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Even–even nuclei in the A ∼ 100 mass region are investigated within the framework of the sd-interacting boson model (sdIBM1) with three-body O(6) symmetric quadrupole operator QQQ 0 for generating states with triaxial deformation. The rigid triaxial asymmetric rotor model of collective rotation is used to extract the asymmetry parameter γ from both the energy ratio of the second 2 2 + state to the first 2 1 + state and the reduced E2 transition probabilities from 2 1 , 2 + states to the ground state. Using the method of the intrinsic coherent states, the classical limit of potential energy surfaces which represents the expectation value of the total Hamiltonian is obtained. The critical points of the phase transition are investigated. The triaxiality is analyzed for even–even ruthenium (Ru) isotopic chain as an example of illustrating the effect of the three-body quadrupole operator. By using computer simulated search program, a fitting procedure is performed to get the best parameters of the IBM Hamiltonian for each nucleus in order to obtain a minimum root mean square deviation between the calculated and the experimental some low-lying energy levels and B(E2) transition rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lack of understanding across the global north and global south, and with the need for alternative development paths in smart urbanism discourse are issues highlighted by recent smart urbanism research. Therefore, this paper aims to comprehend the trends of smart urbanism across contrasting geographies and to learn about the alternative direction of the development of smart cities. This study applied the research methods of document analysis and case study on the continents of North America, Europe, and Asia. The study showed that the North America corporations (i.e., IBM smarter city) are leading the approach of technology-driven method (TDM) and corporate smart city concept, European scholars and institutions have strong influence on the human-driven method (HDM) approach (i.e., the Amsterdam smart city), while Asian countries are discursively learning and applying smart city’s ideas and practices from North America and Europe. A mixture of approaches are found in Asian countries, such as the TDM approach in China and Malaysia, and the case of a shift of paradigm towards HDM with Singapore. Overall, the authors found that the worldwide trend was dominated by the TDM approach. However, a push towards the HDM approach was also apparent, with the appearance of proposals such as citizen centricity and participation. The results of this study serve as a benchmark on the normative neoliberal politics and an opportunity to nurture humanism aspects. This paper marks a contribution to the phenomenon of contemporary smart urbanism and provides insights for policymakers and stakeholders who wish to work together as co-partners in the quest for a more humanistic smart city.

This paper tests the suitability of automated point cloud classification tools provided by the popular image-based modeling (IBM) software package Agisoft Metashape for the generation of digital terrain models (DTMs) at moderately-vegetated archaeological sites. DTMs are often required for various forms of archaeological mapping and analysis. The suite of tools provided by Agisoft are relatively user-friendly as compared to many point cloud classification algorithms and do not require the use of additional software. Based on a case study from the Mycenaean site of Kastrouli, Greece, the mostly-automated, geometric classification tool “Classify Ground Points” provides the best results and produces a quality DTM that is sufficient for mapping and analysis. Each of the methods tested in this paper can likely be improved through manual editing of point cloud classification.

In response to food contamination scandals worldwide, retail giant Walmart is tackling food safety in the supply chain using blockchain technology. In 2016, it established the Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center in Beijing and plans to invest $25 million over five years to research global food safety (Yiannas and Liu, 2017). Using IBM’s blockchain solution based on Hyperledger Fabric, Walmart has successfully completed two blockchain pilots: pork in China and mangoes in the Americas (IBM, 2017). With a farm-to-table approach, Walmart’s blockchain solution reduced time for tracking mango origins from seven days to 2.2 seconds and promoted greater transparency across Walmart’s food supply chain (Yiannas, 2017). IBM called it “complete end-to-end traceability” (McDermott, 2017). The case highlights the challenges of implementing blockchain technology in the food supply chain and the opportunities for deploying blockchain solutions throughout the global food ecosystem to increase safety and reduce waste.

DEVELOPING IN FISH FEED FOR SAVING PRODUCTION COSTS OF CATFISH CULTIVATION. Making catfish feed from waste raw materials and the surrounding environment in order to save production cost. The growth of fish depends on the feed intake, but this is not sufficiently well due to the increase in feed prices. Therefore, it is necessary to innovate the production of feed that utilizes the natural resources around the surrounding waste. Development of fish feed to reduce costs by 4 ways i.e. fish feed with organic fertilization, utilization of Azzola plants or mini water spikes, organic feed from growing and the surrounding waste and artificial pellet feed with appropriate technology. Feeding innovation is expected to reduce the production cost of 70% which designate is feed. This devotion partner is a group of Mulyo Tani 1 and Orphanage group of orphanage son of Muhammadiyah Setrorejo, Baturetno. This devotion activity successfully developed catfish farming business by doing continuous feed development.

As a result of weakening of the Ottoman Empire, Egypt was weakened in both economic and political aspect, beginning from year 1801, when the English expelled the French from the country, Egypt was continuously a prey of imperialist objectives. As a result of deepening dependency from abroad, the Egyptian economy was in the hands of foreign companies, the army and few local cooperatives. The decreasing number of the middle class made most of the population to fall into extreme poverty. The imperialist invasion and unsuccessful result of the modernist and secular thought of the constitution in 1921 was a reason for the growth and development of political Islam. Jamaluddin Afghani and Mohammed Abduh are two thinkers who influenced for the birth of political Islam in Egypt and its' positioning in an ideological frame. Political Islam, since the second half of the 19th century has begun to grow, as a result of the application of the European model of a nation-state and as a result of the depravity of the politics of the dynasty that used to rule the country (Zubaida, 2011:73). The despair that was felt by the population as a result of the fail of political and economic experiments, as well as the gap created in the governance, prepared the ground for development of Islamic movements, and one of them was the IBM. This situation is the first critical point that influenced the growth of political Islam in Egypt. The concept of secular, authoritarian but socialist and nationalist governing of Jamal Abdul Nasser was initially warmly accepted by the population. However, the defeat of Egypt in the conflict against Israel in 1967 has strongly shaken the optimistic atmosphere that Nasser previously managed to create within the population. The young Egyptian Arabs who suffered disappointment after the death of Nasser, began to position themselves towards the Islamic line (Eanber, 1978: 96). This situation was the second turning point that influenced the revival of political Islam in Egypt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European Commission's case against IBM for abuse of dominant position (1973–1984) was at the time by far the biggest in the short history of EEC antitrust policy, and would remain so long afterwards. It also set an important precedent for the use of interoperability as competition law remedy. Through extensive archival research, this article shows that the EEC Commission's action in the IBM case was determined by broader industrial policy aims for the computer sector. The Commission opted for augmenting competition, at the potential detriment of innovation, because this was expected to enhance the competitiveness of European industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The first generation of small noisy quantum processors have recently become available to non-specialists who are not required to understand specifics of the physical platforms and, in particular, the types and sources of noise. As such, it is useful to benchmark the performance of such computers against specific tasks that may be of interest to users, ideally keeping both the circuit depth and width as free parameters. Here, we benchmark the IBM quantum experience using the deterministic quantum computing with 1 qubit (DQC1) algorithm originally proposed by Knill and Laflamme in the context of liquid-state NMR. In the first set of experiments, we use DQC1 as a trace estimation algorithm to benchmark performance with respect to circuit depth. In the second set, we use this trace estimation algorithm to distinguish between knots, a classically difficult task which is known to be complete for DQC1. Our results indicate that the main limiting factor is the depth of the circuit and that both random and systematic errors become an issue when the gate count increases. Surprisingly, we find that at the same gate count wider circuits perform better, probably due to randomization of coherent errors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Fat infiltration in individual muscles of sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) patients has rarely been assessed.Methods: Sixteen sIBM patients were assessed using MRI of the thighs and lower legs (LL). The severity of fat infiltration, proximal-to-distal and side asymmetries, and the correlations with clinical and functional parameters were investigated.Results: All the patients had fat-infiltrated muscles, and thighs were more severely affected than LL. A proximal-to-distal gradient of fat infiltration was mainly observed for adductors, quadriceps, sartorius, and medial gastrocnemius muscles. A strong negative correlation was observed between the whole muscle fat fraction in the thighs and LL and the Inclusion Body Myositis Functional Rating Scale and Medical Research Council scores for the lower limbs.Conclusions: Fat infiltration in individual muscles of sIBM patients is heterogeneous in terms of proximal-to-distal gradient and severity was correlated with clinical scores. These results should be considered for both natural history investigation and clinical trials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increasing growth of wireless applications leads to the congestion of radio spectrum below 10 GHz. This has slowed down the growth of high data rate applications due to the limited bandwidth of currently used frequency bands. This prompted wireless service providers to look for 30–300 GHz frequency band for mobile Broadband and enhanced mobile Broadband services. In this paper, the performance of 5G cellular networks at 30 GHz frequency by suppressing the interference caused by multiple transmissions from potential interferers sharing the same physical medium has been studied. Here initially the appropriate interference model that can predict the outage events in 5G cellular networks in any scenario has been investigated. Next using a cellular network site in dense urban environment with high traffic loads, user density and pedestrian and vehicular movement was created. The signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) is visualized for different antenna systems on a map using real geospatial information. The SINR maps of single antenna element and antenna array are plotted and compared. Both Free-space propagation model and Close-in-Propagation model are used to compare the results. Also using a uniform planar array of antennas on network-side the directionality increases hence interference reduces and higher values of SINR are achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• Electrical impedance myography (EIM) detects changes in muscle in inclusion body myositis (IBM). • EIM parameters strongly correlate with clinical outcome measures of IBM. • EIM can potentially be used as a biomarker of IBM. To assess the value of electrical impedance myography (EIM) in inclusion body myositis (IBM). Patients with clinically defined IBM and healthy controls (HC) of similar age group were recruited. Each participant underwent manual muscle testing (MMT), 6-min walk test (6MWT), handgrip dynamometry, and IBM-functional rating scale assessment (IBM-FRS). EIM measurements were obtained from bilateral deltoid, biceps, forearm-flexors, quadriceps, tibialis anterior, and medial gastrocnemius. Fourteen IBM patients and 12 HCs with mean age 68.6 ± 6 and 67.4 ± 5.4 years were included in the final analysis. Averaged phase value at 50 kHz (EIM50) and ratio of phase value at 50 kHz/200 kHz (EIMPR) from six-muscles were significantly lower in IBM patients when compared to HC (5.23 ± 1.34 vs 7.88 ± 1.9, p -value 0.002, and 0.55 ± 0.09 vs. 0.68 ± 0.09, p -value 0.004, respectively). A strong correlation was noted between IBM-FRS, 6MWT, disease-duration and the averaged value of EIM50 and EIMPR in the IBM patients (Spearman | rho| >0.7, p -values < 0.01). EIM can differentiate between IBM patients and HCs and EIM parameters correlate with clinical outcome measures. EIM may be a potential objective biomarker for IBM. A longitudinal validation study is warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THE ROLE OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM OF PHYSICAL LABORATORY OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN METRO CITY, LAMPUNG. The Government Regulation (PP) of the Republic of Indonesia no. 19 of 2005 sets eight educational standards. The results survey found every high school in Metro City has been equipped with physics laboratory and has formed an organizational structure. But the physics laboratory to support the learning process, has not been done well. The purpose of this IbM (Ipteks bagi Masyarakat) Program is to apply theory and concept of Laboratory management in order to optimize the role of Physics Laboratory to supporting the learning process. The methods used are: Making of laboratory inventory website, workshop of the standard making of laboratory management, facilitation of website and arrangement of laboratory apparatus, workshop of making work program, workshop of making service, and doing simulation result of the workshop. The results obtained are: 1) Generally the condition of high school physics laboratory in Metro City has exceeded the standard up to 71,9%; 2) Aspects that do not meet government standards are no technicians and less on electric and sink socket facilities of 5,7%; 3) Utilization of high school laboratory inventory website gives a quite effective and significant impact in assisting the administration of laboratory equipment and facilitate access in tracking the existence of physics laboratory equipment and materials.

Inclusion-body myopathy with Paget's disease and frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD) is a disease of muscle, bone, and brain that results from mutations in the gene encoding valosin-containing protein (VCP). The mechanism of disease resulting from VCP mutations is unknown. Previous studies of VCP localization in normal human muscle samples have found a capillary and perinuclear distribution, but not a nuclear localization. Here we demonstrate that VCP is present in both myonuclei and endothelial cell nuclei in normal human muscle tissue. The immunodetection of VCP varies with acetone or paraformaldehyde fixation. Within the nucleus, VCP associates with the nucleolar protein fibrillarin and Werner syndrome protein (Wrnp) in normal and IBMPFD muscle. In patients with inclusion-body myositis (IBM), normal nuclear localization is present and some rimmed vacuoles are lined with VCP. These findings suggest that impairment in the nuclear function of VCP might contribute to the muscle pathology occurring in IBMPFD.

Tujuan kegiatan Ipteks bagi Masyarakat (IbM) Kelompok Peternak Lele di Semarang Barat Kota Semarang yaitu tim IbM mengabdikan diri pada masyarakat calon pengusaha kelompok peternak lele untuk mengatasi prioritas permasalahan yang dihadapi. Target khusus yang ingin dicapai adalah meningkatnya pendapatan dengan adanya produk baru dari pengelolaan hasil olahan lele, meningkatnya modal kerja yang diperoleh dari akses pemerintah ataupun perbankkan yang kompeten, dan meningkatnya jejaring usaha dengan para mitra IbM serta adanya toko online. Metode kegiatan ini dengan pemberdayaan yaitu adanya tahapan kegiatan dalam melaksanakan IbM. Tahapan tersebut adalah sebagai berikut adalah; (1) sosialisasi program kegiatan IbM; (2) pelatihan pengolahan bahan dasar lele; (3) pembinaan manajemen produksi dan administrasi keuangan; (4) workshop metode dalam mengakses modal dari Instansi Pemerintah dan Swasta.

Desa Gunungronggo terletak di Kecamatan Tajinan dimana desa ini berjarak sekitar 15 KM arah timur Kota Malang. Wilayah ini berada di lereng Gunung Buring, secara topografi wilayah desa ini didominasi oleh perbukitan dengan kelerangan yang curam dengan curah hujan yang relatif tinggi sehingga punya potensi sumber air yang cukup besar dan terawat yaitu Sumber Jenon. Keberadaan debit mata air Sumber Jenon cukup besar sekitar 300 liter/detik, namun belum menjamin penduduk Desa Gunungronggo khususnya Dusun Argomulyo 2 dan Argomulyo 3 untuk mendapatkan air bersih dari Sumber Jenon, meskipun secara geografis letaknya berdekatan. Hal ini karena kondisi dilokasi dekat sumber, jauh dari jaringan utilitas listrik dan belum ada pengelola HIPPAM, sehingga hanya penduduk yang mampu secara ekonomi bisa mengambil air dengan menggunakan pompa secara individu dengan menarik kabel listrik membentang jauh yang cukup membahayakan. Salah satu solusi terhadap permasalahan yang ada di Dusun Argomulyo tersebut adalah membuat Pompa Hydram (hydraulic ram) untuk mengisi air ke tandon agar murah dalam pelaksanaan operasi dan pemeliharaan. Keberadaan pompa hydram sangat diperlukan khususnya untuk mengatasi permasalahan air bersih pedesaan seperti Dusun Argomulyo Desa Gunung Ronggo Kecamatan Tajinan. Kondisi masyarakat yang tidak mampu sangat sulit untuk mengembangkan jenis pompa centrifugal atau pompa lain yang mengandalkan bahan bakar solar maupun listrik. Kesadaran masyarakat untuk menanggung biaya operasi dan pemeliharaan yang lebih mahal akan sulit untuk mengembangkan pengelolaan air bersih, sehingga pembangunan pompa hydram (hydraulic ram) ini menjadi solusi yang tepat. Pompa hydram yang sudah terbangun berjumlah 2 unit yang disebut sebagai twin hydram dimana masing-masing berkapasitas @15 liter/menit, namun karena kondisi kontur lokasi yang cukup datar sehingga kinerja pompa maksimal hanya sekitar @10 liter/menit. Peningkatan kapasitas pompa ini bisa dilakukan dengan menambah pipa drainasi berukuran 4" sepanjang 100 m ke arah hilir untuk membuang dengan cepat limpahan air yang terbuang dari pompa hydram sehingga tidak mengganggu kerja klep pompa yang terendam air. Kegiatan ini mendapatkan dukungan baik oleh warga maupun aparat desa, terbukti dalam pelaksanaannya beberapa item pekerjaan dilakukan secara gotong-royong.

Based on situation analysis, client problem and joint discussion result, the priority problem that experienced by inhabitants of RT. 26 and RT. 27 Iringmulyo Village, sub-district of Metro Timur, Metro City is untidiness of dead river that is not utilized and only used as laystall by some inhabitants. The promoted approach methods to solve this clien problem are: cleaning dead river, building nets fish pond, and provision of venture capital to inhabitants. By conducting these IbM program, it is expected for comfort and cleanliness of environment around river, increasing of inhabitant’s economic income by fish cultivation. The foundational of problem solving is to reduce environmental pollution and to prohibit inhabitant for throwing rubbish into dead river and enhancement of inhabitant prosperity. This activity has made dead river cleans, fishing group (Pokdakan) is formed named “Metro Bintang Timur” that has legality evidence, 6 nets fish pond is built where main foundation is plastic drum where if flood comes, the nets will float and unstuck. The pokdakan is given capital of fingerlings of catfish and fish feed for development and mentoring phase till the harvest time.

Homestay merupakan bagian penting promosi wisata lokal yang sangat membantu pengembangan pariwisata khususnya desa wisata di desa Kandri Semarang. Hal ini harus didukung dengan kemampuan berbahasa Inggris para pemilik homestay di desa tersebut yang seharusnya siap menerima wisatawan mancanegara yang datang. Tetapi pada kenyataannya kemampuan mereka cenderung relatif rendah karena rata-rata memiliki latar belakang pendidikan yang minim. Berdasarkan pernyataan tersebut, tim pengabdi kami memfokuskan pengabdian masyarakat untuk meningkatkan daily conversation bahasa Inggris, pengelolaan web homestay, manajemen pelayanan dan pemasaran, serta tata kelola homestay bagi pemilik homestay desa wisata Kandri Gunungpati Semarang. Dari program pelatihan pengabdian masyarakat tersebut dihasilkan peningkatan kemampuan berbicara dalam bahasa Inggris, peningkatan pengelolaan web homestay yang mendukung promosi desa wisata, peningkatan manajemen pelayanan dan pemasaran homestay bagi para pemilik homestay desa wisata Kandri Semarang.

Biomarkers as parameters of pathophysiological conditions can be of outmost relevance for inflammatory myopathies. They are particularly warranted to inform about diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic questions. As biomarkers become more and more relevant in daily routine, this review focusses on relevant aspects particularly addressing myopathological features. However, the level of evidence to use them in daily routine at presence is low, still since none of them has been validated in large cohorts of patients and rarely in independent biopsy series. Hence, they should be read as mere expert opinions. The evaluation of biomarkers as well as key biological parameters is an ongoing process, and we start learning about relevance of them, as we must recognize that pathophysiology of myositis is biologically incompletely understood. As such this approach should be considered an essay toward expansion of the definition “biomarker” to myositis, an emerging field of interest in biomedical research.