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Classical solution of the mixed problem for the Klein – Gordon – Fock type equation with characteristic oblique derivatives at boundary conditions
Authors: Korzyuk V. I. , Stolyarchuk I. I.
Published: March 2019

The mixed problem for the one-dimensional Klein – Gordon – Fock type equation with oblique derivatives at boundary conditions in the half-strip is considered. The solution of this problem is reduced to solving the second-type Volterra integral equations. Theorems of existence and uniqueness of the solution in the class of twice continuously differentiable func tions were proven for these equations when initial functions are smooth enough. It is proven that fulfilling the matching conditions on the given functions is necessary and sufficient for existence of the unique smooth solution, when initial functions are smooth enough. The method of characteristics is used for the problem analysis. This method is reduced to splitting the ori ginal definition area into subdomains. The solution of the subproblem can be constructed in each subdomain with the help of the initial and boundary conditions. The obtained solutions are then glued in common points, and the obtained glued сonditions are the matching conditions. Intensification of smoothness requirements for source functions is proven when the di rections of the oblique derivatives at boundary conditions are matched with the directions of the characteristics. This approach can be used in constructing both the analytical solution, when the solution of the integral equation can be found explicitly, and the approximate solution. Moreover, approximate solutions can be constructed in numerical and analytical form. When a numerical solution is constructed, the matching conditions are significant and need to be considered while developing numerical methods.
A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO APPLY FINANCIAL ENGINEERING AT THE ENTERPRISE
Authors: Zamlynskyi Viktor , Zerkal Anastasiia , Antonov Andriy
Published: March 2019

The development and continuous complication of financial instruments through the integration of technology and management methods lead to an increasing role of financial engineering to ensure the efficient activity of enterprises. The use of financial engineering at the present stage allows business entities to comprehensively solve the most pressing problems, from the liquidity crisis and to the lack of resources to implement long-term goals. In view of the fact, this direction of research has not yet received wide distribution in the domestic scientific literature. Thus, the definition of the conceptual foundations for the functioning of the financial engineering system in combination with the refinement of its essential characteristics is an urgent scientific task. The purpose of the article. The article aims to justify the conceptual provisions of financial engineering as an independent scientific and practical direction of economic research. Methodology. Methodological principles on which the study is based contain the application of a set of universal scientific methods and specific methods of scientific knowledge, including: the method of scientific abstraction in determining the characteristics of the innovative component of financial engineering; the method of system-structural analysis in justifying the diagnostic functions of the financial engineering of an enterprise, and the method of analysing time series when assessing the development of the options market in Ukraine. Value/originality. The article describes the essence of financial engineering. It is substantiated that financial engineering is to create innovations in the form of financial products, processes, technologies, and institutions in order to obtain financial benefits from their practical use in the activities of the enterprise. The fundamental difference between the concepts of “financial management” and “financial engineering” is disclosed. The characteristics and theoretical significance of financial engineering as independent scientific and practical areas of economic research are analysed. Modern approaches to the definition of objects, methods, information base, and the results of financial engineering are systematized. Financial engineering is considered as the process of designing, developing, and implementing innovative financial instruments. The characteristic of using financial engineering is given on the example of options trading. The features of the development of the options market in Ukraine are analysed. It was determined that the development of the domestic options market requires first of all the formation of practical skills in the use of derivative financial instruments by financial engineering methods.
The Effects of Agglomeration on Socio-economic Outcomes: A
District Level Panel Study of Punjab
Authors: Azhar Annus , Adil Shahid
Published: March 2019

This paper examines the variation of agglomeration across
districts over time in Punjab and analyses the effects of agglomeration
on socio-economic outcomes in terms of social inclusion and efficiency
of firms at the district level in Punjab. Earlier studies in this regard
faced multiple problems since they used cross-sectional data. To bridge
the gap, a newly constructed panel data from CMI is used. Factor
Analysis technique is used to analyse socialinclusion variable, in
addition to some other control variables as well. Data Envelopment
Analysis (DEA) with bootstrap technique (performed in R) is used to
calculate district-wise firm efficiency. The study argues that
agglomeration is a logical consequence of China Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC) through an increase in the economic activity in various
districts of the province. The results show that district agglomeration
has a positive effect on the average district-wise efficiency of firms
and has a positive statistically significant relation with social
inclusion. Interesting implications arise from results, setting up
clusters in urbanised rather than highly urbanised areas under CPEC can
be a game changer for the economy of Pakistan especially Punjab since it
has significant potential positive effects on the economy of Punjab. JEL
Classification: D62, I38, L52, R13 Keywords: Agglomeration, CPEC, Social
Inclusion, Factor Analysis, Data Envelopment Analysis, Efficiency
IMPLEMENTASI KEAMANAN PESAN TEKS MENGGUNAKAN KRIPTOGRAFI ALGORITMA RSA DENGAN METODE WATERFALL BERBASIS JAVA
Authors: Firmansyah Rudi
Published: March 2019

Current technological advances allow users to exchange data and information from one place to another via the internet. The data and information are sometimes important and need to be kept confidential from irresponsible people who can disseminate or change the original data and information. The risk of such threats can be reduced by converting data and information into confidential messages. The author uses RSA cryptography (Rivest Shamir Adleman) technique in converting the original text of the message into secret text. The author will use the JAVA programming language to convert the original text into a number with blocks, then the text message will be changed with the key that was created first. The results of message encryption are expected to be able to secure data and information, because in RSA cryptography there has been no way to decrypt messages other than by using a secret key. The system design method used is the waterfall method.
IMPLEMENTASI SISTEM INFORMASI PENDAFTARAN YUDISIUM PADA STMIK STIKOM INDONESIA
Authors: Budayasa I Putu Gede
Published: March 2019

STMIK STIKOM Indonesia is an educational institution that routinely organizes judiciaries. In the process, the judiciary is held every 3 (three) months, STMIK STIKOM Indonesia has and runs a mechanism that involves a computer-based information system. This system is used as a media for registration for students who will join the Judiciary. The mechanism that starts from the registration process through the information system is then followed by verification and validation by several structural officials as stakeholders. For 15 (fifteen) times of implementation until March 2018, the judiciary mechanism has several weaknesses. Although registration is done through an information system, the verification and validation process by structural officials is carried out in a paper-based manner. This raises problems in terms of efficiency, filing documents for all student submissions, and the difficulties students encounter when structural officials are not in place. Better mechanisms for registration, verification and validation of judiciary data are needed, as well as a system that allows the entire process to be done in a computerized manner.
DESIGN IMPLEMENTASI KECERDASAAN BUATAN PADA CHATBOT LINE DALAM PERMAINAN TEBAK ANGKA
Authors: Hendra Mayatopani , Handayani Nurdiana
Published: March 2019

Information technology provides a new change in the increasingly diverse world of games with play games that are fun when played and content is given in such an interesting way in packaging, artificial intelligence in games can provide interactive play between users and the system adds to the playing experience, the game world has entered Social media applications are some of the applications that were originally formed for relationships and now add realtime gaming features to play with friendships that have been added to the application. The game that will be designed using the chatbotline on social media Line starts from the game play flow about guessing a number that will later come out whether the guess results from the user are correct or wrong based on artificial intelligence and the highest score is the winner. The results obtained from game design provide the user experience for interaction in playing or with other users to increase the excitement in using social media.
DETEKSI ALAT PELINDUNG KEPALA (HELM) MENGGUNAKAN METODE HAAR CASCADE CLASSIFIER
Authors: Sugianto Sugianto
Published: March 2019

Use of protective gear helmet head is often considered unimportant and trivial by workers. Whereas the use of protective headgear helmet is very important and affect the safety and health of workers. Kedisiplina workers to use protective gear head is still low so that the risk of accidents that could endanger workers large enough. In this research aims to detect protective equipment head helmet on video. In this study, the method used is the Haar Cascade Classifier. The system consists of two main processes, namely the process of training data and the detection process. This method of training process has four main processes, haar-like feature, integral image, no-boost and cascade classifier. Haar-like feature is a collection of special features presented the head, face and helmet. Citra is how to quickly calculate integrals haar feature. While no-boost are statistically weighted feature values are obtained and filtered using a cascade classifier. The detection process in this study there are two processes, the first detection process whether human or not, if the result of human detected will continue the process of detection of whether to use a helmet or not. Detection system testing is done individually using helmet colors red, blue and yellow. It obtained accuracy rate of 92%, while the testing group obtained the degree of accuracy of 71%.
Flashcards as A Means to Improve EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Mastery
Authors: Wahyuni Sri , Yulaida Handayani
Published: March 2019

The objective of this study is to know whether the use of flashcards can improve the vocabulary mastery of Junior High School Students in Indonesian. The research design used in this study is Classroom Action Research (CAR) in which it was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The research instruments used are observation checklist, test, field note, and documentation. In the implementation of improving students’ vocabulary mastery by using flashcards the researchers stimulated students’ prior knowledge by asking question, introduction the topic, and introduction about the media.The implementation of the planning in the first cycle was not successful. In the second cycle, the result of the students’ evaluation test showed that 84% of the student passed the minimum score in the criteria of success, and 80% of the students did the activities designed in the second cycle. From the result, it can be concluded that the implementation of flashcards is successful in improving the students’ vocabulary mastery.
Grammar Consciousness-Raising Activities and Their Impact on Students’ Grammatical Competence
Authors: Iskandar Joni
Published: March 2019

This study was to investigate the implementation of grammar consciousness-raising activities for the students’ grammatical competence. The participants were 70 students of vocational high school which were divided into 35 students in experimental group and 35 students in control group. The data were gained from pre-test and post-test. The results of posttest from the experimental and control group were compared. The findings showed that the students who were taught using grammar consciousness-raising activities had significant difference on their grammatical competence. Furthermore, the students were highly motivated in learning grammar and their grammatical competences were also increasing.
Are Figurative Interpretations of Idioms Directly Retrieved, Compositionally Built, or Both? Evidence from Eye Movement Measures of Reading
Authors: Titone Debra , Lovseth Kyle , Kasparian Kristina , Tiv Mehrgol
Published: March 2019

Idioms are part of a general class of multiword expressions where the overall interpretation cannot befully determined through a simple syntactic and semantic (i.e., compositional) analysis of theircomponent words (e.g., kick the bucket, save your skin). Idioms are thus simultaneously amenable todirect retrieval from memory, and to an on-demand compositional analysis, yet it is unclear whichprocesses lead to figurative interpretations of idioms during comprehension. In this eye-tracking study,healthy adults read sentences in their native language that contained idioms, which were followed byfigurative- or literal-biased disambiguating sentential information. The results showed that the earlieststages of comprehension are driven by direct retrieval of idiomatic forms, however, later stages ofcomprehension, after which point the intended meaning of an idiom is known, are driven by both directretrieval and compositional processing. Of note, at later stages, increased idiom decomposabilityslowed reading time, suggesting more effortful figurative comprehension. Together, these results aremost consistent with multi-determined or hybrid models of idiom processing.
The Incommensurables: The arduous art of making a regulatory indicator
Authors: Kempeneer Shirley , Van Dooren Wouter
Published: March 2019

The stress test of the European Central Bank has become one of the primary regulatory tools for the European banking system. In order to make such a regulatory indicator, different national banks need to be made comparable according to a common metric. Despite a substantive literature, little empirical work has been done on the social and political processes through which these indicators are made. We use Actor-Network Theory (ANT) to study how commensuration is negotiated. We find that despite a preference for commensuration, regulators allow ‘incommensurable’ categories to exist because of their unrecognised regulatory benefits.
An accelerated growth model to generate complex networks with connectivity distribution slope that varies with time
Authors: Castillo Castillo P. , Arjona-Villicaña P.D. , Acosta-Elias And J.
Published: March 2019

Many real-life complex networks have in-degree and out-degree distributions that decay as apower-law. However, the few models that have been able to reproduce both of these properties,cannot reproduce the wide range of values found in real systems. Another limitation of thesemodels is that they add links from nodes which are created into the network, as well as betweennodes already present in this network. However, adding links between existing nodes is not acharacteristic available in all systems. This paper introduces a new complex network growthmodel that, without adding links between existing nodes is able to generate complex topologieswith in-degree and out-degree distributions that decay as a power-law. Moreover, in this growthmodel, the ratio at which links are created is greater than the ratio at which nodes are born, whichproduces an accelerated growth phenomenon that can be found in some real systems, like theInternet at the Autonomous System level.
On the validity of the Hagen and Beverloo formulas for grains discharge through thin sidewalls of bins
Authors: Serrano D. A. , Chavarria G. Ruiz- , Diaz M. Pliego , Vargas C. A. , Medina Ovando And A.
Published: March 2019

In this work we show through experiments, by using cohesionless granular materials, that a simple formula proposed to estimate the granular outflow from orifices in thick sidewalls is also valid for thin sidewalls. The use of such a formula entails the approximate validity of the classical Hagen and Beverloo formulas for granular samples composed of small and large grains, respectively. Also, an estimation of the involved error when the wall thickness is left aside also is given.
Raposa atropelada diagnosticada com raiva em Crateús-CE: Relato de Caso
Authors: Cardoso Filho Francisco
Published: March 2019

The objective of this study was to analyze a rabies case observed in a field fox (Pseudalopex vetulus) found trampled in EC-187, but precisely in the Patos locality in the city of Crateús-CE. Go fragment of the cord from the cervical region was collected and sent to the Central Public Health Laboratory of Ceará, where the diagnosis of rabies was confirmed.
The Analysis of Website Quality of Indonesian Traditional Batik Products: Its Effect on Netizensâ€™ Purchase Intentions
Authors: Hatane Semuel
Published: March 2019

This study aims to understand the behavioral intentions of the netizens segment who actively use digital media to shop for traditional Indonesian decorative arts products online. The quality of a website as an online marketing media is seen as a stimulus to the intention to use a website and then can influence the intention of behaving netizens. Small and medium businesses of traditional Indonesian decorative products have become the focus of research objects, and samples of netizens were selected through participation in filling out online questionnaires on the website www.legacyofindonesia.com. Netizens' participation reached 161 people who filled out the online questionnaire. This study provides results that, the quality of the website has a positive influence on the intention to use the website and then has a positive influence on the intention to behave. Besides that the quality of the website has no direct influence on  behavioral intention netizen. The intention to use the website is the perfect mediation between the influence of the quality of the website on the behavioral intention of netizens traditional Indonesian batik products.
Parametric Study on Vibration Response for Automobile Crankshaft
Authors: Pyae Sone Sanda , Abu Aminudin Bin , Kyaw Nyein Oo
Published: March 2019

In the interest of utilized more stable automobile components at high speed for reduction the vibration of mechanical system, dynamic characteristics analysis plays a vital role in complex mechanical parts. Factors influencing on the level of vibration response were determined and optimized by the approach of experimental design. Based on golbal and local proerties of crankshaft structural properties, it was found that main journal diameter  and Youngâ€™s modulus were recommended as inital values. Modification of crankshaft structure was performed carefully with the aspect of compatitablity for engine equipment. The reduction of vibration response was achieved and structure resonance has been shifted toward higher frequency domain. This approach proposed for the optimizing the structural parameters and would provide potential value basis to qualitative measure of parameters and determination of optimized structure.
Green Initiatives, Cost-Cutting, and Crime Control for Successful Residential Developments in Malaysia
Authors: Hew William Wee-Lim , Lau Siok-Hwa , Goh Gerald Guan-Gan
Published: March 2019

The Malaysian residential property market is currently in a state of stagnation and overhang has become a serious concern. Discussions were held with property developers in the southern region of Peninsular Malaysia to elaborate the problems faced in operating in the industry as well as their causes. Several developers who were found to perform well under the slumping market. From the discussions, they were found to have taken innovative approaches to housing, offering houses based on eco-concepts, space optimisation, security through layout management, as well as structural features that appeal to the lifestyle needs of current homebuyers.
Determinants of Saving Behavior: An Empirical Study among Private Universities Students in Selangor
Authors: Md Kassim Aza Azlina , Tamsir Fazilah , Azim Zainal Azhar Zainal , Mohamed Juliza , Nordin Hairin Nisa Meor
Published: March 2019

Nowadays, most of the university students are already accumulating substantial debts from higher education fee loans, personal bank loans or overused of credit cards. The saving behaviour among students is significantly important as they are easily exposed to be blacklisted borrowers. Therefore, this study examines the factors that influence studentsâ€™ saving behaviour among private universities in Selangor. Six variables are included namely; education level, programme, gender, race, family background and financial literacy. The result indicates that saving behaviour is influenced by education programme, family background and financial literacy. On the ground of determination of core problems, educators and regulators are able to develop appropriate programs and design relevant financial courses to help students in managing personal money and avoid the debt tracks. Furthermore, retail banks can therefore develop more appropriate marketing strategies to tap and penetrate young savers in Malaysia
The Relationships between Interpersonal Communication, Task Design and Job Performance
Authors: Saraih Ummi Naiemah , Sakdan Mohd Fo'ad , Mohd Karim Khofizhoah
Published: March 2019

This study aims to investigate the relationship between interpersonal communication and task design towards job performance  among employees from one of the Malaysian manufacturing company. The data is obtained from 152 employees from different levels of position. Both of hypotheses have been accepted based on the regression analysis results. Therefore, factors namely interpersonal communication and task design are found to be positively related with job performance among employees in this company. In detail, job performance is significantly related to interpersonal communication (r=.53) as well as task design (r=.54).  As a conclusion, the management needs to enforce a good level of interpersonal communication and task design in order to increase the employees' performance level.
Additive and multiplicative effect of academic facultyâ€™s bi-directional conflict and enrichment on satisfaction with work family balance
Authors: Sarwar Farhan , Panatik Siti Aisyah , Rehman Zia ur
Published: March 2019

This study explores how work to family conflict, family to work conflict, work to family enrihcment and family to work enrichmetn influence facultyâ€™s global balance measured as satisfaction with work family balance (SWFB). In addition the multiplicative interactive effect of work to fmaily conflict with enrichment and family to work conflict and enrichment were also tested. Results revealed that work to family conflict and enrichment, their interaction and family to work enrichment were significantly related to SWFB.  Work to family conflict was most potent predictor of outcome variable but there is a need for managers to improve facultyâ€™s percepteion of work interfering with family. Both directions of enrichment had high levels but their importance was moderate while family to work conflict was very low in importance requiring minimal managerial interventions. Multi group analysis revealed no significant difference between male and female faculty.
Determinants of Financial Inclusion - An Empirical Evidence from Southeastern Europe
Authors: Affandi Hina , Malik Qaisar Ali
Published: March 2019

Financial Inclusion lays an important role in developing and expanding  financial markets.  In the last decade, Balkan economies seem to have incensed to progress the deliberation of the financial inclusion and integrate the international financial market into their home financial system and subsequently achieve more escalation economically. Unfortunately, there has been observed small attention specified to the acceptance of recognized financial inclusion, particularly, how the shadow economy and financial outreach influence the financial inclusion. The present study checks and measures the strength and degree of control that shadow economy generate on financial inclusion on the one side, and on the other side it also process, approximate and investigate empirically that how the financial outreach affects financial inclusion in the six selected economies for the purpose of this study. To accomplish the objectives of the study time frame of 2006-2017 was taken for data compilation and investigation. Asymmetrical co-integration approach is used, which commence non-linearity in the measurement of model. The contemporary nonlinear approach co-integration (i.e., NARDL) is used. The results of the study advocate that for Balkan countries it is vastly noteworthy to handle and organize the concerns of financial inclusion flanking the shadow economy size connected challenges. It entail wide-ranging review of existing and potential modification programs that may create accurate use and allotment of financial services products. It may escort to income equality and poverty alleviation. Furthermore the strategy formulation agencies in these economies need to stamp out hindrance to such financial inclusion through quality convenience of financial services products in a satisfactory way. This will convey into stream those underprivileged and economically mislaid firms and households which were earlier someway incapable to donate in the economic improvement. This inclusion as a result will enhance expansion of financial markets and economy leading to in general development of such economies.
Determinants of Green Product Purchase Intention
Authors: Thoo Ai Chin , Lawi Nor Haslinda binti Mohd , Muharam Farrah Merlinda , Kohar Umar Haiyat Abdul , Choon Tan Liat , Zakuan Norhayati
Published: March 2019

There are three hypotheses were developed for the study. The first hypothesis is about the relationship between green brand positioning and green product purchase intention. The second hypothesis is about the relationship between green brand knowledge and green product purchase intention. The third hypothesis is about the relationship between attitude towards green brand and green product purchase intention. Out of the three hypotheses, only two hypotheses are supported which are green brand positioning and green brand knowledge on green product purchase intention. The green consumer knowledge has biggest impact on green product purchase, followed by green brand positioning. The attitude towards green brand has no relationship with green product purchase intention. The study found that the adjusted RÂ² is 0.776. This means approximately 77.6% of the green products purchase intention could be explained by the green brand positioning and green brand knowledge.
Personality and academic performance among graduate students
Authors: Bhatti Mansoor Nazir , Sami Abdul , Qureshi Imran
Published: March 2019

Personality traits have a significant role in a studentâ€™s life to handle academic related issues which may lead to a decline in academic performance. A unique pattern of feeling, thinking and behaving shapes the personality of an individual. The objective of the current study is to examine the relationship between personality traits and academic performance among graduate students in Pakistan. The quantitative research design was used to achieve the objective of the study. The data was collected from a proportionate random sample of 384 postgraduate students enrolled in HEIs of Pakistan. Further, the data was analyzed through appropriate statistical techniques using SPSS and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using SMARTPLS 3.0. The result indicated that there is a positive relationship between the dimensions of personality and academic performance. There is a significant relationship between neuroticism, openness to experience, extraversion, and academic performance. Whereas there is an insignificant relationship between conscientiousness and agreeableness with academic performance.
Crafting Resistance through Narratives in Afghanistan
Authors: Kahlon Tahir Ul Mulk , Qumber Ghulam , Islam Rafaqat
Published: March 2019

Narrative offers an evocative opportunity to understand the power of knowledge manipulation within the public policy system. Despite the influence of narratives in designing, formulating, and implementing of public policies, it is a relatively nascent concept in public policy studies.The war in Afghanistan truly represents a battle of narratives. This paper takes a Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) approach to explore the narratives used by resistance forces in Afghanistan within the belief system of a religion. It acknowledges that narratives matter and that by studying the same, one can construe their influence on policies. The paper finds that resistance groups such as the Taliban, mobilize support and operate in battlefields across Afghanistan; simultaneously bolstering their legitimacy and community influence garnering support from within and outside Afghanistan.
Indo-Russian Missile Defense Deal: Re-Calibration of Ties
Authors: Khan Sahar Anwar , Ishfaq Uroosa , Ullah Muhammad Usman
Published: March 2019

Russia has been India’s all-weather friend and strategic partner for the past 70 years. However, for a decade or so, they are drifting away and are seeking new friends and partners. India has been making new partners in the West and Russia is working closely with China to counter US hegemony. It has been forging warmer, more cooperative relations with Pakistan. In this scenario, the recent missile defense deal can be considered a milestone in bilateral relations between India and Russia, ushering in a new era in relations. Mutual interests and politics led both states to recalibrate their relation so as to not lose old, trusted partners and simultaneously maintain strategic autonomy. This research qualitatively analyzes the structural drivers in the relation of the two states in the background of S-400 missile defense deal concluded in October 2018.
The σS subunit of RNA polymerase as a signal integrator and network master regulator in the general stress response in Escherichia coli
Authors: Klauck Eberhard , Typas Athanasios , Hengge Regine
Published: March 2019

The σS (RpoS) subunit of RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli is a key master regulator which allows this bacterial model organism and important pathogen to adapt to and survive environmentally rough times. While hardly present in rapidly growing cells, σS strongly accumulates in response to many different stress conditions, partly replaces the vegetative sigma subunit in RNA polymerase and thereby reprograms this enzyme to transcribe σS-dependent genes (up to 10% of the E. coli genes). In this review, we summarize the extremely complex regulation of σS itself and multiple signal input at the level of this master regulator, we describe the way in which σS specifically recognizes “stress” promoters despite their similarity to vegetative promoters, and, while being far from comprehensive, we give a short overview of the far-reaching physiological impact of σS. With σS being a central and multiple signal integrator and master regulator of hundreds of genes organized in regulatory cascades and sub-networks or regulatory modules, this system also represents a key model system for analyzing complex cellular information processing and a starting point for understanding the complete regulatory network of an entire cell.
Of the Morphogenes that Make a Ring, A Rod and a Sphere in Escherichia Coli
Authors: Khattar Medhatm , Kassem Issmat I. , El-Hajj Ziad W.
Published: March 2019

In 1993, William Donachie wrote “The success of molecular genetics in the study of bacterial cell division has been so great that we find ourselves, armed with much greater knowledge of detail, confronted once again with the same naive questions that we set to answer in the first place”1. Indeed, attempts to answer the apparently simple question of how a bacterial cell divides have led to a wealth of new knowledge, in particular over the past decade and a half. And while some questions have been answered to a great extent since the early reports of isolation of division mutants of Escherichia coli2,3, some key pieces of the puzzle remain elusive. In addition to it being a fundamental process in bacteria that merits investigation in its own right, studying the process of cell division offers an abundance of new targets for the development of new antibacterial compounds that act directly against key division proteins and other components of the cytoskeleton, which are encoded by the morphogenes of E. coli4. This review aims to present the reader with a snapshot summary of the key players in E. coli morphogenesis with emphasis on cell division and the rod to sphere transition.
Detection of Dengue Virus In Aedes sp. Mosquito at Home of DHF Patients in Ternate City
Authors: Mustafa Mustafa
Published: March 2019

Virus Dengue adalah penyebab penyakit demam berdarah dengue (DBD), ditularkan melalui gigitan nyamuk Aedes aegypti dan Aedes albopictus. Penyakit Demam Berdarah Dengue (DBD) adalah penyakit infeksi yang disebabkan oleh virus Dengue dengan serotipe DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 dan DEN-4. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui keberadaan virus Dengue pada nyamuk Aedes sp di rumah penderita DBD Kota Ternate. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian Deskriptif dengan uji laboratorium. Sampel pada penelitian ini adalah nyamuk jenis Aedes sp yang ditangkap dirumah penderita DBD. Teknik pengambilan sampel pada penelitian ini adalah Total sampling. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan kondisi lingkungan rumah penderita rata-rata berpotensial untuk perkembangan nyamuk dan jentik, suhu dalam rumah (91,67%), suhu luar rumah (83,33%), suhu air (91,67%), kelembaban (83,33%), pH air (75%) dan pencahayaan (91,67%). Jenis wadah berpotensial untuk perkebangan jentik yaitu bak mandi/WC 57,1%, drum plastik 40 % dan ember 36,8 %. Dari hasil pemeriksaan PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)  pada 369 ekor nyamuk Aedes sp tidak menunjukkan adanya nyamuk yang mengandung virus Dengue-1. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah rata-rata Kondisi lingkungan fisik potensial untuk perkembangan larva dan nyamuk. Jenis wadah bak paling tinggi positif jentik, dan dari semua sampel nyamuk yang diperiksa tidak satupun yang mengandung virus Dengue serotipe DEN1.
The effects of fixation and contraction mode on prone isokinetic knee flexor tests
Authors: Alt Tobias , Etzel Jakob P. , Knicker Axel J. , Strüder Heiko K.
Published: March 2019

BACKGROUND:

Adequate participant’s fixation affects measurement accuracy and performance of isokinetic exercise.

OBJECTIVE:

To examine the effects of different fixation methods and contraction modes on the kinetics and 3D kinematics of prone isokinetic knee flexor tests.

METHODS:

Fourteen healthy male participants performed maximal unilateral concentric and eccentric knee flexion movements with minimal (hand grips), moderate (grips, hip strap) and maximal (grips, thigh and hip strap, hip wedges, shoulder pads) fixation at 30[Formula: see text]/s.

RESULTS:

Concentric and eccentric peak moments were highest at minimal and maximal fixation, whereas contractional work peaked at minimal fixation. Axis alignment was best at moderate fixation. Initial axis alignment caused an average antero-cranial shift (2.0 and 0.1 cm) as well as mean roll and yaw angle tilts of [Formula: see text]0.1[Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]6.1[Formula: see text]. Hip motion was significantly reduced at maximal fixation. Eccentric movements demonstrated a lower mean angular velocity (26.0[Formula: see text]/s) than concentric tests (29.4[Formula: see text]/s).

CONCLUSIONS:

Depending on their purpose, prone isokinetic knee flexor tests or training sessions should be conducted with minimal (maximal force production) or moderate (axis alignment) fixation. When interpreting and comparing isokinetic results, the examined kinematic and kinetic effects of different fixation methods should be taken into account.
“To Treat or not To Treat”: Informing the Decision for Disease-Modifying Therapy in Late-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease
Authors: Watt Andrew D. , Jenkins Nicole L. , McColl Gawain , Collins Steven , Desmond Patricia M.
Published: March 2019

Rosen et al. thoughtfully extend the ethical discussion surrounding disease-modifying therapies in late-stage Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to correctly emphasize that the perceived quality of life (QoL) of the individual living with the disease is a critical component to decisions regarding their clinical care. The primary purpose of our original article regarding the use of disease-modifying therapeutics in late-stage AD was to ensure that those affected by AD and their primary care team are empowered to make informed care decisions in the best interest of the individual living with AD. Consequently, it appears axiomatic that major therapeutic decisions need to incorporate consideration of the current and future QoL of individuals living with dementia; however, in the absence of effective restorative therapies, it is important to acknowledge the context within which extant QoL measures were developed and question whether such measures are adequate to inform treatment decisions that may hold the potential to significantly or perhaps indefinitely prolong severe disability.
The U.S. “2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act” introduces a significant data error in corporate net cash flow
Authors: Fish Laurel J. , Halcoussis Dennis , Phillips G. Michael
Published: March 2019

A recent one-time accounting “repatriation tax” charge against a leading cash flow series (e.g., Federal Reserve Economic Data series, Corporate Net Cash Flow with Inventory Valuation Adjustment) introduces a significant change in 4[Formula: see text] Quarter, 2017 that is an accounting artifact. This note demonstrates the econometric impact of the charge and illustrates how to back it out resulting in a series consistent with economic activity. Without the proposed adjustment, the series has what is essentially a permanent outlier that is of such magnitude that it can distort regression coefficients and statistical models when the 4[Formula: see text] Quarter, 2017 datapoint is included in analysis.
İNOVASYON VE GİRİŞİMCİLİK ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİDE KİŞİLİĞİN ARACILIK ETKİSİNİN X VE Y KUŞAĞINA GÖRE İNCELENMESİ
Authors: Altan Senem
Published: March 2019

Bu
araştırmanın amacı inovasyon ve girişimcilik arasındaki ilişkide kişiliğin
aracılık etkisini X ve Y kuşağı kapsamında belirlemektir. Araştırmanın
örneklemini İstanbul ilinde bankacılık sektöründe iş yaşamlarına devam eden
çalışanlar oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmaya tesadüfî örnekleme yoluyla seçilen
toplam 620 kişi katılmıştır. Katılımcılar X ve Y kuşağı kapsamında
incelendiğinde; 302 bireyin X kuşağı, 318 bireyin Y kuşağı mensubu olduğu
görülmektedir. Araştırmada ki veriler online Google formlar ve yüz yüze olarak
toplanmıştır. Veri toplama araçları olarak; Mesleki Kişilik Tipleri Envanteri,
İç Girişimcilik Davranış Eğilimi Ölçeği ve İnovasyon Yönlülük Ölçeği
kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin analizi sonucu;  X kuşağında bulunan katılımcıların inovasyon
yönlülük ile iç girişimcilik davranışı arasındaki ilişkide mesleki kişilik
tiplerinin kısmi aracı rolü olduğu söylenebilir. Y kuşağında bulunan
katılımcıların inovasyon yönlülük ile iç girişimcilik davranışı arasındaki
ilişkide mesleki kişilik tiplerinin tam aracı rolü olduğu söylenebilir. Bu
bağlamıyla çalışmada, inovasyon ve girişimcilik arasındaki ilişkinin
belirlenmesinde kişiliğin aracılık etkisinin X ve Y kuşakları kapsamında
sorgulanmış, bu çerçevede; inovasyon ve girişimcilik kavramları
değerlendirilmiş, aralarındaki ilişki açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır. Kişilik
kavramı değerlendirilerek, kuşaklar X ve Y kuşakları özelinde incelenmiştir.
Çalışmanın, özellikle insan kaynakları kapsamında, iş yaşantısında farklı
özelliklere sahip iki kuşağın birlikte çalışıyor olması açısından örgütlere
önemli bir katma değer sağlayacağı öngörülmektedir. Farklı kişilik
özelliklerine sahip bu kuşakların örgütlerin girişimcilik ve inovasyon
ilişkisine olan etkisinin çalışma hayatında dikkate alınması, oldukça önemli
bulunmaktadır. Ayrıca araştırma konusunun başlığı ile birebir benzer çalışmanın
olmayışı bağlamında da, çalışmanın alanyazına katkı sağlayacağı
öngörülmektedir.
PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF BANANA:
Authors: Ranathilaka M. B. , Lashmi Neluma , Atukorala Wasantha
Published: March 2019

Banana is one of the prominent cultivation fruits in Sri Lanka and at present, approximately 54 percent of the total fruit cultivation lands are used to cultivate Banana. There is a wide range in cultivating practices and sales channels which all are linked together into the supply chain in the country. The domestic Banana supply chain is a good example of the fruit and vegetable supply chain of the country. This study attempts to determine the relative profitability of   banana using data collected from ‘Walawa region’ during the period of July to September 2017. Total cost, profit and benefit cost ratio for indifferent marketing channels such as banana producers, wholesalers and retailers ware investigated. The results show that, the profit margin of the retailer is greater than that of the farmers and wholesalers. It is also found that average benefit cost ratio of the producer has the highest, however the retailer has the largest impact on determining the price of banana in the intermediate chain. The results of this study can be used to make appropriate policies for increasing the competition in different value chain of the Banana production and marketing in Sri Lanka.
Modal Sensitivity Based Sensor Placement for Damage Identification Under Sparsity Constraint
Authors: Blachowski Bartlomiej
Published: March 2019

The present study deals with a comprehensive approach for damage identification of spatial truss structures. The novelty of the proposed approach consists of a three-level analysis. First, sensitivity of assumed modal characteristics is calculated. Second, natural frequency sensitivity is used to determine hardly identifiable structural parameters and mode shape sensitivity is applied to select damage-sensitive locations of sensors. Third, two sparsity constrained optimization algorithms are tested towards efficient identification of applied damage scenarios. These two algorithms are based on ℓ1-norm minimization and non-negative least square (NNLS) solution.Performances of both proposed algorithms have been compared in two realistic case studies: the first one concerned a three-dimensional truss girder with 61 structural parameters and the second one was devoted to an upper-deck arch bridge composed of 416 steel members.
Kodeks Hammurabiego widziany oczami ekonomisty
Authors: Sztaba Sławomir
Published: March 2019

What comes to mind when thinking about the Code of Hammurabi is the famous phrase: eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. It is an example of cruel punishment. However the Code, a collection of royal sentences which dates back to 19th century B.C., contains surprisingly modern regulations. First of all, the law was accessible to all. The Code had been inscribed in stone columns which were placed in temples. Modern courts of law try to block the publication of their sentences. This problem is solved with different efficiency depending of the country. Second, Hammurabi wanted his law to be permanent. He cursed his successors who would like to change his Code. In present day Poland the VAT law had been changed over 40 times in 2011 and 2012 alone. Third, the sentences in the Code were straightforward. This made faith in authorities and trust between people possible. Today, if one kills a man, one can e sentenced to life imprisonment or to probation. That situation destroys faith in justice. Fourth, the foundations of Hammurabi’s law were values. He wanted to protect the vulnerable and to get rid of the bad. Present day law is not aimed at preserving values. It is just a law. Th is short review of Hammurabi’s achievement from the perspective of modern law makes one miss the 4000 years old law.
Rozwój ustrojowych regulacji polskich finansów publicznych
Authors: Wierzbicki Jarosław
Published: March 2019

Constitutional regulation of public finances substantially changed in the period between 1918–1997. Each new regulation, excluding constitutions proclaimed in the era of centrally planned economy, increased the scope and range of regulation. The paper analyses constitutional regulations regarding public finances in Poland since 1918.
Polityka genderowa Unii Europejskiej - geneza i ewolucja
Authors: Jastrzębska Ewa
Published: March 2019

The purpose of this article is to assess the phenomenon of discrimination against women and ways to combat it in the EU. The starting point of consideration is an attempt to define contemporary feminism and to identify the common mani‑ festations of discrimination against women. Set against this background are the institutionalised actions taken in favour of women on a global scale as well as EUs gender policy. It was found that the gap that occurs between gender equality de jure and de facto contributed to the implementation in the EU of the principle of gender mainstreaming (active and visible to the mainstreaming of gender in all strategies, policies and programmes).
Badanie regionalnych zróżnicowań stanu zdrowia społeczeństwa i infrastruktury sektora ochrony zdrowia w Polsce w świetle założeń polityki zdrowotnej
Authors: Korporowicz Violetta
Published: March 2019

In this study of the relationship between the state of health of the population and the level of infrastructure in the regional perspective Spearman coefficient was used. Factors analyzed included mortality rates due to diseases of civilization, average life expectancy in relation to, for example, the number of employed medical staff and the number of outpatient counseling. The highest correlation is observed in case of (a) infant mortality and the number of employed medical staff, (b) mortality due to external causes (including accidents) and the number of rescue teams to one resident. Thus it can be concluded that there are correlations between health and certain aspects of physical and social infrastructure.
Infrastruktura przestrzeni konsumpcji we współczesnych miastach w Polsce
Authors: Popławska Joanna Zuzanna
Published: March 2019

The importance of particular types of infrastructure of consumption space in each of the analyzed municipalities is different, due to the historical conditions and policies and actions of municipal authorities, investors, and increasingly active residents. Until the advent of modern shopping malls into town centers, markets and shopping streets were very important for consumption in towns. The presence of modern shopping malls contributes to the weakening of the commercial and social significance of the other two types of urban infrastructure of consumption space. In order to prevent those negative trends local authorities invest in revital‑ ization, changing traffic patterns and public festivities.