bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
DETECTION AND SEGMENTATION OF OPTIC DISC IN FUNDUS IMAGES
Authors: C. Ramesh , E. Udayakumar , K. Yogeshwaran
Published: September 2018

Objective: Image processing technique is utilized in the medical field widely nowadays. Hence, therefore, this technique is used to extract the different features like blood vessels, optic disk, macula, fovea etc. automatically of the retinal image of eye.Methods: This paper presents a simple and fast algorithm using Mathematical Morphology to find the fovea of fundus retinal image. The image for analysis is obtained from the DRIVE database. Also, this paper is enhanced to detect the Diabetic Retinopathy disease occurring in the eye.Results: Detection of optic disc boundary becomes important for the diagnosis of glaucoma. The iterative curve evolution was stopped at the image boundaries where the energy was minimum.Conclusion: The changes in the shape and size of the optic disc can be used to detect glaucoma and also cup ratio can be used as a measure of glaucoma.
RUPTUR LIEN AKIBAT TRAUMA ABDOMEN: BAGAIMANA PENDEKATAN DIAGNOSIS DAN PENATALAKSANAANNYA
Authors: Sander Mochamad Aleq
Published: September 2018

Salah satu organ kita yang paling sering mengalami cedera pada suatu trauma tumpul pada daerah perut atau torakskiri bagian bawah adalah lien. Penyebab utamanya adalah cedera langsung atau tidak langsung yang menyebabkan laserasikapsul lien dan avulsi pedikel lien sebagian atau menyeluruh. Pada trauma lien yang perlu diperhatikan adalah adanya tandatandaperdarahan yang memperlihatkan keadaan hipotensi, syok hipovolemik, dan nyeri abdomen pada kuadran atas kiri dannyeri pada bahu kiri karena iritasi diafragma.Perdarahan lambat yang terjadi kemudian pada trauma tumpul lien dapat terjadi dalam jangka waktu beberapa hari sampaibeberapa minggu setelah trauma. Untuk menentukan diagnosis trauma tumpul maka diperlukan anamnesis adanya riwayattrauma abdomen bagian kiri bawah, pemeriksaan fisik, dan pemeriksaan penunjang, yang menunjukkan tanda-tanda traumatumpul dengan ruptur lien.Kami melaporkan dua buah kasus ruptur lien akibat trauma tumpul abdomen. Keduanya adalah korban kecelakaan lalu lintasdan masih tergolong usia muda atau produktif. Pada kedua pasien dilakukan tindakan operasi berupa laparotomi eksplorasidansplenectomy karena didapatkan tanda-tanda syok hipovolemik dan nyeri hebat di daerah abdomen.Kata kunci : trauma tumpul abdomen, laserasi kapsul lien, avulsi pedikel lien, syok hipovolemik, iritasi diafragma, splenectomy.
Lost in Translation
Authors: Konopásek Zdeněk , Soneryd Linda , Svačina Karel
Published: September 2018

This study explores the journey of a model for stakeholder involvement called RISCOM. Originally developed within the field of radioactive waste management in Sweden, it was later used in the Czech Republic to re-establish public dialogue in the process of siting a geological repository. This case offers an opportunity to empirically study the fragility and ambiguous results of organized spread of public involvement across various domains of technological innovation and national contexts. We show how three circumstances – (1) the ambition to make RISCOM an internationally used model for public dialogue, (2) the specific situation in the Czech siting process, and (3) the short-lived and limited success of the subsequent Czech dialogues by Swedish design – were intrinsically related and sustained each other. Better understanding of such complexities might contribute to a more realistic attitude toward technologized democracy, i.e., toward practices of public deliberation increasingly becoming instrumental, transferable, and depoliticized.
Verkottunut esineleikki osana esiopetusta
Authors: Heljakka Katriina , Ihamäki Pirita
Published: September 2018

Tutkimuksessa selvitetään esikouluikäisten lasten suhdetta nykyajan verkottuneisiin älyleluihin. Olemme erityisen kiinnostuneita Lelujen Internetiin liittyvästä opetuksellisista arvoista, opetuksellisesta sisällöstä ja niillä tapahtuvasta leikistä, jonka kautta leikkivälineet on mahdollista nähdä osana suomalaisessa esikouluympäristössä tapahtuvaa varhaiskasvatusta.

Lelujen Internetin kanssa toimiessaan lasten on ajateltu oppivan eri asioita niin lelujen fyysisiä kuin etenkin niiden digitaalisia käyttömahdollisuuksia hyödyntäen. Tutkimuksemme selvittää yhtäältä, millaisia monimediaalisia leikin muotoja Lelujen Internetiin kytkeytyvät leluhahmot tukevat ja toisaalta, millaisia oppimisen mahdollisuuksia niihin sisältyy. Yksi tapaustutkimuksemme päätavoitteista on tarkastella, millaisia oppimislupauksia leluvalmistajat lelujen internetiin liittävät ja toisaalta, miten nämä lupaukset täyttyvät lasten käyttäessä leluhahmoja osana leikkiään. Tutkimukseemme sisältyy kolme osa-aluetta: leluvalmistajien antamat lupaukset lelujen opetuksellisista ominaisuuksista, esikouluikäisten lasten vanhempien ja opettajien asenteet teknologisia ominaisuuksia sisältäviä älyleluja kohtaan ja esikouluikäisten lasten oma näkemys näiden lelujen sisältämästä opetuksellisesta potentiaalista.

Lähestymistapamme on monitieteinen ja eri menetelmiin perustuva. Tutkimuksemme käsittää kolme eri aineistoa. Se sisältää Lelujen Internetiin lukemiemme hahmolelujen opetuksellisten ominaisuuksien kartoituksen lelunvalmistajien näkökulmasta, esikouluikäisten lasten vanhempien ja esikouluryhmän kahden opettajan lomaketutkimushaastattelut ja kahdenkymmenen esikouluikäisen lapsen kanssa tehdyt ryhmähaastattelut esikouluympäristössä suoritetuista lelutestaustilanteista. Tutkimuksessa kysymme, mihin opetustarpeisiin tarkastelemamme lelut vastaavat ja millä tavoin ne sopivat osaksi suomalaisessa esikouluopetuksessa käytettyä muodollisen mutta leikin kautta toteutuvan oppimisen ympäristöä. Tutkimuksemme osoittaa, miten lelut sopivat leikillisen oppimisen välineiksi, kun esikouluopettajat ottavat nämä leikkivälineet osaksi suunniteltua ja ohjattua opetusta.
PARADIGMA TAFSIR KONTEKSTUAL: UPAYA MEMBUMIKAN NILAI-NILAI AL-QUR’AN
Authors: Hasbiyallah Muhammad
Published: September 2018

Ketertinggalan peradaban umat Islam saat ini melahirkan refleksi diri sebagai upaya mencari jalan menuju kebangkitan. Salah satuny ditempuh dengan melakukan penafsiran ulang teks-teks keislaman (al-Qur’an) sesuai dengan spirit zamannya. Upaya yang dilakukan dengan metode hermeneutika ini biasa disebut dengan kontekstualisasi, melengkapi beberapa pendekatan yang telah ada sebelumnya. Keberagaman pendekatan dan metode yang digunakan berbanding lurus dengan pemahaman yang dihasilkan. Pada dataran ini tidak ada otoritas yang dapat membakukan sebuah model pemahaman. Karena model apapun baik berupa tafsir, ta’wil, exegesis, interpretasi, ataupun penerjemahan terhadap teks al-Qur’an, merupakan wilayah hermeneutika yang sangat terbuka bagi setiap usaha pembaharuan.
Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Menggunakan Aplikasi Kvisoft Flipbook Maker Materi Himpunan
Authors: Wibowo Edi , Pratiwi Dona Dinda
Published: September 2018

This study aims to develop e-module teaching materials by applying kvisoft flipbook maker on the subject of the set. To view teacher and learner responses to e-module teaching materials using the kvisoft flipbook maker application on the subject of the set. The method of this research was conducted using Research & Development method of Borg and Gall model which has been modified by Sugiyono covering 7 stages: 1) Potential and Problem, 2) Collecting Data, 3) Product Design, 4) Design Validation, 5) Design Revision, 6) Product Trial, 7) Product Revision. The results of this study indicate that the value of feasibility by the material experts scored an average of 3.23 with good criteria and value of feasibility by media experts with an average score of 3.28 with very good criteria, while the value of feasibility by linguists got a flat score 3.02 with good criteria. The response of the students was very interesting, with the achievement of the average score of 3.33 small group trials and the achievement of the average score of 3.49 field trials, the teacher's test response was very interesting with the achievement of an average score of 3.64. This shows that the e-module using the kvisoft flipbook maker application generated in this study is considered feasible for use in the mathematics learning of the set matter.
Media Pembelajaran Interaktif Berbantu Software Lectora inspire
Authors: Nursidik Hamidah , Suri Indah Resti Ayuni
Published: September 2018

This research and development aims to know the prevalence of interactive learning media products assisted software lectora inspire and to know the response of learners to interactive learning media assisted software lectora inspire on material relations and functions that have been developed. The method used in this research is 7 stages from 10 stages of research and development method from Brog and Gall which have been modified by sugiyono. The stages are potential and problems, data collection, product design, validation, design improvement, product testing, and product revision. Instrument data collection used is validation sheet and questionnaire response of learners. Based on the results of the study showed: Interactive learning media assisted software lectora inspire on material relations and class X functions developed with Brog and Gall modified by sugiyono declared feasible to be used by experts materials and media experts with good criteria with assessment of average material experts 4,2 and the media expert 3,5. Student response to interactive learning media assisted software lectora inspire on material relation and function get good criterion with average value 4,0167.
European Normative Power During Ukrainian-Russian Conflict
Authors: Veebel Viljar , Markus Raul
Published: September 2018

During last two decades the European Union as “normative power Europe” has been associated with the export of certain universal norms, rules and practices to the other countries. Rule of law, democracy, strong commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms, and social justice — these principles form the core of the identity of the European Union. Relying on shared political, economic and cultural ties among member states, the EU has sought to promote these norms also in the neighbouring countries, including Russia. However, the outbreak of the violent conflict between Russia and Ukraine at the end of 2013 clearly demonstrates that the EU has failed in its efforts in Russia despite extensive mutual relations and comprehensive financial support provided by the EU. The aim of the current article is to analyse how consistent the EU has been in defending and promoting European values and norms in the international arena and with Russia during the Ukrainian-Russian conflict.
Intra-Cranial Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of Olfactory Nerve: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Authors: Aggarwal Varun , Narang Amit , Maheshwari Chandni , Kavita Divya
Published: September 2018

Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNSTs) are one of the very rare high grade malignancies usually affecting extremities or trunk. Incidence is 1/Lac. Intracranial MPNSTs are even rarer, schwannomatous and commonly affecting cranial nerves VIII &VII). Intra-cranial MPNSTs are usually sporadic, arising de novo. The second most common mode of origin is from malignant transformation from pre-existing schwannomas or neurofibroma. We present an extremely rare and probably the first case of intra-cranial malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the olfactory nerve in a non neurofibrosis patient with no prior history of irradiation.
Antifungal Activity of Some Lactic Acid Bacteria Against Several Soil-borne Fungal Pathogens Isolated from Strawberry Plants
Authors: Canpolat Elif , Doğaner Müzeyyen Müge , Derviş Sibel , Ulubaş Serçe Çiğdem
Published: September 2018

Developing as an alternative plant disease control method by using beneficial microorganisms and their metabolites has gained so much importance in recent years. In this study, the possibilities of using microorganisms which have potential antimicrobial effects on controlling soil-borne fungi at strawberry production were investigated. Effects of different lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains on the development of several soil-borne fungi were studied in vitro and in vivo. LAB were screened for antifungal activity by using cell free supernatant against Fusarium sp., Rhizoctonia sp., Macrophomina sp., Botrytis sp., Phtopythium sp., Cylindrocarpon sp. and Pestalotiopsis sp. Cell free supernatant of LAB isolates showed promising antifungal activity. In vitro effective strains of LAB were tested in pot experiments to search their effects on disease development and plant growth. While the antifungal effects of all LAB strains tested in vitro experiments exhibited promising results, in vivo experiments revealed similar effects on different fungi genera.
Effects of 2,4-DP- P (2,4-Dichlorophenoxypropionic Acid-P) Plant Growth Regulator on Fruit Size and Yield of Star Ruby Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Osb.)
Authors: Yilmaz Bilge , Çimen Berken , Yesiloglu Turgut , Incesu Meral , Uysal Kamiloglu Muge , Yilmaz Muharrem
Published: September 2018

Star Ruby is the main grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) variety grown in Turkey; however, small fruit size is a common problem in ‘Star Ruby‘ grapefruit. Fruit size is a decisive external quality parameter in citrus at the marketing of fresh citrus fruits. Fruit size can be enhanced by several techniques such as girdling and thinning. Various plant growth regulators are known to affect the growth and size of citrus fruit. The objective of the present study was to observe the effects of 2,4 dichlorophenoxypropionic acid-p (2,4-DP-P) on the fruit size, yield and quality of Star Ruby from 20-year-old trees budded on sour orange rootstock in Adana, Turkey in 2007. Four concentrations (50, 100, 150 and 300 ppm) of 2,4-DP-P were applied 8 weeks after anthesis during physiological fruit drop when the mean fruit diameter was 13-15 mm. The results indicated that the application of 2,4-DP-P increased the fruit size of Star Ruby grapefruit without reducing yield. The application had a significant effect on fruit yield except for trees treated with 50 ppm 2,4-DP-P. Compared with the control trees, applications of 2,4-DP-P increased the number of large, commercially valuable Star Ruby (>93 mm, 89-93 mm and 84-89 mm). No effects were determined on fruit internal quality parameters. Thus, the results of the present study revealed that 2,4-DP-P can be used to improve the fruit size of Star Ruby fruitlets during the June drop.
Siyez Buğdayına (Triticum monococcum) Metal İşleme Sıvısı Etkilerinin ICP-OES Yöntemiyle Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: Pekol Sefa
Published: September 2018

Atık metal işleme sıvısına maruz bırakılan siyez buğdayında metal birikim seviyeleri gövde ve kökte ICP-OES ölçümleri le ayrı ayrı belirlenmiştir. Kökte özellikle demir, manganez ve krom kontrol grubuna göre deneme gruplarında metal işleme sıvısının miktarına bağlı olarak iki katına kadar yükselmiştir. Gövdedeki demir, mangan ve alüminyum iki kat artmış, ayrıca çinko ve nikel de artış eğilimi gözlenmiştir. Siyez buğdayının büyümesi önemli derecede engellenmiştir. Metal işleme sıvısı oranı arttıkça bitkinin gelişimi azaldı, 1MS/20 su deneme grubunda bitki canlılığını kaybetmiştir. Ekosistemde yağmur suyu, yüzey suları ve akiferler için atık metal işleme sıvısı ciddi bir tehdit oluşturabilir.
DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF THE SELF-ADJUSTMENT ALGORITHM OF THE OGSH LOAD LIMITER FOR BRIDGE CRANES
Authors: Roshchin V. A. , Ivanov S. D. , Mikhalchik N. L.
Published: September 2018

Introduction. The mathematical self-adjustment model of the safety device for bridge cranes, which is developed by the authors as the limiter of loading capacity of broad application (OGSh) for the purpose of time reduction for device setup and of other material and labor inputs for requirements implementation of the Federal Norms and Rules (FNP) on protection of bridge cranes against overload, is described in the article.

Materials and methods. Mass and dynamic characteristics of the crane (the specified mass of the drive, the inertia moment, rigidity of a pendant, response time and etc.); various stages of the loads lifting, on which absolutely various dynamic loadings impact and which are described by the systems of the differential equations with various entry and regional conditions, were proved in the research. Numerical methods for the solution of the differential equations systems with the usage of experimental data were also applied.

Results. Assumptions and regional conditions in settlement model of self-adjustment of the OGSh device for practical application in development and designing of this type of devices are used and proved. Moreover, the settlement algorithm is realized and the OGSh device is programmed according to such settlement algorithm. Natural experiments and tests with the OGSh device on the developed self-adjustment algorithm are made.

Thus, the results of experiments have confirmed the possibility of the algorithm application of selfadjustment model as the limiter of the OGSh loading capacity for obtaining work parameters and implementation of FNP requirements, which are necessary for such crane during the operation.

Discussion and conclusion. The algorithm of the self-adjustment model of the safety device (SD) as the limiter of loading capacity provides the implementation of the FNP requirements, the reduction of time of the device setup, bigger convenience and simplicity of SD control on the OGSh; decrease in dynamic loads of the drive. Therefore, such algorithm would be recommended for application in all new SD of the OGSh made by ITTs KROS for bridge cranes.
ASSESSMENT OF INFLUENCE OF RANGE FINDERS WITH THE IMPROVED CHARACTERISTICS ON THE ACCURACY OF GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS CONTROL OF VEHICLES
Authors: Askhabov A. M. , Voevodin E. S. , Zeer V. A. , Kashura A. S.
Published: September 2018

Introduction. The purpose of the research is the determination of parameters and characteristics of the laser measuring systems providing decrease in errors of measurement of geometrical parameters of vehicles.

The goal is achieved at the expense of the solution of the relevant task connected with the parameters research of the laser equipment and definition of requirements to accuracy (a passport error) of the laser range finders applied at geometrical parameters control of vehicles.

Methods and materials. The algorithm of calculation of spatial coordinates of the car points and errors of their definition has been created and used for the research. In this case calculations of spatial provision of the point and its error have been reduced to definition and to the solution of the equations system of the second order in the MathCAD program environment. As the controlled and measured parameters at coordinates’ calculation of distances from laser measuring instruments to the studied car points were accepted.

Results. As aresult, the mean square error of measurement of distance between control points significantly decreases at reduction of the passport error of laser range finders. At the size of the passport error of laser range finders equals 0,8 mm, the mean square error of measurement of distance between control points (from 0 to 3000 mm) equals 2,2-2,9 mm, and an error of definition of the control point is 1,5-1,9 mm.

Discussion and conclusion. The conducted research demonstrates that it is necessary to compare the reached accuracy parameters at the set configuration of laser measuring system with the shown standard restrictions for an error of measurements. Therefore, further improvement of characteristics of accuracy of measuring systems is possible due to progressive decrease in an error of laser range finders as a result of their technical improvement.
ANALYSIS OF PREDICTION METHODS FOR THE FUNCTIONAL DURABILITY OF ROAD MARKINGS
Authors: Golubenko V. V. , Aleksandrov A. A. , Sirotyuk V. V.
Published: September 2018

Introduction. The actuality of the research is emphasized in the Strategy of proclaiming the desire for zero mortality on the country’s roads. Increasing the functional durability (the service life period) of horizontal road markings is an effective and cheap way to organize the movement of vehicles and pedestrians, which could reduce the number of accidents by 15-30%.

Methods. The detailed factor analysis, influenced on the functional durability of the horizontal road markings and on the durability forecasting methods, is made by the authors.

Results. The authors have established the main factors determining the functional durability of the horizontal road marking. They are divided into five groups: weather-climatic; mechanical; properties of the marking material; technological; properties of the road pavement. Moreover, the article presents a critical analysis of the existing methods of forecasting the functional durability of horizontal marking. In foreign publications on the issue under consideration there is no work on the prediction of the functional durability of horizontal marking by creating complex mathematical models. Most foreign and Russian models are based on empirical dependences. However, these methods and models do not take into account a number of important factors, such as the degree of roughness and abrasion of stone materials, their embedding in asphalt concrete coating, etc.

Disscussion and conclusion. The authors came to the conclusion that attempts to create a single reliable mathematical model that takes into account more than 40 factors couldn’t be realistic. Therefore, there is a task of developing a number of models that allow to have greater extent that take into account the properties of the road surface, the location and variety of marking lines and predict the functional durability of horizontal road markings for different types of road pavement more reliably.
APPLICATION OF AGGREGATES OF NEPHELINE BEARING ROCKS IN INCREASED CORROSION RESISTANCE CONCRETE
Authors: Tolypinа N. M. , Shigareva E. M. , Golovin M. V. , Shigarev D. S.
Published: September 2018

Introduction. Diffusion of aggressive components of the external environment deeper into the concrete intensively flows through the contact surfaces and between the filler and the cement matrix. Therefore, it is better to apply active fillers that interact with the cement matrix on certain mechanisms for reducing the conductivity of the contact surfaces, which leads to the products durability.

Materials and methods. Methods of mechanical testing, x-ray phase analysis, scanning electron microscopy were used for comparative studies of concrete corrosion resistance with the active filler (urtite) and with the inactive one (quartz sand).

Results. This research indicates that the urtite filler significantly increases the strength and corrosion resistance of concrete in comparison with the traditional filler with quartz sand. The investigation of the contact zone of cement stone-aggregate with the usage of REM demonstrates that there are no corrosion products in the contact zone of urtite with the cement matrix, while the contact zone of quartz sand and its surface acquires corrosion products represented mainly by gypsum.

Discussion and conclusion. The increased corrosion resistance of the fine aggregate concrete through the application of active filler on the basis of urtite provides lower conductivity of the contact surfaces between cement matrix and filler due to the chemical affinity of the rock-forming minerals of nepheline to calcium hydroxide. The additional factor that enhances the self-inhibition of acid corrosion is the formation of the gel-like layer of silica on the surface of nepheline, which inhibits the advancement of hydroxide ions due to the flow of electro-surface processes. Thus, the nepilnameciais fillers are appropriate to apply in concrete, which is used in the conditions of the chemical aggression of high intensity.
CONTEXTUALIZAÇÃO NO ENSINO DE MATEMÁTICA: CONCEPÇÕES DE FUTUROS PROFESSORES
Authors: Conceição Jadson de Souza , Jesus Gilson Bispo de , Madruga Zulma Elizabete de Freitas
Published: September 2018

O presente estudo é fruto de inquietações referentes à formação inicial do professor de Matemática frente a uma prática contextualizada. Objetivou-se investigar de que maneira futuros professores de Matemática, compreendem a contextualização no processo de Ensino de Matemática. A pesquisa, de abordagem qualitativa, teve como questões centrais a natureza das concepções dos futuros professores acerca da contextualização e o modo como eles poderão concretizar sua prática em uma perspectiva contextualizada. A análise dos dados revelou como os futuros professores concebem a contextualização no processo de ensino de matemática.
Experimental Study of Heat Transfer Enhancement through a Tube with Wire-Coil Inserts at Low Turbulent Reynolds Number
Authors: Abedin Mohammad Zoynal , Sarkar M. A. Rashid
Published: September 2018

This paper reports an experimental analysis to investigate the enhancement of turbulent heat transfer flow of air through one smooth tube and four different tubes with wire-coil inserts (Pitches, Pc = 12, 24, 40, and 50 mm with corresponding helix angles, a =100, 200, 350, and 450, respectively) at low Reynolds numbers ranging from 6000 to 22000. The test section of the tube was electrically heated and was cooled by fully developed turbulent air flow. The performance of the tubes was evaluated by considering the condition of maximizing heat transfer rate. From the measured data, the heat transfer characteristics such as heat transfer coefficient, effectiveness and Nusselt number, and the fluid flow behaviours such as friction factor, pressure drops and pumping power along the axial distance of the test section were analyzed at those Reynolds numbers for the tubes. The results indicated that for the tubes with wire-coil inserts at low Reynolds numbers, the turbulent heat transfer coefficient might be as much as two-folds higher, the friction factors could be as much as four-folds higher, and the effectiveness might be as much as 1.25 folds higher than those for the smooth tube with similar flow conditions. A correlation was also developed to predict the turbulent heat transfer coefficients through the tubes at low Reynolds numbers.
Thermo-Mechanical and Morphological Properties of Water Hyacinth Reinforced Polypropylene Composites
Authors: Saha Manabendra , Afsar Ali Md.
Published: September 2018

This paper focusses on the analysis of thermo-mechanical and morphological properties of water hyacinth (WH) fiber reinforced polypropylene (PP) biocomposites manufactured by using a single screw extruder and an injection molding machine. With a view to increasing the compatibility between the WH fibers and polypropylene matrix, raw WH fibers were chemically treated with Benzenediazonium salt in base media. Composites were manufactured with five different levels of loading (15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 wt%) of both the raw and treated WH fibers. Thermal properties of WH-PP composites were evaluated by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses. To analyze mechanical properties of composites, tests of tensile strength and stiffness, flexural strength and stiffness, and Charpy impact strength were carried out following ASTM standards. It was found that thermal stability and all the mechanical properties except tensile strength were improved considerably for chemically treated WH fiber composites in comparison with untreated ones. Fracture surfaces of the tensile and flexural specimens were scanned with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to understand their surface morphologies. The SEM images clearly revealed that there were fewer fiber agglomerations, microvoids, and fiber pull out traces in treated WH-PP composites than in the untreated ones indicating better distribution of the fibers into the matrix as well as stronger fiber matrix interfacial adhesion due to treatment of WH fibers. Water absorption properties were studied to evaluate the viability of these biocomposites under specified conditions.
Perancangan LTE Menggunakan Metode Coverage Dimensioning di Kabupaten Kuantan Singingi
Authors: Sari Linna Oktaviana , Fauzar Arif , Safrianti Ery , Andhi Rahmat Rizal
Published: September 2018

Kebutuhan jaringan internet LTE  tidak hanya dibutuhkan oleh masyarakat perkotaan, tetapi juga masyarakat pedesaan. Kuantan Singingi adalah salah satu kabupaten yang terdapat di provinsi Riau, dimana daerah ini memiliki banyak potensi yang dapat dikembangkan, terutama pariwisata. Untuk mengembangkan potensi tersebut, Kuantan singingi membutuhkan jaringan internet dengan kualitas sinyal yang lebih baik. Untuk memenuhi kebutuhan jaringan internet dengan level sinyal yang  lebih baik di Kuantan Singingi, maka pada penelitian ini telah dilakukan perancangan jaringan internet LTE di daerah Kuantan Singingi dengan menggunakan metode Coverage Dimensioning dengan jenis duplex FDD pada bandwidth 5 MHz. Perancangan dilakukan untuk perencanaan hingga 2020. Dari hasil perancangan yang telah dilakukan diperoleh bahwa Kuantan Singingi membutuhkan 54 eNodeB dengan jari-jari sel sebesar 6690 Meter. Selain itu diperoleh RSRP rata-rata -80dBm dengan  cakupan area terluas mencapai 99,5%. Kemudian service area uplink mencapai 100%  untuk modulasi 16QAM 3/5, sedangkan service area downlink mencapai 71% untuk modulasi QPSK 3/5.
The Potential of the Russian Language Textbook in the Formation of Primary Schoolchildren’s Communicative Literacy
Authors: Kuznetsova M. I.
Published: September 2018

One of the goals of the Russian language course in the primary school is the formation of the communicative literacy. The content of the course should be aimed at understanding the wealth of linguistic means by primary school children; the formation of the ability to detect a violation of linguistic norms and the inadequacy of the linguistic means used in the speech situation; the accumulation of the experience in choosing of linguistic means in accordance with the peculiarities of the speech situation; the creation of oral and written texts that meet the criteria of content, connectivity, compliance with the norms of the Russian literary language. The article considers the classification of exercises that contribute to the formation of communicative literacy. The author gives the examples of exercises where the student acts in different roles: the student is an observer of the speech situation and analyzes the adequacy of the choice of linguistic means; the student is a direct participant in the given speech situation and makes a choice of language facilities; the student is offered to create the speech situation himself, to independently construct an oral and written text.
Value Meanings of the Modern Textbook of the Russian Language
Authors: Deikina A. D.
Published: September 2018

Analysis of the current trends in the teaching of the Russian language allows to assert the value of the category of values in the educational strategy. In the context of orientation of the textbook to modern requirements the role of the text in the characteristic of language as an expression of value and personal meanings is emphasized. Providing personal and humanistic thinking and the formation of value view of students in the Russian language is more successful on a wide background of text material by stimulating a variety of ways of original work of students. Its predicted results are closely related to the awareness of the value of the Russian language. Attention is paid to the resources associated with the organization of open educational space on the basis of axiological ideas as the leading in the theory of school education and textbook.
N.I. Zhinkin and Corporeal Semantics (For 125th Anniversary of the Scientist’s Birth).
Authors: Pishchal’nikova V. A.
Published: September 2018

The author updates N.I. Zhinkin’s idea that the language, intelligence, sensing are the mechanizms for getting and processing of information. Any objective perception is the essentially result of polymodal activity, so «significatums of a natural language demand the corpus and emotions being semantically functional». The program of generalization of all extra and inner impacts play the great role in the formation of language capacity. The idea of the unity of somatic and psychological processes became the basis of the new tendency of psycholinguistics – so called corporeal semantics.
El duelo por muerte: la intersección entre prácticas culturales, rituales sociales y expresiones emocionales
Authors: Palacio Valencia Maria Cristina , Bernal Orozco Fanny
Published: September 2018

Esta investigación partió de la experiencia clínica desarrollada en las prácticas empresariales del programa de Psicología de la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales de la Universidad de Manizales, realizadas en la Funeraria La Aurora, en  Manizales, Caldas. Su interés fue encontrar la conexión entre las prácticas culturales, los rituales sociales y las expresiones emocionales que se producen en los procesos de duelo por muerte de una persona significativa. La investigación es de corte cualitativo y se construyó con base en los registros de información secundaria (fichas bibliográficas, historias clínicas y libretas de campo).
La Psicología Social de Enrique Pichon Rivère: un lugar de convergencia del Psicoanálisis, el Interaccionismo Simbólico y el Materialismo Histórico
Authors: Carmona Parra Jaime Alberto
Published: September 2018

El propósito de estas líneas es compartir un paradigma latinoamericano de la psicología social, nacido del encuentro entre el interaccionismo simbólico y el psicoanálisis en el contexto de las adversidades y precariedades en las que se ejerce la Psicología Social en América Latina. Para este propósito adoptaré un estilo narrativo, recorreré algunos hitos de este particular enfoque de la psicología social y trataré de esbozar algunos de sus conceptos principales.Como suele ocurrir en el campo de las Ciencias Sociales, para dar cuenta del origen de un determinado enfoque, es necesario remitir a la biografía de su principal mentor. En este caso se trata de Enrique Pichon Rivière, un pensador latinoamericano que desarrolla su propuesta teórica y metodológica en la Argentina de la segunda mitad del siglo XX.
External Nutrient Load and Determination of the Trophic Status of Lake Ziway
Authors: Tibebe Dessie , Beshah Feleke Zewge , Lemma Brook , Kassa Yezbie , Bhaskarwar Ashok N.
Published: September 2018

Lake Ziway is shallow freshwater located in Northern part of Ethiopian Rift Valley. Expansions of the flower industry, fisheries, intensive agricultural activities, fast population growth lead to deterioration of water quality and depletion of aquatic biota. The objectives of the present study are to evaluate the spatial and temporal variations in the external nutrient load and determine the trophic status of Lake Ziway in 2014 and 2015. The nutrients and Chlorophyll-a were measured according to the standard procedures outlined in APHA, 1999. From the result Ketar and Meki Rivers catchment showed the major sources of external nutrient loads to the lake ecosystem. The mean external soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), total phosphorus (TP), total inorganic nitrogen (TIN) and total nitrogen (TN) loads to Lake Ziway were 230, 2772, 4925 and 24016 kg day-1, respectively. A general trend which was expected that the nutrient loads would be much higher in rainy season than in dry season. The mean concentrations of trophic state variables for TN, TP and Chla were 6700, 212 and 42 mg L-1, respectively. The mean values of TSI-TP, TSI-Chl-a, TSI-TN and TSI-SD were 79, 66, 81 and 83, respectively and the overall evaluation of Carlson Trophic State Index (CTSI) of Lake Ziway was 77. Therefore, the lake is under eutrophic condition. The mean values of TN: TP ratio was 48 which were very high. The trophic state index determined with chlorophyll-a showed lower value than those determined with all trophic state indices values of TN, TP, and SD which indicated that non-algal turbidity affected light attenuation for algal growth. This suggested that phosphorus was the limiting nutrient in Lake Ziway. Due to its importance as being the lake is an intensive agricultural site, management solutions must be urgently developed in order to avoid the destruction of the lake.
PENGARUH SOLVABILITAS DAN INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL TERHADAP EFFECTIVE TAX RATE MELALUI KUALITAS INFORMASI AKUNTANSI
Authors: Tambun Sihar
Published: September 2018

Abstrak: Artikel ini memaparkan pengaruh dari solvabilitas dan intellectual capital pada kualitas informasi akuntansi, serta dampaknya terhadap effective tax rate. Solvabilitas dan inntellectual capital sebagai variabel independen dalam penelitian ini. Kualitas informasi akuntansi sebagai varibael mediasi, dan efektive tax rate sebagai variable dependen. Sample dipilih dengan metode purposive sampling, dan menghasilkan 20 emiten dari sektor industri barang konsumsi periode tahun 2013-2017. Metode analisis menggunakan metode estimasi ordinary least square untuk model yang menguji pengaruh langsung. Untuk pengujian pengaruh tidak langsung, menggunakan metode two least square. Hasil penelitian membuktikan bahwa intellectual capital dan solvabilitas mempengaruhi kualitas informasi akuntansi. Kemudian, kualitas informasi akuntansi dan intellectual capital mempengaruhi efketif tax rate. Secara tidak langsung, intellectual capital dan solvabilitas mempengaruhi efektive tax rate melalui kualitas informasi akuntansi.   Kata Kunci: Solvabilitas, Intellectual Capital, Kualitas Informasi Akuntansi, Tax Avoidance, Efektive Tax Rate Abstract: This article describes the effect of solvency and intellectual capital on the quality of accounting information, and its impact on effective tax rate. Solvency and intellectual capital as independent variables in this research. The quality of accounting information as variable mediation, and the effectiveness tax rate as the dependent variable. Sample is chosen by purposive sampling method, and produces 20 emitters from consumer goods industry sector in the period of 2013-2017. The analytical method uses ordinary least square estimation methods for models that test direct effect. For testing indirect effect, using two least square methods. The results prove that intellectual capital and solvency affect the quality of accounting information. Then, the quality of accounting information and intellectual capital affects the effective tax rate. Indirectly, intellectual capital and solvency affect the effectiveness of tax rate through the quality of accounting information.Keywords: Solvency, Intellectual Capital, Quality Accounting Information, Tax Avoidance, Effective Tax Rate
PENGARUH PENERAPAN GOOD GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE (GGG) DAN PENERAPAN SISTEM PENGENDALIAN INTERN PEMERINTAH (SPIP) TERHADAP KUALITAS PELAPORAN KEUANGAN (Studi Kasus Pemerintah Daerah Provinsi Di Jawa Barat dan Banten)
Authors: Tullah Dewi Sarifah , Apriyanti Erma , Wijaya Nanang
Published: September 2018

Abstrak Bentuk pertanggungjawaban dalam penyelenggaraan Pemerintahan salah satunya adalah upaya konkrit untuk mewujudkan transparansi dan akuntabilitas pengelolaan keuangan pemerintah, baik pemerintah pusat maupun pemerintah daerah dengan menyampaikan laporan pertanggungjawaban berupa laporan keuangan.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penerapan good government governance dan penerapan sistem pengendalian intern pemerintah terhadap kualitas pelaporan keuangan daerah pada Provinsi Jawa Barat dan Banten. Data yang digunakan adalah data primer yang diperoleh melalui keusioner. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah regresi linier berganda.Hasil dari penelitian ini Penerapangood government governanceberpengaruh terhadap kualitas pelaporan keuangan, sedangkan Penerapan sistem pengendalian intern pemerintah tidak berpengaruh terhadap kualitas pelaporan keuangan daerah. Kata kunci: Good Government Governance, Sistem Pengendalian Intern Pemerintah, Kualitas Pelaporan Keuangan. Abstract The main function of responsibility of govermential management is how to implement transparancy and accountability of financial management. Local goverment and Central goverment must provide the financial statement as concolidate. This research aim to understand what relation between Good Government governance and internal control system of government and financial statement reporting in West Java and Banten province. Analysis by using data primer that source from questioner. Analysis metodh by using multiple linear regresion . Result of this research descript that good government governance has a strong relation to financial statement quality, as while internal control system of government has a weak relation to financial statement quality.
A new Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaur from Russia reveals skull shape conservatism within Ophthalmosaurinae
Authors: Fischer Valentin , Arkhangelsky Maxim S. , Uspiensky Gleb , Stenshin Ilya , Godefroit Pascal
Published: September 2018

Ophthalmosaurinae is a recently recognized clade of derived ichthyosaurs (marine reptiles) ranging from the Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) to the late Albian (late Early Cretaceous). Whereas the Middle-Late Jurassic ophthalmosaurine Ophthalmosaurus is often regarded as a hyperspecialized deep diver, very little is known about the anatomy, evolutionary history, and ecology of Cretaceous ophthalmosaurines because of the scarcity of the fossils and the lack of well-preserved skull material. Here, we describe the skull of a new basal ophthalmosaurine ichthyosaur, Leninia stellans gen. et sp. nov., from the lower Aptian of western Russia, and compare the ocular characteristics of ophthalmosaurids. Leninia is recovered as a basal ophthalmosaurine; it possesses unique traits such as star-shaped frontal–parietal suture as well as features previously thought to be unique to Ophthalmosaurus such as a supratemporal–stapes contact. A large sclerotic aperture – significantly bigger than in platypterygiine ophthalmosaurids and similar to that of the largest-eyed modern animals (giant and colossal squids) – and reduced dentition appear widespread within ophthalmosaurines. This conservatism suggests ophthalmosaurine ophthalmosaurids occupied similar ecological niche(s) throughout their long evolutionary history.
Auditory attention switching with listening difficulty: Behavioral and pupillometric measures
Authors: McCloy Daniel , Larson Eric , Lee Adrian KC
Published: September 2018

Pupillometry has emerged as a useful tool for studying listening effort. Past work involving listeners with normal audiological thresholds has shown that switching attention between competing talker streams evokes pupil dilation indicative of listening effort [McCloy et al (2017), J. Acoust. Soc. Am 141(4):2440]. The current experiment examines behavioral and pupillometric data from a two-stream target detection task requiring attention-switching between auditory streams, in two participant groups: audiometrically normal listeners who self-report difficulty localizing sound sources and/or understanding speech in reverberant or acoustically crowded environments, and their age-matched controls who do not report such problems. Three experimental conditions varied the number and type of stream segregation cues available. Participants who reported listening difficulty showed both behavioral and pupillometric signs of increased effort compared to controls, especially in trials where listeners had to switch attention between streams, or trials where only a single stream segregation cue was available.
Searching for the Past: Exploring the Dynamics of Direct and Generative Autobiographical Memory Reconstruction Among Young and Cognitively Normal Older Adults
Authors: Wank Aubrey Anne Ladd , Andrews-Hanna Jessica R. , Grilli Matthew D.
Published: September 2018

Episodic autobiographical memories (EAMs) can come to mind through two retrieval routes, one direct (i.e., an EAM is retrieved almost instantaneously) and the other generative (i.e., by using autobiographical/general knowledge to cue an EAM). It is well established that normal cognitive aging is associated with a reduction in the retrieval of EAMs, but the contributions of direct or generative reconstruction to the age-related shift toward general memories remain unknown. Prior studies also have not clarified whether similar cognitive mechanisms facilitate the ability to successfully reconstruct EAMs and elaborate them in event-specific detail. To address these gaps in knowledge, young and older participants were asked to reconstruct EAMs using a “think-aloud” paradigm and then describe in detail a subset of retrieved memories. An adapted scoring procedure was implemented to categorize memories accessed during reconstruction, and the Autobiographical Interview (AI) scoring procedure was utilized for elaboration scoring. Results indicated that in comparison to young adults, older adults not only engaged in direct retrieval less often than young adults, but they also more often ended generative retrieval at general events instead of EAMs. The ability to elaborate EAMs with internal details was positively associated with the ability to use generative retrieval to reconstruct EAMs in both young and older adults, but there was no relationship between internal detail elaboration and direct retrieval in either age group. Taken together, these results indicate age-related differences in direct and generative retrieval contribute to overgeneral autobiographical memory and they support a connection between generative retrieval and elaboration.
“Full-Core” VVER-440 extended calculation benchmark
Authors: Vimpel J. , Krýsl V. , Mikoláš P. , Sprinzl D. , Švarný J. , Závorka J. , Panka I. , Pós I. , Vočka R. , Shcherenko A. I. , Kurakin K. Y.
Published: September 2018

This work deals with “Full-Core” VVER-440 extended calculation benchmark which was proposed on the 24th Symposium of AER in October 2014 [2]. This benchmark is based on calculation benchmark defined by ŠKODA JS a.s. on the 21st Symposium of AER in 2011 [1]. This benchmark differs from the first “Full-Core” VVER-440 benchmark in use of control rods from group No. 6. Reason why these benchmarks exist is problematic validation of power distribution predicted by macro-code on the pin by pin level against experimental data. This new benchmark is also a 2D calculation benchmark based on the VVER-440 reactor core cold state geometry with taking into account the geometry of explicit radial reflector. Loading pattern for this core is very similar to the first pattern of the Mochovce NPP. This core is filled with fuel assemblies with enrichment of 1.6%w 235U, 2.4%w 235U and 4.25%w 235U. The main task of this benchmark is to test the pin by pin power distribution in fuel assemblies predicted by macro-codes that are used for neutron-physics calculations especially for VVER reactors. The reference solution has been calculated by MCNP6 code using Monte Carlo method and the results have been published in the AER community. The results of reference calculation were presented on the 27th Symposium of AER in 2017 [3]. In this paper is presented comparison of available macro-codes results for this calculation benchmark.
Фiлософська парадигма: Схiд–Захiд
Authors: Ostanina Ganna
Published: September 2018

У статтi аналiзуються механiзми i шляхи формування фiлософiї орiєнталiзму. Продемонстровано, що фiлософiя орiєнталiзму має складну структуру, яка характеризується наявнiстю таких основних елементiв: серединне положення мiж Сходом i Заходом; боротьба ворожих свiтiв; дуалiзм ментальних конструкцiй; дiалогiчна взаємодiя з iншими державами; наслiдування iноземних зразкiв.
Мистецтво фiлософствування. Лекцiя 1. Мистецтво рацiонального припущення
Authors: Russell Bertrand Atrhur William , Panafidina Oksana , Shramko Yaroslav
Published: September 2018

Russell B. The Art of Rational Conjecture // The Art of Philosophizing and Other Essays. — New York : Philosophical Library, 1968.
Фiлософiя освiти Дж. Дьюї та Дж. Брунера: до проблеми лiнгвiстичної компетентностi
Authors: Baluta Galyna
Published: September 2018

У статтi дослiджуються фiлософськi аспекти лiнгвiстичної компетентностi як прiоритетної цiнностi освiтньої культури в iдеях та аргументах Дж. Дьюї i Дж. Брунера.
Концепцiя факту Дж. Серля
Authors: Boiko Anastasiya
Published: September 2018

У статтi описано концепцiю фактiв Дж.Р. Серля. Детально розглянутопоняття iнституцiонального факту, що є засадничим для концепцiї соцiальних iнститутiв. Запропоновано поєднати теорiю фактiв Дж. Серля з концепцiєю третього свiту К. Поппера.