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MLC-LSTM: Exploiting the Spatiotemporal Correlation between Multi-Level Weather Radar Echoes for Echo Sequence Extrapolation
Authors: Jing Jinrui , Li Qian , Peng Xuan
Published: September 2019

Weather radar echo is the data detected by the weather radar sensor and reflects the intensity of meteorological targets. Using the technique of radar echo extrapolation, which is the prediction of future echoes based on historical echo observations, the approaching short-term weather conditions can be forecasted, and warnings can be raised with regard to disastrous weather. Recently, deep learning based extrapolation methods have been proposed and show significant application potential. However, there are two limitations of existing extrapolation methods which should be considered. First, few methods have investigated the impact of the evolutionary process of weather systems on extrapolation accuracy. Second, current deep learning methods usually encounter the problem of blurry echo prediction as extrapolation goes deeper. In this paper, we aim to address the two problems by proposing a Multi-Level Correlation Long Short-Term Memory (MLC-LSTM) and integrate the adversarial training into our approach. The MLC-LSTM can exploit the spatiotemporal correlation between multi-level radar echoes and model their evolution, while the adversarial training can help the model extrapolate realistic and sharp echoes. To train and test our model, we build a real-life multi-level weather radar echoes dataset based on raw CINRAD/SA radar observations provided by the National Meteorological Information Center, China. Extrapolation experiments show that our model can accurately forecast the motion and evolution of an echo while keeping the predicted echo looking realistic and fine-grained. For quantitative evaluation on probability of detection (POD), false alarm rate (FAR), critical success index (CSI), and Heidke skill score (HSS) metrics, our model can reach average scores of 0.6538 POD, 0.2818 FAR, 0.5348 CSI, and 0.6298 HSS, respectively when extrapolating 15 echoes into the future, which outperforms the current state-of-the-art extrapolation methods. Both the qualitative and quantitative experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our model, suggesting that it can be effectively applied to operational weather forecasting practice.
Cleaner Production and LCA as Complementary Tools in Environmental Assessment: Discussing Tradeoffs Assessment in a Case of Study within the Wood Sector in Brazil
Authors: Panameño Ronald , Gutiérrez-Aguilar Carlos Mario , Angel Beatriz Elena , Fábio-César Sandro , Kiperstok Asher
Published: September 2019

Cleaner production has been used for several years in Latin America to minimize waste generation while reducing material and energy consumption. Despite those environmental benefits, its implementation may sometimes lead to changes in products or processes whose environmental performance can yield either positive or negative outputs when examined within a broader context, meaning it is necessary to complement cleaner production with other environmental tools that can provide environmental assessments. This paper presents a combination of cleaner production with life cycle assessment (LCA) applied within the wood industry in a case study in Salvador, a state of Bahia (Brazil), regarding the production of two models of wooden chairs. The study selected life cycle assessment as a scientific tool to quantify the environmental impacts of the models having ILCD 2011 midpoint and cumulative energy demand methods. The results confirmed the presence of environmental tradeoffs among the models that were not considered during the cleaner production program implemented. This paper also includes a proposal of a flowchart to guide the implementation of cleaner production when deciding to implement changes in material, energy source, processes, final destination, or lifespan of the product evaluated, identifying the stages where environmental assessment like life cycle assessment may be required to address tradeoffs.
Working out What Works: The Role of Tacit Knowledge Where Urban Greenspace Research, Policy and Practice Intersect
Authors: Dobson Julian , Dempsey Nicola
Published: September 2019

Policymakers and practitioners working in urban greenspace management want to know what kind of interventions are effective in promoting mental wellbeing. In practice, however, they rely on multiple forms of knowledge, often in unwritten form. This paper considers how such knowledge is interpreted and used by a range of stakeholders to identify greenspace interventions to support residents’ health and wellbeing in one UK city. It examines the interface between academic research, policy and practice, drawing on the findings of a three-year study in Sheffield, UK. The Improving Wellbeing through the Urban Nature project investigated the links between ‘urban nature’ and mental health. One strand of the research sought to influence policy and practice, and this article presents findings and reflects on some of the processes of this exercise. It highlights the role of tacit knowledge in practice and its influence on practitioners’ choice of greenspace interventions and the challenges in drawing on such knowledge to influence policy. The findings affirm practice-based knowledge as socially situated, interpretively fashioned and politically weighted. This paper concludes by demonstrating the importance of considering the local context when devising policy prescriptions for greenspace provision and management.
Government Regulations on Closed-Loop Supply Chain with Evolutionarily Stable Strategy
Authors: Liu Ziang , Nishi Tatsushi
Published: September 2019

The government plays a critical role in the promotion of recycling strategy among supply chain members. The purpose of this study is to investigate the optimal government policies on closed-loop supply chains and how these policies impact the market demand and the returning strategies of manufacturers and retailers. This paper presents a design of closed-loop supply chains under government regulation by considering a novel three-stage game theoretic model. Firstly, Stackelberg models are adopted to describe the one-shot game between the manufacturer and the retailer in a local market. Secondly, based on the Stackelberg equilibriums, a repeated and dynamic population game is developed. Thirdly, the government analyzes the population game to find the optimal tax and subsidy policies in the whole market. To solve the proposed model, the idea of backward induction is adopted. The results suggest that, by collecting tax and allocating subsidy, the government can influence the market demands and return rates. The centralized supply chain structure is always preferred for the government and the market. The government prefers to allocate subsidy to low-pollution, low-profit remanufactured products. The environmental attention of the government affects the subsidy policy.
Influence of Stone Bunds on Vegetation and Soil in an Area Reforested with Pinus engelmannii Carr. in the Forests of Durango, Mexico
Authors: Ponce-Rodríguez Ma. del Carmen , Prieto-Ruíz José Ángel , Carrete-Carreón Francisco Oscar , Pérez-López María Elena , Muñoz-Ramos José de Jesús , Reyes-Estrada Osvaldo , Ramírez-Garduño Héctor
Published: September 2019

The forest ecosystems of Mexico experience soil degradation mainly due to water erosion, which causes low vegetation regeneration. One of the strategies to diminish soil loss is through the construction of stone bunds (SB)—hand-made structures to trap sediment and store water for longer periods. However, little is known about their effects on pine establishment. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of SB on the survival and growth of individual P. engelmannii Carr. specimens with respect to the distance of their planted. The study additionally sought to analyse how SB would affect changes in the production of aerial phytomass, herbaceous vegetation cover and soil characteristics in a reforested area of Durango State in north-central Mexico. Three treatments were evaluated by planting pine trees at three distances with respect to the SB: 80 cm upslope bund (UB), 80 cm downslope bund (DB) and between upper and lower bunds (BB). The variables analysed were the following: The survival and growth of reforestation, aerial coverage and the production of herbaceous plants, and the physicochemical characteristics of the soil. Survival showed significant differences (p < 0.05) among treatments, UB (80%), DB (27%) and BB (30%). The production of aerial phytomass did not show significant differences between treatments UB (1651 kg ha−1) and DB (1058 kg ha−1), although these two were different (p < 0.05) to BB (600 kg ha−1). On the other hand, the vegetation cover and soil characteristics did not show statistical differences. These results highlight the importance of the effect of SB on the survival of P. engelmannii Carr. and the growth of herbaceous vegetation.
Event-Driven Online Machine State Decision for Energy-Efficient Manufacturing System Based on Digital Twin Using Max-Plus Algebra
Authors: Wang Junfeng , Huang Yaqin , Chang Qing , Li Shiqi
Published: September 2019

Energy-efficient manufacturing is an important aspect of sustainable development in current society. The rapid development of sensing technologies can collect real-time production data from shop floors, which provides more opportunities for making energy saving decisions about manufacturing systems. In this paper, a digital twin-based bidirectional operation framework is proposed to realize energy-efficient manufacturing systems. The data view, model view, and service view of a digital twin manufacturing system are formulated to describe the physical systems in virtual space, to perform simulation analysis, to make decisions, and to control the physical systems for various energy-saving purposes. For online energy-saving decisions about machines in serial manufacturing systems, an event-driven estimation method of an energy-saving window based on Max-plus Algebra is presented to put the target machine to sleep, considering real-time production data of a system segment. A practical, simplified automotive production line is used to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method by simulation experiments. Our method has no restriction on machine failure mode and predefined parameters for energy-saving decision of machines. The proposed approach has potential use in synchronous and asynchronous manufacturing systems.
Environmental Information Transparency—Evidence from Romanian Companies
Authors: Dinca Marius Sorin , Madaleno Mara , Baba Mirela Camelia , Dinca Gheorghita
Published: September 2019

The purpose of this paper is to analyse disclosure of environmental information (DEI) for a set of 100 companies listed at the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE) and identify possible correlations between this and the evolution of some relevant economic and financial measures of companies’ activities. For these purposes we have calculated an index of environmental information disclosure and we employed a system dynamic panel data estimation model and panel corrected standard errors for sampled companies for the 2013–2017 period. The results we have obtained show that sampled companies have a low degree of environmental information disclosure, as the highest registered score was of 15 out of a maximum of 29 points, with an average of merely 6.37 points. Regarding the possible correlations, the tests performed have shown that entity size, expressed by the number of employees, is the factor which positively influences environmental information’s disclosure. Results also evidence that performance determines the quantity of information the firm provides to external users, as opposed to maturity/age. Our study is the first approaching companies from Bucharest Stock Exchange with data for 5 years using a mixed approach (DEI–index and regressions) and we think the results obtained are useful for managers, general public and investors, considering that size and performance greatly influence companies’ environmental awareness.
Pumping the Brakes on Robot Cars: Current Urban Traveler Willingness to Consider Driverless Vehicles
Authors: Kelley Scott B. , Lane Bradley W. , DeCicco John M.
Published: September 2019

A growing literature suggests that widespread travel conducted through driverless connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) accessed as a service, in contrast to those personally owned, could have significant impacts on the sustainability of urban transportation. However, it is unclear how the general public currently considers willingness to travel in driverless vehicles, and if they would be more comfortable doing so in one personally owned or one accessed as a service. To address this, we collected travel survey data by intercepting respondents on discretionary or social trips to four popular destinations in a medium-size U.S. city in the spring of 2017. After collecting data on how the respondent reached the survey site and the trip’s origin and destination, survey administrators then asked if respondents would have been willing to make their current trip in either a personally-owned driverless vehicle or through a driverless vehicle service. Over one-third expressed willingness to use both forms, while 31% were unwilling to use either. For those that considered only one, slightly more favored the personally-owned model. Consideration of an existing mobility service was consistently a positive and significant predictor of those that expressed willingness to travel in a driverless vehicle, while traveling downtown negatively and significantly influenced consideration of at least one form of driverless vehicle. These findings highlight the diverse public views about the prospect of integration of CAVs in transportation systems and raise questions about the assumption that travelers to central city locations would be early adopters of automated vehicle mobility services.
Incumbents in the Transition Towards the Bioeconomy: The Role of Dynamic Capabilities and Innovation Strategies
Authors: Strøm-Andersen Nhat
Published: September 2019

This study explored incumbents’ roles in the transition towards the bioeconomy by examining what goes on inside firms, what strategies they practiced, and how these affected the way incumbents engaged in the transition, as well as their ability to innovate. The study focused on the Norwegian meat-processing sector, investigating how dynamic capabilities affected incumbent firms in the transition process, and the management strategies adopted in response to external pressures (local and global) and to innovation opportunities. The analytical approach builds on two theoretical pillars: Multi-level perspective and dynamic capabilities. The findings showed that the incumbent exercised different modes of behavior—first-into-niche and follow-into-niche—in response to innovation pathways during the transition, mobilizing various dynamic capabilities—learning, financing, and organizational restructuring. The study sheds light on the underlying business dynamics of incumbent firms within a given regime and on intra-regime dynamics concerning innovation opportunities, and notes the proactive roles of incumbents in the sustainability transition.
Determinants of CSR Application in the Hotel Industry of the Colombian Caribbean
Authors: Peña-Miranda David Daniel , Arteaga-Ortiz Jesús , Ramón-Cardona José
Published: September 2019

This study identifies the determinants of corporate social responsibility (CSR) application in the hotel industry of the Colombian Caribbean. A structured CSR questionnaire was applied to a sample of 224 hotels and multivariate statistical analysis was carried out with the support of the DYANE software. The findings suggest that the degree of CSR application is influenced by the size, age, category, type of contract, financial performance, and level of investment in innovation of the establishments; as well as by the sex, age, level of education, and degree of the directors’ autonomy in CSR-related decision-making and their motivations and perceived obstacles. This study on CSR is one of the first that has been applied in the hotel industry of the Colombian Caribbean and the results have important theoretical and practical implications to academia and the hospitality industry. Businessmen have valuable information to improve the levels of CSR in their companies and therefore contribute to a more responsible and sustainable tourism development in the Colombian Caribbean. Future research should include other variables like the type of corporate governance and the risk appetite of the decision-making body of the hotel and the social responsibility of all the stakeholders implicated in the destination.
Feature Selection for Blood Glucose Level Prediction in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Using the Sequential Input Selection Algorithm (SISAL)
Authors: Rodríguez-Rodríguez Ignacio , Rodríguez José-Víctor , González-Vidal Aurora , Zamora Miguel-Ángel
Published: September 2019

Feature selection is a primary exercise to tackle any forecasting task. Machine learning algorithms used to predict any variable can improve their performance by lessening their computational effort with a proper dataset. Anticipating future glycemia in type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) patients provides a baseline in its management, and in this task, we need to carefully select data, especially now, when novel wearable devices offer more and more information. In this paper, a complete characterization of 25 diabetic people has been carried out, registering innovative variables like sleep, schedule, or heart rate in addition to other well-known ones like insulin, meal, and exercise. With this ground-breaking data compilation, we present a study of these features using the Sequential Input Selection Algorithm (SISAL), which is specially prepared for time series data. The results rank features according to their importance, regarding their relevance in blood glucose level prediction as well as indicating the most influential past values to be taken into account and distinguishing features with person-dependent behavior from others with a common performance in any patient. These ideas can be used as strategies to select data for predicting glycemia depending on the availability of computational power, required speed, or required accuracy. In conclusion, this paper tries to analyze if there exists symmetry among the different features that can affect blood glucose levels, that is, if their behavior is symmetric in terms of influence in glycemia.
The Weighted Surplus Division Value for Cooperative Games
Authors: Yang Hui , Wang Wenna , Ding Zhengsheng
Published: September 2019

The weighted surplus division value is defined in this paper, which allocates to each player his individual worth and then divides the surplus payoff with respect to the weight coefficients. This value can be characterized from three different angles. First, it can be obtained analogously to the scenario of getting the procedural value whereby the surplus is distributed among all players instead of among the predecessors. Second, endowing the exogenous weight to the surplus brings about the asymmetry of the distribution. We define the disweighted variance of complaints to remove the effect of the weight and prove the weighted surplus division value is the unique solution of an optimization model. Lastly, the paper offers axiomatic characterizations of the weighted surplus division value through proposing new properties, including the ω -symmetry for zero-normalized game and individual equity.
The Effect of Blue Light on the Production of Citrinin in Monascus purpureus M9 by Regulating the mraox Gene through lncRNA AOANCR
Authors: Yang Hua , Wang Xufeng , Li Zhenjing , Guo Qingbin , Yang Mingguan , Chen Di , Wang Changlu
Published: September 2019

Blue light, as an important environmental factor, can regulate the production of various secondary metabolites of Monascus purpureus M9, including mycotoxin-citrinin, pigments, and monacolin K. The analysis of citrinin in Monascus M9 exposed to blue light for 0 min./d, 15 min./d, and 60 min./d showed that 15 min./d of blue light illumination could significantly increase citrinin production, while 60 min./d of blue light illumination decreased citrinin production. Analysis of long non-coding RNA (LncRNA) was performed on the transcripts of Monascus M9 under three culture conditions, and this analysis identified an lncRNA named AOANCR that can negatively regulate the mraox gene. Fermentation studies suggested that alternate respiratory pathways could be among the pathways that are involved in the regulation of the synthesis of citrinin by environmental factors. Aminophylline and citric acid were added to the culture medium to simulate the process of generating cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in cells under illumination conditions. The results of the fermentation showed that aminophylline and citric acid could increase the expression of the mraox gene, decrease the expression of lncRNA AOANCR, and reduce the yield of citrinin. This result also indicates a reverse regulation relationship between lncRNA AOANCR and the mraox gene. A blue light signal might regulate the mraox gene at least partially through lncRNA AOANCR, thereby regulating citrinin production. Citrinin has severe nephrotoxicity in mammals, and it is important to control the residual amout of citrinin in red yeast products during fermentation. LncRNA AOANCR and mraox can potentially be used as new targets for the control of citrinin production.
Functional Domains of the Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Tegument Protein pUL37: The Amino Terminus is Dispensable for Virus Replication in Tissue Culture
Authors: Grzesik Peter , Pryce Erin N. , Bhalala Akshay , Vij Mannika , Ahmed Ray , Etienne Lyns , Perez Patric , McCaffery J. Michael , Desai Prashant J.
Published: September 2019

The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) UL37 gene encodes for a multifunctional component of the virion tegument, which is necessary for secondary envelopment in the cytoplasm of infected cells, for motility of the viral particle, and for the first steps in the initiation of virus infection. This 120 kDa protein has several known viral interacting partners, including pUL36, gK/pUL20, pUS10, and VP26, and cellular interacting proteins which include TRAF6, RIG-I, and dystonin. These interactions are likely important for the functions of pUL37 at both early and late stages of infection. We employed a genetic approach to determine essential domains and amino acid residues of pUL37 and their associated functions in cellular localization and virion morphogenesis. Using marker-rescue/marker-transfer methods, we generated a library of GFP-tagged pUL37 mutations in the HSV-1 strain KOS genome. Through viral growth and ultra-structural analysis, we discovered that the C-terminus is essential for replication. The N-terminal 480 amino acids are dispensable for replication in cell culture, although serve some non-essential function as viral titers are reduced in the presence of this truncation. Furthermore, the C-terminal 133 amino acids are important in so much that their absence leads to a lethal phenotype. We further probed the carboxy terminal half of pUL37 by alanine scanning mutagenesis of conserved residues among alphaherpesviruses. Mutant viruses were screened for the inability to form plaques—or greatly reduced plaque size—on Vero cells, of which 22 mutations were chosen for additional analysis. Viruses discovered to have the greatest reduction in viral titers on Vero cells were examined by electron microscopy (EM) and by confocal light microscopy for pUL37–EGFP cellular localization. This genetic approach identified both essential and non-essential domains and residues of the HSV-1 UL37 gene product. The mutations identified in this study are recognized as significant candidates for further analysis of the pUL37 function and may unveil previously undiscovered roles and interactions of this essential tegument gene.
Vesiculopolins, a New Class of Anti-Vesiculoviral Compounds, Inhibit Transcription Initiation of Vesiculoviruses
Authors: Ogino Minako , Fedorov Yuriy , Adams Drew J. , Okada Kazuma , Ito Naoto , Sugiyama Makoto , Ogino Tomoaki
Published: September 2019

Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) represents a promising platform for developing oncolytic viruses, as well as vaccines against significant human pathogens. To safely control VSV infection in humans, small-molecule drugs that selectively inhibit VSV infection may be needed. Here, using a cell-based high-throughput screening assay followed by an in vitro transcription assay, compounds with a 7-hydroxy-6-methyl-3,4-dihydroquinolin-2(1H)-one structure and an aromatic group at position 4 (named vesiculopolins, VPIs) were identified as VSV RNA polymerase inhibitors. The most effective compound, VPI A, inhibited VSV-induced cytopathic effects and in vitro mRNA synthesis with micromolar to submicromolar 50% inhibitory concentrations. VPI A was found to inhibit terminal de novo initiation rather than elongation for leader RNA synthesis, but not mRNA capping, with the VSV L protein, suggesting that VPI A is targeted to the polymerase domain in the L protein. VPI A inhibited transcription of Chandipura virus, but not of human parainfluenza virus 3, suggesting that it specifically acts on vesiculoviral L proteins. These results suggest that VPIs may serve not only as molecular probes to elucidate the mechanisms of transcription of vesiculoviruses, but also as lead compounds to develop antiviral drugs against vesiculoviruses and other related rhabdoviruses.
Characteristics and Drivers of Reference Evapotranspiration in Hilly Regions in Southern China
Authors: Liu Youcun , Liu Yan , Chen Ming , Labat David , Li Yongtao , Bian Xiaohui , Ding Qianqian
Published: September 2019

This paper has adopted related meteorological data collected by 69 meteorological stations between 1951 and 2013 to analyze changes and drivers of reference evapotranspiration (ET0) in the hilly regions located in southern China. Results show that: (1) ET0 in southern China’s hilly regions reaches its maximum in summer and its minimum in winter, and that the annual ET0 shows an increasing trend. ET0 happened abrupt change due to the impact of abrupt meteorological variables changes, and the significant year of mutation were 1953, 1964 and 2008. Most abrupt changes of ET0 in meteorological stations occurred in the 1950s and 1960s. (2) The low value of ET0 was mainly captured in high-altitude areas. Spatially, the ET0 in the east was higher than that in the west. With the exception of a handful of stations, the trend coefficients of ET0 were all positive, exhibiting a gradual rise. Changes in ET0 in the east were much more sensitive than that in the west. Since ET0 was affected by the cyclical changes in relative humidity, short-period oscillations were observed in all these changes. (3) In general, the ET0 was negatively correlated with relative humidity, and positively correlated with temperature and sunshine percentage. ET0 is most sensitive to changes in average temperature, with a sensitivity coefficient of 1.136. ET0 showed positive sensitivity to average temperature and sunshine hours, which were notable in the northeastern, and uniform in the spatial. ET0 showed negatively sensitivity to relative humidity, and the absolute value of sensitivity coefficient in the northwestern is smaller. The highest contribution to ET0 is the average temperature (6.873%), and the total contribution of the four meteorological variables to the change of ET0 is 7.842%. The contribution of average temperature, relative humidity, and sunshine hours to ET0 is higher in the northern and eastern, northern, northern and eastern areas, respectively. Climate indexes (Western Pacific Index (WP), Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), Tropical Northern Atlantic Index (TNA), and El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)) were correlated with the ET0. In addition, the ET0 and altitude, as well as the latitude and longitude were also correlated with each other.
Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Precipitation and Temperature in Punjab, Pakistan
Authors: Nawaz Zain , Li Xin , Chen Yingying , Guo Yanlong , Wang Xufeng , Nawaz Naima
Published: September 2019

Identifying the changes in precipitation and temperature at a regional scale is of great importance for the quantification of climate change. This research investigates the changes in precipitation and surface air temperature indices in the seven irrigation zones of Punjab Province during the last 50 years; this province is a very important region in Pakistan in terms of agriculture and irrigated farming. The reliability of the data was examined using double mass curve and autocorrelation analysis. The magnitude and significance of the precipitation and temperature were visualized by various statistical methods. The stations’ trends were spatially distributed to better understand climatic variability across the elevation gradient of the study region. The results showed a significant warming trend in annual Tmin (minimum temperature) and Tmean (mean temperature) in different irrigation zones. However, Tmax (maximum temperature) had insignificant variations except in the high elevation Thal zone. Moreover, the rate of Tmin increased faster than that of Tmax, resulting in a reduction in the diurnal temperature range (DTR). On a seasonal scale, warming was more pronounced during spring, followed by that in winter and autumn. However, the summer season exhibited insignificant negative trends in most of the zones and gauges, except in the higher-altitude Thal zone. Overall, Bahawalpur and Faisalabad are the zones most vulnerable to warming annually and in the spring, respectively. Furthermore, the elevation-dependent trend (EDT) indicated larger increments in Tmax for higher-elevation (above 500 m a.s.l.) stations, compared to the lower-elevation ones, on both annual and seasonal scales. In contrast, the Tmin showed opposite trends at higher- and lower-elevation stations, while a moderate increase was witnessed in Tmean trends from lower to higher altitude over the study region. An increasing trend in DTR was observed at higher elevation, while a decreasing trend was noticed at the lower-elevation stations. The analysis of precipitation data indicated wide variability over the entire region during the study period. Most previous studies reported no change or a decreasing trend in precipitation in this region. Conversely, our findings indicated the cumulative increase in annual and autumn precipitation amounts at zonal and regional level. However, EDT analysis identified the decrease in precipitation amounts at higher elevation (above 1000 m a.s.l.) and increase at the lower-elevation stations. Overall, our findings revealed unprecedented evidence of regional climate change from the perspectives of seasonal warming and variations in precipitation and temperature extremes (Tmax and Tmin) particularly at higher-elevation sites, resulting in a variability of the DTR, which could have a significant influence on water resources and on the phenology of vegetation and crops at zonal and station level in Punjab.
Implementation of a Full Momentum Conservative Approach in Modelling Flow Through Tidal Structures
Authors: Čož Nejc , Ahmadian Reza , Falconer Roger A.
Published: September 2019

Understanding the impact of various hydraulic structures, such as coastal reservoirs and tidal range impoundments, has been one of the key challenges of hydro–environmental engineering in recent years. Over the last half-century, several proposals for tidal range schemes in the UK have been scrutinised and then abandoned due to the uncertainty over the environmental footprint and/or the cost of electricity. Therefore, it is essential to understand the fundamental assumptions for reliable hydrodynamic analysis of these projects. This study examined the impact of the fully conserved momentum through tidal structures using a novel approach. The method was applied to 2D and 3D versions of the regional model of Swansea Bay tidal lagoon, examining two different types of velocity distribution at turbine exit. A simplified distribution significantly increased the velocity and length of the jet exiting the turbines during power generation. A realistic distribution gave more accurate results, with jet velocities more closely resembling the situation without including the momentum. The 3D model with realistic distribution has markedly improved the resulting vertical velocity profile. The value of the improved methodology for momentum conservation has proved to be particularly useful in local-scale studies. It can be applied to other similar hydraulic structures and used for the analysis of sediment transport, water quality, etc.
Water Infrastructure Always In-The-Making: Distributing Water and Authority through the Water Supply Network in Moamba, Mozambique
Authors: Silva-Novoa Sanchez Luis Miguel , Kemerink-Seyoum Jeltsje Sanne , Zwarteveen Margreet
Published: September 2019

Using the concept of sociotechnical tinkering, this paper provides detailed empirical observations about the everyday practices of design, construction, operation, maintenance and use of a piped water supply network in a small town in Mozambique. We use these to show that the form, materiality, and functioning of this water infrastructure are constantly changing as result of interactions with its physical environment as well as in response to experimentation and improvisation by engineers, construction workers, operators and water users. Sociotechnical tinkering not just (re)distributes water, but also provides an avenue through which powers to control water flows can be wielded and exercised. In this sense, empirical attention to sociotechnical tinkering provides a useful entry-point for rethinking the distribution of control, authority and responsibility in water governance, or more broadly the relations between power and infrastructure. This, in turn, may yield new inspirations for identifying pragmatic possibilities for progressive water politics.
La piétonnisation des rues, modèle pour des espaces urbains standardisés ? Réflexions lyonnaises, années 1970-1980
Authors: Baldasseroni Louis
Published: September 2019

Footstreets are nowadays a standard for the city centers of metropolis and medium-sized cities in Europe. This paper shows the importance of street-level actors’ systems to relativize the impression of standardization of processes and urban forms. Committees of inhabitants or shopkeepers want to make a difference between their street and others. So they initiate the creation of pedestrian areas and develop expertise by learning about foreign experiences. This explains partly the differences in the urban landscape of each pedestrian street in Lyon. Street cross-section, pavement and street furniture are a mix of several models adapted to micro-local characteristics.
Modèle et standardisation. Effets des politiques de densification du périurbain francilien
Authors: Fonticelli Claire , Moquay Patrick
Published: September 2019

Gradually, densification has been regarded in public policies as an optimal urban planning model, thus requiring French communes to strengthen their legislation. However, the latter model is not well suited to all cases, particularly when it applies to the dense historic centers of the periurban communes of the Ile-de-France region, where its realization remains complicated (high cost , lack of engineering). Moreover, densification is not always conducive to architectural and urban quality : the resulting constructions are reflected in a new architectural standard, pastiching, which often flouts its inscription in a local urban and landscape project.
Gare au standard ! Les nouveaux quartiers de gare TGV, produit d’appel pour des territoires en mal de reconnaissance ?
Authors: Delage Aurelie
Published: September 2019

For the last decade , in large cities , urban regeneration projects of dilapidated areas surrounding high-speed train stations have been a “must have” for public policies. Over time, those areas have become a highly valued, multi-facetted asset greatly helping declining cities to regain attractiveness. Precisely because they are standardized , those urban projects are reassuring both public authorities and private stakeholders for novel financing, especially in shrinking cities. But even if standard projects were viewed as a “miracle formula” for a while, they are now considered as a necessary but not sufficient step to boost urban growth.
La garden city. Un réservoir de références à réinventer
Authors: Novarina Gilles , Sadoux Stéphane
Published: September 2019

This paper aims to show that the garden city model as defined by Ebenezer Howard and implemented by various architects, including Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker, has not generated standardised designs. We suggest that this model can on the contrary be viewed as a pool of precedents which are conducive to reinterpretation. This paper deals with the spatial and physical aspects of the garden city and on the circulation of the model between Great-Britain and the United States, from the early 20th century to the present day.
L’urbanisme alternatif. Des laboratoires d’expérimentation aux modèles standards
Authors:   Common.Langage, Monnot Nicolas , Berri Monica
Published: September 2019

Depuis une quinzaine d’années émerge internationalement un mouvement volontaire de jeunes architectes et d’urbanistes revendiquant la volonté de fabriquer la ville autrement, avec les citoyens. Favoriser les échanges, donner la parole aux habitants, se réapproprier l’espace public sont énoncés comme les principes directeurs de l’urbanisme « alternatif », perceptible matériellement par la construction de structures éphémères supposées être créatrices de liens. La multiplication des occupations urbaines alternatives laisse pourtant supposer une standardisation. Cependant, ce processus de « standardisation de l’alternatif urbain » ne vient pas tant de sa matérialité que de ses modalités , les métropoles y trouvant une articulation possible pour renforcer leurs stratégies de marketing territorial.
La transposition d’un modèle de transition énergétique international à l’échelle locale. Entre solutions techniques standardisées et outil d’aide à la décision
Authors: Nessi Hélène
Published: September 2019

Les politiques de transition énergétique reposent sur un certain nombre de normes et de solutions techniques diffusées par des experts internationaux pouvant avoir pour effet la standardisation des modes de production de la ville. À partir du modèle de transition énergétique proposé par l’économiste J. Rifkin (2011), celui de la « troisième révolution industrielle », cet article analyse la transposition d’un modèle global à l’échelle locale. L’étude comparative des politiques publiques de transition énergétique de la ville de Rome et de la région Nord-Pas-de-Calais à travers leur masters plans, tous deux réalisés par J. Rifkin, montre l’impact du désajustement entre référentiel d’actions global et local sur la mobilisation des acteurs locaux, et l’importance du rôle de ces acteurs locaux dans le travail d’appropriation de ces modèles standardisés, afin qu’ils ne soient pas de simples transpositions de solutions techniques mais deviennent de vrais projets de territoire.
Dostojanstvo osobe u kontekstu kršćanske antropologije
Authors: Vuletić Suzana , Puljić Ana
Published: September 2019

Dostojanstvo predstavlja najuzvišeniju vrijednost ljudske osobe i njezinu transcendentnu vlastitost. Nastojeći što cjelovitije obuhvatiti kompleksan pojam dostojanstva, članak u svome prvom naslovu polazi od interdisciplinarnog prezentiranja dostojanstva kroz filozofsko, teološko i bioetičko utemeljenje, koja nailaze na određena vrijednosna odstupanja s obzirom na njegovu univerzalnost i normativnost. Stoga se u drugom naslovu ukazuje i na nužnost pravne zaštite ljudskog dostojanstva u sklopu neotuđivih ljudskih prava. U završnom se naslovu nastoje integrirati prethodna dva, promatrajući dostojanstvo iz perspektive kršćanske personalističke antropologije, naglašavajući proistjecanje čovjekova dostojanstva, prije svega, na temelju stvorenosti čovjeka na sliku Božju, utemeljujući ga na integralnoj antropologiji koja čovjeka promatra u holističkoj objedinjenosti duha i tijela, na temelju čega proizlazi i njegova dimenzija svetosti, koja snažno afirmira čovjekovu dostojanstvenu nepovredivost, posebnim protektivnim naglascima iz perspektive Crkvenog učiteljstva.
PELAKSANAAN PENDIDIKAN SOFT SKILLS PADA POLITEKNIK LP3I JAKARTA
Authors: Ismail Dingot Hamonangan
Published: September 2019

Pendidikan Indonesia masih bertahan dan terjebak dengan gaya hard skill. Padahal nyaris setiap hari, iklan lowongan pekerjaan di media cetak maupun di internet  menggunakan kriteria-kriteria soft skill untuk merekrut pegawainya.  Realitas  inilah yang menjadikan pendidikan di Indonesia semakin memprihatinkan. Pengangguran terdidik membludak, padahal dunia industri kesulitan mencari pekerja “siap pakai” karena yang tersedia hanya para pencari kerja yang hanya siap bekerja saja. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk melihat Proses pembelajaran soft skills di Politeknik LP3I Jakarta. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan metode penelitian Studi Lapangan  (Field Research). Teknik    pengumpulan datanya, melalui observasi dan Studi Pustaka. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa konsep pendidikan soft skills di Politeknik LP3I Jakarta cukup bagus. Sayang dalam pelaksanaannya masih perlu dibenahi agar terjadi transformasi (penularan) soft skill bukan hanya pengajaran.

Kata kunci: Soft skills, Dunia Industri, Politeknik LP3I Jakarta, Pelatihan, Kepribadian, Emosional Quetions
KUALITAS PELAYANAN DAN STARTEGI MARKETING TERHADAP KEPUASAN PADA SURIA CITY HOTEL BANDUNG
Authors: Sulaeman Iman
Published: September 2019

Suria City Hotel adalah sebuah perusahaan di kota Bandung, yang bergerak di bidang sewa kamar, restoran, kolam renang dan tempat meetng. Sebagaimana hotel pada umumnya, Suria City Hotel dengan karakteristik yang melekat pada syariah sebagai hotel, mencoba untuk memahami kebutuhan dan keinginan pelanggan dengan memberikan kualitas yang sangat baik layanan dan harga yang kompetitif untuk mencapai kepuasan pelanggan yang lebih baik. Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah mencoba untuk mencari tahu seberapa besar kualitas layanan yang disediakan dan jenis strategi pemasaran yang diterapkan oleh Suria City Hotel agar kepuasan pada pengunjung dapat dipenuhi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengaruh kualitas pelayanan dan strategi pemasaran terhadap kepuasan di Suria City Hotel. Penelitian ini dilakukan terhadap 100 responden dari tamu atau pengunjung dalam menggunakan layanan dari Suria City Hotel dengan metodologi penelitian kuantitatif, dengan menggunakan metode analisis regresi untuk membuktikan bahwa variabel kualitas pelayanan memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan pelanggan dan variable pemasaran strategi memiliki pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan pelanggan.

Kata Kunci : Kualitas Pelayanan, Strategi Pemasaran, Kepuasan
On a Certain Subclass for Multivalent Analytic Functions with a Fixed Point Involving Linear Operator
Authors: Husien Asraa Abdul Jaleel , Shakir Qassim Ali
Published: September 2019

In the present paper, we study a subclass for multivalent analytic functions with a fixed point w defined in the unit disk U involving linear operator. Also, we obtain coefficient estimates, extreme points, integral representation and radii of starlikeness and convexity.
Two Decades of Indonesia’s Democracy and the Fading of Feminist Agenda
Authors: Margret Anna
Published: September 2019

This article explores the complexity of the relationship between democracy and feminism in both theory and practice. For a long time, feminist theorists have put forward criticism of democratic studies, which emphasize the importance of transforming political institutions and addressing the measure of the goodness of democracy that is considered to be generally accepted. As a result, the voice and interests of women are considered merely complementary and not a priority. Feminist agendas—marked by the formulation of interests aimed at challenging patriarchy in a variety of manifestations—are increasingly scarce in the work of fighting for democracy in Indonesia, especially in the participation of women’s electoral politics. While non-electoral participation is more indicative of the presence of a feminist agenda, the challenge lies in the lack of linkages with electoral politics. The achievements of democracy over the past 20 years show the lack of contribution of democracy to the struggle that the women’s movement formulated with the breath of feminism. This article highlights the increasingly eroded feminist agenda in the consolidation of democracy in Indonesia. It is time for the consolidation of democracy to borrow the logic of feminism, which rejects the public/private; personal/political dichotomy; in the electoral/non-electoral political struggle. 
The Policies, Practices, and Politics of Women Representation in Political Parties: A Case Study of Women Members of Parliament in Regency/City-level Legislative Council Period 2014-2019
Authors: Pratiwi Andi Misbahul
Published: September 2019

Political parties play an important role as a gateway to women's representation. In political party the entire battle to win seats in parliament occurs. Therefore, the policies, practices and politics in the political party determine the face of women's representation in parliament. This study focuses on policy, practice and politics in political parties in the context of encouraging women's representation in regency/city-level legislative council in Indonesia. This research explores the strategy experience and challenges faced by women legislative members in regency/city-level legislative council for the 2014-2019 period of the four parties that passed to parliament in the 2014 elections, namely PDIP, Golkar, Gerindra and one Islamic party, PPP. Data collection was carried out through in-depth interviews, focus group discussion and document review of articles of association/bylaws (AD/ART) of political parties. The results showed that 1) AD/ART of a number of political parties has adopted a 30% quota affirmative policy for party management structures and the formation of women’s party wing organizations; 2) the practices of affirmative action policies in the process of recruitment, candidacy and political campaigns have not yet fully adopted the ideology of gender mainstreaming; knowledge, programs and decisions of political parties as well as competition between legislative candidates in competing for votes are still gender biased, thus detrimental to women’s political agenda; 3) Parliamentary women experience psychological violence and intimidation in pushing the political agenda of women in parliament - rooted in patriarchal ideology, while the women’s wing have not standing for women’s agenda.