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Kualitas Pelayanan Penyaluran Bantuan Raskin di Kelurahan Panarung Kota Palangka Raya

This study aims to describe and describe the Quality of Service for the Distribution of Raskin Assistance in Panarung Village, Palangkaraya City. The research method used is qualitative where the researcher wants to describe and describe the Quality of Service for Distribution of Raskin Assistance in Panarung Village, Palangkaraya City, Data Sources namely Social Welfare and Community Services Section, Development and Human Resources (HR) section and Government section. Based on the results of research that has been conducted that the Quality of Service Delivery of Raskin in Panarung Urban Village, Palangkaraya City is quite good and its implementation has followed established procedures, but it is still not optimal, because socialization is not maximized, inadequate facilities, disciplinary officers that makes service slow

Mapping the literature of pediatric nursing: update and implications for library services

The purpose of this study was to identify core journals and other types of literature cited in four major pediatric nursing journals and to characterize coverage of these resources in major bibliographic databases. The study was part of the "Mapping the Literature of Nursing Project" of the Medical Library Association's Nursing and Allied Health Resource Section. It updates a similar analysis published in 2006 and determines whether citation patterns have changed over time. Cited references from articles published in 4 pediatric nursing journals between 2011 and 2013 were collected. Cited journal titles were ranked according to number of times cited and analyzed according to Bradford's Law of Scattering and the 80/20 rule to identify the most frequently cited journals. Five databases were surveyed to assess the coverage of the most-often-cited journals. The most frequently cited non-journal sources were also identified. Journals were the most frequently cited sources, followed by books, government documents, Internet resources, and miscellaneous resources. Most cited sources were cited within ten years of their publication, which was particularly true for government documents and Internet resources. Scopus had complete coverage of the most frequently cited journals, whereas PubMed had nearly complete coverage. Compared with the 2006 study, the list of top-cited journals referenced by pediatric nursing researchers has remained relatively stable, but the number of cited journal titles has increased. Book citations have declined, and Internet and government document references have increased. These findings suggest that librarians should retain subscriptions to frequently cited journal titles, provide efficient document delivery of articles from infrequently used journals, de-emphasize but not eliminate books, and connect patrons with useful open-access Internet resources.

Book Review: IOS in the Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Students with Visual Impairments

iOS in the Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Students with Visual Impairments, Larry L. Lewis, Jr. New York: AFB Press, 2016,138 pp. Paperback, $29.95; e-book (ePUB or Kindle), $20.95; online, $17.95. It is wonderful to have been given the opportunity to review iOS in the Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Students with Visual Impairments, by Larry L. Lewis, Jr. A growing need exists for useful information related to best practices for instruction using current technology for students who are visually impaired (that is, those who are blind or have low vision), and this publication could not be more timely or responsive to this persistent demand. A NEW RESOURCE TO SUPPORT MORE EXTENSIVE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING On May 1, 2016, the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) launched the Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist for People with Visual Impairments (CATIS) credential. The CATIS certification has created a national standard in the area of assistive technology instruction for people who are visually impaired in the United States. iOS in the Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Students with Visual Impairments is a brand-new resource that can support the training, experience, and coursework required of the CATIS credential, as well as the diverse learning needs of people with visual impairments. The guidebook features Larry Lewis's succinct method of communicating about innovative technological solutions for people who are visually impaired, and it will benefit a wide range of professionals who work in the field of visual impairment. The guide provides vital information about the accessibility of iOS--an operating system designed to be used with mobile devices manufactured by Apple such as the iPad, iPhone, and iPod--and provides instructional strategies for people with visual impairments who use these devices in classroom settings and elsewhere. It is common for vision professionals to be on the lookout for additional sources of up-to-date professional development opportunities related to iOS technology. I suggest such individuals consider pairing this guide together with the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) eLearning webinar, iOS in the Classroom: iPad Learning Success for Students with Vision Loss. Also created by Larry Lewis, this webinar is the perfect complement to this new publication. SUITABLE FOR A BROAD AUDIENCE The book is intended to serve as a guide for instructors of students with visual impairments whose students would benefit from using iPads in educational contexts. The descriptions provided within this book are written for an iPad running iOS version 9. The strategy of targeting a specific iOS device, iOS version, and audience facilitates a high degree of consistency within the guide. This approach makes the content very easy to follow from chapter to chapter. Thus, this book is an essential tool for vision professionals. The information presented throughout the book is applicable in settings outside of the classroom, and it includes an appendix, entitled Beyond the Classroom, that specifically describes how an iOS device can be used at home (for identifying colors) or in the community (for identifying paper currency or wayfinding). The Resources section also includes information that is suitable for a broad audience. Vision professionals who are providing instruction in the use of any iOS device will find information within this publication for an extensive number of tasks, relevant instructional strategies, and important resources. The reader can adapt the content of the book for any setting (for transition services or vision rehabilitation programs, for example) and any iOS device (that is, iPad, iPhone, or iPod). …

Report of the ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College and Research Libraries Interest Group Meeting. American Library Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, June 2015

Report of the ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College and Research Libraries Interest Group Meeting. American Library Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, June 2015

The Impact of Human Resource Information System (HRIS) Applications on Organizational Performance (Efficiency and Effectiveness) in Jordanian Private Hospitals

<p>This study aimed to investigate the impact of human resource information system (HRIS) on organizational performance in Jordanian private hospitals, through examining if the (HRIS) components (job analysis, recruitment, selection, performance appraisal applications, and communications) have a significant impact on organizational performance (efficiency, effectiveness). The data was collected using a questionnaire instrument. The population of the research included all private hospitals located in Amman city, the number of private hospitals located in Amman were 39 hospitals whereas the sample of the research included (170) employees working in HR departments from the private hospitals. The result of this study showed that there are a positive impact of the HRMS applications on organizational performance, More specifically, it was found that and a positive attitudes from employees working in Human resources sections in private hospitals towards all human resource information system applications .The result of the study also indicated that employees working in human resources' sections in private hospitals have positive attitudes towards organizational performance which includes efficiency and effectiveness. The research recommended that hospitals should focus on human resource information system applications in the work environment to achieve positive outcome and maximize organizational performance at all level.</p>

Mathematics and Statistics Support Centres: Resources for training postgraduates and others who work in them

This article provides a rationale for the focused training of postgraduates (and others) who work inmathematics and statistics support centres. It outlines a format for training that has been found towork well through workshop-style events run at universities around the country over the last fiveyears. Within any form of training there are important topics for discussion and a wealth of resourcesfreely available for those centre managers who wish to develop training for their own tutors. Tutorsare in the front line of tackling the lack of confidence and skill deficits of students who arrive atsupport centres looking for help; tutors who are well-briefed in terms of the challenges they are likelyto face and how they can best respond to students who are finding university mathematics andstatistics particularly difficult will help to ensure that the services offered genuinely contribute toenhancing the student experience. While training for new mathematics support tutors is important,of equal, if not greater importance is identifying tutors with the right skills and abilities to work inmathematics and statistics support. We conclude by considering the recruitment of postgraduatetutors and by undertaking a brief discussion about the value of training to the tutors themselvesincluding contribution to professional recognition that is gaining increased importance. Furthersources of information can be found within Croft and Grove (2011) which forms a training resourcepack, Croft, et al. (2013) and in the resources section of the sigma network website (2016) whichincludes PowerPoint slides and training activities that can be used in, or adapted for, workshops.

Serials Spoken Here: Reports of Conferences, Institutes, and Seminars

ABSTRACTThis quarter's column offers coverage of multiple sessions from the 2016 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting, held January 8–12, in Boston, Massachusetts. The sessions detailed herein are two from the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC): Program Training and PCC-At-Large; three from the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Continuing Resources Section (CRS): the Cataloging Forum, Standards Forum, and Holdings Information Forum; the ALCTS/Library Information Technology Association (LITA) Electronics Resources Management Interest Group; and the ALCTS Role of the Professional in Technical Services Interest Group.

Research on Cloud Resource Section Method for the Multi-layer Ontology

To solve the problem of cloud resource discovery in the interconnected environment for multiple providers, a resource selection method for the multi-layer ontology is propose from the view of software developer requirements. The ontology is adopted to describe the user requirements, the resource constraint requirements and the cloud resource attribute firstly. Then, the bidimensional matching algorithm is constructed based on two principles of concept matching and attribute matching. And the resource discovery and resource selection are realized by the algorithm, combine with the ontology mapping. The method not only implements the resource selection among cloud providers, but also eliminates the implementation details in the process of resource selection. It overcomes the technical limitations of the single cloud provider. The simulation results show that the importance of the resource requirements is adopted by bidimensional matching algorithm to carry out element level matching which improves the recall and precision of resources greatly.

Big Hole (41TV2161): Two Stratigraphically Isolated Middle Holocene Components in Travis County, Texas Volume I

Big Hole (41TV2161): Two Stratigraphically Isolated Middle Holocene Components in Travis County, Texas Volume I

Introducing the RUSA STARS Rethinking Resource Sharing Checklist Version 2: How Your Library Can Become a STAR!

The American Library Association's (ALA) Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) division, Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS) Rethinking Resource Sharing Policies Committee, has unveiled an updated version of the STARS Checklist. This article will discuss how the checklist can help to shape your library's resource-sharing policies. The ALA RUSA STARS Rethinking Resource Sharing STARS Checklist provides library staff an opportunity to review and reflect on the policies and processes that comprise the resource-sharing services they provide. The checklist helps libraries save money, impress administration, and serve patrons to their fullest potential. This article offers a review of the STARS Checklist, including its history and guidelines for its implementation.

Penerapan ANP-TOPSIS untuk Pengukuran Kinerja Human ResourcesProcurement Section

One practice is important in a company's performance is in the process of procurement. Performance of human resources in a company shows a measure of the quality of work and is used as a measure to observe the performance levels of employees in a company. The level of underperformance will have an impact on the quality of jobs that will be performed that could have a serious impact on the company. It is necessary to develop a human resources performance measurement using ANP method and TOPSIS, the procurement section of the company. This study aims to assist in the decision making process and seek alternative solutions to address the issues in order to measure the level of performance of each employee. In this study, the method used to obtain the ANP normal weight that will be used for calculations on TOPSIS method. The input parameters in the weighting process ANP is also very affecting for ranking process to be performed on TOPSIS. The input parameter is the ratio of any existing KPI indicators on procurement section. The results showed that the proposed method can be used to build a predictive performance measurement on procurement human resources section. From the research the highest performance values obtained on procurement section is 0.6936 while the lowest value was 0.3584.

Finding the Path to a Successful Graduate and Research Career: Advice for Early Career Researchers

The path to a successful graduate and research career is a complex and difficult one. Early career researchers (ECRs) have myriad choices and tasks to prioritize and complete as they build their CV but are often confronted with unfamiliar situations in which advice from more senior researchers can be extremely valuable. Here, we summarize a recent workshop held for ECRs by the Canadian Aquatic Resource Section of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) with support from the Education Section. Sessions touched on (1) getting published, (2) science communication and outreach, (3) scoring a job or grad school position, and (4) working within the science–policy interface. The decades of collective experience brought to the table should be shared with the broader readership of AFS because it may prove useful to ECRs as well as stimulate meaningful conversations on these important and timely issues.

A Tale of Two Occupations

This article explores divisions over hunting game in postwar Japan, illuminating a neglected aspect of the u.s. Occupation—namely the interrelationship between General Headquarters, Armed Forces Pacific (ghq, afpac), its military organization, and the more familiar General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (ghq, scap), with the primary mission of democratic reform. It also examines the previously overlooked work of scap’s Natural Resources Section, particularly its wildlife branch under its leader Oliver Austin, who clashed with members of the u.s. military over the need to restrict their hunting activities. A keen ornithologist, Austin worked hard to uphold a conservation program based on sound economic and ecological principles, viewing the mist netting of small insectivorous birds for food as counter-productive in agricultural terms. In contrast, he regarded the netting of waterfowl on special preserves where shooting was illegal as an efficient and sustainable means of harvesting game for domestic consumption. Members of the u.s. military objected to such limits, choosing to shoot in protected areas despite the damage done to the livelihoods of Japanese netting communities. The behavior of these Americans, who resented any restrictions on their leisure activities, reveals a colonial mindset that supported the belief that u.s. military control over Japan excused them from complying with Japanese laws.

Dynamic coupling of support vector machine and K-nearest neighbour for downscaling daily rainfall

Climate change impact assessment studies in water resources section demand the simulations of climatic variables at coarser scales from dynamic General Circulation Models (GCMs) to be mapped to even finer scales. Related studies in this area have mostly been relying on statistical techniques for downscaling variables to finer resolution. This demands a careful selection of a suitable downscaling model, to alleviate the downscaling uncertainty. In this study, it is proposed to develop a dynamic framework for downscaling purpose by integrating the frequently used techniques, K-Nearest Neighbour (KNN) and Support Vector Machine (SVM). In order to give flexibility in future predictors–predictand relationships and to account the sensitivity in model parameters, it is also proposed to generate an ensemble of outputs by identifying various plausible model parameter combinations. The performance of this framework for downscaling daily precipitation values at different locations is compared with simple KNN and SVM models. The proposed hybrid model is found to be better in capturing various characteristics of daily precipitation than individual models, especially in simulating the extremes, both in magnitude and duration. The mean ensemble is found to be efficient than single best simulation with optimum parameter combinations. The efficacy of hybrid SVM–KNN ensemble downscaling model is established through detailed investigations. The future downscaled projection for mid-century and late century employing this hybrid model indicates an increased variability in future precipitation, though the intensity varies for various locations. The developed methodology hence ensures lesser downscaling uncertainty and also eliminates the inherent assumption of relationship stationarity considered in many downscaling models.

Comparison of core full text coverage in CINAHL Complete, ProQuest’s Nursing and Allied Health Source and Lippincott Wilkins and Wilson’s Nursing & Health Professionals Premier Collection

Purpose – This paper aims to assess relative full-text coverage of core nursing and allied health journals in three databases: CINAHL Complete, ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source and Lippincott Wilkins and Wilson (LWW)’s Nursing & Health Professionals Premier Collection. Design/methodology/approach – The 2012 Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section (NAHRS) of the MLA list of 213 core nursing journals and the 1996 Brandon Hill list of 75 important allied journals were checked against full-text coverage of the three databases. Findings – CINAHL Complete provided 126 of 213 titles or 59 per cent of NAHRS titles and 31 of 75 or 41 per cent of the Brandon Hill titles; ProQuest provided 74 of 213 titles or 35 per cent of NAHRS titles and 27 of 75 or 36 per cent of the Brandon Hill titles; LWW provided 42 of 213 or 20 per cent of NAHRS titles and 5 of 75 or 6 per cent of the Brandon Hill titles. Research limitations/implications – If researchers have access to CINAHL Complete, they have access with that single database to significant coverage of quality nursing and allied health titles. The other two databases provide additional coverage and some unique title coverage, but their offerings are more limited. Originality/value – As no studies comparing full-text coverage of core nursing and allied health journals in three databases, CINAHL Complete, ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source and LWW’s Nursing & Health Professionals Premier Collection, exist, this study fills that need for librarians.

Decolonization, Language, and Identity: The Francophone Islands of the Pacific

This article is both an introduction to this special issue of The Contemporary Pacific and a more general reflection about francophone research in the Pacific Islands and about their cultures and populations. The common topic of the essays selected here is the difficulty of maintaining an indigenous identity within the French colonial system in the French or francophone islands of the Pacific (New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna). Four contributions from contemporary scholars of New Caledonia and French Polynesia bring their research on the cultural, social, and political struggles of their interlocutors to better visibility for a broad, largely anglophone audience in Pacific studies. The Resources section, produced by the chief librarians of the University of New Caledonia and the University of French Polynesia, provides a very useful overview of bibliographic and research materials about these two territories. Putting things in broader perspective, this introduction discusses what may be a common denominator in research work produced by francophone scholars that makes it distinctly different from the work of Anglophones. As well, it raises the epistemological issue of the political commitment of researchers born in the francophone Pacific Islands or living there on a permanent basis.

Expression of Financing Patterns in Sustainable Development- Case Study Tehran Metropolis

Management of cities and applying urban management requires having consistent, certain and without harmful consequent income resources. Thus, the issue of financial resources of municipality must be considered as one of the most important affairs of urban management. From one hand, the complexity of services and their administrative and financial management has caused inadequacy of consistent financial resources and concentrated urban management and it is required to cooperate the private section and supply of resources and attracting needed potentials for proceeding development plans in order to response and appropriate services based on daily needs of citizens and for lack of coordinating resources and uses in various seasons of the year. Regarding these issues, the goal of this thesis is expression of the patterns of financial resources in the sustainable development of Tehran metropolis by emphasis of the Shahr bank. The applied method in this research is descriptive-analytical. Research population includes experts, specialists familiar with the topic of the research and studied region and construction projects of Tehran municipality and Shahr bank and data collection was done by Delphi and library methods. Eventually, the obtained data were analyzed by SPSS, Excel software and AHP and SWOT techniques and comparing the means. The obtained results suggest that income resources of Tehran municipality are not sustainable and are not along sustainable development and social justice. Also, these financial resources have no diversity. The results of assessing the function of Shahr bank in supplying the financial resources suggest that Shahr bank has been able to make an appropriate relationship between municipality of Tehran and capital market through some items like entering overseas, the possibility of external borrowing, possibility of doing projects using BOT method and other cases. Also, the existence of city bank as one of the powerful arms of Tehran municipality and its particular role in supplying financial resources of Tehran is not deniable. Involving financial systems like Shahr bank in construction practices of municipality increases the rate of projects and thus, causes approaching to social justice and sustainable development.

Mechanochemistry at the Single Bond Limit: Towards `Deterministic Epitaxy'

An experiment in Post-Proposal Peer Review (PPrPR) The grant proposal which follows was submitted to the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) on January 06 2015. We are making the proposal publicly available, as an experiment in online peer review of a grant proposal (rather than a research paper), via The Winnower and PubPeer as both sites have a fundamental commitment to open debate and discussion of academic research and ideas. The PI (PM) will blog about the progress (and ultimate fate) of the proposal at the Institute of Physics’ physicsfocus blog. Details of the format of EPSRC proposals are available here. The proposal is structured according to these guidelines (although we have forgone the requirements re. font size/type so as to produce a document in line with The Winnower’s ‘style file’). We have not provided detailed information on costings but an edited version of the “Justification of Resources” section of the proposal is included. The sections below are taken from what is known as the Joint-Electronic Submission (Je-S) form associated with the grant, the detailed Case for Support, followed by the Pathways to Impact statement, and the Justification of Resources section.

Mechanochemistry at the Single Bond Limit: Towards `Deterministic Epitaxy'

An experiment in Post-Proposal Peer Review (PPrPR) The grant proposal which follows was submitted to the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) on January 06 2015. We are making the proposal publicly available, as an experiment in online peer review of a grant proposal (rather than a research paper), via The Winnower and PubPeer as both sites have a fundamental commitment to open debate and discussion of academic research and ideas. The PI (PM) will blog about the progress (and ultimate fate) of the proposal at the Institute of Physics’ physicsfocus blog. Details of the format of EPSRC proposals are available here. The proposal is structured according to these guidelines (although we have forgone the requirements re. font size/type so as to produce a document in line with The Winnower’s ‘style file’). We have not provided detailed information on costings but an edited version of the “Justification of Resources” section of the proposal is included. The sections below are taken from what is known as the Joint-Electronic Submission (Je-S) form associated with the grant, the detailed Case for Support, followed by the Pathways to Impact statement, and the Justification of Resources section.

Learning for work and professional development: The significance of informal learning networks of digital media industry professionals

Informal learning networks play a key role in the skill and professional development of professionals, working in micro-businesses within Australia’s digital media industry, as they do not have access to learning and development or human resources sections that can assist in mapping their learning pathway. Professionals working in this environment would need to adopt an informal learning approach to their skill and professional development by utilising their social and business networks. The paper describes the theme of this research and how it aligns with previous research and other relevant studies. It presents relevant theories and perspectives of informal learning and the role of social learning. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with digital media professionals to understand how they manage their ongoing skill and professional development, and to explore what role informal learning networks play in their development. Through the interviews the study found these professionals utilised a mixture of online technologies and face-to-face engagement in communities of practice in order maintain their industry currency.