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PEMBELAJARAN ANSAMBEL MUSIK DI SMPN 22 SEMARANG
Authors: Lestari Puji
Published: July 2018

Seni musik sebagaimana bagian dari mata pelajaran seni budaya diajarkan di SMP baik pada kelas VII, VIII maupun IX. Pelajaran seni musik bisa diberikan dalam bentuk teori maupun praktik. Pada SMP yang menggunakan kurikulum tingkat satuan pendidikan (KTSP) terdapat kompetensi dasar menyajikan karya seni musik tradisional Nusantara secara perseorangan dan berkelompok di kelas atau di sekolah yang harus dicapai oleh siswa salah satunya yaitu di kelas VIII C. Untuk mencapai kompetensi dasar ini, di SMPN 22 Semarang pelaksanaan pembelajaranya cukup unik. Sebab, siswa diajarkan untuk dapat mengekspresikan diri dengan memainkan alat musik gamelan jawa. Seperti yang peneliti ketahui bahwa pada penelitian-penelitian yang telah dilakukan sebelumnya tentang ansambel kebanyakan dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan alat musik modern seperti pianika, recorder maupun gitar. Untuk itu, peneliti tertarik untuk mengetahui bagaimana proses pembelajaran ansambel musik gamelan jawa yang dilaksanakan di kelas VIII C SMPN 22 Semarang dan mengetahui bagaimana tanggapan siswa mengenai faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi hasil belajar ansambel musik pada siswa kelas VIII C SMPN 22 Semarang.Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis kualitatif deskriptif dengan analisis data menggunakan teknik kuantitatif dan kualitatif (mix methods). Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik wawancara, studi dokumen, observasi, dan teknik angket. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa guru seni musik dalam melaksanakan pembelajaran ansambel musik menggunakan tiga tahapyaitu perencanaan, pelaksanaan, dan evaluasi. Pada tahap perencanaan guru mempersiapkan perangkat mengajar berupa silabus dan rencana pelaksanaan pembelajaran (RPP). Tahap pelaksanaan guru melaksanakan tiga kegiatan berupa kegiatan pendahuluan, kegiatan inti dan kegiatan akhir. Pada tahap evaluasi dilaksanakan dalam bentuk tes unjuk kerja. Adapun dalam pembelajaran ansambel musik gamelan jawa, faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi proses dan hasil belajar ansambel musik gamelan jawa mendapat tanggapan positif dan negatif dari siswa. Tangggapan positif siswa diantaranya yaitu perhatian guru terhadap siswa, hubungan guru dengan siswa, bakat siswa, minat siswa, perhatian siswa, disiplin sekolah, media masa, bentuk kehidupan masyarakat, keadaan ekonomi keluarga, standar kurikulum, alat pelajaran, kesehatan siswa, cara orang tua mendidik, dan pengertian orang tua. Sedangkan faktor-faktor yang mendapat tanggapan negatif dari siswa yaitu perhatian guru dalam memberikan tugas, keadaan gedung, motif siswa, dan standar pelajaran di atas ukuran. Harapanya pembelajaran seni musik lebih direncanakan lagi secara matang agar pelaksanaannya bisa berjalan sesuai dengan perencanaan yang telah dibuat.
An In-depth Analysis of Autonomous Motivation: The Role of Social Media in Gaining Millennial's Support for Charitable Causes
Authors: Gutberg Jennifer
Published: July 2018

The purpose of the present study is to expand upon the tenets of Self-Determination Theory within a context of social media (SM). Specifically, we are assessing the impact of dimensions of autonomous motivation on Millennials’ support for charitable causes, in the social media domain. It has been said that ‘Millennials’ (those born after 1980) will be the most influential generation since the Baby Boomers. They are socially aware and civic minded and engaged in helping societal causes. Furthermore, the relationship the Millennial shares with arguably the most influential form of modern technology, social media, is truly groundbreaking. Social media has proven itself to be a powerful tool, not only for businesses, but also for society as a whole. The total sample consisted of 592 participants from two separate studies: Study 1 (CURE Foundation Denim Night Party in support of breast cancer awareness) and Study 2 (Dans la rue/Five Days for the Homeless charity to raise awareness for youth homelessness). Results indicated that integrated extrinsic motivation significantly predicted online-, cause-, and event-related behaviour intentions, while intrinsic motivation to know and experience stimulation significantly predicted all three behaviour intentions. Both the managerial and theoretical implications of this study are addressed herein, as well as future research avenues.
To what extent can libraries ensure free, equal and unhampered access to Internet-accessible information resources from a global perspective?
Authors: Hamilton Stuart
Published: July 2018

This dissertation examines the extent to which libraries can provide equal and unhampered access to Internet-accessible information resources on a global scale. It is concerned with restrictions on access to information via the Internet in libraries, and it specifically investigates access to Internet-accessible information through web sites and online databases, and via communication-based mediums such as email. The overall aim of the dissertation is to identify a set of barriers that exist on a global scale, and to examine these barriers and assess the extent to which the international library community is able to overcome them. The research takes as its starting point the rapid growth of the Internet as an information provider in the last ten years. It takes place against a background of uncertain global security and a globalised economy that is increasingly taking advantage of Internet technologies to facilitate its operation. In light of this, the first part of the dissertation constructs a theoretical framework which allows for an examination of the role of the Internet as an information provider in a global arena where the forces of the nation state and big business are able to influence Internet development. Libraries are incorporated into this framework as providers of access to information via the Internet. The rights of library users to access information on the Internet are examined from a human rights perspective which enables the dissertation to assess differences in freedom of access to information on the Internet around the world. The second part of the dissertation empirically examines barriers to Internet-accessible information resources in light of this framework, using a combination of survey and interview work to expose differences in levels of Internet access and development across countries. These differences are then analysed to address the extent to which access barriers exist on a worldwide scale, as well as the extent to which they affect libraries as providers of Internet access. It is argued that as Internet infrastructure and use within a country develops, more obstacles to accessing information become apparent, and the extent to which libraries are able to overcome these obstacles is dependent on their ability to influence decision-making processes at a number of levels, from the local community up to levels of international governance.
The Assessment and Development of Oppositionality
Authors: Hoffenaar Peter Johannes
Published: July 2018

The main aim of this thesis was to gain a better understanding of the development of oppositionality. For this purpose, five empirical studies were conducted, of which the first three focused on the assessment of oppositionality and the last two focused on the development of oppositionality and its associated outcomes. This chapter aims to integrate the results from these studies. For this purpose, the separate studies will be summarized and discussed with regard to several key issues: (1) the (developmental) significance of oppositionality during early adolescence; (2) the value of self-reported oppositionality; (3) situational specificity; (4) and gender differences. These issues can be considered as common themes that run throughout multiple chapters of this thesis. In addition, this chapter includes some methodological considerations, discusses the clinical implications of our results, and provides recommendations for future research efforts based on the strengths and limitations of our studies.
Knowledge and Contemporary Capitalism in Light of Marx's Value Theory
Authors: Jeon Heesang
Published: July 2018

This thesis has two purposes. The first is to offer a critique of existing accounts of knowledge in contemporary capitalism. On the one hand, knowledge-based models of new growth theory are criticised for privileging some aspects of knowledge whilst endogenising it on the basis of a neoclassical framing; many restrictions are placed upon knowledge, in general, and its utilisation and diffusion, in particular. On the other hand, the bold argument of cognitive capitalism theory, that contemporary capitalism is undergoing a transition to a new stage of capitalism and therefore Marx’s value theory has lost its validity, is shown to be based on flawed understandings of value theory. Externalities play essential roles in both new growth theory and cognitive capitalism theory, each being a theory of use value, although there is no place for externalities as such in Marx’s value theory. Especially, for cognitive capitalism theory, unpaid life activities are seen to contribute significantly to production, with surplus being appropriated by capital as rent, which can and should be re-appropriated as basic income. The latter is, however, understood in cognitive capitalism theory as factor remuneration derived from the production of surplus products and, in this respect, it has an affinity with neoclassical economics despite its purported commitment to Marx’s method. The second purpose is to incorporate the role of knowledge into Marx’s value theory in a consistent and coherent manner. Criticising the two contending approaches in the South Korean controversy on the value and price of information commodities, this thesis puts forward an alternative based on a structural distinction between knowledge and commodities. It is demonstrated that knowledge affects the determination of the productivity and complexity of (collective) commodity-producing labour within and across sectors, respectively, and therefore takes part in the determination of the value of commodities. This social process of virtual multiplication of labour is a relatively abstract formulation of the role of knowledge in contemporary capitalism, but it also provides a logical foundation upon which more concrete and complex, and constructive, theories of knowledge can be built.
Beyond Neoplatonism: Love in the Poetry of Francisco de Aldana
Authors: Lennon Paul Joseph
Published: July 2018

Francisco de Aldana (c. 1540-78) is an oft-neglected warrior-poet of the Spanish Golden Age. His poetry was influenced by his Florentine education in classics and earned him praise from the likes of Cervantes, Lope de Vega, and Quevedo. Over the course of four chapters I will explore Aldana’s approach to love, which is unique in its synthesis of the seemingly opposing and discordant elements of Neoplatonic spirituality and sensual physicality. This unusual combination is considered in light of Ausiàs March’s incorporation of physicality, as well as Boscán’s reintroduction of aurea mediocritas to ensure a happy marriage, which together help highlight the originality of Aldana’s contribution to love lyric in Renaissance Spain. Aldana is seen to favour a love that recognises the importance of the body in spiritual transcendence, in accordance with Plato’s Symposium. Shared transcendental moments are considered possible but remain fleeting and death is the only way to permanently abandon the physical realm and seek unity with God. Aldana’s Neoplatonic influences are charted from Ficino’s De amore (1484) and extend to those later texts that moved away from the Ficinian model, namely; Bembo’s Gli Asolani (1484), Castiglione’s Il cortegiano (1528), Ebreo’s Dialoghi d’amore (1535), Tullia D’Aragona’s Dialogo dell’infinità d’amore (1547), and Nifo’s De pulchro et amore (1549). Lucretius’ De rerum natura, the elegies of Propertius, and the writings of Ovid on love form the basis of the classical influences from which Aldana, often through their combination with Petrarchan staples, fashions startling examples of sensual physicality that go beyond the limits of contemporary descriptions of the body and the act of love making. The poems selected from Aldana’s corpus are grouped thematically. Chapter One considers fragments of philosophical, religious, and epistolary poetry that frame his approach to love. Chapter Two centres on a rare example of reciprocal love that incorporates the figure ofseafaring. Chapter Three considers how Aldana’s pastoral texts deconstruct their own idealised nature and invite the reader to consider love outside the artificial realm. This is partly achieved by his incorporation of the sonetto dialogato tradition. Chapter Four, on the mythological genre, concerns love as a neutral, universal force shaped by those it affects. This is illustrated via two pairings: one divine, one mortal. The divine couple highlights love’s potential to render both positive and sinister effects, while the mortal one illustrates the successful synthesis of spiritual and physical components to produce a love unique to Aldana’s poetic corpus.
The role of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in information and communication in science. A conceptual framework and empirical study.
Authors: Pikas Christina Kirk
Published: July 2018

Problem This dissertation presents a literature-based framework for communication in science (with the elements partners, purposes, message, and channel), which it then applies in and amends through an empirical study of how geoscientists use two social computing technologies (SCTs), blogging and Twitter (both general use and tweeting from conferences). How are these technologies used and what value do scientists derive from them? Method The empirical part used a two-pronged qualitative study, using (1) purposive samples of ~400 blog posts and ~1000 tweets and (2) a purposive sample of 8 geoscientist interviews. Blog posts, tweets, and interviews were coded using the framework, adding new codes as needed. The results were aggregated into 8 geoscientist case studies, and general patterns were derived through cross-case analysis. Results A detailed picture of how geoscientists use blogs and twitter emerged, including a number of new functions not served by traditional channels. Some highlights: Geoscientists use SCTs for communication among themselves as well as with the public. Blogs serve persuasion and personal knowledge management; Twitter often amplifies the signal of traditional communications such as journal articles. Blogs include tutorials for peers, reviews of basic science concepts, and book reviews. Twitter includes links to readings, requests for assistance, and discussions of politics and religion. Twitter at conferences provides live coverage of sessions. Conclusions Both blogs and Twitter are routine parts of scientists' communication toolbox, blogs for in-depth, well-prepared essays, Twitter for faster and broader interactions. Both have important roles in supporting community building, mentoring, and learning and teaching. The Framework of Communication in Science was a useful tool in studying these two SCTs in this domain. The results should encourage science administrators to facilitate SCT use of scientists in their organization and information providers to search SCT documents as an important source of information
The Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary: a hidden mass extinction in tetrapods?
Authors: Tennant Jonathan
Published: July 2018

Reconstructing deep time trends in biodiversity remains a central goal for palaeobiologists, but our understanding of the magnitude and tempo of extinctions and radiations is confounded by uneven sampling of the fossil record. In particular, the Jurassic/Cretaceous (J/K) boundary, 145 million years ago, remains poorly understood. By applying a range of techniques for assessing changes in diversity, I demonstrate that both marine and non-marine tetrapod faunas show evidence for a protracted period of regional and global ecological and taxonomic reorganisation across the J/K boundary. Although much of the signal is exclusively European, almost every higher tetrapod group was affected by a substantial decline across the boundary, culminating in the extinction of several important clades and the ecological release and radiation of numerous modern tetrapod groups, including amphibians, birds and sharks. Groups such as pterosaurs and sauropods began their decline before the J/K boundary, whereas others (including mammaliaforms and ornithischians) did not appear to be affected at the J/K boundary, but declined subsequently in the earliest Cretaceous. However, the majority of clades document their greatest magnitude of decline through the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary, indicating that the overall extinction tempo was staggered and occurred in a ‘wave’ through the J/K transition. These major shifts in tetrapod diversity are shown to be independent of both global and regional sampling proxies, except for the North American record for which evidence of the common cause hypothesis is strong. Variation in eustatic sea level was the primary driver of these patterns, controlling biodiversity through availability of shallow marine environments and via allopatric speciation on land. I further investigated the systematics of Atoposauridae, poorly known group of highly-specialised crocodyliforms that appear to have crossed through the J/K boundary. A detailed revision of their taxonomy and systematics indicates that they went extinct at the J/K boundary.
Studi petrologi dan pola kimia komplek ofiolit Karangsambung Utara, Luh ulo, Jawa Tengah
Authors: Suparka Emmy
Published: July 2018

This PDF file is a scanned version of a dissertation written by Prof. Emmy Suparka. She graduated her PhD in 1988.
EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATION INTO THE PRACTICE OF COMMUNICATING TO PUBLICS USING ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA (ELF) BY FINNISH COMPANIES
Authors: Ingram Darren
Published: July 2018

This thesis examines public relations (PR) communications that use English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) from leading Finnish companies. It analyses a corpus of 90 press releases from 15 export-active companies for linguistic usage, drawing on elements of linguistic theory. In addition, a limited narrative is based on personal interviews to determine typical procedures that are involved in PR content creation. It should have relevance to all who use ELF in a business context, but be of special interest to those involved with PR and marketing. It may also have some relevance to internal international business communications and linguistics.The study was motivated by three factors: how English is a dominant global language that is being used by companies in other countries as an intermediary language, prior research of how Finnish companies use PR and communications within their export activities, and extensive observation obtained whilst working as a journalist, dealing with companies from all around the world.It is believed that many companies may not be communicating efficiently and effectively when using ELF. Even when they do communicate and content may appear to be grammatically correct, its efficacy may be muted, inhibiting audience comprehension and other consequential actions. The research noted that certain linguistic elements were over-represented, which could potentially inhibit communication and comprehension. The resolution is not necessarily drastic and could only deliver wider benefits where implemented.Recommendations include closer attention is made concerning linguistic construction, broader additional research is conducted into the global phenomena and the possible creation of an operational framework to assist deployment of ELF-friendly textual communications, especially within the PR/marketing field.
Touts and Despots: Recruiting Assemblages of Contract Labour in Fernando Pó and the Gulf of Guinea, 1858–1979
Authors: Martino Enrique
Published: July 2018

This dissertation follows Fernando Pó’s labour recruiters wherever they went— between the 1860s and 1920s recruiters traversed the entirety of the Gulf of Guinea and enlisted mostly Kru from Liberia and Fang from Rio Muni, Cameroon and Gabon; between the 1930s to 1960s they gathered particularly around the Bight of Biafra and brought an unprecedented number of contract workers into the island’s booming cacao plantations, mostly Igbos and Ibibios from south-eastern Nigeria. Recruiters tended to appear in a modality that I will describe and theorize as ‘touts’. They operated almost exclusively with an excess of language and money—deceit and informal advances. They operated ‘outside’ the law and the regulated, yet it was only the shape of the contract on Fernando Pó—forced, long and irrevocable—that allowed recruiters to deploy their techniques. Recruiters created and relayed a series of wholly impermissible twists: quasi-enslavement through fraud that was a form of kidnapping, quasi-debt bondage with informal wage advances enabled by the contracts, and even a movement of really quite free but fugitive labour across borders and work-sites. A sustained attention on the ambivalent practices of recruiters reveal a series of juxtapositions of free and unfree that produced creative potentials for intensification and unravelling, rather than single points along a ‘free-unfree’ labour spectrum.
Hearing health care in Kenya; a regional field study
Authors: Turunen-Taheri Satu , Wettergren Lena , De Wet Swanepoel  , Johnson Ann-Christin
Published: July 2018

Objectives: To describe a characterize patients’ hearing health and to evaluate a method for tele-audiology in a hearing clinic in Nyeri in Kenya. Study design: Field study with quantitative approach using consecutive sampling of patients visiting the hearing clinic. Methods: Questionnaires were answered by patients to identify the amount of visitors, the prevalence of hearing loss, tinnitus, ear diseases and malaria. In addition, hearing tests of patients were gathered during a four week. The results of hearing measurements with pure tone audiometry was compared to that of a new tele-audiology device, Kuduwave, as a validation testing of the tele method under field conditions. Also the tele-audiology method was tested in a pilot study by doing a hearing test at a distance. Results: Eighty patients were included in this study. Thirty-five out of 54 adult patients had tinnitus. Forty patients received malaria medication and 37 patients had hearing aids. Comparative results with eleven patients between pure tone audiometry and Kuduwave showed significant differences on frequencies 250-2000 Hz on the right ear and 250 Hz and 1000 Hz on the left ear. Conclusions: A field study is an opportunity to get close to the population to be studied. Tele-audiology offers new opportunities in hearing health care.
PELESTARIAN KESENIAN BABALU DI SANGGAR PUTRA BUDAYA DESA PROYONANGGAN KABUPATEN BATANG
Authors: Unnes eprint-sendratasik , Endarini Adilah
Published: July 2018

Kesenian Babalu merupakan kesenian yang berasal dari Kabupaten Batang dan dilestarikan di Sanggar Putra Budaya Desa Proyonanggan Kabupaten Batang. Kesenian Babalu muncul kembali ditengah masyarakat Kabupaten Batang berawal dari niat para seniman dan masyarakat di Kabupaten Batang yang ingin membangkitkan dan melestarikan kembali kesenian Babalu melalui Sanggar Putra Budaya Desa Proyonanggan Kabupaten Batang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendiskripsikan bentuk pertunjukan Kesenian Babalu serta mendiskripsikan upaya pelestarian Kesenian Babalu di Sanggar Putra Budaya Desa Proyonanggan Kabupaten Batang. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi serta teknik keabsahan data diperiksa dengan metode triangulasi sumber. Teknik analisis data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa bentuk pertunjukan Kesenian Babalu terdiri dari tiga tahapan, yakni awal, inti, dan akhir. Persiapan awal dalam pertunjukan Kesenian Babalu ditandai dengan bunyi peluit oleh penari Kesenian Babalu lalu penari memasuki panggung dengan ragam gerak kaki jalan ditempat. Inti pertunjukan Kesenian Babalu ditandai dengan ragam gerak diantaranya yaitu ragam gerak langkah tepuk dan ragam gerak silat. Penutup dalam pertunjukan Kesenian Babalu ditandai dengan ragam gerak jalan di tempat lalu para penari berjalan keluar panggung. Bentuk Kesenian Babalu dimunculkan melalui elemen dasar tari dan elemen pendukung tari. Elemen dasar tari terdiri dari gerak, ruang, dan waktu. Elemen pendukung tari terdiri dari musik, tata busana, tata rias, tempat pentas, waktu pelaksanaan, tata suara, properti dan penonton. Upaya pelestarian Kesenian Babalu dilakukan melalui tiga tahap yaitu perlindungan, pemanfaatan, dan pengembangan. Upaya perlindungan kesenian Babalu dilakukan melalui pelatihan tari di Sanggar Putra Budaya, Upaya pemanfaatan dilakukan melalui pementasan-pementasan Kesenian Babalu dan upaya perkembangan dilakukan melalui perkembangan gerak, iringan dan tata busana dalam kesenian Babalu. Saran dari peneliti adalah untuk selalu memperhatikan dunia luar dengan segala modernisasi yang terjadi tetapi tidak meninggalkan tradisi Kesenian Babalu yang sesungguhnya serta selalu meningkatkan rasa cinta terhadap kesenian yang ada dengan cara saling toleransi kepada sesama untuk mempertahankan suatu kesenian agar tetap lestari dan dapat dinikmati para penerus generasi bangsa yang akan datang.
"Meditations on Drugs": A Buddhist Ethical Approach to Pharmaceutical Cognitive Enhancement
Authors: Barnhart Andrew
Published: July 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to explore the moral permissibility of pharmaceutical cognitive enhancement through the lens of Buddhist ethics and to examine what relevance Buddhist ethics can bring to the western discourse of pharmaceutical cognitive enhancement. This will also help to bring about a more global perspective towards this particular bioethical issue.Methodology: This project has a two-pronged methodology: a literature review of the western bioethical discourse on pharmaceutical cognitive enhancement and a qualitative analysis of the participants, Buddhist monks and nuns, who were interviewed.Results: The moral framework that emerged from the interviews coincided with the framework that was derived from the literature review. Buddhists also seemed to prefer alternative forms of cognitive enhancement such as mediation and education to the biomedical or pharmaceutical. However, they saw little inherently wrong with the pharmaceuticals themselves so long as they are used in moderation and all other contexts are considered.Conclusions: What this project brings to the discussion of the bioethical issue of pharmaceutical cognitive enhancement is a consideration for another alternative form of enhancement, primarily meditation. It also brings in a new moral framework that is not found within the West. By considering ethical issues from a Buddhist lens this develops a more global perspective on the issue, which is certainly needed, as it is possible that pharmaceutical cognitive enhancement will likely not remain as a bioethical issue that is only found in the West.
THE ROLE OF THE INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA IN THE MODULATION OF FOOD INTAKE AND BODY WEIGHT
Authors: Dalby Matthew John
Published: July 2018

This research investigated the role of the intestinal microbiota in shaping host food intake and body weight through immunomodulation, the impact of refined and unrefined diets, and though fermentable fibre induced gastrointestinal hormone secretion. Gut-derived lipopolysaccharide activating TLR4 has been proposed to contribute to obesity. To investigate this, TLR4-/- or CD14-/- mice and C57BL/6J controls were fed a high-fat or low-fat diet. Neither TLR4-/- or CD14-/- were protected against high-fat diet-induced obesity. High-fat diet increased hypothalamic expression of SerpinA3N and SOCS3 regardless of genotype; however, inflammatory gene expression was not increased. To investigate the use of chow control diets in obesity-associated microbiota changes, C57BL/6J mice were fed a chow diet, refined high-fat, or low-fat diet. Both high-fat and low-fat refined diets resulted in similar dramatic alterations in the composition of the intestinal microbiota at the phylum, family, and species level compared to chow, while only high-fat diet feeding resulted in obesity and glucose intolerance. The roles of colonic GLP-1 and PYY in mediating fermentable fibre in reducing food intake and body fat were investigated using GLP-1R-/- and PYY-/- mice fed a high-fat diet supplemented with inulin or cellulose. Inulin supplementation reduced body fat and food intake in C57BL/6J control mice while GLP-1R-/- and PYY-/- mice showed an attenuated response to dietary inulin. In summary, this research questions the role of TLR4 and LPS in diet-induced obesity. These results demonstrate the importance of the control diet used in studies of obesity in mice and indicate that many of the obesity-associated changes in the gut microbiota are due to comparing refined high-fat diets with chow diets. These results also provide evidence for an essential role for both GLP-1 and PYY in mediating the food intake and bodyweight-reducing effects of fermentable fibre.
The Open Science Framework: Improving Science by Making It Open and Accessible
Authors: Spies Jeffrey Robert
Published: July 2018

There currently exists a gap between scientific values and scientific practices. This gap is strongly tied to the current incentive structure that rewards publication over accurate science. Other problems associated with this gap include reconstructing exploratory narratives as confirmatory, the file drawer effect, an overall lack of archiving and sharing, and a singular contribution model - publication - through which credit is obtained. A solution to these problems is increased disclosure, transparency, and openness. The Open Science Framework (http://openscienceframework.org) is an infrastructure for managing the scientific workflow across the entirety of the scientific process, thus allowing the facilitation and incentivization of openness in a comprehensive manner. The current version of the OSF includes tools for documentation, collaboration, sharing, archiving, registration, and exploration.
Activation of diboron reagents: The development of mild conditions for the synthesis of unique organoboron compounds
Authors: Thorpe Brandon
Published: July 2018

The first successful synthesis and isolation of a boronic acid was reported in 1860 by Frankland in the pursuit of novel organometallic compounds. For more than a century, further studies of boronic acids were sparsely published. Suzuki and Miyaura jumpstarted the field in 1979 with an innovative carbon-carbon bond forming reaction employing an organoboronic acid and a carbon halide under palladium catalysis. Indeed, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Professor Akira Suzuki, along with Professors Richard Heck and Ei-ichi Negishi, in 2010 for their important contributions in palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling chemistry. Over the last 30 years, reports on organoboron compounds have increased exponentially. This dissertation describes the author’s contributions to the development of preparative methods for organoboronic acid derivatives using transition metal-catalyzed reactions of diboron reagents.A unique “mixed” diboron reagent was developed (PDIPA diboron) that contains sp2- and sp3-hybridized boron atoms, unambiguously confirmed by X-ray crystallography. PDIPA diboron is sufficiently activated internally through a dative-bonding amine to selectively transfer the sp2-hybridized boron regioselectively, in the presence of copper, to electron deficient alkenes including α,β-unsaturated ketones, esters, amides, aldehydes, and nitriles to provide the corresponding boratohomoenolates. A unique β,β-diboration of an α,β-acetylenic ketone was also discovered.
Correspondence, Camaraderie, and Community: The Second World War for a Mother and Son
Authors: Gann Emily
Published: July 2018

Erle Sinclair Miller enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 1940. While his initial attitude towards the conflict was one of personal invincibility and an eagerness for action, much of Miller's Second World War experience was spent in five prisoner of war camps, enduring physical as well as psychological hardship. The following thesis engages with the contents of the Miller Collection, a series of 297 letters, two prisoner of war journals, one flying log book and one scrapbook, in order to reveal the details of a young man's experiences of war and the critical relationship he retained with his mother in Canada. The key themes in this analysis, that of identity, community, and coping, are drawn out in each of the following three chapters, and offer an intimate appreciation of the impact that the Second World war had on families, sharper insight into the dynamics of the RCAF and prisoner of war experiences, the intersection of communities of war, and the role of mothers on the home front.
Putting Lewin’s Equation to the Test: Assessing the Person-Situation Interaction with the B5PS
Authors: Horstmann Kai Tobias
Published: July 2018

Lewin hypothesized in 1936 that behavior is a result of the person’s personality and the environment. This basic distinction of two factors influencing behavior led to the person- situation debate. The current study briefly reviews the debate with its major arguments and concepts, putting a special focus on the newly developed concept of situation perception as a substitute for the Lewinian environment. A questionnaire is used to measure the Big Five personality dimensions as well as five dimensions of situation perception. Applying a linear multilevel model, the effects of the specific and the general situation perception and the personality on hypothetical behavior are tested. Depending on the personality and situation perception dimensions examined, it was found that the specific as well as the general situation perception have an effect on human behavior. Additional findings and promising ideas for further research are presented and discussed.
Made for Muslims: Konsum und Distinktion im zeitgenössischen Syrien
Authors: Kokoschka Alina
Published: July 2018

With the beginning of Bashar al-Asad's presidency in Syria, new fields of the market were opened -- and increasingly filled with commodities "made for Muslims". In this master thesis, the author tracks down these commodities with a special focus on their design and function for social distinction. Through the commodities, the social landscape of Damascene quarters is being analysed and a typology of sale places and realms is being developed. Added to "normal" academic footnotes are visual footnotes, resulting in a large number of illustrations by the author, unique material from Syria before the war. The master thesis had been supervised by Prof. Gudrun Krämer and with its excellent review been starting point for the author's dissertation "Commodity World Islam" to be published soon.
Study of pro-oxidant status in acute myocardial infarction
Authors: Khatua Tanushri , Sarkar Chandan , Dey Sujit Kumar , Majumder Biswajit
Published: July 2018

Background: Apart from several well documented risk factors; oxidative stress may play an important role in the pathogenesis of myocardial infarction. Our study has been designed to investigate the pro-oxidant status in AMI patients who have no previous history of diabetes, hypertension and habit of smoking.Aims and Objectives: To measure the level of serum thiobarbituric acid reactive substances(TBARS) to assess the extent of oxidative damage in recently diagnosed cases of AMI and to look for any correlation between this stress marker and some of the lipid profile markers.Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital with 50 non-diabetic, non-hypertensive, non-smoker AMI patients of either sex as Cases and 50 age and sex matched healthy Controls. The biochemical parameters were measured by validated techniques.Results: Level of serum TBARS (4.78 ± 1.06 nmol/ml) has significantly increased (p<0.001) in cases with respect to control group(2.19±0.41 nmol/ml); a positive correlation between serum TBARS and LDL; a negative correlation between serum TBARS and HDL in cases.Conclusion: Our study indicates an increased oxidative stress in AMI patients even in absence of some high risk factors which are oxidative stress inducers by themselves. This evidence suggests that oxidative stress itself may play an important role in the pathogenesis of myocardial infarction. So, the oxidative stress marker may have the importance in early diagnosis of AMI. It also suggests the potential appropriateness of antioxidant therapy in the prevention of AMI.Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.9(4) 2018 31-34
A hospital based plain radiographic observational study of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae in the Nepalese population
Authors: Bhattarai Manoj
Published: July 2018

Background: Presence of lumbosacral transitional vertebra may lead to number of clinical consequences because of failure to correctly number the problematic vertebra and also has been associated with low back pain. Different studies done at different part of the world have shown wide range of prevalence of lumbosacral transitional vertebra.Aims and Objective: This hospital based cross sectional observational study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of lumbosacral transitional vertebra among the Nepalese population.Materials and Methods: Plain radiographs (anteroposterior and lateral views of lumbosacral spine and KUB radiographs) of 947 patients (646 with lumbosacral spine and 301 with KUB radiographs) done from August 2015 to July 2016 and meeting inclusion criteria were retrospectively analyzed for the presence of lumbosacral transitional vertebra.Results: The overall prevalence of lumbosacral transitional vertebra was 14.7% with prevalence of 16.3% in patients with lumbosacral radiographs and 11.3% in patients with KUB radiographs and was statistically significant. Prevalence of sacralization was higher than lumbarization (11.9% Vs 2.7%). Lumbosacral transitional vertebra was more common in females than in males with Castellvi type I being most common and type IV least common.Conclusion: The overall prevalence of lumbosacral transitional vertebra in the studied Nepalese population was 14.7% with significantly higher prevalence in patients with lumbosacral radiographs than with KUB radiographs.Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.9(4) 2018 46-50
Korelasi Keterampilan Argumentasi dan Hasil Belajar Siska SMA Kristen Satya Wacana pada Materi Genetika dengan Model ABSI
Authors: Angeline Vinsensia , Situmorang Risya Pramana , Sastrodihardjo Santoso
Published: July 2018

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui korelasi keterampilan argumentasi siswa dan hasil belajar siswa SMA Kristen Satya Wacana pada materi genetika melalui implementasi model Argument Based Science Inquiry (ABSI). Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif. Subyek penelitian adalah siswa kelas XII MIA 1 dan XII MIA 2 SMA Kristen Satya Wacana tahun ajaran 2017-2018. Penelitian ini menggunakan tiga teknik pengumpulan data yaitu observasi, angket, dan tes tertulis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pembelajaran dengan model ABSI yang dilaksanakan pada materi genetika dapat meningkatkan keterampilan argumentasi dan hasil belajar siswa. Hasil rata-rata belajar pada implementasi model ABSI ialah 37.86, sementara pada model konvensional 39.14. Keterlaksanaan model ABSI untuk meningkatkan keterampilan argumentasi siswa memiliki selisih 0.121. jadi, dapat disimpukan bahwa terdapat korelasi antara keterampilan argumentasi dengan hasil belajar siswa sebesar 0.235 yang artinya memiliki korelasi rendah.

Kata kunci: ABSI, Keterampilan Argumentasi, Hasil Belajar, Genetika

THE CORRELATION OF ARGUMENTATION SKILL AND LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS OF SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ON GENETIC TOPIC WITH ABSI MODELAbstract

This study aims to determine the correlation of argumentation skills and learning achievements of Satya Wacana Christian Senior High School student on the genetic topic through the implementation of Argument Based Science Inquiry (ABSI) model. The type of research is quantitative research. The subjects of the study were the students of class XII MIA 1 and XII MIA 2 of Satya Wacana Christian Senior High School for the academic year 2017-2018. This research used 3 types of data collection techniques: observation, questionnaire and written test. The results indicated that learning with ABSI model on the genetic topic can improve students argumentation and learning achievement. The average of learning achievement on the ABSI model implementation is 37.86 while the conventional model 39.14. The implementation of ABSI model to improve students' argumentation skills has a difference 0.121 point. So that, there is a correlation between argumentation skills and student learning achievements at 0.235point which mean there is a low correlation.Keywords: ABSI, Argumentation Skills, Learning outcomes, Genetic
Rancang Bangun Metode OTSU Untuk Deteksi Hemoglobin
Authors: Anamisa Devie Rosa
Published: July 2018

Darah yang mengalir dalam tubuh mempunyai kemampuan untuk dideteksi dengan bantuan citra. Fungsi utama dari darah, khususnya sel darah merah,yang dikenal sebagai eritrosit adalah mengangkut hemoglobin, dan seterusnya mengangkut oksigen dari paru-paru ke jaringan. Selain mengangkut hemoglobin, darah juga mempunyai fungsi lain. Hemoglobin dalam darah manusia merupakan dapur asam-basa (seperti juga pada kebanyakan protein), sehingga hemoglobin bertanggung jawab untuk sebagian besar daya transportasi di seluruh darah. Seperti yang telah disebutkan sebelumnya bahwa fungsi terpenting dari sel darah merah adalah transpor O2 dan CO2 antara paru-paru dan jaringan. Suatu protein eritrosit, yaitu hemoglobin,memainkan peranan penting pada kedua proses tersebut. Sehingga pada penelitian ini cara mendeteksi hemoglobin dalam darah dilakukan dengan pendekatan teknik data mining yang telah diusulkan sebagai langkah awal yang penting untuk dikerjakan pada tahapan deteksi hemoglobin kemudian dilakukan threshold dengan metode OTSU untuk melakukan segmentasi citra digital darah abu-abu ke dalam citra digital hitam (foreground) dan putih (background) dan dicari nilai pixel warna. Hasil pengujian dari 10 citra sel darah merah (hemoglobin) menunjukkan bahwa metode yang diusulkan memiliki rata-rata akurasi sebesar 87.6%. Dengan akurasi yang tinggi diharapkan dapat meningkatkan akurasi deteksi hemoglobin dalam darah.
Rancang Bangun Sistem Pemberian Makan Dan Minum Hewan Peliharaan Berbasis Sms Gateway
Authors: Ekayana Anak Agung Gde , Eka Putra I Gusti Ngurah
Published: July 2018

Kehidupan pada era globalisasi seperti sekarang ini membuat masyarakat khususnya yang berada di kota sangat disibukan dengan pekerjaannya, masyarakat sering menghabiskan waktunya untuk bekerja. Kesibukan masyarakat saat ini tentunya memiliki dampak negatif untuk beberapa sisi, salah satunya jika masyarakat yang memiliki hewan peliharaan, dengan kesibukan masyarakat saat ini berdampak pada tidak terjaganya hewan peliharaan yang berada di rumah. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu merancang alat pemberian makan dan minum hewan peliharaan dengan perintah SMS. Perancangan alat di penelitian ini menggunakan komponen elektronika yaitu Mikrokontroler ATmega328, Motor Servo, waterpump motor, relay, dan modem serial. Hasil penelitian dimana alat pemberian makan dan minum hewan sudah mampu merespon perintah yang diinputkan oleh user melalui SMS diproses oleh mikrokontroler dan output ke motor servo untuk mengeluarkan makan dan minum hewan. Setelah sistem bekerja sesuai dengan perintah yang diberikan, sistem akan mengirimkan pesan berupa SMS ke hp pengirim yang menandakan bahwa sistem telah bekerja
Analisis Kinerja Load Balancing dengan Algoritma Round Robin pada Multihomed Gateway
Authors: Hartawan I Nyoman Buda , Suryadiana Ida Bagus Putu Puspem
Published: July 2018

Internet merupakan sumber informasi di era digital saat ini. Kebutuhan manusia akan informasi menuntut transformasi informasi yang semakin cepat. Kualitas layanan internet yang baik merupakan hal yang harus tersedia untuk memenuhi kebutuhan akses terhadap informasi. Penyediaan akses internet yang belum merata menyebabkan lebar jalur akses yang dimiliki bervariasi di beberapa daerah. Kestabilan akses internet yang berbeda mendorong pemanfaatan jaringan multihoming dengan memiliki lebih dari satu koneksi untuk mengakses internet. Penelitian ini bertujuan melakukan analisis terhadap kinerja metode load balancing dengan algoritma round robin pada multihomed gateway. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa metode load balancing dengan algoritma round robin dapat membagi beban akses pada gateway yang tersedia, sehingga kedua gateway dapat digunakan secara optimal.
Rancang Bangun Sistem Elektronik Manajemen Pengembalian Uang Pelanggan Pada Retail Terintegrasi
Authors: Prami Swari Made Hanindia , . Welda
Published: July 2018

Proses pengembalian uang kepada pelanggan bagi para pengusaha ritel di Indonesia memiliki permasalahan tertentu Salah satu masalah yang terjadi adalah seringkali peritel mengganti kembalian uang nasabah menggunakan permen atau menganggap uang kembalian tersebut sebagai sumbangan yang terkadang tidak dapat dipertanggungjawabkan. Sebenarnya hal ini bukan hanya kesalahan dari peritel, peritel mengalami kesulitan dalam memperoleh uang dengan nominal kecil. Masalah-masalah ini sebenarnya bisa diatasi dengan membangun sistem manajemen pada pengembalian dana pelanggan pada ritel yang terintegrasi. Pelanggan dapat menyimpan sisa pembelian mereka pada saldo kartu, dimana pelanggan  dapat membelanjakan sisa uang kembalian yang dimilikinya dalam kartu saldo tersebut pada seluruh  ritel yang telah terintegrasi dengan sistem.
Hibah Harta Pada Anak Angkat: Telaah Sosiologis terhadap Bagian Maksimal Sepertiga
Authors: Abdoeh Nor Muhammad
Published: July 2018

Salah satu cara yang digunakan dalam hukum Islam untuk memperoleh harta adalah hibah. Proses penghibahan dalam hukum Islam tidak bisa dilepaskan dari batasan harta yang dihibahkan. Fenomena di masyarakat terkadang terjadi dualisme hukum yang kontradiksi antara hukum dalam teori dan hukum dalam praktek. Fenomena di masyarakat banyak orang yang menghibahkan hartanya kepada anak angkatnya dengan semua harta yang dimilikinya di depan Notaris. Hal ini menjadi persoalan tentang posisi anak angkat yang sebenarnya di mata hukum. Tujuan penulisan ini adalah untuk mengetahui konsep penghibahan harta dilihat dari kacamata sosiologis. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan sosiologis, yaitu dengan melihat fenomena masyarakat atau peristiwa sosial budaya sebagai jalan untuk memahami hukum yang berlaku dalam masyarakat. Kesimpulan dari tulisan ini adalah pada masa Rasulullah sangatlah dipengaruhi oleh keberadaan nabi sendiri sebagai panutan dan pedoman syari’ah dalam segala aspek kehidupan. Beda halnya pada masa sekarang, penghibahan harta dipengaruhi oleh faktor dari keturunan dan faktor keilmuan agama