bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Predominance of t355/ST152/SCCmec V clonal type among PVL-positive MRSA isolates in a tertiary care hospital in Belgrade, Serbia
Authors: Rakonjac Bojan , Lepšanović Zorica , Šuljagić Vesna , Jovčić Branko , Kojić Milan , Larsen Anders Rhod , Đurić Momčilo , Ćirković Ivana
Published: September 2022

Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is continually changing. Frequency of genotypes typical for community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) is increasing in hospitals, as well as resistance to antimicrobial agents. Moreover, different clones predominate in different geographic regions, and temporal shifts occur in the predominant clonal type. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of MRSA, CA-MRSA and PVL-positive MRSA isolates from patients hospitalised in the Military Medical Academy (MMA) and from outpatients, and to perform genotyping of PVL-positive MRSA isolates. MRSA isolates were obtained by standard microbiological techniques. PVL-positive MRSA were detected by single PCR. Determination of SCCmec types in MRSA isolates was done using multiplex PCR and genotyping of PVL-positive MRSA by PFGE, MLST and spa typing. The prevalence of MRSA among S. aureus isolates from different clinical specimens was 43.4%. In outpatients the prevalence of MRSA was 3.2%. SCCmec types specific for CA-MRSA were found in 26% of MRSA isolates from hospitalised patients. In groups, hospitalised patients and outpatients, the prevalence of PVL-positive MRSA isolates was 4%, and all of them harboured SCCmec type V genetic element. PFGE revealed minor differences between four groups of PVL-positive MRSA isolates, but all of them belonged to ST152, and all except one were of the t355 spa type. High prevalence of MRSA and CA-MRSA in MMA, especially the presence of PVL-positive CA-MRSA, represent a serious health threat for patients. Genotype t355/ST152/SCCmec V is the dominant MRSA clone among PVL-positive CA-MRSA.
Corruption, public trust and medical autonomy in the public health sector of Montenegro: Taking stock of the COVID-19 influence
Authors: Radević Ivan , Alfirević Nikša , Lojpur Anđelko
Published: September 2022

In this paper, we analyze the influence of corruption perception, experiences of corruptive behavior, and healthcare autonomy on the public trust in Montenegrin healthcare, by surveying the general population before and after the global COVID-19 pandemic. By providing a quasi-replication of a previous empirical study of corruption and trust in the Croatian public healthcare sector, we introduce the COVID-19 pandemic as a new research context. Before the pandemic, we found a consistent and significant negative influence of the corruptive practices and the generally perceived level of corruption (corruption salience) on the trust in public healthcare. The emergence of COVID-19 had mixed effects: while there is a slightly higher effect of corruption salience to the preference of public healthcare, corruptive experiences still matter but are tolerated much higher than before the pandemic. Public assessment of the autonomy of the health system increases preference for public healthcare, both before and after the pandemic, although the emergence of COVID-19 somewhat lowers this effect. The obtained results point to the most significant challenges of the ‘post-COVID-19’ social context to public health policymaking and management of public healthcare institutions. These include focusing the public healthcare reforms on corruption, reducing waiting times for different diagnostics and medical procedures in the public healthcare system, and regulating the ‘dual practice’ (simultaneous work in public and private healthcare institutions).
‘Impossibly erotic things’: On men’s underwear in Brief Encounters by Suzanne Forster
Authors: Allan Jonathan A.
Published: September 2022

Romance novels are known for their sexy heroes who grace the covers and pages. This article concerns itself with how heroes are dressed; in particular, I consider the role of men’s underwear in Brief Encounters by Suzanne Forster. Brief Encounters is a Harlequin Romance novel and, more specifically, a Harlequin Blaze. By way of close textual engagement, I show that men’s underwear plays a significant role in the narrative, especially with respect to the construction and representation of sexuality and masculinity. To these ends, I argue that Brief Encounters imagines men’s underwear as being more than functional, but as desirable and erotic. This article thus contributes to scholarship at the intersection of popular culture studies and critical studies of men’s fashion.
Phenology and yield of cape gooseberry cultivated in open field in subtropical environment
Authors: Weber Anderson , Soldateli Francis Júnior , Barcelar Mateus Gusmão , Moura Andrei Soares , Bitencourt Alex Oliveira
Published: September 2022

Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) is a plant that presents fruit with high aggregate value and expressive levels of beneficial components to the human health. However, the lack of knowledge of the phenological phases limits the expansion of the crop under subtropical conditions, especially in open field production, despite it is a typical tropical plant. This research aimed to evaluate the phenological stages related the growth and the production of cape gooseberry cultivated under subtropical environment in an open field production system. The phenological stages were determined by the evaluations from the plant’s emerging date until it is senescence. The cape gooseberry cycle comprised 254 days with a total of 3,843.6 °C day. Cape gooseberry reached a maximum of 173 leaves, 193 cm height, and 1.16 cm stem diameter. The plastochron at the vegetative phase was 15.7 °C day node-1 and at the reproductive phase 20.6 °C day node-1. The fruit reached the harvest point with 3,045.3 °C day, corresponding to 179 days from the sowing or 100 days after transplantation, and the production period was extended for 60 days. Under the edaphoclimatic conditions (subtropical region), the production was 151.2 g per plant with estimated yield of 1,007.8 kg ha-1.
Growth and production of lettuce on substrates based on detritivorous earthworms drilocomposts
Authors: Ferreira Rocha Josilene , Ferreira Kusdra Jorge , De Lima Moreno Andréia , Coutinho Picazevicz Angelita Aparecida
Published: September 2022

Alternative plant growing inputs have been increasingly sought out to reduce the economic-environmental impacts of intensive use of synthetic fertilizers in conventional agriculture. This study aimed to evaluate the production components of lettuce in response to the use of earthworm compost in substrate compositions. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse using a completely randomized design in a 3 x 5 factorial scheme, with six replications, testing three earthworm species (Eisenia andrei, Eudrilus eugeniae, and Perionyx excavatus) and five drilocompost ratios (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%), produced by these species and added to the composition of substrates by mixing them with soil. Production components evaluated comprised total and commercial numbers of leaves, commercial fresh weight, as well as shoot and total fresh and dry weights. Lettuce production components increased as the drilocompost ratio in substrates was raised, regardless of the earthworm species. Moreover, the addition of 25% this drilocomposted material in the dystrophic soil was enough to improve its fertility condition. In general, substrates prepared with worm castings from Perionyx excavatus and Eudrilus eugeniae were more efficient in increasing lettuce production components than that from Eisenia andrei.
Palavras-chave: Cultivo orgânico, Eisenia andrei, Eudrilus eugeniae, Lactuca sativa, Perionyx excavatus.
Production and selection of accessions of Opuntia spp. with resistance to false carmine cochineal
Authors: Batista Mateus Costa , Nascimento Ronaldo do , Almeida Isaias Vitorino Batista de , Torreão Villarim de Medeiros Leonardo , Thyago Aires Souza José , De Oliveira Santos João Paulo , De Almeida Cartaxo Paulo Henrique , Rayan Eraldo Souza Araújo José
Published: September 2022

The genetic improvement program for Opuntia spp. aims to select new genotypes to meet the demands of rural producers in the Brazilian Semiarid region and to expand the genetic base of the crop. The aim of this study was to select accessions of Opuntia spp. with foraging potential and resistance to false cochineal carmine. The research was carried out at the Active Germplasm Bank (BAG) of Opuntia spp. of Paraíba Company Research, Rural Extension and Land Regularization (EMPAER), Pendência Experimental Station, Soledade, Paraíba, Brazil. Accessions were cultivated in rainfed and evaluated in August 2019, 12 months after the implementation of the BAG. The measurement of the Total Green Mass weight of the plants of 121 accessions of the BAG was carried out and the productivity (ton/ha-1) was estimated in a dense cultivation of 100 thousand plants/ha-1. The accessions of Opuntia spp. nº 10, 110, 115 and 119 have growing potential in the Brazilian Semiarid region, as a function of productivity (532.6, 118, 164 and 481 tons/ha-1, respectively) and resistance to false carmine cochineal, in addition to genetic divergence (specific agronomic characteristics) in relation to currently cultivated varieties.
Disinfection performance of an ultraviolet lamp: a CFD investigation
Authors: Bui Cuong Mai , Phan Nguyen Duy Minh , Tran Ngo Quoc Huy , Doan Le Anh , Vo Quang Truong , Tran Duy Chung , Nguyen Thi Thanh Vi , Nguyen Duc Long , Huynh Van Sanh , Ho Tran Anh Ngoc
Published: September 2022

Ultraviolet (UV)-based devices have shown their effectiveness on various germicidal purposes. To serve their design optimisation, the disinfection effectiveness of a vertically cylindrical UV lamp, whose wattage ranges from P = 30 − 100 W, is numerically investigated in this work. The UV radiation is solved by the Finite Volume Method together with the Discrete Ordinates model. Various results for the UV intensity and its bactericidal effects against several popular virus types, i.e., Corona-SARS, Herpes (type 2), and HIV, are reported and analysed in detail. Results show that the UV irradiance is greatly dependent on the lamp power. Additionally, it is indicated that the higher the lamp wattage employed, the larger the bactericidal rate is observed, resulting in the greater effectiveness of the UV disinfection process. Nevertheless, the wattage of P ≤ 100W is determined to be insufficient for an effective disinfection performance in a whole room; higher values of power must hence be considered in case intensive sterilization is required. Furthermore, the germicidal effect gets reduced with the viruses less sensitive to UV rays, e.g, the bactericidal rate against the HIV virus is only ∼8.98% at the surrounding walls.
Active disturbance rejection control-based anti-coupling method for conical magnetic bearings
Authors: Nguyen Danh Huy , Vu Minh Le , Trong Hieu Do , Nguyen Danh Giang , Nguyen Tung Lam
Published: September 2022

Conical-shape magnetic bearings are currently a potential candidate for various magnetic force-supported applications due to their unique geometric nature reducing the number of required active magnets. However, the bearing structure places control-engineering related problems in view of underactuated and coupling phenomena. The paper proposes an Adaptive Disturbance Rejection Control (ADRC) for solving the above-mentioned problem in the conical magnetic bearing. At first, virtual current controls are identified to decouple the electrical sub-system, then the active disturbance rejection control is employed to eliminate coupling effects owing to rotational motions. Comprehensive simulations are provided to illustrate the control ability.
A comparative study of ferrofluid lubrication on double-layer porous squeeze curved annular plates with slip velocity
Authors: Patel Niru C. , Patel Jimit R. , Deheri Gunamani M.
Published: September 2022

This article makes an effort to present a comparative study on the performance of a Shliomis model-based ferrofluid (FF) lubrication of a porous squeeze film in curved annular plates taking slip velocity into account. The modified Darcy’s law has been adopted to find the impact of the doublelayered porosity, while the slip velocity effect has been calculated according to Beavers and Joseph’s slip conditions. The modified Reynolds equation for the double-layered bearing system is solved to compute a dimensionless pressure profile and load-bearing capacity (LBC). The graphical results of the study reveal that the LBC increases in the case of magnetization, volume concentration and upper plate’s curvature parameter while it decreases with other parameters for both the film thickness profile. A comparative study suggests that the exponential film thickness profile is more suitable to enhance LBC for the annular plates lubricated by ferrofluid, including the presence of a slip. The study shows that the slip model performed quite well and there is a potential for improving the performance efficiency. Besides, multiple methods have been presented to enhance the performance of the above mentioned bearing system by selecting various combinations of parameters governing the system.
Obesity and functional bowel disorders in adolescents: a pilot study
Authors: Rychkova L. V. , Pogodina A. V. , Romanitsa A. I. , Savelkaeva M. V.
Published: September 2022

Background: Studies of the relationship between obesity and functional bowel disorders, carried out in different age groups, provide conflicting results. It remains unclear what factors are responsible for the transition from a tendency to constipation in children to a tendency to diarrhea in adults with obesity.

Aim: To establish factors related to stool consistency as a surrogate marker of colon transit in adolescents with obesity.

Materials and methods: A single-center observational cross-sectional study was carried out. We consecutively recruited adolescents, aged 11–17 years with obesity. Socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle and nutritional characteristics were assessed using questionnaires. Bowel symptoms were assessed using questionnaires and interviews. Stool consistency was assessed using the Bristol Stool Form Scale. Serum concentrations of ALT, AST, bilirubin, cholesterol, glucose, HbA1c, leptin, and insulin were determined. The HOMA-IR index was used to determine insulin resistance.

Results: One hundred and ten adolescents with obesity were enrolled in the study. Of these, 69.1% had a pathological consistency of feces, with the prevalence of forms characterizing delayed gut transit (49.1%). The predominance of loose stools was reported by 5.5% of patients. The combination of different forms of stool (unstable stool) was described by 14.5% of adolescents. Hard stools were common among adolescents from single-parent families and adolescents who rarely consume dairy products. The presence of loose stools has been associated with insulin resistance.

Conclusion: Most obese adolescents who do not have abdominal complaints have colon transit disorders. Medical professionals should actively ask these patients about stool frequency and properties. With constipation, dietary correction is justified. Research is needed to investigate in-depth gut microbiota as a possible link between obesity and diarrhea.
Comparison of the accuracy of resting energy expenditure assessment using bioimpedance analysis and indirect respiratory calorimetry in children with simple obesity
Authors: Okorokov P. L. , Vasyukova O. V. , Bezlepkina O. B.
Published: September 2022

Background: Assessment of resting energy expenditure (REE) is necessary for the formation of a diet for obesity patients. The «gold standard» for assessment of resting energy expenditure (REE) is indirect respiratory calorimetry. Currently, bioimpedance analyzers are increasingly being used in clinical practice to assess energy consumption at rest, including in obese children. However, the accuracy of such an assessment remains unclear.

Aims: To determine the accuracy of the assessment of resting energy expenditure using bioimpedance analysis in children with simple obesity compared with indirect respiratory calorimetry.

Materials and methods: Resting energy expenditure was assessed by bioimpedance analysis, Harris-Benedict formula and indirect respiratory calorimetry in all obese children. Comparability of methods was assessed using the Bland-Altman analysis.

Results: The study included 320 children aged 7 to 17 years with simple obesity.Resting energy expenditure assessed by bioimpedance analysis was on average 232 kcal lower than the actual. A significant CI (-448 to 912 kcal) was revealed, as well as a large LOA from -514 to 979 kcal. REE calculated by the Harris-Benedict formula on average corresponded to the actual one, and CI varied from -38 to 27 kcal. However, large LOA from -514 to 979 kcal, indicating a high individual variability of resting energy consumption.

Conclusions: Bioimpedance analyzers underestimate REE in obese children compared to indirect respiratory calorimetry and the Harris-Benedict formula. Given the significant discrepancies in the accuracy of REE assessment, bioimpedance analysis cannot be considered as an alternative to indirect respiratory calorimetry to assess resting energy in children with simple obesity.
Psychotheapeutic component in a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of obesity
Authors: Rudina L. M.
Published: September 2022

The article presents some of the most relevant strategies of healthcare management: patient-oriented and value-oriented approaches, 4P concept and CRM (the concept of patient relationship management). It provides a review of modeling an efficiant interaction in doctor-patient dyad based on systemic analysis, in other words — via management by goals and values. It also suggests a direction of psychotherapeutic influence over prevention and treatment of obesity. They provide examples of complex studies of treating overweight and obesity, in particular — international programs LOOK AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes), 2014 and Duke University program, 2019, as well as the domestic «Life is light» study, conducted together with FSBI «NMIC of Endocrinology» of Russian MoH with support of the Novartis group. The text contains the authors’ experience of successful psychotherapeutic support of patients with obesity in ‘health coaching’ format, including its main task: changing the system of beliefs, building tolerance to change and increasing self-efficacy of an individual. The article provides analysis of the results and the possible areas for replicating the experience of the team into applied activities of treating patients with overweight and obesity.
Dihydrotachysterol: a bad choice in the treatment of chronic hypoparathyroidism
Authors: Avsievich E. S. , Kovaleva E. V. , Gorbacheva A. M. , Eremkina A. K. , Mokrysheva N. G.
Published: September 2022

Hypoparathyroidism is an endocrine disease caused by damage of the parathyroid glands and characterized by underproduction of parathyroid hormone. This can lead to severe hypocalcemia and its associated complications. The chronic hypoparathyroidism requires lifelong therapy including calcium and vitamin D analogues. The goal of treatment is to maintain the target parameters of phosphorus-calcium metabolism. At the same time, there is a risk of iatrogenic hypercalcemia on the standard therapy, up to the hypercalcemic crisis, often complicated by the acute renal failure. Moreover, chronic hypercalcemia acts as a predisposing factor for nephrolithiasis, nephrocalcinosis, chronic renal failure including pre- and dialysis stages.

Dihydrotachysterol is a synthetic analogue of vitamin D, which was previously widely prescribed for hypocalcaemic hypoparathyroidism. In accordance with modern Russian and international guidelines, this drug should not be used in the treatment of chronic hypoparathyroidism. The main features in the metabolism of dihydrotachysterol (long elimination period, lack of feedback regulation of the active metabolites, high biological activity) and a narrow therapeutic window cause the frequent development of hypercalcemia and associated disorders.

We present several clinical cases of patients with hypoparathyroidism treated with dihydrotachysterol, which was complicated by severe hypercalcemia and acute renal failure.
Diagnosis of parathyroid incidentaloma detected on thyroid ultrasonography: the role of fine-needle aspiration cytology and washout parathyroid hormone measurements
Authors: Lee Boeun , Chung Sae Rom , Choi Young Jun , Sung Tae-Yon , Song Dong Eun , Kim Tae Yong , Lee Jeong Hyun , Baek Jung Hwan
Published: September 2022

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic role of fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and analyze factors associated with false-negative FNAC results in patients with parathyroid incidentaloma who were referred for ultrasonography (US)-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of thyroid nodules.Methods: In this study, 121 patients with suspected parathyroid lesions were enrolled. The patients underwent US-guided FNAC with measurements of washout parathyroid hormone (PTH) between January 2015 and May 2020. The diagnostic performance of FNAC for the diagnosis of parathyroid lesions was assessed using surgical results and elevated washout PTH as a reference standard. The clinical and radiologic features associated with false-negative results on FNAC for the diagnosis of parathyroid lesions were evaluated.Results: Among the 121 nodules assessed, 38 were parathyroid lesions (31.4%), and 83 were non-parathyroid lesions (68.6%). The diagnostic performance of FNAC for parathyroid incidentaloma showed a sensitivity of 31.6% (12/38), specificity of 100% (83/83), positive predictive values of 100% (12/12), negative predictive values of 76.1% (83/109), and accuracy of 78.5% (95/121). The FNAC results of non-parathyroid lesions included thyroid nodules, lymph nodes, neurogenic tumors, and fat tissue. True-positive results on FNAC were significantly associated with performing FNA twice (58.3% vs. 23.1%, P=0.043).Conclusion: Considering the low sensitivity of FNAC, measuring washout PTH in addition to FNAC may help accurately diagnose parathyroid incidentaloma on thyroid US. Further, the falsenegative rate for FNAC can be reduced by obtaining two or more FNA samples.
Política pública de irrigação para quem?
Authors: Mubai Boaventura Almeida , Gomes Edvânia Tôrres Aguiar Gomes , Dgedge Gustavo Sobrinho
Published: September 2022

Neste artigo objetiva-se realçar os direcionamentos, desafios e perspectivas decorrentes da política pública de irrigação, adotadas através da Estratégia Nacional de Irrigação (ENI) para o espaço agrário do perímetro irrigado de Chókwé – Moçambique. Para esse proposito foram analisados os avanços e desafios socioeconômicos enfrentados pelos pequenos produtores agrícolas e os seus esforços para permanência nesse território em transformação. Parte-se de algumas hipóteses, destacando-se i) processos de desterritorialização dos pequenos produtores e consequente substituição por médios e grandes produtores capazes de arcar com os investimentos demandados por essas politicas; ii) despossessão e expropriação de territórios e aumento da marginalização da mão-de-obra nos perímetros; e, iii) precarização do trabalho com a transformação de pequenos produtores em trabalhadores informais, sazonais e espoliados em sua força de trabalho e conhecimento sobre aqueles espaços. A realização deste estudo foi possível através de: i) levantamento bibliográfico e de documentos oficiais que deram subsídios para uma primeira reflexão sobre a trajetória das politicas de irrigação; ii) aplicação de técnicas de observação de campo e respectivos registros, inclusive iconográfico, atualizando informações secundarias revisadas e na escala adequada; e, iii) aplicação de questionários semiestruturados, buscando combinar dados de cunho quali-quantitativo que ilustram a dinâmica das ações da politica de irrigação na área de estudo. Os resultados mostram discrepâncias entre o socialmente anunciado como benefícios para os historicamente assentados naquele território. Efetivamente se registam agravamentos de crise de sobrevivência para os pequenos produtores sem condições materiais de acesso aos “supostos benefícios”, são despossessionados e ou instados a marginalização no processo de produção e reprodução da vida através da precarização da sua sobrevivência como “operários invisíveis” de sistemas agroindustriais, nas melhores das hipóteses.
The Effect of Transparency, Accountability, and Subjective Norms on Loyalty and Decisions of Muzakki
Authors: Salman Kautsar Riza
Published: September 2022

This study aims to acquire empirical evidence regarding transparency and accountability on muzakki loyalty through muzakki satisfaction. In addition, this study aims to obtain empirical evidence regarding the effect of transparency and accountability on muzakki decisions through the interest of muzakki. This research is quantitatively conducted where the respondents are 50 zakat payers (muzakki) registered at LAZ Nurul Hayat Tuban. The study uses the Partial Least Square â€“ Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) with SmartPLS software. The study results indicate that transparency affects the interest of muzakki in paying zakat, and the interest of muzakki in paying zakat affects the decision of muzakki to pay zakat. In addition, the studyâ€™s results also show that accountability affects muzakki satisfaction, and muzakki satisfaction affects muzakki loyalty. The research findings also provide new insights regarding the effect of subjective norms on muzakkiâ€™s interest and muzakkiâ€™s decision to pay zakat. The first implication of this research is that amil zakat institutions should pay attention to aspects of accountability to stakeholders, especially zakat payers (muzakki). The second implication is that the amil zakat institution should also pay attention to transparency to stakeholders, especially the zakat payers (muzakki). The third implication is that the amil zakat institution should continually educate the public regarding the responsibility to disburse zakat and its benefits for Muslims.
STATE-OF-ART KONSERVASI BANGUNAN DAN CAGAR BUDAYA MELALUI PEMBENTUKAN MODEL 3 DIMENSI BERBASIS TEKNIK FOTOGRAMMETRI RENTANG DEKAT
Authors: Prasetyo Yudo
Published: September 2022

Pada umumnya bangunan bersejarah dan cagar budaya yang berada di permukaan bumi sebagian besar merupakan objek tiga dimensi yang belum terdokumentasi dengan baik. Oleh karena itu pembentukan data dasar 3D yang digunakan untuk melakukan pemodelan objek tiga dimensi harus memiliki tingkat ketelitian yang baik dan geometri yang baik juga. Pada penelitian ini, dipaparkan pendekatan state-of-art dari metode-metode yang digunakan didalam pembentukan dokumentasi 3D untuk konservasi dan dokumentasi bangunan yaitu melalui penerapan metode fotogrammetri jarak dekat yang menggunakan kamera digital non metrik, Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS) dan Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Untuk tahapan pelaksanaan penelitian terbagi atas tahapan kalibrasi kamera, pemotretan objek dan pengolahan model 3 dimensi. Untuk konsep akuisi data dibutuhkan proses kalibrasi yang direkomendasikan memenuhi angka 80% sebagai syarat kalibrasi peralatan survey. Untuk pengambilan data foto dilapangan dilakukan sebanyak mungkin akuisisi dengan pertampalan antar obyek berkisar minimal 60%-80% dan pengolahan data pada penelitian ini menggunakan perangkat lunak 3D seperti PhotoModeler Scanner dan Summit Evolution. Untuk validasi hasil pembentukan model 3D dapat menggunkan nilai perbandingan uji statistik titik geometrik dengan peralatan survey Electronic Total Station (ETS). Tahap pemodelan bangunan terdiri dari Automated Project, proses hitungan dan pembuatan model 3D, transformasi koordinat 3D, visualisasi model 3D dan analisis statistik sebaran titik-titik geometrik. Hasil akhir dalam penelitian ini adalah model tiga dimensi bangunan yang telah melalui proses pengujian perbandingan jarak yang diikatkan dari  pengukuran ETS dan dianalisis lebih lanjut untuk nilai standar deviasi dari perbandingan jaraknya.
PEMANFAATAN GEOPORTAL DALAM PEMBUATAN PETA ANCAMAN BENCANA TANAH LONGSOR DI KABUPATEN KARANGANYAR, JAWA TENGAH
Authors: Syafitri Ajeng Kartika Nugraheni , Azeriansyah Reyhan
Published: September 2022

Sesuai dengan Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 24 Tahun 2007 tentang Penanggulangan Bencana, Negara Indonesia memiliki kondisi geografis, geologis, hidrologis, dan demografis yang memungkinkan terjadinya bencana. Salah satu bencana yang intensitasnya tinggi di Indonesia adalah tanah longsor. Tanah longsor merupakan fenomena alam yang dikontrol oleh kondisi geologi, curah hujan dan pemanfaatan lahan pada lereng. Wilayah yang berada di lereng gunung memiliki tingkat ancaman tanah longsor lebih tinggi, salah satunya adalah Kabupaten Karanganyar yang terletak di lereng Gunung Lawu. Pemetaan ancaman bencana menjadi hal wajib karena menjadi dasar yang memadai bagi daerah untuk menyusun kebijakan penanggulangan bencana. Data yang digunakan dalam melakukan pemetaan bisa diperoleh secara berbayar, maupun tidak berbayar, seperti data yang tersedia pada geoportal Indonesia. Geoportal adalah portal khusus yang berhubungan dengan layanan pencarian dan penggunaan data spasial melalui media internet dengan tujuan agar dapat diakses dengan mudah oleh berbagai pihak terutama dalam pembuatan peta kebencanaan. Pada penelitian ini dilakukan pemanfaatan geoportal di Indonesia untuk menilai ketersediaan data dalam pembuatan peta ancaman bencana tanah longsor di Kabupaten Karanganyar. Hasil akhir menunjukkan bahwa secara keseluruhan data yang tersedia pada geoportal mencukupi untuk melakukan pembuatan peta ancaman bencana tanah longsor di Kabupaten Karanganyar. Namun, masih ada beberapa data yang tidak didapatkan dari geoportal, seperti data curah hujan, sehingga perlu dikaji ulang terkait kelengkapan dan akses data. Berdasarkan hasil pembuatan peta ancaman tanah longsor didapatkan tiga kecamatan di Kabupaten Karanganyar yang memiliki potensi tinggi terhadap bencana tanah longsor, baik pada curah hujan rendah, sedang, maupun tinggi adalah Kecamatan Tawangmangu, Jatiyoso, dan Ngargoyoso.
DETEKSI TUMPAHAN MINYAK DI SELAT MAKASSAR DENGAN PENGINDERAAN JAUH SENSOR AKTIF DAN PASIF
Authors: Prastyani Ratna , Basith Abdul
Published: September 2022

Berada pada posisi yang strategis, perairan Indonesia dikenal dengan lalu lintas laut yang cukup padat dimana hal ini membawa keuntungan sekaligus ancaman. Tingginya lalu lintas laut di beberapa perairan Indonesia membuka peluang besar terhadap terjadinya pencemaran laut berupa tumpahan minyak. Tumpahan minyak tersebut bisa berupa tragedi tumpahan minyak yang bersumber dari oil platforms maupun tumpahan minyak dari sisa operasi rutin kapal. Tulisan ilmiah ini membahas penggunaan satelit penginderaan jauh (inderaja) sensor aktif dan data pendukung dari inderaja sensor pasif untuk melakukan deteksi tumpahan minyak khususnya di selatan Selat Makassar. Kondisi Selat Makassar yang sangat dinamis membawa tantangan tersendiri dalam proses pendeteksian tumpahan minyak. Pendeteksian minyak dilakukan pada citra radar Sentinel-1. Pada citra Sentinel-1, ditemukan banyak objek yang menyerupai tumpahan minyak (disebut sebagai look-alike) akibat dimanika laut di Selat Makassar. Variabel oceanografi dari satelit MODIS digunakan untuk mendukung analisis terkait keberadaan dan sumber look-alike. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan sinergitas data inderaja sensor aktif dan pasif dalam mendeteksi dan menganalisis tumpahan minyak. Citra radar sebagai data utama terbukti efektif mendeteksi tumpahan minyak terutama di wilayah tropis. Sementara itu juga terdapat urgensi data pendukung lain seperti kecepatan angin, suhu permukaan laut dan konsentrasi klorofil-A untuk membedakan objek tumpahan minyak dan look-alike pada citra radar.
ANALISIS KUALITAS AIR DI DANAU BATUR MENGGUNAKAN CITRA LANDSAT-8 OLI/TIRS MULTITEMPORAL
Authors: Laili Silmina
Published: September 2022

Danau Batur terletak di Kabupaten Bangli Provinsi Bali. Keberadaan Danau Batur dengan area yang begitu luas menjadikannya memiliki peranan yang sangat penting bagi masyarakat sekitar yaitu sebagai penyedia sumber air utama. Danau Batur juga memiliki peranan penting dalam sektor perikanan, pertanian, pariwisata dan kegiatan keagamaan. Berdasarkan pada fungsi dan peran utama dari Danau Batur, maka dirasa perlu adanya suatu pengamatan terhadap kualitas air yakni meliputi nilai Total Suspended Solid, tingkat kecerahan dan klorofil-a di Danau Batur. Tingginya nilai TSS akan mempengaruhi tingkat kecerahan air danau tersebut. Selain itu juga berpotensi menurunkan penetrasi cahaya yang masuk ke perairan dan berpengaruh pada kesuburan perairan. Dimana kondisi ini sering diindikasikan dengan keberadaan klorofil-a sebagai indikator biomassa fitoplankton. Dalam penelitian ini digunakan citra satelit Landsat-8 untuk pengamatan kualitas air di Danau Batur tahun 2014-2018. Pengolahan nilai TSS citra memanfaatkan algoritma Trisakti. Sedangkan pengolahan nilai klorofil-a citra memanfaatkan algoritma Wibowo. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa persentase terbesar nilai TSS di danau Batur pada rentang <25 mg/L tahun 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 dan 2018 berturut-turut adalah 97,86%, 98,19%, 98,62%, 98,15% dan 98,66%. Persentase kecerahan pada kondisi hiperutrofik  dengan transparasi 0-70 cm pada tahun 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 dan 2018 berturut-turut adalah 2,53%, 2,74%, 1,66%, 2,52% dan 2,25%. Sedangkan persentase terbesar nilai klorofil-a pada rentang <2 mg/m3 tahun 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 dan 2018 berturut-turut adalah 91,41%, 93,3%, 92,71%, 92,64% dan 92,16%. Berdasarkan hasil pengamatan, nilai TSS di Danau Batur pada tahun 2014-2018 tergolong tidak berpengaruh terhadap kepentingan perikanan dan nilai klorofil-a tergolong pada kondisi oligotrof.
EVALUASI ALGORITMA TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLID (TSS) PADA CITRA LANDSAT 8 TERHADAP DATA TSS IN-SITU
Authors: Kurniadin Nia , Maria Eny
Published: September 2022

Algoritma TSS telah banyak dikembangkan di beberapa tempat di perairan Indonesia. Pada setiap tempat kajian, algoritma TSS dikembangkan berdasarkan data reflektan dan data TSS in-situ hasil pengukuran di lapangan. Algoritma TSS yang dikembangkan di setiap tempat kajian tidak selalu memberikan nilai estimasi yang sesuai ketika diterapkan pada tempat kajian yang berbeda. Sehingga pada setiap tempat kajian yang baru, peneliti pada umumnya mengembangkan kembali algoritma baru untuk menduga persebaran nilai TSS di tempat tersebut. Untuk itu, pada penelitian ini kami melakukan evaluasi terhadap beberapa algoritma TSS yang telah dikembangkan untuk mengetahui sejauh mana konsistensinya terhadap kontribusinya dalam mengekstrak nilai TSS dari citra Landsat 8. Algoritma TSS yang dievaluasi terdiri dari 5 (lima) algoritma (Jaelani, Budhiman, Parwati, Guzman-Santaela, dan Laili). Algoritma tersebut diaplikasikan pada citra Landsat 8 yang terkoreksi atmosfer terhadap data TSS in-situ di 5 (lima) wilayah perairan (Muara Jawa, Bombana, Gili Iyang, Teluk Kendari, Muara Sungai Porong). Hasil penelitian diperoleh informasi bahwa algoritma TSS Jaelani dengan rerata NMAE 59,39% dan R2 0,43. Hal ini menunjukkan algoritma TSS Jaeani memiliki reputasi yang baik dalam hal konsistensinya dalam mengektrak nilai TSS dari citra Landsat 8.
IDENTIFIKASI KAWASAN RAWAN LONGSOR BERDASARKAN KARAKTERISTIK BATUAN PENYUSUN DI KOTA BANDAR LAMPUNG
Authors: Agustina Lea Kristi , Harbowo Danni Gathot , Al Farishi Bilal
Published: September 2022

Kota Bandar Lampung memiliki topografi yang cukup beragam berupa lembah maupun punggungan bukit, dalam perkembangannya banyak kawasan pemukiman yang tersebar diantara perbukitan. Bencana longsor merupakan salah satu bencana yang sering terjadi di Indonesia. Perlu adanya kajian daerah rawan longsor beserta mitigasi bencana secara spesifik yang menjadi langkah konkrit dalam mengurangi angka korban jiwa maupun materi. Banyak faktor yang mempengaruhi rawan bencana longsor, yaitu: tingkat kemiringan dari kelerengan, tutupan lahan, jenis batuan dan tanah, serta didukung dengan data kejadian sebelumnya. Gambaran permukaan bumi khususnya daerah rawan longsor dapat direpresentasikan dalam peta, diawali dengan disusunnya dataset fundamental berdasarkan parameter yang berpengaruh kejadian longsor. Setiap parameter yang mempengaruhi kejadian longsor yang digunakan memiliki besar bobot yang berbeda dan terangkum dalam metode tumpang susun (Overlay). Meninjau area rawan di Kota Bandar Lampung terdapat sisa endapan gunungapi menghasilkan geomorfologi bukit terjal dimana penyusun batuannya adalah tuff dan breksi, yang kini bisa diamati di Kota Bandar Lampung, diantaranya adalah Bukit Sulah Sukarame, Bukit Koga Kedaton, Bukit Kaliawi dan Bukit Randu Tanjungkarang. Selain itu, terdapatnya banyak sesar yang berarah NW-SW sejajar orientasi Teluk Lampung, beberapa bukit di sekitarnya memiliki morfologi dengan curam. Batuan penyusunnya pun memiliki banyak rekahan, sehingga cenderung menjadikan lereng menjadi tidak stabil. Inilah yang membuat beberapa daerah di Kota Bandar Lampung rawan terjadi longsor.
The Stability of Knowledge
Authors: Bjelde Joseph
Published: September 2022

Socrates’ official answer to Meno’s question about the value of knowledge, near the end of Plato’s Meno, is that knowledge is stable. I argue that both the answer and the question have been widely misunderstood. The question has been taken to be why knowing at a time is better than true belief at that time, and Socrates’ answer has been taken to point to the greater persistence of knowledge over time. I argue instead that, given the broader context of the question and answer in the Meno, together with what Plato has to say about stability elsewhere, Meno’s question is better understood as a more difficult question – and Socrates’ answer as a good solution to it. This also involves arguing that Socrates’ analogy to the statues of Daedalus is not intended as the simple illustration of Socrates’ official answer for which commentators have taken it.
Population Aging and Convergence of Household Credit
Authors: Sever Can
Published: September 2022

This paper sheds light on the role of population aging in convergence of household credit. Using data from 32 economies over the period of 1995–2015, it shows that household credit tends to converge across countries over time, but aging populations hinder this convergence process. The result is also robust to controlling for various country-specific factors. Focusing on a further breakdown of credit to households, population aging weakens the convergence process in the case of housing loans, while it does not have a pronounced role in convergence of consumer credit. These findings can have implications for macroeconomic and financial policies, given the potential effects of household credit on economic growth and stability.
CFD simulation of gas–solid fluidized bed hydrodynamics; prediction accuracy study
Authors: Sadri Mofakham Atefeh , Rasteh Mojtaba
Published: September 2022

The present study aims at increasing the prediction accuracy of simulating gas–solid fluidized bed hydrodynamics. Two simulation packages, Fluent and MFIX, were used to predict the pressure drop, voidage, and solid-phase velocities by solving mass, momentum, and energy balance equations. A 2D multi-fluid Eulerian model with the kinetic theory of granular flow (KTGF) was applied to simulate the process by considering two different drag models. The same comparative criterion of average absolute relative deviation (AARD%) was considered to compare the present simulation with the previous works. Compared to the prior works, the minimum decrease in error (AARD% of 5.91%) was 3.17% related to the estimation of the time-averaged voidage by applying the Gidaspow model, while the maximum reduction in error (ARRD% of 5.88%) was 17.35% attributed to the prediction of pressure drop by employing the Syamlal-O’Brien model, both in Fluent software. However, MFIX software was the best CFD tool in predicting time-averaged voidage by AARD% values less than 9% under all conditions. Furthermore, similar patterns in contours were observed for solid-phase volume fraction and gas/solid phase velocities in both simulation tools, which are compatible with results from the literature without any significant difference.
Investigation on the sealing performance of polymers at ultra high pressures
Authors: Türköz Mevlüt , Evcen Dede Can
Published: September 2022

In this paper, the parameters affecting the sealing life of UHMWPE and PTFE in ultra high pressure systems were investigated. A life test system was designed and manufactured in which different parameters can be tested in the sealing construction. The life test system consists of two hydraulic pressure intensifiers, and a hydraulic and electronic control unit. The effects of the extrusion gap, piston rod material and surface roughness, in addition to the material, geometry and number of the sealing elements, on the life of the sealing members were investigated. Two levels were determined for each parameter, and experiments were carried out at a pressure of 450 MPa according to a Taguchi L8 orthogonal experimental design. Pressure intensifiers were operated reciprocatively, thus allowing to perform two tests simultaneously, saving time. Working cycles of the pressure intensifiers were measured. Each experiment continued until the seals were damaged, and a critical leakage rate occurred at the pressure intensifiers. ANOVA was applied to the experimental results. According to the results, the most significant parameter affecting the sealing life is the extrusion gap with a rate of 77%, followed by the piston rod surface roughness with a rate of 13%, and the piston rod material with a rate of 4%. The effects of the remaining parameters on the sealing life are more limited. The results obtained will contribute to the industrial design of sealing structures for ultra-high pressures.
Inherited Revolution. Narratives in Transgenerational Memory Transfer
Authors: de Almeida Ana , Wimplinger Christian
Published: September 2022

Our essay deals with narratives of social upheaval that act as vehicles for transgenerational memory transfer. We look at narratives of collectively experienced processes of emancipation and the subsequent possibility of remembering things not experienced firsthand under the prism of the political event of revolution understood as an inherently violent process (Arendt 1990). In this context, we inquire about postmemory along similar lines to those staked out by Marianne Hirsch, while also considering whether the term can be separated from trauma and linked to other emotional responses of comparable affective intensity. Memories of violence are frequently disjointed and impressionistic. The connection of fragments to a narrative context is often severed while the action of linking the threads into a coherent narrative faces vehement resistance. In principle, this is not different from the experience of violence in revolutions and their remembrance. However, narratives on revolution tend to exert a strong force of attraction upon their recipients. Considering the figures ofcycle,linear progression,iteration,disruptionandirreversibilityas the time modes of revolution, we look at how these have enabled entirely new understandings of time since the nineteenth century. New forms of temporality, in turn, are entangled with the roledisplacementplays in the relationship between a transgenerational transfer of narratives and the construction of narrative time.

In order to explore how a generation deals with the dominance (Hirsch 2012) of the narratives transmitted to them by the preceding one, we deal with two models in which affective states charged with both suffering and pleasure are developed into terms of cultural and literary theory: Bini Adamczak’s reading ofdesireas fetish in post-revolutionary Soviet Russia, and Svetlana Boym’s work onnostalgiaas an emotional disposition characteristic for modernity. Taking into account that both models are more or less constructed by cultural practices, historical events, and transformations in the history of ideas, and thus cannot always be precisely distinguished from one another, we present two main narrative strategies: The reception of the stories of one generation by another involves either contracting the affective intensity of their narratives at the expense of linear time or expanding narrative time far beyond individual life spans. For our analysis we mainly refer to Rodolfo Usigli’sEnsayo de un crimenand Heinrich Heine’sLudwig Börne: A Memorialas post memory narratives on revolution. We understand them as examples of each narrative strategy and as part of the dialectic of this way of remembering.
Vibration characteristics of mineral composite beams by experimental modal test method
Authors: Dal Hüseyin , Kurt Ali Osman , Yıldız Seda
Published: September 2022

Some machines, such as heavy presses and rammers, can be exposed to big shock and inertial forces under dynamic severe working conditions. Even if vibration isolation to the foundations of machines operating under dynamic loads is applied, the exposure of these machines to shock and resonance loads may not be adequately prevented. The sensitivity of these machines, the product quality, or life span can also incredibly decrease. Therefore, it is essential to know the vibration behaviors of machine bodies and parts. This study investigates vibration characteristics of polymer matrix composite (PMC) materials by the experimental modal test method. Nine different composite beam samples having sizes of 20 × 25 × 480 mm were produced for modal tests. Composite beams contain different ratios of aggregate and epoxy resin. Each composite beam’s natural frequencies and damping ratios were defined with frequency response and coherence functions taken from the experimental modal tests. The results from the modal analysis revealed that the most influential parameter on the vibration properties was the gravel ratio. As a result of the experimental study, it was concluded that while epoxy-resin, gravel and fine-sand additives increased the stiffness of PMC beam, gravel and fine sand additives also increased the damping rate of PMC beam.
Jüdische Matrilinearität – christliche Patrilinearität
Authors: Braun Christina von
Published: September 2022

In den ersten zwei Jahrhunderten unserer Zeitrechnung erfuhren viele Bestimmungen jüdischer Zugehörigkeit eine Umformulierung. Eine der Neuerungen war die Entstehung der jüdischen Matrilinearität. In dem Aufsatz werden die Hintergründe dieses Wandels und ihre Auswirkungen auf das zeitgleich entstehende Christentum beschrieben, das an der Patrilinearität der antiken Gesellschaften festhielt. In einem letzten Abschnitt wird auf die Konsequenzen der modernen Reproduktionsmedizin für diese Regelwerke hingewiesen.
Askesekonzeptionen in Mahima Dharma
Authors: Guzy Lidia
Published: September 2022

Der Beitrag diskutiert die vielfältigen Askese-Traditionen und Vorstellungen einer neuen religiösen Gruppe im Osten Indiens, deren Zentren in asketischen Orden und der Laienbevölkerung in Stammesgebieten Odishas liegen.
Geschlecht und Sexualität im Buddhismus und die Wechselwirkung von Gender und Religion in gesellschaftlichen Dialogprozessen
Authors: Roloff Carola
Published: September 2022

In diesem Beitrag werden die Fragen diskutiert: Welche Vorstellungen von Geschlecht und Sexualität finden sich im Buddhismus, welche Frauenrollen oder Frauenbilder lassen sich daraus ableiten, und was geschieht, wenn diese Geschlechtervorstellungen heute auf den europäischen Kontext treffen: Welche Probleme entstehen? Ist Geschlechtergerechtigkeit ein westliches Problem oder wird sie weltweit thematisiert? Lassen sich Wechselwirkungen feststellen, und welche Strategien werden verfolgt, um Geschlechtergerechtigkeit im Buddhismus herzustellen?