27th June Research Articles

Development of bathymetry extraction model from SPOT 7 satellite image

Bathymetry extraction using remote sensing technology still continues up to now. The technology improvement should be parallel with the accuracy product. The high accuracy of bathymetry extraction become a hope for all users. Improvement accuracy of bathymetry information from remote sensing data extraction is done by various processing method. In this study, in-situ sampling data technique is used to object aquatic marine habitat. The purpose of this study was to determine the bathymetric information model of SPOT 7 satellite image extraction and determine the accuracy produced. The model used is band ratio by Stumpf. The SPOT 7 satellite image data acquisition on June 28th 2018 Is used in the shallow waters of Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno, and Gili Air, Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara Province. The determination of bathymetry extraction results from the method is 62.64% and the mean error value of 4.32m.

The Singapore convention on enforcement of mediated settlement agreements (mediation): from dream to reality?

On 26th of June, 2018, at its 51th session, the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) announced the completion of two important documents — a draft United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, as well as the draft amendments to the UNCITRAL Model L aw on International Commercial Conciliation (2002) that, to a large extent, repeats the provisions of the draft Convention. It is expected that after its approval by the UN General Assembly on August 1, 2019, the Convention will be open for signature and, if ratified by a significant number of States, will play an important role in increasing the attractiveness of this method of dispute settlement to the international business community, allowing it to compete with international commercial arbitration.In this regard, the article attempts to analyze the main provisions of this Convention and to assess the feasibility of accession to it of the Russian Federation, taking into account the fact that currently in Russia this method of settlement of cross-border commercial disputes is not widespread. According to the results of the analysis, the author comes to the conclusion that the adoption of this Convention will create a basis for the enforcement of international agreements reached as a result of mediation and acceptable for States with different legal, social and economic conditions, while maintaining the inherent flexibility of this method of dispute resolution. This, in turn, will reduce the likelihood of parties to cross-border commercial disputes going to court or international commercial arbitration after mediation and, accordingly, will increase the attractiveness of this method of dispute resolution for the parties.

Gravity Survey in Pandan Mountain - East Java, Indonesia

Pandan Mountain is volcanic area located near Kendeng Zone in East Java, Indonesia. Pandan Mountain area, that becomes one of geothermal prospect in East Java, was impacted an earthquake event with 4.2 Richter’s scale on 25th June 2015 (10:35 AM local time). In this study, we conducted gravity survey in Pandan Mountain area to understand density subsurface. Data acquisition and processing are describe in detail to provide gravity anomaly map in this study area. The gravity anomaly then transformed into frequency domain to provide depth estimation of subsurface sources. We conducted subsurface modeling to find the interface density between hot-volcanic intrusion (modeled with low density) and background rock of pyroclastic layer (modeled with high density). The preliminary results of 2.5-D gravity inverse modeling shows that trend of low density distribution in the subsurface found in the deeper depth for Northern part of study area. Subsurface model of study area provide asimmetric shape of hot magma intrusion. The model solution of interface density suggest the possibility of magma source from from Southern part of study area.

Sustaining the Operability and Safety of Malaysian Research Reactor to support national nuclear research and education

PUSPATI TRIGA Reactor (RTP) has been in operation since June 28th 1982 with a good track record of safety and operability. As a part of tools for propel national economic development, RTP experienced multi-disciplinary operation request from all over the country to fulfil the need of new technology or technique in the areas of medical, agriculture, oil and gas, materials, environment as well as education. Even at the age of more than 30 years, RTP has to maintain it integrity to cater the operational demands from the academic institutions and industry players.

Gold nanoparticles for sustained antileukemia drug release: development, optimization and evaluation by quality-by-design approach.

To design, develop, optimize and evaluate sustained-release dasatinib-loaded gold nanoparticles (DSB-GNPs) to treat chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) by using quality by design. In this study, we performed risk assessment, optimization, in vitro characterizations, stability study, drug release studies, cytotoxicity study and in vivo pharmacokinetic evaluation. DSB-GNPs of desired size, entrapment, smooth, spherical, stable and sustained drug release for 48 h were achieved. DSB-GNPs exhibited significantly more percentage growth inhibition and enhanced systemic bioavailability compared with pure DSB. The in vitro and in vivo evaluation exhibited that the DSB-GNPs have a potential cytotoxic effect, systemic bioavailability and sustained release making them a promising system of DSB delivery in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia.

Abstracts presented at the summer meeting of the British Association of Clinical Anatomists on Tuesday 26th June 2018, at Cripps Court, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Clinical AnatomyVolume 33, Issue 2 p. E1-E17 Abstracts Abstracts presented at the summer meeting of the British Association of Clinical Anatomists on Tuesday 26th June 2018, at Cripps Court, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom First published: 27 February 2019 https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23326Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume33, Issue2March 2020Pages E1-E17 This article also appears in:Abstracts from Clinical Anatomy Conferences RelatedInformation

Asymptomatic hypoglycemia among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia on maintenance therapy

Background: Knowledge of the adverse effects of maintenance chemotherapy , therapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia being treated according to the MRC modified protocols. Objective: To figure out the asymptomatic hypoglycemia in a sample of children patients at a stage of maintenance therapy. Methods: Prospective study was carried out over 6 months from the 1st of January 2004 till the 30th of June 2004. A total sample of 30 patients aged between (1 and 15 years) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were included in study who were treated at Basra Maternity and child teaching hospital, all of them were being treated according to MRC modified protocol and on maintenance therapy (6 mercaptopurina + methotroxate), 35 healthy children matched for age and sex randomly selected as control. Results: Hypoglycemia were seen is 18 (60%) of patients with leukemia, 10 (55.5%) females and 8 (44.4%) males. Blood glucose level <3.33 mmol/L during 12 hours of overnight fasting. Conclusion: Hypoglycemia is the most common adverse effect in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia on maintenance therapy.

Slow strain release along the eastern Marmara region offshore Istanbul in conjunction with enhanced local seismic moment release

We analyze a large transient strainmeter signal recorded at 62.5 m depth along the southern shore of the eastern Sea of Marmara region in northwestern Turkey. This region represents a passage of stress transfer from the Izmit rupture to the Marmara seismic gap. The strain signal was recorded at the Esenkoy site by one of the ICDP-GONAF (International Continental Drilling Programme – Geophysical Observatory at the North Anatolian Fault) strainmeters on the Armutlu peninsula with a maximum amplitude of 5 microstrain and lasting about 50 days. The onset of the strain signal coincided with the origin time of a MW 4.4 earthquake offshore Yalova, which occurred as part of a seismic sequence including eight MW ≥3.5 earthquakes. The MW 4.4 event occurred at a distance of about 30 km from Esenkoy on June 25th 2016 representing the largest earthquake in this region since 2008. Before the event, the maximum horizontal strain was subparallel to the regional maximum horizontal stress derived from stress inversion of local seismicity. During the strain transient, we observe a clockwise rotation in the local horizontal strain field of about 20°. The strain signal does not correlate with known environmental parameters such as annual changes of sea level, rainfall or temperature. The strain signal could indicate local slow slip on the Cinarcik fault and thus a transfer of stress to the eastern Marmara seismic gap.

Symptoms of depression and anxiety among a Sample of Type 2 diabetic patients at Primary Health Care in Erbil city

Background and Objectives: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is exceedingly widespread disease with the highest prevalence in the Middle East countries. Co-existing psychological symptoms affect glycemic control and considered as an important problem in achieving target. The objective of this study was to determine the percentage of depressive and anxiety symptoms among diabetes patients.
 Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among a sample of 300 adult patients with type 2 diabetes who attended Primary Health Care centers in Erbil City during the period from the 1st of July 2016 to the end of 28th of June 2017. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 questionnaires has been used as diagnostic tools for depression and anxiety. The glycemic control measured using glycated hemoglobin A1C.
 Results: The mean age SD of the sample was 54.79 9.16 years, ranging from 40 to 75 years, the median was 54 years and considerable proportion (44.7%) were of low socio-economic status (SES). Only one quarter of the patients are highly adherent to the treatment. 52.3% of the patients were complaining from anxiety whether mild (28%), moderate (23.3%) or severe (1%). Regarding depression, 58.7% had had depression of different severity. No significant association was detected between anxiety and depression with diabetes control as assessed by glycated hemoglobin A1C (p = 0.932) and (p = 0.220) respectively. The prevalence of depression among those who follow a healthy diet (53.6%) and who practice physical activity (41.4%) was significantly less (p = 0.024).
 Conclusion: The study revealed that large percentage of type 2 diabetic patients suffered from anxiety and or depressive symptoms, a results should alert all physicians working in primary health centers to consider these symptoms since they have a direct impact in improving treatment

CELEBRATION OF A DECADE OF JME

Journal on Mathematics Education (JME), formerly called Indonesian Mathematical Society Journal on Mathematics Education (IndoMS-JME), is the first international journal on mathematics education in Indonesia. The primary goal of the journal is to support and facilitate mathematics educators and researchers either from Indonesia or other countries to publish their works in mathematics education. In 2010, Professor Zulkardi, the vice president of the Indonesian Mathematical Society (IndoMS) as well as a mathematics educator from the Universitas Sriwijaya started the JME. Professor Widodo, the president of IndoMS at that time, launched the first volume of the JME at the opening of National Conference on Mathematics in Universitas Negeri Manado, June 30th, 2010. This editorial focuses not only on the celebration of the achievements and challenges of JME but also the process of the growth of the JME from a local journal, national, and then to be a reputable international journal.First, as a local journal, JME started with only five articles in the first volume. Luckily, an international expert in mathematics education wrote and published their ideas. Lee Peng Yee, a professor at the National Institute of Education (NIE) Singapore, wrote an article about how to design a mathematics curriculum. Also, Professor Sembiring, from the Institut Teknologi Bandung, wrote about the history of Realistic Mathematics Education in Indonesia. Later on, many authors from various countries published their papers in the next volumes. Some of the well-known researchers in mathematics education have contributed to the JME, such as Professor Berinderjeet Kaur from Singapore; Kaye Stacey, Bardini, and Tom Lowrie from Australia; Christa Kaune and Elmar Cohort from Germany; Edyta Nowinska from Poland; Koeno Gravemeijer, Maarten Dolk, Dolly and Frans van Gallen from the Netherlands. The other authors are from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Turkey, Ghana, United States, and Taiwan. Second, the JME is nationally accredited by the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education since September 2015. A year before, the Directory Open Access Journal (DOAJ) and ERIC databases started to index the articles from the JME.Finally, after waiting for 20 months since the application submitted, the JME is accepted for the Scopus inclusion since September 2018, addressing the JME as one of the reputable international journals from Indonesia. After another three months, Elsevier agreed to cover all articles since volume 9.1 in the Scopus database. In this celebration moment, as the editor in chief, I would like to say thank you very much to all local staffs, managing editors, reviewers, as well as editorial board members either from abroad or Indonesia who have done excellent work in making JME well known and internationally recognized. Starting from January 2019, JME publishes three editions on each volume.Finally, in the future, JME has an effort to improve the quality of publication both management and the content of the articles. Also, JME has a task to fulfil the requirements to be indexed in the Web of Science. Of course, this is not an easy task, especially for JME team.

Association between highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and hypertension in persons living with HIV/AIDS at the Bamenda regional hospital, Cameroon.

IntroductionThe introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the treatment of HIV infection has provided different good results: like long-term viral suppression, the decrease of opportunistic infections, and repair of the immune system.MethodsWe carried out a hospital-based cross-sectional analytic study involving 315 participants 228 were on HAART (group 1) and 87 were HAART-naïve (group 2) at the HIV treatment centre of the Bamenda regional hospital with our study population being all people living with HIV (PLWHIV) in the North West region of Cameroon. The sampling was performed from the 15th of March to the 30th of June 2017. The questionnaire was administered face to face with participants and their vital signs taken. Blood pressure was measured using an automated electronic blood pressure monitor and hypertension (HTN) was considered as systolic blood pressure (BP) ≥ 140 mmHg and/or diastolic BP ≥ 90mmHg.ResultsThe prevalence of hypertension in the HAART group was 36.44% (n=82, CI: 30.15%-43.10%) compared to that of the HAART-naïve group which was 13.33% (n=12, CI: 7.08%-22.13%, P=0.01). HAART was associated with HTN after controlling for gender, family history of hypertension, body mass index (BMI), smoking and alcohol consumption. The odds ratio of the HAART-treated versus the HAART-naïve was 3.86 (95% CI: 1.98-7.50). We also found an association between TDF/3TC/EFV (OR=2.83), AZT/3TC/NVP (OR=2.82), AZT/3TC+EFV (OR=3.48) and TDF/3TC+NVP (OR=2.36) and HTN whereas those on AZT+3TC+ATV/r (OR=0.84) and TDF+3TC+ATV/r (OR=0.45) were not associated to hypertension.ConclusionOur result suggests that blood pressure should be periodically measured and treated when necessary in PLWHIV on HAART.

Raise the Level of Care for Parents of Children with Autism

The study aims to: Assess Parent's knowledge of care toward children with autism. Apply program regarding autistic children on the Parent's care intervention in autism center”. Find-out the relationship between the parent's care intervention about teaching program regarding autistic child and their demographic characteristics such as their age, gender, number of children education, marital status, occupation of parents, parent age when in the family, & number of autistic child in the family. A quasi experimental study was used for the present study was carried out from 27th June 2018 to the 24th March 2019 in order to determine rise and improve teaching program regarding autism Children in Parents intervention Knowledge in Autism Center in AL-Nasiriya City, on a purposive (non-probability) sample was used in this study that composed of (60) parents their autistic children. Data were collected by using the technique of self-administrative report was consisted of two parts: ‘ demographic characteristics of child, parents knowledge of care about their children. The validity of the questionnaire was obtained through a panel of experts and the internal consistency reliability was achieved through the application of Alpha Correlation Coefficient (r=0. 82) which was statistically acceptable.

THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE EIGHT CITIES OF UKRAINE

Abstract A simplified solid waste management system has existed for many years in Ukraine being. The system factually coming to MSW collection and their removal to landfills and dumps. This has resulted in accumulation of 223 million tons MSW on territory of more than 8.5 ha. Signing on 27th June 2014 EU-Ukraine Association Agreement obliged Ukraine to approximate legislation to EU demands in the Field of Waste Management [1]. On 8th November 2017 National Waste Management Strategy has been accepted for this purpose binding until 2030 [2]. This paper makes a comparative study of Municipal Solid Waste (hereinafter referred to as MSW) Management in Ukraine. This paper represents the analysis of the waste composition from the eight cities from different regions of Ukraine. The comparative analysis takes into account dependence of the amount and waste composition on income and population level. The approaches of the World Bank basic report are used in this study [3]. The study reveals prospects for development of techniques on material and energy use of MSW potential in Ukraine.

Perfiles políticos en Twitter: el uso electoral del término educación

This paper analyses outstanding political parties' Twitter profiles that contested the Spanish general elections in 26th June, 2016. The compilation of data takes the last 3,200 tuits from each account. The objectives of the study seek, on the one hand to review the discursive structure of the tuits published by the parties' accounts (PP, PSOE, Ciudadanos, Podemos and IU); on the other hand, the objectives try to determine what the qualitative use that these political profiles give to the term education is, a relevant concept in general elections of 2016, when it was linked to the need for innovation, to the regular protests against the Organic Law on Education (LOMCE), and to the long-term rejection of budget cuts. Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is applied to a sample of 20 tuits from among the 339 tuits that use this term prominently to determine the discursive meanings that underlie in these messages. The main results indicate a use of the term which is more linked to the political leaders' personalities and to electoral interests than to a social use or to the dissemination of political programmes. At the same time, ideological meanings that are not evident on the textual surface emerge with this deeper analysis.

Cultura y política en el movimiento obrero en los inicios del orden democrático argentino. Reflexiones sobre la ocupación de Ford Motor (junio-julio 1985)

This article tackles the occupation of Ford Motor Plant in General Pacheco (North of Buenos Aires Province), which took place between June 26th and July 14th 1985. Its specific goal lies in analysing the practices of the internal organisation in the occupation of this automobile plant, attempting to discern the experience and consciousness of the activist workers in this struggle. In the first part, a brief reference is made to the general situation of the period, in the second part the actual fact is described and in the third one, a theoretical analysis is presented on the basis of those theoretical categories proposed by the following authors: Edward Thompson, Raymond Williams, Antonio Gramsci y Raphael Samuel.

Microwave Irradiation-Assisted Chitosan Hydrolysis Using Cellulase Enzyme

The influence of microwave irradiation on the chitosan hydrolysis catalyzed by cellulase enzyme was studied. The hydrolyzed chitosan was characterized by measuring its viscosity and reducing sugar. Further, it was also characterized by Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The classical Michaelis-Menten kinetic parameters were measured by analyzing the amount of reducing sugars. The results were compared with the hydrolysis by using conventional shaker incubator. The hydrolysis reaction time needed to obtain similar reducing sugar yield was significantly lower for microwave irradiation than shaker incubator. On the other hand, the reduction rate of the relative viscosity was significantly higher for the hydrolysis of chitosan using shaker incubator. A significant difference in chemical structure was observed between hydrolysis using microwave irradiation and shaker incubator. Overall, the result showed that the hydrolysis behavior of chitosan using microwave irradiation is significantly different with using shaker incubator.

AML/CFT and data privacy regulation: Achieving a peaceful co-existence

The Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (Directive (EU) 2015/849, 4AMLD), implemented as of 26th June, 2017, imposes new onerous obligations on those entities that are subject to this framework (‘obliged entities’) and which is likely to require a substantial investment in dedicated resources. The changes brought about by the 4AMLD cannot however be seen in isolation, but must be considered in the context of other important developments, including imminent revisions to the 4AMLD itself as well as the much awaited General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, GDPR) which came into force on the 25th May, 2018. At first glance, the obligations under the 4AMLD and those ushered in by the GDPR appear to be heading in different directions. The dual nature of personal data collected for customer due diligence (CDD) purposes means that this data is simultaneously governed by two regimes that set apparently conflicting obligations. On the one hand, anti-money laundering and countering of the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) laws seek to protect the financial system from fraud, tax evasion, drug trafficking and criminal activity; on the other hand, data privacy laws purport to protect an individual’s identity and choices from government and privacy abuse. Yet, upon close consideration, there are a number of possible measures that obliged entities can take and that will allow them to bridge the gap between these two regimes. This paper exposes the divergences between the AML/CFT and data privacy frameworks while attempting to reconcile these seemingly incompatible requirements. For this purpose, this paper aims to advise the reader on what internal systems, controls and projects can be embarked on in order to ensure a seamless implementation which is not only legally compliant, but also makes sound business sense in the longer term.

The impact of a heat wave on mortality in the emergency department.

Extreme heat wave increases the number of emergency department (ED) admissions and mortality rates. The purpose of our study is to investigate the effects of the heat wave experienced in Izmir province of Turkey on mortality.During a 9-day period between 17th and 25th June 2016 (study period), air temperature values were higher than the seasonal norms in Izmir, Turkey. In this cross-sectional study, nontraumatic admissions and in-hospital mortality rates were compared this historical interval of the extreme heat wave with the same period of the previous year and the other 21 days of June 2016.The average air temperature between 17th and 25th June 2016, was higher than the average air temperature of the previous year's same period and the average air temperature from the other 21 days of June 2016 (27.8 ± 3.6 °C, (24.5 ± 1.9°C, 24.1 ± 2.1°C, respectively) (P <.01)During the study period, the mean number of ED visits and mortality rates were significantly higher than the previous year's same period (320 ± 30/day vs 269 ± 27/day, [P <.01], and 1.6% vs 0.7%, [P <.01]).Although the admission rate was similar between the study period and the other 21 days of June 2016 (320 ± 30/day vs 310 ± 32/ day, [P = .445]); in-hospital mortality rate was significantly higher during study period (1.6% vs 0.7%, [P <.01]).During the extreme heat waves, ED admissions and in-hospital mortality rates are increased. Precautions should be addressed for adaptation of people to extreme hot weather.

An Introduction to the Singapore Convention on Mediation – Perspectives from Singepore

At the 51st Session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) on 25th June 2018, the final draft of the Convention on the Enforcement of International Settlement Agreements (the ‘Convention’) was recommended for submission to the UN General Assembly for its consideration, and the corresponding Model Law was adopted. A resolution to name the Convention the ‘Singapore Convention on Mediation’ was also approved. This concluded three years of vigorous debate in UNCITRAL Working Group II (Dispute Settlement) with participation by 85 member States and 35 international governmental and non-governmental organisations. The UN General Assembly has adopted the Convention on 20th December 2018. The Convention will come into force once it is ratified by at least three member states. A signing ceremony for this first UN Convention on mediation is anticipated to take place in Singapore in August 2019.

Report of the Council for the Financial Year Ended 31st December, 1888, and for the Sessional Year Ending 27th June, 1889, Presented at the Fifty-Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Royal Statistical Society, Held at the Society's Rooms, 9, Adelphi Terrace, Strand, London, on the 27th of June, 1889

Report of the Council for the Financial Year Ended 31st December, 1888, and for the Sessional Year Ending 27th June, 1889, Presented at the Fifty-Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Royal Statistical Society, Held at the Society's Rooms, 9, Adelphi Terrace, Strand, London, on the 27th of June, 1889