Preliminary Studies on the fluctuation of the biomass of sizefractionated zooplankton in sea grass bed of Pulau Tinggi, Malaysia

Zooplanktons biomass was extensively studied in the sea grass bed of Pulau Tinggi, Malaysia for six months. In 2015, sampling months were April, June, October, whereas in 2016, April, June, August were the sampling months. A cone shaped plankton net was used with 0.30 m mouth, 1.00 m length and 100 μm mesh size. The fractionation of zooplankton size was carried out in to >2000 μm (large), 501-2000 μm (medium) and <500 μm (small). Zooplankton was classified as copepods, larvaceans, chaetognaths, cnidarians, ctenophores, decapods and polychaetes. Copepods were categorized as Calanoida, Poecilostomatoida, Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida but identified as a total of 54 species, 26 genera and 19 families. We conclude that among the biomass of 3 size fractions; medium (36%) was dominant followed by large and small (32% each) throughout the study period

LEGALISASI HUKUM WARIS DI INDONESIA : SUATU PENDEKATAN HISTORIS

A comprehensive understanding of how the history of the application of Islamic law, especially inheritance law in Indonesia so that it can occur and enter the national legal system, then examines the socio-economic history of Islamic law in Indonesia is the first step to answer it, especially in the historical aspects of Islamic law legislation. This historical study must also be traced from the earliest period, namely since the arrival of Islam to the archipelago, because the existence and position of Islamic law today cannot be separated from the history of Islam in the archipelago itself. With this historical approach, a complete picture will be seen of how the process of wrestling Islamic law legislation, especially inheritance, as well as the aspects and forms of legislation that occurs. This research was conducted through a descriptive analysis approach, therefore the contribution of concrete ideas about the history of the implementation of inheritance law in Indonesia by experts was foun

PENYELESAIAN KEWARISAN DZAWIL ARHAM DALAM KOMPILASI HUKUM ISLAM

Penelitian ini mengkaji tentang persoalan hukum waris terkait status dan kedudukan dzawil arham disaat pembagian harta warisan di Indonesia. Penenlitian ini disajikan dalam bentuk kualitatif. Penelitian ini menggunakan hukum Islam (kewarisan hukum Islam) sebagai alat analisis dalam menganalisa data penelitian. Pada akhirnya penelitian ini berkesimpulan Putusan Nomor: 014/Pdt.P/2014/PA-LPK dan Putusan Nomor: 263/Pdt.G/2009/PTA.Sby, menjadi fakta hukum bahwa hakim Pengadilan Agama Lubuk Pakam dan Pengadilan Tinggi Agama Surabaya dalam persoalan dzawil arham menetapkan putusan sesuai dengan pendapat Ahmad bin Hambal, Imam Abu Hanifah, Ali bin Abi Thalib, Umar bin Khathab dan Ibnu Mas'ud.Tidak ditemukan penjelasan tentang status, kedudukan dan penyelesaian dzawil arham secara utuh dalam hukum normative yurisdis (Kompilasi Hukum Islam), sehingga hal ini memberi peluang terjadinya perbedaan pendapat dan putusan hakim dalam persoalan dzawil arham, sehingga penting kiranya memberikan lampiran sebagai penjelasan tambahan dalam Kompilasi Hukum Islam guna menjadi pedoman hukum dalam menyelesaikan persoalan yang menyangkut tentang dzawil arham

Population Trends in South Dakota Counties, 1880-1980 : A Geographical Analysis

South Dakota is one of the most sparsely populated states in the nation. According to 1980 census data, the population density of this predominantly agricultural state is 9.1 persons per square mile, compared to a national density average of 64.0 persons per square mile. The human occupation of South Dakota is characterized by population trends and patterns which exhibit a variety of spatial forms and considerable dynaminism over time. After opening of the settlement frontier in the mid nineteenth century, South Dakota began attracting many immigrants and settlers. The population of the state reached its zenith in 1930, declined during the Depression and drought years of the thirties and experienced moderate growth from the 1940s until 1960. During the 1960s, the state\u27s population declined slightly. Again a population growth trend is evident in the 1980 census. The 1980 population, however, remained below 1930 level. A detailed analysis of the population of South Dakota from a geographic perspective has never been attempted. This study represents an attempt to fill this existing gap in our understanding of the state\u27s population conditions and patterns. Geography is one of many disciplines which includes the formal study of human population as an integral component. Population study in geography is concerned with the way in which the human population is distributed through space and time together with various factors which generate changes in the spatio-temporal patterns. The geographer\u27s view of population is broad and comprehensive. Like demographers, geographers are concerned with data, but they study population mainly as a part of geographic landscape. It is the geographer\u27s role to analyze population trends and patterns of a particular area at a particular time in terms of different variables which include many physical, cultural, and environmental factors. A geographic study of population is very important in order to adopt and implement effective settlement, land use, and resource planning strategies. Such a study gives planners and decision makers a better understanding about the population situation of an area in terms of a number of variables which are directly influencing its population patterns and trends. Objectives of the Study The main objectives of this study are as follow: 1. To examine the trends in population growth and decline in South Dakota counties from 1880 to 1980. 2. To identify the factors influencing the population growth and decline in South Dakota counties and, 3. To evaluate the past and present density patterns of South Dakota\u27s population

Visual Recognition of Bengali Sign Language using Local Binary Pattern Compared with ANN

This paper presents an overview of visual recognition of Bengali Sign Language. In this paper we learn and detect a sequence of sign words and recognize the sign language that are understandable to the deaf and hearing impaired people to help normal people understand the meaning of these words. The research discusses the characteristics of the human sign languages, the requirements and difficulties behind visual sign recognition, how to deal with others persons and the different techniques used in the sign language recognition. The paper consists of two major parts, namely the learning part and the detection part. The system takes the sign images as its input. First sign images are learnt by the proposed system. When a sign image is given for recognition, the detection part identifies the image with the help of previously learned images. For learning and detection we have used local binary pattern compared with back propagation algorithm of Artificial Neural Network. We believe that this research will be of much help to express their thoughts and feelings between the deaf people and the normal people

SIR-Based Power Control Algorithms in CDMA Networks

This paper incorporates a comprehensive study about the distributed power control algorithm in cellular communication systems The algorithm requires only interference power estimations and or signal-to-interference ratio SIR estimations form the base station and converge even in cases where limits on available power render the target SIR unattainable Power control plays an important role to high demand for wireless communication services shows the need for technology to further increase the capacity of cellular communication systems The capacity of the system is maximized if the transmitter s power control is controlled so that its signal arrives at base station with minimum required signal-to-interference ratio Nash equilibrium power provides substantial power savings as compared to the power balancing algorithm and Foschini and Miljanic Algorithm while reducing achieved SIR only slightly Simulations show that the benefit of the Nash equilibrium power control over the power balancing solution increases as receiver noise power or number of users in the cell increase

Racial and Ethnic Disparities Within Maternal Health

There is a serious lack of effective measures being taken to address the issue of maternal mortality and morbidity disparities within the United States. Multitude of factors aid in the disproportionate quality of care received by racial and ethnic minority women compared to white women. In maternal health, there exists a clear disparity regarding the rates at which ethnic and racial minorities experience both death and lasting health outcomes pre- and post- natal. I analyze quantitative data in the existing literature to explain why disparities in maternal health persist. I highlight these aspects to bring attention to the lack of effective measures being taken despite the severity of this issue. Thorough analysis will be provided on how the varying quality of care for expecting individuals can be linked to race and the intersectional issues of class, access, and education, thereby leading to varying maternal health outcomes. This allows for a clearer understanding of ethnic and racial disparities in the health system while furthering the discussion of the importance of maternal health within the U.S.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2022/1119/thumbnail.jp

OOD/OOP experience in the Science Operations Center part of the ground system for X ray Timing Explorer mission

The Science Operations Center (SOC) for the X-ray Timing Explorer (XTE) mission is an important component of the XTE ground system. Its mandate includes: (1) command and telemetry for the three XTE instruments, using CCSDS standards; (2) monitoring of the real-time science operations, reconfiguration of the experiment and the instruments, and real-time commanding to address the targets of opportunity (TOO) and alternate observations; and (3) analysis, processing, and archival of the XTE telemetry, and the timely delivery of the data products to the principal investigator (PI) teams and the guest observers (GO). The SOC has two major components: the science operations facility (SOF) that addresses the first two objectives stated above and the guest observer facility (GOF) that addresses the third. The SOF has subscribed to the object oriented design and implementation; while the GOF uses the traditional approach in order to take advantage of the existing software developed in support of previous missions. This paper details the SOF development using the object oriented design (OOD), and its implementation using the object oriented programming (OOP) in C++ under Unix environment on client-server architecture using Sun workstations. It also illustrates how the object oriented (OO) and the traditional approaches coexist in SOF and GOF, the lessons learned, and how the OOD facilitated the distributed software development collaboratively by four different teams. Details are presented for the SOF system, its major subsystems, its interfaces with the rest of the XTE ground data system, and its design and implementation approaches