bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
АГРЕГАТНАЯ СТРУКТУРА ТЕХНОЗЕМОВ НИКОПОЛЬСКОГО МАРГАНЦЕВО–РУДНОГО БАСЕЙНА
Authors: Zhukov A. V. , Zadorozhnaja G. A. , Ljadskaja I. V.
Published: April 2016

The profile distribution of industrial soil’s aggregate structure in the experimental polygon of the Nikopol manganese ore basin has been studied. The soil type and layer depth were the most powerful factors of formation of aggregate structure of industrial soils. The distinctive abilities of aggregate structure dynamics for differentiation of industrial soil type according to their profiles have been defined. The variability of indices of fractions between 10 and 0.25 mm was depended on the industrial soil type and to a lesser degree from the profile allocation. Percentage of structural aggregates with a size 3-1 and 1-0,5 mm were typical for certain levels of a profile also is similar in different industrial soils. There was certain specificity of profile allocation of fractions with a size 10-7 and 7-5 mm, distinguishing industrial soil type from each other.

Keywords: aggregate structure, industrial soils, recultivation.
ЗОО- И ФИТОИНДИКАЦИЯ РОЛИ АВТОТРОФНОЙ И ГЕТЕРОТРОФНОЙ КОНСОРЦИЙ В ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ БИОГЕОЦЕНОЗА
Authors: Kunakh O. N. , Tryfanova M. V. , Ganzha D. S.
Published: April 2016

The main results of ecomorfology structure of soil mesofauna in the adjacent area of Dneprovsko-Orylskiy Natural Reserve (Ireland Pogorily ore Dyka Kosa) have been presented by the methods of OMI-  and RLQ – analysis. The components of variability of the soil animal world (in colony of Ardea cinerea L.), which is conditioned by auto- and heterotrophic consortia and also by influence of edaphically properties of biogeocoenoses were determined. Also we registered the high level and dynamics of mineral feed and presence of nitrogen in the soil. The results of description of taxonomic and ecological diversity in association of mesopedobionts were presented. We proved that the coenomorphic type of the animals was bog-forest. On the basic of joint measuring of edaphically descriptions and features of fauna structure we estimated the properties of ecological niche of soil mesofauna.

Key words: estimation of phytoindication, soil mesofauna, ecomorphic analysis, consortia, bird colonies.
ГЕОМЕТРИЧЕСКИЕ ПАРАМЕТРЫ ЯИЦ В СИСТЕМАТИКЕ ПТИЦ
Authors: Mityay I. S. , Matsyura A. V.
Published: April 2016

Our ideas are based on the following assumptions. Egg as a standalone system is formed within another system, which is the body of the female. Both systems are implemented on the basis of a common genetic code. In this regard, for example, the dendrogram constructed by morphological criteria eggs should be approximately equal to those constructed by other molecular or morphological criteria adult birds. It should be noted that the dendrogram show only the degree of genetic similarity of taxa, therefore, the identity of materials depends on the number of analyzed criteria and their quality, ie, they should be the backbone. The greater the number of system-features will be included in the analysis and in one other case, the like are dendrogram. In other cases, we will have a fragmentary similarity, which is also very important when dealing with controversial issues. The main message of our research was to figure out the eligibility of usage the morphological characteristics of eggs as additional information in taxonomy and phylogeny of birds.

Our studies show that the shape parameters of bird eggs show a stable attachment to certain types of birds and complex traits are species-specific. Dendrogram and diagrams built by the quantitative value of these signs, exhibit significant similarity with the dendrogram constructed by morphological, comparative anatomy, paleontology and molecular criteria for adult birds. This suggests the possibility of using morphological parameters eggs as additional information in dealing with taxonomy and phylogeny of birds.

Keywords: oology, geometrical parameters of eggs, bird systematics
Impact of the Aggressive Scaling on the Performance of FinFETs: the Role of a Single Dopant in the Channel
Authors: Aldegunde Manuel , Martinez Antonio
Published: April 2016

Non-equilibrium Green’s functions (NEGF) simulations are carried out to determine the impact of an unintentional dopant in the middle of the channel of a FinFET. We consider two different geometries scaled according to the ITRS and two different types of dopants, donors and acceptors. We show that there is a degradation of the subthreshold characteristics with the scaling of the smooth device and also a stronger impact of the stray dopants in the middle of the channel, with variations up to 32% in the current in on-state conditions.
Self-organized Si Nanowires with Room-Temperature Photo-Emission
Authors: Ji Chunhai , Guliants Elena A. , Abeysinghe Don , Anderson Wayne A.
Published: April 2016

Two-dimensional arrays of self-organized Si nanowires were synthesized using the metal induced growth (MIG) method. In MIG processing, the thermally evaporated 25∼100 nm thick Ni films serve as prelayers for magnetron sputtered Si. When sputtering at 550°C, the Si crystallization occurs via the formation of nickel disilicide followed by subsequent epitaxial growth of Si crystals on nickel disilicide due to an extremely small lattice mismatch. Scanning electron microscopy study showed that the nanowires originated from the Si thin film and grew upwards in bundles. The diameter of the nanowires was 20∼50 nm. The length of the nanowires was typically 1 νm. Transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction analysis revealed the single crystal structure of nanowires. Quantum-size effects in the produced wires were investigated by measuring the photoluminescence spectra at both low and room temperature. An intense room temperature PL peak centered around 690 nm with FWHM of 180 nm showed the promise of MIG-Si nanowires for red light-emitting diode applications. In addition, self-aligned silicide film on the bottom provides an ultimate back Ohmic contact, which significantly simplifies the fabrication of optoelectronic devices.
Orientation Mapping: 1987 MRS Fall Meeting Von Hippel Award Lecture
Authors: Frank Charles
Published: April 2016

I must support the judgment of the Materials Research Society in naming its principal award after von Hippel. His early work was on dielectrics, and that is the area in which my own introduction to materials science was made. In fact, I habitually claim that one of the inventors and fathers of the subject was E.B. Moullin, Reader in Electrical Engineering at Oxford and later Professor of Electrical Engineering at Cambridge. In 1933 he approached my chemistry tutor, Sidgwick, saying “I have this man Willis Jackson coming to do a D.Phil, with me. He knows how to measure dielectric loss. I think that if I can put a physical chemist to work alongside him we might make that cease to be just an engineering parameter to be measured and come to know what causes it—and then perhaps design new materials which are better.” Sidgwick nominated me as the physical chemist, and as far as I am concerned that is where the subject of materials science begins.

My subject is how you should display the statistics of orientations of polycrystals. For this subject I have several heroes from the past. They are Euler, of course, Rodrigues, Cayley and Klein. Of these the most unjustly neglected is Olinde Rodrigues, which is something I have only come to know in comparatively recent years. The whole subject is one to which I have returned on and off, learning a little more each time, since it was first put to me as a problem by C.G. Dunn just about 30 years ago.
Experimenting Freedom
Authors: Nesbitt Nick
Published: April 2016

Never having known Assia Djebar, i can only speak of the effect her writing has had on me, above all one of her first works, Les enfants du nouveau monde (Children of the New World), created as Algerian independence became a reality, inaugurating a postcolonial nation full of promise and contradiction. In this novel Djebar wrote of Algeria at a moment, 1961-62, when it was on the threshold of its becoming, the very moment of the invention of Algeria, when the coming laborious construction of Algeria, which continues today, was already visible. The moment when the unyielding violence of the struggle to invent this new country, nation, people, and culture might have ceased, in a site subject to a violence that had proceeded endlessly, terrifyingly, since 1954, since the massacre in Sétif in 1945, since the French invasion of 1830, since the fly-whisk incident and the blockade of Algiers in 1827. By 1961 Algeria had for centuries been defined and constructed by violence. In Les enfants du nouveau monde we encounter the trace of a moment when the participants in the Algerian revolution and war had been shaken to the core of their being by the terror of that struggle and risking of life, a moment when what Frantz Fanon called “le problème de l'homme” (374), the invention of a human being beyond the consuming circles of Eurocentric hegemony, was of the utmost urgency. A moment when Algerians were about to give form and reality to Algeria. Here Djebar wrote of this Algeria in a future perfect and perfect future of that moment, an Algeria that would no sooner be born than vanish, an Algeria that still, today, will have been.
Assia Djebar: Writing between Land and Language
Authors: Dobie Madeleine
Published: April 2016

The death of assia djebar on 7 february 2015 marks the end of an era in literary and world history. The last survivor of the generation of Algerian writers who took up the pen in the mid-1950s as their country embarked on its historic struggle for independence from France, Djebar continued writing long after the deaths of Mouloud Feraoun (1962), Kateb Yacine (1989), Mouloud Mammeri (1989), and Mohammed Dib (2003). With her death, the age of decolonization and African revolution as it resonated in literature seems truly to have come to a close. Djebar was the only woman among the Algerian literary pioneers, and her work, which includes novels, essays, documentary films, and plays, explores, above all, the experience of Algerian women. Challenging official nationalism, these counternarratives tell stories about women's roles in war in which the political doesn't efface the personal and victory doesn't signal the end of suffering or the fading of loss. This oppositional stance was carried even into the rituals observed in the aftermath of her death. Official services conducted at the airport and the Palais de la Culture in Algiers were shadowed and indeed overshadowed by less-formal ceremonies in which family, friends, and members of Algerian women's movements recited poetry and chanted Berber songs.
Retracing Assia Djebar's Steps
Authors: Cazenave Odile
Published: April 2016

There is something daunting about writing an homage to an artist who just died. One is faced with questions of proximity, expertise, and knowledge: questions on how to evoke the person and oeuvre without giving oneself too much prominence, questions on the intended audience and adequate tonality as well as the standpoint one is speaking from. This is especially true with the Algerian writer, filmmaker, historian, and playwright Assia Djebar: “As a Moslem woman, educated in the French system while her country was still under de-facto colonial rule and witness to eight years of brutal war while still in her twenties, Djebar is the only writer of her sex and her generation who has managed an impressive output both before and after her country's accession to independence” (Zimra, Afterword 163). As Clarisse Zimra further reminds us in “A Daughter's Call,” “By the time of her death, Assia Djebar had been writing for nearly sixty years.” The range of her training, her professional experience on three continents (Africa, Europe, North America), and her practice of different genres are just as impressive. She received several prestigious awards, including the FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1979 for her film La nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua (1978; “The Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua”) and the Neustadt Prize (1996), often considered a gateway to the Nobel Prize (for which she was short-listed twice). Elected to the Académie Française in 2005, she is, as Zimra remarks, “une immortelle.”
Hum/animal: All Together
Authors: Holland Sharon P.
Published: April 2016

Recently, news outfits, pundits, and academics have taken to referring to “the global south.” In many respects the south finally matters. As a political moniker, this term comprises the countries in Africa, Central and Latin America, and most of Asia. It designates the entities with medium or low human development, according to United Nations indexes.
Afterword: Future Souths—Emerging Voices in Southern Studies
Authors: Caison Gina , Clukey Amy
Published: April 2016

In spring 2014, the society for the study of southern literature (sssl) executive council asked us to assemble a roundtable of manifestos by emerging scholars on the future of southern literary studies for Other Souths, a conference to take place in Arlington, Virginia. As a companion to a plenary panel of manifestos by senior scholars, this roundtable, titled Future Souths, was sure to draw an engaged crowd. We anticipated that the speakers would not only delineate their research but also set the stage for new trajectories in the field. Before organizing the event, we discussed our ideas about where southern literary studies was headed in the short term and where we thought it ought to go next.
Flat Style: Things Fall Apart and Its Illustrations
Authors: Hyde Emily
Published: April 2016

In the early 1960s two editions of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart were published with competing sets of illustrations. The first, by Dennis Carabine, illustrates a realist novel, the second, by Uche Okeke, a modernist one. Reading Achebe's iconic novel through its early publication history and for its visual images shows how the famous ending of Things Fall Apart turns, stylistically, to the impenetrable flatness of the modernist surface. At mid-century, modernist style could be made to serve realist imperatives, and Achebe's flat style challenges colonial modes of literary representation and the myth of modernist primitivism in the visual arts. This essay stresses the importance of the visual image to mid-century anglophone literature and the importance of modernist style to the poetics of decolonization.
Monotony, the Churches of Poetry Reading, and Sound Studies
Authors: MacArthur Marit J.
Published: April 2016

Engaging with and amending the terms of debates about poetry performance, I locate the origins of the default, neutral style of contemporary academic poetry readings in secular performance and religious ritual, exploring the influence of the beat poets, the black arts movement, and the African American church. Line graphs of intonation patterns demonstrate what I call monotonous incantation, a version of the neutral style that is characterized by three qualities: (1) the repetition of a falling cadence within a narrow range of pitch; (2) a flattened affect that suppresses idiosyncratic expression of subject matter in favor of a restrained, earnest tone; and (3) the subordination of conventional intonation patterns dictated by syntax, and of the poetic effects of line length and line breaks, to the prevailing cadence and slow, steady pace. This style is popularly known as “poet voice.” Recordings of four contemporary poets—Natasha Trethewey, Louise Glück, Michael Ryan, and Juliana Spahr—demonstrate this style, which contrasts with more expressive, idiosyncratic readings by poets as distinct as Frank Bidart and Kenneth Goldsmith.
Aurality in Print: Revisiting Roger Williams'sA Key into the Language of America
Authors: Gray Nicole
Published: April 2016

This essay combines a history of publication with a discussion of the sonic dimensions of Roger Williams's seventeenth-century Narragansett-English vocabulary,A Key into the Language of America, modeling one way literary scholars might think beyond print-centric analyses. Drawing on historical reprintings as well as Native American linguistic reappropriations ofA Key, I argue that cross-cultural encounter emerges most powerfully in relation to Williams's text not as a vestige of the past, accessible through the dialogues or the language, but as a function of the text's reproduction, the audiences' imagination of its reproducibility, and the points at which it fails to be a mimetic record.
Towards commercialising underground coal gasification in the EU
Authors: Sarhosis Vasilis , Lavis Shaun , Mostade Marc , Thomas Hywel R.
Published: April 2016

Modern ‘enabling technologies’ and over a century of research and development have pushed underground coal gasification (UCG) beyond the proof-of-concept phase. Lessons learned from previous trials have demonstrated that UCG can exploit the energy stored in coal efficiently and with limited environmental impact compared with conventional coal-based energy technologies. Many countries in the EU (and worldwide) struggle to meet their energy needs despite containing very large reserves of coal, which cannot be exploited conventionally because of its depth. Application of modern UCG techniques, state-of-the-art drilling and monitoring technologies offer the opportunity to extract the energy from deep coal resources economically and with limited environmental impacts; however, several hurdles, such as public opinion and carbon dioxide (CO2) emission limits, must be overcome before UCG can be commercialised in the EU. Continued support by member states will attract more private investments, enable more field trials and allow Europe’s world-class UCG experts to demonstrate that the technology is ready to provide cleaner energy from coal for the EU in the twenty-first century. This is a review paper that aims to summarise the lessons learned from UCG trials and EU-sponsored work and to discuss what still needs to be done to commercialise UCG.
σ1-Receptor Agonism Protects against Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Authors: Hosszu Adam , Antal Zsuzsanna , Lenart Lilla , Hodrea Judit , Koszegi Sandor , Balogh Dora B. , Banki Nora F. , Wagner Laszlo , Denes Adam , Hamar Peter , Degrell Peter , Vannay Adam , Szabo Attila J. , Fekete Andrea
Published: April 2016

Mechanisms of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury remain unresolved, and effective therapies are lacking. We previously showed that dehydroepiandrosterone protects against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury in male rats. Here, we investigated the potential role of σ1-receptor activation in mediating this protection. In rats, pretreatment with either dehydroepiandrosterone or fluvoxamine, a high–affinity σ1–receptor agonist, improved survival, renal function and structure, and the inflammatory response after sublethal renal ischemia-reperfusion injury. In human proximal tubular epithelial cells, stimulation by fluvoxamine or oxidative stress caused the σ1-receptor to translocate from the endoplasmic reticulum to the cytosol and nucleus. Fluvoxamine stimulation in these cells also activated nitric oxide production that was blocked by σ1-receptor knockdown or Akt inhibition. Similarly, in the postischemic rat kidney, σ1-receptor activation by fluvoxamine triggered the Akt-nitric oxide synthase signaling pathway, resulting in time– and isoform–specific endothelial and neuronal nitric oxide synthase activation and nitric oxide production. Concurrently, intravital two–photon imaging revealed prompt peritubular vasodilation after fluvoxamine treatment, which was blocked by the σ1-receptor antagonist or various nitric oxide synthase blockers. In conclusion, in this rat model of ischemia-reperfusion injury, σ1-receptor agonists improved postischemic survival and renal function via activation of Akt–mediated nitric oxide signaling in the kidney. Thus, σ1-receptor activation might provide a therapeutic option for renoprotective therapy.
Determining the Optimal Protocol for Measuring an Albuminuria Class Transition in Clinical Trials in Diabetic Kidney Disease
Authors: Kröpelin Tobias F. , de Zeeuw Dick , Remuzzi Giuseppe , Bilous Rudy , Parving Hans-Henrik , Heerspink Hiddo J.L.
Published: April 2016

Albuminuria class transition (normo- to micro- to macroalbuminuria) is used as an intermediate end point to assess renoprotective drug efficacy. However, definitions of such class transition vary between trials. To determine the most optimal protocol, we evaluated the approaches used in four clinical trials testing the effect of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system intervention on albuminuria class transition in patients with diabetes: the BENEDICT, the DIRECT, the ALTITUDE, and the IRMA-2 Trial. The definition of albuminuria class transition used in each trial differed from the definitions used in the other trials by the number (one, two, or three) of consecutively collected urine samples at each study visit, the time interval between study visits, the requirement of an additional visit to confirm the class transition, and the requirement of a percentage increase in albuminuria from baseline in addition to the class transition. In Cox regression analysis, neither increasing the number of urine samples collected at a single study visit nor differences in the other variables used to define albuminuria class transition altered the average drug effect. However, the SEM of the treatment effect increased (decreased precision) with stricter end point definitions, resulting in a loss of statistical significance. In conclusion, the optimal albuminuria transition end point for use in drug intervention trials can be determined with a single urine collection for albuminuria assessment per study visit. A confirmation of the end point or a requirement of a minimal percentage change in albuminuria from baseline seems unnecessary.
Identification of the metal center of chlorothalonil hydrolytic dehalogenase and enhancement of catalytic efficiency by directed evolution
Authors: Chen Honghong , Wang Hui , Wang Tongtong , Huang Songren , Zang Xiaoxia , Li Shunpeng , Jiang Jiandong
Published: April 2016

Chlorothalonil hydrolytic dehalogenase (Chd) is one of two reported hydrolytic dehalogenases for halogenated aromatics, and its catalysis is independent of coenzyme A and ATP. Earlier studies have established that the catalytic activity of Chd requires zinc ions. In this study, the metal center of Chd was systematically investigated. The metal content of Chd was determined by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES), and there were 2.14 equivalents of zinc/mol of protein, indicating that Chd contains a binuclear (Zn2+-Zn2+) center. It was found that other divalent cations, such as cobalt (Co2+) and cadmium (Cd2+), could substitute zinc (Zn2+) leading to relative activities of 91.6% and 120.0%, whereas manganese (Mn2+) and calcium (Ca2+) could substitute Zn2+ leading to relative activities of 29.1% and 57.0%, respectively. The enzymatic properties of these different metal ion-substituted Chd variants were also compared. Error-prone PCR and DNA shuffling methods were applied to directly evolve Chd to generate variants with higher catalytic efficiencies of chlorothalonil. Enhanced Chd variants were selected based on the formation of clear haloes on Luria-Bertani plates supplemented with chlorothalonil. One variant, Q146R/N168Y/S303G, exhibited a 4.43-fold increase in catalytic efficiency, showing the potential for application in the dehalogenation and detoxification of chlorothalonil contaminated-sites.
Anammox bacteria detected in fish intestinal tract systems
Authors: Chan Ho Wang , Meng Han , Gu Ji-Dong
Published: April 2016

Anammox bacteria serve an important ecological role in the global nitrogen cycle, enabling the coupling of ammonium and nitrite to yield dinitrogen gas (N2) under anoxic conditions. Based on PCR amplifications of genomic DNA and analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence, anammox bacteria was found in intestinal tracts of two types of fish, Siganus fuscescens and Mugil cephalus. Anammox bacteria identified in these fish belonged to the genera Brocadia and Kuenenia, suggesting that the living conditions of S. fuscescens and M. cephalus were under significant influence of wastewater pollution. Our results showed an association between the existence of anammox bacteria in fish intestinal tracts and sediment- or mud-eating habits of the fish involved. The presence of anammox bacteria in an animal system would provide a more comprehensive understanding on ecophysiological characteristics and distribution of anammox bacteria. This discovery might also provide useful information about the living conditions of fish, serving as an environmental indicator of anthropogenic pollution.
Diagnostic value of fine needle aspiration biopsy in parotid gland neoplasm
Authors: Yegin Yakup , Çelik Mustafa , Olgun Burak , Simsek Baver Masallah , Kayhan Fatma Tulin
Published: April 2016

Background: The value of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in the diagnosis of parotid masses remains unclear, considering current literature. The surgical procedure is not planned according to the FNAB results by the majority of the otorhinolaryngologists. Objectives of the study was to compare the results of FNAB and histopathological results in diagnosing malignancy and benign lesions of parotid gland and to determine the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of FNAB.

Methods: It is a retrospective clinical chart review study. In total, 61 patients (28 females and 33 males; average age, 46.31±15.79 years; age range: 12-82 years) with parotid gland masses who underwent preoperative FNAB were included in this study. All patients underwent FNAB under ultrasound guidance following clinical examination. Histopathological results of the surgical specimens and preoperative results of FNAB were compared and, the sensitivity, specify, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), the diagnostic accuracy of FNAB was calculated. A P-value <0.05 was considered to reflect statistical significance.  

Results: The specificity of FNAB was 100% and its sensitivity was 57.2%. Accuracy for benign lesion was 91.4%, accuracy for a malignancy was 42.8% and overall diagnostic accuracy was 92.0%, respectively. PPV for benign lesion was 91.4% and the NPV was 100%, respectively. PPV for malignancy was 100% and the NPV was 91.4%, respectively.

Conclusions: We suggest that FNAB is a valid, safe, easy-to-use method for identifying of parotid gland neoplasms. We recommend FNAB for all potential surgical patients. In our opinion, good collaboration between the Otorhinolaryngologist and the pathologist provides the best results.
A rare cause of maxillary mass: juvenile ossifying fibroma
Authors: Şereflican Murat , Yurttaş Veysel , Ozan Fatih , Akkaş İsmail , Dağlı Muharrem
Published: April 2016

Juvenile ossifying fibroma (JOF) is a unique fibro-osseous neoplasm. It has 2 histopathological variants. Psammomatoid juvenile ossifying fibroma (PsJOF) and Trabecular juvenile ossifying fibroma (TrJOF) affecting the jaws of children. Only 20% of the patients are over 15 years of age. JOF is more common in maxilla than mandible. It presents as an asymptomatic progressive, rapid expansion of jaws. It has a recurrence rate of 30-58%. Surgery is the only cure for this kind of lesion and total excision should be the goal of the treatment. We present a case report of 12 year-old female patient with clinical, radiographic and histopathological features of Psammomatoid JOF which clinically admitted to our clinic as maxillary sinus mass.
Undifferentiated carcinoma of parapharyngeal space in 8 year old female child: a rare case presentation
Authors: Kadela Ramesh , Jindal Sonia , Arya Pooja , Nagaraj Niranjan , Lal Deepchand , Lal Deepchand
Published: April 2016

Parapharyngeal space tumors represent only 0.5% of all head and neck tumors. Out of which, 80% are benign and 20% are malignant. Tumor must be at least 2 cm in size before bulge or abnormality is palpable. We report a case of 8 year old female child who presented with bulge in right tonsillar region. 
A cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma of the left parapharyngeal space, presenting in the prestyloid region
Authors: Gupta Manish , Singh Sunder , Gupta Monica , Kaur Rupinder
Published: April 2016

Extracranial schwannomas in the head and neck region are rare neoplasms. The tumours often present as asymptomatic, slowly enlarging lateral neck masses. Though the computed tomogram criteria for differentiating vagal and sympathetic chain schwannoma is acceptable in most cases, but rarely the clinician may be misled in very large schwannoma of sympathetic chain where determination of the nerve of origin may be impossible until surgical exploration.
Complete resolution of refractory hypercalcemia following pneumonectomy in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
Authors: Alrifai Doraid , Germanou Styliani , Tinwell Brendan , Cetti Edward , Hunt Ian , Benepal Tim
Published: April 2016

Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, amenable to complete resection, can suffer symptomatic humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM). This can compromise performance status and, ultimately, the candidacy for resection. Two cases highlighting initial pharmacological attempts at pre-operative correction of both clinical performance and elevated serum calcium levels are reported. Both patients received unsuccessful treatment leading to premature cessation of pharmacological measures and ultimately proceeded to complete tumor resection.
RANCANG BANGUN APLIKASI SISTEM SIDANG SKRIPSI MENGGUNAKAN METODE OBJECT ORIENTED
Authors: Billah Slamet Arif , Hariadi Selamet
Published: April 2016

Object Oriented Programming (OOP) adalah perangkat lunak yang dihasilkan dari pemodelan menggunakan UML yang berisi analisis dan perancangan perangkat lunak yang merupakan perpaduan dari beberapa metode yang telah ada sebelumnya. Penelitian ini berisi masalah pada sistem yang telah ada, yaitu kurang terintegrasinya data terkait sidang skripsi, pelaporan yang masih dikerjakan secara manual, dan databasing yang kurang sistematis. Solusi dari permasalahan yang ada adalah dengan implementasi OOP sebagai metodologi dalam analisis, perancangan dan pemrograman sistem sidang skripsi mulai dari pembimbingan skripsi, pelaksanaan sidang, penilaian hasil sidang, sampai pada pelaporan-pelaporan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menghasilkan implementasi OOP pada aplikasi sistem sidang skripsi yang diharapkan menjadi solusi dari keterbatasan-keterbatasan sistem yang ada. Simpulan dari penelitian ini adalah bahwa aplikasi sidang skripsi yang menggunakan metode OOP memiliki banyak keunggulan, diantaranya adalah sifat reusability program, maintenance yang tidak rumit, dan mudah untuk dikembangkan.

 
Kata Kunci: Object Oriented Programming,UML, sidang skripsi
SISTEM INFORMASI PROFIL DAERAH KABUPATEN SIDOARJO BERBASIS WEB
Authors: Nurhayati Hani
Published: April 2016

Sistem Informasi Profil Daerah (SIPD) adalah suatu sistem informasi yang menyajikan basis data dalam bentuk 8 kelompok meliputi ; data umum,sosial budaya, sumberdaya alam, infrastruktur, industri perdagangan, keuangan, koperasi, usaha kecil, dan investasi, ekonomi, politik, hukum dan keamanan. Kelompok data tersebut diharapkan mampu menjadi pusat komunikasi informasi berbagai pihak baik pemerintah, masyarakat dan investor dan dapat menggambarkan kondisi fisik Kabupaten Sidoarjo secara lebih rinci dan akurat, sehingga dapat dimanfaatkan untuk bahan pengambil keputusan baik oleh pemerintah daerah maupun pusat. Pengembangan aplikasi SIPD berbasis Web mempunyai peranan SIPD Kabupaten merupakan subsistem dari Sistem Provinsi, dan Provinsi Merupakan Susbsistem dari Sistem Pusat (Nasional) ; Kabupaten memberikan laporan keterisian database secara rutin (Triwulan, Semesteran dan Tahunan) kepada Provinsi; Kabupaten membangun SIPD sesuai dengan format database yang dikembangkan di Provinsi dan Pusat Pengelolaan data dan informasi dalam suatu sistem informasi manejemen yang didukung teknologi komunikasi dan informasi diharapkan mampu menganalisa dan menampilakan data dan informasi sesuai dengan kebutuhan pengguna atau pemakai.

Kata kunci : Sistem Informasi Profil Daerah (SIPD), Sistem Informasi Manajemen (SIM), Web.
IMPLEMENTASI METODE MULTIPLE KERNEL SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE UNTUK SELEKSI FITUR DARI DATA EKSPRESI GEN DENGAN STUDI KASUS LEUKIMIA DAN TUMOR USUS BESAR
Authors: Yunita Ariana , Fatichah Chastine , Yuhana Umi Laily
Published: April 2016

Pada penelitian ini mengimplementasikan metode multiple kernel support vector machine untuk seleksi fitur. Multiple kernel merupakan metode modifikasi fungsi kernel yang mengalikan tiap elemen dari data. Metode ini melakukan seleksi fitur terhadap fitur yang kurang penting dengan tingkat akurasi lebih baik daripada metode dasar support vector machine. Uji coba dilakukan dengan menggunakan dataset ekspresi gen leukimia dan tumor usus besar. Hasil uji coba dibandingkan dengan tingkat akurasi metode support vector machine tanpa seleksi fitur. Tingkat akurasi metode multiple kernel support vector machine yang dihasilkan untuk data ekspresi gen leukimia yaitu 85% dan untuk data tumor usus besar sebesar 69%. Sedangkan tingkat akurasi dengan metode dasar support vector machine yaiu sebesar 82% untuk data leukimia dan 59% untuk data tumor usus besar. Seleksi fitur dapat mempersingkat waktu komputasi sehingga dapat dikembangkan untuk banyak aplikasi pengenalan pola.

 

Kata Kunci: Multiple kernel, support vector  machine, seleksi fitur, data ekspresi gen
FUZZY LOGIC METODE MAMDANI UNTUK MEMBANTU DIAGNOSA DINI AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
Authors: Matondang Fithriani , Kusumawati Ririen , Abidin Zainal
Published: April 2016

Autism Spectrum Disorder (autis) merupakan gangguan yang dimulai dan dialami pada masa kanak-kanak, yang membuat dirinya tidak dapat membentuk hubungan sosial atau komunikasi yang normal, akibatnya anak tersebut terisolasi dari manusia lain. Perkembangan yang terganggu terutama dalam komunikasi, interaksi sosial dan perilaku. Namun permasalahan yang muncul adalah bagaimana cara mengetahui seorang anak menderita autis atau tidak, begitu juga cara penanganannya yang optimal. Seiring dengan kemajuan teknologi saat ini, berbagai permasalahan yang ada dapat diselesaikan dengan memanfaatkan teknologi. Salah satunya dengan membangun aplikasi sistem pakar untuk mendiagnosa Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) dengan fuzzy logic. Input sistem adalah gejala autis, sedangkan output sistem adalah Anak Normal (bukan autis) dan Anak Autis. Proses perhitungan sistem dilakukan dengan 4 tahapan mamdani yaitu: Pembentukan himpunan fuzzy, Implikasi aturan, Komposisi aturan dan Defuzzyfikasi. Dari hasil uji coba sistem, diperoleh data error sebanyak 40 data dari 1287 data uji coba jika dibandingkan dengan hasil uji coba manual. Dari hasil perbandingan uji coba tersebut, diperoleh persentase Error sebanyak 3.11 %, Recall sebesar 69%, dan Presisi sebesar 99%.

 

Kata Kunci : Autism Spectrum Disorder, Fuzzy Logic, Gejala Autis , Mamdani
HARDWARE CONTROL PADA ROBOT PEMINDAH BUNGA
Authors: Arif Yunifa Miftachul
Published: April 2016

Teknologi robot yang berkembang pesat saat ini diharapkan dapat bermanfaat untuk segala bidang salah satunya adalah bidang rumah tangga. Pada penelitian ini dirancang dan dibuat sebuah robot yang dapat meletakkan bunga pada jambangan vas tanaman. Robot ini adalah robot vision yang dapat bergerak secara otomatis di dalam suatu ruangan yang terbatas. Kamera yang digunakan  sebagai sensor untuk mengidentifikasi objek yang berupa bunga dan vas bunga adalah kamera webcam. Bunga yang sudah terdeteksi kamera akan diolah komputer menjadi data posisi dan data luasan. Data tersebut dikirimkan ke mikrokontroller ATmega16 melalui komunikasi serial RS232. Penelitian lebih dititik beratkan pada sistem pengontrolan hardware dan mekanik robot, mulai data diterima melalui komunikasi serial RS232 sampai dengan menjadi pergerakan robot. Pada penelitian ini input data posisi digunakan oleh mikrokotroller sebagai referensi posisi robot terhadap objek  untuk menggerakkan motor roda kanan dan motor roda kiri sedemikian rupa sehingga robot dapat bergerak menuju objek dan berada tepat didepan objek. Sedangkan data luasan digunakan sebagai data referensi mikrokontroler untuk mengetahui seberapa dekat jarak robot terhadap objek. Setelah mendapat nilai luasan yang cukup maka robot dapat melakukan proses selanjutnya, yaitu mengambil bunga dan meletakkan bunga tersebut pada vas bunga. Sistem mekanik robot dilengkapi lengan buatan dengan penjepit pada ujungnya dimana semua gerakan lengan dan penjepit digerakkan menggunakan motor DC. Dari hasil percobaan yang dilakukan dapat disimpulkan bahwa sistem hardware cantrol sudah cukup mendukung sistem vision robot yang diproses oleh komputer. Dimana dalam 10 kali percobaan, rata-rata 73,33% robot berhasil menyeleseikan tugasnya untuk mengambil dan meletakkan bunga pada vas.

 
Kata kunci: Robot, bunga, mikrokontroler, komunikasi serial, motor DC
APLIKASI JENJANG KARIR PEGAWAI DI PT BITA ENARCON ENGINEERING BANDUNG
Authors: Kusuma Randy Agustian , Angreani Linda Salma
Published: April 2016

PT. Bita Enarcon Engineering adalah perusahaan konsultan yang menyediakan jasa perencanaan studi dan konsultasi untuk berbagai pembangunan dan pekerjaan konstruksi, perusahaan ini juga melayani pelayanan umum sebagai pelayanan pendukung, akan tetapi perusahaan ini memiliki suatu permasalahan dalam pengelolaan kepegawaian khususnya penyeleksian pegawai baru untuk menempati posisi jabatan tertentu dan proses pengangkatan golongan pegawai masih dilakukan secara manual, sehingga dalam penempatan pegawai baru sering mengalami ketidaksesuaian antara pendidikan, pengalaman dalam bekerja, dan perilaku yang dimiliki oleh pegawai baru dengan suatu jabatan yang akan diposisikan oleh perusahaan. Maka perusahaan ini membutuhkan sebuah aplikasi yang dapat memudahkan untuk proses penyeleksian pegawai baru untuk menempati posisi jabatan tertentu dan proses pengangkatan golongan pegawai. Metode analisis yang digunakan dalam pembangunan sistem ini adalah berdasarkan metode terstruktur, dimana tools yang digunakan untuk memodelkan aliran data adalah DFD (Data Flow Diagram), diagram untuk memodelkan relasi antar data adalah diagram E-R. Aplikasi ini terdiri dari beberapa hak akses yaitu hak akses sebagai admin oleh manager divisi admin personalia dan umum dan hak akses sebagai petugas oleh staf bid/urs admin dan personalia. Aplikasi jenjang karir pegawai di PT. Bita Enarcon Enginnerring Bandung ini mempunyai kelebihan yaitu aplikasi dapat memberikan kemudahan dalam mengelola data pegawai, dapat menghindari kesalahan dalam mengelola kenaikan golongan pegawai, dapat meminimalisir kemungkinan data hilang, dan dapat menempatkan jabatan pegawai baru secara objektif sesuai dengan pendidikan, pengalaman dalam bekerja, dan perilaku pegawai baru yang diperlukan oleh suatu jabatan tertentu.

Kata kunci : Jenjang karir, seleksi pegawai, pengangkatan golongan, DFD, E-R, Manager dan staf divisi admin personalia.
PERINGKASAN TEKS OTOMATIS BERITA BERBAHASA INDONESIA MENGGUNAKAN METODE MAXIMUM MARGINAL RELEVANCE
Authors: Mustaqhfiri Muchammad , Abidin Zainal , Kusumawati Ririen
Published: April 2016

Perkembangan teknologi internet berdampak bertambahnya jumlah situs berita berbahasa Indonesia dan menciptakan  ledakan informasi. Hal tersebut menuntut semua informasi bisa diakses dengan cepat dan tidak harus membutuhkan banyak waktu dalam membaca sebuah headline berita.Teknologi peringkas teks otomatis menawarkan solusi untuk membantu pencarian isi berita berupa deskripsi singkat (summary). Penelitian dia­wali dengan lima tahap text preprocessing: pemecahan kalimat,case folding, tokenizing, filtering, dan stemming. Proses selanjutnya menghitung bobot tf-idf, bobot query relevance dan bobot similarity. Ringkasan dihasilkan dari ekstraksi kalimat dengan menggunakan metode maximum marginal relevance. Metode ekstraksi maximum marginal relevance me­rupakan metode yang digunakan untuk mengurangi redudansi dalam perangkingan kali­mat pada multi dokumen. Data uji coba diambil dari surat kabar berbahasa Indonesia on-line sejumlah 30 berita. Hasil pengujian dibandingkan dengan ringkasan manual yang menghasilkan rata-rata recall  60%, precision 77%, dan f-measure 66%.

 

Kata kunci: peringkasan, text preprocessing, tf-idf, query relevance, similarity, maximum marginal relevance
PENGATUR POLA MENU MAKANAN BALITA UNTUK MENCAPAI STATUS GIZI SEIMBANG MENGGUNAKAN SISTEM INFERENSI FUZZY METODE SUGENO
Authors: Wachdani Rosida , Abidin Zainal , Yaqin M. Ainul
Published: April 2016

Pemenuhan pola menu makanan merupakan faktor yang perlu diperhatikan dalam menjaga kesehatan balita yang sedang mengalami masa pertumbuhan dan perkembangan. Dalam menyusun pola menu makanan, seseorang perlu memperhatikan menu seimbang dan variasi hidangan. Menu yang dihidangkan meliputi keanekaragaman bahan makanan dalam jumlah dan proporsi yang sesuai, sehingga memenuhi kebutuhan gizi balita guna pemeliharaan sel-sel tubuh dan proses pertumbuhan. Pada penelitian ini, dibangun perangkat lunak yang dapat memudahkan seseorang dalam menentukan kebutuhan energi, karbohidrat, lemak dan protein untuk balita usia 36-59 bulan. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengembangan perangkat lunak adalah fuzzy sugeno, yaitu aturan yang direpresentasikan dalam bentuk IF-THEN dengan output berupa konstanta untuk melakukan perhitungan terhadap kebutuhan energi dan protein. Pengujian terhadap fuzzy sugeno menunjukkan bahwa nilai yang dihasilkan metode ini memiliki analisis kebenaran yang mendekati kebutuhan standar ideal apabila dibandingkan dengan hasil metode manual. Oleh karena itu, kebutuhan energi, karbohidrat, lemak dan protein yang dihasilkan metode fuzzy sugeno dapat diterapkan dalam menentukan pola menu makanan.

Kata kunci : balita, gizi, analisis bahan makanan,  fuzzy sugeno
APLIKASI VISUALISASI DATA SEKOLAH DI KABUPATEN PASURUAN JAWA TIMUR BERBASIS ANDROID
Authors: Pramono Andy , Puspasari Betty Dewi
Published: April 2016

Pada saat ini kebutuhan akan ketersediaan informasi yang cukup akurat sangat dibutuhkan dalam  segala bentuk kegiatan atau usaha, baik itu dalam lingkup pemerintahan maupun usaha. Demikian pula dalam hal ketersediaan informasi data non akademik sekolah sangat diperlukan bagi Dinas Pendidikan dan kebudayaan Kabupaten Pasuruan, yang selama ini mengalami kesulitan dalam mengambil kebijakan pengembangan pendidikan di Kabupaten Pasuruan karena kurangnya informasi non akademik sekolah. Penelitian ini merupakan pengembangan dari penelitian sebelumnya yang berbasis web untuk propinsi Kalimantan Timur, penelitian ini akan menghasilkan suatu aplikasi visualisasi pemetaan sekolah Kabupaten Pasuruan yang akan menghasilkan suatu aplikasi yang mampu memberikan informasi mengenai data non akademik sekolah bagi Dinas Pendidikan Kabupaten Pasuruan yang divisualisasikan dalam bentuk pemetaan vektor 2D ini dilaksanakan dalam beberapa tahap melalui tahap pengumpulan data dan analisa, konsep perancangan aplikasi (konsep perancangan meliputi DFD, ER, Desain Interface) dan implementasi dan ujicoba. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah memberikan alternatif solusi dalam memberikan informasi data non akademik sekolah di Kabupaten Pasuruan Jawa Timur.
CONCAR APLIKASI COLOR TRACKER UNTUK KALKULATOR DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN AUGMENTED REALITY
Authors: Mahmudi Ali , Zain Ahmad Roziqi
Published: April 2016

Penggunaan webcam Color Tracker dengan pengaturan awal warna marker berwarna Merah, Biru

atau Hijau, digunakan untuk mengerakkan kursor di komputer. Bila terjadi tumbukan antara kursor dengan salah satu tombol concar maka akan menampilkan sebuah angka. Pergerakan kursor terjadi dengan mengambil titik koordinat X dan Y dari pencarian nilai titik-titik pixel yang sama dengan nilai pengaturan Marker awal. Jangkauan webcam berukuran 800x600 pixel dengan tampilan Mirror.

 

Setelah dilakukan proses pengujian yang dilakukan terhadap 17 orang dengan mengisi kuisioner mendapatkan presentase tingkat keberhasilan 91,5%. Sistem operasi yang dapat digunakan oleh aplikasi ini adalah Windows.

 
Perancangan Dan Implementasi Sistem Informasi Koperasi Pegawai Negeri (KPN) Pada Koperasi “Kapur Warna” Kecamatan Naggalo Kota
Authors: Azmi Meri
Published: April 2016

Koperasi Pegawai Negeri (KPN) Kapur Warna Kecamatan Nanggalo Kota Padang merupakan salah satu koperasi yang bergerak dalam usaha  simpan pinjam. Dalam pengelolaan data baik itu data simpanan, data pinjaman, data angsuran anggota serta perhitungan Sisa Hasil Usaha (SHU) masih penggunakan perhitungan dan pengolahan data secara manual menggunakan aplikasi Microsoft Excel. Kemampuan dari aplikasi ini masih terbatas dalam hal pengelolaan dan manajemen data koperasi sehingga KPN- Kapur Warna membutuhkan suatu sistem informasi yang mampu mengolah data secara cepat, tepat dan akurat. Sistem Informasi Koperasi Simpan Pinjam dirancang dan diimplementasikan pada koperasi ini untuk memenuhi kebutuhan akan pengolahan data tersebut. Kemudahan dalam pengelolaan data anggota koperasi, manajemen data simpanan dan pinjaman serta kemudahan dalam pembuatan laporan. Sistem ini dirancang berbasis web agar nantinya sistem ini bisa diintegrasikan secara online sehingga setiap anggota koperasi bisa melihat secara berkala data atas simpanan, pinjaman dan perkembangan usaha koperasi ini.

 

Kata Kunci : Koperasi, Sistem Informasi, MySQL, PHP
MEMBANGUN GAUSSIAN CLASSIFIER DALAM MENGENALI OBJEK DALAM BENTUK IMAGE
Authors: Santoso Irwan Budi
Published: April 2016

Distribusi Multivariate Normal (Gaussian) adalah salah satu distribusi yang sering digunakan, mengingat hampir semua kejadian bisa didekati dengan distribusi tersebut. Dalam mengenali suatu objek dalam bentuk image, fitur objek tersebut kerapkali mengikuti distribusi Multivariate Gaussian dengan parameter mean  dan covariance  yang berbebeda-beda. Parameter  dan  yang berbeda-beda tersebut akan menghasilkan nilai probability density function (pdf) yang berbeda pula. Berdasarakan nilai probability density function ini selanjutnya dapat dibentuk fungsi diskriminan untuk mengenali objek (Gaussian Classifier). Kehandalan Gaussian Classifer dalam mengenali objek dalam bentuk image dipengaruhi oleh 2 faktor utama yaitu ketepatan dan keakuratan dalam pengambilan data objek training yang akan berpengaruh terhadap ketepatan dan keakuratan fitur yang diambil dan asumsi distribusi Multivariate Normal dari fitur objek yang diambil harus terpenuhi. Untuk memenuhi asumsi multivariate distribusi Multivariate Normal maka harus dilakukan pengujian terhadap normalitas distribusi fitur setiap kelas objek.

Kata Kunci :   Distribusi Gaussian, Parameter Distribusi, Probability Density Function, Fungsi Diskriminan
MEMBANGUN E-COMMERCE UNTUK MASTER DEALER ASESORIS KOMPUTER CV.TRANSMIT.NET TANJUNGSARI SUMEDANG
Authors: Yohannes Albert Andreas
Published: April 2016

Bagian pemasaran menjadi kebutuhan yang sangat penting dikarenakan banyaknya keuntungan dan nafas dari sebuah bisnis adalah mutlak tergantung dari suksesnya bagian pemasaran dalam bisnis digelutinya sehingga perlu untuk mengangkat masalah bidang pemasaran dengan lebih spesifik adalah promosi bidang usaha dan penjualan produk secara online (e-commerce).Lokasi penelitian adalah Toko Komputer Transmit.net Tanjungsari Sumedang sedangkan software untuk membangun aplikasi e-commerce menggunakan web server Apache 2.2.6, script PHP 5.2.5, database MySQL 5.0.51. Implementasi aplikasi web Transmit.net e-commerce telah di upload ke internet dengan alamat url: www.tmi-net.com berfungsi sesuai seperti pada localhost dan juga masih terdapat banyak kekurangan dan kelemahan pada aplikasi web Transmit.net e-commerce yang dapat disempurnakan pada penelitian di masa datang.

 
 Kata Kunci : E-commerce, ww.tmi-net.com, Transmit.net Tanjungsari, MySql