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The Implementation of Forecasting Method by Incorporating Human Judgment
Authors: Kholidasari Inna , Setiawati Lestari , Tartila Tartila 
Published: January 2020

Business Forecasting (demand forecasting) is an extrapolation process to predict the events that will be happening in the future. Commonly, forecasting methods are divided by two approximations of procedure; those are quantitative and qualitative methods. In a production system, it is important to predict the demand for the next period. This prediction is done by doing the demand forecasting task. This task is the basis of production planning and control in a production system. The case organization in this research deals with a huge number of products. The manager has to do the replenishment order of the product in every period. Usually, the managers do the forecast based on the demand of the last period. This task indeed not an easy task and sometimes the manager determines the ordering size based on she/he intuition and experience (human judgment). This procedure resulted in a high value of forecasting error that gives some impacts to inventory (occurring overstock and stock out). An appropriate forecasting method is needed to avoid the error value when the forecaster decides the size of demand for the next period. This study aims to investigate an appropriate forecasting method for the business retailer by incorporating human judgment. By using 28 period of time series data from a retailer in Surian, Solok Selatan, West Sumatra, quantitative forecasting methods (Mean, Moving Average, Single Exponential Smoothing (Î± = 0.1)), qualitative forecasting method (pure judgment), and the combination of quantitative and qualitative forecasting methods are used for the purpose of data analyses. The finding of the research shows that the quantitative forecasting method has a clear procedure to do forecasting tasks and suitable for the products that have time-series data. Furthermore, qualitative forecasting method such as human judgment is needed for a particular situation (for example for the new products, promotion event, etc.) and when managers have some contextual information regarding the products under concern.
Solid State Lighting: A Summarization of Advancements
Authors: Subramanian Balaji , Srivastava Nakul , Bagchi Shreya , Rajini G.K , Rajalakshmi S 
Published: January 2020

Solid State Lighting is a rapidly growing new technology in the field of lighting. By utilizing the concepts of solid-state physics and electronics, it generates light. Light emitting diodes and organic light emitting diodes pose several advantages over the current lighting technology but they still require development and research for using them to their full potential. In this paper the characteristics, sources of uncertainty, and market status of light emitting diode are reviewed to provide more suitable research directions for advancement in the field of solid-state lighting. Challenges faced by Light emitting diodes for maintaining color and visual comfort are also illustrated. Failure modes and environmental impact of light emitting diodes are also analysed. Quantum dot based solid state lightening is also presented to study the chromatic characteristics. Some critical factors of concern for broader application of light emitting diodes and additional enhancements in electrical, optical, temperature characteristic, high power output and color furnishing capabilities are also demonstrated in paper. Light emitting diodes wattage output and efficiency are also discussed for practical viability of solid state devices in emerging fields. The extension lead of current LED technology in evolving applications are considered as accumulation of numerous technologies such as wireless, communication, sensors and control engineering. Undoubtedly, LED engineering is contemporary and the price maybe unreasonable. Nevertheless, it will find its usage in very nearly all applications and the initiation of new techniques that might lessen the cost.
Climate Change Represented by Seasonal Rainfall, Temperature, and Wind Speed Trends in North Coastal of Java, Indonesia: Implications on Marine Capture Fisheries
Authors: Mulyasari Gita , Irham - , Waluyati Lestari Rahayu , Suryantini Any , Prawito Priyono 
Published: January 2020

Climate change poses a significant threats to the livelihoods of people living in coastal areas, especially in the developing world. Consequently, locally relevant data are necessary to inform for livelihood adaptation planning. This study provides empirical information on historical and future seasonal climate trends based on observation and modeling. Modeling is a necessary tool for assessing future impacts of climate change. This study focuses in the North Coastal of Java, which is one of the most vulnerable regions of Indonesia, and where communities are highly dependent on capture fisheries. This paper presents information for historical and future seasonal climate trends in Northern Coast Regional of Java (NCRJ), Indonesia, where livelihoods are highly vulnerable to current climate change. Historical climate trend is investigated using observational data from two climate stations in NCJ, which are Tegal Station of Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (Tegal SMCGA) and Semarang Station of Climatological and Geophysical Agency (Semarang SMCGA) from 1978 - 2017. Future climate is examined using a climate time trends model and predicted to 2100. Changes in temperature and wind speed of the NCJ are influenced by time and are expected to continue to increase every year. Temperature is suggested to increase by around 0.024 and 0.035, while wind speed also increased by 0.052. Temperature and wind speed changes that continue to increase each year indicate that the NCRJ is one of the coastal areas in Indonesia vulnerable to the climate change effects.
An Efficient Phase-Based Binarization Method for Degraded Historical Documents
Authors: Sulaiman Alaa , Omar Khairuddin , Nasrudin Mohammad F. 
Published: January 2020

Document image binarization is the first essential step in digitalizing images and is considered an essential technique in both document image analysis applications and optical character recognition operations, the binarization process is used to obtain a binary image from the original image, binary image is the proper presentation for image segmentation, recognition, and restoration as underlined by several studies which assure that the next step of document image analysis applications depends on the binarization result. However, old and historical document images mainly suffering from several types of degradations, such as bleeding through the blur, uneven illumination and other types of degradations which makes the binarization process a difficult task. Therefore, extracting of foreground from a degraded background relies on the degradation, furthermore it also depends on the type of used paper and document age. Developed binarization methods are necessary to decrease the impact of the degradation in document background. To resolve this difficulty, this paper proposes an effective, enhanced binarization technique for degraded and historical document images. The proposed method is based on enhancing an existing binarization method by modifying parameters and adding a post-processing stage, thus improving the resulting binary images. This proposed technique is also robust, as there is no need for parameter tuning. After using document image binarization Contest (DIBCO) datasets to evaluate this proposed technique, our findings show that the proposed method efficiency is promising, producing better results than those obtained by some of the winners in the DIBCO.
Investigating the Relevant Agro Food Keyword in Malaysian Online Newspapers
Authors: Mohamad Mohsin Mohamad Farhan , Kamaruddin Siti Sakira , Siraj Fadzilah , Hambali Hamirul Aini , Taiye Mohammed Ahmed 
Published: January 2020

Online newspaper is a valuable resource of information for decision making. To extract relevant information from them is a challenging process when their volume is massive, and its knowledge is in an unstructured form that is scattered on every page. This situation becomes more complicated when different news providers have different styles of journalism when reporting a similar event and use different concepts and terms. In this study, we examined the three Malaysian English online newspapers in order to identify knowledge in terms of the most relevant keywords used in daily online news. The news articles related to Agro-food industries were taken from online news websites - The Star Online, The Sun Daily, and The News Straits Times. During the extraction, about 458 Agro-food industries news articles were scrapped from the website within the time frame of 2014-2017. The keywords were extracted using the RAKE algorithm and were classified into 4 groups i.e. agriculture, livestock, fishery and miscellaneous. The agriculture keywords group was found as the most frequent keywords in all newspapers (58%) and it was followed by the livestock (23%), fishery (12%), and miscellaneous (7%). Through the analysis, there were 146 Agro-related keywords found in all newspapers, repeated 720 times, and the highest Agro terms were found in The Star Online (35.13%), followed by The Sun Daily (33.78%), and The News Straits Times (31.08%). There were 12 Agro keywords0 which considered as the most relevant when they appear in all newspapers- palm oil, rice, fruits, fish, vegetable, livestock, paddy, crop, chicken, animal, meat, and beef. The ‘palm oil’ is the most popular keyword among the three newspapers and it was found 37 times (38.9%) in The Star Online, 26 times (37.9%) in News Straits Time, and repeated 22 times (23.2%) in the Sun. The identified keywords can be recommended as input to form a future Agro inventory.
The Success and Failure of New Rice Fieldprint Program in Mentawai Island Regency
Authors: Ridwan - , Effendi Nusyirwan , Tanjung Faidil , Asmawi Aswawi 
Published: January 2020

The implementation of a new rice field at a print program in the district of the Mentawai Islands from 2011 to 2016 had not given satisfying results. The realization of the original rice field print in each location reached 70% at most. This was the reason why this research was implemented, which was to identify and to explain the aspects related to the success and the failure in achieving the New Rice Fieldprint in the district of the Mentawai Islands. This research used a combination method of concurrent embedded strategy, which was to combine qualitative and quantitative methods simultaneously. The primer data resource derived directly from the result of the questionnaire and interview with 13 people used as respondents. The data analysis technique used was quantitative descriptive with the help of the rating scale method, then it was analyzed by using descriptive qualitative through the help of interpretative analysis tools. This research concluded that the aspects that would be able to implement the New Rice Fieldprint program succeed were 5 aspects; included very influential elements such as qualified human resources and economic, social, and political supports in the location where the program/ policy was implemented. On the other hand, the aspects that would be able to make the program fail were also 5 aspects. The most influential elements of the failure included the limited resources such as human resources, budget, labor, material, time, and even a geographical condition of the implemented program location was painful to access by land transportation.
The Impact of Palm Oil Mill Wastewater on the Soil Properties of Paddy Fields
Authors: Aprisal - , Taifur Werry Darta , Dwipa Indra , Aditia Putra Teguh Haria 
Published: January 2020

A paddy field is a wetland area which always muddy and constantly flooded by irrigation. This land possesses impermeable layers, hence the irrigation water quality ought to be maintained, to prevent changes in its properties, as well as the paddy field features. Furthermore, wetland pollution by the palm oil mill wastewater PT BSS was experienced in June 2018, characterized by a lowered quality of water in the fields of Manggopoh Village, Agam District, West Sumatra. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to determine the effect of PT BSS palm oil mill wastewater on the quality of paddy fields, using a survey method to obtain samples through random sampling techniques. This research was conducted downstream, based on the direction of flow along the irrigation channel as well as on the uncontaminated fields upstream. Furthermore, a ring and ground drill was used in the collection process, and analysis for physical and chemical properties was conducted in the Soil laboratory of the faculty of Agriculture, Andalas University. Subsequently, the evaluation involved averaging the soil data, followed by a comparison with the criterion level of damage, and ANOVA was used to estimate the difference between sample point locations, at a significance level of 0.05%. The results obtained indicate the absence of any changes in soil properties, in contrast with the water characteristics that can cause damage because the paddy soil is in a saturated state. Thus, wastewater is unable to permeate the soil matrix. Hence, it does not change the properties, since the values obtained passed the threshold criteria for soil.
Some problems of formation of the tourism industry at the Kazakh sectors of the Silk Routes
Authors: Kulgildinova T. A. , Zhubanova M. H. , Aytbaeva G. D. , Tusupbekova G. M. , Abdikerimova G. 
Published: January 2020

The aim of this study is to review some problems of formation of the tourism industry at the Kazakh sectors of the Silk Routes. The study conducted a literature review method. The conclusion has appeared that among the most promising projects of the XXI century the international program for the revival of the Silk Road on the right holds a special place in its historical and universal scale. Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, in the city of Turkestan, and Tamgaly petroglyphs (Almaty region) are included in the list of World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. This is a clear proof that our ancestors left a rich heritage and recognised worldwide. We have a unique of its kind, the only post-Soviet state program â€˜Cultural Heritageâ€™ in the country. Thanks to her, we have restored dozens of landmarks. Kazakhstan is rich in historical monuments of the country and some objects of archeology are a thousand year old. Not surprisingly, we go to the historians from many countries.
Keywords: Tourism, industry, study, research, formation.
Сerebroprotective effect of some phenolic acids under conditions of experimental brain ischemia
Authors: Voronkov A. V. , Pozdnyakov D. I. , Nigaryan S. A. 
Published: January 2020

The aim of the study was to evaluate the cerebroprotective effect of some phenolic acids under the conditions of experimental cerebral ischemia in rats.Materials and methods. The experiment was conducted on male Wistar rats weighing 220–240 g. Focal cerebral ischemia was modeled by irreversible right-sided thermocoagulation of the middle cerebral artery under chloral hydrate anesthesia (350 mg/kg, intraperitoneally). The experimental compounds (4-hydroxy-3.5-di-tert-butyl cinnamic acid, caffeic acid and gallic acid 100 mg/kg each compound) and a reference drug (Mexicor – 100 mg/kg) were administered intragastrically next day after the surgery and then for three daysrunning. The effect of the test-compounds on the cognitive functions of the rats was evaluated by CRPA and TEA tests. The influence of the compounds on the changes in the concentration of lactate, pyruvate, homocysteine, as well as the degree of cerebral edema formation and necrosis of the brain tissue, were studied.Results. In the study, it has been established that against the background of the focal cerebral ischemia, the administration of caffeic, 4-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylcinnamic and gallic acid, contributed to the preservation of a memorable trace in rats, as well as a decrease in lactate concentration (by 40.37% (p<0.05), 151.26% (p<0.05), 48.02% (p<0.05)) and pyruvate (by 96.6,% (p<0.05), 38, 78% (p<0.05), 33.3% (p<0.05)), homocysteine (by 59.6% (p<0.05), 102.18% (p<0.05), 28.8% (p<0.05)), аnecrosis zone (by 122.79% (p<0.05), 165.11% (p<0.05), 12.38% (p<0,05)) and cerebral edema (by 10.47% (p<0.05), 11.08% (p<0.05), 9.92% (p<0.05)) relative to the NC group of rats.Conclusion. The obtained data indicate the possibility of further detailed investigation of the cerebroprotective effect of 4-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylcinnamic, caffeic and gallic acids.
Dynamics of the acute viral hepatitises morbidity and range of medicinal preparations for treatment in hospital environment in the Volgograd region (the Russian Federation), 2016–2018.
Authors: Ganicheva L. M. , Ioannidi E. A. , Panfilova O. A. , Tyurenkov I. N. , Knyazeva Yu. S. , Kaisheva N. Sh. 
Published: January 2020

The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of acute viral hepatitises A, B and C in the Volgograd region; the range and identification of the most frequently prescribed pharmacological groups to be used in hospital environment; and analyzing the price dynamics of medicines. These factors will make it possible to assess the state of the medicine provision for the patients with this disease in hospital environment. Materials and methods. In the study, the following methods have been used: comparison, a method of grouping indicators and a structurallogical method. The materials were the hepatological department patients’ treatment sheets (Volgograd Regional Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital N1).Results. Acute hepatitis A is the most common (46.9%), acute hepatitis B occupies the second position (27.4%), and acute hepatitis C – the third one (25.7%), where in 46.2%, 23.5% and 14.7%, respectively, are accounted for by icteric viral hepatitis. Hepatoprotectors, symptomatic medications and rehydration and detoxification medicinal preparations are prescribed for all forms and degrees of the disease severity.Conclusion. The study has revealed a decreased morbidity of acute viral hepatitises A, B and an increased morbidity of acute viral hepatitis C in the Volgograd region. Among all the types of hepatitises, the prevailing one is the icteric form of moderate severity. The range of medicinal preparations prescribed for the treatment of acute viral hepatitises has been studied. Most often, doctors prescribe hepatoprotectors, rehydration and detoxification medicinal preparations. The study of price dynamics, showed a predominant increase in hepatoprotectors and a decrease in medicines for rehydration and detoxification. The results obtained indicate a tendency towards the improvement of drug provision in the Volgograd Region, for the patients with acute viral hepatitises. Besides, the results of the study give an opportunity to consider the ways of its further optimization.
Establishment of a test culture to study the effects of ionizing radiation on the opportunistic and pathogenic microflora of food
Authors: Semenova Z. A. , Levshenko M. T. , Kolokolova A. Y. , Ilyuhina N. V. , Kurbanova M. N. 
Published: January 2020

Due to the special importance of food in the emergence of acute intestinal infectious diseases and bacterial food poisoning, special attention is paid to the microbiological purity monitoring of food raw materials and food products. Ionizing radiation processing of food – is a promising technology for combating both microorganisms causing spoilage and pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms – pathogens of dangerous diseases. However, work with vegetative forms of these microorganisms to study the effects of ionizing radiation is difficult because of the need to use in experiments only actively growing culture, which is sensitive to various environmental factors. When studying the effect of ionizing radiation on the microflora of food products, this study describes the investigation of the possibility of using as a test-culture the ascospores of the fungus Aspergillus fischeri instead of vegetative forms of pathogenic and opportunistic cultures. Ascospores of the fungus Aspergillus fischeri are used as a test culture in the development of pasteurization regimes of fruit and vegetable products. A. fischeri ascospores have been shown to have higher resistance to ionizing radiation in the range from 1 to 5 kGy at capacity 10 MeV in comparison with Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes cells. Therefore, in the development of ionizing radiation food processing regimes it is recommended to use ascospores of the fungus A. fischeri as a test culture instead of vegetative forms of bacteria.
Energy saving technology of allocation of protein-bearing fractions from oilseeds with use of the paroezhektorny thermal pump
Authors: Shevtsov A. A. , Tertychnaya T. N. , Tkach V. V. , Serdyukova N. A. 
Published: January 2020

The production cycle of complex processing of oilseeds with receiving vegetable oil, soluble and insoluble fraction from mix of the crushed pressing with heated water is offered; a squirrel from soluble fraction, the dried-up insoluble fraction. The main basic decision on decrease in energy consumption was the optimum choice of temperature differences in the evaporator and sections of the two-section condenser when receiving drying agents, the cooling air and warm water. The deviation from these values inevitably leads to increase in the consumed energy: fall of temperature of boiling of coolant in the evaporator on 1 °C results in need of increase in a consumption of working steam in the ejector of the paroezhektorny thermal pump, and therefore to an energy overexpenditure for 5–7 %, and temperature increase of condensation on 1° C leads to increase in power consumption by 2.0–2.5 %. The offered technology expands borders of energy efficient interface of objects of various temperature potentials on the basis of utilization and recovery of secondary energy resources. Universal approach in creation of the competitive technology providing heat generation and cold weather for in common proceeding heattechnological processes is fully realized. Ecologically safe conditions in implementation of technology due to use of water as coolant, excepting use toxic, vzryvo – and fire-dangerous working environments and also at the expense of the organization of the closed recirculation schemes for material and power streams with considerable decrease in removal of secondary energy resources from the scheme warm and cold supply are created.