Novelty Value Research Articles

Этос креативного пространства в современном городе

The rapid development of creative industries changes key principles of urban development. This paper reveals ethical and aesthetic values that determine a specific character of creative space in contemporary cities. The author considers those conditions under which a new ethics emerges in this space and explicates its specific features. The article suggests the hypothesis that it is possible to compare the formation logics of the rococo salon community in opposition to the classicist and baroque aesthetics of the absolutist regime and the present-day creative class in its opposition to the etiquette of the dominant ideology. This analogy allows considering creative space as a superhistorical model for the aestheticization of political resistance, its further institutionalization, and transfiguration. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the value of novelty in different sociocultural and historical contexts of its embodiment and correspondent judgment strategies. The final part of the article outlines “the space of passion” as an essential expression and symbolic characteristic of magnetic urban zones.

Bioactivity Tracing of the Ethanol Extract of Bajakah Tampala (Spatholobus littoralis Hassk.) Typical Plant of Kalimantan Island as Antibiofilm of Staphylococcus aureus

BACKGROUND: Free radicals (oxidants) can cause skin irritation/damage which can be a manifestation of minor skin infections. Not only that, one of the complications of the disease that can arise is diabetes mellitus (DM) with diabetic foot ulcers (LKD). LKD is very susceptible to exposure to microorganisms and develops into diabetic foot infection (DFI). DFI is associated with the presence of biofilms in wounds especially those caused by Staphylococcus aureus infection. Bajakah tampala (Spatholobus littoralis hassk) is one of the native plants of Indonesia which has been known to have antibacterial activity, while its antibiofilm activity has not been studied. Evaluation of antibiofilms from the tampala bajakah plant can be of good novelty value, as well as support success in the treatment of infectious. AIM: This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the ethanol extract of the Bajakah tampala plant from East Kalimantan in inhibiting and eradicating the formation of S. aureus biofilms. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The planktonic and biofilm inhibition tests were carried out using the microtiter broth method. Antibiofilm activity of Bajakah tampala ethanol extract against S. aureus was analyzed by calculating the minimum biofilm inhibitor concentration (MBIC50) and the biofilm eradication activity calculating the minimum biofilm eradication concentration (MBEC50). In addition, we also carried out additional verification tests using the DPPH method by calculating the inhibitory concentration (IC50) parameter value. RESULTS: The results showed that the 1% bajakah tampala extract gave mid-phase antibiofilm activity of 80.23% w/v ± 0.01, maturation phase of 77.23% w/v ± 0.01 and eradication with a large inhibition of 75.56% w/v ± 0.01. In the DPPH test, the IC50 value was 5.9 ppm with a very strong category. CONCLUSION: Thus, it can be concluded that the ethanolic extract of the Bajakah tampala plant has a high potential to be developed as a candidate for new antibiofilm drugs against S. aureus biofilms.

PENGEMBANGAN E MODUL MEMBACA PERMULAAN UNTUK ANAK USIA 5 – 6 TAHUN

This research is a research development or Research and Development (R&D) which aims to develop the E Module for Beginning Reading for Children aged 5-6 Years with the ADDIE development model. This research took place in TK Negeri 1 Sandai with 30 participants. This pre-reading e module has a novelty value, namely the e-module designation that targets Kindergarten students aged 5-6 years so that it is adapted to the characteristics of students. In this pre-reading e module, students are invited to learn to recognize letters by applying the steps to reading this beginning, equipped with interesting animated pictures to foster interest in reading and enthusiasm for learning in students. The results of the study indicate that the achievement of students' initial reading skills can be seen in the final assessment of 4.77 (95%) with Very Good Developing criteria (BSB). while in the initial assessment, namely 2.51 (50.2%) the criteria began to develop (MB). The achievement of the final assessment showed a significant difference between the results of the initial and final assessment, namely 2.26 (45.2%). The final assessment showed that the participants' basic reading ability increased by 45.2% compared to the initial assessment before using the e-module reading beginning. Thus, it can be concluded that the use of E Beginning Reading Module for Children aged 5-6 Years is very effective to use

Development of competitive advantages for tiger prawn breeding business actors in Muara Badak, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, as an optimization of strengthening the coastal gender economy

Indonesia is an archipelagic country with a strategic plan for the development of a maritime-based economic sector that is integrated with blue economy principles. Improving the quality of life of coastal communities is a central issue of sustainable development. Tiger prawn breeding is a competitive advantage for coastal communities through hatchery and marketing of export quality seeds. The low level of understanding of coastal communities in the management of tiger shrimp culture has an impact on the climate of business independence, so this is also a focus of problems in community partnership service activities. Optimizing the role of women as a representative of the coastal gender economy is a novelty goal and value that must be achieved in order to realize the ideals of a blue economy that supports national economic development through the maritime sector. The development of competitive advantage in Muara Badak Subdistrict, Kukar Regency is carried out using pre-activity input methods, activity processes, outputs and mentoring evaluations to strengthen family and business financial literacy, marketing management, to provide stimulation in the form of strategies in dealing with the threat of export failure and others. The result of the program is an increase in the capability of tiger prawn breeding business actors in Muara Badak District, Kutai Kartanegara Regency.

The effect of dyeing duration and fixative on the final results of textile dyeing using purple sweet potato peel

The fashion industry is one of the creative sectors that has significantly impacted Indonesia's economic growth. During this pandemic, the Ministry of Industry held a training program to spur the competitiveness and productivity of the textile and textile product (TPT) industry so that they can continue to run their businesses amid the pressure of the Covid-19 pandemic impact. The industries must be more innovative to be competitive in domestic and foreign markets. In this study, purple sweet potato peel was applied as a textile coloring pigment, considering its novelty and innovation value. It is expected to be an innovation in Indonesian creative industry products. So far, in the realm of textiles and fashion, purple sweet potato peel has been used as a natural textile dye, but it is less popular than other natural dyes. In addition, in Indonesia, purple sweet potato is a plant that grows throughout the year, with high quantity production and consumption rates, so that the waste of it can be used as a natural textile dye. To optimize the use of purple sweet potato peel, this study analyzes the effect of indicators on the dyeing process: the dyeing duration and the fixative used

Hydromorphological discontinuities deeply modify the benthic multi-species assemblage diversity in a Mediterranean running river

The aim of the study was to investigate the modifications of the macroinvertebrate multi-species assemblage in relation to hydromorphological discontinues, since macroinvertebrates are traditionally exploited in water quality assessment activities. Three sampling sites characterized by different hydrological characteristics were selected in five stations along the River Aniene in Central Italy. We evaluated the macroinvertebrate structure, traits, biotic and diversity indices in relation to the erosive power. Among macroinvertebrate taxa, Elminthidae and Chironomidae families showed a particular occurrence pattern associated with the site at the base of vertical drop, characterized by the stronger hydrodynamic. However, the water quality status was high, not showing differences between the three sites. Our finding has a novelty value as similar studies on the investigation of the hydromorphological discontinuities on macroinvertebrate structure and ecological traits are very scarce in the literature.Graphical abstract

How Do Consumer Innovation Characteristics and Consumption Value Shape Users’ Willingness to Buy Innovative Car Safety Seats?

The intelligent innovation of child safety seats has brought new impacts and challenges to the Chinese market. Researchers in the car seat industry have been focusing on industry regulations and the abuse of car seats, but there is a lack of consumer-centered research. This study is the first to combine two theories of consumer subject-specific innovation (DSI) and the theory of consumption value (TCV). This study explores how consumer innovations influence consumers’ purchase of innovative child safety seats through perceived value. The proposed research model was evaluated using a partial least squares structural equation model, and data analysis revealed that the model had good model fit, reliability, and validity. Consumer product innovation has a significantly better impact on willingness to buy than consumer information innovation. In this study, in the relationship between consumers of information innovation and purchase intention in the automobile seat industry, a new kind of parallel multi-mediating relationship between the social value, hedonic value, and novelty value of perceived products was proposed. The study’s results address the need for more consumer research in the intelligent seating industry, as well as how to give researchers and marketing firms solutions and suggestions based on facts.

PERANCANGAN TEKSTIL PAKAIAN DENGAN PEWARNA DARI SAMPAH MANGROVE DAN PENERAPAN MOTIFNYA DENGAN PADUAN TEKNIK IKAT CELUP DAN ECO PRINTING

The background of this design, there is an exploration of manual textile techniques among textile designers, this is in line with the demands of the times, namely, the development of existing trends in order to meet the needs of consumers and the market. The combination of tie-dying and eco-printing techniques attracts attention to be explored again using natural dyes with the addition of embroidery techniques on Bemberg cloth media, which will produce textiles with novelty in their aesthetic motifs. The purpose of this design is to produce clothing textiles with novelty in their unique motif aesthetics among textile designers to meet the needs of consumers and the market. The novelty value offered in this design is the design of clothing textiles according to fashion patterns with a combination of dyeing and eco printing techniques with embroidery techniques. Natural coloring using extraction from mangrove waste. Composing motifs using natural dyes from mangrove waste with two fixations of quicklime and tunjung to obtain varied visual aesthetics in one natural coloring. The media used in this blend of tie-dying and eco-printing techniques is bemberg cloth. Bemberg cloth material was chosen because it has very good absorption. The design method uses the SP Gustami theory. This design produces 6 unique designs with visual ideas of line, plane and color, which can be achieved by a combination of tritik, jumputan tie-dyed and eco printing techniques, three of which are applied to sheets of cloth measuring 200cm long and 120cm wide. It is hoped that the "Design of Clothing Textiles with Dye from Mangrove Waste and the Application of its Motifs with a Combination of Ikat Dip and Eco Printing Techniques" can add variety to fashion products that have unique, distinctive and limited edition characters.

JML’s “Callisto Lite”: is the brand extension a problem or the product itself?

Learning outcomes The learning outcomes are as follows: to understand how organizations can leverage the built-in brand equity; outline the challenges of extending a strong brand; and ability to think about the core-essence of the brand impact and its perception among customers before deciding to extend. Case overview/synopsis JML was a 74-year-old company and was a No.1 player in the domestic market and No. 4 globally. It maintained this leadership position through a robust product portfolio and serving new needs and opportunities. Customers associated JML's products (buses and trucks) with high-quality performance, sturdiness & reliability. JML had a well-established brand – “Callisto”, in the heavy bus segment but saw an opportunity in light buses, which could be used within the city and for school and office commute purposes. They launched Callisto Lite, a variant of successful Callisto buses, in 2015 for cashing this opportunity. Though initially, the brand showed positive signs but soon lost the novelty value and saw low returns on marketing investments. Callisto Lite was also diluting the strong brand equity of the successful parent brand. The management was undecided as to what to do. Should they move out of the segment or continue? Each had its own pros and consequences, and the decision was not easy. Complexity academic level The case can be used in an undergraduate or a post-graduate management program to teach the core concepts of branding and brand extension. The case can be used in an introductory marketing course or elective courses like Brand Management and Marketing Strategy. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Subject code CSS 8: Marketing.

BUILDING DATA MARTS IN TEACHING MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY

This research is a series of researches with the theme Smart-Pusdiklat in the environment of State Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN). The locus chosen is the Human Resources Development Center) which is a subset of BSSN. Pusbang is a supporting element of the duties and functions of BSSN, which has the task of carrying out functional position coaching, and developing human resource competencies in the field of cyber security. The research question expressed is how to make leaders at Pusbang and stakeholders can make more comprehensive and fast decisions in managing institutions with the help of data warehouses. The researcher conducted a projection to build a data warehouse, which was then focused on becoming a specific data mart, and explained how users could access it for teaching management purposes at Pusbang. This research uses exploratory research methods with a qualitative approach. This method is intended to try a new phenomenon that may not have been before. This is the novelty value of this study. Researcher project the construction of 4 (four) data marts, namely JFKamsiber, References, Lecturer profiles, and Alumni data mart. Where this can make it easier for users to analyze, report and mine data in teaching management.

The Influence of the Innovation Potential of Personnel on Strengthening Economic Security of Ukrainian Enterprises in the Post-War Period

The article aims to determine the influence of the innovation potential of personnel on strengthening economic security of Ukrainian enterprises in the post-war period. The object of the article is the process of strengthening economic security of Ukrainian enterprises considering the use of innovation potential of their personnel. The study uses general scientific theoretical methods: generalization, explanation, grouping - to analyze economists’ views of the study object and draw conclusions of the content analysis of primary sources, analysis and synthesis - to clarify the main scientific categories of the study, substantiate new conceptual provisions. Four obstacles have been identified to the positive influence of the innovation potential of personnel on strengthening economic security which consist in the absence of an innovative component in the advanced training program for personnel of most Ukrainian companies and government institutions; an indicator related to the innovation potential of personnel in the regulatory legal acts of Ukraine on innovative development; joint projects of the state and private partners to increase the innovation potential of personnel; a relevant state body that would deal with strategic issues of cooperation with business structures and other private enterprises. The article proposes directions of solving the identified problems. The proposed directions are of scientific novelty and practical value and can be used in development of joint projects to strengthen economic security in the energy sector, construction, import substitution and other fields. Consideration of innovative competences, technical and professional potential will allow solving the issues of combating terrorism, cybercrime, protecting critical infrastructure, eliminating consequences of emergencies and environmental disasters, restoring activities of enterprises in various sectors of the economy.

Design Of Serveware For Sanggar and Sapitan Lidah With Kawung Pattern Decoration On Bayat Earthenware Material For Bale Raos Restaurant, Yogyakarta

The design project is about designing serveware for sanggar dishes and sapitan lidah dishes at Bale Raos restaurant, Yogyakarta and modified to the characteristics of the local ceramic industry in Yogyakarta. Sanggar and sapitan lidah are one of the dishes at Bale Raos, a speciality restaurant which is the Yogyakarta Palace. Therefore, the purpose of this design is to produce a product design for serving sanggar and sapitan lidah dishes that enhance its dining experience as one of special dishes of Yogyakarta Palace. To achieve this goal, an approach is used by utilizing the cultures that live in the Yogyakarta Palace environment. The design process is carried out using the Standford Design Method, which begins with exploring and reviewing restaurant operations, dishes, as well as image and culture starting from architecture, everyday products, and decoration that apply in the Yogyakarta Palace environment. The resulting design output is a product design set of serveware with Kawung decoration, which consists of a grill set and a plate that utilizes the interaction between the user and the product so it enhances the dining experience in eating the special dishes of the Yogyakarta Palace. The design result offers a novelty value because until now there has not been a set of serveware similar to the product in this paper.

Designing a Corncob Coffee Table By Utilizing the Physical Characteristics of Corncobs

This research is about coffee table product design with corncob material that compromises the value of novelty offered with production factors in order to obtain real cost as a basis for considering the selling price. The coffee table production process is designed using the laminate technique. The processing technique chosen is the bending technique. This research was conducted at Craftindo Kreasi Bandung, precisely located in JI. Ciliwung canal no. 10, and is a continuation of research activities in the 2021 kedaireka matching fund platform program. In the previous study, a coffee table was produced with corncob material but did not use the bending technique. This design is based on opportunities based on previous research, namely (1) the industry has produced various kinds of commodities, but no one has ever tried to make coffee table products. (2) Sources of corn cob material can be obtained in various areas of West Java and can be available every 4 months. (3) In previous research, a coffee table with corncob material has been produced which needs to be developed by taking advantage of the opportunities for corncob characteristics that have been studied in material studies in previous studies, namely the comparative technique. The method used in this design is design iteration. At the end of the research, the output is in the form of a coffee table product prototype with a bending technique. The novelty of this research is the use of corn cobs as the main material and the use of bending techniques during production

Instructional design and educational satisfaction for virtual environment simulation in undergraduate nursing education: the mediating effect of learning immersion

BackgroundSchools were closed after the onset of COVID-19, with non-face-to-face practices or distance education in nursing education replacing video learning or simulation classes in nursing education clinical practicum. This led to an increase in interest in virtual environment simulation education. While technology-based teaching methods might feel new and intriguing to learners, it is necessary to evaluate learner satisfaction with such an educational method beyond its novelty value. Therefore, this study examined the mediating effect of learning immersion on the relationships between instructional design and educational satisfaction, for virtual environment simulation.MethodsA descriptive cross-sectional research design was used. The study sample included students in the third or fourth year of the nursing curriculum in South Korea. The participants were 164 nursing students, who had an experience with virtual environment simulation practices during the past year, prior to September 2021. Data were collected using an online questionnaire. The questionnaire addressed the characteristics of nursing students, instructional design, learning immersion, and educational satisfaction. The collected data were analyzed using path analysis.ResultsThe indirect effect of the path between instructional design and educational satisfaction, mediated through learning immersion in virtual environment simulation was found to be significant. Furthermore, the direct path was also statistically significant.ConclusionEducational content, based on virtual environment simulation, should be implemented based on instructional design. It is necessary to recognize the importance of instructional design that can promote learning immersion in virtual environment simulation, as well as to prepare consistent standards for such design.

Decrease in the rewarding value of spatial novelty due to the contamination of the stimulus field with light – Evidence from a free exploration test involving rats

It has been shown that rearranging the spatial properties of a familiar environment consistently elicits a positive response in rats directed toward the source of novelty. Previous studies have been conducted under red light or darkness. The purpose of this study was to test the effect of rearranging the spatial properties of a familiar environment in conjunction with a change in lighting conditions. The results have shown specific effects of the light presence and its intensity on different behavioral measures. We propose that this study provides a basis for hypothesizing a two-way mechanism of the behavioral response to light regulation in rats. The first is based on ON/OFF states. This level may be related to fundamental, evolutionarily early, emergent components of behavioral antipredator adaptations. Another level of behavioral regulation involves mechanisms sensitive to light intensity. These appear to be involved in the regulation of more advanced behavioral acts, such as exploratory responses. This may suggest that light intensity analysis may require the involvement of more advanced cognitive components in the behavioral regulation system.

Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Penerimaan Zakat dengan Metode Weight Product di LAZISMU Yogyakarta

Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam and is conducted by giving wealth to those who are entitled to receive it. The Lembaga Amil Zakat Infaq Sadaqah Muhammadiyah (LAZISMU) is a zakat institution in Muhammadiyah that receives and distributes zakat to its recipients. LAZISMU examines recipient data to determine several factors, including housing index, property ownership, family living conditions, worship routines, business marketing, operational operational finance, and human business resources. Based on an interview with the LAZISMU committee, it was stated that the delivery of zakat was conducted by selecting prospective zakat recipients based on pre-existing criteria. However, the LAZISMU committee uses perceptions or assumptions to select prospective zakat recipients and can make wrong decisions. This study proposes a support system for selecting zakat recipients based on the Weight Product (WP) method. This decision support system can select zakat recipients automatically by determining the parameters for each zakat criteria. The result of the decision is the ranking of prospective zakat recipients. The support system is checked using the Black Box test and User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ). The UEQ test results show that the value of attractiveness, speed, efficiency, accuracy, stimulation, and novelty gets excellents results.

Continuance intention to use artificial intelligence personal assistant: type, gender, and use experience

This study aims to identify the key predictors that affect the continuance intention of artificial intelligence personal assistant (AIPA). It proposes the theoretical framework which employs utilitarian value, hedonic value, perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, novelty value, perceived enjoyment, and parasocial interaction. Data was collected from 257 users of artificial intelligence personal assistants. This study used partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze the empirical data. The results show that utilitarian value and hedonic value are significantly correlated with continuance intention. The findings reveal that perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, novelty value have a significant effect on utilitarian value. The analysis results indicate that novelty value, perceived enjoyment, and parasocial interaction are significantly associated with hedonic value. The current study conducted multi-group analysis according to the AIPA type, gender, and use experience. The results of this study will be a useful guideline for research and business on AIPA.

Influence of excessive sucrose consumption on exploratory behaviour in rats – Possible implications for the brain reward system

Due to the low cost of production and the strong evolutionary preference for sweet taste in humans, sugar is added to many food products. This leads to often involuntary overconsumption of high amounts of sugar. Yet, growing evidence indicates that high-sugar diets impact brain function and impair cognitive ability. It may be due to physiological changes in specific regions of the brain or/and maladaptive changes in dopamine signalling similar to those observed in the etiology of addiction. In our study, rats from the experimental group were kept on a feeding protocol involving intermittent access to sucrose solution for eight weeks. Then, the animals underwent a spontaneous exploration test in an experimental arena divided into three zones where stationary and movable objects were placed. Studying the rats’ exploratory behaviour allowed us to assess the impact of the sucrose diet on a broad spectrum of behaviours related to the general functioning of the organism in its environment. Analyses showed differences in reaction to novelty between different diet groups which had been placed in different experimental setups. Rats from the sugar-fed group responded to change with more pronounced exploratory behaviours directed at the source of the novel stimuli and the surrounding environment. These results may indicate a lower reward value of novelty resulting from diminished responsiveness of the reward system in the sugar-diet group. We have not found evidence for memory and/or learning impairments in rats on the sugar-rich diet.

Closed-form expressions for the effective properties of piezoelastic composites reinforced with cylindrical fibers by Maxwell scheme

In this work, the Maxwell scheme is implemented to characterize the effective properties of piezoelastic fiber composites reinforced by unidirectional cylindrical fibers distributed along the x3-axis. The piezoelastic composites are assumed to have transversely isotropic constituent materials. Analytical expressions for the effective properties (elastic, piezoelectric, and dielectric) are reported. The Mori–Tanaka approach is also developed for piezoelastic composites and it is shown that their analytical results coincide with the Maxwell scheme and the effective field method. Numerical analysis and comparisons with the two-scale asymptotic homogenization method and the semi-analytical finite element method are shown and discussed. As a summary, the novelty value of this work is that the Maxwell and Mori–Tanaka schemes have been extended to heterogeneous piezoelectric structures. Closed formulas are derived for the effective elastic, piezoelectric, and dielectric moduli. A numerical implementation of the effective moduli is carried out and the overall properties are validated with other methods.

Distributional learning in multi-objective optimization of recommender systems

Metrics such as diversity and novelty have become important, beside accuracy, in the design of Recommender Systems (RSs), in response the increasing users' heterogeneity. Therefore, the design of RSs is now increasingly modelled as a multi-objective optimization problem (MOP) for whose solution Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) have been increasingly considered. In this paper we focus on the k-top recommendation problem in which a solution is encoded as a matrix whose rows correspond to customers and column to items. The value of accuracy, novelty, and coverage for each candidate list, is evaluated as a sample and can be represented as a 3-d histogram which encodes the knowledge obtained from function evaluations. This enables to map the solution space into a space, whose elements are histograms, structured by the Wasserstein (WST) distance between histograms. The similarity between 2 users in this probabilistic space is given by the Wasserstein distance between their histograms. This enables the construction of the WST graph whose nodes are the users and the weights of the edges are the WST distance between users. The clustering of users takes then place in the WST-graph. In the optimization phase the difference between two top-k lists can be encoded as the WST distance between their 3-dimensional histograms. This enables to derive new selection operators which provide a better diversification (exploration). The new algorithm Multi-objective evolutionary optimization/Wasserstein (MOEA/WST), compared with the benchmark NSGA-II, yields better hypervolume and coverage, in particular at low generation counts.