bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
THE POTENCY OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AND ERGONOMIC RISK FACTORS OF PHARMACY WORKER AT A HOSPITAL PHARMACY INSTALLATION IN BANDUNG
Authors: Nurfitria Rizki Siti , Sutrisno Entris , Sutrisno Entris , Ramadhania Suci , Ramadhania Suci
Published: April 2018

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to observe the potency of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and risk factors of pharmaceutical works in Ujung Berung General Hospital pharmacy installation including preparing, storage, and distribution, using computer workstation and to provide preventive suggestion to increase safety and prevent decrease of productivity in the hospital pharmacy installation.Methods: It was qualitative and quantitative descriptive research. Data were taken using observational method during pharmaceutical work from February to April 2017 and analyzed using Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) worksheet to obtain the level of MSDs risk factors. The participants were categorized into low risk for score of <4, medium risk for score of 4–7, and high risk for score of 8–10. Data were showed in statistic and narrative explanation.Results: 42.9% of workers were in high risk, 35.7% of workers were in medium risk, 14.3% of workers were in very high risk, and 7.1% of pharmaceutical workers in hospital pharmacy were in low risk.Conclusion: Most of the workers had potency for MSDs. Common problems related to MSDs occurred were basic risk factors during pharmaceutical work such as force, repetition, awkward posture, static posture, and contact stress that caused trauma.
ANTIOBESITY OF FRACTIONS WATER EXTRACT OF TAMARIND (TAMARINDUS INDICA L.) IN MALE WISTAR RATS INDUCED HIGH CARBOHYDRATE DIET
Authors: Hidayah Nurul , Adnyana I Ketut , Adnyana I Ketut , Fisheri Neng , Fisheri Neng , Setiawan Finna , Setiawan Finna
Published: April 2018

Objective: The prevalence of obesity increases each year globally. Multifactorial etiology of obesity requires therapy management including changing of diet and medicines. Some of obesity drugs have shown ineffectiveness and safety. The previous study showed that water extract of tamarind could reduce body weight (bw). This study aimed to test the activity fraction of water extract tamarind as antiobesity using high carbohydrate diet.Method: The preventive research of antiobesity had done by given water fraction and ethyl acetate fraction of water extract tamarind following with induced high carbohydrate diet during 6th weeks in male Wistar rats. The parameters had observed including consumption of food, body weight, weight of feces, volume of urine, total cholesterols, triglycerides, blood glucose, index of organs, and accumulation of body fat.Result: The ethyl acetate fraction at doses 4.5 mg/kg bw has shown significantly effect to decrease of total cholesterols level and decrease of triglycerides level at weeks 6 (p<0.05). All the tests of fraction have shown activity inhibition of increased body weight, decrease of appetite, total cholesterols, triglycerides, and blood glucose. Meanwhile, mechanism action of antiobesity as increase defecation, urination, and decrease index of organs and accumulation of body fat have not shown by all these test fractions.Conclusion: The ethyl acetate fraction at doses of 4.5 mg/kg bw can inhibit raising of body weight, decrease of total cholesterols, and triglycerides level greater than the other test groups, where increasing of these levels of blood biochemistry was closely related to the pathology of obesity.
IN VITRO ANTINEPHROLITHIASIS EFFECT OF BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS (PARK) FOSBERG) LEAF EXTRACT BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY
Authors: Lux Putra Effendy De , Ginting Nahitma , Ginting Nahitma , Nazliniwaty Nazliniwaty , Nazliniwaty Nazliniwaty , Iksen Iksen , Iksen Iksen , Kurniawan Erik , Kurniawan Erik , Nerdy Nerdy , Nerdy Nerdy
Published: April 2018

Objective: The objective of this study is to observe the solubility calcium oxalate as a prototype of kidney stone in breadfruit leaf extract solution (n-hexane extract solution, ethyl acetate extract solution, and ethanol extract solution) by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.Methods: Research was conducted qualitatively to analyze calcium oxalate solubility in breadfruit leaf extract solution. The solubility of calcium was known by measuring the levels of calcium in extract solution before and after incubation with calcium oxalate. Potassium as a factor that can enhance the solubility of calcium oxalate also measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry.Results: The higher concentration of extract solution used in incubation with calciumoxalate, the higher dissolving activity of calcium oxalate. The highest activity was found in ethyl acetate extract to dissolve calcium oxalate. Potassium has a small effect on the activity of dissolving calcium oxalate. Activity may be due to the phytochemical content present in the ethyl acetate extract.Conclusion: Ethyl acetate extract solution has the highest activity to dissolve calcium compared to n-hexane extract and ethanol extract solution.
PARENTS’ BEHAVIOR IN GIVING DRUG IN CHILDREN WITH TUBERCULOSIS IN POLYCLINIC CHILDREN RSUD. DR. PIRNGADI MEDAN
Authors: Ariga Reni Asmara
Published: April 2018

Lung tuberculosis (TB) is one of the diseases that need special attention in Indonesia; this is because Indonesia is ranked third after the world of India and China with patients about 10% of the total number of TB patients in the world. This research aims to identify the picture of behavior parents in the provision of drugs in children with TB in Children Polyclinic RSUD. Dr. Pirngadi Medan. This study uses descriptive design with the number of samples of 42 respondents. Samples were taken using consecutive sampling technique. The data were collected using a knowledge, attitude, and action questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, then the result of data analysis is presented in frequency distribution table and percentage. The result of this research indicates that the majority of respondents have good knowledge as much as 85.7%, and the majority of respondents have good attitude of 76.2% while the majority of respondents have an adequate action of 52.3%. The results of this study can be used as information and reference for child and community nurses in providing nursing care, especially health education and monitoring of treatment for patients with pulmonary TB in undergoing treatment.
Efek Ekstrak Etanol Kulit Petai (Parkia speciosa Hassk) Terhadap Penurunan Kadar Glukosa Darah Mencit Jantan
Authors: Verawaty Verawaty , Novel Dhea Claudia
Published: April 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh pemberian ekstrak etanol kulit petai (Parkia speciosa Hassk) terhadap penurunan kadar glukosa darah mencit jantan yang diinduksi aloksan. Hewan percobaan dibagi atas 5 kelompok diantaranya kelompok kontrol negatif, kelompok kontrol positif,dosis I (280 mg/kgBB mencit), dosis II (560 mg/kg BB mencit), dosis III (840 mg/kg BB mencit). Penelitian dilakukan selama 21 hari. Persentase penurunan kadar glukosa darah mencit jantan setelah diberikan ekstrak etanol kulit petai pada hari ke-21 adalah dosis I (77,52 %) lebih besar dibandingkan dengan dosis II (69,5 %) dan dosis III (73,37 %). Data yang diperoleh dianalisis dengan uji Two Way Anova dengan program SPSS 17. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pemberian ekstrak etanol kulit petai untuk tiga variasi dosis menyatakan perbedaan yang bermakna secara statistik terhadap penurunan kadar glukosa darah mencit jantan.

Petai (Parkia speciosa Hassk) has a compound β-sitosterol and stigmasterol that have efficacy to decreased blood glucose levels. This study aimed to determine the effect of ethanol extract of petai peel for decrease blood glucose levels of male mice induced by alloxan. Experimental animals were divided into 5 groups including negative control group, positive control group, the first dose (280 mg/kg in mice), the second dose (560 mg/kg in mice), the third dose (840 mg/kg in mice). The study was conducted for 21 days. After 21 days, the result found that the percentage of blood glucose levels after the male mice given the ethanol extract of petai peel was, the first dose (77.52%) biger than the second dose (69.5%) and the third dose (73.37%). The data obtained were analyzed by Two Way ANOVA using SPSS 17. The results showed that have signicantly difference between three dose variation of ethanol extract of petai peel in blood glucose levels.
Mikroenkapsulasi Atenolol Dengan Penyalut Albumin Menggunakan Metode Penguapan Pelarut
Authors: Neswita Elfia , Ben Elfi Sahlan , Nofita Rahmi
Published: April 2018

Telah dilakukan penelitian tentang mikroenkapsulasi atenolol dengan penyalut albumin menggunakan metode penguapan pelarut dan perbandingan atenolol dengan penyalut albumin yang digunakan adalah 1:1, 1:2 dan 1:3 berturut-turut untuk Formula I, Formula II dan Formula III. Mikrokapsul yang dihasilkan dievaluasi berdasarkan bentuk mikroskopis, distribusi ukuran partikel, penetapan kadar atenolol dalam mikrokapsul dan uji disolusi. Hasil foto mikroskopis menunjukkan mikrokapsul yang dihasilkan berbentuk sferis. Mikrokapsul mempunyai distribusi ukuran partikel 212-2000µm. Data penetapan kadar zat aktif dari masing-masing formula digunakan spektrofotometer UV dengan pelarut metanol dan  diperoleh kadar zat aktif  56,963 ± 17,589; 60,410 ± 1,005; 60,173 ± 1,016 % berturut-turut dalam formula I, Formula II, Formula III. Hasil disolusi menunjukkan bahwa semakin besar konsentrasi albumin pelepasan zat aktif dari mikrokapsul akan semakin diperlambat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa mikrokapsul dengan perbandingan antara atenolol dengan albumin 1:1 memiliki pelepasan zat aktif yang paling baik. Kinetika pelepasan bahan aktif dari mikrokapsul mengikuti persamaan Korsmeyer Peppas dan Higuchi

The study about microencapsulation of atenolol with albumen as coating agent and by using solvent evaporation method had be done. The ratio atenolol and albumen were 1:1, 1:2 and 1:3 for Formula I, Formula II and Formula III respectively. The microencapsulation produced was evaluated by measuring microscopic, form particle size distribution, active compound released. The result of photo microscopic showed that microcapsules had spherical form. Microcapsules had particle size distribution between 212-2000 µm. The Spectrophotometer UV in methanol was used to measured the activate compound concentration of microcapsules and was got 56,963 ± 17,589; 60,41 ± 1,0045; 60 and 173 ± 1,0160 % for formula I, Formula II and Formula III. The result of this study showed that microcapsules with comparison between atenolol and albumen 1:1 had better release of active compound. Kinetic of atenolol released from microcapsule followed the Korsmeyer-Peppas and Higuchi.
Um Estudo sobre a Utilização da ANOVA de uma Via na Produção Científica na Área de Psicologia
Authors: Cordeiro Emanuel Duarte , Melo Marcio Braga , Fernandes Sheyla Christine
Published: April 2018

A ANOVA de uma via é uma técnica estatística amplamente utilizada na psicologia. Seu modelo apresenta uma série de informações necessárias para a melhor compreensão dos critérios adotados em sua execução. Assim, objetivou-se analisar artigos publicados entre 2002 e 2016 considerando a descrição de informações essenciais, como o teste post hoc utilizado e valores F, gl e p, na execução da ANOVA de uma via em um periódico de psicologia. Os resultados indicaram que 60% dos artigos que utilizaram essa técnica descreveram detalhadamente seus resultados, enquanto 40% apresentaram lacunas nessa descrição. Discute-se que embora o número de artigos que apresentam lacunas na apresentação de seus resultados seja menor que o daqueles que os descrevem detalhadamente, trata-se, ainda, de uma porcentagem elevada. Conclui-se que essas lacunas podem levar a uma impossibilidade de replicação das análises efetuadas, servindo como alerta ao uso de técnicas estatísticas e à descrição de resultados.Palavras-chave: ANOVA; Revisão; Descrição de resultados; Psicologia.
A Eficiência dos Municípios do Rio de Janeiro no Setor de Saúde: Uma Análise Através da DEA e Regressão Logística
Authors: Medeiros Rodrigo De Vasconcellos Viana , Marcolino Valdinei Do Amaral
Published: April 2018

O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar os níveis de eficiência dos municípios do Rio de Janeiro no setor de saúde, bem como identificar qual recurso é capaz de aumentar as chances de eficiência dos municípios ineficientes. A técnica utilizada para medir a eficiência dos municípios fluminenses foi a análise envoltória dos dados (DEA) e para se determinar, por meios probabilísticos, qual recurso aumentaria as chances de eficiência de um município, a regressão logística foi aplicada nos dados. Os resultados encontrados demonstram que os níveis de eficiência dos municípios do Rio de Janeiro estão próximos das demais regiões brasileiras e são considerados razoáveis. Porém, foram observadas grandes diferenças na eficiência dos municípios, pois a distância entre o menor e maior nível de eficiência foi de 67 pontos percentuais, aproximadamente. Isso denota uma grande disparidade na gestão dos recursos de saúde. Como estratégia para tornar os municípios eficientes, a tomada de decisão dos gestores de saúde pública deve ser pautada para ações que visem o aumento da contratação de profissionais em saúde, pois de acordo com os resultados do modelo logístico esse é o único insumo que tende a aumentar a razão de chances de eficiência dos municípios.
POLÍTICA CAMBIAL, ESTRUTURA PRODUTIVA E CRESCIMENTO ECONÔMICO: FUNDAMENTOS TEÓRICOS E EVIDÊNCIAS EMPÍRICAS PARA O BRASIL NO PERÍODO 1996-2012
Authors: Araújo Eliane Cristina de , Peres Samuel Costa
Published: April 2018

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o perfil da estrutura produtiva brasileira entre 1996 e 2012 e de que forma ele foi impactado pelo regime de câmbio do período. A hipótese que se explicita é a de que o regime de câmbio apreciado foi prejudicial aos setores e ramos tecnologicamente mais sofisticados, favorecendo os ramos mais tradicionais e aqueles ligados às atividades primárias. Esse regime contribuiu para mudar o perfil da estrutura produtiva brasileira, provocando um processo de “desindustrialização relativa”, que se reflete em variáveis do setor externo e possui importantes consequências para o crescimento econômico. Tendo em vista tal situação, a retomada do crescimento econômico sustentado só será possível mediante a reindustrialização da economia brasileira, para a qual a política cambial é a variável-chave para determinar essa mudança estrutural.
POLÍTICA MONETÁRIA E PREÇOS DE ATIVOS NO BRASIL: UMA AVALIAÇÃO EMPÍRICA PARA O PERÍODO DE METAS PARA A INFLAÇÃO
Authors: Bejarano Aragón Edilean Kleber da Silva , Moura Bruno Tadeu Lopes Siqueira de , Moura Klebson Humberto de Lucena
Published: April 2018

Este artigo investiga a reação da política monetária do Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) às oscilações nos preços das ações e na taxa de câmbio no período de metas de inflação. Em adição, verifica-se se a taxa Selic tem respondido de forma assimétrica aos desvios positivos e negativos do hiato dos preços dos ativos. Para isso, diferentes especificações da função de reação forward-looking do BCB são estimadas pelo Método Generalizado dos Momentos. Os resultados mostram que, no curto prazo, o BCB tem respondido de forma simétrica aos hiatos positivos e negativos da taxa de câmbio, mas não tem reagido ao hiato do preço das ações. Em adição, as estimativas dos parâmetros implícitos da função de reação indicam que apenas a resposta de longo prazo da taxa Selic ao hiato da inflação esperada é significativa. Isso está em conformidade com a visão teórica de que a autoridade monetária deve responder apenas indiretamente aos preços dos ativos, na medida em que esses preços sinalizem alterações na inflação esperada.
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF IMPERIAL JAPAN'S PREDICAMENT IN CHINA AND U.S. QUAGMIRE IN POST-SADDAM IRAQ: SIMILARITIES, LESSONS AND IMPLICATIONS
Authors: Matsumura Masahiro
Published: April 2018

This study will first present a series of striking similarities between the imperial Japanese predicament in China and the contemporary U.S. quagmire in post-Saddam Iraq. Second, the study will provide a theoretical perspective on why the two cases share such commonalities. Third, the study will explore the implications of the perspective to international politics, with a focus on the future of the U.S. hegemony. The study is based on the basic understanding that the developing world across regions today has continued to suffer the ongoing single macro-historical process consequent upon the breakdowns of empires as the once-predominant organizational mode of human societies. The analysis argues for the central importance of a stable national identity for modernization and development as well as freedom and democracy.
RELAÇÕES NAVAIS ENTRE BRASIL E REINO UNIDO DURANTE A GUERRA FRIA: O CASO DA AQUISIÇÃO DAS FRAGATAS VOSPER
Authors: Martins Filho João Roberto
Published: April 2018

This article aims to analyze the case of the acquisition of Vosper frigates by the Brazilian Navy, which took place in early 1970. Besides being an illustrative case of foreign policy disputes, it demonstrates how economic interests can define the foreign policy of nations. The business of frigates is considered strategic for the relationship between Brazil and the United Kingdom.
DO CENTRO ÀS PERIFERIAS: O DESLOCAMENTO IDEOLÓGICO DA DIPLOMACIA DA SANTA SÉ COM O PAPA FRANCISCO
Authors: Carletti Anna
Published: April 2018

Through an international reading of the first years of his pontificate, associated to the analysis of the global and regional context – emphasizing the Latin-American conjuncture – that preceded him, this research highlights the role that the Holy See can play in the current reordering moment, not only of the religious, but also of the political context. This study also seeks to build new conceptual categories that may be able to explain the notion of transnational religious actor and its role on the international arena, which is considered a secularized system.
A influência da idade na aquisição de seis vogais do inglês por alunos brasileiros
Authors: Mangueira Lima Júnior Ronaldo
Published: April 2018

Foram analisadas acusticamente as produções das vogais [iː ɪ ɛ æ uː ʊ] de brasileiros que estavam cursando o último semestre de seus cursos de inglês, que começaram a estudar a língua em diferentes idades e que nunca moraram ou estudaram inglês fora do Brasil. Os seus espaços vocálicos, com base nos valores de F1 e F2, foram comparados ao espaço vocálico de 10 falantes nativos de inglês. Os resultados mostraram que os alunos brasileiros tendem a agrupar os pares de vogais [iː ɪ], [ɛ æ] e [uː ʊ] em uma única categoria fonológica prototípica influenciada pelo português, i.e. [i], [ɛ] e [u], respectivamente. Essa tendência foi encontrada mesmo entre aprendizes mais novos e tendeu a se acentuar com o aumento da idade de início de aquisição, mostrando que a idade é um fator que influencia, porém não determina, a aquisição das vogais do inglês por alunos brasileiros.
A PERCEPÇÃO DO CONSUMIDOR SOBRE AS IMAGENS EM EMBALAGENS DE PRODUTOS ALIMENTÍCIOS PRONTOS E SEMIPRONTOS: ILUSÃO OU ANALOGIA? CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS OF IMAGES ON READY AND SEMI-READY FOOD PRODUCT PACKAGING: ILLUSION OR ANALOGY?
Authors: Neves Carla Arcoverde De Aguiar , Neves Rafael Burlani
Published: April 2018

Resumo. Este artigo aborda a percepção do consumidor com relação às imagens de embalagens de produtos alimentícios prontos e semiprontos e qual sua avaliação diante da incongruência entre os dois universos: do real e da representação. Tem-se como metodologia para este trabalho a execução de levantamento bibliográfico e de uma investigação de campo dirigida a uma amostra da população dos consumidores de produtos alimentícios prontos e semiprontos, que residem na região metropolitana de Florianópolis (Brasil). Este trabalho identificou falhas na aplicação dessas imagens, destacando-se a distanciação da noção de realidade, o que define um cenário de frustração e inadequação na ótica do consumidor.Palavras-chave: embalagem, imagem, consumidor, linguagem. Abstract. This article approaches consumer perceptions towards images on ready and semi-ready food product packaging, as well as how they evaluate the incongruence among both universes: reality and its representation. The method for this paper is a combination of bibliographic review and field study directed towards a sample of consumers of ready and semi-ready food products residing in the metropolitan area around Florianopolis, Brazil. This study identified failures in image application with highlights to its distant notion of reality, which outlines a scenario of inadequacy and frustration from the consumers’ point of view.Keywords: Packaging, Image, Consumer, Language
SEMIÓTICA DA CULTURA SURDA ENTREVISTA COM A Drª Edneia de Oliveira Alves SEMIOTICS OF DEAF CULTURE INTERVIEW WITH Drª. Edneia de Oliveira Alves
Authors: Alves Ednéia De Oliveira
Published: April 2018

A ASEL no seu Vol. 22, Nº 2 teve a honra de entrevistar a Profa. Drª Ednéia de Oliveira Alves, uma das pioneiras na nossa Universidade no estudo da Libras. Ela falou sobre a inserção dos estudos surdos da Libras no Departamento de Letras Clássicas e Vernáculas do CCHLA. A referida professora, falou, também,  sobre sua trajetória acadêmica profissional, além de relatar fatos da sua vida e quais são  seus projetos para o futuro. ASEL in its Vol. 22, Nº 2 had the honor of interviewing Profa. Dr. Ednéia de Oliveira Alves, one of the pioneers in our University in the study of Libras. She spoke about the insertion of deaf studies of the Libras in the Department of Classical and Vernacular Letters of the CCHLA. The said professor also spoke about her professional academic trajectory, besides reporting facts about her life and what her plans are for the future.
GREIMAS E A LINGUÍSTICA - GREIMAS ET LA LINGUISTIQUE
Authors: BATISTA Maria de Fátima Barbosa de Mesquita
Published: April 2018

Este estudo foi o tema da conferência inaugural da conferência internacional Greimas hoje, o futuro da estrutura, realizada em Paris, nas instalações da UNESCO, de 30 de maio a 2 de junho de 2017.Cette étude a fait l’objet de la conférence inaugurale du colloque international Greimas aujourd’hui, l’avenir de la structure, tenu à Paris, dans les locaux de l’UNESCO, du 30 mai au 2 juin 2017.
The future of Internet corporate reporting – creating the dynamics for change in emerging economies: A theoretical framework and model
Authors: Al-Hajaya Krayyem , Sawan Nedal
Published: April 2018

This study aims to develop a generic framework for the adoption of Internet corporate reporting (ICR), in developing countries, and to test the applicability of this framework by undertaking an empirical study in a developing country, namely Jordan. The key literature focuses mainly on economic-based theories in explaining different ICR practices as a voluntary disclosure channel. The theoretical foundation underpinning the study integrates several of these disclosure frameworks with innovation diffusion theories. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 150 CEOs and CFOs of companies, with usable websites, listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. Based on managers’ evaluation, four factors were further identified as significant contributors to ICR adoption, namely cost-benefit balance, management commitment, internal technology readiness, and users’ attention. Given the lack of an overarching theoretical framework for studying ICR, this study presents an assessment framework for ICR adoption, which enables managers to evaluate the current status of a company in respect of three aspects of readiness to engage in ICR, these being: organisation, technology, and environment.
Phenological characteristics, yield and fruit quality of medium-late ripening plum cultivars in the region of Belgrade
Authors: Milatovic Dragan , Djurovic Dejan , Zec Gordan , Boskov Djordje
Published: April 2018

Phenological characteristics, yield and fruit quality of 14 medium-late
ripening plum cultivars, were studied in the region of Belgrade during the
five-year period (2013-2017). The control cultivar for comparison was
?Cacanska rodna?. Flowering of tested cultivars occurred in the first half
of April, and fruit maturation was in the first half of August. The average
yield per tree was the lowest in the ?Nevena? cultivar (1.6 kg), and the
highest in the ?Mildora? cultivar (22.5 kg). Compared to the control
cultivar, significantly lower yield was achieved in seven cultivars. The
lowest vigor was determined in the standard cultivar (?Cacanska rodna?),
and the highest in the ?Milka? cultivar. The average fruit weight ranged
from 19.5 g in the ?Nevena? cultivar to 50.5 g in the ?Valor? cultivar.
Compared to the control, fruit weight was statistically significantly higher
in five cultivars. In all studied cultivars, the high soluble solids content
(over 17%) was found, while in cultivars ?Mildora? and ?Valor? it was
significantly higher than in the control. On the basis of the obtained
results, as regards cultivation in the region of Belgrade, it is possible to
recommend the following cultivars: ?Valor? and ?Cacanska najbolja? as
predominantly table cultivars (for fresh consumption), ?Jojo? and ?Vengerka
krupna slatka? as cultivars of combined characteristics and ?Mildora? as a
cultivar for processing.
Analysis of seven indirect methods for evaluation of reference evapotranspiration under climate conditions of Serbia
Authors: Idrizovic Dzenita , Matovic Gordana , Gregoric Enika , Stricevic Ruzica
Published: April 2018

In order to calculate water deficit of agricultural crops, it is necessary to
have an insight into the evapotranspiration process. As for evaluation of
reference evapotranspiration, the Penman-Monteith (FAO56-PM) method,
suggested by The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), requires
several climate parameters, which are often unavailable. Thus, in this
paper, the methods for computing ETo, which use limited weather data, were
tested and then compared to FAO56-PM. The selected methods were those most
often used as the replacement for FAO56-PM: Hargreaves, adjusted Hargreaves,
Copais, Turc, Priestley-Taylor, Makkink and Hamon. ETo was calculated at the
daily and average monthly levels, for the 2010-2013 period, using data from
the following meteorological stations: Nis, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Loznica,
Valjevo, Zlatibor, Cuprija and Kikinda. Special importance was given to the
vegetation period during the dry season due to the application of
irrigation. The comparison of methods was based on statistical analysis,
using parameters: MXE, MAE, RMSD, ARMSD, WRMSD, b and R2. The highest rate
of matching FAO-PM at the average monthly level, as well as during the 2012
growing season, was shown by Copais, Turc and Priestley-Taylor methods, thus
these methods may be recommended as the replacement for FAOPM under climate
conditions of Serbia. In case only temperature data are available, the
results of this research justify the use of the adjusted Hargreaves equation
to calculate ETo for the vegetation period.
Effect of social capital on productivity of cassava farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria
Authors: Balogun Olubunmi , Ogunsina Ifeoluwa , Ayo-Bello Taofeek , Afodu Osagie
Published: April 2018

Nigeria is an agriculturally labor-intensive economy and the protection and
utilization of the labor resource to guarantee the highest productivity are
of immense vitality to the growth of the agricultural sector. This study
assessed the relationship between the social capital and the productivity of
cassava farmers in Ijebu North-East Local Government Area of Ogun State. A
purposive sampling procedure was employed in the study. Data were collected
from one hundred and thirty-nine cassava farmers by the use of a
well-structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive
statistics, total factor productivity and ordinary least squares model. The
mean age and household size of cassava farmers were 44.2?9.9 years and
6.0?3.1 respectively. The density of memberships in associations was
2.7?1.3. The average meeting attendance index by farmer was three out of
four meetings (77.2%). The association membership was moderately diversified
with a heterogeneity index of 59.2% and farmers participated in one out of
four decision making processes of their associations. A monthly cash
contribution of farmers to associations was low (N132.04?N107.67) and the
trust index was 0.296. Farmers cultivated an average of 1.25 ha with total
factor productivity of 0.096kg/N. Results show that age of the farmer, age
squared (life cycle), household size, farm size, cash contribution and
decision making significantly determined the productivity of cassava farmers
in the study area. Social capital variables significantly influenced cassava
farmers? productivity. It is therefore suggested that policy makers
interested in farmers? production output should make active participation in
local level institutions compulsory.
Living in precarity: Ethnography of everyday struggles of single mothers in Lithuania
Authors: Lapinske Laura
Published: April 2018

This paper presents challenges and life strategies of highly educated single
mothers in Lithuania. My ethnography traces the impact on strategies of
remaining in a country where exit strategies - alcoholism, suicide,
emigration - prevail and seem as an ?easier? option. It is a study concerned
with the relationship between precarity, single motherhood, social
reproduction and everyday living. I focus on precarious living conditions,
social isolation and stigmatization, unappreciated and highly gendered
care-work. Based on collaborative ethnographic fieldwork material, the paper
presents the micro-level attempts to negotiate what it means to be a lone
care-taker, to revalorize and challenge the hegemonic narratives of
individual strength and success.
Postmodern feminism and disability: Toward multiple identities of „disabled“ bodies
Authors: Mijatovic Luka , Filipovic Mirko
Published: April 2018

From the postmodern theorists point of view, disabled bodies primarily are
objects of performing the power, in several ways: from ?staring? as the act
of labeling, to medicalization, rehabilitation and ?normalization?. Feminist
theory of disability tends to combine gender and disability and to perceive
them together as social construction products which ?deviate from
standards?. In postmodern theories of gender, primarily in the works of
Judith Butler and Elizabeth Grosz, there is a noticeable tendency to attach
a dynamic, relational characteristic to gender, and to observe gender
differences in the process of intersecting all other binary differences. In
addition, in order to deconstruct sex/gender differences, an increasing
emphasis is put on the body as a field for inscribing culturally constructed
distinctions. This paper explores the possibility of synthesizing knowledge
in the field of postmodern gender theories and postmodern understanding of
disability. It examines how gender binarism intersects with binarism
?disability - nondisability,? and whether, at the level of ?disabled?
bodies, gender differences become invisible.
Lexicon of Tanjas Ostojic and feminism in transition
Authors: Videkanic Bojana
Published: April 2018

The text examines artist Tanja Ostojic?s interdisciplinary research project
entitled Lexicon of Tanjas Ostojic, in the light of feminist materialist
theories, participatory art, and socio-political analysis of the former
Yugoslav region. Tanja Ostojic decided to frame her project around the lives
of women who share her first and last name. Ostojic?s name-sisters became
her collaborators as the work turned into a large-scale, long-term project
involving 33 women and their personal histories. The women all share a
mutual connection to the Yugoslav region that has directly or indirectly
shaped their lives through its turbulent recent history. Artist?s intent was
to use the stories encountered by collaborating with her name-sisters as a
foil to uncover and highlight the connecting personal narratives following
Yugoslav wars of succession in the 1990s and in doing so point to the
detrimental legacies of war and transition on women?s lives. In this
article, author?s main argument borrows from Karen Barad?s
discursive-material ontology to point out that Lexicon activates a form of
material feminism which functions intra-actively, in other words, in both
its form and content the work recognizes that women?s lives are continuously
constituted and re-constituted through multiple linguistic and material
formations, or through complex relationships between humans, non-humans, and
various discursive and material contexts. In using materialist feminist
analysis, the author argues that Lexicon gives primacy to women?s agency and
proposes a sustained, growing forms of resistance to the forms of
post-socialist exploitation.
Knowledge production and public policies in Serbia: Pro and contra gender mainstreaming
Authors: Antonijevic Zorana
Published: April 2018

The paper analyzes the knowledge production of gender equality policies in
Serbia after 2000 in the academic and non-academic context. The text
problematizes the interactions and links between gendered knowledge
productionin academia and policymaking taking as an example conceptualization
of gender mainstreaming. The key issues addressed in the paper concern
perception, implementation and validation of gender mainstreaming in an
academic and public policy context. The text discusses the ways in which the
gender mainstreaming is included in gendered knowledge production in academia
in Serbia, but also at the European level. The author argues that practical
knowledge of gender policies is not sufficiently integrated into formal
academic practice in Serbia, although it is one of the key conditions for
further development of academic knowledge on current sociopolitical
processes. The author also problematizes relations between key concepts for
feminist practices and knowledge production: academic/theoretical knowledge
and practical knowledge/public policy, activism and professionalism, local
and transnational feminism, as well as empowerment and gender mainstreaming.
Taking as an example an international debate for and against the gender
mainstreaming the author raise potential issues for launching similar debates
within the feminist academic and non-academic community in Serbia.
Critical review of the current debate about “Islamic feminism” what is Islamic and what is feminist in “Islamic feminism”?
Authors: Resanovic Milica
Published: April 2018

This paper aims to explore ideas, principles, and demands of Islamic
feminism. In this article, the term Islamic feminism includes
interpretations of the Quran and the hadith in women?s perspective as well
as practices based on these interpretations that are dedicated to the
struggle against widespread patriarchal values and norms, in public and in
private sphere. In the first part of this paper, the author presents a brief
review of feminist ideas and movements in order to contextualize development
of Islamic feminism. The second part provides main insights from
gender-sensitive interpretations of the Quran and activist contributions
induced by these interpretations. The third part is devoted to the
investigation of the relationship between Islamic feminism and other
feminist approaches.
Penetration of Cloud Computing Services to Small and Medium Businesses: Cylanpinar District E-Commerce Applications
Authors: Kaya Ayşegül
Published: April 2018

For Small and Medium Scale Enterprises located in
Cylanpinar District of Şanlıurfa, which is expected to join the digital world
due to financial and sociological deficiencies, the Cloud Computing System is
considered as a digital salvation proposal. Because the SMEs, where access to
finance is identified as the main problem, must continue to exist in the
competitive market. This situation requires SMEs' commitment to digital
platforms; The financial and sociological deficiencies of Ceylanpınar SMEs make
the needs of the Cloud Informatics clear. At this stage, Cylanpinar is
proposing the Cloud Computing Systems which are thought to be compatible with
the SME budget financially and easily understandable to SMEs in the digital
sense. In this context, Cloud Computing Systems are included in the research in
terms of security. The presented research study is directed towards SMEs in the
general sense, whereas it is directed to Cylanpinar SMEs in the context of the
sample. In addition, a model criterion was established in the study of document
analysis
Pengaruh Perubahan Penggunaan Lahan Terhadap Angka Kesakitan Malaria : Studi Di Provinsi Lampung
Authors: Wigaty Lirih , Bakri Samsul , Santoso Trio , Wulan S. R. Wardani Dyah
Published: April 2018

Ecological disruption as a result of changes in the area of forest cover to other land uses can affect the microclimate and impact toward malaria morbidity.   Malaria is an infectious disease caused by protozoa a genus of Plasmodium that transmitted by female Anopheles sp. mosquito vectors.  The environmental factors that play a role in the risk to transmission of malaria related to vector breeding places.   The purpose of this research is establish the impact of land use changes toward malaria morbidity. This study was conducted from March to September 2015.   Dynamics of land use changes in regency/city be identified through interpretation of landsat imagery in 2002, 2009, and 2014 with supervised classification and resulted in percentage of land use, the influence of impact toward malaria morbidity processed using multiple linear regression models.  Parameter optimization using statistic software.   The result showed that the impact of positive variable that significant toward malaria morbidity are mangrove forest and total population, while impact of negative variable that significant are extensive swamp and health personnel.   Variable which not impact that significant toward malaria morbidity are forests, community forests, undeveloped land, dry land, other land uses, population density, precipitation, unhealthyhousing, urban, and physiographic. Keywords : land use, malaria morbidity
Pengaruh Karakteristik Rumah Tangga Terhadap Tingkat Kemiskinan Masyarakat Sekitar Mangrove (Kasus Di Desa Sidodadi Kecamatan Teluk Pandan Kabupaten Pesawaran)
Authors: Andrianto Afrian , Qurniati Rommy , Setiawan Agus
Published: April 2018

The mangrove forest ecosystem is one of the coastal resources that give an important role in social, economic and ecological aspects.  In fact, there are many coastal communities in poverty conditions.  This study intended to analyze household poverty line and influence of household characteristics on poverty line. This study has conducted from January to March 2015.  Determination of respondents was done in simple random sampling and was obtained 71 respondents. Data collection method was used structural interview to respondents. The results showed that partly of communities were categories in the poverty line. Poverty line was not affected by age, work types, health, ethnic and houses condition. Household characteristics that have an influence on the poverty line were education, income, number of working family members and houses facilities. Households have less alternative source of income from mangrove forests caused by lack of knowledge about utilization of non timber forest products from the mangrove. Keywords:  Household characteristics, mangrove, poverty line
Infiltrasi Pada Berbagai Tegakan Hutan Di Arboretum Universitas Lampung
Authors: Irawan Tomy , Budi Yuwono Slamet
Published: April 2018

One of the important functions of the forest is as a provider of water through infiltration processes in the hydrological cycle. Green open space at Lampung University has a variety of tree stands, including Sengon Buto, Teak stands and mixed stands. The stand has the potential to increase infiltration and reduce run-off. The study aims to determine the rate of infiltration that occurs under a variety of stands by using Double Ring infiltrometer, and conducted during February - March 2015.The results showed a mix of stands have the highest infiltration rate of 56.60 cm/hour when compared with Sengon Buto, stands of teak, and free standing, each of which has a value of 51.60 cm/hour, 45.60 cm/hour, and 4.80 cm/hour. Based on the classification according Kohnke (1968), the infiltration rate contained under each of these stands belong to the classification very quickly, while on land classified as being free standing. Factors that affect the rate of infiltration directly that the initial soil water content, bulk density, soil porosity, and clay fractions. Tree density, density and canopy strata, as well as ground cover plants indirectly affects infiltration is to establish the physical properties of soil that can support increased infiltration.
ABSORCIÓN DE DOS FOTONES EN POZOS CUÁNTICOS FORMADOS CON GaAs DOPADO CON ALUMINIO.
Authors: Álvarez Ocampo Carlos Andrés , Acuña Herrera Rodrigo
Published: April 2018

En este trabajo mostramos como la absorción de dos fotones es modificada debido a la fracción molar de aluminio dopante presente en los pozos cuánticos formados con arseniuro de galio. Se realizó el estudio teniendo en cuenta el índice de refracción que depende de la fracción molar de aluminio dopante y de la longitud de onda de la luz que incide sobre los pozos. Los resultados sugieren como manipular los parámetros de diseño para mejora el desempeño de un dispositivo foto-detector idóneo para longitudes de onda de 1.310 nm y 1.550 nm.
Preparation and characterization of simvastatin/DMβCD complex and its pharmacokinetics in rats
Authors: Gu Fugen , Ning Jia , Fan Huimin , Wu Chunzhi , Wang Yi
Published: April 2018

Simvastatin is poorly bioavailable because it is practically insoluble in water and shows dissolution rate-limited absorption. Solubilizing effects of several β-cyclodextrin (βCD) derivatives such as HPβCD, SBEβCD and DMβCD on simvastatin in aqueous solution were investigated using the phase solubility technique. The solubility diagram of simvastatin with each βCD derivative could be classified as AL-type, indicating soluble complex formation of 1:1 stoichiometry. Among the above βCD derivatives DMβCD was found to be the ideal complexing agent for improving drug solubility. The simvastatin complex with DMβCD was prepared using the co-evaporation method and was then characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and in vitro dissolution. Dissolution and pharmacokinetic studies indicated that the simvastatin/DMβCD complex exhibited an increased dissolution rate, rapid absorption, and improved bioavailability in rats compared to free drug. Maximum plasma concentration (c
max) and the time to reach it (t
max) were 21.86 μg mL−1 and 1.4 h for the drug complex, 8.25 μg mL−1 and 3.0 h for free drug, respectively. Main pharmacokinetic parameters such as t
max, c
max were significantly different (p < 0.01) between the simvastatin complex and free drug. Bioavailability of the simvastatin complex relative to free drug was up to 167.0 %.
Spectrofluorimetric method for atenolol determination based on gold nanoparticles
Authors: Bakir Esam , Gouda Mohamed , Alnajjar Ahmed , Boraie Waleed E.
Published: April 2018

A simple and sensitive spectrofluorimetric method for determination of atenolol (ATE) using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was developed. The method is based on the quenching effect of atenolol on photoluminescence of AuNPs at λ
em = 705 nm. Variables affecting luminescence of gold nanoparticles such as the solvent, pH value and surfactant were studied and optimized. The method was preliminarily validated according to ICH guidelines. A linear correlation was recorded within the range of 1.0–10 mg mL−1 ATE with the coefficient of determination R
2 of 0.999. The limit of detection and limit of quantitation for atenolol were found to be 0.87 and 2.64 mg mL−1, resp. Good recoveries in the range of 98.7–100.0 % were obtained for spiked samples. The proposed method was applied successfully to assaying atenolol in pharmaceuticals formulations.
Collyriclosis in Red-backed shrikes Lanius collurio from Israel and Czech Republic
Authors: Osoba V. , Sedláček J. , Hanzlíková M. , Literák I.
Published: April 2018

One juvenile Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) with a cutaneous cyst of Collyriclum faba under its beak was observed in Israel on 13 October 2016. Another Red-backed shrike (adult female) with multiple cutaneous cysts around the vent was observed in Průhonice, Czech Republic on 19 June 2017. A third Red-backed shrike (adult male) with three cutaneous cysts around the vent was observed in Mariánské Radčice, Czech Republic on 16 July 2017. In the Israeli case, two adult trematodes C. faba were found in the cutaneous cyst. In the two Czech cases, C. faba was identified indirectly by analysing the cutaneous cyst morphology. C. faba had never been recorded previously in Israel.
History and Main Research Currents in Polish Medical Geography
Authors: Michalski Tomasz
Published: April 2018

The main aim of the study is to present the history and the state of research in Polish medical geography. Its origins are the same as in world geography, i.e. it is associated with non-geographers. However, it was developing very slowly till the mid-1980s. Since then a slow increase in the number of publications has been noted (with a noticeable predominance of studies in disease geography over health geography). But still, it must be emphasised that medical geography in Poland is poorly developed.
Peri-Urban Development as a Significant Rural Development Trend
Authors: Biegańska Jadwiga , Środa-Murawska Stefania , Kruzmetra Zenija , Swiaczny Frank
Published: April 2018

The paper focuses on demographic and social changes caused by peri-urban development in rural areas in Latvia, Poland, and Germany after the system transformation began. The article analyses peri-urban development as a mostly rural phenomenon, and as a process of rural displacement. Rural development interacts with urban influences, changing the role and functions of rural areas. This is reflected by a departure from agricultural functions, more intensive construction activities and changes in land use. This also includes intensive socio-demographic and socio-cultural changes. Simultaneously there are significant population inflows, both urban and rural (from more peripheral rural areas), an increase in population density, changes of population structure etc. The paper shows that peri-urban development as a general rural trend began later in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe (after the transformation) than in Western Europe, but the processes and phenomena presently observed in Eastern and Western Europe are similar.
Management of bimalleolar fracture in pregnancy
Authors: Uzunov Ana , Popescu Dan , Bodean Oana , Munteanu Octavian , Voicu Diana , Arsene Luciana , Pauleţ Florina , Cîrstoiu Monica , Cîrstoiu Cătălin
Published: April 2018

Ankle fracture is one of the most common fractures in adults and among pregnant women. In pregnancy, the treatment must be prompt because of the risks and complications that could involve both mother and fetus. In this article, we reported the management of a patient with a bimalleolar fracture in pregnancy, its treatment, and evolution.
Kazlarda Dolaşım Sistemi Protozoonları Üzerine Araştırmalar: Toxoplasma Gondii
Authors: TAŞÇI Gencay Taşkın , MOR Neriman , SARI Barış , PARMAKSIZOĞLU AYDIN Nilgün , GÜNDÜZ ÖLMEZ Neslihan , ARSLAN Mükremin Özkan , VATANSEVER Zati , AKÇA Atila
Published: April 2018

Bu çalışma Kasım-Aralık 2015 tarihleri arasında Kars ilinde yetiştirilen kazlar üzerinde yürütülmüş ve bu kazlarda Toxoplasma gondii enfeksiyonlarını seroprevalansının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada, toplam 400 kazın kanat altı venasından kan alınarak 4000 rpm’de on dakika süreyle santrifüj edilerek serumlar elde edilmiştir. Serum örnekleri anti-Toxoplasma gondii antikorlarının tespiti için ticari bir Lateks Aglütinasyon Test (LAT) kiti ile incelenmiş ve bir tanesi (%0,25) seropozitif bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak bu çalışma ile Kars yöresinde kazlarda ilk kez Toxoplasma gondii enfeksiyonunun varlığı tespit edilmiştir.