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The Key Words Agenda: New Avenues for Agenda Setting Research
Authors: Corbu Nicoleta , Hosu Olga
Published: March 2018

This article seeks to expand the agenda setting theory and its later ramifications, by complementing them with the hypothesis of the articulation function of mass-media. Defined as the capacity of the media to offer people the words and expressions associated with defending specific points of view, the articulation function suggests a new ramification of the agenda setting theory, namely the key words level of agenda setting. Building on the third-level assumption about the transfer of issues and attributes from the media to people’s agenda in bundles, we argue that each issue is in fact transferred together with a set of “key words”, corresponding to the additional sub-topics related to the issue.
Boredom as a Way of Life: Greyness, Homelessness, and Consumption in Bucharest
Authors: Mandache Luminița Anda
Published: March 2018

Bruce O’Neill, in “The Space of Boredom: Homelessness in the Slowing Global Order,” focuses his attention on the ways in which Bucharest’s poor, homeless, and once productive workers experience their exclusion from the city’s post-communist and now global economy, an experience embodied by a deep sense of boredom. The analysis is built on tracing and overlapping the daily life experiences of homeless people in different corners of Bucharest. O’Neill chooses to position boredom in relation to consumption, and in so doing, defines boredom as “a window into the cultural politics of exclusion in a moment of troubled global consumerism” (p. xiii). In this review, I briefly summarize the ethnography’s main ideas and focus my attention on a few elements that seem to be minimized in O’Neill’s analysis of boredom.
“Wer jetzt kein Haus hat, baut sich keines mehr”. Notes on Bruce O’Neill’s "The Space of Boredom"
Authors: Tudorie George
Published: March 2018

Bruce O’Neill describes homeless men and women in Bucharest who could not navigate the downward spiral which followed the meltdown of the state-run economy after 1989. Deprived of the culturally treasured anchors of work, home, and family, and unable to participate in anything recognizably meaningful, these individuals are forced into a position of malignant contemplation, even when busy surviving. It is an experience of paralyzed restlessness which resonates with the ruins they zigzag through.

The Space of Boredom captures this landscape convincingly, and in elegant prose. The book moves effortlessly from the discussion of scholarly works in a number of fields, to observation of sometimes cinematic quality. It is well argued, abundantly researched, and clear about its theoretical assumptions. If some questions remain to be answered, at least to this reader, this may be an artifact of background. Assumptions, including important ones about the nature of affects, and about boredom itself, may not be shared. Some questions of this kind will be raised in the following.
Success factors for teams in business game Dynama
Authors: Alas Ruth , Kross Peeter , Liivat Anto , Saar Jaanika
Published: March 2018

The current article is based on data from Dynama business games conducted in two Estonian institutions of higher education (Estonian Business School (EBS) and Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applies Sciences) between years 2012 and 2016. The research questions that this paper attempts to explore look at the relationship between the results obtained by different teams in business game Dynama and their teams’ characteristics. The paper also shows how the volume of market research information used affects the results obtained by different teams in the business game. This research of implementational nature primarily helps to develop the teaching methods and basis for team composition in business game Dynama with the purpose of sup¬porting the course and achieving the learning outcomes in a more effective way. The research results may also be of interest to those who use and research business games as a teaching tool. The variables employed in this study enabled us to compare our research with that conducted by A.-E. Lerviks and M. Paltschik at Hanken School of Economics and Business Administration in 1982.
Indigenous plants for informal greywater treatment and reuse by some households in Ghana
Authors: Dwumfour-Asare Bismark , Nyarko Kwabena B. , Awuah Esi , Essandoh Helen M. K. , Gyan Bernard A. , Ofori-Addo Hilda
Published: March 2018

Poor greywater management is one of Ghana's sanitation nightmares due to longstanding neglect. This study looks at local practices of informal phytoremediation, and identifies commonly used plants and benefits. Our study collected data from 451 surveyed houses in nine communities within three regions, using structured questionnaires and extensive field observations. Greywater (kitchen, bathroom and laundry) is mainly disposed of into the open (46–66%), with few (4–24%) using septic tanks and soakaway systems. The majority of respondents (84%) perceived plants as agents of treatment and most could list 1–2 beneficial functions of the plants. A total of 1,259 plant groups were identified which belonged to 36 different plant species. The top five indigenous plants used are sugarcane, banana/plantain, taro, sweet/wild basil, and dandelion. The major plant benefits identified were food (84% of respondents) and medicine (62% of respondents). Statistically, no association was identified between the numbers of plants grown and their perceived plant roles (χ2 = 6.022, p = 0.304), with the exception of an association between plant numbers and benefits (χ2 = 161.94, p < 0.001). There is demand for improving local practices of using plants in greywater treatment and reuse, since native plants also come with other benefits.
Modelling, Simulation and Fuzzy Self-Tuning Control of D-STATCOM in a Single Machine Infinite Bus Power System
Authors: Habib Chaib , Tayeb Allaoui , Mustapha Brahami , Denai Mouloud
Published: March 2018

Background:

In recent years, demand for electricity has increased considerably, while the
expansion of generation and transmission has been very slow due to limited investment in resources and
environmental restrictions.

Methods:

As a result, the power system becomes vulnerable to disturbances and instability. FACTS
(Flexible AC Transmission Systems) technology has now been accepted as a potential solution to this
problem. This paper deals with the modelling, simulation and fuzzy self-tuning control of a DSTATCOM
to enhance the stability and improve the critical fault clearing time (CCT) in a single
machine infinite bus (SMIB). A detailed modelling of the D-STATCOM and comprehensive derivation
of the fuzzy logic self-tuning control is presented.

Results:

The dynamic performance of the power system with the proposed control scheme is validated
through in a simulation study carried out under Matlab/Simulink and SimPowerSystems toolbox.

Conclusion:

The results demonstrate a significant enhancement of the power system stability under the
simulated fault conditions considered.
Акцепторы III группы с мелкими и глубокими уровнями в карбиде кремния: исследования методами ЭПР и ДЭЯР
Authors: Ильин И.В. , Успенская Ю.А. , Крамущенко Д.Д. , Музафарова М.В. , Солтамов В.А. , Мохов Е.Н. , Баранов П.Г.
Published: March 2018

AbstractResults of investigations of Group III acceptors (B, Al, and Ga) in crystals of silicon carbide using the most informative electron spin resonance and electron nuclear double resonance methods are presented. Structural models of the acceptors with shallow and deep levels are considered. In addition to the data obtained earlier, studies using high-frequency magnetic resonance were obtained, which allowed revealing orthorhombic deviations from the axial symmetry for the deep acceptors; theoretical analysis explains experimentally found shifts of g factors for the deep acceptors arising due to the orthorhombic deviations, which appear probably due to the Jahn–Teller effect.
Распределение интенсивности трехволновой дифракции от дислокационных эпитаксиальных слоев в обратном пространстве
Authors: Кютт Р.Н.
Published: March 2018

AbstractThe three-wave X-ray diffraction in strongly disordered epitaxial layers of GaN and ZnO is experimentally investigated. The charts of the intensity distribution in the reciprocal space are plotted in coordinates q _θ and q _ϕ for the most intensive three-wave combination (1010)/(1011) by means of subsequent θ- and ϕ-scanning. A nontrivial shape of the θ-sections of these contours at a distance from the ϕ center of reflection is revealed; it is different for different samples. For the θ-curves at the center of reflection, we observed a common peak that may be approximated by the Voigt function with a power-low decrease in the intensity at the wings; the decrease law (from–4.5 to–5.0) is found to be considerably greater than that for the similar curves of two-wave diffraction and not depending on the dislocation density and distribution in layers. In some films we observed a coarse-block structure; in addition, it follows from the distribution in the reciprocal space that these blocks are turned with respect to each other around a normal to the surface, which allows us to suggest the existence of low-angle boundaries between them, consisting exclusively of edge dislocations.
Исследование процесса локального анодного окисления тонких пленок GeO и создание наноструктур на их основе
Authors: Астанкова К.Н. , Кожухов А.С. , Азаров И.А. , Горохов Е.Б. , Щеглов Д.В. , Латышев А.В.
Published: March 2018

AbstractThe process of local anodic oxidation of thin GeO films has been studied using an atomic force microscope. The electron-probe microanalysis showed that oxidized areas of a GeO film were germanium dioxide. The effect of the voltage pulse duration applied to the probe–substrate system and the atmospheric humidity on the height of the oxide structures has been studied. The kinetics of the local anodic oxidation (LAO) in a semi-contact mode obeys the Cabrera–Mott model for large times. The initial growth rate of the oxide ( R _0) significantly increases and the time of starting the oxidation ( t _0) decreases as the atmospheric humidity increases by 20%, which is related to an increase in the concentration of oxygen-containing ions at the surface of the oxidized GeO film. It was shown that nanostructures in thin GeO layers can be formed by the LAO method.
Оптические свойства металлодиэлектрических структур на основе фотонно-кристаллических опаловых матриц-=SUP=-*-=/SUP=-
Authors: Ванин А.И. , Лукин А.Е. , Романов С.Г. , Соловьeв В.Г. , Ханин С.Д. , Яников М.В.
Published: March 2018

AbstractOptical properties of novel metal–dielectric nanocomposite materials based on opal matrices have been investigated. The position of optical resonances of nanocomposites, obtained by embedding of silver into the opal matrix by the electrothermodiffusion method, is explained by the Bragg diffraction, and an asymmetric form of resonance curves is attributed to the Fano resonance. An anomalous transmission and absorption of light by hybrid plasmon-photonic layered heterostructures, which is apparently associated with excitation of surface plasmon-polaritons, propagating along “metal–dielectric” interfaces, was revealed.
Not a scientist: how politicians mistake, misrepresent, and utterly mangle science
Authors: Kizer Zachary
Published: March 2018

Science permeates nearly every facet of human life and civilization. However, in an age of media oversaturation, it has been increasingly easier for pseudoscientific information to be disseminated among the masses, especially by those with a political agenda. In his book, ‘Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science’, author Dave Levitan creates a guidebook for spotting and debunking unscientific ideas in the political sphere, a vital tool in the Information Age.
M/M/c/N queuing systems with encouraged arrivals, reneging, retention and feedback customers
Authors: Som Bhupender , Seth Sunny
Published: March 2018

Customers often get attracted by lucrative deals and discounts offered by firms. These, attracted customers are termed as encouraged arrivals. In this paper, we developed a multi-server Feedback Markovian queuing model with encouraged arrivals, customer impatience, and retention of impatient customers. The stationary system size probabilities are obtained recursively. Also, we presented the necessary measures of performance and gave numerical illustrations. Some particular, and special cases of the model are discussed.
Discriminating between the normal inverse Gaussian and generalized hyperbolic skew-t distributions with a follow-up the stock exchange data
Authors: Panahi Hanieh
Published: March 2018

The statistical methods for the financial returns play a key role in measuring the goodness-of-fit of a given distribution to real data. As is well known, the normal inverse Gaussian (NIG) and generalized hyperbolic skew-t (GHST) distributions have been found to successfully describe the data of the returns from financial market. In this paper, we mainly consider the discrimination between these distributions. It is observed that the maximum likelihood estimators (MLEs) cannot be obtained in closed form. We propose to use the EM algorithm to compute the maximum likelihood estimators. The approximate confidence intervals of the unknown parameters have been constructed. We then perform a number of goodness-of-fit tests to compare the NIG and GHST distributions for the stock exchange data. Moreover, the Vuong type test, based on the Kullback-Leibler information criteria, has been considered to select the most appropriate candidate model. An important implication of the present study is that the GHST distribution function, in contrast to NIG distribution, may describe more appropriate for the proposed data.
The nāḥāš in the Garden of Eden (Gen 2:4b-3:24): Malevolent or Benevolent?
Authors: Cunha Wilson De Angelo
Published: March 2018

Tradicionalmente, a serpente (hebraico nāḥāš) tem sido interpretada como um símbolo negativo, em algumas fontes como o veículo usado pelo tentador para causar a queda da humanidade. Essa visão negativa da serpente tem sido questionada recentemente de novo. Dois pontos principais são levantados com relação à narrativa de Gênesis 2–3. Primeiro, na literatura e no material iconográfico do Antigo Oriente Próximo, serpentes funcionam como símbolos positivos, de vida e de sabedoria. Segundo, argumenta-se que a narrativa de Gênesis 2–3 não oferece indicações de que a serpente deva ser interpretada de modo negativo. O presente artigo argumenta contra essa postura recente e mostra que, tanto da perspectiva do material do Antigo Oriente Próximo e da narrativa própria, a serpente é melhor interpretada como um símbolo negativo.
A ceia do Senhor e o tema do Sacrifício
Authors: De Freitas Manoel Pacheco
Published: March 2018

O método critico literário aproximará a pesquisa ao significado que Jesus deu a forma de sua morte. A revelação plena dessa consciência é explicita na ultima ceia. As etapas de seu ministério radicado no âmago das questões sobre o direito à vida, testemunhado pela ambientação social, na qual se inseriu e no profundo encontro com a pessoa que morre – pelo pecado ou pela enfermidade – reúnem a descrição clara de sua interpretação sobre a sua morte: redentora
Carismas e discernimento na eclesialidade
Authors: Siles Alexandre Augusto , Iwashita Pedro K.
Published: March 2018

Os carismas sempre foram um tema com suas peculiaridades, especialmente na esfera religiosa. Entretanto, no que diz respeito a suas raízes históricas e religiosas, é um assunto bastante relevante para colaborar na formação do sujeito eclesial em vista de transformação social no mundo contemporâneo que está constantemente em mudanças (GS 4-7). Logo, formar o indivíduo em sua totalidade, abrangendo a uma formação consciente para a socialização passa a ser um grande desafio para a Igreja e por sua vez, uma temática significativa, especialmente no diálogo entre a fé a razão. Certamente quando falamos de consciência e sua formação em um contexto eclesial visando transformação social, há de se levar em consideração os dons e carismas, que Jesus Cristo deixou como dom e serviço para sua Igreja (CIC 1302, 1303).
مهارة الكلام وإجراءة تعليمها
Authors: Hidayat Nandang Sarip
Published: March 2018

أن مهارة الكلام إحدى المهارات اللغوية العربية الأربعة، وعلى إجادة اللغة العربية أن يتأكد من وجود هذه المهارة، ولقد يكون من الأمور المساعدة هنا تقديم تصور ل من هذه المهارة اللغوية العربية التفصيلية التي تنضوي تحت المهارة. ويحتاج التعامل الفعالة والمحاولة الابتكارة بين المعلم والمتعلم على إجرءات تعليمها لحصيلة  تلك المهارة اللغوية العربية ويفهم الطلاب اللغة العربية فهما كاملا
THE USE OF QUESTIONING TECHNIQUE TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY
Authors: Wahyudi Dedy
Published: March 2018

Due to Questioning and answering as the activities that cannot be separated from Daily communication, the difficulties of speaking English encountered by pre-service English teachers are highly required to be overcome. In addition, they are future English Teachers. This study, therefore, aims at enhancing students’ speaking ability through Questioning technique and finding out the factors that influence the change of students’ speaking ability. This study was a classroom action research, which was carried out in two cycles. The freshmen of English Education Department were the participants of the research. Based on the findings, it showed that Questioning Technique could improve students’ speaking ability in terms of accent, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension, in which speaking fluency was the highest improvement of all. Moreover, it led the students to good self confidence and classroom participation. In short, the more the students use questioning technique, the better the students’ speaking ability is.
BIOSORPSI ION LOGAM Cd2+ MENGGUNAKAN BATANG KECOMBRANG (Etlingeraelatior) SEBAGAISUMBER BELAJAR BERBASIS POWER POINT
Authors: Adinata Warsono , Lazulva Lazulva
Published: March 2018

This research aimed at seeing the appropriateness of the instructional media Power Point based.  The early stage conducted was seeing the basic competence that needed the instructional media adapted to the syllabus of Vocational High School of Pharmacy Pekanbaru.  The material was Adsorption material that was on the basic competence of 1.2, it was about understanding the adsorption process.  After adjusting the material, applied research of biosorption of Cd2+ metal ion using Kecombrangtrunk on various pH 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 that was analyzed by AAS was conducted.  The optimum pH obtained was on pH 5 with 80.73% adsorption.  The next step was preparing the instructional media Power Point based that was assessed by material and media experts.  The result of material expert assessment showed their strong agreements and there was no revision with 82% percentage.  The next step was testing 4 Chemistry teachers at Vocational High School of Pharmacy Pekanbaru.  It showed the agreement and no revision with 79.75% percentage.  It meant that the chemistry instructional media Power Point based could be a learning resource.Keywords:      Learning Resources, Instructional Media Power Point Based, Kecombrang,Cadmium, Adsorption.
DESAIN BAHAN AJAR BERUPA HANDOUT BERBASIS INKUIRI TERBIMBING PADA PEMBELAJARAN KIMIA MATERI HIDROKARBON
Authors: Wati Lina , Fatisa Yuni
Published: March 2018

AbstractThis research was instigated by students’ difficulty at the tenth grade of State Senior High School 10 Pekanbaru in comprehending chemistry concept of Hydrocarbon Lesson that made them unable to achieve optimal learning achievement, thus a teaching lesson was required to guide them to comprehend the concept.  It was done by designing a teaching lesson in the form of handout Guided Inquiry based.  This research aimed at knowing the validity and practicality levels of handout Guided Inquiry based that was valid and practical.  It was a Research and Development (R&D) with 4D (four-D) model, modified by doing limited trials and removing disseminating step.  It was administered at State Senior High School 10 Pekanbaru.  The primary data were collected in this research through questionnaire.  Validity and practicality test questionnaires were the instruments of collecting the data.  The data obtained were analyzed by using Descriptive qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques.  The handout produced was tested, its validity level was 89.94% (very valid) and its practicality level was 76.50% (practical).  Based on these results, it could be identified that the handout tested was appropriate and practical to be an alternative teaching lesson for teachers in a school. Keywords: Handout, Guided Inquiry, Hydrocarbon
PENDIDIKAN PEREMPUAN RIAU DARI MASA KE MASA
Authors: Wilaela Wilaela
Published: March 2018

The existence of woman education instituation in Riau province has long history, far away before the existence of Riau as a province. The history can be divided into period of Dutch colonial, Japanese colonial till the period of independence. Every period has individuality differentiating from other period. Latifah School and of Madrasah Annisa in the empire of Siak in the period of colonization differ from Diniyah Putri Pasirpangaraian, YKWI and Diniyah Putri in Pekanbaru in the period of independence. However, there was a similiarity among the periods, that is the characteristic of woman education which had lifted the ability and role of woman as the primary and first educator and teacher, either in or out of the house, in the society, and in the school. The study also found that in each period, the woman education instituation in Riau has a relationship to Diniyyah Puteri Padang Panjang.
ANALISIS PERILAKU KONSUMEN PEREMPUAN TERHADAP KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI DAN PERILAKU PENGGUNAAN PEMBALUT
Authors: Julina Julina
Published: March 2018

This research try to discover women consumer behavior towards their reproductive health and the use of pads. It was found that most respondent used magazines, newspapers, or newspapers as sources of information to acquire knowledge about reproductive health. Respondents spent special time to increase knowledge about reproductive health of women and prioritize read articles about women's reproductive health. Pads is one of product that is familiar with the women reproductive health, but women in this study had no certainty about its safety for use and whether the pads can cause cancer. Additionally, more than half of respondents would consider using the traditional way with a washable cloth pads if the current pads is proven can cause cervical cancer. Price of the pads is a factor that affects their purchase behavior and although they have a favorite brand, they are not particularly loyal to the brand if it is not available when needed.
AGAMA DAN KEKERASAN TERHADAP PEREMPUAN (ANALISIS GENDER DAN FILSAFAT TAOISME-ISLAM)
Authors: Kumari Fatrawati
Published: March 2018

Violence against women often occurs in various fields of life. The violence is a product of a patriarchal culture that is not just touching the social sphere, but also venturing into religious territory. Religion is considered as a justification and the things that make the practice of violence against women becomes a habit. View of gender bias in the various dimensions of life, including religion also took part in the practice of letting the violence against women, even seen as root causes of the violence. Through the analysis of gender and Taoism-Islam, the issue of violence against women is trying to find a comprehensive explanation for the violence seen not only physicallyquantitative, but also spiritually-qualitative. Relation equal reciprocity in the relationship becomes important bid proposed Islamic gender analysis and Taoism.
KOMITMEN PARTAI POLITIK TERHADAP PENCALONANPEREMPUAN SEBAGAI ANGGOTA LEGISLATIF DALAM UPAYA REALISASI UNDANG-UNDANG NO. 12 TH. 2003 DI PEKANBARU
Authors: Hardani Sofia
Published: March 2018

The involvement of women in formal politics in Indonesia began to be taken into account since the enactment of the Electoral Law No. 12 In 2003, on the General Election. In Act specified 30% representation of women from all political parties in the parliamentary candidates in national and local level. In Riau Province, the representation of women in parliament has increased. but have not been able to meet the 30% quota for women. This is due to the attitude of the political parties have tended masculine. Undertake research to uncover the commitment of political parties to the nomination of women as members of the legislature in an attempt realization of law no. 12 of 2003 in the province of Riau. This study is a qualitative study, obtained by interview and observation to the board of DPD Golkar, PAN, PKS and the female candidates of political parties elected to the Legislative Council Pekanbaru period 2009-2014. The findings show the phenomenon of “halfhearted” of the party leadership to implement article 65, paragraph 1 of Law No. 12 in 2003 and are not genderresponsive policies, most party leaders still view women as “second class citizens” who do not deserve to sit in the first sequence number representing the party
PELAKSANAAN PROGRAM SEKOLAH BERWAWASAN GENDER DI PROPINSI RIAU
Authors: Roza Yenita
Published: March 2018

Gender mainstreaming being the big issues lately included in Indonesia. To improve the gender equality access for education Indonesian government been launching the schools program name “ Sekolah Berwawasan Gender”.  The aim of this study is to explore the schools’ achievement on that government program in The Province of Riau. Giving orientation program, schools were required to design and implement their specific program. Schools also get funded to accelerate their program. The assessment were done based on 10 standard on indicator of the program implementation. Data were collected through questionnaire and direct observation to the schools. This paper discuss finding based on the 10 standard that grouped into schools level and region of the schools. It was found that the highest achievement is reached for standard 3 (85%) that deal with learning outcome, the lowest achievement is given to the standard 5  (56%) about schools’ facilities. This finding will be used as recommendation for the schools and government to improve their program design and implementation of gender equality program.
PENDIDIKAN ISLAM DAN PENINGKATAN SUMBER DAYA PEREMPUAN
Authors: Khaidir Eniwati
Published: March 2018

Education has a very strategic function in order to improve the quality of the human resources. To realize it, it is not possible only charged one of its human resources namely men, while female resources are ignored. On the other side, Islamic education is faced with the challenge of modern life which is full with complex issues, such as how Islamic education capable of preparing quality of human in the face of societal change, so that the products of Islamic education not only serves the need for hereafter, but should be able to compete in a competitive and proactive of modern world. This article discusses whether women's resources can be enhanced through Islamic education and what must be done to make Islamic education as an effort to increase women’s resources
Analisis Risiko Kesehatan Lingkungan (SO2 , H2S, NO2 dan TSP) Akibat Transportasi Kendaraan Bermotor di Kota Surabaya
Authors: Ma'rufi Isa
Published: March 2018

Analisis Risiko Kesehatan Lingkungan (ARKL) merupakan suatu pendekatan untukmenghitung atau memprakirakan risiko pada kesehatan manusia, termasuk identifikasi terhadapadanya faktor ketidakpastian, penelusuran pada pajanan tertentu, memperhitungkan karakteristikyang melekat pada agen yang menjadi perhatian dan karakteristik dari sasaran yang spesifik. Jenispenelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif dengan risk agent adalah SO2, H2S, NO2, dan TSP. Penelitiandilaksanakan di Jalan Bundaran waru, Jalan A. Yani, Jalan Darmo dan Jalan Perak untuk melihat risikokesehatan lingkungan akibat pencemaran udara kendaraan bermotor dengan waktu penelitianadalah bulan Juli 2015. Data yang digunakan adalah data primer. Variabel pada penelitian ini adalahidentifikasi bahaya, identifikasi sumber, analisis pajanan, analisis dosis-respon, karakterisasi risiko,dan manajemen risiko kesehatan lingkungan. Hasil penelitian untuk kadar risk agent menunjukkanbahwa kadar SO2 tertinggi sebesar 7,3 mg/m3, kadar H2S tertinggi yaitu 2,10 mg/m3, kadar NO2tertinggi yaitu 4,1 mg/m3, dan kadar TSP tertinggi yaitu 2,46 mg/m3. Nilai RQ untuk setiap riskagent di lokasi studi seluruhnya menunjukkan di atas 1 (satu), hal itu berarti beberapa gas di udarayang berasal dari kendaraan bermotor sangat berisiko dan membutuhkan pengendalian lingkungan.
The “spirit” of the old communion chants
Authors: Sîrbu Adrian
Published: March 2018

Byzantine music is the chanted prayer of the Orthodox Church left to us as a spiritual legacy by the holy masters of hymnography and hymnology ever since the early centuries. This music serves a precise purpose, i.e. to enhance the mood of prayer and to lift man closer to God. The Holy Liturgy, the mystical centre and the reference point of a man’s entire existence, represents man’s private meeting and communion with Christ, and the moment of this meeting is steeped in an atmosphere of meditation and inwardness created by a series of ample, slow, and vocalization-rich chants, called koinonika. It is a moment of ultimate inner appeasement and preparation. Early composers managed to capture this meditation effect in their koinonika, both through their compositional techniques and, especially, through an inner state of grace. However, in the 19th century, two phenomena became apparent: on the one hand, some of the new composers no longer succeeded in attaining the same ethos as the old masters, and, on the other hand (particularly from Ioan Popescu-Pasărea on), the music tastes of the time caused these ample chants to be replaced with simpler melodies, which, often, were even harmonized. This study has a threefold aim: first, it reasserts the fundamental role played by the koinonikon in the Holy Liturgy, by arguments that underline the ancientness of this practice as well as its survival in other Orthodox areas (such as Mount Athos and Greece). Second, the paper signals the publication, next year, of the first Romanian collection of koinonika signed by Byzantine and post-Byzantine composers (13th-19th centuries). Third, our study aims to show that these ancient chants have a special ethos, representing melodic as well as aesthetic archetypes and, par excellence, the true Classicism of Byzantine melos.
Archdeacon Sebastian Barbu-Bucur PhD – Researcher of the Byzantine Musical Tradition across the Romanian Territory
Authors: Chircev Elena
Published: March 2018

Professor Archdeacon Sebastian Babu-Bucur PhD is one of the most prominent representatives of Romanian Byzantology with a tireless activity spreading throughout different fields – research, psalmic musical creation, teaching, performing. Our study focuses briefly on several of the researcher’s achievements, some of his main concerns having been the Romanianisation process of the church chant in the 18th century and the manuscripts elaborated by Romanians. We highlighted the merits of the Byzantinist musicologist who contributed to the discovery of most of the Romanian manuscript no. 61 in the Romanian Academy Library, who tracked down and catalogued over 250 Romanian manuscripts to be found in the libraries from Mount Athos, who demonstrated through documenta and transcripta editions the significance of the activity of various Romanian psalm readers whose contribution to the translation of chants in Romanian had been, up to that moment, almost unknown. Archdeacon Sebastian Babu-Bucur’s tireless work as a researcher of Byzantine music contributes to a better knowledge and understanding of the evolution of this type of music in the 18th and the 19th century and leads the way towards new investigations in the years to come.
Constantin Catrina – a life in the service of the Romanian music
Authors: Dănilă Irina Zamfira
Published: March 2018

A complex personality, with multifarious concerns in research as well as in composition, Constantin Catrina (1933-2013) was active as a folklorist, historian, musicologist, Byzantinologist, composer; he dedicated his entire life to the research of the Romanian music, viewed in all its manifold manifestations: folklore music, Orthodox church music of the Byzantine tradition as well as lay music. His investigations were directed mainly towards the area of Brasov and its surroundings. He diligently studied documents about the musical life of the city in archives and libraries, discovered interesting information about the cultural personalities of this old Transylvanian city, with rich cultural traditions and diverse influences. He also managed to reveal their connections with other cultural centres in Romania. He was a pioneer in the field of Byzantinology, filling a space left empty in the history of Byzantine music by emphasizing the activity of an important centre of church music teaching and education in central Transylvania – the School of “Saint Nicholas” Church in Scheii Brasovului between the 15th and 20th centuries. In terms of folklore research, he investigated the areas related to Brasov and collected a rich ethnographic, literary and musical material which he published in reputable collections. In all three lines of activity, he wrote and published an impressive number of articles in the local and specialised national press, thus proving to have a genuine passion for research and for the dissemination of its results to the specialists and the general public.
Interpretative and Compositional Connotations from a Musicological Perspective
Authors: Nedelcuţ Nelida , Ghişa Lucian
Published: March 2018

Musicology, viewed as a general science regarding all the defining elements of music, can approach compositions using hermeneutical methods, both through a critical view on the interpretation, the stage performance of the creative act, and through the subsequent musicological writings, becoming a “meta-interpretation” that requires a thorough exegesis. The couplet hermeneutics-interpretation together with that of compositional concept versus stage production are the ones underlying our research, while hermeneutics is the very art of performing that penetrates the most cryptic elements present in the musical act, viewed from the perspective of the triad creation-interpretation-reception. In an attempt to emphasize the ways in which the composer suggests to the performer certain indications for stage performance, through writing, agogics, dynamics and special sound effects, we intend to study, from the standpoint of the musicologist, the piece 5 tablouri cu umbre(le)1 by Constantin Rîpă. Built on a structure of five tableaux, the work comprises fifteen songs on poems by five contemporary Cluj poets and outlines a new concept of musical performance, which aims to experiment in composing music with the idea of the primordial nature of the poetic text, which is associated with elements of motion and gestures of the interpreters and is based on an arbitrary compositional concept, a defining technique that can be found in a great part of the choral creation of this composer.
The Subject – A Key Element of the Fugue Form during the 20th Century
Authors: Vlahopol Gabriela
Published: March 2018

The great stylistic epochs of the past mostly had syntaxes and specific forms, escaping in the context of the application of polyphonic syntax to the tonal system. The twentieth century, characterized by a continuous mobility and search in the field of the musical language, does not intend to create new musical forms but takes preexisting patterns, which adapt to the creative contexts specific to the composers. Thus, despite the blurring of some of the fundamental elements, other factors of configuration and construction were maintained and amplified, as well as the particular phenomenon, the most significant phenomenon being the development of the thematic principle, which will have its particular manifestations in the fugue form, the diversity of its interpretations bearing the mark of some new directions.
Performing practice - comparative analysis and conclusions
Authors: Coroiu Petruţa-Maria , Belibou Alexandra
Published: March 2018

Musical notation and its relationship with the concept of performance is very complex, depending on the context. Our paper discusses some important ideas about performance, referring to ascpects specific to great conductors such as S. Celibidache and W. Furtwängler. We begin by outlining the basic concepts behind their interpretations before going into more detail with specific examples.
Critical reception of late 19th century Iași-based music. Alexandru Flechtenmacher
Authors: Rusu-Persic Dalia
Published: March 2018

In late 19th-century periodicals, music criticism captured only a few details on the composition techniques, the structural organization, the rhythmic-melodic or vocal and stage interpretation of various performances. The press shed light on these pieces only at an informative level, mentioning titles, composers, and interpreters and even omitting some details due to, on the one hand, the authorities’ indifference to the musical phenomenon and, on the other hand, the editors’ sheer ignorance of particular stylistic or musical language features. However, the attempts made by the personalities active in the cultural and artistic life were real and unrelenting, their results being guided by the desire to promote music with specific national traits. This study provides an analytical perspective on the current reception of that social-artistic context. Taking into account that new sources have favored a more detailed and profound investigation of the 19th-century critical phenomenon, our analysis supplements the information presented in the music history studies already published in Romania. Consequently, the first section of this paper approaches the extremely dynamic phenomenon represented by the creation of new journals / newspapers in the 19th century. It is our belief that starting from general journalism we can acquire a better understanding of the development of musical criticism. This research aimed to discover new dimensions of Iași-based music, placing special emphasis on the critical reception of the composer Alexandru Flechtenmacher. We have followed its reflection in the Romanian press, starting from the first accounts in this respect, and ending with the subsequent assessments formulated in 20th-century musicology. Although the texts that tackle musical issues are quite few and social aspects prevail in the commentators’ list of interests, by combining the information provided by general literary/historical/social sources with the details included in specialized articles we can create a new perspective on late 19th-century Iași-based compositions.
Ioan Pavalache – Polyptic coordinates of a musician’s life
Authors: Radu-Țaga Consuela
Published: March 2018

Ten years have passed from the death of conductor and professor Ioan Pavalache. Born in Chișinău, Ioan Pavalache went through the difficulties of the 1944 refuge. He perfected his studies at Bucharest, choosing to practice in the field of music. His great passion was conducting, that is why he preferred to leave the capital and to come to Iași for conducting the Gavriil Musicescu Choir of Moldovian Philharmonic and at the same time the Romanian Opera’s Choir. He linked his destiny to the activity of the Philharmonic’s Choir which he led for 32 years, raising the ensemble to a high artistic level. He did not decline the involvement in organizational activities, which is why he managed the Romanian Opera from Iași as an artistic director. The enthusiasm and the professional skills turned him toward the academic career and at The Conservatory formed plenty of young conductors, who pursue today their activity in residential institutions. A continuator of the choral tradition, Ioan Pavalache founded Camerata Choir, which had a rich activity at national and international levels. The coordinates of a life dedicated to music deserve to be known at present and not only then…
Quality assurance of Mo-99/Tc-99m radionuclide generators
Authors: Uzunov Nikolay , Yordanova Galina , Salim Seniha , Stancheva Natalya , Mineva Vanya , Meléndez-Alafort Laura , Rosato Antonio
Published: March 2018

Gamma-ray spectrometry analyses of the radionuclide content of eluate from two Mo-99/Tc-99m radionuclide generators POLTECHNET have been performed. The relative activities of 99Mo 103Ru and 131I radioisotopes with respect to the activity of 99mTc at different time intervals after the primary pertechnetate elution of the generators have been analyzed. The relative activities of the isotopes were determined and compared to the radionuclidic purity requirements for 99mTc.
The West Black Sea passive continental margin in the east part of Balkan Peninsula
Authors: Stankova Svetla , Tzankov Tzanko , Iliev Rosen
Published: March 2018

The Black Sea Neozoic passive continental margin marks the natural „bridge” between the Moesian and Bulgarian continental microplates and the Black Sea oceanic microplatte. It was coming in to being after the saturation between the terrains which are composed the Neo Europe south east part during the Early Paleogene. The subaerial part of the margin includes the most east parts of the South Moesian, Hemus, and Upper Thracian and Sakar-Strandzha morphostructural zones. The subaquatic part of the margin is composed by the consequently orderly step lower to the Black Sea bottom: high shelf zone, lover shelf zone, continental slope and continental foot. The Black Sea Neozoic passive continental margin is characterized by low seismic activity. It is concentrated in some fault zones.
Food and non-food retail change in a post-communist country:A case study of the Gemer region in Slovakia
Authors: Bilková Kristína , Križan František , Horňák Marcel , Barlík Peter , Zubriczký Gabriel
Published: March 2018

The retailing sector seems to be rather sensitive to social and economic developments in a society. In contrast to global retail network trends, specific processes may be observed in some lagging regions in post-communist countries. In the article attention is paid to spatial changes in food and non-food retailing locations in the region of Gemer, one of the least developed regions of post-communist Slovakia. The retailing network transformation between 1996 and 2012 was measured by applying retail capacity calculations for surplus or deficit, related to the population size of municipalities within the region. In the article, we examine food and non-food retail locations in the Gemer region with a special focus on spatial changes (urban vs rural) as well as temporal and trends based on retail capacity growth indices. In conclusion, the findings suggest that rural food and non-food retailing businesses have gone through considerable change and that it is not in harmony with the globalisation processes visible in the urban environment. Specifically, retail capacities (both food and nonfood) in the Gemer region are witnessing a period of growth.
“A Little Baby is on the Way:” Botho/Ubuntu and Community-Building in Gaborone Baby Showers
Authors: Motswapong Elizabeth P. , Kebaneilwe Mmapula D. , Madigele Tshenolo J. , Dube Musa W. , Setume Senzokuhle D. , Moroka-Modie Tirelo
Published: March 2018

The expectation and arrival of a baby has always played a significant role in many societies across the globe. For simple reasons, babies are perceived as blessings from God. Hence, there is the need to shower the mother-to-be and her unborn baby with gifts and advice in preparation for welcoming, not only the bundle of joy, but also the new additional member into the family. The article is based on data that were collected from baby showers in greater Gaborone over a period of twelve months. The concept of Botho/Ubuntu cuts across as one of the major initiatives that drive baby showers. The goal of this paper is to establish what baby showers entail, how these initiatives started and how they are conducted. But most importantly, the paper will argue that baby showers are a community building initiative in the urban space. The paper seeks to establish the extent to which baby showers are gendered, using analytical insights from the theory of the “good mother”.
Questions on the Teaching of the Patient Care Process
Authors: Rivkin Anastasia
Published: March 2018

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Microstructural and Dynamical Heterogeneity Characteristics in Al2O3- 2SiO2 Liquid
Authors: Thi Thanh Ha Nguyen
Published: March 2018

In this paper the structural and dynamical characteristics in alumina- silicate Al2O3–2SiO2 (AS2) liquid are investigated by molecular simulation method. Structural properties are clarified through the pair radial distribution function, distribution of TOn (T= Si, Al) coordination units and distribution of partial bond angle in TOn. Furthermore the change in diffusion mechanism between low and high pressure is revealed by transition of the structural units TOx → TOx±1. At the low-pressure configuration of the liquid AS2 exhibits the dynamics heterogeneity (DH). The original of dynamic heterogeneity is identified and liquid AS2 consists of separate mobile and immobile regions.
Sm3+ Doped Borotellurite Glass: Absorption, Fluorescence and Optical Parameters
Authors: Độ Phan Văn
Published: March 2018

Borotellurite glasses doped with Sm3+ ions were prepared by a melt–quenching technique. The studies on optical characterization of Sm3+ ions have been carried out through absorption, emission and decay spectra. Judd-Ofelt (JO) intensity analysis has been presented and JO parameters were calculated for Sm3+ ions in borotellurite glasses. Radiative properties such as transition probabilities, branching ratios, radiative lifetime of 4G5/2 level and quantum efficiency were estimated by using JO parameters.
BREVES REFLEXÕES ACERCA DO DESENVOLVIMENTO SOCIAL NO BRASIL
Authors: Silva Marcelo Martins da
Published: March 2018

Recentemente a sociedade brasileira vem experimentando um aprofundamento de posições no debate político em torno do modelo de desenvolvimento que se pretende para o país: resumidamente, um desenvolvimento com inclusão social mais efetiva ou outro cujo enfoque é a segurança e austeridade fiscal em detrimento das políticas sociais. O debate não é novo e pode ser cotejado com interpretações de grandes pensadores brasileiros. Da breve reflexão que se segue, o artigo pretende discorrer sobre uma questão importante, objeto de discussão daqueles que interpretaram o Brasil e que ainda exerce forte influência nas agendas e no discurso político e econômico atual, a saber, quais seriam os bloqueios para um efetivo desenvolvimento social no país.