bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Rekonstruksi Pengajaran di Pesantren: Upaya Menciptakan Sistem Pendidikan yang lebih Prospektif
Authors: Sultoni Agus
Published: June 2019

The challenges faced by boarding school are getting bigger, complex and urgent as a result of the increasing needs of development and the advancement of science and technology. It is time for boarding school to do educational reconstruction so that the students will be able to translate and socialize the materials that have been transferred when dealing with the current dynamics of society. This paper answers How is the effort made in reconstructing the teaching and learning patterns in boarding school to create a more innovative education system? The goal to be achieved is to provide enlightenment - both philosophically and practically - for anyone who has a gait in the world of education, especially related to teaching in boarding school. This paper gives the conclusion that; Firstly, in the effort to reconstruct the existing educational system in boarding school, what is needed is to change the teaching method, the rearrangement of the curriculum and also - no less important - is a sophisticated boarding school management. Secondly, despite the process of reconstructing the educational system, changing, metamorpose - or whatever its name - but the boarding school world must remain present with its distinctive identity.
A Retrospective on Twenty-five Years of the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act
Authors: Huffman Max
Published: June 2019

44 Houston Law Review 285 (2007)
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for the treatment of current depressive symptoms: A meta-analysis
Authors: Goldberg Simon , Tucker Raymond P. , Greene Preston A. , Davidson Richard J , Kearney David J. , Simpson Tracy L.
Published: June 2019

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) appears to be a promising intervention for the prevention of relapse in major depressive disorder, but its efficacy in patients with current depres- sive symptoms is less clear. Randomized clinical trials of MBCT for adult patients with current depressive symptoms were included (k = 13, N = 1046). Comparison conditions were coded based on whether they were intended to be therapeutic (specific active con- trols) or not (non-specific controls). MBCT was superior to non- specific controls at post-treatment (k = 10, d = 0.71, 95% confidence interval [CI] [0.47, 0.96]), although not at longest follow-up (k = 2, d = 1.47, [−0.71, 3.65], mean follow-up = 5.70 months across all studies with follow-up). MBCT did not differ from other active thera- pies at post-treatment (k = 6, d = 0.002, [−0.43, 0.44]) and longest follow-up (k = 4, d = 0.26, [−0.24, 0.75]). There was some evidence that studies with higher methodological quality showed smaller effects at post-treatment, but no evidence that effects varied by inclusion criterion. The impact of publication bias appeared minimal. MBCT seems to be efficacious for samples with current depressive symptoms at post-treatment, although a limited number of studies tested the long-term effects of this therapy.
Social Structure Predicts Eye Contact Tolerance in Nonhuman Primates: Evidence from a Crowd-Sourcing Approach
Authors: Harrod Ethan , Coe Christopher L. , Niedenthal Paula
Published: June 2019

In most primates, eye contact is an implicit signal of threat, and often signals social status and imminent physical aggression. However, in humans and the more gregarious species of nonhuman primates, eye contact is more tolerated and used to communicate emotional and mental states. What accounts for the variation in this critical social behavior across primate species? We crowd-sourced primatologists and found a strong positive correlation between eye contact tolerance and primate social structure. In more egalitarian social structures, eye contact is more tolerated. In addition to constituting the first generalizable demonstration of this relationship, our findings can inform the related question of why eye contact is deferentially avoided in some human cultures, while in others eye contact is both frequent and even encouraged.
“You just can’t get better at creativity”: Categorising skill proficiency as a product of ‘traits’ or ‘training’
Authors: Satchell Liam , Mason-Apps Emily , McCarthy Randy J. , Hoskins Sherria
Published: June 2019

Research on ‘implicit theories’ of intelligence and ability suggests that individuals tend to be predominantly more ‘entity’ or fixed (skill is invariant over time), or ‘incremental’ or growth (abilities are improvable and changeable) in terms of their beliefs about the nature of intelligence. However, there have been few investigations of participants’ willingness to make these implicit theories explicit across a range of capabilities. Here, we investigate the responses participants give when asked to categorize Schooling, Creative, Physical fitness or Home skills as the product of the ‘traits’ an individual has or the ‘training’ they receive as part of life experience and development. Participants also completed individual differences measures of held implicit theories of intelligence. A total of 488 participants from the UK and US completed the study. On average, 26% of the skill judgments were categorised as ‘trait’. The categorisations varied by skill, with the skills ironing (11.90%) and chemistry (12.10%) receiving the fewest ‘trait’ categorisations and the skills of singing (63.20%), drawing (63.20%), and painting (57.70%) receiving the most. In general, the Creativity domain received the highest average trait endorsement (39.71%). Participants’ self-report fixed implicit theories of intelligence also predicted the number of trait categorisations they made. The results are discussed in the context of research indicating the possible implications on outcomes of domain-specific beliefs.
Where there is smoke: Solid fuel externalities, gender, and adult respiratory health in India
Authors: Gupta Aashish
Published: June 2019

Chronic respiratory conditions are a leading cause of death in the world. Using data on lung obstruction from the WHO Survey of Global AGEing and Adult Health (WHO-SAGE 2007-08), this paper studies the determinants of respiratory health in India, home to a third of all deaths from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. First, we find that smokers and members of households that use solid fuels (wood, biomass, coal or dung) for cooking have higher lung obstruction. Second, even if a respondent's household uses clean fuels, their lung obstruction is higher if their neighbors use solid fuels. In neighborhoods with high solid fuel use, the lungs of members of households that use clean fuels can be as obstructed as lungs of members of households that use solid fuels. These negative externalities of solid fuel use are robust to additional controls for neighborhood socioeconomic status, falsification tests, tests with placebo measures, and tests using alternative measures of respiratory health as outcomes. Third, the influence of the determinants is patterned by gender. Smoking tobacco is an important influence on lung obstruction among men. Confirming non-linear dose-response relationships, we find that women from households that use solid fuels are the only group not further harmed by neighborhood solid fuel smoke, possibly because of high exposure to pollutants while cooking. The study improves our understanding of behavioral, social, and environmental determinants of respiratory health in India. Importantly, it makes a case for greater public investments to promote the adoption and use of cleaner fuels.
Tragedy and social drama in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Authors: Studies AWEJ-tls for Translation & Literary , Bayouli Tahar , Sammali Imed
Published: June 2019

This paper examines the issue of genre classification in Death of a Salesman by focusing on the dialectic relation at the heart of the play’s structure between tragedy and social drama. It argues that the tragic resolution brought to the theme of social protest and the characterization of the protagonist is what gives the play its unique place as the quintessential modern tragedy. It is concluded that tragedy and the social theme are not mutually destructive in Death of a Salesman as some critics stated. Rather, they are combined to make an intense dramatic treatment of the modern American individual’s most pressing issues. Without being constrained by prescriptive standardized rules, Miller produced a dramatic form that rightly claims the status of what can be labeled a modern tragedy, appealing to modern audiences as rarely any other modern play did.
Projecting Movement, Union, Synergy, Interplay & Cultural-collaboration across the Silk Road (& beyond)
Authors: Chuah Aaron
Published: June 2019

Interplay between culture and globalisation, and in particular the musical connection between the two has been forwarded as an illustrative, hopeful, and harmonious example of how humanity as a global race may enhance mutual understanding and cross-cultural appreciation of its many diverse groups. In particular, this study aims to investigate the global community-building behind the relatively recent Silkroad initiative, and to what degree has its aims been achieved, and how.
Shall Not Be Infringed: How the NRA Used Religious Language to Transform the Meaning of the Second Amendment
Authors: Dawson Jessica
Published: June 2019

Understanding the deep meaning of the Second Amendment is critical to understanding the deeper meaning of guns in American culture. The centrality of the Second Amendment in American culture can be better understood through the intersection of American nationalism with Protestant Christianity. Understanding the transformation of the Second Amendment from an important Constitutional amendment to an article of faith in religious nationalism provides new insight about the meaning of guns for American identity. This paper argues that the NRA has capitalized on the religious nationalism that arose in the late 1970s alongside the Moral Majority and has increasingly used religious language to shape the discourse surrounding the Second Amendment. The use of religious rhetoric, such as references to evil, illustrates the merging of American civic religion with the New Christian Right’s rhetoric. Using issues of the American Rifleman to investigate the changing discourse since the mid-1970s, this paper demonstrates how the NRA increased its use of religious language to frame the political debate about gun rights through a religious nationalist lens.
The Literature of Exhausted Possibility: The Entanglement of Postmodern Fiction
Authors: Studies AWEJ-tls for Translation & Literary , LARBI Nariman
Published: June 2019

Postmodern literature, fiction in particular, is, according to Barth (1984), a literature of exhausted possibility due to its entangled thematic and technical approach which defies the conventional modern fictional form. It reflects the zeitgeist or the spirit of postmodernism which is regarded as a revaluation of the modern enterprise; an enterprise that embodies universality and coherence. The present research paper attempts to address the recurrent thematic element that postmodern fiction revolves around: that of the presence of the historiographic element in postmodern fiction which reflects in itself the evaluation of past history; such a fictional preoccupation reflects the major postmodern philosophers’ and thinkers’ concerns, such as those of Lyotard and Baudrillard, on the impossibility for the existence of a universal coherent history. This criterion is one amongst other criteria that justify the exhaustion of postmodern fiction.
Unraveling the System of Representation of the Colonizer in E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India (1924) and Louis Bertrand’s La Cina (1901)
Authors: Studies AWEJ-tls for Translation & Literary , BENSIDHOUM Fatima
Published: June 2019

The main focus of this research paper is to study one of the key concepts of postcolonial critical theory which is “Identity and Representation”. It is based upon a textual reading and analysis of two texts as representatives of colonial literature written about British-India and French-Algeria, namely A Passage to India by E.M. Forster and La Cina by Louis Bertrand. Relying on Albert Memmi’s foundational postcolonial theory developed in his The Colonizer and the Colonized, we assume that both texts obey and reflect a similar ideological discourse. The narratives are revealed to operate through a complex system which tends to (re)fashion and to (re)mold the identity of both the colonizer and the colonized. We demonstrate that Forster and Bertrand shape the main characters into two types which Memmi labels as: ‘the Colonizer who Accepts’ and ‘the Colonizer who Refuses’. We have also showed that the writers though belonging to different imperial powers and writing in two different languages, they could not but adhere and support the colonial practices of their countries. What comes also of this study is that Forster, though most often known for his Liberalism, vehicles a racial discourse which accounts for the superiority of the British colonizer. Bertrand is much more racist and jingoist, his attitudes are reminders of what Achebe said about Conrad; ‘a bloody racist’.
Milestones of Medical Education in Karnali Academy of Health Sciences
Authors: Marahatta M N
Published: June 2019

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Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) Teaching Hospital, Chandannath, Jumla
Authors: Shrestha Murari Man , Dhakal Hari Prasad
Published: June 2019

Not available.
Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) and KAHS Teaching Hospital- What I saw in a brief visit
Authors: Shrestha Uma
Published: June 2019

Not available.
Opioids in the treatment of non-specific acute and chronic pain
Authors: Dmytriiev D V , Zaletska O A , Bortnik D I
Published: June 2019

After reading this article, the reader will be familiar with the general classes of opioid agonists and partial agonists, the basics of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of opioids, the risks of opioid therapy and the requirements for the safe and effective use of opioids in acute and chronic pain. The use of opioids during surgical procedures or anesthesia is not discussed. Also, there is no discussion about various available opioid antagonists that are used to treat overdose and the various disorders associated with their use (including naloxone and naltrexone). Opioids are available, the most powerful and effective analgesics, and have become acceptable drugs for the treatment of acute and cancerous pain. However, there is concern about their use in case of chronic pain, if there is no cancer, because they are long-range ineffective but best suited for stopping this pain. Opioid prescription must be monitored for better use. Chronic pain creates discomfort for these patients, reducing their productivity and efficiency, which, in turn, can lead to economic problems in the country. The choice of Nalbuphine is due to the following reasons: the opioid, which is comparable to morphine by its analgesic potential, but has a better safety profile for nausea, vomiting and respiratory depression; not subject to strict quantitative accounting (extract on prescription form 1); the choice of opioid analgesics is significantly limited in Ukraine.
Arsenal of regional blocks of urgent anesthetist in pediatric anesthesiology
Authors: Glazov E O , Dmytriiev D V
Published: June 2019

The main methods of regional analgesia in the practice of pediatric anesthesiologist are discussed in this article. Description of these methods is presented, including anatomy, sonoanatomy, and techniques for performing these regional blocks. The main indications for the use of different methods of regional anesthesia in the arsenal of pediatric anesthetist are considered. The main local anesthetics and their dosage are presented depending on the regional method.
Clinical case of postoperative anesthesia of a patient by using subanesthetic dose of ketamine in severe abdominal pathology
Authors: Zaletskyi B V , Korobko V A , Dmytriiev D V
Published: June 2019

Pain is an inevitable consequence of surgical interventions in children, resulting in great stress and discomfort not only for patients but also for their parents. The intensity of the pain depends not only on the level of injury after the operation, but also on the localization and the nature of the procedure. Management of pain in children is best done through a multimodal approach: opioids, auxiliary drugs such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and acetaminophen, anti-neuroleptics such as gabapentin, and regional anesthetic methods. Postoperative anesthesia in abdominal surgery at present is a topical problem in anesthetic practice. In this clinical case, we would like to demonstrate the experience of applying post-operative anesthesia using subnormal dosages of ketamine. The patient was given anesthesia with prolonged infusion of a ketamine solution in a submorbid dose of 0.2 mg/kg/h IV. An assessment of the quality of anesthesia by assessing the level of stress markers, such as blood glucose, cortisol levels, and the assessment of the pain level on the NIPS scale was performed. Conclusion: The use of a ketamine solution in a dose of 0.2 mg/kg/h has a positive effect on treating postoperative pain in patients after severe abdominal surgical interventions. Applying a ketamine solution in a dose of 0.2 mg/kg/h reduces tolerance of the patient to opioid analgesics and the development of hyperalgesia and allodynia.
Muscle activity and strength in maximum isokinetic legpress testing with unstable footplates in active individuals
Authors: Khajooei Mina , Lin Chiao-I , Mayer Frank , Mueller Steffen
Published: June 2019

BACKGROUND:

Compensating unstable situations is an important functional capability to maintain joint stability, to compensate perturbations and to prevent (re-)injury. Therefore, reduced maximum strength and altered neuromuscular activity are expected by inducing instability to load test situations. Possible effects are not clear for induced instability during maximum legpress tests in healthy individuals.

OBJECTIVE:

To compare isokinetic legpress (LP) strength and lower-leg muscle activity using stable (S) and unstable (UN) footplates.

METHODS:

16 males (28 [Formula: see text] 4 yrs, 179 [Formula: see text] 7 cm, 75 [Formula: see text] 8 kg) performed five maximum LP in concentric (CON) and eccentric (ECC) mode. The maximum force (Fmax) and muscle activity were measured under conditions of S and UN footplates. The tested muscles comprised of the tibialis anterior (TA), peroneus longus (PL) and soleus (SOL) and their activity were quantified against the MVIC of each muscle respectively.

RESULTS:

The main finding revealed a significant reduction in Fmax under UN condition: 11.9 [Formula: see text] 11.3% in CON and 23.5 [Formula: see text] 47.8% in ECC ([Formula: see text] 0.05). Significant findings were also noted regarding the RMS derived values of the EMG of PL and TA.

CONCLUSION:

Unstable LP reduced force generation and increased the activity of PL and TA muscles which confirmed greater neuromuscular effort to compensate instability. This may have some implications for resistance testing and training coupled with an unstable base in the prevention and rehabilitation of injury to the neuromusculoskeletal system.
Does habitual rear-foot strike pattern with modern running shoes affect the muscle strength of the longitudinal arch?
Authors: Zhang Shen , Fu Weijie , Liu Yu
Published: June 2019

BACKGROUND:

Long-term habitual rear-foot strike (RFS) pattern with modern running shoes may negatively affect the intrinsic muscle function of the medial longitudinal arch, which can increase the risk of foot disease.

OBJECTIVE:

This study aims to explore whether habitual RFS pattern with modern running shoes can affect the muscle strength of the medial longitudinal arch.

METHODS:

A total of 12 runners who exhibited habitual RFS pattern (RR) with modern running shoes and 12 nonhabitual runners (NR) underwent plantar muscle group strength test for 10 s, hallux flexion and lesser toe flexion strength test. The maximal strength for all tests was normalised by body mass.

RESULTS:

No significant differences, on any of the outcome measures, were noted between the two groups. However, in RR the normalized strength of plantar muscle group demonstrated a decreasing trend ([Formula: see text] 0.065).

CONCLUSIONS:

Runners who exhibit habitual RFS pattern with modern running shoes present a decreasing trend in the muscle strength of the medial longitudinal arch. The effects of posture and cushioned shoes should be explored further.
Differences in Subjective Cognitive Complaints Between Non-Demented Older Adults from a Memory Clinic and the Community
Authors: Markova Hana , Nikolai Tomas , Mazancova Adela Fendrych , Cechova Katerina , Sheardova Katerina , Georgi Hana , Kopecek Miloslav , Laczó Jan , Hort Jakub , Vyhnalek Martin
Published: June 2019

Background:

Subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs) may represent an early cognitive marker of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). There is a need to identify specific SCCs associated with an increased likelihood of underlying AD.

Objective:

Using the Questionnaire of Cognitive Complaints (QPC), we evaluated the pattern of SCCs in a clinical sample of non-demented older adults in comparison to cognitively healthy community-dwelling volunteers (HV).

Methods:

In total, 142 non-demented older adults from the Czech Brain Aging Study referred to two memory clinics for their SCCs were classified as having subjective cognitive decline (SCD, n = 85) or amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI, n = 57) based on a neuropsychological evaluation. Furthermore, 82 age-, education-, and gender-matched HV were recruited. All subjects completed the QPC assessing the presence of specific SCCs in the last six months.

Results:

Both SCD and aMCI groups reported almost two times more SCCs than HV, but they did not differ from each other in the total QPC score. Impression of memory change and Impression of worse memory in comparison to peers were significantly more prevalent in both SCD and aMCI groups in comparison to HV; however, only the latter one was associated with lower cognitive performance.

Conclusion:

The pattern of QPC-SCCs reported by SCD individuals was more similar to aMCI individuals than to HV. A complaint about memory change seems unspecific to pathological aging whereas a complaint about worse memory in comparison to peers might be one of the promising items from QPC questionnaire potentially reflecting subtle cognitive changes.
Clinico-Neuropathological Findings in the Oldest Old from the Georgia Centenarian Study
Authors: Tanprasertsuk Jirayu , Johnson Elizabeth J. , Johnson Mary Ann , Poon Leonard W. , Nelson Peter T. , Davey Adam , Martin Peter , Barbey Aron K. , Barger Kathryn , Wang Xiang-Dong , Scott Tammy M.
Published: June 2019

Background:

Centenarian studies are important sources for understanding of factors that contribute to longevity and healthy aging. Clinico-neuropathological finding is a key in identifying pathology and factors contributing to age-related cognitive decline and dementia in the oldest old.

Objective:

To characterize the cross-sectional relationship between neuropathologies and measures of premortem cognitive performance in centenarians.

Methods:

Data were acquired from 49 centenarians (≥98 years) from the Georgia Centenarian Study. Cognitive assessment from the time point closest to mortality was used (<1 year for all subjects) and scores for cognitive domains were established. Neuropathologies [cerebral atrophy, ventricular dilation, atherosclerosis, cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), Lewy bodies, hippocampal sclerosis (HS), hippocampal TDP-43 proteinopathy, neuritic plaque (NP) and neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) counts, Braak staging, and National Institute on Aging-Reagan Institute (NIARI) criteria for the neuropathological diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)] were compared among subjects with different ratings of dementia. Linear regression was applied to evaluate the association between cognitive domain scores and neuropathologies.

Results:

Wide ranges of AD-type neuropathological changes were observed in both non-demented and demented subjects. Neocortical NFT and Braak staging were related to clinical dementia rating. Neocortical NFT and NP, Braak and NIARI staging, cerebral and ventricular atrophy, HS, CAA, and TDP-43 proteinopathy were differentially associated with poor performance in multiple cognitive domains and activities of daily living.

Conclusion:

AD-type pathology was associated with severe dementia and poor cognition but was not the only variable that explained cognitive impairment, indicating the complexity and heterogeneity of pathophysiology of dementia in the oldest old.
Induced polarization effects of 3D frequency domain MCSEM responses using finite volume method
Authors: Li Jinghe , He Zhanxiang , Feng Naixing
Published: June 2019

Marine controlled source electromagnetic (MCSEM) is an efficient technique for the marine hydrocarbon explorations. Over the past decades, the numerical research on induced polarization (IP) effects in offshore environment is still a intensive topic. Presented here are the results of a 3D new MCSEM forward for IP modeling exercise with the intent of demonstrating the valuable applications of this developed methodology. By using the finite volume method, an analysis on amplitude and phase of electromagnetic field due to the varying IP parameters within the Cole-Cole model is presented. The numerical examples demonstrate that the amplitude and the phase of electromagnetic field due to the IP effects are subtle, and it is difficult to detect the reservoir hydrocarbon object using such subtle amplitude and phase directly in offshore environment. Based on the assumption that most IP phase spectra can be represented by a linear function of the logarithm of frequency, we apply a two-frequency IP phase decoupling technique for MCSEM data interpretation, which is a plausible example. Numerical IP phase decoupled results for a thin reservoir hydrocarbon object demonstrate the efficiency of the two-frequency IP decoupled technique for MCSEM data interpretation.
Modeling of magnetic Barkhausen noise for layered ferromagnetic materials based on extended Ising model with double Boltzmann function
Authors: Wang Zhi , He Cunfu , Liu Xiucheng , Zhang Xiaodong
Published: June 2019

Ising model is a promising tool for predicting magnetic Barkhausen noise (MBN) signal on electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation (ENDE). However, theoretical prediction of MBN of composite ferromagnetic materials using Ising model is seldom reported. In this study, we incorporate double Boltzmann transition function with the exchange coupling efficiency ( J) of Ising model to achieve simulation of MBN in layered materials. The transition behavior of J was assumed to represent the changes in magnetic properties from hard layer to soft layer. Monte Carlo algorithm is used to solve the Ising model to obtain the MBN of layered material. The influence of the volume fraction ( p) of hard layer in the double Boltzmann transition function on the shape of MBN profiles was investigated through both simulation and experiments. In the experiments, two-layer ferromagnetic materials was laminated using SAE 1065 carbon steel films of different thickness and a base strip of SAE 1045 carbon steel with a thickness of 20 mm. Both simulation and experimental results show that the MBN peak of soft layer gradually descends with the increase in thickness of SAE 1065 (or the volume fraction of hard layer). The second-order Gaussian function was used to fit the MBN envelop for extract the peaks of hard and soft layers from both experimental and simulation results. The ratio of the MBN peak of hard layer to soft layer demonstrates monotonously increasing trend as the value of p increases. Therefore, ratio of the MBN peak can act as good indicator for qualitative characterization of the changes of thickness or volume fraction of hard layer in two-layer ferromagnetic materials.
Effects and safety of combined rTMS and action observation for recovery of function in the upper extremities in stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial
Authors: Noh Jun Soo , Lim Ji Hoon , Choi Tae Woong , Jang Seung Gul , Pyun Sung-Bom
Published: June 2019

Background:

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) modulates cortical excitability and facilitates motor learning to improve motor recovery after stroke. Action observation (AO) therapy effectively facilitates physical training for motor memory formation.

Objective:

To compare the effectiveness of rTMS alone with that of combined rTMS and AO for the functional recovery of upper extremity function in subacute stroke patients and to verify the safety of the interventions.

Methods:

The present study was a prospective, randomized controlled trial involving subacute unilateral stroke patients. In total, 22 patients were randomly assigned to 2 groups: the trial group (rTMS with AO) and the control group (rTMS alone). Both groups received 1 Hz rTMS (intensity: 120% of resting motor threshold; rMT) over the contralesional primary motor cortex for 20 minutes on 10 consecutive days. Trial group received rTMS while watching a video of 5 different complex hand movements. The functional parameters were the Brunnstrom stage, Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA) score of the upper extremity, Manual Function Test (MFT) score, and grip power. The following motor evoked potential (MEP) parameters were recorded from the abductor pollicis brevis muscle: rMT, latency, and amplitude. Both parameters were measured before and after the 2 week intervention.

Results:

After the 2 week trial, the total FMA and MFT scores were significantly improved in both groups, but the MFT subscores of hand motor function and grip power were significantly improved in the combination therapy group only. In contrast, the changes ( Δ) of FMA, MFT, grip power test, and MEP outcomes were not significantly different between the 2 groups. No adverse events or complications were reported.

Conclusions:

Distal upper extremity function, as measured by MFT and grip power, was improved after rTMS and AO in combination. The combination of rTMS with AO may be applied safely to improve upper extremity function after stroke.
Reduced iteration image reconstruction of incomplete projection CT using regularization strategy through Lp norm dictionary learning
Authors: Gou Junnian , Wu Xiaoyuan , Dong Haiying
Published: June 2019

BACKGROUND:

For sparse and limited angle projection Computed Tomography (CT), the reconstructed image usually suffers from considerable artifacts due to undersampled data.

OBJECTIVE:

To improve image reconstruction quality of sparse and limited angle projection CT, this study tested a novel reconstruction algorithm based on Dictionary Learning (DL) from sparse and limited projections.

METHODS:

The study used signal sparse representation and feature extraction to render the DL technology, which is constrained by L2 and Lp norms, respectively. A Lp Norm Dictionary Learning term is suitable for regular term of objective function for CT image reconstruction. This is helpful for solving the objective function by combining algorithm of ART. Based on these features, the new algorithm of ART-DL-Lp is proposed for CT image reconstruction. The alternate solving strategy of the algorithm of “ART first, then adaptive DL” is provided in sequence. The impact on reconstruction results of ART-DL-Lp at different p values (0 <  p < 1) is also considered.

RESULTS:

For non-ideal projections with noise, the digital experiments show that ART-DL-Lp data were superior to those of ART, SART, and ART-DL-L2. Accordingly, the objective evaluation metrics for non-ideal situation of RMSE, MAE, PSNR, Residuals and SSIM are all better than those of contrasted three algorithms. The metrics curves of ART-DL-Lp algorithm are recorded as the best. In both incomplete projection situations, smaller p-value of ART-DL-Lp algorithm induces more close reconstructed images to the original form and better five objective evaluation metrics.

CONCLUSIONS:

Overall, the reconstruction efficiency of the proposed ART-DL-Lp for CT imaging using the noisy incomplete projections outperforms ART, SART and ART-DL-L2 algorithms. For ART-DL-Lp algorithm, lower p-values result in better reconstruction performance.
Multi-material decomposition of spectral CT images via Fully Convolutional DenseNets
Authors: Wu Xiaochuan , He Peng , Long Zourong , Guo Xiaodong , Chen Mianyi , Ren Xuezhi , Chen Peijun , Deng Luzhen , An Kang , Li Pengcheng , Wei Biao , Feng Peng
Published: June 2019

BACKGROUND:

Spectral computed tomography (CT) has the capability to resolve the energy levels of incident photons, which has the potential to distinguish different material compositions. Although material decomposition methods based on x-ray attenuation characteristics have good performance in dual-energy CT imaging, there are some limitations in terms of image contrast and noise levels.

OBJECTIVE:

This study focused on multi-material decomposition of spectral CT images based on a deep learning approach.

METHODS:

To classify and quantify different materials, we proposed a multi-material decomposition method via the improved Fully Convolutional DenseNets (FC-DenseNets). A mouse specimen was first scanned by spectral CT system based on a photon-counting detector with different energy ranges. We then constructed a training set from the reconstructed CT images for deep learning to decompose different materials.

RESULTS:

Experimental results demonstrated that the proposed multi-material decomposition method could more effectively identify bone, lung and soft tissue than the basis material decomposition based on post-reconstruction space in high noise levels.

CONCLUSIONS:

The new proposed approach yielded good performance on spectral CT material decomposition, which could establish guidelines for multi-material decomposition approaches based on the deep learning algorithm.
Robust automatic visual method for determining facial angles from profile view images
Authors: Singaravelan Shanmugasundaram , Murugan Dhanushkodi
Published: June 2019

A analysis of human facial images has become increasingly important due to its numerous applications. In this regards, extracting facial parameter is vital and various studies have been done in this field. Hence in our proposed work, first time up to our knowledge, a robust automatic method is introduced for determining facial angles from profile view images using radon transform. Radon transform is a kind of linear integration along a specific direction and angles play an important role to do this transform. The global features were rather considered by constructing a linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and also local features were rather considered by locality preserving projection (LPP). Our proposed combined algorithm has not only good precision, but also efficient performance and robust with noisy, scale and rotated image environments. In this work, several experiments have been conducted to analyze the robustness of our proposed Radon Combined Global and Local Preserving Features (RCGLPF) algorithm along with other existing conventional algorithms.
Utjecaj proračunskog zakona za upravljanje državom u uvjetima razvoja digitalizacije gospodarstva
Authors: Tsindeliani Imeda , Gorbunova Olga , Matyanova Elena , Pisenko Kirill , Palozyan Oksana , Kikavets Vitaly , Vershilo Tatiana
Published: June 2019

The subjects of this study are the effectiveness of budget innovations in the field budgetary rule making and the role of the government in shaping fiscal policy in a digital economy. The article makes a case for new approaches to budget formation, for the enhanced use of budgetary levers to boost socio-economic development in the context of global digitalization. In order to make the influence of social informatization on economic development more effective, the economy has to move to a flat (network) management model. The problems of budget control are analyzed.
Public financial law and digital economy
Authors: Tsindeliani Imeda
Published: June 2019

Finance has become an active area of the application of these technologies. As a result, the emergence of new institutions and the modernization of the existing ones, based on new technological breakthrough of humanity, which undoubtedly affect already existing institutions, and which are subject to change under their influence. The aim of this paper is to define the list of unresolved issues in the theory of the financial law that exist in relation to the nature of the technologies used and innovation (“fintech”) in the field of the public finance and the means of legal regulation of the public finance.
Pembangunan Aplikasi dan Implementasi SMS Gateway pada Apotek Medica Kurnia
Authors: Sahari Sahari
Published: June 2019

In this time have entered information era where information have role in growth of technology. Human being more and, more requiring information in all area. Emulation in the world of education and also busisnes progressively tighten to can be compete to be needed by development of information technology to give optimal service to customer. Short Messaging System (SMS) is one of the reliable communication between individual but used to conduct. Merchant transaction is even coupled with with is depository of digital data use technology of SMS gateway. One part of inserparable of bussines of sms this is role a sms gateway, a system used by of services to send also accept sms automatically. Sms gateway progressively day is progressively enthused and its existence to expand. During this time constraints faced by Medica Kurnia Pharmacies in marketing and informed about medicines to the general public, and the media support facilities Customer Relationship Management (CRM). SMS Gateway technology can improve promotion and sales services for Medica Kurnia Pharmacies and make it easier for citizens to access medicines.
Interaksi Energetik Guru dan Siswa pada Pembelajaran Abad 21
Authors: Noor Ady Ferdian , Wangid Muhammad Nur
Published: June 2019

Learning requires harmonious interaction between teachers and students. Communication is a type of action that occurs when two or more objects influence or have an effect on each other. Learning through less dynamic interactions can cause an imbalance in the transfer of learning. Tendencies that arise are students will know a lot about something, but become less have a system of values, attitudes, interests and positive appreciation of what is known. Children will experience intellectual development unbalanced by personality maturity, giving birth to a specialist figure who is less concerned with the surrounding environment and prone to value distortions. Students will practice violations such as happy fighting with friends, lack of respect for others, and lack of courtesy. The academic atmosphere in elementary schools for students to be able to learn effectively is a condition where students can collaborate, cooperate, communicate using any direction there is no fear and feel even protected, and they think treated reasonably regardless of ethnicity, religion, race, class, and gender so as to achieve desired goals both national education goals and primary school goals. Energetic interactions between teachers and students in schools must be based on functional relationships first between the teacher and students, meaning students feel the teacher is a parent and a friend who can be invited to interact without fear but still respect. Fearless but respectful interaction is needed because it fits with one of the 21st-century learning skills, collaboration. Good collaboration causes learning to be fun, so learning becomes effective.
Analisis Indeks Kepuasan Pasien Rawat Jalan terhadap Kinerja Pelayanan Puskesmas Menteng di Kota Palangka Raya
Authors: Sihotang Tri Lasmaria , Sari Mita
Published: June 2019

The purpose of this study was to measure the Index of Patient Satisfaction with Outpatient Installation Services in Menteng City Palangka Raya Health Center. With the Mix Method Method, where the quantitative calculation follows the guidelines of Permenpan Number 25 of 2004, where the indicator is used to see the level of community satisfaction with the elements of service (Permenpan Number 16 of 2014), which includes: 1. Compliance requirements, 2. Service procedures, 3. Timeliness of service, 4. Fairness of costs, 5. Results of service, 6. The ability of officers to provide services, 7. Courtesy and friendliness of officers, 8. Implementation of Service Notices/Service Promises, 9. Follow-up complaints that carried out by the service unit at the Menteng City Palangka Raya Health Center. In this study, the perception of the quality of outpatient installation services in the Menteng City Palangka Raya Health Center was perceived by the user community to be ranged between 62.51-81.25. The IKM values obtained are: on nine service elements = 80. Where the service element which is considered most satisfying by the respondent is Implementing Behavior or the attitude of the officer in providing service (NRR 3.47), Service Requirements (NRR 3.36), Service Notification NRR 3.31) and Cost/Tariff (NRR 3.27) whereas those that are considered unsatisfactory but still categorized as Good are elements of Service Time and Service Procedure (NRR 2.85 and 3.10). For this reason, efforts need to be made to improve the acceleration of service time and ease of community procedures in outpatient services.
Pengalihan Hak Hadhanah Jatuh kepada Bapak terhadap Anak Belum Mumayyiz (Studi Kasus di Pengadilan Agama Palangka Raya)
Authors: Sanawiah Sanawiah
Published: June 2019

As a result of divorce, other problems also arise as a result of being granted divorce claims, both the issue of joint assets to the problem of who is more entitled to do hadhanah (maintenance) of children. In Compilation of Islamic Law Article 105 letter (a) states that in the event of divorce, the maintenance of a child who has not been mumayyiz or has not been 12 (twelve) years old is the right of his mother, then, in Article 156 letter (a) due to the termination of marriage child who hasn't mumayyiz entitled to hadhanah from his mother. The method in this dissertation research uses the type of legal research empiric research that takes place in the field, with the approach of legislation (statute approach), conceptual approach (conceptual approach), and approach (prophetic) prophetic approach is an approach with basis instrument sourced texts from the revelations received by prophets and apostles and the Sunnah. The first research problem was why Hadhanah's rights fell to the father of children who were not yet mumayyiz and the second was how the Judge's policy in deciding on hadhanah cases in the Palangka Raya Religious Court Number 0067/Pdt.G/2018/PA Plk.
Cover, Content, and Editorial Note from Anterior J Vol. 18 No. 2 June 2019
Authors: Anterior J Chief Editor Of
Published: June 2019

Assalamu�alaikum Wr. Wb.Dear reader, now ANTERIOR JURNAL re-published on Volume 18 Issue 2 June 2019. The success of this publication is the result of good cooperation of all parties who maintain the publishing sustainability twice a year. This edition is also our latest edition, publishing articles with a multidisciplinary scope, starting from volume 19 Issue 1 December 2019, all articles in the ANTERIOR JURNAL are only focused on the Social-Humanities scope, covering all fields of education, social and political, Islamic studies and other relevant topics. In this edition, we are still publishing four articles in the field of agrotechnology and engineering, which will be the last time we publish articles in the field of science at the ANTERIOR JURNAL.Alhamdulillah, from this edition ANTERIOR JURNAL achieved a new milestone by publishing two English-language articles. We hope this will be a step forward for the future internationalization of the Journal.The publication of ANTERIOR JURNAL certainly participates in disseminating the results of research and review of science and technology development conducted by lecturers and researchers especially from UM Palangkaraya and other universities.This edition contains 12 articles consisting of Education, Social and Political, Islamic Studies, Engineering, and Agrotechnology topics. Editorial boards are fully aware that there is still room for improvement in this edition, hence with all humility willing to accept constructive suggestions and feedback for improvements to the publication for the next editions.The editorial board would like to thank the University, all editors and reviewers, and contributors of the scientific articles who have provided the repertoire in this issue. We hope that all parties, especially the contributors of the articles, could re-participate for the success of the publication in the next edition in December 2019.

Wassalamu�alaikum Wr. Wb.
A Grading System-based Model for Detecting Unbalanced Bids during the Tendering Process
Authors: Polat Gul , Turkoglu Harun , Damci Atilla
Published: June 2019

Unbalanced bidding is a common practice used in both unit price and lump sum contracts. Contractors may unbalance their bids in different forms for various reasons. The studies in the literature either focus on developing optimization models that assist contractors in winning contracts and maximizing profits of their bids through unbalancing or developing models that assist owners in detecting and/or preventing unbalanced bids during the bid evaluation stage. Unbalanced bidding is one of the most controversial subjects in the construction management literature and practice. Although there is no consensus on whether it is unethical or not, this practice is not usually for the benefit of owners. Therefore, owners have the right to reject the unbalanced bids and create a fair competition environment if they have a mechanism to detect it during the bid evaluation process. The main objective of this study is to propose a model, which consists of five different grading systems and helps owners in detecting unbalanced bids during the tendering process. In the proposed model, owners may either calculate the individual grades of each bidder or calculate the final score of each bidder by assigning different weights to these grading systems according to the project characteristics or their own needs. The final scores and bid prices of the contractors can be simultaneously evaluated. In order to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed model, an illustrative example is presented. It can be concluded that the proposed model can be effectively and easily used by owners for detecting unbalanced bids. This paper is the revised version of the paper that has been published in the proceedings of the Creative Construction Conference 2018 (Polat et al., 2018).
Design of an Active and Passive Control System of Hand Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation
Authors: Zhang Fuhai , Lin Legeng , Yang Lei , Fu Yili
Published: June 2019

Aiming at stroke patients’ hand rehabilitation training, we present a hand exoskeleton with both active and passive control modes for neural rehabilitation. The exoskeleton control system is designed as a human–robot interaction control system based on field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and Android mobile terminal with good portability and openness. Passive rehabilitation pattern based on proportional derivative (PD) inverse dynamic control method and active rehabilitation pattern based on impedance method, are established respectively. By the comparison of the threshold value and the force on the fingertip of the exoskeleton from the sensor, the automatic switch between active and passive rehabilitation mode is accomplished. The hand model is built in Android environment that can synchronize the movement of the hand. It can also induce patients to participate in rehabilitation training actively. To verify the proposed control approach, we set up and conduct an experiment to do the passive rehabilitation mode, active rehabilitation mode, and active plus passive mode experimental researches. The experiment results effectively verify the feasibility of the exoskeleton system fulfilling the proposed control strategy.