bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Volunteer monitoring as a focus for community engagement in water management in Aotearoa-New Zealand: review and prospects
Authors: Valois Amanda , Davies-Colley Rob , Storey Richard , Wright-Stow Aslan , Stott Rebecca , Kin Elsemieke , van Hunen Samira 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
This article overviews community-based water monitoring (CBWM) in Aotearoa-New Zealand (NZ). CBWM was strongly boosted in NZ around 2000 by the development of the Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit (SHMAK) and the Wai Care community initiative. Reform of freshwater management in NZ may be one driver for renewed interest recently in CBWM. Because professionals perceive volunteer-monitoring data as unreliable, they currently give little support to volunteer monitoring. To address their concern, we compared CBWM with measurements by regional authorities (RAs) – the main water management agencies in NZ. Agreement was encouragingly close for a comprehensive range of variables, including the important state-of-environment (SoE) indicators: visual clarity, Escherichia coli and macroinvertebrates. Community volunteers need and want ongoing professional support and encouragement, and, fortunately, there are important benefits for water management agencies, including engagement of citizens in water management and use of volunteer data. Professional support for CBWM in NZ could include: advice and encouragement, training, database development and quality assurance. Current research and development is focused on improving resources and systems for volunteer monitoring, notably with upgrading of the SHMAK. We are enlisting volunteers, equipped with improved tools and support systems, to assess the benefits of riparian rehabilitation and the suitability of water for swimming.
Innovative findings about ferrous oxalate dihydrate crystallization in simulated dihydrate phosphoric acid product
Authors: Abdel-Ghafar H. M. , Ibrahim M. A. M. , El-Shall H. , Ismail A. K. 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
The basic fundamentals of ferrous oxalate dihydrate (FeC2O4.2H2O) crystallization including supersaturation, nucleation and crystal growth in simulated dihydrate phosphoric acid product with and without cetyl pyridinium chloride (CPC) additive were studied. Oxalic acid and ferrous sulfate heptahydrate crystals were mixed with dilute phosphoric acid (28% P2O5) at 60 °C and the turbidity of the reaction mixture was measured at different time intervals. Induction time of ferrous oxalate dihydrate crystals was calculated at different supersaturation ratios ranging from 2.5 to 6.7. With increasing the supersaturation ratio, the induction time decreased. The nucleation rates are 46.4 × 1028 nuclei cm−3 s−1 and 50.2 × 1028 nuclei cm−3 s−1 at supersaturation ratio 6.7 with and without CPC addition, respectively. The surface energy increases with CPC addition compared to the baseline. In addition, the formed crystals are modified from cubic shape to rod-like shape with increasing CPC dose.
Доверие в структуре профессиональной компетентности учителя
Authors: Скрипкина Татьяна Петровна , Тутова Екатерина Александровна 
Published: July 2018

This article is dedicated to one of the most important characteristics of teacher's pro­fessional competence - the analysis of its communicative sphere. They suggest that peda­gogical communication is the basis of professional competence.
The analysis of works related to the problem of pedagogical communication and teach­er's pedagogical interaction permitted to establish generally accepted criteria of teacher's communicative competence in pedagogical psychology. The authors show that, these gen­erally accepted criteria of the communicative competence are correlated with the system of teacher's confidential relations. After discovering these interrelations, the authors built em­pirical model of communicative competence, teachers' level of the credibility towards them­selves and the level of trust to the Others are the foundations of this model. It is shown, that the distinguishing features of teacher's communicative behavior depend on particularities of the teacher's deformation of the confidential relations, and this is the particularity that must be corrected in order to improve teacher's professional and communicative competence.
Психологические особенности личности военнослужащих, самовольно оставивших воинскую часть
Authors: Царенко Людмила Сергеевна 
Published: July 2018

The importance of the studies of different forms of avoidance of the military ser- vice, is determined by the fact that they violate the order of brining up to strength of Armed Forces, lead to the weakening of the military discipline, and as the result the battle readiness is demolished and, as a consequence – defensive capacity. The applicable legislation provides criminal responsibility for crimes against military service, under which they conceive socially dangerous actions, encroached upon the es- tablished order of military service, made by military men and citizens in reserve during military training [art. 33 CC of RF]. All the crimes against military service are divided into the following types: 1) crimes against military interrelation policy (p. 332 – 336); 2) crimes against career program (p. 337 – 339); 3) crimes against duty (guard) types of military service (p. 340 – 345); 4) crimes against order of military equipment safety (p. 346 – 348); 5) crimes against usage of military and technical equipment (p. 349 – 352) [Criminal Code of Russian Federation, 1999. p. 44; Military and criminal legislation, 2002. p. 83].
Adiposity-Mortality Relationships in Type 2 Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease, and Cancer Subgroups in the UK Biobank, and Their Modification by Smoking
Authors: Jenkins David A. , Bowden Jack , Robinson Heather A. , Sattar Naveed , Loos Ruth J.F. , Rutter Martin K. , Sperrin Matthew 
Published: July 2018

OBJECTIVE
The obesity paradox in which overweight/obesity is associated with mortality benefits is believed to be explained by confounding and reverse causality rather than by a genuine clinical benefit of excess body weight. We aimed to gain deeper insights into the paradox through analyzing mortality relationships with several adiposity measures; assessing subgroups with type 2 diabetes, with coronary heart disease (CHD), with cancer, and by smoking status; and adjusting for several confounders.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
We studied the general UK Biobank population (N = 502,631) along with three subgroups of people with type 2 diabetes (n = 23,842), CHD (n = 24,268), and cancer (n = 45,790) at baseline. A range of adiposity exposures were considered, including BMI (continuous and categorical), waist circumference, body fat percentage, and waist-to-hip ratio, and the outcome was all-cause mortality. We used Cox regression models adjusted for age, smoking status, deprivation index, education, and disease history.

RESULTS
For BMI, the obesity paradox was observed among people with type 2 diabetes (adjusted hazard ratio for obese vs. normal BMI 0.78 [95% CI 0.65, 0.95]) but not among those with CHD (1.00 [0.86, 1.17]). The obesity paradox was pronounced in current smokers, absent in never smokers, and more pronounced in men than in women. For other adiposity measures, there was less evidence for an obesity paradox, yet smoking status consistently modified the adiposity-mortality relationship.

CONCLUSIONS
The obesity paradox was observed in people with type 2 diabetes and is heavily modified by smoking status. The results of subgroup analyses and statistical adjustments are consistent with reverse causality and confounding.
Brain Image Segmentation Based on Fuzzy Clustering
Authors: Kamil Mohammed Y. 
Published: July 2018

The segmentation performance is topic to suitable initialization and best configuration of supervisory parameters. In medical image segmentation, the segmentation is very important when the diagnosing becomes very hard in medical images which are not properly illuminated.
This paper proposes segmentation of brain tumour image of MRI images based on spatial fuzzy clustering and level set algorithm. After performance evaluation of the proposed algorithm was carried on brain tumour images, the results showed confirm its effectiveness for medical image segmentation, where the brain tumour is detected properly.
Pengaruh Pelatihan, Sikap, Intensi, dan Modal Terhadap Perilaku Berwirausaha pada Peserta Program Mahasiswa Wirausaha
Authors: Sari Ni Made Anintia Trisna 
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui(1)pengaruh pelatihan pengusaha terhadap perilaku kewirausahaan melalui sikap pengusaha, (2) pengaruh pelatihan pengusaha terhadap perilaku kewirausahaan melalui sikap pengusaha dan niat kewirausahaan, dan (3)modal sebagai variabel moderator yang memperkuat pengaruh pelatihan wirausaha, sikap pengusaha, dan kewirausahaan niat terhadap perilaku kewirausahaan. Jenis subjek ini adalah ex-post facto penelitian. Penentuan sampel penelitian ini dihitung dengan menggunakan teknik Slovin. Berdasarkan hasil perhitungan yang didapatkan 41 orang sebagai sampel. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode dokumentasi dan kuesioner. Kemudian, data dianalisis dengan analisis jalur dan analisis regresi moderat. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa (1) pelatihan pengusaha memberikan pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap perilaku kewirausahaan melalui sikap pengusaha, (2) pelatihan pengusaha memberikan pengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap perilaku kewirausahaan melalui sikap pengusaha dan niat kewirausahaan, dan (3) modal tidak variabel moderator yang memperkuat pengaruh pelatihan wirausaha, sikap pengusaha, dan niat kewirausahaan terhadap perilaku kewirausahaan Kata Kunci: modal, niat kewirausahaan, pelatihanwirausaha, perilakukewirausahaan, sikap pengusaha
Analisis Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Career Plateau (Kemandegan Karir) Guru Pada SMPN 1 Denpasar
Authors: Putra I Nyoman Bagus Tri Permana , Tripalupi Lulup Endah 
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi career plateau (kemandegan karir) guru pada SMPN 1 Denpasar, dan faktor yang paling dominan mempengaruhi career plateau (kemandegan karir) guru pada SMPN 1 Denpasar. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di SMPN 1 Denpasar dengan jumlah responden sebanyak 38 orang. Data yang dikumpulkan dengan metode kuesioner, dianalisis dengan analisis faktor melalui Statistical Program Social Scence (SPSS) 16.0 for windows. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat delapan faktor yang mempengaruhi career plateau kemandegan karir guru pada SMPN 1 Denpasar, yaitu faktor usia, faktor lama bekerja, faktor tingkat pendidikan, faktor keinginan belajar, faktor eksplorasi karir, faktor keterlibatan bekerja, faktor dukungan atasan dan faktor gaji atau upah. Faktor usia, faktor lama bekerja, dan faktor tingkat pendidikan menjadi faktor yang dominan yang memiliki variance explained tertinggi yaitu masing-masing sebesar 31,205%, 17,818% dan 13,709%, artinya total nilai varianced explained dari ketiga faktor keseluruhan mampu mempengaruhi career plateau (kemandegan karir) guru pada SMPN 1 Denpasar sebesar 62.732%. Kata kunci: kemandegan karir guru
Systematic Risk : Variabel yang Mempengaruhi
Authors: Sujana I Nyoman 
Published: July 2018

Investor dalam mengambil keputusan investasi di pasar modal khususnya saham selalu dihadapkan kepada berbagai risiko. Menurut teori Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM), risiko total suatu perusahaan terdiri dari 2(dua) tipe yaitu: risiko sistematis dan risiko tidak sistematis. Dalam artikel ini hanya dibahas risiko sistematis. Risiko sistematis adalah risiko yang berkaitan dengan perubahan yang terjadi di pasar secara keseluruhan. Risiko sistematis ini dipengaruhi oleh kondisi perekonomian, keamanan, politik, dan sebagainya baik yang berasal dari dalam negeri maupun luar negeri. Variabel yang mempengaruhi systematic risk adalah: (1) variabel keuangan yang meliputi: liquidity, financial leverage, operating leverage, profitability, firm size, growth; (2) variabel makro ekonomi yang meliputi: inflasi, suku bunga, market capitalization, dan government deficit. Kata kunci: systematic risk, variabel keuangan, dan variabel makro ekonomi
Penggunaan Media Pembelajaran Berbasis TIK untuk Meningkatkan Hasil Belajar IPS Kelas VIII J SMP Negeri 5 Singaraja
Authors: Harliawan Hendri 
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penggunaan media pembelajaran interaktif berbasis Teknologi, Informasi, dan Komunikasi (TIK) dalam meningkatkan hasil belajar IPS Terpadu pada siswa kelas VIII J di SMP Negeri 5 Singaraja tahun pelajaran 2013/2014, dan mengetahui respons siswa terhadap penggunaan media pembelajaran interaktif berbasis TIK pada mata pelajaran IPS Terpadu di kelas VIII J di SMP Negeri 5 Singaraja tahun pelajaran 2013/2014. Penelitian ini merupakan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK). Penelitian ini dilakukan dalam dua siklus pembelajaran dengan tahapan-tahapan dalam setiap siklus meliputi perencanaan, tindakan, observasi dan evaluasi, serta refleksi. Data hasil belajar siswa dikumpulkan melalui tes hasil belajar pada akhir setiap siklus. Data respon siswa dikumpulkan melalui penyebaran angket/kuesioner. Data yang telah terkumpul selanjutnya dianalisis secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan, (1) penggunaan media pembelajaran interaktif berbasis TIK dapat meningkatkan hasil belajar siswa. Hal ini ditunjukkan dengan jumlah siswa yang telah tuntas pada siklus I sebesar 65,52%, sedangkan pada siklus II jumlah siswa yang telah tuntas adalah sebesar 93,10%, dan (2) respons siswa terhadap penggunaan media pembelajaran interaktif berbasis TIK diperoleh skor rata- rata sebesar 41,72 dengan kategori positif. Kata Kunci: Hasil belajar, Respons siswa, TIK
Implementasi Model Manajemen Strategis dan Operasional Berbasis Kinerja di Fakultas Ekonomi Undiksha
Authors: Suharsono Naswan 
Published: July 2018

Penelitian ini merupakan usaha lanjutan untuk mengimplementasikan Sistem Manajemen fakultas berbasis Rencana Strategis (Renstra) dan strategi pencapaiannya melalui Rencana Operasional (Renov) sampai jangka waktu 2025. Tujuan operasional penelitian ini adalah mendapatkan informasi yang menjadi komponen kunci dari lapangan untuk keperluan pengadaan basis data yang dibutuhkan fakultas, standar layanan informasi terpadu, dan hasil implementasi sistem administrasi operasional sampai ke manajerial fakultas dalam melaksanakan tridarma. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan teknik survay, observasi, dan dokumentasi pada 5 jurusan di lingkungan Fakultas Ekonomi. Adapun data yang didapatkan diolah dengan teknis deskriptif dan analisis SWOT yang hasilnya bisa digunakan sebagai dasar mengimplementasikan Rencana Strategis dan Operasional yang telah dihasilkan pada penelitian tahun pertama. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa, pertama basis data pendukung manajerial dan operasional yang diperlukan untuk mengembangkan prodi di setiap jurusan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan guru dan SDM pelaku kegiatan ekonomi di dunia usaha dan industri (DUDI) terus meningkat. Kedua, tatalaksana administrasi input-proses-output informasi manajemen berbasis teknologi informasi (TI) di lingkungan FE untuk menunjang kegiatan pembelajaran dan administrasi program belum optimal. Ketiga, kinerja dosen dan pegawai administrasi fakultas berbasis TI bervariasi volume dan mutunya. Keempat, pola manajemen waktu kegiatan organisasi kemahasiswaan di bidang ekstra-akademik berbagi dengan tupoksi. Kelima, kinerja civitas akademika untuk menghasilkan output institusi sesuai profil lulusan telah ditetapkan dan direalisasikan dalam pelaksanaan kurikulum program studi. Direkomendasikan agar usaha untuk peningkatan kinerja disinergikan dengan peningkatan status akreditasi program studi dan AIPT.Kata Kunci: manajemen berbasis kinerja, produk tridharma, administrasi kepegawaian, kinerja organisasi, rencana strategis
PENGEMBANGAN SISTEM PENGAMAN PINTU LABORATORIUM ROBOTIKA UIN SULTAN SYARIF KASIM BERDASARKAN SIULAN BERBASIS SENSOR FC-04 DAN MIKROKONTROLER ATMEGA 328
Authors: Kharisma Oktaf Brillian , Putra Utama Hanif Burhanuddin 
Published: July 2018

Perkembangan teknologi berdampak positif bagi kehidupan manusia. Sistem rumah pintar yang sedang berkembang pesat dituntut agar dapat melayani konsumen. Sehingga, konsumen dapat merasakan keuntungan dari teknologi tersebut. Mengingat angka pencurian di Indonesia yang semakin meningkat dan perlunya sistem keamanan yang mampu bekerja terus menerus secara otomatis. Maka dari itu, dalam penelitian ini dikembangkan sebuah sistem pengaman kunci pintu otomatis sesuai dengan kondisi laboratorium robotika UIN Sultan Syarif Kasim. Berdasarkan pengujian yang telah dilakukan pada alat tersebut, maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa alat ini telah diuji dan dapat digunakan untuk membantu sistem keamanan pada pintu rumah berdasarkanÂ intensitas suara dari siulan yang diterima oleh sensor suara FC -04 sebesar 91,1Â dBA sampai 95,4 dBA.
Role of Public Expenditure in Economic Growth: Econometric Evidence from Kosovo 2002–2015
Authors: Pula Lekë , Elshani Alban 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
The aim of the study is to examine the impact of public expenditure on economic growth of Kosovo. Time series data span for the period of time 2002-2015. The structure of the econometric model is built on Keynesian theories and endogenous growth model. The model estimation is performed only after implementing the Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) Unit Root test to estimate if time series are stationary. Several tests have been implemented to determine model validity. The model has met all the assumptions of statistical tests: error term residuals have a normal distribution (Jarque-Bera test), there is no auto-correlation between variables (Breusch-Godfrey Serial test), and error variances are constant, known as the principle of homoscedasticity (Breusch-Pagan-Godfrey test). Gross domestic product is used as a dependent variable in the model, while public expenditure (G), foreign direct investment (FDI), export (EXP) and total budget revenue (TrTax) are used as the endogenous variables. The study results have revealed that there is a positive and statistically significant effect of public expenditures and exports on economic growth. Total budget revenue has a positive impact on economic growth but this has not been proved to be statistically significant. The authors of the research have also found out that FDI is negative and statistically insignificant.
New Proposed Fusion between DCT for Feature Extraction and NSVC for Face Classification
Authors: Nassih B. , Ngadi M. , Amine A. , El-Attar A. 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
Feature extraction is an interactive and iterative analysis process of a large dataset of raw data in order to extract meaningful knowledge. In this article, we present a strong descriptor based on the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), we show that the new DCT-based Neighboring Support Vector Classifier (DCT-NSVC) provides a better results compared to other algorithms for supervised classification. Experiments on our real dataset named BOSS, show that the accuracy of classification has reached 99%. The application of DCT-NSVC on MIT-CBCL dataset confirms the performance of the proposed approach.
Evaluation of Two-Dimensional Angular Orientation of a Mobile Robot by a Modified Algorithm Based on Hough Transform
Authors: Aldoshkin Dmitry N. , Tsarev Roman Y. 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
This paper proposes an algorithm that assesses the angular orientation of a mobile robot with respect to its referential position or a map of the surrounding space. In the framework of the suggested method, the orientation problem is converted to evaluating a dimensional rotation of the object that is abstracted as a polygon (or a closed polygonal chain). The method is based on Hough transform, which transforms the measurement space to a parametric space (in this case, a two-dimensional space [θ, r] of straight-line parameters). The Hough transform preserves the angles between the straight lines during rotation, translation, and isotropic scaling transformations. The problem of rotation assessment then becomes a one-dimensional optimization problem. The suggested algorithm inherits the Hough method’s robustness to noise.
Mobile Edge Services for Quality of Service Control and Access to Terminal Status
Authors: Pencheva Evelina , Atanasov Ivaylo 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
An important ingredient of fifth generation (5G) networks will be Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC). MEC brings the computational intelligence of the cloud within the Radio Access Network (RAN). The virtualized functionality is accessible through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). In this paper, we study capabilities of reuse existing time-tested Web Services to provide mobile edge middleware services. The focus is on mobile edge services that can be used by applications for bandwidth management and access to user contextual information. An extension of Web Service functionality is proposed. Implementation issues of Web Services in RAN are considered.
Education in the Anticommons: Evidence from Romania
Authors: Gabriel Marian Cosmin 
Published: July 2018

Abstract
The process of administrative decentralization of the education system in Romania proceeded in chaotic steps. It was done under the pressure, on one hand, of the EU integration requirements and, on the other hand, of the local administrations who wanted more control over how their money were used in the schools and of the parents committees that wanted to have a say in the local schools. The road was scattered with new reform legislations coming with every change in government composition and ministers. The result was a combination of local autonomy and central control that had the potential to produce confusion and conflict. The multiple and complex blend of divided responsibilities and powers turned out in the process of setting up the new form or entry grade in the Romanian primary education cycle in a rational strategic play scholarly designated as anticommons. Each separated actor tries to obtain a maximizing share of the cooperatively generated benefit for a minimum possible cost. The interactions are modeled as a Game of Chicken where, because actors calculate separately, each selects a higher price/lower quantity position than is optimal, resulting in a lower net payoff both individually and collectively.