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Spatiotemporal Evaluation of Socio-Ecological-Economic System Vulnerability: A County-Level Analysis of Chongqing, China
Authors: Liu Chunxia , He Qingqing , Li Yuechen
Published: May 2020

The research on vulnerability can provide insights into social, economic, and ecological risks. Therefore, the objective of this work was to measure the degree of socio-ecological-economic system (SEES) vulnerability in Chongqing, one of the regions with the high constraint of natural conditions and human activity in the southwest of China. For this, by using three criteria and 40 indices based on the exposure-sensitive-adaptive capacity (ESC) model, an index system was designed. The entropy method was used to determine the weight of the indices. Furthermore, the composite index model and coefficient of variation were applied to evaluate the spatiotemporal characteristics of SEES vulnerability in the study area at the county level. The results showed that the average vulnerability index of SEES from 2005 to 2010 in Chongqing was 0.5735. The development pressure was high, and the ability to resist disturbance from external risks was low. Regional sustainable development was facing challenges. Spatial distribution of SEES vulnerability of Chongqing varied from high (moderately vulnerable or worse) in the western counties to low (mildly vulnerable) in the northeastern and southeastern areas with better ecological bases. The general vulnerability of the ecological and economic subsystems continues to decrease. However, the vulnerability of the social subsystem tended to initially decrease and then increase. Overall, the differences in the pattern of SEES vulnerability of the counties declined. Moreover, economic and social development tended to balance. This study is helpful to understand the overall trend and characteristics of vulnerability change and provides theoretical methods and reference opinions to support regional sustainable development.
Dynamic Innovation Strategy Model in Practice of Innovation Leaders and Followers in CEE Countries—A Prerequisite for Building Innovative Ecosystems
Authors: Kotkova Striteska Michaela , Prokop Viktor
Published: May 2020

The task of each firm’s strategic management is to identify those sustainable sources of competitive advantage that represent a way to achieve business goals and competitive advantage. Business management should be able to define determinants that fundamentally influence the innovation activity of business. Innovation leaders are influenced by the same set of determinants that allow them to maintain their position in the market. Identifying these determinants is a key source of knowledge for defining or adjusting corporate strategies, enabling sustainable benefits and for efficient building and functioning of countries’ innovation ecosystems based on cross-agents’ interactions leading to sustainable development. The goal of this paper is to identify the combination of innovation determinants in Dynamic Innovation Strategic Model (DISM) driving creation and sustaining innovation leaders’ competitive advantage in selected European countries belonging to the group of moderate innovators. Likewise, authors define a unique set or combinations of factors that will (fundamentally embedded in a company strategy) have a significant impact on the innovative production of the business, which are one of the key elements of innovative ecosystems. With the use of CIS data (from Eurostat) on the innovators and followers of nine EU countries and own regression models, the key determinants of the success of the innovation leaders and followers were found. These determinants are (also in appropriate combination) mainly: in-house R&D activities, co-operation with various partners, and marketing and design. The results clearly show that for innovative leaders, key determinants have a positive impact on produced innovations; for the followers, the same group has a negative influence.
Investigating the Impact of Various Risk Factors on Victims of Traffic Accidents
Authors: Wang Jianyu , Lu Huapu , Sun Zhiyuan , Wang Tianshi , Wang Katrina
Published: May 2020

In this study, our goal was to determine the impact of various risk factors on traffic accidents in the city of Shenyang, China, and to discuss the various common factors that influence pedestrian and non-motor vehicle accidents. A total of 1227 traffic accidents from 2015 to 2017 were analyzed, of which, 733 were accidents involving pedestrians and 494 were non-motor vehicle accidents. Among these traffic accidents, pedestrians and non-motor vehicle users had either minor or no responsibility. Sixteen influencing factors, including main responsible party attributes, pedestrian/non-motor vehicle user attributes, time attributes, space attributes, and environmental attributes were analyzed with regards to their impact on accidents using the binary logistic regression model (BLR) and the classification and regression tree analysis model (CART). Age, administrative division, and time of year were the three most common factors for pedestrian and non-motor vehicle accidents. For pedestrian accidents, the personal influencing factors of the main responsible party included illegal acts while driving and hit-and-run behavior. Factors affecting pedestrian and non-motor vehicle accidents also had different orders of importance.
Investigation of CO2 Variation and Mapping Through Wearable Sensing Techniques for Measuring Pedestrians’ Exposure in Urban Areas
Authors: Pigliautile Ilaria , Marseglia Guido , Pisello Anna Laura
Published: May 2020

Citizens’ wellbeing is mainly threatened by poor air quality and local overheating due to human-activity concentration and land-cover/surface modification in urban areas. Peculiar morphology and metabolism of urban areas lead to the well-known urban-heat-island effect, characterized by higher air temperature in cities than in their surroundings. The environmental mapping of the urban outdoors at the pedestrian height could be a key tool to identify risky areas for humans in terms of both poor-air-quality exposure and thermal comfort. This study proposes urban environment investigation through a wearable miniaturized weather station to get the spatial distribution of key parameters according to the citizens’ perspective. The innovative system monitors and traces the field values of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, such as air temperature and wind-speed values, which have been demonstrated to be related to outdoor wellbeing. The presented monitoring campaign focused on a two-way, two-lane road in Rome (Italy) during traffic rush hours on both working days and weekends. Collected data were analyzed with respect to timing and position, and possible correlations among different variables were examined. Results demonstrated the wearable system capability to catch pedestrian-exposure variability in terms of CO2 concentration and local overheating due to urban structure, highlighting potentials in the citizens’ involvement as observation vectors to extensively monitor urban environmental quality.
Uncovering Demographic Trends and Recent Urban Expansion in Metropolitan Regions: A Paradigmatic Case Study
Authors: Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir Rares , Egidi Gianluca , Mosconi Enrico Maria , Poponi Stefano , Alhuseen Ahmed , Salvati Luca
Published: May 2020

While urbanization trends have been characterized for a long time by deconcentration of inner cities with expansion of low-density settlements, economic repolarization leading to re-urbanization and recovery of central districts are now counterbalancing population shrinkage in compact urban areas and slowing down suburban growth. In this context, the recent demographic evolution of a large metropolis such as Athens (Greece)—following expansion, crisis, and a more subtle economic recovery—may reveal original relationships between form and functions at the base of recent urban growth. Based on an exploratory analysis of demographic indicators on a metropolitan and urban scale, the present study provides an updated and integrated knowledge framework that confirms and integrates the most recent urban trends in southern Europe. Documenting the emergence of more individualized paths of urban expansion at the local scale (recovery of the historic center, shrinkage of semicentral neighborhoods, ‘reverse gentrification’ of disadvantaged peripheral areas, late suburbanization of accessible peripheral areas), results of the present study justify an ad hoc analysis of metropolitan growth based on demographic indicators as a proxy for sustainable land management and local development.
Experiments on Fiber Concrete Foundation Slabs in Interaction with the Subsoil
Authors: Cajka Radim , Marcalikova Zuzana , Kozielova Marie , Mateckova Pavlina , Sucharda Oldrich
Published: May 2020

This article focuses on researching the interactions of fiber concrete slabs with subsoil. The experimental series includes four slabs made of fiber concrete with different dosages of fibers, from 0 to 75 kg/m3. The slabs were exposed to a loading test on a specialized loading frame. The laboratory tests for detailed descriptions of the fiber concrete’s mechanical properties were also an integral part of the experiments, including tests of the compressive strength, the modulus of elasticity, and split and bending tensile strength. Each slab’s deformation in a particular load step was evaluated in two-dimensional (2D) sections based on data measured with displacement sensors and in three-dimensional (3D) charts with the use of interpolation.
Reporting Sustainability in China: Evidence from the Global Powers of Luxury Goods
Authors: Galli Davide , Bassanini Federica
Published: May 2020

In this study, we investigated sustainability reporting practices adopted by the ‘Global Power of Luxury Goods 2019’, which are the top 100 companies operating in the luxury sector listed by Deloitte. The analysis firstly focused on exploring sustainability disclosure and reporting practices, moving then to the examination of China-specific sustainability initiatives according to the Global Reporting Initiative(GRI) standards categories: Economic, environmental, and social. Adopting a theoretical perspective based on elements of institutional theory and stakeholder theory, we highlight how the development of sustainability reports by companies in the luxury sector is still a limited practice involving larger companies that have already invested in the implementation of sustainability strategies. The findings reveal how the reporting of China-specific sustainability initiatives is influenced by a set of factors such as company dimensions, company nationality, the management of the supply chain and operation in China, and the direct reference to China as a key market in terms of revenues. Finally, a cluster analysis shows how companies belonging to different relevant markets for the luxury sector demonstrate different homogeneous approaches by geographical area (isomorphism), with French and Chinese companies more engaged in reporting their sustainability initiatives in China.
Dashboard for Evaluating the Quality of Open Learning Courses
Authors: Mejía-Madrid Gina , Llorens-Largo Faraón , Molina-Carmona Rafael
Published: May 2020

Universities are developing a large number of Open Learning projects that must be subject to quality evaluation. However, these projects have some special characteristics that make the usual quality models not respond to all their requirements. A fundamental part in a quality model is a visual representation of the results (a dashboard) that can facilitate decision making. In this paper, we propose a complete model for evaluating the quality of Open Learning courses and the design of a dashboard to represent its results. The quality model is hierarchical, with four levels of abstraction: components, elements, attributes and indicators. An interesting contribution is the definition of the standards in the form of fulfillment levels, that are easier to interpret and allow using a color code to build a heat map that serves as a dashboard. It is a regular nonagon, divided into sectors and concentric rings, in which each color intensity represents the fulfillment level reached by each abstraction level. The resulting diagram is a compact and visually powerful representation, which allows the identification of the strengths and weaknesses of the Open Learning course. A case study of an Ecuadorian university is also presented to complete the description and draw new conclusions.
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Viral Genomics, Epidemiology, Vaccines, and Therapeutic Interventions
Authors: Uddin Mohammed , Mustafa Farah , Rizvi Tahir A. , Loney Tom , Al Suwaidi Hanan , Al-Marzouqi Ahmed H. Hassan , Kamal Eldin Afaf , Alsabeeha Nabeel , Adrian Thomas E. , Stefanini Cesare , Nowotny Norbert , Alsheikh-Ali Alawi , Senok Abiola C.
Published: May 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is due to infection caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus that impacts the lower respiratory tract. The spectrum of symptoms ranges from asymptomatic infections to mild respiratory symptoms to the lethal form of COVID-19 which is associated with severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress, and fatality. To address this global crisis, up-to-date information on viral genomics and transcriptomics is crucial for understanding the origins and global dispersion of the virus, providing insights into viral pathogenicity, transmission, and epidemiology, and enabling strategies for therapeutic interventions, drug discovery, and vaccine development. Therefore, this review provides a comprehensive overview of COVID-19 epidemiology, genomic etiology, findings from recent transcriptomic map analysis, viral-human protein interactions, molecular diagnostics, and the current status of vaccine and novel therapeutic intervention development. Moreover, we provide an extensive list of resources that will help the scientific community access numerous types of databases related to SARS-CoV-2 OMICs and approaches to therapeutics related to COVID-19 treatment.
Habilidades blandas en la educación y la empresa: Mapeo Sistemático
Authors: Espinoza Mina Marcos Antonio , Gallegos Barzola Doris
Published: May 2020

La buena actitud, el pensamiento crítico, las habilidades comunicacionales, el manejo del tiempo, entre otras, forman parte de las habilidades blandas, las que se refieren a aspectos no únicamente cognitivos del ser humano; son aptitudes que le permiten interactuar con sus pares dentro del ambiente laboral y desenvolverse en la sociedad. El objetivo de este estudio es proporcionar una revisión de estos aspectos, los cuales son muy necesarias actualmente, tanto a nivel educativo como empresarial. Se realizó un mapeo sistemático donde se extrajeron estudios que permitieron conocer sobre los conceptos dados, si se están implementando estas habilidades en la educación actual y las más requeridas para la inserción laboral. Este ensayo muestra que, aunque se están implementando sistemas, acciones y formas para incluir de manera adecuada el desarrollo y potenciación de las habilidades blandas, las empresas buscan personas dinámicas, con adaptabilidad, empoderamiento y con capacidad de reaccionar favorablemente a las adversidades; todavía no existe evidencia de su medición y no se puede determinar si serán las adecuadas y únicas para los próximos años.
El aprendizaje cooperativo, educación desde la participación social en estudiantes de bachillerato
Authors: Paredes León Wilmer Rubén , Ramos Serpa Gerardo
Published: May 2020

El aprendizaje cooperativo ha venido cumpliendo una tarea muy necesaria e importante en el quehacer educativo, pues se constituye como una herramienta muy útil; sin embargo, este tipo de aprendizaje ha sido utilizado como secundario, poco común y en ocasiones, etiquetado como un elemento innecesario en el proceso de enseñanza. Por lo descrito, el objetivo de la investigación es diagnosticar el estado de la formación cooperativa en el nivel de bachillerato y su relación directa con la participación social. La estudio posee un enfoque mixto con un diseño explicativo secuencial, mediante una triangulación de investigación a través de un cuestionario, una entrevista y una guía de observación, entre los resultados principales se encuentra que en las asignaturas de Lengua-Literatura y Matemática se aplica con menor medida el aprendizaje cooperativo, mientras que en Ciencias Naturales y Ciencias Sociales se da mayor apertura a este tipo de instrucción. Finalmente, se concluye que los docentes concuerdan que el trabajo de este tipo está basado en la formación de equipos de aprendizaje que, a su vez, desarrollan habilidades sociales mediante la realización de actividades con ejemplos pertinentes y la guía del docente.
Psicología, didáctica y tecnología: reflexiones para repensar la educación
Authors: Garrido Sacán Johanna Elizabeth , Garcés Chiriboga Marcela Verónica , Ullauri Ullauri Carol Ivone
Published: May 2020

Este artículo presenta apuntes reflexivos sobre la relación entre psicología, didáctica y tecnología en el proceso de aprendizaje de los estudiantes. Tiene como objetivo generar procesos de análisis que motiven a los docentes a repensar su práctica pedagógica. La metodología utilizada fue la búsqueda de antecedentes de investigación y referentes teóricos. Como resultado se presenta una serie de reflexiones sobre la importancia de interrelacionar de forma consciente la psicología, la didáctica y la tecnología en el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje.
Las habilidades resuntivas de ensayos académicos expositivos en estudiantes de la Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda
Authors: Dovale Yovaida
Published: May 2020

Resumir un ensayo académico expositivo es un proceso constructivo demandante que requiere el entendimiento de información textual implícita y explícita del texto a ser resumido, así como la aplicación de macroestrategias, tales como la de selección-supresión y generalización (Van Dijk y Kintsch, 1983). Aunque a los estudiantes les es solicitado frecuentemente resumir un texto académico, ellos escasas veces son entrenados en información procedimental acerca de cómo se lleva a cabo un resumen. Este estudio persigue evaluar las habilidades resuntivas de ensayos académicos expositivos mostradas por un grupo de doce (12) estudiantes de Educación de la UNEFM, a quienes les fue solicitado leer cuidadosamente un ensayo académico expositivo de nueve párrafos y elaborar un resumen de 25 líneas de su contenido. Los resultados revelaron habilidades resuntivas pobres de las estudiantes, evidenciadas por la inadecuada selección de la información relevante del ensayo, la preservación de piezas de información irrelevante y la inclusión de nueva información y opiniones personales. Además, los resúmenes analizados exhibieron una falla superestructural, ya que en muchos de ellos (90%) el tópico fue directamente desarrollado sin ninguna introducción o cierre. El uso inadecuado de elementos microestructurales fue observado principalmente a nivel cohesivo. Se sugiere entrenar a los estudiantes y profesores en el empleo adecuado de macroestrategias resuntivas y en las características discursivas que identifican diferentes géneros textuales, de manera que los estudiantes puedan producir muestras resuntivas apropiadas como producto de comprensión textual.
COVID-19 IMPACT ON STUDENTS
Authors: Pragholapati Andria
Published: May 2020

As we have questioned today in the world, especially Indonesia which is struggling against Coronavirus or commonly known by the name (COVID-19), which is already much needed by victims. Coronavirus or commonly known by the name (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.The purpose of this article is to identify the impact of the corona virus (covid-19) on college students. articles used in 2020 with the keyword "student" "covid-19" in accordance with the title. Search results found 6 articles that match.
Lupus Eritematoso Sistêmico: Novos Paradigmas e Manejo no Atendimento Emergencial – Revisão de Literatura
Authors: Mira Rita , Guanais Soriano Luan , Bittencourt Cunha Catharine , Campos Nascimento Ramon
Published: May 2020

O lupus eritematoso sistêmico é uma doença autoimune heterogênea, resultante de desregulação complexa do sistema imunológico inato e adaptativo, afetando potencialmente qualquer órgão e / ou tecido. O lupus eritematoso sistêmico é uma doença imunemediada cuja patogênese originária resulta em exposição a autoantígeno, dando origem a numerosos anticorpos auto-reativos de especificidades antigênicas variadas que, juntamente com uma infinidade de citocinas, são consideradas efetoras da atividade da doença. Os regimes de tratamento existentes estão associados a vários efeitos colaterais debilitantes, com pacientes mais jovens em risco aumentado devido à duração do tratamento. Este trabalho teve como objetivo revisar e resumir sistematicamente a literatura disponível sobre a temática do lupus eritematoso sistêmico na população pediatrica através da revisão sistemática por meio de artigos disponibilizados atraves do PubMed e contextualizar a temática por meio de um relato de caso clínico.

 

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease, resulting from complex dysregulation of the innate and adaptive immune systems, potentially affecting any organ and/or tissue.Systemic lupus erythematosus is an immunemediated disease whose originating pathogenesis results in autoantigen exposure giving rise to numerous autoreactive antibodies of varying antigenic specificities that along with a myriad of cytokines are thought to be effectors of disease activity.Existing treatment regimens are associated with numerous debilitating side effects, with younger patients at increased risk due to the duration of their disease. This study aimed reviewing and summarizing the available literature of juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus by using articles on PubMed and a case report was related to elucidate the disease.
Padronização de Siglas e Abreviaturas
Authors: Accioly Soraya
Published: May 2020

Definir as siglas e abreviaturas utilizadas nos documentos assistenciais do Hospital Santa Izabel, fornecendo um glossário para padronizar o uso, facilitar a comunicação e a compreensão das informações presentes no prontuário, tornando mais seguros os registros nele contido. Deve ser utilizado como orientação e consulta pelos usuários do prontuário, pesquisadores e pelo paciente.
The role of accounting in contracting process of corporations
Authors: Tsaruk Vasyl
Published: May 2020

The expediency of conducting researches in the direction of determining the role of accounting in the contracting process of corporate structures has been grounded. A historical analysis of the approaches of researchers to understanding the role of accounting in the contracting process of the corporate structure has been conducted. The value of accounting information in reducing contract costs has been determined. It has been substantiated that accounting allows to measure contractual requirements of agents and remuneration, to provide information on contract performance to principals and information on corporate structure activity to potential agents. It has been found that accounting is a part of a set of corporate structure contracts and is the object of negotiation among agents and other parties of contractual relationships. There are two main areas of use of accounting information in the contractual process of the corporate structure in the context of agency problems (concerning managers and borrowers) have been allocated.
PENGARUH USIA, TINGGI BADAN DAN RIWAYAT PEMBERIAN ASI EKSKLUSIF TERHADAP STUNTING PADA BALITA
Authors: Sumardiyono Sumardiyono
Published: May 2020

Background: Stunting is a chronic condition that describes stunted growth due to long-term malnutrition. Stunting can be influenced by the lack of nutrition, low birth weight exclusive breastfeeding, duration of exclusive breastfeeding. Objective: to analyze the effect of age, height, and history of exclusive breastfeeding on stunting using multiple logistic regression tests and the presentation of the regression equation model followed by the probability of stunting in toddlers. Methods: The study population was toddlers who had medical record data at the public health center "X" in Banyuanyar Surakarta in October 2019. By using a consecutive sampling technique, a sample of 30 children was obtained. Results: age, height, and history of exclusive breastfeeding together affected stunting (F = 25,676, p = 0,000), with a joint effect of 71.9%. Age, height, and history of exclusive breastfeeding individually also affected stunting, respectively age (t = 3,656, p = 0.001), height (t = -4,499, p = 0,000), and history of breastfeeding exclusive (t = 3.207, p = 0.004). Conclusion: exclusive breastfeeding for toddlers can improve nutritional status, thereby reducing the chances of toddlers experiencing stunting.
EFEK KEBISINGAN PADA IBU RUMAH TANGGA SEKITAR BANDARA ADI SUCIPTO YOGYAKARTA
Authors: Nugraha Isnawan Prahardika , Sukismanto Sukismanto , Budiyono Hendarto
Published: May 2020

Background: The increase of aircraft activities that causes the increase of noise intensity which were suffered by residents around Adi Sucipto airport, especially housewives. Objective: Aimed of  the research  to know the effect of noise on housewives living near Adi Sucipto airport Yogyakarta, in Jagalan Hamlet, Tegaltirto village, Berbah Sleman district. Method: This is a quantitative descriptive research with a cross sectional approach. This research involved by 32 housewives who live in Jagalan Hamlet, Tegaltirto village, Berbah Sleman district. Results: The results of noise measurement when a plane passing by, show as  followed: The result of Lsm (night and day) measurement at point 1 showed 50.02 dB, at point 2 showed 50.05 dB. Noise intensity of a passing airplane during 6 seconds showed between 94 dB to 100 dB. Respon of housewives showed that 32 respondents (100%) disturbed when they were communicating, 26 respondents (81.3%) suffered of stress, 6 respondents (18.8%) did not stressed. Conclusion: Thirty (93.8%) respondents experienced sleep problem, 2 respondents (6.3%) did not. The noise level caused by passing airplanes in Jagalan hamlet during 6 seconds reaches 94 dB up to 100 dB, the results of Lsm measurement at point 1 50.02 dB and point 2 showed 50.05 dB. Communication disturbance were suffered by 32 respondents, stress were suffered by 26 respondents and sleeping problem were suffered by 30 respondents.
Digital Banking and Financial Inclusion of Women Enterprises in Narok County, Kenya
Authors: Melubo Kisotu David , Musau Salome
Published: May 2020

Financial inclusion is an important step in development, as access to finances can help the women to build money and lift themselves out of poverty. Lack of financial inclusion among women in Narok County is one of the many factors leading to financial exclusion and an introduction of digital banking is the remedy to its problems. Financial inclusion of women contributes immensely in empowering them. Digital banking in Kenya has been characterized by rapid technological change in the finance sector that has led to the development of mobile banking, online banking, ATMs and agency banking. The banking sector has undergone substantive transformation particularly from the year 2007. This study sought to establish the effects of digital banking and financial inclusion of Women Enterprises in Narok County, Kenya. Financial inclusion includes the provision of affordable financial services, which includes; access to payments and remittance facilities, savings, loans and insurance services by the formal financial system to those who tend to be excluded The study was anchored on finance growth theory and financial asymmetric theory. This study used descriptive research design and data was collected from the target population of all the 184 women owned enterprise in Narok County, Kenya. For this study census sampling was adopted to where all the population will be included in study since the number of target population is 184. Primary data was collected using a semi structured questionnaire to be administered to the women business owner through face to face interviews. The collected data was analysed using descriptive statistics methods; mean, mode, median, standard deviation, percentages and frequencies. Inferential statistical methods included multiple regression analysis was used to establish the relationship among variables. It was established that digital banking services significantly and positively influenced financial inclusion of women enterprises in Narok County. The study concluded that agency banking, mobile banking, online banking and ATM services significantly influenced the access and use of banking services by the locally based women enterprises in Narok County. It was further concluded that the women enterprises did not adequately use online banking due to limited literacy level, computer proficiency and internet availability. The study recommends that the available financial sector players in Narok County needs to sensitize SMEs especially women-owned to ensure that they are aware of the digital services available to be in the loop to enhance financial inclusion. The study recommends that the available digital banking providers need to improve formation of groups among the users of the services to enable improve usability. The study recommends further that the women enterprises managers and proprietors need to be in groups to develop each other and assist access, use and improve digital banking and financial inclusion.
Menentukan Batas Kestabilan Steady State Sistem Jawa Bali 500 kV menggunakan Pendekatan Model Single Machine to Infinite Bus
Authors: Rusilawati
Published: May 2020

The indicator of the power system operation stability can be seen from the power balance between the load demand and the generator output power. The Single Machine to Infinite Bus (SMIB) system that can actually represent the operation of a single machine system in a multimachine system can be used to analyze each generator unit stability. This paper present a fairly simple method to determine the generator steady state stability limit on the Jawa Bali 500 kV system using an SMIB system approach consider the load configuration changes in the system. The Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN) is applied to simplify the determination of the generator steady state stability limit that changes every time a load configuration changes. The simulation results carried out on the Java Bali system 500 kV 29 bus 10 generators can be seen that the steady state stability limit of each generator unit tends to decrease with the increasing of loading value and the further of load distance from the generator.

Keseimbangan daya antara kebutuhan beban dengan pembangkitan generator merupakan salah satu ukuran kestabilan operasi sistem tenaga listrik., Untuk menganalisis kestabilan setiap unit generator dalam sistem multimachine harus dilakukan pada sistem Single Machine to Infinite Bus (SMIB) yang secara aktual dapat mewakili keadaan sistem single machine tersebut dalam sebuah sistem multimachine. Dalam paper ini digunakan suatu metode sederhana untuk menentukan batas kestabilan steady state setiap unit generator pada sistem multimachine Jawa Bali 500 kV menggunakan pendekatan model sistem SMIB dengan memperhatikan perubahan konfigurasi peletakan beban dalam sistem. Untuk memudahkan penentuan batas kestabilan steady state generator yang selalu berubah setiap saat terjadi perubahan peletakan beban, diaplikasikan salah satu model jaring syaraf tiruan yaitu Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN). Dari hasil simulasi yang dilakukan pada sistem Jawa Bali 500 kV 29 bus 10 generator dapat diketahui bahwa batas kestabilan steady state setiap unit generator cenderung menurun dengan semakin meningkatnya nilai pembebanan dan semakin jauhnya jarak beban dari pembangkit.
Quasi-Reflectionless Microstrip Bandpass Filters With Improved Passband Flatness and Out-of-band Rejection
Authors: Wu Xiaohu , Li Yingsong , Liu Xiaoguang
Published: May 2020

High-order quasi-reflectionless bandpass filters with improved passband flatness and good impedance matching both in-band and out-of-band are proposed in this work. The proposed design consists of conventional coupled-lines bandpass sections loaded with the presented absorptive stubs at the input and output. Analysis shows that the absorptive stub is equivalent to a 2-pole bandstop filter. Compared to the prior art, the higher-order nature of the presented absorptive stub enables a flatter passband and better out-of-band rejection. The overall filter stopband attenuation can be readily improved by increasing the number of coupled-lines sections without altering the passband responses. Furthermore, cross-coupling between the two absorptive stubs can be used to improve the out-of-band rejection by introducing two transmission zeros without affecting the absorption characteristics. The proposed design concepts are experimentally validated by the design and fabrication of a set of 2.4-GHz 1-, 2-, and 3-pole microstrip quasi-reflectionless bandpass filters. Measured frequency responses of these filters closely match those of the simulation.
Application of Tasselled-Cap Transformation to Soil Textural Mapping of a Semi-Arid Environment: A Case of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Main Campus, Sokoto, Nigeria
Authors: Eniolorunda N. B. , Jibrillah A. M.
Published: May 2020

Information on soil attributes still largely relies on traditional methods of point sampling and subsequent laboratory test which are time and resource consuming. Thus, this study tested the applicability of Kauth-Thomas Tasseled-Cap Transformation (TCT) to soil textural mapping on the main campus of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto as a faster method. We hypothesized that the TCT-Brightness image had no relationship individually with soil particle size and Land use/ Land Cover (LUC). Landsat 8 of 22-03-2019 was preprocessed with QGIS and subjected to TCT in Idrisi Terrset to produce the TCT-Brightness image. Soil samples were collected at 91 points based on stratified random sampling at 0-15cm depth. Soil particle size was determined by Bouyoucos Hydrometer method. Simple linear regression analysis was used to model soil particle sizes from the TCT-Brightness image, while soil textural map was produced in SAGA. LUC of the area was mapped at Level III within the Google Earth Engine (GEE). Cross map-tabulation was carried out to test for the relationship between LUC and soil texture. Four textural classes were obtained namely sandy-clay-loam, loamy sand, sand and sandy-loam, with sand being dominant. Soil particle sizes were modeled at 99.85% accuracy, while soil textural mapping yielded 95% accuracy. Five LUC classes namely built-up area, wetland, upland forest, bare surface and riparian forest were mapped at 98.3% accuracy, with bare surface being dominant. A significant (p<0.01) relationship between LUC and soil texture was obtained at 0.85 Kappa Index of Agreement. The study concluded that the TCT is sufficient for predicting soil texture in a largely sandy semi-arid environment. A repeat of this study for the wet season was recommended.
Study Abroad Reentry: Behavior, Affect, and Cultural Distance
Authors: Gray Kelsey M. , Savicki Victor
Published: May 2020

Reentry has become a more focused aspect of study abroad in recent years as the field has moved away from a laissez-faire approach and toward an emphasis on intervention and support of study abroad students in their efforts to make sense of their experiences (Vande Berg, Paige & Lou, 2012).  Although not a new concept (Brathurst & La Brack, 2012), reentry in its more recent incarnation can be seen as an opportunity for students to ratify and reconstrue their encounters with a foreign culture in a way that enhances a sense of self in an intercultural world (Selby, 2008).  Despite its history and current popularity, many concepts and ideas about reentry rely on anecdotal, non-research based theorizing. The current study attempts to quantify two important aspects of reentry (behavioral readaptation and emotional response) in the context of measured factors that might impact the intensity of reentry challenges.
Jafari and Transformation:  A model to enhance short-term overseas study tours
Authors: Hall Timothy , Gray Tonia , Downey Greg , Sheringham Colin , Jones Benjamin , Power Anne , Truong Son
Published: May 2020

This paper promotes the Jafari tourism model as a framework to understand the various stages of the student and staff travel experience while participating in an outbound mobility experiences (OME). Working through each of the components of the Jafari model allows recognition of the changing needs and requirements of both students and staff throughout an OME and the tensions that accompany this relationship. Drawing on experiences gained from the development and implementation of a two-week OME to Vietnam offered annually between 2011 and 2015, this paper will demonstrate how the Jafari tourism model can be used in relation to OMEs.
Comparing International Student Friendship Networks in Buenos Aires: Direct Enrollment Program vs. Study Abroad Centers
Authors: Hendrickson Blake
Published: May 2020

A robust pattern identified in the cross-cultural adaptation and international education literature shows that upon arrival in a new cultural environment international students tend to form new friendships with individuals from their own countries while failing to develop relationships with those from the host country. This is problematic considering that communication with host nationals lies at the heart of the cross-cultural adaptation process and host national friendship is associated with a diverse set of positive outcomes. A historical debate among university administrators, international educators, and scholars as to the most effective way to arrange study abroad initiatives pivots around the amount of interaction that students have with the local culture. In order to examine the impact that study abroad program models have on friendship networks this study employs a mixed-method, longitudinal strategy to compare the friendship networks of 105 international students enrolled in 10 different study abroad programs and universities in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Results show that students studying directly at Argentine Public and Private Universities have significantly more Argentine and other international student friends while students in US-based Island programs have significantly more friends form their own country. These findings reveal the central role that study abroad administration plays in the interpersonal interaction that international students have with individuals from the host country, provide several explanations for the current trends, and give implications for study abroad administration.
The Impact of Study Abroad Experiences on Vocational Identity among College Students
Authors: Kronholz Julia F. , Osborn Debra S.
Published: May 2020

This article presents a study with the purpose to determine preliminary findings regarding the effect of a study abroad experience on vocational identity and career decision-making as defined by Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) theory (Sampson et al., 2004).
Instructor Influence on Student Intercultural Gains and Learning during Instructor-Led, Short-Term Study Abroad
Authors: Anderson Christine L. , Lorenz Karl , White Michael
Published: May 2020

Short-term study abroad, often in the instructor-led model, is growing with 60% of students enrolling in programs of this length in 2012-13 (IIE, 2014). Higher education institutions’ mission statements often state that creating individuals who have an “international and global understanding” is a goal (Meacham & Gaff. 2006, p. 9). Study abroad is viewed as a premier vehicle to guide students to achieve this expanded worldview. Current education abroad research is not clear on whether intercultural sensitivity can be increased through a short-term, instructor-led program (instructor-led). Previous studies often use metrics focused solely on duration. This comparative focus has led to very little research on interventions that may enhance intercultural learning on instructor-led programs.  This study examines 105 students on eight instructor-led programs and aims to demonstrate if intercultural learning can occur on an instructor-led program and what influence the instructor may have on this learning.
Unique Opportunities: Influence of study abroad on Black students
Authors: Lee Jasmine A. , Green Qiana
Published: May 2020

Higher education scholars argue studying abroad results in multiple positive outcomes for undergraduate students; however, Black students continue to be underrepresented as study abroad participants. Utilizing analytic Afrocentricity as the theoretical framework, case study methodology, and semi-structured interviews, this paper furthers higher education research by exploring the influences of study abroad experiences in South Africa on Black undergraduate students. Findings indicate not only positive outcomes on racial identity development, but also academic and career aspirations, and conducting undergraduate research.
Characterization of EST‑SSR markers in bread wheat EST related to drought tolerance and functional analysis of SSR‑containing unigenes
Authors: Dabab Nahas Laila , M. Alsamman Alsamman , Hamwieh Aladdin , Al-Husein Naim , Lababidi Ghinwa
Published: May 2020

Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is an important staple food around the world. The enormous volume of the genome of wheat makes it quite slow to progress in traditional scientific research. On the other hand, incessant databases and suitable tools on web sites make progress in wheat research quicker and easier. Drought is a major abiotic stress in accordance with weather changes and accelerated increase in drylands. In this study, 9077 ESTs related to drought tolerance in hexaploid wheat were downloaded from NCBI and assembled into 12062 contigs and 4141 singletons. It was found that trinucleotide had the highest frequency 64.71%. Moreover, 53.80% of SSRs found in coding regions in respect of ORFs. The highest amino acids found for tri-and hexanucleotides were Arginine. In addition, 81% of SSR-containing unigenes had one chromosome location and the highest number of loci was found in chromosomes 1B (69). The distribution of genic SSR loci among the 21 wheat chromosomes, the three subgenomes, and the seven homoeologous groups of wheat chromosomes was significant, with P<0.01 indicating a non-random distribution. Functional annotation and characterization of SSR-containing unigenes have been performed. Eighty-six sequences were identified and sorted into 25 putative TF families and establish 166 pathways using KEGG. Primer-BLAST was used to predict the polymorphism, which was 39% of the 63 primer pairs of SSR markers. Our current study attempts to help farmers in wheat breeding programs to have drought-tolerant accessions, particularly in developing countries
Arts-Informed Inquiry: Possibilities and Potential for Decolonising Methodology
Authors: Dossa Shama
Published: May 2020

This paper explores the potential and contextual difficulties of experimenting with arts-informed research as a methodology through a decolonizing transnational feminist lens in the context of Pakistan. The approach was applied as part of a study with community development workers to explore the theory and practice or praxis of empowerment in development discourse. Although challenging, I believe that the approach has the potential to make research more relevant, accessible, and community-centered, honouring diverse ways of knowing. It can facilitate critical collaborative meaning-making in every day contexts, which is important for community development, women’s movements, and feminist theorizing.
Re-Orienting Desire from With/In Queer Arab Shame: Conceptualizing Queer Arab Subjectivities through Sexual Difference Theory in a Reading of Bareed Mista3jil
Authors: Hamdan Sarah
Published: May 2020

This paper, whose title alludes to Joseph Massad’s article ‘Re-Orienting Desire: The Gay International and the Arab World’ (2002) aims at critically discussing his ideas. To do so, I mobilize Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray’s theorizations of sexual difference. Their understandings of becoming-subject will be put in conversation with a close reading of shame in Bareed Mista3ji: True Stories, as guided by Dina Georgis’ analysis, in order to engage with the hybrid and affective articulations of Arab (homo)sexualities.
Becoming-Queer-Arab-Activist: The Case of Meem
Authors: Hamdan Sara
Published: May 2020

Drawing on the study-case of the Meem queer activist community in Beirut, I analyze the movements of de-territorialization and re-territorialization in the micropolitical flow of their located struggle. I intervene with the Deleuzian notions of becoming nomadic and affirmative politics of difference, the politics of location in the work of Rosi Braidotti, and Audre Lorde’s notion of the erotic to think the becoming-queer-Arab-activist and map the complex processes of non-linear and differential becomings. My purpose is to conceptualize the non-linearity and the movement of the “different difference” of queer Arabness, which blurs the dialectical and identitarian binary of sexuality reproduced by the exotic Gay International and the exclusively discursive frameworks. I use these concepts to map the fluxes and the affirmative affectivities of desire in the Arab queer activism illustrated by Meem’s non-identitarian approach.
Battles with Desire: Centering the Body in the Personal Narratives of Doria Shafik and Latifa El-Zayyat
Authors: Shash Salma
Published: May 2020

As two key figures of Egyptian feminism, Doria Shafik (1908-1975) and Latifa El-Zayyat (1923-1996) are well-known for their public activism. In this paper, however, I am interested in re-reading Shafik’s biography Doria Shafik an Egyptian Feminist: a Woman Apart (Nelson, 1996) and El-Zayyat’s autobiography The Search: Personal Papers (1996) with an eye on the position of the body in their battles for equality and freedom. Although the “body” and “sexuality” are not part of the feminist and literary narratives about these women, I focus on their intimate reflections on femininity, love, and marriage. I intend to show how their female bodies remained particularly relevant, as their appearances and their desires were used against them, even when they did not explicitly transgress sexual and gender norms. In fact, Shafik and El-Zayyat themselves were able to confront political repression more readily than the suppression of their own bodies and sexuality. However, despite it being the locus of external and internal oppressions, the activists discussed here transformed their bodies into a tool of resistance at later stages of their lives, especially through their experiences of imprisonment. I situate this argument within the context of the post-colonial nation to emphasize that women’s bodies were not automatically freed with national independence, despite the post-colonial project’s revolutionary credentials and emancipatory promises for women.
A Muffled Scream: Queer Affects in Abdellah Taïa’s Salvation Army
Authors: Georgis Dina
Published: May 2020

This paper reads Abdellah Taïa’s Salvation Army, a semi-autobiographical film that chronicles the coming of age of a Moroccan boy through its queer affects. Set in both Morocco and Switzerland, Taïa’s protagonist is neither a victim nor oppressed by the socio-economic and patriarchal conditions of his existence. His sexuality is naive and perverse, exploited and exploitative. Queer knowledge in this film breaks down at many levels. The effect of this confusion is the film’s insistence on reading the narrative outside of easy sexual epistemologies. This paper defines “queer” not simply in terms of sexual orientation but as an affective relationship to loss. Borne from the traces of sexual being, queer affects resist the domestication of the sexual for social recognition. They are the parts of us that refuse to be colonized into affable, upright subjects. In Salvation Army, the protagonist grows up to be gay, as we have come to understand this word, but his subjectivity remains ambivalent and in mourning.