bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Kepuasan Pengguna Layanan pada Unit Pelayanan Disdukcapil Kota Bogor
Authors: Afif Nurullah Sururi , Munandar Jono M , Sarma Ma'mun
Published: May 2018

Berdasarkan data BPS Kota Bogor tahun 2014, Kota Bogor mempunyai populasi yang terus meningkat dari tahun ke tahun. Salah satu administrasi kependudukan yang banyak dibutuhkan adalah KTP, hal ini merupakan bagian yang penting dimiliki serta merupakan kewajiban bagi setiap masyarakatusia tertentu untuk memilikinya. Pelayanan yang diberikan diharapkan dapat memenuhi kebutuhan pengguna layanan sehingga dapat meningkatkan kepuasan pengguna layanan. Pengambilan sample dalam penelitian ini adalah sebanyak 100 responden. Pengolahan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) dengan Partial least Square. Pengguna layanan didominasi oleh remaja antara usia 17 -20 tahun yaitu sebesar 50%. Hasil analisis menunjukan bahwa physical environment quality, harga (price) berpengaruh terhadap kepuasan pengguna layanan, sedangkan interaction Quality, Outcome Quality tidak berpengaruh terhadap kepuasan penggunalayanan.
Pengaruh Kohesivitas dan Kepuasan Kerja terhadap Organizational Citizenship Behavior di PT Agricon
Authors: Larasati Resa Dwi , Pandjaitan Nurmala K , Hermawan Aji
Published: May 2018

PT Agricon is an agrochemicals organization. Hence, as an organization, it needs to have a high quality resources in order to produce a good performance. One of the signs of high quality resources is if the human resources of the organization has extra-role behavior. The extra-role expected by the organization is Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB). This study aims to determine the effect of cohesiveness and job satisfaction of PT Agricon’s employees to OCB. This study used convenience sampling as sample selection technique and questionnaires is distributed to 120 respondents. Structural Equation Model (SEM) analysis is used to analyze effect of cohesiveness and job satisfaction on OCB. The results show that the cohesiveness obtained by PT Agricon comes from the ATGS (Attraction to The Group Task) dimension, job satisfaction comes from the satisfaction dimension of the work itself and the OCB is comes from the civic virtue dimension. Meanwhile, the results of the analysis shows that cohesiveness and job satisfaction give positive effect on OCB at PT Agricon.
Synthesis of new Imidazole Derivatives as effective Antimicrobial Agents
Authors: Verma Bipin Kumar , Kapoor Sunil , Kumar Umesh , Pandey Savita , Arya Priti
Published: May 2018

In the present work, some new imidazole derivatives (3i-xii) were synthesized as per design synthetic protocol scheme. The structures of newly prepared compounds were confirmed by modern analytical technique (IR, 1H-NMR, Mass spectral data) and elemental analysis, results found in full agreement with their assigned structures. All the synthetic compounds were screened for their antimicrobial activity against bacterial strains viz. Escherichia coli (E. coli, MTCC 2961), Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus, MTCC 3160), Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis, MTCC 121), Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae, MTCC 3040) and Micrococcus luteus (M. luteus, MTCC 7527)) and fungal strains viz. Candida albicans (C. albicans, MTCC 227), Aspergillus niger (A. niger, MTCC 277) and Aspergillus flavus (A. flavus, MTCC 418) ; results showed good to remarkable activity. The MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) values were determined by comparison to ciprofloxacin (anti-bacterial) and fluconazole (anti-fungal) as standard drug. Among them, compound 3iv and 3x exhibited notable antimicrobial activity. These compounds may be used as new template for the searching of potential antimicrobial agents.
Bio Nanotechnological Intervention: A Sustainable Alternative to Treat Dye Bearing Waste Waters
Authors: Sharma Neha , Bhatnagar Pradeep , Chatterjee Sreemoyee , John P. J. , Soni Inder Pal
Published: May 2018

Waste water treatment issues have been a growing problems these days. It has become stringently important to treat waste water prior its release into adjoining surface water bodies. In recent past, bio nanotechnological solutions have proved to be of paramount importance in circumventing the issues associated with dye bearing waste waters. Nanoparticles have a great potential to be used in waste water treatment. Its unique characteristic of having high surface area can be used efficiently for removing toxic metal ions, disease causing microbes, organic and inorganic solutes from water. Various classes of nanomaterials have been efficiently utilized for above cited facts including treatment of dye bearing waste water released from textile industries like metal-containing nanoparticles, carbonaceous nanomaterials, zeolites and dendrimers. The paper presents a comprehensive review of recent advances on different nanomaterial based mitigation strategies. Special emphasis has been given to green synthesis of nanoparticles aimed to address problems associated with textile effluents through nano bioremediation.
Emulgel: Magnifying the application of topical drug delivery
Authors: Sah Shailendra Kumar , Badola Ashutosh , Nayak Bipin Kumar
Published: May 2018

Topical drug delivery is mostly culled for the local dermatological action, but recently the new technologies are also enhancing its systemic effect. They are generally applied for the purpose as antiseptics, antifungal agents, skin emollients, and protectants. The activity of topical preparation confide in the various factors as drug solubility, its lipophilicity, contact time to skin, its permeability. Many widely used topical agents like ointments, creams, lotions, gel are associated with disadvantages like stability problems, stickiness and lesser spreading coefficient, irritation, allergic reactions, poor permeability, poor absorption and difficulty in absorption of large molecule, to rectify this the new concept of Emulgel has been introduced with the main objective to deliver hydrophobic drug molecule. Emulgel is oil in water or water in oil emulsion carrying drug to be incorporated in gel base to obtain gellified emulsion. Emulgel shows the controlled and better release effect of drug by virtue of combined effect of gel and emulsion with increased stability. Gel having various advantages as non greasy and favors good patient compliance in field of cosmetology and dermatology but are still limited to the deliver hydrophobic drugs. So the Emulgel comes to favour the hydrophobic drugs to give the advantages of gel. Emulgels have several advantages in the field of dermatology such as being thixotropic, greaseless, easily spreadable, easily removable, emollient, nonstaining, long shelf life, bio-friendly, transparent and pleasing appearance. Factors such as gelling agent, oil agent, emulsifiers influence the stability and efficacy of emulgel. So emulgels can be the better semisolid preparation than other conventional systems. At present the emulgel are being used for the delivery of analgesics, anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, anti-acne drugs and various cosmetic formulations with still wide range to explore.
Aplikasi Augmented Reality Pengenalan Rumah Adat dan Benda Bersejarah Aceh
Authors: Mursyidah Mursyidah , Ramadhona Ramadhona
Published: May 2018

Abstrak— Rumah adat merupakan salah satu kebudayaan yang paling tinggi nilai seninya. Kurangnya pengetahuan tentang rumah adat serta peralatan tradisional Aceh dikalangan masyarakat umum, menjadikan nilai budaya Aceh semakin berkurang. Upaya untuk meningkatkan minat masyarakat untuk melestarikan budaya terus dilakukan. Salah satunya dengan menjadikan teknologi Augmented Reality sebagai media untuk memvisualisasikan rumah adat dan benda-benda tradisional aceh dalam bentuk animasi 3D. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah marker base tracking . Perangkat lunak yang digunakan dalam perancangan aplikasi ini yaitu Vuforia, blender 3D dan unity. Pada aplikasi ini user dapat melihat 1 animasi rumah adat Aceh dan 9 objek 3D benda tradisional Aceh. Dapat disimpulkan teknologi augmented reality memang dapat diterapkan pada perangkat Android, dengan hasil pengujian jarak terbaik kamera membaca marker yaitu 20 cm s/d 60 cm dengan sudut terbaik yaitu 0o s/d 40o.Kata kunci— augmented reality, marker, vuforia, rumah adat acehAbstract— Traditional house is one of the most high culture of art value. Lack of knowledge about traditional houses and traditional Acehnese objects among the general public, making the cultural values of Aceh diminishing. Efforts to improve realization of achenesse people to preserving culture of aceh, one of its by making Augmented Reality technology as a medium to visualize traditional house and traditional Acehnese objects to be 3D animation. The method used in this research is marker base tracking. The software that used in reasearch is Vuforia, blender 3D and unity. In this application, user will find an animation of trditional house of Aceh and 9 object 3D traditional object of Aceh. Conclusions from the study is augmented reality technology can be applied to Android devices, with the best distance test results of camera reading the marker is 20 cm to 60 cm and 0o to 40o for the best angle.Keywords— augmented reality, marker, vuforia, traditional house of aceh,
Unrest at the Nevados de Chillán volcanic complex: a failed or yet to unfold magmatic eruption?
Authors: Moussallam Yves , Bani Philipson , Schipper C. Ian , Cardona Carlos , Franco Luis , Barnie Talfan , Amigo Álvaro , Curtis Aaron , Peters Nial , Aiuppa Alessandro , Giudice Gaetano , Oppenheimer Clive
Published: May 2018

Resuming erupting activity at volcanoes that have been long quiescent poses a significant challenge to hazard assessment, as it require assessment of whether the change in activity is an isolated event or the beginning of a new eruptive sequence. Such inception is often poorly characterised as quiescent volcanoes tend to be poorly equipped and not extensively monitored, especially with respect to gas geochemistry. Here, we report gas composition and flux measurements from a newly opened vent at the very onset of eruptive activity at the Nevados de Chillán volcanic complex (Chile) in January-February 2016. The molar proportions of H2O, CO2, SO2, H2S and H2 gases are found to be 98.4, 0.97, 0.11, 0.01 and 0.5 mol% respectively. The mean SO2 flux recorded in early February 2016 during periods of eruptive discharge amounts to 0.4-0.6 kg s-1. Our results indicate that the new vent opening was propelled by magmatic gases, triggering repeated eruptions. Ash particles ejected by the first blast of 8 January are dominated by lithic fragments of dacitic composition. By contrast the ash ejected in a subsequent eruption contains both lithic fragments of dense dacite, and a fresher, sparsely vesicular material of basaltic andesite composition. By October 2017 the ejected ash is back to being dominated by the dense dacitic lithic material. Together with the seismic and deformation record, these observations point to the explosive activity resulting from a small intrusion of basaltic to andesitic magma at shallow level. The fate of this magma, whether stalling or eventually triggering a magmatic eruption, remains to be seen, but current observations suggest the former is most likely.
FELDSTEİN- HORİOKA HİPOTEZİNİN YÜKSELEN EKONOMİLERDE SINANMASI: PANEL VERİ ANALİZ
Authors: Ay Ahmet , Özmen İbrahim
Published: May 2018

ÖZBu çalışmada, yurtiçi tasarruf oranları ile yurtiçi yatırım oranları arasındaki ilişki 1970-2015 dönemi yükselen ülkelerden oluşan 12 ülkelik bir panel veri seti ile yeniden ele alınmıştır. Bu amaçla kısa ve uzun dönem katsayılarını tahmin etmek için panel birim kök, FMOLS, DOLS, CCR ve panel nedensellik veri tahmin yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Basit regresyon modelinin sonucuna göre tasarruf tutum katsayının değerinin panel genelinde sıfıra yakın olduğu ancak her bir ülke için oldukça faklı sonuçlar içerdiği ortaya konulmuştur. Tahmin sonuçlarına göre tasarruf ile yatırımlar arasında istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı kısa ve uzun dönem ilişkisi tespit edilmiştir. Ek olarak FMOLS, DOLS ve CCR yöntemleri ile elde edilen sonuçlar birbirleri ile tutarlı olup söz konusu dönemde Türkiye için tam bir sermaye hareketliliğinden bahsedilmesi mümkün gözükmemektedirAnahtar
Kelimeler: Feldstein- Horioka Hipotezi, Yatırım, Tasarruf, Panel Veri.Jel Kodları:
HAVACILIK ÇALIŞANLARININ YAŞAM DOYUMUNUN DEMOGRAFİK DEĞİŞKENLER AÇISINDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
Authors: KANBUR Engin , EROL Alper
Published: May 2018

ABSTRACT

Aviation sector is constantly evolving and changing with the effects of technology and globalization. This evolution and change brings with it many positive and negative events which can affect life satisfaction of employees. It is thought that some negative situations such as increased workload, complex business processes that new technologies can bring, flight intensity, fatigue, stress, burnout can affect life satisfaction of employees. Life satisfaction is defined both as positive or negative situations which an individual has encountered in work life and as positive and negative situations which he has encountered in social life external to work life, and it affects life pleasure of individual as a whole. The life satisfaction, which is also defined as the situation attained with comparison of expects of the individual and what he/she already has, is the sum of the positive or negative events lived by the individual during his/her work and social life. The aim of the study is to examine the aviation employees' life satisfaction due to their demographic characteristics. Data of the research were collected by questionnaire from 263 employees of a company in aviation sector. First part of the questionnaire contains demographic questions and second part of the questionnaire contains questions related with life satisfaction of employees. The reliability of life satisfaction scale used in the study was determined as 86,3%. How aviation employees’ life satisfaction differ due to their demographic characteristics is examined by using variance and t-test analysis. According to research findings; life satisfaction of aviation employees was found significantly different due to their education, age and total seniority but there wasn't seen any differences due to their marital status and hobbies

Keywords: Life Satisfaction, Aviation, Human Factors, Demographic Characteristics

JEL Codes: M10, M19
TÜRK BANKACILIK SEKTÖRÜNDE ETKİNLİK VE VERİMLİLİK ANALİZİNİN VERİ ZARFLAMA YÖNTEMİ İLE İNCELENMESİ: 2013- 2015 DÖNEMİ UYGULAMASI
Authors: Özel Nazlı Gamze , Şahin İbrahim Erem , Göral Ramazan
Published: May 2018

ÖZBu çalışmanın amacı, Türk Bankacılık sektöründe faaliyet gösteren ticari bankaların Veri Zarflama Analizi ve Malmquist Toplam Faktör Verimliliği Endeksi yardımıyla etkinlik ve verimlilik analizinin yapılmasıdır. Bu amaçla Türk bankacılık sektöründe 2013-2015 yılları arasında aralıksız faaliyet gösteren 16 adet ticari bankanın etkinlikleri VZA ile ölçülerek, Malmquist Verimlilik Endeksi yardımıyla yıllar bazında etkinliklerinde bir gelişme olup olmadığı incelenmiştir. Çalışmada, girdi odaklı CCR modeli uygulanarak, ölçeğe göre sabit getiri varsayımı altında karar verme birimlerinin toplam etkinlik değerleri hesaplanmıştır. Bu doğrultuda üç adet girdi ve iki adet çıktı değişkeni seçilmiştir. Etkinliğin ölçümünde girdi değişkenleri olarak, toplam mevduat/toplam aktifler(%), faiz giderleri/toplam aktifler(%), diğer faaliyet giderleri/toplam aktifler(%) kullanılmıştır. Çıktı değişkenleri olarak ise, toplam krediler ve alacaklar/toplam aktifler(%), faiz gelirleri/toplam aktifler(%) kullanılmıştır. Analiz DEAP 2.1. (Data Envelopment Analysis Program) paket programı kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Aracılık yaklaşımı benimsenerek oluşturulan girdi ve çıktı bileşenlerine dair yapılan analiz sonuçlarına göre; 2013 yılında teknik olarak etkin olan ticari banka sayısının dokuz tane olduğu görülürken, 2014 yılında teknik olarak etkin ticari banka sayısı dokuz olup, bu sayı 2015 yılında ona çıkmıştır. Ortalama etkinlik derecelerine bakıldığında 2013 yılında %93.5, 2014 yılında %93.3 ve 2015 yılında ise %96 olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Bu sonuçlara göre 2013-2015 yıllarını kapsayan dönemde çalışmaya dahil edilen ticari bankaların etkinlik düzeyleri yüksek çıkarken son yılda bir artış sağlanmıştır. Ayrıca toplam verimlilikleri açısından yıllara göre bir gelişme gözlenmiştir.    Anahtar
Kelimeler: Veri Zarflama Analizi, Türk Bankacılık Sektörü, Malmquist Toplam Faktör Verimliliği Endeksi    Jel Kodları: D24, G21
ÖRGÜT KÜLTÜRÜ TİPLERİNİN KARİYER TATMİNİNE ETKİSİNDE LİDER-ÜYE ETKİLEŞİMİNİN ARACILIK ETKİSİ TEKSTİL İŞLETMELERİNDE BİR UYGULAMA
Authors: Gün Gül
Published: May 2018

ÖZETÖrgütlerin
güçlü kalıcı bir örgüt kültürü yaratarak müşteri memnuniyeti ve ürün hizmet
kalitesini yüksek tutmaya çalıştığı günümüzün rekabetçi ortamında örgütler
sundukları destekler ve imkânlarla çalışanlarını bünyelerinde tutmaya devam
edebilmektedirler. Tekstil sektörü işletmelerinin başarısında insan kaynağının
rolünün ve öneminin her geçen gün daha fazla artmasıyla birlikte ön plana çıkan
konulardan birisi de kariyer tatminidir. Kariyer tatmini bireysel olarak kişilerin
kariyer hedef ve beklentilerindeki başarı ile buluşmalarını içerir. Burada
kişilere sunulan ya da verilen kaynaklar ve özellikle maddi anlamda desteklerin
önemi büyüktür. Kariyer tatminine ilişkin
araştırmalarda, kariyer tatmininin artan önemine ve kariyer tatminini etkileyen
çok sayıda faktöre vurgu yapılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada da, kariyer tatminini
doğrudan etkileyen örgüt kültür tipleri ile bu etkide lider-üye etkileşiminin
aracılık rolü incelenmiştir. Bu amaçla, Bitlis ilinde faaliyet gösteren tekstil
işletmelerinin 392 çalışanından anket tekniği ile veri toplanmıştır. Hiyerarşik
regresyon analizi sonucu, örgüt kültürü tiplerinin, hem kariyer tatmini (KM)
hem de lider-üye etkileşimi (LÜE) üzerinde doğrudan etkisi olduğu tespit
edilmiştir. Ayrıca, lider-üye etkileşiminin kariyer tatmini üzerinde aracılık
etkisi olduğu belirlenmiştir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Örgüt Kültür Tipleri, Kariyer Tatmini, Lider-üye Etkileşimi,
Tekstil İşletmeleri, BitlisJel Kodları: M 10   

[1] Munzur Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler
Fakültesi, Yönetim ve Organizasyon Bölümü ,Yrd.Doç.Dr, , e-mail:gulgun@munzur.edu.tr
Produção endodôntica no atendimento público odontológico do Centro-Oeste do Brasil
Authors: Pereira Thiago Machado , Borges Alvaro Henrique , Costa Laura Maria de Amorim Santana , Oliveira Durvalino , Volpato Luiz Evaristo Ricci
Published: May 2018

Pouco se sabe sobre o atendimento público odontológico no Centro-Oeste do Brasil, ainda menos sobre sua produção endodôntica. Esta produção é realizada principalmente nos Centros de Especialidades Odontológicas (CEO), referência pública para tratamento endodôntico, acessível na base de dados DATASUS. Foi objetivo deste estudo explorar a produção endodôntica nas capitais dos estados da Região Centro-Oeste e do Distrito Federal do Brasil. Este estudo retrospectivo transversal analisou a produção endodôntica destes municípios de janeiro de 2011 a dezembro de 2016. Os dados foram obtidos consultando as bases do Ministério da Saúde (DATASUS) e do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Os valores foram comparados por análise de variância e os testes de Kolmogorov-Smirnov e Levene seguidos pelo teste post hoc de Tukey. O nível de significância foi definido em p<0,05. Dentre as cidades analisadas, Campo Grande teve a maior produção endodôntica por habitante, seguida de Cuiabá e Goiânia com produções similares, e Brasília. Os dentes com três ou mais canais radiculares apresentaram maior incidência de tratamento endodôntico comparados a dentes com um ou dois canais radiculares. A produção endodôntica dos CEO das capitais dos estados da Região Centro-Oeste e do Distrito Federal do Brasil foi proporcionalmente maior em Campo Grande e menor em Brasília. O tratamento endodôntico foi realizado preferencialmente nos dentes com três ou mais canais radiculares. As instituições de ensino devem estar atentas às mudanças para que seus egressos sejam formados em consonância com o perfil epidemiológico da população bem como com as políticas públicas de saúde.
Strategi Coping: Teori Dan Sumberdayanya
Authors: Maryam Siti
Published: May 2018

Coping behavior is defined as individuals’ transactions to cope with the various demands (internal and external). Coping strategies aim to address the situation and demands which pressing, challenging, taxing and exceed the resources (resources). Coping resources affects the coping strategies that will be done in addressing the issue. The aim of this article was to explore further coping stategies mentioned by several scholars, including Stuart and Sundeen (1991), Lazarus and Folkman (1984), as well as Friedman (1998).  Method used was literature review. Result found that coping strategies have two basic forms, namely problem focused form of coping mechanism/direct action and emotion focused of coping/palliative form
Hubungan Persepsi Dengan Motivasi Siswa Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Dalam Konseling Perorangan
Authors: Diastuti Diastuti , Rangka Itsar Bolo , Prasetyaningtyas Wahyu Eka , Renata Dian
Published: May 2018

This study aimed to perform relationship between students perceptions on counselling practice with motivational student’s in to individual counselling process. Data collection was conducted against 288 students in Al Hidayah 1 Vocational School - Jakarta. Data analysis used the correlation coefficient test Gamma and Somers'D. The research findings showed coefficient Gamma and Somers'D test reached 0496 with Zhitung > Ztable or 6,523 > 1.96. It means there is a significant relationship and positive direction between the perceptions of students towards counselling and motivation of students followed individual counselling service
STRATEGI LAYANAN BIMBINGAN DAN KONSELING DALAM PENGEMBANGAN NILAI KARAKTER RELIGIUS
Authors: Safitri Nindiya Eka , Novirizka Hasan Sitti Ummi
Published: May 2018

This article aims to describe the strategy of guidance and counseling services to development of the value of religious character. Character of religious desperately needed by the students to face the moral degradation, in order to they were able to have and behave with good and bad measure based on the provisions and statutes religion. The role of guidance and counseling as well as a service psychoeducative integral part of character education in schools is needed in the development of religious character. Strategy of  guidance and counseling services that can be provided is a basic service such as the assessment of service needs, guidance classical, group counseling, and the use of innovative media; responsive service in the form of group counseling and individual counseling, as well as system support services in the form of collaboration between teacher guidance and counseling with religious teachers, religious leaders and parents, as well as the lack of research on the religious character by the teacher guidance and counseling. Religious character development do not all involve students but also pay attention to the surrounding environment and communities.
ВЗАЄМОЗВ’ЯЗОК ДЕСТРУКТИВНИХ ПСИХІЧНИХ СТАНІВ ПРАЦІВНИКІВ УСТАНОВ ВИКОНАННЯ ПОКАРАНЬ З ПРОФЕСІЙНИМ ВИГОРАННЯМ ТА ПРОФЕСІЙНОЮ ДЕФОРМАЦІЄЮ
Authors: Chychuha Maryna
Published: May 2018

У статті проаналізовано взаємозв’язки деструктивних психічних станів працівників соціально-психологічної служби установ виконання покарань з компонентами професійного вигорання та професійною деформацією.

Зазначено, що за результатами емпіричного дослідження у працівників СПС УВП виявлено ситуативну та особистісну тривожність, напругу, страх, середній рівень професійного вигорання. Досліджено початковий рівень професійної деформації в осіб, які працюють в УВП менше 5 років та середній ступінь в працівників зі стажем служби в УВП більше 5 років.

Виявлено кореляційні зв’язки ситуативної та особистісної тривожності, а також напруги з професійним вигоранням працівників соціально-психологічної служби установ виконання покарань, які свідчать, що при підвищенні тривожності та напруги підвищується рівень професійного вигорання. Встановлено прямі кореляційні зв’язки між ситуативною тривожністю та професійною деформацією у респондентів, які працюють в УВП більше 3 років. Зазначено, що при підвищенні стану тривоги в респондентів підвищується рівень професійної деформації.
ЕКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНЕ ВИВЧЕННЯ ЕКЗИСТЕНЦІЙНИХ ДАНОСТЕЙ БУТТЯ ОСОБИСТОСТІ
Authors: Panfilov Dmitriy
Published: May 2018

У статті представлені результати експериментального дослідження екзистенційних даностей буття особистості. Отримані дані дали змогу визначити три фактори, що характеризують екзистенційну ситуацію особистості. Фактор «усвідомлення самості» є змістовою характеристикою, яка розкриває особистісні, сутнісні особливості, що визначають прийняття себе особистістю. «Життєва самоперетворювальність» − цей фактор визначає результативні та регулятивні якості особистості: «мету в житті», «загальний показник осмисленості життя», «процес життя», «результативність життя», «локус контролю-я», «локус контролю-життя». «Самоактивація життєстійкості» − розкриває такі сутнісні якості особистості: життєстійкість, контроль, залучення, прийняття ризику, тривога. Наведені фактори в цілому визначають екзистенційну ситуацію особистості і дають змогу розробити ефективну стратегію практичної роботи з клієнтом. Створення моделі конструктивного, осмисленого життя людини – багатомірний процес.
Participatory F1 hybrid seed production of tomato and its economic benefit
Authors: KC Ram B , Singh Deepa , Lalchan Chakra P , Joshi Bal K
Published: May 2018

Quality seeds play significant role in the agriculture production. This study was aimed to produce quality F1 seed of tomato by involving farmers at reasonable price and increase the availability of F1 hybrid ‘Srijana’ in commercial tomato growing areas of Nepal. The activities were carried out during three consecutive years from September 2009 to August 2012 in three sites i.e. Dhikurpokhari and Armala of Kaski district, and Mattikhan of Syangja district. Altogether 12 plastic houses were constructed for F1 seed production. Twelve female farmers and technicians from Agricultural Research Station (ARS), Malepatan; District Agricultural Development Offices from Kaski and Syangja districts and I/NGO personnel and seed entrepreneurs participated in different seed production activities. Parental lines of Srijana tomato hybrid were maintained in ARS, Malepatan. Training was provided to farmers on F1 hybrid seed production focusing on emasculation and pollination of tomato crop and crop protection. Farmers produced a total of 11.4 kg F1 seeds and able to get NRs 10,01,730 by selling their produce. The gross profit margin from production of F1 seed comprises 350 times more in comparison to maize seed production. The economic analysis showed that the net profit per kilogram of tomato F1 seed is 92%. F1 seed production has been carried out even by rural women farmers after getting good schooling of knowledge and skill through training. It indicates that F1 hybrid technology should be extended to other crops so that more farmers could get benefit from producing F1 hybrid seeds as well as by growing F1 hybrid crops.
Rice seed production and marketing practices in Nepal
Authors: Gautam Devendra , Magar Dinesh Babu Thapa , Gautam Sudeep
Published: May 2018

Production and marketing of rice seed involves diverse activities and actors in seed value chain. This study aims to investigate practices and pattern of rice seed production and marketing in Nepal employing survey of 270 seed producers and 240 seed dealers and retailers covering most of the Terai and market accessible hills. The finding showed that seed business activities are concentrated on later generation seeds produced by diverse actors but marketed mainly through seed dealers and retailers. The most popular varieties with highest seed sales are Radha-4, Sabitri and US 312 (hybrid) respectively. Seed dealers selling hybrids receive higher benefits due to their higher market margins. The major constraints faced by seed actors are low profit margins in seed marketing of domestic varieties as compared to exotic hybrids. Improving rice seed business requires strengthening seed production and marketing of domestically developed varieties through entrepreneurship development, networking and policy support.
A Comprehensive Review and meta-analysis on Applications of Machine Learning Techniques in Intrusion Detection
Authors: Chattopadhyay Manojit , Sen Rinku , Gupta Sumeet
Published: May 2018

Securing a machine from various cyber-attacks has been of serious concern for researchers, statutory bodies such as governments, business organizations and users in both wired and wireless media. However, during the last decade, the amount of data handling by any device, particularly servers, has increased exponentially and hence the security of these devices has become a matter of utmost concern. This paper attempts to examine the challenges in the application of machine learning techniques to intrusion detection. We review different inherent issues in defining and applying the machine learning techniques to intrusion detection. We also attempt to identify the best technological solution for changing usage pattern by comparing different machine learning techniques on different datasets and summarizing their performance using various performance metrics. This paper highlights the research challenges and future trends of intrusion detection in dynamic scenarios of intrusion detection problems in diverse network technologies.
Study on the Performance Characteristics of Sequencing Batch Membrane Bioreactor for Distributed Treatment of Domestic Wastewater
Authors: Cheng Gong , Dwivedi Amarendra Dhar , Fu Jie
Published: May 2018

A large amount of domestic wastewater is produced in our daily life. To sustainably use the urban domestic wastewater in the residential area and develop the equipment for distributed domestic wastewater treatment, the present work carried out a pilot study on the treatment of domestic wastewater by sequencing batch membrane bioreactor (SBMBR). Under the conditions of 20 L/h·m2 of average water flux, and 2 h/3 h of anaerobic/aerobic period, the SBMBR process showed a good treatment effect with a good quality of effluent (<50 mg/L of chemical oxygen demand (COD), <5 mg/L of ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N), <15 mg/L of total nitrogen (TN), <2.6 NTU of turbidity, 96.9% of color removal and 99.9% of bacteria removal). The aeration quantity had a certain degree of impact on the removal of COD and the optimum aeration rate was 13.9 m3/m3·h considering both the effectiveness and cost. When the SBMBR was continuously operated for 40 days, the transmembrane pressure reached 50 kPa and the membrane needed to clean. The hydrochloric acid (pH ≈ 2) was a suitable cleaning agent and the membrane was almost completely restored after cleaning.
Seasonal variations of chemical properties of water of the Kaptai lake, Rangamati, Bangladesh
Authors: Rahman Mohammed Mukhlesur , Rahman M Mahfuzur , Huda Mohammed Kamrul
Published: May 2018

The chemical properties are the most important factors in the aquatic environment. The present study was carried out to analyze the chemical properties of the water of the Kaptai lake, Rangamati. The investigation was done from December, 2007 to November, 2008, during four seasons in two sites and three sub-sites. The main aim of the present research was to analyze the water quality of the Kaptai lake. Chemical properties of the water of this lake were determined by different standard methods. The chemical properties of water varied in different sites and seasons. The value of pH and dissolved oxygen (DO) was higher in undisturbed (UD) area than in less disturbed (LD) and disturbed (D) area (UD>LD>D). The nitrate (NO3) value was higher in disturbed area than undisturbed and less disturbed area (D>UD>LD). The phosphate (PO4) value was higher in less disturbed area than disturbed and undisturbed area (LD>D>UD). The electrical conductivity (EC), biological oxygen demand (BOD) chemical oxygen demand (COD) were higher in disturbed area than less disturbed and undisturbed area (D>LD>UD). The potassium (K) value was LD>UD>D. The pH value was higher in winter (W) than in late monsoon (LM), early monsoon (EM) and monsoon (M) (W>LM>EM>M). The NO3 -1 value was EM>M>LM>W>EM. The PO4 -2 value was LM>M>W>EM. The EC value was W>LM>M>EM. The biological oxygen demand (BOD) value was EM> W>LM>M. The DO value was higher in monsoon than late monsoon, early monsoon, and winter (M>LM>EM>W). The COD was EM>M>W>LM. The K value was EM>W>M>LM. The highest value of pH, K, NO3 and BOD were recorded in the Kaptai hydroelectricity project area (site –A) and the highest value of the DO, EC and COD were recorded in the Longudu area (site-B). This study is the first initiative to assess the detail chemical properties of water of the Kaptai lake.Jahangirnagar University J. Biol. Sci. 6(2): 11-17, 2017 (December)
Phytoremediation of industrial wastewater by culturing aquatic macrophytes, Trapa natans L. and Salvinia cucullata Roxb.
Authors: Alam AKM Rashidul , Hoque Sirajul
Published: May 2018

Treatment of industrial wastewater was conducted using Trapa natans L. and Salvinia cucullata Roxb. to determine phytoremediation ability through the evaluation of removal efficiencies of pollutants and nutrients. The experiment was designed in batch cultures for a period of 45 days and consisted of 3 sets of half-spherical earthen containers (0.5 meter diameter) with depth of 0.3 meter each and capacity of 40 liter wastewater. One set contained undiluted wastewater as control culture consisting of without macrophyte and other two sets of containers were employed for treated cultures with T. natans and S. cucullata. The removal efficiencies of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), chemical oxygen demand (COD), nitrate–N, ammonium–N and total phosphorus (TP) in cultures of T. natans and S. cucullata were 55.00%, 33.32%, 50.00%, 31.25% and 77.27%; and 43.02%, 31.04%, 20.00%, 5.26% and 81.25%, respectively. Phytoremediation ability of test species was assessed comparing the results of control culture with the cultures of treatment and the findings indicate significant reduction in BOD5, COD, nitrate–N and ammonium–N after growth of macrophytes for 45 days. Dissolved oxygen (DO) increased significantly in both plant cultures comparing with control culture. The pH in culture of T. natans increased from 7.21 to 8.17. BOD5, nitrate–N, ammonium–N and total nitrogen (TN) were reduced significantly in culture of T. natans comparing with culture of S. cucullata. Implication of the finding indicates that T. natans and S. cucullata can be utilized as efficient phytoremediators in treatment of industrial wastewater.Jahangirnagar University J. Biol. Sci. 6(2): 19-27, 2017 (December)
The Kingdom of Freedom in the Garden of God: Ferguson's Postulates of Moral Action
Authors: Lin Zisai , Heath Eugene
Published: May 2018

Similar to Immanuel Kant, Adam Ferguson links freedom of the will, the existence of God, and immortality to the possibility of moral conduct. We explore these three dimensions of Ferguson's thought across several of his works. Ferguson's account of these postulates of morality not only anticipates Kant but incorporates a religious sensibility that manifests an appeal to nature rather than scripture.
Reid Making Sense of Moral Sense
Authors: Broadie Alexander
Published: May 2018

Thomas Reid holds that external sense and moral sense have a great deal in common. This paper examines his arguments for his doctrine, placing them in the context of the philosophical discourse against which he was arguing, and it shall seek to show that his belief that the similarities between external sense and moral sense run deep and wide derives from his fundamental philosophical perspective.
1913–1916–1919
Authors: Lloyd David
Published: May 2018

This essay discusses the three poems that Yeats titled with dates, ‘September 1913’, ‘Easter 1916’, and ‘Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen’, in the context of ongoing centenary commemorations of the period of Irish decolonization. It does so by juxtaposing the historical function of dating and commemorating with the virtual possibility of encounters that never quite happened, establishing a trajectory through Yeats's poems that runs from James Connolly's not meeting Rosa Luxemburg to Paul Celan's commemoration of her murder in the 1919 Spartacist uprising in a poem from the late volume Schneepart. Drawing on Jacques Derrida's reading of Celan and the date, the essay uses this constellation of possibilities to reflect on the stakes of a commemoration that entertains possibility rather than closing off the past.
Evil as a Distortion of Communication: On Hegel’s account of Evil as Subjectivism
Authors: Sticker Martin
Published: May 2018

The early Hegel’s conception of evil draws on a very different paradigm than the current philosophical discourse on evil and therefore challenges received assumptions and can give us fresh impulses. In this paper, I first present Hegel’s conception of evil through a close reading of the Jenaer Realphilosophie’s, prima facie, obscure claim that evil is the ’internal actual, absolute certainty of itself, the pure night of being for itself‘. Hegel discusses evil because he worries how Romanticism and the romantic ideal of authenticity impact the possibility of communication. I then develop the idea that evil is a distortion of communication. I argue that this account of evil helps us to distinguish between evil and mere moral badness. Finally, I address two problems for this account, and discuss its limits.
A Feature-Weighted SVR Method Based on Kernel Space Feature
Authors: Xie Minghua , Wang Decheng , Xie Lili
Published: May 2018

Support Vector Regression (SVR), which converts the original low-dimensional problem to a high-dimensional kernel space linear problem by introducing kernel functions, has been successfully applied in system modeling. Regarding the classical SVR algorithm, the value of the features has been taken into account, while its contribution to the model output is omitted. Therefore, the construction of the kernel space may not be reasonable. In the paper, a Feature-Weighted SVR (FW-SVR) is presented. The range of the feature is matched with its contribution by properly assigning the weight of the input features in data pre-processing. FW-SVR optimizes the distribution of the sample points in the kernel space to make the minimizing of the structural risk more reasonable. Four synthetic datasets and seven real datasets are applied. A superior generalization ability is obtained by the proposed method.
The Supplier Selection of the Marine Rescue Equipment Based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)-Limited Diversity Factors Method
Authors: Shao Minghui , Song Yan , Wu Biao , Chang Yanjie
Published: May 2018

Supplier selection is an important decision-making link in bidding activity. When overall scores of several suppliers are similar, it is hard to obtain an accurate ranking of these suppliers. Applying the Diversity Factors Method (Diversity Factors Method, DFM) may lead to over correction of weights, which would degrade the capability of indexes to reflect the importance. A Limited Diversity Factors Method (Limited Diversity Factors Method, LDFM) based on entropy is presented in this paper in order to adjust the weights, in order to relieve the over correction in DFM and to improve the capability of identification of indexes in supplier selection. An example of salvage ship bidding demonstrates the advantages of the LDFM, in which the raking of overall scores of suppliers is more accurate.
Utility Distribution Strategy of the Task Agents in Coalition Skill Games
Authors: Fu Ming Lan , Wang Hao , Fang Bao Fu
Published: May 2018

This paper focuses on the rational distribution of task utilities in coalition skill games, which is a restricted form of coalition game, where each service agent has a set of skills and each task agent needs a set of skills in order to be completed. These two types of agents are assumed to be self-interested. Given the task selection strategy of service agents, the utility distribution strategies of task agents play an important role in improving their individual revenues and system total revenue. The problem that needs to be resolved is how to design the task selection strategies of the service agents and the utility distribution strategies of the task agents to make the self-interested decisions improve the system whole performance. However, to the best of our knowledge, this problem has been the topic of very few studies and has not been properly addressed. To address this problem, a task allocation algorithm for self-interested agents in a coalition skill game is proposed, it distributes the utilities of tasks to the needed skills according to the powers of the service agents that possess the corresponding skills. The final simulation results verify the effectiveness of the algorithm.
The Effects of Rice Straw and Biochar Applications on the Microbial Community in a Soil with a History of Continuous Tomato Planting History
Authors: Zhang Yiming , Liu Yufeng , Zhang Guoxian , Guo Xiaoou , Sun Zhouping , Li Tianlai
Published: May 2018

Soil microbial abundance and diversity change constantly in continuous cropping systems, resulting in the prevalence of soil-borne pathogens and a decline in crop yield in solar greenhouses. To investigate the effects of rice straw and biochar on soil microbial abundance and diversity in soils with a history of continuous planting, three treatments were examined: mixed rice straw and biochar addition (RC), rice straw addition (R), and biochar addition (C). The amount of C added in each treatment group was 3.78 g kg−1 soil. Soil without rice straw and biochar addition was treated as a control (CK). Results showed that RC treatment significantly increased soil pH, available nitrogen (AN), available phosphorus (AP), and potassium (AK) by 40.3%, 157.2%, and 24.2%, respectively, as compared to the CK soil. The amount of soil labile organic carbon (LOC), including readily oxidizable organic carbon (ROC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and light fraction organic carbon (LFOC), was significantly greater in the RC, R, and C treatment groups as compared to CK soil. LOC levels with RC treatment were higher than with the other treatments. Both rice straw and biochar addition significantly increased bacterial and total microbial abundance, whereas rice straw but not biochar addition improved soil microbial carbon metabolism and diversity. Thus, the significant effects of rice straw and biochar on soil microbial carbon metabolism and diversity were attributed to the quantity of DOC in the treatments. Therefore, our results indicated that soil microbial diversity is directly associated with DOC. Based on the results of this study, mixed rice straw and biochar addition, rather than their application individually, might be key to restoring degraded soil.
Learning Frameworks for Cooperative Spectrum Sensing and Energy-Efficient Data Protection in Cognitive Radio Networks
Authors: Do Vinh Quang , Koo Insoo
Published: May 2018

This paper studies learning frameworks for energy-efficient data communications in an energy-harvesting cognitive radio network in which secondary users (SUs) harvest energy from solar power while opportunistically accessing a licensed channel for data transmission. The SUs perform spectrum sensing individually, and send local decisions about the presence of the primary user (PU) on the channel to a fusion center (FC). We first design a new cooperative spectrum-sensing technique based on a convolutional neural network in which the FC uses historical sensing data to train the network for classification problem. The system is assumed to operate in a time-slotted manner. At the beginning of each time slot, the FC uses the current local decisions as input for the trained network to decide whether the PU is active or not in that time slot. In addition, legitimate transmissions can be vulnerable to a hidden eavesdropper, which always passively listens to the communication. Therefore, we further propose a transfer learning actor–critic algorithm for an SU to decide its operation mode to increase the security level under the constraint of limited energy. In this approach, the SU directly interacts with the environment to learn its dynamics (i.e., an arrival of harvested energy); then, the SU can either stay idle to save energy or transmit to the FC secured data that are encrypted using a suitable private-key encryption method to maximize the long-term effective security level of the network. We finally present numerical simulation results under various configurations to evaluate our proposed schemes.
A Hybrid Ultrasonic Guided Wave-Fiber Optic System for Flaw Detection in Pipe
Authors: Rose Joseph , Philtron Jason , Liu Guigen , Zhu Yupeng , Han Ming
Published: May 2018

The work presented in this paper shows that Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) optical fiber sensors can potentially be used as receivers in a long-range guided wave torsional-mode pipe inspection system. Benefits over the conventional pulse-echo method arise due to reduced total travel distance of the ultrasonic guided wave reflections, since reflections from defects and structural features do not need to propagate a full round trip back to the transmitting collar. This is especially important in pipe configurations with high attenuation, such as coated and buried pipelines. The use of FBGs as receivers instead of conventional piezoelectric or magnetostrictive elements also significantly reduces cabling, since multiple FBG receivers can be placed along a single optical fiber which has a diameter on the order of only around 100 μm. The basic approach and sample results are presented in the paper. Additionally, a brief overview of some topics in ultrasonic guided waves is presented as a background to understand the inspection problem presented here.
Theoretical Study: High Harmonic Generation by Light Transients
Authors: Wendl Maximilian , Högner Maximilian , Fattahi Hanieh
Published: May 2018

The dynamic of electron densities in matter upon the interaction with an intense, few-cycle electric field of light causes variety of nonlinear phenomena. Capturing the spatiotemporal dynamics of electrons calls for isolated attosecond pulses in the X-ray regime, with sufficient flux to allow for: (i) attosecond pump–attosecond probe spectroscopy; or (ii) four-dimensional imaging. Light field synthesizers generate arbitrary sub-cycle, non-sinusoidal waveforms. They have a great potential to overcome the limitations of current laser sources and to extend attosecond pulses towards the X-ray regime. In this paper, we show theoretically how the achievable high-energy, high-power waveforms from current light field synthesizers can be optimized to enhance the harmonic yield at high photon energies and can serve as a promising source for scaling the photon energies of attosecond pulses. We demonstrate that the simulated optimized, non-sinusoidal waveform in this work can increase the photon flux of keV, attosecond pulses by five orders of magnitude compared to the achievable flux from longer wavelength sources and at similar photon energies.
Control of Carrier Concentration by Ag Doping in N-Type Bi2Te3 Based Compounds
Authors: Lee Jae , Son Ji , Kim Yong-Il , Ryu Byungki , Cho Byung , Kim Sookyung , Park Su-Dong , Oh Min-Wook
Published: May 2018

Many elements have been used as dopants to enhance the thermoelectric performance of Bi2Te3-related materials. Among them, Ag’s effect on thermoelectric properties, where Ag acts as a donor or acceptor, remains unclear. To elucidate the role of Ag in n-type Bi2Te3 based compounds, Ag was added to n-type (Bi0.9Sb0.1)2(Te0.85Se0.15)3. As the amount of Ag was increased, the electron concentration decreased, which means Ag acted as an acceptor. The added Ag atoms were found to occupy interstitial sites in the hexagonal lattices, as confirmed by X-ray analysis and first principles calculations. The reduction in electron concentration was attributed to the interaction between the interstitial Ag and intrinsic defects.