Establishment of Occupational Safety and Health As A Minor

Safety plays an essential role in the construction industry. With construction projects increasing in size, time, and overall complexity, it has become increasingly difficult to implement safe protocol and procedures. Present-day construction projects sometimes require more than 10,000 employees, including dozens of subcontractors, office teams, and more on-site. In addition to the increased need for laborers, increasing project size means an increase in demand for individuals with expertise and experience in safety practices. Projects of all shapes and sizes are in need of professionals with proven expertise in implementing safety practices. Currently, many incoming project engineers and field engineers lack the important knowledge that is crucial to protecting an individual or group of individuals from being at high risk of exposure to imminent danger. For these reasons, it is important that Cal Poly College of Architecture establish an Occupational Safety and Health Minor. Increasing the number of industry professionals with safety backgrounds from Cal Poly will be immensely advantageous. Establishing Occupational Safety and Health as a Minor at Cal Poly would prove our students, especially when compared to those from other universities, are determined, intuitive, reliable, and prepared to be involved in the industry. By making this minor available to all students, primarily those who intend to be involved in the construction industry, annual construction-related injuries and deaths will vastly decrease, and the demand for more safety professionals will be met. This new curriculum would follow Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines and make job-sites throughout the United States safer and more productive projects

Interface growth in two dimensions: A Loewner-equation approach

The problem of Laplacian growth in two dimensions is considered within the Loewner-equation framework. Initially the problem of fingered growth recently discussed by Gubiec and Szymczak [T. Gubiec and P. Szymczak, Phys. Rev. E 77, 041602 (2008)] is revisited and a new exact solution for a three-finger configuration is reported. Then a general class of growth models for an interface growing in the upper-half plane is introduced and the corresponding Loewner equation for the problem is derived. Several examples are given including interfaces with one or more tips as well as multiple growing interfaces. A generalization of our interface growth model in terms of ``Loewner domains,'' where the growth rule is specified by a time evolving measure, is briefly discussed.Comment: To appear in Physical Review

Analysis of the pedagogical perspective of the MOOCs available in Portuguese

After an initial stage of exponential growth in MOOCs, a need has arisen of to address several different aspects of these innovations in order to understand and develop them from different perspectives, such as this one, with the analysis of pedagogical dimensions aimed at improving course design. This paper presents an updated review of the literature and proposes five research lines for an in-depth approach. This study is part of a broader research project1 and here analyses 356 MOOCs delivered in Portuguese by 16 different platforms. The research design is quantitative, non-experimental and transversal. An adaptation of the MOOC Educational and Interactive Indicators Instrument —INdiMOOC-EdI— was used in the data collection process. The reliability and internal consistency analysis of that adaptation for the whole sample resulted in a Cronbach alpha score of 0.731. The data obtained enable us to classify the existing MOOCs in Portuguese according to descriptive, formative, and interactive components. These different types correlate with the quality indices, being negative in the first dimension (descriptive) and positive in the second and third ones (formative and interactive).Funded by the call for R&D&i projects named: «Estudio del impacto de las erubricas federada en evaluación de las competencias en el practicum» (Study on the impact of federated eRubrics in the evaluation of the competences in the practicum). Plan Nacional de I+D+i de Excelencia (National R&D&i Excellence Plan) (2014-16) no. EDU2013-41974-

First report of Rice stripe necrosis virus infecting rice in Sierra Leone

While Rice stripe necrosis virus (RSNV, Benyvirus, Benyviridae) has been reported on rice plants on two continents, little is known about the diversity of this multipartite virus which is transmitted by the plasmodiophorid protist Polymyxa graminis. First identified in 1983 in the Côte d´Ivoire (Fauquet & Thouvenel, 1983), the disease had previously been observed in Sierra Leone without formal identification of the causal agent (Buddenhagen, pers. comm.). Later, the virus was reported in South and Central America (Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Brazil) causing up to 40% yield losses (Morales et al., 1999). Recently, RSNV was identified for the first time in several African countries including Burkina Faso (Sérémé et al., 2014), Benin (Oludare et al., 2015) and Mali (Decroës et al., 2017) suggesting a re-emergence of the virus in Africa.In 2019, symptoms of leaf-crinkling and stripe necrosis were observed on a rice plant from the Bo District in Sierra Leone (Fig. 1). Leaf samples were analysed by serological and molecular methods to confirm the presence of RSNV in Sierra Leone. RSNV was detected by plate-trapped antibody (PTA)- ELISA using a polyclonal antiserum against RSNV (Fauquet & Thouvenel, 1983).The presence of the virus was confirmed after total RNA extraction using 0.05 g of leaves and the RNeasy Plant Mini Kit (Qiagen) and RT-PCR amplification (10 U/μl M-MLV-reverse transcriptase, Promega; 10 U/μl Dynazyme, Finnzyme) as described previously (Sérémé et al., 2014, Oludare et al., 2015) with primers RSNV1-2901F 5′-TGAATTTGGTGCTCTCTTG-3′ / RSNV1-3827R 5′-TGTGGCGTTTCCAGACCTAAA-3´ and RSNV2-5´ 5´-TATCACTACTGACGAATTCCACCTAC-3´ / RSNV2-1223R 5´-AATCTGCGGCCTGTTTTGTA-3´. Specific amplicons, 926 and 1241 nt in length, were generated corresponding to sequences in the helicase domain and the coat protein (CP) genes on RSNV RNA 1 and RNA 2, respectively. The amplicons were sequenced directly and the sequences deposited in GenBank (Accession Nos. MN750254 and MN750255, respectively).The helicase sequence obtained from the Sierra Leone RSNV isolate showed 1.8-7.3% genetic distance with those from South America (EU099844.3, MG792544, MG792545, MG792546) and only 1.4-2.2% with those from Africa (KP099623, MF115599, MF115600, MF115601, MF115602, MF115603, MK170452, MK170453). The phylogenetic analysis based on the helicase domain included the sequence obtained from the Sierra Leone within a cluster represented by RSNV from South America and West Africa (Fig. 2a). In contrast, the CP sequence from the Sierra Leone RSNV isolate revealed an unexpected genetic differentiation as compared to all the other sequences from South America (5.6%; NC_038774) or Africa (5.2-6.5%; LK023710, MF115604, MF115605, MF115606, MF115607, MF115608, MK170454, MK170455). Interestingly, the CP sequence from Sierra Leone is located at a basal position in the phylogeny (Fig. 2b).To our knowledge, this is the first confirmed report of RSNV in Sierra Leone. Further studies are needed to assess the molecular and biological diversity of RSNV, the spatial distribution and the incidence of this re-emerging rice disease in Africa.Fil: Tucker, M. J.. Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute; Sierra LeonaFil: Giovani Celli, Marcos Giovani. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias. Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Unidad de Fitopatología y Modelización Agrícola; ArgentinaFil: Conteh, A. B.. Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute; Sierra LeonaFil: Taylor, D. R.. Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute; Sierra LeonaFil: Hebrard, Andrés. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; FranciaFil: Poulicard, N.. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement; Franci

Contextualizing the Relationship between Culture and Puerto Rican Health: Towards a Place-Based Framework of Minority Health Disparities

In both the culture of poverty literature and the acculturation literature, Puerto Ricans are portrayed in negative terms. The culture of poverty framework attributes Puerto Rican poverty to the mental, behavioral, and moral pathology of Puerto Rican individuals and to Puerto Rican culture. Similarly, outdated acculturation frameworks also trace the poor health of immigrants and racialized minorities, such as Puerto Ricans, to equivalent perceived deficiencies. In this paper, we argue that both the culture of poverty and acculturation frameworks are two pillars of the White Racial Frame (Feagin 2009) that sustains racial inequality in the United States. To build our case, we provide an overview of Puerto Rican physical health disparities and highlight key findings. Then, we analyze this literature using natural language processing (NLP) tools to examine the lexicon of words that scholars use to understand such disparities. Our literature review shows that Puerto Ricans are generally doing worse than other groups across a range of health indicators. Results from the NLP analyses reveal that the lexicon of the culture of poverty and outdated notions of acculturation are rhetorical tools that scholars still use to make sense of these conditions. We conclude by arguing that moving away from a White Racial Frame of Puerto Rican health requires a theoretical model that puts race, place, and culture within a multilevel framework that we call the Racialized Place Inequality Framework

Analisa Konsep Sizzling Steak Yang Merupakan Experiential Marketing Terhadap Minat Pembelian Ulang Konsumen Di Restoran Pepper Lunch Tunjungan Plaza Surabaya

Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menganalisa pengaruh experiential marketing terhadap minat pembelian ulang konsumen Pepper Lunch Surabaya. Konsep sizzling steak yang merupakan bagian dari experiential marketing yaitu sense, feel, act mempengaruhi minat pembelian ulang konsumen. Penulis menggunakan Partial Least Square (PLS) dengan Smart PLS versi 3 untuk menguji pengaruh variabel bebas dengan variabel terikat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sense berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap minat pembelian ulang konsumen. Feel berpengaruh signifikan terhadap minat pembelian ulang konsumen. Terakhir, act berpengaruh signifikan terhadap minat pembelian ulang konsumen The study was conducted to analyze the influence of experiential marketing to the customer repurchase intention at Pepper Lunch Tunjungan Plaza Surabaya. The sizzling steak concept which is an experiential marketing from sense, feel, act marketing have an impact toward customer repurchase intention. The writer used Partial Least Square (PLS) with Smart PLS version 3 to test the effect of independent variables on the dependent variables. The result showed that sense significantly influenced customer repurchase intention. Feel significantly influenced customer repurchase intention. Lastly, act significantly influenced customer repurchase intention

Evaluasi Pemanfaatan Lahan Peruntukkan Kawasan Permukiman Berdasarkan RTRW Kota Tomohon Tahun 2013 – 2033

Abstrak Evaluasi merupakan suatu kegiatan yang dilakukan setiap 5 tahun sekali untuk meninjau suatu produk perencanaan. Peruntukkan kawasan permukiman adalah salah satu hasil dari rencana yang tertuang dalam RTRW setiap wilayah. Adanya perubahan pemanfaatan lahan pada Kota Tomohon mempengaruhi keberadaaan kawasan peruntukkan ini. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian sebelumnya masih terdapat peruntukkan PKP yang berada pada Kawasan Rawan Bencana Gunung Api. Untuk itu, penelitian ini akan mengidentifikasi sebaran pemanfaatan lahan peruntukkan PKP agar mendapatkan lokasi dan luas peruntukkan PKP Kota Tomohon yang masih berada pada Negative List : Kawasan Lindung dan Kawasan Rawan Bencana selanjutnya memberikan tinjauan daerah potensional dalam pengembangan PKP. Metode yang digunakan yaitu teknik analisa data spasial (overlay peta dan skoring) yang memberikan keluaran berupa kesesuaian lahan permukiman dan kemampuan pengembangannya sehingga dapat dievaluasi pemanfaatan lahan peruntukkan permukiman Kota Tomohon. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut dapat diketahui luas lahan pemanfaatan lahan PKP adalah sebesar 1156,93 ha sedangkan untuk PKP yang direncanakan adalah sebesar 1232,74 ha. Luas PKP yang berada pada Kawasan Lindung yakni Hutan Lindung adalah 0,615ha, Resapan Air adalah 9,67 ha, Sempadan Sungai adalah 38,42 ha, Sekitar Danau adalah 7,23 ha, Sempadan Mata Air adalah 2,31 ha. Kawasan Rawan Bencana yakni Gunung Berapi sebesar 127,09 ha.  Sedangkan untuk daerah potensional untuk pengembangan PKP adalah sebesar 4134,02 ha dari total luas wilayah Kota Tomohon. Kata kunci : Kawasan Negative List; Permukiman; Analisa Spasial; Daerah Potensional.Abstract Evaluation is an activity carried out every five years to review a planning product. The plan for this designation of settlements area contained in Regional Spatial Plan (RSP) of each region has. The change of land use in Tomohon City affects the existence of this designation area. Based on the results of previous research, there are still found settlements which located in Volcano Disaster-Prone Areas. Therefore, this study will identify the distribution of land use designated for settlement to obtain the location and area of Tomohon City which is still on the Negative List: Protected Areas and Disaster-Prone Areas then provides an overview of the potential areas for settlements development. The method used is the spatial data analysis technique (map overlay and scoring) which provides output in the form of the suitability land and its development capability so that the use of land designated for settlements in Tomohon City can be evaluated. The results of this study shown the currently settlement is 1156,93 ha, while the planned is 1232,74 ha. Also there are still settlement located in the Protected Area, namely Protected Forest is 0,615 ha, Water Catchment Area is 9.67 ha, River Border is 38.42 ha, Around Lake is 7,23 ha, Spring Boundary is 2.31 ha. Meanwhile in Disaster-Prone Areas, namely Volcanoes of 127.09 ha. The potential area for settlement development in Tomohon City is 4134.02 ha. Keywords: Negative List; Residential; Spatial Analysis; Potentional Area