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The possibility of using the synergistic principle of Sensitivity of Initial Conditions to substantiate the material properties of technical objects is confirmed. The sensitivity of the Initial Conditions reflects such a value and correlation of properties and influencing factors, which can lead to a qualitative and quantitative change in the properties and states of objects, even if they differ slightly from the initial values. An analysis of the processes of changing the properties and states of natural objects considered in synergetic and the properties and states of the material of technical subjects made it possible to identify their technical analogy. The conditions and tasks, the solution that can be the basis for developing a method and models for ensuring required material properties, are formulated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a room temperature prediction model was developed using a gray-box approach. Room temperature prediction is an important part in building automation for building energy conservation and efficiency. The gray-box or hybrid model is an approach which combines white-box and black-box modeled components. The white box model in this research was a physics-based model built using electric [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A two-dimensional mathematical model averaged over the layer thickness is studied, within the framework of which the statement of the boundary value problem of spreading of a plastic layer on a plane in a region with a moving boundary is given. To solve the problem in a simplified formulation, the method of characteristics is used. A variational formulation of the problem is given. A mathematical analogy with the problem of torsion of inhomogeneous plastic rods is shown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The government, NGOs, and other concerned corporations have issued various designs to communicate environmental and social issues to society. Unfortunately, those great efforts have not achieved the maximum results. It's hard to grab people's attention and interest while they are flooded with huge number of information per day. Moreover, people only care about critical issues that relate to their life. The existing visual communication designs are not able to show the relevance between those issues and people's daily life. This qualitative research studied the challenges faced by the designers and other related professionals while designing visual communication for environmental and social issues and the possible solution through analogy approach storytelling. Using case studies of existing designs and two theses of the students of Visual Communication Design – Bina Nusantara University, this research aims to disclose the process of designing visual communication using analogy approach storytelling that expectantly can bring the environmental and social issues closer to the society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Misconception is well-known as barrier to students in learning science, and any studies have tried to get information about the type of misconception and try to remediate the common misconception after finding the cause of it. A study about how to provide information about an overview of the light interferences concept in physics was conducted to analyze pre-service teacher misconceptions about the interferences and provide solutions with conceptual change text-based analogy model in learning processing qualitatively. Data were collected/obtained from Open ended question in worksheet of exploration phase (WEF) and Open ended question in worksheet of concept application phase (WCA). The study resulted in explanation that misconceptions occur in the pre service teacher, especially in the matter of the interferences. They thought that the phenomena of light interference are symptoms that show the properties of reflected and refracted light, so they explain the concept of interference symptoms with the concept of light as geometric optics. In fact, it is a symptom that shows the properties of light in the context of physical optics, namely to prove that light is a wave is misconception, and its application in daily life (colors on soap bubbles, rainbow after raining in the afternoon) as well. Actually they are caused by light refraction, namely the refraction of monochromatic light into polychromatic so that the colorful symptoms on soap bubbles perceive as a characteristic of polarization symptoms, namely the colors are formed from overlapping light waves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concept of improper fraction has not been comprehensively understood by the students of prospective elementary school teacher so that it is necessary to reconstruct the concept. This research aims at analyzing the reconstruction of the improper fraction concept using analogy problem. The research is exploratory qualitative research. Conceptual reconstruction is independently designed through a task in the form of 3 questions that can guide students to reconstruct the concept independently. The instruments used in this research are 3 test questions for 44 students and in-depth interviews on 3 selected research subjects. The result of the research shows that 1) there are 27 students who could reconstruct the concept independently in a perfect manner that are called the independent type, 2) there are 15 students who were able to reconstruct the concept but only on a simple problem that are called the dependent type 3) there are 2 students who did not succeed in reconstructing the concept that are called the stagnant type. This research concludes that the reconstruction of the concept can be done without teaching the concept, but instead by providing problem solving tasks that can be solved independently. The future researchers also need to conduct research on developing students' self confidence in solving problems independently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]