STRATEGI JAPAN FOUNDATION DALAM MEMPERKENALKAN BUDAYA JEPANG MELALUI PROGRAM PAMERAN NINGYO: ART AND BEAUTY OF JAPANESE DOLLS DI INDONESIA

Travel exhibitions have become an important medium for the Japan Foundation in introducing Japanese culture to the Indonesian people. Cultural exchanges between the two countries are increasing along with the increasing interest of the Indonesian people in Japanese culture. This research aims to reveal the Japan Foundation's strategy in introducing Japanese culture through a travel exhibition program in Indonesia. This research involves a qualitative approach. Data analysis was carried out by detailing relevant findings from the literature and organizing them briefly and concisely. This approach allows the researcher to explore and present key findings from related literature in more depth and provides substantial insight into the context of this research. The results of the study found that the Japan Foundation succeeded in implementing an effective strategy through traveling exhibitions to disseminate a deeper understanding of Japanese culture. Apart from that, the NINGYO: Art and Beauty of Japanese dolls exhibition in Indonesia is a successful example of how cultural diplomacy can help strengthen relations between Japan and Indonesia. These activities have increased the Indonesian people's understanding of aspects of Japanese culture. It can be concluded that by adopting a comprehensive strategy, the Japan Foundation has succeeded in broadening the Indonesian people's understanding of Japanese culture through the travel exhibition program. This activity plays an important role in enhancing bilateral relations between the two countries and encouraging broader and sustainable cultural exchanges in the future

Numerical model for investigating seismic performance of Prestressed Hollow Concrete (PHC) piles with Fiber section element

In the medium to high seismic zone, prestressed hollow concrete (PHC) pile for structural foundation should be designed with elastic behavior due to low ductility and dissipated energy. However, some Indonesian practical engineer has chosen PHC pile for pile-supported slab viaduct (PSSV) with medium seismic moment-resisting frame concept in a high-risk earthquake zone. Therefore, some nonlinear numerical simulations of PSSV structure in medium to high seismic zone need to be conducted to investigate its seismic performance. In the initial stage, a numerical model for investigating the seismic performance of PHC pile under flexural test was conducted. By implementing an appropriate plastic hinge length of forced beam-column with hinge elements, the flexural behavior of PHC piles to be simulated under both monotonic and cyclic loading. The fiber section was adopted to accommodate non-linear behaviour of material in the PHC pile cross section. As the results, the skeleton curves, the sectional strain distributions, and the hysteresis curves have good agreement results compared with the experimental results. Furthermore, based on the equal damping ratio calculation of the hysteresis curve, the PHC pile only achieve low energy dissipation, though the ductility capacity around 3. Finally, this numerical model approach could be adopted in the non-linear simulation of PSSV structure under seismic load

Seismic Performance Comparison of Pile Supported Slab Viaduct with PHC Pile and RC Bored Pile in South Part of Java Island

At present, infrastructures of Indonesia are developed rapidly to enhance economic growth. One of them is in terms of an elevated structure to support highway and railway infrastructures. Pile-supported slab viaduct (PSSV) with pre-stressed hollow concrete (PHC) piles has been widely used in the development of both infrastructures. The structural configuration just contains a pile as a pier, pile head, and slab. So that, quick construction time and lower cost are amongst the consideration of that type selection. Considering that the Indonesian country is mostly in the earthquake zone, the development of the high seismic performance of PSSV structures becomes a necessity. Previous researches showed that PHC piles without additional treatment have low ductility and energy dissipation. On the other hand, reinforced concrete (RC) columns could achieve medium ductility for a stand-alone seismic lateral resistance. In this study, a seismic performance comparison between PSSV with spun pile column and PSSV with RC bored pile column that designed as a medium ductility concept to be conducted with a numerical model by using OpenSees software. A non-linear beam-column element with hinge and fiber section was adopted to simulate the plastic hinge behavior of the pile element. Cyclic loading following ACI 374.1-05 loading protocol was implemented to quantify structural drift-energy dissipation. Then, to evaluate the seismic performance of the proposed structures, a set of scaled ground motion provided by the Japan Road Association (JRA) was generated. The target acceleration spectra based on SNI 2833-2016, the Indonesia seismic load provision for bridge design, for Kulonprogo, Yogyakarta Province. The result of this study concluded that utilizing RC bored pile as the piers of the PSSV structure could produce higher energy dissipation than the one with PHC pile column under cyclic loading. Also, PSSV structure with RC pile column had a better response against the seismic excitation than the one with the PHC column, even though slightly over the ultimate capacity. However, the PSSV with PHC column had significant over-limit deformation under some ground motion excitation. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd

Numerical model for investigating seismic performance of Prestressed Hollow Concrete (PHC) piles with Fiber section element

In the medium to high seismic zone, prestressed hollow concrete (PHC) pile for structural foundation should be designed with elastic behavior due to low ductility and dissipated energy. However, some Indonesian practical engineer has chosen PHC pile for pile-supported slab viaduct (PSSV) with medium seismic moment-resisting frame concept in a high-risk earthquake zone. Therefore, some nonlinear numerical simulations of PSSV structure in medium to high seismic zone need to be conducted to investigate its seismic performance. In the initial stage, a numerical model for investigating the seismic performance of PHC pile under flexural test was conducted. By implementing an appropriate plastic hinge length of forced beam-column with hinge elements, the flexural behavior of PHC piles to be simulated under both monotonic and cyclic loading. The fiber section was adopted to accommodate non-linear behaviour of material in the PHC pile cross section. As the results, the skeleton curves, the sectional strain distributions, and the hysteresis curves have good agreement results compared with the experimental results. Furthermore, based on the equal damping ratio calculation of the hysteresis curve, the PHC pile only achieve low energy dissipation, though the ductility capacity around 3. Finally, this numerical model approach could be adopted in the non-linear simulation of PSSV structure under seismic load

Public Awareness and Practices Towards Self-Medication with Antibiotics Among Malaysian Population: Questionnaire Development and Pilot Testing

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