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July 1858
Authors: Ashton Rosemary
Published: January 2018

This chapter details events that occurred in London in July 1858. These include Charles Darwin's decision to focus on his health and that of his family after the death of his son, 18-month-old Charles Waring Darwin; newspaper coverage of the parliamentary committee formed to inquire into the state of the Thames and to come up with a plan to improve; the passage of Benjamin Disraeli's Thames Bill for the purification of the Thames; and the debates and eventual passage, on 21 July, of the Oaths Bill, which was intended to allow Jews elected to parliament — in particular Lionel de Rothschild — to take their seats without having to swear on the ‘true faith of a Christian’.
ANÁLISIS LONGITUDINAL DE LA TRANSICIÓN A LA VIDA ADULTA DE LAS PERSONAS SEGREGADAS DEL SISTEMA DE PROTECCIÓN A LA INFANCIA Y A LA ADOLESCENCIA
Authors: Fernández-Simo Deibe , Cid Fernández Xosé Manuel
Published: January 2018

INTRODUCCIÓN. La protección efectiva de la infancia y de la adolescencia en dificultad social exige la adquisición de las competencias necesarias para la asunción de una vida adulta plenamente independiente. La juventud segregada del sistema de protección se enfrenta al proceso de la emancipación inmersa en unas condiciones de especial complejidad. Las vivencias que dieron origen al expediente de protección tienen consecuencias en el itinerario vital. El fracaso escolar, las relaciones contextuales y sociales marcadas por la vulnerabilidad, y el imperativo acceso temprano al mercado laboral son factores que determinan los caminos a la emancipación. El estudio analiza los primeros meses fuera del acogimiento residencial o familiar. MÉTODO. La investigación cualitativa longitudinal, mediante observación participante en casos y entrevistas para la construcción de relatos de vida, permite realizar un seguimiento flexible durante los primeros pasos de la vida independiente. Mediante una muestra intencional, se analiza el proceso de transición de 11 personas extuteladas. Las historias de vida se construyeron con 6 jóvenes durante un periodo de 21 meses. La observación se realizó con 5 casos en una fase de 10 meses. RESULTADOS. Déficits de participación en la toma de decisiones de los asuntos de interés para los itinerarios vitales; incidencia de la formación en el acceso y mantenimiento de un empleo, ausencia de apoyos sociales, mayor adquisición de competencias para la vida independiente en los recursos especializados en la emancipación. DISCUSIÓN. El acompañamiento socioeducativo del sistema de protección tiene pendiente priorizar el entrenamiento de las competencias precisas para la autonomía en la vida adulta. La cuestión formativa es un factor decisivo para la inserción social. El acceso y permanencia en el empleo es imprescindible para una vida en condiciones dignas. Posibilitar una segunda oportunidad, con acompañamiento socioeducativo especializado, es preciso en trayectorias marcadas por la reversibilidad.
Education Policy and Racial Biopolitics in Multicultural Cities
Authors: Gulson Kalervo N. , Webb P. Taylor
Published: January 2018

Attempts at educational equity amount to local activities performed within unequal and disjunctive political forces. As a politics, educational equity is redolent of the conditions that produce unequal schooling in the first place. Based on a four-year multi-modal study, this book identifies the forces that produced unequal schooling opportunities for Black families in Toronto, Canada, while simultaneously identifying the conditions that generated an Africentric Alternative School for these families and the Black community.
The book identifies how the conditions that created unequal schooling were some of the very conditions that produced educational equity in the form of the school. This includes four preconditions to relay an account of the school’s origin, including biopolitics, neoliberalism, the politics of recognition, and the city and its relationships to ideologies of race and multiculturalism. Each precondition is discussed in a separate chapter and in relation to a significant policy event that precipitated the becoming of the Africentric Alternative School. The book utilises an unique feature by developing a ‘subtext’ that accompanies each chapter, whereby the authors reflect upon the theoretical and methodological choices in each corresponding chapter. The book concludes how this particular analysis of education policy can be used to map constellations of power and force that have a large degree of influence over policy subjects and policy actors, in concerted attempts to identify the important preconditions that shape recurring attempts at racial justice.
Biopolitics and accounting for ourselves in numbers
Authors: Gulson Kalervo N. , Webb P. Taylor
Published: January 2018

*The debate about race-based statistics in Toronto constituted a politics of educational recognition via the imbrication of calculation with governance. There was an evident tension between the kinds of racism that were not ‘accounted’ for, and how raciologies were practised and perpetuated in education as part of anti-racist attempts....
Spatialising race within a moving city
Authors: Gulson Kalervo N. , Webb P. Taylor
Published: January 2018

*The ways that difference is produced and reconfigured through and due to race connects cities and education (Gulson, 2011; Lipman, 2011). Schools and policy are, furthermore, part of urban networks that ‘are complex: they interact and interfere with each other in ways which are not predictable and which produce ...
Extended working lives in Germany from a gender and life-course perspective: a country in policy transition
Authors: Hokema Anna
Published: January 2018

Many policy areas of the German welfare state that are important for understanding the gendered implications of extended working lives have been reformed over the years-not only employment and pensions, but also child and long-term care. The country has been perceived as successful in especially turning a pronounced early retirement culture around. In this chapter a feminist political economy of ageing and life course perspective is applied, which shows a more differentiated picture, one that does not show a success story for all. Especially women and lower qualified person work part-time in later stages of their career or leave the labour market before state pension age, which is disadvantageous in social insurance countries, such as Germany. It is expected that old age incomes will become more polarised and old age poverty will grow.
Responses to displacement via market forces more generally
Authors: Mayo Marjorie
Published: January 2018

This chapter focuses upon community responses to displacement as a result of much less evident causes, high lighting the underlying operations of market forces. Marketisation processes have been intensifying competition for dwindling supplies of genuinely affordable housing, for instance, leading to processes of social cleansing. Tensions within and between communities have been exacerbated as a result. But there have also been examples of solidarity in face of threats of displacement via market forces, as the chapter illustrates, concluding by reflecting upon some of the potential implications for the development of public policies.
Re-visioning exclusion in local communities
Authors: Pahl Kate , Ward Paul
Published: January 2018

This chapter considers how a coproduced approach to research could enable an understanding of how communities might be different. Engagement with communities at all stages of research places collaborative and participatory research methods in a central role to widen the ways community partners and universities can work together. The chapter analyses the methodologies that can be used to think about accommodating diverse opinions and tacit knowledge within communities, as well as what this reveals about processes of exclusion and integration in local communities. It also shows how universities work collaboratively with community partners to shape or construct research together. Universities can be seen as spaces where people can think, they can provide funding for innovative research projects, and they can support ways of knowing and reflective practice, creating 'living knowledge' in the process.
The (in)visibility of riches, urban life and exclusion
Authors: Atkinson Rowland
Published: January 2018

This chapter studies the position of the wealthy and their relationship to society at large. It specifically addresses the question of the relative invisibility of the rich, and a related problem — the issue of connecting the wealthy to the kinds of social problems that are so evident to those who live less-secluded lives. Social research has long observed and analysed those at the social bottom — endless studies of poverty, crime, segregation, and what some have seen as exotic portrayals of the excluded and marginal. From the 1960s onwards, this singular viewpoint generated increasing concerns that sociology and related disciplines were acting as a wing of the state and corporate funders who wished to understand, discipline, and contain problem groups and problem people.
Indigeneity: A Politics of Potential
Authors: O'Sullivan Dominic
Published: January 2018

Indigeneity is a politics of potential. It allows indigenous peoples to think and pursue political aspirations beyond colonial victimhood. The politics of indigeneity is a theory of human agency. It is closely intertwined with discourses of reconciliation, self-determination and sovereignty. This book explores these discourses’ significance for contemporary indigenous politics. It uses them to examine just terms of indigenous citizenship in three contemporary post-settler states. The book argues for differentiated liberal citizenship as a way of allowing indigenous peoples to share in the public sovereignty of the nation-state while, at the same time, sharing a meaningful political authority vested in indigenous institutions. It tests neo-colonial understandings of power, politics and justice.
The book’s comparative focus is unique. It compares the Australasian states with Fiji to show that historical constraints on political authority are not diminished with the withdrawal of the colonial power alone. Nor does the restoration of collective indigenous majority status, on its own, serve meaningful self-determination. Conversely, negative power relationships in Australia and New Zealand are not simply a function of minority status in majoritarian democracies. The comparison shows that the claims of indigeneity must hold equally well whatever the post-colonial indigenous population status.
‘Unidos por el mismo sueño en una canción’: On music, gangs and flows
Authors: Feixa Carles , Guerra Paula
Published: January 2018

Webster’s dictionary defines flow as ‘a smooth uninterrupted movement’ and as ‘a continuous transfer of energy’. In hip-hop culture, the word is used to express movements that blend in a musical and bodily sense, and by extension, a social and cultural sense. This is why the Young Latin Kings and Ñetas, two immigrant collectives in Barcelona who were considered dangerous ‘Latin gangs’ up until a few years ago, chose this term to name their project of conflict resolution through music. Their project was presented in 2008, after two years of hard work in a youth centre in Nou Barris (a working-class district in Barcelona with a long tradition of hosting immigrants). This article seeks to analyse the social context and the social processes of juvenile identity (re)construction, considering the music and artistic production Unidos Por El Flow of the Latin Kings and Ñetas as a major argument for the importance of music and the arts in identity (re)structuring and social inclusion of many youths.
European bi-national marriages in Portugal and EU social integration
Authors: Gaspar Sofia , Ferreira Ana Cristina , Ramos Madalena
Published: January 2018

Some scholars have hypothesized that social integration in the European Union (EU) is a trigger for bi-national European marriages. Although this idea has been the motivation behind some research, empirical evidence shows that the effect of accession to the EU has had a limited effect on partner choice. This study aims to add to the knowledge on this issue by analysing the trends and patterns of marriages between Portuguese and non-Portuguese citizens between 1997 and 2011. We conducted bivariate and multivariate analyses using official data on marriages that took place in Portugal, with the results showing that bi-national European marriages remained stable throughout the period, although some nuances are evident depending on the type of marriage. While Portuguese-EU15 marriages declined over time, those between native Portuguese and other Europeans increased. Gender differences determined the development and composition of these marriages. This article also notes the existence of three distinct types of bi-national union: labour, recomposed and highly educated couples. The final part of the article seeks to explain and interpret the findings, specifically by focusing on the increase in cohabitation as a functional substitute for bi-national European marriage, the need to compare and combine the number of marriages in both spouses’ countries, and changes in the structure of the Portuguese matrimonial market due to the arrival of new social groups (e.g. Brazilian and Eastern European).
Business Cycle and The Macroeconomics Performance: Evidence of Malaysia and Indonesia
Authors: Qoyum Abdul , Miftahussurur M. , Matae Al-Amin , Yousuf Muhammad , Abdurrahman A.
Published: January 2018

Stable economic growth is the major macroeconomic goal which is all nations seek. Economist and policy makers have been tried to find the ways to sustain and maintain stable economic growth. This paper examines the macroeconomic fluctuations and economic growth in Malaysia and Indonesia and its determinant by using multiple regression models. Five variables were chosen for the model namely variables are Money supply (MS), Industrial production (IP), Interest rate (IR), exchange rate (ER), Consumer price Index (CPI) and stock prices. The study shows that Money supply (MS), Interest rate (IR), exchange rate (ER), and stock prices are among others, the determinant factors of macroeconomic fluctuations in both countries. Specifically, the empirical results reveal that Interest rate (IR), exchange rate (ER), and stock prices has significant contribution to the performance of real GDP in Malaysia while Money supply (MS) and exchange rate (ER) are the main cause of macroeconomic fluctuations in Indonesia. This may be due to the different monetary policies pursued by the two countries. The two countries might have different monetary policy strategies; Malaysia pursues interest rate targeting policy, whereas Indonesia applies inflation rate targeting policy.The study recommends for both countries government policies play an important role in economic performance. Therefore, a careful policy should be the foremost important factor for economic in these nations and the every country in general.
Financial System Stability in Indonesia during The Global Financial Crisis 2007/2008: Conventional vis-à-vis Islamic
Authors: Nugroho Muh. Rudi , Qizam Ibnu
Published: January 2018

This research aims to analyze the financial stability especially in dual banking system in Indonesia and discusses the role of Islamic banks in the financial stability of national banks. In addition, this study also focuses on the analysis of the determinants of financial stability namely on the national banking Industry. This research uses panel data in which combined data between time series and cross section with an observation periods are 2005:1 - 2009:1 by using an internal variable of banks and macroeconomic data. Z-score analysis will be used as main tool analysis regressed with internal variable. Empirical results obtained from this research shows that during the period of 2005:1 - 2009:1 banking financial stability, for both conventional and Islamic and categorized based on an asset scale, the movement of the Z-score value is different. From the Z-score values analysis shows that Islamic banks are the most stable bank with a trend increased sharply when compared with other banks, namely conventional couterparts. If viewed from each category, small conventional banks more stable than small Islamic banks, and there are declining trend in 2005:1 to 2009:1. Whereas for large and middle conventional banks the trend of the Z-score movement are in the same patterns. This study also founds that the determinant of the banking stability can be seen from two sides namely bank's internal factors and macroeconomic factors. Internal factors consist of: Income Diversity (ID), Credit or Financing (Loan), Total Assets (TA), Operational Cost (Cost), Cost Income (CI), Loan Asset (LA), Current Liability (CL), Cash to Current Liabilities (CCL), Capital Bank (MDL). While macroeconomic factors consist of: inflation, BI Rate, Exchange Rate, Composite Index (JCI), the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This research also examined the extent to which the role of Islamic banks and the global financial crisis to the financial stability of national banking. This analysis shows that the global financial crisis and Islamic banks affect significantly to the financial stability of banking industries in Indonesia.
FENOMENA SOCIAL LOAFING DALAM PROGRAM PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DI DESA BINAAN PMI: Studi Fenomenologi dalam Praktek Pengembangan Masyarakat
Authors: Aminah Siti
Published: January 2018

Social loafing adalah kecenderungan individu untuk memberikan usaha yang lebih sedikit ketika dalam kelompok dibandingkan jika ketika bekerja sendirian. Social loafing diketahui semakin terjadi seiring dengan bertambahnya ukuran kelompok, jika ditotalkan, hasil yang diperoleh dari kerja kelompok justru lebih rendah dari total hasil pekerjaan secara individual. Beban kerja kelompok yang seharusnya dikerjakan bersama-sama dan menghasilkan kualitas ide dan kuantitas ide yang lebih bagus dan banyak malah kebalikannya. Pengamatan peneliti dalam pra penelitian bahwa banyak praktek-praktek kerja kelompok mulai dari kalangan mahasiswa, dosen, lembaga-lembaga yang memiliki sikap social loafing yakni sikap tidak mau berusaha, tidak mau berperan, tidak mau menyumbangkan tenaganya secara maksimal ketika berada dalam group/kelompok. Maka penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan fenomenologi digunakan untuk mengungkap dimensi personal pengalaman subjektif yang terlibat dalam PPM, menggali efek kelompok PPM secara berkelompok pada individu, dampak kelompok pada task performance, dan sikap social loafing pada kelompok PPM tersebut. Hasilnya menggambarkan bahwa tugas PPM antara lain: mengenal masalah-masalah riil di masyarakat, mengidentifikasi dan memecahkannya. Tetapi alam PPM 1 mahasiswa melakukan penyadaran akan potensi dan solusi masalah yang ada di masyarakat. Seiring bertambahnya anggota kelompok, pengaruh sosial akan semakin menurun sebab tuntutan pihak luar terbagi pada banyak target. Arousal reduction atau penurunan semangat. Adanya semangat akan mendorong terjadinya usaha dalam PPM. Anggota PPM yang menganggap input yang mereka berikan tidak terlalu signifikan dalam pencapaian kolektif ternyata mengeluarkan usaha yang lebih sedikit dibandingkan mereka yang menganggap bahwa peran mereka sangat penting.
PORSI DAN NUTRISI MAKANAN MUHAMMAD SAW Kajian Hadis Teks dan Konteks
Authors: Nisa’ Mir’atun
Published: January 2018

The primary factor in increase of fatness and obesity in Indonesia is food consumption pattern. This article is focused on assessing the nutritional intake of Muhammad  based on hadis. By using thematic and nutritional science approach reflected the number of calories of the food of prophet Muhammad. The result can be a reference for muslims to balancing portions and nutrition also taking the purpose behind it.
STUDI ANALISIS INDEKS KEPUASAAN STAKEHOLDERS TERHADAP PELAYANAN PUBLIK PADA BAGIAN HUMAS UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA
Authors: Sahlan Mukhammad
Published: January 2018

This study aims to determine the index of stakeholders satisfaction to the public service at the Public Relations of UIN Sunan Kalijaga and to determine the factors that affect stakeholders index satisfaction to public services. This type of research is quantitative research with descriptive approach. The research location were ini UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, especially the public relations department. Data collection techniques used include questionnaires to a number of respondents, documentation and literature studies and interview. The results showed that in terms of the dimensions of Peoples Satisfaction Index (PSI) of service provided is considered good. It shows that in this dimension people are satisfied with the services provided by government officials. The factors that influence is a factor of human resources and infrastructure. Suggestions in this research is in order fulfilling service satisfaction remained servicing stakeholders it should be maximized although constrained by several supporting facilities and infrastructure. Service quality improvement through the human resources (HR) are well established and quality must be maintained and even enhanced by efforts to collaborate with other agencies or institutions that can provide training in the form of excellent service. Leaders have to think to reward employees achievers in order to be motivated in delivering services to its stakeholders. Keywords: Stakeholders Satisfaction Index, Public Service, Public Relations, UIN Sunan Kalijaga
DESAIN KOMUNIKASI DAKWAH VISUAL ANIMASI 2D UNTUK ANAK
Authors: Mahfud Mokhamad , Kertamukti Rama
Published: January 2018

Dakwah activities as a communication process of delivering the teachings of Islam's ideal has no power to change people for the better. There are many causal factors, one of them is because of propagandas that has been done tends to be cold, impersonal, and is only informative sheer, yet using less effective communication ethics. A visual cultural revolution is now growing rapidly, unfortunately its dominated by capitalists and worshipers of lust. For example, nearly all visual ads is using the interest of sensuality and lust to lure customers. On the billboards, media newspapers, magazines, television and other media, visual communication seemed to be a valuable garbage, and this is very dangerous, especially if in the consumption of children who are mentally and immature psyche. The Effects of visual "value-free" communication can damage the sense of children as the next generation, we are slowly showed on-aurast which makes Muslims become stupid. This study aims to provide a creative space to explore the lives of children for the purpose of providing religious materials in SDN Monggang Pendowoharjo Sewon Bantul. 2D animation design is expected to give a message to children that religious material is not complicated but enjoyable. And the use of cartoon animation techniques in the making is in fact, expecting the material to be delivered to children to be light for their minds and appropriate with their entertainment media which is television. This research Visual Communication Design using 2d Animation For Children is using descriptive study which is a qualitative research method that analyze the words or sentences and separate it by category for the conclusion. Qualitative research aims to explain the phenomenon in detail and in-depth data collection that focuses on quality rather than the quantity of data. The results of this study is that the creation of 2D animation is effective to be a dakwah media for children that will be made with a creative process, which produces valuable forms required by children. The value does not solely lie in verbal and visual language, but the value in principle occurs because of the structural and functional relationships as a system that blends the designer and children as the target audience. Keywords: Communication, Animation 2D, Children.
Anatomy Museum: Death and the Body Displayed (Hallam)
Authors: Galloway Patricia
Published: January 2018

This work is a book review considering the title Anatomy Museum: Death and the Body Displayed by Elizabeth Hallam.
On “Long-Run-Transitions” in Urban Planning Supported by More Advanced Geothermal Energy Utilization in City of Nis, Serbia
Authors: Jovanović Aleksandar
Published: January 2018

In order to give reasons for further advanced multi-faceted research of geothermal utilization, geothermal energy utilization and its integration in urban planning in the long run in the City of Nis were analysed. Regional aspect of this utilization is considered, which is novelty in the planning of the city. The arguments are supported by expert opinions on geothermal utilization acquired abroad and in Serbia that suggest geothermal use within proposals for an eco-city.
Assessment of ET-HS Model for Estimating Crop Water Demand and Its Effects on Yield and Yield Components of Barley and Wheat in Semi-Arid Region of Iran
Authors: Soleymani A. , Shahrajabian M.H.
Published: January 2018

In order to estimate the water requirement of barley and wheat by using of ET-HS model, a research was conducted at Research Farm of Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Iran. ET-HS model is used to determine irrigation water quantity and irrigation schedule for different crop. The study was based on randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications and six treatments. The irrigation treatments included irrigation to supply 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150% of crop water demand on the basis of ET-HS model during growing season and control treatment (conventional irrigation), which was irrigation on the basis of 70 mm evaporation from Class A evaporation pan during growing season. In barley experiment, the highest values for number of fertile tiller, maximum LAI, total dry matter in maximum LAI stage, number of grain per spike, a thousand seed weight (35.56 g), grain yield (7877.9 kg/ha), biological yield (17689.7 kg/ha) and harvest index (44.45%) was obtained for irrigation according to 100% of crop water demand on the basis of ET-HS model. In wheat experiment, the highest number of fertile spike, number of grain per spike, 1000 grain weight, grain yield, biological yield was obtained for irrigation treatment on the basis of 100% ET-HS model; moreover, the maximum harvest index was related to control treatment, followed by irrigation on the basis of 100% of ET-HS model. Conclusively, the appropriate irrigation treatment was 100% of crop water demand on the basis of ET-HS model during the growth season for both crops.
Prediction of the Seasonal Changes of the Chloride Concentrations in Urban Water Reservoir
Authors: Miller Tymoteusz , Poleszczuk Gorzysław
Published: January 2018

This study investigated the possibility of using artificial neural networks to predict changes in the concentration of chloride ions in the urban ponds on the example of the inflow and outflow zones of water to and from the ponds Syrenie Stawy in Szczecin (NW-Poland). The possibility of using selected water quality indices (selected based on correlation matrix of water quality indices with Cl−), in particular: COD-Cr, BOD5, DO, water saturation by O2 and NO2
− and their influence on the chloride concentration forecast was tested.
Analysis of the Banking Sector Performance in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia Before and After the Global Financial Crisis
Authors: Bošnjak Antonija , Hassan Abeer , James Kieran
Published: January 2018

The focus of this study is the banking sector of the three neighbouring countries Bosnia and Herzegovina; Montenegro; and Serbia. These are former communist countries which have been going through the transition from centrally-planned economies to open market economies over the past 25 years. During the transition process, structural reforms were conducted to transform the banking sector into a sector suitable for open market economy. These reforms are considered to be the most successful ones in the region. Before the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09, the economies of the three selected countries were experiencing credit booms. The aim of this research was to examine how the banking sector is performing on an aggregated level years after the crisis and whether the performance is better or worse compared to the pre-crisis period. The findings show that the banking sector was performing better before the crisis in all three countries. After the crisis, the three countries experienced prolonged slow credit growth and had higher nonperforming loans.
Synthesis of ternary g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6/TiO2 nanotube composite photocatalysts for the decolorization of dyes under visible light and direct sunlight irradiation
Authors: Manalu Sarah Patumona , Natarajan Thillai Sivakumar , De Guzman Manuel , Wang Ya-Fen , Chang Tien-Chin , Yen Feng-Chi , You Sheng-Jie
Published: January 2018

Novel ternary nanocomposite photocatalysts based on g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6/TiO2 nanotube were synthesized using simple solid combustion, hydrothermal and wetness impregnation methods. The structural and morphological properties of the synthesized photocatalysts were systematically characterized using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The crystal structure and phase purity of unitary, binary, and ternary photocatalysts were confirmed by XRD analysis. The SEM analysis reveals the tubular morphology of the TiO2 nanotube, and the presence of Ti, C, N, Bi, Mo, O, C, and N in the ternary composites was confirmed by EDX analysis. The photocatalytic decolorization efficiency of the ternary composites was evaluated by monitoring the decolorization of reactive black 5 and methylene blue dyes under visible light and direct sunlight irradiation, and these ternary composites were compared with binary composites and unitary photocatalysts in terms of the decolorization efficiency. After five cycles of adsorption and decolorization reactions, it was confirmed that the ternary composite photocatalysts were highly stable and reusable. From the results, we conclude that ternary composites (g-C3N4/Bi2MoO6/TiO2 nanotube) are efficient photocatalysts for the decolorization of dyes.
Model of State Management of Petroleum Sector – Case of Norway
Authors: Dośpiał-Borysiak Katarzyna
Published: January 2018

The aim of the article is to discuss the Norwegian Model of hydrocarbon management and its impact on building a just and equal society. Since 1972, the model has been based on the separation of policy, commercial, and regulatory functions. Within each area there is state-controlled institution with its own distinct role. This model of separation of duties is however combined with other unique features which cannot be easily copied by other counties. These include a long tradition and high level of democratic co-operation, intergovernmental checks and balances, socio-democratic traditions of strong public involvement, mature institutional capacity (mainly a competent bureaucracy) and highly developed model of co-operation between government, business and research institutions.
Iceland's Financial Crisis in 2008. Political, Economic and Social Consequences
Authors: Legutko Agnieszka Joanna
Published: January 2018

The author analyzes the successful strategy of overcoming financial breakdown in the case study of Iceland. The aim of the article is to verify a hypothesis that the Icelandic model could become a panacea for future crises? A document analysis method is applied to present essential indicators such as GDP and trade balance. With the use of a source analysis method, the collapse of the financial sector is determined as the main cause of the slump. The systematization of crisis events is introduced and deepened by the social and political situation. Changes in the state’s condition after the crash are provided and future forecasts about economic development are discussed. As a summing up, the author disapproves of the hypothesis that the Icelandic model of overcoming the financial breakdown as a panacea for future crises, pointing out that it is only applicable for specific cases and cannot be seen as a magical remedy for every kind of crisis.
European Identity and Turkey’s Quest for the EU Membership
Authors: Erdem Engin I.
Published: January 2018

In the post-Single European Act period, debates around European identity have intensified, particularly in the context of EU enlargement. The EU’s move to being a supranational political entity in the past two decades has caused serious concerns in some sections of the elite and people across the EU member states. While French and Dutch rejections of the constitutional treaty set an important milestone, Turkey’s quest for the EU membership has complicated to a great extent controversies on European identity. The reviewed books here contribute to efforts to understand the extent to which European identity and Turkey’s bid for the EU membership has entangled. It is more likely to witness debates around both European identity and Turkey’s candidacy for the Union for many years to come; therefore, these books will more likely remain relevant for the academic and policy circles.
Analysis of the transients on the multi-circuit overhead transmission line
Authors: Nazarčík Tomáš , Benešová Zdeňka
Published: January 2018

In this paper a method for a transient analysis on the multi-circuit overhead transmission line with different voltage levels (EHV and HV) is presented. The influence of inductive and capacitive couplings between the parallel circuits placed on the same tower is studied. The transmission line model consists of mutual coupled two-port cascades which can be described by a system of ordinary differential equations (ODE). This system has been solved numerically in MATLAB, the obtained results provide the time distribution of currents and voltages in all conductors along the transmission line. The presented algorithm allows solving various types of transients which can occur during switching off- and on-operations, shortcircuits etc.
Serum vitamin D levels in treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B patients
Authors: Said Ebada , Agawy Waleed El , Ahmed Rehab , Hassany Mohamed , Ahmed Amal , Fouad Hanan , Baiumy Hosam
Published: January 2018

Background and Objectives

According to the demographic health survey conducted in 2015, Egypt had 10% documented prevalence of anti-HBc positive patients aged 1-59 and 1% viremic patients amongst the population in the same age group, with a domination of genotype D. Several studies claimed the possible role of vitamin D deficiency in hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication and disease progression.

Patients and Methods

Serum vitamin D levels [25(OH D3] were assessed in 96 HBeAg negative non-cirrhotic chronic HBV patients and 25 healthy subjects classified as following: Group I: 48 chronic HBV patients with persistently normal ALT levels and HBV DNA level < 2000 IU/mL for ≥ 6 months; Group II: 48 chronic HBV patients with CHB with persistently elevated ALT and HBV DNA level ≥ 2000 IU/mL for ≥ 6 months; and Group III: 25 apparently healthy subjects with normal liver enzymes and negative hepatitis viral markers were taken as the control group.

Results

Vitamin D was much more deficient in group II than in group I and group III being 11.55 ± 3.97 ng/mL, 15.03 ± 3.45, 27.00 ± 6.76 ng/mL (P < 0.001), respectively, and a strong negative correlation was observed between vitamin D levels and HBV DNA levels (P = 0.043) in groups I and II.

Conclusion

The current study showed high HBV DNA replication in patients with vitamin D deficiency suggesting the antimicrobial immunomodulatory role of vitamin D.
Urgent need to define Pretreatment predictors of immune check point inhibitors related endocrinopathies: A case report and review of literature
Authors: Sehgal Vishal , Childress Richard
Published: January 2018

Immune check point inhibitors have revolutionized the treatment of metastatic malignancies. They are a promising area in oncology and more drugs are likely to be available in the coming years. Along with the promise of better response oncologically, there is an increased incidence of endocrinopathies related to autoimmunity. This case report illustrates the dramatic development of hypothyroidism in a patient with underlying subclinical hyperthyroidism. It also suggests the potential pretreatment predictors of endocrinopathies related to these immune check point inhibitors.
A comparative analysis between classical and modified approach of description of the electrical machine windings by means ofT0method
Authors: Wojciechowski Rafał M. , Jędryczka Cezary
Published: January 2018

This paper deals with comparative analysis between classical and modified approach of description of electrical machines windings by means of theT0method. The classical formulation (CF) ofT0method in which the distribution of the turns in the winding is treated the same as naturally determined current paths has been compared to the modified formulation (MF), in which by incorporating coefficients differencing the conductivity the homogeneity of the current density vectorJ0,i.e. turns distribution is achieved. The method of calculating the coefficients correcting the conductivities for the MF approach has been presented. For solving ofT0method equations, the edge element method (EEM) has been incorporated.
Possibilities for Providing Healthy Nutrition for Developing Children in Primary Schools in Latvia
Authors: Olšteine Anita , Laterere Maira , Paegle Lolita , Boča Sigita , Segliņa Dalija , Skrupskis Imants
Published: January 2018

The resources for optimal growth are biologically valuable substances that ensure life, and their consumption needs to be balanced and moderate with an adequate eating plan. Survey showed that 84% of respondents chose food products with low nutritional value and high energy value. The general aim of the research was to evaluate the eating habits of primary school pupils and to compare the tendencies in city and regional schools. Catering services are very different schools of Latvia in terms of both mealtimes and prices. Basic criteria were elaborated for estimation of catering quality for children in schools. It was found that 36% of school children in out-of-school conditions regularly consumed snacks with simple carbohydrates on a daily basis. For better utilisation of food, fresh unprocessed fruits and berries with high mineral and vitamin content have great significance. Pectin found in black currants is used as a natural gelling agent. Structured fruit puree was found to have the most important physical-chemical and sensory parameters. Recommendations to improve healthy eating habits of school children were developed.
Transport behavior of actinides and lanthanides across a supported liquid membrane using an unexplored monoamide, N,N′-bis(2-ethyl hexyl) α-hydroxy acetamide (BEHGA)
Authors: Pahan S. , Sinha Roy P. , Panja S. , Dhami P. S. , Sharma J. N. , Yadav J. S.
Published: January 2018

An unexplored novel monoamide N,N′-bis(2-ethyl hexyl) α-hydroxy acetamide (BEHGA) was used as a carrier for transport of Am(III), Eu(III), Pu(IV/VI) and U(VI) from HNO3 medium across a supported liquid membrane (SLM). Various parameters were investigated to obtain the optimum transport conditions. Transport rates followed the trend Pu(IV)>Am(III)≥Eu(III)>U(VI)> Pu(VI). The effects of macro concentrations of U(VI) and Nd(III) on the transport rate of Am(III) were studied. The diffusion coefficient value for the Am(III)-BEHGA system in HNO3 medium was found to be ~1.8×10−6 cm2/s. The standard deviation of the results obtained from transport experiments by this extractant was found to be ±5%. The membrane was found to be highly selective for actinides and lanthanides with respect to different fission products.
Implementasi Pelatihan Tari Daerah dalam Melestarikan Tarian Banten di Sanggar Raksa Budaya Kota Serang
Authors: Nurjaman Fatmawati , Sudadio Sudadio , Faturohman Nandang
Published: January 2018

Masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah Implementasi Pelatihan Tari Daerah Dalam Melestarikan Tarian Banten Di Sanggar Raksa Budaya Kota Serang. Penelitian yang dilakukan ini memiliki tujuan untuk mengetahui (1) Proses implementasi pelatihan tari daerah dalam melestarikan tarian Banten di Sanggar Raksa Budaya Kota Serang (2) Untuk hasil implementasi pelatihan tari daerah dalam melestarikan tarian Banten di Sanggar Raksa Budaya Kota Serang (3) Apa faktor pendukung dan penghambat dari implementasi pelatihan tari daerah dalam melestarikan tarian Banten? Pendekatan penelitian  yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif. Adapun tekhnik dan pedoman pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi. Sumber data penelitian ini berjumlah 6 orang, yaitu 1orang instruktur pelatihan tari dan 5 orang peserta pelatihan di Sanggar Raksa Budaya Kota Serang yang mengikuti pelatihan tari daerah. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang telah dilakukan menunjukan bahwa: (1) proses implementasi pelatihan tari daerah di Sanggar Raksa Budaya dapat dilihat dari perencanaan yang dilakukan, dalam pelaksanaan kegiatan pelatihan, sudah tersedianya waktu yang dilakukan yaitu satu kali dalam seminggu, media yang digunakan sudah cukup mendukung untuk menunjang pelaksanaan pelatihan, kemudian evaluasi pelatihan tari yang dilakukan dalam bentuk pementasan (2) Hasil dari pelatihan tari daerah yang berhasil diikuti oleh peserta, mengalami peningkatan kemampuan keterampilan dan pengetahuan peserta dalam melestarikan tarian Banten, kemampuan peserta dalam penguasaan tarian Banten juga mengalami peningkatan. Dalam upaya menjaga, melestarikan dan mengembangkan tarian daerah Banten, beberapa peserta pelatihan sudah mengajarakan gerak tari kepada peserta lainnya (3) faktor pendukung dalam pelaksanaan pelatihan tari adalah sarana belajar, tempat belajar dan lingkungan masyarakat yang membuat keterampilan peserta pelatihan meningkat, sedangkan faktor penghambat bagi peserta pelatihan adalah motivasi, pengaruh moderenisasi/budaya luar dan rendahnya minat karena masyarakat yang lebih tertarik dengan tarian modern dan kurang mengapresiasi tarian daerah Banten.
Aligning speech and co-speech gesture in a constraint-based grammar
Authors: Alahverdzhieva Katya , Lascarides Alex , Flickinger Dan
Published: January 2018

This paper concerns the form-meaning mapping of communicative actions consisting of speech and improvised co-speech gestures. Based on the findings of previous cognitive and computational approaches, we advance a new theory in which this form-meaning mapping is analysed in a constraint-based grammar. Motivated by observations in naturally occurring examples, we propose several construction rules, which use linguistic form, gesture form and their relative timing to constrain the derivation of a single speech-gesture syntax tree, from which a meaning representation can be composed via standard methods for semantic composition. The paper further reports on implementing these speech-gesture construction rules within the English Resource Grammar (Copestake and Flickinger 2000). Since gestural form often underspecifies its meaning, the logical formulae that are composed via syntax are underspecified so that current models of the semantics/pragmatics interface support the range of possible interpretations of the speech-gesture act in its context of use.
ANALISIS KEBUTUHAN LEMBAGA PENELITIAN DAN PENGEMBANGAN (LITBANG) DI KABUPATEN BANDUNG
Authors: Sampurna Rizki Hegia , Irwandi Irwandi
Published: January 2018

Research and development (R &D) plays a pivotal role in the process of national and regional development. National and local  board of research and development are expected to be a think thank in the whole process of policy making, formulation and implementation. It is also the case with Bandung regency wherein local development is running rapidly and,thus, demenading a more research-based policy. This study is set to analyze the needs for initiating an independent local  board of reasearch and development in the Bandung  regency in order to support the implentation of development plan. Trangulation is deployed as a proper method in the investigation to explore the aspiration or opinion of all stakeholders in local  government of Bandung. The study reveals that based on the assessment of legal norms and government vision, mission and strategic plans (RPJMD), Bandung regency needs an independent board of research and development. While the survey conducted to 39 local government departments (SKPD) in Bandung shows that 94,9% of them do not recommend an independent board. The follow-up indepth interview indicates that the gap between two results is due to lack of understanding and commitment among the government employees and stakeholders on the important role of research and develompment in the governmental works.
KERAGAMAN GENETIK TIGA GENERASI IKAN TAMBAKAN (Helostoma temminkii) DALAM PROGRAM DOMESTIKASI
Authors: Arifin Otong Zenal , Cahyanti Wahyulia , Kristanto Anang Hari
Published: January 2018

Suatu penelitian untuk melihat keragaman genetik tiga generasi ikan tambakan dalam program domestikasi telah dilakukan di Balai Riset Perikanan Budidaya Air Tawar dan Penyuluhan Perikanan, Bogor. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengevaluasi keragaman genetik generasi tetua/awal (G0), generasi pertama (G1), dan generasi kedua (G2) dalam program domestikasi ikan tambakan. Pengujian keragaman genetik dilakukan dengan metode PCR-RAPD menggunakan tiga primer, yakni OPA-2, OPA-8, dan OPC-2. Hasil yang diperoleh menunjukkan adanya perbedaan jumlah (7-15) dan ukuran fragmen (200-2.800 bp) yang dihasilkan, dengan frekuensi kemunculan alel berkisar antara 0,00-1,00 dari 31 lokus. Enam fragmen dari OPC-2 (1.400 bp, 1.300 bp, 1.100 bp, 800 bp, 600 bp, 500 bp), lima fragmen dari OPA-2 (1.350 bp, 1.000 bp, 900 bp, 800 bp, 520 bp), dan dua fragmen dari OPA-8 (1.000 bp, 550 bp) merupakan fragmen marka spesifik ikan tambakan pada penelitian ini. Keragaman genetik ikan tambakan antar generasi tergolong rendah, dengan nilai persentase polimorfisme berkisar antara 6,45%-35,48% dan nilai heterozigositas berkisar antara 0,03-0,16. Terjadi penurunan polimorfisme dan heterozigositas dari generasi tetua/awal (G0) ke generasi pertama (G1) dan kembali naik pada generasi kedua (G2). Dalam program domestikasi, nilai efektif induk (Ne) sebaiknya lebih dari 100, dengan nilai laju inbreeding (F) tidak lebih dari 0,005.A study to examine the genetic diversity of three generations of kissing gourami under a domestication program has been conducted at the Research Institute for Freshwater Aquaculture and Fisheries Extension, Bogor. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the genetic diversity of the elder generation (G0), first generation (G1), and second generation (G2) of kissing gourami under the domestication program. The genetic diversity examination was conducted through a PCR-RAPD method using three primers, namely OPA-2, OPA-8, and OPC-2. The obtained results indicated a difference in the number (7-15) and size of the fragments (200-2.800 bp) with the frequency of allele occurrence ranged from 0.00 to 1.00 from 31 loci. Six fragments from OPC-2 (1,400 bp; 1,300 bp; 1,100 bp; 800 bp; 600 bp; 500 bp), five fragments from OPA-2 (1,350 bp; 1,000 bp; 900 bp; 800 bp; 520 bp), and two fragments from OPA-8 (1,000 bp; 550 bp) were considered as species-specific markers of kissing gourami. The genetic diversity among the generations of the kissing gourami was low, with the percentage of polymorphism ranged from 6.45% to 35.48% and the value of heterozygosity ranged from 0.03 to 0.16. There was a decrease in polymorphism and heterozygosity values from the elder generation (G0) to the first generation (G1) and increased again but on the second generation (G2). In addition, the effective breeding value (Ne) in a domestication program should be more than 100, and the average of inbreeding value (F) is less than 0.005.