26 research outputs found
Phuying Thai nai sinlapawatthanatham
No full textThe author outlines Dr. Lysa Hong's works deaing with the social conditions and status of Thai women. Dr. Hong is a professor in the department of history at the Singapore National University
Remote sensing applications for insurance: A predictive model for pasture yield in the presence of systemic weather
No full textA robust predictive model for crop yield is essential for designing a commercially viable index-based insurance policy. Index-based insurance for crops is still at a relatively infant stage, and more research and development is needed in order to address a main limitation, which is referred to as basis risk. Traditionally, ground weather station measurements have been the most common approach used in weather indices, and this approach has often led to high levels of basis risk. Recent advances in satellite-based remote sensing provide new opportunities to use publicly available and transparent “big data,” to potentially make index-based insurance policies more relevant by reducing basis risk. This is the first article to provide a comprehensive comparison of 13 pasture production indices (PPIs), including those developed based on satellite-derived vegetation and biophysical parameter indices using data products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). A validation protocol is established, and a unique dataset covering the period 2002 to 2016 from a network of pasture clip sites in the province of Alberta, Canada, is used to demonstrate new applications for insurance based on remote sensing–derived data. The results of the satellite-derived PPIs are compared to PPIs based on ground weather station data as benchmarks, which to date are the most common design for index-based insurance. Overall, the satellite-based indices report higher correlations with the ground truth forage yield data compared to the weather station PPIs. As an example, in 2015 and 2016 the best performing satellite-based PPIs produced correlations close to 90%. When considering the whole sample period, the highest overall average correlation is 62.0% for the biophysical parameter PPI based on FPAR 500-m MODIS, and the lowest overall average correlation is 43.8% for the vegetation PPI based on EVI 250-m MODIS. Comparatively, the highest correlation reported for the weather station indices is for precipitation, at 12.51%. Other predictive models based on principal component analysis and shrinkage methods (such as lasso, ridge regression, and elastic net) are considered to address the issues of variable selection and dimension reduction in insurance design. This research makes an important contribution to the field of actuarial science and insurance, because it highlights potential new opportunities for insurance design and predictive analytics using large and comprehensive satellite datasets that remain relatively unexplored to date in insurance practice. Though forage is used as the example here, the research could be extended to other crops, and other areas in the property and casualty sector, including for fire and flood
After the Fire Kindle: The Portrayal of Iban Dayak Woman and Ancestral Forest in West Kalimantan
No full textAfter the Fire Kindle is a creative work based on an environmental conflict that occurred in the village of Semunying Jaya and involved Iban Dayak women as victims. The conflict burst over the burning of forests for the benefit of a private company that is developing palm oil plantations. Iban Dayak women have lost their ancestral forest and their homes as a result of palm oil plantations. Using ecofeminism as a background theory, the oppression of women and nature caused by patriarchal culture will be depicted. As a result, it portrays an oppressed Iban Dayak woman and ancestral forest in West Kalimantan. The author applies the study in After the Fire Kindle short story to allow readers will be concerned about what is happening to nature and women’s right to live in the future. Library study and interviews with Dayak women provide the author to portray the characteristics of the main character, Sylvana, and how she fights for the equality she and nature deserve from the control of men's culture. Through the characters of Sylvana, Arion, and Bakena, oppressions such as hierarchy, dualism, and domination are well depicted
Intrathecal morphine overdose in a dog
No full textCase description: A healthy 6-year-old 28.5-kg (62.7-lb) spayed female Boxer undergoing surgical repair of a ruptured cranial cruciate ligament was inadvertently administered an overdose of morphine (1.3 mg/kg [0.59 mg/lb]) via subarachnoid injection.
Clinical findings: 50 minutes after administration of the overdose, mild multifocal myoclonic contractions became apparent at the level of the tail; the contractions migrated cranially and progressively increased in intensity and frequency during completion of the surgery.
Treatment and outcome: The myoclonic contractions were refractory to treatment with midazolam, naloxone, phenobarbital, and pentobarbital; only atracurium (0.1 mg/kg [0.045 mg/lb], IV) was effective in controlling the movements. The dog developed hypertension, dysphoria, hyperthermia, and hypercapnia. The dog remained anesthetized and ventilated mechanically; treatments included continuous rate IV infusions of propofol (1 mg/kg/h [0.45 mg/lb/h]), diazepam (0.25 mg/kg/h [0.11 mg/lb/h]), atracurium (0.1 to 0.3 mg/kg/h [0.045 to 0.14 mg/lb/h]), and naloxone (0.02 mg/kg/h [0.009 mg/lb/h]). Twenty-two hours after the overdose, the myoclonus was no longer present, and the dog was able to ventilate without mechanical assistance. The dog remained sedated until 60 hours after the overdose, at which time its mentation improved, including recognition of caregivers and response to voice commands. No neurologic abnormalities were detectable at discharge (approx 68 hours after the overdose) or at a recheck evaluation 1 week later.
Clinical relevance: Although intrathecal administration of an overdose of morphine can be associated with major and potentially fatal complications, it is possible that affected dogs can completely recover with immediate treatment and extensive supportive care
From fairies to SimMan:Tolkien and realism in simulation
No full textBackground: There is a paucity of empirical and theoretical literature on reality and realism in simulation-based learning. Methods: This article makes an original contribution to the body of literature by using the theoretical conceptualizations of reality described by Dieckmann et al. in simulation and by the fantasy author and scholar J.R.R.Tolkien to challenge and develop our understanding of reality in simulation.This article reports a qualitative research study that reveals the perceptions of realism in simulation-based medical education. Results: A significant finding was the importance participants placed on realism in their motivation to participate in simulation. Participants descriptions of realism were consistent with the domains of physical, semantic and phenomenological realism and played an important role in their intention to participate in simulation-based learning. The data also revealed that while lapses in physical realism were tolerated, lapses in semantic realism were very poorly tolerated.In addition, when there was inconsistency within the secondary reality as described by Tolkien, this resulted in a breakdown of suspension of disbelief.Conclusions: A deeper understanding of these factors will inform course designers as they consider the processes of simulation-based learning and as they seek robust evidence for its effectiveness. Developing understanding of realism for medical simulation can help course designers and teachers make best use of resources by focussing on the domains of realism that have most impact on learners.</p
Penerapan akad murabahah bil wakalah pada produk unit mikro BRI syariah KCP Rogojampi Banyuwangi
No full textINDONESIA:
Pembiayaan unit mikro merupakan salah satu produk pembiayaan yang ada di BRI Syariah KCP Rogojampi Banyuwangi. Pembiayaan unit mikro ini menggunakan akad yang mengikat nasabah untuk pengajuan kredit. Akad yang digunakan untuk pembiayaan mikro ini adalah murabahah bil wakalah, yaitu akad jual beli dengan nasabah sendiri yang menjadi perwakilan Bank untuk memilih barang apa yang diinginkan. Dengan minimnya pengetahuan masyarakat Rogojampi Banyuwangi tentang akad murabahah bil wakalah pada pembiayaan unit mikro, maka pihak BRI Syariah KCP Rogojampi Banyuwangi wajib menjelaskan tentang akad murabahah bil wakalah secara jelas dan rinci agar masyarakat mengerti tentang proses akad, modal pokok, margin, dan cicilan yang harus dibayar. Meningkatnya nasabah pembiayaan mikro di BRI Syariah KCP Rogojampi Banyuwangi membuat penulis ingin memastikan apakah BRI Syariah KCP Rogojampi Banyuwangi sudah menerapkan akad murabahah bil wakalah dan menjelaskan kepada nasabah pembiayaan mikro sesuai dengan proses akad sampai nasabah benar-benar mengerti tentang akad murabahah bil wakalah pada produk pembiayaan mikro.
Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui penerapan akad murabahah bil wakalah pada produk unit mikro di BRI Syariah KCP Rogojampi Banyuwangi. Penulis mengumpulkan data dengan observasi, dokumentasi, dan wawancara.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan, bahwa BRI Syariah KCP Rogojampi Banyuwangi sudah menerapkan proses akad murabahah bil wakalah, dimana akad jual beli harga pokok ditambah margin Bank sudah diketahui oleh nasabah, lalu nasabah sudah menyetujui untuk membayar berapa cicilan perbulan, dan untuk akad wakalah, nasabah sendiri yang memilih barang apa yang diinginkan lalu Bank meminta kwitansi untuk pembelian barang tersebut.
ENGLISH:
Micro unit financing is one of the existing financing products at BRI Sharia KCP Rogojampi Banyuwangi. This micro unit financing uses contracts that bind customers to apply for credit. Theused for this microfinance is murabahah bil wakalah, contract which is a sale and purchase contract with the customer himself who is the representative of the Bank to select the desired item. With the lack of knowledge of the Rogojampi Banyuwangi community regarding thecontract murabahah bil wakalah on micro unit financing, the BRI Sharia KCP Rogojampi Banyuwangi must explaincontract murabahah bil wakalah clearly and in detail theso that the community understands the contract process, principal capital, marginand installments that must be paid for.
This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach that aims to determine the application of contract murabahah bil wakalah to micro unit products in the BRI Sharia KCP Rogojampi Banyuwangi. The author collects data by observation, documentation, and interviews.
The results showed that the BRI Sharia KCP Rogojampi Banyuwangi had explained the process of murabahah bil wakalah, where the sale and purchase contract of the basic price plus the Bank's margin was known to the customer, then the customer had agreed to pay monthly installments, and for thecontract wakalah, the customer himself chooses what items he wants and the Bank requests a receipt for the purchase of the item
Cambrian megascopic alga-like forms accompanying Coraillcyathida In quartzite beds of Lysa Gora
No full textIn the years 1974-1978, the author found algae in rocks bearing a corallicyathid fauna (order Corallicyathida Sedlak, 1975) outcropping on Łysa Góra Mt. in Świętokrzyskie Mountains (= Holy Cross Mts), Central Poland. They belong to the class Rhodophyta and resemble representatives of Erbina Korde, 1973, and of Epiphyton Bornemann, 1886, except for their much larger size. Some of them are assigned to the genus Erbina, which gives further support to the Early Cambrian age of the rocks bearing them, suggested by the author with reference to Corallicyathida
Penerapan Algoritma Electre Sebagai Pendukung Keputusan Kasus Pengangkatan Guru Tetap
No full textAssessment, evaluation and awarding can be carried out aimed at spurring the performance of teachers in the teaching and learning process so as to improve teacher achievement, the assessment is carried out to obtain honorary teachers who excel who will then be appointed as permanent teachers. The mechanism for appointing permanent teachers at the Muhammadiyah 3 Pekanbaru foundation, namely the Principal submits a list of names of teachers who will be recommended to be appointed as permanent teachers for thefoundation to the Head of PDM Education and Culture Pekanbaru City. The evaluation process for the appointment of permanent teachers at the foundation takes a very long time, then when checking and giving a value to the form provided with this process, itis feared that there will be a subjective assessment or the possibility of errors in writing numbers. The assessment criteria applied to the appointment of permanent teachers consist of years of service, PKP value, achievement, age. The author builds a decision support system using the Elimination and Choice Translation Reality method. In an effort to objectively determine to become a permanent teacher, this selection of permanent teachers will be very useful in motivating teachers to work well
Reaktualizacja traumatycznej pamięci zbiorowej we współczesnej literaturze ukraińskiej.
No full textPrzedmiotem analizy są osobliwości aktualnego stanu kultury i literatury Ukraińców, jako ważnych aspektów w badaniu sytuacji posttotalitarnej. Autorka podkreśla krańcową odmienność w wyeksponowaniu pojęć antytotalitaryzmu i totalitaryzmu, dekolonizacji i postkolonializmu. Skupia się także na reprezentacji owych pojęć we współczesnej literaturze ukraińskiej. Znaczną uwagę zwraca na kwestię traumatycznej pamięci, która reprezentuje doświadczenie wojny w świadomości jednostki i zbiorowości. W interpretacji utworów literackich autorka stosuje metodę memory studies, omawiając jednocześnie specyfikę narodową badanych zjawisk. Dokonuje analizy na podstawie powieści Sergiya Germana Inge (Інґе), Volodymyra Lysa Solo dla Solomiyi (Соло для Соломії) oraz Juriya Vynnyčuka Tango smerti (Танґо смерті).The article is dedicated to the peculiarities of the modern Ukrainian culture and literature in the process of post-totalitarian and post-colonialistic studies. The author points to the differences in the concepts of antitotalitarianism and post-totalitarianism, de-colonialism andpost-colonialism. She tries to research the representation of the concept of war in the modern Ukrainian literature. Much attention is paid to traumatic memory in the context of Memory Studies. The analysis is carried out on the basis of the following novels: Inge by Sergiy German, Solo for Salomea by Volodymyr Lys and Tango of death by Yuriy Vynnyčuk
SPECIFICITY OF SYNTACTIC CONSTRUCTIONS WITH FOREIGN LANGUAGE INFORMATION IN THE NOVEL V. LYSA “IVAN I CHORNA PANTERA”
No full textУ статті розглянуто складні синтаксичні конструкції зі зразками чужої мови, представлені в тексті роману В. Лиса «Іван і Чорна Пантера». Проаналізовано насамперед одиниці, відзначені синкретизмом у способах і прийомах передавання чужомовної інформації. Під час дослідження виявилося, що автор експериментує не лише з власне способами відтворення чужого мовлення, а й зі структурою тієї частини синтаксичних побудов, де зазначено автора «чужих» думок. Це, зокрема, виявилося в еліпсизації слів автора до одного чи кількох слів, що уподібнює їх до ремарок драматургійного твору. Зрештою така контекстуальна неповнота цих елементів аналізованих синтаксичних побудов сприяє динамізму оповіді. Нагромадження діалогічних чи полілогічних реплік у межах одного абзацу створює ефект кінематографічності, за якого мінімізується присутність письменника, а читач стає ніби свідком чи незримим учасником обміну інформацією. Ще одна риса ідіостилю В. Лиса виявляється в комбінуванні різних способів передачі чужої мови, що супроводжується використанням від альтернативних до традиційних знаків пунктуації, якими обрамлюються елементи досліджуваних синтаксичних побудов. Такі одиниці нерідко слугують засобом характеристики передусім головного героя твору Івана – людини з особливою ментальністю, яка подає навколишній світ без канонів, чітких кордонів і меж реального. Результатами пошуку В. Лисом максимально ефективних прийомів фіксації чужомовних висловів стали такі риси його індивідуально-авторського стилю, як урізноманітнення викладу, ущільнення інформації, динамізм усно-спонтанного мовлення тощо. Вони супроводжуються зазвичай не лише відхиленнями від нормативної пунктуації в межах цих складних синтаксичних конструкцій, а також контамінацією кількох традиційних способів оформлення речень із чужою мовою, що досягається своєрідним «накладанням» між собою їх змісту й форми.The article deals with complex syntactic constructions with samples of a foreign language presented in the text of V. Lys's novel Ivan and the Black Panther. First of all, the units marked by syncretism in the ways and methods of transmitting foreign language information were analyzed. The study revealed that the author experiments not only with the actual methods of reproducing someone else's speech, but also with the structure of the part of syntactic constructions that indicates the author of “other people's” thoughts. In particular, this is manifested in the ellipsis of the author's words to one or more words, which likens them to remarks in a dramatic work. Ultimately, this contextual incompleteness of these elements of the analyzed syntactic constructions contributes to the dynamism of the narrative. The accumulation of dialogic or polylogic replicas within a single paragraph creates a cinematic effect, in which the presence of the writer is minimized, and the reader becomes a witness or an invisible participant in the exchange of information. Another feature of V. Lys's idiom is manifested in the combination of different ways of conveying someone else's speech, accompanied by the use of alternative punctuation marks to traditional ones, which frame the elements of the studied syntactic constructions. Such units often serve as a means of characterizing, first of all, the protagonist of the work, Ivan, a man with a special mentality who represents the world around him without canons, clear boundaries and limits of the real. The results of V. Lys's search for the most effective methods of fixing foreign language expressions are the following features of his individual authorial style
