bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
“Arjantin’in Kayıp Çocukları” Vakasının Hakikat Hakkı Çerçevesinde İncelenmesi
Authors: MIZRAK Dilan
Published: April 2019

1990’lı yıllardan başlayarak geçmişle hesaplaşma meselesinde en çok zikredilen kavramlardan biri olan hakikat hakkının genel uygulama sahası ağır insan

hakları ihlalleridir. En açık şekliyle tanındığı ve uygulandığı alan ise zorla

kaybetmelerdir. Bu hak, geçmişte işlenmiş insanlığa karşı suçlar ve ağır insan

hakları ihlallerinin aydınlatılması, hangi suç ve ihlallerin kimlere karşı kimler

tarafından hangi imkân ve yöntemlerle, neden işlendiğinin ortaya çıkarılması

ve ilan edilmesi talebini içermektedir. Hakikat hakkı, Arjantin askeri darbesinde gerçekleşen kaybetmeler bakımından da uygulanmıştır. Darbenin en

altüst edici ihlallerinden biri olan, kurbanların bebeklerini sistematik biçimde

çalma ve satma eylemlerine karşı, kurbanların anneleri bir araya gelmiştir.

Mayo Meydanı Büyükanneleri olarak adlandırılan bu topluluk, kaybedilen

çocukları tarafından dünyaya getirilen torunlarının akıbetini öğrenmek için

hakikat mücadelesi yürütmüştür.
A violência no campo: representações sociais de futuros professores campesinos
Authors: Ribeiro Luiz Paulo , Antunes-Rocha Maria Isabel
Published: April 2019

O presente trabalho analisa as representações sociais sobre a violência de educandos do curso de Licenciatura em Educação do Campo de uma instituição pública do estado de Minas Gerais. Para tanto foram realizadas 17 entrevistas com alunos desta formação que apresentam vinculação com o campo. Uma análise de conteúdo conjugada com análise léxica com o software IRAMUTEQ ® revelou cinco classes de conteúdo representacional, cada uma delas ligada à um aspecto descritivo ou interventivo sobre a violência no campo. A representação social sobre a violência para o grupo de educandos se organiza em torno da descrição/vivência e da intervenção/ação coletiva que reproduz as tensões entre agronegócio e agricultura e entre os movimentos sociais do campo e latifundiários. Foi possível verificar que trata-se de uma representação social complexa já que envolve outras representações, que ao ancorar em discursos de resistência ou assistencialismo podem representar um avanço ou retrocesso no que diz respeito à Educação do Campo.
Fatores associados ao atraso escolar: uma análise sob a ótica da violência
Authors: Da Rosa Samanda Silva , França Marco Tulio Aniceto , Frio Gustavo Saraiva
Published: April 2019

O objetivo deste estudo é verificar como a violência escolar e doméstica afeta o atraso escolar de meninos e meninas. A base de dados empregada foi a Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar (PeNSE) do ano de 2015 e as observações compreendem estudantes que cursam a partir do sexto ano do ensino fundamente até o final do ensino médio. A estratégia empírica usada foi um modelo de análise fatorial com extração de componentes principais, e posteriormente, o modelo de escolha binária, logit. Os principais resultados apontam que a violência sexual acarreta no aumento das chances de as meninas apresentarem maior distorção idade-série. Faltar às atividades escolares por motivo de insegurança na escola ou no trajeto corrobora para o atraso escolar em ambos os sexos.
Modeling of eddy current losses in the iron core of electrical machines by a finite element homogenization method
Authors: Đặng Quốc Vương
Published: April 2019

A finite element homogenization method is proposed for the magetodynamic h-conform finite element forumulation to compute eddy current losses in electrical steel laminations. The lamination stack is served as a source region carrying predefined current density and magnetic flux density distributions presenting the eddy current losses and skin effects in each lamination. In order to solve this problem, the stacked laminations are converted into continuums with which terms are associated for considering the eddy current loops produced by both parallel and perpendicular fluxes. An accurate model of accuracy is developed via an accurate analytical expression of the eddy currents and makes the method adapted to both low and high frequency effects to capture skin depths of fields along thicknesses of the laminations.
Conceptual Issues Of Accounting Of Intellectual Capital
Authors: Pulatov M.E.
Published: April 2019

This article is devoted to conceptual issues of intellectual capital. It substantiates a number of proposals and recommendations for improving the recognition, valuation and measurement of intellectual capital in accordance with modern requirements.
Fitri andriyana_165100001
Authors: andriyana Fitri
Published: April 2019

Businees to Consumer (B2C) adalah bentuk jasa yang melibatkan perusahaan penjual produk atau jasa dengan konsumen yang dilakukan melalui jaringan elektronik baik berupa komputer maupun smartphone yang terhubung dengan internet.B2C Adalah suatu aktivitas E-business dalam pelayanan secara langsung kepada konsumen berupa barang atau jasa. sifat dari bisnis ini adalah terbuka dan bebas yang dimanfaatkan oleh khalayak umum. Cara mengaksesnya melalui website atau toko online yang disediakan oleh pelaku bisnis. Dalam memulai Business to Consumer ada beberapa tantangan yang dihadapi yaitu membangun privasi dan kepercayaan pada konsumen menciptakan ketergantungan dan loyalitas konsumen pada bisnis anda, kelengkapan dan keragaman ketersedian produk yang anda jual.Kata Kunci : Mengenal Business To Consumer (B2C)
KETERKAITAN ANTAR JARINGAN
Authors: solehawati Iis
Published: April 2019

Padakesempatankaliinisayamembahastentangbagaimanacarakerjajaringanselulerataucarakerjakomunikasiantarsesamajaringanyangsalingberkaitanuntukbisasalingberhubunganmenggunakanjaringan,yangdemikianjugaseringdigunakanpadaterphoneselulersetiapindividuuntuksalingbertukarkomunikasi.Padaeramoderniniteknologijugasemakincanggihcontohnyapadajaringanyangdigunakanmasyarkatpadaeramoderninilebihefisiendibandingkandenganmasyarakatpadaterdahulu.Seiringperkembangannyajugatakheranjikaparaproviderberlombalombauntukmenciptakanjaringanyangstabiluntukdigunakandanbanyakdiminatimasyarakatbesarkhususnyajugamengarahkepadaperusahaanyangberkembangdibidangteknologi
MANAJEMEN PROYEKSI SISTEM INFORMASI
Authors: solehawati Iis
Published: April 2019

Manajemenproyekitusuatudisiplinilmupadaeratahun1950-an,Amerikabangsayang pertama kalimenggunakan ilmu manajemen proyek.Henry Ganttdapatdikatakanbapakdariilmumanajemenproyek,dannamanyapunmenjadimetodeyang digunakan,bernama “Gantt Chart”. Perlu diingat bahwa mempelajariManajemenProyekitutidakterlalusulit,karenadidalamnyaterdapathal-halyangterbiasadilakukanolehmanusia,hanyaditambahkansedikitlogikadanaturanyangkhusus.SedangkanProyekituusahayangharusdilakukandariawalhinggaakhirpadasuatukejadian,yangmempunyaibatasanwaktu–anggaran–sumberdayayangdibutuhiolehpelanggan.Meskipadaakhirtujuandariadanyaproyekadalahuntukmemuaskanpelanggan
ANALISIS KECEPATAN ANGIN MESOSFER DAN TERMOSFER BAWAH DAERAH EKUATOR INDONESIA DARI PENGAMATAN MF RADAR
Authors: Martiningrum Dyah Rahayu
Published: April 2019

Variasi komponen pasut diurnal dan semidiurnal dari data angin zonal dan meridional untuk stasiun Pameungpeuk dan Pontianak akan dianalisis untuk mengetahui bagaimana pola musiman pasut diurnal dan semidiurnalnya. Data yang digunakan adalah data jam-an kecepatan angin zonal dan meridional keluaran MF Radar Pontianak dan Pameungpeuk. Data stasiun Pontianak tahun 2004 dan data stasiun Pameungpeuk dari tahun 2005 sampai dengan tahun 2006. Dengan memanfaatkan persamaan harmonik untuk gelombang pasut dan mencari solusinya, maka akan diperoleh amplitudo komponen-komponen pasut baik diurnal maupun semidiurnal angin zonal dan meridional. Data amplitudo pasut bulanan akan memberikan informasi bagaimana variasi kecepatan angin pada ketinggian 90 km (Mesosfer-Lower Termosfer) di atas Pameungpeuk dan Pontianak. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa variasi musiman terlihat jelas pada angin rata-rata baik di atas Pameungpeuk dan Pontianak. Komponen-komponen pasut diurnal dan semidiurnal untuk stasiun Pontianak mencapai maksimum saat matahari berada dekat ekuator dan sebaliknya mencapai minimum pada saat bulan-bulan matahari jauh dari ekuator. Sementara untuk stasiun Pameungpeuk nilai maksimum dan minimumnya lebih bervariasi. Hasil-hasil analisis kecepatan angin di atas dibandingkan juga dengan hasil-hasil analisis serupa untuk daerah ekuator lainnya, dalam hal ini dibandingkan dengan Brazil. Pola angin mesosfer di atas Pontianak memiliki kesamaan dan perbedaan dengan pola angin mesosfer di atas Cariri, Brazil. Kesamaannya ada pada pola angin rata-rata baik zonal maupun meridional. Sedangkan perbedaannya ada pada pasut diurnal dan semidiurnal dan perbandingan besar gelombang pasut zonal dan meridional
Penerapan Model Quantum Teaching untuk Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar Siswa Kelas IV Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Desyandri Desyandri
Published: April 2019

This study aims to describe the application of the Quantum Teaching model to improve student learning outcomes in social studies learning. This research is a classroom action research that uses qualitative and quantitative approaches. The subjects of this study were 28 teachers and fourth grade students. The implementation of this research was carried out in two cycles with research procedures consisting of planning, implementation, observation and reflection. The results of research was improve a) RPP cycle I 83.9% and cycle II 92.8%. b) Implementation of teacher aspects and aspects of students cycle I 80.5% and cycle II 94.4%, c) Student learning outcomes cycle I 78.5 and cycle II 87. Thus, the application of the Quantum Teaching model can improve learning outcomes students in social studies learning in Grade IV SD Negeri 08 Pisang Kota Padang.
KETIDAKSTABILAN PLASMA DI LAPISAN E IONOSFER INDONESIA DI ATAS KOTOTABANG DAN PAMEUNGPEUK
Authors: Martiningrum Dyah Rahayu
Published: April 2019

Salah satu teori tentang ketidakstabilan plasma lapisan E ionosfer dikaitkan dengan adanya ion-ion logam yang terakumulasi dalam suatu windshear vertikal dari angin netral ketika angin dalam arah zonal bernilai nol. Kajian mengenai mekanisme pembentukan ion-ion di lapisan E yang dikaitkan dengan windshear dari angin netral di atas Kototabang dan Pameungpeuk sangat menarik. Hal ini mengingat, selain pentingnya analisis dari densitas elektron sebagai indikator dinamika plasma, yang tidak kalah penting adalah memahami variasi kecepatan angin netral sebagai salah satu komponen yang berperan dalam dinamika plasma lapisan E tersebut. Pada penelitian sebelumnya, dinamika plasma di lapisan E diketahui dari data frekuensi kejadian E sporadis setiap bulan selama tahun 2009. Kemudian variasi angin netral diketahui dengan cara menentukan fluks momentum kecepatan angin netral menggunakan perhitungan statistik root mean square dari data kecepatan angin netral rata-rata 3 jam-an setiap bulan selama tahun 2009. Untuk pengolahhan data stasiun Kototabang, hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa proses-proses cuaca permukaan lebih dominan berperan dalam pembentukan lapisan E. sporadis dibandingkan windshear insitu. Penelitian lebih lanjut untuk melihat keterkaitan antara variasi angin netral dengan frekuensi kejadian E sporadis di atas Pameungpeuk menunjukkan hasil yang berbeda dengan hasil analisis data Kototabang, karena ternyata variasi kecepatan angin bersesuaian dengan frekuensi kejadian E sporadis selama tahun 2009, sehingga kemungkinan windshear insitu lebih banyak berperan dalam pembentukan E sporadis pada lapisan ionosfer di atas Pameungpeuk
VALIDASI MODEL foF2 GIM-MSILRI PADA SAAT AKTIVITAS MATAHARI MINIMUM TAHUN 2009 MENGGUNAKAN DATA IONOSONDE TANJUNGSARI
Authors: Martiningrum Dyah Rahayu
Published: April 2019

Validasi model foF 2 GIM-MSILRI telah dilakukan menggunakan data ionosonde Tanjungsari selama siklus matahariminimum tahun 2009 dengan cara membandingkan grafik foF 2 model dan pengamatan, analisis korelasi dan analisiskesalahan model dari pengamatan. Koefisien korelasi foF 2 kedua data setiap hari dihitung kemudian dirata-ratakansetiap bulan mulai bulan Januari – Oktober 2009. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa nilai koefisen korelasinya hampir mendekati 1 untuk data foF 2 harian dengan nilai koefisien korelasi tertinggi adalah sebesar 0,9972 dan koefisienkorelasi terendah adalah sebesar 0,8052 . Demikian juga simpangan model dalam satu hari selama satu bulan dirata-ratakan. Simpangan tertinggi adalah 1,7564 MHz dan simpangan terendah adalah 0,2991 MHz. Simpangan model pada jam tertentu selama satu bulan juga dirata-ratakan sehingga didapatkan rata-rata simpangan terbesar terjadi pada jam 01.00 dini hari bulan April (1,6693 MHz), dan rata-rata simpangan terkecil terjadi pada jam 07.00 bulan Juni(0,3307 MHz) . Penjelasan dan analisis fisis kenapa model memiliki kemiripan dan perbedaan dikaitkan dengan proses ionisasi , transport dan rekombinasi lapisan F 2 di N maks dan proses – proses tersebut di seluruh lapisan yaitu D,E, dan F 1 juga akan diberikan. Variasi bulanan simpangan antara model juga dikaitkan dengan proses-proses tersebutdalam kaitannya dengan posisi garis edar matahari pada bulan tertentu
PENELITIAN DINAMIKA ATMOSFER DAN IONOSFER MENGGUNAKAN RADAR MF (MEDIUM FREQUENCY)
Authors: Martiningrum Dyah Rahayu
Published: April 2019

Sejak tahun 1980 diyakini bahwa atmosfer penting tidak saja pada lapisan troposfer (proses cuaca) dan lapisan ionosfer (komunikasi radio), tetapi juga lapisan diantaranya. Hal itu didukung dengan pengembangan peralatan remote sensing seperti radar yang membantu menjelaskan proses-proses dinamis yang terjadi pada lapisan atmosfer dan ionosfer. Berbagai gelombang yang terjadi akibat proses-proses cuaca di lapisan troposfer berperan dalam menjalarkan momentum dan energi global dari troposfer ke lapisan atmosfer lebih atas. Gelombang gravitasi dan pasut berperan penting dalam proses tersebut. Sebagai wilayah kontinen-maritim, tempat dimana energi raksasa dilepaskan melalui konveksi oleh laut, Indonesia mempunyai peranan yang penting dalam penelitian dinamika atmosfer dan ionosfer. Penelitian dinamika atmosfer dan ionosfer melalui proses kopling telah dilakukan di LAPAN dengan memanfaatkan radar MF. Beberapa metode dan analisis hasil penelitian radar MF akan dipaparkan dalam makalah ini dalam mendukung penelitian dinamika atmosfer dan ionosfer
ANALISIS PEMANTAUAN PENGENDALIAN INTERNAL ATAS PELAKSANAAN PEMERIKSAAN PAJAK DI KPP PRATAMA PADANG SATU
Authors: sembiring tuti kelana
Published: April 2019

This study is aimed to determine the procedures for monitoring the internal control over the implementation of a tax audit in the Padang Satu Small Taxpayer Office conducted by the Internal Compliance Unit (ICU) and to see the changes or differences in the level of compliance on the implementation of a tax audit ( special inspection ) in the Padang Satu Small Taxpayer Office before and afther the establishment of the Internal Compliance Unit ( ICU ). Sample testing was the tax audit report ( LHP ) on examination of specific criteria Padang Satu Small Taxpayer Office, published from 2011 to 2013. Data were analyzed by using flowchart technique to determine the procedures and internal control monitoring SOP. Processing data used the Wilcoxon test on the percentage of the level of compliance before and after the CIU formed which was obtained from testing checklists primary control ( DUPU ). The results shown that the internal monitoring control activity which was conducted by the ICU appropriate with SOP number KPP050-0037 and there were significant differences between the level of tax compliance inspection before and after the ICU was farmed. Changes towards the positive were on 10 indicators of primary control that have been implemented by the ICU from 2013 unti 2015 can ensure that functional tax impectors in conducting tax audits in accordance with the rules and standard operating procedures that apply.
PENGARUH PERPUTARAN MODAL KERJA TERHADAP TINGKAT LIKUIDITAS PADA PT. LEMBAH KARET KOTA PADANG
Authors: sembiring tuti kelana
Published: April 2019

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of rotation of working capital to the level of liquidity in PT. Rubber valley Padang 2011-2015. The study also aimed to determine the benchmarks which have the most significant effect on the liquidity. This study includes quantitative and qualitative research, where the research analyzes the working capital by using financial ratio Liquidity Ratios. The data used are primary data and secondary data, data collection techniques in this thesis using interviews, document and literature. Analysis of data using simple linear regression, the results of this study concluded that the turnover of working capital did not significantly affect the company's liquidity level PT. Rubber valley period 2011-201. If measured by the current ratio, quick ratio, cash ratio, and inventory to net working capital, but if liquidity is measured by the cash turnover ratio of working capital turnover significantly influence the liquidity (cash turnover ratio). Advice can be given that the company expected to be able to run or control the level of liquidity and working capital turnover perusahaa, because this is very helpful for the company mengantur performance during a certain period, which is expected to provide material evaluation and analysis for policy decisions next period.
Meta-Assessment: The ARL Library Assessment Ecosystem Modified for Montana State University
Authors: Young Scott W. H. , Swedman David , Kyrillidou Martha
Published: April 2019

How can we apply an assessment lens to our own assessment practices? To answer this question, we follow a mixed-methods approach by applying the assessment ecosystem design described in the recent ARL Assessment Program Visioning Task Force Recommendations (December 17, 2017). Our research synthesizes the evidence and insights gathered through three methods: a case study analysis, a comparative analysis, and a gap analysis.First, we examine a case study of a UX and Assessment (UX&A) program recently developed at Montana State University (MSU). The vision of the UX&A program at MSU is to build and sustain a library that is useful, usable, and desirable for our diverse community of users. UX&A personnel work collaboratively with other Library departments to continually measure, assess, and improve users' experience of Library services and instruction, both physical and online. This new UX&A program was developed in tandem with a new library strategic plan, which is based on the Balanced Scorecard framework.With the new assessment program and strategic plan in place, we conducted a second phase of research: a comparative analysis of the MSU UX&A program vis-à-vis the assessment landscape described in the ARL Recommendations. In this analysis, we highlight which ecosystem elements are currently in place, which elements are in development, and which still need to be developed at MSU.Next, we conducted a gap analysis comparing the ARL recommendations with established and emerging user experience and assessment programs in place at other research libraries to determine if there are additional elements outside of these recommendations that may be useful for describing, assessing, and improving a library’s assessment framework.Finally, we synthesized the insights gathered from our meta-assessment to create an enhanced version of the ARL ecosystem as applied to the MSU library. In terms of practical impact, this enhanced meta-assessment ecosystem can be applied to comprehensively evaluate and improve a library’s user experience and assessment program. Our research ultimately demonstrates and models an approach for meta-assessment that can help inform the development of more effective and sustainable library UX and assessment programs, for the ultimate benefit of our users.
Pathogen disgust predicts stigmatization of individuals with mental health conditions
Authors: Dawydiak Eugene Jurij , Stafford Holly E , stevenson Judith , Jones Benedict C
Published: April 2019

Both avoidance of individuals with cues of infectious illnesses and stigmatization of other types of individual (e.g., obese individuals) are hypothesized to reflect infectious disease avoidance. However, direct empirical tests of this hypothesis have been somewhat rare. Consequently, we tested for possible relationships between subscales of the Three Domain Disgust Scale and stigmatization of individuals with one of three mental health conditions (schizophrenia, skin picking disorder, or sexual sadism disorder) in a sample of 117 participants. Scores on the pathogen disgust subscale of the Three Domain Disgust Scale were positively correlated with stigmatization of these mental health conditions. By contrast, scores on the sexual and moral disgust subscales of the Three Domain Disgust Scale were not significantly related to stigmatization of mental health conditions. These results potentially implicate overgeneralization of infectious disease avoidance in the stigmatization of individuals with mental health conditions.
Teaching and Learning about ethical practice: The case analysis
Authors: Tractenberg Rochelle E.
Published: April 2019

Statistics, biostatistics, and data science are unique disciplines/a unique discipline in the sciences: anyone with an Internet connection and computing device can utilize the methods from these disciplines –irrespective of preparation to do so. Most empirical and all experimental sciences require some form of data analysis, including qualitative methods. However, even those in degree or formal educational programs learning about statistics/biostatistics/data science do not receive training in what constitutes “ethical practice”. The American Statistical Association (ASA) maintains, and recently (2018) updated, Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice. Understanding and being able to utilize these Guidelines (GLs) is relevant for all applications of statistical and data science methodologies – whether for true “research” (following the scientific method) or for business or other predictive/decision-making support. Thus, students who will go on to be statisticians and non-statisticians alike need to learn about ethical statistical practice, including those who seek to apply these methods in marketing, policy, and higher education. This article describes how to employ the case study method to teach the ASA GLs, using simple vignettes and a specific tool called a “stakeholder analysis template”. The template is introduced as a method for understanding the harms and benefits, as well as the stakeholders, in each of a series of tasks common to the collection, analysis/manipulation, and drawing of inferences or conclusions based on data in any shape or size. The ASA Ethical Guidelines are discussed with respect to their potential to guide data collection and munging (two specific tasks), with three learning objectives: 1. describe how different individuals (“stakeholders”) may be affected by decisions and actions; 2. enumerate harms and benefits that are most clearly relevant for each stakeholder with respect to the activity; and 3. identify which ASA GL Principles (and/or specific elements) seem most relevant to this activity. The stakeholder analysis template is intended to facilitate teaching and learning – and the ultimate utility – of the ASA Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice.
They Don’t Just Take a Random Egg: Egg Selection in the United States
Authors: Martin Lauren Jade
Published: April 2019

This chapter examines how the United States fertility industry relies upon the ideology of eugenic selection and the genetic capacity of gametes to market egg donation services globally. Egg donors are selected based on physical, racial, and personality traits that clinics and agencies perceive will appeal to intended parents. By appealing to intended parents to come to the United States as a means to “select” traits in their future offspring by way of egg donation, American fertility industry practices may serve to undermine officially sanctioned norms and values regarding eugenics and selection in those intended parents’ own countries.
Empirical Explanations of Carbon Mitigation during Periods of Economic Growth
Authors: Wang Ranran , Assenova Valentina A. , Hertwich Edgar
Published: April 2019

Prior research on the empirical relationship between anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and economic growth, as measured by increases in gross domestic product (GDP), indicate that a 1% growth in GDP can lead to anything between an increase in emissions by 2.5% to a decline by 0.3%. Studies have paid little attention to independent mechanisms that reduce emissions. Statistical properties of the data undermine the estimation techniques used in many studies. To address these shortcomings, we used novel methods and panel data integrating emissions, economic, and energy-system characteristics across 70 economies over 1970-2013 to derive a universal GDP-emissions relationship and identify key emissions-reduction mechanisms. We found that, robust to a variety of estimation procedures, every 1% increase in GDP was associated with a 1% increase in CO2 emissions when controlling for other mechanisms. Emissions reductions were mainly driven by four mechanisms: (i) energy system decarbonization, (ii) increased economic efficiency, (iii) electrification, and (iv) deindustrialization. A 1% increase in these factors was associated with 0.2-1.8% reductions in CO2 emissions per year; together, these factors contributed to 18 petagrams of emissions reduction globally over 1970-2013. Decarbonization contributed most to emissions reductions in high-income economies, while economic efficiency and electrification contributed most to reductions in low-income economies.
Prevalence of microalbuminuria and its association with glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients: a cross sectional study at Kathmandu Medical College
Authors: Karki Prabin Kumar , Timalsina Santosh , Chalise Sanat , Yadav Anita , Bhattarai Ashish Kumar
Published: April 2019

Background: Diabetes mellitus has become one of the biggest health problems of this era. The resultant microvascular and macrovascular complications add to significant amount of morbidity and mortality. Urine microalbumin is considered as an early marker for microvascular compli­cations among diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of microalbuminuria among type 2 diabetic patients attending Kathmandu Medical College and its relation with glycemic control, age, sex, duration of diabetes.

Methods: A total of 208 previously diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients at­tending medical outpatient department of Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal were included in the study over a period of 1 year (October 2017 - September 2018). Fasting and 2-hour postprandial venous blood for blood glucose and HbA1c measurement and early morning urine sam­ple (after overnight fast) was collected for detection of microalbuminuria. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 23.

Results: The prevalence of microalbuminuria among the study population (mean age: 54.22 ± 11.76 years, mean HbA1c: 7.62 ± 1.53 %) was 42.8%. Microalbuminuria had significant correlation with HbA1c and duration of diabetes (p<0.001), but not with age, sex and type of medication. There was positive correlation between urine microalbumin and fasting and post-prandial blood glucose.

Conclusions: Our present study found high prevalence of microalbumin­uria among diabetic patients with poor glycemic control. It is suggested that tighter glycemic control with regular urine microalbumin testing should be integral part of diabetic management plan to prevent long term complications such as diabetic nephropathy
Stress and self-esteem among nursing students at private medical college, Chitwan
Authors: Shrestha Swostika , Ghimire Srijana
Published: April 2019

Background: Stress and self-esteem are common issues that everyone has to cope with at some time in their lives and they could also affect other things going on in a person’s’ life. The objective of the study is to identify the stress and self-esteem among nursing students.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among B.Sc. Nursing students, Chitwan Medical College. The data was collected by us­ing structured questionnaire within 2 weeks. Obtained data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 16.0. Descriptive statistics (mean, frequency, percentage and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (chi-square and correlation) were used for data analysis.

Results: Out of 116 respondents, 23.3%, 25.9%, 25.9% and 25.0% were from first, second, third and fourth year respectively. More than half i.e. 50.9% of the respondents had high stress. Respondents had faced higher (68.1%) in teacher related stress followed by peer stress 67.2% and self-inflict 66.0%. About 61.2% of the respondents had low self-esteem. There was higher stress in first year students then other. The fact is that as the academic year increases, students become more familiar to the learning environment and able to cope better. There was statistical significant as­sociation between stress among nursing students and habit of problem sharing (p=0.04).

Conclusions: It is concluded that respondents have high level of stress and low level of self-esteem. Therefore, intervention for increasing self-esteem and decreasing stress should be conducted by the college administration.
Geochemical and biostratigraphic constraints on the genesis of mafic intrusive in the Buxa Dolomite (Neoproterozoic), Panging area of the Arunachal Lesser Himalaya, north east India
Authors: Gupta A. K. , Singh A. K.
Published: April 2019

Mafic intrusive within Neoproterozoic carbonates of Miri-Buxa Group in the Panging area of the Arunachal Lesser Himalaya, NE India has been reported for the first time. These mafic rocks have affinity to subalkaline-Mg-tholeiites and identified as low-Ti gabbro. Geochemically they are characterized by enrichment in LILE and LREE, depleted in HFSE with minor REE fractionated nature [(La/Yb)N = 2.70-3.29)] and positive Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 1.00-1.30). These rocks have the influence of a within plate signature which were intruded in a continental rift tectonic environment. Petrogenetic modelings of [Mg]-[Fe] and REE suggest these mafic rocks probably derived from enriched mantle source similar to komatiitic composition at moderate to higher degree (35% - 50%) of partial melt. Based on the present reported microfossils viz. Rivularia haematites and Filamentus cyanobacteria in the chert lenses of the Buxa Dolomite from the Panging area, it is suggested that the gabbroic intrusion might have been taken place during Late Neoproterozoic which is probably close to the Precambrian–Cambrian boundary.
Late Pleistocene plant macrofossils from the Thimi Formation (Madhyapur Thimi section) of the Kathmandu Valley, central Nepal
Authors: Bhandari Sudarshan , Paudayal Khum N. , Momohara Arata
Published: April 2019

The Late Pleistocene plant macrofossils from the Thimi Formation of the Kathmandu Valley have been reported in this paper. On the basis of 71 taxa from 39 families, seven plant macrofossil assemblages T-1 to T-7 were described from 18.5 m thick section of the Thimi Formation exposed at Madhyapur Thimi, Bhaktapur. Pinus, Abies, Tsuga, Carpinus, Sambucus, Rubus, Eurya, Potentilla and Scirpus are the common elements in the Thimi Formation. It is found that the cool temperate elements (Abies, Pinus, Tsuga, Picea, Taxus) were dominated over warm climatic elements (Quercus, Eurya, Pyracantha, etc.) during the deposition of the Thimi Formation. The underlying Gokarna Formation exhibited subtropical to warm temperate vegetation with the dominance of subtropical elements such as Eurya, Ficus, Zizyphus, etc. over temperate elements like Betula, Tsuga and Abies. During the depositional period of the Thimi Formation, this subtropical to warm temperate type of vegetation shifted to warm to cold temperate type with the abundant presence of gymnosperms and other evergreen taxa.
Liquefaction hazard zonation mapping of the Saitama City, Japan
Authors: Pokhrel Rama Mohan , Kuwano Jiro , Tachibana Shinya
Published: April 2019

Liquefaction hazard zonation mapping of the Saitama City targeted on the Kanto Plain NW Edge Fault is described in this paper. The study involves the geotechnical properties of the alluvial soil of the city including Standard Penetration Test (SPT), shear wave velocity and other geological data analysis. The city being highly urbanized is situated on the soft soil (alluvial deposits) at the proximity of an active seismic fault that has increased the possibility of liquefaction hazard in the area. Kanto Plain NW Edge Fault is an active fault that lies very near to the Saitama City having the estimated possible earthquake magnitude of 7.4. The possible peak horizontal ground acceleration (amax) from this earthquake is calculated as from 0.15 g to 0.30 g. By considering all possible acceleration values the liquefaction potential maps were prepared and presented in this paper. Additionally, the shear wave velocity is very low and amplification ratio is very high at the marshy deposit but it has comparatively high velocity and low amplification ratio at the marine loam deposit area of the Omiya Plateau. In this paper the liquefaction potential of the area is expressed in terms of liquefaction potential index (PL). The PL value for the clayey silt deposit in the marshy area with shallow water table is very high. In addition, the PL value in the marine loam deposit of the Omiya Plateau is less which indicates that loam deposit has less liquefaction potential than marshy deposit. The map obtained from this study was validated with the field condition of the study area. Hence, it is expected that this study will assist in characterizing the seismic hazards and its mitigation and will provide valuable information for urban planning in the study area in future.
New method of contact detection in experimental granular shear flow
Authors: Dhakal Subodh
Published: April 2019

Different assemblies of granular materials are generated with varying solid fractions and are sheared in the 2D experimental shear flow apparatus with the objective of developing efficient contact detection methodology. The flow is recorded by high speed video camera, and the spatial positions of particle centers are obtained through image processing techniques. The experimental setup was managed to inspect the collision, collision time and collision partners while the experiment is on. Important observations of pre- and post- collision phenomena were made in order to find the precise criteria for distinguishing contacts. Based on these observations together with simple rules of physics, new contact detection algorithm is proposed. The results obtained from proposed method are compared with the visual observations in the digital video of the physical experiment with the help of motion analytical and particle tracking PTV software. It is revealed that the proposed method could detect the contacts with more than 90 percent accuracy in an average and is considerably accurate than the existing methods of contact detection in the physical experiments.
Response of tapered piles in cohesionless soil based on model tests
Authors: Manandhar Suman , Yasufuku Noriyuki , Omine Kiyoshi , Kobayashi Taizo
Published: April 2019

This paper describes model tests of different types of tapered piles in cohesionless soils. Chromium plated three steel piles, one straight and two taper-shaped piles of same length and pile tip diameters have been executed for pile loading test in a downward frictional mode. Two different types of model grounds have been prepared for the test. Relative densities of 80 % and 60 % have been modeled to penetrate piles in two different types of sands to observe the effectiveness of skin frictions of different types of piles. The response of tapered piles has shown that the skin friction has increased with increasing the tapering angle at normalized settlement ratio of 0.4. High density ground yields higher skin friction when the maximum tapered pile was penetrated. Slightly increased tapering angle of the pile affects remarkably on the skin friction with compared to conventional straight cylindrical pile even at small 0.1 settlement ratios.
Relationship between Social Carrying Capacity and Tourism Carrying Capacity: A Case of Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal
Authors: Joshi Subash , Dahal Rajiv
Published: April 2019

The paper aims to examine the relationship between social carrying capacity and tourism carrying capacity in the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA), Nepal (along the popular Annapurna Base Camp Trail). Carrying Capacity is a key indicator in assessing the sustainable tourism development at a given place. The study used Survey Research Design to obtain information from tourist and local residents. From the research, it was evident that the visitors were highly satisfied with the tourism activities, along with conservation and development activities at ACA. Similarly, local residents were satisfied with the development of tourism in ACA, yet they perceived crowding, and congestion, cultural degradation as some impending challenges in the near future. Social Carrying Capacity in the ACA has not exceed its threshold, even though this popular trekking destination has been witnessing robust growth in the number of tourist in the region post armed-conflict (1997-2007). Hypothesis test result indicate that the relationship between dependent variable [Tourism Carrying Capacity (TCC)] and independent variable [Social Carrying Capacity (SCC)] has a positive correlation. Adequate and appropriate management intervention by the Nepal Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC)/Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) there has been well-planned and sustained tourism growth in the region.
The Portrayal of Piggy’s Mind in Lord of the Flies in the Light of Ghazalian Theory of Soul and Freudian Psychoanalysis
Authors: Mazhar Shumaila , Malghani Mehwish , Akhtar Shabana
Published: April 2019

This study inquires into the intricacies of the human mind, as portrayed through the character of Piggy in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. For an in depth analysis, the theoretical framework of Ghazali (1058-1111) and Freud (1856-1939) is used. The study has adapted Attride Sterling’s (2001) model of textual data analysis. This analysis, inside the parameters of the selected theories, provides an insight into the relevance of the psychological issues in modern world, thus strengthening our belief in the similar workings of the human mind, regardless of the variances in time and space. Moreover, it has also revealed that the incorporation of Eastern and Western insights for studying the human mind has the potential of becoming an effective critical approach for psychological analysis in the realm of English literature.
Impact of Globalization on National Security
Authors: Ishaque Waseem , Zia ur Rehman Muhammad , Fatima Noor
Published: April 2019

National security now-a-days is a much broader and comprehensive concept which apart from military security takes into account all dimensions affecting human security with inclusive consideration to all Elements of National Power of a Nation State. Similarly, globalization means interdependence, advancing integration, and homogenization of the world. Globalization has assumed profound power this century, which captures the opinion that happenings in one part of the globe will have significant influence on the regions and the world at large. This research article will explore several dimensions of notion of globalization, its linkages and effects on national security.
A Comparative Exploration of the Effect of Differentiated Teaching Method vs. Traditional Teaching Method on Students’ Learning at ‘A’ level
Authors: Kamran Muhammad , Munir Namra , Wattoo Rashid Minas
Published: April 2019

This study explores the effect of differentiated teaching method vs. traditional teaching method on students’ learning at ‘A’ level. It is an experimental research, conducted in Aitchison College. By applying simple random sampling technique, 70 students are selected as a sample from the population. Pre-test and post-test are conducted for data collection. Research investigates, how differentiated method of teaching effects learners’ academic achievement. The retention level of the students who are taught via differentiated teaching and traditional teaching method is. After conducting a posttest, data is analyzed with pair-sample and independent sample t-test by using SPSS. Analysis shows that the students taught via differentiated teaching have more power of retention than the students taught via traditional teaching methods. The control group perform up to application level while experimental group perform up to evaluation level of cognitive domain.
Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Industry Wages in Pakistan (1995 – 2015)
Authors: Khalid Umer
Published: April 2019

The paper estimates the effects of trade reforms on workers' earnings in Pakistan's manufacturing sector during 1995-2015, employing data from 14 rounds of the Pakistan Labour Force Survey. OLS technique has been used for estimation and separate analysis for workers engaged in informal manufacturing activities is also undertaken. The results indicate that a tariff fall on intermediate products is associated with a rise in real earnings of workers employed in the manufacturing sector during this period, while a corresponding decline in tariffs on final goods has no effect on worker's wages. The results show that real wages of workers employed in the mainly export oriented industries of food, beverages and tobacco, textiles, apparel and leather and non-metallic mineral industries have declined over the twenty years period of trade reforms implemented in Pakistan. On the other hand, real wages are observed to have increased in the chemical and petroleum and basic metals industries.
Effective Use of Classroom Management Techniques in Overcrowded Classrooms
Authors: Tahir Tehseen , Khan Kifayat , Aurangzeb Wajeeha
Published: April 2019

This study was conducted to find the effective use of classroom management techniques in overcrowded classroom. It also explored factors that influence overcrowded classrooms. 30 secondary school teachers participated in the study. A questionnaire and a check list were used for the collection of the data. The findings indicated that teachers used different management techniques in the overcrowded classrooms.
Constructivism in the Pedagogical Practices of the University Faculty
Authors: Malik Hukam Dad , Din Marium , Afzal Samra
Published: April 2019

The present research is aimed at assessing the extent to which university teachers employ student-centered learning, independent learners, higher order thinking, usability in real world and a conducive learning environment. Demographic differences like gender, age, experience and position differences in teachers’ usage of constructivist practices are explored. Six dimensions of the constructivist practices questionnaire are sorted through the use of exploratory factor analysis. It is identified that many teachers use the constructivist pedagogical practices at a moderate level. No significant difference is found in the use of constructivist practices of gender and experience strata, while significant difference is present in the constructivist practices of teachers in age and position strata.
Décomposition et recomposition : présence et absence des corps noyés dans Lélia (1833) de George Sand et L’Éducation sentimentale (1845) de Gustave Flaubert
Authors: Carrico Abbey
Published: April 2019

In Romantic literature, water often serves as a symbol of death and of the dissolution of the individual, representing a passage from presence to absence. In order to show this transformation, writers frequently rely on scenes of drowning. However, in these depictions drowning does not always lead to an absence, but rather, it reveals a physical presence: that of the cadavers themselves. Through a detailed analysis of two romantic texts whose treatment of drowning sheds light on the relationship between absence and presence, Lélia (1833) by George Sand and L’Éducation sentimentale (1845) by Gustave Flaubert, this study engages the following questions on thematic and structural levels: Does drowning undeniably bring about an annihilation of the individual? Are the boundaries between absence and presence, disappearing and (re)appearing, decomposition and (re)composition, clearly defined? Or is there another interpretation? One that is specific to textual portrayals of immersion? From an eco-critical perspective, it is clear that water represents an ideal space to portray the tension between life and death. As presented by Sand and Flaubert, drowned bodies inspire images of life rather than death and therefore cause the reader to question these boundaries on an imaginative and symbolic level.
« Les marques » de l’absence dans le théâtre de Maurice Maeterlinck
Authors: Enache Eugenia
Published: April 2019

Our approach is focused on the issue of the “markers” of absence as well as on the expression and materialization of that absence in a corpus of works formed of the following plays: L’Intruse, Les Aveugles, Intérieur by Maurice Maeterlinck.

The acceptions the concept of “absence” may receive throughout our analysis are parts of the phenomenon of progressive alienation seen, for instance, as separation (stressing the idea of distance and departure), or as solitude, then omission (in the sense of forgetting), and culminating with the inability of perception that anticipates isolation, physical imprisonment and announces death (designated through a privative prefix) as an absence that is always present and obscurity.

We attempt to reveal the “markers” of absence on the level of certain constituents of the play: the character, formed of a discursive feature, infinitely simple and repetitive, much more diminished and developing without individuality, like a silent, mysterious ghost; and the action where it is rather inaction that represents our primary direction of research. As a secondary direction, we consider the markers of absence in a language that, in the case of Maeterlinck, is remarkably pure and lacks any syntactic or lexical complication, from lexical structures (the reassessment of short expressions makes the utterances seem captivatingly strange, revealing, beyond words, unutterable, unspeakable) and the grammar, especially the semantics of its forms – the 3rd person pronouns, a form we may consider as deprived of referential content, the indefinite pronouns which indicate absence –, the semantics of punctuation, especially that of the suspension points.
Le vide dans le théâtre camusien
Authors: Jakubczuk Renata
Published: April 2019

This article is an analysis of two plays by a great French literature writer, Albert Camus: Caligula (1945) and Le Malentendu (The Misunderstanding, sometimes published as Cross Purpose, 1944). After a careful presentation of the plots of the play, we are proposing a definition of the following terms: the absence and the void. Afterwards, we examine the nature of the absences presented and we offer a classification of such absences. We establish four categories of the void: philosophical, spiritual, physical, and the absence of the closest kin. A re-reading of the dramaturgical texts serves to appreciate the manner in which these texts are presented to the reader/spectator and to prove that the Camusian void is in a strict relation with an existential pain associated with the absence of God in people’s life.