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From the Psalter back to the Psalms. Observations and Suggestions
Authors: Spieckermann Hermann 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
The essay is a plea for ending the hunt for the message inscribed into the final shaping of the Psalter. After the psalms had to suffer from exaggerated form-critical categorisation and other approaches, the Psalter is not in need of having its content labelled with inadequate generalising terms. The complexity of the psalms does not favour this approach. Instead, the psalms are waiting to be appreciated as textual individuals and each psalm as part of its special position in a manageable cluster of texts. In view of the Psalter as a whole the predominance of petition and praise, manifest in the title Tehillim, deserves closer theological attention.
Experimental Evaluation of PVA as Novel Humidifier Material for Humidification-Dehumidification Applications
Authors: Santosh R. , Kumaresan G. , Monisha S. , Kumar G. Krishna , Velraj R. 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
The humidification-dehumidification (HDH) desalination technique is a promising technology to harness fresh water, resulting in a decline of scarcities of remote and arid area water. The humidifier unit is one of the major functional elements in an HDH desalination system. The efficiency of any HDH desalination system predominantly depends on the individual humidification and dehumidification process potential. Therefore, improvement in the humidification (or) dehumidification process potential can substantially improve the system’s overall performance. In this work, an attempt has been made to utilize polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as novel humidifier material for the humidification process. The experimental study was carried out considering diverse inlet air velocities of 3, 2, and 1 m/s. Different cases with and without air preheating were experimented to evaluate the humidification potential of PVA material when utilized in an HDH desalination system powered by waste heat and ambient conditions. The results revealed that the rate of evaporation from PVA material was predominantly influenced by the ambient air temperature compared with other system parameters. Furthermore, comparatively, it was found that, with the use of PVA as humidifier material, average increases in relative humidity of about 19 and 10 % were achieved for higher air velocity of 3 m/s in the cases with and without air preheating, respectively. Thus, it was identified that PVA can be utilized as an effective humidifier material for efficient humidification processes in HDH desalination systems.
Performance Enhancement of MR Brake Using Flake-Shaped Iron-Particle–Based Magnetorheological Fluid
Authors: Patel S. R. , Patel D. M. , Upadhyay R. V. 
Published: February 2020

Abstract
A non-spherically shaped iron particle–based magnetorheological (MR) fluid, particularly flake-shaped, is synthesized and utilized for the first time to evaluate the performance of an MR brake. The effects are compared with the commercially available spherically shaped particle–based MR fluid. The study shows that flake-shaped particle–based MR fluid with 70 % weight fraction of iron particles exhibits 17 % higher breaking torque at relatively low magnetic field strength compared to spherically shaped MR fluid with 72 % particle weight fraction. This increase in the torque value at low field is due to increases in the surface wetted area of flake-shaped particles. This enhances the friction between particle–particle and particle–carrier. Preferable to lower weight fraction requirement, the hysteresis loss is low and fluid has better stability in terms of gravity as well as thermally. The present MR fluid, having flake-shaped particles, improves MR brake performance substantially, both in terms of braking torque value at low field and reducing hysteresis loss. All the results are discussed based on the Herschel-Bulkley model. The performance of the brake is tested and evaluated in detail.
Acute Nicotine Exposure Alters Ventral Tegmental Area Inhibitory Transmission and Promotes Diazepam Consumption
Authors: Ostroumov Alexey , Wittenberg Ruthie E. , Kimmey Blake A. , Taormina Madison B. , Holden William M. , McHugh Albert T. , Dani John A. 
Published: February 2020

AbstractNicotine use increases the risk for subsequent abuse of other addictive drugs, but the biological basis underlying this risk remains largely unknown. Interactions between nicotine and other drugs of abuse may arise from nicotine-induced neural adaptations in the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) system, a common pathway for the reinforcing effects of many addictive substances. Previous work identified nicotine-induced neuroadaptations that alter inhibitory transmission in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). Here, we test whether nicotine-induced dysregulation of GABAergic signaling within the VTA increases the vulnerability for benzodiazepine abuse that has been reported in smokers. We demonstrate in rats that nicotine exposure dysregulates diazepam-induced inhibition of VTA GABA neurons and increases diazepam consumption. In VTA GABA neurons, nicotine impaired KCC2-mediated chloride extrusion, depolarized the GABAAreversal potential, and shifted the pharmacological effect of diazepam on GABA neurons from inhibition toward excitation. In parallel, nicotine-related alterations in GABA signaling observedex vivowere associated with enhanced diazepam-induced inhibition of lateral VTA DA neuronsin vivo. Targeting KCC2 with the agonist CLP290 normalized diazepam-induced effects on VTA GABA transmission and reduced diazepam consumption following nicotine administration to the control level. Together, our results provide insights into midbrain circuit alterations resulting from nicotine exposure that contribute to the abuse of other drugs, such as benzodiazepines.
Causality Relationship between Central Bank Reforms and Inflation: Evidence from Developing Countries
Authors: Anwar Cep Jandi , Nicholas Okot 
Published: February 2020

This study provides evidence on the relationship between central bank reforms and inflation dynamics in a sample of 37 developing countries. We use panel structural break test and Granger non‐causality tests on annual inflation and the legal index of central bank independence (CBI), as a proxy of central bank reform, over 40 years period. The empirical results indicate a positive effect of central bank independence on inflation stabilization. Besides, we find that there exists bi-directional causality between central bank reforms and inflation. These findings suggest that central bank independence is beneficial in terms of sustained macroeconomic stabilization and should harness among developing countries. In particular, reforms should design to give central banks more autonomy in the conduct of monetary policy and financial sector regulation. JEL Classifications: E31, E58How to Cite:Anwar, C. J., & Nicholas, O. (2020). Causality Relationship Between Central Bank Reforms and Inflation: Evidence from Developing Countries. Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi, Vol. 9(1), 15-30. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/sjie.v9i1.10955.
The Relevance of Wagner’s Hypothesis in Achieving Sustainable Development Agenda in Nigeria
Authors: Oseni Isiaq Olasunkanmi , Adekunle Ibrahim Ayoade 
Published: February 2020

Policy ambiguity in the form of non-directional and non-purposeful use of state resources has made sustainable growth outcomes a mirage in Nigeria. The recent economic crisis prompted the debate on how increased government spending induces sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. This paper examines the validity or otherwise of Wagner’s theory in Nigeria for the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from 1980 through 2017. By using time-series data on real gross domestic product, total government expenditure, money supply, and domestic investment and adopting the two-step Engle and Granger estimation procedure, result shows that increased government spending significantly predicts variations in real gross domestic product and thus leaned empirical credence to Wagner’s hypothesis as an essential concept for the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria. This paper recommended that the government should exhaust all possible option to increase expenditure in order to realize sustainable growth in Nigeria. JEL Classification: E62, O11 How to Cite:Oseni, I. O., & Adekunle, I. A. (2020). The Relevance of Wagner’s Hypothesis in Achieving Sustainable Development Agenda in Nigeria. Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi, Vol. 9(1), 123-136. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/sjie.v9i1.12884
Do Wage Spillovers Lead to Labor Productivity Spillovers?
Authors: Susanto Joko , Udjianto Didit Welly 
Published: February 2020

This research wants to analyze wage spillovers in Yogyakarta and Central Java, and whether these spillovers induce labor productivity spillovers. This study uses data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) and includes wage rate, regency/city minimum wage, capital intensity, education level, growth, and labor productivity. The spatial regression is using in this study. The results show that there is a wage spillover across regencies/municipalities in Yogyakarta and Central Java. The wage rate is not only influenced by the variables in the area but is also by the wage rates in the surrounding area. However, these wage spillovers do not encourage labor productivity spillovers. The labor productivity in a regency/city depends on the availability of physical capital in this area. An expansion in labor productivity in a zone does not affect the increment in labor productivity in the encompassing zone. The physical capital not easily moved between regencies/cities.JEL Classification: J24, J3, J61, How to Cite:Susanto, J., & Udjianto, D. W. (2020). Do Wage Spillovers Lead to Labor Productivity Spillovers? Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi, Vol. 9(1), 51-68. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/sjie.v9i1.12903.
Energy, Economic Growth, and Financial Development in ASEAN+3
Authors: Pramahesti Kartika , Hartono Djoni 
Published: February 2020

This research aimed to determine the effects of financial development on the consumption of energy through the economic growth channels in ASEAN+3 in 1990 – 2013. Whether or not the financial development affected the energy consumption directly is still unclear, depending on how the efficiency of economic development takes place. The present research tried to complete the slit by evaluating the indirect effects of financial development through economic growth. The GMM method was applied to solve the endogenic problem of the simultaneous equation, resulting in an unbiased and consistent estimator. There was significant positive leverage of both the economic development and urbanization on the utilization of energy, while the cost of energy adversely affected its utilization. Also, there was a significant positive effect of financial growth in banking and share market on the utilization of energy, where the effect of the banking sector was stronger than that of the share market.JEL Classification: O13, O57, Q43How to Cite:Pramahesti, K., & Hartono, D. (2020). Energy, Economic Growth, and Financial Development in ASEAN+3. Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi, Vol. 9(1), 137-152. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/sjie.v9i1.13536
Efficacy of Cabozantinib and Nivolumab in Treating Hepatocellular Carcinoma with RET Amplification, High Tumor Mutational Burden, and PD-L1 Expression
Authors: Yang Xiaobo , Shi Junping , Chen Xiaoqian , Jiang Yan , Zhao Haitao 
Published: February 2020

Abstract

We report on a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who developed bone metastasis after surgery. RET amplification, high tumor mutational burden (TMB; TMB ≥10 mutations per megabase), and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression were detected by next-generation sequencing. Oral administration of cabozantinib was initiated. Nivolumab was added after 1 month. The patient responded well to cabozantinib and nivolumab therapy, with tolerated adverse reactions, and achieved progression-free survival of more than 25 months. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first clinical case report in the literature to describe the benefit of cabozantinib and nivolumab treatment in a patient with HCC and RET amplification, high TMB, and positive PD-L1 expression. This study explored the selection of biomarkers for targeted therapy and combination immunotherapy in patients with HCC.

Key Points
A patient with metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) harboring RET amplification, high tumor mutational burden, and positive programmed death-ligand 1 expression responded well to the combination of cabozantinib and nivolumab therapy with progression-free survival of longer than 25 months. The combination of nivolumab and cabozantinib may be a good option for patients with advanced HCC, especially those with bone metastasis. The efficacy of cabozantinib and immune checkpoint inhibitors suggests the necessity of the combined application of multiple detection technologies, including next-generation sequencing and immunohistochemistry, for patients with HCC. This study explored the selection of biomarkers for targeted therapy and combination immunotherapy for patients with HCC.
Sosialisasi 3-Ends Pada Anak Dan Remaja Sebagai Upaya Pemenuhan Hak Di Kecamatan Pesanggaran, Kabupaten Banyuwangi
Authors: Kiranantika Anggaunita , Natalia Rina , Kumala Mei Rita 
Published: February 2020

Perkembangan anak sangat dipengaruhi oleh pola asuh yang diberikan orangtua. Pola asuh yang diterapkan oleh setiap keluarga sangat bervariasi. Karakter anak akan ditentukan oleh lingkungan melalui pengalaman yang dibentuk dalam dunia sosialnya, sebagaimana diatur dalam UU no 23 Tahun 2002 tentang Perlindungan anak dan Kebijakan 3-Ends pada 3 isu nasional yang memfokuskan penghapusan kekerasan, Traffiking, dan Rentan Ekonomi yang. Melalui fokus proiritas ini diharapkan semua kekuatan elemen, pemerhati persoalan ini bersinergi untuk mewujudkan dalam masyarakat. Sehubungan dengan itu, perlulah sekali diadakan sosialisasi 3 Ends di kalangan anak dan remaja dalam masyarakat untuk bisa memaksimalkan hak anak dan partisipasi anak dalam pembangunan yang berkelanjutan. Kegiatan ini dilakukan di Kecamatan Pesanggaran, Kabupaten Banyuwangi. Kegiatan dilakukan dengan Action Research menggunakan Focus Group Discussion kepada anak-anak, remaja dan pendamping yang hadir. Kegiatan ini merupakan pengetahuan baru bagi masyarakat sebagai upaya pemenuhan hak anak yang masih belum dipenuhi secara maksimal. Kegiatan ini diharapkan dapat dilakukan secara terjadwal untuk dapat menanggulangi masalah kekerasan dan human trafficking yang semakin rentan terjadi pada anak dan remaja di Kabupaten Banyuwangi.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17977/um032v1i12018p001
PENGEMBANGAN KAJIAN SEJARAH TEMATIK SEBAGAI ALTERNATIF BAHAN AJAR SEJARAH TINGKAT MENENGAH ATAS DI BLITAR
Authors: Sapto Ari , Ayundasari Lutfiah , Ridhoi Ronal , Khakim Mochamad Nurfahrul Lukmanul 
Published: February 2020

Tujuan kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah untuk memberikan pendampingan kepada guru sejarah di Blitar dalam rangka pengembangan bahan ajar sjarah tematik dengan materi sejarah lokal Blitar. Metode pengembangan yang dilakukan meliputi analisis kebutuhan, pelaksanaan workshop, dan pendampingan pengembangan bahan ajar. Mitra yang terlibat dalam kegiatan ini adalah guru-guru sejarah di Blitar yang tertarik dalam pengembangan bahan ajar sejarah tematik. Hasil dari kegiatan ini adalah kumpulan tulisan dari kelompok guru yang dikombinasikan dengan artikel pemateri workshop untuk dipublikasikan dalam bentuk e-book sebagai bahan ajar sejarah tematik di Blitar. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17977/um032v2i12019p013
Relief Candi Kidal Sebagai Inspirasi Pengembangan Motif Batik Khas Desa Kidal Untuk Pemberdayaan Masyarakat
Authors: Utami Indah Wahyu Puji , Jati Slamet Sujud Purnawan , Sapto Ari , Ayundasari Lutfiya , Sayono Joko 
Published: February 2020

Tujuan kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah untuk mengembangkan motif batik khas Desa Kidal untuk pemberdayaan masyarakat. Metode pengembangan yang dilakukan meliputi observasi, eksplorasi ide, perancangan dan perwujudan karya. Mitra yang terlibat dalam kegiatan ini adalah pemerintah Desa Kidal, PKK Desa Kidal, Karang Taruna Garudeya, dan Koperasi Wanita (Kopwan) Melati.. Hasil dari kegiatan ini adalah adanya lima motif batik khas Desa Kidal yaitu Garudeya, ayam, pelipit kakaktua, tumpal, dan lidah api. Motif tersebut diaplikasikan dalam bentuk canting cap batik. Adanya motif dan canting cap batik memberdayakan 28 perempuan Desa Kidal yang merupakan bagian dari kelompok mitra sehingga mereka bisa mengembangkan produksi batik yang bernilai ekonomi.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17977/um032v1i12018p030
CODE-SWITCHINGS EMPLOYED BY TEACHER IN TEACHING ENGLISH
Authors: Feldyan Ricky Andryanus , Hanafi Moh. 
Published: February 2020

This research was designed to analyze the use of code-swtiching by teacher in teaching English. The subjects of this research were some English teacher of the eleventh graders of SMK Perwari Tulungagung, majoring in Office Administration. This class was chosen because the teacher used two languages (English and Indonesian) in the teaching process. Because the students had difficulties in understanding the teacher’ explanation if the teacher used English all the time, the teacher sometimes needed to code-switch to Indonesian during the teaching and learning process. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative because the data are in the form of words and sentences. The techniques of collecting the data are observation, interview, and note taking. The findings show that the English teacher sometimes code-switch to Indonesian in the teaching and learning process in order to ensure that their students can really understand the explanations being given.
Role of ormeloxifene in regression of benign breast diseases
Authors: U. Girish T. , Faraz Mohammad 
Published: February 2020

Background: Benign breast diseases are common pathological entities with which women in her early reproductive age present to OPD with fear of malignancy and significant morbidity. Except for surgery and use of non-selective estrogen receptor blockers, there are no other treatment options, and these have lot side effects. Ormeloxifene a newer drug has shown promising results with minimal side effects and used as the first line of treatment reducing the morbidity of surgery and subjecting the patient to less hormonal side effects.Methods: Diagnosis of benign breast diseases was made by baseline investigation which included measurement of size of fibroadenoma using Vernier caliper and USG, fibroadenosis,ie nodularity measured using Lucknow-Cardiff scale and VAS score was used for pain assessment of mastalgia after which patients will be given the drug and placebo and the response for the drug and its side effects are noted.Results: 61.9% (44) were diagnosed with fibroadenoma, 16.9% (12) with fibroadenosis and 21.1% (15) with mastalgia. Lucknow Cardiff score for fibroadenosis exhibited 50% had smooth breasts with no nodularity at the end of six months, in fibroadenoma group 52% showed decrease in size and 31% showed complete disappearance of the lump and in the mastalgia group 40% had no pain (VAS score of 0). 16(22.5%) of had menstrual abnormality as the major side effect.Conclusions: Ormeloxifene can be used as the first line of treatment in patients with fibroadenosis and mastalgia and used as an alternative to surgery for fibroadenoma.
From manuscript to first printed edition. On the early variants of the poem “Ranny” by Tadeusz Różewicz
Authors: Woźniak-Łabieniec Marzena 
Published: February 2020

Tadeusz Różewicz was a poet for whom works of literature, poetry in particular, were never finite entities. He often changed his poems in consecutive editions. This article discusses the poem Ranny, several versions of which have survived, and which was included in Różewicz’s first poetic collection entitled Niepokój (1947). The discussion applies to the initial four versions of the poem: its evolution starting with the manuscript kept in the archive of the writer’s brother (Stanisław Różewicz), through two typescripts kept in the Archive of the “Odrodzenie” journal, to the first printed edition from that journal. The changes introduced by the poet, who in his actions seems true to the principles of the avant-garde, striving to fulfil the principle proposed by Julian Przyboś, whom he considered a master: the least words, the most content.
‘Honor the great poet’. The Józef Ignacy Kraszewski’s contribution to the development of Polish Dante studies
Authors: De Carlo Andrea F. 
Published: February 2020

The article analyses the Józef Ignacy Kraszewski’s contribution to the development of Dante studies in Poland. It was thanks to his lectures on Dante, held in Krakow and Lviv in 1867, and later published under the title Studies on The Divine Comedy, 1869. The article presents other opinions of Dante scholars of the time and more or less critical reviews of the results of Kraszewski’s research.
The gardener’s topos based on the example of the poem “The Gardener” (Ogrodnik) by Czesław Miłosz (text analysis)
Authors: Noga Monika Anna 
Published: February 2020

„The gardener’s topos based on the example of the poem Ogrodnik by Czesław Miłosz (text analysis)”. The article is a detailed consideration of a poem by Czesław Miłosz entitled Ogrodnik [Gardener]. The main object of the hermeneutic and structural analysis of this poem is the “topos of the gardener”. The analysis is meant to characterize the topos of the gardener and point to the role of a modern poet and modern Polish literature.
Evolution and degradation phenomena of electrode for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)
Authors: Rachid Chebbi , Amar Fadel 
Published: February 2020

Electrode degradation is the main problem of the lifetime for proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance. The operating conditions with different parameters, as high and low flow rates, high and low pressures for hydrogen and oxygen and the aggressive operating which the results show the distribution of the catalyst in the cathode by scanning electron microscopic (SEM) and degradation, especially in the catalyst. This shows the detachment of catalyst from the support as shown by X-ray diffraction (XRD) peaks and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The XRD showed the decrease in intensity peaks after operating, which increase in the degradation of cathode as crystallinities phases, and increasing the particle size of catalyst from 4.14 to 5.57 nm for more than 100 h operating in a single cell of 25 cm2 with different operating conditions as shown by the TEM.
Keywords: Electrode fabrication, degradation; characterisation.
An Analysis of Informative Speaking on Kakenya Ntaiya’s Speech: A Girl Who Demanded School
Authors: Rinda Renata Kenanga , Rohmana Wahyu Indah Mala , Indrastana Nodistya Septian 
Published: February 2020

<p>Transferring people idea can be accomplished through informative speaking. There are four types of it which are speaking about objects, processes, events, and concepts. In achieving a good informative speaking, five parameters should be fulfilled which are do not overestimate what the audience knows, relate the subject directly to the audiences, do not be too technical, avoid abstractions, and personalize the idea of the speakers. Dealing with that, this paper aimed at analyzing the types of Kakenya Ntaiya’s Speech entitled A Girl Who Demanded School and describing its content with the five parameters of good informative speaking mentioned previously. Descriptive analysis was implemented with video recording transcription as the data source. The findings show that Kakenya Ntaiya spoke about events. By the end, it is concluded that her speech mets the five criteria of good informative speaking.</p><p class="Default"> </p>