bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Prospective evaluation of percutaneous hepatic perfusion with melphalan as a treatment for unresectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer
Authors: Meijer T. Susanna , Dieters Jan H. N. , de Leede Eleonora M. , de Geus-Oei Lioe-Fee , Vuijk Jaap , Martini Christian H. , van Erkel Arian R. , Lutjeboer Jacob , van der Meer Rutger W. , Tijl Fred G. J. , Kapiteijn Ellen , Vahrmeijer Alexander L. , Burgmans Mark C.
Published: January 2022

Purpose

Percutaneous hepatic perfusion with melphalan (M-PHP) is increasingly used in patients with liver metastases from various primary tumors, yet data on colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) are limited. The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of M-PHP in patients with CRLM.

Materials and methods

Prospective, single-center, single-arm phase II study of M-PHP with hemofiltration in patients with unresectable CRLM. Proven, extrahepatic metastatic disease was one of the exclusion criteria. Primary outcomes were overall response rate (ORR) and best overall response (BOR). Secondary outcomes were overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), hepatic PFS (hPFS), and safety.

Results

A total of 14 M-PHP procedures were performed in eight patients between March 2014 and December 2015. All patients (median age 56 years, ranging from 46 to 68) had received (extensive) systemic chemotherapy before entering the study. The ORR was 25.0%, with two out of eight patients showing partial response as BOR. Median OS was 17.3 months (ranging from 2.6 to 30.9) with a one-year OS of 50.0%. Median PFS and hPFS were 4.4 and 4.5 months, respectively. No serious adverse events occurred. Grade 3/4 hematologic adverse events were observed in the majority of patients, though all were transient and well-manageable.

Conclusion

M-PHP is a safe procedure with only limited efficacy in patients with unresectable CRLM who already showed progression of disease after receiving one or more systemic treatment regimens.
Learning from work-from-home issues during the COVID-19 pandemic: Balance speaks louder than words
Authors: Chu Amanda M. Y. , Chan Thomas W. C. , So Mike K. P.
Published: January 2022

During the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, many employees have switched to working from home. Despite the findings of previous research that working from home can improve productivity, the scale, nature, and purpose of those studies are not the same as in the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic. We studied the effects that three stress relievers of the work-from-home environment–company support, supervisor’s trust in the subordinate, and work-life balance–had on employees’ psychological well-being (stress and happiness), which in turn influenced productivity and engagement in non-work-related activities during working hours. In order to collect honest responses on sensitive questions or negative forms of behavior including stress and non-work-related activities, we adopted the randomized response technique in the survey design to minimize response bias. We collected a total of 500 valid responses and analyzed the results with structural equation modelling. We found that among the three stress relievers, work-life balance was the only significant construct that affected psychological well-being. Stress when working from home promoted non-work-related activities during working hours, whereas happiness improved productivity. Interestingly, non-work-related activities had no significant effect on productivity. The research findings provide evidence that management’s maintenance of a healthy work-life balance for colleagues when they are working from home is important for supporting their psychosocial well-being and in turn upholding their work productivity.
Molecular phylogeography reveals multiple Pleistocene divergence events in estuarine crabs from the tropical West Pacific
Authors: Shahdadi Adnan , von Wyschetzki Katharina , Liu Hung-Chang , Chu Ka Hou , Schubart Christoph D.
Published: January 2022

Due to the lack of visible barriers to gene flow, it was a long-standing assumption that marine coastal species are widely distributed, until molecular studies revealed geographically structured intraspecific genetic differentiation in many taxa. Historical events of sea level changes during glacial periods are known to have triggered sequential disjunctions and genetic divergences among populations, especially of coastal organisms. TheParasesarma bidensspecies complex so far includes three named plus potentially cryptic species of estuarine brachyuran crabs, distributed along East to Southeast Asia. The aim of the present study is to address phylogeography and uncover real and hidden biological diversity within this complex, by revealing the underlying genetic structure of populations and species throughout their distribution ranges from Japan to West Papua, with a comparison of mitochondrial COX1 and 16S rRNA gene sequences. Our results reveal that theP.bidensspecies complex consists of at least five distinct clades, resulting from four main cladogenesis events during the mid to late Pleistocene. Among those clades,P.cricotumandP.sanguimanusare recovered as monophyletic taxa. Geographically restricted endemic clades are encountered in southeastern Indonesia, Japan and China respectively, whereas the Philippines and Taiwan share two clades. As individuals of the Japanese clade can also be found in Taiwan, we provide evidence of a third lineage and the occurrence of a potential cryptic species on this island. Ocean level retreats during Pleistocene ice ages and present oceanic currents appear to be the main triggers for the divergences of the five clades that are here addressed as theP.bidenscomplex. Secondary range expansions converted Taiwan into the point of maximal overlap, sharing populations with Japan and the Philippines, but not with mainland China.
Analysis of the components of cancer risk perception and links with intention and behaviour: A UK-based study
Authors: Riedinger Christiane , Campbell Jackie , Klein William M. P. , Ferrer Rebecca A. , Usher-Smith Juliet A.
Published: January 2022

Risk perception refers to how individuals interpret their susceptibility to threats, and has been hypothesised as an important predictor of intentions and behaviour in many theories of health behaviour change. However, its components, optimal measurement, and effects are not yet fully understood. The TRIRISK model, developed in the US, conceptualises risk perception as deliberative, affective and experiential components. In this study, we aimed to assess the replicability of the TRIRISK model in a UK sample by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), explore the inherent factor structure of risk perception in the UK sample by exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and assess the associations of EFA-based factors with intentions to change behaviour and subsequent behaviour change. Data were derived from an online randomised controlled trial assessing cancer risk perception using the TRIRISK instrument and intention and lifestyle measures before and after communication of cancer risk. In the CFA analysis, the TRIRISK model of risk perception did not provide a good fit for the UK data. A revised model developed using EFA consisted of two separate “numerical” and “self-reflective” factors of deliberative risk perception, and a third factor combining affective with a subset of experiential items. This model provided a better fit to the data when cross-validated. Using multivariable regression analysis, we found that the self-reflective and affective-experiential factors of the model identified in this study were reliable predictors of intentions to prevent cancer. There were no associations of any of the risk perception factors with behaviour change. This study confirms that risk perception is clearly a multidimensional construct, having identified self-reflective risk perception as a new distinct component with predictive validity for intention. Furthermore, we highlight the practical implications of our findings for the design of interventions incorporating risk perception aimed at behaviour change in the context of cancer prevention.
Significance of clean water for sustainable good health in Nigeria
Authors: Familusi Ayokunle O. , Adekunle Adebola A. , Badejo Adedayo A. , Adeosun Olayemi J. , Mujedu Kasali A. , Olusami Joel O. , Adewumi Babatunde E. , Ogundare Damilola A.
Published: January 2022

The significance of the impact of water-related diseases on human health has been recognized as a major threat to sustainable human development in some international forums. This study is an investigation into the correlation between unclean water and the outbreak of water-related diseases in Nigeria. It was established from the review of previous researches that the concept of clean water and sanitation is critical to the good health and well-being of all individuals. Nigeria still has a long way to go towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal number 6 (SDG 6) of the United Nations, hence it is high time government at all levels and individuals embraced Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) agenda 2030.
Gasoline like fuel from plastic waste pyrolysis and hydrotreatment
Authors: Hegedüs Balázs , Dobó Zsolt
Published: January 2022

Recycling of plastic waste is desirable to lower environmental
pollution and fulfil the requirements of circular economy. Energetic
utilization is another possibility, however, municipal solid waste
containing plastics is usually combusted to generate heat and electricity.
An attractive way of dealing with plastic waste is pyrolysis, which has the
potential of producing liquid hydrocarbons suitable as a transportation
fuel. The pyrolysis results of three plastics produced in the largest
amount globally, namely polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene as well
as their mixtures are presented. The experiments were performed in a
laboratory scale batch reactor. The pyrolysis oils were further processed
by distillation to provide gasoline and diesel like (distillation cuts at
210 and 350 °C) hydrocarbons. The gasoline fractions were analysed by GC-MS
and the composition was compared with the EU gasoline standard. It was
found that the oils from PE, PP and PS contain compounds present in
standard gasoline. Mixing PS with PE and PP before the pyrolysis, or the
oils afterward produces much closer results to standard requirements as PS
pyrolysis generates mostly aromatic content. As standard maximizes the
olefin content of gasoline to 18 Vol%, hydrogenation was also performed
using Pd based catalyst. The hydrogenation process significantly reduced
the number of double bonds resulting in low olefin content. Results show
that the pyrolysis of plastic waste mixtures containing PE, PP and PS is a
viable method to produce pyrolysis oil suitable for gasoline-like fuel
extraction and further hydrogenation of the product can provide gasoline
fuels with low olefin content.
Development of iron ores sintering machine for blast furnace process
Authors: Akinfolarin Femi , Kareem Buliaminu , Alabi Oladunni Oyetola
Published: January 2022

There must be proper means to sinter and, agglomerated iron ore
concentrate before it can be further processed in the blast furnace. A
Sintering machine of 5kg capacity of agglomerated ore was designed and
fabricated using mild steel material, which was locally sourced. The
machine was fabricated with a combustion chamber of 30 by 30 cm and with
15cm depth. It was also lined with refractory material to reduce the
chamber to the volume of 3375 cm3. However, the sintering chamber was
designed to have a truncated square pyramid shape to the volume of 2150 cm3
after lining with refractory material. The design was made to utilize coke
and palm kernel shell char as fuel which will be ignited to produce heat
into the sintered material by suction of the heat into the agglomerated
sintered ore. Tests such as tumbler index, abrasion, and porosity test were
carried out on the sintered products in agreement with ASTM E276 and E389
standards. The results from the test gave a tumbler index of 70.2% and
65.7% for coke and palm kernel shells respectively. Also, abrasion index of
5.1% and 4.6% for coke and palm kernel char, and porosity of 6.8% and 6.5%
for coke and palm kernel char respectively. The results from the
experimental test were in agreement with other research work. Therefore,
the developed iron ore sintering machine has a better efficiency of
producing sinter for blast furnace operation.
Corrosion resistance of surface-conditioned 301 and 304 stainless steels by salt spray test
Authors: Olugbade Temitope Olumide , Omiyale Babatunde Olamide
Published: January 2022

The corrosion rate of surface-conditioned 301 and 304 stainless steels (SS) was determined by salt spray test in a controlled accelerated corrosive medium (9.5 L of pure distilled water + 500 g NaCl). By surface conditioning via mechanical attrition treatment, a gradient-structured layer was firstly generated on the surface of the samples before the salt spray test. The corrosion rate was determined by the weight loss before and after the salt spray test. Compared to the untreated 301 SS sample with a weight loss of 0.15 g, the surface-conditioned samples treated for 300 s and 1200 s experienced a lower weight loss of 0.04 and 0.02 g, respectively. A similar reduction in weight loss was achieved for 304 SS sample when treated for 5, 10, and 20 mins.
THE RATIONALE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF CUTTING DATA TO ENSURE THE REQUIRED QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL OF THE SURFACE LAYER DETAILS
Authors: Bezjazychnyj V. F.
Published: January 2022

The justification of the feasibility of determining the cutting modes when processing with a blade tool with optimization to minimize the wear of the cutting wear is given, i.e. for its maximum resistance and at the same time to ensure the required quality indicators of the material of the surface layer of the part after processing. The initial data for the calculation and examples of calculating the cutting mode and surface layer quality indicators are given. Nomograms for determining the cutting modes, taking into account the quality indicators of the surface layer, are of practical interest for technologists of machine-building enterprises.
CORRELATION DEPENDENCES OF THE BENDING STRENGTH OF POLYMER COMPOSITE MATERIALS MODIFIED IN A MICROWAVE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ON THE MOISTURE CONTENT DURING EXPOSURE IN FULL-SCALE CONDITIONS
Authors: Zlobina I. V. , Katsuba I. S.
Published: January 2022

Experimental studies of the influence of external climatic factors, taking into account exposure, on the change in the bending strength of control and microwave – treated carbon and fiberglass samples in the cured state were performed. An increase in the limit stresses of three – point bending of experimental carbon fiber samples compared to the control ones was found by 7…12 %, and fiberglassby 4…7 %. It is shown that with an increase in exposure to 14 months, the strength of control samples of carbon and fiberglass decreases by an average of 10 %. At the same time, the strength of the prototypes is reduced only by 4.4 %. With an increase in the moisture content of both control and experimental samples, a decrease in their strength is observed. In this case, the linear correlation is average (from– 0.44 to – 0.615). It is established that for experimental samples, the influence of the amount of absorbed moisture on the strength is manifested to a much lesser extent. For carbon fiber, the reduction is 16.6 %, for fiberglass – 12 %.
ABOUT AUTOMATION OF CONTROL AND DIAGNOSIS OF TECHNICAL STATE OF HYDRAULIC DRIVES OF INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
Authors: Bodrov V. V. , Bagautdinov R. M. , Goydo M. E.
Published: January 2022

The main tasks of automated control and diagnostics of the technical condition of hydraulic drives are formulated, criteria for assessing the technical condition of a hydraulic drive as a whole and its individual devices are considered, examples of test operating modes for hydraulic drives with a guide and proportional hydraulic equipment are given.
ANALYSIS OF OPERABILITY OF THE SPECIAL VEHICLE TRANSMISSION
Authors: Lyashenko M. V. , Shekhovtsov V. V. , Potapov P. V. , Iskaliev A. I. , Shvedunenko A. A.
Published: January 2022

The work is devoted to the analysis of the transmission of a special vehicle (SV) for moving on various surfaces, in particular on stepped ones, designed for people with disabilities. Based on the analysis of various vehicles for the movement of people with disabilities, a model of a SV was created. The main difference of proposed SV is the possibility of using the movement of the passenger՚s center of mass relative to the chassis of a SV for stabilization of the movement. A kinematic scheme of the SV transmission which includes the planetary reducer was created. The reducer provides movement of SV at various modes. Also SV transmission was modeled in the Solidworks software. The analysis of the performance of this transmission when moving a SV on various surfaces was made on base of created 3D-model. Based on the analysis, the efficiency of the transmission of a SV was proved both when moving on a straight surface, and in walking mode when overcoming steps.
ALGORITHM FOR CALCULATING THE SURFACE ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS OF A PART MADE USING ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGY
Authors: Bezyazychnyj V. F. , Fedoseev D. V.
Published: January 2022

The calculated dependences for determining the surface roughness parameters of a part made by selective laser fusion from materials that are certified and widely used in the aircraft engine industry are presented. A comparison of the values of the height parameters of the roughness obtained by calculation and on the basis of the experiment is presented. On the basis of the presented dependencies, a calculation algorithm is developed, which is the basis of the software for calculating on a computer.
IDENTIFICATION OF DEFECTS SIZES EDDY-CURRENT CONTROl
Authors: Gadalov V. N. , Gubanov O. M. , Filonovich A. V. , Vornacheva I. V.
Published: January 2022

A method is proposed for identifying the size of defects during eddy testing, which reduces the zones of uncertainty caused by errors in calculation and experiment. In order to reduce the uncertainty, as a criterion for comparing the theoretical and experimental dependences of the signal on the defect, one can use the difference in minimization of the squares of the deviation of the corresponding dependences. Using the method of simulating the signal of an eddy current transducer (ECP) from a defect, experiments were carried out in order to verify the method for identifying a characteristic size, a defect, with subsequent calculation of the customer’s risk.
SWINGING OF THE LOAD ON THE TOWER CRANE AND PROBLEMS OF FIXING THE OSCILLATORY MOVEMENTS OF THE LOAD
Authors: Boushev V. Yu.
Published: January 2022

The article considers the issues associated with the swinging of the load on the flexible suspension, the mechanical scheme of movement of trolley with load on the flexible suspension is represented, the processes start traveling mechanism of the trolley on a tower crane are investigated, the substantiation for the application of safety devices with the registration parameters fixed (register) load-swing is given, presented models of technical solutions to commit (register) load-swing.
PRINCIPLES OF APPROACH TO DETERMINATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL ELEMENT BASE FOR AUTOMATION OF MACHINING PRODUCTION PREPARATION THROUGHOUT CYCLE
Authors: Kolybenko E. N.
Published: January 2022

The use in the practice of design works of technological preparation of production (CCI) of parameters of design quality of the main elements of integration of the design (checkpoint) element base prevents transition of CCI to information technology of automation of a certain level of solution of problems of practice throughout its cycle. This is manifested, in particular, in the fact that during the change of technological operations of transformation along their route, as well as between the stages of CCI and checkpoint, information and logical links of knowledge are objectively interrupted. When determining a continuous, flexible algorithm in the technology of automation of solving problems of CCI practice, significant difficulties arise. Concepts of existing knowledge were often not up-to-date, which hampered automation – a fast communication system was needed. The primary basis of automation is the formalization of knowledge. Insufficient formalization of knowledge (the content is descriptive) leads to the use of inefficient dialogue technologies, the work of which is organized with reference information in the electronic form of its display. To overcome these difficulties, the structure of the CCI knowledge base in its hierarchy is proposed for seven levels of basic objects of various types, it is based on formalized approaches. Knowledge objects are focused on the consistent and continuous solution of CCI practice throughout its cycle. The structure of all knowledge objects is based on its own technological element base, which is organic for CCI. Only on such an elementary basis can the main target functions of CCI be realistically achieved in solving the problems of its practice on their possible set.
COMBINED EXTRUSION OF GLASSES WITH A CONICAL BOTTOM. METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING TECHNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF THE TRADITIONAL PROCESS OF CONSTRAINED EXTRUSION
Authors: Vorontsov A. L. , Lebedeva D. A.
Published: January 2022

The methodology for calculating the energy-power and deformation parameters of the traditional process of constrained extrusion of glasses with a conical bottom part, including preliminary obtaining by molding the outer conical section of the bottom part of the product and the subsequent reverse extrusion of the glass with an internal cavity of the required geometry, is presented. The extrusion of both non-hardening and hardening material is considered. In the latter case, the account of the hardening of the extruded material is described in detail. The above formulas allow us to determine such important parameters of the stamping process as total and specific deforming force, maximum pressure on the die wall, and an increase in the yield stress.
TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF CONTACT RIGIDITY OF MACHINE PARTS
Authors: Bezyazychnyj V. F. , Dmitrieva M. N.
Published: January 2022

Examples of solving problems according to the method described in the first part of this work in the processing of contacting surfaces by turning, milling and grinding, as well as the comparison of calculated and experimental values of the contact convergence of surfaces, and the algorithm for calculating the determination of machining modes in order to ensure a given contact stiffness are given. The article describes the practical application of the research results in relation to the assembly unit of an aircraft gas turbine engine.
GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PROSPECTS FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE BIG DATA PARADIGM IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
Authors: Konovalov V. A.
Published: January 2022

The paper assesses the prospects for the application of the big data paradigm in socio-economic systems through the analysis of factors that distinguish it from the well-known scientific ideas of data synthesis and decomposition. The idea of extracting knowledge directly from big data is analyzed. The article compares approaches to extracting knowledge from big data: algebraic and multidimensional data analysis used in OLAP-systems (OnLine Analytical Processing). An intermediate conclusion is made about the advisability of dividing systems for working with big data into two main classes: automatic and non-automatic. To assess the result of extracting knowledge from big data, it is proposed to use well-known scientific criteria: reliability and efficiency. It is proposed to consider two components of reliability: methodical and instrumental. The main goals of knowledge extraction in socio-economic systems are highlighted: forecasting and support for making management decisions. The factors that distinguish big data are analyzed: volume, variety, velocity, as applied to the study of socio-economic systems. The expediency of introducing a universe into systems for processing big data, which provides a description of the variety of big data and source protocols, is analyzed. The impact of the properties of sample populations from big data: incompleteness, heterogeneity, and non-representativeness, the choice of mathematical methods for processing big data is analyzed. The conclusion is made about the need for a systemic, comprehensive, cautious approach to the development of fundamental decisions of a socio-economic nature when using the big data paradigm in the study of individual socio-economic subsystems.
Analisis Pengaruh Investment Opportunity Set, Kebijakan Hutang, Profitabilitas dan Kepemilikan Manajerial Terhadap Kebijakan Dividen dan Nilai Perusahaan (Studi Pada Perusahaan yang Terdaftar Dalam Indeks Papan Utama BEI Tahun 2009 – 2016)
Authors: Nugrahandini Yuliastanti , Pangestuti Irene Rini Demi , Soegiono Soegiono
Published: January 2022

To obtain maximum returns, prospective investors must have knowledge of the fundamental aspects to be able to place their investments appropriately in the issuer's companies in the capital market. This study aims to examine whether the investment opportunity set, debt policy, profitability and managerial ownership influence the firm value by using dividend policy as an intervening variable. The sample used in this study consisted of 20 companies listed on the Main Board of IDX in the period from 2009-2016. The analysis technique used is Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The results of the study show that IOS has a negative effect on DPR and ROA has a positive effect on the DPR. While other variables did not significantly influence the DPR. The influence of IOS, ROA, and manajerial ownership significantly positive on Tobin's Q while DAR, Size and DPR had a significantly negative effect on Tobin's Q. Based on the VAF test, the DPR mediated IOS by 17.17% and mediated ROA by -4.46% or less than 20 % so that it can be concluded that there is almost no mediating role of the DPR on the relationship of IOS and ROA to the firm value.
Pengaruh Rasio Keuangan Terhadap Profitabilitas Pada Perusahaan Sub Sektor Farmasi yang Terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) Tahun 2015-2017
Authors: Triyanti Novita Wahyu
Published: January 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh rasio keuangan terhadap profitabilitas pada perusahaan industri sub sector farmasi yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) untuk periode 2014-2017. Rasio keuangan tersebut terdiri dari Working Capital Turnover, Cash Turnover, Receivable Turnover, Inventory Turnover, Total Asset Turnover, Liquidity, dan Asset Structure. Sampel didapat dengan menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Berdasarkan kriteria diperoleh sebanyak 10 perusahaan sub sektor farmasi yang menjadi sampel penelitian. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data sekunder berupa laporan keuangan perusahaan. Analisi data yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa variable Working Capital Turnover, Receivable Turnover, Inventory Turnover, Total Asset Turnover dan Liquidity tidak berpengaruh terhadap Profitabilitas (ROA). Sedangkan variable Cash Turnover dan Asset Structure berpengaruh terhadap Profitabilitas (ROA).
Diversifikasi Pendapatan, Kinerja Bank, dan Peran Moderasi Tipe Kepemilikan
Authors: Muharam Harjum , Bellinda Bianda
Published: January 2022

Income diversification is one of the Bank's strategies to earn income. Non-Interest Income is the alternative to absorb income other than Net Interest Income. However, the level of Non-Interest Income of Commercial Banks in Indonesia is still at an average of 20%. Based on this problem, the study aimed to analyze the effect of Income Diversification, Non-Interest Income, and determination of Non-Interest Income which is Fee Commissions Income And Trading Income on the performance of Commercial Banks in Indonesia listed in the Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) period of 2014 – 2018. The condition of Commercial Bank’s stakeholders in Indonesia also changes because of raised number of mergers and acquisition that occur in Indonesian banks. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the state-owned ownership and foreign ownership in moderating the effect of Income Diversification and Non-Interest Income on Commercial Banks’ performance in Indonesia listed in Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) period of 2014-2018. The results of this study indicate that Income Diversification, Non-Interest Income, and Fee Commissions Income have positive and significant effect on the Bank's performance. Banks with state-owned ownership has a negative and significant influence in moderating the effect of Income Diversification and Non-Interest Income on ROA. Meanwhile, Banks with foreign ownership has a positive and significant effect on the Bank’s performance.
Pengaruh Kepuasan Kerja dan Kontrak Psikologis Terhadap Intention To Quit dengan Komitmen Organisasi Sebagai Variabel Intervening (Studi Pada Pt. Krakatau Steel, Tbk)
Authors: Fitriyah Fita , Djastuti Indi
Published: January 2022

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of job satisfaction and psychological contracts on intention to quit with organizational commitment as an intervening variable. The population used in this study are operational employees of PT Krakatau Steel Tbk. who have become permanent employees with a minimum work period of 1 year and a minimum education level of high school and equivalent. The number of samples used in this study were 190 respondents. Data collection using a questionnaire. This study uses structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis with AMOS software as an analysis tool. The results showed that job satisfaction had a negative and significant effect on intention to quit, psychological contracts had a negative and insignificant effect on intention to quit, job satisfaction had a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment, psychological contracts had a positive and significant effect on organizational commitment and organizational commitment had a significant effect on organizational commitment. negative and significant on the intention to quit.
Faktor – Faktor Penentu Kebijakan Pembayaran Dividen Pada Industri Non Keuangan di Indonesia dan Australia
Authors: Kristin Marry , Leon Farah Margaretha , Purba Yosephina Endang
Published: January 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh Arus Kas Bebas, Ukuran Perusahaan, Profitabilitas, Peluang Pertumbuhan, Hutang Keuangan, dan Likuiditas terhadap Rasio Pembayaran Dividen. Unit analisis yang diteliti adalah industri non-keuangan di Indonesia dan Australia dengan periode penelitian tahun 2015 - 2018. Sampel terbatas terdiri dari 22 industri di Australia dan 38 industri di Indonesia. Data di olah menggunakan Eviews 9. Hasil pengujian hipotesis menunjukkan: Arus Kas Bebas berpengaruh positif secara signifikan terhadap Rasio Pembayaran Dividen di Indonesia akan tetapi berpengaruh negatif di Australia, Ukuran Perusahaan tidak berpengaruh terhadap Rasio Pembayaran Dividen di Indonesia akan tetapi berpengaruh negatif secara signifikan di Australia, Profitabilitas berpengaruh positif secara signifikan terhadap Rasio Pembayaran Dividen, Peluang Pertumbuhan berpengaruh negatif secara signifikan terhadap Rasio Pembayaran Dividen, Hutang Keuangan berpengaruh negatif secara signifikan terhadap Rasio Pembayaran Dividen, Likuiditas berpengaruh positif secara signifikan terhadap Rasio Pembayaran Dividen. Implikasi dari penelitian ini bagi manajer keuangan dalam menentukan pembayaran dividen dan investor dalam berinvestasi di Indonesia perlu memperhatikan variabel arus kas bebas, profitabilitas, peluang pertumbuhan, hutang keuangan dan likuiditas. Sedangkan bagi manajer keuangan dan investor di Australia perlu memperhatikan variabel arus kas bebas, ukuran perusahaan, profitabilitas, peluang pertumbuhan, hutang keuangan dan likuiditas.
Studi Kualitas Pelayanan Nasabah Pada Bank Mandiri Area Semarang Pahlawan
Authors: Sutanto Inggrid Benedicta , Sukresna I Made
Published: January 2022

The objectives of this study are: (1). Assessing customer service quality in the aspects of tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy; (2). Assessing ways to increase customer satisfaction in order to achieve or exceed service targets. The type of data used is primary data which comes from 2 (two) groups of informants, namely customers and employees, with a purposive sampling method. The analysis tool uses a pure qualitative descriptive approach. The results of the study prove that: Customer satisfaction with the services provided by Bank Mandiri Semarang Pahlawan area regarding the dimensions of tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy is at the level of confirmation or satisfaction. Furthermore, how to increase customer satisfaction in order to achieve or exceed service targets by providing more attractive facilities, the number of front liner officers and queuing seats added, strategies to stay on time and fulfill obligations as marketing, increase cooperation with all departments.
Meta Analysis of Consumer Behavior Changes During The Covid-19 Pandemic Research
Authors: Candrawati Krisnita , Nuvriasari Audita
Published: January 2022

The aim of this study is (1) to analyse the development of consumer behaviour research during the Covid-19 pandemic (2) to identify theoretical and empirical contributions from the results of research on consumer behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic. Co word analysis with VOS Viewer used to answer the first research objective, and quantitative analysis was used to answer the second research objective. The results show that the development of consumer behaviour research during the Covid-19 pandemic is mostly related to the exploration of changes in the types of needs, types of products and priorities of consumer needs during the Covid-19 pandemic. On the other hand, research that needs to be developed is changing online consumer purchasing decisions; Consumer buying behaviour is related to psychological factors, product choice (mainly fresh food ingredients and staple foods), Consistency in purchasing; consistency of changes in consumer habits; awareness and consideration of consumer risk and consumer behaviour during a pandemic. Fundamental theories used in this research include theory of Fear Appeal, Maslow, TAM and TPB. The results showed that there was a model development through the S-O-R computational decision tree ensemble model with Bagging.
Pengaruh E-Service Quality dan Brand Image Terhadap Continuance Usage Intention Platform DANA Dompet Digital oleh Generasi Y dan Z
Authors: Ayuni Ayuni , Amanda Siti Nabillah Suci , Yusuf Abdul
Published: January 2022

The purpose of this study is to test whether E-Service Quality and Brand Image affect the Continuance Usage Intention of the DANA Dompet Digital Indonesia Platform. This study uses quantitative research, the population of this study is the users of DANA Dompet Digital Indonesia. The research data was collected through a questionnaire with a sample of 100 respondents consist of 73 women and 27 men respondents using non-probability sampling (purposive sampling) is a sampling technique based on certain considerations that are considered to represent, a population with the categories of generations Y and Z in the age range of 17-40 years and majority respondents are university students. Data were analyzed using SPSS 25 and SmartPLS 3.0. The results showed that E-Service Quality had a significant effect on the Continuance Usage Intention of the DANA Dompet Digital platform and Brand Image had a significant effect on the Continuance Usage Intention of DANA Dompet Digital.
Metodologías y herramientas de aprendizaje utilizadas en las clases remotas en Unisangil
Authors: Longas Flórez Yaneyda Zulay
Published: January 2022

El objetivo al escribir el presente capítulo fue dar cuenta de las metodologías y herramientas de aprendizaje utilizadas por los docentes y estudiantes de Unisangil en la implementación de las clases remotas durante la emergencia sanitaria provocada por el COVID-19. En ellas, es de resaltar el compromiso de los docentes por apropiar las metodologías y herramientas que hicieron posible la adaptación a los cambios, para así resurgir en la pandemia y dar continuidad al desarrollo de la actividad académica con acompañamiento en los nuevos escenarios para la enseñanza y el aprendizaje que surgieron durante el año 2020.
Reconceptualizing Idol Making in the Context of Bangladesh
Authors: Haque Mohammad Ainul
Published: January 2022

While bringing into attention the creative skills of a local Idol maker, this paper aims at exploring Idol making in the light of the maker’s perception and simultaneously placing it within the broader social and cultural context of Bangladesh. It seeks to understand the meaning that idol-making carries to its creator, and the meaning of idol-making that is felt within the larger social context of Bangladesh. While doing so, this paper investigates the concept of art prevailing in contemporary Bangladeshi society and therefore, examines the creative dimensions of idol making from folkloristic and material culture perspectives. Along with bringing forth the unheard stories of a local Bangladeshi idol maker, this paper aims at dismantling the grand narratives of art that existed within Bengali society and therefore, provides an opportunity to reconceptualize the artistic dimension of local idol making in Bangladesh.
One Obstacle among Many: The Filibuster and Majority Party Agendas
Authors: Curry James M. , Lee Frances E.
Published: January 2022

In today’s hyper-partisan environment, scholars and commentators contend that the filibuster poses a nearly insuperable obstacle to a Senate majority party’s agenda, limiting Congress’s output to non-controversial measures. Drawing on data about congressional majority party agenda priorities from 1985 to 2020 we identify when and how majority party legislative efforts fell short of success and take stock of the degree to which the filibuster was the primary culprit. Not surprisingly, our data confirm that the filibuster is a significant problem for majority party agendas. But an even more common cause of failure is the majority party’s inability to agree among themselves. Despite increased voting cohesion generally, parties in the polarized era still routinely struggle to bridge their own internal divides.
Theological Wiggle Room as a Resource in Ordinary Theology: Significance for Ecclesiology, Leadership, and Personal Development
Authors: Tveitereid Knut , Norheim Bård
Published: January 2022

Ordinary theology is often described as unrefined and imprecise in comparison to academic theology. A recent ethnographic study of vital youth ministries discovered a similar pattern, which the study coined “theological wiggle room.” This article discusses how a lack of precision may serve as a possible resource for theology in the ordinary, and thereby why theological wiggle room may be of significance. The article argues that a certain theological wiggle room engages centripetal and centrifugal dynamics. In other words, the lack of precision should not be interpreted as a shortage or deficiency alone, but as a significant quality of theology in the ordinary – in particular with regard to ecclesiology, leadership and personal development.
Systemic Terror, Silent Mourning, and Postcolonial Hope: The Case of Forcibly Separated Migrant Families
Authors: Ahn Ilsup , Chung Jaeyeon Lucy
Published: January 2022

The purpose of this paper is three-fold. First, it investigates how the historical and structural injustice has to do with the Central American migration crisis in the U. S. Second, this paper explores immense yet largely unrecognized socio-psychological trauma that forcibly separated migrant families, especially children and their parents must endure. Lastly, this paper develops the concept of postcolonial hope as a practical theological response to the Central American migration crisis and the US biopolitical separation of migrant families. The authors argue that postcolonial hope is conceived as people’s resistance against the state’s anti-immigration biopolitics to reckon with the structural sins of dehumanization and terrorization.
Analysis of the anticipated transient without scram (ATWS) initiated by emergency power mode through the full scope simulator
Authors: Soares Alexandre de Souza , Alvim Antonio C. M.
Published: January 2022

The integrity of the reactor coolant system is severely challenged as a result of an Emergency Power Mode – ATWS event. The purpose of this paper is to simulate the Anticipated Transient without Scram (ATWS) using the full scope simulator of Angra 2 Nuclear Power Plant with the Emergency Power Case as a precursor event. The results are discussed and will be used to examine the integrity of the reactor coolant system. In addition, the results were compared with the data presented in Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR – Angra 2) in order to guarantee the validation of the methodology and from there analyze other precursor events of ATWS which presented only plausibility studies in FSAR – Angra 2. In this way, the aim is to provide and develop the knowledge and skill necessaries for control room operating personnel to ensure safe and reliable plant operation and stimulate information in the nuclear area through the academic training of new engineers. In the presented paper the most severe scenario is analyzed in which the Reactor Coolant System reaches its highest level of coolant pressure. This scenario is initiated by the turbine trip jointly with the loss of electric power systems (Emergency Power Mode). In addition, the failure of the reactor shutdown system occurs, i.e., control rods fail to drop into the reactor core. The reactor power is safely reduced through the inherent reactivity feedback of the moderator and fuel, together with an automatic boron injection. Several operational variables were analyzed and their profiles over time are shown in order to provide data and benchmarking references. At the end of the event, it was noted that Reactor shutdown is assured, as is the maintenance of subcriticality. Residual heat removal is ensured.
Does diabetes affect paraneoplastic thrombocytosis in colorectal cancer?
Authors: Herczeg Gyorgy , Somogyi Aniko , Herold Magdolna , Fodor Agnes , Rosta Klara , Dank Magdolna , Lang Zsolt , Herold Zoltan
Published: January 2022

Background

A large variety of factors can affect colorectal cancer (CRC) survival, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and paraneoplastic thrombocytosis. Although several common factors play a role in their development and platelets are damaged in both diseases, the combined relationship of the three conditions was never investigated previously.

Methods

A prospective, real-life observational cohort study was conducted with the inclusion of 108 CRC patients and 166 voluntary non-CRC subjects. Plasma interleukin-6 and thrombopoietin levels were measured.

Results

Study participants were divided into cohorts based on the presence of T2DM. Platelet count (p < 0.0500) and interleukin-6 (p < 0.0100) level were significantly higher in the CRC groups. Thrombopoietin level was higher in the T2DM, CRC, and CRC + T2DM groups (p < 0.0500). Analysis of parameter changes over time and survival models revealed that neither platelet count, interleukin-6, nor thrombopoietin levels were affected by T2DM. Death of patients was associated with higher baseline platelet count (p = 0.0042) and interleukin-6 level (p < 0.0001).

Conclusion

Although the independent, disease-worsening effect of paraneoplastic thrombocytosis and T2DM is known, the coexistence of the two did not further impair the survival of CRC patients, suggesting that T2DM has no significant effect over paraneoplastic thrombocytosis.
Rotational varifocal moiré metalens made of single-crystal silicon meta-atoms for visible wavelengths
Authors: Ogawa Chikara , Nakamura Sotaro , Aso Takumi , Ikezawa Satoshi , Iwami Kentaro
Published: January 2022

Metasurface lenses (metalenses) offer an ultrathin and simple optical system with dynamic functions that include focal length tuning. In this study, a rotational varifocal (i.e., moiré) metalens based on octagonal single-crystal silicon pillars was designed and fabricated to realize a high transmittance, whole 2π phase coverage, and polarization insensitivity for visible wavelengths. The moiré metalens consists of a pair of cascaded metasurface-based phase lattices and the focal length can be adjusted from negative to positive by mutual rotation. The fabricated moiré metalens demonstrated a focal length that can be tuned from −36 mm to −2 mm and from 2 to 12 mm by mutual rotation from −90° to 90°, and the experimental measurements agreed well with theoretical values at the design wavelength of 633 nm. Imaging was demonstrated at three distinct wavelengths of 633, 532, and 440 nm.
Crowning, rotating, and emanating hierophanies with elevatio aspect in wayside shrines
Authors: Haładewicz-Grzelak Małgorzata
Published: January 2022

My aim in this paper is to investigate the variants of directionality implied in visual hieratic texts as religious markers in the sacrosphere, which are substantially expressed in the form of a wayside shrine/cross. The methodological underpinnings for this project rely on the proposed semiotactics (cf. Haładewicz-Grzelak): the investigative perspective modeled after phonotactics – a branch of phonology investigating the restrictions on and the possibilities of phoneme combinations in languages (cf. Dziubalska-Kołaczyk 2011). The study draws on digital documentation of wayside shrines, crosses, and sacrality markers on houses collected by the author in various European countries (2009–2021), focusing in particular on the material collected in the area of present Slovakia, Ukraine, Austria, Slovenia, and the region of the Beskid Mountains in Poland. It shows how bodily hexis is inscribed into the phenomenology of a wayside shrine through particular types of hierophanic dynamics. The study also focuses on the aspect of headedness and markedness in the nano-structure of a sign, surfacing as directionality in the conceptualization of the religious sphere by particular communities.
The visual gamut and syntactic abstraction
Authors: Skaggs Steven
Published: January 2022

Charles S. Peirce’s second trichotomy, which introduces the concepts of iconicity, indexicality, and symbolicity, is probably the only piece of his semiotic that is familiar to visual artists and designers. Although the concepts have found their way into the academy, their utility in the field has been reduced for a couple of reasons. First, as with all of Peirce’s philosophy, his second trichotomy is a concept that is subtle, fluid, and difficult to fully grasp in a sound bite. Second, there has simply been no bridge concept that would form a working connection between that philosophy in its logical guise and the studio practice in the visual arts. The purpose of this article is to remedy that situation by investigating the subtle ways the second trichotomy functions within the visual sphere, and to then suggest a model that can serve to bridge the divide between pure theory and practice. The article makes four main points: first, using examples from visual identity and the graphic arts, it demonstrates how the modes of icon, index, and symbol tend to be blended; second, examples from fine art are used to illustrate how the concept of abstraction, as used in the art world, can only be partially accounted for within the second trichotomy, but can be modeled by supplying a syntactical supplement; third, it expands on and elaborates a previously sketched model, the visual gamut, which makes it possible to classify visual entities according to their position within a map of semantic and syntactic space; finally, it concludes by suggesting ways this enhanced version of the visual gamut model might be used in the analysis of, or creation of, art and design, presenting suggestions for further study.