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Efektivitas Serum Lidah Buaya (Aloe vera) terhadap Peningkatan Laju Pertumbuhan Rambut dan Sun Protection
Authors: Sasmiyandri Bella , Samsul Erwin , Indriyanti Niken
Published: February 2020

Aloe vera has the potential to increase hair growth rate and sun protection so it is suitable to be formulated in serum. The purpose of this study was to produce a serum formula that meets the standards and produce a serum that has an effect in increasing hair growth rate and sun protection.This study was conducted to make aloe vera serum formula in third variation of the active substance and do a physical evaluation. Data from the physical evaluation test results and  for hair growth and sun protection using analyzed statistic. The test results aloe vera serum organopetic clear white with a thick consistency and oleum rosae fragrance. Aloe vera serum have a homogenity dispersion with a viscosity of between 0.023 to 0.058 (Pa.s), the pH value between 5.7 to 6.1 and the spreadability between 6-7 cm. Aloe vera serum is stable for 3 weeks storage at room temperature. Aloe vera serum seen qualitative and quantitative  has the effect of hair growth that is equivalent to the positive control (minoxidil) in the treatment for 21 days, and sun protection don’t have effect.
Deteksi Dispensing Error Pada Peresepan Sediaan Kapsul Racikan di Apotek Wilayah Kecamatan Samarinda Ulu
Authors: Putra Muhamad Etsya , Ardana Mirhansyah , Fadraersada Jaka
Published: February 2020

Dispensing error adalah kegagalan dalam proses pengobatan berupa pembagian obat yang mengarah atau berpotensi membahayakan pasien dan menyebabkan kerugian pasien. Angka kejadian kesalahan dalam permintaan obat resep  cukup tinggi, yaitu antara 0,03 hingga 16,9%. Dari beberapa kejadian medication error sebesar 3,66% adalah dispensing error. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk  mengetahui kejadian medication error berupa dispensing error dalam bentuk keseragaman bobot pada sediaan kapsul racikan di 10 Apotek di Kecamatan Samarinda Ulu. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observatif dengan pengambilan data dari resep obat pasien pada beberapa Apotek di Kecamatan Samarinda Ulu periode Juli-September 2017. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa persentase keseragaman bobot pada sediaan kapsul racikan persentase keseragaman bobot yaitu 30% memenuhi syarat dan 70% tidak memenuhi syarat.
Evaluasi Penggunaan Antibiotika Berdasarkan Metode Defined Daily Dose (DDD) pada Pasien Ulkus Diabetikum
Authors: Wahyudi Adiyat Edy , Fadraersada Jaka , Masruhim Muhammad Amir
Published: February 2020

Dampak penggunaan antibiotika yang tidak rasional pada pasien Ulkus kaki diabetik yaitu meningkatnya kejadian resistensi, kejadian efek samping obat, terjadi kegagalan terapi, penyakit yang dialami pasien bertambah parah sehingga menurunkan kualitas pelayanan kesehatan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menghitung nilai DDD untuk mengetahui tingkat rasional penggunaan antibiotika pada pasien ulkus diabetikum yang menerima terapi antibiotika. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan observasional retrospektif dan perolehan data secara deskriptif kuantitatif mengunakan perhitungan DDD. Penilaian secara kuantitatif dilakukan dengan metode ATC/DDD dan DU 90%. Hasil evaluasi penggunaan antibiotik pada jumlah keseluruhan nilai DDD/100 patient-days didapatkan nilai tertinggi yaitu Ceftriaxone sebesar 31,88 DDD/100 hari rawat, diikuti dengan metronidazol sebesar 10,87 DDD/100 hari rawat, meropenem sebesar 7,06 DDD/100 hari rawat, Amikacin 1.63 DDD/100 hari rawat dan Sefoperazone sebesar 1,45DDD/100 hari rawat. Dengan 3 jenis antibiotik yang masuk ke dalam segmen DU 90% penggunaan terbanyak yaitu seftriakson 64,59% , metronidazol 17,76%, meropenem 7,28% dan ciprofloxacin 6,01% . Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa kuantitas antibiotik yang digunakan tidak menunjukkan prinsip penggunaan antibiotik yang rasional.
Pengaruh Suhu dan Lama Penyimpanan terhadap Stabilitas Warna Sari Buah Naga Merah (Hylocereus polyrhizus Brriton and Rose)
Authors: Wati Eka Widiya , Mita Nur , Ardana Mirhansyah
Published: February 2020

Telah dilakukan penelitian tentang pengaruh suhu dan lama penyimpanan terhadap stabilitas sari buah naga.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi metabolit sekunder sari buah naga merah dan mengetahui stabilitas pigmen warna dari sari buah naga terhadap pengaruh suhu dan lama penyimpanan. Identifikasi metabolit sekunder sari buah naga dilakukan dengan menguji alkaloid, flavonoid, antosianin, steroid, tanin dan saponin, pengukuran suhu dan lama penyimpanan dilakukan dengan mengukur absorbansi sari buah naga merah dengan menggunakan spektrofotometer uv-vis pada panjang gelombang antosianin (534 nm) pada variasi suhu dingin (14°C) dan suhu ruang (30°C) pada durasi waktu hari ke-0, 1, 2, 4, 5,6, dan 7 hari. Hasil penelitian diperoleh sari buah naga mengandung alkaloid, flavonoid, antosianin, dan saponin, dan hasil pengukuran menunjukkan stabilitas warna sari buah naga merah lebih baik pada suhu dingin (14°C) dibandingkan dengan suhu ruang (30°C).
Pengaruh Penggunaan Leaflet terhadap Pengetahuan Swamedikasi Mahasiswa Di Universitas Mulawarman
Authors: Pirade Lefinia Putri , Ayu Welinda Dyah , Fadraersada Jaka
Published: February 2020

Mahasiswa merupakan kalangan pelajar yang berpendidikan tinggi serta mempunyai tingkat pengetahuan yang lebih luas jika dibandingkan dengan masyarakat pada umumnya. Dengan semakin tingginya tingkat pengetahuan dapat menimbulkan kecenderungan untuk lebih sering melakukan swamedikasi daripada orang lain. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui pengaruh leaflet terhadap tingkat pengetahuan swamedikasi pada mahasiswa kesehatan dan non kesehatan. Metode pengambilan data dilakukan secara prospektif dengan cara Purposive Sampling. Instrumen dalam penelitian ini berupa kuesioner pengetahuan tentang swamedikasi dan leaflet sebagai media edukasi. Disimpulkan bahwa hasil pretest mahasiswa kesehatan angkatan 2016 adalah 12,27 dan posttest 16,06 (P-value 0,000), untuk angkatan 2017 memiliki hasil pretest 11,73 dan posttest 15,00 (P-value 0,000)  sedangkan mahasiswa non kesehatan angkatan 2016 mempunyai nilai pretest sebesar 15,07 dan posttest 16,50 dan memiliki P-value 0,000 sedangkan untuk angkatan 2017 dengan hasil pretest 14,57 dan posttest 16,53 (P-value 0,000). Masing-masing mahasiswa dari fakultas kesehatan dan non kesehatan mengalami perubahan tingkat pengetahuan yang signifikan setelah diberikan leaflet karena memiliki P-value >0,005.
Studi Pemberian Minuman Rempah Jahe Merah ( Zingiber Officinale VAR Rubrum Rhizoma) dan Kunyit (Curcuma Domestica VAL) terhadap Penurunan Skala Nyeri Dismeore
Authors: Awaliah Nur , Rahmadani Agung , Rahmawati Dewi , Fadraersada Jaka
Published: February 2020

Minuman rempah jahe merah dan kunyit mengandung senyawa aktif gingerol dan kurkumin yang diduga memiliki fungsi sebagai analgetika, antipiretika, dan antiinflamasi dan dapat digunakan sebagai pengurang rasa nyeri pada saat dismenore.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat karakteristik, pengaruh pemberian minuman rempah terhadap 30 mahasiswi dismenore di Fakultas Farmasi Universitas Mulawarman . Penelitian ini menggunakan quasy eksperimental dengan teknik sampling accidental sampling. Prosedur dalam penelitian ini menggunakan pengukuran skala nyeri awal (Pre-Test) dan skala nyeri akhir (Post-Test). Hasil data karakteristik  didapatkan persentase tertinggi pada mahasiswi yang memiliki siklus menstruasi teratur  27 orang (81%) dengan lama nyeri >1 jam  20 orang (66,67%), gejala yang dialami nyeri perut 14 orang (46,6%), menganggu aktivitas perkuliahan 20 orang (66,67%), dan menangani rasa sakit dengan istirahat 8 orang (60%). Hasil analisis menggunakan uji statistik one way anova didapatkan pada pemberian jahe merah nilai p value = 0,00017 < 0,05 , sedangkan  pada kunyit nilai p value = 0,000322. Hal ini menunjukan bahwa terdapat pengaruh minuman rempah jahe merah dan kunyit terhadap penurunan skala nyeri dismenore.
EVALUASI KEBERLANJUTAN AKSESIBILITAS ANGKUTAN UMUM DI KOTA SUKABUMI
Authors: Hermawan I Made Arka , Sitorus Santun R.P , Machfud Machfud , Poerwo I.F Poernomosidhi , Mansyur Umar
Published: February 2020

Konsep pembangunan berkelanjutan adalah sesuatu yang harus dilakukan oleh setiap negara dan ditindaklanjuti oleh sektor-sektor di bawahnya seperti transportasi berkelanjutan, terutama yang menyangkut aksesibilitas angkutan umum. Masalah aksesibilitas angkutan umum sangat penting untuk diselesaikan khususnya di daerah perkotaan seperti jarak tempuh, biaya, dan waktu seseorang yang melakukan mobilitas. Tujuan penelitian adalah menganalisis status keberlanjutan aksesibilitas angkutan umum dengan menggunakan kriteria dan indikator aksesibilitas berkelanjutan. Analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitain ini adalah dengan menggunakan Teknik Multidimensional Scalling (MDS) melalui aplikasi Rapfish. Setiap indikator kriteria keberlanjutan transportasi umum di Kota Sukabumi ditentukan oleh pendekatan ekonomi, sosial, lingkungan, kelembagaan dan hukum. Hasil analisis indeks keberlanjutan menunjukkan bahwa untuk kriteria ekonomi sebesar 47,96; kriteria sosial 23,58; kriteria lingkungan 82,95; dan kriteria kelembagaan dan hukum 43,61; sehingga indeks keberlanjutan rata-rata adalah 49,07 dan dapat dikatakan kurang berkelanjutan. Beberapa program kegiatan untuk meningkatkan aksesibilitas angkutan umum di Kota Sukabumi, seperti dalam kriteria ekonomi lebih diarahkan pada penghematan biaya transportasi, seperti meminimalkan biaya operasi kendaraan; kriteria sosial adalah meningkatkan minat publik untuk beralih ke transportasi umum; kriteria lingkungan adalah efisiensi bahan bakar; dan kriteria kelembagaan dan hukum lebih ke arah upaya merencanakan program transportasi berkelanjutan sesuai dengan indikator kunci masing-masing dimensi.
Freedom of Expression and The Civil Participation of the Youth
Authors: Lutaj Lindita
Published: February 2020

This study treats the importance of the education and the civil formation of the youth. The real possibilities that they have in expressing their free opinion and their active participation in civil actions. Relating to the experience of other countries and our country in this direction the results and possibilities for interventions need to be indicated. The goal of the study is to evaluate what is the level of the free expression of the opinion, what prevents the youth to express their opinion freely, how much support do they receive from other citizens in order to solve their problems, to assess how the university curricula help them in education and equipping them with active citizenship, if they believe that situation of the future will change and the areas and possibilities created for active participation in society. The study included 258 university students (Bachelor and Master Programs) of the Education Faculty in the university “Aleksander Moisiu” Durres. The students filled in a questionnaire with 21 closed questions. The study evaluated the problems that the students encountered, their possibilities to freely express their opinion and the factors that prevented them to do so. The study indicated that the free expression of the opinions and the active participation of the students is not in satisfactory levels. These levels are not enough for the actual requirements, and for this is required an open mind, collaboration, and funds to enhance the active citizenship. We need to accept the reality as it really is with the belief that it belongs to the present, and we should try to change the future in order to increase the youth trust in this direction.
Instructional Design in Online Education: a Systemic Approach
Authors: González Luis Fernando Muñoz , Quiroz Vieyra Gerardo
Published: February 2020

Online education is becoming more and more valid, but as a different modality from the face-to-face teaching-learning process, it has special characteristics that must be considered. Online education is much more than uploading material to a repository and using it in a linear manner. Electronic online education platforms, seen as an integral system, offer a large number of technological resources that must be used according to the educational model that is being applied. To achieve good performance, an online education model must be based on a harmonious architecture of the educational, administrative, legal and infrastructure aspects of ICT, that is, an integral model. The educational models created based on the prevailing pedagogical models - behavioral, constructivist, cognitive and connectivist - must be implemented through an instructional design, aligned with the pedagogical objectives and learning strategies, based on the proper use of the technological resources of The electronic platform. Instructional design models, such as ADDIE, ASSURE, Dick and Carey, and others, applied to online education, should take advantage of the resources of the technology platforms and the characteristics of each. These models, as a guide to instructional design processes, can also be enriched with other methodological processes, such as DevOps, which through continuous deliveries enrich and keep the educational content updated. This article proposes strategies for applying the technological resources of online learning platforms, aligned with the instructional design corresponding to the different pedagogical models.
Understanding Students’ Resistance to Autonomous Learning in an L2 English Language Course at a University in Lebanon
Authors: Khairallah M. , Fleonova O. , Nicolas O. M.
Published: February 2020

This qualitative research investigates students’ resistance to autonomous learning activities in an English language course at a university in Lebanon. Data was gathered across four sections of English 101 based on observations of 68 students, focus group discussions and two teachers’ reflective diaries. Thematic analysis yielded that students showed signs of resistance during collaborative learning, metacognitive activities, and the evaluation process. The students were also unwilling to independently use available language learning resources. The data suggested that the possible causes of resistance lay in the mismatches between students’ expectations and the course design, the learning cultures that the students bring to the classroom, and students’ perceptions of the place English holds both at the university and in their lives. This study reveals that expressions of resistance during classroom interactions resonate with the complex and layered nature of English language learning.
Institutionalizing University-School Relations in Order to Strengthen the Role of Teaching Practices
Authors: Tana Ardian , Tarusha Florinda
Published: February 2020

The formation of future teachers' professional competence necessarily goes through the development of teaching practices, which are defined and valued as activities that create opportunities to gain experience related to the profession. Every initial professional forming views work experience in real-life situations as an integral element of competence development and professional identity. Studies carried out in recent years in Albania by various institutions: MAS, IZHA etc., have highlighted the great role that teaching practices play, by valuing them as one of the most important elements in the initial teacher training, but on the other hand, teaching practice, as an integral part of the initial teacher training program, representing an important period in a teacher's professional development, has faced issues such as: • Lack of a framework for the competences of the new teacher to enable the alignment of the initial teacher training curricula in different IALs;• The lack of a regulatory and supervisory document for the practice and its evaluation;• The mentoring system is present very little throughout this important process;• Lack of links between different stages of teacher professional development: initial training, professional practice / internship, and continuous professional development (IZHA, 2016; Haxhiymeri E., Mita N., 2015).This study aims to highlight the importance of institutionalizing university-school relations to enable the qualitative improvement of teaching practices, as well as to provide recommendations on how to achieve this relationship based on the opinions and suggestions of the specialists of this field. The study was conducted through the Delphi method by contacting scholars, practice supervisors, mentors, directors and specialists of the education department, middle school principals as well as university students. The findings of the study emphasize the necessity of institutionalizing university-school relations by crossing their present-day stage and provide concrete suggestions on how to regulate these relationships.
The Relationship between Coal Consumption and Economic Growth in Indonesia
Authors: Irwandi Irwandi
Published: February 2020

Indonesia is one of the largest coal producer countries in the world. In the previous research, it is stated that coal producer countries are able to affect economic growth. The purpose of the study is to investigate the co-integration and causal relationships between coal consumption and income in Indonesia for the period of 1965-2016 using Granger causality test based on Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) employing population as the control variable in bivariate system. The Augmented Dicky-Fuller (ADF) and Phillips-Perron (PP) tests were used to determine the variable stationarity. From Johansen’s co-integration tests, it is indicated that there is a long-run relationship between the variables. The empirical study shows that there is no causal relationship between coal consumption and economic growth in Indonesia since coal consumption in fact cannot affect economic growth in Indonesia. Export tax becomes government revenues earned from energy sectors including coal.
Investigation of Lecturer' Attitudes towards E-Learning According to Demographic Variables
Authors: Bahiti Rovena , Farizi Arta
Published: February 2020

E-learning is an imminent method that used technology to assist student learning. It is one of the tools that has emerged from information and communication technology and has been integrated in many universities. A lecturer is one of the most important stakeholders for integration of e-learning. The purpose of this research was to investigate the influence of lecturers demographic factors on their attitudes towards integration of e-learning in a Institution on higher education in Macedonia. In this study 49 teachers teaching in two major faculties in University of Tetovo, Macedonia were analyzed. In this paper was used questionnaire to collect data. Several statistical techniques were used for analyses of data using SPSS, including t-tests, one-way ANOVA, and correlation analyses. The result revealed that lecturers' have high attitude towards e-learning and their attitude scores did not differ significantly with their personal variables: gender, faculty and age, but have significantly differences with factors teaching experience and e-learning experience. The reported findings might be of interest to academics, administrators, and decision-makers involved in planning, developing and implementation of future e-learning strategies in Macedonia and similar developing countries.
Study of Driving Behavior in Ilioupolis, Athens According to the Environmental Affordances Theory
Authors: Bakogiannis Efthimios , Kyriakidis Charalampos
Published: February 2020

The urban space is characterized by specific qualities that may contribute to, or mitigate the social life. These qualities were described by James Gibson as “environmental affordances”. But beyond social life, such environmental affordances can affect other human behaviors, such as driving behavior. Such an approach can be particularly useful, since the objective in most European cities is to regain the social character of roads and streets and thus to reduce the speeds on the roads and the number of cars. Through this research, conclusions can be drawn related to road elements that contribute to the development of high traffic speeds to prevent their use during urban planning while encouraging the use of other qualities that will support the maintenance of low speeds of cars. In the light of the above, the specific research focuses on a neighborhood of the southern suburbs of Athens, Ilioupolsi. Through observations and an electronic survey, conclusions are drawn on the behavior of drivers in Ilioupolis. Finally, an attempt is made to generalize the effects of the specific physical characteristics in order to optimize the design of cities where the roads will be social spaces in addition to vehicle traffic channels.
Fuzzy FMEA Application Combined with Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to Manage the Risks of a Software Project
Authors: ERBAY Barbaros , ÖZKAN Coşkun
Published: February 2020

The failure rate of an Information Technologies (IT) software project is pretty high because of their uncertain and risky structure. Managing well this kind of projects becomes important. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) is an extensive method that is used for identifying the importance level of risks in a project by using risk priority numbers (RPN). This method is based on experts’ experience and cognitive skills at gathering data in order to make risk assessment. This situation causes inaccurate conclusions in the final risk ranking. Fuzzy logic is widely integrated into FMEA to handle these inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the literature while making assessment and calling Fuzzy FMEA method that we proposed. In this study, we explored another uncovered weaknesses of the proposed method. FMEA and Fuzzy FMEA do not consider the relationships among the risks of a project. To overcome this disadvantage, we proposed to integrate the idea of cognitive maps into these two methods (FMEA w/FCMs and Fuzzy FMEA w/FCMs). Finally, we got a comprehensive risk assessment methodology by considering the relationships among the risks under ambiguous circumstances.
Hashgraph the Future of Decentralized Technology and the End of Blockchain
Authors: Hoxha Ledina
Published: February 2020

Hashgraph is data structure and consensus algorithm that is fast, with a very high throughput and low consensus latency, secure because of the asynchronous byzantine fault tolerant and fair due to the fairness of access, ordering, and timestamps. These properties enable new decentralized applications such as a stock market, improved collaborative applications, games, and auctions. Hashgraph is a new consensus protocol that has garnered attention lately by being projected as a technology that will make blockchains obsolete. Hashgraph currently scales only in the number of transactions processed but does not scale with the number of nodes in the network. Hashgraph will face the same issues that other public blockchains are facing today and may not be able to maintain its security and performance. In fact, scalability is still an open problem for public blockchains.
Role of Communication and Technology in Crisis Management
Authors: Guembour Abderraouf , Nadira Raki
Published: February 2020

This study aims to indicate the role of the communication process and new technologies in the crisis management, by showing deferent concepts related to the crisis management, its phases, how can we manage crisis using communication, and how can we use technology to manage crisis. The main idea of this study is that stakeholders (internal or external) are very important to overcome on a crisis, and every organization must identify the full range of its stakeholders, so it can receive their help when it is necessary.
Experimental and Numerical Investigation for Mechanical Ventilated Greenhouse (Comparison between Different Turbulence Models)
Authors: Newir Ahmed E. , Ibrahim Mohamed
Published: February 2020

Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in agriculture field especially in designing greenhouses is becoming ever more important to reduce the energy consumption, wherefore a comparison between the experimental and numerical results increasing the credibility of theoretical studies and therefore depending on it. Forced ventilation greenhouse has been used in even span greenhouse to study the experimental measurements of temperature distribution in summer rush hours, the experiment has been performed in October 6 University, Giza, Egypt. More than one turbulence models (Standard K-ε, RNG K- ε, Reynolds Stress Model (RSM), Transition Shear-Stress Transport (SST), Standard K-ω and K-KL-ω) are used for the (CFD) numerical study implemented for comparison between the experimental and numerical measurements. After this study can get that SST turbulence model is the most efficient numerical solution for this case, a good qualitative and quantitative agreement found between the numerical results and the experimental measurements.
Composite Materials Behavior Analyze for Desk, Hull and Board Yacht's Panel
Authors: Koci Mirela
Published: February 2020

Materials science and composite technology are advancing rapidly, and new composites such as epoxy mixtures including the application of carbon nano tubes are becoming more popular with ever growing concern for high performance marine structures. Indeed, lightness, ease of production, durability and strength enable composites to play a vital role in marine applications. As the Marine sector continues to look at improving efficiency and reducing overall costs, Composite materials will play a huge part in the future of Marine construction. The paper is focused to the static linear simulation of elastic bodies using Solid Works Simulation. Stresses analyses have been developed in the static analyze which provide tools for the linear stress analysis of parts and assemblies loaded by static loads, taking in consideration for the analyze the most stressed part of the bottom, board and desk of the yachts Keywords: Static analyze, stress, composite materials, optimization, marine sector, leisure yachts.
Attaining a Beam-Like Behavior with FRP Strips and CAM Ribbons
Authors: Ferretti Elena
Published: February 2020

One of the major concerns in the seismic retrofitting of masonry walls is that of increasing the ultimate load for out-of-plane forces. In multi-story buildings, these forces may originate from the hammering actions of floors, when the earthquake direction is orthogonal to the wall. A possibility for counteracting the out-of-plane displacements is retaining the wall by building some buttresses, that is, some beams lean against the wall and disposed vertically. Another possibility is to make the buttress in the thickness of the wall. In this second case, we must cut the wall for its entire height, realize the buttress, and restore the masonry wall around it. In both cases, the interventions are highly invasive. The first intervention also leads to increments of mass that enhance the attraction of seismic forces. The aim of this paper is to find a less invasive and lighter alternative for realizing buttresses. We proposed to use FRP strips and steel ribbons in a combined fashion, so as to realize an ideal vertical I-beam embedded into the wall, without requiring to cut the masonry. We also provided some experimental results for verifying the effectiveness of the model.
Students Training Through Applied Activities at Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, University Politehnica Timișoara
Authors: Silea Ioan , Negȋrla Paul , Korodi Adrian , Ștefan Octavian
Published: February 2020

The paper is focused on the practical knowledge transfer problems in higher education engineering. The objective is to improve the knowledge transfer in order to facilitate rapid workplace integration. The curriculum and the practical training of students at University Politehnica Timisoara, Department of Automation and Applied Informatics are presented and discussed. The implication of companies in the students’ practical training is highlighted. A practical knowledge transfer system is proposed, based on logical distribution of the requirements for a single practical application, transversally, to the curriculum courses. The initial changes in the curriculum, introduced after the Bologna Declaration, are presented for the previously mentioned department. Ideas and questions were released which can be clarified, interpreted and criticized, providing a discussion base that can be benefic to the academic and industrial community. The presented changes were discussed with the economical zonal partners (companies: Continental Automotive, Hella, Nokia, Yazaki, Huf, Flextronics, etc.), being appreciated and sustained by the companies.
Qualitative Research as a Tool to Carry out Architectural and Industrial Design Projects: A Vision from the Academic Perspective
Authors: Cruz Lucia Constanza Ibarra , Sarmiento Leyda Milena Zamora
Published: February 2020

In recent years, qualitative research has gained ground as one of the main tools to analyze reality and propose innovation projects. This qualitative methodology has strengthened an innovative pedagogical structure, within the teaching of design disciplines. This is the specific case of our educational activity in the Modular System (UAM X), which facilitates the application of these tools in the design process. Reviewing the data in the analysis in a more qualitative way, promotes a more credible, reliable and valid vision to propose solutions to the problems detected. Thus, achieving a comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon and considering the factors involved in order to generate more relevant solutions. Within architecture, some projects that are addressed, such as the historical and cultural heritage of spaces and cities, use qualitative research techniques to discover and interpret the real vision of the inhabitant/visitor of these spaces. It is essential to understand how the city is lived from the point of view of the different actors that interact in the space, in order to generate plans and projects that reinforce and enrich social interaction. In industrial design, the students take these tools and apply them to the first phase of their project in search of insights that will allow them to bring forward innovative products with a real impact on society. This paper addresses these two cases, highlighting the importance of these tools being internalized by our students completing their training with a research profile focused on design.
Environmental and Social Sustainability in UK Construction Industry: a Systematic Literature Review
Authors: Misopoulos Fotios , Manthou Vicky , Michaelides Zenon
Published: February 2020

Research on sustainability in the construction industry is common in construction journals addressing the potential adverse effects conventional practices have in the construction community. Sustainability is addressed through the environmental, social and economic impacts in literature and researchers and practitioners always drive the need for an equal attention on these three dimensions, but not so successfully at present. Sustainability covers a broad content with various suggested approaches arising from different countries all over the world. Previous studies have investigated sustainable construction issues as a global concept and in individual developed countries such as the US, Australia, and China. The aim of this research is to investigate the extent of coverage, by academia, of the sustainability concept in UK construction industry, with a focus on the environmental and social aspects of sustainability, based on the Triple Bottom Line framework. The researchers conducted a systematic literature review, searching relevant articles with predefined criteria in two major bibliographical databases, which offer great coverage of the existing academic journals in social sciences. The study utilised the PRISMA reporting approach and the search resulted in thirty-one suitable articles. The findings revealed that environmental sustainability receives much more attention than social sustainability. Added emphasis is given to green buildings and materials used. Government regulations seem to be the leading driver for adopting sustainable practices, while lack of knowledge/awareness of sustainable best practices is the leading challenge.
General Trends of Business Career Management
Authors: Kharadze Natalia , Paichadze Nugzar , Paresashvili Nino
Published: February 2020

Correct career management policies provide human resources with the ability to increase the required habits, skills, qualification capabilities and become recognizable. Personnel policy and career management are important and current issues, that’s why it has become an object of our research. The research was conducted in the "Human Potential Management" laboratory at the Faculty of Economics and Business of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. The research was conducted by an associate professor Natalia Kharadze. Associate Professors, PhD students and other students were involved in it. The questionnaire according to which the survey was carried out consisted of 32 questions and 125 options for an answer. The survey was attended by the respondents employed in Tbilisi, who were randomly selected in a short period of time. For the purpose of conducting a comprehensive research, SPSS statistical software package was used for statistical processing and data analysis. The questionnaire data discussed in the survey was filled by 560 respondents. Several hypotheses have been proved: Hypothesis HP1; Hypothesis HP3_1; Hypothesis HP3_2; Hypothesis HP3_3: hypothesis HP3_4; in which the correlation analysis has been used, Chi-squared test; While hypothesis HP2 has been used for single-factor dispersion analysis -One Way ANOVA, Cross tabulation analysis, test of homogeneity of variance (Levene). As a result of analyzing the survey data, we had the opportunity to formulate some recommendations that will allow the organizational head to reduce signs of discrimination.
Career Management Trends in Terms of Gender
Authors: Paichadze Nugzar , Kharadze Natalia , Giorgobiani Maia
Published: February 2020

Career management is a deliberate process including the involvement of an individual in various activities, resulting in a high level of performance, professional growth. Many people think that the career and the job that we choose represent the goal of our existence, and by this we can demonstrate ourselves and our natural inclinations. Our paper deals with career management. Our interest has been caused by gender peculiarities in career management. Gender Equality gives the opportunity to women and men to have an equal access in all areas of public life. In the course of research we set the hypotheses; Hypothesis HP1: Gender Q2 affects Q1 employment field (1)public sector 2) private sector 3) educational institution;); Hypothesis HP3: Gender Q2 affects Q5 how the respondents were accepted to work (by means of an interview, a contest, a direct manner) where we used the Correlation Analysis, a Chi-square Test; Hypothesis HP2: Gender Q2 affects Q4 work experience. Where we used the Correlation Analysis, the test about Homogeneity of Variance (Levene); Hypothesis HP4: Gender Q2 influences Q15 Are you invited to any kind of meetings? Where a single-factor dispersion analysis is used-One Way ANOVA, Correlation Analysis. The survey showed an interesting picture in terms of gender. The impact of the Georgians cultural values and traditions has been sharply revealed in women's career management process. Considering the conclusions and recommendations received as a result of the survey will eliminate the problems in women's career management.
Triple Helix, as an acceleration model of Sustainable Development Goals
Authors: Lahi Aida , Dervishi Albina
Published: February 2020

This paper analyses the inter-relation between the Triple Helix Model (THM) and the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – both focused on positively affecting the socio-economic development through bringing together creators, implementers and enablers in a setting of multi-stakeholders collective actions. In the same line with Triple Helix model, SDGs call on governments, private sector and academia to collaborate in new ways to make our world a better place to live in. By bringing together the three dimensions of sustainable development into one framework, the Triple Helix model enables broad, cross-sector, and long-term analyses of the impacts through innovative policies, research, and implementation joint actions. This paper gives a brief overview of the triple helix model and its potentials of implementation in Albania. It also provides a critical analysis of the Albanian context in terms of this model application when combined with the country ambitions to accelerate the pace towards SDGs. More specifically, the paper analyzes and examines the relations between the academia and the business sector, as well as the role of the government in initiating the whole process of sustainable innovation. The paper concludes that the Triple Helix structures have a significant role in engaging collective actions, also in line with SDG 17, despite the country current weaknesses, adding more value to the leading role of the universities.
Economic Function and Financial Literacy of Modern Family
Authors: Pejkovski Jovan , Ribaj Artur
Published: February 2020

The economic function of the family is expressed in the provision of material subsistence for its members, in the provision and consumption of subsistence. The paper looks at the post-modern urban family's placement in terms of means of production and its consumption role.How are the functions of the modern family related to providing and meeting the needs of members? Is there a model for economic insurance of family income that builds its stability and sustainability? How to realize the family's desire to raise their standard of living? What are the forms of economic cooperation within the family? These and other issues related to fulfilling the economic role of the family is the subject of an analysis in the paper on the basis of several elements and issues that are constantly relevant.The paper particularly recognizes the importance of financial literacy for family members. How to develop and on what grounds to base people's financial cognition? What is the knowledge to create and manage a family budget as a detailed overview of finances? The formation of economic and financial education is perceived as the basis for improving personal and family finances. At what level and by what methods can the financial knowledge of family members be improved? Financial literacy limits the opportunities for growth, development, and satisfaction of the needs of the family and its members.The paper analyzes the role of the educational institutions in raising the economic and financial literacy of the members of the modern family that is of interest to any society. The economic function of the family is also considered in the context of constant social changes and external influences that limit the possibilities of family members. Only educated and skilled individuals can manage social processes and influence standard-raising.
Renewable Energy Sources Development Risk Analysis and Evaluation: the Case of Azerbaijan
Authors: Nuriyev Mahammad N. , Mammadov Jeyhun , Mammadov Joshgun
Published: February 2020

Steady increase in renewable energy production and supply allows gradually substitute environmentally harmful traditional energy systems. Developers of the renewable projects encounter various types of risks, inherent to these projects, and all these risks should be studied in advance and ways of their mitigation developed. In the paper risks related to the development of renewables in Azerbaijan are analyzed and assessed based on experts’ opinion study. Typical for the projects on renewable energy, nine risks and risk components likelihood and their impacts have been evaluated by experts and, based on their opinion, risk levels are calculated, and a risk profile is constructed. In general, risks are sufficiently different. However, energy policy-related, grid access and financial risks are significantly influential and require more attention.
Factors Influencing Organizational Performance: Work Environment, Training-Development, Management and Organizational Culture
Authors: Cera Elona , Kusaku Anri
Published: February 2020

Public sector performance has attracted the attention of many researchers, because it is considered as one of the key factors for efficiency and positive results in the public sector. Various studies have identified many variables that influence performance in public organizations. Four of them were considered in this study: organizational culture, work environment, training and development, and management. A sample of 162 local government employees were surveyed to carry out this research. Statictical tests such as Cronbch Alpha, KMO and Bartlett, factor analysis, correlation and regression were used to achieve the results. The study shows that variables as: work environment, training-development and management are important determinants of organizational performance. Meanwhile, organizational culture doesn’t corelate positively with organisational perfomance.
Digital Maturity of HR in SMEs
Authors: Thomas Georg
Published: February 2020

Digitalization and digital transformation processes pose chances and challenges to companies in a variety of different aspects. The present paper focuses on the digitalization of HR management in SMEs. The situation if discussed both in the light of SMEs, who are faced with unique challenges in terms of digitalization and its subsequent management. The role of the entrepreneurs/head of SMEs in driving the digitalization process is discussed. In a similar vein, the role HR departments can take both in their own digitalization and in the one of the company is displayed from various points of view, citing evidence that HR departments – especially of SMEs – often lag behind in terms of digitalization, thus not living up to their full potential as internal service partners of companies. An empirical study based on a quantitative survey explored these challenges further. A total of n = 16 experts from HR departments of German SMEs assessed the digital maturity of their own departments. The results show that – in accordance with the findings derived from the literature – HR departments are still struggling with digitalization, barely making use of their data and not connecting yet to other IT systems within the company. Most experts describe the role of their departments as reactive instead of active. These findings are discussed in the light of studies on digital maturity, showing that the situation in Germany/Central Europe for SMEs and their HR departments is a complex one: On the one hand it seems clear, that digitalization can help the companies and departments on a long-term perspective – which, according to some findings, is also well-known to the executives. At the same time, HR departments typically lack the (financial) resources and the involvement to actively work on their digital strategy.
Documentation of the Crime Scene
Authors: Arifi Besim
Published: February 2020

Documentation of the scene is one of the most important actions of the investigative group, which performs the examination of the scene. Documentation in itself includes: Taking notes, drawing and photographic team of the site inspection to the crime scene during phase taking notes must pay special attention to this stage, because it includes very important information for the investigation of the crime scene. Based on these information becomes final report on the case, so we can say that taking notes is of particular importance. Another important action is also the sketch. Mapping shows the drawing of the scene and all evidence was found there. Compiler of the sketch doesn’t minds to be definitely professional any painter or designer. It should be a good compiler which presents in detail all the information necessary to include net. This information will be used for testimony in court and to clarify the situation in the scene in case of reconstructions. Photographs of the crime scene investigation is a very important move which reflects the real image of the scene or any part of his and any evidence which has been inserted into focus photography.
Evaluation of Security Issuse. New Threats Twoards National and International Security
Authors: Spahiu VILMA
Published: February 2020

The national and international security of states, nowadays, is threatened by many elements or factors, like environmental issues, the spread of mass destruction weapons, wars or ethnic conflicts in developing countries, organized crime, illegal trafficking and the corruption as a side effect of globalization. All these issues are considered as challenges that all the countries must cope with through the drafting of applicable and effective national and global security policies. The aim of this paper is the evaluation of security environment, setting forth various views over new threats or risks. An important part of this study will be the analysing the viewpoints from many different authors in terms of future wars, the possibility of a threat that derives from the collision of great civilizations and also the thread from organized crime and terrorism. Facing all these possible threats, states and governments have to struggle more for finding alternatives that avoid war. This can be reached through their maximal efforts to strengthen their national law and the development of common security policies. Moreover, it is very important for these countries to put to put big efforts for international conflict resolutions, via peaceful instruments and negotiations or the use of diplomacy.
The Right of Property and its Juridical Protection - Albania Case
Authors: Veliu Sofiana
Published: February 2020

Selected theme, aims to highlight some of the current issues concerning the right of property as one of the fundamental human rights. Although the Albanian Constitution provides and guarantees the right of ownership , there are a lot of problems regarding the practical effectiveness of these arrangements, the executive titles of ownership and prior compensation in the case of the removal of this right Consequently , the current situation clearly shows that, there is still superposition of these ownership titles and very little legal protection , because the transactions remain informal action apparently by law.According to the analysis of ECHR decisions and EC’s recommendations, in some cases, there is a “gap” between law and practice of the Albanian courts and international directions, causing crash between European standards and Albanian legal culture. In the context of respect and guarantee of the fundamental human rights, it’s necessary a great commitment to complete and consolidate the system of property in general and essentially not violated these rights .The consolidation and guarantee of ownership it’s closely related to the consolidation of the democratic state .
Graph Coloring Problems in Modern Computer Science
Authors: Tosuni Besjana
Published: February 2020

Graph coloring is one of the most important concepts in graph theory and is used in many real time applications in computer science. The main aim of this paper is to present the importance of graph coloring ideas in various areas of compute applications for researches that they can use graph coloring concepts for the research. Graph coloring used in various research areas of computer science such data mining, image segmentation, clustering, image capturing, networking etc. This papers mainly focused on important applications such as Guarding an Art Gallery, Physical layout segmentation, Round-Robin Sports Scheduling, Aircraft scheduling, Biprocessor tasks, Frequency assignment, Final Exam Timetabling as a Grouping Problem, Map coloring and GSM mobile phone networks, and Student Time Table. In this paper we review several variants of graph colouring, such as precolouring extension, list colouring, multicolouring, minimum sum colouring, and discuss their applications in scheduling. A very important graph parameter is the chromatic number. Presently, graph coloring plays an important role in several real-world applications and still engages exciting research.