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PEMIKIRAN PROF. DR. MUJAMIL QOMAR, M.AG. TENTANG MANAJEMEN PENDIDIKAN ISLAM
Authors: Maya Rahendra , Lesmana Iko
Published: November 2018

Artikel ini mengkaji pemikiran Prof. Dr. Mujamil Qomar, M.Ag. yang secara tegas menyatakan bahwa keberhasilan pendidikan Islam dalam tataran realitas-ekspektasional salah satunya adalah ditentukan oleh manajemen pendidikan Islam yang berfungsi menjalankan tugas memajukan penyelenggaraan, pelaksanaan atau penerapan pendidikan Islam secara kelembagaan. Di antara pemikiran Qomar tentang manajemen pendidikan Islam yang bernas dan patut mendapatkan telaah mendalam adalah tentang hakikat manajemen pendidikan Islam dan impilkasinya, objek filosofis dan praksis serta dimensi dari manajemen pendidikan Islam, ciri dan karakteristik manajemen pendidikan Islam, perbedaan antara manajemen pendidikan Islam dan manajemen pendidikan, serta tentang eksistensi dan hambatan manajemen pendidikan Islam. Pemikiran Qomar tersebut dapat digali dengan jelas dalam tiga karyanya, yaitu Manajemen Pendidikan Islam: Strategi Baru Pengelolaan Lembaga Pendidikan Islam, Dimensi Manajemen Pendidikan Islam, dan Strategi Pendidikan Islam, serta karya-karya lainnya yang tidak berkaitan langsung dengan pembahasan manajemen pendidikan Islam.
PENGARUH KUALITAS PENDIDIKAN DAN PROMOSI TERHADAP PEROLEHAN JUMLAH SISWA PADA SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS SWASTA MAARIF KOTA CILEGON BANTEN
Authors: Ansor Ahmad Sofan
Published: November 2018

Dalam era persaingan global khususnya dibidang pendidikan yang sangat ketat dan berlomba-lomba untuk mendapatkan jumlah siswa sebanyak-banyaknya, maka menjadikan manajemen sekolah menengah memacu setiap penyelenggara pendidikan berusaha meningkatkan kualitas pendidikan di sekolah agar dapat bersaing dengan sekolah lain. Berdasar kepentingan tersebut, perlu dilakukan suatu penelitian untuk diadakan usaha-usaha perbaikan dalam meningkatkan perolehan jumlah siswa, sehingga dapat diketahui apakah terdapat pengaruh antara kualitas pendidikan dan promosi sekolah menengah terhadap perolehan jumlah siswa di Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) Maarif Cilegon. Dari hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kualitas pendidikan dan promosi sekolah menengah secara bersama-sama telah mempengaruhi Jumlah perolehan siswa SMA Maarif Cilegon, hal ini dibuktikan dari hasil analisa didapat bahwa nilai Fhitung (238,446) > Ftable (3,673) dengan derajat bebas (df) 2 dan 113 pada alfa (α) 0,05, sehingga hipotesis yang ambil adalah Ho ditolak dan H1 diterima. Kualitas pendidikan mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap Jumlah Perolehan Siswa SMA Maarif Cilegon yaitu : nilai thitung (7,750) > ttable (1,9818) dengan derajat bebas (df) 113 pada alfa (α) 0,025, sehingga keputusannya menolak Ho dan menerima H1. Promosi SMA Maarif juga mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap Perolehan Jumlah Siswa SMA Maarif Ccilegon yaitu : nilai thitung (15,290) > ttable (1,9818) dengan derajat bebas (df) 113 pada alfa (α) 0,025, sehingga keputusannya menolak Ho. dan menerima H1. Koefisien Determinasi (R²) sebesar 80,8%, yang berarti bahwa keragaman Perolehan Jumlah Siswa Sekolah menengah (SMA) Maarif Cilegon disebabkan oleh keragaman Kualitas Pendidikan dan Promosi sekolah menengah Maarif, sedangkan sisanya 19,2% keragamannya disebabkan oleh faktor lain yang dalam penelitian ini tidak dianalisis lebih lanjut.
Efektivitas Progressive Muscle Relaxation terhadap Tekanan Darah pada Penyakit Hipertensi
Authors: Zainuddin Ricky , Aliwu Ayu Fransisca , Rachmawaty Rini , Syam Yuliana
Published: November 2018

Introduction: Progressive Muscle Relaxation is a muscle relaxation technique that does not require imagination, perseverance or suggestion. Muscle relaxation is a skill that can be learned and used to reduce or eliminate tension and stimulate a sense of comfort without being dependent on things / subjects outside of itself. Objectives: reduce pain, reduce blood pressure, reduce anxiety, and reduce stress. Method: this study explores evidence published in electronic data: Pubmed, google scholar. Five studies were included in the last analysis. Results: we were able to see a significant effect in reducing blood pressure in hypertensive disease receiving Progressive Muscle Relaxation compared to the group that did not receive Progressive Muscle Relaxation training. Conclusion: These results show that Progressive Muscle Relaxation can be a non-pharmacological therapy in reducing blood pressure in Hypertension and nurses can participate in providing this training.
Analisa Kemampuan Mengontrol Marah ditinjau dari Penerapan REBT (Rational Emotive Behaviour Theraphy) pada Klien Skizofrenia di UPT Bina Laras Kras Kediri
Authors: Wardani Lingga Kusuma , Sari Dhita Kurnia
Published: November 2018

One of schizophrenia symptoms is tantrum; to hurt people and environment, it is done to express resentment or anger which is not constructive. Anger is an aggravation which emerges as a response to anxiety or unfulfilled need and perceived as a threat. This research aims to analyze the relation between REBT (Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy) and the ability to control anger to schizophrenics in UPT Bina Laras Kras Kediri. Research design uses observational analytic with crossectional approach. The population is all schizophrenics in UPT Bina Laras Kras Kediri, the sampling technique used is purposive sampling by getting 13 respondents, the data collection used are REBT questionnaire and observation sheet of the ability to control anger. Data analysis uses Chi-Square with p value 0,001 < ɑ 0,05 means there is a relation between REBT application and the ability to control anger to schizophrenia patients in UPT Bina Laras Kras Kediri.
Deskripsi Kemampuan Representasi Matematis dalam Pembelajaran Geometri
Authors: Yanuarto Wanda Nugroho
Published: November 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kemampuan representasi matematis mahasiswa semester 1 Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto melalui pembelajaran GAB (Geometri Analitik Bidang) yang termodifikasi dengan teori Dienes dan Van Hiele. Kemampuan representasi matematis merupakan kemampuan untuk mengungkapkan gagasan atau ide-ide matematika dalam upaya untuk mencari suatu solusi dari masalah yang sedang dihadapi. Oleh karena itu, dengan merepresentasikan idenya mahasiswa akan mengalami kemudahan dalam menyelesaikan suatu permasalahan matematika. Model pembelajaran yang digunakan adalah model pembelajaran yang termodifikasi dengan teori belajar Dienes dan teori belajar Van Hiele. Subjek penelitian adalah mahasiswa semester 1 kelas A yang berjumlah 35 mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto, sedangkan objek penelitian adalah seluruh proses dan hasil pembelajaran matematika dengan penerapan pembelajaran yang termodifikasi Dienes dan Van Hiele untuk mengetahui deskripsi kemampuan representasi matematis mahasiswa di kelas tersebut. Instrumen penelitian berupa lembar observasi kemampuan representasi matematis, pedoman wawancara, dan tes kemampuan representasi matematis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pembelajaran pada mata kuliah Geometri Analitik Bidang yang telah dimodifikasi dengan teori belajar Dienes dan Van Hiele dapat membantu perkembangan kemampuan representasi matematis mahasiswa. Pengembangan pembelajaran dilakukan sesuai dengan kebutuhan pada mahasiswa.
Perbandingan Pembelajaran Strategi Konflik Kognitif Bersetting Pemecahan Masalah dengan Pembelajaran Ekspositori terhadap Hasil Belajar
Authors: Jatmiko Dhanar Dwi Hary
Published: November 2018

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian quasi eksperimen dengan subjek penelitian siswa kelas X SMK Negeri 3 Jember. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membandingkan antara strategi konflik kognitif bersetting pemecahan masalah dengan pembelajaran ekspositori terhadap hasil belajar matematika siswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan kelompok kontrol non ekuivalen dengan melibatkan satu kelas (29 siswa) kelompok eksperimen dan  satu kelas (29  siswa)  kelompok kontrol. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling. Hasil belajar siswa kemudian dianalisa dengan uji chi-kuadrat untuk uji data normal, uji-F varian terbesar dibanding varian terkecil untuk uji homogenitas, uji-t untuk uji hipotesis yang parametrik, dan uji-U untuk uji hipotesis non-parametrik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa hasil belajar siswa kelompok eksperimen lebih baik daripada siswa kelompok kontrol secara signifikan.
Pembelajaran Matematika pada Siswa Remaja dengan Kebutuhan Khusus di Sekolah Inklusi
Authors: Rahmawati Fadhilah
Published: November 2018

Beberapa tahun sebelum memasuki abad 21, banyak negara di dunia mengakui perlunya keadilan dalam pendidikan siswa berkebutuhan khusus. Kemampuan akademis yang berbeda-beda adalah masalah utama yang harus dipecahkan dalam pembelajaran siswa berkebutuhan khusus. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui proses pembelajaran matematika siswa berkebutuhan khusus pada usia remaja di sekolah inklusi. Penelitian ini menggunakan strategi studi lapangan (field research). Prosedur pemilihan subjek pada penelitian ini menggunakan purposive sampling. Penelitian ini melibatkan guru matematika, guru pendamping khusus (GPK), wakil kepala sekolah bidang inklusi, dan siswa berkebutuhan khusus yang berusia remaja sebagai subjek penelitian. Instrumen utama dalam penelitian ini adalah lembar observasi, pedoman wawancara, dan lembar analisis dokumen. Validitas data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan triangulasi sumber dan triangulasi waktu. Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh dari penelitian ini adalah pembelajaran siswa berkebutuhan di sekolah inklusi dilakukan dengan pendampingan dari GPK dengan koordinasi dengan guru matematika dan pengawasan dari wakil kepala sekolah bagian inklusi.Perencanaan pembelajaran dilakukan secara penuh oleh GPK, proses pembelajaran didampingi oleh GPK dan guru matematika, dan evaluasi dilakukan oleh GPK dan diawasi oleh wakil kepala sekolah bagian inklusi.
Effective Placements for Students with Disabilities
Authors: Trimm-Alcarez Ann
Published: November 2018

Effective placements for students with disabilities in the classrooms.
Arterial hypertension and unusual ascending aortic dilatation in a neonate with acute kidney injury: mechanistic computer modelling
Authors: Kharche Sanjay R
Published: November 2018

Background: Neonatal asphyxia caused acute kidney injury and severe hypertension in a newborn patient. An unusually dilatated ascending aorta developed within a few weeks. Dialysis and hypertensive treatment led to partial recovery of the aortic diameters. It was hypothesized that the aortic dilatation may be associated with cardiovascular changes induced by the acute kidney injury. Mathematical modelling was used to better understand the underlying mechanisms of hypertension and aortic dilatation.Methods: Patient observation included systolic blood pressure recording and echocardiographic exams. To explore underlying mechanisms of aortic dilatation and hypertension, a previous whole-body lumped parameter hemodynamics model was adapted to this study. Computer simulations were designed to permit dissection of individual mechanisms. The hypertension inducing effects of altering systemic vascular resistances, stiffnesses, and heart rate on blood flows and pressures were simulated.Results: In agreement with our clinical diagnosis, the mathematical model showed that an increase of systemic small vessel resistance is the prime cause of hypertension. Further, aortic stiffening may also cause hypertension, it was found to be secondary to the potency of systemic small vessel resistance. The cardiac output, as quantified using pressure-volume loop area, reduced significantly due to hypertension. Simultaneous left ventricle hypertrophy and small vessel blocking increased ascending aorta blood flow as well as pressure indicating an enlarged ascending aorta. In contrast, increased arterial stiffness appeared to lower the aortic blood flow and pressures.Conclusions and discussion: Systemic small vessel resistance is an important factor in arterial hypertension, and may also be a key clinical therapeutic target. Left ventricle hypertrophy may also be simultaneously ameliorated when treating systemic small vessels. Treatment of arterial stiffness appears to provide significant benefit but may be secondary to treatment of the systemic small vessels. The quantitative grading of pathophysiological mechanisms provided by the modelling may contribute to treatment recommendations. Further development and individualization of the model will augment its applicability in clinical practice.
Metode SVM Berbasis PSO untuk Meningkatkan Prediksi Ketepatan Waktu Kelulusan Mahasiswa
Authors: supriyadi endang
Published: November 2018

This scientific article discusses how the swarm optimization particle method can improve accuracy in predicting student graduation accuracy. This is done in order to anticipate the decrease in the number of students in their lectures. The experimental results have shown that particle swarm optimization (PSO) can improve the accuracy of the support vector machine method from 80.14% accuracy to 82.05% so that there is an increase of accuracy of 1.91%.
Analisa Web untuk Memahami Perilaku Konsumen Online Studi Kasus “Store Steam Powered”
Authors: supriyadi endang
Published: November 2018

The development of internet users from year to year to date continues to increase, it can be known through a survey conducted Internet Worldstats. According to a survey conducted by Internet Worldstats, United Stated ranks 2nd of internet users worldwide after China. From the results of the survey shows that almost all activities / business activities undertaken by the world population and in particular the citizens of United State / America using internet facilities in all activities, especially transactions online. And one of the tools that can help to analyze online consumer behavior is by using web analytics. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how data analysis can be effectively used to understand current consumer behavior online. Expected with the use of web analytics, companies can predict future consumer behavior online and special messages on promotions that have been sent to each individual. Understanding the patterns and things on the web analytics is expected to help to develop business processes and the contents and design that need to be made especially "store steam powered". Store steam powered is one of Valve's web-based digital distributor. The main service that is done is steam game sales through an e-commerce web that aims to avoid piracy is very rampant at the moment.
Klasterisasi Data Kategorikal Berbasis Fuzzy K-Modes Dan Artificial Bee Colony
Authors: Khalid khalid
Published: November 2018

Fuzzy K-Modes (FKMO) merupakan metode klasterisasi data yang efektif untuk data kategorikal. Metode ini menggunakan metode fuzzy dan pencocokan ukuran ketidaksamaan (dissimilarity measure) yang sederhana untuk memutakhirkan titik pusat klaster dan mendapatkan solusi yang optimal. Meskipun demikian Fuzzy K-Modes memiliki kelemahan adanya kemungkinan berhenti dalam solusi lokal optimal.Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) merupakan metode yang efektif untuk melakukan optimasi dan terbukti memiliki solusi global. Penelitian ini mengusulkan penggunaan algoritma Artificial Bee Colony untuk melakukan optimasi terhadap Fuzzy K-Modes (ABC-FKMO). Implementasi Artifical Bee Colony untuk optimasi Fuzzy K-Modes terbukti mampu meningkatkan performance klasterisasi khususnya dalam aspek nilai Objective Function, F-Measure, dan Accuracy. Hasil pengujian dengan dataset Soybean Disease, Breast Cancer dan Congressional Voting Records dari UCI data repository, menunjukkan rata-rata accuracy sebesar 0.991, 0.615, dan 0.867. Objective Function lebih baik rata rata sebesar 2,73 %, F-Measure lebih baik rata-rata sebesar 4,31 % dan Accuracy lebih baik rata-rata sebesar 5,16 %.
Episodic Mindreading: Mentalizing Guided by Imagined and Remembered Scenes
Authors: O'Connor Brendan Bo
Published: November 2018

Attributing mental states to other people fundamentally shapes how we bond, coordinate, and predict the actions of others. Perceiving a person’s facial expressions and body language contribute to our ability to understand what they are thinking and feeling. Yet, people do not exist in a vacuum and individuals often think about people who are not directly in front of them. People inhabit remembered and imagined episodes, where the surrounding location and objects can guide attributions of their mental states. In this article, I propose the episodic mind reading hypothesis, arguing that the episodic representation in which a target person is embedded will affect whether and how the target’s mind is read. The content and phenomenological quality of imagined and remembered episodes can alter what mental states are attributed to a target and the accessibility of those mental states. This hypothesis encourages researchers to think about mentalizing as neither dependent on nor completely exclusive from the episodic memory system. Instead, the episodic memory system can modulate and inform mind reading, and likely vice versa. The article reviews extant knowledge and highlights open questions for future research to explore with implications for healthy and impaired social cognition.
A machine learning perspective on responsible gambling
Authors: Hassanniakalager Arman , Newall Philip Warren Stirling
Published: November 2018

Gamblers are frequently reminded to “gamble responsibly.” But these qualitative reminders come with no quantitative information for gamblers to judge relative product risk in skill-based gambling forms. By comparison, consumers purchasing alcohol are informed of product strength by alcohol by volume (ABV %) or similar labels. This paper uses mixed logistic regression machine learning to uncover the potential variation in soccer betting outcomes. This paper uses data from four bet types and eight seasons of English Premier League soccer, ending in 2018. Outcomes across each bet type were compared using three betting strategies: the most-skilled prediction, a random strategy, and the least-skilled prediction. There was a large spread in betting outcomes, with for example the per-bet average loss varying by a factor of 54 (from 1.1% to 58.9%). Gamblers’ losses were positively correlated with the observable betting odds across all bets, indicating that betting odds are one salient feature which could be used to inform gamblers about product risk. Such large differences in product risk are relevant to the promotion of responsible gambling.
An Incredible Five Years of Journal
Authors: Shrivastava Umesh Prasad
Published: November 2018

No abstractInt. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 5, Issue-4: 236
Unions in Digital Labour Studies: A Review of Information Society and Marxist Autonomist Approaches
Authors: Neilson Tai
Published: November 2018

A developing research agenda in digital labour studies draws on aspects of information society theory and Marxist autonomism to understand examples of unionisation in digital workplaces and among digital labourers. In this article, I trace core concepts of information society theory and autonomism to demonstrate how unions have been framed by prominent figures in the field. I argue that both approaches tend to relegate unions to industrial capitalism and its historically-specific set of class relations. Information society theorists argue that capitalist class conflict has been transcended, perceiving unions as an obstacle to flexibility and entrepreneurship. Autonomists maintain a focus on class conflict, yet, based on their analysis of contemporary class composition, tend to prioritise other forms of organisation over unions. Digital labour studies research has developed, in part, as a critique of information society theory and draws on aspects of autonomism, including the concepts of precarity and immaterial labour. Authors studying empirical examples of unionisation among digital labourers identify different challenges and opportunities for unionisation among digital labours, and demonstrate the utility of unions for improving the conditions of digital labourers and promoting new working-class subjectivities.
Free and Open Source Software Technology Adoption in the Sri Lankan Banking Industry
Authors: Perera K.A. Chandralal , Weerawarna Shahani
Published: November 2018

This research explores Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) adoption in the Sri Lankan banking sector. It produces two types of results, which are unique. One is an 8-level abstract model based on the criticality for the business, which represents all the software application usage in Sri Lankan banks. Then it presents the adoption of FOSS in banks, in terms of two quantified indices, namely General FOSS Adoption Index and Category Specific FOSS Adoption Index. The first index modeled so that it represents the ‘strategic nature of usage of FOSS’ as well as the ‘FOSS friendliness’ within the bank. The second index represents the FOSS adoption in the bank, in terms of extraction of the ‘best technological features out of them’ and the ‘level of adoption’. The results reveal that the Sri Lankan banks do not have good levels of FOSS adoption, though all the banks use FOSS applications for some purpose or another.  By further drill down into the model, it was discovered that the lack of government policy initiative towards FOSS has had a causal effect on the poor adoption ratings in the Sri Lankan banking context. Further it will greatly helpful to have FOSS supportive software business in the country, which will influence banks to get better service for FOSS products.
BACK-NAVIGATION STRING MATCHING ALGORITHM (BSMA)
Authors: Matthias Daniel
Published: November 2018

This research took a comparative analysis on string matching algorithms. The study focused on developing an efficient algorithm (Back-navigation String matching algorithm) which will be used for large documents. The algorithm whilst compared to the existing system introduced a pattern of search which was done backwardly, from the last character to the first. The existing system considered more number of shifts which was slow and has a bad character shift. The research aimed at developing an efficient string matching for large documents sorting. The research methodology adopted for this project research is the verification and validation methodology which perform its test in a reverse manner so the software developer can at each stage review its step. The proposed system was executed and produced a result which compared with the existing system was termed efficiency. The system introduces a faster means of searching which starts form the last character to the first. The developed system which is the efficient string matching algorithm was analyzed and displayed a faster means of searching documents and is termed efficient because of its computing speed of 2 milliseconds while the naïve algorithm which ran with the computing speed of 154 milliseconds for a total number of 5000 characters.
القصيدة العربية المتأخّرة: الشاعر بدلاً من النظام
Authors: Dagher Charbel
Published: November 2018

تطلب هذه الدراسة الوقوف عند وجه (أو مستوى) من وجوه (أو مستويات) القصيدة العربية «المتأخرة»، وهو وجهها العروضي والإيقاعي، للانتباه والتحقق من ظهور أشكال بنائية جديدة، غير مسبوقة ف الشعر العربي القدم. وهو مسعى دراسي يشكك ضمنا في المواعيد «المستقرة» لحدوث هذه التغيرات، في شهادات شعراء وكتابات نقاد ودارسين، كما يقترح هذا المسعى الوقوف عند عمليات تاريخية ومتبدلة بانت فيها هيئة القصيدة تالية، لا مسبوقة، والشاعر متصرفا بالقصيدة، لا مؤديا في نظام جماعي. وتشير الصفة، «المتأخرة»، في هذه الدراسة إلى قصائد منتجة في القرن التاسع عشر والقرن العشرين، وتحل هذه الصفة محل صفات أخرى («الحديثة»، «الجديدة»...) درج عليها بعض النقد، في مساع قد تنشغل بالتنسيب والتنميط (العروضي، الإيقاعي...) أكثر ما تنشعل بالفحص، وقد تكتفي بلحظ تغيرات من دون السؤال عن تموجات هذا الحراك وموجباته، والذي يتعدى تبديل قافية والتنويع في وزن، ما يعيد درس الشعر إلى نطاقه ريخي، وإن تناول وجها وحسب من هيئته. التا
طريقة إيجازية في اشتقاق العربية
Authors: Ellaty Youhanna
Published: November 2018

مقدمة نظرية كنا قد قدمنا (اللاطي (٢٠٠٢)) طريقة إيجازية في التوليد اللغوي العام تندرج نظريا في إطار الإيجازية" التوليدية السائدة حاليا، وقد قام الطرح على ما يلي: ١) أ) عملية الدمج النحوي تغني عن مفهومي الانتقال والنسخ في المستوى النحوي". ب) الدمج مر حلي. ج) هناك نوعان من الدمج: دمج رأس تمركب ومركب تمركب ينتج عنهما شكلا الر أس مميز والتجاور المعهودين. د) الدمج أحادي المحل، قدام المدمج فيه. ترتب، عن ((د)، إلغاء موقع الفعول من النظرية، الموقع الذي يعقب الرأس. كما أنه، ب (١ ج"؛
A EVOLUÇÃO DOS INDICADORES DE DESENVOLVIMENTO ECONÔMICO NA REGIÃO DO COREDE MÉDIO ALTO URUGUAI
Authors: Mattana João Victor , Pfüller Ernane Ervnio , Hengles Aaron Concha Vázquez , Andreatta Tanice
Published: November 2018

A discussão em torno do desenvolvimento é complexa e faz parte dos debates entre diferentes agentes na sociedade. Neste trabalho é examinada a evolução dos indicadores de desenvolvimento econômico e o seu reflexo sobre as desigualdades sociais na região do Conselho Regional de Desenvolvimento (Corede) Médio Alto Uruguai. Foi realizada uma pesquisa aplicada, com abordagem quali-quantitativa, objetivos descritivo-exploratórios e procedimentos bibliográficos para analisar dados secundários referentes aos anos de 1991, 2000 e 2010 e verificar a evolução do Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano Municipal (IDHM) e do índice de Gini de concentração de renda. Os principais resultados encontrados evidenciam que o Corede Médio Alto Uruguai apresentou evolução significativa no período de 1991 a 2010, tanto no índice de desenvolvimento humano, quanto no de concentração de renda, mesmo quando comparado aos resultados agregados, em escalas nacional e estadual. Esse desempenho é deveras importante, pois indica um avanço para os gestores municipais e delineia subsídios promissores para o planejamento e a implementação futura de políticas públicas adequadas às realidades locais.
Penerapan Self Organizing Map (SOM) dan Radial Basis Function (RBF) Untuk Memprediksi Kecepatan Angin Di Perairan Kota Tanjungpinang
Authors: Julia Rini Hervianti , Nikentari Nerfita , Hayaty Nurul
Published: November 2018

Angin sangat berperan penting dalam kehidupan manusia, salah satunya bagi nelayan, kondisi alam berperan penting dalam kelancaran aktifitas mereka, khususnya masyarakat Tanjungpinang yang tinggal di daerah pesisir yang bermata pencaharian sebagai nelayan. Namun akan menjadi masalah apabila angin bergerak dengan intensitas yang tinggi yang akan berdampak cuaca buruk. Untuk dapat memantau pergerakan kecepatan angin, penelitian ini melakukan prediksi menggunakan metode Self Organizing Maps (SOM) dan Radial Basis Function (RBF) untuk memprediksi kecepatan angin. Dalam penelitian ini data yang digunakan untuk prediksi kecepatan angin harian dimulai dari Januari 2014 – Oktober 2017. Hasil pengujian yang dilakukan dengan data sebanyak 418, jumlah cluster yang didapat dari proses pelatihan sebanyak 33 menghasilkan RMSE sebesar 1,51 dan MAPE 28.98% serta akurasi sebesar 71,02%.
Migration to the “First Large Suburban Ghetto” in America
Authors: Lee Chanhaeng
Published: November 2018

In this article, I argue that Korean immigrant merchants were active agents who
opened small businesses in South Central Los Angeles in order to overcome a range of
disadvantages faced in American society. From a structural point of view, Korean immigrant
merchants constituted a middleman minority group that played the dual role of “oppressed
and oppressor” in the suburban ghetto. Although these merchants made efforts to
maintain civil relations with their African American customers, they were often treated with
hostile attitudes largely because of the exploitative relationship that existed between the
two groups. However, I maintain that Korean American journalists and scholars have not
only misunderstood the identity of the middleman minority as an innocent buffer but have
also erroneously estimated that race relations with African Americans in Los Angeles were
better than those in other areas of the United States.
Uma re-volta a mais no ensino e na transmissão… para continuar fazendo Escola em Fórum
Authors: Vogelaar Rita Bícego
Published: November 2018

O artigo pretende trabalhar as questões: O que é ensinar? O que é ensinar psicanálise? O que é ensinar psicanálise nos Fóruns do Campo Lacaniano? Com o levantamento dessas questões, discute as nuanças dos conceitos de transmissão e ensino no âmbito do estudo dos textos e da teoria lacaniana para quem se aproxima dos Fóruns do Campo Lacaniano. Como conclusão, propõe que o ensino da psicanálise (na vertente “extensiva”) deve estar subordinado, eticamente, à sua transmissão (na vertente “intensiva”).
Concurrent Weekly versus Three Weekly Cisplatin with Radiotherapy in Locally Advanced Uterine Cervical Carcinoma.
Authors: Hasan Md. Rakibul , Bari Md. Abdul , Alam Sarwar , Sah Guru Sharan
Published: November 2018

Introduction: Uterine cervical carcinoma is the commonest form of gynecological malignancy in Bangladesh as well as in South Asia. Outcome of weekly versus three weekly Cisplatin concurrent with External beam radiotherapy followed by intracavitary radiotherapy in locally advanced cervical carcinoma was compared in this study.

Methods: A quasi experimental study was carried out from April 2016 to September 2017. Total eighty patients of uterine cervical cancer were included and received External beam radiotherapy concurrent with either weekly or three weekly Cisplatin followed by High dose rate intracavitary brachytherapy. External beam radiotherapy was given with a dose of 50 Gray (Gy) in conventional fractionation over 5 weeks. Cisplatin 40 mg/m2, weekly was given along with radiotherapy to the patients of Arm A (n=40) while the patients of Arm B (n=40) received cisplatin 75 mg/m2, 3 weekly along with the radiotherapy. Patients were evaluated weekly during treatment and afterwards up to 6 months.

Results: The mean age of patients were 48±9 years for Arm A and 42±9 years for Arm B. Complete response at 6 months of follow up was observed in 30 (75%) and 36 (90%) patients of Arm A and B respectively.Overall complete response was observed in 66 (82.5%)patients. Common toxicities were nephrological, hematological, skin and bowel related and were managed accordingly. Grade III-IV neutropenia was more in patients of Arm A (42.5%) than B (20%).

Conclusions: This study showed that the radiotherapy concurrent with three weekly Cisplatin is effective and less toxic than weekly Cisplatin in locally advanced cervical
Comparison of Fentanyl and Dexmedetomidine as Intrathecal Adjuvants to Spinal Anaesthesia for Abdominal Hysterectomy
Authors: Gautam Binod , Tabdar Sushila , Shrestha Ujma
Published: November 2018

Introduction: Spinal anaesthesia, although advantageous for conducting abdominal hysterectomy, is not the first choice amongst surgeons for fear of intra-operative visceral pain. Intrathecal adjuvants may improve quality of spinal anaesthesia. This study aims to compare efficacy of intrathecal Fentanyl and Dexmedetomidine to reduce visceral pain during abdominal hysterectomy performed under spinal anaesthesia.

Methods: Sixty women undergoing abdominal hysterectomy for benign indications were randomly assigned to two equal groups in a double-blind fashion. Fentanyl 25 micrograms in group A or Dexmedetomidine 10 micrograms in group B was co-administered with hyperbaric Bupivacaine 15 milligrams for spinal anesthesia. Surgery through Pfannenstiel incision proceeded once sensory block reached eighth thoracic dermatome. The intra-operative visceral pain was assessed using a five-point scale: none, mild, intermediate, severe, and failed spinal anaesthesia. Duration of analgesia and peri-operative events were studied for 24 hours. Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U-test and Student’s t-test were used for analysis. Level of significance used was P<0.05.

Results: Fifty eight participants completed the study. Demographic variables and sensory block were similar between groups. General anaesthesia was not required in both groups. Significantly greater number of patients in group A required medications for visceral pain with Relative Risk of 2.8 (1.16-6.7). Pruritus and shivering occurred significantly higher in group A. Hypotension was significantly higher in group B. Post-operatively, group B patients showed a significantly longer duration of analgesia.

Conclusions: Dexmedetomidine is better than Fentanyl as an intrathecal adjuvant to spinal anaesthesia in minimizing visceral pain during abdominal hysterectomy and in prolonging post-operative analgesia.
Prevalence and Indications of Cesarean Section in a Community Hospital of Western Region of Nepal
Authors: Chaudhary Rajendra Kumar , Raut Krishna Bahadur , Pradhan Kristina
Published: November 2018

Introduction: Cesarean section is one of the common obstetric procedures done when the childbirth is not anticipated to occur by the normal vaginal delivery. There has been increased rate of cesarean section globally as well as in our country in recent decades.

Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study has been carried out by reviewing a year of data from maternity ward of Paschimanchal Community Hospital, Prithvi Chowk, Pokhara. The total number of delivery, their modes either vaginal or cesarean, indications for the cesarean section and their outcomes were analyzed. The obtained data was entered and analyzed in Microsoft Excel.

Results: Total of 257 cases underwent delivery during the study period and 174 (63.27%) were by cesarean section. Oligohydramnios is the most common indication for cesarean section. Around 25 (14.36%) of the women underwent repeat cesarean section.

Conclusions: The rate of cesarean section was quite high in our study and further studies are recommended for understanding of causes and other associated factors with it.
ERRATUM of Issue 209 JNMA 2018
Authors: Medical Association Journal of Nepal
Published: November 2018

The online version of the “Clinico-radiological Observations in Meconium Aspiration Syndrome”(Lama S, Mahato S, Chaudhary N, Agrawal N, Pathak S, Kurmi O, Bhatia B, Agarwal K. Clinico-radiological Observations in Meconium Aspiration Syndrome. J Nepal Med Assoc. 2018 Feb;56(209):510-5) has been updated according to the letter to the editor and respective authors’ reply published in JNMA 213 Issue.
Efficient Heterogeneous Copper-Catalysed C–Se Coupling of Aryl Iodides with Symmetrical Diselenides towards Unsymmetrical Monoselenides
Authors: Zhao Ruonan , Yan Chenyu , Jiang Yuanyuan , Cai Mingzhong
Published: November 2018

A highly efficient heterogeneous copper(I)-catalysed C–Se coupling of aryl iodides with diaryl diselenides was achieved in dimethylformamide at 110 °C under neutral conditions by using a 10 mol% of bipyridine-functionalised MCM-41-supported copper(I) complex [bpy-MCM-41-CuI] as the catalyst and magnesium as the reductive reagent, yielding a variety of unsymmetrical diaryl selenides in good to excellent yields. This heterogeneous copper catalyst can be easily recovered by a simple filtration of the reaction solution and recycled at least seven times without significant loss of activity.
In Search of Allies for Postnatural Environmentalism, or Revisiting an Ecophilosophical Reading of Heidegger
Authors: Hoły-Łuczaj Magdalena
Published: November 2018

This paper enhances postnatural environmentalism (represented by Steven Vogel) by highlighting and incorporating selected concepts from Martin Heidegger's ontology. In particular, I examine Heidegger's detailed analysis of the affinity between phusis and techne, the critique of ‘replaceability’, the problem of ‘proper use’, and his earlier concept of a tool structure. This analysis is aimed at grounding the metaphysical and ethical significance of technical artefacts. It shows that Heidegger can support postnatural environmentalism's claim that artefacts should not be jettisoned by environmental thinking because that leads to reckless treatment of them. Exploration of these issues also contributes to environmental interpretations of Heidegger's philosophical legacy, which were limited to natural beings.
How Demanding is Our Climate Duty? An Application of the No-Harm Principle to Individual Emissions
Authors: Fragnière Augustin
Published: November 2018

This article provides theoretical foundations to the widespread intuition that an individual duty to reduce one's carbon emissions should not be overly demanding, and should leave some space to personal life-projects. It does so by looking into the moral structure of aggregative problems such as climate change, and argues that contributing to climate change is less wrong than causing the same amount of harm in paradigm cases of harm-doing. It follows that strong agent-relative reasons, such as consideration of the agent's most important life-projects, are likely sometimes to outweigh the reasons for refraining from contributing to climate change, especially when there is no alternative course of action. This, however, does not mean that individual carbon-emitters are off the hook, since a lot can be done to reduce carbon emissions without jeopardising one's most important life-projects.
Ecology, Community and Food Sovereignty: What's in a Word?
Authors: Monaghan Jade , Smith Mick
Published: November 2018

‘Food sovereignty’ plays an increasingly important political role as a focus for grassroots agri-food organisations, such as La Via Campesina, in their attempts to contest the social injustices, health impacts and ecological damage resulting from the increasing global dominance of corporate/industrial agriculture. While not seeking to detract from the successes of such movements, there remain ethical, political and ecological concerns about just how the ‘sovereignty’ in food sovereignty is to be interpreted and what, if any, its relation to previous histories, definitions and applications of political sovereignty might be. Sovereignty's role, for example, in settler colonialism and environmental destruction is rarely addressed in the food sovereignty literature, with advocates focusing instead on its definitional malleability and contemporary political utility. Yet critical appropriations of Schmitt's infamous definition of sovereignty help to specify its colonial, anti-political and anti-ecological modus operandi, and make clear certain dangers inherent in uncritically adopting the term.
Engaging the Imagination: ‘New Nature Writing’, Collective Politics and the Environmental Crisis
Authors: Oakley Kate , Ward Jonathan , Christie Ian
Published: November 2018

This paper 1 explores the potential of ‘new nature writing’ – a literary genre currently popular in the UK – as a kind of arts activism, in particular in terms of how it might engage with the environmental crisis and lead to a kind of collective politics. We note the limitations of the genre, notably the reproduction of class, gender and ethnic hierarchies, the emphasis on nostalgia and loss, and the stress on individual responses rather than collective politics. But we also take seriously the claims of art to enable us to imagine other futures, suggesting that new nature writing has the potential to play a role in collective forms of environmental justice and capabilities.
The Effect of Electronic Word-of-Mouth in Social Media toward Consumer Purchase Decision with Brand Image as Moderating Variable
Authors: PRAMESTIARA ANINDYA , RAHAB RAHAB
Published: November 2018

Social media has made it possible for users to exchange information and discuss theiropinions and experiences about products or services through online on their social mediaplatform with their peers. This kind of communication is called as electronic word-of-mouth(e-WOM) where the information can be spread faster and has the potential for greaterimpact on consumers purchase decision. Therefore, the aim of this research is to know theeffect of e-WOM (including quality and quantity of e-WOM as well as sender’s expertise) insocial media on consumers’ purchase decisions moderated by brand image. The researchmethodology used for this study is a case study with survey research method. Conveniencesampling technique derived from non-probability sampling techniques are used for sampleselection. The sample of this research is 175, from people who have purchased and usedEtude House product. Statistical software SPSS and AMOS is used to analyze the data. Thefindings in this area will help Etude House and other marketers to reach out its potentialcustomers and align their marketing effort in efficient way by pay attention on the marketingpolicies about eWOM. The limitations of the research is some respondents not read andanswer the question clearly and made it not represent their exact perception.
The Influence Customer Trust, Service Quality, and Perceived Price on Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty
Authors: MANDIRA DARA AJENG , SULIYANTO SULIYANTO , NAWARINI ALISA TRI
Published: November 2018

The purpose of this research is to know and analyze the influence customer trust, servicequality, and perceive price of expedition company towards customer satisfaction, effectedtoo on customer loyalty. The sample in this study there are 100 respondents.Conveniencesampling method is used in the determination of this research sample. Data were analyzedusing Structural Equational Modeling (SEM) with SPSS and AMOS statistical software.Theresults of this study show that cusotmer trust, customer satisfaction, service quality,perceived price has a positive effect on Customer Satisfaction. Thus, customer satisfactionhas a positive effect on customer loyalty.
La responsabilità della società sportiva dilettantistica per l'illecito (doloso) commesso dal proprio atleta in gara
Authors: Bisanti Filippo
Published: November 2018

Nella sentenza in esame, il Tribunale di Bologna individua alcuni principi particolarmente interessanti per quanto riguarda la responsabilità civile nell'ambito delle competizioni sportive (settore questo caratterizzato da un'articolata normativa). Nel caso di specie, durante una partita dilettantistica di rugby, un giocatore colpisce volontariamente con un violento calcio uno degli avversari fuori dalla fase attiva del gioco. A seguito del procedimento l'obbligo di risarcimento non è gravato esclusivamente sul responsabile materiale del fatto (l'atleta), data l'assenza di un collegamento funzionale tra la condotta e il gioco praticato, ma anche sulla società sportiva dilettantistica dell'atleta. Con riferimento a tale ultimo aspetto, il Tribunale sottolinea come il potere di gestione e vigilanza della società sportiva dilettantistica sugli affiliati ed i benefici che la società sportiva trae dalle prestazioni degli atleti debbano portare alla possibilità di stabilire una responsabilità extracontrattuale in capo a quest'ultima di cui all'art. 2049 c.c. Infatti, dopo l'analisi delle posizioni dottrinali e giurisprudenziali in tema di responsabilità dei maestri e degli appaltatori, il Giudice condanna in solido la società sportiva dilettantistica e gli atleti al risarcimento del danno derivante dall'illecito commesso dall'atleta nei confronti dell'avversario, anche se l'atto illecito è stato commesso al di fuori di una fase di gioco attiva ed è stato commesso intenzionalmente, perché tale circostanza non è ritenuta sufficiente a interrompere il nesso diretto di causalità, non essendo una condotta totalmente estranea al rapporto tra le parti
"Vendita di pacchetti turistici" tramite Groupon e responsabilità per l'inadempimento dei servizi promessi
Authors: Cirillo Giovanni
Published: November 2018

La prima questione analizzata riguarda la scelta inadeguata della legge di riferimento operata dal giudice; una seconda importante questione riguarda invece la possibilità che una combinazione di servizi comprensivi di vitto e alloggio possa essere considerata un "pacchetto" secondo la definizione giuridicamente prevista: la relativa analisi, che viene effettuata attraverso lo studio degli "altri servizi turistici" - i.e. "non ancillarità" e "rappresentazione di una percentuale significativa" - è necessaria per giustificare l'applicabilità ratione materiae della legislazione sui "contratti del turismo organizzato" al caso di specie, cosa che non è assolutamente scontata, nonostante l'assenza di motivazioni da parte della sentenza su questo punto sembri suggerire il contrario. Quindi, il punto focale della decisione può essere messo in discussione: dopo aver tracciato una ricostruzione schematica del quadro delle categorie soggettive e dei rapporti contrattuali coinvolti nella "vendita di pacchetti", potremmo osservare, da un lato, la posizione assunta da Groupon corporation e, dall'altro, la natura dell'obbligazione non adempiuta. Poiché l'obbligo di eseguire i servizi inclusi nel pacchetto riguarda il "Contratto di viaggio organizzato", la cui parte non è Groupon corporation - che, invece, assume il ruolo di "rivenditore" (o "intermediario") - ma il titolare del resort, è discutibile se l'intermediario possa essere ritenuto responsabile della violazione degli obblighi dell'organizzatore: a questa domanda va risposto negativamente, perché, secondo l'interpretazione più persuasiva dell'art. 43 del "Codice del turismo", questi due soggetti non sono responsabili in solido, ma ciascuno di essi risponde solo per gli obblighi che ha personalmente assunto nei confronti del turista.
Osservatorio normativo
Authors: Nicotera Luisa
Published: November 2018

L'osservatorio presenta i provvedimenti normativi nazionali maggiormente significativi del periodo di riferimento, riportando un breve commento a corredo dei testi pubblicati
Do letters to shareholders inform or mislead? Insights from insider trading
Authors: Beccalli Elena , Bozzolan Saverio , Laghi Enrico , Mattei Marco
Published: November 2018

Empirical studies consistently provide evidence that investors perceive qualitative disclosures as useful because they have significant effects on analysts' forecast revisions and a firm's share price. But these results leave unanswered the question of whether managers write qualitative disclosures to inform or mislead investors. Based on the signaling theory, we consider two actions by the same manager: one (insider trading) is a costly signal whilst the other (qualitative disclosure) is the cheap signal. We then verify whether they are coherent. We investigate the content and the verbal tone of the Letter of Shareholders and the insider trading from its author before and after the letter's date of release and find that the costly signal (the insider trading) is not coherent with the cheap signal (the disclosure). This finding indicates that managers do not use qualitative disclosures to offer incremental information but that they might use them to mislead investors.
The role of institutions in the process of global convergence to IFRS
Authors: Aprile Roberto , Bini Laura
Published: November 2018

This paper uses some major contributions from accounting institutional theory to discuss the process of convergence toward IFRS. Our analysis identifies the most influential institutions and the complex networks of relationships among institutions, offering a valuable contribution to a better understanding of the current state of diffusion of IFRS around the world and the current progress of the convergence process. We identify the different roles of some main institutions, grouping them into three categories and highlighting their main interactions in different contexts. We place global and international institutions such as IOSCO, EU and other international agencies such as the World Bank into the first category, since they have fostered the initial phase of the convergence process. Secondly, we find that the presence of institutions such as local government and standard setters, which play an intermediary role, mediates between the need to guarantee the implementation of the standards and the need to preserve pre-existing equilibria. Finally, we discuss the role played by the end-users of the standards. Our analysis shows that these institutions are the most critical forces. In fact, in the absence of a structured, led program that orients these forces toward IFRS, the convergence process could result in the proliferation of local systems of standards, increasing the risk that harmonisation is achieved only in name.