bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Comments on the status of modern covariance data based on different fission and fusion reactor studies
Authors: Kodeli Ivan
Published: November 2018

Both the availability and the quality of covariance data improved over the last years and many recent cross-section evaluations, such as JENDL-4.0, ENDF/B-VII.1, JEFF-3.3, etc. include new covariance data compilations. However, several gaps and inconsistencies still persist. Although most modern nuclear data evaluations are based on similar (or even same) sets of experimental data, and the agreement in the results obtained using different cross-sections is reasonably good, larger discrepancies were observed among the corresponding covariance data. This suggests that the differences in the covariance matrix evaluations reflect more the differences in the (mathematical) approaches used and possibly in the interpretations of the experimental data, rather than the different nuclear experimental data used. Furthermore, “tuning” and adjustments are often used in the process of nuclear data evaluations. In principle, if adjustments or “tunings” are used in the evaluation of cross-section then the covariance matrices should reflect the cross-correlations introduced in this process. However, the presently available cross-section covariance matrices include practically no cross-material correlation terms, although some evidence indicate that tuning is present. Experience in using covariance matrices of different origin (such as JEFF, JENDL, ENDF, TENDL, SCALE, etc.) in sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of vast list of cases ranging from fission to fusion and from criticality, kinetics and shielding to adjustment applications are presented. The status of the available covariance and future needs in the areas including secondary angular and energy distributions is addressed.
Critical review of CIELO evaluations of n+ 235U, 238U using differential experiments
Authors: Capote Roberto , Trkov Andrej
Published: November 2018

Key reactions have been selected to compare JEFF-3.3 (CIELO 2) and IAEA CIELO (CIELO 1) evaluated nuclear data files for neutron induced reactions on 235U and 238U targets. IAEA CIELO evaluation uses reaction models to construct the evaluation prior, but strongly relied on differential data including all reaction cross sections fitted within the IAEA Neutron Standards project. The JEFF-3.3 evaluation relied on a mix of differential and integral data with strong contribution from nuclear reaction modelling. Differences in evaluations are discussed; a better reproduction of differential data for the IAEA CIELO evaluation is shown for key reaction channels.
Use of integral data assimilation and differential measurements as a contribution to improve 235U and 238U cross sections evaluations in the fast and epithermal energy range
Authors: Huy Virginie , Noguère Gilles , Rimpault Gérald
Published: November 2018

Critical mass calculations of various HEU-fueled fast reactors result in large discrepancies in C/E values, depending on the nuclear data library used and the configuration modeled. Thus, it seems relevant to use integral experiments to try to reassess cross sections that might be responsible for such a dispersion in critical mass results. This work makes use of the Generalized Least Square method to solve Bayes equation, as implemented in the CONRAD code. Experimental database used includes ICSBEP Uranium based critical experiments and benefits from recent re-analyses of MASURCA and FCA-IX criticality experiments (with Monte-Carlo calculations) and of PROFIL irradiation experiments. These last ones provide very specific information on 235U and 238U capture cross sections. Due to high experimental uncertainties associated to fission spectra, we chose to consider either fitting these data or set them to JEFF-3.1.1 evaluations. The work focused on JEFF-3.1.1 235U and 238U evaluations and results presented in this paper for 235U capture and 238U capture, and inelastic cross sections are compared to recent differential experiment or recent evaluations. Our integral experiment assimilation work notably suggests a 30% decrease for 235U capture around 1–2.25 keV, a 10% increase in the unresolved resonance range when using JEFF-3.1.1 as “a priori” data. These results are in agreement with recent microscopic measurements from Danon et al. [Nucl. Sci. Eng. 187, 291 (2017)] and Jandel et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 202506 (2012)]. For 238U cross sections, results are highly dependent on fission spectra.
Influence of nuclear structure data on fission observables
Authors: Litaize Olivier , Chebboubi Abdelaziz , Serot Olivier , Thulliez Loïc , Materna Thomas , Rapala Michal
Published: November 2018

The simulation of the de-excitation of nuclei requires some models and data in order to construct the nuclear level scheme and the associated transition intensities. The aim of this work is to focus on nuclear structure data used at low energy where electromagnetic transitions can be measured. The RIPL3 database linked to the FIFRELIN Monte Carlo code contains such data and their influence on fission observables is reviewed.
Application of Cheongsam Display in the Museum Based on Virtual Reality Technology
Authors: Lu Wenli , Bian Xiangyang
Published: November 2018

The wide application of Virtual Reality technology has realized the virtualization of display in the museum and created a new form of interaction between visitors and exhibits. Cheongsam is the product of innovative integration of Chinese traditional dress and Western dress. In this paper, we take “Orange silk Qipao with velvet pattern” which exhibits in Shanghai Museum of textile and costume as an example, take the immersive Virtual Reality System as the carrier to introduce the construction process of Cheongsam Virtual Reality System.
Virtual Reality (VR) Technology and Landscape Architecture
Authors: Song Jialu , Huang Sijia
Published: November 2018

Virtual reality technology has been applied to a variety of fields. Various kinds of organizations have been deepening the study of this technology. This article is a discourse of the application of the VR technology in landscape design in the field of landscape architecture. The connection between virtual reality technology and landscape scene construction innovates the traditional design process and realizes the interaction between designers and customers and the public in the design process.
Application of SVM Optimized by IPSO in Rolling Bearing Fault Diagnosis
Authors: Lv Mingzhu , Su Xiaoming , Liu Shixun
Published: November 2018

Aiming at the problem that the classification effect of support vector machine (SVM) is not satisfactory due to improper selection of penalty factor C and kernel parameter g, this paper proposes a new modified classifier that uses the improved particle swarm optimization (IPSO) to optimize the parameter of SVM (IPSO-SVM) by introducing the dynamic inertia weight, global neighborhood search, population shrinkage factor and particle mutation probability. The classification result is tested by Common data sets named BreastTissue、 Heart and Wine from the Libsvm toolbox, the results show that IPSO-SVM classifier is obviously superior to SVM and PSO-SVM classifier in terms of prediction accuracy and classification time. Then it is applied to the fault diagnosis in two classification problems and multiple classification problems of rolling bearings. The simulation results show that the IPSO-SVM classifier has stronger global convergence ability and faster convergence speed, and the ideal classification results can be obtained. Finally, the IPSO-SVM classifier is used to diagnose the fault of the actual bearing. The results show that the classifier has a better classification stability and is worthy of further promotion in engineering field.
Research about the Effect of Company Name on Investor Recognition and Company Value
Authors: Deng Yuqi , Zhou Yan
Published: November 2018

In order to study the impact of company name on investor recognition and company value, this article constructs a set of evaluation system of the company name according to the Chinese way about thinking and Chinese characters from the terseness, smooth, moral and recognition, then I grade the listed companies. This article makes the comprehensive evaluation on behalf of the company name, the number of shareholders, the average number of shares hold by an owner and the institutional investors holding on behalf of the investor recognition, then makes the tobin’s Q and price-to-book on behalf of the company value. Afterwards, this article sets up a fixed effect panel regression model. The empirical research shows that: if the company’s name is concise, easy to pronounce, easy to remember and has a good moral, the company will have the higher investor recognition, and higher valuations.
Financial Implications of Femtocell Deployment
Authors: Zausinová Jana , Zoričak Martin , Bugár Gabriel , Gazda Juraj
Published: November 2018

Increased usage in wireless communication has been observed in the last decades and it is expected to rise even more. Traditional spectrum allocation mechanism together with increasing demand for data transfers caused spectrum to become more congested. As a consequence, high pressure for its more effective usage emerges. Modern concept of heterogeneous networks with cognitive femtocells represents one of the promising solutions. Associated technical issues of heterogeneous networks have been discussed in many papers. However, economic aspects of femtocell deployment in network are still insufficiently analysed. This paper is devoted to economic aspects of operators’ behaviour in the macro-femto network but we also focus on technical issue of overall spectrum usage. For this purpose, the agent-based model of two-tier network was proposed. Results of simulation confirm significant influence of number of deployed femtocells and their location in the network on operators’ pricing strategies and their whole economic performance.
Oscillatory Behavior of Euler Type Delay Dynamic Equations withp-Laplacian Like Operators
Authors: Sui Ying , Shi Yulong , Zhao Yige , Han Zhenlai
Published: November 2018

We consider the Euler type delay dynamic equation withp-Laplacin like operators $ (x^{{^{\Delta } }} (v)|x^{{^{\Delta } }} (v)|^{{p - 2}} )^{{^{\Delta } }} + a(v)x^{{^{\Delta } }} (v)|^{{p - 2}} + r(v)x(\delta (v))|x(\delta (v))|^{{p - 2}} = 0 $ , where $ v \in [v_{0} ,\infty ) $ By using new inequality technique, we give some new criteria, which complement related contributions results.
A Method of Changing the Center Position in Duffing Chaotic Systsem
Authors: Han Jianqun , Shi Xudong
Published: November 2018

Under the condition of keeping Duffing system in chaotic state, we present a method of changing the center position by adding a non-smooth periodic signal to Duffing system. In this paper, we first make a theoretical analysis which describe the influence of added signal on center point of Duffing system and provide mathematical proofs, and then build a simulation system which can change the center position of Duffing system. Finally, computer simulations are used to verify the analytical results. Simulation results show that the proposed method can effectively work in secure communication applications.
Path Planning Based on an Improved Ant Colony Algorithm
Authors: Wang Miaomiao , Li Zhenglin , Zhao Qing , Si Fuyuan , Huang Dianfang
Published: November 2018

The classical ant colony algorithm has the disadvantages of initial search blindness, slow convergence speed and easy to fall into local optimum when applied to mobile robot path planning. This paper presents an improved ant colony algorithm in order to solve these disadvantages. First, the algorithm use A* search algorithm for initial search to generate uneven initial pheromone distribution to solve the initial search blindness problem. At the same time, the algorithm also limits the pheromone concentration to avoid local optimum. Then, the algorithm optimizes the transfer probability and adopts the pheromone update rule of "incentive and suppression strategy" to accelerate the convergence speed. Finally, the algorithm builds an adaptive model of pheromone coefficient to make the pheromone coefficient adjustment self-adaptive to avoid falling into a local minimum. The results proved that the proposed algorithm is practical and effective.
Linear Complexity of the Balanced Polynomial Quotients Sequences
Authors: Zhao Chun-e , Yan Tongjiang , Niu Qihua
Published: November 2018

Balanced binary sequences of large linear complexity have series applications in communication systems. In the past, although the sequences derived from polynomial quotients have large linear complexity, but they are not balanced. In this paper, we will construct new sequences which are not only with large linear complexity but also balanced. Meanwhile, this linear complexity reaches the known k-error linear complexity mentioned in [7], which means that the k-error linear complexity as a lower bound is tight.
Identification of Excitation Parameters Based on TLS - ESPRIT
Authors: Xie Guoqiang , Zou li , Yu Kansheng , Zou Jin , Wang Zhicheng , Gui Xiaozhi
Published: November 2018

In order to accurately detect excitation system parameters, this paper presents a algorithm based on the TLS-ESPRIT. The matrix pencil algorithm is used to extract the frequency and damping of each component of system response. So it’s necessary to apply the Laplace transform for s function of excitation system. After getting the Laplace transform of a function f(t), as mean as impulse response for excitation system. Then the magnitude and phase of each component of impulse response are estimated by least squares method, thus achieving the excitation system parameters. In the end, the simulation results show when SNR is between 35dB to 30dB, it still accurately identified the parameters.
An Attack Threat Effect Analysis Method Based on K-Means Evaluation
Authors: He Jindong , Liu Bo , Guo Qian
Published: November 2018

To take full advantage of the specified features of the attack dataset in network attack effect evaluation, maximize the efficiency of evaluation without losing its accuracy. This paper proposed a K-Means evaluation technique using dimensional entropy components, derived from changes in network entropy through attack period and the advantages of clustering algorithm in data mining. This method makes a pre-process of the attack dataset on the basis of network entropy, mapping it to a two-dimensional plane and utilize the output of pre-process as the input of clustering. Then establish a relation between the attack dataset and the effect category via an improved K-Means algorithm, thus achieving an explicit division of attack effect set and provide efficient evaluation result. The experimental results prove that the method can process attack dataset with high efficiency, as well as provide a visualized evaluation result by the form of cluster tree.
Design and Realization of Video Signals Encryption and Decryption via Chaotic Sequence
Authors: Shen Chaowen
Published: November 2018

As is known to all, data transmission in wireless networks is easy to intercept because of the openness of wireless signals. In order to deal with this security problem, this paper presents a secure communication method based on driving-response synchronization and TCP protocol. The video signal is encrypted and decrypted by a chaotic sequence and transmitted through WIFI network in real time. Furthermore, the system configuration and design procedures are described in detail. Experimental results show that our approach is feasible for video secure communication.
Summary of Application of Magnetic Coupling Resonance Technology in Power Inspection UAV
Authors: Jiang Ji , Liu Xuanyi , Zha Xiaoming
Published: November 2018

With the improvement of technology, technology began to gradually applied to every field, electric field inspection also began to gradually enable unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) inspection instead of manual inspection. Articles in the domestic and foreign research literature of unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) magnetic coupling resonance charging basis, this paper introduces the unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) magnetic coupling resonance charging technology development and application of the status quo, points out the problems in the current study of, offers a new way for the further research in this field.
Deep Colorization for Surveillance Images
Authors: Yao Chen , Xia Yan
Published: November 2018

In video surveillance application, grayscale image often influences the image processing results. In order to solve the colorization problem for surveillance images, this paper propose a fully end-to-end approach to obtain a reasonable colorization results. A CNN learning structure and gradient prior are be used for chromatic space inferring. Finally, our experimental results show our advantage.
Research on Security Protection Architecture of Energy Internet Information Communication
Authors: Song Xinde
Published: November 2018

The large-scale development and utilization of renewable energy has become a major trend in the development of the global energy sector. Compared with traditional power grids, energy Internet information security has many features and complex technologies, and the hidden dangers of information security risks are more prominent. In the face of various cyber threats, effective measures must be taken to ensure the safe operation of the power information network. This paper introduces the relationship between energy Internet and smart grid, sorts out the current new technology of energy Internet application, analyzes the risks it faces, and designs the security architecture of energy Internet information communication system.
The Design and Implementation of a Mobile Car Intelligent Toys
Authors: Yu Yajing
Published: November 2018

The purpose of the subject is to design a car based on 51 single chip microcomputer control of nuclear intelligence toy car. Design is mainly divided into four modules respectively control module, test module, drive module, display module. Detection module by infrared receiving tube as tracking and obstacle avoidance of the detector to external environment for testing, testing mileage with hall element as the detector, test results of the test modules to control module, control module processed signal into the driver module to control the car turn left, turn right, forward, backward, at the same time control module and analysis processing state of marching into the 1602 LCD liquid crystal display status display. After many trials completed hardware design, the control core programming and sensor debug, finally realize the automatic tracking of toy cars, intelligent obstacle avoidance, mileage of display design requirements, and increase the car alarm, lights flashing remind and additional features such as voice control.
Application of TOPSIS and AHP in the Multi-Objective Decision-Making Problems
Authors: Wang Yihan
Published: November 2018

The problems of multi-objective decision making are analysed and studied. In order to solve its optimization problems, the basic principles and application steps of TOPSIS and AHP are introduced in this paper. Then some practical examples are given to show how to apply these two new methods in multi-objective decision making problems. Finally, the advantage and feasibility of the TOPSIS and AHP methods are demonstrated by theoretical analysis.
An Analysis of Domestic Tourism Consumption Based on R Software
Authors: Ding Hongyu
Published: November 2018

R is a software system which can be used for data processing, calculation and mapping. The syntax of this language is superficially similar to C, but semantically it is functional programming language. It is widely used in statistical analysis. So this paper used it to analyze China domestic tourism consumption data during 1999-2015, and analyzed the main factors affecting the consumption level of domestic tourism in China from residents’ disposable income, GDP, per capita consumption of tourists, tourists, the mileage of railways and the number of travel agencies. Finally it established and solved the multiple linear regression models, taking domestic tourism consumption as dependent variable and taking GDP, and per capita consumption of tourists, the number of tourists and the mileage of railways as dependent variables. The results show that there is significant positive correlation between domestic tourism consumption, GDP, per capita consumption of tourists, the number of tourists and the number of travel agencies.
Research on the Innovative Application Methods of Lingnan Traditional Elements in Architectural Design
Authors: Zhong Feifeng
Published: November 2018

The focus of this study is how to break through the traditional practices, and deeply explore the innovative application methods of Lingnan traditional elements into architectural design, so that Lingnan traditional elements can be subtly integrated into modern architectural design. It is hoped that this will be of certain practical guiding significance for the architects in applying Lingnan traditional elements in architectural design.
Analysis of Economic Sustainable Growth Based on Economic Ethics System Model
Authors: Chen Yiyan , Li Ye
Published: November 2018

The economic ethics is an abstract variable in economic system, and there is a correlation between the economic ethics and the sustainable economic growth. First of all, the existing researches are discussed from the macro perspective. On this basis, a set of economic ethics system is constructed. Afterwards, from the micro perspective, the necessary conditions for the growth of sustainable economics are obtained through the positive and negative benefit functions of the three dimensions of the government economic ethics, the enterprise economic ethics and the personal economic ethics under the condition of whether to abide by the law and whether to abide by ethics. Finally, the whole economic ethics system is analyzed and the conclusion is obtained that violating the economic ethics will hinder the sustainable growth of economy, while obeying the economic ethics will promote the sustainable growth of economy.
A Study on E-service Quality Dimensions for Online Travel Agencies
Authors: Li Yuxin
Published: November 2018

With increasingly intense competition among online travel agencies, e-service quality has received widespread attention as a fundamental determinant for OTAs to stand out. This study takes a careful look into the underlying dimensions of e-service quality by using quantitative data collection method. Four core dimensions, namely Interactive Service Quality, Ease of Use, Information Quality, as well as Visual Appeal are identified as a result of factor analysis. In addition, important managerial implications with regard to this finding are discussed.
Discussion on the Supervision Mode of Quality and Safety Risk of Consumer Products
Authors: Chen Wenjie , Xu Yingcheng , Liu Wenge , Ning Xiuli , Xu Teng , Gao Qingyun , Li Ning
Published: November 2018

In recent years, China, as the world’s largest consumer products manufacturing country, has more and more consumer quality and safety incidents. By analyzing and constructing the supervision mode of quality and safety risks of consumer products, this paper improves the identification and collection system of quality and safety risks of consumer products, improves the evaluation system of impact factors of quality and safety of consumer products, and strengthens the communication and operation mechanism of quality and safety risks of consumer products. Through the supervision of quality and safety risks of consumer products, we will explore the establishment of a social governance model of quality and safety of consumer products, and build a "five-in-one" supervision model of quality and safety risks of consumer products based on government supervision, enterprise self-discipline, social coordination, public participation and legal guarantee.
Research on the Coupling Relationship between Market Risk and Credit Risk in Commercial Banks
Authors: Su Jie , Li Tian , Ni Xin
Published: November 2018

With the complexity and diversity of business development, commercial banks gradually put more focus on how to improve the accuracy of risk measurement. In this essay, we first defined the basic market risk and credit risk indexes by the use of the financial data of the target bank. Then, we built the Copula Model through Monte Carlo simulation techniques. We finally built the Copula-VaR measurement model which revealed the relationship between the two types of risks.
Empirical Analysis on the Influencing Factors of Shanghai Residents’ Tourism Consumption Level
Authors: Hu Xixi
Published: November 2018

In recent years, with the economic level of our country and the continuous development of people’s consumption concept, residents’ tourism consumption has become a popular trend of consumption. This paper is based on the tourism consumption related data of Shanghai residents in 1996-2015, selecting four main influencing factors of Shanghai third industry gross product, consumer price index, Engel coefficient and traffic cost. Through the establishment of econometric model, the paper didi Multiple linear regression analysis of OLS using R software, getting the estimation of the corresponding parameters. Then for the model, the paper did Multiple collinear test, heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation test and correction. Finally, the conclusion is obtained according to the revised model. By studying the characteristics of tourism consumption level and related data, we find that the third industry gross output and Engel coefficient of Shanghai have a significant impact on the consumption level of Shanghai residents. In order to make some contributions to the economic development of our country, we put forward some countermeasures and suggestions on the development of Shanghai’s tourism.
The role of social capital in enhancing community disaster preparedness and building back better in recovery
Authors: Hidayati Deny
Published: November 2018

As a country with high risk of disasters, the people of Indonesia have to prepare and anticipate these calamities. One of the most important aspects of disaster risk reduction at the local level is social capital. This paper discusses the role of social capital in strengthening community disaster preparedness for effective respond and its potential for building back after recovery, focusing on local wisdom, prior experiences and re-establishment of community livelihoods. Local wisdom plays an important role in raising community efforts to find relief and recover from the impact of the earthquake in Bantul and floods in Jambi. The spirit of community-self, mutual help and fundraising help the Javanese in Bantul to be strong and care among neighbors. The community that supported by the local leaders and institutions agreed to set up priority for affected people who need more help. Meanwhile, experiences of the people in Jambi on regular floods made them aware and assisted them to develop self-efficacy beliefs in disaster preparedness, including making plans as well as increasing skill to get ready for and respond to this disaster. This paper also shows that in addition to economic recovery programs from the government and donor in Bantul and Aceh, the community in Jambi used floods as a source of their alternative livelihood through fishing and its related activities, and perceived floods as economic opportunities. This paper utilises empirical evidence from cases across Indonesia that are collected from my research results under LIPI and Human Ecology research activities. Data is also collected from secondary sources that largely rely on desk reviews of relevant books, documents, papers, and other references.
Community resilience elements and community risk perception at Banda Aceh province, Aceh, Indonesia
Authors: Ridzuan Ahmad Azan , Oktari Rina Suryani , Zainol Noor Azmi Mohd , Abdullah Haslinda , Liaw Jessica Ong Hai , Mohaiyadin Norlaila Mazura Hj. , Mardzuki Khairunnisa
Published: November 2018

Issues related to the community resilience became more popular after the earthquake and Tsunami tragedy in the Indian Ocean and Aceh, Indonesia, 2004. The community resilience is the ability of communities to withstand and mitigate the stress of a disaster, there is less clearness on the detailed resilience-building process. The risk perception is concerns how an individual understands and experiences the phenomenon and believed to affect people’s preparedness for, responses to and recovery from natural disasters. Aims of this study are to identify the relationship between the community resilience elements such as community experience, community exposure, community reaction, community attitude, community knowledge and the community risk perception using survey gathered from 542 samples of Banda Aceh Province community, Aceh, Indonesia. Results found out there is a significant relationship between the community resilience elements such as community experience, community exposure, community reaction, community attitude, community knowledge and the community risk perception. Statistically, results confirm that the implementation of the community resilience elements such as community experience, community exposure, community reaction, community attitude, and community knowledge act as an important determinant of community risk perception towards disasters risk management at Banda Aceh Province community.
Key performance indicators of disaster preparedness: a case study of a tsunami disaster
Authors: Patrisina Reinny , Emetia Faradissa , Sirivongpaisal Nikorn , Suthummanon Sakesun , Alfadhlani Alfadhlani , Fatrias Dicky
Published: November 2018

Disaster impacts on human life not only in economic sector but also social, culture, and environment. In order to minimize the disaster risk, it is expected all elements who exposed to the forthcoming disaster make a good disaster preparedness then they will be resilience toward the disaster. Since individual as one of disaster stakeholder who will face a disaster directly, it is expected that they will participate actively in disaster reduction efforts. This study is aimed to design key performance indicators for measuring the disaster preparedness level of an individual. Using the Delphi method, it is obtained 14 indicators of three critical factors identified. The preparedness level of an individual against a disaster is plotted in 2-dimension matrix (awareness & attitude versus actions taken). The indicators are designed for assessing disaster preparedness of people who live in a tsunami disaster prone area. The indicators can be used by the government to assess the preparedness level of their citizens. Moreover, the indicators will be helpful for government in developing disaster preparedness program to improve people resilience against disaster.
Preserving past tsunami information for future preparedness in Indonesia and the Philippines
Authors: Kodijat Ardito Marzoeki , Rossel Bernardo Aliaga , Julius Admiral Musa , Octonovrilna Litanya , Cahyaningrum Aprilia Puspita
Published: November 2018

Recent tsunamis, especially after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, provided a better understanding and knowledge of tsunami science as well as on how to build awareness and preparedness. However, tsunamis that happened before 2004, there is limited and/or scattered data, information, records, and reports of the events. In addition, there is either limited or no eyewitness’s story documented, including pictures and videos. The lack of information makes it difficult for policymakers, researchers, and other institutions to disseminate local and contextualized information to the public in raising awareness and education on disaster preparation and mitigation. If a tsunami has happened in the past, it is most likely to happen again in the future. It is imperative that we learn from the past and prepare for the future. This study aims to improve the knowledge of the impact of the tsunami in selected sites in Indonesia and the Philippines prior to 2004, through investigation of historical documents and archives, as well as documentation of eyewitness accounts. The result of this study is expected to be a more effective way to build awareness and to educate the local community. Having evidence-based of past tsunami event in the area will motivate stronger preparedness. It will also provide a better understanding to the local policymakers, disaster management agencies, as well as the community as it is based on local eyewitness accounts and other local sources, as opposed to using examples from other sites, districts, countries or regions.
Correlation between type of ground-based on b-value and the impact on buildings due to Sumatra earthquakes
Authors: Imani Rafki , Arman Utami Dewi , Boy Wendi
Published: November 2018

The destructive earthquakes occurred in Sumatra are dominated by medium earthquakes, which generally come from the Sumatra fault and to have a direct impact on the land, buildings and around residential buildings. These earthquakes can be classified into high-frequency earthquakes with low-vibration periods. The hazards caused by the earthquake are mostly from damage and collapse of the residential buildings. This study is a literature review that aimed to observe the characteristics of rocks and ground in Sumatra areas based on b-value that obtained using seismicity estimation is related to the resistance of the earthquake on residential buildings. The b-values obtained from some previous researches so that they could be concluded, and then analyzed the type and condition of the local ground and then evaluated its effect on the surrounding buildings. Based on the outcomes, the estimation of b-value seismic parameters in Sumatra was found 0.34 to 0.5. It means that the type of ground in areas of Sumatra has a hard rock layer. Physically, it has highfrequency earthquake waves; low vibration periods, spreading efficiently on hard layer and having a direct impact on local buildings consequently the risk of collapse building will be higher.
Reviewing global development of multi-hazard early warning system with the perspective of its development in Indonesia
Authors: Sakya Andi Eka
Published: November 2018

Never before a catastrophe brought an influence of the world’s attention like the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 (IOT04). Before IOT04, states of the development of Early Warning System technology (EWS) was not as advanced and progressive as it is today. Together with the unavoidable impacts of climate change, disasters - both geologically and hydro-meteorological - are increasingly becoming the mainstream of global concern. Likewise, it’s EWS technology. This paper reviews the global development of EWS technologies, both related with geologically and hydro-meteorologically: before IOT04, current, and future development vision. The discussion of UN Agencies in the series of endeavor undertaken to embody Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2030 leads to a vision of the future development of EWS technology. Three factors become the primary drivers of EWS progress, among others, the growing awareness of the community that alter the form of a requirement of early warning information, the state of development of information technology, and observational instrumentation. The perspective of its application in Indonesia is also discussed.
Lesson learned from retaining wall failures: a geotechnical disaster
Authors: Lim Aswin
Published: November 2018

This article presents five failure cases of retaining wall which is obtained from literature and some personal documentation. One case is located in Singapore, two cases are located in Taiwan, and the other two cases are located in Indonesia. Among those five cases, four cases were the unloading problems and one case was the loading problems. The objective of this article is to summarize the causes of those failures, according to the literature study and to provide some recommendations to prevent similar events happened in the future. The failure of retaining wall is categorized as a geotechnical disaster because it is not only causing major economic losses but also some casualties also been reported. The main reason for the failure was the improper design of the retaining and supporting system. One of the good indication before failure would occur was excessive movements induced by excavation or fill. Hence, it was recommended to install a proper geotechnical instrumentation in the construction and the nearby area. Moreover, an excavation or fill project should be strictly operated and controlled by a safety management to avoid any casualties. The safety regulations should be supported and understood by all of the people involved in excavation or fill projects.
Experimental study on use of reclaimed asphalt pavement as aggregate substitution for flexible pavement
Authors: Putri Elsa Eka , Purnawan  , Triandila M. Agung , Pratama Agung , Rindi
Published: November 2018

This study is to assess the suitability of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) as a coarse aggregate substitution for flexible pavement mixture. The RAP in this investigation was taken from roads in Padang, Indonesia. There were three types of flexible pavement chosen to be tested for RAP substitution, i.e. Asphalt Concrete-Wearing Course (AC-WC), Asphalt Concrete-Binder Course (AC-BC), and Hot Rolled Sheet-Wearing Course (HRS-WC). Laboratory studies have been carried out on flexible pavement mixes with RAP material and their performance has been compared with flexible pavement without RAP substitution. Marshall tests were carried out in laboratory as per 2010 specification 6th division from Indonesia Public Work Department standard. The effects of RAP on physical and rheological properties of the final bituminous blend were investigated. The research aims to find out the effect of RAP as coarse aggregate substitution to the flexible pavement characteristics, i.e. Stability, Flow, Marshall Quotient (MQ), Void in Mix (VIM) and Void in Mineral Aggregate (VMA). The percentage of RAP substitution is 35%, 55%, and 60%. From the results of the tests in the laboratory, it was concluded that the AC-WC pavement was more appropriate due to, it has achieved the highest Marshall stability, with VIM, VMA, and VFB were in the standard.
Plan and design public open spaces incorporating disaster management strategies with sustainable development strategies: a literature synthesis
Authors: Jayakody R.R.J.C , Amaratunga Dilanthi , Haigh Richard
Published: November 2018

The current focus of planning and designing public open spaces has been mostly given on creating sustainable cities contributing to its’ three pillars; economic, social and environmental. However, the negative implications of rapid urbanization and the implication of climate change have increased disaster risk in cities mounting more pressure on the path of sustainable development. Therefore, it is imperative to incorporate the enhancements of disaster resilience with the sustainable development strategies. Yet, the integration of disaster management strategies with planning and designing public open spaces remains unrehearsed within the urban planning context. Accordingly, this ongoing research study emphasizes the need for incorporating disaster management strategies with sustainable development strategies when planning and designing public open spaces in cities. This paper first analyses the disaster management literature, providing evidence of the potential use of public open spaces as an agent of recovery, to provide essential life support, as a primary place to rescue and for shelters and potential for adaptive response. Secondly, the paper cross-analyses planning and designing literature with disaster management literature to find out the methods and approaches that can be used to harness the identified potentials. Finally, the paper suggests a set of strategies to plan and design public open incorporating disaster management strategies with sustainable development strategies.
Ethical and legal aspects of disaster response under Indonesian legal system
Authors: Susanti Ida
Published: November 2018

Indonesia is a vulnerable country to disasters. Because almost all islands in Indonesia has the volcanoes, Indonesia is in the ring of fire, which potentially triggers a volcano eruption disaster. Moreover, earthquake, flood, tsunami, landslides regularly occur in Indonesia. It is very important to the response to such disasters. Recently, many regulations have been issued by the government, yet many unjust or indecent treatment have been experienced by displaced persons or the victims of disasters. Some illustrations concerning how bad legal position of disasters’ victims, especially their private rights, will be explored. It is common that in a contract, a natural disaster will be considered as a force majeure. A legal consequence of this condition is, the disasters’ victims must defray or restore the damage by themselves. It could be very unfair or inhumane because, after the disaster usually, many victims lose their capacity to perform their previous legal obligation. In this issue, the law fails to protect, because legal solution could be formally legitimate but substantially unfair. In this case, ethical consideration must be endorsed, for increasing their capacity to recover from the disaster. This paper describes disaster responses in Indonesian’s legal system, especially in the context to protect displaced persons or victims of disasters; and to explore justification to use legal ethics to protect them, in case legal protection fails to provide substantive justice for disasters’ victims.
Achievements and lesson learned assessment of the 2010 Merapi eruption disaster management: an initial stage to sustainable volcano disaster risk reduction
Authors: Pawirodikromo Widodo
Published: November 2018

The Mw6.3 of 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake and the VEI4 of 2010 Merapi Volcano eruptions at Yogyakarta Special Province (YSP) have shocked the Yogyakarta community. It is necessary, therefore, to identify and to explore the achievements and the lesson learned mainly during the early warning, evacuation, emergency response and disaster recovery phases of the 2010 Merapi eruption. Research on the 2010 Merapi eruption disaster management (DM) focusing on the emergency response and disaster recovery up to 2014 has been done. Results of the investigation showed that in general Disaster Management has been applied appropriately including material qualities and construction quality of earthquake resistant structure. Among the achievements in the DM respectively are the accuracy of monitoring the direction of mountain summit deformation, successfully prediction and evacuation of people before 2010 Merapi eruption, quick resettlement buildings based on the principles of earthquake resistant structure. Meanwhile among the lesson learned to improve the DM respectively are the early warning should be presented as clear as possible, the government should officially be carried out regular “tell story” to community about the development of the disaster threat, building disaster knowledge and awareness to community for reducing the risk should be regularly carried out and the skills of the builders should be well prepared. Implementation of resilience in schools and villages, sister school and village are efforts toward Sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction.
3D model and morphometry of the Beringin watershed as an effort for flash flood disaster risk reduction in Semarang
Authors: Indrayati Ariyani , Aji Ananto , Hikmah Nur’Izzatul
Published: November 2018

The Beringin watershed is one of the watersheds (DAS) located in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. During 2010 – 2017 in this watershed area, there have been 8 flood disasters, the last two of which changed from an inundation flood to a flash flood type. The objective of this research is to investigate the characteristics of the rivers or the morphology of the watershed by 1) creating a three-dimensional spatial model of the Beringin watershed and describing its physical profiles and shapes, 2) arranging a satellite imagery map of the settlement at risk of flash flood disaster surrounding the watershed, 3) mapping the morphometric of the watershed, which consists of the landslide potential, the narrowing of river bodies and calculating the peak discharge in order to get the trigger factor of the flash flood, and 4) mapping the vulnerability of the Beringin watershed to minimize the flash flood disaster risk. The research method conducted was a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. Clearly, that the output of this research will contribute to the conservation of the Beringin watershed whose outcome is the reduction of the flash flood disaster risk affecting the communities surrounding the Beringin watershed.
Alternative breeding processes: at which extent Participatory Breeding should modify the concept of ideotypes in plant breeding?
Authors: Vincourt Patrick , Carolo Pierre
Published: November 2018

The Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) concept emerged twenty years ago, particularly with the aim to build alternative organizations of the plant breeding activities in developing countries. It now as well questions the developed countries, in the frame of a more global expectation to make all the stakeholders more involved in the agricultural production, from the farmers to its final clients. We discuss here some of the questions addressed by this trend with regard to the definition of the ideotype: (a) different forms of PPB? (b) changing the paradigm: Client Oriented Breeding? (c) a new way to manage {genotype * environment} interactions? (d) mainly societal concerns at stake? (e) biodiversity and ideotypes. As the same key, technical, limiting factors are involved in both PPB and classical breeding, it is suggested to consider PPB as one of the ways in the frame of a general expectation for diversification, thus eventually resulting in the promotion of alternative ideotypes, rather than an alternative process.
Correlation Between Constitutional Changes and Development Paradigm on Regional Development Planning
Authors: Amalia Titut , Johan Utama Yos , Purwanti Ani
Published: November 2018

Indonesia’s development planning cannot be separated from the underlying constitution. The 1945 Constitution as the constitution of the Indonesian nation experienced ups and downs with the occurrence of constitutional changes in the past several eras. Therefore, it is necessary to know how the correlation between changes in the Constitution to development planning in the region. Through qualitative research with this normative approach, it is known that changes in the development paradigm have more influence on changes in regional development planning when compared to changes that occur in the constitution. Therefore, the selection of the Development Paradigm that is used needs to be ensured that it does not deviate and is in accordance with the guiding values and principles of development namely the values of Pancasila contained in the 1945 Constitution.
Rethinking Cadar Banning in Indonesia’s Higher Education: Questioning Freedom of Religion and Positioning Fear of Radicalism
Authors: Kurniawan Budi
Published: November 2018

Several universities in Indonesia began to impose a ban on wearing thecadarin the campus environment. Campus policy enacted banning thecadarwith various arguments, including the ideological and security reasons. The campus environment is suspected by some people to be a nest of radicalism. Consequently, many things that associated with radicalism is experiencing controlling action as the process of prevention. Not only universities, but also some Islamic State colleges began to enact this policy. Moderate Islam to be one of the arguments of the policy enforcement. The blurb brings up a question of religious freedom will be on campus. This paper analyses the policy ofcadarbanning on campus in the perspective of religious freedom and law in Indonesia. Socio-political context is also important to analysed relations with this policy. Indonesia as a democratic State and the upholding of human rights, including rights in religion should review and be critical of the policy of banning thecadar. Pancasila and the spirit of diversity should be used as reference in fostering the harmony of the nation, including in the campus environment.