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ANALISIS TEKNO EKONOMI TERHADAP PEMILIHAN TEKNOLOGI FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS (FWA) UNTUK PENYELENGGARAAN LAYANAN TELEPON TETAP DI INDONESIA
Authors: Dr. Muhammad Imam Nashiruddin, ST, MT
Published: September 2020

Abstrak : Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) saat ini menjadi pilihan utama bagi operator telepon tetap di Indonesia untuk menggelar jaringan akses secara cepat dengan investasi yang relatif efisien. Meskipun berbagai macam teknologi FWA telah tersedia di pasaran, pemilihan teknologi FWA yang tepat menjadi persoalan mendasar bagi penyedia layanan telepon tetap, terutama operator baru, agar memiliki daya saing yang baik menghadapi operator eksisting (incumbent operator). Oleh karena itu, dalam penelitian ini dilakukan evaluasi yang komprehensif dalam memilih teknologi FWA yang paling tepat untuk penyelenggaraan layanan telepon tetap di Indonesia. Adapun metoda yang digunakan adalah studi komparatif antara teknologi FWA berbasis CDMA2000-1X dan GSM1800 dengan menggunakan kriteria evaluasi secara teknis, ekonomis serta kelayakan usahanya di Indonesia. Kedua teknologi tersebut dipilih sebagai studi kasus karena paling banyak digunakan di Indonesia dan memperoleh respon yang relatif baik dari pengguna dan penyedia layanan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa teknologi FWA berbasis CDMA2000-1X layak dipilih karena lebih unggul secara teknis maupun ekonomis dibandingkan dengan GSM1800. Hasil analisa kelayakan usaha juga memperlihatkan bahwa penyelenggaraan layanan telepon tetap di Indonesia menggunakan FWA berbasis CDMA2000-1X akan menghasilkan kelayakan bisnis yang paling baik dengan ambang batas jumlah pertambahan pelanggan per tahun dan pendapatan rata-rata per pelanggan yang paling rendah untuk mencapai kelayakan usaha.
PERANCANGAN PEMBUATAN DOKUMEN PENDATAAN BANGUNAN DALAM KOTA BUKITTINGGI
Authors: Komalasari Rita
Published: September 2020

Pendataan bangunan gedung adalah kegiatan penyimpanan data suatu bangunan gedung oleh Pemerintah Daerah yang  dilakukan  secara  bersama  dengan  proses  pembangunan  gedung,  proses  SLF  Bangunan Gedung  dan  pembongkaran  Bangunan  Gedung  serta  mendata  dan  mendaftarkan  Bangunan. Gedung yang telah ada. Sasaran pendataan bangunan gedung yang dimaksud dalam perancangan ini adalah penyusunan seluruh bangunan gedung yang berada di wilayah  kota Bukittinggi sehingga tercipta sistem informasi database yang akurat.
APLIKASI JASA ANTARAN KURIR BERBASIS CLINET SERVER
Authors: Sahi Ahmad
Published: September 2020

Aplikasi Jasa Antaran Kurir Berbasis Client Server studi kasus PT. Sempurna jasa kami Bandung. Masalah-masalah yang terjadi meliputi pada bagian data entri, dalam keamanan data, desain setiap form aplikasi, pembuatan laporan masih bersifat manual sehingga kinerja di bagian entri data kurang efektif dan efisien. Tujuan dilakukannya penelitian ini untuk memberikan kontribusi dalam penyelesaian masalah yang dihadapi oleh bagian entri data serta memperbaiki sistem yang sedang berjalan dengan mengusulkan sistem usulan. Sistem usulan meliputi proses input data dan pencarian data pelanggan, data penerima, data kurir, data wilayah, data jenis antaran, data tarif, data status kirim. Proses transaksi data bukti serah terima (BST) dan transaksi Bukti terima Penerima (BtPenerima). Pembuatan laporan data pelanggan, laporan data penerima, laporan data kurir, laporan data hasi kirim serta pembuatan formulir bukti terima (BT). Metode yang digunakan penulis dalam penelitian  ini adalah dengan metode deskriptif dan untuk perancangan sistemnya menggunakan metode waterfall. Sedangkan metode yang digunakan penulis dalam pengumpulan data meliputi observasi partisipan, studi pustaka dan wawancara.Dengan diusulkannya Aplikasi Jasa Antaran Kurir ini diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kinerja PT.Sempurna Jasa Kami Bandung menjadi efektif, efisien, akurat dan lebih baik.
PENERAPAN METODE ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS DAN TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO ORDER SOLUTION DALAM SELEKSI PENERIMAAN MAHASISWA BARU JALUR BIDIK MISI
Authors: Munawar Zen
Published: September 2020

Metode Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) di gunakan untuk mengambil suatu keputusan dengan cara membandingkan secara berpasangan setiap kriteria yang di miliki oleh suatu permasalahan sehingga di dapat suatu bobot nilai dari kepentingan tiap kriteria – kriteria yang ada, dan Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Order Solution (TOPSIS) di gunakan untuk mencari solusi yang paling ideal dan kebutuhan masalah yang ada, dalam hal ini dilakukan dalam menyeleksi penerimaan mahasiswa baru jalur bidik misi dengan cara di berikan bobot nilai sesuai dengan kebutuhan. Terdapat rumusan masalah yaitu bagaimana menentukan bobot nilai pada seleksi mahasiswa jalur bidik misi. Adapun Tujuannya mengembangkan sistem pendukung keputusan  dalam seleksi mahasiswa  jalur bidik misi. Sistem pendukung keputusan (SPK) dalam seleksi penerimaan mahasiswa ajalur bidikmisi dapat menyimpan data kriteria, data mahasiswa, data prioritas kriteria, dan menganalisis bobot nilai kriteria serta alternatif mahasiswa dengan menggunakan metode AHP dan TOPSIS, hasil dari analisis tersebut dapat digunakan untuk pelaporan penerimaan mahasiswa jalur bidikmisi. Metode AHP dan TOPSIS dapat menentukan alternatif mahasiswa terbaik hal ini terbukti dengan mahasiswa yang memiliki nilai tertinggi dari hasil perhitungan TOPSIS dan AHP yang di pilih. Sistem pendukung keputusan penerimaan calon mahasiswa bidikmisi menggunakan metode AHP dan TOPSIS dapat di kembangkan dengan membandingkan metode keduanya. Diharapkan ada yang melakuakan pengembangan lebih lanjut untuk masalah yang lain, bahkan yang lebih kompleks dengan jumlah kriteria dan alternatif yang lebih banyak
3D MODELING MESIN EPI (ELECTRON POWER INVERTER) PADA PT. JABAR UTAMA ENGINEERING MENGGUNAKAN SOFTWARE BLENDER
Authors: Eko Valentino Dion
Published: September 2020

Perkembangan jaman yang sangat pesat saat ini menuntut semua bidang beralih ke arah media digital. Pada jaman dahulu perusahaan akan mengeluarkan biaya yang besar untuk mendesain sebuah produk hingga menjadi produk jadi, itupun masih menggunakan media 2 dimensi, sehingga menyulitkan untuk melihat dari berbagai sudut pandang. Salah satu contohnya yaitu, bagi sektor atau perusahaan yang akan membuat sebuah produk harus memproduksi sebuah prototype, dimana biaya yang dikeluarkan akan besar, dikarenakan jika pada saat desain tidak sesuai maka akan membuat prototype lainnya. Pengembangan media digital dalam mendesain produk akhir-akhir ini banyak dilakukan oleh perusahaan. Salah satu software yang mendukung desain produk dalam bentuk 3 dimensi adalah Blender. Blender adalah salah satu software gratis atau biasa disebut open source 3d creation suite, yang mendukung seluruh pengerjaan dalam mode 3 dimensi seperti, modeling, rigging, animating, simulation, rendering dan motion tracking. Bahkan software ini juga mendukung dalam pembuatan game.
Perancangan Basis Data untuk Sistem Informasi Persediaan ATK pada PT. SPP
Authors: Munawar Zen , Ismirani Fudsyi Mira , Zainal Musadad Dadad
Published: September 2020

Sistem Informasi Persediaan ATK merupakan suatu sistem informasi yang ditujukan dan didesain khusus untuk pelaksanaan kegiatan persediaan ATK. Pada objek observasi, PT. SPP Bandung, Sistem Informasi Persediaan ATK memegang peranan yang sangat penting dalam kegiatan persediaan ATK untuk kelancaran pelayanan pada karyawan kantor yang akan berdampak pada kelancaran pelayanan pada masyarakat. Tujuan dari perancangan Sistem Informasi Persediaan ATK ini adalah merancang sistem dan aplikasi yang mampu menyediakan informasi yang dibutuhkan oleh manajemen seputar pelaksanaan persediaan ATK. Dalam pengembangan selanjutnya maka dikembangkan program aplikasi. Dengan Perancangan Sistem Informasi Persediaan ATK ini, masalah keakuratan, kecepatan informasi dapat diatasi. Penggunaan program aplikasi dapat mempermudah dalam pencatatan, perbaikan, serta penghapusan data. Laporan seputar kegiatan arus ATK, dapat membantu manajemen dalam mengevaluasi operasional persediaan  ATK.
Pengantar Tipografi
Authors: Eko Valentino Dion
Published: September 2020

Desain grafis merupakan salah suatu cara orang untuk menyampaikan ide agar mudah dimengerti oleh pembaca. Didalam desain grafis terdapat salah satu elemen penting sebagai penunjang dalam memudahkan desainer untuk menyampaikan idenya, yaitu tipografi. Artikel ini menceritakan sejarah dari tipografi, perkembangan serta jenis dan prinsip-prinsip tipografi yang dipakai, agar desain menjadi lebih menarik.
Manajemen Pembelajaran Model Block System Learning pada Pendidikan Tinggi Vokasi di Politeknik LP3I
Authors: Ulfa Sholihannisa Lulu , Juliawati Poniah
Published: September 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui manajemen pembelajaran pada pendidikan tinggi vokasi dengan menggunakan model pembelajaran block system learning. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Politeknik LP3I dengan menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptif kualitatif dan objek penelitian Dosen Polireknik LP3I Bandung. Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan cara melakukan observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi, dan angket. Hasil penelitian diketahui bahwa: 1) pada perencanaan model pembelajaran block system learning, dosen terlibat dalam perancangan kurikulum PT, termasuk silabus dan RPS mata kuliah memperoleh rerata yang paling tinggi sebesar 4,03%; 2) pelaksanaan model pembelajaran block system learning, dosen melaksanakan pembelajaran sesuai dengan tuntutan kurikulum dan kebutuhan kompetensi mahasiswa memperoleh rerata sebesar 3.85%; 3) penilaian dan evaluasi dilakukan dengan cara menentukan prosedur penilaian yang memperoleh rerata sebesar 3,74%, serta Melakukan peniliaian dengan menggunakan tes dalam bentuk teori dan praktikum memperoleh rerata sebesar 4,10%; 4) sebagai faktor pendukung, Institusi memberikan kebebasan dalam pengembangan kurikulum pembelajaran sesuai dengan KKNI dan SKKNI mendapat rerata sebesar 3,65%. Adapun yang menjadi faktor penghambat dalam pembelajaran dengan model block system learning, dosen Mengalami gangguan pada fasilitas yang bersifat software maupun hadware terhadap perencanaan, pelaksanaan, dan evaluasi pembelajaran dengan rerata sebesar 4,00%; 5) Dampak capaian kompetensi mahasiswa sesuai dengan kurikulum PT yang berjalan memperoleh rerata sebesar 3.83%.
Manfaat Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi di Masa Pandemi Covid 19
Authors: Komalasari Rita
Published: September 2020

Banyak dari masyarakat menerima begitu saja teknologi informasi dan komunikasi modern yang bahkan tidak dapat diakses beberapa dekade lalu. Inovasi-inovasi teknologi informasi dan komunikasi ini, telah lama dianggap sebagai hal sepele, tidak penting, selama masa tenang kini menjadi sangat diperlukan dalam menghadapi pandemi COVID-19. Sekarang telah ada berbagai teknologi digital yang dapat digunakan untuk menambah dan meningkatkan strategi pekerjaan, pembelajaraan dan kesehatan masyarakat. Selama pandemi COVID-19, teknologi memainkan peran penting dalam menjaga kegiatan masyarakat tetap berfungsi pada saat Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar (PSBB). Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana masyarakat memanfaatkan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi   sebagai media untuk meneruskan kegiatan yang tidak dapat dilakukan secara tatap muka dan teknologi yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk kegiatan medis selama pandemi COVID-19. Metode penelitian ini dipaparkan secara deskriptif kualitatif. Penulis menggunakan teknik pengumpulan data observasi. Hasil yang diperoleh dari penelitian ini masyarakat memanfaatkan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi untuk kegiatan Work From Home, School From Home dan kepentingan informasi untuk Medis.     Disimpulkan bahwa masyarakat  memanfaatkan saja teknologi informasi dan komunikasi untuk tetap melaksanakan kegiatan karena fasilitas dan fitur dari saja teknologi informasi dan komunikasi yang memiliki  keunggulan   dan kemudahan untuk dipergunakan oleh berbagai kalangan masyarakat.
Stable anisotropic single-layer of ReTe2: a first principles prediction
Authors: YAĞMURCUKARDEŞ Mehmet
Published: September 2020

In order to investigate the structural, vibrational, electronic, and mechanical features of single-layer ReTe2first-principles calculations are performed. Dynamical stability analyses reveal that single-layer ReTe2crystallize in adistorted phase while its 1H and 1T phases are dynamically unstable. Raman spectrum calculations show that single-layer distorted phase of ReTe2exhibits 18 Raman peaks similar to those of ReS2and ReSe2. Electronically, single-layerReTe2is shown to be an indirect gap semiconductor with a suitable band gap for optoelectronic applications. In addition,it is found that the formation of Re-units in the crystal induces anisotropic mechanical parameters. The in-plane stiffnessand Poisson ratio are shown to be significantly dependent on the lattice orientation. Our findings indicate that single-layer form of ReTe2can only crystallize in a dynamically stable distorted phase formed by the Re-units. Single-layer ofdistorted ReTe2can be a potential in-plane anisotropic material for various nanotechnology applications.
Introduction au deuxième volet « Pierres dressées en Afrique de l’Est »
Authors: Cros Jean-Paul , Laporte Luc , Bocoum Hamady
Published: September 2020

Communications presented during a session dedicated to “African Megaliths: a very present past” during the SAfA meeting at Toulouse (june 2016), are here published as two thematic parts within the previous and present issues of the peer-reviewed journal “Afrique: Archéologie & Arts”. The first was about “Funerary platforms, sometimes bounded by standing stones, south of the Sahel strip”. This second parts relates to “Standing stones from Eastern Africa”.
Introduction. La réussite malouine entre mobilité, commerce et jeux d’identification (xvie-xviie siècles)
Authors: Priotti Jean-Philippe
Published: September 2020

À travers l’analyse de trois éléments-moteur de la
dynamique économique malouine que sont la mobilité, les échanges
maritimes et les jeux d’identification, le port de Saint-Malo et ses
acteurs sont rétablis dans le rôle et l’importance qui ont été les
leurs au xvie siècle et
au début du siècle suivant, avant l’apogée atteint sous Louis XIV et
ses successeurs. Les processus pris en compte sur le long terme font
état du caractère particulièrement important de la puissance précoce
de l’armement naval, de la vitalité des relations de proximité, ainsi
que de la variété des stratégies d’identification que développent les
Malouins.
Musées Archéologiques d'Istanbul : Catalogue des Figurines en Terre Cuite Grecques et Romaines de Smyrne
Authors: Kielau Sven
Published: September 2020

Das Buch Musées Archéologiques d'Istanbul: Catalogue des Figurines en Terre Cuite Grecques et Romaines de Smyrne von Hasselin Rous, I., Çaldıran Işık, E. M., und Kongaz, G. wird von Sven Kielau rezensiert.
The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines
Authors: Insoll Timothy
Published: September 2020

Figurines dating from prehistory have been found across the world but have never before been considered globally. The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Figurines is the first book to offer a comparative survey of this kind, bringing together approaches from across the landscape of contemporary research into a definitive resource in the field
Bibliography on Coroplastic Topics for 2019
Authors: Studies Association for Coroplastic
Published: September 2020

The following is a compilation of publications on coroplastic topics for 2019. As this is taken from Dyabola, all reference Greek or Roman terracottas. Bibliography on coroplastic topics that focus on other areas of the ancient world are very much appreciated and can be sent to uhlenbrj@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu.
Sounion Revisited: The Sanctuaries of Poseidon and Athena at Sounion in Attica
Authors: Polychroniadis Zetta Theodoropoulou
Published: September 2020

This book is the first to be published from a wider research project, still in progress, about the sanctuaries of Poseidon and Athena on the promontory of Sounion.
Note sur les épopées dolganes (Arctique sibérien)
Authors: Borjon-Privé Yann
Published: September 2020

Les Dolganes forment une société qui vit dans l’Arctique sibérien, dans la péninsule la plus septentrionale du continent eurasiatique (Taïmyr). Des chercheurs ont recueilli chez eux, depuis le début du xxe siècle, des épopées, chantées ou déclamées. À partir des textes publiés, il devient possible d’observer des règles structurelles. Des formulations poétiques reviennent ou diffèrent légèrement. Les variations narratives témoignent ainsi de la richesse et de la finesse de l’épopée. Le héros suit aussi de nouvelles trajectoires et éprouve ainsi des règles sociales ou religieuses. Le premier objectif de cette note est de constituer un corpus d’études, à partir duquel de prochaines analyses seront menées en relation au contexte historique et au système religieux dolgane.
Claire Vivés, L’institutionnalisation du recours aux opérateurs privés de placement au cœur des conflits de régulation du service public de l’emploi (2003-2011)
Authors: Vivés Claire
Published: September 2020

Cette recherche se situe au croisement de la sociologie de l’action publique, de la sociologie des relations professionnelles et de la sociologie économique. Elle montre l’introduction et l’institutionnalisation de formes de concurrence au cœur du SPE en dépit de l’échec à démontrer l’efficacité supérieure des opérateurs privés par rapport à l’opérateur public. Les violents désaccords qui apparaissent autour des marchés de recours aux OPP éclairent les conflits de régulation du SPE dont les termes se modifient avec les évolutions de l’architecture institutionnelle. Avant la fusion (2008), le recours aux OPP est une arme de l’institution paritaire contre l’opérateur public (ANPE). Après 2008, l’opérateur public se réapproprie l’externalisation pour la mobiliser comme variable d’ajustement, signe de sa position de domination qui confine à un nouveau monopole.
Stève Bernardin, La fabrique privée d’un problème public. La sécurité routière entre industriels et assureurs aux États-Unis (années 1920 à 2000)
Authors: Bernardin Stève
Published: September 2020

Comment des entrepreneurs en viennent-ils à porter leurs demandes en public ? Nous l’étudions au prisme d’un cas d’étude classique en sociologie des problèmes publics, celui des accidents de la circulation aux États-Unis. Pour ce faire, notre démarche s’appuie sur un large corpus de sources archivistiques et documentaires, auquel s’ajoutent près de quatre-vingts entretiens conduits outre-Atlantique, ainsi que six mois d’enquête ethnographique. L’analyse permet d’identifier des pratiques distinctes des entrepreneurs en venant à la fabrique de problèmes publics. Des assureurs privilégient ainsi le recours à la science, en faveur de la réglementation des véhicules, face à des industriels valorisant l’appel à la morale, en vue d’une sensibilisation des conducteurs. Les deux approches ne sont pas incompatibles. Elles contribuent cependant à l’instauration de priorités distinctes de l’intervention étatique. Le mettre en lumière incite à prendre au sérieux l’activité de fabrique privée de problèmes publics, au-delà même du cas de la sécurité routière.
Comment sortir de prison ? Le rôle des statistiques pénitentiaires dans la compréhension des comportements de récidive
Authors: Henneguelle Anaïs
Published: September 2020

Combinant méthodes quantitatives et qualitatives, cette thèse examine la construction sociale des statistiques pénitentiaires. Elle apporte une contribution en matière de connaissance économétrique des comportements de récidive, mais aussi en matière de sociologie de la quantification et plus largement de sociologie et d’économie du droit. Elle mobilise également la théorie de l’économie des conventions.Dans la première partie, nous passons en revue la littérature économique existant au sujet de l’efficacité des sanctions pénales, avant de présenter une étude originale montrant que les condamnés ayant bénéficié d’un bracelet électronique récidivent moins ceteris paribus que ceux qui ont été incarcérés. Dans la deuxième partie, nous plongeons dans la fabrique des statistiques pénitentiaires, c’est-à-dire dans les prisons : comment sont fabriquées les données que nous avons utilisées pour nos travaux économétriques ? Dans la troisième partie, nous explorons un autre angle mort des statistiques en nous intéressant au biais de sélection construit dans les tribunaux : comment les juges de l’application des peines choisissent-ils les bénéficiaires d’un aménagement de peine ?
From Loan Sharks to Commercial Banks: Moral Crusades and the Segmentation of the Credit Market in the United States, 1900-1945
Authors: Bittmann Simon
Published: September 2020

Si de nombreux travaux soulignent l’existence d’une segmentation de l’offre de crédit aux États-Unis, entre un marché primaire occupé par les banques et un marché secondaire constitué d’agences de crédit allant des payday lenders aux agences de crédit immobilier subprime, peu de recherches s’intéressent précisément à la mise en place d’une telle segmentation ou à ses origines historiques. Cette thèse propose une telle généalogie à partir de l’histoire d’un type de crédit spécifique, sous forme de prêts de petites sommes d’argent, lors des quatre premières décennies du XXe siècle. Elle étudie, tout d’abord, le déploiement d’un système de crédit au début du XXe siècle, permettant à nombre de travailleurs des classes populaires d’emprunter sur la base de leurs revenus futurs ou de la propriété de biens mobiliers.À partir de deux études de cas portant sur le Sud et le Midwest, nous proposons une nouvelle conceptualisation, intersectionnelle, de la relation de crédit en soulignant les différentes formes d’encastrement de ce système d’échange ; dans le procès de travail, le système judiciaire et la ségrégation raciale. La thèse analyse ensuite la construction d’une offre légitime de crédit des salariés, à travers l’étude des « croisades » et des controverses autour des « loan sharks », ces créanciers perçus comme des usuriers parasitaires qui gravitent aux marges du capitalisme industriel jusqu’au milieu des années 1940. Ce travail de sociologie économique s’inscrit dans la continuité des études sur les processus de moralisation marchande, mais il propose une extension de ces approches en mobilisant des outils de la sociologie des organisations, de l’action publique, des mouvements sociaux et de sociologie du droit, dans l’optique de comprendre précisément comment la résolution d’un problème public et le droit, ainsi que les cadres normatifs dans lesquels puise l’action politique, peuvent affecter le fonctionnement et la structure du marché. Le cadre théorique construit contribue à faire le lien entre l’analyse des transactions et des relations marchandes et celle de la construction politique et culturelle du marché, une division souvent déplorée.
Des régions qui comptent – La reconfiguration néolibérale de la Belgique fédérale saisie par les finances publiques
Authors: Piron Damien
Published: September 2020

Depuis plusieurs décennies, le cadre de gestion des finances publiques belges se transforme sous l’effet de deux programmes de gouvernement en lien avec des évolutions institutionnelles majeures : le fédéralisme budgétaire et fiscal et la gouvernance budgétaire européenne. Comment ces deux programmes d’intervention reconfigurent-ils les régions belges, d’une part ? Et comment évoluent-ils en retour, sous l’effet des réactions de ces dernières, d’autre part ? Afin de répondre à ces questions, cette thèse contribue à l’élaboration d’une « analytique de gouvernement des finances publiques », à travers la mise en dialogue de la sociologie des finances publiques émergente et de l’œuvre de Michel Foucault et ses successeurs. L’application de cette grille d’analyse théorique innovante à l’examen de cinq controverses met au jour le caractère « néolibéral » du dispositif de gouvernement des finances publiques régionales à l’œuvre en Belgique. Celui-ci se présente sous deux angles complémentaires, qui correspondent aux deux « figures de l’État » à l’ère néolibérale : consolidateur et compétiteur. Alors que la politique d’investissement public est mise sous tension par la poursuite concomitante de ces deux objectifs, la principale réponse jusqu’à présent apportée à ce défi (le recours accru aux partenariats public-privé – PPP) contribue à une accélération de la marchandisation et à la (quasi-) privatisation de la gestion du service public en Belgique.
Hadrien Saiag, Le trueque argentin au prisme de la dette : une socioéconomie des pratiques monétaires et financière
Authors: Saiag Hadrien
Published: September 2020

This thesis questions the nature of money through the analysis of a complex set of local monetary systems located in Argentina (trueque). It is based on both the reconstitution of the history of the main national trueque networks (meso-level) and the observation of the monetary and financial practices of their participants, carried out through an ethnographic field work (micro-level). These data suggest that money must be understood as a system of evaluation and settlement of debts. Such approach allows first to distinguish financial from monetary practices and to clarify their interdependences. Second, it puts the emphasis on the wide diversity of monetary practices (i.e. the material media of the means of settlement and evaluation of debts) and modalities of issuing the means of settlement. Therefore, money can participate to the reproduction of special organizations more or less centralized and to widely contrasted social relations (either violent or emancipating). Finally, to conceive money from debt begs the question of the access to the means of settlement of those who have been excluded from the fordist wage-labor nexus through the expansion of the so-called “informal economy”.
ALKOL BAĞIMLISI BİREYLERDE BENLİK SAYGISI, ALGILANAN SOSYAL DESTEK VE BAŞETME STRATEJİLERİ: ADSIZ ALKOLİKLER ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: YÜCEL Fatma Nur , DOĞAN Kübra , PAMİR Rana Nur , ERKUŞ Seda , KEŞİR Ümran , ZENGİN Oğuzhan
Published: September 2020

Bu araştırmanın amacı alkol bağımlılarında benlik saygısı, algılanan sosyal destek, başetme stratejileri ve bunlar arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya koymaktır. Bu çalışma, İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Konya ve Bursa’da Adsız Alkolikler toplantılarına katılan 100 alkol bağımlısı ve alkolü bırakan bireyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veri toplama aracı olarak araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen sosyodemografik bilgi formu, Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği, Coopersmith Benlik Saygısı Ölçeği ve Kısa Form Başetme Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis ve Spearman Brown test teknikleri kullanılmıştır. Algılanan sosyal destek düzeyi yüksek katılımcıların benlik düzeyi yüksek bulunmuş ve daha çok sorun odaklı başetme stratejilerini kullandıkları bulunmuştur. Bu bulgudan hareketle sosyal destek sistemlerinden yeterince yararlanamayan alkol bağımlılarının ruh sağlığı profesyonelleri tarafından psikososyal açıdan daha çok desteklenmeleri tavsiye edilmektedir.
Outcomes of Swallowing Rehabilitation in Patients with Dysphagia: A Retrospective Study
Authors: Banik Anindita Arun
Published: September 2020

Introduction

Swallowing, as the first phase of digestion, is one of the most complicated neuromuscular processes of the central nervous system. The presence of dysphagia can itself cause medical, psychosocial, and economic complications. A medical complication of dysphagia includes aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition, significant weight loss, and dehydration.

Materials and Methods

It was a retrospective study. In information regarding speech and swallowing therapeutics were studied from the routine clinical records by speech pathologist.

Results

The present retrospective study was focused on highlighting the outcomes of swallowing rehabilitation in patients with dysphagia in various aetiologies. It was observed that swallowing compensatory strategies, postural changes, rehabilitative manoeuvres, thermal stimulation, indirect and direct therapy showed tremendous improvement in patients with dysphagia with various aetiologies.  

Conclusion

This study provides further information regarding the severity of swallowing physiology in disorders and its improvement subsequent to traditional swallowing therapy which will contribute to literature in Indian context.
Diagnostic Accuracy of FNAC Diagnosed Benign Thyroid Lesions Compared with Post-Operative Histopathology Results
Authors: UP Santosh , V Shreelakshmi , VC Sanjay
Published: September 2020

Introduction

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) is one of the important diagnostic tools in diagnosing the thyroid diseases, however incidental thyroid malignancies among patients operated for a benign thyroid disease is not infrequent. The incidence ranges between 3 and 16%. The clinical significance of these tumours cannot be ignored once a correct staging has been carried out. The objectives of this study were to assess the diagnostic accuracy of FNAC of Thyroid gland and to know the incidence of incidental thyroid malignancy.

 

Materials and Methods

This was a prospective study conducted from August 2018 to December 2019, after taking institutional ethical clearance, with a study population of 72 patients with thyroid swelling of either sex between age group (18-72yrs). Pre operative FNAC was done and underwent thyroid surgery in our hospital. Post operative thyroid specimen were sent for histopathological examination. All reports were collected and analyzed statistically.

 

Results

Total 72 patients were included within age group of 18-72yrs among them, 8 were males and 64 were females having biologically normal thyroid function test. FNAC was showed 91% sensitivity and 68% specificity in diagnosing the colloid goiter and also 62% sensitivity and 75% specificity in diagnosing the nodular goitre. However, 8(11.1%) patients were showing incidental thyroid malignancy postoperatively.

 

Conclusion

FNAC is an effective tool in diagnosing the thyroid diseases; however incidental thyroid malignancy should also be considered and correlated with clinical diagnosis.
Lettre éditoriale : les abeilles dans le vent
Authors: Vereecken Nicolas J.
Published: September 2020

Editorial letter: bees in the wind
EDUCAÇÃO FORMAL DURANTE A PANDEMIA
Authors: Aznar Filho Simão , Aznar Carla Dolezel
Published: September 2020

Neste artigo discutimos a educação durante a pandemia e as políticas públicas desenvolvidas em Portugal e no Brasil. A abordagem será o parâmetro de como enfrentar a situação da pandemia em tempos de crise. Procuraremos discorrer acerca das políticas desenvolvidas e se estas estão sendo eficientes no combate ao problema, e ainda se o sistema de ensino à distância tem sido eficaz.
Erdheim chester disease: A case report and review of the literature
Authors: Elia Rémie Philippe , Adnan ATALLAH , Béatrice AKIKI , Hani WAKED , Marwan ZEIDAN , Jawad MAKAREM , Georges AFTIMOS
Published: September 2020

Erdheim Chester disease is a rare form of non-Langerhans histiocytosis with frequent BRAF V600E mutations. It is mainly characterized by multifocal osteosclerotic bone lesions with or without systemic involvement. The histologic image is consistent with a histiocytic proliferation of foamy cells in a polymorphic background. The main difference from the Langerhans histiocytosis is the immune profile with mainly S100, CD1a, and langerin negative. The overall prognosis is dependent on extraskeletal involvement. Herein, we present a typical presentation of Erdheim Chester disease with a review of the literature.
Evaluation of Putative Type II Toxin-Antitoxin Systems and Lon Protease Expression in Shigella flexneri Following Infection of Caco-2 Cells
Authors: Kheradmand Erfan , Razavi Shabnam , Talebi Malihe , Jamshidian Mahmood
Published: September 2020

: Shigella flexneri causes bacillary dysentery in developing countries. Due to recent reports regarding antimicrobial resistance in human S. flexneri, finding alternative therapeutics is of vital importance. Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems have recently been introduced as antimicrobial targets owing to their involvement in bacterial survival in stress conditions and “persister” cell formation. In this study, the presence of four TA loci were studied in S. flexneri ATCC 12022. The presence of genes coding for the identified TA loci and Lon protease were confirmed by the PCR method using specific primers. Caco-2 cell lines were then infected with this standard strain, and 8 and 24 h post-infection, expression levels of genes coding for the studied TA loci, and Lon protease were evaluated using a real-time PCR method. Expression of mazF, GNAT (Gcn5-related N-acetyltransferase), yeeU, pfam13975, and Lon genes showed 5.4, 9.8, 2.3, 2.7, and 13.8-fold increase, respectively, 8 h after bacterial invasion of the Caco-2 cell line. In addition, the expression of the aforementioned genes showed 4.8, 10.8, 2.3, 3.7, and 16.8-fold increase after 24 h. The GNAT and lon genes showed significantly higher expression levels compared to the control (P value < 0.05). However, the increase in the expression level of yeeU was the same at 8 h and 24 h post-infection. In addition, mazF expression level showed a slight decrease at 24 h compared to 8h post-infection. Genes coding for GNAT and Lon protease showed a significantly higher expression after invading the Caco-2 cell line. Therefore, targeting GNAT or Lon protease can be taken into consideration for finding novel antimicrobial drug strategies. The exact functions and mechanisms of TA systems in S. flexneri isolates are suggested to be experimentally determined.
Arterial or venous free flaps for volar tissue defects of the proximal interphalangeal joint: A comparison of surgical outcomes
Authors: Choi Min Suk , Roh Si Young , Koh Sung Hoon , Kim Jin Soo , Lee Dong Chul , Lee Kyung Jin , Hong Min Ki
Published: September 2020

Background For volar soft tissue defects of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint, free flaps are technically challenging, but have more esthetic and functional advantages than local or distant flaps. In this study, we compared the long-term surgical outcomes of arterial (hypothenar, thenar, or second toe plantar) and venous free flaps for volar defects of the PIP joint.Methods This was a single-center retrospective review of free flap coverage of volar defects between the distal interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joint from July 2010 to August 2019. Patients with severe crush injuries (degloving, tendon or bone defects, or comminuted/intra-articular fractures), thumb injuries, multiple-joint and finger injuries, dorsal soft tissue defects, and defects >6 cm in length were excluded from the study, as were those lost to follow-up within 6 months. Thirteen patients received arterial (hypothenar, thenar, or second toe plantar) free flaps and 12 received venous free flaps. Patients’ age, follow-up period, PIP joint active range of motion (ROM), extension lag, grip-strength ratio of the injured to the uninjured hand, and Quick Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder & Hand (QuickDASH) score were compared between the groups.Results Arterial free flaps showed significantly higher PIP joint active ROM (P=0.043) and lower extension lag (P=0.035) than venous free flaps. The differences in flexion, grip strength, and QuickDASH scores were not statistically significant.Conclusions The surgical outcomes of arterial free flaps were superior to those of venous free flaps for volar defects of the PIP joint.
Effects of hyperbaric oxygen on graft survival outcomes in composite grafting for amputated fingertip injury
Authors: Lee Yoonsuk , Heo Jae Won , Moon Jin Sil , Kim Sug Won , Kim Jiye
Published: September 2020

Background Fingertip injuries are the most common type of traumatic injury treated at emergency departments and require prompt and adequate interventions for favorable wound survival outcomes. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy is well known for its many positive effects on wound healing. We hypothesized that treatment with HBO2 would improve the graft survival outcomes of amputated fingertip injuries treated with composite grafts.Methods This retrospective observational study included fingertip amputations that were treated between January 2013 and December 2017. A conventional group and an HBO2 therapy group were statistically compared to evaluate the effect of HBO2 treatment. Graft survival was categorized as either success or failure.Results Among 55 cases (digits), 34 digits were conventionally treated, while 21 digits were treated with HBO2. No statistically significant differences were observed between the groups with regard to general characteristics. Among patients with guillotine-type injuries, the composite graft success rate was statistically significantly higher in the group that received HBO2 therapy than in the conventional group (P=0.0337). Overall, the HBO2 group also demonstrated a statistically significantly shorter healing time than the conventional group (P=0.0075). As such, HBO2 treatment facilitates composite graft survival in cases of fingertip injury.Conclusions HBO2 treatment was associated with an increased composite graft survival rate in guillotine-type fingertip injuries and reduced the time required for grafts to heal.
Analysis of the clinical and aesthetic results of facial dimple creation surgery
Authors: Chung Jae Min , Park Joo Hyuk , Shim Jeong Su
Published: September 2020

Background Dimples on the cheeks can make the smile look more cheerful and attractive. Therefore, some people who do not have dimples may choose to undergo dimple creation surgery. Although dimple surgery is quite common, those desiring this procedure often lack information about it. Therefore, we conducted the present study to share our surgical tips and clinical experiences regarding safe dimple creation surgery.Methods This study included 2,048 patients who underwent dimple creation surgery at our plastic surgery clinic between April 2010 and June 2014. These patients were selected from those who displayed no scarring from injury or tumor removal in the central face during the presurgical evaluation. Medical records were used to identify the age and sex of each patient, the location of dimple creation, any postoperative complications, reoperation, and the reason for reoperation.Results Of the 2,048 patients, 159 (7.7%) underwent reoperation. The reason for reoperation was undercorrection in 78 cases (49.0%), disappearance of the dimple in 62 cases (38.9%), and overcorrection in nine cases (5.6%). Five patients (3.1%) had their stitches removed to eliminate the created dimple because they changed their minds, and five patients (3.1%) had their stitches removed because of infection. No patients reported complications after reoperation, and no other complications, such as hyperpigmentation or foreign body reaction, were observed.Conclusions Safe surgery with minimal complications and satisfying cosmetic results can be achieved via accurate knowledge of the relevant anatomy and its relationship with dimples, as well as appropriate surgical methodology.
Anatomic landmark approach to reconstruction of asymmetric midline cleft lip due to Pai syndrome
Authors: Sobol Danielle L. , Massenburg Benjamin B. , Tse Raymond W.
Published: September 2020

Midline clefts of the upper lip are rare, and it is therefore important that surgeons have access to a methodical approach for when these presentations are encountered. We adapted principles of the anatomic subunit approximation for unilateral cleft lip, to the repair of midline clefts. The overt use of anatomic landmarks to define the repair results in a design that inherently adjusts to varying degrees of clefts and can accommodate asymmetries. The “measure twice, cut once” style is an advantage to new surgeons and to surgeons who seldom encounter this presentation. We describe the details of surgical repair in the context of a patient with Pai syndrome and associated nasal hamartomas that resulted in nasolabial asymmetry. This is the first report of surgical outcome following treatment of Pai syndrome and includes early and 5-year follow-up. The system of repair that we describe is applicable to both symmetric and asymmetric midline clefts.
Validation of the clinical applicability of knowledge‐based planning models in single‐isocenter volumetric‐modulated arc therapy for multiple brain metastases
Authors: Kishi Noriko , Nakamura Mitsuhiro , Hirashima Hideaki , Mukumoto Nobutaka , Takehana Keiichi , Uto Megumi , Matsuo Yukinori , Mizowaki Takashi
Published: September 2020

Purpose

To validate the clinical applicability of knowledge‐based (KB) planning in single‐isocenter volumetric‐modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for multiple brain metastases using the k‐fold cross‐validation (CV) method.

Methods

This study comprised 60 consecutive patients with multiple brain metastases treated with single‐isocenter VMAT (28 Gy in five fractions). The patients were divided randomly into five groups (Groups 1–5). The data of Groups 1–4 were used as the training and validation dataset and those of Group 5 were used as the testing dataset. Four KB models were created from three of the training and validation datasets and then applied to the remaining Groups as the fourfold CV phase. As the testing phase, the final KB model was applied to Group 5 and the dose distributions were calculated with a single optimization process. The dose‐volume indices (DVIs), modified Ian Paddick Conformity Index (mIPCI), modulation complexity scores for VMAT plans (MCSv), and the total number of monitor units (MUs) of the final KB plan were compared to those of the clinical plan (CL) using a paired Wilcoxon signed‐rank test.

Results

In the fourfold CV phase, no significant differences were observed in the DVIs among the four KB plans (KBPs). In the testing phase, the final KB plan was statistically equivalent to the CL, except for planning target volumes (PTVs) D2% and D50%. The differences between the CL and KBP in terms of the PTV D99.5%, normal brain, and Dmax to all organs at risk (OARs) were not significant. The KBP achieved a lower total number of MUs and higher MCSv than the CL with no significant difference.

Conclusions

We demonstrated that a KB model in a single‐isocenter VMAT for multiple brain metastases was equivalent in dose distribution, MCSv, and total number of MUs to a CL with a single optimization.
Partially lithiated ternary graft copolymer with enhanced elasticity as aqueous binder for Si anode
Authors: Liu Shuling , Zhang Lingzhi
Published: September 2020

Partially lithiated ternary graft copolymers were synthesized through free radical graft polymerization of acrylic acid (AA), lithium acrylate (LiAA) and hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA) onto polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). With optimized feeding molar ratio of AA/LiAA/HEA (2:1:2), the ternary graft copolymer with partial lithiation shows the best flexibility, elasticity and adhesion strength comparing to PVA‐g‐PAA and PVA‐g‐P(AA‐HEA) when used as aqueous binder for Si anode. The Si anode using PVA‐g‐P(AA‐LiAA‐HEA) with the optimized molar ratio of AA‐LiAA‐HEA exhibits better cycling stability and rate performance, delivering a capacity of 2265 mAh g−1 with a capacity retention of 82.4% after 200 cycles at 1A g−1. Even at a high current of 10 A g−1, the Si electrode still obtained a high capacity of 1300 mAh g−1.
Antistaling properties of encapsulated maltogenic amylase in gluten‐free bread
Authors: Haghighat‐Kharazi Sepideh , Reza Kasaai Mohammad , Milani Jafar Mohammadzadeh , Khajeh Khosro
Published: September 2020

Staling of bakery products especially gluten‐free products is a challenge on the development of these products. For retarding staling of gluten‐free bread, maltogenic amylase (MAase) at concentrations of 8.2, 45, and 82 mg/ml was encapsulated into beeswax (BW) at 1%, 2.5%, and 4% levels. Results showed the treatment with 8.2 mg/ml MAase and 2.5% beeswax had the highest encapsulation efficiency (42.04%) and chosen for subsequent experiments. The size of encapsulated particles was 362.70 nm and had a zeta potential of −15.35 mV. Surface morphology of encapsulated MAase was almost spherical with layered appearance. The free and encapsulated MAase with the activity of 5.2 µmol/min were used in gluten‐free batter and breads, respectively. In the rheological tests, batters containing free and encapsulated MAase showed lower cross over point than control batter (without enzyme or wall material) (59 and 53 Hz, respectively). Encapsulated MAase contained bread had darker crust, whiter and softer crumb, and more aerated structure in comparison with free MAase loaded one. Both breads containing MAase as free or encapsulated had higher moisture content and water activity in crust and crumb than control bread. However, bread with free MAase had softer crumb after four days of storage, and bread with encapsulated MAase had higher sensorial acceptability than other breads after 2 and 4 days of storage.
The effect of vinegar and drying (Solar and Open Sun) on the microbiological quality of ginger (ZINGIBER OFFICINALE ROSCOE) rhizomes
Authors: Amoah Roseline Esi , Kalakandan Sureshkumar , Wireko‐Manu Faustina D. , Oduro Ibok , Saalia Firibu Kwesi , Owusu Ebenezer
Published: September 2020

This study evaluated the influence of 10% vinegar and solar drying using two solar dryers and open‐sun drying on the microbiological quality of ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) rhizome. The rhizomes were analyzed for bacterial, mold, and Salmonella populations in the raw state, which were water‐washed and soaked in 10% vinegar, and in dried form. The fungal population was isolated and identified. Fresh and dried ginger rhizome contained both bacterial and fungal population in the range of 3.0 x 102 ± 1.14 x 102 to 2,180 x 109 ± 70.7 x 109 CFU/g. The stainless steel solar dryer had fewer fungal loads among the drying methods. Aspergillus and Penicillium species of mycotoxin‐producing potential were identified. The 10% vinegar as pretreatment showed no significant difference (p ≤ .05) in the bacterial population reduction but in the fungal population reduction. Growth of fungi in fresh and dried ginger extracts was lower compared with growth in Potato Dextrose Broth.
Broadening participation in the engineering professoriate: Influences on Allen's journey in developing professorial intentions
Authors: Burt Brian A.
Published: September 2020

Background

Given the significant roles that faculty play, it is important to understand how and why engineering graduate students choose faculty careers over other professional opportunities. Yet little is known about this decision‐making process, particularly for students of color.

Purpose

This article offers a rich, empirically grounded account of the development of one graduate student's professorial intentions as a launch‐point from which to explore how to broaden participation in the professoriate among underrepresented students of color in engineering.

Method

Narrative data were analyzed chronologically and thematically to investigate the influences that help explain Allen's professorial intentions. This study foregrounds Allen's meaning‐making pertaining to how his educational experiences and various identities shaped his evolving understandings of the professoriate and of his suitability for a faculty career.

Results

Allen's journey describes a trajectory from disinterest to interest in the professoriate through his evolving understandings of the academy and the professoriate, the development of a faculty prototype and its role in his thinking about faculty norms and roles, and finally, envisioning himself in the professoriate.

Conclusions

The underrepresentation of historically marginalized individuals among engineering faculty will remain a problem until more knowledge is gained about why students choose to pursue the engineering professoriate. Future studies that follow this line of inquiry by focusing on smaller numbers of participants may similarly identify key experiences and factors that promote interest in or turn students away from faculty careers.