Gaia Science Operations Centre

Brief outline of Science Operations Centre activities for Gaia.Comment: 2 pages no figure

A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF BALI NINE CASE IN SOME SELECTED WEBSITES

Bonifasia Hoar. 14111310014. A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF ‘BALI NINE’ CASE IN SOME SELECTED WEBSTES Power relation analysis in discourse is used in special sense of aiming to show up the connection between language and power based on CLS analysis of social interaction focus upon their linguistics elements. Social phenomenon it is in linguistics phenomenon that language activities goes in social context So, this Critical Discourse Analysis is intended to construct the power relation in discourse of ‘Bali Nine’ based on events and participants presented through Systemic Functional Linguistics grammar Pattern of Transitivity System. It is provides a useful linguistics feature framework and as a part of ideational meaning of the clause that concerned with transmission of ideas, represent the phenomenon of the discourse that consists of ‘goings-on’ of doing, happening, feeling, and being. Those are sorted out in the texts and express through the grammar of the clause. Furthermore, the qualitative study is conducted to find how the events and discourse participants of ‘Bali Nine’ are presented. Technique of collecting the data is researcher itself as the instrument in selected the topic from several trusted websites; ABC- News, BBC- News, Jakarta Post, and Liputan6. In addition the result shows that the events in discourse are ‘material’ events as the extract of the text and ‘verbal’ events as the characteristics of news reporting. The other events such as ‘mental’, ‘relational’, ‘behavioral’ and ‘existentional’ also found there. The power relation analysis based on the participants showing that ‘Joko Widodo’ as the major ‘Actor’ who has the most power than other, the major ‘Sayers’ are the Spokesmen, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and the Presidents. The findings also empower that power relation in discourse is truly exercised especially in this study; reporting news genre of the text. And the Systemic Functional Grammar of ‘Transitivity’ is an appropriate concept in CDA to trace the connection between language and the people involve there that some people might dominant than other. Key words: Power relation, Linguistics, Social phenomenon, Critical Discourse Analysis, Critical Language Study, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Systemic Functional Grammar, Transitivity Syste

Using Java for distributed computing in the Gaia satellite data processing

In recent years Java has matured to a stable easy-to-use language with the flexibility of an interpreter (for reflection etc.) but the performance and type checking of a compiled language. When we started using Java for astronomical applications around 1999 they were the first of their kind in astronomy. Now a great deal of astronomy software is written in Java as are many business applications. We discuss the current environment and trends concerning the language and present an actual example of scientific use of Java for high-performance distributed computing: ESA's mission Gaia. The Gaia scanning satellite will perform a galactic census of about 1000 million objects in our galaxy. The Gaia community has chosen to write its processing software in Java. We explore the manifold reasons for choosing Java for this large science collaboration. Gaia processing is numerically complex but highly distributable, some parts being embarrassingly parallel. We describe the Gaia processing architecture and its realisation in Java. We delve into the astrometric solution which is the most advanced and most complex part of the processing. The Gaia simulator is also written in Java and is the most mature code in the system. This has been successfully running since about 2005 on the supercomputer "Marenostrum" in Barcelona. We relate experiences of using Java on a large shared machine. Finally we discuss Java, including some of its problems, for scientific computing.Comment: Experimental Astronomy, August 201

A workbook of exercises for following directions to be used with high achieving children in grades one, three and five

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

World trends of business social responsibility development

Присвячено актуальній проблемі розвитку соціальної відповідальності бізнесу в сучасних умовах посилення необхідності вирішення глобальних проблем. Розглянуто різні підходи до визначення соціальної відповідальності бізнесу та охарактеризовано еволюцію розвитку даного поняття. Проведено аналіз глобальних ініціатив, спрямованих на підтримку й стимулювання компаній дотримуватися принципів корпоративної соціальної відповідальності. Особливу увагу приділено аналізу поширення Глобального договору ООН, який закріплює 10 принципів у сфері прав людини, трудових відносин, охорони навколишнього середовища і боротьби з корупцією, Глобальної ініціативи зі звітності. Зазначено вплив розвитку соціальної відповідальності бізнесу як на вирішення глобальних проблем, так і безпосередньо на діяльність підприємств, зокрема показано вплив рейтингу за рівнем корпоративної соціальної відповідальності, складеного Глобальним інститутом репутації, на продажу та бажання інвестувати в їхню діяльність. Наведено характеристику найпоширеніших моделей соціальної відповідальності компаній – американської, японської та європейської, а також проаналізовано тенденції щодо зміни напрямків корпоративної соціальної відповідальності. Проаналізовано особливості розвитку основних напрямків корпоративної соціальної відповідальності українських та закордонних підприємств з високим значенням індексу корпоративної соціальної відповідальності. Зазначено зменшення значущості для багатонаціональних корпорацій такої складової соціальної відповідальності як умови праці у порівнянні з такими складовими, як управління та корпоративне громадянство, зокрема субелементів впливу на суспільство та етичного й чесного ведення бізнесу. Проведено порівняльний аналіз корпоративної соціально відповідальної діяльності українських та закордонних підприємств, обсягів фінансування зарубіжних компаній-лідерів (за індексом корпоративної соціальної відповідальності) та українських підприємств у соціально відповідальні заходи й частки даного фінансування у прибутку досліджуваних компаній.The article deals with the important problem of business social responsibility development in the context of the increasing need global problems solution. Various approaches to defining corporate social responsibility are considered and the evolution of the given concept are described. Global initiatives aimed at supporting and encouraging companies to keep the principles of corporate social responsibility are analyzed. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the dissemination of the UN Global Compact which allocates 10 principles in the fields of human rights, labor relations, the environment protection, the fight against corruption and the Global Reporting Initiative. Data compiled by the Global Reputation Institute shows the impact of the development of corporate social responsibility both on solving global problems and directly on the enterprises activity. Particularly the impact of rating on the level of corporate social responsibility on sales and the desire to invest in their activities is shown. Characteristics of the most common corporate social responsibility models – American, Japanese and European – are presented. Trends in changing corporate social responsibility are also analyzed. The decrease of importance for multinational corporations of such components of social responsibility as working conditions in comparison with such components as management and corporate citizenship particularly the influence of sub-elements on society and ethical and honest business operation is identified. The comparative analysis of social responsible activity of Ukrainian and foreign enterprises, the financing volume of foreign companies-leaders (by the Corporate Social Responsibility Index), Ukrainian enterprises in social res ponsible activities and the share of this financing in the profit of the investigated companies is presented

Pengaruh Faktor Sosial Ekonomi Petani terhadap Produksi Usahatani Jagung di Desa Badarai Kecamatan Wewiku Kabupaten Malaka

Untuk mempertahankan atau meningkatkan produksi USAhatani jagung di desa Badarai maka perlu diketahui gambaran USAhatani secara detail dan faktor sosial ekonomi yang berpengaruh. Penelitian ini dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui 1) gambaran USAhatani jagung; dan 2) faktor sosial ekonomi yang mempengaruhi USAhatani jagung di desa Badarai kecamatan Wewiku kabupaten Malaka. Penelitian dilaksanakan di desa Badarai, Kecamatan Wewiku, kabupaten Malaka, pada Bulan Mei sampai Agustus 2016. Teknik pengambilan dan penetapan jumlah sampel penelitian dilakukan dengan cara menggunakan rumus slovin. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data primer dan data sekunder diperoleh dari instansi atau lembaga terkait. Data yang diperoleh dikumpulkan kemudian ditabulasi dan dianalisis menggunakan metode analisis deskriptif kualitatif dan analisis regresi linear berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan USAhatani jagung di desa Badarai dilakukan melalui tahapan 1) persiapan dan pengolahan lahan dengan cara tofa rumput atau membabat rumput-rumput liar lalu membakarnya; 2) penanaman dilakukan dua kali setiap musim tanam yakni batar ahuklean (jagung musim panjang) dan batar tinan (jagung umur pendek) dengan cara ditugal menggunakan asuak, setiap lubang diisi 2-3 biji jagung lalu lubang ditutup dengan tanah; 3) pemeliharaan dilakukan dengan cara manual yakni tofa rumput yang telah tumbuh lalu dikumpulkan dan ditumpuk di sekitar tanaman sehingga nantinya berubah menjadi kompos;  4) pemanenan dilakukan dengan manual yakni jagung dipatah dan dipisahkan dari tangkainya lalu dikumpulkan untuk diangkut ke tempat penyimpanan. Luas lahan, bibit, curahan tenaga kerja, pengalaman, jumlah tanggungan keluarga, pendidikan, dan umur secara bersama-sama berpengaruh nyata terhadap produksi USAhatani jagung, sedangkan secara parsial hanya variabel luas lahan,  bibit, dan pendidikan yang berpengaruh nyata terhadap produksi USAhatani jagung, sedangkan pengalaman berusahatani, jumlah tanggungan keluarga, umur, dan tenaga kerja tidak berpengaruh nyata terhadap produksi USAhatani jagung. ©2017 dipublikasikan oleh Agrimor

Overcoming Operational Challenges to Ebola Case Investigation in Sierra Leone.

The Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic that hit West Africa in 2013 was the worst outbreak of EVD in recorded history. While much has been published regarding the international and national-level EVD responses, there is a dearth of literature on district-level coordination and operational structures, successes, and failures. This article seeks to understand how the EVD response unfolded at the district level, namely the challenges to operationalizing EVD surveillance over the course of the outbreak in Port Loko and Kambia districts of Sierra Leone. We present here GOAL Global's understanding of the fundamental challenges to case investigation operations during the EVD response, including environmental and infrastructural, sociocultural, and political and organizational challenges, with insight complemented by a survey of 42 case investigators. Major challenges included deficiencies in transportation and communication resources, low morale and fatigue among case investigators, mismanagement of data, mistrust among communities, and leadership challenges. Without addressing these operational challenges, technical surveillance solutions are difficult to implement and hold limited relevance, due to the poor quality and quantity of data being collected. The low prioritization of operational needs came at a high cost. To mediate this, GOAL addressed these operational challenges by acquiring critical transportation and communication resources to facilitate case investigation, including vehicles, boats, fuel, drivers, phones, and closed user groups; addressing fatigue and low morale by hiring more case investigators, making timely payments, arranging for time off, and providing meals and personal protective equipment; improving data tracking efforts through standard operating procedures, training, and mentorship to build higher-quality case histories and make it easier to access information; strengthening trust in communities by ensuring familiarity and consistency of case investigators; and improving operational leadership challenges through meetings and regular coordination, establishing an active surveillance strategy in Port Loko, and conducting an after-action review. Resolving or addressing these challenges was of primary importance, and requisite for the implementation of technical epidemiological complements to EVD case investigation