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Exponential-Discrete Lindley Distribution: Properties and Applications
Authors: AÇIK KEMALOĞLU Sibel , YILMAZ Mehmet 
Published: October 2020

In this paper, we introduce a new compounding distribution named Exponential Discrete Lindley distribution which compounds the discrete Lindley distribution and exponential distribution. We obtain several
properties of the new distribution such as its probability density function, survival function, hazard rate
function, mean residual life function. Moments and expression for the Rényi entropy of the proposed
distribution are also given. Moreover, the maximum likelihood method using the EM algorithm is developed for
parameter estimation. Two real data sets are used to illustrate the usefulness of the proposed distribution
PENDAMPINGAN BELAJAR DENGAN PENDEKATAN LINGKUNGAN BAGI SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR SAAT PANDEMI COVID-19
Authors: Lisnawati Elis , Niardiansyah Niardianysah , Yuliana Lulu , Hasan Fadil Muhammad 
Published: October 2020

Merebaknya COVID-19 mempengaruhi berbagai sektor kehidupan salah satunya lembaga pendidikan. Kegiatan pembelajaran pada semua tingkat baik SD, SMP, SMA maupun Pendidikan Tinggi (Universitas) dilaksanakan dalam bentuk kegiatan pembelajaran daring (dalam jaringan). Pembelajaran daring memiliki banyak tantangan, beberapa tantangan pembelajaran daring antara lain: siswa SD di wilayah Kampung Karang Gantung, Sukabumi belum terbiasa melakukan pembelajaran secara online (daring) karena terbiasa belajar didampingi oleh guru, selain itu ada juga orang tua siswa yang belum terbiasa mendampingi anaknya belajar karena beberapa orang tua memiliki kesibukan lain. Pengabdian masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk memberikan tawaran alternatif pembelajaran kepada siswa SD dan pemuda untuk turut menjaga kesinambungan kualitas pendidikan meskipun terkena dampak pandemi COVID-19. Pengabdian masyarakat ini dilaksanakan dengan metode pendampingan belajar dengan pendekatan lingkungan yang dilaksanakan dengan memanfaatkan potensi alam di wilayah desa tersebut. Adapun hasil pendampingan belajar ini siswa SD tetap terjaga motivasinya untuk terus belajar.
Next Steps in the Evolution of the Scratchpads Virtual Research Platform: A framework for the evaluation of data storage alternatives for Scratchpads
Authors: Kiddle Paul , Smith Vincent , Scott Ben 
Published: October 2020

The Scratchpads virtual research platform is widely used by more than a thousand communities to share and manage biodiversity data. It is an open source project that can be run by any individual, but most sites are hosted on a dedicated service run by the Natural History Museum London.
After 12 years of use and several major upgrades, the size and complexity of the Scratchpads codebase makes it increasingly difficult to maintain. The underlying content management system (Drupal 7) reaches its end of support in November 2022, providing a further justification to migrate Scratchpad sites to a new, more sustainable platform, at the same time allowing us to improve standards compliance and add functionality for users.
Building on the work initiated at the Biodiversity_Next symposium SI46 Biodiversity Virtual Research Environments: past, present &amp; possible futures, we identified the need to decouple the front and backend components of the architecture. This allows for a simpler migration path for our existing sites, allowing us to migrate the Scratchpad data to alternative backend platforms while retaining the familiar front end experience for users. This decoupling approach is more sustainable, affording potential for deep collaboration on the backend and its associated API (application programming interface).
Analysis of current Scratchpad user activities shows that the data requirements of Scratchpads sites vary significantly. To support this variation, a successor platform must incorporate a well-defined API that can give an individual site flexibility in the choice of a backend. In this presentation we will update the community on our efforts to evaluate alternative backend platforms (both domain-specific and generalist), considering an assessment derived from the Technology Readiness Level (TRLs) of these systems, and their functionality fit with current Scratchpad features. We will discuss our evaluation approach and the results of this study, taking into account the diverse nature of these systems and their fit to our criteria. This approach may be useful to others when addressing similar challenges for evaluating choices on platform migration, and may help to identify gaps or overlapping features in the virtual research software ecosystem. These gaps and overlaps can then be addressed in collaboration with other platform developers. Finally, we will present our preliminary recommendations and invite further input from developers and stakeholders.
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging review of benign lesions of the thorax
Authors: Ravikanth Reddy 
Published: October 2020

Abstract2-deoxy-2-(Fluorine-18) fluoro-D-glucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has been used exclusively to diagnose malignancies. However, increased 18F-FDG uptake is not always limited to malignant lesions. This imaging review demonstrates the physiological 18F-FDG uptake of normal structures in the thorax and illustrates many benign pathological lesions with standardized uptake value >2.5. These various conditions can be broadly categorized into three groups: infective lesions, active granulomatous diseases such as sarcoidosis, noninfectious/inflammatory, or proliferative conditions such as radiation pneumonitis, postlung transplant lymphoproliferative disorders, occupational pleuropulmonary complications, and postsurgical conditions, all of which can demonstrate varying degrees of 18F-FDG uptake on PET/CT based upon the degree of inflammatory activity. Familiarity of false-positive findings improves the PET/CT evaluation accuracy of benign lesions of the thorax. Radiation exposure and surgical history correlation along with imaging cross check evaluation of radiographs and magnetic resonance images for the anatomic location remains the mainstay of PET/CT characterization of positive findings.
The relationship between ownership and growth
Authors: Ha Nguyen Minh 
Published: October 2020

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between
ownership and employment growth. With a sample of 5,461 firms and using the Heckman two-stage model (to eliminate selection sample bias), the main findings are follows: Compared to firms with 100% capital ownership, domestic firms with less than 50% state capital, domestic private firms, joint stock firms without state capital, 100% foreign capital firms, and joint venture (non-state and foreign) firms have positively significant impacts on employment growth. A change in ownership is not significant to employment growth.
The rest of this paper is organized as follows: Section 2 gives a literature review and some previous empirical evidence. Section 3 provides the econometric model for estimating firm growth. In Section 4, the data is described. Section 5 presents empirical results of the relationship between
ownership and growth in Vietnam. The final section gives conclusions and policy implications.
The relationship between educational level and choice sefl-medication or professional health care providers of patients in Hochiminh City
Authors: Thu Pham Quang Anh 
Published: October 2020

Self-medication is a common practice in many developing countries. In Vietnam, self-medication has grown in recent years due to the increasing availability of drug vendors and pharmacy shops throughout the country. Beside the convenience, time and cost saving, self-medication is associated with risks such as misdiagnosis, use of irrational drug dosage that lead to the harmful consequences not only for patient himself but also for community as a whole.
This study focuses on examining the impact of educational level on self-medication practice in Ho Chi Minh city, the national center of educational and health care of the country. The descriptive statistics and econometric analyzes have been applied to answer the question whether the adult individuals with a higher education are more likely to be self-medicated. The study had been employed the theory of consumer choice as the foundation theory, the Andersen’s behaviour model, and two empirical studies to construct a health-seeking model which describes the way individuals make choices regarding health care utilization to get the highest level of utility.
The findings based on the survey conducted by the author in Ho Chi Minh city show that the more educated individual is, the more self-medication they have in treating minor illness. However, the level knowledge of safe medicine use is relatively low among patients.
Título en español.
Authors: J. Coward-Lord  , J. A. Arroyo-Aguilú  , O. García-Molinari  
Published: October 2020

Se evaluaron muestras de las siguientes 10 yerbas forrajeras tropicales: Pangola, Digitaria decumbens; Congo, Brachiaria ruziziensis; Buffel, Cenchrus ciliaris; Guinea, Panicum maximum; Jaragua, Hyparrhenia rufa; Pangola Gigante, Digitaria valida; "African Crab", Digitaria swazilandensis; Elefante Venezolana, Pennisetum setosum y Limpo, Hemarthria altissima, de 30 a 180 días de edad, tomadas a intervalos de corte de 30 días, comenzando el 20 de agosto de 1970. Las yerbas se encontraban ya establecidas en parcelas con un área de 10 m2 en la colección de gramíneas del Colegio de Ciencias Agrícolas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, localizada en Mayagüez. Se abonaron ligeramente con NH4NO3 a razón de 350 kg./ha. Se efectuaron determinaciones químico-analíticas de la fibra neutrodetergente (NDF), la fibra ácido-detergente (ADF), la lignina (L), la celulosa (C) y la sílice (Si), según el método de Goering y Van Soest, y evaluaciones de la digestibilidad real in vitro (IVTD), según la técnica de Tilley y Terry, modificada por Goering y Van Soest. La hemicelulosa (H) se determinó como la diferencia entre la NDF y la ADF. Se hicieron análisis estadísticos de varianza. Se encontraron diferencias altamente significativas entre las especies respecto a la NDF, la ADF, la H, la L, la L/ADF, C y Si. La IVTD y la digestibilidad aparente in vitro (IVAD) mostraron también diferencias altamente significativas entre las especies. Las yerbas Buffel y Guinea arrojaron los valores más altos en NDF y ADF pero los más bajos en IVTD e IVAD, sugiriendo que, según aumenta el contenido de fibra total (NDF) y el de lignocelulosa (ADF), la digestibilidad disminuye. Se observaron tendencias similares en otras especies. La yerba Guinea arrojó los valores promedio más altos para la C, la yerba Jaragua para la Si y la yerba Limpo para la L y la H. Según fueron madurando las yerbas de los 30 hasta los 180 días de edad, los componentes fibrosos (NDF, ADF, L, L/ADF, C y Si) aumentaron mientras que la IVTD y la IVAD disminuyeron en forma altamente significativa permaneciendo la H casi constante. Los mayores aumentos en NDF, ADF, L y C y reducciones en IVTD e IVAD, respectivamente, se observaron entre los 30 y los 60 días de edad debido probablemente a la lignificación y silicificación temprana que tienen lugar en los climas tropicales a causa de las altas temperaturas ambientales y al alto nivel de transpiración. La yerba Pangola sufrió cambios menores en su valor nutritivo en comparación con tres de las especies.
Model-Model Pembelajaran Karakter Berbasis Budaya Lokal
Authors: Af Ach Subaidi 
Published: October 2020

ABSTRAK: tujuan penelitian adalah mendeskripsikan model-model pembelajaran berbasis budaya lokal Madura. Jenis penelitian adalah penelitian partisipatoris action research (PAR). Peneliti berkerjasama dengan guru sekolah merancang model-model pembelajaan dan diujibakan untuk melihat hasil yang diperoleh. Penelitina dilakukan di SMA Al-Khatabityah Modung Bangkalan. Hasil penelitian menemukan model-model pembelajaran karakter berbasis budaya lokal antara lain: (1) model pemrosesan informasi dan (2) model personal, yaitu: pembelajaran filosofi Asapok angin abental ombek, filosofi abanthal syahadat asapoâ€™ iman, Jhege pagharra dhibiâ€™ jaâ€™ parlo ajhege pagharra oreng laen, filosofi Jhile reya taâ€™ atolang, filosofi Rampaâ€™ naong beringin korong, (3) model sosial, yaitu: pembelajaran model upacara ritual Sandhur Pantel dan seni pertunjukan topeng dalang, penggunaan besa Madureh dalam tingkatan bahasa, yaitu: Jaâ€™-iya (sama dengan ngoko), Engghi-Enthen (sama dengan Madya) dan Engghi-Bunthen (sama dengan Krama), sikap andhap asor (4) model modifikasi tingkah laku, antara lain: penggunaan besa Madureh dalam tingkatan bahasa, yaitu: Jaâ€™-iya (sama dengan ngoko), Engghi-Enthen (sama dengan Madya) dan Engghi-Bunthen (sama dengan Krama), sikap andhap asor dan seni Okol.
Weaving Words: Le Corbusier and Jean Lurçat Between Tapestry and Poetry
Authors: Levitt Caroline 
Published: October 2020

<p>Antes de su funeral en el Cour Carrée del Louvre el 1 de septiembre de 1965, el cuerpo de Le Corbusier (1887-1965) yacía con su tapiz Les Dés sont jetés (1960) como telón de fondo. Este artículo examina el lugar y la importancia del tapiz en la carrera más amplia de Le Corbusier como arquitecto, artista y poeta, y resalta las formas en que sus obras tejidas de 1948 en adelante están intrincadamente conectadas a su pensamiento a través de los medios. Jean Lurçat (1892-1966), el protagonistga del diseño moderno de tapices, generalmente se deja de lado en el análisis histórico del arte. Al reunir estas dos figuras, encuentro un punto de encuentro no solo en su compromiso con el tapiz como una forma de resistencia y revolución a través de un modelo medieval, sino también en sus diferentes usos de la poesía en el sentido más amplio. Lecturas detalladas de las imágenes de los tapices junto con los escritos de los propios artistas, Paul Éluard y Stéphane Mallarmé revelan conexiones sorprendentes.</p>
Fetishism and Curiosity
Authors: Mulvey Laura 
Published: October 2020

Writer and film-maker Laura Mulvey is widely regarded as one of the most challenging and incisive contemporary cultural theorists, credited for incorporating film theory, psychoanalysis and feminism. Part of the pathbeating 1970s generation of British film theorists and independent film-makers, she came to prominence with her classic essay on the pleasures – and displeasures – of narrative cinema, ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’. She went on to make her own avant-garde films, co-directed with Peter Wollen, and to write further, greatly influential works – including this one.
Fetishism and Curiosity contains writings which range from analyses of Xala, Citizen Kane and Blue Velvet, to an extended engagement with the creations of Native American artist Jimmie Durham and the feminist photographer Cindy Sherman. Essays explore the concept of fetishism as developed by Marx and Freud, and how it relates to the ways in which artistic texts work.
Mulvey returns to some of the knottier issues in contemporary cultural theory, especially the links between looking, fantasy and theorisation on the one hand, and the processes of historical change on the other. What are the modes of address that characterise ‘societies of the spectacle’? How might ‘curiosity’ be directed towards deciphering the politics of popular culture? These are just some of the questions raised in this brilliant and subtle collection.
Published as part of the BFI Silver series, this new edition of Mulvey’s classic work of feminist theory features a new, specially commissioned introduction and stills from the films discussed.
Making a Name for Herself: Anna Wagner Keichline, [Woman] Architect
Authors: Davis Laurin Goad 
Published: October 2020

ABSTRACT
Women have long engaged in the field of architecture through various avenues beyond design, including teaching and research. This article considers how the first registered female architect in Pennsylvania negotiated the development and dissemination of architectural knowledge. Anna Wagner Keichline of Bellefonte, a trained architect, shaped space through her building and product designs while participating in architectural discourse through instruction, publicity, and writing. This article explores some of her structures as well as her teaching activities, which have yet to be addressed in scholarship. Keichline leveraged an expertise in home design to establish her career and support her first year in practice through teaching. She then balanced her interests in materials research with design projects in both residential and commercial spheres.
An Interview with Nancy Helm
Authors: Burton William 
Published: October 2020

ABSTRACT
Nancy Helm was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Manheim Township High School in 1981 she worked for a printing company and did other odd jobs before opening a hair salon with her partner in downtown Lancaster. Not long after that she opened a bookstore across the street called The Closet as an outlet for the gay community of Lancaster so they could meet, socialize, and shop. The bookstore became the target of antigay crime in the 1990s. It was bombed twice and received numerous threats, including from the Ku Klux Klan. In this emotional interview, Nancy gives her story about how she dealt with this and how it affected her and the local the gay community.
The Comedy of Survivance in James Welch's Fools Crow
Authors: Lowe John Wharton 
Published: October 2020

ABSTRACT
Fools Crow (1986), by James Welch (Blackfeet/Gros Ventre), may seem an unlikely site of humor given that it is concerned with the tragic history of the Pikuni band of Montana Blackfeet in the nineteenth century. However, Welch foregrounds Native humor traditions central to the Blackfeet culture. This article analyzes the ways humor punctuates the narrative, taking the form of teasing sexual humor—familiar as adolescent discourse—and corrective humor that is intended to guide individuals to find their identities within the community. In highlighting Native belief systems that rely on mythical/mystical figures such as the trickster Raven, the novel is both a form of bildungsroman and an alternate history, which, although often tragic, never loses sight of the restorative aspect of humor in the quest for survival and a new future.
Indigenous Humor in Thomas King's The Back of the Turtle: An Ecocritical Perspective
Authors: Panda Punyashree 
Published: October 2020

ABSTRACT
Although environmental catastrophe seems an unlikely topic for humor, Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang established the precedent for this incongruity in 1975. Thomas King's The Back of the Turtle (2012) follows Abbey's postmodern lead. However, this articles argues that King deploys a more comprehensive and diverse strategy of humor, ingeniously synthesizing the tragic and the comic to call attention to the perils of environmental degradation. A central element in his strategy is his infusing his narrative with Indigenous markers—creation stories, Native motifs, and reinterpretations of Indigenous-white relations—that he uses in a scathingly humorous way to carry forward the storytelling style of his earlier works.
A Study on Patient Satisfaction among the Patients Admitted in the In-Patient Departments of a Tertiary Health Care Institution in North East India
Authors: Deka Chandana , Borboruah Luish , Sarmah Pranay P , Paul Ipsita 
Published: October 2020

Introduction: Tertiary care hospital should be able to provide best possible health care to patients. The study was conducted to determine the patient satisfaction of IPD patients seeking treatment in Jorhat Medical College and Hospitals and to compare the level of satisfaction of the patients across selected departments.
Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted between July to August 2018 among the patients admitted in the IPD of Jorhat Medical College & Hospitals. Multistage random sampling was first done to select departments of the medical college. Then stratified sampling technique with proportionate allocation was used to select patients from these respective departments. Finally, systematic sampling technique was used to select respondents from among the inpatients of the selected departments.
Results: Satisfaction regarding physical facilities like cleanliness of the wards (79.64%), toilets (51.96%), availability of drugs (59.28%), quality of food and water etc (55.71%) were of major concern. The satisfaction level is statistically significant with bio social characteristics like background (p= 0.0002), sex (p= 0.0356) and socioeconomic status (p= 0.077).
Conclusion: Assessing satisfaction of patients is simple and cost effective way for evaluation of hospital services.
A Comprehensive Study on Future Smart Grids: Definitions, Strategies and Recommendations
Authors: MOGHADDAM A. ANVARI , SEIFI A.R. 
Published: October 2020

Abstract
Nowadays, focusing on some critical points such as decreasing global warming and ambient pollution, better utilization of renewable energy resources, energy management and improvement of power systems operation becomes the field of attention for many modern societies. Although a large number of these aspects have been studied carefully and valuable results have been achieved, rarely can be found an article that makes a comprehensive review on different aspects of smart grids and their issues, therefore a working definition is presented that will help to put in context the framework for discussing and designing the Smart Grid. On the other hand, implementation of Smart Grids as the future of power Networks is strongly dependent on successive layers of functionality and capability using existing equipment and systems. Renewable energies (wind, solar), distributed automation and energy management gateways are some key elements of Smart Grids that will be covered discussed as well.
Carolina Bays and the Sewee Shell Ring Site, South Carolina: Evidence for Natural and Planned Water Gathering
Authors: MIDDAUGH DOUGLAS P. 
Published: October 2020

Abstract
Natural water gathering in two newly discovered Carolina bays, designated as Oak Bay and Pine Bay was studied. These bays and the Sewee shell ring, a planned water gathering system built by man approximately 4,100 yr BP, provided a supply of freshwater. The Sewee shell ring is positioned in the lower southeast to southwest quadrant of Oak Bay. Freshwater entered Oak Bay via rainfall, an ephemeral stream and surface flow from Pine Bay. This freshwater moved downslope into a perennial stream that originated in Oak Bay. The perennial stream then flowed into a Slough adjacent to the Sewee shell ring. Evidence indicates that a Slough shell structure, the Sewee shell ring itself, and a Ridge line sequestered this freshwater in the Slough adjacent to the shell ring. Structures designated as Upper and Middle Weirs regulated downslope flow of water from the Slough. A watercourse located within the Upper and Middle Weirs of the Sewee shell ring conducted surface freshwater from the Slough to an Arena-tank at a lower topographic elevation. Water levels in this Arena-tank were controlled by a Lower Weir. This Lower Weir also showed evidence of a watercourse that ended in an estuarine creek. Accumulation of sandy sediments landward of the broad crested Upper and Lower Weirs is consistent with structures built for water retention and storage. The narrow crested Middle Weir, with no associated sediment deposition, was built to control the directional flow of water.