Big Data Analytics and Models

When uncertainty is regarded as a surprise and an event in the minds, it can be said that individuals can change the future view. Market, financial, operational, social, environmental, institutional and humanitarian risks and uncertainties are the inherent realities of the modern world. Life is suffused with randomness and volatility; everything momentous that occurs in the illustrious sweep of history, or in our individual lives, is an outcome of uncertainty. An important implication of such uncertainty is the financial instability engendered to the victims of different sorts of perils. This chapter is intended to explore big data analytics as a comprehensive technique for processing large amounts of data to uncover insights. Several techniques before big data analytics like financial econometrics and optimization models have been used. Therefore, initially these techniques are mentioned. Then, how big data analytics has altered the methods of analysis is mentioned. Lastly, cases promoting big data analytics are mentioned.

Pitch Accent Distribution and Focus Structure in Taifi Arabic: A Production Study

Prosodic encoding of focus in Taifi Arabic is not yet fully understood. A recent production study found significant acoustic differences between syntactically identical sentences with information focus, contrastive focus and without focus. This paper presents results from a production experiment investigating whether information and contrastive focus have prosodic effects on the pitch-accent distributions. Using question-answer paradigms, 16 native speakers of Taifi Arabic were asked to read three target sentences in different focus conditions. Results reveal that every content word is pitch-accented in utterances with and without focus. However, there are very few cases (23.12%) in which the post-focus words are deaccented. The largest percentage of deaccentuation was observed in the utterances with initial contrastive focus. The results show that focus structures in Taifi Arabic show both deaccentuation and post-focus compression. Therefore, the prosodic realization of focus in Taifi Arabic is different from their counterparts in other Arabic dialects such as Egyptian and Lebanese Arabic. These findings have an important implication for both the prosodic typology and focus typology.

Paradigma Keagamaan Dosen Pendidikan Agama Islam di Universitas Tirtayasa Banten

This study aims to explain the religious paradigm of lecturers in Islamic religious education at Tirtayasa University, Banten, using a qualitative approach. The research was conducted from April to June 2021. Data collection techniques used interviews, and content analysis. The informants involved were all lecturers of Islamic religious education. This study found that there were variations in religious paradigms, educational background and scientific interests, access to sources and reading materials, as well as religious styles adopted. The book used contains an acute problem related to the problem of religious moderation. The discussion on the themes of monotheism and Islamic theology has a significant difference with the general attitude of the people of Banten and its surroundings. An important implication of the results of this study is that several themes on history, Islamic social and political thought, as well as the science of monotheism and the science of kalam need to be reviewed, enriched by references, and further enrich the sources of religious thought. Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan paradigma keagamaan dosen mata kuliah pendidikan agama Islam pada Universitas Tirtayasa Banten, dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Penelitian dilakukan pada bulan April hingga Juni tahun 2021. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara, dan konten analisis. Informan yang terlibat adalah seluruh dosen pendidikan agama Islam. Penelitian ini menemukan adanya variasi paradigma keagamaan, latar belakang pendidikan dan minat keilmuan, akses terhadap sumber dan bahan bacaan, serta corak keagamaan yang dianut. Buku yang digunakan mengandung problem akut terkait dengan masalah moderasi beragama. Bahasan tentang tema-tema tauhid dan teologi Islam memiliki perbedaan yang signifikan dengan anutan umum masyarakat Banten dan sekitarnya. Implikasi penting dari hasil kajian ini, beberapa tema tentang sejarah, pemikiran sosial dan politik Islam, serta ilmu tauhid dan ilmu kalam perlu dilakukan peninjauan ulang, pengayaan referensi, dan lebih memperkaya nuktah-nuktah pemikiran keagamaan.

Successive H-atom Addition to Solid OCS on Compact Amorphous Solid Water

Carbonyl sulfide (OCS) is an abundant sulfur (S)-bearing species in the interstellar medium. It is present not only in the gas phase, but also on interstellar grains as a solid; therefore, OCS very likely undergoes physicochemical processes on icy surfaces at very low temperatures. The present study experimentally and computationally investigates the reaction of solid OCS with hydrogen (H) atoms on amorphous solid water at low temperatures. The results show that the addition of H to OCS proceeds via quantum tunneling, and further addition of H leads to the formation of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), formaldehyde (H2CO), methanol (CH3OH), and thionformic acid (HC(O)SH). These experimental results are explained by our quantum chemical calculations, which demonstrate that the initial addition of H to the S atom of OCS is the most predominant, leading to the formation of OCS-H radicals. Once the formed OCS-H radical is stabilized on ice, further addition of H to the S atom yields CO and H2S, while that to the C atom yields HC(O)SH. We have also confirmed, in a separate experiment, the HC(O)SH formation by the HCO reactions with the SH radicals. The present results would have an important implication for the recent detection of HC(O)SH toward G+0.693–0.027.

Effect of anogenital distance on stress urinary incontinence

Background To clarify the effect of anogenital distance (AGD) on stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in female patients. Methods Charts of patients who admitted to urogynecology polyclinic between December 2020 and February 2021 were analyzed retrospectively. The AGD parameters including anogenital distance from the anus to the clitoris (AGDAC), anogenital distance from the anus to the fourchette (AGDAF) and genital hiatus (GH) were measured. To identify effect of ADG parameters on SUI, patients were divided into the two subgroups (patients with SUI and without SUI). Demographic characteristics of patients and perineal anatomy measurement were compared between groups. Results Totally, 256 female patients met study inclusion criteria. In comparison of patients with and without SUI, demonstrated that age, weight, height, and BMI were similar between groups (p = 0.200, p = 0.455, p = 0.131, and p = 0.215, respectively). The AGDAF was measured 22.6 mm in patients with SUI and 25.5 mm in patients without SUI (p = 0.014). In contrast, AGDAC was significantly longer in patients with SUI (81.1 mm vs. 72.2 mm, p = 0.001). Also, GH was significantly longer in patients with SUI (p = 0.016). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that one mm increment in AGDAC and GH, is associated with 1.108- and 1.038-fold time of SUI development risk, respectively (p = 0.001 and p = 0.004). In contrast, decrease in AGDAF is resulted with significantly higher risk for SUI (p = 0.001). Conclusion The present study demonstrated that shorter AGDAF, and longer AGDAC and GH were resulted with significantly higher incidence of SUI. Considering the ease and non-invasiveness of anogenital distance measurement, an important implication of the results of current study is that it is a measurement that can be easily performed during routine gynecological and obstetric examinations as a suitable tool for use in the prediction of women who will develop stress incontinence in the future.

Diversity of Pathogenic Fungi and Disease on Vegetable Crops at Polyculture Systems

Vegetables polyculture system is potentially increasing pathogenic fungi diversity because various plant hosts are available. There is no data about patogenic fungi diversity at polyculture vegetable farming in Serang village, District of Karangreja, Purbalingga Regency. This study aimed to determine patogenic fungal diversity and disease percentage caused by the fungi at polyculture vegetable farming in Serang village, District of Karangreja, Purbalingga Regency. This research used purposive random sampling. Infected plants were collected at ten polyculture farming locations and fungal identification was performed at the laboratory. Fungi were identified morphologically based on the signs, symptoms, as well as macroscopic and microscopic characters. The fungi's pathogenity was determined by applying Koch's postulate test. The data were analyzed descriptively through literature comparison. The results showed that seven fungal species were found at polyculture farms in Serang Village. The obtained fungi were Colletotrichum sp., Fusarium sp., Alternaria sp., Septoria sp., Cercospora sp., Botryodiplodia sp., and Nigrospora sp. The lowest damage was 18.24% on tomato fruit infected by Fusarium sp. and the highest was on chili plants which was caused by Colletotrichum sp. The data is the first report for polycuture system. The obtained data has important implication for the management of vegetables farming in Serang Village.

Engaging students in online learning: technology-integrated distance learning for Chinese students at partner institutions in China

To mitigate the problems of lack of preparedness and lack of a sense of learning community associated with online learning, this case study illustrates how a range of technologies including online platforms and educational tools may be integrated to assist purposeful engagement with learners for active learning to ensue. This case is based on an undergraduate module delivered virtually to three TNE partner institutions in China. Zoom, Mentimeter and WeChat were adopted to help with cognitive and affective engagement by the students. While this design is focused on online delivery, there is also an important implication for classroom-based teaching in achieving purposeful engagement with students.

Referencing Race = Racist? Examining Perceptions of References to a Target’s Race as Offensive

We examined majority group members’ perceptions of racial slurs, compared to what we have labeled as combination terms. These combination terms possess the same semantic and pragmatic linguistic functions as racial slurs, functioning to express negative emotion toward, and to describe, a target. Across three studies (total N = 943) racial slurs were not perceived as significantly different from combination terms. We then examined whether participants higher in social dominance beliefs reported greater perceived justification for using combination terms over racial slurs because of their lack of historical denigration of marginalized groups that racial slurs have. Participants, even those higher in socially dominant attitudes, did not perceive greater justification for the use of combination terms than racial slurs. Indeed, an important implication is that race-marking, an understudied area of social psychology, paired with general derogative terms produces terms which may function similarly to racial slurs, but, fortunately, are also similarly vilified in modern society.

IMPLIKASI TERBITNYA UNDANG –UNDANG NOMOR 23 TAHUN 2014 TERHADAP SUMBER DAYA MANUSIA PADA UPTD KESATUAN PENGELOLAAN HUTAN PRODUKSI GEDONG WANI PROVINSI LAMPUNG

The success of managing the forest management unit cannot be separated from the availability of human resources. The purpose of this study is to study the implications of the issuance of Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government on Human Resources in the Gedong Wani Production Forest Management Unit. Data obtained through interviews and library studio analyzed descriptively qualitative. The results showed that there have been changes in human resources in the Regional Technical Implementation Unit (UPTD) KPHP Gedong Wani. In addition, there are also several inhibiting and supporting factors in its application. The most important implication is an increase in human resources both in quantity and quality due to the transfer of authory from the center to the regions. Education and training are still needed to guarantee and improve the quality of human resources in the UPTD KPHP Gedong Wani.