bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A. ANALISIS PENYUSUNAN LAPORAN KEUANGAN UMKM DUA PUTRA BERDASARKAN SAK-EMKM
Authors: Destiyata Putri Rachma , Novita Sari Ika , Dewi R Novia , Nufadilah Luluk , Tri Okta N Dini , Dwi Prasetya Hendra , Erlyna  Hidyantari
Published: January 2022

Abstrak

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah laporan keuangan UMKM Dua Putra sudah berdasarkan dengan SAK-EMKM. Jenis penelitian yang peneliti gunakan adalah penelitian kualitatif. Penelitian ini diklarifikasikan sebagai penelitian kualitatif deskriptif berdasarkan karakteristik masalah yang diangkat oleh peneliti. Data yang digunakan oleh peneliti dalam penelitian ini adalah data primer yang diperoleh secara langsung dari pihak UMKM Dua Putra dan data sekunder yang peneliti peroleh dari buku, jurnal, serta internet. Dari hasil analisis data, hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa UMKM Dua Putra menyajikan posisi keuangan total harta Rp1.262.517 dan laba bersih sebesar Rp299.852 pada bulan Oktober 2019. Catatan atas laporan keuangan menyajikan gambaran umum tentang UMKM Dua Putra, pernyataan bahwa laporan keuangan disusun berdasarkan SAK EMKM, serta kebijakan akuntansi yang digunakan. UMKM Dua Putra belum terdapat beban pajak, sehingga nilai laba bersihnya tidak dikurangi beban pajak.

Kata Kunci : Laporan Keuangan, UMKM, SAK EMKM

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the financial statements of the Dua Putra’s MSME are based on SAK-EMKM. The type of research that researchers use is qualitative research. This research is classified as a descriptive qualitative research based on the characteristics of the problem raised by the researcher. The data used by researchers in this study are primary data obtained directly from the Dua Putra’s MSME and secondary data that researchers obtained from books, journals, and the internet. From the results of the data analysis, the results showed that the Dua Putra’s MSME presents a financial position of total assets of Rp1,262,517 and a net profit of Rp.299,852 in October 2019. The notes to the financial statements present a general description of the Dua Putra’s MSME, a statement that the financial statements were prepared based on SAK EMKM, as well as the accounting policies used. Dua Putra’s MSME have no tax expense, so the net profit value is not deducted by the tax expense.

Keywords: Financial Statements, UMKM, SAK EMKM
E. PENGEMBANGAN KUALITAS KEMASAN PRODUK PENJUALAN MASKER KECANTIKAN (STUDI KASUS UMKM DIENIS BEAUTY SIDOARJO)
Authors: Hudani Nabila Nisa , Nur Kumairoh Ninik , Soema Atmadja Soesilawati
Published: January 2022

ABSTRAK

 

Dienis Beauty merupakan usaha online yang menjual produk masker kecantikan merk ternama  dan  memiliki  legalitas  resmi  dari  Badan  Pengawas  Obat  dan  Makanan (BPOM).  Permasalahan  yang  timbul yaitu  mengenai  kemasan  kurang  menarik yang dapat mengancam pengusaha tersebut apabila kualitas kemasan tersebut tidak segera dirubah dikarenakan dalam proses produksi kemasan nya masih menggunakan mesin manual dalam proses pengerjaannya. Kualitas kemasan produk dianggap penting mengingat interaksi pertama yang akan memikat minat konsumen untuk melakukan pembelian yaitu melalui tampilan luar produk yang dikenal dengan kemasan. Kegiatan penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan informasi mengenai ideal nya suatu kualitas kemasan untuk menembus sebuah penjualan dan memberikan dampak positif bagi para pelaku Usaha Mikro,Kecil,dan Menengah (UMKM) agar tetap berdiri dan bertahan ditengah ketatnya persaingan.

 

Kata kunci : kualitas kemasan produk, penjualan, UMKM

 

 

ABSTRACT

 

Dienis Beauty is an online business that sells well-known brand beauty mask products and has official legality from the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM). The problem that arises is regarding the packaging that is less attractive and can threaten the entrepreneur if the quality of the packaging is not changed immediately because in the production process the packaging still uses manual machines in the process. The quality  of  product  packaging  is  considered  important  considering  that  the  first interaction that will attract consumers to make a purchase is through the outer appearance of the product known as packaging. This research activity aims to provide information about the ideal quality of packaging to penetrate a sale and have a positive impact on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) players in order to stand and survive in the midst of intense competition.

 

Keywords: quality of product packaging, sales, MSMEs
A. PENGARUH IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN BIMBINGAN DAN KONSELING (BK) TERHADAP PENILAIAN AUTENTIK KURIKULUM 2013 DI SMK NEGERI 1 SIDOARJO
Authors: Dr. Muslimin, M.M  , M.M Ernawati , M.M Dr. Dickry Rizanny Nurdiansyah , M.M Dr. Idrus, M.SI
Published: January 2022

ABSTRAK

Implementasi kurikukulum tingkat satuan pendidikan tahun 2006 sebagai pengembangan dalam proses pembelajaran bertujuan meningkatkan daya saing terutama penguasaan ilmu pengetahuan, sikap atau perilaku serta membentuk keterampilan sesuai minat dan bakat dengan nilai-nilai bangsa Indonesia. Rancangan dalam penelitian ini adalah survey melalui cross sectional study. Maksud dari survey melalui cross sectional study adalah memberikan kuesioner kepada responden untuk memperoleh data pada saat tertentu (data are gathered just once) yang ditanyakan mengenai beberapa aspek yang terkait dengan variabel-variabel yang diteliti (Green berg & Baron, 2003, Sekaran, 2003).Populasi dan sampel dalam penelitian ini siswa SMK Negeri 1 Sidoarjo tahun 2014/2015. Subyek penelitian siswa kelas XI SMK Negeri 1 Sidoarjo yang sudah mengikuti program kurikulum 2013 dan juga mendapatkan bimbingan dan konseling (BK). Hasil analisis data tersebut di atas dapat diketahui bahwa nilai signifikan sebesar 0.00, yakni lebih kecil dar 0.05. hal ini berarti hal ini berarti perencanaan BK berpengaruh positif  terhadap variabel dependent yakni hasil Penilaian autentik di SMK Negeri 1 Sidoarjo

 Kata kunci : Kurikulum 2013, Kognitif, afektif, psikomotorik.
C. IMPLEMENTASI KEBIJAKAN PENGADAAN TANAH MENURUT UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 2 TAHUN 2012
Authors: M.M Dr. Muhammad Saidi , M.M Dr. Bagus Djulig Wiyono , M.M Ulva Roifatul Lailin , M.M Dr. Muzairi
Published: January 2022

ABSTRAK

Penelitian kebijakan pengadaan tanah yang berlaku saat ini merupakan problematic yang segera ada solusinya dan itu tertuang dalam undang-undang nomor 2 tahun 2012, realita dilapangan masih terjadi ketidak adilan didalam ganti rugi yang seharusnya menguntungkan kedua pihak, pertama pada public, kedua pada pengembang. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis data kualitatif adalah penarikan kesimpulan dan verifikasi, data yang diperoleh dari hasil wawancara, observasi, studi kompetensi dan catatan lapang dengan subjek peneliti sehingga menjawab permasalahan dalam penelitian ini. Populasi yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah subyek/ sumber informasi data yang diperoleh oleh peneliti yaitu sejumlah ±120 orang (warga yang berada di wilayah desa Gondang, Banaran, dan Desa Winong, para perangkat ke 3 desa tersebut dan warga masyarakat sekitar yang terkena dampak pembebasahan lahan guna pembebasan lahan), adapun cara dalam penentuan sampel, menggunakan cara purposive sampling yang jumlahnya 9 orang setiap desa diwakili 3 orang yang berkompetensi. Hasil penelitian menjelaskan bahwa implementasi kebijakan tersebut sudah berjalan sesuai perundangan yang berlaku dengan memilih menerima dana tunai, relokasi atau opsi lainnya sesuai ketentuan perundang-undangan. Pelaksanaan prinsip ganti rugi bahwa mata pencaharian WTP bisa dilakukan kembali minimal sama dengan kondisi sebelum proyek.

Kata kunci : UU NO.2 /2012, Implementasi Kebijakan, Evaluasi.
B. PEMANFAATAN KUNYIT UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS MINYAK GORENG CURAH
Authors: . Badryah , Rasmito Agung
Published: January 2022

Minyak goreng berfungsi sebagai bahan penghantar panas, penambah rasa gurih dan penambahan nilai kalori bahan pangan. Salah satu sifat minyak goreng walaupun telah dimurnikan masih memungkinkan terjadi kerusakan yang disebabkan oleh adanya perubahan kemurnian yang berhubungan dengan proses oksidasi sehingga banyak ditemukan minyak goreng memiliki rasa tengik. Bau tengik yang tidak sedap tersebut disebabkan oleh pembentukan senyawa-senyawa hasil pemecah hidroperoksida. Kerusakan lemak yang ditandai dengan adanya bau dan rasa tengik disebut proses ketengikan. Minyak goreng dapat dinetralkan dengan menggunakan lengkuas agar proses oksidasi tidak terjadi lebih lanjut. Lengkuas dapat menurunkan bilangan peroksida dan bilangan asam lemak bebas (FFA) sehingga minyak goreng tidak lagi menjadi tengik.

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mempelajari pengaruh penggunaan kunyit sebagai antioksidan sehingga dapat menurunkan bilangan peroksida, kadar FFA dan penurunan konsentrasi warna.

Pada penelitian ini dilakukan dengan mencampurkan 100 ml minyak goreng curah yang di beri kunyit dengan variabel 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 gram. Selanjutnya minyak tersebut dilakukan pengadukan selama 10 menit dengan berbagai macam variabel suhu (40, 50, 60, 70, 80 0C), setelah proses selesai membiarkan campuran minyak menjadi dingin selanjutnya dilakukan penyaringan dan analisa. Jenis analisa yang dilakukan meliputi analisa bilangan peroksida, asam lemak bebas, serta warna.

Hasil penelitian terlihat bahwa pada penambahan kunyit sebesar 25 gram dengan suhu 70 0C diperoleh bilangan peroksida sebesar 0,12 meq/kg, asam lemak bebas 0,0923 % dan warna 726. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa penggunaan kunyit merupakan solusi terbaik dalam mengurangi rasa tengik yang ada di dalam minyak goreng curah sebagai akibat proses oksidasi
A. PENGARUH JENIS & JUMLAH RAGI, SERTA LAMA FERMENTASI UMBI TALAS MENJADI ETANOL
Authors: . Badryah
Published: January 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh jenis ragi jumlah ragi dan lama fermentasi umbi talas terhadap kadar etanol yang dihasilkan. Adapun prosedur percobaan dari penelitian ini adalah menghaluskan umbi talas beserta air kemudian memanaskan campuran tepung talas dan air disertai pengadukan sampai terbentuk gel (larutan kental) lalu menambahkan enzim ?-amilase dengan mengaduknya sampai homogen, dan mendiamkan selama 30 menit. kemudian menambahkan ragi tape dan ragi roti masing-masing 0,1; 0,8; 1,5; 2,2 gram dan menyimpan pada ruang gelap selama 2 hari, 3 hari, dan 4 hari. Dari penelitian ini didapatkan kesimpulan bahwa semakin besar massa ragi yang ditambahkan maka semakin besar kadar etanol yang dihasilkan. Ragi roti memiliki kemampuan menghasilkan kadar etanol yang lebih tinggi daripada ragi tape. Yield etanol tertinggi yang dihasilkan  ragi roti sebesar 7,879 % dan ragi tape sebesar 6,4483 %. Peningkatan waktu fermentasi 2 – 4 hari  menyebabkan semakin besar kadar etanol yang dihasilkan.
D. PENGARUH PENAMBAHAN GULA DAN ALKOHOL TERHADAP PEMBUATAN SABUN MANDI TRANSPARAN
Authors: . Suhadi , Rasmito Agung
Published: January 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperoleh sabun padat transparan dengan Standrat Industri yang dipengaruhi oleh komposisi bahan seperti gliserin, gula dan alkohol. Adapun prosedur percobaan dari penelitian ini adalah memasukkan asam asetat 7 gr, minyak kelapa 20 gr dan kaustik soda 18 gr ke dalam wadah lalu dipanaskan antara suhu 55-75?C sambil terus mengaduknya selama kurang lebih 1/4 – 1/2 jam. Kemudian menambahakan alkohol 15 gr, gula 4 gr, gliserin 10 gr, NaCl 2 gr dan asam sitrat 3 gr ke dalam campuran tadi. Setelah kurang lebih 5 menit meenambahkan pewarna dan parfum sambil terus mengaduknya sampai homogen. Lalu mengangkatnya dari pemanas dan memasukkannya ke dalam cetakan. Dengan cara yang sama seperti di atas dilakukan untuk variable yang lain, yaitu : gula sebanyak 6 gr, 8 gr, 10 gr, 12 gr, alkohol 96% sebanyak 17 gr, 19 gr, 21 gr, 23 gr dan gliserin sebanyak 12 gr, 14 gr, 16 gr, 18 gr. Kemudian mengangkatnya dari pemanas, mencetaknya dan mendinginkannya antara suhu 10-20?C. Setelah itu dilakukan analisa hasil sabun.

Dari penelitian ini didapatkan kesimpulan bahwa untuk mendapatkan produk sabun padat transparan dipengaruhi oleh adanya penambahan komposisi bahan seperti gliserin, gula dan alkohol 96%. Pada pengaruh penambahan gula dan alkohol 96% dalam berbagai analisa kekerasan sabun, analisa transparasi sabun, analisa kelembutan sabun pada kulit dan analisa secara kimia. Semakin banyak penambahan gula dan alkohol maka hasil produk sabun padat transparan sesuai dengan SNI.
A. PEMBUATAN BIODIESEL DARI MINYAK GORENG BEKAS DENGAN KATALIS KOMPOSIT BERMOTOR GANDA
Authors: Poedjojono Bambang
Published: January 2022

Abstract

Sintesa biodiesel merupakan langkah yang strategis dalam mengatasi kelangkaan energi dan penurunan kualitas lingkungan. Namun, biodiesel selama ini dproduksi dengan metode konvensional menggunakan katalis homogen basa /asam yang mempunyai banyak kelemahan. Kendala utama adalah  pemisahan hasil dengan katalis, yang membutuhkan bahan kimia tambahan dan peralatan yang cukup kompleks sehingga mengakibatkan biaya produksi menjadi mahal. Kendala lain yang tidak kalah penting adalah bahan baku yang digunakan selama ini adalah minyak sawit yang harganya relatif mahal karena berkompetisi dengan bahan pangan. Pemanfaatan minyak goreng bekas dan penggunaan katalis komposit berpromotor ganda merupakan salah satu cara yang efektif dan efisien untuk menurunkan biaya produksi. Penelitian tentang penggunaan katalis padat dalam pembuatan biodiesel sudah ada namun masih terbatas pada proses batch yang belum bisa diaplikasikan dalam sekala industri.

Penelitian ini berhasil melakukan sintesis katalis dengan komposisi 30% loading CaO dan 30% loading KI terhadap ?-Al2O3 dan kalsinasi katalis dilakukan pada 650oC selama 4,5 jam. Hasil karakteristik katalis BET (luas permukaan menjadi 16,508 m2/g, diameter pori 77,904 Angstrom dan volume pori 0,049 cm3/g); SEM (bentuk tak beraturan dan ukuran meso partikel, yaitu 2 – 50 nm). Pada tahap penelitian ini juga didapatkan treatment terbaik untuk menurunkan kadar FFA adalah treatment menggunakan sabut kelapa 7,5% terhadap berat minyak kemudian dicuci, dengan kadar FFA 0,22%

 

Kata kunci: biodiesel, katalis komposit, minyak goreng bekas, sabut kelapa
THE EVOLUTION OF THE WORKFORCE IN AGRICULTURE IN ROMANIA
Authors:   Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, MAVRODIN Cristina
Published: January 2022

The labor force in agriculture, especially in a considerably rural society and economy, as is the case of Romania, constitutes an important subject of study, based on the measurement and analysis of the main indicators. The purpose of the present paper is to analyze the main indicators revealing the employment in agriculture, the evolution of this sector in the last decades and the potential problems created by the decrease of the labor force in agriculture. Data analyzed in this paper are extracted mainly from the European Union Open Data Portal and from the World Bank, covering a long period of time, more precisely 1991-2018. The data refer to the main indicators regarding the employment in agriculture in Romania in absolute figures and as a percent of the total employment, as well as to other variables relevant for the current research. Employment in agriculture is an important indicator for acknowledging the trend of the work force in this sector. The statistical processing of the raw data clearly indicates that the employment in agriculture has decreased constantly and considerably since 1991, both in absolute figures and as a percent of total employment, although Romania remains the country of the European Union with the biggest number of employees involved in agricultural or agriculture-related productive activities. The size of the decrease varies from year to year, yet it clearly indicates a significant decline, requiring a comprehensive investigation and proper measures taken by the responsible official authorities.
FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT OF REGIONAL AGRI-FOOD CLUSTERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CASE OF “AGROTRANSILVANIA” (ROMANIA)
Authors:   Russian-Armenian University, Department of Management and Business, Yerevan, Armenia, MANUKYAN Izabella
Published: January 2022

Business clusters are considered to be more applicable in countries classified as developed. However, in modern times developing countries take risks of establishing business clusters and get the expected economic and social rewards. The work observes peculiarities of regional agri-food cluster formation and management in developing countries in the frames of the Romanian “AgroTransilvania” cluster. Based on the empirical analysis and the “CIPM” (“Cluster Initiative Performance Model”) technique, author conducts an expert assessment and finds out how the cluster’s members combine cooperation and competition in order to achieve outstanding results. The research paper encompasses practice-oriented models, including a diamond model for the Romanian agri-food market, a target board of the observed cluster, as well as a map of its members.
Identification of Genes involved in Postaxial Polydactyly, Sample of FATA territory, Pakistan
Authors: Shadman Khan  , Jamil Abdul , Haroon Khan
Published: January 2022

Postaxial Polydactyly (PAP) is characterized by fifth digit duplication in hands and/or feet. Two types of PAP including PAP-A, representing the development of well-formed extra digit, and PAP-B, representing the presence of rudimentary fifth digit, have been described. Both isolated and syndromic forms of PAP have been reported. Isolated forms of PAP usually segregate as an autosomal dominant trait and to date four loci have been identified. In the present study, we have described mapping of the first locus of autosomal recessive PAP type A on chromosome 13q13.3–13q21.2 in a consanguineous Pakistani family. In family with autosomal dominant forms of postaxial polydactyly, most of the affected individuals exhibit features representing type A PAP (Zhao et al.,2002; Galjaardet et al.,2003). In the respected family mapped on chromosome 13q13.3– 13q21.2, affected individuals showed the additional features of postaxial polydactyly.Several locus of causative genes are involved in this disease. To check the specified locus we use several microsatellite markers (D13S1246, D13S218, D13S1288, D13S1233, D13S263, D13S1312, D13S153, D13S328, D13S119, D13S632, D13S889,D4S90, D4S2936, D4S111, D4S43, D4S16114, D4S95, D4S127, D4S126, D4S179, D4S432, D4S2957, D4S431, D4S2366, D4S2935, D4S3007, D4S412, D4S3023, D4S2285 ). All the affected individuals showed no homozygosity. Genetic mapping of all the affected individuals showed that noval genes are responsible for the disease. In future, we will work on and try to find out the causative genes.
Erector Spinae Plane Block in pediatric cancer pain: Case report
Authors: Aréchiga-Ornelas Guillermo Eduardo , Ramos-Guerrero Jorge Alberto , Bueno-Acosta Pablo Humberto , Del Río-Parra Mariel , Sotelo-Rosero Oscar , Coria-Márquez José Alberto , Contreras-Martínez Óscar , Apraez-Erazo José Alejandro
Published: January 2022

The advent of the erector spinae plane block brought about new therapeutic options as part of a multimodal analgesia strategy, as evidenced in this case, which describes a five-year old pre-school patient who presented with severe abdominal cancer pain, secondary to an abdominal neuroblastoma, with partial high-dose opioid response, undergoing bilateral erector spinal plane block. The technique used did not give rise to complications and proved to be effective in blocking pain and reducing the dose of opioids 36 hours after the procedure. The paper discusses the variables involved in the mode of administration (continuous infusion vs. bolus) and the benefit for optimal analgesia in the pediatric oncology setting.
The economic impacts of woodchip storage optimization: Reducing material and energy loss during transportation and storage
Authors: Jensen Torben
Published: January 2022

The use of woody biomass for domestic bioenergy provides many benefits and opportunities, but also presents a challenge regarding the supply chain required for maintaining the high quality feedstock for sustained bioenergy production. This article focuses on one aspect of that supply chain – woodchip storage. To encourage the establishment of a bioenergy market and to help ensure a safe and stable fuel source, Suzanne Wetzel and Christopher Helmeste from the Canadian Forest Service, Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CFS/CWFC) and collaborators contributed their scientific expertise to the development of a solid biofuels guide based on existing national standards from the Canadian Standard Association’s (CSA). This paper explores the potential economic impacts for bioenergy producers of implementing the CSA guidelines. These impacts include reducing material and energy loss during transportation and storage. Potential benefits were determined by cost-benefit analysis. The results of this economic impact study have significant potential implications for bioenergy producers, including the integration of economic considerations in the development of policies for biomass feedstock optimization for the Canadian bioenergy industry.
Economic impacts of short rotation woody crops in Canada
Authors: Jensen Torben
Published: January 2022

Canada is seeking cost-effective means to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, particularly CO2. One of the promising means is the short rotation woody crops (SRWC) plantation, a silvicultural approach to establishing and managing fast growing plantations on previously cleared lands. This paper utilizes the data set provided by recent harvesting operations at the Ellerslie SRWC Technical Development Site in Edmonton (Alberta) to assess the ability of SRWC using High Yield Afforestation to mitigate GHG emissions and generate more wood fibre and the investment attractiveness to establish future plantations. Results illustrate that at current trading prices for carbon credits and market prices of woodchips, expected rates of return on investment for SRWC were relatively low, despite a positive net present value ($400/ha for 20 year planting cycle without carbon credits). However, estimates from the Ellerslie site indicate that 330 tons of CO2-eq per hectare are captured above and below ground over the 20 year plantation cycle. However, higher future carbon prices, a well-developed market for buying and selling carbon credits, as well as adapted policy including additional government sponsored programs for carbon credits, could make SRWC more attractive and dramatically change the economics of afforestation in the future.
Her Body Islanded”
Corporeal Resistance in Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman
Authors: Kisiel Anna
Published: January 2022

Marian MacAlpin, the protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman, is a “marvellously normal” (Atwood 207) young woman. However, at one point—coinciding with the acceptance of her partner’s marriage proposal—something goes utterly wrong. Her body, in an act of revolt, refuses to accept more and more food; it becomes an increasingly independent, as if exterior entity. While trying to fight off this impenetrable rebellion, Marian comes to face social norms she is supposed to comply with as a woman, finding them indeed indigestible.
Written in 1965 and published in 1969, The Edible Woman touches upon issues that are still relevant for the contemporary reader. This article examines Margaret Atwood’s novel within the framework indebted to the recent shift of feminist studies towards fragility: a notion that no longer has to entail mere passivity or surrender. Aiming at an exploration of the theme of a fragile corporeal protest, this article juxtaposes the revolt of Marian’s body with such tropes and categories as fluidity and containment, abjection, agency, and becoming in order to trace the dual nature of corporeal resistance presented in the novel.
Two-stage Reimplantation in Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty by Using Resterilized Femoral and Tibial Components with a New Polyethylene Insert: Report of 4 Cases with at Least 15 Years’ Follow-up
Authors: Öztürk Alpaslan , Çevik Nazan , Akalın Yavuz , Çetin Oğuz , Avci( Özgür , Kaya Ali Ömer
Published: January 2022

Background. This study evaluates 15 years’ results of the implantation of autoclaved femoral and tibial prosthesis components together with a new same brand polyethylene insert which were used as a temporary articulating spacer in patients with periprosthetic infection of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in a two-stage reimplantation procedure in 6 patients. 
Material and methods. The femoral and tibial prostheses of 6 patients with deep chronic periprosthetic infection of TKA who underwent elective two-stage exchange arthroplasty were autoclaved and reinserted with a new polyethylene insert of the same brand and bone cement mixed with tecoplanin in 2004.
Results. Four patients were followed for 15 years. They were all female and between 47-70 years old. The infectious agent was meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in 3 and coagulase negative Staphy­lococcus in one patient. Patients were invited for second stage reimplantation, but they refused to undergo the second stage. Three of them had their second stage reimplantation after 15, 13 and 10 years while one patient was reinfected after 5 years, in 2009, and arthrodesis was performed. They were all happy with the result and infection free at last follow-up. 
Conclusions. 1. Regarding the results of our patients, reinsertion of autoclaved femoral and tibial prostheses together with a new same brand polyethylene insert with teicoplanin loaded bone cement can be used cautiously in the management of periprosthetic deep infection of TKA. 2. That is because patients might not want the second stage reimplantation. 3. We believe that the refusal of patients to undergo the surgery shows that the single-stage treatment is effective.
EFFECT OF HUMIDITY ON TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
OF SELECTED FRICTION JUNCTIONS WITH AN EVALUATION
OF ACOUSTIC EMISSION
Authors: Desaniuk Tomasz , Soboń Dominika , Jurczak Wojciech
Published: January 2022

The study aimed to compare the effect of humidity on the operation of tribological systems. The tested friction
and wear are external properties; therefore, their values may differ significantly depending on the operating
parameters of the friction junction and environmental conditions. Tribological tests were carried out on a
TRB3 tribometer in a dry sliding mode at a relative humidity of 50% ± 5% and 90% ± 5% in the ball-on-disc
configuration with a load of 15 N. The friction junction consisted of a sample made of 100Cr6 steel, and
three counter-samples were made of 100Cr6, SiC, and Al2O3 steel. The geometric structure of the surface
was examined with an optical profiler. The tribological test results showed reduced linear wear and friction
coefficient at a relative humidity of 90% ± 5% compare to its 50% ± 5%. The paper also presents the results
for the sound recorded in the 16-bit linear PCM standard and analysed in a Spectra-Plus program.
TESTING THE COBALT ION EMISSION ON THE STAND
FOR DIFFERENT ANGLES OF POSITIONING THE COMPONENTS
OF THE METAL–METAL HIP JOINT ENDOPROSTHESIS
Authors: Wiśniewski Tomasz , Libera Michał
Published: January 2022

The paper deals with the subject related to the assessment of the influence of the axis angle of the metal
components of the hip joint on the emission of cobalt ions. The tribological tests were carried out with the use
of a simulator for the examination of hip joint endoprostheses, the structure of which enables the fixation of
endoprosthesis components in accordance with the anatomical structure of the human hip joint. During the
tests, the simulator performs flexion and extension movements as well as loads occurring in the human hip
joint while walking. Loss-wear tests were carried out for nine variants of the “head–cup” system settings.
These settings were determined on the basis of CT images obtained from patients after arthroplasty. After
the tribological tests were completed, samples of the lubricating fluid with the wear products suspended in it
were collected in order to determine the concentration of cobalt ions, which was carried out using the atomic
absorption spectrometry method. As a result, the influence of the head antetorsion angle (α) and the acetabular
anteversion angle (β) on the concentration of cobalt ions was analysed.
Two-year Journey under the Arrows of the Black Death
Authors: Tresso Claudia Maria
Published: January 2022

The penultimate part of the Riḥla by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa recounts his return journey to Morocco from the Middle East through North Africa—and another short tour in al-Andalus—between January 1348 and March 1350. At that time, in all these territories the plague pandemic known as the Black Death was raging and references to it punctuate this part of the work like a tired refrain. As numerous studies have shown borrowings and adaptations from other sources in the Riḥla, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa may not have made all the journeys he claims, but to date no one has questioned his journey through the Arabian area in those years. On the contrary, historians of the Black Death regard the Riḥla as an important document for the study of the scourge in the Middle East and North Africa.

In this paper I aim to reconstruct the narrative of the pandemic in Ibn Baṭṭūṭa’s Riḥla by taking from the text the passages in which it is mentioned, in order to answer some questions: to which places do these passages refer? What information does the Riḥla give about the disease, its effects and people’s reaction? Does it correspond to that provided by the Arab chronicles? Does it fit with current microbiology, genetics and palaeogenetics research? Since the Riḥla is a narrative work, how does it describe the scourge? Does its description differ from that of the chroniclers?

The concluding paragraph seeks an answer to two more questions: does the Riḥla report Ibn Baṭṭūṭa’s experience or might he and/or the editor of the work, Ibn Ǧuzayy, have taken information from other sources? And if Ibn Baṭṭūṭa did make this journey, thus probably being the only traveller who left an account of a “two-year journey under the arrows of the Black Death,” how could he return home unscathed?
Place of Virtue Ethics within the Post-Classical Discourse on ḥikma
Authors: Griffel Frank
Published: January 2022

Preserved in what seems to be a unique manuscript at the Bodleian Library, al-Nafs wa-l-rūḥ wa-sharḥ quwāhumā (The Soul and the Spirit together with an Explanation of Their Faculties) of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606/1210) is a curious book. At the beginning, the author decribes the text as part of the philosophical sciences (as opposed to the religious ones) and clarifies that it deals with ʿilm al-akhlāq, meaning Aristotelian virtue ethics. The text is divided into two parts, the first explaining subjects of philosophical psychology, such as the nature of the soul, its faculties, and its survival after the death of the body. The second part explains how one can “treat” or “heal” the soul from certain negative character traits or vices. In both parts, the book makes liberal use of quotations from the Qur’an, from prophetical ḥadīth, and from sayings by other prophets and sages. This is quite unlike any other “book on philosophy” that Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī wrote.The article explains the distinction between philosophical and non-philosophical books in Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī and what it means for a book to belong to the former group. Al-Rāzī’s works in the theoretical fields of philosophy (logic, the natural sciences, metaphysics, and theology) do not use evidence derived from revelation and hardly ever refer to it. The relationship between revelation and the practical disciplines of philosophy (among them ethics), however, is different from the relation between revelation and theoretical philosophy. This difference leads in Avicenna to an almost complete abandonment of the practical disciplines. In authors who follow Avicenna in his Farabian approach to the relationship between philosophy and revelation, it leads to hybrid works such as al-Nafs wa-l-rūḥ wa-sharḥ quwāhumā that follow a philosophical agenda but employ means and strategies that mimic and imitate revelation.
Psychology and Ethical Epistemology
Authors: Shihadeh Ayman
Published: January 2022

We examine a hitherto unstudied debate, turning on the epistemology of value judgements, between Ashʿarīs and Baṣran Muʿtazilīs of the late eleventh and twelfth centuries. Al-Ghazālī and al-Rāzī countered Muʿtazilī ethical realism, here defended by al-Malāḥimī, by developing an emotive subjectivism underpinned by increasingly sophisticated psychological accounts of ethical motivation. Value judgements, they maintained, arise not from knowledge of some ethical attributes of acts themselves, but from subjective inclinations, which are often elusive because they can be unconscious or indirect. We also argue against the widespread notion that Ashʿarīs espoused an anti-rationalist ethics, and we show that they were not only ethical rationalists, but also the more innovative side in this debate.
Consult Your Heart
Authors: Al-Khatib Mutaz
Published: January 2022

In this article, I explore the authority of the heart (qalb) as a potential locus for the individual moral knowledge and normativity in Islamic ethics. To do so, I discuss the two ḥadīths that ostensibly suggest one’s “self” as a source of moral judgment. These ḥadīths raise renewed questions about the sources of moral judgment, the nature of moral judgment and the ethical capacity of the “self” (conscience)—“consult your heart and consult your self …”; “righteousness is good conduct, and sin is that which rankles in your chest and which you would hate for other people to look upon.”  There are rich debates in the Islamic tradition on the place and authority of the bāṭin (inward) in generating moral knowledge, which correspond to contemporary discourses in Western ethics on the place of conscience in the moral formation of the individual. In this article, I argue that although Islamic legal tradition as a discipline has focused on qualified external actions of individuals and the ijtihād (independent legal reasoning) of mujtahids (jurists), it did not ignore the authority of the bāṭin for moral assessment and the ijtihād of common individuals. I propose that the inward dimension has always occupied an important space within the interdisciplinary field of Islamic ethics but has been overshadowed by the overarching theological disputes between the Muʿtazilīs and Ashʿarīs over the sources of knowledge.  The article starts by exploring the relevant aḥādīth (reports) and their interpretation in ḥadīth commentaries, followed by an analysis of discussions in the fields of Islamic jurisprudence and Sufism.
“As Time Grows Older, the Qurʾān Grows Younger”
Authors: Moqbel Tareq
Published: January 2022

This article explores the role of ambiguity in the Qurʾān. It examines the concept of ambiguity, its ethical function in literature, and its reception in the tafsīr tradition with special reference to Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s (d. 606/1210) exegetical programme. Further, and by way of focusing on the narrative genre of the Qurʾān, the article analyses a Qurʾānic pericope, Q. 12:52-53, to illustrate the extent to which ambiguity impacts on the text, and what that means for the ethical teaching of Qurʾānic narratives. Without denying that ambiguity is located in the reader too, the article argues that ambiguity resides in the Qurʾānic text itself, and that this ambiguity has the function of expanding the Qurʾān’s interpretive universe and ethical potential.
Resistant Starch: A Promising Functional Food Ingredient
Authors: Wanikar Revati , Kotwal Swati
Published: January 2022

Nowadays dietary starches are considered as a tool for maintaining good health. Recently resistant starch has received much attention because of its specific contribution to human health. Resistant starch escapes digestion in the small intestine and fermented in the colon by colonic microorganisms. Resistant starch has wide applications in varieties of food products. In the present study, types of resistant starch, their sources, physiological benefits, have been discussed briefly. This chapter focuses on factors affecting starch digestion, resistant starch content, characterization of resistant starch and various techniques employed to study their structural features.
Current Research on Deep Brain Stimulation and Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease
Authors: Shahlaie Kiarash , Sperry Laura , Wei Luhua , Zhang Lin
Published: January 2022

Cognitive impairment is one of the common non-motor complications in Parkinson’s disease. The underlying mechanism remains elusive due to multiple reasons. As a result, treatment options for cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease are limited and not as effective as those for motor symptoms. Recent advances in neuroscience have developed new models for the pathophysiology of Parkinson’s disease dementia, based on which clinical research have showed promising results. The role of multiple neurotransmitter systems in cognitive impairment have been emphasized. The change in different functional neural networks (including microscale, mesoscale, and macroscale) resulting from abnormal neurobiochemical environment partly explains the clinical picture. Accordingly, neuromodulation methods can be good candidates for symptomatic management. Several preliminary studies on deep brain stimulation have demonstrated positive results. The nucleus basalis of Meynert, a hub in the cognitive network, is chosen by most studies as the stimulation target. Deep brain stimulation for motor symptoms, on the other hand, may also cause or aggravate patients’ cognitive dysfunction. Their influence on cognition is multifaceted and should be taken into account during patient selection, target design, and programming.
Los Planes de igualdad de oportunidades como instrumento de una política de cambio social
Authors: García Escribano Juan José , Sánchez Ruiz Inmaculada Concepción
Published: January 2022

On many occasions, politics is intended to achieve lofty objectives of social and cultural change related to the achievement of real equality between women and men, but for this, the institutionalization of equality bodies at different levels of government and instruments is unavoidable. Those enable the actions necessary for the implementation of these policies. In this article, a content analysis of the equality plans developed in the municipalities of the Murcia Region is carried out, with the aim of knowing the impact that equality legislation has on the development of equality plans at the municipal level, as well as whether they have served as an instrument of social change policies.

En numerosas ocasiones, desde la política se pretende alcanzar excelsos objetivos de cambio social y cultural relacionados con la consecución de la igualdad real entre mujeres y hombres, pero para ello es ineludible la institucionalización de organismos de igualdad en los diferentes niveles de gobierno y de instrumentos que posibiliten las acciones necesarias para la implementación de esas políticas. En el presente artículo se realiza un análisis de contenido de los Planes de igualdad desarrollados en los municipios de la Región de Murcia, con el objetivo de conocer la incidencia que tiene la legislación en igualdad sobre el desarrollo de Planes de igualdad en el ámbito municipal, así como si los mismos han servido como instrumento de políticas de cambio social.
Arte asociacionista cubano para un fin de siglo: artivismo, performance y revolución
Authors: Tejo Veloso Carlos
Published: January 2022

This article analyzes some of the most significant groups of artists of the exuberant eighties in Cuba. Among the great variety of groups that appeared in this period, we are going to focus on those that, with greater clarity, use performance as a fundamental medium. This use of an ephemeral and unconventional discipline will reinforce the ties between the community of artists and the Cuban people at large, at a time when many still considered it possible to solve the many failures of the system through spontaneous and disinterested art. Pursuing this objective, the artists held firm to the hope that something could change and, sure of this conviction, they promoted collaborative work such as had not been seen since the historical avant-gardes in Cuba. After the devastating economic and social crisis of the 1990s, hope started to disappear. The arrival of the new century perpetuated hardship and managed to squander the former spirit of solidarity - not only among artists - but also among an important part of society. However, it seems correct to conclude that the current tense political context can function as a deterrent of disunity and individualism. The important popular protests against the government that took place on July 11, 2021, have caused a large number of creators, intellectuals and people outside the artistic field to decide to work again in community.

El presente artículo propone analizar algunos de los grupos de artistas más significativos de la explosiva década de los ochenta en Cuba. Dentro de la gran variedad de colectivos que aparecen en este periodo, vamos a centrarnos en aquellos que, con mayor claridad, utilizan la performance como medio fundamental. Este uso de una disciplina efímera y poco convencional reforzará los lazos de unión entre la comunidad de artistas y el pueblo en un momento en el que todavía se veía posible solventar los numerosos fallos del sistema a través de un arte espontáneo y desinteresado. Persiguiendo este objetivo, los artistas mantuvieron firme la esperanza de que algo podía cambiar y, seguros de esta convicción, potenciaron el trabajo colaborativo como no se había visto desde las vanguardias históricas en Cuba. Tras la devastadora crisis económica y de valores de los noventa, la esperanza desaparece. La llegada del nuevo siglo perpetuó la penuria y consiguió dilapidar el otrora espíritu grupal y solidario -no sólo de los artistas- sino de una parte importante de la sociedad. Sin embargo, parece acertado concluir que el tenso contexto político actual anima a sortear la desunión y el individualismo. Las importantes protestas populares contra el gobierno que tuvieron lugar el 11 de julio de 2021, han propiciado que una nutrida representación de creadores, intelectuales y personas ajenas al campo artístico hayan decidido trabajar nuevamente en comunidad.
Estéticas feministas y prácticas artísticas audiovisuales en España. Intervenir en la memoria, sentir el presente, impulsar el futuro
Authors: Martínez Collado Ana
Published: January 2022

This article analyzes the relationships between current developments in audiovisual practices and feminist aesthetics in Spain. This confluence actively participates in the paradigm shift, both discursive and experiential, of certain contemporary identity issues, thus promoting a rewriting of both concepts and practices, encouraging the creation of alternative imaginaries. Hence, in this symbiotic participation, new forms and experiences are discovered, alterations of the traditional canon of art, of the beauty and the sublime, and a visibility of the everyday through a reaffirmation of the experience blurring the limits of the public and the private. In this regard, we will conclude pointing out the importance of said interweaving, focusing on how female artists and feminist aesthetics have intervened the hegemonic imaginaries through a rereading of memory, feeling the present and promoting more inclusive alternative ways of seeing.

El presente artículo analiza las relaciones entre los desarrollos actuales de las prácticas audiovisuales y la Estética feminista en España. Dicha confluencia participa activamente en el cambio de paradigma, tanto discursivo como experiencial, de ciertas cuestiones identitarias contemporáneas, promoviendo así una reescritura tanto de los conceptos como de las prácticas, incitando la creación de imaginarios alternativos. De este modo, en dicha participación simbiótica se descubren nuevas formas y experiencias, alteraciones del canon tradicional del arte, de la belleza y lo sublime, y una visibilización de lo cotidiano a través de una reafirmación de la experiencia que diluye los límites de lo público y lo privado. Concluiremos, así, señalando la importancia de dicha imbricación, incidiendo en cómo las mujeres artistas y la estética feminista han intervenido los imaginarios hegemónicos a través de una relectura de la memoria, sintiendo el presente e impulsando modos de ver alternativos más inclusivos.
Discourse Phases, Schemas, Speech Acts & Implicature of Bribery in English and Arabic
Authors: Kadim Igaab Zainab , Yahya Jasim Algburi Basim
Published: January 2022

Verbal offences are language crimes that are committed by uttering utterances of certain words or expressions. One of those offences is bribery. Bribery has extensively been studied and compared in different legal systems and legislations, yet, the linguistic aspects of this crime has not been given due interest. The present study attempts to bridge this gap by studying this offence from a pragmatic perspective in terms of discourse phases, schemas, speech acts and implicature in English and Arabic. This study tries to achieve the following aims: Shedding light on the similarities and differences in bribery between English and Arabic in terms of discourse phases, schemas, speech acts and implicature and showing in which community bribery is more common than the other: English or Iraqi-Arabic. The data of this study consisting of 10 complaints in English and Arabic were collected from Courts of Appeal in Iraq, Britain and the United States. They are analyzed in terms of an eclectic model constructed from Shuy (2013), Searle (1975) and Grice (1967). The results indicate that the bribery cases have the same phases and schemas in both languages. The locutionary acts, in both English and Arabic bribery, are expressed by verbs. But in terms of illocutionary acts, bribery is different between English and Arabic. As far as implicature is concerned, bribery is expressed by different linguistic structures in English and Arabic.
The Periphrastic Topic Structures in Chinese-English Interlanguage
Authors: Li Chengchao , Yang Lianrui , Wolter Brent
Published: January 2022

Periphrastic topic structures, as Chinese-style topic structures, belong to the category of prepositional topic fronting constructions in TSVO sequences. Findings from studies on periphrastic topic structures are inconsistent and present only a fragmented understanding. Therefore, the present study is conducted to make up for the gap and aims to reveal the developmental features of periphrastic topic structures (henceforth PTS) through investigating the production and the recognition of PTSs in Chinese college English learners’ Chinese-English interlanguage. The result suggests that with advances in learners’ English proficiency levels, periphrastic topic structures diminish from the preliminary stage to the intermediate stage gradually, but present a much higher degree of fossilization at the advanced level. Theoretically, this finding may further support Yang’s findings(2008) and validate the Selective Fossilization Hypothesis model (SFH model) proposed by Han (2009).
Attention enhanced capsule network for text classification by encoding syntactic dependency trees with graph convolutional neural network
Authors: Jia Xudong , Wang Li
Published: January 2022

Text classification is a fundamental task in many applications such as topic labeling, sentiment analysis, and spam detection. The text syntactic relationship and word sequence are important and useful for text classification. How to model and incorporate them to improve performance is one key challenge. Inspired by human behavior in understanding text. In this paper, we combine the syntactic relationship, sequence structure, and semantics for text representation, and propose an attention-enhanced capsule network-based text classification model. Specifically, we use graph convolutional neural networks to encode syntactic dependency trees, build multi-head attention to encode dependencies relationship in text sequence, merge with semantic information by capsule network at last. Extensive experiments on five datasets demonstrate that our approach can effectively improve the performance of text classification compared with state-of-the-art methods. The result also shows capsule network, graph convolutional neural network, and multi-headed attention has integration effects on text classification tasks.