bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
DWV-A Lethal to Honey Bees (Apis mellifera): A Colony Level Survey of DWV Variants (A, B, and C) in England, Wales, and 32 States across the US
Authors: Kevill Jessica L. , de Souza Flaviane S. , Sharples Christopher , Oliver Randy , Schroeder Declan C. , Martin Stephen J.
Published: May 2019

The strong association between Varroa destructor, deformed wing virus (DWV), and high overwintering colony losses (OCL) of honey bees is well established. Three DWV master variants (DWV-A, -B, and -C) have been described, and their role in colony mortality remains an open question. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the seasonal prevalence, viral load, and changing distribution of the three DWV master variants within honey bee colonies from England, Wales, and 32 states across the United States. Here, we report that in 2016, DWV-B was prevalent (100%, n = 249) and dominant (95%) in England and Wales, compared to the US. (56%, n = 217 and 23%, respectively), where DWV-A was prevalent (83%, n = 217) and dominant (63%). DWV-C was regularly detected in low viral loads (<1 × 107 genome equivalents per bee) and at lower prevalence (58% in England and Wales, n = 203, and 14% across the United States, n = 124) compared to DWV-A and -B. DWV-B prevalence and dominance in England and Wales coincided with low OCL (6%). Meanwhile, a 60% loss was reported by participating U.S. beekeepers. In the United States, DWV-A prevalence (89%, n = 18) and viral load were significantly (p = 0.002) higher (1 × 10 8–1 × 1011) in colonies that died when compared to the surviving colonies (49% (n = 27), 1 × 106–1 × 1010). DWV-B had low prevalence (56%, n = 18) in the colonies that died with viral loads of <1 × 1010. However, DWV-B was routinely detected in high viral loads (>1 × 1010) in surviving colonies from all sample locations, providing further supporting evidence of DWV-A exhibiting increased virulence over DWV-B at the colony level.
Volatilome in Milk for Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano Cheeses: A First Survey
Authors: Faustini Massimo , Quintavalle Pastorino Giovanni , Colombani Carla , Chiesa Luca Maria , Panseri Sara , Vigo Daniele , Curone Giulio
Published: May 2019

Milk characteristics in terms of volatile compounds can influence the subsequent product characteristics and can give indications about metabolism. These features can strongly depend on feeding and management. In this perspective, the screening of milk samples intended for Parmigiano-Reggiano and Grana Padano located in Northern Italy was performed, focusing on a panel of volatile molecules. The work was carried out on a total number of 25 bovine milk samples for the production of Parmigiano-Reggiano and Grana Padano. Milk samples were collected from May to September and analyzed for volatile molecules using headspace gas chromatography mass spectrometry. A range of several volatile molecule classes was considered (aldehydes, ketones, alcohols, carboxylic acids, esters, aromatic hydrocarbons, solforates). Results showed a significant influence of the month and destination of milk due to the time period and subsequent use in cheesemaking (Parmigiano-Reggiano and Grana Padano). Significant differences between months were observed for all volatiles. These preliminary results indicate differences between the two types of milk due to the period and destination. The study of volatile molecules in milk will give important information about the physiology of milk and the evolution of dairy products. These features must be extended and confirmed by the sensory analysis of milk and derived products, leading to a more complete characterization of milk biology and derived products.
Associations and Dissociations between Oculomotor Readiness and Covert Attention
Authors: Casteau Soazig , Smith Daniel T.
Published: May 2019

The idea that covert mental processes such as spatial attention are fundamentally dependent on systems that control overt movements of the eyes has had a profound influence on theoretical models of spatial attention. However, theories such as Klein’s Oculomotor Readiness Hypothesis (OMRH) and Rizzolatti’s Premotor Theory have not gone unchallenged. We previously argued that although OMRH/Premotor theory is inadequate to explain pre-saccadic attention and endogenous covert orienting, it may still be tenable as a theory of exogenous covert orienting. In this article we briefly reiterate the key lines of argument for and against OMRH/Premotor theory, then evaluate the Oculomotor Readiness account of Exogenous Orienting (OREO) with respect to more recent empirical data. These studies broadly confirm the importance of oculomotor preparation for covert, exogenous attention. We explain this relationship in terms of reciprocal links between parietal ‘priority maps’ and the midbrain oculomotor centres that translate priority-related activation into potential saccade endpoints. We conclude that the OMRH/Premotor theory hypothesis is false for covert, endogenous orienting but remains tenable as an explanation for covert, exogenous orienting.
Bela Julesz in Depth
Authors: Papathomas Thomas V. , Morikawa Kazunori , Wade Nicholas
Published: May 2019

A brief tribute to Bela Julesz (1928–2003) is made in words and images. In addition to a conventional stereophotographic portrait, his major contributions to vision research are commemorated by two ‘perceptual portraits’, which try to capture the spirit of his main accomplishments in stereopsis and the perception of texture.
Assess Effectiveness of Salt Removal by a Subsurface Drainage with Bundled Crop Straws in Coastal Saline Soil Using HYDRUS-3D
Authors: Lu Peirong , Zhang Zhanyu , Sheng Zhuping , Huang Mingyi , Zhang Zemin
Published: May 2019

The low permeability of soil and high investment of salt management pose great challenges for implementation of land reclamation in coastal areas. In this study, a temporary soil leaching system was tested in which bundled maize straw (straw drainage module, SDM) was operated as a subsurface drainage tube and diluted seawater was used for leaching. A preliminary field experiment was conducted in coastal soil-filled lysimeters to examine the system’s feasibility and a numerical model (HYDRUS-3D) based on field measured data was designed to simulate the entire leaching process. The simulation results showed that the soil water velocity and the non-uniformity of salt distribution were apparently enhanced in the region approaching the drain outlet. The mass balance information indicated that the amount of water drained with SDM accounts for 37.9–66.0% of the total amount of leaching water, and the mass of salt removal was about 1.7 times that of the salt input from the diluted seawater. Additional simulations were conducted to explore the impacts of the design parameters, including leaching amount, the salinity of leaching water, and the number of leaching events on the desalination performance of the leaching system. Such simulations showed that the salt removal efficiency and soil desalination rate both were negatively related to the seawater mixture rate but were positively associated with the amount of leaching water. Increasing the leaching times, the salt removal efficiency was gradually decreased in all treatments, but the soil desalination rate was decreased only in the treatments leached with less diluted seawater. Our results confirmed the feasibility of the SDM leaching system in soil desalination and lay a good foundation for this system application in initial reclamation of saline coastal land.
Formulation and Implementation of Short-Term Optimal Reservoir Operation Schemes Integrated with Operation Rules
Authors: Zhang Yanke , Wu Jiajie , Yu Hongjie , Ji Changming
Published: May 2019

To narrow the gap between theoretical research and practical application of short-term optimal reservoir power generation operation under uncertain conditions, a comprehensive study is conducted on the formulation, evaluation, and implementation of operation schemes throughout the entire procedure of optimal operation. Firstly, the three implementation modes of the optimal operation scheme are assessed with the post-evaluation method. After the optimal implementation mode is determined, the formulation and implementation of optimal operation schemes are improved by combining the advantages of conventional and optimal operation and using the concept of warning water level in operation rules. Finally, the Xiaoxuan Reservoir is taken as an example for simulation calculation under different operating conditions. The results show that the operation model integrated with operation rules has both the security of conventional operation and the profitability of optimal operation. The accordingly-formulated optimal operation schemes, when implemented with the output control mode, can provide valuable guidance for the actual operation of hydropower stations.
Impact of Urban Stormwater Runoff on Cyanobacteria Dynamics in A Tropical Urban Lake
Authors: Silva Talita F. G. , Vinçon-Leite Brigitte , Lemaire Bruno J. , Petrucci Guido , Giani Alessandra , Figueredo Cléber C. , Nascimento Nilo de O.
Published: May 2019

Worldwide, eutrophication and cyanobacteria blooms in lakes and reservoirs are a great concern for water resources management. Coupling a catchment hydrological model and a lake model has been a strategy to assess the impact of land use, agricultural practices and climate change on water quality. However, research has mainly focused on large lakes, while urban reservoirs and their catchments, especially in tropical regions, are still poorly studied despite the wide range of ecosystem services they provide. An integrated modelling approach coupling the hydrological model Storm Water Management Model SWMM and the lake ecological model DYRESM-CAEDYM is proposed for Lake Pampulha (Brazil). Scenarios of increased imperviousness of the catchment and of reduction in the load of nutrients and total suspended solids (TSS) in dry weather inflow were simulated. Runoff water quality simulations presented a fair performance for TSS and ammonium (NH4+) while the dynamics of total phosphorus (TP) and nitrate (NO3−) were poorly captured. Phytoplankton dynamics in the lake were simulated with good accuracy (Normalized Mean Absolute Error, NMAE = 0.24 and r = 0.89 in calibration period; NMAE = 0.55 and r = 0.54 in validation period). The general trends of growth, decline and the magnitude of phytoplankton biomass were well represented most of the time. Scenario simulations suggest that TP reduction will decrease cyanobacteria biomass and delay its peaks as a consequence of orthophosphate (PO43−) concentration reduction in the lake surface layers. However, even decreasing TP load into Lake Pampulha by half would not be sufficient to achieve the water quality objective of a maximum concentration of 60 µg chla L−1. Increased imperviousness in the catchment will raise runoff volume, TSS, TP and NO3− loads into Lake Pampulha and promote greater cyanobacteria biomass, mainly in the beginning of the wet season, because of additional nutrient input from catchment runoff. Recovering Lake Pampulha water quality will require the improvement of the sanitation system. The lake water quality improvement will also require more sustainable and nature-based solutions for urban drainage in order to reduce non-point pollution through infiltration and retention of stormwater and to enhance natural processes, such as chemical sorption, biodegradation and phytoremediation. The integrated modelling approach here proposed can be applied for other urban reservoirs taking advantage of existing knowledge on Lake Pampulha.
A Modeling Approach to Diagnose the Impacts of Global Changes on Discharge and Suspended Sediment Concentration within the Red River Basin
Authors: Wei Xi , Sauvage Sabine , Le Thi Phuong Quynh , Ouillon Sylvain , Orange Didier , Vinh Vu Duy , Sanchez-Perez José-Miguel
Published: May 2019

The Red River basin is a typical Asian river system affected by climate and anthropogenic changes. The purpose of this study is to build a tool to separate the effect of climate variability and anthropogenic influences on hydrology and suspended sediments. A modeling method combining in situ and climatic satellite data was used to analyze the discharge (Q) and suspended sediment concentration (SSC) at a daily time scale from 2000 to 2014. Scenarios of natural and actual conditions were implemented to quantify the impacts of climate variability and dams. The modeling gained satisfactory simulation results of water regime and SSC compared to the observations. Under natural conditions, the Q and SSC show decreasing tendencies, and climate variability is the main influence factor reducing the Q. Under actual conditions, SSC is mainly reduced by dams. At the outlet, annual mean Q got reduced by 13% (9% by climate and 4% by dams), and annual mean SSC got reduced to 89% (13% due to climate and 76% due to dams) of that under natural conditions. The climate tendencies are mainly explained by a decrease of 9% on precipitation and 5% on evapotranspiration, which results in a 13% decrease of available water for the whole basin.
Assessment of the Impact of Forestry and Settlement-Forest Use of the Catchments on the Parameters of Surface Water Quality: Case Studies for Chechło Reservoir Catchment, Southern Poland
Authors: Bogdał Andrzej , Wałęga Andrzej , Kowalik Tomasz , Cupak Agnieszka
Published: May 2019

The aim of the study was to determine the impact of natural and anthropogenic factors on the values of 22 quality indicators of surface waters flowing out of two small catchments differing in physiographic parameters and land use, in particular forest cover and urbanization of the area. The research was carried out in the years 2012–2014 at four measurement-control points located on the Chechło river and the Młoszówka stream (Poland), which are the main tributaries of the retention reservoir. Basic descriptive statistics, statistical tests, as well as cluster analysis and factor analysis were used to interpret the research results. The water that outflowed from the forestry-settlement catchment of the Młoszówka stream contained higher concentrations of total phosphorus, phosphates, nitrite, and nitrate nitrogen and salinity indicators than outflow from the Chechło river. Water from the Młoszówka stream was characterized by more favourable oxygen conditions. Higher oxygen concentration in the catchment influenced a large slope of the watercourse and thus higher water velocity, which is promoted by the mixed process. In the case of the forest catchment of the Chechło river, the water quality was generally better than in the Młoszówka stream, mainly in cases of total suspended solids TSS, total phosphorus TP, phosphates PO43−, total nitrogen TN, nitrite N–NO2−, nitrate N–NO3−, and salinity parameters. Despite it being a short section of the river taken into the study, favourable self-purification processes like mixed, nitrification, and denitrification were observed in its water. The research shows that forest areas have a positive effect on the balance of most substances dissolved in water, and natural factors in many cases shape the quality and utility values of surface waters on an equal footing with anthropogenic factors. In the case of a large number of examined parameters and complex processes occurring in water, the interpretation of the results makes it much easier by applying multivariate statistical methods.
A New Optimization Method for the Layout of Pumping Wells in Oases: Application in the Qira Oasis, Northwest China
Authors: Liu Yi , Shen Mengyang , Zhao Jianping , Dai Heng , Gui Dongwei , Feng Xinlong , Ju Jiali , Sang Shilei , Zhang Xiaoying , Hu Bill
Published: May 2019

Oases are vital habitat areas for both humans and wild plants and animals in desert areas of arid Northwestern China. The efficient management of oasis water resources, especially groundwater resources, is very important for the environmental sustainability and economic development of the region. Pumping wells play a vital role in the oasis groundwater supply; therefore, optimizing the layout of these wells is essential for water resource management. In this study, we present a novel optimization methodology that implements a genetic algorithm and nonlinear programming model for the layout of pumping wells. The methodology was tested and evaluated in the real oasis case study of Qira Oasis located in southern Xinjiang Province, China. The optimization result shows that only 68 pumping wells are required for irrigation purposes of Qira Oasis, and this layout reduces the number of current pumping wells strongly by 59%. Thus, a large number of pumping wells can be closed to save resources. The optimizing method presented in this research is mathematically general and can be applied to other oasis areas without any obstacles. This method can provide decision-makers and managers with key information to ensure the optimal management and safety of valuable groundwater resources in oases.
The Pope Against the Jews: The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism
Authors: Baum Steven K
Published: May 2019

Rome has had a lot of apologizing and explaining to do lately. Added to the growing list of assaults, sex scandals, and indignities is the Catholic Church’s long-standing love-hate relationship with the Jews. In a nation that bore the first Jewish ghettoes, made Jews wear identity badges, forbade them to develop relations with Christians in marriage, commerce, land ownership and living quarters, Vatican politics and policy and legendary denial should not come as any surprise.
Positioning Hate
Authors: Blee Kathleen
Published: May 2019

A year after the publication of my book on women in the contemporary organized racist movement,Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement (2002), I received a series of emails from a woman I will call Jenny. The study of racist activists in this book was based in part on my interviews with women in the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi and white supremacist skinhead groups, and Christian Identity communities. Although Jenny was not among those I had interviewed or even met in the course of the study, she had heard about my book–although not read it, as I later discovered–and contacted me to complain. Jenny insisted that I had inaccurately characterized people in the racist movements as motivated by hatred. In her experience, the movement, at least in the past, had been composed largely of “well-meaning” and “fairminded” people. Only recently had it attracted less savory characters who were just “looking for a home for their hate”—people, Jenny concluded, who were making the racist movement less comfortable for the good people like her.
Christian Identity: An American Heresy
Authors: Ostendorf David
Published: May 2019

Christian Identity is a belief system so strange, indeed bizarre, that most Americans who know anything about it dismiss it outright and relegate those who believe it to the quaint and quirky fringes of the nation’s religious subcultures. How seriously, for example, can one take the notion that God created Adam as a white man and that other races are sub-human? Or the belief that the lost tribes of Israel traversed Europe, landed in Great Britain, and crossed the Atlantic to inherit—as white Christian racialists—the promises of God? Or that Jesus came only to reach out to and save this particular “Israel,” comprised solely of white supremacists? Little wonder that Americans do not take this ideology seriously, or that American Christians and their church leaders pay it scant attention. An occasional news story on the white supremacist movement may mention Christian Identity, and most readers quickly recognize the obligatory description of its basic racist and anti-Semitic beliefs. In American history, and particularly in American Christian history, these ideas are not as bizarre as they may seem at first glance.
Poetry: I am a Jew
Authors: Gurian Michael
Published: May 2019

Poem by Michael Gurian
Fenomena Pemasaran Politik
Authors: Sumartias Suwandi , Susanti Santi
Published: May 2019

Era reformasi dan globalisasi telah mendorong perubahan massif dalam pemahaman dan praktik politik masyarakat Indonesia. Praktik politik berada dalam ranah komersialisasi luar biasa, kegiatan pemasaran, kampanye dan iklan politik dalam berbagai media (massa, nirmassa dan media online). Situasi ini diperkuat oleh para opinion leader, organisasi politik, ekonomi, sosial budaya dan keagamaan yang turut menjadi agen dan aktor politik yang sangat berpengaruh dan menempatkan politik menjadi panglima. Media massa dan media sosial memiliki kekuatan besar sebagai pembentuk opini, fungsi pendidikan politik dan perubahan, selain menghibur dan informasi secara netral, fair, profesional dan bertanggung jawab, alih-alih terjebak kepentingan bisnis politik para kandidat dan parsial. Sementara kualitas SDM politisi dan pengetahuan serta kesadaran warga tentang politik masih jauh dari profesional, bahkan menjadi antiklimaks, di mana maraknya pelanggaran etika, hukum dan moral (KKN, konflik sosial, money politics, dan lainnya) dalam relasi politik politisi/birokrat dengan warga semakin transparan keberadaannya sehingga politik tak lagi dipahami sebagai ilmu yang mampu memberi solusi yang nyaman, damai dan menyejahterakan, namun hanyalah retorika (lip service) yang semakin meneguhkan reputasi dan citra buruk politisi dan birokrat. Akibatnya, pemilu hanyalah rangkaian seremonial/pesta demokrasi dengan berbagai tindak politik penuh rekayasa, intrik yang penuh dengan pelanggaran hukum, sosial dan moral.
Revitalisasi Pembangunan Pendidikan Melalui Pendekatan Komunikasi Pendidikan
Authors: Koswara Iwan
Published: May 2019

Pendidikan merupakan salah satu penentu kemajuan bangsa dan pembentuk para National Builders yang berkompetisi secara global, hal ini dikarenakan pendidikan mempunyai peranan dalam meningkatkan kualitas manusia sebagai sumber daya pembangunan dan titik sentral dalam upaya keberhasilan pembangunan tersebut. Pembangunan pendidikan diarahkan untuk menghasilkan insan Indonesia cerdas dan kompetitif melalui peningkatan ketersediaan, keterjangkauan, kualitas, relevansi, kesetaraan, dan kepastian memperoleh layanan pendidikan secara merata. Oleh karenanya, melalui komunikasi pendidikan proses revitalisasi pembangunan pendidikan penting dilakukan, untuk membangun strategi maupun program-program pendidikan yang dapat mendukung terhadap peningkatan mutu pendidikan.
Implementasi Fungsi Artikulasi dan Agregasi PKS Kota Bandung pada Pemilu 2019.
Authors: Solihin Olih
Published: May 2019

Partai Keadilan Sejahreta (PKS) Kota Bandung mempersiapkan segala strategi untuk menghadapi pemilu 2009. Sebagai partai yang memiliki pendukung yang cukup besar di Kota Bandung, partai ini harus mempu mengimplementasikan fungsi komunikasi politik artikulasi dan agregasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus.Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa PKS Kota Bandung belum mengimplementasikan fungsi artikulasi secara optimal, tapi upaya sudah dilakukan dengan cara membuka ruang bersama, diskusi secara bersama dan aktif oleh sistem politik (pemerintah dan parlemen) bersama segmen-segmen warga masyarakat tentu juga berbasis pada popular space invite. PKS Kota Bandung juga telah mengimplementasikan fungsi agregasi melalui kader yang duduk di parlemen.Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Bandung prepare all the strategies to face the 2009 elections. As a party that has a large enough supporters in the city of Bandung, this party must mempu implement the political communication function of articulation and aggregation. This research uses qualitative method with case study approach.The result of research shows that PKS Bandung City has not yet implemented the articulation function optimally, but the effort has been done by opening the room together, discussion together and active by political system (government and parliament) together segment of citizen of course also based on popular space invite PKS Bandung City has also implemented aggregation function through cadres who sit in parliament.
Internet Dalam Kajian Komunikasi Antarbudaya
Authors: Wulandari Tine Agustin
Published: May 2019

Komunikasi dan teknologi informasi telah berkembang pesat. Internet adalah salah satu penemuan terbesar dalam komunikasi dan teknologi informasi yang juga memberikan dampak besar bagi kehidupan manusia. Pada awalnya, pengguna internet dan masyarakat masih beranggapan bahwa internet merupakan bagian dari komunikasi dan ekspansi teknologi informasi, mereka berpikir "internet adalah sebuah alat bukan sebuah media". Hipotesis ini tidak menghilang ketika orang mulai menggunakan fasilitas internet, seperti email, chatting, dan browser untuk berkomunikasi. Faktanya, internet tidak hanya menjadi media penyimpanan alternative tetapi juga menciptakan pola-pola baru dalam komunikasi. Artikel ini akan berbagi tentang menggunakan internet dalam kajian komunikasi antarbudaya.AbstractCommunication and information technology was expanding incredibly. Internet is one of the biggest invention in communication and information technology equipment which also give a great impact to the human life. In the beginning of its apperance, internet user and society still consider that internet was part of communication and information technology expansion, they think "internet is a tools not a medium". This hypothesis was not vanished when people starts using internet facility, such as e-mail, chatting, and browser to communicate. In fact, internet became not only communication media alternative but also creating new patterns in communication. This article would like to share about the use of internet in the intercultural communication.
Persepsi Ibu Rumah Tangga Terhadap Kebijakan Kantong Plastik Berbayar
Authors: Ismail Oki Ahmad
Published: May 2019

Penelitian ini mengkaji bagaimana perbedaan persepsi ibu rumah tangga terhadap kebijakan kantong plastik berbayar yang dikeluarkan Pemerintah. Persepsi yang berbeda ini ditinjau dari tiga faktor yaitu Pemersepsi (Perceiver), Sasaran persepsi (Pereceived), dan Situasi (Setting) Peneliti menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif analisis. Hasil penelitian menunjukan. Dalam hal Pemersepsi Ibu Rumah Tangga memiliki pengetahuan mengenai kebijakan plastik berbayar dari berbagai sumber seperti televisi, media online dan interaksi langsung dengan pelayan toko hanya saja dalam mengorganisasikan informasi tersebut memiliki reaksi yang beragam. Dalam hal sasaran Sebagian ibu rumah tangga menganggap kebijakan ini baik untuk mengubah perilaku bijak dalam menggunakan kantong plastik, sebagian lainnya masih mempermasalahkan nilai 200 rupiah yang harus dibayar untuk satu kantong plastik, dan sosialisasi pemerintah yang tidak merata. Sementara dalam hal Situasi sebagian ibu-ibu memiliki respon yang baik dengan menggunakan kantong plastik yang dapat digunakan berulang kali (totebag),sebagian lagi memiliki respon yang biasa saja. AbstractThis research examines how differences of perception of the homemaker towards plastic bag unpaid policies issued by the Government. These different perceptions in terms of three factors, namely the Perceiver, target perception (Pereceived), and situation (Setting) Researcher using qualitative research methods with descriptive analysis approach. Results of the study showed. In terms of Perceiver Housewife with knowledge of plastic paid policy from various sources such as television, online media and direct interaction with the waitress just store in organizing such information have mixed reactions. In terms of target Some housewife thinks this policy either to change the behavior of the wise in the use of plastic bags, others still dispute the value of 200 rupiah to pay for one plastic bag, and a Government socialization of uneven. While in terms of the situation most mothers have a good response with the use of plastic bags that can be used repeatedly (totebag), some have a mediocre response.
PENDEKATAN KOMUNIKASI INTERNASIONAL
Authors: Malik Deddy Djamaluddin
Published: May 2019

This article purpose is discribe historical setting, approach, definition and scope of international communication. The coming of globalization makes change some activities and orientations in this field. The method used in this article is literature study related to international communication, global communication and international relations. The result of this study that the term of international communication is altered by term of global communication. But in academic environment, the old term still its used. Second, there is many approach to international communication. The last one, the writer explore the position and function of international communication.  Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menggambarkan latar belakang sejarah, pendekatan, definisi dan ruang lingkup komunikasi internasional. Kedatangan globalisasi membuat perubahan beberapa aktivitas dan orientasi di bidang ini. metode yang digunakan dalam artikel ini adalah studi pustaka terkait komunikasi internasional, komunikasi global dan hubungan internasional. Hasil penelitian ini bahwa istilah komunikasi internasional diubah oleh istilah komunikasi global. Tapi di lingkungan akademik, istilah lama tetap digunakan. Kedua, ada banyak pendekatan terhadap komunikasi internasional. Yang terakhir, penulis mengeksplorasi posisi dan fungsi komunikasi internasional.
STRATEGI PEMANFAATAN MEDIA SOSIAL UNTUK MENINGKATKAN CITRA POSITIF DPRD DALAM PERSEPSI RAKYAT DAERAH
Authors: Hikmat Mahi
Published: May 2019

Eksisteni media sosial tidak dapat dipisahkan dengan kehidupan sehari-hari karena sudah menjadi bagian kehidupan manusia, baik personal maupun institusi, baik swasta maupun pemeritah. Mereka berlomba-lomba mengembangkan teknologi informasi dengan bermacam jenis media sosial karena media sosial memiliki manfaat luar biasa. Hal itu merupakan peluang besar bagi DPRD yang merepresentasikan rakyat. DPRD dapat mendekatkan diri dengan rakyat melalui media sosial, baik untuk menyosialisasikan kegiatan, menyerap informasi dan aspirasi, maupun berkomunikasi langsung untuk mengetahui keinginan rakyat. Terkait dengan itu, dilakukan kajian dengan judul Strategi Pemanfaatan Media Sosial untuk Meningkatkan Citra Positif DPRD dalam Persepsi Rakyat Daerah. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dan metode deskriptif, kajian ini bermaksud mendeskripsikan strategi yang dapat dijadikan rujukan bagi DPRD sebagai bagian dari Pemerintahan Daerah dalam pemanfaatan media sosial untuk meningkatkan citra positif dalam persepsi rakyat daerah. Hasil kajian menyimpulkan sebagai berikut: 1) Banyak pasal dalam peraturan perundang-undangan yang terkait dengan Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat yang mengamanahkan urgensi penyebaran informasi kinerja DPRD sebagai bagian dari pertanggungjawaban dan merupakan bagian penting dari upaya peningkatan citra positif DPRD; 2) Eksistensi media sosial dengan beragam bentuk dan cara memberikan peluang besar, baik bagi eksistensi kelembagaan DPRD maupun eksistensi personal anggota DPRD, baik bagi peningkatan citra positif maupun citra negatif DPRD ketika menjalankan fungsi pembuatan peraturan daerah, pengawasan, dan keuangan dalam persepsi rakyat; 3) Strategi pemanfaat media sosial yang efektif bagi DPRD sebagai wakil rakyat adalah strategi persuasif dengan menggunakan model alternatif penyebaran informasi Persuasi Hugh Rank yang lebih menguatkan pelibatan komponen pokok, mengekspose secara intensif ide-ide, peristiwa, kegiatan atau substansi informasi yang bernilai kebaikan dan kelebihan (sisi positif) yang ada pada DPRD serta memainkan, menyamarkan, atau menyembunyikan (downplay) aspek-aspek sisi negatif.
PEMBERDAYAAN PEREMPUAN MELALUI PROGRAM IBU INSPIRASI "KOPERNIK" DALAM MENGENTASKAN KEMISKINAN
Authors: Setiaman Agus , Chairany Utami , El Karimah Kismiyati
Published: May 2019

Program Ibu Inspirasi adalah program pengentasan kemiskinan yang digagas Kopernik di wilayah Nusa Tenggara Timur. Kemiskinan yang ada di Nusa Tenggara Timur disebabkan oleh keterbatasan informasi mengenai hak-hak perempuan serta kesenjangan informasi mengenai teknologi tepat guna. Maka dari itu, Kopernik berusaha mengentaskan kemiskinan melalui kerjasama dengan beberapa pihak. Dalam Program Ibu Inspirasi, Kopernik bekerjasama dengan organisasi lokal serta pemerintah untuk mensosialisasikan program serta teknologi-teknologi yang dibawa Kopernik. Program ini berupaya mengentaskan kemiskinan melalui pembangunan diri perempuan hingga akhirnya dapat berkontribusi lebih dalam rumah tangganya. Program Ibu Inspirasi juga bertujuan untuk meningkatkan partisipasi perempuan di ranah masyarakat.

Pemberdayaan yang dilakukan oleh Kopernik melalui Program Ibu Inspirasi merupakan pemberdayaan yang terbilang unik, karena tidak hanya bertujuan untuk mengajarkan keterampilan hingga para ibu bisa membantu keluarganya secara finansial, tetapi juga turut mempromosikan energi bersih yang baik untuk lingkungan. Pemberdayaan perempuan merupakan usaha pengentasan kemiskinan melalui pembangunan kapasitas perempuan.

Salah satu cara membangun kapasitas tersebut adalah dengan meningkatkan kesadaran mereka mengenai banyak hal yang selama ini tertutup oleh pemakluman budaya-budaya yang berkembang di masyarakat. Pemahaman yang tertanam sejak dulu seringkali membuat pemberdayaan perempuan disalahartikan oleh orang awam. Memberdayakan para ibu dengan nilai-nilai patriarki yang begitu melekat di wilayah terpencil sambil mengenalkan teknologi tepat guna yang berbasis energi bersih.
TATA KELOLA TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DI UNIVERSITAS PQR BERBASIS FRAMEWORK COBIT 4.1
Authors: Ikbal Iskandar
Published: May 2019

UNIVERSITAS PQR adalah salah satu Perguruan Tinggi (PT) swasta yang ada di Indonesia, telah mengimplementasikan Teknologi Informasi (TI) dalam mendukung dan mempermudah jalannya operasional organisasi / institusinya. Namun pada kenyataannya implementasi dan pemanfaatan TI di UNIVERSITAS PQR masih belum terkelola dengan baik dilihat dari beberapa indikator yaitu perencanaan dan pengembangan strategis TI yang masih dilakukan secara sporadis, nilai tambah dari implementasi dan pemanfaatan TI masih sangat kecil, penggunaan sumber daya TI belum menunjukkan kepada tingkat efisiensi dan efektivitas, serta dari sisi keamanan dan risiko TI dirasa kurang begitu mendapat perhatian. Tujuan yang ingin dicapai dalam penelitian ini adalah untuk mendapatkan bentuk tata kelola TI yang sesuai dengan UNIVERSITAS PQR.Dari hasil penilaian proses-proses TI terpilih sebanyak tujuh belas proses secara mayoritas tingkat kematangan tata kelola TI UNIVERSITAS PQR saat ini berada pada level satu atau Ad Hoc/Initial. Target tingkat kematangan tata kelola TI yang ingin dicapai adalah pada level tiga atau Defined.Untuk mencapai target tingkat kematangan yang diinginkan, dapat direkomendasikan lima hal yaitu restrukturisasi struktur internal divisi IT, mendokumentasikan kebijakan dan standard operating prosedur (SOP), melaksanakan program awareness, mengadakan pelatihan dan pendidikan terhadap SDM TI, dan memanfaatkan best practice sebagai acuan dalam tata kelola TI.Kata Kunci : Tata Kelola, Teknologi Informasi, COBIT.
Penerapan QR Code Untuk Sistem Absensi Siswa SMP Berbasis Web
Authors: Herlina Elin , Hidayatulloh Taufik
Published: May 2019

QR Code is a type of two-dimensional bar code in the form developed by Denso Wave, a division of Denso Co. Corporation, a perudahaan in Japan, which was published in 1994. Barcode is a symbol marking the real object made of sticks pattern of black and white in order manage computer is easy to recognize a good student attendance data is needed to be able to provide ease in generating student attendance data and is one of the important factors in managing a good attendance data. Management of student attendance by using a QR Code-based Web is an application that will be built in "SMP Negeri 11 of Sukabumi" because attendance is still used is conventional systems, such as pengabsensian with books attendance and report absences still slow, so it can hinder time , to overcome the above problems, the authors propose a way of solving that is the making of a computer application which is expected with this system can reduce and minimize errors and problems that occur. QR Code is a type of two-dimensional bar code in the form developed by Denso Wave, a division of Denso Co. Corporation, a perudahaan in Japan, which was published in 1994. Barcode is a symbol marking the real object made of sticks pattern of black and white in order manage computer is easy to recognize a good student attendance data is needed to be able to provide ease in generating student attendance data and is one of the important factors in managing a good attendance data. Management of student attendance by using a QR Code-based Web is an application that will be built in "SMP Negeri 11 of Sukabumi" because attendance is still used is conventional systems, such as pengabsensian with books attendance and report absences still slow, so it can hinder time , to overcome the above problems, the authors propose a way of solving that is the making of a computer application which is expected with this system can reduce and minimize errors and problems that occur.Keywords : QR Code, Attendance, Web
APLIKASI PENGENALAN BATIK TRADISIONAL INDONESIA BERBASIS ANDROID
Authors: Faisal Argi , Gunawan A , Supiandi Apip , Suherman Acep , Kusnadi Irwan Tanu
Published: May 2019

Batik adalah kain atau pakaian yang dibuat dengan teknik pewarnaan khusus yang disebut pencelupan anti lilin dan merupakan salah satu warisan budaya yang memiliki nilai seni tinggi, karena ragam hias permukaannya dihias dengan tehnik wax-resist yaitu pewarnaan menggunakan lilin dan paling luas penggunaannya di Asia Tenggara.Penulisan ini menguraikan tentang mengenalkan dan melestarikan warisan budaya batik tradisional Indonesia.Akan tetapi banyak orang tidak memahami persamaan dan perbedaan, hal tersebut seringkali menyulitkan untuk mengenal dan memahami motif batik yang disampaikan berdasarkan ciri khas yang dimiliki. Untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut dibuatlah aplikasi pengenalan batik tradisional indonesia berbasis android, dengan aplikasi tersebut dapat mempermudah pengguna untuk lebih mengenal dan memahami motif batik berdasarkan ciri khas yang dimiliki. Dengan pembelajaran secara audio visual (multimedia) seseorang dapat belajar secara mandiri baik di rumah atau dimanapun.Dengan adanya smartphone berbasis android tentunya dapat mempermudah pengguna untuk bisa mengenal batik tradisional Indonesia dimanapun dan kapanpun, serta dapat digunakan secara gratis, dan juga dapat digunakan dengan minimal versi android 4.0 Ice cream sandwich.
KLASIFIKASI PENEMPATAN CALON PESERTA KURSUS DENGAN ALGORITMA NAIVE BAYES
Authors: Pribadi Denny , Farlina Yusti , Supiandi Apip
Published: May 2019

The Internet is the easiest means to do online promotion, online buying and testing online. Smartzone Media Studio is a place for courses in architecture. Prospective participants in Smartzone Media Studio must go through the screening step to find out the level of computer knowledge and skills and architectural design. During this time the process is still done manually, that is the prospective participants do the test on the paper, then the results of the answers checked by the examiner, after which the testers calculate the average value to determine at which level the prospective participants will be placed. In order to make the selection process easier and faster, Smartzone Media Studio needs a more effective way, then made a website-based selection system with Naïve Bayes algorithm. With this system the assessment and placement of prospective participants is done through the website, so the exam can be done anywhere without having to come to the course. With this system the results of grouping course participants can be more quickly and accurately.
SISTEM INFORMASI AKADEMIK BERBASIS WEB PADA UNIVERSITAS WANITA INTERNASIONAL
Authors: Widyanto Nugroho
Published: May 2019

Each university has different academic requirements It depends on academic poilicies of each University so that International Women University (IWU) that have purpose to be a centre development technology which competitive, dynamic and inovativ .They can’t manage information well because not been able to take technology properly .Especially at managing student score, student attendance and e-learning for lecturer and student. Of course it will affect toward information and data for IWU stakeholder.We used prototype method as development method.And structured method as approach method. PHP as programming software and MySQL as database to build this Academic Information System.Academic web-based information system created to handle academic problems at IWU especially at student score, student attendance and e-learning for lecturer and student. And advice for next researcher are repairing at interface design ,added application for managing registration for thesis, and application for managing alumnus at this university.
MODEL PENERAPAN ALGORITMA ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION (ACO) UNTUK OPTIMASI SISTEM INFORMASI PENJADWALAN KULIAH
Authors: Sidik Rangga , Fitriawati Mia , Mauluddin Syahrul , Nursikuwagus Agus
Published: May 2019

Penjadwalan kuliah merupakan proses yang sangat kompleks, karena harus mengatur beberapa komponen seperti dosen, matakuliah, kelas, ruang dan waktu dengan memperhatikan sejumlah batasan dan syarat (constraint) tertentu. Dalam proses pembuatan jadwal kuliah ini setiap perguruan tinggi masing masing berbeda syarat dan batasan. Hal ini lah yang menyebabkan banyak dilakukan penelitian terkait optimasi penjadwalan kuliah. Perlunya optimasi penjadwalan kuliah dirasakan juga oleh program studi manajemen yang merupakan salah satu program studi di Universitas Komputer Indonesia dengan jumlah mahasiswa yang banyak. Dalam proses penjadwalan kuliah masih dilakukan secara konvensional sehingga sering terjadi bentrok jadwal dan prosesnya membutuhkan waktu yang lama. Dalam penggambaran sistem ini menggunakan metode pendekatan berorientasi objek dengan alat bantu pemodelan UML (Unified Modeling Language) dan menggunakan metode pengembangan sistem model prototipe sebagai acuan tahapan penelitian. Penelitian ini merupakan tahap awal dalam membangun sistem informasi penjadwalan kuliah. Hasil penelitian ini berupa model penerapan algoritma Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) untuk optimasi sistem informasi penjadwalan kuliah.
RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM INFORMASI PEMESANAN MAKANAN BERBASIS WEB PADA CAFE SURABIKU
Authors: Saputri Zia Rizki , Oktavia Anzani Nur , Ramdhani Lis Saumi , Suherman Acep
Published: May 2019

Café merupakan tempat yang melayani pesanan minuman dan makanan, café juga merupakan salah satu pusat interaksi sosial dimana  orang-orang  dapat  berkumpul,  berbicara,  menulis,  membaca,  melawak,  atau sekedar mengisi waktu. Pemesanan adalah suatu aktifitas yang dilakukan oleh konsumen sebelum membeli. Untuk mewujudkan kepuasan konsumen maka perusahaan harus mempunyai sebuah sistem pemesanan yang baik.  Metode penelitian yang digunakan pada penelitian ini menggunakan metode pengumpulan data yaitu dengan observasi, wawancara, dan studi pustaka. Sedangkan untuk pengembangan software menggunakan metode waterfall. Pada saat ini Cafe Surabiku mengalami  kesulitan  dalam melayani  pemesanan dan masih menggunakan pencatatan yang belum terkomputerisasi atau masih menggunakan sistem konvesional. Dimana pembeli harus menunggu terlalu lama untuk memesan makanan, selain itu pelayan juga mengalami kesulitan dalam mencatat pesanan secara manual menggunakan kertas. Pencatatan  pesanan secara  manual  kurang efisien  dari  sisi  waktu. Maka untuk mewujudkan kepuasan konsumen dalam pemesanan makanan dibuatlah sebuah rancang bangun sistem informasi pemesanan pemesanan makanan berbasis web dengan menggunakan PHP dan Mysql.

Kata Kunci: Pemesanan, Sistem Informasi, Café, Web
PEMANFAATAN KAMERA DENGAN SENSOR APS-C PADA PENELUSURAN LAPANGAN KAWASAN RAWAN BENCANA UNTUK INFORMASI SPASIAL MITIGASI BENCANA SIGDa
Authors: Pribadi Agus
Published: May 2019

Data spasial yang diaplikasikan Bappeda Kabupaten Lombok Barat pada SIGDa memerlukan pembaruan data spasial tiap tahunnya. untuk mendukung penyusunan perencanaan program pembangunan dan program kerja Pemda Kabupaten Lombok Barat. Penyusunan perencanaan program pembangunan pemerintah juga memperhatikan adanya potensi bencana alam. Pemda Kabupaten Lombok Barat memerlukan upaya pembaruan data spasial secara tahunan, penyediaan yang cepat, efisien dan biaya yang murah. Perangkat foto udara sederhana merupakan alternatif pilihan untuk keperluan survey mitigasi bencana. Citra hasil pemotretan udara dapat dipergunakan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pembaruan data spasial.

Pemanfaatan drone dan kamera bersensor APS-C pada penginderaan, dapat diaplikasikan pada pengamatan dari udara. Analisa citra foto udara membuktikan bahwa kualitas citra memenuhi kebutuhan informasi spasial. Citra foto referensi dan citra hasil pemotretan menggunakan kamera bersensor APS-C memiliki kemiripan. Pembaruan data spasial dapat didukung dengan menggunakan pemantauan udara menggunakan wahana terbang tanpa awak dan kamera dengan sensor APS-C.
Identifikasi Pola Warna Citra Google Maps Menggunakan Jaringan Syaraf Tiruan Metode Levenberg –Marquardt dengan MatLab Versi 7.8
Authors: Adler John , Pratama Tulus Bangkit
Published: May 2019

Riset mengenai Jaringan Syaraf Tiruan telah banyak diimplementasikan dalam bidang keilmuan, khususnya Geografi, yang mengidentifikasi pola citra peta untuk membedakan kenampakan geografis, dan diterapkan pada Google Maps. Proses pengolahan citra, dengan memperbaiki kualitas citra agar mudah diinterpretasi oleh manusia atau mesin (komputer). Teknik yang digunakan adalah teknik Segmentasi. Metode training menggunakan algoritma Levenberg-Marquardt. Hasil penelitian pada proses training diperoleh nilai epoch sebanyak 17 dari 100 iterasi. Waktu yang digunakan selama proses training sebanyak 6 detik, nilai performance = 2,06; nilai gradient = 8,49; Mu = 1,00; validation check = 6 dan nilai regresi (R) proses training dan keseluruhan proses berturut-turut sebesar 0.95889 dan 0.91483. Nilai regresi menunjukan adanya hubungan linier antara output jaringan dengan target. Identifikasi pola telah berhasil membuat pola citra baru yang diidentifikasikan sebagai daerah daratan dan bukan daratan. Secara keseluruhan, aplikasi yang dibuat berhasil memenuhi fungsi yang diinginkan, yaitu untuk membantu penderita buta warna.

 

Kata kunci: Jaringan Syaraf Tiruan, Pengolahan Citra, Teknik Segmentasi, Levenberg-Marquardt.
Analisis Algoritma Fuzzy Logic dalam Pengklasifikasian Tugas Akhir
Authors: Irmayanti Hani
Published: May 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui berapa nilai keakuratan penggunaan Algoritma Fuzzy Logic dalam pengklasifikasian Tugas Akhir. Metode yang digunakan adalah Fuzzy K-Nearest Neighbour (KNN). Langkah proses yang dilakukan pertama yaitu melakukan Text Preprocessing untuk mengetahui term apa saja yang akan dilakukan untuk proses selanjutnya, kemudian dilakukan pembobotan setiap term dengan menggunakan algoritma TF.IDF, setelah didapatkan bobot, dihitung kemiripan term testing dengan term training mengunakan Cosine Similarity, Langkah selanjutnya nilai kemiripan akan diurutkan dan kemudian akan diambil beberapa data sejumlah nilai tetangga yang ditentukan untuk menghitung KNN dan melihat kategori mana yang kemunculannya banyak, terakhir dihitung nilai akurasi dilihat dari hasil perbandingan data training dan data testingnya. Hasil akhir akurasinya adalah 76,67%, dengan demikian Fuzzy KNN ini bisa digunakan untuk membantu proses pengelompokan kelompok penelitian.

Kata Kunci - Cosine Similarity ; KNN ; TF.IDF