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PENGGUNAAN PAPAN TULIS INTERAKTIF DI KELAS THE USE OF INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD IN CLASSROOM
Authors: Purwanto Purwanto
Published: April 2019

Tulisan ini merupakan hasil studi literatur tentang penelitian pemanfaatan papan tulis interaktif (PTI) di berbagai negara yang ada di dunia. Laporan hasil penelitian yang dikaji adalah yang dimuat dalam jurnal teknologi pendidikan dan diterbitkan antara 2009- 2013 dan didata oleh EdITLib. Pertanyaan penelitiannya adalah 1) bagaimana perkembangan atau inovasi PTI?, 2) bagaimana persepsi guru terhadap PTI?, dan 3) bagaimana model pemanfaatannya yang terbaik? Kesimpulannya, pertama, perkembangan papan tulis interaktif (PTI) telah mencapai kemajuan yang menakjubkan berkat berbagai inovasi yang memungkinkannya menjadi produk teknologi pembelajaran yang sangat membantu proses pembelajaran interaktif di kelas, kedua guru merasa nyaman menggunakannya dan siswa merasa antusias untuk memanfaatkannya, ketiga masih perlu penelitian lebih lanjut mengenai model pemanfataannya yang didukung oleh teori belajar, yang menghasilkan perubahan proses pembelajaran yang efektif, dan perubahan pada penggunanya yaitu guru mengajar dan siswa belajar.Â This article is the result of the literature research on the use of interactive whiteboards (Papan Tulis Interaktif) in various countries in the world. Report of the results of studies being reviewed were those published within 2009 and 2013 and recorded by EdITlib. This article tries to answer the following questions:1)Â  how is the development or inovation of interactive whiteboard? 2) what is the teacherâ€™s perception on the interactive whiteboard? and 3) what is the best model of the utilization of interactive whiteboard? The research conclusions are: firstly, the development or innovation of interactive whiteboard (PTI) has achieved amazing progress, as a result of a variety of innovations that enable it to become a product of educational technology that greatly assists the process of interactive learning in classroom; secondly, both teachers and students feel comfortable and are excited to use it; thirdly, further research is needed on the utilization of interactive whiteboard that is supported by learning theory, which will influence the effectiveness of learning process, and change of teaching and learning method in both teachers and students.
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Authors: Jurnal Admin
Published: April 2019

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KAJIAN KEBIJAKAN UJIAN NASIONAL ONLINE ANALYSIS OF POLICY FOR ONLINE NATIONAL EXAMINATION
Authors: Hendarman Hendarman
Published: April 2019

Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji kemungkinan pelaksanaan Ujian Nasional (UN) secara online. Secara khusus kajian ini akan mengidentifikasi inisiatif yang telah dilakukan dalam rangka penerapan UN online dan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi keberhasilan penerapan UN online. Kajian yang dilakukan merupakan analisis dokumentasi dan publikasi lainnya. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa terdapat dua inisiatif yang telah dilakukan yaitu berupa Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) dan UN online. Faktor yang mempengaruhi keberhasilan penerapan UN online adalah keamanan, infrastruktur dan kesiapan sekolah. Disarankan agar Pemerintah memulai penerapan UN online secara bertahap dan terbatas dengan menggunakan peta infrastruktur Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi (TIK) pada satuan-satuan pendidikan.This article is to analyse the possibility of the implementation of online National Examination. The analysis is specifically to identify initiatives taken for online national examination and factors influencing the successful implementation of UN online. Documentation and related publications were used for this analysis. The results showed that two iniatives related to UN online are in progress, namely Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) and UN online. The successful implementation of UN online depends on three factors, namely security, infrastructure and school readiness. It is recommended that the Government should initiate the implementation of UN online in stages and limited scopes by using the mapping of school availability for Information Communication and Technology (ICT) infrastructure.
PENDIDIKAN JARAK JAUH JENJANG MENENGAH SEBAGAI ALTERNATIF PENUNJANG PENDIDIKAN MENENGAH UNIVERSAL DISTANCE EDUCATION ON SECONDARY EDUCATION LEVEL AS THE ALTERNATIF SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
Authors: Warsihna Jaka
Published: April 2019

Pemerintah melalui Kementerian Pendidikan dan kebudayaan telah mencanangkan Pendidikan Menengah Universal (PMU). Program ini dalam rangka mendorong partisipasi masyarakat untuk pendidikan sampai pada tingkat atas (12 tahun), sehingga angka partisipasi kasar (APK) dan angka partisipasi murni (APM) di pendidikan menengah meningkat secara signifikan. Salah satu sistem pendidikan yang sangat dimungkinkan untuk mewadahi PMU yakni Pendidikan Jarak Jauh (PJJ) untuk pendidikan menengah. Kelebihan PJJ yaitu kemudahan untuk dibuka dan mudah pula ditutup sesuai dengan kebutuhan, karena sistem ini tidak memerlukan gedung baru, guru baru, dan tenaga administrasi baru. PJJ diyakini memiliki fungsi dalam mendukung peningkatan akses, pemerataan, peningkatan mutu, dan layanan anak yang belajar mandiri. Proses pembelajaran PJJ lebih banyak mengandalkan pemanfaatan TIK dengan metode blended learing. Kelebihan PJJ yaitu peserta didik dapat mengontrol kapan dan di mana mereka belajar, serta dimungkinkan sambil bekerja.Â The government through the Ministry of Education and Culture has launched the Universal Secondary Education (PMU) program. The program encourages community participation in achieving the compulsory education to the higher level 12 years, so that the gross enrollment ratio (GER ) and net enrollment ratio ( NER ) on secondary education could be increased significantly. One of the educational system that is possible to accommodate PMU is Distance Education ( PJJ ) for secondary education. Some of PJJ advantages are easy to open and closed as needed, because this system does not require a new building, new teachers, and new administrative staff. PJJ is believed to have a function in supporting the increased accessibility, equity, quality improvement, and independent learning child services. PJJ learning process relies more on the use of ICT in blended learning method. Other adventages of PJJ are learners can control when and where they learn, as well as possible to be done while working .
Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Network for Precision Agriculture
Authors: Abirami T. , Bhuvaneswari B.
Published: April 2019

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is the latest technology which provides the best and cheaper solution for a broad range of computer programs from healthcare to agriculture to (related to surrounding conditions or the health of the Earth) and military operations. India is basically a country with (good) enough valuable things from nature and focussed on farming adding/giving to its (process of people making, selling, and buying things) and (the social level people are at based on how much money they have). In the farming-based (surrounding conditions) watching/supervising area, WSN plays a big part because of its (producing a lot for a given amount of money) and comfortable use/military service of WSN. WSN is in need to (make something as small as possible/treat something important as unimportant) the energy use through (not operating or working now, but able to), transmission, etc. It needs/demands added/more energy (producing a lot with very little waste) way of doing things with data (quality of being very close to the truth or true number) leads to long life for watching/supervising farm-related field. A powerful tool that can create huge and (many different kinds of people or things) data including farming-based datasets is Association Rule Mining (ARM). A topic that is of attention in data mining of late is ranking of association rules. This work deals with farming-based sensor network which measures temperature, soil moisture, humidity and ARM based on ranking.
Automated IoT Based Indoor Irrigation
Authors: B Parameswaran , Rabbani. A. S Abdul Hakkim , T. K. M Abdur Rasik. , A. K Karthikeyan. , J Keerthi.
Published: April 2019

Agriculture is becoming an important growing sector throughout the world due to increasing population. Major challenge in agriculture sector is to improve farm productivity and quality of farming without continuous manual monitoring to meet the rapidly growing demand for food. Apart from increasing population, the climate change is also a big concern in agricultural sector. Thus, rather than performing outdoor irrigation; here a small indoor farming method is performed based on Internet of Things. The smart farming method enables the collection of data and automated farming technique.
Mechanical Property Evolution of Jute and E-glass fiber Hybrid Polymer Matrix composites
Authors: Kavvuru Chanikya , Devakumar M. L. S.
Published: April 2019

Now a day’s Natural Fibres Composites owing importance due to its Bio degradability, Light weight & Strength etc ., This project aims to investigate Mechanical Property evaluation of Jute fibre Eglass fiber, without chemical treatment and applied an compression load on the Jute fibre layers to be in uniform and Unidirectional. To evaluate the mechanical properties and weights of specimens are2 and 3 layeers taken, Epoxy & Hardener constant for all specimens. The Specimens prepared by Hand layup technique and specimen cuts with Manual Hacksaw frame and applied smooth filing to avoid notches during cutting. Testing’s for Mechanical properties evaluation used are tensile, and 3-Point Flexural testing’s on computerized UTM (INSTRON 3369). Hardness and Impact tests also performed per the ASTM standards.
Implementation of Reversible Circuits in Modular Adders
Authors: Kumar Reddy A. K. Shaneel , Sai M. Guru , Reddy T. Bharath , Kumar D. Arul
Published: April 2019

Reversible logic is a computing paradigm that has attracted significant attention in recent years due to its properties that lead to ultra-low power and reliable circuits. Reversible circuits are fundamental, for example, for quantum computing .Since addition is a fundamental operation, designing efficient adders is a cornerstone in the research of reversible circuits. Residue Number Systems (RNS) has been as a powerful tool toprovide parallel and fault-tolerant implementations of computations where additions and multiplications are dominant. In this paper, for the first time in the literature, we propose the combination of RNS and reversible logic. The parallelism of RNS is leveraged to increase the performance of reversible computational circuits. Being the most fundamental part in any RNS, in this work we propose the implementation of different adders, namely ripple carry adder, carry save adder, carry look ahead adder using reversible logic. Analysis and comparison with different adders for modular addition are designed using reversible gates with minimum overhead in comparison to regular Brunt Kung modulo-adders.
IOT Based Web Controlled Home Automation Using Raspberry PI
Authors: Rao G. Joga , Vinod A. , Priyanka N. , Hari Kumar. K Ch. Siva
Published: April 2019

The project is mainly concentrated on IOT based home automation using raspberry PI wireless home automation system using IOT helps us to control basic home appliances automatically through internet from anywhere around the world by using computers or mobiles. Now coming to this project the main objective is presenting a proposed system for smart home automation technique with Raspberry Pi using IOT and it is done by integrating cameras and motion sensors into a web application. To design this system, we are using a Raspberry Pi module with computer vision techniques.
Designing and Development of IOT Integrated Theft Monitoring& Live Tracking System
Authors: Rao G. Joga , Chiranjeevi D. , Kavitha K. , Harshita A. , Rao D. Dhanunjaya , Kumar K Ch. Srinu Ranjit
Published: April 2019

With the emergence of new technology and innovations, people are searching smarter ways to protect/monitor their properties remotely. In accordance to that, at present GPS based tracking system is frequently used in vehicle tracking, children/pet tracking, aircraft tracking, any personal belongings tracking, ?eet management and so on. This paper introduces a Smart Anti-Theft Vehicle System based on Internet of Things (IoT) for monitoring the movement of any equipped vehicle from anywhere in real time. At the implementation of this system, Global Positioning System (GPS), Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Microcontrollers are used to enable users for monitoring their vehicles in a convenient manner. This system provides the access to check the movement and control (emergency stop by closing the fuel line) vehicles remotely by using mobile application. The hardware prototype of the proposed system and the user application for monitoring and controlling vehicles are presented in this paper.
Wireless Health Monitoring System using IOT
Authors: Sankar K. Siva , Rao G. Joga , Ravi B. , Alekhya B. , Sampathkumar P. , Ganesh D. Karthik , E Rakesh.
Published: April 2019

Health has prime importance in our day-to-day life. Sound health is necessary to do the daily work properly. This project aims at developing a system which gives body temperature and heart rate using LM35 and pulse sensor respectively. These sensors are interfaced with controller node MCU. Wireless data transmission done by node MCU through wifi module.ESP8266 is used for wireless data transmission on IoT platform. Data visualization is done on Blynk App. So that record of data can be stored over period of time .This data stored on web server so that it can seen to who logged.
Secure and Dynamic Multi-Keyword Ranked Search Scheme Over Encrypted Cloud Data Using K-Means Clustering
Authors: Jawale Tarika P. , Mapari R. B.
Published: April 2019

A Secure and Dynamic Multi-keyword graded Search theme over Encrypted Cloud information attributable to the increasing fame of cloud computing, a lot of information homeowners are spurred to source their information to cloud servers for unimaginable accommodation and diminished expense in information management can also perform information dynamic operations on files. On the opposite hand, sensitive information needs to be encrypted before outsourcing for security conditions, that obsoletes information use like keyword-based document retrieval. A protected multi-keyword graded search theme over encrypted cloud information, that all the whereas underpins part update operations like deletion and insertion of documents. Especially, the vector area model and therefore the usually utilised TF_IDF model are consolidated as a neighbourhood of the index development and question generation. A unique tree-based index structure employing a "K-means Clustering" formula to provide practiced multi-keyword graded search. The secure KNN formula is employed to cipher the index and question vectors, so guarantee precise importance score calculation between encrypted index and question vectors. With a selected finish goal to oppose measurable attacks, phantom terms are accessorial to the index vector for glaring search results. Due to the employment of our exceptional tree-based index structure. Keyword: Reduplication, Authorized duplicate check, public auditing, shared data, Cloud computing.
Phobias and Gender - A Case Study on Engineering Students
Authors: Pitchaiah Podila Sankara , Sultana Nazia
Published: April 2019

Fears and phobias are common in the student community. The present study was observed some of the specific phobias- Exam phobia, Acrophobia, Hemophobia, Achluophobia, Hodophobia, Zoophobia and Oneirophobia in engineering students with reference to gender. A total of 460 students studying in four Engineering colleges, located in Guntur and Prakasam districts was selected, out of which 294 are male and 166 are female. The study found that all the examined phobias were high in female students, particularly, Exam (50.60%) and Zoophobia (39.16%) are very high in female and compared to male (42.52% and 13.27%).
Fuel Allocation and Lockout System
Authors: Mounika P. , Shaikshavali K. , Rajeswari K. , Naveena K. , Kumar G. Pradeep
Published: April 2019

In transport and Logistics business with the fierce competition, avoiding fuel theft through monitoring and management is a major concern throughout the world. In this paper the development of a secure fuel dispensing system with a digital fuelling record book is presented for the use of fleet based companies. The vehicle identification is done by the use of Wi-Fi. A fuel lockout system is implemented to shut down the fuel pump. The system uploads the fuel data to a server in custom hourly intervals chosen by the user.
Proficient Justification of Data Accuracy for Cloud Storage Using Dual Protection
Authors: N Deepika. , P Durga. , N Gayathri. , M Murugesan.
Published: April 2019

The cloud security is one of the essential roles in cloud, here we can preserve our data into cloud storage. More and more clients would like to keep their data to PCS (public cloud servers) along with the rapid development of cloud computing. Cloud storage services allow users to outsource their data to cloud servers to save local data storage costs. Multiple verification tasks from different users can be performed efficiently by the auditor and the cloud-stored data can be updated dynamically. It makes the clients check whether their outsourced data is kept intact without downloading the whole data. In our system we are using the own auditing based on the token generation. Using this key generation technique compare the key values from original keys we can find out the changes about the file. A novel public verification scheme for cloud storage using in distinguishability obfuscation, which requires a lightweight computation on the auditor and delegate most computation to the cloud. Not only stored also the content will be encrypted in the cloud server. If anyone try to hack at the cloud end is not possible to break the two different blocks. The security of our scheme under the strongest security model. They need first decrypt the files and also combine the splitted files from three different locations. This is not possible by anyone. Anyone can download the files from the server with file holder permission. At the time of download key generated (code based key generation) and it will send to the file owner. We can download the file need to use the key for authentication and some other users want to download file owner permission is necessary.
Productivity of PV facades in characteristic periods with different energy demand for lighting
Authors: Anduła Angelika , Heim Dariusz
Published: April 2019

This paper presents an analysis of the possibilities of using energy generated by an experimental photovoltaic façade located on the building of the Technical University of Lodz, on the eastern elevation. The energy produced by the façade was designed to cover the demand for lighting in an office room. Research was carried out during the years 2015 - 2017 in selected periods of the year. The analysis showed that the winter
and transitional periods generated much less electricity compared to the summer period, which is inversely proportional to the energy demand for artificial lighting in the office room.
Neutralization of poultry waste by thermohydrolysis in near-critical water
Authors: Janas Monika , Zawadzka Alicja
Published: April 2019

The main problem occurring during poultry and animal production is the management of waste generated in slaughterhouses and poultry processing plants. These wastes, due to the bacteriological threat and the difficulty in storage, adversely affect all elements of the environment and thus require quick neutralization. The prospective method of liquidation of this type of waste is thermohydrolysis in near-critical water.
The aim of the work was to examine the decomposition of poultry waste, i.e. waste blood, soft tissues, chicken heads, feathers, subjected to the process of thermohydrolysis in near-critical water. The decomposition process was carried out at a pressure of 10 MPa in the temperature range of 120°C - 250°C and with a variable residence time in the reactor. Detailed analysis of the results allowed us to state that the longer the residence time in the reactor, the higher the content of soluble organic compounds in the liquid phase. The beneficial effect of applying the thermohydrolysis process on the increased reduction of organic substances present in the investigated wastes was also demonstrated.
Implementation of resource efficient and cleaner production options at Ukrainian enterprises
Authors: Vorfolomeiev Andrii
Published: April 2019

Raising resource efficiency is the key task for green transformation of the Ukrainian industry. Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre assists companies in development of options to enhance resource efficiency and environmental performance. However, monitoring shows that companies do not use high potential identified during in-plant assessments. Main barriers at company level are low awareness of the benefits of the resource efficient and cleaner production approach, limited access to financial resources, inadequate human capacities, and absence of incentives from the state.
ВРІВНОВАЖЕННЯ РОЗВИТКУ ФІНАНСОВОГО РИНКУ І НОВОЇ ЕКОНОМІКИ ЯК СТРАТЕГІЯ УСПІШНИХ СОЦІАЛЬНОЕКОНОМІЧНИХ ЗРУШЕНЬ В УКРАЇНІ
Authors: Онишко С. В.
Published: April 2019

У статті розглянуто взаємозв’язок, що лежить в основі динаміки розвитку нової економіки та фінансового ринку. Показано важливість врівноваження такого взаємозв’язку як стратегічного напряму, оскільки вузька прикладна спрямованість та безсистемний характер змін окремо у кожній із цих сфер нездатні забезпечити успішність соціальноекономічних зрушень. Наголошено на базовості розгляду нової економіки як парадигми для повнішого розуміння складного характеру процесів, що відбуваються на фінансовому ринку з метою його подальшого розвитку.
СПОСОБИ ТА ПРОБЛЕМИ ФОРМУВАННЯ ПРОФЕСІЙНОГО СУДЖЕННЯ БУХГАЛТЕРА
Authors: Сторожук Т. М.
Published: April 2019

Стаття присвячена вирішенню проблем формування професійного судження бухгалтером. Відзначено необхідність застосування професійного судження бухгалтером у сучасних умовах господарювання. Оцінено місце та роль професійного судження в організації облікового процесу на підприємстві. Виявлено логічний зв’язок між принципами бухгалтерського обліку і звітності, чинним законодавчо-нормативним регулюванням ведення бухгалтерського обліку та фінансової звітності в Україні і професійним судженням. Визначено основні способи та проблеми формування професійного судження бухгалтером. Проаналізовано переваги та недоліки кожного способу, що надає можливість у кожному конкретному випадку швидко зорієнтуватись і визначитись.
ПРОБЛЕМИ ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ДАНИХ Е-ДЕКЛАРАЦІЙ ДЛЯ ПОДАТКОВИХ ПЕРЕВІРОК
Authors: Швабій К. І.
Published: April 2019

В статье исследуется вопрос о возможности использования имеющейся в э-декларациях информации для налоговых проверок относительно начисления и уплаты налоговых обязательств, возникающих в связи с приобретением физическими лицами, уполномоченными на выполнение функций государства или местного самоуправления, различных объектов налогообложения. По результатам исследования сделан вывод, что проведение налоговой проверки возможно при следующих условиях: заключения Национального агентства по вопросам предотвращения коррупции законности происхождения объектов налогообложения; консолидации всего информационного массива данных контролирующими органами; разработки соответствующих методик проверки; уменьшения в обращении денег в наличной форме.
РОЗВИТОК СИСТЕМИ УПРАВЛІННЯ МИТНИМИ РИЗИКАМИ В КОНТЕКСТІ ПІДВИЩЕННЯ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ ПОСТМИТНОГО АУДИТУ В УКРАЇНІ
Authors: Брехов С. С.
Published: April 2019

Стаття присвячена питанням удосконалення інституту постмитного аудиту в Україні та розвитку системи управління митними ризиками. Визначено загальну невідповідність вітчизняного законодавства та міжнародних стандартів щодо організації та проведення постмитного аудиту. Виокремлено основні аспекти та базові кроки для підвищення ефективності постмитного аудиту в Україні щодо вдосконалення роботи з митними ризиками.
УНІФІКАЦІЯ ТЕРМІНОЛОГІЇ ДЕРЖАВНОГО ФІНАНСОВОГО АУДИТУ В СИСТЕМІ КОНТРОЛЮЮЧИХ ОРГАНІВ УКРАЇНИ
Authors: Лісовий А В.
Published: April 2019

Метою статті є удосконалення системи державного фінансового аудиту в контексті досягнення найбільш ефективного результату здійснення державного фінансового контролю в Україні. У роботі з’ясовано сутність понять «контроль», «фінансовий контроль», «державний фінансовий контроль» та «державний фінансовий аудит», запропоновано розширення поняття «державний фінансовий аудит» до форми державного фінансового контролю всієї сукупності операцій з державними фінансами, тобто пропонується включити в нього, крім бюджетного аудиту (який здійснюватиме Державна аудиторська служба України), ще й податковий та митний аудит, які проводитиме Державна фіскальна служба України.
Psycho-Social Disorders Due To Verbal Bullying At The State Junior High School No. 4 Tenggarong
Authors: Angranti Wiwik
Published: April 2019

Verbal bullying is very difficult to know the signs because there are no physical signs visible. But verbal bullying is more about the psychological side that the victim will remember for the rest of his life. Verbal bullying can also be done secretly, especially in the current social media era, someone can bully others anonymously, so the term cyber bullying now appears. The cause of verbal bullying occurs because of the weak role of parents in the family, the characteristics of students or negative actors, and the opportunity. The impact of verbal bullying experienced by victims is students experiencing psycho-social disorders. As students withdraw from their surroundings, crises of self-confidence, stress, anger, and depression. In addition to the impacts that occur on the victims there are also impacts experienced by the perpetrators. The perpetrators of verbal bullying usually have very high self-esteem, are irritable, and aggressive.
Prosocialaus elgesio formavimasis universiteto liberalaus ugdymo procese
Authors: Kromerova Enrika
Published: April 2019

Research background. Today prosociality is an indisputably integral part of the prosperity of society. Analysing the complex and sophisticated issues of lifelong learning of a person, a holistic and high conceptual level theory of education is needed, which is based not only on the one-fold examination of the phenomenon of education, but also on a system of philosophy-based educational paradigms. Thus, liberal education is regarded as one of the essential and fundamental opportunities for the realization of higher education, thinking about the future of society. The above-mentioned aspects make the problematic question possible to be raised: how is prosocial behaviour formed in the liberal education process at university? The article analyses the concept and essence of prosocial behaviour and examines the value basis of liberal education in order to reveal the possibilities of liberal education that determines prosocial behaviour at university. R. Barnett’s (1990) liberal educational approach and conservative and radical concepts are used in this research.
The aim was to reveal the formation of prosocial behaviour in the process of university liberal education.

Method. The method of scientific literature analysis was used in the research in order to reveal the formation of prosocial behaviour during the liberal education process at university.

Results and conclusions. The elements of the formation of prosocial behaviour are encoded in R. Barnett's (1990) liberal educational concepts that cannot exist separately, because the components of both concepts (development of critical thinking, freedom to make decisions, student self-expression, the ability to deal with moral dilemmas) actively and purposefully formulate human prosocial reasoning and behaviour .
BINARY LOGISTIC ANALYSIS OF PURCHASING STANDARD LAPTOPS IN LITHUANIA
Authors: Kuklytė Jūratė
Published: April 2019

Relevance of the research.The computer has long been not a luxuryproduct;it is now common foreach home to have at least one, if not several. Previously, most affordable computer was fixed, nowpeoplemove much andwant to keep the computer next tothem,thuschoosing a laptop.Because oftheirmobility andcompactness,currentlylaptops are particularly popular among students.Theycan bringthemto lectures, theuniversity library. Business peoplealso appreciatenotebook mobilityasa means ofalways relevantinformation, e-mail, and other data at hand. This is one of the main arguments that determine the choice of alaptop computer. This trend is confirmed by computer purchase BIGBANK data (2012), the users tend to buylaptops (31%),and halfof themdesktop computers (15%). However,R.Tiwari andS.Buse (2006)suggetsthat not all mobile devices provide access to mobile telecommunication networks. Standard laptops, despitetheir mobile devices,areoften connected to the fixed network or restricted in size, weight and other factors.Laptops are used for optimized microarchitecture, characterized by higher productivity and lower energyconsumption, increased working hours, compared to standard systems.Theresearch problemis posedbythe question:what factors influence the standard laptop purchase.Researchobject:factors affecting the standard laptop purchase in Lithuania.Research purposewastoanalysefactors affecting the standard laptop purchase.Objectivestoachieve the purpose:1.Perform thestatistical analysis offactors influencing the purchase of standard laptops.2.Develop andanalysebinary logistic regression model.Research methods:statistical analysis of the dataand binary logistic regression analysis using astatistical package SPSS, scientific literature analysis and synthesis, induction, analogy, questionnaire(survey).Resultsand conclusions.Statistically insignificant factorswereage, sex, social status members(students, workers, pensioners, unemployed). Adjusted binary (binomial) improved logistic regression modelwas suitablefor thedata. It was identified that68.3% of the respondents who bought a standard laptop,and79.7% of the respondentsdid not important, which computer would be chosen.The percentage of generallyclassified casesis 75.0%. Wald test shows that all the factors enhancedthemodel statistically significantly.According to the research results there isprobability that the respondents with managerial statusoftenbuystandard laptops thanrespondents withother social status.
LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS ŠVIETIMO POLITIKOS ĮGYVENDINIMO KONTŪRŲ
BRĖŽTIES ASPEKTAS. KAUNO RAJONO ATVEJIS
Authors: Gailiūnienė Paulina
Published: April 2019

Research background. Education is one of the most important factors which determine society development. Moreover, it is continuously affected by the change of globalization. In Lithuania, during more than two decades, some positive changes took place in forming and carrying out education policy. However, some mistakes and drawbacks were not avoided, such as education segment nonconformity, globalization, changes and innovations ignorance, school’s bureaucratization, insufficiently and inefficiently distributed and controlled education funding, inefficient education strategies, the ignorance of innovations, globalization, etc. According to the most important documents of education policy in Lithuania, it has the priority and must determine general society development but still not achieved.

The aim of the research. The purpose of the research is to analyse the realization system of education policy in Lithuania, also identify its main drawbacks and suggest recommendations to solve them as it is expedient to view and update the concept analysis of educational policy, taking more attention to the continuously changing spread contours of this conception. The research object is educational policy implementation in Lithuania.

Methodology. The applied research methods were the analysis of theoretical literature, documents, law acts, interviewing the experts and comparative analysis. The research was carried out in March 2016 in Kaunas city and Kaunas district areas. The experts were chosen by the area of expertise and the location. There were six experts: two scientists, two representatives of the Kaunas district municipality and two experts of the administrational level. To ensure the confidentiality of these experts in this research, we used the method of data encryption: experts named “Expert A–F”. The main instrument was the interview guide which was made up to know experts’ opinions on each analysed area. The received data was systematized and presented in research areas as practical confirmation of the theoretical thesis.

Results and conclusions. As a result, it was identified that the present realization system of education policy is not effective because of such reasons as the financing shortage in educational institutions, its inappropriate distribution, avoiding taking responsibility for mistakes and giving the incorrect information. Therefore, some problems in school bases, network, teaching staff and trainings are obvious. Moreover, it was offered to guide honest and clear principles, keeping sequence policy, defining problems more precisely, developing co-operation between institutions, reviewing students’ financing, taking into account the importance of school maintenance in small villages. The most important part is to distinguish the educational system as a priority in different areas. It should be guided by the implementation of political will.
DARBUOTOJŲ PERDEGIMAS ORGANIZUOJANT LAISVALAIKĮ. ANYKŠČIŲ ATVEJIS
Authors: Švagždienė Biruta , Pupkis Algirdas
Published: April 2019

ABSTRACT

Object of the analysis. The influence of employees’ burnout on organized leisure time. Investigation problem. Previous studies have shown that burnout is a factor that affects civil servants. As the employees’ well-being can influence the organization’s activities, the impact of the burnout on employees is a topical issue and is increasingly being analysed among scientists, but the effect of the burnout in organizing leisure activities is not widely researched, therefore the problem of this work is relevant and explorable.

The impact of the burnout on leisure time employment could be more effective in organizing activities.

Research methods – scientific literature data analysis, statistical analysis of data, structured interview. Aim of the analysis: to evaluate the impact of the burnout of employees on organized leisure time.

Goals of the analysis. 1. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, to reveal theoretical concepts of leisure-time organization and leisure services. 2. To introduce the burnout contact with leisure time organization. 3. To analyse the impact of staff burnout ton organized leisure time.

The results of the research revealed that the determination of the manifestation of burnout is important, the status of the leisure organizer and the quality of the organized activity depend on it. Therefore, the burnout manifestations that have been observed in a timely manner must be stopped so that the leisure time is organized properly. It has been found that the causes of the burnout are related to the leisure organizer and leisure activities. It is important for leisure organizers to pay attention to the success of the organized activities. Many respondents identified burnout factors that prove burnout.

Outcomes and conclusions. This confirms that the burnout negatively affects the quality of the leisure time. In order to improve leisure activities, it is suggested to take into account the recommendations: 1. To identify the illness and its manifestations, to identify the causes of the manifestation, to try to overcome them with their own help or with the help of specialists. 2. To create conditions for training and counselling for psychologists that would promote the resolution of stress situations, conflict management, overcoming stress and ensuring good working relationships in a leisure setting. 3. Organize seminars for leisure organizers in which there would be a possibility to improve. 4. Encourage leisure organizers to engage in activities that meet their personal needs and interests.
A Qualitative Analysis on the Effectiveness of the Social Welfare Pension Scheme of the Elderly Citizens in Sigatoka, Fiji
Authors: Muertigue Rosalie , Tavuto Kelemeni
Published: April 2019

The paper will examine on the roles of Social Welfare Pension Scheme to the elderly citizens of Sigatoka, Fiji. The study will discuss on the issues encountered by the elderly citizens. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the government of Fiji through its constitution formulate a policy called National Policy on Ageing. The ultimate aim of the government is a protective, healthy and enabling environment for elder persons. A qualitative data collection is employ in this paper to answer all the research questions. The study is conducted to 20 elderly citizens of Sigatoka district; province of Nadroga The study found out that there is a need for social improvement for an effective delivery of the Social Welfare Pension Scheme in Fiji.
Adding Cognition to the Semanticscience Integrated Ontology
Authors: Reed Stephen K , Dumontier Michel
Published: April 2019

The goal of the NIMH RDoC initiative is to establish a biological basis for mental illness that includes linking cognition to molecular biology. A key challenge lies in how to represent such large, complex, and multi-scale knowledge in a manner that can support computational analysis, including query answering. Formal ontologies, such as the Semanticscience Integrated Ontology (SIO), offer a scaffold in which complex domain knowledge such as neurological and cognitive functions can be represented and linked to knowledge of molecular biology. In this article, we explore the use of SIO to represent concepts in molecular biology and in cognition. We extend SIO to traditional cognitive topics by illustrating axioms for both an information-processing and a neuroscience perspective on reading. We next discuss the NIMH RDoC taxonomy and include SIO axioms for the units-of-analysis and functions-of-behavior dimensions. An example demonstrates its use of deductive reasoning to establish causal relations across RDoC dimensions. From a broader perspective this article demonstrates how informatics can assist in integrating work in clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, computer science, molecular biology, and philosophy.
Experimental Investigation of the Ventilation Performance of Different Air Distribution Systems in an Office Environment—Cooling Mode
Authors: Ameen Arman , Cehlin Mathias , Larsson Ulf , Karimipanah Taghi
Published: April 2019

The performance of a newly designed corner impinging jet air distribution method with an equilateral triangle cross section was evaluated experimentally and compared to that of two more traditional methods (mixing and displacement ventilation). At nine evenly chosen positions with four standard vertical points, air velocity, turbulence intensity, temperature, and tracer gas decay measurements were conducted for all systems. The results show that the new method behaves as a displacement ventilation system, with high air change effectiveness and stratified flow pattern and temperature field. Both local air change effectiveness and air exchange effectiveness of the corner impinging jet showed high quality and promising results, which is a good indicator of ventilation effectiveness. The results also indicate that there is a possibility to slightly lower the airflow rates for the new air distribution system, while still meeting the requirements for thermal comfort and indoor air quality, thereby reducing fan energy usage. The draught rate was also lower for corner impinging jet compared to the other tested air distribution methods. The findings of this research show that the corner impinging jet method can be used for office ventilation.
Optimal Low-Carbon Economic Environmental Dispatch of Hybrid Electricity-Natural Gas Energy Systems Considering P2G
Authors: Liu Jing , Sun Wei , Harrison Gareth P.
Published: April 2019

Power to gas facilities (P2G) could absorb excess renewable energy that would otherwise be curtailed due to electricity network constraints by converting it to methane (synthetic natural gas). The produced synthetic natural gas can power gas turbines and realize bidirectional energy flow between power and natural-gas systems. P2G, therefore, has significant potential for unlocking inherent flexibility in the integrated system, but also poses new challenges of increased system complexity. A coordinated operation strategy that manages power and natural-gas network constraints together is essential to address such challenges. In this paper, a novel low-carbon economic environmental dispatch strategy is presented considering all the constraints in both systems. The multi-objective black-hole particle swarm optimization algorithm (MOBHPSO) is adopted. In addition to P2G, a gas demand management strategy is proposed to support gas flow balance. A new solving approach that combines the effective redundancy method, trust region method, and Levenberg-Marquardt method is proposed to address the complex coupled constraints. Case studies that use an integrated IEEE 39-bus power and Belgian high-calorific 20-node gas system demonstrate the effectiveness and scalability of the proposed model and optimization method. The analysis of dispatch results illustrates the benefit of P2G for the wind power accommodation, and low-carbon, economic, and environmental improvement of integrated system operation.
Association between Regular Electronic Nicotine Product Use and Self-Reported Periodontal Disease Status: Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Survey
Authors: Atuegwu Nkiruka , Perez Mario , Oncken Cheryl , Thacker Sejal , Mead Erin , Mortensen Eric
Published: April 2019

Electronic nicotine product use is increasing in the U.S., but few studies have addressed its effects on oral health. The goal of this work was to determine the association between electronic nicotine product use and periodontal disease. Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health adult survey data from 2013–2016 (waves 1, 2 and 3) was used for the analysis. Longitudinal electronic nicotine product users used electronic nicotine products regularly every day or somedays in all three waves. Participants with new cases of gum disease reported no history of gum disease in wave 1 but reported being diagnosed with gum disease in waves 2 or 3. Odds ratios (OR) were calculated to determine the association between electronic nicotine product use and new cases of gum disease after controlling for potential confounders. Compared to never users, longitudinal electronic nicotine product users had increased odds of being diagnosed with gum disease (OR 1.76, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 1.12–2.76) and bone loss around teeth (OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.06–2.63). These odds were higher for participants with a history of marijuana and a history of illicit or non-prescribed drug use. Our findings show that e-cigarettes may be harmful to oral health.
A Computational Model for Assessing the Population Health Impact of Introducing a Modified Risk Claim on an Existing Smokeless Tobacco Product
Authors: Muhammad-Kah Raheema S. , Pithawalla Yezdi B. , Boone Edward L. , Wei Lai , Jones Michael A. , Black Ryan A. , Bryan Thomas M. , Sarkar Mohamadi A.
Published: April 2019

Computational models are valuable tools for predicting the population effects prior to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorization of a modified risk claim on a tobacco product. We have developed and validated a population model using best modeling practices. Our model consists of a Markov compartmental model based on cohorts starting at a defined age and followed up to a specific age accounting for 29 tobacco-use states based on a cohort members transition pathway. The Markov model is coupled with statistical mortality models and excess relative risk ratio estimates to determine survival probabilities from use of smokeless tobacco. Our model estimates the difference in premature deaths prevented by comparing Base Case (“world-as-is”) and Modified Case (the most likely outcome given that a modified risk claim is authorized) scenarios. Nationally representative transition probabilities were used for the Base Case. Probabilities of key transitions for the Modified Case were estimated based on a behavioral intentions study in users and nonusers. Our model predicts an estimated 93,000 premature deaths would be avoided over a 60-year period upon authorization of a modified risk claim. Our sensitivity analyses using various reasonable ranges of input parameters do not indicate any scenario under which the net benefit could be offset entirely.
Recent Insight into the Role of Fibrosis in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Authors: Sircana Antonio , Paschetta Elena , Saba Francesca , Molinaro Federica , Musso Giovanni
Published: April 2019

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most widespread tumors in the world and its prognosis is poor because of lack of effective treatments. Epidemiological studies show that non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and advanced fibrosis represent a relevant risk factors to the HCC development. However little is known of pathophysiological mechanisms linking liver fibrogenesis to HCC in NASH. Recent advances in scientific research allowed to discover some mechanisms that may represent potential therapeutic targets. These include the integrin signaling, hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) activation, Hedgehog signaling and alteration of immune system. In the near future, knowledge of fibrosis-dependent carcinogenic mechanisms, will help optimize antifibrotic therapies as an approach to prevent and treat HCC in patients with NASH and advanced fibrosis.
Estimation of the Knee Adduction Moment and Joint Contact Force during Daily Living Activities Using Inertial Motion Capture
Authors: Konrath Jason M. , Karatsidis Angelos , Schepers H. Martin , Bellusci Giovanni , de Zee Mark , Andersen Michael S.
Published: April 2019

Knee osteoarthritis is a major cause of pain and disability in the elderly population with many daily living activities being difficult to perform as a result of this disease. The present study aimed to estimate the knee adduction moment and tibiofemoral joint contact force during daily living activities using a musculoskeletal model with inertial motion capture derived kinematics in an elderly population. Eight elderly participants were instrumented with 17 inertial measurement units, as well as 53 opto-reflective markers affixed to anatomical landmarks. Participants performed stair ascent, stair descent, and sit-to-stand movements while both motion capture methods were synchronously recorded. A musculoskeletal model containing 39 degrees-of-freedom was used to estimate the knee adduction moment and tibiofemoral joint contact force. Strong to excellent Pearson correlation coefficients were found for the IMC-derived kinematics across the daily living tasks with root mean square errors (RMSE) between 3° and 7°. Furthermore, moderate to strong Pearson correlation coefficients were found in the knee adduction moment and tibiofemoral joint contact forces with RMSE between 0.006–0.014 body weight × body height and 0.4 to 1 body weights, respectively. These findings demonstrate that inertial motion capture may be used to estimate knee adduction moments and tibiofemoral contact forces with comparable accuracy to optical motion capture.