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Work-Life Balance Issues Encountered by Working Women in Higher Education Sector
Authors: Noronha Sonia Delrose , Aithal P. S.
Published: August 2020

Education, Exposure, Awareness, and, Changes in the lifestyle has been successful in bringing women out of the four walls of domestic confinement into the world of earning, confidence, and self-reliance. Achievements of women in every field are noticeable bringing laurels to womanhood. Along with this that goes unnoticeable are the challenges faced by these women all through their working life. This is a big obstacle for women to function daily and also prove and progress in their careers. This paper studies the level of challenges faced by women teachers in maintaining Work-Life balance with special reference to State Universities of Karnataka. Responses from the sample are used to test the hypotheses that there is an association between Challenges faced and work-life balance. Challenges have been studied under three domains such as Individual factors, Family Factors, and Organizational Factors. For this purpose, 422 Women teachers of State Universities of Karnataka were selected for the study. The study showed that respondents had an overall moderate level of challenges. Results also revealed that there is an association between the challenges and work-life balance. The outcome of the study will help in understanding the challenges faced and its relationship with work-life balance.
Cidadania, cultura e as massas
Authors: Williams Daniel
Published: August 2020

Este artigo discute a centralidade do conceito de massa para pensarmos Raymond Williams e uma tradição de intelectuais ocupados com essa problemática, bem como a importância de se discutir “as massas” como consequência e crise dos nossos dias. O balanço teórico aqui exposto traz registros inéditos relacionando Raymond Williams, Hannah Arendt e outros autores, além de apresentar a ênfase que Williams deu ao debate sobre as manifestações totalitárias atreladas a governos supostamente defensores da cultura, cidadania e democracia.
Raymond Williams
Authors: Paixão Alexandro Henrique , Trevisan Anderson Ricardo
Published: August 2020

A obra de Raymond Williams é um verdadeiro repertório crítico, criativo, dialético, interdisciplinar e impulsionador para o debate intelectual sobre nossas crises de compreensão e nossa luta política contra as formas antidemocráticas que ameaçam o presente e o futuro. Um futuro em que não podemos garantir se haverá “vitória” ou “derrota”, embora persista em nosso presente a convicção de que a sobrevivência é necessária, de que o pensamento criativo e crítico deve permanecer e ser constantemente disseminado no interior da universidade e propagado para além dela, à comunidade. Afinal, é premente lembrar e insistir: “a cultura é algo comum”.
Pertumbuhan anak-anak usia 7-11 tahun di Surabaya: Ketidaksesuaian berat badan dengan referensi WHO
Authors: Sakina Sakina , Prihatanto Fundhy S I , Purwidyastuti Desy , Artaria Myrtati D
Published: August 2020

Body size is strongly considered in making medical decisions, selecting medical instruments, drug dosing, and asessment of children’s growth. References of body size based on Caucasian population are widely used nowadays. Unfortunately, these references might have significant differences with others population. A specific study in Indonesian population is needed especially to make its own reference of growth. This research is aimed to get body weight (BW) data from children aged 7-11 years in Surabaya. This research was conducted to 656 children aged 7-11 years. Anthropometer was used to get BW data. Measurement was performed in the morning. All data were plotted to WHO growth chart. Based on the data percentils, we created BW growth chart for specific age and sex.We found an increasing trend with increasing age especially in girls. The increasing trend is better observed in girls. BW data which was plotted to WHO growth chart revealed that in many younger children had normal body weight and even overweight, unfortunately when entering pubertal age some of these children were underweight. Older children has lineary correlated with BW. Data plotting to WHO growth chart reveals that the younger children grew normally according to the reference, but then at later phase they did not follow the reference. This trend is similar to a previous studies, so that this strenghten our supposition that the difference between the WHO Growth Chart and the body growth of children in Indonesian area is not caused by lack of nutrition.
Karakterisasi parameter model prediksi untuk eleviasi dari perangkap kemiskinan melalui intervensi kebijakan fiskal
Authors: Setiawan Agus , Bakri S , Effendi A , Nurhaida I
Published: August 2020

The purpose of this study was to develop a model of poverty eleviation in the buffer zone of National Park through the optimization of the impact of the fuel subsidiary reallocation (BLT), statrted from April to October 2013 in three villages which representent ethnic culture in Lampung, Java, and the mixture of both, selecting 50 poor households (RTM) who received BLT (direct cash assistance) in 2005. In-depth interview was conducted to capture the economy performance of each household. Qualitative probability model was applied to the response variable (Yi) that were scored 1 for those have been exited from the poverty and scored 0 if not yet. The predictor variables used (Xij) including: fuel prices (Rp/liter), total of BLT (Rp), demographics (age, sex, family head education, as well as the number of dependents), the value of productive assets (Rp million/household), revenue from damar resin, and other sources (Rp million/household), access to public services, the distance to the border of BBSNP, the availlability of PNPM (national project of community empowermnent that scored 1 if any and 0 if not), the performance of social capital and the extention program conveyed. The Minitab Version 16 was employed for exzamining the goodness to the model and the significancy of the parameters pursued at the level of 5% and 10%. The conclusions were the exit capability against poverty were significantly affected by: fuel prices, the ammount of the BLT, the exisistency of PNPM, gender & education of household, number of dependents, the distance to central districts, the presence of electricity, the power of social capital, land ownership of both damar agroforest and paddy field acreages, the owner of productive assets such as ruminants. Accordingly, there were no culturetribe significantly affected by the existing from of poverty, which means that the poverty in this region was more structural cause than that of the cultural one.
Kebijakan industrial(isasi) dan kontinyuitas konflik industrial pasca krisis ekonomi 1997/1998
Authors: Rochadi Sigit
Published: August 2020

This article examines the relations between industrial policy and industrial conflict in Indonesia pos the 1997 economic crisis. The method uses is descriptive analysis. This research founded that the country’s industrial policy was influenced by strong nationalism sentiment of both indigenous and industrialism. This study shows that a prolonged conflict was also influenced by a narrow industry policy. The data was analyzed by descriptive method using critical interpretation; secondary data analysis was conducted by comparing years, business scope, and influencing parties (government, businessman, and labour). The policy did not provide opportunity to strengthen labour, therefore, the issues they echoed was not about technological development or job opportunities, but concerned more about wages or overtime work pay. A successful industrial structural development was not only useful to strengthen national economy, the more important fact is the empowerment of labout through good leadership and democracy.
Pengobatan transfer energi sebagai salah satu metode pengobatan tradisional dalam penyembuhan penyakit
Authors: Novitasari Annisa , Artaria Myrtati D
Published: August 2020

Nowadays, traditional medicine has been a widely spreaded phenomena in society as alternative or supplement aside of modern medication. Energy-transfer medication is one kind of traditional medication which become popular in the society, even no specific medicine or medical devices used in this treatment. The research method used were observation and interview. Interview was conducted to two informant as energy-transfer performer and six patients of this medication. The research shows that the use of energy-transfer medication was influenced by disease severity level, knowledge and experience, faith, social, and distance.
Arab Spring: Islam dalam gerakan sosial dan demokrasi Timur Tengah
Authors: Yasmine Shafira Elnanda
Published: August 2020

Social movement during Arab Spring has lead to political uprising in Middle East. Started from Tunisia, the revolt spread to neighboring states such as Egypt, Libya, also Syiria. Influenced by religion and strong Islamic tradition, protestors demand the presence of democracy within political system which had held autocracy as ruling system for decades. It is commonly assumed that democracy and Islam were mostly incompatible, moreover in a state whose Islamic values has deeply rooted in the daily life of its people. This article focuses in the usage of Islamic values within global civil society movement in Arab Spring. Theory of Islam and Ideology were applied to analyze the phenomena. Having view the revolution generally, this research found that Arab Spring is required as a phase which led Islam into particular flexibility level towards democracy and brought democratization into the Arab world. This article resulted in the conclusion that trigger a revolution not because of religious affairs, the demonstrators were joined not one hundred percent Muslim, and the issues that required not related to the religious life of the community, but Islam is either the value or the practice of worship, can not be separated in the organization of the masses during the revolution.
Makna menjadi keluarga ‘teroris’ bagi keluarga tersangka terorisme Amrozi dan Ali Ghufron di Desa Tenggulun, Kecamatan Solokuro, Kabupaten Lamongan
Authors: Ulfiyatun Anis
Published: August 2020

In understanding terrorism, comprehensive perspective is strongly needed in order to explain terrorism activity in a boarder structure. The main purpose of this article is to understand the circumstances that were redefined by terrorism suspect's family about their existence in the society. Another objective of this research was also to prove the presumption of being a terrorist's family and their response of massive terrorism related reportage from media. This research uses qualitative method to comprehend value and socio-cultural context in many terrorism cases, considering terrorits's family position and situation after the bombing. Primary data were collected by in-depth interview with Amrozy and Ali Ghufron's family. The research shows that terrorist's family has redefined their identity as terrorist's family by saying "us" are different with common family around them. The difference meant in this context was about life principal that was based on Islamic value and behaviour which had to be preserved by the terrorist's family
Kebijakan pelayanan kesehatan reproduksi bagi perempuan penyandang disabilitas dalam rangka pencegahan kekerasan seksual
Authors: Haryono Tri Joko Sri , Koesbardiati Toetik , Mas'udah Siti
Published: August 2020

The issue of women with disabilities is still rarely studied and published in the community, especially the issues of sexual violences for women with disabilities. This study provides a recommendation for both central and local governments (especially in East Java) to accomodate reproductive health services for women with disabilities. Since The Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities through the Law no.19 in 2011, the government have not taken any significant action. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a more implementative model policy for the community. The purpose of this research acts as a reference to make an effective, efficient, and right-on-target reproductive health policy. The recommendation made in this study is expected to be a reference for various parties, including the government, in order to design a more concrete and proactive steps to overcome reproductive health issue for women with disabilities in Indonesia, and also to build strategies which unite communities with different backgrounds. In order to obtain empirical data and information, this study used descriptive research with qualitative approach. Several steps taken are (1) determining the location of the study purposively in 33 sub-districts of Malang regency: in clinic, health, education, and social department, boarding school, Bhakti Luhur, P2TP2A, and local NGOs. Malang regency is chosen because (a) it is the only city which starts concerning sexuality and reproductive health of women with disabilities issues; (b) The sex ratio in 2010 was around 98,78%, which means that the number of females is significantly larger than males. As seen from the population density of 33 sub-districts of Malang, the majority of women has high density above 2000/km². It implies that poverty is mostly suffered by women; (c) the number of reproductive health issues for women with disabilities is quite a lot, because it is regarded as a taboo. (2) Data Collection: (1) observation and (2) indepth interview, (3) informants, (4) data analysis. The result of this study indicates that there are still a lot of women with disabilities who do not understand about taking care of their reproductive organs, and thus impacting their health. The control over their reproductive organs is still low, which makes many of them suffered from sexual violences that lead to unwanted pregnancies. Some cases found during the study show that women with disabilities who become sexual violence victims did not get proper justice, because their statements are not legally accepted, and it is also reinforced by the communities’ stigma which calls person with mental disabilities as a psycho.
Regenerasi perkotaan, alienasi, dan abolisi kelas pekerja dalam budaya politik Inggris pasca industri
Authors: Putra Linggar R D
Published: August 2020

This paper looks at the phenomena of urban regeneration that has been happening after de-industrialization within the British political-historical context. Since the 1970s economic turbulence, under the Thatcher Conservative Regime, Britain experiences political-economic transformation that hegemonically restores its society through the implementation of market economic principles and the public policy control to reduce state roles in the welfare distribution process. One of the strategies is by re-ordering industrial cities through the urban regeneratiopool, Britain, this paper aims to trace socio-political aspects driving the urban regeneration andn project considered as the deprived ones whilst still have economic potentials for the future capital accumulation. Drawing on an ethnographic research carried out in the summer 2014 in Liver its cultural implication to whom particularly categorised as the urban working class. Anthropological analysis is carried out by conforming dialectically information on the field and theories regarding on the informant and researcher cultural background to avoid bias result. The result shows that urban regeneration is the continuity of class struggle which embedded in the British cultural and political history. Furthermore, cultural-political factors which are inherited by the Thatcher Conservative regime in urban regeneration policies are very dominant affecting on the weakening of the urban working class existence in the British post industrial era.
A Profile of Social Skills of Students in Learning Physics through Problem-Posing Approach
Authors: Syafrilianto Syafrilianto , Rangkuti Ahmad Nizar
Published: August 2020

This article describes senior high school students' social skills in learning physics by applying the problem-posing approach. This study conducted by implementing a pre-experimental method of the One-Shot Case Study. The samples of this study were  38 students from XII Science class who chosen from a population of 240 students at grade X, XI, and XII at one of the senior high schools in Tapanuli Selatan. The data of students' social skills collected through observation sheets of social skills with five aspects of indicators, namely being consistent with doing tasks, encouraging participation, taking turns and sharing tasks, listening actively, and asking questions. The data analyzed by calculating the average score of students social from each indicator. The score of each indicator of the students' social skills was varied for every meeting, ranging from very high, high, moderate, low to very low, and so was the number of students for each criterion of social skills on each meeting. The results concluded that the profile of social skills in learning physics through a problem-posing approach revealed various levels of mastery of the students' social skills. The variety could be observed from the ability of social skills on each indicator and the number of students for each criterion of social skills in each meeting.
The Feasibility of Student Worksheet based on Collaborative Creativity to Improve Students Creative Thinking Skill
Authors: Suliyanah Suliyanah , Oktafina Romafika , Deta Utama Alan
Published: August 2020

This study aims to describe the feasibility of the student worksheet based on collaborative creativity to improve creative thinking skills on static fluid material in terms of validity, practicality, and effectiveness. This type of research is a type of development research by the ADDIE model with one group pre-test post-test experimental design method. The trial subjects were 107 students from class XI-MIPA 1, XI-MIPA 3, and XI-MIPA 4 in SMAN 1 Sumberrejo. The instruments used were validation instruments, observation instruments for the practicalities of the student worksheet, test instruments, and questionnaires to measure the student worksheet's effectiveness. The results showed that the validity of the student worksheet was included in the very valid category. In terms of the implementation of learning and student activities, the student worksheet practicality criteria are in the excellent category. The student worksheet's effectiveness criteria, based on test results, are in the medium category, and students' responses are very effective. Thus, the student worksheet that has been developed can improve creative thinking skills in learning the physics of static fluid material.
Pengolahan Air Sumur Dengan Fluidized Bed Reactor Menggunakan Media Karbon Aktif, Zeolit, Dan Kaolin
Authors: Fitriani Gita , Rosariawari Firra
Published: August 2020

The source of water that is still widely used by the community is well water, but there are still many wells that exceed the water quality standard. Like well water around Medayu, Surabaya. After testing the well water, several parameters were founds to exceed the specified clean water quality standard. These parameters are iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), lead (Pb), detergent, and KMnO4. This shows that the well water is not suitable for use. This study aims to treat well water that exceeds clean water quality standards using a fluidized bed reactor (FBR) by using media variations. The research variables are media variations (activated carbon, zeolite, and kaolin), detention time (20, 40, 60, and 80 minutes), and air pressure (2, 4, and 6 bars). The most effective results in this study are the use of zeolite as a media at a detention time of 60 minutes with an air pressure of 6 bars. Each % of parameter allowance for these results are Fe at 89,88%, Mn at 89,13%, Pb at 93,75%, Detergent at 90,74%, and KMnO4 at 95,38%.
Optimasi Produksi Asap Cair Dari Kayu Medang (Cinnamomum sp.) Menggunakan Metode Permukaan Respon
Authors: Oramahi H. A. , Diba Farah , Permana Rizka Diah
Published: August 2020

In this work medang wood (Cinnamomum spp.) was pyrolyzed to produces wood vinegar. The effect of several parameters including the wood particle size, pyrolysis temperature, and pyrolysis time on the pyrolysis efficiency was tested to identify the optimal wood vinegar production conditions. The efficient response surface methodology (RSM) with the Box-Behnken design (BBD) was used for modeling and optimization of the process parameters. RSM used three variable designs namely particle size of wood of 2.38, 3.36, and 4.76 mm, respectively, pyrolysis temperature of 370, 400 and 430°C, respectively, and pyrolysis times 90, 120 and 150 minutes, respectively, with the total of 15 experimental runs. The responses of the BBD fitted with a second-order polynomial equation, illustrating the wood vinegar yield was Y = 15.20 + 0.31 X1 + 5.00 X2 + 0.48 X3 – 1.84 X12 – 1.18 X22 + 0.63 X1.X2 + 0.35 X1.X3 + 0.31 X2.X3 – 0.27 X3.X3.  The optimal conditions found to be at the particle size of wood, pyrolysis temperature, and pyrolysis time were 4.76 mm, 475 °C, 195 minutes, respectively, and yield of wood vinegar was 22.90%.
Saluran Pemasaran Biji Jambu Mete (Anacardium occidentale) Sebagai Hasil Hutan Bukan Kayu Hutan Kemasyarakatan Desa Gunung Silanu, Kabupaten Jeneponto
Authors: Nurhikmah Nurhikmah , Irmayanti Laswi , Fatrawana Adesna , Salatalohy Asiah
Published: August 2020

Non-timber forest product commodities in Gunung Silanu Village are cashew, turmeric, candlenut, coffee, cocoa, ginger, and galangal. Among these commodities, cashew and turmeric are the most developed commodities. However, this study is focused on the cashew (Anacardium occidantale). Cashew seed processing in Gunung Silanu Village only reaches into the drying stage, even though there was a peeling tool available. This condition makes farmers market their cashew seeds directly. There is a problem that frequently encountered in marketing cashew seeds, namely the unconstant price of cashew seeds. This certainly affects farmers' income. Therefore, a study related to marketing channels for cashew nuts in the village of Gunung Silanu to see the price level at each marketing institution is needed. The purposes of this study were to determine marketing channels, analyze marketing margins, and marketing efficiency levels of cashew nuts (Anacardium occidentale) was a non-timber forest product at community forestry in Gunung Silanu Village. The results showed that there were two marketing channels. The first marketing channels were from farmers to large traders in the village of Gunung Silanu then to large traders in Jeneponto Regency. The second marketing channels were from farmers to small traders and large traders in Gunung Silanu Village then to large traders in Jeneponto Regency. The marketing margin of the big traders in the first channel is 15.6% with an efficiency level of 0.48%, while in the second channel is 13.4% and 11.3% for small traders and big traders respectively, so the total marketing margin is 23.3 % with an efficiency level of 0.48%. The most efficient channel is a channel with small costs, large margins, and a short marketing channel which is the first channel.
Morfologi Benih Dan Perkecambahan Pala (Myristica fragrans Houtt.) Sebagai Sumber Benih Di Hutan Rakyat, Pulau Bacan, Halmahera Selatan
Authors: La Mente Sulvia , Buamona Rusli , Nur Muhammad , Salam Salam , Riyadi Saipul , Irmayanti Laswi , Nurhikmah Nurhikmah
Published: August 2020

The development of nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) community forests needs to be supported by high-quality seed procurement, both physical, physiological, and genetic quality. Physically it can be done by morphological analysis in the form of length, diameter, and weight of seeds. Meanwhile, to determine the physiological quality, one of which is by observing germination. This research aimed to identify the morphology of seeds and germination of nutmeg (M. fragrans Houtt.) from different seed sources in the development of nutmeg community forests in Bacan, South Halmahera. The results showed that the morphology of nutmeg seeds in the shape, color, and skin surface variables at the three locations (Amasing, Papaloang, and Babang) obtained the same results, namely oval, brownish-black and shiny. Whereas in seed length, nutmeg from Papaloang has a longer seed size than seeds from Amasing and Babang. In the germination parameter values, seeds from Papaloang were found to have the highest value, namely the percentage of germination (K = 35%), peak value (PV = 0.56), average daily germination (MDG = 0.56), germination value (NK = 0.31 ).
A digital proficiency level analysis of high school teachers from state public schools in Palmas - TO
Authors: Corrêa Ivete Antunes , Nunes Suzana Gilioli da Costa , Dias-Trindade Sara
Published: August 2020

This work aimed to analyze the digital proficiency level of teachers who teach in state public high schools in the city of Palmas-TO. This investigation was based on a survey application through the google forms platform, having as a data collection instrument a self-assessment based on the DigCompEdu - Digital Competence Framework for Educators questionnaire, developed by the EU Science Hub (Service of Science and Knowledge of the European Commission), with adjustments and validation for the Brazilian reality. After the analysis, it was found that most of the 182 teachers are at the B1-Integrator level, a level considered as moderate.
MEDIA SCIENCE FAPESP: two decades of projects in science journalism in retrospect
Authors: Pessoni Arquimedes , Treulieb Luciane
Published: August 2020

In 1999, Fapesp launched the José Reis Program for the Encouragement of Science Journalism, also known as Media Science Fellowship. This article identifies the profile of the selected projects, who are the main beneficiaries of these grants, which proposals receive the grant and what types of media are used for production and broadcast of scientific information over the 20 years of the project. Our study found that the Laboratory of Advanced Studies on Journalism (Labjor) at Unicamp received most of the resources over the years, that Carlos Vogt was the researcher responsible for the largest number of approved projects and that the electronic journal ComCiência was the main vehicle used to publish the contemplated projects.
A importância da implantação da pós-graduação stricto-sensu em comunicação social no estado do Amapá
Authors: Lima Junior Walter Teixeira
Published: August 2020

RESUMO:

Esse ensaio possui o objetivo levantar pontos para a importância estratégica dos cursos de pós-graduação stricto-sensu, em Comunicação Social, no Estado do Amapá. As percepções partem de processos de observação participante como ex-membro docente do Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Ambientais e pertencente ao Programa de Pós-graduação em Propriedade Intelectual e Transferência de Tecnologia para a Inovação, ambos operantes na Universidade Federal do Amapá (Unifap). A reflexão parte, também, da vivência em outros programas de pós-graduação, estes estabelecidos na região Sudeste do país. Portanto, apesar do ensaio estar baseado em dados e documentos, o trabalho é uma reflexão pessoal.

 

PALAVRAS-CHAVES: Pós-graduação; Comunicação; Amapá; Relevância.

 

ABSTRACT:

This academic essay aims to raise points for the strategic importance of postgraduate courses in Social Communication in the state of Amapá (Brazil). The perceptions come from participant observation processes as a former teaching member of the Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences, belonging to the Graduate Program in Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer for Innovation, both operating at the Federal University of Amapá (Unifap ). The reflection also starts from the experience in other graduate programs, these established in the Southeast region of the country, more riches, and better infrastructure. Therefore, although the essay is based on data and documents, the work is a personal reflection..

 

KEYWORDS: Post graduation; Communication; Amapa; Relevance.

 

RESUMEN:

Este ensayo tiene como objetivo plantear puntos sobre la importancia estratégica de los cursos de posgrado estrictos-sensu en Comunicación Social en el Estado de Amapá. Las percepciones provienen de procesos de observación participante como ex miembro docente del Programa de Posgrado en Ciencias Ambientales y perteneciente al Programa de Posgrado en Propiedad Intelectual y Transferencia de Tecnología para la Innovación, ambos operando en la Universidad Federal de Amapá (Unifap ) La reflexión también parte de la experiencia en otros programas de posgrado, estos establecidos en la región sureste del país. Por lo tanto, aunque el ensayo se basa en datos y documentos, el trabajo es una reflexión personal.

 

PALABRAS-CLAVES: Amazônia; CAPES; Comunicação; Avaliação.
The inter-media agenda-setting in regional journalism: a study of two tv newscasts from Imperatriz, in Maranhão (Brazil)
Authors: Silva Sarah Dantas do Rego , Tavares Camilla Quesada
Published: August 2020

This article aims to analyze the inter-media agenda-setting between the TV newscasts JMTV 1st edition, from TV Mirante corporation, and Na Hora D, from TV Difusora Sul corporation, both broadcasted in the city of Imperatriz, in Maranhão, Brazil. For this proposal, we discuss the agenda-setting theory, and the regional and local televised media perspective. Methodologically, the research uses a quantitative content analysis of a database 73 journalistic pieces from both TV Newscasts - 26 from JMTV, and 47 from Na Hora D – during the first week of August 2019. The main results of the research show that there is a limitation in the coverage of regionalism, and in the analyzed period there was an inter-media agenda-setting between these two TV Newscasts.
Single Cell Glucose Uptake Assays: A Cautionary Tale
Authors: Sinclair Linda V. , Barthelemy Celine , Cantrell Doreen A.
Published: August 2020

Assays to monitor the metabolic state or nutrient uptake capacity of immune cells at a single cell level are increasingly in demand. One assay, used by many immunologists, employs 2-(N-(7-Nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)Amino)-2-Deoxyglucose (2-NBDG), a fluorescent analogue of 2-deoxyglucose (2DG), as a substrate for glucose transporters. This molecule has been validated as a substrate for the glucose transporter Glut2 (Slc2a2) in mammalian cells but 2-NDBG selectivity for the glucose transporters expressed by T cells, Glut1 (Slc2a1) and Glut3 (Slc2a3), has never been explored. Nor has the possibility that 2-NBDG might bind to T cells that do not express glucose transporters been assessed. In this technical commentary we interrogate the specificity of 2-NBBG labelling as a readout for glucose transport in T lymphocytes. We compare flow cytometric 2-NBDG staining against well validated radiolabelled glucose transport assays in murine T cells. Our data show there can be a large discordance between glucose transport capacity and 2-NBDG labelling in T cells. We also find that 2-NBDG uptake into murine T cells is not inhibited by competitive substrates or facilitative glucose transporter inhibitors, nor can 2-NBDG competitively block glucose uptake in T cells. Collectively, these data argue that 2-NBDG uptake alone is not a reliable tool for the assessment of cellular glucose transport capacity.
Repurposing of Approved Drugs with Potential to Interact with SARS-CoV-2 Receptor
Authors: Sajib Abu
Published: August 2020

Respiratory transmission is the primary route of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Angiotensin I converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the known receptor of SARS-CoV-2 surface spike glycoprotein for entry into human cells. A recent study reported absent to low expression of ACE2 in a variety of human lung epithelial cell samples. Three bioprojects (PRJEB4337, PRJNA270632 and PRJNA280600) invariably found abundant expression of ACE1 (a homolog of ACE2 and also known as ACE) in human lungs compared to very low expression of ACE2. In fact, ACE1 has a wider and more abundant tissue distribution compared to ACE2. Although it is not obvious from the primary sequence alignment of ACE1 and ACE2, comparison of X-ray crystallographic structures show striking similarities in the regions of the peptidase domains (PD) of these proteins, which is known (for ACE2) to interact with the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Critical amino acids in ACE2 that mediate interaction with the viral spike protein are present and organized in the same order in the PD of ACE1. In silico analysis predicts comparable interaction of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein with ACE1 and ACE2. In addition, this study predicts from a list of 1263 already approved drugs that may interact with ACE2 and/or ACE1, potentially interfere with the entry of SARS-CoV-2 inside the host cells and alleviate the symptoms of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Structural Characterization of Graphite Nanoplatelets Synthesized from Graphite Flakes
Authors: ALBETRAN HANI MANSSOR
Published: August 2020

Graphite nanoplatelets (GNPs) were produced from flake graphite that had been immersed in isopropyl alcohol solution (70%) and converted to powder form in an ultrasonic bath (5 h, room temperature). Scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometry, and Raman spectroscopy identified 120-nm-thick GNP crystallites and 0.5–21 µm plates with different areas and shapes. Extensive exfoliation was observed by transmission electron microscopy with abundant multilayer and some monolayer GNPs. X-ray diffractometry confirmed 43 GNP layers along the c-axis. Raman spectroscopy indicated well-defined GNPs with few defects and no oxide content. Rietveld analysis indicated a GNP crystal lattice with stacks of parallel two-dimensional graphene layers and tightly bound hybridized carbon atoms stacked in a translational …ABAB… sequence in hexagonal rings.
The Impact of Postponing 2020 Tokyo Olympics on The Happiness of O-MO-TE-NA-SHI Workers in Tourism: A Consequence of COVID-19
Authors: Yamamura Eiji , Tsutsui Yoshiro
Published: August 2020

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been postponed due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The implications for industries related to the Olympics—tourism, hotels and restaurants, and others—are expected to be affected by reduced demand. Japanese workers in these industries were prepared to offer their hospitality to visitors from around the world. They would be satisfied from not only an increase in income but also in offering visitors a taste of Tokyo’s great hospitality if the Olympics had been held in 2020. However, postponement of the sporting event is likely to have a significant impact on their happiness level. We independently collected individual-level panel data from March to April 2020. Based on this, we found that the happiness level of workers in the tourism and restaurant sectors declined drastically after the announcement of the postponement. Only two weeks later, their happiness level did not alter from the pre-announcement level. This tendency was strongly observed in Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures, but not in other prefectures. However, workers engaged in the tourism and restaurant sectors did not predict a decrease in their income even after the postponement. Combined, these findings indicate that loss of extending hospitality, rather than reduction in income, temporarily reduces the happiness level of workers.
EFL Students' Sustainable Educational Development Competencies with Regard to English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
Authors: Aydogan Hakan
Published: August 2020

: The chief scope of this study was to examine students' competencies related to English for academic purposes (EAP). The research questions included the relationships between students' interest in academic writing, their level of English proficiency, as well as subjective and objective measures of their EAP sustainable educational development competencies. A total of 152 Turkish students participated this study, out of which 80 (52.6%) were females and 72 (47.4%) were males. All of them were asked to take a short test which measures their EAP knowledge and to estimate their level of EAP educational sustainable development competencies and interest in academic writing. Both descriptive and inferential statistical procedures (correlational analysis, chi-square test and independent samples t-test) were used to answer the research questions. Firstly, the findings revealed positive correlations between the objective measure of EAP knowledge, self-reports of EAP sustainable educational development competences and interest in academic writing. Secondly, the EAP test showed to be difficult for students. Thirdly, statistically significant gender differences were found only in case of English proficiency levels where females outperformed males. Gender differences in academic writing have not been investigated so far. Additionally, the relationship between subjective and objective measures of EAP skills in EFL context has not been examined before.
Symbiont-Mediated Cytoplasmic Incompatibility: What have we Learned in 50 Years?
Authors: Shropshire J. Dylan , Leigh Brittany , Bordenstein Seth R.
Published: August 2020

Cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) is the most common symbiont-induced reproductive manipulation. Specifically, symbiont-induced sperm modifications cause catastrophic mitotic defects in the fertilized embryo and ensuing lethality in crosses between symbiotic males and either aposymbiotic females or females harboring a different symbiont strain. However, if the female carries the same symbiont strain, then embryos develop properly, which imparts a relative fitness benefit to symbiont-transmitting mothers. Thus, CI drives maternally transmitted bacteria to high frequencies in arthropod species worldwide. In the past two decades, CI has experienced a boom in interest due in part to its (i) deployment in successful, worldwide efforts to reduce the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, (ii) causation by bacteriophage genes, cifA and cifB, that modify animal reproductive processes, and (iii) important impacts on incipient speciation. This review serves as a gateway to experimental, conceptual, and quantitative themes of CI and outlines significant gaps in our understanding of CI’s mechanism that are ripe for investigation from a diversity of subdisciplines in the life sciences.
Data-Informed Decomposition for Localized Uncertainty Quantification of Dynamical Systems
Authors: Subber Waad , Ghosh Sayan , Pandita Piyush , Zhang Yiming , Wang Liping
Published: August 2020

Industrial dynamical systems often exhibit multi-scale response due to material heterogeneities, operation conditions and complex environmental loadings. In such problems, it is the case that the smallest length-scale of the systems dynamics controls the numerical resolution required to effectively resolve the embedded physics. In practice however, high numerical resolutions is only required in a confined region of the system where fast dynamics or localized material variability are exhibited, whereas a coarser discretization can be sufficient in the rest majority of the system. To this end, a unified computational scheme with uniform spatio-temporal resolutions for uncertainty quantification can be very computationally demanding. Partitioning the complex dynamical system into smaller easier-to-solve problems based of the localized dynamics and material variability can reduce the overall computational cost. However, identifying the region of interest for high-resolution and intensive uncertainty quantification can be a problem dependent. The region of interest can be specified based on the localization features of the solution, user interest, and correlation length of the random material properties. For problems where a region of interest is not evident, Bayesian inference can provide a feasible solution. In this work, we employ a Bayesian framework to update our prior knowledge on the localized region of interest using measurements and system response. To address the computational cost of the Bayesian inference, we construct a Gaussian process surrogate for the forward model. Once, the localized region of interest is identified, we use polynomial chaos expansion to propagate the localization uncertainty. We demonstrate our framework through numerical experiments on a three-dimensional elastodynamic problem
The Urban Museum as a Sustianble Tourism Attraction: London Museum Lates Visitor Motivation
Authors: Choi Ayeon , Berridge Graham , Kim Chulwon
Published: August 2020

The urban museum has become a multi-functional institution that transcends the functional display of artifacts. The museum has become, in cities, a hybrid institution that keeps its doors open late to support a wide variety of special events. This study explored London’s ‘Museum Lates’ programs and event characteristics, using museums’ theoretical views as cultural tourism attractions. Furthermore, the study applied the contextual model of learning to understand visitor attendance motivations. Authors employed an interpretive approach using interviews with two types of participants, event visitors, and event coordinators. Findings suggested that attendees possess a complex of personal, physical, and socio-cultural motivations for participating in museum lates events. The characteristics of late events – extraordinary quality and evening time atmosphere – produce different effects than current museum exhibitions held during regular operating hours. Museum lates events can contribute to achieving cultural sustainability, adding cultural construct to the traditional three-pillars of sustainability.
Keywords: Museums; special events; late opening; visitors' motivations; sustainability, touristic attractions
Measuring Organizational Skills in the General Population: Development and Preliminary Validation of the DOSQ
Authors: Durand Guillaume
Published: August 2020

Organizational skills are a set of cognitive abilities responsible for goal-directed behaviors. While they are moderately studied in clinical settings, the assessment of organizational skills in the general population remains under-studied. This paper presents the new Durand Organizational Skills Questionnaire (DOSQ), which was developed to examine the factors associated with organizational abilities in the general population. Exploratory factor analysis, validated by a confirmatory factor analysis, suggests eight factors: Work Organization, Communication Clarity, Punctuality, Goal-Oriented Behavior, Assiduity, Workspace Organization, Strategies, and Attentiveness. Three studies using samples from the general population provided evidence for the reliability and validity of the DOSQ’s scores. Overall, the results suggest that the DOSQ offers a valid approach to measuring organizational skills in the general population.
Cell Communications among Microorganisms, Plants, and Animals: Origin, Evolution and Interplays
Authors: COMBARNOUS Yves , NGUYEN Thi Mong Diep
Published: August 2020

Cells communicate with other cells not only within the same individual but also with cells in other individuals belonging to the same species or other species. These communications occur between two unicellular species or two multicellular species, or between unicellular and multicellular species. The molecular mechanisms involved exhibit diversity and specificity but they share common basic features which allow interferences between communications in different species. Cellular communications play pivotal roles in all uni- and multi-cellular species, leading to an outstanding variety of essential biological processes not only within each species but also for numerous favorable interactions between uni- and multi-cellular species. These interactions have been made possible by the high degree of conservation of the basic mechanisms of many ligand-receptor pairs in evolutionary remote species. Moreover these inter-species communications have played an important role during Evolution and must have been positively selected, particularly when mutually beneficial. Synchronization, by chemical communications, of populations of protocells emerging from a syncitial root could have facilitated their emergence into living cell populations and explain their resemblance among microorganisms, plants and animals.
PENGARUH KARAKTERISTIK INOVASI DAN SISTEM SOSIAL TERHADAP TINGKAT ADOPSI TEKNOLOGI PENGELOLAAN TANAMAN TERPADU (PTT) PADI DI KECAMATAN KEBAKKRAMAT KABUPATEN KARANGANYAR
Authors: Nurmastuti Ardela , Suminah Suminah , Wibowo Agung
Published: August 2020

This study examines to find out the influence of characteristic innovation and social system toward the adoption rate of Integrated Crop Management (PTT) technology of rice in Kebakkramat Sub District Karanganyar Regency. The basic method of research is explanatory method with survey technique. The location of study was determined purposively in Kebakkramat Sub-district of Karanganyar Regency with the consideration that Kebakkramat Sub District is one of the sub-districts implementing Integrated Crop Management (PTT) program and the sub district has the lowest rice productivity among the two other sub districts namely Tasikmadu and Jaten Sub Districts implementing GP-PTT in Karanganyar Regency. The sampling method used is proportional random sampling, with a sample size of 60 farmers. Data analysis using path analysis. The results showed that: (1) there is significant influence between characteristic innovation, social system and motivation simultaneously toward adoption of integrated crop management innovation. (2) there is significant influence between characteristic innovation toward adoption of integrated crop management innovation greater if it is compared through motivation, there is significant influence between social system toward adoption of integrated crop management innovation greater if it is compared through motivation and there is significant influence between motivation to adoption of integrated crop management innovation.
ADAPTASI SISTEM KOMUNIKASI PEMERINTAH DALAM PENINGKATAN KUALITAS KAMBING KALIGESING DI PURWOREJO
Authors: Handaka Tatag , Wahyuni Hermin Indah , Sulastri Endang , Wiryono Paulus
Published: August 2020

Population of Kaligesing goat in Purworejo indicates the number continues to increase from year to year. However, increasing in population is not accompanied by an increase in the quality of Kaligesing goat. The objective of the study is to know how adaptation of government communication system on increasing quality of Kaligesing goat in Purworejo regency. The theory of the study is communication system in perspective of Niklas Luhmann. The study was used explorative case study method. Population of this study was conducted in Purworejoregency as the centerof Kaligesing goat farming.The technique of collecting data is using indepth interview and observation. The result of the study showed that government communication system was produce and reproduce information as regulation. Those information was used to solved environment complexity in the form of decreasing of Kaligesing goat quality. Government communication system wasn’t effective on reducting and selecting environment information. So, information was produced by system not solved environment complexity. Government communication system encountering environmental complexity evolved into an unadaptive system.