Book review:΄ Greg, PETERS, Peter of Damascus. Byzantine Monk and Spiritual Theologian (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Studies and Texts 175, 2011)

Βιβλιοκρισία:Greg, PETERS, Peter of Damascus.  Byzantine Monk and Spiritual Theologian (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Studies and Texts 175, 2011), 182 p. + Appendices and Bibliography.Βιβλιοκρισία:Greg, PETERS, Peter of Damascus.  Byzantine Monk and Spiritual Theologian (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Studies and Texts 175, 2011), 182 p. + Appendices and Bibliography

Book review:΄ Greg, PETERS, Peter of Damascus. Byzantine Monk and Spiritual Theologian (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Studies and Texts 175, 2011)

Βιβλιοκρισία:Greg, PETERS, Peter of Damascus.  Byzantine Monk and Spiritual Theologian (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Studies and Texts 175, 2011), 182 p. + Appendices and Bibliography.Βιβλιοκρισία:Greg, PETERS, Peter of Damascus.  Byzantine Monk and Spiritual Theologian (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Studies and Texts 175, 2011), 182 p. + Appendices and Bibliography

Continuous Process Improvement in IT Service

This project focuses on reducing the number of defects encountered in the software development process at Capgemini. According to the project manager, the major problem the IT company is facing is the tardiness in software delivery. Rework is detected as the major reason for project delivery delays. After collecting data in the development process, a series of statistical process control (SPC) techniques are applied to analyze the system and to provide solutions for continuous process improvement

Do Avian Blood Parasites Influence Hypoxia Physiology in a High Elevation Environment?

BACKGROUND: Montane birds which engage in elevational movements have evolved to cope with fluctuations in environmental hypoxia, through changes in physiological parameters associated with blood oxygen-carrying capacity such as haemoglobin concentration (Hb) and haematocrit (Hct). In particular, elevational migrants which winter at low elevations, encounter varying intensities of avian haemosporidian parasites as they traverse heterogeneous environments. Whilst high intensity parasite infections lead to anaemia, one can expect that the ability to cope with haemosporidian infections should be a key trait for elevational migrants that must be balanced against reducing the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood in response to high elevation. In this study, we explored the links between environmental hypoxia, migration, and disease ecology by examining natural variation in infections status and intensity of avian haemoporidians across a suite of Himalayan birds with different migratory strategies while controlling for host phylogeny. RESULTS: We found predictably large variation in haemoglobin levels across the elevational gradient and this pattern was strongly influenced by season and whether birds are elevational migrants. The overall malaria infection intensity declined with elevation whereas Hb and Hct decreased with increase in parasite intensity, suggesting an important role of malaria parasites on hypoxia stressed birds in high elevation environments. CONCLUSIONS: Our results provide a key insight into how physiological measures and sub-clinical infections might affect dynamics of high-elevation bird populations. We suggest a potential impact of avian elevational migration on disease dynamics and exposure to high intensity infections with disease spread in the face of climate change, which will exacerbate hypoxic stress and negative effects of chronic avian malaria infection on survival and reproductive success in wild birds. Future work on chronic parasite infections must consider parasite intensity, rather than relying on infection status alone

Intuitive Collaborative IT-Platform: Teaching/Learning Assistant

In this project we are looking at the feasibility of building and maintaining a low cost, highly customizable and flexible collaborative IT-platform. The key capabilities of the platform are to maintain scalability and provide the user with the ability to design a system of desire. Collaboration is a global phenomenon and necessity that has at its core human interactions supported by the creative use of technology. Learning and practicing collaboration starts in the classroom for which reason we decided to build a collaborative platform to assist learning and teaching by accomplishing both: increasing the effectiveness of teachers to deliver and students to acquire knowledge

Pengaruh Knowledge Management terhadap Kinerja Karyawan dan Kinerja Perusahaan (Studi pada Karyawan PT Sеmеn Indonеsia Pеrsеro Tbk)

This study aims to know and еxplain thе dеscription of knowlеdgе managеmеnt, еmployее pеrformancе and corporatе pеrformancе at PT Sеmеn Indonеsia Pеrsеro Tbk. Analyzе and еxplain thе significant еffеct of managеmеnt knowlеdgе on thе pеrformancе of еmployееs, Analyzе and еxplain thе significant еffеct of managеmеnt knowlеdgе on thе pеrformancе of thе company, Analyzе and еxplain thе significant еffеct of еmployее pеrformancе pеrformancе on company pеrformancе. Thе typе of rеsеarch usеd is еxplanatory rеsеarch (еxplanatory rеsеarch) with a quantitativе approach. Samplе in thе rеsеarch as many as 99 pеoplе who arе еmployееs of PT Sеmеn Indonеsia Pеrsеro Tbk, analysis tеchniquе usеd in this rеsеarch is dеscriptivе statistics and path analysis. Basеd on thе rеsult of path analysis donе, thе significant managеmеnt knowlеdgе got to thе еmployее pеrformancе, this was provеd by thе tcount of 8,669 and thе probability of 0,000 (P <0,05), thе managеmеnt knowlеdgе was significant to company pеrformancе, this was provеd by t count 4,132 And probability 0.000 (P <0.005), this pеrformancе is significant to firm pеrformancе, this is provеd by tcount 4,132 and probability 0.000 (P <0,005). Thе rеsult valuе is tеrminatеd 0.7709 which mеans thе structural rеlationship еxaminеd is 77.09%. What is missing in this study. Kеywords: knowlеdgе managеmеnt, еmployее Pеrformancе, company's pеrformancе АBSTRАK Pеnеlitian ini bеrtujuan untuk mеngеtahui dan mеnjеlaskan gambaran knowlеdgе managеmеnt, kinеrja karyawan dan kinеrja pеrusahaan di PT Sеmеn Indonеsia Pеrsеro Tbk. Mеnganalisis dan mеnjеlaskan pеngaruh yang signifikan antaran knowlеdgе managеmеnt tеrhadap kinеrja karyawan, Mеnganalisis dan mеnjеlaskan pеngaruh yang signifikan antaran knowlеdgе managеmеnt tеrhadap kinеrja pеrusahaan, Mеnganalisis dan mеnjеlaskan pеngaruh yang signifikan antaran kinеrja karyawan tеrhadap kinеrja pеrusahaan.Jеnis pеnеlitian yang digunakan adalah pеnеlitian pеnjеlasan (Еxplanatory rеsеarch) dеngan pеndеkatan kuantitatif. Sampеl dalam pеnеlitian sеbanyak 99 orang yang mеrupakan karyawan PT Sеmеn Indonеsia Pеrsеro Tbk, Tеknik analisis yang digunakan dalam pеnеlitian ini adalah statistik dеskriptif dan analisis path.Bеrdasarkan hasil analisis path yang dilakukan, didapatkan bahwa variabеl knowlеdgе managеmеnt bеrpеngaruh signifikan tеrhadap kinеrja karyawan, hal ini dibuktikan dеngan nilai thitung sеbеsar 8,669 dan probabilitas sеbеsar 0,000 (P<0,05), knowlеdgе managеmеnt bеrpеngaruh signifikan tеrhadap kinеrja pеrusahaan, hal ini dibuktikan dеngan nilai thitung 5,594 dan probabilitas sеbеsar 0,000 (P<0,005), kinеrja karyawanbеrpеngaruh signifikan tеrhadap kinеrja pеrusahaan, hal ini dibuktikan dеngan nilai thitung 4,132 dan probabilitas sеbеsar 0,000 (P<0,005). Nilai koеfisiеn ditеrminasi dipеrolеhsеbеsar 0,7709 yang bеrarti hubungan struktural dari variabеl yang ditеliti adalah sеbеsar 77,09%. Sеdangkan sisanya sеbеsar 22,91% dijеlaskan olеh variabеl lain yang tidak tеrdapat pada pеnеlitian ini. Kаtа Kunci: knowlеdgе managеmеnt, Kinеrja karyawan, Kinеrja pеrusahaa

Βιβλιοκριοία: The Orthodox Church in the Arab World 700-1700. An Anthology of Sources. Edited by Samuel Noble and Alexander Treiger (Northern Illinois University Press, 2014)

Βιβλιοκριοία: The Orthodox Church in the Arab World 700-1700. An Anthology of Sources. Edited by Samuel Noble and Alexander Treiger (Northern Illinois University Press, 2014), pp. 375The Orthodox Church in the Arab World 700-1700. An Anthology of Sources. Edited by Samuel Noble and Alexander Treiger (Northern Illinois University Press, 2014)

UPAYA MENINGKATKAN KREATIVITAS DAN PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA MELALUI PENDEKATAN MATEMATIKA REALISTIK (PMR)PADA MATERI BANGUN RUANGDI SMP 2 BADEGAN PONOROGO

Permasalahan siswa kelas VIII SMPN 2 Badegan Ponorogo dalam pelajaran matematika adalah kurangnya penalaran untuk mencari cara penyelesaian terhadap soal uraian dari siswa, siswa lebih suka mengerjakan soal secara langsung dan dalam Ulangan Harian Tersebut terdapat 15 siswa dari jumlah keseluruha siswa yaitu 25 anak yang nilainya masih dibawah KKM. Sehingga dapat dikatakan bahwa persentase prestasi belajar siswa sebesar 60%. Tujuan penilitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui peningkatan kreativitas dan prestasi belajar siswa kelas VIII SMPN 2 Badegan Ponorogo tahun ajaran 2014/2015 pada materi bangun ruang dengan menggunakan pendekatan Pendidikan Matematika Realistik (PMR). Penelitian ini adalah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas yang dilakukan sebanyak 2 siklus. Peningkatan kreativitas dan prestasi belajar siswa diamati melalui tes pada tiap siklusnya. Penelitian ini dilakukan terhadap 25 siswa kelas VIII E SMPN 2 Badegan Ponorogo tahun ajaran 2014/2015. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengambilan data adalah dengan menggunakan tes. Berdasarkan hasil analisa, persentase jumlah siswa dengan kreativitas yang baik pada siklus I adalah 68% dan persentase jumlah siswa dengan kreativitas yang baik pada siklus II adalah 84%. Sehingga terjadi peningkatan sebesar 20%. Persentase keuntasan prestasi belajar siswa siklus I adalah 72%. Persentase keuntasan prestasi belajar siswa siklus II adalah 92%. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, disimpulkan bahwa pendekatan Pendidikan Matematika Realistik (PMR) dapat meningkatkan kreativitas dan prestasi belajar siswa kelas VIII SMPN 2 Badegan Ponorogo tahun ajaran 2014/2015

Does Helping-at-the-Nest Help? The Case of the Acorn Woodpecker

Cooperative breeding groups often involve helpers-at-the-nest ; indeed, such behavior typically defines this intriguing breeding system. In few cases, however, has it been demonstrated that feeding nestlings by helpers, rather than some other behavior associated with helpers\u27 presence, leads to greater reproductive success. One prediction of the hypothesis that feeding behavior per se is responsible for the fitness benefits conferred by helpers is that there should be close congruence between the patterns of helping-at-the-nest and the fitness effects of helpers. Here we look for such a relationship in the cooperatively breeding acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) in order to begin to identify the behaviors of helpers that drive the increased fitness benefits they confer. In terms of young fledged, a helper male confers approximately the same fitness benefits to a group as does a helper female; more dramatically, the effects of helper males increases with increasing food supply, most importantly the prior year\u27s acorn crop on which this species depends, whereas that of helper females does not. These patterns do not match the nest-feeding patterns of helpers, which are greater for females than males and do not increase with a larger acorn crop the prior autumn. In contrast, the proportion of time helpers spend tending acorn-storage facilities (granaries) and are present in or near their home territory is greater for males than females and, at least for males, positively related to the size of the acorn crop. These results fail to support the hypothesis that the primary benefit conferred by helpers is feeding young in the nest; rather, they suggest that behaviors such as territorial defense and predator detection are more important. Understanding exactly what those behaviors are in this, and most other cooperatively breeding systems, remain to be determined