bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Study of EFL Saudi Students' Use of Mobile Social Media Applications for Learning
Authors: Journal Arab World English , Alshabeb Abdulrahman M. , Almaqrn Riam K.
Published: August 2018

This research addresses the gaps in the literature on m-learning approaches in Saudi Arabia, with a focus on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students studying at university level. The research aimed to explore university students’ use of social media applications and their role in language learning, with a focus on how mobile devices can best be utilised. It analysed the attitudes of 102 learners towards the use of social media to improve language learning both inside and outside the classroom setting. Students of both genders completed a questionnaire, and five students engaged in semi-structured interviews. The aim was to discover whether the students are currently using social media applications to enhance their language skills, and what the students’ attitudes are towards the use of social media via mobile devices inside and outside the classroom. Prior to designing the research instruments, the literature was reviewed, including examining the attitudes of learners in different countries towards mobile technologies, and to decide on the best approach to take in examining attitudes towards new forms of learning. Based on the findings from the literature, appropriate questions were devised, and these reveal an overall positive response towards from the student participants towards using social media and mobile technologies to facilitate learning English. The results of this research are positive, and it is important that Saudi Arabia keeps up to date with advancements in technology to ensure the best learning experience for learners and maximise their potential.
Magic, explanations, and evil: On the origins and design of witches and sorcerers
Authors: Singh Manvir
Published: August 2018

In nearly every documented society, people believe that some misfortunes are attributable to malicious group mates employing magic or supernatural powers. Here I report cross-cultural patterns in these beliefs and propose a theory to explain them. Using the newly-created Survey of Mystical Harm, I show that several conceptions of evil, mystical practitioners recur around the world, including sorcerers (who use learned spells), possessors of the evil eye (who transmit injury through their stares and words), and witches (who possess superpowers, pose existential threats, and engage in morally abhorrent acts). I argue that these beliefs develop from three cultural selective processes – a selection for effective-seeming magic, a selection for plausible explanations of impactful misfortune, and a selection for demonizing myths that justify mistreatment. Separately, these selective schemes produce traditions as diverse as shamanism, conspiracy theories, and campaigns against heretics – but around the world, they jointly give rise to the odious and feared witch. I use the tripartite theory to explain the forms of beliefs in mystical harm and outline ten predictions for how shifting conditions should affect those conceptions. Societally-corrosive beliefs can persist when they are intuitively appealing or serve some believers’ agendas.
Understanding Gender and Character Agency in the 19th Century Novel
Authors: Jockers Matthew , Kirilloff Gabi
Published: August 2018

The relationship between character identity and character action is an established topic of literary study. In Morphology of the Folktale, Vladimir Propp argues against the separation of "who acts" from "the question of the actions themselves," instead advocating an approach that studies characters according to their functions. Similarly, the notion of the literary archetype, as influenced by both Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung, highlights the way in which what characters do influences the way we perceive who characters are. The notion of literary stereotypes is also tied to this discussion. As Bamman, O'Connor, and Smith observe in their study of personas in film, stereotypical characters are "defined by a fixed set of actions widely known to be representative of a class." While actions are only one part of a complex network of descriptive tools that authors may use to create characters, they may offer us a useful insight into the way that certain behaviors can align with various character identity traits in literature. A study of character action may serve as a proxy to not only demarcate character types, but also to investigate what behaviors, and types of behaviors, were conventionally aligned with different groups of characters. Bamman, Underwood, and Smith (2014) attempt something similar in "A Bayesian Mixed Effects Model of Literary Character." In that work, the authors focus on modeling specific character "personas" by studying semantically related words that occur in proximity to character mentions. The authors note that "articulating what a true 'persona' might be for characters is inherently problematic" and they acknowledge that the "personas learned so far [by their model] do not align neatly with character types known to literary historians." Nevertheless, their study revealed compelling associations between certain personas and certain genres and, more importantly for our current research, that certain personas were "clearly gendered." In noting the later, the authors write that "analysis of latent character types might cast new light on the history of gender in fiction." Our work attempts a more direct and specific study of character agency in the context of character gender. To do this, we explore trends in behavior associated with male and female characters in 3,329 19th century novels.
Bank Specific and Macroeconomic Determinants of Bank Profitability
Authors: Javaid Muhammad Ehsan
Published: August 2018

This study investigated the profitability of the banking sector in Pakistan. It evaluated the effects of both internal (bank-specific) and external (macroeconomic) factors on bank’s profitability from 2006 to 2013 period. The data of 34 commercial banks operating in Pakistan has collected. The data was balanced panel data and analyzed by random effect panel data regression analysis. Results confirmed that bank size and non-interest income had positive significant relationship on banking profitability. Deposit had negative significant relationship with banking profitability because of maintaining high liquidity, which increased cost of holding asset that ultimately, decrease profitability. As major participant, banks of Pakistan banking sector were small size banks so most important factor out of significant factors were income from non-interest facilities provided by these commercial banks. By increasing such facilities increased the bank’s customer base, which ultimately increased bank’s profitability. Macro-economic factors showed no significant effect on bank’s profitability.
Do Corporate Social Responsibility and Electronic Word-of-Mouth influence the Perceived Quality? Mediating role of Brand Image
Authors: Nisar Qasim Ali , Shaista Shaista , Mariam Mariam
Published: August 2018

The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between corporate social responsibilities, electronic words of mouth and perceived quality by considering the mediating role of brand image. For collecting data quantitative study was adopted, in which 450 questionnaire were distributed in various universities. Every student must belong to business department. Data has tested through SPSS (Statistical Packages for the Social Science) as well as AMOS (Analysis Movement of Structure). This study shows that there is positive and significant relationship between the corporate social responsibility and perceived quality and electronic word of mouth is highly correlated with perceived quality. Brand image also positively and significantly mediates the relationship among variables. Organizations must understand the importance of corporate social responsibility, electronic words of mouth and other significant factors and try to manage their brand image to influence the perceived quality. If the companies adopt CSR than the brand, image will be build up and in this way; the perceptions of the consumers will be influenced. Furthermore, companies can create awareness regarding their brand through the electronic word of mouth.
The Relationship of Social Media with Fashion Consciousness and Consumer Buying Behavior
Authors: Gul Muhammad Shafiq , Shahzad Hamid
Published: August 2018

with Fashion Consciousness and Consumer Purchase (Buying Behavior). Students of Higher Educational institutes of Karachi were the targeted population of the study. A convenience sampling strategy was adopted for the collection of data. The proposed study uses standardized questionnaire and 300 questioners were distributed among respondents randomly and got back 262 responses. The results of the study indicated that there is a weak significant relationship between Social Media and Fashion Consciousness, so as between Social Media and Consumer Purchase Behavior. However results of the study do not align with the statement that Customers spend more than Rs. 4000 per shopping trip.
Organizational justice mitigates adverse effects of perceived organizational politics on employee's turnover intentions at workplace
Authors: Shafiq Muhammad , Khan Noor Ullah , Bhatti Mansoor , Khan Faisal
Published: August 2018

The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between organizational justice (procedural, interpersonal & distributive) perceived organizational politic and turnover intentions of employees at a workplace. Furthermore the research study exposed that organizational justice mitigates negative effects of perceived organizational politics can and turnover intentions of employees. Sample size of 100 was selected via random probability sampling out of 320 employees from main head office and all branches of bank of Khyber Peshawar KPK Pakistan. The conclusion drawn from the research study that organizational justice (procedural, interpersonal & distributive) has significantly related with perceived organizational politics and turnover intentions of employees at workplace.  So managing organizational politics is a very sensitive and critical issue, therefore the study will facilitate human resource managers to cope up with organizational politics and their negative outcomes. To manage the negative outcomes of organizational politics the HR managers should realize the   sensitivity of political environment inside organization. The future studies may include all dimensions of justice and other job outcomes with a bigger sample size in order to increase the generalizability of results.
Disposition to Trust, Interpersonal Trust and Institutional Trust of Mobile Banking In Malaysia
Authors: Mahad Murat , Mohtar Shahimi , Othman Abdul Aziz
Published: August 2018

Mobile banking refers to the use of smart phones or other mobile devices to perform tasks online banking from your home computer, such as monitoring the account balances, transfer of funds between accounts, pay bills and prepaid top-up. Mobile banking is a new strategy for the bank to enhance their latest technology in a new dynamic marketing environment. The low penetration of mobile banking in Malaysia, especially in terms of adoption patterns is becoming the research interest, especially when compared to the total number of cellular telephone subscriptions. The penetration rate of mobile banking in Malaysia is still in the minority. One of the issues identified by a few researchers is the perception of trust. This article will discuss along the trust issue and its constituents and then after the intention to use of mobile banking services. The bank should enhance their strategy to improve and develop new strategy in order to gain more utilization and adoption on intention to use. This article attempts to discuss on the element of trust to benefit the service provider in Malaysia.
Brote de Parotiditis Vírica en el Liceo Militar de Acosta Ñu de junio a octubre del año 2016
Authors: López Laura , Arguello Gladys , Sánchez María José , Rolón Roger
Published: August 2018

Introducción: El presente estudio trata de un brote de parotiditis en un Liceo Militar que se inicia en junio del año 2016 y se prolonga hasta fines de octubre del mismo año. El objetivo fue describir las características epidemiológicas del brote.

 

Métodos: Es observacional, retroprospectivo, de corte transverso de fichas clínicas de cadetes que constan en el archivo del Liceo Militar de Acosta Ñu que abarca el periodo junio a octubre del año 2016 y posterior entrevista a los afectados.

 

Resultados: De 181 cadetes, todos masculinos, con edad media de 16 años, del Liceo Militar de Acosta Ñu. Se tomó como muestra a 115 cadetes (63%) presentaron parotiditis, sin afectación de las otras glándulas salivales. En 50 casos (44%) de forma bilateral y 64 casos (56%) unilateral. 23 cadetes (20%) presentaron complicaciones, como orquitis 22 (19%) todos unilaterales, pancreatitis 1. En ningún caso se presentó meningitis, encefalitis, miocarditis, todos sobrevivieron. De los cadetes afectados no fueron vacunados (SPR) 103 (90%), 8 (7%) recibieron una dosis y 2 (2.3%) dos dosis. Los casos ocurridos (63%) fue debida a la falta de vacunación completa (Triple Viral, 2 dosis) y a las condiciones de hacinamiento de los cadetes.

 

Conclusión: El brote de parotiditis ocurrido en el Liceo Militar de Acosta Ñu, se caracterizó por la alta incidencia de contagios debido a la baja o nula cobertura vacunal y a las condiciones de hacinamiento de los cadetes. Por lo tanto recomendamos que al ingreso a toda institución que incluya residencia temporal o fija en condiciones de hacinamiento, la exigencia mínima debiera ser la presentación de un carnet de vacunación completo.

 

Conflicto de Interés: Los autores declararan que no poseer conflicto de interés

Recibido: 24/11/2017. Aceptado: 25/04/2018
Trastorno negativista desafiante: una puesta al día para pediatras y psiquiatras infantiles
Authors: Torales Julio , Barrios Iván , Arce Andrés , Viola Laura
Published: August 2018

El Trastorno Negativista Desafiante será diagnosticado en un niño que presenta un comportamiento disruptivo para su edad y cultura, caracterizado por un patrón persistente de mal humor o irritabilidad, que discute o presenta comportamientos desafiantes y/o vengativos por lo menos durante los últimos 6 meses. Este trastorno no sólo afecta al niño, sino que es un problema de salud pública, que alcanza a la familia, a los maestros y a los pares. Cuando no se atiende adecuadamente, el trastorno negativista desafiante puede evolucionar a un problema de conducta mayor como el trastorno disocial o a la generación de una personalidad antisocial. Con el fin de ayudar a pediatras y a psiquiatras infantiles en el reconocimiento y manejo de estos “niños problemáticos”, este artículo de revisión tiene el objetivo de presentar una puesta al día del concepto, etiopatogenia, clínica, diagnóstico y modalidades terapéuticas para este desafiante grupo de pacientes.
La vida posible de poblaciones expuestas a sustancias tóxicas: desafíos para una cultura de paz
Authors: Benítez Leite Stela , Corvalán Ramón
Published: August 2018

La dignidad humana se reconoce como el principio ético básico que fundamenta la forma de gobierno democrática adoptada constitucionalmente en Paraguay. Este principio se entiende como autonomía o como posibilidad de diseñar un plan vital y de determinarse según características propias, requiere de ciertas condiciones materiales concretas de existencia y exige protección de la integridad física e integridad moral. Desde esta perspectiva, se reflexiona, a partir del análisis de estudios sobre poblaciones expuestas a sustancias tóxicas en diferentes contextos, acerca de la vida posible de dichas poblaciones, condicionada por la vulneración de derechos básicos, situación que plantea desafíos para promover una educación para la paz desde dichas realidades.

 

Conflicto de intereses: Los autores declaran no poseer conflicto de interés.Recibido: 20/11/2017. Aceptado: 13/04/2018.
BİRİNCİ DÜNYA SAVAŞI’NDA “GÖÇ”ÜN ACILARINA TANIKLIK EDEN ŞEHİR: GİRESUN
Authors: AKSOY Volkan
Published: August 2018

20. yüzyılın ilk çeyreği, insanlık tarihinin o güne kadar

görmüş olduğu en büyük savaşa tanıklık etmiştir. Savaşın

yıkıcılığı ya da görece büyüklüğü sadece cephelerin geniş-

liği, katılan ülkelerin çokluğu, savaşırken ölen ve yaralananların

sayısı ile ilgili değildir. Adı geçen savaş, cephe

gerisindeki sıradan insanların yaşamlarını da önceki savaşlarla

kıyas kabul etmez derecede siyasi, sosyal, iktisadi

vb. şekillerde etkilemiştir. Diğer taraftan süreçte en

önemli sıkıntılardan birisi de insanların yaşanan işgaller

dolayısıyla göç etmek zorunda kalmalarıdır. Biz bu doğrultuda

savaşın Anadolu insanı için meydana getirdiği göçün

bir kesiti olan ve Doğu Karadeniz’deki Rus işgalinden kaynaklanan

göçlerin Giresun ve çevresinde ortaya çıkardığı

siyasi, sosyal, iktisadi ve sağlık gibi alanlardaki meseleleri

incelemeye çalıştık. 
RİZE GAZETESİNE GÖRE RİZE’DE EKONOMİK DURUM (1931-1942)
Authors: YORMAZ Elif
Published: August 2018

Rize gazetesi, Rize vilayetinin ilk gazetesi olduğundan

bölge için oldukça önemli bir yere sahiptir. Gazetede yer

alan haberlerden bölgede yaşanan olaylar dışında, yurt ve

dünyada meydana gelen olaylar da takip edilebilmektedir.

Bu çalışmada, gazete üzerinden bölgenin ekonomik durumu,

geçim kaynakları, gelişen tarım şartları ve ortaya

çıkan yeni tarım alanları, çayın bölgeye geliş süreci ve

hükûmetin bu konuda verdiği destekler incelenmiştir. Bununla

birlikte konuyla ilgili geçen haberlerdeki bilgiler

başka kaynaklardan teyit edilmiştir. Yine de gazetede yer

alan haberler, çalışmanın esas kaynağını oluşturmaktadır.

Rize vilayetinde halkın yaşamış olduğu zorluklar, yol sı-

kıntısı, hastalıklar, bölgenin engebeli yapısı, erkek nüfusun

şehir dışında çalışmaya gitmesi bölge ekonomisini

olumsuz etkileyen sebeplerdir. Ancak tüm bu olumsuzluklara

rağmen Rize vilayeti, kendi ekonomisini geliştirmeyi

başarabilmiştir. Rize vilayetinde yaşanan tüm ekonomik

sorunlar ve diğer önemli gelişmeler çalışmamızın konusunu

oluşturmaktadır. Bu alanda bölgenin gelişmesine

katkıda bulunan önemli isimlerden biri olan Zihni Derin’in

de yaptığı çalışmalar unutulmamıştır. Rize’ye çayı getiren

ve çayın babası olarak bilinen Zihni Derin bugün dahi Rize

halkı için oldukça önemli bir yere sahiptir.
Validación de un modelo para el aseguramiento de la calidad del software en MIPYMES que desarrollan software en el Eje Cafetero
Authors: Toro Alonso , Peláez Luis
Published: August 2018

This article aims to explain the validation of a model, which considered as a methodology, has been proposed to improve the quality of the process and the product in the Colombian software industry, which has been developed by MSMEs. Some of the methodological, procedural and evaluative aspects that have been developed and applied to validate the proposal, as well as the main results of the process, are presented in this paper. Such validation consists on the development of a group of software applications in certain sectors: education, services, industry, and trade; in which the development and management guidelines given by the model could be applied. After fi nishing them, its quality is compared to other analogous products in its functioning, which have been developed using another methodology or without applying any of them, so that the eff ectiveness or ineff ectiveness of the new model could be compared and concluded.
Incidencia del discurso metafórico del profesor en la enseñanza del concepto de número complejo
Authors: Rojas Cardona Claudia Vanessa , Fernández Sánchez Oscar
Published: August 2018

In this paper, it is presented two math teachers’ discourse analysis results, to identify the possible incidence of the metaphorical language used by them, in the learning of the concept of a complex number with ninth grade students. The analysis of the metaphorical language of the teacher is done in the light of the Cognitive Theory of Mathematics. It seeks the understanding of mathematics in the metaphorical thinking of people, and not in the rigorous demonstrations of books, emphasizing the connection that has the body with the cognitive processes, inducing the main key for the reform of teaching and learning processes focused on mathematical communication.
Obtención y caracterización de recubrimientos de Brushita, Dióxido de Titanio (TiO2) y sus bicapas sobre acero 316L
Authors: Jiménez García Francy Nelly , Segura Giraldo Belarmino , Giraldo Torres Laura Rocío , Cortés Ospina Jhon Alexander , Moscoso Londoño Oscar , Forero Sossa Paola Andrea
Published: August 2018

The synthesis and study of biomaterials possessing biomechanical and biocompatibility properties is a subject of continuous research by the scientifi c community. Compounds such as hydroxyapatite (HA) and brushite, which have interesting properties and are biocompatible, are being used as a barrier layer between materials such as 316L steel and biological media, thus reducing the iron ion fl ux from the steel to the Biological fl uids. Although recent studies have presented advances regarding the adhesion of these materials to diff erent metals, there are still open challenges to improve the adhesion of these materials to the desired metal. In this work, we have implemented coatings composed of brushite and titanium dioxide (TiO2) bilayers. Following are the protocols followed for synthesis of brushite, titanium dioxide and bilayer coatings on 316 L steel, as well as the structural characterization by infra-red spectrometry (FTIR), X-ray diff raction (XRD), electron microscopy of Scanning (SEM) and dispersive energy spectroscopy (EDS) of the coatings obtained.
COBIT 5.0: Capability Level of Information Technology Directorate General of Treasury
Authors: Setya Dian Utami , Wella Wella
Published: August 2018

Information system is one of the most important things that can help every companies to improve the performance of their company. The Directorate Generate of the Treasury is one of the government agencies that already use information systems to support their performance to handle the entire transaction of state budgeting and also they provides information systems to serve their users. That system must have a priority of the security and reliability. To ensure that the system has both of the priority, it is necessary to holding of the information systems auditing to ensure that capability level of their governance. The author doing the audit of information system using framework of COBIT 5.0 and doing measurements with Capability Level. EDM 01 (Ensure Governance Framework Setting and Maintenance) and EDM 02 (Ensure Benefits Delivery) are the two main processes of that government needs to do an audit, because they want to make sure that the system can running well and can deliver every benefits to their users. Based on the measurements that have been done using a capability level, both of the main processes are stalled on level 4 and could not reach the level of target on level 5 because there are some activities that cannot going well and can be inhibit the others process to reach their goals.
Design of TTL Based Routing Algorithm on UTAR Network on Chip Communication Architecture
Authors: Khusnandar Wahyudi , Halim Fransiscus Ati , Lokananta Felix
Published: August 2018

XY adaptive routing protocol is a routing protocol used on UTAR NoC communication architecture. This routing algorithm adapts shrotest-path first algorithm, which will forward will not be able to work optimally if the closest route no longer have enough bandwidth to continue the packet. Packet will be stored inside the router and forwarded to the nearest router when closest route has enough bandwidth. This paper suggest TTL based routing algorithm to resolve this issue. TTL based routing algorithm adapts XY adaptive routing protocol by adding several parameters on RTL UTAR NoC and additional bit in each packet sent by router. This additional bit and parameter will be used by TTL based algorithm as additional factors in choosing alternative routes inside the communication architecture. Use of TTL on TTL based routing different from use of TTL on communication network. Packets that carry TTL value that equal to Maximum TTL will be route using XY adaptive routing protocol. TTL based routing algorithm has shown better performance compared to XY adaptive routing on some of the experiment done using MSCL NoC Traffic Pattern Suite. This research also proves that TTL based routing algorithm cannot work optimally on small-scaled architecture.
The Design of Mobile Indoor Robot Guidance System
Authors: Haryanto Dhanny Kurniawan , Karyono Kanisius , Hutagalung Samuel
Published: August 2018

The mobile indoor robot guidance system is a mobile robot which can assist users to find the desired position or location indoor or inside particular shed where Global Position System (GPS) failed to perform. Robot guidance system has many features in order to make the system useful for all of the users. The type of user who can make use of this system is mostly the disabled user and the user which is unfamiliar with the environment or the map. There is also potential usage inside the shopping mall or the big office spaces with the capability of displaying the advertisement during guidance process. This work deploys robot guidance system using geo-magnetic and Wifi methods for Indoor Positioning System (IPS). Although DC motors can generate interference to the magnetic sensor, the proper shields are adequate for the system. The metal shields for the DC motor can minimize the deviation from 6.41n T or about 16.74% for non-shielding motors to 2.86 n T or about 10.56%. Based on this research, mobile indoor robot guidance system can be implemented using various methods of IPS including geo-magnetic.
PENGARUH KOMPENSASI TERHADAP KEPUASAN KERJA KARYAWAN PADA DIVISI PRODUKSI PT. SOLJER ABADI
Authors: Veriyani Rani , Prasetio Arif Partono
Published: August 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengaruh kompensasi terhadap kepuasan kerja karyawan. Penelitian kali ini dilakukan di PT. Soljer Abadi yang berlokasi di Kota Majalaya, dengan total responden yang berjumlah 102 responden yang merupakan karyawan pada Divisi Produksi pada bagian operator. Metode sampling yang digunakan selama penelitian adalah nonprobability sampling.Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah dengan menyebarkan kuesioner secara manual dengan total 38 butir pernyataan kepada responden yaitu karyawan PT. Soljer Abadi Divisi Produksi Bagian Operator. Skala pengukuran yang digunakan pada penelitian ini menggunakan Skala Likert.  Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik analisis regresi linier sederhana dan analisis deskriptif untuk menjelaskan hasil penelitian yang diperoleh. Hasil yang didapat dari penelitian ini adalah kompensasi berpengaruh secara signifikan positif terhadap kepuasan kerja yang artinya, kompensasi yang diberikan oleh PT. Soljer Abadi sudah baik dan dapat meningkatkan kepuasan kerja. Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat berguna bagi pimpinan perusahaan dalam mengelola kepuasan kerja karyawan sehingga karyawan pada PT. Soljer Abadi memiliki tingkat loyalitas yang tinggi pada perusahaan dan dapat selalu mendukung operasional perusahaan.
APLIKASI PENERIMAAN KAS DARI SIMPANAN ANGGOTA PADA KOPERASI PEGAWAI DINAS KOPERASI 12 JULI PRIVINSI JAWA BARAT
Authors: Abdillah Junaedi , Halim Sentosa
Published: August 2018

Koperasi merupakan badan usaha yang beranggotakan orang atau badan hukum yang didirikan berasaskan kekeluargaan serta melandaskan kegiatan berdasarkan prinsip gerakan ekonomi rakyat yang bertujuan untuk mensejahterakan anggotanya, demikian halnya dengan Koperasi Pegawai Dinas Koperasi 12 Juli Provinsi Jawa Barat atau yang biasa disebut dengan KPDK 12 Juli, didirikan dengan tujuan mensejahterakan para anggotanya yang terdiri dari para pegawai pada Dinas Koperasi 12 Juli Provinsi Jawa Barat.  Sistem berjalan pada KPDK 12 Juli sudah baik, namun pada pelaksanaan kegiatan operasional dan administrasi seperti pencatatan data transaksi masih dilakukan secara manual sehingga data transaksi masih tersebar diberbagai buku, pemrosesan data transaksi khususnya simpanan anggota masih lambat sehingga terkadang penyajian informasi untuk anggota memakan waktu, dan pembuatan laporan penerimaan kas yang masih kurang optimal dan akurat.

Berdasarkan ilustrasi permasalahan tersebut, diusulkan solusinya dengan membuat sebuah aplikasi berbasis desktop menggunakan Microsoft Access 2013, metodologi pengembangan sistem yang digunakan adalah waterfall, dengan alat bantu yang (tools) dalam analisa perancangan sistem adalah Flowchart, Data Flow Diagram, Context Diagram, Entity Relation Diagram dan Data Dictionary.

Pembuatan aplikasi ini bertujuan untuk mempermudah pelaksanaan kegiatan koperasi khususnya untuk bagian simpanan, meningkatkan keakuratan data dan meningkatkan produktifitas dengan pemanfaatan teknologi.
PENGARUH PROMOSI PENJUALAN TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN PADA PT HARJAGUNATAMA LESTARI (TOSERBA BORMA) CABANG DAKOTA
Authors: Prasetio Budi , Rismawati Yunita
Published: August 2018

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui kondisi promosi penjulan,keputusan pembelian di PT. Harjagunatama Lestari (Toserba Borma) Cabang Dakota.  Selain itu, untuk mengetahui berapa besar pengaruh promosi penjualan terhadap keputusan pembelian di PT. Harjagunatama Lestari (Toserba Borma) Cabang Dakota.  .

Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh konsumen yang telah berbelanja di PT. Harjagunatama Lestari (Toserba Borma) Cabang Dakota.  Ukuran sampel sebanyak 88 responden, pengambilan sample menggunakan teknik simple random sampling.  Data dikumpulkan melalui penyebaran kuesioner yang telah lulus uji validitas dan reliabilitas.  Teknik analisis datanya menggunakan analisis deskriptif dan analisis asosiatif (regresi linear berganda). 

Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa (1) promosi penjualan dalam indikasi lemah khususnya pada alat insentif yang ditawarkan (2) Secara umum keputusan pembelian cukup baik (3) Terdapat Pengaruh promosi penjualan terhadap keputusan pembelian.
ANALISIS KEUNGGULAN KOMPARATIF KAKAO DI PROVINSI SULAWESI BARAT
Authors: Samsuddin Samsuddin
Published: August 2018

Increased competitive advantage (competitiveness) of Indonesia cocoa becomes an important agenda in order face tight global competition. This research aimed (1) to determine the competitive advantage (Comparative Advantage) of cocoa commodities; (2) to investigate the competitive advantage of cocoa commodities (comparative advantage); (3. The research used a descriptivi-qualitative approach. The population included 5 regencies in West Sulawesi Province. The secondary data were obtained from the work force in the cocoa plantation in both West Sulawesi Province and lndonesia and from both the West Sulawesi Provincial Central Statistics Agency (BPS) and the National Central Statistics Agency. The analyses used were the Locational Qoutient (LQ) and SWOT analyses. The research results revealed that the cocoa commodities in West Sulawesi Province had a comparative advantage in the labor force in the cocoa plantation Sector. In general, since the last five years has the value of LQ> 1 or the average reaches 8.47. While the comparative advantage of the land area of cocoa based on a comparison with the Sulawesi area LQ value reached 2.99 in 2012. While the 2013-2014 experienced a drastic 0,95 and 0,89. That matter decline due to land conversion from cocoa to sawait.
SERAPAN NITROGEN BIBIT ROTAN PADA PERLAKUAN PUPUK ORGANIK DAN ANORGANIK
Authors: Bangkele Lisa Indriani
Published: August 2018

Indonesia as the world's major producer and supplier of rattan, but most of Indonesia's rattan production relies on natural rattan sources. The fact that natural rattan is generally harvested after the age of more than 4 years, is not proportional to harvesting at any time, and threatens the preservation of rattan, so research on rattan cultivation is important. This study focuses on the growth and absorption of Noko rattan seedlings varieties (Daemonorops sp.) in response of organic and inorganic fertilization. Research was conducted in the glass house of UNTAD, using factorial design of 2 (two) factors. Factor I consists of 2 (two) levels, namely: (B0) without bokashi, and (B1) bokashi 10 t / Ha. Factor II consists of 7 (seven) variations of Nitrogen and Phosphorus treatments. The results showed that the treatment of organic fertilizer and inorganic fertilizer had no significant effect on dry weight or nitrogen uptake (N) or N network. However treatment with bokashi showed a tendency of dry weight and alsoN uptake or N tissue higher than treatment without bokashi. In this study, treatment with bokashi added Urea fertilizer gives the best influence on the growth of Noko rattan seedlings.
PENGARUH KONSENTRASI PROTEIN IKAN LELE TERHADAP KANDUNGAN KIMIA DAN ORGANOLEPTIK KERUPUK IKAN
Authors: Fitrawati Rahmi AM , Musbah Muhamad , Muliadin Muliadin , Hermawan Roni , Renol Renol , Akbar Mohammad
Published: August 2018

Catfish is one of potential fisheries products in Central Sulawesi, but this fact is not in line with community consumption level. Catfishes contain protein and fatty acid which are good for health. The use of catfishes as fish chips become one of the way out to increase the community consumption level. This research aims at knowing the effect of catfishes protein concentration toward chemical content (water content, ash content) and organoleptics. The research result shows that the treatment of catfishes protein concentration is unsignifficantly effect the water and ash content, besides the result of hedonic test shows that the concentration signifficantly effect the taste, the smell and the texture of catfish chips but unsignifficanly effect the colour of it. The treatment by adding 200 g of catfish was being the panels’ most favorite treatment with a score of 4.5 or with the rounding 5 indicated as favored.
UJI ORGANOLEPTIK JALANGKOTE UBI JALAR UNGU ( Ipomoea batatas L) SEBAGAI UPAYA DIVERSIFIKASI PANGAN
Authors: Lamusu Darni
Published: August 2018

This study aims to determine the organoleptic test of purple sweet potato jalangkote The analysis of research data is designed with Completely Randomized Design which is arranged with 1 factor that is purple sweet potato (J) : J0 = 50% purple sweet potato flour + 50% wheat flour; J1 = 60% purple sweet potato flour + 40% wheat flour; J2 = 70% purple sweet potato flour + 30% wheat flour; J3 = 80% purple sweet potato flour + 20% flour. Based on the results of organoleptic tests showed that the panelist's assessment of jalangkote sweet potato products gave a very real effect on the color, aroma and texture of jalangkote, Then give no real influence on jalangkote sweet potato flavor purple. The best treatment based on panelist appraisal was treatment of J3 ie 80% purple sweet potato flour + 20% flour in color (4.15) and flavor (4.25). Then the best treatment on the scent (4.50) and texture (4.45) is the treatment of 50% purple sweet potato flour + 50% wheat flour
EMULSI KAYA OMEGA-3 DAN SQUALENEDARI KOMBINASI MINYAK IKAN SARDIN DAN CUCUT
Authors: Musbah Muhamad , Fitriawati AM Rahmi , Adel Yeldi S , Muliadin Muliadin
Published: August 2018

Sardine fish oil contains essential omega-3 fatty acids, EPA (Eikosapentanoat Acid) and DHA (Dokosaheksaenoat Acid) which have an important role for human health. In addition to omega-3 fatty acids there is also a squalen obtained from liver of sharkoils that have considerable benefits to human health as inhibitor cancer, diabetes and endurance. The combination of sardine oil rich omega-3 and squalen from shark oils into commercial emulsified products is underresearch. This research aims to make emulsion formulation fish oils rich of omega-3 and squaleneby treating the guar gum emulsifier concentration. Based on the stability test parameters and droplet / globula size the best emulsion product was produced on a formula with guar gum concentration of 1.1%.
RENDEMEN DAN pH GELATIN KULIT IKAN NILA (Oreochromis niloticus) YANG DIRENDAM PADA BERBAGAI KOSENTRASI HCl
Authors: Renol Renol , Finarti Finarti , Wahyudi Deddy , Akbar Mohamad , Ula Radhiyatul
Published: August 2018

Gelatin is derivative protein of collagen fiber which is found in the skin, bone, and cartilage. The composition of amino acids is almost similar to collagen, where glycine as the main amino acid and as 2/3 of all the amino acids that make it up, where 1/3 of the amino acids contained by proline and proline hydroxine. This research aims at knowing the physical charateristic of rendement and pH by using the skin of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in concentration of HCL as immersion solution. The benefits of this research are expected to be the information sources of gelatin making in production scale, especially the gelatin production from the skin of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). The information are expected to support the development of information science and technology (IPTEK). Gelatin of tilapia skin (Oreochromis niloticus) used Completely Randomized Design (RAL) with 4 treatments. The treatments were HCl immersion to Tilapia’s skin (Oreochromis nilaticus) with N1 (4%), N2 (5%), N3 (6%) and N4 (7%) in 4 times repetitions
INFUSED WATER ANGGUR MERAH (Vitis Vinifera) MENINGKATKAN pH PLAK DAN pH SALIVA
Authors: Kurniawan Kurnia Budi , Fatmasari Diyah
Published: August 2018

Plaque accumulation on tooth surfaces associated with plaque pH and saliva pH. A decrease in the pH plaque and pH saliva will continually cause demineralization. One effort to prevent the plaque accumulation by consuming fruits. Infused water is a preparation made from the extract of fruits in mineral water.Purpose of this study to investigate the effect of consuming red grape (Vitis Vinifera) infused water to the plaque pH and salivary pH. Research design was a quasi-experimental design with pre-post test control group. Research conducted 16 on students Orphanage Aisyiyah as sample and simple random sampling as saple collection. Sampes was instructed to consume red grape infused water and saliva pH and plaque pH were counted before and after consuming red grape infused water. Data were analyzed with paired sample test with significance level of 5%.The results showed mean of plaquepH before and after consuming red grape infused water is 6.04 and 7.06. The study also found mean salivapH before and after Â consuming red grape infused water is 6.01 and 7.26.Paired samples get significant value of p less than 0.05 (Ï = 0.001 plaque pH and saliva pH Ï = 0.002. The conclusion of this study, there are significant effect of consuming red grape infused water to enhancement of plaque pH and salivary pHÂ Â
Association of HLA DRB1*15 Gene among Acute and Chronic Hepatitis B Infected Bangladeshi Patients
Authors: Akhter Rokshana , Shirin Afzalunnessa , Tabassum Shahina , Hossen Murad
Published: August 2018

Background: Elucidating differences in HLA DRB1* genes distribution may be useful in understanding the molecular pathogenesis of viral hepatitis B.Objective: The aim of the study was to find out the HLA DRB1*15 gene susceptibility among acute and chronic Hepatitis B infected Bangladeshi patients.Methodology: This cross-sectional study was carried out in the Department of Virology at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period of June 2012 to June 2013 for a period of one year. Evaluation HLA DRB15*gene distribution was performed among acute hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis B infected (HBV) Bangladeshi patients. HLA DRB15*gene distribution was detected by conventional PCR followed by agarose gel electrophoresis.Result: A total of 60 serologically pre-diagnosed 30 acute hepatitis B and 30 chronic hepatitis B infected (HBV) Bangladeshi patients were evaluated. The study revealed a significant increase of DRB1*15 allele among chronic hepatitis B infected patients compared to acute hepatitis B (46.7% vs 13.3%; RR=5.8, X2 test=7.2; P< 0.05). This is the first report to investigate HLA DRB1* gene associations among acute and chronic HBV infected Bangladeshi patients.Conclusion: In conclusion HLA DRB1*15 is more frequent in chronic hepatitis B infected Bangladeshi patients compared to acute hepatitis B.Bangladesh Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 2018;5(1):3-9
Towards a grapho-phonologically parsed corpus of medieval Scots: database design and technical solutions
Authors: Kopaczyk Joanna , Molineaux Benjamin , Karaiskos Vasilios , Alcorn Rhona , Los Bettelou , Maguire Warren
Published: August 2018

This paper presents a newly constructed corpus of sound-to-spelling mappings in medieval Scots, which stems from the work of the From Inglis to Scots (FITS) project. We have developed a systematic approach to the relationships between individual spellings and proposed sound values, and recorded these mutual links in a relational database. In this paper, we introduce the theoretical underpinnings of sound-to-spelling and spelling-to-sound mappings, and show how a Scots root morpheme undergoes grapho-phonological parsing, the analytical procedure that is employed to break down spelling sequences into sound units. We explain the data collection and annotation for the FITS Corpus (Alcorn et al., forthcoming), drawing attention to the extensive meta-data which accompany each analysed unit of spelling and sound. The database records grammatical and lexical information about the root, the positional arrangement of segments within the root, labels for the nuclei, vowels and consonants, the morphological context, and extra-linguistic detail of the text a given root was taken from (date, place and text type). With this wealth of information, the FITS corpus is capable of answering complex queries about the sound and spelling systems of medieval Scots. We also suggest how our methodology can be transferred to other non-standardised spelling systems.
Efficacy Evaluation of Imatinib for the Treatment of Melanoma: Evidence From a Retrospective Study
Authors: Wei Xiaoting , Mao Lili , Chi Zhihong , Sheng Xinan , Cui Chuanliang , Kong Yan , Dai Jie , Wang Xuan , Li Siming , Tang Bixia , Lian Bin , Yan Xieqiao , Bai Xue , Zhou Li , Guo Jun , Si Lu
Published: August 2018

Melanoma is an aggressive malignancy with a poor prognosis. Current studies show that imatinib treatment is a promising approach in treating advanced melanoma patients harboring c-Kit mutations or amplifications. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical medical records of 78
patients with metastatic melanoma harboring c-Kit mutations or amplifications. These patients were treated with imatinib at a dose of 400 mg/day continuously unless intolerable toxicities or disease progression occurred. Endpoints for exploration included overall survival (OS), progression-free
survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), and disease of control rate (DCR). The median OS and PFS of all patients were 13.1 and 4.2 months, respectively. ORR and DCR were 21.8% and 60.3%, respectively. The survival time of patients who achieved partial response or stable disease was
significantly superior to those with disease progression. Cox regression analysis showed that patients with M1c stage, subtype of cutaneous melanoma, or elevated LDH level (>upper limit of normal) had higher hazard ratios for overall survival. Our study, combined with those studies targeting
patients with a c-Kit alteration, validates the role of imatinib as an important and promising therapeutic agent in the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma.
Synthesis and supramolecular self-assembly of glutamic acid-based squaramides
Authors: Alegre-Requena Juan V , Häring Marleen , Sonsona Isaac G , Abramov Alex , Marqués-López Eugenia , Herrera Raquel P , Díaz Díaz David
Published: August 2018

We describe the preparation and characterization of two new unsymmetrical squaramide-based organogelators. The synthesis of the compounds was carried out by subsequent amine condensations starting from dimethyl squarate. The design of the gelators involved a squaramide core connected on one side to a long aliphatic chain and on the other side to a glutamic acid residue. The gelator bearing the free carboxylic groups showed a lower gelation capacity than its precursor diester derivative. Some selected gels were further studied by infrared spectroscopy, rheology and electron microscopy. Critical gelation concentrations and gel-to-sol transition temperatures were also determined for each case. In addition, the superior squaramide diester gelator was compared with an analogue triazole-based gelator in terms of critical gelation concentration, gelation kinetics and thermal phase transition.
Highly Ionized Calcium and Argon X-Ray Spectra from a Large Solar Flare
Authors: Phillips K. J. H. , Sylwester J. , Sylwester B. , Kowaliński M. , Siarkowski M. , Trzebiński W. , Płocieniak S. , Kordylewski Z
Published: August 2018

X-ray lines of helium-like calcium (Ca xix) between 3.17 and 3.21 Å and associated Ca xviii dielectronic satellites have previously been observed in solar flare spectra, and their excitation mechanisms are well established. Dielectronic satellites of lower-ionization stages (Ca xvii–Ca xv) are not as well characterized. Several spectra during a large solar flare in 2001 by the DIOGENESS X-ray spectrometer on the CORONAS-F spacecraft show the Ca xvii and Ca xvi satellites, as well as lines of ionized argon (Ar xvii, Ar xvi), including dielectronic satellites. The DIOGENESS spectra are compared with spectra from a synthesis code developed here based on an isothermal assumption with various atomic sources including dielectronic satellite data from the Cowan Hartree–Fock code. Best-fit comparisons are made by varying the temperature as the code’s input (Ar/Ca abundance ratio fixed at 0.33); close agreement is achieved, although with adjustments to some ion fractions. The derived temperature is close to that derived from the two GOES X-ray channels, T

GOES
. Some lines are identified for the first time. Similar spectra from the P78-1 spacecraft and the Alcator C-Mod tokamak have also been analyzed and similar agreements were obtained. The importance of blends of calcium and argon lines is emphasized, affecting line ratios used for temperature diagnostics. This analysis will be applied to the Solar Maximum Mission Bent Crystal Spectrometer archive and to X-ray spectra expected from the ChemiX instrument on the Sun-orbiting Interhelioprobe spacecraft, while the relevance to X-ray spectra from non-solar sources is indicated.
New Insights into Cosmic-Ray-induced Biosignature Chemistry in Earth-like Atmospheres
Authors: Scheucher Markus , Grenfell J. L. , Wunderlich F. , Godolt M. , Schreier F. , Rauer H.
Published: August 2018

With the recent discoveries of terrestrial planets around active M-dwarfs, destruction processes masking the possible presence of life are receiving increased attention in the exoplanet community. We investigate potential biosignatures of planets having Earth-like (N2–O2) atmospheres orbiting in the habitable zone of the M-dwarf star AD Leo. These are bombarded by high energetic particles that can create showers of secondary particles at the surface. We apply our cloud-free 1D climate-chemistry model to study the influence of key particle shower parameters and chemical efficiencies of NOx and HOx production from cosmic rays. We determine the effect of stellar radiation and cosmic rays upon atmospheric composition, temperature, and spectral appearance. Despite strong stratospheric O3 destruction by cosmic rays, smog O3 can significantly build up in the lower atmosphere of our modeled planet around AD Leo related to low stellar UVB. The abundance of N2O decreases with increasing flaring energies but a sink reaction for N2O with excited oxygen becomes weaker, stabilizing its abundance. CH4 is removed mainly by Cl in the upper atmosphere for the strong flaring cases and not via hydroxyl as is otherwise usually the case. Cosmic rays weaken the role of CH4 in heating the middle atmosphere so that H2O absorption becomes more important. We additionally underline the importance of HNO3 as a possible marker for strong stellar particle showers. In a nutshell, uncertainty in NOx and HOx production from cosmic rays significantly influences the abundance of biosignatures and spectral appearance.