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A QUality INdex of Parks for Youth (QUINPY): Evaluating urban parks through geographic information systems
Authors: Rigolon Alessandro , Németh Jeremy
Published: October 2016

Visiting urban parks regularly can provide significant physical and mental health benefits for children and teenagers, but these benefits are tempered by park quality, amenities, maintenance, and safety. Therefore, planning and public health scholars have developed instruments to measure park quality, but most of these tools require costly and time-consuming field surveys and only a handful focus specifically on youth. We rectify these issues by developing the QUality INdex of Parks for Youth (QUINPY) based on a robust literature review of studies on young people’s park visitation habits and an extensive validation process by academic and professional experts. Importantly, the QUINPY relies on publicly available geospatial data to measure park quality. We then successfully pilot test the QUINPY in Denver and New York City. We believe that park agencies, planning consultants, researchers, and nonprofits aiming to assess park quality will find this tool useful. The QUINPY is particularly promising given the increasing amount of publicly available geospatial data and other recent advancements in geospatial science.
Hospital incidence and annual rates of hospitalization for venous thromboembolic disease in France and the USA
Authors: Allaert François-André , Benzenine Eric , Quantin Catherine
Published: October 2016

Objective

The study was designed to describe the hospital incidences and annual hospitalization rates for venous thromboembolic disease by age and sex in France and the United States on the closest possible methodological bases.

Methods

French statistics are from the PMSI MCO (Programme de médicalisation des système d'information de médecine, chirurgie et obstétrique (French national hospital discharge register)) national database. These are compiled for each calendar year by collating résumé de sortie anonymisé (RSA, anonymous discharge summary) files forwarded and validated by health establishments with admissions in medicine, surgery, obstetrics, and odontology. They are compared to the data issued from the US National Hospital Discharge Survey which is equivalent to the PMSI in France and uses the International Classification of Diseases-9 for encoding the data. These data were published in the Morbidity, Mortality Weekly Report of the Centre for Disease Control.

Results

In the US, 547,996 hospital stays involve venous thromboembolic diseases, 348,558 deep venous thrombosis (DVT), and 277,549 pulmonary embolism (PE). Of these 78,511, or 14%, include a diagnosis of both DVT and PE. The hospital incidence of venous thromboembolic disease is 1.4%, DVT 0.9%, and PE 0.7%. In France, of the 26,658,228 annual hospital stays, 273,931 include venous thromboembolic disease, 179,286 DVT, and 139,345 PE while 44,700, i.e. 16.3%, include both DVT and PE. The hospital incidence of venous thromboembolic disease is thus 1.0%, DVT 0.6%, and PE 0.5%. The overall annual hospitalization rates for venous thromboembolic disease, DVT, and PE are respectively 274, 179, and 139 per 100,000 inhabitants in France and 239, 146, and 121 per 100,000 inhabitants in the US.

Conclusion

Venous thromboembolic diseases occur in France and the US in 1% of all hospital stays and are responsible for an annual hospitalization rate that exceeds 200 per 100,000. The scale of these annual incidences should prompt us to question the quality of prevention put in place and/or its efficacy.
Dynamic disulfide/thiol homeostasis in lead exposure denoted by a novel method
Authors: Bal Ceylan , Ağış Erol Rauf , Gündüzöz Meşide , Büyükşekerci Murat , Alışık Murat , Şen Orhan , Tutkun Engin , Yılmaz Ömer Hınç
Published: October 2016

Lead is a toxic heavy metal, and prevention of human exposure to lead has not been accomplished yet. The toxicity of lead is continually being investigated, and the molecular mechanisms of its toxicity are still being revealed. In this study, we used a novel method to examine thiol (SH)/disulfide homeostasis in workers who were occupationally exposed to lead. A total of 80 such workers and 70 control subjects were evaluated, and their native and total SH values were measured in serum using a novel method; their blood lead levels were also assessed. The novel method used for SH measurements was based on the principle of measuring native SH, after which disulfide bonds were reduced and total SHs were measured. These measurements allowed us to calculate disulfide amounts, disulfide/total SH percent ratios, disulfide/native SH percent ratios, and native SH /total SH percent ratios. We found that disulfide levels were significantly higher in workers who were exposed to lead (21.08(11.1–53.6) vs. 17.9(1.7–25), p < 0.001). Additionally, the disulfide/native SH and disulfide/total SH percent ratios were higher in exposed workers, while the native SH/total SH percent ratios were higher in the control subjects. Furthermore, the lead and disulfide levels showed a positive correlation, with p < 0.001 and a correlation coefficient of 0.378. Finally, the novel method used in this study successfully showed a switch from SH to disulfide after lead exposure, and the method is fully automated, easy, cheap, reliable, and reproducible. Use of this method in future cases may provide valuable insights into the management of lead exposure.
‘Doggy-biopolitics’: Governing via the First Dog
Authors: Skoglund Annika , Redmalm David
Published: October 2016

Biopolitics, traditionally understood as management of the human population, has been extended to include nonhuman animal life and posthuman life. In this article, we turn to literatures that advance Foucauldian biopolitics to explore the mode of government enabled by the dog of the US presidential family – the First Dog called Bo Obama. With analytical focus on vitalisation efforts, we follow the construction of Bo in various outlets, such as the websites of the White House and an animal rights organisation. Bo’s microphysical escapades and the negotiation thereof show how contemporary biopolitics, which targets the vitality of the dog population, is linked to seductive neoliberal management techniques and subjectivities. We discuss ‘cuddly management’ in relation to Foucauldian scholarship within organisation and management studies and propose that the construction of Bo facilitates interspecies family norms and an empathic embrace of difference circumscribed by vitalisation efforts that we pinpoint as ‘doggy-biopolitics’.
Taking trauma seriously
Authors: Ellison Louise , Munro Vanessa E
Published: October 2016

Over the last two decades successive governments in England and Wales have stated a commitment to placing victims of crime at the heart of the criminal justice agenda. A raft of polices and reforming measures have been introduced with the declared aim of improving the experience and treatment of victims within the criminal process. Despite these developments, the government has recently conceded that the criminal justice process has continued to fall short—whether in relation to helping victims to recover in the aftermath of a crime or supporting them through the stresses of investigation and trial. In this article we argue that applying a trauma-informed lens to evaluate victim-centred initiatives helps to explain the failure of victim policy in England and Wales to fully deliver on its promise. We highlight the barriers that experiences of trauma can present to effective victim participation and the extent to which current trial processes are often liable to exacerbate rather than ameliorate trauma amongst a broad constituency of victims.
Crime control, the security state and constitutional justice in Ireland
Authors: Kilcommins Shane
Published: October 2016

It is clear that Ireland has witnessed evidence of a ‘tooling up’ of the state in the fight against crime over the last two decades. Crime control analyses—often relying upon the use of stark juxtaposition—are very useful in describing this trend. They can, however, also conceal the complexities that exist underneath the illusory comfort of binary labels such as ‘crime control’, ‘security state’, ‘actuarial justice’ or ‘Rule by Law’ governance. In employing examples of recent case-law relating to terrorism and sexual offending, this article will argue that crime control analyses fail to properly account for particular legal liberal properties such as rights as trumps, deontological reasoning, fidelity to precedent, the coordinated and hierarchical features of law, and the last ‘authoritative voice’ possessed by the judiciary in dispute resolution. These properties continue to possess institutional and epistemic authority in Ireland, and need to be written in to any ‘history of the present’ of the Irish criminal justice system.
Closing matters: Alignment and misalignment in sequence and call closings in institutional interaction
Authors: Raymond Geoffrey , Zimmerman Don H
Published: October 2016

Using data from American emergency call centers, this article focuses on the coordination, and mutual relevance, of participants’ effort to manage two forms of unit completion – sequence closing (as a method for ‘project’ completion) and concluding the occasion in which the project was pursued. In doing so, we specify the import of sequence organization as one method for conducting, organizing, and resolving interactional projects participants may be said to pursue, and describe (1) a range of possible relations between project completion and occasion closure and (2) the locations from which problems come to be introduced as parties move to resolve projects and close calls. As we show, sequence and occasion closings produced in the service of projects are fateful: they inexorably demand that the participants arrive at some alignment – or make visible their failure to do so – regarding the projects pursued in it, the status of those projects, and thus who, as a consequence, the parties are (or could have been) for another, that is, their ‘identities’. For strangers and familiars both, the management of projects and the manner in which closing is achieved matters.
Ecologies of ideologies: Explaining party entry and exit in West-European parliaments, 1945–2013
Authors: van de Wardt Marc , Berkhout Joost , Vermeulen Floris
Published: October 2016

This study introduces a population-ecological approach to the entry and exit of political parties. A primary proposition of population ecology is that organizational entry and exit depends on the number of organizations already present: that is, density. We propose that political parties mainly experience competition from parties in the same ideological niche (left, centre, right). Pooled time-series analyses of 410 parties, 263 elections and 18 West-European countries largely support our expectations. We find that political parties are more likely to exit when density within their niche increases. Also there is competition between adjacent ideological niches, i.e. between centrist and right-wing niches. In contrast to our expectations, neither density nor institutional rules impact party entry. This raises important questions about the rationale of prospective entrants.
S-bend erosion in particulated multiphase flow with air and sand
Authors: Mazumder Quamrul H
Published: October 2016

Solid particle erosion is a micro-mechanical process that removes material from a surface by repeated impact of entrained particles in the flow. Erosion is a leading cause of failure in fluid handling equipment such as pumps, pipes, valves, and fittings. The S-bend geometry is used to redirect flows in automotive, chemical processing, oil, gas, and food handling industries. An investigation was conducted using both computational fluid dynamics analysis and experimental methods to identify the location of maximum erosion. Three S-bend geometries with 12.7 mm inside diameter, r/D ratio of 1.5, three different air velocities and six different particle sizes were used in the current study. The experimental test section was of 12.7 mm inside diameter, r/D ratio of 1.5, and used 150 and 300 µm particle sizes.
Simulating cryo electron tomograms of crowded cell cytoplasm for assessment of automated particle picking
Authors: Pei Long , Xu Min , Frazier Zachary , Alber Frank
Published: October 2016

Background

Cryo-electron tomography is an important tool to study structures of macromolecular complexes in close to native states. A whole cell cryo electron tomogram contains structural information of all its macromolecular complexes. However, extracting this information remains challenging, and relies on sophisticated image processing, in particular for template-free particle extraction, classification and averaging. To develop these methods it is crucial to realistically simulate tomograms of crowded cellular environments, which can then serve as ground truth models for assessing and optimizing methods for detection of complexes in cell tomograms.

Results

We present a framework to generate crowded mixtures of macromolecular complexes for realistically simulating cryo electron tomograms including noise and image distortions due to the missing-wedge effects. Simulated tomograms are then used for assessing the template-free Difference-of-Gaussian (DoG) particle-picking method to detect complexes of different shapes and sizes under various crowding and noise levels. We identified DoG parameter settings that maximize precision and recall for detecting particles over a wide range of sizes and shapes. We observed that medium sized DoG scaling factors showed the overall best performance. To further improve performance, we propose a combination strategy for integrating results from multiple parameter settings. With increasing macromolecular crowding levels, the precision of particle picking remained relatively high, while the recall was dramatically reduced, which limits the detection of sufficient copy numbers of complexes in a crowded environment. Over a wide range of increasing noise levels, the DoG particle picking performance remained stable, but dramatically reduced beyond a specific noise threshold.

Conclusions

Automatic and reference-free particle picking is an important first step in a visual proteomics analysis of cell tomograms. However, cell cytoplasm is highly crowded, which makes particle detection challenging. It is therefore important to test particle-picking methods in a realistic crowded setting. Here, we present a framework for simulating tomograms of cellular environments at high crowding levels and assess the DoG particle picking method. We determined optimal parameter settings to maximize the performance of the DoG particle-picking method.
Mixed-Methods Study of the Impact of Chronic Patient Death on Oncologists’ Personal and Professional Lives
Authors: Granek Leeat , Ariad Samuel , Nakash Ora , Cohen Michal , Bar-Sela Gil , Ben-David Merav
Published: October 2016

Purpose:

Although some research has found that health care professionals experience grief when their patients die, within the oncology context, few studies have examined the impact of this loss on oncology personnel. Given the paucity of empirical studies on this topic, this research explored the impact of patient death on oncologists.

Methods and Materials

This study used a mixed-methods design. The qualitative component used the grounded theory method of data collection and analysis. Twenty-two oncologists were recruited from three adult oncology centers. Purposive sampling was used to gain maximum variation in the sample. The quantitative component involved a convenience sample of 79 oncologists recruited through oncologist collaborators.

Results:

The qualitative study indicated that frequent patient death has both personal and professional impacts on oncologists. Personal impacts included changes to their personality, gaining of perspective on their lives, and a strain to their social relationships. Professional impacts included exhaustion and burnout, learning from each patient death, and decision making. The frequency analysis indicated that oncologists experienced both positive and negative impacts of patient death. A majority reported that exposure to patient death gave them a better perspective on life (78.5%) and motivated them to improve patient care (66.7%). Negative consequences included exhaustion (62%) and burnout (75.9%) as well as compartmentalization of feelings at work and at home (69.6%).

Conclusion:

Frequent patient death has an impact on oncologists’ lives, some of which negatively affect the quality of life for oncologists, their families, and their patients.
Increasing the Efficiency of the Personnel Engagement in the Organization Management System in Times of Crisis
Authors: Худякова  , Khudyakova T. , Ливак  , Livak N.
Published: October 2016

The article considers development of staff’s engagement of OJSC “Gladen’kaya” that improves the performance of employees, increase the number of satisfied clients

and increase their loyalty to the organization. The most negative facts that exacerbate the condition of moral-psychological climate in the organization are

considered. Activities for improving engagement are proposed. The implementation schedule of the project is developed. Social and economic efficiency of the

project implementation is designed. The approbation of the project «Improving the efficiency of the process of employee engagement» is carried out. As a result

of efficient use of labor resources, economic development will occur, profit will increase.
Modeling Two-Dimensional Guillotine Cutting Problems via Integer Programming
Authors: Furini Fabio , Malaguti Enrico , Thomopulos Dimitri
Published: October 2016

We propose a framework to model general guillotine restrictions in two-dimensional cutting problems formulated as mixed-integer linear programs (MIPs). The modeling framework requires a pseudopolynomial number of variables and constraints, which can be effectively enumerated for medium-size instances. Our modeling of general guillotine cuts is the first one that, once it is implemented within a state-of-the-art MIP solver, can tackle instances of challenging size. We mainly concentrate our analysis on the guillotine two-dimensional knapsack problem (G2KP), for which a model, and an exact procedure able to significantly improve the computational performance, are given. We also show how the modeling of general guillotine cuts can be extended to other relevant problems such as the guillotine two-dimensional cutting stock problem and the guillotine strip packing problem (GSPP). Finally, we conclude the paper discussing an extensive set of computational experiments on G2KP and GSPP benchmark instances from the literature.
Upward Pricing Pressure in Partial Acquisitions: Application to the Essilor Case
Authors: Jin Yangsoo
Published: October 2016

The price effects of a partial acquisition may be far more complex than those of a full merger. The discussion on this issue, however, has not been well developed in Asian countries, including Korea. However, a partial acquisition case occurred in Korea in which Essilor intended to acquire fifty-percent shares of its competitor, DM Optical. In this paper, we modify and reorganize theories of upward pricing pressure (UPP) in partial acquisitions and apply them to this case. This paper, therefore, intends not only to initiate a discussion, but also to suggest an exemplary method to conduct UPP analysis in partial acquisition environments. Specifically, it will contribute to methodological advances by analyzing the case in a fashion that circumvents limitations of time and data, the main obstacles merger reviewers often face, in practice.
The influences of the concentrations of “green capping agents” as stabilizers and of ammonia as an activator in the synthesis of ZnS nanoparticles and their polymer nanocomposites
Authors: Xaba Thokozani , Moloto Makwena J. , Al-Shakban Mundher , Malik Mohammad A. , Moloto Nosipho , O’Brien Paul
Published: October 2016

The green synthetic route for the synthesis of semiconductor nanoparticles has received special attention recently due to its features, such as low cost and environmental friendliness. The (Z)-2-(pyrrolidin-2-ylidene)thiourea was used as a ligand and allowed to react with zinc acetate to form the ZnS nanoparticles through the homogeneous precipitation method. The polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyethylene glycol were employed as capping agents, whereas the ammonium solution was used as an activator for the stabilizers. The effects of the concentration of the capping agents on ZnS nanoparticles were investigated. The poly ethylene glycol (PEG)- or (polyvinylpyrollidone) PVP-capped zinc sulfide nanoparticles were then incorporated with polydadmac to form the polymer nanocomposites. The results from various sophisticated instruments, such as spectrophotometer (UV-Vis), photoluminescence (PL), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), reveal that the concentrations of capping agents and ammonium solution has great effects on nanomaterials.
Studying individual differences in the social environment to better understand language learning and processing
Authors: Lev-Ari Shiri
Published: October 2016

People learn language from their social environment. Therefore, individual differences in the input that their social environment provides could influence their linguistic performance. Nevertheless, investigation of the role of individual differences in input on performance has been mostly restricted to first and second language acquisition. In this paper I argue that individual differences in input can influence linguistic performance even in adult native speakers. Specifically, differences in input can affect performance by influencing people’s knowledgebase, by modulating their processing manner, and by shaping expectations. Therefore, studying the role that individual differences in input play can improve our understanding of how language is learned, processed and represented.
Native English speakers’ structural alignment mediated by foreign-accented speech
Authors: Chun Eunjin , Barrow Julia , Kaan Edith
Published: October 2016

With the growth of language variation it is becoming increasingly important to understand how monolingual speakers’ language processing can differ when responding to various speakers. This study investigated native English speakers’ structural alignment to different accents of English (American, Korean, and Indian speaker of English) using a picture description paradigm. More specifically, we explored the effect of accent type and familiarity with a speaker’s accent on syntactic alignment. American-English speaking participants were primed less for a PO construction when listening to a native American-English speaker than in response to English speakers with a non-American accent (Korean and Indian English). A similar pattern was observed in the analysis using perceived familiarity with accents. These results support the claim that social factors, (e. g., speakers’ accents or perceived familiarity with the accents) can automatically influence language processing, and should be taken into consideration for psycholinguistics theoretical accounts of syntactic priming.
Age of Arrival (AOA) effects on anaphor processing by Japanese bilinguals
Authors: Shoji Shinichi , Dubinsky Stanley , Almor Amit
Published: October 2016

This study investigates the role of exposure to English on discourse-reference processing by native Japanese speakers. Shoji et al. (2016a, The repeated name penalty, the overt pronoun penalty, and topic in Japanese.Journal of Psycholinguistic Research.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007 %2Fs10936-016-9424-4) found that Japanese-English bilinguals residing in the United States show a Repeated Name Penalty (RNP; Gordon et al. 1993. Pronouns, names, and the centering of attention in discourse.Cognitive Science17. 311–347) and an Overt Pronoun Penalty (OPP; Gelormini-Lezama and Almor 2011, Repeated names, overt pronouns, and null pronouns in Spanish.Language Cognitive Processes26. 437–454) in Japanese with both topic (wa-marked) subject anaphors and non-topic (ga-marked) subject anaphors, indicating that the different morphological markings on anaphors do not alter these effects. In contrast, more recent data collected from L1-immersed Japanese speakers residing in Japan (Shoji et al. 2016b,The repeated name penalty and the overt pronoun penalty in Japanese. Unpublished manuscript) show that these speakers do not show a RNP or an OPP for topic-marked anaphors. Here we report a reanalysis of Shoji et al.’s (2016a) results showing that these effects are moderated by participants’ Age of Arrival (AOA; i. e. the age at which participants first arrived to the place where their second language is regularly spoken). Participants with an early AOA showed differential processing patterns for topic-marked anaphors and non-topic anaphors, while participants with late AOA did not. We propose as an explanation that early AOA bilinguals represent different languages separately, while late AOA bilinguals tend to rely on a single unified language system.
Pragmatic accommodation as a catalyst for the development of (non-)finiteness
Authors: Slomanson Peter
Published: October 2016

A morphological asymmetry is shared by certain Dravidian (and Finnic) languages. The phonological shape of a negation element is dependent on the finiteness of the verb it negates. Pragmatic factors are identified that could motivate the development of this shared asymmetry, using evidence from the grammar of a Dravidian-influenced contact language. I will show that contrastive finiteness marking (finite and non-finite morphology) can facilitate the development of pragmatically-motivated linear reordering of affirmative clauses and negated clauses in order to accommodate new information structure conventions, extending the contrast to negated verbs by expanding the functional range of a negative imperative marker.

Radical contact languages resulting from collective adult second language acquisition in naturalistic social contexts are typically presumed to feature reduced functional morphology, in which only highly salient contrasts, such as temporal contrasts, are formally instantiated. If a formal finiteness contrast and other relatively marked properties (“complexity”) could develop in a highly analytic contact language that did not previously have them, this suggests that such a sequence of changes is in fact as plausible among genetically-unrelated languages in a sprachbund as it is over longer periods of time in genetically-related languages. We can observe this by examining grammatical change in a language that previously lacked both a finiteness contrast and a corresponding negation asymmetry, but which developed both the contrast and the asymmetry as a result of contact with a genetically-unrelated language that has analogous properties.

Sri Lankan Malay (SLM) has undergone grammatical change due to contact with Dravidian (primarily Sri Lankan Muslim Tamil). Several of these changes involve verb morphology and syntax, and are plausibly motivated by discourse-pragmatic triggers. Consideration of tense and (non-)finiteness phenomena, as well as their reflexes in SLM negation, suggests a discourse-pragmatic motivation for these changes. Two discourse processes could conspire to motivate the development of the new morphology in SLM. The first is a clausal asymmetry, in which the predicate representing the most recent event is ordinarily in focus, indicated by tense morphology and position of the clause relative to clauses referring to subsequent events. The second is the communicative need to reassign focus in certain contexts to a temporally non-primary clause, one referring to an event that did not take place first. In spite of a constraint in Dravidian languages blocking the marking of functional contrasts under negation (so that only a negation morpheme can be prefixed to the verb), negation morphology encodes an obligatory finiteness contrast, optimally supporting these information-structuring processes. The clause describing the most recent event in a sentence remains visibly finite under negation, when a temporally secondary clause is focused.
MICROBIAL COMMUNITY OF BLACK BAND DISEASE ON INFECTION, HEALTHY, AND DEAD PART OF SCLERACTINIAN Montipora sp. COLONY AT SERIBU ISLANDS, INDONESIA
Authors: Johan Ofri , Bengen Dietriech Geoffrey , Zamani Neviaty Putri , Suharsono Suharsono , Smith David , Lusiastuti Angela Mariana , Sweet Michael
Published: October 2016

It is crucial to understand the microbial community associated with the host when attempting to discern the pathogen responsible for disease outbreaks in scleractinian corals. This study determines changes in the bacterial community associated with Montipora sp. in response to black band disease in Indonesian waters. Healthy, diseased, and dead Montipora sp. (n = 3 for each sample type per location) were collected from three different locations (Pari Island, Pramuka Island, and Peteloran Island). DGGE (Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis) was carried out to identify the bacterial community associated with each sample type and histological analysis was conducted to identify pathogens associated with specific tissues. Various Desulfovibrio species were found as novelty to be associated with infection samples, including Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, Desulfovibrio magneticus, and Desulfovibrio gigas, Bacillus benzoevorans, Bacillus farraginis in genus which previously associated with pathogenicity in corals. Various bacterial species associated with uninfected corals were lost in diseased and dead samples. Unlike healthy samples, coral tissues such as the epidermis, endodermis, zooxanthellae were not present on dead samples under histological observation. Liberated zooxanthellae and cyanobacteria were found in black band diseased Montipora sp. samples.
ANALISIS PENGEMBANGAN BUDIDAYA RUMPUT LAUT DI PULAU SEBATIK, KABUPATEN NUNUKAN, KALIMANTAN UTARA
Authors: Radiarta Nyoman , Erlania Erlania , Haryadi Joni , Rosdiana Annisya
Published: October 2016

Kebijakan pembangunan kemandirian dalam budidaya perikanan dan membangun kemandirian pulau-pulau kecil merupakan kebijakan program Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan dalam mendukung poros maritim nasional. Pulau Sebatik di Kabupaten Nunukan memiliki potensi sumberdaya pesisir dan laut cukup besar untuk dikembangkan diantaranya potensi pengembangan budidaya laut, terutama budidaya rumput laut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi kondisi dan langkah-langkah strategis pengembangan budidaya rumput laut di Pulau Sebatik, Kabupaten Nunukan Provinsi Kalimantan Utara. Data dan informasi dikumpulkan melalui media diskusi (Focus Group Discussion/FGD), kunjungan ke lokasi pengembangan budidaya rumput laut, dan data sekunder. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif dengan memberikan opsi-opsi kebijakan pengembangan budidaya rumput laut. Pengembangan budidaya rumput laut di Kabupaten Nunukan cukup berkembang dengan pusat kawasan pengembangannya di Kecamatan Nunukan Selatan. Kappaphycus alvarezii (cottonii) merupakan jenis yang umumnya dibudidayakan dengan metode longline. Dalam tulisan ini, potensi, permasalahan, dan strategi pengembangan budidaya rumput laut yang teridentifikasi di lokasi penelitian dibahas secara komprehensif.

Policy on aquaculture development in the small and the most outer islands is a strategic program from Ministry of Marine Affair and Fisheries to support national maritime shaft. Sebatik Island in Nunukan Regency has a large potential of coastal and marine resources to be developed include the development of marine aquaculture, especially seaweed culture. This study aimed to evaluate condition and strategic steps in the development of seaweed aquaculture in Sebatik Island, Nunukan Regency North Kalimantan Province. Data and information collected through Focus Group Discussion (FGD), field visit to seaweed aquaculture areas, and secondary data. Data were analyzed descriptively by presenting policy options for seaweed aquaculture development. Marine aquaculture especillay seaweed culture was well developed in Nunukan Regency, which was mainly concentrated in South Nunukan. Kappaphycus alvarezii (cottonii) is the main species cultivated in this region by using long line method. In this paper, the potential, problems and development strategy of seaweed cultivation were identified and discussed comprehensively.
HETEROSIS, MATERNAL , DAN INDIVIDUAL EFFECT PADA HIBRIDA ANTARA IKAN MAS RAJADANU, MAJALAYA, SUBANG, DAN KUNINGAN
Authors: Ath-thar M. Hunaina Fariduddin , Prakoso Vitas Atmadi , Nugroho Estu , Gustiano Rudhy
Published: October 2016

Ikan mas merupakan salah satu komoditas potensial untuk mendukung pencapaian peningkatan produksi perikanan budidaya nasional sebanyak 353% pada 2014. Ikan mas yang digunakan selama ini hanya mengandalkan strain lokal yang sudah mengalami penurunan kualitas. Hibridisasi merupakan salah satu cara untuk menghasilkan ikan unggul. Hibridisasi dilakukan secara resiprok dari 4 strain ikan mas Rajadanu, Subang, Majalaya dan Kuningan sehingga didapatkan 16 kandidat strain baru. Parameter yang digunakan sebagai evaluasi hibrida ini adalah sintasan dan keragaan pertumbuhan. Nilai maternal effect, individual effect dan heterosis dari sintasan dan keragaan pertumbuhan ikan hasil hibrid menjadi acuan untuk pemilihan kandidat hibrid yang terbaik. Untuk parameter pertumbuhan, nilai maternal effect tertinggi didapat dari ikan lokal Subang dan nilai individual effect tertinggi pada Majalaya. Sedangkan untuk parameter sintasan, nilai maternal effect tertinggi didapat dari ikan lokal Kuningan dan nilai individual effect tertinggi pada Rajadanu. Dari skoring nilai heterosis didapatkan hasil bahwa hibrida ikan lokal Kuningan dan Majalaya merupakan hibrida terbaik.
PENGEMBANGAN BUDIDAYA IKAN HIAS KOI (Cyprinus carpio) LOKAL DI BALAI PENELITIAN DAN PENGEMBANGAN BUDIDAYA IKAN HIAS DEPOK
Authors: Kusrini Eni , Cindelaras Sawung , Prasetio Anjang Bangun
Published: October 2016

Salah satu komoditas ikan hias air tawar introduksi yang sampai saat ini masih menjadi primadona di pasar internasional dan merupakan ikan hias kelompok mahal, serta fluktuasi di pasaranpun relatif stabil adalah ikan koi (Cyprinus carpio). Komoditas ikan hias koi telah menjadi komoditas andalan di beberapa daerah seperti Sukabumi, Cianjur, dan Blitar karena telah berhasil mengangkat perekonomian masyarakat dan menjadikannya sebagai alternatif penghasilan selain padi. Guna mendukung produksi ikan hias koi di beberapa sentra yang ada, dilakukan penelitian untuk mengembangkan budidaya secara intensif yang dilakukan pada lingkungan terkontrol melalui perbaikan teknologi budidaya. Penelitian dilakukan skala lapang di BPPBIH dengan metode survai ke sentra produksi untuk koleksi induk, pembenihan, dan pembesaran dengan menggunakan kolam tanah serta kolam beton untuk pemijahan dan inkubasi telur. Hasil dari penelitian ini berupa data dan informasi teknik budidaya dan produksinya yang dapat digunakan sebagai bahan rekomendasi budidaya ikan hias koi.
CATFISH KECIL UNIK, Corydoras sp. UNTUK AKUARIUM, TINGKAH LAKU BIOLOGI DAN REPRODUKSINYA
Authors: Satyani Darti
Published: October 2016

Corydoras sp. termasuk dalam familia Collichthyidae, kelas Siluridae dan sangat dikenal olah para hobiis ikan hias air tawar. Genus Corydoras yang berasal dari Amerika Selatan ini mempunyai banyak spesies tetapi yang banyak beredar dan sudah dibudidayakan ada 10 spesies yaitu C. aeneus, C. adolfoi, C. barbatus, C. paleatus, C. panda, C. pygmaeus, C. rabauti, C. septentrionalis, C. sterbai, dan C. sychri. Selain ukurannya yang umumnya kecil (maksimum 7,5 cm) dibandingkan dengan jenis catfish lain, jenis ini mempunyai dua baris sisik keras. Bentuk badannya kompak agak pipih ke samping dengan mulut menghadap ke bawah. Hidup merayap di dasar pada suhu 24°C--28°C (tergantung spesiesnya); pH 7,0--7,5; dan hardness sekitar 10° dH. Disebut “tukang bersih-bersih” karena senang membersihkan dinding akuarium dengan mulutnya. Tingkah laku reproduksinya amat unik. Sebelum ovulasi induk betina akan menempatkan mulutnya kearah genital induk jantan yang dikenal dengan “posisi T” dan akan mengisap spermanya. Sperma ini akan dilepas melewati usus bersama dengan lepasnya telur kedalam “kantong” yang dibentuk oleh kedua sirip perutnya. Pembuahan efektif terjadi di sini. Kemudian telur akan dilekatkan ke substrat atau objek (daun, batu datar, dan sebagainya) yang sebelumnya telah dibersihkan oleh induk jantannya. Telur yang ditinggalkan akan menetas di substrat bila kondisi airnya sesuai dan cukup baik.
BUDIDAYA IKAN PATIN DI VIETNAM: Suatu Kajian Untuk Pengembangan Budidaya Ikan Patin Indonesia
Authors: Meilisza Nina
Published: October 2016

Budidaya ikan patin telah lama dilakukan di Indonesia dan menjadi salah satu komoditas penting dalam dunia perikanan. Ikan patin tidak hanya populer sebagai ikan konsumsi namun juga disukai sebagai ikan hias saat masih kecil karena bentuk, warna dan pergerakannya yang indah. Perkembangan budidaya ikan patin di Indonesia tidak secepat yang terjadi di Vietnam. Sebagai negara yang memiliki luas lahan perairan umum dan potensi sumberdaya manusia yang cukup besar, Indonesia hanya mampu menempati posisi kelima dalam produksi patin dunia. Produksi ikan patin Vietnam mencapai jumlah 1,2 juta ton di tahun 2007, sedangkan Indonesia hanya mampu memproduksi sekitar 36.250 ton. Perbandingan ini sangat signifikan dan menjadi pertanyaan besar apa saja yang telah dilakukan oleh pelaku perikanan kita. Budidaya ikan patin telah memberikan kontribusi besar dalam perekonomian Vietnam dan menjadi penggerak roda ekonomi masyarakatnya. Keberhasilan Vietnam perlu dipelajari dan dikaji sebagai acuan dalam mengembangkan budidaya ikan patin di Indonesia.
PAKAN BUATAN UNTUK PENGEMBANGAN BUDIDAYA IKAN DISCUS (Symphysodon discus) DI INDONESIA
Authors: Kusrini Eni , Priono Bambang
Published: October 2016

Ikan discus termasuk ikan hias yang agak sulit untuk dibudidayakan sehingga para pembudidayanya masih sangat terbatas. Cara budidaya yang sekarang sudah perkembang adalah masih secara konvensional. Larva ikan discus yang baru menetas sampai berumur satu minggu masih diasuh induknya karena masih tergantung dari lendir induk sebagai sumber makanannya, sehingga akan menunda induk lebih lama memijah berikutnya  dan kanibalisme dapat terjadi terhadap larvanya sendiri. Artificial food (pakan buatan) yang terbuat dari telur ayam yang dibuat menyerupai lendir induk ikan discus merupakan sebuah inovasi dari pembudidaya ikan discus. Pemberian pakan buatan tersebut selain dapat memacu pematangan gonad induk ikan discus juga dapat menyelamatkan larva yang biasanya dimakan oleh induk-induknya (mengurangi kanibalisme).
BUDIDAYA IKAN SISTEM KERAMBA JARING APUNG GUNA MENJAGA KEBERLANJUTAN LINGKUNGAN PERAIRAN WADUK CIRATA
Authors: Ardi Idil
Published: October 2016

Eksistensi budidaya ikan sistem keramba jaring apung di Waduk Cirata terus berlangsung, meskipun banyak hasil penelitian yang menyatakan bahwa lingkungan perairan waduk sudah menurun. Keberadaan budidaya ikan sistem keramba jaring apung (KJA) tetap bertahan tidak terlepas dari dukungan berbagai macam sarana produksi ikan (saprokan). Namun demikian, pada tingkat pengelolaan budidaya yang tidak terkendali tentu akan berdampak buruk bagi lingkungan perairan waduk. Penelitian bertujuan mengkaji pola budidaya sistem keramba jaring apung yang dapat meminimalisasi beban sisa pakan. Penelitian dilakukan dengan metode survai lapang dan wawancara, serta pengisian kuisioner dengan responden pembudidaya ikan sebanyak 103 orang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sisa pakan dari aktivitas budidaya ikan sistem KJA yang terbuang ke lingkungan perairan waduk sebesar 23 kg fosfor (P) per petak KJA atau sebesar 900 ton P per tahun. Besarnya sisa pakan yang terbuang disebabkan oleh tingkat penggunaan pakan yang tinggi (FCR 1,51%), kandungan P pakan yang tinggi dan tingkat penyerapanpakan yang rendah terutama pada ikan mas.
Iris Patterns As A Biometric Tool For Forensic Identifications: A Review
Authors: Jagmahender Singh Sehrawat  , Deeksha Sankhyan
Published: October 2016

Human biometric features are considered unique, permanent, measureable and objective traits used as authentic tools for identification of an individual. Biometric authentications are increasingly utilized for identifying a genuine user or an imposter. The automated iris pattern recognition is based on the unique, non-intrusive and un-imitable micro-features of human iris. Several mathematical and statistical algorithms have been suggested for extracting and encoding iris minutiae used for pattern recognitions in automated systems. Iris scanning is an easy and non-invasive technique, having comparatively lower false acceptance and rejection rates and negligible chances of manipulations and spoofing.  Despite of some limitations, iris recognition is considered a promising advancement in forensic sciences. Present review has presented the iris recognition knowledge in nutshell to the readers.
Correlation and agreement between depressive symptoms in children and their parent's perception
Authors: Ramírez-GarcíaLuna José Luis ,   Clínica Psiquiátrica “Dr. Everardo Neumann Peña”, Km 8.5 carretera a Matehuala, 78430, San Luis Potosí, México.,   Research Institute of the McGill University Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Montreal, H3G 1A4 Quebec, Canada., Araiza-Alba Paola , Martínez-Aguiñaga Sandra Guadalupe , Rojas-Calderón Héctor , Pérez-Betancourt María Mercedes
Published: October 2016

Abstract

Introduction. Childhood depression is a disease that is becoming more frequent. Few reports address parental perception of children depressive symptoms, and these studies have not been carried out in community samples.

Objective. To evaluate the correlation and agreement of depressive symptoms in school-age children, and their parent’s perception about emotional and conduct abnormalities.

Method. A transversal study was performed in 284 children who filled a Children Depression Inventory. One of their parents filled a Strengths and Difficulty Questionnaire, and correlation between scores and subcomponent scores were assessed. Agreement between presence of depressive symptoms in children and their parent’s perception of abnormal emotional and/or conduct reports was also obtained.

Results. 47 children were identified with depressive symptoms. We found moderate correlation between scores. We did not find agreement between the presence of depressive symptoms in the children and the report of emotional and conduct abnormalities by parents.

Discussion and conclusion. There is a modest correlation between depressive symptom severity and parental perception of abnormal emotions and/or behaviors. We found no evidence of agreement between these domains in our study, which suggests that parents fail to perceive negative emotions or conducts as depressive symptoms in their children. Parental reports should be addressed by healthcare workers, and their emotional significance should be interpreted. An intentional search of depressive symptomatology in children should be a priority.
Recovery of Belida Fish Bone Byproduct as a Rich Calcium Powder by Alcali Method
Authors: Kusumaningrum Indriati , Sutono Doddy , Pamungkas Bagus Fajar
Published: October 2016

Belida (Chitala sp.) bone is one of the waste from amplang processing which not treated properly
yet until now especially in East Kalimantan. One type of the usage of this waste is processed to fish bone
powder as calcium source. The aim of this study was to determine the best treatment (boiling frequency)
to produce belida fish bone powder which the best characteristics based on highest calcium content. The
processing applied alkali method (used NaOH) to produce belida fish bone powder. The treatment of this
study was boiling frequency, i.e. P1 (once boiling), P2 (twice boiling), P3 (three times boiling), and P4 (four
times boiling) with 30 minutes on each boiling. Observed parameters in this study were moisture content,
ash content, protein content, fat content, calcium content, phosphor content, pH and whiteness. The results
showed that four times boiling gave the best result with the highest calcium content 31.31%. The range of
calcium content was 28.25%-31.31%. While the range of phosphor content was 3.95%-4.06%.
Toxicity Sub chronic Water Extract Meretrix meretrix Linnaeus In Vivo on Sprague dawley Rats
Authors: Apriandi Azwin , Tarman Kustiariyah , Sugita Purwantiningsih
Published: October 2016

Meretrix meretrix is one of the shells of sea water are widely utilized by people as food. This clam
also has many properties and benefits, so in this study tested the effect of the water extract of Meretrix
meretrix against blood chemistry profile Sprague Dawley rats with the method (OECD 413: 2009). Based on
observations obtained growth, feed intake, weight of liver and kidney in normal conditions. Levels of urea,
creatinine, cholesterol between the control mice treated with A/0.1 and A/1 were not significantly different
(p> 0.05) while the levels of bilirubin and albumin between control mice treated with A/0.1 and A/1 results
significantly different (p<0.05), but all blood chemistry parameters tested is still in the normal category.
Traducción literaria de mensajes (des)cifrados
Authors: Pegenaute Rodríguez Luis
Published: October 2016

Se analiza el proceso de desciframiento de dos criptogramas incluidos en obras de ficción y se prueba cómo la función metalingüística del lenguaje conlleva inevitables áreas de inequivalencia en la traducción de los mensajes descifrados

The deciphering process of two criptograms included in works of fiction is analysed. On the other hand, the metalinguistic function of language is proven to bring about inevitable areas of non-equivalence in the translation of the deciphered messages.
Frans Verhagen, Toen de katholieken Nederland veroverden. Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck 1873-1936
Authors: Luykx Paul
Published: October 2016

Frans Verhagen, Toen de katholieken Nederland veroverden. Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck 1873-1936 (Dissertatie Radboud Universiteit; Amsterdam: Boom, 2015, 404 pp., isbn 9789089536570).
The Accuracy of Single Progesterone, Single β-hCG, and Their Combination Measurement in Predicting Early Miscarriage: A Prospective Study in Outpatient Setting
Authors: Sia Eli
Published: October 2016

Introduction: Most of miscarriage events occurred during the first trimester of pregnancy. Recent studies found the beneficial effects of maternal serum markers to predict pregnancy outcomes. However, study in Indonesian setting was still limited, especially in outpatient setting. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum progesterone and β-hCG measurement  as a beneficial predictor of miscarriage.

Materials & Methods: This was a prospective study recruiting outpatients pregnant women in Aceh who seek first medical attention for their pregnancy during January 2013 to January 2015. Serum progesterone and β-hCG level were measured beside routine obstetric procedure. The discrimination attained between miscarriage and non-miscarriage groups of pregnant women at the end of first trimester was evaluated using logistic regression and receiver operating curve analysis.

Results: Among 70 pregnant recruited in this study, nineteen of them (27.1%) experienced miscarriage. Serum progesterone level of women in miscarriage group was lower than non-miscarriage group (17.85 (IQR 13.26-21.15) ng/dl vs 33.67 (IQR 21.83-44.14), p<0.001). Serum β-hCG level was also lower in miscarriage group (10 681 (IQR 5 787.5-26 577.5) mIU/ml vs 48 109 (IQR 17 137-93 915) mIU/ml, p=0.001). Single progesterone measurement gave a good predictor ability for miscarriage with 82.2% accuracy, 86.3% sensitivity and 73.7% specificity if 19.5 ng/dl was used as a cut-off point.
Conclusion: Maternal serum progesterone level could be a good predictor for miscarriage during the first trimester of pregnancy. Single β-hCG serum in combination with progesterone serum measurement only had little added value for predicting miscarriage.