PERANCANGAN ALAT BANTU MOBILITAS BERSUARA DALAM RUANGAN BAGI TUNANETRA BERBASIS RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)

Alat bantu mobilitas bagi tunanetra berbasis teknologi telah banyak dikembangkan. Salah satu pengembangannya adalah alat bantu mobilitas berbasis GPS yang masih memiliki keterbatasan untuk penggunaan di dalam ruangan. Dalam jurnal ini dirancang alat bantu mobilitas bagi tunanetra berbasis RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) untuk penggunaan di dalam ruangan. Alat ini akan memberikan informasi berdasarkan hasil pendeteksian RFID tag EM4001 yang diletakkan pada lokasi tertentu dalam jalur yang telah ditentukan. RFID tag ini akan dibaca oleh RFID reader yang diletakkan pada alat bantu tongkat tunanetra dengan bantuan modul kompas CMPS10 sebagai penentu arah lokasi. Informasi yang didapatkan akan dikeluarkan secara audio melalui modul MP3 TDB381. Dari hasil pengujian didapatkan bahwa jarak baca maksimal RFID reader adalah 6,3 cm. Hasil pengujian juga menunjukkan bahwa sistem mampu memberikan informasi lokasi dan arah lokasi dengan tepat sesuai dengan posisi pengguna dan RFID tag yang terdeteksi. Hasil keluaran suarapun dapat didengar dengan jelas oleh pengguna.Kata Kunci : Alat Bantu Mobilitas Tunanetra, RFID tag EM4001, RFID reader, CMPS10, Modul MP3 TDB381

Operational Risk and Financial Performance of Banks in The Middle East and North Africa

This study examines the relationship between operational risk and financial performance of banks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), utilising data from 135 banks spanning 14 countries from 2015 to 2019. The results show that operational risk negatively affects banks’ financial performance in the MENA region. This study recommends that banks tailor and constantly improve their risk management process to put operational risk management and control processes in place. The findings entail the importance of developing relevant frameworks and policies for prompt action in reporting and recording operational loss. Thus, banks’ management should formulate and implement appropriate procedures to ensure that timely information is obtained, especially regarding profit and loss, which will ultimately help boost the banks’ financial performance in the MENA region. This study is unique as it contributes to the existing body of knowledge by investigating the role of operational risk in determining banks’ financial performance in the MENA region

OPERATIONAL RISK AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF BANKS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

This study examines the relationship between operational risk and financial performance of banks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), utilising data from 135 banks spanning 14 countries from 2015 to 2019. The results show that operational risk negatively affects banks’ financial performance in the MENA region. This study recommends that banks tailor and constantly improve their risk management process to put operational risk management and control processes in place. The findings entail the importance of developing relevant frameworks and policies for prompt action in reporting and recording operational loss. Thus, banks’ management should formulate and implement appropriate procedures to ensure that timely information is obtained, especially regarding profit and loss, which will ultimately help boost the banks’ financial performance in the MENA region. This study is unique as it contributes to the existing body of knowledge by investigating the role of operational risk in determining banks’ financial performance in the MENA region

Identification of gene specific cis-regulatory elements during differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells: An integrative approach using high-throughput datasets.

Gene expression governs cell fate, and is regulated via a complex interplay of transcription factors and molecules that change chromatin structure. Advances in sequencing-based assays have enabled investigation of these processes genome-wide, leading to large datasets that combine information on the dynamics of gene expression, transcription factor binding and chromatin structure as cells differentiate. While numerous studies focus on the effects of these features on broader gene regulation, less work has been done on the mechanisms of gene-specific transcriptional control. In this study, we have focussed on the latter by integrating gene expression data for the in vitro differentiation of murine ES cells to macrophages and cardiomyocytes, with dynamic data on chromatin structure, epigenetics and transcription factor binding. Combining a novel strategy to identify communities of related control elements with a penalized regression approach, we developed individual models to identify the potential control elements predictive of the expression of each gene. Our models were compared to an existing method and evaluated using the existing literature and new experimental data from embryonic stem cell differentiation reporter assays. Our method is able to identify transcriptional control elements in a gene specific manner that reflect known regulatory relationships and to generate useful hypotheses for further testing.Wellcome Trust, BBSRC, CRU