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Political Trust and Russian Media in Latvia
Authors: Berzina Ieva
Published: February 2019

Russia’s attempts to influence public opinion outside its borders attracted increased interest in the context of its involvement in the war in Ukraine, Brexit referendum, the elections in the US and other political processes in the West. This article focuses on the assumption that Russian activities in the information environment of NATO and the EU member states among other things are aimed at undermining public trust in democratic governance institutions. Russian state-owned media is one of the tools about how Kremlin disseminates and promotes its worldview within and outside Russia’s borders; therefore, the research questions being addressed in this paper are related to the relationship between political trust and consumption of Russian media. To study this issue, Latvia was chosen as an outstanding case due to the relatively large presence of Russian media content in its information environment. The paper examines the trends of Russian media consumption and political trust in Latvia to assess if this is a fruitful further research area since linking political trust and Russia’s information activities is a new perspective on the issue. The theoretical part of the paper outlines the concept of political trust and the factors affecting it as they are identified in previous research, with a specific focus on the impact of media on political trust. The empirical part of the paper examines the trends in the growth of the audience of the TV channels retranslating Russian media content and political trust in Latvia in the period from 2007 to 2017. Considering that political trust in Latvia is increasing alongside with an increase in Russian media consumption, this paper suggests several further research directions with a focus on political and economic performance indicators and the impact of domestic media.
Exploring Subbordia – the impact of suburbanisation in cross-border metropolitan regions. The case study of Szczecin and its German hinterland
Authors: Barthel Martin , Barthel Ewelina
Published: February 2019

This paper focuses on the largely unexamined phenomenon of the developing trans-national suburban area west of Szczecin. Sadly the local communities in this functionally connected area struggle with national planning policies that are unsuitable for the region. The paper examines the impact of those processes on the border region in general and on the localities in particular. The paper investigates the consequences for local narratives and the cohesive development of the Euroregion and what position Polish and German communities took to develop the region, even without the necessary planning support. The region has succeeded in establishing grass-roots planning mechanisms which have helped to create a metropolitan-region working from the bottom up.
Design and FPGA implementation of 11th order Efficient IIR Wavelet Filter Banks with Approximate Linear-phase
Authors: Hamad Rasha W.
Published: February 2019

In this paper. Bireciprocal Lattice Wave Digital Filters (BLWDFs) are utilized in an  approximate linear-phase in pass-band design of  order IIR wavelet filter banks (FBs). These filter banks are efficiently designed by replacement one of  branches for (BLWDFs)  by only a unit delay. The coefficients of the designed filter are achieved by simulating the IIR response suggested in [1]. The design is  first simulated using Matlab programming in order to investigate the resulting wavelet filter properties and to find the suitable wordlength for the BLWDFs coefficients. FPGA implemtation of the proposed IIR wavelet filter bank is also achived for three levels with less complexity and high operating frequency.
Halaman Depan JPI Vol 21 No 1 Februari 2019
Authors: Depan Halaman
Published: February 2019

Halaman Depan JPI Vol 21 No 1 Februari 2019
PENGARUH INTENSIFIKASI DAN EKSTENSIFIKASI PAJAK DAN RETRIBUSI DAERAH TERHADAP PENINGKATAN PENDAPATAN ASLI DAERAH DENGAN DIMODERASI PELAKSANAAN GOOD GOVERNANCE PADA KABUPATEN / KOTA DI WILAYAH III CIREBON
Authors: Nurhayati Neni
Published: February 2019

Penelitian bertujuan untuk menganalisis intensifikasi dan ekstensifikasi pajak dan retribusi daerah dalam meningkatkan Pendapatan Asli Daerah dengan dukungan pelaksanaan Good Governance. Penelitian dilakukan pada SKPD Pengelola Pajak dan Retribusi Daerah Se-Wilayah III Cirebon dengan jumlah responden 100 SKPD. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik proporsional sampling. �Dalam menganalisis data digunakan metode deskriptif-analisis dan metode analisis kuantitatif menggunakan Moderated Structural Equation Modeling (M-SEM).Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya pengaruh positif Intensifikasi pajak dan retribusi daerah terhadap peningkatan Pendapatan Asli Daerah (PAD), �Ekstensifikasi pajak dan retribusi daerah berpengaruh positif terhadap peningkatan Pendapatan Asli Daerah (PAD), serta pelaksanaan good governance mampu memperkuat pengaruh intensifikasi pajak dan retribusi daerah terhadap peningkatan PAD, sedangkan �pelaksanaan good governance tidak memperkuat pengaruh ekstensifikasi pajak dan retribusi daerah terhadap peningkatan PAD.�Kata kunci: pendapatan asli daerah, good governance, intensifikasi, ekstensifikasi, pajak daerah, retribusi daerah
ANALISIS PENGARUH GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DAN FINANCIAL LEVERAGE TERHADAP KINERJA KEUANGAN BANK UMUM SYARIAH DENGAN VOLUME PEMBIAYAAN SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERASI
Authors: Juna Junaedi
Published: February 2019

This research is a quantitative study which aims to analyze the effect of the implementation of good corporate governance ( GCG ) and financial leverage on the financial performance of Islamic Banks in Indonesia with a financing volume as a moderating variable. GCGCGPI proxy of the composite value, proxied by the DER financial leverage and financial performance proxied by ROA. The population in this research that the entire Islamic Banks in Indonesia in the span of 2009 to 2012. Determination of the sample by using purposive sampling the object obtained 11 studies analyzed panel data regression models with ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis and Moderation.The results of this study indicate that the GCG positive effect on financial performance, financial leverage has no effect on financial performance, financing volume moderate the relationship between corporate governance and financial performance, financing volume does not moderate the relationship between financial leverage and financial performance.Based on the analysis in this study, the following suggestions are presented: (1) For Researchers: to increase the number of observational studies, the researchers can further augment the study period so that the collected data is becoming more and research results will be better, researchers can further add other independent variables are predictable effect on the financial performance of the BUS and increase the number of variables that can be predicted to interfere with the relationship between the independent variables on the dependent variable, further research can be conducted by comparing the corporate governance of Islamic banks with conventional banks; (2) For Islamic banks: Banks can observe about the state of corporate governance in order to continuously improve the quality GCGGCG because it can improve the quality of the bank's financial performance.
Analisis Perubahan Sistem Keuangan dan Kinerja Rumah Sakit Sebelum dan Sesudah Berstatus Badan Layanan Umum Daerah (Studi Kasus Pada RSUD 45 Kuningan)
Authors: Nurhayati Neni
Published: February 2019

Penelitian ini berusaha mengungkapkan bagaimana perubahan status keuangan dan kinerja rumah sakit sebelum dan sesudah berubah status menjadi Badan Layanan Umum Daerah (BLUD). Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan metode studi kasus. Lokasi penelitian yaitu Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah (RSUD) 45 Kuningan Jawa Barat. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan Kinerja Rumah Sakit Umum dari sebelum BLUD ke BLUD menunjukkan trend yang lebih baik, hal tersebut dikarenakan RSUD setelah berstatus menjadi BLUD memiliki fleksibiltas dalam mengelola anggaran, membelanjakan anggaran, dan menjalankan proses bisnisnya.
ANALISA PENGARUH LABA BERSIH DAN ARUS KAS TERHADAP RETURN SAHAM PADA PERUSAHAAN FOOD AND BEVERAGES: STUDI EMPIRIS DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA
Authors: Haryatih Haryatih Haryatih
Published: February 2019

Target of this research to test influence of net income and cash flow to stock returns of at Food and Bevarages Companys: empirical study in effect exchange Indonesia. Variable used by as much 5 consisted of by 4 independent variable and 1 variable dependen. 4 independent variable that is net income, cash flow operate for, cash flow investment, and the cash flow financing. While 1 variable of dependen that is stock returns.This research test 10 Food and Bevarages Companys which have been enlisted in effect echange of Indonesia and have published financial statement which have been made an audit of by 31 December 2012 – 2015 representing the part of consideration of at determination of sampel by using purposive sampling. Statistical methods used by is doubled linear regression by using tes-t and tes F of at storey level of signifikansi 5%.Result of research individually prove that net income and cash flow operating have an effect to return share. While together is net income, cash flow operate for, cash flow investment, and cash flow of financing have an effect on positive to stock returns. This matter show indication that stock returns of influenced by Food and Beverage Company emiten of existence of publicing it the financial statement specially which deal with information of performance of company of found on income statement and cash flow statement.
ANALISIS PORTOFOLIO OPTIMAL DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN MODEL INDEKS TUNGGAL UNTUK PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN INVESTASI
Authors: Herma Wiharno Iis Juniarti
Published: February 2019

The purpose of this study was to examine and determine to determine the proportion of shares on the optimal portfolio is formed, to determine the level expected benefits and risks of the portfolio is formed, and to know the difference in average frequency trading group candidate shares optimal portfolio with non-stock group candidate optimal portfolio. The sampling method used in this research is purposive sampling method sampling method based on certain criteria. The number of samples used in this study based on the criteria as much as 28 industry companies. The study was conducted in the period August 2011 to January 2014. So the observation data obtained by 65 observation data. Hypothesis testing is done by using t test. The result of the single index model showed that  Large expected returns in the optimal portfolio E (Rp) 6.1733% 1.9159 with risk. Analysis of the different test by test t t generate profit amounted to 0.895 risks and to return 2,367, while t table at a significance level of 0.05 and df: 25, amounting to 2.05954 which may mean that the risk of assuming no significant difference while on return assumptions are no significant differences between the candidates forming the optimal portfolio shares with non-candidate stock portfolio.
Faktor Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Nilai Perusahaan (Studi empiris Pada Perusahaan Manufaktur yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia)
Authors: Endang Mahpudin Suparno
Published: February 2019

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis dan memberikan bukti empiris bahwa variabel independen Kebijakan Dividen dan Profitabilitas, baik secara parsial maupun secara simultan, berpengaruh terhadap Nilai Perusahaan. Berdasarkan teori kebijakan dividen dan sejalan dengan fenomena peningkatan Indeks Harga Saham Gabungan (IHSG), nilai perusahaan sektor manufaktur rata-rata lebih rendah dari rata-rata IHSG seluruh emiten. Nilai perusahaan manufaktur yang membayar dividen pun masih berada di bawah rata-rata seluruh emiten. Karena terdapat kesenjangan antara nilai perusahaan dan nilai rata-rata IHSG seluruh emiten, perusahaan sektor manufaktur diharapkan memiliki kinerja keuangan yang kuat agar mereka dapat memberikan kontribusi besar terhadap Produk Domestik Bruto (PDB) Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Dengan 110 perusahaan manufaktur yang terdaftar pada Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) selama tahun 2010-2014 sebagai, data diambil dengan metode Purposive Sampling. Sampel ini kemudian dianalisis lewat uji statistik dengan menggunakan regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa variabel Kebijakan Dividen dan Profitabilitas ternyata berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap Nilai Perusahaan. Temuan ini menarik, karena ini membuktikan bahwa keberhasilan peningkatan nilai perusahaan tergantung dari kemampuan perusahaan dalam memberdayakan sumber dayanya secara maksimal serta keberhasilan perusahaan tersebut dalam mengimplementasikan kebijakan yang sudah ditetapkan.
PENGARUH RISIKO AUDIT DAN LAMANYA WAKTU AUDIT TERHADAP PENETAPAN AUDIT FEE (Survey pada Auditor Kantor AkuntanPublik di Bandung)
Authors: Enung Nurhayati Tina Hartati Saputri Herma Wiharno
Published: February 2019

The problem is an issue fee of a dilemma because the auditor received a fee from the company (client) to be audited. The purpose of this study to investigate the effect of audit risk and length of time of the determination of audit fee audit either simultaneously or partial. The object of this study is the auditor of public accounting firm in Bandung.This research method using descriptive and verification methods analyst. This study uses 8 public accounting firms and 100 auditors working in 8 shades that have been audited sample. As well as the technique used is purposive sampling analysis techniques, as well as the technique used is the technique of multiple linear regression analysis with the help of SPSS version 20.The results of this study showed that simultaneous Fhitung = 48.382> F table = 3.12 then Ho is rejected and Ha accepted, meaning that the risk of an audit, and the length of time the audit simultaneously significant effect on the determination of the audit fee. In the test Partial obtained the value t = 3.112> table = 1.666 then Ho is rejected and Ha accepted, meaning that audit risk positive and significant impact on the determination of the audit fee, and t = 4.826> table = 1.666 then Ho is rejected and Ha accepted, meaning the length of time the audit positive and significant impact on the determination of the audit fee.From the results of research and discussion can be concluded that simultaneous audit risk and the length of time the audit affect the determination of audit fee survey on auditor Public Accounting Firm in Bandung, then partially, audit risk positive effect on the determination of the audit fee and the length of time the audit positive effect on the determination audit fee.
PENGARUH PROFITABILITAS, LEVERAGE, UKURAN PERUSAHAAN, KEPEMILIKAN INSTITUSIONAL DAN KEPEMILIKAN MANAJERIAL TERHADAP MANAJEMEN LABA
Authors: Purnama Dendi
Published: February 2019

This study aims to analyze the effect of profitability, leverage, firm size, institutional ownership and managerial ownership of earnings management. The population in this study are all manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2010 to 2015. The sample in this study as many as 47 companies for 6 years.The result of analysis shows that profitability have a significant positive effect to earnings management, firm size and managerial ownership negatively affect earnings management, while leverage and institutional ownership have no effect to earnings management. While jointly shows that the variable profitability, firm size, leverage, institutional ownership and managerial ownership have a significant effect on earnings management. Keywords: Profitability, Leverage, Company Size, Institutional Ownership, Managerial Ownership and Profit Management,
DETERMINAN PEMBIAYAAN USAHA MIKRO KECIL DAN MENENGAH PADA BANK PEMBIAYAAN RAKYAT SYARIAH DI INDONESIA
Authors: Rina Destiana Siti Jubaedah
Published: February 2019

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menguji dan menganalisis pengaruh ukuran bank, efisiensi, likuiditas dan BI rate terhadap pembiayaan UMKM pada Bank Pembiayaan Rakyat Syariah (BPRS) di Indonesia. Data penelitian berupa data sekunder yang diperoleh dari situs resmi Bank Indonesia.� Data tersebut dianalisis menggunakan analisis regresi linear berganda. Sebelum data dianalisis lebih lanjut, dilakukan beberapa pengujian asumsi klasik terlebih dahulu yang meliputi uji normalitas, uji multikolinearitas, uji heteroskedastisitas dan uji autokorelasi. Berdasarkan pengujian hipotesis menggunakan uji t maka disimpulkan bahwa� ukuran bank berpengaruh positif terhadap pembiayaan UMKM, efisiensi tidak berpengaruh terhadap pembiayaan UMKM, likuiditas berpengaruh positif terhadap pembiayaan UMKM dan BI rate tidak berpengaruh terhadap pembiayaan UMKM.�Kata kunci : Aset, BI rate, efisiensi, likuiditas, pembiayaan, UMKM
ANALISIS DETERMINASI PENGHAMBAT PELAPORAN AKUNTANSI SUMBER DAYA MANUSIA
Authors: Hamzah Amir
Published: February 2019

This study aims to analyze the determination of inhibiting reporting of human resource accounting at Shariah microfinance institutions in Kuningan Regency, with the sample number of 70 respondents of shariah microfinance institutions.��������� This study used a qualitative descriptive research method and verification with interview or questionnaire technique. Research data were tested using instrument test, classical assumption test, multiple regression test.��������� The results showed partially variable cost of human resources have a significant positive effect on human resources accounting report, variable measurement of human resources value has a significant positive effect on the human resources accounting report and together show that the variable cost of human resources and measurement value human resources to the accounting reports of human resources.�Keywords: Human Resource Cost, Human Resource Measurement Value, Human Resource Accounting Report
PENGARUH FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE, FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR DAN FINANCIAL ATTITUDE TERHADAP PERSONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Authors: Wiharno Herma
Published: February 2019

This study aims to examine the influence of financial knowledge, financial behavior and financial attitude toward personal financial management. Tests in this study using multiple linear regression analysis. The research method used in this research is verifikatif method. The object of this research is the community in Kuningan Regency with the analysis unit is civil servant. The sampling technique of this research using Cluster Proportional Random Sampling method.� The results showed that the variable of financial knowledge, financial behavior, and financial attitude partially have a significant positive effect on personal financial management, meaning that partial improvement of financial knowledge, financial behavior and financial attitude variable will cause an increase in the variable of personal financial management.�Keywords: financial knowledge, financial behavior, financial attitude dan personal financial management
PENGARUH BUDGET RATCHETING TERHADAP HUBUNGAN ANTARA PENDAPATAN ASLI DAERAH DAN BELANJA DAERAH PADA KABUPATEN/KOTA DI WILAYAH III CIREBON
Authors: Nurhayati Neni
Published: February 2019

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah menguji pengaruh Pendapatan Asli Daerah terhadap Belanja Daerah dan menguji pengaruh Budget Ratcheting dalam memoderasi pengaruh Pendapatan Asli Daerah terhadap Balanja Daerah. Subjek pada Badan Pengelola Keuangan dan Aset Daerah (BPKAD) dan Badan Pusat Statistik di: Kabupaten Kuningan, Kabupaten Cirebon, Kota Cirebon, Kabupaten Majalengka, dan Kabupaten Indramayu. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh positif Pendapatan Asli Daerah dengan belanja daerah dan Budget ratcheting mampu memperkuat hubungan Pendapatan Asli Daerah dengan Belanja Daerah.Kata kunci: Pendapatan Asli Daerah, Belanja Daerah, Budget Ratcheting
Investigation of Azo-cop-2 as a Photo-responsive Low-energy Co2 Adsorbent and Porous Filler in Mixed Matrix Membranes for Co2/N2 Separation
Authors: Li Siyao , Prasetya Nicholaus , Ladewig Bradley P.
Published: February 2019

AbstractAs a nanoporous polymer, Azo-COP-2 has been reported for having exceptional CO2/N2 separation performance. In this study, we further investigate the application of Azo-COP-2 as a potential for low-energy CO2 adsorbent and porous filler in mixed matrix membranes for CO2/N2 separation. As an adsorbent, thanks to the presence of azobenzene in its framework, Azo-COP-2 showed lower CO2 uptake when irradiated with UV light than its normal condition. Azo-COP-2 also exhibited a highly efficient CO2 photoswitching between its irradiated and non-irradiated state that has not been observed previously in any nanoporous polymer. Combined with high CO2/N2 selectivity, this property renders Azo-COP-2 to be an excellent candidate for low-energy CO2 capture. A beneficial property was also exhibited by Azo-COP-2 once they were used as porous filler in mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) using three different polymer matrices: Matrimid, polysulfone and PIM-1. Both permeability and selectivity of the MMMs could be simultaneously improved once ideal interaction between Azo-COP-2 and the polymer could be established. It was found that Azo-COP-2 – polysulfone composites had the best performance. In this case, it was observed that the CO2 permeability and CO2/N2 selectivity could be increased up to 160% and 66.7%, respectively. The strategy then shows the great potential of Azo-COP-2 not only for an advanced low-energy CO2 adsorbent but also to improve the performance of conventional polymeric membrane for CO2 post-combustion capture.
Problem of Isisâ€™s Qurâ€™anic Interpretations and Claim of The Implementation of Sharia Law
Authors: Aulassyahied Qaem
Published: February 2019

This paper discusses the problem of ISISâ€™s Qurâ€™anic interpretations regarding the implementation of sharia law and the concept of jihad. It is essential to address this topic because the self-proclaimed Caliphate have claimed that their barbaric actions such as indiscriminate killing of civilians, plundering, and declaring other Muslims as apostates are based on Qurâ€™anic verses. They also consider these actions as part of the jihad to uphold sharia law. This paper argues that there are two main problems in ISISâ€™s Qurâ€™anic interpretations, namely (1) cherry picking Qurâ€™anic verses that support their causes. According to the principles of Qurâ€™anic exegesis (ushul al-tafsÄ«r), this method of interpretation is certainly not justified because it will lead to the partial understanding of the message of the Qurâ€™an; (2) attempting to enforce the sharia law without proper understanding of the law. As a result, ISISâ€™s implementation of sharia goes against the ultimate purposes of the sharia (maqÄsid al-sharÄ«â€™ah).
Tazkiyatun Nafs as A Strength Base of Teacher Personality Competency
Authors: Ghofar Abdul , Abubakar Usman , Azhar Muhammad
Published: February 2019

The teacher should have a steady, stable, adult, wise, and authoritative personality competence, be an example for learners, and have a noble character, but in reality, his personality competence is still low and still far from the personality that teachers should have. The authors offer an alternative solution with the Islamic psychology approach that is Tazkiyatun nafs that can be used as a basis of teacher personality strengthening. This research uses qualitative descriptive approach and literature or library research. The essence of tazkiyatun nafs tends to talk about the soul (an-nafs). It is a process of purification of the human soul from the impurities, both visible dirt and inner dirt. Therefore, the notion of tazkiyatun nafs is closely related to morals and psychology, and in Islam, it serves as a pattern of human formation of good character and cautious to Allah. In this study, the authors found some of the following findings. First, the growth of one's personality is influenced by factors from within that is the integration of elements of aql (mind), qalb (heart), lust and outside factors such as the process of interaction with the environment. Second, the soul is very functional to one's personality. A clean soul will produce good behavior while a dirty soul will result in a low or weak personality.
An increase in reports of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in the United Kingdom, 1 January 2018–21 January 2019: early findings
Authors:   The United Kingdom Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) Task Force
Published: February 2019

During 2018, the United Kingdom experienced an increase in reports of cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). As at 21 January 2019, 40 cases had been identified with a peak in October 2018. The increase was temporally associated with an upsurge in enterovirus (EV) D68 activity. Enterovirus was detected in 15 cases, mainly from respiratory tract samples; nine were typed as EV-D68. A national task force has been established and investigations are ongoing.
Blockchain-Based platform for Distribution AI
Authors: Liu Lifeng , Wu Chao , Xiao Jun
Published: February 2019

In recent years, the current artificial intelligence exposed user data privacy during training and the high cost of training are getting more and more attention, which are becoming an obstacle to the development of AI. We identify the main issues as data privacy, ownership, and exchange and model privacy, which are difﬁcult to be solved with the current centralized paradigm of machine learning training methodology or federating learning methodology. As a result, we propose a practical model training paradigm based on Blockchain, named Distributed AI, which aims to train a model with distributed data and to reserve the data ownership for their owners and the interest of trained model. In this new paradigm, we use Blockchain[3] as the base architecture in which we abstract different actors (i.e., model provider, data provider) taking different actions to archive own target, realize distributing encrypted model training by Federating Learning with different actors, set smart contract as model training infrastructure, set up notification server, pricing of training data is according to its contribution and therefore it is not about the exchange of data ownership.
Software Test-Run Reliability Modeling with Non-homogeneous Binomial Processes
Authors: Zhao Yunlu , Dohi Tadashi , Okamura Hiroyuki
Published: February 2019

While the number of test runs (test cases) is often used to define the time scale to measure quantitative software reliability, the common calendar-time modeling with non-homogeneous Poisson processes (NHPPs) is approximately applied to describe the time scale and the software fault-count phenomena as well. In this paper we give a conjecture that such an approximate treatment is not theoretically justified, and propose a simple test-run reliability modeling framework based on non-homogeneous binomial processes (NHBPs). We show that the Poisson-binomial distribution plays a central role in the software test-run reliability modeling, and apply it to the software release decision. In numerical experiments with seven software fault count data we compare the NHBP based software reliability models (SRMs) with their corresponding NHPP based SRMs and refer to an applicability of NHBP based software test-run reliability modeling.
Decolonizing the Arts
Authors: Carmona Sarah
Published: February 2019

Knowledge producers of Romani ethnicity, like the people to whom they belong, both inside and outside normative frameworks governing development modes and the transmission of knowledge, are hampered profoundly by three fundamental ethical credentials of being: the power to say, the power to act, and the power to collect their own lives into a comprehensible and acceptable story. Due to an historical process of epistemological alienation which appeared with the Enlightenment, it has been impossible for Romani subjects to have as their duty, their responsibility to the world, the power to act. Through a “Foucauldian archaeology” on Romani iconography in the Louvre and Prado collections, and using as a methodologicalpresupposition historical and epistemological decolonial thought, this paper will try to advance the understanding of the genealogy of abnormativity by referring to the study of the Romani motifin the arts. The analysis of the pictographic treatment allows us to understand how those “topoi” responded to religious, ethical-moral, and geopolitical imperatives of majority society in a dialectic that oscillates between formal presence and ontological absence from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries. The arrival of the Roma in fifteenth-century Europe, in full epistemological caesura, between a dying hermeneutic age and the age of the nascent cogito, conditions a radical change in the consideration of Romani alterity. Indeed, this alteration of the Romani alterity experience by mainstream societies constitutes a paradigmatic example of epistemicidiary structural dynamics and idiomicidiaries born of the slime of “historical modernity”.
Non-Romani Researcher Positionality and Reflexivity
Authors: Fremlova Lucie
Published: February 2019

This paper considers the positionality and reflexivity of nonRomani, ally-identified researchers vis-à-vis insider/outsider research by critically examining – or queer(y)ing – non-Romani researcher identity and the privilege that goes with it. On a theoretical level this can be facilitated by, for example, queer theoretical concepts and the concept of critical whiteness. Critical whiteness is “queer” by virtue of being counter/non/anti-normative in relation to whiteness as a social norm (whitenormativity). In practical terms, employing queer, feminist, and critical whiteness methodologies means that reflective and reflexive researchers conducting research “with,” “for,” and “on” Roma do not “have to be” Romani in order to participate inknowledge production on Romani communities. Nonetheless, it implicates their ability to critically examine their own privilege and challenge it accordingly, that is, not only academically but also politically and socially.
Roma, Adequate Housing, and the Home
Authors: Cittadini Silvia
Published: February 2019

This article presents a critical discourse analysis of the European Union’s documents released between 2008 and 2016 on the Right to Housing and on the inclusion of the Romani minority. The objective is to analyze the definition of adequate housing and its impact on the representation of the Roma and on the consequent housing strategies. The article highlights how a restrictive interpretation of the term “adequate housing”, understood exclusively as a series of physical parameters, associates the Roma with “inadequate” and “substandard” accommodation. This interpretation supports the persistent representation of the Roma as a vulnerable homogeneous group, “Other” from “mainstream society”, informing paternalistic policies that prevent the meaningful participation of Romani individuals in decisionmaking. Furthermore, it fails to acknowledge the immaterial factors affecting the subjective understanding of the house and its relation with the identity of the individual, hindering the empowering potential of home-making practices. Following this analysis, the article claims the necessity of recognizing the impact of affective and immaterial factors such as the creation of a socially supportive environment and the possibility of personalizing the domestic space, in the development of housing policies aimed at supporting the identity and well-being of the individual.
From Gypsyland With Love
Authors: Pabijanek Katarzyna
Published: February 2019

My review of the 2017 theater piece, Roma Armee, focuses on its attempt to decolonize the stage and denounce the complicity of cultural institutions – in this case, the theater, with its typical fetishization of Roma as exotic nomads and the simultaneous perpetuation of racist stereotypes of Roma as criminals and undesirables. I focus on storytelling as a methodology that has the power to elevate the voices of underprivileged groups, and claimthat Roma Armee, with its unapologetic Roma-ness, undeniable coolness, and overall brilliance, is much more than an elegant j’accuse directed at skewering antigypsyism. Rather, it provides a timely addition to current debates about the social responsibility of art and the possibilities for the effective decolonization of the regimes of representation that govern art institutions and, as such, should be seen as a unique contribution to the ongoing process of radical self-rebranding exercised by Roma activists and cultural producers.
Resiliencia y sostenibilidad de agroecosistemas tradicionales de México: Totonacapan
Authors: Cuevas Coeto Axayacatl , Vera Castillo Yolanda Beatriz , Cuevas Sánchez Jesús Axayacatl
Published: February 2019

En México, la tecnología agrícola tradicional, resultante de la acumulación milenaria de valiosas experiencias pertinentes al manejo, aprovechamiento y selección bajo domesticación de un amplio conjunto de etnorecursos, continúa expresándose en una amplia superficie. Sin embargo, debido a diversos aspectos negativos del proceso de aculturación, sus fundamentos biológicos y culturales se encuentran en grave riesgo. Considerando al agroecosistema la unidad de estudio integral conducente al entendimiento de las interrelaciones involucradas en la dinámica de sus componentes físicos, biológicos y culturales y teniendo como objetivo, contribuir al entendimiento de la dinámica ecológica y cultural evidenciada en agroecosistemas tradicionales del Totonacapan. Mediante experiencias derivadas de más de tres décadas de trabajo en la región, se describen y analizan algunos rasgos distintivos de dichos sistemas de producción agrícola, enfatizando a la milpa y al monte como espacios en los que se genera y transmite conocimientos y actitudes vinculados a la percepción, manejo, aprovechamiento y conservación de los etnorecursos inherentes a éstos. Se proporciona información cuantitativa vinculada a la dinámica de este tipo de sistemas de producción agrícola. Los métodos aplicados se fundamentaron en el marco para la evaluación de sistemas de manejo de recursos naturales incorporando indicadores de sustentabilidad (MESMIS), la evaluación del ciclo de vida (LCA), la exploración etnobotánica, así como en la observación participativa. Con base en la definición y evaluación de 15 índices pertinentes a su resiliencia, se propone un modelo de trabajo transdisciplinario conducente a la mensuración del grado de sostenibilidad evidenciado por los mismos. Los resultados indican que, mientras mayor sea el legado biocultural transmitido por sus ancestros y el apego de las familias campesinas al mismo, mayor será la resiliencia ecológica y cultural de sus agroecosistemas y consecuentemente, la sustentabilidad evidenciada por éstos.
Multiple solutions of asymmetric potential bistable energy harvesters: numerical simulation and experimental validation
Authors: Bowen Chris
Published: February 2019

In this paper we investigate the multiple solutions of nonlinear asymmetric potentialbistable energy harvesters (BEHs) under harmonic excitations. Basins of attraction under certainexcitations explain the existance of multiple solutions in the asymmetric potential BEHs and indicate that the asymmetric system has a higher probability to oscillate in the deeper potential well under low and moderate excitation levels. Thus, the appearance of asymmetric potentials in BEHs has a negative influence on the output performance. Average output powers under different excitation requencies and initial conditions illustrate that the asymmetric potential BEHs are more likely to achieve high-energy branch (HEB) with initial conditions in the shallower potential well, and the probability is influenced by the degree of asymmetry of the BEHs. Finally, experiments are carriedout, and results under constant and sweep frequency excitations demonstrate that the output performance will be actually improved for the asymmetric potential BEHs if the initial oscillations e shallower potential well
PERLINDUNGAN HAK CIPTA BAGI PENGUNGGAH VIDEO YOUTUBE YANG DIGUNAKAN OLEH STASIUN TELEVISI
Authors: Zulkarnain M Fadel
Published: February 2019

Video adalah merupakan salah satu karya cipta yang dilindungi oleh hak cipta oleh Undang-Undang, yaitu adalah Undang-Undang Nomor 28 Tahun 2014 tentang Hak Cipta. Namun dalam prakteknya sering sekali masih terjadi pelanggaran-pelanggaran terhadap karya hak cipta video yang merupakan hak milik dari seorang pencipta, salah satu pelanggaran nya adalah pada saat video tersebut diunggah ke dalam suatu situs internet yaitu Youtube. dan video tersebut di tayangkan di televisi tanpa izin dari pencipta video. Permasalahan yang timbul sekarang adalah bagaimana pengaturan hubungan hukum antara youtube dengan stasiun televisi, bagaimana tanggung jawab stasiun televisi terhadap youtube atas video yang diunggah di televisi, bagaimana perlindungan hak cipta menurut undang-undang nomor 28 tahun 2014 tentang hak cipta terhadap pencipta video yang diunggah di youtube yang di tayangkan di televisi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian hukum normatif yang bersifat deskriptif kualitatif, yakni pendekatan dari sudut pandang menurut ketentuan hukum dan ketentuan peraturan perundang-undangan yang berlaku. Dari hasil penelitian ini bahwa situs youtube sudah memberikan syarat dan ketentuan bagi pengunggah video, dan dengan adanya aturan tersebut maka akan timbul hubungan hukum dan akan melahirkan hak dan kewajiban bagi pencipta video maupun kepada stasiun televisi sebagai pihak ketiga yang mengambil video dari youtube yang ditayangkan di stasiun televisi dengan diambilnya video tersebut maka pihak stasiun televisi haruslah mendapatkan izin terlebih dahulu kepada pencipta video tersebut dan mencantumkan courtesy of youtube (bersumber dari youtube) dan nama pencipta video. Adapun dari keuntungan yag didapat oleh stasiun televisi dengan menyiarkan video tersebut secara komersial stasiun televisi juga harus memberikan sebagian keuntungan (royalti) terhadap pencipta video. Kata Kunci : Hak Cipta, Video, Perlindungan Hukum
Flexible and Active Self-Powered Pressure, Shear Sensors Based on Ice- templated Ceramic-Polymer Composites
Authors: Bowen Chris
Published: February 2019

We demonstrate self-powered flexible and highly active pressure and shear sensors based on ice-templated ceramic-polymer structures. A lamellar lead zirconate titanate (PZT) structure is initially developed via freeze-casting and the piezoelectric composites are formed by impregnating a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix into the aligned pore channels. The structured PZT-PDMS composites exhibited a high effective longitudinal piezoelectric coefficient (d*33) of 750 pC/N, which is higher than that of the monolithic ceramic due to the combination of bending and flexural effects. The use of freeze casting enables the manufacture of complex and arbitrary shaped 3D piezoelectric architectures, along with the unique advantages of low-cost and ease of fabrication. A 14×14 mm2 PZT-PDMS pressure sensor was able to bend to a small radius of 8 mm and maintain a high d33. Furthermore, the manufactured self-powered sensors are demonstrated in a range of applications, such as, acceleration, strain and touch sensors that use the d33, d31 and d15 coefficients to detect longitudinal, transverse and shear loads. This work expands on the potential applications of freeze casting and provides new opportunities for the manufacture of future electronic sensors.
Performance enhancement of nonlinear asymmetric bistable energy harvesting from harmonic, random and human motion excitations
Authors: Bowen Chris
Published: February 2019

Numerical and experimental investigations of nonlinear bistable energy harvesters (BEHs) with asymmetric potential functions are presented under various excitations for performance enhancement. Basin of attraction under harmonic excitation indicates that asymmetric potentials in BEHs have negative effect on the power output. Therefore, a proper bias angle is introduced to the asymmetric potential BEHs for performance enhancement. Numerical and experimental results show that the power output is actually improved in a certain bias angle range under harmonic and random excitations. Furthermore, experiments under human motion excitation demonstrate that the asymmetric potential BEHs could perfectly combine with the asymmetric motion of lower-limb to improve the performance.
A revised computational neuroanatomy for motor control
Authors: Haar Shlomi , Donchin Opher
Published: February 2019

We discuss a new framework for understanding the structure of motor control. Our approach integrates existing models of motor control with the reality of hierarchical cortical processing and the parallel segregated loops that characterize cortical-subcortical connections. We also incorporate the recent claim that cortex functions via predictive representation and optimal information utilization. Our framework assumes each cortical area engaged in motor control generates a predictive model of a different aspect of motor behavior. In maintaining these predictive models, each area interacts with a different part of the cerebellum and basal ganglia. These subcortical areas are thus engaged in domain appropriate system identification and optimization. This refocuses the question of division of function among different cortical areas. What are the different aspects of motor behavior that are predictively modelled? We suggest that one fundamental division is between modelling of task and body while another is the model of state and action. Thus, we propose that the posterior parietal cortex, somatosensory cortex, premotor cortex, and motor cortex represent task state, body state, task action, and body action, respectively. In the second part of this review, we demonstrate how this division of labor can better account for many recent findings of movement encoding, especially in the premotor and posterior parietal cortices.
Representation of corruption in Vietnam’s contemporary mass media: insights from satirical cartoons
Authors: Ho Tung Manh
Published: February 2019

This article analyzes the contemporary representation of the corruption in Vietnam’s popular media, taking the local news outlet of Tuoi Tre Cuoi (Youth Humor) as the sole source of data. This article is divided into three sections. The first section deals with the brief history of political cartoon in Vietnam. The second section gives the background of Tuoi Tre Cuoi and why it provides a fruitful setting for this investigation. The third section presents an analysis of the content and form of the representation of corruption, upon which the traces of historical development in the practice of political cartoon will be explored. Finally, the paper suggests the practice of political cartoon in Vietnam has provided an important venue for political reflection and entertainment on a daily basis for the Vietnamese people, whether or not it is essentially about political engagement.
Magnetocaloric effect and piezoresponse of engineered ferroelectric- ferromagnetic heterostructures
Authors: Bowen Chris
Published: February 2019

Present study reports the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) and piezoresponse of integrated ferroelectric-ferromagnetic heterostructures of PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 (PZT) (5 nm)/ Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu2-OX (BSCCO) (5 nm)/ La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 (LSMO) (40 nm)/ MgO. Magnetic and pizoresponse behavior of the heterostructures are found to be governed by magneto-electric coupling and induced lattice strains. In addition, the MCE is studied using Maxwell equations from both Field Cooled (FC) and Zero Field Cooled (ZFC) magnetization data. Maximum MCE entropy change (|∆S|) of 42.6 mJkg-1K-1 (at 258 K) and 41.7 mJkg-1K-1 (at 269 K) are found corresponding to FC and ZFC data, respectively. The variation in maximum entropy change and corresponding temperatures for FC and ZFC data revealed that the application of a magnetic field can significantly contribute towards tuning of the MCE. Interestingly, these multilayered structures are found to sustain MCE over a broad temperature range, which makes them attractive for improved solid-state energy conversion devices.
Ferroelectret materials and devices for energy harvesting applications
Authors: Bowen Chris
Published: February 2019

This paper provides an overview of ferroelectret materials for energy harvesting applications. These materials take the form of a cellular compliant polymer with polarised pores that provide a piezoelectric response to generate electrical energy as a result of an applied strain or surrounding vibration. The manufacturing processes used to create ferroelectret polymer structures for energy harvesting are discussed, along with the range of microstructural features and pore sizes that are formed. Their important mechanical, electrical and harvesting performance are then described and compared. Modelling approaches for microstructural design or for predicting the vibrational and frequency dependent response are examined. Finally, conclusions and future perspectives for ferroelectret materials for energy harvesting applications are provided.
Posisi Bahasa Arab di dunia islam
Authors: Fakaubun Ahmad Febi Febrian
Published: February 2019

Posisi bahasa Arab adalah hal yang penting dalam memahami ajaran-ajaran syariat islam, dan juga berkaitan dengan hukum-hukum islam. Karena memahami Al-Qur’an dengan mengunakan bahasa Arab.Dan metode pengembangan yang di kembangkan melalui lembaga islam yaitu pesantren, dimana di dalam pesantren mempelajari beberapa bahasa yang salah satunya adalah bahasa Arab. Dan bahasa Arab juga di diterapkan dalam lingkungan pesantren sebagai seorang santri.
PENGARUH MINAT PUJA BAKTI ANJANGSANA DAN EMPATI TERHADAP PERILAKU ALTRUISTIK UMAT BUDDHA
Authors: Sukodoyo
Published: February 2019

The purpose of this research is to test empirically the interest influence of neighboring visit for the purpose of worshiping the noble triple gem and emphathy to the altruistic behaviour among buddhist people in Getasan Subdistrict-Semarang. The research is a quantitative descriptive research. The populations of the research were the active followers to puja bakti visit religious activities Buddhist in Getasan Subdistrict-Semarang totaled 253 people. The technique of sample collection used random sampling. The data collection technique of puja bakti visit religious activities used interest scale, empathy scale, and altruistic scale. The data were analyzed using Multiple Regression Analysis. Regression Analysis showed R = 0.433, p <0.01. The results of the research show that relation between interest influence of neighboring visit for the purpose of worshiping the noble triple gem and empathy towards altruistic behavior of the among Buddhist people at Getasan Subdistrict -Semarang a and gave contribution of 17.9%. The interest influence of neighboring visit for the purpose of worshiping the noble triple gem to altruistic Buddhists Getasan subdistrict–Semarang was of 10.17%. The empathy for the behavior of the Getasan subdistrict-Semarang altruistic Buddhists of 9.06%.
Urgensi Bahasa Arab
Authors: Fakaubun Ahmad Febi Febrian
Published: February 2019

Sedemikian pentingnya bahasa maka setiap manusia memiliki kewajiban menguasai suatu bahasa baik dan benar. Kesalahan dalam berbahasa akan menjadikan rusaknya komunikasi atau bahkan berhentinya komunikasi. Olehkarena itu mempelajari bahasa Arab khususnya bagi umat Islam karena dalam beribadah khususnya salat selalu dengan menggunakan bahasa Arab begitu pun dalam membaca lantunan ayat suci Al-Qur'an selalu dengan bahasa Arab juga.Karena sumber-sumber asli ajaran Islam yakni Al-Qur'an, Hadits dan ilmuilmu keislaman tertulis dalam bahasa Arab, maka sangatlah penting bagi umat Islam terutama kalangan ilmuannya untuk mempelajari dan memahami serta menguasainya.