bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nanotechnologies in crop cultivation: Ecotoxicological aspects
Authors: Makarenko N. A. , Makarenko V. V.
Published: August 2019

The European Commission has recognized nanotechnologies as extremely promising for increasing competitiveness of different sectors of the economy. On account of climate changes and the quest for food security, they are an effective way of solving key problems in the agrarian sector. Nowadays nanotechnologies are widely used for creating nanofertilizers, nanoinsecticides, nanofungicides, nanoherbicides and other nanopreparations. Numerous researches affirm advantages of nanopreparations, which has helped them find a wide use in agricultural practice. At the same time, nanopreparations are the source of entry into the environment of nanoparticles (size less than 100 nm) which are characterized by large active surface and specific physical-chemical properties different from ordinary chemical substances. It is precisely this which determines their bioaccessibility, bioaccumulation and toxicity. Recently, data about toxicity of nanoparticles for human and natural ecosystems have been accumulated. The results of a great deal of research affirm that they break the processes of photosynthesis, transpiration, mitosis, miosis and have a negative influence on colouring agents, proteins and carbohydrates. Under their action, physiological processes of plant growth and development are disturbed, which take place mainly in root system. Nanoparticles are characterized by high bioaccessibility for soil organisms, they are toxic to earthworms and microorganisms and they influence circulation of carbon and nitrogen. Aquatic organisms have been shown to have high sensitivity to nanoparticles; toxic effect has been registered for fish, daphnids, water plants and microorganisms. Taking into consideration the high level of potential danger of nanopreparations used in crop cultivation, special notice should be paid to the development of eco toxicological research. At present, nanoecotoxicological approaches to assessment of the danger of nanomaterials and nanoparticles are absent. Development of reports on elaboration of quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis, and methods of modeling and prognostication of risks is only at the initial stage. The objective of this review is attracting attention to solving the problem of nanoecotoxicology, nanoagrochemicals and nanopesticides, which needs consolidated efforts of scientists, governmental organizations and business and is an obligatory condition for preventing the negative impact of nanomaterials on humans and the environment.
Antimicrobial activity of 50 plant extracts
Authors: Zazharskyi V. V. , Davydenko P. О. , Kulishenko O. М. , Borovik I. V. , Brygadyrenko V. V.
Published: August 2019

Antibacterial activity of plants is a subject of interest in the search for new antibiotics and fungicidal preparations. This article analyzes the effectiveness of the action of extracts of plants on microorganisms: six species of bacteria (Salmonella typhimurium, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Corynebacterium xerosis, Proteus vulgaris) and one fungus (Candida albicans). For the assay, we used herbal material of 50 species (seeds, grass, shoots, leaves, compound fruit, peel) obtained at different periods of the growing season. We studied Levisticum officinale, Petroselinum crispum, Nerium oleander, Vinca minor, Eleutherococcus senticosus, E. sieboldianus, Yucca filamentosa, Artemisia annua, Echinacea purpurea, Matricaria recutita, Tanacetum vulgare, Betula pendula, Corylus avellana, Buxus sempervirens, Humulus lupulus, Crassula ovata, Bryophyllum daigremontianum, Juniperus communis, Platycladus orientalis, Cycas revoluta, Calluna vulgaris, Rhododendron ferrugineum, Ceratonia siliqua, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Ribes nigrum, Phellinus tuberculosus, Lavandula angustifolia, Melissa officinalis, Monarda fistulosa, Origanum vulgare, Salvia sclarea, Laurus nobilis, Punica granatum, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Menispermum dauricum, Ficus benjamina, Morus alba, Paeonia suffruticosa, Picea abies, Adonis vernalis, Amelanchier ovalis, Prunus armeniaca, Crataegus monogyna, Citrus sinensis, Salix babylonica, Bergenia crassifolia, Schisandra chinensis, Taxus baccata and Xanthoria parietina. The alcohol tincture was filtered with sterile multi-layer gauze disc filters. Before the discs were put on the surface of agar with inoculation of the corresponding culture, they were dried in a sterile laminar box under ultraviolet rays. Antibacterial activity of various tinctures was determined by the disk diffusion method in agar with the measurement of the diameter of the growth suppression zone of the culture using a template ruler. Maximum inhibiting effect was achieved for Punica granatum on K. рneumonia, L. monocytogenes, S. typhimurium, P. vulgaris, C. хerosis and E. сoli, Lavandula angustifolia – on P. vulgaris, K. рneumonia and S. typhimurium, Echinacea purpurea – on C. аlbicans, E. сoli, P. vulgaris, K. рneumonia, Bergenia crassifolia – on P. vulgaris, K. pneumonia and S. typhimurium.
O filme publicitário autoral: uma análise da obra de Sofia Coppola
Authors: Ribaric Marcelo Eduardo
Published: August 2019

Resumo: por muitos anos o caráter artístico da publicidade foi negado por diferentes correntes teóricas que se opunham radicalmente em vê-la fazendo parte do “sagrado mundo das artes”. Buscamos neste artigo, analisar e dar legitimidade artística a um tipo muito particular de filme publicitário, pelo seu viés estético e artístico. Concretamente, nos debruçamos sobre uma classe de publicidade audiovisual que pode ser incluída no que o cinema rotula como arte, chamando de cinema de autor ou cinema autoral. Passamos, portanto, a partir deste trabalho, a considerar o que nomeamos de publicidade autoral, após analisarmos um corpus composto por filmes publicitários de uma renomada realizadora cinematográfica, que se adequaram a essa classificação. Nossa proposta se aproxima teoricamente de teorias contemporâneas da arte, da politique des auteurs e da teoria do autor.
Terapia fotodinâmica na artrite experimental induzida por Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Authors: Genske Rodrigo Daniel , Loth Eduardo Alexandre , Cecatto Vanessa , Gandra Rinaldo Ferreira , Pilatti Cleverson Marcelo , Costa Maricília Silva
Published: August 2019

AIMS: To evaluate the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy with Brilliant Blue G in the treatment of an experimental model of arthritis by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (P. brasiliensis). METHODS: After the induction of experimental arthritis with isolated from P. brasiliensis of lineage Pb18 in the knees of Wistar rats, the animals were divided into groups and submitted to photodynamic therapy with intra-articular Brilliant Blue G photosensitizer and laser therapy only, without Brilliant Blue G. All groups received their respective treatments from the seventh to the 11th day. For edema analysis, the knee lateral-lateral diameter of each animal was measured daily and after the treatment period the animals were sacrificed for experimental knee dissection and blood collection for analysis by ELISA, in order to quantify levels of anti-P. brasiliensis antibodies. RESULTS: The results showed that the application of photodynamic therapy was able to prevent the formation of edema when compared to the control (p>0.005), as well as the production of anti-Gp-43 antibodies from P. brasiliensis (p=0.001). In the anatomopathological examination it was possible to observe a higher degree of synovitis and a greater presence of granulomas with the fungus inside the group that did not receive treatment when compared to the groups that received the photodynamic therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Photodynamic therapy was effective in attenuating the experimental arthritis induced by P. brasiliensis in the proposed joint model.
Impacto da complexidade da farmacoterapia sobre parâmetros bioquímicos e pressóricos no diabetes mellitus
Authors: Do Nascimento Matheus Oliveira , Do Nascimento Dinayra Oliveira , Dourado Carla Solange De Melo Escórcio
Published: August 2019

AIMS: Assess the complexity of pharmacotherapy in diabetes mellitus in a basic health unit and investigate possible correlations with biochemical and pressure variables. METHODS: It is study observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study that included all patients with a primary diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and a prescription filled with at least one oral antidiabetic agent. The quantification of the complexity of the therapeutic regimen was performed according to the complexity index of the pharmacotherapy; and it was correlated with variables of the biochemical profile: capillary glycemia, creatinine and glomerular filtration, and pressure systolic and diastolic blood pressure, using the Spearman correlation analysis. RESULTS: The median of the complexity index of pharmacotherapy was 9.42±0,48 points, being more prominent in section B (5.03±2.57). The index was correlated with capillary glycemia (rho=0.538), systolic blood pressure (rho=0.520), creatinine (rho=-0.406) and glomerular filtration (rho=0.566). This correlation was directly proportional to the increase in capillary glycemia (p<0.01), systolic blood pressure (p<0.01) and glomerular filtration (p<0, 01), and inversely proportional to creatinine (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings revealed that polypharmacy in diabetes mellitus contributed to the generation of pharmacotherapy complexity, resulting in non-adherence to the prescribed treatment and consequently contributing mainly to the lack of glycemic and pressure control.
DYNAMICS IN DIAGNOSING THE QUALITY OF THE GOOD TEACHER
Authors: Teneva M.
Published: August 2019

Education is a supreme human value that builds on the prosperity of society and the development of world progress. The personality of the teacher has a significant influence on the results of the educational process. The genesis of the teaching profession is rooted in ancient times. Over the centuries it has marked its development and affirmed its socially meaningful nature. Practising the profession of "teacher" is based on a person-to-person interaction. It is seen as a well-structured system with clearly differentiated and hierarchical levels of interaction. In his or her professional activity, the teacher enters into different interactions and realizes a complex of functions and professional roles, on the basis of which different types of teachers can be differentiated. One type of teacher is flexible, adaptable, open-minded, conscientious, creative, active, patient, committed to the profession, spiritualized, supporting the child’s development, ready to accept challenges. The other type is the conservative teacher, biased, irresponsible, reproductive, unbalanced, selfish, unconcerned for the prosperity of the students, boring, applying templates in their work. The first mentioned type of teachers receive a high public score for their professional work. They are categorized by users of educational services as good teachers. The second type of the so indicated teacher has a low public score for their work. They are categorized by users of educational services as bad, unloved teachers. What qualities are needed to be a good teacher? Which personal and professional qualities are highly valued for practising the teaching profession? These questions provoked our research attention to diagnosing the qualities of a good teacher. The subject of the study is the qualities of the good teacher. The aim of the study is to differentiate such personal and professional qualities that are characteristic of good teachers.
Methods of research: pedagogical study, test, content analysis, correlation analysis, range scaling.
Contingent of the study: The survey was conducted in 2017. It includes 128 respondents. 64 students from pedagogical specialties and 64 practicing teachers were included in the study. Results: The results indicate that there is a correlational dependence between three, from the differentiated to be in the first five positions, qualities of the good teacher. Students from the pedagogical majors and practitioners are solidarized around the belief that love for children, love for the profession and patience are the qualities that are most often met in the good teachers. It is these qualities that occupy a leading position in the rank scale of the teacher's prominent qualities, composed by the two target groups of respondents
STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ECONOMY OF BULGARIA AND THE ECONOMICS OF PART OF THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Authors: Kalinkova S.
Published: August 2019

The development of Bulgaria's economic system is often associated with the perception of the idea for “catch up development”. Such a concept could not be implemented successfully if there is no information about what this economic system should aim for. For this reason, the main purpose of the study is to outline the structural differences between the economy of Bulgaria and some of the countries of the European Union. In the study it is used the method of the coefficient of structural differences, which is developed by Kiril Gatev. The main research tasks to be considered in the study are: revealing the essence of the coefficient of structural differences and the information that it provides; to assess the degree of "proximity" between Bulgaria and the surveyed countries using the coefficient of structural differences and last but not least, on the basis of the assessments received, to draw conclusions. As a result of the study there will be information about the development of the Bulgarian economy, measured by the elements of the vector of the final consumption, compared to some of the European countries with similar characteristics.
DIABULIMIA - CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF EATING DISORDERS
Authors: Hoffmann B.
Published: August 2019

Eating disorders are becoming an increasingly common problem. This problem becomes particularly dangerous when it concerns specific groups in which the occurrence of any nutritional irregularities constitutes a serious threat to health and even life. This is the case for diabulimia, which I will present in more detail in this article. Personality predispositions and socio-cultural factors are determined as the main risk factors of development of eating disorders, inclusive diabulimia.
Przełom w teologii św. Bonawentury z Bagnoregio i jego teologiczno-pastoralne konsekwencje w perspektywie współczesności
Authors: Woźniak Robert
Published: August 2019

Artykuł opiera się na przekonaniu o znaczącym zwrocie, który nastąpił w myśli Bonawentury około roku 1259. Istotą przełomu w La Verna była radykalizacja egzystencjalnego wątku teologii Doktora Serafickiego. Niniejszy artykuł jest próbą opisania podstawowych teologicznych i duszpasterskich konsekwencji tego zwrotu w stosunku do współczesności. Głównym punktem odniesienia jest tekst Itinerarium mentis in Deum.
Counting and Sampling Markov Equivalent Directed Acyclic Graphs
Authors: Talvitie Topi , Koivisto Mikko
Published: August 2019

Exploring directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) in a Markov equivalence class is pivotal to infer causal effects or to discover the causal DAG via appropriate interventional data. We consider counting and uniform sampling of DAGs that are Markov equivalent to a given DAG. These problems efficiently reduce to counting the moral acyclic orientations of a given undirected connected chordal graph on n vertices, for which we give two algorithms. Our first algorithm requires O(2nn4) arithmetic operations, improving a previous superexponential upper bound. The second requires O(k!2kk2n) operations, where k is the size of the largest clique in the graph; for bounded-degree graphs this bound is linear in n. After a single run, both algorithms enable uniform sampling from the equivalence class at a computational cost linear in the graph size. Empirical results indicate that our algorithms are superior to previously presented algorithms over a range of inputs; graphs with hundreds of vertices and thousands of edges are processed in a second on a desktop computer.
Adversarial Actor-Critic Method for Task and Motion Planning Problems Using Planning Experience
Authors: Kim Beomjoon , Kaelbling Leslie Pack , Lozano-Pérez Tomás
Published: August 2019

We propose an actor-critic algorithm that uses past planning experience to improve the efficiency of solving robot task-and-motion planning (TAMP) problems. TAMP planners search for goal-achieving sequences of high-level operator instances specified by both discrete and continuous parameters. Our algorithm learns a policy for selecting the continuous parameters during search, using a small training set generated from the search trees of previously solved instances. We also introduce a novel fixed-length vector representation for world states with varying numbers of objects with different shapes, based on a set of key robot configurations. We demonstrate experimentally that our method learns more efficiently from less data than standard reinforcementlearning approaches and that using a learned policy to guide a planner results in the improvement of planning efficiency.
Visual Place Recognition via Robust ℓ2-Norm Distance Based Holism and Landmark Integration
Authors: Liu Kai , Wang Hua , Han Fei , Zhang Hao
Published: August 2019

Visual place recognition is essential for large-scale simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). Long-term robot operations across different time of the days, months, and seasons introduce new challenges from significant environment appearance variations. In this paper, we propose a novel method to learn a location representation that can integrate the semantic landmarks of a place with its holistic representation. To promote the robustness of our new model against the drastic appearance variations due to long-term visual changes, we formulate our objective to use non-squared ℓ2-norm distances, which leads to a difficult optimization problem that minimizes the ratio of the ℓ2,1-norms of matrices. To solve our objective, we derive a new efficient iterative algorithm, whose convergence is rigorously guaranteed by theory. In addition, because our solution is strictly orthogonal, the learned location representations can have better place recognition capabilities. We evaluate the proposed method using two large-scale benchmark data sets, the CMU-VL and Nordland data sets. Experimental results have validated the effectiveness of our new method in long-term visual place recognition applications.
Densely Supervised Grasp Detector (DSGD)
Authors: Asif Umar , Tang Jianbin , Harrer Stefan
Published: August 2019

This paper presents Densely Supervised Grasp Detector (DSGD), a deep learning framework which combines CNN structures with layer-wise feature fusion and produces grasps and their confidence scores at different levels of the image hierarchy (i.e., global-, region-, and pixel-levels). Specifically, at the global-level, DSGD uses the entire image information to predict a grasp. At the region-level, DSGD uses a region proposal network to identify salient regions in the image and uses a grasp prediction network to generate segmentations and their corresponding grasp poses of the salient regions. At the pixel-level, DSGD uses a fully convolutional network and predicts a grasp and its confidence at every pixel. During inference, DSGD selects the most confident grasp as the output. This selection from hierarchically generated grasp candidates overcomes limitations of the individual models. DSGD outperforms state-of-the-art methods on the Cornell grasp dataset in terms of grasp accuracy. Evaluation on a multi-object dataset and real-world robotic grasping experiments show that DSGD produces highly stable grasps on a set of unseen objects in new environments. It achieves 97% grasp detection accuracy and 90% robotic grasping success rate with real-time inference speed.
Object Detection Based on Region Decomposition and Assembly
Authors: Bae Seung-Hwan
Published: August 2019

Region-based object detection infers object regions for one or more categories in an image. Due to the recent advances in deep learning and region proposal methods, object detectors based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been flourishing and provided the promising detection results. However, the detection accuracy is degraded often because of the low discriminability of object CNN features caused by occlusions and inaccurate region proposals. In this paper, we therefore propose a region decomposition and assembly detector (R-DAD) for more accurate object detection.In the proposed R-DAD, we first decompose an object region into multiple small regions. To capture an entire appearance and part details of the object jointly, we extract CNN features within the whole object region and decomposed regions. We then learn the semantic relations between the object and its parts by combining the multi-region features stage by stage with region assembly blocks, and use the combined and high-level semantic features for the object classification and localization. In addition, for more accurate region proposals, we propose a multi-scale proposal layer that can generate object proposals of various scales. We integrate the R-DAD into several feature extractors, and prove the distinct performance improvement on PASCAL07/12 and MSCOCO18 compared to the recent convolutional detectors.
GaitSet: Regarding Gait as a Set for Cross-View Gait Recognition
Authors: Chao Hanqing , He Yiwei , Zhang Junping , Feng Jianfeng
Published: August 2019

As a unique biometric feature that can be recognized at a distance, gait has broad applications in crime prevention, forensic identification and social security. To portray a gait, existing gait recognition methods utilize either a gait template, where temporal information is hard to preserve, or a gait sequence, which must keep unnecessary sequential constraints and thus loses the flexibility of gait recognition. In this paper we present a novel perspective, where a gait is regarded as a set consisting of independent frames. We propose a new network named GaitSet to learn identity information from the set. Based on the set perspective, our method is immune to permutation of frames, and can naturally integrate frames from different videos which have been filmed under different scenarios, such as diverse viewing angles, different clothes/carrying conditions. Experiments show that under normal walking conditions, our single-model method achieves an average rank-1 accuracy of 95.0% on the CASIA-B gait dataset and an 87.1% accuracy on the OU-MVLP gait dataset. These results represent new state-of-the-art recognition accuracy. On various complex scenarios, our model exhibits a significant level of robustness. It achieves accuracies of 87.2% and 70.4% on CASIA-B under bag-carrying and coat-wearing walking conditions, respectively. These outperform the existing best methods by a large margin. The method presented can also achieve a satisfactory accuracy with a small number of frames in a test sample, e.g., 82.5% on CASIA-B with only 7 frames. The source code has been released at https://github.com/AbnerHqC/GaitSet.
Localizing Natural Language in Videos
Authors: Chen Jingyuan , Ma Lin , Chen Xinpeng , Jie Zequn , Luo Jiebo
Published: August 2019

In this paper, we consider the task of natural language video localization (NLVL): given an untrimmed video and a natural language description, the goal is to localize a segment in the video which semantically corresponds to the given natural language description. We propose a localizing network (LNet), working in an end-to-end fashion, to tackle the NLVL task. We first match the natural sentence and video sequence by cross-gated attended recurrent networks to exploit their fine-grained interactions and generate a sentence-aware video representation. A self interactor is proposed to perform crossframe matching, which dynamically encodes and aggregates the matching evidences. Finally, a boundary model is proposed to locate the positions of video segments corresponding to the natural sentence description by predicting the starting and ending points of the segment. Extensive experiments conducted on the public TACoS and DiDeMo datasets demonstrate that our proposed model performs effectively and efficiently against the state-of-the-art approaches.
Analogies and Natural Cycles in Climate Change Skepticism
Authors: Gray Benjamin J. , Gill Duane A. , Friedman Jack R.
Published: August 2019

This paper examines the “natural cycles” explanation of climate change skepticism found among some Oklahomans. Natural cycles skepticism rejects the anthropogenic cause of climate change and asserts that observed weather changes are the result of the Earth's natural cycles. This explanation is a folk model, a type of cultural model, of the climate that makes analogic comparisons between present and past weather patterns. In this paper, we use insights from cultural model theory to examine the logic of the natural cycles explanation. Cultural models provide the basis for analogic thought, which is a common cognitive strategy people use to compare new experiences and concepts to unfamiliar ones. However, analogic thought is a double-edged sword because it may map relationships from the familiar to the novel that do not hold or leave important factors associated with a new experience unrecognized. In this instance, analogies drawn with the natural cycles model between past and current experience with extreme weather do not account for important changes, such as increased greenhouse gas emissions and technological changes. This can lead to inferences about the present and future that differ from scientific consensus. Since the strongest signals of climate change are still remote phenomena for most Oklahomans, holders of the natural cycles model may not yet perceive incongruences between their models and experience. A direct challenge to the natural cycles model is likely to fail because it is connected to holders' lived and learned experience as well as their conception about the world. Therefore, we include a recommendation for using analogy to frame arguments for the anthropogenic nature of climate change that are based on Oklahomans' lived experiences and that may be useful in facilitating some Oklahomans' reconceptualization of humanity's influence on the climate.
Exploring Local Ontologies: Knowledge, Practice, and Community Views Regarding Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor
Authors: Torres-Abreu Alejandro , Reyes-Díaz Angélica M. , Rodríguez Marysol Molina , Santiago Francisco Soto
Published: August 2019

Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor (NEC) is one of the most recently designated nature reserves under the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) governance framework. Significantly, this designation results from decades of community activism and political lobbying triggered by a coalition of grassroots organizations. However, regional socioeconomic dynamics related to poverty, intensive recreation, and tourism activities and a weak governance framework represent major challenges to the NEC's future conservation. Drawing on a rapid ethnographic research effort, this paper examines the practices, general knowledge, and perceptions of local residents regarding the NEC's environmental condition, as well as current and future governance strategies. We suggest that some of the challenges the NEC faces today are rooted in a mismatch between institutional management policies and their interpretation by local communities. We further argue that to move NEC conservation efforts forward, the NEC communities' understandings and cultural practices need to be acknowledged and incorporated into future decision making. Our findings suggest that if environmental organizations expect more public support for conservation, a governance framework that directly provides economic benefits to local communities and integrates their cultural values is indispensable.
Ultrasensitive electrochemical genosensor for direct detection of specific RNA sequences derived from avian influenza viruses present in biological samples
Authors: Malecka Kamila , Świętoń Edyta , Verwilst Peter , Stachyra Anna , Sirko Agnieszka , Dehaen Wim , Radecki Jerzy , Radecka Hanna
Published: August 2019

An electrochemical genosensor based on an epoxy-phenanthroline–Fe(III)–NH2-ssDNA layer for the detection of RNA derived from Avian Influenza is presented. The biosensor preparation consists of: (I) modification of gold electrodes with aminoethanethiol, (II) modification of the self-assembled monolayer of aminoethanethiol with 5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro-[1,10]-phenanthroline using “click” chemistry, (III) a first step of complexation of Fe(III) by 5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro-[1,10]-phenanthroline, (IV) a second step of complexation of Fe(III) by 5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro-[1,10]-phenanthroline, (V) immobilization of the single stranded amino-DNA probe via “click” chemistry between epoxy and amino groups. The interactions between the ssDNA probe and RNA targets were explored with Osteryoung Square Wave Voltammetry. The genosensor showed a remarkable detection limit of 3 copies/µL (5 aM) for RNA extracted from A/swan/Poland/305/06 (H5N1) containing a fully complementary sequence. A linear dynamic range for this sequence was observed from 3.0×103 to 3.0×105 [copies/µl]. RNA extracted from A/mallard/Poland/446/09 (H7N7), containing a non-complementary sequence, generated a much weaker response. Moreover, the developed genosensor allows to distinguish RNA present in biological samples having 2, 3 and 4 mismatches. This biosensing approach can become a potential alternative tool for detecting RNA samples in biomedical research and early clinical diagnosis of avian influenza viruses.
CULTURA MATERIAL E ARTE INDÍGENA COMO CAMPO DE PESQUISA: O caso dos Guarani e Kaiowá de Mato Grosso do Sul
Authors: Ortiz Rosalvo Ivarra
Published: August 2019

O presente artigo traz uma discussão a respeito da Antropologia Arte e da Cultura Material a partir de experiência etnográfica empreendida juntamente com os Guarani Nhandeva e Guarani Kaiowá da Reserva Indígena de Dourados (RID), povos indígenas que habitam principalmente o Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, onde na atualidade contemporânea encontram-se numa situação extremamente difícil, sobretudo no que tangem aos seus territórios tradicionais e aos direitos considerados fundamentais e inalienáveis (direito à vida, à liberdade e à propriedade). Assim, primeiramente será feita uma cronologia histórica da relação de investigação a envolver Arte e Antropologia ao longo da história, posteriormente à relação simétrica com a semiótica e no limiar traz notas sobre os principais artefatos/objetos sagrados e ritualísticos dessas etnias pertencentes ao Tronco Linguístico Guarani atrelado as suas cosmologias.
GRITO SILENCIOSO E SILÊNCIO BARULHENTO: percepções metodológicas do ensino de teatro com alunos surdos.
Authors: Felix Gilvamberto
Published: August 2019

A investigação denominada Grito Silencioso e Silêncio Barulhento: percepções metodológicas do ensino do teatro com alunos surdo tem o objetivo de discutir e refletir sobre práticas possíveis no ensino do teatro para alunos surdos na educação básica e em ambientes educacionais. A investigação aconteceu na Escola Municipal de Ensino Infantil e Fundamental Deputado José Martins Rodrigues, escola Polo de Atendimento de Alunos Surdos de Maracanaú e reflete sobre a experiência com a aplicação de recortes metodológicos utilizando os jogos do teatro do oprimido, a técnica do teatro imagem, o jogo dramático infantil nas qualidades de jogo pessoal e jogo projetado e técnicas do ensino de teatro com objetos. Levantando assim questões, percepções, impactos e reverberações desta experimentação.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Teatro Educação, Metodologia do Ensino do Teatro, Teatro e Surdez.
Miniature Mimesis of Heritage As a New Visual Communication Media of Architecture Case Study: The Complex of the Kasunanan Kingdom
Authors: P,ST, MT Dyah.S.Pradnya.
Published: August 2019

Ancient building complexes, also known as tangible heritage assets, have been published on various social media platforms, generating interest from academics, governments and investors. The tourism industry then becomes the main explorer of these potential assets. Various job opportunities and the potential for artwork creation also develop out of the discovery. All of these appear to generate benefits and financial gain. However, losses are rarely anticipated surrounding the damage of tangible heritage assets and local customs and privacy. The development of tourism and growing interest in heritage sites can cause degradation to heritage objects and dramatic changes to the local society. Based on these conditions, the researcher was interested to explore this phenomenon and understand the dynamics of new heritage sites. The research was conducted using the qualitative naturalistic method for 3 months. Observation and data collection was done by purposive sampling, snowball sampling and also a cross-sectional system. While resource people and informants in the case study were found according to the research theme. The results of the research were (1) Reconstruction efforts are more focused on preservation so as to control and limit commercialization; (2) Providing limits on public, semi-public, semi-private and private areas through miniature mimesis of heritage, which serves to provide adaptive experiences in certain. locations; (3) Restoring natural living space contaminated by tourism activities so indigenous peoples can have the right to continue living within the space.
Non-Structural Mitigation Through Media Literacy on Cyclone Disaster in West Muna Regency
Authors: Ruslanjari Dina , Dewi Titis Puspita , Puspitasari Anisa Eka
Published: August 2019

Cyclone disaster is the second most deadly disaster in Indonesia after flooding. Cyclones mostly occur during the transitional period from dry season to rainy season. West Muna Regency is one of the regions which started to experience cyclones as a disaster in 2015 where they experienced the most immense disaster that has occurred on record. This disaster caused 600 houses in three districts namely North Tiworo District, South Tiworo District, and Tiworo Archipelago District to be heavily damaged. The magnitude of the disaster was caused by the distribution of area in the three districts which are generally comprised of floating villages far from Muna Island mainland. Cyclone disasters which occur in West Muna Regency requires attention in which one form is non-structural mitigation. Non-structural mitigation can be embodied in the forms of law formulation, formulation of a hazard map, formulation of a risk map, zonation, education, counseling, and emerging awareness toward the community. The focus of this research was recommending the implementation of non-structural mitigation through media literacy, which is categorized as establishing awareness within the community. This research as aimed to enhance the awareness and knowledge of the community related to cyclone disaster. The research method used was a qualitative descriptive by performing depth interviews with community figures. The results of this research have indicated that media literacy is a method of non-structural mitigation which is effective and in accordance with the development of the era. The implemented media are printed or social media because both media are considered relevant as the socialization media regarding the knowledge of cyclones.
Young Farmers and Digitalization: From Price Taker to Price Maker
Authors: Prayoga Kadhung , . Subejo , Raya Alia Bihrajihant
Published: August 2019

Information technology has developed rapidly, particularly in the area of social media. Almost all groups in society now use social media in their day to day activities, and one group that has been greatly impacted is young farmers. Before this era, farmers had difficulty accessing information. This study aims to find out what benefits are obtained and obstacles encountered by the use of social media in farming activities by the young farmers. This paper is descriptive explorative by using a qualitative approach. The data collection technique itself uses in-depth interviews, observations, literature studies, and documentation. The research location was in Bulukerto Village, Bumiaji Sub-District, Batu City which was carried out from November to December, 2017. The informants were chosen because they already used new media to support their farming activities. The result is the use of social media in the agricultural sector is widely used by young farmers in order to increase revenue and to seek information. Even so, there are still a number of problems faced by young farmers when utilizing social media, namely those interested in buying and selling online for agricultural products are not as high as other products and about the trust. The advice that can be given is farmers must post photos of products on Instagram with good pictures and caption. They also can tag others to reshare and spread the product information.
Expression of Journalist Political Support through Social Media
Authors: Hidayati Rita
Published: August 2019

Social media as a new form of media opens up the individual’s display space in virtual life. Individual self-image is present in social media accounts so that it leads to a real identity. The expression of a journalist’s political support through social media has been considered part of his identity. The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) as a professional organization has issued an appeal in the form of the Statement of Independent Journalist Alliance on Presidential Election, Social Media & Journalist and Media Independence. The statement of attitude was conveyed on August 18, 2018, by Abdul Manan as General Chair of AJI and the Revolution of Riza Secretary General of AJI, No. 049 / AJI / P.S / VIII / 2018, calling for three points of appeal. This research reveals the opinion of journalists in Central Java regarding the appeal. Although it has been regulated in Law 40 of 1999 concerning the Pers and Journalistic Code of Ethics (KEJ) rules bind the work of journalists, there are still many expressions of journalists in Central Java in conveying support to participants in the General Election. Using qualitative methods by collecting data through purposive sampling, the journalists responded to the AJI’s appeal with various reactions. They stated that social media is a part of self-image that a journalist must guard. There are journalists who agree with AJI’s appeal. But there are also those who disagree with the appeal on the grounds that freedom of opinion is, and he is not a member of AJI. So, he felt no need to obey the appeal.
Digital Life Middle-Class on Instagram: Like, Share and Comment
Authors: Kertamukti Rama , Nugroho Heru , Wahyono S. Bayu
Published: August 2019

Instagram, today as a result of technology that is acculturated with economic, social and cultural factors, brings leisure to the middle class, they do activities freely in life such as hobbies, recreation. The middle class in accessing Instagram is reduced by the Instagram algorithm to be a one-dimensional human. The middle class will be a uniform individual with the same activities like share, and comment. The middle class is a lasting individual who runs consumerism where everything becomes a commodity and is trapped in relations in the algorithm of relationships made by Instagram. For the middle-class Instagram is a lifestyle and daily activity. Instagram, which is mediated via cell phone, is a new socialization space that frees someone from the rules and disciplines of the patriarchal system. This activity results in the middle class recognizing, embracing and exploring things that cannot be expressed in everyday reality. Instagram in the middle class produces digital life practices that want to show a lifestyle. This study examines the phenomenon of middle-class practice in showing the practice of digital life: like share and comment on Instagram. Researchers will use a virtual ethnographic method. The virtual ethnographic approach will be carried out because this research is an object in cyberspace so that it can adequately understand the way the subject interacts and collaborates through observed phenomena. Instagram is a photo showroom, a kind of private space because the user gallery can be designed in such a way as the user wishes, users upload whatever happens around them, which is considered to represent user activity. The three accounts examined by @fajarmantoo, @herni_maryuliani and @ rosakusumaazhar present activities in digital life. The fact that manifests these two accounts is that consumption and production in the Instagram arena provide the formation of social reality. Instagram becomes a social reality forming tool that can give an idea of how activities in the middle class when on Instagram.
Constructing Whiteness in Dating Applications: A Case of Expatriate Tinder Users in Indonesia
Authors: Mustikawati Sinta Dwi
Published: August 2019

While many white expatriates from Euro-American countries living and working in Indonesia intend to live in Indonesia for the long term, they are often considered (and consider themselves) as the ‘others’. As a consequence, they never feel fully accepted as members of the society in Indonesia albeit their efforts to adapt their lives there, hence their difficulties in developing their relationships with Indonesian people. One way for them to build relationships with Indonesians is through dating practices. However, they are often restrained within the conventional dating scene in Indonesia. With the emergence of mobile dating applications such as Tinder, these dating practices can be mediated by new media prior to their face-to-face interactions with their dates. For expatriates who seek dates with Indonesian people, this mediated experience creates a digital space for them to present themselves in the dating scene in Indonesia. This paper thus aims to see how their cultural identities play a role for them to express themselves through Tinder with other users in Indonesia both in online and offline worlds. Using observations and interviews of four expatriates in Indonesia, this paper shows that Tinder allows them to express their cultural identities in the digital world in order to have an alternative dating scene in Indonesia.
Celebrification of Instagram Users As a Practice
Authors: Yeru Tanya Eirena
Published: August 2019

This paper discusses celebrification that occurs on social media, especially Instagram. Celebrification on Instagram triggered the emergence of the Instagram famous phenomenon called ‘Instagram celebrity’. Instagram celebrity itself is a term that is used among users in Indonesia. It is a status given to Instagram users who earn and increase online popularity through and on Instagram. In fact, celebrification on Instagram is different from the celebrification that occurs in conventional mass media. Therefore, using Bourdieu’s concept of habitus and ethnographic method, this paper focuses on the practice of celebrification by Instagram users who make themselves an Instagram celebrity. Research was conducted by participant observation and interviews with three informants who are Instagram celebrities based in Yogyakarta, there are two main findings: (1) Instagram celebrities are active and creative users so that the practice of celebrification in Instagram can be seen as a result of participatory habitus, and (2) participatory habitus can be conceptualized as a strategy to challenge the traditional ways in celebrity production, including the mediagenic persona and performance of authenticity.
The Development of Settlement in the Tsunami Red Zone Area of Banda Aceh City
Authors: Nubli Gadeng Ahmad , . Nandi , Hafizul Furqan M.
Published: August 2019

This study aims to describe the rapid growth of settlement development in the red zone, Banda Aceh City. The qualitative descriptive of the method used in this study, and data collection through literature study for secondary data. Primary data gathered from observation and interview toward some developers of housing located in the red zone of tsunami’s impact, Banda Aceh City. Finally, data analysis using the Delphi method. The study result showed various main reasons for the rapid growth in the development of settlement in that area. The Banda Aceh city government needs to have strict standards in building permits for red-zone tsunami area. The red-zone area has stated in ”Qanun Kota Banda Aceh No. 2 Tahun 2018” including nine districts. This rule has not been adequately enforced. This can be seen from the growth of residential housing in the tsunami red-zone area that grew rapidly after 13 years of tsunami occurred.
Conservation and Rehabilitation of Historic Urban Landscapes as Cultural Heritage Area (KCB): Case in Padang, West Sumatra
Authors: Tashiro Akiko , Takeuchi Yasushi , Wakita Yoshihisa , Wongso Jonny
Published: August 2019

Padang is the provincial capital of West Sumatra, Indonesia, and was affected by the earthquake that occurred in September 2009. UNESCO and the Indonesian government conducted an emergency survey of the damage. While the municipality of Padang is trying to promote and conserve the area as Kawasan Cagar Budaya, there are various difficulties, especially after the natural disaster. Architectural monitoring of damaged houses and landscapes and semi-structural interviews with residents of thirty-five buildings in the area have been conducted since 2010. The research shows how residents changed a way of living in their houses after an earthquake, and show, and religious ties and land ownership are more important than geographical ties at the street level.
Analysis of Correlation Betweeen Urban Structure Parameters and Climatic Variables in Heritage Area of Rajawali-Surabaya as Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Authors: Faza Illiyin Dini , Martokusumo Widjaja , Donny Koerniawan Mochamad
Published: August 2019

Nowadays, Surabaya experience Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon because of the increase of surface temperature from 1994 until 2011. The urban structure parameters have a role in decreasing the UHI phenomenon. Rajawali is a historic area where it can be sensitive to climatic condition and urban heat island. This paper aimed to analyze the correlation of urban structure parameters toward climatic variables (as an indicator affecting UHI) in the heritage area of Rajawali. This study focuses on some urban structure parameters that are Building Coverage Ratio (BCR), Floor Area Ratio (FAR), aspect ratio (H/W), Volumetric Compactness (S/V) and land cover in the site. The analysis method is a simulation from Envi-met where simulation performed is run in March 2018. In order to check how far the urban structure affects climatic variable, the urban structure parameters are compared with each variable of climatic using the statistical package, R. For correlation analysis Pierson’s r coefficient is used. The result shows that not all urban structure parameters correlate with climatic variables in the Heritage Area. The findings of this study are expected to be the basis for designing the heritage area in Rajawali so that the design can respond to the UHI phenomenon in Surabaya.