bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN PERAWAT DALAM TERAPI AKTIFITAS KELOMPOK STIMULASI PERSEPSI HALUSINASI
Authors: Sustrami Dya , Kirana Sukma Ayu Candra
Published: November 2018

Peran perawat dalam keperawatan jiwa adalah salah satu hal penting dalam meningkatkan status kesehatan pasien dengan gangguan mental. Salah satu peran perawat dalam asuhan keperawatan jiwa adalah pelaksanaan asuhan keperawatan bagi individu, kelompok dan keluarga. Terapi aktivitas kelompok adalah salah satu bentuk psikoterapi yang dapat diberikan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan klien dan mengurangi tanda-tanda dan gejala pasien, yang telah terbukti dalam penelitian dosen STIKES Hang Tuah Surabaya. Metode yang digunakan adalah pendidikan kesehatan yang diberikan melalui pengabdian masyarakat. Pengabdian masyarakat tersebut dilakukan pada 31 Mei - 4 Juni 2018 pada 23 perawat di Rumkital Dr Ramelan Surabaya. Ada empat kegiatan program yang dilaksanakan, yaitu edukasi tentang TAK Sensori Persepsi Halusinasi, pre test dan post test TAK, dilanjutkan dengan pendampingan dan monitoring secara kontinu. Hasil yang didapatkan adalah terdapat peningkatan kemampuan perawat sebelum dan sesudah pelatihan TAK. Pendampingan dan monitoring terus menerus diperlukan agar TAK menjadi kegiatan yang dijadwalkan.

Kata kunci: halusinasi, kelompok kegiatan, pengetahuan perawat
PENINGKATAN PENGETAHUAN DAN KETRAMPILAN TENTANG PENDIDIKAN SEKSUAL SEJAK DINI PADA ANAK MELALUI PROGRAM UNDERWEAR RULES
Authors: Istiqomah Indriana Noor , Azizah Laili Nur , Pebriyanti Dwi Ochta
Published: November 2018

Fenomena kekerasan seksual terhadap anak semakin sering terjadi hampir di berbagai negara, dan terus meningkat dari waktu ke waktu, tidak hanya dari segi kuantitas bahkan juga  kualitas. Tidak sedikit pula pelakunya adalah orang yang memiliki dominasi atas korban dan yang lebih tragis lagi pelakunya berasal dari lingkungan keluarga atau lingkungan sekitar anak berada, antara lain di dalam rumahnya sendiri, sekolah, lembaga pendidikan, dan lingkungan sosial anak. Kemampuan pelaku menguasai korban, baik dengan tipu daya maupun ancaman dan kekerasan, menyebabkan kejahatan ini sulit dihindari. Tindakan kekerasan seksual pada anak membawa dampak emosional dan fisik kepada korbannya. Untuk itu kita diharapkan mampu melakukan pencegahan agar tidak ada lagi kekerasan seksual pada anak, dengan cara memberikan pendidikan pengetahuan dan ketrampilan tentang pendidikan seksual sejak dini pada anak.

Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah meningkatkan pengetahuan dan ketrampilan tentang pendidikan seksual sejak dini pada anak melalui Program Underwear Rules di lingkungan TPQ Al Ihsan RW 27 Kelurahan Tompokersan, Kabupaten Lumajang. Sedangkan manfaat kegiatan ini adalah meningkatkan pengetahuan dan ketrampilan anak serta membantu orang tua menjelaskan pendidikan seks kepada anak di mana orang lain tidak bisa mencoba untuk menyentuh mereka, bagaimana bereaksi dan bagaimana untuk mencari bantuan.

Metode kegiatan dilakukan dengan tahapan sebagai berikut: 1) Penyampaian materi kepada anak TPQ tentang underwear rules dan senam underwear rules, serta simulasi praktek senam underwear rules menggunakan media video; 2) Praktik;  3) Evaluasi hasil pelaksanaan.

Hasil dari kegiatan ini adalah pengetahuan anak TPQ tentang underwear rules sebelum pemberian materi dan praktik kurang tetapi setelah diberi materi dan praktik menjadi cukup. Tindak lanjut yang perlu dilakukan adalah adanya kegiatan sejenis secara berkala pada masyarakat sekitar, dengan cakupan yang lebih luas (misalnya dengan sasaran pada pengajian ibu PKK, dan sejenisnya). Pada kegiatan pengabdian selanjutnya disarankan lebih banyak mempraktikkan isi materi sehingga materi yang disampaikan dapat selalu diingat.

Kata kunci: pendidikan seksual, anak, underwear rules
Pengaruh Antara Rasio Kecukupan Modal (CAR), Loan To Deposit Ratio (LDR), dan Rasio Biaya Operasional Pendapatan Operasional (BOPO) terhadap Kinerja Profitabilitas Industri Perbankan
Authors: Zulfahri Budi
Published: November 2018

The influence between Capital Adequancy Radio (CAR), Loan to Deposit Ratio (LDR), Operating Cost To Operating Income Ratio on Profitability Performance of Banking Industry. Contribution of banking is very important to encourage economic development especially to increase industry. The important of contribution of bank to economic growth make many parties more concern about profitability performance of banking. Because of that objectives of the research are to know how the influence some of financial ratio which is represented by Capital Adequancy Ratio (CAR), Loan to Deposit Ratio (LDR), Operating Cost To Oprating Income Ratio on Profitability Performance that proxy by WA. The banking population in this research using all of general banking in Indonesia in 2008 amont 123 banking. This research using purposive sampling method to choose “My sample and based on the criteria, has known that 65 banks in Indonesia have a good financial ratio. The research used multiple regression analysis that have been access in normality test and assumption classic test. Based on the results of data hypothesis shoes that LDR has significantly and positively relation on ROA but BOPO has significantly and negatively relation on ROA. Whereas CAR has no significantly on ROA. The contribution of CAR, LDR, and, BOPO influenceses are 69,6% and the remained is influenced by the other factors which is no described.
ANALISIS FINANCIAL DISTRESS SEBAGAI PREDIKTOR DELISTING PT BERAU COAL ENERGY TBK
Authors: Setyawan Fajar , Burhanudin Burhanudin , Widayanti Rochmi
Published: November 2018

Riset ini mempunyai tujuan untuk mengetahui kemungkinan kebangkrutan (financial distress) dengan model Altman Z-Score pada PT Berau Coal Energy Tbk yang di delisting dari Bursa Efek Indonesia di tahun 2017. Jenis Riset ini merupakan riset deskriptif yang menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Sumber data dalam riset ini adalah data sekunder yang berupa laporan keuangan periode tahun 2012 – 2014 pada PT Berau Coal Energy Tbk melalui Bursa Efek Indonesia. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam riset ini adalah library research (studi pustaka) dan pendokumentasian. Metode analisis yang dipakai dalam riset ini adalah model Altman Z-Score. Hasil riset ini dapat disimpulkan berdasarkan dari menganalisis kemungkinan kebangkrutan (financial distress) menggunakan model Altman Z-Score di tahun 2012 - 2014 bahwa PT Berau Coal Energy Tbk berada dalam situasi perusahaan yang mengalami kesulitan keuangan, karena jika dilihat dari nilai Z-Score yang masih berada di bawah standart Z-Score yaitu 1,81 dan terdapat nilai rasio yang negatif, maka dapat disimpulkan kondisi kinerja keuangan perusahaan termasuk kategori buruk.
ANALISIS PENGARUH KESELAMATAN DAN KESEHATAN KERJA (K3) DAN LINGKUNGAN KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN DI PT.SAMUDERA PERDANA
Authors: Bhastary Manda Dwipayani , Suwardi Kusri
Published: November 2018

PT. Samudera Perdana , sebagai perusahaan yang bergerak dalam kegiatan usaha transportasi barang di darat (land transportation) tentu harus memiliki program K3 yang efektif. Program K3 harus diutamakan, sebab PT. Samudera Perdana memiliki 6 kegiatan utama yang berada banyak diluar lapangan, seperti pengangkutan kargo peti kemas & pemilik barang langsung, reposisi peti kemas kosong, distribusi kargo, pengangkutan kargo proyek & angkutan pelabuhan, mesin dan peralatan yang digunakan kemungkinan besar dapat menyebabkan kecelakaan bagi pekerja apabila tidak digunakan secara tepat yang dapat mempengaruhi kinerja karyawannya. Peningkatan kesehatan dan keselamatan kerja diharapkan berdampak pada penurunan angka kecelakaan kerja yang mampu mengendalikan masalah diperusahaan. Sehingga karyawan saat kembali bekerja, dapat lebih optimal untuk menghasilkan output yang maksimal khususnya dalam meningkatkan kinerja karyawan.Teori yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah teori-teori yang berhubungan dengan Ilmu Manajemen yang berkaitan dengan Keselamatan dan Kesehatan kerja, Lingkungan kerja dan Kinerja.Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif, jenis penelitian ini deskriptif kuantitatif, dan sifat penelitian ini adalah deskriptif eksplanatory. Metode pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara, daftar pertanyaan, dan studi dokumentasi. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah regresi berganda. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah karyawan PT.Samudera Perdana yang berjumlah 164 orang. Teknik pengambilan sampel dengan metode rumus slovin, sehingga jumlah sampel menjadi 63 orang.Hasil penelitian pada hipotesis menunjukkan bahwa variabel Keselamatan dan Kesehatan kerja ( K3 )dan Lingkungan kerja secara serempak maupun parsial menunjukkan pengaruh signifikan terhadap Kepuasan Kerja karyawan dimana sebesar 68,4% variasi variabel Kinerja dapat dijelaskan oleh variasi variabel K3 dan Lingkungan Kerja, sedangkan sisanya 31,6% divariasi oleh faktor-faktor lain yang tidak diteliti dalam penelitian ini.

 

Kata kunci : Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja ( K3 ), Lingkungan kerja, Kinerja
The Effect of Rentability Ratio, Solvability Ratio, Liquidity Ratio upon the Company’s Value (Emperical Study of Mining companies Sub Sector of Metal and Other Mineral Registered in The Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2012 – 2016)
Authors: Fajri Gilang Ramadhan
Published: November 2018

This research is an empiric study to examine The Effect of RentabilityRatio, Solvability Ratio, Liquidity Ratio upon the Company’s Value (Empiric Study ofthe Mining Company, Sub Sector Metal and other Mineral registered in the IndonesiaStock Exchange in 2012 – 2016) and sampling technique has applied purposivesampling which are 7 of 9 companies registered in the Indonesia Stock Exchange.The objective of this research is to prove the Effect of Solvability ratio, Liquidity ratioand Rentability ratio upon the Company’s value measured by Price Book Value(PBV) and which variables have been more dominantly affecting Price Book Value(PBV) The analysis techniques which have been used in this research are classicalassumption, multiple linear regression and hypothesis test using t-statistic to examinepartial regression coefficient and f-statistic to examine the reliability of the researchmodel using level of significance of 10%. Moreover, the examination of classicalassumption test has been covering normality test, multicolinierity test,heteroscedasticity test and autocorrelation test, the effect of independent variableupon dependent variable refers to the company’s book value (PBV) which is only0.17 or equals to 17%. However the remaining value of 0.83 or equals to 83% hasbeen described by other variables which are not included in this research and theresult of the research of the variables being used for the period of variable debt toassets (DAR) which has been most dominantly affecting the company’s value of0.627 or 62.7 %.
PENETAPAN KEBIJAKAN PERIKLANAN ATAS DASAR PERILAKU KONSUMEN (Studi Kasus : Produk Shampoo)
Authors: Djan Ismulyana
Published: November 2018

There are three things that should be into consideration in advertising certain product, ic,; the extent of similar products advertised at the same target market and media, cost of advertising, and difficulty in measuring advertising effectiveness. These three factors force management people to launch a market research concerning consumer behavior.Research carried out on 110 respondent asking them to mention: the brand of shampoo they used from ten different alternatives, seven usefulness of that product, and the kind of advertising media that is most often seen, heard, or read, shows that advertising shampoo product should pay attention to the: characteristic of the shampoo user, objective of advertising, target market to be achieved, advertising theme, press media used, and coordination with other marketing factors.That conclusion become the basic formulation on considering advertising policy of shampoo product that pay attention to consumer behavior.
ANALISIS MANAJEMEN “WAKTU” PADA USAHA PENANGKAPAN IKAN TUNA/CAKALANG DENGAN SISTEM RUMPON DI KAWASAN TIMUR PERAIRAN INDONESIA
Authors: Winarso Bambang
Published: November 2018

Planning from each activity specially in arrest of fish through of rumpon system always related problem of time allocation and requirement, expense and energy, when operate for arrest started, when have to arrive at schema to take gudgeon and when should have arrived at rumpon to fishing of fish how big expense which must be released, how big labour in concerned in it and others. This study specificly try to see and analyse requirement of required time in the effort arrest of tuna's/cakalang fish by using appliance catch Pool & Line. Which event perceived by activity of arrest since preparation up to moment landing of fish. Note requirement of time from each event represent empirical data to be ana-lysed. Research in territorial of Banda Sea. Result of analysis indicate that from every activity of arrest most time allocation to every activity basically represent critical duration which require to be strived be achieved as precise as possible. Considering arrest of tuna's / cakalang fish by using rumpon mount its efficacy very determined by accuracy of moment time, hence effort to depress time variance in each event will ever strived.
ANALISIS HUBUNGAN INFLASI DAN TINGKAT SUKU BUNGA DENGAN HARGA SAHAM PT. INDOFOOD SUKSES MAKMUR DI BURSA EFEK JAKARTA
Authors: Fauzi Rizki Ahmad
Published: November 2018

The price of share is difficult to be predicted because influenced by various factor, like inflation, rate of interest, industrial production, investor interest to risk etc. Specially for the inflation influence and rate of interest to share, this is be required to get attention by investor  when they wish to buy or sell share  The  inflation and  rate of interest always make a move to fluctuate and influenced by national economy condition. This matter  will influence national economy wheel. After this will represent a cycle  The inflation and  rate of interest influence  the climate and enthusiasm of investment,  cost and also the company earnings, because the  inflation and  high rate of interest will kill effort industrial and commercial sector.  So that,  this matter affect also at share price. While the inflation and  the  fair rate of interest will stimulate economic wheel movement because all sector needing capital to fund  their company. So that this matter will give advantage for investor This research aim to for analyzing the relation between the  inflation and the rate of interest at the price of share by partial or the whole. Data  analysis Technique  used is  quantitative techniques that is look for the level of correlation between the inflation and the rate of interest at the price of share joined by the hypothesis test. Beside that we also use  the qualitative technique  by using characteristics and facts.  Result of analysis show  ( 1) there are negative relation and weak between  the inflation and the price of share ( 2) there are positive relation and weak between the  rate of interest  and  the price of share (3) there are positive relation  and weak between the inflation and the rate of interest with the price of share.
APLIKASI TEKNOLOGI PHT (PENGENDALIAN HAMA TERPADU) ENGARUHNYA TERHADAP KEUNTUNGAN USAHATANI TEH RAKYAT DI JAWA BARAT
Authors: Winarso Bambang
Published: November 2018

Teh merupakan komoditas andalan bagi sebagian masyarakat petani di pedesaan JawaBarat. Walau dilihat dari data perkembangan luas areal tanaman perkebunan teh di wilayah ini selama duabelas tahun terakhir (1992- 2003 ) mengalami perkembangan yang  berfluktuasi. Selama kurun waktu tersebut perkembangan areal tanam lebih didominasi oleh perkebunan rakyat yang mampu tumbuh ratarata 5,61 %. Salah satu faktor pendorong kegairahan petani dalam melakukan budidaya komoditas teh adalah adanya kepastian harga dan pasar. Harga jual yang diharapkan petani senantiasa harga jual yang dapat menutupi kembali biaya dan adanya keuntungan yang diharapkan. Sehingga manakala hasil jual produk yang dihasilkan dapat memberikan keuntungan yang diharapkan, maka petani akan semakin bergairah dalam melakukan usahatani tersebut. Walaupun pada kenyataan tidak jarang berbeda. SLPHT yang merupakan salah satu program pemerintah dimaksudkan  untuk membantu petani  dalam meningkatkan pendapatan melalui usaha peningkatan produksi
ANALISIS PERILAKU EKONOMI AGRIBISNIS SAPI PERAH YANG TERINTEGRASI DENGAN PARIWISATA (Studi Kasus di Kecamatan Cisarua dan Kecamatan Megamendung Kabupaten Bogor)
Authors: Ridwan Wonny A
Published: November 2018

Pola perilaku ekonomi dari agribisnis sapi perah yang berkelanjutan didaerah pariwisata, dengan pendekatan model sistem ekonometrik 2sls panel data, memperlihatkan tingkat produksi sapi perahdipengaruhi oleh tingkat produktivitas sapi perah itu sendiri, harga susu ditingkat peternak dan permintaansusu segar oleh indutri akan mendorong peternak untuk meningkatkan populasinya. Meningkatnya ternakakan mendorong meningkatnya limbah ternak yang berdampak terjadinya penurunan wisatawan. Jumlahwisatawan akan mendorong meningktnya jumlah penginapan, namun besarnya pajak bumi dan bangunanakan menahan laju pertumbuhan jumlah penginapan. Bertambahnya jumlah wisatawan, jumlah penginapandan jumlah penduduk berakibat meningkatnya jumlah limbah sehingga daya serap lingkungan menurun.Perlu adanya upaya dari pemerintah untuk mengatasi limbah ternak maupun limbah dari pariwisata.
SISTEM PEMASARAN HASIL TERNAK ITIK DI INDONESIA TINJAUAN KASUS DI PROPINSI JAWA TENGAH DAN JAWA TIMUR
Authors: Winarso Bambang , Ruvendi Ramlan
Published: November 2018

Itik merupakan ternak unggas tradisional yang banyak dibudidayakan oleh masyarakat, khususnya masyarakat di pedesaan. Namun demikian potensi tersebut belum sepenuhnya berkembang di seluruh wilayah propinsi di Indonesia. Dilihat dari struktur usaha yang dilakukan peternak ada beberapa tujuan utama dimana seseorang melakukan usaha budidaya itik. Yaitu  memelihara itik dengan tujuan menghasilkan bibit, untuk menghasilkan telor, untuk menghasilkan daging dengan memelihara itik memiliki tujuan ganda diantara tiga tujuan tersebut. Dilihat dari bentuk produk yang dihasilkan  maka ada bentuk produk yang tidak tahan lama dan produk tahan lama. Dengan kondisi produk yang demikian akan menentukan bentuk distribusi maupun jalur pasar yang berbeda-beda antara jenis produk yang satu dengan produk lainnya. Beberapa kasus dilapangan menunjukkan bahwa pola pemasaran hasil ternak itik mengarah pada pola pemasaran yang beragam
ANALYSIS OF THE CONSUMERS PREFERENCES OF LIPSTICK PRODUCT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SEGMENTATION OF THE LIPSTICK PRODUCTS
Authors: Wartaka Mohammad
Published: November 2018

The need for lipstick continues to increase along with the emergence of a new lipstick products both domestic and global brands to follow the needs of its consumers, the new product has a variety of functions other than just as a lip color, but also as a moisturizer / lip protection even as treatment. Adult lipstick is packed with advertisements and packaging are very interesting addition to the color choice of more and more. In determining the selection of lipstick products consumers often consider the combination of the main attributes and other factors that are trade-offs. This study aims to determine the attributes and combination of attributes among the most preferred by consumers for a segment of the age and the amount of income. Sources of data in this study were obtained from 138 respondents in the city of Bogor and its surroundings, conjoint analysis is used to determine the usefulness of each attribute and their relative weights as a tool to predict the preferences of a particular segment or as a whole. The results showed the order of importance weight according to the respondents is that the quality attributes (34.95%), the type of color (33.21%) and benefits (31.84%), while the combination of the most preferred products are: lipstick durable / waterproof, according to skin color, and functioning for moisturizing / protective lip. In the description also delivered conjoin analysis results for each age and income segments.
ANALYSIS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH A NATIONAL PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT (PNPM) VILLAGE SINARSARI, DRAMAGA - BOGOR
Authors: Hadi Wartoyo , Noeraeni Siti
Published: November 2018

The development of micro business mother household in Sinarsari village districts Dramaga Bogor districts is part village economic potential due it was a significant change, saw income housewives fueled the family income, then should to have competent involved in coaching. Based on two different test mean in pairs, the results of the analysis showed that they have had different the average income and profit has increased after there are PNPM program Mandiri Perdesaan through. Thus the increase in earnings from the effort is mean the empowerment of women had been operating effectively, hence then it is suggested that continue to be increased again guidance and the granting of loans revolving funds to housewives and for those who have no sector needed to have the information on the program, but within consideration of the community capacity concerned.
AN ANALYSIS REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF THE EMPLOYEES AND WORKING PROCESS UPON THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AT PT TELKOM TBK BOGOR
Authors: Prasetya Syarief Gerald , Wardhani Yustiana
Published: November 2018

Customer’s satisfaction and dissatisfaction is not new phenomena of Business in Indonesia. From the customer’s perspective has mostly complained about the goods or services with low quality, expensive price, inappropriate guarantee, etc. On the other side (in this case producer) there’s a response to fix it. A lot of facts may cause the customer satisfied, for example, reasonable price, interesting promotion, professional labour, work procedure and creative product with high standard. By finding and developing customer’s satisfaction factors, a company will perform a rapid development. Therefore this thesis has identified the employees’ factor and working process affecting the customer’s satisfaction in order to focus the research.Main problem of this research is whether the employees or the working process has been affecting the customer’s satisfaction rate either simultaneously or partially? According to this problem so the purpose is to notice the employees and the working process that have affected the customer’s satisfaction rate simultaneously or partially. This research also has applied the theories which explain about the factors that are affecting the customer’s satisfaction including the definitions. From that point of view a hipothesis is defined that the employees and the working process are affecting the customer’s satisfaction rate. either simultaneously or partially. The analysis report shows that the employees and the process of work/work procedur have been really the result of the customer satisfaction rate simultaneously. This can be proved with the test by using F-test method and the result shows that the correlation between the employees and the working procedure has really affected the customer’s satisfaction rate which is it has been accepted. Then the test of the effect of the customer’s satisfaction rate which is the result of the correlation between the employees and the working procedure using t-test method, and the result shows that the employees and the working procedure partially has have really affected the customer’s satisfaction rate, and it is accepted. As the conclusion, we could say that the correlation between the employees and the process of work/working procedure has a really been affecting the customers satisfaction rate, either simultaneously or partialy. The writer can only suggest the company (PT. Telkom Tbk Bogor) to pay more attention to the front liners employees to become permanent employees because I think it could be such a motivation for them to give a much better services to the customers, by providing a continuously training to the front liners, especially, always maintaining the consistency of high quality of the services as well as solid environment among departments, so it would give a guarantee to the customers, regarding the due date of a complaint or or the new lines services to complete.Keywords: customer satisfaction, work process
Analysis The Impact of The Implementation of Quality Management System (QMS) and Safety and Healthy at Work Management System (SHWMS / SMK3) on The Job Performance of Employees
Authors: Hidayat Nur , Hayati Indah Kusuma
Published: November 2018

Recently, the evolvement of globalization era has been the globalchallenges that cannot be avoided either by private or government sectors, and theyare requested to be survived encountering such the condition. The implementation ofQuality Management System (QMS) in the operational company is the way how toguarantee the quality of products or services offered to the people. One of thepurposes of QMS implementation is to provide a prime satisfaction to the customers.The impact of QMS implementation is expected to increase job performance of theemployees. Besides the implementation of Quality Management System (QMS), theimpact of global challenges has been increasing the competitive efforts to executemore effective production process. However, it has required manpower protectionaccordingly. This research aims to find out whether the implementation of qualitymanagement system and safety and healthy at work management system haveimpacted on the job performance of employees. Objects of this research are theemployees in the production department at PT Guna Senaputra Sejahtera Plant 1Bogor. Data analysis technique of this research has applied software Smart PLS(Partial Least Square). PLS has estimated a model of correlation among the latentvariables and correlation between latent variables and its indicators. Result of dataprocessing has indicated that the implementation of Quality Management System(QMS) and system of safety and healthy at work have positively and significantlyimpacted job performance of employees.
Canadian Modernism at the Present Time
Authors: Trehearne Brian
Published: November 2018

The article critiques major debates in Canadian modernist criticism and assesses their impact on readerships in the present time of anti-elitism, resurgent nationalisms, and widening distrust of expertise. Feminist critics articulate women writers' conflictual relations to the modernist canon and have restored or introduced disregarded female poets to an academic readership. Commentators on ‘antimodernism’ defend traditional writers of the period against modernist ridicule and suggest an antimodernist nostalgia for indigenous national authenticity within modernist writing itself. Leftist critics emphasize the political radicalism of major Canadian modernist writers as well as promoting and editing little-known authors who share their politics. Theorists critique the editorial practices of the field and promote genetic editing and digital publishing. Three less prominent trends are likelier to provoke and keep new readers for Canadian modernism: philosophically and ethically driven criticism; renewed attentiveness to cosmopolitanism in Canadian modernist discourse; and candid engagement with the problem of Canadian modernism's derivation from modernisms elsewhere.
The Magazine-Programmeand the Broadbrow Sophisticate: Britain's Interwar Theatre Culture
Authors: Flynn Nicole
Published: November 2018

This article makes a significant contribution to modernist studies by including interwar theatre in the lively critical conversations around popular modernism, middlebrow culture, celebrity, and magazines. It examines The Magazine-Programme, a popular publication sold in London's West End between the wars. Its position at the intersection of the social, economic, and cultural registers of the theatre world reveals the transformative power of this period's theatre culture and its importance to modernism. Based on an examination of hundreds of these programs in various archives, it discusses how The Magazine-Programme created and promoted a new image of the modern theatre-goer and, by extension, a new image of modern selfhood: the Broadbrow Sophisticate.
The Russian Woolf
Authors: Nadel Ira
Published: November 2018

Virginia Woolf and Russia has been examined but not fully studied. Entirely overlooked has been her response to Russian cinema and dance, particularly the Ballets Russes. This paper addresses that gap through an account of Woolf's response to, and interest in, both Russian film and dance, while also accounting for how she incorporates her admiration of Dostoevsky, Turgenev and other Russian writers into her work. Her study and translations with the Russian Jewish émigré Samuel Koteliansky, a formative influence on her continuing absorption with matters Russian, is also analyzed, as well as the importance of Russian cinematic techniques, notably sound, drawn in part from such Russian directors as V. I. Pudovkin, as well as montage, originating with Lev Kuleshov and Sergei Eisenstein.
The theatrical adaptation of Merry More
Authors: Hart Maria
Published: November 2018

The early modern play Sir Thomas More, written by Anthony Munday, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, and William Shakespeare, takes an ecumenical viewpoint of the play's Catholic hero in order to conform to the expectations of the Master of the Revels and to appeal to a cross-confessional audience. The playwrights carefully construct the play within the confines of censorship by centering the play's action around More's dynamic personality instead of giving a full exposition of historical plot. More's personality and famous wit function together as a means for diverting attention away from the controversy surrounding More's silent opposition to Henrician policy while subtly validating his martyrdom. The argument of this article examines the adaptation of the play's ideologically diverse source material, the playwrights’ use of martyrological conventions, and the subtle traces of Erasmian allusion and recusant rhetoric in its reading of the play.
Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses in Crop Plants
Authors: Dresselhaus Thomas , Hückelhoven Ralph
Published: November 2018

Agricultural productivity depends on increasingly extreme weather phenomena, and the use of germplasm that has to be continuously improved by plant breeders to become tolerant to various biotic and abiotic stresses. Molecular plant biologists try to understand the mechanisms associated with stress responses and provide knowledge that could be used in breeding programs. To provide a partial overview about our current understanding about molecular and physiological stress responses, and how this knowledge can be used in agriculture, we have edited a special issue on “Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses in Crop Plants”. Contributions are from different fields including heat stress responses, stress responses during drought and salinity, as well as during flooding, and resistance and susceptibility to pathogenetic stresses and about the role of plant functional metabolites in biotic stress responses. Future research demand in particular areas of crop stress physiology is discussed, as well as the importance of translational research and investigations directly in elite crop plants and in the genetic resources available for breeding.
Can Donkey Behavior and Cognition Be Used to Trace Back, Explain, or Forecast Moon Cycle and Weather Events?
Authors: Navas González Francisco , Jordana Vidal Jordi , Pizarro Inostroza Gabriela , Arando Arbulu Ander , Delgado Bermejo Juan
Published: November 2018

Donkeys have been reported to be highly sensitive to environmental changes. Their 8900–8400-year-old evolution process made them interact with diverse environmental situations that were very distant from their harsh origins. These changing situations not only affect donkeys’ short-term behavior but may also determine their long-term cognitive skills from birth. Thus, animal behavior becomes a useful tool to obtain past, present or predict information from the environmental situation of a particular area. We performed an operant conditioning test on 300 donkeys to assess their response type, mood, response intensity, and learning capabilities, while we simultaneously registered 14 categorical environmental factors. We quantified the effect power of such environmental factors on donkey behavior and cognition. We used principal component analysis (CATPCA) to reduce the number of factors affecting each behavioral variable and built categorical regression (CATREG) equations to model for the effects of potential factor combinations. Effect power ranged from 7.9% for the birth season on learning (p < 0.05) to 38.8% for birth moon phase on mood (p < 0.001). CATPCA suggests the percentage of variance explained by a four-dimension-model (comprising the dimensions of response type, mood, response intensity and learning capabilities), is 75.9%. CATREG suggests environmental predictors explain 28.8% of the variability of response type, 37.0% of mood, and 37.5% of response intensity, and learning capabilities.
Crystal Structure of the Apo-Form of NADPH-Dependent Thioredoxin Reductase from a Methane-Producing Archaeon
Authors: Buey Rubén M. , Schmitz Ruth A. , Buchanan Bob B. , Balsera Monica
Published: November 2018

The redox regulation of proteins via reversible dithiol/disulfide exchange reactions involves the thioredoxin system, which is composed of a reductant, a thioredoxin reductase (TR), and thioredoxin (Trx). In the pyridine nucleotide-dependent Trx reduction pathway, reducing equivalents, typically from reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), are transferred from NADPH-TR (NTR) to Trx and, in turn, to target proteins, thus resulting in the reversible modification of the structural and functional properties of the targets. NTR enzymes contain three functional sites: an NADPH binding pocket, a non-covalently bound flavin cofactor, and a redox-active disulfide in the form of CxxC. With the aim of increasing our knowledge of the thioredoxin system in archaea, we here report the high-resolution crystal structure of NTR from the methane-generating organism Methanosarcina mazei strain Gö1 (MmNTR) at 2.6 Å resolution. Based on the crystals presently described, MmNTR assumes an overall fold that is nearly identical to the archetypal fold of authentic NTRs; however, surprisingly, we observed no electron density for flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) despite the well-defined and conserved FAD-binding cavity in the folded module. Remarkably, the dimers of the apo-protein within the crystal were different from those observed by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) for the holo-protein, suggesting that the binding of the flavin cofactor does not require major protein structural rearrangements. Rather, binding results in the stabilization of essential parts of the structure, such as those involved in dimer stabilization. Altogether, this structure represents the example of an apo-form of an NTR that yields important insight into the effects of the cofactor on protein folding.
Development of an Energy-Efficient Smart Socket Based on STM32F103
Authors: Ma Mei , Huang Bin , Wang Bin , Chen Jian , Liao Lida
Published: November 2018

Many efforts have recently been dedicated to developing smart sockets that seek to provide insights into the reduction of standby energy waste coupled to electric appliances. However, not all technical solutions consider the techno-economic benefits in the development. This research presents a hardware solution based on STM32F103 (STM32F103 devices use the Cortex-M3 core, with a maximum CPU speed of 72 MHz) for the development of an energy-efficient smart socket to address the standby energy waste of household electric appliances and associated economic losses. Input-output analysis on monitored voltage and current was employed to assess the performance and examine the precision of the developed system. As it was targeted at facilitating easier operation, the smart socket was developed to be compatible with other remote controllers of household electric appliances. Experimental results indicated that the developed system could measure voltage values accurately to avoid overvoltage for security protection. The measuring unit could monitor current values with high precision to support the energy-saving control. A functional testing was conducted on the prototypes with a lifecycle assessment employed to validate the economic attractiveness of the developed system. Results indicated that the system is user friendly and cost-effective as no extra wiring required and network environment independent. Indeed, indirect fruits, such as lifespan extension and safety enhancement, could also be achieved for appliances.
An Orthogonal Type Two-Axis Lloyd’s Mirror for Holographic Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Planar Scale Gratings with Large Area
Authors: Li Xinghui , Lu Haiou , Zhou Qian , Wu Guanhao , Ni Kai , Wang Xiaohao
Published: November 2018

In this paper, an orthogonal type two-axis Lloyd’s mirror interference lithography technique was employed to fabricate two-dimensional planar scale gratings for surface encoder application. The two-axis Lloyd’s mirror interferometer is composed of a substrate and two reflective mirrors (X- and Y-mirrors), which are placed edge by edge perpendicularly. An expanded and collimated beam was divided into three beams by this interferometer, a direct beam and two reflected beams, projected onto the substrate, X- and Y-mirrors, respectively. The unexpected beam sections having twice reflected off the mirrors were blocked by a filter. The remaining two reflected beams interfered with the direct beam on the substrate, generating perpendicularly cross patterns thus forming two-dimensional scale gratings. However, the two reflected beams undesirably interfere with each other and generate a grating pattern along 45-degree direction against the two orthogonal direction, which influence the pattern uniformity. Though an undesired grating pattern can be eliminated by polarization modulation with introduction of waveplates, spatial configuration of waveplates inevitably downsized the eventual grating, which is a key parameter for grating interferometry application. For solving this problem, theoretical and experimental study was carefully carried out to evaluate the fabrication quality with and without polarization modulation. Two-dimensional scale gratings with a 1 μm period in X- and Y-directions were achieved by using the constructed experiment system with a 442 nm He-Cd laser source. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images and the result of diffraction performances demonstrated that the orthogonal type two-axis Lloyd’s mirror interferometer can stand a small order undesired interference, that is, a degree of orthogonality between two reflected beams, denoted by γ, no larger than a nominal value of 0.1.
Tightly-Coupled Data Compression for Efficient Face Alignment
Authors: Shen Yehu , Jiang Quansheng , Wang Bangfu , Zhu Qixin , Yang Wenming
Published: November 2018

Face alignment is the key component for applications such as face and expression recognition, face based AR (Augmented Reality), etc. Among all the algorithms, cascaded-regression based methods have become popular in recent years for their low computational costs and satisfactory performances in uncontrolled environments. However, the size of the trained model is large for cascaded-regression based methods, which makes it difficult to be applied in resource restricted scenarios such as applications on mobile phones. In this paper, a data compression method for the trained model of supervised descent method (SDM) is proposed. Firstly, according to the distribution of the model data estimated with the non-parametric method, a K-means based data quantization algorithm with probability density-aware initialization was proposed to efficiently quantize the model data. Then, a tightly-coupled SDM training algorithm was proposed so that the training process reduced the errors caused by data quantization. Quantitative experimental results proved that our proposed method compressed the trained model to less than 19% of its original size with very similar feature localization performance. The proposed method opens the gates to efficient mobile face alignment applications based on SDM.
A Study on the Annealing Ambient Effect on the Anti-Pollution Characteristics of Functional Film for PV Modules
Authors: Jung Sejin , Kim Jung Hyun , Ko Jang Myoun , Choi Wonseok
Published: November 2018

In this study, functional coating film was fabricated on glass for photovoltaic (PV) modules to improve the anti-pollution characteristics of PV modules. The functional coating film applied to a glass substrate through the spray coating method was annealed at 300 °C for 10 min in H2, N2, Ar, O2, and vacuum ambient. The contact angle of the coated surface was measured and it was confirmed that the anti-pollution characteristics were improved as the contact angle decreased. The light transmittance was measured and it exhibited the most excellent characteristics in vacuum. The hardness and adhesion were measured as the mechanical characteristics and they were all excellent regardless of the annealing ambient. Based on the analyzed characteristics, the process conditions of functional coating films were optimized to improve the anti-pollution and mechanical characteristics. If the coating process optimized in this study is applied to PV modules based on these results, improvement in the anti-pollution characteristics can be expected.
A User Interface System with See-Through Display for WalkON Suit: A Powered Exoskeleton for Complete Paraplegics
Authors: Choi Hyunjin , Na Byeonghun , Lee Jangmok , Kong Kyoungchul
Published: November 2018

In the development of powered exoskeletons for paraplegics due to complete spinal cord injury, a convenient and reliable user-interface (UI) is one of the mandatory requirements. In most of such robots, a user (i.e., the complete paraplegic wearing a powered exoskeleton) may not be able to avoid using crutches for safety reasons. As both the sensory and motor functions of the paralyzed legs are impaired, the users should frequently check the feet positions to ensure the proper ground contact. Therefore, the UI of powered exoskeletons should be designed such that it is easy to be controlled while using crutches and to monitor the operation state without any obstruction of sight. In this paper, a UI system of the WalkON Suit, a powered exoskeleton for complete paraplegics, is introduced. The proposed UI system consists of see-through display (STD) glasses and a display and tact switches installed on a crutch for the user to control motion modes and the walking speed. Moreover, the user can monitor the operation state using the STD glasses, which enables the head to be positioned up. The proposed UI system is verified by experimental results in this paper. The proposed UI system was applied to the WalkON Suit for the torch relay of the 2018 Pyeongchang Paralympics.
Prognostic Assessment of the Viability of Hydrothermal Liquefaction as a Post-Resource Recovery Step after Enhanced Biomethane Generation Using Co-Digestion Technologies
Authors: Okoro Oseweuba Valentine , Sun Zhifa , Birch John
Published: November 2018

In line with global efforts at encouraging paradigm transitions from waste disposal to resource recovery, the anaerobic co-digestion of substrates of wet hydrolyzed meat processing dissolved air flotation sludge and meat processing stock yard waste was investigated in the present study. It was demonstrated that the co-digestion of these substrates leads to the introduction of co-digestion synergizing effects. This study assessed biomethane potentials of the co-digestion of different substrate mixtures, with the preferred substrate mixture composed of stockyard waste and wet hydrolyzed meat processing dissolved air flotation sludge, present in a 4:1 ratio on a volatile solid mass basis. This co-digestion substrate mix ratio presented an experimentally determined cumulative biomethane potential of 264.13 mL/gVSadded (volatile solid). The experimentally determined cumulative biomethane potential was greater than the predicted maximum cumulative biomethane potential of 148.4 mL/gVSadded, anticipated from a similar substrate mixture if synergizing effects were non-existent. The viability of integrating a downstream hydrothermal liquefaction processing of the digestate residue from the co-digestion process, for enhanced resource recovery, was also initially assessed. Assessments were undertaken via the theoretical based estimation of the yields of useful products of biocrude and biochar obtainable from the hydrothermal liquefaction processing of the digestate residue. The environmental sustainability of the proposed integrated system of anaerobic digestion and hydrothermal liquefaction technologies was also initially assessed. The opportunity for secondary resource recovery from the digestate, via the employment of the hydrothermal liquefaction process and the dependence of the environmental sustainability of the integrated system on the moisture content of the digestate, were established. It is anticipated that the results of this study will constitute an invaluable basis for the future large-scale implementation of the proposed integrated system for enhanced value extraction from organic waste streams.
Multichannel Feedforward Active Noise Control System with Optimal Reference Microphone SelectorBased on Time Difference of Arrival
Authors: Iwai Kenta , Hase Satoru , Kajikawa Yoshinobu
Published: November 2018

In this paper, we propose a multichannel active noise control (ANC) system with an optimal reference microphone selector based on the time difference of arrival (TDOA). A multichannel feedforward ANC system using upstream reference signals can reduce various noises such as broadband noise by arranging reference microphones close to noise sources. However, the noise reduction performance of an ANC system degrades when the noise environment changes, such as the arrival direction. This is because some reference microphones do not satisfy the causality constraint that the unwanted noise propagates to the control point faster than the anti-noise used to cancel the unwanted noise. To solve this problem, we propose a multichannel ANC system with an optimal reference microphone selector. This selector chooses the reference microphones that satisfy the causality constraint based on the TDOA. Some experimental results demonstrate that the proposed system can choose the optimal reference microphones and effectively reduce unwanted acoustic noise.