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An Educational Strategy Supporting Kangaroo Mother Care: Interviews with Healthcare Practitioners
Authors: Ten Ham-Baloyi Wilma , Ricks Esmeralda , Van Rooyen Dalena
Published: January 2018

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) has multiple benefits for mothers, infants and healthcare organisations. Sound clinical decision-making regarding KMC is enhanced if healthcare practitioners are empowered through education and training, which is possible by developing an educational strategy. In this study perceptions of healthcare practitioners were therefore sought to explore and describe the content, format and requirements for such an educational strategy. Purposive sampling was done, and healthcare practitioners participated electronically and in either semi-structured face-to-face or telephonic interviews. The healthcare practitionersâ€™ perceptions regarding format, content and requirements for the strategy were audiotaped, verbatim transcribed and qualitatively analysed using thematic analysis. Major findings indicated that the content of the strategy should include the theoretical concept of KMC and its practice. The strategyâ€™s format needs to make provision for a target group existing of multiple stakeholders and various teaching methods and formats. The strategyâ€™s frequency and duration depends on the type of strategy and the availability of staff that can be released to attend the educational strategy. Requirements in terms of facilitating factors to successfully implement this strategy include buy-in and support of management, leadership, alignment of the strategy with existing structures, and also rewards and incentives. Participants agreed that an educational strategy must be flexible in terms of its content, format and requirements in order to be implemented in various contexts. Investigations into how an educational strategy could be further developed and implemented in different contexts could be fruitful to support sound clinical decision-making regarding KMC.
Mental Health Issues of School-Going Adolescents in High Schools in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Authors: Mfidi F H
Published: January 2018

The study sought to describe and explore the experiences of school teachers and school health nurses in dealing with mental health issues of school-going adolescents in high schools. A qualitative descriptive exploratory design was used to gain an integrated view of the experiences of these school teachers and school health nurses. Semi-structured individual interviews and two focus group discussions were held with teachers and school health nurses, respectively, until data saturation was achieved.Â  Preliminary analysis ran concurrently with data collection and was finalised using the directed content analysis method. Mental health issues to emerge were inappropriate handling of emotions by adolescents, engaging in risky behaviours and disruptive behaviours by adolescents. The conclusion reached is that there is a clear need for interventions and programmes that would promote social skills among school-going adolescents.
Design, 22-step synthesis, and evaluation of highly potent D-ring modified and linker-equipped analogs of spongistatin 1
Authors: Leighton James , Suen Linda M. , Tekle-Smith Makeda A. , Williamson Kevin S. , Infantine Joshua R. , Reznik Samuel K. , Tanis Paul S. , Casselman Tyler D. , Sackett Dan L.
Published: January 2018

With an average GI50 value against the NCI panel of 60 human cancer cell lines of 0.12 nM, spongistatin 1 is among the most potent anti-proliferative agents ever discovered rendering it an attractive candidate for development as a payload for antibody-drug conjugates and other targeted delivery approaches. It is unavailable from natural sources and its size and complex stereostructure render chemical synthesis highly time- and resource-intensive, however, and its development requires more efficient and step-economical synthetic access. Using novel and uniquely enabling direct complex fragment coupling alkallyl- and crotylsilylation reactions, we have developed a 22-step synthesis of a rationally designed D-ring modified analog of spongistatin 1 that is equipotent with the natural product, and have used that synthesis to establish that the C(15) acetate may be replaced with a linker functional group-bearing ester with only minimal reductions in potency.
Reviews
Authors: Authors Various
Published: January 2018

Reviews of Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet (2014) and Springsteen & I (2013)
Front Matter and Table of Contents
Authors: Journal BOSS
Published: January 2018

Title page, submission instructions, and table of contents
PENGARUH REFERENCE GROUP DAN MARKETING MIX TERHADAP MINAT MENGGUNAKAN PRODUK KJKS/BMT DI KOTA PEKALONGAN
Authors: Hafidz MS AM. M. , Sya'roni Sam'ani , * Marlina
Published: January 2018

This study was aimed to answer a question research: whether reference group and marketing mix influence the customers' interest in using the KJKS/BMT's products. To answer that question, quantitative approach was used. The population was BMT's customers of Pekalongan. Non-probability sampling technique (convenience sampling) was used to take samples of the population. There were 92 respondents that were used. The study concluded that based on t-test, it was known that the three independent variables: product, place, and promotion had significant effect on the customers’ interest in using the BMT's products. While two others: price and reference group did not have significant effect. All variables, both the significant and not significant, had positive relationship with the dependent variable. They all had simultaneously significant effect on the dependent variable. The magnitude of the effect of independent variables on the dependent variable was 62.8 % as shown in figure Adjusted R2 in Regression Coefficient Test.
MELACAK ALGORITMA HISAB AWAL BULAN QAMARIYAH DALAM KITAB NURUL ANWAR
Authors: Fauzan Ahmad
Published: January 2018

This research examines the Risalah al-Falak Nurul Anwar min Muntaha al-Aqwal fi Ma’rifah Hisab al-Sinin wa al-Hilal wa al-Khusuf ala Haqīqī bi al-Tahqīq bi Rasd al-Jadid, the work of KH. Nur Ahmad, SS, using content analysis. The results are: First, the book calculations algorithm in terms of determining the beginning of the month Qamariyah fall under hisab Haqiqi bi al-Tahqīq. While Spherical Trigonometry is the basis for its theory and calculation. Second, in the making process, the book used Badī’ah al-Mitsāl and al-Khulāsah al-Wāfiah as reference. This literature research also found that the trend of the data is taken from the book of Badī’ah al-Mitsāl, while the calculation is taken from the book of al-Khulāsah al-Wāfiah, by adapting the rules of modern astronomy.
PERAN DAN POTENSI KYAI PESANTREN DALAM PENGEMBANGAN LEMBAGA KEUANGAN SYARIAH DI PEKALONGAN Tinjauan WoM Marketing dan Buzz Marketing
Authors: Hafidz MS AM. M. , Surur A. Tubagus , Marlina .
Published: January 2018

Because of their strenght, charisma, knowledge, authority in the boarding school, leverage influentality, expertise, and leverage social networks, Kyai Pesantren have the potential to market the Islamic Financial Institutions by creating buzz and WoM marketing. Their role as marketer could be (1) providing education and learning on Islamic economics, Syaria Islamic Institution and fiqh muamalah (2) building several business units to teach their students operationally and practically on Islamic economics (3) posing as Syaria Supervisory Board in existing Syaria Islamic Institution as Syaria compliance guardian (4) disseminating on Syaria Islamic Institution role to community when giving them a lecture.
KINERJA PEGAWAI DAN FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHINYA: Studi Kasus di STAIN Pekalongan
Authors: Mustakim Zaenal
Published: January 2018

The success of an institution is influenced by the level of employee performance. This study revealed two main issues, namely (1) STAIN Pekalongan employee performance based on tenure, age, and sex; (2) the factors that influence employee performance. The results of this study reveal that: First, based on tenure, employee with tenure over 10 years are on average performance (mean score is 3.95 or 79%); tenure ≥ 5 <10 years are also on average performance (mean score is 4.00 or 80%); and tenure <5 years are on high performance (mean score is 4.04 or 81%). Based on age, employees over 35 years old are on average performance (mean score is 3.96 or 79.2%); under 35 years old are on high performance (mean score is 4.03 or 81%). Based on sex, male employee are on high performance (mean score is 4.06 or 81.22%), female employees are on average performance (mean score is only 3.95 or 79.08%). Second, the factors that influence employee performance are the state of the workspace clean and neat; job training; application of finger print; salary increases; reward on job performance; and changes in leadership.
KADAR PENGGUNAAN NALAR DALAM HUKUM KEWARISAN ISLAM
Authors: Jalaludin Akhmad
Published: January 2018

This study attempted to assess the level of the use of reason in the Islamic inheritance law. From this study, that use the ushul fiqh (Islamic legal theory) approach, it is known that inheritance law that often considered as qat'iy (definitive) and can not be changed, in fact, is filled with provisions was formulated by using reason (ijtihad). Even some of the ijtihad is touching the provisions set forth by the verses of the Koran that considered as qat 'iy, in order to give justice to the heirs. This fact suggests that the inheritance law is a sphere that is open to be reformulated and that the consideration of justice also been and can be used although it seem contrary to the provisions of textual considered as qat 'iy.
HAK KONSTITUSIONAL PESERTA DIDIK DALAM PERSPEKTIF UNDANG-UNDANG PERLINDUNGAN KONSUMEN
Authors: Muchsin Achmad
Published: January 2018

This research is focused on students’ constitutional rights as consumers of education services in the perspective of consumer protection law. Using legislation and case-based approach, this research has uncovered, that the rights of learners related to the process of acceptance, fulfillment, and freedom of association. The admission process should be carried out at all levels, from the lowest to doctoral programs. Fulfillment of rights includes material and non-material. While its organizational freedom refers to the Higher Education Act.
TRANSFORMASI MASYARAKAT PETANI MRANGGEN MENUJU MASYARAKAT INDUSTRI
Authors: Ismanto Kuat , Huda Misbahul , Maulida Chusna
Published: January 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis (1) bagaimana pertanian masyarakat menghadapi industrialisasi yang terjadi di Mranggen, (2) bagaimana perubahan nilai-nilai sosial-religius petani, (3) apakah agama masih dianggap sebagai publik hidup dan kehidupan pribadi dalam masyarakat. Hasil adalah bahwa: pertama, industrialisasi di Mranggen dimulai sejak tahun 1995 dengan pembentukan berbagai industri. Untuk petani, industrialisasi adalah berkat karena tanahnya lebih mahal dan dia bisa pergi haji dengan menjual tanahnya. Untuk pengangguran dan perempuan, itu adalah untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan. Untuk masyarakat secara seorang pedagang baru, itu adalah kesempatan untuk menjajakan barang dagangan. untuk lokal pemerintah, itu adalah sebagai kesuksesan pembangunan ekonomi dan pendapatan daerah. Kedua, transformasi masyarakat menjadi masyarakat industri membawa perubahan di Mranggen: in infrastruktur, pembangunan perumahan, serta modernisasi pertanian, sehingga mempersempit bidang pekerja pertanian. Ketiga, nilai pertumbuhan baru di masyarakat industri, agama masih memiliki tempat suci di depan umum hidup dan kehidupan pribadi
MANUSIA DALAM PERSPEKTIF SØREN KIERKEGAARD DAN MUHAMMAD IQBAL
Authors: Haryati Tri Astutik
Published: January 2018

Soren Kierkegaard dan Muhammad Iqbal adalah filsuf yang menempatkan manusia sebagai titik awal untuk mencari kebenaran. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi pertemuan dan perpisahan titik antara keduanya. Penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa keberadaan manusia yang dijelaskan oleh mereka memiliki titik pertemuan: itu adalah bahwa dua pandangan teologis-filsafat. Yang unik dari Pandangan Kierkegaard berkonsentrasi pada analisis eksistensi, estetika, etika dan langkah agama. Hanya mereka yang berani melakukan keputusan bisa ada karena keputusan sendiri akan mendorong dia untuk nya tujuan hidup. Pandangan ini sama dengan pandangan Muhammad Iqbal yang Muslim memiliki tanggung jawab untuk dirinya sendiri menderita. Mereka adalah satu-satunya orang yang bisa mengubah sejarah menjadi apa yang mereka inginkan. Iqbal melihat dunia sebagai produk usaha manusia itu. Urutan Keberadaan mereka untuk bertahan sebagai subjek, orang - sebagai wakil dari Allah (insan kamil)
RELASI KUASA DALAM KEMASAN PRODUK MAKANAN BERBAHASA ARAB DI INDONESIA
Authors: Basyir Mushoffa , Jaeni Ahmad , Fathuddin A. Ubaedi
Published: January 2018

Produk kemasan termasuk makanan Arab beredar di Indonesia dibuat dalam tiga konteks utama: pertama, munculnya strategi neo-liberal di daerah pasar bebas (pada tingkat ekonomi), dan munculnya gerakan-gerakan Islam fundamentalis di agama tingkat agama, kedua, pelaksanaan sertifikasi halal pada setiap produk pangan oleh MUI, ketiga, Arab memiliki posisi strategis di komunitas Muslim Indonesia. Studi ini berisi studi semiotik komunikasi dengan bentuk lain dari teks dan wacana dan simbol bahasa di produk makanan kemasan termasuk bahasa Arab yang beredar di Indonesia. penelitian ini tidak hanya mengungkap makna denotatif dan konotatif sebagai menandatangani, tetapi juga ideologi di balik itu. Penelitian ini penting untuk lakukan karena bahasa, termasuk iklan dan produk kemasan, sarat dengan kekuasaan karena dalam dirinya sendiri, appeares sebagai wakil dari dan ruang untuk pertunjukan (deployment) berbagai kekuasaan. Penelitian ini berhasil mengangkat cadar (sosial, budaya, politik, ekonomi, agama, dan lain-lain), bahkan dalam bentuknya yang paling halus dan tidak sadar karena bersifat alami dan wajar.
An Interaction Approach Between Services for Extracting Relevant Data From Tweets Corpora
Authors: Dref Mehdy , Pappa Anna
Published: January 2018

We present a system based on the need of special infrastructure adequate to software agents to operate, to compose and make sense from the contents of the Web resources through the development of a multi-agent system oriented services interactions. Our method follows the different construction ontology techniques and updates them by extracting new terms and integrate them to the ontology.It is based on the detection phrases via the ontological database DBPedia. The system treats each syntagme extracted from the corpus of messages and verifies whether it is possible to associate them directly to a DBPedia knowledge. In case of failure, these service agents interact with each other in order to find the best possible answer to the problem, by operating directly in the phrase, trying to semantically modify it, until the association with ontological knowledge becomes possible. The advantage of our approach is its modularity : it is both possible to add / modify / delete a service or define a new one, and then influence the outcome product. We could compare the results extracted from a heterogeneous body of messages from the Twitter social network with Tagme method, based mainly on storage and annotation of encyclopaedic corpus.
Bi-Texting Your Food: Helping the Gastro Industry Reach the Global Market
Authors: Rabadan Rosa , Sanjurjo-González Hugo , Colwell Veronica
Published: January 2018

The technologization of cross-linguistic communication and the expansion of the learning of for- eign languages has helped create new, non- linguist users. Corpus-based applications offer a way of responding to these new challenges. This presentation focuses on the design and building process of the BiTeX app, designed to write recipes in both En and Es through controlled language choices. The starting point is a custom-made, rhetorically and POS annotated, En-Es comparable corpus of recipes containing 135,912 words in the En and 145,449 in the Es subcorpus respectively. The BiText prototype has been developed using MongoDB 1, Express 2, Node.js 3 and jQuery 4, which allow for multiple concurrent connections to be handled without I/O blocks. BiTeX aims at helping improve international communication in the restaurant and catering community, as well as boosting collateral business niches in including recipe books, tourist-oriented websites, etc.
An Interpolation-based Compiler and Optimizer for Relational Queries (System design Report)
Authors: Toman David , Weddell Grant
Published: January 2018

We outline the implementation of a query compiler for relational queries that generates query plans with respect to a database schema, that is, a set of arbitrary first-order constraints, and a distinguished subset of predicate symbols from the underlying signature that correspond to access paths. The compiler is based on a variant of the Craig interpolation theorem, with reasoning realized via a modified analytic tableau proof procedure. This procedure decouples the generation of candidate plans that are interpolants from the tableau proof procedure, and applies A*-based search with respect to an external cost model to arbitrate among the alternative candidate plans. The tableau procedure itself is implemented as a virtual machine that operates on a compiled and optimized byte-code that faithfully implements reasoning with respect to the database schema constraints and a user query.
Connecting language students internationally in an era of heightened nationalism
Authors: Maylath Bruce
Published: January 2018

Since the 1999-2000 academic year, the teaching network known as the Trans-Atlantic & Pacific Project (TAPP) has internationally connected teachers and students in writing classes with students in translation studies and/or usability classes at nearly 30 universities in 15 countries on 4 continents. The network began forming as globalization knit nations closer together and as communication technologies, beginning with e-mail, began to become commonly available (Maylath, Vandepitte, & Mousten, 2008). Now, however, the world seems to be entering an era that runs counter to globalization, as nationalists in many countries attempt to retract from international collaborations and connections. Despite that, students in language professions must learn how to collaborate internationally and across languages, cultures, and international borders. Despite a backlash to globalism that might threaten other international collaboration efforts and arrangements, the TAPP persists and grows because it is loose, lithe, and limber. It operates with nearly complete teacher autonomy, not relying on institutional agreements or funding—not even grants (Maylath et al., 2013; Lisaité et al. 2016). This plenary address describes how the TAPP is able to function in this way and to continue to add partners in ever more countries. It also depicts how TAPP collaborations raise audience awareness, intercultural aptitude, language sensitivity, and writing effectiveness for both undergraduate and graduate students. Moreover, it demonstrates how international collaboration boosts recruitment, bolsters retention and engagement, and leads to job- placements at all levels, including the doctoral.
Textual Enhancement and the Acquisition of the Spanish Present Subjunctive Form
Authors: Bayonas Mariche
Published: January 2018

Previous empirical research has yielded inconclusive findings on the effectiveness of textual enhancement in drawing learners’ attention to target forms and in facilitating their acquisition. The present study focuses on the role of textual enhancement in the recognition, comprehension, and production of Spanish L2 verb forms that differ in their perceptual saliency (communicative value). Spanish students read an enhanced or an unenhanced text containing regular and irregular present indicative and present subjunctive forms. Reading was immediately followed by recognition, comprehension, and production tasks. The resulting data were statistically analyzed in order to ascertain whether they supported or refuted three research hypotheses. Results showed no effect of TE in the three treatments employed.
Estimation of Suspended Sediment Concentration in Lined Canal
Authors: Patel Rahul , Yadav S. M. , Waikhom Sahita
Published: January 2018

This Paper presents estimation of suspended sediment concentration in lined canal. The suspended sediment concentration measurement is been carried out for different discharges including minimum and maximum discharges at one section of Kakrapar Left Bank Main Canal. The bridge method has been used for the collection of suspended sediment water sample. For this purpose, a section selected at Tarsada Highway Bridge which is across the main canal. The total numbers of four; in-site observations were made; many samples of water sediment mixture were taken from the canal section during each observation, these samples were filtered through filter paper and the average suspended sediment concentration recorded. The suspended sediment transport rate was calculated from the observed sediment concentration. The suspended sediment water samples were collected using Punjab bottle sampler. Also for each observation, the water velocity was measured laterally at different point on cross- section by using current meter and the average velocity was computed. The graphs of suspended sediment concentration for different discharges were plotted.
Translating C# to Branching Symbolic Transducers
Authors: Saarikivi Olli , Veanes Margus
Published: January 2018

The paper looks at tooling aspects of transforming C# programs into symbolic transducers with branching rules (BSTs). The latter are used for describing list comprehensions that incorporate loop-carried state. One concrete application is log analysis where input streams of data are transformed into output streams of data via intermediate pipelines of transducers. The paper presents algorithms for translating C# to BSTs, and for exposing control state in BSTs.
Exploring the Patterns of Verbal Agreement of Collective Noun-Headed Subjects in a Parsed Corpus of Present-Day English
Authors: Fernández-Pena Yolanda
Published: January 2018

This study explores verbal agreement variation with collective noun-headed subjects taking plural of-dependents in a set of data retrieved from a parsed version of the corpus of Global Web-based English (GloWbE). The results show how syntactic distance between the subject and the verb (and also the complexity of the modifier(s) of the of-PP) reduces the influence that these plural of-PPs exert on the verb, thus lowering the rate of plural agreement.
CLIL and academic vocabulary: a preliminary study of secondary-school learners’ academic vocabulary size
Authors: Castellano-Risco Irene
Published: January 2018

Since their eruption in the European Educational Systems panorama, the use of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approaches has widely spread all throughout Europe, resulting in a revolution in foreign language teaching approaches (Coyle, Hood, Marsh, 2010; Mehisto, Marsh & Frigols, 2008; Pérez Cañado, 2012; Ruiz de Zarobe & Jiménez Catalán, 2009). This situation has set off a plethora of studies with two different foci: on the one hand, researchers have attempted to clarify the CLIL phenomenon, developing a theoretical framework (Coyle, 2006, 2007; Coyle, Hood & Marsh, 2010; Mehisto, Marsh & Frigols, 2008; Pérez-Cañado, 2012) On the other hand, other studies have attempted to identify its main advantages and drawbacks. This latter trend has reported clear benefits of using CLIL approaches in terms of vocabulary learning, L1 transfer (Agustín Llach, 2009) and fluency (Ruiz de Zarobe, 2008) among others. However, although CLIL approaches are developed in academic settings, most of the studies focusing on the area of vocabulary research have concentrated on learners’ general receptive vocabulary size in relation to the CLIL practice (Canga Alonso, 2012; Canga Alonso, 2013; Canga Alonso, 2015; Jiménez Catalán & Ruiz de Zarobe, 2009) and have neglected the analysis of the academic vocabulary.

This paper presents a preliminary study on the academic vocabulary and its interaction with the educational approach (CLIL vs English as a Foreign Language) of two groups of secondary-school learners. 100 students in their 3rd year of secondary education took part in this study. They were asked to respond the Academic Level version of the Vocabulary Levels Tests (Schmitt, Schmitt, and Clapham 2001) and the data obtained were compared looking into differences according to the kind of approach. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used for pinpointing significant correlations. As expected, results show significant discordances as regards academic vocabulary size, revealing higher size of academic vocabulary for the CLIL learners.
Seismic Protection of Symmetric Building Equipped with Water Sloshing Damper
Authors: Asodariya Chirag , Patel Chirag
Published: January 2018

Now a days, in densely populated areas it is desired to have a taller structures which are light in weight and also very flexible. But in real cases the weight is higher thus they are more vulnerable to the environmental load and may lead to collapse of the structure and generate the serviceability problems. Different types of approaches are available to minimize the response of the structure, from the different approaches concept of Tuned Liquid Damper (TLD) is a newer one to reduce the response of the structure. In the TLD, liquid is filled in the tank which reduces the response of the structure using action of liquid sloshing. These TLD dampers are economical as well as less serviceability cost effective passive response reducers, which are being used in the structure having less stiffness and having a low value of damping of structure. In this study, considering Tuned mass damper (TMD) analogy the response of the Single Degree of Freedom (SDOF) system with nonlinear behavior of Tuned sloshing water damper (TSWD was investigated. Four different earthquake ground motion time history like Imperial valley (1940), Loma prieta (1989), Northridge (1995), Kobe (1994) has been used to investigate the behavior of SDOF structure with water sloshing damper. A numerical study was carried out with different important parameters such as mass ratio, and frequency ratio the results showed that there was a reduction in the acceleration response of the structure up to 33% by using different mass ratio. It is also observed that 4% mass ratio is most effective for the acceleration response reduction of the structure.
Effectiveness of Different Connectors Used in DLGs
Authors: Mehta Mansi , Patel Dipali , Arekar Vishal A.
Published: January 2018

Double-Layer Grid structures are three-dimensional pin-jointed structures, which are generally used for covering roofs having large span areas with the help of connectors. A Double Layer Grid structures are quite popular as the use of material can be reduced, easy to assemble and permits quicker construction. The weight of the structure depends on the member as well as connectors. The connectors contain 20-30% of total weight (by referring Lan, T.T. “Space frame structure”). In present study, two types of Connectors are used for analysis and for optimisation of structure. The aim of this study is to optimize the design and to get the effective connector. Solid connector and Hollow connector (with varying thickness) have been taken for parametric study, modelled in CREO and analysed using ANSYS 17.2. The results of stresses have been obtained under the static loads for comparison.
Sentence Length and NP Complexity of General and Medical Written Academic and Media Texts. An Analysis Using a Trained Syntactic Parser.
Authors: Herrero Zorita Carlos , Moreno-Sandoval Antonio
Published: January 2018

The main objective of this work is to perform a comparative analysis of sentence and main noun phrases complexity in two different types of discourses, written media and academic prose, using a trained syntactic parser (Stanford PCFG Parser). For this purpose, we have selected three written sources: a general media corpus, a medical media subcorpus and a medical academic prose subcorpus. From a total of more than 160000 sentences, we have carefully selected as the study sample a total of 300, which have been morphologically and syntactically annotated.

Influenced by other studies related to syntax and statistics, our hypothesis is that NPs from academic prose and written media will contain four or more words, and those belonging to academic prose will be larger than the latter. The NPs studied are those that perform the main functions of the clause: subject, object (direct and indirect), attribute and time expressions. The results show a confirmation of our hypothesis. The academic subcorpus has the longest sentences and more complex NPs than the other texts. On the other hand, written media corpora achieve smaller NPs but their results are quite similar.
Non Linear Analysis of Single Storey RC front Wall under Blast Loading
Authors: Singh Kavita , Solanki Hardik , Belani Anil
Published: January 2018

In modern days many civilian structures need shielding against blast effects. Past incidences of terrorist activities have increased the awareness towards the structural design to mitigate the effect of explosion and prevention of collapse of the building. The objective primary of blast resistant design is to prevent the collapse of the structural system and to maintain structural integrity through ductile and redundant behaviour. The primary aim of present work is to analyze the RC wall having SDOF with both end fixed under blast loading using ANSYS software.
Image Processing in Hadoop Distributed Environment
Authors: Shaheen Mosab , Potdar Madhukar B
Published: January 2018

Satellite images are a growing resource of information and have many applications. In this research, the multispectral satellite images have been subjected to unsupervised classification based on K-Means clustering using Hadoop Framework, which is designed for big data processing, along with Hadoop Image Processing Interface (HIPI). We developed support for the GeoTIFF format, which is usually used for satellite images, and we will show that our methodology enhances the performance.
Ambient Air Quality Assessment Using Air Quality Index of Delhi
Authors: Patel Jaykumar , Salvi Hirva , Patel Neha
Published: January 2018

Urban air pollution is rapidly increasing in Indian cities. It affects the health and mental status of urban dwellers. In the present study, air pollutants data were collected for a year 2016 at 4 locations in Delhi from Central Pollution Control Board. The present study incorporates the analysis of the ambient air in Delhi city using Air Quality Index (AQI). An AQI is proposed for the city of Delhi, India for easy data interpretation and understanding of air quality. The air pollutants analyzed are Sulfur dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and Particulate matter (PM2.5). The locations selected are Dwarka, R.K Puram, Panjabi Baugh, and Anand Vihar. The AQI were calculated using IND-AQI procedure. It has been observed that AQI’s values of all four locations falls under very poor category. The overall AQI was found under very poor and sever categories. It was found that AQI values were very high during winter season and low during monsoon season. The AQI of PM2.5 was found exceeding the limits for all the months in each location. Thus, it is observed that PM2.5 is critical pollutant at these four locations in Delhi.
Abduction by Non-Experts
Authors: Bjorner Nikolaj , Jovanović Dejan , Lepoint Tancrède , Rümmer Philipp , Schäf Martin
Published: January 2018

Crowdsourcing promises to quasi-automate tasks that cannot be automated otherwise. Success stories like natural language translation or recognition of cats in images show that carefully crafted crowdsourcing tasks solve large problem instances which could not be solved otherwise. To utilize crowdsourcing, one has to define the problem in a way that is easy to split into small tasks, that the tasks are easy to solve for humans and hard to solve for a machine, and that the machine can efficiently check if the solution is correct.

In this paper we discuss a novel approach of using crowdsourcing to assist software verification. We argue that Horn clauses form a good base for crowdsourcing since they are easy to subdivide, and that logic abduction is a suitable task since it is hard to find abductive inferences for Horn clauses automatically, but it is easy to check if an inference makes a Horn clause valid. We describe a prototype implementation, we show how crowdsourcing integrates in the verification process, and present preliminary results.
Weakly analytic sets for the Cartesian product of function algebra
Authors: Mehta Himali , Mehta Rekha , Roghelia Aakar
Published: January 2018

Weakly analytic sets for function algebra is studied by Arenson in (Arenson). Here, we study the concept of weakly analytic sets for Cartesian product of function algebras. We express the weakly analytic sets for Cartesian product of function algebra in terms of that for factor algebras.
An Experimental Comparison of Three Diagnosis Techniques for Discrete Event Systems
Authors: Boussif Abderraouf , Liu Baisi , Ghazel Mohamed
Published: January 2018

This paper deals with a benchmark-based experimental comparison of three diagnoser-based approaches for fault diagnosis of discrete event systems modeled by Petri nets: the MBRG/BRD approach, the FMG/FMSG approach and the SSD approach. The experiments are performed on a level crossing benchmark, using the respective software tools integrating the approaches. Different features are shown in terms of state-space building (exhaustive or partial), procedure for analyzing diagnosability (based on complete or on-the-fly built state-space) and state-space representation (concrete or symbolic). Based on the obtained experimental results, a comparative discussion is provided particularly regarding memory and time consumption for analyzing diagnosability of the three techniques.
TemPsy-Check: a Tool for Model-driven Trace Checking of Pattern-based Temporal Properties
Authors: Dou Wei , Bianculli Domenico , Briand Lionel
Published: January 2018

TemPsy (Temporal Properties made easy) is a pattern-based, domain-specific language for the specification of temporal properties. In this paper we provide an overview of TemPsy-Check, a tool that implements a model-driven approach for performing offline trace checking of temporal properties written in TemPsy. TemPsy-Check relies on an optimized mapping of temporal requirements written in TemPsy into Object Constraint Language (OCL) constraints on a conceptual model of execution traces.
ARTiMon Monitoring Tool, The Time Domains
Authors: Rapin Nicolas
Published: January 2018

This work is related to our monitoring tool called ARTiMon for the online property monitoring of discrete and continuous systems. This paper presents the syntax and the semantics of the current input language of ARTiMon. Because this is not always well understood by users, and also because it grounds the ability of ARTiMon to check properties online, in this tool paper a particular focus is accorded to the domain definition of time functions used to interpret terms of the language.
Land Suitability Analysis for UrbanPlan Preparation Using Remote Sensing and GIS A Case of Anand-Vidyanagar-Karamsad Development Plan
Authors: Darshak Mehul , Zala Rajan , Bhandari Manthan , Kumar Dr. Shashikant
Published: January 2018

Land Suitability analysis is important for preparation of Development Plan. The planning requires undertaking study of topography, water resources, land utilization, and development needs. The RS & GIS techniques offers suitable analytical opportunity to study variables required for selection of sites for various uses. This paper presents process adopted for the preparation of development plan of Anand Vidyanagar Karamsad Urban Development Authority (AVKUDA), regarding the land suitability analysis. The location and types of land to be protected were identified using RS Data and GIS analysis. Keywords— AVKUDA; Land Suitability; Planning; RS & GIS
Capacities and LOS Measures of Intersections
Authors: Mukhtyarali Saiyad Shabazahara , Zala Laxmansinh B. , Amin Amit A.
Published: January 2018

Urbanization and industrialization has caused a drastic revolution all over the world. Intersections are crucial to street’s performance. They control a speed, safety, cost, and efficiency, making right turns the key design factor in intersections improvements and operations. In Anand city of Gujarat state, due to increasing population growth and increased traffic need Capacity Evaluation selected intersections. Borsad Chowkdi-which is highly congestible, and similarly Ganesh Chowkdi and Janta Chowkdi with similar traffic conditions has been selected. Using two methods e.g.IRC-65 Method and HCM-2000 method Capacity of two Roundabouts and One un-signalized intersection has been evaluated. IRC-65(1976) method based on the geometrics of Rounabouts and give the Capacity of entire Intersections. HCM-2000 method, Design parameters are Critical Gap and Follow up Time based on Gap Acceptance Method, give the each leg Capacity.
Ganos Dağlarında doğal olarak bulunan asmalara (Vitis spp.) ait genetik materyallerin toplanması ve DNA izolasyonlarının yapılması
Authors: KORKUTAL İlknur , BAHAR Elman , KÖK Demir , ŞAHİN Nihan , UYSAL Tamer , ÖZALP Zeliha Orhan , YAŞASIN Ahmet Semih , CANDAR Serkan , ALÇO Tezcan , IŞIN M. Akif
Published: January 2018

Ganos
Dağları Trakya’nın güneyinde 40° 35’ ve 40° 52’ K ile 26° 58’ ve 27° 27’ D
arasında yer almaktadır. Kuzeydoğu-Güneybatı yönünde uzanmaktadır. Tekir
Dağları’nın 945 m rakım ile en yüksek yeridir. 2014 yılı vejetasyon periyodunda
yürütülen araştırmada örnekleme üç farklı yöntem izlenerek yapılmıştır.
Arkeolojik kazılar sonucunda eski yerleşimlerin olduğu bilinen alanlar ve
yakınlarında; köylerde yaşayan kişilerin belirttiği asmalardan ve asma
bulunması olasılığı olan bölge ve dere yataklarının aranması şeklinde
yapılmıştır. Örnekler 40° 53’ K ile 27° 26’ D ve 40° 35’ K ile 27° 00’ D
koordinatları arasından toplanmıştır. “Second Edition of the OIV Descriptor List
for GrapeVarieties and Vitis Species”
listesinde yer alan 29 tanımlama karakteri kullanılarak irdelenmiştir. Alınan
yaprak ve sürgün ucu örnekleri fotoğraflanmış ve incelenen özellikler açısından
değerlendirilmiştir. Örneklerin DNA’ları “Doyle & Doyle DNA Ekstrasyon
Protokolü” kullanılarak izole edilmiştir. Elde edilen DNA’lar buzdolabında
muhafaza altına alınmıştır. Sonuç olarak Ganos Dağları’nın kuzey yamaçlarında
yaklaşık 600 m, güney yamaçlarında ise 700-750 m rakımlardan sonra Vitis vinifera ssp. silvestris ve Vitis vinifera ssp.
sativa örneklerine rastlanmamıştır.
Köy ile yerleşim yerlerine uzak ve yoğun ormanlık alanlarda (aşırı gölge)
bulunan bazı derelerde de örnek bulunmadığı; genellikle su bulunan nemli
alanlarda, etrafı açık, kayalık derelerde yetiştiği görülmüştür. Bu asmaların
arasından gelecekte ıslah çalışmalarında kullanılmak üzere yeni bireylerin
eldesi ihtimali olduğundan vejetatif materyal alınarak in-vivo’da saklanmasının uygun olacağı ön görülmüştür.
Biodegradación de colorantes azo por Pleurotus ostreatus
Authors: Martínez-Berra Caolina , Díaz Rúben , Sánchez-Minutti Lilia , Díaz-Godínez Gerardo
Published: January 2018

La presencia de colorantes azo en aguas residuales provenientes de industrias textiles representa una de las principales fuentes de contaminación en el medio ambiente. Se han empleado métodos fisicoquímicos para la eliminación de estos compuestos, sin embargo, en la actualidad no existe un método que garantice la eliminación total de los colorantes y el problema de contaminación continua presente. Estudios realizados proponen el uso de Pleurotus ostreatus como una alternativa biológica para la degradación de colorantes azo.
PENILAIAN KINERJA (PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT) DALAM PEMBELAJARAN KIMIA
Authors: Diartha I Nyoman , Wildan Wildan , Muntari Muntari
Published: January 2018

Abstrak. Pemecahan masalah dengan pendekatan saintifik tumbuh dan berkembang sejalan dengan perkembangan pembelajaran kimia. Penilaian kinerja (performance assessment) ÃÂ merupakan perspektif baru dalam sistem penilaian pembelajaran kimia. Penilaian kinerja merupakan sistem penilaian pengetahuan dan keterampilan dalam suatu tugas nyata. Terdapat tiga tahapan dalam mengembangkan penilaian kinerja yakni (1) menentukan tujuan, (2) memilih obejek kinerja, dan (3) mengembangkan kriteria penilaian.ÃÂ Abstract. The problem solving with scientific approach grow and develop along of the chemistry learning development. One of the development is the appearance of new perspective in the assessment system of chemistry learning. Performance assessment is assessment system to evaluate knowledge and skills in a real task. There are three activities to development performance assessment, i.e: (1) defining the purpose; (2) choosing the activity; (3) developing the scoring criteria.
PENGEMBANGAN MODEL PRAKTIKUM BERBASIS SOFTWARE MOST PROBABLE NUMBER (MP-BSMPN) PADA MATA KULIAH MIKROBIOLOGI AIR
Authors: AAIA Trisnawati , Jufri Abdul Wahab , Ramdani Agus
Published: January 2018

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui karakteristik, kelayakan, kepraktisan dan keterbacaan ModelÃÂ  Praktikum Berbasis Software Most Probable Number (MP-BSMPN) pada Mata Kuliah Mikrobiologi Air. MP-BSMPN dikembangkan dengan prosedur pengembangan model Borg dan Gall. Produk yang dikembangkan adalah model praktikum yang pelaksanaannya menerapkan perangkat pembelajaran MP-BSMPN yang dikemas dalamÃÂ  3 tahapan pelaksanaanÃÂ  yaitu: 1) Tahap Persiapan Praktikum, 2) Tahap Pelaksanaan Praktikum dan 3) Tahap Akhir Praktikum atau Tindak Lanjut Praktikum. ÃÂ Hasil uji ahli menunjukkan bahwa kelayakan perangkat pembelajaran MP-BSMPN berkisar ÃÂ antara layak sampai sangat layak (3,25 Ã¢â¬â 3,85). Tujuh perangkat mendapatkan nilai sangat layak,ÃÂ  2 perangkat bernilai layak. Perangkat MP-BSMPN yang mendapat nilai validasi ahli sangat layak adalah ÃÂ Rencana Pembelajaran Semester, Panduan Praktikum Mahasiswa dan Lembar Hasil Kerja Mahasiswa (PPM-LHKM), Instrumen Keterampilan Proses Sains dan Instrumen Penguasaan Konsep sedangkan Bahan Ajar Praktikum dan Media Pembelajaran AnimasiÃÂ  MPN bernilai layak. Hasil uji empiris menunjukkan bahwa nilai tanggapan mahasiswa sebesar 77 % dan pengajar 88 % ÃÂ adalah praktis dan terbaca. Instrumen keterampilan proses sains dan penguasaan konsep terbukti valid dan reliabel (keterampilan proses sain r = 0,889; penguasaan konsep r = 0,91) dengan keterlaksanaan pembelajaran pada kategori terlaksana dengan sangat baik (92 %). Kesimpulan hasil penelitian adalah MP-BSMPN yang dikembangkan memiliki karakteristik perangkat pembelajaran yang sangat layak, praktis danÃÂ  terbaca, terlaksana dengan sangat baik, valid dan reliabel sertaÃÂ  dapat diterapkan dengan praktis sebagai model praktikum dalam pemeriksaan MPN Coliform dan Colitinja pada mata kuliah Mikrobiologi Air.
THINK PAIR SHARE: HASIL BELAJAR IPA DAN KERJASAMA SISWA
Authors: Susanti Ana , Wijayanti Astuti
Published: January 2018

Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe Think Pair Share (TPS) terhadap hasil belajar IPA siswa kelas VIII SMP Negeri 2 Banguntapan Bantul tahun pelajaran 2016/2017 ditinjau dari kerjasama siswa. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah eksperimen semu. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik tes dan teknik angket. Instrumen tes berupa soal pilihan ganda yang berjumlah 30 soal dan instrumen angket berupa pernyataan yang berjumlah 20 butir. Hasil penelitian diperoleh Fhitung = 8,770 dengan p = 0,005 dan rerata hasil belajar sebesar 20,72 dan rerata hasil angket sebesar 80,84. Berdasarkan rerata hasil belajar dan hasil angket, maka ada pengaruh penggunaan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe TPS terhadap hasil belajar IPA siswa kelas VIII ditinjau dari kerjasama siswa.ÃÂ Kata Kunci: TPS, IPA, dan kerjasama
PENGARUH MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF TIPE TGT (TEAM GAMES TOURNAMENT) BERBANTUAN MEDIA KARTU MOL TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR KIMIA SISWA KELAS X SMAN 1 NARMADA TAHUN AJARAN 2016/2017
Authors: Sumiati Sumiati , Andayani Yayuk , Al Idrus Syarifa Wahidah
Published: January 2018

Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penerapan model pembelajaran kooperatif tipe TGT (Team Games Tournament) berbantuan media kartu mol terhadap hasil belajar kimia siswa kelas XÃÂ  SMAN 1 Narmada tahun ajaran 2016/2017. Penelitian ini merupakan eksperimen semu dengan desain kelompok kontrol non-ekuivalen. Kelas X MS 1 dan X MS 3 terpilih sebagai sampel penelitian yang diambil dari populasi seluruh kelas X MS SMAN 1 Narmada melalui teknik pengambilan purposive sampling. Variabel bebasnya adalah model pembelajaran TGT (Team Games Tournament) berbantuan media kartu mol untuk kelas eksperimen dan model pembelajaran langsung untuk kelas kontrol, sedangkan variabel terikatnya adalah hasil belajar siswa ranah kognitif. Data hasil belajar diperoleh dengan pemberian tes pilihan ganda di awal pertemuan (pre-test) dan di akhir pertemuan (post-test). Rata-rata hasil pre-test dan post-test pada kelas eksperimen berturut-turut 23,89 dan 52,57 sedangkan pada kelas kontrol 30,93 dan 50,63. Data hasil ini selanjutnya diuji dengan uji anakova sehingga didapatkan Fhitung (1,80) kurang dari Ftabel (4,00) sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa penerapan model kooperatif tipe TGT (Team Games Tournament) berbantuan media kartu mol tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap hasil belajar kimia siswa kelas X SMAN 1 Narmada tahun ajaran 2016/2017.ÃÂ Kata Kunci : Model Pembelajaran team games tournament (TGT), media kartu, hasil belajar, stoikiometri kimia.
ISOLASI SENYAWA SINAMALDEHID DARI BATANG KAYU MANIS (Cinnamomum burmanii) DENGAN METODE KROMATOGRAFI KOLOM
Authors: Wasia Nurul Hikmatun , Sudarma I Made , Savalas Lalu Rudyat Telly , Hakim Aliefman
Published: January 2018

Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengisolasi senyawa sinamaldehid dengan menggunakan kromatografi kolom. Penelitian dilakukan di kantor Senyawa Standar Indonesia. Batang kering tanaman kayu manis (Cinnamomum burmanii) telah diekstraksi dengan menggunakan pelarut dichlorometane. Fraksinasi ekstrak DCM menggunakan kromatografi kolom dengan perbandingan eluen 1:1 yaitu n-heksan : DCM, menghasilkan sebanyak 20 fraksi mayor. Berdasarkan hasil analisis menggunakan Kromatografi Lapis Tipis (KLT) n-heksan : DCM telah dihasilkan 8 fraksi yang diklasifikasi berdasarkan area spot yang sama. Ada 3 fraksi yaitu fraksi A (10,11), B (12,13,14) C (16,18,17,19). Hasil identifikasi menggunakan GC-MS spectrometer menunjukkan bahwa fraksi yang mengandung sinamaldehid adalah fraksi B dengan porsentase sebanyak 71,36 %.ÃÂ Keywords: Sinamaldehid, fraksinasi, KLT, kromatografi kolom, GC-MS.