bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Mechanical Properties of Laminated Veneer Lumber Beams Strengthened with CFRP Sheets
Authors: Bakalarz M. , Kossakowski P. G. 
Published: September 2019

AbstractThis paper presents the results of the static work analysis of laminated veneer lumber (LVL) beams strengthened with carbon fabric sheets (CFRP). Tested specimens were 45mm wide, 100 mm high, and 1700 mm long. Two types of strengthening arrangements were assumed as follows: 1. One layer of sheet bonded to the bottom face; 2. U-shape half-wrapped reinforcement; both sides wrapped to half of the height of the cross-section. The reinforcement ratios were 0.22% and 0.72%, respectively. In both cases, the FRP reinforcement was bonded along the entire span of the element by means of epoxy resin. The reinforcement of the elements resulted in an increase in the bending strength by 30% and 35%, respectively, as well as an increase in the global modulus of elasticity in bending greater than 20% for both configurations (in comparison to the reference elements).
Modelling Delays in Bridge Construction Projects Based on the Logit and Probit Regression
Authors: Leśniak A. , Juszczyk M. , Piskorz G. 
Published: September 2019

Abstract
Construction projects, even exemplarily planned and organized, bear a risk of unforeseen events and problems which can result in completion of the works after the deadline, that is delays. The construction of bridges is an inseparable part of road and rail projects and construction and expansion of the transport network. The paper aims at finding a relationship between the independent variables characterizing bridge projects and the delays during their implementation. Two alternative models were proposed to solve the problem: logit and probit. The data set comprising road and rail bridges built in Poland in the last 12 years (2005 – 2017) was used to build the models. The evaluation, quality and accuracy parameters of proposed models were determined in the final part of the paper.
Theoretical Investigations for the Verification of Shear Centre and Deflection of Sigma Section by Back Propagation Neural Network Using Python
Authors: Janani S. , Thenmozhi R. , Jayagopal L.S. 
Published: September 2019

AbstractThe most important challenges in the construction field is to do the experimentation of the designing at real time. It leads to the wastage of the materials and time consuming process. In this paper, an artificial neural network based model for the verification of sigma section characteristics like shear centre and deflection are designed and verified. The physical properties like weight, depth, flange, lip, outer web, thickness, and area to bring shear centre are used in the model. Similarly, weight, purlin centres with allowable loading of different values used in the model for deflection verification. The overall average error rate as 1.278 percent to the shear centre and 2.967 percent to the deflection are achieved by the model successfully. The proposed model will act as supportive tool to the steel roof constructors, engineers, and designers who are involved in construction as well as in the section fabricators industry.
Development of Methodology and Tools for Comparative Assessment of Operational Efficiency of Kpi-Based Logistical Infrastructure Facilities
Authors: Lukinskiy V. S. , Pimonenko M. M. , Paajanen M. , Shulzhenko T. G. 
Published: September 2019

The article features an approach to comparative assessments of logistics centres operational efficiency based on the system of logistics key performance indicators and describes the framework methodology and the order for the development of the methodological support of the specified task.
The study was conducted in the framework of the Rail Baltica Growth Corridor (RBGC) Russia project, which seeks to involve North-West Russia in the dialogue about Rail Baltica transport corridor and is supported by the Delegation of the European Union to Russia for the period 2012-2013. Particularly, RBGC Russia addresses the issues of operational and functional interoperability of logistics centres in Eastern Baltic Sea Region.
Preseason Hip/Groin Strength and HAGOS Scores Are Associated With Subsequent Injury in Professional Male Soccer Players
Authors: Bourne Matthew N. , Williams Morgan , Jackson Jeremy , Williams Kate L. , Timmins Ryan G. , Pizzari Tania 
Published: September 2019

Design Prospective cohort. Objective To explore the association between preseason assessments of (1) isometric hip adductor and abductor strength using a novel field test and (2) the Copenhagen Hip and Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS) and subsequent hip/groin injury in male professional soccer players. Methods In total, 204 male elite soccer players from 10 professional A-League and English Football League Championship clubs underwent assessments of hip adductor and abductor strength and completed the HAGOS in the 2017–2018 preseason. All subsequent hip/groin injuries were reported by team medical staff. Data reduction was conducted using principal-component analysis. The principal component for the HAGOS and 3 principal components for strength and imbalance measures were entered, with age and prior hip/groin injury, into a multivariable logistic regression model to determine their association with prospectively occurring hip/groin injury. Results Twenty-four players suffered at least 1 hip/groin injury throughout the 2017–2018 season. The principal component for between-limb abduction imbalance (peak strength in the preferred kicking limb – nonpreferred limb) (odds ratio [OR] = 0.58; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.38, 0.90; P = .011), the principal component for peak adduction and abduction strength (OR = 0.71; 95% CI: 0.51, 1.00; P = .045), and the principal component for the HAGOS (OR = 0.77; 95% CI: 0.62, 0.96; P = .022) were independently associated with a reduced risk of future hip/groin injury. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of the whole model revealed an area under the curve of 0.76, which indicates a fair combined sensitivity and specificity of the included variables but an inability to correctly identify all subsequently injured players. Conclusion Hip abduction imbalance favoring the preferred kicking limb, higher levels of hip adductor and abductor strength, and superior HAGOS values were associated with a reduced likelihood of future hip/groin injury in male professional soccer players. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2020;50(5):234–242. Epub 17 Sep 2019. doi:10.2519/jospt.2020.9022
Spread of health-related fake news in Tamil social media - A pilot study
Authors: Dharshanram R , Kumar P D Madan , Iyapparaj P 
Published: September 2019

Introduction:
Fake news is a type of propaganda that consists of deliberate misinformation or hoaxes spread through traditional print and broadcast news media or online social media. Fake news concerning health subject is not a new phenomenon - its roots are probably as old as healthcare itself.

Aim:
This study aims to measure the volume of shares concerning health-related fake news in Tamil language social media.

Materials and Methods:
Analysis was performed employing the BuzzFeed Enterprise Application available through its website. BuzzFeed is a social media analytics and curation tool for content marketers. The data were obtained for 15 most commonly shared pages concerning four keywords, namely vaccinations, oral cancer, gum disease, and dental caries from May 1, 2018, to May 15, 2018, in Tamil language, the local vernacular.

Results:
The topic most contaminated with fake news was vaccinations (80%) followed by oral cancer and gum disease (both in 60%). Altogether, links containing fake news were shared 272 times in 15 days and accounted for 40% of the studied material.

Conclusion:
Action could be taken to scientifically evaluate sources of the most frequently shared medical myths. As shown above, some topics were generally free of fake news, whereas others were extremely biased and filled with fallacies. Thus, an extensive educational campaign (not only in social media) for the latter should be implemented.
Introduction: The Ocean and the Historian
Authors: Subramanian Lakshmi 
Published: September 2019

I feel singularly privileged to write the introduction for the first of two special JIOWS festschrift editions honouring Michael Pearson’s contributions in the field of Indian Ocean studies. My association with Mike goes back to 1979/80 when I met him at the University of Viswabharati, where my mentor Ashin Dasgupta was working with him on an edited volume devoted to the history of India and the Indian Ocean. This was a time when as a young graduate student, I was being exposed to the hotly debated and discussed sub-field of maritime history. Several senior historians questioned the need to study maritime history outside the general frame of Indian economic history, by then an established field of enquiry, driven primarily by the agrarian question, poverty and the drain of wealth paradigm. I recall how, in course of my apprenticeship, I read a range of writings that looked at Asian trade and commercial exchanges that, although written largely out of European archives, dared to tell a very different story to the dominant one of European commercial and military hegemony. This was long before the heady debates of globalization, of Asia before Europe or indeed of the world system thesis that had entered the field; instead, we were chewing over the critiques of the peddler thesis put forward by Van Leur, and of the uncritical endorsement of colonial perspectives on Asian trade embodied in the writings of scholar administrator W.H. Moreland. It was here that Pearson and Dasgupta gave us the vital tools of our trade, to look beyond the official voices in the archive, to search for private adjustments and compromises that had so much more to say about the messy world of commercial and social transactions where to look for Weberian rationality or pure economic determinism was chasing a mirage.
THE INFLUENCES OF PERSONALITY TRAITS, SEX AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AS PREDICTORS OF CAREER PREFERENCE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MAKURDI, BENUE STATE
Authors: Caleb Onah 
Published: September 2019

This research examined the influences of personality traits, sex and parental involvement as predictors of career preference among secondary school students in Makurdi, Benue State. 289 participated in the study, representing a return rate of 96.3%. The participants ranged from 14 – 23 years. Data were collected using the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) developed by Gosling, Rentfrow and Swann (2003), which has a Cronbach’s alpha of .67, the Family Involvement Questionnaire developed by Grover, Houlihan and Campana (2016) has a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of .81 and Career Choice Questionnaire, developed by Timber (1999) has a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient .76. Four hypotheses were tested and data for the research were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that, Personality trait (?=-.234, p<0.05), Sex (?=-.146, p<.05), Parental involvement (?=.364, p<0.05), Personality traits and Parental involvement (?=.635, p<0.05). It was concluded that personality trait, sex and parental involvement produced significant influenced to the prediction of career preference among secondary school student in Makurdi, Benue State while only sex produced significant independent contributions to the prediction of career preference among secondary school students in Makurdi Benue State. It was therefore recommended that parents and counsellor should be mindful of the personality traits, parental involvement and role of sex in children when guiding them into career choice and the ministry of education should include career education in the school curriculum that will guide students on how to make right career preference and plans in the future.
Tungiasis in Western Kenya: Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices of Household Heads – A Crossectional Study
Authors: Aballa Andrew Okoth 
Published: September 2019

Background: According to reports of AHADT Kenya, tungiasis afflicts four million Kenyans with 10 million more at risk of severe infestation. Anecdotal reports suggest that lack of knowledge and retrogressive beliefs and practices of household heads, them being the key decision makers in rural homes, might be barriers to the control of tungiasis.
Objective: To assess the knowledge, perceptions, and practices of household heads regarding tungiasis in Kenya
Methodology: A crossectional study was done in Otwenya Location, Maseno Division, Kenya. Seventy-eight (78) homes were visited and all their household members checked for the presence of tungiasis. Structured pretested questionnaires were used to collect the socio demographic data of household heads and the knowledge, perceptions, and practices around tungiasis evaluated. Data analysis was done using version 21 of the Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) software. A modified technique by Memon et al. was used to compute the knowledge and attitude scores. Fisher’s exact test with Cochran Mantel Haenszel statistics was used for data analyses at 95% CI.
Results: Our data was collected in Urudi Rata (39.7%), Mbeka (35.6%), and Mariwa (24.4%) villages. Most houses had iron sheer roofs (93.6%) and floors plastered with dung or cement (60.3%). Household heads were mainly female (71.8%) with primary level education (67.9%). Tungiasis was found in 39.7% of households. Earth floors (OR=11.1, P<0.01) and overcrowding (OR=3.4, p=0.04) were risk factors for tungiasis. Most respondents (75.7%) had a moderate knowledge of tungiasis with it being lowest among heads with no formal education (OR=35.56 (1.7 to 732.6), p=0.02). The knowledge of tungiasis did not influence its occurrence in homes. (p=0.49). Most respondents (82.1%) had poor perceptions of tungiasis, which did not vary by the age, education, and gender of household. However, odds of infestation was over 4.9 times higher in homes where household head had negative perception of tungiasis (OR=4.9 p=0.03). The extraction of fleas (91.1%) was the commonest treatment option.
Conclusion: Tungiasis is a common ectoparasitosis in rural Kenya with a prevalence of 19.5%. Household heads are knowledge about tungiasis. However, retrogressive beliefs, negligence, and stigma are barriers for its control.
La poética de las ideas en el Ecuador Lecturas universales de hombres particulares
Authors: Cevallos Rueda Galo 
Published: September 2019

La poética de las ideas en el Ecuador. Lecturas universales de hombres particulares, es un ensayo filosófico de interpretación cultural, que busca poner de manifiesto los esplendores filosóficos y artísticos del Ecuador desde una hermenéutica simbólica. Resaltando los aportes en la comprensión de la universalidad del hombre ecuatoriano y latinoamericano, sosteniendo un humanismo que reinterpreta el pasado cultural retratando a personajes del pensamiento y el arte que dejaron una impronta de universalidad y versatilidad comprensiva, que los catapulta como hermeneutas poéticos del al cultura Latinoamérica, poniendo en duda y reconsiderando la seudo-historia universal de sesgo eurocéntrico. El pensador Benjamín Carrión, el poeta Jorge Carrera Andrade y el escultor colonial Caspicara. Exponentes magníficos de una mentalidad espiritual original y trascendente. Nos muestran en su qué hacer las fuentes profundas de una cultura activamente constructiva y de fuente estética.
Una visión científica al sistema filosófico De Friedrich Nietzsche
Authors: Álvarez Samaniego Wilson , Álvarez Samaniego Borys , Moya Álvarez Douglas 
Published: September 2019

Se ha considerado a Nietzsche como uno de los pensadores más influyentes en la filosofía de occidente de fines del siglo XIX y hasta la actualidad. Sus propuestas han sido críticas a los valores éticos, estéticos y científicos del pensamiento Judeo-Cristiano de occidente. Este trabajo considera algunos de los efectos científicos de su discurso, tomando en cuenta su marco histórico y su biografía. Se señalan las propuestas centrales de su filosofía: la muerte de Dios, el advenimiento del superhombre, la voluntad de poder y el eterno retorno de lo mismo. Dichas propuestas son analizadas y confrontadas con los actuales conocimientos científicos. Esta confrontación es considerada en vista de algunas de sus consecuencias epistemológicas: la negación de la racionalidad humana y la negación de la existencia de las leyes naturales. Así, Nietzsche abre el renacimiento del pensamiento mágico y la negación de la ciencia. La columna vertebral de sus propuestas filosóficas es la del individualismo, así resultaría posible la existencia humana en el contexto de la más absoluta soledad. Este último punto está en contradicción con los resultados presentados por los autores en [1], por los cuales la existencia individual y las características son el resultado y la manifestación singular de la totalidad del Universo.
SIKAP RUMAH TANGGA TERHADAP KOMODITAS CABAI KERING (APLIKASI PENDEKATAN THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR)
Authors: Fachruddin Achmad , Firdaus Muhammad , Tinaprilla Netti 
Published: September 2019

Dried chillies arepotential to substitute fresh chillies when the price of fresh chillies significantly increases, and its purchases were expected to determine by the household consumer’s attitude. The aims of this researchare 1) to examine the household attitudes on dried chilies purchasing bythe Theory of Planned Behavior approach, 2) to determine the determinant factors ofdried chilli buying intention, and 3) to estimate the cross-elasticity of dried chili againsts fresh chilli. The results showed that household consumer attitude towards the purchase of dried chillies, in term of subjective norms,perceived behavioral control, and purchase intention, are in medium category. The determinant factors on purchase intention of dried chilies (α = 10 percent) are the subjective norms, attitudes towards the purchase of dried chilies, and household income per month. The dried chilli cross-elasticity valueis very inelastic (0.069). Due to that, the policy implications in encouraging the dried chilli purchasing are the socialization of the dried chilli’s benefits and sustain the avaibility of dried chillies in traditional markets.
ANALISIS KELAYAKAN INVESTASI PENGGEMUKAN SAPI POTONG (KASUS: PT CATUR MITRA TARUMA, KABUPATEN BOGOR)
Authors: Nisa Chairun , Winandi Ratna , Tinaprilla Netti 
Published: September 2019

A gap between national beef consumption and beef production becomes an opportunity for beef cattle fattening business. The purpose of this research is to analyze the feasibility of beef cattle fattening. The research was conducted at the main office of PT Catur Mitra Taruma at South Jakarta and its feedlot stall at Desa Cariu, Kabupaten Bogor. Aqualitative analysis method was used to analyze the non-financial feasibility, that covered market aspects, technical aspects, management and law aspects, and also social, economic, and environmental aspects. The financial feasibility was analyzed quantitatively by investment criteria and switching value analysis. The result shows that beef cattle fattening in PT Catur Mitra Taruma is feasibleand it is more sensitive to the decreasing sales of beef cattle than to the increasing price of feed.
ANALISIS EFISIENSI EKONOMI USAHATANI PADI ORGANIK DAN KONVENSIONAL DI KABUPATEN TASIKMALAYA
Authors: Machmuddin Nurlela , Kusnadi Nunung , Syaukat Yusman 
Published: September 2019

The purpose of this study was to analyze the economic efficiency of organic rice farming compared conventional rice farming. This study conducted using a cross section data from 100 farmers in Tasikmalaya Regency. The farmers are selected using proportionate stratified random sampling technique which is divided into equal size of two levels. Study was performed using stochastic frontier production function and estimated by Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) method. The result showed that the mean economic efficiency of the organic farmers (0,53) is higher compared conventional farmers (0.43). Cost saving of seed and high production in organic farming as a source of gain in economic efficiency. Knowledge on the factors influencing farm efficiency is crucial for policy makers to improving efficiency levels.
ANALISIS EFISIENSI TEKNIS USAHATANI PADI DI JAWA DAN LUAR JAWA : PENDEKATAN DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA)
Authors: Hestina Juni , Nurmalina Rita , Suharno Suharno 
Published: September 2019

Efficiency is an important aspect for farmer that can be used as a measuring tools to make a decision regarding production among available options. The objectives of this research is to evaluate the technical efficiency of paddy farming, and to identify the factors that influence the technical efficiency of paddyfarms in Jawa and outside Jawa. To analyzed the data, data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach and tobit regression were applied. Farmers were not use the the right amount of inputs as being recommended by the instructor, such as the use of seed, fertilizer NPK and urea. The use of Urea, NPK, and labor had the largest percentage of input slacks when compared to the other production inputs. Farmers in Jawa could reduce the use of urea by 6.75 kg, NPK by 14.96 kg, and labor by 7.45 HOK and farmers in outside Jawa could reduce the use of urea by 32.37 kg, NPK by 6.01 kg, and labor by 15.93 HOK to make the paddy farm technically efficient. One of the factors that can greatly influence the improvement of farming technical efficiency is the socio-economic factors. Factors that affecting the technical efficiency of paddy farm in Jawa were the age, the level of formal education, member of Farming group and the number of members in the household, and do not significantly affect the technical efficiency of paddy farm is acces formal finance, and ectention. Factors that affecting the technical efficiency of paddy farm in outside Jawa were the age, the level of formal education, and member of Farming group and, and do not significantly affect the technical efficiency is the number of members in the household, acces formal finance, and ectention.
PROSEDUR UJI KEPATUHAN TERHADAP PRINSIP BERSAING ISLAMI PADA INDUSTRI PERBANKAN SYARIAH: SEBUAH PROPOSAL BERDASARKAN TEORI DAN KAJIAN EMPIRIS ORGANISASI INDUSTRI
Authors: Fahmi Idqan , Daryanto Arief , Siregar Hermanto , Harianto Harianto 
Published: September 2019

An industry in Islamic Economics is required to compete perfectly regardless of its market structure. How to ensure this rule being implemented in reality, however, has been neglected either in literatures or by industry supervisors. This paper is aimed at proposing a systematic procedure to test the industry compliance toward islamic competition rules. The advance of theory and empirics of New Empirical Industrial Organization is used to formulate the procedure. There are two conditions to satisfy for an industry to have an islamic competition. The first and necessary condition is rejecting the Traditional Hypothesis which is based on collutive bahaviour of dominant banks. The second and sufficient condition is, the perfect competition is driven more by the intention of syariah compliance rather than due to the pressure of contestability. Keywords: SCP Paradigm, Perfect Competition, Contestable Market, Traditional Hypothesis, New Empirical Industrial Organization, Islamic Competition, Structural Approach, Nonstructural Approach, Panzar and Rosse Model