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Sistem Informasi Surat Masuk Pada Pengelolaan Rantai Suplai Satuan Kerja Khusus Migas
Authors: Mulyati Mulyati , Sany Nasril , Kurniawan Muhamad
Published: April 2020

Sistem tata persuratan menjadi salah satu faktor yang berpengaruh dalam pengelolaan surat pada Divisi Pengelolaan Rantai Suplai SKK Migas, sehingga sangat diharapkan proses pengelolaan surat dapat dilakukan dengan lebih baik, cepat, dan mudah. Sistem informasi surat masuk dapat mengurangi penggunaan waktu yang cukup lama dalam pengarsipan surat dan disposisi, mengurangi penggunaan kertas, memperkecil kemungkinan terjadinya kesalahan dalam pencatatan, mempercepat proses pencarian surat, memudahkan pengontrolan disposisi surat, serta mudah dalam penggunaan. Sistem informasi ini juga memudahkan proses komunikasi data antar bagian serta pembuatan laporan yang selalu diupdate dan bisa dilihat berdasarkan laporan bulanan maupun tahunan. Sistem informasi surat masuk ini dibuat dengan menggunakan tools seperti PHPMyAdmin, MySQL sebagai database dan Xampp sebagai servernya.
Analisis Sentimen Temporal Tentang Kuliner Di Kota Surabaya Berbasis Gender Menggunakan Bahasa Indonesia
Authors: Asmara Rengga , Basuki Achmad , Al Rasyid Muhammad Udin Harun
Published: April 2020

Kota Surabaya adalah ibu kota Provinsi Jawa Timur, Indonesia sekaligus menjadi kota metropolitan terbesar di provinsi tersebut. Surabaya merupakan kota terbesar kedua di Indonesia setelah Jakarta. Dengan luas yang sangat besar dan penduduk yang cukup padat bisa dipastikan bahwa kota Surabaya memiliki beragam kuliner. Pastinya keberagaman kuliner ini memberi banyak respon dan opini dari masyarakat baik positif maupun negatif. Banyak cara yang digunakan masyarakat dalam mengutarakan opini mereka, salah satunya yaitu melalui sosial media. Opini-opini yang disampaikan masyarakat Indonesia tentang kuliner di Surabaya dari sosial media merupakan langkah yang tepat untuk mengetahui pemikiran masyarakat akan kuliner di Surabaya. Tetapi opini-opini tersebut sangat beragam karena media sosial tidak pernah membatasai pemikiran seseorang. Analisis opini adalah cara yang tepat untuk mencari informasi dari opini-opini tersebut. Pada penelitian ini, diajukan sebuah pendekatan baru dalam analisis opini tentang kuliner di Surabaya yaitu dengan opinion mining berbasis temporal sentiment analysis. Bahasa yang digunakan adalah Bahasa Indonesia dengan media social Foursquare sebagai sumber opininya. Adapun hasil akurasi yang didapatkan, masih berada di sekitar 67,32%, dikarenakan di dalam Bahasa Indonesia, selain bahasa baku yang digunakan dalam menyampaikan opini, terdapat juga banyak ragam bahasa daerah dan bahasa gaul yang digunakan oleh pengguna media sosialnya.
Al-qur`an dan Relasi Umat Beragama; Prinsip Dasar Harmoni Antar Umat Beragama Perspektif Al-qur’an
Authors: Dzulfikar Ahmad , Romdloni Muhammad Afwan
Published: April 2020

Al-Qur`an dan Relasi Umat Beragama Membangun Relasi Harmonis Antarumat Beragama. Berangkat dari perbedaan penafsiran Al-Qur’an terkait bagaimana Al-Qur’an menyikapi relasi umat beragama, maka tulisan ini menyajikan bukti-bukti historis bagaimana Al-Qur’an menyikapi relasi umat beragama. Dengan metode penelitian sejarah, maka runtutan waktu menjadi penting untuk melihat bagaimana Al-Qur’an menyikapi relasi tersebut. Selain itu, secara tematik diketengahkan pula sikap-sikap yang bagaimanakah, menurut perspektif Al-Qur’an, dalam membangun relasi umat beragama. Dari paparan tulisan dapat disimpulkan dalam sejarah relasi umat beragama, Al-Qur’an mengedapankan sisi toleransi yang sangat besar. Akan tetapi, itu bukan berarti Al-Qur’an mendiamkan setiap kezaliman dan pengkhianatan. Al-Qur’an justru subur dengan seruan terhadap nilai-nilai universal: keadilan, kesetaraan, persaudaraan dan dialog. Nilai-nilai iniah yang seharusnya dipupuk dan dikembangkan dalam rangka membina relasi umat beragama yang lebih harmonis.
Behavior in Selecting Muslim Communities in the 2014 Legislative Election in Kapas District, Bojonegoro Regency
Authors: Safitri Retno Ayu
Published: April 2020

This research presents an analysis of the voting behaviour of Moslem people shown by residents of Kapas regency, Bojonegoro in 2014. This research is a descriptive analysis to explain the correlation between 4 variables in determining people’s vote in 2014’s legislative election in Kapas regency. These variables are: legislative party/nominees proposed programme, identification of the party, money politics, and afiliated religious organization. The researcher used quantitative method to collect the data and descriptive analysis in the forms of data distribution and data frequency which were collected using questionnaires. In addition to that, the researcher used Chi Square testing and contingency coefficient to find whether the variables are correlated to each other. There are three general approach to describe the voting behaviour in this research: sociology approach, psychology approach, and rational approach. The majority of theories referred by the researcher were theories by Paul F. Lazarfeld- Bernard Berelson, Angus Campbel, and Anthony Downs. The outcome of this research suggests that two of the aforementioned variables have significant influence in determining voting behaviour: legislative party/nominee proposed programme and money politics. The two other variables which are political party identification and afiliated religious organization are not influential in determining voting behaviour of Kapas’ residents in 2014’s legislative election.
Dakwahtaiment Televisi Lokal (Tinjauan Kritis Atas Komesialisasi Dakwah JTV Surabaya)
Authors: Alansori Muhammad Zainudin , Zahidi Salman
Published: April 2020

Dakwah adalah sebuah proses mempengaruhi, maka efektifitasnya perlu ditunjang dengan keberadaan media. Namun eksistensi media pada gilirannya seperti pisau bermata dua. Di satu sisi memberikan kemudahan dan keterjangkauan yang lebih luas, akan tetapi media juga berkonsekuensi pada potensi menjadikan agama sebagai bahan komoditas ekonomi. Dampak terakhir inilah yang akan diungkapkan dalam artikel ini. Dengan melakukan kajian lapangan melalui metode kualitatif, berhasil menemukan kesimpulan penting yaitu: 1) Proses dakwah yang dijalankan oleh JTV didesain dengan menggunakan beberapa instrument pendukung, seperti musik dan juga MC yang wajib memiliki selera humor tinggi. 2) fitur-fitur komersialisasi dakwah JTV antara lain; komodifikasi konten, audien, instrinsik dan ekstrinsik 3) Adapun faktor-faktor yang menjadi determinasi primer dalam melakukan proses hiburan program dakwah di JTV adalah; 1) menarik animo masyarakat, 2) menaikkan ratting and share, 3) memancing pihak iklan untuk mensosialisasikan produknya melalui siaran dakwah di JTV.
Islamic Youth Participation In The Emergence Of Local Ritual: Encountering The Spirit Of Islam In The Local Tradition
Authors: Taufiqurrohim
Published: April 2020

How Muslim youth encountering local festival is fascinating discourse in the age where the spirit of Islamic revivalism is going on. By this, Dieng Culture Festival is known as one of the popular annual ritual which performs the traditional cultural attraction in Central Java, especially in Banjarnegara and Wonosobo which is heavily rooted on Javanese Hindu tradition. The different perspective of the awareness in considering the Importance of the ritual comes from the diverse community and society to acknowledge this kind of the ritual. So, this paper tries to examine the participation of the youth in enduring the annual festival as one of the events which not only give the advantage for the sustainability of the ritual itself, but also influence to the society around the place economically, socially and spiritually. Through youth participation, this research would try to reveal how youth is significant resource to build multi-cultural community. Using the theory of the “spectacle attraction”, the writer tries to trace how useful the ritual effecting Dieng as one of the wellknown place of the tourism and spiritually affecting to the way of religious life to see the ritual through the direct observation to the place, interview the practitioner of the ritual and the documentation review as the supporting data of the research. Here, I argue that encountering Islam and local tradition has shaped Muslim youth identity in understanding local community and multi-cultural society.
Forecasting of Sporadic Products: Practical and Theoretical Considerations
Authors: Gelei Andrea , Dobos Imre
Published: April 2020

This paper focuses on forecasting of products with sporadic demand. The demand for such products is not continuous but diffused seemingly at random, with a large proportion of zero values in the analyzed time series. The sporadic character of demand patterns actually means that the information available on the demand for previous selling periods is patchy, resulting in lower quality of data available. Under such circumstances demand forecasting is a challenging task. We present the results of a case study, where forecasting practice of a pharmaceutical wholesaler firm –we call it Pharma– is analyzed and developed. We present state-of-the-art knowledge related to demand forecasting of sporadic products and test suggestions related to them. We show that these suggestions can only partly be backed. We extend therefore the suggested product classification scheme and recommend using the concept of demand data aggregation. This will reduce sporadicity and result in higher quality forecasting. Aggregation also helps to specify the recommended forecast period, the length of time recommended to calculate the forecast for. The managerial consequences of these suggestions are also discussed, and future research directions are highlighted.
IMPROVEMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES IN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF INTERNS-PHARMACISTS USING DISTANCE LEARNING ELEMENTS
Authors: Погорілий Василь Васильович , Дудікова Лариса Володимирівна , Якименко Олександр Григорович , Пойда Сергій Андрійович , Коваль Борис Федорович
Published: April 2020

The article discusses the issues of organizing the educational process of interns-pharmacists using the elements of distance learning at Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial Medical University (Ukraine). The authors have made the state analysis of the educational process providing at different stages. It is emphasized that communication between all participants of the educational process using distance learning elements is of great importance. The authors describe technical and technological peculiarities of the organization of the educational process, formation of the personnel structure, preparation of scientific methodical and didactic materials, organization of communication at the distant stage. The ways of increasing the effectiveness of the educational process are investigated, among them: the organization of the educational process in the form of three stages (organizational setting, distance, check-and-test) with observance of clearly established training schedule; formation of an individual educational trajectory of an intern with constant monitoring of educational achievements; organization of familiarization of interns with the peculiarities of using the distance learning platform tools at the first (full-time) stage of training; updating the content of materials for independent study, practical works and tests in accordance with changes in legislation and regulatory documents; drawing of tests subjects on separate modules to tests subjects of complex examination "Elex"; changing the timing of synchronous types of educational activities (chat-seminars, webinars, consultations) to more convenient one. It has been shown that distance learning has a significant advantage over other forms of learning due to the fact that every intern has the opportunity to study at individual pace, choosing convenient time and place for work. The analysis of the results of the interns' work on separate modules and types of educational activity has been carried out taking into account changes in the educational process. The outcomes of various forms of pedagogical control presented in the article permit to trace the correlation both by separate educational disciplines and in groups of interns in general.
ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ПЕДАГОГІЧНИХ КРАУД-ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ У ПРОФЕСІЙНІЙ ПІДГОТОВЦІ СТУДЕНТІВ ІТ-СПЕЦІАЛЬНОСТЕЙ
Authors: Петренко Лариса Михайлівна , Шевченко Володимир Петрович , Зеліковська Олена Олександрівна
Published: April 2020

Реформування вітчизняної системи вищої освіти, вимоги ринку праці до професійної підготовки майбутніх фахівців вимагають від викладача використання інноваційних підходів, формування віртуального простору навчальної дисципліни засобами цифрових технологій. У статті авторами схарактеризовано основні ознаки віртуального освітнього простору навчальної дисципліни, яке має конструюватися на принципах сучасної дидактики вищої освіти і корелюватися з мережевими децентралізованими моделями навчання, побудованими на основі сучасної теорії пізнання і учіння, а також виокремлено краудсорсинг як інноваційну форму навчання. У статті наведено обґрунтоване визначення поняття «краудсорсинг в освітньому процесі» та «педагогічні крауд-технології», з’ясовано їх вплив на розвиток суб’єктів навчання. Для досягнення мети і розв’язання завдань дослідження розроблено концептуальну модель використання педагогічних крауд-технологій при вивченні іноземної мови професійного спрямування майбутніми фахівцями з інформаційних технологій. У ній представлено варіативність педагогічних крауд-технологій: крауд-учіння, крауд-навчання, крауд-оцінювання, які використовуються через реалізацію стратегій навчання з використанням колективних, групових, індивідуальних, дистанційних форм організації освітнього процесу та електронних освітніх ресурсів – краудсорсингових платформ, онлайн сервісів, мобільних додатків та Інтернету як ресурсу навчального матеріалу. Ефективність даної моделі перевірена в ході експерименту з використанням мотиваційно-пізнавального критерію та критерію залучення студентів до навчально-пізнавальної діяльності. Кожний з них характеризувався показниками, які дали змогу діагностувати позитивну динаміку рівнів підвищення знань студентів з іноземної мови професійного спрямування з актуалізацією комунікативного підходу. Результати статистичного оброблення отриманих даних з використанням медіани довели ефективність зазначеної моделі.
NON-ATTENDANCE FACTORS – CAN E-LEARNING BE CONSIDERED A DISINCENTIVE?
Authors: Марцінковський Бартош , Керролл-Майер Мойра , Плотка Малгожата А.
Published: April 2020

E-learning has become a widely accepted phenomenon that offers plethora of advantages to pupils, students as well as teaching staff. It is successfully utilized in academia and professional environments both in pure and blended forms. A number of studies focus on successful implementations of virtual learning environments and courses as well as investigate the challenges that the teams responsible for carrying out such implementations may come across and handle. E-learning capabilities that have been delivered successfully might potentially have a negative effect on the overall teaching process. It is students’ non-attendance in classroom-based activities that is one of the possible issues related to the wide application of e-learning. Within this contribution, authors discuss the issue of non-attendance and support it with preliminary results of a survey carried out within higher education entities. Non-attendance factors that were identified during workshops are subsequently verified in the course of a questionnaire survey. The survey involved 91 students with extensive e-learning experience, recruited from three separate educational entities, two of which represented private sector, and one – public sector. The forms were distributed and the responses were collected electronically via Google Forms service. The contribution sheds some light on the mechanics behind students’ non-attendance and its root causes – which include, but are not limited to, other commitments, absentia driven by the intensity of the teaching process as well as logistical and financial challenges. The results of the study prove that e-learning – owing to its confirmed viability as an alternative to the real-life educational activities – has an attendance-threatening potential. It primarily affects theoretical knowledge transfer in this respect, yet it tends to remain neutral regarding the attendance in strictly practice-oriented components of technical courses.
THE USE OF THE CLOUD-BASED OPEN LEARNING AND RESEARCH PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATION IN VIRTUAL TEAMS
Authors: Биков Валерій Юхимович , Мікуловський Даріуш , Моравчик Oлівер , Светський Стефан , Шишкіна Марія Павлівна
Published: April 2020

The article highlights the promising ways of providing access to cloud-based platforms and tools to support collaborative learning and research processes. It is emphasized that the implementation of cloud computing services is a promising trend in the development of modern ICT pedagogical systems. The concept of cloud-based open learning and research platform is considered. The benchmarking studies of using ICT tools for learning and research within the pedagogical systems of higher education are fulfilled. The analysis and evaluation of the existing experience of using different types of software packages to support learning and research processes within the cloud-based environment are proposed. The issues of integration of knowledge-based services, language technologies and database network services within the open systems of learning and research are covered. A model of the cloud-based open learning and research collaborative environment involving the use of cloud-based components based on AWS virtual desktop, IBM Box, WPadV4 and other tools is substantiated. The reasonable ways of tools selection are considered and the prospects for their use within the cloud-based open learning and research platform in pedagogical systems of higher education are described. The research methods are the analysis of official international documents, publications on the subject of the research, observation, comparison, the analysis of the experience of using educational and scientific network packages, application of cloud technologies, benchmarking studies and experimental studies. Conclusions and recommendations encompass the application of cloud-based open learning and research technologies covering research platforms, scientific and educational network packages, and also cloud services for collecting, submitting and processing data as a promising trend in the development and modernization of the educational environment of higher education institutions and collaborative research.
Uma Análise dos Fatores Críticos de Sucesso dos Negócios de Impacto Socioambiental aplicados ao Agronegócio: Um estudo multicasos
Authors: Conejero Marco Antonio , Alves Matheus de Arruda Rodrigues , Lima Suzane Campos de
Published: April 2020

A agricultura familiar tem um histórico de dependência de políticas públicas, cada vez mais escassas e pontuais, e coleciona casos malsucedidos de associativismo e cooperativismo. Ao mesmo tempo, a agricultura sustentável ou agricultura intensiva surge como uma tendência importante, porém um desafio para o produtor rural, seja ele familiar ou empresarial. Nesse sentido, o empreendedor social, por meio do desenvolvimento e aplicação de tecnologias verdes, aparece como um parceiro para enfrentar os desafios da inclusão social e sustentabilidade. Esse projeto procura discutir os fatores críticos dos negócios sociais aplicados ao agronegócio, considerando tanto o segmento da agricultura empresarial quanto familiar. Para tanto, o trabalho faz uso da pesquisa bibliográfica e documental assim como de um estudo multicasos. Dentre os resultados, pode-se citar os fatores críticos de sucesso dos casos estudados e as principais características que formam o perfil de liderança dos empreendedores.
Análise das demonstrações contábeis: Uma comparação da Odebrecht antes e depois da Operação Lava Jato
Authors: Marzzoni David Nogueira Silva , Souza Eliana Maria de
Published: April 2020

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo comparar os resultados da Odebrecht, mediante as demonstrações contábeis, após a operação Lava Jato. Diante disso, foi feito um levantamento sobre quais empresas foram envolvidas  na operação. A pesquisa é caracterizada como bibliográfica, pois foi realizada a partir de registos disponíveis da própria empresa. Em relação à abordagem do problema a pesquisa é quantitativa, pois analisa os relatórios anuais divulgados pela organização nos anos de 2013, 2014 e 2015. Como resultado das análises feitas por meio dos demonstrativos contábeis, pode-se verificar que a empresa Odebrecht não possui bons resultados, mediante análise das demonstrações contábeis, após a deflagração da operação Lava Jato. Para tanto, sugere-se para futuros trabalhos de pesquisa sobre a operação Lava Jato, que busquem analisar as empresas envolvidas nesta operação que estão sediadas no Sudeste do Brasil, e comparar o seu desenvolvimento antes e após o escândalo deflagrado pela Polícia Federal, para ser mais aprofundado e observada variáveis que não foram analisadas no presente estudo.
Utilização do sistema de identificação por rádio frequência no gerenciamento de estoque no setor automotivo
Authors: Faustino Cassiano Rodrigues , Luciano Érik Leonel , Oliveira José Felipe Vicente de , Alves Larissa Stefani Rodrigues , Alvareli Luciani Vieira Gomes , Ribeiro Rosinei Batista
Published: April 2020

O objetivo do presente artigo foi avaliar os benefícios da implantação da tecnologia de identificação por radio frequência (RFID – Radio Frequency Identification) numa empresa de grande porte do setor automotivo visando seu impacto na agilidade e eficácia dos processos administrativos, qualidade e no Lean Manufacturing. O sistema RFID tem a função de realizar o apontamento e rastreabilidade do item no estoque com a finalidade de agilizar o processo por meio da automatização e acessibilidade, permitindo a visualização do que entrou, saiu e está no estoque em tempo real. Desta forma foi possível verificar se há um aumento na eficácia do processo tanto na inserção do material no sistema, bem como na facilitação da rastreabilidade dos mesmos no estoque virtual. Com esses procedimentos otimizou-se o tempo com inventários físicos para evitar problemas com erros da não realização de baixa sistêmica de insumos em estoque registrado de forma ativa, mas inexistente fisicamente ou quantidades divergentes na relação de entrada, processos e saída de chapas metálicas e dos itens prioritários nas escalas e níveis de significância da curva ABC na produção de chassis para ônibus, caminhões e rodas agrícolas.
Changes in Protein Phosphorylation during Salivary Gland Degeneration in Haemaphysalis longicornis
Authors: Xiao Qi , Hu Yuhong , Yang Xiaohong , Tang Jianna , Wang Xiaoshuang , Xue Xiaomin , Li Mengxue , Wang Minjing , Zhao Yinan , Liu Jingze , Wang Hui
Published: April 2020

The ticks feed large amount of blood from their hosts and transmit pathogens to the victims. The salivary gland plays an important role in the blood feeding. When the female ticks are near engorgement, the salivary gland gradually loses its functions and begins to rapidly degenerate. In this study, data-independent acquisition quantitative proteomics was used to study changes in the phosphorylation modification of proteins during salivary gland degeneration in Haemaphysalis longicornis. In this quantitative study, 400 phosphorylated proteins and 850 phosphorylation modification sites were identified. Trough RNA interference experiments, we found that among the proteins with changes in phosphorylation, apoptosis-promoting Hippo protein played a role in salivary gland degeneration.
El acoso moral. Tipos, características y factores de riesgo en el contexto organizacional
Authors: Castro-Ospino Naik C. , Sánchez de Gallardo Marhilde , Espinoza-Beraún Juan C. , Molina-Espinoza Silvana
Published: April 2020

La investigación buscó analizar el acoso moral en el contexto organizacional desde la disciplina de la orientación. Se llevó a cabo en la sede administrativa de una cadena de supermercado/tienda por departamento de la ciudad de Maracaibo. Fue un estudio descriptivo, de campo, con diseño no experimental, transeccional. La población fue censal, conformada por 43 empleados. Se utilizó un cuestionario validado por juicio de expertos con un índice de confiabilidad según Coeficiente Alfa Cronbach de 0,853. En los resultados no se evidencia alto porcentaje de comportamientos que constituyen acoso laboral y cuando se presentan, el autor del hostigamiento principalmente es el supervisor. El perfil de las características de personalidad que favorecen situaciones de acoso laboral, se ubica en categoría media para el acosador y baja para el acosado. Sobre los factores generadores de riesgo de acoso, se encuentran en categoría alta la ausencia de interés, apoyo y relación con los supervisores. Las estrategias de afrontamiento ante el acoso, están en la categoría media, a excepción de la confrontación que estuvo en categoría baja. Se concluye que el acoso laboral es un fenómeno que daña psicológicamente al empleado y afecta la integridad del trabajador.
Türkiye’de Ulusal ve Bölgesel Politika Belgelerinde Sürdürülebilir Turizm Planlaması
Authors: SARI Volkan İdris
Published: April 2020

Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye’de ulusal ve bölgesel politika belgelerinde sürdürülebilir turizm planlamasının yeri ve öneminin incelenmesidir. Değişen ve dönüşen planlama yaklaşımlarına uygun olarak turizm planlaması da katılımcı, stratejik ve sürdürülebilir bir nitelik kazanmıştır. Paydaş analizleri, kamu-özel işbirlikleri, taşıma kapasitesi hesapları ve izleme ve değerlendirme araçları ile sürdürülebilir turizm planlaması yenilikçi bir yaklaşım olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu çalışma ile sürdürülebilir turizm planlamasına yönelik yaşanan dönüşüm ele alınmakta ve ülkemizde bu planlama yaklaşımına dönük mevcut durumu politika belgeleri üzerinden incelenmektedir. Bu incelemede turizm politikalarını belirleyen temel belgelere yönelik içerik analizi yöntemi uygulanmıştır. Bu çerçevede incelenen dokümanlarda “sürdürülebilir turizm planlaması” ve onun temel unsurlarına yer verilme sıklığı ve derinliği tematik içerik analizi yöntemi ile değerlendirilmiştir.
Kapasitas Pemerintah Kabupaten Kepulauan Mentawai Dalam Penanggulangan Bencana Gempa dan Tsunami
Authors: Rizki Afdal , Putera Roni Ekha , Azre Ilham Adelano
Published: April 2020

Disaster risk management sector has become a serious concern for the government due to various disasters that have occurred in recent years followed by many issues came up.This study aims to describe and analyze the capacity of Local Government of Mentawai Islands in organizing disaster affairs in the region. This study is motivated by the vulnerability of Mentawai Islands to earthquakes and tsunamis because the islands are just above the subduction zone.The study applied a qualitative approach with descriptive design by data collection through interviews, observations, and documents.The study concluded that the capacity of Local Government of Mentawai Islands Regency in the implementation of disaster management still needs improvements. It can be proven that there are still some programs that haven’t run optimally. In general, the biggest obstacles are budget constraints, limited supporting infrastructure for disaster management in the regions, and geographical conditions of Mentawai Islands.
Passive Nitrogen Oxides Removal from a Diesel-engine Exhaust Gas using a Biomass-Carbon Catalyst
Authors: Yakub Ibrahim
Published: April 2020

Nitrogen oxides (NOx) removal from a diesel-engine exhaust gas is limited to the utilization of ammonia/urea as a reducing agent (SCR) which arose environmental concerns over the use of this chemical. Therefore, this study explored the potential of a sustainable NOx removal system by replacing ammonia with intrinsic reductants present in the exhaust gas such as hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, and by application of cost-effective carbon-supported transitional metals catalyst. Copper-cerium catalyst supported over palm kernel shell activated carbon (Cu-Ce/PKS) was synthesized via deposition-precipitation method. The characterization shows that the catalyst has a considerably high surface area (though lower than the support). The high NOx removal by Cu-Ce/PKS in a passive catalytic reaction is attributed to the surface area provided by the carbon support, the low copper reducibility giving the low optimum operating temperature, and the synergistic effect between Cu and Ce resulting in the wide temperature window at low-temperature range. It is concluded that Cu-Ce supported over palm kernel shell activated carbon can be further developed to reduce NOx in a passive catalytic removal for a sustainable and cost-effective SCR system.
Electrostatics can be helpful in figuring out the spread through air of infectious diseases
Authors: Lattarulo Francesco
Published: April 2020

A physical model is here proposed as a speculative but robust attempt to understand a possible mechanism of contamination. An amount of micron-sized droplet nuclei, also carrying net charge with suitable polarity, are expected to be electro-dynamically involved in a mechanism originated by the static, thus natural and unperceivable, electrification of exposed subjects.
RETRACTED: Exosomal MicroRNA-221-3p Confers Adriamycin Resistance in Breast Cancer Cells by Targeting PIK3R1
Authors: Pan Xiaoping , Hong Xiaolv , Lai Jinguo , Cheng Lu , Cheng Yandong , Yao Mingmei , Wang Rong , Hu Na
Published: April 2020

Drug resistance in breast cancer (BC) cells continues to be a stern obstacle hindering BC treatment. Adriamycin (ADR) is a frequently employed chemotherapy agent used to treat BC. The exosomal transfer of microRNAs (miRNAs) has been reported to enhance the drug-resistance of BC cells. Herein, we first sought to elucidate the possible role of the exosomal transfer of miR-221-3p in the drug resistance of MCF-7 cells to ADR. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were initially screened through microarray analysis in BC drug resistance-related datasets. Next, the expression of miR-221-3p and phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 1 (PIK3R1) was quantified in ADR-resistant MCF-7 (MCF-7/ADR) and ADR-sensitive MCF-7 (MCF-7/S) cell lines, after which exosomes were separated and identified in each cell line. Target relationship between miR-221-3p and PIK3R1 was validated by a dual-luciferase reporter assay. Next, the expression of miR-221-3p and PIK3R1 was altered to clarify their effects on the resistance of MCF-7 cells to ADR in vitro and in vivo. PIK3R1 was identified as a BC drug resistance-related DEG, with the regulatory miR-221-3p subsequently obtained. Moreover, the MCF-7/ADR cells exhibited a low expression of PIK3R1 and a high expression of miR-221-3p. Notably, PIK3R1 was identified as a target gene of miR-221-3p. The overexpression of miR-221-3p in MCF-7/ADR cell-derived exosomes promoted ADR resistance in MCF-7/S cells via the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. The in vitro results were reproducible in in vivo assays. Taken together, drug-resistant BC cell-derived exosomal miR-221-3p can promote the resistance of BC cells to ADR by targeting PIK3R1 via the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in vitro and in vivo. These findings provide encouraging insights and provide perspectives for further investigation into the BC drug resistance mechanism.
RETRACTED: Yizhi Qingxin Formula Extract Ameliorates Cognitive Decline in Aged Rats via the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase B Pathway
Authors: Ma Lina , Cao Yu , Wang Feixue , Li Zehui , Wang Zhiyong , Yang Yang , Pei Hui , Li Hao
Published: April 2020

Cognitive impairment and decline in old age are primarily driven by the accumulation of age-related neuropathologies, and old age is thus the primary risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases such as AD. Here, we investigated the effects of Yizhi Qingxin formula (YQF) extract on cognitive impairment in aged rats and determine the role of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)/tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB) pathway underlying the neuroprotective effects of the YQF extract. Fifty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups: Control group, Model group, Donepezil group, and YQF extract groups (treatment with YQF extract at two different doses). After treatment with YQF extract for 8 weeks, learning and cognitive abilities were assessed using the Morris water maze. Morphological changes in the hippocampus were observed using hematoxylin-eosin. Activated microglia and astrocytes were assessed using immunohistochemistry. Expressions of proteins and genes were examined using western blotting and real-time PCR. The results revealed that oral treatment with YQF extract dramatically improved spatial learning and memory ability and ameliorated histopathological and morphological characteristics in aged rats. YQF extract significantly increased acetylcholine and interleukin (IL)-10 levels but markedly decreased amyloid-β peptide, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), IL-2, and IL-6 levels. In addition, it inhibited the excessive activation of microglia and astrocytes, downregulated the expressions of TNFα and IL-2, and upregulated nerve growth factor, BDNF, and TrkB expressions. Furthermore, hippocampal extracellular signal-related kinase (Erk) and protein kinase B (Akt), the upstream signaling of BDNF/TrkB, were also activated by treatment with YQF extract. Our findings indicate that YQF extract activates the BDNF/TrkB pathway through the upregulation of Erk and Akt signaling, and the activated signaling pathway might contribute to the protective effects of YQF extract on cognitive impairment in aged rats.
The Efficacy and Safety of Qiming Granule for Dry Eye Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Yang Maoyi , Hu Zhipeng , Yue Rensong , Yang Liangjun , Zhang Boxun , Chen Yuan
Published: April 2020

Background

Dry eye disease (DED) is a common complication in clinical practice. Qiming granule, a traditional Chinese patent medicine, is widely used in treating DED in China. However, its effect is still largely unknown.

Objectives

This research aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of QG on DED.

Methods

Three English database and four Chinese databases without restriction on language and publication bias were searched. Qualified literature was selecting according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, extracted the data, and conducted a meta-analysis.

Results

A total of 11 articles were included in this meta-analysis. The methodological quality of included studies was low. The results showed that QG was effective for DED (RR:1.26, 95%CI:1.12 to 1.41, P=0.0001). The results combined with random effects model showed that QG could significantly prolong the tear film break up time (MD: 2.93, 95% CI: 2.22 to 3.65, P < 0.00001), increase the amount of tears in patients with DED (MD: 2.94, 95% CI: 1.83 to 4.04, P < 0.00001) and repair the corneal defects in patients (MD: -0.71, 95% CI: -1.25 to -0.17, P < 0.00001).

Conclusions

This study found that despite of the apparently positive results of some outcomes, it is premature to confirm the efficacy of QG in treating DED. More high-quality studies are still needed in the future to further confirm the efficacy and safety.
Operational Forecast and Daily Assessment of the Air Quality in Italy: A Copernicus-CAMS Downstream Service
Authors: Stortini Michele , Arvani Barbara , Deserti Marco
Published: April 2020

In this paper, an operational forecasting and daily assessment system of air quality is presented. This new system is thought of as a Copernicus-CAMS downstream national service, able to develop and implement a service for air quality forecasting and monitoring in the Italian domain, running every day on the National territory. The system is being developed on behalf of a cooperation between Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) and Sistema Nazionale Protezione Ambiente (SNPA). SNPA is the network between Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) and the Regional Environmental Agencies (ARPAs). The objective of the cooperation is to provide full operation service in terms of continuity, sustainability, and availability of the air quality forecast and evaluation services at the national level. The system forecasts and analyzes air quality throughout Italy, with a focus on Italian regions, for the principal pollutants: Particulate matter with diameter smaller than 10 μm (PM10), ozone (O3), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). It includes a Chemical Transport Model (CTM) nested with the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) global model and data from the air quality monitoring stations in Italy. The system, under public control and based on open software, is now under testing. To date, it is able to deliver free open data, which is available to environmental agencies and citizens. The data are delivered both as maps and graphs, and as numerical data, useful for providing boundary conditions to local–high resolution-air quality models or for developing customized services. In this work, a downscaling application to a regional nested domain highlights how the new air quality forecasting system gains better results than the Copernicus-CAMS system.
Development of a Sustainability Assessment Algorithm and Its Validation Using Case Studies on Cryogenic Machining
Authors: Bhat Prathamesh , Agrawal Chetan , Khanna Navneet
Published: April 2020

This work presents a comprehensive structure for evaluating the sustainability of machining processes. Industries can contribute towards developing a sustainable future by using algorithms that evaluate the sustainability of their processes. Inspired by the literature, the proposed model involves a set of metrics that are critical in evaluating the impact of a process on society, environment, and economy. The flexibility of this model allows decision-makers to use the available responses to identify the most favorable process. The entropy weight method was suggested for objectively calculating the weights of each indicator. A multi-criteria decision-making method i.e., Technique for Order Preference based on Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), was used to rank processes in the decreasing order of their sustainability. The proposed algorithm was successfully validated with case studies from the published literature. A MATLAB code was also created so that industries may expeditiously apply this method to evaluate the sustainability of machining processes.
Accessibility and Transportation Equity
Authors: Antipova Anzhelika , Sultana Salima , Hu Yujie , Rhudy James P.
Published: April 2020

It is an honor to write an Editorial to this Special Issue (SI) of Sustainability [...]
A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Approaches for Short-/Long-Term Electricity Load Forecasting in Cyprus
Authors: Solyali Davut
Published: April 2020

Estimating the electricity load is a crucial task in the planning of power generation systems and the efficient operation and sustainable growth of modern electricity supply networks. Especially with the advent of smart grids, the need for fairly precise and highly reliable estimation of electricity load is greater than ever. It is a challenging task to estimate the electricity load with high precision. Many energy demand management methods are used to estimate future energy demands correctly. Machine learning methods are well adapted to the nature of the electrical load, as they can model complicated nonlinear connections through a learning process containing historical data patterns. Many scientists have used machine learning (ML) to anticipate failure before it occurs as well as predict the outcome. ML is an artificial intelligence (AI) subdomain that involves studying and developing mathematical algorithms to understand data or obtain data directly without relying on a prearranged model algorithm. ML is applied in all industries. In this paper, machine learning strategies including artificial neural network (ANN), multiple linear regression (MLR), adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS), and support vector machine (SVM) were used to estimate electricity demand and propose criteria for power generation in Cyprus. The simulations were adapted to real historical data explaining the electricity usage in 2016 and 2107 with long-term and short-term analysis. It was observed that electricity load is a result of temperature, humidity, solar irradiation, population, gross national income (GNI) per capita, and the electricity price per kilowatt-hour, which provide input parameters for the ML algorithms. Using electricity load data from Cyprus, the performance of the ML algorithms was thoroughly evaluated. The results of long-term and short-term studies show that SVM and ANN are comparatively superior to other ML methods, providing more reliable and precise outcomes in terms of fewer estimation errors for Cyprus’s time series forecasting criteria for power generation.
Disputas simbólicas em memes das eleições presidenciais brasileiras de 2018
Authors: Barros Laan Mendes de , De Faria Milanezi Maicon José
Published: April 2020

A sociedade midiatizada como paradigma atual nas transformações sociais e políticas. A produção de sentidos a partir de processos de colaboração e hibridismos nas redes sociais digitais. As proposições de Rancière (1996) sobre estética e política e o surgimento de novos lugares possíveis e dissensuais de vivência. Após breve revisão bibliográfica, é realizada uma análise de conteúdo dos memes políticos de ação popular do segundo turno das Eleições 2018, com base em categorias propostas por Chagas et al. (2017). Hipótese de que os memes de ação popular se apresentam como dispositivos para a construção de cenas de dissenso, pensando-os como gramática que se dota de um conjuntos de elementos que se repetem entre apoiantes de ambos os candidatos em disputa, com mais diversidade observada, contudo, no conjunto formado pelos eleitores de Haddad. Conclui-se a partir da amostra que a prevalência de memes de ação popular para este candidato pode ser relacionada pela mobilização de afetos para a projeção desses lugares de conivência de uma parte dos sem-parte e pluralismo agonístico de coexistência de “povos” diversos.
For an autonomous existence of images: an archaeological perspective
Authors: Castanheira José Cláudio S.
Published: April 2020

Monitoring and interpreting an increasing number of images has become part of people’s daily lives. These images trigger a complex process of relations that can result in direct human or non-human actions over people, over services or over the very space. As part of a broader and widespread mediascape, the repertoire of images, its organization and connection to multiple devices and huge databases, make interpretation processes much more complex and beyond our reach. When arranged in a network, technical devices do not need to follow a logic narrative of facts. Paradoxically, they contribute to the construction of all possible narratives. This work proposes, from an archaeological perspective, that the intentionality of images, especially those that are produced and circulate in digital environment, is the symptom of a contemporary episteme that delegates to objects not just a functional autonomy, but also one of existence and of description of the world. The multiplicity of digital images makes of them Beings that exist beyond the human and that constitute a kind of continuous phenomenological machinic process, an awareness of the self and of the other.
The Soft Power of India
Authors: Thussu Daya
Published: April 2020

India’s soft power is on the rise, in parallel with its economic power as one of the fastest growing major economies in the world. This chapter discusses India’s soft power within four domains: firstly, the democratic strengths of India, a particular distinction among the BRICS countries. As the world’s largest democracy, India has retained and arguably strengthened democracy in a multi-lingual, multi-racial and multi-religious society. The second domain examines the diasporic dimension of India’s international presence, increasingly viewed by Indian government and corporates as a vital resource for its soft power. As the world’s largest English-language speaking diaspora, the Indian presence is visible across the globe. The third domain focuses on the emergence of an Indian internet – part of the Indian government’s ‘Digital India’ initiative, launched in 2015 - and its potential for becoming the world’s largest ‘open’ internet. The chapter argues that, with the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the push for digital commerce and communication is likely to increase. Already home to the world’s second largest internet population, its creative and cultural industries, notably Bollywood, have the potential to circulate across various digital domains, resulting in globalized production, distribution and consumption practices. However, the chapter argues that these three domains of soft power will remain ineffective until India is able to eliminate its pervasive and persistent poverty, afflicting large number of its citizens.
Media aesthetic component of communication and its manifestation in infographic content
Authors: Simakova Svetlana
Published: April 2020

The goal of the present study is to demonstrate the media-aesthetic potential of infographic messages on particular cases. This can be done due to an integrated approach to the analysis of the visual content of media content. That indicates the case study method implementation as well as description and generalization. The theoretical basis of the research is represented by scientific studies of various directions. That includes the history of media and visual media culture; features of the concepts of media culture and media language, media aesthetics; infographics as a tool of media language. The empirical basis of the study is journalistic materials containing infographic content of such publications as by RIA Novosti (ria.ru), TASS (tass.ru). The examples of visual image implementation in the transmission of information — media content containing infographics — are given and analyzed. Considering media aesthetics as the formation of a sensory perception of the proposed media content, the author turns to the philosophical and aesthetic foundations of visual practices in the media and post-humanistic trends in journalism. As a result of the analysis of the theoretical and practical basis of the research, the author comes to the conclusion that today the role of the media aesthetic component of messages is most relevant. And infographics, as the connecting link of language and consciousness, is its most striking tool.
Educar para formar Lectores: Leer y Escribir para Crear Sentidos
Authors: Acosta Gómez Israel , Águila Consuegra Maritza Esther , Meneses Romero Yordany
Published: April 2020

En estas líneas, el autor plantea una reflexión sobre la formación de lectores, y se sostiene la idea de que formar lectores, es formar ciudadanos más que cultos, sí ciudadanos libres, porque eso es la cultura lectora, saber crecer. La lectura, como eje mediador entre el saber que de ella emana, y la cultura que refleja, es una situación de pragmatismo; leer sirve ante todo para superar la doctrina del desencanto, y para ser menos pasivos. Leer es comprender y escribir es trascender, más cuando se aspira a entrar en el mundo del conocimiento y no solo de la información. En este trabajo se llega a la conclusión que educar para formar lectores depende mucho del grado de voluntad del docente y de ese encanto del alumno por superarse constantemente. En el presente artículo se exponen algunas condicionantes para entender desde el punto de vista didáctico el valor de formar lectores y escritores competentes desde la clase lengua y literatura. La importancia del trabajo radica en que a partir del adecuado empleo de la actividad de lectura y escritura se formen sujetos competentes.