PERANCANGAN USER INTERFACE SISTEM INFORMASI AKADEMIK BERBASIS WEBSITE MENGGUNAKAN METODE USER CENTERED DESIGN (STUDI KASUS: SMK BITEC AL MASHURIAH)

ABSTRAK Sistem Informasi Akademik berperan penting dalam pengolahan data dan informasi di SMK BITEC AL MASHURIAH dan merupakan langkah kunci dalam meningkatkan efisiensi, aksesibilitas, dan interaktivitas antara stakeholder. Penelitian ini menggunakan Metode User Centered Design (UCD) untuk mengembangkan antarmuka yang responsif dan sesuai kebutuhan pengguna. UCD melibatkan pemahaman mendalam terhadap kebutuhan dan preferensi pengguna, dengan menggabungkan serangkaian langkah, mulai dari pemetaan kebutuhan pengguna hingga prototipe iteratif. Melalui wawancara dan observasi kebutuhan pengguna dari berbagai pihak seperti siswa, guru, dan staf administrasi diidentifikasi secara mendalam. Data ini menjadi dasar dalam merancang antarmuka yang mengutamakan kemudahan penggunaan, navigasi yang intuitif, serta visualisasi informasi yang jelas dan komprehensif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan metode UCD dalam perancangan user interface SIAKAD SMK BITEC AL MASHURIAH dapat meningkatkan interaksi antara pengguna dengan sistem, memungkinkan akses informasi yang lebih cepat dan akurat, serta memfasilitasi manajemen akademik yang lebih efisien. Penelitian ini juga dapat memberikan landasan bagi pengembangan sistem yang memperhatikan kebutuhan nyata pengguna, berkontribusi pada perbaikan keseluruhan pengalaman pengguna dalam lingkungan akademik SMK BITEC AL MASHURIAH. Kata Kunci : Website Sistem Infromasi Akademik, User Centered Design, User Interface, Wireframe, Mockup, Prototyping

PEMBANGUNAN GAME EDUKASI KESENIAN SUNDA MENGUNAKAN UNITY ENGINE (Studi Kasus :”Petualangan Pangeran Jawa Barat”)

Game petualangan dan edukasi game adventure edukasi adalah sebuah game yang memiliki alur cerita tentang tokoh utama yang melakukan petualangan, dan didalam game terdapat pelajaran yang disisipkan kedalam. Dari beberapa metode yang ada, metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Game Development Life Cycle (GDLC) merupakan sebuah metode pengembangan game yang dimulai dari tahapan initiation adalah sebuah tahapan tentang pengumpulan ide-ide game yang akan dibuat, selanjutnya pre-production adalah sebuah tahapan pengembangan dari initiation yang menghasilkan tahapan pembuatan prototype, selanjutnya tahapan production merupakan tahapan pembuatan game dan selanjutnya tahapan testing merupakan tahapan pengujian game, tahapan trakhir adalah tahapan Testing Menggunakan fitur – fitur yang telah digunakan, peneliti akan membangun sebuah game dengan genre edukuasi dan petualangan yang dinamai Petualangan Pangeran Jawa Barat Kata kunci : Game Edukasi, Game Development Life Cycle, Game Initation, Pre-production, Production, Reali

Detection and Functional Characterization of a 215 Amino Acid N-Terminal Extension in the Xanthomonas Type III Effector XopD

During evolution, pathogens have developed a variety of strategies to suppress plant-triggered immunity and promote successful infection. In Gram-negative phytopathogenic bacteria, the so-called type III protein secretion system works as a molecular syringe to inject type III effectors (T3Es) into plant cells. The XopD T3E from the strain 85-10 of Xanthomonas campestris pathovar vesicatoria (Xcv) delays the onset of symptom development and alters basal defence responses to promote pathogen growth in infected tomato leaves. XopD was previously described as a modular protein that contains (i) an N-terminal DNA-binding domain (DBD), (ii) two tandemly repeated EAR (ERF-associated amphiphillic repression) motifs involved in transcriptional repression, and (iii) a C-terminal cysteine protease domain, involved in release of SUMO (small ubiquitin-like modifier) from SUMO-modified proteins. Here, we show that the XopD protein that is produced and secreted by Xcv presents an additional N-terminal extension of 215 amino acids. Closer analysis of this newly identified N-terminal domain shows a low complexity region rich in lysine, alanine and glutamic acid residues (KAE-rich) with high propensity to form coiled-coil structures that confers to XopD the ability to form dimers when expressed in E. coli. The full length XopD protein identified in this study (XopD1-760) displays stronger repression of the XopD plant target promoter PR1, as compared to the XopD version annotated in the public databases (XopD216-760). Furthermore, the N-terminal extension of XopD, which is absent in XopD216-760, is essential for XopD type III-dependent secretion and, therefore, for complementation of an Xcv mutant strain deleted from XopD in its ability to delay symptom development in tomato susceptible cultivars. The identification of the complete sequence of XopD opens new perspectives for future studies on the XopD protein and its virulence-associated functions in planta

Recovery of kinematic arm function in well-performing people with subacute stroke: A longitudinal cohort study

Background: Most motor function improvements in people who have experienced strokes occur within the first 3 months. However, individuals showing complete or nearly complete arm function recovery, as assessed using clinical scales, still show certain movement kinematic deficits at 3 months, post-stroke. This study evaluated the changes in upper extremity kinematics, in individuals demonstrating minor clinical motor impairments, 3–12 months post-stroke, and also examined the association between kinematics and the subjects’s self-perceived hand abilities during the chronic stage, 12 months post-stroke. Methods: Forty-two subjects recovering from strokes and having Fugl-Meyer upper extremity motor assessment scores ≥60 were included from the Stroke Arm Longitudinal Study at the University of Gothenburg (SALGOT). Kinematic analyses of a drinking task, performed 3, 6, and 12 months post-stroke, were compared with kinematic analyses performed in 35 healthy controls. The Stroke Impact Scale-Hand domain was evaluated at the 12-month follow-up. Results: There were no significant changes in kinematic performance between 3 and 12 months, post-stroke. The patients recovering from stroke showed lower peak elbow extension velocities, and increased shoulder abduction and trunk displacement during drinking than did healthy controls, at all time points. At 12 months, post-stroke, better self-perceived arm functions correlated with improved trunk displacements, movement times, movement units, and time to peak velocity percentages. Conclusion: Kinematic movement deficits, observed at 3 months post-stroke, remained unchanged at 12 months. Movement kinematics were associated with the patient’s self-perceived ability to use their more affected hand. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials: NCT01115348

Effects of climate change scenarios on Tempranillo grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) ripening: response to a combination of elevated CO2 and temperature, and moderate drought

13 Pag., 9 Fig.Greenhouse experiments were conducted to investigate the impact of predicted climate change (elevated CO2, 700 μmol CO2 mol−1 air vs. ambient; elevated temperature, 28/18°C vs. 24/14°C, day/night; and partial irrigation, 40% of field capacity vs. well-irrigated) on grape berry quality characteristics during ripening. Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Tempranillo) fruiting cuttings were used as experimental plant material. Climate change shortened the time between grape veraison and full maturity. At harvest time, many of the grape quality parameters determined were affected by the different grape maturity. The data were re-grouped according to total soluble solids to factor out changes due to the shortened time to maturity, and the effects on grape quality were then re-examined. Under current CO2 and temperature conditions, partial irrigation decreased berry malic acid concentration and facilitated anthocyanins extractability. Elevated CO2 and temperature decreased berry malic acid and total anthocyanins potential in well-irrigated plants and increased tonality index, irrespective of water availability. In partial irrigation conditions, elevated CO2 and temperature hindered the anthocyanins extractability. In summary, results indicate that climate change (elevated CO2, high temperature and partial irrigation) affects phenology and berry quality.Financial support from Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (BFU2008-01405/BFI), Fundación Universitaria de Navarra (Plan de Investigación de la Universidad de Navarra) and Caja Navarra is gratefully acknowledged. Fermín Morales wishes to thank Gobierno de Aragón (A03 research group) for financial support. Carolina Salazar-Parra was the recipient of a grant from Asociación de Amigos de la Universidad de Navarra.Peer reviewe

Unraveling the interaction between pathological upper limb synergies and compensatory trunk movements during reach-to-grasp after stroke: a cross-sectional study

The aim of the present study was to identify how pathological limb synergies between shoulder and elbow movements interact with compensatory trunk movements during a functional movement with the paretic upper limb after stroke. 3D kinematic joint and trunk angles were measured during a reach-to-grasp movement in 46 patients with stroke and 12 healthy individuals. We used principal component analyses (PCA) to identify components representing linear relations between the degrees of freedom of the upper limb and trunk across patients with stroke and healthy participants. Using multivariate logistic regression analysis, we investigated whether component scores were related to the presence or absence of basic limb synergies as indicated by the arm section of the Fugl-Meyer motor assessment (FMA). Four and three principal components were extracted in patients with stroke and healthy individuals, respectively. Visual inspection revealed that the contribution of joint and trunk angles to each component differed substantially between groups. The presence of the flexion synergy (Shoulder Abduction and Elbow Flexion) was reflected by component 1, whereas the compensatory role of trunk movements for lack of shoulder and elbow movements was reflected by components 2 and 3 respectively. The presence or absence of basic limb synergies as determined by means of the FMA was significantly related to components 2 (p = 0.014) and 3 (p = 0.003) in patients with stroke. These significant relations indicate that PCA is a useful tool to identify clinically meaningful interactions between compensatory trunk movements and pathological synergies in the elbow and shoulder during reach-to-grasp after stroke. © Springer-Verlag 2012