFA) project that was initiated in 2016 by Filmfest Hamburg in collaboration with the European Film Academy (EFA) and the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS). In its second edition in 2017, the EUFA connected twenty European universities in a common teaching project in which five nominated films were analysed and discussed in courses of the respective universities. Subsequently, one student representative per country joined the three-day student jury deliberation in Hamburg and voted for the final EUFA winner. In 2016, Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake (2016) won the inaugural EUFA; in 2017, Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s Heartstone (Hjartasteinn, 2016) was awarded the prize. The dossier works on different levels: first, it aims to present the EUFA project to a wider public; second, it promotes an exchange among the participating colleagues; and third, it operates as a teaching dossier for scholars within the wider field of European film and media studies to discuss questions of how best to teach contemporary European cinema.
Polyphony in practice
Authors: Danta Susan , Aston Judith , Odorico Stefano
Published: August 2021

Media artist Sharon Daniel has been involved with the i-Docs community since its inception—having presented her online documentaries and works in progress at all five i-Docs symposia that have taken place since 2011. We consider her to be a central and inspirational figure within this community, for whom the concepts of polyphony and heteroglossia are key to her ongoing practice. Here we build on her own previous references to these terms, in order to explore with her in more depth how polyphony and heteroglossia play out through her work. We also ask how and why she sees this approach to “cultural democracy” as an ever-moreurgent form of activism and intervention.
Experimental polyphony
Authors: Fetzner Daniel , Donberg Martin
Published: August 2021

Our media-artistic performances and installations, INTERCORPOREAL SPLITS (2010-2013), BUZZ (2014-2015), WASTELAND (2015-2016), as well as our new collaboration with Bruno Latour, DE\GLOBALIZE (2018-2020), are not just about polyphony. Here, however, we rediscover them under this heading, thus giving them a new twist, while mapping out issues, mechanisms and functional modes of the polyphonic.
Delphinium’s portrait of queer history
Authors: Stamm Laura
Published: August 2021

Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait of Derek Jarman (2009) portrays filmmaker Matthew Mishory’s interpretation of the childhood of Derek Jarman described in interviews and autobiographical writing such as At Your Own Risk. The portrait of Jarman honours his memory with a Super 8 inscription that repeats the queer sensibility of Jarman’s cinematic and painterly work. Mishory’s film positions Jarman as his filmmaking predecessor; even more so, it positions Jarman as a sort of queer ancestor. Delphinium’s sense of ancestry demands a reappraisal of Jarman’s work that foregrounds its creation of queer lineage. This article does just that, looking at Jarman’s Caravaggio (1986) and Edward II (1991) as both searches for queer origins and formations of queer futures. Through their explorations of queer continuity, Jarman’s films inscribe the process by which one learns to become queer and navigate a world that is so often hostile to queer existence. Their preservation of individual figures of the past provides a queer family history and a tool for education, a means for queers to understand their origins, as well as how to make sense of their own place in the world
Reeling backward
Authors: Wagner Travis L.
Published: August 2021

This article considers the haptics of queer activist footage shot on video, and more specifically footage shot on magnetic media. Despite ideal methods of care, magnetic media faces extreme concern from a preservation standpoint. As a format that is both subject to rampant deterioration (known colloquially as “sticky shed”) and obsolescence (with the ceasing VCR production), the queer activist videotape is an archival artefact irretrievably stuck in a liminal space. To play a tape is to contribute to its destruction, yet to not play the tape is to overlook potentially unique moments in queer history. As such, this article explores the very thing that is the videotape, an item latent with queer potentialities and reminders of queer failure. By approaching the ethical implications of magnetic media and the iterative nature of using magnetic media as a recording method, the article examines this format as key figure in rhetorics of queer time. Infused with archival discourses of the desire for a queer historic touch (borrowing as the title suggests from Heather Love’s Feeling Backward), the article lands decidedly on the side of caution, noting that each move to save queer history chronicled on the failed format of video is to destroy the very thing it longs to embrace.
The same old songs in Reagan-era teen film
Authors: Dwyer Michael D.
Published: August 2021

This article examines the recontextualization of 1950s rock in the form of “Oldies” in teen films of the 1970s and 1980s. Specifically, the article highlights the peculiar phenomenon of scenes featuring teenagers lip-synching to oldies songs in films like Risky Business (1983), Pretty in Pink (1986), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), and Adventures in Babysitting (1987).In these scenes, like in the cover versions of rhythm and blues records popularized by white artists in the fifties, white teens embody black cultural forms, “covering” over the racial and sexual politics that characterized rock and roll's emergence. The transformation of rock 'n' roll from “race music” to the safe alternative for white bourgeois males in the face of new wave, punk, disco and hip hop, reflected in the establishment of oldies radio formats and revival tours, was aided and abetted by oldies soundtracks to Hollywood film.