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Similarities and Differences in Optimization of Water- and Gas- Distribution Pipeline Networks
Authors: Brkić Dejan
Published: August 2018

Accent is on determination of appropriate friction factor of the pipes and on selection of the representative equation for water or natural gas flow which is valuable for existing conditions in the looped network of pipelines. Note that in a municipal gas pipeline, natural gas can be treated as incompressible fluid (liquid) i.e. as water or oil. Even under this circumstance, calculation of water pipelines cannot be literary copied and applied for calculation of gas pipelines. Inappropriate friction factor, equally as e.g. inappropriate usage of water flow equations for calculation of gas networks can lead to inaccurate final results. Few iterative methods for determining the optimal hydraulic solution of water- and gas- looped pipeline networks, such as, Hardy Cross, modified Hardy Cross, node-loop method, node and M.M. Andrijashev method, will be shown. Speed of convergence will be compared and discussed using a simple network with three loops.
Energy Situation in the Republic of Serbia
Authors: Brkić Dejan
Published: August 2018

Paper presents the energy policy of the Republic of Serbia with special attention to the energy situation on the government controlled territory. South Serbian autonomous province of Kosovo and Metohija is under UN jurisdiction since the 1999 according to UNSC Resolution 1244. Renewable energy sources are rarely used in Serbia with exception of energy from hydropower plants, but in this sector priorities in geothermal and energy coming from biomass recently increased. In natural gas sector, Serbia has the deal with Russia for construction of South Stream gas-line through Serbia and for construction of the first underground storage in depleted gas reservoir in Banatski Dvor. In 2008, Serbia also sold 51% of the government founded petroleum industry – NIS which has exclusive monopoly for exploitation of crude oil. Serbian government has complete monopoly in electric power sector. Electric power infrastructure became technologically obsolete, and operative efficiency is at very low level. Serbia has not yet decided whether Serbian Electric Power Industry – EPS will be privatized. District heating sector mostly natural gas fuelled is highly inefficient and it is in jurisdiction of local municipalities but also has social component dictated by central government.
Incorporation of Conductive Materials into Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications
Authors: Min Ji Hong , Koh Won-Gun
Published: August 2018

In the field of tissue engineering, conductive hydrogels have been the most effective biomaterials to mimic the biological and electrical properties of tissues in the human body. The main advantages of conductive hydrogel include not only its physical properties, but also its adequate electrical properties, thus providing electrical signals to cells efficiently. However, when introducing a conductive material into a non-conductive hydrogel, a conflicting relationship between the electrical and mechanical properties may develop. This review examines the strengths and weaknesses of the generation of conductive hydrogels using various conductive materials and introduces the use of these conductive hydrogels in tissue engineering applications.
Analysis and evaluation of the operational status of municipal wastewater treatment plants in the Dodecanese prefecture in Greece
Authors: Laspidou Chrysi S. , Gialis Stylianos E. , Loukas Athanasios , Kungolos Athanasios
Published: August 2018

Data from municipal and private wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in the Dodecanese prefecture in Greece was collected via a questionnaire and personal interviews, and was analyzed with respect to the operational status of the plants. The data was compared with the latest reports by the Greek Ministry of the Environment, which is what is officially reported at a national level and to the European Union (EU), and what judges Greece's compliance with EU Directives. Our assessment is that the picture presented by the Ministry is limited and optimistic when compared to reality, with many plants going unreported. This confirms what other researchers have reported previously, and presents an update on operational status, specifically for the highly touristic and ecologically sensitive island area of the Dodecanese. A short survey of the private WWTPs belonging to hotel establishments reveals that, although they are expected to treat a large percentage of the wastewaters produced in the islands during summer months, most of them operate poorly, while no regular checks are performed by public health officials.
The Grand Renaissance Dam and prospects for cooperation on the Eastern Nile
Authors: Whittington Dale , Waterbury John , Jeuland Marc
Published: August 2018

The escalation of tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt over the construction of the Grand Renaissance is at least partly based on a misunderstanding of the nature of the risks this dam poses to Egypt. There is a two-part, win–win deal that can defuse tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia. First, Ethiopia needs to agree with Egypt and Sudan on rules for filling the Grand Renaissance Dam (GRD) reservoir and on operating rules during periods of drought. Second, Egypt needs to acknowledge that Ethiopia has a right to develop its water resources infrastructure for the benefit of its people based on the principle of equitable use, and agree not to block the power trade agreements that Ethiopia needs with Sudan to make the GRD financially viable. Sudan has a big stake in Egyptian–Ethiopian reconciliation over the use of the Nile. Although Sudan's agricultural and hydropower interests now align with those of Ethiopia, there does not seem to be a formal agreement between Ethiopia and Sudan for the sale of hydropower from the GRD. Because the economic feasibility of the GRD and other Ethiopian hydropower projects will depend on such agreements, Sudan has leverage with both Ethiopia and Egypt to encourage this win–win deal.
Sorption behavior of Florisil for the removal of antimony ions from aqueous solutions
Authors: Zhang Lei , Lin Qing , Guo Xingjia , Verpoort Francis
Published: August 2018

Florisil was employed for the sorption of antimony ions from aqueous solutions. A detailed study of the process was performed by varying the sorption time, pH, and temperature. The sorption was found to be fast, equilibrium was reached within 15 min. Moreover, a maximum sorption has been achieved from solution when the pH ranges between 1–10. From kinetic experiments it follows that the process correlate with the second-order kinetic model. The overall rate process appears to be influenced by both boundary layer diffusion and intra-particle diffusion. The Langmuir and Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R) type sorption isotherms can be applied to fit and interpret the sorption data. The mean energy of adsorption (9.73 kJ mol−1) was calculated from the Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R) adsorption isotherm at room temperature. Furthermore, the thermodynamic parameters for the sorption were also determined, and the ΔH0 and ΔG0 values indicate a spontaneous endothermic behavior.
A Student of Year 12 in Harrow International School Hong Kong
Authors: Zhou Nanqi
Published: August 2018

George Akerlof introduced the idea that due to asymmetric information between the buyer and the seller in the lemons market, the market for second-hand vehicles will eventually go on the wane. Parallel to this argument, this essay discusses the extent of problem caused by information asymmetry in the financial market, with the most prominent issues being adverse selection, moral hazard and principal agent problem. Yet, with more regulation from the government and the market, some of these problems can be ameliorated, thus reducing the role that asymmetric information plays in the financial market.
Analisis Naratif Perempuan Madura dalam Bahan Ajar Bahasa Madura
Authors: Adinar Maya , Panuju Redi
Published: August 2018

How to preserve culture is to be taught and taught as early as possible to the next generation.The most important period in cultural absorption is adolescence, so it is necessary to involve culture in formal education. Women are important to examine, because women have many rules in her living. As a "mother" who will teach the manners and politeness to her child. Women in folklore are examples from culture to guide life.  The method used in this research is the narrative analysis. This method has three stages:looking for defferences of plot and story, searching for structure in narration and identifying character in Madurese folklore on Madurese Language Lesson Materials. The object of this research is the Madurese Language Lesson Materials and the subject of this research is Madurese women. The results of the analysis of Women in Madurese Language Instruction Materials are described as weak figures despite being present in harsh and difficult life environments, having a high religiosity value and having an adventurous spirit.Keywords: Narative Analysis, Madurese Women, Madurese Language Textbook.
An Algebraic Approach for Reasoning About Information Flow
Authors: Américo Arthur , Alvim Mario S. , McIver Annabelle
Published: August 2018

This paper concerns the analysis of information leaks in security systems. We address the problem of specifying and analyzing large systems in the (standard) channel model used in quantitative information flow (QIF). We propose several operators which match typical interactions between system components. We explore their algebraic properties with respect to the security-preserving refinement relation defined by Alvim et al. and McIver et al. We show how the algebra can be used to simplify large system specifications in order to facilitate the computation of information leakage bounds. We demonstrate our results on the specification and analysis of the Crowds Protocol. Finally, we use the algebra to justify a new algorithm to compute leakage bounds for this protocol.
CONSTRUCTION OF SLURRY JET EROSION TESTER AND THE EFFECT OF PARTICLE SIZE ON SLURRY EROSION
Authors: Yousif Israa , Ataiwi Ali
Published: August 2018

A Jet erosion tester is designed and used to study the relative erosion behavior of high chromium white cast iron (ASTM 532A) at specific concentration of silica sand as an abrasive material, 45° impact angle and two size of abrasive particles. A slurry pot was used which contains two propellers rotated at the speed required for uniform distribution. The test specimens are mounted on test fixture which is fixed and has a provision to move in different angular position to find out the wear for different angles. Two different experiments are conducted preliminarily by using silica sand as abrasive with particle size of 400-600 µm and 600-800 µm. Impact angle of 45° and solid abrasives of 20% wt. concentration are used as fixed parameters for 10 hours. It was found that the erosion resistance decreases with increasing the abrasive particle size.
FFECT OF POZOOLANIC MATERIALS ON COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE
Authors: Shamsa Mohammed , Al-Shathr Basil , Al-Attar Tareq
Published: August 2018

The development that has occurred in industries and technologies after the Industrial Renaissance and beyond has led to consume a large amount of raw materials. The huge consumption of these materials is hard to be compensated. Therefore, it is necessary to find materials that can be recycled and environmentally friendly materials. Hence, the idea of sustainability, which states, the ability to meet our current needs without compromising the ability of future generation to meet theirs. It has become an urgent to produce materials that called environmentally friendly or sustainable materials.In the field of civil engineering, an important role has been played in producing of environmentally friendly concrete by using pozollanic materials. Using environmentally friendly concrete instead of traditional concrete can participate in reducing the effect of global warming. In this research, local materials like metakaolin and pozollanic materials such as, fly ash and grand granulated blast furnace slag GGBFS were used in the production of an environmentally friendly concrete which they are called Geopolymer concrete. The effect of pozzolanic material type and mixing ratios on compressive strength at 7, 28 and 60 days were studied.
NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT FOR DIFFERENT BASE FLUIDS USING AL2O3 ON F.P.S.C UNDER SOLAR SIMULATION
Authors: Shareef Abbas , Dibs Ali
Published: August 2018

In this research paper, the solar irradiance of flat plate solar collector was evaluated using experimental and numerical analysis. In the experiment, an automatic solar simulator was designed and built to simulate the solar irradiance.The simulator was controlled by an Arduino board. The light source and fabrication of the simulator were used for a wide range of testing and the comparison was made between different cases. The test was performed on a flat plate double glazing solar collector with different base fluids; ethylene glycol (EG), glycerine, and water. To enhance the heat transfer, Al2O3 nanoparticles having a diameter of 20 nm were added. In order to investigate the effect of volume fraction on the heat absorption, three-volume fractions, 0.2%, 0.45, and 0.6%, were used in this study. Laminar flow was considered with a flow rate of 1 L/min. Solar irradiance was measured from 11:00 to 13:00 on September 25th, 2016. COMSOL 5.2a was used in a numerical analysis of flat plate solar collector. A good agreement between numerical and experimental for all cases was observed. The maximum temperature difference between inlet and outlet was found when the (water/ Al2O3) was used as a working fluid at a volume fraction of 0.6%.
STUDY THE EFFECT OF STEEL WIRES PRE-TENSION ON THE BENDING AND ADHESION PROPERTIES OF BEAD PLY IN RUBBER TIRES
Authors: Kadhem Ahmed , Enad Mujid , Yasir Ali
Published: August 2018

Tires are considered important components of the vehicle by which the vehicle can move on the road. The continuous development in the transportation requires improving tires to suit the modern requirements of the transportation. This work includes studying the effect of using the pre - tension technique to improve the flexural and adhesion properties of bead ply in rubber tires. Pre-tension levels ranging between (0- 1250 MPa) were applied on each single reinforcing wire at room temperature before the vulcanization process. The results showed that the increasing in maximum bending strength, bending stiffness, and maximum shear strength by (26 %) due to pre-tension. The single fiber pull-out test results show that the debond shear strength was increased by (27 %) pre-tension on steel wires.
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS EFFECT ON PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION FOR AL-NAJAF AL-ASHRAF CITY
Authors: Hassan Fadhel
Published: August 2018

In this research, the main aim is to formulate a mathematical model describe the relationship between annual probable maximum precipitation (PMP) for the city of Najaf and other hydrological variables such as temperature, relative humidity and evaporation rates depending on hydrologic data for the period between 1980 to 2005. All the calculations of the values of annual probable maximum precipitation were made depending on Hershfield's method, which is depended on the general equation of hydrologic frequency analysis and calculating the frequency factor for a group of data. The model was derived by the help of the program (SPSS 21).The study demonstrated a relative correlation between the previous independent variables, as a group, and the dependent variable (PMP) in one hand and the correlation between each independent variable with the value of PMP in the other hand. The coefficient of determination (R2) obtained from the statistical analysis for four equations were derived for each case with very suitable values.
ESTIMATION OF SLOPE LENGTH FACTOR (L) AND SLOPE STEEPNESS FACTOR (S) OF RUSLE EQUATION IN THE EUPHRATES RIVER WATERSHED BY GIS MODELING
Authors: Khassaf Saleh , Al Rammahi Ali
Published: August 2018

Specific effects of topography over any area watershed erosion are estimated through the LS factor as the product of slope length L and slope steepness factor S using RUSLE equation. The LS factor map of Euphrates watershed was derived from the raw Digital Elevation Model (DEM) by using of ArcMap 10.2 software, the DEM images were provided from United State Geological Survey (USGS) website. The DEM were consisting of sixteen images with cell resolution of 30m*30m, the DEM of Euphrates watershed is ranged from -100 m to 466 m, 98.83% of Euphrates basin area of DEM within the range 0 to 457 m. The slope in percentage rise map of Euphrates watershed is required to estimate the LS factor, the most of slope of this study was ranged from zero to five which represent about 93.12% from total area of basin. The LS factor of Euphrates basin is ranged from (0) to (8010.61), 94.25% of Euphrates watershed area have the LS factor of the range from (0) to (1). Furthermore, the LS factor values more than 500 of watershed have a small area, so the factor value can be considered up to 500 and neglect the other large values of LS factor. The LS values more than 3 were identified the lines of Euphrates river, distributary channel, rills, interrill and gully.
DISTRIBUTION OF SULFATE CONTENT AND ORGANIC MATTER IN AN-NAJAF AND AL-KUFA CITIES’ SOIL USING GIS
Authors: Al-Mamoori Sohaib , Al-Maliki Laheab , Hussain Hussain , Al-Ali Mohammed
Published: August 2018

AN-Najaf city is located 61 meters above the sea level in the dry desert of Iraq. It is one of the most important cities in Iraq due to religious tourism and continuously developing urban areas by constructing multi-storey buildings, bridges and shopping malls. This study aims to create a mapping database for sulfate in An-Najaf soil (Najaf centred and Al-Kufa cities’ soil).To evaluate the spatial variability of data, 464 boreholes and in situ tests were selected and analysed using Geographic Information System ArcGIS 10.2.1. The adopted method consisted of four steps: (1) data collection; (2) geotechnical data georeferencing; (3) interpolation methods and (4) establishment of maps. Nine maps were produced for depths 0-35 m for sulfate content in soil. In addition to two maps for sulfate content in groundwater and organic matter content for depths 0-2. Results showed that all the study area and for depths 0-2 meter has very high sulfate content in the soil. Sulfate values varies between 0.36%- 14% where all the results were higher than the permissible limit which is 0.2%. The sulfate content decreases with the depth yet still effective in some areas. Therefore, precautions have to be adopt to avoid risks. One of the precautions is to use sulfate resistance Portland cement (SRPC) for all concrete works that have contact with soil. Groundwater sulfate content in the study area was ranging between 84-239 %. These values were ineffective because they are lower than the permissible limit, which is 1460%. The organic matter content values vary between 0.05-2.34, the greatest part of the study area was lower than the permissible limit 1% and therefore ineffective. The PH values indicate that all the study area was alkaline so it is uninfluential.
SUM-SINES EQUATION FOR ESTIMATING THE PERCENT OF SHADOW LENGTH OF TARGETS IN THE SATELLITE IMAGES
Authors: Shurooq Mahdi Ali Shurooq Mahdi Ali , Al-Helaly Emad
Published: August 2018

With the development of high resolution sensors in remote sensing satellites, the shadow phenomena has appeared clearly in satellite image. The shadow is a separated feature in the satellite image, some time it may be considered as a problem due to the loss of ray information at the shaded region, other may be considered as a criteria to the height of the body which has a shadow. The length of shadow depends on the height of the body, location on the earth surface, and the sun location in sky at the imaging time. The sun location is varying every hour during the day and every day during year. These varying is calculated by complex astronomic equations. In this article, we simplified these calculations to just on equation depend on one parameter, and examine this equation by field measurements. The suggested equation is sum-sine equation with an enough accuracy to be used in civil, ecological, gardens designing near the high buildings, or architectural purposes. The equation can be used to estimate the building height from the shadow length in the satellite image, as will as it may used to estimate shadow length from the known body height on the earth.
NUMERICALSTUDY OF MIXED CONVECTION FLOWIN ALID
Authors: Al-Mayahi Huda
Published: August 2018

A numerical investigation of steady laminar mixed convection flow of a Copper-water nanofluid in a lid –driven cavity has been executed. In the present study, the left vertical and inclined walls are heated at constant temperature while the right vertical and inclined right walls are maintained at constant cold temperature. The bottom wall is adiabatic and moving with uniform velocity. The study has been carried out for Rayleigh number Ra= 104– 106, Reynolds number Re=20-100 and solid volume fraction of Cu nanoparticles Ø= 0-0.05. The effective viscosity and thermal conductivity of the nanofluid have been calculated by Brinkman and Maxwell-Garnett models, respectively. The results indicated that, the Nusselt number increases with increasing Ra, Re and Ø.
FPGA BASED P/PI/PD/PID-LIKE INTERVAL TYPE -2 FLC DESIGN FOR CONTROL SYSTEMS
Authors: Hassan Mohammed , Abulhail Saif
Published: August 2018

Type-2iFuzzyilogicicontrol contains footprint of uncertainty (FOUi) that is able to handle the numerical uncertainties, nonlinearities, and linguistic associated with the inputs and outputs. This paper presents the structure of P/PI/PD/PID-like Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Controller (IT2-FLC) that is designed and simulated using MATLAB SIMULINK. This controller is designed by combining the advantages of fuzzy inference and different structures of controller. The type of the controller is selected using two bits control inputs. The inputs to the controller are: input-output gains, set-point, and the actual output. Karnick-Mendel (KM) algorithm is used to implement the IT2-FLC. IT2FLC has two triangular shaped membership functions. The range of the universe of discourse (-1.5 to 1.5) is selected for each input and output. The defuzzification technique is selected as Centroid method. The sampling time is (0.01), and the choice of rules is by using trial and error. The programs are written in MATLAB SIMULINK and converted into VHDL and Verilog languages. The program generated must achieve small FPGA size and as a result less execution time must achieve vs. acceptable accuracy. Linear and nonlinear models were used to test the Controller. Trial and error method was used to tune the gain factors to obtain the best response with minimum overshoot, minimum settling time, minimum Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), and minimum structure design.
FLEXURAL CAPACITY FOR RC BEAMS WITH EXPOSED REINFORCEMENT
Authors: Amin Rizgar
Published: August 2018

The currently available approaches on the effects of the exposed reinforcement on the flexural strength capacity of beams by other researchers are critically reviewed. These methods for estimating the flexural- compression strengths of beams with main steel exposed along all or part of the span do not give good predictions for the ordinary reinforced member. In this paper, the simple shear-compression theory introduced in earlier study is modified to the treatment of unbonded beams and a very simplistic empirical equation is proposed. The accuracy of the proposed equation is examined by comparing with results of 44 beams from literature. The comparison showed that the predictions by the proposed equation are between 0.85-1.25 to those of test results. The ratio of the experimental ultimate moments to the calculated ultimate moments by the proposed equation gives an average of 1.06 and C.O.V=0.21. The method of calculation proposed here is relatively successful in predicting the ultimate moment resistances but not in predictions of the physical behavior of the beams with exposed reinforcements.
A COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF AIR FLOW AND CONTAMINANTS CONCENTRATION IN A LABORATORY WITH MIXING VENTILATION SYSTEM
Authors: Mahdi Ala'a , Khadim Mohammed , Mohammed Hassn Ammar
Published: August 2018

In this research an experimental and computational analysis under Iraqi climate of temperature distribution, velocity and contaminants concentration in the air-conditioned laboratory have been studied for two case studies. Case-I chosen internal combustion engine laboratory of dimensions (10.3 x 8.7 x 3.75) m with a different number of engines used in the experiments and Case-II chosen laboratory of chemical and petroleum products dimensions (3.7x3.6x3.3)m with different locations of the supply air terminal diffuser compared to the existing design situation. ANSYS FLUENT 14 used to simulate the model's laboratories for compared between the present practical work and numerical work results which are acquired by using RNG K-ε and SST k-ω models and found that the SST k-ω model more accurate. The SST (k-w) turbulence model were employed to solve the governing equations numerically with Reynold number 28,933 and validated by comparing the numerical results with experimental data, and this comparison gives a good agreement. The numerical results for case-I compared with experimental data, while for case-II, the numerical results compared with the standard value due to Iraqi cooling code and ASHRAE standards. The results showed that the mixing ventilation system is able to remove various types of pollutants effectively up to 90% in addition to providing human thermal comfort conditions with the effectively of heat removal up to 85% for the state of the internal combustion laboratory. The second case at laboratory of chemical and petroleum products when the supply air terminal diffuser in the same side, the results showed an increase in comfort conditions by up to 40%.Lastly, from the research, it was found that the pollutant transportation and distribution depend in general upon several factors such as type and location of contaminant source, building geometry, the arrangement of air terminal diffuser opening, and thermal/fluid boundary conditions for example flow rate. Numerical simulation of the velocity and diffusion fields in a conventional flow in laboratories is very useful in comprehending flow and diffusion patterns within different changes of the flow conditions.
Como Privatizar os Correios à luz dos pensadores liberais
Authors: Gasparotto Daniel Bastos
Published: August 2018

O artigo tem como objetivo tratar dos conceitos de privatização e desestatização, abordando aspectos históricos e comparativos internacionais a respeito, por meio de pesquisa de outros modelos e privatizações, bem como a situação econômica atual dos Correios, conforme dados levantados pela Controladoria Geral da União (CGU). A privatização é analisada à luz dos pensadores liberais, sendo proposta, ao final, solução prática para a efetivação de eventual privatização da empresa pública.
ELASTISITAS HARGA TELUR TERHADAP MINAT PETERNAK AYAM PETELUR DALAM MENGEMBANGKAN USAHA PETERNAKANNYA (Studi Kasus Di Desa Sukolilo Kecamatan Wajak Kabupaten Malang)
Authors: Lidiyawati Anna
Published: August 2018

This research was conducted to layer farmers in Sukolilo village, Wajak in Malang distric .The data collection was conducted during Desember 2017 – January 2018 that focus on elasticity of egg price to farmer interest of develop their farming. Research method used is a method of survey sample with determination of the sampling method purposively namely layer chicken farmers who had 300-3000 chickens. The number of the overall sample can be reserach used is egg price, number of the population, feed price, pullet  price, afkhir of layer price. Data analysis conducted includes data qualitative and analysis to calculate the elasticity of egg price by used Cobb-Douglas regression analysis. Data prosesscing from the result of this research condusted using the the SPSS version 16,0. The result show that  afkhir of layer price have significant to affect elastic of egg  price. The research concluded that 1) afkhir of layer price is a factor have significant affect to farmer interest of develop their farming and elastic to egg price 2) number of population, feed price and pullet price are the factors that are not elastic to egg price.Keywods : elasticity of egg price, number of population, feed price, pullet price, afkhir of layer price
”REGULAR” SPANNING TREE
Authors: Nguyen Thinh D.
Published: August 2018

Given an undirected connected graph $G(V, E)$, constructing a spanning tree is a well studied problem with polynomial time algorithms. If we restrict the spanning tree to be "regular" as defined below, it turns out that this becomes a very hard problem.
INTERNET CONVENIENCES, CHALLENGES, AND RESEARCH ETHICS FROM NOVICE RESEARCHER PERSPECTIVE
Authors: NIRWAN SAEPUDIN
Published: August 2018

Currently, the internet provides convenience, where the internet provides various resources needed by a researcher, from collecting references in the form of journals, data, and tools for managing research. The benefits offered by the internet through the provision of various references, data, and search tools and managers, for example, the most popular among new researchers is google search engine database with the alert mechanism (Creswell, 2005). Behind the ease in the study received a variety of sources, a novice researcher to confront the ethics of cited and explore ideas from various sources.
PENGARUH PROFESIONALISME SUMBER DAYA APARATUR TERHADAP PENINGKATAN PELAYANAN PUBLIK (Suatu Tinjauan Analisis Pelayanan di Kantor Sekretariat Daerah Kota Tidore Kepulauan)
Authors: Kamma Abdul Wahid
Published: August 2018

The increasing of science and technology, affect to the way of poeple observe the product quality and public services. People demand for the estabilishing clean and responsibility government is high. Public apparatus as back bone of public service administration is espected to be professional. Many factor afferct to the profesionalism of apparatus resources such as ability, competence, responsibility, loyality, and accountability of apparatus resources. In order to estabilish professionalism resources apparatus, government has perform some effort, such as increasing quality apparatus resources throught education and training and also create some public service standar rules. This thesis present korelation analysis between professionalism aparatus resources and the increasing of public services in Kota Tidore Kepulauan. We use proportionate stratified random sampling and insidental sampling in collecting data. The number of datas are 75. Professionalism apparatus resources analysis based on four service indicators, they are standard service, fair, on time, fast and easy. Corelation product momen and t-test analysis are perform after collecting questioner datas in order to understand the corelation between professionalism of apparatur resources and the increasing of public services. From data analysis using correlation product momen, wefind that coefficient correaltion r from calculation (r-calculation) is 0,758 and coefficient correlation r from table (r-table) is 0,296, where r-calculation bigger than r-table (0,758>0,296). t-test is performed after r correlation test. Wefind that t-calculation and t-table are 9,929 and 2,66 respectively, where t-calculation bigger than t-table (9,929>2,66). All those test are performed using α=1% or 99% significant level. From all those test, it can be inverred that there is positive and significant relation between professionalism apparatus resources and the increasing public service in Kota Tidore Kepulauan.
Tutorial Submit Proposal Hibah DIKTIS 2019
Authors: Wajdi Muh. Barid Nizarudin
Published: August 2018

Kemenag telah mengeluarkan edaran baru tentang bantuan hibah DIKTI 2019. ada beberapa hal yang berbeda dibandingkan tahun sebelumnya. oleh karena itu, berikut kami buayt tutorial submit proposal hibah DIKTIS 2019. selamat mencoba
PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM TERHADAP KORBAN PENGANIAYAAN DALAM PENANGANAN TINDAK PIDANA DI INDONESIA
Authors: Hamid Hasmiah
Published: August 2018

Perlindungan hukum terhadap hak-hak korban penganiayaan yang dirasakan saat ini masih minim padahal masalah keadilan tidak hanya berlaku terhadap pelaku penganiayaan sajaakan tetapi juga korban penganiayaan. Hal ini terjadi karena eksistensi dan posisi hukum korbantindak pidana dalam sistem peradilan pidana hanya sebagai saksi (pelapor dan korban), dimanakorban tidak termasuk dalam bagian dari unsur yang terlibat dalam sistem peradilan pidanasebagaimana terdakwa, polisi dan jaksa. Melalui penelitian ini, diharapkan agar perlindungan hak-hak korban penganiayaan kedepannya dapat segera diambil langkah-langkah antara lain dalamhukum acara pidana nasional memuat ketentuan yang jelas, tegas, dan berimbang mengenaiperlindungan terhadap hak-hak korban penganiayaan dan demi tercapainya tujuan penegakanhukum maka kiranya perlu dilakukan upaya pembaharuan hukum pidana atau upaya melakukanpeninjauan dan pembentukan kembali (reorientasi dan reformasi) ketentuan hukum acara pidanamengenai perlindungan terhadap korban penganiayaan.
IMPLEMENTASI PERLINDUNGAN HUKUM TERHADAP KORBAN PENGANIAYAAN DALAM PENANGANAN TINDAK PIDANA DI KOTA TIDORE KEPULAUAN
Authors: Hamid Hasmiah
Published: August 2018

Perlindungan hukum terhadap hak-hak korban penganiayaan yang dirasakan saat ini masih minim padahal masalah keadilan tidak hanya berlaku terhadap pelaku penganiayaan sajaakan tetapi juga korban penganiayaan. Hal ini terjadi karena eksistensi dan posisi hukum korbantindak pidana dalam sistem peradilan pidana hanya sebagai saksi (pelapor dan korban), dimanakorban tidak termasuk dalam bagian dari unsur yang terlibat dalam sistem peradilan pidanasebagaimana terdakwa, polisi dan jaksa. Melalui penelitian ini, diharapkan agar perlindungan hakhakkorban penganiayaan kedepannya dapat segera diambil langkah-langkah antara lain dalamhukum acara pidana nasional memuat ketentuan yang jelas, tegas, dan berimbang mengenaiperlindungan terhadap hak-hak korban penganiayaan dan demi tercapainya tujuan penegakanhukum maka kiranya perlu dilakukan upaya pembaharuan hukum pidana atau upaya melakukanpeninjauan dan pembentukan kembali (reorientasi dan reformasi) ketentuan hukum acara pidanamengenai perlindungan terhadap korban penganiayaan.
PENGARUH KONSELING KELOMPOK DENGAN PENDEKATAN BEHAVIORAL TEKNIK POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TERHADAP PENURUNAN PELANGGARAN TATA TERTIB SISWA KELAS VIII SMP AL-IRSYAD BANYUWANGI
Authors: Sukriyah Leza , Noviandari Harwanti , (Prosiding Seminar Nasional FKIP Univeristas PGRI Banyuwangi
Published: August 2018

School rules are the rules that govern the daily life of the school and are subject to sanctions for violations, but there are still many students who violate school rules, to overcome the problem, appropriate strategies are needed, one of them is through counseling method. The main purpose of this research is to test whether group counseling with behavioral approach of positive reinforcement technique has an effect to decrease the level of violation of class VIII student at SMP Al-Irsyad Banyuwangi. The method used in this research is experimental design using control group design Pretest and Posttest design. The sample of research is 20 students who often violate school rules. The sample is determined by purposive sampling technique. In this study data analysis using statistical data analysis (quantitative).
EFEKTIVITAS KONSELING COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR TEKNIK SELF INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING UNTUK MEREDUKSI PERILAKU MEROKOK
Authors: Laila Zulfatul , Noviandari Harwanti , (Prosiding Seminar Nasional FKIP Univeristas PGRI Banyuwangi
Published: August 2018

Smoking is a problem in society that can cause much harm both in terms of socioeconomic and health and even death. To overcome the problem, one of them through counseling method. The main purpose of this study is to examine how the effectiveness of counseling Cognitive Behavior Self Insctructional Training techniques in reducing smoking behavior of grade XI students at SMK Gajah Mada Banyuwangi. The method used in this research is experimental design using control group design Pretest and Posttest design. The sample of study were 15 students who had smoking habit. The sample is determined by purposive sampling technique. In this study data analysis using statistical data analysis (quantitative).
PENGARUH KONSELING KELOMPOK DENGAN PENDEKATAN BEHAVIORAL TEKNIK KONTROL DIRI UNTUK MENGURANGI KECANDUAN GAME ONLINE PADA SISWA KELAS X TKR SMK MUHAMMADIYAH 6 ROGOJAMPI
Authors: Khotimah Khusnul , (Prosiding Seminar Nasional FKIP Univeristas PGRI Banyuwangi
Published: August 2018

Online game addiction is one form of addiction that is non-physical, indicated by the behavior of unhealthy or compulsive behavior that is done continuously in playing games online to get its own satisfaction so it will be difficult to stop or restrict even though the behavior causes some social problems or emotional. Therefore it is important for students to improve their low self-control. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of group counseling with behavioral approach of self control techinique to reduce online game addiction on students SMK Muhammadiyah 6 Rogojampi class X TKR. The number of samples used is 20 students who are addicted to online games. This research menthod uses non equivalent design pretest-posttest control group design.
PENGARUH KONSELING COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR TEKNIK COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING UNTUK MEREDUKSI KECEMASAN SOSIAL SISWA
Authors: Pujiati Iis , Noviandari Harwanti , (Prosiding Seminar Nasional FKIP Univeristas PGRI Banyuwangi
Published: August 2018

Anxiety is a subjective experience of mental tension and anxiety as a general reaction and an inability to deal with a problem or a sense of security. These anxieties are often ignored and most are considered to have no serious problems, whereas if the anxiety problem is left prolonged and students are unable to cope, it can result in difficulty in interpersonal communication, the difficulty of expressing declining opinions and learning achievement. This study aims to determine the effect of cognitive behavior counseling with cognitive restructuring techniques to reduce social anxiety of class X students of SMA Negeri Darussholah Singojuruh. The method used in this research is experimental design using control group pratest and posttest design. The sample of the study were 15 students who had social anxiety behavior. The sampling technique used purposive sample. In this study data analysis using quantitative statistical data analysis.
Tibetan Buddhist monastic debate: psychological and neuroscientific analysis of a reasoning-based analytical meditation practice
Authors: van Vugt Marieke K. , Moye Amir Josef , Pollock Joshua , Johnson Bryce , Bonn-Miller Marcel , Gyatso Kalden , Thakchoe Jampa , Aadhentsang Thokney , Norbu Ngawang , Lodroe Thabkhe , Gyaltsen Jampa , Khechok Jampa , Gyaltsen Thupten , Fresco David Marc
Published: August 2018

Analytical meditation and monastic debate are contemplative practices engaged in by Tibetan Buddhist monastics that have up to now been largely unexplored in Western contemplative science. The highly physical form of contemplative debating plays an important role in the monastic curriculum. Based on discussions and recorded interviews Tibetan monastic teachers and senior students at Sera Jey Monastic University and preliminary experiments, we outline an initial theory that elucidates the psychological mechanisms underlying this practice. We then make predictions about the potential effects of this form of debating on cognition and emotion. On the basis of initial observations, we propose that successful debating requires skills that include reasoning and critical thinking, attentional focus, working memory, emotion regulation, confidence in your own reasoning skills, and social connectedness. It is therefore likely that the many cumulative hours of debate practice over 20+ years of monastic training helps to cultivate these very skills. Scientific research is needed to examine these hypotheses and determine the role that monastic debate may play in terms of both psychological wellbeing and educational achievement.
The Rent’s too High: Self-Archive for Fair Online Publication Costs
Authors: Thibault Robert T. , MacPherson Amanda , Harnad Stevan , Raz Amir
Published: August 2018

The main contributors of scientific knowledge—researchers—generally aim to disseminate their findings far and wide. And yet, publishing companies have largely kept these findings behind a paywall. With digital publication technology markedly reducing cost, this enduring wall seems disproportionate and unjustified; moreover, it has sparked a topical exchange concerning how to modernize academic publishing. This discussion, however, seems to focus on how to compensate major publishers for providing open access through a pay-to-publish model, in turn transferring financial burdens from libraries to authors and their funders. Large publishing companies, including Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, PLoS, and Frontiers, continue to earn exorbitant revenues each year—hundreds of millions of dollars of which now come from processing charges for open-access articles. A less expensive and equally accessible alternative exists—widespread self-archiving of peer-reviewed articles. All we need is awareness of this alternative and the will to employ it.
Integrating a Dimensional, Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology into Clinical Practice_
Authors: Ruggero Camilo
Published: August 2018

Diagnosis is a cornerstone of clinical practice for mental health care providers, yet traditional diagnostic systems have well-known shortcomings, including inadequate reliability in daily practice, high co-morbidity, and marked within-diagnosis heterogeneity. The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is a data-driven, hierarchically based alternative to traditional classifications that conceptualizes psychopathology as a set of dimensions organized into increasingly broad, transdiagnostic spectra. Prior work has shown that using a dimension-based approach improves reliability and validity, but translating a model like HiTOP into a workable system that is useful for health care providers remains a major challenge. To this end, the present work outlines the HiTOP model and describes the core principles to guide its integration into clinical practice. We review potential advantages and limitations for clinical utility, including case conceptualization and treatment planning. We illustrate what a HiTOP approach might look like in practice relative to traditional nosology. Finally, we discuss common barriers to using HiTOP in real-world healthcare settings and how they can be addressed.
There Will Be Numbers
Authors: Piper Andrew
Published: August 2018

Beginnings are always hard to trace. They tend to belong more to the realm of myth, as Tristram Shandy well knew. At what point did it become necessary, in the sense of unavoidable, to use computation to study culture? Was it a certain polemic, new kinds of data (Google Books, Project Gutenberg), the rise of analytical techniques (natural language processing, machine learning), technologies such as the internet or social media, or simply that powerful social actor called "critical mass"? It is hard to say with much certainty, although I suspect people will be battling over this for years to come. For many, of course, there is nothing necessary about this approach at all. It seems profoundly unnecessary. It consumes resources, it is politically and technologically expedient, i.e. it fails to resist.
Study the structural and optical properties of pure and Aluminum doped CdS thin films prepared by chemical bath deposition method
Authors: Ali Noor Hussein , D. Mohammad Salam , Abbas Abdzaid Dakhil
Published: August 2018

This research deals with the preparation of pure and   Aluminum doped CdS thin films by chemical bath deposition method, with a thickness of (450±20) nm and preparation temperature of (75ᵒC). The results of XRD showed that the films had a polycrystalline hexagonal structure. The preferred orientation was along (002) plane. The average c rystallite size increasing with increasing of dopant concentration. The results of (AFM) showed that the roughness and (RMS) value were increased with doping. Results of (SEM) showed that the films were uniformly distributed and homogenous. The optical properties were studied by recording the absorption and transmittance spectra of the wavelength range (300-1100) nm, it was found that absorbance increased and transmittance decreased with increasing doping. It was also found that the absorption coefficient increased with increasing of dopant concentration  , optical energy gap found of pure and   Aluminum doped CdS thin films with different percentages of (0 , 2.5, 5 , 7.5)%were(2.89 , 2.85 , 2.79 , 2.81 )eV respectively.
KONDISI DAERAH PENANGKAPAN IKAN CAKALANG (KATSUWONUS PELAMIS) DI PERAIRAN LAUT FLORES
Authors: Asruddin Asruddin
Published: August 2018

The purpose of this research is to know the distribution fishing ground of skipjack tuna by the fishermen againts the distribution of temperature and CHL-a in the sea of Flores. the distribution fishing ground of skipjack to SPL and CHL-a distribution was analyzed by GIS using ArcGIS 10.2. The research resulted that the distribution fishing ground of skipjack tuna in the sea of Flores especially in Bulukumba Regency is in the less potential area because it is not on the thermal front (the fishing grounds that estimated have thermal fronts are at a temperature gradient of 0,50C ).

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui distribusi tempat penangkapan ikan cakalang oleh nelayan terhadap distribusi suhu dan CHL-a di laut Flores. distribusi pancing dari cakalang ke distribusi SPL dan CHL-a dianalisis oleh SIG menggunakan ArcGIS 10.2. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa distribusi tempat penangkapan ikan cakalang di laut Flores khususnya di Kabupaten Bulukumba berada pada daerah yang kurang potensial karena tidak berada di bagian depan termal (daerah penangkapan ikan yang diperkirakan memiliki front termal berada pada gradien suhu 0 , 50C).