Vulnerability Study of Urban and Rural Heritage Masonry in Slovenia Through The Assessment of Local and Global Seismic Response of Buildings

Uncertainties regarding the influence of modelling strategies for the evaluation of seismic vulnerability of\ud masonry buildings in Slovenia were studied on two case studies– damaged buildings from the rural area of NW\ud Slovenia hit by earthquakes in ’98 and ’04 and the urban buildings from the old city centre of Ljubljana. Two\ud strategies were applied – failure mechanisms analysis by means of FaMIVE methodology and non-linear\ud response analysis by means of storey and global response (SREMB and 3Muri). The accuracy in predicting\ud failure modes by FaMIVE was 50% considering the stock of investigated building in rural area. The most critical\ud failure mechanisms were due to out-of-plane loading. For urban architecture, in-plane failure due to weak\ud spandrels was the predominant one. The mechanism assessment yields more conservative results in respect to\ud non-linear approach and thus may be an efficient tool for the design of strengthening measures for heritage\ud buildings to prevent damage in lower intensity events with higher probability of occurrence

Analisis USAhatani Sayuran

The purpose of thgis study was to analyze the development of the number of vegetable farmers, combination pattern, and the income of vegetable farmers in Kelurahan Tanah Enam Ratus. The research area for this study were determined through purposive method. The data obtained were analyzed through descriptive method, and crosstab analysis with Chi-square test. The result of this study showed that for the last three years, the number of vegetable farmers increasingly decreased, and there were four combination patterns of vegetable farming namely, mustard-spinach-kale, mutard-spinach, mustard-kale, and mustard. The wider the land area owned by the vegetable farmers, the more various kinds of vegetable commodities can be combined and the bigger income earned by the vegetable farmers

Road Safety Capacity Building in Belarus through the development of Road Safety Master Courses

The risk of traffic fatalities varies significantly across high, medium and low-income countries. Among the reasons for this in the latter ones, there is often a lack of road safety knowledge and political will. Road safety is a multidisciplinary topic and requires trained professionals able to identify and implement efficient measures in the areas of engineering, enforcement, education and emergency services, taking into consideration social and economic aspects as well. However, in some Eastern Europe Countries there are potential barriers to train adequately professionals, generally due to a lack of specialised training and training standardization. Such an example can be seen in Belarus where, although road safety is a key issue, it is not managed on an evidence-based approach and there seems to be insufficient funding for related research. An initiative towards increasing knowledge capacity is the Be-Safe project (EC Tempus), a joint effort between three EU Universities and four Belarusian Universities. The objective of this paper is to describe the methodology carried out in Be-Safe to develop and test for two years two 1st level Road Safety Master Courses (60 ECTS) in Belarus according to the Bologna process requirements. Initially, a User Needs Analysis was carried out to understand local conditions and needs in terms of teaching and research on road safety. The analysis highlighted a lack of research due to insufficient funding, linguistic barriers and inadequate international relationships. This isolation led to a need of updating contents and methods of courses for students as well as research topics. Then, expected learning outcomes and Masters' curricula, one for the Technical Universities and one for the Economics Universities, were defined and developed respectively. Finally, Masters' courses in four Belarusian Universities were tested. Quality results were ensured through a Quality Board and assessment tools to monitor the Masters' process as a whole

Penggunaan Ekstention Waktu dalam Role Online System Ticketing Raharja (Rooster) sebagai Penunjang Pelayanan Iduhelp!

Rooster (Role Online System Ticketing Raharja) is an information service by using the “ online ticket” which is provided as an advanced container to accommodate questions from iDuHelp! Operators. In ROOSTER (Role Online System Ticketing Raharja) , iDuHelp! Operators acting as a customer that making an advance question which will be accepted by each staff based on their category.The submitted question must be in existed scope. But in ROOSTER service there are still some shortcomings that must be covered for research so it will conlclude many solution. Among many problems, the main problem is the lack of service time, so it can be concluded that the solution is to extend the service time when needed. With this system fix in rooster, iduhelp activity in ROOSTER will perform good

Pengaruh Modal Kerja, Tenaga Kerja, Jam Kerja terhadap Pendapatan Nelayan Tradisional di Nagari Koto Taratak Kecamatan Sutera Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan

This study aims to reveal (1) the effect of working capital on the traditional fishermens income, (2) the effect of labor on the traditional fishermens income, (3) the effect of working hours on the traditional fishermens income, (4) the effect of working capital, labor and working hours toward the traditional fishermens income. Fishermen are a group of people who are actively engaged in fishing activities, which directly or indirectly it depend on seafood.This study was conducted in September 2013. Types of the research is descriptive correlation study. The population of the research is located in the traditional fishing Nagari Koto Taratak. Samples taken in this study were 35 people by purposive sampling. Analysis of the independent and dependent variables through descriptive analysis and regression as well as to prove the hypothesis used the t test and F test.From the results of the analysis were obtained regression equation Log Y = 0.965 + 0.762LogX1 - 0,281LogX2 + 0.441 LogX3 + e with sig 0.000, 0.130 and 0.003. F test with a score of 815.476 sig . 0.000 < 0.05. Thus the variable capital income (X1), revenue hours (X3) partially significant effect on the income of traditional fishermen (Y), while the variable labor (X2) partially no significant effect on the income of traditional fishermen (Y). Simultaneously variables capital income (X1), labor (X2) and revenue hours (X3) significantly influence the traditional fishermens income (Y). Thus the results of this study are expected to provide benefits in formulating policies and strategies are effective and efficient in improving the traditional fishermens income Nagari Koto Taratak. Keywords: Fishermen working, capital income, labor, revenue hour

PERANAN DIVISI CUSTOMER RETENTION TEAM (CRT) PADA PT. SAMPOERNA TELEKOMUNIKASI INDONESIA DALAM MENANGANI KELUHAN(Presepsi Konsumen Terhadap Penanganan Keluhan Divisi CRT PT. Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia)

Pelanggan merupakan salah satu aspek dalam mengukur keberhasilan perusahaan selain menyediakan produk atau jasa yang diminati. Retensi pelanggan merupakan salah satu faktor penentu keberhasilan perusahaan dalam mempertahankan pelanggannya agar tidak berpindah kepada perusahaan lain. Dalam hal ini manajemen penanganan keluhan menjadi aspek penting agar terciptanya keberhasilan perusahaan dalam mempertahankan pelanggan. Penelitian ini berjudul “ Peranan divisi Customer Retention Team (CRT) pada PT. Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia dalam Menangani Keluhan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan dan menganalisis peranan customer retention dalam penanganan keluhan pelanggannya. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah jenis deskriptif analisis. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada PT. Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia area Bandung. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah kuesioner, observasi, dan studi pustaka. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 4 elemen yang diperlukan dalam melakukan tugas penanganan keluhan antara lain, rangsangan keluhan, penerimaan keluhan, proses keluhan, dan reaksi keluhan. PT. Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia area Bandung telah menjalankan ke empat elemen tersebut. Kata Kunci : Customer Retention, Keluhan Pelanggan, Managemen Keluhan Pelangga

Prediction of conformational changes by single mutation in the hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) identified in HBsAg-negative blood donors

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Selection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) by host immunity has been suggested to give rise to variants with amino acid substitutions at or around the <it>'a' </it>determinant of the surface antigen (HBsAg), the main target of antibody neutralization and diagnostic assays. However, there have never been successful attempts to provide evidence for this hypothesis, partly because the 3 D structure of HBsAg molecules has not been determined. Tertiary structure prediction of HBsAg solely from its primary amino acid sequence may reveal the molecular energetic of the mutated proteins. We carried out this preliminary study to analyze the predicted HBsAg conformation changes of HBV variants isolated from Indonesian blood donors undetectable by HBsAg assays and its significance, compared to other previously-reported variants that were associated with diagnostic failure.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Three HBV variants (T123A, M133L and T143M) and a wild type sequence were analyzed together with frequently emerged variants T123N, M133I, M133T, M133V, and T143L. Based on the Jameson-Wolf algorithm for calculating antigenic index, the first two amino acid substitutions resulted in slight changes in the antigenicity of the <it>'a' </it>determinant, while all four of the comparative variants showed relatively more significant changes. In the pattern T143M, changes in antigenic index were more significant, both in its coverage and magnitude, even when compared to variant T143L. These data were also partially supported by the tertiary structure prediction, in which the pattern T143M showed larger shift in the HBsAg second loop structure compared to the others.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Single amino acid substitutions within or near the <it>'a' </it>determinant of HBsAg may alter antigenicity properties of variant HBsAg, which can be shown by both its antigenic index and predicted 3 D conformation. Findings in this study emphasize the significance of variant T143M, the prevalent isolate with highest degree of antigenicity changes found in Indonesian blood donors. This highlights the importance of evaluating the effects of protein structure alterations on the sensitivity of screening methods being used in detection of ongoing HBV infection, as well as the use of vaccines and immunoglobulin therapy in contributing to the selection of HBV variants.</p