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Child Health Monitoring Description in MCTS at Ranuyoso PHC Lumajang
Authors: Wijayanti Bettis 
Published: February 2017

Infant Mortality Rate in Lumajang was always higher than the infant mortality rate in East Java Province. Ranuyoso is a region with the highest infant mortality rate and AKABA in 2013 and 2014, with 33 and 22 deaths. The Government had implemented a program to improve the health and the consolidation scope is monitored by the Pemantauan Wilayah Setempat Kesehatan Ibu dan Anak (PWS KIA). PWS KIA had not been going well according to its purpose as a tool for monitoring the KIA service coverage to increase the range and quality of KIA services. The purpose of this research was to describe the implementation of PWS KIA for indicators of child in Health Center of Ranuyoso which based on attributes of simplicity, acceptability, sensitivity, representativeness, data quality, timeliness and stability. This research used descriptive method evaluative with coordinator midwife, midwives health center and eight village midwives as the respondent. Description based on the attributes of surveillance system showed that PWS KIA indicator of child in Health Center of Ranuyoso was not simple, sensitive but not supported well by the midwives, the data were less quality, not timely and unstable. Alternative solutions to problems that had been found were to performing the advanced analysis to determine the causality amount variables by midwives, holding routine supervision from the senior midwives, procurement of SOP or guidebook for midwives, and computerizing the recording until reporting start from village midwives, also the making of the attendance and expeditions book to record the reporting date of midwives. Keywords: MCTS, attributes surveillance, child health monitoring
Ego-Noise Suppression for Robots Based on Semi-Blind Infinite Non-Negative Matrix Factorization
Authors: Nakadai Kazuhiro ,   Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tezuka Taiki , Yoshida Takami ,   Honda Research Institute Japan Co., Ltd.
Published: February 2017

[abstFig src='/00290001/11.jpg' width='300' text='Ego-noise suppression achieves speech recognition even during motion' ] This paper addresses ego-motion noise suppression for a robot. Many ego-motion noise suppression methods use motion information such as position, velocity, and the acceleration of each joint to infer ego-motion noise. However, such inferences are not reliable, since motion information and ego-motion noise are not always correlated. We propose a new framework for ego-motion noise suppression based on single channel processing using only acoustic signals captured with a microphone. In the proposed framework, ego-motion noise features and their numbers are automatically estimated in advance from an ego-motion noise input using Infinite Non-negative Matrix Factorization (INMF), which is a non-parametric Bayesian model that does not use explicit motion information. After that, the proposed Semi-Blind INMF (SB-INMF) is applied to an input signal that consists of both the target and ego-motion noise signals. Ego-motion noise features, which are obtained with INMF, are used as inputs to the SB-INMF, and are treated as the fixed features for extracting the target signal. Finally, the target signal is extracted with SB-INMF using these newly-estimated features. The proposed framework was applied to ego-motion noise suppression on two types of humanoid robots. Experimental results showed that ego-motion noise was effectively and efficiently suppressed in terms of both signal-to-noise ratio and performance of automatic speech recognition compared to a conventional template-based ego-motion noise suppression method using motion information. Thus, the proposed method worked properly on a robot without a motion information interface.**This work is an extension of our publication “Taiki Tezuka, Takami Yoshida, Kazuhiro Nakadai: Ego-motion noise suppression for robots based on Semi-Blind Infinite Non-negative Matrix Factorization, ICRA 2014, pp.6293-6298, 2014.”
Market Dependency and Household Food Consumption in East Java, Indonesia
Authors: Lokollo Erna Maria 
Published: February 2017

<br />ABSTRAK<br /><br />Tujuan utama penelitian ini adalah untuk melihat perbedaan diantara konsumen di daerah pedesaan dan perkotaan dalam mengkonsumsi bahan makanan utama, dan terutama menelusuri seberapa jauh konsumsi di masing-masing lokasi (desa dan kota) tergantung pada uang tunai dan pasar (cash or market dependency) untuk pemenuhan konsumsi bahan makanan tersebut. Data dianalisis dari SUSENAS 1993, BPS, Provinsi Jawa Timur. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ketergantungan akan uang tunai dan pasar berhubungan erat dengan jumlah konsumsi bahan makanan yang akan dibeli. Terdapat perbedaan nyata antara konsumen di daerah pedesaan dan perkotaaan, dimana konsumen di pedesaan memiliki angka ketergantungan uang tunai dan pasar yang lebih rendah daripada konsumen di perkotaan. Asumsi lama dan klasik yang menyatakan bahwa penduduk di pedesaan kebanyakan adalah petani subsisten (yang dapat memproduksi untuk dikonsumsi sendiri) sudah tidak berlaku lagi. Walaupun demikian masih didapati bahwa seringkali rumahtangga di pedesaan menjual bahan makanan berkualitas lebih baik yang diproduksinya, sehingga uang hasil penjualan tersebut dapat digunakan untuk membeli kualitas yang lebih rendah, yang berarti memaksimumkan konsumsi dari segi kuantitas. Hasil penelitian ini menyiratkan pentingnya pengambil keputusan menyadari perbedaan antara penduduk desa dan kota tersebut. Studi semacam ini apabila ditunjang oleh studi perilaku marketed dan marketable surplus dapat membantu pembuat kebijaksanaan di bidang pengadaan dan distribusi pangan. Studi ini juga membantu memperjelas adanya perilaku ketergantungan pada uang tunai dan pasar yang berbeda pada rumahtangga di daerah desa dan perkotaan.
Dampak Intervensi Pemerintah terhadap Kinerja Ekonomi Komoditas Perkebunan Utama pada Berbagai Rezim Nilai Tukar Rupiah 1979-2005
Authors: Dradjat Bambang 
Published: February 2017

Penelitian ini difokuskan pada dampak dari kebijakan pemerintah di bidang produksi, perdagangan dan makro ekonomi terhadap harga riil, tingkat proteksi dan kinerja komoditas utama perkebunan, yaitu kakao, kopi, karet, teh, dan minyak kelapa sawit mentah (CPO) di pasar domestik. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah dekomposisi harga komoditas utama perkebunan di pasar domestik dan perhitungan tingkat proteksi langsung, tak langsung dan total keduanya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa harga riil komoditas perkebunan pada periode 1985-1997 menunjukkan penurunan dibandingkan pada periode 1979-1985. Pada periode 1997-2005, harga riil kakao dan karet menunjukkan kenaikan dibandingkan periode sebelumnya. Namun, hal ini tidak terjadi untuk kopi, teh dan minyak kelapa sawit. Secara umum, tingkat proteksi tidak langsung menunjukkan kenaikan, sebaliknya tingkat proteksi langsung mengalami penurunan. Secara total, tingkat proteksi masih positif walaupun mengalami penurunan dari waktu ke waktu. Nilai tukar perdagangan komnoditas utama perkebunan terhadap komoditi impor, sebagai contoh gula, dari tahun 1979 ke 1997 mengalami penurunan tetapi masih bernilai positif. Penurunan kinerja ini lebih nyata jika dilihat dari kapasitas untuk mengimpor. Pada masa mendatang pemerintah Indonesia sebaiknya menyesuaikan intervensinya secara terus menerus. Pergerakan harga internasional komoditas utama perkebunan perlu diperhitungkan sehingga intervensi tersebut dapat menghasilkan insentif bagi produsen dan pengekspor untuk berproduksi dan mengekspor.
Analisis Kinerja Program Bantuan Pinjaman Langsung Masyarakat Melalui Lembaga Pesantren di Madura
Authors: Kutsiyah Farahdilla , Mustadjab Muslich , Anindita Ratya , Yustika Ahmad Erani 
Published: February 2017

Artikel ini menganalisis kinerja program bantuan pinjaman langsung masyarakat (BPLM) yang disalurkan melalui lembaga pesantren. Pendekatan teori ekonomi kelembagaan digunakan untuk menganalisis kinerja program ini, yang mencakup partisipasi kontrak, modal sosial, biaya transaksi, dan pendapatan. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada dua pesantren di Pulau Madura. Pengambilan contoh menggunakan metode cluster random sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa modal sosial pesantren adalah tata nilai barokah, kepatuhan, jujur, dan jaringan yang solid antara petani dan pesantren. Modal sosial tersebut mengakar dalam kehidupan petani dan mempengaruhi pelaksanaan kegiatan ekonomi pesantren. Sementara, biaya transaksi petani dalam pelaksanaan BPLM tergantung pada operasional kelembagaan masing-masing pesantren, yang disebabkan oleh perbedaan struktur tata kelola, perilaku petani/ketua kelompok, jaringan pesantren, dan ketidakpastian. Adapun biaya eksekusi memberi kontribusi yang paling tinggi terhadap total biaya transaksi. Kenaikan biaya transaksi ini akan diikuti dengan penurunan secara nyata pendapatan petani.
Analysis of saccular aneurysms in the Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial
Authors: Spetzler Robert F. , Zabramski Joseph M. , McDougall Cameron G. , Albuquerque Felipe C. , Hills Nancy K. , Wallace Robert C. , Nakaji Peter 
Published: February 2017

OBJECTIVEThe Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial (BRAT) is a prospective, randomized trial in which treatment with clipping was compared to treatment with coil embolization. Patients were randomized to treatment on presentation with any nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Because all other randomized trials comparing these 2 types of treatments have been limited to saccular aneurysms, the authors analyzed the current BRAT data for this subgroup of lesions.METHODSThe primary BRAT analysis included all sources of SAH: nonaneurysmal lesions; saccular, blister, fusiform, and dissecting aneurysms; and SAHs from an aneurysm associated with either an arteriovenous malformation or a fistula. In this post hoc review, the outcomes for the subgroup of patients with saccular aneurysms were further analyzed by type of treatment. The extent of aneurysm obliteration was adjudicated by an independent neuroradiologist not involved in treatment.RESULTSOf the 471 patients enrolled in the BRAT, 362 (77%) had an SAH from a saccular aneurysm. Patients with saccular aneurysms were assigned equally to the clipping and the coiling cohorts (181 each). In each cohort, 3 patients died before treatment and 178 were treated. Of the 178 clip-assigned patients with saccular aneurysms, 1 (1%) was crossed over to coiling, and 64 (36%) of the 178 coil-assigned patients were crossed over to clipping. There was no statistically significant difference in poor outcome (modified Rankin Scale score > 2) between these 2 treatment arms at any recorded time point during 6 years of follow-up. After the initial hospitalization, 1 of 241 (0.4%) clipped saccular aneurysms and 21 of 115 (18%) coiled saccular aneurysms required retreatment (p < 0.001). At the 6-year follow-up, 95% (95/100) of the clipped aneurysms were completely obliterated, compared with 40% (16/40) of the coiled aneurysms (p < 0.001). There was no difference in morbidity between the 2 treatment groups (p = 0.10).CONCLUSIONSIn the subgroup of patients with saccular aneurysms enrolled in the BRAT, there was no significant difference between modified Rankin Scale outcomes at any follow-up time in patients with saccular aneurysms assigned to clipping compared with those assigned to coiling (intent-to-treat analysis). At the 6-year follow-up evaluation, rates of retreatment and complete aneurysm obliteration significantly favored patients who underwent clipping compared with those who underwent coiling.Clinical trial registration no.: NCT01593267 (clinicaltrials.gov)
Alternating electric tumor treating fields for treatment of glioblastoma: rationale, preclinical, and clinical studies
Authors: Mittal Sandeep , Klinger Neil V. , Michelhaugh Sharon K. , Barger Geoffrey R. , Pannullo Susan C. , Juhász Csaba 
Published: February 2017

OBJECTIVETreatment for glioblastoma (GBM) remains largely unsuccessful, even with aggressive combined treatment via surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Tumor treating fields (TTFs) are low-intensity, intermediate-frequency, alternating electric fields that have antiproliferative properties in vitro and in vivo. The authors provide an up-to-date review of the mechanism of action as well as preclinical and clinical data on TTFs.METHODSA systematic review of the literature was performed using the terms “tumor treating fields,” “alternating electric fields,” “glioblastoma,” “Optune,” “NovoTTF-100A,” and “Novocure.”RESULTSPreclinical and clinical data have demonstrated the potential efficacy of TTFs for treatment of GBM, leading to several pilot studies, clinical trials, and, in 2011, FDA approval for its use as salvage therapy for recurrent GBM and, in 2015, approval for newly diagnosed GBM.CONCLUSIONSCurrent evidence supports the use of TTFs as an efficacious, antimitotic treatment with minimal toxicity in patients with newly diagnosed and recurrent GBM. Additional studies are needed to further optimize patient selection, determine cost-effectiveness, and assess the full impact on quality of life.
Vaginoplasty in vaginal agenesis associated with MRKH syndrome with tabularized peritoneal pull-through
Authors: Khadka Ravi Roshan , Islam Mohammad Saiful , Rahman Md. Shafiqur , Ali S. M. Yunus , Salam Mohammad Abdus , Hossain Mohammad , Hasan Md. Shajid 
Published: February 2017

In this paper, a 16 year old girl who was diagnosed as a case of Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, underwent a combined laparotomy-peritoneal approach to create a neovagina by using tubularized peritoneal graft with uneventful postoperative period. Vaginal dilation was maintained with a vaginal mould daily for six months and three to four times weekly thereafter. She was followed-up after 2 and 4 weeks in the first month and three monthly for a duration of six months. On second follow-up, adequate vaginal length of 6-7 cm and width of 2.5-3 cm were achieved with healthy vaginal tissue. Hence, the laparotomy-peritoneal approach of using a peritoneal graft for creations of a neovagina can be an effective approach with minimal surgical morbidity to create a passageway for satisfactory intercourse.
Mitral valve replacement in a 12 year old boy with Marfan syndrome and severe mitral regurgitation
Authors: Alauddin Md. , Nahar Kamrun , Khan Golam Mokthader , Rai Karan , Rahman Mostafizur , Hoque Rezwanul 
Published: February 2017

A 12 year old boy with Marfan syndrome associated with severe mitral regurgitation underwent successful mitral valve replacement. Careful evaluation of the cardiovascular system and specific surgical intervention help long-term survival of patients.
Electron–ion collisions in strong electromagnetic fields
Authors: Balakin A A , Fraiman G M 
Published: February 2017

Abstract
The current status of the problem of electron–ion collisions in strong electromagnetic fields is presented. The collision operator is expressed in terms of an integral over test particle trajectories for an arbitrary alternating field. The equation for test particles is analyzed. It is shown that none of the energy processes involved (Joule heating, bremsstrahlung and fast electron generation) diminishes as the electromagnetic field amplitude increases. The collision frequency, the momentum distribution of fast electrons, and the electron–ion collision operator are calculated in the classical framework.
Antibiotic prescribing during office hours and out-of-hours: a comparison of quality and quantity in primary care in the Netherlands
Authors: Debets Vera EC , Verheij Theo JM , van der Velden Alike W 
Published: February 2017

BackgroundUnnecessary and non-first-choice antibiotic prescribing is a significant problem in primary care. It is often argued that irrational prescribing is higher during out-of-hours (OOH) consultations.AimTo obtain insight into the quantity and quality of OOH antibiotic prescribing for commonly presented infectious diseases.Design and settingTwo two-way comparisons of 1) nationally dispensed antibiotics during office hours and OOH care, using data from the Dutch Foundation of Pharmaceutical Statistics, and 2) regional prescribing quality data from 45 primary care practices from Utrecht and its vicinity, and two large OOH services in Utrecht and Woerden.MethodFrom the national data, yearly dispensed antibiotics were analysed per prescriber type, with respect to time (office hours or OOH) of prescription, types of antibiotics, and patients’ age group. Regional prescribing rates, choice of antibiotic, and appropriateness of prescribing were compared for otitis media, sinusitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis, cystitis, and impetigo. Appropriateness was assessed by comparing all relevant information from medical files with the guideline recommendations.ResultsOnly 6% of GP-prescribed antibiotics were prescribed OOH. OOH, cystitis and acute otitis media presented most often. First-choice prescribing was comparable for the two settings, whereas prescribing rates were higher OOH, with comparatively more amoxicillin(/clavulanate). The appropriateness evaluation, however, revealed that overprescribing was comparable, or even lower than, for daily practice.ConclusionThe suggestion that OOH antibiotic prescribing quality is worse than in daily practice does not seem founded. The higher OOH prescribing rates can be explained by a different population of presenting patients. The appropriateness of prescribing rather than prescribing rates, therefore, should be used to determine quality.
Impact of Siberian observations on the optimization of surface CO2 flux
Authors: Kim Jinwoong , Kim Hyun Mee , Cho Chun-Ho , Boo Kyung-On , Jacobson Andrew R. , Sasakawa Motoki , Machida Toshinobu , Arshinov Mikhail , Fedoseev Nikolay 
Published: February 2017

Abstract. To investigate the effect of additional CO2 observations in the Siberia region on the Asian and global surface CO2 flux analyses, two experiments using different observation data sets were performed for 2000–2009. One experiment was conducted using a data set that includes additional observations of Siberian tower measurements (Japan-Russia Siberian Tall Tower Inland Observation Network: JR-STATION), and the other experiment was conducted using a data set without the above additional observations. The results show that the global balance of the sources and sinks of surface CO2 fluxes was maintained for both experiments with and without the additional observations. While the magnitude of the optimized surface CO2 flux uptake and flux uncertainty in Siberia decreased from −1.17 ± 0.93 to −0.77 ± 0.70 Pg C yr−1, the magnitude of the optimized surface CO2 flux uptake in the other regions (e.g., Europe) of the Northern Hemisphere (NH) land increased for the experiment with the additional observations, which affect the longitudinal distribution of the total NH sinks. This change was mostly caused by changes in the magnitudes of surface CO2 flux in June and July. The observation impact measured by uncertainty reduction and self-sensitivity tests shows that additional observations provide useful information on the estimated surface CO2 flux. The average uncertainty reduction of the conifer forest of Eurasian boreal (EB) is 29.1 % and the average self-sensitivities at the JR-STATION sites are approximately 60 % larger than those at the towers in North America. It is expected that the Siberian observations play an important role in estimating surface CO2 flux in the NH land (e.g., Siberia and Europe) in the future.
Swiss military drones and the border space: a critical study of the surveillance exercised by border guards
Authors: Pedrozo Silvana 
Published: February 2017

Abstract. This paper focuses on the Swiss border guard's relationship with the border space since the use of military drone systems (ADS-95 Ranger) for surveillance missions. Firstly, the paper highlights how the use of these flying devices both facilitates and limits the acquisition of new knowledge by the border guards. It then explores the way in which the fundamentally mobile and flexible nature of this technology also gives rise to new surveillance practices and identification controls. We show that these changes influence the border guard's relationship with the border. To achieve this, our analysis is based on empirical data obtained from semi-structured interviews with key players in the field, action maps and field observation carried out during a drone engagement in September 2014. One major question therefore guides this study: how do military drone systems – by way of the new knowledge and practices they generate – influence relationships in the border space?
The MetNet vehicle: a lander to deploy environmental stations for local and global investigations of Mars
Authors: Harri Ari-Matti , Pichkadze Konstantin , Zeleny Lev , Vazquez Luis , Schmidt Walter , Alexashkin Sergey , Korablev Oleg , Guerrero Hector , Heilimo Jyri , Uspensky Mikhail , Finchenko Valery , Linkin Vyacheslav , Arruego Ignacio , Genzer Maria , Lipatov Alexander , Polkko Jouni , Paton Mark , Savijärvi Hannu , Haukka Harri , Siili Tero , Khovanskov Vladimir , Ostesko Boris , Poroshin Andrey , Diaz-Michelena Marina , Siikonen Timo , Palin Matti , Vorontsov Viktor , Polyakov Alexander , Valero Francisco , Kemppinen Osku , Leinonen Jussi , Romero Pilar 
Published: February 2017

Abstract. Investigations of global and related local phenomena on Mars such as atmospheric circulation patterns, boundary layer phenomena, water, dust and climatological cycles and investigations of the planetary interior would benefit from simultaneous, distributed in situ measurements. Practically, such an observation network would require low-mass landers, with a high packing density, so a large number of landers could be delivered to Mars with the minimum number of launchers.The Mars Network Lander (MetNet Lander; MNL), a small semi-hard lander/penetrator design with a payload mass fraction of approximately 17 %, has been developed, tested and prototyped. The MNL features an innovative Entry, Descent and Landing System (EDLS) that is based on inflatable structures. The EDLS is capable of decelerating the lander from interplanetary transfer trajectories down to a surface impact speed of 50–70 m s−1 with a deceleration of < 500 g for < 20 ms. The total mass of the prototype design is ≈ 24 kg, with ≈ 4 kg of mass available for the payload.The EDLS is designed to orient the penetrator for a vertical impact. As the payload bay will be embedded in the surface materials, the bay's temperature excursions will be much less than if it were fully exposed on the Martian surface, allowing a reduction in the amount of thermal insulation and savings on mass.The MNL is well suited for delivering meteorological and atmospheric instruments to the Martian surface. The payload concept also enables the use of other environmental instruments. The small size and low mass of a MNL makes it ideally suited for piggy-backing on larger spacecraft. MNLs are designed primarily for use as surface networks but could also be used as pathfinders for high-value landed missions.