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Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Derived from Biomass Used as Trifunctional Electrocatalyst toward Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen Evolution and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions
Authors: Sathiskumar Chinnusamy , Ramakrishnan Shanmugam , Vinothkannan Mohanraj , Rhan Kim Ae , Karthikeyan Srinivasan , Yoo Dong Jin
Published: December 2019

Tremendous developments in energy storage and conversion technologies urges researchers to develop inexpensive, greatly efficient, durable and metal-free electrocatalysts for tri-functional electrochemical reactions, namely oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs), oxygen evolution reactions (OERs) and hydrogen evolution reactions (HERs). In these regards, this present study focuses upon the synthesis of porous carbon (PC) or N-doped porous carbon (N-PC) acquired from golden shower pods biomass (GSB) via solvent-free synthesis. Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) studies confirmed the doping of nitrogen in N-PC. In addition, morphological analysis via field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) provide evidence of the sheet-like porous structure of N-PC. ORR results from N-PC show the four-electron pathway (average n = 3.6) for ORRs with a Tafel slope of 86 mV dec−1 and a half-wave potential of 0.76 V. For OERs and HERs, N-PC@Ni shows better overpotential values of 314 and 179 mV at 10 mA cm−2, and its corresponding Tafel slopes are 132 and 98 mV dec−1, respectively. The chronopotentiometry curve of N-PC@Ni reveals better stability toward OER and HER at 50 mA cm−2 for 8 h. These consequences provide new pathways to fabricate efficient electrocatalysts of metal-free heteroatom-doped porous carbon from bio-waste/biomass for energy application in water splitting and metal air batteries.
Comparison of the Androgenic Response of Spring and Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Authors: Weigt Dorota , Kiel Angelika , Siatkowski Idzi , Zyprych-Walczak Joanna , Tomkowiak Agnieszka , Kwiatek Michał
Published: December 2019

Androgenesis is potentially the most effective technique for doubled haploid production of wheat. It is not however widely used in breeding programmes due to its main limitation: the genotype dependence. Due to genetic differences between spring and winter wheat, it was assumed that both phenotypes are different in their capacity to conduct androgenesis. And so, the aim of this investigation was to verify the effectiveness of androgenesis induction and plant regeneration of spring and winter wheat genotypes while considering varying amounts of growth hormones in the induction medium. Fifteen genotypes of spring wheat and fifteen of winter wheat were used in the experiment. Six hundred anthers of each of the 30 genotypes were plated and analysed. Previous studies have allowed selection of the best medium for wheat androgenesis and a combination of growth hormones that are the most effective in stimulating microspore proliferation. Therefore, C17 induction media with two combinations of growth hormones were used: I—supplemented only by auxins (2,4-D and dicamba), and II—supplemented by auxin and cytokinin (2,4-D and kinetin). Data was recorded according to the efficiency of androgenic structure formation (ASF), green plant regeneration (GPR), and albino plant regeneration (APR). The results showed that the induction and regeneration of androgenesis in the spring wheat were more efficient than in the winter ones. The spring genotypes formed more androgenic structures and green plants on anthers plated on the medium supplemented only by auxins, in contrast to the winter genotypes which were better induced and regenerated on the medium supplemented by auxin and cytokinin. The study showed that to increase the efficiency of androgenesis, it is necessary to select appropriate factors such as concentration and type of hormones in medium composition, affecting the course of the culturing procedure according to the winter or spring phenotype of donor plants.
Inductive Medium Pressure UV-Source
Authors: Gehring Tim , Denk Fabian , Jin Qihao , Eizaguirre Santiago , Kling Rainer
Published: December 2019

In this paper, an efficient inductively coupled medium pressure source for ultraviolet radiation (UV-source) is demonstrated. The lamp was operated with powers up to 3 kW while the radiation and the coldest point temperature were measured. In addition, different coil geometries were investigated. Here a symmetrical and asymmetrical winding density were compared. Also the operation pressures and DC to radiation efficiencies are presented. In this work, an operation pressure of one atmosphere and an UV-efficiency (200–380 nm) of 15.5% was achieved. This is comparable to conventional medium pressure Hg-lamp technology. The main advantage of the presented inductive lamp is the electrodeless operation and therefore the longer service life, since an electrode failure is eliminated.
Modification of Renewable Cardanol onto Carbon Fiber for the Improved Interfacial Properties of Advanced Polymer Composites
Authors: Zheng Yawen , Chen Lei , Wang Xiaoyun , Wu Guangshun
Published: December 2019

A facile in situ polymerization was developed for grafting renewable cardanol onto the carbon fiber (CF) surfaces to strengthen the fiber–matrix interface. CFs were chemically modified with hydroxyl groups by using an aryl diazonium reaction, and then copolymerized in situ with hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene (HCCP) and cardanol to build cardanol-modified fibers (CF-cardanol). The cardanol molecules were successfully introduced, as confirmed using Raman spectra and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS); the cardanol molecules were found to increase the surface roughness, energy, interfacial wettability, and activity with the matrix resin. As a result, the interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) of CF-cardanol composites increased from 48.2 to 68.13 MPa. In addition, the anti-hydrothermal ageing properties of the modified composites were significantly increased. The reinforcing mechanisms of the fiber–matrix interface were also studied.
Polymer Analysis
Authors: Malucelli Giulio
Published: December 2019

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Quantum PBR Theorem as a Monty Hall Game
Authors: Rajan Del , Visser Matt
Published: December 2019

The quantum Pusey–Barrett–Rudolph (PBR) theorem addresses the question of whether the quantum state corresponds to a ψ-ontic model (system’s physical state) or to a ψ-epistemic model (observer’s knowledge about the system). We reformulate the PBR theorem as a Monty Hall game and show that winning probabilities, for switching doors in the game, depend on whether it is a ψ-ontic or ψ-epistemic game. For certain cases of the latter, switching doors provides no advantage. We also apply the concepts involved in quantum teleportation, in particular for improving reliability.
Challenge of Doing Catholic Ethics in a Pluralistic Context
Authors: Kochuthara Shaji George
Published: December 2019

The article discusses the possibility of doing Catholic ethics in a religiously and culturally pluralistic context. Beginning with the possibility of pluralistic approach in Catholic ethics, the article refers to the Indian context as an example for the discussion. Particularly it takes two issues—ecological ethics and sexual ethics—to reflect on the need and possibility of doing Catholic ethics in a pluralistic context. Although the arguments here may be applicable to other contexts of pluralism, the article mainly points out examples from the Indian contexts. The discussion here is basically from a Catholic perspective, namely, why Catholics should be open to different sources and approaches in ethics, and how they can work together with others in identifying common grounds for ethics. Although a few guidelines for constructing a pluralistic ethics are indicated, the attempt is not to propose a framework for such an ethics, but mainly to show the need and possibility of such an ethics.
Coarse-to-Fine Classification of Road Infrastructure Elements from Mobile Point Clouds Using Symmetric Ensemble Point Network and Euclidean Cluster Extraction
Authors: Wang Duo , Wang Jin , Scaioni Marco , Si Qi
Published: December 2019

Classifying point clouds obtained from mobile laser scanning of road environments is a fundamental yet challenging problem for road asset management and unmanned vehicle navigation. Deep learning networks need no prior knowledge to classify multiple objects, but often generate a certain amount of false predictions. However, traditional clustering methods often involve leveraging a priori knowledge, but may lack generalisability compared to deep learning networks. This paper presents a classification method that coarsely classifies multiple objects of road infrastructure with a symmetric ensemble point (SEP) network and then refines the results with a Euclidean cluster extraction (ECE) algorithm. The SEP network applies a symmetric function to capture relevant structural features at different scales and select optimal sub-samples using an ensemble method. The ECE subsequently adjusts points that have been predicted incorrectly by the first step. The experimental results indicate that this method effectively extracts six types of road infrastructure elements: road surfaces, buildings, walls, traffic signs, trees and streetlights. The overall accuracy of the SEP-ECE method improves by 3.97% with respect to PointNet. The achieved average classification accuracy is approximately 99.74 % , which is suitable for practical use in transportation network management.
Bearing State Recognition Method Based on Transfer Learning Under Different Working Conditions
Authors: Cao Ning , Jiang Zhinong , Gao Jinji , Cui Bo
Published: December 2019

Bearing state recognition, especially under variable working conditions, has the problems of low reusability of monitoring data, low state recognition accuracy and low generalization ability of the model. The feature-based transfer learning method can solve the above problems, but it needs to rely on signal processing knowledge and expert diagnosis experience to obtain the cross-characteristics of different working conditions data in advance. Therefore, this paper proposes an improved balanced distribution adaptation (BDA), named multi-core balanced distribution adaptation (MBDA). This method constructs a weighted mixed kernel function to map different working conditions data to a unified feature space. It does not need to obtain the cross-characteristics of different working conditions data in advance, which simplifies the data processing and meet end-to-end state recognition in practical applications. At the same time, MBDA adopts the A–Distance algorithm to estimate the balance factor of the distribution and the balance factor of the kernel function, which not only effectively reduces the distribution difference between different working conditions data, but also improves efficiency. Further, feature self-learning and rolling bearing state recognition are realized by the stacked autoencoder (SAE) neural network with classification function. The experimental results show that compared with other algorithms, the proposed method effectively improves the transfer learning performance and can accurately identify the bearing state under different working conditions.
Non-Technical Loss Detection in Power Grids with Statistical Profile Images Based on Semi-Supervised Learning
Authors: Li Jiangteng , Wang Fei
Published: December 2019

In order to keep track of the operational state of power grids, the world’s largest sensor system, smart grid, was built by deploying hundreds of millions of smart meters. Such a system makes it possible to discover and make quick response to any hidden threat to the entire power grid. Non-technical losses (NTLs) have always been a major concern for their consequent security risks as well as immeasurable revenue loss. However, various causes of NTL may have different characteristics reflected in the data. Accurately capturing these anomalies faced with such a large scale of collected data records is rather tricky as a result. In this paper, we proposed a new methodology of detecting abnormal electricity consumptions. We did a transformation of the collected time-series data which turns it into an image representation that could well reflect users’ relatively long term consumption behaviors. Inspired by the excellent neural network architecture used for objective detection in computer vision, we designed our deep learning model that takes the transformed images as input and yields joint features inferred from the multiple aspects the input provides. Considering the limited amount of labeled samples, especially the abnormal ones, we used our model in a semi-supervised fashion that was brought about in recent years. The model is tested on samples which are verified by on-field inspections and our method showed significant improvement for NTL detection compared with the state-of-the-art methods.
Theoretical Analysis and Determination of the Correction Factor for a Waveguide Microcalorimeter
Authors: Cui Xiaohai , Meng Yu Song , Yuan Wenze , Li Yong
Published: December 2019

This paper proposes a new method for determining the correction factor of a newly developed waveguide primary power measurement system (i.e., microcalorimeter), based on the electromagnetic field theory analysis for waveguide thermal isolation section (TIS) in foil short measurement mode. The new method determines the contribution of the power dissipated within the TIS into the correction factor, in term of the physical dimensions of the TIS. Performance comparison and analysis show that the newly proposed method can significantly reduce the measurement uncertainty when evaluating the correction factor of waveguide microcalorimeters.
Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development: Impact Assessment of Two Adaptive Reuse Projects in Siracusa, Sicily
Authors: De Medici Stefania , De Toro Pasquale , Nocca Francesca
Published: December 2019

In this period of increasing urbanization, cultural heritage can play a key role to achieve sustainable development, as widely recognized by international institutions (i.e., United Nations (UN), UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)). In this perspective, it is necessary to operationalize the principles stated at international level and thus new approaches and tools are required. The paper aims to understand the relationships between the implementation of adaptive reuse projects and their success (or not) in terms of impacts on the buildings themselves and on the urban context. The assessment framework for evaluating the impacts of heritage conservation and rehabilitation projects is described through the analysis and comparison of two Italian case studies: the Ancient Market and the Basilica of St. Peter the Apostle, in Siracusa (Italy). Although realized both in the same place (Ortigia, the historic centre of Siracusa), during the same period and by the same architect, these two interventions have produced different results in terms of urban development. A set of indicators, deduced from recent scientific studies, has been used to analyse the different impacts on physical, cultural, social, environmental and economic systems. To understand in depth the causes of these two different results, a survey has been carried out involving experts. The proposed indicators used for the ex-post evaluation can be also adopted in other contexts and for ex ante evaluation, in order to orient the strategic design choices in cultural heritage adaptive reuse projects.
A Recommendation Mechanism for Under-Emphasized Tourist Spots Using Topic Modeling and Sentiment Analysis
Authors: Shafqat Wafa , Byun Yung-Cheol
Published: December 2019

With rapid advancements in internet applications, the growth rate of recommendation systems for tourists has skyrocketed. This has generated an enormous amount of travel-based data in the form of reviews, blogs, and ratings. However, most recommendation systems only recommend the top-rated places. Along with the top-ranked places, we aim to discover places that are often ignored by tourists owing to lack of promotion or effective advertising, referred to as under-emphasized locations. In this study, we use all relevant data, such as travel blogs, ratings, and reviews, in order to obtain optimal recommendations. We also aim to discover the latent factors that need to be addressed, such as food, cleanliness, and opening hours, and recommend a tourist place based on user history data. In this study, we propose a cross mapping table approach based on the location’s popularity, ratings, latent topics, and sentiments. An objective function for recommendation optimization is formulated based on these mappings. The baseline algorithms are latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) and support vector machine (SVM). Our results show that the combined features of LDA, SVM, ratings, and cross mappings are conducive to enhanced performance. The main motivation of this study was to help tourist industries to direct more attention towards designing effective promotional activities for under-emphasized locations.
Non-Financial Information versus Financial as a Key to the Stakeholder Engagement: A Higher Education Perspective
Authors: Saraite-Sariene Laura , Alonso-Cañadas Juana , Galán-Valdivieso Federico , Caba-Pérez Carmen
Published: December 2019

In light of the increased demand for greater accountability and legitimacy, new disclosure mechanisms based on non-financial transparency have emerged. Universities cannot be left behind with respect to these social demands. In addition, continuous competition in excellence is driving higher education organizations to exhibit a greater visibility of their results, necessarily incorporating more non-financial aspects to boost stakeholder engagement. The novelty of this work lies in the analysis of the real state of non-financial vs. financial information in both public and private universities and in the exploration of their influence on stakeholder online engagement. To this end, a content analysis of the universities’ web pages and Facebook profiles was conducted, and a multivariable linear regression analysis was performed. The main results show that private and larger universities that lead Webometrics for Google Scholar Citations, and those that have gradually been adopting financial reporting, are the most interested in implementing Facebook as a two-way communication strategy. It seems that stakeholders react more to financial transparency and, therefore, universities still prefer financial disclosure to improve accountability.
Potential Application of Lactic Acid Bacteria to Reduce Aflatoxin B1 and Fumonisin B1 Occurrence on Corn Kernels and Corn Ears
Authors: Nazareth Tiago de Melo , Luz Carlos , Torrijos Raquel , Quiles Juan Manuel , Luciano Fernando Bittencourt , Mañes Jordi , Meca Giuseppe
Published: December 2019

Fungal spoilage is an important issue for the food industry, leading to food sensory defects, food waste, economic losses and public health concern through the production of mycotoxins. Concomitantly, the search for safer natural products has gained importance since consumers began to look for less processed and chemically treated foods. In this context, the aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal and antimycotoxigenic effect of seven strains of Lactobacillus plantarum. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were grown on Man Rogosa Sharpe (MRS) broth at 37 °C in anaerobic conditions. After that, the cell-free supernatant (CFS) were recovered to determine its antifungal activity by halo diffusion agar test. In addition, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) was determined for each L. plantarum CFS by 96-well microplates method. Additionally, CFS was used as a natural biocontrol agent on corn kernels and corn ears contaminated with Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium verticillioides, respectively. The L. plantarum CECT 749 CFS showed the highest antifungal effect against all essayed strains. Moreover, the employment of this CFS in food reduced the mycotoxin production at a percentage ranging from 73.7 to 99.7%. These results suggest that the L. plantarum CECT 749 CFS could be promising for the biocontrol of corn.
Inflammasome Activation Induced by a Snake Venom Lys49-Phospholipase A2 Homologue
Authors: Boeno Charles Nunes , Paloschi Mauro Valentino , Lopes Jéssica Amaral , Pires Weverson Luciano , Setúbal Sulamita da Silva , Evangelista Jaína Rodrigues , Soares Andreimar Martins , Zuliani Juliana Pavan
Published: December 2019

Background: Snake venom phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) have hemolytic, anticoagulant, myotoxic, oedematogenic, bactericidal, and inflammatory actions. BthTX-I, a Lys49-PLA2 isolated from Bothrops jararacussu venom, is an example of Lys49-PLA2 that presents such actions. NLRP3 is a cytosolic receptor from the NLR family responsible for inflammasome activation via caspase-1 activation and IL-1β liberation. The study of NLRs that recognize tissue damage and activate the inflammasome is relevant in envenomation. Methods: Male mice (18–20 g) received an intramuscular injection of BthTX-I or sterile saline. The serum was collected for creatine-kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) assays, and muscle was removed for inflammasome activation immunoblotting and qRT-PCR expression for nucleotide and oligomerization domain, leucine-rich repeat-containing protein family, pyrin-containing domain 3 receptor (NLRP3) inflammasome components. Results: BthTX-I-induced inflammation and myonecrosis, shown by intravital microscope, and LDH and CK release, respectively. Mouse treatment with A438079, a P2X7 receptor antagonist, did not modify these effects. BthTX-I induced inflammasome activation in muscle, but P2X7R participation in this effect was not observed. Conclusion: Together, the results showed for the first time that BthTX-I in gastrocnemius muscle induces inflammation and consequently, inflammasome activation via NLRP3 with caspase-1 activation and IL-1β liberation.
E3 Ligase ITCH Interacts with the Z Matrix Protein of Lassa and Mopeia Viruses and Is Required for the Release of Infectious Particles
Authors: Baillet Nicolas , Krieger Sophie , Carnec Xavier , Mateo Mathieu , Journeaux Alexandra , Merabet Othmann , Caro Valérie , Tangy Frédéric , Vidalain Pierre-Olivier , Baize Sylvain
Published: December 2019

Lassa virus (LASV) and Mopeia virus (MOPV) are two closely related, rodent-born mammarenaviruses. LASV is the causative agent of Lassa fever, a deadly hemorrhagic fever endemic in West Africa, whereas MOPV is non-pathogenic in humans. The Z matrix protein of arenaviruses is essential to virus assembly and budding by recruiting host factors, a mechanism that remains partially defined. To better characterize the interactions involved, a yeast two-hybrid screen was conducted using the Z proteins from LASV and MOPV as a bait. The cellular proteins ITCH and WWP1, two members of the Nedd4 family of HECT E3 ubiquitin ligases, were found to bind the Z proteins of LASV, MOPV and other arenaviruses. The PPxY late-domain motif of the Z proteins is required for the interaction with ITCH, although the E3 ubiquitin-ligase activity of ITCH is not involved in Z ubiquitination. The silencing of ITCH was shown to affect the replication of the old-world mammarenaviruses LASV, MOPV, Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and to a lesser extent Lujo virus (LUJV). More precisely, ITCH was involved in the egress of virus-like particles and the release of infectious progeny viruses. Thus, ITCH constitutes a novel interactor of LASV and MOPV Z proteins that is involved in virus assembly and release.
The Visual Acuity of Rats in Touchscreen Setups
Authors: Crijns Els , Op de Beeck Hans
Published: December 2019

Touchscreen setups are increasingly used in rodents for a wide range of cognitive tasks, including visual discrimination. The greater automation and high throughput of this platform could greatly facilitate future vision research. However, little information is available regarding decision distance and on the limitations of stimulus size. Especially when studying visual functions, the lack of control of basic visual properties is a drawback. Therefore, we determined the maximal number of cycles per screen gratings can have so that Long Evans rats can reliably perform orientation discrimination. To relate our results to literature on visual acuity we tried to make an estimate of the decision distance in the touchscreen platform. The rats can discriminate between orientations with 70% accuracy up to 44 cycles per screen. This could roughly translates to the previously reported visual acuity of 1 c/degree assuming a viewing distance of 12.5 cm. This could be useful when designing new stimuli based on published results in c/degree. One could assume a viewing distance of 12.5 cm and expect similar discrimination performance in the touchscreen setup as in other tasks with a predefined viewing distance.
Hydrothermal Enhanced Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron Activated Peroxydisulfate Oxidation of Chloramphenicol in Aqueous Solutions: Fe-Speciation Analysis and Modeling Optimization
Authors: Yang Lie , Li Hong , Xue Jianming , He Liuyang , Ma Yongfei , Wu Li , Zhang Zulin
Published: December 2019

The efficiencies of the nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) and hydrothermal and nZVI-heat activation of peroxydisulfate (PS) were studied for the decomposition of chloramphenicol (CAP) in aqueous solutions. The nZVI heat combined with activation of PS provided a significant synergistic effect. A central composite design (CCD) with response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to explore the influences of single parameter and interactions of selected variables (initial pH, PS concentration, nZVI and temperature) on degradation rates with the purpose of condition optimization. A quadratic model was established based on the experimental results with excellent correlation coefficients of 0.9908 and 0.9823 for R2 and R2adj. The optimized experimental condition for 97.12% CAP removal was predicted with the quadratic model as 15 mg/L, 0.5 mmol/L, 7.08 and 70 °C for nZVI dosage, PS, initial pH, and temperature, respectively. This study demonstrated the effectiveness of RSM for the modeling and prediction of CAP removal processes. In the optimal condition, Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 were the predominant solid products after reactions based on X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, which could also act as the activators along with the reaction. Overall, it could be concluded that hydrothermal enhanced nZVI activation of PS was a promising and efficient choice for CAP degradation.
Eighty Years of Data Collected for the Determination of Rainfall Threshold Triggering Shallow Landslides and Mud-Debris Flows in the Alps
Authors: Luino Fabio , De Graff Jerome , Roccati Anna , Biddoccu Marcella , Cirio Chiara Giorgia , Faccini Francesco , Turconi Laura
Published: December 2019

Identifying the minimum rainfall thresholds necessary for landslides triggering is essential to landslide risk assessment. The Italian Alps have always been affected by shallow landslides and mud-debris flows, which caused considerable damage to property and, sometimes, casualties. We analysed information provided from different sources carrying on the most thorough research conducted for this alpine area. Thousands of documents and reports of rainfall values recorded over 80 years by rain gauges distributed in Sondrio and Brescia Provinces define the mean annual precipitation (MAP)-normalized intensity–duration thresholds for the initiation of shallow landslides and mud-debris flows. The established curves are generally lower compared to those proposed in literature for similar mountain areas in Italy and worldwide. Furthermore, we found that landslides occurred primarily at the same time or within 3 h from the maximum peak of rainfall intensity in summer events and in a period from 0 to 5 h or later in spring-autumn events. The paper provides a further contribution to the knowledge framework on the rainfall conditions required for the initiation of surficial landslides and mud-debris flows and their expected timing of occurrence. This knowledge is crucial to develop better warning strategies to mitigate geo-hydrological risk and reduce the socio-economic damage.
PENGAWASAN PENERIMAAN PESERTA DIDIK BARU JALUR KELUARGA EKONOMI TIDAK MAMPU
Authors: Khaerunnisa Lugina Fitriani , Fajarwati Arnia
Published: December 2019

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh adanya penyimpangan dalam proses Penerimaan Peserta Didik Baru (PPDB) Jalur Keluarga Ekonomi Tidak Mampu di setiap SMA Negeri di Kabupaten Majalengka sehingga dalam pelaksanaannya tidak tepat sasaran. Berdasarkan latar belakang, peneliti perlu mengetahui bagaimana proses pengawasan dilakukan oleh Cabang Dinas Pendidikan Wilayah IX Kabupaten Majalengka dalam pelaksanaan program tersebut. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif melalui pendekatan kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan studi lapangan, studi kepustakaan, observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian dapat diketahui bahwa dalam pelaksanaan PPDB SMA JKETM masih terdapatnya penyimpangan pada PPDB SMA di Kabupaten Majalengka antara lain minimnya kesadaran dari orangtua / wali CPDB terhadap hak dan kewajiban apa saja yang dimiliki oleh masing-masing CPDB, tidak adanya sanksi khusus yang diberikan kepada setiap pihak yang menyalahgunakan sistem PPDB sehingga tidak ada efek jera yang diterima oleh pihak yang bersangkutan, pengawas sekolah belum melaksanakan fungsi pengawasan secara menyeluruh melainkan hanya secara preventif melalui sosialisasi dan hanya menerima laporan dari panitia pelaksana, sehingga muncul penyimpangan dari pihak calon peserta didik baru (CPDB)  yang tidak diketahui oleh pengawas sekolah dan pada akhirnya menghambat efektivitas pengawasan PPDB SMA tersebut. Temuan lainnya adalah belum adanya keterbukaan pengawasan melalui media oleh Cabang Dinas Pendidikan Wilayah IX Kabupaten Majalengka sehingga timbal balik pengawasan dari masyarakat dan pihak sekolah belum terlaksana.
PROSES DESTINATION BRANDING DALAM MEMBENTUK CITRA TUJUAN WISATA MUSEUM INDONESIA
Authors: Hereyah Yoyoh , Kusumaningrum Rastri
Published: December 2019

Museum tourist developments in Indonesia continued to show seriousness in efforts utilization as a public space with active people involvement in the museum activities, especially community. However, views on the museum is fashioned, old, boring and spooky still dominant in the society. This study further to see how the collaboration between government and the community in doing destination branding in order to change society's view so as to form a positive image destination stronger. The goal is to analyze the implementation of destination branding by the community through exposure program to finally persuade others to contribute actively in destination branding by using elaboration likelihood models. How the program’s exposure by the community contribute to the process of destination branding museum tourism? How community members elaborate the persuasion messages in the exposure program if analyzed using the elaboration likelihood model theory? The method used is by interview and search for document data from the Komunitas Jelajah Budaya. The results showed that the application of the destination branding museum tourism of Indonesia by the Komunitas Jelajah Budaya with providing message exposure from Program Jelajah Kota Toea and Night Time Journey At The Museum more emphasis on personal approach, word of mouth and packaging programs that persuade people who have the motivation and the need for the message, which is then analyzed using the elaboration likelihood model and show the path difference receiving messages through the central and peripheral factors these different motivations, needs and ability to evaluate the message which then forms a change in attitude. The author recommends to make persuasive messages that more interesting in publishing community programs so the main message in process of destination branding of museum tourism can be elaborated properly by visitors or community members.
Las elecciones presidenciales en Brasil (2018). La cobertura de la prensa de referencia argentina
Authors: Acosta Marina , Demirdjian Silvia
Published: December 2019

Los procesos electorales en general representan una interesante oportunidad para analizar el posicionamiento de la prensa. Los medios de comunicación tematizan esas coyunturas y en su construcción discursiva ofrecen ciertas representaciones/encuadres de los panoramas sociales, económicos y políticos de los países donde tienen lugar las elecciones que narran y comentan. El objetivo general de la investigación es analizar comparativamente la cobertura de la prensa de referencia argentina sobre el triunfo de Jair Bolsonaro. El estudio describe la agenda que han activado los dos periódicos de mayor circulación en Argentina, Clarín y La Nación, durante octubre de 2018. La metodología utilizada es el clásico análisis de contenido; para asistir al análisis del proceso exploratorio se utiliza también el software informático ATLAS/ti. El marco teórico se sustenta en la teoría de la agenda-setting, la tematización y el proceso de enmarcado noticioso (framing). Dentro de los principales hallazgos de la investigación destacan que el índice de importancia de la cobertura ha oscilado entre el rango medio-alto y máximo, que el temario sobre el proceso electoral brasileño se concentró en las noticias que tenían como protagonista a Bolsonaro, que ambos periódicos utilizaron información propia en la construcción discursiva de los comicios y que el encuadre de campaña que se impuso fue el estratégico.
Analysis of Official Information and Documents on Managing a Condominium as a Method of Sociological Research
Authors: Litvintsev D. B.
Published: December 2019

V.A.Yadov discussing the methods of documentary analysis noted that «the sociologist should show remarkable ingenuity in search of suitable documents, sometimes very unexpected». It was difficult to disagree with this, especially if it was an analysis of documents related to the activities of managing organizations and homeowners’ associations in order to study problems in the field of housing sociology. However, at the current stage of regional informatization and the development of housing and communal services in the Russian Federation, we can talk about increasing the transparency of the entire industry, which gave access to an unlimited circle of people to documents and information on managing condominiums, which at the moment can be the subject of empirical sociological research.
Entre pujas y facciones: la Cruz Roja Argentina (1864-1914)
Authors: Alvarez Adriana , Di Liscia María Silvia
Published: December 2019

Este artículo analiza el desarrollo de la Cruz Roja Argentina desde su aparición hasta la I Guerra Mundial. Su organización en el país estuvo vinculada a las pujas entre diferentes asociaciones étnicas y grupos de médicos, quienes a su vez se vieron involucrados en las intervenciones y guerras civiles que afectaron a las provincias y a la Capital Federal, entre finales del siglo XIX e inicios del siglo XX. Se trataba una organización internacional cuyo objetivo era la ayuda humanitaria, supuestamente neutral. Los principales actores que llevaron adelante la institución en estos 50 años asumieron diferentes posturas políticas e ideológicas, aunque tenían en común su pertenencia social y la solidaridad masculina. Sus funciones se incrementaron de la atención de víctimas de conflictos bélicos a su cuidado en catástrofes en tiempos de paz, lo cual significó una importante modificación en los principios y en la organización e intervención sociales. A la vez, su interés en las “calamidades” producidas en países vecinos, así como los problemas con los grupos de beligerantes en la Gran Guerra, delimitaron los alcances de esta institución con miras y objetivos internacionales.
Environmental Awareness and Environmental Citizenship Dimension
Authors: Mravcová Anna
Published: December 2019

The world development shows that global problems are still not being solved adequately. If we maintain this way of development the survival of humanity on the Earth will be impossible in future. In this context, the environmental awareness, disseminative global responsibility as well as environmental dimension of citizenship, are discussed today with the raising importance. In this paper we are going to examine and analyse the concept of environmental awareness. These empirically based facts will be reflected, analysed and put into the context with the environmental citizenship concepts. At the end we are going to present the results of the Eurobarometer surveys focused on the relationship of the EU citizens to environment and their environmental awareness and evaluate the current state in this area. The main findings have shown that environmental awareness of European citizens is raising, but it still does not have the appropriate level. This can have highly negative impact on the environment in this era of environmental crises and deepening environmental problems. Therefore, it is necessary to make serious steps to improve current situation, as environmental awareness is the precondition to achieve the change, which has to start from each individual.
TÜRK-İSLAM MEDRESELERİ VE BUDİST VİHARALARI ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME
Authors: ERŞAN Hilal , AKDENİZ Gül
Published: December 2019

MÖ 6. Yüzyılda Hindistan’ın Ganj nehri yakınlarındaki Magadha bölgesinde Buda’nın
önderliğinde ortaya çıkan Budizm, ticaret yolları (İpek ve Baharat yolu)
aracılığıyla Afganistan ve İran yönünde yayılarak Çin’e kadar ulaşmıştır.
Uygurlar da dâhil olmak üzere pek çok Türk topluluğu tarafından benimsenen
Budizm ile Türkler MS 4. yüzyılda tanışmış, 9. ve 10 yüzyıllarda iyice
benimsemişlerdir. Göçebe bir toplum olarak yaşayan Türkler, Uygurlarla birlikte
yerleşik hayata geçmiş ve bunda tanıştıkları farklı dinlerin etkisi olmuştur.
Bu etkileşimin sonuçları doğal olarak mimari alanda da kendisini göstermiştir.

Bu çalışmada, Türklerin Budizm dini ile tanıştıktan sonra mimaride
özellikle medrese yapılarında meydana gelen etkileşim ve değişimler üzerinde durulmuştur.
Pendekatan Historis Kristis Terhadap Bilangan 3 dan 4 tentang Tanggung Jawab Pendeta
Authors: Mangean Astin
Published: December 2019

The tribe of Levi was chosen and ordained by God for hold whorsip in tabernacle of the congregation. Their work is simple but they must to do accordingly with their role in Number 3 and 4 and exactly that God command.  To investigate and review  the Number 3 and 4, the author uses critical history method by putting attention to the situation in the text and the situation gave the text.   The role of the tribe of Levi is offer sacrifices and pray, interpretation the urim dan tumim,  difference between holy and unholy and between clean and unclean, turn on the lamps, blowing of trumpets, unload, transport and rebuild the tabernacle. When the tribe of Levi doing the role they must maintain holiness in front of God. Based on that role then the life of tribe of Levi can be a reference for life of priest it mainly concerns the role of serving the Lord.Abstrak: Suku Lewi dipilih dan ditetapkan oleh Tuhan untuk menyelenggarakan ibadat di kemah suci. Mereka harus melaksanakannya sesuai yang diperintahkan Tuhan. Kajian terhadap peran suku Lewi dalam Bilangan 3 dan 4 ini menggunakan metode penelitian kepustakaan (Library research) dengan pendekatan kritik historis. Metode ini  menaruh perhatian pada situasi yang digambarkan dalam teks dan situasi yang melahirkan teks. Adapun peran suku Lewi yakni mempersembahkan korban-korban serta menaikan doa, menafsirkan urim dan tumim, harus dapat membedakan kudus dan tidak kudus, najis dan tidak najis, menyalakan kandil, meniup serunai perak, memberikan berkat dalam nama Allah, penasehat umat, menjaga kemah suci, membongkar, mengangkut dan mendirikan kembali kemah suci. Ketika melaksanakan peran tersebut suku Lewi harus tetap menjaga kekudusan hidupnya dihadapan Tuhan. Berdasarkan peran tersebut, maka kehidupan suku Lewi dapat menjadi acuan bagi kehidupan pendeta masa kini terutama menyangkut peran sebagai pelayan Tuhan.
Instrumen Evaluasi Non-Tes dalam Penilaian Hasil Belajar Ranah Afektif dan Psikomotorik
Authors: Hutapea Rinto Hasiholan
Published: December 2019

Abstact: The Non-test Evaluation Instrument That Is Ignored in the Assessment of Affective and Psychomotor domains. This study aims to see the description of Christian Religious Education teachers in using non-test evaluation instruments in evaluating the learning outcomes of the affective and psychomotor domains of students. The method used in this research is survey method and literature study. Where it is explained that to measure and assess the learning outcomes of the affective and psychomotor domains, the right type of instrument to use is the non-test. The findings of this study explain that Christian Education teachers in SMP Negeri 5 and SMP Negeri 20 Kota Kupang are still low in using non-test evaluation instruments. The indicator is that teachers have difficulty using non-test evaluation instruments, and do not have time to prepare non-test evaluation instruments in evaluating the affective and psychomotor domains of students.Abstrak: Instrumen Evaluasi Non-tes yang Terabaikan Dalam Penilaian Ranah Afektif dan Psikomotorik. Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan untuk melihat gambaran guru-guru Pendidikan Agama Kristen dalam menggunakan instrumen evaluasi non-tes dalam penilaian hasil belajar ranah afektif dan psikomotorik peserta didik.Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode survei dan studi pustaka.Dimana dijelaskan bahwa untuk mengukur dan menilai hasil belajar ranah afektif dan psikomotorik, jenis instrumen yang tepat digunakan adalah non-tes. Temuan hasil penelitian ini menerangkan bahwa guru-guru Pendidikan Agama Kristen di SMP Negeri 5 dan SMP Negeri 20 Kota Kupang masih rendah dalam menggunakan instrumen evaluasi non-tes. Indikatornya adalah guru-guru meng-alami kesulitan menggunakan instrumen evaluasi non-tes, serta tidak memiliki waktu untuk mempersiapkan instrumen evaluasi non-tes dalam penilaian ranah afektif dan psikomotorik peserta didik.
Keynes and the Ethics of Socialism
Authors: Fuller Edward
Published: December 2019

This paper examines John Maynard Keynes’s ethical theory and how it relates to his politico-economic thought. Keynes’s ethical theory represents an attack on all general rules. Since capitalism is a rule-based social system, Keynes’s ethical theory is incompatible with capitalism. And since socialism rejects the general rules of private property, the Keynesian ethical theory is consistent with socialism. The unexplored evidence presented here confirms Keynes advocated a consistent form of non-Marxist socialism from no later than 1907 until his death in 1946. However, Keynes’s ethical theory is flawed because it is based on his defective logical theory of probability. Consequently, Keynes’s ethical theory is not a viable ethical justification for socialism.
Selected Abstracts from the 2019 Austrian Economics Research Conference
Authors: Bylund Per , Caston Michael , Flink Nicole , Grumbles Lee , Purtell Clint , Dominiak Lukasz , Fegley Tate , Gordon David , Langbert Mitchell , Modugno Roberta , Muramatsu Roberta , Scarano Paulo , Olbrich Michael , Rapp David , Phillips Duygu , Thornton Mark , Zukauskas Vytautas , Hülsmann Jörg Guido
Published: December 2019

Abstracts include:

"Entrepreneurship, Uncertainty, and Judgment: A Model for Understanding the Uncertainty Borne by Entrepreneurs," by Per Bylund

"The Perceived Phantom Opportunity: Bridging the Gap between Perception and Actualization," by Michael Caston, Nicole Flink, Lee Grumbles, and Clint Purtell

"Should Libertarians Reject the Title Transfer Theory of Contracts?" by Lukasz Dominiak and Tate Fegley

"From Intuitions to Anarchism?" by David Gordon

"Higher Education Evolution," by Mitchell B. Langbert

"The Legacy of Henry Louis Mencken and Rose Wilder Lane: Democracy and Representative Government," by Roberta Adelaide Modugno

"The Economic Rationality of Brazilian Systemic Corruption: Why 'Operation Car Wash' Makes a Case Study for Austrian Public Choice Economics," by Roberta Muramatsu and Paulo Rogerio Scarano

"Austrian Economics and German Business Economics on Capital Accounting," by Michael Olbrich and David J. Rapp

"Bitcoin or 2000 Others? Who Will Succeed? An Institutional Approach to Cryptocurrency with a Focus on Austrian Economics," by Duygu Phillips

"Turning the Word Upside Down: How Cantillon Changed the Meaning of Entrepreneurship," by Mark Thornton

"Financial Asset Valuations: The Total Demand Approach," by Vytautas Zukauskas and Jorg Guido Hulsmann
PENGARUH RETURN ON ASSET (ROA), RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE) DAN EARNING PER SHARE (EPS) TERHADAP HARGA SAHAM SYARIAH
Authors: Firman Setiawan  , Desi Ismi Rojasari
Published: December 2019

Sharia share prices (including conventional shares) always fluctuate due to the interaction of demand and supply of shares in the capital market. Rising levels of demand for shares will trigger a rise in stock prices, and vice versa. However, aside from supply and demand factors, it turns out that there are other factors that are also identified as being capable and potentially affecting stock prices, particularly Shariah share prices, namely Return On Assets (ROA), Return On Equity (ROE), and market ratios namely Earning Per Share (EPS). So to prove whether the financial ratios really have an influence on sharia stock prices, the authors conducted a quantitative analysis with ROA, ROE and EPS as X variables and Shariah stock prices as Y variables. The data used in this test / analysis are Return On Assets (ROA), Return On Equity (ROE) data, Earning Per Share (EPS) and Syariah stock prices from PT. Aneka Tambang Persero Tbk 2013-2017. From the analysis that has been done, it is known that partially ROA has no effect on the Shariah share price caused by the lack of companies in earning profit, ROE has no effect on the Sharia share price caused by the lack of net profit from their own capital and the lack of business sales profits, and EPS positive effect on sharia stock prices. Whereas simultaneously, ROA, ROE and EPS have a positive influence on the Shariah stock price.
Design Tradeoffs in Full Electric, Hybrid and Full Chemical Propulsion Communication Satellite
Authors: OZ İbrahim , YILMAZ Ü.cezmi
Published: December 2019

Full electric propulsion system becomes popular recently and getting more common in the communication satellite industry. Full electric or hybrid propulsion selection causes results in significant reduction in satellite propellant mass. Conventional full chemical satellite propellant mass is roughly 2/3 of launch mass so this huge reduction in propellant mass changes satellite design and preferences. Depending on satellite size and launch vehicle performance, full electric satellite requires 3-4 times less propellant compared to full chemical satellite and 1-2 times less propellant compared to the hybrid system. Satellite launch mass can be reduced by 40% for full electric propulsion and 15% for hybrid propulsion hence launch cost can be decreased by 40% and 15 % with the benefit of reducing propellant mass. It is possible to extend satellite communication capacity average 30 transponders for full electric and average 10 transponders for a hybrid system by using the benefit of propellant mass reduction. It takes 4-8 months to reach geostationary orbit for full electric satellite but in a chemical propulsion satellite, it takes a few days. Satellite subjects to additional radiation due to this long trip and hence additional aging. Expected revenue loss is another issue and conventional insurance policy needs an amendment to be in line with electric propulsion technology. The development of full electric satellite lowers the cost per transponder significantly.
Edição Completa
Authors: Mares Rizia Mendes
Published: December 2019

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