bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Challenges of the enlargement policy in the light of European Union transformation: Is the rise of Euroscepticism in Serbia inevitable?
Authors: Todorovic-Lazic Jelena
Published: May 2019

The EU Summit in Thessaloniki in 2003 is often referred to as a milestone in
the relations between the Western Balkans and the European Union because the
region was given strong promises of a prospective European perspective
through the Stabilization and Association Process. However, the initial
enthusiasm that followed has melted over the coming years because the
expectations of most countries in the region have not been met (with the
exception of Croatia that became an EU member in 2013). Even though we get
assurances from the Brussels that they will not give up on enlargement, it is
obvious that this issue is not on the list of priorities of the EU at the
moment. Not only that its decisiveness to encompass with enlargement the
Western Balkans is on shaky grounds due to the numerous challenges that the
EU is facing at the moment, but such decline in interest leads to a decline
in interest in the countries of the mentioned region that are currently in
the accession process. This further leads to the rise in Euroscepticism for
which the Western Balkans is a breeding ground. The reasons for
Euroscepticism existed even before the enlargement has been brushed aside
from the Union agenda (those were mostly reasons related to pre-accession
strategy for candidate countries/potential candidates and were present even
in the case of countries of Eastern and Central Europe, even though there
were also reasons specific for each of these countries.). However, it seems
they have become stronger with the new developments in the Union. Incertitude
of membership affects the rise of negative attitudes towards the Union in the
public opinion of these countries which becomes manifest if we look at
numerous public opinion polls. The focus of this paper will be the
interpretation of the results of the research that the Institute for
Political Studies conducted on an annual basis from 2015 to 2018.
Microstructural, mechanical, and thermo-physical characterization of hypereutectic AlSi40 fabricated by selective laser melting
Authors: Mueller Michael , Riede Mirko , Eberle Sebastian , Reutlinger Arnd , Brandão Ana D. , Pambaguian Laurent , Seidel André , López Elena , Brueckner Frank , Beyer Eckhard , Leyens Christoph
Published: May 2019

The powder bed additive manufacturing process selective laser melting (SLM) enables designers and engineers to overcome restrictions of conventional manufacturing technologies. The potential of fabricating complex lightweight structures and processing advanced materials is a key feature for enhancing further development of high performance components for space applications. Due to a high specific stiffness and a thermal expansion coefficient very close to electroless nickel, which is an advantageous optical coating material, the hypereutectic aluminum-silicon alloy AlSi40 shows great potential for the manufacturing of optical mirrors for space applications. In prior investigations, Hilpert et al. showed the feasibility to process AlSi40 by SLM [E. Hilpert and S. Risse, Materials Science & Technology Conference and Exhibition MS&T'15, Columbus, Ohio, 4–8 October 2015 (Association for Iron & Steel Technology, Warrendale, PA, 2015) and E. Hilpert, “Struktur und Eigenschaften von additiv gefertigten hypereutektischen Aluminum-Siliciumlegierungen,” in Werkstoffwoche 2017, Dresden, Germany, 28 September 2017 (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V., Berlin, 2017)]. Nevertheless, in order to qualify this material for space applications, the manufacturing process and fabricated samples need to be thoroughly investigated in terms of microstructural, mechanical, as well as thermo-physical characterization. The authors present results of the SLM process development for manufacturing dense AlSi40 samples with a relative density above 99.50%. The effect of various process parameters, such as hatch distance, preheating, and scanning strategy, on the formation of defects was investigated by destructive [e.g., optical microscopy (OM)] and nondestructive (e.g., computed tomography) testing. In addition, the effect of several thermal post-treatments on the AlSi40 microstructure was profoundly analyzed by multiple methods such as OM, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy analysis. Moreover, mechanical and thermo-physical testing of manufactured specimens was conducted to provide material characteristics for component design. In conclusion, the determined material properties of AlSi40 samples fabricated by SLM were compared to bulk material properties. The gained knowledge and testing data were evaluated in order to identify correlations and dependencies.
ENHANCEMENT OF SOCIOCULTURAL COMPETENCE AND TEACHING ENGLISH VERBALS AT UNIVERSITIES
Authors: Ashmarina Irina L.
Published: May 2019

The article aims at describing approaches to enhancement of sociocultural competence in university students learning non-finite forms of the English verb. Sociocultural competence comprises sociolinguistic competence and knowledge of history, culture and traditions of the language studied. Moreover, it includes understanding culture based metaphors and collocations and skills of using them in oral or written production The author posits that non-finite forms of the verb, or verbals, should be taught not only as part of the grammar system of the language, but also in terms of how they can be used by native speakers for specific communicative intentions or social functions, for example, for expressing sympathy or condolences, giving bad news, polite refusals, etc. The article defines a number of discourse types in which patterns with a verbal regularly occur. These discourse types can underpin the process of teaching grammar synchronized with enhancement of sociocultural competence.
Quality Economic Growth as an Indicator of Economic Development
Authors: Nuraini Ida , Hariyani Happy Febrina
Published: May 2019

This study aims to map the districts/cities in East Java that is classified as having quality economic growth, as well as formulating a concept of quality economic growth by examining several social and economic indicators such as unemployment, income distribution across regions, income distribution among economic sectors, equity investment, and poverty. Using Klassen's typology analysis, it is found that most (19 regions) districts and cities in East Java are in the advanced category but depressed. Meanwhile, there are 8 regions that are classified as advanced and growing rapidly and 10 regions are classified as regions that can grow fast and 1 region classified as relatively underdeveloped, namely Tuban District. While the regions that have qualified economic growth are Lamongan District, Jember District, Probolinggo, Madiun, Batu, Blitar, Pasuruan and Mojokerto. Based on the Fix Effect regression model, it can be concluded that the number of industries and Human Development Index have a significant negative effect on economic growth while the contribution of the primary sector has a significant and positive effect on economic growth.
Karakterisasi Fisik dan Aktivitas Antioksidan Masker Wajah Gel Pell Off Yang Mengandung Sari Buah Naga (Hylocerus polyrhizus)
Authors: Setiawati Ririn , Sukmawati Anita
Published: May 2019

Damaged skin due to free radicals from ultraviolet radiation can be prevented using antioxidants. Red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) containing antioxidants can be made into a peel off gel face mask using gelatin as a gelling agent to be applied easily to the skin. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of various gelatin concentrations on the physical properties and antioxidant activity of peel off gels containing red dragon fruit juice. The peel off gels face mask were made using various gelatin concentration i.e 7.5% w/w (F1); 10% w/w (F2); and 12.5% w/w and containing 10% w/w red dragon fruit. The peel off gels then evaluated for physical properties and antioxidant activity using DPPH. The result showed that the increasing of the gelatin concentration would increase the drying time and adhesive ability of the peel off gels. The escalation of gelatin concentration from 7.5% w/w (F1) to 10% w/w (F2) did not affect the spreading ability of the peel off gel. However, the spreading ability of the peel off gel decreased with the increasing concentration of gelatin from 10% w/w (F2) to 12.5% w/w (F3). The antioxidant test of peel off gel had an average percentage of inhibition of 9.101% (F1); 12.469% (F2); and 15.109% (F3). Based on the results of physical properties and antioxidant activity showed that formula 2 was recomended.
Implementasi Algoritma A* Dalam Aplikasi Berbasis Web Untuk Menemukan Rute Terpendek Sebagai Navigasi Peta Digital Indoor
Authors: Maulana Afrizal Adam , Wijanarto Wijanarto
Published: May 2019

Kemajuan teknologi dan fasilitas infrastruktur saat ini seringkali mengakibatkan seseorang sulit untuk mengingat semua jalan menuju ke tempat tertentu. Lebih dari 75% sebagian orang menghabiskan waktu dalam ruangan. Ketika mereka pergi ke tempat didalam bangunan dengan dimensi dan ukuran yang berbeda-beda, seperti, bangunan bertingkat, pusat perdagangan, pusat perbelanjaan, bandara, rumah sakit dan universitas, seringkali mereka bingung untuk menuju tempat yang diinginkan dalam waktu cepat dan tepat berdasarkan informasi yang terbatas. Pertanyaan yang akan dijawab dalam paper ini, bagiamana menganalisa prinsip dasar navigasi dan mendefinisikan instruksi dalam suatu domain model. Kemudian menentukan algoritma untuk menghasilkan rute terpendek. Terakhir mengimplementasikan algoritma dalam suatu aplikasi berbasis web dengan javascript. Solusinya adalah membuat model navigasi dengan unified modeling language peta digital, algoritma A-start dipilih sebagai solusi dalam menentukan rute untuk navigasi dalam peta serta membangun dan mengevaluasi aplikasi dengan javascript dan jasmine unit test. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukan bahwa model yang dipilih tepat untuk dapat diimplementasikan menjadi aplikasi berbasis web dan lolos evaluasi dengan 75 test case sebesar 100%, semua fungsionalitas aplikasi berjalan sesuai disain dan menghasilkan aplikasi tanpa anomaly.Kata Kunci — Navigasi, Indoor, Rute Terpendek, A-Star.Advances in technology and infrastructure facilities today often make it difficult for people to remember all the way to a particular place. More than 75% of people spend time indoors. When they go to places in buildings of different dimensions and sizes, such as, multilevel buildings, commercial centers, shopping centers, airports, hospitals and universities, they are often confused to get to the desired place in quick and precise time based on information limited. Questions to be answered in this paper, how to analyze the basic principles of navigation and define instruction in a domain model. Then determine the algorithm to generate the shortest route. Last implemented algorithm in a web based application with javascript. The solution is to create a navigation model with a unified modeling language digital map, A-start algorithm selected as a solution in determining the route for navigation in the map as well as build and evaluate applications with javascript and jasmine unit tests. The results of the research show that the chosen model is appropriate to be implemented into web-based applications and pass the evaluation with 75 test cases of 100%, all application functionality runs according to design and produces application without anomaly.Keywords— Navigation, Indoor, Shortest Route, A-Star.
SENGKETA PEMILIHAN KEPALA DAERAH YANG DIIKUTI OLEH CALON TUNGGAL DI KABUPATEN PATI (Study Kasus Pemilihan Kepala Daerah di Kabupaten Pati Tahun 2017)
Authors: Hadi Moh. Sofiyan , Suparnyo Suparnyo , Subarkah Subarkah
Published: May 2019

Pemilihan Umum (Pemilu) merupakan suatu wujud nyata dari demokrasi dan menjadi sarana bagi rakyat dalam menyatakan kedaulatannya terhadap, Negara dan pemerintah. Faktor-faktor yang harus diidentifikasikan karena suatu kelemahan yang terjadi maka prosesnya tidak hanya berhenti pada pemilihan hukum sebagai sarana saja tetapi pengetahuan yang mantap tentang sifat-sifat hukum juga perlu diketahui untuk agar tahu batas-batas di dalam penggunaan hukum sebagai sarana untuk mengubah ataupun mengatur perilaku warga masyarakat. Sengketa pemilihan hasil pemilih (PHP) di Kabupaten Pati tidak memenuhi syarat Pasal 158 ayat (2) UU 10/2016 jundo Pasal 6 ayat (2) PMK 1/2017 sehingga ditolak di Mahkamah Konstitusi. Tim Advokasi Gerakan Masyarakat Pati (GERAM PATI) ketika mengajukan ke Mahkamah Konstitusi juga kadaluwarsa, perselisihannya sebanyak 341.913 suara atau 49,02%, sedangkan syaratnya seharusnya 0,5% karena penduduk Kabupaten Pati lebih 1.000.000 penduduk, Tim Advokasi Gerakan Masyarakat Pati (GERAM PATI) bukan peserta pemilihan calon Bupati dan Wakil Bupati Kabupaten Pati tahun 2017, bukan lembaga pemantau pemilihan yang terdaftar dan mendapatkan akreditasi dari KPU.
KEBIJAKAN MEWUJUDKAN KOTA KUDUS SEBAGAI CITY WALK (KOTA RAMAH TERHADAP PEJALAN KAKI)
Authors: Hadi Nor , Subarkah Subarkah , Suparnyo Suparnyo
Published: May 2019

Penelitian ini bermasud untuk mengkaji dan mengetahui potensi rencana tata kota kabupaten Kudus apakah mampu mendukung pelaksanaan City Walk. Selain itu juga untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mendukung maupun yang menghambat dalam pembangunan City Walk di Kota Kudus dan solusinya. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian hukum empiris atau non doktrinal yang bersifat diskriptif. Data yang digunakan adalah data primer dan sekunder. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dengan tehnik wawancara, kuesioner dan penelitian kepustakaan. Analisis yang digunakan menggunakan analisis data kualitatif dengan model interaktif data. City Walk di Kota Kudus diusulkan di kawasan Jantung Kota tepatnya di Alun-Alun atau Simpang Tujuh ke barat menuju Jalan Sunan Kudus sampai Masjid Menara Kudus ke utara sampai Pasucen, diharapkan tempat tersebut tempat yang ramai dikunjungi oleh wisatawan baik lokal maupun luar daerah. Alun-Alun atau Simpang Tujuh adalah jantung kota berdekatan dengan Kantor Bupati Kudus dan Mall Ramayana sebagai pusat kegiatan masyarakat Kudus baik untuk rekreasi atau untuk sekedar jalan-jalan di Alun-Alun, karena setiap Minggu pagi ada program dari Pemerntah yaitu Car free Day. Hambatan yang paling mendasar adalah sumber dana dan anggaran untuk mewujudkan Kota Kudus mempunyai branding City Walk dan mewujudkan citra Kudus yang ramah lingkungan dengan fasilitas-fasilitas yang mendukung untuk kenyamanan pejalan kaki di area City Walk. Hambatan disekitar menara Kudus tepatnya di Jalan Sunan Kudus selatan Menara Kudus sebagai tempat parkir, becak wisata, ojek wisata dan angkutan wisata, maka harus ada sosialisasi dan penyuluhan kepada pihak-pihak terkait tentang kebijakan mewujudkan City Walk di kawasan tersebut. Solusinya mereka dipindah ke utara Pasucen, sehingga para peziarah jalan kaki dari Masjid Menara Kudus ke arah utara untuk menikmati City Walk.
PEMANFAATAN ASET DESA DALAM UPAYA MENINGKATKAN PENDAPATAN DESA
Authors: Oksafiama Linda , Suparnyo Suparnyo , Wicaksono Anggit
Published: May 2019

Penelitian yang berjudul “Pemanfaatan Aset Desa dalam Upaya Meningkatkan Pendapatan Desa” ini secara umum bertujuan untuk membandingkan pemanfaatan aset desa di dua desa yakni Desa Getas Pejaten dan Ngembal Kulon. Dikarenakan dari kedua Desa ini ada yang mengalami keuntungan maupun kerugian. Penelitian ini juga untuk mengetahui mekanisme pemanfaatan aset desa yang dilakukan oleh desa sesuai dengan ketentuan yang berlaku, serta untuk mengetahui akibat hukum yang dapat timbul jika pemanfaatan aset desa tidak dilakukan sesuai ketentuan yang berlaku. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu yuridis sosiologis. Pengumpulan data penulis menggunakan data primer dan data sekunder. Dari hasil penelitian dapat diketahui bahwa pemanfaatan aset Desa ada yang mengalami keuntungan dan juga kerugian. Desa yang mengalami kerugian karena tidak mengikuti mekanisme yang telah diterapkan pemerintah dalam PP No. 43 Tahun 2014 Pasal 110 ayat (2) yang menyatakan bahwa Pengelolaan kekayaan milik desa harus diatur dalam Peraturan Desa yang berpedoman kepada Peraturan Menteri. Lebih lanjut, Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri Nomor 1 Tahun 2016 tentang Pengelolaan Aset Desa dalam Pasal 11 ayat (2) menyatakan bahwa pemanfaatan aset desa terbagi dalam empat bentuk, yaitu sewa, pinjam pakai, kerjasama pemanfaatan, bangun guna serah atau bangun serah guna. Selanjutnya Pasal (3) menyatakan bahwa Pemanfaatan aset desa harus ditetapkan dalam Peraturan Desa. Maka jika pemerintah Desa ingin memanfaatkan aset desa yang dimiliki, harus memiliki Peraturan Desa. Pemerintah Desa Getas Pejaten memanfaatkan aset desanya yakni tanah kas desa untuk dijadikan lokasi gedung DPRD yang menyewakan kepada pemerintah kabupaten Kudus. Lain halnya dengan pemerintah desa Ngembal kulon yang menyewakan 20 tahun tanah kasnya dijadikan pasar modern oleh PT. Panca Surya. Tindakan hukum pemerintah desa yang bekerjasama dengan pihak lain dalam memanfaatkan aset desanya, maka pemerintah bertindak sebagai pihak swasta dan tunduk kepada hukum privat. Maka pemerintah desa jika membuat perjanjian haruslah tunduk pada Pasal 1320 KUH Perdata sebagai syarat sahnya perjanjian yaitu kesepakatan, kecakapan, hal tertentu dan kausa yang halal.
Pengembangan Sistem Panduan Mobile Dengan Audio dan Teks Berdasarkan Augmented Reality (Android) Untuk Pengunjung di Museum Bali
Authors: Feoh Feoh , Yanti Christina Purnama
Published: May 2019

The Bali museum is one of the museums in which objects of artistic, cultural and historical of Balinese against the invaders are kept. However, there are still few visitors coming to the museum. One way to increase a number of visitors is by using a technology in the form of interactive application for them. This research made visitors of Bali museum as subjects /user studies, while the designed application was aimed at knowing the users’ responses toward it. Previously, a study of mobile-based AR had been conducted to see the needs of the users. A guide in the form of text and sound were also added. Augmented Reality is a technology that combines virtual world and the real world simultaneously. AR technology requires a camera to capture the picture of marker whichwill display the 3D object from one of the Bali museum’s collections. The 3D object was created with software marker of 3D objects. In this study, both software blender and software unity were used to develop 3D object and the application of AR. The application runs on in 5 inch – screen Android devices and provide information in the form of Indonesian text and audio bilingual, both in Indonesian and English.
Perancangan Aplikasi Inspeksi Kendaraan Niaga Menggunakan Framework PhoneGap
Authors: Sutoyo Sutoyo , Purnomo Hindriyanto Dwi , Beeh Yos Richard
Published: May 2019

Proses inspeksi kendaran mobil delivery di seringkali masih dilakukan secara dengan mengisi form pemeriksaan kendaraan secara konvensional. Hasil inspeksi ini juga belum terhubung dengan layanan jasa perbaikan, pemeliharan dan servis di bengkel. Dalam penelitian ini dirancang aplikasi mobile yang dapat membantu dalam proses inspeksi. Aplikasi dirancang menggunakan dasar Framework PhoneGap yang merupakan salah satu framework yang open source yang memungkinkan aplikasi berbasis web (html) menjadi aplikasi native untuk semua jenis platform sistem operasi smartphone / tablet yang ada (Android, Ios, BalckBerry, Windows Phone, Symbian, dan lain-lain). Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah rancangan aplikasi untuk membantu proses inspeksi kendaraan niaga yang dihubungkan dengan system aplikasi permintaan jasa perbaikan, pemeliharaan serta servis dalam bengkel.
Pemodelan Regresi Logistik Biner dan Ordinal Pada Proses Seleksi Mahasiswa Baru Program D3KPLN PENS
Authors: Susetyoko Ronny
Published: May 2019

Starting in 2016, Politeknik Elektronika Negeri Surabaya (PENS) accept new students D3KPLN. D3KPLN scheme is a joint program between PENS with PT. PLN(Persero) as a form of link and match between higher education and industry needs. In the program, student candidates must go through five stages of selection, namely: academic potential test (stage-1), psychotest (stage-2), physical test (stage-3), medical tests (stage 4), and interview ( stage-5). To know the probability characteristics of the selection process generally used ordinal logistic regression model. As for knowing the accepted probability characteristics at each stage of selection used binary logistic regression model. Based on testing at each stage, the academic potential test scores are not the only determinants of acceptance as a student D3KPLN. However, other factors such as physical condition, medical test results, and interviews were also decisive. In general, theacademic potential test scores significantly affect the results of the selection phase by phase (phase-1 until phase-5). Binary logistic regression model of the final stage is = exp (-4.788 + 0.02127 Score) / (1 + (exp (-4.788 + 0.02127 Score)). This indicates that an increase of one score of the academic potential test increases probability of the applicants be accepted as student to 1.0215 times. The results of this modeling can be used as a reference to determine the passing grade in selection process next year.
Evaluasi Tata Kelola Teknologi Informasi Dinas Pariwisata dan Kebudayaan Kota Ambon Menggunakan Framework Cobit 5.0 pada Domain Monitor, Evaluate And Asses (MEA)
Authors: Belegur Juan Adithya Imanuel , Rudianto Chris , Sitokdana Melkior
Published: May 2019

Dinas Pariwisata dan Kebudayaan (Disparbud) Kota Ambon adalah suatu instansi pemerintahan yang telah menerapkan TI dalam aktivitas atau proses bisnisnya. Permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh Disparbud Kota Ambon adalah belum diketahui seberapa optimal kinerja sumber daya manusia karena belum dilakukan evaluasi terhadap kinerja sumber daya manusia. Pada penelitian ini menggunakan COBIT 5.0 dengan melakukan pemetaaan tujuan bisnis menggunakan Balanced Scorecard, kemudian pemetaan EnterpriseGoals dan IT- Related Goals serta memilih MEA sebagai fokus dari penelitian dengan ketiga subdomain didalamnya yaitu MEA01, MEA02, MEA03. Berdasarkan hasil rekapitulasi data yang didapat pada Disparbud Kota Ambon, maka dapat diukur rata-rata tingkat kapabilitas saat ini adalah 4,56 diukur dari rentang 0-5. Berdasarkan hasil analisis, MEA03 yaitu 4,25 merupakan tingkat kapabilitas tertinggi, dan MEA02 yaitu 3,95 merupakan tingkat kapabilitas terendah. Dengan mengacu pada rata-rata penjumlahan dari MEA01,MEA02, dan MEA03 yang menghasilkan nilai tingkat Capability sebesar 4,06, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa rata-rata tingkat Capability pada Disparbud Kota Ambon telah mencapai level yang keempat pada tabel Capability Model yaitu mencapai level Predictable Process.
Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Pembelajaran Matematika Untuk Mahasiswa PGSD Semester 6
Authors: Yayuk Erna
Published: May 2019

The purpose of this study was produce a mathematics learning companion book that was feasible to use and to measure the student's response to the teaching material. This study uses the Research and Development (R & D) method with a 4D model, which includes needs analysis, design, development, and dissemination. The feasibility was measured with the validity test from material and the design expert. The effectiveness was measured with the test to one class of PGSD FKIP UMM students, then the second test was conducted in 2 classes. The results of the research obtained are the validity values of teaching materials worthed 91.6%, and the validation test the material experts scored 78.8%, all are in ‘valid’ criteria. The effectiveness of the teaching materials were also shown from positive responses obtained from lecturers and students as product users. After revision, the effectiveness of teaching materials reached 86.93%, in the ‘effective’ criteria. Lecturers and students concluded that the use of teaching materials companion book was effective for learning
Crossing Borders in Irish Drama and Theatre. Art, Artist and Sacrifice
Authors: Bertha Csilla
Published: May 2019

Among the infinite variety of borders crossed in the theatre – social, national, cultural, gender, generic, aesthetic, existential, and many others – this essay focuses on self-reflexive border-crossings in Irish kunstlerdrama (artist-drama) and theatre. Spanning over eighty years, in selected plays from W. B. Yeats’s The King of the Great Clock Tower (1934), through Brian Friel’s Faith Healer (1979), Frank McGuinness’s The Bird Sanctuary (1994) and Marie Jones’s Stones in His Pockets (1999), to Enda Walsh’s Ballyturk (2014), a few forms of theatrical representation of transgressing and/or dissolving boundaries are explored while attempting to delienate which borders need to be respected, which contested, abolished, and then which to be transcended. Artist figures or artworks within drama, embodying the power to move or mediate between different realms of reality, including art and nature, stage and auditorium, life and death, reveal that sacrificial death proves crucial still in a non-sacrificial age, in enabling the artist and/or instigating spiritual fertility. In addition to his/her role, function, potential in affecting social and spiritual life, the representation of the artist necessarily reflects on theatre’s art seeking its own boundaries and opening itself to embrace the audience.
“This undiscovered country” in Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s Cré na Cille and George Saunders’s Lincoln in the Bardo
Authors: Morse Donald E.
Published: May 2019

Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s The Dirty Dust (1949, trans. 2015) and George Saunders’s Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) illustrate two very different uses of the literary device of conversations in a cemetery. Ó Cadhain distilled the venom of selfishness and vicious back-biting found in a small rural Irish village then refined it through comedy and satire, while Saunders created a collage of voices by employing a combination of fantastic devices together with fragments of history, newspaper articles and biography to eulogize Abraham Lincoln as grieving parent and to demonstrate that love does indeed transform the world – even the world of the dead.
Dracula – Hybridity and Metafiction
Authors: Garcia Anca Andriescu
Published: May 2019

Due to his supernatural nature, but also to his place of origin, Bram Stoker’s well-known character, Dracula, is the embodiment of Otherness. He is an image of an alterity that refuses a clear definition and a strict geographical or ontological placement and thus becomes terrifying. This refusal has determined critics from across the spectrum to place the novel in various categories from a psychoanalytical novel to a Gothic one, from a class novel to a postcolonial one, yet the discussion is far from being over. My article aims to examine this multitude of interpretations and investigate their possible convergence. It will also explore the ambivalence or even plurivalence of the character who is situated between the limit of life and death, myth and reality, historical character and demon, stereotype and fear of Otherness and attraction to the intriguing stranger, colonized and colonizer, sensationalism and palpable fin-de-siècle desperation, victim and victimizer, host and parasite, etc. In addition, it will investigate the mythical perspective that results from the confrontation between good and evil, which can be interpreted not only in the postcolonial terms mentioned above, but also in terms of the metatextual narrative technique, which converts into a meditation on how history and myth interact. Finally, it will demonstrate that, instead of being a representation of history, Bram Stoker’s novel represents a masterpiece of intergeneric hybridity that combines, among others, elements of history, myth, folktale and historical novel.1
Inability of Crossing Borders: Csaba Székely’s Bányavidék [Mine District] Trilogy
Authors: Prohászka-Rád Boróka , Tomonicska Ingrid
Published: May 2019

There are countless ways of crossing borders, be they physical, geographic, social, economic, cultural or psychological. When coming up against a border, one has two options: either to cross it or to remain within. This essay investigates Csaba Székely’s Bányavidék [Mine District] trilogy primarily from the perspective of such concepts of imagology as region, center-periphery dichotomy, identity, image, representation, as well as stereotypes and clichés, and examines whether the playwright truly deconstructs such stereotyped representations of the specific geographical and cultural space and its people the trilogy focuses on.
Language-Specific Effects in Cross-Language Research and Their Implications for Second Language Acquisition: A Theoretical Enquiry
Authors: Pál Enikő
Published: May 2019

Both in the theoretical framework of applied linguistics and empirical studies, second language acquisition is either examined within the universalist postulation of an innate language acquisition device or it is discussed in a pluralist manner featuring the great variety of language-specific influences. The present paper focuses on the latter issue, aiming to review some of the recent studies on the role of the mother tongue in second language speech perception and production. Our main interest is in phonetic learning. Thus, we shall particularly turn our attention to certain theoretical–empirical data regarding second language speech perception and production, such as theperceptual assimilation model, thenative language magnet theory, and thearticulatory setting theory.
On Translanguaging and Its Role in Foreign Language Teaching
Authors: Nagy Tünde
Published: May 2019

The idea that in foreign language classes the use of L1 can be beneficial for students is gaining ground in foreign language teaching methodology. Translanguaging is a relatively newly coined term that is often used to refer both to the process of switching between two languages and the methodology that lies behind it. After presenting the main characteristics of translanguaging and the possibility of implementing it as a pedagogical method in English language classrooms, the paper presents a translanguaging activity and also shows how the students evaluated their participation in this practice. The paper concludes that in order to employ translanguaging practices in the classroom, it is necessary to adopt a new mindset to teaching that allows for multiple language use in class and also encourages language learners to embrace their entire linguistic potential.
Representation of Immigrants in British and American Newspapers
Authors: Chefneux Gabriela
Published: May 2019

One of the major functions newspapers have is that of (re)presenting reality for their readers and thus explain events and promote specific values; newspapers are multimodal texts, which resort both to language and images to convey their message. The paper analyses a British and a North American newspaper article and has two aims. Firstly, to investigate the strategies used by journalists to represent immigrants in a positive way and, secondly, to draw a comparative analysis between the articles in terms of these strategies. The theoretical part defines the concept of racism and the ways in which it is nowadays expressed and lists some of the strategies that are frequently used to present immigrants (such as topic, referential strategies, intensifying, extensivization, victimization, personalization, voices heard, argumentation, etc.) with the use of pictures. The second part identifies strategies used in these two articles. The conclusions present a comparison between them in terms of similarities (values upheld, type of argumentation) and differences (intensification and nomination strategies, quotation patterns).
More Than a Facebook Share: Exploring Virtual Linguistic Landscape
Authors: Biró Enikő
Published: May 2019

This paper seeks to cross the boundaries of what we consider linguistic landscape (LL) and open new spaces, thus examining the Internet as a complex set of linguistic landscapes. The present study is the result of an exploratory research. Virtual linguistic landscape (VLL) provides opportunities for language display that are rare in the geographical LL. This study investigates multilingualism and language practices present on the periphery of cyberscapes analysed in this research (namely the social media), based on questionnaires carried out among bilingual university students at Sapientia University. The conclusion will offer suggestions for further research on how to extend the boundaries of LL studies to the digital domain.
Transition and Translation – Between Two Wor(L)Ds
Authors: Lajos Katalin
Published: May 2019

My paper focuses on a novel by a contemporary Romanian writer who lives in Miercurea-Ciuc and whose entire work can be characterized by the central importance of the topic of border, specifically the thin border between life and death, the transgressability of the border of this world and the world of dead souls. The mythical-mystical-religious atmosphere of his prose constitutes a difficulty for the translator who, through his/her work, tries to cross the border of two languages and two cultures.

“Being on the border” is a dangerous condition/state, and every culture tries to assure a safe border-crossing process. I will approach this topic from several points of view. On the one hand, I will analyse a sequence of the chosen novel in which a funeral scene is presented, while, on the other hand, I will reflect on how the translator is situated on the border when s/he has to do the translation of a ceremonial text (part of the folklore of an archaic source culture) to a target culture (namely, Hungarian culture) in which there is not a correspondent for this specific text type.
A Model of Crisis Prevention (Based on managing change, quality management and risk management)
Authors: Luburić Radoica
Published: May 2019

The main task of this research is to create a model that enables an organization to effectively and effeciently resolve its everyday problems and potential incidents in time to prevent them from turning into a crisis. For solving problems, ad hoc measures and activities are often applicable, while incidents can be resolved by applying appropriate, predefined procedures and planned resources. On the other hand, crises are rarely resolvable through the application of any predefined procedures and plans. They demand changes and innovations, as well as a flexible, creative, strategic and sustained response. Therefore, it follows that it is incomparably better to adequately resolve problems and incidents on time, rather than to grapple with a crisis and all the complexity, uncertainty and anxiety that it brings with it. The Model of Crisis prevention presented in this research is based on effectively managing change and conflict, as well as on the synergy of Quality Management Principles and Risk Management Principles.
Impact of Sovereign Debt Credit Rating Revision on Banking Industry: Evidence from G7 Countries
Authors: Tahmoorespour Reza , Ariff Mohamed , Zarei Alireza
Published: May 2019

The aim of this study is to identify the economic impacts on G7 banking industry when sovereign rating is revised. We used event study methodology (t-statistics) and found that sovereign rating changes significantly affect share market prices. It seems that there is information leakage prior to sovereign rating announcement dates as released by the S&P: there are some negative price effects as well on mixed-type rating change effects, such as ‘rating watch’ announcements. These are new findings that may help to extend the sovereign rating literature in terms of findings from multiple countries, and on sustainability of debt taking.
Monetary Policy and Economic Growth in Lebanon
Authors: Awdeh Ali
Published: May 2019

The central bank of Lebanon adopted exchange rate targeting in 1994 and it has exploited several instruments (particularly interest rate) since then to stimulate foreign financial inflows. This study aims at testing the impact of this strategy on economic performance and welfare in both the short- and long-run. In this regard, we exploit monthly data covering the period January 2002-June 2017 and implement cointegration analysis and VEC model. The empirical results suggest that monetary tools exploited by the central bank of Lebanon depress economic growth in the long-run. Moreover, despite their importance for external balance, financial inflows may hinder economic activity in both short- and long-run. On the other hand, monetary policy transmission channels through bank credit and capital play a constructive role for GDP growth.
Mathematical Connections Made by Teacher in Linear Program: An Ethnographical Study
Authors: Jingga Anisa Astra ,   Mardiyana,   Triyanto
Published: May 2019

Mathematical connection ability helps students to understand the concepts and the applications of mathematics, in this context, the teacher as an implementer of education has an important role to make a mathematical connection in their instruction. An ethnographic study was conducted to determine the teacher’s ability to make mathematical connections. A certified teacher with 30 years of teaching experience is observed and is interviewed to obtain the data. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The findings show that the relationship between mathematics and everyday life arises as a mathematical connection in the form of different representations. When the teacher shows that a sentence can be another representation of a mathematical symbol, then those activity is a configuration of mathematical connection representation. In this study, the part-whole relationship is obtained not as a generalization but as a specific example. The relationship between ideas, facts, and concepts in mathematics appears in every construction, however, the process of knowledge construction is only carried out in the form of procedure and implication.
Dynamic Bayesian Network for Reliability of Mechatronic System with Taking Account the Multi-Domain Interaction
Authors: Amrani Nabil B. , Saintis Laurent , Sarsri Driss , Barreau Mihaela
Published: May 2019

This article presents a methodology for reliability prediction during the design phase of mechatronic system considered as an interactive dynamic system. The difficulty in modeling reliability of a mechatronic system is mainly due to failures related to the interaction between the different domains called Multi-domain interaction. Therefore in this paper, after a presentation of the state of the art of mechatronic systems reliability estimation methods, we propose a original approach by representing multi domain interactions by influential factors in the dysfunctional modeled by Dynamic Bayesian Networks. A case study demonstrates the interest of the proposed approach.
Exploitation of Electronic Devices - Selected Issues
Authors: Paś Jacek , Buchla Sławomir
Published: May 2019

The paper presents basic issues regarding the operation of the electronic device (ED). Electronic device - is a collection of packages (e.g. integrated circuits, processors, memories, etc.) and (or) passive and active electronic components (e.g. resistors, capacitors, transistors, diodes, etc.) that are related to each other in a functional way. By cooperating with each other, they implement a selected useful function that results from the purpose of a given device. The operation process includes technical, administrative and logistical tasks that are undertaken during the ED’s lifetime. The most important goal of all activities is to correctly perform all the functions useful for a given technical object, in this case the ED.
Data clustering analysis in the assessment of wastes using in the sewage filtration
Authors: Bedla Dawid , Dacewicz Ewa
Published: May 2019

The paper discusses the use of multiclustering statistical analysis in the assessment of domestic wastewater filtration effectiveness. Calculations included data collected over four months of experiments with using waste as filling material of vertical flow filters for domestic sewage treatment. The effectiveness of pollutants removal was analysed in case of mechanically shredded waste in the form of PET flakes, PUR foam trims, shredded rubber tires and wadding. The organic compounds (CODcr, BOD5) removal, suspend solids, biogens (as NH4+, PO43−ions) and oxygen saturation changing compared with sand filling was analysed. Multiclustering statistical analysis allowed to divide pollutants removal efficiency of analysed materials into 3 clusters, depending on the hydraulic loading. The first group consisted in quality parameters of treated sewage: the highest reduction of BOD5 and NH4-N. It included the values of quality parameters and indicators for the filtrates obtained at the lowest hydraulic load from columns filled with 60 cm of rubber tires or sand. The second group comprised the results for fillings containing foam, PET and rubber tires (the other hydraulic loads). It featured the highest reduction of total suspended solids and PO43−. Removal of easily biodegradable organic compounds was at a similar level in both cluster groups. The filter filled with polyester waste (wadding), which was as effective as 30 cm layer of sand, and the filters filled with 60 cm of sand working at the highest hydraulic load. Third group showed the lowest values of parameters and indicators for analysed filtrates.
Groundwater property and composition variability under long-term irrigated area of Wonji Plain, Ethiopia
Authors: Dinka Megersa Olumana
Published: May 2019

Wonji Shoa Sugar Estate (WSSE), located in the flood plain of the Awash River (Ethiopia), has been under long-term (>60 years) irrigation, industrial activities and agro-chemical usage. In this study, the hydrochemical properties of groundwater bodies available at WSSE have been characterized for quality compositions. Water samples were collected from groundwater monitoring piezometers distributed in the sugarcane plantation and then analysed for physico-chemical quality parameters (pH, EC, major cations and anions) following standard procedures. Other chemical indices (e.g., total dissolved solids (TDS), total hardness (TH), magnesium absorption ratio (MAR), base exchange (r1), meteoric genesis (r2)) were derived from the measured water quality parameters. The compositional variability and groundwater classification has been presented using the Box and Piper plots. The potential sources of minerals were suggested for each of the considered water sources based on their quality characteristics. Both trilinear Piper plot and meteoric genesis index revealed that groundwater of the area is shallow meteoric water percolation type with a changing of hydrochemical facies and mixing trend. Groundwater of the area, is group 1 (Ca-Mg-HCO3) type, with no dominant cations and HCO3 are the dominant anions. Overall, the study result elucidates that the chemical composition of GW of the area showed spatial variability depending upon the variations in hydrochemical inputs from natural processes and/or anthropogenic activities within the region. The local anthropogenic processes could be discharges from sugar factory, domestic sewage and agricultural activities.
Evaluation of climate change in Ukrainian part of Polissia region and ways of adaptation to it
Authors: Kovalenko Pyotr , Rokochinskiy Anatoliy , Jeznach Jerzy , Koptyuk Roman , Volk Pavlo , Prykhodko Nataliіa , Tykhenko Ruslan
Published: May 2019

The analysis of the current state of weather and climatic conditions and evaluation of their predicted changes for immediate and distant prospect in the drained areas of Ukrainian Polissia region was carried out in the article. The main trends in changes of meteorological characteristics and their possible effect on the conditions of functioning water management and ameliorative objects and complexes as well as on the natural and ameliorative state of drained areas were identified. The research uses a method of predictive-simulation modelling with used predictive assessment models of normalized distribution of the basic meteorological characteristics in the long-term and one-year vegetation context. According to the results of the research it was established that, for today a high variability in meteorological characteristics can lead to the significant deterioration of operation conditions of water management and ameliorative objects and units, as well as natural and ameliorative conditions of drained lands in Polissia region as a whole. Core measures regarding the adaptive potential enhancement and development in the region under the conditions of climate change were examined.
Private for-profit rural water supply in Nigeria: Policy constraints and options for improved performance
Authors: Obeta Michael Chukwuma
Published: May 2019

Water scarcity is a major and growing problem in Nigerian rural areas, leading to the emergence of private for-profit water services providers (PPWSPs). This paper characterizes the landscape of PPWSPs in Nigerian rural communities using information collected from field observations, in-depth interviews, questionnaire surveys, and from published water resources literature. The data collected were analysed through the use of descriptive statistical tools. The results revealed the characteristics, categories, contributions and concerns of water users regarding water supplies by PPWSPs. Responses show that PPWSPs are helping to engender development, guarantee end-users with access to sufficient and reliable supplies and reduce water shortages in the study communities. Sixty four percent of sampled households depend on PPWSPs for their water requirements. Many PPWSPs operate outside the purview of government regulations and have differentiated service modes and prizes to gain wider acceptability. Despite the progress made by PPWSPs, however, the strategy can neither guarantee universal access nor the supply of safe drinking water. Significant barriers to the operations of PPWSPs, how to close the policy-gaps that constrain services delivery by PPWSPs and improve performances through setting of standards and regulatory reforms are discussed.
Frequency analysis of the extreme streamflow by the threshold level method in semi-arid region: Case study of Wadi Mekerra catchment in the North-West of Algeria
Authors: Yahiaoui Abdelhalim
Published: May 2019

Extreme streamflow drought is the direct problem of serious on damaging and on social impacts, so the frequency analysis of hydrological drought is an important work can be done to studying the drought phenomenon in catchments. So the hydrometric data for a river conducts to the establishment of the flow duration curve (FDC) as an important index of streamflow drought regime, from this characteristic, a threshold level can be defined for both perennial or intermittent streams. Well, two partial duration series can be derived for each year; the deficit volume and drought duration series. In the catchment of Wadi Mekerra in the North-West of Algeria, the minimum value estimated from the Pareto’s annual maximum instantaneous flood population (0.60 m3∙s−1) is considered as the threshold level index where, the largest deficit volume and the largest drought duration occurring in a given year are taken into consideration. Hence, the frequency analysis of the streamflow drought regime of the catchment is analysed with Weibull distribution for both deficit volume and drought duration combined with the probability of occurrence which is determined under some criterion in order to forecasting the streamflow drought in the catchment.
Synthesis of Electronically Commutated Synchronous Motors with Predefined Characteristics
Authors: Lavrinovicha L. , Dirba J. , Sejejs K. , Kamolins E.
Published: May 2019

The authors present a methodology for the calculation and optimisation of regulation laws that apply to electronically commutated synchronous motors with predefined characteristics. It is shown that the synchronous electronically commutated motors can provide predefined characteristics with the maintenance of high energy performance by simultaneously regulating supply voltage, excitation current and load angle.