bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Label-Free Fluorescent Aptasensor for Detection of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin A Based on Aptamer-Functionalized Silver Nanoclusters
Authors: Zhang Xueyan , Khan Imran Mahmood , Ji Hua , Wang Zhouping , Tian Huili , Cao Wenbo , Mi Weiyu
Published: January 2020

Staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) is a worldwide public health problem accounting for the majority of food poisoning which is produced by Staphylococcus aureus, threatening human health and leading to various foodborne diseases. Therefore, it is of great significance to develop a sensitive detection method for SEA to ensure food safety and prevent foodborne diseases in humans. In this study, an adaptive fluorescence biosensor for the detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) was designed and developed by combining DNA silver nanoclusters (DNA-AgNCs) with polypyrrole nanoparticles (PPyNPs). Fluorescent AgNCs, synthesized using aptamers as templates, were used as fluorescence probes, whose fluorescence was quenched by PPyNPs. In the presence of the target SEA, DNA-AgNCs were forced to desorb from the surface of PPyNPs through the binding of SEA with the aptamer-DNA-AgNCs, thereby resulting in fluorescence recovery. Under the optimized conditions, the relative fluorescence intensity (FI) showed a linear relationship with the SEA concentration in the range from 0.5 to 1000 ng/mL (Y = 1.4917X + 0.9100, R2 = 0.9948) with a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.3393 ng/mL. The sensor was successfully used to evaluate the content of SEA in milk samples, and the recovery efficiency of SEA was between 87.70% and 94.65%. Thus, the sensor shows great potential for application in food analysis. In short, the proposed platform consisted of an aptamer fluorescent sensor that can be used for the ultrasensitive detection of various toxins by taking advantage of the excellent affinity and specificity of corresponding aptamers.
Responsive Adsorption of N-Isopropylacrylamide Based Copolymers on Polymer Brushes
Authors: Sudre Guillaume , Siband Elodie , Gallas Bruno , Cousin Fabrice , Hourdet Dominique , Tran Yvette
Published: January 2020

We investigate the adsorption of pH- or temperature-responsive polymer systems by ellipsometry and neutron reflectivity. To this end, temperature-responsive poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) brushes and pH-responsive poly (acrylic acid) (PAA) brushes have been prepared using the “grafting onto” method to investigate the adsorption process of polymers and its reversibility under controlled environment. To that purpose, macromolecular brushes were designed with various chain lengths and a wide range of grafting density. Below the transition temperature (LCST), the characterization of PNIPAM brushes by neutron reflectivity shows that the swelling behavior of brushes is in good agreement with the scaling models before they collapse above the LCST. The reversible adsorption on PNIPAM brushes was carried out with linear copolymers of N-isopropylacrylamide and acrylic acid, P(NIPAM-co-AA). While these copolymers remain fully soluble in water over the whole range of temperature investigated, a quantitative adsorption driven by solvophobic interactions was shown to proceed only above the LCST of the brush and to be totally reversible upon cooling. Similarly, the pH-responsive adsorption driven by electrostatic interactions on PAA brushes was studied with copolymers of NIPAM and N,N-dimethylaminopropylmethacrylamide, P(NIPAM-co-MADAP). In this case, the adsorption of weak polycations was shown to increase with the ionization of the PAA brush with interactions mainly located in the upper part of the brush at pH 7 and more deeply adsorbed within the brush at pH 9.
The Bio-Tribological Effect of Poly-Gamma-Glutamic Acid in the Lysozyme-Ionic Contact Lens System
Authors: Su Chen-Ying , Yeh Lung-Kun , Lai Chi-Chun , Dubuisson Mihaela , Tsao Yi-Fei , Tseng Ching-Li , Fang Hsu-Wei
Published: January 2020

Feeling comfortable is an important issue for contact lens wearers as contact lenses are worn for an extensive period of time. It has been shown that the in vitro friction coefficient of contact lenses is correlated to the degree of in vivo comfort, thus many studies focus on establishing friction testing methods for investigating the friction coefficient of contact lenses or contact lens care solution. We have previously demonstrated the lubricating property of poly-gamma-glutamic acid (γ-PGA)-containing care solution, and it could reduce the high friction coefficient caused by lysozyme. However, the mechanism of how γ-PGA-containing care solution reduces the lysozyme-induced friction coefficient of contact lenses is unclear. We investigated the bio-tribological effect of γ-PGA on ionic contact lenses in the presence of lysozyme by testing load and velocity variations. The ability to remove lysozyme deposition by γ-PGA and viscosity analysis of γ-PGA-containing care solutions were also investigated to understand the potential mechanism. Our results showed that the friction coefficient of γ-PGA-containing care solution with lysozyme was the lowest in both load and velocity variations, and γ-PGA functions distinctly in the lysozyme-ionic contact lens system. We proposed a model of how γ-PGA could reduce the friction coefficient in these two conditions.
Comparison as Collaboration: Notes on the Contemporary Craft of Hagiology
Authors: Hollander Aaron T.
Published: January 2020

A workshop on “comparative hagiology” over the course of three years at the American Academy of Religion has yielded not only a series of articles but an experimental methodology by which scholars hailing from different disciplines and working in different fields might collaborate in threshing out commonalities and entanglements in their respective treatments of holy figures. This article’s response to the workshop identifies three pillars of general consensus among the participants that serve as promising footholds for aligned innovation in our respective fields: That hagiography (1) is constituted not only in verbal texts but in a wide array of media, both material and ephemeral; (2) is best interpreted by attending substantially to the “processes” of thought, life, and society in which it is rendered; and (3) opens possibilities of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary comparison by way of the many family resemblances in how saints (or more broadly, religious and even para-religious exemplars) are rendered in transmittable media and mobilized for a particular group’s benefit. The article concludes by suggesting vectors for further development on these grounds, indicating how the category of “hagiography” affords a resource for interpreting unauthorized and apparently irreligious phenomena akin to sanctification, and calling for a professional and pedagogical ethic of collaboration that extends beyond any particular scholarly fruits of hagiological comparison.
From ‘Islamism’ to ‘Spiritualism’? The Individualization of ‘Religion’ in Contemporary Iran
Authors: Godazgar Hossein
Published: January 2020

In the first four centuries of Islam in Iran, mosques were arguably the only sacred places for Iranian Muslims to pray. It was only after the invasion of the Mongolians and the resulting expansion of Shi’ism and Sufism throughout the country that the tombs of some sacred figures, including Imams’ grandchildren (‘Imamzadehs’) or (‘Maqbarahs’), became shrines and important sites for pilgrims. It is interesting that pilgrimage to both Imams’ shrines and Imamzadehs and their associated expressions and perceptions lie at the center of the Shi’ite experience of ‘religion’, although they are rarely mentioned in the relevant core sources of Shi’ism. Nevertheless, to borrow a Weberian image, during the Islamic revolution of 1979, mosques became the ‘vehicles’ for the religio-political ideology of the revolution. Unlike Imamzadehs, they embraced dissidents from a variety of social classes, ranging from emigrants from rural areas to educated liberals and intellectuals. In the fortieth anniversary of the revolution, the findings of my three-year research project illustrates that whilst the religious status of mosques is decreasing, Imamzadehs as well as other venues detached from Islamic authority and political Islam are increasingly becoming ‘vehicles’ for ideas and sentiments for the expression of more individualistic and ‘spiritual’ sensations, rather than the manifestation of an established and institutionalized religio-political ideology. Taking inspiration from a social constructionist approach, discourse and content analysis of media, participant observation in ‘Shi’ite’ venues situated in three provinces, particularly three Imamzadehs or Maqbarahs, and thirty semi-structured interviews in north-west Iran, this article aims to report the findings of this project by focusing on the meanings of ‘religion’ (and ‘non-religion’) and ‘spiritual’ (and ‘non-spiritual’) attached to these venues, including Imamzadehs, and their material culture as well as the changes our informants have experienced in this regard through time and space, particularly during the last forty years.
On Manuscripts, Prints and Blessed Transformations: Caterina da Siena’s Legenda maior as a Model of Sainthood in Premodern Castile
Authors: Acosta-García Pablo
Published: January 2020

In this article, I analyze the translation commissioned in 1511 by Cardinal Francisco Ximénez Cisneros of the Life of Catherine of Siena by Raimundo da Capua, which includes the legendae of Giovanna (also known as Vanna) da Orvieto and Margherita da Città di Castello in the light of its translation, commission, and reception in premodern Castile. In the first place, I clarify the medieval transformations of Caterina’s text by discussing the main branches of her manuscript tradition and explaining the specificities of the editions authorized by Cisneros in order to know what exactly was printed. In the second place, I put these specificities into the courtly, prophetic context in which those books were published. Finally, I analyze the reception of these editions in the Iberian Peninsula, especially in relation to the figure of María de Santo Domingo, the famous Dominican tertiary.
Correction: Wang, L., et al. Assessment of the Dual Polarimetric Sentinel-1A Data for Forest Fuel Moisture Content Estimation. Remote Sensing 2019, 11(13), 1568
Authors: Wang Long , Quan Xingwen , He Binbin , Yebra Marta , Xing Minfeng , Liu Xiangzhuo
Published: January 2020

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Pollution Trends in China from 2000 to 2017: A Multi-Sensor View from Space
Authors: Li Jing
Published: January 2020

Satellite sensors can provide unique views of global pollution information from space. In particular, a series of aerosol and trace gas monitoring instruments have been operating for more than a decade, providing the opportunity to analyze temporal trends of major pollutants on a large scale. In this study, we integrate aerosol products from MODIS (MODIS Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, all abbreviations and their definitions are listed alphabetically in Abbreviations) and MISR (Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer), the AAI (Absorbing Aerosol Index) product from OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument), column SO2 and NO2 concentrations from OMI, and tropospheric column ozone concentration from OMI/MLS (Microwave Limb Sounder) to study temporal changes in major pollutants over China. MODIS and MISR consistently revealed that column AOD (Aerosol Optical Depth) increased from 2000, peaked around 2007, and started to decline afterward, except for northwest and northeast China, where a continuous upward trend was found. Extensive negative trends in both SO2 and NO2 have also been found over major pollution source regions since ~2005. On the other hand, the OMI AAI exhibited significant increases over north China, especially the northeast and northwest regions. These places also have a decreased Angstrom exponent as revealed by MISR, indicating an increased fraction of large particles. In general, summer had the largest AOD, SO2, and NO2 trends, whereas AAI trends were strongest for autumn and winter. A multi-regression analysis showed that much of the AOD variance over major pollution source regions could be explained by SO2, NO2, and AAI combined, and that the SO2 and NO2 reduction was likely to be responsible for the negative AOD trends, while the AOD increase over NE and NW China may be associated with an increase of coarse particles revealed by increased AAI and decreased AE. In contrast to aerosols, tropospheric ozone exhibited a steady increase from 2005 throughout China. This indicates that although the recent emission control effectively reduced aerosol pollutants, ozone remains a challenging issue and may dominate future air pollution.
A Novel Roll and Pitch Estimation Approach for a Ground Vehicle Stability Improvement Using a Low Cost IMU
Authors: Kamal Mazhar Malik , Khan Muhammad Jawad , Bhatti Aamer Iqbal , Naseer Noman
Published: January 2020

Onboard attitude estimation for a ground vehicle is persuaded by its application in active anti-roll bar design. Conventionally, the attitude estimation problem for a ground vehicle is a complex one, and computationally, its solution is very intensive. Lateral load transfer is an important parameter which should be taken in account for all roll stability control systems. This parameter is directly related to vehicle roll angle, which can be measured using devices such as dual antenna global positioning system (GPS) which is a costly technique, and this led to the current work in which we developed a simple and robust attitude estimation technique that is tested on a ground vehicle for roll mitigation. In the first phase Luenberger and Sliding mode observer is implemented using simplest roll dynamics model to measure the roll angle of a vehicle and the validation of results is carried using commercial software, CarSim® (CarSim, Ann Arbor, MI, USA). In the second phase of research, complementary and Kalman filters have been designed for attitude estimation. In the third phase, a low-cost inertial measurement unit (IMU) is mounted on a vehicle, and both the complementary filter (CF) and Kalman filter (KF) are applied independently to measure the data for both smooth and uneven terrains at four different frequencies. We compared the simulated and real-time results of roll and pitch angles obtained using the complementary and Kalman filters. Using the proposed method, the achieved root mean square error (RMSE) is less than 0.73 degree for pitch and 0.68 degree for roll, with a sample time of 2 ms. Thus, a warning signal can be generated to mitigate roll over. Hence, we claim that our proposed method can provide a low-cost solution to the roll-over problem for a road vehicle.
Suppressing the Spikes in Electroencephalogram via an Iterative Joint Singular Spectrum Analysis and Low-Rank Decomposition Approach
Authors: Tian Zikang , Ling Bingo Wing-Kuen , Zhou Xueling , Lam Ringo Wai-Kit , Teo Kok-Lay
Published: January 2020

The novelty and the contribution of this paper consists of applying an iterative joint singular spectrum analysis and low-rank decomposition approach for suppressing the spikes in an electroencephalogram. First, an electroencephalogram is filtered by an ideal lowpass filter via removing its discrete Fourier transform coefficients outside the δ wave band, the θ wave band, the α wave band, the β wave band and the γ wave band. Second, the singular spectrum analysis is performed on the filtered electroencephalogram to obtain the singular spectrum analysis components. The singular spectrum analysis components are sorted according to the magnitudes of their corresponding eigenvalues. The singular spectrum analysis components are sequentially added together starting from the last singular spectrum analysis component. If the variance of the summed singular spectrum analysis component under the unit energy normalization is larger than a threshold value, then the summation is terminated. The summed singular spectrum analysis component forms the first scale of the electroencephalogram. The rest singular spectrum analysis components are also summed up together separately to form the residue of the electroencephalogram. Next, the low-rank decomposition is performed on the residue of the electroencephalogram to obtain both the low-rank component and the sparse component. The low-rank component is added to the previous scale of the electroencephalogram to obtain the next scale of the electroencephalogram. Finally, the above procedures are repeated on the sparse component until the variance of the current scale of the electroencephalogram under the unit energy normalization is larger than another threshold value. The computer numerical simulation results show that the spike suppression performance based on our proposed method outperforms that based on the state-of-the-art methods.
Relative Age Effect of Sport Academy Adolescents, a Physiological Evaluation
Authors: Ek Staffan , Wollmer Per , Karlsson Magnus K. , Peterson Tomas , Thorsson Ola , Olsson M. Charlotte , S. Malmborg Julia , Dencker Magnus
Published: January 2020

The relationship between birth quarter distribution and physiological characteristics related to athletic skills, in adolescent sport academy students has not been fully investigated. In a cross-sectional study, we recruited 86 boys and 52 girls aged 12–14 years during their first term at a sport academy school. We measured body size, cardiac size, pulmonary function, body composition, lower body power, cardiorespiratory fitness parameters, and running endurance by standard methods and analyzed these estimates in relation to birth quarter by ANOVA. Birth quarter distribution in our cohort was compared with birth quarter distribution in the same ages in the whole of Sweden and analyzed by logistic regression. The academy had an overrepresentation of students born in the first quartile of the year compared to those born in the last quartile (odds ratio 2.3 (95% CI: 1.1–4.7)). When comparing the physiological characteristics between birth quarters, uniformity is prominent since out of 26 performed physiological and anthropometric tests only four showed statistically significant group differences. We thus believe that the selection process to the sport academy favours athletes with higher chronological age, i.e., a so-called relative age effect is present.
User Embedding for Rating Prediction in SVD++-Based Collaborative Filtering
Authors: Shi Wenchuan , Wang Liejun , Qin Jiwei
Published: January 2020

The collaborative filtering algorithm based on the singular value decomposition plus plus (SVD++) model employs the linear interactions between the latent features of users and items to predict the rating in the recommendation systems. Aiming to further enrich the user model with explicit feedback, this paper proposes a user embedding model for rating prediction in SVD++-based collaborative filtering, named UE-SVD++. We exploit the user potential explicit feedback from the rating data and construct the user embedding matrix by the proposed user-wise mutual information values. In addition, the user embedding matrix is added to the existing user bias and implicit parameters in the SVD++ to increase the accuracy of the user modeling. Through extensive studies on four different datasets, we found that the rating prediction performance of the UE-SVD++ model is improved compared with other models, and the proposed model’s evaluation indicators root-mean-square error (RMSE) and mean absolute error (MAE) are decreased by 1.002–2.110% and 1.182–1.742%, respectively.
Hazard Assessment Based on the Combination of DAN3D and Machine Learning Method for Planning Closed-Type Barriers against Debris-Flow
Authors: Cheon Enok , Lee Seung-Rae , Lee Deuk-Hwan
Published: January 2020

If a slope located near a densely populated region is susceptible to debris-flow hazards, barriers are used as a mitigation method by placing them in flow channels; i.e., flowpaths. Selecting the location and the design of a barrier requires hazard assessment to determine the width, volume, and impact pressure of debris-flow at the moment of collision. DAN3D (Three-Dimensional Dynamic Analysis), a 3D numerical model for simulating debris-flow, has been widely used to perform hazard assessment; however, solely using DAN3D would be both insufficient and inefficient in finding the optimal barrier location. Therefore, the present study developed a framework that interprets the results from DAN3D simulation without considering any barriers. Then, the framework generates hazard assessment maps showing the impact parameters of debris-flow along the flowpath by various algorithms and machine learning methods, such as the k-means clustering algorithm, and also computes the width of the debris-flow, which is not explicitly calculated in DAN3D. A case study of the debris-flow at Umyeon mountain, Korea, in 2011, was used to generate hazard assessment maps. The maps were demonstrated to be a tool to quickly compute the impact parameters for conceptual barrier design with the aim of finding potential barrier locations.
Assessment of E. coli Attenuation during Infiltration of Treated Wastewater: A Pathway to Future Managed Aquifer Recharge
Authors: Donn Mike , Reed Debbie , Vanderzalm Joanne , Page Declan
Published: January 2020

Treated wastewater (TWW) infiltration into non-potable aquifers has been used for decades in Western Australia for disposal and reuse. These wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are mostly pond systems, infiltrating secondary TWW with some activated sludge. There is no disinfection of TWW pre-infiltration. This study gave an opportunity to study the fate of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in aquifers, using compliance monitoring data (2006–2016) and is relevant if water reuse is to be implemented at these sites in the future. Microbiological water quality data (E. coli) were evaluated using an advanced statistical method able to incorporate the highly censored data at full scale operational infiltration sites. Subsurface E. coli removal from TWW was observed at all 17 infiltration sites investigated. Most sites (14) had less than six detections of E. coli in groundwater (58–100% non-detects; 7–117 samples/bore), thus the statistical method could not be applied. The observations could be used to infer between 1 to >3 log10 removal for E. coli. The remaining three sites had sufficient detections for probabilistic modelling analysis, the median removal efficiency for E. coli was quantified as 96% to greater than 99%, confirming at least 1 log10 removal with potential for several log10 removal. Reductions could not be explained through dilution with the native groundwater alone as there was a high proportion of TWW in observation bores. The observed reductions are likely the result of bacteria retention and inactivation in the aquifer. The magnitude of microbiological water quality improvement highlights the sustainable and reliable use of the aquifer to improve water quality to levels appropriate for low- and medium-risk non-potable uses without using engineered disinfection methods.
Patient symptom experience prior to a diagnosis of oesophageal or gastric cancer: a multi-methods study
Authors: Humphrys Elka , Walter Fiona M , Rubin Greg , Emery Jon D , Johnson Margaret , Richards Anthony , Fitzgerald Rebecca C , Viswanath Yirupaiahgari KS , Burt Jenni
Published: January 2020

Background

Late stage diagnosis of oesophageal and gastric cancer is common, which limits treatment options and contributes to poor survival.

Aim

To explore patients' understanding, experience and presentation of symptoms before a diagnosis of oesophageal or gastric cancer.

Design & setting

Between May 2016 and October 2017, all patients newly diagnosed with oesophageal or gastric cancer were identified at weekly multidisciplinary team meetings at two large hospitals in England. A total of 321 patients were invited to participate in a survey and secondary care medical record review; 127 (40%) participants responded (102 patients had oesophageal cancer and 25 had gastric cancer). Of these, 26 participated in an additional face-to-face interview.

Method

Survey and medical record data were analysed descriptively. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis, informed by the Model of Pathways to Treatment.

Results

Participants experienced multiple symptoms before diagnosis. The most common symptom associated with oesophageal cancer was dysphagia (n = 66, 65%); for gastric cancer, fatigue or tiredness (n = 20, 80%) was the most common symptom. Understanding of heartburn, reflux and indigestion, and associated symptoms differed between participants and often contrasted with clinical perspectives. Bodily changes attributed to personal and/or lifestyle factors were self-managed, with presentation to primary care prompted when symptoms persisted, worsened, or impacted daily life, or were notably severe or unusual. Participants rarely presented all symptoms at the initial consultation.

Conclusion

The patient interval may be lengthened by misinterpretation of key terms, such as heartburn, or misattribution or non-recognition of important bodily changes. Clearly defined symptom awareness messages may encourage earlier help-seeking, while eliciting symptom experience and meanings in primary care consultations could prompt earlier referral and diagnosis.
Defining when specialised mental health care is needed: a focus group study
Authors: Nymoen Marit , Biringer Eva , Helgeland Jostein , Hellesen Harald Bjarne , Alsaker Sande Liv , Hartveit Miriam
Published: January 2020

Background

Shared understanding between GPs and hospital specialists concerning when patients need specialised mental health care is important to ensure patients receive appropriate care. The large amount of rejected referrals often indicates a lack of such shared understanding.

Aim

To explore how patient representatives, GPs, and mental health specialists understand ‘need for specialised mental health care’, meaning that primary care is no longer sufficient.

Design & setting

This qualitative study was conducted in western Norway. The study has a service user-involved research design in which GPs and patient representatives participated in all stages of the research process.

Method

Six semi-structured focus group interviews were conducted. The groups were homogenous as they included only the perspectives of either GPs, mental health specialists, or patient representatives. Data were analysed using thematic analysis.

Results

The need for specialised mental health care was assessed using two continuums: (a) the patient’s level of functioning and symptoms; and (b) characteristics of the healthcare system and the patient’s informal support networks. Assessment along these continuums were often overruled by the evaluation of expected usefulness of specialised mental health care. In addition, all participants reported they often adapted their definition of need to fit other stakeholders’ interpretations of need.

Conclusion

Evaluation of need for specialised mental health care is complex and depends on several factors. This may explain some of the current challenges that exist with regard to equity and timely access to appropriate healthcare interventions.
Text encoding of manuscripts : Danish prayer books from the 16th century et traduction abrégée
Authors: Mette Hansen Anna
Published: January 2020

Résumé abrégé du texte ci-dessus par É. Lalou

Un autre article sur le même sujet a été prononcé à Sydney le 26-28 septembre 2001 au colloque « Digital Resources for Research in the Humanities ». Le texte complet en anglais (comprenant les exemples de codages, les fichiers xml et les reproductions) est en ligne à l'adresse suivante : ‹http ://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/drrh2001/›.
Women as Agent of Social Inclusion: Experience of the Women of a Local Belief Community in Salamrejo Village
Authors: Komalasari Dewi
Published: January 2020

Minority religious groups are vulnerable towards discrimination and social exclusion. Social exclusion is a multidimensional phenomenon that is closely related to the denial of the enjoyment of civil and political rights as well as economic and socio-cultural rights. Social exclusion also excludes the excluded people from development process in the village. This article discusses the social exclusion experienced by community of local belief’s groups, the Association of Eklasing Budi Murko (PEBM) in Salamrejo village, in Kulon Progo, Special Autonomy of Yogyakarta. The economic empowerment approach has been used to promote inclusion among communities in the village. The establishment of Cooperative Business Group (KUBE) and also other economic works have encouraged women’s role as agent for social inclusion. Business activities established by PEBM have opened room for interaction between women from local belief’s community with other women in the village. 
Rural Women’s Agency on Forest and Land Governance in The Midst of Change: Case Study in Five Provinces
Authors: Pratiwi Andi Misbahul , Boangmanalu Abby Gina
Published: January 2020

Women in rural areas face serious problems as a result of ecological social changes in the village--which are almost mutually interconnected with the expansion of extractive industries and rural development paradigm. Forests and land become as the identity that cannot be left behind in seeing changes in rural areas. Sustainable forest and land governance are one of the ways to reduce the risk of environmental damage & degradation, land use change, deforestation, and loss of food resources and livelihoods of rural communities. One of the principles of sustainable forest and land governance is transparency and participation. In this study we found, explain, and analyse 1) how the social ecological changes in the villages through the expreinces of women who is a trailblazer or local champion in 5 provinces (West Papua, East Kalimantan, Aceh, Central Sulawesi, Bengkulu); 2) the struggle of rural women in seizing the right to information and participation in the process of forest and land governance; 3) women’s agency in creating positive socio-ecological changes in the village area. This research found that women’s agencies are not single and are produced from various forms of power, namely the power/ability to influence and reduce barriers, to change at the household and community level, the power to organize and change existing hierarchies, the power to increase individual awareness and the desire to change, the strength of collective action and solidarity.
Phenolformaldehyde copolymers containing card groups
Authors: Machulenko L. N. , Donetskaya S. A. , Buzin M. I.
Published: January 2020

In this review the results of studies over the past 15 years of phenol-formaldehyde cooligomers containing card groups and crosslinked copolymers based on them are сompiled and analyzed. The data on the infl uence of the nature of the curable cooligomer and the amount of card groups in it on the properties of copolymers (strength, thermal and electrophysical characteristics) are presented. The regularities revealed allow to create copolymers with specifi ed properties which can be used as eff ective polymeric binders to create heat-resistant polymeric composites and electroactive fi lm materials for electronics and radio engineering
Modification of polyolefins by reactive extrusion methods: a comparison of melt and solid-state modifications carried out on the same equipment
Authors: Zelenetsky A. N. , Sizova M. D. , Volkov V. P. , Zelenetsky S. N. , Bolduev V. S.
Published: January 2020

The modification of polyolefi ns by polar monomers in the melt and solid state on one extruder was investigated. The features of changes in the physical and chemical properties of polyolefi ns with melt and solid modifi cations are studied.

The reactivity of comonomers in liquid-phase and solid-phase modifi cation processes has been compared. The method of grafting solid modifi cation, in which pre-ozonated polyethylene is used as a copolymerization initiator, has been investigated. High adhesion properties of the copolymers were found.
The effect of the addition of carbon nanoparticles and methods for combining them with an epoxy matrix on the properties of polymeric composite materials
Authors: Kasilov V. P. , Pakhomov K. S. , Pimenov N. V.
Published: January 2020

The influence of the methods of introducing carbon nanoparticles into the epoxy binder and their amount on the complex of physicomechanical characteristics of unidirectional organic and carbon plastics was evaluated. An increase in the breaking load in microplastic made of carbon filaments up to 86% due to the introduction of nanoparticles is shown. An increase in the compressive strength of unidirectional carbon-fiber specimens modified with nanoparticles using a wave machine, up to 32% in comparison with unmodified, has been established.
Development of perspective methods of changing the properties of composites based on polytetrafl uoroethylene
Authors: Taganova V. A. , Shcherbina N. A. , Pichkhidze S. Ya. , Kopyltsov V. V.
Published: January 2020

The article presents data on the increase in adhesion strength at the delamination of fluorine-containing rubber and composite F4G25 based on PTFE, containing 25 mass.% fiberglass. An increase in the adhesion strength during the delamination of modified PTFE with rubber based on fluorinated rubbers with additional surface modification of the fluoroplastic composite PTFE by 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxylane in ethanol, previously treated with a solution of sodium naphthalene complex in tetrahydrofuran, is shown.
ANALISIS PENGARUH KARAKTERISTIK INDIVIDU TERHADAP KINERJA PEGAWAI MELALUI INTERPRENEURSHIP SEBAGAI VARIABEL MEDIASI DI UMKM
Authors: Husien Nirza Marzuki
Published: January 2020

The attention of the public and the government and the world of education towards small business communities in the form of small and medium micro enterprises (MSMEs) is currently quite large considering the large number of jobs created from this business. But the development of uneven MSMEs is still small, especially from the financial aspect. Much assistance has been given both from soft loans and other business facilities as well as various trainings. This study attempts to examine the effectiveness of individual characteristics of employee performance through the employee's interpreneur spirit. This research was conducted on 133 usha practitioners both as owners, owners and perpetrators, as well as employees of MSMEs in the forestry sector such as making furniture, transporting timber, and providing building materials from wood. The results of the study show that the interpreneur spirit of employees successfully mediates the influence of individual characteristics to improve the performance of MSME employees. So that it is expected that MSME managers must select employees to consider the spirit of their interpreneur and include their employees in entrepreneurship training.
Ženske v medreligijski izgradnji miru
Authors: Furlan Štante Nadja , Zalta Anja
Published: January 2020

Vprašanje raziskovanja različnih poti t. i. ženske religijske izgradnje miru je v Sloveniji in tudi širše še neraziskano oziroma malo znano področje. Vpeto je v kontekst vključevanja (manjkajočih) ženskih glasov v medreligijski dialog, ki temu služijo kot most za religijsko izgradnjo miru.
INTERNAL FACTORS INFLUENCING COMMERCIAL BANKS’ LENDING BEHAVIOUR IN MALAYSIA
Authors: Md Isa Mohamad Azwan , A Latif Ruziah , Zaharum Zaibedah , Nasrul Ferri , Noh Mohd Khairul Ariff
Published: January 2020

Commercial banks play a pivotal role as a financial intermediary in mobilizing funds among the sectors such as private households, business firms, and the government. Investment activities, business expansion, and industrial development depend largely on the funds, without which a country’s economy will be stagnant and even worse the economy is going to be in catastrophe. Apparently, lending activity is the core business of commercial banks that contributes the largest income proportion to the banks. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the four specific internal factors influencing the commercial banks’ lending behaviour. Sampling from the year 2009 to 2018, this study evidences that the volume of deposit, level of liquidity and bank size significantly influences the lending behaviour of commercial banks in Malaysia after the 2007/2008 global financial crisis. Specifically, the volume of deposit and non-performing loans negatively influence the banks’ lending behaviour whereas the level of liquidity and bank size pose positive impacts on lending behaviour. These findings are very beneficial to the commercial banks, the Central Bank of Malaysia (BNM), depositors or shareholders as well as business firms in planning, formulating appropriate policies and ultimately making well-informed decisions in the future.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP (LEADERSHIP 4.0) TOWARDS MALAYSIAN SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
Authors: Mohd Kasim Norhisham , Zakaria Mohd Nazri
Published: January 2020

School performance is the main agenda in school organizations in achieving the vision and mission as well as the main objectives of the Ministry of Education. Issues on performance in the context of school organizations are based on leadership management. The main issues highlighted are based on leadership in achieving the ultimate goal of the Ministry of Education (MOE). This study examines the leadership among the headmasters and principals in schools in improving the performance of schools in Malaysia. From the concept of leadership, the leadership that forms the leadership of entrepreneurship among teachers in every school leader plays an important role in the education system to deal with changes and challenges. Entrepreneurial leadership is a leader who is classified to achieve the same goal of using entrepreneurial behavior. Hence, this study focuses entirely on entrepreneurial leadership relationships with school performance in Malaysia. This study also tests the sustainability leadership as a second variable. Supported by the Model Leader-Member Exchange theory, this study proposes a framework by outlining the factors that exist in entrepreneurial leadership and sustainable leadership A total of 171 school organization from public schools have participated in this study. Data for this study variables were collected through a self-administered survey. Partial Least Square - Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) is the main statistical technique used in this study. The findings show that some variables such as entrepreneurial leadership and sustainability leadership are significant in relation to school performance. The findings will contribute to future research that researchers can research deeply on leadership 4.0 towards the performance of public or private schools in Malaysia.
CARTOON MATERIAL IN MALAY LANGUAGE ESSAY WRITING
Authors: Hj. Redzuan Norul Haida , Norzan Normarini , Amir Nur Nadzirah
Published: January 2020

This study is about the effectiveness of using cartoon materials in Malay language writing at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kampung Jambu. The first objective of this study was to identify the effectiveness of the use of cartoon materials in writing Malay language. The second objective is to analyze the effectiveness of the use of cartoon materials in the writing of the Malay language. In this study, a total of 20 form four students were selected as respondents for questionnaires, pre and post test. This study uses quantitative methods involving questionnaire, pre test and post test. Data analysis of pre-test, pre test and post test using Statistical Packages For Social Science (SPSS) version 23.0. This study focuses on the effectiveness of the use of cartoon materials in the writing of Malay language based on the theory of Gagne Learning (1972) and the theory of Constructivism (1993). Through the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the effectiveness of Malay language writing increased after using cartoon materials. Post-test shows students' achievement in essay writing increased by 65% which achieved excellent results. The use of this cartoon can also help students in developing essay writing ideas of 65%. The next proposed study is to study the use of cartoon materials in Malay language writing using larger scale and diversifying research instruments. In conclusion, the use of cartoon material is able to enhance the teaching and learning process especially in writing.
TYPOLOGY AGAINST SUSTAINABILITY OF MALAY PATANI DIALECTS IN CHEPIR SIK, KEDAH
Authors: Wan Mokhtar Wan Khairulhusna , Yusop Mohd Sharifudin
Published: January 2020

Studies on the endangered of the minority dialects in Malaysia are increasingly focused. Similarly, the Malay Patani dialect spoken by the Malay Patani community experiencing some of the problems related to confrontation due to cross-collision of language and culture as well as the influence of foreign language. This situation has been found to interfere with their original dialect. So, research on the Malay dialects of Patani is important to look at the current state of their society now and in the future. The objective of the study is to describe the typology of Malay dialect in Sik, Kedah. The theory used in this study is Sasse’s (1992) model which proposes the Theoretical Model of Language Death. Qualitative and quantitative approaches are also used to obtain data through field research methods that involve questionnaire techniques, recordings, and observations. The findings shown that there are three important factors in determining the preservation of a language or dialect, namely parental factors, residence factors and language ability factors. All three of these factors have the potential to determine the language’s native language. In addition, they have also been able to demonstrate the high ethnocentric and enthusiastic nature of their mother tongue. This situasion is evident that the Malay Patani is still safe despite the language clashes.
OWNER-MANAGER CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCE ON THE SMEs INNOVATION ORIENTATION OF SMEs: A LITERATURE EXPLORATION
Authors: Daneji Ahmad Aminu , Shavarebi Kamran , Yap Jeffrey Boon Hui
Published: January 2020

The firm’s involvement in innovation became a necessary attribute for firms to remain competitive and successful. However, innovation is still considered a hallmark of large firms only. The literature on SME's involvement in innovation is scant and needs further exploration regarding the innovation process in the SME firms. This paper aims to hint the gap of knowledge related to the association between the owner-manager characteristics and innovation orientation at the SMEs. A review of relevant literature was exhausted for the achievement of the study objective. The findings of the study highlight that to fully explore the innovation process at the SME level, there is a need to divide the innovation concept into innovation creation and innovation adoption as two discrete concepts effected by the owner-manager personal characteristics. Literature hints at these two conceptualizations of the innovation among SMEs, but empirical examination is non-existence. Therefore, this work recommends future research endeavors to empirically examining the direction and strength of the relationship between owner-manager characteristics and SME's innovation performance in terms of creation and adoption. Moreover, literature and policy direction can be drawn from the respective research activities.
THE PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DIMENSIONS: A STUDY AT PONTIAN DISTRICT COUNCIL, JOHOR STATE OF MALAYSIA
Authors: Siron Rusinah , Mohd Saad Noor Azizun , Tasripan Mohd Amin
Published: January 2020

Environmental management is an important management in building the quality of human life. The management of the green environment, in turn, adds value to efforts to build a more harmonious environment in an effort to prevent pollution related to land, water, fire, and wind. This study takes one step towards identifying people's perceptions of the dimensions of environmental management that affect their lives and their environment. This study focuses on the Pontian district, the Johor state of Malaysia with the objective of this study was to identify the perceptions of Pontian district council staff on the dimensions of environmental management in relation to their work environment as the Pontian district council staff are directly and indirectly involved in green environment management such as waste management and green environmental competency. The survey respondents consisted of 120 staff at the Pontian District Council. The results showed four dimensions of green environment management outcome with the highest percentage agreement is a green organizational climate of 73.5 percent followed by green environment efficiency giving a 72.5 percent agreement percentage followed by green quality of working life 66.8 percent and finally green environmental of waste management by 60.8 percent.
MAKNA KEBERKAHAN AL-QUR’AN (Analisis Terhadap QS. şād/38:29)
Authors: Ruslan Ruslan
Published: January 2020

Abstrak Tulisan ini memaparkan tentang makna keberkahan al-Qur‟an yang berfokus pada analisis QS. Sad/38:29. Ada tiga yang akan dijawab. Pertama, bagaimana gambaran ayat tentang keberkahan al-qur‟an. Kedua, bagaimana analisis ayat QS. Sad/38:29. Ketiga, bagaimana bentuk keberkahan al-Qur‟an. Masalah ini dijawab dengan menggunakan metode tafsir dengan cara mengemukakan seluruh ayat yang berkaitan tentang keberkahan al-qur‟an kemudian memfokuskan pada salah satu ayat yang memang menjadi objek analisis. Ayat tersebut dianalisis dengan menggunakan pendekatan linguistik dan ilmu tafsir. Tulisan ini menghasilkan suatu temuan bahwa keberkahan alqur‟an dapat diraih melalui dua cara. Pertama, melalui pembacaan ayat-ayat al-qur‟an itu sendiri yang biasa dilakukan secara tilawah, atau qira‟ah termasuk didalamnya membacanya untuk sebagai sebuah harapan atau doa tertentu dan, yang kedua adalah melalui cara pendalaman pada makna atau maksud ayat dalam rangka mengetahui orientasi makna ayat al-Qur‟an secara komprehensip atau dengan istilah tadabbur. Melalui tadabbur pada al-Qur‟an, manusia dapat menemukan banyak petunjuk yang dapat bermanfaat bagi manusia dan kehidupannya. Kata kunci: Berkah, Al-Qur‟an, Tadabbur.
KETERAMPILAN MUSIKALISASI PUISI DENGAN TEKNIK PEMODELAN PADA SISWA KELAS KELAS IX SMP NEGERI 3 RUMBIA KABUPATEN JENEPONTO
Authors: Rusniati Rusniati
Published: January 2020

Abstract This research aims to improve student learning outcomes in music poetry through modeling techniques in Class IX students of SMP Negeri 3 Rumbia, Jeneponto Regency. This study, is a research that aims to make improvements that have an impact on improving student learning outcomes. The subjects in this study were class IX students of SMP Negeri 3 Rumbia, Jeneponto with a total of 41 students, while the object of the research was the entire learning process by applying modeling techniques in learning musical poetry. This research was conducted in two cycles namely cycle I and cycle II, indicators of the success of this classroom action research on aspects of the process and learning outcomes. Data collection techniques were observations (field observations, field notes), questionnaires, documentation, performance tests (performance) and recordings. The results of the research cycle 1, with the number of students who score 80 and above as many as 11 students or 26.82%. After seeing the results achieved with the provisions of the indicator of the success of 80% of students who scored ≥ 80, not yet reached the maximum results. Based on the results of observations and evaluations that have been carried out in the second cycle there was an increase in student learning outcomes in musical poetry using modeling techniques with the value of ≥ 80 totaling 39 students or 95.12% and whereas in the second cycle it only reached 26.82% with the number 11 students. Thus, it can be concluded that the learning outcomes of Class IX students of SMP Negeri 3 Rumbia, Jeneponto Regency in musical poetry will increase when using modeling techniques correctly. Keywords: Musicalisation of poetry, and modeling techniques