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Humanistic Learning of Social Studies at Junior High School of Budi Mulia 2 Yogyakarta Indonesia
Authors: Sudrajat Sudrajat , Supardi Supardi , Milhani Yuhanida 
Published: February 2020

The humanistic learning was done by emphasizing student-centered learning on natural and social phenomena. Unfortunately, only a few schools can realize humanist learning due to a variety of reasons and considerations. Budi Mulia 2 is one of the schools in Yogyakarta, Indonesia that realize humanistic social studies learning by providing a wide opportunity for students to seek information and reconstruct knowledge independently. The research aims to investigate the implementation of humanistic learning at junior high school in district of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The study was directing the survey method with sample of 63 students of 8th grade. Sample selection done by purposive sampling, because the social studies learning in its class carried out by humanists. Data analysis techniques were carried out with descriptive statistics to find the central tendency. The humanistic social studies learning at Budi Mulia 2 supported by the school’s vision and mission which view each individual as a unique personality. In that context, teachers use learning methods that place students as the subjects, thus allowing them to learn, explore and seek information independently. In general, Budi Mulia 2 students feel that the school has provided adequate facilities to support their learning activities. Teachers have given serious attention by providing support, motivation, and serving the students as well as possible.
Design Optimality Criteria of Reduced Models for Variations of Central Composite Design
Authors: C. Nwanya J. , I. Mbachu H. , C. N. Dozie K. 
Published: February 2020

Choosing a response surface design to fit certain kinds of models is a difficult task. This work focuses on the reduced second order models having no quadratic and no interaction terms for five variations of Central Composite Design (SCCD, RCCD, OCCD, Slope-R and FCC) using the D-, G- and A- optimality criteria. Results show that for models having no quadratic terms that G- and A-optimality criteria are equivalent and replication of the axial portion with increase in center points tends to decrease the D-, A- and G-optimality criteria values of the CCDs while for models having no interaction terms, replication of the axial portion with increase in center points increases the D-optimality criterion values of SCCD, RCCD and OCCD in all the factors considered. Finally, the work have shown that replication of the axial portion reduces the performance of the CCDs with models having no quadratic terms and Slope-R is a better design with respect to D- and A-optimality criteria.
Factors Affecting Maintenance of Buildings in Petroleum Training Institute, Uwvie and Delta State University Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria
Authors: S. Ibitayo M. , C. Okolie K. , O. Ezeokoli F. , E. Ogunoh P. 
Published: February 2020

Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the factors hindering effective maintenance of public buildings in Delta state with a view to establishing common defects in public buildings and significant factors affecting effective maintenance in the study area.
Study Design: It was a survey research; the study was affected via literature review and a well-structured questionnaire. Likewise, physical observations were carried out to substantiate the findings of the questionnaire survey.
Place and Duration of the Study: The study was conducted in Petroleum Training Institute (P.T.I), Uwvie LGA and Delta State University (DELSU), Ethiope West LGA, in Delta state, Nigeria for a period of 2 years.
Methodology: Being survey research, the study employed the use of review of related literature, structured questionnaire, personal survey, and photographs for data collections. The study respondents were selected using purposive sampling technique. Relative Importance Index (RII), mean scores, frequency tables and descriptive statistics were employed for the data analysis.
Results: The study found out that the four most significant deficiencies identified include; rising dampness problem (0.8656), cracks on walls (0.8469), unstable foundation (0.8094) and defective plastering and rendering (0.7875) while the three least defects are fungi and small plant attack (0.6313), insects (termite) attack (0.6656) and timber decay (0.7031). The most four significant factors affecting building maintenance is Poor supervision (0.8875) followed by defective construction material, incompetent workforce and non-conformance with the specification with RIIs of 0.8719, 0.8531 and 0.8375 respectively.
Conclusion: The study concludes that professionals should focus on teamwork rather than personal competitiveness in ensuring defects free design and construction. Professionals should pay more attention to the possibility of defects occurrence when planning construction projects, critical consideration of factors affecting design and construction defects when planning construction activities, engaging required professionals at every stage of the construction process, and strict monitory and supervision of construction works among others are recommended.
Livestock Sector in India: A Critical Analysis
Authors: Sonavale K. P. , R. Shaikh M. , M. Kadam M. , G. Pokharkar V. 
Published: February 2020

India has the world’s largest livestock population accounting for over 37.28 per cent of cattle, 21.23 per cent of buffalo, 26.40 per cent of goats and 12.17 per cent of sheep. The study examined the growth and export dimension of livestock sector in India, the factors affecting livestock output and the trends, performance and determinants of the livestock sector in India. Secondary data for years (1951 to 2016-17) were collected. Besides, Regression analysis, the Markov Chain analysis and Coppock’s Index were computed to achieve the stipulated objectives. The results revealed that India’s total livestock population increased from 289.4 million in 1951 to 529.70 million in 2007 but plummeted to 512.06 million in 2012, while total poultry population increased consistently from 73.5 million in 1951 to 729.21 million in 2012.
In livestock composition, the ovine share was increased but the bovine share was decreased. Buffalo, goat and pig share in livestock population was increased but the cow, cattle and sheep share to total livestock population was decreased. The instability was observed to be highest in poultry, remaining livestock animals also shows instability in its population growth. India’s milk, meat, egg and wool production increased at the rate of 4.18, 2.74, 6.02 and 0.81 per cent per annum respectively during the study period. In India production of milk increased rapidly after the year 1970 while production of meat and egg increased rapidly after the year 1980. In past India’s trade balance for livestock and livestock products was deficient, now it has been shifted to a positive balance.
Data on the Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus sp. Strain AN2 Isolated from Agricultural Soil in Brazil
Authors: Sbano Andressa , Succar Juliana B. , Ferreira João Victor R. , Berbert Lidiane C. , Flores Vinicius R. , Cavalcante Janaína J. V. , Albano Rodolpho M. , Direito Ida Carolina N. , Cardoso Alexander M. 
Published: February 2020

Aims: This research aims to report the genome sequence of the Bacillus sp. strain AN2, isolated from agricultural soil from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Western Rio Janeiro State University in Brazil, between January 2019 and December 2019.
Methodology: High-quality genomic DNA was extracted using a GenElute Bacterial Genomic DNA kit. The Nextera XT DNA Library Prep Kit was used for genomic library construction. Paired-end sequence reads were generated by an Illumina MiSeq instrument with the 600 cycles MiSeq Reagent Kit v3. Sequence data were assembled with A5-MiSeq pipeline software and the contigs were annotated by Rapid Annotation using Subsystems Technology (RAST).
Results: The obtained genome sequence of Bacillus AN2 included 21 contigs with a calculated size of 3,681,081 bp in length. The G + C content for the draft genome is 41.4%. A total of 3824 coding sequences (CDS) were predicted and encoded at least 88 tRNAs.
Exploring Undergraduate Students’ Views on Factors Influencing Academic Performance in Construction Related Disciplines in Bells University of Technology, Ota, Nigeria
Authors: Osuizugbo Innocent Chigozie , Simon-Eigbe Bridget Oghomwen , Okunrinboye Ajibola Abiodun 
Published: February 2020

Aims: There is usually dissimilarity in achievement as a result of several factors that influence the academic performance of students in universities. Therefore, this study aims to explore and investigate problem factors affecting the academic performance of undergraduate students in construction related disciplines in Bells University of Technology Ota, with a view to providing understanding on the major problem factors affecting their academic performance.
Study Design: Survey research design.
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Building Technology, Bells University of Technology Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, between May 2019 and January 2020.
Methodology: The research employed a survey method with questionnaires distributed to undergraduate students in construction related disciplines in Bells University of Technology Ota. Data collected were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, rank and Kendall’s coefficient of concordance test.
Results: Out of 172 questionnaires administered, 105 were sufficiently filled and returned, representing 61% of response rate. The results show that maturity, study strategies, interest in course, fear and stress and training and teaching style are the top five factors affecting academic performance of undergraduate students in construction related disciplines in Bells University of Technology Ota, Nigeria. Secondly, using SPSS (23), Kendall’s (Wa) value was found to be 0.036 at 0.000 significance level, therefore the study concluded that, there is statistically significant degree of agreement between different departments of the participants concerning their responses to factors that affect academic performance in construction related disciplines in Bells University of Technology, Ota, Nigeria.
Conclusion: The study recommends that skipping of classes by students during early education should be discouraged so as to allow students attain maturity level for higher education. Secondly, universities should organize fear and stress management seminars and workshops for undergraduate students in addition to guidance and counseling sessions with a view to addressing psychological issues that may hinder their academic performance.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of First Aid and Emergency Care among the Classes Educated in Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Authors: Jacob Rohit , Naik Manjiri 
Published: February 2020

Aims: To find an association between educational qualification of the participant and knowledge of first aid and emergency care. To understand the common misconceptions of First Aid practices among the educated class of Aurangabad. To conduct a seminar cum workshop session for the educated class of Aurangabad.
Study Design: Cross sectional study with a sample size of 700 participants. The candidates were provided with a questionnaire and a seminar demonstrating First aid and Emergency care was conducted post-questionnaire.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted among the educated class in the city of Aurangabad between October 2018 to February 2019.
Methodology: The candidates were selected from different schools, colleges, small firms, church gatherings and hotel staff. Data was collected using a self-administered pre – tested questionnaire. Based on the scores obtained in each condition, the overall knowledge was graded as good, moderate and poor. A seminar was conducted post questionnaire and the improvement in their knowledge was tested.
Results: Out of 700 candidates included in the study, 110(15.7%) were school going children, 60 (8.6%) were high school students, 50(7.1%) were college students, 280(40%) were graduates and 200(28.6%) were post graduates. 410(58.7%) had poor knowledge about First Aid and Emergency Care and only a mere 39(5.6%) had good knowledge about First Aid and Emergency Care. 105 candidates (15%) of the candidates believed that applying hot compresses relieves an ankle sprain. 77 candidates (11%) of the candidates believed that inducing vomiting is initial modality of management in a patient who accidentally ingested acid.
Conclusion: Initiation of First aid and Emergency care training programs among all age groups still remains an enigma. Conducting such workshops on First aid and Emergency Care among communities can make the citizens competitive enough to provide first aid independently and spontaneously in real life situations.
A Systematic Review of Health Care Ontology
Authors: Okikiola F. M. , Ikotun A. M. , Adelokun A. P. , Ishola P. E. 
Published: February 2020

Objective: The study sought to extracts information about the steps, methods, techniques, initiatives and strategies that is use in establishing ontology in the medical sector.
Methods: The guideline that was employed for conducting the systematic review in this research work is that which was proposed by Kitchenham. The Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of science were searched for proceedings from conferences and journal papers between 2009 and 2018. Articles focusing on health care and ontology, health ontology and diagnosis system were selected. The AND operator was used in the Boolean language construction for the article search to limit articles presented to those that actually apply Ontology in the Health care. Selected articles were considered eligible based on their studies appropriately fitting into providing answers for the research questions that were presented in this research work within the last 10 years.
Results: Twenty (20) research articles were included in the review; of the initiatives of the research works considered, Seven (7) were of Methodology, Two (2) were Technique based, Three (3) were Framework based, Two (2) were Process based while Six (6) were extensions of those in existence.
Conclusions: The approaches considered were ontology based in terms of the use of Protégé-owl editor tool, SPARQL, Protégé 4, OWL 2, OWL, RDF, SNOMED CT. The main contributions include but not limited to Modelling of knowledge representation using Protégé for relating data and concepts with references to diabetes diseases, mobile based health care ontology, classification of diseases based on phenotypes, improvement in service delivery and availability of reliable health data. This Ontology heath care review which was carried out shows the need for Ontology based models to improve health service delivery for both the users (patients) and the care providers.
Erythrocyte Membrane and Plasma Fatty Acids Composition in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Requiring Percutaneous Angioplasty
Authors: Arita Takeshi , Yokoyama Taku , Fukata Mitsuhiro , Maruyama Toru , Hazeyama Seira , Mawatari Shiro , Fujino Takehiko , Akashi Koichi 
Published: February 2020

Aims: Atherosclerosis is associated with oxidative stress and fatty acid composition plays a critical role in vascular endothelial dysfunction and injury leading to the coronary atherosclerotic progression. However, the correlation between the fatty acid profile and coronary atherosclerosis is debatable. The goal of this study is to assess the erythrocyte membrane and plasma fatty acid composition in patients with coronary heart disease.
Methods: The erythrocyte membrane and plasma distributions of fatty acids were quantified in patients with coronary heart disease (n = 30, group A) which needs both intensive medication and elective percutaneous coronary intervention and age-matched controls (n = 38, group B) using high-performance liquid chromatography combined with evaporative light scattering detection method. Baseline data were extracted from medical records.
Results: Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that hypoalbuminemia (p = 0.010) and HbA1c (p = 0.005) are associated with required percutaneous coronary intervention. Although appropriate logistic regression model for percutaneous coronary intervention could not be obtained by incorporating fatty acid components, percutaneous coronary intervention was correlated mostly to the increased oleic acid and decreased stearic acid in both erythrocyte membrane and plasma in receiver-operating characteristic analysis.
Conclusion: This single-center, cross-sectional study indicated that erythrocyte membrane and plasma fatty acids have a potential impact on the coronary atherosclerotic progression which requires coronary intervention. Longitudinal studies are necessary to clarify the clinical role of fatty acids distribution as a novel atherogenic marker.
Stability Analysis of Maize (Zea mays L.) Hybrids for Grain Yield and Its Attributing Traits Using Eberhart and Russel Model
Authors: Arunkumar B. , Gangapp E. , Ramesh S. , L. Savithramma D. , Nagaraju N. , Lokesha R. 
Published: February 2020

A genotype is considered to be most adaptive / stable, when it registers high mean yield but show a minimum interaction with the environment. Knowledge of genotype × environment interaction and yield stability are important parameters in breeding new cultivars with improved adaptation to environmental constraints prevailing in the target environments. Therefore, an effort was made to know the genotype - environment interaction and to identify stable single cross hybrids across the environments. Eight newly synthesized single cross maize hybrids and 7 checks were evaluated in a Randomized Block Design with three replications during Rabi-2016 across three locations spread over different agro-climatic zones of Karnataka state, India. Different stability parameters as suggested by Eberhart and Russell [1] were estimated. Joint analysis of variance revealed significant differences among environments, hybrids and environments × hybrids interactions advocating the adequacy of stability analysis. Hybrids, viz., MAI 349×MAI 283, KDMI 16×BGUDI 118 were stable for days to anthesis and silking, respectively. Whereas, hybrids viz., KDMI 16×BGUDI 118, BGUDI 120×VL 109252 and MAI 283× KDMI 16 registered mean values lower than the overall mean with bi value nearer to unity and non significant S2di for anthesis silking interval. Hybrid, MAI 349×MAI 283 for plant height and cob length, KDMI 16×MAI 283 for cob length, number of kernel rows-1 and 100 grain weight, BGUDI 88×MAI 349 for cob diameter, MAI 394×BGUDI 88 for shelling % and KDMI 16×BGUDI 118 for grain yield plant-1 registered stable performance across the environments. Based on the positive and negative environmental indices, production environment at location 1 (K Block UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru), was most favorable for expression of majority of characters studied. Hybrid KDMI 16×MAI 283 was found stable across the environments for most of the characters studied.
Agroeconomic Aspects of Project Implementation of Intensive Fruit Farming
Authors: Salkić Besim , Ramić Edin , Salkić Ensar , Mešinović Emina , Mujić Adela 
Published: February 2020

Aim: The aim of this paper is to determine agroeconomic effects of intensifying the cultivation of fruits and the introduction of new technologies in fruit production.
Methods: The project involved 150 farmers. The implementation of the projects took three years. Throughout the project, continuous theoretical training was provided in the form of lectures and presentations, as well as practical training of individuals and groups of 15-20 farmers.
Results: Gradacac area (Bosnia and Herzegovina) has favorable conditions for intensive cultivation of canopy fruit. In addition to the favorable agro-environmental conditions and many unemployed people as well as the tradition of fruit cultivation, they encouraged the Lutheran World Federation -LWF to implement project of intensive fruit farming. The economy of canopy fruit production is conditioned by many factors: the choice of variety, rootstock, training system and location, moreover the intensity of application of agro and pomotechnical treatments, production costs and market price. Intensive fruit production has its specific features and large investments, but as a result it can be said that it is economically viable. The project organized for the first time in this area continuous education and long-term monitoring, introduced new grounds, a new training system and maintaining orchards.
Conclusion: It is very important to note that for the Municipality of Gradacac the inflow of funds of over BAM 2 million is enabled every year during the period of full fruiting.
Impact of Climatic Factors on Dengue Incidences in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Authors: N. K. Karunarathna K. A. , Sriranganesan J. 
Published: February 2020

Introduction: Health sector is one of the most important sectors of any country. Many aspects such as diseases, health practices, and institutions are associated with health. Among different infectious diseases, dengue has become a major health issue for human in most tropical and subtropical regions. It is a viral disease originated and spread from mosquito and it is in several forms. Since, this seriously affects human life, taking necessary measures, including policies, rules, regulation and best practices to bring this menace into a minimum level, is essential. Such actions require proper background about the disease including factors that this disease depends on. Several factors may be associated with dengue fever and climatic variables take a greater place. Effect of these variables may vary from area to area.
Aims: This study aimed to investigate the impact of climatic variables for progression of dengue disease in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, which is consisted of three districts: Batticaloa; Trincomalee and Ampara.
Study Design: Number of dengue incidences and climatic variables such as rainfall, temperature, number of rainy days, day time humidity, night-time humidity, number of sunny days, and UV Index were obtained for each month in the period from 2009 to 2017 from Meteorology Department and statistical abstracts of Sri Lanka. Analysis was carried out by using the statistical techniques: correlation analysis; regression analysis; principle component analysis and a graphical technique, contour maps.
Results: Only a few climatic factors affect dengue incidences in these three districts. However, no any regular pattern could be observed. Impact of each climatic factor varies from district to district. In Batticaloa district, a number of rainy days and day time humidity affect dengue incidences negatively and positively respectively meanwhile wind speed positively affects dengue incidences in Ampara district. No any climatic variables in Trincomalee district show a relationship with dengue incidences in the district. In general, moderate humidity creates a favourable situation for the spread of dengue disease irrespective of districts. Heavy rainfall does not show a relation with dengue incidences as people believe.
Conclusion: It is difficult to investigate the impact of each climatic factor alone on dengue incidences because there are inter correlated. Number of dengue incidences may depend on many other variables such as population density, geographical location, health practices, personal health status, knowledge, policies of different institutes and organizations. It is essential to incorporate these sorts of variables also to have a proper understanding of the dengue disease and its spread.