bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Design and Implementation of Arch Function for Adaptive Multi-Finger Prosthetic Hand
Authors: Yong Xu , Jing Xiaobei , Wu Xinyu , Jiang Yinlai , Yokoi Hiroshi
Published: August 2019

Although arch motions of the palm substantially contribute to frequent hand grasping, they are usually neglected in the development of prosthetic hands which focuses on digit movements. We designed the arch function for its implementation on an adaptive multi-finger prosthetic hand. The digits from the developed hand can perform adaptive grasping, and two carpometacarpal joints enable the palm of the prosthetic hand to form an arch with the thumb. Moreover, the arch posture can be passively released, mimicking the human hand switching between sphere and medium wrap grasps according to the situation. Other requirements such as weight, cost, and size limitations for hand prostheses were also considered. As a result, we only used three actuators fully embedded in the palm through a novel tendon-driven transmission. Although the prosthetic hand is almost the same size of an adult hand, it weighs only 146 g and can perform 70% of the 10 most frequent grasps.
Editorial: Fatigue and Recovery in Football
Authors: Clarke Neil , Noon Mark
Published: August 2019

The football codes (soccer, American football, Australian rules football, rugby league, and union and Gaelic football) are intermittent team sports with bouts of high-intensity activity interspersed with low-intensity activities or rest [...]
Exploring Carbon Pricing in Developing Countries: A Macroeconomic Analysis in Ethiopia
Authors: Telaye Mengistu Andualem , Benitez Pablo , Tamru Seneshaw , Medhin Haileselassie , Toman Michael
Published: August 2019

This study uses a Computable General Equilibrium model to analyze policy scenarios for a carbon tax on greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum fuels and kerosene in Ethiopia. The carbon tax starts at $5 per ton of carbon dioxide in 2018 and rises to $30 per ton in 2030; these rates are translated into taxes on the different energy types covered, depending on their carbon contents. Different scenarios examine the impacts with revenue recycling through a uniform sales tax reduction, reduction of labor income tax, reduction of business income tax, direct transfer back to households, and use by the government to reduce debt. Because petroleum fuels and kerosene are a relatively small part of the Ethiopian economy, the carbon tax has small impacts on overall economic activity and greenhouse gas emissions. In proportional terms, however, the impact on greenhouse gas emissions from these energy sources is notable, depending on the recycling scenario. The assumed carbon tax trajectory also can raise significant revenue—up to $800 million per year by 2030. The impacts on the poor through increased cost of living are not that large, since the share of the poor in total use of the taxed energy types is small. In terms of induced income effects through employment changes, urban households tend to experience more impacts than rural households, but the results also depend on the household skill level and the revenue recycling scenario.
Horta Mandala um modelo de produção agrícola, prático e social
Authors: Sampaio Cristiane Pires , De Amorim Renata Pessoa , Cândido Miranda Edson Henrique
Published: August 2019

O trabalho teve como objetivo o desenvolvimento de um projeto sobre a construção da Horta Mandala na Fazenda Escola da Unidade III da Instituição UNIVIÇOSA. O sistema Mandala para produção de alimentos é um projeto inovador, que além de trabalhar com produção orgânica por meio da produção agrícola, possibilita às famílias rurais da região uma melhor condição de vida, do ponto de vista econômico e social. Para atingir o objetivo desse trabalho, inicialmente fez-se uma revisão bibliográfica sobre a Horta Mandala no Brasil, identificando as principais vantagens e desafios de se trabalhar com o projeto Mandala, mostrando a sua importância na preservação no meio ambiente e fortalecimento da produção agrícola Em seguida foi construída uma Horta Mandala mostrando sua tecnologia prática, social e econômica.
Projeto de tratamento de carcaças de animais utilizando a compostagem
Authors: Sampaio Cristiane Pires , Barros Ventura Magalhães Bruna , Cândido Miranda Edson Henrique
Published: August 2019

A compostagem, devido seus benefícios naturais, constitui-se num elemento essencial para a sustentabilidade das ações direcionadas para a gestão de resíduos sólidos. Por se tratar de um processo essencialmente biológico, a compostagem está acondicionada a todas as limitações associadas à atividade microbiana. Percebe-se que a compostagem de carcaças de aves, suínos e bovinos pode ser vista como uma opção viável para o criador. Além de ser um procedimento ambientalmente correto, de baixo custo e exigir pouco investimento de tempo e mão de obra, a atividade possibilita reciclar os resíduos resultantes do setor pecuário. Proporciona ainda a condição sanitária adequada dos plantéis aviários, bovinos e suínos além de acrescentar valor à atividade pela produção de um composto orgânico útil como fertilizante. Sendo assim, o objetivo principal desse trabalho foi dimensionar uma composteira na fazenda Pereirão na cidade de Dom Silvério – MG para avaliar a eficiência da compostagem através do monitoramento de parâmetros como: temperatura, odor e presença de insetos.
Bloqueio do plexo braquial em Gavião-asa-de-telha (Parabuteo unicinctus) com auxílio do estimulador de nervos periféricos:
Authors: Credie Leonardo De Freitas Guimarães Arcoverde , Mendes Juliana Caetano Félix da Silva , Corrêa Andressa Markuart
Published: August 2019

Traumas na medicina veterinária aviária são ocorrências comuns que frequentemente necessitam de intervenção cirúrgica. Associado à anestesia geral, a técnica de bloqueio do plexo braquial pode ser empregada no reparo de fraturas e danos teciduais. Objetivou-se avaliar a eficácia do bloqueio do plexo braquial no trans e pós-operatório em cirurgia de osteossíntese em úmero, realizada em um Gavião-asa-de-telha (Parabuteo unicinctus)após trauma. Foi recebido no Centro Médico Veterinário do Centro Universitário São Judas – Campus Unimonte, o animal encaminhado do CEPTAS (Centro de Pesquisa e Triagem de Animais Selvagens) para realização de osteossíntese em úmero diagnosticada por exame radiográfico. O bloqueio do plexo braquial foi a técnica de anestesia locorregional de escolha, realizada pelo acesso subescapular com bupivacaína a 0,375%, guiada pelo estimulador de nervos periféricos, instrumento auxiliar considerado o “padrão-ouro” para a localização de nervos e plexos nervosos. A destreza do anestesista e conhecimento anatômico da região associado a técnicas de anestesia locorregional, como a neuroestimulação com o estimulador de nervos periféricos, diminui riscos relacionados à técnica e promove aumento das chances de sucesso de bloqueio.
Informe Comité Científico Preparación de la XIV versión de las Jornadas Científicas, Chile 2019
Authors: Jornadas Equipo
Published: August 2019

La XIV versión de las Jornadas Científicas (XIV JJ.CC), al igual que en sus versiones anteriores, es organizada por el Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile (ISPCH) y realizada en las instalaciones del mismo, mezclando conferencias de expertos, presentaciones orales y escritas de trabajos seleccionados, y espacios  de  conversación  entre  asistentes,  expositores  y actores relevantes en materia de políticas públicas en salud. La XIV versión de las Jornadas Científicas, abarca los ejes temáticos (Tabla 1) de mayor relevancia para el periodo 2018- 2019, según representantes de cada uno de los departamentos del ISPCH: Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia, Salud  Ambiental,  Salud  Ocupacional,  ANAMED  (Agencia Nacional de Medicamentos), Dispositivos Médicos y Asuntos Científicos.  Adicionalmente, en respuesta al interés expresado por  diversos  participantes  de  presentar  sus  trabajos  sin encontrarse enmarcados en algunos de estos ejes, se incluyó el eje “Otros temas relacionados a Salud Pública”. La  inclusión  de  diversos  ejes  temáticos,  resalta  la importancia  de  la  diversidad,  intercambio  e  interacción  de contenido científico para la Salud Pública, más aún cuando se trata de regulación, puesta en marcha de políticas públicas, intervenciones  para  la  mejora  de  la  salud  objetiva,  salud subjetiva y calidad de vida de la población y disminución de desigualdades sociales en salud.  El presente informe tiene por objetivo describir el proceso del  Comité  Científico  (CC)  para  la  preparación  de  las  XIV JJ.CC, con especial énfasis en la evaluación de trabajos y organización de las conferencias. El  programa  fue  desarrollado  por  los  departamentos técnicos  del  ISP,  tomando  como  punto  de  referencia  el desarrollo  de  Jornadas  Científicas  anteriores,  en  pos  del constante progreso.
Presentaciones Orales XIV Jornadas Científicas
Authors: Jornadas Equipo
Published: August 2019

Presentaciones Orales XIV Jornadas Científicas
Presentaciones Póster XIV Jornadas Científicas
Authors: Jornadas Equipo
Published: August 2019

Presentaciones Póster XIV Jornadas Científicas
Interaction of CL-20 and Zinc – A DFT Treatment
Authors: Türker Lemi
Published: August 2019

CL-20 or HNIW is a novel, caged-type explosive material having six nitramine groups. In the present study, interaction of CL-20 with zinc atom has been investigated within the constraints of density functional theory at the level of B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p). Zinc, in chemistry is known as a good reducing metal for many functional groups, presently not only reduces one of the nitro groups but also causes cleavage of one of the nitramine bond (from the base ring) and the C-N bond of the cage. The zinc atom acquires some positive charge after all.
Mixed-Metal Oxide Catalyst for Liquid Phase Benzene Alkylation
Authors: Alhassan M. , Faruq U. Z. , Galadima A.
Published: August 2019

Development of cheaper, active and more ecofriendly heterogeneous acid catalyst is a challenge mitigating the petrochemical industries. CuO-MoO3/ZrO2 solid catalyst was prepared by impregnation using suitable precursor materials supported over zirconia. Upon calcination at 450°C for 2 h and activation (by soaking in 2M H2SO4 for 30 minutes), available techniques were employed for the characterization. The available oxides and minerals in the catalyst were revealed by the XRF and XRD profiles respectively. The catalyst crystallite size (131.6nm) was obtained using the Bragg’s equation from the latter. Thermal analysis showed three weight loss stages between (49.25-152.06°C), (152.06-559.47°C) and (559.47-752.0°C ) while presence of sulphate and zirconia oxides was revealed by the FTIR analysis due to appearance of absorption bands around 1225-980cm-1 and 700-600cm-1 respectively. The catalyst (1wt%) was tested for alkylation in a continuous stirred reactor at 80°C using variable (2:1, 4:1 and 10:1) benzene to 1-decene molar ratios. The effects of reaction time and molar ratios on the selectivity, conversion and yield were determined. The alkylation results showed that the catalyst is highly selective to 1-decylbenzene as low amount of side products was obtained. The product yield and conversion increased with reaction time and benzene /1-decene molar ratio while selectivity decreased with increase in benzene /1-decene molar ratio with time.
Uso da gabapentina na melhoria sintomática da síndrome do túnel cárpico: qual a evidência?
Authors: Neves Cristina Mesquita , Vasconcelos Adriana , Carneiro Marina , Fevereiro Marta
Published: August 2019

INTRODUÇÃO: A síndrome do túnel do cárpico (STC) tem origem na compressão do nervo mediano no punho, causando parestesias, adormecimento e dor neste local, que podem irradiar para o antebraço e ombro. O tratamento da STC consiste na descompressão cirúrgica do nervo ou no tratamento conservador, nomeadamente com recurso à gabapentina.OBJETIVOS: O STC é, empiricamente, uma patologia muito prevalente nos cuidados de saúde primários e o médico de família depara-se com limitadas opções terapêuticas. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo é realizar uma revisão baseada na evidência acerca da eficácia do uso da gabapentina na melhoria sintomática da STC.MÉTODOS: Foi realizada uma pesquisa nas bases de dados Medline, Cochrane, National Guideline Clearinghouse, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), British Medical Journal (BMJ), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE), Essential Evidence Plus (EEP), e principais fontes de dados portuguesas, de artigos publicados de janeiro de 2006 até novembro de 2016, utilizando as palavras-chave (termos MeSH): “gabapentin” e “carpal tunnel syndrome”. Para avaliação dos níveis de evidência (NE) e atribuição de forças de recomendação (FR) foi utilizada a escala Strenght of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT).RESULTADOS: Foram encontrados 37 artigos, dos quais 3 cumpriam os critérios de inclusão.  O ensaio clínico aleatorizado (ECAC), de Hui A.C. et al., concluiu que a gabapentina não produziu redução significativa na severidade dos sintomas (NE 1). No entanto, outro ECAC e um estudo de coorte prospetivo evidenciaram a eficácia da gabapentina na redução sintomática do STC, embora com qualidade limitada (NE 2).CONCLUSÕES: A evidência disponível não suporta a eficácia da gabapentina na melhoria sintomática do STC (FR B). No entanto alguns estudos apontam benefício deste tratamento, embora limitados pelo seu desenho e validade. Serão necessários mais estudos que clarifiquem o esquema posológico mais adequado, efeitos adversos e benefícios a longo prazo.
Effective disaster recovery using Software defined networking
Authors: L Girish
Published: August 2019

In this paper we intended to recover serverdisaster in multiple servers and the disaster such as poweroutage, link failures, device failures, rerouting of packets,traffic engineeringetc , for this problem we proposed asystematic approach for recovering servers from disasterusing software-defined-networking schema. SDN separate thecontrol plane and data plane and that control plane isprogrammable, by doing control plane programmable it increases flexibility of controlling a network infrastructure. SDN provides fast disaster recovery compare to recoverymanagement, SDN requires some method or interface forcontrol plane to communication with data plane .That onemechanism is OpenFlow and for creating virtual networkinginfrastructure we using mininet tool and for controllingnetwork using controller Opendaylight. We using lispflowmapping for disaster recovery.
Automatic Drug Reaction Detection Using Sentimental Analysis
Authors: L Girish
Published: August 2019

NowadaysvariousPharmaceuticalsindustries are using the Social media in whichindustries may include sick persons, Doctors,Pharmaceuticals companies etc. There exists a lot ofmedical sites and conference blogs which are the part ofsentimental analysis. These are used in manyapplications such as text based information (i.e., socialmedia such as twitter, Facebook ), market intelligence,drug observations ,taking the opinions about heathrelated information and also to detect the impact ofAdverse Drug Reaction(ADR) automatically by makinguse of Pharmacovigilance techniques. By using thealready existing tools which are used to examine thehealth related information and sentimental analysis weare not able to get the sufficient classificationaccuracies. And also they are not able to extract theexploratory and transferable features; hence they arelacking the biased features. In our design we use theAdvanced NLP approaches to generate the functionalfeatures from the input and using the advancedmachine learning algorithms to achieve theclassification accuracies. Here we rely on textclassification approach that generates huge set offeatures which represents many semantic propertieslike sentiment, polarity, topics which are useful tomanifest the experience of the user when they talkabout ADR. We present two datasets that are preparedby user to perform the job of ADR detection from thedata posted by the user on internet. We also verifywhether the combining training data which have beentaken from different collections can improve theautomatic classification accuracies and address the issueof data imbalance. This is very useful where there existsa large datasets and also reduces time and cost of thosedata.
Load Balancing As A Service In Openstack-Liberty
Authors: L Girish
Published: August 2019

Cloud computing is a technology which provides computing resource on demand over the internet as a service. To meet this, many opensource cloud operating system are provided for the tenants, in order to get useful services from the cloud. There are many opensource cloud OS like AWS, Open Shift, HP, OpenStack etc. Out of all these OpenStack comes with free of cost and it has got a huge community. It can be installed and deploy in private institution or company with free of cost. This paper provides a model and techniques for the dynamic load balancing in OpenStack for managing the traffic/loads among the Virtual Machines. The main purpose is to increase the utilization of computing resources and minimize the traffic. Load Balancing as a Service is one of the main service in OpenStack Networking. OpenStack is an opensource platform which provides Infrastructure as a Service. It allows users/tenants tocreate their own private clouds and to deploy Virtual Machines, which manages different workloads. In this paper, we provide an architecture of openstack LBaaS, for dynamic load balancing in open stack cloud deployment.
SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN MORBIDITY DYNAMICS
OF ALIMENTARY-DEPENDENT DISEASES IN MEZHDURECHЕNSK DURING THE
2010–2016 PERIOD
Authors: Tapeshkina N.V. , Popkova L.V.
Published: August 2019

We analyzed the prevalence of alimentary-dependent diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, endocrine
organs, blood and hematopoietic organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism, in
particular anemia, obesity in schoolchildren aged 7–17 years. An increase in the number of these
diseases was found in schoolchildren, associated with malnutrition and nutritional status disorders over
a 6-year period. There has been a significant increase in obesity, the prevalence of which has increased
over the past six years, among children 5 times. Among schoolchildren living in the city, diseases of the
digestive organs associated with malnutrition account for 27.2 % of all alimentary-dependent diseases.
We found that disease prevalence rates caused by the alimentary factor are influenced by the school
environment factors. Formation of eating disorders in high school associated with the intensity of the
educational process and training of senior schoolchildren during the school year only from the second
shift create prerequisites for eating disorders and is a factor leading to an increase in the number of
children with inadequate nutritional status.
HYGIENIC ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH STATUS AND
ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICATORS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTRYSIDE
Authors: Saldan I.P. , Pashkov A.P. , Zhukova O.V. , Filippova S.P. , Potseluev N.Yu. , Nagornyak A.S. , Shved O.I. , Martynenko A.I.
Published: August 2019

We assessed the main anthropometric indicators of physical development (height, body weight and chest
circumference) in primary school children living and studying in the city and their peers living and
studying in the countryside. We carried out children's medical records analysis with an assessment of
health groups structure. It has been established that the physical development indicators in primary
school rural children are statistically significantly higher than those of urban children in both boys and
girls. Chronic diseases are more common among urban children aged 7–10 years. The obtained results
confirm the need for a special approach to physical development assessing of children and adolescents
living in cities and the countryside, as well as the need to develop preventive measures aimed at
improving and preserving the children health.
IMMUNOLOGICAL MARKERS OF CHILDREN HEALTH
PROBLEMS LIVING IN THE CONDITIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC AIR POLLUTION
BY ALUMINUM
Authors: Dolgikh O.V. , Otavina E.А. , Krivtsov А.V. , Zhdanova I.G. , Guselnikov М.А. , Alikina I.N. , Nikonoshina N.А.
Published: August 2019

We analyzed the characteristics of the immunoregulatory parameters of the child population (94 people)
aged 5 to 10 years exposed to aluminum. The control group included 45 children, matched by age and sex,
living in areas not exposed to aluminum. The study consisted of determining the content of IgG specific
to aluminum, total IgE (hypersensitivity indicators) and phagocytic-active cells. A study of CD-markers
of cell differentiation and intracellular markers for assessing the apoptosis system (absolute and relative
suppressor T-cell receptors CD127–, Bax, anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 and proapoptotic cell death receptor
CD95+) was performed. As a result of the research, it was reliably established that in the examined child
population there are violations of the cellular immunity, which manifest themselves in a decrease in
phagocytic activity by the criterion of absolute phagocytosis (42 per cent), relative phagocytosis (56 per
cent) and phagocytic number (75 per cent) (for example, decrease in phagocytic activity of cells
compared with control was 1.2-1.5 times), activation of absolute and relative suppressor T-cell receptors
CD127–, Bax deficiency, antiapoptotic protein Bcl -2 and the proapoptotic cell death receptor CD95+
(p < 0.05) responsible for apoptosis, relative to the reference values. There is a significant increase
compared with the norm of specific IgG to aluminum in 44 per cent of children of the observed group
and an increase in the level of total IgE by more than 1.4 times compared to the control group (p < 0.05)
CORRELATION BETWEEN FEMALE WORKERS' REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH DISORDERS AND THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS DURING CONCENTRATING ON NONFERROUS METAL ORE
Authors: Gainullina M.K. , Shaikhlislamova E.R. , Lozovaya E.V. , Karimova L.K.
Published: August 2019

We presented the data on the study of the working conditions of female workers engaged during concentrating on non-ferrous metal ores at the mining and processing plant, the frequency of gynecological pathology, as well as the retrospective analysis results of the course of pregnancy and labor. It has been established that the working conditions during concentrating on non-ferrous metal ores increase the risk of gynecological diseases and complications in the course of pregnancy and labor.
RISK COMMUNICATION TO HEALTH AS A COMPONENT OF THE RISKORIENTED
MODEL FOR THE PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO WORKING
POPULATION
Authors: Kostarev V.G. , Tendryakova S.Yu. , Vlasova E.M. , Ustinova O.Yu. , Poroshina M.M. , Barg A.O.
Published: August 2019

Results analysis of the current system of providing medical care to workers of industrial enterprises of
the Perm Krai revealed its insufficient effectiveness in terms of risks communication to employees health.
The purpose of risk communication to employees is to provide them with reliable and scientifically based
information about health risk factors associated with harmful chemical factors, risk levels, necessary and
implemented risk management measures, as well as about ways and means of individual prevention of
health problems. A survey of enterprises employees, medical staff of health centers and medical
organizations showed that more than half of the respondents did not know about the features of the
production process of the enterprise, harmful occupational factors at workplaces and occupational risks.
It seems expedient to improve the process of risk communication to the health of all interested parties,
and when preparing materials about the risks to the workers’ health, one must take into account the
peculiarities of perception of this type of information.
ASSESSMENT OF WATER SUPPLY AND RECREATIONAL
WATER USE CONDITIONS UNDER DETERMINING THE EPIDEMIC POTENTIAL
OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
Authors: Moskvitina E.A. , Yanovich E.G.
Published: August 2019

We presented the assessment results of the potential epidemic risk level (PERL) of conditions for
centralized drinking water supply and recreational water use, as potential epidemiological risks for 85
subjects of the Russian Federation. High level of potential epidemic risk of centralized drinking water
supply conditions for 21 subjects of the Russian Federation and increased level taking into account
water quality, water supply of the population, isolation of pathogenic bacteria, virus markers and
registration of the morbidity rate of acute intestinal infections with the implementation of water factor of
pathogens transmission for 60 subjects have been established. When assessing recreational water use, a
high level of potential epidemic risk was determined in 39 subjects, an increased level of potential
epidemic risk was determined in 30 subjects, which indicates the probability of the waterway for the
spread of the cholera pathogen and other acute intestinal infections of bacterial and viral etiology. It is
planned to use in conjunction with other data in determining the epidemic potential of the subject.
PREVALENCE AND MOLECULAR GENETIC
PECULIARITIES OF PARENTERAL VIRAL HEPATITIS B AND C AMONG HIVPOSITIVE
CITIZENS OF THE FAR EASTERN FEDERAL DISTRICT, INCLUDING
THOSE PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEPRIVATION OF FREEDOM
Authors: Bazykina E.A. , Turkutyukov V.B. , Trotsenko O.E. , Kotova V.O. , Balakhonsteva L.A. , Varnavskaya L.V. , Fomenko V.V. , Chechulina M.A.
Published: August 2019

We conducted a comparative analysis of the parenteral viral hepatitis B and C (HBV and HCV) prevalence
and their molecular genetic characteristics among prisoners of persons diagnosed with HIV infection (41
samples), HIV-positive free citizens (187 samples) and «conditionally healthy population» with the lack of
information about the presence of a diagnosis of chronic viral hepatitis of any etiology and HIV infection
(231 samples). Immunological and molecular biological research methods were used. Obtained data analysis
showed that the prevalence of infection markers with viruses of parenteral hepatitis was significantly higher
in the groups of HIV-positive individuals (imprisoned and freemen). The HBsAg-negative form of the
disease was determined among the HIV-positive free population and in the «conditionally healthy
population». Over the past 10 years (2009–2018), the proportion of HIV-positive prisoners in custody of
people with HCV monoinfection doubled, HBV was increased in 8.7 times. Significant decrease in the
combined infection of HBV and HCV of this contingent was found. Given this decrease in the penitentiary
system in HIV-positive individuals, the overall burden of HBV infection (both in mono form and coinfection
with HCV) significantly (5.3 times) decreased , which can be attributed to successful widespread
vaccination against hepatitis B in Russia. The most common HCV genotypes among HIV-positive
individuals were 1b and 3a, genotypic structure of HBV prevailed genotype D.
Integrating gender in rice research
Authors: Sadangi BN , Mondal Biswajit
Published: August 2019

Gender mainstreaming in agriculture is new trend to address the inequalities of resources and work participation between men and women for ensuring equity in gender. Though women constitute about half of the total agricultural labour, their access to resources as well as decision making power is limited. Particularly, women in rice-based farming system though undertake hard work, own or share very limited resources and benefits in comparison to other systems. Various needs of women, while undertake research and technologies developed should be addressed appropriately through gender focussed planning, project implementation, monitoring as well as impact assessment. A systematic understanding and capacity building of the planners, researchers, development and extension machineries on innovative mechanism and gender sensitive perspectives would bring socioeconomic upliftment of not only women but the whole society.
Profitability in rice cultivation across Indian States
Authors: Samal Parshuram , Mondal Biswajit
Published: August 2019

The paper discusses the profitability in rice farming using secondary data for the period 1980-81 to 2014-15. The average costs and profits were computed and it was found that cost of cultivation has increased over years, but profit has not increased commensurately. The irrigated states like Punjab, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh have maintained or increased profits over years, but not the rainfed states. There were losses in rice farming in rainfed states like Assam, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal and Maharashtra, when total cost of cultivation was considered. Promotional measures and investment by state and central governments are needed to make rice production profitable.
Optimasi Produksi Radioiod-131 dari Aktivasi Neutron Sasaran Telurium Dioksida Alam
Authors: Hambali Sriyono, Maskur, Abidin, Triyanto,
Published: August 2019

Radioiod-131 adalah nama lain dari radioisotop yodium-131 (131I) yang merupakan radio­isotop pemancar gamma pada energi 364 keV (81%) dan juga pemancar partikel beta dengan energi maksimum 610 keV dengan umur  paro (T½)  8,02 hari sehingga dapat digunakan di kedokteran nuklir untuk keperluan diagnosa fungsi ginjal, kerusakan kelenjar gondok  juga untuk terapi kanker thyroid, kanker kelenjar endoktrin, dan neuroblastoma. PTRR-BATAN telah memproduksi 131I untuk mem-back up kebutuhan radioiod-131, namun dari batch RI-001 sampai dengan RI-008 radioiod-131 yang dihasilkan masih belum memenuhi persyaratan medis. Pada penelitian ini dilakukan optimasi produksi dengan mengubah parameter proses seperti pabrikan bahan sasaran, setting temperatur, jumlah charcoal, dan waktu elusi. Dari perubahan parameter tersebut pada batch RI-009 – RI-014 dihasilkan larutan produk 131I dalam bentuk sodium iodida (Na131I) yang jernih tidak berwarna dengan pH = 12, konsentrasi radioaktif 100 mCi/ml dengan kemurnian radionuklida 99% dan kemurnian radiokimia 95%. Dengan spesifikasi tersebut larutan produk 131I telah memenuhi syarat untuk keperluan medis.Kata kunci : optimasi produksi, telurium dioksida alam, radioiodine-131, aktivasi neutron, distilasi kering
Efek Circular Dichroism pada Metamaterial Chiral Planar
Authors: Partini Juliasih
Published: August 2019

Abstrak – Penelitian ini mengkaji efek circular dichroism pada metamaterial chiral planar. Bidang polarisasi akan terotasi ketika cahaya yang terpolarisasi linear melewati metamaterial chiral planar. Pada efek circular dichroism, cahaya yang terpolarisasi circular putaran kanan dan putaran kiri akan mempunyai perbedaan absorpsi dalam interaksinya dengan partikel penyusun metamaterial chiral planar. Spektrum eliptisitas metamaterial chiral planar menunjukkan eliptisitas bahan yang bernilai positif untuk sampel putar kanan dan bernilai negatif untuk sampel putar kiri. Nilai eliptisitas diperoleh sebesar maksimal +0,3 dan -0,3 terjadi pada frekuensi 1,29 THz. Eliptisitas maksimum menunjukkan adanya kopling antara foton dengan plasmon permukaan sampel. Polaritas yang berlawanan menunjukkan perbedaan absorbansi antara sampel putar kanan dan sampel putar kiri. Hasil tersebut juga menunjukkan adanya perubahan polarisasi linear pada laser femtosekon menjadi polarisasi eliptik pada  gelombang THz hasil emisi sampel metamaterial chiral planar. Kemampuan metamaterial chiral planar dalam memutar bidang polarisasi dan merubah menjadi polarisasi circular menjadikan bahan ini layak dijadikan alternatif polarisator dalam ranah terahertz.  Kata kunci: metamaterial, circular dichroism, chirality, polarisasi, eliptisitasAbstract – This paper describes the circular dichroism effect on planar chiral metamaterial. When a linearly polarized light passes through the planar chiral metamaterial, its polarization plane will rotate. On the circular dichroism effect, the right and left circulary polarized light will have different absorption due to its interaction with a planar chiral metamaterial. The ellipticity spectrum of a planar chiral metamaterial sample shows a positive ellipticity value for the counter clock-wise sample and a negative value for the clock-wise sample. The maximum ellipticity value is determine as +0,3 and -0,3 at frequency of 1,29 THz. The values show the existence of a coupling between photon and the sample surface plasmon. The opposite polarity indicates that the clock-wise and the counter clock-wise sample have different absorbance. The determined ellipticity value also reveals that the linearly polarized femtosecond laser light has transformed to elliptical polarized THz wave on a planar chiral metamaterial sample emission. The planar chiral metamaterial capability to rotate the polarization plane into circulary polarized wave, makes the material can be considered as an alternative polarizer in terahertz field.  Key words: metamaterial, circular dichroism, chirality, polarization, ellipticity
Mini Roller Coaster (Miroco) sebagai Media untuk Menghitung Percepatan Ditinjau dari Energi Mekanik
Authors: Saputro Sony Yunior Erlangga, Handoyo
Published: August 2019

Abstrak – Telah dibuat alat Mini Roller Coaster (Miroco) untuk percobaan dalam menghitung percepatan ditinjau dari energi mekaniknya. Alat dan bahan yang digunakan pipa besi, plat besi, aluminium foil dan mobil lego sebagai benda yang dapat divariasi massanya. Miroco sebagai media dalam menjelaskan konsep percepatan dan gaya gesek pada benda dengan memvariasi massa ditinjau dari energi mekanik. Dengan alat ini diharapkan dapat mengatasi miskonsepsi pada peserta didik dalam pokok bahasan usaha dan energi. Penelitian ini mengunakan metode ekperimen. Diperoleh hasil bahwa besarnya massa benda mempengaruhi energi kinetik yang menyebabkan penurunan percepatan pada benda. Hal tersebut terjadi karena lintasan kasar sehingga mengakibatkan besarnya massa benda mempengaruhi nilai gaya gesek antar kedua bidang yang bergesekan. Semakin besar massa suatu benda semakin berkurang percepatannya dan sebaliknya. Percobaan yang kami lakukan memiliki tingkat ketelitian rata-rata sebesar 99,76%.  Kata kunci: energi mekanik, gaya gesek, media, miroco, percepatanAbstract – The research has created a Mini Roller Coaster (Miroco) for the experiment in calculating the acceleration as seen from the mechanical energy. Tools and materials used were iron pipes, iron plates, aluminum foil and car legos as objects of varying mass.  Miroco as the media in explaining the concept of acceleration and friction on objects with varying mass as viewed from mechanical energy. By using this, the students’ misconceptions in the subject of force and energy were expected to be overcome. This study uses an experimental method. The results obtained show that the mass of the object affects the kinetic energy which causes a decrease in acceleration on the objects. This happens because of rough trajectory causing the magnitude of the mass of the object affects the value of the friction force between the contact planes. The greater the mass of an object on trial of the Miroco, the greater it reduced acceleration or vice versa. In the experiments done have an average accuracy of  99.76%. Key words: mechanical energy, friction, media, miroco, acceleration
PENGARUH LINGKUNGAN KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA PEGAWAI PADA INSTANSI PEMERINTAH DAERAH KABUPATEN MUSI BANYUASIN (STUDI KASUS DINAS PERTAMBANGAN DAN ENERGI KABUPATEN MUSI BANYUASIN)
Authors: Wijaya Hendry , Susanty Emi
Published: August 2019

Pada penelitian ini terdapat dua variabel yang akan melewati proses pengolahan dan pembahasan data sehingga dapat ditarik kesimpulan, kedua variabel tersebut adalah Lingkungan Kerja (variabel bebas) dan Kinerja Pegawai (variabel terikat). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui seberapa besar Pengaruh Lingkungan Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Pada Instansi Pemerintah Daerah Kabupaten Musi Banyuasin (Studi Kasus Dinas Pertambangan Dan Energi Kabupaten Musi Banyuasin). Penelitian ini dilakukan disalah satu instansi pemerintah daerah Kabupaten Musi Banyuasin yaitu pada Dinas Pertambangan Dan Energi Kabupaten Musi Banyuasin. Penelitian ini mengggunakan data primer maupun sekunder. Teknik analisis penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dimana menggunakan persamaan statistika dalam mengolah dan melakukan pembahasan data yang diperoleh dari responden melalui media kuesioner. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh antara Lingkungan Kerja terhadap Kinerja Pegawai dengan besaran skor pengaruh hasil uji regresi adalah sebesar 0,470.Â Kata kunci: Lingkungan Kerja, Kinerja Pegawai
PENGARUH DIVIDEND PER SHARE (DPS) DAN EARNING PER SHARE (EPS) TERHADAP HARGA SAHAM PADA PERUSAHAAN SUB SEKTOR FARMASI DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA (BEI)
Authors: Lilianti Emma
Published: August 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh Dividend Per Share (DPS) dan Earning Per Share (EPS) terhadap harga saham pada perusahaan sub sektor Farmasi di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI). Permasalahan dalam penelitian ini bagaimana pengaruh Dividend Per Share dan Earning Per Share terhadap harga saham pada perusahaan subsektor Farmasi di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI)?. Model analisis data dengan multiple regresion melalui uji asumsi klasik yaitu uji normalitas data, autokorelasi, multikolinearitas dan uji heterokedastisitas. Populasi yaitu seluruh perusahaan subsektor Farmasi di BEI sebanyak 10 perusahaan, dengan sampel terpilih sebanyak 9 perusahaan melalui purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Dividend Per Share (DPS) dan Earning Per Share (EPS) mempunyai pengaruh terhadap harga saham pada perusahaan sub sektor Farmasi di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI). Â Kata Kunci; Dividend Per Share (DPS),Â  Earning Per Share (EPS) dan Bursa Efek Indonesia
STRATEGI PENENTUAN HARGA JUAL SAYURAN PADA PEDAGANG PASAR TRADISIONAL (Studi Fenomenologi Pedagang Sayur Di Blitar)
Authors: Mauliyah Nur Ika , Kirom Eny Aslichatul
Published: August 2019

Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada bulan Januari sampai dengan bulan Juni 2017 pada pedagang sayur di Blitar. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana para pedagang menentukan harga jual sayuran. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan fenomenologi. Fenomenologi beranjak dari kebenaran fenomena, tampak seperti apa adanya. Fenomenologi menceritakan sesuai dengan apa yang ada dan terjadi pada obyek penelitian. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa para pedagang sayur menentukan harga jual dengan menggunakan dua metode, yaitu metode tekem dan metode timbang. Dalam menentukan laba, para pedagang mengambil laba pada setiap kilo sayuran. Mulai dari Rp. 1.000/Kg sampai dengan Rp. 2.000/Kg yang menggunakan metode timbang. Sedangkan untuk sayuran yang menggunakan metode tekem, mulai dari Rp. 400/ikat sampai dengan Rp. 1.500/ikat.Â Kata Kunci : Harga Jual, Pedagang, Sayuran
PENGARUH KUALITAS PRODUK TERHADAP KEPUASAN PELANGGAN SEMEN BATURAJA DI PALEMBANG PADA PT SEMEN BATURAJA (PERSERO) Tbk
Authors: Halin Hamid
Published: August 2019

Bersamaan dengan perkembangannya, perusahaan industri dituntut untuk bersaing dengan sesama perusahaan sejenis agar dapat menciptakan produk dengan spesifikasi terbaik untuk kepuasan pelanggan yang terpenuhi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menguji pengaruh kualitas produk terhadap kepuasan pelanggan semen Baturaja di Palembang pada PT. Semen Baturaja (Persero) Tbk, menggunakan metode kuantitatif penelitian statistik dan teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi linier sederhana. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah konsumen bisnis yang menjadi mitra bisnis PT. Semen Baturaja (Persero) Tbk di Palembang dan sampel adalah 78 responden yang diambil dengan menggunakan teknik accidental sampling. Hasil uji validitas instrumen menunjukkan bahwa r hitung â‰¥ r tabel artinya semua pernyataan item valid dan reliabilitas di atas 0,70 yang berarti reliabel. Jika dilihat berdasarkan uji t, menunjukkan bahwa nilai t hitung adalah (5,232) â‰¥ t tabel (1,665) sig (0,000) â‰¤ 0,05. Ini menunjukkan bahwa kualitas produk sebagian dipengaruhi kepuasan pelanggan. Dari hasil korelasi, menunjukkan bahwa hubungan antara kualitas produk dan kepuasan pelanggan dengan asumsi moderat yaitu 51,5%. Kemudian, koefisien determinasi (R2) adalah 0,265 atau 26,5% dari kualitas produk pada kepuasan pelanggan, sedangkan sisanya 73,5% dipengaruhi oleh variabel lain yang tidak diteliti dalam penelitian ini.Kata Kunci;Â  Kualitas Produk, Pelanggan, Kepuasaan, Sement Baturaja
Research on Water Based Nano Fluids Effecting Thermal Performance of Heat Pipe
Authors:   Department of Mechanical Engg., G. Pulla Reddy Engg. College (Autonomous ), Kurnool – 518 007, AP, INDIA & Research Scholar (Part-time), Department of Mechanical Engg., JNTUA College of Engg., Anantapur, AP, India., Reddy P. Lakshmi , Reddy B.Sreenivasa ,   Department of Mechanical Engg., G. Pulla Reddy Engg. College (Autonomous), Kurnool – 518007, AP, India., Rajulu K.Govinda ,   Department of Mechanical Engg., JNTUA College of Engineering, Anantapur -515002, AP, India.
Published: August 2019

Heat transfer applications are most investigative area with the evolution of micro chips in electronics field; thermal equilibrium maintenance becomes a challenging task in heat pipes because of their reliability, simple structure as well as cost. Heat pipe is one of the well known heat transfer device, can transport large quantity of heat from one place to another without any additional power. Working fluid has its role on performance on the basis of its conductivity, because heat pipes have high thermal conductive nature. This review focuses on the submission of Nano-fluids in place of conventional fluids used in heat pipe. This paper reveals the researches on thermosyphons, heat pipes and oscillating heat pipes, for reduction in thermal resistance, enhancing the thermal efficiency and heat transfer coefficient of a heat pipe. Various input parameters and their ranges those affect the performance of heat pipe like heat input, angle of inclination, filling ratio, Nano-particle material, size, shape and concentration of Nano-fluid, considered in different studies has been reviewed.
ICT Utilization and Improving Students Performance in Higher Education
Authors:   Department of CSIT, DRCVRAMAN University Bilaspur, India., Pathak Sumati , Raja Rohit ,   Department of CSE, Sreyas Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nagole, Hyderabad, India, Sharma Vaibhav ,   Department of CSIT, DRCVRAMAN University Bilaspur, India., Ambala Srinivas ,   Department of CSE, Sreyas Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nagole, Hyderabad, India.
Published: August 2019

Nowadays, higher education providing institutions depend upon Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for all purposes like teaching, administration, learning and other research related works. ICT is found to be a major resource for bringing competitive growth for an organization. In general, the use of ICT in higher education institution plays a vital role in providing modern learning approaches. Further, the utilization of data mining in ICT can predict the performance of students and offer a way to improve it. This paper identifies the usage of ICTs among higher graduates and the impact of parameters such as gender, area of interest as well as name of the university. In addition, data mining based ranking algorithm is introduced in order to analyze the performance of students. The evaluation results show that the use of ICT in higher education provides technological improvements and these enhancements are associated with factors such as gender, area of interest as well as university. Moreover, the ranking algorithm can easily evaluate the ICT based performance of higher education institutions.
Feature Snatching and Performance Assessment for Connoting the Admittance Likelihood of student using Principal Component Reduction
Authors:   Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Chennai, TamilNadu, India., Devi M. Shyamala , Mathew Rincy Merlin ,   Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, College of Science and Arts, Khamis Mushayt, King Khalid university, Abha, Asir, Saudi Arabia., Suguna R. ,   Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Chennai, TamilNadu, India.
Published: August 2019

Recently, engineers are concentrating on designing an effective prediction model for finding the rate of student admission in order to raise the educational growth of the nation. The method to predict the student admission towards the higher education is a challenging task for any educational organization. There is a high visibility of crisis towards admission in the higher education. The admission rate of the student is the major risk to the educational society in the world. The student admission greatly affects the economic, social, academic, profit and cultural growth of the nation. The student admission rate also depends on the admission procedures and policies of the educational institutions. The chance of student admission also depends on the feedback given by all the stake holders of the educational sectors. The forecasting of the student admission is a major task for any educational institution to protect the profit and wealth of the organization. This paper attempts to analyze the performance of the student admission prediction by using machine learning dimensionality reduction algorithms. The Admission Predict dataset from Kaggle machine learning Repository is used for prediction analysis and the features are reduced by feature reduction methods. The prediction of the chance of Admit is achieved in four ways. Firstly, the correlation between each of the dataset attributes are found and depicted as a histogram. Secondly, the top most high correlated features are identified which are directly contributing to the prediction of chance of admit. Thirdly, the Admission Predict dataset is subjected to dimensionality reduction methods like principal component analysis (PCA), Sparse PCA, Incremental PCA , Kernel PCA and Mini Batch Sparse PCA. Fourth, the optimized dimensionality reduced dataset is then executed to analyze and compare the mean squared error, Mean Absolute Error and R2 Score of each method. The implementation is done by python in Anaconda Spyder Navigator Integrated Development Environment. Experimental Result shows that the CGPA, GRE Score and TOEFL Score are highly correlated features in predicting the chance of admit. The execution of performance analysis shows that Incremental PCA have achieved the effective prediction of chance of admit with minimum MSE of 0.09, MAE of 0.24 and reasonable R2 Score of 0.26.
Recognition and Location Estimation for Multiple Indoor Static Objects
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Annamalai University., Balamurugan R. , Arunkumar Dr. R. ,   Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, AnnamalaiUniversity., Prabakaran Dr. G. ,   Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Annamalai University.
Published: August 2019

Locating objects in an image is a very useful task for robotic navigation and visually impaired persons. The ultimate goal of my work is to position the recognized objects in the image. Objects are detected using Adaboost techniques and also recognized from the real-time images. Objects are detected using AdaBoost classifier. SIFT features are extracted from the objects found in the image and classified using Support Vector Machine, and the position of an objects are estimated. We proposed IOLE algorithm to estimate the location of object in an image.