Penerapan Knowledge management System Pada Perusahaan Bisnis Konsultasi PT. Piramedia Sejahtera Abadi (Red Piramid)

The article clarified the implementation of Knowledge Management System (KMS), analysis the benefit of implementation, and cultures the sharing knowledge on the company. The used research methods were Focus Group Discussion (FGD), information system strategy analysis, and Knowledge Management process. It can be concluded that the implementation of KMS is in high potential for the company. The selection on the implementation of Knowledge Management application on Red Piramid was based on the implication that will be happened to service and the possibility on the movement of KMS into strategic field. From the review result, it is also recommended that the use of Content Management System using intranet facility that is available on Red Piramid. Artikel menjelaskan penerapan sistem Knowledge Management System (KMS, menganalisis manfaat penerapan, dan membudayakan sharing knowledge pada perusahaan tersebut. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah Focus Group Discussion (FGD), analisis strategi sistem informasi, dan proses Knowledge Management. Hasil penelitian menyimpulkan bahwa penerapan aplikasi KMS terdapat dalam ranah high potential. Pemilihan penerapan aplikasi pada Red Piramid didasarkan pada implikasi yang akan terjadi terhadap jasa yang akan diterapkan serta kemungkinan bergeraknya penerapan KMS ke ranah stratejik. Dari hasil penilaian tersebut direkomendasikan pula penggunaan Content Management System menggunakan fasilitas intranet yang telah tersedia di Red Piramid

Deforestation in the Tropics: Reconciling Disparities in Estimates for India

Here we examine recent disparate estimates of deforestation obtained for India. We discuss the sources of disparity and the implications of inaccurate estimates and suggest ways in which future attempts at estimating deforestation might reconcile the disparity. Despite the importance of deforestation and its consequences, no attempt has been made to reconcile the different estimates obtained for India

The forward photon production and the gluonic content of the real and virtual photon at the HERA collider

The discussion on the production of prompt photons with pT of a few GeV in the tagged process ep -> e gamma X with small Q^2 (DIC process) at the HERA collider is presented. Photons produced in the forward (proton) direction are mainly originating from subprocesses involving interactions of the gluonic content of the exchanged photon. The large enhancement over the Born term (direct photon) is found up to a factor of 35 for a real photon and up to 5 for a virtual photon with a squared virtuality 1 GeV^2. It gives a possibility of extracting a gluonic density of the real and of the virtual photon. The BFKL approach to the description of the forward particle production is shortly discussed.Comment: 7 pages, 2 ps figures, latex using psfig.sty and axodraw.sty. Presented at the International Conference on the Structure and Interactions of the Photon, PHOTON'99, 23-27 May 1999, Freiburg im Breisgan, German

Absence of effects of herbicides use on yam rots : a case study in Wulensi, Ghana

Yam farmers in Ghana have, over the years, used herbicides for weed control, particularly glyphosate. Although this has been helpful to them, there are complaints and concerns, among the yam farmers and a section of the public, that the yam tuber rots easily under the use of herbicides. This study, therefore, was set up at the field level to investigate the possibility of herbicides use causing yam rot. Two yam varieties, laribako and olodo, were grown under the conditions of chemical weed control (use of glyphosate) and manual weed control in three replicate sites in Wulensi in the Nanumba traditional area of northern Ghana. The study revealed that there was no difference in rots between herbicide treated yams and manually weeded yams, but that there was a difference in rots between laribako and olodo yam varieties. The results also showed that there was no difference in yield between herbicide treated yams and manually weeded yams. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that, there was no difference in yam rot and yield between herbicides treated and manually weeded yams, but laribako was more susceptible to rot than olodo

Massively Multiplayer Online Gamers’ Language: Argument for an M-Gamer Corpus

The past few decades have seen a steady, and sometimes rapid rise in the production and consumption of Massively Multiple Online Games (MMOGs), spanning a global arena. Players from a wide variety of demographical, economic, geographical, cultural and linguistic backgrounds congregate under the banner of MMOGs and spend a considerable amount of time interacting and communicating with one another, in the context of playing and socializing through such playing. It is only logical then, to see such players become part of larger and extended socio-communal landscapes, wherein they may appropriate multiple roles in conjunction with their MMOG player roles, such as teachers, learners, family members and workplace cohorts. It is also equally logical for a curious mind to speculate the effects of the communication and language characteristics of such gamers on themselves, and the greater communities they may inhabit, investigate the realms of such possibilities, and appropriate knowledge garnered from such investigations to share. That is precisely what this study and paper is about. In this paper, I report the findings of an investigation of the communication and language characteristics of MMOG players, using 23 participants for interviews and journal writing, as well as multiple online documents. The findings suggest that MMOG players share some unique communication and language patterns, based on which they can be justifiably categorized as a sub culture with their own corpus. Additionally, researcher and practitioner implications are also discussed

POST-PULWAMA INDO-PAK CONFLICT: RECONNOITERING THE ROLE OF SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION

Terrorism has emerged as one of the major challenges for the Eurasian regional peace, security, and cooperation. Keeping these challenges in perspective, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was established to eliminate the menace of terrorism, fundamentalism, and secessionism. Against this background, the main objectives of this paper are to examine how terrorism emerged as a major determining factor in the Indo-Pak relations and how the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), was failed to play its effective role in the Indo-Pak conflict given the Pulwama terror attack. For this research, descriptive and analytical methods were used and the data was collected from secondary sources. The major findings of this article are that terrorism has emerged as one of the major determinants of Indo-Pak relations and the same has become a major challenge for the SCO to resolve the issue. Against the background of terror attacks, it was anticipated that the SCO would play a crucial role to pacify the situation. However, the role played by the SCO in this situation proved marked as a Whack-a-Mole.&nbsp

Comparison of various models on cancer rate and forecasting

In this research work, three models were identified; linear regression model, exponential growth model and the quadratic trend model and the results of the work compared. Data collected from Niger State Hospital Management Board was used for the forecast and the result revealed that the quadratic trend model gave the best fit with mean percentage error of -1.08 and mean absolute percentage error of 43.62. Hence, the quadratic trend model was used for the forecast and the result indicated 27.5 percent annual increase in the future trend and the number of patients with cancer that will visit the hospitals within the study area. This figure is well above the national risk of getting cancer before age 75 years fixed at 10.4 percent.Keywords: Cancer, Tumor, Leukemia, Linear Regression, Mean Percentage Erro

Inactivation of Thermodynamic Sporeformers and Spores in Skim Milk by Continuous Ultrasonication and Hydrodynamic Cavitation in Combination with Thermal Treatments

Studies were conducted to determine the effectiveness of ultrasonication and hydrodynamic cavitation, in a continuous mode, alone and in combination with thermal treatments, on heat resistant aerobic sporeformers and spores in skim milk, and skim milk concentrate. The first study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a continuous ultrasonication process to reduce thermoduric Bacillus coagulans cells in skim milk. A 25% reduction was obtained by lab pasteurization alone, whereas ultrasonication alone resulted in an inactivation of 92% after 12 passes (80 sec exposure time per pass). Ultrasonication when combined with pasteurization resulted in further increased inactivation to 99.98%. It can thus be concluded that a continuous ultrasonication process followed by pasteurization is effective to inactivate thermoduric Bacillus coagulans cells. The second study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a continuous hydrodynamic cavitation process to reduce thermoduric spore forming bacilli in skim milk. The study also evaluated its impact on skim milk concentrate, and the final sporeformer counts of skim milk powder, in a simulated pilot scale skim milk manufacturing process. The results revealed that 6 pass cavitation effect alone and in combination with pasteurization was very effective in inactivating thermally resistant vegetative cells of Bacillus coagulans by 99.963% and 99.996% respectively. A 99.66% reduction of Bacillus coagulans cells was found in non-fat dry milk when made from cavitated milk, and upto a 99.65% reduction of total count was found in skim milk concentrate after cavitation treatment. The third study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a continuous hydrodynamic cavitation process to reduce thermoduric spores of Bacillus licheniformis in skim milk. Heat treatment alone did not result in any inactivation of the spores. Cavitation with holding at 30ºC for 3 hours and heating at 85°C for 15 min resulted in an inactivation of 97.59%. Another treatment with preheating at 65°C along with cavitation and holding at 30ºC for 3 hours followed by heat treatment at 80°C for 1 min resulted in inactivation of 99.29%. Overall, both ultrasonication and hydrodynamic cavitation when combined with heat treatment were found more effective in reduction of thermally resistant bacilli in skim milk