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IMPACT OF MONETARY INCENTIVES ON EMPLOYEE’S MOTIVATION: SHINAS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, OMAN - A CASE STUDY
Authors: Al-Belushi Fatma Yousuf , Khan Firdouse Rahman 
Published: April 2017

PURPOSE
The objective of the study is to investigate the impact of monetary incentives on the Shinas College of Technology employees’ motivation; to critically investigate the importance and the value of monetary incentives for the employees and also to critically examine which monetary incentive best suits and motivates the employees of Shinas College of Technology.
METHODOLOGY
The study included samples of 130 employees from all the academic and non-academic staff of the college collected through a well-defined questionnaire. The data collection was done on a simple random sampling basis.
FINDINGS
The study reveals that the employees of Shinas College of Technology are motivated by salary and on duty allowance rather than the other monetary incentives/benefits.
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS
The study demonstrates that the monetary incentives have a direct impact on employees’ motivation and the attractive financial incentive will boost most of them to work hard.
SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS
The management of the selected college of study needs to identify the right kind of monetary incentive to their staff so that the employees will be highly motivated to put their best effort in completing their jobs which might, in turn, increase their loyalty towards the organization and their job satisfaction.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE
No study have examined the impact of monetary incentives and the motivational factors of the employees ever before, and it is a first-hand study of its kind.
RESEARCH LIMITATIONS/IMPLICATIONS
The study was restricted to the employees of the Shinaz College of Technology, Shinaz, Oman. The study could be extended to know the insight of the employees of similar institutions in Oman.
Implementation of Item Response Theory for Analysis of Test Items Quality and Students’ Ability in Chemistry
Authors: Amelia Rizki Nor , Kriswantoro Kriswantoro 
Published: April 2017

<p>This first aim of this study is to describe the quality of chemistry test item made by teacher. The test was developed for 11<sup>th</sup> grade students’ science class in the first semester on academic year 2015/2016. The second aim of this study is to describe the characteristic of measurement’s result for students’ ability in chemistry. This is descriptive research design with the 101 student’s responses patterns from multiple choice test device with 5 answer alternatives. The responses patterns were collected by documentation technique and analyzed quantitatively using Item Response Theory software such as BILOG MG V3.0 with 1-PL, 2-PL, and 3-PL models. The differences of students’ ability in chemistry in model 1-PL, 2-PL, dan 3-PL were analyzed using One-Way Anova Repeated Measure. The result showed that the mean of item difficulties level (b), item differentiate (a), and pseudo-guessing (c) are good. The measurement tools arranged by teacher were suitable for students who have the ability from -1.0 to +1.7. The maximum score of item information function is 68.83 (SEM =0.121) with ability in 0.2 logit. The highest ability’s estimation score was showed by Model 2-PL. The mean of students’ ability for 11<sup>th</sup> grade students is -0.0185 logit and consider as moderate category.</p><p> </p>
Gasoline Production from Coconut Oil Using The Ni-MCM-41 and Co/Ni-MCM-41 Catalyst
Authors: Badriyah Lailatul , Falah Iip Izul 
Published: April 2017

<strong><em></em></strong><p>Gasoline have been produced from coconut oil using MCM-41, NiMCM-41, and Co/NiMCM-41 catalyst. The acidity of catalyst was analysed by <em>Fourier Transformation Infra-Red Spectroscopy</em> (FTIR). The yields of cracking product were analysed by <em>Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy</em> (GC-MS). The catalyst of Co/NiMCM-41 has the highest acidity than MCM-41 and NiMCM-41. It is caused by the effect of adding <em>d</em><em> </em>orbital from Co and Ni. This cracking process is <em>batch</em><em> </em>system, and the catalyst pellets were made at the temperature of 400 ºC. The highest <em>gasoline</em> product was obtained using the Co/NiMCM-41 catalyst with 89.53 % w/w yield. The major liquid product from the cracking process using MCM-41, NiMCM-41, dan Co/NiMCM-41 catalysts were estimated as 1-octena, octane, nonane; 1-octene, 1-nonene, nonane; 1-octene, octane, nonane, respectively.</p><p> </p>
Mesoporous Carbon in the Global World
Authors: Ulfa Maria 
Published: April 2017

This review provided information about the development of the synthesis aspect, preparation and application of mesoporous carbon in the global world based on research phenomenon on 100 mesoporous carbon papers published by Elsevier, ACS dan Springer during 25 year. Review results showed that researcher began to leave sucrose and switch to non-sucrose as carbon precursor. Researchers used sucrose about 90% in 1995-2000 and in 2010-2015 decrease to become 40%. Otherwise those using non-sucrose in 1995-2000 only 10%, recently increase to 60%. For the method used to synthesis the mesoporous carbon researcher prefer used soft template (about 75 %) before year 2000 and hard template (about 60%) in 2000-2010, but now the method used with soft templates, hard templates and combinations of both are balanced. From year 1995 until 2015 total researcher used sucrose as carbon precursor about 50% and researchers about 40% using hard template method, 35% using soft template method and the others using combination both of them. Structure form of the amorphous carbons are grown, from wormholes, cubic, until hexagonal, and modification to these fours forms. Physical properties such as pore size, surface area, and structural order were developed for better performance year to year. Mesoporous carbon application up to 60% were used in the fuel production and refineries, but the other using on the communication tenhnologies and medical areas. All of the mesoporous carbon in the global world shows that mesoporous carbon is a future material which has a great opportunity to develop especially in Indonesia and other developing countries. Indonesia have various natural resources as a carbon source, so in the future Indonesia are expected as one of the countries of mesoporous carbon supplier<br /><p> </p>
Strengthening the Competencies of Target Teacher in Assistance of Curriculum 2013 Implementation in Tanggamus Regency - Lampung Province
Authors: Masykuri Mohammad 
Published: April 2017

Development stage of curriculum 2013 has entered the limited-implementation phase to secondary schools. To maintain and improve the sustainability of the understanding and implementation of curriculum 2013, the government has programmed assistance activities for teachers and principals. This programs conducted as reinforcement in understanding the concept of Curriculum 2013 and to help overcome the obstacles that arise during the curriculum implementation. The research objective is to obtain information on the assistance of Curriculum 2013 implementation in accordance with the philosophy, concepts, rules, principles, meaning and procedures included in the elements of the curriculum changes based on Graduate Competence Standard (GCS), Core Competencies (CC) and Standard Competencies (SC) in Tanggamus regency, province of Lampung. The result of the research showed that there are the strengthening competency of target teacher during the mentoring conducted by the core/assistant teacher. The strengthening competencies includes the understanding of: 1) textbooks and teachers' manuals, 2) learning and assessment process, 3) the preparation of lesson plan, 4) learning implementation.<br /><p> </p>
Synthesis and Characterization of Bioplastic from Chitosan-Ganyong Starch (Canna edulis)
Authors: Saputro Agung Nugroho Catur , Ovita Arruum Linggar 
Published: April 2017

<p>The purpose of this study was to produced bioplastic from chitosan-ganyong starch and compare its quality to commercial biodegradable plastic. This research was carried out by experimental method in laboratory. Making bioplastic film was done by dissolving, blending, printing, drying, and neutralizing process. Characterization of bioplastic film was performed by tensile strength test,% elongation, thickness, swelling, solubility, biodegradability and functional group analysis with FTIR. The produced bioplastic characterizations were compared to commercial biodegradable plastics. The results concluded that the qualities of bioplastic chitosan-ganyong starch are higher than commercial biodegradable plastics on tensile strength parameter (53,9644 Mpa : 18,4109 MPa),% elongation (1,8066 % : 3,7025%), and degradation ability (5 days : 30 days); but lower in thickness parameters (0.0350 mm: 0.0140 mm), % swelling (0.275%: 0.010%), and solubility (0.10%: 0.05%).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p>
The Comparison Accuracy Estimation of Test Reliability Coefficients for National Chemistry Examination in Jambi Province on Academic Year 2014/2015
Authors: Sarwiningsih Rida 
Published: April 2017

<p>This research aims to compare the internal consistency of reliability coefficient on classical test theory. Estimation accuracy of internal consistency reliability coefficient used several methods of the coefficient reliability formulation. The methods are Split-Half Method, Cronbach Alpha formula, and Kuder Richardson formula. Determination of the test reliability coefficients used also some formula and then their results were compared with the results of their estimation accuracy. This research is a quantitative descriptive. Data were analyzed based on responses of national chemistry examination in Jambi province on academic year 2014/2015. The data of students answer sheets were taken using proportional stratified random sampling technique. There are 200 students’ responses from 162 schools (132 public schools and 30 private schools) in Jambi province. The form of data were dichotomy data and analyzed using Split-Half Method. Their reliabilities were analyzed using Cronbach Alpha formula and Kuder Richardson formula. Reliability criteria used consist of five conditions, they are 0.5; 0.6; 0.7; 0.8 and 0.9. The results of this research indicated that (a) the coefficient of reliability in classical test theory developed by measurement experts (using Split-Half Method, Cronbach Alpha formula and Kuder Richardson formula) have varying estimates of accuracy; (b) average reliability coefficients have the precision estimation about of 0.78 up to 0.8; (c) the reliability coefficient using Spearman Brown formula was 0.78, with Rulon formula was 0.78, Flanagan formula was 0.77, Cronbach Alpha formula was 0.838, the KR20 formula was 0.838, and KR21 formula was 0.82<em>1.</em></p>
Comparison of Full‐Season and Double‐Crop Soybean and Grain Sorghum Systems in Central and Southeastern Virginia
Authors: Thomason Wade , Chim Bee Khim , Holshouser David , Behl Harry , Balota Maria , Xia Kang , Frame William , Black Tyler 
Published: May 2017

Core Ideas
Grain sorghum is a viable alternative crop in the Mid‐Atlantic region.
Grain sorghum can be successfully doublecropped after small grain in the Mid‐Atlantic region.
Depending on commodity prices both grain sorghum and soybean can be profitable crop choices.
Double‐cropping soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] after winter small‐grains is common in the mid‐Atlantic region. Grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) can also be double‐cropped after small grain and sorghum production in the region is increasing due to greater local demand for feed grains. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate and compare the yield and agronomic characteristics of grain sorghum planted full season or double‐cropped after wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), or triticale (× Triticosecale) with soybean in the same rotations. Four field experiments were conducted in Virginia at the Southern Piedmont Agriculture Research and Extension Center (SPAREC) (Appling sandy loam) and Tidewater Agriculture Research and Extension Center (TAREC) (Nansemond loamy sand) in 2012 to 2014. The experimental design was a split‐plot with 14 treatments and four replications. Main plot was winter crop (barley, triticale, or wheat) and the subplot either soybean or sorghum. In three of four instances, full‐season grain sorghum yields were greater than double‐crop, while this was true in half of trials for soybean. Still, double‐crop grain sorghum yields averaged over 2.9 Mg ha−1 indicating strong potential for this use in the region. Estimated net return to land and management was generally higher for soybean than sorghum except sorghum double‐crop following triticale. The highest net return was estimated for soybean double‐cropped following wheat (US$745.64 ha−1), and the lowest net return was sorghum following barley ($189.55 ha−1), due to the lower sorghum grain yield and the lower value of barley.
Displacement Ventilation System Combined with a Novel Evaporative Cooled Ceiling for a Typical Office in the City of Beirut: Performance Evaluation
Authors: M. Itani  , K. Ghali  , N. Ghaddar  
Published: April 2017

Displacement ventilation (DV) system incorporated with a novel evaporative cooled ceiling, Maisotsenko cycle (M-cycle) is a passive technique used to enhance the load removal in spaces. This study examines the performance of the integrated system in increasing the load removal of the DV system beyond the 40 W/m2 limit with no additional energy consumption for a typical office in Beirut. Mathematical models for the space and the evaporative cooled ceiling will be developed and then validated through experimentation. Simulations are performed under different supply air relative humidity values, were an improvement in sensible load removal of 18.65%, 44.3% and 72.25% at supply air relative humidity of 90%, 50% and 10% respectively. Results showed better cooling performance at lower supply air relative humidity.
Verification and Implementation of Pseudo-Random-Binary-Sequences for Online Determination of Grid Impedance Spectrum
Authors: Udit Tewari  , Surena Neshvad  , Daniel Goldbach  , Jürgen Sachau  
Published: April 2017

Renewable energy technologies as Distributed Energy Sources (DER) connected via power inverter on medium or low voltage grid are expected to become a more important part of future generation system. Therefore, it has to be ensured that their integration doesn’t jeopardize the stability and performance of the power system which can only be attained with improved monitoring and control of system parameters on real time basis such as the equivalent grid impedance seen from the grid-tied DER. In order to ensure this, this paper investigates a reliable and precise method for online equivalent grid impedance estimation based on Pseudo-Random-Binary-Sequences (PRBS), which has been extensively used in system identification, communication and information theory. It allows real time computation of complete spectrum of grid impedance at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC) by injecting broad spectrum identification patterns of harmonics and inter-harmonics. The impedance spectrum thus, can be used for filter design, power quality evaluations, grid status determination and inverter tuning. In this paper, a PRBS-based active identification method is tested and implemented on an off-grid system consisting of a 3 phase inverter prototype developed in the lab and has been used to identify the grid impedance spectrum of a 3 phase purely inductive load connected at the output of the inverter. The results obtained confirm that the method estimates the grid impedance spectrum over a significant frequency range with high resolution on real time basis.
Behaviour of Mechanically Switched Capacitors with Damping Network (MSCDN) during Energization
Authors: S. Weck  , I. Talavera  , J. Hanson  
Published: April 2017

Reactive Power Compensation is becoming in-creasingly important, as more and more conventional generation is replaced by dispersed energy sources, which do not contribute to voltage stability in the transmission grid. The Mechanically Switched Capacitors with Damping Network (MSCDN) is a cost-efficient solution, combining reactive power compensation and harmonic mitigation. In this paper, the MSCDN is analysed with respect to its design parameters to determine the electrical stress on the components during energization. The analysis is done in Laplace and frequency domain, as well as through time-domain numeric simulation.
Study on the Reactivity of Amino Acid Chemosensor, NPFNP, with Ethanol: Structural Elucidation through Single Crystal XRD and DFT Calculations
Authors: Varghese Beena , Al-Busafi Saleh N. , Suliman Fakhr Eldin O. , Al-Kindy Salma 
Published: May 2017

A novel ethoxy derivative of an amino acid chemosensor, 3-naphthyl-1-phenyl-5-(2ʹ-fluoro-5ʹ-nitrophenyl)-2-pyrazoline (NPFNP), has been synthesized and characterized by different spectroscopic methods. A single crystal of the ethoxy derivative, 3-naphthyl-1-phenyl-5-(2ʹ-ethoxy-5ʹ-nitrophenyl)-2-pyrazoline NPENP, has been obtained and characterized. The structure holds interest as it carries biologically active pyrazoline as a central ring attaching to electron donating and withdrawing substituents. The major motivation for this work was to gain detailed insight into the structural parameters of this compound for investigating the influence of crystal packing and geometrical dimensions on optical properties. Time-dependent DFT calculations have been employed for comparing the XRD data with theoretical parameters. The results show that the DFT method at B3LYP/6-31G level can well reproduce the structure of the title compound.
Documentos Baianos: Autos de curandeirismo sob a lente filológica
Authors: Queiroz Rita de Cássia Ribeiro de 
Published: April 2017

<p><span>A edição de textos é uma das atividades mais nobres da Filologia, sendo exercida desde a Antiguidade Clássica, na Grécia. A tarefa de editar está atrelada ao labor praticado pelo ser humano em salvar do esquecimento seus feitos, deixando-os registrados nos mais variados suportes: pedra, argila, papiro, pergaminho, papel e, mais recentemente, nos meios virtuais. Deste modo, os filólogos empreenderam a tarefa de salvaguardar das marcas do tempo os textos, sejam estes literários ou não. Na Bahia, precisamente na Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, há o Centro de Documentação e Pesquisa - CEDOC, cujo acervo conta com processos cível e crime dos séculos XIX e XX. Neste acervo, encontramos um processo crime sobre a prática de curandeirismo, o qual vem sendo editado semidiplomaticamente. Para a realização desta edição, procedemos à sua descrição, na qual informamos todos os aspectos extrínsecos, tais como número de fólios, tipo de papel, presença de manchas ou outros danos sofridos pelo suporte, número de linhas, presença de carimbos e/ou sinais especiais, etc.; para a transcrição, trazemos os aspectos intrínsecos, ou seja, a existência de abreviaturas, palavras unidas e/ou separadas, tipo de letra, etc. A opção pela edição semidiplomática se justifica pelo fato de oferecermos, desta forma, um retrato fiel do documento, pois nesse tipo de edição a intervenção do editor é mediana, assim quaisquer pesquisadores terão acesso ao documento sem a necessidade de manuseá-lo, o que evita o seu desgaste físico. Diante do exposto, apresentamos neste artigo a edição semidiplomática do auto de curandeirismo que tem como réus Victorio Araujo da Silva e Pedro Alves d’Almeida. O documento conta com 36 fólios, escritos no recto e no verso. </span></p><div><span><br /></span></div>
Lose, Alícia Duhá; Mazzoni, Vanilda Salignac (2015; 2016). Coleção Uma história escrita à mão. Volumes I e II.
Authors: Moraes Pinto Deise Cristina de , Alonso Karen Sampaio Braga , Cardoso Rafael Rodrigues da Silva 
Published: April 2017

<p>Resenhas das seguintes obras:</p><p>LOSE, Alícia Duhá; MAZZONI, Vanilda Salignac. <em>Atas da Irmandade do Santíssimo Sacramento e Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia (1869 a 1879) e da Irmandade Nossa Senhora do Rosario, São Benedicto e Sant'Anna (1933)</em>. Col. Uma história escrita à mão, vol. I. Salvador: Memória e Arte, 2015, 184p.</p><p>LOSE, Alícia Duhá; MAZZONI, Vanilda Salignac. <em>Manuscritos do antigo Recolhimento dos Humildes: documentos de uma história</em>. Col. Uma história escrita à mão, vol. II. <em> </em>Salvador: Memória e Arte, 2016, 172p.</p>
Art and globalisation: the beginnings
Authors: Guasch Anna Maria 
Published: April 2017

The biggest contribution to globalisation has been to redefine its practices in the light of a world of transnational connections and communications, which to a certain extend imply the end of the nation state and of the provincialism (parochialism) implicit in national culture. In this essay we would like to confront, on the one hand, the case of the journal Third Text in relation to Art in America in order to the dismantling of the Western paradigm based on a hegemonic and centralised notion of art occurred in the area of post-colonial thinking, which was slowly replacing the “old” and “Eurocentric” internationalism of the art world with a wider notion of a “globalist” imaginary in contemporary art.
A arte de expor cadeiras
Authors: Malta Marize 
Published: April 2017

Trata-se da reflexão sobre o modo como os espaços de exposição se relacionam com os assentos (especialmente as cadeiras), e vice-versa, sejam como objetos de exibição (arte, design, decoração), sejam como locais de descanso, de vigilância e especialmente como orientadores de certos pontos de vista para olhar obras de arte. A partir de um passeio acidental por vários museus e por obras com cadeiras, frente a elas ou nelas sentados, desejamos pensar em como, ao usá-las, estabelecemos lugares para olharmos, sermos olhados e nos posicionarmos frente à escrita da história e da crítica da arte.
Mouse model of DNCB-induced atopic dermatitis
Authors: Hamad Alshammari Fanar , Han Jong-Hun , Rather Irfan Ahmad 
Published: April 2017

Atopic dermatitis is a skin disease characterized by allergic skin inflammation, redness and itching. The animal model is necessary to find out new drugs. The DNCB-induced animal model of atopic dermatitis includes the following steps: 1) Selection of animals; 2) Shaving of dorsal skin; 3) Applying DNCB once in 24 hours for three days; 4) Monitoring the development of atopy on day 4 post DNCB application. Further, the efficacy of reference drug can be determined by applying on the atopy skin, depends on the nature and aim of the work.Video Clip of Methodology: 8 min Full Screen Alternate