bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The overview of open education development tendencies in Russia and Canada
Authors: Sosnina N. G.
Published: January 2019

The aim of research is to describe the foreign experience of open educational resources implementation in higher education on the example of Canada. The concept of open education in this country requires federal and regional support from the government. Currently, there is a number of initiatives, aimed at maximizing the development of open educational resources. An increasing number of open educational resource initiatives in Canadian universities offer free courses to both Canadians and international students. National open education initiatives include the following projects: “Open Data”, the federal government “pilot” project; support of Canadian Council of Ministers of Education within 2012 Paris Open Educational Resources Declaration; and the Creative Society of Canada. British Columbia and Alberta support open educational resources as a part of the most important open education initiatives at the regional level. However, a number of problems prevent the full development of the open education system.

Materials and methods of research include discourse-analysis of domestic and foreign scientific sources, devoted to the problems of open education. The methodological basis is the study of the legal framework of open education, a retrospective analysis of the open education development process in Canadian universities and the analysis of existing open educational projects.

The results of the study show that the need to implement the policy of open education imposes new requirements to the process of determining the level of educational programs development and the formation of a unified system of formal credits.

Conclusion. The Canadian examination of open educational resources regulates all sectors of education and training in the country. This examination is a review of the results of open education principles implementation at the national and regional levels. The article discusses the features of both regional and foreign projects functioning. The advantages of open educational policy for different segments of the population are described.
Cancer Immunoinformatics: A Promising Era in the Development of Peptide Vaccines for Human Papillomavirus-induced Cervical Cancer
Authors: Kaliamurthi Satyavani , Selvaraj Gurudeeban , Junaid Muhammad , Khan Abbas , Gu Keren , Wei Dong-Qing
Published: January 2019

Cancer immunoinformatics have led to new directions towards vaccine design from predicted potential
epitope candidates, which are able to stimulate the correct cellular or humoral immune responses. They were
employed to accomplish an advanced vaccine design through reverse vaccinology by replacing the whole organisms.
In this review, computational tools play an essential role in evaluating multiple proteomes to identify and
select the potential targeted epitopes or combinations of distinct epitopes, so that candidates may afford a rationale
design competent for obtaining suitable cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) or B cell-mediated immune responses.
This review is a complete collection of the most beneficial online and user-friendly immunological tools,
servers, and databases for the design and development of the peptide vaccine. The mechanism of major
histocompatability (MHC)-restricted peptide presentation and how these tools support the vaccine development
are also presented. The human papillomavirus (HPV) is taken as a model microbial strain for peptide vaccine
design and its sensitization against HPV-induced cervical cancer is discussed.
Bacopa monnieri Supplements Offset Paraquat-Induced Behavioral Phenotype and Brain Oxidative Pathways in Mice
Authors: Krishna Gokul , Hosamani Ravikumar , Muralidhara
Published: January 2019

Background:

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is characterized by alterations in cerebellum and basal ganglia functioning with corresponding motor deficits and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Involvement of oxidative dysfunction has been implicated for the progression of PD, and environmental neurotoxin exposure could influence such behavior and psychiatric pathology. Assessing dietary supplementation strategies with naturally occurring phytochemicals to reduce behavioral anomalies associated with neurotoxin exposure would have major clinical importance. The present investigation assessed the influence of Bacopa monneri (BM) on behaviors considered to reflect anxiety-like state and motor function as well as selected biochemical changes in brain regions of mice chronically exposed to ecologically relevant herbicide, paraquat (PQ).

Materials & Methods:

Male mice (4-week old, Swiss) were daily provided with oral supplements of standardized BM extract (200 mg/kg body weight/day; 3 weeks) and PQ (10 mg/kg, i.p. three times a week; 3 weeks).

Results:

We found that BM supplementation significantly reversed the PQ-induced reduction of exploratory behavior, gait abnormalities (stride length and mismatch of paw placement) and motor impairment (rotarod performance). In a separate study, BM administration prevented the reduction in dopamine levels and reversed cholinergic activity in brain regions important for motor (striatum) pathology. Further, in mitochondria, PQ-induced decrease in succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) activity and energy charge (MTT reduction), was restored with BM supplementation.

Conclusion:

These findings suggest that BM supplementation mitigates paraquat-induced behavioral deficits and brain oxidative stress in mice. However, further investigations would enable us to identify specific molecular mechanism by which BM influences behavioural pathology.
Patient-Specific Static Structural Analysis of Femur Bone of different lengths
Authors: Chethan K.N. , Bhat Shyamasunder N. , Zuber Mohammad , Shenoy Satish B.
Published: January 2019

Background:

The femur bone is an essential part of human activity, providing stability and support in carrying out our day to day activities. The inter-human anatomical variation and load bearing ability of humans of different heights will provide the necessary understanding of their functional ability.

Objective:

In this study, femur bone of two humans of different lengths (tall femur and short femur) were subjected to static structural loading conditions to evaluate their load-bearing abilities using Finite Element Analysis.

Methods:

The 3D models of femur bones were developed using MIMICS from the CT scans which were then subjected to static structural analysis by varying the load from 1000N to 8000N. The von Mises stress and deformation were captured to compare the performance of each of the femur bones.

Results:

The tall femur resulted in reduced Von-Mises stress and total deformation when compared to the short femur. However, the maximum principle stresses showed an increase with an increase in the bone length. In both the femurs, the maximum stresses were observed in the medullary region.

Conclusion:

When the applied load exceeds 10 times the body weight of the person, the tall femur model exceeded 134 MPa stress value. The short femur model failed at 9 times the body weight, indicating that the tall femur had higher load-bearing abilities.
Serum Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin Measured at Admission to Predict Mortality in Sepsis-associated Acute Kidney Injury of Vietnamese Critically Ill Patients
Authors: Thang Le V. , Tuan Pham N. H. , Kien Nguyen T. , Dung Nguyen T. T. , Tue Nguyen T. , Duong Nguyen D. , Ha Nguyen T. T. , Van Diem T. , V. Duc Nguyen , Nghia Vu X. , Dung Nguyen H. , Huong Nguyen T. T. , Dung Pham T.
Published: January 2019

Purpose:

To evaluate incidence of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) in the AKI Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients and predictive value of Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) measured at the admission in mortality of SA-AKI and non SA-AKI.

Patients and Methods:

A study of 101 consecutive adult patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) diagnosed as AKI in which there were 60 patients with SA-AKI. Acute kidney injury was defined based on Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) criteria. Serum NGAL was measured using the BioVendor Human Lipocalin-2/NGAL ELISA with blood sample taken at admission.

Results:

Incidence of septic acute kidney injury was 59.4%, incidence of death patients reached 20.0%. Mean concentration of serum NGAL in death group was 633.56 ng/ml, higher significantly than that of survival patients (328.84 ng/ml), p<0.005. Serum NGAL in non SA-AKI patients showed a better prognostic value to predict hospital mortality than that in SA-AKI patients (AUC: 0.894 and 0,807 respectively; p < 0.005)

Conclusion:

In SA-AKI patients, serum NGAL and mortality rate increased along with the stage of AKI. Serum NGAL, measuring at admission time, was a good prognostic biomarker of mortality in both SA-AKI and non SA-AKI patients.
Influence of duration and frequency of load application on the stress-strain state of the track
Authors: Zheleznov M. M. , Pevzner V. O. , Solov’ev V. P. , Anisin A. V. , Anisina I. M. , Nadezhin S. S. , Tret’yakov I. V.
Published: January 2019

Abstract. In 2014–2016 on the Kovdor—Pinozero section of Oktyabrskaya Railway tests were carried out on the impact of cars with axial loads of 245.3 and 264.9 kN on the track in comparison with standard cars with an axial load of 230.5 kN. Test program included trips to five experimental sections of the track with the same construction of the track superstructure, but different parameters of the road bed. Tests carried out on the impact on the track of trains weighing from 2000 to 8000 tons at different axial loads of cars and moving at different speeds made it possible to estimate the dependence of the growth of vertical forces acting on the rail on the duration and frequency of load application. Work on the registration of vertical forces was carried out by the specialists of the Department “Tracks and track facility” of the JSC “VNIIZhT”. On the basis of the results obtained, a mathematical model was developed that describes the effect of increasing the impact of railcars on the track as the load application increases, allowing calculations for various characteristics of the base. In the future, it is planned to use this model to estimate the accumulation of deformations of the track with different characteristics of the base and variants of train load. Obtained results allow stating that the accumulation of track failures depends not only on the level of the axial load and the mass of the train, but also on the duration and frequency of the load application.
Babesia bigemina en bovinos del municipio Los Palmitos (Sucre, Colombia)
Authors: Martínez-Mercado María Rebeca , Caraballo-Blanco Libardo Enrique , Blanco-Tuirán Pedro José
Published: January 2019

La babesiosis bovina es una enfermedad que suele causar pérdidas en el sector pecuario, por lo que es necesario el diagnóstico temprano del hemoparásito que la causa en los bovinos. El objetivo de esta investigación fue la detección mediante pcr dúplex de especies de Babesia que estén presentes en bovinos en el municipio Los Palmitos en el departamento de Sucre, Colombia. Para esto, se estudió una muestra de 218 individuos distribuidos en 12 predios, en edades comprendidas entre tres meses y nueve años, a los que se les tomaron muestras de sangre y se analizaron mediante identificación microscópica en frotis sanguíneo con coloración de Giemsa y por la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa (pcr) con cebadores específicos para las especies Babesia bovis y B. bigemina. Se obtuvieron tres muestras positivas para B. bigemina por frotis sanguíneo, correspondientes al 1,4 % del total de las muestras; por pcr se identificaron cinco bovinos infectados correspondientes al 2,33 % del total, cuyo hemoparásito detectado fue B. bigemina, que obedece a las muestras identificadas por microscopia óptica. Los bovinos positivos para B. bigemina son asintomáticos; cuatro de ellos machos menores a dos años de edad y solo un individuo hembra de tres años de edad. En Los Palmitos, B. bigemina está siendo portada de manera activa por los bovinos, que se mantienen como portadores asintomáticos de la infección.
Infodemiological patterns in searching medication errors: relationship with risk management and shift work (Preprint)
Authors: Fabbian Fabio , Di Simone Emanuele , Dionisi Sara , Giannetta Noemi , De Gennaro Luigi , Di Muzio Marco
Published: January 2019

BACKGROUND

Western world health care systems have been trying to improve their efficiency and effectiveness in order to respond properly to the aging of the population and the epidemic of noncommunicable diseases. Errors in drugs administration is an actual important issue due to different causes.

OBJECTIVE

Aim of this study is to measure interest in online seeking medical errors information online related to interest in risk management and shift work.

METHODS

We investigated Google Trends® for popular search relating to medical errors, risk management and shift work. Relative search volumes (RSVs) were evaluated for the period November 2008-November 2018 all around the world. A comparison between RSV curves related to medical errors, risk management and shift work was carried out. Then we compared world to Italian search.

RESULTS

RSVs were persistently higher for risk management than for medication errors during the study period (mean RSVs 74 vs. 51%) and RSVs were stably higher for medical errors than shift work during the study period (mean RSVs 51 vs 23%). In Italy, RSVs were much lower than the rest of the world, and RSVs for medication errors during the study period were negligible. Mean RSVs for risk management and shift work were 3 and 25%, respectively. RSVs related to medication errors and clinical risk management were correlated (r=0.520, p<0.0001).

CONCLUSIONS

Google search query volumes related to medication errors, risk management and shift work are different. RSVs for risk management are higher, are correlated with medication errors, and the relationship with shift work appears to be even worse, by analyzing the entire world. In Italy such a relationship completely disappears, suggesting that it needs to be emphasized by health care authorities.
Mercado de opções como alternativa de gestão do risco de preço para o sojicultor
Authors: Valaski Betina Simon , Dalchiavon Flávio Carlos
Published: January 2019

A gestão do risco de preço é ainda pouco utilizada pelo sojicultor, muitas vezes devido à falta de conhecimento. Objetivou-se avaliar se o Mercado de Opções atende à finalidade de proteção de preços (“hedge”) para a soja. Foram calculados o custo operacional efetivo [COE] e a margem de contribuição operacional efetiva [MCOE] para a safra de soja 2015/2016, utilizando-se os dados de uma propriedade rural de Cascavel-PR. Simulou-se o uso do Mercado de Opções na Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros [BM&FBOVESPA], utilizando-se dois preços de exercício [Pe] negociados sobre o contrato futuro de soja K16, considerando-se os valores das compras a prazo com insumos e os seus vencimentos. A MCOE obtida após a simulação foi comparada a MCOE obtida sem “hedge”. Foram calculadas a correlação e as bases diárias, considerandose os preços no mercado futuro (BM&FBOVESPA) e no mercado físico, na Secretaria da Agricultura e do Abastecimento do Estado do Paraná [SEAB], entre 30 de março de 2015 e 28 de abril de 2016. A correlação obtida foi de 0,82 e as bases diárias foram sempre negativas. Os resultados da simulação na BM&FBOVESPA foram negativos para ambos os Pe, visto que o mercado era altista, assim, a Opção não é exercida e o prejuízo limita-se ao prêmio pago pela Opção. Esses resultados negativos reduziram a MCOE em 7,31% e 1,97%. Buscar o conhecimento e a compreensão dos riscos e do funcionamento desse Mercado é fundamental para que o sojicultor obtenha sucesso.
Using laser scanning to detect deviations of structures from their design values
Authors: Kuznetsova A.A.
Published: January 2019

The survey and analysis of the geodesic control types and methods in supporting construction processwere performed. The factors, influencing the geodesic control that lead to the deviations of the assembled structures from their design values in the conditions of real construction, were described. The technological scheme of work on ground laser scanning combined with information modeling was presented. The implementation of the works is illustrated by the example of accompanying the construction of a process unit at one of the oil refineries. The proposed technological scheme can be used as a geodesic control tool in order to detect deviations of assembled structures from design values during constructing technologically complex industrial objects. The results of experimental researches were shown and the analysis of the revealed deviations and their admissible values according to the technical task was carried out. The results showed the need for timely and prompt identification of critical deviations from the project.
Spatial-temporal data collection process models using mobile sinks
Authors: Materuhin A.V. , Shakhov V.V. , Sokolova O.D.
Published: January 2019

Optimization of energy consumption in geosensor networks is a very important factor in ensuring stability, since geosensors used for environmental monitoring have limited possibilities for recharging batteries. The article is a concise presentation of the research results in the area of increasing the energy consumption efficiency for the process of collecting spatio-temporal data with wireless geosensor networks. It is shown that in the currently used configurations of geosensor networks there is a predominant direction of the transmitted traffic, which leads to the fact that through the routing nodes that are close to the sinks, a much more traffic passes than through other network nodes. Thus, an imbalance of energy consumption arises in the network, which leads to a decrease in the autonomous operation time of the entire wireless geosensor networks. It is proposed to use the possible mobility of sinks as an optimization resource. A mathematical model for the analysis of the lifetime of a wireless geosensor network using mobile sinks is proposed. The model is analyzed from the point of view of optimization energy consumption by sensors. The proposed approach allows increasing the lifetime of wireless geosensor networks by optimizing the relocation of mobile sinks.
What is Brand? Some Insights in the Historical Development
Authors: Ur Rehman Fazal , Md Yusoff Rosman Bin , Ismail Fadillah Binti , Javed Farwida
Published: January 2019

The aim of this study is to enhance understanding in the philosophy of the brand along with its historical development around the world. Its main purpose is to clarify the nature of the brand, its origination, ancient phase, digital phase and the future of branding. This study is based on the secondary source to clarify the gap of knowledge, understand the thought of branding and review the literature in regard to its historical development and evaluation around the world. It has found that brand is a tangible and non-tangible asset of a business that presents a unique identity and reputation among a wide set of competitors, and is perceived as a market leader in a particular industry. The study has found that branding is the best practice to enhance the image and value of business among targeted consumers. It has anticipated that branding is the technique to gain competitive advantage and accomplish the objectives of a business. This study presents a comprehensive overview of the nature of branding along with its wide historical development (origin, ancient phase, digital phase, future phase) around the world.
Influence of the characteristics of biogas generated in the leather industry on combustion quality
Authors: Mihaescu Lucian , Lazaroiu Gheorghe , Negreanu Gabriel , Pisa Ionel
Published: January 2019

The treatment of protein waste in the leather industry also includes
transformation into biogas through anaerobic digestion. A pilot plant
producing biogas with a 45-60% CH4 concentration was designed for this
purpose. Starting from primary experimental tests in a Bunsen burner, the
paper presents the theoretical aspects of choosing the best combustion
technique for this peculiar gaseous fuel in order to calculate the
combustion velocity and checking the conditions for the flame stability. The
applicability of the kinetic combustion (with pre-mix) will be attempted,
because low combustion rates for this fuel also involve low air velocities.
Diffusive combustion seems to not be affected by this impediment, as there
is always an equality condition of flame velocity with burning speed, so a
theoretical spot of a stable flame. After selecting the best combustion
technique, a pilot burner will be designed and tested.
Efficiency of operation of 300 MW condensing thermal power blocks with supercritical steam parameters in sliding pressure mode
Authors: Milovanovic Zdravko , Dumonjic-Milovanovic Svetlana , Milasinovic Aleksandar , Knezevic Darko
Published: January 2019

The previous research of the application of sliding pressure has shown
certain advantages in the operation of high-power condensing blocks with
supercritical steam parameters in sliding pressure mode in comparison to the
one with constant pressure. The maintenance of stable temperature regime
and thermal expansion of turbine elements, prolongation of service life of
materials of steam pipes and heating surfaces of the boiler due to the
decrease in pressure of the working medium are only some of those
advantages. On the other hand, the operation mode of a condensing block
with sliding pressure is characterized by the change in cost-effectiveness.
The result of this change is mainly due to the de-crease of steam throttling
in the turbine's balancing valves and the increase of its internal action in
a high pressure turbine, then also due to reduced steam consumption of the
feed turbo pump just like a drop in the feed water pressure at the steam
boiler inlet. A model has been developed within the framework of this study
that follows such changes and their graphical interpretation is provided.
The analysis results show that switching 300 MW blocks from the constant to
the sliding pressure regime in the 30-60% load range increases the block
efficiency respectively by 6.70-1.05%.
The influence of temperature on the adsorption of cationic surfactants on muscovite mica
Authors: Manojlovic Jelena
Published: January 2019

The attention in this paper is directed toward the modification of the mica
surface by adsorption of quaternary ammonium surfactants, and the influence
of temperature on the adsorption process. The aim is to produce a very
well-ordered hydrophobic surface. In order to produce adsorbed layers, we
realized numerous experiments and applied the solutions of different
surfactants concentrations, be-low and above the critical micelle
concentration. The characterization of adsorbed layers was performed by
contact angle measurements and atomic force microscopy imaging, and we
observed films of variable morphology. The influence of many parameters is
responsible for different results, such as solution concentration, and
temperature, humidity in sample analysis, as well as substrate properties
(muscovite mica). Special attention was paid to the influence of
temperature on the solution properties and the stability of the deposited
surfactants layers.
Urban and architectural character of thermal ambient influences in operation of photovoltaic panels on buildings
Authors: Mitkovic Petar , Djekic Jelena , Mitkovic Mihailo , Igic Milica , Dinic-Brankovic Milena , Bogdanovic-Protic Ivana , Ljubenovic Milica
Published: January 2019

This paper presents some basic urban and architectural requirements regarding
the installation of solar panels for electricity production on buildings.
These requirements are usually design ? aesthetic and functional ?
constructive. However, from the thermal ambient aspect, constructor?s
solution is often not in accordance with requirements of architectural and
urban planning profession. It is a known fact that thermal environment
impacts the yield in the solar panels production. The aim of this paper is
to show, based on experience of solar power plant DOMIT, city of Leskovac,
Serbia, what is the expected effect in that aspect, in order to choose the
optimal solution with regard to the character of the building. The most
favorable production have solar power plants built on buildings where the
panels on the underside are completely open because they have the best
ventilation, and therefore cooling.
ANALISIS RESISTIVITAS BAWAH PERMUKAAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE GEOLISTRIK KONFIGURASI WENNER–SCHLUMBERGER DAN DIPOLE-DIPOLE DI DAERAH GEOTHERMAL GUNUNG SIBAYAK KABUPATEN KARO PROVINSI SUMATERA UTARA
Authors: Octavani Arie Sapta , Kadri Muhammad
Published: January 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan penyebaran batuan dan fluida yang terdapat di bawah permukaan daerah potensi panas bumi Gunung Sibayak Kabupaten Karo Provinsi Sumatera Utara. Berdasarkan analisa nilai resistivitasnya dengan menggunakan metode geolistrik konfigurasi Wenner-Schlumberger dan Dipole-Dipole. Penelitian dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode geolistrik konfigurasi Wenner-Schlumberger dan Dipole-Dipole yang didasari dengan hukum Ohm untuk mengetahui resistivitas jenis perlapisan batuan pada tiap lapisan permukaan bumi. Dengan menginjeksikan arus melalui dua elektroda arus maka beda potensial yang muncul dapat terukur dari elektroda potensial. Variasi harga tahanan jenis akan didapatkan jika jarak masing-masing elektroda diubah, sesuai dengan konfigurasi Wenner-Schlumberger dan Dipole-Dipole. Nilai tahanan jenis yang terukur bukan merupakan harga sebenarnya akan tetapi merupakan nilai tahanan jenis semu (Apparent Resisitivity). Kemudian data yang diperoleh ditampilkan dengan menggambarkan kontur 2D menggunakan software Res2dinv. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa adanya potensi geothermal di daerah penelitian dengan indikasi nilai hambatan yaitu 209 Ωm sampai dengan 442 Ωm pada lintasan pertama dengan konfigurasi Dipole-Dipole, 32.9 Ωm sampai dengan 79.0 Ωm pada lintasan kedua dengan konfigurasi Wenner-Schlumberger, 4.56 Ωm sampai dengan 18.7 Ωm pada lintasan kedua dengan konfigurasi Dipole-Dipole. Hasil penelitian juga menunjukkan bahwa nilai resistivitas lintasan kedua antara konfigurasi Wenner-Schlumberger dengan Dipole-Dipole mempunyai nilai resistivitas yang sedikit berbeda yang disebabkan oleh kedalaman yang berbeda dan nilai ketidakpastian alat yang berbeda.Kata Kunci : Geolistrik, Konfigurasi Wenner-Schlumberger, Konfigurasi Dipole-dipole, Geothermal
RANCANG BAGUN ALAT PENDETEKSI KELAYAKAN AIR MINUM YANG DIPRODUKSI DEPOT AIR MINUM ISI ULANG (AMIU) BERBASIS MIKROKONTROLER AT89S51 DAN LCD MENGGUNAKAN INFRAMERAH DAN PHOTODIODA SEBAGAI INDIKATOR
Authors: Afandi Irpan , Amdani Khairul
Published: January 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kelyakan air minum isi ulang yang diproduksi depot air minum dengan menggunakan mikrokontroler AT89S51 yang difungsikan sebagai penghitung kadar zat terlarut serta derajat keasaman (pH). Prinsip dari alat ini adalah menampilkan menampilkan kadar zat terlarut serta derajat keasaman pada air minum di LCD. Rangkaian sensor menggunakan photodioda, yang dirangkai sehingga dapat mendeteksi sumber cahaya yang mengenai penampang photodioda ke bentuk energi listrik yang mampu direspon oleh mikrokontroler. Sumber cahaya sebagai receiver menggunakan sinar inframerah yang mengeluarkan cahaya fokus. Rangkaian penampil menggunakan LCD yang menampilkan nilai kadar zat terlarut serta derajat keasaman air minum dengan menggunakan sensor pH. Dari hasil pengujian yang telah dilakukan, alat ini mampu mendeteksi dan menampilkan jumlah kadar zat terlarut dengan rentang 15–240 ppm.  Berdasarkan data pengukuran pada tabel 4.3 selisih nilai koefisien yang diperoleh pada kadar zat terlarut (TDS) air minum isi ulang yang diproduksi depot air minum sebesar 0,002 sedangkan nilai koefisien derajat keasaman (pH) air minum sebesar 0,474. Berdasarkan hal di atas, maka alat pengukuran yang dirancang  pengukuran kadar zat terlarut (TDS)  dan derajat keasamman (pH) dengan menggunakan inframerah dan photodioda serta sensor pH dapat difungsikan seperti alat ukur pada umummnya.Kata Kunci : Inframerah,photodioda, sensor pH, mikrokontoler, assembly.
Developing English Job Interview Skill by Self-Access Language Learning through Audio Podcast-Based Learning Media
Authors: Soerjowardhana Aloysius , Nugroho Raden Arief
Published: January 2019

In the era of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Indonesian job seekers must have English competency. Without mastering English language, they will be defeated by foreign ready-to-use job seekers. It can be detected in the job interview that their English competency is low. It is caused by a serious condition that they have no effective time to learn English in formal or non-formal English schools. Hence, an effort to improve their English speaking skill is needed. One of the ways to improve English speaking skill is by Self-Access Language Learning (SALL) through audio podcast-based learning media. By using audio podcast-based learning media, the job seekers can practice their English speaking ability by themselves anytime and anywhere. This research conducted an action research to investigate the improvement of English job interview skill of an interviewee with intermediate level of English, which was focused on the improvement of the interviewee abilities to answer the interviewer’s questions. To assess the quality of the English job interview, the researchers used an interview quality parameter designed by Overseas Programming and Training Support (OPATS) Peace Corps (2005). It is based on the assessment of function and content. The result shows that after two treatments, the job seeker (interviewee) improves her English job interview skill. The improvement can be seen from the changes according to the functional ability; it is shown from the change of answer style from descriptive into narrative way and the changes according to the content; it is shown from the change of answer content from daily routine into professional rational. Therefore, the researchers recommend the Indonesian job seekers to use audio podcast-based learning media by SALL to develop their English job interview skill.
Students’ Responses to the Application of Peer-Editing Group Correction for Cause–Effect Written Assignments
Authors: Egar Ngasbun , Musarokah Siti
Published: January 2019

The study aims at describing the students’ response to the application of Group Correction of Students’ Written Assignment technique assisted with Peer-Editing Worksheet in cause-effect essay teaching. The type of the study is descriptive qualitative research. The respondents of the study are the fourth semester students of the English Education Department of Universitas PGRI Semarang. The techniques used to collect the data are questionnaire and interview. The data are analyzed qualitatively The result of the study shows that through Group Correction of Students’ Written Assignment technique assisted with Peer-Editing Worksheet, the students can take some advantages. For example, the students can review other group’ works easily; they can also learn from other work errors to avoid making the same errors in their own writing, and add more ideas on their own writing by reading others’ works, etc. In conclusion, Group Correction of Students’ Written Assignment technique assisted with Peer-Editing Worksheet is useful learning technique for both the writer of the essay and the students who provide feedback.
Kwentong Pambata: Interactive Storybook for Filipino Fables, Legends, Parables and Short Stories
Authors: Mitschek Marivic Reyes , Nolasco Maureen Joy M. , Pindot Maria Cristina DC , Sy Romina J.
Published: January 2019

This paper focused on the development and evaluation of a mobile application in which children could interact, be entertained, and especially be educated at the same time. It was mainly designed for children, parents/guardians, and teachers as well. The interactive storybook which was created was different from those available in the market.  Kwentong Pambata is a children’s storybook application designed for Android devices that features Filipino legends, fables, parables and short stories designed for Filipino children and children all over the world. It portrays Filipino values, traditions and character which contains moral lesson at the end of each story that would educate children’s view in life, their characters, moral uprightness, and values. It is a storybook which contains fun pictures, texts, and sounds that kids will truly enjoy. The goal of the study is to develop an Android application that children could interact, learn, read, be entertained, improve and develop children’s imagination and comprehension skills at an early age, and to promote Filipino stories and moral values. Kwentong Pambata application was developed using ActionScript 3.0. and Adobe Flash CS5.5. The application has 3 different language translations such as Filipino, English, and Mandarin. The proponents used ADDIE model for the development of the application. After the development, the application was evaluated. The total number of 40 respondents which were selected through probability sampling is used for the evaluation process. The application was evaluated according to its Usability, Reliability, Efficiency and Graphical User Interface (GUI).  The evaluation questionnaire showed that the application was rated as very satisfactory with the help of the respondents and was improved throughout its revisions.
A Labour Useful to Students: Contrasting Perspectives on Teaching Translation Studies
Authors: Aveling Harry
Published: January 2019

Translation Pedagogy is one of the most under-developed fields of Translation Studies. This paper will provide an introduction to three different approaches to the teaching of Translation: the Classical European, the “transmissionist” approach and the contemporary “social constructivist” approach. The paper will show how the relationship between teacher and student varies in each of these models
An Error Analysis of Using Phrases in Writing Recount Text at Tenth Grade in SMA Parulian 2 Medan
Authors: Sitorus Gadis Selvia , Sipayung Kammer
Published: January 2019

This thesis is the study about an error analysis of using phrases in writing recount text at tenth grader in SMA Parulian 2 Medan. The objective of the study is to identify the types of common phrases’ error made by the students of tenth grader in SMA Parulian 2 Medan in writing recount text. This study used descriptive qualitative research. The subject of this study is the tenth grade students of SMA Parulian 2 Medan which consists of three classes. The object of this study is class of X-A. The instrument of collecting data used writing test, writing recount text. The data were analyzed by identifying the students’ phrases errors by underlining each error from students’ answer sheet, after that classifying the types of error based on five types of phrases. Finally, the research result showed that there are 145 phrases errors made by the students X-A in writing recount text. The types of phrases which indicate common error is on noun phrase. The number of noun phrase error are 83 with percentage 57,24%, followed by verb phrase has 28 with percentage 19,31%, the third is prepositional phrase which has 22 with percentage 15,17%, the fourth is adjective phrase which has 10 with percentage 6,90%, the last is adverb phrase has 2 with percentage 1,38%.  It was caused the students constructed or arranged the words or sentences based on Indonesian meaning. English has different rules in constructing phrases. The students also were lack of knowledge about phrases. Therefore, English teachers are expected to focus on types of phrases in learning English.
Teachers’ Implementations of Teaching Techniques for Young Learners
Authors: Diptoadi Veronica Listyani , Mindari Ruruh , Tedjasuksmana Hendra
Published: January 2019

Although often taking part in seminars and workshops on how to teach English to their students, it seems that elementary school teachers of English (though not all) do not really implement what they have received in their classrooms. The seminar that the English Department of Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University held on the 8th of August 2015 was a workshop where the participants, the elementary school teachers of English, were trained to demonstrate how to use drama, storytelling, games and songs as techniques in teaching English to their students. They were expected to be able to use these techniques in their respective classrooms. The techniques became the alternatives to the current techniques being practiced at schools to enliven the learning atmosphere. Therefore, this study which is the third level or the last level of our project on developing an English handbook for English teachers at elementary schools, is in the form of an observational study describing how the teachers implemented the techniques -- drama, storytelling, games and songs -- in their respective classrooms, students’ responses and   what problems took place when the teachers were carrying out the techniques. The results show that the teachers were able to teach those techniques in their classes, students actively took part more actively in their English class, and they liked games and songs much.
Representing Multicultural Semarang through Gambang Semarang’s Narrative
Authors: Azizah Rona Cita , Edelweiss Susanna , Riyandari Angelika
Published: January 2019

Dance is usually perceived as a structured movement done by a person or more and accompanied by music and in some cases songs. The attention on physical movement often neglects the narrative which may exist behind a dance. Dances often have stories which frame the sequence of movements done by the dancers. The stories in a dance have elements of literature such as theme, plot, characters, and setting. This paper which is part of an on-going research on Semarang traditional dance discusses the story told through the movements and costume of Gambang Semarang dance. Gambang Semarang is traditional performing arts from Semarang which originally consists of music, vocal, dance, and comedy. Gambang Semarang dance was a small part of Gambang Semarang performance, but it is often performed separately from the complete performance now. The dance is commonly accompanied by Gambang  Semarang music which combines Javanese music instruments, gamelan, and Chinese music instruments. In some occasions, songs such as Gambang Semarang and Gado-Gado Semarang are presented along with the music. Gambang Semarang dance itself is often considered as Semarang’s identity as the dance tries to embrace the multicultural society of Semarang which are Javanese, Chinese, and Arabs through the dance movements and the costume worn by the dancer. Data were collected through interviews with key informants. The results of the interviews then were analyzed to find out the stories represented by Gambang Semarang. The findings show that dance movements and costumes of Gambang Semarang indeed represent multicultural Semarang.
TWENTIETH CENTURY CANADIAN SCEINCE FICTION: AN ANALYTICAL NOTE ON CERTAIN DOMINANT THEMES
Authors: George Jacob
Published: January 2019

Modern science fiction being overwhelmingly an American phenomenon, a distinctive Canadian model or tradition that could be contrasted with the American one emerged only during the last couple of decades. The delayed flowering of science fiction and fantasy in the Canadian literary context is often attributed to a certain atrophy of the fantastic imagination in Canada. Yet, the rare appearance of science fictional flights' in pre-Second World War Canlit is best ascribed not to the aridity of the fantastic imagination, but to the fact that the preponderance of works that constitute the 'canon' of Canadian fiction are realistic or naturalistic. Such a marginalization of the fantastic mode appears to be the direct consequence of holding realistic and naturalistic paradigms as effective tools of nationalis
VIEWING CONTRASTIVE RHETORIC FROM A POST MODERN PERSPECTIVE: FINDING AN IMPLICATION TO THE SECOND LANGUAGE WRITING PEDAGOGY
Authors: Susilo Susilo
Published: January 2019

The hybrid nature of culture that comes up as a result of

postmodern world brings about considerable interaction,

borrowing, and fusion between cultures and communicative genres. In such situation, there is erosion of national boundaries, greater multilingualism, and fluidity in identity; hence a" absolute construct of particular culture is getting blurred. Consequently, the term "native identity" has come to a "blurring spot" in the sense that it will be simply awkward to hold firmly one's native identity when multilingualism has become norm. This hybridand plural character of identity has gone to be considerable as the basis of contrastive texts analysis. The newest way of looking at the contrastive rhetoric is that differences in pragmatic or rhetorical expectations should not be considered as unproficiency or interference for the bi/multilingual writer, rather rhetorical choices opted

by the bi/multilingual writer should be considered as critical/alternate discourse. This article is aimed to look at the pedagogy of shuttling between languages done by multilingual writers as the new orientation in the teaching and learning second language writing.
HUBUNGAN ANTARA MOTIVASI BELAJAR DAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA SDN EMMY SAELAN MAKASSAR
Authors: Yuliany Nur
Published: January 2019

AbstrakTujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengaruh motivasi belajar terhadap hasil belajar matematika siswa SDN Emmy Saelan Makassar. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimen dengan jenis penelitian Quasi Experimental  dengan desain penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Non Equivalent Control Grup desaign. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah random sampling. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan dalam pengumpulan data adalah angket dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis deskriptif dan analisis statistik nonparametrik. Hasil dari analisis deskriptif untuk motivasi belajar siswa dalam kategori Tinggi sebesar 53,75% dari 80 Siswa. Sedangkan hasil belajar matematika siswa SDN Emmy Saelan Makassar untuk interval nilai 7-7,4 dengan rata-rata sebesar  62,5%.  Hasil analisis statistik nonprametrik dimana  nilai koefisien korelasi evaluasi dengan motivasi versi Kendall adalah s Sebesar 0,522, sedangkan nilai koefisien korelasi menurut Spearman adalah sebesar 0,575. Dari perhitungan  nilai t hitung, dimana H0 adalah tidak ada pengaruh antara kedua variabel dan H1 adalah ada pengaruh antara kedua variable, t hitung > t tabel maka H0 ditolak.  Nilai t hitung (5,405 untuk Kendall dan 6,208 untuk Sperman > t tabel 2,326 maka H0 ditolak dan H1 diterima. Jadi Terdapat hubungan antara motivasi belajar terhadap hasil belajar siswa SDN Emmy Saelan Makassar. AbstractThe purpose of this study is to find out about  the motivation in learning mathematics influencing students' learning outcomes at Emmy Saelan Elementary School of Makassar. This research is an experimental study with the type of Quasi Experimental research with the research design used in this study is the desaign Non Equivalent Control Group. The sampling technique used is random sampling. The research instruments used in data collection were questionnaires and documentation. The data analysis technique used was descriptive analysis and nonparametric statistical analysis. The results of the descriptive analysis for student motivation in the High category amounted to 53.75% of 80 Students. While the mathematics learning outcomes of students at the Emmy Saelan Elementary School in Makassar for intervals of grades 7-7.4 with an average of 62.5%. The results of nonprametric statistical analysis in which the evaluation correlation coefficient with the motivation of the Kendall version is s of 0.522, whereas the Spearman correlation coefficient value is 0.575. From the calculation of the value of t count, where H0 is no influence between the two variables and H1 is there is an influence between the two variables, t count> t table then H0 is rejected. The value of t count (5.405 for Kendall and 6.208 for Sperman> t table 2.326 then H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. To sum up, there is a relationship between learning motivation towards the students' learning outcomes at  Emmy Saelan Elementary School of Makassar.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STORY TELLING AND STORY READING METHODS IN TEACHING SPEAKING
Authors: Khaerana Andi ST Aldilah , Nurdin Nadya Nurhidayah
Published: January 2019

This research aims to find out the effectiveness of story telling and story reading methods in teaching speaking. The researchers applied comparative study method which aims at finding out the comparative effectiveness between the application of storytelling and story reading method in teaching speaking skill. The researchers apply experimental design that involves two groups; storytelling and story reading method in pretest, treatment and posttest. The subject in this research will consist of the 2nd semester students of Speaking 2 class of STKIP YPUP Makassar. There would be two variables in this research, independent and dependent variable. The independent variable is the effectiveness of story reading and story telling, while the dependent variable includes the students’ speaking ability. The result shows that there is no method which more effective between storytelling and story reading methods in teaching speaking. This conclusion refers to the overall of the students’ speaking achievement score. But based on the speaking categories investigations namely accuracy, fluency and comprehensibility, the storytelling method is more effective in increasing the students’ accuracy and fluency in speaking, while the story reading method is more effective in improving the students’ comprehensibility.
MODEL OF ENGLISH LEARNING BASED ON COLLABORATIVE THEORY TO IMPROVE INDONESIAN’ SPOKEN COMMUNICATION ABILITY
Authors: Asmawati Nur
Published: January 2019

This study aims at findings whether collaborative method can improve students' spoken communition or not. This study use quasi experimental design with Posttest-Only, Non-Equivalent Control Group Design. The sample of this research were student’s of State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Palu. The instrument in this research was speaking English test ability. The tests were carried out in five times with different learning themes. Data analysis was performed by descriptive statistics and inference and presented in the form of percentages, frequency, min and statistical analysis in t test comparison (t-test) and Pearson correlation test. The researcher finds distribution of scores for the students’ spoken communication ability posttest is normal and variance-covariance for the dependent variables is homogeneous across the independent variables.  The researcher finds a significant difference between the experimental class taught by a learning model of three theories collaboration and controclass taught by conventional learning model.  The result of students] spoken communication ability on first test had higher compared second test. Similarly, also with the students’spoken communication abilities between the second tests with the third test, the third test with the fourth test, and the fourth test with the fifth test was very significant. The researcher also finds increased English spoken communication ability in experimental class. Improvement of spoken communication is due to model of learning English based on collaborative theory