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PENGUATAN PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER MELALUI EKSTRAKURIKULER KEISLAMAN
Authors: Zafi Ashif Az , partono
Published: April 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis penerapan ekstrakurikuler dakwah dalam penguatan karakter di MA NU Mu’alimat Kudus. Masalah yang diangkat dalam penelitian ini adalah mengenai turunnya moral remaja yang ada di Indonesia dikarenakan pendidikan yang ada di Indonesia lebih menekankan pada aspek kognitif saja dibandingkan dengan aspek afektif dan psikomotorik. Dimana seharusnya pendidikan yang ada, dapat menjadikan remaja sebagai insan yang kamil yang berakhlakul karimah sesuai dengan tujuan umum pendidikan yang ada di Indonesia. Selain itu, pendidikan karakter dalam penerapannya kurang maksimal. Oleh karena itu diterapkan pendidikan karakter dalam kegiatan ektrakurikuler. Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah (1) penerapan pendidikan karakter sejatinya sudah ada dalam kegiatan ekstrakurikuler, hal ini dapat dilihat dengan ketaatan siswa dalam beribadah dan moral yang ditampilkan siswa, (2) Selain penguatan karakter religius, ekstra- kurikuler dakwah juga menginter- nalisasikan karakter percaya diri, kerjasama dan tanggung jawab.
PERANGKAT KERAS KOMPUTER
Authors: Fahrezi Hakim Fahrezi
Published: April 2020

Hardware atau dalam bahasa indonesia-nya disebut juga dengan nama “perangkat keras” adalah salah satu komponen dari sebuah komputer yang sifat alat nya bisa dilihat dan diraba secara langsung atau yang berbentuk nyata, yang berfungsi untuk mendukung proses komputerisasi.Komponen komputer ini termasuk dalam kategori elemen perangkat keras (hardware). Berdasarkan fungsinya, perangkat keras komputer dibagi menjadi:1. Input divice (unit masukan)2. Process device (unit pemrosesan)3. Output device (unit keluaran)4. Backing Storage (unit penyimpanan)5. Periferal (unit tambahan)
The psychometric properties of the Compassionate Love Scale and the validation of the English and German 7-item Compassion for Others Scale (COS-7)
Authors: Schlosser Marco , Pfaff Natalie G. , Schweinberger Stefan R. , Marchant Natalie L. , klimecki olga
Published: April 2020

An increasing body of scientific research on the nature, correlates, and effects of compassion has accrued over recent years. Expert agreement has not yet been reached on the conceptualisation of compassion for others, and existing self-report measures of compassion for others have often lacked psychometric quality and content validity. Recent publications of longer compassion measures represent significant strides towards ameliorating these issues. However, there is a need for psychometrically sound short scales for measuring compassion in time-constrained research settings. To meet this need, one can assess the psychometric qualities of existing scales in order to develop robust short adaptations of such scales. Study 1 (N = 501) empirically assessed the psychometric properties of the widely cited Compassionate Love Scale (CLS) to validate a new short scale of compassion for others (strangers) comprised of items from the CLS – the 7-item Compassion for Others Scale (COS-7). Study 2 (N = 332) addressed the absence of a German measure of compassion for others by validating a German version of the COS-7. The CLS did not display adequate model fit. Both the English and German versions of the COS-7 demonstrated adequate model fit, factor loadings, internal consistency, interpretability, convergent/divergent validity, and no floor/ceiling effects. Findings provide support for the English and German versions of the COS-7 as adequate short scales for measuring compassion for others. The German COS-7 is the first German measure of compassion for others published to date.
Rich Environments, Dull Experiences: How Environment Can Exacerbate the Effect of Constraint on the Experience of Boredom
Authors: Struk Andriy , Scholer Abigail , Danckert James , Seli Paul
Published: April 2020

We examined the hypothesis that boredom is likely to occur when opportunity costs are high; that is, when there is a high potential value of engaging in activities other than the researcher-assigned activity. To this end, participants were either placed in a room with many possible affordances (e.g., a laptop, puzzle, etc.; affordances condition; n = 121), or they were ushered into an empty room (control condition; n = 107). In both conditions participants were instructed to entertain themselves with only their thoughts (hence, participants in the affordances condition were to refrain from engaging with the available options). As predicted, participants in the affordances condition reported higher levels of boredom compared with those in the control condition. Results suggest, that under some conditions, environments that afford alternative activities may be more boring than those that are void of such activities.
Examining Moderators of Vocabulary Acquisition from Kindergarten Through Elementary School Using Local Structural Equation Modeling
Authors: Olaru Gabriel , Robitzsch Alexander , Hildebrandt Andrea , Schroeders Ulrich
Published: April 2020

Parental socio-economic status (SES) is often found to be associated with children’s language competence in the first decade of life. To examine the effect of SES on children’s vocabulary development, as well as a potential compensatory effects of schooling and learning-related activities, we examined the joint and unique effects of parental education, occupational status, and learning environment at home on children’s receptive vocabulary competence and growth in early childhood. We used latent growth curve models to distinguish between pre-school receptive vocabulary and growth across primary school. Analyses were based on data from the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), a large-scale longitudinal study assessing vocabulary competence and family background from Kindergarten to the 3rd grade of elementary school. To examine the moderating effects of parental education, occupational status, and learning environment at home, we used local structural equation modeling. Results revealed a moderate to strong positive association between parental education and children’s receptive vocabulary competence, which fully explained the effect of occupational status on this language skill. With the exception of reading aloud, we found no effect of learning environment at home. Initially lower performing children showed steeper growth trajectories across school, but rank-orders were relatively stable across time. In summary, the results suggest large initial differences in receptive vocabulary between children from different educational backgrounds, which are reduced, but not fully overcome across elementary school.
Using epidemiological evidence to forecast population need for early treatment programmes in mental health: a generalisable Bayesian prediction methodology applied to and validated for first-episode psychosis in England
Authors: McDonald Keltie , Ding Tao , Ker Hannah , Dliwayo Rebecca , Osborn David , Wohland Pia , Coid Jeremy , French Paul , Jones Peter B. , Baio Gianluca , Kirkbride James Bowes
Published: April 2020

Background: Mental health policy makers require evidence-based information to optimise effective care provision based on local need, but tools are unavailable. Aims To develop and validate a population-level prediction model for need for early intervention in psychosis (EIP) care for first-episode psychosis (FEP) in England up to 2025, based on epidemiological evidence and demographic projections. Method: We used Bayesian Poisson regression to model small-area-level variation in FEP incidence for people aged 16-64 years. We compared six candidate models, validated against observed National Health Service FEP data in 2017. Our best-fitting model predicted annual incidence case-loads for EIP services in England up to 2025, for probable FEP, treatment in EIP services, initial assessment by EIP services and referral to EIP services for 'suspected psychosis'. Forecasts were stratified by gender, age and ethnicity, at national and Clinical Commissioning Group levels. Results: A model with age, gender, ethnicity, small-area-level deprivation, social fragmentation and regional cannabis use provided best fit to observed new FEP cases at national and Clinical Commissioning Group levels in 2017 (predicted 8112, 95% CI 7623-8597; observed 8038, difference of 74 [0.92%]). By 2025, the model forecasted 11 067 new treated cases per annum (95% CI 10 383-11 740). For every 10 new treated cases, 21 and 23 people would be assessed by and referred to EIP services for suspected psychosis, respectively. Conclusions: Our evidence-based methodology provides an accurate, validated tool to inform clinical provision of EIP services about future population need for care, based on local variation of major social determinants of psychosis.Funding: Wellcome Trust, Royal Society, National Institute for Health Research
Utility and use of accuracy cues in social learning of crowd preferences
Authors: Lim Jaeseob , Lee Sang-Hun
Published: April 2020

Despite limited information and knowledge, we personally form beliefs about certain properties of objects encountered in our daily life—popularity of a newly released movie, for example. Since such beliefs are prone to error, we often revise our initial beliefs according to the beliefs of others to improve accuracy. Optimal revision requires modulating the degree of accepting others’ beliefs based on various cues for accuracy—number of opinions, for example, such that the more accurate others’ beliefs are, the more we accept them. Although previous studies have shown that such accuracy cues can influence the degree of acceptance during social revision, they primarily investigated problems with ‘factually correct’ answers, and rarely on problems with ‘socially correct’ answers. Here we examined which accuracy cues are objectively useful (utility of cues), and how those cues are used (use of cues), in the social revision of people’s beliefs about problems with ‘socially correct’ answers. We asked people to estimate the ‘shared preferences (SPs)’ for sociocultural items, the answers to which are determined by socially aggregated beliefs—how popular an abstract painting will be among a large crowd, for example, and then to revise their initial estimates after being exposed to other people’s estimates about the same items. We considered ‘confidence’, ‘agreement among estimates’, and ‘number of estimates’ as accuracy cues. We found that, while all three cues validly signaled the relative accuracy of SP estimates, people modulated the degree of acceptance based on ‘agreement among estimates’ and ‘number of estimates’, but not based on ‘confidence.’ Our findings suggest that the utility and use of accuracy cues for problems with ‘socially correct’ answers differ from those with ‘factually correct’ answers, as follows: (i) ‘agreement’ has a significant utility and (ii) people use their own ‘confidence’ but not others’ ‘confidence’ in social revision of SPs.
Do regional gender and racial biases predict gender and racial biases in social face judgments?
Authors: Oh DongWon , Todorov Alexander
Published: April 2020

Trait impressions from faces are more simplified for women than men. This bias stems from gender stereotypes; when strong stereotypes exist for a group of faces (e.g., of women’s or Blacks’), they are evaluated more positively/negatively when they fit/violate the stereotypes, making the impressions simpler (i.e., more one-dimensional). In this preregistered study, using trait impression ratings of faces collected from various world regions (+11,000 participants in 48 countries), scores of implicit associations (+18,000 and +212,000 participants in +200 countries), and mixed-effects models, we ask (1) whether simplified facial impressions are found for women and Blacks across regions and (2) whether the regional level of stereotypes about genders and races is correlated with the level of simplification in the face-based impressions of women and Blacks, respectively. The results were not coherent across analyses. The interpretation of the results and the limitations of the study are discussed.
Empresas Familiares: Desafios à Gestão do Capital Humano
Authors: Pimentel Duarte
Published: April 2020

Empresas Familiares Desafios à Gestão do Capital Humano
Potret Pelestarian Lingkungan Alam Berdasarkan Kearifan Lokal Masyarakat Colo
Authors: Saputri Wahyu Eka , Setiawan Adib Rifqi
Published: April 2020

Riset ini bertujuan untuk memotret peran dan kaitan antara kearifan lokal masyarakat Desa Colo dengan prinsip etika lingkungan hidup dalam upaya melestarikan lingkungan alam setempat. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa masyarakat Desa Colo Kecamatan Dawe Kabupaten Kudus memiliki peran penting untuk melakukan tindakan pencegahan kerusakan lingkungan hidup di Kawasan Muria. Proses pertahanan diri yang berupa kearifan lokal merupakan bentuk perwujudan dan peran masyarakat dalam upaya perlindungan daerah-daerah yang berpotensi sebagai tangkapan air yang berguna untuk kehidupan masyarakat desa.
Soziologie in Zeiten der Pandemie
Authors: Krumpal Ivar
Published: April 2020

In diesem Beitrag erörtern wir die Relevanz soziologischer Analysen bei der Erklärung individuellen und kollektiven Handelns in der globalen Corona-Krise und diskutieren deren individuelle und soziale Folgen. Weiterhin thematisieren wir auch die politischen und medialen Bewältigungsversuche der COVID-19 Pandemie. Wir arbeiten drei Bereiche heraus, in denen soziologische Analysen und methodisches Denken aktuelle Relevanz haben und wertvolle Beiträge zur wissenschaftlichen Begleitung der Krise leisten: (1) Aus soziologischen Analysen resultierende Erkenntnisse können politischen Entscheidungsträgern als rationale Entscheidungsgrundlage dienen, um geeignete Rahmenbedingungen zur Erstellung kollektiver Güter in einer Krisensituation zu schaffen. Weiterhin hat die Soziologie die Möglichkeit und auch die Aufgabe auf unerwünschte Nebenfolgen staatlicher Interventionen hinweisen. (2) Wissen aus dem Bereich der empirischen Sozialforschung kann genutzt werden, um zuverlässige und relevante empirische Daten zu produzieren und die Qualität bereits existierender Datenbestände, die häufig die Grundlage politischen Handelns in der Krise bilden, zu beurteilen. (3) Zudem können Soziologinnen und Soziologen die Rezeption der Krise in den Massenmedien, die häufig durch nicht sachgemäße und irreführende Kommunikation statistischer Informationen gekennzeichnet ist, kritisch begleiten.
Ein Metadatenlabel für das semantische Sensorweb
Authors: Graupner Anika
Published: April 2020

Deutsch: Das World Wide Web entwickelt sich zu einem semantischen Web. Daten werden mit Hilfe von Ontologien semantisch annotiert, um sie maschinenlesbar bereitzustellen. Zu diesen Daten zählen auch Sensordaten. Da die Anzahl an online zur Verfügung gestellten Sensordaten steigt, fällt es dem Nutzer immer schwerer, geeignete Daten zu finden. Die neuen Sensorbeschreibungen in Form von Ontologien werden in der folgenden Arbeit dazu eingesetzt, dem Nutzer die Suche wieder zu vereinfachen. Die Erfassung von Informationen aus den neuen maschinenlesbaren Beschreibungen kann für den Menschen schwierig sein. Daher wird das von GeoViQua ursprünglich für GEOSS entwickelte GEO Label dazu eingesetzt, auch visuelle Zusammenfassungen der Verfügbarkeit von Informationen in Sensorbeschreibungen bereitzustellen. Das Label besteht aus Facetten, die Auskunft über das Vorhandensein von Informationen wie Herstellerprofil, Benutzerfeedback und Qualitätsinformationen in Metadatendokumenten geben. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die 52 North Implementierung der Java GEO Label API um die Generierung von Labels basierend auf der Semantic Sensor Network Ontology (SSNO) und verbundenen Linked Data Ontologien erweitert. Zuvor werden aus diesen Ontologien Informationsquellen für die Facetten des Labels gesucht. Zudem wird die GEO Label API mit einem Serverless Cloud-Computing Anbieter zur Verfügung gestellt, wobei die Frage beantwortet wird, welche Cloud-Ressourcen für die Labelgenerierung notwendig sind. English: The World Wide Web is developing into a semantic web. Data are semantically annotated using ontologies to make them available in a machine-readable form. These data include also sensor data. As the amount of sensor data made available online increases, it becomes more difficult for users to find suitable data. The new sensor descriptions in form of ontologies will be used in the following work to simplify the search for users again. The acquisition of information from the new machine-readable descriptions may be difficult for humans. Therefore, the GEO Label, originally developed by GeoViQua for GEOSS, is used to provide visual summaries of the availability of information in sensor descriptions. The label consists of facets that provide information about the availability of information in metadata documents such as producer profile, user feedback and quality information. In this thesis the 52 North implementation of the Java GEO label API is extended by the generation of labels based on the Semantic Sensor Network Ontology (SSNO) and related Linked Data Ontologies. Prior to this, information sources for the facets of the label are searched for from these ontologies. In addition, the GEO Label API will be made available with a serverless cloud computing provider, whereby the question will be answered which cloud resources are necessary for label generation.
Cancer among women of reproductive age in Nigeria
Authors: Obiora Uchendu Jude
Published: April 2020

Background: Cancer in women of reproductive age is a poorly addressed but often preventable public health issue.
Aims and Objectives: The study aims at analyzing cancer pattern among these women in the apex hospital in Delta State, Nigeria.
Material and Methods: The study is a 70-months descriptive retrospective study of histologically confirmed cases of cancer among women of 12-49 years (2014-2019). The corresponding age, organ and histologicdiagnosis were examined and subsequently analyzed using excel spreadsheet 2007. The result was presented in tables.
Result: The author encountered 224 cancer cases among these women, representing 10% of all surgical specimens during the study period. The age range mean age of these women were 12-49 and 39.09 years respectively. Breast, Colorectal, cervical, ovarian, skin, soft tissue and thyroid cancer accounted for 130(58%), 24(10.7%), 16(7.1%), 11(4.9%), 10(4.5%), 9(4%) and 7(3.1%) of the cases respectively. Those in the 2nd, 3rd, fourth and fifth decades were 2(0.9%), 18, (8%), 96(42.7%) and 109(48.4%) cases respectively.
Conclusion: Cancer is relatively common among women of reproductive age, but mostly affected the breast, colorectum, uterine cervix, ovary, skin, soft tissues and thyroid gland. There is need for all hands to be on deck to reverse the trend and improve the lives of those affected by the disease.
Comparison of heart rate recovery between normotensive young adults with and without a parental history of hypertension
Authors: Bagudai Satyajit , Upadhyay Hari Prasad
Published: April 2020

Introduction: Studies have reported that off springs of hypertensive parents are more likely to develop hypertension. Affection of target organ starts even before the diagnosis of hypertension. Autonomic dysfunction may be the initial cardiac effects in the pathogenesis of hypertension. Till now very few studies have been done to find the early outcomes in the cardiac autonomic functions in the normotensive siblings of hypertensive patients. Heart rate recovery after exercise is a useful marker for cardiac autonomic function. Since the etio-pathogenesis of hypertension is expected to affect the autonomic cardiovascular parameters even before the prehypertensive stage, the following study was carried out to analyze the heart rate recovery, in the descendent non- hypertensive young adults with and without parental history of hypertension.
Aim and objective: This research study was aimed to study the quantify and compare the difference (if any) of heart rate recovery in response to 3minute step test between non hypertensive children of non- hypertensive and hypertensive parents within an age group of 18-22 years.
Material &Methods: A total of 63 normotensive students were divided into one hypertensive parents(HP) group containing students with parental history of hypertension) and one non hypertensive parents group (NHP) having students without parental history of hypertension). Each student was subjected to 3 minute Master step test. Recordings of heart rate were made before and after exercise. Heart rate recovery index (HRRI) of 1minute (HRRI1), as well as in 2, 3 and 4 minute (HRRI2, HRRI3, HRRI4) were calculated and analyzed.
Results: The resting (basal) heart rate as well as 1st minute heart rate recovery index (HRRI1) was not significantly different in the two groups. Likewise, the 2nd minute (HRRI2), 3rd minute (HRRI3), and 4th minute HRRI (HRR4) respectively were also not significantly different between the two groups.
Conclusion: This study concluded that there is no significant difference in heart rate recovery among non-hypertensive young adults, with and without parental history of hypertension.
Pulled elbow can easily be diagnosed and reduced by pediatricians - A clinic-based study on 49 cases
Authors: Biswas Biswajit , Das Mousumi , Roy Atanu , Konar Mithun , Mondal Monojit , Sil Archan
Published: April 2020

Background: Pulled elbow is a common injury of early childhood that results in subluxation of the annular ligament due to a sudden longitudinal traction applied to the hand. Treatment is usually closed reduction with either a supination-flexion or a hyperpronation technique.
Aims and Objectives: Present study is aimed to make pediatricians aware of the fact that most of such cases can be easily diagnosed and successfully reduced in office settings without much fear and complications.
Materials and Methods: All cases with typical history and clinical presentation were included in the study and were subjected to supination-flexion maneuver. When the first attempt failed, a second attempt using the same technique was performed. After failure of the second attempt, hyperpronation was tried.
Results: Among 49 patients included in the study, 27 (55.10 %) were girls and 22 (44.89 %) were boys. Meanage at presentation was 20.12 months. All of them were below 4 years of age. Forty-five patients were successfully reduced on the first attempt using supination-flexion maneuver, 2 patients required a second attempt using same technique. One patient was reduced with hyperpronation technique 15 minutes after first 2 attempts failed. Only 1 patient required referral to an orthopedic expert as all 3 attempts were in vain, but the child eventually recovered.
Conclusion: All pediatricians should learn to diagnose and treat the condition to reduce delay in treatment and avoid complications.
Testing the Rhetoric: Application of Active Learning Strategies in Logic and Critical Thinking Classrooms– Lessons from University of Gondar, Ethiopia
Authors: Muluye Ketemaw Tiruneh
Published: April 2020

The purpose of this research was to examine the implementation of Active Learning Strategies (ALSs) in logic and critical thinking classrooms by focusing on freshman students of Gondar University. For this purpose, a concurrent triangulation mixed approach and case study design were employed. The data were collected through questionnaires (n=361), interviews and document analysis. Accordingly, the utilization of ALSs in logic and critical thinking classrooms is found to be negligible. Though buzz group discussions and presentations were found to be preferable as compared to other ALSs, they are utilized in a rare manner. Factors related with the directives of the Ministry, motivation of the instructors and students were found to have an influence on the utilization of ALSs. This implies though the Ministry claims that it is committed for the utilization of ALSs, its directives are not found to be complimentary with its rhetoric for the utilization of ALSs.

Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 7, Issue-2: 78-85
Consumers’ Preference and Willingness to Pay for Nepalese Large Cardamom in the Global Market
Authors: Kattel Rishi Ram , Regmi Punya Prasad , Sharma Moha Dutta , Thapa Yam Bahadur
Published: April 2020

This paper examines the consumers’ preference and willingness to pay Nepalese large cardamom in the global market. A total of 255 respondents were surveyed using structural questionnaire in KoBo Toolbox online survey during 2019-2020. The Logit model was used for assessing factors determine consumers WTP and WTP regression was used to assess the monetary value of additional WTP price premium. Average age of the respondents were 29.21 years and 16.70 years of schooling. The average household size was 4.87 members. Two-third of respondents were male and 39% respondent’s occupations were service. About 92% respondents belonged to Asia whereas 38% from urban city origin. One-fourth of respondents had US$ 5000 and above annual income. Consumers were willing to pay price premium of 34.56% for Nepalese large cardamom while about 33% additional WTP for organically certified once. About 40% respondents willingness to pay of Nepalese large cardamom whereas 65% expressed their additional WTP on organic certified.  Average price paid for cardamom was US$ 19.6 per kg whereas the WTP additional amount for Nepalese cardamom was US$ 6.92 per kg and US$ 6.6 per kg additional for organic certified once. Major determine factors on WTP of Nepalese cardamom were preference based on color, size, household expenditure and knowledge. Additional WTP of Nepalese large cardamom price premium were determined by preference based on color, size and part of cardamom used. The results can significantly contribute to improving value added practices of Nepalese cardamom based on consumers’ preference.
USE OF THE FUZZY CLUSTERING ALGORITHM FOR PATTERN RECOGNITION IN FEED CONSUMPTION DATA OF PURE NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBITS EXPOSED TO VARIED THERMAL CHALLENGES
Authors: Junqueira Gouvêa Silva Maria Alice , Junior Tadayuki Yanagi , Moura Raquel Silva de , Ferraz Patrícia Ferreira Ponciano , Ribeiro Bruna Pontara Vilas Boas , Bahuti Marcelo
Published: April 2020

The performance of New Zealand White rabbits (NZW) is directly associated with to ambiance-related factors because they present high sensitivity to high-temperature conditions. The objective of the present work was to use the Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) clustering algorithm for pattern recognition in daily feed consumption (CDR) of NZW rabbits exposed to different thermal challenges. The experiment was carried out in four air-conditioned wind tunnels installed in a laboratory. Twenty-four pure rabbits of the NZW breed aged 30 to 37 days were used. The experiment was carried out in two stages with a period of seven days each, and, at each stage, four dry bulb temperatures (20°C, 24ºC, 28ºC and 32ºC) were tested from the 30th day of the rabbits’ life. Data on CDR (kilo, kg day-1) were obtained by weighing the quantities supplied and the leftovers obtained daily from each rabbit in each treatment. Afterward, the Fuzzy C-Means algorithm (FCM) was used to classify the results. Also, to validate the analysis, the validation indexes were applied to indicate in which quantities of clusters the best partition results were obtained for this database. Thus, FCM cluster analysis was set up as a methodology capable of providing information on the thermal comfort of NZB rabbits in a precise and non-invasive way, which could assist the producer in decision-making.
THERMAL ENERGY FROM BIOGAS GENERATED FROM CATTLE MANURE AND SEWAGE SLUDGE
Authors: Vargas Beatriz Costalonga , Paes Juliana Lobo , Antunes Bernardo Marchon de Souza , Cunha João Paulo Barreto , Dos Santos Priscilla Tojado , Bergossi Ariane Da Silva
Published: April 2020

The major problems of public health, environmental impact, and energy dependence due to conventional fuels can be solved by using biogas from biodigesters. Therefore, the objective of this paper was to evaluate the energy potential of using biogas in the replacement of firewood and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). For the biogas production, Indian model batch digesters were used in a batch supply system. Those were supplied with 100: 0, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75 and 0:100 sewage sludge: cattle manure (SS:CM). The calculation of the energy conversion was based on the accumulated biogas production, biogas production potential, the amount of waste produced by dairy cattle in a rural property and the equivalence of one cubic meter of gas with wood and LPG. In general, the adoption of biodigesters in rural properties to generate biogas for thermal energy consists of a viable and sustainable technology, regardless of the number of animals in the property. The use of sewage sludge antecipated biogas production, with the highest biogas production potential being 25:75 SS:CM. The financial savings obtained by the owner and /or community when installing a biodigester can be invested in the rural property. Therefore, it is concluded that there is a feasibility to replace firewood and LPG with biogas.
ASTHMA AND COVID-19: THE EOSINOPHILIC LINK
Authors: Rodriguez Carlos , Veciana Carlos
Published: April 2020

The Covid-19 disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-Cov2 has reached pandemic proportions in an extremely short period of time. It happened so fast that, at this point, with more than 200.000 deaths worldwide, and despite the overwhelming efforts enlisted by the global scientific community, we still don’t know much about a number of key issues, such as the way the virus causes such a damage in the lungs of patients at risk, how the infection raises the immune response (if any) against it, or what is the long term outcome of patients surviving the devastating complications of the disease. Among the questions that don’t seem to gather as much interest, however, one has attired our attention. We are especially keen to find epidemiological factors that could protect people from having the disease, and, at any rate, from presenting the lethal complication thereof: the SARS or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. On this route, after going through the published patient series, we have begun to work on the hypothesis that asthma could be a protective factor in the context of Covid-19.
CONCLUSION: In this paper we analyzed different aspects of previous research on asthma, asthma immunology, SARS, and the innate immune system and have come to a starting model of how the asthmatic immune signature (the activation of the Th2 lymphocyte pathway and its main effector cell type, the eosinophil cell) could influence and modulate the response to the Covid-19 infection. In this model, both the Th2 program, with the eosinophil cell at its core, is posited as a natural counterbalance of the Th proinflammatory response (Th1 and Th17). The model proposes a pivotal place for the innate immunity, in which the Pattern Recognition Receptors (particularly the ssRNA recognizer, TLR7) would play a leading role in the rampant inflammatory response to the virus (Th1/Th17 driven) that underlies the development of SARS.
IMPORTANCE: Although not presented as such in the literature, we put forward a vision in which innate immune receptors such as TLR7 and the TH2 programs could be the antagonic forces deciding the fate of lung diseases such as ARDS, asthma or COPD. The careful mining of this model as we describe it herein, could hopefully lead to new urgently needed therapies for the Covid-19 disease.
Una reﬂexión sobre la construcción del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior
Authors: Redacción Consejo de
Published: April 2020

Se describe y analiza el proceso llamado “de Bolonia” orientado a la armonización y modernización de las universidades europeas. Además de una breve reseña histórica del proceso, se recoge un resumen de sus propuestas. La aportacion más relevante del artículo editorial es la valoración de esta reforma; se subraya que el modelo corresponde a una universidad centrada en el alumno. Se exponen, desde el punto de vista del Consejo de Redacción, los valores implícitos en el proceso y las luces y sombras del objetivo de competitividad y adaptación al mundo actual que se pretende alcanzar.
La Ley de violencia de género: su constitucionalidad y sus medidas laborales
Authors: Velasco Portero Teresa
Published: April 2020

La Ley Orgánica 1/2004, de Medidas de Protección Integral contra la Violencia de Género ha visto la luz envuelta en la polémica. Bienvenida por unos como la panacea para solucionar tan inquietante problema y denostada por otros como profundamente discriminatoria para los hombres, merece la pena detenerse en su articulado para comprobar qué tipo de medidas contiene y a qué responde el hecho de que proteja a las mujeres y no a los hombres. En este sentido, se reﬂexiona sobre el concepto de violencia de género y sobre el contexto de la ley, y se exponen algunas de sus medidas más novedosas, que son las de carácter laboral, ya que por primera vez se tienen en cuenta los problemas especíﬁcos que la violencia le causa a la mujer a la hora de desarrollar su prestación laboral.
Un sello para los productos de comercio justo en España: entre la oportunidad y la amenaza
Authors: Montero Simó María José , Araque Padilla Rafael Ángel
Published: April 2020

Ante la reciente creación en España de una Asociación para impulsar y promover un sello de garantía de productos comercializados bajo condiciones de mayor justicia social, en este artículo se exponen de manera crítica, a la luz del concepto y objetivos últimos del comercio justo, los procesos seguidos y las diversas posturas encontradas que se han manifestado. A partir de una valoración de los pros y contras de la utilización de un sello, los autores deﬁenden su pertinencia y la conveniencia de abogar por un concepto de comercio justo que busque puntos de convergencia con el comercio convencional.
XVIII Reunión del Grupo Fomento Social
Authors: Camacho Laraña Ildefonso
Published: April 2020

El Grupo Fomento Social se reunió para su encuentro anual en la Casa de Espiritualidad de las Esclavas del Sagrado Corazón, en Madrid (c/ General Martínez Campos), desde el viernes 11 de noviembre por la noche hasta el domingo 13 a mediodía. Los asistentes fueron en total 30, entre ellos el Presidente de la Conferencia de Provinciales de Europa (el belga, P. Mark Rotsaert) y el Provincial de España (P. Elías Royón). La reunión fue coordinada por el nuevo coordinador del Grupo, P. Rafael Yuste, nombrado para ejercer el cargo por un trienio. El tema escogido en la sesión del año pasado para la de éste era el de los nuevos movimientos sociales y la transformación de la política. A él se dedicó, como es costumbre siempre en este encuentro, la mañana del sábado.
Pengujian Black Box pada Aplikasi Berita Online dengan Menggunakan Metode Boundary Value Analysis
Authors: Ijudin Ahmad , Saifudin Aries
Published: April 2020

Testing is one level that must be passed in order to produce results from a weighted system. If no testing is done on the system, the quality of the system cannot be known so that if an error occurs it can harm the system. By conducting experiments can find the location of defects in a system that can be known from the beginning that can be fixed immediately. Testing there are several types of system experiments, experiments used are black box testing using a limit value analysis method that is effective in trying the functions of a system. The technique determines the limits on the lower and upper values to produce the actual values. Based on the test results using the boundary value analysis technique that still has a disability that is the lack of data verification, then there must be an improvement in the validation function.
Penerapan Metode Web Engineering pada Sistem Informasi Ruang Terbuka Hijau Dinas Pekerjaan Umum dan Penataan Ruang Kota Pagar Alam
Authors: Arif Alfis
Published: April 2020

This study aims to produce a Green Open Space (RTH) information system of the Pagar Alam City Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR) using the Web Engineering method. Based on observations at PUPR Office Pagar Alam City, it is found that the delivery of information that is currently running is still manual by using brochures, pamphlets, banners, inefficient counseling, and not many people can receive information. Causing many domestic and foreign tourists who do not know the places of Green City Pagar Alam. This research uses the method of developing a Web Engineering system with the following steps: Costumers Communication, Planning, Modeling, Construction and Depeloyment. As well as using Google Maps as a search place. Based on the results of testing that the functionality of the information system can be run well without any obstacles from the process, testing is done using the Black Box method. With this information system, it useful to provide users with easy information about Green Pagar Alam City.
Penerapan Konsep Kota Pintar dengan Cara Penerapan ERP (Electronic Road Price) di Jalan Ibu Kota DKI Jakarta
Authors: Putra Arman Syah
Published: April 2020

The problem raised in this research is the implementation of ERP (Electronic Road Price) which will be applied in several street corners of the capital of Jakarta, many pros and cons that will occur in its application, ranging from its licensing to its application in the field, socialization to users the road in the capital is very important to do because it will directly intersect with motorized motorists in the capital of Jakarta, in its application also must be considered using what tools are best placed in every corner of the capital to help smooth the system to be applied, in this research the author will provide suggestions and frameworks so that the implementation of the ERP system (Electronic Road Price) can be carried out right away, with the suggestions that have been made are expected to influence the policies that will be made in terms of ERP (Electronic Road Price) in the future.
Kinerja Karyawan Berbasis Kepemimpinan Dan Motivasi Pada PT. Duta Jaya Putra Persada Mining
Authors: Sunarto Ading
Published: April 2020

Tujuan pada penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh kepemimpinan dan motivasi terhadap kinerja karyawan pada PT. Duta Jaya Persada Mining.Metode yang digunakan yaitu penelitian asosiatif serta menggunakan instrument questioner yang masing-masing variable memiliki 8 pernyataan dengan jumlah populasi sekaligus dijadikan sampel sebanyak 50 responden atau menggunakan sampel jenuh. Analisis data yang digunakan menggunakan regresi linear dengan bantuan software SPSS 25.Hasilnya pengolahan data menunjukkan: 1) Kepemimpinan (X1), berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Kinerja (Y) di PT. Duta Jaya Persada Mining yang dibuktikan dengan kontribusi pengaruh sebesar 44,3% dengan pengujian hipotesis diperoleh t hitung > t table (6,180>2,011). Motivasi (X2), berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap Kinerja (Y) di PT. Duta Jaya Persada Mining yang dibuktikan dengan kontribusi pengaruh sebesar 40,32% dengan pengujian hipotesis diperoleh t hitung > t table (5,685>2,011). Dari hasil olah data tersebut perusahaan sebaiknya lebih meningkatkan kepemimpinan dan integritas karyawannya untuk meningkatkan kinerja karyawannya.Kata Kunci: Kepemimpinan, Motivasi Dan Kinerja Karyawan.
Pengaruh Pengembangan Karier Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Di PT. Unibless Indo Multi
Authors: Sularmi Lili , Banjal Teul Panda
Published: April 2020

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh pengembangan karier terhadap kinerja karyawan pada PT. Unibless Indo MultiMetode penelitian dilakukan dengan pendekatan asosiatif metode deskriptif kuantitatif. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah teknik sampling jenuh dengan sampel sebanyak 60 responden. Analisis data menggunakan analisis regresi, analisis koefisien korelasi, analisis koefisien determinasi dan uji hipotesisHasil penelitian ini diperoleh persamaan regresi Y=13,493+0,664X sementara nilai koefisien korelasi sebesar r= 0.792 yang berarti korelasi antara Pengembangan Karier dengan kinerja karyawan berada pada kategori kuat dan signifikan. Sedangkan nilai koefisien determinasi menunjukan bahwa kinerja karyawan dipengaruhi oleh Pengembangan Karier sebesar 62.7% sisanya sebesar 37.3% dipengaruhi oleh faktor lain, hasil pengujian hipotesis maka thitung>ttabel yaitu 9,887>1,67 yang artinya bahwa H0 ditolak dan Ha diterima, artinya Pengembangan Karier (X) mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap Kinerja Karyawan (Y). Kata Kunci : Pengembangan Karier dan Kinerja Karyawan
SYNTHESIS OF SOME RHODANINE DERIVATIVES
Authors: Ngo Duong Thi Thuy , Nguyen Nha To , Duus Fritz , Nguyen Phung Kim Phi
Published: April 2020

Thioketone and enthiol compounds were synthesized from methyl isothiocyanate and ethyl mercaptoacetate through thionation with P2Ss and acylation with aromatic carboxylic acid chlorides.
INDENTIFYING FUNCTIONALLY CONSERVED REGIONS AND PREDICTING T-CELL EPITOPES ON PROTEINS OF INFLUENZA A VIRUS
Authors: Van Van Hai , Le Thuy Thi Thanh , Cao Phuong Thi Ngoc , Vu Bich Thi , Tran Thuoc Linh
Published: April 2020

Influenza A viruses are of worldwide concerns because of their rapidly and endlessly genetic changes. Based on the experimental influenza A virus databases, we analyzed conserved regions on the protein sequences of influenza A virus to facilitate the design of universal vaccine and the prediction of changing tendency of influenza A viral strains. Our study was carried out on eleven viral functional proteins: HA, NA, PA, NSI, NS2, MI, M2, NP, PBI, PB1_F2 and PB2. From these groups, the clusters were formed on subtypes, hosts, countries and years of collection, followed by multiple sequence alignments by two tools ClustalW and MAFFT. Conserved sequences of 9 amino acid residues were selected and used for T-cell epitope prediction by SEP (System for Epitope Prediction). In addition, we also predicted the function of these conserved regions using information on function of influenza A viral proteins from the Swissprot database.
MEMBANGUN KEADABAN POLITIK PENGAKUAN DALAM UPAYA MEREDAM ISU AGAMA
Authors: Kau Blasius Mau , Disemadi Hari Sutra , Yusriadi Yusriadi
Published: April 2020

Dewasa kini muncul konflik-konflik serupa di sekitar politik diferensiasi (perbedaan). Dimana gengsi politik universal berjuang demi bentuk-bentuk non-diskriminasi sebagai kewajiban yang dengan tenang, tidak mampu melihat cara-cara mana yang para warga negara tersebut berbeda politik diferensiasi sering mendefenisikan asas non-diskriminasi sebagai kewajiban bahwa kita membuat distingsi distingsi ini. Suatu dasar perlakuan diferensial. Sehingga kelompok-kelompok anggota suku asli (pribumi) akan mendapat hak-hak dan kekuatan-kekuatan tertentu yang tidak dinikmati oleh orang-orang kanada lainnya, jika tuntutan-tuntutan otonomi pemerintahan penduduk asli (pribumi) secara final disepakati, dan kelompok-kelompok minoritas tertentu akan mendapatkan hak untuk melarang masuk orang lain dengan maksud agar dapat memelihara integritas kultural mereka dan lain sebagainya. Namun isu diferensiasi agama akhir-akhir ini mencuat dalam diskursus bangsa ini. Agama di frame jadi instrumen politk, bahkan ditunggangi demi kepentingan sesat untuk kelomopok lain, sehingga eksistensi bangsa tentang given sebagai multikultural sedikit mengalami guncangan.
Marcapasos diafragmático en paciente pediátrico con síndrome de Hipoventilación Central Adquirido
Authors: Varela O. Javier , Sepúlveda I. German , Sepúlveda C. José , Acuña L. Renato , Pizarro T. Gustavo , Maldonado U. Viviana , Alvarado G. Alejandra
Published: April 2020

El marcapasos diafragmático permite reducir o eliminar la necesidad de ventilación mecánica en pacientes con insuficiencia respiratoria crónica que conservan el eje nervio frénico-diafragma intacto, siempre que no presenten enfermedad pulmonar intrínseca. Aunque su implantación ha sido practicada por décadas, su uso no está ampliamente difundido, y existe poca literatura publicada al respecto, la mayoría relacionada con lesión medular alta y síndrome de hipoventilación central congénito.Objetivo: Describir una experiencia de implantación de marcapasos diafragmático en paciente pediátrico con síndrome de hipoventilación central adquirido.Caso Clínico: Paciente femenino con síndrome de hipoventilación central secundario a lesión isquémica de tronco cerebral como resultado de disfunción de válvula de derivación ventrículo peritoneal, motivo por el cual durante 5 años se mantuvo con asistencia de ventilación mecánica intrahospitalaria. A los 7 años de edad se implantó marcapasos diafragmático mediante cirugía toracoscópica, lo que permitió posterior a un periodo de rehabilitación y acondicionamiento respiratorio el destete de la ventilación mecánica y el egreso hospitalario.Conclusiones: El marcapasos diafragmático es una opción factible, potencialmente segura y costo efectiva para disminuir o eliminar la dependencia de ventilación mecánica y mejorar la calidad de vida en pacientes con síndrome de hipoventilación central adquirido.
Asociación entre síntomas depresivos de las madres y control metabólico en adolescentes con Diabetes Mellitus tipo 1
Authors: Von Borries Denise , Astudillo Patricio , Perez Viviana , García F Hernán , Rumié Karime , García B. Hernán
Published: April 2020

Un mal control metabólico en pacientes con Diabetes Mellitus tipo 1 (DM1) se asocia a complicaciones a corto y largo plazo. Los adolescentes con Diabetes tipo 1 presentan peor control metabólico comparado con pacientes de otros grupos etarios. Escasos estudios han demostrado una asociación entre síntomas depresivos de las madres con el control metabólico de sus hijos adolescente.Objetivo: Evaluar la asociación entre síntomas depresivos maternos y control metabólico de adolescentes con DM1.Sujetos y Método: Estudio observacional transversal realizado en adolescentes, edades 10 a 18 años, con diagnóstico de DM1 de más de un año de evolución y sus madres. Se aplicó test de Beck II, cuestionario de depresión infantil, cuestionario SALUFAM y cuestionario de datos sociodemográficos. Se realizó hemoglobina glicosilada capilar, como marcador de control metabólico.Resultados: Se estudiaron 86 parejas (madre-hijo adolescente), adolescentes de edad media 14.04 años y 5.95 años de evolución de DM1. El 25.6% (n 22) de las madres presentó síntomas depresivos, asociándose a peor control metabólico en sus hijos (HbA1c: 7.66% y 8.91%, p < 0.001). El 17.9% de adolescentes presentó síntomas depresivos, no asociándose a síntomas depresivos maternos ni a peor control metabólico. Los síntomas depresivos maternos se asociaron a menor nivel educacional materno y paterno, mayor número de hijos en la familia, presencia de otros hermanos con enfermedades crónicas y a mayor vulnerabilidad en salud (SALUFAM).Conclusiones: La presencia de síntomas depresivos maternos se asocia a peor control metabólico en el adolescente con DM1, siendo fundamental un enfoque multidisciplinario familiar para obtener mejores resultados metabólicos en los adolescentes.