bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Modifikasi Karakteristik Kuat Tarik pada Komposit Film Poli(Vinil Pirolidon) dan Karagenan Melalui Pembentukan Komposit Karbon Nano Dot
Authors: Sjahriza Ahmad , Herlambang Surya , Wati Indah Fajar
Published: January 2019

Polimer merupakan material yang banyak dijadikan komposit sekarang ini. Teknologi nano dapat berperan sebagai agen komposit yang lebih baik dari pada agen komposit konvensional. C-dot yang merupakan material nano yang dikompositkan dengan polimer alam dan sintetik dengan model berturut-turut karagenan dan poli(vinilpirolidon) (PVP). Pada penelitian ini C-dot disintesis dari asam sitrat dan urea dengan iradiasi gelombang mikro, kemudian produk dimurnikan dan dikarakterisasi. Karagenan diekstraksi dari rumput laut Eucheuma cottonii. Selanjutnya polimer dan C-dot dikompositkan dengan metode Gel-Casting. Sintesis C-dot dari asam sitrat dan urea menghasilkan larutan berwarna hitam yang menandakan C-dot terbentuk, terdapat absorbsi di panjang gelombang 340 nm pada daerah UV yang membuktikan C-dot berhasil disintesis karena serapan tersebut tidak ditemukan pada bahan baku. C-dot yang disintesis memiliki ukuran partikel 90,61 nm dan indeks polidispersitas (PI) sebesar 0,0396. Komposit C-dot dengan polimer dapat meningkatkan kuat tarik dan modulus elastisitas film polimer. Konsentrasi optimum C-dot sebagai pengisi (filler) untuk PVP sebesar 0,7% b/b dan Karagenan 1.5% b/b. C-dot dapat berperan sebagai pengisi (filler) dalam kuat tarik pada film polimer. Penambahan C-dot pada film polimer sintetik maupun alam dapat meningkatkan sifat mekanik dari film polimer dan tidak memberikan hasil yang berbeda.
Padre Cícero: o ocaso de uma condenação
Authors: Brígido Edimar
Published: January 2019

Entrevista
Espiritualidade e religiosidade como estratégia de enfrentamento do câncer de mama: relato de um grupo de paciente
Authors: Bittar Cléria Maria Lobo , Cassiano Reivane Lopes , Silva Laura Nascimento
Published: January 2019

Este estudo teve a finalidade de conhecer o papel da espiritualidade no enfrentamento do tratamento de pacientes que sofreram mastectomia. A pesquisa foi realizada na Clínica Escola de Fisioterapia de uma universidade particular de um município paulista. Participaram da pesquisa cinco mulheres entre 48 e 79 anos que estavam em processo de reabilitação na clínica. As entrevistas tinham o intuito de conhecer o papel da religiosidade/espiritualidade no enfrentamento da enfermidade, com duas categorias centrais: reação inicial ao diagnóstico e enfrentamento da enfermidade; e a espiritualidade como recurso no enfrentamento da doença. Algumas participantes relataram ter recebido o diagnóstico de maneira tranquila e outras de maneira muito desfavorável, sendo que a espiritualidade em ambos o caso, foi imprescindível para o enfrentamento do adoecimento e para a recuperação da saúde. A maioria relatou ter uma religião antes do diagnóstico, mas que a participação na vida religiosa/espiritual, aumentou após o diagnóstico recebido. Elas disseram da importância de serem escutadas pelos profissionais, para sentirem ajudadas. Conclui-se que a espiritualidade teve um papel fundamental no processo de enfrentamento do adoecimento proporcionando às participantes a possibilidade de alcançar um bem-estar e a capacidade de continuar lutando contra a enfermidade e a favor da vida.
A Note from the Editors
Authors: Säätelä Simo
Published: January 2019

Note from ed
Mechanical Properties of Platinum Jewellery Casting Alloys
Authors: Klotz Ulrich E. , Fryé Teresa
Published: January 2019

This paper provides a database of mechanical properties for most of the commercially available platinum alloys currently in use for jewellery purposes. The alloys were tested for mechanical properties through tensile and microhardness testing in the as-cast and hot isostatically pressed conditions. Microstructural characterisations were performed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
Gross motor skills in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Authors: Pila-Nemutandani Gloria Rifilwe , Pillay Basil Joseph , Meyer Anneke
Published: January 2019

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of the study was to compare gross motor skills in children with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms. Children diagnosed with ADHD encounter difficulties in many areas of daily living activities that require motor coordination skills and often perform poorly on motor skills tests. METHOD: A hundred and sixty primary school children (80 with ADHD and 80 controls) between 7-13 years, both females and males, participated in the study. Simple gross motor skills tasks such as walking, standing, catching, dribbling and kicking tasks were employed. The results were compared for gender and age. RESULTS: The children with ADHD showed poorer performance on all tasks. The gender of the participants influenced performance on kicking and dribbling tasks. CONCLUSION: An association between the symptoms of ADHD and gross motor control was demonstrated, implying the need to include gross motor tasks or tests in assessments and interventions of children with ADHD. Key words: ADHD, Gross motor skills, simple gross motor tasks, gender differences.
Fiscal Management in India: A Study of the Impact of FRBM Act
Authors: Singh Ankita , Fouzdar Akanksha Singh
Published: January 2019

Fiscal deficit, the gap between government's aggregate receipts and aggregate consumption, gives the flag to the union about the aggregate acquiring necessary from all sources. Since these deficits had to be met by borrowings, the internal debt of the government accumulated rapidly from 35 percent of GDP at the end of 1980-81 to 53 percent of GDP at the end of 1990-91. Fiscal profligacy seen to have caused balance of payments crisis in 1991 and a reduction in the fiscal deficit was therefore an urgent priority at the start of the reforms. This paper aims at describing intricacies of fiscal deficit and to assess the impact of FRBMA on fiscal deficit in India from 1991-92 to 2016-17 by statistical techniques. The study observes a significant impact of FRBMA on fiscal deficit discipline in India and offers some valuable suggestions for effective fiscal governance and achieving targets pre-set in FRBMA.
An Overview of the Social Protection Policy on Well-being of the Elderly in Cambodia
Authors: Rathny Suy , Chatterjee Rashmi , Yat Yen , Hossain Reyad Md Amjad , Leaksmy Chhay
Published: January 2019

The elderly people in Cambodia are confronting multiple sources of vulnerability; these include living with poorness, health functional disabilities, health issues, social isolation, and limited opportunities to get involved. The government of Cambodia is concerning about the welfare of the elderly, as expressed in the National Development Strategy where government pledges its commitment to promoting the welfare of the elderly by protecting and ensuring that the elderly people are provided with basic needs. On the other hand, social protection in Cambodia has been largely neglected or addressed with inadequate tools and insufficient funds, which leads Cambodia to vulnerability. The principal purpose of this review is to produce a summary of overall social protection system and government associated with the elderly in Cambodia.
THE PROSOPOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF MITHRIDATES VI EUPATOR’S INNER CIRCLE (BASED ON MATERIALS OF THE MONUMENT OF MITHRIDATES, DELOS)
Authors: Soroka A.
Published: January 2019

The article is devoted to the analysis of Pontic king Mithridates VI Eupator’s closest associates in the period of preparation for confrontation with Rome and is based on materials of the Monument of Mithridates in the sanctuary of the Samothracian Gods which was constructed in 101-102 B.C. on the island of Delos. The sculptural portraits of 12 persons and a king’s sculpture are represented at the Monument of Mithridates. However, we are able to make precise investigation of only 8 portraits and inscriptions because of destruction the other ones. At the article it is depicted the reasons of the Monument’s construction, which had based in dissemination of Pontic kingdom’s political and cultural influence in the Aegean Sea and establishment of allied connections and commemoration of the king’s power. An internal characteristics of the Monument and the history of its investigation by French School at Athens and by the modern scientists are determined. The article represents information upon narrative ancient sources, archaeological and epigraphical sources. The content of inscriptions and importance of 8 persons (childhood friends and soldiers Gaius, Dorilaus Philetaerus, Diophantus, the kings Ariarathes VII, Antiochus VIII and Mithridates ІІ, fiduciaries Asklepiodorus and Papius), whose portraits were set up in the Monument of Mithridates, in private life, domestic policy and military campaign of Mithridates VI against Roman Republic are analysed. The methodological base includes approaches of comparison, analysis, synthesis and principles of historicism, sequence, complexity.
Bibliometric Analysis of a Research Institute: S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
Authors: Adhikari Saumen
Published: January 2019

Bibliometric study reflects the performance of any research institute and helps identify ways to improve research work. Monthly data has been collected from citation databases, ‘web of science’ and ‘nature index’ for the last six years analyzed to understand the progress of the research institute.
Diálogos a partir de Walter Benjamim: a figura de Maiakovski como elo de ligação entre o cubofuturismo e o formalismo russo
Authors: Miranda Carolina Izabela Dutra de
Published: January 2019

Resumo: O presente trabalho aborda as especificidades do futurismo russo, nomeado cubofuturismo, a partir das colocações de Walter Benjamim, presentes nos textos “A nova literatura Russa” (1927) e “O agrupamento político dos escritores na União Soviética” (1927). Embasando-se na discussão desses textos, pretende-se esclarecer a relação deles com o formalismo russo, importante movimento crítico que ocorreu contemporaneamente ao cubofuturismo. Para tanto, pretende-se explicitar como a figura de Vladimir Maiakovski estabeleceu um elo de ligação entre esses dois movimentos – o crítico e o literário – e de que forma o poeta tornou-se importante marco para ocubofuturismo russo e para engajamento político social do movimento literário. Este trabalho pretende expandir as informações e as visões apresentadas por Benjamim em seus textos, sobretudo em relação à atualização acerca do progresso destes movimentos literários e à importância deles, que dificilmente poderiam ser antevistos pelo teórico alemão no momento de produção de seus escritos.Palavras-chave: Cubofuturismo; Futurismo; Formalismo russo; Maiakovski.Abstract: This study aims to deal with the singularities of Russian futurism, named Cubo-Futurism, based on the writings of Walter Benjamin, exposed in the texts “New Russian Literature” (1927) and “The Political Groupings of Russian Writers” (1927). Based on the discussion of these texts, it is intended to clarify their relationship with Russian formalism, an important critical movement which happened contemporaneously with Cubo-Futurism. For this purpose, it aims to explain how the figure of Vladimir Mayakovsky established a connecting link between these two movements – the critic and the literary – and how the poet became an important symbol for Russian Cubo-Futurism and also for the social and political engagement of the literary movement. This study intends to expand the information and the aspects exposed by Benjamin in his texts, especially in relation to the update on the progress of these literary movements and the importance of them, which could hardly be foreseen by the German theorist at the time of his writings.Keywords: Cubo-Futurism; Futurism; Russian formalism; Mayakovsky.
Amos Oz e Avraham B. Yehoshua à luz de Walter Benjamin
Authors: Candido Juliano Klevanskis
Published: January 2019

Resumo: Este artigo analisa os contos “O caminho do vento” e o “O nômade e a víbora”, publicados por Amos Oz em 1965, e o conto “O casamento de Gália”, publicado por Avraham B. Yehoshua em 1970, à luz de alguns aspectos teóricos postulados por Walter Benjamin como “alegoria”, “narrativa”, “obra épica”, entre outros. Os três textos surgem no Brasil na coletânea O novo conto israelense (1978), organizado por Rifka Berezin. Nas narrativas é possível vislumbrar algumas imagens surrealistas e expressionistas, bem como um sentido de personagem moderno que demonstra a crise do homem no século XX, tal como proposto por Benjamin. Como isso acontece em um só texto? As reflexões sobre os contos de Oz e de Yehoshua, lidos à luz de Walter Benjamin e de suas proposições sobre a vanguarda europeia, se revelam apropriadas, assim, para seavaliar essas e outras questões presentes nas narrativas.Palavras-chave: Amos Oz; Avraham B. Yehoshua; Walter Benjamin.Abstract: This article examines the short stories “The way of the wind” and “Nomad and viper”, published by Amos Oz in 1965, and the short story “Gallia’s wedding”, published by Avraham B. Yehoshua in 1970, in the light of some theoretical aspects postulated by Walter Benjamin as “allegory”, “narrative”, “epic work”, among others. The three texts appeared in Brazil in O novo conto israelense (1978), organized by Rifka Berezin. The narratives show some surrealist and expressionist images, as well as a sense of modern character that demonstrates the crisis of man in the 20th century, as proposed by Benjamin.How does it happen in a single text? The reflections on the tales of Oz and Yehoshua, read in the light of Benjamin’s propositions on the European vanguard, are appropriate, therefore, to evaluate these and other issues present in the narrative.Keywords: Amos Oz; Avraham B. Yehoshua; Walter Benjamin.
Osmanlı'dan Günümüze Türkiye'de Yerel Basının Gelişim Süreci
Authors: Uçak Olcay , Erkal Abdi
Published: January 2019

Osmanlı Devleti’nden bugüne Türk basınının yaygın ve yerel ölçekte değişen iletişim yöntemleri, ekonomik, siyasi ve toplumsal koşullara bağlı olarak çeşitli dönüşümler yaşamıştır. Günümüzde yerel basınının dijital teknolojiye uyum sağlayıp sağlayamadığını belirlemek amacıyla yapılan bu çalışmada, Türkiye’deki 29 ilden 54 yerel gazete nitel ve nicel yöntemlerle incelenmiştir. Gazetelerin yayın süreleri, çalışan sayıları ve sahiplik özellikleri gibi künye bilgilerinin yanı sıra haberlerde yerel konuların oranı, kaynak gösterimi ve fotoğraf kullanım ölçütleri gibi ayrıntılar sayısal veriler analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmanın sonunda, tarihi yaklaşık bir asırlık süreye dayanan yerel gazete sayısının azalmaya başladığı ve bu gazetelerin dijital teknolojiyi kullanmaktan kaçındıkları görülmüştür. Öte yandan yakın dönemde kurulan yerel gazetelerin sayısında kayda değer bir artış olduğu, ancak bu gazetelerin de dijital teknolojiye uyumlarının henüz yeterli düzeye ulaşmadığı tespit edilmiştir. Çalışmamızda, yerel gazete kadrolarının dijital teknolojiyi kullanan, iletişim uzmanı gençlerle zenginleştirilmesi gerektiği ve teknik altyapı konusunda desteklenmeye ihtiyaç duydukları varılan diğer sonuçlar arasındadır.
Sıkıyönetim Dönemlerinde Türk Basını
Authors: KÖSEDAĞ Mehmet Sena
Published: January 2019

Türkiye
Cumhuriyetin kuruluşundan bu yana geçen doksan beş yılın neredeyse yarısı,
askeri yönetimler, sıkıyönetim ve olağanüstü hal uygulamalarıyla geçmiştir.
Cumhuriyetin kurulmasından 1987 yılına kadar; farklı zaman dilimlerinde 12 kez
sıkıyönetim ilan edilmiş;  ülke yaklaşık
olarak 26 yıl boyunca ordunun kontrolü altında tutulmuştur. Bu dönemlerin
gereği olarak, anayasal süreçler askıya alınmış ve basın, bu süreçlerden en
fazla etkilenen yapılardan biri olmuştur.  Bu
çalışma, Türkiye’de hayata geçirilen sıkıyönetim uygulamalarının basın
üzerindeki etkilerini ortaya koymayı amaçlamıştır. Cumhuriyet’in ilanından
günümüze kadar geçen süreçte yaşanan olağanüstü dönemlerin Türk basınının tarihsel
gelişimi ve yapısal dönüşümü üzerindeki rolünün de incelendiği çalışmada,
sıkıyönetim dönemlerinde genel olarak basın özgürlüğünün ortadan kaldırıldığı
ve ağır sansür koşullarının devreye girdiği belirlenmiştir. İncelenen
dönemlerin günün koşullarına göre kendi içerisinde farklı özellikler gösterdiği
ve bu nedenle basının yayın politikalarında kırılmalara neden olduğu
belirlenmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre, bu dönemlerde gerçekleştirilen
yasal düzenlemelerle birlikte iktidarların uyguladığı politikalar nedeniyle
medyanın mülkiyet yapısı değişikliğe uğramış, bu yapısal dönüşümün doğurduğu
yeni anlayış, gazetecilik pratiklerini de olumsuz yönde etkilemiştir.

Kaynak
tarama yöntemi ile gerçekleştirilen bu makale, Türk medyasının geçirdiği evrelerin
ortaya konulması, bunun yanında medyayı biçimlendiren koşulların yansıtılması
bakımından önem arz etmektedir.
SOSYAL MEDYADA EMOJİ KULLANIMI VE ANLAMLANDIRILMASI: ANADOLU ÜNİVERSİTESİ İLETİŞİM BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ ÖRNEĞİ
Authors: ÖZDEMİR Gülten , GÖKDAĞ Rüçhan , NESLİHANOĞLU Serdar
Published: January 2019

Belli
bir kelime ya da duygu görsel olarak dijital ortamda iletişimin görsel
dillerinden biri olarak adlandırılabilecek olan emojiler tarafından ifade
edilebilmektedir. Emojiler ilkel bir iletişim yolu olan hiyerogliflerle benzer
özellikler gösterdiğini söylemek mümkündür; ancak dijital ortamda kullanılıyor
olmaları çeşitli sorunları da beraberinde getirmiştir. Örneğin, cinsiyet, yaş,
kültürel farklılıklar gibi etmenler emojilerin kullanılması ve algılanması
konusunda farklılıklar yaratabilmektedir. Bu durum, yazılı ifadeyi desteklemesi
gereken emojilerin zaman zaman iletişim kayıplarına da yol açabileceği
olasılığını da göstermektedir. Bu tür kayıpları incelemek amacıyla Anadolu
Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi’de örgün eğitimlerine devam etmekte olan 227 öğrenci
ile yapılan 20 maddelik emoji kullanım anketiyle katılımcıların emoji kullanımları
ve emojilere yükledikleri anlamların tutarlılığı tespit edilmeye çalışılmıştır.
Bu amaç doğrultusunda emojilerin
kullanılması ve anlamlandırılması cinsiyet ve sosyal medya kullanım sıklığını
bakımından faktör analizi ile olumlu deneyim, iletişime kapalılık, yetersizlik,
algısal farklılık, olumsuz deneyim ve samimiyet boyutlarına göre
değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, cinsiyet bakımından katılımcıların olumlu deneyim, iletişime kapalılık,
yetersizlik, algısal farklılık, olumsuz deneyim ve samimiyet boyutlarında
benzer düşüncelere sahip oldukları; sosyal medya kullanım sıklığı tercihi
bakımından ise yalnızca olumlu deneyim boyutunda katılımcıların farklı
düşünceler taşıdıkları görülmüştür. Bu çalışma bulgularının ardıl çalışmalar
için iletişim alanında çalışan profesyoneller ve araştırmacılara yol gösterici
olması beklenmektedir.
15 Temmuz Darbe Girişimi Ekseninde Türk Sinemasında Oksidentalist Söylem: Kurtlar Vadisi Vatan Örneği
Authors: MEDİN Burak
Published: January 2019

Oryantalist ve islamofobik düşünce, konvansiyonel ya
da Batı kaynaklı sinemada ben ve öteki kavramlarının inşa edilmesinde ve
zihinlerde ötekiye dair olumsuz bir algının üretilmesinde önemli bir düşünsel
ardalan olarak sürekli rol oynar. Klasik oryantalizmden yeni oryantalizme ya da
bu bağlamda değerlendirilmesi gereken islamofobik düşünce temelinde Batı;
Müslüman, Türk ve Doğu coğrafyasını öteki olarak sunabilmek ve bu eksende
çeşitli politik ve dini eylemlerini edimselleştirebilmek adına filmik öğeler
olan karakterler, iletişim mekânları ve distopik zamanlar tasarlar. Bu filmik
öğeler içinde Batı kendini “ben”, Doğu’ya dair olan unsurları ise “öteki”
olarak konumlandırır. Batı kaynaklı sinemaya, self oryantalist ya da yerli
islamofobik temelli filmik öğelere ve inşalara karşı oksidentalist imgelem,
söylem ve düşünce ise oldukça önem arz eder. En öz bir şekilde Doğu bakış
açısıyla Batılı ve Batı hakkında bir algı oluşturmak (öteki) ve bu eksende bu
algıyı yönetmek olarak tanımlanabilecek olan oksidentalist bakış açısı, Batı
temelli bir algı ve rıza yönetimine karşı Doğu’nun başvurduğu önemli bir
eyleyen olarak işlev görebilmektedir. Bu kavramlardan hareketle darbelerin ve
darbe girişimlerinin medyadaki temsili bağlamında değerlendirilecek olan bu
çalışmada oryantalist ve islamofobik düşünceye karşı oksidentalist bakış
açısının sinemasal imajlar üzerinden nasıl sunulduğu irdelenmektedir. 15 Temmuz
darbe girişimi üzerine sinemasal zamanını, uzamını, karakter tasarımını ve
söylemini inşa eden Kurtlar Vadisi Vatan filmi, oksidentalist bakış açısının
üretildiği bir pratik olarak değerlendirilerek ele alınmakta ve söylem analizi
temelinde çözümlenmektedir.
ON FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION
Authors: Gladkov S. O. , Bogdanova S. B.
Published: January 2019

Due to the operation of fractional diﬀerentiation introduced with the help of Fourier integral, the results of calculating fractional derivatives for certain types of functions are given. Using the numerical method of integration, the values of fractional derivatives for arbitrary dimensionality , (where is any number greater than zero) are calculated. It is proved that for integer values of we obtain ordinary derivatives of the ﬁrst, second and more high orders. As an example it was considered heat conduction equation of Fourier, where spatial derivation was realized with the use of fractional derivatives. Its solution is given by Fourier integral. Moreover, it was shown that integral went into the required results in special case of the whole obtained in n-dimensional case, where n=1,2..., etc.
MAIN SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THEIR HIERARCHICAL RELATIONSHIP (PART 1)
Authors: Krivokapich B.
Published: January 2019

The question of the sources of international law, which of them are the most important and the hierarchical relationship between them is not one of the most important, but at the same time the eternal problem of science and practice of international law. The answer determines the attitude to other (speciﬁc) problems. In addition, this category is changeless, it is in constant development, which means that it is necessary to return to it from time to time and consider it in the light of new events and relationships. For this reason, the author of the article chose this particular topic, trying to reveal it in a slightly different way than is customary in legal literature. A special intention was to point out the relativity of classiﬁcations and conclusions, as well as the growing role of decisions of international organizations. There was also a desire to provoke a scientiﬁc debate about the issues raised. The article consists of three parts. The ﬁrst provides a brief overview of the sources of international law, and the author, unlike the generally accepted approach, distinguishes between the main and most important sources of international law. The second part deals with the problem of importance and interrelation of the most important sources of international law - international treaties, international legal customs and decisions of international organizations. In the third and ﬁnal part, the author points to the identiﬁed problems. He particularly emphasizes the fact that in international law there is no rigid hierarchy between the norms of the most important sources of this right, as well as the fact that in the future, due to the irrepressible processes of globalization, we can expect an increase in the role of decisions of international organizations.
INSTITUTE OF «MOBILE ELECTIONER» AS A WAY OF ELECTORAL LAW PRINCIPLES’ PROVISION ON THE ELECTIONS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: EXPERIENCE OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGNS, YEAR 2018
Authors: Nazartsev E. I.
Published: January 2019

In the article the new institute of electoral law, the mobile electioner (the voting of electioneer on the place of location, not living or indwelling) and the experience of its application on the elections of the President of the Russian Federation on the 18th of March 2018, additional elections of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation deputies of the seventh convocation on single member constituency and elections of highest executives of the Russian Federation subjects on the single day of voting on the 9th of September 2018 are analyzed. Positive and negative aspects of this institute`s practice into election campaigns are distinguished. The conclusion about the importance of this legislative novelty is made, some ways of its perfection are proposed. The procedure of realization of active electional right by assistance of attaching the electioneer to the site on the place of location, its terms and the order of this procedure is described. The conclusion about the importance of this legal novelty for citizen`s active electoral right`s provision is made, few ways of its perfecting and correcting some detected during its application lacks are offered. The question about some features of mobile electioneer using during the holding of region election campaigns is risen.
SYSTEM-SAVING MECHANISM AS A MEANS OF ENSURING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF RUSSIAN CRIMINAL LAW
Authors: Denisova A. V.
Published: January 2019

The article deals with the problems of ensuring the constitutionality of Russian criminal law through the action of the system-saving mechanism in law. The author analyzes the structural elements of this mechanism and their role in the process of its operation in criminal law on the example of some decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The author reveals the components of the system-saving mechanism: principles, goals and objectives of law, presumptions and ﬁctions, prejudices, whites and conﬂict rules, legal provisions. All of them are based on the Constitution of the Russian Federation, are derived from its provisions, therefore, when they are implemented, its universal action is ensured, constitutional ideas are put into social practice, and all other legal phenomena comply with the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The article explains how the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation with the help of the system-saving mechanism are introduced into the legal practice, ﬁlled with a speciﬁc social content for speciﬁc branch needs. The processes of realization of the criminal legal norm about responsibility for the repeated trespassing of the established procedure for organizing or holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picketing in the context of the ofﬁcially revealed constitutional meaning of the provisions of Art. 212.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
Structural, Optical and Dielectric Characterization of Guanidine Acrylate (GuAcr) NLO Single Crystals
Authors: Sathya D. , Sivashankar V. , Ambrose Rajkumar M. , Murugesan R. , Prem Anand D.
Published: January 2019

Organic single crystal of Guanidine Acrylate (GuAcr) was grown by simple inexpensive slow evaporation technique. The grown crystal was subjected into various characterizations like single crystal XRD, UV-Vis, FTIR studies, electrical, mechanical properties and SHG technique. The XRD data shows that the crystal belongs to orthorhombic structure. The UV-Vis spectral studies observed that the cutoff wavelength of the grown crystal is 320nm. Optical band gap of the grown crystal was also calculated, and it was found to be 3.99 eV. Vibrational frequencies of GuAcr crystal were confirmed by FTIR spectra. Electrical properties of the GuAcr single crystals were studied using impedance spectroscopy. Decreasing impedance with increasing temperature is indicated that the negative temperature co-efficient of resistance behavior like an insulator. Dielectric response of the crystal with varying frequencies was also studied. Second harmonic generation of the title compound was studied using Kurtz Perry- powder SHG technique. It reveals that as grown crystal is suitable for Nonlinear Optical (NLO) device fabrications.
Anthracene Removal by Adsorption and Fenton's Process – A Comparative Study
Authors: Aravind Kumar J. , Joshua Amarnath D. , Venkatesan D. , Vijai Anand K.
Published: January 2019

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), group of structurally related chemicals consisting of aromatic rings with no substitutions form a potent class of environmental pollutants. Removal of PAHs is necessary because it causes carcinogenic and mutagenic effects. Adsorption and Fenton's process is chosen among all the other methods. Among the various adsorbents, palm shell activated carbon gave the best adsorption. But comparatively the efficiency of Fenton's process is better than adsorption. Optimization of parameters such as temperature, time and dosage, concentration, pH are reported.
Dielectric Properties of Composites of Polypropylene with Zno-TiO2 Core-Shell Nanoparticles
Authors: Sampathkumar R. , Aswathy A. V. , Balachandar V.
Published: January 2019

Composites of polypropylene with different weight percentages of ZnO-TiO2 core-shell nanoparticles were prepared by the combination of solution and mixture melting methods. Dielectric properties of polypropylene composite films were studied at frequencies ranging from 50 Hz to 5 MHz at four different temperatures (313, 333, 353, and 373 K). It is observed that the dielectric constant reduces quickly in the low-frequency range followed by a near frequency independent behavior above 1 KHz. The dielectric properties of composites at low frequency can be explained by interfacial polarization or Maxwell-Wagner-Sillars effect. It is also observed that the dielectric constant reaches the maximum value at 3 wt% of ZnO-TiO2, which is the percolation threshold of nanocomposite. As the weight percentage of ZnO-TiO2 increases beyond the percolation threshold up to 7%, the dielectric constant of the nanocomposites decreases. The dielectric loss of the composites follows the similar trend with frequency as the dielectric constant. A sharp increase in the dielectric loss of the nanocomposite observed near the percolation threshold is due to leakage current produced by the formation of conductive network by ZnO-TiO2 core-shell nanoparticles. Further, peaks in the loss tangent observed for the nanocomposite systems indicating the appearance of a relaxation process. These relaxations peaks were shifted to higher frequencies as the particle content increased, since relaxation processes were influenced by the interfacial polarization effect which generated electric charge accumulation around the ZnO-TiO2 core-shell nanoparticles.
Surface Modification of Fly Ash by Poly(1,5-Diaminonaphthalene) for Removal of Hexavalent Chromium from Water
Authors: Nguyen Dzung T. , Vu Minh X. , Nguyen Huy L.
Published: January 2019

The Fly Ash (FA) was treated by NaOH solution in order to transform into the zeolite-like structure. Poly(1,5- diaminonaphthalene) [p(1,5-DAN)] was synthesized via in-situ chemical oxidation on the surface of NaOH-Treated Fly Ash (TFA) to form p(1,5-DAN)/TFA composite. The p(1,5-DAN)/TFA composite was used as a novel sorbent for removal of Cr(VI) ions from aqueous solutions. The maximum adsorption capacity (at pH 2, 298 K) calculated according to Langmuir isotherm model was 4.4 mg/g. This result suggested that p(1,5-DAN)/TFA was a promising adsorbent for Cr(VI) ions in the environmental treatment.
Bingöl İli Ekolojik Koşullarında Bazı Silajlık Mısır Çeşitleri İçin Uygun Ekim Zamanının Belirlenmesi
Authors: ÇAÇAN Erdal , İŞİKTEN Sibel
Published: January 2019

Bu çalışma; Bingöl ekolojik koşullarında ana ürün olarak yetiştirilen bazı
silajlık mısır çeşitleri için uygun ekim zamanının belirlenmesi amacıyla, 2016
ve 2017 yılları yetiştirme dönemlerinde yürütülmüştür. Araştırmada tarla
denemeleri; tesadüf bloklarında bölünmüş parseller deneme desenine göre 3
tekrarlamalı olarak kurulmuş olup, iki adet silajlık mısır çeşidi (30B74 ve
Burak) ana parsellere, 6 farklı ekim zamanı ise alt parsellere
yerleştirilmiştir. Araştırmada; bitki boyu, bitki sap çapı, bitkide koçan
oranı, bitkide yaprak oranı, bitkide sap oranı, yeşil ot verimi ve kuru ot
verimine ilişkin veriler ele alınmıştır. Araştırmada incelenen özellikler açısından
istatistiki olarak önemli farklılıklar elde edilmiştir. İki yıllık ortalamalara
göre; bitki boyu 248.7-282.7 cm, bitki sap çapı 19.9-22.6 mm, bitkide koçan
oranı % 30.3-35.1, bitkide yaprak oranı % 15.2-18.1, bitkide sap oranı % 48.8-53.1,
yeşil ot verimi 7110-9987 kg da-1 ve kuru ot verimi 2078-2514 kg da-1
arasında değişim göstermiştir. Yapılan korelasyon analizi sonucunda; yeşil ot
verimi ile bitki boyu ve bitkide yaprak oranı arasında, kuru ot verimi ile bitki
boyu, bitki sap çapı, bitkide yaprak oranı ve yeşil ot verimi arasında, bitki
boyu ile bitkide yaprak oranı arasında çok önemli ve pozitif korelasyonlar olduğu
belirlenmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda; Bingöl ekolojik koşullarında, ana ürün olarak
silajlık mısır yetiştiriciliğinde, en uygun ekim tarihinin Nisan ayının ikinci
yarısı olabileceği ve bitki çeşidi olarak 30B74 silajlık mısır çeşidinin
kullanılabileceği sonucuna varılmıştır.
WHEN ENGLISH GRADES GET LOWER – EXPLORING BIOPROCESS STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION TO LEARN ENGLISH
Authors: Silalahi Rentauli Mariah
Published: January 2019

This study investigated the motivation of 47 Indonesian university students in a Bioprocess program to learn English. The study was conducted using questionnaires to gauge students’ personal views on the importance of motivation and the Attitude/Motivation Test Battery as the fundamental theory to assess their intrinsic and instrumental motivation. A semi-structured interview was conducted to learn more about the students’ responses. The study found that students were motivated to learn English, had high instrumental motivation and had good intrinsic motivation. They were motivated to do 67% of inside classroom activities but not likely to do activities outside the classroom.

BAHASA INDONESIA ABSTRAK: Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui motivasi dari 47 mahasiswa Indonesia yang merupakan mahasiswa di Fakultas Bioprocess. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan metode pengumpulan data melalui kuesioner untuk melihat pandangan mahasiswa terhadap pentingnya motivasi dan dengan menggunakan teori ‘the Attitude/Motivation Test Battery’ sebagai teori dasar untuk menilai sikap dan motivasi pelajar dalam mempelajari bahasa asing, dilakukan penilaian terhadap motivasi intrinsik dan motivasi instrumental mahasiswa tersebut. Wawancara semi terstuktur dilakukan untuk menyelidiki lebih banyak mengenai tanggapan mahasiswa yang ditemukan didalam kuesioner. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa mahasiswa tersebut memiliki motivasi untuk belajar bahasa Inggris, memiliki motivasi instrumental yang tinggi, dan memiliki motivasi instrinsik yang baik untuk kegiatan di dalam kelas karnea mereka memiliki motivasi untuk melakukan 67% dari kegiatan yang disebutkan namun ditemukan bahwa mereka tidak memiliki motivasi untuk melalukan kegiatan di luar kelas.
PERAN TEKNOLOGI AUDIO-VISUAL DALAM PENGEMBANGAN PEMBELAJARAN ANAK DI SEKOLAH DASAR KARYA ANAK BANGSA DI MANADO [THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY AND AUDIO-VISUAL MEDIA IN LEARNING DEVELOPMENT AT ANAK BANGSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MANADO]
Authors: Kembuan Ester Magdalena , Irwansyah Irwansyah
Published: January 2019

Technology helps people. It makes it easier for them to find and use information. It also helps schools in educating children and this study focuses on the Anak Bangsa elementary school in Manado. Technology, and audio-visual media, help students learn, and it is the role of teachers to guide students in understanding technology and provide direction to them in using it well. It is also the role of parents to guide and direct their children in using technology and to help them avoid abusing technology. Addiction is one of the things that adversely affects the development of a child, therefore good cooperation between parents and teachers is needed to help develop children, both in school and at home, to be wise users of technology and audio-visual media.

ABSTRAK Teknologi membantu masyarakat sebagai kebutuhan kehidupan mereka, dimana kecanggihan teknologi memberikan kemudahan bagi masyarakat untuk memperoleh informasi serta mengembangkan diri mereka, begitupun dalam pendidikan, dalam penelitian ini ialah sekolah dasar karya anak bangsa di Manado. Adapun audio-visual dalam dunia pendidikan untuk membantu para murid dalam pembelajaran, karena itu peran guru sangat diperlukan dalam membimbing para siswa untuk mengenal teknologi dengan baik, serta memberikan arahan kepada mereka untuk bisa memanfaatkan teknologi dengan baik, begitupun peran orang tua dalam perkembangan anak sangat diperlukan untuk memberikan mereka arahan serta perhatian yang baik, karena peran orang tua memberikan nilai yang baik untuk mengindari anak dengan penyalahgunaaan teknologi. Kecanduan ialah salah satu hal yang berdampak buruk untuk perkembangan seorang anak, oleh karena itu diperlukan kerja sama antara orang tua dan guru yang baik untuk mambantu perkembangan seorang anak baik dalam dunia pendidikannya, serta kesharian nya. Karena itu akan sangat mempengaruhi masa depan mereka.
REVISITING HUMANITY’S ROOTS: ESTABLISHING AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY’S METAEPISTEMOLOGICAL AND METAPHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS
Authors: Parris LaRose T
Published: January 2019

This essay underscores the epistemological import of Lewis R. Gordon’s groundbreaking text, An Introduction to Africana Philosophy. The author utilizes a transdisciplinary/creolized method of inquiry to highlight the centrality of Africana philosophy to world history, philosophy, the social sciences, and the history of ideas. 
Keywords: Euro-modernity; liberation; reason; theodicy; transdisciplinary.
The Strategy of the Nahdlatul Ulama in Maintaining Position and Legitimacy at the Indonesian Islamic Arena
Authors: Mujibuddin M
Published: January 2019

This article aims to analyze NU strategy in maintaining the arena of moderate Islam in Indonesia. this strategy was used by NU to anticipate the radical movement intending to seize the Indonesian Islamic arena. This is because NU has legitimacy as a moderate organization in Indonesia. This study uses observational studies by looking at the historicity of NU as a religious organization and its role in the Indonesian Islamic arena. This study uses the theory of genetic structuralism which includes habitus, arena, capital, trajectory, and strategy. The results of this study indicate that NU basically has the capital to maintain the arena of moderate Islam in Indonesia. The accumulation of capital is then at stake with two strategies, that efforts to maintain and widen the arena of power in Islam in Indonesia has a great opportunity.
Assertiveness Training and Psycho-Education as Preventive Measures of Drug Abuse among Secondary School Students in Makurdi Local Government Area
Authors: Terwase Joyce M. , Akaagerger Nguher Abigail , Chiahemba Moses Denen
Published: January 2019

This study investigated Assertiveness Training and Psycho-education as preventive measures of drug abuse among secondary school students in Makurdi Local Government Area. The study adopted a pre-test, post-test and control group experimental design with a 3x2 factorial matrix. The sampling techniques adopted were the simple random method where each student was given an opportunity to be selected, and randomization of experimental groups and the control group to the schools through balloting was also done. Drug abuse prevention questionnaire (DAPQ), a standardized instrument developed by Skinner (1982), with a reliability coefficient of .97 were used for data collection. A total of 40 secondary school students made up of 28 males and 12 females with ages ranging from 15-23 years took part in the study. They also had a mean age of 18.38 Three hypotheses were raised and tested. The results obtained revealed that firstly, assertiveness training and psycho-education have significant treatment effects in the prevention of drug abuse among secondary school students (F(2)= 6.88; P< 0.05 ).  Secondly, sex had no significant effect on prevention of drug abuse F(1)= 0.32; P> 0.05 and thirdly, there was also no statistically significant interaction effects on drug abuse among secondary school students F(2)= 0.82; P> 0.05. Therefore, it is recommended that high premium is placed on developing and mainstreaming prevention programs on drug abuse into the school curriculum in secondary schools for students to become more assertive and acquire more knowledge on drugs and its effects on mental health.
Racism and the Life Course: Taking Time Seriously
Authors: Gee Gilbert C. , Hing Anna , Mohammed Selina , Tabor Derrick C. , Williams David R.
Published: January 2019

The adage “time is money” signifies that time itself is a major social resource, but the role of time as a determinant of health inequities remains underappreciated. Time is fundamental to health promotion and human agency, as in having time to exercise and maintain social relationships. Further, scarcity in time is related to stress and illness.

Time is also racialized, such that racial/ethnic minorities often have less free time and suffer a time penalty in multiple facets of life. Such penalties manifest in problems such as greater time in prison or more time spent accessing services.

We argue that time may be a social determinant of health that is shaped by racism across the life course. We focus on three aspects: time as age, time as exposure, and time as a resource and privilege. We distinguish between chronological age, biological age, and social age. We discuss issues of accelerated aging and potential interconnections with critical periods. We also examine racial inequities in time. By more deeply considering time, we may advance our understanding of racial inequities in health.
Structural Interventions to Reduce and Eliminate Health Disparities
Authors: Brown Arleen F. , Ma Grace X. , Miranda Jeanne , Eng Eugenia , Castille Dorothy , Brockie Teresa , Jones Patricia , Airhihenbuwa Collins O. , Farhat Tilda , Zhu Lin , Trinh-Shevrin Chau
Published: January 2019

Health disparities research in the United States over the past 2 decades has yielded considerable progress and contributed to a developing evidence base for interventions that tackle disparities in health status and access to care. However, health disparity interventions have focused primarily on individual and interpersonal factors, which are often limited in their ability to yield sustained improvements.

Health disparities emerge and persist through complex mechanisms that include socioeconomic, environmental, and system-level factors. To accelerate the reduction of health disparities and yield enduring health outcomes requires broader approaches that intervene upon these structural determinants. Although an increasing number of innovative programs and policies have been deployed to address structural determinants, few explicitly focused on their impact on minority health and health disparities.

Rigorously evaluated, evidence-based structural interventions are needed to address multilevel structural determinants that systemically lead to and perpetuate social and health inequities. This article highlights examples of structural interventions that have yielded health benefits, discusses challenges and opportunities for accelerating improvements in minority health, and proposes recommendations to foster the development of structural interventions likely to advance health disparities research.
Dual Mobility Cups: Effect on Risk of Revision of Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Due to Osteoarthritis
Authors: Kreipke Rasmus , Rogmark Cecilia , Pedersen Alma B. , Kärrholm Johan , Hallan Geir , Havelin Leif Ivar , Mäkelä Keijo , Overgaard Søren
Published: January 2019

Background:

The dual mobility acetabular cup (DMC) was designed to reduce prosthetic instability and has gained popularity for both primary and revision total hip arthroplasty (THA). We compared the risk of revision of primary THA for primary osteoarthritis between patients treated with a DMC and those who received a metal-on-polyethylene (MoP) or ceramic-on-polyethylene (CoP) bearing.

Methods:

A search of the Nordic Arthroplasty Register Association (NARA) database identified THAs performed with a DMC during 1995 to 2013. With use of propensity score matching, 2,277 of these patients were matched (1:1), with regard to sex, age, component fixation, and year of surgery, with patients with an MoP or CoP bearing. We estimated the cumulative incidence of revision taking death as a competing risk into consideration and performed competing risk regression with revision or death as end points.

Results:

There was no difference in the overall risk of revision between the DMC group and the propensity-score-matched MoP/CoP group (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] = 1.18; 95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 0.87 to 1.62). Patients with a DMC bearing had a lower risk of revision due to dislocation (adjusted HR = 0.09; 95% CI = 0.03 to 0.29) but a higher risk of revision caused by infection (adjusted HR = 3.20; 95% CI = 1.49 to 6.85).

Conclusions:

There was no difference in overall risk of revision between the DMC and MoP/CoP groups. The DMCs protected against revision due to dislocation but THAs performed with this bearing were more commonly revised because of infection. There may have been a selection bias toward placing DMC implants in patients with greater frailty as the mortality rates were higher in the DMC group than in the age and sex-matched MoP/CoP group.

Level of Evidence:

Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Clinical Application of Teriparatide in Fracture Prevention
Authors: Chen Yuehong , Liu Ronghan , Hettinghouse Aubryanna , Wang Shuya , Liu Gang , Liu Chuan-ju
Published: January 2019

Background:

Teriparatide, a 1-34 fragment of parathyroid hormone (PTH) that maintains most of the biological activities of PTH, has been employed since 2002 as an anabolic agent for osteoporotic individuals who are at high risk of fracture. The purpose of the present review is to provide a systematic summary and timely update on treatment with teriparatide for fracture prevention.

Methods:

Electronic databases, including OVID MEDLINE, OVID Embase, and the Cochrane Library, were searched on February 9, 2018, to identify published systematic reviews and meta-analyses addressing treatment with teriparatide for fracture prevention, and A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews 2 (AMSTAR 2) was used to assess the quality of included studies.

Results:

Seventeen studies were included. Of the 17 eligible studies, 3 were rated as high quality, 3 were rated as moderate quality, 6 were rated as low quality, and 5 were rated as critically low quality. Teriparatide reduced vertebral and overall nonvertebral fractures in osteoporotic patients regardless of the existence of precipitating conditions, including postmenopausal status, glucocorticoid treatment, and chronic kidney disease, as compared with placebo, but not the site-specific nonvertebral fractures of the wrist and hip. Teriparatide did not more effectively reduce fracture risks when compared with other medications, such as bisphosphonates, selective estrogen receptor modulators, RANKL (receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-beta ligand) inhibitor, or strontium ranelate.

Conclusions:

Teriparatide was safe and was not associated with an increased rate of adverse events when compared with other drugs. Teriparatide was effective for the prevention of vertebral and overall nonvertebral fractures in osteoporotic patients but not for the prevention of site-specific nonvertebral fractures at the wrist and hip.

Level of Evidence:

Therapeutic Level I. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.