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DETERMINAN LOYALITAS NASABAH (STUDI PADA BANK SYARIAH DI KOTA MADIUN)
Authors: Amah Nik , Hendriana Septi
Published: January 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji determinan loyalitas nasabah pada bank Syariah di Kota Madiun. Determinan loyalitas nasabah yang diteliti meliputi kinerja pelayanan dan kepuasan nasabah. Jika kinerja pelayanan yang disampaikan bank sesuai harapan nasabah, maka nasabah akan merasa puas. Kepuasan menjadi dasar yang baik bagi nasabah untuk mengulang kembali penggunaan jasa bank terkait. Kepuasan nasabah pada tahap berikutnya akan menciptakan loyalitas pelanggan. Penelitian menggunakan data primer dan instrumen pengambilan data berupa kuesioner.Â  Teknik penghitungan sampel menggunakan rumus Slovin sehingga diperoleh sampel sejumlah 138 orang nasabah. Penelitian memanfaatkan teknik accidental sampling untuk menetapkan sampel. Analisis regresi berganda digunakan untuk menganalisis data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kinerja pelayanan berpengaruh terhadap loyalitas nasabah Bank Muamalat, Tbk. Cabang Madiun. Kepuasan berpengaruh terhadap loyalitas nasabah Bank Muamalat, Tbk. Cabang Madiun. Kinerja pelayanan dan kepuasan secara simultan berpengaruh terhadap loyalitas nasabah Bank Muamalat, Tbk. Cabang Madiun
Perbedaan Hasil Pembelajaran Akuntansi Menggunakan Metode Snowball Throwing Dan Metode Konvensional Pada Siswa Kelas XI IPS SMAN Arjasa
Authors: Kurniawan Moh. Usman
Published: January 2018

Penelitian eksperimen ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan hasil belajar siswa pada pembelajaran akuntansi dengan menggunakan metode snowball throwing dan metode konvensional. Penelitian ini menggunakan dua kelas pada SMAN Arjasa. Kelas XI IPS 1 terpilih menjadi kelas yang diajar menggunakan metode snowball throwing dan kelas XI IPS 3 terpilih menjadi kelas kontrol atau kelas yang diajarkan dengan menggunakan metode konvensional. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah uji t. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa skor hasil belajar siswa di kelas eksperimen dengan menggunakan metode snowball throwing pada pembelajaran akuntansi sebelum dan sesudah diberikan perlakuan mengalami peningkatan yang lebih tinggi daripada kelas kontrol yang menggunakan metode konvensional.
Budaya Cari Untung Sebagai Pemicu Terjadinya Fraud: Sebuah Studi Etnografi
Authors: Syahrina Dewi , Irianto Gugus , Prihatiningtyas Yeney Widya
Published: January 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui budaya yang memicu terjadinya fraud pada realisasi keuangan negara. Penelitian dilakukan pada instansi pemerintah daerah di Provinsi ABC. Metode etnografi ala Spradley dipilih untuk menemukan budaya pemicu tersebut. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa budaya yang memicu terjadinya fraud adalah budaya cari untung, yang terlihat dari kebiasaan â€œmemanfaatkanâ€ kebutuhan instansi, kebiasaan menyalahgunakan kewenangan yang dimiliki, dan kebiasaan menyiasati beberapa ketentuan keuangan negara pada PMK 113/PMK.05/2012 dan PMK 65/PMK.02/2015 untuk kepentingan pribadi maupun kelompok. Hasil penelitian ini memberikan informasi berupa bentuk-bentuk penyiasatan yang dilakukan, sehingga dapat dijadikan dasar sebagai bahan pertimbangan untuk perubahan atau perbaikan kebijakan dan peraturan yang disiasati tersebut
Persepsi Akuntan Tentang Penerapan Prinsip-Prinsip Akuntansi Syariah Dalam Lembaga Keuangan Syariah
Authors: Anisah Nur , Utomo Langgeng Prayitno
Published: January 2018

This study aims to determine the perception of accountants on accounting principles of sharia in Islamic financial institutions. This type of research using qualitative methods to survey respondents is an accountant who worked at BMT As-Salam and BMT-Mojoagung Maslahah in Jombang. The results showed that according to the accountant at the two institutions that they work BMT place already apply accounting principles of sharia, the humanist, emancipatory, transcendental and teological although its application is not perfect. Balance and fairness to the owners, managers and users of funds may be a dilemma in operation.Keywords: perception, accountants, accounting principles of sharia, Islamic financial institutions
Analisis Efisiensi Biaya Dengan Menggunakan Metode Lot For Lot Dalam Pengendalian Persediaan
Authors: Anggraini Citra , Isharijadi Isharijadi , Amah Nik
Published: January 2018

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui terjadinya efisiensi biaya melalui metode lot for lot dalam mengendalikan persediaan pada PT. INKA (Persero) Madiun. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Kantor INKA yang beralamat di Jalan Yos Sudarso No. 71, Kota Madiun pada bulan Maret 2017 sampai dengan bulan Juli 2017. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini meliputi data primer dan data sekunder, dengan sumber data pihak manajer divisi keuangan departemen akuntansi dan divisi logistik departemen perencanaan dan pengendaliaan pengadaan PT. INKA (Persero) Madiun. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi dan untuk menguji keabsahan data dalam penelitian ini, digunakan teknik triangulasi.Hasil penelitian: analisis efisiensi biaya dengan menggunakan metode lot for lot dalam pengendalian persediaan studi kasus (PT. INKA (Persero) Madiun) menunjukkan bahwa perusahaan dalam menerapkan pengendalian persediaan dengan baik, dapat dilihat dari jumlah bahan baku produksi yang terpenuhi atau tidak terjadi kekurangan bahan baku pada kegiatan produksinya. Beberapa hal yang perlu diperhatikan guna meningkatkan pengendalian persediaan yaitu: jenis bahan baku dalam memproduksi Kereta Ekonomi (K3) AC terdiri dari 326.801,75 komponen bahan baku utama, harus dipisahkan sehingga memudahkan perhitungan kebutuhan proyek pada periode berikutnya. Perhitungan metode moving average yang diterapkan PT. INKA (Persero) Madiun saat ini masih mengeluarkan biaya penyimpanan yang besar sehingga terjadi pemborosan biaya pada perusahaan. Perhitungan metode moving average dan metode lot for lot yang telah dianalisis, maka didapat hasil perhitungan menggunakan metode lot for lot lebih efisien karena jumlah pesanan sesuai dengan kebutuhan yang akan diproduksi.
Akuntabilitas Pengelolaan Dana Bergulir Pada UPK-G
Authors: Alawiyyah Syarifah , Ludigdo Unti , Mulawarman Aji Dedi
Published: January 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan akuntabilitas pengelolaan Dana bergulir dalam aspek pelaporan pada Program Gerbangmastaskin. Penelitian ini dilakukan melalui pendekatan kualitatif dengan menggunakan paradigma interpretif. Tanggung jawab pengurus UPK memberikan pelaporan terhadap pengelolaan Dana bergulir ditunjukkan dalam bentuk laporan penggunaan dana dan laporan keuangan UPK. Laporan penggunaan dana UPK dibuat untuk memenuhi SPJ (pertanggung jawaban) UPK kepada pemerintah atas dana yang dicairkan, dan laporan keuangan sebagai informasi yang menunjukkan kondisi keuangan dan perkembangan dana UPK karena dana bergulir yang dikelola secara berkelanjutan. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa UPK selalu menyiapkan laporan penggunaan dananya karena suatu keharusan (tuntutan), berbeda dengan laporan keuangan yang hanya dibuat sebatas kebutuhan primer UPK dan hanya diberikan kepada pendamping (jika diperlukan/dibutuhkan). Laporan keuangan tidak diberikan kepada Sektap Kota sebagai pelaksana program kegiatan sehingga perkembangan dana UPK dari tahun ke tahun secara rinci tidak dapat diketahui oleh Sektap walaupun pada kenyataannya UPK mengelola perguliran dana dengan baik. Sejauh ini program Gerbangmastaskin telah berperan memberdayakan perekonomian masyarakat melalui perguliran dana simpan pinjam untuk usaha masyarakat. Akuntabilitas pelaporan UPK menunjukkan bahwa UPK tidak dapat menyediakan informasi yang dibutuhkan secara rutin kepada Sektap Kota sekalipun laporan keuangan telah dibuat oleh UPK namun laporan keuangan hanya tersedia selama beberapa tahun terakhir sehingga menunjukkan ketidaklengkapan arsip dan pelaporan UPK.
(دور القيادة الإستراتيجية في بناء القدرات الإستراتيجية (دراسة ميدانية لآراء عينة من الملاكات التدريسية في جامعة زاخو
Authors: Yousif Mehvan Sh. , Ahmed Aveen M.S.
Published: January 2018

يهدف هذا الدراسة إلى التحقق من توافر أبعاد القيادة الاستراتيجية لدى الملاكات التدريسية في جامعة زاخو وتشخيص دورها في بناء القدرات الاستراتيجية, ولتناول هذا الموضوع بصورة شاملة تم تقديم الإطار النظري الخاص بالقيادة الاستراتيجية والقدرات الاستراتيجية.

أما في الجانب الميداني فقد تم تطوير أنموذج افتراضي لبيان العلاقة بين متغيرات الدراسة، وكانت استمارة الاستبيان الاداة الرئيسية لجمع البيانات. واستندت الدراسة على فرضيتين والتي اختبرت ميدانياً على عينة الدراسة من الملاكات التدريسية في جامعة زاخو, ووضعت عدداً من الأسئلة الأساسية للدراسة تمت الإجابة عليها من قبل (80) من الملاكات التدريسية.

وتمّ تحليل البيانات باستخدام المتوسطات الحسابية والانحرافات المعيارية وكذلك معامل الارتباط بيرسون وتحليل الانحدار الخطي البسيط ، وقد استخرجت النتائج باستخدام البرمجية الاحصائية (SPSS). وتوصل الباحثان إلى جملة من الاستنتاجات أهمها وجود علاقة ارتباط معنوي بين المتغير المستقل المتمثل بالقيادة الاستراتيجية والمتغير المعتمد المتمثل بالقدرات الاستراتيجية, ووجود تأثير معنوي للقيادةالاستراتيجية في القدرات الاستراتيجية. ووضعت الدراسة عدداً من المقترحات التي تخص الجامعة قيد الدراسة كأن أهمها ضرورة أن تعمل إدارة جامعة زاخو على تخصيص ميزانية للأستثمار في وسائل التقانة الحديثة مما يضمن لها امتلاك تكنولوجيا متطورة تولد المعرفة للجامعة.
Incubadora de negocios, innovación del futuro económico
Authors: Nivela Icaza José María , Vera Díaz Felipe Vladimiro , Gil Aviléz Rosendo Arnaldo
Published: January 2018

El propósito de este artículo proponer una difusión del nuevo concepto de Incubadora de Negocios, con perspectiva al  futuro  para Fortalecer el desarrollo económico de las comunidades Urbana, para socializar el concepto de emprendimiento en la ciudad de Babahoyo.

Sabiendo la  problemática de los sectores Urbano marginal que actual mente no hay trabajo y su  ingresos económicos son bajo para sostener una Familia, por  falta de empresa. y leyes para crear programas de ayuda  social a esto sectores  vulnerable. Como objetivo es realizar un diagnóstico y socializar del sector Urbano de Babahoyo, el tipo de incubadora de negocios se puede aplicar, con el fin de mejorar el buen vivir de la Comunidad. Ya que el marco metodológico aplicamos el método  cualitativo y cuantitativo.  Con el fin de realizar capacitaciones en todas la áreas de emprendimientos.

Las Universidades, y el gobierno provincial de los Ríos deben de incentivar a los pequeños emprendedores de los sectores Urbano, por medio de convenios institucionales ya sea de  empresas privadas o del estado, con el fin de mejorar la calidad de vida. Donde  aprenderán conocimiento de varios módulos dirigido por los estudiantes de las universidades, donde ellos realizaran su proyecto de vínculo y las pasantías de los estudiantes universitarios. Mientras las autoridades de la ciudad y universidad tratarían de realizar ferias de los productos o servicios que ofrecen estos sectores. De esta manera las familias trataran de mejorar su situación económica para erradicar la pobreza y a su vez mejorar el PEA.
Experimental Study on Bond Stress between Ultra High Performance Concrete and Steel Reinforcement
Authors: Amini Pishro Ahad , Feng Xiong
Published: January 2018

Due to axial deformations generally caused by flexure, shear stress will be generated across the interface between reinforcement and surrounding concrete. This longitudinal shear stress is called bond stress and coordinates deformation between concrete and reinforcement. With increasing a member's axial deformation, bond stress finally reaches its ultimate value, bond strength, after which deformation of reinforcement and surrounding concrete will be not coordinated any more. Studies have shown that addition of nanosilica into cement-based materials improves their mechanical properties. Considering the unique characteristics of nanosilica, it seems that this material can be used in ultra-high performance concrete. Therefore, further research is needed on how to use it in concrete mixes. Due to the importance of examining bond stress and the lack of exact equations for bond stress of ultra-high performance concrete and steel reinforcement, the present study aimed to assess the bond stress between concrete and steel reinforcement.
Modeling the Completion Time of Public School Building Projects Using Neural Networks
Authors: Khaled Zeyad S. M. , Abid Ali Raid S. , Hasan Musaab Falih
Published: January 2018

The Ministry of Education in Iraq is confronting a colossal deficiency in school buildings while stakeholders of government funded school buildings projects are experiencing the ill effects of extreme delays caused by many reasons. Those stakeholders are particularly worried to know ahead of time (at contract assignment) the expected completion time of any new school building project. As indicated by a previous research conducted by the authors, taking into account the opinions of Iraqi experts involved with government funded school building projects, nine major causes of delay in school building projects were affirmed through a questionnaire survey specifically are; the contractor's financial status, delay in interim payments, change orders, the contractor rank, work stoppages, the contract value, experience of the supervising engineers, the contract duration and delay penalty. In this research, two prediction models (A and B) were produced to help the concerned decision makers to foresee the expected completion time of typically designed school building projects having (12) and (18) classes separately. The ANN multi-layer feed forward with back-propagation algorithm was utilized to build up the mathematical equations. The created prediction equations demonstrated a high degree of average accuracy of (96.43%) and (96.79%) for schools having (12) and (18) classes, with (R2) for both ANN models of (79.60%) and (85.30%) respectively. It was found that the most influential parameters of both models were the ratio of the sum of work stoppages to the contract duration, the ratio of contractor's financial status to the contract value, the ratio of delay penalty to the total value of contract and the ratio of mean interim payments duration to the contract duration.
Investigating the Causes of Delay in Construction of Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Project in Water and WasteWater Project in Tehran
Authors: Feyzbakhsh Shahdad , Telvari Abdolrasul , Lork Ali Reza
Published: January 2018

It is obvious that providing drinking water in cities, especially in metropolises such as Tehran, as a political-social-economic center of the country is important. During the last decades, climatic changes, the decrease of raining, the increase of water harvesting from groundwater as well as the increase of population have intensified the importance of water in Tehran. Therefore, every change from water consumption to collecting, purifying and storing drinking water in the city reservoirs is highly critical. In the present study, the causes of delay in such projects have been determined based on experts' opinions about several concrete implemented reservoirs obtained by questionnaire and the related literature. Given to three classes pertained to such projects (employer, consultant and contractor), an initial questionnaire was provided to poll the experts' opinions and distributed among the sample of the study. In this regard, 45 Likert-scale questionnaires were equally distributed among three population; after gathering, the items with higher mean scores were selected for the main questionnaire (totally, 17 items). Using AHP method, the most important factors were identified and ranked through Expert choice Software. As the research findings revealed, failure of employer to pay to contractor timely, failure to obtaining the necessary permissions by employer before noticing to contactor to proceed, and uncertainty and buying project site by employer are the most important factors respectively.
Size and Shape Optimization of Space Trusses Considering Geometrical Imperfection-Sensitivity in Buckling Constraints
Authors: Haghpanah Fardad , Foroughi Hamid
Published: January 2018

Optimal design considering buckling of compressive members is an important subject in structural engineering. The strength of compressive members can be compensated by initial geometrical imperfection due to the manufacturing process; therefore, geometrical imperfection can affect the optimal design of structures. In this study, the metaheuristic teaching-learning-based-optimization (TLBO) algorithm is applied to study the geometrical imperfection-sensitivity of members’ buckling in the optimal design of space trusses. Three benchmark trusses and a real-life bridge with continuous and discrete design variables are considered, and the results of optimization are compared for different degrees of imperfection, namely 0.001, 0.002, and 0.003. The design variables are the cross-sectional areas, and the objective is to minimize the total weight of the structures under the following constraints: tensile and compressive yielding stress, Euler buckling stress considering imperfection, nodal displacement, and available cross-sectional areas. The results reveal that higher geometrical imperfection degrees significantly change the critical buckling load of compressive members, and consequently, increase the weight of the optimal design. This increase varies from 0.4 to 119% for different degrees of imperfection in the studied trusses.
Calculation of the Spatial Flooding Intensity with Unit Flood Response Method in the Tangrah Watershed, Iran
Authors: Gharib Masoumeh , Motamedvaziri Baharak , Ghermezcheshmeh Bagher , Ahmadi Hasan
Published: January 2018

Increased flooding in recent years indicates that most parts of the country are subjected to periodic and destructive flood attacks. Therefore, the identification of high-risk areas with potential runoff production within a watershed area is one of the most important measures in flood control and reduction of the damage caused by it. In this study, the quasi-distributional ModClark method was employed to simulate the hydrograph of flooding, and the unit flood response method was applied to determine the intensity of flooding of different areas of the Tangrah watershed, Iran. For this purpose, the ModClark model was first calibrated and verified. Thereafter, the design of rainfall with 50 and 100-year return periods ( ) was extracted at the Tangrah station and the design flood was calculated with the above-mentioned return periods. By combining the curve number layers, slope, precipitation, and flow distance, homogeneous units were obtained in terms of the flood. The effect of each homogeneous unit on the total watershed output was obtained by the removal of each unit and implementation of the rainfall-runoff model. According to the 100-year return runoff production potential, homogeneous units of 116 with a fi (0.54 m3/ s. km2) were identified as the most effective cell in the Tangrah watershed area, which could be explained by the soil type, vegetation, and other physical factors of these units.
Computer parametric designing in Blender software for creating 3D paper models
Authors: Markova Kremena Tsankova , Dovramadjiev Tihomir Atanasov , Jecheva Ginka Velikova
Published: January 2018

In the contemporary conditions, the implementation of computer parametric design to facilitate the design of 3D paper models is successfully realized using modern technological tools such as the free software Blender. Through the convenient interface of the program, the modeling of the desired three-dimensional shapes is greatly facilitated. This also applies to the automated process of constructing a drawing of the resulting polygonal 3D models, which in the future are assembled into three-dimensional paper models. This paper describes in detail the process of fine-designing 3D paper models using specific exemplary primitive, text, and with relatively complex form.
Integrasi Pasar Komoditas Unggulan Minapolitan di Palabuhanratu (Market Integration for Major Minapolitan Commodities in Palabuhanratu)
Authors: Ardani Ardani , Nurani Tri Wiji , Lubis Ernani
Published: January 2018

Pelabuhan Perikanan Nusantara Palabuhanratu telah ditetapkan sebagai lokasi proyek minapolitan perikanan tangkap.Pemerintah daerah menetapkan tuna dan layur sebagai komoditas unggulan minapolitan. Salah satu aspek penting yang harus diperhatikan dalam pengembangan komoditas unggulan adalah  integrasi pasar. Dalam integrasi pasar, harga suatu komoditas sangat responsif terhadap perubahan harga produk yang memiliki kualitas yang sama di pasar lainnya. Hubungan harga spasial dapat menunjukkan kinerja pasar secara keseluruhan.Kinerja pasar yang efisien dapat digunakan sebagai salah satu daya saing komoditas unggulan minapolitan di Palabuhanratu.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis integrasi pasar tuna dan layur di kawasan minapolitan perikanan tangkap Palabuhanratu. Model Ravallion digunakan untuk menganalisis integrasi pasar tuna dan layur antara pasar lokal dan  pasar ekspor. Metode Index of Market Connection digunakan untuk menghitung derajat integrasi di antara kedua pasar. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pasar bigeye tuna segar dan layur di Palabuhanratu terintegrasi baik untuk jenis pasar lokal maupun pasar ekspor.
Kata kunci: perikanan tangkap, integrasi pasar, minapolitan, Palabuhanratu
Model Sea Ranching Ikan Kerapu Macan (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) di Perairan Semak Daun, Kepulauan Seribu (Sea Ranching Model of Brown- Marbled Grouper (Epinephelus Fuscoguttatus) in Semak Daun Island, Seribu Islands)
Authors: Kurnia Rahmat , Suwardi Kadarwan , Muchsin Ismudi , Boer Mennofatria
Published: January 2018

Sea ranching merupakan pelepasan ikan ke laut untuk ditangkap setelah mencapai ukuran konsumsi. Sea ranching biasanya diterapkan ketika rekrutmen alami rendah atau bahkan tidak ada dikarenakan sangat intensifnya penangkapan atau rusaknya habitat yang mendukung hal tersebut. Penelitian ini mengkaji daya dukung berdasarkan produktivitas primer. Selain itu juga mengkaji model restocking dalam sistem sea ranching.  Kajian ini menemukan bahwa perairan Semak Daun sudah mengalami tangkap lebih rekrutmen (recruitment overfishing).  Untuk itu perlu dilakukan restocking dengan sistem sea ranching. Daya dukung perairan bagi ikan kerapu macan, yaitu antara 0,703-1,06 ton/th dengan rata-rata 0,88 ton/th. Tebar sebaiknya diterapkan setiap bulan dan penangkapan pun dilakukan setiap hari sepanjang bulan. Pola tebar yang optimal adalah panjang benih 11 cm dengan  padat tebar 14.000 ekor pada mortalitas tangkapan 0,5 atau panjang benih 13 cm dengan padat tebar 13000 pada mortalitas tangkapan 0,4.
Kata kunci: daya dukung, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus,restocking, sea ranching
PRODUKTIVITAS ALAT TANGKAP YANG DIOPERASIKAN DI SEKITAR RUMPON LAUT DALAM (Productivity of Fishing Gears Operated Around Deep Sea Fish Aggregating Devices)
Authors: Prayitno Muhamad RE , Simbolon Domu , Yusfiandayani Roza , Wiryawan Budy
Published: January 2018

ABSTRACTRumpon or Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) had been used by purse seine and handline fishermen in Pacitan Regency since 2005. The use of rumpon has been associated with the catching of immature fishes in large number that would disrupt the sustainability of fish resources.  The aims of this study were to measure fishing productivity of purse seine and handline fleets operated around FADs deployed in eastern Indian Ocean waters and analyze the size distribution and gonad maturity index of the catch. This study was conducted at Tamperan Fishing Port of the Pacitan Regency, East Java Province. Daily fish landing data from both fishing fleets were collected from the Tamperan auction hall from January to December 2014 for productivity calculation. About 289 fish samples from 6 dominant species was taken randomly on-board of 3 purse seine and 2 handlines vessels from 8 different FADs for size distribution and gonad analysis. The average productivity of purse seine fleets in 2014were 6,7 tonnes/trip (s = 5 tonnes/trip) while handling fleets average productivity were 0,9 tons/trip (s = 0,6 tons/trip. Purse seine catch were dominated by immature and juvenile fish while handlines catch were larger and already mature fishes.Keywords: FADs, fishing productivity, gonad analysisABSTRAKRumpon atau Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) telah digunakan oleh nelayan pukat cincin dan pancing ulur di Kabupaten Pacitan sejak tahun 2005. Penggunaan rumpon seringkali dihubungkan dengan penangkapan ikan yang belum dewasa dalam jumlah yang terlalu banyak sehingga dapat mengganggu keberlanjutan sumber daya ikan.  Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghitung produktivitas alat tangkap pukat cincin dan pancing ulur yang dioperasikan dengan menggunakan alat bantu rumpon yang dipasang di Samudera Hindia bagian timur dan menganalisis ukuran dan tingkat kematangan gonad hasil tangkapannya. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Pelabuhan Perikanan Tamperan, Kabupaten Pacitan, Propinsi Jawa Timur. Data pendaratan ikan harian selama bulan Januari hingga Desember 2014 diperoleh dari unit pelaksana teknis tempat pelelangan ikan Tamperan untuk perhitungan produktivitas.  Adapun sampel ikan sebanyak 289 ekor diambil dari 3 unit kapal pukat cincin dan 2 unit kapal pancing ulur yang beroperasi di 8 rumpon yang berbeda untuk analisis sebaran ukuran dan tingkat kematangan gonad ikan hasil tangkapan. Produktivitas rata-rata pada tahun 2014 untuk alat tangkap pukat cincin yaitu sebesar 6,7 ton/trip (s = 5 ton/trip), sedangkan pancing ulur yaitu sebesar 0,9 ton/trip (s = 0,6 ton/trip). Hasil tangkapan pukat cincin didominasi oleh ikan berukuran kecil dan belum dewasa, sedangkan pancing ulur menangkap ikan yang berukuran lebih besar dan telah dewasa.Kata kunci:  rumpon, produktivitas penangkapan, analisis gonad
Registration of ‘Bella’ White‐Seeded Common Bean Cultivar
Authors: Beaver J. S. , Estévez de Jensen C. , Lorenzo-Vázquez G. , González A. , Martínez H. , Porch T. G.
Published: January 2018

‘Bella’ (Reg. No. CV‐321, PI 681720) is a multiple disease–resistant white‐seeded common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivar adapted to the humid tropics developed and released cooperatively by the University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station and the USDA‐ARS. Bella combines resistance to Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV), Bean common mosaic necrosis virus (BCMNV), Bean golden yellow mosaic virus (BGYMV), common bacterial blight, and web blight. The performance of Bella was evaluated across 5 yr in eight environments in Puerto Rico. It tolerated higher temperatures and performed well in soils with low fertility. Bella was developed by pedigree selection to the F7 generation based on superior agronomic traits (early maturity, erect plant architecture, and good pod set) and commercial seed type. Marker‐assisted selection was used to identify the presence of the bgm‐1 gene and the SW12 quantitative trait locus for resistance to BGYMV and the I and bc‐3 genes for resistance to BCMV and BCMNV. Greenhouse inoculations were used to confirm the presence of the I and bc‐3 genes and to screen the line for reaction to strains of common bacterial blight. Mean seed yield of Bella was comparable to the check cultivars. Bella produced among the highest yields in the Bean Adaptation to Stress Environments (BASE) trials planted at Isabela, PR. Bella should allow the successful production of common beans in Puerto Rico throughout the year in soils with lower N fertility. It should also be useful as a parent to enhance the virus, common bacterial blight, and web blight resistance of white, small red, and black beans.
Registration of ‘Cayenne’ Small Red Bean
Authors: Kelly James D. , Varner Gregory V. , Miklas Phillip N. , Cichy Karen A. , Wright Evan M.
Published: January 2018

‘Cayenne’ small red bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) (Reg. No. CV‐322, PI 685022), developed by Michigan State University AgBioResearch, was released in 2017 as an upright, full‐season cultivar that possesses excellent canning quality and tolerance to common bacterial blight (CBB) and white mold. Cayenne was developed using the pedigree breeding method to the F4 generation followed by pure line selection for disease, agronomic, and quality traits. In 5 yr of field trials, Cayenne yielded 3357 kg ha−1, flowered in 45 d, and matured in 97 d on average. Plants averaged 52 cm in height, with lodging resistance score of 1.8 and seed weight of 36.1 g 100 seed−1. Cayenne combines high yield potential with resistance to lodging and high pod placement within plant structure, making it suitable for direct harvest under narrow‐row production systems. The upright architecture also contributes to avoidance of white mold, a disease that is intensified by narrow‐row production systems. Cayenne is partially resistant to local isolates of CBB, is resistant to strain NL 3 of Bean common mosaic necrosis virus, but is susceptible to race 73 of anthracnose, and to race 22:2 of bean rust. Cayenne produces seed that meets industry standards for packaging and was rated highest in overall canned bean quality in the small red bean seed class.
Registration of ‘Red Cedar’ Dark Red Kidney Bean
Authors: Kelly James D. , Varner Gregory V. , Chilvers Martin I. , Cichy Karen A. , Wright Evan M.
Published: January 2018

‘Red Cedar’ dark red kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) (Reg. No. CV‐323, PI 685023), developed by Michigan State University AgBioResearch, was released in 2017 as an upright, full‐season cultivar that possesses acceptable canning quality and tolerance to common bacterial blight (CBB) and root rots. Red Cedar was developed using pedigree breeding method to the F4 generation followed by pure line selection for disease, agronomic, and quality traits. In 6 yr of field trials, Red Cedar yielded 3250 kg ha−1, flowered in 40 d, and matured in 101 d on average. Plants averaged 48 cm in height, with a lodging resistance score of 1.8 and seed weight of 55.8 g 100 seed−1. Red Cedar is resistant to race 73 of anthracnose, is partially resistant to local isolates of CBB, is sensitive to strain NL 3 of Bean common mosaic necrosis virus, and is susceptible to bean rust race 22:2. Red Cedar produces seed that meets industry standards for dry seed packaging and was rated satisfactory in overall canned bean quality in the dark red kidney bean seed class.
The Sustainable Church: A New Way to Look at the Place of Worship
Authors: Körösvölgyi Zoltán
Published: January 2018

For centuries, the notions of sacred and development were closely related in European culture, both in the field of architecture, and, more broadly, in the arts. Sustainability, in this respect, mostly appeared in non-architectural terms. (The word “sustain” appears multiple times in the Bible, but mostly in relation to humans: me, you, him, them.) Beginning with the Enlightenment, a gap has developed between the two, which is still experienced, and which results in a general distrust, misinformation, and, accordingly, a fundamental misunderstanding between artists, architects and the church. Is the gap too wide to reconnect these two notions? The changes of the 20th and 21st Centuries, having affected and continuing to affect Europe, represent a valid need for the different congregations to rethink their role, and the role of their places of worship. This paper highlights some positive examples of modern and contemporary sacred architecture, designed to reflect an awareness of today’s issues — sustainability, attention to environmental and social issues.
Cancer statistics, 2018
Authors: Siegel Rebecca L. , Miller Kimberly D. , Jemal Ahmedin
Published: January 2018

Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the numbers of new cancer cases and deaths that will occur in the United States and compiles the most recent data on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival. Incidence data, available through 2014, were collected by the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program; the National Program of Cancer Registries; and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries. Mortality data, available through 2015, were collected by the National Center for Health Statistics. In 2018, 1,735,350 new cancer cases and 609,640 cancer deaths are projected to occur in the United States. Over the past decade of data, the cancer incidence rate (2005‐2014) was stable in women and declined by approximately 2% annually in men, while the cancer death rate (2006‐2015) declined by about 1.5% annually in both men and women. The combined cancer death rate dropped continuously from 1991 to 2015 by a total of 26%, translating to approximately 2,378,600 fewer cancer deaths than would have been expected if death rates had remained at their peak. Of the 10 leading causes of death, only cancer declined from 2014 to 2015. In 2015, the cancer death rate was 14% higher in non‐Hispanic blacks (NHBs) than non‐Hispanic whites (NHWs) overall (death rate ratio [DRR], 1.14; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.13‐1.15), but the racial disparity was much larger for individuals aged <65 years (DRR, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.29‐1.32) compared with those aged ≥65 years (DRR, 1.07; 95% CI, 1.06‐1.09) and varied substantially by state. For example, the cancer death rate was lower in NHBs than NHWs in Massachusetts for all ages and in New York for individuals aged ≥65 years, whereas for those aged <65 years, it was 3 times higher in NHBs in the District of Columbia (DRR, 2.89; 95% CI, 2.16‐3.91) and about 50% higher in Wisconsin (DRR, 1.78; 95% CI, 1.56‐2.02), Kansas (DRR, 1.51; 95% CI, 1.25‐1.81), Louisiana (DRR, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.38‐1.60), Illinois (DRR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.39‐1.57), and California (DRR, 1.45; 95% CI, 1.38‐1.54). Larger racial inequalities in young and middle‐aged adults probably partly reflect less access to high‐quality health care. CA Cancer J Clin 2018;68:7‐30. © 2018 American Cancer Society.
Enhancing learning as theoretical thinking in robotic surgery
Authors: Seppänen Laura , Schaupp Marika , Wahlström Mikael
Published: January 2018

Professionals in many domains need to deal with increasingly complex, technology-mediated and uncertain work. Thus ways of learning that continuously and flexibly create new knowledge are needed at work. The aim of this article is to describe the logic of theoretical-genetic generalisation, and to use this, in addition to other methodological resources from pragmatism and cultural-historical psychology, for devel-oping a learning method for robotic surgery. In theoretical generalisation, or theoretical thinking, the learner orientates him-/herself in two directions: towards producing general, abstract understanding of dynamic interrelations within a phenomenon, and towards flexibly tailoring good solutions for each particular situation. Based on our ongoing study of robotic surgery, we sketch three different designs for learning which are all based on video-supported joint reflection of real robotic surgical operations. We outline the necessary principles and steps of the method in this context, and finally, discuss the potential of the outlined method for learning.
Bloch Surface Wave Photonic Device Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser Polymerisation Technique
Authors: Abrashitova Ksenia , Gulkin Dmitry , Safronov Kirill , Kokareva Natalia , Antropov Ilya , Bessonov Vladimir , Fedyanin Andrey
Published: January 2018

We applied femtosecond laser polymerisation technique to fabricate a novel Bloch surface wave integrated photonic device with a compact coupling scheme. The device consisted of a waveguide, coupling and decoupling gratings and focusing and defocusing triangles. We manufactured an array of devices with varying geometrical parameters of waveguide. Excitation and propagation of Bloch surface wave waveguide modes were studied by direct and back focal plane imaging. The obtained results prove that the maskless and flexible femtosecond laser polymerisation technique may be applied for fabrication of Bloch-surface-wave based integrated photonics.
Behavioral and Brain Activity Indices of Cognitive Control Deficits in Binge Drinkers
Authors: Molnar Sean , Beaton Lauren , Happer Joseph , Holcomb Lee , Huang Siyuan , Arienzo Donatello , Marinkovic Ksenija
Published: January 2018

Heavy episodic drinking is prevalent among young adults and is a public issue of increasing importance. Its initiation and maintenance are associated with deficits in the capacity to inhibit automatic processing in favor of non-habitual responses. This study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine behavioral and brain activity indices of cognitive control during the Stroop task as a function of binge drinking. Heavy episodic drinkers (HED) reported consuming 5+/6+ drinks in two hours at least five times in the past six months and were compared to light drinkers (LED) who reported two or fewer binge episodes but were matched on demographics, intelligence and family history of alcoholism. Greater conflict-induced activity in the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC) and thalamus was observed in HED participants and it was positively correlated with alcohol intake and alcohol-related harmful consequences. HEDs maintained intact accuracy but at a cost of prolonged reaction times to high-conflict trials and increased ratings of task difficulty. Greater activation of the areas implicated in cognitive control is consistent with compensatory network expansion to meet higher cognitive demands. These results provide further insight into degradation of cognitive control in HEDs which may benefit development of detection and prevention strategies.
A Retrospective Review of Resuscitation Planning at a Children’s Hospital
Authors: Kelly Jean , Ritchie Jo , Donovan Leigh , Graham Carol , Herbert Anthony
Published: January 2018

Resuscitation plans (RP) are an important clinical indicator relating to care at the end of life in paediatrics. A retrospective review of the medical records of children who had been referred to the Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia who died in the calendar year 2011 was performed. Of 62 records available, 40 patients (65%) had a life limiting condition and 43 medical records (69%) contained a documented RP. This study demonstrated that both the underlying condition (life-limiting or life-threatening) and the setting of care (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit or home) influenced the development of resuscitation plans. Patients referred to the paediatric palliative care (PPC) service had a significantly longer time interval from documentation of a resuscitation plan to death and were more likely to die at home. All of the patients who died in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) had a RP that was documented within the last 48 h of life. Most RPs were not easy to locate. Documentation of discussions related to resuscitation planning should accommodate patient and family centered care based on individual needs. With varied diagnoses and settings of care, it is important that there is inter-professional collaboration, particularly involving PICU and PPC services, in developing protocols of how to manage this difficult but inevitable clinical scenario.
New Oils for Cosmetic O/W Emulsions: In Vitro/In Vivo Evaluation
Authors: Sousa Giovana , De Souza Dantas Isabelle , De Santana Davi , Leal Leila
Published: January 2018

The aim of this study was to design new cosmetic formulations containing oils from catolé, licuri and spent coffee grounds, and to evaluate their immediate and long-term effects on skin barrier function and skin hydration. Nonionic oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions were prepared and physicochemically characterized. The effects of the formulations were assessed by volunteers and by measuring the water content of the epidermis (WCE) and transepidermal water loss (TEWL) both two hours and 20 days after daily application. The irritation potential was evaluated using three different methods: the Hen’s egg chorioallantoic membrane test (HET-CAM); the observation of undesirable effects after skin formulation application, and by using the L*a*b* system to verify changes in skin coloring. The results obtained showed that the formulations containing 10% of these oils presented promising characteristics in the improvement of hydration and skin barrier function when compared to the baseline values and with the placebo cream. According to the sensory evaluation performed, all creams were found to have great acceptability.
High Density Nodes in the Chaotic Region of 1D Discrete Maps
Authors: Livadiotis George
Published: January 2018

We report on the definition and characteristics of nodes in the chaotic region of bifurcation diagrams in the case of 1D mono-parametrical and S-unimodal maps, using as guiding example the logistic map. We examine the arrangement of critical curves, the identification and arrangement of nodes, and the connection between the periodic windows and nodes in the chaotic zone. We finally present several characteristic features of nodes, which involve their convergence and entropy.
Exact Renormalization Groups As a Form of Entropic Dynamics
Authors: Pessoa Pedro , Caticha Ariel
Published: January 2018

The Renormalization Group (RG) is a set of methods that have been instrumental in tackling problems involving an infinite number of degrees of freedom, such as, for example, in quantum field theory and critical phenomena. What all these methods have in common—which is what explains their success—is that they allow a systematic search for those degrees of freedom that happen to be relevant to the phenomena in question. In the standard approaches the RG transformations are implemented by either coarse graining or through a change of variables. When these transformations are infinitesimal, the formalism can be described as a continuous dynamical flow in a fictitious time parameter. It is generally the case that these exact RG equations are functional diffusion equations. In this paper we show that the exact RG equations can be derived using entropic methods. The RG flow is then described as a form of entropic dynamics of field configurations. Although equivalent to other versions of the RG, in this approach the RG transformations receive a purely inferential interpretation that establishes a clear link to information theory.
Polyadic Entropy, Synergy and Redundancy among Statistically Independent Processes in Nonlinear Statistical Physics with Microphysical Codependence
Authors: Perdigão Rui
Published: January 2018

The information shared among observables representing processes of interest is traditionally evaluated in terms of macroscale measures characterizing aggregate properties of the underlying processes and their interactions. Traditional information measures are grounded on the assumption that the observable represents a memoryless process without any interaction among microstates. Generalized entropy measures have been formulated in non-extensive statistical mechanics aiming to take microphysical codependence into account in entropy quantification. By taking them into consideration when formulating information measures, the question is raised on whether and if so how much information permeates across scales to impact on the macroscale information measures. The present study investigates and quantifies the emergence of macroscale information from microscale codependence among microphysics. In order to isolate the information emergence coming solely from the nonlinearly interacting microphysics, redundancy and synergy are evaluated among macroscale variables that are statistically independent from each other but not necessarily so within their own microphysics. Synergistic and redundant information are found when microphysical interactions take place, even if the statistical distributions are factorable. These findings stress the added value of nonlinear statistical physics to information theory in coevolutionary systems.
Strategic Information Processing from Behavioural Data in Iterated Games
Authors: Harré Michael
Published: January 2018

Iterated games are an important framework of economic theory and application, at least since the original work of Axelrod’s computational tournaments of the early 80’s. Recent theoretical results have shown that games (the economic context) and game theory (the decision-making process) are both formally equivalent to computational logic gates. Here these results are extended to behavioural data obtained from an experiment in which rhesus monkeys sequentially played thousands of the “matching pennies” game, an empirical example similar to Axelrod’s tournaments in which algorithms played against one another. The results show that the monkeys exhibit a rich variety of behaviours, both between and within subjects when playing opponents of varying complexity. Despite earlier suggestions, there is no clear evidence that the win-stay, lose-switch strategy is used, however there is evidence of non-linear strategy-based interactions between the predictors of future choices. It is also shown that there is consistent evidence across protocols and across individuals that the monkeys extract non-markovian information, i.e., information from more than just the most recent state of the game. This work shows that the use of information theory in game theory can test important hypotheses that would otherwise be more difficult to extract using traditional statistical methods.
Evolving Microbial Communities in Cellulose-Fed Microbial Fuel Cell
Authors: Toczyłowska-Mamińska Renata , Szymona Karolina , Król Patryk , Gliniewicz Karol , Pielech-Przybylska Katarzyna , Kloch Monika , Logan Bruce
Published: January 2018

The abundance of cellulosic wastes make them attractive source of energy for producing electricity in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). However, electricity production from cellulose requires obligate anaerobes that can degrade cellulose and transfer electrons to the electrode (exoelectrogens), and thus most previous MFC studies have been conducted using two-chamber systems to avoid oxygen contamination of the anode. Single-chamber, air-cathode MFCs typically produce higher power densities than aqueous catholyte MFCs and avoid energy input for the cathodic reaction. To better understand the bacterial communities that evolve in single-chamber air-cathode MFCs fed cellulose, we examined the changes in the bacterial consortium in an MFC fed cellulose over time. The most predominant bacteria shown to be capable electron generation was Firmicutes, with the fermenters decomposing cellulose Bacteroidetes. The main genera developed after extended operation of the cellulose-fed MFC were cellulolytic strains, fermenters and electrogens that included: Parabacteroides, Proteiniphilum, Catonella and Clostridium. These results demonstrate that different communities evolve in air-cathode MFCs fed cellulose than the previous two-chamber reactors.
Fermentation Assisted by Pulsed Electric Field and Ultrasound: A Review
Authors: Galván-D’Alessandro Leandro , Carciochi Ramiro
Published: January 2018

Various novel techniques are proposed to improve process efficiency, quality, and safety of fermented food products. Ultrasound and pulsed electric field (PEF) are versatile technologies that can be employed in conjunction with fermentation processes to enhance process efficiency and production rates by improving mass transfer and cell permeability. The aim of this review is to highlight current and potential applications of ultrasound and PEF techniques in food fermentation processes. Their effects on microbial enzymes, along with mechanisms of action, are also discussed.