bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Measuring climate change adaptation in Pacific small island states: nissology and success
Authors: B. Schwebel Michael 
Published: October 2017

AbstractPacific small island states (PSIS) currently experience harsh impacts of a changing climate: sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, internal migration and displacement. Are adaptation strategies based upon island-centric principles more successful than those originating from a more continental point of view? This research examined the principles of island-centric thinking using an island-centric lens by which to determine ‘successful’ climate adaptation planning. The findings illustrate a statistically significant relationship between PSIS that have higher nissological (island-centric) levels displayed within their climate change action plans (CCAPs) and CCAPs that were found to be more successful. In other words, highly nissological states are forecasted to be more successful in planning for the current and future impacts of climate change than those with lower nissological scores. In total, nissology explains approximately 28.37% of a PSIS's success. The policy relevance is rooted in the unique cultural, geographical, and social aspects of islands. Findings are applicable to other islands as well countries that share islander-based qualities. The methodological and quantitative-based areas of the study assist in forming policy-relevant determinations for island societies based on the climate-related parameters and metrics tested and evaluated herein.
Comparison of annual maximum rainfall events of modern rain gauge data (1961–2010) and Chukwooki data (1777–1910) in Seoul, Korea
Authors: Yoo Chulsang , Park Minkyu , Kim Hyeon Jun , Jun Changhyun 
Published: October 2017

AbstractIn this study, the annual maximum rainfall event series were constructed and compared for both the modern flip-bucket type rainfall data, collected since 1961 (the modern data), and the old Chukwooki rainfall data, collected from 1777 to 1910 (the Chukwooki data). First, independent rainfall events were derived, by applying the same rainfall threshold of 2 mm and data collection time interval of 2 hours, to both the Chukwooki and the modern data. Annual maximum rainfall event series were then constructed, by applying Freund's bivariate exponential distribution annually. Finally, bivariate frequency analysis was done for the annual maximum rainfall event series constructed, by applying the bivariate logistic model to evaluate and quantify their characteristics. The results are in summary: (1) characteristics of the Chukwooki rainfall events and modern rainfall events are very similar to each other; (2) the annual maximum rainfall events of modern data are slightly larger than those of the Chukwooki data. The total rainfall depth per rainfall event for any given return period is thus estimated to be a little higher for the modern data than that of the Chukwooki data. However, based on the findings in this study, it could not be concluded that the rainfall characteristics have significantly changed during the last 200 years.
Examining adaptation using the Message Actor Channel (MAC) model of communicative water practices
Authors: Ajia F. O. 
Published: October 2017

AbstractWater utilities rely on technological interventions to achieve household water efficiency. This practice is critiqued as seeking to appeal to the financial interests implied by people's role as customers rather than to achieve behavioural change in householders. A policy analysis reveals that although not prominently evidenced by some water utilities, public engagement is key to long-term demand reduction. This paper presents a systematic review of the demand management literature, specifically outlining key theoretical considerations for public engagement in relation to reducing water demand and their translation into practice in utilities. The aim is to demonstrate the use of a framework for examining engagement in utilities. Findings show that demand management interventions need to exploit: (1) effective frames for messages, (2) the diversity of the public, and (3) communication mediums that facilitate feedback. These insights informed the development of the MAC (Message Actor Channel) model of communicative water practices further used in this study to review public engagement plans for household water efficiency in selected UK water utilities based on processes described in their 2014 water resources management plans. Findings will inform the next stages of a doctoral study that will assess utilities' field engagement of households to reduce water use.
HBV-Infection and Pregnancy
Authors: Matejko H. , Matvisiv M. 
Published: October 2017

To date, the problem of HBV-infection in pregnant women remains relevant and one of the most important for medical science and health care, as it can be considered as a maternal-fetal infection.The aim of the research is to investigate the course of HBV-infection in pregnant women, depending on the duration of the disease, the degree of viremia and the activity of hepatitis, taking into account gestational periods.Materials and methods. The course of pregnancy in 142 women aged 18-35 years with HBV-infection was monitored. Serum markers and viral load (VL) of hepatitis B (HB) were determined, as well as the levels of ALT, AST, thymol test, serum bilirubin levels during each trimester of pregnancy.Results. In pregnant women with HBV-infection, HBsAg-carriage was most often diagnosed, and the replication stages were less frequent (96 and 46, respectively).Clinical picture of the immune-active phase of chronic HBV-infection was oligosymptomatic without violation of pigment metabolism and manifestations of mesenchymal-inflammatory reaction. The minimal degree of cytolysis prevailed, which did not depend on the degree of the viremia. In women with immune-tolerant phase of cytolysis during pregnancy was not observed.In pregnant women with replication stage of HBV-infection and low degree of viremia, the VL increased at 1-2 log compared to the second and third trimesters, and in women with high viremia – at 2-3 log.In most women-carriers of HBsAg moderate degree of viremia predominated, and in the rest – it was not determined. During the entire pregnancy, the immune-tolerant phase of chronic HBV-infection was latent and did not transform into the immune-active phase.Conclusion. Thus, the diagnosis of chronic HBV-infection was verified before pregnancy in 2.8 %, and during pregnancy – in 97.2 % of women. Carriage of HBsAg prevailed in them (67.6 %), and replicative forms were registered in 32.4 % of patients. The peculiarity of replicative forms is subclinical (65.3 %) and asymptomatic (34.7 %) clinical course with low VL (˂ 105 copies/mL), which in most cases (91.3 %) increases before delivery at 1-2 log and is accompanied by low activity of hepatitis, without violation of pigment metabolism.
The Economic Rise of China: Its Threats and Opportunities from the Perspective of Southeast Asia
Authors: Ng Beoy Kui 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to examine the economic impact of China on Southeast Asian countries, mainly in terms of trade and investment. The paper attempts to examine whether the rise of China poses a threat to Southeast Asia as a region in the area of international trade, especially competition in third country markets, and asks, can they be friends and allies rather than competitors in international market? Secondly, the paper also questions if the concentration of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China is resulting in a diversion of FDI away from the region. Do FDI in China and Southeast Asia complement one another when it comes to the international division of labour? On the other hand, the increasing role of China as an international trader and global investor provides an opportunity for Southeast Asia countries to integrate with the Chinese economy. The huge domestic market of China also provides vast opportunities for investment, especially through connections with their respective ethnic Chinese businesses in the region. The overall assessment is that the rise of China will benefit Southeast Asian countries, especially in terms of China's role in the Asian production network, destination for investment, its outward investment and more importantly, its huge and growing domestic market. All these turn China into another driver for economic growth in Asia.
Keywords: China, FDI flows, Southeast Asia, trade, investment, Asia production networks.
A comparison of treatment effects of total arch distalization using modified C-palatal plate vs buccal miniscrews
Authors: Lee Sang Kyu , Abbas Noha H. , Bayome Mohamed , Baik Un-Bong , Kook Yoon-Ah , Hong Mihee , Park Jae Hyun 
Published: October 2017

ABSTRACT

Objective:
The purpose of this study was to compare the treatment effects of palatally vs buccally placed temporary anchorage devices.

Materials and Methods:
Of 40 Class II division 1 malocclusion patients, 22 were treated with modified C-palatal plate (MCPP) appliances (age 21.9 ± 6.6 years), and 18 (age 24.2 ± 6.8 years) were treated with buccally placed miniscrews between the maxillary first molar and second premolar. A total of 26 linear and angular measurements were analyzed on pre- and posttreatment lateral cephalograms. Multivariate analysis of variance was performed to evaluate the treatment effects within each group and to compare the effects between groups.

Results:
Overall, the MCPP appliances showed 4.2 mm of distalization, 1.6 mm of intrusion of the first molar with 2° tipping, and 0.8 mm extrusion of incisors. The miniscrew group resulted in 2.0 mm of distalization, 0.1 mm intrusion of the first molar with 7.2° tipping, and 0.3 mm of incisor extrusion. Regarding soft tissue change, in the MCPP group, the upper lip was significantly retracted (P &lt; .001).

Conclusions:
Comparing the treatment effects between MCPP appliances and buccal miniscrews, the MCPP appliances showed greater distalization and intrusion with less distal tipping of the first molar and more extrusion of the incisor compared to the buccal miniscrews.
Associations Between Diabetes and Both Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality Are Modified by Grip Strength: Evidence From UK Biobank, a Prospective Population-Based Cohort Study
Authors: Celis-Morales Carlos A. , Petermann Fanny , Hui Li , Lyall Donald M. , Iliodromiti Stamatina , McLaren James , Anderson Jana , Welsh Paul , Mackay Daniel F. , Pell Jill P. , Sattar Naveed , Gill Jason M.R. , Gray Stuart R. 
Published: October 2017

OBJECTIVE
Grip strength and diabetes are predictors of mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD), but whether these risk factors interact to predispose to adverse health outcomes is unknown. This study determined the interactions between diabetes and grip strength and their association with health outcomes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
We undertook a prospective, general population cohort study by using UK Biobank. Cox proportional hazards models were used to explore the associations between both grip strength and diabetes and the outcomes of all-cause mortality and CVD incidence/mortality as well as to test for interactions between diabetes and grip strength.

RESULTS
A total of 347,130 UK Biobank participants with full data available (mean age 55.9 years, BMI 27.2 kg/m2, 54.2% women) were included in the analysis, of which 13,373 (4.0%) had diabetes. Over a median follow-up of 4.9 years (range 3.3–7.8 years), 6,209 died (594 as a result of CVD), and 4,301 developed CVD. Participants with diabetes were at higher risk of all-cause and CVD mortality and CVD incidence. Significant interactions (P &lt; 0.05) existed whereby the risk of CVD mortality was higher in participants with diabetes with low (hazard ratio [HR] 4.05 [95% CI 2.72, 5.80]) versus high (HR 1.46 [0.87, 2.46]) grip strength. Similar results were observed for all-cause mortality and CVD incidence.

CONCLUSIONS
Risk of adverse health outcomes among people with diabetes is lower in those with high grip strength. Low grip strength may be useful to identify a higher-risk subgroup of patients with diabetes. Intervention studies are required to determine whether resistance exercise can reduce risk.
Causes of Death in a Contemporary Cohort of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Insights From the TECOS Trial
Authors: Sharma Abhinav , Green Jennifer B. , Dunning Allison , Lokhnygina Yuliya , Al-Khatib Sana M. , Lopes Renato D. , Buse John B. , Lachin John M. , Van de Werf Frans , Armstrong Paul W. , Kaufman Keith D. , Standl Eberhard , Chan Juliana C.N. , Distiller Larry A. , Scott Russell , Peterson Eric D. , Holman Rury R. 
Published: October 2017

OBJECTIVE
We evaluated the specific causes of death and their associated risk factors in a contemporary cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
We used data from the Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin (TECOS) study (n = 14,671), a cardiovascular (CV) safety trial adding sitagliptin versus placebo to usual care in patients with type 2 diabetes and ASCVD (median follow-up 3 years). An independent committee blinded to treatment assignment adjudicated each cause of death. Cox proportional hazards models were used to identify risk factors associated with each outcome.

RESULTS
A total of 1,084 deaths were adjudicated as the following: 530 CV (1.2/100 patient-years [PY], 49% of deaths), 338 non-CV (0.77/100 PY, 31% of deaths), and 216 unknown (0.49/100 PY, 20% of deaths). The most common CV death was sudden death (n = 145, 27% of CV death) followed by acute myocardial infarction (MI)/stroke (n = 113 [MI n = 48, stroke n = 65], 21% of CV death) and heart failure (HF) (n = 63, 12% of CV death). The most common non-CV death was malignancy (n = 154, 46% of non-CV death). The risk of specific CV death subcategories was lower among patients with no baseline history of HF, including sudden death (hazard ratio [HR] 0.4; P = 0.0036), MI/stroke death (HR 0.47; P = 0.049), and HF death (HR 0.29; P = 0.0057).

CONCLUSIONS
In this analysis of a contemporary cohort of patients with diabetes and ASCVD, sudden death was the most common subcategory of CV death. HF prevention may represent an avenue to reduce the risk of specific CV death subcategories.
A Feeding Network with Chebyshev Distribution for Designing Low Side-lobe Level Antenna Arrays
Authors: Tang Toan The , Nguyen Tran Minh , Truong Vu Bang Giang 
Published: October 2017

This paper proposes a feeding networking to gain low sidelobe levels for microstrip linear antenna arrays. The procedure to design a feeding network using Chebyshev weighting method will be proposed and presented. As a demonstration, a feeding network for 8×1 elements linear array with Chebyshev distribution weights (preset sidelobe level of -25 dB) has been designed. An unequal T-junction power divider has been applied in designing the feeding network to guarantee the output powers the same as Chebyshev weights. The obtained results of the amplitudes at each output port have been validated with theory data. The phases of output signals are almost equal at all ports. The proposed feeding network, therefore, can be a good candidate for constructing a low sidelobe level linear array antenna.
Compact Triple-Band MIMO Antenna with High Isolation for Handheld Application
Authors: Duong Thanh Tu 
Published: October 2017

A structure, the proposed MIMO antenna is compact in size and designed on FR4 substrate with total dimension of 37 x 43.6 x 6 m3. At first, a single PIFA antenna is presented using U-shaped slots in radiating patch which puts forward the antenna resonant in three frequencies: 2.4GHz, 3.5GHz and 6.3GHz with bandwidth of 8.87%, 18.29.% and 2.53 % respectively for Wi-Fi, Wimax/LTE and Direct Broadcast Satellite DBS of C channel applications. Good reflection coefficient, antenna gain, and radiation pattern characteristics are obtained in the frequency band of interest. Secondly, the paper has put forward another single type of tri-band PIFA which uses double rectangular shape of Defected Ground Structure (DGS) technology. This helps increasing the antenna efficiency at all frequencies as well as enhancing antenna gain of the PIFA. Finally, a MIMO PIFA antenna is constructed by placing two single antennas side by side at close distance of 4 mm. The MIMO antenna also gets high gain and radiation efficiency at all frequencies. To reduce the mutual coupling between antenna elements, a combination of two “slot and variation” structures of DGS is proposed. Moreover, these DGS structures have enhanced MIMO antenna bandwidth at all three bands, especially at 3.5GHz resonant frequency.
Dependency-based Pre-ordering For English-Vietnamese Statistical Machine Translation
Authors: Viet Tran Hong , Huyen Vu Thuong , Vinh Nguyen Van , Minh Nguyen Le 
Published: October 2017

Reordering is a major challenge in machine translation (MT) between two languages with significant differences in word order. In this paper, we present an approach as pre-processing step based on a dependency parser in phrase-based statistical machine translation (SMT) to learn automatic and manual reordering rules from English to Vietnamese. The dependency parse tree and transformation rules are used to reorder the source sentences and applied for systems translating English to Vietnamese. We evaluated our approach and compared on English-Vietnamese machine translation tasks, and showed that it outperforms the baseline phrase-based SMT system.
Implementasi Algoritma Fisher-Yates Untuk Mengacak Soal Ujian Online Penerimaan Mahasiswa Baru (Studi Kasus : Universitas Lancang Kuning Riau)
Authors: Hasan Mhd Arief , Supriadi Supriadi , Zamzami Zamzami 
Published: October 2017

Ujian merupakan salah satu cara untuk mendapatkan hasil yang berguna untuk mengevaluasi proses pembelajaran dan mengukur taraf pencapaian suatu tujuan pengajaran. Universitas Lancang Kuning (UNILAK) Pekanbaru menggunakan CBT (Computer Based Test) dalam penerimaan mahasiswa baru. Dalam proses pelaksanaan ujian diperlukan sebuah algoritma yang memiliki metode yang menghasilkan permutasi acak sehingga dapat mengurangi kecurangan yang dilakukan oleh peserta ujian CBT. Algoritma Fisher-Yates Shuffle adalah sebuah algoritma yang menghasilkan permutasi acak dari suatu himpunan terhingga, dengan kata lain untuk mengacak suatu himpunan tersebut. Jika di implementasikan dengan benar maka hasil dari algoritma ini tidak akan berat sebelah sehingga setiap permutasi memiliki kemungkinan yang sama. Proses yang dilakukan algoritma adalah memasukkan atribut soal kedalam scratch (daftar soal yang belum terpilih), lalu membuat range (jumlah soal yang belum terpilih) kemudian dilakukan proses pengacakan, selanjutnya membentuk roll (untuk sebuah soal yang terpilih dari semua jumlah soal yang ada) kemudian hasil soal yang sudah terpilih dimasukkan kedalam result (hasil dari seluruh soal yang telah dilakukan pengacakan). Dari proses algoritma yang dilakukan mendapatkan hasil perubahan posisi atau urutan soal sehingga didapatkan bahwa setiap peserta ujian yang melakukan ujian pada saat waktu yang bersamaan mendapatkan bentuk soal yang berbeda.
PENINGKATAN KREATIVITAS REMAJA PUTUS SEKOLAH MELALUI PELATIHAN ENSAMBEL TALEMPONG RENJEANG ANAM SALABUHAN PADA KELOMPOK KESENIAN TUAH SAKATO DI NAGARI MATUA MUDIAK KABUPATEN AGAM
Authors: Sastra Andar Indar 
Published: October 2017

Tujuan jangka panjang peningkatan kreativitas remaja putus sekolah melalui pelatihan ensambel talempong renjeang anam salabuhan adalah untuk memberdayakan potensi seni dalam kehidupan masyarakat di Nagari Matua Mudiak Kecamatan Matua. Target khusus yang ingin dicapai dalam kegiatan pelatihan ini adalah penguasaan ragam guguah talempong yang disajikan dalam bentuk ensambel. Bentuk ensambel itu terdiri dari seperangkat talempong, gandang tambua serta pupuik gadang (serunai batang padi). Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan pelatihan ini berupa wawancara, ceramah, diskusi dan demonstrasi. Wawancara menjadi dasar identivikasi prinsip-prinsip musikal berdasarkan pengetahuan empirik tuo (tetua) talempong. Metode ceramah digunakan untuk menyampaikan beberapa hal terkait dengan kiek (teknik) memegang talempong, teknik memukul talempong, prinsip-prinsip musikal dan non musikal penyajian talempong, prinsip estetis ketika talempong disajikan, pola tabuhan gendang, dan sarunai. Diskusi lebih menitikberatkan pada komunikasi dua belah pihak, terutama berkaitan dengan prinsip musikal, dan capaian standar kualitas musikal, dan intensitas yang didasari ekspresi musikal dan non musikal. Demontrasi berorientasi pada peragaan langsung terkait dengan kiek, penguasaan materi musikal untuk setiap pasangan talempong, main bersama, pola tabuhan gandang tabua (gendang tambur), dan pupuik gadang (jenis serunai).
PEMBINAAN KREATIVITAS SENI TARI PADA SISWA SMPN 2 KOTA BUKITTINGGI
Authors: Nursyam Yesriva , Nasution Hendra , Yeni Fitri , Anggraini Nova 
Published: October 2017

Pembinaan kreativitas seni tari pada siswa SMPN 2 Kota Bukittinggi dilaksanakan sebagai bentuk pengembangan kesenian khususnya seni tari. Sekolah ini perlu mendapat pembinaan karena minimnya pengetahuan dan apresiasi guru terhadap seni tari khususnya tari kreasi baru. Pembinaan ini dilaksanakan melalui beberapa metode yang langsung diterapkan kepada siswa SMPN 2 Kota Bukittingi yang dimulai dari apresiasi melalui video- video tari kreasi, penjelasan mengenai teknik kepenarian, pemberian materi teknik secara langsung, memberikan ragam-ragam gerak, hingga penataan tari sampai menjadi sebuah karya tari kreasi baru. Melalui metode ini dapat membentuk kemampuan menari yang bagus pada siswa dalam menciptakan karya tari kreasi baru yang utuh dan diiringi musik pengiring tarian.
PELATIHAN SENI TARI DAN MUSIK SEBAGAI MEDIA TERAPI PADA ANAK BERKEBUTUHAN KHUSUS DI SEKOLAH DASAR LUAR BIASASILAING BAWAH KOTA PADANGPANJANG
Authors: Syofia Ninon , Suharti Suharti 
Published: October 2017

Pengabdian kepada masyarakat merupakan salah satu tugas utama yang harus dilaksanakan oleh seorang dosen sebagai wujud dari Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi. Pada kesempatan kali ini tim pengabdian dari ISI Padangpanjang melaksanakan kegiatan pelatihan seni tari dan musik pada anak berkebutuhan khusus (ABK) di Sekolah Dasar Luar Biasa ( SDLB ) Silaing Bawah Kota Padangpanjang, Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat yang dilakukan ini adalah dalam bentuk pelatihan seni tari berpasangan, tarian berkelompok dengan propertyselendang dan seni musik talempong pacik dan gandang. Anak berkebutuhan khusus ( ABK ) adalah anak yang mengalami kekurangan secara fisik seperti tuna netra, tuna rungu, anak mongoloid atau anak mirip sedunia dan anak yang memiliki gangguan mental seperti tuna grahita, tuna laras, anak autis dan debil. Pelatihan akan dilakukan bukanlah seperti pelatihan yang dilakukan pada anak-anak normal pada umumnya, akan tetapi pelatihan dilakukan dengan metode yang disesuaikan dengan tingkat kemampuan anak dalam kondisi berbagai bentuk keadaan anak didik pada mitra pengabdian ini Diharapkan dengan adanya kegiatan pelatihan kesenian ini, kiranya dapat merangsang atau membina potensi seni yang dimiliki anak, khususnya dalam hal seni tari dan musik. Di samping itu dengan adanya pelatihan ini diharapkan dapat menjadi motivasi bagi anak didik untuk dapat berolah rasa, dan menjadi media terapi bagi anak-anak berkebutuhan khusus, sehingga mereka mempunyai rasa percaya diri dan mampu beraktivitas kesenian seperti anak normal lainnya.