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Leveraging Escape Room Popularity to Provide First-Year Students with an Introduction to Engineering Information
Authors: Walsh Benjamin , Spence Michelle
Published: January 2019

Incoming first-year engineering students at the University of Toronto often have difficulty navigating the library and its resources. Orientation activities at the Engineering & Computer Science Library are designed to introduce students to the library in an informal and entertaining way. In 2017, as a result of dropping interest in previous years' orientation activities, librarians at the Engineering & Computer Science Library collaborated with instructors and staff in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering to develop an orientation activity grounded in curriculum and based on the popular escape room game. Core library services and engineering resources were used to build a challenging program that introduced students to basic, but essential, research skills. Voluntary student participation in the game exceeded previous years' participation and all expectations of the game designers.
Teaching Engineering Innovation, Design, and Leadership in a Community of Practice
Authors: Jamieson Marnie Vegessi , Shaw John M.
Published: January 2019

Process design is taught by instructors with adiverse mix of industrial and academic experience. Theinstructors work in close collaboration with workingprofessional engineers including industrial technicalspecialists, entrepreneurs, and academic colleagueswith an industrial focus to prepare unique processdesign projects and to advise student teams. Many of theindustry advisors are long term contributors and overtime some have been recruited as instructors for thedesign course. This community of practice offersstudents a window on engineering design practice andinnovation as they transition to the professionalcommunity. This paper explores the contribution of thecommunity of practice to student development, theachievement of the Canadian Engineering AccreditationBoard (CEAB) graduate attributes, and the developmentof an innovation ecosystem.
Methods of Applying Machine Learning to Student Feedback Through Clustering and Sentiment Analysis
Authors: Andersson Eric , Dryden Christopher , Variawa Chirag
Published: January 2019

Machine learning is used to analyze student feedback in first-year engineering courses. This exploratory work builds on previous research at the University of Toronto, where a multi-year investigation used an online survey to collect quantitative and qualitative data from incoming first-year students. [1] (N ~1000)Sentiment analysis, a machine learning method, is used to investigate the relationship between hours of study outside of scheduled instructional hours and qualitative survey feedback sentiment. The results are visualized with chronological sentiment graphs, which contextualize the results in relation to key events during the school year.Large drops in sentiment were seen to occur during weeks with major assessments and deadlines. An inverse correlation between hours spent outside of class and feedback sentiment was also noticed
Implementing project-based and experiential learning in the Aerospace Engineering program at Concordia University
Authors: Marsden Catharine , Liscouet-Hanke Susan , Cartile Andrea
Published: January 2019

Experiential learning can be defined as“learning from experience or learning by doing”. Theeffectiveness of the experiential learning techniquedepends on both the design and the implementation of the experience. The learning experience must be carefully designed so that students do not learn by rote but rather are obliged to self-teach, discover, and use engineering judgement to arrive at conclusions. Student interest and their perception of the project as being authentic and representative of the “real-world” is important for engagement. In this paper, the authors discuss the development and implementation of experiential and project-based learning in the new undergraduate aerospace engineering program at Concordia University.The paper describes a unique series of experientiallearning experiences that have been implemented in thefirst, third, and final years of the program. Two of theauthors are former aerospace industry design engineers,and a unique feature of the program is a blend of fieldbased experience and classroom-based learning made possible by collaborations with industrial partners and organizations external to the university
Engineering Teaching and Learning Fellows as a Catalyst of Change Management in Engineering Education
Authors: Salem Deena , Frank Brian
Published: January 2019

–In this paper, the authors present an ethnographical study of Engineering Teaching and Learning Fellows (ETLFs). This paper is part of a longitudinal study that proposes an ecological model of higher education, adapted from Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory including, micro, meso, exo, and macro environments. Froyd’s change strategies in the academic engineering context are embedded in this social model, together with a different perspective of how ETLFs are situated as catalysts of change management in engineering education. The objective of this study is to provide insight to different stakeholders who are interested in improving the quality of undergraduate students’ learning about how the ETLFs can support the changes.
Strengthening Students Mechanics Knowledge through Instructional Videos of Hands-on Activities
Authors: Gibson Chloe
Published: January 2019

The use of hands-on activities has been proven in the past to be effective in teaching pedagogies. Recognizing this need, a first year Mechanics course at the University of Waterloo has already implemented the use of seven hands-on activities. Instructors of the course have found certain time limitations which results in students only participating in two of the seven activities. To continue improving student learning, instructional videos were developed to solve this problem. The techniques used for video development incorporate learning pedagogies to foster deeper learning throughout the viewing experience. These techniques include simulating experiential learning and reflective learning. In each video, a breakdown of the activity building and experimenting process is demonstrated. This is done through people physically interacting with the models as students would in the classroom. Accompanying the demonstration is an illustration of various mistakes students often make during the activities. Errors are discussed, and their outcomes are shown using course concepts to reinforce the appropriate processes. In addition, questions are posed to the viewers throughout each of the videos.
Creative Confidence and the Arts: Measuring a Potential Contributing Factor to Students' Motivation to Engage in Engineering Creativity
Authors: Smith Hannah , Strong David
Published: January 2019

Engineering is well established as a profession which requires complex, open-ended problem solving. Creativity is instrumental in these processes, but graduating engineering students have been found to lack creative thinking skills. In order to engage in creative thinking, students must first be motivated to do so. Creative self-efficacy (or creative confidence) has been tied to increased internal motivation, and involvement in creative arts activities can lead to increased self-efficacy beliefs. This paper will discuss the development of a survey instrument that will be used to investigate the potential correlation between student involvement in creative arts and their internal motivation to engage in engineering creativity.The survey instrument includes 1 open-ended question, a creative arts inventory, and 46 closed-ended questions to measure creative self, creative mindset, and tolerance of fears that hinder creative confidence. Evidence for validity of the instrument is established through the pilot study.
OBACIS V: The Accreditation Reporting and The CEAB Mock-Ups
Authors: Ismail Mohamed
Published: January 2019

OBACIS is a tri-platform outcome-based assessment and continues improvement system. The system is composed of three integrated platforms/applications: A Win app, an Excel app, and a Web-app. OBACIS I demonstrated the tri-platform integrated framework in addition to a data-driven course improvement system.OBACIS II introduced the parsing engine and the autogenerated course information sheets (CIS), demonstrated how 80% of CIS data collection time could be saved, and demonstrated how to make compiling CIS data an ongoing continuous improvement activity. OBACIS III introduced the Excel Application that collects the data missed by theparsing engine of OBACIS II and introduced thesimultaneous grade and accreditation reporting system.OBACIS III demonstrated how the time required to do the two tasks could be cut down by almost 50%. OBACIS IV introduced the closed loop teaching and learningframework. OBACIS V prepares the accreditation reportsthat that meets the CEAB new criteria guided and definedby the CEAB questionnaire, tables, and exhibits
Being a C-student is the new normal: a literature review on grades, self-worth, and mental wellbeing
Authors: D'Entremont Agnes
Published: January 2019

The competitive application process for manyCanadian engineering schools can lead to enrollingcohorts of students where nearly everyone is accustomed to having above average grades. Anecdotally, instructors frequently observe a difficult transition to earning average or below average grades. This may be due to students strongly basing their sense of personal worth on academic performance. Declines or variability in selfworth or self-esteem can impact mental wellbeing.Given the widely reported prevalence of mentalhealth concerns and counselling usage at Canadianuniversities, we chose to explore the connections between receiving lower than expected grades, self-worth and mental wellbeing as well as possible interventions that instructors could employ to help students manage this transition.
Using Coop Performance Evaluations for Graduate Attribute Assessment
Authors: Grove Jason
Published: January 2019

Cooperative student performance evaluations are primarily intended to provide formative and summative feedback to students on their performance during work-term employment but also represent a rich source of external data on student performance. These data are collected using the same instrument across the faculty (and, in fact, the institution). Approximately five years ago the evaluation instrument at our institution was revised; a significant objective for the updated instrument was alignment with graduate attributes. In this paper, we examine the data collected through a graduate attributes and continual program improvement lens.
Supporting the Development of Problem Solving Skills in an Integrated Electromagnetics and Vector Calculus Course
Authors: Jaeger Carol P. , Loewen Philip D. , Harandi Negar M.
Published: January 2019

Electromagnetics and vector calculus are taught as an integrated course in the Electrical Engineering program at UBC. In this paper, the course structure is described, and unique features are highlighted.A key goal of the course is to help students develop problem solving skills. To assist students in building these skills, a blended classroom approach has been adopted to allow an increase in discussion and problem solving activities in the classroom. Results of student assessment and a summary of student feedback on the teaching technologies and activities incorporated into the course are reported.
Teaching From 1 to 9: A Progressive Teaching and Learning Experience
Authors: Ismail Mohamed
Published: January 2019

The peak quality of teaching and learning experience cannot be developed or fostered overnight; however, adopting a course design and delivery framework is instrumental in achieving such a level of peak quality at the teaching and learning process. This paper introduces a novel double-loop course design and delivery process and overall syllabus and course design framework that has been developed over the years and achieved great popularity among many engineering students. Over the time, a unified course design and delivery framework that encapsulate long lists of best practices have been developed which will be described in detail in this paper. A software tool for unified course design called Touch-it, a data-driven course analytics system, and grade reporting systems that augment the proposed framework will be highlighted as well. The experience reported should be useful for early career instructors or those who might be struggling in their teaching career.
DEFINING THE APPROPRIATE COURSE PROJECT FOR FOSTERING THE EXPECTED COGNITIVE COMPETENCIES: EBD APPROACH TO AN ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE
Authors: Ommi Amirali , Zeng Yong
Published: January 2019

Project-based learning is an inevitable part of current course curriculums, especially in engineering design courses. Incorporating course projects in curriculums is done for overcoming the lack of students’ familiarity with real-world challenges. Students either acquire or further develop those specific competencies upon successful completion of the course project. Thus, defining an appropriate course project becomes essential. The competencies that are fostered may depend either on the design problem or the project contexts. In this study, we employ an EBD approach to developing a framework for evaluating a course project regarding its fitness to course learning objectives. This framework makes it possible to elicit required competencies for accomplishing a course project and comparing it with the set of competencies in the course learning objectives. A case study of a flying house design project is presented to demonstrate the framework application. The discussion of the proposed framework and future directions to our research are presented at the end.
Diversity Research in an Engineering Technology Program: Promising Practices for Diversity Research Initiatives in Post-secondary Education
Authors: Long Jennifer
Published: January 2019

While efforts are underway to solve gender disparity in engineering, there tends to be a focus on gender at the expense of other diversity considerations. Few Canadian universities collect data about their racialized student population despite human rights advocates and the government of Ontario endorsing such an approach to uncover inequality and better understand the needs of Canada’s growing diverse student population. Of those universities that collect demographic information on their student body, few studies dig deep enough to understand how students’ identities affect their learning experience. The proposed study goes further to understand faculty, staff and student experiences around teaching and learning. This study views educational experiences holistically (within and outside the classroom) in order to understand how participants face discrimination or exclusion. In this paper, the authors provide an overview of demographic surveys at Canadian universities and describe McMaster University’s recent work in this area. The authors then provide a study overview and our intended next steps. It is the hope that this research, and affiliated workshops, will help faculty and staff better understand the lived experiences of discrimination that our students face, and may help illuminate bias and barriers within our educational offerings that go unnoticed
Integrated Learning in First-Year Engineering: Preliminary Findings and Impressions from a New Project-Based Design Course
Authors: McDonald Colin P
Published: January 2019

The first-year engineering curriculum at McMaster University is a common curriculum that introduces students to the field of engineering through discrete courses focused in graphics design, computing, materials science, and the engineering profession. While these courses provide an important foundation for entry into second year (in addition to the required courses in math and science), course topics are isolated and there is very little cross-over in content from one course to the next. This paper will present initial findings and impressions of “Health Solutions Design Projects I”, a project-based first-year course in McMaster’s new Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (iBiomed) program. This new course, first offered in Fall 2017, integrates the aforementioned topics in first-year engineering into one course, and further reinforces these concepts through a series of design projects.
Exploring the Conflict Between an Engineering Identity and Leadership
Authors: Schell William J.
Published: January 2019

Through the efforts of government and industry, there is growing recognition among academics of the importance of developing leadership skills in engineering students. Despite this recognition and the increasing level of resource put into engineering leadership programs throughout North America, there is currently little work that illustrates how leadership fits into the broader picture of the heterogeneous nature of engineering work. This work seeks to begin closing that gap by investigating the relationship between models of engineering identity and leadership identity. The investigation is done using quantitative techniques to draw conclusions from two data sets taken from national surveys of undergraduate students in the U.S.. Initial results indicate that while engineering students are engaged in leadership positions more frequently than their peers inother fields (other STEM and non-STEM) they see less of a connection between these roles and their future careers than other students, indicating a potential conflict between an engineering identity and a leadership identity.
Testing an engineering design teaching technique for improving female self-efficacy and belonging in Physics 11 classrooms
Authors: Tarnai-Lokhorst Katherina V.
Published: January 2019

Girls participate equally with boys in Physics11 classrooms in the Greater Victoria Region in BritishColumbia but exhibit lower levels of self-efficacy inphysics, lower beliefs in control over their own destinyand lower perceptions of the value of physics as a career.The hypothesis tests a new paradigm for teachinghigh school physics that is demonstrably simple toimplement, eases teacher workload and creates aneffective tool to enhance student learning. Developedusing participatory action research with Physics 11teachers, an unconventional lesson plan guidesfacilitators of learning through a discovery-basedteaching paradigm that constructs knowledge using theengineering design process.Survey data reveals the activity may significantlydispel gendered perceptions by eliminating differences in beliefs of boys and girls in Physics 11 and increasestudents’ level of comfort in the classroom, factorspredicted to influence self-efficacy.
Comprehensive Assessment of Capstone Senior Design Course Comprised of Students from Different Engineering Program Majors
Authors: Ravikumar Prathivadi
Published: January 2019

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is the premier organization that accredits many engineering programs in the US. Assessment by ABET that Student Outcomes are achieved is a central part of its decision to accredit any program. The programs in engineering at Western Illinois University (WIU) place significant emphasis in the Capstone Senior Design course as part of the overall plans to seek accreditation. For example, it is the only course wherein all eleven student outcomes identified by ABET are formally assessed, thereby making it a comprehensive assessment. But assessment is challenging because there are many more variables than normal in a Capstone Senior Design course compared to traditional courses. This paper discusses the framework of assessment plans, schedules, rubrics, implementation, data collection, analysis, and continuous improvements in detail under this challenging environment in the Senior Design course at WIU.
Designing a mobile makerspace: A strategy for increasing diversity by offering engineering outreach workshops to underrepresented youth
Authors: Compeau Scott
Published: January 2019

Makerspaces, physical spaces that provide access to fabrication tools, technologies, and resources, are potentially changing the way educators envision teaching and learning. The purpose of this poster is to illustrate how an engineering design process is being used to help guide Connections Engineering Outreach to design, build, implement, and evaluate a mobile makerspace. One of the objectives of the mobile makerspace is to provide outreach workshops to underrepresented and underserviced groups in an attempt to increasing the diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Since January 2018, the mobile makerspace has delivered workshops to approximately 2000 students in Grades 3-8. Preliminary results from an online survey indicate that the workshops provided high levels of student engagement and opportunities to learn about STEM. Interview results also suggest that the workshops are helping build the capacity of educators towards using makerspace technology. This project is yet to complete one full cycle of the engineering design process and will be conducting on-going program evaluation
Approaching Sustainable Energy Transitions Through Bringing Disciplines Together: an examination of Carleton University’s graduate cross disciplinary course in sustainable energy
Authors: Moy Nathalin
Published: January 2019

Complex challenges in sustainable energyrequire innovation: new ways of approaching problemsand new ways of collaborating. Bridging disciplinesthrough teamwork is one way to address issues effectively. Drawing from the experiences of a graduate level crossdisciplinary course involving engineering and public policy at Carleton University, this paper seeks to provide insights on the practical side of bridging disciplines in the classroom. Offered since 2011, this is a core course of Carleton’s Master’s program in Sustainable Energy Engineering and Policy. Working in groups, students envision and develop plans for novel sustainable energy projects. Through our experiences we posit the following  three suggestions for successful interdisciplinary teamwork. First, ensuring that students embarking on a course share a similar foundation. Second, lessons from literature regarding team dynamics can be applied to group project work. Thirdly, that group work, challenging at times, may later be found valuable in life beyond the classroom
Analysis the Relationship between Social Media and Education System in Kurdistan region of Iraq Using Chi-Square Test
Authors: Rassool Jihan A. A.
Published: January 2019

At the beginning of 21st century, the world has faced many challenges and rapid change in the educational environments. The globalization and the birth of internet lead the appearance of social media. The new education system has to cope with the above developments and to realize the demand of the new technologies and their effect on the students learning life. To analysis the effect of social network on education, the Chi-Square test was used to indicate the association relation between the Social Media tools and education. I have used real data of students from two University the first is Government (University Of Duhok) and the other is private-University (Nawroz University) at Duhok-Kurdistan region of Iraq. This paper indicates the association and correlation  between the education and the Social Media, and conclude that the more than 85% of students used Social Media for communication and only  approximate 45% used it for learning and teaching, also this paper indicates a need to orientate and guidance the education system in Kurdistan towered of using the social media in education for elevation of education quality and enhancing their learning because social media facilitate the learning system by participating the educations knowledge in different places of world.
Assessment of Waste Generation rate of Medical Hazardous in Duhok Governorate (Proposal of alternative disposal and management methods)
Authors: AL-Ghabban Maha M. , Mizzouri Nashwan Sh. , Mahmood Fadhil R. , Hassan Hussein H. , Abdulrahman Kadhim I.
Published: January 2019

The developments and improvement of the public and the private healthcare sector in the recent years in Duhok governorate considered as the main factor for increasing the production rate of per capita patient generation of hazardous waste (Bio-Medical Waste). Another important factor contributes in hazardous waste volume is the increase in health services and public education. Generation of waste caused direct impacts on human health and environment through the pollution of soil, water and air. The present study was carry out to assess the sources and the data quantities of hazardous wastes, analysis of these collected data is achieved by using of GIS Application. In 2014, it was found that 253.143 tons of hazardous waste were produced in Duhok. About 30% of the waste is not being sorted from the municipal solid waste, i.e. disposed directly to dumps or landfills. Inadequate disposal of hazardous waste can related to contamination of surface and ground water supplies, and risk impacts on communities and their environment. In addition the aim of this assessing is focused on the importance of hazardous waste management and to develop a proposal for treatment and disposal management methods in compliance with the international environmental regulations.
The Use of Semi-Automated Method for Assessing the Horizontal Positional Accuracy of Google Earth imagery
Authors: Adam Sarhat M. , Heeto Abdulrahman F.
Published: January 2019

Google Earth imagery is frequently used in science, engineering, and other mapping applications. However, the company owning the tool announced that the data available in its geographical products is only approximate, so its accuracy is not officially documented. The Google Earth imagery in many areas around the world has been independently checked by scholars and third body parties. The estimated accuracies are found to largely vary depending on various factors but mainly due to, the imagery source or the image resolution. Positional accuracy testing methodology may also affect the assessment results. In processing, there should be many points around the tested area in order for the comparison to be more reliable. In this paper, the horizontal accuracy assessment was carried on the Google Earth imagery in Duhok city using the traces collected via GPS in Real Time Kinematic (RTK) technique. About 38 km of trajectory was collected for the two main roads in the selected area. Via semi-automated method, the points from RTK trajectory were compared to the corresponding extracted points from the centerline of the road network of Google Earth imagery. The nearest neighboring method through buildup algorithm was considered for comparison between both sets of data. Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and maximum error were computed for horizontal positional coordinates and found to be 1.53m and 7.76m, respectively.
Pre-Crash Braking System-PCBS
Authors: Ahmad Hawar B. , Nayef Zakiya A.
Published: January 2019

In computer vision the detection of Pedestrian assumed as a key problem, by various applications that have the possibility to impact positively life quality. In recent years, Growing the number of methods of pedestrians detection in monosyllabic images. This paper presents a system that accurately detects pedestrians and provides the driver with informative warnings by using the Pre-Crash Braking System-(PCBS), which is use sensor and the brake-by-wire actuator. One of the main goals of transportation safety we presented in this paper to protect pedestrians from crashes with vehicles and reduce their risk on roadways. We chose to focus on detection by the driver and assume perfect detection by the system according to that we used (use-case) diagram to shows the different interactions available to users of the PCB System.  This proposed system minimizes accident possibilities and reduction of accident impact on pedestrians which keeps   the   driver alert to dangerous situations even in moments of driver distraction due to the functionalities of the system modules.
Impact of ICT Integration into the LIS Curricula in Zimbabwe
Authors: Munyoro Pedzisai K. , Mutula Stephen
Published: January 2019

The study assesses Library and Information Science (LIS) education and training in Zimbabwe in the context of global and technological innovations. The study is informed by the post-positivist paradigm and used both qualitative and quantitative methods. The case study research design was used with different data collection tools such as survey questionnaires, in-depth interviews and document reviews. The population of the study included five deans or heads of departments and 47 LIS faculty staff, 108 final-year students from the five institutions offering LIS education and training in Zimbabwe, and 17 employers. Deans and LIS employers were purposively selected. All LIS faculty staff were included in the study. LIS final-year students were selected using the simple random sampling technique. Data were analysed using NVivo 10 and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 20. The study found very low levels of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) integration into LIS curricula. This was attributed to status quo bias (a preference for the current state of affairs), a lack of appropriate enabling incentives such as policy and regulatory frameworks, inadequate human and physical ICT infrastructure, lack of a committed transformational technological leadership, and lack of a clear sense of educational purpose for ICT use. In addition, the study found that effective ICT integration is hindered by paradigm paralysis, paradigm effects and attendant organisational inertia in LIS education institutions in Zimbabwe. The study calls for a paradigm shift in LIS education from the teacher-centred instructivism to student-centred or heutagogical approaches.
FSQGA based 3D complexity wellbore trajectory optimization
Authors: Sha Linxiu , Pan Zhongqi
Published: January 2019

Determination of the trajectory of a complex wellbore is very challenging due to the variety of possible well types, as well as the numerous complicated drilling variables and constraints. The well type could be directional wells, cluster wells, horizontal wells, extended reach wells, redrilling wells, and complex structure wells, etc. The drilling variables and constraints include wellbore length, inclination hold angles, azimuth angles, dogleg severity, true vertical depths, lateral length, casing setting depths, and true vertical depth. In this paper, we propose and develop an improved computational model based on Fibonacci sequence to adjust the quantum rotation step in quantum genetic algorithm for achieving cost-efficient complex wellbore trajectories. By using Fibonacci sequence based quantum genetic algorithm (FSQGA) in a complex searching problem, we can find high-quality globally optimal solutions with high speed through a parallel process. The simulation results show that FSQGA can significantly reduce computation complexity, and reach minimum objection values faster. Meanwhile, minimization of the true measurement depth of complex wellbore trajectory in actual gas-oil field shows that the drilling cost can be reduced up to 4.65%. We believe this new algorithm has the potential to improve drilling efficiency, to reduce the drilling time and drilling cost in real-time wellbore trajectory control.
Kinetics study and simulation of CO2 absorption into mixed aqueous solutions of methyldiethanolamine and hexylamine
Authors: Mehassouel Ammar , Derriche Ratiba , Bouallou Chakib
Published: January 2019

This study investigated kinetics of CO2 absorption into mixed methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) and hexylamine (HA) solutions in a Lewis cell reactor. The experiments were conducted in the temperatures 298, 313 and 333 K with mass concentrations MDEA 37 wt.% + HA 3 wt.%, MDEA 35 wt.% + HA 5 wt.% and MDEA 33 wt.% + HA 7 wt.%. Our results showed that adding a small amount of hexylamine enhances the kinetics of CO2 absorption and that the kinetics of CO2 absorption with aqueous MDEA 37 wt.% + HA 3 wt.% is pseudo first order regime with reduced activation energy compared to that of MDEA 40 wt.%. The absorption/regeneration system was simulated using Aspen plus™ software for the treatment of gas streams from cement plant in a post-combustion process. The analysis of our results established that blended solvent MDEA 37 wt.% + HA 3 wt.% gives lower energy consumption than that of MDEA 40 wt.%.
Polifarmacy And The Compliance of Geriatric With Chronic Disease
Authors: Arfania Maya
Published: January 2019

The various geriatric’s health problem require complex treatment, which is by giving various drugs. Therefore, polifarmacy is a concequences of geriatric’s treatment. Polipharmacy is a serious problem in a health system. Besides can increase the health cost, also it can cause compliance problem. The purpose of this research is to see an overview the compliance level of geriatrics with chronic disease who receive a polipharmacy prescription. This is a descriptive research with cross sectional design. Data were obtained from outpatient prescriptions of geriatric’s with chronic disease in Yogyakarta’s hospital. From 100 prescriptions, there were 50 male and 50 female patients. In this research, most patients recieve 2 diagnoses (51%) and 48% polypharmacy prescription.  After the interview using MMAS 8 questionnare, there were 61% uncompliance geriatric’s patient , however the polypharmacy prescription isn’t significantly related to the patient’s compliance level.

 
Keywords: Polipharmacy, geriatrics, chronic disease
Pembangunan Website E-CRM (Electronics Customer Relationship Management) pada House Of Smith Pekanbaru
Authors: Agustin Wirta , Adlan Radhi , Efendi Yoyon
Published: January 2019

CRM (Customer Relationship Management) merupakan cara untuk pengelolaan relasi antara sebuah perusahaan didalam konsumsi produk atau jasa yang diproduksi perusahaan tersebut. Berkembangnya teknologi, metode CRM pun mulai dikembangkan menjadi Electronic Customer Relationship Management (E-CRM). Banyaknya varian produk yang ditawarkan oleh House of Smith dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai strategi unggulan dalam menjaga loyalitas pelanggan. Perancangan aplikasi E-CRM pada House of Smith adalah membantu perusahaan mengetahui kebutuhan pelanggan secara personal serta mampu memberikan pelayanan yang sesuai dengan karakter konsumen dan memberikan informasi yang dibutuhkan, sehingga perusahaan dapat mempertahankan pelanggan yang sudah ada dan mendapatkan pelanggan baru. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah observasi dan wawancara langsung ke House of Smith. Hasil dari analisa dan perancangan aplikasi E-CRM berbasis web ini adalah membantu House of Smith untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pelanggan guna meningkatkan kepuasan pelanggan sehingga tetap menjadi pelanggan setia. Aplikasi E-CRM ini merupakan alat interaksi yang menciptakan hubungan antara perusahaan dengan pelanggan menjadi lebih baik
Analisa Dan Perancangan Jaringan Wireless Local Area Network Pada SMK Negeri 1 Rengat Barat
Authors: Siswanto Apri , Evizal Evizal , Kusmeli Kusmeli
Published: January 2019

Jaringan komputer adalah jaringan yang memungkinkan komputer berkomunikasi satu sama lain dengan bertukar data. Dalam hal ini jaringan komputer telah banyak digunakan untuk membantu dunia dalam membantu transmisi data antar komputer satu sama lain untuk bekerja. SMKN 1 Rengat Barat adalah sekolah yang akan mengembangkan jaringan komputer untuk mengakses data dari setiap komputer di SMK N 1 Rengat Barat dengan menggunakan jaringan WLAN dimana penghubung antara komputer dengan satu komputer di SMKN 1 Rengat menggunakan data transmisi udara menggunakan frekuensi radio pengembangan teknologi WLAN SMKN 1 Rengat Barat tidak lagi menggunakan kabel dalam menghubungkan satu komputer ke komputer lainnya. Dalam perkembangan teknologi WLAN dapat memudahkan dalam kegiatan berbagi data antar komputer di SMKN 1 Rengat Barat dan juga aksesibilitas siswa SMKN 1 Rengat Barat dalam proses pembelajaran.
KAPITALISME DAN REGULASI KETENAGAKERJAAN; SEBUAH MANIFESTO BAGI PERJUANGAN KAUM BURUH
Authors: Munir Abdul
Published: January 2019

The employemeent policy that included within the government regulation of employemeent and the another point inside it, becoming a new basic issue about the labour themself. As well as the outsourcing methods being implemented, the works relationship between labours and the one who hired them, dominantly just ended up to discrimination and exploitation to the labour rights such as: overtime payment, standart fee, the lengthen of contract fee, welfare, also the forbid about going into such thing like independent comittee of labourship.That logical point as well going to becoming a fundamental reason for the labour repressive movement into the street, to claim their rights, and express their disagremeent from the employeement policy that they claim as the reason about the abuse of their rights just like what has written before.
VISUALISASI PERILAKU PENGENDARA SEPEDA MOTOR SEBAGAI BENTUK CRIME IN EVERYDAY LIFE ANALISIS CULTURAL CRIMINOLOGY
Authors: Ramailis Neri Widya
Published: January 2019

The phenomenon of traffic violations made by motorcyclists on the road is a pattern of behavior that is accustomed habit, done repeatedly and happen everyday, so as to for man aberrant culture. Then, in another case of traffic violation phenomenon is also seen as a condition of demoralization, which is interpreted as a form of the decrease to values, morality and norms in society. Where, in this case the people familiar with the rules and laws that apply, however, the rules are not well practiced in everyday life. This thesis tries to explain how cultural criminology see motorcyclists behavioral phenomena in everyday life dimension in crime and crime as culture. The method used in this research is a visual analyst criminology developed by Cecil E. Greek to display an image/photo related traffic offenses committed motorcyclists. The conclusion of this thesis is the behavior of motorcyclists present in this case as a form of crime phenomena in everyday life (crime in everyday life), and the phenomenon of crime and culture (culture as crime).
ANALISA RUH PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER DALAM PENDIDIKAN NASIONAL (UNDANG-UNDANG 2003)
Authors: Latif Syahrul Akmal , Herman Yusri
Published: January 2019

The issue of education is never over to talk about because education is one measurement of a person's individual accomplishments and achievements systematically nation. The high education of human resources will give a lot of useful works for the individual and social. Unfortunately, the education that was developed based on this character only strengthen individual and social, it’s beyond the divine value . It is due to the historical roots of the character education by Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and Charles Renouvier (1815-1857); Religious morality in the low education and August Comter (1798- 1857); secular morality. Renouvier said the weakness of youth responsibility, loss of justice equality, respect and others. The process of character education is faced with the application of secularization. Such as, in France Francois Camille Jules Ferry (1832-1893) , a French Education minister said; Moral education is important but explicitely teaching morality does not needed. The development of character education in America is very dynamic. It’s started from 19th century (1900-1950) until 1997.It’s established nationally. Finally, Thomas lichona explained the entire role of religion in the education of character with seven steps and the role of teachers in character education. Thus, the author conducted religious analysis which widely spread among society is that the teaching of Protestant religious. But, It successfully gives individual and social value as character education. On the contrary, the goal of our national educational in 1945 (Version amendment) Article 31, paragraph 3 states: The Government shall manage and organize a national education system. Which increases the Faith and piety as well as noble character in order to educate the nation that adopted by law. Article 31, paragraph 5, states that the government advances science and technology to uphold the values of religious and national unity for the progress of civilization and prosperity of mankind. Likewise, the purpose of philosophy Nasionsl Education Act No. 20 of 2003. The 1945 Constitution and the Law N0 20 of 2003.

Strongly reflects the value of belief in one God as the first principle of Pancasila as the first principle says it is an acknowledgment that in developing the nation's education should not be separated from human relations and slave relationship with God the creator.
FENOMENA PENIMBUNAN BBM BERSUBSIDI DI KOTA PEKANBARU
Authors: S.IP.,MA Sobri , Nur Fauzan
Published: January 2019

In the years 2013 to 20014, revealed there were 72 cases of hoarding subsidized fuel in Pekanbaru. In a number of very pantastis to measure the extent of the area of Pekanbaru. At least there are several indications supporting the presence of the phenomenon of hoarding subsidized fuel in Pekanbaru include: factors opportunities, linking between the demand by business operators on the one hand, easy to obtain fuel at the pump through unscrupulous employees with mode-specific mode on the other hand, as well as the role of local police officers as security at a time furnisher. The next factor is the lack of oversight by the government and authorities in the field and lack of legal sanctions in providing a deterrent effect for offenders caught.
ASN, OTDA, POLITIK PILKADA SERENTAK DAN KORUPSI DI INDONESIA
Authors: Salioso Herdi
Published: January 2019

Corruption is not a new term in Indonesia, only recently started realizing ingrained and entrenched. The problem of corruption becomes increasingly macro and massive when regional autonomy (OTDA) and coloring Election Political Democratization in Indonesia. The phenomenon of corruption which delivers Indonesia as the most corrupt country in the world, increasingly gives the impression assured in order to prevent and overcome, when the instrument and the substance of the existing law is not able to give effect deterrence for perpetrators and potential perpetrators.
Terahertz Spectroscopy: An investigation of the Structural Dynamics of Freeze-Dried PLGA Microspheres
Authors: Shmool Talia , Hooper Philippa J. , Kaminski Gabi , F. van der Walle Christopher , Zeitler J. Axel
Published: January 2019

Biodegradable poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) microspheres can be used to encapsulate peptide and offer a promising drug delivery vehicle. In this work we investigate the dynamics of PLGA microspheres prepared by freeze-drying and the molecular mobility at lower temperatures leading to the glass transition temperature, using temperature-variable terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) experiments. The microspheres were prepared using a water-in-oil-in-water (w/o/w) double emulsion technique and subsequent freeze-drying of the samples. Physical characterisation was performed by morphology measurements, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and helium pycnometry. The THz-TDS data show two distinct transition processes, Tg,β in the range of 167-219 K, associated with local motions, and Tg,α in the range of 313-330 K associated with large-scale motions, for the microspheres examined. Using FTIR measurements in the mid-infrared we were able to characterise the interactions between a model polypeptide, exendin-4, and the PLGA copolymer. We observe a relationship between the experimentally determined Tg,β and Tg,α and free volume and microsphere dynamics.
Physicochemical and biological activity studies on complexes of some transition elements with mixed ligands of glycine and urea
Authors: Al-Maqtari Maher Ali , Kassem Al-Qadasy Mohammed , Mosa'd Jamil Yasmin , Mohammed Al-Azab Fathi , A. Al-Gaadbi Amani
Published: January 2019

The reaction of urea (ur) and glycine (gly) with the metal ions Co(ΙΙ), Ni(ΙΙ) and Cu(ΙΙ) in ethanolic solution of 1M:1L1:1L2 molar ratio (where M= Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II), and L1 = urea L2 = glycine) led to the preparation of complexes of the general formula [M(ur)(gly)(H2O)2]Cl. Elemental microanalysis (CHN), molar conductivity measurements, IR,1HNMR, Mass and UV-VIS spectroscopic, and magnetic susceptibility measurements were used for the characterization of the compounds. Thermal analyses were used for the complexes degradation characterization. The complexes have an octahedral geometry and are of electrolytic nature in DMSO solvent with the absence of inner-sphere coordination of the chloride anion. An inhibition zone was observed for Ni-urea-glycine complex against Escherichia coli when the biological activity was considered.
Dark breather using symmetric Morse, solvent and external potentials for DNA breathing
Authors: Gutierrez Hernan Oscar Cortez , Gutierrez Milton Milciades Cortez , Fuentes Rivera Girady Iara Cortez , Fuentes Rivera Liv Jois Cortez , Vallejo Deolinda Fuentes Rivera
Published: January 2019

We analyze the dynamics and the quantum thermodynamics of DNA in Symmetric-Peyrard-Bishop-Dauxois model (S-PBD) with solvent and external potentials and describe the transient conformational fluctuations using dark breather and the ground state wave function of the associate Schrodinger differential equation.  We used the S-PBD, the Floquet theory, quantum thermodynamic and finite difference methods. We show that for lower coupling dark breather is present.  We estimate the fluctuations or breathing of DNA. For the S-PBD model we have the stability of dark breather for k<0.004 and mobile breathers with coupling k=0.004. The fluctuations of the dark breather in the S-PBD model is approximately zero with the quantum thermodynamics. The viscous and external potential effect is direct proportional to hydrogen bond stretching.
Basis Path Testing of Iterative Deepening Search and Held-Karp on Pathfinding Algorithm
Authors: Rahayuda I Gede Surya , Santiari Ni Putu Linda
Published: January 2019

This research is a continuation of previous research, where in previous research discussed about the implementation of both methods. Implementation is done using visual basic programming language. Both methods are compared based on the results obtained. While in the current study, research is more focused on the analysis of the program flow that has been made. Evaluation is done by using basis path method, there are several processes performed on the method, such as: flowgraph, independent path, cyclomatic complexity and graph matrix. In addition to the evaluation of program flow, evaluation is also done based on program performance. Performance tests are based, time, cpu and memory. Based on the evaluation using the base path, obtained flowgraph structure and independent path different, but obtained the result of CC and Graph Matrix calculation of the same between IDS and HK method is 4. Based on evaluation in terms of performance, process the program from entering data and until getting the result, the HK method takes a longer time than the IDS method. The IDS method takes 2.7 seconds while the HK method takes 2.8 seconds.