bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Dosis Npk Dan Konsentrasi Zat Pengatur Tumbuh Tidak Mempengaruhi Pertumbuhan Tanaman Sawi (Brassica Juncea L.)
Authors: Munauwar Muhammad Muaz , Jaya Sri
Published: March 2019

The purpose of this research is to observe the dosage of natrium, phospor and kalium fertilizer and the concentration of Atonic Growth Regulators appropriate for the growth and production of mustard greens (Brassica juncea, L) is good, and interaction of both factors. This research was conducted in Batumbulan Asli Village, Babussalam Sub-district, Southeast Aceh Regency with its height ± 220 m above sea. This research done in December 2016-January 2017, using Random Block Design (RBD) Factorial, which consists of 2 (two) factors. The first factor is the dosage of fertilizer (N) consisting of 3 levels, N1 = 0.50 gr /plot, N2 = 1 gr/ plot and N3 = 1.5 gr / plot. The second factor is the concentration of Atonic Growth Atonic Growth Regulator (A) consisting of 3 levels, A1 = 0.50 cc / l water, A2 = 1 cc /l water and A3 = 1.5 cc /l water. Parameters observed were plant height, number of leaves and leaf area. The results reported that fertilizers did not significantly affect the growth, but there was a tendency where the fertilizers and growth regulator fertilizer could increase the growth of mustard plant
Cytogenetical Analyses of some species of the genus Sisymbrium (Brassicaceae) in Turkey
Authors: EROĞLU Halil Erhan , SEFALI Abdurrahman , ÜNAL Murat , KELKİTOĞLU Aslıhan , MARTİN Esra
Published: March 2019

In
this study, karyotype analyses of three species belonging to the genus Sisymbrium
L. (Brassicaceae) and grown naturally in Turkey were conducted. These taxa are
S. officinale (L.) Scop., S. runcinatum Lag. ex DC. and S.
orientale L. The somatic chromosome number of 2n = 14 was reported for
all species. Total chromosome lengths are between 1.33 and 2.43 µm in S.
officinale, 1.30 and 2.48 µm in S. orientale, 1.02 and 2.18
µm in S. runcinatum. The karyotypes are as follows: S. officinale
consists of 12m + 2sm, S. orientale consists of 10m + 4sm and S. runcinatum consists
of 10m + 4sm chromosome pairs. S. runcinatum is the most asymmetrical
karyotype based on all index values.
The Effectiveness of Text Completion Technique towards Students’ Speaking Skill
Authors: Nursabrina Nursabrina
Published: March 2019

This research paper aims to investigate the Effectiveness of text Completion Technique towards Students’ Speaking Skill at Eleventh Grade of Madrasah Aliyah Mathla’ul Anwar Pusat Menes. The research paper employs the quantitative research, with the quasy experimental design. Then, the researcher uses observation and performance test in which students of both classes use procedural text as the specific speaking material. In the data collecting technique, it compares pre-test and post-test results of both experimental and control class. Therefore, to analyze the data, the researcher used statistical computation. It works to count scoring, the result of the test, calculating the mean of both experimental and control class. Besides that, it calculated the standard deviation of each group and then found out the significant difference by using t-test. Based on the result of data analysis and interpretation of the research, it is clear that there is a significant difference after teaching speaking by using text completion technique in experimental class and teaching speaking by using lecture technique in control class.
Analysis of American Slang in The Movie of “The Blind Side”
Authors: Jakob Juvrianto Chrissunday
Published: March 2019

Slang is an important feature in American culture. It is more effective than standard or conventional English, so I  interested to discuss and classify of slang words in the movie of “The Blind Side”. The purpose of this research is to classify slang words in The Blind Side movie based on the characteristic on Andersson and Trudgill theory. This research used the descriptive qualitative method. The data source of this research is taken from the movie script of the movie of “The Blind Side” cited from IMDB. Based on the research result, there are 8 slang words or phrases in the movie of “The Blind Side”, the slang is divided into four categories: (1) 2 slang words or phrases as the neutral syntactic level; (2) 4 slang words or phrases as typical informal situations and (3) 2 slang words or phrases as creative.
EFLAK- BOĞDAN- ERDEL VOYVODALARI VE OSMANLI İSTİHBARATINA DAİR ROLLERİ
Authors: DAŞ DARICI Mevlüde Gökçen
Published: March 2019

14. yüzyıl
sonlarından itibaren Eflak’ı, 15. yüzyıl başlarından itibaren Boğdan’ı ve 16.
yüzyıldan itibaren Erdel’i hâkimiyeti altına alan Osmanlı idaresi, bu tarihe
kadar bölgede hüküm süren beyleri de itaat altına alıyor, böylelikle o havalideki
beyler eski statülerini koruyarak Osmanlı’ya haraç ödeyen imtiyazlı beyler
statüsü kazanıyorlardı. Voyvoda adı
verilen ve yerli aristokrat aileler arasından seçilen bu beylerin siyasi,
toplumsal ve dini yapısını muhafaza etmesine izin veren Osmanlı idaresi onlardan;
askeri, ekonomik ve siyasi açıdan istifade ediyordu. Balkanlarda henüz tam bir
hâkimiyet kurulmamışken bölge panoramasını anlamak ve anlamlandırmak adına
sağlamış oldukları istihbarî bilgi akışı ise onları dış politikada aktif bir
pozisyona çıkarıyordu. Dost ve müttefik bir vasal konumunda olan bu siyasi
teşekküllerin temsilcisi olan voyvodaların Osmanlı idaresine olumlu katkıları
yahut olumsuz birtakım etkileri olmuştur. Deyim yerindeyse Osmanlı’nın Avrupa
ve Balkanlardaki gözü kulağı olan voyvodaların bazen bu istihbarî vazifelerini
aksattığı hatta kötüye kullandığı görülmüştür. Konuya dair menfi misallerden
biri olan Yuvan’ın isyan hadisesi esnasında Osmanlı arşivine yansıyan bazı kayıtlar
16. yüzyıl Osmanlı istihbarat faaliyetleri hakkında mühim ipuçları içermektedir.     Çalışma temel olarak Başbakanlık
Osmanlı Arşivinden temin edilen 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14/1, 16, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27,
32, 43, 64, 72, 82 numaralı Mühimme Defterlerindeki ilgili evraka dayanılarak
hazırlanmıştır. Ayrıca konuya ilişkin araştırma-inceleme eserlerden de istifade
edilmiştir.
BEDENİN DRAMATİZE EDİLMESİ: PORTRE VE DÖNÜŞÜMLER
Authors: GÖRGÜLÜ Eren
Published: March 2019

Tanımı
gereği portre fotoğrafları sadece insan yüzlerini değil,  aynı zamanda da bireylerin kimliklerini
vurgulamak için kullanılır. Kimliğin devamlılığını gösteren portreler belirli
birtakım insanlara dair belirtiler gösterir. Buradan yola çıkarak insana ait
kimliği görünür kılma işlevini yerine getiren portreler, kimliği nesnel olarak
somutlaştırmaktadır. Portreler, sanatın farklı alanlarında kullanılan ve eski
çağlardan günümüze kadar yapılagelen ürünlerdir. Özellikle resim sanatı
içerisinde ayrı bir yeri bulunan portreler, fotoğrafın icadıyla birlikte
fotoğraf sanatının en önemli konularından biri haline gelmiştir. Portrelerin
temsil ettiği biçimler, genelde insanın görsel olarak canlandırılmasıdır. Brezilyalı
sanatçı Vik Muniz, bu görsel temsili sıradan nesneler çikolata, reçel, toz
şeker ve çöp kullanarak ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Sanatçı, dünyanın en büyük
çöplüğünden birinde (Brezilya, Rio de Janerio) çalışan ve geri dönüşümlü
malzemeleri toplayan işçileri temsil eden fotoğraflar çekmiş ve bu fotoğrafları
da çöplükte bulunan bu geri dönüşüm malzemeleri kullanarak yeniden
fotoğraflamıştır. Çalışma kapsamında sanatçının “Çöp Resimleri” serisinde yer
alan fotoğrafların, portre ve görsel temsil açısından canlandırılması üzerinde
durulmuştur.
II. ABDÜLHAMİD DÖNEMİ’NDEN BİR İSTİHBARATÇI PROFİLİ: SERHAFİYE FEHİM PAŞA (1873-1908)
Authors: GÖR Emre
Published: March 2019

Fehim
Paşa, Sultan II. Abdülhamid döneminin en dikkat çekici isimlerinden biridir.
II. Abdülhamid döneminin son devresinde Serhafiye unvanıyla Yıldız Sarayı’nda
görev alan Fehim Paşa, bir devlet görevlisi sıfatından çok, yaşantısı,
karakteri ve karıştığı olaylarla adından söz ettirmiştir. İstanbul’da, bilhassa
Beyoğlu çevresinde II. Abdülhamid döneminin son yıllarına damga vuran ve
gerçekten de o dönem içinde çekinilen bir kişi olan Fehim Paşa, Osmanlı’da
kabadayı tiplemesinin de başını çeken figürlerden biri haline gelmiştir.
İstanbul’daki faaliyetleri nedeniyle Fehim Paşa hakkında Avrupalı sefaretlerden
çok sayıda şikâyet alan II. Abdülhamid, onu 1907 yılı başlarında Bursa’ya
zorunlu ikamete göndermiştir. Burada II. Meşrutiyet dönemine kadar kalan Fehim
Paşa, Meşrutiyet’in ilan edildiği günlerde Bursa Yenişehir’de, arabasının önünü
kesen bir grup tarafından linç edilerek öldürülmüştür. Bu çalışmada, II.
Abdülhamid döneminin bu ilginç kişiliğinin istihbarat faaliyetleri ve
istihbaratçı kimliği üzerinde durulmuştur.
PEMAKNAAN PROFESI BEAUTY VLOGGER MELALUI PENGALAMAN KOMUNIKASI
Authors: Mariezka Filza Intan , Hafiar Hanny , Yustikasari Yustikasari
Published: March 2019

Di Indonesia, jumlah beauty vlogger terus mengalami peningkatan yang pesat semenjak 2015. Bahkan, sebagian besar dari mereka menjadikan kegiatan beauty vlogging sebagai pekerjaan tetap. Kemunculan dan perkembangan profesi ini juga menjadi sebuah bukti dari perkembangan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui makna yang terbentuk dalam diri para pegiat beauty vlogger yang diarahkan melalui teori fenomenologi Schutz. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan jenis studi fenomenologi. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan wawancara mendalam, observasi partisipatif, dan studi kepustakaan. Sementara teknik validitas data menggunakan triangulasi sumber. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa beauty vlogger memaknai profesi mereka menjadi tiga makna, yaitu upaya aktualisasi diri, sebagai mata pencaharian, dan sebagai panutan.Kata Kunci: Makna, profesi, beauty vlogger, pengalaman komunikasi In Indonesia, the number of beauty vloggers continues to increase rapidly since 2015. In fact, most of them make beauty vlogging activities as a permanent job. The emergence and development of this profession is also a proof of the development of information and communication technology. This study aims to determine the meaning that formed in the beauty vlogger through Schutz's phenomenological approach. This study uses a qualitative approach with phenomenology as the type of study. Data collection techniques used in-depth interviews, participatory observation, and literature studies. While the data validity technique uses source triangulation. The results of this study showed that the beauty vlogger interpreted their profession into three meanings: self-actualization efforts, livelihood, and role models.Keywords: Meaning, profession, beauty vlogger,communication experiences
Pathways to Racial Equity in Higher Education: Modeling the Antecedents of State Affirmative Action Bans
Authors: Baker Dominique J.
Published: March 2019

Eight states currently have bans on affirmative action, yet little research has focused on the characteristics of states that predict ban adoption. To begin filling this gap in the literature, I conduct discrete-time survival analysis on an aggregated data set of 47 states from 1995 to 2012 to investigate the extent to which various characteristics of a state predict its likelihood of adopting a statewide affirmative action ban. Results show that scarcity of access to state public flagship institutions and policy diffusion are associated with ban adoption. Aligning with the racial threat literature, the findings suggest that these bans are associated with concerns about the scarcity of access to selective higher education institutions (operationalized as state public flagships) for White students.
Dioskorides’in De Materia Medica Adlı Eserindeki Tıbbi Bitkilerin Doğu Akdeniz’de Günümüzdeki Kullanımlarının Araştırılması
Authors: DEMİRCİ KAYIRAN Serpil
Published: March 2019

Pedanius Dioskorides, MS 40 yılında
Anavarza’da doğmuş tıp hekimi ve eczacıdır. Dioskorides, İskenderiye ve
Atina’da tıp eğitimi almış, Anavarza’da askeri hekim olarak görevlendirilmiştir.
Dünyanın bilinen en eski sistematik tıp ve eczacılık kitaplarından biri olan De
Materia Medica’nın yazarıdır. 5 ciltlik De Materia Medica adlı eserinde 600’den
fazla bitkisel, 35 hayvansal ve 100 kadar da madensel drogun, botanik
özellikleri, tıbbi kullanım amaçları ve şekilleri, yan etki ve dozajları gibi
bilgilere yer vermiştir. Bu eser öncelikle Grekçe yazılmış, daha sonraki
yüzyıllarda Latince, Süryanice ve Arapça dillerine çevrilmiştir. Bu çalışmada Dioskorides’in
Materia Medica adlı eserinde yer alan drogların Doğu Akdeniz bölgesindeki
günümüzdeki kullanımlarının karşılaştırılması araştırılmıştır. Yapılan
incelemelerde Materia Medica’da adları geçen 131 tıbbi bitki türünün Doğu
Akdeniz bölgesinde günümüzde de tıbbi amaçlarla kullanıldıkları belirlenmiştir.
Tespit edilen türlerden 61 türün Materia Medica’daki kullanımlar ile aynı
olduğu, 70 türün ise farklı amaçlarla kullanıldıkları görülmüştür. Bu
çalışmada, T.A. Osbaldeston ve ekibinin tercüme ettiği “The Herbal of Dioskorides
the Greek” adlı nüsha kullanılmıştır.
Harald Sigurdsson and the Russo-Byzantine War of 1043
Authors: Fylypchuk Oleksandr M.
Published: March 2019

The present article analyzes Kekaumenos’ commentary on the service of Harald Sigurdsson in the Byzantine army. Special attention is given to the composition of Consilia et Narrationes and the historiographic perception of this text. It then discusses Kekaumenos’ commentary in light of Harald’s adventures in the Haralds saga Siguðarsonar and the story about the attacks of Rus’ in the Byzantine literature. The author attempts to show that Constantine IX Monomachos tried to leave the large groups of mercenaries in Constantinople. Furthermore, the emperor’s attitude to Harald and his warriors was related to the events of Russo-Byzantine war in 1043. Constantine IX Monomachos dispersed these mercenaries into the themes. John Scylitzes wrote that the emperor put a guard over them to prevent them from inciting a rebellion. These arrests could explain Harald’s mysterious detention in the reign of Constantine IX Monomachos. It is possible to conclude that Harald’s detention was caused by the Russo-Byzantine war in 1043.
Towards a novel therapy against AIDS
Authors: Locatelli Adrien
Published: March 2019

AIDS is an infectious disease that kills over a million people per year. Very recently, Dash et al have for the first time reached the functional cure in HIV-infected humanized mice using CRISPR-Cas9 in combination with LASER ART, and this with a success of one third. Here, I use a theoretical approach to design a therapeutic strategy applicable to humans and different from that of Dash et al. The experimental treatment presented here includes the injection of an Env-directed integrase-defective CRISPR gene-editing lentiviral vector able to express quintuplex gRNAs plus the humanized SpCas9 and the puromycin resistance gene linked by T2A, preceded by a plasma/leukapheresis and the injection of an immunosuppressive cocktail, and followed by an in vivo positive selection. My protocol could have a major impact on HIV-infected people in the event of confirmation by a clinical trial, and it is possible that it becomes a reference treatment against AIDS, although, for the moment, it is only at the stage of hypothesis and theory.
Paper Review - Sherly ; 130316163 ; KP B
Authors: Sherly
Published: March 2019

Sistem keuangan adalah perintah dalam perekonomian Indonesia yang memiliki peran, terutama dalam menyediakan fasilitas pelayanan keuangan yang secara institusional dibagi menjadi dua bagian besar, yaitu lembaga keuangan penyimpanan dan lembaga keuangan non-penyimpanan. Sistem keuangan sangat membutuhkan stabilitas untuk menghindari krisis ekonomi atau krisis moneter. Stabilitas keuangan adalah suatu kondisi di mana mekanisme ekonomi dalam penetapan harga, alokasi dana, dan manajemen risiko dapat berfungsi dengan baik dan mampu mendukung pertumbuhan ekonomi.
The Children of God and the Children of Darkness on the Day of the Lord
Authors: Nelwan Martin L.
Published: March 2019

The children of God are Jesus Christ’s followers and are occupants of heaven. The children of darkness are those who admit that Satan or the false prophet as their lord. They have no love and have antagonism. They live in flesh. Children of darkness are occupants of hell. The devils have always tried to tempt the children of God convert to their faith. Even Satan has tempt Jesus Christ to become his followers but failed. Consequently, he tried to kill Christ on the cross and again failed. Mathematically, Christ is higher than Satan is; the false prophet is, not vice versa. It is a scholarly proof. It shows that the children of God are higher than Satan is. Children of God should hold Christ in daily life to enter the kingdom of heaven on the last day. On that day, Jesus Christ will take the children of God into heaven. On the other hand, he will put Satan, his angels, the false prophet, false prophets, false teachers, and their followers will enter hell. It is the forever punishment.
Review_PE_Nadia_KP B_130315279
Authors: Abdi Nadia Putri
Published: March 2019

Review of The Development of Digital Economy in Indonesia by Ahmad Zafrullah Tayibnapis, Lucia Endang Wuryaningsih, Radita Gora
Can People Recognize their Implicit Thoughts? The Motive Self-Categorization Test
Authors: Runge Malte , Lang Jonas W. B.
Published: March 2019

Psychologists have long been interested in studying individual differences in implicit motives. Implicit motives are typically measured asking respondents to write fantasy-stories based on a series of pictures showing one or several persons. The stories are then coded for implicit motivational content by trained experts because researchers have long assumed that respondents have no conscious access to the motivational themes in the stories they write. However, empirical research on self-evaluation of implicit motives is scarce. In this article, we provide new insights into this topic with a new measurement procedure—the motive self-categorization (MSC) test. In the MSC, respondents first fill out an implicit motive measure and then self-code their stories using lists of picture-specific statements that are typical concrete manifestations of implicit motives in the specific picture. We studied the MSC in a sample of N = 247 respondents by analyzing convergence with expert codings using a latent multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) IRT model. Results showed respondents could evaluate the motivational content of their stories (latent motive-motive correlations: r = .37 to 62), IRT latent motive scores based on self-categorization showed evidence of reliability (r = .42 to .67), and we found small method effects. The discussion focuses on implications for theory on measuring implicit motives and the possibility that self-insight occasionally goes beyond expert insight.
Problematic Smartphone Usage and Subjective and Psychological Well-Being
Authors: Horwood Sharon , Anglim Jeromy
Published: March 2019

Despite a growing awareness that problematic usage of smartphones is becoming a significant public health issue, there is limited research on how problematic smartphone usage relates to the humanistic concepts of well-being, particularly those captured in Ryff's six psychological well-being dimensions: positive relations, autonomy, emotional mastery, personal growth, purpose in life, self-acceptance. The current study aimed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the relationship between general and problematic smartphone usage and subjective well-being and psychological well-being using long-form, theoretically grounded measures. Australian adults (n = 539, 79% female; age in years M = 25.1, SD = 7.8) completed Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale, the PANAS, and Ryff's 84-item measure of psychological well-being. Results showed that problematic smartphone usage was correlated with lower well-being on almost all scales. In particular, negative affect, autonomy, and environmental mastery had the largest negative correlations with problematic smartphone usage. Given the stable and dispositional nature of well-being, it seems likely that much of the relationship is driven by a common underlying tendency to experience anxiety, negative emotions, and a lack of control, combined with a tendency to engage in maladaptive coping and compulsive behavior. This repository provides data, materials, and data analysis scripts to accompany the manuscript of the same name.
IRS County-to-County Migration Data, 1990-2010
Authors: Hauer Mathew , Byars James
Published: March 2019

BACKGROUND: The Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) county-to-county migration data are an incredible resource for understanding migration in the United States. Produced annually since 1990 in conjunction with the US Census Bureau, the IRS migration data represent 95 to 98 percent of the tax-filing universe and their dependents, making the IRS migration data one of the largest sources of migration data. However, any analysis using the IRS migration data must process at least seven legacy formats of these public data across more than 2000 data files -- a serious burden for migration scholars. OBJECTIVE: To produce a single, flat data file containing complete county-to-county IRS migration flow data and to make the computer code to process the migration data freely available. METHODS: This paper uses R to process more than 2,000 IRS migration files into a single, flat data file for use in migration research. CONTRIBUTION: To encourage and facilitate the use of this data, we provide a single, standardized, flat data file containing county-to-county 1-year migration flows for the period 1990-2010 (containing 163,883 dyadic county pairs resulting in 3.2 million county pair-year observations totaling over 343 million migrants) and provide the full R script to download, process, and flatten the IRS migration data.
Prediabetes en Servidores Sanitarios del Hospital General Puyo
Authors: Garcés Salazar Mercedes Cristina , Paredes Cuesta Daniela Monserrath
Published: March 2019

Introducción: En la últimas décadas con el crecimiento de la población, la modificación en  los  estilos  de  vida  y  la presencia de factores  de  riesgo;  las enfermedades  como  la  Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 (DM2)  y  los  eventos  cardiovasculares, se han incrementado en forma paralela. Ambas  entidades  pueden  presentarse  en  forma  independiente  o  no.  Se  considera  a  la  DM2  como  un  problema  de  salud  pública  dada  su  elevada prevalencia  en ascenso en  los  últimos  20  años. La prediabetes progresa a DM2 en un 10%  anual y aumenta el riesgo de lesión microvascular de igual forma que la diabetes mellitus establecida, se considera además un factor de riesgo independiente para los eventos cardiovasculares. Se estima que el 90% de las personas que tienen prediabetes y el 40% de las personas con diabetes , desconocen su condición clínica; por ende, se podría modificar su historia natural, a través de pruebas de detección oportuna de prediabetes y diabetes, que permitan prescribir un tratamiento dirigido a evitar disglucemias, manteniendo los niveles de glucosa lo más cerca posible de lo normal.

Objetivo: Estimar la frecuencia de prediabetes en los trabajadores sanitarios del Hospital General Puyo.

Material y métodos: Se realizó una investigación descriptiva prospectiva. Se trabajó con  Servidores Sanitarios del Hospital General Puyo,  incluyendo a Médicos, Enfermeras y Personal de Apoyo (auxiliares de farmacia, auxiliares de enfermería, personal de fisioterapia), los cuales debían estar vinculados a la institución mediante un contrato de trabajo, por más de 1 año;  La  investigación se realizó durante el periodo del 1ro. de abril – 30 de junio del 2018. Se recogieron datos sobre características clínicas y antropométricas por medio del test de FINDRISC. Para el diagnóstico de prediabetes  se utilizaron los criterios de la Asociación Estadounidense de Diabetes (ADA), glucosa en ayunas y la prueba de tolerancia oral a la glucosa. Se utilizaron métodos estadísticos descriptivos e inferenciales.

Resultados: Se trabajó con una población de estudio 238  trabajadores sanitarios. Se excluyeron 39 pacientes que no cumplían con los criterios de inclusión, conformando un universo total de 199 pacientes (N=199), se encontró una frecuencia de 9,5%  de Prediabetes, sin diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre edad y sexo, con un valor  p >0,05.

Conclusiones: La Prediabetes está presente en el personal sanitario del Hospital General Puyo en un valor similar a los reportados internacionalmente. Los principales predictores de riesgo para prediabetes identificados fueron la edad, el peso, IMC, perímetro abdominal, glucosa alterada en alguna ocasión, y antecedentes familiares.
Medical Education at the Crossroads
Authors: Joshi Birendra Raj
Published: March 2019

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Early Experience of Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Stenting in Malignant Biliary Obstruction in Nepal
Authors: Thapa Ajit , Suwal Sundar , Chataut Dinesh , Subedi Kamal
Published: March 2019

Introduction: Percutaneous biliary stenting is recommended for palliation of unresectable malignant biliary obstruction with short life expectancy. Percutaneous biliary stenting is newer interventional imaging guided procedure being practiced in Nepal. Aim of this study is to share our early experience of percutaneous biliary stenting and its complications in Nepal.Methods: Retrospective review of clinical success, complication, stent patency and survival was done in 31 patients with nonoperable malignant biliary obstruction who underwent percutaneous transhepatic metallic biliary stenting from August 2016 to July 2018Results: We successfully stented 31 malignant biliary obstructions, following external biliary drainage via sonography and fluoroscopy guidance, one week prior to the stenting. The patients were followed up for documentation and management of any complications related to the procedure. Cent percent reduction in bilirubin levels <50% after 2 weeks were achieved. Procedure related mortality was nil. Major complications including early stent block were seen in 7 patients, which we managed accordingly. Stent patency rate for 3 months was 73% and for 6 months was 45%. Although the procedure is recommended in short life expectancy patients, average survival of the patients in our experience was 7.1 months after the procedure with 2 of the patients survived >12 months after the procedure.Conclusion: Percutaneous biliary stenting is less invasive palliation for unresectable malignant biliary obstruction with less complication as well.
Clinical Predictors of Abnormal Computed Tomography Findings in Mild Head Injury
Authors: Yogi Nikunj , Karmacharya Balgopal , Gurung Amrit
Published: March 2019

Introduction: Whether to scan a minor head injury with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 15 who appears well and has a normal physical and neurological exam or not is an issue commonly faced in all emergency departments. In this study, we tried to assess the predictability of clinical parameters in predicting traumatic intracranial lesions in Computed Tomography (CT) scans of patients with minor head injuries with GCS 15.Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out in between January to December 2016 in Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal. Various clinical predictors of 415 cases of minor head injury with GCS 15 were assessed to see if they could predict the abnormal CT scans in these cases. Clinical variables found significant in bivariate analyses were further analyzed using logistic regression to calculate the odds of each variable to detect abnormal CT scans.Results: There were 119 (28.7%) abnormal CT scans in the study. Vomiting, LOC (Loss of Consciousness), seizure and headache were the significant predictors of abnormal CT scans with an odds of 4.254 (95% CI: 2.373-7.627), 2.396 (95% CI: 1.258-4.562), 5.803 (95% CI: 1.110-30.336) and 1.967 (95% CI: 1.008-3.839) respectivelyConclusion: Vomiting, LOC, seizure and headache are important clinical predictors of abnormal CT scan in cases of minor head injuries with GCS 15.
Ultrasound Measurement of Thyroid Isthmus Thickness in Clinically Euthyroid Subjects
Authors: Kayastha Prakash , Paudel Sharma , Ghimire Ram Kumar
Published: March 2019

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to establish the reference value of normal thickness of thyroid isthmus among clinically euthyroid Nepalese individuals using Ultrasonography and correlate this with thyroid volume, sex, individual’s built and geographic location.Methods: This was a prospective cross sectional study involving 485 clinically euthyroid individuals. B -mode Ultrasonography was used to measure the thickness of thyroid isthmus in transverse plane. Mean thickness of isthmus for male and female was obtained and Pearson correlation test was used to see the relationship with various factors.Results: Among 485 individuals between 1 to 83 years of age, 221 were males and 264 were females. Maximum individuals (72.99%) were from hilly region and minimum (3.30%) were from Himalayan region. Mean thickness of isthmus was 3.097 ± 1.009 mm (range 1.0 to 6.8 mm). It was 3.114 ± 0.9513 mm for male and 3.083 ± 1.056 mm for female. Isthmus thickness best correlated with total thyroid volume (r=0.373, p=0.0001). Isthmus thickness also positively correlated with body mass index (r=0.355, p =0.0001), body surface area (r= 0.296, p=0.0001), weight (r =0.334, p=0.0001) and height (r =0.130, p =0.004) of the individuals.Conclusion: This study estimated the normal reference value of thyroid isthmus thickness. As isthmus thickness correlated well with total thyroid volume, it can roughly guide the thyroid volume and help assessment of thyroid size in diffuse thyroid disease.
Finite element simulation of the residual stress in Ti6Al4V titanium alloy laser welded joint
Authors: Zhao Xilong , Wang Kun
Published: March 2019

In this study, in order to investigate the mechanical heterogeneity of a Ti6Al4V titanium alloy laser-welded joint, microstructural examinations, microhardness tests and shear punch tests were carried out. Meanwhile, hole drilling was deployed to measure the residual stress in the joints. In residual stress simulation studies, the complex phenomenon of welding was numerically modelled by indirectly coupled transient, non-linear thermo-mechanical analysis. An elongated combined heat source was used here for modelling the temperature field. The effects of the residual stress after welding, both for considering and neglecting mechanical heterogeneity, were investigated systematically. The obtained results indicate that the residual stress of the simulation, when mechanical heterogeneity is considered closely, matches the experimental data.
Integrative Training of Future Engineers to Innovative Activities in Conditions of Postindustrial Economy
Authors: Yushko S. V. , Galikhanov M. F. , Kondratyev V. V.
Published: March 2019

The article substantiates the necessity of new priorities and paradigms of innovative engineering activity, changing the role of an engineer and the nature of engineering education. It is demonstrated that the basis of modern technologies is interdisciplinary research that determines the need for integrative training of engineers for innovation. The main characteristics, distinctive features and structure of such activity are given. Based on the qualification levels of future engineers’ and the stages of their professional competencies formation, the requirements for innovative engineers are formulated and a comprehensive approach to the formation of engineering competencies is substantiated. The change of the most important trends in the field of engineering training made it possible to update the main provisions of the classical concept of engineering education. The vector of further development of Kazan National Research Technological University as a university center for technological development of the Republicof Tatarstanin the field of chemical technologies has been outlined.
Competition Studies: Structuring Competencies in University Entrepreneurship Programs
Authors: Rubin Yu. V. , Lednev M. V. , Mozhzhukhin D. P.
Published: March 2019

. In this article, we introduce competition as an essential part of professional entrepreneurship activity and competition studies – as a significant direction in entrepreneurship education system. Competition competencies come into play at any stage of the entrepreneurship process. In this case, it is important to place competition competencies on relevant position within mainstream research in entrepreneurship education.

The purpose of this article is to take a rational approach to defining, classifying competition competencies in entrepreneurship, and to structuring them as significant learning outcomes in entrepreneurship education in accordance with the types, kinds, methods, character, manners, styles of actor’s competition behavior, directions of competition management. Paper defines and describes categories of competition competencies.
International University Network Internet Project of Integrated Engineering Education
Authors: Breido I. V. , Stazhkov S. M. , Bobryakov A. V. , Khomchenko V. G. , Kabanov A. A. , Katalinic B.
Published: March 2019

The transfer of educational technologies of the OECD countries for higher technical education in the CIS requires significant financial and material resources. It is advisable to unite pedagogical teams and the laboratory base of universities that train specialists in related specialties using the Internet. The international scientific and educational network Internet project “Synergy” has been implemented with the support of the concern “Festo” (Germany). The universities directly involved in the regular educational activities of the project are NIU Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, the Baltic State Technical University “VOENMECH” named after D.F. Ustinova, Omsk State Technical University and Karaganda State Technical University. The laboratories of the project participants are equipped with modern training stands and multimedia tools for conducting on-line courses and laboratory work in the remote access mode produced by the leading domestic and foreign companies including world leaders in the field of automation and robotics Festo, Siemens, Mitsubishi Auto Electrician.

Regular online training has been organized with the use of exchange, composite and embedded module courses. The experience gained in the process of project implementation became the basis for the development of a new interdisciplinary program for the specialized magistracy as “Robotics. Control systems” for the Kazakhstan industry. The international university network project “Synergy” can become the basis for the practical implementation of the principles of the Bologna process, taking into account the specifics of the CIS countries.
BİR UYARLAMA ÖRNEĞİ OLARAK YERALTI FİLMİ
Authors: YÜKSEL Eren
Published: March 2019

Bu çalışmada Dostoyevski’nin Yeraltından Notlar (2012/1864) adlı kitabından uyarlananYeraltı filmi (Zeki Demirkubuz, 2012), uyarlamanın kaynak metnin aslına ya da ruhuna uygun olmasını temel alan sadakat ya da ihanet gibi her türlü özcü söylemin ötesinde, iki farklı ifade aracı arasındaki benzerlikleri ve farklılıkları dikkate almaya olanak sağlayan Bakhtin’in kronotop, diyalojizm, karnaval gibi kavramlarından yararlanılarak analiz edilmektedir. Ayrıca çalışmada romanın filme aktarılması sırasında tercih edilen anlatısal, tematik ve sinematografik unsurlar değerlendirilmekte ve uyarlamanın toplumsal ve siyasal bağlamla nasıl bir ilişki kurduğu ortaya konulmaya çalışılmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı, Demirkubuz’un toplumsal bir hiciv metni olan ve hem aydınlanma değerlerine, hem döneminin sınıfsal açıdan katmanlaşmış toplumuna, hem de topluma yabancılaşan bireye eleştiriler sunan romanı filme aktarırken anlatısal, tematik ve sinematografik tercihleriyle ne tür bir söylem ortaya koyduğunu araştırmak ve filmde farklılaşan unsurların toplumsal iktidar ilişkileri, ahlaki otorite ve toplum-birey ilişkisi bakımından ne anlam ifade ettiğini değerlendirmektir.
“How Beautiful It Sounds!”: The Lieder and Sonntagsmusiken of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Authors: Baeta Sabrina Rae
Published: March 2019

Throughout her lifetime, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was primarily known as the sister of the musical genius, Felix Mendelssohn, as the daughter of her distinguished parents, Lea and Abraham Mendelssohn and as the wife of her artistic husband, August Wilhelm Hensel. Today, Hensel is remembered for her remarkable musical talents and a wide breadth of compositions. Though often passed over as a woman in the nineteenth-century, Fanny Hensel played a key role in the musical life of the city of Berlin. Hensel’s musical voice was defined by her comprehensive musical education and through her Sonntagsmusiken (translated “Sunday Musicales”). In the next generation, British author Virginia Woolf shed light on the obstacles to a female artist’s life. In the essay, A Room of One’s Own, Woolf outlined the main elements necessary to create art: financial security and a room to one’s self. For Hensel, financial security was ensured through her family, yielding for her a rich musical education. Hensel was given a private space for her creative work in an adjacent building called the Gartenhaus. This paper investigates how Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s educational and performance opportunities shaped her compositional voice and circumscribed her influence on nineteenth-century Berlin musical society.
Comparing Harvest Productivity of the Filamentous Alga Oedogonium with Microalgae
Authors: O'Connell Rebecca , Wilkie Ann C.
Published: March 2019

As the planet is faced with depletion of its natural resources, alternative and sustainable energy sources are becoming increasingly sought after.  Research on the growth of algae has revealed their potential for carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and for conversion into a fuel source for bioenergy applications.  Filamentous algae have attracted recent attention as an optimal species due to their ease of harvest and dominance over other species.  To determine the most suitable species for future biomass applications, a 1000-L open raceway pond was inoculated with the freshwater filamentous alga, Oedogonium.  The pond culture was harvested weekly to determine the effects of CO2 addition on culture density (mg VSS/L) and harvest productivity (g VSS/m2-day).  An additional two 1000-L raceway ponds with established cultures of microalgae already receiving CO2 were used as a comparison to the growth of Oedogonium.  After 3 weeks, Oedogonium harvest productivity exceeded both microalgal ponds at 13.7 (± 0.2) g VSS/m2-day compared to 9.3 (± 0.7) and 9.5 (± 0.3) g VSS/m2-day for the microalgae.
Predicting monthly streamflows and their variability from limited historic records in the Tárcoles watershed, Costa Rica
Authors: Capps Holli Nicole
Published: March 2019

Lack of instrumentation in many developing nations makes it difficult to gauge available water resources, an essential part of national socioeconomic wellbeing. Costa Rica is a developing country that has considerable hydrologic data. This study establishes a simple model from limited data to predicted mean monthly flows and their interannual variability at unmonitored locations, within the densely populated Tárcoles watershed of Costa Rica. Relationships between basin area and percentiles of historic flows are derived as a matrix of monthly flow percentiles and averages that can be transformed into potential flows. The station used to validate the model has limited records and contains apparently abnormal flows, nonetheless results indicate considerable success of the model. It could further be refined and tested with more discharge stations. In turn, the modelling approach could be used to predict monthly flows and their variability within the Tárcoles basin as well as other countries where information may be lacking.
Sociological perspective on the optimal law enforcement: Typical cases of overcriminalization of economic activity in Russia
Authors: Chetverikova Iryna V. , Titaev Kirill D.
Published: March 2019

Based on the analysis of verdict texts, we demonstrate that many criminal cases against individuals who were prosecuted for economic crimes in Russian courts in the past few years do not correspond with the level of optimal law enforcement. Economic crimes (a) did not cause substantial harm, (b) did not have harmful externalities, (c) were common, but the enforcement was selective. Economic activity was most often overcriminalized by the law enforcement when illegal behavior consisted of accounting or tax mistakes, breach of a contract, violations of special-purpose loan regulations, or licensing offences.
National goals and model of economic growth: New in the Russian socio-economic policy of 2018—2019
Authors: Mau Vladimir A.
Published: March 2019

The paper deals with Russian social and economic development in the context of global trends. New economic crisis is looming ahead, but developed economies do not have sufficient fiscal and monetary instruments to mitigate it. The lack of institutional reforms, which were put on agenda by the crisis of 2008—2009, is another source of experts’ concerns. Russian authorities have announced a set of national goals and projects as the central point of social and economic policy for 2018—2024. The new economic growth policy includes the shift from the demand-side growth model to the supply-side one, broad implementation of project methods in economic policy, and continuation of conservative fiscal and monetary policy.
THE INFLUENCE OF FINISHING AND SOFTENING TREATMENTS ON THE SENSORY PROPERTIES OF DENIM FABRIC
Authors: HALLEB Naima , SAHNOUN Mehdi , CHEIKH ROUHOU Mourched
Published: March 2019

The
notion of hand or touch of the fabric depends on several parameters starting
with the raw material ending with the finishing techniques and treatments.
Several treatments of finishing, accomplished on fabric have an effect on its
handle. The purpose of this study is to estimate the effect of two finishing
processes and softening treatment on the Denim fabric handle. The first one is
a normal finishing, the second is a fifties finishing. A trained panel
assessed the tactile sensory properties of treated denim fabrics. This panel
took part in a training program. During this program, the panellists’
performance in terms of repeatability was controlled to decrease the
variability of the provided measurements. This panel assessed 16 sensory
attributes already selected to find out the differences between the treated
samples. The results of sensory evaluation
were studied using the principal components analysis (PCA) and analyse of
variance (ANOVA).  According
to the results, the change of denim fabric handle is more important in the case
of fifties finishing than the normal finishing processes. This study also shows
that the effect of softener is more legible
on case of fifties finishing and the low concentration of fabric softener did
not influenced the handle of denim fabric. This paper identifies the most
important tactile sensory properties which are influenced by industrial finishing’s
for the denim fabric. This paper represents as well the handle progressive
changes that occur on treating the denim fabric with various finishing.
COMPARISON OF CAD AND MANUAL SYSTEM EFFICIENCY IN PRE-PRODUCTION PREPARATION PROCESS
Authors: KILIÇ Arzu
Published: March 2019

In the ready-made clothing industry, computer aided
design (CAD) systems are most commonly used for basic pattern making, grading
and marker making processes.  Even though
there are various software in this area in the market, pattern making process
is still performed manually in several ready-made clothing businesses. In this
research, the amount of time required for the processes of clothing technical
pattern making, modelling, grading and marker making via CAD systems has been
compared to time required for the manual method, with the aim of determining
the more efficient approach. To this end, time measurements for the steps of
these processes, specified by 3 expert pattern designers and 3 CAD operators,
were taken and compared. The comparison has been focused on the aspects of
processes that made a difference in terms of time, the effect of these
processes on total time and the identification of the factors that resulted in
the time difference.  Upper-body clothing
has been chosen as the focus of this study due to the involvement of several
steps in the processes of basic pattern making and grading. The acquired data
has shown that the process times required for CAD systems have been shorter
than those for manual design in every step that have an important place in the
pre-production preparation process.
ANALYSIS OF HARDNESS VARIATIONS IN RADIAL AND LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF BOBBINS IN STEP PRECISION WINDING
Authors: ÇELİK Özge , EREN Recep
Published: March 2019

Step
precision winding is a widely used bobbin winding method in industry,
especially for dyeing bobbins. It is important to adjust winding parameters in
an optimum way to obtain optimum hardness variation and best dyeing performance.
Main winding parameters are winding pressure, crossing angle and yarn tension.
This paper presents a research investigating the effect of main winding
parameters on hardness distribution in radial and longitudinal directions of
bobbins wound with step precision winding.  Bobbins are produced from Ne 30/1 and Ne 10/1
cotton yarns. Bobbin hardness is measured by a new instrument called UNITORQ,
which enables the measurement of relative bobbin hardness in radial and
longitudinal directions with small increments of distance. It is found that
crossing angle affects mainly longitudinal hardness variation while radial
hardness variation is determined and affected in a large variation interval by
winding tension. Winding pressure is seen to have no significant effect on winding
hardness distribution in both radial and longitudinal directions but it
determines bobbin hardness level together with winding tension and crossing
angle.
Modelado y difusión de temas noticiosos en medios sociales: características y factores de la emergencia de noticias en un canal informativo de Twitter
Authors: Arcila Calderón Carlos , Barbosa Caro Eduar , Aguaded Ignacio
Published: March 2019

Este estudio busca caracterizar el modelado y difusión de temas noticiosos en medios sociales y determinar los factores que influyan en su aparición. Con técnicas en torno a la filosofía del Big Data se analizó un año de tuits del medio colombiano El Tiempo, encontrando que la aparición de temas en el largo plazo se relaciona con atributos del mensaje. Se mencionan implicaciones teóricas y contribuciones para otros modelos a la luz del modelo de Difusión de Innovaciones.