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Investigating the Efficiency of Zirconium Oxide Nanoparticles in Removal of Ciprofoxacin from Aqueous Environments
Authors: Davoud Balarak  , Marzieh Baniasadi  , Kethineni Chandrika  
Published: January 2020

Antibiotics as emerging contaminants are of global concern due to the development of antibiotic resistant genes potentially causing superbugs. The inefficiency of conventional purification processes in the complete removal of antibiotics increases the resistance of microorganisms in humans and the environment, hence new and low-cost technology is needed. Adsorptive materials have been extensively used for the conditioning, remediation and removal of inorganic and organic hazardous materials. Zirconium oxide is a widely used inorganic material which is chemically stable, non-toxic and not soluble in water. Thus it could be an attractive candidate for drinking water puri? cation. In this study, Zirconium Oxide Nanoparticles (ZrO2NP)has been used as the adsorbent for the possibility of removing Cipro? oxacin (CIP) from aqueous solution using the batch adsorption technique under different conditions of initial CIP concentration (25, 50, 75, 100 mg/L), adsorbent dose (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 and 1 g/L) and contact time (10-150 min). The percentage of CIP adsorbed increased with increase in the mass of the adsorbent dose from 0.1 to 1 g/L. Kinetics study for sorption was evaluated using diffusion models, pseudo-first order kinetic and pseudo-second order kinetic. Results show that pseudo second-order kinetic model gave the best description for the adsorption process. The experiments showed that the highest removal rate was 96.5% under optimal conditions. The sorption of CIP on ZrO2NP was rapid during the first 30 min and the equilibrium attained within 75 min. The results suggest that ZrO2NPcould be a good candidate to remove CIP from wastewater containing different amounts of antibiotic.
A Prospective Antimicrobial Prescription Audit in the Inpatient Department of Pulmonology in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Authors: Arul Prakasam  , Abhirami Jayachandran  , Archana M Nair  , Asmina Sherin Hazankutty  , Pooja Chandran  
Published: January 2020

Antibiotics are medicines used to prevent and treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic usage is increasing rapidly day by day with or without prescription. Irrational prescription usage, negligence of standard guidelines and antimicrobial resistance are increasing complexity in the therapy and the desired outcome. High-volume prescription of antibiotics in primary health care is a major factor contributing to antibiotic resistance. Educating physicians and patients can lower prescribing errors and the aim of this study was to do a prospective observational prescription audit in inpatient department of pulmonology in a tertiary care hospital and limiting the inappropriate use of antimicrobials. The primary objective of the study is to determine the Antibiotic prescription, find out the inappropriate drug selection, dose selection, dosage form and course of antibiotics to monitor the culture test as well as antibiotic sensitivity and resistance and also to analyze the drug interaction, allergic medication prescribed and omission of the dose. The study was conducted with 234 patients in Erode district, Tamilnadu. The study conducted by strictly observing the antimicrobial prescription in the inpatient pulmonology department in a tertiary care hospital, limiting the inappropriate drug selection, dose selection, dosage form, course of antibiotics and hence decreasing the antibiotic resistance. The prescribing and administering details were collected in a data acquisition form; the collected data were interpreted with Sanford and GOLD Standard Guidelines and analyzed with descriptive statistics. The study found that irrational use of medication was high (53.41%) and a highly significant medication error also reported. The major concomitant disorder was Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (21.79%) and most administered drug was Ceftriaxone (20.51%) (Third generation Cephalosporins). Culture test (32.90%) as well as antibiotic sensitivity and resistance test were done in very less cases, empirical therapy dominates over targeted therapy which affects rationality.
Komposisi Jenis Udang Air Tawar di Sungai Batambean, Pulau Labobo, Banggai Laut, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia
Authors: Rahayu Puji , Annawaty Annawaty 
Published: January 2020

Labobo isle is one of the satellite isle located around the mainland of Sulawesi Island. This study aims to determine the species composition of freshwater shrimp in the Batambean Stream located on Labobo Island, Banggai Laut, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. A purposive sampling method based on the habitat of freshwater shrimps was applied to collect the shrimps. Measurement of abiotic environmental factors is carried out before samples collection. Furthermore, freshwater shrimp are collected using tray net and hand net. Collected specimens were preserved in alcohol 96%. The specimen wasidentified at the Laboratory of Animal Biosystematics and Evolution, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Tadulako University. The composition of freshwater shrimp species in the Batambean Stream consists of four species, namely Macrobrachium equidens, M. australe, and M. latidactylus and Caridina gracilipes. The first three species belong to the family Palaemonidae while the latter species is a member of the family Atyidae. The brief description and conservation status of each species were also provided
Sifat-Sifat Representasi Indekomposabel The Properties of Indecomposable Representations
Authors: Kurniawan Vika Yugi 
Published: January 2020

A directed graph is also called as a quiver where is a finite set of vertices, is a set of arrows, and are two maps from to . A representation of a quiver is an assignment of a vector space to each vertex of and a linear mapping to each arrow. We denote by the direct sum of representasions and of a quiver . A representation is called indecomposable if is not ishomorphic to a direct sum of non-zero representations. This paper study about the properties of indecomposable representations. These properties will be used to investigate the necessary and sufficient condition of indecomposable representations.
Isolasi dan Karakterisasi Bakteri yang Bersimbiosis dengan Spons
Authors: Megawati Megawati , Ananda Meryany , Suwastika I Nengah 
Published: January 2020

Bakteri mampu bersimbiosis dengan spons karena memiliki hubungan simbiosis secara mutualisme antara spons dengan bakteri dalam penelitian ini bertujuan memperoleh isolat bakteri dan mengetahui karakteristik bakteri yang bersimbiosis dengan spons, spons diambil di Perairan Teluk Tomini Sulawesi Tengah dengan menggunakan pisau. Sampel kemudian dimasukkan dalam botol steril yang diisi dengan air laut steril dan gliserol 30%. Bakteri pada sampel diisolasi pada media SWC dengan metode spread plate dari hasil isolasi terdapat tiga isolat, isolat terdapat tiga yang isolat yang dilanjutkan untuk ketahap karakterisasi yakni (BS 1, BS 3 dan BS 10).
Green IT Perceptions and Activities of Internal Auditors in Australia, Canada, and the United States
Authors: Yoon Kyunghee , No Won Gyun , Gray Glen L. , Roebuck Peter J. 
Published: January 2020

ABSTRACT
Green IT and sustainability reporting receive considerable attention. Internal auditors are considered control experts and provide assurance that controls have been designed and are functioning properly. However, literature indicates discrepant findings in terms of internal auditors' role in sustainability activities. Based on a theoretical link between environmental regulations and internal auditors' role in sustainability activities, we examine whether internal auditors' roles in green IT differ across Australia, Canada, and the U.S. We find that internal auditors' current green IT perceptions and involvements in the three countries are essentially interchangeable, even though their regulations are significantly different. We find that their perceived roles differ across most green IT activities across industries, but their current involvement does not. Future research needs to identify whether there are cultural reasons or deeper, profound systemic reasons why internal auditors are not more proactively involved in the highly visible, rapidly growing, value-added areas of sustainability.
TRADISI â€œLAWEANâ€ MASYARAKAT PESAYANGAN (STUDI LIVING QURâ€™AN)
Authors: Rakhman Itmam Aulia , Zakiyah Zakiyah 
Published: January 2020

The tradition of Maulid is an expression of excitement at the birth of Prophet Muhammad in Nusantara, it has become a hereditary tradition that is able to unite Muslim community through various instruments of the event. Amidst the disputes that have plagued the community today, be that of differences in political preferences, ethnicity, groups, or else. Indeed, discourses that motivate togetherness and unity will be very important to be explored, so that the spirit of Unity in Diversity is maintained. One of the â€œritualsâ€ depicting togetherness and carrying out the spirit of cooperation, is the Lawean tradition of the Pesayangan Community which is held to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad on the 25th of Rabiul Awal every year. This tradition needs to be comprehensifely explored starting from its origins and everything lies behind it, why it is different from the traditions of maulid celebrations in other places which are usually held on around the 12th Rabiul Awal. The meaning of Lawean is also important to be revealed, as one of the rich horizon of Islam Nusantara.

Tradisi Maulid merupakan ungkapan kegembiraan atas kelahiran Nabi Muhammad di Nusantara, kegiatan ini telah menjadi tradisi turun temurun yang mampu menyatukan komunitas muslim dengan berbagai instrumen di dalamnya. Di tengah masalah perselisihan yang telah menjangkiti masyarakat saat ini, baik karena perbedaan pilihan politik, etnis, kelompok, dll, tentu saja wacana yang memotivasi kebersamaan dan persatuan akan sangat penting untuk dieksplorasi, sehingga Semangat Bhinneka Tunggal Ika tetap mampu dipertahankan. Salah satu â€œritualâ€ yang menggambarkan kebersamaan dan mengusung semangat gotong royong adalah Tradisi Lawean Masyarakat Pesayangan dalam perayaan Maulid Nabi Muhammad SAW. yang diadakan pada tanggal 25 Rabiul Awal setiap tahun. Tradisi ini perlu dieksplorasi dari asal-usulnya dan segala sesuatu yang ada di belakangnya, karena tradisi maulid tersebut berbeda dari tradisi perayaan maulid di tempat lain yang biasanya diadakan di bulan Rabiul Awal pada hari ke-12. Arti tradisi Lawean bagi masyarakat Pesayangan juga penting untuk diungkapkan, sebagai salah satu kekayaan khazanah Islam Nusantara.
AKULTURASI ISLAM DENGAN BUDAYA JAWA DALAM RITUAL SEDEKAH LAUT DI PANTAI PEDALEN KABUPATEN KEBUMEN
Authors: Hartono Hartono , Firdaningsih Firdaningsih 
Published: January 2020

The purpose of this study was to uncover and identify the psychological accumulation of the sea alms ceremony at Pedalen Beach. This is based on the religious style and cultural behavior of the Javanese people who tend to cultivate between Javanese culture and religion represented in the ceremony of sea alms tradition. The subject of this study was the caretaker of the Alms Pedalen Sea shore, while the object of the research was the psychological acculturation of the community (fishermen) as individuals and groups. The results of this study indicate that, first, the acculturation process tends to occur acceptance between the two parties, secondly, the form or form of acculturation is assimilative, namely accepting the almsgiving belief system as an expression of gratitude, third, the sea alms ceremony is also perceived and believed by the community (fishermen) Pedalen Beach to strengthen his faith in the Unseen.

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengungkap dan mengidentifikasi akulutrasi psikologis upacara sedekah laut di Pantai Pedalen. Hal ini didasari oleh corak keagamaan dan perilaku budaya masyarakat Jawa yang cenderung mengakulturasikan antara budaya Jawa dan agama yang terrepresentasikan dalam upacara tradisi sedekah laut. Subjek penelitian ini adalah juru kunci sedekah laut Pantai Pedalen, sedangkan objek penelitiannya adalah akulturasi psikologis masyarakat (nelayan) sebagai individu maupun kelompok. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa,pertama, proses akulturasi cenderung terjadi penerimaan antara kedua belah pihak, kedua, wujud atau bentuk akulturasinya adalah asimilatif, yakni menerima sistem keyakinan sedekah laut sebagai ungkapan syukur, ketiga, upacara sedekah laut juga dipersepsi dan diyakini oleh masyarakat (nelayan) Pantai Pedalen untuk meneguhkan keimanannya kepada Yang Gaib.
The Dynamics in the Soft Numbers Coordinate System
Authors: Klein Moshe , Maimon Oded 
Published: January 2020

"Soft Logic" extends the number 0 from a single point to a continuous line, which we term "The zero axis". One of the modern science challenges is finding a bridge between the real world outside the observer and the observer's inner world. In “Soft Logic” we suggested a constructive model of bridging the two worlds by defining, on the base of the zero axis, a new kind of numbers, which we called ‘Soft Numbers’.
Inspired by the investigation and visualization of fractals by Mandelbrot, within the investigation of the dynamics of some special function of a complex variable on the complex plane, we investigate in this paper the dynamics of soft functions on the plane strip with a special coordinate system. The recursive process that creates this soft dynamics allows us to discover new dynamics sets in a plane.
Conflicts and resolutions in managing water allocation at the watershed scale
Authors: Srdjevic Zorica , Srdjevic Bojan , Melo Paulo , Jorge Luísa 
Published: January 2020

Summary
Multiple runs of a river basin model produced information about water allocation under different users’ priorities, creating a set of allocation scenarios as possible decision alternatives. To identify the most desired scenario that will, expectedly, be more readily accepted and implemented, involvement of stakeholders and reaching the consensus among them in evaluating scenarios are essential. This article describes methodology for integrating multi-criteria optimization as an efficient tool for the evaluation of scenarios in a group context, with river basin simulation-optimization models. Methodology was developed within the scope of the bilateral project Serbia–Portugal, and it consisted of five phases: defining the preference schemes of allocation, running the ACQUANET model, evaluating the criteria and strategies with analytic hierarchy process, aggregation and initial search for consensus in subgroups, and obtaining the final consensus converged result (best management strategy). The approach was tested on the water allocation problem in the Nadela watershed in Vojvodina Province in Serbia, with participation of 23 stakeholders. Promising results recommended the approach for the testing in different conditions in the area near Bragança in northeast Portugal (Sabor watershed).
Machine learning for stem cell differentiation and proliferation classification on electrical impedance spectroscopy
Authors: Cunha André B. , Hou Jie , Schuelke Christin 
Published: January 2020

Abstract
Electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements on cells is a proven method to assess stem cell proliferation and differentiation. Cell regenerative medicine (CRM) is an emerging field where the need to develop and deploy stem cell assessment techniques is paramount as experimental treatments reach pre-clinical and clinical stages. However, EIS measurements on cells is a method requiring extensive post-processing and analysis. As a contribution to address this concern, we developed three machine learning models for three different stem cell lines able to classify the measured data as proliferation or differentiation laying the stone for future studies on using machine learning to profile EIS measurements on stem cells spectra.
The Effect of Financial Literacy Level and Demographic Factors on Investment Decision
Authors: Senda Deavicris Ari , Rahayu Caecilia Wahyu Estining , Tri Rahmawati Christina Heti 
Published: January 2020

<p>The aim of this research is to find out the effect of financial literacy level and demographic factors on investment decision on government employees in Kalibawang Community Health Center, Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta. The population of this research is the government employees in Kalibawang Community Health Center, 29 of them are treated as the sample of this research. The sampling technique used in this research is purposive sampling. The respondents are those who have been doing investment. The data used in this research are collected with questionnaires. The data analysis technique used in this research is the Chi Square test. The result shows that financial literacy does not affect investment decision. However, out of the demographic factors, only age, income and investment experience affect investment decision. Meanwhile, the others demograpic factors such as gender and education do not affect investment decision.</p>
Pemanfaatan Teknologi Pengelolaan OPT Tanaman Sayuran Berbahan Baku Ramah Lingkungan Di Kanagarian Paninjauan Kabupaten Tanah Datar
Authors: Khairul Ujang , Reflin Reflin , Arneti Arneti 
Published: January 2020

Activity of use management technologogy for pest and plant disease control on vegetables based environment friendly in nagari Paninjauan Kabupaten Tanah Datar has been carried out from June to November 2014. This activity aims to improve farmers knowledge about the diseases attack of vegetables and know how to manage the disease using biopesticide and botanic biopesticide,
These activities include: Counseling and training, and evaluation. Results of monitoring the level of disease in vegetable crops is known that those plants attacked by pest and pathogens e.i, soft rot (cabbage), anthracnosa, bacterial wilt and leaf spot (chili), tuber rot ( carrots) and bacterial leaf blight and Alternaria spots (onion leaves). Attack rate ranged between 16 – 20% for disease and 15 – 30% for pest. From the activities can be take several conclusions: (1) Extent of disease in vegetable crops in this area is high, (2) The farmers do not yet understand the causes of pest and plant disease (pathogens) that attack their vegetable crops, (3) The farmers do not understand the methods of disease control using biopesticide and botanic biopesticide, (4) The extension and field practice, have improved farmers' knowledge about the management of vegetable diseases using biopesticides and botanic biopesticide
Insight into Secondary Posterior Formation Damage During Barite Filter Cake Removal in Calcite Formations
Authors: Al Jaberi Jaber B. , Bageri Badr S. , Barri Assad , Adebayo Abdulrauf , Patil Shirish , Babu Rahul , Rizwanullah Syed 
Published: January 2020

Filter cake formed by barite-based drilling fluid is often soaked with chelating agent removal treatment 24 hours to be dissolved after the drilling operation. During the removal process, the chelating agent absorbs barite from the filter cake to form a barite chelate. Due to the heterogeneity of the filter cake thickness where the thinner parts may dissolve faster and due to long soaking time, the removal fluid will have more time to invade the formation. This paper investigates the interaction between the barite chelate and the calcite formation after filter cake dissolution.
The barite filter cake was formed over the face of calcite rock samples using a High-Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) fluid loss apparatus. Chelating agent solution was then used to dissolve the filter cake. NMR spectroscopy and X-ray CT images were applied to study the changes in the pore size distributions of the calcite rock samples at pre and post-invasion states.
The result of this work showed that barite chelate released barite precipitates into the pores of the cores and then absorbed Calcium cations from the rock minerals. The barite chelates released barites into the macropores and absorbed cations from the micropores. CT scan and spatial NMR analysis also showed that the chelating agent was not able to create wormholes after releasing barite. A detailed explanation of the observed results is presented with supporting results.
Based on the obtained results in this work, several recommendations were drawn for removing the barite filter cake in the filed application without causing any severe secondary formation damage.
Knowledge Management and Organizational Transformation-A Quantitative Study
Authors: Arukhe James , Abdullah Enazi , Al-Ghamdi Saleh 
Published: January 2020

Efforts of major oil companies to fortify organizational capability or transform into energy companies for greater competitiveness are not new. Well guided change processes could result in improved performance and lead to more focus on strategic prospects. The objective of the work upon which the paper is based is to investigate employees' assessments of the influence of knowledge management (KM) dimensions (knowledge propagation, absorption, creation, and application) on organizational transformation (OT).
The study involved statistical inferences given data collected from a representative sample of respondents across different units. The application of simple quantitative multiple regression techniques to evaluate relationships between KM activities and OT is explored.
Data were screened for normality with skewness and kurtosis statistics, ANOVA, t-tests, Pearson's correlations method, and multiple regressions. No sampling bias was present during data collection from the representative sample. Regression and reliability coefficients, variance inflation factors, and correlation matrix were determined to ascertain the effects of KM activities on OT. Results presented only show the thought process involved in the execution of this quantitative process.
All scopes of KM exhibited strong links with OT in the study. Three aspects of KM (knowledge absorption, knowledge creation, and knowledge application) correlated with OT significantly. Reliability coefficients ranged from .92 for knowledge absorption to .954 for knowledge application. Knowledge propagation did not contribute considerably to the regression model, but contributed to the test of the bivariate correlation between OT and knowledge propagation. When the various KM components were combined, all of the KM variables collectively predicted OT with the exception of knowledge propagation.
The findings of the study address the link between OT and KM dimensions. Evidently, OT largely relies on the application of the four KM dimensions; thus, company management needs work towards implementing the strategy of knowledge creation, absorption, propagation and application.
The results of the study improve the understanding and measurement of KM dimensions and how these influence OT, sustainable growth, organizational change and design. Faced with the challenge to maximize organization outcomes, leaders can exploit several alternatives to accelerate OT.