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SCANNER OBJEK TIGA DIMENSI DENGAN LASER
Authors: Wiedjaja Wiedjaja , Liawatimena Suryadiputra
Published: June 2016

Article present the work and fuction of a tool which is able to scan an object reconstructed into a three-dimensionalobject. The object could be modified by computer software. Methodology were library and laboratory research methods. Fromthe experiment results, the scanning and reconstruction process of three-dimensional object could work well. The conclusionobtained is the optimum angle to scan the object is at an angle of 25o to 35o. While the average time needed to play the discis 50 seconds.Keywords: scanner, object, three-dimensional scanning, reconstruction
Prototipe Sistem Parkir Otomatis Berdasarkan Topologi Kampus Syahdan, Universitas Bina Nusantara
Authors: Liawatimena Suryadiputra
Published: June 2016

Article clarified a source of learning and research on the design of Automatic Parking System. That was implementedat Syahdan Campus, Bina Nusantara University. The research methods done were library. Literature study was done bystudying and looking for articles about matters related and laboratory research method the development of existing parkinglots. Meanwhile, the laboratory study was done by creating algorithm designs will be used to detect the parking lot, designingof physical design, and simulation system which will be created. This system used sensors to detect whether there were the carsor not. Then it will be sent via RS-485 for the farthest distance. The results of sensor reading will be displayed on PC. It canbe concluded that by using this system, the park users will be more efficient and flexible in the service.Keywords: automatic parking system, sensor, RS-485, campus topology
AUDIT SISTEM INFORMASI APLIKASI PERSEDIAAN PADA PT SS
Authors: Herawati Evy
Published: June 2016

The research objective was to evaluate and determine how far the application of information system inventories that are running (including management controls and application controls) have been able to provide reliable information and where time and reduce risk to an acceptable level by the company also provides recommendations for companies in order to minimize the risk that existed at the moment. The research method used “around the computer” is testing and evaluating audit through management control, in performing input and output controls for application systems based on the quality of input supply and output that will produce a report. The results of this study was to determine the inventory of information system applications that use the SS company can provide adequate and reliable information and timely, thus simplifying the management to make sound decisions related to inventory policy.Keywords: audit, information systems inventory, control, corporate
SISTEM INFORMASI AKUNTANSI PENJUALAN DAN PERSEDIAAN
Authors: Suryanto Suryanto
Published: June 2016

The research purpose is to analyze and design the Accounting Information Systems sales and inventory system that runs as well as identifying the needs and requirements of the new system that is made to fix the weaknesses in systems and sales. The research method used is the method of analysis and design methods. Methods of analysis by analyzing the problems in the current system, identify information needs and system requirements. The design method used is the database design, form and appearance of the screen. The results to be achieved is to produce a draft of Accounting Information Systems sales and inventory system that can find solutions to existing systems with computerized systems that can help the company deal with the problems in the system is running. Conclusions obtained are that the Information System Accounting Information and the sale of inventories, which were given suggestions and solutions for computerized systems can assist company management in the decision making process because it can generate reports more accurate and faster than less efficient systems. With the use of Accounting Information Systems sales and inventories, companies can overcome the problems encountered so far.Keywords: accounting information systems, sales, inventory
PENGEMBANGAN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BAGI PERKEMBANGAN BISNIS PERUSAHAAN
Authors: Miranda Eka
Published: June 2016

This article discusses the Business Intelligence and its role to improve the company’s competitive advantage through the utilization of various data, information and knowledge held by the company as a raw material in the decision making process. This article also explains the elements of Business Intelligence applications, Business Intelligence Environment, integrating BI into the enterprise and the challenges faced by organizations in giving effect to Business Intelligence.Keywords: Business Intelligence, business decision
SIMULASI KUNCI ELEKTRONIK DENGAN ENKRIPSI MELALUI BLUETOOTH PADA PONSEL
Authors: Neforawati Indri , Saragih Hoga
Published: June 2016

Currently the facility provided by mobile phones is very diverse. Starting from the phone, SMS, camera, music player, all rolled into one. Obviously the phone can also be used as electronic keys to replace the existing analog key at this time. Usually, to open a door key one must use a key, so to access a lot of doors must have a lot of different keys. But if the phone is used as an electronic key access control must implement all the keys are not needed anymore, just with one phone can open many locks. Simulation of an electronic lock is designed to use the phone as a remote control, and the computer as a central controller. Communication between mobile phones and computers using Bluetooth. While functioning as a door lock which is connected via parallel port of computer. This electronic key system to apply Access Control using RC4 encryption and MD5 Hashing. Design modules are built using NetBeans IDE 4.1 and the MySQL database, with some additional libraries. Libraries that are mobility netbeans 4.1, mysql-connector-java-3.0.9, BlueCove, Bluelet-Benhui. Phones that use must support the Java MIDP 2.0 and JSR-82.Keywords: Hashing MD5, Enkripsi RC4, NetBeans IDE 4.1, mysql-connector-java-3.0.9
E-BUSINESS DAN E-COMMERCE SEBAGAI TREND TAKTIK BARU PERUSAHAAN
Authors: Harisno Harisno , Pujadi Tri
Published: June 2016

Nowadays, the technology rapidly develops. Renewable trend, some companies use Internet-based applications to support product marketing. Not only on promotion activities in order to display the products known by their customers, even some companies use this technology to support transactions, such as selling products to consumers. At present various ways of Internet-based transactions are often found as E-Payment, E-Transaction, E-Money and others, which aims to serve the entire world. E-Commerce is part of the E-Business is used by many corporations and individuals. This research introduced a method of marketing and Internet-based transactions. Examples include using a web blog. It also will discuss the differences between the E-Business with E-Commerce.Keywords: E-Business, E-Commerce, technology
EVALUASI MANAJEMEN PROYEK
Authors: Suryanto Suryanto , Gondodiyoto Sanyoto , I Desi N , Aryanto Aryanto , Triana Elis
Published: June 2016

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the project management and make suggestions to the problems being faced by the company. Many companies or individuals working on a project basis (project based), but many of those who do not manage the project well, even with no management at all and let the project flow as it is. Therefore, it needs a proper guidance and methods to support a project management information system. The research method used is the method of data collection, covering literature from books, articles from the internet, and study the documentation to PT ACM through direct interviews with the parties concerned with the project. The data analysis technique used is based on the 9 knowledge areas and 5 stages in project management. The results are the company’s project is proposed to be closed (closing) so as not to increase corporate spending on the project. The conclusion of this scientific work is a project run by the 2 parties have a higher risk of failure.Keywords: evaluation, management, project
PELAKSANAAN OPERASIONAL SISTEM INFORMASI PERSEDIAAN PADA PT ELANG PERKASA LESTARI JAYA
Authors: Nyoman Sukawati Anak Agung , Widjaya Ivanna Handayani , Uly Alexander , Heni Heni
Published: June 2016

The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which the operational performance of information systems for inventory based on user perceptions of information systems. The research method used is survey method, descriptive techniques, and capture data using a questionnaire and before use, calibrated test item validity and reliability test. The technical data analysis used a range of criteria and methods of Pearson (Product Moment), and data processing with the help of SPSS version 12.0, and Microsoft Excel. The results of this study the overall average of 14.48 on a scale indicator from 10.6 to 15.0, where the network operating indicators, preparation and data entry, and production control showed less good. The conclusion shows that the perception of users on information systems for inventory runs poorly.Keywords: operational implementation, inventory information system, range criterion method, Pearson correlation method
PERENCANAAN STRATEGIS TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI PADA PT ABC
Authors: Saragih Hoga , Pangestu Harta
Published: June 2016

The aims of the research is to analyze business environment and IS/IT at the company, where the method used are interviews and observation in the company. With Balanced Score Card (BSC) and Critical Success Factor (CSF) tool, the real picture of the business environment could be obtained. Result of analysis of this research is an output in the form of IT division strategy i.e. target application needed to support business, technology and human resource to support the target application. From the resulting analysis, it can be conclude that existing business environment should be supported by target application, technology, and human resource to support business strategy.Keywords: Balance Score Card (BSC), Critical Success Factor (CSF), strategy
PERANCANGAN RENCANA STRATEGIS SISTEM INFORMASI DAN TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI (SI/TI): STUDI KASUS STMIK XYZ
Authors: Maryani Maryani , Darudiato Suparto
Published: June 2016

Nowadays, business activity in every organization will not be parted from information system (IS) and information technology (IT). STMIK XYZ is one private college that has a good business growth. In order to reach the objective of the college in its vision and mission, it needs business strategy and IS/IT strategy. The basic concept in arranging framework IS/IT strategic planning in STMIK XYZ is John Ward and Joe Peppard’s concept. The framework of IS/IT strategic planning consists of 5 steps, that are initialization preparation strategic planning of IS/IT, understanding business and information needs, defining target of IS/IT, defining strategic IS/IT, and planning and implementation. Strategic analysis uses PEST analysis method, BCG matrix analysis, five Porter power analysis, SWOT analysis, value chain analysis, CSF and KPI analysis. The research result is to make a framework of IS/IT integrated strategic planning so it could ease the management to manage resources to produce information that needed, accurate, and could be used by anybody.Keywords: planning, business strategy, IS/IT strategy, information system strategic planning, Ward & Peppard method.
KAJIAN TENTANG PERKEMBANGAN E-BUSINESS TERHADAP PRAKTIK BISNIS
Authors: Herman Herman , Yakub Yakub
Published: June 2016

The simple reason that businesses use internet technology is for increasing and changing their main business processes. Most of companies have already grown from traditional business practices to e-business practices. The growth of internet affects the way of how the company changes their design, process, produce, market, and deliver the product. Product delivering process in digital way through internet is predicted to increase in various business sectors. In order to implement the e-business concept, a company needs at least one of their business partners matching six group type according to the rules and functions.Keywords: e-business, delivering process, digital
PERANCANGAN INTEGRASI SISTEM SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRODUKSI DI PT PUSTAKA IMAM SYAFII
Authors: Nabil Nabil , Noor Muwasiq Mochamad
Published: June 2016

The advancement of information technology is needed by every company. One for instance is the company of PT Pustaka Imam Asy-Syafi’i, in religious book production. In its production process, the system is still conventional; therefore there are troubles found especially in communication, recording, and scheduling. The purpose of this research is to analyse and design a production process system that create the latest that could help solving today’s production process problems. The research method that use dis data collecting method in doing quetionnaire analysis and analysis method by analysing needs and giving solution system, and then designing method application. The result concluded is the integrated production system that could increase production process work, which will be seen from value changing of a SWOT in the company. The conclusion could be seen from the second SWOT result which consists of increased performance in scheduling production process, increased performance in reporting production process, and increased communication effectivity per section.Keywords: production, SWOT, supply chain management
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT UNTUK CUSTOMER SERVICE
Authors: Sugandi Lianna
Published: June 2016

Knowledge is a success key in every field aspects. Along with the development in the world nowadays, where globalization is a challenge in every Indonesian human resource to face global competition. In this case, education has important part as media in developing qualified human resources and also as the place where they can be educated in their field. In the development of information technology, it came new systems in several fields including what educational field known as e-learning. Knowledge management (KM) is one implementation of e-learning. There is a concept that gathers all knowledge aspects in easily accessed file or document, and also in hardly accessed as knowledge and experience.Keywords: knowledge management, human resource, education
Analysis and Design: Accounting Information System in Purchasing and Supplying
Authors: Noerlina Noerlina , Johan Johan , Yoswara Yuliana
Published: June 2016

The purpose of the research are the purchase and material supply process are the main process of the company and it will determine the operational company, so it needs an accounting information system to help them in the planning and taking the best decision. Research methods used are data and information collected which using the analysis and design method. This method needs to support the design of accounting information system in the company. The result are there’s still any weaknesses happened that will hamper the operational company.Index Terms - Analysis and Design, Accounting Information System, Purchasing, Supply.
TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Authors: Zamasi Harkat Christian
Published: June 2016

Company is more aware that knowledge management is one of the important factors because it gives competitive advantages for them. Knowledge is intellectual asset that is owned by individual or company. Knowledge becomes very useful if it is documented or stored, organized, shared to others and can be understood and applied. Knowledge Management System (KMS) is made to manage knowledge. KMS does identifying process, capturing, organizing and disseminating knowledge. Technology is one of three model of KM that supports the implementation of KM. This time there are various options of technology that support the KM implementation for companies. In this research, there are various options or types of technology that can be used to support the implementation of knowledge management.Keywords: Knowledge Management; Knowledge Management System; Technology Word
THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMPUTER NETWORK PERFORMANCE WITH BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT IN KEMURNIAN II SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Authors: Kanigoro Bayu , Christanto Denny , Hartanto Sigit , Steven Steven
Published: June 2016

This research describes the improvement of computer network performance with bandwidth management in Kemurnian II Senior High School. The main issue of this research is the absence of bandwidth division on computer, which makes user who is downloading data, the provided bandwidth will be absorbed by the user. It leads other users do not get the bandwidth. Besides that, it has been done IP address division on each room, such as computer, teacher and administration room for supporting learning process in Kemurnian II Senior High School, so wireless network is needed. The method is location observation and interview with related parties in Kemurnian II Senior High School, the network analysis has run and designed a new topology network including the wireless network along with its configuration and separation bandwidth on microtic router and its limitation. The result is network traffic on Kemurnian II Senior High School can be shared evenly to each user; IX and IIX traffic are separated, which improve the speed on network access at school and the implementation of wireless network.Keywords: Bandwidth Management; Wireless Network
THE IDENTIFICATION OF EAR PRINTS USING COMPLEX GABOR FILTERS
Authors: Gunawan Alexander A S , Kurniaty Heni , Gazali Wikaria
Published: June 2016

Biometrics is a method used to recognize humans based on one or a few characteristicsphysical or behavioral traits that are unique such as DNA, face, fingerprints, gait, iris, palm, retina,signature and sound. Although the facts that ear prints are found in 15% of crime scenes, ear printsresearch has been very limited since the success of fingerprints modality. The advantage of the useof ear prints, as forensic evidence, are it relatively unchanged due to increased age and have fewervariations than faces with expression variation and orientation. In this research, complex Gaborfilters is used to extract the ear prints feature based on texture segmentation. Principal componentanalysis (PCA) is then used for dimensionality-reduction where variation in the dataset ispreserved. The classification is done in a lower dimension space defined by principal componentsbased on Euclidean distance. In experiments, it is used left and right ear prints of ten respondentsand in average, the successful recognition rate is 78%. Based on the experiment results, it isconcluded that ear prints is suitable as forensic evidence mainly when combined with otherbiometric modalities.Keywords: Biometrics; Ear prints; Complex Gabor filters; Principal component analysis;Euclidean distance
AN ANALYSIS OF SALES INFORMATION SYSTEM AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE (Study Case of UD. Citra Helmet)
Authors: Alianto Hendra , Wijaya Santo Fernandi , Arlan Fikri
Published: June 2016

Business development in this era of globalization leads companies to use information system in running business relationship by changing the traditional way of working in non-integrated information systems into integrated information systems. The intended use of the integrated information system will improve the effective and efficient way of working, such as the availability of information in real-time, accurate and informative for decision-making for the benefit of operational activities, as well as decision-making for strategic interests and the company’s business development. Especially with the application of sales information system, it will improve the company’s performance and will affect the competitiveness of companies, which can ultimately increase the maximum profit. However, in reality it is not easy to implement the integrated information system, because it is influenced by the customs, culture and mindset of the user company. It is necessary for running system analysis activity and building an integrated information system by concerning into the needs of users, management, customers and stakeholders. The implementation of integrated information system will increase productivity and achieve the effectiveness and efficiency level of company’s operations, through the analysis of sales information system will affect the competitiveness of companies.Keywords: Sales Information System Analysis
RECOGNITION DESIGN OF LICENSE PLATE AND CAR TYPE USING TESSERACT OCR AND EmguCV
Authors: Herusutopo Antonius , Zuhrudin Rizky , Wijaya Willy , Musiko Yuka
Published: June 2016

The goal of the research is to design and implement software that can recognize license plates and car types from images. The method used for the research is soft computing using library of EmguCV. There are four phases in creating the software, i.e., input image process, pre-processing, training processing and recognition. Firstly, user enters the car image. Then, the program reads and does pre-processing the image from bitmap form into vector. The next process is training process, which is learning phase in order the system to be able recognize an object (in this case license plate and car type), and in the end is the recognition process itself. The result is data about the car types and the license plates that have been entered. Using simulation, this software successfully recognized license plate by 80.223% accurate and car type 75% accurate.Keywords: Image; Pre-Processing; License plate and Car Type Recognition, Training
BENCHMARKING AND CONFIGURATION OF OPENSOURCE MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM (MES) APPLICATION
Authors: Laksmana Ganesha Nur , Tanaya Prianggada Indra , Indrayadi Yuki
Published: June 2016

Information now is an important element to every growing industry in the world. Inorder to keep up with other competitors, endless improvements in optimizing overall efficiency areneeded. There still exist barriers that separate departments in PT. XYZ and cause limitation to theinformation sharing in the system. Open-Source Manufacturing Execution System (MES) presentsas an IT-based application that offers wide variety of customization to eliminate stovepipes bysharing information between departments. Benchmarking is used to choose the best Open-SourceMES Application; and Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM) is adopted as this workguideline. As a result, recommendations of the chosen Open-Source MES Application arerepresented.Keywords: Manufacturing Execution System (MES); Open Source; Dynamic SystemDevelopment Method (DSDM); Benchmarking; Configuration
A METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE LEARNING
Authors: Pradono Satrio , Astriani Maria Seraphina , Moniaga Jurike
Published: June 2016

Learning methods play an important role and receive special attentions in our life. We live in digital era, where everyone wants something efficient, effective, dynamic, fast and interactive. The term ‘interactive’ appears in two distinct strands of educational research discourse: one concerning pedagogy and the other concerning new technologies in education. Teaching students with traditional method where there is only one way of communication is no longer effective. The word interactive is the key to have an effective and efficient teaching and learning process where the teacher can grab students’ attention and students can learn more in comparison to that of the traditional method.
IMPLEMENTATION OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ON BANKING, RETAIL, AND EDUCATIONAL INDUSTRY
Authors: Sundjaja Arta Moro
Published: June 2016

Information technology is useful to automate business process involving considerable data transaction in the daily basis. Currently, companies have to tackle large data transaction which is difficult to be handled manually. It is very difficult for a person to manually extract useful information from a large data set despite of the fact that the information may be useful in decision-making process. This article studied and explored the implementation of business intelligence in banking, retail, and educational industries. The article begins with the exposition of business intelligence role in the industries; is followed by an illustration of business intelligence in the industries and finalized with the implication of business intelligence implementation.
SKILLS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS A TOOL FOR STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING
Authors: Ekawati Ardhianiswari Diah
Published: June 2016

Finding and retaining the right talent is an important issue for organizations worldwide. The definition of what is the right talent for the organization should be created first to make sure we recruit the right people and then the next question is what should be done after the right talent has been recruited? Skills Management Systems try to answer these questions by providing skills library and skills inventory for the organizations, thus the gap analysis between the available skills and ‘missing’ skills for the organization can be produced. This analysis accompanied with the prediction of skills demands in the future is a good base to develop a hiring policy and also development plans for the current employees. This paper describes the implementation of Skills Management System in a world-class research and development organization.
EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION OF ATTENDANCE SYSTEM WITH GPS AND BIOMETRIC METHOD USING MOBILE DEVICES
Authors: Soewito Benfano , Simanjuntak Echo Wahana Marciano
Published: June 2016

The existing attendance system still has drawbacks, namely the queue in front of the finger scanner, the attendance data are not integrated with Human Resources Systems, and also the employees who work outside the office cannot get in the attendance system to roll presence. In the other hand, everyone has the mobile devices and all the mobile devices will be embedded a finger scanner in the future. In this paper, it is proposed the absence system using one own device. The finger scanner and coordinate Global Position System (GPS) are used as inputs for the attendance system that integrated with payroll system and human resource management tools. Application base on android platform is developed because the android is the most platforms that have been using in the most mobile devices. Using our proposed methodology, the employee can roll presence using their mobile devices and the do not need to be in queue and the employees who work outside the office also can roll presence. Research showed that proposed methodology can be used for the next generation attendance system.
The Feminist Views: A Review
Authors: Nehere Kalpana
Published: June 2016

The first wave of feminism emphasised on women’s emancipation and equality, whereas the second wave focused on female oppressions and struggled for their liberation. The third wave stressed the individual empowerment. 1) The Marxist feminism confined to united struggle for women’s rights. 2) The socialist feminism exposed the gender aspects of welfare state. 3) The liberal feminists struggled for the empowerment and public participation of women, 4)The individual feminism aimed at personal abilities of woman, 5) The career feminism inspired women to free in the ‘World of Men’, 6) The global feminism insisted the boundary breaking activities for women’s empowerment and reorder the rules, 7) The radical feminists bounded to entire change in social structure for equality, 8) The lesbian feminists denied the need of men for existence of women, 9) The black feminists struggled for equality within the races and Dalit within castes, 10) The womanism supported the self-identity and -respect, 11) The cultural feminists and literature explained the cultural roots of discriminations and exploitations of women, 12) The eco-feminists focused on environmental aspects and resources related to women. However, 13) The existentialists are conscious about interdependence. The feministic analyses are active, challenging and important for social welfare.
FATWA ALIRAN SESAT DAN POLITIK HUKUM MAJELIS ULAMA INDONESIA (MUI)
Authors: Hasyim Syafiq
Published: June 2016

MUI (The Indonesian Council of Ulama) is an institution established by the government of Indonesia that one of its functions is to formulate religious fatwas. The existence of the MUI as the representatives of various religious organizations, and therefore claimed to be the big tent of Muslims, became the basis for the existence of these functions. Nevertheless MUI’s fatwas on religious denominations in Indonesia, is considered partly responsible for the occurrence of discriminatory behavior and violence based on religion. This article would like to see the political aspects of the law on the MUI’s fatwas about the deviant groups which is considered as a barrier of religous freedom in Indonesia and at the same time as the trigger acts of violence based on religion. MUI’s fatwas about the deviant groups can be analyzed in at least two approaches. First, in the perspective of the discourse of blasphemy, and second from the perspective of the discourse of legal pluralism, institutionalizing MUI, and theology.
Impact of ozonation in removing organic micro-pollutants in primary and secondary municipal wastewater: effect of process parameters
Authors: Mecha Achisa C. , Onyango Maurice S. , Ochieng Aoyi , Momba Maggy N. B.
Published: June 2016

The study investigates the influence of process parameters on the effectiveness of ozonation in the removal of organic micro-pollutants from wastewater. Primary and secondary municipal wastewater containing phenol was treated. The effect of operating parameters such as initial pH, ozone dosage, and initial contaminant concentration was studied. An increase in contaminant decomposition with pH (3–11) was observed. The contaminant removal efficiencies increased with an increase in ozone dose rate (5.5–36.17 mg L−1 min−1). Furthermore, the ultraviolet absorbance (UV 254 nm) of the wastewater decreased during ozonation indicating the breakdown of complex organic compounds into low molecular weight organics. Along the reaction, the pH of wastewater decreased from 11 to around 8.5 due to the formation of intermediate acidic species. Moreover, the biodegradability of wastewaters, measured as biological and chemical oxygen demand (BOD5/COD), increased from 0.22 to 0.53. High ozone utilization efficiencies of up to 95% were attained thereby increasing the process efficiency; and they were dependent on the ozone dosage and pH of solution. Ozonation of secondary wastewater attained the South African water standards in terms of COD required for wastewater discharge and dissolved organic carbon in drinking water and increased significantly the biodegradability of primary wastewater.
Influences of electroosmosis and electrophoresis on permeate flux and membrane fouling in submerged membrane bioreactors (SMBRs)
Authors: Bayar Secil , Karagunduz Ahmet , Keskinler Bulent
Published: June 2016

The objective of this study was to investigate the influences of electroosmosis (EO) and electrophoresis (EP) on the permeate flux in submerged membrane bioreactors. When a polymeric membrane is placed in between an anode and a cathode, both EO and EP occur simultaneously, causing enhancement in flux. Results showed that after 150 min of filtration, the permeate fluxes were 60, 115, 175 and 260 L/m2/h at 0, 30, 40 and 50 V, respectively. It was shown that the EO was linearly changing with increasing voltage, reaching up to 54 L/m2/h at 50 V. EP was found to be a significant process in removing soluble microbial products from the membrane surface, resulting in an increase in permeate flux as the filtration progressed. About 20-fold of smaller protein and carbohydrate concentrations were found in the cake layer when the electrical field (EF) was applied. However, the EF application promoted pore fouling, because of the calcium and magnesium scaling.
Genetic, Clinical, and Pathologic Backgrounds of Patients with Autosomal Dominant Alport Syndrome
Authors: Kamiyoshi Naohiro , Nozu Kandai , Fu Xue Jun , Morisada Naoya , Nozu Yoshimi , Ye Ming Juan , Imafuku Aya , Miura Kenichiro , Yamamura Tomohiko , Minamikawa Shogo , Shono Akemi , Ninchoji Takeshi , Morioka Ichiro , Nakanishi Koichi , Yoshikawa Norishige , Kaito Hiroshi , Iijima Kazumoto
Published: June 2016

Background and objectives

Alport syndrome comprises a group of inherited heterogeneous disorders involving CKD, hearing loss, and ocular abnormalities. Autosomal dominant Alport syndrome caused by heterozygous mutations in collagen 4A3 and/or collagen 4A4 accounts for <5% of patients. However, the clinical, genetic, and pathologic backgrounds of patients with autosomal dominant Alport syndrome remain unclear.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We conducted a retrospective analysis of 25 patients with genetically proven autosomal dominant Alport syndrome and their family members (a total of 72 patients) from 16 unrelated families. Patients with suspected Alport syndrome after pathologic examination who were referred from anywhere in Japan for genetic analysis from 2006 to 2015 were included in this study. Clinical, laboratory, and pathologic data were collected from medical records at the point of registration for genetic diagnosis. Genetic analysis was performed by targeted resequencing of 27 podocyte-related genes, including Alport–related collagen genes, to make a diagnosis of autosomal dominant Alport syndrome and identify modifier genes or double mutations. Clinical data were obtained from medical records.

Results

The median renal survival time was 70 years, and the median age at first detection of proteinuria was 17 years old. There was one patient with hearing loss and one patient with ocular lesion. Among 16 patients who underwent kidney biopsy, three showed FSGS, and seven showed thinning without lamellation of the glomerular basement membrane. Five of 13 detected mutations were reported to be causative mutations for autosomal recessive Alport syndrome in previous studies. Two families possessed double mutations in both collagen 4A3 and collagen 4A4, but no modifier genes were detected among the other podocyte–related genes.

Conclusions

The renal phenotype of autosomal dominant Alport syndrome was much milder than that of autosomal recessive Alport syndrome or X–linked Alport syndrome in men. It may, thus, be difficult to make an accurate diagnosis of autosomal dominant Alport syndrome on the basis of clinical or pathologic findings. No modifier genes were identified among the known podocyte–related genes.
Hospital-Based Outpatient Direct Access to Physical Therapist Services: Current Status in Wisconsin
Authors: Boissonnault William G. , Lovely Karen
Published: June 2016

Background

Direct access to physical therapist services is available in all 50 states, with reported benefits including reduced health care costs, enhanced patient satisfaction, and no apparent compromised patient safety. Despite the benefits and legality of direct access, few data exist regarding the degree of model adoption, implementation, and utilization.

Objectives

The purposes of the study were: (1) to investigate the extent of implementation and utilization of direct access to outpatient physical therapist services in Wisconsin hospitals and medical centers, (2) to identify barriers to and facilitators for the provisioning of such services, and (3) to identify potential differences between facilities that do and do not provide direct access services.

Design

A descriptive survey was conducted.

Methods

Eighty-nine survey questionnaires were distributed via email to the directors of rehabilitation services at Wisconsin hospitals and medical centers. The survey investigated facility adoption of the direct access model, challenges to and resources utilized during model implementation, and current barriers affecting model utilization.

Results

Forty-seven (52.8%) of the 89 survey questionnaires were completed and returned. Forty-two percent of the survey respondents (20 of 47) reported that their facility offered direct access to physical therapist services, but fewer than 10% of patients were seen via direct access at 95% of the facilities offering such services. The most frequently reported obstacles to model implementation and utilization were lack of health care provider, administrator, and patient knowledge of direct access; its legality in Wisconsin; and physical therapists' differential diagnosis and medical screening abilities.

Limitations

Potential respondent bias and limited generalizability of the results are limitations of the study. These findings apply to hospitals and medical centers located in Wisconsin, not to facilities located in other geographic regions.

Conclusions

Respondents representing direct access organizations reported more timely access to physical therapist services, enhanced patient satisfaction, decreased organizational health care costs, and improved efficiency of resource utilization as benefits of model implementation. For organizations without direct access, not being an organizational priority, concerns from referral sources, and concerns that the physician-patient relationship would be negatively affected were noted as obstacles to model adoption.
The 2015 Nepal Earthquake(s): Lessons Learned From the Disability and Rehabilitation Sector's Preparation for, and Response to, Natural Disasters
Authors: Landry Michel D. , Sheppard Phillip S. , Leung Kit , Retis Chiara , Salvador Edwin C. , Raman Sudha R.
Published: June 2016

The frequency of natural disasters appears to be mounting at an alarming rate, and the degree to which people are surviving such traumatic events also is increasing. Postdisaster survival often triggers increases in population and individual disability-related outcomes in the form of impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions, all of which have an important impact on the individual, his or her family, and their community. The increase in postdisaster disability-related outcomes has provided a rationale for the increased role of the disability and rehabilitation sector's involvement in emergency response, including physical therapists. A recent major earthquake that has drawn the world's attention occurred in the spring of 2015 in Nepal. The response of the local and international communities was large and significant, and although the collection of complex health and disability issues have yet to be fully resolved, there has been a series of important lessons learned from the 2015 Nepal earthquake(s). This perspective article outlines lessons learned from Nepal that can be applied to future disasters to reduce overall disability-related outcomes and more fully integrate rehabilitation in preparation and planning. First, information is presented on disasters in general, and then information is presented that focuses on the earthquake(s) in Nepal. Next, field experience in Nepal before, during, and after the earthquake is described, and actions that can and should be adopted prior to disasters as part of disability preparedness planning are examined. Then, the emerging roles of rehabilitation providers such as physical therapists during the immediate and postdisaster recovery phases are discussed. Finally, approaches are suggested that can be adopted to “build back better” for, and with, people with disabilities in postdisaster settings such as Nepal.
Hepatitis B and C surveillance and screening programmes in the non-EU/EEA Member States of the WHO European Region: survey findings from 10 countries, 2012
Authors: Mozalevskis Antons , Eramova Irina , Safreed-Harmon Kelly , Lazarus Jeffrey V
Published: June 2016

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemics warrant a comprehensive response based on reliable population-level information about transmission, disease progression and disease burden, with national surveillance systems playing a major role. In order to shed light on the status of surveillance in countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region outside of the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA), we surveyed 18 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Among the 10 countries that responded, the common features of many surveillance systems included mandatory surveillance, passive case-finding and the reporting of both acute and chronic HBV and HCV. Only some countries had surveillance systems that incorporated the tracking of associated conditions and outcomes such as cirrhosis and liver transplantation. Screening programmes for some key populations appeared to be in place in many countries, but there may be gaps in relation to screening programmes for people who inject drugs, prisoners, sex workers and men who have sex with men. Nonetheless, important components of a surveillance structure are in place in the responding study countries. It is advisable to build on this structure to develop harmonised HBV and HCV surveillance for all 53 Member States of the WHO European Region following the example of the system recently instituted in EU/EEA countries.
Public preferences for vaccination programmes during pandemics caused by pathogens transmitted through respiratory droplets – a discrete choice experiment in four European countries, 2013
Authors: Determann Domino , Korfage Ida J , Fagerlin Angela , Steyerberg Ewout W , Bliemer Michiel C , Voeten Helene A , Richardus Jan Hendrik , Lambooij Mattijs S , de Bekker-Grob Esther W
Published: June 2016

This study aims to quantify and compare preferences of citizens from different European countries for vaccination programme characteristics during pandemics, caused by pathogens which are transmitted through respiratory droplets. Internet panel members, nationally representative based on age, sex, educational level and region, of four European Union Member States (Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and Sweden, n = 2,068) completed an online discrete choice experiment. These countries, from different geographical areas of Europe, were chosen because of the availability of high-quality Internet panels and because of the cooperation between members of the project entitled Effective Communication in Outbreak Management: development of an evidence-based tool for Europe (ECOM). Data were analysed using panel latent class regression models. In the case of a severe pandemic scenario, vaccine effectiveness was the most important characteristic determining vaccination preference in all countries, followed by the body that advises on vaccination. In Sweden, the advice of family and/or friends and the advice of physicians strongly affected vaccine preferences, in contrast to Poland and Spain, where the advice of (international) health authorities was more decisive. Irrespective of pandemic scenario or vaccination programme characteristics, the predicted vaccination uptakes were lowest in Sweden, and highest in Poland. To increase vaccination uptake during future pandemics, the responsible authorities should align with other important stakeholders in the country and communicate in a coordinated manner.
Brébeuf Was Never Martyred: Reimagining the Life and Death of Canada's First Saint
Authors: Carson James Taylor
Published: June 2016

Jean de Brébeuf was a Jesuit missionary who established residence in what is conventionally called the Huron Nation but was actually the island of Wendake where the Wendat people lived. The Catholic Church celebrates his death on 16 March 1649 as an act of martyrdom, and for the past three-and-a-half centuries, secular historians have more or less agreed. Even today, one can find scholars who describe his battle on behalf of “God” against “infidel Indians” as both brave and superhuman. But if we rethink the conventional narrative of Brébeuf's life, death, and sainthood, if we reorient his story around his Wendat name, Echon, and set his life on Wendake within the cultural context in which he lived, we can begin to see a completely different history that upsets the historiographical edifice that clerics and scholars alike have built atop his blessed bones. Indeed, the conventional history of Brébeuf's life and death embodies all of the hallmarks of a colonialist historiography premised on the invasion and conquest of America. Privileging Indigenous concepts of practice, identity, and cosmology, however, can challenge how we might write about such cultural encounters.
A World through Commerce: Explorations in Upper Canada (and Beyond)
Authors: McCalla Douglas
Published: June 2016

In this article, Douglas McCalla offers a necessarily selective account of an academic trajectory, with emphasis on the encouragement and the scholarly community that made it possible. Like a number of those contributing to this series, he had not foreseen becoming a historian until discovering that he was one. An interest in economic and business history began with a curiosity about urban business leadership and the trade with Britain that sustained it, then extended to an interest in the entire colonial economy. For Upper Canada, a mainly rural society, the story found in textbooks came to seem increasingly inadequate as an account of the realities of economic life. He set out to find evidence on how people lived, knowledge essential to understanding their choices and the economy they built.
Uncanny Repetitions in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour
Authors: Cocks Neil
Published: June 2016

This article addresses Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour in terms of “the uncanny,” that is, as a play concerned with doubling and instability. In a reading informed by Sigmund Freud and Judith Butler, the article analyses the processes of retrospection, reiteration, and repetition within the play, claiming that the handful of critical accounts thus far produced have underestimated the extent to which these structures disrupt appeals to a stable meaning. Such disturbances have consequences for the field of theatre history, which relies on these concepts in its methodologies and conceptual understandings. What is at stake, finally, is the contextual frame of performance studies – its ability to offer a narrative untouched by the “corrosive” power of the uncanny.