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Konsep Organisasi Pendidikan dalam Pemberdayaan Sekolah
Authors: Fitriyani Fitriyani
Published: December 2019

Good organization must be based on a concept that has been created based on theories that are in accordance with the objectives of the organization. as well as educational organizations, namely schools. Concepts in educational organizations are structured with the aim of empowering schools for the better. this is also encouraged by leaders or principals who have or understand the concept of good education, which is based on education and knowledge development.  And this is rarely sought by the principal as a manager in an educational organization.
Hoax Dalam Perspektif Islam
Authors: Alisyahbana Takdir
Published: December 2019

Hoax becomes very popular when information technology makes it easy for all social media circles through internet devices either via compiuter or Android mobile. The use of social media for hoax news, can have a negative impact on the morality of the nation's children. The teachings of Islam strongly prohibit humans from spreading false news either through oral or written. Therefore to combat Islamic hoaxes provide accurate solutions, in the form of communication principles.
Sumber Daya Manusia yang Berkualitas Dalam Al Qur’an
Authors: Akip Muhamad
Published: December 2019

Humans are one of the creatures who have special abilities and occupy the highest position among other creatures based on the fact that many Muslims know the commands and prohibitions of God but the higher and broader their knowledge, the further and often violates the rules set by God and humans. This writing aims to determine the quality of human characters in the Qur'an that makes. Descriptive qualitative method that aims to describe the quality of human resources in the Qur'an. The embodiment of quality human beings must also be supported by the establishment of the quality of faith, science, quality of good deeds, and social quality, and quality of work because these aspects are very closely related, faith will be questioned if not having knowledge and science will be questioned if it is more knowledgeable then it worsening the quality of the faith or relationship with God and the relationship with Man that is indicated from the nature and attitude of Man.
Pengaruh Kepemimpinan Transformasional Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Dengan Employee Engagement sebagai Variabel Pemediasi Studi di BPRS Yogyakarta
Authors: Laila Khasanah Nevi
Published: December 2019

Employee performance is employee productivity and output as a result of employee development which will ultimately affect the effectiveness of the organization (Hameed and Waheed, 2010). The main objective of this study was to analyze the effect of employee engagement in mediation influence of transformational leadership on employee performance. The data used in this study are primary data obtained through survey method by distributing questionnaires. Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) was used to assess employee perceptions of transformational leadership characteristics. Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (Uwes) was used to assess levels of employee engagement. The Role-Based Performance Scale was used to assess the performance of employees. The questionnaire used is measured using a Likert scale. Testing a variable on other variables is done by simple linear regression test and mediation models tested by the method of hierarchical regression analysis by Baron and Kenny (1986). The results of this study indicate that the role of transformational leadership and significant positive effect on employee engagement and employee performance. The results of this study also showed that employee engagement on employee partially mediate the relationship transformational leadership.
Implementasi Pendekatan Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) dalam Membantu Mengatasi Kebiasaan Terlambat Siswa SMA Negeri 6 Model Lubuklinggau
Authors: Seplyana Desy
Published: December 2019

The purpose of this study are: 1. Describe the application of Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in helping to overcome late student habits, 2. Help overcome late habits models of SMA 6 Lubuklinggau through Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). This type of research is Counseling Guidance Action Research. The research subjects were Grade X and XI students of SMA Negeri 6 Model Lubuklinggau with 10 students. Data analysis uses qualitative techniques. research result; 1. The principal is expected to make policies to support the process of implementing an appropriate guidance and counseling program; 2. Counseling teachers carry out the task of solving the problem of late school habits through the process of Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) counseling.
MAPPING KNOWLEDGE DOMAIN OF “TRANSPORT”: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY OF ITS STATUS QUO AND EMERGING TRENDS
Authors: Zhou Wei , Xu Zeshui , Skačkauskas Paulius
Published: December 2019

Transport plays an important role in human society. Due to its significance, the research journal TRANSPORT was established with the aim of developing and reinforcing the performance of national transport system based on theoretical and empirical investigations. The analyses such as transport policy, transport system fundamentals, multiple transport methods and traffic safety are all within the research scope of TRANSPORT. Therefore, this paper focuses on learning the development of this multidisciplinary journal by using the bibliometric tools. After analysing 704 papers published from January 2007 to June 2019 on TRANSPORT, the development of this journal is comprehensively analysed from the perspectives of its status quo and emerging trends. Specifically, the current status is introduced based on the general journal information, the publication and citation number, the citation structure and the significant contributors in terms of author, journal, institution and country. As for the emerging trends, the citation burst detections and the timeline view analysis are presented to give some deep insights of the hot research streams in certain time periods. This paper makes the contribution to provide a knowledge map of the journal TRANSPORT’s research domain to help researchers learn this journal and transport-related issues clearly and directly. It can be also considered as the reference source for further investigations.
ON FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE OPTIMAL NUMBER AND LOCATION OF LOADING BAYS IN URBAN AREAS
Authors: Letnik Tomislav , Peruš Iztok , Božičnik Stane , Mencinger Matej
Published: December 2019

The paper is dealing with the problem of finding the optimal number and location of Loading Bays (LBs) for efficient urban last mile deliveries. To solve the problem a multi-parametric model of the idealized urban area is introduced and applied to various instances of a rectangular urban grid structured zones. Multi-parametric approach is used to assess statistically the most relevant number and location of LBs. Computational and graphical results of the idealized model exhibit geometric patterns showing that the optimal Number of LBs (#LB) naturally tends to perfect squares. Moreover, even in case of generalized instances, at a selected number of LBs their distribution is not random but follows specific laws. The optimality is closely related to the prefixed (maximal) walking distance dmax, from the LB to the customer. Based on various simulations the existence and robustness of a descending convex dependence dmax = (#LB) is proven. The results might serve as a decision-making tool to determine the optimal number and location of LBs for any real-life city centre.
Constraining the Equation of State of High-density Cold Matter Using Nuclear and Astronomical Measurements
Authors: Miller M. C. , Chirenti C. , Lamb F. K.
Published: December 2019

The increasing richness of data related to cold dense matter, from laboratory experiments to neutron-star observations, requires a framework for constraining the properties of such matter that makes use of all relevant information. Here, we present a rigorous but practical Bayesian approach that can include diverse evidence, such as nuclear data and the inferred masses, radii, tidal deformabilities, moments of inertia, and gravitational binding energies of neutron stars. We emphasize that the full posterior probability distributions of measurements should be used rather than, as is common, imposing a cut on the maximum mass or other quantities. Our method can be used with any parameterization of the equation of state (EOS). We use both a spectral parameterization and a piecewise polytropic parameterization with variable transition densities to illustrate the implications of current measurements and show how future measurements in many domains could improve our understanding of cold catalyzed matter. We find that different types of measurements will play distinct roles in constraining the EOS in different density ranges. For example, better symmetry energy measurements will have a major influence on our understanding of matter somewhat below nuclear saturation density but little influence above that density. In contrast, precise radius measurements or multiple tidal deformability measurements of the quality of those from GW170817 or better will improve our knowledge of the EOS over a broader density range.
Suppressing the Thermal SZ-induced Variance in CMB-cluster Lensing Estimators
Authors: Patil Sanjaykumar , Raghunathan Srinivasan , Reichardt Christian L.
Published: December 2019

Accurate galaxy cluster mass measurements from the gravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background temperature maps depend on mitigating potential biases from the cluster’s own thermal Sunyaev–Zel’dovich (SZ) effect signal. Quadratic lensing estimators use a pair of maps to extract the lensing signal: a large-scale gradient map and a small-scale lensing map. The SZ bias can be eliminated by using an SZ-free map in the pair, with the gradient map being favored for signal-to-noise reasons. However, while this approach eliminates the bias, the SZ power in small-scale lensing map adds extra variance that can become significant for high-mass clusters and low-noise surveys. In this work, we propose projecting out an SZ template to reduce the SZ variance. Any residual SZ signal after template fitting is uncorrelated with the SZ-free gradient map, and thus does not bias the mass measurements. For massive clusters above

observed by the upcoming CMB-S4 and Simons Observatory experiments, we find that the template fitting approach would increase the cluster lensing signal-to-noise by a factor of 1.4.
NuSTAR Discovery of a Compton-thick, Dust-obscured Galaxy: WISE J0825+3002
Authors: Toba Yoshiki , Yamada Satoshi , Ueda Yoshihiro , Ricci Claudio , Terashima Yuichi , Nagao Tohru , Wang Wei-Hao , Tanimoto Atsushi , Kawamuro Taiki
Published: December 2019

We report the discovery of a Compton-thick (CT), dust-obscured galaxy at z = 0.89, WISE J082501.48+300257.2 (WISE 0825+3002), observed by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array. X-ray analysis with the XCLUMPY model revealed that hard X-ray luminosity in the rest-frame 2–10 keV band of WISE 0825+3002 is L
X (2–10 keV) =

erg s−1 while its hydrogen column density is N
H = 

cm−2, indicating that WISE 0825+3002 is a mildly CT active galactic nucleus (AGN). We performed spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting with CIGALE to derive its stellar mass, star formation rate, and infrared luminosity. The estimated Eddington ratio based on stellar mass and integration of the best-fit SED of the AGN component is λ
Edd = 0.70, which suggests that WISE 0825+3002 harbors an actively growing black hole behind a large amount of gas and dust. We found that the relationship between the luminosity ratio of X-ray and 6 μm, and Eddington ratio, follows an empirical relation for AGNs reported by Toba et al.
Irregular Dust Features around Intermediate-mass Young Stars with GPI: Signs of Youth or Misaligned Disks?
Authors: Laws Anna S. E. , Harries Tim J. , Setterholm Benjamin R. , Monnier John D. , Rich Evan A. , Aarnio Alicia N. , Adams Fred C. , Andrews Sean , Bae Jaehan , Calvet Nuria , Espaillat Catherine , Hartmann Lee , Hinkley Sasha , Isella Andrea , Kraus Stefan , Wilner David , Zhu Zhaohuan
Published: December 2019

We are undertaking a large survey of over 30 disks using the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) to see whether the observed dust structures match spectral energy distribution predictions and have any correlation with stellar properties. GPI can observe near-infrared light scattered from dust in circumstellar environments using high-resolution Polarimetric Differential Imaging with coronagraphy and adaptive optics. The data have been taken in the J and H bands over two years, with inner working angles of 0.″08 and 0.″11, respectively. Ahead of the release of the complete survey results, here we present five objects with extended and irregular dust structures within 2″ of the central star. These objects are FU Ori, MWC 789, HD 45677, Hen 3-365, and HD 139614. The observed structures are consistent with each object being a pre-main-sequence star with protoplanetary dust. The five objects’ circumstellar environments could result from extreme youth and complex initial conditions, from asymmetric scattering patterns due to shadows cast by misaligned disks, or in some cases from interactions with companions. We see complex U

ϕ
structures in most objects that could indicate multiple scattering or result from the illumination of companions. Specific key findings include the first high-contrast observation of MWC 789 revealing a newly discovered companion candidate and arc, and two faint companion candidates around Hen 3-365. These two objects should be observed further to confirm whether the companion candidates are comoving. Further observations and modeling are required to determine the causes of the structures.
Evidence for a Highly Opaque Large-scale Galaxy Void at the End of Reionization
Authors: Kashino Daichi , Lilly Simon J. , Shibuya Takatoshi , Ouchi Masami , Kashikawa Nobunari
Published: December 2019

We present evidence that a region of high effective Lyα optical depth at z ∼ 5.7 is associated with an underdense region at the tail end of cosmic reionization. We carried out a survey of Lyman-break Galaxies (LBGs) using Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam in the field of the z = 5.98 quasar J0148+0600, whose spectrum presents an unusually long (∼160 cMpc) and opaque (τ ≳ 7) Lyα trough at 5.5 ≤ z ≤ 5.9. LBG candidates were selected to lie within the redshift range of the trough, and the projected number densities were measured within 90 cMpc of the quasar sightline. The region within 8′ (or ≈19 cMpc) of the quasar position is the most underdense of the whole field. The significance of the presence of the void is estimated to be 99%. This is consistent with the significant deficit of Lyα emitters (LAEs) at z = 5.72 reported by Becker et al. and suggests that the paucity of LAEs is not purely due to the removal of the Lyα emission by the high opacity but reflects a real coherent underdensity of galaxies across the entire redshift range of the trough. These observations are consistent with scenarios in which large optical depth fluctuations arise due to fluctuations in the galaxy-dominant UV background or due to residual neutral islands that are expected from reionization that is completed at redshifts as low as z ≲ 5.5.
Comparison of Accuracy in Determining the Root Canal Working Length by Using Two Generations of Apex Locators – An In Vitro Study
Authors: Golvankar Kapil , Kader Mohammed Abdul , Latheef Abhilash Abdul , Mohammed Ali Ahamed Babiker , Abullais Shahabe Saquib , Sibagathullah Mohammed
Published: December 2019

AIM: The present in-vitro study aims to compare the accuracy of root canal working length determination between the third generation and fourth generation electronic apex locators.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Fifty extracted single-rooted single canal teeth were selected for the study, and a definite coronal plane was prepared. Actual working length (AL) was measured using a stereomicroscope under 8X magnification. Electronic working length measurements were recorded using Root ZX (EL1) and Elements Diagnostic Unit (EL2) apex locators. One-way ANOVA test was carried out to analyse the data among the experimental groups.
RESULTS: The results of the one-way ANOVA test showed that difference in the working length determined by either apex locators (EL1 and EL2) and actual length determined under a stereomicroscope (AL) was statistically not significant. The independent ‘t’ test comparing between groups EL1 and AL; and EL2 and AL showed that working length determined by either of the apex locators (EL1 and EL2) and actual length determined under a stereomicroscope (AL) was statistically not significant.
CONCLUSION: In this in vitro study, the Root ZX and Elements Diagnostic Unit apex locators are equally accurate for determination of working length when compared to actual working length.
Les dynamiques d’intégration du numérique dans les écoles de création françaises
Authors: Paris Thomas , Massé David
Published: December 2019

Le monde de l’éducation et des formations est aujourd’hui impacté par le numérique, qui questionne en profondeur les manières d’apprendre et d’enseigner dans l’ensemble des disciplines. Les écoles d’architectures, design, arts plastiques… ne sont pas épargnées par ces transformations qui favorisent l’émergence de nouveaux métiers, de nouveaux outils et de nouveaux espaces de création. A travers l’étude de six écoles de création française, cet article explore l’impact du numérique dans la manière de former aux activités de création. Il met en évidence plusieurs voies d’entrée du numérique dans ces écoles : l’introduction de nouveaux outils, l’émergence de nouveaux métiers, et l’impulsion par certains individus. Au-delà, il montre que le numérique favorise la création de nouveaux programmes d’étude, qu’il tend à introduire une plus grande complexité dans les enseignements, une forme de recentrage vers les activités de création et de prise de recul par rapport aux outils. Enfin, le numérique amène les écoles à conduire une réflexion globale sur sa place dans l’école et à penser de nouveaux environnements et lieux dédiés.
Naissance d’une approche critique du sport et du corps. Le rôle de Michel Bernard (1927-2015) dans le « moment 68 » de l’éducation physique
Authors: Ferez Sylvain , Morales Yves , Érard Carine
Published: December 2019

Cet article vise à identifier le rôle de Michel Bernard dans le « moment 68 » de l’éducation physique, tel qu’il se prépare dès le début des années 1960 à l’ENSEP « jeunes gens » et tel qu’il se prolonge jusqu’au cœur des années 1970. En retraçant la singularité de son parcours intellectuel, à la croisée de lectures, de rencontres et de conditions d’enseignement de la philosophie, la biographie herméneutique ici proposée a pour ambition d’éclairer les transformations collectives qui s’opèrent autour des représentations du corps et des projets d’émancipation qui caractérisent ce « moment » particulier (Dosse, 2005). Grâce à une série de témoignages croisés recueillis auprès de l’intéressé et de quelques-uns de ses étudiants de l’ENSEP, Michel Bernard apparaît comme un initiateur-passeur décisif pour la « génération de 68 » de l’éducation physique. Son ultime implication dans cet univers, qui débouche sur la direction d’un ouvrage collectif intitulé Quelles pratiques corporelles maintenant ? en 1978, constitue d’ailleurs probablement la fin du « moment 68 » pour cette discipline scolaire qu’est l’Éducation Physique et Sportive.
History, Policy Making, and Sustainability
Authors: Prakash Om
Published: December 2019

Public policy and policy making is an inherent task of the institutions and state for the purpose of well-knit and sustainable governance in the society and organisation as well as in the state. The quality of governance is based upon how visionary the public policy is and how far it has been implemented. The aspect of sustainability thrives on the perspective that policy making should be inclusive having inter-generational justice. The chapter attempts to look into how far history has played its role in policymaking of the state and civil society. It also looked into how history had a role in the foreign policy making of the state. Analogies can be drawn from the past experience into the present decision making which can have a reflection in the future as well. Lyndon Johnson's administration prepared internal histories to key policy issues, in hopes of better informing the initial efforts of its successor. The illustrations and examples in the chapter are not confined to the geographical boundaries of any particular nation but rather have a global dimension.
Quality and Inequality of Elementary Education in the State of West Bengal of India
Authors: Mishra Shashi Bhusan
Published: December 2019

The chapter has two main objectives: i) To analyze the quality of elementary education in West Bengal in terms of the learning achievement in mathematics, reading and writing and the inequality among students across different groups. ii) To analyze the factors influencing the performance of the students in mathematics and language. Using secondary data from the Government of West Bengal's Utkarsha Abhiyan for 123980 students of class 4 across 12,912 schools it was observed that on average girls significantly outperform boys in all three subjects. Moreover, the inequality in learning outcomes is lesser for the girls than that of boys. Schools with basic infrastructural facilities have performed better. The Tobit Regression analysis indicates that various school-level and environmental factors have a significant impact on performances. Interestingly, funds per student and the gender of the teacher in primary education turned out to be insignificant. The chapter focuses on the fact that merely increasing funds does not ensure improvement in learning outcomes.
Renewable Energy Policy in Africa and Policy Options for Sustainability
Authors: Lemba Isata Teixeira , Ferreira Dias Marta , Robaina Margarita
Published: December 2019

The aim of this research is to propose actions for energy policy aimed at the inclusion of renewable energy sources for Namibe, Angola. The chapter begins by describing the barriers that have been encountered in other countries in the same policy path. Renewable energy opportunities and potentialities are also described for the Namibe province. Finally, the energy policy proposal for the Namibe province is exposed, based on some experiences that have achieved positive results in other countries.
CNTFETs
Authors: Singh Amandeep , Khosla Mamta , Raj Balwinder
Published: December 2019

In recent years, carbon nanotube (CNT) emerged as one of the promising materials that shows various advantages over silicon material (e.g., aggressive channel length scaling due to absence of mobility degradation, variable bandgap with single material, ultra-thin body device that is possible due to smaller diameter [1-3nm], and compatibility of CNT with high-k materials resulting in high ION). Moreover, CNTs show both metallic and semiconducting properties; hence, by using metallic CNTs, interconnects can be realized to fabricate a circuit purely consisting of CNTs. This chapter will provide introduction to carbon nanotubes field effect transistor (CNTFETs) starting from material properties of carbon nanotubes and followed by how it can be used as semiconductor channel in field effect transistor (MOSFET) to form CNTFET. The different types of CNTFETs will be discussed based on the type of CNT used along with their advantages and disadvantages.
CNTFET-Based Memory Design
Authors: Bala Shashi , Khosla Mamta , Kumar Raj
Published: December 2019

As the feature size of device has been scaling down for many decades, conventional CMOS technology-based static random access memory (SRAM) has reached its limit due to significant leakage power. Therefore, carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNTFET) can be considered most suitable alternative for SRAM. In this chapter, the performance and stability of CNTFET-based SRAM cells have been analyzed. Numerous figures of merit (FOM) (e.g., read/write noise margin, power dissipation, and read/write delay) have been considered to analyze the performance of CNTFET-based. The static power consumption in CNTFET-based SRAM cell was compared with conventional complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-based SRAM cell. Conventional CNTFET and tunnel CNTFET-based SRAMs have also been considered for comparison. From the simulation results, it is observed that tunnel CNTFET SRAM cells have shown improved FOM over conventional CNTFET 6T SRAM cells without losing stability.
Carbon Nano Tube-Based Sensor Design for NEMS/MEMS Applications
Authors: Devi Rekha , Gill Sandeep Singh
Published: December 2019

This chapter deals with designing CNT-based piezoresistive pressure sensors with different boss sizes and with different configurations designed for low pressure range. The purpose for this work is to show a NEMS-based pressure sensor, which was analyzed by using ANSYS 17 software. The different combination of the diaphragm shows the improved performance of the pressure sensor in the case of CNT as compare to the silicon. This chapter is organized in sections, where section 2 discusses the review of CNT based MEMS/NEM design process and applications, Section 3 elaborates the use of CNT materials for design piezoresistive pressure sensors, Section 4 discusses mathematical modeling and simulation of CNT-based piezoresistive pressure sensors, Section 5 examines the results and discussion in terms of linearity and sensitivity of designed sensor, and Section 6 consummates the chapter with the conclusion.
CNTFET-Based Ternary Logic Gates
Authors: Rani Suman , Singh Balwinder
Published: December 2019

In the recent digital designs, there are certain circumstances where energy efficiency and ease is required, and in such situations, ternary logic (or three-valued logic) is favored. Ternary logic is an auspicious supernumerary to the conventional binary (0, 1) logic design techniques as this one is possible to attain straightforwardness and energy efficiency. This chapter deals with the comparative analysis of CMOS and CNTFET-based ternary inverter and universal gates design. The simulation result is analyzed and validated with a Hailey simulation program with integrated circuit (HSPICE) simulations. The average delay and power consumption in CNTFET-based ternary inverter have been reduced by approximately 90.3% and 48.8% respectively, as compared to CMOS-based ternary inverter design. Likewise, delay is reduced by 50% and power gets 99% reduction in ternary CNTFET NAND gate as compared to CMOS-based ternary NAND gat. It is concluded that CNFETs are faster and consume less power compared to CMOS technology.
CNT as Interconnects
Authors: Sandha Karmjit Singh
Published: December 2019

The chapter will start with brief introduction to the interconnects and its importance in an integrated circuit at deep sub-micron technology nodes. The brief discussion about the concept of scaling, interconnects models, and material in use are presented. The limitations of conventional materials at scaled down technology nodes will be discussed next. The focus of the chapter is to present the electrical equivalent circuit model to estimate the impedance parameters of SWCNT bundle and MWCNT bundle as interconnects at different nano-scaled technology nodes for global level interconnect length. Using ESC model of SWCNT, MWCNT, and copper, the performance comparative analysis for delay and power delay product (PDP) will be presented for different interconnect lengths at nano-scaled technology nodes. Finally, the chapter summary and conclusion will be written at the end of the chapter.
Interaction and Intervention Strategies in Effective Classrooms
Authors: Făt Silvia
Published: December 2019

In this chapter, the author describes a few interaction and intervention strategies and techniques at the level of the class as ways to create an optimal learning and socializing environment. The class of students is described not only as a learning group, but also as a social group. This conception provides the teacher useful information on how to manage the class so as to enhance positive student performance, whether it refers to behavioral, motivational, or influencing techniques. The chapter presents well-known theoretical models in literature that generate specific intervention strategies. In light of the results of numerous researches in education, the chapter synthesizes the following specific features that individualize class groups. The author presents the two instructional options often used in learning practice with sometimes opposite effects, such as cooperation and competition. Also, at the level of the chosen strategies, there is an emphasis on the moral support and support, so techniques focusing on the positive approach of the students' behavior.
Assessment and Paradigms
Authors: Ivanov Bogdan , Trif Victorița , Trif Ana
Published: December 2019

This chapter analyzes the assessment literature linked with 21st century paradigms. The study aims to examine the narratives on assessment (How can the metabolism of assessment be illustrated?) and to present the dissonances related to the subject topic (How do you measure educational results?). The qualitative investigation of the rhetoric on assessment is connected to the variety of educational challenges from the real life of schools: it is the shift from the traditional tools to contemporary technology. The shift from atomistic to holistic perspective presses for rethinking paradigms. This implies changing educational paradigms from being taught to learning on your own with guidance, from providing instruction to effective teaching, from teaching to producing learning. To conclude, this chapter argues for a network of paradigms connected to the multiple metrics of success translated into a different learning environment.
Lifelong Education
Authors: Vasile Aurelia Ana
Published: December 2019

The Eurobarometer Standard 90 Autumn 2018 has shown that 97% of Romanians get their information from the television channels, and around 50% use mainly the online medium. Analyzing the content that is broadcast through the best rated media channels then is a matter of utmost interest for society and for the educational system, as this content strongly influences and re-molds (along with the influence of the official system of education) the members of society throughout a lifetime, with important overall impact.
Challenges and Dilemmas in the Education of Children With Special Needs in Romania
Authors: Oprisan Emilia
Published: December 2019

Educating children with special needs is a difficult challenge for both families and society. The newest trends in education for these children in Romania are represented by their inclusion in inclusive classes or inclusive schools. It is a beginning of the road both from a legislative point of view and from the point of view of analyzing the efficiency of the system. The issue of the resources dedicated to special education is concerned, this aspect being related both to the level of material resources and to the human resources, their availability, and the level of their training. The analysis of the progresses and the challenges that the Romanian-integrated education is encountering is an important step in identifying possible solutions for increasing the quality of special education in Romania.
The Presence of Religious Symbols in Romanian Public Schools
Authors: Cretu Vasile
Published: December 2019

The presence of religious icons in Romanian public schools is a topic that has been and continues to be intensely discussed and even disputed in the country. The number of people who are against the presence of icons in classrooms is increasing. This paradigm could also be seen in other European countries. This chapter will present the situation of religious icons in public schools in Romania, past and present tendencies, as well as what the future holds for religious symbols as the legislative cover seems to diminish. The situation in Romania will be analyzed as compared to the status of religious icons in other European countries, the purpose being to understand the position of other Christian states on this issue as well.
The Relevance of Science-Religion Courses in the Educational Field
Authors: Lemeni Nicolae Adrian
Published: December 2019

This chapter looks at the relevance of science-religion courses in the educational field, underlining the necessity of the tools in this domain in order to develop an encompassing consciousness of dialogue, meaning a consciousness of the dialogue structured on the comprehensive dimension, specific to the Ecclesial and Patristic Tradition. From this perspective it is important to avoid the prejudices given by different ideologies which have cultivated reductionist positions. To facilitate the understanding of course content, to diversify the opportunities for concrete educational application, and to offer optimal training of skills to prepare and adapt such knowledge for the different levels this chapter is structured in the synthetic manner.
Digital Era Governance and Social Media
Authors: Omar Abdul Malik
Published: December 2019

Digital technology is at the forefront of transforming how governments operate around the world. Using Brunei's Information Department (InfoDept) as a case study, this chapter looks at how the agency has evolved from its inception in the 1950s to 2019 in its embrace of both old and new media to pursue its mission and objectives as a government-run media agency. The results demonstrate how new media, such as social media, can complement old media if done right. The case study on InfoDept contributes to the growing field of research related to the increased advancement, development, application, and impact of new technologies in bolstering the digital governance process. This chapter also provides strong evidence on how governments can improve its general governance process and unlock the digital dividend in the 21st century by incorporating new media into its public policy architectonic. Salient lessons for policymakers and practitioners on digital governance have also been presented in this chapter.
Smart Cities and Digital Governance
Authors: Humayun Mamoona , Jhanjhi N. Z. , Alamri Malak Z. , Khan Azeem
Published: December 2019

With the ubiquitous low-cost sensor devices and widespread use of IoT, the paradigm is shifted from urban areas towards a smart city. A smart city is an urban area that uses IoT technologies to collect data and manage resources efficiently. The vision is to improve the capabilities and to solve the citizens' problems (e.g., energy consumption, transportation, recycling, intelligent security, etc.) in an efficient way. A smart city is a multidimensional term including a smart economy, smart mobility, smart living, smart environment, smart people, and smart governance. Although the concept of a smart city is increasing and currently there exist many such cities in many developed countries, one of the key challenges faced by these cities is good governance. Smart cities need smart governance to run the city in a smarter way, and effective digital governance is a solution to this end. Digital governance refers to the use of digital technology in government practices.
Democratic Governance
Authors: Selvam Leslie Mark Pannir , Ponnusamy Vasaki , Rafique Khalid
Published: December 2019

In any democratic nation, electoral processes pave the way to democratic governance. In regards to this, a fully digitized online voting system should be introduced, and governments should invest efforts in studying the possibilities in adopting online voting system to curb the issues mentioned above. In that sense, any user should be allowed to cast his/her vote from any remote location, and the processes should be held in full confidentiality without any intervention or possible vulnerabilities. Therefore, this chapter investigates how governments can learn various initiatives and provide funding to further conduct research and implement such methodologies. The chapter begins by exploring some traditional and current practice of electoral system and further embarks into a review of secured online voting systems that has been proposed by the body of knowledge. The chapter then presents how some countries have adopted this secured online voting systems and giving an avenue to secured digital electoral governance.
Land Use Land Cover Change and Urban Growth in Khoms District, Libya, 1976−2015
Authors: Belhaj Omar S. , Mubako Stanley T.
Published: December 2019

Rapid and unplanned urbanization presents a formidable challenge to sustainable urban growth in most developing countries. This study applies Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing tools to quantify land use and land cover change in the coastal, economically important district of Khoms, Libya. The study revealed a 16% per year long-term historic urban growth rate, leading to an urbanization increase of 658% from just 800 ha in 1976 to 6,067 ha in 2015 over the 40-year analysis period. Qualitative evaluation of satellite images showed devastating impacts on both terrestrial and marine ecosystems through broad scale clearing of forests and other native areas for agriculture and urban development, and through reclamation of the Mediterranean Sea during the construction of a naval base and port at Khoms City. An integrated approach that explores of a range of innovative approaches to address sustainable development issues faced by Khoms District and other similar fast growing but environmentally fragile developing country locations is recommended.
Online Advertisement Using Web Analytics Software
Authors: Sharma Manu , Joshi Sudhanshu
Published: December 2019

This article describes a analytic-hierarchy-process (AHP) application to identify and evaluate the best online advertising analytics software. This technique is multi-criteria and used in this study by comparing the top four web advertising analytics software. AHP uses pair-wise comparison of matrices. There are six criteria identified for evaluation: Ad scheduling, ad targeting, creative banner rotation, features, performance, cost and for each criterion, a matrix of pair-wise comparison with web-analytics software i.e. Google analytics, Accenture Analytics, Funnel and, Moat Analytics were evaluated. AHP is an effective method for multi-objective decision-making, and optimization. Thus, it helps web advertisers to evaluate the existing web advertising analytics software for posting their web advertisements.
Airline Choice
Authors: Shrivastava Archana , Paul P. James Daniel , Sharma J.K.
Published: December 2019

Widespread use of e-commerce in the airline industry is generating data at unprecedented scale, thus rendering it amenable to decision analysis. Classification accuracy is one of the key factors in forecasting and in the decision sciences. The traditional classification analysis was carried out by several methods such as ANOVA, Logit, Probit. However, for decision analysis algorithms and decision trees have emerged for classification analysis. The objective of the article is to analyze the airline choice data using the traditional ANOVA and compare them with the decision trees and different algorithms.
Monitoring Practitioner's Skills in Pure-Tone Audiometry
Authors: Kocian Alexander , Chessa Stefano , Grolman Wilko
Published: December 2019

So far, there exists no standard, to evaluate a practitioner's skills in pure-tone audiometry. To narrow the gap, this article presents an artificial patient (AP) emulating various types of hearing impairment. In contrast to other solutions, the AP autonomously listens to real pure-tones in soft real-time, while taking into account elements from psycho-acoustics. The emulated patient profiles are reproducible. New profiles can be easily added. The AP is able to recover from error. In this contribution, the authors develop software requirements specifications and derive a modular system architecture. To analyze the performance, the article proposes a stochastic extension to existing synchronous data flow graphs, taking into account the unbounded nature of the tasks' worst case response time. Maximization and summation over the graph reveals the joint distribution of the response time with first and second central moments corresponding to, respectively, the expected response time and the jitter of the task. The theoretical results have finally been validated by measurements on the target.
Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography for Automated Swallowing Detection
Authors: Tatulli Eric , Fontecave-Jallon Julie , Calabrese Pascale , Gumery Pierre-Yves
Published: December 2019

In the context of remote medical monitoring of swallowing, the authors investigate the potential of non-invasive respiratory inductance plethysmography (RIP) technique to automatically detect swallow events in a wide context of respiration and phonation. Signal acquisitions were carried out on 5 healthy volunteers equipped with RIP and electroglottograph as swallowing reference. They were asked for spontaneous breathing, speaking and diverse bolus ingesting. The RIP signal was then segmented into cycles, each cycle being annotated according to one of the three class of interest, respectively ventilation i.e. spontaneous breathing (1257 cycles), swallowing (221) and phonation (216). Automated classification was performed using quadratic discriminant analysis. Focusing on swallowing class, the authors achieve an accuracy of 79% from the full wide protocol. It increases up to 86% with prior removal of vocalizations. These preliminary results in healthy subjects make RIP a promising candidate as a non-invasive and convenient technology for medical follow-up of swallowing.
An Improved and Adaptive Approach in ANFIS to Predict Knee Diseases
Authors: Kaur Ranjit , Kaur Kamaldeep , Khamparia Aditya , Anand Divya
Published: December 2019

Artificial intelligence is emerging as a persuasive tool in the field of medical science. This research work also primarily focuses on the development of a tool to automate the diagnosis of inflammatory diseases of the knee joint. The tool will also assist the physicians and medical practitioners for diagnosis. The diseases considered for this research under inflammatory category are osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and osteonecrosis. A five-layer adaptive neuro-fuzzy (ANFIS) architecture was used to model the system. The ANFIS system works by mapping input parameters to the input membership functions, input membership functions are mapped to the rules generated by the ANFIS model which are further mapped to the output membership function. A comparative performance analysis of fuzzy system and ANFIS system is also done and results generated shows that the ANFIS system outperformed fuzzy system in terms of testing accuracy, sensitivity and specificity.
Adopting Identification Standards in the Medical Device Supply Chain
Authors: Abdulsalam Yousef , Alhuwail Dari , Schneller Eugene S.
Published: December 2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently mandated that medical device manufacturers adopt Unique Device Identification (UDI) standards on their medical devices. The benefits that UDI brings to hospitals and patients is relatively obvious, including inventory transparency, product safety, product equivalency, business intelligence. However, adoption by manufacturers, who face the mandate, has been slow in part because the benefit to them is not as readily perceived. This study focuses on the incentives, barriers, and benefits that medical device manufacturers perceive in UDI adoption. This study seeks to understand which adoption pressures are driving manufacturers to act, and attempts to gauge the benefits to manufacturers from UDI adoption. Through survey methods, the evidence suggests that medical device manufacturers implement UDI largely as a response to the coercive and normative pressures they face. There continues to be a high level of uncertainty regarding the return on investment for the medical device manufacturers, particularly from the late adopters.
The Evolutionary Analysis of Agricultural Production Transaction Under The Price Subsidy Policy
Authors: Huang Jianhua , Chen YanDang , He Shan
Published: December 2019

The scattered and small-scale production mode together with asymmetric business information results in the Chinese peasants' weak position in the agricultural supply chain. Chinese government has implemented some effective measures to safeguard the peasants' benefits. By establishing a tripartite evolutionary game model among the peasants, agricultural products dealers and government under the policy of price subsidy, the effects of social benefits, the size of the penalty and the transaction volume on the evolutionary stable strategy is discussed. A simulation instance is also given to demonstrate the evolutionary game model. The results shows that the probability of government regulation is not only related to the social benefits of regulation, but also affected by the transaction volume of agricultural products, the peasants benefits can be protected effectively by the price subsidy policy and the probability of the agricultural products dealers choosing fraud strategy declines with the increase of penalty and increases with the transaction volume of agricultural products.
A Study of Estimation of Wind Potential and Prediction of Grid-Connected Wind Power Development in Vietnam
Authors: Co Xuan Hoang  , Dang Linh Thi Hai , Van Ta Da , Dinh Cuong Manh , Van Kim Chinh , Nguyen Ha Hai , Tran Phong Thanh
Published: December 2019

The construction of grid-connected wind power plants has increased sharply in Vietnam due to the rapid rise of energy demands. Previous studies of wind energy have shown that the wind potential of Vietnam compared to other countries of Southeast Asia and examined wind speed levels of each region of Vietnam. In this study, the annual electricity production (AEP), which is an important factor of project's cost and benefit calculation, was calculated for 13 study areas. A correlation equation between AEP and the average wind speed at 60m above ground level was also developed to estimate AEP where there exists only data of the annual average wind speed. Moreover, other resources of the development of grid-connected wind power were discussed in this research such as the Vietnamese supporting mechanism, international co-operation, turbine technology development, etc. The article then predicts the trend, and proposes some recommendations of developing grid-connected wind farms in Vietnam.
An Effective Multiple Linear Regression-Based Forecasting Model for Demand-Based Constructive Farming
Authors: Balaji Prabhu B.V.  , Dakshayini M.
Published: December 2019

Demand planning plays a very strategic role in improving the performance of every business, as the planning for a whole lot of other activities depends on the accuracy and validity of this exercise. The field of agriculture is not an exception; demand forecasting plays an important role in this area also, where a farmer can plan for the crop production according to the demand in future. Hence, a system which could forecasts the demand for day-to-day food harvests and assists the farmers in planning the crop production accordingly may lead to beneficial farming business. This paper would experiment by forecasting the demand using multiple linear regression (EMLR-DF) for different food commodities and implements the model to assists the farmers in demand based constructive farming. Implementation results have proved the effectiveness of the proposed system in educating the farmers in producing the yields mapping to the demand. Implementation and comparison results have proved the proposed EMLR-DF is more effective and accurate.