bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PERANCANGAN APLIKASI UNTUK MENDETEKSI SABUK PENGAMAN MOBIL MENGGUNAKAN ALGORITMA BACKPROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORK (BPNN)
Authors: Lubis Abdul Jabbar , Saprin Ade
Published: August 2019

Abstract - To enforce traffic regulations on the highway, police officers face obstacles in monitoring the use of seat belts on cars because cars on the highway are always on the move and almost all cars use window film to avoid the heat of the sun entering the car. Based on the above problems, the authors build a software that can monitor or detect drivers wearing seat belts or not with Microsoft Visual C # 2010. To monitor the use of seat belts, digital cameras are used to conduct image acquisition to be processed by computers. . Furthermore, the image is studied by a system using the Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN) Artificial Neural Network method as the image of the driver using a seat belt. To make a detection, the test image is input that is the same size as the training image. The test results obtained the level of accuracy for image acquisition with a distance of 1 meter with a similarity using a seat belt with a maximum value of 9% and a degree of similarity without a seat belt of less than 4%.   Keywords - Image, Neural Network, Backpropagation Algorithm
PENGGUNAAN MINI POSTER TERHADAP PERILAKU MEROKOK PADA REMAJA DI DESA KARANG ANYAR KECAMATAN KEDUNGBANTENG KABUPATEN TEGAL
Authors: . Masturoh , . Siswati
Published: August 2019

Indonesia merupakan negara dengan peringkat ketujuh tertinggi di dunia untukjumlah produksi rokok dan sudah menempati posisi negara ke empat dengan jumlahperokok terbanyak di dunia. Selain itu proposi perokok laki-laki usia muda di Indonesiamerupakan yang tertinggi di Asia. Bahkan perokok usia sekolah 15-19 tahun meningkatdua kali lipat dalam sepuluh tahun terakhir dan perokok laki-laki meningkat empat kalilipat selama 20 tahun terakhir. Perilaku merokok merupakan perilaku sebagian besarmasyarakat, walaupun sudah mengetahui bahaya merokok. Metode penelitian inimenggunakan kuantitatif dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Subyek penelitian iniadalah remaja yang merokok di Desa Karanganyar Kecamatan KedungbantengKabupaten Tegal sejumlah 30 orang pada bulan februari 2019. Analisis yang digunakandalam penelitian ini adalah analisis bivariat dengan uji beda Wilcoxon. Hasil penelitiandidapatkan bahwa tidak terdapat pengaruh yang bermakna penggunaan mini posterterhadap perilaku merokok pada remaja dengan nilai p>0,05 (0,83). Selain itu jugaterdapat penurunan konsumsi rokok 1,73 kali lebih besar setelah penggun aan miniposter. Kesimpulan penelitian ini tidak terdapat pengaruh yang bermakna penggunaanmini poster terhadap perilaku merokok pada remaja. Saran bagi para perokok diharapkanagar menyadari bahaya merokok bagi kesehatan, dampaknya bukan hanya diri sendiritetapi juga pada keluarga dan lingkungan.
Faktor Risiko Kejadian Kista Ovarium Pada Wanita Usia Reproduksi di RSKIA Kasih Ibu Kota Tegal
Authors: Fatkhiyah Natiqotul
Published: August 2019

Kista ovarium adalah suatu pengumpulan cairan yang terjadi pada indung telur atau ovarium,cairan yang terkumpul ini dibungkus oleh selaput yang terbentuk dari lapisan terluar ovariumKista ovarium sering terjadi pada wanita di masa reproduksinya. Kista ovarium merupakansalah satu bentuk penyakit reproduksi yang menyerang wanita. Terjadinya kista atau tumorkarena adanya pertumbuan sel-sel otot polos pada ovarium yang jinak. Walupun demikiantidak menutup kemungkinan untuk menjadi tumor ganas atau kanker Beberapa faktor yangdapat meningkatkan risiko kejadian kista ovarium diantaranya faktor genetik, paritas, statusekonomi, status gizi dan anemis serta penggunaan bahan kimia. Tujuan penelitian untukmengidentifikasi faktor risiko kejadian kista ovarium pada wanita usia reproduksi di RSIAKasih Ibu Tegal.Jenis Penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian survey desktiptif dengan pendekatan crosssectional. Pengambilan sampel secara keseluruhan (sampling jenuh). Pengumpulan datapenelitian dengan dokumentasi data rekam medik ruamah sakit. Analisis data secara univariatberdasarkan nilai frekuensi dan peresentase variabel penelitian.Hasil penelitian diketahuifaktor risiko ibu dengan frekeunsi dominan pada kejadian kista ovarium yaitu multipara, usia20-45 tahun, anemia ringan sebesar 11 ibu (42,3%); dan berat badan < 50 kg sebesar 7(26,9%).
Pengaruh Motivasi dan Perilaku Belajar Terhadap Prestasi Akademik Mahasiswa
Authors: Manurung Tarida Marlin Surya
Published: August 2019

Prestasi akademik merupakan sebuah istilah untuk menunjukkan suatu pencapaian atau tingkat keberhasilan tentang suatu tujuan sebagai hasil dari usaha belajar yang telah dilakukan oleh seseorang secara optimal. Prestasi akademik menjadi salah satu tolak ukur keberhasilan mahasiswa dalam menyelesaikan studinya di bangku kuliah. Pencapaian prestasi akademik mahasiswa dapat dipengaruhi oleh faktor internal dan eksternal setiap individu.Tujuan Penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis : (1) Pengaruh Motivasi Belajar Terhadap Prestasi Akademik Mahasiswa, (2) Pengaruh Motivasi Belajar Terhadap Perilaku Belajar Mahasiswa dan (3) Pengaruh Perilaku Belajar Terhadap Prestasi Akademik Mahasiswa. Penelitian dilakukan di STIE Kesatuan Bogor dengan 150 orang mahasiswa sebagai responden dari lima program studi. Data diolah dan dianalisis menggunakan structural equation model dengan SmartPLS 2.0M. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa a. Motivasi Belajar berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Prestasi Akademik, b. Motivasi Belajar berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Perilaku Belajar dan c. Perilaku Belajar berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Prestasi Akademik Mahasiswa. Diperlukan pengembangan model lebih lanjut agar dapat memberi gambaran yang lebih utuh dan komprehensif tentang faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi meningkatnya Prestasi Akademik para Mahasiswa.
MINAT BERINVESTASI MAHASISWA DAN KUALITAS PELAYANAN GERAI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA STIE KESATUAN BOGOR
Authors: Sastra Heri
Published: August 2019

Service Quality has effect on investing intention. Student motivation in investing will be awakened by the service quality. The Purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence the students’ intention in investing. This study was conducted in BEI Investment Gallery of STIE Kesatuan with 260 students as respondents. Data were analyzed using General Liniear Model. The results showed that the program, classes, Employment Status, Gender, Physical Evidence, Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance, and Empathy simultaneously affect the interest Invest Students.

 

Keywords: Investing Intention, Student, Galeri Investasi BEI, Service Quality.
KEBIJAKAN LITERASI UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PRODUKTIVITAS PUBLIKASI DI PERGURUAN TINGGI
Authors: Yamin Mohammad
Published: August 2019

This research studies the importance of literacy as an integral part of building a higher education institution through upholding the academic culture. This study is a policy study that analyzes the act of higher education, technology, and research No. 20/2017. This study deals with the need for universities to encourage every lecturer to revive the academic atmosphere and one of them is a scientific publication as the manifestation of the three tasks of higher education. It means that when the academic atmosphere of publication is formed well, it can encourage lecturers to write the scientific publications.

 

Keywords: literacy policy, scientific publication, and three tasks of higher education
Pengembangan Kualitas Perguruan Tinggi Islam Berdasarkan Keinginan dan Kebutuhan Stakeholder
Authors: Astuti Septin Puji , Utami Datien Eriska
Published: August 2019

Islamic University have to enhance their quality to make it more survive in this globalisation era. Consequently, it is important to identify the performance of the university. Apart from that, university stakeholder voices are important to be heard and it can be involved to increase the quality of higher education. For that reason, the main aim of this research is to identify Islamic university performance regarding to external stakeholder point of views. Hence, this research applied important-performance analysis to formulate the strategies for lifting the quality of university. For that purpose, 130 external stakeholders were gathered to be interviewed. Finally, it is found thatthe university has to pay more attention to improve the performance of computer facilities, their responsiveness to the development of the world and the fitness of curriculum to real world environment.

Kata Kunci: strategi, analisis impotance-performance, stakeholder needs and wants
Mengukur Pengetahuan Investasi Para Mahasiswa Untuk Pengembangan Galeri Investasi Perguruan Tinggi
Authors: Mulyana Mumuh , Hidayat Lukman , Puspitasari Ratih
Published: August 2019

Galeri Investasi Perguruan Tinggi terus dikembangkan di berbagai Kampus. Sebagai bagian dari Pengembangan Galeri Investasi, peningkatan pemahaman mahasiswa sebagai calon investor terkait pengetahuan investasi perlu pula dilakukan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengukur pemahaman mahasiswa tentang Pengetahuan Pasar Modal, Pengetahuan Jenis Instrumen Investasi, Pengetahuan Tingkat Keuntungan Investasi, Pengetahuan Tingkat Risiko Investasi dan Pengetahuan Dasar Penilaian Saham. Penelitian dilakukan bulan Mei – Juli 2019 kepada 200 orang Mahasiswa Anggota Galeri Investasi STIE Kesatuan Bogor. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan masih belum optimalnya pemahaman mahasiswa tentang Pengetahuan Investasi di Pasar Modal (pemahaman kategori baik). Hal yang belum dipahami dengan baik adalah tentang Pihak yang memiliki Kelebihan Dana antara Masyarakat atau Perusahaan, Tempat Memperoleh Saham, masih bercampurnya konsep keuntungan yang diperoleh instrumen investasi di pasar modal dan perbankan, dan bentuk risiko investasi saham berupa tidak mendapatkan dividen dan kemungkinan bangkrut bagi perusahaan yang telah go public.

 

Kata Kunci : pengetahuan investasi, galeri investasi perguruan tinggi, mahasiswa, pasar modal
CBC IMPLEMENTASI LOGIKA FUZZY DENGAN INFERENSI TSUKAMOTO PADA DETEKSI KEGAGALAN SISTEM TRANSFER CAKE BREAKER CONVEYOR (CBC)
Authors: Masnur Alkadri , Anam M.Khairul
Published: August 2019

Abstrak

Pabrik Kelapa Sawit merupakan industri  bahan baku yang mengolah tandan buah segar (TBS) kelapa sawit menjadi CPO (Crude Palm Oil) minyak mentah kelapa sawit.  Satu Unit Pabrik Kelapa Sawit  memiliki stasiun kempa/press, lebih spesifik pada motor transfer (cangkang dan ampas kelapa sawit). Untuk 1 unit Cake Breaker Conveyor (CBC) dengan panjang 30 meter, melayani 4 mesin press. Ampas dan cangkang kelapa sawit yang akan ditransfer masih berupa gumpalan padat akibat proses pengepresan dan memiliki suhu 98oC, dengan beban yang relatif berat dan suhu yang tinggi maka screw CBC sering mengalami kegagalan transfer  akibat putusnya As Screw. Jika terjadi kegagalan transfer maka cangkang dan ampas kelapa sawit akan menumpuk pada titik pembuangan mesin press, selain itu umpan bahan bakar boiler tergangu karena cangkang dan ampas kelapa sawit tidak terkirim ke tungku bahan bakar.  Untuk menentukan titik putusnya As Screw pada posisi yang tepat diperlukan sebuah metode yang dapat menemukan putusnya As-screw pada  unit CBC. Logika Fuzzy Tsukamoto dapat membantu memperhitungkan dimana titik  As-screw putus pada CBC, dengan menggunakan input waktu dan kecepatan putaran motor CBC deteksi menggunakan rotary encoder, output yang digunakan adalah titik dimana As-screw putus pada CBC sepanjang 30 meter. Penelitian ini diharapkan menjadi salah satu solusi untuk mengatasi permasalahan yang terjadi pada pabrik kelapa sawit khususnya pada stasiun kempa.
SISTEM INFORMASI GEOGRAFIS WILAYAH RAWAN BANJIR DI KOTA PEKANBARU
Authors: Elvitaria Luluk Elvitaria , Khasani Miftahul
Published: August 2019

Based on the geographical location of Pekanbaru City is one of the areas included in flood-prone areas, even said that the city of Pekanbaru is included in the red zone related to flooding, seeing from the majority of the existing area is the rawah and river banks. The National Flood Mitigation Agency (BNPB) noted that the city of Pekanbaru is one of the flood-prone cities on the island of Sumatra. In addition to determining flood-prone areas for the Regional BPBD Office in Pekanbaru City, the community also wants to know the location that often floods and determine the long-term rain intensity capacity that will cause flooding, so that it does not hinder the daily activities. To deal with this problem, a Geographical Information System needs to be developed that can determine areas that often occur in natural flooding. Geographical information systems are expected to be able to assist the BPBD Office in managing flood data that has occurred in the city of Pekanbaru, and help provide information about floods that are needed by the community to anticipate further flood events.
Rhythmic syncope and opacity in Mojeño Trinitario
Authors: Rose Françoise
Published: August 2019

This paper presents rhythmic syncope in Mojeño Trinitario, an Arawak language spoken in lowland Bolivia. In this language, every vowel that is in a weak prosodic position can syncopate. The syncope pattern of Mojeño Trinitario is remarkable for several reasons. First, it involves a regular, categorical and complete deletion rather than a statistical reduction of vowels. Second, it applies similarly to words with either of two stress patterns: iambic words, which make up the great majority of words, and trochaic ones, much less numerous. Third, a great variety of consonant sequences are the result of syncope, and syllabification applies again after syncope. Fourth, rhythmic syncope actually underapplies: almost half of the vowels that are in a position to syncopate are maintained, and vowel quality plays a statistical role in immunity to syncope. Fifth, due to a rich morphology and a set of complex phonotactic rules applying sequentially, syncope leads to extreme opacity. The data presented in this paper in a theory-neutral way contribute to the typology of rhythmic syncope. It will also be of interest to phonologists considering constraint-based vs. derivational models of phonology.
H2O2 within Chaos Terrain on Europa’s Leading Hemisphere
Authors: Trumbo Samantha K. , Brown Michael E. , Hand Kevin P.
Published: August 2019

Hydrogen peroxide is part of an important radiolytic cycle on Europa and may be a critical source of oxidants to the putative subsurface ocean. The surface geographic distribution of hydrogen peroxide may constrain the processes governing its abundance as well as its potential relevance to the subsurface chemistry. However, maps of Europa’s hydrogen peroxide beyond hemispherical averages have never been published. Here, we present spatially resolved L-band (3.16–4 μm) observations of Europa’s 3.5 μm hydrogen peroxide absorption, which we obtained using the Near InfraRed Spectrograph (NIRSPEC) and the adaptive optics system on the Keck II telescope. Using these data, we map the strength of the 3.5 μm absorption across the surface at a nominal spatial resolution of ∼300 km. Though previous disk-integrated data seemed consistent with the laboratory expectation that Europa’s hydrogen peroxide exists primarily in its coldest and iciest regions, we find nearly the exact opposite at this finer spatial scale. Instead, we observe the largest hydrogen peroxide absorptions at low latitudes on the leading and anti-Jovian hemispheres, correlated with chaos terrain, and relative depletions toward the cold, icy high latitudes. This distribution may reflect the effects of decreased hydrogen peroxide destruction due to efficient electron scavenging by CO2 within chaos terrain.
3D Simulations and MLT. I. Renzini’s Critique
Authors: Arnett W. David , Meakin Casey , Hirschi Raphael , Cristini Andrea , Georgy Cyril , Campbell Simon , Scott Laura J. A. , Kaiser Etienne A. , Viallet Maxime , Mocák Miroslav
Published: August 2019

Renzini wrote an influential critique of “overshooting” in mixing-length theory (MLT), as used in stellar evolution codes, and concluded that three-dimensional fluid dynamical simulations were needed. Such simulations are now well tested. Implicit large eddy simulations connect large-scale stellar flow to a turbulent cascade at the grid scale, and allow the simulation of turbulent boundary layers, with essentially no assumptions regarding flow except the number of computational cells. Buoyant driving balances turbulent dissipation for weak stratification, as in MLT, but with the dissipation length replacing the mixing length. The turbulent kinetic energy in our computational domain shows steady pulses after 30 turnovers, with no discernible diminution; these are caused by the necessary lag in turbulent dissipation behind acceleration. Interactions between coherent turbulent structures give multi-modal behavior, which drives intermittency and fluctuations. These cause mixing, which may justify use of the instability criterion of Schwarzschild rather than the Ledoux. Chaotic shear flow of turning material at convective boundaries causes instabilities that generate waves and sculpt the composition gradients and boundary layer structures. The flow is not anelastic; wave generation is necessary at boundaries. A self-consistent approach to boundary layers can remove the need for ad hoc procedures of “convective overshooting” and “semi-convection.” In Paper II, we quantify the adequacy of our numerical resolution in a novel way, determine the length scale of dissipation—the “mixing length”—without astronomical calibration, quantify agreement with the four-fifths law of Kolmogorov for weak stratification, and deal with strong stratification.
Unfolding Overlapped Slitless Imaging Spectrometer Data for Extended Sources
Authors: Winebarger Amy R. , Weber Mark , Bethge Christian , Downs Cooper , Golub Leon , DeLuca Edward , Savage Sabrina , Zanna Giulio del , Samra Jenna , Madsen Chad , Ashraf Afra , Carter Courtney
Published: August 2019

Slitless spectrometers can provide simultaneous imaging and spectral data over an extended field of view, thereby allowing rapid data acquisition for extended sources. In some instances, when the object is greatly extended or the spectral dispersion is too small, there may be locations in the focal plane where emission lines at different wavelengths contribute. It is then desirable to unfold the overlapped regions in order to isolate the contributions from the individual wavelengths. In this paper, we describe a method for such an unfolding, using an inversion technique developed for an extreme ultraviolet imaging spectrometer and coronagraph named the COronal Spectroscopic Imager in the EUV (COSIE). The COSIE spectrometer wavelength range (18.6–20.5 nm) contains a number of strong coronal emission lines and several density sensitive lines. We focus on optimizing the unfolding process to retrieve emission measure maps at constant temperature, maps of spectrally pure intensity in the Fe xii and Fe xiii lines, and density maps based on both Fe xii and Fe xiii diagnostics.
Multi-component Decomposition of Astronomical Spectra by Compressed Sensing
Authors: Cheung Mark C. M. , De Pontieu Bart , Martínez-Sykora Juan , Testa Paola , Winebarger Amy R. , Daw Adrian , Hansteen Viggo , Antolin Patrick , Tarbell Theodore D. , Wuelser Jean-Pierre , Young Peter ,   The MUSE Team
Published: August 2019

The signal measured by an astronomical spectrometer may be due to radiation from a multi-component mixture of plasmas with a range of physical properties (e.g., temperature, Doppler velocity). Confusion between multiple components may be exacerbated if the spectrometer sensor is illuminated by overlapping spectra dispersed from different slits, with each slit being exposed to radiation from a different portion of an extended astrophysical object. We use a compressed sensing method to robustly retrieve the different components. This method can be adopted for a variety of spectrometer configurations, including single-slit, multi-slit (e.g., the proposed MUlti-slit Solar Explorer mission), and slot spectrometers (which produce overlappograms).
Magnetic Flux Cancellation as the Trigger Mechanism of Solar Coronal Jets
Authors: McGlasson Riley A. , Panesar Navdeep K. , Sterling Alphonse C. , Moore Ronald L.
Published: August 2019

Coronal jets are transient narrow features in the solar corona that originate from all regions of the solar disk: active regions, quiet Sun, and coronal holes. Recent studies indicate that at least some coronal jets in quiet regions and coronal holes are driven by the eruption of a minifilament following flux cancellation at a magnetic neutral line. We have tested the veracity of that view by examining 60 random jets in quiet regions and coronal holes using multithermal (304, 171, 193, and 211 Å) extreme ultraviolet images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly and line-of-sight magnetograms from the SDO/Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager. By examining the structure and changes in the magnetic field before, during, and after jet onset, we found that 85% of these jets resulted from a minifilament eruption triggered by flux cancellation at the neutral line. The 60 jets have a mean base diameter of 8800 ± 3100 km and a mean duration of 9 ± 3.6 minutes. These observations confirm that minifilament eruption is the driver and magnetic flux cancellation is the primary trigger mechanism for most coronal hole and quiet region coronal jets.
Chree Method of Analysis: A Critique of Its Application to Forbush Events Selection Criteria and Timing
Authors: Okike O.
Published: August 2019

The Chree method of analysis is a useful tool employed in solar–terrestrial studies. In a bid to fine-tune the results obtained by the technique, some areas of improvements, especially the statistical test of significance, have been pointed out. Recently, Okike & Umahi spotted another pitfall in the technique with regard to the type of neutron monitor data used. The present work suggests that harmonic analysis is required to deal with galactic cosmic-ray (CR) signals, composed of different periodicities, cycles, and short-term random fluctuations. It is equally demonstrated that an R software program could be adapted to calculate the magnitude and timing of the sudden and rapid depressions (referred to as Forbush decreases [FDs]) in the high-frequency term of the transformed signal. Our results, in agreement with those of the IZMIRAN group, suggest that large FDs might not be as rare as are claimed by the numerous solar–terrestrial superposition analyses. The present analysis, in consonance with the global survey method of Belov et al., demonstrates that a sophisticated method is required to select FDs in a large volume of CR data. Thus, the small FD samples, usually employed in solar–terrestrial analyses, might be the reason for the misleading conclusions in some past studies that were investigating solar–climate links.
Revision of the “Lozopera” species group reveals peculiar structures on the male genitalia in moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Authors: Pérez Santa-Rita Jose , Baixeras Almela Joaquin , Zlatkov Boyan
Published: August 2019

The “Lozopera” species group of the genus Aethes Billberg, 1820 comprises at least 26 described valid species distributed in the Palaearctic region. Most of them share similar external morphology and are identified mainly after their genitalia. The genitalia morphology of both sexes is comparatively complex and the taxa of the group are surrounded by numerous taxonomical problems. A thorough study of the genital morphology, aiming to solve some of the problems, revealed the existence of a microscopic seta on the vesica of the male phallus. SEM and light microscopy observations suggest that it is sensillum chaeticum and probably has a (mechano) receptive function. It is present in some species and absent in others, but always located near the gonopore. In some species a large acantha with similar location was found, instead. Apart from the “Lozopera” species group, such a sensillum was observed in other Aethes spp. and in other genera of the tribe Cochylini as well. Such a structure has never been reported on the vesica of a moth.
Raphia vinifera (Arecaceae; Calamoideae): Misidentified for far too long
Authors: Mogue Kamga Suzanne , Sonké Bonaventure , Couvreur Thomas L.P.
Published: August 2019

The genusRaphia(Arecaceae/Palmae) is the most economically and culturally important genus of African palms. With over 20 recognized species, it is also the most diversified among tropical African palms. However, significant taxonomic confusion still persists in the genus.Raphia viniferaP.Beauv. is one of the first two names described in the genus, but the species has been misidentified and confused for several decades.

We clarify the taxonomic identity ofR. vinifera.We retrace the taxonomic history of the name and clarify its morphological identity using the literature and type material. We synonymize the nameR. mambillensiswithR. vinifera.We provide a new detailed morphological description ofR. viniferabased on the study of herbarium material and field data. A distribution map is also provided.Raphia viniferais still incompletely known, and more research should be undertaken on this species' presence and ecology, especially in West Africa.
Three new species of the genus Zethus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from China, with an updated key to the Oriental species
Authors: Wang Hua-Chuan , Chen Bin , Li Ting-Jing
Published: August 2019

Three new species, namely Zethus striatussp. nov., Z. asperipunctatussp. nov. and Z. nullimarginatussp. nov. from China are described and illustrated. Z. tumidus Nguyen & Carpenter, 2016 and Z. angulatus Nguyen & Carpenter, 2016 are newly recorded from China. An updated key to the Oriental species of the genus is provided.
Oecanthus mhatreae sp. nov. (Gryllidae: Oecanthinae): A new species of tree cricket from Mexico, with an irregular song pattern and unique chirp-like trill configuration
Authors: Collins Nancy , Coronado González Isabel Margarita , Govaerts Bruno Victor Alfons
Published: August 2019

A new species of Oecanthus is described from Mexico. Oecanthus mhatreaesp. nov. occurs in central Mexico in the understory of tropical deciduous forest. Oecanthus mhatreaesp. nov. is currently known only from the Corregidora area of the Mexican state of Querétaro. The widened tegmina and chirp-like brief trills song are consistent with some members of the rileyi species group; however, this new species of tree cricket is different in several aspects. The chirp-like brief trills are generally irregularly spaced, it does not have the expected grouping of the chirp pulses, and the colors of buff, light olive green, or light brown are vastly different than the four known pale green species in the rileyi species group of the Western Hemisphere. Morphology, habitat, and song details of this new species, with the common name of Otomi tree cricket, are provided in this paper. Video can be viewed at www.oecanthinae.com.
The taxonomic revision of Asian Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) V: two new species from Yunnan, China
Authors: Zhu Xinxin , Li Xiaoqin , Liao Shuai , Li Guodong , Ma Jinshuang
Published: August 2019

Aristolochia pseudoutriformis X.X.Zhu & J.S.Ma, sp. nov. and A. yangii X.X.Zhu & J.S.Ma, sp. nov., two new species from Yunnan, China, are described and illustrated here. The former is morphologically similar to A. utriformis and A. forrestiana and the latter is similar to A. cucurbitoides and A. forrestiana. According to Ma’s (1989a) classification, both new species belong to Aristolochia subgenus Siphisia on the basis of the 3-lobed gynostemium and oblong anthers that are adnate in pairs, opposite the gynostemium lobes. Meanwhile, the two new species are assessed as Vulnerable (VU D2) according to IUCN Red List criteria.
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae): I. One new species from northwest Yunnan, China
Authors: Li Xin , Wang Hong , Li De-Zhu , Yu Wen-Bin
Published: August 2019

Pedicularis multicaulis W.B.Yu, H.Wang & D.Z.Li (series Oliganthae Prain) is a new species described and illustrated herein. This new species is endemic to northwest Yunnan and only two populations were found in Weixi county. Phylogenetic analyses support P. multicaulis as a new species, sister to P. taihaiensis Bonati and P. macilenta Franch. Morphological comparisons between P. multicaulis and P. macilenta and P. taihaiensis also support P. multicaulis as a new species to science.
Initial testing of a computer-integrated weight compensation system for rehabilitation of horses
Authors: Montgomery J.B. , Steinke S.L. , Williams A.C. , Belgrave L.J.
Published: August 2019

Management of severely injured or neurologic horses is challenging, with ambulatory support limited to static lifts and rescue slings. The aim of this study was initial testing and adjustment of a novel computer-integrated dynamic lift system, including measuring effects of increasing weight compensation (i.e. load reduction) and time attached to the lift. This automated system was developed to improve outcomes and reduce complications in horses with ambulatory difficulties, allowing for controlled mobility and varying load carried by the horse with independent front and hind limb support. Two healthy Thoroughbred horses were studied using the Anderson rescue sling. The lift was programmed to respond to weight and movement of horses. Weight compensation (% bodyweight) was incrementally increased, for front and hind limbs, to maximum percent tolerated, based on heart/respiratory rates and behavioural scoring. The time attached to the lift was then incrementally increased at maximum tolerated weight compensation previously determined. Measures included heart/respiratory rates, behavioural scoring, muscle enzyme activity and blood flow to distal limbs. Results were analysed descriptively. Avoidance behaviour was observed at front and hind end weight compensation of 18 and 4%, respectively. Average maximum time attached to the lift was 2.25 hours. After 60 minutes, respiratory rate increased >20 breaths (b)/minute, reaching 60 b/minute in one horse and 36 b/minute in the other, with shallow breathing. Other measures remained normal. In conclusion, lift programming was successful for weight compensation and mobility during lift support. Complications included avoidance behaviour and respiratory distress at >20% weight compensation, likely caused by the Anderson rescue sling. To address these limitations, a new rehabilitation harness better suited for long-term use is under development.
Deoxynivalenol: toxicological profiles and perspective views for future research
Authors: Zhou H. , Guog T. , Dai H. , Yu Y. , Zhang Y. , Ma L.
Published: August 2019

Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a secondary metabolite mainly produced by the fungiFusarium in agricultural crops, widely existing in feeds and cereal-based foodstuffs. Because of the high occurrence and potentials to induce a variety of toxic effects on animals and humans, DON has been a very harmful exogenous dietary toxicant threating public health. The focus of this review is to summarise the DON-induced broad spectrum of adverse health effects, to probe the current state of knowledge of combined toxicity of DON with other mycotoxins and its derivatives, and to put forward prospective ideas that multi-generational toxicity of DON and its overall impacts on intestinal-immuno-neuroendocrine system could receive more attention in future investigations. The general aim is to provide a scientific basis for the necessity to re-consider risk-assessment and regulations.
Immigrant Youth in Canadian Postsecondary Education: Pathway Morphologies in the Province of Quebec
Authors: Kamanzi Pierre-Canisius , Magnan Marie-Odile , Pilote Annie , Doray Pierre
Published: August 2019

This article aims to describe and understand the postsecondary pathway morphologies of immigrant youth in Quebec, as well as the factors contributing to structuring them. The results obtained from the analysis of the Ministry of Education data (N = 20,387) show that these young people pursue postsecondary education through linear pathways in larger proportions than their peers whose parents are born in Canada. However, the differences are much higher at university level than at that of general and vocational colleges (known by their French acronym CÉGEP: Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel). In addition, there are significant differences among immigrant youth according to the geographical region of origin of their parents. In contrast, there is almost no difference in nonlinear pathways. This article suggests some possible interpretations.
A Sustainable Business Model in the Functioning of Enterprises as the Base for Creating Circular Economy
Authors: Lorek Elżbieta , Lorek Agnieszka
Published: August 2019

Circular economy was the subject of interest for many researchers and is currently an inherent part of the sustainable growth concept. Shifting the economy to circular will require transformations in the field of competence, development, innovations, and organizational governance, as well as public awareness. Circular economy creates opportunities for achieving benefits in the economy (the efficiency of production processes, innovations, power safety) as well as in the social and environmental fields (shaping ecological safety). In the chapter, the authors describe such issues as theoretical foundations of the circular economy concept; European guidelines in the field of circular economy; problems and benefits associated with the implementation of circular economy, in light of compliance with sustainable development principles; business solution models together with the prospects for further sustainable development of a company, based on assumptions and models of circular economy.
Morpho-Syntactic Marking of Inflectional Categories in English
Authors: Aygen Gulsat
Published: August 2019

The goal of this chapter is to introduce the connection between morphology and syntax, using inflectional morphemes and functional words that mark specific inflectional categories on the verb. The chapter identifies and discusses four major inflectional categories marked on the verbs, namely, tense, aspect, mood, and voice from a descriptive linguistics approach. This approach provides a much more systematic and simple presentation of how English marks these less-commonly understood and potentially confusing concepts. The chapter first reviews the basic terminology and concepts relevant to the topic and presents a concise survey of both the traditional and the more recent theoretical analyses of English tense, aspect, mood, and voice. Further, it explains and exemplifies the recent analysis of tense, aspect, mood, and voice markers as a demonstration of how they can be taught accurately and in a pedagogically simpler way.
Sociolinguistic Factors Influencing English Language Learning
Authors: Bakos Jon
Published: August 2019

This chapter examines processes of language variation and change that take place in all languages, with a focus on English. Sociolinguists have observed that demographic and social variables such as where someone is born, their age, gender, and socio-economic status can be relevant to how they speak. However, contemporary work indicates that there is more to how someone speaks than a few checkboxes on a survey. Who does a speaker feel empathy with and want to emulate? How does a multi-faceted sense of personal identity affect how a person speaks? How might a second language (L2) learner's sense of belonging affect their own realization of English? These are some of the questions that this chapter seeks to address.
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Planning
Authors: Kumar Tushar , Thakur Tripta
Published: August 2019

Widespread adoption of electric vehicles would bring a paradigm shift in the way distribution infrastructure is planned and electricity markets operate. Electric vehicle adoption could help in meeting the worldwide targets for greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, the health benefits for the public would be immense as the source of emissions would be far away from the massively populated areas. For electricity markets, electric vehicles can serve as a distributed plug in facility of energy storage at low cost requiring minimal capital investment from grid utilities. However, widespread electric vehicle adoption faces a number of hurdles such as limited range in comparison to Internal combustion engines, but from the grid perspective, it faces issues such as limitations of available charging infrastructure to charge large number of electric vehicles and longer charging time currently as compared to refueling fuel driven vehicles. This chapter explores such issues and their remedies in the current literature.
Voltage Stability Assessment Techniques for Modern Power Systems
Authors: Rawat Mahiraj Singh , Vadhera Shelly
Published: August 2019

In recent times, most of the power systems are made to operate close to their operating limits owing to various reasons like slow pace of transmission line expansion, environmental constraints, deregulated electricity market, etc. Therefore, the issue of maintaining the system stability has become the primary objective of the utility companies. The recent development and integration of renewable energy sources have further pushed the modern power systems to system security risks. The voltage instability had been the major cause of recent blackouts around the world. The timely assessment of voltage stability can prevent the blackouts in the power systems. This chapter explores the classical as well as newly developed static voltage stability assessment techniques proposed by various researchers in recent years. Also, the chapter cater to the needs of undergraduate as well as graduate students, professional engineers, and researchers who all are working in the domain of power system voltage stability.
Energy Efficient and Secure Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors: Biswas Rathindra Nath , Mitra Swarup Kumar , Naskar Mrinal Kanti
Published: August 2019

This chapter describes the development of energy efficient and secure localization systems for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) based on anchor mobility control techniques. Towards improvement of energy efficiency and security over the network, sensors are assumed to broadcast messages in a periodic and coherent manner. Moreover, anchor is supposed to be location aware with GPS (global positioning system) receiver and capable of finding the directions of arrival (DoA) from intercepted signals using smart antennas. In each step along its trajectory, anchor communicates only with neighboring nodes having received signal strength (RSS) above a predefined threshold level. Mobility control schemes aim to explore few new nodes along with the existing ones in each subsequent anchor steps. Sensors would be able to localize themselves after receiving range (distance/angle) data from two distinct anchor positions. Accordingly, convergence speed of localization process is optimized. Simulation results corroborate its competency comparable to the existing methods.
Private Prisons and the Shift in Marketplace From the War on Drugs to the War on Terror
Authors: Moreno Karina
Published: August 2019

This paper outlines the emergence of a new marketplace in the United States, immigration detention, especially after September 11th. This phenomenon is not limited to the United States, but is also observable in other countries as the result of the globalized economy. This paper first explains how the private prison industry adapted from shaping harsh drug law sentencing during the War on Drugs to now sponsoring legislative bills that target immigrants, the new “cash crop” for the private prison industry. Because of the securitization of immigration governance, politics of fear are easily used to justify and build public support for a tough stance on immigration. The end result is that immigrant detention is a highly lucrative and record-breaking profitable enterprise for private prison corporations, with little accountability in its treatment of immigrants and with more and more power in sponsoring and shaping legislation beneficial to their bottom line. Implications now that Trump, who ran a very xenophobic presidential campaign especially hostile to Mexicans and Muslims, are discussed.
Looking Beyond Now in Publishing
Authors: Ayodeji Ajani Yusuf , Tella Adeyinka , Famuyiwa Shola Temitope , Onyebinama Colette Ogugua
Published: August 2019

Due to digital revolution there has been a lot of development in the publishing industry, and this has also affected access to and dissemination of information. The issue about print and digital debate is now common everywhere. However, the question about what the focus should be, whether the content or the platform, is still yet to be answered. While some believe that digital revolution will continue giving room for digital publishing to thrive; others are saying that it is not the platform that matters but rather the contents that should be made available to the users when needed. This chapter discusses the historical background of digital publishing, digital publishing initiatives, advantages and disadvantages of digital publishing, challenges associated with digital publishing, the print and the digital debate, and looks at what the future holds for publishing.
Overcoming the Onslaught
Authors: Simmons Janelle Christine
Published: August 2019

This chapter seeks to explore and examine the phenomenon known as mobbing and more specifically academic mobbing. First, a brief introduction to bullying at the workplace as well as mobbing ensues. Second, the definitions of mobbing and academic mobbing as well as clear descriptions are delineated. Third, various topics surrounding academic mobbing are introduced such; the phases of mobbing, a description of the bully, a description of the “mobbers,” a description of the bystanders and a description of the target. Other topics are introduced as well such as statistics that surround the phenomenon of mobbing at the workplace as well as workplace engagement results of academic mobbing. Then the methodology is introduced. This research study is qualitative in nature. An autoethnography is utilized and the data is seen through a constructivist/interpretivist lens. The author than introduces her experience via narrative form, which is followed by a discussion and conclusion, limitations of the study, recommendations for future research, and a statement of conflict.
Bullied by the Best
Authors: Harper Janice
Published: August 2019

As the prevalence of academic mobbing gains increasing notice, the concept is almost always framed in terms of bullying perpetrated by a group of “bullies.” While mobbing is seemingly bullying writ large, upon closer examination bullying and mobbing are very different forms of aggression. In this chapter, the author discusses how the prevailing bully paradigm has conflated bullying with mobbing, and why doing so is problematic. By focusing on the behavior of animals, she shows how signs of submission and/or domination can end or escalate the aggression, attract others to join in, and cause leaders to ignore or encourage the abuse. She then turns to the ways in which workplace aggression has been cast in moral terms of bullies and powerless victims, while failing to account for the complexity and nuance of workplace aggression, as well as the role of the victim. Finally, she discusses the organizational context of the university, suggesting that there are specific features of the academy that make it ripe for mobbing.
Neoliberal Technocracy and Opposition Exams for Hiring Tenured Full-Time Professors in a Mexican Public University
Authors: Marín Silvia Karla Fernández , Peña-Saint-Martin Florencia
Published: August 2019

In this chapter, the introduction of technocratic neoliberal policies in Mexico, starting in the mid-1980s, and their repercussions in higher education are analyzed. Special focus is set on its negative consequences for hiring tenured full-time professors at public universities. A case study from a public university is used to demonstrate how suppressing candidates and arbitrarily favoring others through sham dealing are almost part of the formal procedures now. This case was used because access to all the documentation was granted, and it was possible to interview in depth a female candidate who was suppressed twice. Unfortunately, experiencing suppression, workplace bullying, and mobbing for some candidates is almost the norm now. Also, when suppressed, they are left in a powerless position with almost no resources to confront injustice.
My Campus Administration, Faculty Association, Senate, and Me
Authors: Wylie Peter
Published: August 2019

This chapter recounts recent experiences of the author with the University of British Columbia (UBC), its Faculty Association (FA), this association's relationship with the author's campus administration at UBC Okanagan campus (UBCO), and the relationship of the campus administration with the senate of the campus. The chapter is a case study of academic mobbing. The author's targeting, exclusion, and ostracism is fully documented in the chapter and fully explained by the concepts of academic bullying, harassment, and mobbing. It is a case study of where an elected union representative of faculty members and an elected senator was targeted, excluded, and ostracized by the powers that be in the union and university administration, working in collusion and complicity.
Ontology-Based Open Tourism Data Integration Framework
Authors: Mountasser Imadeddine , Ouhbi Brahim , Hdioud Ferdaous , Frikh Bouchra
Published: August 2019

Tourism is an information-intensive industry that requires the interconnection of the stakeholders to make strategic decisions for both tourism organizations and tourists. For instance, trip planning as a high-engagement, time and effort-consuming decision-making process, allows choosing the most suitable travel destination, mode, and activities. Tourists often need a considerable amount of information to develop a travel plan and to build expectations for their trip. Therefore, they need a technological platform on which information relating to tourism activities could be interoperated to respond to the pre-trip tourists' information sourcing behavior. In contrast, given the substantial number of actors providing open data in the field of tourism, tourism service providers aim to explore its significant potentials for sustainable tourism development. Thus, this chapter investigates the capacity to build a centralized information platform using diverse open data sources to support travelers during their trip planning by providing more prominent and better-tailored information.
Job Engagement Levels Across the Generations at Work
Authors: Brightenburg Mark E. , Whittington J. Lee , Meskelis Simone , Asare Enoch
Published: August 2019

For more than a decade, low levels of employee engagement have consistently been reported by the press and consultant community. A recurring chorus has emerged from this pattern of reporting: not only are less than 30% of employees fully engaged in their work, but this statistic is even lower among the fastest growing segment of the workforce – Millennials. But is the engagement level of Millennials really as low as reported? Are Millennials more likely to be actively disengaged than their older coworkers? This chapter takes a fresh look at these questions. A series of field studies were conducted to determine if there are indeed large differences in the level of engagement between the generations. The research conclusions in this chapter are at odds with the often-cited reports of low employee engagement. The reason for this variance is discussed and actionable solutions for facilitating high levels of employee engagement across a generation-diverse workforce are offered.