bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Pemilihan Menu Makanan bagi Anak dengan Metode Analitycal Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Authors: Siregar Yustria Handika , Rahayu Sri
Published: August 2019

Abstract - Selection of a good food menu for children is a factor that needs to be considered to optimize the growth of the baby. In this case, the role of parents is needed in the selection of good food for children. The food menu needed for children must contain balanced nutrients such as carbohydrates, protein, fiber content, and water. As is the case with children in the Taqwa Perkebunan Gunung Melayu Kindergarten where the regulation of diet in children is very dependent on the knowledge of the mother in choosing, processing and managing the food needed for the child's school supplies. For this reason, a decision support system is needed in determining the ranking of healthy food menus using the AHP method. The AHP method helps in decision making through complex comparisons to be a more accurate alternative. This method also allows measurement of ratio scales for alternative criteria and scoring weights. So that a solution is obtained or the results of several alternatives for a decision to be taken. With the existence of a decision support system, the selection of food menus for children is expected to help parents choose food menus quickly and according to the needs of children. Keywords - Food Menu, Decision Support System, AHP
Rancang Bangun Aplikasi Simpan Pinjam Uang Mahasiswa Fakultas Teknik Universitas Asahan Berbasis Web
Authors: Siregar Helmi Fauzi , Sari Nilfa
Published: August 2019

Abstract - Savings and loan money is one of human needs. Where savings and loans are something that is very necessary to support the development of economic activities and improve living standards. In universities, there are many students who spend money to pay for their tuition fees. Among these students, there are fairly poor people. The author took the initiative to make a savings and loan application that is useful for students, if they need funds to complete lecture administration at any time. Students can also set aside a portion of their allowance to be stored in the application. In this way, students can reduce the burden a bit regarding the problems of lecture administration. Based on the description above, the author raised the research title with research conducted directly on the students of the Asahan University Faculty of Engineering with the title "Designing Student Loan Savings and Loan Applications for the Faculty of Engineering, Asahan Web-Based University". Keywords - applications, savings and loans, money, fees, students, web
Perancangan Aplikasi Komik Hadist Berbasis Multimedia
Authors: Siregar Helmi Fauzi , Melani Melani
Published: August 2019

Abstract - Comics are visual communication media that contain information, ideas, messages that are poured into images as attractive as possible. The combination of comics and hadiths is suitable to be used as an alternative to da'wah media because there are moral and moral messages contained in hadiths. The hadith comic application is made to make it easier for readers to understand the contents of comic stories and minimize the common mistakes that often occur. The method used in making the application is to use PHP. The hadith comic application has the features of presenting comics collaborated with animation, this is so that users listen to the comic storyline correctly and sequentially so as to minimize failure in understanding the core story. Hadist comic applications accompanied by attractive images and color variations make it an interesting application to use especially for teenagers and children. Keywords - Applications, Comics Hadits, Information, Multimedia
FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN PENGETAHUAN IBU NIFAS TENTANG TANDA BAHAYA NIFAS DI WILAYAH PUSKESMAS PANGKAH KABUPATEN TEGAL
Authors: Pamuji Siti Erniyati Berkah , Fitriani Yuni , . Masturoh
Published: August 2019

Masa nifas adalah masa setelah melahirkan selama 6 minggu atau 40 hari. Prosesini dimulai setelah selesainya persalinan dan berakhir setelah alat-alat reproduksikembali seperti keadaan sebelum hamil/tidak hamil. Selama waktu tersebut padaseorang ibu nifas seringkali terjadi masalah tanda-tanda bahaya masa nifas diantaranyaperdarahan post partum, lochea yang berbau busuk, subinvolusi uterus, nyeri pada perutdan pelvis, pusing yang berlebihan, suhu tubuh ibu >38˚C, mastitis, baby blues dandepresi postpartum. Data Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Tegal, angka kematian ibu diKabupaten Tegal pada tahun 2015 sebanyak 33 orang, 5 orang (15,15%) meninggalpada masa hamil, 10 orang (30,30%) meninggal pada saat persalinan dan 18 orang (54,55%) meninggal pada masa nifas. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahuifaktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan pengetahuan ibu nifas tentang tanda bahayanifas di Puskesmas Pangkah Kabupaten Tegal. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan antara faktor umur,pendidikan, pengalaman melahiran dan keterpaparan informasi terhadap pengetahuanibu nifas tentang tanda bahaya nifas. Faktor pendidikan memiliki hubungan yang eratdengan pengetahuan ibu nifas, sedangkan faktor pengalaman melahirkan, keterpaparaninformasi memiliki hubungan yang sedang dengan pengetahuan ibu nifas. Faktorpekerjaan hampir tidak berhubungan dengan pengetahuan ibu nifas. Diharapkan ibunifas meningkatkan pengetahuan dalam perawatan masa nifas, meningkatkankemampuan dalam melakukan deteksi dini tanda bahaya nifas dan faktor resikonya sertasegera melakukan pemeriksaan ke tenaga kesehatan bila menemukan tanda bahayasehingga tidak terlambat dalam penatalaksanaannya.
PENGARUH VARIASI KONSENTRASI EKSTRAK DAUN TEH (Camellia sinensis L) TERHADAP SIFAT FISIK DEODORANT STICK
Authors: Cahyanta Agung Nur , Istriningsih Endang , Zen Dinar Anggia , Gautama Tomy Sugiarto
Published: August 2019

Rasa percaya diri seseorang akan meningkat bila badannya berbau harum dan segar. Kebersihan dan bau badan merupakan hal penting dalam higienitas dan penampilan seseorang. Bau badan sangat berhubungan dengan sekresi keringat seseorang dan adanya pertumbuhan mikroorganisme. Deodorant stick merupakan kosmetika yang diformulasikan khusus untuk mengatasi bau badan, yang berfungsi untuk mengurangi keringat karena mengandung zat astringen dan antimikroba yang berguna mencegah pertumbuhan mikroba pada keringat. Salah satu tanaman yang berkhasiat obat dikenal dan digunakan oleh masyarakat ialah tanaman Teh (Camellia sinensis L) yang mengandung Tanin. Menurut Hara (1993) mengemukakan bahwa tanin dapat dipakai sebagai antimikroba, juga berkhasiat sebagai astringen. Ekstrak adalah suatu produk hasil pengambilan zat aktif dari tanaman menggunakan pelarut yang sesuai, kemudian pelarutnya diuapkan kembali sehingga zat aktif ekstrak menjadi pekat. Sifat fisik dan karekteristik deodorant stick sangat dipengaruhi oleh komposisi penyusunnya, faktor formulasi sangat berpengaruh terhadap kualitas deodorant yang dihasilkan, salah satu penyusun dalam formulasi deodoran stick adalah ekstrak daun Teh sebagai zat aktif. Variasi konsentrasi ekstrak daun Teh 5% (formula X1), 10% (formula X2) dan 15% (formula X3) berpengaruh terhadap sifat fisik deodorant stick yang dihasilkan, pada uji organoleptis diperoleh warna dan kepadatan yang berbeda untuk tiap formula. Analisis data uji waktu leleh menggunakan One Way ANOVA diperoleh nilai signifikan 0,019 < 0,05, dapat disimpulkan bahwa pada taraf kepercayaan 95% menunjukkan ada pengaruh yang nyata perbedaan konsentasi ekstrak daun Teh terhadap waktu leleh deodorant stick, dengan waktu leleh tercepat pada formula X1 sebesar 64,66 menit. Pada analisis data uji titik lebur menggunakan One Way ANOVA diperoleh nilai signifikan 0,019 < 0,05 dapat disimpulkan bahwa pada taraf kepercayaan 95%, ada pengaruh yang nyata perbedaan konsentrasi ekstrak daun Teh terhadap titik lebur deodorant stick, dengan titik leleh terendah adalah pada formula X1 dengan suhu 44oC. Pengujian keamanan deodorant stick dengan uji iritasi akut dermal diperoleh bahwa pada ketiga formula nilai indeks iritasi menunjukkan kriteria iritan sangat ringan (rentang 0,0–0,4).
PENGARUH CAKUPAN ASI ESKLUSIF TERHADAP BERAT BADAN BAYI DI DESA TEMPURAN KECAMATAN DEMAK KABUPATEN DEMAK
Authors: Hudaya Isna , Susanto Herry
Published: August 2019

Latar Belakang: Pemberian ASI Esklusif selama 6 bulan pertama dapat meningkatkan pertumbuhandan perkembangan anak secara optimal, akan tetapi kadang masih sulit untuk diterapkan denganberbagai latar belakang adat kebiasaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui pengaruh cakupan ASIEsklusif terhadap berat badan bayi di Desa Tempuran, Kecamatan Demak, Kabupaten Demak.Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan jenis penelitian analytic comparative observasional danpendekatan cross sectional. Pengumpulan data dengan kuesioner dan lembar observasi. Jumlahresponden sebanyak 156 bayi dengan usia 7-36 bulan dengan teknik purposive sampling. Analisisyang digunakan adalah Mann Whitney U–test. Hasil: Responden (bayi) dengan ASI Esklusifmemiliki rata- rata berat badan 6,89 sedangkan rata-rata berat badan bayi yang diberikan ASI tidakeksklusif yaitu 7,403 kg. Analisis bivariate menunjukkan p-value sebesar 0,000.

Simpulan: ratarata berat badan bayi yang diberikan ASI tidak eksklusif lebih besar dari rata-rata berat badan bayi yang diberikan ASI eksklusif. Hal ini disebabkan karena bayi mendapatkan sumber nutrisi dari berbagai makanan yang diberikan selain pemberian ASI.
Identifikasi Faktor-faktor Pembentukan Karakter Mahasiswa
Authors: Manurung Monica Mayeni , Rahmadi Rahmadi
Published: August 2019

Pendidikan tinggi merupakan bagian dari pendidikan nasional yang menyiapkan sumber daya manusia masa depan, dimana mahasiswa adalah bagian utama dalam penyelenggaraan pendidikan tinggi tersebut. Identifikasi karakter mahasiswa merupakan langkah awal yang sangat penting untuk dilakukan baik pada saat menentukan ‘pasar’perguruan tinggi maupun pada saat penentuan/seleksi masuk perguruan tinggi. Isu menurunnya karakter bangsa merupakan suatu kajian yang sangat penting. Karakter mahasiswa, sebagai generasi muda bangsa; dapat diidentifikasi dari aspek akademik dan aspek non akademik. Aspek akademik ukurannya dapat dengan mudah diukur melalui prestasi akademik misalnya atau, kejujuran akademik dan sikap ilmiah. Aspek non akademik dapat diukur dari segi perilaku maupun wawasan kebangsaan. Peran perguruan tinggi, pemerintah dan masyarakat sangat dibutuhkan dalam upaya pembentukan karakter mahasiswa. Budaya, lingkungan akademik dengan semua perangkatnya, regulasi dan sistem penyelenggaraan pendidikan tinggi serta lingkungan sosial memiliki peran tersendiri dalam pembentukan karakter mahasiswa Indonesia.

 

Kata Kunci: karakter, mahasiswa, akademik, non akademik.
Student Self-Responsibility in the Indonesian Distance Education System
Authors: Lazarus Daudi
Published: August 2019

An ongoing concern in the distance education system in Indonesia is students’ lack of commitment to ‘independent study’. The purpose of this paper is to review conceptual frameworks that could empower Indonesian students to accept responsibility for their learning at a level to address the learning challenges of distance education.  The review shows that to meet quality and equity expectations in online distance education, independent study modes should promote students’ self-responsibility based primarily on both autonomy and capability.  The findings have the potential to add new perspective to education through supporting teaching and learning approaches in an online distance education class to enhance self-responsibility.  The paper suggests that students would take more control of independent learning if they accepted primary responsibility to determine their learning needs, resources, activities and outcomes.  To do this they need to view themselves as active agents with power to take independent choices that can result in creating their own approaches to resolve their learning limitation.
PENYELENGGARAAN SISTEM PENDIDIKAN TINGGI JARAK JAUH DI PERGURUAN TINGGI SWASTA
Authors: Irwansyah Irwansyah
Published: August 2019

Dalam rangka upaya peningkatan Angka Partisipasi Kasar (APK) pemerintah melakukan terobosan baru dengan diperbolehkannya perguruan tinggi (selain Universitas Terbuka/UT) untuk menyelenggarakan Pendidikan Jarak Jauh (PJJ). Kebijakan tersebut tertuang dalam Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Nomor 24 Tahun 2012 tentang Penyelenggaraan Pendidikan Jarak Jauh pada Perguruan Tinggi.

PJJ bertujuan untuk meningkatkan perluasan dan pemerataan akses terhadap pendidikan yang bermutu dan relevan sesuai kebutuhan. Semakin banyaknya masyarakat yang masuk ke perguruan tinggi (baik PTN maupun PTS), APK-PT bisa terdongkrak meningkat signifikan.

Payung hukum bagi penyelenggara perguruan tinggi (baik PTN maupun PTS), antara lain adalah Permendikbud 109/2013 tentang Penyelenggaraan Pendidikan Jarak Jauh (PJJ) di Pendidikan Tinggi. Kenyataan lapangan yang terjadi dalam menyelenggarakan PJJ (baik PTN maupun PTS), masih sangat sedikit sekali dari segi jumlah (baru sembilan lembaga). Belum lagi dievaluasi dari segi kualitas penyelenggaraan sistem dan manajemennya, apakah telah optimal sesuai dengan ketentuan perundang-undangan dan peraturan dalam menyelenggarakan sebuah PJJ?

Karena itu, sangatlah menarik gagasan ini untuk dianalisis antara peraturan perundangan yang berlaku, dengan realita lapangan, yang seyogyanya dilakukan penyesuaian-penyesuaian (fleksibilitas) dalam penyelenggaraan sistem dan manajemen PJJ-nya di perguruan tinggi (semacam keleluasan pengelolaan yang fleksibel). Oleh sebab itu menurut penulis, penyelenggara PJJ kenyataannya masih didominasi oleh PTN yang memiliki kapasitas besar, dan berskala nasional. Pertanyaannya, apakah dimungkinkan bagi PTS untuk menyelenggarakan PJJ-nya?
Pengaruh Kompetensi Konselor Terhadap Pelayanan Penanganan Korban Kekerasan Dalam Rumah Tangga Pada P3KC
Authors: Mahfudoh Udoh , Handayani Dian
Published: August 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh kompetensi konselor pada Pusat Pelayanan dan Perlindungan Keluarga Cilegon (P3KC) dalam memberikan pelayanan penanganan kepada korban Kekerasan Dalam Rumah Tangga (KDRT).

Penelitian ini penulis menggunakan metode deskriptif analisis dengan pendekatan kuantitatif, yang kemudian diolah dan dianalisis untuk diambil kesimpulan, maka analisis kuantitatif dilakukan dengan cara mengkuantitatifkan data-data penelitian ke dalam bentuk angka-angka dengan menggunakan skala likert. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah korban kekerasan yang melapor ke Pusat Pelayanan dan Perlindungan Keluarga Cilegon (P3KC) di tahun 2017 yang berjumlah 139 korban/klien, dan kasus kekerasan dalam rumah tangga berjumlah 71 korban/klien, tetapi hanya mengambil 50 responden korban kekerasan dalam rumah tangga yang telah diselesaikan permasalahannya oleh Pusat Pelayanan dan Perlindungan Keluarga Cilegon (P3KC). Metode pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah Stratified random sampling.

Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah adalah analisis regresi linier sederhana. Dengan menggunakan analisa regresi, maka hasil penelitian diperoleh didapatkan nilai thitung sebesar 8,191, selanjutnya nilai ini akan dibandingkan dengan menggunakan batas signifikan 0,05 dan hasil perhitungan yang didapat adalah dk n-2 (50-2=48), maka didapat ttabel sebesar 1,677. Didapat thitung lebih besar dari ttabel (8,191 > 1,677), maka Ha diterima, H0 ditolak, artinya terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan dari variabel Kompetensi Konselor (X) terhadap Pelayanan Penanganan (Y). Berdasarkan hasil uji koefisien determinasi X kontribusi hubungan antara variabel Kompetensi Konselor (X) terhadap variabel Pelayanan Penanganan (Y)  didapat nilai R square sebesar 59 % artinya kontribusi hubungan antara variabel Kompetensi Konselor (X) terhadap variabel Pelayanan Penanganan (Y) dan 41%  sisanya dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain yang tidak diteliti oleh peneliti.

 

Kata Kunci: Kompetensi Konselor, Pelayanan Penanganan.
Synthesis of 1-azaspiro[4.4]nonan-1-oxyls via intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition
Authors: Khoroshunova Yulia V , Morozov Denis A , Taratayko Andrey I , Gladkikh Polina D , Glazachev Yuri I , Kirilyuk Igor A
Published: August 2019

Sterically shielded nitroxides of the pyrrolidine series have shown the highest resistance to reduction. Here we report the synthesis of new pyrrolidine nitroxides from 5,5-dialkyl-1-pyrroline N-oxides via the introduction of a pent-4-enyl group to the nitrone carbon followed by an intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction and isoxazolidine ring opening. The kinetics of reduction of the new nitroxides with ascorbate were studied and compared to those of previously published (1S,2R,3′S,4′S,5′S,2″R)-dispiro[(2-hydroxymethyl)cyclopentan-1,2′-(3′,4′-di-tert-butoxy)pyrrolidine-5′,1″-(2″-hydroxymethyl)cyclopentane]-1′-oxyl (1).
DEVELOPMENT OF REAL-TIME INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUE FOR NONPOINT POLLUTION SOURCE DISTRIBUTION USING PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
Authors: Sik Min Kwan , Lee Dong Ha , Acharya Tri Dev
Published: August 2019

Currently both central and local governments that are aware of the importance of conserving rivers, are making continuous efforts to solve the problem of non-point pollution sources (NPS) flowing into rivers. This study established a reactive web service app with a mobile application, to accommodate the need for systematic and scientific investigation and management of NPS. The developed investigation and management techniques incorporate all the PC-based administrative features, thereby improving development efficiency. A prototype of mobile GIS platform for a survey, inspection, and input was proposed, in which data related to pollution source locations and attributes can be effectively collected, stored, updated, and adjusted. To demonstrate, we conducted a quantitative analysis of river pollution source using GPS and GIS to show further details of the framework, which provides geographic information required to develop management technique of NPS flowing into rivers and related parameters in the form of a map. Furthermore, based on the interpolated maps and various environmental factors, the prediction of NPS as well as other parameters can be done. The research will not only improve the efficiency of investigation and management of NPS but also contribute to establishing a management policy, which covers quick decision-making and reaction to inflow accidents.
Validation of Gastrochilus prionophyllus (Vandeae, Orchidaceae), a new species from Yunnan Province, China
Authors: Wu Xun-Feng , Ye De-Ping , Pan Bo , Lin Xiang-Qun , Jiang Hong , Liu Qiang
Published: August 2019

Gastrochilus prionophyllus, which was previously not validly published, is here validated. The species is described along with illustration and photos. Morphologically, the long and pendulous stem and distichous leaves of this new species indicate that it belongs to the sect. Microphyllae. It is unique in having thick fleshy leaves and margin significantly serrate, small flowers, reniform epichile and margin with dentations, thickened cushion on the central epichile and subconic hypochile. Meanwhile, a preliminary conservation status assessment according to IUCN Red List categories and criteria is given to the new species.
Gentianella macrosperma, a new species of Gentianella (Gentianaceae) from Xinjiang, China
Authors: Cao Hai-Feng , Ya Ji-Dong , Zhang Qiao-Rong , Hu Xiao-Jian , Zhang Zhi-Rong , Liu Xin-Hua , Zhang Yong-Cheng , Zhang Ai-Ting , Yu Wen-Bin
Published: August 2019

Gentianella macrosperma Ma ex H.F. Cao, J.D. Ya & Q.R. Zhang, a new species of Gentianaceae from Xinjiang, Northwest China is described and illustrated. This new species is unique in having equal length of corolla lobe and corolla tube, nectaries located at the throat of the corolla tube and large seeds up to 1.6 mm in diameter. In addition, an updated identification key to the Chinese species of Gentianella is provided.
Could probiotics be the panacea alternative to the use of antimicrobials in livestock diets?
Authors: Cameron A. , McAllister T.A.
Published: August 2019

Probiotics are most frequently derived from the natural microbiota of healthy animals. These bacteria and their metabolic products are viewed as nutritional tools for promoting animal health and productivity, disease prevention and therapy, and food safety in an era defined by increasingly widespread antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens. In contemporary livestock production, antimicrobial usage is indispensable for animal welfare, and employed to enhance growth and feed efficiency. Given the importance of antimicrobials in both human and veterinary medicine, their effective replacement with direct-fed microbials or probiotics could help reduce antimicrobial use, perhaps restoring or extending the usefulness of these precious drugs against serious infections. Thus, probiotic research in livestock is rapidly evolving, aspiring to produce local and systemic health benefits on par with antimicrobials. Although many studies have clearly demonstrated the potential of probiotics to positively affect animal health and inhibit pathogens, experimental evidence suggests that probiotics’ successes are modest, conditional, strain-dependent, and transient. Here, we explore current understanding, trends, and emerging applications of probiotic research and usage in major livestock species, and highlight successes in animal health and performance.
Short-term stall housing of horses results in changes of markers of bone metabolism
Authors: Logan A.A. , Nielsen B.D. , Sehl R. , Jones E. , Robison C.I. , Pease A.P.
Published: August 2019

In previous research, stall-housing growing horses resulted in decreased bone mineral content (BMC) of the third metacarpal (MCIII) compared to pasture-housing. To determine whether stall confinement negatively impacts bone, regardless of age, and whether the effects could be reversed upon return to pasture, 12 mature horses (5-15 years) and 12 yearlings were pair-matched by age and gender and randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups: pasture (PT) or stall (ST). Horses on PT remained there for the 84-d study, while horses on ST spent the first 28 d in stalls and the remaining 56 d on pasture. Radiographs and blood samples were taken on d 0 for baseline determinants. Radiographs and blood were taken every 7 d for radiographic photodensitometry estimates of BMC and analysis of osteocalcin (OC) and C-telopeptide (CTX-1)-markers of bone formation and degradation. There were no differences in BMC between treatments at the medial cortex of MCIII in mature horses. There were treatment (P=0.05) and day (P<0.01) differences in BMC at the lateral cortex of MCIII. In yearling horses, the BMC of the medial cortex of MCIII had a day difference with the lowest overall average at d 21 and highest at d 70 (P=0.04). There were day by treatment differences (P<0.05) for both OC and CTX-1 with the mature and yearling horses on ST having lower OC on d 14 than PT horses (P<0.05) indicative of reduced bone formation. In mature and yearling ST horses, CTX-1 was greater on d 14 and 28 compared to horses on PT (P≤0.05) suggesting greater bone resorption. Results from serum markers of bone formation and deformation confirm that stalling negatively impacts bone formation in horses regardless of age.
Living Well With Dementia: Factors Associated With Nursing Home Residents' Affect Balance
Authors: Kolanowski Ann , Behrens Liza , Lehman Erik , Oravecz Zita , Resnick Barbara , Boltz Marie , Van Haitsma Kimberly , Galik Elizabeth , Ellis Jeanette , Eshraghi Karen
Published: August 2019

Well-being is an important outcome for people with dementia. The current study is a secondary analysis of baseline data from an ongoing pragmatic trial. Affect balance, the ratio of positive to negative affect, was used as a measure of well-being, and factors related to it were examined in a sample of 325 nursing home residents. Measures of staff interaction during caregiving, staff knowledge of person-centered approaches for dementia care, staff hours of care, the physical environment, person-centered policies, resident function, and quality of life were obtained using direct observation, staff interview, and medical chart review. The results of the quantile multivariable regression analysis indicated that positive staff interaction and higher resident function were significantly associated with higher affect balance after controlling for other variables. The findings have heuristic value for the development of conceptual frameworks that focus on meaningful outcomes for residents with dementia and future research. [
Research in Gerontological Nursing, 13
(1), 21–30.]
Spiral Management
Authors: Mikulášková Justína , Čambál Miloš , Polakovič Ľuboš , Urbanovičová Petra
Published: August 2019

Spiral management and its principles are based on the long-term successful existence of living systems. The principles can be applied to the enterprise and organization management. Living systems manage long-term success by acquiring energy from their surroundings (through nutrition), while enterprises acquire customers and employees' energy in order to eliminate entropy (in enterprises manifested as economic losses). Spiral management is based on the synergy of living systems. It describes behavior patterns in the cyclical development of enterprises as well as the ability of the latter to diagnose their own strategic decisions, including the instructions of how to drive an enterprise towards a long-term success. The chapter describes theoretical basis of spiral management while providing a novel insight into this unique managerial approach and emphasizing its importance for the human resources management. Also introduced are the elements of spiral management applied in the enterprises that want to be competitive and survive turbulent periods.
Legal and Ethical Aspects of CSR
Authors: Wójcik Ewa Barbara , Olejko Katarzyna
Published: August 2019

The increasingly important role of sustainability issues and CSR in business activity has been widely recognized. In order to promote socially responsible decisions, changes in the macro- and micro-environment should be examined. The study offers insight into different aspects of CSR and defines those whose importance is growing, discusses trends, reasons for the state of affairs, and formulates conclusions of possible effects. The focus is on ethical values, in particular trust, and their changing perception which may lead to new business models strengthening and further development.
Influence of Practice Management Software on Dental Services
Authors: Kruja Alba Demneri , Hysi Kei
Published: August 2019

In the 21st century, the main focus of technological advances is on data. Practice management software (PMS) is having its highest demand in the international market as a tool helping dental services operate in a better way. The main focus of this research is on analyzing the role of the implementation of PMS in dental clinics in Tirana, capital city of Albania. Qualitative and quantitative data through semi-structured interviews and surveys was collected to analyze the case. Low purchasing power, lack of knowledge, and informality in Albania are some of the limitations that restrain dentists implement new technologies. The results show that PMS implementation adds value to dental clinics through more effective and efficient services and improved customer relationship management.
Speech Acts and Cross-Cultural Pragmatics
Authors: Bauler Clara
Published: August 2019

Linguistically diverse learners tend to first relate the pragmatic ability they already possess in their first or more dominant language (L1) to act in the L2; as a result, miscommunication and misunderstandings are frequent and common. Teachers can help learners develop awareness about L2 pragmatic norms by making visible how speech acts are performed in the L2 community of speakers while providing opportunities to engage in role-playing or real interactions involving the accomplishment of selected speech acts. This chapter offers an overview of the importance of context in cross-cultural interactions, a brief survey of the theories of speech acts, and concrete pedagogical ideas for teachers to develop linguistically diverse learners' pragmatic awareness and ability while celebrating and promoting linguistic and cultural diversity.
The Causes of Learner Pronunciation Problems in English
Authors: Rothgerber John
Published: August 2019

This chapter will provide the language teacher with an introduction to the theory behind the challenges and problems that learners from a variety of language backgrounds face as they learn to pronounce the sounds of English. The primary focus will be on the influence of the first language in second language phonological acquisition. This will include an overview of the role of perception of non-native sounds, as well as a consideration of phonological representation in the mental lexicon and articulatory constraints, all of which can have an effect on difficulties that learners encounter as they learn to pronounce English sounds. Attention will be given to the various components that make up the phonological system, including segmentals, suprasegmentals, phonotactics, and phonological processes. This theoretical understanding will then be applied to pronunciation instruction within the classroom by addressing what teachers can do to maximize the effectiveness of instruction.
Mobbability
Authors: Petersen Naomi Jeffery , Pearson Rebecca L.
Published: August 2019

This chapter discusses mobbing as a predictable institutional disorder with significant community effect. Academic departments are particularly vulnerable as contexts where conflicting motivations and tacit power differentials may allow undetectable and infectious incivility, and while there are research tools to measure experience, there are few effective practical campus-based strategies to monitor these issues. The authors explore mobbing through the lenses of epidemiology, public health, and organizational psychology. As part of this exploration the terms “mobbable” and “mobbability” are proposed, connoting the degree of incivility tolerated in the workplace climate, people's and institution's vulnerabilities, and the potential for improved capacity surrounding mobbing prevention. Outlining a story of academic mobbing, the chapter highlights contributing factors at both personal and organizational levels. The authors close with practical suggestions for recognizing symptoms and opportunities.
Audit Committee Characteristics and Earnings Quality
Authors: Albedal Fatima , Hamdan Allam Mohammed , Zureigat Qasim
Published: August 2019

This chapter investigates the relationship between the audit committee and earnings quality of listed companies in Bahrain Bourse and to examine whether those companies comply with the obligatory code of corporate governance. The sample of this study includes 40 companies listed in Bahrain Bourse for the period 2013-2017. The model of the study tested the relationship between the independent variables of audit committee characteristics and the dependent variable of earnings quality using pooled data regression. The findings of the study showed that the Bahraini listed companies comply and follow the code of corporate governance and some audit committee characteristics have an impact on earnings quality.
Corporate Governance Role of the Board Committees in India
Authors: Vig Shinu , Datta Manipadma
Published: August 2019

The establishment of board sub-committees has been strongly recommended as a suitable mechanism for improving corporate governance by delegating specific tasks from the main board to a smaller group and harnessing the contribution of non-executive directors. This chapter discusses the constitution of board committees in Indian context, their composition, processes, and their role in promoting good corporate governance. India has constantly made efforts to update its corporate governance regulations in line with the international best practices. This chapter will help the readers to understand the corporate governance scenario in India with special reference to the board committees and will have implications for the regulators, policymakers, corporate governance practitioners, researchers, and academicians in the developing countries.
Systemic Financial Institutions' Corporate Governance Features
Authors: Boitan Iustina A
Published: August 2019

Several international and European regulatory and supervisory authorities, such as the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision, the European Banking Authority or the European Central Bank, are increasingly emphasizing that the structure of banks' managing bodies is a key driver of future financial stability and ask for reviews of existing skills, competencies, and expertise in order to cope with the newest economic, social, and technological challenges. The chapter subscribes to these views and aims at investigating two research directions: 1) whether there are resemblances in large, systemic banks' management board structure and 2) whether systemic banks' financial performance is determined by the management board's features (board size, number of women in the board, number of independent members). The empirical approach relies on several complementary methods (descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, panel regression) to reveal dominant board features in a sample of 29 European systemic banks, over a time frame of 11 years.
How Credit Portfolio Diversification Affects the Profitability of Vietnamese Commercial Banks
Authors: Khai Huynh Viet , Nguyet Phan Thi Anh , Khoi Phan Dinh , Nam Chu Van
Published: August 2019

This study analyzed the impact of credit portfolio diversification on the profitability by using the data of 20 Vietnam commercial banks from 2009 to 2015. The results from feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) estimation show that the strategy of diversifying the credit portfolio increased the profitability of commercial banks. In addition, the study also indicates that the positive correlation of the ratio of owners' equity, credit growth, liquidity, assets, inflation rate with the profitability while the increase in non-performing loan decreased the profitability of these commercial banks.
Big Data Intelligence and Perspectives in Darwinian Disruption
Authors: Strydom Moses John , Buckley Sheryl Beverley
Published: August 2019

The convergence of big data and artificial intelligence, namely big data intelligence, seems inevitable at an epoch just as the automation of smart decision making becomes the future digital disruptor. Every industry will be confronted with the same Darwinian pressure of excellence and adaptation, and must conjointly be supported by the major stakeholder, the ultimate client. Authenticated by the hypothesis that big data intelligence has the potential of Darwinian disruption, the objective of this chapter was to identify the most recent worldwide research trends in the field of big data intelligence and its most relevant research areas. A social network analysis tool was employed to interpret the interrelationship between generated keywords and key phrases. The resulting taxonomy of published peer-reviewed scientific papers was bibliographically analyzed. This investigation permitted all manner of social and business interests underpinned by this technology to understand what to embrace, what to ignore, and how to adapt.
Applications of Big Data and AI in Electric Power Systems Engineering
Authors: Akinci Tahir Cetin
Published: August 2019

The production, transmission, and distribution of energy can only be made stable and continuous by detailed analysis of the data. The energy demand needs to be met by a number of optimization algorithms during the distribution of the generated energy. The pricing of the energy supplied to the users and the change for investments according to the demand hours led to the formation of energy exchanges. This use costs varies for active or reactive powers. All of these supply-demand and pricing plans can only be achieved by collecting and analyzing data at each stage. In the study, an electrical power line with real parameters was modeled and fault scenarios were created, and faults were determined by artificial intelligence methods. In this study, both the power flow of electrical power systems and the methods of meeting the demands were investigated with big data, machine learning, and artificial neural network approaches.
Cyber Secure Man-in-the-Middle Attack Intrusion Detection Using Machine Learning Algorithms
Authors: Natarajan Jayapandian
Published: August 2019

The main objective of this chapter is to enhance security system in network communication by using machine learning algorithm. Cyber security network attack issues and possible machine learning solutions are also elaborated. The basic network communication component and working principle are also addressed. Cyber security and data analytics are two major pillars in modern technology. Data attackers try to attack network data in the name of man-in-the-middle attack. Machine learning algorithm is providing numerous solutions for this cyber-attack. Application of machine learning algorithm is also discussed in this chapter. The proposed method is to solve man-in-the-middle attack problem by using reinforcement machine learning algorithm. The reinforcement learning is to create virtual agent that should predict cyber-attack based on previous history. This proposed solution is to avoid future cyber middle man attack in network transmission.
Workplace Deviance
Authors: Singh Yuvika
Published: August 2019

Deviant workplace behavior has become a most costly phenomenon as it includes a wide range of negative acts performed by the employees to harm the organization and its members. The workplace is a forum where employees are seen behaving in different productive manners in order to achieve a common goal. As people spend a lot of time interacting with each other at the workplace, some of the employee behaviors are unpredictable. That is why managing the behavior of employees is a major concern of authorities. Thus, the organizations wish to have employees who do not bring harm to the workplace but instead carry out tasks, duties, and responsibilities of their position. Such behavior that causes harm to the organization is undesirable and is considered to be deviant. This chapter will focus upon the conceptual framework of the deviant behavior at the workplace by discussing the constructive and destructive workplace behavior, antecedents of negative deviant behavior, and which factors trigger deviant behavior.
Exploring the Interplay Between Deviance and Loneliness at Work
Authors: Yavuz Meltem , Ozbilgin Mustafa F. , Kamasak Rifat
Published: August 2019

Deviance and loneliness at work are two constructs, the public interpretation of which locates them as social and economic problems that risk wellbeing and productivity at work. In line with the dominant framing of these two concepts, the authors first examine the overlap between them, explicating how and why deviance and loneliness may be similar. Through exploration of academic evidence and framing of both concepts, they provide a typology of deviance and loneliness that flesh out both destructive and constructive interpretations of the two concepts with a view to identify behavioral patterns at their intersection.
Role of Gender in Counterproductive Work Behavior
Authors: Kiran Tanvi , Sharma Anubhuti
Published: August 2019

Deviance at the workplace is the displaying of counterproductive work behavior by the employees that includes in its ambit a set of behavioral activities that jeopardize, sabotage, and undermine the motives, goals, objectives, and interests of the organization at large. The present study makes a modest attempt to study the occurrence of negative deviance in the banking sector through the use of Counterproductive Work Behavior Checklist (CWD-C). The choice of this particular sector has been motivated by the researchers' academic interest and due to the presence of limited number of empirical studies in this area. Further, the study aims to identify the role of gender with regard to the occurrence of counterproductive work behavior among the bank employees. The results of the study point out female bank employees were found to be engaging in abuse and theft significantly more than the male employees, while the men were found to be significantly more likely to commit production deviance than their female counterparts.
The Effects of Leaders' Behavior on Job Satisfaction, Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Deviant Behavior, and Job Performance of Employees
Authors: Agrawal Pooja , Gautam Omvir
Published: August 2019

The chapter investigates the impact of leaders' behavior on the employees' job satisfaction and how job satisfaction mediates three work behaviors: organization citizenship behavior, employees' deviant behavior, and job performance. A sum of 304 employees from higher learning institutes answered an adopted questionnaire. This chapter reflects a clear picture with respect to leaders' behavior the advanced era. Employees' deviance behavior emerged as organizational attention. This chapter is an attempt to identify the effects of superior' behavior on employees' job satisfaction. Further, the behavioral outcomes of job satisfaction in the form of job performance, organizational citizenship behavior, and workplace deviant behavior.
An Analysis of Organizational Behavior Diversity Management and Positive Psychology
Authors: Williams York
Published: August 2019

Organizational behavioral analysis has been utilized as a tool to deconstruct the behavior interactions, antecedents, and consequences that impact work productivity and performance across the workplace. Such an analysis has been helpful within the industry at assisting managers, leaders, and workers to measure workplace culture, morale, and productivity. Accordingly, in order for there to be maximum harmony and equilibrium within the workplace, there must also be happiness, contentment, and peace. This chapter synthesizes best practice principles of organizational behavioral analysis (OBM) interwoven within a cultural diversity framework with the functional systems logic so as to enhance workplace management and productivity. Additionally, this chapter elucidates the conceptual framework of positive psychology as a compendium to OBM and cultural diversity in order for worker productivity to become reciprocally fashioned across the workplace.
Friends or Foes
Authors: Fawzy Camelia M. , Shore Brenda M.
Published: August 2019

Organizations benefit from innovation development through new or improved products, processes, and systems that enable growth, superior performance, and higher adaptability to change in their external environment. This chapter introduces a study that examines organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) as voluntary acts with potential to support or limit innovation development processes such as idea generation, transformation, and knowledge sharing. The dynamic between organizational contexts, OCBs, and their role in fostering or inhibiting innovation development has been examined using a systematic review of evidence with a realist theoretical framework. Results show that dependent on various contextual characteristics, OCBs act as facilitators or inhibitors of processes that lead to innovative outcomes. Even when a growth strategy based on innovation is not actively pursued, some OCBs can enhance leaders' efforts to adapt their organizations to the external environment as long as they maintain a climate in which ideas can be voiced and transformed into innovative solutions.
Object Detection in Fog Computing Using Machine Learning Algorithms
Authors: Bhargavi Peyakunta , Jyothi Singaraju
Published: August 2019

The moment we live in today demands the convergence of the cloud computing, fog computing, machine learning, and IoT to explore new technological solutions. Fog computing is an emerging architecture intended for alleviating the network burdens at the cloud and the core network by moving resource-intensive functionalities such as computation, communication, storage, and analytics closer to the end users. Machine learning is a subfield of computer science and is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that provides machines with the ability to learn without explicit programming. IoT has the ability to make decisions and take actions autonomously based on algorithmic sensing to acquire sensor data. These embedded capabilities will range across the entire spectrum of algorithmic approaches that is associated with machine learning. Here the authors explore how machine learning methods have been used to deploy the object detection, text detection in an image, and incorporated for better fulfillment of requirements in fog computing.
Internet of Things and Fog Computing Applications in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Authors: Kumar Korupalli V. Rajesh , Kumar K. Dinesh , Poluru Ravi Kumar , Basha Syed Muzamil , Reddy M Praveen Kumar
Published: August 2019

Self-driving vehicles such as autonomous cars are manufactured mostly with smart sensors and IoT devices with artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. In most of the cases, smart sensors are networked with IoT devices to transmit the data in real-time. IoT devices transmit the sensor data to the processing unit to do necessary actions based on sensor output data. The processing unit executes the tasks based on pre-defined instructions given to the processor with embedded and AI coding techniques. Continuous streaming of sensors raw data to the processing unit and for cloud storage are creating a huge load on cloud devices or on servers. In order to reduce the amount of stream data load on the cloud, fog computing, or fogging technology, helps a lot. Fogging is nothing but the pre-processing of the data before deploying it into the cloud. In fog environment, data optimization and analytical techniques take place as a part of data processing in a data hub on IoT devices or in a gateway.
Towards Efficient Resource Management in Fog Computing
Authors: Sudhakara M. , Kumar K Dinesh , Poluru Ravi Kumar , Kumar R Lokesh , Bhushan S Bharath
Published: August 2019

Cloud computing is an emerging field. With its three key features and its natural favorable circumstances, it has had a few difficulties in the recent years. The gap between the cloud and the end devices must be reduced in latency specific applications (i.e., disaster management). Right now, fog computing is an advanced mechanism to reduce the latency and congestion in IoT networks. It emphasizes processing the data as close as possible to the edge of the networks, instead of sending/receiving the data from the data centre by using large quantity of fog nodes. The virtualization of these fog nodes (i.e., nodes are invisible to the users) in numerous locations across the data centres enabled the fog computing to become more popular. The end users need to purchase the computing resources from the cloud authorities to process their excessive workload. Since computing resources are heterogeneous and resource are constrained and dynamic in nature, allocating these resources to the users becomes an open research issue and must be addressed as the first priority.
Enhancing 21st Century Learning Using Digital Learning Objects and Multiple Intelligence Theory
Authors: O Brien Emma
Published: August 2019

The educational system is undergoing radical pressure to change. The increased need for individuals to learn and adapt has resulted in a huge demand for higher education. However, higher educational institutes are failing to keep pace with learner and societal needs. Firstly, the skills profile required for individuals to succeed is changing; there is a change in emphasis from discipline-specific to transversal skills due to the dynamic labor market. Secondly, the learner profile has changed with individuals from diverse backgrounds, cultures, abilities, and contexts, and catering for such a diverse range of students is challenging. Technology is a key enabler in providing HEIs with the means to address such issues. This chapter explores a conceptual model which integrates pedagogical approaches such as multiple intelligence theory, learning styles, competency-based education with digital technologies to offer a solution to some of the concerns facing higher education in the 21st century.