Children\u27s Exposure to Peer Victimization, Bullying, Perceptions of School Safety, and School Climate Among Albanian and Serbian Students in Kosovo

Statistics suggest that school violence is prevalent in the Balkan region. However, the Balkan culture in general and Kosovar society in particular has paid little attention to peer victimization, bullying, school safety, and school climate considering the transitional period that society went through during the occupation and after the war. Moreover, there is no word in Albanian and Serbian language that describes bullying specifically. In order to explore the prevalence and nature of peer victimization, bullying, children\u27s perceptions of school safety, and school climate in Kosovo, a survey with 385 participants from grades 6th through 9th will be conducted with Albanian and Serbian students. This study used bivariate analyses to explore association between two variables (e.g., exposure to school violence and children\u27s victimization) and analysis of variance (ANOVA) to test for group differences based on demographic items (age, gender, grade, and ethnicity) and perceptions of peer victimization, bullying, school safety, and school climate. Comparisons between Albanian and Serbian students based on age, gender, and ethnicity, and experiences of bullying were explored, while linear regression were conducted to examine the moderation in relationship between bullying and perceptions of safety and peer victimization and perceptions of safety

IDENTIFICATION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION TISSUE BASED ON TEXTURE ANALYSIS FROM ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IMAGES

Texture is an important characteristic that can be used for identification and detection for surface defect or abnormalities. This research has an algorithm for identifying heart with suspected myocardial infarction problem based on texture analysis applied on echocardiography images. Texture tissue sample images taken from echocardiography sub-image (ROI).  There are two tissue classes: Type 1 corresponds to normal myocardial tissue, whereas Type 2 corresponds to infarcted myocardium with small dimension. Therefore, in order to investigate possible in differences tissue between patient with infarction tissue or not, we proposed a Wavelet Extension Transform and Gray Level Co-occurrence matrix.Wavelet Extension Transform is used to form an image approximation with higher resolution. The gray level co-occurrence matrices are computed for each sub-band. The feature vector of testing image and other feature vector as normal image classified by Mahalanobis distance to decide whether the test image is infarction or not. The method is tested with real data from echocardiography images of human heart. For each patient to be analyzed tissue samples are  taken from not-affected area  and tissue samples are taken from image segments corresponding to the infarcted area of myocardium. The result of this experiment can detect difference image from echocardiography as normal myocardium and infarcted myocardial tissue

Identification of Myocardial Infarction Tissue Based on Texture Analysis From Echocardiography Images

Texture is an important characteristic that can be used for identification and detection for surface defect or abnormalities. This research has an algorithm for identifying heart with suspected myocardial infarction problem based on texture analysis applied on echocardiography images. Texture tissue sample images taken from echocardiography sub-image (ROI). There are two tissue classes: Type 1 corresponds to normal myocardial tissue, whereas Type 2 corresponds to infarcted myocardium with small dimension. Therefore, in order to investigate possible in differences tissue between patient with infarction tissue or not, we proposed a Wavelet Extension Transform and Gray Level Co-occurrence matrix.Wavelet Extension Transform is used to form an image approximation with higher resolution. The gray level co-occurrence matrices are computed for each sub-band. The feature vector of testing image and other feature vector as normal image classified by Mahalanobis distance to decide whether the test image is infarction or not. The method is tested with real data from echocardiography images of human heart. For each patient to be analyzed tissue samples are taken from not-affected area and tissue samples are taken from image segments corresponding to the infarcted area of myocardium. The result of this experiment can detect difference image from echocardiography as normal myocardium and infarcted myocardial tissue

Metastatic lymph nodes in the neck of patients with T1 and T2 squamous cell carcinoma of the lower lip detected with lymphoscintigraphy

Aims and backgroundThe aim of our research was to use lymphoscintigraphy as a main method to confirm and detect lymph nodes in the neck, in patients with squamos cell carcinoma of lower lip which were clinically T1, T2 and N0, and to justify the use of selective neck dissection in those patients. MethodsFrom April 2010 to January 2011, 31 patients with T1, T2 and N0 SCC of the lower lip were admitted to our center. To detect sentinel lymph nodes, we performed lymphoscintigraphy (LSG). LSG was performed on the day of surgery after intradermal injection of 37 Mbq of Tc99m-Sn-colloid/ml at four peritumoral sites. The sentinel lymph nodes were then extirpated and sent for biopsy. Results Among the 31 patients, three (9.7%) were female and 28 (90.3%) were male. LSG detected sentinel nodes in the neck in 21 (67.7%) of the patients. Of these, 10 (47.6%) had a positive sentinel node biopsy. Of all 31 patients enrolled in the study, occult metastases were found in 10 (32.3%).  Conclusions Our results indicate that, of the methods used to detect positive lymph nodes, the most accurate is LSG. The results also suggest that further study is needed to optimize the treatment protocol in patients with SCC of the lower lip, especially in those with T2 lesions.

Breakfast Eater vs Breakfast Skipper (Who is better on Cognitive Function): A Correlational Study among College Students

Breakfast is one of the most important meals within a day and many studies have found that regular breakfast consumption is important in order to maintain an academic performance above average. However, young adults aged 17-24 years old are the highest population of breakfast skippers among other groups. Therefore, this study aimed to measure the association between frequency of breakfast consumption and cognitive function among college students in Banda Aceh city. The number of participant recruited through simple random technique was 300 college students. Cognitive Functioning Self-Assessment Scale was employed in order to obtain the data on cognitive function, whereas breakfast consumption was calculated based on the frequency of taking breakfast during the past week. Pearson Correlation was used to analyze the data and it showed a positive relationship between those two variables. Besides, the analysis also displayed a significance value of 0.000 (p<0.05). This indicated that the hypothesis was accepted –there was a very significant relationship between frequency of breakfast consumption and cognitive function among college students in Banda Aceh city.

The Analysis of Alpha Beta Pruning and MTD(f) Algorithm to Determine the Best Algorithm to be Implemented at Connect Four Prototype

Connect Four is a two-player game which the players take turns dropping discs into a grid to connect 4 of one’s own discs next to each other vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. At Connect Four, Computer requires artificial intelligence (AI) in order to play properly like human. There are many AI algorithms that can be implemented to Connect Four, but the suitable algorithms are unknown. The suitable algorithm means optimal in choosing move and its execution time is not slow at search depth which is deep enough. In this research, analysis and comparison between standard alpha beta (AB) Pruning and MTD(f) will be carried out at the prototype of Connect Four in terms of optimality (win percentage) and speed (execution time and the number of leaf nodes). Experiments are carried out by running computer versus computer mode with 12 different conditions, i.e. varied search depth (5 through 10) and who moves first. The percentage achieved by MTD(f) based on experiments is win 45,83%, lose 37,5% and draw 16,67%. In the experiments with search depth 8, MTD(f) execution time is 35, 19% faster and evaluate 56,27% fewer leaf nodes than AB Pruning. The results of this research are MTD(f) is as optimal as AB Pruning at Connect Four prototype, but MTD(f) on average is faster and evaluates fewer leaf nodes than AB Pruning. The execution time of MTD(f) is not slow and much faster than AB Pruning at search depth which is deep enough

TINJAUAN FIQH SIYASAH TERHADAP DAMPAK POSITIF ADANYA PEMEKARAN DESA BAGI MASYARAKAT (Studi di Desa Tanjung Harapan Kecamatan Tanjung Raya Kabupaten Mesuji)

ABSTRAK Pertumbuhan Desa dari tahun ke tahun menunjukkan suatu peningkatan sebagai efek dikeluarkannya Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 tentang Desa. Tujuan utama pemekaran desa adalah untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat dan memudahkan pelayanan publik. Desa Tanjung Harapan merupakan salah satu dari beberapa Desa yang merupakan Desa pemekaran, kemajuan Desa tentu tidak lepas dari faktor-faktor pendukung, dalam hal ini adanya peran kepala desa, serta masyarakat yang sangat penting dalam kemajuan suatu desa khususnya Desa Tanjung Harapan. Permasalahan dalam penelitian ini yaitu, bagaimana dampak positif adanya pemekaran desa bagi masyarakat Desa Tanjung Harapan Kecamatan Tanjung Raya Kabupaten Mesuji dan bagaimana tinjauan fiqh siyasah terhadap dampak Positif adanya pemekaran desa bagi masyarakat Desa Tanjung Harapan Kecamatan Tanjung Raya Kabupaten Mesuji. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui dampak positif adanya pemekaran desa bagi masyarakat Tanjung Harapan Kecamatan Tanjung Raya Kabupaten Mesuji dan untuk mengetahui tinjauan fiqh siyasah terhadap Positif adanya pemekaran desa bagi masyarakat Desa Tanjung Harapan Kecamatan Tanjung Raya Kabupaten Mesuji. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian lapangan (field Research), dan sifat penelitian ini yaitu deskriptif analitis. Sumber data yang digunakan adalah jenis data primer dan data sekunder. Teknik pengumpulan data meliputi, wawancara, dokumentasi, dan observasi. Teknik pengelolaan data yaitu, editing, coding dan sistematika data, kemudian data dianalisis dengan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat ditarik sebuah kesimpulan. Pertama, adanya pemekaran Desa mampu memberikan dampak positif yang sangat membantu masyarakat dalam kegiatan pelayanan publik, Kemudian mengenai sarana dan prasarana di Desa Tanjung Harapan telah mengalami iii peningkatan, seperti perbaikan dalam sarana transportasi yaitu jalan, dan pembangunan-pembangunan lainnya yang terjadi akibat adanya Pemekaran Desa, hal ini tentu saja tak lepas dari kompetensi pelaksana dan kebijalan-kebijakan yang dikeluarlkan oleh pemerintahan Desa pasca pemekaran. Oleh karena itu dapat kita pahami bahawa dampak pemekaran Desa khususnya di Desa Tanjung Harapan suda memiliki dampak positif bagi masyarakat. Kedua, Menurut tinjauan fiqh siyasah, dampak positif Pemekaran Desa bagi masyarakat Desa Tanjung Harapan Kecamatan Tanjung Raya Kabupaten Mesuji sudah sesuai dengan fiqh siyasah, Sebagaimana dalam surat Anisa Ayat 58 menjelaskan pemerintah mempunyai kewajiban dalam menetapkan kebijakan-kebijakan harus berorientasi pada kemaslahatan masyarakat. Kata Kunci: Tinjauan Fiqh Siyasah, Dampak Positf, Pemekaran Des

Inventarisasi dan Identifikasi Jamur Koprofil Makroskopis Pada Beberapa Peternakan Sapi di Wilayah Kabupaten Banyumas

Jamur koprofil merupakan tipe jamur saprofit yang menggunakan kotoran berbagai hewan, terutama herbivora, sebagai substrat untuk tumbuh. Penelitian mengenai jamur koprofil makroskopis sampai saat ini belum ada yang dipublikasikan di Indonesia. Wilayah Kabupaten Banyumas memiliki iklim tropis basah, dengan rata-rata curah hujan 2.725 mm per tahun dengan temperatur udara rata-rata berkisar antara 21,4 o o C, yang memungkinkan bagi pertumbuhan jamur. Peternakan sapi banyak terdapat di Kabupaten Banyumas seperti di Kecamatan Kedungbanteng, Kecamatan Sumbang dan Kecamatan Karanglewas. Jamur koprofil dijumpai pada peternakan sapi yang kotoran sapinya tidak terpapar hujan maupun panas langsung. Penelitian inventarisasi dan identifikasi sangat diperlukan agar diperoleh informasi mengenai keragaman jamur koprofil yang ada pada beberapa wilayah di Kabupaten Banyumas. Tujuan penelitian adalah mengetahui genera jamur koprofil dan genus jamur koprofil yang dominan pada beberapa peternakan sapi di wilayah Kabupaten Banyumas. Penelitian menggunakan metode survai dengan teknik pengambilan sampel secara purposive random sampling. Objek yang diteliti adalah tubuh buah dan substrat jamur koprofil. Parameter yang diamati yaitu karakter makromorfologi (ukuran pileus, diameter pileus, warna pileus, tekstur pileus, warna lamela, kerapatan lamela, perlekatan lamela pada stipe, panjang stipe, diameter stipe, tekstur stipe, warna stipe, pangkal stipe), karakter mikromorfologi (bentuk, ukuran dan warna spora) dan substrat jamur koprofil (temperatur, kelembapan, pH, kadar air dan rasio C/N). Analisis data dilakukan secara deskriptif. Hasil identifikasi diperoleh lima genera jamur koprofil makroskopis terdapat pada beberapa peternakan sapi di wilayah Kabupaten Banyumas yaitu Ascobolus, Coprinopsis, Leucocoprinus, Coprinellus dan Lycoperdon. Nilai indeks dominansi yang dihitung menggunakan metode Simpsons sebesar 0,42 menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada genus yang mendominasi genus lainnya pada beberapa peternakan sapi di wilayah Kabupaten Banyumas

Analisis Pengaruh Budaya Organisasi Terhadap Loyalitas Karyawan Kantor Perwakilan Bank Indonesia Provinsi Lampung

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui serta menganalisis pengaruh dari budaya organisasi yang terdiri dari dimensi inovasi dan pengambilan resiko, memperhatikan detail, orientasi pada hasil, orientasi pada orang, orientasi pada tim, Keagresifan dan stabilitas terhadap loyalitas karyawan Kantor Perwakilan Bank Indonesia Provinsi Lampung. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik sampel jenuh yang berjumlah lima puluh enam sampel yang merupakan karyawan Kantor Perwakilan Bank Indonesia Provinsi Lampung. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi linier sederhana dan diolah dengan menggunakan software SPSS versi 22. Berdasarkan hasil analisis yang telah dilakukan dalam penelitian ini, diketahui bahwa variabel bebas budaya organisasi yang terdiri dari dimensi inovasi dan pengambilan resiko, memperhatikan detail, orientasi pada hasil, orientasi pada orang, orientasi pada tim, Keagresifan dan stabilitas berpengaruh signifikan terhadap variabel terikat yaitu loyalitas karyawan dengan nilai signifikansi 0,00 dan nilai koefisien determinasi (KD) sebesar 38,2%. Kesimpulan penelitian ini adalah budaya organisasi berpengaruh siginifikan terhadap loyalitas karyawan pada Kantor Perwakilan Bank Indonesia Provinsi Lampung dengan kontribusi pengaruh sebesar 38,2%. Kata Kunci: Budaya Organisasi, Loyalitas Karyawan, Kantor Perwakilan Bank Indonesia Provinsi Lampun