bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A study to assess awareness about HIV/AIDS among rural population of central India
Authors: Kawale Shailesh K. , Sharma Vivek , Thaware Prafulla P. , Mohankar Atul D.
Published: December 2017

Background: Prevention and control of HIV/AIDS depends on general knowledge and attitude towards HIV/AIDS. So the present study was conducted with the aim to assess knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices regarding HIV infection and AIDS among rural peoples.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among peoples age more than 15 years in a villages which comes under field practice area of rural health training centre (RHTC) of our medical college. Total 396 individuals were interviewed during March 2015 to April 2015 by using predesigned and pretested questionnaire after taking written informed consent.Results: 71.5% knows uninfected faithful partner and 82.1% thinks use of condom will prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS to their partners. 46.7% thinks mosquito bite, 37.6% thinks sharing food transmit HIV/AIDS. 83.1% knows pregnancy and 79.3% knows breastfeeding transmit HIV to their children. 61.1% willing for not to keep HIV status secret, 81.6% willing to take care of relatives having HIV, 88.6% allow HIV positive teachers to continue teaching and 68.4% will buy vegetables from HIV positive shopkeeper. 36.8% knows nearby place where condoms are available and 49.7% knows nearby place for HIV testing.Conclusions:People have good knowledge about HIV transmission i.e. faithful partner, condom use, pregnancy and breast feeding. Still some misconceptions need to be address regarding mosquito bite and sharing food with person having HIV/AIDS. Participants have poor knowledge about nearby availability of services related to HIV/AIDS.
Functional outcome and complications in closed and grade I open tibia shaft fracture operated with intramedullary interlocking nail
Authors: Khairnar Ganesh , Naskar Rajib , Raja Balgovind S. , Mehendiratta Dhanish V.
Published: December 2017

Background: Treatment of open tibia fracture is controversial. Complications such as infection, re-operation, non-union and poor consolidation are also relatively common after these fractures. While grade II and III fractures are mostly treated with detriment and external fixator, grade I fractures are a matter of controversy. The purpose of this study is to evaluate factors affecting deep infections and fracture healing of closed and grade I open fracture of the tibial shaft treated with immediate or delayed interlocking IMN, and to study the functional outcome of the same.

Methods: 60 Patients admitted to our institute with diagnosis of closed or grade 1 open tibia shaft fracture aged more than 18 years old between May 2016 to December 2016 were included. After initial evaluation and investigation, they were posted for surgery. Closed reduction and fixation with intramedullary nailing were done under spinal anesthesia. After discharge patients were followed up at an interval of 3 weeks, 3 months and 6 months and were evaluated using Johner and Wruhs criteria.

Results: In our study, 91.67% patients have got excellent, 3.33% good and 1.67% poor results according to Johner and Wruhs criteria.

Conclusions: Closed and grade one open fractures of the tibia shaft, managed with interlocking intramedullary nailing involves minimal surgical trauma and negligible blood loss while provides the advantages of early ambulation, lower rate of infection, delayed union, non-union and mal-union.

 
Functional analysis of cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty with medial calcar augmentation for unstable intertrochanteric fractures in elderly
Authors: T. Sivabalan , V. Thirunarayanan , Kumar S. Senthil , D. R. Ramprasath , Ahmed S. Basheer
Published: December 2017

Background: Intertrochanteric fracture is one of the most common fractures among the elderly osteoporotic population, constituting about 50% of hip fractures. These fractures are managed either by fixation using dynamic hip screw (DHS), proximal femur nail (PFN) or by replacement, based on the stability of fracture pattern, age of the patient, quality of bone and associated co-morbid conditions. Prosthetic replacement which is routinely done for femoral neck fractures requires modification when done for trochanteric fractures to improve stability. This study aims to analyse the short term functional outcome of cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty with medial calcar augmentation for unstable intertrochanteric fractures in elderly.

Methods: Our study includes 60 patients of age more than 70 years admitted in our institution during June 2012 to September 2016 with unstable intertrochanteric fractures. All patients operated through posterior approach to hip and cemented hemiarthroplasty with medial calcar augmentation with bone graft was done. Patients were followed up for an average of period of 2 years. Functional outcome was evaluated with Harris Hip score.

Results: 28% of cases had excellent outcome. 43% of cases had good and 23% of cases had fair outcome. 2% of cases ended with poor outcome. The in-hospital mortality rate was 3.3%. The survival rate of the patients in this study at the end of one year is 85%.

Conclusions: Cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty with medial calcar augumentation can be considered as a good primary option for elderly unstable intertrochanteric fracture patients with osteoporotic bones and associated co-morbidities.

 

 
Garga and Early Astral Science in India
Authors: Geslani Marko , Mak Bill , Yano Michio , Zysk Kenneth G.
Published: December 2017

This article forms a preliminary report on the work by an international group of scholars on Garga, an important early authority on astral science (jyotiṣa). Reviewing past research on the texts associated with this figure, we focus especially on the earliest text, the Gārgīyajyotiṣa (ca. first century CE?), a compendium of material on astral and terrestrial omens, ritual, horoscopy, and astronomy, that prefigures Varāhamihira's well-known Bṛhatsaṃhitā. The contributions include text-critical observations based on select chapters, remarks on astral omens and their relevance to the possible dating of the text, and a discussion of the texts potential for the study of Hindu ritual. The article also begins to disambiguate the broader Garga corpus by including a chapter summary of a somewhat later Gargasaṃhitā, containing mainly astronomical materials.
"Montevideo, Taste of a Dream" – an ideological buffet as the basis of a blockbuster
Authors: Kovačević Ivan
Published: December 2017

The analysis of the film Montevideo, Taste of a Dream starts off from the fact that over half a million people saw the film in theatres, and the sequel did almost as good. The causes for this kind of popularity, which have made the film one of the most successful blockbusters in Serbia, may be found in the wide spectrum of ideological content in the film. This content is evident in the characterization of the characters and, especially, in the oppositional relations established between them. The main oppositions in the film are between the Yugoslav ideology of the state and the desire for an independent Serbia, between the bourgeois-patriarchal and free-celibate understanding of love and marriage, and hedonism as opposed to political activism. Along with local-patriotism, a bourgeois view of love and marriage based on romance, the idea of socially responsible entrepreneurship and football supporting, these oppositions make up a wide array of ideological content offered by the film. This has enabled viewers to selectively identify with these ideas and, in turn, enabled the great success of the film.
Et in Patria ego: Medieval monuments in travelogues from Serbia from the beginning of the 19th century
Authors: Stevović Ivan
Published: December 2017

The paper analyzes writings on medieval monuments in Serbia noted in a number of literary essays written after the Second Serbian uprising. Seeing as in prior historiographical accounts these data on Serbian antiques were mostly viewed from a positivist angle, when it comes to medieval research, or as a written echo of the encompassing national revival in the interpretations of newer artwork, special attention has been paid to specific authors, their intellectual origins and heritage with which they had firstly encountered monuments from the distant past, and to a specific cultural rift caused by the extent of their lack of knowledge on the fatherland of their ancestors. As opposed to texts by "domestic" authors such as Đorđe Magarašević and Joakim Vujić, the travelogue by the Prussian officer Otto Dubislav von Pirch reflects a clear awareness of European spiritual and material values of Serbian medieval history, displayed through the literary manner appropriate at the time.
Film as artefact: "Something in Between" by Srđan Karanović
Authors: Erdei Ildiko
Published: December 2017

The paper uses the approach of studies of material culture to study film as a cultural artefact, and analyzes the film "Something in Between" using the methods of artefact analysis suggested by Jules Prown. The phases of analysis are: description – a thick description of the analyzed artefact/thing; evaluation – positioning the analyzed thing in a wider historical, social, cultural, political context in which it acquires specific meanings.
Growth of Islamic banking in India: discriminant analysis approach
Authors: Kannaiah Desti , Masvood Yaaseen , Lokesh Choudary Y.
Published: December 2017

Islamic finance presents a new avenue as a novel alternative to the conventional financial set-up in this country. The purpose of this study is to find out the prospects of Islamic banking in India. The objectives of this study have been met by conducting a survey to elicit the responses from retail customers of both private and public sector banks in four cities of South India. The survey was carried out among both Muslims and non-Muslims to find out about the awareness levels, patronage, motivation and perception towards Islamic banking in India. The results reveal that the respondents have a favorable perception towards Islamic banking, especially from the city of Hyderabad, since it has got a lot of institutions that run courses on Islamic banking. In the current study, it is found that Islamic banking is having low level of awareness among the respondents. However, the attitude towards adoption of Islamic Banking seems encouraging, as reflected in the study. The findings of this research gain significance due to the fact that this sample represents a segment of the entire population of South India and thus, acts as a pre-cursor to a detailed study involving various other such demographic denominations. The future directions for this research could be carried out by drawing such clusters across the rest of the country. This may help to understand and get a better and broader perspective of the need for Islamic banking and hence, its prospects in India.
The impact of transforming bank advisory services to borrowers on non-interest revenue generation
Authors: Nkwaira Chekani , Walters Kruger Jan
Published: December 2017

The challenges of revenue generation by banks are evident if one considers the accusations labelled against the banks of aggressive lending (Archaya & Naqvi, 2012), which basically centers on the pursuit of profits with minimum regard to risk management. If not read or if read in passing, loan terms can be used to destroy the reputation of banks when accusations of predatory loans surface. It is argued here that even if understood at the time of signing the acceptance of the loan, there is no guarantee that the terms are still top of mind of borrowers, especially those who borrow for a long term. Banks can use their advisory skills to periodically take borrowers through loan terms, confirm understanding, detect any wanton behaviors (WB) from borrowers’ financial activities that go against financial astuteness and may jeopardize repayment capabilities and offer advice on practices that are not counter to repayment capabilities. Banks can mitigate the challenges in interest income generation, particularly from a default point of view by periodically engaging borrowers to specifically advice on behavioral issues that manifest themselves in financial levers. Since borrowers stand to gain immeasurable value out of these engagements, banks can justifiably levy borrower advisory service fees (BASF) and wanton hazard fee (WHF). The authors show, through the application of the BASF and WHF, the potential income banks can generate. Using the BASF and WHF as sources of non-interest income, the potential benefit taking into account the credit loss as a function of BASF accruing to the bank is established.
Microbial characteristics of landfill leachate disposed by aerobic moving bed biofilm reactor
Authors: Wang Guangzhi , Chen Rui , Huang Likun , Ma Hemeng , Mu Deying , Zhao Qingliang
Published: December 2017

An aerobic moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) was applied to treat landfill leachate generated from a domestic waste incineration plant. Pollutant removal efficiency of this reactor under stable operating condition was studied. The biomass, bacteria species, and microbial metabolism in this reactor were investigated. These results showed that the average removal efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammonia nitrogen in the aerobic MBBR achieved 64% and 97% in the optimum conditions, respectively. The three-dimensional fluorescence spectrum revealed that the content of soluble microbial byproducts from extracellular polymeric substances extraction in suspended sludge was much higher than that on biofilm, and the types of pollutants were various in different regions of the reactor. It also indicated that the MBBR system had a stable, rich and regular microorganism community, including large amounts of nitrifying bacteria and denitrifying bacteria. Scanning electron microscopy suggested that biofilm attached to the packing provided a good anoxic–aerobic micro environment system to achieve a high metabolic activity, which favored COD and ammonia removal.
Return Migration of Ethnic Turkish Youth to Turkish Universities
Authors: KÜTÜK Birsen Şahin , ErgÜn NurtaÇ , Çoban Sevgi , Alpaslan Gonca GÖkalp
Published: December 2017

We examined the return migration of ethnic Turkish youth who were living in European countries to universities in Turkey. We conducted semistructured interviews with 27 students who had come to Turkey from Western European countries to attend university. We found that the education
system of the host country was more difficult for participants than Turkey’s education system. Cultural capital, which includes parental higher education expectations, ethnic native and host country language skills, and ethnic culture, affected participants’ return migration decision
making. Social capital, involving previous visits to see relatives in Turkey, also affected this decision. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Characteristics of Dasiglucagon, a Novel Soluble and Stable Glucagon Analog
Authors: Hövelmann Ulrike , Bysted Britta Væver , Mouritzen Ulrik , Macchi Francesca , Lamers Daniela , Kronshage Birgit , Møller Daniél Vega , Heise Tim
Published: December 2017

OBJECTIVE

Treatment of severe hypoglycemia outside of the hospital setting is limited to glucagon formulations requiring reconstitution before use, which may lead to erroneous or delayed glucagon administration. We compared the pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) characteristics and safety and tolerability of different doses of dasiglucagon, a novel soluble glucagon analog, with approved pediatric and full doses of GlucaGen in insulin-induced hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

In this single-center, randomized, double-blind trial, 58 patients with type 1 diabetes received single subcutaneous injections of 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, or 1.0 mg dasiglucagon or 0.5 or 1.0 mg GlucaGen in a state of hypoglycemia (blood glucose target 55 mg/dL) induced by an intravenous insulin infusion.

RESULTS

Dasiglucagon demonstrated a dose-dependent and rapid increase in plasma concentrations, reaching a maximum at ∼35 min with a half-life of ∼0.5 h. Dasiglucagon rapidly increased plasma glucose (PG) by ≥20 mg/dL (9–14 min) to PG ≥70 mg/dL (within 6–10 min), similar to GlucaGen, but with a longer-lasting and greater effect on PG. All patients on both treatments reached these end points within 30 min (predefined success criteria). Both treatments were well tolerated. Nausea was the most frequent adverse event, occurring at a similar rate (44–56%).

CONCLUSIONS

Dasiglucagon was well tolerated and showed an early PD response similar to that of GlucaGen at corresponding doses, suggesting comparable clinical effects of the two glucagon formulations. Dasiglucagon has the potential to become an effective and reliable rescue treatment for severe hypoglycemia in a ready-to-use pen.
Kognitiivinen uupumus ja kieli MS-taudissa. Semispontaanien narratiivien määrällinen ja laadullinen analyysi
Authors: Heikkola Leena Maria
Published: December 2017

Leena Maria Heikkolan suomen kielen alaan kuuluva väitöskirja tarkastettiin Åbo Akademissa perjantaina 17. maaliskuuta 2017. Vastaväittäjänä toimi professori Anneli Pajunen Tampereen yliopistosta ja kustoksena professori Urpo Nikanne.

 

Leena Maria Heikkola: Kognitiivinen uupumus ja kieli MS-taudissa. Semispontaanien narratiivien määrällinen ja laadullinen analyysi. Åbo: Åbo Akademi University Press 2017.

Kirja on luettavissa myös verkkojulkaisuna http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/133657
Kielipolitiikan analyysia viittomakielten näkökulmasta
Authors: Nuolijärvi Pirkko
Published: December 2017

Arvioitu teos:

Maartje De Meulder: The power of language policy. The legal recognition of sign languages and the aspirations of deaf communities. Jyväskylä Studies in Humanities 301. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto 2016. Yhteenveto-osuus 134 s. ja viisi artikkelia. ISBN 978-951-39-6875-5.
Ensimmäinen englanninkielinen koltansaamen kielioppi
Authors: Juutinen Markus , Lehtinen Miika
Published: December 2017

Arvioitu teos:

Timothy Feist: A grammar of Skolt Saami. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 273. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura 2015. 414 s. ISBN 978-952-5667-74-5.
Kielen matka puheesta kirjoitukseen – miten ja miksi
Authors: Hokkanen Sari
Published: December 2017

Arvioitu teos:

Liisa Tiittula & Pirkko Nuolijärvi (toim.): Puheesta tekstiksi. Puheen kirjallisen esittämisen alueita, keinoja ja rajoja. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran toimituksia 1424. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura 2016. 286 s. ISBN 978-952-222-735-5.
Toisen ja vieraan kielen sujuvuus kognitiivisesta näkökulmasta
Authors: Olkkonen Sanna
Published: December 2017

Sanna Olkkosen soveltavan kielitieteen alaan kuuluva väitöskirja tarkastettiin Jyväskylän yliopistossa lauantaina 27. toukokuuta 2017. Vastaväittäjänä toimi associate professor Patrick Snellings Amsterdamin yliopistosta ja kustoksena filosofian tohtori Lea Nieminen.

 

Sanna Olkkonen: Second and foreign language fluency from cognitive perspective: Inefficiency and control of attention in lexical access. Jyväskylä Studies in Humanities 314. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto 2017. Kirja on luettavissa osoitteessa http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-7062-8.
Kattava kuvaus itämerensuomen balttilaislainoista
Authors: Häkkinen Kaisa
Published: December 2017

Arvioitu teos

Santeri Junttila: Tiedon kumuloituminen ja trendit lainasanatutkimuksessa. Kantasuomen balttilaislainojen tutkimushistoria. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto 2015. 291 s. ISBN 978-951-1841-7.
Monimenetelmäinen tutkimus toimittajien kielikäsityksistä ja kielenhuoltodiskursseista
Authors: Mäntynen Anne
Published: December 2017

Arvioitu teos

Maija Saviniemi: On noloa, jos ammattilaiset tekevät tökeröitä kielivirheitä. Toimitushenkilökunnan kielenhuoltotiedot, -käytännöt ja -diskurssit. Acta Universitatis Ouluensis. B Humaniora 127. Oulu: Oulunyliopisto 2015. 326 s. + liitteet. ISBN 978-952-62-0776-6.
For the Diversity of the Historiography of Science
Authors: Condé Mauro L. , Salomon Marlon
Published: December 2017

From the Editors
Magic vs. Science in the Historiography of Science
Authors: Maia Carlos Alvarez
Published: December 2017

The historiography of scientific studies has suffered from a great impact, that is rarely referred to, from anthropological analyses of magic in so-called primitive societies. The emphasis brought by criticism during the 1950/1960’s of Evans-Pritchard’s 1937 classic, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande, brought a fresh look at certainties already consolidated in Western thought, especially those relating to rational human characteristics and science. For the history, these criticisms were interesting because they were presented science as a historically situated activity, in the same way as magic. It favours, therefore, the proximity of historians tout court with the history of the sciences that resists its absences even today. This renewal helped to create a scenario that would enable David Bloor to develop the strong program of Sociology of Knowledge in the 1970s. Such a program indicates the analogous process that involves both the social production of beliefs and that of scientific truths. In this paper I evaluate the proximity of magic-science from the point of view of contemporary studies about scientific activity, questioning the concepts of rationality and logic as if they were exclusive qualities of scientific activity.
Pierre Duhem’s use of the return to the sources as a justification tool
Authors: Le Roux Benjamin , Krasnodębski Marcin
Published: December 2017

Les origines de la statique, published in 1905 by physicist and historian of physical theories Pierre Duhem, offers not only a radically new interpretation of the history of statics but also represents a milestone in the methodology of history of science thanks to a particular form of historical reasoning as deployed by the author to justify his hypotheses. This article uses a quantitative analysis of the references contained in the book’s footnotes in order to study the way Duhem validated his assertions. We highlight in particular his relentless will to return to the original texts. This method is one of the reasons why Duhem’s book (and more generally the Duhemian methodology) had such a lasting impact on French epistemology.
Book Review - Seidengart, Jean. Vérité Scientifique et Verité Philosophique dans l'Œuvre d'Alexandre Koyré
Authors: Machado Hallhane , Salomon Marlon
Published: December 2017

Book ReviewSeidengart, Jean. Vérité Scientifique et Verité Philosophique dans l'Œuvre d'Alexandre Koyré. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2016. 360pp. ISBN: 9782251420677
MENGGALI NILAI DAN FUNGSI CERITA RAKYAT SULTAN HADIRIN DAN MASJID WALI AT-TAQWA LORAM KULON KUDUS
Authors: Kanzunnudin Mohammad
Published: December 2017

Penelitian tentang cerita prosa rakyat “Sultan Hadirin dan Masjid Wali At-Taqwa Loram Kulon” di desa Loram Kulon, Kecamatan Jati, Kabupaten Kudus, Jawa Tengah; bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan nilai dan fungsi cerita rakyat Sutan Hadirin dan Masjid Wali At-Taqwa Loram Kulon. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode etnografi. Teknik pengumpulan data  dengan  studi pustaka, observasi, wawancara mendalam, perekaman, pencatatan, dan pemotretan. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa cerita prosa rakyat “Sutan Hadirin dan Masjid Wali At-Taqwa Loram Kulon” memiliki nilai-nialai kearifan lokal dan nilai pendidikan. Nilai kearifan lokal  berupa nilai kepemimpinan, nilai pengabdian, nilai tradisi, nilai budaya, dan nilai sosial. Nilai pendidikan mencakupi etika dan moral, budi pekerti, keteladanan dan kepahlawanan, dan religius. Adapun fungsinya mencakupi (1)sarana pendidikan, (2) sarana untuk mengesahkan pranata-pranata sosial bersifat kolektif yang harus ditaati oleh anggota masyarakat, (3) sarana untuk membangun karakter dan identitas suatu masyarakat, (4) Sarana untuk pengenalan dan pemahaman terhadap nilai-nilai budaya suatu masyaraka, dan (5) sebagai modal sosial untuk berinteraksi dan berkomunikasi antaranggota atau komunitas suatu masyarakat.Kata kunci:  Nilai, fungsi, cerita prosa rakyat Sultan Hadirin dan Masjid Wali At-Taqwa Loram Kulon.
MEDIA WAYANG MINI DALAM PEMBELAJARAN KETERAMPILAN BERBICARA BAGI PEMELAJAR BIPA A1 UNIVERSITAS EZZITOUNA TUNISIA
Authors: Widianto Eko
Published: December 2017

Penelitian ini ditulis dengan tujuan untuk mendeskripsikan penggunaan media wayang mini untuk pembelajaran keterampilan berbicara bagi pemelajar BIPA tingkat A1 di Universitas Ezzitouna, Tunisia. Metode yang digunakan dalam melakukan penelitian adalah metode penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, ditemukan manfaat penggunaan media wayang mini dalam pembelajaran keterampilan berbicara bagi pemelajar BIPA di Universitas Ezzitouna, Tunisia. Media wayang mini juga dapat digunakan sebagai sarana diplomasi budaya dalam aspek sosiokultural. Adapun manfaat penggunaan media pembelajaran tersebut yaitu (1) pembelajaran lebih komunikatif dan menarik; (2) meminimalkan proses translasi/terjemah dalam pembelajaran; (3) menguatkan ingatan pemelajar BIPA terhadap suatu kosakata maupun konsep karena media bersifat ikonis; (4) pemelajar lebih banyak beraktivitas dalam mengeksplorasi media; (5) bahan ajar menjadi lebih bermakna; dan (6) sarana diplomasi budaya Indonesia. Dalam penelitian ini, dikemukakan pula langkah-langkah pembelajaran yang dapat dilakukan dalam pembelajaran BIPA keterampilan berbicara menggunakan media wayang mini.
Influencing the Message: The Role of Media Ownership on the Press Coverage of the 2015 Presidential Electoral Campaign in Nigeria
Authors: Abubakre Fatima Iyabo
Published: December 2017

This study focuses on the role of media ownership on the press coverage of the 2015 presidential election campaign in Nigeria. Using content analysis, the aim of the study was to identify the themes and examine the direction of the coverage of election campaign news items between the two main political parties in the country-Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) published in The Nation on one hand and the Nigerian Tribune on the other hand, between January 2015 and March 2015. Findings from the study indicate coverage replete with biases, although with some remarkable incidents of objectivity and balancing, and show that the two newspapers analysed in this study merely reflected the political leanings of their respective publishers.Este estudo se centra no papel da propriedade da mídia na cobertura jornalística das eleições presidenciais de 2015 na Nigéria. Por meio de análise de conteúdo, seu objetivo é identificar os temas e examinar os direcionamentos dos itens noticiosos relacionados à cobertura da campanha ente os dois principais partidos do país – Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) e o All Progressives Congress (APC) – e que foram publicados entre janeiro e março de 2015 nos jornais The Natione Nigerian Tribune. Os resultados do estudo apontam para uma cobertura repleta de vieses, apesar de alguns incidentes relevantes de objetividade e de equilíbrio, e mostram que os dois jornais analisados simplesmente refletem os direcionamentos políticos de seus respectivos proprietários. Este estudio se centra en el papel de la propiedad de los medios en la cobertura de prensa de las campañas electorales presidenciales de 2015 en Nigeria. Utilizando análisis de contenido, el objetivo del estudio fue identificar los temas y examinar el direccionamiento de la cobertura y de las noticias sobre la campaña electoral entre los dos principales partidos políticos del país: el Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) y o All Progressives Congress (APC), publicadas en The Nation y en el Nigerian Tribune, entre enero de 2015 y marzo de 2015. Las encuestas de estudio indican una cobertura repleta de vieses, aunque con algunos incidentes relevantes de objetividad y  equilibrio, y muestra que los dos periódicos analizados reflejan simplemente las directrices de los respectivos propietarios.
Introduction to the Special Issue: Journalism in Brazil and Africa: Cross-influences, Developments, and Perspectives
Authors: Frère Marie-Soleil , Hohlfeldt Antonio Carlos , Milton Viola , Salgado Susana
Published: December 2017

Introduction to the Special Issue
Portugal Democrático: An Exiles’ Newspaper
Authors: Travancas Isabel
Published: December 2017

The purpose of this article is to present the newspaper Portugal Democrático (Democratic Portugal) through its history, its style and format. It is a periodical publication produced in São Paulo by Portuguese exiles during the dictatorship of Antônio Salazar (1926-1974). The newspaper began to circulate in 1956 and came to an end in 1975, a year after the Carnation Revolution that occurred on April 25, 1974. Fighting the Salazar dictatorship outside Portugal was the reason for the creation of the newspaper in Brazil, where it also had the collaboration of Brazilian journalists and intellectuals. This paper analyzes the newspaper Portugal Democrático both in its political aspect and in its editorial feature and concludes that the paper played a greater role than informative. It was an important part of the international opposition movement and resistance to Salazar's dictatorial regime.O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar o jornal Portugal Democrático através de sua história, de seu estilo e formato. Trata-se de uma publicação periódica produzida em São Paulo por exilados portugueses durante a ditadura de Antônio Salazar (1926-1974). O jornal começou a circular em 1956 e chegou ao fim em 1975, um ano depois da Revolução dos Cravos ocorrida em 25 de abril de 1974. Lutar contra a ditadura salazarista fora de Portugal foi o motivo da criação do jornal no Brasil, onde contou com a colaboração de jornalistas e intelectuais brasileiros. O trabalho analisa o jornal Portugal Democrático tanto em seu aspecto político quanto em sua feição editorial e conclui que o periódico teve um papel maior do que informativo. Ele foi parte importante no movimento internacional de oposição e resistência ao regime ditatorial de Salazar.El objetivo de este artículo es dar a conocer el periódico Portugal Democrático a través de su historia, de su estilo y formato. Se trata de una publicación periódica producida en São Paulo por los exiliados portugueses durante la dictadura de Antônio Salazar (1926-1974). El periódico comenzó a circular en 1956 y dejó de publicarse en 1975, un año después de la Revolución de los Claveles el 25 de abril de 1974. La lucha contra la dictadura salazarista que se llevó a cabo fuera de Portugal fue el motivo de la creación del periódico en Brasil, en la que colaboraron periodistas e intelectuales brasileños. Este trabajo analiza el periódico tanto en el aspecto político como en el editorial. Una de las conclusiones principales es la gran relevancia que el periódico tuvo más allá de su rol informativo, formando parte del movimiento internacional de oposición y resistencia al régimen dictatorial de Salazar.
Police Case or Public Health Issue? Printed Journalism Frames on Crack Use in São Paulo
Authors: Sbaraini Fontes Giulia , Ferracioli Paulo
Published: December 2017

Based on Entman’s (1993) and Iyengar’s (1996) concepts , this article intends to identify the frames practiced by O Estado de São Paulo (OESP) and Folha de S. Paulo (FSP) for the crack issue during Gilberto Kassab’s (2009 to 2012) and Fernando Haddad’s administrations (2013 to 2016). For that, 120 texts were analyzed, with the hypothesis that the newspapers’ political positions are also translated in their information material - and, therefore, FSP and OESP would present different coverages. The results confirmed this hypothesis, since OESP addressed the issue from the health point of view in both periods, with emphasis on public safety during the second administration. In addition to the health issue, FSP has focused on public safety aspects in Kassab’s administration and economy in Haddad’s administration. Despite this, newspapers have brought similarities, such as the use of episodic frame in most of the texts.Partindo dos conceitos de Entman (1993) e Iyengar (1996), esse artigo pretende identificar quais os frames praticados por O Estado de S. Paulo (OESP) e Folha de S. Paulo (FSP) para a questão do crack durante as gestões de Gilberto Kassab (2009 a 2012) e de Fernando Haddad (2013 a 2016). Para tanto foram analisados 120 textos, com a hipótese de que as posições políticas dos jornais se traduzem, também, em seu material informativo – e, por isso, FSP e OESP apresentariam coberturas distintas. Os resultados confirmaram tal hipótese, pois OESP abordou o assunto sob a ótica da saúde nos dois períodos, com destaque para a segurança pública durante a segunda gestão. Já FSP enfocou, além da questão de saúde, aspectos de segurança pública na gestão Kassab e de economia na de Haddad. Apesar disso, os jornais trouxeram semelhanças, como o uso do frame episódico na maioria das matérias. Desde los conceptos de Entman (1993) y Iyengar (1996), este artículo tiene como objetivo identificar los enmarcamientos usados por O Estado de S. Paulo (OESP) y Folha de S. Paulo (FSP) para cestión de crack durante las administraciones de Gilberto Kassab (2009-2012) y Fernando Haddad (2013-2016). Por lo tanto, se analizaron 120 textos, con la hipótesis de que las posiciones políticas de los periódicos se traducen también en su material de información - y por lo tanto, FSP y OESP presentarían diferentes coberturas. Los resultados confirmaron esta hipótesis, ya que el OESP se acercó a la cuestión desde la perspectiva de la salud en ambos períodos, sobre todo para la seguridad pública durante el segundo término. Ya el FSP se centró, más allá del tema de la salud, los aspectos de seguridad pública en la gestión Kassab y economía en Haddad. Sin embargo, los periodicos trajeron similitudes, tales como el uso de enmarcamiento episódico en la mayoría de los textos.
SME’s Performance Through Comparative Performance Indicators, Measured by Business
Statistics- Albania Case
Authors: Rembeci Godiva
Published: December 2017

Now days there is a global consensus among all stakeholders that SMEs represent a driving force to the overall economic development, due to their significant contribution both on GDP and employment of national economies. SMEs also by numbers dominate the world business stage, although their contribution does vary among the countries. SMEs in Albania represents about 98% of the total enterprises with a contribution to national GDP for about 70%. The structure and the performance of national economy is depended very much on the economic performance and contribution of SME, that’s why most of the governments have strategic programmes which support the SME’s development. To measure SMEs’ performance and their ability to compete on national and international markets requires a lot of information in all aspects. Through this paper the author aims to measure and analyze the economic performance of SMEs operating in Albania. To achieve this objective, official data on business statistics published by national the statistical office (INSTAT) are used for two years period 2014-2015. In addition using an international framework addressed to the objective “improve the techniques for SMEs productivity measurement”, for the first time, a set of comparative performance indicators is established and in doing so, those results can be used as term of reference in future research activities in SMEs sector. From the results it came out that although the positive growth rate of GDP during the last years , the performance indicators of SMEs show a slightly negative trend, indicating indirectly the need for support, in order to empower their contribution in national economy.
Domestic Violence and Patriarchy in Turkey
Authors: Ökten Şevket
Published: December 2017

Violence against women being a global epidemic that kills tortures and maims women physically and psychologically. The most common and widespread form of the violence is domestic violence. Violent behaviors such as beating, pushing, slapping or throwing things by family members; sexual, emotional, economic violence against women in the home, within the family or in a relationship is considered as domestic violence. Domestic violence is common place in Turkey though majority of women do not justify its occurrences as indicated by different nationwide studies conducted in Turkey. Instead nearly half of women who were subjected to violence remained isolation and overwhelming majority of victims avoided to get help from status apparatus. This study attempts to find out that why nearly half of women who are subjected to physical violence in Turkey did not share their experiences of violence to anyone before these studies. This study regards the patriarchal system and practices as the obstruction which deter overwhelming majority of women who are subjected to physical violence to express their suffering and seek help from state apparatus
How Generation “Z” Learns Better?
Authors: Hilčenko Slavoljub
Published: December 2017

In this paper, we started from the established view that the information technology has (IT) improved the education, regarding that it gives better results in students learning (Generation “Z”) as compared to traditional methods of work. The aim of this paper is to present the research results that we obtained. They show that students achieve better results by learning identical content in the traditional way (from the book), but using the technology. However, when the same material for students learning is offered in the form of thoughtful-appropriate and multimedia-interactive e-animated content with the direct manipulation, IT has claimed the advantage.
Effect Dispersibility of MWCNT on the Mechanical and Tribological Performance of Polymer Nanocomposite Coating
Authors: Al-kawaz Ammar
Published: December 2017

To utilize MWCNTs as influential reinforcement in polymer composites, reasonable dispersion and a satisfactory interfacial bond between the MWCNTs and polymer matrix must be ensured. The chemical modification of carbon nanotube surface (CNTs) could enhance their chemical compatibility and dispersibility with the polymer matrix. In this study, polymer matrix composites reinforced by pristine MWCNT and MWCNT grafted PMMA (CNTPMMA) were prepared. A comparative study executed to analyze the impact of MWCNT dispersion on the mechanical and tribological performance of the resultant polymer nanocomposite coating. The results showed that the dispersion of carbon nanotubes in the base polymeric material was improved after being grafted with polymethyl meth acrylate chains, and thus improved their mechanical and tribological performance in the composite coatings.
PENGEMBANGAN ARMADA PANCING TUNA DENGAN RUMPON DI PERAIRAN PUGER, JAWA TIMUR (The Development of Troll Lines Using Fish Agregation Device (FADs) in Puger Waters, East Java)
Authors: Sari Ratih Purnama , Nurani Tri Wiji , Wisudo Sugeng Hari , Zulkarnain .
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACTFisheries sector is undergoing a crisis in global dimensions for the last few years caused of unsustainable consumption, overfishing, as well as the increasing of pollution and climate change distribution. One of the overfishing area is South coast Java Seas) where this has the potential resources of tuna included Puger waters. Tunas are catched by troll lines around fish aggregating devices (FADs). Increasing population of FADs can effect tuna resources such as: the size and qualities decreased. The results showed that the length of catched tunas were between 40-49 cm, the weights were from 0 to 3.5 kg, and the organoleptics were dominated on 6 scale. These indicated that tunas had the unexpected sizes and exportless. The rising of FADs utilization also contributed to the increasing insidence of conflicts among fishery stakeholders. There were three kinds of conlicts in Puger, such as: latent conflict (shipping crew and TPI), felt conflict (internal shipping crew), and manifest conflict (shipping crew-institution). Development strategy formula was conducted by SWOT analysis. The important thing for government to overcome these problems were continuing in area socializing, utilization programme of coastal area for integrated and sustainable fisheries.Key words: catch composition analysis, FADs, social conflict, strategy of fisheries development-------ABSTRAKSektor perikanan sedang mengalami krisis dalam dimensi global pada beberapa tahun terakhir ini. Hal ini disebabkan karena pola konsumsi yang tidak berkesinambungan, overfishing, dan polusi serta perubahan iklim. Salah satu wilayah yang mengalami overfishing adalah Samudera Hindia Selatan Jawa dimana wilayah ini memiliki sumberdaya tuna yang potensial. Wilayah tersebut mencakup Perairan Puger, Jawa Timur. Tuna ditangkap menggunakan alat tangkap pancing dan alat bantu rumpon. Peningkatan rumpon dapat mengakibatkan sumberdaya tuna menurun yang dilihat berdasarkan komposisi ukuran dan menimbulkan konflik diantara stakeholder. Sebagai tambahan, penangkapan tuna oleh armada pancing menunjukkan kualitas tuna yang rendah akibat penanganan yang buruk. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa komposisi ukuran tuna berada pada selang 40-49 cm dengan berat ikan pada selang 0-3,5 kg. Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa tuna memiliki ukuran tidak layak tangkap dan ekspor. Terdapat tiga jenis konflik di Puger, seperti: Latent conflict (Nelayan rumpon dan TPI), felt conflict (antara nelayan rumpon), manifest conflict (nelayan rumpon dan instansi pemerintah). Perumusan strategi pengembangan dilakukan menggunakan analisis SWOT. Hal yang paling penting bagi pemerintah dalam mengatasi permasalahan tersebut adalah dengan adanya sosialisasi daerah, program pengembangan wilayah pesisir terpadu dan berkesinambungan.Kata kunci: analisis komposisi hasil tangkapan, rumpon, konflik sosial, strategi pengembanganperikanan
PERBAIKAN KONSTRUKSI BUBU ELVER SKALA LABORATORIUM (Correction of Elver Trap Contruction in Laboratory Scale)
Authors: Sururi Misbah , Puspito Gondo , Yusfiandayani Roza
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACTPVC trap is used by fisherman in Java Island, southern waters to capture elver, or juvenileeels measuring < 10 gr. The problems are that trap catches too less and elver in injured condition,while buyers need a lot of good elvers for cultivating. This study tried to fix a trap construction sothat function more effective and doesn’t hurt elver. All experiments were conducted in the FishingGear Laboratory, Bogor Agricultural University. Three sections of traps were examined were therear cover of trap construction, entrance of trap construction and application two doors of traps.Furthermore, new traps made by three criteria were obtained. The entire test was conducted in theexperimental tank containing between 30-100 elvers. The test was done as much as 20-25 timeswith 20 minutes soaking time. The results showed that more elvers enter the trap which does notseal, the entrance was made from nets and had two doors of the trap. The construction trap basedon three criteria was more effective which could trap 355 elvers or 6.12 times more than thefisherman’s trap (58 elvers).Key words: elver, PVC traps, ijep, Java Island, laboratory--------ABSTRAKBubu paralon digunakan oleh nelayan di perairan selatan Pulau Jawa untuk menangkapjuvenil sidat (elver) berukuran < 10 g. Permasalahannya, jumlah tangkapan bubu tersebut sangatsedikit dan elver yang tertangkap sering dalam kondisi terluka, padahal pembeli membutuhkansangat banyak elver yang sehat untuk dibudidayakan. Penelitian ini mencoba memperbaikikonstruksi bubu agar lebih efektif dan tidak melukai elver. Seluruh penelitian dilaksanakan diLaboratorium Bahan dan Alat Penangkap Ikan, Institut Pertanian Bogor. Tiga bagian bubu yangditeliti adalah konstruksi tutupan bagian belakang bubu, konstruksi pintu masuk bubu danpenggunaan dua pintu. Selanjutnya, bubu dibuat berdasarkan ketiga kriteria yang didapatkan.Seluruh pengujian dilakukan di dalam tangki percobaan yang berisi antara 30-100 elver. Pengujiandilakukan sebanyak 20–25 ulangan dengan lama perendaman 20 menit. Hasilnya menunjukkanbahwa elver lebih banyak masuk ke dalam bubu yang tidak tertutup rapat, pintu masuk terbuat darijaring dan memiliki 2 pintu. Konstruksi bubu yang dibuat berdasarkan tiga kriteria tersebut dapatmemerangkap 355 elver, atau 6,12 kali lebih banyak dibandingkan dengan bubu nelayan (58elver).Kata kunci: elver, bubu paralon, ijep, Pulau Jawa, laboratorium
RANCANG BANGUN BUBU ELVER SPIRAL (Desain of Elver Spiral Traps)
Authors: Sururi Misbah , Puspito Gondo
Published: December 2017

ABSTRACTPVC trap is used by fisherman in the southern Java Island waters to capture elver or juvenile eels measuring < 10 gr. One of some problems is how difficult the traps transportation in great quantities. This study tried to design a new trap from spiral little iron material as frame construction. The aim is toward easy tobe shorted so became simple transportation of traps. All experiments were conducted on the Fishing Gear Laboratory, Bogor Agricultural University. The study is divided into two stages, that are design of spiral traps and testing the effectiveness of a spiral trap with two pipe traps, that are elver traps modification (Sururi et al. 2014) and fisherman‘s traps as control. The entire test was conducted in the experimental tank containing between 60 elvers with 20 times repetition. The soaking time were done within 20 minutes of observation each. Spiral traps design giving simpler and easier in transporting traps, because ist weight is 0.24 kg or 3.25 time less weigh than elver traps modification and 2.16 time less weight than fisherman traps. Beside, spiral traps can be shorted to 6 cm, or 8.3 time shorter than elver traps modification and 5 time shorter than fisherman traps. The results showed that spiral traps construction caught 286 individuals or more than elver traps modification (165 individuals) and fishermen’s traps (43 individuals).Keywords: PVC traps, elver, ijep, spiral traps-------ABSTRAKBubu elver digunakan oleh nelayan di perairan selatan Pulau Jawa untuk menangkap elver atau juvenil sidat berukuran < 10 g. Salah satu permasalahannya, pengangkutan bubu dalam jumlah banyak cukup sulit dilakukan. Penelitian ini mencoba merancang bubu dari material kawat besi berbentuk spiral agar bubu dapat dipendekkan sehingga memudahkan dalam pengangkutan-nya. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Laboratorium Bahan dan Alat Penangkapan Ikan, Institut Pertanian Bogor. Kegiatan terdiri atas 2 bagian, yaitu perancangan bubu dan pengujian bubu elver spiral dibandingkan dengan bubu elver modifikasi (Sururi et al. 2014) dan bubu elver milik nelayan sebagai kontrol. Pengujian dilakukan di dalam tangki percobaan yang berisi 60 elver sebanyak 20 ulangan. Lama perendaman bubu 20 menit per ulangan. Bubu elver spiral lebih simpel dan mudah dalam pengangkutannya, karena berat bubu hanya 0,24 kg atau 3,25 kali lebih ringan dari bubu elver modifikasi dan 2,16 kali lebih ringan dari bubu elver standar. Selain itu, bubu elver spiral juga dapat dipendekkan hingga 6 cm, atau 8,3 kali lebih pendek dari bubu elver modifikasi dan 5 kali lebih pendek dari bubu elver standar. Berdasarkan hasil pengujian, bubu elver spiral memerangkap elver sejumlah 286 ekor, atau lebih banyak dibandingkan dengan bubu elver modifikasi 165 ekor dan bubu elver standar 43 ekor.Kata kunci: Bubu elver, elver, ijep, bubu spiral