bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Does Intercropping of Baby Corn (Zea mays L.) with Pulse Legumes Improve Soil Fertility, Crop Productivity and Profitability?
Authors: Ruangsanka Samaporn , Sanfan Sarini , Chaiwong Utumporn
Published: January 2021

Purpose: Intercropping of baby corn (Zea mays L.) with pulse legumes might improve production efficiency and increase profitability. The objectives of this study were to compare growth, yield and nitrogen uptake of baby corn and pulse legumes in intercropping systems and to determine income from the systems.Research Method: Four treatments consisting of baby corn alone, baby corn with mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek), baby corn with soybean (Glycine max) and baby corn with crawling cowpea (Vigna unquiculata L. Walp) were assigned in a randomized complete block design with three replications.Findings: All intercropping systems reduced growth and yield of baby corn and the income from the legumes could not reimburse for crop loss. Crawling cowpea was the best legume for intercropping system in term of providing better crop residue for succeeding crops. Among three pulse legumes investigated, cowpea had the highest nitrogen uptake, and its residue may be beneficial to succeeding crops. The reasons for reduction in baby corn yield and the alternative means for intercropping to increase income are discussed.Originality: Intercropping system is generally practiced to increase crop production efficiency. In this study, intercropping baby corn with pulse legumes did not increase income for baby corn growers because baby corn had the highest market price and pulse legumes reduced yield of baby corn.
Assessing Urban Consumer Intention on Purchasing of Organic Food in Sri Lanka
Authors: Wijesinghe A. G. K. , Aththanayaka W. V. H. L.
Published: January 2021

Purpose : Food consumption patterns are changing as a result of prevailing health and environmental issues. Organic foods are generally believed as safer to consume, nutritious, and environmentally sound production. The main purpose of this study was to recognize how the revealed information on organic food labels and perceived organic knowledge influence attitudes and trust toward organic food purchase intention and how subjective norm drives toward organic food purchase intention among urban consumers in Sri Lanka. Research Method : Primary data were collected through a questionnaire survey by means of face-to-face interview from a sample of 300 consumers covering five Divisional Secretariats in Colombo district. Divisional Secretariats were selected randomly. Data were analyzed by using Structural Equation Modeling and AMOS in SPSS. Findings : The results revealed that consumer attitude is the main attribute that influences organic foods purchase intention. Further, results elaborate consumers more concern on the health attributes of the organic foods. Consumers also have low trust on organic food producing companies, farmers, vendors, organic labels and certifiers. The study indicates that organic label does not have a clear profile to consumers. Thus they do not believe organic labeling provides correct and sufficient information. The results show that respondents have low knowledge on organic foods. Research Limitations : Data were gathered only from Colombo district of Sri Lanka. Therefore, future studies should be focused even on other urban areas of the country in order to capture general behavior of consumers on organic food purchase intention. Originality/ Value : Findings of this study are important to policy makers, organic producers, vendors, marketers, certifiers and research institutions to implement better strategies to develop a positive attitude and trust towards organic food in order to promote organic food consumption in Sri Lanka.
GIS and RS Based Soil Erosion Modelling in Sri Lanka: A Review
Authors: Piyathilake I. D. U. H. , Udayakumara E. P. N. , Gunatilake Sunethra Kanthi
Published: January 2021

Purpose : Over the seventy years, various soil erosion modeling methods were developed in the world with different input requirements and complexity. Some of these soil erosion models have been applied in Sri Lanka covering several regions of the country at different scenarios over the past twenty years. Thus, the prime objective of this study is to compare commonly practiced GIS/ RS based soil erosion assessment models and derivation techniques of model parameters used in Sri Lanka. Research Method : Scholarly research articles, conference proceeding papers, and previously published literature on GIS/ RS based soil erosion models over the past twenty years were critically reviewed, examined, and compared to find various methodologies in the derivation of soil erosion model parameters, analysis methods, and applications with special reference to Sri Lanka. Findings : The results revealed that, in each case, the empirical soil erosion models have been applied to predict soil erosion rates in terms of rill and sheet erosion excluding gully erosion. Furthermore, soil loss at the catchment or entire country scale has been assessed in each case by using different derivation methods. The assessed soil erosion model parameters are R factor (rainfall erosivity), K factor (soil erodibility), LS factor (slope gradient), C factor (crop management factor), and P factor (support practice factor). Originality/ Value : Different derivation methods of soil erosion model parameters (R, K, LS, C, and P) were critically evaluated in order to find the most appropriate methods that can be applied in Sri Lanka in future research studies.
Egg Parasitoids of Cabbage Caterpillars in Sri Lanka: A Search for Biocontrol Agents
Authors: Singhamuni S. A. A. , Hemachandra K. S. , Warnasooriya P. G. A. S.
Published: January 2021

Purpose : Management of cabbage caterpillar complex through augmentative release of egg parasitoids has been suggested considering the current issues in insecticide application, mainly the effect on human health, non-target effects and environmental pollution. Use of local egg parasitoid species is preferred considering the environmental risk associated with the use of exotic species; therefore, this study was conducted to examine the egg parasitoid guild of cabbage caterpillars in Sri Lanka. Research Method : Field survey was conducted during January 2012 to May 2013 in major cabbage growing areas in the mid-country. Eggs of cabbage caterpillars were collected and reared them until the emergence of host larvae or adult parasitoids. Emerged parasitoids were preserved in 70% ethanol, and prepared the microscopic slides upon the dissection of male genitalia. Parasitoids were identified by using taxonomic keys and Trichogramma literature as per the protocol suggested by Natural History museum, London and the identities were confirmed by the taxonomist in Natural history museum in London. Findings : Trichoplusia ni, Spodoptera litura, Crocidolomia pavonana and Plutella xylostella were found as the members of cabbage caterpillar complex. Two egg parasitoid species: Trichogramma chilonis Ishi and Trichogramma achaeae Nagaraja and Nagarkatti were found attacking eggs of cabbage caterpillars. Trichogramma chilonis has been reported previously in Sri Lanka but Trichogramma achaeae is the first country report. T. chilonis was widely distributed and caused for higher level of parasitism than T. achaeae. The highest level of parasitism (67%) by both species was found in Trichoplusia ni eggs which was significantly different from other species. Level of parasitism of caterpillar eggs was significantly varied between pesticide free fields (16.8%) and conventional fields (13.1%). Research Limitation : The study of behavioral characters of these parasitoids is required to assess the suitability as biocontrol agents; as an initial step for augmentative biocontrol, the locally available egg parasitoids were reported in this study. Originality/ Value : These findings would be contributing Sri Lankan agriculture sector to develop the augmentative biocontrol approach to manage the cabbage caterpillar complex and to produce pesticide residues free crop produce.
Limiting probability measures
Authors: Alam Irfan
Published: January 2021

The coordinates along any fixed direction(s), of points on the sphere $S^{n-1}(\sqrt{n})$, roughly follow a standard Gaussian distribution as $n$ approaches infinity. We revisit this classical result from a nonstandard analysis perspective, providing a new proof by working with hyperfinite dimensional spheres. We also set up a nonstandard theory for the asymptotic behavior of integrals over varying domains in general. We obtain a new proof of the Riemann--Lebesgue lemma as a by-product of this theory. We finally show that for any function $f \co \mathbb{R}^k \to \mathbb{R}$ with finite Gaussian moment of an order larger than one, its expectation is given by a Loeb integral integral over a hyperfinite dimensional sphere. Some useful inequalities between high-dimensional spherical means of $f$ and its Gaussian mean are obtained in order to complete the above proof.
Model theory of R-trees
Authors: Carlisle Sylvia , Henson C Ward
Published: January 2021

We show the theory of pointed $\R$-trees with radius at most $r$ is axiomatizable in a suitable continuous signature. We identify the model companion $\rbRT_r$ of this theory and study its properties. In particular, the model companion is complete and has quantifier elimination; it is stable but not superstable. We identify its independence relation and find built-in canonical bases for non-algebraic types. Among the models of $\rbRT_r$ are $\R$-trees that arise naturally in geometric group theory. In every infinite cardinal, we construct the maximum possible number of pairwise non-isomorphic models of $\rbRT_r$; indeed, the models we construct are pairwise non-homeomorphic. We give detailed information about the type spaces of $\rbRT_r$. Among other things, we show that the space of $2$-types over the empty set is nonseparable. Also, we characterize the principal types of finite tuples (over the empty set) and use this information to conclude that $\rbRT_r$ has no atomic model.
Representation of integers: a nonclassical point of view
Authors: Djamel Bellaouar , Abdelmadjid Boudaoud
Published: January 2021

In \cite{A.Boudaoud1}, the author asked the following question: Which $n\in \mathbb{N}$ unlimited can be represented as a sum $% n=s+w_{1}w_{2}$, where $s\in \mathbb{Z}$ is a limited integer and $\omega _{1}$, $\omega _{2}$ are two unlimited positive integers? In this survey article we partially answer this question, i.e., we present some families of unlimited positive integers which can be written as the sum of a limited integer and the product of at least two unlimited positive integers.
Degrees of and lowness for isometric isomorphism
Authors: Franklin Johanna N.Y. , McNicholl Timothy H.
Published: January 2021

We contribute to the program of extending computable structure theory to the realm of metric structures by investigating lowness for isometric isomorphism of metric structures. We show that lowness for isomorphism coincides with lowness for isometric isomorphism and with lowness for isometry of metric spaces. We also examine certain restricted notions of lowness for isometric isomorphism with respect to fixed computable presentations, and, in this vein, we obtain classifications of the degrees that are low for isometric isomorphism with respect to the standard copies of certain Lebesgue spaces.
Differentiating convex functions constructively
Authors: Diener Hannes , Hendtlass Matthew
Published: January 2021

In classical analysis, both  convex functions and  increasing functions \([0,1] \to \RR\) are differentiable almost everywhere. We will show that constructively, while we can prove this for convex functions, we cannot do so for increasing ones.
Abordaje de los fundamentos teóricos y del protocolo de investigación para la determinación del trayecto formativo de práctica profesional de la Licenciatura en Educación Física de las Escuelas Normales.
Authors: Terrazas Arias Eliud
Published: January 2021

El artículo aborda los fundamentos teóricos y protocolo de investigación que el autor del trabajo realiza como parte de su tesis de investigación en opción al grado científico de Doctor en Ciencias Pedagógicas con el título de “Propuesta de diseño curricular para implementar guías del trayecto formativo de práctica profesional en estudiantes de tercer semestre de la Licenciatura en Educación física en la Escuela Normal de Educación Física "Gral. Ignacio M. Beteta" de Toluca, Estado de México en el Centro de estudios para la calidad educativa y la investigación científica en Toluca, Estado de México, México.
Prácticas y saberes docentes de estudiantes normalistas.
Authors: Rafael Ballesteros Zoila , Aguilera Moreno Maricruz , Lozano Andrade Inés
Published: January 2021

El presente artículo expone algunos hallazgos de una investigación etnográfica sobre saberes normalistas construidos en las prácticas en escuelas secundarias para atender las demandas del trabajo docente. El propósito es describir e interpretar la manera como el profesorado en formación construye estos saberes, que entendemos surgen de la interexperiencia y de las tensiones entre los diferentes actuantes del proceso de formación inicial. Los hallazgos muestran tensiones entre el profesorado de la Normal y los docentes de la escuela secundaria que los acompañan y fungen como sus tutores; sin embargo, es en este entramado contextual donde se negocian intersubjetivamente y emergen dando sentido a su ser y hacer docente.
Pautas para la atención educativa personalizada a niños de la primera infancia con indicadores de una posible discapacidad intelectual.
Authors: Figueredo Vila Elba Rosa , Rodríguez Vázquez Clara María , Campusano Pompa Yamisleidis
Published: January 2021

La atención educativa personalizada constituye un principio rector y general para todas las etapas de la educación del niño. Toma como centro las diferencias individuales, las que son consideradas expresiones genuinas del ser humano de esta manera particularizan la unidad en su relación con la diversidad o heterogeneidad en todo grupo humano. La consideración de las diferencias individuales en la primera infancia cobra singular importancia bajo el principio de que todos los niños se forman según las mismas leyes del desarrollo, como seres biopsicosociales. Es justamente la primera infancia la etapa ideal, privilegiada y de mayores potencialidades para el desarrollo humano.
MÜŞTERİ İLİŞKİLERİ YÖNETİMİ AÇISINDAN ÇOK KRİTERLİ TERCİH EDİLEBİLİRLİK ANALİZİ: ZİNCİR AVM ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: ŞAHİN Yıldız , KASAP Sedanur Selay , ÖZKAN Ezel
Published: January 2021

Son yıllarda tüm dünyada yaygınlaşan alışveriş merkezlerinin tercih edilebilirliği, müşteri beklentilerine cevaplarına bağlıdır. Aynı alışveriş merkezinde tekrar alışveriş yapma ve tavsiye etme isteği alışveriş merkezleri için müşteri sadakati olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Müşteri sadakati mağazaların alışveriş merkezlerini tercih etmesini sağlayarak alışveriş merkezi yatırımcılarının pazar payı kazanmasına neden olur. Bu sayede alışveriş merkezleri de sürdürülebilir rekabet avantajı sağlar. Bu çalışmada Türkiye’de bir zincir alışveriş merkezinin sekiz farklı ilde yer alan AVM’lerinin, müşteri sadakatini etkileyen kriterler araştırılmıştır. Müşteri sadakati kavramı hem mağazalar hem de mağaza müşterileri açısından tercih edilebilirlik ile açıklanmaktadır. Belirlenen kriterler DEMATEL yöntemi kullanılarak ağırlıklandırılmıştır. Bu sayede alışveriş merkezleri açısından müşteri memnuniyetini etkileyen kriterlerin önem düzeyleri tespit edilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonraki aşamasında EDAS yöntemi ile sekiz farklı AVM’nin tercih edilebilirlik açısından kıyaslanması sağlanmıştır.
SERAMİK SEKTÖRÜNDE KOJENERASYON TESİSLERİ İLE ELEKTRİK ÜRETİM KARARI İÇİN KARAR DESTEK SİSTEMİ
Authors: ULUSKAN Meryem , AZMAN Büşra , KARA Azerhan , KÖK Alptekin
Published: January 2021

Bu çalışma ile seramik sektöründe faaliyet gösteren bir firmanın kullandığı elektriğin, dışarıdan alımı ya da kendi bünyesindeki kojenerasyon tesislerinde üretiminin gerçekleştirilmesi kararının hızlı ve doğru bir şekilde verilmesini sağlayan bir karar destek sistemi oluşturulması amaçlanmıştır. Tek bir yakıt kaynağından aynı anda elektrik ve ısı enerjisi üreten bir termal sistem olan kojenerasyon sisteminin kullanım kararı için, Excel VBA programı kullanılarak oluşturulan karar destek sistemi ile fabrikalardaki üretim miktarları ile üretimde ihtiyaç duyulan sıcak hava miktarı belirlenmiş ve maliyet analizleri yardımıyla dışarıdan alım ile kojenerasyon kullanımı arasında karşılaştırma yapılarak sonuca ulaşılmıştır. Karar destek sistemi ayrıca, eğer kojenerasyon sistemi kullanım kararı verilirse, elektriğin kojenerasyon tesislerinin hangisinde ve ne kadar üretilmesi gerektiği kararını verecek şekilde tasarlanmıştır. Kojenerasyon kullanımı kararından sorumlu olan kişilerin sadece tecrübelerine dayalı olarak verdikleri nitel ve öznel kararlar yerine, bu çalışmamızda, sayısal veriler kullanılarak maliyet analizine dayalı, nicel ve nesnel kararların alınmasına yardımcı olan bir karar destek sistemi tasarımı gerçekleştirilmiştir. Oluşturulan karar destek sistemi ile firmanın, yüksek verimlilik ve düşük maliyete sahip seçeneği hızlı ve doğru bir şekilde seçebilmesi sağlanmıştır.
SERAMİK SEKTÖRÜNDE KALİTE FONKSİYON GÖÇERİMİ VE ÇOK SEÇENEKLİ KONİK HEDEF PROGRAMLAMA BÜTÜNLEŞİK YAKLAŞIMI
Authors: GÜLER Ayşe Kübra , KIRIŞ Şafak
Published: January 2021

Müşterilerin istedikleri her ürüne kolayca ulaşabildikleri günümüz piyasa koşullarında, firmalar ayakta kalabilmek için müşterilerin beklentilerini karşılamak durumundadır. Bu amaçla firmalar, müşteri beklentilerini tespit edebilmek için farklı yöntemler kullanmaktadır. Bu yöntemler arasında en etkili olanlardan biri de Kalite Fonksiyon Göçerimi (KFG) yaklaşımıdır. KFG, müşterileri beklentilerinin tespit edilmesini ve bu beklentileri anlam ifade edecek şekilde üretim sürecine göçerilmesini sağlamaktadır. Bu çalışmada, seramik sektöründe bulunan bir firmada öncelikle KFG yaklaşımı ile müşteri beklentileri incelenmiş, ardından iyileştirme faaliyetlerini belirlemek için çok seçenekli konik hedef programlamaya dayalı bütünleşik bir yaklaşım önerilmiştir. KFG yaklaşımına girdi oluşturacak veriler anket yoluyla tespit edilmiş ve kalite evi vasıtasıyla teknik gereksinimlere dönüştürülmüştür. Bu teknik gereksinimleri gerçekleştirecek alternatif faaliyetler belirlenip, müşteri beklentilerinin en büyüklenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Diğer amaç ise firmaların en önemli amaçlarından birisi olan maliyetlerin azaltılması olarak belirlenmiştir. Kurulan modelin çözümü için çok seçenekli konik hedef programlama yaklaşımı önerilmiştir. Model sonuçlarına göre firmada belirlenen amaçlar doğrultusunda uygulamaya geçilmesinin uygun olacağı düşünülen faaliyetler belirlenmiştir.
FORECASTING MODELS FOR COVID-19 CASES OF TURKEY USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS AND DEEP LEARNING
Authors: EROĞLU Yunus
Published: January 2021

Governments face a dilemma between public health and the economy while making strategic decisions on health during a pandemic outbreak. It is of great importance to forecast the number of cases in terms of strategic decisions to be taken by governments especially in outbreak periods and to manage the dilemma mentioned. One of the important issues today is the Covid-19 outbreak for almost all countries. Unfortunately, no effective vaccine or treatment has been found for Covid-19 yet. At the time of this study, however, it was reported that the total number of reported cases by the World Health Organization worldwide was more than thirteen million. Various quarantine measures have been necessary to deal with such a large epidemic. Quarantine measures taken by governments bring countries to face to face with the economic crisis. This creates economic uncertainties and puts governments under tremendous pressure to make accurate and least harmful strategic decisions. For these reasons, governments prefer to make strategic decisions for Covid-19 step by step observing the situation rather than making a sudden decision. If the number of pandemic cases could be predicted before a predetermined time, it would be used as an important guide for governments to manage public health and economic dilemma more accurately. Therefore, this study provides artificial neural network (ANN) and deep learning models (long-short term memory, LSTM networks) to forecast Covid-19 cases before 7-day. The proposed models were tested on real data for Turkey. The results showed that LSTM models performed better than ANN models in both cumulative cases and new cases on the training data set. Comparing the performance of the proposed models over the whole data set, it was observed that the ANN and LSTM algorithms gave competitive results. In addition, the cumulative case forecast performances of both ANN and LSTM models were observed to be better than the new case forecast.
A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE SUITABLE FISH SPECIES TO FISH FARMS
Authors: HADIK İnci Elif , UÇAR Ukbe Usame , ATAK Mehmet , İŞLEYEN Selçuk Kürşat
Published: January 2021

Fishery industry is one of the main sources of income and most important subsectors for national economies. Nevertheless, natural fish sources have unfortunately diminished recently and not every fish species can be grown in every region due to some reasons. Moreover, many countries have limited resources to meet the need for fish. Therefore, aquaculture comes into prominence to eliminate these problems. However, taking right decisions and selecting the right fish breeds become crucial for fish farming. In this context, the aim of this study is to develop a Decision Support System (DSS) with intent to enable decision makers to determine most suitable fish species according to the features of their farms easily. The system was built based on Classification and Regression Trees algorithm, one of the data mining techniques. Sixty-two breeds of fish and thirteen factors affecting their growth was studied to create a database. The results show that the suggested DSS functions successfully in terms of not only determining appropriate and profitable fish species but also using existing resources more efficiently. It is expected that foreign trade volume will be increased with the raising productivity and; hence, countries will create new business branches which will have reflections in employment figures in the long run.
SWARA-TOPSIS YÖNTEMİ İLE EN UYGUN YENİLENEBİLİR ENERJİ KAYNAĞININ BELİRLENMESİ
Authors: DERSE Onur , YONTAR Emel
Published: January 2021

Yenilenebilir enerji kaynaklarına olan ihtiyaç ve talep her geçen gün artmaktadır. Dünyada nüfus sayısının hızla artmasıyla birlikte hem tüketimi azaltmak hem de çevre zararını ortadan kaldırmak için yenilenebilir enerji kaynakları kullanılmaya başlanmıştır. Doğru yerde doğru yenilenebilir enerji kaynağı seçimi yapılarak yenilenebilir enerji kaynaklarından elde edilen faydalar artırılabilmektedir. Ancak bu seçim aşamasında ele alınması gereken çok fazla ve farklı kriterler ortaya çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışmada Çok Kriterli Karar Verme Tekniklerinden SWARA ile entegre TOPSIS yöntemi kullanılarak en uygun yenilenebilir enerji kaynağının seçimi ele alınmaktadır. Çalışmada, yenilenebilir enerji kaynakları olarak; rüzgâr enerjisi, güneş enerjisi, biyokütle enerjisi, hidrojen enerjisi, dalga enerjisi, hidroelektrik enerjisi ve jeotermal enerji incelenmektedir. Bu kaynakların karşılaştırılması için değerlendirme kriterleri olarak; maliyet, verimlilik, iş imkânı, elde edilebilirlik miktarı, devlet teşvikleri, sosyal kabul edilebilirlik, teknolojik olgunluk, hizmet ömrü, arıza / kaza riskinin düşüklüğü, arazi ihtiyacı kriterleri dikkate alınmaktadır. Çalışmanın sonucunda, Türkiye’de yenilenebilir enerji kaynaklarından hidroelektrik enerji santralinin kurulması gerektiği ilk sırada görülmektedir. Bu enerji kaynağını sırasıyla biyokütle enerjisi, jeotermal enerji, hidrojen enerjisi, güneş enerjisi, rüzgâr enerjisi ve dalga enerjisi takip etmektedir.
Image-Based Face Detection and Recognition
Authors: Gaurav Melkani and Dr. Sunil Maggu
Published: January 2021

Face recognition from image or video is a popular topic in biometrics research. Many public places
usually have surveillance cameras for video capture and these cameras have their significant value for
security purpose. It is widely acknowledgedthatthefacerecognitionhaveplayedanimportant role in
surveillance system as it doesn’t need the object’s cooperation. The actual advantages of face based
identification over other biometrics are uniqueness and acceptance. As human face is a dynamic object
having high degree of variability in its appearance, that makes face detection a difficult problem in
computer vision. In this field, accuracy and speed of identification is a mainissue.
The goal of this paper is to evaluate various face detection and recognition methods, provide complete
solution for image based face detection and recognition with higher accuracy, better response rate as
an initial step for video surveillance. Solution is proposed based on performed tests on various face rich
databases in terms of subjects, pose, emotions, race andlight.
Collaborative Filtering Movie Recommendation
System
Authors: Manjeet Singh and Namita Goyal
Published: January 2021

Recommendation System plays an important role in today’s era of e-commerce. From OTT platforms to the
shopping application and music application everywhere we see that after watching a movie or buying an
item, listening a song we are recommended with some other movie or item or song. Most of the time we select
our next movie, item or song from the recommended one. In this paper I will give you a brief description of
collaborative and user-based filtering. The data used in this research is taken from Movie Lens. The result
obtained contains some movie recommendations.
Online White Board
Authors: Prakhar Gupta and Vasudha Bahl
Published: January 2021

This paper focuses on a whiteboard project, which was made using web development which included both
frontend basics such as HTML, CSS, JS, etc. and backend fundamentals which included but weren’t limited
to Mongo-DB, Node.JS, Express.JS etc. “ONLINE WHITEBOARD” is a real time application that allows user
to draw/ write important points during a meeting and can also be used for teaching purposes while it helps
the teacher to explain the topic in detail while taking the classes online. It has an intuitive interface that
allows user to share ideas in real time. It also allows the user to save the current state of the browser for
future purposes, which gets saves in users’ local drive.
PELATIHAN PERACIKAN KOPI BAGI WIRAUSAHAWAN MUDA DI ASOSIASI DAN INDUSTRI KOPI INDONESIA CABANG SUMATERA UTARA
Authors: SEI, ME Muhammad Anshar , Nasution Sarah , Harahap Ahmad Taufik , Hanum Azizah , Aqsho Muhammad
Published: January 2021

Kemajemukan masyararakat Kota Medan menjadikan potensi perekonomian masyarakat kota ini seharusnya lebi sejahtera namun sampai dengan tahun 2019 masih banyak masyarakat kota Medan belum mampu memenuhi kebutuhan hidup sehari-hari yang mana hal tersebut dipengaruhi beberapa factor yaitu inflasi. Inflasi ini terus-menerus terjadi di Kota Medan. Oleh karena itu rencana pemberdayaan masyarakat Tim Pengabdi Universitas Dharmawangsa bekerjasama dengan Asosiasi Eksportir dan Industri Kopi Indonesia (AEKI) dalam hal pengembangan kopi sebagai sentra industry baru yang dapat meningkatkan kesejahteraan perekonomian masyarakat di Kota medan khussunya dan Di Indonesia pada umumnya. Program Kemitraan masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kompetensi wirausahawan muda. Generasi muda mempunyai potensi yang sangat besar untuk mengoptimalkan dan memanfaatkan kapasitas sesuai dengan potensi budaya kewirausahaan. Metode yang digunakan dalan Pelaksanaan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat ini adalah Model Parcipatory Rural Appraissal yaitu metode dengan keterlibatan seluruh masyarakat dalam kegiatan Pengabidan kepada masyarakat yang telah dilaksanakan. Dari PKM ini, tahapan yang dilakukan adalah Pendampingan dalam pengidentifikasian potensi wirausahawan muda dalam diskusi yang dilaksanakan secara optimal untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat. Tahapan pada pelaksanaan Pengabdian ini juga mampu memberikan peningkatan bagi seluruh peserta dengan terciptanya iklim diskusi aktif dalam memajukan usaha perkopian di Kota Medan
Usaha Pengembangan Mutu Produk Kolang-kaling Khas Desa Cidadap
Authors: Yudho Firdaus Hendry Prabowo
Published: January 2021

Pada kesempatan Kuliah Kerja Nyata Universitas Suryakancana ini, para mahasiswa diberikan tugas untuk dapat berbaur dengan masyarakat sekitar dimana mereka ditempatkan, untuk kemudian berusaha untuk menggali berbagai macam potensi yang ada pada masyarakat tersebut. Potensi yang dimaksud mencakup berbagai macam aspek yang berkaitan dengan kehidupan masyarakat desa setempat seperti aspek Pendidikan, ekonomi, hukum, kesehatan, sosial, budaya, dan lain sebagainya, namun berkaitan dengan tema yang diusung oleh Universitas Suryakancana dalam KKN kali ini, maka bidang atau aspek yang diutamakan untuk dilakukan kegiatan para mahasiswa yaitu terletak pada aspek ekonomi, tepatnya kewirausahaan di lingkungan masyarakat pedesaan. Berdasarkan hal tersebut, tim mahasiswa KKN di desa Cidadap yang terdiri dari 12 orang mahasiswa dari berbagai lintas program studi dan fakultas di lingkungan Universitas Suryakancana telah melaksanakan beberapa program kerja untuk meningkatkan kualitas perekonomian warga masyarakat desa Cidadap dengan beberapa tahapan yang akan digambarkan dalam isi laporan ini lebih lanjut. Laporan yang disusun kali ini akan mengangkat salah satu produk kewirausahaan tingkat bawah yang sudah dilakukan oleh tim mahasiswa KKN desa Cidadap Bersama dengan dosen pembimbing lapangan, yakni produk makanan kolang-kaling siap saji.
PENGUATAN PENDIDIKAN POLITIK SEBAGAI REPRESENTASI POLITIK KEWARGAAN JELANG PEMILUKADA SERENTAK TAHUN 2020
Authors: Sunarto Sunarto , Sulton Sulton , Mahardhani Ardhana Januar
Published: January 2021

Pengabdian yang dilaksanakan ini dalam bidang pendidikan politik dengan fokus kajian tentang politik kewargaan, yaitu kajian tentang representasi sebuah organisasi masyarakat baik dalam perlakuan politik, sosial, dan budaya dalam kehidupan politiknya agar mendapat tempat dalam berkegiatan politik di kehidupan bernegara. Target yang dicapai dalam kegiatan ini adalah organisasi masyarakat mampu untuk mengkonstruksi kembali identitas kewargaannya. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan ini adalah dengan melalui daring karena adanya pandemi Covid-19. Hasil akhir dalam kegiatan ini adalah munculnya pemahaman tentang pendidikan politik, demokrasi, sebagai bentuk cakupan dari ilmu kewarganegaraan, dan tersampaikannya gambaran tentang proses pembangunan kelompok masyarakat melalui penguatan jati diri dalam rangka mempertegas tentang identitas politik dalam politik kewargaan yang bisa dilihat dari hasil pre-test dan post-test
IMPLEMENTASI KEPEMIMPINAN UNTUK PEMBERDAYAAN IBU PKK RW 03 KETAWANG GEDE KOTA MALANG
Authors: Masreviastuti Masreviastuti , Himmah Mahmudatul , Adisaksana Helmy Adisaksana , Aini Lilies Nur , Fauziah Fauziah , Nurtjahjani Fullchis
Published: January 2021

Untuk menciptakan kondisi kehidupan yang harmonis anggota kelompok haruslah saling menghormati dan menghargai. Manusia dianugerahi kemampuan untuk berpikir, kemampuan untuk memilah serta memilih mana yang baik dan mana yang buruk. Dengan kelebihan itulah manusia seharusnya mampu mengelola lingkungan dengan baik. Tidak hanya lingkungan yang perlu dikelola dengan baik, kehidupan sosial manusia pun perlu dikelola dengan baik. Untuk itulah dibutuhkan sumber daya manusia yang berkualitas. Sumber daya yang berjiwa pemimpin, paling tidak untuk memimpin dirinya sendiri. Di RW 03 Kelurahan Ketawang Gede jumlah anggota PKK yang terdiri dari Ibu-ibu yang jumlahnya 30 orang dengan profesi 90%: wirausaha, 10% Karyawan Swasta dan PNS usia antara 25 – 50 tahun di mana mereka selalu banyak yang perlu dilakukan kerja mandiri dan Tim. Oleh karena itu perlu adanya bekal ilmu pengetahuan dan ketrampilan kepemimpinan bagi PKK RW 03 Kelurahan Ketawang Gede Kel Lowokwaru untuk dapat membentuk dan memiliki jiwa kepemimpinan yang baik. Dengan berjiwa pemimpin manusia akan dapat mengelola diri, kelompok & lingkungan dengan baik. Khususnya dalam penanggulangan masalah yang relatif pelik & sulit, sehingga dituntut kearifan seorang pemimpin dalam mengambil keputusan agar masalah dapat terselesaikan dengan baik
CAREER PREPARATION TRAINING SEBAGAI LANGKAH MENGHADAPI TANTANGAN KARIR DI ERA NEW NORMAL
Authors: Pratiwi Dian , Mutmainah Mutmainah
Published: January 2021

Semakin pesatnya perkembangan teknologi serta semakin terbatasnya lapangan pekerjaan membuat persaingan dalam dunia kerja semakin tinggi. Angkatan kerja dihadapkan pada berbagai kondisi yang sulit terlebih karena adanya pandemi di tahun 2020 ini. Banyak sektor industri yang tertekan sehingga berdampak pada berkurangnya lowongan pekerjaan. Ini tentunya semakin diperparah oleh kondisi di mana jumlah angkatan kerja terus-menerus meningkat seiring semakin bertambahnya jumlah lulusan baik dari perguruan tinggi maupun sekolah menengah atas. Untuk itu, penting sekali program peningkatan kompetensi bagi para lulusan melalui beberapa kegiatan pelatihan dan kursus. Salah satu kegiatan dapat dilakukan dengan pemberian training program career preparation. Career preparation adalah program yang dilakukan untuk memberikan materi berupa persiapan karir seperti pembuatan curriculum vitae yang menarik, pembuatan akun Linkedin, pelatihan wawancara serta materi tentang sosialisasi kursus gratis yang bisa diakses dari rumah. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini dilaksanakan sebagai bentuk respon atas permasalahan yang terjadi di masyarakat khususnya pada kelompok nonformal. Dengan berkolaborasi, tim pelaksana memilih kelompok sasaran yang memiliki permasalahan dalam hal persiapan tantangan karir. Tujuan dari program ini adalah untuk meningkatkan kemampuan peserta dalam menghadapi tantangan dunia kerja yang semakin berat saat ini. Sasaran program training ini adalah anggota IOSON Lingkar Penggerak. IOSON Lingkar Penggerak merupakan organisasi nonformal yang bergerak di bidang kemanusiaan yang anggotanya sebagian besar berusia 16-30 tahun. Metode kegiatan pelatihan dilaksanakan secara daring melalui aplikasi Zoom Cloud Meeting dan dibagi dalam beberapa sesi. Hasil yang diharapkan dari kegiatan ini adalah meningkatnya kemampuan peserta dalam menyusun curriculum vitae yang menarik, mampu memanfaatkan aplikasi Linkedin untuk menemukan lowongan pekerjaan, serta memiliki kemampuan yang bagus dalam menghadapi wawancara kerja
MEMBANGUN JIWA KEWIRAUSAHAAN DAN KEMANDIRIAN PEMUDA MELALUI KERAJINAN LIMBAH BAN BEKAS DAN WORKSHOP KONTENT DIGITAL
Authors: Parenreng Jumadi Mabe , Agung Muhammad , Kaswar Andi Baso
Published: January 2021

Kawasan Antang dan sekitarnya berlokasi di wilayah pinggiran kota Makassar dan cukup terkenal karena merupakan Tempat Pemrosesan Akhir (TPA Antang) se-kota Makassar. Terdapat beberapa kategori sampah di TPA ini yaitu : sampah basah, sampah kering, sampah yang bisa didaur ulang, yang tidak bisa didaur ulang. Secara garis besar ada dua permasalahan yang bisa diselesaikan dengan implementasi PKM ini, yakni masalah sampah dan pengangguran. Keterbatasan pengetahuan penduduk sekitar mengakibatkan sampah yang sebenarnya masih dapat diolah ini terbuang begitu saja. Disisi lain pengangguran pada usia produktif merupakan permasalahan yang sampai saat ini masih menjadi persoalan hidup yang belum dapat diatasi sepenuhnya oleh pemerintah pusat maupun pemerintah di kota Makassar khususnya di daerah TPA Antang. Jumlah penduduk usia kerja terus bertambah sedangkan lapangan kerja belum cukup tersedia bagi para pencari kerja. Terlebih tidak adanya skill dan kompetensi yang dimiliki semakin mempersulit mereka untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan. Oleh karena itu, kami mengusulkan program pelatihan kemandirian pemuda antang Makassar untuk mengatasi permasalahan di atas. Program ini muncul dari ide untuk memberikan keterampilan kepada pemuda Antang dengan memanfaatkan salah satu jenis limbah yakni ban sepeda motor bekas dan ban mobil bekas untuk diolah menjadi produk layak pakai untuk mainan dan hiasan rumah dan pekarangan. Selain berbentuk mainan, olahan ban bekas bisa juga berupa aksesoris berupa pot bunga bermotif dan lain-lain. Kegiatan pelatihan kemandirian terbagi menjadi tiga tahapan, yakni tahap persipan, tahap pelatihan mengolah ban bekas dan tahap pelatihan promosi dan pemasaran hasil olahan melalui media digital. Pihak RT setempat sangat berterima kasih dengan pelaksanaan kegiatan ini karena akan membangun kepercayaan diri pemuda sekitar lokasi TPA Antang dan membangkitkan jiwa entrepreneurship yang mandiri, kreatif, inovatif dan berdaya saing. Selain itu, menumbuhkan minat kreativitas lainnya untuk memanfaatkan jenis sampah lain yang memungkinkan untuk didaur ulang
MENJAGA LOYALITAS PELANGGAN DENGAN STRATEGI CRM PADA PT. DESALITE, PAMULANG
Authors: Handijono Ardijan , Gunarto Rudy Irawan , Marpitasa Samsul
Published: January 2021

Air adalah salah satu kebutuhan pokok makhluk hidup. PT. Desalite-Pamulang hadir untuk menyediakan air minum isi ulang yang berkualitas dengan harga terjangkau, namun ada lebih dari 20 perusahaan air lain di Tangerang Selatan. Jumlah pelanggan yang tidak bertambah bahkan cenderung turun adalah suatu indikasi jika perusahaan harus mengambil suatu tindakan. maka dibutuhkan strategi untuk unggul dalam persaingan dan tetap menjaga loyalitas pelanggan. Strategi yang paling tepat untuk menjaga loyalitas pelanggan, adalah strategi bisnis CRM (Customer Relationship Management), CRM adalah strategi bisnis untuk mempertahankan dan meningkatkan kualitas hubungan dengan pelanggan yang menguntungkan. Untuk mempertahankan loyalitas pelanggan akan digunakan beberapa Customer Loyality Program. mengimplementasikan CRM tidak harus menggunakan aplikasi CRM yang tersedia di pasar, karena harganya sangat mahal dan tidak mungkin terjangkau oleh perusahaan UMKM. Strategi CRM yang akan dikembangkan disini adalah memanfaatkan perangkat berbasis Clouds yang tidak berbayar, dan menggunakan aplikasi open source yang gratis. Presentasi, Diskusi, dan Tanya-Jawab adalah metode penyampaian gagasan yang kami berikan ke partner. Beberapa program untuk menjaga loyalitas pelanggan, memaksimalkan bisnis dengan pelanggan yang sudah ada adalah tujuan utama pada strategi CRM yang akan disampaikan ke partner. Kami juga akan memandu dan mendampingi cara menggunakan teknologi dengan biaya murah atau tak berbayar dalam mengimplentasikan Strategi CRM ini.
PENDAMPINGAN PENGEMBANGAN DESA DIGITAL MELALUI KOMUITAS PEMUDA DI DESA PEMATANG JERING KABUPATEN MUARO JAMBI
Authors: Ansyah Alva Beri , Wahid Makmun , Hartati Hartati
Published: January 2021

Desa Pematang Jering merupakan salah satu desa yang ada dalam wilayah Kecamatan Jambi Luar Kota, Kabupaten Muaro Jambi. Desa Pematang Jering terletak di lokasi yang sangat strategis karena berdampingan langsung dengan kawasan perkotaan. Namun ternyata dibalik fakta tersebut, pengembangan desa digital yang menjadi prioritas pembangunan di Kementerian Desa, Transmigrasi dan Daerah Tertinggal belum berdampak secara optimal terhadap peningkatan pengelolaan sistem informasi desa di Desa Pematang Jering. Salah satu upaya untuk meningkatkan pengelolaan sistem informasi desa ini adalah dengan pengembangan digitalisasi desa berbasis website. Selain itu, juga dilengkapi dengan pendampingan komunitas jurnalis desa mengenai media komunikasi desa. Kegiatan Pengabdian Masyarakat ini melewati beberapa tahapan, yaitu Preliminary Survey, Focused Group Discussion (FGD), pendampingan komunitas, hingga konsultasi dan evaluasi. Hasil dari kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini dapat memberikan dampak sesuai dengan yang diharapkan, Hal ini tercermin dari adanya peningkatan pengetahuan masyarakat dan perangkat desa mengenai digitalisasi desa maupun pentingnya sebuah website sebagai wadah penyelenggaraan sistem informasi desa. Selain itu, dari sisi lainnya, muncul keinginan dari masyarakat dan perangkat desa untuk berusaha secara lebih kolektif berbasis komunitas Desa. Dengan hadirnya pengabdian ini, diharapkan pemerintah desa Pematang Jering dapat memenuhi aspek transparansi dan akuntabilitas dalam pengelolaan sistem informasi desa, sebagaimana yang telah diamanatkan oleh Undang-Undang No 6 Tahun 2014
THE SHORT-TERM TRAINING OF CONTENT CREATION AND DIGITAL MARKETING BAGI PELAJAR DI PURWOKERTO
Authors: Arifudin Dani , Sulistiyaningsih Eka
Published: January 2021

Perubahan industri sebagai akibat revolusi teknologi informasi ini harus diantisipasi sejak dini. Banyak bermunculan berbagai macam inovasi baru dalam persaingan dunia industri, salah satunya adalah content creation yang kemudian diterapkan dalam dunia bisnis digital marketing. Tujuan dari pengabdian ini adalah Pelatihan di bidang content creation dan Digital marketing bagi SMA/SMK/Sederajat guna mempersiapkan kebutuhan industri saat ini dan beberapa tahun yang akan datang. Metode pelaksanaan kegiatan ini dimulai dari proses identifikasi masalah, menentukan sasaran dan tujuan, menentukan metode kegiatan, implementasi dan evaluasi kegiatan. Pelaksanaan kegiatan dimulai dari pemaparan materi, praktik dan diskusi tanya jawab. Praktik langsung pembuatan konten microblog untuk kebutuhan digitial marketing diikuti oleh peserta dengan menggunakan software CorelDraw. Evaluasi kegiatan pelatihan ini menunjukan rata-rata pemahaman dan kebermanfaatannya bagi peserta terhadap materi content creation dan digital marketing sebesar 72,7%. Dengan demikian kegiatan ini akan memberikan dampak yang efektif dan positif bagi siswa
PELATIHAN PEMBUATAN POT BUNGA DENGAN BAHAN DASAR KAIN BEKAS DI DESA KINDANG
Authors: Hartini Hartini - , Alang Hasria , Apriyanti Eka
Published: January 2021

Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini dilaksanakan untuk menumbuhkan pengetahuan dan pemahaman ibu-ibu dalam memanfaatkan benda-benda yang tidak terpakai dapat diolah menjadi produk yang memiliki nilai tambah dan sangat bermanfaat yang diistilahkan dengan Upcycle. Kegiatan pelatihan pembuatan pot dari kain bekas ini dilakukan untuk melatih masyarakat dapat memanfaatkan kain bekas yang dapat menjadi produk yang memiliki nilai seni yang tinggi. Kegiatan pelatihan dimulai dari tahapan menyiapkan bahan seperti handuk bekas, semen, ember bekas, kayu pengaduk. Tahapan selanjutnya melakukan eksperimen bersama mitra dimulai dari mencampur adonan semen dengan air lalu dicelupkan kain ke dalamnya, kemudian mengatur bentuk pot yang diletakkan di atas ember bekas sebagai cetakan. Langkah selanjutnya adalah proses pengeringan dan dilanjutkan dengan pengecatan. Kelompok sasaran yang ikut dalam kegiatan ini adalah ibu-ibu dan remaja putri yang gemar menanam bunga. Jumlah peserta yang hadir adalah 12 orang. Dari kegiatan pelatihan ini, menghasilkan 7 pot bunga yang dicat sedemikian rupa dengan bentuk beraneka ragam seperti lingkaran, model kursi, dan segi empat. Pelaksanan kegiatan ini dapat menumbuhkan jiwa enterpreneur bagi warga melalui kreativitas yang dimiiliki yang nantinya akan tumbuh peluang untuk memasarkan hasil kreasi mereka serta mengurangi pengeluaran untuk membeli pot bunga. Hasil akhir dari kegiatan ini berupa karya tulis yaitu laporan akhir dan publikasi artikel ilmiah
PKM PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN MERIAS DAN MANAJEMEN USAHA WO WIWIK PENGANTIN
Authors: Nasution Lily Karlina , Dewi Ika Sari , Murni Mayang , Peranginangin Mochammad Iswan
Published: January 2021

WO Wiwik Pengantin merupakan usaha yang bergerak di bidang jasa perencanaan pernikahan yang menawarkan jasa tata rias, busana, aksesoris, dekorasi, catering, video dan foto pernikahan. Dalam menjalankan usahanya banyak kendala dan permasalahan yang mengikutinya diantaranya kurangnya kemampuan merias pengantin yang sesuai dengan perkembangan zaman, penggunaan bauran pemasaran yang masih menggunakan cara tradisional (word of mouth marketing), kurangnya variasi produk dan jasa yang ditawarkan, serta pengelolahan manajemen keuangan yang masih sederhana. Metode kegiatan pengabdian ini dilaksanakan dalam beberapa tahap yakni ; (1) pelatihan kemampuan merias (2) pelatihan manajemen keuangan (3) pelatihan penggunaan website sebagai media promosi, (4) pemberian alat dan bahan sebagai stimulant, dan (5) pendampingan dalam setiap prosesnya. Pelatihan dan pendampingan memberikan dampak positif kepada usaha jasa rias pengantin mbak wiwik diantaranya meningkatnya kemampuan dan keterampilan merias, meningkatnya pemahaman dan pengetahuan penentuan harga jual yang tepat, dapat memperluas jaringan pemasaran dengan penggunaan website, meningkatnya kualitas dan kuantitas produk serta jasa
The Effect Of Experiential Marketing Toward Customer Loyalty (Empirical Study Of Fast Food Restaurants In Padang City)
Authors: Nasrah Rasidah , Agrigisthi
Published: January 2021

Activity and limited of time to fulfill necessity caused people like instant things. Food sector is the main target for this pattern of act. Padang city is center of government, business and has several universities that bring people from  other city to  Padang. so that, food sector is targeted, especially young people who spend more time outside. The purpose of this study is to find out: the sense, feel, think, act, and relate affect toward customer loyalty of fast food restaurants in Padang city. This research used quantitative methods and uses SEM-PLS analysis to test  research model. The observation unit in this study was 150 fast food restaurant customers in Padang City. In measuring variable used likert scale. The results found that the feel, and act have a significant effect toward customer loyalty of fast food restaurants in Padang City. While sense, think and relate do not have a significant effect on consumer loyalty toward fast food restaurants in Padang City.
Increasing Employee Job Satisfaction Through Spiritual Leadership and Islamic Organizational Culture
Authors: Mariyanti Eka , Putri Riri , Susanti Nica
Published: January 2021

The development of sharia-based hotels has become a popular business and it is believed that the development of sharia hotels will experience a drastic increase due to the level of business awareness of sharia concepts. This study aims to improve employee job satisfaction through spiritual leadership and Islamic organizational culture. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach. The unit of analysis is employees who work at Sharia Hotels in Padang. The results showed that partially Spiritual Leadership variables had a positive and significant effect on Job Satisfaction and Islamic Organizational Culture variables had a positive and significant effect on Job Satisfaction variables. Simultaneously the Spiritual Leadership and Islamic Organizational Culture has a positive and significant effect on Employee Job Satisfaction with an adjusted R2 value of 0.204 This shows that the magnitude of the influence of the Islamic Organizational Spiritual Leadership and Culture on the variable Job satisfaction is 20.4%.