Bone Length Estimation and Population-Specific Features of Calcaneus and Talus Bones of the Late Byzantine Era

Certain markers in bone structure allow researchers to estimate the length of an entire bone based only on a fragmented piece. Forensic anthropologists and bio-archeologists have recently devoted greater attention to the estimation of bone length from fragmented bones. This study aims to evaluate osteometric data in order to distinguish the population affinity of Byzantine individuals, as well as to estimate the length of the calcaneus and talus bones based on incomplete specimens. This is vital because of the importance of talar bones in the assessments of the population-specific features and because calcaneus and talus bones tend to preserve better archaeologically. The study includes 160 adult, male, complete and non-damaged calcanei (72 left and 88 right) and 84 adult, male, complete and non-damaged talus bones (38 left and 46 right) from the dry, late Byzantine era (13th Century AD) contexts. A total of 10 bony markers were selected for measurements of calcanei and 14 were selected for tali. Data were subjected to statistical analysis in order to assess bilateral differences in the bony markers. Correlation coefficients were also determined between maximum lengths of calcanei and tali against other markers. Dorsal articular facet length and dorsal articular facet breadth parameters of calcanei showed significant side differences (p<0.01). Length of the sulcus tali and width of the sulcus tali parameters for talus bones also showed statistically significant differences (p<0.01). More than one of the bony markers correlated in a statistically significant way with maximum length of calcanei and tali

Controlling A Robot Car Using Android Application Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta

CONTROLLING A ROBOT USING ANDROID APPLICTION Abstract The Android Operating System is one of the biggest number in usage operating system in the smartphone that also commonly known in our life, for order of entertainment, invention, research, social etc, meanwhile for the research purpose there are many ways those can be done to invent a product to be researched. The objective of this research is to develop a program or an Android application to control a robot powered by Arduino using a motor driver and a Bluetooth modem. The process involved in building the robot includes the assembling of a chassis used for the robot, programing the Arduino as well as the interface for the Android device. This thesis document contains the design of process for the robot and programming for the android interface. The details in the research give the information about the different aspects of computing involved in the whole project. The advantages those might be obtained are the cheap research cost because in the other hand Arduino and Android are open source. The outcome of the project is a combination of embedded computing and programming, the researcher used APP Inventor2to integrate Arduino with Android, based on the test methods it can be concluded that it is easy to implement Arduino with android the Keywords: Android, Arduino, Bluetooth shield, embedded computin

Analisis Potensi dan Kendala Pada Bumdes Unit Usaha Bidang Pengelolaan Air Bersih serta Pengaruhnya terhadap Peningkatan Pendapatan Asli Desa (PAD) dan Kesejahteraan Masyarakat di Desa Rempoah

Disparitas kemiskinan di antara wilayah perkotaan dan perdesaan di Indonesia masih cukup tinggi. Oleh sebab itu, pemerintah mengupayakan adanya pemerataan pembangunan di seluruh wilayah Indonesia, salah satunya melalui pengembangan ekonomi berbasis masyarakat. Pemerintah melalui UU Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 tentang Desa mengamanatkan dana desa untuk dikelola pemerintah desa guna mewujudkan desa yang mandiri dan sejahtera, salah satunya melalui pengembangan Badan Usaha Milik Desa (BUMDes). BUMDes Berkah Maju Bersama Desa Rempoah khususnya unit usaha pengelolaan air bersih telah berjalan cukup efektif dalam meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat dan telah memberikan kontribusi positif terhadap peningkatan Pendapatan Asli Desa. Namun demikian, BUMDes ini masih dapat dikembangkan guna optimalisasi kesejahteraan masyarakat. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui dan mendeskripsikan apa saja potensi yang masih dapat dikembangkan pada BUMDES Berkah Maju Bersama unit usaha pengelolaan air bersih serta apa saja yang masih menjadi kendala bagi pengembangan potensi tersebut. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa BUMDes Berkah Maju Bersama unit usaha bidang pengelolaan air bersih memiliki cukup banyak potensi yang bagus untuk dikembangkan. Kendala yang dihadapi BUMDes dalam menjalankan kegiatan usahanya antara lain dalam memberikan pelayanan air bersih BUMDes ini belum menjangkau seluruh lapisan masyarakat di wilayah desa Rempoah. Selain itu, ketersediaan modal BUMDes yang terbatas dikarenakan belum adanya kerja sama antara BUMDes dengan pihak ketiga, serta minat masyarakat yang rendah dalam hal penanaman modal di BUMDes. Oleh sebab itu, diharapkan ke depannya BUMDes Berkah Maju Bersama unit usaha pengelolaan air bersih dapat mengembangkan usahanya melalui upaya membuka kerja sama dalam hal penguatan modal usaha dengan masyarakat ataupun pihak ketiga.Keywords: Potensi, Kendala, BUMDes.

Delayed Presentation of a Giant Ascending Aortic Aneurysm following Aortic Valve Replacement

Giant ascending aortic aneurysm formation following aortic valve replacement is rare. A 28-year-old man who underwent aortic valve replacement with a prosthetic valve for aortic regurgitation secondary to congenital bicuspid aortic valve about 10 years ago was diagnosed with a giant ascending aortic aneurysm about 16 cm in diameter in follow-up. The aneurysm was resected leaving the functional old mechanical prosthesis in place and implanted a 34-mm Hemashield woven graft, associated with the left and right coronary artery button implantation. Histological findings of the aortic aneurysm wall showed cystic medial necrosis. The postoperative course was uneventful and postoperative examination demonstrated good surgical results

Investigating the Effectiveness of ESL Games and Activities in Developing Listening Skills among ESL Learners

This study aimed to examine the efficacy of using ESL games and activities to enhance ESL learners\u27 listening skills. The study was conducted with participants of 75 from various universities in Kurdistan Region, selected using a stratified random sampling method. The pretest-posttest control group design was employed in this study, in which the experimental group received ESL games and activities, while the control group received traditional listening instruction. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, and ANCOVA. The findings of the study revealed that the experimental group outperformed the control group on the post-test, indicating that ESL games and activities had a significant impact on the development of listening skills among ESL learners. This study’s outcomes have several implications for teaching and learning practices. Instructors and curriculum designers could integrate ESL games and activities into their teaching methodologies to make language learning more engaging and interactive. Furthermore, learners could benefit from a more enjoyable and dynamic learning experience. The study’s limitations were that it was conducted in a specific cultural and educational context, which may limit its generalizability. Additionally, the study did not consider individual differences among participants, such as prior language proficiency or motivation levels, which may have influenced the results. In conclusion, this study indicates that ESL games and activities can enhance listening skills among ESL learners. Future research could explore the effectiveness of these methods in different educational settings and with different populations of ESL learners

Predictive value of atrial electromechanical delay for atrial fibrillation recurrence

Background: We investigated the predictive value of atrial electromechanical delay (AEMD) for recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) at 1-month after cardioversion.Methods: Seventy-seven patients with persistent AF were evaluated and finally 50 patients (12 men, 38 women) were included. All patients underwent transthoracic electrical DC cardioversion under amiodarone treatment. AEMD was measured as the time interval from the onset of the P wave on electrogram (ECG) to the beginning of late diastolic wave (Am) from the ventricular annulus and atrial walls on tissue Doppler imaging, in the apical 4-chamber view 24 h after cardiversion. P wave maximum-duration (Pmax), P wave minimum-duration (Pmin) and P wave dispersion-duration (Pdis) were calculated on the 12-lead ECG at 24-h postcardioversion. We followed the heart rate and rhythm by 12-lead ECG at 24-h, 1-week and 1-month.Results: At 1-month follow-up after cardioversion, 28 (56%) patients were in sinus rhythm (SR), whereas 22 (44%) patients reverted to AF. The AEMD durations were longer in AF group than SR group (p &lt; 0.001) and were signifi cantly correlated with Pmax and Pdis (p &lt; 0.001 for both). For AF recurrence; duration of AF, left atrial (LA) diameter, maximum LA volume index, mitral A velocity and LA lateral AEMD were significant parameters in univariate-analysis, however LA lateral AEMD was the only significant parameter in multivariate-analysis (OR: 1.46; 95% CI 1.02–2.11; p = 0.03).Conclusions: Our results suggest that AEMD is associated with an increased risk of recurrence of AF within 1-month. These data may have implications for the identification of patients who are most likely to experience substantial benefit from cardiversion therapy for AF

MENINGKATKAN KESADARAN HUKUM TERHADAP KEHIDUPAN BERMASYARAKAT UNTUK MENCAPAI KEHARMONISAN DAN KETERTIBAN DI DESA BUNTU NANNA

Indonesia as a State of Law (Rechtsstaat) Not States of Power (machstaat). This statement indicates that all actions must be based on law. Community legal awareness as an embodiment of the legal culture of the community must continue to be instilled so that community compliance with the law can continue to be improved. As is known, the law is the highest rule that must be implemented by the community in carrying out social interactions, and by the authorities in carrying out state and social life, because the concepts, ideas and social ideals inherent in the law are emanations of the value system. who live in the heart of the community concerned.Indonesia sebagai Negara Hukum (Rechtsstaat) Bukan Negara–Negara kekuasaan (machstaat). Pernyataan tersebut mengindikasikan bahwa segala suatu perbuatan haruslah didasarkan pada hukum. Kesadaran hukum masyarakat sebagai penjelmaan dari budaya hukum masyarakat harus terus ditanamkan agar kepatuhan masyarakat terhadap hukum dapat terus ditingkatkan. Seperti diketahui hukum merupakan kaidah tertinggi yang harus dilaksanakan oleh masyarakat dalam melaksanakan interaksi sosial, dan oleh penguasa dalam menyelenggarakan kehidupan bernegara dan bermasyarakat, karena konsep-konsep, ide-ide dan cita-cita sosial yang melekat secara inheren dalam hukum tersebut merupakan pancaran sistem nilai yang hidup dalam sanubari masyarakat yang bersangkutan

Improving Kurdish Web Mining through Tree Data Structure and Porter’s Stemmer Algorithms

Stemming is one of the main important preprocessing techniques that can be used to enhance the accuracy of text classification. The key purpose of using the stemming is combining the number of words that have same stem to decrease high dimensionality of feature space. Reducing feature space cause to decline time to construct a model and minimize the memory space. In this paper, a new stemming approach is explored for enhancing Kurdish text classification performance. Tree data structure and Porter’s stemmer algorithms are incorporated for building the proposed approach.&nbsp; The system is assessed through using Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Decision Tree (C4.5) to illustrate the performance of the suggested stemmer after and before applying it. Furthermore, the usefulness of using stop words are considered before and after implementing the suggested approach

Symptomatic Remission Determines Functional Improvement and Quality of Life in Schizophrenia

Introduction: Schizophrenia is a chronic illness that negatively affects the quality of life and psychosocial functions. Defined criteria to assess remission in schizophrenia are considered to be useful in the longterm follow-up of patients and in discriminating diagnostic factors. This study investigated the quality of life and functionality in schizophrenia patients in symptomatic remission (R-Sch) and not in remission (Non-R-Sch). Methods: Sociodemographic data were collected for 40 R-Sch and 40 Non-R-Sch patients, and the following scales were administered: the Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S) Scale; Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire-Short Form, Turkish Version (WHOQOL-BREF-TR), Quality of Life Scale for Schizophrenia Patients (QLS), and Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF). Results: The total and all subscale scores of PANSS and the CGI-S score were significantly lower in the R-Sch group than in the Non-R-Sch group, whereas the GAF scores and all subscales of QLS and WHOQOL-BREF-TR were significantly higher. Conclusion: This study demonstrates that improvement in symptoms in schizophrenia patients improves quality and functionality in all areas of life, suggesting that an improvement in symptoms is the most important determinant of functional recovery in the treatment of schizophrenia