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PERBEDAAN KOPERASI DENGAN ORGANISASI LAINNYA
Authors: Muhajir
Published: June 2022

Koperasi adalah sebuah organisasi atau lembaga ekonomi modern yang memiliki tujuan, sistem manajemen dan tata tertib berorganisasi. Koperasi merupakan lembaga usaha dan hukum yang memiliki anggota perorangan yang aktifitasnya sesuai dengan prinsip perekeonomian yang didasari dari asas kekeluargaan.Ciri ganda koperasi menandakan bahwa koperasi itu mengandung unsur ekonomi dan unsur social, maka yang menjadi masalah adalah bagaimana mengimplementasikan ciri ganda tersebut secara operasional dalam manajemen koperasi. Kedua unsur tersebut secara terpisah dan secara singkat perlu dicatat bahwa tentang unsur social yang terkandung dalam organisasi koperasi bukanlah sesuatu yang bersifat kedermawanan.Yang perlu dipermasalahkan adalah bagaimana mengimplementasikan unsur tersebut dalam operasionalnya, terutama dalam kaitannya dengan pembagian tugas dan tanggungjawab antara pengurus dan manejer.
STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN KOPERASI DAN UMKM
Authors: khasanah uswatun
Published: June 2022

Meskipun sebagian besar UMKM tidak terlibat secara langsung pada kegiatan bisnis global (ekspor dan impor). Namun, tidak sedikit dari kegiatan hulu bisnis global justru dilakoni oleh bisnis berskala UMKM. Kegiatan ekspor yang awalnya dikumpulkan atau bersumber dari usaha UMKM memberi andil yang cukup signifikan terhadap usaha hilir untuk usaha berskala besar, sebut saja di sektor perikanan dan kelautan, industri kerajinan, dan lain sebagainya. Namun dikarenakan banyaknya persoalan yang dihadapi UMKM, kegiatan ekspor sebagai sebuah indikator bisnis global tidak mampu dilakoni UMKM. Dalam banyak hal, UMKM selalu mengalami berbagai permasalahan dalam mengembangkan skala usahanya, di antaranya permodalan, pemasaran, dan teknologi. Akibatnya, hal tersebut memengaruhi kualitas dan kuantitas produksi sebagai prasyarat bisnis global. Tanpa bantuan dan dukungan, UMKM sesungguhnya tidak mungkin dapat menyelesaikan permasalahan-permasalahan yang dihadapinya karena permasalahan-permasalahan tersebut semakin kompleks sebagai akibat dari arus globalisasi sebagaimana pasar bebas yang diisyaratkan WTO.
Makalah Marketing Mix
Authors: putri Aulia ananda
Published: June 2022

Kegiatan berbisnis merupakan kegiatan yang membutuhkan pemahaman yang serius, mulai dari merencanakan apa yang akan diperbuat kemudian pada tahap pelaksanaan dan tahap memonitor ataupun evaluasi dari bisnis yang dijalankan. Dalam menjalankan bisnis, tugas penting pemasar adalah dapat menyediakan apa yang dibutuhkan oleh masyarakat baik konsumen dan pelanggan. Dalam menyediakan kebutuhan masyarakat, terlebih dahulu pemasar dapat melakukan penelitian (riset) pasar. Sehingga produk yang diciptakan dapat diminati dan memberikan manfaat ataupun kepuasan bagi masyarakat.Produk-produk yang diciptakan haruslah produk yang unggul dan memiliki kualitas, karena dalam berbisnis persaingan itu selalu ada. Jika produk yang diciptakan tidak memiliki keunggulan, maka siap-siap saja produk yang diciptakan akan mengalami penurunan dalam penjualan. Jika suatu usaha mengalami penurunan penjualan, maka bisnis tersebut harus berusaha untuk melakukan langkah-langkah atau cara perbaikan untuk menyelamatkan bisnis yang sedang dijalankan.Langkah-langkah yang dapat dilakukan oleh pebisnis adalah dengan melakukan strategi, sehingga tujuan dalam berbisnis untuk mendapatkan laba dan kemakmuran dapat tercapai. Seorang pebisnis dapat melakukan strateginya dengan belajar dari pengalaman-pengalaman masa lalu pebisnis lain, ataupun dapat menciptakan strategi sendiri.
KELEMBAGAAN DAN IDENTITAS KOPERASI
Authors: Muhajir
Published: June 2022

Berbagai upaya strategis yang dapat dilakukan untuk menanggulangi keterbelakangan koperasi perlu mendapatkan perhatian serius. Sehingga diperlukan strategi pengembangan kelembagaan, kualitas sumber daya manusia, permodalan dan pengaruhlingkungan eksternal, kemitraan koperasi dengan badan usaha lain, serta peran pemerintahKoperasi adalah sebuah organisasi atau lembaga ekonomi modern yang memiliki tujuan, sistem manajemen dan tata tertib berorganisasi. Koperasi merupakan lembaga usaha dan hukum yang memiliki anggota perorangan yang aktifitasnya sesuai dengan prinsip perekeonomian yang didasari dari asas kekeluargaan.Ciri ganda koperasi menandakan bahwa koperasi itu mengandung unsur ekonomi dan unsur social, maka yang menjadi masalah adalah bagaimana mengimplementasikan ciri ganda tersebut secara operasional dalam manajemen koperasi. Kedua unsur tersebut secara terpisah dan secara singkat perlu dicatat bahwa tentang unsur social yang terkandung dalam organisasi koperasi bukanlah sesuatu yang bersifat kedermawanan.Yang perlu dipermasalahkan adalah bagaimana mengimplementasikan unsur tersebut dalam operasionalnya, terutama dalam kaitannya dengan pembagian tugas dan tanggungjawab antara pengurus dan manejer.
Stabilisasi Ekonomi dalam Berbagai Sistem
Authors: Amaliah Nur Indah
Published: June 2022

Resume ini untuk memenuhi tugas individu mata kuliah ekonomi makro
Sewa, Bunga Dan Keuntungan
Authors: Ar Ashra
Published: June 2022

Sewa ekonomi adalah bagian pembayaran atas sesuatu faktor produksi yang melebihi pendapatan yang diterimanya dari pilihan pekerjaan lain yang dilakukannya.
Pasar Bebas Dan Kebijakan Pemerintah
Authors: Ar Ashra
Published: June 2022

Pasar bebas adalah perdagangan yang berfokus pada penjualan berdasarkan mekanisme penawaran dan permintaan tanpa melibatkan campur tangan pemerintah. Jadi, pengusaha memiliki kewenangan mutlak atas pengelolaan produksi dan harganya serta bebas memilih siapa saja yang akan menjadi target penjualan mereka.
Analyzing the Impact of a Growth-Mindset Grading System on Academic Performance
Authors: Sriram Keshav
Published: June 2022

A new educational grading style known as the growth-mindset method has been gaining popularity in academia as a potential alternative to the popular weighted method of grading. The growth-mindset approach prioritizes reducing academic stress while increasing motivation, effort, and understanding. From its conception in 1998 by Carol Dweck and her team of psychologists, the growth mindset approach has been researched in lower levels of learning but has yet to be applied to upper-level education. This study aims to explore this gap in research by analyzing the impact of the growth-mindset grading system on academic performance.To assess the impact of the growth-mindset grading system on academic performance, a quantitative questionnaire was administered to the target population of AP mathematics students at an Ohio High School (OHS). From this, it was concluded that perceived stress did not have any relationship with the growth-mindset grading method, while understanding and motivation to increase effort had a strong, positive correlation with the growth-mindset grading system, while the same characteristics (understanding and motivation to increase effort) showed lower levels of correlation with the standard weighted grading system.
Tìm hiểu bước nhảy Amazon BSR
Authors: Hoàng Vương Q.
Published: June 2022

Bước nhảy bán hàng, tức là ra thành doanh số, sẽ còn vui hơn nữa. Mấy dòng này nói về chuyện bước nhảy như thế: sales.
STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN KOPERASI DAN UMKM
Authors: Rasti Ardina
Published: June 2022

Pengembangan Koperasi dan Usaha Mikro, Kecil dan Menengah merupakan upaya yang dilakukan pada bentuk pertumbuhan iklim bisnis, training dan pengembangan bisnis, sehingga mampu memperkuat dirinya sebagai bisnis kuat, andal & berdikari dan bisa bersaing menggunakan pelaku bisnis lainnya. Tujuan pengembangan koperasi sebagai badan bisnis tidak saja bertujuan komersial namun bertujuan lebih luas yakni kesejahteraan & kemakmuran warga karena dibangun pada semangat demokrasi ekonomi.
DEFINISI,KRITERIA,DAN KONSEP UMKM
Authors: khasanah uswatun
Published: June 2022

Usaha mikro kecil menengah adalah istilah umum dalam dunia ekonomi yang merujuk kepada usaha ekonomi produktif yang dimiliki perorangan maupun badan usaha sesuai dengan kriteria yang ditetapkan oleh Undang-undang No. 20 tahun 2008. UMKM dapat berarti bisnis yang dijalankan individu, rumah tangga, atau badan usaha ukuran kecil. Penggolongan UMKM didasarkan batasan omzet pendapatan per tahun, jumlah kekayaan aset, serta jumlah pegawai. Sedangkan yang tidak masuk kategori UMKM atau masuk dalam hitungan usaha besar, yaitu usaha ekonomi produktif yang dijalankan oleh badan usaha dengan total kekayaan bersih atau hasil penjualan tahunan lebih besar dari usaha menengah.
Kelembagaan dan Iddentitas Koperasi
Authors: Ilman Afnan Nur
Published: June 2022

Berbicara mengenai kelembagaan koperasi ini berkaitan dengan unsur-unsur yang ada dalam koperasi yang menjadi identitas dari koperasi itu.
Kultursensible Serious Games zur SARS-CoV-2 Infektionsprävention: Studienkonzept und Praxis
Authors: Sipar Dilan , Bücheler Leonie , Haug Fabian , Haug Julian , Comtesse Hannah , Pryss Rüdiger , Rosner Rita , Frick Ulrich
Published: June 2022

Theoretischer Hintergrund: In der aktuellen Pandemie stellten Gemeinschaftsunterkünfte für Asylbewerber mehrmals Hotspots für COVID-19-Ausbrüche dar. Solche Ausbrüche werden durch beengte Wohnverhältnisse, Fehlinformationen der Bewohner und kulturelle Barrieren für präventives Verhalten begünstigt. Die geplante Studie zielte darauf ab, weit verbreitete Missverständnisse über COVID-19 aufzuklären, relevante Informationen auf eine altersgerechte Art zu vermitteln und geeignete Kanäle zu nutzen, indem Serious Games zur Erreichung von Lernzielen eingesetzt wurden. Zielpopulation waren Asylbewerber in Gemeinschaftsunterkünften im Alter von 16 bis 26 Jahren, die ein Smartphone besaßen.Methode: In einer Phase II-analogen randomisierten, zweiarmigen offenen Präventionsstudie wurde eine Lern-App mit einem sechswöchigen Programm und Gamification-Elementen entwickelt (CAYPVAR-App). Für eine randomisierte Hälfte der Teilnehmer war eine zusätzliche psychologische Gruppenintervention zur individuellen Verhaltensplanung bei der Umsetzung und Aufrechterhaltung von präventiven Verhaltensweisen in der jeweiligen institutionellen und/oder sozialen Umgebung geplant. Als Studienendpunkte wurden das Wissen über COVID-19 und Verhaltensintentionen sowie die Impfbereitschaft erfasst.Ergebnisse: Es konnten insgesamt N = 146 Probanden aus acht Einrichtungen rekrutiert werden und n = 88 Personen in die Studie eingeschlossen werden. Es nahmen n = 18 Personen am Abschlussinterview teil. Im folgenden Bericht werden keine weiteren quantitativen Daten berichtet (siehe Frick et al., 2022), sondern Feldbeobachtungen während der Studiendurchführung diskutiert.Diskussion und Schlussfolgerung: Die pandemische und asylpolitische Lage zum Zeitpunkt der Studiendurchführung erschwerten den Zugang zu der Zielpopulation. Eine Verhaltensprävention war unter diesen Umständen schwer umzusetzen. Bei der Übertragungsprävention in der untersuchten Gruppe sollten strukturelle Aspekte stärker berücksichtigt werden als der Versuch einer Verhaltensänderung durch psychologische Interventionen.
MAKALAH KELEMBAGAAN DAN IDENTITAS KOPERASI
Authors: Haya Nur Anni
Published: June 2022

Tiga prinsip identitas (tanpa mengabaikan prinsip yang lain ) dalam koperasi adalah keanggotaan bersifat terbuka dan sukarela, adanya pembatasan atas modal dengan dasar satu orang satu suara, serta alokasi sisa hasil usaha sebanding dengan transaksi yang dilakukan oleh anggota. Makna prinsip identititas ini menuntut kesadaran anggota bahwa kelangsungan hidup koperasi sangat tergantung dari partisipasi para anggota koperasi sebagai pemilik sekaligus sebagai konsumen. Inilah yang membedakan koperasi dengan badan usaha yang lain
KEWIRAUSAHAAN KOPERASI
Authors: Nurbaiti
Published: June 2022

Kewirausahaan adalah usaha menciptakan nilai tambah dengan jalan mengombinasikan sumber-sumber melalui cara-cara baru dan berbeda. Jadi kewirausahaan atau entrepreneurship didefinisikan sebagai kemampuan dalam berkreasi dari hasil pemikiran kreatif dalam rangka mewujudkan inovasi untuk memanfaatkan peluang menuju kesuksesan. Kewirausahaan koperasi adalah suatu sikap mental positif dalam berusaha secara koperatif dengan mengambil prakarsa inovatif serta keberanian mengambil risiko dan berpegang teguh pada prinsip identitas koperasi dalam mewujudkan terpenuhinya kebutuhan nyata serta peningkatan kesejahteraan bersama. Kewirausahaan koperasi merupakan sikap mental positif dalam berusaha secara koperatif. Ini berarti wirausaha koperasi (orang yang melaksanakan kewirausahaan koperasi) harus mempunyai keinginan untuk memajukan organisasi koperasi, baik itu usaha koperasi maupun usaha anggotanya. Usaha itu harus dilakukan secara koperatif dalam arti setiap kegiatan usaha koperasi harus mementingkan kebutuhan anggotanya.
Makalah “MENGIDENTIFIKASI SEGMEN PASAR DAN MEMILIH PASAR SASARAN”
Authors: Nurhayati
Published: June 2022

Dalam era persaingan pasar yang sekarang ini segmentasi pasar danidentifikasi pasar merupakan suatu hal yang menjadi keharusan. Identifikasitarget pasar merupakan langkah awal yang dibutuhkan dalam perencanaandan pengembangan strategi pemasaran. Dalam situasi dimana konsumenmenghadapi banyak pilihan, maka kesuksesan pemasaran produk akanbanyak ditentukan oleh kesesuaian produk dengan kebutuhan konsumenpada segmen tertentu.Perusahaan tidak dapat berhubungan dengan semua pelanggannya dipasar yang besar, luas, atau beragam.
Assessing the replicability of Cognitive Psychology via remote experiential learning
Authors: Dyson Ben
Published: June 2022

A recent global health crisis demanded the wholesale configuration of both teaching and research from in-person to on-line formats. This presented an opportunity to conduct an environmental sweep on the replicability of Cognitive Psychology in the context of an undergraduate course, in which portable experimental packages were written for mobile phone (Flex Labs). Students received direct experience with studies that had central implications for the discussion of Cognitive Neuroscience (Faces), Perception (Search), Attention (Doodle), Everyday Memory (House), Long-Term Memory (Object), Semantic Memory (Trivia), Decision-Making (RPS), and, Mental Imagery (Rotate). Running across Winter 2021, Fall 2021 and Winter 2022 (average n per study = 585), with the expectation of one study, data consistently produced evidence either for (Faces, Search, Object, RPS, Rotate) or against (Doodle, Trivia) the original findings. The Flex Lab scheme not only allows students to play an active role in the discussion of the replication crises within empirical science, but also provides a framework for the future implementation of experiential learning during remote and asynchronous teaching. With continued evaluation made possible via Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/kv5qp/), a central question for all future research is whether on-line data collection violates an essential auxiliary assumption for the replication of in-person data collection.
Making habits measurable beyond what they are not: a focus on associative dual-process models
Authors: Watson Poppy , O'Callaghan Claire , Perkes Iain , Bradfield Laura , Turner Karly
Published: June 2022

Habits are the subject of intense international research. Under the associative dual-process model the outcome devaluation paradigm has been used extensively to classify behaviours as being either goal-directed (sensitive to shifts in the value of associated outcomes) or habitual (triggered by stimuli without anticipation of consequences). This has proven to be a useful framework for studying the neurobiology of habit and relevance of habits in clinical psychopathology. However, in recent years issues have been raised about this rather narrow definition of habits in comparison to habitual behaviour experienced in the real world. Specifically, defining habits as the absence of goal-directed control, the very specific set-ups required to demonstrate habit experimentally and the lack of direct evidence for habits as stimulus-response behaviours are viewed as problematic. In this review paper we address key critiques that have been raised about habit research within the framework of the associative dual-process model. We then highlight novel research approaches studying different features of habits with methods that expand beyond traditional paradigms.
Why do adults seek treatment for gaming (disorder)? A qualitative study
Authors: Karhulahti Veli-Matti , Nuutinen Sanni , Lukka Lauri
Published: June 2022

BACKGROUND AND AIMS. Despite gaming disorder now being diagnosable by the ICD-11 as a new disorder due to addictive behaviors, little is known about the concrete reasons for which people seek treatment for their videogame play. As the current literature is mainly based on children and adolescents, there is a strong need for better understanding adult treatment-seekers’ in particular. METHODS. This preregistered study responds to the gap in research by qualitatively investigating the reasons for treatment-seeking with 110 participants who had sought help for their videogame play from a Finnish treatment program. We applied template analysis to the open-ended data, which consist of the participants’ personal accounts regarding their problems. Additionally, we report the game titles that the participants had problems with, as well as Internet Gaming Disorder Test 10 (IGDT-10) scores, which were measured from 89 participants. RESULTS. The template analysis suggested five themes, which cover the main reasons for treatment- seeking: social reasons, existential reasons, practical reasons, self-perceived addiction, and wish for support. Many of these themes overlap with the ICD-11 description of gaming disorder, but several issues, such as existential reasons, are not part of the current diagnosis. The average IGDT- 10 score among participants was 3.86 (SD=2.55) and 37 (42%) individuals met the disorder cutoff. Numerous videogames with different designs were mentioned as sources of problems, of which 26 were mentioned more than once.CONCLUSIONS. The study indicates that adults seek treatment for many kinds of games and gaming- related problems, including but not limited to those, which are described part of the ICD-11 gaming disorder diagnoses. We recommend both researchers and practitioners to implement an expanded perspective on gaming behaviors, acknowledging that adults may seek treatment for diverse gaming-related problems, some of which not necessarily relevant to gaming disorder.
Exploring links between social learning and persuasion: The role of credibility
Authors: Kasran Sarah , Hughes Sean , De Houwer Jan
Published: June 2022

Research often focuses on one of two ways in which evaluative responses can be established or changed: the effects of persuasive messages and the effects of environmental regularities. While the former depend on the symbolic meaning of words and sentences, the latter are often seen as non-symbolic (i.e., the change in liking is assumed to be driven by purely spatiotemporal properties). However, De Houwer and Hughes (2016) introduced the idea that regularities can function as symbols conveying how stimuli are related to one another. If so, there may be important similarities between regularity-based and persuasion-based effects. We applied these ideas to observational evaluative conditioning (OEC), a type of social learning that involves a change in liking that is due to a regularity between the presence of a stimulus and the behavior of a model. Specifically, we tested whether the credibility of the source – a variable known to influence persuasion – moderated OEC effects. In Experiment 1 (n = 298) we first confirmed that our manipulation of source credibility moderated the effectiveness of a verbal message describing how a model reacted to stimuli. In Experiment 2 (n = 301) we replaced this verbal message by a video that actually showed the model reacting to the stimuli. Contrary to predictions, OEC effects were not larger when the model was high in credibility than when the model was low in credibility. We discuss the lack of an impact of source credibility in light of the persuasion literature and suggest potential improvements for future research exploring similarities between social learning and persuasion.
HIGHER TEMPERATURES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SHORT-TERM INCREASES IN FOOD INSECURITY. A NATURAL EXPERIMENT ACROSS INDIAN STATES, 2014-2017
Authors: Kroeger Carolin , Reeves Aaron , Fledderjohann Jasmine
Published: June 2022

Background Food insecurity affects two billion people worldwide and is associated with worse health outcomes such as malnutrition, child mortality, and cardiovascular diseases (1–4). Rising temperatures threaten agricultural yields in the long term, but higher temperatures may also increase food insecurity in the short term by reducing earnings and increasing consumption. This paper explores whether viewing periods of hot temperatures as an income shock helps explain patterns of food insecurity over time. Methods We combine representative household data (n=8,399) from 2014 to 2017 with temperature data from weather stations across 17 Indian states. We estimate the association between moderate-severe food insecurity and the number of hot days in the state during the previous seven days, accounting for month, year, and state fixed effects in a linear probability model. FindingsWe find that experiencing at least three hot days in the previous week increases the likelihood of reporting moderate-severe food insecurity by 12.88 percentage points [95% CI: 4.73 to 21.02, p = 0.0000]. Households exposed to higher temperatures were also more likely to be unable to afford food or shelter, suggesting that households struggle to make ends meet during periods of high temperatures. Indeed, those with lower incomes see larger increases in food insecurity during periods of higher temperatures than those with higher incomes. InterpretationHot periods are associated with short-term increases in food insecurity in India with particularly acute effects among low-income households. Climate adaptation needs to account for the short-term effects of high temperatures on food insecurity.
Validity of automated learning progress assessment in English written expression for students with learning difficulties
Authors: Mercer Sterett H. , Cannon Joanna E.
Published: June 2022

We evaluated the validity of an automated approach to learning progress assessment (aLPA) for English written expression. Participants (n = 105) were students in Grades 2–12 who had parent-identified learning difficulties and received academic tutoring through a community-based organization. Participants completed narrative writing samples in the fall and spring of 1 academic year, and some participants (n = 33) also completed a standardized writing assessment in the spring of the academic year. The narrative writing samples were evaluated using aLPA, four hand-scored written expression curriculum-based measures (WE-CBM), and ratings of writing quality. Results indicated (a) aLPA and WE-CBM scores were highly correlated with ratings of writing quality; (b) aLPA and more complex WE-CBM scores demonstrated acceptable correlations with the standardized writing subtest assessing spelling and grammar, but not the subtest assessing substantive quality; and (c) aLPA scores showed small, statistically significant improvements from fall to spring. These findings provide preliminary evidence that aLPA can be used to efficiently score narrative writing samples for progress monitoring, with some evidence that the aLPA scores can serve as a general indicator of writing skill. The use of automated scoring in aLPA, with performance comparable to WE-CBM hand scoring, may improve scoring feasibility and increase the likelihood that educators implement aLPA for decision-making.
Curriculum-based measurement of basic arithmetic competence: Do different booklets represent the same ability?
Authors: Varnauer Christin , Chromik Sarah , Doebler Philipp , Kuhn Jörg-Tobias
Published: June 2022

An important prerequisite of progress monitoring as one source to support instructional decision-making is the existence of equivalent booklets. This study assesses this prerequisite with respect to a German elementary school math curriculum-based measurement instrument (LVD-M 2-4; Strathmann & Klauer, 2012). Every second week of a 19-weeks period, n = 108 third and n = 109 fourth graders (regular instruction) completed one of ten parallel booklets, each containing 24 arithmetic tasks. Analyses with (generalized) linear mixed models showed that in both grades the between-booklet variance was so small in relation to the between student variance that it was practically irrelevant. This corresponds to the key assumption of the binomial model that equivalent scores from different booklets reflect the same ability. While item difficulty varied within some of the tasks, the effect was insubstantial in comparison with the variance between students. These findings were replicated in two intervention samples of an RTI study. The parallel booklets can therefore be regarded as equivalent for typical applied purposes. Implications of these findings for curriculum-based measurement and booklet design are discussed.
Child protection system – just think differently? Critical analysis of selected models
Authors: Szafranek Magdalena , Fabián Petr , Škoviera Albín , Gorczowska Joanna
Published: June 2022

This publication provides a useful insight into the structure and historical development of four family support and child protection frameworks: Czech, Slovakian, Polish and British (England and Wales). It looks at how each of the models understands child welfare, especially in the context of child protection and discusses the parents’ position therein.
Design of the TEPX luminometer for the CMS experiment at the HL-LHC
Authors: Benitez Jose Feliciano , Encinas Acosta Hedwin Aaron , Sehrawat Ashish , Oropeza Barrera Cristina
Published: June 2022

The design and expected performance for precision luminosity measurement of the Tracker Endcap Pixel (TEPX) detector for the CMS experiment at the upcoming High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) is described. The TEPX detector is composed of 4 double-sided double disks at each end of CMS covering the range of | z | from 175 to 265 cm, each disk made of 5 rings composed of silicon sensors, with a total of 800 million pixels distributed across the 8 disks. Disk 4 Ring 1 (TEPXD4R1) will be dedicated to luminosity and beam-induced background measurements, utilising the same method as that of the rest of TEPX, namely pixel cluster counting. For the HL-LHC, the goal is to achieve a final uncertainty of 1% for offline luminosity measurements. The expected performance of the TEPX and TEPXD4R1 luminometers in terms of statistical precision for van der Meer scan calibration and for physics conditions, as well as the linearity performance of each disk are presented.
Antioxidant Activity of Total Phenols and Flavonoids Extracted from Echinops polyceras Roots Grown in Syria
Authors: Al-Assaf Issa , Khazem Mays
Published: June 2022

Free radicals are products of normal cellular metabolism, they are unstable, short-lived, and highly reactive and the excessive production of them may cause numerous degenerative diseases like cancer. Antioxidants such as polyphenols have a protective role against free radicals. Echinops polyceras Boiss. is one of Echinops (Asteraceae) genus species that spread in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. Phytochemicals found in this species roots have been extracted with gradient polarity solvents, and primary screening of the secondary metabolites was established. Then, the phenolic compounds content was determined with Folin-Ciocalteu reagent and flavonoids content with aluminum chloride reagent. The free radicals scavenging activity was evaluated for all extracts with DPPH• in a 96-well microplate. The selectivity study indicates that ascorbic acid and reducing sugars didn't exist in the extracts. The identification tests showed the presence of polyphenols like flavonoids and coumarins. The methanolic extract of the E.polyceras roots was the most effective scavengers of free radicals (84% in 30 min) with phenolic compounds content 575.5 mg GAE/g DE and flavonoids content 130 mg QE/ g DE, and the chloroformic extract was the least effective (45% in 30 min) with phenolic compounds content 222.5 mg GAE/g DE and flavonoids content 57.5mg QE/ g DE. In conclusion, the phenolic compounds and flavonoids from Echinops polyceras Boiss. are effective in free radicals scavenging and protecting from diseases caused by oxidative stress.
Correlation between Seminal Fructosamine and Glycosylation Gap and Some Sex Hormones in the Young Infertile Male in Mosul City
Authors: Ahmed AlKataan Muhammad Abdulgafoor , Mumaan J.
Published: June 2022

Infertility represents a growing health problem in Mosul city and worldwide. Infertility defined as a failure to induce pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse for more than 12 months. Infertility in male is a multifactorial complex pathology that leads to different types of problems. This work try to explore the correlation between glycosylation gap and seminal fructosamine and another parameter in the young male patient in Mosul city. The study included 50 subjects with age range 19-29 year with BMI 18-26. The infertility group include 25 patients newly diagnosed with infertility before starting any treatment; have no infection and no structural abnormality. The control group included 25 healthy subjects. HbA1c, fructosamine, Serum and seminal Testosterone, estradiol and Testosterone/ estradiol. Plasma trace element as K, Mg and Zn also measured. There was a significant elevation in the glycosylation profile in the infertile male in compare to control (p<0.05). There was a significant elevation in glycosylation gap in the infertile group (p<0.01). Testosterone and Testosterone/ Estradiol ratio significantly reduced in the infertile group in comparison to control group (p< 0.0004 and 0.0002 respectively). Serum and Seminal plasma Testosterone/ Estradiol ratio showed no significant changes between the two groups (p>0.05). In conclusion, there was a significant positive correlation seminal plasma fructosamine and glycosylation gap in infertile male group.
Comprendre l’inconduite sexuelle policière : une perspective canadienne
Authors: Ampleman-Tremblay Sandrine
Published: June 2022

Ce texte propose une première discussion en contexte canadien sur l’inconduite sexuelle policière qui sera illustrée par des cas issus de la jurisprudence et de diverses publications spécialisées. Bien que les nombreuses typologies et définitions nous aident à circonscrire ce que constitue l’inconduite sexuelle policière, elles nécessitent souvent d’être combinées afin de brosser un portrait exhaustif de la situation. En premier lieu, cet article suggère une nouvelle façon de comprendre l’inconduite sexuelle policière. En effet, en s’inspirant des écrits de John Gardner, la première partie de ce texte présente une façon d’élargir notre compréhension de l’inconduite sexuelle policière, c’est-à-dire étudier son contraire : la « bonne conduite sexuelle ». En deuxième lieu, cet essai se penche sur divers cas d’inconduites sexuelles policières recensés au Canada afin de démontrer la nécessité d’inclure une composante égalitaire dans la définition de la « bonne conduite sexuelle ». Enfin, il est à noter que cet article se veut être une discussion et non un portrait statistique de la situation canadienne.
Defamation as a Sword: The Weaponization of Civil Liability against Sexual Assault Survivors in the Post-#MeToo Era
Authors: Hurry Aliosha
Published: June 2022

When the #MeToo movement gained popularity in 2017, the impact that it would have on how societies perceive sexual violence against women was unpredictable. In the midst of the female empowerment and support that the hashtag cultivated, a legal phenomenon was brewing in the form of retaliatory defamation lawsuits from men accused in this modern wave of sexual assault allegations. This analysis features a step-by-step breakdown of the life of a defamation lawsuit filed against a sexual assault survivor making an online sexual assault disclosure and explores this increasingly popular intimidation tactic. In doing so, I illustrate the way in which Canadian defamation law, though well suited to its predetermined purpose, is wholly inappropriate when applied to a #MeToo context, where it essentially becomes used to litigate sexual assault claims in a manner that disadvantages survivors and inadvertently reinforces rape myths in the legal analysis.
Power, Gender, and Race in the Legal Profession
Authors: Liao Carol
Published: June 2022

This piece is a transcript of the final keynote address at the forty-third Annual Women in Law Dinner, delivered on 5 March 2020 by Dr. Carol Liao at the Fairmont Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, one week before the city went into COVID-19 lockdown. The event was hosted by the University of British Columbia Allard Law Women’s Caucus and attended by over three hundred women lawyers and their supporters. Dr. Liao received a standing ovation following her speech.
Damage assessment of a cement plant partially collapsed depending on various causes
Authors: Temelli Uğur Emre , Öngören Cüneyt , Sayin Baris
Published: June 2022

This study aims at examining the possible causes of the brittle collapse of a tertiary air duct system under vertical loads. Problems related to the design and construction stages were examined. The entire process was illustrated using a tertiary air duct case study in a cement plant. In the plant, the tertiary air duct collapsed without any earthquake, blast, or impact effects. The current study includes a field study, examination of an original/revised design project, and numerical simulation. In the first stage of the study, the existing state of the collapsed system and its compliance with static and mechanical projects were examined. Secondly, a two-dimensional finite element analysis was performed to determine project eligibility. The causes of the system were determined based on the data obtained in the former stages. The results showed that the causes of partial collapse included project errors, construction faults, and project incompatibilities.
The life-cycles and growth of some comb-branchial mollusks (Gastropoda: Pectinibranchia) in the ponds of the European part of Russia
Authors: Beryozkina G.V. , Arakelova E.S.
Published: June 2022

The life-cycles of three mollusc species, Bithynia tentaculata, Contectiana listeri, and Viviparus viviparus (Gastropoda: Pectinibranchia), from the different freshwater bodies of the European part of Russia were studied. The growth rates were determined from the analysis of morphometric characteristics of their shell. The maximum duration of the life-history of comb-branchial molluscs is larger, than that of freshwater pulmonate snails. The life-cycle of Bithynia tentaculata (Bithyniidae) may last 4 years. The duration of life of large molluscs of the family Viviparidae (Contectiana listeri and Viviparus viviparus) is 5–6 years. The structure of the life-cycles of different populations of the same species depends on the temperature regime in the waterbody.
Pharmacognostic Standardization and Preliminary Phytochemical Studies of Bupleurum rigidum L.
Authors: Chelghoum M. , Khitri W. , Smati D.
Published: June 2022

The medicinal plant market knows a large expansion, especially for Asiatic species. Material herb-drug can be subjected to unintentional or intentional adulteration. Bupleurum rigidum is a Chinese medicinal plant used in the treatment of hepatitis and intermittent fever. The species is represented in Algeria, where no study has been carried out to date on its quality control. The present study aimed to investigate their pharmacognostic characteristics. Morphoanatomic studies were performed to record authentication features. Ash content, extractive value, phytochemical composition were evaluated. Bupleurum rigidum revealed a thick root, a branched stem, and lanceolate and ribbonshaped leaves. The herb-drug has a rancid odour and bitter taste. Anatomy was characterised by the presence of secretory canals in all aerial parts. Palisade tissue in the midrib and on both sides of the lamina. The powder analysis showed the presence of epidermis cells with anisocytic stomata. Preliminary phytochemical tests gave strongly positive reactions with triterpenoids and saponins. TLC profile indicated the presence of important spots in the medium frontal ratio zone. Saponins gave a rate of 10% followed by phenols with 5% content. The results gave valuable data to establish the complete monography of the whole plant. The study act as a platform for the identification and development of quality control parameters of the species.
Controlling Effect of Ethyl-acetate and n-Butanol Fractions fromPunica granatumL. Peel on Postprandial Hyperglycemia In Vivo, and Its Potent α-Amylase Inhibitory
Authors: Belkacem N. , Djaziri R. , Lahfa F.
Published: June 2022

Postprandial hyperglycemia plays an important role in the development of type 2 diabetes and has been proposed as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Herbal medicine has been used for many years by different cultures around the world for the treatment of diabetes.Punica granatumis one of the traditional remedies used for that reason. In this study, we investigated the effects of organic extracts (ethyl acetate andn-butanol) fromPunica granatumpeel on postprandial hyperglycemiain vivocaused by glucose, sucrose, maltose, or starch loading. Oral administration ofPunica granatumpeel extracts (400 mg/kg b.w.) markedly lowered plasma glucose levels in fasted normal rats. We examinedin vitrowhether the organic fractions ofPunica granatumpeel have an antidiabetic effect through α-amylase inhibitory action. Ethyl acetate andn-butanol fractions of aqueous/acetone crude extracts displayed a potent inhibitory effect on α-amylase activity (IC50 = 0.85 and 2.13 g/l, respectively). These results suggest that inhibitory activity ofPunica granatumpeel extracts may contribute to delay in carbohydrate digestion and glucose absorption and improves postprandial hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes by inhibiting intestinal αamylase and disaccharidases activity.
Transformation of the Concept of Kyoyang (Self-Cultivation) in Korean Print Media, 1896–1936
Authors: Kim Ah-reum
Published: June 2022

The Korean concept of kyoyang (self-cultivation) conceives different layers of meaning corresponding to the enlightenment and reform project in the early modern and colonial periods of Korean society. This article traces the historical trajectory of kyoyang published in Korean vernacular magazines and newspapers by Korean reformists, the main media intellectuals who appropriated Japanese and Western ideas of enlightenment, nationalism, and culturalism. It reveals the way the reformist media intellectuals employed kyoyang to define the nature of modern print media while simultaneously transforming the concept, providing resources for enlightening the populace. Accordingly, kyoyang, once assumed by a few literary men under the influence of Neo-Confucianism, was shifted to encompass the commoners, envisioning the enlightened national subjects who embody contradictory qualities.
From Femicide to Feminicidio
Authors: Ordorica Camila
Published: June 2022

Feminisms in the second half of the twentieth century were reshaped by the efforts to end violence against women. Feminist activists in national and international settings invented concepts to refer to previously unquestioned societal practices as oppressive to women and changed the world by naming them. In this article, I engage with the concepts of femicide/feminicidio (f/f): the murder of women for gender reasons. I follow the history of this concept and its incursion into the broader political and public sphere in Latin America. Focusing on the Mexican case, I show how the study of national feminist histories is relevant to the history of women’s activism in the international arena. This article contributes to the history of concepts by showing the linguistic distinctions and connections of feminist concepts in different sociocultural environments. Overall, this research argues in favor of studying feminist concepts with Latin American perspectives to articulate the complexity of the world today.
An Otaku with Chinese Characteristics?
Authors: Shan Fred
Published: June 2022

Existing studies on Lu Yang have largely sidelined his engagement with Japanese anime, comics, and gaming (ACG) culture, despite the artist having frequently reiterated the significance of ACG to his upbringing and practice. Nor have they extensively explored what, if anything, is particularly Chinese about Lu’s work. This article argues that it is precisely Lu’s appropriation of ACG’s visual aesthetic and symbolic language that firmly positions the artist within twenty-first century Chinese youth culture. Focusing on The Beast (2012)—Lu’s tribute to the cult classic anime Neon Genesis Evangelion—I adopt an interdisciplinary approach synthesizing otaku research, fandom studies, Chinese socio-economic analyses and institutional critique to contextualize Lu’s practice within the socio-historical nexus of Sino–Japanese transcultural exchange and the global network of contemporary art.
Lu Yang’s Cancer Baby
Authors: Lee Jennifer Dorothy
Published: June 2022

Centering a genealogy of the image 形象 (xingxiang) in China, this article opens up the task of interpreting Lu Yang’s (b.1984) works of animation and sound. To make sense of the artist’s scientized preoccupations with disease, neuroscience, and biomedical interventions into brain–body interconnections, I argue that scientific uses of technology become an artistic medium for Lu, inhabiting and encoding his work from the 2010s, in particular Cancer Baby (2014). Framing the digital animation of this piece amid the fraught intellectual history of the image—a concept that carries generations, even millennia, of debate in China—the article offers a set of clues, if not a window direct, to opening up the dynamics of consciousness, materiality, and control in the artist’s creative method.
“Like a Dream, an Illusion, a Drop of Dew, a Flash of Lightning”
Authors: Monnet Livia
Published: June 2022

This article argues that the conceptualization of the (un)reality of the phenomenal or material world (qishijie) in Lu Yang’s animated short Material World Knight Game Film (MWKGF, 2020) at once follows and departs significantly from the Theravada and Mahayana traditions it references. MWKGF’s reconfiguring of Buddhist notions of (un)reality is especially apparent in its representation of samsara (cycle of birth and rebirth) and in its questioning of Buddhist wisdom through the lens of neuroscience, psychotherapy, and (popular versions) of quantum theory. The film further suggests that Buddhist philosophy can be effectively expounded and played, as an “executable thought experiment” in/as a video game. The article shows in conclusion that MWKGF also envisions an “ecological dharma eye manifesto” that seems to call for an epistemic-technoscientific-spiritual revolution.
Challenging Binaries in Posthuman Worlds
Authors: Snels Jori
Published: June 2022

The Material World Knight is an anime-style superhero from Lu Yang’s artwork The Great Adventure of Material World—Game Film (2020) who battles oppressive binary systems on his quest for transcendence. This article uses discourse and visual analysis to study how this short film employs references to Buddhist philosophy and Japanese anime to reconceptualize subjectivity. The study draws on posthuman theory by Rosi Braidotti and Donna Haraway to show how the artwork produces a post-dualist, posthuman, relational concept of subjectivity while also complicating any straightforward interpretations in favor of maintaining complexity and “staying with the trouble.”
Cyclic Existence, Iteration, and Digital Transcendence
Authors: Wong Ashley Lee
Published: June 2022

This article explores MetaObjects’ ongoing collaboration with Lu Yang to develop a live motion capture performance. As a studio facilitating digital production with artists, the knowledge acquired delves into the worldview of the artist reflected in works and in practice. Lu Yang’s work is inherently collaborative and evolves in increasing complexity with each iteration. Similarly, reincarnation and repetition are present in Buddhist conceptions of cyclic existence and the wheel of life. Lu Yang connects an interest in folk beliefs and Chinese medicine to neuroscience presenting a multi-layering of temporalities in contemporary culture. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the performance was transformed into an online experience, deepening Lu Yang’s interest in digital reincarnation. The work presents an interest in digital reincarnation where identities are fluid and open to reinvention in the virtual realm.
Avatar vs. Artist
Authors: Pollack Barbara
Published: June 2022

Climbing, climbing the circular staircase of a decaying art deco apartment house, a throwback to Old Shanghai’s grandeur in the 1930s, I felt like I was stepping back in time. It was fall of 2011, and I was accompanied by a twenty-seven-year-old artist named Lu Yang who led me on this upward trek to a studio. As Lu Yang opened the green door to the space, I was immediately thrown forward from the past to the future. The darkened room was packed with computer monitors flickering with the running text of chatrooms. Aquariums, filled with dead frogs floating in formaldehyde, gave off an eerie green light. There were no sketches or paintings or anything like traditional art making. What an awakening! I realized that this was the kind of art I had been searching for on my trips to China since 2004. I was looking for an artist whose work reflected the enormous upheaval of the Reform era, the influx of Western goods, the possibilities of the internet, and the shock to the psyche that these changes had wrought. Lu Yang completely fit the bill.
Lu Yang
Authors: Thouny Christophe
Published: June 2022

Where is Lu Yang? Not here nor there; they might well be this new supernatural life form Maupassant could feel invading his everyday when the world became planetary, an invisible entity coming from abroad and unstoppable. Indeed, Lu Yang (LY) is unstoppable, unlocalizable, out of time and space. Planetary being? Asian superhero? Their aesthetics are avowedly Asianesque, with clear references to Japanese otaku culture, Buddhism, Chinese characters. This is 1990s techno-orientalism on speed opening onto what Livia Monnet calls a planetary unconscious.