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    Implementasi Struktur Pohon Sebagai Komponen Di Berbagai Platform

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    Pada makalah ini kami memaparkan implementasi struktur pohon di berbagai platform dengan menganalisisbeberapa model dan pengelolaan data berstruktur pohon dalam basis data relasional, serta penggunaannyapada beberapa aplikasi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah memodelkan data berstruktur pohon baik secarakonseptual, lojik dan fisik serta merancang beberapa komponen pengelolaan data berstruktur pohon untukbeberapa platform yang sedang populer saat ini agar pengembangan aplikasi dapat mudah dilakukan denganmenggunakan komponen yang sudah kami bangun, yang dapat di-reuse baik dari segi struktur data internal danpersisten, maupun software pengolahnya. Komponen sudah diuji secara independen dan dipakai untukmengembangkan aplikasi herbarium maya dan aplikasi administrasi penduduk. Makalah ini ditulis berdasarkanpenelitian yang merupakan Tugas Akhir di Program Studi Teknik Informatika ITB

    Intimate Partner Homicide by Presence or Absence of a Self-Destructive Act

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    Music Information Technology and Professional Stakeholder Audiences: Mind the Adoption Gap

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    The academic discipline focusing on the processing and organization of digital music information, commonly known as Music Information Retrieval (MIR), has multidisciplinary roots and interests. Thus, MIR technologies have the potential to have impact across disciplinary boundaries and to enhance the handling of music information in many different user communities. However, in practice, many MIR research agenda items appear to have a hard time leaving the lab in order to be widely adopted by their intended audiences. On one hand, this is because the MIR field still is relatively young, and technologies therefore need to mature. On the other hand, there may be deeper, more fundamental challenges with regard to the user audience. In this contribution, we discuss MIR technology adoption issues that were experienced with professional music stakeholders in audio mixing, performance, musicology and sales industry. Many of these stakeholders have mindsets and priorities that differ considerably from those of most MIR academics, influencing their reception of new MIR technology. We mention the major observed differences and their backgrounds, and argue that these are essential to be taken into account to allow for truly successful cross-disciplinary collaboration and technology adoption in MIR

    Ultrasonographic Estimation of Ventricular Volume in Infants Born Preterm with Posthemorrhagic Ventricular Dilatation: A Nested Substudy of the Randomized Controlled Early Versus Late Ventricular Intervention Study (ELVIS) Trial

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    Objective: To study the potential role of ventricular volume (VV) estimation in the management of posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation related to the need for ventriculoperitoneal (VP)-shunt insertion and 2-year neurodevelopmental outcome in infants born preterm. Study design: We included 59 patients from the Early vs Late Ventricular Intervention Study from 4 participating centers. VV was manually segmented in 209 3-dimensional ultrasound scans and estimated from 2-dimensional ultrasound linear measurements in a total of 1226 ultrasounds. We studied the association of both linear measurements and VV to the need for VP shunt and 2-year neurodevelopmental outcome in the overall cohort and in the 29 infants who needed insertion of a reservoir. We used general estimating equations to account for repeated measures per individual. Results: Maximum pre-reservoir VV (β coefficient = 0.185, P = .0001) and gestational age at birth (β = −0.338; P = .0001) were related to the need for VP shunt. The estimated optimal single VV measurement cut point of 17 cm3 correctly classified 79.31% with an area under the curve of 0.76 (CI 95% 0.74-0.79). Maximum VV (β = 0.027; P = .012) together with VP shunt insertion (β = 3.773; P = .007) and gestational age (β = −0.273; P = .0001) were related to cognitive outcome at 2 years. Maximum ventricular index and anterior horn width before reservoir insertion were independently associated with the need of VP shunt and the proposed threshold groups in the Early vs Late Ventricular Intervention Study trial were associated with long-term outcome. Conclusions: Pre-reservoir VV measurements were associated with the need for VP-shunt insertion and 2-year cognitive outcome among infants born preterm with posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation. Trial registration: ISRCTN43171322

    Lekner summations and Ewald summations for quasi-two dimensional systems

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    Using the specific model of a bilayer of classical charged particles (bilayer Wigner crystal), we compare the predictions for energies and pair distribution functions obtained by Monte Carlo simulations using three different methods available to treat the long range Coulomb interactions in systems periodic in two directions but bound in the third one. The three methods compared are: the Ewald method for quasi-two dimensional systems [D.E. Parry, Surf. Sci. 49\bm{49}, 433 (1975); \it{ibid.}, 54\bm{54}, 195 (1976)], the Hautman-Klein method [J. Hautman and M.L. Klein, Mol. Phys. 75\bm{75}, 379 (1992)] and the Lekner summations method [J. Lekner, Physica A176\bm{176}, 485 (1991)]. All of the three method studied in this paper may be applied to any quasi-two dimensional systems, including those having not the specific symmetry of slab systems. For the particular system used in this work, the Ewald method for quasi-two dimensional systems is exact and may be implemented with efficiency; results obtained with the other two methods are systematically compared to results found with the Ewald method. General recommendations to implement with accuracy, but not always with efficiency, the Lekner summations technique in Monte Carlo algorithms are given.Comment: 50 pages, 9 figures, 4 table

    Cervical pessaries for the prevention of preterm birth: a systematic review

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    Introduction. Reduction of preterm birth is a major goal in obstetric care. We performed a systematic review of randomized controlled trials and cohort studies on the effectiveness of the cervical pessary to prevent preterm birth. Methods. We searched the electronic databases of MEDLINE and Embase from inception until April 2012 to identify studies investigating treatment with a cervical pessary to prevent preterm birth. We constructed two-by-two tables for delivery before 28, 34, and 37 weeks of gestation and calculated relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals. Results. The search revealed 103 potentially eligible abstracts of which six cohort studies and four randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigated the effectiveness of the pessary. One RCT (n = 380) demonstrated a lower delivery rate prior to 34 weeks (RR 0.24; 95% CI 0.13-0.43) in the pessary group, while another RCT (n = 108) showed no positive effect of pessary for delivery before 34 weeks (RR 1.73; 95% CI 0.43-6.88). Two older quasi randomized studies and cohort studies indicated potential effect of the pessary. Conclusions. Available randomized and nonrandomized studies indicate potential effectiveness of a cervical pessary in the prevention of preterm birth. More randomized clinical trials are needed before this device can be used in clinical practice.Sophie M. S. Liem, Mariëlle G. van Pampus, Ben Willem J. Mol, and Dick J. Bekeda

    Growth gradients in fish larvae *

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