bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
INTERPRETATION OF MULTI-FREQUENCY DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENTS FOR ASSESSMENT OF WATER SATURATION IN CARBONATE FORMATIONS WITH COMPLEX PORE STRUCTURE
Authors:   The University of Texas at Austin, Azizoglu Zulkuf , Heidari Zoya ,   The University of Texas at Austin
Published: August 2021

Broadband relative dielectric dispersion measurements are considered interesting options for assessment of water-filled pore volume. Conventional models such as Complex Refractive Index Model (CRIM) and Maxwell Garnett (MG), often overlook or oversimplify the complexity of pore structure, geometrical distribution of the constituting fluids, and spatial distribution of minerals. This yields to significant errors in assessment of water saturation especially in rocks with complex pore structure. Therefore, it becomes important to quantify the impacts of pore structure and spatial distribution of minerals on broadband relative dielectric dispersion measurements to be able to make decisions about reliability of water saturation estimates from these measurements in a given formation. The objectives of this paper are (a) to quantify the impacts of pore structure and spatial distribution of minerals on relative dielectric permittivity measurements in a wide range of frequencies, (b) to propose a new simple and physically meaningful workflow, which honors pore geometry and spatial distribution of minerals to enhance fluid saturation assessment using relative dielectric permittivity measurements, (c) to verify the reliability of the introduced model in the pore-scale domain. First, we perform numerical simulations of relative dielectric dispersion measurements in the frequency range of 20 MHz to 1 GHz in the pore-scale domain. The input to the numerical simulator includes pore-scale images of actual complex carbonate rock samples. We use a physically meaningful model which honors spatial distribution of the rock constituents for the multi-frequency interpretation of relative dielectric response. To verify the reliability of the model in multiple frequencies, we apply the model to the results of relative dielectric simulations in the pore-scale domain on 3D computed tomography scan (CT-scan) images of carbonate rock samples, which are synthetically saturated to obtain a wide range of water saturation. We successfully verified the reliability of the introduced model in the pore-scale domain using carbonate rock samples with multi-modal pore-size distribution. Estimated water saturations from the results of simulations at 1 GHz resulted in an average relative error of less than 4%. We observed measurable improvements in fluid saturation estimates compared to the cases which CRIM or MG models are used. Results demonstrated that application of conventional models to estimate water saturation from relative dielectric response is not reliable in frequencies below 1 GHz.
A NOVEL THROUGH-CASING CORRECTION ALGORITHM FOR A 4-DETECTOR GAMMA DENSITY TOOL
Authors:   China Oilfield Services Limited, Jin Ya , Jie Shang ,   China Oilfield Services Limited, Huang Lin ,   China Oilfield Services Limited, Yu Zenghui ,   China Oilfield Services Limited, Li Min ,   China Oilfield Services Limited, ZengHai Chen ,   CNOOC China Limited Pengbo Operating Company, Li Yulian ,   University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Tang Wei ,   University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Hu Yating ,   University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Lin Lvlin ,   University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhang Qinzhong ,   University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhang Qiong ,   University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Published: August 2021

In most parts of the world, open hole logging with con-ventional gamma density tool remains the only option available, which is, though, not practical under complex well conditions when it is difficult to obtain formation parameters and control the operational risks. Therefore, the application of through-casing density logging is es-sential. However, through-casing gamma density meas-urement could be challenging due to gamma’s weak pen-etrating power. To better overcome these challenges, a new four-detector gamma density tool is designed and presented in this work together with a novel interpreta-tion algorithm for through-casing density measurements. In order to identify the relationship between the four de-tectors, a significant amount of Monte Carlo models is constructed and executed to quantitatively evaluate the response of tool under various environmental conditions such as lithology, fluid, salinity, casing and cement. It is proven through open-hole benchmarking and extensive modelling that the four-detector design is capable to pro-vide sufficient information for removal of diverse envi-ronmental effects via an inversion algorithm developed by obtaining a formula that correlates the four-detector responses. This algorithm is validated against actual log-ging data and show a better though-casing evaluation than when using three or two detectors. In this work a case story using the four-detector tool to obtain through-casing formation density and using the algorithm mentioned above for correction is presented. The final results are analyzed and compared against open hole measurements, a very good consistency is achieved which demonstrates the correctness of the inversion al-gorithm.
EVALUATION OF LWD HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRASONIC IMAGING TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS IN SLIM HOLE SIZE
Authors:   Saudi Aramco, Hashem Mohamed M. , Taher Ahmed ,   Halliburton, Fouda Mohamed ,   Halliburton, Al-Khalifah Rehab ,   Halliburton
Published: August 2021

Logging while drilling (LWD) ultrasonic imaging tools have been recently introduced for slim hole size. Due to fundamental differences in data acquisition methodologies with other previously utilized LWD and wireline imaging techniques, field trials have been performed with the objective of validating and evaluating the new ultrasonic tool’s measurement. Ultrasonic imagers have been deployed in multiple wells of different environments and formation characteristics to evaluate the tool’s measurement quality and potential applications. The trials were performed in carbonate and clastic formations, horizontal and vertical trajectories, oil- and water-based drilling fluid systems, and in drilling and wipe operations. An LWD ultrasonic imager has also been deployed back to back with wireline. Multiple passes were performed to evaluate the time dependency and hole deterioration effect. In water-based mud, an ultrasonic imaging tool was run in the same bottomhole assembly with the proven LWD laterolog resistivity imager for the comparison of both technologies. In addition to stratigraphic dips, bed boundaries, fractures, faults, and other geological features usually detected by other imaging techniques, ultrasonic imaging tools also provided high measurement sensitivity for detecting geometric features relating to wellbore shape and wellbore stability. LWD microresistivity-based image comparisons indicated a robust correlation of the fractured zones contributing to lost circulation while drilling. Multiple passes for drilling and wipe images with wireline comparisons logged days after the LWD run clearly illustrated the time-dependency of the image quality due to borehole deterioration, invasion, and progression of geomechanical effects used to benchmark future data acquisition requirements. This paper evaluates the capabilities and performance of ultrasonic imaging tools in comparison with other LWD and wireline high-resolution imaging sensors.
ACQUISITION, ANALYSIS, AND INTEGRATION OF WELLBORE LOGS TO CHARACTERIZE A FRACTURED GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR: THE CASE OF RITTERSHOFFEN, FRANCE
Authors:   Schlumberger, Sosio Giovanni , Mandiuc Andreia ,   Schlumberger, Campana Annalisa ,   Schlumberger, Vidal Jeanne ,   Universidad de Chile, Hehn Régis ,   GéoPlusEnvironnement, Baujard Clément ,   ÉS Géothermie
Published: August 2021

The Exploitation de la Chaleur d’Origine Géothermique pour l’Industrie (ECOGI) site lies in a deep geothermal doublet in Rittershoffen (Alsace, Eastern France), producing heat for an industrial plant. The two wells, GRT-1 and GRT-2, targeted local natural fracture zones in the vicinity of a large normal fault across the Buntsandstein sediments and the granitic basement at a depth of 2,000 m below surface. An extensive measurement campaign was carried out in both wells by means of wireline logging. Pressure and temperature logs, nuclear logs (density and porosity), resistivity logs, dipole sonic logs, and wellbore image logs were acquired in the open hole over the target fractured aquifer and partially across the overburden. These logs were processed and interpreted to build an integrated model of the site, describing its geological properties, notably the fracture network, its dynamic behavior in terms of fluid and heat flow, and its geomechanical properties. Wellbore imaging results from acoustics imagers were interpreted to understand the geometry of the natural fracture network, which acts as the main fluid pathway in the Rittershoffen geothermal system. The results were integrated with temperature logging to understand which fractures were open and therefore cooling down when invaded by the drilling mud. Density and sonic logs were used to derive the mechanical properties of the near-wellbore rock and the stress magnitudes; the interpretation of drilling-induced features in the wellbore images allowed determining the orientation of the local stress acting on the wellbore. The geomechanical model obtained was used to predict the occurrence of mechanical or hydraulic instability along the well and compare the prediction with the events actually observed in the well, providing a validation of the geomechanical model. The results of well-centric fracture and geomechanical analysis were integrated in a 3D reservoir model and used to understand the performance and the risks associated with geothermal operations at the site.
Species Identification and Relationship of Sea Cucumber species from Pulau Tinggi and Sedili Kechil, Johor Based on Ossicle Shape
Authors:   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Akashah Nursyamfarhani , Kamarudin Kamarul Rahim ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Solehin Siti Najihah ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Ab Rahman Nor Shahida ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Akma Ummi Nurain ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Shahdan Farhanah ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Azman Hanis ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Mohd Fadzil Siti Nursyuhada ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Mohd Faid Nurin Husnina ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Shahrul Zaman Noor Syazwani ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Badrulhisham Nur Sabrina ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Abu Bakar Muhammad Abdul Latiff ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Legiman Muhammad Idham ,   Kompleks Jabatan Perikanan Negeri Johor, Mohamed Rehan Aisyah ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Mohd Salleh Faezah ,   Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Esa Yuzine ,   Universiti Putra Malaysia
Published: August 2021

Sea cucumbers are an abundant echinoderm group in Malaysia which provides commercial and medicinal values to local people. Due to the lack of data on sea cucumbers status in Johor coastal seawaters, this study was conducted. This study aimed to identify the species and relationship of sea cucumber from two selected Johor coastal seawater; Pulau Tinggi and Sedili Kechil based on ossicle shape. The current study recorded 53 individuals of sea cucumbers, of which 23 individuals were from Pulau Tinggi, Mersing District and 30 individuals were from Sedili Kechil, Kota Tinggi District. A number of 10 species of sea cucumber were found in the coastal waters of Pulau Tinggi, Mersing and three species in Sedili Kechil, Kota Tinggi, Johor. A total of 10 ossicle shapes were observed and extracted from the sea cucumber samples namely button, perforated plate, table, C-shaped rod, rosette, anchor, spider, I-shaped rod, boomerang, and J-shaped rod. The species relationship based on ossicle shapes was analysed using clustering option of PAST (PAleontological STatistics) software version 4.03. The analysis concluded that two groups of sea cucumber families i.e. Holothuriidae and Stichopodidae were present, although S. chloronotus clustered closer with the members of family Holothuriidae. Although more specimens are required to generate better conclusive results, the outcomes provided updated data on sea cucumber species in Johor seawater.
Promoting Malaysian Traditional Knowledge Using Digital Ethnobotanical Garden Website
Authors:   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Muhamad Nik Noor Alaina Hisanie , Abu Bakar Mohd Fadzelly ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Sin Yee Lim ,   Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
Published: August 2021

Erosion of traditional knowledge (TK) is a worrisome issue that is faced globally due to the rapid urbanization and forest loss. Thus, it is vital to protect and preserve the traditional knowledge as it benefits many sectors, especially in pharmaceutical research. This study aimed to promote the traditional knowledge and plant conservation among UTHM students by developing an ethnobotanical garden online website. The ethnobotanical garden located at UTHM Parit Raja Campus was selected as the study site. An online survey was done to understand the students’ level of knowledge about the utilization of plants and evaluate the effectiveness of the website towards conservation and promotion of traditional knowledge. The Ethnogarden UTHM website was developed and a total of 23 plants were recorded on the website. A majority of the respondents understood the basic roles of plants in daily lives and the importance of conserving it, but 20% of them were disagreed with the statement of a high reliance on traditional herbal medicine and 37% of them were uncertain about it. After accessing the website, about 83% of the respondents agreed that the development of ethnobotanical garden website could deliver the traditional knowledge effectively and they would promote this website to their families and friends. In short, the development of Ethnogarden UTHM website is a good strategy to promote the traditional knowledge and emphasize the significance of plant conservation among UTHM students.
Pengaruh bimbingan belajar
Authors: patty Rani
Published: August 2021

Pengaruh bimbingan belajar terhadap prestasi belajar siswa kelas IV SD inpres nipa nipa
Muting the Dragon's Ringtone: A case for the transition of the Indian Electronics Industry from China to Vietnam
Authors: Gupta Kanika , Gupta Kashish
Published: August 2021

The policy of Atma-nirbhar Bharat is aimed at making India a self-sufficient and self-generating economy. This self-reliance sentiment was bolstered by anti-China protests due to the Galwan valley standoff. In this context, many Indian nationalists have vouched for the boycott of “Made in China” products especially electronics since they form 50% of Chinese imports and so moving to Vietnam is appreciated as a viable option. In this context, this paper uses the tools of comparative data analytics and constitute a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) to analyze the efficacy of substituting Chinese imports with those from Vietnam and make a case for making this substitution possible.
MAKALAH PEMBELAJARAN ONLINE PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID 19 SEBAGAI STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN
Authors: NOPIANTI
Published: August 2021

Sejak merebaknya pandemi yang disebabkan oleh virus Corona di Indonesia, banyak cara yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah untuk mencegah penyebarannya. Salah satunya adalah melalui surat edaran Kementrian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan (Kemendikbud) Pendidikan sekolah dasar tahun 2020 tentang pencegahan penyebaran Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) di sekolah Melalui surat edaran teresebut pihak Kemendikbud memberikan instruksi kepada sekolahi untuk menyelenggarakan pembelajaran jarak jauh dan menyarankan siswa untuk belajar dari rumah masing-masing.
MAKALAH MATEMATIKA.BELAH KETUPAT
Authors: HASNIAR
Published: August 2021

Belah ketupat.Makalah
Makalah Limas Kristin Lestari
Authors: Lestari Kristin
Published: August 2021

UAS Makalah Limas Kristin Lestari
Bimbingan belajar
Authors: Umagapi Nursafitri
Published: August 2021

Dasar dasar bimbingan konseling dan konseling kedudukan pelayanan bimbingan konseling dalam kurikulum
makalah segitiga
Authors: FITRIANI
Published: August 2021

Geometri datar, merupakan studi tentang titik, garis, sudut, danbangun bangun geometri yang terletak pada sebuah bidang datar. Berbagaimekanisme peralatan dalam kehidupan nyata banyak diciptakan berdasarkanprinsip prinsip geometri datar.
A TALE OF TWO SCIENTIFIC PARADIGMS: CONFLICTING SCIENTIFIC OPINIONS ON WHAT “FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE” MEANS FOR SARS-COV-2 AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors: Quinn Gerry A , Connolly Ronan , ÓhAiseadha Coilín , Hynds Paul
Published: August 2021

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments have adopted responses revolving around the open-ended use of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), including “lockdowns”, “stay-at-home” orders, travel restrictions, mask-wearing, and regulated social distancing. Initially these were introduced with the stated goals of “flattening the curve” of hospital demand and/or the eradication of the virus from the country (i.e., “zero covid” policies). Over time, these goals have shifted to maintaining sufficient NPIs in place until such time as population-wide vaccination programmes have achieved an appropriate level of herd immunity to allow lifting of these measures without excessive hospital demand. Supporters of this approach have claimed to be “following the science”, insisting that criticism of any aspects of these measures is non-scientific or even “scientific misinformation”. This idea that only one set of scientifically valid opinions on COVID-19 exists has encouraged the media, social media and even scientific journals to suppress and/or dismiss any differing scientific opinions as “erroneous”, “discredited” or “debunked”, resulting in discouragement of open-minded scientific inquiry or discussion. Accordingly, in the current article we identify two distinct scientific paradigms to analysing COVID-19 adopted within the medical and scientific community. Paradigm 1 is primarily model-driven, while Paradigm 2 is primarily empirically-driven. Using these two paradigms we have analysed the epidemiological data for 30 northern hemisphere countries (with a total population of 882 million). Remarkably, we find using each paradigm leads to diametrically opposite conclusions on many policy-relevant issues. We discuss how these conflicting results might be reconciled and provide recommendations for scientists and policymakers.
Makalah Bimbingan Belajar
Authors: Nurhikmahladewi
Published: August 2021

Implementasi layanan bimbingan dan konseling dalam perkembangan perilaku sosial
Genetic placebo effect on psychological resilience_the moderating role of self-compassion
Authors: Tan Huixin , Li Tianwu , Huang Nora , Duan Qin , Fan Leyi , Yu Meihua , Wang Jiahui , DNA Gese , luo siyang
Published: August 2021

The genetic placebo effect comprises the gene-related psychological, physiological and behavioral changes resulting from merely receiving genetic information. Although previous studies have found a genetic placebo effect resulting from fake genetic feedback, it is unclear whether the genetic placebo effect can occur independent of actual genetic dispositions and whether the genetic placebo effect varies across participants. Our research aimed to address this gap by testing the genetic placebo effect on psychological resilience when taking the impact of genes into consideration and investigating the moderating effect of self-compassion on the genetic placebo effect. Experiment 1 contained two groups of participants, a before-feedback group and an after-feedback group, whose psychological resilience was measured before (after) receiving genetic feedback about psychological resilience. We observed a weak genetic placebo effect independent of the impact of genes, indexed by the higher correlation between the genetic score and psychological resilience score in the after-feedback group. Moreover, self-compassion moderated the genetic placebo effect, and the participants with higher self-compassion were more sensitive to genetic feedback. These findings were replicated in experiment 2, in which we randomly gave genetic feedback to participants, reporting genetic predispositions of high or low psychological resilience. Our research enhanced the ecological validity of the genetic placebo effect and brought us insights into the use of genetic testing and feedback.
Contra assertions, feedback improves word recognition
Authors: Magnuson James , Grubb Samantha , Crinnion Anne Marie , Luthra Sahil , Gaston Phoebe
Published: August 2021

Norris and Cutler (in press) revisit their arguments that (lexical-to-sublexical) feedback cannot improve word recognition performance, based on the assumption that feedback must boost signal and noise equally. They also argue that demonstrations that feedback improves performance (Magnuson, Mirman, Luthra, Strauss, & Harris, 2018) in the TRACE model of spoken word recognition (McClelland & Elman, 1986) were artifacts of converting activations to response probabilities. We first evaluate their claim that feedback in an interactive activation model must boost noise and signal equally. This is not true in a fully interactive activation model such as TRACE, where the feedback signal does not simply mirror the feedforward signal; it is instead shaped by joint probabilities over lexical patterns, and the dynamics of lateral inhibition. Thus, even under high levels of noise, lexical feedback will selectively boost signal more than noise. We demonstrate that feedback promotes faster word recognition and preserves accuracy under noise whether one uses raw activations or response probabilities. We then document that lexical feedback selectively boosts signal (i.e., lexically-coherent series of phonemes) more than noise by tracking sublexical (phoneme) activations under noise with and without feedback. Thus, feedback in a model like TRACE does improve word recognition, exactly by selective reinforcement of lexically-coherent signal. We conclude that whether lexical feedback is integral to human speech processing is an empirical question, and briefly review a growing body of work at behavioral and neural levels that is consistent with feedback and inconsistent with autonomous (non-feedback) architectures.
Non-linear Analysis of Models for Biological Pattern Formation: Application to Ocular Dominance Stripes
Authors: Lyons Michael J
Published: August 2021

We present a technique for the analysis of pattern formation by a class of models for the formation of ocular dominance stripes in the striate cortex of some mammals. The method, which employs the adiabatic approximation to derive a set of ordinary differential equations for patterning modes, has been successfully applied to reaction-diffusion models for striped patterns. Models of ocular dominance stripes have been studied by computation, or by linearization of the model equations. These techniques do not provide a rationale for the origin of the stripes. We show here that stripe formation is a non-linear property of the models. Our analysis indicates that stripe selection is closely linked to a property in the dynamics of the models which arises from a symmetry between ipsilateral and contralateral synapses to the visual cortex of a given hemisphere.
Between automatic and control processes: How relationships between problem elements interact to facilitate or impede insight
Authors: Becker Maxi , Davis Simon , Cabeza Roberto
Published: August 2021

Solving a problem requires relating the pieces of information available to each other and to the solution. We investigated how the strength of these relationships determines the likelihood of solving insight tasks based on remote associates. In these tasks, the solver is provided with several cues (e.g. drop, coat, summer) and has to find the solution that matches those cues (e.g., rain). We measured the semantic similarity between the cues and the solution (cue-solution similarity) as well as between cues (cue-cue similarity). We assume those relationships modulate two basic processes underlying insight problem solving. First, there is an automatic activation process whereby conceptual activation spreads across a semantic network from each cue node to their associated nodes, potentially reaching the node of the solution. Thus, in general, the higher cue-solution similarity, the more likely the solution will be found (Prediction1). Second, there is a controlled search process focused on an area in semantic space whose radius depends on competing cue-cue similarity. High cue-cue similarity will bias a search for the solution close to the provided cues because the associated nodes shared by both cues are highly co-activated. Therefore, high cue-cue similarity will have a beneficial effect when the cue-solution similarity is high but a detrimental effect when cue-solution similarity is low (Prediction2). Our two predictions were confirmed using both verbal and pictorial remote association tasks, supporting the view that insight is dependent on meaningful relationships between cues and solutions, and clarify the mechanisms of insight problem solving in remote associates.
The relationship between fear of COVID-19 and anxiety in Honduran population
Authors: Landa-Blanco Miguel , Santos-Midence Cindy , Landa-Blanco Ana Lucía , Rodríguez Elizabeth Andino , Cortés-Ramos Antonio
Published: August 2021

The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and anxiety in the Honduran population. This was made through a quantitative methodology, using the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). The sample consisted of 595 Honduran respondents, with a mean age of 25.10 years. The results suggest that female participants reported significantly higher scores in fear of COVID-19 and anxiety than men. A linear regression model determined that fear of COVID-19, sex and age were significant predictors of anxiety scores. The overall model had an r2 of 0.325, with fear of COVID-19 accounting for 29.9% of the variance in GAD-7 scores. The resulting model has a large effect size, f 2= 0.48. The results are discussed considering prior research and their psychosocial implications.
Indonesian Crisis Communication Response after Deliberate Forest Fires and Transboundary Haze
Authors: Arandas Mohammed Fadel , Ling Loh Yoke
Published: August 2021

The issue of deliberate forest fires that set illegally in Indonesia by plantation companies in their slash and-burn forests to clear lands for lucrative palm oil plantations and its caused transboundary haze became a hot issue for discussion. These fires have a negative influence on Indonesia and its neighbourhood countries, especially on their financial and human resources such as environment, economy, properties, and people. Using the right strategies in responding to any crisis determines the success of its management and coping with that crisis with minimal losses. This study aimed to examine the communication crisis response by Indonesia to this crisis by using image repair theory. Also, this study examined how image repair strategies were used by Indonesia. This study analysed the content of news stories from the website of the New Straits Times newspaper. The time frame of this study was from 2015 to 2019. A total of 87 news stories have pertained to Indonesian response, and 37 stories included image repair strategies. Among the strategies of image repair theory, corrective action strategy was the most dominant with 70%, followed by 10.8% for each shift the blame and attack accuser. The least used strategies were mortification and simple denial with 5.4% and 2.7% respectively.
Public policies toward sustainable communities: the last chance
Authors: Hidalgo-Oñate Diego
Published: August 2021

The capitalist economic model is unsustainable because far from producing an increase in the well-being of the population, it has intensified environmental and social problems. The 2008 Constitution of Ecuador includes some approaches when claiming the "sumak kawsay" or "good living", which grants rights to nature and considers a form of social and solidarity economy. Some of the approaches of groups that demand social change are accepted, which would improve government management in the design, implementation, and evaluation stages of public policies. Regarding the implementation stage, the scope is to analyze and present a proposal for public environmental, health, and education policies, which would allow us to overcome the crisis. Finally, it seeks to contribute to the discussion around post-development, that is, the viability of sustainable communities that allow supporting the theory of local development and specifically the “sumak kawsay” or “good living” adopted by Ecuador.
Missing the Poor, Big Time: A Critical Assessment of the Consumer Pyramids Household Survey
Authors: Somanchi Anmol
Published: August 2021

India’s statistical system is in bad shape with a near absence of regular publicly funded household surveys in recent years. All eyes have now turned to the Consumer Pyramids Household Survey (CPHS), a panel survey of over 170,000 households, privately executed by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) since 2014. Given its breadth and high frequency, CPHS has become a widely referenced barometer of the Indan economy. Research papers using CPHS have also mushroomed. However, there has been little validation of the nature and quality of CPHS data. Most crucially, is it true that CPHS is an “all-India representative survey” as claimed by CMIE and echoed by multiple articles in prestigious journals? Comparing CPHS with various national surveys on a set of key demographic and economic indicators, this paper argues that, far from being nationally representative, CPHS under-represents women and young children, over-represents well-educated households and under-represents the poor. A possible source for these biases (among others) is the strange, unorthodox sampling design adopted by CMIE, which differs from standard sampling approaches on various counts. Further, the bias in the CPHS sample appears to be growing in recent years, posing a serious challenge when using the data to study trends over time
When the last child moves out: Continuity and convergence in spouses' housework time
Authors: Schulz Florian , Raab Marcel
Published: August 2021

Objective: To examine how mothers’ and fathers’ time allocation for housework changes during the transition to postparenthood, i.e. when the last child moves out of their family households. Background: When the last child moves out, parental households are sized back to the situation before parenthood. Mothers and fathers are released from their direct parenting roles and parental time binds. This transition creates a context in which individual and coupled time allocation are likely to be rearranged. Methods: Changes in mothers’ and fathers’ housework time and mothers’ shares of total housework time were estimated using longitudinal fixed effects regression models, using data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study (1985-2019) on 1,004 households experiencing the transition to postparenthood. Results: Mothers’ time for housework declined by 11 minutes in the years before and by further 7 minutes per day at the transition to postparenthood, whereas fathers’ time declined by 6 minutes in the year after the last child has moved out of the parental household. Mothers’ share of total housework time remained constant around 72-75 percent around postparenthood. Analyses for different groups and specific tasks revealed no variations in the gendered trajectories of housework time. In general, mothers continued to do the majority of housework despite some slight convergence. Conclusion: The transition to postparenthood contributes slightly to the life-course convergence of housework time and thus, similar to all major life-course transitions following the birth of children, tends to reduce housework inequality in couples.
Surgicel Mimicking Brain Abscess: A Case Report
Authors: Niyaf Ali , Niraula Kiran , Limbu Chandra Prakash , Rasheed Arusha Ali , Zauma Aminath
Published: August 2021

Hemostasis is one of the most essential measures in Neurological procedures. Surgicel (Oxidized cellulose) is one of the most frequently used hemostatic agent used worldwide during surgical procedures. We aim to present a case of radiological diagnostic dilemma of a ring enhancing brain lesion where brain abscess, intracranial hematoma and surgicelloma was identified as challenging differential diagnosis. In this paper, we present a case, where a complication occurred with the use of surgicel following craniectomy and evacuation of hematoma.
Fostering Public Army Relation in Nepal
Authors: Duwadi Eak Prasad
Published: August 2021

Nepal maintained army strength even during the reigns of Lichchavi kings. Later, its operations began to generate income. The way in which King Prithvi Narayan Shah and his successors diligently mastered the art of warfare and strategy resulted in the success of the Gorkhali army. After the Kot Prava, the Rana family emerged and radically changed policies. This research studies on Nepali Army’s glorious history, transformation, and mainly its public relation. The Postmodern Military Model (PMMM) is the theoretical perspective that has guided this study. For this, a qualitative method that deals with subjectivity is adopted. Secondary data such as journals, books and standard websites are used to analyze the data. Nepali Army is not a threat to the society that it protects as it has been trying to build its trust and credibility among the public. During its Imperial Era, the Great Britain awarded several Grukha soldiers in its military the ‘Victoria Cross’ for their unparalleled bravery and courage in various battles. Nepali Army gets exposure to serve in the outside world for decades. Relation between civil and army has not been bad in Nepal for many centuries despite of having some rubbings in the modern Nepal. However, politicians, notably the sitting PM or Defense Minister, routinely try to invoke the Nepal Army and draw it into the political jurisdiction. Nepali Army has been doing its duties honestly and unfailingly both inside and outside Nepal.
Soft Power in the Contemporary World: Recommendations to the Small States’ Security
Authors: Baniya Dharma Bahadur
Published: August 2021

Since the emergence of the New World Order in the international relations, the pursuit of national interests through traditional hard power has come under intense criticism. Employment of military instrument in foreign soil in particular, has been questioned. Examples of Afghanistan, Korean Peninsula, Iraq, and Middle-East demonstrate that hard power approach alone, has been barely successful to handle multi-dimensional security challenges in the contemporary world. Although the hard power remains as important instruments of national power, its employment is becoming less significant due to its legitimacy and effectiveness in the changing global environment. Hence, the concept of soft power has been advanced as an alternative approach because of its potential of securing national interest without using force or coercion. Though the smart power, as an appropriate combination of hard and smart powers, has its implications in the international politics; soft power constitutes a very real power. This article argues on why soft power has been a more relevant instrument for the states being blessed or lacking the military might. Finally, the article presents its analysis with implications and recommends on ways in which small states like Nepal need to resort to soft power to ensure their foreign policy objectives and security in the changing international order.
विश्वव्यापीकरण र राष्ट्रिय सुरक्षाका चुनौतीहरू
Authors: आचार्य विष्णु प्रसाद
Published: August 2021

विश्वव्यापीकरणले वस्तु, सेवा, पुँजी, प्रविधि, सूचना, सीमा विहीन स्वतन्त्रता तथा सुरक्षालाई समेत अन्तर्राष्ट्रियकरण गरेको छ । परम्परागत राज्य केन्द्रित सुरक्षाबाट मानवीय सुरक्षा केन्द्रित अवधारणामा यसको रूपान्तरण भएको छ । विश्वव्यापीकरण सँगै अन्तर्सम्बन्धित सूचना–प्रविधि, आर्थिक खुलापन, सङ्गठित अपराध, सम्पत्ति–शुद्धीकरण, आतङ्कवादी गतिविधि, श्रम–आप्रवासन, बढ्दो व्यापार–घाटा, साइबर–आतङ्क, जलवायु परिवर्तन र वातावरणीय असन्तुलन, मानव सिर्जित विपद जस्ता विभिन्न कारणले कुनै पनि मुलुकको राष्ट्रिय सुरक्षामा चुनौती थपिएको छ । यस्ता चुनौतीले अल्पविकसित तथा विकासोन्मुख राष्ट्रहरूको राष्ट्रिय क्षमतामा ह्रास आएको छ । यस्तै इन्डोप्यासिफिक रणनीति र बेल्टएण्ड रोड इनिसिएटिभ जस्ता सामरिक एवं सञ्जालीकृत विषयहरूमा सन्तुलित कूटनीति अँगाल्नु हाम्रो जस्ता राष्ट्रका नवीन सुरक्षा चुनौतीहरू हुन् । आन्तरिक राजनीतिमा बाह्य शक्ति राष्ट्र र सङ्गठनको दबाबले पनि सार्वभौमसत्तामा नकारात्मक प्रभाव परिरहेको देखिन्छ । अत: मुलुकका सुरक्षा अङ्गहरूको थप सक्षमता र मानवीय सुरक्षाका आयामलाई प्राथमिकता दिँदै राष्ट्रिय हितका आधारमा विदेश नीतिको सञ्चालनले उल्लिखित चुनौती समाधान गर्न सकिन्छ । प्रस्तुत अध्ययनका क्रममा विश्वव्यापीकरण र राष्ट्रिय सुरक्षाको अवस्था/स्वरूप के छ ? यसमा देखापरेका चुनौतीहरू के के हुन् ? जस्ता प्रश्नहरूमा केन्द्रित हुँदै विश्वव्यापीकरण तथा राष्ट्रिय सुरक्षाको विद्यमान अवस्था/स्वरूप माथि प्रकाश पार्नु र यसका समाधानका उपायहरूको निरूपण गर्नु जस्ता विषयलाई यस इरोध लेखमा मुख्य उदेश्य बनाइएको छ । अध्ययनलाई पूर्णता दिन र सामग्रीहरूको सङ्कलन गर्न प्राथमिक तथा द्वितीयको स्रोत–सामग्रीहरूको उपयोग गर्दै प्राप्त सामग्रीहरूलाई बर्णनात्मक, विश्लेषणात्मक शोधविधिका केन्द्रीयतामा चर्चा गरिएको छ । अत:विद्यमान विश्वव्यापीकरणका  पृष्ठभूमिमा मुलुकको राष्ट्रिय सुरक्षा र यसमाथि देखिएका चुनौतीहरू के के हुन् ? त्यसको समाधानका निम्ति प्रस्तुत अध्ययनले एउटा कोसेढुङ्गाकै रूपमा ठोस उपलब्धि प्रदान गर्ने छ भन्ने सन्दर्भमा स्पष्ट हुन सकिन्छ ।
Diversification of ceramic craft for tourism souvenir: local culture as art creation and production idea
Authors: Ponimin Ponimin
Published: August 2021

The tourism industry and craft products are two sectors that are long developed, complementing and strengthening each other. However, not many people consider ceramic craft product design with local culture basis. The research aims to show how local culture can be used as a source for ceramic craft product design ideas. Through design innovation and production techniques, we can increase varieties of ceramic craft product design. However, to make it come true, it needs a creative method as its solution. Creative method application includes: (1) Developing ceramic craft design for souvenir, based on local culture; (2) ceramic craft visual exploration for souvenir sourced from the local culture with Kerapan Sapi Madura (Cow Racing) as creation idea; (3) Ceramic craft production technique for souvenir; (4) Improvement and analysis of ceramic craft product innovation for a souvenir. (5) Analysis of creation result. Creation results can be seen from two design sets of ceramic craft products based on local culture with the “Kerapan Sapi Madura (Cow Racing)” theme as a product design idea.
Calling of education: challenges and achievements of independence
Authors: Boichenko Mykhailo
Published: August 2021

Education is a broad way to the individual, collective and societal success and independence: it consists of pedagogical efforts, learning and upbringing. All these components are united in educational communication that revealed personal vocation to some job and future profession, on the one hand, and spiritual strategic calling of life. The vocation itself is a challenge for the individual, local community and for the state, because it often requires the effort of all forces and the full revealing of one’s creative potential – to get a good citizen and successful member of community. At the same time, it is through the implementation of his or her vocation that the individual receives the resources and abilities giving him or her the strength and ability to respond to numerous external challenges. To give a proper answer for these challenges personality should find own core, reveals oneself and choose priority values. To get some benefits from job as a vocation it is necessary to find your calling in life – its main, strategic purpose, its intrinsic meaning: our calling gives us goals and our vocation gives us means to achieve these goals. Friedrich Nietzsche called for a genuine academic freedom as only honorable aim for student and researcher and gave a radical critique for the university bureaucracy and academic officialism. Such systematic and total criticism, not as nihilism, but as a component of the systematic search for an authentic vocation and sacred calling, is taught by education, and best of all, by academic education. Independence is not a gift or a trophy, it is a state of searching for one's own authenticity and a sense of pleasure in the struggle for it. Therefore, independence can and should be both personal and common – because human is always no less a social being in unity with others than in gaining his or her own autonomy through others.
ANALISIS KANDUNGAN LOGAM BERAT TIMBAL (Pb) PADA JAJANAN GORENGAN DI KOTA MAKASSAR
Authors: Kahar Bella A.Nurul Fitrah Kahar Bella , Rappe Erlani
Published: August 2021

ABSTRAKTimbal adalah partikel-partikel debu yang dihasilkan dari emisi kendaraan bermotor. Timbal (Pb) adalah logam yang mendapat perhatian karena bersifat toksik melalui makanan, minuma, udara, air, serta debu yang tercemar timbal. Inseksitas timbal bisa terjadi melalui jalur oral, lewat makanan, dan minuman. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kadar timbal pada jajanan gorengan di Kota Makassar. Penelitian ini menggunakan observasional pendekatan deskriptif. Jumlah sampel yang digunakan adalah 24 sampel yakni sampel gorengan bakwan, sampel gorengan pisang dan sampel minyak goreng yang diambil pada delapan lokasi yang sama. Data yang diperoleh dari hasil observasi dilapangan dan pemeriksaan laboratorium dalam penelitian ini akan disajikan dalam bentuk tabel. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa rata-rata kandungan timbal pada jajanan gorengan di Kota Makassar untuk nilai kadar timbal tertinggi gorengan bakwan yaitu 6,3397 mg/kg, untuk sampel gorengan pisang nilai kadar timbal tertinggi yaitu 8,7637 mg/kg dan untuk sampel minyak goreng yang digunakan nilai kadar timbal yaitu < 0,10 mg/kg. Kesimpulan dalam penelitian ini yaitu kandungan timbal pada jajanan gorengan di Kota Makassar sesuai dengan peraturan tidak memenuhi syarat untuk jajanan gorengan berdasarkan BPOM RI Nomor HK.00.06.1.52.4011 yaitu 0.25 mg/kg. dan pemeriksaan kandungan timbal pada minyak goreng memenuhi syarat sesuai dengan peraturan berdasarkan SNI 01-3741-2002 yaitu 0,1 mg/kg. Diharapkan bagi pedagang kaki lima yang menjual dipinggir jalan agar jajanan gorengan yang dijual dalam kondisi tetutup untuk meminimalir terpaparnya timbal. Kata Kunci : Timbal (Pb), Gorengan, Minyak Goreng
HUBUNGAN FAKTOR PERILAKU PEKERJA DENGAN KEJADIAN PENYAKIT AKIBAT KERJA
Authors: Bahri Syamsul , Mulyadi Mulyadi
Published: August 2021

ABSTRAKPenyakit Akibat Kerja Merupakan penyakit yang disebabkan oleh pekerjaan, alat kerja, bahan, proses maupun lingkungan kerja. Setiap orang membutuhkan pekerjaan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidupnya. Dalam bekerja, kesehatan dan keselamatan kerja (K3) merupakan faktor yang sangat penting untuk diperhatikan karena seseorang yang mengalami sakit dalam bekerja akan berdampak pada diri, keluarga, dan lingkungan.Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan faktor perilaku pekerja dengan kejadian penyakit akibat kerja. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan studi kepustakaan dengan pendekatan deskriptif yaitu mengumpulkan data berupa data sekunder yang diperoleh dari literatur-literatur, buku-buku dan hasil penelitian sebelumnya dengan mengkaji hubungan variabel bebas dan variabel terikat.Berdasarkan dari 6 jurnal studi penelitian yang telah dikaji menunjukkan hubungan yaitu Haris Setiawan dan Ipop Sjariah (2015), didapatkan tenaga kerja mengalami gangguan kesehatan pada mulut, gigi, dan saluran pernafasan. Sarinah dan Supri (2015), hasil uji statistik didapatkan nilai masing- masing 0,024 dan 0,025 karena nilai p-value <0,05 sehingga ada hubungan dengan kejadian penyakit akibat kerja. Margareta Pratiwi Eka (2016), menunjukkan nilai p-value 0,014 yang artinya ada hubungan antara penggunaan alat pelindung diri dengan kejadian penyakit akibat kerja. Husaini dkk (2017), menunjukkan nilai p-vaule 0.000 artinya ada hubungan  penggunaan alat pelindung diri dengan penyakit akibat kerja. Farmawaty dkk (2018), didapatkan bahwa penyakit merupakan risiko yang sering dialami oleh penganggut sampah. Ratnah dan Agus (2018), didapatkan bahwa penyakit yang dialami oleh pekerja yaitu gangguan pernafasan, kelelahan otot, dan gangguan kulit.Untuk itu perlunya edukasi berupa penyuluhan yang dilakukan perusahaan terhadap karyawan dan pekerja sektor informal terkait penyakit akibat kerja sehingga mampu meminimalisir terjadinya penyakit di tempat kerja.
Kemampuan Variasi Umpan Dalam Menangkap Tikus Di Industri Tahu Kecamatan Baranti Kabupaten Sidrap
Authors: Lasmi Sulasmi , Siska Siska , Budirman Budirman
Published: August 2021

Tikus merupakan binatang pengerat yang merugikan manusia karena menghabiskan makanan, tanam-tanaman, barang-barang dan lain-lain harta benda. Tikus makin dekat hubungannya dengan manusia, interaksi tikus sangat membahayakan dikarenakan vektor penyakit seperti pes dan leptospirosis. Tujuan penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui kemampuan variasi umpan Mentimun, Jagung dan Kelapa Bakar dalam menangkap tikus di industri tahu Kecamatan Baranti Kabupaten Sidrap. Jenis penelitian eksperiemen. sampel  sebanyak 6 sampel dengan 3 kali perlakuan.Hasil penelitian  bahwa  umpan Mentimun  paling sedikit disukai tikus yakni masuk perangkap  33,3%,kelapa bakar 66,7%  dan  umpan Jagung  mampu menangkap 6 ekor(100%),  jenis tikus yang tertangkap  Tikus Norvegicus dan Tikus Tanezumi. Kesimpulan  bahwa umpan Jagung merupakan umpan yang paling efektif dalam menangkap tikus
HUBUNGAN SANITASI DASAR DENGAN KEJADIAN PENYAKIT DIARE DAN PENYAKIT KULIT DI HUNIAN SEMENTARA PASCA BENCANA KELURAHAN LERE, KECAMATAN PALU BARAT, KOTA PALU
Authors: Hasan Fauziah , Ruhban Andi
Published: August 2021

Sanitasi dasar ialah upaya minimum yang diperlukan untuk menyediakan lingkungan sehat yang memenuhi syarat kesehatan dengan menitikberatkan pada aspek pengawasan berbagai faktor lingkungan yang akan mempengaruhi derajat kesehatan manusia. Tujuan penelitian Untuk mengetahui hubungan sanitasi dasar dengan kejadian penyakit diare dan penyakit kulit di hunian sementara pasca bencana Kelurahan Lere, Kecamatan Palu Barat, Kota Palu. Adapun populasi dan sampel adalah kepala keluarga pengungsi yang mendiami hunian sementara dengan jumlahsampel sebanyak 135 kepala keluarga yang diambil secara acak (random sampling). Setelah itu data dianalisis dengan menggunakan uji statistikpearson correlation dengan tingkat kemaknaan α = 0,05 dikatakan bermakna jika p < 0,05.Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara sarana sanitasi dengan kejadian penyakit diare dan kulit di hunian sementara pasca bencana alam di Kelurahan Lere Kota Palu dimana ; sarana penyediaan air bersih (p = 0,000 (p < 0,05), sarana pembuangan kotoran/jamban (p= 0,004 (p < 0,05), sarana pengolahan air limbah (p = 0,000 (p < 0,05) dan untuk sarana pengelolaan sampah tidak ada hubungan dengan kejadian penyakit diare dan kulit (p =0,082 (p > 0,05).