Rethinking Journalism Education in Indonesia: Nine Theses

Since the number of Indonesian mass media products is rapidly increasing, the media industry is seeking – more than ever before – for qualified and professional journalists. Although Indonesia disposes of a broad variety in journalism education, the findings of a qualitative case study show a serious amount of problems and deficiencies. What the Indonesian journalism education currently needs, is a rethinking of political, legal, and curricula aspects within a nationwide debate

Prospects of developing cage and pen culture in Sudan

This paper describes the prospects of cage and pen culture in Sudan and recommends that a project for developing pen and cage culture techniques be started for marine and freshwater aquaculture

Utilization of satellite data in mesoscale modeling of severe weather

The Visible Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) data were used to model the 36 hour cyclogenesis period over the Pacific Ocean. Various combinations of VAS data, conventional radiosonde data, and gridded data from the National Weather Service global analysis were used in successive-correction and variational objective-analysis procedures. The Penn State/NCAR mesoscale model was used to test the impact of the VAS data on a 12 hour forecast of convective precipitation in the midweastern U.S

Absorption of the x ray background by the large magellanic cloud

Soft x ray flux of extragalactic origin should be partially absorbed during passage through the Large Magellanic Cloud. Past attempts to measure this absorption have been frustrated by the LMC's intrinsic x ray emission. New calibration techniques were developed to enable precise (within 5 pct.) measurement of the flux and spectrum of diffuse x rays detected by the Einstein Observatory IPC. These techniques were used to measure the absorption of extragalactic flux by neutral gas in the LMC, and to determine that at least 50 pct. of the observed flux in the 0.16 to 2 keV band is of extragalactic origin

Advanced piloted aircraft flight control system design methodology. Volume 2: The FCX flight control design expert system

The development of a comprehensive and electric methodology for conceptual and preliminary design of flight control systems is presented and illustrated. The methodology is focused on the design states starting with the layout of system requirements and ending when some viable competing system architectures (feedback control structures) are defined. The approach is centered on the human pilot and the aircraft as both the sources of, and the keys to the solution of, many flight control problems. The methodology relies heavily on computational procedures which are highly interactive with the design engineer. To maximize effectiveness, these techniques, as selected and modified to be used together in the methodology, form a cadre of computational tools specifically tailored for integrated flight control system preliminary design purposes. The FCX expert system as presently developed is only a limited prototype capable of supporting basic lateral-directional FCS design activities related to the design example used. FCX presently supports design of only one FCS architecture (yaw damper plus roll damper) and the rules are largely focused on Class IV (highly maneuverable) aircraft. Despite this limited scope, the major elements which appear necessary for application of knowledge-based software concepts to flight control design were assembled and thus FCX represents a prototype which can be tested, critiqued and evolved in an ongoing process of development