Addition Of New Members Research Articles

Participatory monitoring in farmer field school program through Whatsapp among indigenous farmers in rural Sarawak, Malaysia

ABSTRACT This paper aims to assess the use of WhatsApp Group for participatory monitoring in a System of Rice Intensification – Farmer Field School (SRI-FFS) program involving the rice farming community in the rural Bidayuh village of Tebaro in Sarawak, Malaysia. Descriptive analysis was performed on a 182-day WhatsApp Group chat taking place from 17 September 2019 to 16 March 2020. The data were analyzed using two online softwares to generate data visualizations. The study revealed that the strengths of participatory monitoring using WhatsApp Group were found in the principles of flexibility and methodologically eclectic. For flexibility, four factors indicated were technical sharing, personal sharing, comments on current events, and the addition of new members. The methodologically eclectic elements were identified as messages in the forms of texts, media, emoji and links. Limitations for participatory monitoring were in the elements of participation and negotiation due to the role-based group structure. To effectively promote the use of digital platforms, agricultural policies must promote inclusiveness and prioritize equitable access to ICT devices and facilities. Current findings show that social media can enhance active multi-stakeholder participation but should be complemented with non-ICT means of communication for rural farming communities.

Clinical Considerations in Facilitating Closed and Open Group Treatment for Persons with Histories of Perpetrating Sexual Offenses

ABSTRACT Research has demonstrated the effectiveness of group treatment for persons with sexual offense histories as well as patient preference for group therapy over individual therapy. However, the literature in this field does not address practical clinical work from the perspective of group leaders. In this article, we briefly review the theoretical basis of group treatment for persons with sexual offense histories, and then discuss the clinical considerations for group leaders during different stages of the group, such as member selection, the addition of new members, preventing dropout/attrition, and group termination. Additional articles addressing these issues will contribute to the body of knowledge of group treatment for persons with sexual offense histories, and help clinicians and other stakeholders who are invested in working more effectively with this population.

The rise of Shanghai cooperation organization in Central Asia:: Is it tool of cooperation or competition between Russia and China on Turkic States

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is gradually increasing its power and influence in the region through the addition of new members, and new states with observer or dialog status, including NATO-member Turkey. The main question is whether the organization will achieve its blurring policies and compete effectively with the West in the region. Will we see a new era of cooperation or competition in Central Asia between Russia and China in the upcoming period? And how will the regional politics of the Turkic states be affected? The SCO’s economic, energy and security policies have been especially effective in dominating the region to date. This paper presents an analysis of these policies with focus on the regional competition among the member states. It argues primarily that the SCO has grown in strength as a result of the convergence of Russian and Chinese interests and politics, turning regional competition into regional cooperation, and that the organization will come to dominate the region, especially politically and economically, with the accession of new members Pakistan and India, and the imminent accession of Iran.

Membership of stars in open clusters using random forest with gaia data

Membership of stars in open clusters is one of the most crucial parameters in studies of star clusters. Gaia opened a new window in the estimation of membership because of its unprecedented 6-D data. In the present study, we used published membership data of nine open star clusters as a training set to find new members from Gaia DR2 data using a supervised random forest model with a precision of around 90%. The number of new members found is often double the published number. Membership probability of a larger sample of stars in clusters is a major benefit in determination of cluster parameters like distance, extinction and mass functions. We also found members in the outer regions of the cluster and found sub-structures in the clusters studied. The color magnitude diagrams are more populated and enriched by the addition of new members making their study more promising.

Prospek Perkembangan Modal Koperasi Baitul Maal Wat Tamwil Seruyan Sejahtera

<em>Baitul Maal Cooperative Wat Tamwil Seruyan Sejahtera which addresses at Jalan Patimura, Kuala Pembuang 1, Seruyan Regency. This cooperative was formed on November 2, 2012 with a cooperative legal entity No: 124 / BH / XVIII.14 / IDKUMKM / 11/2012 and chaired by Ir. H. Tarwidi Tamasaputra. This study uses a qualitative approach that is descriptive analysis, with data collection techniques used are observation, interviews and documentation as well as the type of data used is time series data. The data obtained will be analyzed by the growth equation and least square trand. Based on the results of the study note that the capital development Based on the analysis in table 5 can be seen in 2013 there was a growth of 15%, but a decline in 2014 amounted to 17%. Growth that greatly increased in 2015 was 40% which was affected by the increase in membership. Whereas growth in 2016 was only 16%. The average capital growth of the Cooperative Baitul Maal wat Tamwil Seruyan Sejahtera in 2012-2016 is 9.62%. While based on table 7 it can be seen that the results of capital development forecasts at the Baitul Maal wat Tamwil Seruyan Sejahtera cooperative in 2017 amounted to Rp 396,035,361.60, in 2018 amounted to IDR 422,391,710.70, in 2019 amounted to IDR 448,748.059.80, in 2020, IDR 475,104,408.90 and in 2021 IDR 501,460,758.00. This forecast of development tends to increase from year to year in the<strong> </strong>amount of IDR 26,356,349.10. This increase was affected by the business carried out, the addition of new members and by voluntary contributions from members</em>

Penerapan Algoritma Boyer Moore Untuk Pencarian Data Member Pada PT. Boenk Cosmetic Manufacture Berbasis Desktop

PT. Boenk Cosmetic Manufacture is a factory that developed in 2013 in order to deal with globalization, in addition to the large market interest in the products of this factory so as to maintain the factory's existence and consistency, this plant was developed. This company has fulfilled CPKB (How to Make Cosmetics better). PT.Boenk Cosmetic Manufacture every month experiences the addition of new members based on the passage of time members will increase. The problems that are often faced by the employees of PT. Bunk Cosmetic Manufacture increasingly unstructured member data management when searching for member data information that resulted in repeated errors. And every month it is difficult to get fast and precise member data search results so that the work process takes a lot of time. To overcome these problems, it is necessary to develop a system by implementing string matching algorithms to minimize errors in desktop-based member data search. Used in this research is the Boyer Moore algorithm. Boyer Moore's algorithm was first published by Robert S. Boyer, and J. Strother Moore in 1977. By starting character matching from a fixed window shift from left to right. If a match occurs then a comparison of the character of the text and the character of the previous pattern, ie equally reducing the index and pattern of each by one. By using this algorithm the search process will be faster and a lot of information obtained.

Phosphoinositide-binding proteins mark, shape and functionally modulate highly-diverged endocytic compartments in the parasitic protist Giardia lamblia.

Phosphorylated derivatives of phosphatidylinositol (PIPs) are key membrane lipid residues involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME). CME relies on PIP species PI(4,5)P2 to mark endocytic sites at the plasma membrane (PM) associated to clathrin-coated vesicle (CCV) formation. The highly diverged parasitic protist Giardia lamblia presents disordered and static clathrin assemblies at PM invaginations, contacting specialized endocytic organelles called peripheral vacuoles (PVs). The role for clathrin assemblies in fluid phase uptake and their link to internal membranes via PIP-binding adaptors is unknown. Here we provide evidence for a robust link between clathrin assemblies and fluid-phase uptake in G. lamblia mediated by proteins carrying predicted PX, FYVE and NECAP1 PIP-binding modules. We show that chemical and genetic perturbation of PIP-residue binding and turnover elicits novel uptake and organelle-morphology phenotypes. A combination of co-immunoprecipitation and in silico analysis techniques expands the initial PIP-binding network with addition of new members. Our data indicate that, despite the partial conservation of lipid markers and protein cohorts known to play important roles in dynamic endocytic events in well-characterized model systems, the Giardia lineage presents a strikingly divergent clathrin-centered network. This includes several PIP-binding modules, often associated to domains of currently unknown function that shape and modulate fluid-phase uptake at PVs.

Life, Death, Inertia, Change: The Hidden Lives of International Organizations

AbstractThe life spans of international organizations (IOs) can take unexpected turns. But when we reduce IO life spans simply to their existence or lack thereof, or to formal change involving the addition of new members or the revision of charters, we miss the subtler dynamics within IOs. A broader continuum of IO life spans acknowledges life, death, inertia, and change as responses to crises, and affords a more nuanced perspective on international cooperation. Through this lens, the setbacks that many IOs are currently experiencing look less extraordinary.

Participation of ATMA (Agricultural Technology Management Agency) Members in Group Activities and Promotion of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Karaikal District, Puducherry

A study was conducted in among five selected ATMA (Agricultural Technology Management Agency) groups. A total of 100 farmers from five groups were selected by employing random sampling. Participation was studied in three dimensions viz., group sustainability, sustainable agricultural practices and participation in post harvest technologies. The study reveals that majority of the members belong to medium level of participation in sustainable agricultural practices and participate more in group activities viz., group planning, maintaining transparency, decision making, shouldering responsibilities planning, decision making and auditing. Further, the study reveals that information source utilisation and information sharing behaviour of the group members showed a positive and significant relation with the participation of ATMA group members in sustainable agricultural practices. Addition of new members and lack in guidance were the problems expressed by the respondents. Group promoting initiatives and training on sustainable function of groups were the suggestions offered by the members of the group.

How to Join the Club: Patterns of Embeddedness and the Addition of New Members to Interorganizational Collaborations

Using U.S. venture capital investment data from 1985 to 2008 and qualitative interviews, we examine how group dynamics influence the growth of interorganizational collaborations through the addition of new members. We argue that group dynamics that develop among members in a collaboration, as well as between each member and prospective newcomers, influence which new members join existing collaborations. For prospective newcomers, we distinguish between their depth of embeddedness, the strength of a prospective newcomer’s past relationships with any incumbent member of the collaboration, and breadth of embeddedness, the proportion of incumbent members with which the newcomer has had prior ties. For incumbent members, we examine network faultlines, or subgroups in their collaboration, that may lead to power struggles. We find that when strong network faultlines exist, the depth and breadth of a prospective newcomer’s embeddedness will have different influences on its likelihood of joining the collaboration: A newcomer with greater depth of embeddedness with the collaboration may be perceived to influence power dynamics in the group, leading to lower likelihood of joining, whereas a newcomer with greater breadth may not suffer the same liability. We also find that newcomers with greater depth benefit from the status of their strongest tie in the collaboration, and newcomers with greater breadth are more desirable partners when they are more experienced. Overall, our results highlight the mechanisms of anticipated power distribution and mediation as overlooked concerns in member additions to collaborations, especially when there is conflict.

Generations, political attitudes and voting behavior in Taiwan and Hong Kong

Society changes with the addition of new members. Different generations have distinct historical experiences, which may shape their political stance across a spectrum of attitudes and behaviors. This symposium includes four articles analyzing generational politics in Taiwan and Hong Kong. The studies show that there are behavioral and attitudinal differences between the young and the old in both places. As overall voter turnout has declined in Taiwan, youth turnout has declined even more. In particular, the “China factor” is the main driving force to the younger generations’ political activism. Youths in both Taiwan and Hong Kong exhibit a strong local identity that differentiates them from the Chinese. The stronger the identity is, the more politically active they are.

Unfolding the pattern of contentious participation in Taiwan

Society changes with the addition of new members. Different generations have distinct historical experiences, which may shape their political stance across a spectrum of attitudes and behaviors. This symposium includes four articles analyzing generational politics in Taiwan and Hong Kong. The studies show that there are behavioral and attitudinal differences between the young and the old in both places. As overall voter turnout has declined in Taiwan, youth turnout has declined even more. In particular, the “China factor” is the main driving force to the younger generations’ political activism. Youths in both Taiwan and Hong Kong exhibit a strong local identity that differentiates them from the Chinese. The stronger the identity is, the more politically active they are.

Social network changes among older Europeans: the role of gender.

This study examined changes in the social networks of older Europeans. It utilizes the framework of the socioemotional selectivity theory and the convoy model to explore the social networks' changes over time, as well as the turnover of specific social network members. Furthermore, the study analyzed gender as a predictor of these transformations. The inquiry focused on older adults aged 65+ who participated in the fourth and sixth waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (n=13,938). The findings reveal a general trend of network expansion over time, with addition of new members and a higher proportion of family ties. These trends mask considerable individual variability in change trajectories, however. A series of OLS and Poisson regressions revealed that women were more likely to report network growth via addition of new social network members, and lower family involvement. These findings underscore the dynamic nature of older Europeans' interpersonal milieu. They also underscore the role of gender in social network transformations and show that the dynamics of older Europeans' personal networks differ for men and women.

Social network interventions for health behaviour change: a systematic review

BackgroundWe are all embedded in social networks, and evidence demonstrates that our embeddedness in these networks has a substantial impact on our health behaviours. However, we know little about how to harness them in health behaviour change interventions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of social network interventions for health behaviour change. MethodsEight databases (Medline, EMBASE, Web of Knowledge, Scopus, PsycINFO, ERIC, IBSS, and Sociological Abstracts were searched independently by two reviewers for articles published in English between Jan 1, 2000, and March 1, 2017. Eligibility criteria included a social network intervention for health behaviour change, a primary outcome measure of health behaviour change, and a comparator group. Evidence was synthesised by the network intervention approach based on a predefined taxonomy (Individual—using network data to identify certain individuals; Segmentation—directed towards groups of people clustered in a network; Induction—activation of existing social ties to diffuse healthy behaviours; Alteration—changing the structure of the network by the addition of new members or breaking existing ties. Studies were described as providing strong evidence if at least 80% of included studies demonstrated a significant intervention effect (p<0·05 vs control). FindingsOf the 23 234 publications identified, 39 were included. Overall, there was strong evidence for a significant intervention effect (82%, 32 of 39 studies) and maintained intervention effect (88%, 29/33) for social network interventions. There was strong evidence demonstrating a significant intervention effect and maintained intervention effect for the Individuals (8/8 studies), Segmentation (5/5), and Alteration (3/3) network approaches, and promising evidence to support an intervention effect (68%, 15/22) for Induction approaches. InterpretationThis review provides strong evidence of the effectiveness of social network interventions for health behaviour change and maintenance. Most existing interventions continue to focus on individual-level behaviour and fail to address the influential role of individuals' social systems and environments. There has been a parallel and growing interest in understanding the effects of social networks on health-related behaviour and the reframing of non-communicable conditions as being socially transmitted; a particular backdrop to this has been the emerging prominence of complexity science public health. FundingRH is funded by a Career Development Fellowship from the National Institute for Health Research.

Abstract LB-102: Landscape analysis of the initial data release from AACR Project GENIE

Abstract AACR Project Genomics Evidence Neoplasia Information Exchange (GENIE) is a multi-phase, multi-year, international data-sharing consortium whose goal is to generate an evidence base for precision cancer medicine by integrating and linking clinical-grade cancer genomic data with clinical outcome data for tens of thousands of cancer patients treated at multiple institutions worldwide. The project fulfills an unmet need in oncology by providing the statistical power necessary to identify novel therapeutic targets, to understand genomic determinants of response to therapy, to design new biomarker-driven clinical trials and ultimately, to improve clinical decision-making and the care delivered to patients. Here we describe the goals, structure and data standards of the GENIE consortium and conclusions from a high-level analysis of the first public release of genomic and limited clinical data from approximately 19,000 patients treated at eight cancer centers obtained during this initial phase of the project. We also explore the clinical utility of these genomic data by examining rates of clinical actionability across multiple cancer types and by estimating patient enrollment rates to the NCI MATCH Trial. Based on yearly rates of sequencing at each of the eight founding institutions, together with the planned addition of new members, we estimate the GENIE database could grow to &amp;gt;100,000 samples within five years. Consistent with the goals of the proposed Cancer Moonshot National Cancer Data Ecosystem, GENIE is committed to the principles of generating interoperable, open access data that can be widely shared across the entire scientific community. Citation Format: Ethan Cerami, Alexander S. Baras, Justin Guinney, Eva Lepisto, Trevor J. Pugh, Nikolaus Schultz, Thomas Stricker, Shawn M. Sweeney, Laura J. van't Veer, Gerrit A. Meijer, Fabrice Andre, Victor E. Velculescu, Kenna R. Shaw, Mia A. Levy, Philippe L. Bedard, Barrett J. Rollins, Charles L. Sawyers, on behalf of the AACR Project GENIE Consortium. Landscape analysis of the initial data release from AACR Project GENIE [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr LB-102. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-LB-102

The extended human PTPome: a growing tyrosine phosphatase family

Tyr phosphatases are, by definition, enzymes that dephosphorylate phospho-Tyr (pTyr) from proteins. This activity is found in several structurally diverse protein families, including the protein Tyr phosphatase (PTP), arsenate reductase, rhodanese, haloacid dehalogenase (HAD) and His phosphatase (HP) families. Most of these families include members with substrate specificity for non-pTyr substrates, such as phospho-Ser/phospho-Thr, phosphoinositides, phosphorylated carbohydrates, mRNAs, or inorganic moieties. A Cys is essential for catalysis in PTPs, rhodanese and arsenate reductase enzymes, whereas this work is performed by an Asp in HAD phosphatases and by a His in HPs, via a catalytic mechanism shared by all of the different families. The category that contains most Tyr phosphatases is the PTP family, which, although it received its name from this activity, includes Ser, Thr, inositide, carbohydrate and RNA phosphatases, as well as some inactive pseudophosphatase proteins. Here, we propose an extended collection of human Tyr phosphatases, which we call the extended human PTPome. The addition of new members (SACs, paladin, INPP4s, TMEM55s, SSU72, and acid phosphatases) to the currently categorized PTP group of enzymes means that the extended human PTPome contains up to 125 proteins, of which ~ 40 are selective for pTyr. We set criteria to ascribe proteins to the extended PTPome, and summarize the more important features of the new PTPome members in the context of their phosphatase activity and their relationship with human disease.

Mixed approach in creating a university union catalogue

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the software architecture of the university’s union catalogue in Novi Sad, Serbia. The university’s union catalogue would comprise the collections of 14 academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach – The basis of this paper is a case study of developing a software solution for the union catalogue of the University of Novi Sad in Serbia. The solution principles of object-oriented modelling are applied to describe the software architecture. Specifically, the unified modeling language (UML) component and sequence diagrams are used. The database model is described by using a physical data model. Findings – Through the research of related papers and, taking into consideration the problem of creating a university union catalogue, it is concluded that the best approach is to combine the idea of a virtual and a physical union catalogue. Records are stored in one physical union catalogue, while the holdings data are stored in the local library management systems (LMSs) organized in the form of virtual union catalogues. Because academic libraries often use LMSs from different vendors, interoperable communication between those LMSs and the union catalogue is provided through the usage of standard library protocols for information retrieval (Search and Retrieve URL [SRU], SRU Record Update and NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol [NCIP]). Research limitations/implications – The development of a union catalogue for the University of Novi Sad is in its test phase, and, at this moment, only a software solution supporting the functionalities of a union catalogue has been created. Practical implications – By introducing a university union catalogue, students would be able to search the collections of all the university libraries by using a single portal. Their results would indicate whether a book is available and from which library it is available to borrow. Originality/value – Originality of this software architecture lies in the usage of standard library protocols. The described architecture enables the addition of new members to the university union catalogue, regardless of which LMS the library uses.

From the Editorial Board

A number of important changes occurs every year at the SEG Annual Meeting, some of which are highly visible and no doubt familiar to you (e.g., the installation of new officers). However, many of the changes are either unknown to the majority of SEG members or are obscured by the excitement and chaos of the convention. One of the less-visible changes each year is the addition of new members to the editorial board for The Leading Edge and the appointment of a new TLE Editorial Board chair. This year, we welcome Julie Shemeta, Tracy Stark, and John Lane to the board; we look forward to their energy and important contributions during the course of their four-year terms. I would also like to take this time to thank my friend and Apache colleague, Bill Goodway, for his term on the board and his successful year as editorial board chair.

The growth of randomized experiments in policing: the vital few and the salience of mentoring

The population of randomized experiments in policing is used to examine co-author and mentoring relations in the professional network of scholars and assess if experimental criminology is on the path to creating the necessary social capital to promote the use of randomized controlled trials in criminology and criminal justice research. We use systematic review methods to identify the population of policing experiments. Narrative review and descriptive statistics are used to examine the growth of policing experiments over time. Social network analysis techniques are used to analyze and describe the co-authoring and mentoring connections of the scholars responsible for completing policing experiments. We find that the number of policing experiments increased substantially between 1970 and 2011. The growth in policing randomized experiments has been largely generated by a very small number of scholars who account for the bulk of policing experiments and have been very active in mentoring the next generation of experimentalists. Another important factor associated with the rise in policing experiment is the availability of federal funding. Our analysis of policing experiments suggests that the experimental criminology movement is developing the necessary human and social capital to advance the discipline of criminology. However, it is a very small network that could benefit from the addition of new members and increased training and mentoring of graduate students.

Editorial: Reflections and Directions: Appreciating the Past and Looking Toward the Future

Editorial: Reflections and Directions: Appreciating the Past and Looking Toward the Future