bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Psychometric properties of a job satisfaction survey in Slovakia in helping professionals: Preliminary results
Authors: Mesarosova Margita
Published: November 2017

Problem statement. Job satisfaction is associated with positive outcomes at work and it also influences other aspects of life. Job satisfaction is regarded as an important sign of professional success and accomplishment. In the past decades, job satisfaction on the part of professional workers as a means of helping their professional development has received little attention in Slovakia. The purpose of the study. The purpose of this study was to adapt the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) to the Slovak language so that it can be employed in Slovakia, especially in terms of helping staff involved in social care. The aim of this study was to analyse psychometric properties such as the convergent and discriminant validity and the internal consistency of the JSS. Methods. Participants completed a 36-item Job Satisfaction Survey developed by Spector (1997). This scale was translated into Slovakian using forward and backward translation by native English speakers. For the improvement and assessment of these translations, we employed a meeting with professionals in the form of psychologists. External social work students, social workers, and other professionals from the helping professions associated with social care participated in the research and completed additional questionnaires, namely the Professional Quality of Life Scale, the Life Orientation Test – Revised, and the Well-Being Scale. Findings and Results. It was revealed that higher levels of job satisfaction were linked with optimism, higher occurrence of experiencing positive emotions and lower frequency of experiencing negative emotions. Confirmatory factor analysis failed to confirm nine original factors of the JSS. The coefficients of validity and reliability demonstrated satisfactory values. Conclusions. The preliminary results did not confirm the factor structure of JSS. Discriminant and convergent validity was deemed to be satisfactory, and therefore this scale could be used in the process of assessing the job satisfaction of workers in social institutions in a Slovakian context.
Keywords: job satisfaction, helping professions, validity, reliability
IFRS integration into accounting curriculum: Undergraduate accounting students’ perceptions in Jakarta
Authors: Ediraras Dharma Tintri , Putra Anda , Purtiningrum Supiningtyas
Published: November 2017

This study was to analyze the empirical evidence about the difference perceptions of IFRS into accounting curriculum integration between female students with male students, and students who are under or equal to 20 years with a student over the age of 20 years. Survey I conducted by distribution of a set questionnaires using purposive sampling method to accounting unfergraduate students of some university with A Accreditation Jakarta. Research Results state that there is a difference between the perception of female students with male students about the integration of IFRS into accounting curriculum, and there is no difference in perception between students aged below or equal to 20 years with a student over the age of 20 years.
Keywords: Perception, IFRS integration, accounting curriculum, gender
Deindustrialization, insecurity and demise of night economy: Retrospection on Nigerian underdevelopment
Authors: Agbaje Elijah Babasola Afolabi
Published: November 2017

Abstract

 

Nigerian faces complex and mounting challenges of underdevelopment. However, this challenge could not have been so intimidating if negative socioeconomic, political and technological forces have also not combined to ensure the demise of her once bolstering â€˜night economyâ€™. Contrary to the experience in the 70s when Nigerians worked and were moving 24 hours daily, the crowding out of â€˜night economyâ€™ and the growing culture of idleness have combined to dealt a great blow to the chances of Nigerian becoming a comparatively developed nation as some of the Asian tigers. With a retrospective case study of what then used to be Ikeja Industrial Estate, the two most destructive forces that have combined to retard Nigeriaâ€™s progress are the trajectories of deindustrialization and demise of night economy both of which are serendipities of economic policy summersault that happened in the mid-80, to which subsequent heightened prevalence of insecurity have added the nodal norm of near complete social disorder. This paper, being product intuitive personal insights and area-specific field observation, argues that the only way to rapidly move Nigeria out of the doldrums of pervasive underdevelopment is to fast-track Nigerians back to work starting with rapid and massive facilitation of primary productive engagement. Towards achieving this, it recommends that government must simultaneously adopt pragmatic economic strategies of fiscal discipline, conspicuous interventionist posture to accelerate aggressive diversification, reindustrialization, state-enforced import substitution, selective outward orientation, and revival of her demised night economy.

Keywords: Deindustralization, night economy, Nigeria
Citizen satisfaction with municipal services: The case of Konya
Authors: Orselli Erhan , Bayrakci Erdal , Kahraman Selcuk
Published: November 2017

Local governments, which are the closest units to people in terms of providing services, pay special attention to such issues as life and service quality, citizen satisfaction, meeting demands and expectations of citizens while making future plans and evaluating how successful they are in the public eye. The level of citizen satisfaction, citizens’ experiences and perceptions about local services and their ideas about the legitimacy, credibility and performance of Mayor affect the success of local governments, particularly municipalities, in a positive or a negative way. This study aims to develop “a citizen report” about the local services in Konya by identifying how satisfied people are with the quality of the local public services provided by Konya Municipality.
Keywords: Local public services, service quality, citizen satisfaction, citizen report
Religious education and multiculturalism in Norwegian curriculum
Authors: Onal Recep , Yavuz Fatih
Published: November 2017

Norway whose economy burgeoned with the discovery of the new petroleum and natural gas resources through the end of the 1960’s, has reached a level of prosperity by allocating more funds into education, health and social security and started to allow in immigrants. Through these immigrants’ various religions, beliefs and cultures were adopted and Norwegian society turned into a multicultural society. This unfolding of events let the Norwegian administrators foresee the need to develop a new religious curriculum that also included the religions other than Christianity. In this paper the importance and historical development of religious curriculum was inspected in context of multiculturalism.
Keywords: Norway, religious curriculum, Christianity, multiculturalism
Insurgency, militancy and achieving sustainable development in Africa: Experience from Nigeria
Authors: Maigari Muhammad Abdullahi , Abdul-Qadir Uthman Abdullahi
Published: November 2017

Peace, stability and security are the essential preconditions for development anywhere. Africa have been grappling with myriads of security challenges in its quest to rescue the inhabitants of the continent from doldrums of insecurity and underdevelopment which stunted growth and development. Achieving sustainable development is the core concept for the post 2015 development agenda that provides an integrated response to the complex security, environmental, societal, economic and governance challenges that directly and disproportionately affect people. Security is vital for sustainable development across Africa, the fundamental challenge of managing or ending conflict(s) remains; and with it comes the challenge of creating or sustaining secure environments and using security as an enabler for development. The nexus between sustainable development, on the one hand, and peace, stability, and security on the other is not a new concept. The increasing proliferations of crime rates, jihadist groups in Africa has been catastrophic since the departure of Muammar Gadhafi in 2011, armed conflicts in Mali, Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb and Boko Haram insurgency in Northern Nigeria has changed the bearing of development agenda compass in the continent, destroying social infrastructures and uprooting people from their social locations hence creating another dire humanitarian crises: refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), malnutrition, food crises and migrants risking their lives in the Mediterranean sea in an attempt to seek for where pasture is greener in Europe, Asia and America. Activities of sea pirates in the Gulf of Guinea and militants in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has grossly undermine sustainable development. The emergence of Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) and their activities of blowing oil pipeline has not only grounded the Nigerian economy which has been glaring in the inability of most State Governments in Nigeria to pay workersâ€™ salaries, and gas spillage has been aggravating the already damaged ecosystem hence putting all development projects almost impossible let alone to sustain them.
Perceptions in Nigeria and United States of America relations
Authors: Ubandawaki Umar
Published: November 2017

AbstractNigeria and United States of America are colossal and strategic in global security concern. Over the years, a number of domestic and external factors have, individually or collectively, shaped the pattern of relations between the two countries in military and security affairs. These factors include oil, population, military and security capabilities as well as threat posed by terrorism. This paper posits that analysis of perceptions of decision makers is relevant in explaining the factors and in understanding the pattern of relations between the two countries. The paper uses Stimulus-Response Model of Decisionmaking to examine perception of decision makers of Nigeria and the USA. Using qualitative method of data collection and analysis, the paper establishes that some domestic and external factors such as oil, peacekeeping credentials and threat of terrorism produced either cooperation of disagreement in the relations. The paper concludes that positive perception displayed by the USA against stimuli of oil and peacekeeping credentials of Nigeria promotes understanding in the relations;while negative perception by the USA towards threat of terrorism and population of Nigeria facilitates misunderstanding in the relations. Thus, the paper suggests that the two countries should always emphasize factors that promote understanding in their relations.

Keywords: Decisions, Nigeria, perception, relationn, security, USA.
Teachers’ perspectives on using smart boards and tablet pc in teaching
Authors: Yilmaz Kaya , Naci Seval
Published: November 2017

The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate secondary school teachers’ perspectives on the use of smart boards and tablet pc in teaching school subjects. The study participants are composed of 18 teachers who teach different subjects. A semistructured interview protocol was used to collect research data. The analysis of research data was done via inductive analysis. The study findings indicated that only two participants saw themselves completely competent in using smart boards and tablet pc, whereas more than half of the participants expressed that even though their ability to use these tools was good enough, they still needed to develop themselves. It was found that the ‘ActiveInspire’ and ‘Smartpad’ programs were very useful in facilitating teachers’ effort to reach desired learning outcomes.Teachers mentioned a wide variety of goals for using smart boards and tablet pc in their teaching.
Keywords: Instructional technologies, smart boards, tablet pc
The presentation of main Islamic Sects in the context of freedom of thought and multi-diversity in course books of "education of religion and ethics" lesson in primary and secondary schools in Turkey
Authors: Onal Recep
Published: November 2017

Abstract
Religion education which has an important place in the education systems of countries, has a direct influence on political, religious and socio-cultural developments. Emerged under the roof of Islam, sect and groups which adopt different ideologies have been shaped according to the religious understanding of ruling powers or the political conditions. Almost in every country, religious affairs are under the control of governments and acts in accordance, as in Turkey. Unlike Western countries, modern Turkey is not multi-religious and multi-cultural. Hereby, Islam is in the center of religious education in Turkey. The main objective of this paper is to analyze how main Islamic sects are presented in the course books of "Education of Religion and Ethic" lesson served by The Ministry of Education. The course books of "˜Education of Religion and Ethic" lesson are used as resources and scan-analyze method is followed.
 
Keywords: Education of Religion and Ethics, Islam, Islamic Sects, Sunnism, Shiaism, Alevism.
Students’ views on DNR-based instruction
Authors: Oflaz Gülçin
Published: November 2017

The purpose of this study is to determine student’ views on DNR-based instruction. A teaching experiment involving patterns and relations, analysis of variation, equations was designed and applied to 9 eighth grade students. The data set consists of students’ logs that students evaluate that day and camera records of interviews which every student is asked her/his opinions about the whole teaching experiment. The gathered data were analyzed by content analysis. The NVivo 8 program was used to analyze the data. According to the results of the study, the students’ opinions on DNR based instruction were gathered under some categories which were what was studied in the study, how these subject were taught, and which skill was tried to be developed. Briefly, according to the students, DNR-based teaching experiment can be considered as “composing of additive and related subjects, brainstorming on different solutions, for the students to constantly ask themselves questions to understand why such solved questions are so, desiring to solve questions and learn with the excitement of the perceived relationship”
Keywords: DNR based instruction, the views of students, teaching experiment.
Comparative examination of RSA and SEA algorithms for computer engineering education
Authors: Tepecik Abdülkadir , Doğan Abidin , Sardoğan Melike , Çetin Müfit
Published: November 2017

In this era of rapid technological development, critical prescriptive documents and personality information have begun to be stored in digital media. Increasing the importance of stored information has led to the development of security procedures for them and has led to the emergence of new encryption algorithms. We compare the RSA algorithm with the SEA (Scalable Encrytion Algorithm) algorithm, which is used in recently emerging and mostly embedded systems.
 
Keywords: RSA , SEA , algorithm analysis, performance evaluation, big-o.
Performance analysis of AES, DES, and RSA Algorithms for computer science education
Authors: Tepecik Abdülkadir , Doğan Abidin , Sardoğan Melike , Çetin Müfit
Published: November 2017

Nowadays, due to the position of technology, the need for cyber security has increased considerably. The most personal information of people is easily accessible on the internet. Information such as banking information, personal information, state secrets, military secrets need to be protected. Many encryption algorithms have been developed to protect people's personal information and state secrets. In this article, comparison of RSA, AES, DES, algorithms is done.. These comparisons were made considering the speed of the algorithms. Keywords: DES, RSA , SEA , algorithm analysis, performance evaluation, big o.
Message from Editor
Authors: Keser Prof. Dr. Hafize
Published: November 2017

Message from Editor

Dear Readers,

It is the great honor for us to publish ninth volume, first issue of International Journal of Learning and Teaching (IJLT).

International Journal of Learning and Teaching (IJLT) is an international and multi-disciplinary journal which aims to provide a platform for the publication of the most advanced scientific research in the areas of learning, development, instruction and teaching. The journal welcomes original empirical investigations. The papers may represent a variety of theoretical perspectives and different methodological approaches. The major criteria in the review and the selection process concern the significance of the contribution to the area of learning and teaching.

IJLT covers all aspects of education; trends in education, the emerging and educational settings, instructional design, learning-teaching methods and applications, instructional multimedia, new education environments, theoretical principles, assessment and evaluation and related fields.

Authors from different countries have contributed to this issue. Comparative research from historiography to classrooms, measurement of learning quality, science education, learning motivation, describing Kolb's Theory of Learning Styles with Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, foreign language learners’ listening comprehension ability, adaptation in preschool education and ethics in translator education topics have been included into this issue. The topics of the next issue will be different. You can make sure that we will be trying to serve you with our journal with a rich knowledge in which different kinds of topics are discussed in 2016 Volume.

A total number of eleven (11) manuscripts were submitted for this issue and each paper has been subjected to double-blind peer review process by the reviewers specialized in the related field. At the end of the review process, a total number of seven (8) high quality research papers were selected and accepted for publication.

We present many thanks to all the contributors who helped us to publish this issue.

Best regards,

Prof. Dr. Hafize Keser

Editor-in-Chief
An analytical study of organizational implication in EFL writing experienced by Iranian students with learning difficulties (LD)
Authors: Tavoosy Yoones
Published: November 2017

Abstract
 
This present study concentrates on the organizational implication the Iranian students with learning difficulties (LD) experience when they write an English essay. Particularly, the present study aims at exploring students 'structural problems in EFL essay writing. A mixed method research design was employed including a questionnaire and a semi-structured in depth interview. Technical Data Analysis of findings exposed that students experience a number of difficulties in the structure of EFL essay writing. Discussion and implications of these findings are presented respectively.
Keywords: Learning difficulties, Iranian students, ESL-EFL students, essay writing, language.
From the Editor
Authors: Ozdamli Fezile
Published: November 2017

It is an honour for us to welcome you as Editors of World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues which has accepted publications indexed in qualified databases since 2006. We are ready to publish the new studies of World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues which has 6 full length articles written by authors from, Turkey, Cyprus, Romania, Slovak, Bulgaria and UK.The aim of this issue is to give the researchers an opportunity to share their academic studies. First of all, I would like to thank all who have contributed to this issue. There are different focuses.I would like to express my thanks to all authors preferring World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues to make their articles published, all reviewers working seriously in the process of publishing supporting us in this process.Best regards,Executive EditorAssoc. Prof. Dr. Fezile OzdamliÂ Â
Idm@ti Network: An innovative proposal for improving teaching and learning in Spanish universities
Authors: SalÃ¡n Ballesteros M.Nuria , Cabedo Mas Luis , Segarra Mercedes , Guraya Teresa , Lopez Crespo Pablo , Sales David , Gamez Jose
Published: November 2017

IdM@ti network members concurred in the diagnosis of the difficulties and opportunities arising from Bologna process implementation and teaching methodologies improvement in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) teaching. This network has been created with the aim of improving efficiency of underway and future collaborations.The main objectives are related to MSE resources sharing (course programs, exercises, lab scripts, projects, PBL and case studies, etc.). The network will allow classifying those educational resources already individually implemented by each University, monitoring their statewide and promote the creation of new resources. In order to promote discussion and sharing of experiences, achievements and challenges, a workshop is annually organized, arose from the convenience of joining forces on the axes of innovation and improving the quality of teaching in MSE field.
Disclosure day on relativity: A science activity beyond the classroom
Authors: Aragoneses Andres , Salan M. Nuria , Fernandez Antonio Hernandez
Published: November 2017

An important goal for students in engineering education is the ability to present and defend a project in front of a technical audience. We have designed an activity for helping students to work the independent learning and communication skills, while they are introduced in the dynamics of a conference. In this activity, students prepare and present a poster at a popular physics conference on relativity. This activity is shown to provide them with communication skills, related to generic skills at the core of Universitat PolitÃ¨cnica de Catalunya (UPC) degrees, and which are relevant in most of the duties of an engineer.Â
Implementation Through Innovation: A Literature-Based Analysis of the Tuning Project
Authors: Pálvölgyi Krisztián
Published: November 2017

Tuning Educational Structures in Europe is perhaps the most important higher education innovation platform nowadays. The main objective of the Tuning Project is to develop a tangible approach to implement the action lines of the Bologna Process; thus, implementation and innovation are closely linked in Tuning. However, during its development, Tuning has evolved into a complex, multilevel policy implementation toolset with a worldwide significance. The purpose of this article is to present the complex nature of the Tuning Project, the environment and dynamics of its development, and the mechanisms of its operation from a multilevel implementation perspective, through a literature-review-based analysis.
New Beginnings
Authors: O'Brien May Yoneyama
Published: November 2017

First and foremost, I would like to commend International Journal for Public Legal Education (IJPLE) co-founder Richard Grimes (and the rest of the editorial board), for the vision to create the first academic journal to provide an international platform for public legal education (“PLE”).
Advancing legal education for all – the role of a journal
Authors: Grimes Richard
Published: November 2017

Promoting legal literacy is nothing new. There have been many initiatives, stretching back to the mid 1970s at least, to improve the public’s understanding of their rights (and responsibilities).<a title="" href="file:///X:/Academic%20Library%20Services/Research%20Support%20Team/Scholarly%20Publications/OJS/International%20Journal%20of%20Public%20Legal%20Education/04%20Richard%20Grimes.docx#_ftn1">[1]

<a title="" href="file:///X:/Academic%20Library%20Services/Research%20Support%20Team/Scholarly%20Publications/OJS/International%20Journal%20of%20Public%20Legal%20Education/04%20Richard%20Grimes.docx#_ftnref1">[1] For example the (then) pioneering and (still) highly influential work of the Georgetown Law School, Washington DC, Street Law team under the direction of Richard Roe and of Street Law Inc, which evolved from this earlier initiative. For an account of this and other street Law programmes see: R. Grimes, E. O’Brien, D. McQuoid-Mason and J. Zimmer Street Law and Social Justice Education, in The Global Clinical Movement: Educating Lawyers for Social Justice, F. Bloch (ed.), OUP, 2010.
Why there is a need for Street Law programmes?
Authors: Urban Michal
Published: November 2017

Winston Churchill famously noted that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.<a title="" href="file:///X:/Academic%20Library%20Services/Research%20Support%20Team/Scholarly%20Publications/OJS/International%20Journal%20of%20Public%20Legal%20Education/07%20Michal%20Urban.docx#_ftn1">[1] He was talking about constitutional liberal democracy in Fareed Zakaria’s terms,<a title="" href="file:///X:/Academic%20Library%20Services/Research%20Support%20Team/Scholarly%20Publications/OJS/International%20Journal%20of%20Public%20Legal%20Education/07%20Michal%20Urban.docx#_ftn2">[2] combining classical liberalism with the rule of law, and he had no illusions about its weaknesses. After all, he was a witness to fall of many of those European democracies under the pressures of Nazism, fascism or communism in 1930s and 1940s.  However imperfect system this kind of democracy may be, it is the system that most European countries currently have, for better or worse, and all the alternatives to it we are currently observing across the world, be it in China, Russia, Hungary or Turkey present no tempting substitute. On the contrary, these more or less illiberal democracies evoke pleasantly positive feeling towards our version of democracy, even with all its flaws.

<a title="" href="file:///X:/Academic%20Library%20Services/Research%20Support%20Team/Scholarly%20Publications/OJS/International%20Journal%20of%20Public%20Legal%20Education/07%20Michal%20Urban.docx#_ftnref1">[1] See https://www.winstonchurchill.org/resources/quotes/the-worst-form-of-government.

<a title="" href="file:///X:/Academic%20Library%20Services/Research%20Support%20Team/Scholarly%20Publications/OJS/International%20Journal%20of%20Public%20Legal%20Education/07%20Michal%20Urban.docx#_ftnref2">[2] Zakaria, Fareed. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad. W.W. Norton & Company,  2003.
Os estudantes beneficiários do Programa Bolsa Família no contexto da educação pública do Paraná: uma leitura a partir das mesorregiões do estado
Authors: Gouveia Andréa Barbosa , Schneider Gabriela
Published: November 2017

O Programa Bolsa Família (PBF) tem sido um importante aliado na redução da pobreza e na diminuição da desigualdade social. Além disso, por meio da condicionalidade escolar, tem colaborado com a permanência de crianças e jovens na escola, o que representa um importante passo na garantia do direito à educação. Esse direito, contudo, não se limita ao acesso, e, nesse sentido, a análise de onde estão esses estudantes e quais as escolas que frequentam é essencial. Neste artigo, analisam-se os estudantes beneficiários do PBF a partir do recorte das mesorregiões do Paraná, buscando caracterizar o volume de estudantes beneficiários, as condições gerais da região e as condições especificamente de oferta escolar, considerando tipo de vínculo dos professores, formação dos professores e estrutura material da escola. Os resultados sugerem uma relação entre melhores condições docentes, em termos de formação ou vínculo de trabalho com o menor percentual de beneficiários do programa, o que também pode ser percebido no que se refere à estrutura material, ainda que com algumas diferenças dentro das diversas regiões. O Centro Sul apresenta-se como uma das regiões com o maior número de beneficiários em relação à matrícula e também com as condições mais precárias.
A articulação entre a formação de professores e o ensino-pesquisa socialmente comprometidos
Authors: Bissoto Maria Luisa , Miranda Antonio Carlos , Hilkner Regiane Rossi
Published: November 2017

Analisa-se uma proposta de formação docente baseada na articulação entre ensino e pesquisa socialmente comprometida, referenciada na Pedagogia Crítico-Democrática, com o objetivo de investigar se os intuitos colocados por essa proposta de formação vem sendo alcançados. São discutidas as possibilidades de tal articulação para formar professores aptos a pensar numa perspectiva emancipatória, entendendo a Educação como bem público. Faz-se um estudo documental dos relatórios de pesquisa dos discentes, desenvolvidas no âmbito do Projeto de Ação Educativa (PAE), nos anos de 2011 a 2013, considerando-se as seguintes categorias: pensar criticamente, problematizar o cotidiano educacional e constituir-se enquanto impulsionador de transformação social. Entende-se que a proposta do PAE, embora suas limitações – dentre estas romper com a consciência ingênua- contribui para a formação do professor questionador da realidade, que reconhece a importância da investigação para a práxis docente e a de se constituir como produtor de saberes.
O currículo de Pedagogia e a prática profissional: a concepção de bolsistas do Pibid
Authors: Miranda Nonato Assis de , Aparício Ana Silvia Moço , Garcia Paulo Sérgio
Published: November 2017

Esse texto apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa realizada com o objetivo de investigar as concepções de um grupo de estudantes de Pedagogia - bolsistas do Programa Institucional de Iniciação à Docência (Pibid) - acerca de uma possível relação entre o currículo de Pedagogia da universidade participante do Pibid e a prática profissional dos professores da educação básica parceira no projeto. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevista semiestruturada realizada durante as reuniões semanais conduzidas pelo Coordenador Institucional do projeto. De posse das respostas, o material foi explorado, classificado, organizado e interpretado segundo técnicas provenientes da Análise de Conteúdo, atendendo, em todos os aspectos, os interesses investigativos da pesquisa. Os resultados mostram que as alunas participantes no Pibid entendem que existe uma relação muita próxima entre o currículo que é trabalhado pela universidade (curso de Pedagogia) no que tange aos aspectos didáticos e metodológicos e o currículo observado no cotidiano das escolas públicas participantes do Projeto.
Evaluating Airline Service Quality Using Fuzzy DEMATEL and ANP
Authors: Haghighat Navid
Published: November 2017

A hybrid fuzzy MADM method is proposed in this paper for evaluating airline service quality. Fuzzy set theory is used since it helps in measuring the ambiguity of concepts associated with human being’s subjective judgment. After reviewing service quality evaluation models especially in airline industry, SSQAI model was adopted as a construct for evaluating airline service quality in Iran. Fuzzy DEMATEL was applied to determine the degree of influence and impact of criteria on each other and extract cause and effect relations between them that helped in ranking criteria based on degree of relationship. Then, ANP network map was constructed based on the relation map generated from Fuzzy DEMATEL analysis. Fuzzy ANP approach assisted in prioritizing criteria based on the need for improvement and enabled in a more accurate measurement in decision making process taking the advantage of using linguistic variables. Fuzzy DEMATEL results demonstrates that expertise, Problem-solving, and conduct has the most influence on other factors and in opposite Valence, Waiting Time, Comfort are the factors which get the most impact from other factors and according to Fuzzy ANP analysis Valence, Convenience, Problem-solving, and Safety&Security are the factors with most priorities that need improvement.
Behaviour of Charged Spinning Massless Particles
Authors: Morales Ivan , Neves Bruno , Oporto Zui , Piguet Olivier
Published: November 2017

We review some properties of a relativistic classical massless charged particle with spin interacting with an external electromagnetic field. We give in particular a proper definition of kinetic energy and total energy, the latter being conserved when the external field is stationary. We find that the particle’s velocity may differ from c as a result of the spin - electromagnetic field interaction, without jeopardizing Lorentz invariance.
Evaluation of Analysis by Cross-Validation. Part II: Diagnostic and Optimization of Analysis Error Covariance
Authors: Ménard Richard , Deshaies-Jacques Martin
Published: November 2017

We present a general theory of estimation of analysis error covariances based on cross-validation as well as a geometric interpretation of the method. In particular we use the variance of passive observation–minus-analysis residuals and show that the true analysis error variance can be estimated, without relying on the optimality assumption. This approach is used to obtain near optimal analyses that are then used to evaluate the air quality analysis error using several different methods at active and passive observation sites. We compare the estimates according to the method of Hollingsworth-Lönnberg, Desroziers et al., a new diagnostic we developed, and the perceived analysis error computed from the analysis scheme, to conclude that, as long as the analysis is near optimal, all estimates agree within a certain error margin.
Exploring the Glycans of Euglena Gracilis
Authors: O'Neill Ellis C. , Kuhaudomlarp Sakonwan , Rejzek Martin , Fangel Jonatan U. , Alagesan Kathirvel , Kolarich Daniel , Willats William G. T. , Field Robert A.
Published: November 2017

Euglena gracilis is an alga of great biotechnological interest and extensive metabolic capacity, able to make high levels of bioactive compounds, such as polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and β-glucan. Previous work has shown that Euglena expresses a wide range of carbohydrate-active enzymes, suggesting an unexpectedly high capacity for the synthesis of complex carbohydrates for a single celled organism. Here we present an analysis of some of the carbohydrates synthesised by Euglena gracilis. Analysis of the sugar nucleotide pool showed that there are the substrates necessary for synthesis of complex polysaccharides, including the unusual sugar galactofuranose. Lectin- and antibody-based profiling of whole cells and extracted carbohydrates revealed a complex galactan, xylan and aminosugar based surface. Protein N-glycan profiling, however, indicated that just simple high mannose-type glycans are present and that they are partially modified with putative aminoethylphosphonate moieties. Together, these data indicate that Euglena possesses a complex glycan surface, unrelated to plant cell walls, while its’ protein glycosylation is simple. Taken together, these findings suggest that Euglena gracilis may lend itself to production of pharmaceutical glycoproteins.
HUBUNGAN ANTARA KONDISI RUMAH SUSUN DENGAN KEPUASAN TINGGAL PENGHUNI DI KOTA SURAKARTA
Authors: Yuniarta Anis , Astuti Winny , Yudana Galing
Published: November 2017

Flats built as one of the alternative solutions to problems of land acquisition which is very hard to come by. There are limitations in the management of flats in Surakarta, then the resulting problems related to the condition of flats. The research problem is how to relation between condition of flats with stay occupants satisfaction in Surakarta. The method of this study is to conduct a survey of condition of flats and make the distribution of questionnaires to residents. The analysis was performed with the scoring technique and correlation analysis. Based on the analysis, found that condition of flats which has a positive correlation to the satisfaction of the inhabitants stay the distance to shopping facilities, distance to health facilities, pollution-free, the physical condition of the road and pedestrian, access to clean water, and environmental facilities. Flats for conditions that have a negative correlation to the satisfaction of the inhabitants live the ease of transportation, distance to education, distance to services and banking, distance to government services, access to the waste water, and access to electricity.

 Keywords: Relation, Stay Satisfaction, Condition of Flats, Occupants, Flats
SOLO MUSIC DENGAN PENERAPAN SISTEM AKUSTIK
Authors: Prabowo Daniel Yanuar Aditya Beny , Suparno Suparno , Sumadyo Amin
Published: November 2017

Solo’s music world is not yet well accousticly contained because Solo does not have any buliding that specifically used for musical activities. The purpose of this design is to create a container of music activities with a good accoustic quality. The problem that emerge is how to design a building to contain music activities with a good accoustic quality. The planned building apply an accoustical system which able to accomodate every music genre with amplified sound. The accoustic room uses many sound absorber for amplified music. The result is music performance building design, music school design, recording studio design, and music studio design with a good accoustic quality.

Keywords: Music Performance Building, Music School, Recording Studio, Music Studio, Accoustic System
PERAN PERKEMBANGAN KEGIATAN INDUSTRI DAN PERDAGANGAN JASA TERHADAP PERUBAHAN STRUKTUR RUANG KAWASAN SOLO BARU
Authors: Astuti Intan Dwi , Rahayu Murtanti Jani , Utomo Rizon Pamardhi
Published: November 2017

Solo Baru area is a satellite city that grew due to the phenomenon of urban sprawl in Surakarta. This area growth of more advanced and dominated by economic activity, especially industrial and trade-services activities.  The problem is development on industrial and trade-services activities  occur   in Solo Baru certainly will encourage a change in the spatial area as centers of activities, patterns of land use and road network. Changes in the spatial aspect will have a negative impact on the regularity of the spatial structure and function of  the area to the surrounding area. Therefore, this research was conducted to determine the role of the development of industrial and trade-services activities to the changes in the spatial structure of Solo Baru area . The method of research is deductive-quantitative, while the data analisys technique used is  descriptive analysis of quantitative and spatial descriptive. The results of this study notes that both of industrial and trade-services activities have developed from years 2002-2014 that occurred development of industrial activity by 43% and trade-services activities amounted to 140%.  The role of the development of industrial and trade-services activities include the agglomeration of activities and to encourage a change in the distribution centers that changes occur in the central-subcentral models that undergo a change from a non-centered to form multi-nodal. In addition, the  industrial and trade-services activities also encourage land use changes and then give impact to the shift and functional zoning exist within the area as well as attract more movement leads to a change in the function and capacity of the road network.

 

Keywords: activity development role, industrial, spatial structure, trade-services
PERPUSTAKAAN ANAK DENGAN PENDEKATAN PSIKOLOGI ARSITEKTUR DI SURAKARTA
Authors: Oktara Iyud Ditta , Purnomo M.D.E , Hardiana Ana
Published: November 2017

The existance of children library in Surakarta could become a supporting facility for formal education which can increase children interest in reading, and support Surakarta Goverment efforts on increasing public interest in reading since early cildhood.  The purpose of this planning is to obtain a design of children library as a means to improve Surakarta children’s interest in reading by using architectural psychology as a design approach. The issue that arises is how to apply the principles of architectural psychology in the children library design. In this planning, studies are done to determine principles of psychological architecture for children library in Surakarta which give the best influence, psychologically, towards children as the main users of this building.The result obtained is a design of children library that adapts the characteristics of children by applying the principles of architectural psychology in building’s interior and exterior, creating a children library with interesting, fun, and comfortable atmosphere.

 

Keywords: Children Library, Architectural Psychology
REDESAIN TERMINAL PELABUHAN TANJUNG EMAS DENGAN PENDEKATAN ARSITEKTUR EKOLOGIS DI SEMARANG
Authors: Ariyono Yoyok , Musyawaroh Musyawaroh , Yuliani Sri
Published: November 2017

Port of Tanjung Emas Semarang is important role as a gateway to the sea for the economy and tourism, especially in Central Java. In the decision the directors of PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia III August 5, 2002 mentions the development plan Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang and plan to build a passenger terminal building of ships. Port of Tanjung Emas Semarang also included in the program of Eco-Port so that the development process must consider environmental aspects. Redesign of the passenger ship terminal at the Port of Tanjung Emas Semarang is aimed to increase user comfort and to change the dirty and polluting image of the port terminals. The main problem of this design is how toimprove the conditions terminals to make it better and environmentally sound by applying the principles of Ecological Architecture. The method is based on the concept of Ecology Architecture with the cozy atmosphere is created by the climate-responsive design and environmentally friendly.  The result of redesign is passenger ship terminal at the Port of Tanjung Emas Semarang with appropriate Ecological Architecture concept that can be convenient for the visitors and the building can maintain harmony between architecture and surrounding environment.

 

Keywords: Building Ecofriendly, Ecology Architecture, Passenger Ship Terminal, Redesigning
SOLO MEGA SINEPLEKS SEBAGAI WADAH APRESIASI PERFILMAN YANG EDUKATIF DAN REKREATIF
Authors: Nilamsari Febriar , Hardiyati Hardiyati , Asrori Muhammad
Published: November 2017

Film is one of the entertainment media that can be used as a medium of learning. Currently, film is developing in Indonesia, as well as in Surakarta. Many people, especially young people to appreciate the film. They watch movies and many are keen to make it. The aims of Solo Mega Sinepleks were to facilitate cinema activities that entertain and contains elements of education, including watching movies and filmmaking learning. The problem is how to realize interesting building, can incorporate elements of education and recreation, full filling cineplex and its supporting facility standard, and achieve the look of the building that could represent the function inside. The method is by processing of exterior appearance and layout inside the building to create a cineplex which facilitate educational activities with recreational design. Results obtained in the form of building design that is able to represent the function of the building as an educational film center with an attractive design and convenient for visitors.

 

Keywords: Cineplex, Educative, Film Appreciation, Recreational
SUPERBLOK BISNIS DENGAN PENDEKATAN GREEN METROPOLIS DI JAKARTA UTARA, PENEKANAN PADA AREA BISNIS DAN KOMERSIAL
Authors: Nugraha Galih Ajie , Santosa B. Heru , Sumadyo Amin
Published: November 2017

Business Superblock in North Jakarta motivated by the potential and high economic attractiveness of Jakarta but not matched with good urban planning so that Jakarta is not ready to accept urbanization and has residential and transportation issues. The objective of this scheme is to get the design of superblock area is able to accommodate business and commercial activities, supported by residential facilities and access to public transportation. The method used is a method of planning and architectural design through an approach that is taken from the book of David Owen: Green Metropolis : Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the keys to sustainability. Design issues to be resolved are: the selection and processing footprint suitable for the needs of a superblock, and can support both business and commercial activity as main activity, as well as residential and recreational activities as secondary activities. The results are a design of superblock area is able to accommodate business activities and commercial (work), residential, and recreation with the support of public transportation access with the Green Metropolis approach.

 

Keywords: Business Superblock, Green Metropolis, Business and Commercial, Mix-Used.
SHOWROOM MOBIL DENGAN PENDEKATAN ARSITEKTUR HIGHTECH DI SURAKARTA
Authors: Wijayanto Riyan Pandu , Suparno Suparno , Yuliarso Hari
Published: November 2017

Car Showroom Design of Architectural Approach Hightech in Surakarta triggered by the growth of four-wheeled vehicles is increasing from year to year and the needs of the community will maintenace or care of the car is also increasing. This showroom is made as facilities for various service activities container full four-wheeled vehicles in one building. Hightech architecture is used as a showroom for design approach in line with the image of a car showroom representing a technology, sophisticated, flexible, functional. The method used is a method of designing architecture with Hightech Architecture approach. Architecture Hightech made for functional reasons, but for the future, this architecture could be an attempt to expose and play with building elements both inside and outside elements. By using this approach showroom building is designed with aesthetic appearance and good, as it represents the function of the container activities of the facility four-wheel vehicles in it.

 

Keywords: Architecture, Architecture Hightech, Car Showroom, Car Facilities
GEDUNG SENI DAN BUDAYA BANYUMAS DENGAN PENDEKATAN LOKALITAS DI PURWOKERTO
Authors: Kinanti Kirana Wahyu , Pitana Titis Srimuda , Yuliani Sri
Published: November 2017

Design and planningof Banyumas art and cultural building are based on the need of  art and cultural facility in Banyumas Regency. There have been  many art andcultural facilities in Banyumas, but no one are spesifically design for art and cultural activity. Because of these reason, those cultural faciliies can not be used  efisienly. Art and cultural building, whichis located in Purwokerto City,also needs to have a touch of Banyumas Cultural nuance as part of its integrated design. The goal of Art and Cultural Building designing and planing is get an Art and Cultural Building with Banyumasn Nuance by using Locality Prespective as an Approach. This locality prespective will be used along the design and planing and can be seen at groundplan, siteplan, massing, Landscape, and structure.  The result is a design of art and cultural building with many facilities such as artist and cultural observer secretariat,  auditorium, galery, amphitheatre, pendhapa, office building, and mousque.

Keywords: Art centre, Culture, Defined Cultural of Banyumas, Locality