Publication productivity of women physicists in India: A Scientometrics study

The present study focused on the research publications of women faculty in the field of physics, Astrophysics, Astronomy and Atmospheric Science in India. To collect the data we have covered the women faculty of Central Universities, State Universities, IITs, NITs, IISER’s, NISER’s, research institutes, laboratories and some selected deemed universities. The first fact we found was that the number of women were very less as compare to male staff. To see the publication productivity of women authors we tried to analyze the year-wise productivity, authorship pattern, preferred journals, place and designation and the research papers received highest citations for the period of five years from 2011-2015. Year 2014 found to be the most productive year and in authorship pattern, women authors preferred to publish their research in collaboration. Highest number of research papers was published in Journal of Applied Physics

I “vermicelli pestilenziali”. Antonio Vallisneri e il dibattito sulla teoria microbica

Obiettivo della tesi è la ricostruzione del complesso rapporto che legò Antonio Vallisneri alla teoria microbica delle malattie infettive. Lo studio prende inizio dall’analisi del processo della sua elaborazione, contrassegnato da una stretta connessione con le ricerche embriogenetiche, per giungere alla fase dell’affermazione dell’”ipotesi vermicolare” e della sua ricezione nel mondo medico-scientifico dell’epoca. Particolare attenzione è rivolta al modo in cui il medico scandianese tentò di reagire alla dura contestazione che essa dovette subire e che ne decretò il precoce tramonto

Research Output of Indian Women Scientists in the field of Physics and Astronomy: A Scientometrics study

The research output of the women scientists of the selected Indian research institutes in the field of physics and astronomy is analyzed for a period of 2011 to 2015. It is observed that the strength of women scientists (12.35 %) are less in compare to men scientists (87.65%), as only 73 women scientists out of total 583 staff. These women scientists have published total number of 713 research articles, and the current study reveals the contribution of each scientist individually. The highest numbers of papers (144) were published by National Physical Laboratory but Indian Institute of Astrophysics got the highest number of citations for fewer publications (2018 for 129 articles). The majority of these articles were published in collaboration with other institutes of national and international level. To understand the collaboration between these and other institute the collaboration coefficient is calculated (CC) and found that these institute have average CC ~0 .7480. On the basis of analysis of 713 publications of women scientists, the Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics is assigned as rank one because maximum articles were published in this journal, and in term of most productive authors, Aditi Sen De from Harish Chandra Research Institute with maximum 38 publications is allocated as rank one among all women scientists. Additionally, this study also presents detailed information on the corresponding and first authorship of all these papers

A citation study of Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) andDESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT)

The study presents an analysis of the number of articles published in Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS)and DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT) during 2010-2013 and the citations obtained bythese articles during 2010-2014 (April) using Google. The study develops immediacy index and impact factor of the twojournals, besides, identifying the highly cited authors/papers. Findings reveal that DJLIT published more papers than ALISand also received more citations. However, citation per paper for both the journals is almost equal. DJLIT have a betterimmediacy index than ALIS. Impact factor of both the journals was less than one in 2012; however, it increased in 2013 andwas more than one in 2013

Disordering Behavior Pattern in Autistic Students

Abstract Autistic students experience barriers to behavior, communication, and social interaction. Based on a preliminary study, it was found that autistic students did not respond to people around them, were often alone, and rarely played. The purpose of this study was to describe the pattern of disruptive behavior in autistic students. Subject selection is done by means of identification of children with special needs and assessment of disruptive behavior. The research design is a qualitative case study with a descriptive method. Data were collected by observation and interviews. Observations were used to observe verbally and physically disruptive behavior the teacher's role in overcoming disruptive behavior, as well as the impact of disruptive behavior on autistic students. Interviews were used to get answers orally to classmates and class teachers, principals, parents, neighbors. The data were analyzed using componential analysis which analyzed more specifically the focus of the research. The results of the study showed that autistic students' verbally disruptive forms of behavior such as making fun of and calling with bad names. The forms of behavior that physically interfere with autistic students are attacking, pulling the headscarf, pulling hair, and pulling friends' hands. The teacher plays an authoritative role in overcoming the disruptive behavior raised by autistic students. The impact of disruptive behavior on the person being bullied is feeling uncomfortable and angry. The impact of behavior on autistic students themselves is being attacked and ostracized. It is recommended for teachers to provide assertiveness, collaborate with behavioral therapists and competent experts. Keywords: Disturbing behavior; the role of the teacher; impact; autistic students.                                              &nbsp

The Concept of Just and Civilized Humanity in the 2nd Principle as viewed from QS An Nisa Verse 58 According to Tafsir Quraish Shihab

The large number of Indonesian people who do not practice the second principle, namely just and civilized humanity, makes this Pancasila useless. In fact, this second principle is also mentioned in surah an-nisa verse 58 and this verse has been confirmed by modern interpretations, one of which is the Al-Misbah interpretation. This research also compares Quraish Shihab's thoughts in his interpretation of Al-Misbah with Buya Hamka in his interpretation of Al-Azha

Penilaian Capability Level Layanan Sistem Informasi E-Library Perpustakaan Universitas Esa Unggul Dengan Menggunakan Cobit 2019

Electronic library (E-Library) merupakan salah satu sistem online perpustakaan yang memudahkan untuk mengakses informasi ilmu pengetahuan dalam format digital tanpa terhalang jarak dan waktu. Keberadaan layanan teknologi informasi E-library sendiri dapat mendukung dari kinerja organisasi serta dapat meningkatkan nilai perusahaan itu sendiri dimata para pengguna. Oleh karena itu layanan teknologi informasi ini harus sejalan dan sesuai dengan tujuan bisnis dari perusahaan tersebut agar sumber daya yang dikeluarkan untuk penerapan layanan teknologi informasi ini tidak terbuang secara percuma. Saat ini sistem E-library terkadang memiliki kendala saat mengakses karena server yang bermasalah, perubahan operasional prosedur pada sistem e-library, dan juga permasalah pada hardware tanpa adanya penanganan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui tingkat capability level layanan pada e-library perpustakaan universitas esa unggul serta memberikan rekomendasi untuk meningkatkan pelayanan pada sistem dan juga perpustakaan. Penelitan ini menggunakan framework COBIT 2019 untuk membantu melihat tingkat capability pada E-library pada perpustakaan Universitas Esa Unggul. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian maka dihasilkan tingkat capability level pada E-library perpustakaan Universitas Esa Unggul berada dilevel dua yang artinya Universitas Esa Unggul sudah menjalanakan beberapa proses sesuai dengan SOP ((standard operating procedure) yang ada namun belum ada operasional prosedur mengenai tata letak buku yang terupdate di sistem tidak sesuai dengan yang di perpustakaan. Dalam hal ini maka diberikan sebuah rekomendasi untuk memberikan pengumuman via sistem agar mahasiswa yang meminjam buku dapat mengembalikan sesuai letak semula, atau mengembalikan ke drop off yang kemudian nanti di tata kembali sama karyawan yang bertugas. Kata Kunci: Framework, COBIT, Tingkat Capability, E-library, Sistem Informasi

Winter climate change in alpine tundra: plant responses to changes in snow depth and snowmelt timing

Snow is an important environmental factor in alpine ecosystems, which influences plant phenology, growth and species composition in various ways. With current climate warming, the snow-to-rain ratio is decreasing, and the timing of snowmelt advancing. In a 2-year field experiment above treeline in the Swiss Alps, we investigated how a substantial decrease in snow depth and an earlier snowmelt affect plant phenology, growth, and reproduction of the four most abundant dwarf-shrub species in an alpine tundra community. By advancing the timing when plants started their growing season and thus lost their winter frost hardiness, earlier snowmelt also changed the number of low-temperature events they experienced while frost sensitive. This seemed to outweigh the positive effects of a longer growing season and hence, aboveground growth was reduced after advanced snowmelt in three of the four species studied. Only Loiseleuria procumbens, a specialist of wind exposed sites with little snow, benefited from an advanced snowmelt. We conclude that changes in the snow cover can have a wide range of species-specific effects on alpine tundra plants. Thus, changes in winter climate and snow cover characteristics should be taken into account when predicting climate change effects on alpine ecosystem

Mechanical and physical properties of porcelain fused to zirconia and full contour zirconia materials subjected to various surface treatments

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to assess the effects of different surface treatments on flexural strength, surface roughness, and crystal structure of zirconia with different yttria concentrations on YZ ceramics are to be evaluated. Moreover, the effects yttria stabilization on the mechanical properties of four variants of highly translucent yttria-stabilized zirconia (VITA YZ ® Zahnfabrik) and porcelain-fused YZ. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four different monolithic zirconia ceramics: VITA-Zahnfabrik VITA-YZ T, VITA-YZ HT, VITA-YZ ST, VITA-YZ XT, as well as porcelain-fused zirconia (PFZ) were used in this study. Disc specimens were prepared by core-drilling and sectioning the bulk discs, which were sintered according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. These sintered zirconia specimens were subsequently subjected to surface treatments with diamond discs of various fineness parameters such as 1μm, 50μm, 125μm, and without surface treatment as a control group. Surface roughness was evaluated at three different locations of five polished specimens from each group of the five different materials by using a contact profilometer Mitutoyo Surftest SJ-201 with a 2μm diamond stylus. A Bruker D2 Phaser diffractometer was used for X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements. Crystallographic phase identification and analysis were performed through Rietveld refinements on XRD raw data using GSAS-II software implemented by Python. An Instron universal testing machine was used to test biaxial flexural strength of the materials, in which a ball-on-three-balls configuration was set up to perform biaxial flexural strength testing with a speed of 1 mm/min and a load cell capacity of 10 kN. The microstructures of materials were analyzed by using a SU6600 Hitachi field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). Descriptive statistics such as surface roughness, phase contents, grain size, and flexural strength were indicated as mean and standard deviation (SD). Statistical analysis was performed using multi-way ANOVA and linear regression model followed by the post hoc Tukey test. RESULTS: XRD analyses for all control, as well as treated specimens, indicate the presence of multiple phases of zirconia in each specimen, which include tetragonal, cubic, monoclinic, and rhombohedral crystalline phases. Some of the control samples have no detectable monoclinic phase of zirconia while all surface treated specimens have various amounts of monoclinic phases and rhombohedral phases. The presence of these phases has affected the flexural strength as well as the crack toughening characteristics. The YZ T samples have the highest flexural strength while YZ XT have the lowest flexural strength. The sample surface roughness depends on the type of treatment. The surface treatment affects each group of specimens in a different way depending upon its various pristine crystal phases. The surface treatment with different fineness parameters such as 1μm, 50μm, and 125μm was found to induce the stress-induced phase transformation in the surface layers of the specimens, which includes tetragonal to monoclinic phase transformation. This phase transformation seriously affects the flexural strength and crack propagation of zirconia due to the transformation toughening mechanism. The results indicated that grain size was not a crucial factor influencing either the transformation toughening mechanism or the tetragonal phase content in the control groups in each monolithic material system. In case of the porcelain fused zirconia (PFZ), Several factors can affect the flexural strength of the veneering materials. CONCLUSIONS: The higher yttria content over 4 mol% decreases the flexural strength of the ceramics studied. Moreover, the surface polishing treatments seem to enhance the flexural strength in all cases. The biaxial flexural strength of porcelain-fused zirconia (PFZ) was significantly lower than monolithic zirconia (YZ