bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impelementasi Kebijakan Pemerintah dalam Mengoptimalkan Kinerja Pegawai Negeri Sipil untuk Meningkatkan Kualitas Pelayanan Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional-Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan
Authors: Kamarasyid Aloi
Published: September 2019

The program of government is ruled by an organization which is pointed out to perform as the first target. But there are not programs of government has not been maximumly ruled by the organization which is pointed. The program of guarantee of national health of the board of social guarantee at The Common Hospital of South Bangka Hospital, Regional Hospital of Pangkalpinang, Bhakti Timah Hospital Pangkalpinang hasn’t succeeded maximum. It is caused by the medical workers haven’t been suitable, the sum of doctors are not enough, the facilities haven’t been enough, a few of socialisations about the programs. It is needed the policy of the government to manage the programs so the service of heath can be touched for all people of South Bangka, Pangkalpinang according to the law of Republic of Indonesia number 24 in the year 2011, the regulation of minister of the heath of Republic of Indonesia number 28 in the year 2014. The policy of government is influenced by four of communication factors, human resource, disposition, and bureaucratic structure, whereas the work of civil government officers to give a service of guarantee of national health, the board of social guarantee at The Common Hospital of South Bangka, The Regional Hospital of Pangkalping, and The Bhakti Timah Hospital hasn’t been ability, motivation, and maximum chance. The utility of the writing to see the work of civil government officers in giving a service of national guarantee, the board of social guarantee.
Dakwah melalui Konseling Islam bagi Masyarakat Desa Simpang Yul
Authors: Bohhori Bohhori
Published: September 2019

Simpang Yul merupakan salah satu desa yang berada di Kecamatan Tempilang Kabupaten Bangka Barat, yang masyarakatnya 100% beragama Islam. Agama Islam yang di anut merupakan agama turunan dari nenek moyang pendahulu di Desa tersebut. Namun, keberagamaan masyarakatnya mengalami berbagai problem baik pada individu atau kelompok pemeluk agama. Ajaran Islam yang disampaikan oleh para da’i dirasa belum bisa menjadi penyelamat serta belum mampu menyelsaikan problematika yang terjadi. Dikarenakan, dakwah yang dilakukan pada masyarakat desa Simpang Yul hanya memfokuskan pada penyampaian materi atau isi pesan-pesan dakwah, tanpa memahami kondisi individu atau kelompok yang akan menerima isi pesan-pesan dakwah dan pola yang digunakan sangat minimalis. Berdasarkan hal itu, konseling Islam dilakukan pada masyarakat sebagai salah satu alternatif dalam berdakwah bagi masyarakatnya. Adapun konseling yang dilakukan dengan cara melakukan identifikasi masalah, untuk mengungkapkan latarbelakang problem yang terjadi kemudian berdasarkan identifikasi masalah menetukan apa masalahnya (diagnosis), dilanjutkan dengan merancang alternatif penyelsaian maslah atas keberagaman bagi inidividu dan kelompok (Prognosis), selanjutnya (Treatmen) melaksanakan pemberian bantuan kepada individu dan kelompok berdasarkan alternatif  yang telah dirancang sebelumnya. Dan langkah terahir melakukan evaluasi mengenai proses konseling silam dari tahap identifikasi maslah hingga treatmen dan mengevaluasi hasil yang dicapai dari konseling yang telah dilakukan, sebeagai langkah menentukan apakah masih perlu dilakukan konseling isalam atau tidak.
Menyikapi Rahasia di Balik Rasio dan Rasa pada Manusia
Authors: Kamarasyid Aloi
Published: September 2019

The sciense of human will not able to solve all of things, according to the words of Allah: “And we are not given a science except a little”, (Q.S 17/ Al-Isra’: 85). Instinct of human must get a direction of Allah who is explained at his book. Unless the instinct will be wrong in its channel. The position of instinct and intelligence at Islam ethics, both are necessary to be used and dropped well by counselling and directing which are settled in Al-Qur’an and the guide of propnet Muhammad SAW.

Philosophy of Islam also bases on or follows the healthy intelligence to interpret all of problems of divinity, human and nature, because of necessity of thing is intelligence. It is either a subject or object of thinking. From it exits an active intelligence, because it is the first which is created by Allah. By intelligence we analyze and prove about truthm, to expose the scientific realities, about filling, idealism, ethics, law, aesthetics, extra sensory perception, and purity of heart.

Intelligence is a door of science. There are not all of sciences are revealed but there are obliged to be deductive by intelligence through experiment. Allah also gives Islam Religion which is an association of power of God which is given to human (command and prohibition). Islam Religion is a mercy to manage intelligence, feeling, heart and emotion of human. We are obliged to believe, to study so that we know which is comman ded and prohibited, to do and to broadcast the Islam Religion well and truly according  to his instruction (Muslim Law).
Keterlibatan Warga Negara (Civic Engagement) dalam Penguatan Karakter Peduli Lingkungan
Authors: Gusmadi Setiawan
Published: September 2019

This paper aims to explore deeply about civic engagement in strengthening environmental cares. Civic engagement refers to the way citizens participate in the life of a community to improve the condition of others or to help shape the future of society. The writing of this paper is supported by literature studies and relevant research journals in the form of national journals and international journals. Civic engagement is expected to strengthen the character of environmental care clean, healthy, comfortable, and cultured environment. Movement to improve the environment of a more effective society must be supported in terms of education that develops responsible, creative and knowledgeable society. Civic engagement becomes important to contribute in a community that moves to manage, preserve and preserve the environment such as the development strategy of the Mangrove Center Foundation.
Dialog dan Kerjasama Antar Umat Beragama dalam Perspektif Nurcholish Madjid
Authors: Zaprulkhan Zaprulkhan
Published: September 2019

When leaving the end of the second millennium and entering the beginning of the third millennium, humankind is faced with the phenomenon of conflict in the name of religion, both on a regional and global level. In modern history, there are so many conflicts that occur in the name of beliefs in different parts of the world. In the context of Indonesia, both of impacts of various conflicts and conflicts between various beliefs are rising to the surface ahead of the beginning of the third millennium to the present day. All this requires dialogue and open cooperation between religious communities. In the context of Indonesia, in order to contribute maximally to the good, and the progress of the nation and state, all religious people must be willing to engage in dialogue and cooperation in the social, cultural, economic, political, human quality of Indonesia and others. Therefore, we will explore the discourse of dialogue and cooperation among religious people in the perspective of Nurcholish Madjid.
Pemikiran dan Gerakan Dakwah KH. Dja’far Addari
Authors: Sulaiman Rusydi
Published: September 2019

The existence of Islam and its varieties among society indicates a big contribution of some scholars including Moslem scholars in Indonesia. KH. Dja’far Addari was one of the pioneers in Bangka who could prove it.—had a big role in changing civilization. Beside idealism and strong struggle, his charisma plays a big role. Dja’far Addari was not only muballigh (conventional Islamic preacher), but productive writer. He travelled far for seek of knowledge (from Bangka Selatan to Mecca) when he was 14 years old under the supervision of salaf Moslem scholars, then went home to his motherland. This article focusses on the thought of Dja’far Addari which consist of Tauhid, syari’ah and Akhlak, then his social movement as Dakwah Islam. Many key persons have been interviewed in searching detail sources in this research. The existence of this Guru implicates some influences, such as: adat istiadat and local tradition, system of belief, strengthening economy and entrepreneurship. The figurism of Dja’far Addari inspires new civilization in Bangka Selatan; Dallas, Airgegas even Pangkalpinang.
Penyuluhan Teknik Pembuatan Lubang Biopori dalam Pencegahan Banjir di Desa Pemalongan Kecamatan Pelaihari Kabupaten Tanah Laut
Authors: Gazali Akhmad , Fathurrahman Fathurrahman , Cahyadi Hendra
Published: September 2019

Land use that is not in accordance with conservation rules and exceeds the capacity of its carrying capacity, will cause critical land. The behavior of the people who have not supported the preservation of land and the environment have caused floods in the rainy season. Efforts are needed to improve the management of water resources, namely to keep the quantity of groundwater maintained so as to ensure the availability of water for the community. The development of infiltration wells and making biopore holes is intended as a medium to hold and store rainwater. Biopori holes are cheap and good environmental technology. The main capital is human desire and awareness to save their environment from water availability and water pollution. Extension of biopore hole making techniques is done by the lecture method along with questions and answers and demonstrations. The lecture method is needed to explain the concept of management efforts and the sustainability of the existence of water sources and biopore holes in general, while the question and answer to give the opportunity for participants to better understand the concept so that those who do not understand can ask. Demonstration methods are needed to clarify the process of the technique and the stages of making biopore.
Pembudidayaan dan Pembuatan Teh Daun Binahong untuk Mengobati Penyakit Asam Urat
Authors: Rahman Havizur , Elisma Elisma , Lestari Uce
Published: September 2019

The community service program aims to introduce binahong plants, and its benefits to overcome gout and how to cultivate. The community will be given the skill of how to make binahong leaf tea so that utilization of binahong leaves to overcome gout become more practical, right doses so the goal of therapy for gout can be achieved. Gout is one form of arthritis that is often associated with reddish, swollen, hot and stiff joints. The prevalence of gout from the year is increasing. Men have a higher risk of gout than women. Community efforts in treating gout using chemical drugs have been shown to cause serious side effects. The use of herbal medicine can be used as an alternative therapy in dealing with this disease. The binahong plant is an empirically widely used plant to treat various illness. One of them is gout. The use of this plant in gout support therapy is essential because, from the research result, this plant has many properties with minimal toxicity. The method used in this service is by providing counselling and training. The results of evaluating the implementation of cultivation and making of binahong leaf tea for the treatment of gout, many as 29 residents of RT 02 Mendalo Indah Jambi, Luar Kota Village. The benefits of binahong as a treatment for gout as well as residents also know how to cultivate binahong for self-treatment and economic improvement container of the citizens.
Af "setubingum" og "hugvitsverkfærum": Orðfæri í Ferðabók Tómasar Sæmundssonar
Authors: Lerner Marion
Published: September 2019

Á árunum 1832-1834 ferðaðist Fjölnismaðurinn Tómas Sæmundsson um Evrópu og víðar og tók þannig þátt í evrópskri menntahefð Grand Tour-ferðalaga. Eftir heimkomu samdi hann uppkast að ferðabók sem honum tókst hins vegar aldrei að ljúka. Löngu síðar tók Jakob Benediktsson saman drögin og Ferðabók Tómasar Sæmundssonar kom út 1947. Í greininni er stuttlega farið yfir sögu bókarinnar, markmið með henni og viðhorf Tómasar til málnotkunar. Síðan er sjónum sérstaklega beint að orðfæri í bókinni. Höfundur stóð frammi fyrir tvíþættum vanda. Í fyrsta lagi treysti hann ekki íslenskufærni sinni og fannst nauðsynlegt að láta leiðrétta texta sína, ekki síst til að uppfylla strangar kröfur annarra Fjölnismanna. Í öðru lagi þurfti hann að koma til skila þekkingu sem hann aflaði sér í útlöndum og var því á erlendum tungumálum. Viðfangsefni bókarinnar er framandi menningarheimur og margt sem íslenskum lesendum var ekki kunnugt um og skorti orðaforða yfir. Í viðleitni sinni til að nota sem fæstar erlendar slettur og tökuorð stundaði höfundur umfangsmikla nýyrðasmíð en til betri skilnings lét hann oft fylgja erlend orð eða aðrar útskýringar.
Employment Transformation in the Vietnamese Economy in Light of the Lewis-Fei-Ranis Growth Model of A Labor-Abundant Economy
Authors: Nguyen Trung Kien
Published: September 2019

This paper studies structural changes in the Vietnamese economy during the reform era, with emphasis on the role of the manufacturing sector in employment generation. A stage-setting survey of analytical framework and empirical evidence of employment transformation in a labor-abundant economy in East Asia has enabled a statistical analysis of employment transformation in Vietnam over the two recent decades. The findings suggest that the manufacturing sector has shown an improved performance in attracting massive amounts of unskilled workers from agriculture. Within manufacturing, the private sector firms, in particular the foreign-invested enterprises, have been increasingly responsible for job creation, contributing to the gradual erosion of the dominant state enterprises.
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis About the Prevalence of Neck Pain in Fast Jet Pilots
Authors: Riches Amelia , Spratford Wayne , Witchalls Jeremy , Newman Phil
Published: September 2019

BACKGROUND: During flight, fast jet pilots frequently move their heads into extreme positions while withstanding large amounts of stress on their cervical spines. These factors are thought to contribute to episodes of neck pain.METHODS: We conducted a systematic review
and meta-analysis of previous neck pain prevalence data in fast jet pilots to determine an overall pooled prevalence. Subgroup analyses were performed according to when pilots complained about their neck pain, whether these same pilots sought treatment, and if they lost time from flying. Four
research databases were searched. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they were written in English, involved a group of fast jet pilots who were actively flying high performance aircraft, and reported quantitative prevalence data about neck pain in these pilots. These eligibility criteria
were independently applied by two reviewers and risk of bias was evaluated. MetaXL software was used to conduct the meta-analysis.RESULTS: In total, 8003 fast jet pilots across 18 eligible studies were included in the review. The overall pooled prevalence of neck pain in fast jet
pilots was 51%. It was found that 39% of subjects lost time from flying, while only 32% sought medical treatment.DISCUSSION: Neck pain in fast jet pilots adversely affects operational capabilities of defense forces. The prevalence of neck pain varies according to the definitions
or thresholds of complaints used across the literature. Further research is required to standardize the definition of neck pain.Riches A, Spratford W, Witchalls J, Newman P. A systemic review and meta-analysis about the prevalence of neck pain in fast jet pilots. Aerosp Med Hum
Perform. 2019; 90(10):882–890.
Vertiginous Hauntings: The Ghosts of Vertigo
Authors: Ravetto-Biagioli Kriss , Beugnet Martine
Published: September 2019

While the initial reception of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) was unspectacular, it made its presence felt in a host of other films – from Chris Marker's Sans Soleil (1983), to Brian De Palma's Obsession (1976), and David Lynch's Mulholland Dr. (1999). What seemed to have eluded the critics at the time is that Vertigo is a film about being haunted: by illusive images, turbulent emotions, motion and memory, the sound and feeling of falling into the past, into a nightmare. But it is also a shrewdly reflexive film that haunts filmmakers, critics, and artists alike, raising fundamental questions about the ontology of moving images and the regime of fascination (exemplified by Hollywood) that churns them out. Douglas Gordon's Feature Film (1999), D.N. Rodowick's The Wanderers (2016), and Lynn Hershman's VertiGhost (2017) are contemporary examples of how the appropriation and contemplation of some the film's most iconic motifs (the figures of Madeleine, the spiral, the copy or fake, and the fetish), themes (liebestod, obsession, the uncanny) and strategies (mirroring, duplicity, and disorientation) ask us to rethink the relation of fetishism to fabulation, and supplementarity to dissimulation and social engineering. Feature Film, The Wanderers, and VertiGhost are supplementary works, but like the original film they are about duplicity, doppelgänger, and dissimulation. What interests us is how they challenge the authority over, or even proximity to, that which returns in the form of the supplement. And ultimately, attaching themselves to the chain of forgers and forgeries, these supplementary works take their place in the vertiginous sequence of substitutions the film established: a neat allegory for a reign of the digital ghosting that Hitchcock could never have anticipated.
Divine Comedies: Post-Theology and Laughter in the Films of Bruno Dumont
Authors: Birks Chelsea , Coulthard Lisa
Published: September 2019

The films of Bruno Dumont are tied to unwatchability, austerity, and a post-theological seriousness. Recently, however, Dumont has taken a surprising turn towards comedy; and yet these comedies are not without the post-theological despair that characterizes his earlier films. Taking Dumont's comedy seriously, this article frames Dumont's comedic turn not as a deviation but rather as a realignment that requires retroactive reconsideration of his oeuvre's post-theological orientation. We interrogate the philosophical implications of laughter in Dumont's work and argue that it suggests a new trajectory for the post-theological project. The work of Georges Bataille anchors our analysis of violent laughter, while Jean-Luc Nancy's post-theology structures our central argument. We read Nancy's post-theology into the construction of space and subjectivity in Dumont's earlier works, which characterize both human characters and the landscapes they inhabit with a pervasive sense of depthlessness or blankness. These features of absence often lead spectators to project emotions onto Dumont's characters, but we stress this blankness as foregrounding the essential unknowingness of the subject – something which also drives Bataille's notion of laughter. For Bataille, laughter is rooted in nonknowledge, it is a non-productive expenditure that exposes the limits of human existence. It is this horizon of death and nothingness that drives Dumont's comedies. Understood through post-theological laughter, Dumont's comedic films and TV series provide new ways of accounting for the death of God. This laughter in turn operates retroactively to productively reframe post-theological violence in his work. In short, this article contends that none of Dumont's films are meant to be taken seriously. Confronting the ethical and philosophical implications of Dumont's comedic turn, this article investigates the implications of reading his oeuvre through this divinely absurdist, post-theological comedic lens and articulates a theory of post-theology that foregrounds the radicality of laughter.
The Third City: The Post Secular Space of the Dardenne Brothers' Seraing
Authors: Wheatley Catherine
Published: September 2019

Set principally in or around Seraing, an industrial region in decline just outside of Liège, in Belgium, the films of Jean-Luc and Pierre Dardenne marry geographical and historical-social realism with a series of ethical inquiries into such topics as immigration, unemployment, black market trading and petty crime. To date, critical commentary on the films has tended mainly to read the work of the Dardennes along two lines. The dominant approach uses the work of Emmanuel Levinas as a philosophical touchpoint in order to illuminate the ethical dimension of the Dardenne brothers' films. The second considers the political dimensions of their films. However a third, related body of writing has emerged in later years, one which understands in terms of their relation to what Jürgen Habermas (2006) , amongst others, has dubbed the postsecular age. This article locates the Dardennes' films at the intersection between the ethical, the political, and the postsecular, looking to the theologically-inflected philosophy of Gillian Rose to make the case that Seraing serves as the model of what Rose refers to as “the third city” – a postsecular site which challenges easy divisions between politics and ethics. As such Seraing is not, I shall argue, a mere staging post for the moral, political and spiritual problems posed by the films, but its cradle. Paying particular attention to the Dardennes' film Two Days, One Night (Deux Jours, Une Nuit, 2014) I demonstrate what an engagement that turns on existence with and within the city – an engagement that is both political and ethical – might look like.
Dispositif, Matter, Affect, and the Real: Four Fundamental Concepts of Lyotard's Film-Philosophy
Authors: Woodward Ashley
Published: September 2019

Jean-François Lyotard's work remains a largely untapped resource for film-philosophy. This article surveys four fundamental concepts which indicate the fecundity of this work for current studies and debates. While Lyotard was generally associated with the “theory” of the 1980s which privileged language, signs, and cultural representations, much of his work in fact resonates more strongly with the new materialisms and realisms currently taking centre stage. The concepts examined here indicate the relevance of Lyotard's work in four related contemporary contexts: the renewed interest in the dispositif, new materialism, the affective turn, and speculative realism. The concept of the dispositif (or apparatus) is being rehabilitated in the contemporary context because it shows a way beyond the limiting notion of mise en scène which has dominated approaches to film, and Lyotard's prevalent use of this concept feeds into this renewal. While matter is not an explicit theme in Lyotard's writings on film, it is nevertheless one at the heart of his aesthetics, and it may be extended for application to film. Affect was an important theme for Lyotard in many contexts, including his approaches to film, where it appears to subvert film's “seductive” (ideological) effects. Finally, the Real emerges as a central concept in Lyotard's last essay on cinema, where, perhaps surprisingly, it intimates something close to a speculative realist aesthetics. Each of the fundamental concepts of Lyotard's film-philosophy are introduced in the context of the current fields and debates to which they are relevant, and are discussed with filmic examples, including Michael Snow's La Région centrale (1971), Roberto Rossellini's Stromboli (Stromboli, terra di Dio, 1950), Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979), and neo-realist cinema.
Towards a Chthonic Spectatorship: Becoming-With the Aquatic inEvolution
Authors: Jenner Joseph
Published: September 2019

Evolution (Lucile Hadžihalilović, 2016) offers a vision of Donna J. Haraway's feminist intervention where Haraway posits her neologistic chthulucene to signify the interpenetration of species in response to anthropocene discourse which recuperates the patriarchal narrative of homo faber – the human as maker. The risks and tribulations of cross-species “becoming-with”, as Haraway puts it, are dramatized in Evolution. The ambiguously defined, subaqueous species of the film nurture and care for human boys then impregnate them with squid-like creatures that are incubated in the child's mid-section. The film is marked by images that are difficult to anthropomorphise, eliciting corporeal engagements with tentacular sea creatures that are alienating and confronting. Evolution presents images that are in sympathy with Haraway's chthulucene, in which the subject dissolves into the matter of “humus” or “compost” that ontologically bind the human and nonhuman alike. The film signals a reverse evolution in which humans return to the sea, a temporal backwards turn that Haraway similarly advocates in her book. While Evolution plays out Haraway's chthonic vision in which it shows a subject, Nicolas, embedded in a compost community, the film nonetheless situates this subject as bounded and coherent. Evolution does not, ultimately, forego the human but offers a chance to comprehend the human's transformation in the historical moment of the anthropocene.
Year of the LGBTQ Candidate? LGBTQ State Legislative Candidates in the Trump Era
Authors: Haider-Markel Donald , Gauding Patrick , Flores Andrew , Lewis Daniel , Miller Patrick , Taylor Jami , Tadlock Barry
Published: September 2019

The Trump era has facilitated the emergence of a strong backlash against the successes of the LGBTQ movement. However, the politics of this era also motivated a record number of LGBTQ candidates to run for public office. We examine the electoral performance of these candidates in the 2018 election cycle relative to non-LGBTQ candidates employing state legislative election data from partisan election states in the updated State Legislative Election Returns (SLERs) database. We also conduct a brief case study of elections in Virginia, which led to the nation's first transgender state legislative representative taking office, to understand how a number of LGBTQ candidates overcame seemingly long electoral odds in 2017. Drawing on recent research on public attitudes toward LGBTQ rights, we expect to find that most LGBTQ candidates for state legislative seats rode on a Democratic wave and did not experience an electoral deficit for being LGBTQ.
Suggestion Regarding Support for Continued Employment of Foreign Healthcare Personnel Coming to Japan under the Economic Partnership Agreement
Authors: Sato Fumiko
Published: September 2019

Since the mid-1990s, there has been a rapid increase in the international movements of medical and healthcare workers, primarily doctors and nurses. In addition to the general acceleration of movement across borders as a result of globalization, the declining birth rates and aging populations in developed countries have increased the demand for workers in the medical, nursing, and nursing-care fields [1]. International movement of healthcare workers is primarily from countries in Asia and Africa to Europe, North America, and East Asia [1]. Japan is not an exception. Japan started receiving nurse and care worker candidates from Indonesia in August 2008 under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that came into effect in July of that year. Subsequently, EPA candidates began to arrive in Japan from the Philippines and Vietnam in the following years, and this trend has strengthened the international movement of workers in the medical and nursing fields in Japan. Under the EPA, foreigners who meet certain application requirements come to Japan as “nurse candidates” or “care worker candidates,” and these candidates receive training at a hospital or caregiving facility in Japan; they sign a contract of employment before arriving [2]. They aim to pass the Japanese national exam and obtain Japanese national qualifications during their respective periods (a maximum of three years for nurse candidates and four years for care worker candidates) [2]. However, their national exam pass rate has remained much lower than the rate for all examinees; 17.7% for nurses (FY 2017), and 50.7% for care workers (FY 2017). The pass rate for all candidates for FY 2017 for nurses was 91.0% and 70.8% for care workers [3-5]. Quite a few candidates gave up and returned to their home countries. Moreover, 20% of the EPA candidates who passed the national qualification returned to their home countries even though that they can remain in Japan as nurses or care givers without restriction after obtaining national certification [6]. The major reasons for their repatriation were personal ones such as care for aged parents, marriage and so on. On the other hand, frustration with difficulties in communicating in Japanese and adjusting to a working environment that requires strict commitment to rules and long working hours were also reported [6].
Histomorphological Effects of Aqueous Leaf Extract of Tefairia occidentalis On the Liver of Wistar Rats.
Authors: Eze B.C. , Ezejindu D.N. , Ogbodo E.C. , Ezeugwunne I.P. , Amah A.K. , Agada U.N. , Odumodu I.O. , Egwuatu F.O.
Published: September 2019

Aim: Telfairia occidentalis has been reported to possess numerous health benefits. This study assessed the histomorphological effect of aqueous leaf extract of Tefairia occidentalis on the liver architecture of wistar rats.
Methodology: Sixteen adult female rats weighing between 140-240g were divided into four groups (I-IV) comprising of four (4) rats each. Group I, the control, was given normal rat feed with water, while group II, III, and IV were administered with 150mg/kg, 300mg/kg and 600mg/kg body weight of aqueous leaf extract of Telfairia occidentalis orally respectively via intubation method for 28 days. Thereafter, the experimental animals were sacrificed and their respective liver harvested for histomorphological examination using haematoxylin and eosin (H and E) standard laboratory method.
Results: Results showed that there was a significant decrease in the relative weight of the liver in groups II-IV when compared to group I respectively (p<0.05). Photomicrographic section of the liver showed normal hepatic tissue architecture with central vain (CV), portal triad (PT) and hepatocyte (H) in the control animals while photomicrograph section of the liver administered with 150mg/kg aqueous extract of Telfairia occidentalis showed hepatic tissue with focal aggregate inflammatory cell (FAIC) and normal tissue architecture with portal triad (PT) but photomicrograph of liver administered with 300mg/kg and 600mg/kg aqueous extract of Telfairia occidentalis showed alterations.
Conclusion: This study revealed that the aqueous leaf extracts of Telfairia occidentalis may possess hepatoprotective effects although it may enhance some physiological changes such as mild hemolysis, infiltration of some inflammatory cells and intra-hepatic hemorrhage detected in this study.
Key Words: liver, histomorphology, Telfairia occidentalis, weight, hepatoprotective effect.
The Association between ADHD and Obesity: Intriguing, Progressively More Investigated, but Still Puzzling
Authors: Cortese Samuele
Published: September 2019

This narrative review is aimed at presenting the most recent evidence on the association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obesity. The review is informed by previous relevant systematic reviews and a search in Pubmed and PsycINFO up to 1 August 2019. Although the association between ADHD and obesity would seem, at first, paradoxical, in the past two decades there has been an increasing number of studies on this topic. The present review shows that there is meta-analytic evidence supporting a significant association between these two conditions, at least in adults. Growing evidence is also being published on the genetic and environmental factors underlying the association. However, the cause–effects paths, as well as the exact mechanisms explaining the association, remain unclear. Additionally, empirical evidence guiding the management/treatment of patients with the two conditions is still limited. Therefore, after almost 20 years from the first report of a link between ADHD and obesity, this association continues to be puzzling.
Preparation of Fluoroalkyl-Acrylate-Modified Polysiloxane Nanocomposite and Its Surface Properties as a Superhydrophobic Coating Material
Authors: Deng Fuquan , Jin Hua , Xu Wei
Published: September 2019

Based on the as-synthesized modified polysiloxane containing pendant long-chain fluoroalkyl and silanoxy (PFAS) in our previous work, an in situ condensation reaction with silica sol was carried out to prepare a fluoroacrylate-modified polysiloxane nanocomposite. The polysiloxane nanocomposite was then applied as a fabric finish to construct a superhydrophobic coating. The structural and thermal properties of the polymer, surface morphology, surface composition and hydrophobicity of the fabric coatings, polymer fine microstructure, and performance properties of the treated fabrics were researched using infrared spectrometry, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectrometry, and measurement of the contact angle, whiteness, and softness. The characterization results showed that the product had good thermal stability. The static contact angle and rolling contact angle on the finished fabric surface were 163.5° and 7°, respectively. The whiteness and softness were basically similar to those of untreated fabrics. Moreover, due to the stable covalent bond between the silica particles and the polymers, the static contact angle remained 152.3° after 15 cycles of washing, which indicates that it has good water resistance.
Fatal Immunohaemolysis after the Consumption of the Poison Pax Mushroom: A Focus on the Diagnosis of the Paxillus Syndrome with the Aid of Two Case Reports
Authors: Stöver Andreas , Haberl Bettina , Helmreich Claudia , Müller Werner , Musshoff Frank , Fels Helena , Graw Matthias , Groth Olwen
Published: September 2019

This retrospective report focuses on the diagnosis of the Paxillus syndrome, based on two fatal cases of haemolysis following the consumption of Paxillus involutus. These mushrooms are still consumed regularly, despite earlier reports of life-threatening autoimmune haemolytic anaemia. Such cases are nevertheless rare, and thus far no toxin could be identified that causes this unusual form of mushroom poisoning. All these factors contribute to the difficulty in diagnosing the Paxillus syndrome. The following aspects support the diagnosis in the two cases presented here: Both patients consumed the mushroom oftentimes before, yet allegedly without ill effects. Symptoms occurred 2–3 h after the last consumption, exacerbating into circulatory collapse, multiorgan failure, and death. Disseminated intravascular coagulation was identified as cause of death by autopsy of patient 1. Patient 2 died of multiorgan failure, mainly hepatic. Our mycological analyses could identify the consumed mushroom in both cases as Paxillus involutus. Furthermore, we could exclude anticoagulants and several other drugs as trigger for the haemolysis by post-mortem toxicological analysis. However, findings in each of the two cases may have led to the haemolysis, independent of the consumption of Paxillus involutus. Patient 1 carried the anti-erythrocytic antibody, auto-anti-e. Patient 2 contracted chronic hepatitis C years prior to the current incident. Considering the rarity of the Paxillus syndrome, our findings suggest that these patients were particularly susceptible for haemolysis after consuming this mushroom over a prolonged period. Occurrence of the Paxillus syndrome may thus be restricted to regular consumers of Paxillus involutus mushrooms with an existing predisposition for haemolysis.
Partial Discharge Data Matching Method for GIS Case-Based Reasoning
Authors: Dai Jiejie , Teng Yingbing , Zhang Zhaoqi , Yu Zhongmin , Sheng Gehao , Jiang Xiuchen
Published: September 2019

With the accumulation of partial discharge (PD) detection data from substation, case-based reasoning (CBR), which computes the match degree between detected PD data and historical case data provides new ideas for the interpretation and evaluation of partial discharge data. Aiming at the problem of partial discharge data matching, this paper proposes a data matching method based on a variational autoencoder (VAE). A VAE network model for partial discharge data is constructed to extract the deep eigenvalues. Cosine distance is then used to calculate the match degree between different partial discharge data. To verify the advantages of the proposed method, a partial discharge dataset was established through a partial discharge experiment and live detections on substation site. The proposed method was compared with other feature extraction methods and matching methods including statistical features, deep belief networks (DBN), deep convolutional neural networks (CNN), Euclidean distances, and correlation coefficients. The experimental results show that the cosine distance match degree based on the VAE feature vector can effectively detect similar partial discharge data compared with other data matching methods.
A Novel Hybrid Prognostic Approach for Remaining Useful Life Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Authors: Sun Tianfei , Xia Bizhong , Liu Yifan , Lai Yongzhi , Zheng Weiwei , Wang Huawen , Wang Wei , Wang Mingwang
Published: September 2019

The prognosis of lithium-ion batteries for their remaining useful life is an essential technology in prognostics and health management (PHM). In this paper, we propose a novel hybrid prediction method based on particle filter (PF) and extreme learning machine (ELM). First, we use ELM to simulate the battery capacity degradation trend. Second, PF is applied to update the random parameters of the ELM in real-time. An extreme learning machine prognosis model, based on particle filter (PFELM), is established. In order to verify the validity of this method, our proposed approach is compared with the standard ELM, the multi-layer perceptron prediction model, based on PF (PFMLP), as well as the neural network prediction model, based on bat-particle filter (BATPFNN), using the batteries testing datasets of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center. The results show that our proposed approach has better ability to simulate battery capacity degradation trends, better robustness, and higher Remaining Useful Life (RUL) prognosis accuracy than the standard ELM, the PFMLP, and the BATPFNN under the same conditions.
Mechanism of Saline Deposition and Surface Flashover on High-Voltage Insulators near Shoreline: Mathematical Models and Experimental Validations
Authors: Hussain Muhammad Majid , Chaudhary Muhammad Akmal , Razaq Abdul
Published: September 2019

This paper deals with sea salt transportation and deposition mechanisms and discusses the serious issue of degradation of outdoor insulators resulting from various environmental stresses and severe saline contaminant accumulation near the shoreline. The deterioration rate of outdoor insulators near the shoreline depends on the concentration of saline in the atmosphere, the influence of wind speed on the production of saline water droplets, moisture diffusion and saline penetration on the insulator surface. This paper consists of three parts: first a model of saline transportation and deposition, as well as saline penetration and moisture diffusion on outdoor insulators, is presented; second, dry-band initiation and formation modelling and characterization under various types of contamination distribution are proposed; finally, modelling of dry-band arcing validated by experimental investigation was carried out. The tests were performed on a rectangular surface of silicone rubber specimens (12 cm × 4 cm × 8 cm). The visualization of the dry-band formation and arcing was performed by an infrared camera. The experimental results show that the surface strength and arc length mainly depend upon the leakage distance and contamination distribution. Therefore, the model can be used to investigate insulator flashover near coastal areas and for mitigating saline flashover incidents.
Permeability Evolution at Various Pressure Gradients in Natural Gas Hydrate Reservoir at the Shenhu Area in the South China Sea
Authors: Lu Cheng , Xia Yuxuan , Sun Xiaoxiao , Bian Hang , Qiu Haijun , Lu Hongfeng , Luo Wanjing , Cai Jianchao
Published: September 2019

The sediment of the hydrate reservoir in the Shenhu Area is mainly clayey silt. Its characteristic small particles and poor cementation challenge the quantification of the reservoir permeability during gas production. An accurate description of the seepage mechanism of the clayey-silt reservoir is the basis, and also a difficulty, of effective development of gas in the South China Sea. In this study, four sets of water seepage experiments under different pressure gradients are carried out using the clayey-silt reservoir sediments, in which the fourth sample was subjected to computed tomographic (CT) scans. The experimental results shows that the clayey-silt reservoir has a compression of the pore structure and decreasing permeability with the increasing pressure gradient. CT images are used to show the reduction of pore spaces for fluid flow. When the pressure gradient is less than 3 MPa per meter, the pore structure of the reservoir has minor changes. When the pressure gradient is greater than this value, the pore structure of the reservoir will be quickly compressed. This leads to a rapid decrease in permeability, and the process of permeability reduction is irreversible. The decrease of permeability can be predicted directly by establishing a power law model with the change of porosity. Our experimental results preliminarily reveal the dynamic evolution law of pore structure and permeability of clayey-silt reservoir in the process of gas hydrate exploitation via depressurization. The permeability evolution law at various pressure gradients provides a scientific and reasonable basis of a productivity control system for clayey-silt gas hydrate in depressurized gas production.
Impact of Structural Changes on Energy Efficiency of Finnish Pulp and Paper Industry
Authors: Kähkönen Satu , Vakkilainen Esa , Laukkanen Timo
Published: September 2019

A key challenge in prevention of global warming is how to increase energy efficiency, to be able to deal with increased fossil CO2 emissions from rising energy usage. Increasing energy efficiency will decrease energy usage and is in a key role in emission mitigation. The focus is the pulp and paper industry, which is energy-intensive. Development of industrial energy efficiency has been studied before but the role of industrial transformation is still mostly unknown. The knowledge must be improved, to be able to predict future developments in the most effective way. In this research, impact of various production unit closures and start-ups on energy efficiency of the Finnish pulp and paper industry were studied utilizing statistical analysis. Results indicate that about 20% of the Finnish pulp and paper industry energy efficiency improvement between 2011 and 2017 is caused by the major structural changes. The rest, 80% of the progress, was mainly due to improved technology and more optimal operational modes. Additional findings suggest that modern mill start-ups have a significantly greater potential to reduce energy consumption than old mill closures.
Aerodynamic Performance and Wind-Induced Responses of Large Wind Turbine Systems with Meso-Scale Typhoon Effects
Authors: Ke Shitang , Xu Lu , Wang Tongguang
Published: September 2019

The theoretical system of existing civil engineering typhoon models is too simplified and the simulation accuracy is very low. Therefore, in this work a meso-scale weather forecast model (WRF) based on the non-static Euler equation model was introduced to simulate typhoon “Nuri” with high spatial and temporal resolution, focusing on the comparison of wind direction and wind intensity characteristics before, during and after the landing of the typhoon. Moreover, the effectiveness of the meso-scale typhoon “Nuri” simulation was verified by a comparison between the track of the typhoon center based on minimum sea level pressure and the measured track. In this paper, the aerodynamic performance of large wind turbines under typhoon loads is studied using WRF and CFD nesting technology. A 5 MW wind turbine located in a wind power plant on the southeast coast of China has been chosen as the research object. The average and fluctuating wind pressure distributions as well as airflow around the tower body and eddy distribution on blade and tower surface were compared. A dynamic and time-historical analysis of wind-induced responses under different stop positions was implemented by considering the finite element complete transient method. The influence of the stop position on the wind-induced responses and wind fluttering factor of the system were analyzed. Finally, under a typhoon process, the most unfavorable stop position of the large wind turbine was concluded. The results demonstrated that the internal force and wind fluttering factor of the tower body increased significantly under the typhoon effect. The wind-induced response of the blade closest to the tower body was affected mostly. The wind fluttering factor of this blade was increased by 35%. It was concluded from the analysis that the large wind turbine was stopped during the typhoon. The most unfavorable stop position was at the complete overlapping of the lower blade and the tower body (Condition 1). The safety redundancy reached the maximum when the upper blade overlapped with the tower body completely (Condition 5). Therefore, it is suggested that during typhoons the blade of the wind turbine be rotated to Condition 5.
A Numerical Study of Axisymmetric Wave Propagation in Buried Fluid-Filled Pipes for Optimizing the Vibro-Acoustic Technique When Locating Gas Pipelines
Authors: Liu Ying , Habibi Daryoush , Chai Douglas , Wang Xiuming , Chen Hao
Published: September 2019

Buried pipeline systems play a vital role in energy storage and transportation, especially for fluid energies like water and gas. The ability to locate buried pipes is of great importance since it is fundamental for leakage detection, pipeline maintenance, and pipeline repair. The vibro-acoustic locating method, as one of the most effective detection technologies, has been studied by many researchers. However, previous studies have mainly focused on vibro-acoustic propagation in buried water pipes. Limited research has been conducted on buried gas pipes. In this paper, the behavior of gas-dominated wave motion will be investigated and compared against water-dominated wave motion by adapting an established analytical model of axisymmetric wave motion in buried fluid-filled pipes. Furthermore, displacement profiles in spatial domain resulting from gas-dominated wave in buried gas pipeline systems will be analyzed, and the effects of pipe material, soil property, as well as mode wave type will be discussed in detail. An effective radiation coefficient (ERC) is proposed to measure the effective radiation ability of gas-dominated wave and water-dominated wave. It is observed that the gas-dominated wave in gas pipes cannot radiate into surrounded soil as effectively as water-dominated wave in water pipes because of the weak coupling between gas and pipe-soil. In this case, gas-dominated wave may not be the best choice as the target wave for locating buried gas pipes. Therefore, the soil displacements result from the shell-dominated wave are also investigated and compared with those from gas-dominated wave. The results show that for buried gas pipes, the soil displacements due to radiation of shell-dominated wave are stronger than gas-dominated wave, which differs from buried water pipe. Hence, an effectively exciting shell-dominated wave is beneficial for generating stronger vibration signals and obtaining the location information. The findings of this study provide theoretical insight for optimizing the current vibro-acoustic method when locating buried gas pipes.