90 research outputs found
Ekternalitas PT. AMP Plantation terhadap masyarakat Nagari Bawan Kecamatan Ampek Nagari Kabupaten Agam
PT. AMP Plantation merupakan perusahaan yang bergerak dibidang produksi minyak goreng bersumber dari kelapa sawit berdiri ditahun 1994. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengidentifikasi eksternalitas setelah adanya Perusahaan tersebut. Jenis penelitian ini dengan data primer yang dikumpulkan dengan dokumentasi dan wawancara pada seratus responden. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini metode cross tab. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat eksternalitas terhadap pendapatan, eksternalitas terhadap kesehatan, eksternalitas terhadap pendidikan, eksternalitas terhadap sarana.
Kata kunci: ekstrenalitas, pendapatan, kesehatan, pendidikan, saran
Models of multivariate regression for labor accidents in different production sectors: comparative study
The present article shows the results of an investigation carried out on the use of alternatives to carry out work accident studies in an objective manner in three production sectors that are of high risk: the electric power production sector, cement production and oil refining sector, so the main objective is focused on identifying the influential variables and the regression model that best explains the accident in each of these sectors and perform a comparative analysis between them. Among the techniques and tools used (data mining) are those related to multivariate statistics and generalized linear models and through the Akaike information criterion and Bayeciano criterion, it was possible to determine that the best regression model that explains the accident rate in two of the sectors studied is the negative binomial (cement and petroleum refining), while in the electric power sector, the best fit model resulted in Logistic Regression. In turn, for the three sectors in general, the variables that have the most significant impact are related to aspects such as: management commitment, occupational safety climate, safety training, psychosocial aspects and ergonomic sources, this result was corroborated by means of an accident analysis carried out in these three sectors
Ratings of age of acquisition of 299 words across 25 languages: Is there a cross-linguistic order of words?
We present a new set of subjective age-of-acquisition (AoA) ratings for 299 words (158 nouns, 141 verbs) in 25 languages from five language families (Afro-Asiatic: Semitic languages; Altaic: one Turkic language: Indo-European: Baltic, Celtic, Germanic, Hellenic, Slavic, and Romance languages; Niger-Congo: one Bantu language; Uralic: Finnic and Ugric languages). Adult native speakers reported the age at which they had learned each word. We present a comparison of the AoA ratings across all languages by contrasting them in pairs. This comparison shows a consistency in the orders of ratings across the 25 languages. The data were then analyzed (1) to ascertain how the demographic characteristics of the participants influenced AoA estimations and (2) to assess differences caused by the exact form of the target question (when did you learn vs. when do children learn this word); (3) to compare the ratings obtained in our study to those of previous studies; and (4) to assess the validity of our study by comparison with quasi-objective AoA norms derived from the MacArthurâBates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDI). All 299 words were judged as being acquired early (mostly before the age of 6 years). AoA ratings were associated with the ratersâ social or language status, but not with the ratersâ age or education. Parents reported words as being learned earlier, and bilinguals reported learning them later. Estimations of the age at which children learn the words revealed significantly lower ratings of AoA. Finally, comparisons with previous AoA and MB-CDI norms support the validity of the present estimations. Our AoA ratings are available for research or other purposes
Resonant nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atoms
In this article, we review the history, current status, physical mechanisms,
experimental methods, and applications of nonlinear magneto-optical effects in
atomic vapors. We begin by describing the pioneering work of Macaluso and
Corbino over a century ago on linear magneto-optical effects (in which the
properties of the medium do not depend on the light power) in the vicinity of
atomic resonances, and contrast these effects with various nonlinear
magneto-optical phenomena that have been studied both theoretically and
experimentally since the late 1960s. In recent years, the field of nonlinear
magneto-optics has experienced a revival of interest that has led to a number
of developments, including the observation of ultra-narrow (1-Hz)
magneto-optical resonances, applications in sensitive magnetometry, nonlinear
magneto-optical tomography, and the possibility of a search for parity- and
time-reversal-invariance violation in atoms.Comment: 51 pages, 23 figures, to appear in Rev. Mod. Phys. in Oct. 2002,
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Serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b activity as a prognostic marker of survival in breast cancer with bone metastasis
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b (TRACP 5b) activity is a marker of osteoclast number and is elevated in breast cancer (BC) patients with extensive bone metastasis, which might in turn reflect the tumour burden. We tested the hypothesis that baseline serum TRACP 5b activity and its interval change are potential prognostic markers of survival in BC patients with bone metastasis.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We analyzed the data from previous prospective studies. A total of 100 patients with newly diagnosed bone metastasis were included. Cox proportional regression model was used to evaluate the correlation between the overall survival time (OS) and baseline serum TRACP 5b activity and its interval changes. The least significant change (LSC) of TRACP 5b was calculated from data obtained from 15 patients with early BC.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Estrogen receptor status (Hazard Ratio (HR) = 0.397; <it>p </it>= 0.003) and visceral metastasis (HR = 0.492; <it>p </it>= 0.0045) were significantly correlated with OS. The OS was significantly shorter in those patients with higher baseline TRACP 5b activity based on a cut-off value to delineate the highest tertile (HR = 3.524; <it>p </it>< 0.0001). Further analysis demonstrated that among patients in the highest tertile, OS was significantly longer in those patients who had achieved a decrease of serum TRACP 5b activity greater than the LSC (38.59%) (<it>p </it>= 0.0015).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>We found that TRACP 5b activity and its interval change after treatment bore a prognostic role in BC patients with bone metastasis and a high baseline serum TRACP 5b activity. Further prospective phase II study is necessary to confirm these results.</p
SQUIDs in biomagnetism : A roadmap towards improved healthcare
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 686865.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Design, construction, and test of the Gas Pixel Detectors for the IXPE mission
Due to be launched in late 2021, the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer
(IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer mission designed to perform polarization
measurements in the 2-8 keV band, complemented with imaging, spectroscopy and
timing capabilities. At the heart of the focal plane is a set of three
polarization-sensitive Gas Pixel Detectors (GPD), each based on a custom ASIC
acting as a charge-collecting anode. In this paper we shall review the design,
manufacturing, and test of the IXPE focal-plane detectors, with particular
emphasis on the connection between the science drivers, the performance metrics
and the operational aspects. We shall present a thorough characterization of
the GPDs in terms of effective noise, trigger efficiency, dead time, uniformity
of response, and spectral and polarimetric performance. In addition, we shall
discuss in detail a number of instrumental effects that are relevant for
high-level science analysis -- particularly as far as the response to
unpolarized radiation and the stability in time are concerned.Comment: To be published in Astroparticle Physic
Submicron and Nanometer Structures Technology and Research
Contains reports on sixteen research projects and a list of publications.Joint Services Electronics Program Contract DAAL03-89-C-0001Joint Services Electronics Program Contract DAAL03-92-C-0001National Science Foundation Grant ECS 90-16437Semiconductor Research Corporation Contract 90-SP-080U.S. Navy - Naval Research Laboratory Contract N00014-90-K-2018IBM CorporationU.S. Air Force - Office of Scientific Research Grant F49620-92-J-0064National Science Foundation Grant DMR 87-19217National Science Foundation Grant DMR 90-22933National Aeronautics and Space Administration Contract NAS8-36748National Aeronautics and Space Administration Grant NAGW-2003National Science Foundation Grant DMR 90-01698Spire Corporatio
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