bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Carbonate Reservoir Waterflood Efficiency Monitoring with Cross-Well Pulse-Code Pressure Testing
Authors: Myakeshev N.. , Aslanyan A.. , Farakhova R.. , Gainutdinova L..
Published: November 2017

The key parameters in water flood planning are permeability and formation thickness which define both water front propagation and pressure support.

The fluid flow in low permeability carbonate reservoirs is often happening through micro-fractures which are difficult to capture with cores and when captured are not abundant in statistics and usually not representative for porosity correlation. This leads to difficulties in modelling, forecasting and specifically water-flood planning.

Pressure interference testing is well known approach to capture cross-well permeability and thickness in-situ. But usual well testing procedures require shutting down receiving wells which is punishing for production targets. This well known problem may be addressed with high resolution quartz gauges and pulse-code decomposition mathematics which allow receiving wells to produce normally while recording the pressure data and then decipher the response from a generating well.
CO2 Tracer for Gaslift Surveillance and Optimization
Authors: Sidek Sulaiman , Idris Khairul Nizam , Lin Kellen Goh , Liang Tan Kok , Moustafa Azam Moustafa , Hwa Jason Kok , Zakaria Mohd. Zulfadly , Kamaludin Mohammad Faris , Peacock Larry , Ting Khong Kheng
Published: November 2017

Production Surveillance is a key activity carried out by oil and gas operators in the quest to maximize production. In Malaysia, specifically the East Malaysia Region, most of the wells in production are operated with the assistance of gaslift. Gaslift is an artificial lift method which involves injecting high pressure gas from the casing to enter the tubing via gaslift valves. Gaslift often hides inefficiencies, however by monitoring the operating conditions at the surface, an engineer will be able to obtain some clues on the performance of a gaslifted well.

Before the introduction of CO2 tracer technology, the only method available to operators to determine if a gaslift valve is open or closed downhole is to run a Flowing Gradient Survey (FGS) in order to determine the pressures and temperatures of the fluids in the tubing. Using a FGS in a well involves certain risk as it requires well intervention by running electronic memory gauges either on wireline or slickline to acquire data from a flowing well. There are also times where a FGS survey is inconclusive if the well is surging and have large changes in the surface pressures.

Since this is the fisrt such application in the field, two gaslift wells were surveyed for pilot application. The CO2 tracer technology is very effective for quick and reliable determination of lift gas entry points in the well. The technology allows the operator to detect the operating lift depth, detect multiple points of injection and even detect tubing leaks. This technology can be used as an alternate to FGS for the following advantages: Minimum equipment hook-up and no need to shut-in or choke the well, thus minimize production deferment.No wireline tools introduced into the wellbore, thus eliminate well intervention risk.Suitable for wells where a FGS is not possible due to well slugging, significantly deviated or with downhole obstruction.Possible to run survey on dual string wells to determine the gaslift split factor of a dual completionPossible to determine exactly how much gas is injected through each injection point of a well

This paper will describe the project objectives, the well candidate selection criteria, explain the execution of the survey and interpretation of the results and the value gain from implementing the recommendations from the survey results.
New Integrated Technology for Full Production and Facilities Modelling and Optimisation
Authors: Woodman MR , Rodriguez J , Wade KC , Samsatli NJ
Published: November 2017

In the current climate of continuing low oil prices and with many fields in decline, it is becoming increasingly important for operators to maximise daily production of oil and gas. Ideally this needs to be done with low or minimal capital investment. Many different ways of achieving this have been documented in the literature, ranging from reservoir management through well work, offline data-driven and physics-based modelling to advanced control.

In this paper, we focus on the use of physics-based models and mathematical optimisation to maximise production through the identification of operational changes on the asset, whilst satisfying the operational constraints and without adversely affecting long term reserves recovery. Our emphasis is on physics-based (rather than statistical) models, since these are designed to predict how an asset will operate in regimes where it has never previously been operated. This allows the identification of new regimes, which may be counter-intuitive, in which increased daily production can be achieved.
Surfactant Effects on Creeping Bentgrass and Annual Bluegrass Exposed to Different Irrigation and Traffic Stress Treatments
Authors: Laskowski Kevin , Frank Kevin , Merewitz Emily
Published: November 2017

Core Ideas

Automated irrigation can be set below optimal levels while using a soil surfactant.

A soil surfactant decreased soil water content when targeting above ideal irrigation.

A soil surfactant increased turf quality and normalized difference vegetative index.

Turf quality, under foot traffic, is improved with the use of a soil surfactant.

Creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) and annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.) are turfgrass species that experience water and excessive foot traffic stresses on putting greens. The objective of this study was to investigate whether a soil surfactant would play a role in promoting tolerance to excessive water, water deficit, and traffic stress on annual bluegrass and creeping bentgrass sand‐based rootzone putting greens. A soil surfactant was applied as a foliar spray (18.5 L ha−1) to creeping bentgrass cultivar Penn A‐4 and annual bluegrass field plots and watered‐in under three target soil volumetric water contents (SWC) (8, 12, and 16% SWC). Foot traffic was applied in summer 2013 and 2014 with a traffic simulator to represent low traffic (5688 rounds of golf), moderate traffic (11,376 rounds of golf), and no traffic (control). The effect of a soil surfactant on turfgrass quality, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and SWC at two depths was measured. Statistical interactions existed between soil surfactant application and target SWC. Soil surfactant‐treated turfgrass affected SWC differently across irrigation regimens, with suboptimal (8% SWC) and excessive (16% SWC) resulting in increased and decreased moisture retention, respectively. Turf treated with a soil surfactant had greater turf quality than the untreated control in late summer in each year. A soil surfactant can increase annual bluegrass and creeping bentgrass turf quality during water deficit, excessive water, and/or foot traffic conditions.
Eutanásia no Direito Penal: os aspectos jurídicos do homicídio piedoso
Authors: Ferreira Clécia Lima , Porto Carolina Silva
Published: November 2017

O artigo em questão investiga as consequências da aplicação da eutanásia perante o ordenamento jurídico brasileiro, mostrando, além do tratamento dado à prática pelo direito penal, os fatores que a criminalizam. A partir disso, torna-se possível, além de discutir a violação e a disponibilidade de um dos principais direitos fundamentais da Constituição Federal de 1988, responder ao questionamento: a eutanásia é o direito a uma morte digna ou um crime? Para, dentro desse contexto, concluir que o direito à vida, muitas vezes, transforma-se um dever de viver.
A participação feminina na transformação da história patriarcal: dimensões poder e desenvolvimento como liberdade
Authors: Faria Josiane Petry
Published: November 2017

RESUMO

 

 

A investigação tem objetivo trabalhar a problemática da participação feminina na história patriarcal e verificar as dimensões do poder e do gênero, bem como compreender a dinâmica da relação dominação/submissão para a propositura de políticas públicas. Para tanto, se recorrerá a um método dedutivo de abordagem e técnica de pesquisa bibliográfica. Os resultados encontrados confirmam a hipótese de que na contemporaneidade precisa-se reconsiderar a estatização nas relações de poder e afirmar uma pedagogia emancipadora de deliberação sociopolítica. Há necessidade da construção de políticas públicas não conflitivas, audazes e sensíveis, uma vez que sem conhecimento e liberdade não há inclusão social ou equilíbrio nas relações de poder, mas manifestação de dominação. O respeito à diversidade de gênero é imprescindível para o reconhecimento da participação feminina na história patriarcal, servindo de núcleo valorativo de políticas públicas orientadas para o desenvolvimento como liberdade, o que significa transformação radical nas relações de poder, modificação essa necessária e premente.

 

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: desenvolvimento como liberdade; dimensões do poder; diversidade; participação feminina; reconhecimento.
A violação dos direitos fundamentais das crianças e a reprodução da violência simbolica através dos contos de fada
Authors: Cardoso Vitória Cândido , Pazó Cristina Grobério
Published: November 2017

Este artigo tem por objetivo analisar o impacto dos Contos de Fada no desenvolvimento da subjetividade da criança e do adolescente, bem como a consequente reprodução de padrões culturais eurocêntricos. São utilizados, para essa análise, conceitos estabelecidos por Pierre Bourdieu, como os de violência simbólica e habitus, dentre outros. O artigo demonstra a partir da análise da Constituição Federal e do Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente a violação dos direitos fundamentais das crianças produzida pelos contos de fadas. 
Comparison of viscoelastic models with a different number of parameters for transient simulations
Authors: Ferrante M. , Capponi C.
Published: November 2017

The numerical and analytical models used for transient simulations, and hence for the pressurized pipe system diagnosis, require the definition of a rheological component related to the pipe material. The introduction and the following widespread use of polymeric material pipes, characterized by a viscoelastic behavior, increased the complexity and the number of parameters involved in this component with respect to metallic materials. Furthermore, since tests on specimens are not reliable, a calibration procedure based on transient test is required to estimate the viscoelastic parameters. In this paper, the trade-off between viscoelastic component accuracy and simplicity is explored, based on the Akaike criterion. Several aspects of the calibration procedure are also examined, such as the use of a frequency domain numerical model and of different standard optimization algorithms. The procedure is tested on synthetic data and then it is applied to experimental data, acquired during transients on a high density polyethylene pipe. The results show that the best model among those used for the considered system implements the series of a spring with three Kelvin–Voigt elements.
Profuse Upper GI Bleeding Secondary to Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Authors: Aydin Emrah , Beşer Ömer Faruk
Published: November 2017

Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic disease with immunoallergic etiology. In this condition infiltration of the esophagus with eosinophils, results in esophageal dysfunction. A sixteen years old girl was admitted to the emergency department with profuse hematemesis. Patient needed multiple blood transfusions. Endoscopy ruled out surgical causes of upper GI bleed and esophageal punch biopsy revealed eosinophilic esophagitis. Patient responded well to anti-allergic treatment.
Identification of Anggah-Ungguh Kruna Balinese Language
Authors: Suwija I Nyoman
Published: November 2017

Balinese language is one of the regional languages in Indonesia that has a unique talk system, it is still alive and used as an instrument of communication of Balinese tribe so that it should be well maintained in order to still exist as a cultural vehicle of Bali. The Balinese language has anggah-ungguh kruna (level-word) that an important role in the formation of speech-level or anggah-ungguh basa Bali. This paper aims to describe the identification anggah-ungguh kruna (word level arrangement) which is the specific feature of speaking Balinese. This research is a qualitative research discuss with structuralism theory. Data collection was done by observation and interview method, assisted by recording technique. The collected data is processed by analytical descriptive method. Based on the results of data analysis, it can be described that anggah-ungguh kruna basa Bali include: (1) kruna nenten alus (kruna kasar, mider, and andap); (2) kruna alus, include: (kruna alus singgih, alus sor, alus mider, and alus madia).
Critical consciousness of Secondary School Students: An Investigative Survey
Authors: Varijan Jasna P.
Published: November 2017

The whole human race is travelling through an age of exploitation, social, political, economic, cultural and so on. All these ill-treatments influence the daily life of the common man as a considerable issue. Critical consciousness of a person significantly affects the situation. It enables man to critically analyze the structural oppression and to change inequalities within their sociopolitical environments (Freire, 1973, 1993) through critical reflection and critical action. At the same time it keeps them away from victimization. The society expects rattling renovations from the new generation which is the only way for structural improvement of the milieu. All that depends on the critical consciousness of the imminent generation. Hence the study focuses on the mensuration of critical consciousness of secondary school students who represent the impending generation. At the same time the study values the effectiveness of prevailing educational system of the state in developing critical consciousness as the system is said to be rooted in Freirian ideas and concepts and giving prominence to the development of critical consciousness.
The present study attempts to chalk out the level of Critical Consciousness among secondary school students of Kerala. Survey method is adopted for the study. Sample constitutes 125 students of standard eighth. Critical consciousness Scale developed by the investigators is used for the data collection. The survey reveals mediocrity of Critical Consciousness among the secondary school students.
A Study of Academic Achievement Motivation among Secondary School Students
Authors: Pawar Sangeeta
Published: November 2017

The present study reports about the academic achievement motivation differences among 9th standard students. A sample of 200 students comprised of 100 (50 males and 50 females) urban and 100 rural (50 males and 50 females) students selected randomly from the government schools of Hawalbagh block of district Almora of Uttarakhand. The Tools used in the study were Academic Achievement Motivation Test standardized by Sharma (2010) and a Personal Information Schedule constructed by the researcher. The results revealed significant differences among rural and urban students and general and other caste students. However, no significant differences were obtained in the male and female students in the level of academic achievement motivation.
KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF HIV/AIDS AMONG MARRIED AND NEVER MARRIED ADULTS (25-35 YEARS) IN MUMBAI and THANE DISTRICT
Authors: K. Rege , H. Ingle , S. Mallya , J. Qureshi , V. Shah
Published: November 2017

AIDS is an illness that damages a person‘s ability to fight off disease, leaving the body open to attack from ordinarily innocuous infections and some forms of cancers. AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV, which stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This virus infects certain types of white blood cells. People infected with HIV may have no symptoms for ten or more years. They may not know they are infected. The objectives of the study was to ascertain the knowledge and awareness regarding HIV/AIDS in terms of: i) meaning ii) reasons iii) symptoms iv) precautions v) role of media vi) treatment and therapy vii) stigma and discrimination viii) challenges and strategies to overcome challenges among the age group of 25-35 years among married and never married males and females. The sample consisted of 120 participants (30 married men, 30 married women, 30 never married men, and 30 never married women) ages 25-35 years. Most of the participants belonged to nuclear family (49.2%) hailed from various religions, such as Hindu (48%); Jain (34.2%). Most participants were graduates (42%) and a few, post graduate (32%). More of the participants were professionals (28.3%) and a few in businesses (25%). The self-constructed tool was divided into two categories a) Proforma [18 introductory questions, such as gender family type] and b) knowledge and awareness related 9 items such as, meaning, reasons, symptoms regarding HIV/AIDS. Results revealed that a little more than one third of the total participants indicated the meaning of term AIDS, as a disease and disorder such as a sexual disorder and a few stated the meaning of term HIV as a disease, such as, sexual disease, and illness. Almost all mentioned about unprotected sex with person suffering from HIV/AIDS, a substantial majority also stated of blood transfusion as a reason. A large majority also stated of reused syringes/injections, blade/razor or any sharp thing. A majority of the participants mentioned about recurring fever, chills and night sweat; most of them also mentioned about sore throat when asked about the symptoms in HIV/AIDS affected patient. A substantial majority stated that always use new, disposable needle, syringes and razor blades, almost the same number of participants indicated using contraceptives correctly and consistently; and avoid multiple sexual partners when asked about precautions to be taken to avoid HIV/AIDS.
कैदी महिलाओं के बच्चों की शैक्षिक स्थिति का अध्ययन
Authors: चिकाटे उषा वामनराव , ठाकुर गोपाल कृष्ण
Published: November 2017

प्रस्तुत शोध पत्र भारतीय संदर्भ में कैदी महिलाओं की स्थिति, विभिन्न प्रकार के अपराधों में उनकी संलिप्तता की स्थिति एवं संभावित कारणों का विश्लेषण करने की चेष्टा करता है. यह शोध पत्र बच्चों की शिक्षा एवं उनके व्यक्तित्व के विकास में उनकी माता की भूमिका को रेखांकित करते हुए उन बच्चों की ओर ध्यान आकृष्ट करने की चेष्टा करता है जिनकी माताएँ विभिन्न अपराध में कैद में हैं. भारत में महिलाओं की साक्षरता की स्थिति का कालक्रमानुसार उल्लेख करते हुए इस आलेख में शिक्षा एवं जीवन-यापन की विभिन्न विधाओं में महिलाकर्मियों के निराशाजनक प्रतिनिधित्व का तथ्यात्मक विवरण प्रस्तुत किया गया है जिसके आधार पर संकल्पनात्मक रूप से यह स्थापित करने का प्रयत्न किया गया है कि भारतीय समाज अपने विकास एवं उत्तर-आधुनिकता के अकादमिक व सैद्धांतिक प्रभाव के बावजूद अभी भी महिलाओं को बराबरी का दर्जा नहीं पाया है. प्रस्तुत आलेख अशिक्षा एवं शोषण के परिणामस्वरूप उत्पन्न महिलाओं की कुंठा का आक्रामकता में रूपांतरित होने की प्रक्रिया को महिला अपराध के प्रमुख कारण के रूप में देखते हुए उनके बच्चों की शिक्षा के प्रति उनकी जागरूकता पर ध्यान देने की आवश्यकता को रेखांकित करता है. विभिन्न शोध अध्ययनों एवं बाल संरक्षण एवं विकास हेतु संचालित विभिन्न सरकारी व गैर-सरकारी योजनाओं का उल्लेख करते हुए इस शोध पत्र के द्वारा यह सिद्ध करने का प्रयत्न किया गया है कि यह एक महत्वपूर्ण सामाजिक उत्तरदायित्व है कि हाशिये पर पड़े हुए उन बच्चों की तरफ ध्यान देते हुए, जिनकी माताएं विभिन्न कारणों से कैद में हैं, उनकी शिक्षा के संबंध में तथ्यपरक जानकारी एकत्रित की जाए. उनकी परिस्थितियों के यथार्थ का व्यावहारिक आकलन करते हुए यथोचित नीतियाँ बनायी जाए जिससे कि उनके जीवन पर सकारात्मक प्रभाव डाला जा सके एवं उन बच्चों को उचित शिक्षा प्रदान करने की व्यवस्था करते हुए उन्हें नयी दिशा दी जाए. जब हम कहते है कि सभी बच्चे हमारे देश का भविष्य हैं, तो हमारी यह जिम्मेदारी बनती है कि हम इन बच्चों को अच्छी शिक्षा दें और उन्हें देश तथा समाज में अपनी सकारात्मक भूमिका निभाने के लिए तैयार करे.
INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATIONS AND CONVENTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Authors: Kaur Manpreet
Published: November 2017

Parts of the human family, persons with disabilities are as much entitled to human rights and fundamental freedom as anyone else. The conventions for persons with disabilities are the harbinger of social justice and adaptive development for the disabled, enhance knowledge for the society and national wealth in different countries of the world. The United Nations declared 1981 as the International Year of Disabled Persons, and adopted the World Program of Action concerning Disabled Persons (1982). United Nations also declared the Decade (1983-1992) as decade of Disabled Persons. Since then, the attention towards the disabled people and the need to promote their welfare came into the forefront. These initiatives provided the inherent dignity, worth and the equal and inalienable rights to the disabled. The paper reviews comprehensively the conventions incorporated in international legislation for persons with disability. All the authentic information has been analyzed and compiled. Hence, the paper investigates and summarizes the conventions initiated and implemented at the international level for the persons with disabilities.
Mapping of Crowdsourcing in Health: Systematic Review (Preprint)
Authors: Créquit Perrine , Mansouri Ghizlène , Benchoufi Mehdi , Vivot Alexandre , Ravaud Philippe
Published: November 2017

BACKGROUND

Crowdsourcing involves obtaining ideas, needed services, or content by soliciting Web-based contributions from a crowd. The 4 types of crowdsourced tasks (problem solving, data processing, surveillance or monitoring, and surveying) can be applied in the 3 categories of health (promotion, research, and care).

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to map the different applications of crowdsourcing in health to assess the fields of health that are using crowdsourcing and the crowdsourced tasks used. We also describe the logistics of crowdsourcing and the characteristics of crowd workers.

METHODS

MEDLINE, EMBASE, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched for available reports from inception to March 30, 2016, with no restriction on language or publication status.

RESULTS

We identified 202 relevant studies that used crowdsourcing, including 9 randomized controlled trials, of which only one had posted results at ClinicalTrials.gov. Crowdsourcing was used in health promotion (91/202, 45.0%), research (73/202, 36.1%), and care (38/202, 18.8%). The 4 most frequent areas of application were public health (67/202, 33.2%), psychiatry (32/202, 15.8%), surgery (22/202, 10.9%), and oncology (14/202, 6.9%). Half of the reports (99/202, 49.0%) referred to data processing, 34.6% (70/202) referred to surveying, 10.4% (21/202) referred to surveillance or monitoring, and 5.9% (12/202) referred to problem-solving. Labor market platforms (eg, Amazon Mechanical Turk) were used in most studies (190/202, 94%). The crowd workers’ characteristics were poorly reported, and crowdsourcing logistics were missing from two-thirds of the reports. When reported, the median size of the crowd was 424 (first and third quartiles: 167-802); crowd workers’ median age was 34 years (32-36). Crowd workers were mainly recruited nationally, particularly in the United States. For many studies (58.9%, 119/202), previous experience in crowdsourcing was required, and passing a qualification test or training was seldom needed (11.9% of studies; 24/202). For half of the studies, monetary incentives were mentioned, with mainly less than US $1 to perform the task. The time needed to perform the task was mostly less than 10 min (58.9% of studies; 119/202). Data quality validation was used in 54/202 studies (26.7%), mainly by attention check questions or by replicating the task with several crowd workers.

CONCLUSIONS

The use of crowdsourcing, which allows access to a large pool of participants as well as saving time in data collection, lowering costs, and speeding up innovations, is increasing in health promotion, research, and care. However, the description of crowdsourcing logistics and crowd workers’ characteristics is frequently missing in study reports and needs to be precisely reported to better interpret the study findings and replicate them.
Phytochemicals Extraction and Nutraceuticals of Purple Corn
Authors: Puminat W. , Teangpook C.
Published: November 2017

Phytochemicals are naturally formed in plant of corn. Many kinds of flavonoids are the most important plant pigment. Purple corn is extracted with polar and nonpolar solvent and analyzed for flavonoids and antioxidants. The extract residue of purple corn is compared on extraction with various solvent groups. In the designed experiments, conditions of extraction depend on solvent, solvent ratio and evaporation temperature. The residue quantity of purple corn is respectively from extraction with three kinds of solvent such as acetone, chloroform: methanol (3:1) and pentane: hexane (1:1). All residue extract are eluted and with mobile phase and analyzed with diode array detector by HPLC. Anthocyanin, ?-carotene and total tannin of purple corn were taken analysis an average (mean ± SD) in 100 g sample and shown as 198.42 ± 0.33 mg, 175.82 ± 0.17 mg and 273.75 ± 0.33 mg respectively. The efficiency of solvent extraction depends on the polarity of the substances. The extract by acetone can take the highest residue and mixture solvent take a high residue. The different polarities of solvent can make the difference of residue product in the extraction. Improving and development on the changes are useful for the best of raw material and products.
A ANÁLISE HISTÓRICA INTERNACIONAL DO PRINCÍPIO DO DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL
THE INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Campos (Faculdade Damas) Ingrid Zanella Andrade , Marques (Faculdade Damas) Clarissa
Published: November 2017

O princípio ambiental internacional da precaução impõe que todas as medidas preventivas devem ser tomadas mesmo diante da incerteza do dano ambiental e que seja observada a obrigatoriedade do controle do risco para a vida, a qualidade de vida e o meio ambiente. Fica demonstrado o intuito de limitação do tempo presente. Essa antecipação indica uma das características do direito ao meio ambiente: sua dimensão prospectiva, tendo em vista que se volta a antecipar as consequências das ações  atuais e os riscos que elas apresentam no longo prazo. A motivação seria a exigência de uma postura solidária para com as futuras gerações, uma postura de sustentabilidade. Nesse sentido, o presente artigo busca destacar que o propósito dos princípios ambientais internacionais, não apenas do princípio da precaução, é associar o conceito de necessidade à ideia de limitação para atender aos interesses presentes e futuros. O desafio torna-se associar equidade e equilíbrio, ou seja, a proteção do futuro.
Sustainability Implication of the Lestari Tea Certification Program Implementation on the Tea Small Holder at Campaka Subdistrict Cianjur
Authors: Hutagalung Tulus Bangun
Published: November 2017

In order to increase the income of tea smallholder and maintain the sustainability of tea, Dewan Teh Indonesia collaborated with Business Watch Indonesia in establishing a local certification scheme that is called as Lestari Tea Certification Program. This certification program has been conducted at some areas since 2011 until 2013 and one of the areas was Campaka sub-district, Cianjur. This research aimed at analysing the susÂ­tainability impact of the certification program by questionnaire and interview data collection. Analysing sustainability is conducted by using Mann-Whitney test by comparing the perÂ­ception of the tea farmers who participated and those who didnâ€™t participate on the certification program. Independent sample t test is also used to test the differentiation of the mean the income and transportation vehicle and comÂ­munication asset between member of Tea Lestari Certification Program and those who are not. Moreover, logistic regression is used to know which variable more influence the probability for the tea farmers to join the certification program. The output of Mann-Whitney test shows that there is significant difference on the aspect of environment, economy, and social between tea farmers that participated and those who didnâ€™t participate on the certification program. Logistic regÂ­ression output shows that education level, size of plantation land, and location of village influence the probability of the tea farmers whether to join or not join the Lestari Tea Cerfication Program.
Identification of catechin content and its derivates of tea germplasm collection clones
Authors: Syahrian Heri
Published: November 2017

Katekin merupakan salah satu poliphenol utama pada tanaman teh yang menjadikan teh sebagai minuman yang baik untuk dikonsumsi. Program pemuliaan tanaman teh dalam merakit klon yang memiliki kandungan katekin tinggi tidak dapat dilepaskan dari plasma nutfah teh. Informasi akan kandungan katekin klon koleksi plasma nutfah dapat menjadi pegangan bagi pemulia dalam melakukan seleksi tetua untuk proses persilangan buatan. Selain itu klon â€“ klon koleksi plasma nutfah dengan kandungan katekin tinggi dapat dikembangkan langsung sebagai klon anjuran yang dapat meningkatkan kandungan katekin bagi para pekebun. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kandungan katekin pada klon koleksi plasma nutfah teh. Percobaan dilakukan di Kebun Percobaan Gambung Pusat Penelitian Teh dan Kina, Kabupaten Bandung, Jawa Barat. Ketinggian tempat 1300 mdpl, dengan jenis tanah Andisol. Analisis kandungan katekin dilakukan di laboratorium dengan menggunakan metode yang tertera pada AOAC (1984). Bahan tanaman yang digunakan merupakan klon teh generasi pertama koleksi plasma nutfah sebanyak 10 klon, yaitu klon: Cin 20, Cin 29, Cin 149, RS 1, RB 1, RB 2, PS 354, PS 385, KP 2, SA 73. Karakter yang diamati dalam percobaan ini adalah kandungan katekin total, EGC, ECG dan EGCG. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis keragaman dan uji lanjut menggunakan uji gerombol Scott-Knott. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah (1) Kandungan katekin total dan derivatnya daiantara klon koleksi aksesi plasma nutfah berbeda-beda; (2) Klon dengan kandungan katekin total tertinggi adalah klon RB 1 dan terendah adalahÂ  klon RS 1dan Cin 149; (3) Klon dengan kandungan EGCG yang tertinggi adalah klon RB 1 dan RB 2 dan terendah adalah klon Cin 149 dan RS 1. (4) Klon dengan kandungan ECG tertinggi terdapat pada klon Cin 149 dan terendah pada klon PS 354 dan Cin 20.
Exploration and Effectiveness Test from Some Tea Indigenous Potassium Soluble Bacteria
Authors: Pranoto Eko , Wulansari Restu , Athallah Faris Nur Fauzi , Lestari Fitrianti Widya
Published: November 2017

Tea is a plant that benefits for health. The growth of tea plant was influenced by several factors, including superior clones and nutrient availability in soil. One of the most important macro nutrients is potassium. However, the availability of potassium is low because of retention on the soil. One of the methode for absorbed by plant was used Potassium Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB) with its organic acid function. The aim of the study was to explore and determine the density of colonies (DC) and the potential of Tea Indigenous PSB. Inoculum source from tea rhizosphere and rhizoplan of GMB 7, GMB 9 and TRI 2024 clones. The experimental design used was completely randomized design with six treatments and four replications, i.e. : GMB 7 Rhizosphere; GMB 7 Rhizoplan; GMB 9 Rhizosphere; GMB 9 Rhizoplan; TRI 2024 Rhizosphere; and TRI 2024 Rhizoplan. Ten isolates with the highest halozone was tested by the Dissolution Index (DI) of the PSB. The result showed that the highest DC was GMB 9 rhizoplan by 10.9 x 105 CFU/g and the lowest was TRI 2024 rhizoplant by 3.1 x 105 CFU/g. The DC on GMB clones series showed that rhizoplan was 14,29% higher than rhizosphere. There is no significant difference of DI for PSB colonies from all clones. From that clones, we were obtained 10 isolat that have the highest halozone, that were 2 isolates from rhizosphere and 8 isolates from rhizoplan. The average of DI rhizosphere isolates was 119,9% higher than rhizoplan.
The effect of drought period on attack intensity of Empoasca sp and blister blight in Gambung tea plantation
Authors: Rezamela Erdiansyah , Fauziah Fani , Dalimoenthe Salwa Lubnan
Published: November 2017

El-Nino had a significant impact on micro climate change including in rainfall, temperature and air humidity in Gambung Tea Plantation. In the dry season 2015, Gambung experienced four dry months that affect attack intensity of Empoasca and disease intensity of Blister Blight. This study aimed to determine the relationship between micro climate parameters and attack intensity of Empoasca and disease intensity of Blister Bright. Micro climate observation data were taken from Davis Automatic Weather Station (AWS) including rainfall intensity (mm), relative humidity (%) and maxium air temperature (0C). Attack intensity of Empoasca sp and Blister Bligh were observed by counting the number of healthy P+3 shoots as well as infected shoot from 200-500 gram of wet shoot sample randomly taken from container net at the plucking time. The results showed that the intensity of Empoasca decreased from 16.49% to 12.90% in the dry months from July to October 2015. The disease intensity of Blister Blight only occurred in July. There was a polynomial relationship among rainfall, temperature and humidity to the attack intensity of Empoasca with R2 values of 0.71, 0.77, 0.87, respectively the decrease of attack intensity occurred at ranfall intensity >140 mm, temperature >28Â°C and humidity >80%. Meanwhile linear relationship occurred among rainfall, temperature and humidity to the disease intensity of Blister Blight with R2 values of 0,98; 0,64; and 0,77, respectively the increasing of rainfall and humidity caused the increasing of disease intensity of Blister Blight. However disease intensity of Blister Blight decreased with increase in ambient temperature.
Inhibition activity of Î±-glucosidase by infusion and ethanol extract of white tea and stevia combination
Authors: Trinoviani Elvi , Kholisoh Ai , Ar-Rifa Nisa Fitriani , Rustamsyah Ardi
Published: November 2017

Ethanol extract of white tea and its stevia liquor was observed for Î±-glukosidase inhibition. The research was divided into some steps; Â white tea and stevia combination hedonic sensory test, phytochemical identification, and Î±-glucosidase inhibition activity. The result of hedonic sensory test incline towards formula 2 which consist 75% of white tea and 25% stevia. Further, this formulation was extracted by ethanol for Î±-glucosidase inhibition activity test. Formulation 2 liquor tested for enzyme inhibition activity showed IC50 value was 36,96 Âµg/ml, better than ethanol extract and acarbose. Phytochemical identification presented that both preparations contained alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, triterpenes/steroid, and quinones.
Analysis of Tea Rhizosphere Bacterial Community at the Seedling Stage Using Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (TRFLP) Techniques
Authors: Susilowati Dwi Ningsih , Fauziah Fani , Pranoto Eko , Hidayat Ernin , Setyowati Mamik , Rachmiati Yati
Published: November 2017

Bio-imunizer contains an active compound ofÂ  Chryseobacterium sp. and Bacillus sp. has been developed by PPTK Gambung. This formula has positive effect on the growth of tea plants also potentially increasing resistance of the plant. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of bacteria in Bio-imunizer to the rhizosphere bacterial communities as well as the consistency of its existence after application on tea plants at the nursery stage. The technique used in this research is Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism based on metagenomic and culture dependent approaches. The value of relative abundance, Shannon diversity index, Pielou's evenness index, and Simpson dominance index were calculated. Based on the T-RF profiles of rhizosphere bacterial communities show that Chryseobacterium sp. and Bacillus sp. which is the active compound ofÂ  Bio-imunizer consistently found in the tea plant rhizosphere. Application of Bio-imunizer can increase the diversity of rhizosphere bacterial community without affecting the communities that already exist.
The growth test of tea clones (Camellia sinensis) from cross pollination first generation clones
Authors: Rahadi Vitria Puspitasari , Syahrian Heri , Sriyadi Bambang
Published: November 2017

Efforts to improve the productivity of tea needed new high yielding clones were obtained from the cross and easily propagated vegetatively. Preliminary testing of the clonesÂ  needs to be done to determine the growth of cuttings and rooting properties of tea clones from hybridization which are selected by potential production. This study used a Randomized Complate Block Design with three replications. The treatments consist of 14 clones from crosses and GMB 7 as clone comparison. The data is analyzed by using ANOVA and Scott Knott test with the level of 5%. The observations are intended to look at the growth of roots and shoots by dismantling seedling in polybag predetermined randomly at each observation. The results showed that the clones tested had good growth with a low mortality rate, and easily propagated vegetatively. The S / R ratio also showed shoot growth more faster than the growth of root. This character is advantageous because the most appropriate selection criteria for planting in the field.
Antidiabetic mellitus activity of low grade black tea in alloxan induced male albino mice
Authors: Deswati Dytha Andri , Maryam Zahra Nur
Published: November 2017

Tea (Camellia sinensis [L]) has a very potential character of quality and biological activities. Potential activity of black tea such as antidiabetic been proven by several studies. Grade of black tea was classified based on colour, shape, size and density of particles. Â This study aims to evaluate the most optimal antidiabetic activity of low grade black teas;BT II, DUST III, BBL and BTL in alloxan induced male albino mice. The results showed that liquor of black tea grade DUST III has blood glucose lowering activity with the most optimal percentage reduction 49.07% with a significant difference in the positive control group (p <0.05).
¿SOBRE SI DIOS HA ESTADO AUSENTE EN LA HISTORIA?
Authors: Soto Randy
Published: November 2017

La  Biblia  nos  enseña  no  quién  es Dios,  sino  cómo  han  sido  las  relaciones  de  Dios  con  nosotros.    Entonces  preguntarle  a  la  Sagradas  Escrituras  por  la  esencia  de  Dios  resultaría  en  un  esfuerzo  vano  e ineficaz.    Por  el  contrario,  al  recorrer  los  pasajes  bíblicos  se  pueden inferir  algunos  atributos  de  Dios  en  su  relación  con  el  peregrinar  humano  a  través  de  las  sendas  de  la historia.
The effects of the physical procedures in patients with diabetic neuropathy
Authors: Grbovic Vesna , Stefanovic Srdjan , Djukic Svetlana , Nurkovic Jasmin , Zdravkovic-Petrovic Natasa , Parezanovic-Ilic Katarina , Divjak Ana , Jurisic-Skevin Aleksandra
Published: November 2017

Background/Aim. Neuropathy represents the most frequent complication in the patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Symmetric distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSP), which represents the most frequent type of diabetic neuropathy, is present in 30% of hospitalized diabetic patients. The aim of our study was to compare the effects of physical therapy (PT) and alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) supplementation on pain reduction and quality of life improvement in the DSP patients. Methods. The study was performed on 60 adult patients with DM type 2 and DSP. The patients were randomly divided into 2 groups: group A (n = 30) was treated by PT and group B (n = 30) was treated by ALA. The study lasted 6 months during which 3 diagnostictherapeutic cycles were performed. To asses their pain before and after every of 3 cycles, we used visual analog scale (VAS). We also evaluated quality of life before the 1st and after the 3rd cycle with the European Quality of Life Questionnaire (EQ-5D-3L). To analyze results between groups we used mixed between-within subjects ANOVA and statistical significance was set on p < 0.05. Results. Pain intensity showed statistically significant influence of both PT and ALA (? = 0.028; p < 0.001). A statistically significant difference between the effects of those two therapy modalities was observed (F = 4.78; p < 0.05): PT reduced pain to the greater extent than ALA. A statistically significant improvement was found in the domain of pain/discomfort both in the group A (? = 0.54, p < 0.001) and group B (? = 0.57, p < 0.001), as well as anxiety/depression (group A: ? = 0.32, p = 0.008; group B: ? = 0.22, p < 0.019) and EQ-VAS (both groups, p < 0.05). Conclusion. Our research showed that physical therapy had a greater influence in pain reduction than alpha-lipoic acid in the patients with DSP.
Förhållandet mellan uppfattningar, perception och produktion i svenskan i Helsingfors
Authors: Wikner Sarah
Published: November 2017

I föreliggande artikel studerar jag förhållandet mellan människors uppfattningar, perception och produktion, när det gäller två språkdrag i svenskan i Helsingfors, nämligen konsonantförlängning (t.ex. [ba:k:a]) och vokalförlängning i kombination med finalt r-bortfall (t.ex. [ta:la:]). Syftet är dels att undersöka i vilken mån folkdialektologiska intervjuer kan användas för att få en bild av människors faktiska produktion av enskilda språkdrag, dels att studera hur variationen av konsonantförlängning och vokalförlängning i kombination med finalt r-bortfall tar sig uttryck i materialet och diskutera förhållandet mellan uppfattningar, perception och produktion när det gäller just dessa drag. Materialet består av intervjuer och perceptionstest med 40informanter från Helsingfors med omnejd.

Resultaten visar att uppfattningar, perception och produktion generellt stämmer bra överens på individnivå vad gäller de informanter som uttryckte uppfattningar om konsonantförlängning och/eller vokalförlängning vid r-bortfall i intervjun eller perceptionstestet. Ungefär hälften av informanterna nämnde emellertid inte dragen i intervjun eller perceptionstestet, menbland dessa fanns det ändå sådana som själva hade dragen i sitt språk. Sålunda fanns det inget samband mellan huruvida informanterna uttryckte uppfattningar om dragen eller inte och deras produktion.

Generellt visar resultaten på värdet av att använda olika metoder, undersöka olika aspekter av den språkliga variationen och relatera dem till varandra för att få en helhetsbild och en djupare förståelse för dynamiken i variationen.
Modelación de la contribución arbórea en análisis de susceptibilidad a deslizamientos superficiales
Authors: Sánchez Roberto José Marín , Salas Juan Pablo Osorio
Published: November 2017

El presente artículo evalúa la susceptibilidad a ocurrencia de deslizamientos superficiales, empleando un método que permite modelar en grandes áreas de terreno, cuantificando la contribución de los árboles a la estabilidad mediante tres parámetros principales: interceptación de lluvia, refuerzo aportado por las raíces y sobrecarga debida a su peso. Se utiliza un modelo de interceptación para determinar la lluvia disponible para infiltración y su distribución temporal durante la misma. Se describen varios modelos hidrológicos, implementados en TRIGRS, y que según las condiciones iniciales permiten estimar la presión de poros. Esta variable se incluye en el modelo revisado de estabilidad de taludes infinitos, el cual considera los términos de refuerzo de las raíces y sobrecarga, permitiendo modelar la estabilidad en términos del factor de seguridad en toda una cuenca. Finalmente, se simulan diferentes escenarios de densidad arbórea en una cuenca del Valle de Aburrá y se comparan los resultados con una modelación realizada sin considerar el efecto de los árboles en la estabilidad.
Intentions to Apply as Internship Students on Digital Start-Up Companies in Jakarta
Authors: Nelloh Liza Agustina Maureen
Published: November 2017

Human capital plays an important role in explaining organizational performance and survival, not only for well-established firms but also for digital startup companies. However no previous human resource literature, especially on employers’ brand, investigates the internship program in the startup digital firms. Our pre-test shows that students are less attracted to apply to startup digital companies. Consequently, this study aims to test students’ intention to be on an internship in startup digital companies with its several antecedents (organizational attractiveness, job meaning, organizational attributes, and institutional image). My purposive sampling generates 101 business and management students in Jakarta as my sample. I run Partial Least Square (PLS) to test my hypothesis. The results indicate that organizational attributes do not affect intention to be on an internship and other hypothesis tests exhibit positive results. Further, the findings also show that organizational attributes do not exhibit mediating effect. Overall, the results suggest that digital startup companies cooperate and collaborate with universities, especially business and management departments in research and student projects in order to attract the best students to be on internship on these companies that eventually will improve their performance.

Abstrak

Sumber Daya Manusia memegang peran penting dalam ketahanan dan peningkatan kinerja perusahaan baik berskala besar ataupun berskala startup digital. Akan tetapi, penelitian sebelumnya mengenai sumber daya manusia khususnya merek perekrut yang menguji secara khusus pada program magang yang banyak dilakukan oleh jurusan bisnis dan manajemen atau sejenisnya masih jarang dilakukan. Kemudian, hasil prates menunjukkan rendahnya ketertarikan dan keinginan mahasiswa untuk melamar di perusahaan startup digital. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji intensi melamar calon mahasiswa magang di perusahaan startup digital bersama beberapa antesendennya (ketertarikan organisasi, arti pekerjaan, atribut organisasi, dan citra institusi). Survey purposive sample dilakukan terhadap 101 mahasiswa jurusan bisnis dan manajemen di Jakarta. Partial Least Square (PLS) digunakan dalam penelitian ini untuk menguji hipotesis. Hasil penelitian ini mengindikasikan bahwa atribut organisasi tidak signifikan pengaruhnya terhadap intensi melamar, bersamaan dengan hasil posifitif pada semua uji hipotesis, dan juga membuktikan tidak adanya mediasi variabel atribut organisasi. Hasil penelitian ini menyarankan perusahaan startup digital untuk membina kerjasama dan kolaborasi yang kuat dengan pihak universitas khususnya jurusan bisnis dan manajemen dalam bidang riset dan proyek mahasiswa untuk menarik calon mahasiswa magang yang berkualitas sehingga dapat mencapai kinerja organisasi yang optimal.
Factors Affecting Employee’s Awareness of Their Impact on Corporate Reputation
Authors: Primadini Dindha Vitri , Syaebani Muhammad Irfan
Published: November 2017

This study examines factors that affect employees’ awareness of their impact on corporate reputation (AICR). We distribute our questionnaire to 161 employees of Indonesian state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as our sample. Our main findings show that both perceived corporate reputation (PCR) and affective commitment positively affect AICR with PCR exhibits the greatest effect. It then can be concluded that building a good corporate reputation is the most effective way to increase employees’ AICR.

Abstrak

Penelitian ini mengkaji faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi kesadaran karyawan bahwa tindakan mereka dapat memengaruhi reputasi perusahaan yang bergerak di bidang pelayanan milik pemerintah Indonesia. 161 kuesioner dianalisis menggunakan metode penelitian kuantitatif. Temuan utamanya adalah bahwa kesadaran karyawan bahwa tindakan mereka dapat memengaruhi reputasi perusahaan dipengaruhi secara langsung oleh seberapa bagus persepsi karyawan terhadap reputasi perusahaan tersebut dan komitmen afektif mereka terhadap perusahaan. Namun demikian, pengujian terhadap model menyatakan bahwa persepsi karyawan terhadap reputasi perusahaan memiliki pengaruh terbesar terhadap kesadaran karyawan, oleh karena itu disimpulkan bahwa cara efektif dalam meningkatkan kesadaran mereka adalah dengan membangun reputasi perusahaan yang bagus.