bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The state of production and marketing of agrarian products by agricultural enterprises of Lviv region
Authors: Komaniak R.
Published: May 2019

In this publication the research of activity of one of the important components of the subjects of agrarian, namely: functioning of agricultural enterprises, was conducted. These organizational and economic structures in the agrarian sector of the economy have fallen in the early stages of the implementation of agrarian reforms in Ukraine (at the end of the 20th century). This is the result of unwarranted transformations in agriculture.  In modern conditions, and they began in the early 21st century, there are dynamic processes of the revival of large-scale agricultural production, based on which agricultural enterprises.  It is these organizational and economic structures of the Lviv region that underlies the preparation and writing of this article. The presentation of the research results was conducted in a certain logical publication. The introduction substantiates the relevance of the chosen topic of studying its significance for the further development of agrarian production, it is indicated in the selection of research activities of agricultural enterprises of Lviv region during 2000–2017. The specific effects of the research are reflected in the numerical indicators in tabular forms. Thus, in particular, shows the volumes of production for the above-mentioned years and its share in its total volumes in the Lviv region.  The above information gives grounds to assert that the agricultural enterprises of Lviv region dynamically increase the absolute indicators of gross production of agrarian products in general and in sectoral terms in particular.  The publication presents data on the level of use of agricultural land by investigated subjects of economic activity. There are also positive changes and indicators of production of agrarian products per 100 hectares of agricultural land are much higher than in the farms of the population, which in the Lviv region is the dominant form of management.  The volumes of sales of agricultural products by agricultural enterprises are presented in the natural indices for its main types, which also have a strong tendency to increase, with the exception of some types of livestock products. The publication also presents the dynamics of changes in prices for the represented types of crop and livestock products, and at the same time we note that in order to establish certain patterns of their changes, it is necessary to carry out separate studies on the functioning of the price mechanism in the agrarian sector of the economy. Conclusions are derived from the results of the study and are specific.  Their implementation should ensure the growth of production and implementation of agricultural products by agricultural enterprises of Lviv region in such quantities that would ensure the domination of these organizational and economic structures in the agrarian sector of the economy.
Cooperative activity of Ivan Porytko from rogatin
Authors: Shulskyi M.
Published: May 2019

The article highlighted the thick layer of activity of those co-operators, which ensure the implementation of theoretical developments of cooperation in the practical actions of business entities. At one of the numerous group of cooperative figures, namely: on the cooperative activity of Ivan Porytka attention was paid to the research process on the chosen topic of publication. In this article, the presentation of the research results is conducted in a certain logical sequence. The introduction substantiates the relevance of the chosen theme, its importance for further development of the cooperative movement in various spheres of social relations. Particular attention is paid to the activities of those cooperators who introduced theoretical developments into the practice of business entities. Each person in one or another kind of activity is characterized by a whole complex of both general and personal attributes that are inherent to it. These are, first of all, periods of birth, education and first steps of activities. Specific features of their implementation in the life of I. Porytka are reflected in table 1. Further activity of the person under study, which began at the beginning of the 20th century on the cooperative field, is reflected in the materials of table 2 and partly in table 3. Here, in the specified forms, all of what I. Porytko practically practiced during the interwar period is represented. His activities were multifaceted and fruitful, which materialized in the creation of cooperatives. He acted not in himself, but in constant cooperation with his associates, representatives of the clergy, and others like that. All this in the complex provided success in the development of cooperation.
Algorithm of rations calculation of animals feeding and areas of green crops sowing
Authors: Kozij B. , Stepanjuk O.
Published: May 2019

The most important factor of realization of genetic potential of animals is  a  valuable feeding.  Considerable attention is today spared to this problem and are conducted many researches of the rationssent to perfection of structure taking into account the physiological features of animals digestion. The process of rations calculation of animals feeding includes the need in public work with plenty of certificate information: by tabular data about content of nutritives, macro- and microelements, vitamins in each type of feed, by the results of lab tests of forage, requirements in the nutritives of animals of different sexual-age-old groups. Work is considerably simplified, if all this information is kept in memory  of computer as a corresponding base. A  standard database contains certificate information about the content of nutritives, macro- and microelements, vitamins, and other in every type of feed in accordance with average data for a corresponding region or zone of agriculture. Such information is conditionally-permanent, as properties of soil and natural and climatic conditions for a concrete region change very slowly. At the rations calculation of agricultural animals feeding and poultry bird it is necessary to have operative information about the real content in corresponding forage all those substances after that there will be a balanced ration. Depending on weather conditions the quality of the used seed, amount and added fertilizer conditions and expiration of forage date the real content of nutritives in every  feed candiffer from a standard for this region. So before of calculations, it is necessary to amend changes in the table of  database that will be directly used in calculations. With the aim of maintenance of standard information such calculations should be performed with the use of some copy of standard database in which should make such changes. An algorithm is offered for realization of calculation of rations of feeding of agricultural animals together with determination of areas of sowing of corresponding greencrops on the basis of the worked out mathematical model but methodology of realization of this algorithm by facilities of tabular processor of Excel.
Ways of improvement of development of separate organizational and legal forms of entrepreneurship activity in the agricultural sector
Authors: Smolynets I.
Published: May 2019

One of the most important directions in this context is the problems of organizational and legal forms of development of entrepreneurial activity in agriculture. Effective development of entrepreneurial activity in agriculture is hindered by poor adaptation to market conditions and low investment attractiveness of agrarian production and economic formations, unsystematic and dispersed revenues for modernization of production activities, insufficient state support, imperfection of the organizational and economic mechanism for managing the development of various organizational and legal forms of entrepreneurial activity activities in the agrarian sector. In the historical aspect of the development of entrepreneurial activity there are the following forms: private farms, individual holdings, households, peasant farms, private and state agricultural enterprises, collective farms, in particular peasant unions, agricultural companies, inter-farm enterprises and associations, of various kinds and types societies that are divided in form of association and level of responsibility. The most important of these, which have become accustomed and function in agriculture, are agricultural enterprises, in particular private ones, and households. However, today the state of development of entrepreneurial activity in the agroindustrial complex remains rather complicated and requires complex comprehensive reforms, the main role of which should be owned by the state. That is why among the objects of state regulation a special place should occupy the agrarian sector of the economy and the forms of entrepreneurial activity, in particular the agrarian market and the formation of its infrastructure, which is conditioned by the state regulation. The main problems of the agrarian sector development include the low efficiency of agricultural production and the problem of deformation of price proportions, the solution of which is directly related to the perfection of the infrastructure and mechanisms for regulating the agricultural market. The process of establishing enterprises on the basis of co-operation and their integration with processing enterprises will reflect the interests of agricultural producers and promote their stable and efficient development. The most effective form of co-operation is production, sales and service cooperatives, created on the basis of cooperation of shares and natural forage lands, fixed assets, livestock of animals that unite agricultural producers, households, purchasers, enterprises of the processing industry, various catering enterprises, institutions and organizations. Co-operation, by its very nature, is an economic and voluntary phenomenon. Integration is the next stage of effective economic forms of cooperation among the participants in the agrarian market.
Digital marketing instrument in the conditions of development of the informational economy
Authors: Dorosh-Kizym M. , Dadak O. , Gachek T.
Published: May 2019

The evolution of marketing, large volumes of data, analytics and the enormous growth of advertising in the consumer information space, have led to a global transformation of marketing functions. Today, marketing, retaining its functional tools, is changing and modifying. Marketing systems primarily focus on understanding the process of shaping consumer decisions. Given that people spend most of their time in the digital world, marketers should work in it as effectively. It is difficult to imagine the successful operation of any enterprise without a well-established marketing activity. In a modern economy, the question of the role of marketing in the enterprise is acute. Manufacturers, trying to sell their goods intensively use all marketing tools, in particular – advertising. Aggravating competition in most markets requires the formation of mobile marketing systems of the enterprise. The basis of modern society is the rapidly growing network of electronic knowledge and tools that covers manufacturers, suppliers, sellers, buyers and users of information in electronic form. The experience of recent years shows that traditional unified marketing techniques no longer work with the expected effect, so new creative ways to promote a product or service to the market should be introduced into the marketing system in order to meet the needs of an overly demanding consumer. Each year, technology is moving forward, new trends are gaining momentum, affecting all the schemes that people make business in the digital world. And in order to be ahead of competitors, or even simply to “stay in the game”, you need to learn how to work with new tools, track trends and be flexible enough to adapt to these changes.
Priority directions for the development of the potential of the agrarian sector in the system of economic security of Ukraine
Authors: Urba S. I.
Published: May 2019

The article examines the importance of the existing potential of the agrarian sector of the Ukrainian economy, the use of which is insufficient, given the results of its functioning in the system of economic relations. The basic preconditions, which complicate the processes of effective realization of the potential of the domestic agrarian sector in the system of providing economic security, are determined. Particular attention is paid to the problematic issues that form the destabilizing impacts on the development of the potential of the agrarian sector. It is noted that the incompleteness of agrarian reform and long-term transformation processes in the agrarian sector of the economy, the absence of a rationally organized market of agricultural land in Ukraine, the lack of development of vertically-integrated structures of the formation of value added connecting chains, complicate the processes of effective realization of the potential of the domestic agrarian sector. It is argued that in order to increase the economic, social and environmental efficiency of the functioning of the agrarian sector and the realization of its potential, it is expedient to adhere to certain strategic priorities that will ensure the strengthening of economic security. The article proposes a comprehensive implementation of the measures and the expected effect of the implementation of priority directions of development of the potential of the agrarian sector in the system of ensuring economic security of Ukraine.
Experimental and Modeling Study of CO-Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO Over Perovskite-Type Nanocatalysts
Authors: Abedi Shiva , Niaei Aligholi , Namjou Najaf , Salari Darioush , Tarjomannejad Ali , Izadkhah Behrang
Published: May 2019

In this work LaFeO3, LaFe0.7Mn0.3O3 and LaMn0.7Fe0.3O3 nanocatalysts with perovskite structures have been synthesized by sol-gel method. The selective catalytic reduction of NO with CO (CO-SCR) using synthesized nanocatalysts was investigated in a plug flow reactor. The kinetics of CO-SCR process was studied and three kinetic models were used to describe the behavior of the system, including power low model (PLM), kinetic model 1 (KM1) and kinetic model 2 (KM2). The KM1 was the best model with correlation coefficients of 0.9924, 0.9911 and 0.9902 and the sum of squared errors of 0.0504, 0.0488 and 0.0397, for LaFeO3, LaFe0.7Mn0.3O3 and LaFe0.3Mn0.7O3 catalysts, respectively. By comparing experimental results with the predicted results of the KM1, it was found that the proposed model can predict the performance of catalysts in the CO-SCR process with considerable precision. The structure and morphology of perovskite-type oxides were characterized by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), respectively.
The growth and survival rate of hair goat kids raised by public in Karaman region
Authors: TEKİN Mehmet Emin , ARLI Mehmet
Published: May 2019

The objective of this research, which was based
on the data obtained during a five-year period between 2011-2016 from the Hair
goat herds in mountainous areas of Karaman within the National Sheep and Goat
Improvement Project, was to investigate growth and survival rate of Hair goat
kids between birth and weaning.The
animal material of the study was consisted of total 25714 Hair goat kids. The
goats were weighed at birth and on 120th day. According to the data obtained
from these measurements, the growth and survival rate of the goat kids were
calculated. For the statistical analysis of the data, general linear model was
used for growth and Khi-square test was used for survival rate analysis. For general
average of five years, birth weight average was 3.55 kg for male kids, and 3.40
kg for females; the average weight on 120th day was 23.57 kg for male kids and
21.72 kg for female kids; the daily live weight gain for male and female kids
were found as 166.8 g and 151.4 g respectively. The survival rate of the Hair
goat kids showed changes according to years and the rate was generally found as
89.3%. Among the factors whose effects were analyzed, year, dam’s age, birth
type and sex had significant effect on analyzed features (P<0.001). As a result, it was determined that growth rate
was higher, while survival rate was consistent with the existing literature. It
was also determined that the growth rate was higher in later years when
compared to earlier years of the study
Cooperative Learning (CL) in Promoting Oral Group Lessons
Authors: Ali Wondwosen Tesfamichael
Published: May 2019

The purpose of this study was to assess whether or not the oral group lessons in the student English textbook of grade seven promoted CL. The study involved in the textbook, two English language teachers and one hundred twenty students who have been teaching and learning the English language, respectively at Muke Turi Primary and Junior Secondary School in Northern Shoa, Ethiopia. The data for the study were gathered through text analysis. In order to see the actual happening and to triangulate the findings of the text analysis, interviews were conducted and classrooms were observed. The results of the study showed that the oral group lessons in the textbook of grade seven fulfilled almost all the criteria of CL; the teachers and the students who were interviewed understood the benefits of sharing ideas through group work which in turn promotes CL though the number of the students in the class was large, and the students had poor background knowledge of English. The classroom observations proved that the number of students in the class was large; the desks were fixed; the students frequently used their mother tongue rather than English during group discussions; the teachers did not set a time limit for the discussions, and there were few practices of evaluating the oral group lessons after group discussions. The findings of this study indicate that the oral group lessons in the textbook helped to promote CL though there were problems to practice them in the classrooms.
Effects of Cooperative Learning Method (CLM) on Vocabularies and Grammars in Essay Writing
Authors: Ali Wondwosen Tesfamichael
Published: May 2019

The target of this research was to examine whether or not the effects of CLM improved eleventh graders’ essay writing skills in terms of vocabularies and grammars. The quasi-experimental research was employed and the sample population was taken from two sections of eleventh grade. The CLM was implemented in the experimental group after the students had been made to have awareness about it whereas in the control group, the students were taught their lessons based on the usual lesson plan in which the elements of the method were not used. Data were collected through pre- and post-tests. Dependent t-tests were employed to test whether or not there were significant intra-group differences on the vocabularies and grammars in essay writing skills at 0.05 risk levels whereas independent samples t-tests were used to check if there were significant inter-group differences on the vocabularies and grammars in essay writing skills at 0.05 alpha levels. The analyses of the vocabularies and grammars in essay writing skills pre-test of the inter-groups showed that both groups had similar backgrounds in writing vocabularies and grammars in essays at the initial stage of this research. Nevertheless, after the treatments had been given to the experimental research participants, the analyses of the data indicated that the experimental group outscored significantly (p<0.05) the control group in writing vocabularies and grammars in essay writing post-test. This indicates that the effects of CLM brought about changes on the experimental group. Therefore, the major findings of this study reveal that the CLM enabled the participants in the experimental group to show improvements in writing vocabularies and grammars in essays.
Right sizing for vaccine effectiveness studies: how many is enough for reliable estimation?
Authors: Price Olivia H , Carville Kylie S , Sullivan Sheena G
Published: May 2019

Background The precision of vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates is dependent on sample size and sampling methods. In Victoria, participating general practitioners (GPs) are not limited by the number of influenza-like illness (ILI) patients they collect respiratory samples (swabs) from in sentinel surveillance. However, in the context of scarce resources it is of interest to determine the minimum sample size needed for reliable estimates. Methods Following the test-negative design, patients with ILI were recruited by GPs and tested for influenza. Descriptive analyses were conducted to assess possible selection bias introduced by GPs. VE was calculated by logistic regression as [1 – odds ratio] x 100% and adjusted for week of presentation and age. Random 20% and 50% samples were selected without replacement to estimate the effect of swab rates on VE estimates. Results GPs swabbed a smaller proportion of patients aged ≥65 years (45.9%, n=238) than those <5 (75.6%, n=288), 5–17 (67.9%, n=547) and 18–64 (75.6%, n=2662) years. Decreasing the swab rate did not alter VE point estimates significantly. However, it reduced the precision of estimates and in some instances resulted in too small a sample size to estimate VE. Conclusion Imposing a 20% or 50% swabbing rate produces less robust VE estimates. The number of swabs required per year to produce precise estimates should be dictated by seasonal severity, rather than an arbitrary rate. It would be beneficial for GPs to swab patients systematically by age group to ensure there are sufficient data to investigate VE against a particular subtype in a given age group.
Taxonomic study of the genus Lateantenna Amsel, 1968 (Lepidoptera: Blastobasidae) from Mainland China, with descriptions of four new species
Authors: Teng Kaijian , Wang S.
Published: May 2019

The ten species of the genus Lateantenna Amsel, 1968 known from China are reviewed. Four new species are described: L. semicircularis sp. n. and L. zhejiangensis sp. n. from Zhejiang, L. lunata sp. n. from Yunnan and Hainan, and L. triangulata sp. n. from Yunnan. Lateantenna eurotella (Adamski, 2010) and L. ianella (Adamski, 2003) are newly recorded for China. The females of L. camelliae (Chen & Wu, 2013) and L. ianella (Adamski, 2003) are described for the first time. Photographs of adults and genitalia are provided. Based on male genitalia, a key to the species of Mainland China is provided. Two maps showing the distribution of these species are also included.
Wolbachia infection and parasitoid occurrence among plant-feeding caterpillars of the endangered butterfly Phengaris teleius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in southern Poland
Authors: Śliwińska Ewa B. , Martyka Rafał , Cichoń Mariusz , Tryjanowski Piotr
Published: May 2019

Parasites are an important component of ecological communities, as they shape host population dynamics and interfere with interspecific competition in ecosystems. Here, we studied Wolbachia infection and parasitoid occurrence among caterpillars of the endangered Phengaris teleius butterfly in five populations inhabiting southern Poland. The knowledge about potential parasites of P. teleius may be of particular importance for understanding forces regulating population processes of this species. Our study showed lack of Wolbachia infection and endoparasitoids in the sample of 91 4th instar P. teleius caterpillars. However, we found larvae of an unidentified hymenopteran ectoparasitoid on 17 3rd and 4th instar P. teleius caterpillars. We compare our results to findings from other populations of P. teleius, and its sister species in Europe and Asia, and discuss possible causes of observed patterns of parasite occurrence.
PENGARUH EKSTRAK DAUN KUNYIT (Curcuma longa Linn.) SEBAGAI INSEKTISIDA ELEKTRIK TERHADAP MORTALITAS NYAMUK Culex sp. L.
Authors: Aseptianova Aseptianova
Published: May 2019

Mosquito Culex sp. L. is a vector of elephantiasis disease, prevention effort of elephantiasis vector is usually done by using chemical and natural insecticide. In the leaves of turmeric can be used as a natural insecticide in the prevention of elephantiasis vector disease. The objectives of this research are (1) to know the effect of turmeric extract ((Curcuma longa Linn.) As electrical insecticide to mortality of Culex sp. L. (2) To know the concentration of turmeric extract (Curcuma longa Linn.) Which is effective to be used as an electric insecticide against mortality of Culex sp. L. expressed by the toxicity test of LC50 and LT50. The method used in this research is an experimental method with Completely Randomized Design (RAL) which consists of 5 treatments and 4 replications. Based on research result of turmeric extract (Curcuma longa Linn.) Have a very significant effect on mortality of Culex sp. L. with sig value 0,000 <sig value. 0.05. The probit analysis of LC50 of turmeric leaves extract on mortality of Culex sp. L. is 44, 840 ml, meaning that at that concentration has occurred 50% mortality of total mosquito. The probit analysis of LT50 turmeric leaves extract on mortality of Culex sp. L. for 1.825 hours.
 
Keywords: turmeric leaves extract, mortality Culex sp. L. mosquito
TEKNIK PEMBIBITAN, PEMUPUKAN, DAN PENGENDALIAN HAMA PENYAKIT TANAMAN KOMODITI JERUK SIAM (Citrus nobilis var. microcarpa) DI KECAMATAN SIMPANG EMPAT DAN KECAMATAN PAYUNG, KABUPATEN KARO, SUMATRA UTARA, INDONESIA
Authors: Purba Endang Christine , Purwoko Bambang S.
Published: May 2019

Citrus is one of the horticultural commodities that has been a focus of development in 2018. Citrus is the fourth largest commodity in the percentage of Indonesia fruit production in 2014. In 2014, citrus fruit production in Indonesia was 1,785,256 tons or around 9.01% of national fruit production. Karo Regency is a citrus production center in North Sumatra, Indonesia. According to the Direktorat Jendral Hortikultura (2015) the production of citrus commodities was 173.921 tons (53,30%). In 2014, there were 3,150,060 productive citrus trees with a harvested area of â€‹â€‹7,875 ha and a production of 500,243 tons in North Sumatra. One of the varieties grown by farmers in Karo Regency is Siam. High productivity of siam is certainly also influenced by seedlings, fertilization and controlling the pests. To determine this, research has been conducted on farmers in Simpang Empat and Payung Districts, Karo Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia. To get quality Siam seeds, farmers in two research locations used Japansche citroen plants as rootstock because they were resistant to disease and drought. Fertilization of siam uses inorganic fertilizer as much as 3-4 months, while organic fertilizer as much as 10 months. The control of pests of siam citrus is done mechanically and chemically. Pests and diseases that usually attack siam are Bractocera spp, black lice, fruit borers, fungus and powdery mildew.
 Keywords: cultivation, seedling, fertilizer, pest, productivity, orange, Citrus nobilis
Originalnost izuma Fausta Vrančića
Authors: Nikolić Gojko
Published: May 2019

U radu je istražena originalnost triju izuma Fausta Vrančića sa stajališta današnjega poimanja izuma. Prvi izum koji je u radu istražen jest padobran, za koji je utvrđeno da Faust nije njegov izumitelj, već da ga je iznimno dobro tehnički unaprijedio, koncepcijski vrlo blisko suvremenim rješenjima. S obzirom na to da se uz padobran posvuda veže njegovo ime, mnoge će iznenaditi činjenica da Vrančić nije njegov izumitelj. Drugi izum koji je analiziran, a danas se nedovoljno ističe, odnosi se na mlin na plimu i oseku. Ideja nije nova, koristila se davno u povijesti, posebno u Irskoj i Engleskoj. Inovacija u Vrančićevu mlinu jest uporaba dvosmjernoga strujanja mora, pri čemu konstrukcija okretnoga pogonskoga vodeničnoga kola omogućuje njegovo okretanje uvijek u istom smjeru, neovisno o smjeru strujanja mora. Treća inovacija, koja se odnosi na Vrančićevo rješenje primjene statora i rotora kod vjetrenjače koje omogućuje korištenje vjetra iz bilo kojega smjera, danas se koristi kod turbina za razne fluide (vodu, paru, plinove).
Full Moon Masculinities: Masculine Werewolves, Emotional Repression, and Violence in Young Adult Paranormal Romance Fiction
Authors: Evans Tania
Published: May 2019

Gothic monsters have recently experienced a period of focused scholarly analysis, although few studies have engaged with the werewolf in terms of its overt alignment with masculinity. Yet the werewolves of young adult fantasy fiction both support and subvert dominant masculine discourses through their complex negotiation with emotional repression and violence. These performative masculine practices are the focus of this article, which analyses how hegemonic masculine ideals are reinforced or rejected in a corpus of young adult fantasy texts, including Cassandra Clare's young adult series The Mortal Instruments (2007–2014) and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga (2005–2010). Both texts feature masculine characters whose lycanthropic experiences implicitly comment upon gender norms, which may shape young adult audiences' understanding of their own and others' gender identities.
The Benevolent Medieval Werewolf in William of Palerne
Authors: Runstedler Curtis
Published: May 2019

This article argues that the werewolf of the medieval romance displays behaviour comparable with modern studies of the wolf. In the dualistic medieval world of nature versus society, however, this seems inconsistent. How does the medieval werewolf exhibit realistic traits of the wolf? I examine the realistic lupine qualities of the werewolf Alphouns in the Middle English poem William of Palerne to justify my argument. Citing examples from his actions in the wilderness, I argue that Alphouns's lupine behaviour is comparable to traits such as cognitive mind-mapping and surrogate parental roles, which are found in contemporary studies of wolves in the wild. Recognising the ecology of the (were)wolf of the medieval romance helps us to understand better the werewolf's role as metaphor and its relationship to humans and society.
Wolves in the Wolds: Late Capitalism, the English Eerie, and the Weird Case of ‘Old Stinker’ the Hull Werewolf
Authors: George Sam
Published: May 2019

British folklore reveals a history of werewolf sightings in places where there were once wolves. I draw on theories of the weird and the eerie and on the turbulence of England in the era of late capitalism in my analysis of the representation of werewolves in contemporary urban myths. Werewolves are deliberately excluded from Mark Fisher's notion of the ‘weird’, because they behave in a manner that is entirely expected of them. I contradict this by interrogating the werewolf as spectre wolf, bringing it within the realms of the weird. In examining the Hull Werewolf, I put forward the suggestion that he represents not only our belief in him as a wolf phantom, but our collective guilt at the extinction of an entire indigenous species of wolf. Viewed in this way, he can reawaken the memory of what humans did to wolves, and redeem the Big Bad Wolf of our childhood nightmares.
Playgrounds in the Zombie Apocalypse: The Feral Child
Authors: Nevárez Lisa
Published: May 2019

In the episode ‘The Grove’ (4.14) from AMC's The Walking Dead, Lizzie and Mika Samuels, sisters and two of the child survivors of the zombie apocalypse, brutally meet their ends. Lizzie, no longer able to distinguish between life and death, kills Mika, and Carol in turn shoots Lizzie, claiming that Lizzie ‘can't be around people’. These characters call into question the dividing line – if one remains, as established society crumbles – between human and animal, feral and civilised. The texts analysed in this article, AMC's The Walking Dead and Max Brooks's novel World War Z, include themes of re-socialising children and forming communities, or packs, in which the children can perhaps become rehabilitated into productive contributors. Viewing children in this light summons up viewer and reader responses to ‘horror’ that are more in keeping with reactions to real-life cases of abused and neglected ‘feral’ children than with the ‘horror’ produced by a zombie-themed text.
IMPLEMENTASI REKRUTMEN CPNS SEBAGAI WUJUD REFORMASI BIROKRASI DI KABUPATEN BOGOR
Authors: Daraba Dahyar , Ismiyarto Ismiyarto , Nurhascaryani Pratiwi
Published: May 2019

Salah satu langkah dalam penataan SDM Aparatur telah ditetapkan kebijakan pembatasan penerimaan Calon Pegawai Negeri Sipil. Kebijakan tersebut agar kepada Pejabat Pembina Kepegawaian Pusat dan Daerah melakukan audit organisasi dan penataan SDM Aparatur sesuai dengan arah/rencana strategis pembangunan. Disamping itu masing-masing instansi diharuskan melakukan redistribusi pegawai secara internal maupun lintas instansi, yang didasarkan pada hasil perhitungan kebutuhan Pegawai Negeri Sipil berdasarkan analisis jabatan dan analisis beban kerja. Hasil tersebut menjadi dasar untuk melakukan penataan PNS secara terencana dan berkesinambungan. Bagi Kementerian Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi (Kementerian PANRB) dan Badan Kepegawaian Negara (BKN) hasil tersebut dijadikan dasar untuk menyusun perencanaan pegawai secara nasional dan sebagai dasar dalam perumusan dan penetapan kebutuhan Calon Pegawai Negeri Sipil di lingkungan Kementerian/Lembaga, Pemerintah Daerah Provinsi, dan Pemerintah Daerah Kab/Kota, termasuk Kabupaten Bogor untuk pertama kali ujian penyaringan CPNS dilakukan dengan menggunakan alat bantu komputer atau Compuuter Assisted Test (CAT).Penelitian ini dimaksudkan untuk mengetahui Implementasi Rekrutmen CPNS sebagai wujud Reformasi Birokrasi di Kabupaten Bogor. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori implementasi kebijakan menurut Edward III ada empat aspek dikaitkan dengan Rekrutmen CPNS.Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dan pembahasan, implementasi rekrutmen CPNS di Kab. Bogor dapat dijelaskan sebagai berikut: 1) Aspek komunikasi dalam implementasi kebijakan rekrutmen CPNS dapat dilaksanakan dengan baik, karena terjadi komunikasi efektif antara pelaksana rekrutmen CPNS dengan para pelamar CPNS; 2) Aspek sumber daya manusia dalam implementasi rekrutmen CPNS didukung oleh sumber daya yang memadai, baik sumber daya manusia maupun sumber daya finansial; 3) Aspek disposisi dalam implementasi rekrutmen CPNS yaitu menunjuk karakteristik kepada Tim Pengadaan atau Rekrutmen CPNS; dan 4) Aspek struktur birokrasi ini mencakup dua hal penting petama adalah mekanisme atau SOP dan yang kedua struktur organisasi pelaksana sendiri.
TRANSFORMASI MANAJEMEN PEMERINTAHAN DI KABUPATEN SUKABUMI
Authors: Widanarto Agustinus
Published: May 2019

ABSTRACT

             This study is entitled “Government Management Transformation in Sukabumi Regency.” This study is set either by Local Governments or public having not understanding of Regency Sukabumi problems and conditions in terms of geographic, demographic, administrative, economic, and social conditions.

            This study is designed to know how government management transformation in the dimensions of reframing, restructuring, revitalization, and renewal in Sukabumi Regency.

            This study was conducted by using a descriptive method and qualitative approach. Informant involved in this study using purposive technique comprises Deputy Regent of Sukabumi, Assistant Chairman of Assembly at provincial level, Chief Executive of Agency for Regional Development, Chief Executive of Living Space Management Agency, Head of Educational Department, Head of Health Department, Head of Housing, Layout, and Cleanliness Agency, and Legal Administrative Section Head ofSukabumi Regency Secretariat.

            The results of the study showed that there was change in the dimension of reframing, an increase in local vision of 2016 by Regent of Sukabumi turnover. Second dimension is restructuring taking place in dynamic fashion fit the current development of Sukabumi Regency; however, Sukabumi Regency could not to delivery public services. In the third dimension, revitalization, some matter was made but it is not accompanied by adequate change in regulation.  While in the fourth dimension, renewal, it is not all of them are put in good run in relation to whole physical condition. There is less education in social sector for human resources development; i.e., public service.

            In conclusion, under this study, the management transformation was made, but not maximal, in terms of reframing, restructuring, revitalization, and renewal in Sukabumi Regency. 

Keywords: Transformation, Government Management.
PENGELOLAN DANA DESA DI KECAMATAN KOTA SOE, KABUPATEN TIMOR TENGAH SELATAN, PROVINSI NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR
Authors: Nenobais Dedy Williams
Published: May 2019

Abstract

 This research intend to get a on the management village funds in the sub-district of Soe City. Research objectives to know and to analyze management village funds , factors barrier and supporters management village funds , and strategies overcome factors barrier management village funds in the sub-district of Soe City, district South Central Timor, East Nusa Tenggara Province.

The theory that is used is a theory the management of village finance is put forward by nain and because of requirement to build including planning, the implementation of the, effort to manage, reports including the accountability reports. The technique of the collection of data using interviews, documentation and observation.

The results of studies show that the management of the village has not completely effective in the sub-district of Soe City, district South Central Timor, East Nusa Tenggara Province that had been determined of the stages the management of village finance is, promised to supply: fine tune the program design, the implementation of the, effort to manage, reports including the accountability reports.

Keywords: management, village funds
PENGELOLAAN DANA DESA DALAM MENINGKATKAN KESEJAHTERAAN MASYARAKAT DI DESA FATUKOTO KECAMATAN MOLLO UTARA KABUPATEN TIMOR TENGAH SELATAN PROVINSI NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR ( MANAGEMENT OF VILLAGE FUNDS IN INCREASING SOCIETY WELFARE IN FATUKOTO VILLAGE, NORTH MO
Authors: Letik Andreas
Published: May 2019

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research is to know and analyze supporting and obstacle factors management of village funds in Fatukoto Village, North Mollo Subdistrict South Middle Timor District Province East Nusa Tenggara. The research is qualitative research with a descriptive approach. Techniques of data collection in this research are interview, observation, documentation and triangulation. The result of this study to show the management of village funds has not been efective and many physical development activities that causes the proverty rate has not descreased or preprosperous in Fatukoto Village. Empowerment programs and activities are implemented but not on target and there are no result to improve the welfare of society. Therefore, in this thesis the writer give an explanation of supporting and obstacle factors in management of village funds and the efforts to overcome obstacle factors such as increasing the quality, capacity, human resource competence, increasing socialization in other to encourage society participant, the using of village financial system (SESKEUDES) development capacity of village-owned business entity (BUMDES) ans also a change of the recruitment village technical personil system and finally can creating the quality and capacity of village funds management.

Key words : Management, Village Funds, Welfare of Society
A First Description of the Phenolic Profile of EVOOs from the Maltese Islands Using SPE and HPLC: Pedo-Climatic Conditions Modulate Genetic Factors
Authors: Lia Frederick , Zammit-Mangion Marion , Farrugia Claude
Published: May 2019

Achieving economic sustainability in the olive oil production sector is a challenge. This is particularly so for small scale producers who are faced with pressing, production and marketing costs that relative to overall sales, minimise profits. In this study we aimed to describe the phenolic profile of extra virgin olive oils (EVOOs) derived from the Maltese islands. The polar fractions from EVOOs from nine indigenous (six Bidni and three Malti), one historically acclimatized tree (Bajda), 12 locally-grown but foreign cultivars and 32 foreign EVOOs were extracted using SPE (solid phase extraction), separated using HPLC analysis at 280 nm and 320 nm and identified using mass spectrometry. Application of ANOVA and Tukey post hoc hypothesis testing for analysis of variance on the peak areas identified a significantly higher concentration of p-coumaric acid, tyrosol acetate, DHPEA-EDA and oleocanthal in EVOOs derived from indigenous or historically acclimatized cultivars. Imported but locally grown cultivars showed differences when compared to the same cultivar grown in other countries, confirming that pedo-climatic conditions modulate genetic factors.
High-Frequency Electromagnetic Emission from Non-Local Wavefunctions
Authors: Modanese Giovanni
Published: May 2019

In systems with non-local potentials or other kinds of non-locality, the Landauer-Büttiker formula of quantum transport leads to replacing the usual gauge-invariant current density

J

with a current

J

e
x
t

which has a non-local part and coincides with the current of the extended Aharonov-Bohm electrodynamics. It follows that the electromagnetic field generated by this current can have some peculiar properties and in particular the electric field of an oscillating dipole can have a long-range longitudinal component. The calculation is complex because it requires the evaluation of double-retarded integrals. We report the outcome of some numerical integrations with specific parameters for the source: dipole length ∼10−7 cm, frequency 10 GHz. The resulting longitudinal field

E
L

turns out to be of the order of

10
2

to

10
3

times larger than the transverse component (only for the non-local part of the current). Possible applications concern the radiation field generated by Josephson tunnelling in thick superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) junctions in yttrium barium oxide (YBCO) and by current flow in molecular nanodevices.
Durability of Subsea Tunnels under the Coupled Action of Stress and Chloride Ions
Authors: Zhao Qingli , Lu Limin
Published: May 2019

The durability of subsea tunnels under the coupled action of stress and chloride ions was analyzed to estimate the service life and provide a theoretical foundation for durability design. The influence coefficient of the stress on chloride ion transmission at lower stress levels was discussed according to the material mechanics, and was verified by experimental data. A stress calculation model of a subsea tunnel’s lining section is proposed based on the plane-section assumption. Considering the space-time effect of the convection velocity, a partial differential equation was constructed to calculate the chloride ion transfer condition under the coupled action of stress-convection-diffusion. The numerical solution of the partial differential equation was solved and the sensitivity of the parameters was analyzed. The subsea tunnel’s time-varying reliability index was calculated following the Monte Carlo method, and was used to predict the service life. The results show that the chloride ion concentration calculated by considering the coupled action is larger and the reliability index is lower than calculated only considering diffusion. Our findings contribute to the conclusion that durability designs of subsea tunnels should consider the coupled action of stress-convection-diffusion. An effective method to improve the service life of a subsea tunnel is to reduce the water–binder ratio or increase the thickness of protective cover.
A Hierarchical Mission Planning Method for Simultaneous Arrival of Multi-UAV Coalition
Authors: Yan Fei , Zhu Xiaoping , Zhou Zhou , Chu Jing
Published: May 2019

A hierarchical mission planning method was proposed to solve a simultaneous attack mission planning problem for multi-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The method consisted of three phases aiming to decouple and solve the mission planning problem. In the first phase, the Pythagorean hodograph (PH) curve was used in the path estimation process for each UAV, which also served as the input for the task allocation process. In the second phase, a task allocation algorithm based on a negotiation mechanism was proposed to assign the targets. Considering the resource requirement, time-dependent value of targets and resource consumption of UAVs, the proposed task allocation algorithm can generate a feasible allocation strategy and get the maximum system utility. In the last phase, a path planning method was proposed to generate a simultaneous arrival PH path for each UAV considering UAV’s kinematic constraint and collision avoidance with obstacles. The comparison simulations showed that the path estimation process using the PH curve and the proposed task allocation algorithm improved the system utility, and the hierarchical mission planning method has potential in a real mission.
Personality or Value: A Comparative Study of Psychographic Segmentation Based on an Online Review Enhanced Recommender System
Authors: Liu Hui , Huang Yinghui , Wang Zichao , Liu Kai , Hu Xiangen , Wang Weijun
Published: May 2019

Big consumer data promises to be a game changer in applied and empirical marketing research. However, investigations of how big data helps inform consumers’ psychological aspects have, thus far, only received scant attention. Psychographics has been shown to be a valuable market segmentation path in understanding consumer preferences. Although in the context of e-commerce, as a component of psychographic segmentation, personality has been proven to be effective for prediction of e-commerce user preferences, it still remains unclear whether psychographic segmentation is practically influential in understanding user preferences across different product categories. To the best of our knowledge, we provide the first quantitative demonstration of the promising effect and relative importance of psychographic segmentation in predicting users’ online purchasing preferences across different product categories in e-commerce by using a data-driven approach. We first construct two online psychographic lexicons that include the Big Five Factor (BFF) personality traits and Schwartz Value Survey (SVS) using natural language processing (NLP) methods that are based on behavior measurements of users’ word use. We then incorporate the lexicons in a deep neural network (DNN)-based recommender system to predict users’ online purchasing preferences considering the new progress in segmentation-based user preference prediction methods. Overall, segmenting consumers into heterogeneous groups surprisingly does not demonstrate a significant improvement in understanding consumer preferences. Psychographic variables (both BFF and SVS) significantly improve the explanatory power of e-consumer preferences, whereas the improvement in prediction power is not significant. The SVS tends to outperform BFF segmentation, except for some product categories. Additionally, the DNN significantly outperforms previous methods. An e-commerce-oriented SVS measurement and segmentation approach that integrates both BFF and the SVS is recommended. The strong empirical evidence provides both practical guidance for e-commerce product development, marketing and recommendations, and a methodological reference for big data-driven marketing research.