bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Railway Development in Light of Market Needs: A SWOT Analysis of the Rail Transport Markets in the Visegrád Four Countries
Authors: Toth Bálint L.
Published: March 2021

Purpose: This paper intends to provide a comparative analysis of the Czech, the Hungarian, the Polish and the Slovak railway development strategies in light of the evolution of transport needs, travel habits, freight volumes, and regional business relations. By offering a general SWOT analysis through real-life examples, the paper shall contribute to the better understanding of railway development trends in the Visegrád states. Design/methodology/approach: The research’s scope is to identify the real motives and triggers of railway modernization and construction policies in the Visegrád Four countries (the Czech Republic – “Czechia”, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic – “Slovakia”). Through the quantitative research of international, national and corporate transport databases and surveys, as well as the analysis of EU strategies and V4 presidency programs, the paper concludes that the regional rail transport market has clear advantages with constantly growing traffic and every time more actively trading companies. Findings: The study found that the V4 railway integration is in major part powered by the EU’s development funds and communitarian regulations support the competitiveness of rail services in the region. However, the efficiency of train services ranks below the communitarian medium level in most of the V4 states. Therefore, if Visegrád countries wish to close up with their western neighbors, the frequency, the speed and the quality of train services must improve. Research limitations/implications: As this study provides a general insight to Visegrád railway development strategies from a market perspective, future researches might focus on the political motivations of such infrastructure projects. Further papers might also investigate the possible impacts of railway developments on the employment, cultural and business relations, travel habits, tourism, and environmental protection in the Visegrád area. Originality/value: By offering a general SWOT analysis through real-life examples (dated from these countries’ EU accession), the paper shall contribute to the better understanding of railway development trends in the Visegrád states. The research primarily focuses on the relationship, causal mechanisms, interactions, and dynamics between infrastructure investments and the concrete needs of the transport sectors of these states. The analysis has multiple levels including that of state actors, sub-state regional entities, railway undertakings, and transport corridors. In order to provide a global European view on the evolution of rail transportation, V4 statistical data is compared to European average numbers all through this study.
Assessing the Impact of Electricity Production on Industrial and Agricultural Output Growth in Nigeria
Authors: Aiyetan Imisi , Aremo Adeleke , Olomola Philip
Published: March 2021

Purpose: While the relationships between energy or electricity consumption and economic growth are of great interest to economists, previous studies have not examined the dynamic effect of electricity production on industrial and agricultural output growth in Nigeria; this study attempts to fill the gap. This study thus investigates the dynamic effects of electricity production from renewable and non-renewable energy sources on industrial and agricultural output growth in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: This study disentangled electricity production by source - into renewable and non-renewable - and employed a Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) and other time series econometrics analysis. Findings: This study found that electricity production from both sources has a slight impact on the growth of the Nigerian industrial and agricultural sectors. In addition, this study supports the existing claim that economic growth and energy are linked and thus disproves the neo-classical assumption of the neutrality hypothesis. Research limitations/implications: This study considers annual data for all the variables due to the available data frequency for electricity production. However, the study assesses the validity of the estimated SVAR, and the results show that the analysis is robust for this study. Originality/value: This study contributes to the existing empirical literature by disentangling electricity production into renewable and non-renewable- and then examine their impacts on the crucial sectors of the Nigerian economy. This study shows that electricity production from the two energy sources contributes marginally to the growth of the industrial and agricultural sectors in Nigeria. Therefore, among other policy prescriptions, the author recommends that acceleration of projects that focus on off-grid electricity production under the Nigerian Energy Support Program (NESP) could minimize the current challenges of electricity production and its impact on the economy.
COLLECTIVE BENEFITS AS AN IMPULSE FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Czornik Małgorzata Ewa
Published: March 2021

The development of modern cities is subject to many influences. These include social and cultural inspirations, whose impact results from the local will to adopt new trends, such as the currently popular demands of the postmodern world. Among other things, they promote initiatives intended to integrate urban communities. Cooperation between inhabitants results in the development of urban communities and creation of urban common goods, offering specific types of benefits, such as collective benefits. The purpose of this article is to define and establish the concept of collective benefits substantively among the achievements of urban economy. It has to be stressed that economic relationships which arise in the processes of integrating city users deserve special attention, because the relationships connecting them contribute to the development of unique conditions for living and conducting business. They can be regarded as a broadly understood set of agglomeration economies.
Pengkajian Administrasi Dan Farmasetis Resep Anak di Apotek G Madiun
Authors: Septiana Rita , Khusna Khotimatul , Palupi Ayu
Published: March 2021

Prescription assessment is one of pharmaceutical service activities that aims reduce medication errors and improve patient safety. This study aims to see administration and pharmaceuticals completeness on children's prescriptions at Pharmacy G Madiun city. This research is observational descriptive, sample is childrens prescription who received at G pharmacy period juni-agustus 2019. In this study, prescriptions studied was 300 recipes. This research shows: completeness doctors name 100%, doctors address 100%, sign R/ 100%, drugs name 100%, drugs strength 100%, drugs amount 100%, drugs rule used 100%, signature or doctors initial 99,6%, doctors telephone number 99,3%, patients name 99%, prescriptions date 97%, doctors SIP 81,6%, patients age 62%, patients address 28,3%, patients weight 2,6%, patients height 0,67% and patients gender 0%. Based on pharmaceutical assessment showed suitability of dosage form and patients 100%, drugs stability 100%, how to drugs use 100%, prescription incompatibility 0%.
Formulasi krim body scrub ekstrak etanol beras merah dengan variasi konsentrasi span 80 dan sween 80 sebagai emulgator
Authors: Pangestu Ardias , Widyasari Ratna , Sari Dina Yuspita
Published: March 2021

Latar Belakang: Salah satu masalah kulit yang sering terjadi ialah penuaan dini yang biasanya disebabkan oleh radikal bebas. Salah satu jenis tanaman obat yang dimanfaatkan masyarakat untuk menghambat proses penuaan dini adalah beras merah (Oryza nivara). Metode: Metode penelitian yang dilakukan meliputi dua tahap yaitu pembuatan sediaan krim body scrub dan uji evaluasi sediaan krim body scrub. Pada penelitian ini dibuat 3 formula dengan variasi konsentrasi emulgator yaitu span 80 dan tween 80 yaitu 3%, 5%, dan 7%. Hasil: Pengujian dilakukan pada formula krim dengan kondisi dipercepat pada suhu 5°C dan 35°C selama 12 jam secara bergantian sebanyak 10 siklus. Parameter stabilitas yang diuji meliputi uji organoleptis, uji tipe emulsi, uji pH, uji daya sebar dan uji volume kriming. Kesimpulan: Krim body scrub dengan konsentrasi span 80 dan tween 80 7% merupakan sediaan krim yang paling baik dalam penelitian ini.
Most robust and fragile two-qubit entangled states under deploarizing channels
Authors: Pang Chao-Qian , Zhang Fu-Lin , Jiang Yue , Liang Mai-Lin , Chen Jing-Ling
Published: March 2021

For a two-qubit system under local depolarizing channels, the most robust and most fragile states are derived for a given concurrence or negativity. For the one-sided channel, the pure states are proved to be the most robust ones, with the aid of the evolution equation for entanglement given by Konrad \emph{et al.} [Nat. Phys. 4, 99 (2008)]. Based on a generalization of the evolution equation for entanglement, we classify the ansatz states in our investigation by the amount of robustness, and consequently derive the most fragile states. For the two-sided channel, the pure states are the most robust for a fixed concurrence. Under the uniform channel, the most fragile states have the minimal negativity when the concurrence is given in the region $[1/2,1]$. For a given negativity, the most robust states are the ones with the maximal concurrence, and the most fragile ones are the pure states with minimum of concurrence. When the entanglement approaches zero, the most fragile states under general nonuniform channels tend to the ones in the uniform channel. Influences on robustness by entanglement, degree of mixture, and asymmetry between the two qubits are discussed through numerical calculations. It turns out that the concurrence and negativity are major factors for the robustness. When they are fixed, the impact of the mixedness becomes obvious. In the nonuniform channels, the most fragile states are closely correlated with the asymmetry, while the most robust ones with the degree of mixture.
Full characterization of quantum correlated equilibria
Authors: Wei Zhaohui , Zhang Shengyu
Published: March 2021

Quantum game theory aims to study interactions of people (or other agents) using quantum devices with possibly conflicting interests. Recently Zhang studied some quantitative questions in general quantum strategic games of growing sizes~\cite{Zha12}. However, a fundamental question not addressed there is the characterization of quantum correlated equilibria (QCE). In this paper, we answer this question by giving a sufficient and necessary condition for an arbitrary state $\rho$ being a QCE. In addition, when the condition fails to hold for some player $i$, we give an explicit positive-operator valued measurement (POVM) for that player to achieve a strictly positive gain of payoff. Finally, we give some upper bounds for the maximum gain by playing quantum strategies over classical ones, and the bounds are tight for some games.
Classical simulations of Abelian-group normalizer circuits with intermediate measurements
Authors: Bermejo-Vega Juan , Van den Nest Maarten
Published: March 2021

Quantum normalizer circuits were recently introduced as generalizations of Clifford circuits: a normalizer circuit over a finite Abelian group G is composed of the quantum Fourier transform (QFT) over G, together with gates which compute quadratic functions and automorphisms. In \cite{VDNest_12_QFTs} it was shown that every normalizer circuit can be simulated efficiently classically. This result provides a nontrivial example of a family of quantum circuits that cannot yield exponential speed-ups in spite of usage of the QFT, the latter being a central quantum algorithmic primitive. Here we extend the aforementioned result in several ways. Most importantly, we show that normalizer circuits supplemented with intermediate measurements can also be simulated efficiently classically, even when the computation proceeds adaptively. This yields a generalization of the Gottesman-Knill theorem (valid for n-qubit Clifford operations) to quantum circuits described by arbitrary finite Abelian groups. Moreover, our simulations are twofold: we present efficient classical algorithms to sample the measurement probability distribution of any adaptive-normalizer computation, as well as to compute the amplitudes of the state vector in every step of it. Finally we develop a generalization of the stabilizer formalism relative to arbitrary finite Abelian groups: for example we characterize how to update stabilizers under generalized Pauli measurements and provide a normal form of the amplitudes of generalized stabilizer states using quadratic functions and subgroup cosets.
High performance error correction for quantum key distribution using polar codes
Authors: Jouguet Paul , Kunz-Jacques Sebastien
Published: March 2021

We study the use of polar codes for both discrete and continuous variables Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). Although very large blocks must be used to obtain the efficiency required by quantum key distribution, and especially continuous variables quantum key distribution, their implementation on generic x86 Central Processing Units (CPUs) is practical. Thanks to recursive decoding, they exhibit excellent decoding speed, much higher than large, irregular Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes implemented on similar hardware, and competitive with implementations of the same codes on high-end Graphic Processing Units (GPUs).
The Influence Of E-billing and E-billing On The Compliance Of The Technology Illiterate Taxpayers Of Tana Toraja Regency
Authors: Sampe Toding Dhea Giska , Iqbal Syaiful
Published: March 2021

Tingkat kepatuhan wajib pajak dapat terkendala oleh implementasi aplikasi tagihan dan pembayaran berteknologi tingi (e-billing dan e-filling), khususnya bagi wajib pajak yang gagap teknologi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkapkan pengaruh sistem e-billing dan e-filling terhadap kepatuhan wajib pajak gagap teknologi. Serangkaian wawancara terstruktur dilakukan di Kabupaten Tana Toraja untuk memperoleh data primer. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa wajib pajak yang dikategorikan gagap teknologi tetap patuh dalam memenuhi kewajiban perpajakan meskipun mereka menghadapi kesulitan dalam menjalankan sistem e-billing dan e-filling. Kesulitan utama meliputi pengetahuan dan kebutuhan piranti berteknologi tinggi seperti telepon pintar dan komputer, dan jaringan internet. Hal ini berimplikasi bahwa otoritas pajak atau pemerintah harus memfasilitasi ketersediaan piranti tersebut dalam rangka mengurangi penghambat kepatuhan wajib pajak
The Relationship Between Corporate Diversification and Tax Avoidance: Empirical Evidence from the Emerging Economy of Pakistan
Authors: Muhammad Tasnim Khan  , Muhammad Mudassar Anwar  , Muhammad Husnain
Published: March 2021

Tax avoidance are the strategies that firms use to avoid their tax payments and rise their after-tax income. Recently, tax avoidance increase consideration in the modern research literature. In developing countries like Pakistan, taxes are a most important element to support the country’s budget and revenues. Therefore, this study tries to find the impact of corporate diversification on tax avoidance of listed firms in Pakistan stock exchange. For sample selection study use the 22 different sectors and select 129 companies based on availability of data. The time horizon of this study is 13 years started from 2006 to 2018 on annual basis. Study uses GAAPETR (tax expense / pre-tax income) to measure the tax avoidance besides entropy-index use for corporate diversification. To identify the long-term relationship between corporate diversification and tax avoidance study apply Johnson and Julius (1990) multivariate co-integration analysis. The results of Johnson and Julius (1990) approach shows that co-integration exist between corporate diversification and tax avoidance. Besides study use firm characteristics as control variables like leverage, firm profitability, ratio of capital expenditure and market to book ratio.  Finally, study has policy implication for government, policy makers, regularity bodies, tax authority’s, investors and other stakeholders in Pakistan.
An O(nlogn/logw) Time Algorithm for Ridesharing
Authors: Han Yijie , Sun Chen
Published: March 2021

In the ridesharing problem different people share private vehicles because they have similar itineraries. The objective of solving the ridesharing problem is to minimize the number of drivers needed to carry all load to the destination. The general case of ridesharing problem is NP-complete. For the special case where the network is a chain and the destination is the leftmost vertex of the chain, we present an O(nlogn/logw) time algorithm for the ridesharing problem, where w is the word length used in the algorithm and is at least logn. Previous achieved algorithm for this case requires O(nlogn) time.
Preprocessing Method Comparisons For VGG16 Fast-RCNN Pistol Detection
Authors: Li Jiahao , Ablan Charles , Wu Rui , Guan Shanyue , Yao Jason
Published: March 2021

In recent years, gun detection and threat surveillance became a popular issue as gun violence continued to threaten public safety. Convolution Neural Networks (CNN) has achieved impressive gun detection precision with the advancements in graphic processing units. While many articles have proposed beneficial complex architectures within the neural network, there has been little study on effective image preprocessing techniques that supplement neural networks. With the objective of increasing neural net precision using image processing techniques, this research analyzes three different approaches to image preprocessing using a VGG16 trained Fast Regional Convolutional Neural Network (F- RCNN) pistol detector. The base VGG16 was trained with transfer learning in MATLAB on a dataset of 1500 pistol images and tested on 500 more. The results of the original VGG16 detector are compared with the results of the other VGG16 detectors trained with various image processing techniques to determine the viability of each technique. The three image processing techniques are as follows, color contrast enhancement, principle component analysis (PCA), and a combined preprocessing method. After testing the detector trained with the three methods above, it was found that the color enhancement technique had the best success in raising precision with proper levels of color contrast adjustments. The PCA analysis proved to be incompatible for the neural net to learn features of images that has not underwent PCA processing and thus the method failed to produce beneficial results on the unmodified testing dataset. The combined method processing took both PCA and color contrast enhancement techniques and combined the results into a single training dataset. The combined preprocessing method proved to be ineffective in raising precision potentially due to conflicting features.
Ambulance staff awareness of vitamin D and risk of deficiency in a UK ambulance service: a survey-based evaluation
Authors: Prothero Larissa
Published: March 2021

 Aims: The aim of this service evaluation was to explore staff awareness of vitamin D and the risks associated with deficiency in the ambulance setting, to inform the need for appropriate well-being support and resources.

Methods: An online, anonymous 20-question survey was purpose-designed, based on a validated vitamin D questionnaire. It was made available to staff for completion in one UK ambulance service between 16 June and 12 July 2020, resulting in a convenience sample of 354 responses. These
were analysed using quantitative (descriptive) and qualitative (thematic) approaches.

 Results: The cohort age range was 20 to 65+ years; 41% (n = 156) were male. Over half of respondents worked within emergency operational service delivery (57%;
n = 219), but all key service roles were represented. Respondents reported to be predominantly ‘White British’ (92%; n = 352), but nine ethnic groups were included. According to the Fitzpatrick Scale, most staff described themselves as having a ‘Medium, between white to moderate
brown: sometimes mild burns, gradual tan’ complexion (47%; n = 182) or ‘White, Fair: usually burns, tans with difficulty’ (32%; n = 124). The majority felt they got sufficient sunlight exposure when at home (66%; n = 253), but not at work (58%; n = 222). Typically, respondents
stated they were ‘neither unconcerned or concerned’ about having vitamin D deficiency (35%; n = 135), although almost a fifth (17%; n = 66) reported to have been told they had vitamin D deficiency by a medical professional. Forty percent of respondents took vitamin D supplements:
12% (n = 45) as advised by a medical professional, and 28% (n = 107) self-directed to prevent vitamin D deficiency. Of the remaining, many (35%; n = 136) had not considered taking such dietary supplements. The ability of respondents to recognise known factors that affect vitamin D production
in the skin, good vitamin D food sources and individuals at risk of vitamin D deficiency was variable. Additional comments raised by respondents related to lack of vitamin D awareness, the risk factors and impact of deficiency, vitamin supplementation, COVID-19, work arrangements and sunlight
exposure, self-learning and general well-being.

 Conclusion: There is scope for improved awareness of vitamin D and the risks for deficiency in the ambulance setting. It appears service staff are at risk of vitamin D deficiency irrespective of
their role: access to sunlight and use of vitamin D supplements are variable. The physical and mental impacts of deficiency can be significant, requiring absence from work. The development of appropriate vitamin D and well-being resources appears to be warranted.
THE MASTERY OF SOCIAL PEDAGOGY IS AN INTEGRAL CONDITION OF ORGANIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Shedyakov Vladimir
Published: March 2021

The purpose of the work is an intermediate summarization of study of the economic significance of experience and historical transformations of social pedagogy from the perspective of the tasks of providing organic ways for the people to increase the level of public safety and development as a condition for the effectiveness of anti-crisis regulation. The applied methods are based on the unity of historical and logical elements, analysis and synthesis. When preparing to participate in the confrontation of cultural and civilizational worlds covering different spheres of life, it is extremely important to be able to apply the best of the past to solve new problems. In particular, both effective anti-crisis regulation and successful protection of national interests and their identity presuppose a careful attitude to the basic value-semantic complexes in the spiritual and moral forms of communication and development. This, in turn, focuses on a special consideration of the period of intensive personality formation, maturation and civil development of a person in providing anti-crisis regulation. So, social pedagogy should not only focus on the changing structure of the economy, but it also should reflect the development of economic perception of the possibilities of controllability, self-control and uncontrollability with increasing uncertainty of the environment. This lays the foundation for a fluid balance of strategy, tactics and operations in management compositions, increasing the effectiveness of anti-crisis measures.
Organizational Development and Change Along with the Reinventing in Education
Authors: Ririhena Ribka Lemy , Notanubun Zainuddin
Published: March 2021

The purpose of organizational development, especially educational organizations, is the formation of an educational organization in the provincial and district/city governments, so that education units at all types and levels are open and generate trust for educators and their communities.  Organizational open and generate trust for educators and their communities. Organizational development interventions tend to emphasize the application of collaborative or interpersonal and group strategies in inter-organizational actions in a coordinative or vertical manner, in accordance with the spirit of reinvention. In restructuring educational organizations or reinventing education to increase the activities and programs of the Provincial, Regency and City Education Offices in carrying out routine activities, they must be changed, no longer using a bureaucratic approach with a participatory approach. The paradigm of education officials must be changed, so that in accordance with the spirit of the implementation of school-based management in schools. By giving a large role to schools in the spirit of change, the school has a high creativity to compete in improving the quality and quality of education in the school
Analisis Strategi Pembelajaran Ekspositori pada Guru IPS
Authors: Sahusilawane Stevie
Published: March 2021

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui strategi pembelajaran ekspositori pada guru IPS di SMP Negeri 9 Leihiutu Satap. Penelitian dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif untuk menggambarkan kejadian atau peristiwa pada saat pembelajaran berlangsung. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa dalam proses pembelajaran ekspositori ada lima tahapan yang digunakan oleh guru dalam proses pembelajaran berupa persiapan, penyajian, korelasi, penyimpulan dan pengaplikasian. Di dalam tahapan tersebut pelaksanaan pembelajaran dengan strategi ekspositori pada guru sudah sesuai dengan perencanaan serta terlaksana dengan baik. Hal ini dapat terlihat bahwa siswa telah memahami materi dan mampu menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan guru dengan baik. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa penggunakan strategi ekspositori pada guru IPS sudah terlaksana dengan baik
Ritual Maccera Pea (akikah) pada Masyarakat Massenrempulu di Desa Paladang Kec. Maiwa Kabupaten Enrekang
Authors: Nurul Fitrah Yani  , Husni Bt. Salam
Published: March 2021

Abstrak

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Semiotik Ritual Maccera Pea (Akikah) pada Masyarakat di Desa Paladang Kecamatan Maiwa Kabupaten Enrekang. Melalui penelitian ini diharapkan mampu memberikan gambaran kepada masyarakat luas dan pada pihak-pihak terkait bahwa kabupaten Enrekang yang lebih dikenal dengan kota Massenrempulu menyimpan sejuta pesona dalam kekayaan budaya. Pada penelitian ini peneliti menfokuskan pada analisis semiotik. yang berhubungan dengan ritual “Maccera Pea”. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Desa Paladang Kecamatan Maiwa Kabupaten Enrekang. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah masyarakat yang menggelar acara “Maccera Pea”.Jenis data yang digunakan adalah data kualitatif yang didapatkan melalui informan dari objek yang diteliti. Sumber data yakni data primer yang didapatkan secara langsung dan data sekunder dari pustaka yang berkaitan dengan permsalahan yang diteliti. Teknik pengumpulan data dengan metode observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data yakni (1) Mengumpulkan data yang bersumber dari beberapa referensi berupa buku dan wawancara dari informan (2) Mengklasifikasi dan menghubungkan dengan fenomena-fenomena yang ingin dipecahkan (3) Menganalisis data secara deskriptif berdasarkan teori yang digunakan (4)Menyimpulkan hasil analis data tentang Ritual Maccera Pea di Desa Paladang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa prosesi yang dilakukan pada saat maccera pea merupakan prosesi yang telah dilakukan secara turun menurun oleh masyarakat Desa Paladang. Ada dua tahapan pada saat maccera pea yakni persiapan dan pelaksanaan prosesi adat. Setiap prosesi yang dilakukan mempunyai makna tersendri. Salah satu makna yang terkandung dalam tradisi ini, masyarakat Desa Paladang percaya bahwa setiap prosesi maccera pea sebagai wujud  kerpercayaan atau keyakinan si anak yang diakikah akan memiliki kerberkahan hidup untuk menjalani kehidupan.
Pengaruh Performance Eksterior Kambing Betina terhadap Peningkatan Harga Jual Kambing pada Pedagang Broker di Pasar Hewan Tikung Lamongan
Authors: Zuhri Syaifudin , Dahlan Mufid , Aspriati Dyah Wahyuning
Published: March 2021

Penelitian di Pasar Hewan Tikung yang terletak di Desa Guminingrejo Kecamatan Tikung Kabupaten Lamongan, adapun waktu pengumpulan data yakni dimulai pada tanggal 15 April sampai dengan tanggal 10 Mei 2015. Metode pengambilan data yang digunakan pada penelitian ini yaitu Observasi, yaitu melakukan pengamatan langsung bentuk mulut, bentuk kaki, dan bentuk ambing terhadap ternak kambing yang akan di jual oleh pedagang broker. Wawancara, yaitu pengumpulan data yang dilakukan melalui interview langsung dengan pedagang kambing di pasar Tikung Lamongan. Analisis Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu Regresi Linear berganda yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui/memprediksi adanya pengaruh performance eksterior sebagai penentu harga jual ternak kambing padapedagang broker di Pasar Tikung. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dan pembahasan bahwa Performance eksterior berpengaruh terhadap harga jual kambing di Pasar Hewan Tikung Kabupaten Lamongan dengan angka koefisiensi regresi (r) = 0,9567Pengaruh tersebut ada pada bentuk kaki yang mempunyai nilai regresi 3,1882 selanjutnmya bentuk mulut dengan nilai regresi 2,0557 sedangkan nilai terendah ada pada bentuk ambing yaitu 2,0287.
Pengaruh Pemberdayaan Kinerja Fungsional Pustakawan Terhadap Kualitas Perpustakaan (Studi Kasus Perpustakaan Daerah Kota Kediri)
Authors: Hariyanti Sri , Noviliya
Published: March 2021

Perpustakaan memiliki peran yang penting dalam menunjang sebuah mutu pendidikan. Hal ini perlu di sadari bahwa dari tahun ke tahun terjadi penurunan dari segi sektor pendidikan. Dengan adanya pemberdayaan dalam tenaga fungsional pustakawan diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kualitas perpustakaan, dimana akan berimbas pada kualitas pendidikan karena dalam lembaga atau sekolah, perpustakaan merupakan salah satu faktor penunjang dalam aktifitas belajar mengajar. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, peneliti akan membahas mengenai pemberdayaan kinerja dalam kegiatan fungsional pustakawan, dan beberapa faktor yang mempengaruhi pemberdayaan kinerja pustakawan, serta mengidentifikasi faktor-faktor yang menjadi penghambat atau kendala pada kegiatan fungsional pustakawan dalam mengembangkan kualitas perpustakaan. Dalam penelitian ini digunakan metode kualitatif yaitu melalui observasi dan wawancara, serta menggunakan studi literatur. Hasil yang didapatkan dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa adanya pengaruh pemberdayaan kinerja pustakawan dengan kualitas perpustakaan di perpustakaan daerah kota kediri , dimana pustakawan dituntut untuk lebih professional, memiliki etos kerja yang tinggi, kompeten dalam bidangnya, serta adanya upaya-upaya perbaikan beberapa faktor penghambat.
Preferensi Masyarakat dalam Pemilihan Lembaga Pendidikan Islam: Studi Pada SD NU Insan Cendekia Kediri
Authors: Khasbulloh Muhammad Nabil
Published: March 2021

Pendidikan semakin mendapatkan perhatian dari berbagai kalangan. Tuntutan dan kebutuhan masyarakat akan pendidikan yang berkualitas semakin tinggi. Mayarakat memerlukan pendidikan yang dapat mengikuti perkembangan zaman. Konsekuensinya, lembaga pendidikan dituntut untuk dapat memenuhi kebutuhan masyarakat akan ilmu-ilmu yang aktual. Masyarakat sebagai orang tua calon siswa memiliki andil besar dalam penentuan sekolah anaknya. Masyarakat akan mencari sekolah yang bermutu bagi anak mereka termasuk sekolah dasar (SD). Menanggapi hal tersebut, setiap lembaga pendidikan akan berlomba-lomba untuk dapat menarik minat masyarakat khususnya orang tua dalam menyekolahkan anaknya. SD NU Insan Cendekia Kediri merupakan sekolah dengan konsep Islamic dan fullday school yang memiliki citra baik dan favorit di masyarakat. Keberhasilan sekolah tersebut dalam kiprahnya sebagai lembaga pendidikan Islam menjadi menarik untuk diteliti. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif, sedangkan jenis penelitiannya menggunakan studi kasus. Sumber data langsung bisa dikumpulkan dengan latar alami (natural setting). Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan metode wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Data dianalisis dengan cara mereduksi, display, mengambil kesimpulan dan verifikasi data. Untuk menguji keabsahan data dilakukan melalui kredibilitas, transferabilitas, dependabilitas, dan konfirmabilitas. Hasil penelitian ini adalah: preferensi masyarakat dalam pemilihan lembaga pendidikan Islam SD NU Insan Cendekia Kediri, yaitu: pertama, sekolah yang berbasis keagamaan (religiusitas), kedua, sekolah memiliki fasilitas sarana-prasarana yang representatif dan memadai, ketiga, sekolah memiliki budaya yang baik, keempat, sekolah menawarkan berbagai kekhasan dan keunggulan, kelima, sekolah sebagai lembaga pendidikan yang berkualitas, keenam, lokasi sekolah strategis.
Pengaruh NPF dan BOPO terhadap Profitabilitas Bank Syariah
Authors: Diah Nurdiwaty  , Retno Ayu Muninggar
Published: March 2021

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi bahwa penilaian kinerja keuangan perusahaan perbankanperlu dilakukan untuk mengetahui bagaimana kemampuan perusahaan dalam menghasilkankeuntungan dan mengelola serta mengalokasikan sumber daya yang dimiliki perusahaan. Penilaiankinerja perusahaan perbankkan juga diperlukan oleh investor maupun calon investor untukmengetahui bagaimana perkembangan dana investasi dan risiko yang akan dialami oleh investortersebut.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh Non Performing Financing (NPF) danBiaya Operasional per Pendapatan Operasional (BOPO) secara parsial maupun simultan terhadapprofitabilitas pada Bank Syariah yang terdaftar di Bank Indonesia.pada periode 2015-2017.Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan metode statistik deskriptif. Penelitian inidilakukan dengan menggunakan data sekunder dengan metode dokumentasi berupa ringkasanlaporan keuangan bank. Teknik sampel yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling dan hanyadiambil 5 bank umum syariah sebagai sampel, karena telah memenuhi kriteria pengambilan sampeldan dianalisis menggunakan regresi linier berganda dengan software SPSS for windows versi 23.Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah (1) NPF dan BOPO secara parsial berpengaruhsignifikan terhadap profitabilitas pada bank umum syariah yang terdaftar di Bank Indonesia, (2)NPF dan BOPO secara simultan berpengaruh signifikan terhadap profitabilitas pada bank umumsyariah yang terdaftar di Bank Indonesia.
Comparative evaluation of the effectiveness of methods for certification of transplanted cell lines
Authors: Markova E.V. , Nochevny V.T. , Manin B.L. , Matveeva I.N.
Published: March 2021

The article presents the results of certification of two trofovariants of MDVK cell lines with the help of traditional method and flow cytometry. Research object was the test cultures MDBK-E and MDBK-B, which passed 30 and 43 passages, respectively, after cryopreservation. The traditional method of attestation of transplanted cell lines, widely used in practice, is rather laborious and requires significant expenditures of labor, money and time. The flow cytometry method is based on a wide range of cytochemical and fluorescent methods for the analysis of sizes, granularity, phases of the cell cycle, structural components (DNA, RNA, protein), cell apoptosis and a number of other indicators. It was experimentally established that the sublines of MDBK-E and MDBK-B cells differed in cultural, cytomorphological and karyological parameters, as well as in contamination by foreign agents and sensitivity to parainfluenza-3 viruses and infectious rhinotracheitis in cattle. Analysis of histograms of cell distribution depending on the DNA content showed that the studied lines MDBK-E and MDBK-B did not exceed the standard indicator in terms of apoptosis and were at the level of 3,9 and 6,8%, respectively. Cells of the MDBK-E line did not contain viral and mycoplasma contamination, were characterized by a pronounced growth potential, retained the original cell morphology and were the most promising substrate for the production of antigens of parainfluenza-3, infectious rhinotracheitis in cattle. Analysis of granularity distribution results testified to the violation of the division processes and the appearance in the population of the subline MDBK-B of abnormal cells, as well as inadequate conditions for maintaining the test culture. It has been established that the flow cytometry method is objective and quite promising in the selection of culture models that meet the requirements of domestic and international standards. The revealed correlation between the magnitude of apoptosis, cultural properties and parameters of the cell cycle makes it possible to assess the biological properties of the producer culture as one of the leading factors in the change in programmed cell death. Changes the index of programmed cell death underlies a number of important pathological conditions and degenerative processes.
The Architectural Illusion of Edoardo Tresoldi: The Reconstruction of the Basilica of Siponto
Authors: Del Sole Francesco
Published: March 2021

The Ministry of Tourism commissioned Edoardo Tresoldi in 2016 to restore the Basilica of Siponto (Puglia, Italy), of which only ruins remain. The project is obtained through metal wefts that intertwine in the air presumably reconstructing the original environments: it is an example of creative restoration. This essay aims to examine the genesis of this artwork that has rekindled the debate on the usefulness of this type of restoration, introduced for the first time by Cesare Brandi (1906-1988) and Renato Bonelli (1911-2004) who gave rise to a critical discussion on the role that restoration must play in reconstructing the original spaces of a lost monument. Creative restoration tends to include in the concept of “restoration” all those actions of reconstruction necessary to restore “truth” to the lost monument in order to guarantee its enjoyment, making the “evocative fantasy” take over. Faced with an architecture that has now lost its face, the added value of Tresoldi’s creative restoration will be highlighted, which is not only the reconstruction of the Basilica but the possibility, through the wire mesh that generates transparency, to understand the monument not only as a historical document but as an artwork that needs to be experienced aesthetically, safeguarding the genius loci, making the site a place to be rediscovered in its link with the territory.
Measurement of alpha-Amilase Enzymes in Bacillus subtilis Bacteria
Authors: Sukmawati Sukmawati , Yunita Melda , Rosalina Febrianti
Published: March 2021

The bacterium Bacillus subtilis is able to produce amylase enzymes which are able to hydrolyze various types of starch sources into simple compounds such as maltose, glucose. Amylase converts carbohydrates which are polysaccharides into maltose. Amylase enzyme is a group of enzymes that are needed in the industrial field. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of the amylase enzyme produced by the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. The method used in this research is a quantitative method using an amylase enzyme measurement experiment. The results of this study are from two types of enzyme sources, namely Bacillus subtilis + Starch + NB and Bacillus subtilis + NB. Both samples showed enzyme activity. The conclusion of this study is that Bacillus subtilis + Starch + NB produces 63.186 units of the alpha-amylase enzyme used to produce 1 ppm / 1 micromol maltose per minute. Whereas the Bacillus subtilis + NB sample was 19.474 units of the alpha-amylase enzyme used to produce 1 ppm / 1 micromol maltose per minute.
Development of Plant Biosystematics E-Module Based on Problem Solving
Authors: Pamungkas Sekar Jati , Oktasari Wike
Published: March 2021

This study aims to describe the stages of developing the Plant Biosystematics e-module with the 4-D model (four D model) and to analyze the effectiveness of the resulting Plant Biosystematics e-module in improving problem solving skills in students of the Tidar University Biology Education Study Program. The Plant Biosystematics course studies the description, adaptation, and classification of plants, both high and low levels. The research method used is the R&D Model. This model consists of 4 development stages, namely Define, Design, Develop, and Disseminate. The object of this research was 60 students of Tidar University Biology Education. The research instrument used was in the form of questionnaires and validation sheets by the validator. Based on data on Problem Solving skills 38, 3% chose the number 5 meaning that in this Plant Biosystematics e-module all 5 indicators have been fulfilled. Based on the development of the e-module by the validator, the results of the material were 80.5%, the presentation aspect was 54%, the linguistic aspect was 24%, and the graphic aspect was 34%. Based on the data above, the development of the Plant Biosystematics e-module can be used as a learning module that can improve their problem solving skills.
PW 2021 talk 11689-34 PdSe2 MOSS OSF
Authors: Moss David
Published: March 2021

As a novel layered noble metal dichalcogenide material, palladium diselenide (PdSe2) has attracted wide interest due to its excellent optical and electronic properties. In this work, a strong third-order nonlinear optical response of 2D PdSe2 films is reported. We conduct both open-aperture (OA) and closed-aperture (CA) Z-scan measurements with a femtosecond pulsed laser at 800 nm to investigate the nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction, respectively. In the OA experiment, we observe optical limiting behaviour originating from large two photo absorption (TPA) in the PdSe2 film of β = 3.26 ×10-8 m/W. In the CA experiment, we measure a peak-valley response corresponding to a large and negative Kerr nonlinearity of n2 = -1.33×10-15 m2/W – two orders of magnitude larger than bulk silicon. In addition, the variation of n2 as a function of laser intensity is also characterized, with n2 decreasing in magnitude when increasing incident laser intensity, becoming saturated at n2 = -9.96×10-16 m2/W at high intensities. Our results show that the extraordinary third-order nonlinear optical properties of PdSe2 have strong potential for high-performance nonlinear photonic devices.
Review of "The Weirdest People in the World"
Authors: Acerbi Alberto
Published: March 2021

Review of "The Weirdest People in the World"
Challenge to Vaccine Side Effect Evaluation and Reporting Models:A New Classification Methods
Authors: Wu Jianqing
Published: March 2021

An article concerns potential risks of mass vaccines for the COVID-19 disease. It explains why current research models cannot find multiple side effects. In addition, the authors also propose a new method for classifying deaths caused by vaccines.
Adapting Direct Services for Telehealth: A Practical Tutorial
Authors: Bergmann Samantha , Toussaint Karen A. , Niland Haven , Sansing Elizabeth M. , Armshaw Gabriel , Baltazar Marla
Published: March 2021

Due to the pandemic brought on by novel Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19), consumers of applied behavior analytic interventions may be experiencing disrupted access to services. In response to the need for services, behavior analysts and therapists may find themselves treading unchartered waters as they use telehealth to provide direct intervention to consumers. Direct service provision via telehealth extends beyond the bounds of existing telehealth research, which primarily focuses on caregiver training and consultation. In the transition to telehealth, behavior analysts can consider how to adapt an existing evidence base of behavior analytic strategies from a face-to-face format to intervention via a teleconferencing platform (i.e., Zoom). In this tutorial, we provide practice recommendations, task analyses, and a curated list of Zoom walk-throughs to help behavior analysts construct conceptually systematic learning opportunities in their direct telehealth services. Leveraging teleconferencing features to provide behavior analytic intervention directly to consumers could spur future research to support these need-inspired practices and guide telehealth applications during and beyond the current pandemic.
ERP signatures of auditory awareness in cross-modal distractor-induced deafness
Authors: Kern Lea , Niedeggen Michael
Published: March 2021

Previous research showed that dual-task processes such as the attentional blink are not always transferable from unimodal to cross-modal settings. This study investigated whether such a transfer can be stated for a distractor-induced impairment of target detection established in vision (distractor-induced blindness, DIB) and recently observed in the auditory modality (distractor-induced deafness, DID). A cross-modal DID effect was confirmed: The detection of an auditory target indicated by a visual cue was impaired if multiple auditory distractors preceded the target. Event-related potentials (ERPs) were used to identify psychophysiological correlates of target detection. A frontal negativity about 200 ms succeeded by a sustained, widespread negativity was associated with auditory target awareness. In contrast to unimodal findings, P3 amplitude was not enhanced for hits. The results support the notion that early frontal attentional processes are linked to auditory awareness, whereas the P3 does not seem to be a reliable indicator of target access.
Susceptibility to auditory hallucinations is associated with spontaneous but not directed modulation of top-down expectations for speech.
Authors: Alderson-Day Ben , Moffatt Jamie A. , Lima Cesar , Krishnan Saloni , Fernyhough Charles , Scott Sophie K , Denton Sophie , Leong Yi Ting , Oncel Alena , Wu Yu-Lin , Gurbuz Zehra , Evans Samuel
Published: March 2021

Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) – or hearing voices – occur in clinical and non-clinical populations, but their mechanisms remain unclear. Predictive processing models of psychosis have proposed that hallucinations arise from an over-weighting of prior expectations in perception. It is unknown, however, whether this reflects i) a sensitivity to explicit modulation of prior knowledge, or ii) a pre-existing tendency to spontaneously use such knowledge more in ambiguous contexts. Four experiments were conducted to examine this question in healthy participants listening to ambiguous speech stimuli. In experiments 1 (n = 60) and 2 (n = 60), participants discriminated intelligible and unintelligible sine-wave speech (SWS) before and after exposure to the original language templates (i.e., a modulation of expectation). No relationship was observed between top-down modulation and two common measures of hallucination-proneness. Experiment 3 (n = 99) confirmed this pattern with a different stimulus – sine-vocoded speech (SVS) – that was designed to minimise ceiling effects in discrimination and more closely model previous top-down effects reported in psychosis. In Experiment 4 (n = 135), participants were exposed to SVS without prior knowledge that it contained speech (i.e., naïve listening). AVH-proneness significantly predicted spontaneous pre-exposure identification of speech, but was unrelated to performance on a subsequent discrimination task, post-exposure. Altogether, these findings support a pre-existing tendency to spontaneously draw upon prior knowledge in healthy people prone to AVH, rather than a sensitivity to temporary modulations of expectation. We propose a model of clinical and non-clinical hallucinations, across auditory and visual modalities, with testable predictions for future research.