bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Biological agent in prevention of ocular recurrence in Behçets disease: a case report
Authors: Adnan Ismail A , Kharelo Sitaula R , Biswas J
Published: February 2020

Introduction: Ocular involvement in Behçets disease (BD) is characterized by recurrent inflammatory attacks leading to poor long-term visual prognosis. The development of biologic agents has heralded a new era in the management of BD uveitis enabling more targeted immune modulation with greater efficacy and has now become the first line agents.

Objective: To report a case of young gentleman with Behçets disease whose ocular recurrence was controlled with injection Adalimumab.

Case: A 31-year-old male with recurrent oral and genital ulcers with bilateral recurrent uveitis was diagnosed as bilateral ocular Behçet’s disease based on positive HLA B51typing and ferning pattern in FFA. He was on oral Prednisolone and Cyclosporine and was advised for biological agents. On presentation to us, he had anterior uveitis with pseudophakia and secondary open angle glaucoma in right eye and posterior sub capsular cataract in left eye. After starting Inj Adalimumab with oral Methotrexate, he ocular inflammation was under control and patient underwent uneventful cataract surgery in left eye. Over 1-year follow-up, the patient is on remission, on injection Adalimumab with the steroid tapered off.

Conclusion: Biological agents like Adalimumab is effective in controlling recurrences in Behçet’s disease.
STRATEGI PENGENTASAN KEMISKINAN NELAYAN TRADISIONAL
Authors: Fahmi Ismail
Published: February 2020

This study, on the activity of traditional fishermen difficult in economic Bagan Percut Village, District Percut Sei Tuan Deli Serdang regency. The method used in other research is qualitative methods, by conducting interviews, observation of Traditional Fishermen and chairman of the group of traditional fishermen as key informants.This paper provides an overview of the difficulty of the life of traditional fishermen and the harder it is economically driven, and after the study is expected to be seen clearly on the issue of economic hardship fishermen and strategies that can be taken by the government for poverty alleviation for the poor traditional fishermen.
MEMBANGUN BIROKRASI YANG PROFESIONAL
Authors: Dewi Rosmala
Published: February 2020

Since the reform era marked by the end of the New Order, many changes in the system of government of the Republic of Indonesia. During the New Order government system presented in ways that centralized power leads to a powerful president as both head of state and the head of government. Failure of efforts to reorganize the bureaucracy have broad impact on the fate of the people, this is of course an impact on the process of democratization. The fate of the people worse off because of the quality of legal services that are not optimal and non-functioning of legal services will tend to distort the process towards justice and welfare. If want to make improvements and eliminate the bad impression the government, the bureaucracy reform effort is urgent given the vast implications for society. For reform the bureaucracy, such as the need to consider internal measures, align the orientation of the oriented democracy and not on power, bureaucrats determined to strengthen the commitment to change towards the better, to build a new culture because all this bureaucracy has a bad image, rationalization of the bureaucracy towards streamlining efficiency, strengthen the rule of law which is based on a clear and improve the quality of human resources.
Komunikasi Nonverbal Guru pada Murid Tunarungu dalam Meningkatkan Kemampuan Berinteraksi Sosial
Authors: Hasibuan Inda Wardah , Ritonga Syafruddin , Novri Novri
Published: February 2020

Communication is a basic social process in social life. In communication, we often find many obstacles in delivering the message. Especially delivering a message to a deaf people. Deaf people is a people who canâ€™t hear because they have disturbance in hearing and usually they also canâ€™t talk. There are 2 types of deaf people, deaf people that canâ€™t hear totally and deaf people that can still hear a little. Special skill is needed for a teacher to teach them and can give them instruction and knowledge following the schoolâ€™s curriculum. One of the technic is called Nonverbal Communication. The purpose of this study is for knowing the Nonverbal Communication technics that usually use by the teachers to teach the students to improve their ability to do social interaction in the state extraordinary primary school no 027701 located in te city of Binjai. The method used in this study is qualitative method usually explain the phenomena by collecting the data, and then analyse the data to get the conclusion. This study is done by direct observation and interviews that involving the teachers. And the result of this study, we can say that the role of the teachers in delivering the Nonverbal Communication is very important for the students ability to do interaction and communication.
Inovasi Pengembangan Wisata Kampung Nelayan di Kecamatan Ende Selatan, Kabupaten Endeurahan Tetandara, Rukun Lima, dan Paupanda, Kecamatan Ende Selatan, Kabupaten Ende
Authors: Sugiyanto Sugiyanto , Yunanto Mohammad Kus , Yulianto Daris
Published: February 2020

The tourism sector is considered as a stimulant of regional economic activity. However, innovative strategies are needed in developing existing local potential. The purpose of this research is to contribute ideas in solving the problem of the lack of community welfare in Tetandara Village, Rukun Lima, Paupanda. Some of the problems include: limited infrastructure to support tourism, poor quality of human resources, poverty, and the majority of the population living in slums. This research uses a qualitative method with a case study approach. The source of the data obtained through interviews and Focus Group Discussions. Based on the results of research in three study locations the need for tourism development while still paying attention to aspects of attraction, accessibility, convenience, and ancillary. The three study locations have similarities in terms of geography and the main economic activities that are in the coastal area and fishermen are the dominant livelihoods. On the one hand, the main problem lies in poverty with minimal income. The concept of development innovation is fishing village tourism that not only looks at physical development but also pays attention to its non-physical aspects, such as local institutions that are closely related to human resources. Required the formation of Pokdarwis institutions that must work together with cooperatives and BUMDesa as a form of support for the sustainability of tourism
Analisis Kebijakan Pengendalian Pelaku Hoax dan Ujaran Kebencian
Authors: Lubis Fauziah
Published: February 2020

This study aims to review and analyze the policy of controlling fake news or hoaxes and expressions of hatred based on Law Number 11 which has been changed to Act Number 19 of 2016 concerning Information and Electronic Transctions as well as several other provisions. This research method is a qualitative research method by analyzing a statutory regulation. Besides that, it also examines the sources of textbooks, journal books in the library to support data and information in analyzing. The results of this study indicate that the basic policy regarding the dissemination of false news or hoaxes and hate speech that has been regulated in Law Number 19 Year 2016 article 28 paragraphs 1 and 2 has been effective because it can limit the space for the perpetrators of hoaks and hate speech. More specifically, the perpetrators can be charged with other related articles namely article 311 and 378 of the Criminal Code, Article 27 paragraph 3 of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions, Law No. 40 of 2008 concerning the Elimination of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination, as well as the perpetrators of spreading false news may also be subject to articles related to hate speech. Besides that, the more rapid and development of digital technology today, the more diverse the new crimes committed through this digital media, in this case the spread of false news (Hoax) that is rife. As many as 800,000 sites in Indonesia have been indicated as spreading false information.
Paradoks Penutupan Sunan Kuning
Authors: Pramestiwari Meriana Diah , Astuti Retno Sunu , Priyadi Budi Puspo
Published: February 2020

Pemerintah menargetkan Indonesia bebas lokalisasi Prostitusi pada tahun 2019. Banyak penelitian menemukan bahwa menutup lokalisasi tidak menyelesaikan permasalahan prostitusi tetapi justru menciptakan permasalahan baru. Pemerintah Kota Semarang pada Tahun 2018 mengeluarkan statement ke media massa mengenai penutupan Lokalisasi SK yang akan ditutup pada Desember Tahun 2018. Tahapan rencana pelaksanaan penutupan telah disusun, struktur tim pelaksanaan penutupan pun telah terbentuk namun hingga sekarang penutupan tersebut urung dilaksanakan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis proses kebijakan penutupan SK. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif melalui wawancara mendalam, observasi dan penelusuran studi pustaka. Informan penelitian ditentukan secara purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kebijakan penutupan lokalisasi SK tidak bisa dilaksanakan tepat waktu karena adanya hambatan-hambatan dari internal maupun eksternal birokrasi. Interprestasi subjektif dari Dinas Sosial dan Bappeda Kota Semarang tidak bergerak pada satu tujuan yang sama. Partisipatif dan responsivitas kelompok sasaran kebijakan rendah karena menolak kebijakan.Â The government freed Indonesia to free Prostitution in 2019. Many studies have found that closing localization does not resolve the debate. Semarang City Government in 2018 stated to the mass media about the closure of the Localization of the Decree, which will be closed in December 2018. This study discusses to analyze the decision process of the Decree. This research uses descriptive qualitative method through in-depth interviews, observation and literature study search. The research sample was purposive sampling. The results showed the closure of the SK localization policy could not be carried out on time because it had to do with internal and external bureaucratic obstacles. Subjective interpretation of the Semarang City Social and Bappeda Office does not move in the same direction. The participation and responsiveness of policy targets are low because policies rejected.
Debljina kore divlje trešnje pri preuzimanju drva
Authors: Poršinsky Tomislav , Petreković Vlado , Đuka Andreja
Published: February 2020

Kora je vanjski omotač stabla koju čine vanjski i unutrašnji dio. Od svih značajki kore, sa stajališta pridobivanja drva, najveću pozornost zauzima njena debljina, odnosno njen udjel u obujmu stabla ili izrađene oblovine.
Pri preuzimanju izrađenih trupaca, u hrvatskom se šumarstvu koriste dvoulazne tablice odbitaka dvostruke debljine kore koje nisu rezultat znanstvenih istraživanja.
Cilj je ovoga rada istražiti značajke kore divlje trešnje (Prunus avium L.) s obzirom na: 1) dvostruku debljinu u ovisnosti o promjeru izrađene oblovine, 2) udjel kore u ovisnosti o promjeru izrađene oblovine.
Istraživanja su značajki kore divlje trešnje ukazala:
– ovisnost dvostruke debljine kore o promjeru obloga drva s korom, izjednačena je regresijskom analizom, rastućom eksponencijalnom krivuljom oblika y = a xb, koja promjerom obloga drva s korom objašnjava 62,7 % varijabilnosti dvostruke debljine kore,
– zaokruživanjem vrijednosti dvostruke debljine kore na pune niže centimetre, oblikovani su odbitci kore proizašli iz istraživanja, a koji ukazuju da postojeće u operativnoj primjeni tablice odbitaka kore, precjenjuju dvostruku debljinu kore divlje trešnje u određenim rasponima promjera obloga drva,
– analize simulacija razlike obujma (vrijednosti) trupaca, s obzirom na operativno odbijanje kore u hrvatskome šumarstvu te s obzirom na dva načina odbijanja kore u postupku preuzimanja drva proizašla iz ovoga istraživanja (»na puni cm« i prema udjelu kore u obujmu), ukazale su na moguće uštede u postupku preuzimanja drva,
– odbijanjem kore prema njenom udjelu u obujmu obloga drva, uštede su veće i obuhvaćaju širi raspon s obzirom na debljinu trupaca, u odnosu na odbitke kore »na puni cm«.
Integralni indeks učinkovitosti malog i srednjeg drvno industrijskog proizvodnog poduzeća finalnih proizvoda
Authors: Biondić Drago
Published: February 2020

U ovom članku želi se u skraćenom obliku prezentirati relativno jednostavna metodologija integralnog ocjenjivanja učinkovitosti te mogućnost njezine primjene u malim i srednjim proizvodnim drvno industrijskim poduzećima. Metoda je uz određene prilagodbe elemenata ocjenjivanja primjenjiva u svima industrijskim granama, kao i u uslužnim djelatnostima. Integralna ocjena učinkovitosti je u funkciji postizanja izvrsnosti u poslovanju. Sama metoda ocjenjivanja učinkovitosti obuhvaća usporednu analizu u odnosu na željeno stanje i dijelom dubinsku analizu rezultata poslovanja. Integralna ocjena učinkovitosti obuhvaća sistematično usporedno preispitivanje ostvarenih rezultata po elementima, funkcijama i organizaciji u cjelini. U suženom formatu metoda se na osnovi percepcije rezultata poslovanja u odnosu na željeno stanje može uz prethodnu kratku edukaciju rukovodstva primjenjivati za samoocjenjivanje poslovanja drvno industrijskog poduzeća. Objektivnije ocjenjivanje učinkovitosti kroz detaljnu primjenu metodologije može se ostvariti kroz angažiranje interdisciplinarnog tima konzultanata. Pri tome rukovodstvo i svi djelatnici poduzeća tijekom rada konzultanata u poduzeću trebali bi biti otvoreni za suradnju. Suradnja s konzultantima uz zaštitu tajnosti podataka poduzeća, obuhvaća analizu dokumentacije, snimanje i pregled tehničkih i ekonomskih podataka, intervjuiranje djelatnika na svim razinama, intervjue dionika iz okruženja te proračunavanje svih koeficijenata, udjela i stopa koji se mogu uspoređivati sa željenim stanjem. Osim toga, u vrlo skraćenom obliku navest će se podaci integralne ocijene indeksa učinkovitosti po elementima, funkcijama i organizaciji u cjelini za jedno zamišljeno poduzeće koje proizvodi namještaj od masivnog drva po nacrtima kupca.
The Eisenhower Blues: Returning GIs and Racial Masquerade in Post-War American Film and Fiction
Authors: Redding Art
Published: February 2020

This article considers cross-racial encounters as well as racial mimicry and masquerade in works from the 1940s and 1950s, arguing that thrillers and other works of popular culture prove fertile ground for tracking the intersections of race and masculinity. Popular cultural texts of the period present a surprisingly uniform and articulate resistance to the consolidation of consensus culture. Pulp and paperback fiction reflect a crisis of assimilation on the part of returning white soldiers, depicting their predicament in the rhetoric of alienation and existential despair. Male protagonists resist their socially designated roles as responsible, married, breadwinning members of the managerial and professional classes. In novels by writers ranging from Nelson Algren to Richard Yates, prosperity is depicted as variously undesirable, unachievable, or too loathsome a burden to bear. Movies by directors such as Jules Dassin and John Huston lament the sacrifices men are seemingly compelled to make to enter into middle-class respectability. In these works, African American characters figure as “authentic bearers of alienation.” Consequently, the hard-boiled and noir melodramas of male “self-reliance” typically featured white protagonists navigating highly “racialized” and/or ethnic social spaces as they measured existential alienation against the economic disfranchisement. Often, as in Charles Willeford’s fiction, such texts adopt a form of literary blackface to articulate discontent with the emerging post-war social order.
Women, High-Rise Condominiums and Curated Living: Canadian Hegemonic Itineraries of Female Empowerment
Authors: Todorova Miglena S.
Published: February 2020

The intense development of high-rise condominium buildings in the city of Toronto has been supported by state, media and industry-based narratives depicting empowered women whose achievements and increased purchasing power drive the “feminization” of the city’s real estate market. This article looks beneath the veneer of female empowerment constructed by these cultural narratives. It explores how state, industry-based and mass media constructions of homeownership and luxurious condominium lifestyles in Toronto have empowered local women from different racial, ethnic and class backgrounds. It also explores how this empowerment has allowed Canadian state and capitalist patriarchal formations to adjust and survive by accommodating women’s need and desire for independence, safety, choice, and consumer power, and by reproducing social distances between women and others, including non-humans and the natural world. By mapping and analyzing the occurrence and reiteration of these social distances and the hegemonic powers exerting them, this article contributes to feminist studies of cultures of vertical capitalism.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY SAVING FINANCING IN INDONESIA: LCC ANALYSIS
Authors: Sudarmaji Eka , Yuli Ardianto
Published: February 2020

This paper to set up an initial model in developing the model for Energy Saving Companies in Indonesia in assessing alternative financing for Energy Efficiency Saving in Indonesia. The reviewed for all the energy efficiency saving advantages cover the upfront investment costs are presented. The model is using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and life cycle cost (LCC) analysis, with sensitivity analysis, is presented under possible a game-theory process. On some occasions, these alternative financing values are comparing to other similar investment returns as well as the risks
Rhetoric, Torture, and Surveillance Time
Authors: Sparks Laura A.
Published: February 2020

Relying on select US government Torture Memos, this article develops the term “surveillance time” to highlight the ways in which surveillance practices, in this case within the material confines of post-9/11 detention centers, come to threaten humans’ subjectivities through temporal disruption and manipulation. While surveillance has lately been understood in digital terms, such as in corporations’ data-mining practices and in technologies like facial-recognition software, we should not neglect its material, embodied dimensions. Surveillance time ultimately asks us to reconsider how monitoring and information-harvesting practices blur the boundaries between human bodies and data. Attention to the relationship between torture and surveillance also opens up new possibilities for understanding the now-ubiquitous monitoring strategies integrated into everyday life.
Responding to #yogabody on Instagram
Authors: Gölge Bilge
Published: February 2020

This article focuses on representations of the yoga body on social media, explaining what the female body in an asana pose stands for in consideration of the dichotomy between Foucault’s docile body controlled by the technology of power and Anita Seppä’s “aestheticization of the subject” as a means of resistance. While socio-technological changes have introduced a new context in the modern era, the dominance of seeing and visual culture has remained central in late-modern society. Through social media, we have entered a new era of constructing self-identity in relation to gender and the body. Looking into the relationship between asana practice and self-identity in postural yoga, I investigate the imaged bodies of yoginis that function under the control of power and as a technique for self-actualization. Drawing from a visual analysis of Instagram posts and interpreting the bodily practices of yoginis, I will search for what happened to modernity’s docile body in the context of this new media.
Democratization in Pakistan: Role of Media in Civilian and Military Regimes
Authors: Shan Ali , Basit Abdul , Azhar Mian Muhammad
Published: February 2020

Without active, free and strong media, democracy is not completed. In countries where freedom of press is limited, democratic values are not established. Media had been facing violence in Pakistan whether it remained political or military governments. Struggle of press can be traced back before the inception of Pakistan when press was under tight governmental control. This caused nothing other than sabotaging the rights of people. Founder of Pakistan was strong supporter for the freedom of press and encouraged Muslims to get declarations for new newspapers. It is an important question to investigate why in the democratic republic of Pakistan such Colonial Laws are made that hindered the progress of press and media. And it is also important to investigate that how media raised the voice of suppressed people in the dictatorial regimes and what was the role of media in civilian governments for the promotion of democracy.
PKM PELATIHAN KELOMPOK ANAK CINTA LINGKUNGAN KABUPATEN ENDE DALAM PEGELOLAAN LIMBAH ORGANIK DAN ANORGANIK BERBASIS 3R UNTUK MENGESKALASI NILAI EKONOMIS BARANG SEBAGAI BEKAL WIRAUSAHA MANDIRI
Authors: Suryani Lely , Aje Ariswan Usman , Tute Kristianus j
Published: February 2020

Dengan diadakannya kegiatan pelatihan ini diharapkan dapat mengembangkan keterampilan anak-anak usia dini pada kelompok Anak Cinta Lingkungan Kabupaten Ende dalam menyiapkan kader kader baru yang berjiwa wirausaha mandiri dan mencintai lingkungan hidup dengan cara mengelolah sampah organik dan anorganik menjadi barang bernilai ekonomis. Pengembangan yang dimaksudkan meliputi: desain, implementasi teknologi tepat guna, manajemen dan strategi pemasaran. Mitra dari kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat ini adalah kelompok anak cinta lingkungan atau yang dikenal dengan kelompok ACIL terletak 8 km dari Universitas Flores dan beralamat di Jalan Aji Sucipto RT 08/RW 03 Kelurahan Tetandara Kecamatan Ende Selatan Kab Ende. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini dilaksanakan selama kurun waktu tujuh (7) bulan. Kegiatan yang direncanakan berupa: workshop 3R (reuse, reduse dan recycle), pelatihan pembuatan barang-barang bernilai ekonomis dari limbah rumah tangga dengan teknologi tepat guna, serta pelatihan manajemen bagaimana memasarkan produk hasil kerajinan tangan mereka. Diharapkan setelah pelatihan yang diberikan ini kelompok anak-anak cinta lingkungan lebih kreatif dalam memanfaatkan limbah industri rumah tangga menjadi barang bernilai ekonomis dan dapat menciptakan wirausaha yang mandiri sejak dini demi terciptanya masa depan bangsa yang kreatif dan inovatif.
PENERAPAN ASSERTIVE TRAINNING (AT)/ PERILAKU ASERTIF PADA PENYALAHGUNA NAPZA DI LEMBAGA PEMASYARAKATAN KELAS IIA PEKANBARU
Authors: Usraleli Usraleli , Masnun Masnun , Magdalena Magdalena
Published: February 2020

Pemakaian NAPZA menjadi style (gaya hidup orang sukses) dan mekanisme koping dalam mengatasi stres dan frustasi menghadapi kehidupan serba canggih dan cepat. NAPZA adalah bahan/zat yang mempengaruhi kondisi kejiwaan/psikologi seseorang (pikiran, perasaan dan perilaku) serta dapat menimbulkan ketergantungan.  Bila pemakaian NAPZA di luar dari kepentingan medis dimulai dari tahap coba-coba hingga ketergantungan karena bertentangan dengan  UU No 35  tahun 2009 tentang narkotika  dan UU No 5 tahun 1997 tentang psikotropika. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk  mengidentifikasi pengaruh Thought Stopping terhadap proses pikir  penyalahguna NAPZA di Lembaga Pembinaan Khusus Anak Pekanbaru. Manfaat penelitian ini adalah menjadi evidence base dalam pembinaan khususnya penerapan Assertive Trainning (AT)/Perilaku Asertif pada Penyalahguna NAPZA  di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Kelas IIA Pekanbaru. Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat ini dilaksanakan di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Kelas IIA Pekanbaru pada bulan Mei-Juli 2019 dengan jumlah sampel 33 responden. Metodologi yang digunakan adalah di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Kelas IIA Pekanbaru. Hasil pengabdian Masyarakat warga binaan  dalam melakukan Assertive Trainning pada sesi  1 dan sesi 2 adalah termasuk kategori sudah terlatih, sesi 3 dan sesi 4 adalah termasuk kurang mampu atau kurang terlatih dan sesi 5 adalah termasuk agresif
Diversification of health-promoting phytochemicals in radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) and kale (Brassica oleracea) micro-greens using high light bio-fortification
Authors: Loedolff Bianke
Published: February 2020

Background: Fruits and vegetables contain significant amounts of biologically active phytochemicals (such as polyphenols, glucosinolates, phytoestrogens, and carotenoids, amongst others), which have associated with human health and nutrition. Numerous bio-fortification strategies are employed to enhance the nutritional profile of plant-based foods to address and minimize the severe outcomes of malnutrition.Methods: Using an established high light-induced bio-fortification strategy, we aimed to augment the accumulation of health-promoting phytochemicals in a selection of Brassica micro-greens (kale and radish). High throughput tandem mass spectrometry was used to identify the     differential accumulation of phytochemicals and subsequently determined their antioxidant capacity. Using a classical DNA protection assay, we demonstrated that human genomic DNA could be protected from oxidative stress.Results: We report here on the potential link between the increased phytochemicals, total antioxidant,     capacity and potential consequent role in human DNA protection.Conclusion: Bio-fortification implemented as a future strategy could enhance the phytochemical profile and consequent antioxidant potential for the development of functional foods and food supplements.Keywords: antioxidant, bio-fortification, Brassica, DNA protection, high light, micro-greens, phytochemicals
Sehen, was sein soll?
Authors: Herfter Christian , Spendrin Karla , Heinze Franziska , Leicht Johanna , Kinoshita Emi
Published: February 2020

Die Frage nach Normativität wird in der qualitativen Forschung mit Blick auf die Gegenstandsangemessenheit von Theorie, Methodologie, Methode und Fragestellung thematisiert. In diesem Aufsatz überschreiten wir im Feld qualitativer Unterrichtsforschung diese Logik, indem wir am Beispiel zweier allgemeindidaktischer Theorien zusätzlich zu den beobachtungsleitenden Annahmen auch theorieinhärente Wertmaßstäbe auf deren Möglichkeiten und Begrenzungen für forschungspraktische Anschlüsse untersuchen. In der Darstellung dieser normativen Valenzen entlang exemplarischer Analysen liegt unser Hauptaugenmerk auf der Frage, wie die doppelte Normativität der Theorien unseren Blick auf die (Unterrichts-)Wirklichkeit lenkt.
Does 5-alpha Reductase Inhibitor Use Improve The Efficacy of Intravesical Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) for Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer?
Authors: Al-Hogbani Mofarej , Gilbert Sophie , Lodde Michele , Fradet Yves , Toren Paul
Published: February 2020

BACKGROUND:

Prior research implicates the androgen receptor pathway as important in bladder cancer progression and recurrence. In particular, use of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) appears to improve bladder cancer outcomes. This study aims to determine if concomitant use of 5-ARIs with intravesical Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) decreases recurrences in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).

MATERIALS & METHODS:

This retrospective analysis included male patients diagnosed with NMIBC who were treated with induction intravesical BCG at our institution from 2013 to 2018. Patients were excluded who received prior induction BCG. Recurrence and progression-free survival were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed using Cox proportional hazards and Poisson events models.

RESULTS:

We identified 206 male patients, of whom 39 received 5-ARIs and 167 did not. Most patients (72.8%) received >6 instillations of BCG, with 20.4% completing all induction and maintenance treatments during a median follow up of 3.31 years. There were no significant differences in recurrence or progression-free survival between 5-ARI users or non-users (59% vs 55.7%; p = 0.72 and 97.4% vs 98.2%; p = 1.00, respectively). Similarly, no differences in the number of recurrences between groups was observed ( p = 0.78). However, the proportion of patients who completed all prescribed BCG installations was higher among 5-ARI users (39.7% vs 17.9 %, p = 0.07).

CONCLUSIONS:

In contrast to prior reports, our study does not suggest that 5-ARI use decreases the recurrence rate in men receiving induction BCG for NMIBC. However, our results suggest 5-ARI use may improve patient tolerance to BCG.
Cross-platform personality exploration system for online social networks: Facebook vs. Twitter
Authors: Bin Tareaf Raad , Berger Philipp , Hennig Patrick , Meinel Christoph
Published: February 2020

Social networking sites (SNS) are a rich source of latent information about individual characteristics. Crawling and analyzing this content provides a new approach for enterprises to personalize services and put forward product recommendations. In the past few years, commercial brands made a gradual appearance on social media platforms for advertisement, customers support and public relation purposes and by now it became a necessity throughout all branches. This online identity can be represented as a brand personality that reflects how a brand is perceived by its customers. We exploited recent research in text analysis and personality detection to build an automatic brand personality prediction model on top of the (Five-Factor Model) and (Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count) features extracted from publicly available benchmarks. Predictive evaluation on brands’ accounts reveals that Facebook platform provides a slight advantage over Twitter platform in offering more self-disclosure for users’ to express their emotions especially their demographic and psychological traits. Results also confirm the wider perspective that the same social media account carry a quite similar and comparable personality scores over different social media platforms. For evaluating our prediction results on actual brands’ accounts, we crawled the Facebook API and Twitter API respectively for 100k posts from the most valuable brands’ pages in the USA and we visualize exemplars of comparison results and present suggestions for future directions.
PENGARUH PENGETAHUAN PERPAJAKAN, SANKSI PAJAK, DAN KESADARAN WAJIB PAJAK TERHADAP KEPATUHAN MEMBAYAR PAJAK BUMI DAN BANGUNAN DI KECAMATAN SONDER KABUPATEN MINAHASA
Authors: Mumu Ablessy , Sondakh Jullie J. , Suwetja I Gede
Published: February 2020

Tax has a very important role for development in Indonesia because tax is the biggest source of state revenue. Compliance with paying taxes is very important to increase the country's income and welfare. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of tax knowledge, tax sanctions, and taxpayer awareness of tax compliance in paying land and building taxes. The research method is quantitative. The sample selection uses the accidental sampling method by distributing questionnaires to 100 land and building taxpayers in Sonder District, Minahasa Regency. The analytical method used is multiple linear regression analysis using the SPSS program. The results showed that tax knowledge, tax sanctions and awareness of taxpayers had a positive and significant effect on compliance with paying land and building taxes in Sonder District, Minahasa Regency.
Study of Energy Management and Audit
Authors: Rao G. Joga , Srihari K. Pavan
Published: February 2020

The economic development of a country is often closely linked to its consumption of energy. The government has taken new steps for the development of renewable energy sources and less consideration in conservation of electrical energy in the society. According to the current scenario the demand of energy has increased and became a routine process in our lifestyle. Why electrical auditing and management is essential? Energy audit is the survey of wastage power in different areas like domestic houses, commercial buildings and industries etc. For getting solution to save electrical energy, energy auditing is best way. So we found in India the demand of electrical power rises at the rate of 9-10 % per annum while the generation of electrical power rises at the rate of 5-6 % per annum, ultimately the gap between demand and generation of electrical power is widening at the rate of 3-4 % per annum. Electrical energy auditing and management program can have an originating within one division of saving, motivating people in all forms to undergo conservation activities. In this project we had done the Energy audit in residential house.
The effect of arm muscle power and confidence on the ability of the volley smash ball
Authors: Sin Tjung Haw , Nopianto Nopianto , Fardi Adnan
Published: February 2020

The problem in this study originated from the low ability of the Smash of the men’s volleyball players in the Palembang City MBVC Club, such as Smash not being on target, leaving the field and blocked. The low ability of Smash is influenced by several exogenous factors, including Arm muscle power and Confidence in Smash ability, and. This research is quantitative with a path analysis approach. The population in this study were all male volleyball players from the Palembang City MBVC Club, amounting to 20 people. Sampling uses a saturated sampling technique, so it samples all populations. The arm muscle instrument uses One Hand Medicine Ball Put, uses a Likert scale model questionnaire and Smash ability with the Smash test. The results showed that, (1) there was a direct effect of arm muscle power on the ability of Shash, with py1 = 0.386 or 14.90% (2) there was a direct trust effect on Shash ability,, with py2 = 0.382 or 14.59% (3) There is an indirect effect of arm muscle power on the ability of Smash through self confidence, with py21 = 0.1574 or 15.74%.
Web based Expert System dalam Penanganan Kesehatan dan Penyakit Kucing di Kota Padang
Authors: Vadreas Andrew Kurniawan , Nirad Dwi Welly Sukma , Wenti Husni
Published: February 2020

Paper ini membahas tentang penanganan penyakit pada kucing dengan dukungan expert system. Dengan mengimplementasikan perkembangan teknologi saat ini yang dapat menyelesaikan suatu permasalahan layaknya seorang manusia. Penanganan penyakit pada kucing saat ini masih dilakukan dengan uji laboratorium, dan menggunakan kertas sebagai form perhitungan hasil diagnosa yang dilakukan oleh dokter pada Dinas Peternakan dan Kesehatan Hewan dan Klinik Zech Small Animal di kota Padang. Dari permasalahan tersebut dibuatlah suatu web tempat untuk konsultasi berbagai cara penanganan kesehatan kucing baik berupa mencegah dan mengobati penyakit kucing dari gejala-gejala yang ditimbulkan. Tahapan penelitian dimulai dari pengumpulan data berupa interview langsung dengan dokter hewan dan beberapa buku sebagai study literatur, dilanjutkan dengan perancangan sistem aplikasi berbasis web menggunakan metode forward chaining, kemudian dilakukan pengembangan serta pengujian sistem pada Dinas Peternakan dan Kesehatan Hewan dan Klinik Zech Animal di kota Padang. Terdapat 21 Penyakit yang dihasilkan diimplementasikan kedalam sebuah aplikasi web based expert system. Aplikasi ini mampu membantu para pecinta kucing (cat lovers) untuk melakukan penanganan penyakit dan pencegahan pada kucing kesayangan mereka.
Динаміка рослинності долини Куяльницького лиману (Одеська область) 2. Антропічні сукцесії рослинності
Authors: ДУБИНА ДМИТРО ВАСИЛЬОВИЧ , ЕННАН АЛІМ АМІДОВИЧ , ВАКАРЕНКО ЛЮДМИЛА ПАВЛІВНА , ДЗЮБА ТЕТЯНА ПАВЛІВНА , КІРЮШКІНА ГАННА МИКОЛАЇВНА , ШИХАЛЄЄВА ГАЛИНА МИХАЙЛІВНА
Published: February 2020

Антропічні зміни рослинності відбуваються під впливом потужних зовнішніх, по відношенню до рослинних угруповань, чинників, пов’язаних з діяльністю людини. У долині Куяльницького лиману за своїми масштабами та рівнем впливу вони перевершують природні. Основними чинниками таких змін є пасквальний, пірогенний, гідрогенний, фенісіціальний, рекреаційний та низка техногенних. На галофітну та засолено-лучну рослинність узбережних територій лиману та пониззя р. Великий Куяльник найбільший вплив має пасквальний чинник, на степову та чагарникову – пірогенний та лісомеліорація. Вплив фенісіціального та рекреаційного чинників проявляються у більш вузьких масштабах. Дія антропічних чинників у багатьох випадках підсилюється впливом глобальних або локальних природних факторів. Комплексна дія локального пасквального і глобального кліматичного чинників на засолено-лучні та степові угруповання призводить до їх уніфікації, втрати автохтонних елементів та зумовлює формування малопродуктивних, флористично збіднених угруповань асоціацій Aegilopsetum cylindricae Buia et al. 1969, Hordeetum murini Libbert 1932, Anisantho-Artemisietum austriacae Kostylev 1985. Сучасна степова рослинність схилів долини сформувалася під дією пірогенного чинника, що посилює процеси спустелювання, які відбуваються під впливом геоморфогенних та кліматичних факторів. У подальшому часті пожежі призведуть до заміщення зональних степових угруповань пустельно-степовими з домінуванням Agropyron pectinatum, Elytrigia repens, E. intermedia та Ephedra distachia. Лісомеліорація, яка здійснювалася шляхом терасуванням схилів, суттєво нівелює процеси їх історичного розвитку, істотно змінює умови довкілля та порушує природний розвиток флори і рослинності. Встановлено, що експансивну активність виявляють Elaeagnus angustifolia, E. commutata та Cotinus coggygria. Перші два сформували смуги деревної рослинності навколо лиману, витісняючи природні засолено-лучні угруповання, а останній – утворює густі зарості на багатьох ділянках правобережних схилів. Відновлення корінної степової рослинності на ділянках, на яких внаслідок пожежі, деревно-чагарникові насадження загинули, відбувається досить повільно.
DAMPAK MEDIASI MORAL REASONING PADA PENGARUH ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICAL CULTURE TERHADAP KECENDERUNGAN KECURANGAN AKUNTANSI
Authors: Khusnah Hidayatul , Agustina Heni
Published: February 2020

The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating effect of moral reasoning on the influence of organizational ethical culture on the tendency of accounting fraud. This research was conducted at manufacturing companies listed in the guide book PT. SEER. The sample in this study is the financial manager or accounting manager. The number of samples in this study were 63 respondents. Total questionnaires distributed were 78 questionnaires, but as many as 65 questionnaires were returned, there were 2 questionnaires that were not filled out completely, so were excluded from testing. The hypothesis in this study was tested using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with an alternative method of Partial Least Square (PLS) using WarpPLS 5.0 software. The results of this study indicate that organizational ethical culture has a positive effect on moral reasoning and the tendency of accounting fraud. The next finding is moral reasoning has a positive effect on the tendency of accounting fraud.
PERBEDAAN METODE PRICING, KEBERAGAMAN PRODUK TERHADAP KEPUASAN KONSUMEN PASAR TRADISIONAL
Authors: Arif Donny , Yucha Nikma , Ekasari Ratna , Purnamasari Wulan
Published: February 2020

Pasar tradisional merupakan salah satu titik kumpul perekonomian masyarakat. Sedangkan pasar tradisional identik dengan kumuh, bau, kotor dan sebagainya. Perlunya strategi pengembangan pasar tradisional agar pasar tradisional tetap menjadi pilihan pembeli untuk berbelanja kebutuhan sehari-hari. Pengembangan pasar memang tidaklah mudah, revitalisasi pasar memakan biaya yang tinggi. Pasar yang ingin berkembang dengan bantuan pemerintah melalui kebijakan revitalisasi pasar hendaknya tidak hanya menghasilkan kemajuan yang tampaknya nyaman secara fisik. Jenis penelitian dalam penulisan penelitian ini adalah penelitian lapangan (field research), yaitu penelitian yang dilakukan dilokasi penelitian dengan melakukan pengamatan tentang suatu fenomena dalam  keadaan ilmiah. Sedangkan dalam pengumpulan data dalam penelitian menggunakan metode pengumpulan dengan observasi, wawancara dan kuesioner.

Penelitian ini menggunakan metode analisis kuantitatif. Lokasi penelitian dilaksanakan di Pasar Krisna Madubronto Kabupaten Sidoarjo. Hasil penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui dan menganalisis pengaruh persepsi harga, keberagaman produk, dan lokasi terhadap kepuasan konsumen di Pasar digital
PENCAPAIAN KINERJA PERUSAHAAN KELUARGA MELALUI TINGKAT KESIAPAN SUKSESOR DAN HUBUNGAN ANTAR ANGGOTA KELUARGA DAN BISNIS
Authors: Soeparto Wahyudi Henky
Published: February 2020

Perusahaan keluarga merupakan salah satu penyumbang produk domestik bruto (PDB) terbesar di Indonesia. Universitas Ciputra memfasilitasi mahasiswa calon penerus perusahaan keluarga dengan membuat guild family business. Rencana suksesi dan komunikasi merupakan hal yang penting bagi perusahaan keluarga. Perusahaan keluarga harus mendidik suksesor yang potensial agar rencana suksesi dapat berlajan dengan baik. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji pengaruh tingkat kesiapan suksesor terhadap kinerja perusahaan keluarga; menguji pengaruh hubungan antar anggota keluarga dan bisnis terhadap kinerja perusahaan keluarga.

Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah Family Business Community Universitas Ciputra dengan jumlah sampel yang berjumlah 93 orang, teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah purposive random sampling. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah Partial Least Square (PLS). 

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa variabel Tingkat Kesiapan Suksesor berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Kinerja Perusahaan Keluarga; dan variabel Hubungan Antar Anggota Keluarga dan Bisnis berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Kinerja Perusahaan Keluarga.
PENGARUH KUALITAS PELAYANAN TERHADAP KEPUASAN MAHASISWA DI PTS X SURABAYA
Authors: Mardhotillah Rachma Rizqina , Rasyid Reizano Amri
Published: February 2020

Perguruan Tinggi (PT) X merupakan merupakan salah satu Perguruan Tinggi Swasta yang terletak di Surabaya. Supaya eksistensi dan kualitas yang dimiliki terjamin, PTS X harus menjalankan riset terhadap kepuasan mahasiswa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh kualitas pelayanan terhadap kepuasan mahasiswa-mahasiswi di Universitas X di Surabaya. Variabel independen dalam penelitian ini adalah kulitas pelayanan dengan indikator Tangible, Reliability, Responsivenes, Assurance, Empathy, dan variabel dependen dalam penelitian ini adalah kepuasan mahasiswa-mahasiswi di Universitas X di Surabaya.

Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian kuantitatif dengan metode survei, dimana peneliti yang menganalisis dengan angka-angka yang diperoleh dari hasil survey dalam bentuk menyebarkan kuesioner kepada para responden. Sampel penelitian dalam penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa/mahasiswi PTS.X di Surabaya sebanyak 200 orang. Teknik pengambilan sampel pada penelitian ini non-probability sampling dengan menggunakan teknik Quota sampling.

Hasil analisi menunjukkan bahwa Kualitas Pelayanan dengan indikator Tangible berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan. Kualitas Pelayanan dengan indikator Realibility berpengaruh positif dan tidak signifikan terhadap Kepuasan Mahasiswa. Kualitas Pelayanan dengan indikator Responsives berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Kepuasan Mahasiswa. Kualitas Pelayanan dengan indikator Assurance berpengaruh positif dan tidak signifikan terhadap Kepuasan Mahasiswa. Kualitas Pelayanan dengan indikator Empathy berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Kepuasan Mahasiswa di Universitas X di Surabaya.
خصائص توزيع كوماراسوامي الثنائي والمقارنة بين بعض طرائق تقدير معلماته
Authors: عبد احمد رزاق , شمال اياد حبيب
Published: February 2020

ان التطور الحديث في علم الإحصاء جعل من التوزيعات الإحصائية محل انظار الباحثين خاصتاً في عملية التعويض عن بعض معلمات التوزيعات بقيم ثابتة والحصول على توزيع جديد، ففي هذا البحث تم دراسة توزيع كوماراسوامي وهو من التوزيعات المستمرة ثنائي المعلمات المحددة اذ تم التطرق الى خواص التوزيع من خلال عرض (دالة الكثافة الاحتمالية p.d.f، ودالة التوزيع التراكمية c.d.f.، والعزوم من الرتبة r، ودالة المعولية Reliability ودالة المخاطرة hazard).

اضافةً الى ذلك تم تقدير معلمات توزيع كوماراسوامي بطراق التقدير (MLE, ME, LSDE) من خلال استعمال أسلوب المحاكاة لأحجام عينات مختلفة وباستعمال قيم أولية للمعلمات وتم المقارنة بين طراق تقدير المعلمات على أساس متوسط مربعات الخطأ للمعلمات وكانت النتائج تدل على ان تقدير المعلمات بطرية الإمكان الأعظم MLE أفضل من مقدرات العزوم ME ومقدرات المربعات الصغرى المطورة LSDE.
Financing Schemes and Lost Profit Sharing in Islamic Banking : Challenges and Opportunities
Authors: Syarifuddin Syarifuddin
Published: February 2020

A profit and lost sharing system is an agreement between a financier (shahibul mal) and a capital manager (mudharib) to run a particular economic business with a profit sharing and risk loss scheme. At this time a lot of literature encourages PLS schemes as the main mode of Islamic banking system, but in practice it is avoided. The research aims to theoretically evaluate the causes of PLS ​​contracts in Islamic banking fail to be fully accepted and be excellent for investors in Islamic Banking.

The results showed that the use of PLS ​​(mudharabah and musharakah) schemes in Islamic (sharia) Banking in Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Turkey and Morocco did show a low percentage of total financing. There are internal factors and external factors that hinder the development of PLS ​​schemes. Internal factors include moral hazard concern from partners, low trust in partners, weak monitoring systems, weak capabilities and collateral from partner companies. While external factors include; public literacy on Islamic banking products, government support, and supervision from regulators. Some of these factors arise because of a misunderstanding of the PLS system. Therefore, it is necessary to reprogram the perception of Shahibul mal and mudarib in the PLS scheme. This research is expected to contribute to the development and improvement of PLS ​​schemes in Islamic Banking.
“Am I Doing What I think I’m Doing?”: The Importance of a Theoretical Frame when Integrating Tablets in Teacher Education
Authors: Miller Libbi , Nelson Frederick Peinado , Yun Cathy , Bennett Lisa , Phillips Emy Lopez
Published: February 2020

In the following self-study, we share our investigation of the shifts in faculty pedagogical beliefs, instructional practices, and curricular decision-making while engaged in a cycle of reflection on tablet-focused teacher education course. We conducted this inquiry into our practice, using Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) and the Substitution-Augmentation-Modification-Redefinition (SAMR) model as frameworks to examine data from interviews and reflective writing. We conclude the need for the explicit connection of technology professional development, specifically tablet technology, with a meaningful theoretical framework, in order for faculty to engage in effective integration. We also share our model for examining the development of instructor’s thinking about integrating technology, including influences on thinking and classification of instructional decisions into the SAMR taxonomy.
Sex Differences in Murine Sternohyoid Muscle Tolerance of Acute Severe Hypoxic Stress
Authors: LEWIS P. , O’HALLORAN K. D.
Published: February 2020

Given that sex differences inherent to muscle might at least contribute to male risk for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS), our objective was to test the hypothesis that male sternohyoid muscle exhibits greater susceptibility to severe hypoxic stress compared with female muscle. Adult male and female C57Bl6/J mouse sternohyoid isometric and isotonic functional properties were examined ex vivo at 35 °C in tissue baths under control and severe hypoxic conditions. Hypoxia was detrimental to peak force (Fmax), work (Wmax) and power (Pmax), but not shortening velocity (Vmax). Two-way analysis of variance revealed a significant sex x gas interaction for Fmax (p<0.05), revealing inferior hypoxic tolerance in male sternohyoid muscle. However, increases in male shortening velocity in severe hypoxia preserved power-generating capacity which was equivalent to values determined in female muscle. Fmax decline in hypoxic female sternohyoid was considerably less than in male muscle, illustrating an inherent tolerance of force-generating capacity mechanisms to hypoxic stress in female airway dilator muscle. We speculate that this could confer a distinct advantage in vivo in terms of the defense of upper airway caliber.