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İşletmelerin Malmquist-TFV Endeksi İle Verimliliklerinin Analizi: Tekstil Sanayi Örneği
Authors: Gelmez Emel , Göral Ramazan , Çağlıyan Vural 
Published: April 2018

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Günümüzde
işletmelerin rekabetçi üstünlük ve ortalamanın üzerinde getiri elde etmelerinde
göstermiş oldukları performans, önem arz etmektedir. İşletmelerin performansını
belirleyen en önemli ölçütlerden birisi verimlilik artışıdır. Verimlilik
artışıyla işletmelerin amaçlarına ulaşabilmeleri ve kârlılık hedeflerini
tutturabilmeleri mümkün hale gelmektedir. Bu bağlamda işletmelerin
faaliyetleriyle ilgili olarak sürekli etkinlik ve verimlilik ölçümleri yaparak
mevcut durumu ölçümlemeli, verimsizlik söz konusu ise verimsizliğe neden olan
hususları iyileştirmelidir. İşletmelerin verimlilik ölçümlerinde
kullanabilecekleri çeşitli yöntemler bulunmaktadır. Söz konusu bu yöntemlerden
birisi Veri Zarflama Analizi (VZA) Temelli Malmquist Toplam Faktör Verimliliği
(TFV) Endeksidir. Üretim sürecinde yer alan tüm üretim faktörlerinin
verimliliklerinin toplamını ifade eden Toplam Faktör Verimliliğindeki değişmeyi
ölçen Malmquist-TFV endeksi, işletmelerin verimliliklerinin kaynaklarının
belirlenmesi ve başarı düzeylerinin tespit edilmesinde önemli bir yöntem olarak
değerlendirilmektedir. Malmquist-TFV
endeksinde işletmelerin teknik etkinlik değişimleri ve teknolojik etkinlik
değişimlerine göre toplam faktör verimliliği hesaplanmaktadır. Böylece
verimliliğin zaman içerisindeki değişimi, teknik etkinlik değişiminden mi yoksa
teknolojik etkinlik değişimden mi kaynaklandığının tespiti yapılmış olmaktadır.
Çalışmada tekstil sektöründe faaliyet gösteren işletmelerin verimliliklerinde
meydana gelen değişim ve değişimin kaynakları VZA çıktı odaklı CCR modeli
temelli Malmquist- TFV endeksi yöntemi kullanılmak suretiyle analiz edilmiştir.
Çalışma kapsamında incelenen tekstil işletmelerinin göreceli olarak etkin
olarak yönetilip yönetilmediği ve yıllar bazındaki verimlilik değişimini ortaya
koymak amacıyla üç adet girdi bileşeni (çalışan sayısı, toplam aktifler, öz
sermaye) ve üç adet çıktı bileşeni (net satışlar, net kâr ve ihracat)
kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada işletmelerin 2014-2016 dönemi Toplam Faktör
Verimliliği ayrı ayrı değerlendirilmiş ve dönemler bazında değişimin kaynakları
tespit edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Analize ilişkin hesaplamalar DEAP 2.1yazılımı
ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmada öncelikle işletmelerin 2014-2016 yılları
arası Teknik Etkinlik Değişimleri (TED) ve Teknolojik Değişimleri (TD) analiz
edilerek Toplam Faktör Verimlilikleri belirlenmiştir. Yapılan analiz sonucunda
işletmelerin Toplam Faktör Verimlilikleri’nde azalış olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Bulgular değerlendirildiğinde, işletmelerin TFV’lerindeki azalışın teknolojik değişimleri
zamanında gerçekleştirememelerinden kaynaklandığı, işletmelerin teknik
etkinliklerindeki olumlu duruma rağmen toplam faktör verimliliğindeki azalışa
engel olamadığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
PEMBUATAN BASIS DATA ALUMNI PROGRAM STUDI PENDIDIKAN BIOLOGI FKIP UNIVERSITAS MATARAM
Authors: Japa Lalu , Prayitno Gito Hadi , Mertha I Gede 
Published: May 2018

The one form of a research as an advanced action suggestion of the research done by Handayani et al. (2013) was construction of a base data of alumni that could easily reach all alumni of Biology Education Study Program FKIP University of Mataram, as they are widely separated in some parts of Indonesian region. This descriptive research provided some explanation in relation to the profile of the alumni Biology Education Study Program FKIP University of Mataram. The alumni base data was constructed based on SQL. The result of research explained that the alumni base data using SQL program was very helpful for analysis of separation and various kinds job of alumni, so the Biology Education Study Program FKIP University of Mataram could do evaluation and developing as the needed of market or job market. This research also showed during the periods of 30 years, the alumni of Biology Education Study Program FKIP University of Mataram that work as a teacher with some fluctuation. There was 92% as a teacher for the alumni period 1980-1994, and slightly increased became 93% for alumni period 1995-2004, than decreased sharply became 54% during the period of 2005-2014.Keywords: Base Data, Alumni, Based on SQL
Intermittent Hemodialysis For Patients With Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): Outcome In A Tertiary Level Hospital
Authors: Sharma Arun , Karki Binod , Rajbhandari Ajay 
Published: April 2018

INTRODUCTION: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the sudden loss of renal function with accumulation of nitrogenous waste compounds. In developing countries, community acquired AKI is common than AKI in hospitalized septic patients. With conservative management many patients recover renal function however few require renal support with intermittent Hemodialysis (HD). We conducted a study to find out the etiology and outcome of the patients presenting with AKI who required dialysis.METHODS: This is a descriptive follow up study of the patients who needed renal replacement therapy in the form of HD presenting to our Nephrology unit of the hospital over a period of two years. Patients were followed up for three months post discharge. Data were tabulated and analyzed using SPSS software.RESULTS: Total 50 patients were included in study with 67% male. The commonest etiologies were urinary tract infection (30%) and acute gastroenteritis (24%).The mean creatinine at the time of nephrology consultation, maximum level and at the time of discharge were 6.5(SD± 2.62), 7.3(SD ±2.13) and 2.2(SD ±1.75) respectively. Uremia with anuria was the most common reason for the initiation of HD in 54% cases. The mean number of intermittent HD used was 3.36. Complete recovery was seen in 68%, death in 26% and CKD in 6%.CONCLUSION: UTI followed by acute gastroenteritis are the leading cause of AKI in our tertiary level hospital. Timely initiated renal replacement therapy in the form of intermittent HD could lead to substantial renal recovery in almost three fourth of patients.
Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair with TAPP: Experience at a Tertiary Level Hospital
Authors: Malla Srijan , Rayamajhi Jyoti , Bhat Pawan Singh , Amatya Bishwo Ram , Rawal Sushil Bahadur 
Published: April 2018

Background: Groin hernia represents a significant volume of workload at the department of surgery, Shree Birendra Hospital constituting about 25% of total general surgical operations annually. Regular laparoscopic repair is now being done at the hospital. Hence, a retrospective study was performed to assess safety, feasibility, return to work and associated complication during the learning curve.Method: A single institution, single unit retrospective study of all TAPP hernia repair performed at the department of surgery from Dec 2016 to Nov 2017. Data of all patients undergoing TAPP were obtained from a proforma attached to the case file during patients’ admission and retrospectively analyzed.Results: A total number of 41 patients underwent the surgery including three bilateral hernias giving a total of 44 TAPPs being performed during the study period. Age group varied from 19 years to 72 years and a male dominance with 40 males to one female. Four patients underwent surgery for recurrent hernia following open surgery. Per operative findings of indirect hernia was noted in 39, direct in 4 and femoral in the only female patient. Duration of surgery ranged from 128 mins to 47 mins with progressively decreasing time in the second half of the study period. Complications encountered in the post-operative period were seroma in four patients, peritonitis in one and recurrence in one patient. Patients were discharged in median two days with the serving soldiers sent back to their respective units in median 7 days.Conclusion: Laparoscopic repair of groin hernias can safely be carried out in our settings with the TAPP method with all the established advantages of a minimal access surgery.
Anesthetic effects of varying doses of Fentanyl combined with spinal Bupivacaine in caesarean delivery
Authors: Thapa Puja , Shrestha Amir Babu , Rayamajhi Mallika 
Published: April 2018

<p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><p>Spinal opioids have gained popularity in recent years as they augment the analgesia produced by local anesthetics. Fentanyl is one of the opioids used for such purpose however the optimal dose has not been described adequately in the literature available so far in our setup. The aim of this study is to find out the effect of adding various doses of Fentanyl to low dose hyperbaric Bupivacaine intrathecally.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods</strong></p><p>Seventy-five parturients scheduled for caesarean delivery were randomly allocated into three groups (Bupivacaine-Fentanyl) BF10, BF20 and BF30 who received intrathecal 0.5% hyperbaric Bupivacaine 1.6 ml with Fentanyl 10µg, 20 µg and 30 µg respectively. Total volume was made to 2.2ml by adding normal saline. The outcomes measured were peak sensory level, degree of motor block, quality of intraoperative anesthesia, duration of effective analgesia, neonatal APGAR score and side effects were noted if any.</p><p><strong>Results</strong></p><p>Peak sensory level and degree of motor block was similar in all the groups. Peak sensory level (Thoracic Dermatome) was 4.52± 0.82, 4.32± 0.62 and 4.32± 0.74 (p=0.540) in BF10, BF20 and BF30 respectively. Degree of motor block was not significantly different (p=1.000). Quality of intraoperative anesthesia improved from BF10 to BF20 (P=0.040) but did not improve significantly from BF20 and BF30 (P=0.189). Duration of effective analgesia prolonged as the dose of Fentanyl increased which was in minutes 173.64±41, 216.80±32 and 273.16±35 (p=0.000) in BF10,BF20 and BF30 respectively. Neonatal APGAR scores were similar in all groups and very little adverse effects in higher doses.</p><p> <strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p>The combination of 1.6 ml of 0.5% hyperbaric Bupivacaine and 20 µg of Fentanyl intrathecally provides excellent surgical anesthesia, prolonged postoperative effective analgesia with very few side effects. Increasing the dose of Fentanyl beyond it could prolong the postoperative pain relief but at the cost of increased adverse effects.</p>
Intermittent hemodialysis for patients with acute kidney injury (AKI): Outcome in a tertiary level hospital
Authors: Sharma Arun , Karki Binod , Rajbhandari Ajay 
Published: April 2018

<p><strong>INTRODUCTION:</strong> Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the sudden loss of renal function with accumulation of nitrogenous waste compounds. In developing countries, community acquired AKI is common than AKI in hospitalized septic patients. With conservative management many patients recover renal function however few require renal support with intermittent Hemodialysis (HD). We conducted a study to find out the etiology and outcome of the patients presenting with AKI who required dialysis.</p><p><strong>METHODS: </strong>This is a descriptive follow up study of the patients who needed renal replacement therapy in the form of HD presenting to our Nephrology unit of the hospital over a period of two years. Patients were followed up for three months post discharge. Data were tabulated and analyzed using SPSS software.</p><p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>Total 50 patients were included in study with 67% male. The commonest etiologies were urinary tract infection (30%) and acute gastroenteritis (24%).The mean creatinine at the time of nephrology consultation, maximum level and at the time of discharge were 6.5(SD± 2.62), 7.3(SD ±2.13) and 2.2(SD ±1.75) respectively. Uremia with anuria was the most common reason for the initiation of HD in 54% cases. The mean number of intermittent HD used was 3.36. Complete recovery was seen in 68%, death in 26% and CKD in 6%.</p><p><strong>CONCLUSION: </strong>UTI followed by acute gastroenteritis are the leading cause of AKI in our tertiary level hospital. Timely initiated renal replacement therapy in the form of intermittent HD could lead to substantial renal recovery in almost three fourth of patients.</p>
Freedom of Expression in Distributed Networks
Authors: Hansen Ejvind 
Published: April 2018

This paper proposes the following question: Is it possible to transfer human rights like the freedom of expression – or at least to preserve the formal protections guarding speech acts from arbitrary suppression – in a post-national setting? The question arises as an urgent matter in the context of our global system of connected markets and distributed telecommunications networks – the Internet – since, as many academics and policy makers have noted, the two tend to undermine nationals boundaries, putting into question the power of individual states to continue function as the traditional legal and identity-generating entities of last resort. If this analysis is reliable the dialectical union between the autonomous individual citizen and the legally regulated nation state is broken. In this paper I will draw the consequences of that supposed break, exploring the question of the extent to which it makes sense to accord “rights” – freedom of expression – to entities that are not classical autonomous humans, and to confer them by entities that no longer bear the marks of nation-state sovereignty. The question thus is: Is it possible to transfer the normative approach of the classic liberal nation states into a global system? The paper explores this question through an elaboration of problems for the preservation of the human right to freedom of expression: On the one hand communication on the Internet is regulated by an immense legal body, but on the other hand, the machinery for enforcement controlled by this legal body is dependent on various agencies that don’t necessarily recognize its legitimacy. I will then explore whether a more technologically oriented approach could be a more fruitful approach in defining the actual limitations to freedom of expression in the new global system. My answer is that ultimately the control paradigm fails, because it is too clumsy at incorporating self-correcting measures. Thirdly, I suggest that the best solution to the challenges to freedom of expression in the global system must be a Global Government of the Internet, a government that is defined by (i) democratic elections, (ii) a constitutional body, and (iii) deliberative institutions.
Crystallization Behavior of Polyvinyl Alcohol with 1,2-Diol Side-Chains
Authors: Shibutani M. , Yamamoto T. , Inoue K. , Tokumitsu K. 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
The crystallization behavior of a newly developed polyvinyl alcohol with 1,2-diol side-chains (DPVA) was investigated for different 1,2-diol side-chain, magnesium acetate, and sodium acetate contents. Crystallization by stepwise cooling, isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization (the actual cooling process in melt molding) experiments were conducted. Upon crystallization analysis by stepwise cooling, the end surface energy of DPVA increased as the 1,2-diol side-chain content was increased. The isothermal crystallization process exhibited longer half crystallization times at high 1,2-diol side-chain and magnesium acetate contents. Upon Kissinger analysis of the non-isothermal crystallization results, the effect of the acetate salts was found to be smaller than that for isothermal crystallization, while the smaller number of repeating units in the lamellar structure, reflecting a higher side-chain 1,2-diol content, resulted in a smaller activation energy for DPVA crystallization. In addition, analyses by the Ozawa method and the Kissinger Plot suggested possible changes in the mode and dimension of the crystal growth of DPVA.
Investigation of the Mechanical and Thermal Properties of LFR PA66 with Graphene Coating on Fibre Surface
Authors: Jin S.-Y. , Du W.-W. , Benkhenafou F. , Douadji L. 
Published: April 2018

Abstract
An industrial fibreglass winding process is employed to apply graphene based sizing (0.2 wt% graphene concentration) on fibreglass surface. Both SEM and Raman spectroscopy characterization have proved that the coating of graphene on fibreglass surface is homogeneous and that the roughness of the fibreglass surface was improved. Long fiberglass-graphene reinforced PA66 pellets are successfully prepared through a pultrusion process. LGF-graphene-PA66 composites are produced following an injection molding process. Thermal conductivity was found to increase from 0.23 W/m · K−1 to 0.67 W/m · K−1 when compared with samples without graphene coating. The tensile strength of LGF-graphene-PA66 is 196 MPa while that of LGF-PA66 is 173 MPa. Tensile modulus is also found to increase to 13.5 GPa from 10.6 GPa after graphene coating. This new graphene coating process is a good method to produce high performance composites.
Effect of age of seedlings at staggered transplanting and weed management on the growth and yield of aromatic Boro rice (cv. BRRI dhan50)
Authors: Sinha Tama , Paul Swapan Kumar , Sarkar Abdur Rahman 
Published: April 2018

An experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during December 2015 to May 2016 to study the effect of age of seedlings at staggered transplanting and weed management on the growth and yield of aromatic Boro rice (cv. BRRI dhan50). The experiment comprised four seedling ages at staggered transplanting viz. 30, 45, 60 and 75-day old seedlings with five different weed management treatments viz. unweeded controls, two hand weeding at 20 and 35 DAT (days after transplanting), pre-emergence herbicide (Pendimethaiin, Panida 33EC) applied at 3 DAT + one hand weeding at 35 DAT, post-emergence herbicide (Penoxsulam, Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT + one hand weeding at 35 DAT, pre-emergence herbicide (Panida 33 EC) applied at 3 DAT + post-emergence herbicide (Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT. It was observed that the experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The highest plant height and total dry matter hill–1 were recorded in 30-day old seedlings with pre-emergence herbicide (Panida 33EC) applied at 3 DAT + post-emergence herbicide (Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT. Younger seedlings (30-days old) produced the highest number of total tillers hill–1 (11.08), effective tillers hill–1 (8.47), grains panicle–1 (80.76) and grain yield (3.94 t ha–1) compared to aged seedlings at staggered transplanting. In case of weed management, pre-emergence herbicide (Panida 33EC) applied at 3 DAT + post-emergence herbicide (Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT produced the highest number of effective tillers hill-1 (8.89), grains panicle–1 (81.66), 1000-grain weight (18.44 g), grain yield (4.47 t ha–1) and straw yield (5.13 t ha–1). Grain yield was reduced by 59.82% in unweeded control compared to pre-emergence herbicide (Panida 33EC) applied at 3 DAT + post-emergence herbicide (Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT. In interaction, 30-day old seedlings combined with pre-emergence herbicide (Panida 33 EC) applied at 3 DAT + post-emergence herbicide (Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT produced the highest effective tillers hill–1 (9.58), grains panicle-1 (89.47), 1000-grain weight (18.93g), grain yield (5.31 t ha–1) and straw yield (5.75 t ha–1). Therefore, 60-day old seedlings at staggered transplanting with pre-emergence herbicide (Panida 33EC) applied at 3DAT + post-emergence herbicide (Granite 240 SC) applied at 12 DAT appears as the promising technique for aromatic Boro rice cultivation.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(1): 5-11, April 2018
Modeling and forecasting of climatic parameters: univariate SARIMA versus multivariate vector autoregression approach
Authors: Hossain MJ , Al Amin AKM Abdullah , Islam Abu Hayat Md Saiful 
Published: April 2018

Agriculture sector throughout the world including Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to the negative consequences of climate change as evident in a good number of studies. Accurate climate forecasting may prove a valuable resource in mitigating these consequences in agriculture. The study aims to identify the best performing forecasting method by comparing the forecasting abilities of univariate seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) and multivariate vector autoregression (VAR) models in forecasting monthly maximum and minimum temperatures, humidity, and cloud coverage in Bangladesh. Though the univariate time series investigate the influence of the past values of a single time series on the future values of that specific series, the VAR approach forecast multivariate time series simultaneously incorporating the interrelationship among the groups of variables. Monthly forecasts of climatic parameters for in-sample over the period 1972-2008 and out-of-sample from 2009-2013 were generated via a univariate SARIMA and a VAR approach. Different forecast accuracy measures reveal that VAR model give better forecast than univariate SARIMA model. The forecast results using VAR(9) model from January 2014 to December 2021 show that maximum and minimum temperature, as well as humidity are increasing while the cloud coverage is decreasing, that is, consistent with global warming. Moreover, the impulse response function results exhibit the fluctuated and significant dynamic relationships in future among the foresaid climatic variables. Thus, findings of the study can potentially allow Bangladeshi farmers and other actors in the agriculture sector to make proper planning to abate unwanted impacts or reap the expected benefits of favourable climate.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(1): 131-143, April 2018
La généricité et la non-ambiguïté des articles
Authors: Boguslawski Andrzej 
Published: April 2018

The author formulates semantic hypotheses for the definite and indefinite article as autonomous units of language endowed with independent meanings (with the exception of purely formal components of larger units such as the formatives in definite descriptions le... qui..., le ... que ..., etc.) ; the meanings are, respectivily, 'what I have in mind' and 'I am not saying which N I am talking about'.
It is maintained that these meanings form part of the generic meanings of the corresponding sentences ; in this sense, the articles are claimed to be unambiguous. However, a generic interpretation and an ascriptive interpretation (i.e. one referring to an individual) cannot be reduced to a common denominator and, at the same time, are both equally literal. Therefore, the generic meanings (of sentences containing le, les , un) are the result of certain semantic operations on whole sentences with particular references ; the resulting (enriched) meanings are formulated (as a kind of quantificational structure), partially justified and opposed to the semantic solutions of Lawler and Heyer as well as to Declerck's pragmatic solution.
Instanciation d’ontologies pondérées et calcul de rôles pédagogiques. Principe et mise en œuvre
Authors: Ranwez Sylvie , Crampes Michel 
Published: May 2018

Personalized pedagogical documents can be dynamically composed with the help of information bricks. However, the way these bricks are assembled depends closely on the roles they play in the final document. In most of the research work found in the literature, those roles are predefined and fixed. However those roles are strongly dependent on their eventual context in the pedagogical document and the intentions of the learner concerned.
This paper introduces some techniques based on ontologies for the dynamic composition of structured pedagogical documents. It presents a methodology for the automatic attribution of pedagogical roles using weighted ontology instantiation derived from learner intentions. It illustrates its case through the development of two projects.