bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
All Health Technology Requires Compassion, Collaboration, and Humanism for Optimal Care
Authors: Levin Richard I. , Alcala Brianne Warner
Published: July 2018

Imagine an appointment with a new patient. She’s waiting, fidgeting, looking down at her lap. You say hello, introduce yourself, and sit behind the computer. You enter key details into the EHR (electronic health record) as the appointment goes along. “Tell me why you’re here today,” you say. You try listening, but menus keep popping up. The patient launches into her complaints, knowing that time is limited. You type as fast as you can to keep up. Soon, it has been 10 minutes, and you need to wrap things up and move on to the next patient. Did you feel connected to the patient? Did she feel connected to you? Perhaps neither of you made eye contact. Both of you might have left the appointment feeling unsatisfied and unsettled. To feel connected to a patient requires more than being in the same room. In fact, being in the same room may not be essential. Connecting with a patient or another healthcare team member requires humanism—the simple act of being human—and the deliberate acts that accompany it. For those working in telehealth, creating a bond with a patient can be a bit different but no less important or possible than in a physical room.
Lexique des termes de relations internationales قاموس مصطلحات علاقات دولية فرنسي - عربي
Authors: Alshammari Yacoub , Alenezy Dana
Published: July 2018

L’étude, ou l’expression, de « relations internationales » désigne généralement les rapports multiformes que des individus, des organisations privées et des gouvernements développent entre eux dans les diverses activités humaines (politique, économie, jurisprudence, etc.). Ces termes désignent également l'étude des affaires étrangères et des grandes questions du système international, tels que les rôles des États, des organisations internationales (gouvernmentales et non gouvernementales), et des entreprises multinationales. Les relations internationales concernent à la fois les domaines politiques et académiques.
Motivated misremembering of selfish decisions
Authors: Carlson Ryan W. , Marechal Michel , Oud Bastiaan , Fehr Ernst , Crockett Molly
Published: July 2018

People often prioritize their own interests, but also like to see themselves as moral. How do individuals resolve this tension? One way to both pursue personal gain and preserve a moral self-image is to misremember the extent of one’s selfishness. Here, we test this possibility. Across five experiments (N=3190), we find that people tend to recall being more generous in the past than they actually were, even when they are incentivized to recall their decisions accurately. Crucially, this motivated misremembering effect occurs chiefly for individuals whose choices violate their own fairness standards, irrespective of how high or low those standards are. Moreover, this effect disappears under conditions where people no longer perceive themselves as responsible for their fairness violations. Together, these findings suggest that when people’s actions fall short of their personal standards, they may misremember the extent of their selfishness, thereby potentially warding off threats to their moral self-image.
When can multiple imputation improve regression estimates?
Authors: Arel-Bundock Vincent , Pelc Krzysztof
Published: July 2018

Multiple imputation (MI) is often presented as an improvement over listwise deletion (LWD) for regression estimation in the presence of missing data. Against a common view, we demonstrate anew that the complete case estimator can be unbiased, even if data are not missing completely at random. As long as the analyst can control for the determinants of missingness, MI offers no benefit over LWD for bias reduction in regression analysis. We highlight the conditions under which MI is most likely to improve the accuracy and precision of regression results, and develop concrete guidelines that researchers can adopt to increase transparency and promote confidence in their results. While MI remains a useful approach in certain contexts, it is no panacea, and access to imputation software does not absolve researchers of their responsibility to know the data.
Conditional tax competition in American states
Authors: Arel-Bundock Vincent , Parinandi Srinivas
Published: July 2018

Cross-border commercial activity raises issues in federations where multiple jurisdictions can claim the right to tax the same income. In the United States, this coordination problem is resolved by splitting the tax base according to the geographic distribution of firms’ sales, capital and labour. The weight of each factor is determined on a state-by-state basis, which opens room for competitive legislative behaviour. In this complex issue area, however, policymakers must invest lot of resources to monitor competitors, evaluate policy alternatives and shepherd tax reform through the legislative process. This implies that highly professional legislatures should be more responsive to the policies of nearby states. We consider data on most American states over the period from 1986 to 2013 and find strong evidence of conditional spatial dependence. Our findings suggest that policy diffusion may often be moderated by institutional and political factors.
MARKET CLIMATE AND CUSTOMER PREFERENCES TOWARDS FRANCHISOR OF ISLAMIC KINDERGARTEN IN SHAH ALAM
Authors: Ikhsan Nur El
Published: July 2018

This study aims to identify market climate and customer preferences of people around Shah Alam, Malaysia towards franchisor of Islamic kindergarten. The research method used is quantitative approach and questionnaires are distributed to 40 parents around Shah Alam who have children and putting their children to have pre-education among 3 Islamic kindergarten brand.  The result of this study explained that most consumers engage their children to pre institutions the school grounds to increase the ability and social interaction.  The main consideration consumers in choosing pre -school education are the type of program services offered and teacher skills and knowledge. While biggest decision maker was the husband.  Price sensitivity is low with costs incurred for pre-school activities people feel suitable is more than RM 200 per month. Lastly, if consumers are not satisfied then the action taken is complain directly to the pre-school and directly stop using the service.
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR SHIP: INOVASI DAN TANTANGANNYA DI ERA PERSAINGAN BEBAS
Authors: Dwianto Agung Surya
Published: July 2018

In many countries, especially in developing countries, there are many social problems that need to be resolved. The high level of poverty and unemployment, the lack of available health facilities, or the low quality of existing education, is an acute problem that becomes a tough domestic work for a developing country's government. Given the current global conditions, where free competition is inevitable, it certainly adds to the long list of strategies that the government must take to tackle various social problems. The government can not struggle and work alone in dealing with the complexity of the existing problems, it is certainly necessary for the active role of all elements of the society so that the problems that whack, can unravel and be solved. One step that can be taken by the government in order to empower and protect the people in the era of free competition is to support, develop, and multiply the existence of social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship has the potential to provide some social solutions that affect a country.This paper shows the concept of social entrepreneurship as historical background, characteristics, challenges faced and business model of social entrepreneurship in order to overcome various social problems that can have a positive impact on economic development.
D. W. Griffith Et L’émergence Du Montage Alterné
Authors: Gaudreault André , Gauthier Philippe
Published: July 2018

Abstract: General agreement exists today that David Wark Griffith, while not the “inventor” of crosscutting, is nevertheless a key figure in its development. But what does that mean exactly? Or, more precisely: how does one establish a list of Griffith’s concrete contributions to the development of the technique? The goal of this article is to present a new theoretical framework for evaluating the evolution of various parameters of crosscutting during cinema’s transitional era. This framework results from the combination of our hypothesis concerning actorial and narratorial cuts with a new theory on the articulations of spatial language. This new theoretical tool allows us to detect variations in the presence of an underlying narrator as the agent responsible for filmic enunciations and to establish, in the end, a typology of cuts connecting the shots in a crosscutting sequence.
Reflecting the Man: Gendering Race in Paul Haggis’s Crash
Authors: Elliott Mandy
Published: July 2018

Résumé : Le film Crash (Collision) de Paul Haggis (2004) emploie la fluidité des rôles de genre pour illustrer des cas d’iniquité raciale et les réactions qu’ils suscitent. L’auteure démontre de quelles façons le film joue avec l’idée que se fait Frantz Fanon du regard raciste comme forme de castration métaphorique — le remplacement systématique de la puissance sexuelle masculine par une objectification et une soumission forcées. Dans l’esprit des travaux de Fanon, Daniel Kim déclare que le regard homosocial du mâle blanc « force les hommes de couleur à féminiser leur position », affirmant la supériorité raciale à travers le langage de la domination sexuelle. Dans Crash, Christine (Thandie Newton) et Cameron (Terrence Howard) Thayer sont tous les deux privés de leur identité sexuelle à titre de gens de couleur. Bien que cette castration métaphorique ne soit pas nécessairement permanente, elle met en relief le lien inéluctable entre race et genre et les pairages qui tendent à dicter la domination et la soumission.
Boundary Vertices Sensitive Vertex-Cut Partitioning Algorithm
Authors:   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan, Ali Asad Feroz , Rahman Syed Saif ur ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Published: July 2018

Graph Partitioning is one of the favorite research topics among researchers since the 70s. It attracts a diverse group of researchers from various fields such as engineering, science and mathematics. In the last decade, the graphs have increased in size to billions of vertices. Despite the fact that storage devices have become cheaper, processing these huge spanning graphs is not possible for a single machine. This call for the need of partitioning the graph so a group of machines can perform various parallel calculations on them which would save time and produce quick results. The research problem is that the ratio of boundary vertices to interior vertices increases with the increase in number of partitions for existing partitioning techniques available. To address this issue, the random edge selection method of Graph Lab algorithm was replaced with four suggested edge sorting techniques. The results were compared with the random edge selection method of Graph Lab using various performance parameters.
Improving Query Response Time for Graph Data Using Materialization
Authors:   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan, Waheed Abdul , Saif-ur-Rahman Saif-ur-Rahman ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Published: July 2018

Graphs are used in many disciplines, from communication networks, biological, social networks including maths and other fields of science. This is the latest and most important field of computer science today. In this research, the authors have worked on the materialization to improve the query response of graph data. The large graph dataset have been divided into two categories; one contains the topological data and other contains the aggregate data and both are accessed via a PAM (Predicate Aggregate Materialization) engine which plays an intermediary role. PAM engine stores the query results and it checks whether the query is new or already processed every time the query appears. If it is found already processed than it just get the results which are materialized and if it finds a new query than it goes for the extraction of data from required datasets. After completion of process, PAM engine materialize the extracted data for reuse. The technique works and it reduces the processing time and improves response time.
Performance Analysis of Classification Learning Methods on Large Dataset using two Data Mining Tools
Authors:   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan, Ali Mazhar ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan, Ali Husnain Mansoor ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan
Published: July 2018

Data is increasing day to day thus, processing this data and selection of right method and tool is really a big problem. Computer scientists are processing and analysing data on different machine learning methods using various Data Mining tools to get the high accuracy of results and minimum time for building of Model. There are several data analysis and processing tools like WEKA, RapidMiner, Keel, and etc. available for the purpose of processing, analysis, modelling and etc. Still no single tool is perfect or nominated for data processing and analysis. In this concern, the authors present here a comparative and analytical research study on the performance of different classification machine learning algorithms like Naïve Bayes, KNN, IBK, Random Forest, C4.5, J48 and Data Mining tools which are WEKA and RapidMiner on a large datasets to evaluate their performance and analytical results with low cost of error. The data set Adult Income is taken from UCI Data repository for this research study. The significance and aim of this study is to evaluate and assess the range of performance of different machine learning methods and two diverse data mining tools on dissimilar datasets. The result of each classification method and Data mining tool is analysed and presented in the end.
Performance Analysis Of TCP And UDP Over Mobile Ad Hoc Network
Authors:   Department of Computer Science, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan, Laeeq Kashif , Islam Noman ,   Department of Computer Science, Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan, Bhayo Jalal ,   Department of Computer Science, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Published: July 2018

In the network computing domain, mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) have gained prominence during the recent years. These networks have been used in almost all domains of today’s life; especially in military and emergency operations. However, these application areas demand higher performance. It has been observed that better performance can’t be achieved without improved network management and the detailed network performance awareness. In this direction, this research work investigates the behavior of mobile ad hoc network under two transport protocols i.e. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP). The work analyzes various parameters such as bandwidth, throughput, jitter and out of order delivery etc. A test-bed has been established in university campus and the data transferred over the network is analyzed using iperf performance monitoring tool.
Smart Bandwidth Friendly Buffer: Handling Overflow In Wireless Mesh Networks
Authors:   Department of Computer Science, New York Institute of Technology, Nanjing Campus, China, Razaque Abdul , Haroon Ahmed ,   Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Cleveland State University, OH, USA, Kumar Manoj ,   Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Cleveland State University, OH, USA, Amulya Gullapalli ,   Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Cleveland State University, OH, USA, Soomro Tariq Rahim ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Dubai, UAE
Published: July 2018

With breakthrough of technological advancement, the significance of data transmission has been in highly demanding. On the other hand, limited buffering capacity has been great challenge that limits the Quality of Service (QoS) and degrade the performance of the network particularly in Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs). Thus, it is important to provide an efficient utilization bandwidth and buffer management. Furthermore, the QoS in WMNs depends immensely on intelligent buffer management to avoid unexpected congestion and data loss. Some algorithms have been introduced to improve the buffer capacity and management. However, these suffer from high latency, even the loss of data because of congestion in the buffers, eventually resulting in low throughput. To address these issues we introduce the scheme “Smart Bandwidth Friendly Buffers (SBFB) for Wireless Mesh Networks. The SBFB is inspired by the features of existing schemes like the EZ Flow, WRED (Weighted Random Early Detection, and Back-off mechanism algorithms. The SBFB scheme contributes to prioritize the packets, allowing the down link nodes to perceive the buffer capacity prior to transmission and it also hunts for alternative routes in case of buffer buildup. Our proposed algorithm is validated using Network simulator-3 (NS3). Based on the experimental results, we have determined that SBFB has lesser congestion and packet loss probability when compared to other known contemporary schemes.
Online Optical Tomography System Application Of Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) For Object Detection In Crystal Clear Water
Authors:   Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, Jamaludin Juliza , Rahim Ruzairi Abdul ,   Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, Rahim Herlina Binti Abdul ,   Process Tomography and Instrumentation Engineering Research Group (PROTOM-i), Infocomm Research Alliance, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, Rahiman Mohd Hafiz Fazalul ,   Tomography Imaging Research Group, School of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600Arau, Perlis, Malaysia, Mohd Muji Siti Zarina Bte. ,   Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor Malaysia;, Rohani Jemmy Mohd ,   Sondotech Sdn. Bhd, 31, Jalan Mutiara Emas 5/1, Taman Mount Austin, 81100, Johor, Malaysia
Published: July 2018

This research presents an application of Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) linear sensor and laser diode in an optical tomography system. These optoelectronic sensors are believed to detect solid objects rather than transparent objects. Based on the research results, the development of optical tomography system using CCD and laser diode has helped to enhance the potential of these sensors in detecting low-opacity objects. Experiments for detecting a solid rod, transparent rod and air bubbles in non-flowing crystal clear water were conducted in this study. From the image reconstruction results, it clearly shows a cross-sectional image of a pipeline system with the existence and the exact location of opaque and transparent objects in multiphase flow detected by the orthogonal projection of CCD sensors and lasers. The information details of real-time multiphase flow that observed by this system can be transmit via wireless or wired data communication system.
Enhanced Auto Completion of Hand Drawn Sketches
Authors:   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan, Zulqurnain Mohammad , Amin Imran ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan
Published: July 2018

Sketching is one of the most effective way to communicate art and imagination of an individual. It adds a sense of realism to the object in this work our system helps the user drawing repetitive structures with in a sketch like hatching, stippling, cross-blending, broad stroke, and object contours which saves time on the part of artist and he can concentrate on the non-repetitive sections of the sketch. Our system gracefully fit the probable pattern repetitions to the changing and non-repetitive context in the drawing and lessens the number of manual strokes that has to be performed by the artist while maintaining the aesthetic aspect of the drawing.
Improving ATM User Interface (UI) of Pakistani Banks Using Keystroke Level Modelling (KLM)
Authors:   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan, Shaikh Waseem Uddin , Ali Muhammad Asim ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan
Published: July 2018

The ATM connotes as Automated Teller Machine or Cash Machine. This machine has earned its currency on a larger scale in our modern society. However, unfortunately, most users have met bad experiences. For instance, reinserting the ATM card to continue to other transaction, slow transactions and navigation menu options are not allied that create complexity for users and this is because of its outdated design and user interface. In this paper, we investigate some existing Pakistani bank ATM navigation menus and propose the 'Pak ATM' as a new approach.
Kekerabatan Bahasa Nafri, Sentani, dan Tabla:
Authors: Sanjoko Yohanis
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan hubungan kekerabatan bahasa Nafri, bahasa Sentani, dan bahasa Tabla. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah metode leksikostatistik. Adapun leksikostatistik merupakan suatu teknik dalam pengelompokkan bahasa yang cenderung mengutamakan peneropongan kata-kata (leksikon) secara statistik, untuk kemudian menarik kesimpulan berdasarkan persentase kesamaan dan perbedaan antara satu bahasa dengan bahasa yang lain. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa antara bahasa Nafri, Sentani, dan Tabla merupakan satu rumpun bahasa (stok).
Sastra, Pengajaran, dan Pengembangannya
Authors: Sutana Dwi
Published: July 2018

Tujuan pengajaran sastra sebagai alat untuk meneruskan nilai-nilai etika dan moral dalam kehidupan.Selain itu, pengajaran sastra juga merupakan salah satu sarana untuk pengembangan sastra yang bertujuan untuk meluaskan wilayah pembaca atau penikmat sastra serta menumbuhkan apresiasi, meningkatkan mutu hasil sastra, dan menggairahkan penciptaan sastra. dengan pengajaran sastra diharapkan ketiga hal itu dapat dicapai. dengan melibatkan siswa secara langsung dengan sastra akan menumbuhkan daya apresiasi dan peningkatan cinta siswa terhadap sastra. dengan cara seperti itu guru dapat meningkatkan pengajarannya menjadi lebih baik, sehingga membantu dalampengembangan sastra. Sastra yang berkembang akan membuka batin kita bagi pengalaman-pengalaman baru atau mengajak kita untuk mengatur pengalaman tersebut dengan suatu cara baru dan dapat sebagai alat untuk mencetuskan pendapat-pendapat yang hidup di dalam masyarakat.
Citraan dalam Puisi Daerah Sulawesi Selatan
Authors: Murmahyati Murmahyati
Published: July 2018

Artikel ini bertujuan memaparkan tentang citraan dalam puisi daerah Sulawesi Selatan. Hasil yang diharapkan adalah risalah yang menyangkut citraan puisi daerah Sulawesi Selatan. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode desktiptif dengan pendekatan sosiologi sastra. Teknik pengumpulan data dengan menggunakan studi pustaka. pada penelitian ini, ditemukan citraan yang ditemukan, antara lain citraan penglihatan, citraan pendengaran, citraan penciuman, citraan pencicipan, dan citraan gerak.
Frasa Nominal Bahasa Nambla (Tukuih)
Authors: Sanjoko Yohanis
Published: July 2018

Tulisan ini membahas frasa nominal dalam bahasa Nambla (Tukuih). Frasa nominal adalah frasa yang memiliki distribusi yang sama dengan kata nominal. Tujuan tulisan ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan pola frasa nominal bahasa Nambla, jenis-jenis kelas kata pengisi konstituen atribut, urutan kelas kata pengisi konstituen atribut, dan hubungan makna antara konstituen inti dengan konstituen atribut. Tulisan ini mengunakan metode deskriptif dengan tiga tahapan, yaitu tahap penyediaan data, tahap analisis data, dan tahap penyajian hasil analisis data. Penyediaan data tulisan ini menggunakan metode cakap dengan teknik pancing sebagai teknik dasar dan teknik cakap semuka serta teknik catat sebagai teknik lanjutan. Analisis data menggunakan metode distribusional. Pola umum frasa nominal bahasa Nambla adalah DM. Frasa nominal bahasa Nambla terdiri dari konstituen inti yang selalu diisi oleh nomina dan konstituen atribut yang dapat diisi oleh nomina, pronomina, adjektif, artikel penentu, numeralia, dan klausa relatif. Beberapa hubungan makna yang timbul sebagai akibat proses sintaksis ini, yaitu menyatakan makna posesif, lokatif, kualitatif,kuantitatif, deiktis, dan deskripsi.
Meronimi Mulut
Authors: Fau Teodora Nirmala
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini membahas meronimi mulut atau bisa dikatakan kosakata yang masih tergabung dalam unsur pembentuk mulut. Dalam bahasa Indonesia, ada 25 kosakata yang mengarah pada mulut, namun yang merupakan meronimi langsung dari mulut ada sembilan kata. Semua kata yang dapat dimasukkan sebagai meronimi mulut adalah yang makna leksikalnya menunjukkan unsur tersebut berada di atas epiglotis.
Sejarah dan Fiksi dalam Dua Novel Karya Kwee Tek Hoay:
Authors: D. Ardiansyah Irna Gayatri
Published: July 2018

Tulisan ini akan menguraikan sejarah dan fiksi dalam dua novel karya Kwee Tek Hoay. Penulis mencari berbagai informasi dari berbagai sumber pustaka dan sumber dalam jaringan untuk mendukung penelitian ini. Secara lebih khusus, penulis mencari sumber pustaka yang menyajikan informasi seputar kesusastraan Melayu Tionghoa. Penulis menganalisis Atsal Mulahnya Timbul Pergerakan Tionghoa dan Berkahnya Malaise dengan menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif. Kedua novel tersebut pada dasarnya memang menyajikan sejarah, yaitu peristiwa Malaise dalam Berkahnya Malaise dan asal mula dibentuknya perkumpulan atau pergerakan Tionghoa Hwee Koan dalam Atsal Mulahnya Timbul Pergerakan Tionghoa. Akan tetapi, terdapat pula fiksi yang berupa gagasan pengarang dalam kedua novel tersebut. Gagasan tersebut merupakan bentuk komunikasi yang disajikan pengarang antara karya sastra dengan pembaca.
Fonem Segmental Bahasa Kanum Barkari
Authors: Iribaram Siti Masitha
Published: July 2018

Tulisan ini membicarakan fonem segmental bahasa Kanum Barkari. Bahasa Kanum Barkari terletak di wilayah perbatasan Indonesia dengan Papua New Guini. Bahasa Kanum Barkari merupakan salah satu bahasa daerah yang ada di Papua yang dituturkan oleh masyarakat di Kampung Kondo, Kabupaten Merauke. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif dengan tiga tahapan, yaitu tahap penyediaan data, tahap analisis data, dan tahap penyajian hasil analisis data. Analisis data dilaksanakansesudah data yang terjaring diklasifikasikan. Analisis yang diterapkan menggunakan metode distribusional. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa bahasa Kanum Barkari memiliki 16 buah fonem konsonan, yaitu /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/, /j/, /k/, /g/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /l/, /s/,/r/, /h/, /w/, /y/ dan 6 buah fonem vokal, yaitu /a/, /i/, /u/, /e/, /є/, dan /o/.
Analisis Nilai-Nilai Pragmatik Cerita Rakyat Suku Sasak “Tiwoq-Iwoq”
Authors: Susanti Pipit Aprilia
Published: July 2018

Analisis nilai pragmatik cerita rakyat suku sasak “Tiwoq-Iwoq” dilatarbelakangi oleh beberapa faktor, yaitu upaya pengenalan sastra rakyat yang semakin berkurang, keberadaan cerita rakyat yang mulai ditinggalkan akibat banyaknya cerita-cerita yang bermunculan dan merosotnya nilai moral di kalangan generasi muda. Tujuannya adalah untuk mengetahui nilai-nilai pragmatik yang ada pada cerita rakyat suku sasak “Tiwoq-Iwoq”. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Metode yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data dalam penelitian ini adalah studi pustaka, dokumenter, observasi, dan pencatatan. Sedangkan metode analisis data yaitu pragmatik. Berdasarkan hasil dan pembahasan dapat disimpulkan bahwa cerita rakyat suku sasak “Tiwoq-Iwoq” mengandung nilai-nilai pendidikan meliputi moral, sosial, dan religius.
Konsep dan Nilai Budaya Jawa dalam Novel Jalan Menikung Karya Umar Kayam
Authors: Rejo Uman
Published: July 2018

Karya sastra diciptakan untuk dinikmati, dipahami, dan dimanfaatkan oleh masyarakat. Perkembangan karya sastra selalu dikaitkan dengan manusia dan kehidupannya. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan konsep-konsep budaya Jawa dalam novel Jalan Menikung karya Umar Kayam dan hubungan realita dalam masyarakat dengan kehidupan dalam novel Jalan Menikung. Metode yang dipergunakan adalah metode deskriptif analisis. Metode ini digunakan untuk menguraikan dengan memberikan pemahaman dan penjelasan yang memadai sehubungan dengan fakta-fakta empirik yang berkait dengan masalah yang diajukan dalam tulisan ini. Beberapa konsep budaya Jawa dalam novel ini di antaranya sikap feodalistik, sikap keagamaan, kerumangsan, aja dumeh yang dimiliki orang Jawa, sikap tepa slira dan mawas diri, serta hubungannya dengan sanak digambarkan secara gamblang dan jelas oleh Umar Kayam melalui watak dan cakapan masing-masing para tokoh di dalamnya. Hal itu merupakan bentuk pengejawantahan kehidupan Umar Kayam yang memang kental dengan aspek-aspek budaya Jawa, sehingga ia tahu betul bagaimana kehidupan orang Jawa, filsafat yang dianutnya memang sudah mendasar dalam dirinya. Filsafat tersebut difungsikan sebagai pedoman hidup, kunci pengendalian diri, dan sebagai pondasi dalam berinteraksi sosial.
Karakteristik Fonem Segmental Bahasa Melayu Dialek Ambon
Authors: Erniati Erniati
Published: July 2018

Bahasa Melayu Ambon adalah bahasa yang tergolong sebagai rumpun atau dialek dari bahasa Melayu standar yang dituturkan wilayah Provinsi Maluku yang mencakup Kota Ambon, Pulau Ambon, Pulau-pulau Lease yaitu Saparua, Haruku dan Nusa Laut serta Pulau Buano,Pulau Manipa, Pulau Kelang Pulau Seram serta dipakai pula sebagai bahasa perdagangan di Kei, Banda, Kepulauan watubela, Pulau Buru, Maluku Tenggara sampai Maluku Barat Daya. Bahasa Melayu dialek Ambon memiliki 2-2,5 juta penutur yang tersebar di seluruh Kepulauan Maluku. Bahasa Melayu dialek Ambon termasuk dalam rumpun bahasa Melayu Polinesia. Untuk melestarikan bahasa Melayu dialek Ambon ini diperlukan penelitian tetntang karakteristik fonem Bahasa Melayu dialek Ambon dan pendistribusiannya dalam kata. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui jumlah fonem bahasa Melayu dialek Ambon dan distribusinya dalam kata. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif deskriptip. Hasil analisis menunjukaan bahwa fonem yang terdapat pada Bahasa Melayu dialek Ambon terdiri atas enam fonem vokal dan delapan belas fonem konsonan.
Pemilihan Bahasa Etnik Bugis dalam Ranah Keluarga Berdasarkan Hubungan Peran dan Kategori Pekerjaan di Kabupaten Donggala
Authors: Tamrin Tamrin
Published: July 2018

Pemilihan bahasa (language choice) merupakan fenomena yang lazim terjadi pada masyarakat multibahasa. Dengan mengangkat kasus pemilihan bahasa etnik Bugis dalam ranah keluarga berdasarkan hubungan peran dan kategori pekerjaan di Kabupaten Donggala, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) mendeskripsikan pola pemilihan bahasa etnik Bugis dalam ranah keluarga berdasarkan kategori pekerjaan dan hubungan peran di Kabupaten Donggala, (2) mendeskripsikan pengaruh pekerjaan terhadap pemilihan bahasa etnik Bugis di Kabupaten Donggala dan (3) menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mendasari pemilihan bahasa etnik Bugis dalam ranah keluarga berdasarkan kategori pekerjaan dan hubungan peran di Kabupaten Donggala. Metode yang digunakan adalah pendekatan sosiolinguistik dengan teknik kuesioner, wawancara, pengamatan, dan perekaman, kemudian dianalisis berdasarkan presentase pola pemilihan bahasa etnik Bugis dalam ranah keluarga. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa etnik Bugis di Kabupaten Donggala masih dominan memilih bahasa Bugis sebagai alat komunikasi dalam ranah keluarga berdasarkan hubungan peran dan kategori pekerjaan. Responden yang bekerja sebagai PNS/TNI/Polri serta pelajar yang memiliki presentase lebih rendah dalam pimilihan bahasa Bugisnya
Dark Solitons in Acoustic Transmission Line Metamaterials
Authors: Zhang Jiangyi , Romero-García Vicente , Theocharis Georgios , Richoux Olivier , Achilleos Vassos , Frantzeskakis Dimitrios J.
Published: July 2018

We study dark solitons, namely density dips with a phase jump across the density minimum, in a one-dimensional, weakly lossy nonlinear acoustic metamaterial, composed of a waveguide featuring a periodic array of side holes. Relying on the electroacoustic analogy and the transmission line approach, we derive a lattice model which, in the continuum approximation, leads to a nonlinear, dispersive and dissipative wave equation. The latter, using the method of multiple scales, is reduced to a defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation, which leads to dark soliton solutions. The dissipative dynamics of these structures is studied via soliton perturbation theory. We investigate the role—and interplay between—nonlinearity, dispersion and dissipation on the soliton formation and dynamics. Our analytical predictions are corroborated by direct numerical simulations.
Multibody Simulation for the Vibration Analysis of a Turbocharged Diesel Engine
Authors: Armentani Enrico , Caputo Francesco , Esposito Luca , Giannella Venanzio , Citarella Roberto
Published: July 2018

In this paper, a multibody calculation methodology has been applied to the vibration analysis of a 4-cylinder, 4-stroke, turbocharged diesel engine, with a simulation driven study of the angular speed variation of a crankshaft under consideration of different modeling assumptions. Moreover, time dependent simulation results, evaluated at the engine supports, are condensed to a vibration index and compared with experimental results, obtaining satisfactory outcomes. The modal analysis also considers the damping aspects and has been conducted using a multibody model created with the software AVL/EXCITE. The influence of crankshaft torsional frequencies on the rotational speed behavior has been evaluated in order to reduce the vibration phenomena. The focus of this work is related to industrial aspects since, for an existing and commercialized engine, a numerical and experimental complex study has been performed to enable design improvements aimed at reducing noise and vibrations. Existing procedures and algorithms are combined here to reach the abovementioned objectives in the most efficient way.
A Comparative Study of Dry and Wet Milling of Barley Malt and Its Influence on Granulometry and Wort Composition
Authors: Pereira de Moura Felipe , Rocha dos Santos Mathias Thiago
Published: July 2018

Beer is a fermented drink produced from a wort comprised of barley malt, hops, and water in combination with activity from the yeast strains of the genus Saccharomyces. The beverage is consumed around the world and has a global market controlled by several multinational companies. However, in recent years, it has been possible to note an increase in the number of microbreweries and homebrewers, necessitating additional research both to develop and increase competitiveness of this market sector as well as to improve product quality and promote the reduction of production costs. The process of milling barley malt is often not considered relevant to these goals; however, this operation is influential with regard to, for example, mashing yield, the concentration of polyphenols in beer, and the quality of wort clarification. Therefore, this work evaluates the wet (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% moisture content) and dry barley malt milling process as well as analyzes particle size distribution and the mean diameter of particles. The milled grains were submitted to a mashing process to evaluate how particle size contributes to the conversion of starch to sugars and the availability of polyphenols on sweet wort. The results indicate the best milling conditions to obtain a good mashing yield while preserving as much malt husk as possible to facilitate wort clarification.
Scalable Clustering of Individual Electrical Curves for Profiling and Bottom-Up Forecasting
Authors: Auder Benjamin , Cugliari Jairo , Goude Yannig , Poggi Jean-Michel
Published: July 2018

Smart grids require flexible data driven forecasting methods. We propose clustering tools for bottom-up short-term load forecasting. We focus on individual consumption data analysis which plays a major role for energy management and electricity load forecasting. The first section is dedicated to the industrial context and a review of individual electrical data analysis. Then, we focus on hierarchical time-series for bottom-up forecasting. The idea is to decompose the global signal and obtain disaggregated forecasts in such a way that their sum enhances the prediction. This is done in three steps: identify a rather large number of super-consumers by clustering their energy profiles, generate a hierarchy of nested partitions and choose the one that minimize a prediction criterion. Using a nonparametric model to handle forecasting, and wavelets to define various notions of similarity between load curves, this disaggregation strategy gives a 16% improvement in forecasting accuracy when applied to French individual consumers. Then, this strategy is implemented using R—the free software environment for statistical computing—so that it can scale when dealing with massive datasets. The proposed solution is to make the algorithm scalable combine data storage, parallel computing and double clustering step to define the super-consumers. The resulting software is openly available.
Prediction of Layered Thermal Conductivity Using Artificial Neural Network in Order to Have Better Design of Ground Source Heat Pump System
Authors: Zhang Yanjun , Zhou Ling , Hu Zhongjun , Yu Ziwang , Hao Shuren , Lei Zhihong , Xie Yangyang
Published: July 2018

Ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) have been widely applied worldwide in recent years because of their high efficiency and environmental friendliness. An accurate estimation of the thermal conductivity of rock and soil layers is important in the design of GSHP systems. The distributed thermal response test (DTRT) method incorporates the standard test with a pair of fiber optic-distributed temperature sensors in the U-tube to accurately calculate the layered thermal conductivity of the rock/soil. In this work, in situ layered thermal conductivity was initially obtained by DTRT for four boreholes in the study region. A series of laboratory tests was also conducted on the rock samples obtained from drilling. Then, an artificial neural network (ANN) model was developed to predict the layered thermal conductivity on the basis of the DTRT results. The primary modeling factors were water content, density, and porosity. The results showed that the ANN models can predict the layered thermal conductivity with an absolute error of less than 0.1 W/(m·K). Finally, the trained ANN models were used to predict the layered thermal conductivity for another study region, in which only the effective thermal conductivity was measured with the thermal response test (TRT). To verify the accuracy of the prediction, the product of pipe depth and layered thermal conductivity was suggested to represent heat transfer capacity. The results showed that the discrepancies between the TRT and ANN models were 5.43% and 6.37% for two boreholes, respectively. The results prove that the proposed method can be used to determine layered thermal conductivity.
A Parametric Study of Blast Damage on Hard Rock Pillar Strength
Authors: Jessu Kashi Vishwanath , Spearing Anthony J. S. , Sharifzadeh Mostafa
Published: July 2018

Pillar stability is an important factor for safe working and from an economic standpoint in underground mines. This paper discusses the effect of blast damage on the strength of hard rock pillars using numerical models through a parametric study. The results indicate that blast damage has a significant impact on the strength of pillars with larger width-to-height (W/H) ratios. The blast damage causes softening of the rock at the pillar boundaries leading to the yielding of the pillars in brittle fashion beyond the blast damage zones. The models show that the decrease in pillar strength as a consequence of blasting is inversely correlated with increasing pillar height at a constant W/H ratio. Inclined pillars are less susceptible to blast damage, and the damage on the inclined sides has a greater impact on pillar strength than on the normal sides. A methodology to analyze the blast damage on hard rock pillars using FLAC3D is presented herein.
The Eddy Dissipation Concept—Analysis of Different Fine Structure Treatments for Classical Combustion
Authors: Bösenhofer Markus , Wartha Eva-Maria , Jordan Christian , Harasek Michael
Published: July 2018

The Eddy Dissipation Concept (EDC) is common in modeling turbulent combustion. Several model improvements have been proposed in literature; recent modifications aim to extend its validity to Moderate or Intense Low oxygen Dilution (MILD) conditions. In general, the EDC divides a fluid into a reacting and a non-reacting part. The reacting part is modeled as perfectly stirred reactor (PSR) or plug flow reactor (PFR). EDC theory suggests PSR treatment, while PFR treatment provides numerical advantages. Literature lacks a thorough evaluation of the consequences of employing the PFR fine structure treatment. Therefore, these consequences were evaluated by employing tests to isolate the effects of the EDC variations and fine structure treatment and by conducting a Sandia Flame D modeling study. Species concentration as well as EDC species consumption/production rates were evaluated. The isolated tests revealed an influence of the EDC improvements on the EDC rates, which is prominent at low shares of the reacting fluid. In contrast, PSR and PFR differences increase at large fine fraction shares. The modeling study revealed significant differences in the EDC rates of intermediate species. Summarizing, the PFR fine structure treatment might be chosen for schematic investigations, but for detailed investigations a careful evaluation is necessary.
Diffuse Versus Conduit Flow in Coastal Karst Aquifers: The Consequences of Island Area and Perimeter Relationships
Authors: Larson Erik B. , Mylroie John E.
Published: July 2018

The majority of limestone islands are made of eogenetic carbonate rock, with intrinsic high porosity and permeability. The freshwater lenses of small islands are dominated by diffuse flow regimes as the island perimeter is everywhere close to the meteoric catchment of the island interior. This flow regime produces flank margin caves at the lens margin, where dissolution is enhanced by mixing corrosion, superposition of organic decay horizons and higher flow velocities as the lens thins. The lens interior develops touching-vug flow systems that result in enhanced permeability and lens thinning over time. As islands become larger, the area (meteoric catchment) goes up by the square, but the island perimeter (discharge zone) goes up linearly; diffuse flow becomes inefficient; conduit flow develops to produce traditional epigenic cave systems that discharge the freshwater lens by specific turbulent flow routes, which in turn are fed by diffuse flow in the island interior. Locally, diffuse flow to the island perimeter continues in coastal proximal areas between major conduit flow routes to produce flank margin caves. The Bahamian Archipelago represents a case history in which tectonics is limited, the rocks are entirely eogenetic and the diffuse to conduit flow transition is demonstrated.
Advance Care Planning for Older People with Cancer and Its Implications in Asia: Highlighting the Mental Capacity and Relational Autonomy
Authors: Lin Cheng-Pei , Cheng Shao-Yi , Chen Ping-Jen
Published: July 2018

With dramatically increasing proportions of older people, global ageing has remarkably influenced healthcare services and policy making worldwide. Older people represent the majority of patients with cancer, leading to the increasing demand of healthcare due to more comorbidities and inherent frailty. The preference of older people with cancer are often ignored, and they are considered incapable of making choices for themselves, particularly medical decisions. This might impede the provision of their preferred care and lead to poor healthcare outcomes. Advance care planning (ACP) is considered an effective intervention to assist older people to think ahead and make a choice in accordance with their wishes when they possess capacity to do so. The implementation of ACP can potentially lead to positive impact for patients and families. However, the assessment of mental capacity among older adults with cancer might be a crucial concern when implementing ACP, as loss of mental capacity occurs frequently during disease deterioration and functional decline. This article aims to answer the following questions by exploring the existing evidence. How does ACP develop for older people with cancer? How can we measure mental capacity and what kind of principles for assessment we should apply? What are the facilitators and barriers when implementing an ACP in this population? Furthermore, a discussion about cultural adaptation and relevant legislation in Asia is elucidated for better understanding about its cultural appropriateness and the implications. Finally, recommendations in relation to early intervention with routine monitoring and examination of capacity assessment in clinical practice when delivering ACP, reconciling patient autonomy and family values by applying the concept of relational autonomy, and a corresponding legislation and public education should be in place in Asia. More research on ACP and capacity assessment in different cultural contexts and policy frameworks is highlighted as crucial factors for successful implementation of ACP.
Needs Assessment in Land Administration: The Potential of the Nominal Group Technique
Authors: Ho Serene , Pattyn Valérie , Broucker Bruno , Crompvoets Joep
Published: July 2018

This paper introduces the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) for conducting needs assessments in land administration projects. Understanding the local context of what citizens, communities and organisations need remains a complex challenge yet fundamental to the success of land administration projects. To date, key methods of understanding and identifying local needs have been qualitative in nature with various strengths and limitations. For land administration, it is also important for empirical methods to attend to power imbalances amongst participants that are a hallmark and driver of land tenure security. Although NGT has hardly been used in the domain of land administration, based on our experience of employing the method in a research project in East Africa, we argue that it presents a valuable addition to needs assessment strategies. We provide a broad outline of the method before providing a detailed description of how we employed the method. We discuss the opportunities and challenges that NGT offers, arguing that it is a time and resource efficient way of engaging communities in a participatory and equitable process which facilitates the co-production of valid and reliable knowledge on needs, and consensus on how these needs should be prioritised.