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Mechanistic studies on the biosorption of Pb(II) by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Authors: Vimalnath S. , Ravishankar H. , Schwandt C. , Kumar R. V. , Subramanian S. 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
The biosorption of Pb(II) ions from aqueous solution has been studied using both the intact and thermolyzed cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Further, the role of the major cell wall components, namely DNA, protein, polysaccharide, and lipid, in Pb(II) binding has been assessed using an enzymatic treatment method. The Pb(II) bioremediation capability of P. aeruginosa cells has been investigated by varying the parameters of pH, time of interaction, amount of biomass, and concentration of Pb(II). The complete bioremoval of Pb(II) using intact cells has been achieved for an initial Pb(II) concentration of 12.4 mg L−1 at pH 6.2 and temperature 29 ± 1 °C. The biosorption isotherm follows Langmuirian behavior with a Gibbs free energy of −30.7 kJ mol−1, indicative of chemisorption. The biosorption kinetics is consistent with a pseudo-second-order model. The possible Pb(II) binding mechanisms of P. aeruginosa cells are discussed based on characterization using zeta potential measurements, Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The results confirm that among the major cell wall components studied, polysaccharide shows the highest contribution towards Pb(II) binding, followed by DNA, lipid, and protein. Similar studies using thermolyzed cells show higher Pb(II) uptake compared to the intact cells both before and after enzymatic treatment.
Fabrication of Zr-doped TiO2/chitosan composite catalysts with enhanced visible-light-mediated photoactivity for the degradation of Orange II dye
Authors: Demircivi Pelin , Simsek Esra Bilgin 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
Zirconium/titanium/chitosan (Zr/Ti/CHT) composite catalysts were synthesized by sol-gel method using different chitosan amounts (5–20 wt.%) and their activity in the photocatalytic degradation of Orange II dye was evaluated for the first time. The results were compared with Zr/Ti, Zr/CHT and Ti/CHT catalysts. The composite catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. XRD analysis revealed that the Zr/Ti/CHT composite catalyst showed high crystallinity of anatase TiO2 phase. Photocatalytic experiments showed that adding CHT into the catalyst structure increased the photocatalytic degradation under visible light irradiation. Also, the first-order reaction rate constant, kapp, was calculated using the Langmuir–Hinshelwood (L-H) equation. The kapp values were found to be 0.009, 0.0013, 0.012 and 0.014 min−1 for Zr/Ti, Zr/CHT, Ti/CHT and Zr/Ti/CHT, respectively. According to stability tests, after the first cycle Orange II dye degradation was found to be 95%, while it was 37% after the fifth cycle. The results showed that the composite catalyst could be used several times for Orange II dye degradation.
Encrypted Image Retrieval System based on Features Analysis
Authors: GAATA Methaq Talib , Fouad Hantoosh Fadya 
Published: July 2018

Abstract – Content-based search provides an important tool for users to consume the ever-growing digital media repositories. However, since communication between digital products takes place in a public network, the necessity of security for digital images becomes vital. Hence, the design of secure content-based image retrieval system is becoming an increasingly demanding task as never before. This paper, presents a mechanism that addresses the secure CBIR as a novel improvement and application for the image retrieval. The proposed system consists of six phases briefly described as follows: first, feature extraction phase, which produces the low-level quantitative description of the image (color and texture) that allows the computation of similarity measures, the definition of the ordering of the images, and the indexing of the search processes. Second, indexing for search process phase, hash table and bloom filter were employed for classification. Third, feature encryption phase, where content protection is performed using a method developed by us (including Chaotic Logistic Map). Fourth, image encryption phase, as security mechanism for CBIR, we combine two research fields in computer science, CBIR and image cryptography, which grow up to meet the trends of security and speed in current computer sciences, chaos and stream cipher systems were applied as an image encryption system. Fifth, the retrieval phase, which provides a subset of images answering the query based on the similarity between images computed over the feature vector extracted from each image. Finally, Relevance feedback phase, a technique that attempts to capture the user’s needs through iterative feedback. Although the system proved its efficiency in search performance (with 88% of average precision), security strength, and computational complexity, it does not mean the optimal system is designed, since some weakness points still can be found that are suggested to be improved as a future work.
Transformasi Pendidikan untuk Menghadapi Globalisasi
Authors: Rinawati Anita 
Published: July 2018

Globalisasi membawa dampak perubahan yang sangat signifikan terutama terhadap perubahan dari perilaku setiap individu. Kaitan antara globalisasi dan pendidikan terletak pada lahirnya suatu masyarakat baru yang ditandai dengan “knowledge-basedsociety” yang merupakan dasar dari globalisasi ekonomi dan politik yang terus-menerus berubah dan memerlukan sikap reflektif dari manusia yaitu kemampuan untuk merenungkan mengenai kehidupannya berdasarkan rasio. Untuk itu pendidikan sangat penting dalam mewujudkan masyarakat masa depan yang berdasarkan ilmu pengetahuan. Peran dari transformasi pendidikan agar dapat menghasilkan manusia yang siap untuk menghadapi tantangan global. Salah satu cara menghadapi globalisasi dengan langkah- langkah transformasi pendidikan dan peningkatan peran guru yang dapat menyesuaikan dengan kondisi saat ini. Hal ini agar pendidikan yang ada tidak tertinggal dan dapat terus bertahan untuk menghadapi dampak negatif dari globalisasi. Kata Kunci: Globalisasi,Transformasi Pendidikan
Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Kepatuhan Membayar Pajak Bumi dan Bangunan Pedesaan dan Perkotaan
Authors: Setiaji Khasan , Nisak Adibatun 
Published: July 2018

Pajak sangat berperan dalam menggerakkan roda perekonomian yang ada di Indonesia. Namun pada saat ini banyak wajib pajak yang melakukan tindakan penghindaran, pengelakan, dan pelalaian pajak yang pada akhirnya akan menyebabkan peneriman pajak negara akan berkurang. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh motivasi, SPPT, pelayaan fiskus, dan kesadaran wajib pajak terhadap kepatuhan membayar pajak bumi dan bangunan pedesaan dan perkotaan di Desa Nolokerto baik secara simultan maupun secara parsial. Jenis penelitia ini digolongkan sebagai penelitian kuaintitatif. Populasi dalam peneitian ini adalah seluruh WP PBB P-2 di Desa Nolokerto. Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik pengambilan sampel dengan menggunakan teknik Propotional stratified random sampling. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah regresi berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa motivasi, SPPT, pelayanan fiskus, dan kesadaran wajib pajak berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kepatuhan membayar PBB P-2 di Desa Nolokerto baik secara parsial maupun simultan. Saran dalam meningkatkan kepatuhan membayar PBB P-2, maka pemerintah harus meningkatkan motivasi wajib pajak untuk memenuhi kewajiban perpajakannya, meningkatkan keakuratan data pada SPPT dengan melakukan survey secara rutin; meningkatkan pelayanan perpajakan bumi dan bangunan P2 terhadap wajib pajak, dan meningkatkan kesadaran wajib pajak dengan mengadakan sosialisasi atau penyuluhan dan informasi perpajakan, menciptakan aparatur pemerintah yang bersih dan berwibawa.Kata Kunci: Motivasi, SPPT, Pelayanan Fiskus, Kesadaran Wajib Pajak, Kepatuhan
THE INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY OF THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES: BETWEEN TOEFL AND TOEIC
Authors: Gaspar Besin , Hartanto Yenny 
Published: July 2018

Recently the university students are required by their institutions to have the TOEFL score in the fisrt year or in the last year of their study before graduation. Some other higher institutions require their students to submit TOEIC, not TOEFL, before graduation. Companies, in the recruitment process, require the applicants to submit TOEFL score to show their level of English proficiency. The first question is which one is more appropriate for job applicants in the compay: TOEFL or TOEIC. Another question for university students before graduation is whether to have TOEFL in the first year or in the last year before graduation. This article aims at answering the two questions raised. The first part will give an overview of various versions of TOEFL and TOEIC and the second part proposes the appropriate English proficiency test for the recruitment process for new employees and for the university graduates, that is, TOEIC for the company and TOEFL for universities and colleges.
Mining Fuzzy Sequential Patterns with Fuzzy Time-Intervals in Quantitative Sequence Databases
Authors: Phuong Truong Duc , Van Thanh Do , Dung Nguyen Duc 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to introduce fuzzy sequential patterns with fuzzy time-intervals in quantitative sequence databases. In the fuzzy sequential pattern with fuzzy time-intervals, both quantitative attributes and time distances are represented by linguistic terms. A new algorithm based on the Apriori algorithm is proposed to find the patterns. The mined patterns can be applied to market basket analysis, stock market analysis, and so on.
Evaluating the Potential Effect of Seed Priming Techniques in Improving Germination and Root Shoot Length of Maize Seed
Authors: Wajid H.A. , Alderfasi A.A. , Afzal I. , Junaid M.B. , Mahmood A. , Ahmad A. , Arsal M.N. , Tahir M.U. 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
The present research was conducted under laboratory conditions. The purpose of research was to investigate the potential of priming with press mud, peat moss, sand, gunny bags, compost, farm yard manure and moringa leaf extract (MLE) on seedling growth and germination capacity of maize seed. Untreated or non-primed seeds were used as a control treatment. Priming treatments improved germination capacity, stand establishment and seedling vigor, compared with control. Priming with moringa leaf extract enhance germination and seedling vigor of maize seed, compared with the control and other seed primed treatments. In moringa leaf extract primed seeds, root and shoot growth was improved. Overall, moringa leaf extract primed maize seeds performed better than all other treatments and it could be related by seedling vigor enhancement and lowering the mean germination time, due to imbibition of higher quantity of water and earlier enzymatic activity. The results propose that moringa leaf extract priming treatment had the potential to enhance germination, stand establishment and early growth of maize seeds.
Effect on surface deformation resulting from mining activity on value of property valuation. A case study from Jastrzębie- Zdrój region
Authors: Pala Paweł 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
The subject of the research presented in this article is the effect of subsidence resulting from underground mining exploitation on the value of non-developed real estate intended for residential construction (excluding multifamily) in Jastrzębie-Zdrój region. The article describes methodology, which helped in creating a map of average unit prices of non-developed residential properties and a map of subsidence in years 2008-2017, as well as a chart comparing these two issues. The results of the research show a relation between subsidence and nondeveloped residential properties value.
Impacts of Macro Economic Variables on the RMG Export Growth of Bangladesh
Authors: Shimu Afroza Ahammed , Islam Md. Shahidul 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
The ready-made garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh is considered as a key driver for the Bangladeshi Economy. This paper tries to examine the impacts of macroeconomic variables on the RMG export growth of this country. For this purpose, secondary data was collected from various sources. Multiple linear regression model was applied to measure the effects of macroeconomic variables on the RMG export growth. Trade Entropy and the Competitiveness Index were applied to understand the status of RMG sector in the world market. After that, to check the accuracy of the regression model, three types of econometric problems were tested in this study. Firstly, heteroscedasticity problem was tested by graphical presentation. Secondly, auto-correlation problem was tested by Durbin Watson test. Thirdly, multicollinearity problem was tested by correlation matrix and Variance Influence Factor (VIF). The empirical results show that for every unit increase of the growth rate of official exchange rate, inflation rate, real interest rate, and female unemployment rate; the growth rate of RMG export decreases by 1.159, 0.055, 0.034, and 0.068 units, respectively.
Study of Thermal Properties of Lightweight Insulation Made of Flax Straw
Authors: Babenko Maryna , Estokova Adriana , Savytskyi Mykola , Unčík Stanislav 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
The article presents the results of a study of the properties of flax straw as a raw material and as a lightweight, environmentally-friendly insulation made of a two-component mixture of flax straw and liquid glass. The flax is considered to be renewable and is a 100% natural waste product of the agriculture industry, which may be widely used as sustainable building insulation after light modifications. The ratio mixes of the two-component eco-insulation of flax straw and liquid glass (Na2O(SiO2)) have been developed in terms of sustainability principles such as environmental friendliness and energy efficiency. We used thermal analysis to compare flax straw as a raw material, and a complex insulation made of flax straw demonstrated a slower decomposition of the composite and shorter peaks, which supports the concept of the transformation of flax straw with liquid glass to increase its fire resistance properties. The peaks of the loss of mass with the exothermal process were defined for both flax samples. The thermal conductivity coefficient of the material is around 0.085 W/m K, which permits its use as an effective insulation material for sustainable buildings.
Economic Growth and Inequality with Tourism in an Integrated Walrasian-General Equilibrium and Neoclassical-Growth Theory
Authors: Zhang Wei-Bin 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
This paper studies dynamic interdependence between economic growth, tourism, and inequalities in income and wealth in a small open economy. We build the dynamic model in an integrated Walrasian-general equilibrium and neoclassical-growth theory for a small open economy with multiple sectors and heterogeneous households in a perfectly competitive economy. The economy consists of one service sector which supplies non-traded services and one industrial sector which produces traded goods. We treat wealth accumulation and land distribution between housing and supply of services as endogenous variables. We show that the motion of the economy with J types of households is given by J nonlinear differential equations. We simulate the motion of the system with three groups of households. We also conduct comparative dynamic analysis with regards to the rate of interest, the price elasticity of tourism, the global economic condition, and the rich class’ human capital, and the rich class’ propensity to consume housing.
The Gay Novel and the Gay World
Authors: Davidson Guy 
Published: July 2018

In a recent review essay, J. Daniel Elam charts the emergence of “gay world literary fiction,” a subgenre of the category “world literature,” which over the last twenty years or so has become both a marketing strategy for publishers and a “disciplinary rallying point of literary criticism and the academic humanities.”[i] While Elam’s essay is implicitly underpinned by the usual disciplinary understanding of world literature (fiction from potentially anywhere in the globe, translated into English, and studied comparatively), its focus is narrowed to the “gay world” within the planetary world—a putatively homogenous, transnational gay subculture enabled by digital connectivity and the flows of global capital. This new gay world is, according to Elam, characterized by atomization: “From Sofia to Shanghai, authors of gay fiction describe a collection of scattered and isolated individuals, needy but incurious.” The situation has emerged from the “curious paradox” that “visibility and acceptance” have “made life better” for many gay men “at the cost of community and identity.” “Gay visibility, with its attendant politics of respectability” has occurred at the expense of older subcultural institutions like “the gay bar, the bathhouse, the piano bar, and cruising areas,” rendering the gay community “a banally knowable object rather than the product of a passionately forged experience of self-making. In place of the urgent longings of 20th-century queer literature, one encounters a peculiar form of worldly, muted yearning. So-called gay world literature emerges from a global community that isn’t a community at all.”

[i] J. Daniel Elam, “The World of Gay Lit,” Public Books (16 October 2017). Web. Accessed 1 March, 2018. “Disciplinary rallying point”: Emily Apter, Against World Literature: On the Politics of Untranslatability (London: Verso, 2013), 1. For a discussion of the interrelations between “world literature” as the marketization of cultural differences and as a field of scholarly enquiry, see Simon During, Exit Capitalism: Literary Culture, Theory and Post-Secular Modernity (New York: Routledge, 2009), 57–58.
Mean annual blue water footprint of national consumption per capita (1996-2005)
Authors: Guefradj Najet 
Published: July 2018

This layer represents estimation of the mean annual blue water footprint of national consumption for the period 1996-2005. The water footprint is a measure of human’s appropriation of freshwater resources. The blue water footprint refers to consumption of blue water resources (surface and ground water).
Estimations are given in cubic meter per capita per year. In the table, data are also available disaggregated per sectors: agricultural production, industrial production and domestic water use.
A detailed description of the methodology and results can be found in the main report available here: http://temp.waterfootprint.org/Reports/Report50-NationalWaterFootprints-Vol1.pdf .
For more information, visit the Water Footprint Network website: http://temp.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/WaterStat

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Proportion of Municipal Water coming from Groundwater
Authors: Barranco-Fabre Adrian 
Published: July 2018

Today, cities are looking farther beyond their limits for clean water. Many cities rely partially or totally on non-surface water like groundwater. The study of the Natural Conservancy focus on the analysis of surface water quality, while accounting for the groundwater importance in urban supply but without evaluation of the sustainability of the source.
For more information, access the Urban Water Blueprint report here: http://www.iwa-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Urban-Water-Blueprint-Report.pdf
You can also visit the Urban Water Blueprint website here: http://water.nature.org/waterblueprint/#/intro=true

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Annual Stress Category
Authors: Barranco-Fabre Adrian 
Published: July 2018

Water withdrawals or water abstractions, is the freshwater taken from ground or surface water sources and conveyed to a place of use. These, normally, are sectorial distributed and in this specific case, five of the most important water sectors such as irrigation, livestock-based agriculture, industry, thermal electricity production, and households and small businesses are examined. (Estimated from the WaterGAP3 model) This map shows the quantity of WTA taken from available watersheds, presented in two categories (considering a threshold of 40%) being Stressed or Not Stressed.
For more information, access the Urban Water Blueprint report here: http://www.iwa-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Urban-Water-Blueprint-Report.pdf
You can also visit the Urban Water Blueprint website here: http://water.nature.org/waterblueprint/#/intro=true

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Number of sources from which cities harvest water
Authors: Meyer Chloé 
Published: July 2018

This layer presents the number of water sources (surface and non-surface) from which cities around the world harvest water. On average, cities retrieve water from 4 different sources. Note that if a city gets a small fraction of its water from surface water, there will be calculated values for this metric, but it is not particularly meaningful for a city's water risk or opportunity profile.
For more information, access the Urban Water Blueprint report here: http://www.iwa-network.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Urban-Water-Blueprint-Report.pdf
You can also visit the Urban Water Blueprint website here: http://water.nature.org/waterblueprint/#/intro=true

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TESTING OF COMBINED VACCINES AGAINST AUJEZSKY’S DISEASE, PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME AND PORCINE PARVOVIRUS INFECTION FOR THEIR ANTIGENICITY
Authors: Baborenko Ye. P. , Dolganova Ye. K. , Gruzdev K. N. 
Published: July 2018

Tests of inactivated emulsion anti-Aujezsky’s disease, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) vaccine based on marker Aujezsky’s disease virus strain, PRRS virus strain and inactivated emulsion anti-Aujezsky’s disease and porcine parvovirus infection vaccine based on marker Aujezsky’s disease virus strain and porcine parvovirus strain developed by the FGBI “ARRIAH” for their antigenicity are described in the paper. It is demonstrated that the said vaccines can be used successfully for PRRS and porcine parvovirus infection and Aujezsky’s disease prevention. They are becoming of special significance when used in programs on Aujeszky’s disease control and eradication. The use of the vaccine based on marker Aujeszky’s disease virus strain allows differentiation between the animals that have antibodies to the marker vaccine strain (in the absence of antibodies to the glycoprotein gE in 100% of cases) from the animals with antibodies to field strains of the Aujeszky’s disease virus in their sera. A comprehensive assessment of the use of associated vaccines developed in the FGBI “ARRIAH” (against Aujeszky’s disease based on the marker strain, reproductive and respiratory syndrome, parvovirus infection), in the framework of anti-epidemic measures on a pig farm of the Russian Federation showed their safety, high antigenicity, immunogenicity.