Value Of Closeness Research Articles

Agronomic performance and correlation of growth components, yield components and production on 30 F3 lines of new plant type of black rice specific to highland ecosystems

Many high-yielding varieties of rice have been released, but generally lack good quality. This study aimed to examine the agronomic performance of several new plant types of black F3 rice lines at two medium altitude. The research was carried out on rice fields in Tallunglipu District, North Toraja Regency with an altitude of 850 m above sea level. This research took place from May 2020 to November 2022. This study used the Single Seed Descend selection method which was arranged in randomized block design pattern at each location. The genetic material tested consisted of 30 F3 lines resulting from two combinations of crosses between Toraja local black rice, each of which was crossed with a national superior variety and 3 comparison varieties, namely Pare Ambo, Pare Lallodo and Inpari 4 which were repeated 3 times. The observational data were analyzed for variance and if there was a significant effect, then the Honestly Significant Difference was 5% and the value of closeness between characters was tested for correlation and weighted analysis (WINDEX) was performed to select the strains. The results showed that the character had a close correlation with productivity, namely the character of the weight of pithy grain per clump, the maximum number of tillers and the number of pithy grain per panicle. The lines with the best productivity were F3UKIT104-2-194 (5.7 tons/ha) and F3UKIT104-2-197 (5.4 tons/ha). The selected strains based on Windex selection are UKIT104-2-197, UKIT 104-2-194, UKIT 104-2-298, UKIT 104-2-089, UKIT 104-2-127, UKIT-101-2-131, UKIT-101-2-218, UKIT 104-2-003, UKIT 104-2-148, UKIT-101-2-002, UKIT-101-2-003, UKIT-104-2-046, UKIT 104-2-064, and UKIT 104-2-001.

Relazioni fragili: dalla scuola dell’accoglienza alla comunicazione virtuale. Come sono cambiati i significati delle parole e delle emozioni nell’epoca post Covid

There are already many writings on how much the Covid19 pandemic has affected relationships and interpersonal communication. School has been one of the main players in this problematic and painful context, leaving many doubts about the quality of learning and relationships, increasingly conditioned by technological and virtual tools. There is already a lot of literature on this issue, but there remains the essential task of continuing to reflect on the future of our school which is struggling to find credibility, especially from a social and educational point of view. Is the school able, today, to respond to the new frailties that have arisen in the phases of the “non-dialogue” imposed by medical isolation? Are there margins for recovery to restore the etymological and narrative centrality of the word linked to emotions and dialogue? Does addressing issues such as “Educational care”, “solidarity”, “welcome”, “mutual knowledge” still have a constructive and phenomenological value for the school and the many activities that should develop within it? Many educational projects have moved in this direction: experimenting with new techniques and practices of inclusion and interpersonal relationships, to rediscover the value of closeness and mutual knowledge. The Erasmus KA2 WIN (Writing for Inclusion) project is about to end, after a two-year course, characterized by the virtual teaching imposed by the pandemic and the primary schools involved, students and teachers, have experimented with digital storytelling as a tool for establishing relationships “a distance” and reflect on the quality of learning. This article reconstructs and attempts a qualitative assessment of two years of "virtual" writings dedicated to school inclusion, conducted by 4 European primary schools, to highlight the lights and shadows of an experiment conducted exclusively at a distance.

Editorial

While our journal enjoys increasing recognition by international readers and authors, it also remains a vital forum for Swiss communication and media studies. The current issue testifies to this attachment, as it includes research from universities in Switzerland’s German-, French-, and Italian-speaking parts. The General Section opens with two articles addressing the micro level of in-person communication and the macro level of mass-mediated discourses in the public sphere. In the first article, Jonathan Gruber, Eszter Hargittai, and Minh Hao Nguyen from the University of Zurich investigate the value of face-to-face communication in a world where digital communication technologies are omnipresent. The researchers draw on survey data collected in the U.S. when the first COVID-19-related lockdown limited in-person interactions. They use this opportunity to study what people value in face-to-face interactions, as this likely becomes more salient to people when in-person interactions are less available. Their results show that most people missed elements of face-to-face interaction, such as the special value of spontaneous conversation and physical closeness. The study also sheds light on which modes of digital communication seem to compensate for the lack of face-to-face interactions better than others.

The Use of TOPSIS Method for Multi-Objective Optimization in Milling Ti-MMC

This paper presents the use of TOPSIS, a multi-criteria decision-making model combined with the Taguchi method to find the optimum milling parameters. TOPSIS is the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to the Ideal Solution and shows the value of closeness to the positive ideal solution. This study shows the optimum combination of process parameters using the shortest distance from the ideal solution. The surface roughness and flank tool wear were considered the objectives for simultaneous optimization. After converting multiple responses into a single response, the Taguchi method was used to analyze and determine the optimum machining parameters. According to reported studies, the initial wear behavior and initial cutting conditions have significant effects on the tool wear progress. Several initial cutting parameters can contribute to tool life and therefore can be used to improve both tool life and surface roughness. However, the cutting speed may significantly affect tool wear and ultimate tool life. In this study, an innovative solution was proposed for interrupted machining with two different cutting speeds. The first level cutting speed was used for 1 s and the second level was used for the rest of the process. The experimental results indicate that the initial speed followed by the feed rate significantly affects tool life. In addition, using the proposed strategy with different levels of cutting speed during machining operations led to improved tool life and surface roughness compared to conventional machining with uniform cutting speed throughout the entire process.

Location and corrosion detection of tower grounding conductors based on electromagnetic measurement

Tower grounding conductors are buried underground and serve as the grounded discharge channel for the fault or lightning current of a transmission power system. The performance of the grounding conductor is crucial for the safe and reliable operation of transmission power systems. This study proposes a steel corrosion detection and location method for tower grounding conductors using electromagnetic measurements. To measure the surface alternating current magnetic field from the tower grounding conductor, a three-axis magnetic sensor array was constructed using six anisotropic magnetoresistive (AMR) magnetic sensors with a small size (mm3). Through simulation analysis, the structural size of the magnetic sensor array was determined, and the feasibility of the detection principle was analyzed. The experimental results showed that the detection accuracy of the grounding conductor position can reach ± 0.1 m. The maximum deviation of the depth detection was 0.0964 m for the square-type grounding conductor. Furthermore, the simulation and experiment demonstrate that the value of fuzzy closeness decreases gradually with an increase in the degree of corrosion of the grounding conductor, proving that the degree of corrosion of the grounding conductor can be evaluated according to the value of fuzzy closeness. The proposed method has significant potential for engineering applications in the detection and maintenance of tower grounding conductors.

Comparative analyses of modeling techniques for cathodic protection


 
 
 The investigation in this paper provided an outline of the used scientific models for the cathodic protection frame-work modeling and relatively assessed current modeling strategies. The Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) investigation was applied in six alternatives and five criteria. Among the criteria, a high criticality was put on the strengths in complex geometries and the unwavering quality of the results. From the study outcomes, it can be established that the best cathodic protection modeling technique considering a number of factors like, the strength in complex geometries like subsea structures, simplicity of use, time allotment required for estimation, industry track record and robustness of the results was the Finite Element Method (FEM) with a score of 0.73 which is a value of relative closeness to the ideal solution of 1. The second best modeling procedure was Boundary Element Method (BEM) having a value of 0.72, while the least cathodic protection modeling method was analytical models with a TOPSIS score of 0.3372. Regardless of FEM rising as the best cathodic protection modeling technique, the significant detriment related with it is the timeframe required for the estimation. Finally, this research concluded by showing different models performance and comparison made with the numerical results. It is expected that the result of this work will be of significant help for the strengthening of the application of TOPSIS for offshore/subsea engineers.
 
 

Reccomendations on Selecting The Topic of Student Thesis Concentration using Case Based Reasoning

Case Based Reasoning (CBR) is a method that aims to resolve a new case by adapting the solutions contained in previous cases that are similar to the new case. The system built in this study is the CBR system to make recommendations on the topic of student thesis concentration. This study used data from undergraduate students of Informatics Engineering IST AKPRIND Yogyakarta with a total of 115 data consisting of 80 training data and 35 test data. This study aims to design and build a Case Based Reasoning system using the Nearest Neighbor and Manhattan Distance Similarity Methods, and to compare the results of the accuracy value using the Nearest Neighbor Similarity and Manhattan Distance Similarity methods. The recommendation process is carried out by calculating the value of closeness or similarity between new cases and old cases stored on a case basis using the Nearest Neighbor Method and Manhattan Distance. The features used in this study consisted of GPA and course grades. The case taken is the case with the highest similarity value. If a case doesnt get a topic recommendation or is less than the trashold value of 0.8, a case revision will be carried out by an expert. Successfully revised cases are stored in the system to be made new knowledge. The test results using the Nearest Neighbor Method get an accuracy value of 97.14% and Manhattan Distance Method 94.29%.

Fuzzy Integration to Standard Calculation of K-Nearest Neighbour Attributes

<p class="AbstractL-MAG">The development of information and data in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 is very fast. Researchers, institutions and even industry are competing to find and utilize methods in data processing that are more effective and efficient. In data mining classification, there are several best methods and are widely used by researchers. One of them is K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN). The calculation process in the KNN algorithm is carried out by comparing the testing data to all existing training data. This comparison is generally symbolized by the value of closeness or similarity between attribute records. The KNN method is proven to be good for handling large datasets and datasets with many attributes. One of the drawbacks in calculating the similarity of the KNN is that if there are attributes with a large range value, the similarity value will also be large. Conversely, if the range in an attribute is small, the similarity is also small. This condition is clearly unfair considering the types of attributes in the current data vary widely. One solution to this problem is to use standardization for all existing data attributes. Fuzzy is a model introduced by Prof. Zadeh which allows a faint value to be a value between 1 and 0. In this study the fuzzy model will be integrated in the KNN similarity calculation to obtain standardization of all data attributes. The results show that the use of the KNN algorithm in the classification of credit approval has an accuracy rate of 91.83%.</p>

Collaboration Analysis of Semarang City Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Health Surveillance Officer with Social Network Analysis

This study aims to determine the pattern of a network collaboration between dengue hemorrhagic health surveillance personnel in the city of Semarang and to understand the flow of information deeply. The method of social network analysis / SNA (Social Network Analysis) on formal and informal communication networks between surveillance officers aims to produce sociometry and sociogram data so that the centrality of each actor in the network can be known. Interaction between Officers will be known through the analysis of the centrality of levels (degree), closeness (closeness), and intercession (betweenness). The approach used is descriptive quantitative. Data was collected using a research instrument in the form of a questionnaire, while the process of input and data analysis was carried out by looking at intact networks and ego networks carried out using UCINET. The results of the analysis show that officers dominate the centrality of the level and the intermediary with the position of Coordinator both City and District (Id. # 128, # 1, # 2, # 3). Collaboration based on working areas has a strong bond because 71% of the districts have a network density above 50%. While the value of closeness is dominated by surveillance members with id # 54, # 15, # 2, # 214, # 15 and # 10.

The correlations of method between the first and the subsequent childbirth at PKU Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta hospital in 2016

The birth of elective Caesarean Sectio leads to a 3-fold risk than the risk of vaginal birth, whereas emergency Sectio Caesarean birth causes a 9-fold risk than the risk of vaginal delivery. This research uses analytic observational design. The data retrieval uses a retrospective time approach. The sample in this research is taken with purposive sampling technique (January 1 st 2016 to December 31 th 2016), were 195 patients. This study, using secondary data. Data analysis used Chi Square. With significance level 0,05 obtained result of P Value equal to 0,000 (P Value <0.05) and value of closeness (Phi) equal to 0,612. Therefore it can be concluded there is a relationship between the first labor with the next labor at PKU Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Hospital in 2016 with the strong relationship.

The correlations of method between the first and the subsequent childbirth at PKU Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta hospital in 2016

The birth of elective Caesarean Sectio leads to a 3-fold risk than the risk of vaginal birth, whereas emergency Sectio Caesarean birth causes a 9-fold risk than the risk of vaginal delivery. This research uses analytic observational design. The data retrieval uses a retrospective time approach. The sample in this research is taken with purposive sampling technique (January 1 st 2016 to December 31 th 2016), were 195 patients. This study, using secondary data. Data analysis used Chi Square. With significance level 0,05 obtained result of P Value equal to 0,000 (P Value <0.05) and value of closeness (Phi) equal to 0,612. Therefore it can be concluded there is a relationship between the first labor with the next labor at PKU Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Hospital in 2016 with the strong relationship.

Perubahan Budaya Komunikasi pada Pengguna Whatsapp di Era Media Baru

Abstract
 A total of 63 million Indonesians are currently active as internet users and 95% of Indonesians use the internet to access social networks. This new media era makes social media a prima donna primarily to establish social relationships in cyberspace. With smartphones that support the WhatsApp app as one of the contemporary social media that is widely used by digital natives. As a creative generation in using technology, digital natives make use of WhatsApp as a communication medium today. WhatsApp users can continuously form a habit that eventually becomes a culture of communication. In this study, researchers interested to examine the digital communication culture natives formed by the use of social media WhatsApp.
 The purpose of this research is 1) To know the culture of digital communication natives on the use of WhatsApp. 2) To know the communication culture formed from the use of WhatsApp by digital natives.
 This type of research uses qualitative research with constructivist paradigm using virtual ethnography research approach. The data collection techniques are done by interviewing online and offline and make observations made through chat history and activities use WhatsApp features by informants.
 The results showed that there is a change in communication culture in the conventional era into the new medi era, ie from face to face communication to computer mediated communication. For digital natives, the established communication culture is a textile culture by building the value of emotional closeness and ease in conveying information, and embracing the norm of speed, entertainment, customization and freedom. Keywords: Communication Culture, New Media Era, WhatsApp, Digital Natives.

Actors Determination Strategy in Registered Social Network Patents in the Framework of Rewards towards Inventors A Case Study: LIPI Registered Patents 2016

Patent is one of the lever factors in improving the nation's competitiveness. A reward to an inventor is one way that can be taken to increase the productivity and patent development in Indonesia. The social network analysis on the relationship of co-invention and registered patents can identify inventing actors who deserves the award. Joko Waluyo obtained an actor who is considered central to the co-invention social network relationships of registered patents in LIPI. It is based on the high value of betweeness and closeness to the node Joko Waluyo. In addition, it was found that the prolific inventor does not always mean a central actor in the social network.

How the brain codes intimacy: The neurobiological substrates of romantic touch.

Humans belong to a minority of mammalian species that exhibit monogamous pair-bonds, thereby enabling biparental care of offspring. The high reward value of interpersonal closeness and touch in couples is a key proximate mechanism facilitating the maintenance of enduring romantic bonds. However, surprisingly, the neurobiological underpinnings mediating the unique experience of a romantic partner's touch remain unknown. In this randomized placebo (PLC)-controlled, between-group, pharmacofunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study involving 192 healthy volunteers (96 heterosexual couples), we intranasally administered 24 IU of the hypothalamic peptide oxytocin (OXT) to either the man or the woman. Subsequently, we scanned the subjects while they assumed that they were being touched by their romantic partners or by an unfamiliar person of the opposite sex, although in reality an identical pattern of touch was always given by the same experimenter. Our results show that intranasal OXT compared to PLC selectively enhanced the subjective pleasantness of the partner's touch. Importantly, intranasal OXT selectively increased responses to partner touch in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) and anterior cingulate cortex. Under OXT, NAcc activations to partner touch positively correlated with the subjects' evaluation of their relationship quality. Collectively, our results suggest that OXT may contribute to the maintenance of monogamous relationships in humans by concomitantly increasing the reward value of partner touch and diminishing the hedonic quality of stranger touch. Hum Brain Mapp 38:4525-4534, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Global and local targeted immunization in networks with community structure

.Immunization plays an important role in the field of epidemic spreading in complex networks. In previous studies, targeted immunization has been proved to be an effective strategy. However, when extended to networks with community structure, it is unknown whether the superior strategy is to vaccinate the nodes who have the most connections in the entire network (global strategy), or those in the original community where epidemic starts to spread (local strategy). In this work, by using both analytic approaches and simulations, we observe that the answer depends on the closeness between communities. If communities are tied closely, the global strategy is superior to the local strategy. Otherwise, the local targeted immunization is advantageous. The existence of a transitional value of closeness implies that we should adopt different strategies. Furthermore, we extend our investigation from two-community networks to multi-community networks. We consider the mode of community connection and the location of community where epidemic starts to spread. Both simulation results and theoretical predictions show that local strategy is a better option for immunization in most cases. But if the epidemic begins from a core community, global strategy is superior in some cases.

‘Ecstasy’ as a social drug: MDMA preferentially affects responses to emotional stimuli with social content

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, 'ecstasy') is used recreationally to improve mood and sociability, and has generated clinical interest as a possible adjunct to psychotherapy. One way that MDMA may produce positive 'prosocial' effects is by changing responses to emotional stimuli, especially stimuli with social content. Here, we examined for the first time how MDMA affects subjective responses to positive, negative and neutral emotional pictures with and without social content. We hypothesized that MDMA would dose-dependently increase reactivity to positive emotional stimuli and dampen reactivity to negative stimuli, and that these effects would be most pronounced for pictures with people in them. The data were obtained from two studies using similar designs with healthy occasional MDMA users (total N = 101). During each session, participants received MDMA (0, 0.75 and 1.5 mg/kg oral), and then rated their positive and negative responses to standardized positive, negative and neutral pictures with and without social content. MDMA increased positive ratings of positive social pictures, but reduced positive ratings of non-social positive pictures. We speculate this 'socially selective' effect contributes to the prosocial effects of MDMA by increasing the comparative value of social contact and closeness with others. This effect may also contribute to its attractiveness to recreational users.

Social Network Analysis of the Co-authoring Network in Domestic International Classification of Diseases Field

Objective The purpose of this article is to analyze the domestic situation of co-authorship in the field of international classification of diseases using Social Network Analysis.Methods Using UCINET to do this research from the following five perspectives,namely density,degree centrality,betweenness centrality,closeness and subgroup analysis.Results The density of co-authoring network is 0.0021.The number of nodes which made up the main component accounts for 3.46％ of the total nodes.Lin Jie-zhong possesses the highest value of degree centrality,and Guo Yun-qing's value of betweenness centrality and closeness is the highest.Forty-four 2-plexes are found in all authors.Conclusions Currently,the co-authorship is not close,but to a certain extent,the authors liked Lin Jie-zhong,Liang Yao,Li Jian-wei,Fan Wei,Guo Yun-qing,Liu Ai-min and so on constitute the core members or leaders.From the overall point of view,the authors in this field have not yet formed a subgroup phenomenon obviously.The structure of this co-authoring network is loose and isolated. Key words: Social Network Analysis; International Classification of Diseases; Co-authoring Network

Person, Place, and Narrative in an Amish Farmer's Appropriation of Nature Writing

Amish-authored nature essays were introduced to the Amish by Samuel Miller, an Amish farmer with an interest in nature study developed at home and in school. Miller's nature essays published in the Amish periodical, Family Life, were the first examples of the nature essay genre that were widely circulated in Amish communities. The acceptance of this new genre was due to Miller's particular manner of appropriation that connected it to the Amish cultural value of closeness to nature and the soil by making the family farm and surrounding countryside the setting of his writing. Other key factors that facilitated the introduction of the genre included Miller's use of personalized knowledge of nature, expressed most clearly in personal narratives, as well as social change within Amish society brought about by the influence of an Amish publishing house. Miller's writing raises issues regarding the genre-mediated construction of identity and the effects of genre in reproducting and altering cultural values.

Cultural variation in infants' sleeping arrangements: Questions of independence.

This study examines the decisions of middle-class U.S. and Highland Mayan parents regarding sleeping arrangements during their child's first 2 years and their explanations for their differing practices. All 14 Mayan children slept in their mothers' beds into toddlerhood. None of the 18 U.S. infants slept in bed with their mothers on a regular basis as newborns, although 15 slept near their mothers until age 3 to 6 months, when most were moved to a separate room. The Mayan parents explained their practices in terms of the value of closeness with infants; the U.S. parents explained their practices in terms of the value of independence for infants. The U.S. families, but not the Mayan families, used bedtime routines and objects to facilitate the transition to sleep.