511 research outputs found
Reinventing Furniture Design in the post-communist Era in Albania: towards the Mass customization Paradigm
No full textThe dynamics of the Albanian market in lieu of the multifaceted transformations following the collapse of the communist regime and moving towards the accession processes in the European Union as well as the demographics of the Albanian society as a whole, deeply impact the ways in which home furniture products are designed, development and produced. This study is interested in exploring the development of the home furniture product design in Albania and its transformation from communism to post-communism and free market economy. Furthermore, the study looks into ‘Do-it-yourself’ (D-I-Y) product design as an emerging pattern in home furniture in Albania responding to both the consumers’ needs as well as global trends.
This constitutes an under researched area in Albanian scholarship. First, a thorough and systematic study on the furniture design process and development in communism has not been conducted earlier. Second, a comparative framework of furniture design between two different main time period, i.e. communism and free market economy, has been missing in Albania. Third, studies on the ‘D-I-Y’ market in Albania has also been scarce. ‘D-I-Y’ market is recently established and currently attempting to catch-up with the regional and international advancements and respond to the Albanian customers’ needs, interests and demands.
The central aim of the study is to explore in what ways and to what extent the home furniture design and development process has been transformed from communism to post-communism and free market economy by exploring dynamics of the political and socio-economic context. The cutting point for the analysis here is the early 1990s that represent major social, political, cultural and economic changes in Albania towards democratization. The chronological analysis is divided into three main segments: from 1950s to 1990s; from 1990s to 2010s and after 2010s.
This doctoral study puts forward the hypothesis that: the impact of moving from mass production in a centralized economy to free mass customisation in market economy has not radically transformed the fundamental properties of home furniture but has affected the design, development, delivery and materiality of products.
This is done through a qualitative research approach, which is flexible, inductive and exploratory. A single case study is analysed and archival research, interviews and systematic observations are the key data collection methods. The main merit in this case is that it allows for an in-depth analysis of the case study and provide data, insights and conclusions for a topic that has received almost no scientific attention before.
The added value of this doctoral study lies in the historical analysis of furniture design process and products and the interrelated factors such as socio-economy, political and cultural. In addition, this doctoral study has produced an original database of furniture design from 1945 to 1990 as well as an original database of D-I-Y furniture designs after the first decade of post-communism. These databases could be used by academic for further studies. Also they could be used by business to bring back original furniture designs in the market, but also by the government.The dynamics of the Albanian market in lieu of the multifaceted transformations following the collapse of the communist regime and moving towards the accession processes in the European Union as well as the demographics of the Albanian society as a whole, deeply impact the ways in which home furniture products are designed, development and produced. This study is interested in exploring the development of the home furniture product design in Albania and its transformation from communism to post-communism and free market economy. Furthermore, the study looks into ‘Do-it-yourself’ (D-I-Y) product design as an emerging pattern in home furniture in Albania responding to both the consumers’ needs as well as global trends.
This constitutes an under researched area in Albanian scholarship. First, a thorough and systematic study on the furniture design process and development in communism has not been conducted earlier. Second, a comparative framework of furniture design between two different main time period, i.e. communism and free market economy, has been missing in Albania. Third, studies on the ‘D-I-Y’ market in Albania has also been scarce. ‘D-I-Y’ market is recently established and currently attempting to catch-up with the regional and international advancements and respond to the Albanian customers’ needs, interests and demands.
The central aim of the study is to explore in what ways and to what extent the home furniture design and development process has been transformed from communism to post-communism and free market economy by exploring dynamics of the political and socio-economic context. The cutting point for the analysis here is the early 1990s that represent major social, political, cultural and economic changes in Albania towards democratization. The chronological analysis is divided into three main segments: from 1950s to 1990s; from 1990s to 2010s and after 2010s.
This doctoral study puts forward the hypothesis that: the impact of moving from mass production in a centralized economy to free mass customisation in market economy has not radically transformed the fundamental properties of home furniture but has affected the design, development, delivery and materiality of products.
This is done through a qualitative research approach, which is flexible, inductive and exploratory. A single case study is analysed and archival research, interviews and systematic observations are the key data collection methods. The main merit in this case is that it allows for an in-depth analysis of the case study and provide data, insights and conclusions for a topic that has received almost no scientific attention before.
The added value of this doctoral study lies in the historical analysis of furniture design process and products and the interrelated factors such as socio-economy, political and cultural. In addition, this doctoral study has produced an original database of furniture design from 1945 to 1990 as well as an original database of D-I-Y furniture designs after the first decade of post-communism. These databases could be used by academic for further studies. Also they could be used by business to bring back original furniture designs in the market, but also by the government
PERLINDUNGAN HAK KONSTITUSINAL BAGI NARAPIDANA PENYANDANG DISABILITAS
No full textDianggap sebagai aib keluarga dan perlakuan tidak adil kerap didapatkan oleh penyandang disabilitas.. Hal ini mengakibatkan mereka sering dipisahkan dari masyarakat umum, baik di bidang pendidikan maupun aspek sosial lainnya. pemenuhan keadilan dan perlindungan hukum bagi narapidana penyandang disabilitas dalam konsep HAM juga sebagai hak konstitusional. Perlindungan hukum sangat perlu diberikan bagi penyandang disabilitas agar dapat membantu mereka dalam rangka memenuhi kebutuhannya dan mencegah dari hal-hal yang dapat merugikan penyandang disabilitas itu sendiri. Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan hukum normatif, pendekatan hukum normatif sendiri menjadikan kaidah-kaidah dalam hukum untuk dikonsep menjadi norma yang bersumber dari putusan pengadilan, doktrin, peraturan perundang-undangan. Perlindungan terhadap hak narapidana yang menyandang disabilitas merupakan hak konstitusional. Dengan adanya hak konstitusuional bagi penyandang disabilitas membawa konsekuensi hukum bagi masyarakat dan negara dalam hal ini pemerintah, konsekuensi hukum tersebut adalah bagi masyarakat, masyarakat berkewajiban untuk menghormati dan menghargai hak-hak penyandang disabilitas. Sedangkan bagi negara sendiri yaitu negara berkewajiban untuk memenuhi hak penyandang disabilitas dan melindunginya
PROSOPOGRAPHY KEHIDUPAN PEREMPUAN PENYORTIR BIJI KOPI DI KOPERASI BAITUL QIRADH (KBQ) BABURRAYYAN KAMPUNG WEH NAREH KECAMATAN PEGASING KABUPATEN ACEH TENGAH TAHUN 2002-2016
No full textABSTRAKSapriani, Erida. 2017. Prosopography Perempuan Penyortir Biji Kopi di Koperasi Baitul Qiradh (KBQ) Baburrayan Kampung Weh Nareh Kecamatan Pegasing Kabupaten Aceh Tengah Tahun 2002-2016. Skripsi, Program Studi Pendidikan Sejarah, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Syiah Kuala. Pembimbing:(1)Dr. Husaini, MA(2) Nurasiah, S.Pd, M.PdKata kunci: Prosopography Perempuan Penyortir, Kampung Weh NarehPenelitian ini mengangkat masalah tentang bagaimana latar belakang kehidupan perempuan penyortir biji kopi yang bekerja di Koperasi Baitul Qiradh dari tahun 2002-2016. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah (1) untuk mengetahui latar belakang kehidupan perempuan penyortir biji kopi yang bekerja di Koperasi Baitul Qiradh (2) untuk mengetahui faktor yang menjadi motivasi para pekerja perempuan di Koperasi Baitul Qiradh sebagai penyortir biji kopi. Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan kualitatif. Sedangkan metode yang digunakan yaitu metode penelitian historis (Historical Research).Dalam penelitian ini diperlukan metode sejarah karena metode sejarah menggunakan catatan observasi atau pengamatan orang lain yang tidak dapat diulang-ulang kembaliPengumpulan data dilakukan dengan tiga cara, yakni wawancara dengan informan, dokumentasi pada arsip kampung, dan observasi langsung ke koperasi Baitul Qiradh. Informan dalam penelitian ini meliputi perempuan penyortir kopi yang bekerja di Koperasi tersebut. Hasil dari Penelitian ini adalah (1) perempuan penyortir termasuk dalam kategori sejahtera jika dilihat dari pengeluaran rumah tangga, pendidikan anak, dan juga kehidupan ekonomi pada perempuan penyotir khususnya aset rumah yang sudah memadai. (2) Faktor yang mempengaruhi perempuan penyortir kopi bekerja di koperasi Baburayyan Kecamatan Pegasing Kabupaten Aceh Tengah (2002-2016) : pertama, faktor pendidikan penyortir rata-rata dari mereka tamatan SMP dan SMA, Kedua, faktor kurangnya lapangan pekerjaan nonformal yang disediakan oleh pihak pemerintahan. Ketiga, mereka memilih pekerjaan sebagai penyortir kopi dikarenakan ekonomi lemah
A class of quasilinear Dirichlet problems with unbounded coefficients and singular quadratic lower order terms
No full textThe University With a Soul. University of Vlora and the Reforms that Revolutionized Standards of Student Enrollment, Training, and Advancement in Albanian Higher Education (English version)
No full textErida PRIFTIWith the world moving rapidly into digital media and information, the role of higher education is becoming increasingly important. Starting in January 2008, the University of Vlora is applying a modernization agenda through setting higher standards of scholarship, accompanied by curricular and governance reforms, causing changes to happen that are shaping themselves into an era of progress and rapid development, and planting a pioneer flag in the historical timeline of Albanian higher education. Differently from all other higher education institutions in Albania, and for the first time in decades of fictitious recognition of competency, the University of Vlora is striving to detach itself from the traditional oldsystem teaching mentality and methodology, managing through many struggles to be the first public university that is uninfluenced by the pressure of corruption and nepotism, and headed towards internationalization based on western standards. In its July 2010 edition, the Ranking Web of World Universities ranks University of Vlora number one among all public and private universities in Albania, a title that is well deserved and earned through genuine, untiring and unbiased efforts to reach out and aspire to be what the rankings call the best university in Albania. University of Vlora students are now studying in a university that offers updated curricula, flexible learning paths, and a fully functional automated online academic transcript system, a very productive application that combines online and batch processing to generate student transcripts, as well as to facilitate student-faculty and administration-faculty communication via a university email system. This paper explores the achievements as well as the challenges that students and professors are facing in this completely new way of learning and teaching at an institution of higher education in a post-Communist country. Data was collected using interviews, as well as open-ended and yes/no questions in a questionnaire. 100 students and 40 staff (faculty and administration) members of the University of Vlora participated in the survey.higher education, quality, university ranking, curriculum, university administration,educational leadership
PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN KERJASAMA SISWA MELALUI GROUP INVESTIGATION PADA MATA PELAJARAN PENGOLAHAN MAKANAN KONTINENTAL DI SMK SAHID SURAKARTA
No full textPENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN KERJASAMA SISWA MELALUI
GROUP INVESTIGATION PADA MATA PELAJARAN
PENGOLAHAN MAKANAN KONTINENTAL
DI SMK SAHID SURAKARTA
Oleh
Erida Reniningsih
08511242008
ABSTRAK
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah penerapan metode
Group Investigation dapat meningkatkan kerjasama siswa pada mata pelajaran
Pengolahan Makanan Kontinental di SMK Sahid Surakarta.
Jenis penelitian ini adalah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK). Subjek dalam
penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas X Jasa Boga 1 SMK Sahid Surakarta yang
berjumlah 31 siswa. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dalam 3 siklus. Masing-masing
siklus terdiri dari 1 pertemuan, dengan alokasi waktu untuk satu kali pertemuan
selama 4 x 45 menit. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengumpulan data adalah
pengamatan/observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Uji validitas yang digunakan
expert judgement. Analisis data yang digunakan deskriptif kualitatif.
Hasil analisis data, diperoleh bahwa pelaksanaan pembelajaran dengan
metode Group Investigation di kelas X Jasa Boga 1 SMK Sahid Surakarta dapat
meningkatkan kerjasama siswa. Peningkatan kerjasama siswa ditandai dengan
peningkatan persentase tiap aspek kerjasama dari tahap pra tindakan sampai siklus
III. Tingkat rerata pencapaian skor saat pra tindakan sebesar 2,61 (65,21%), rerata
pencapaian skor pada siklus I sebesar 3,16 (79,03%), rerata pencapaian skor pada
siklus II sebesar 3,34 (83,48%), rerata pencapaian skor pada siklus III sebesar
3,53 (88,35%). Kenaikan rerata pencapaian skor kerjasama siswa pada pra
tindakan ke siklus I sebesar 0,55 (13,71%), rerata pencapaian skor siklus I ke
siklus II sebesar 0,18 (4,55%), rerata pencapaian skor siklus II ke siklus III
sebesar 0,19 (4,87%). Kenaikan rerata pencapaian skor secara keseluruhan dari
pra tindakan sampai siklus III sebesar 0,92 (23,14%). Berdasarkan hasil
wawancara dan dokumentasi terlihat bahwa mereka lebih senang menggunakan
metode Group Investigation dalam proses pembelajaran Pengolahan Makanan
Kontinental.
Kata kunci: Kerjasama, Group Investigatio
Data and code for: Pneumococcus co-colonization and the stress-gradient-hypothesis
No full text<p>Pneumococcus serotype co-colonization, caused by the polymorphic bacteria <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae</em>, has been increasingly investigated and reported in recent years. Yet, there is limited information on how co-colonization patterns vary globally, critical for understanding the evolution and transmission dynamics of these bacteria. Here we report on a rich dataset of cross-sectional pneumococcal colonization studies collected from the literature, where we quantified patterns of transmission intensity and co-colonization variation in children populations across different epidemiological settings. Fitting these data to an SIS model with co-colonization under the assumption of quasi-neutrality among multiple interacting strains, our analysis reveals strong patterns of negative co-variation between transmission intensity R<sub>0</sub> and susceptibility to co-colonization <em>k</em>, in support of the stress-gradient-hypothesis (SGH) in ecology. According to this hypothesis, ecological interactions between organisms shift positively as environmental stress increases. In our model higher environmental stress is represented via lower values of the basic reproduction number R<sub>0</sub>, and a shift towards positive interactions is represented via higher vulnerability to co-colonization (higher <em>k</em>) between pneumococcus serotypes.</p><p>Funding provided by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia<br>Crossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/00snfqn58<br>Award Number: CEECIND/03051/2018</p><p>Funding provided by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia<br>Crossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/00snfqn58<br>Award Number: LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-029161</p><p>Funding provided by: University of Lisbon<br>Crossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/01c27hj86<br>Award Number: BL183/2021/IST-ID</p><p>Funding provided by: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia<br>Crossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/00snfqn58<br>Award Number: 2022.03060.PTDC</p><p>These data have been synthesized from studies that report <em>Streptococcus pneumoniae</em> colonization and co-colonization in children populations worldwide. We provide primary data files (metadata and extracted epidemiological variables as well as serotype compositions), processed data files, and some auxiliary R codes for analysis. The main purpose of our initial analyses was to investigate the stress-gradient-hypothesis in pneumococcus, and to link the mathematical modeling framework in previous papers (<em>Gjini and Madec, 2021; Madec and Gjini 2021</em>) to a concrete epidemiological context. </p>
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<li>Gjini, Erida, and Sten Madec. "The ratio of single to co‐colonization is key to complexity in interacting systems with multiple strains." <em>Ecology and Evolution</em> 11.13 (2021): 8456-8474. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7259 </li>
<li>Madec, Sten, and Erida Gjini. "Predicting N-strain coexistence from co-colonization interactions: epidemiology meets ecology and the replicator equation." <em>Bulletin of Mathematical Biology</em> 82.11 (2020): 142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-020-00816-w</li>
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