Connecting the dots: information visualization and text analysis of the Searchlight Project newsletters

This report is the product of work by Azatuhi Ayrikyan and Pardee Faculty Fellow Muhammad H. Zaman, with support from the Pardee Center, looking at the role of governance in the creation of knowledge-based economies. By reviewing available information from national governments and international governance and financial organizations (i.e., various United Nations programs, the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation, the World Bank), Ayrikyan and Zaman have found connections between governance practices and a nation’s ability to develop and sustain the growth of a knowledge economy. The report includes several graphics illustrating the comparative measures used that support their findings, and it suggests that this work provides useful insights for policymakers and others interested in the economic development trajectories of developing countries

Optimization of injection molding parameter of ti-6al-4v powder mix with palm stearin and polyethylene for the highest green strength by using taguchi method

This paper present the Taguchi method of L27 (313) orthogonal array as a tool in optimization of Metal injection molding (MIM) parameters for the highest green strength. Injection pressure, injection temperature, powder loading, mold temperature, holding pressure and injection speed are Parameters to be optimized. Besides those, interaction of the injection pressure, injection temperature and powder loading were studied. The metal powder of Ti-6Al-4V is mixed with binder 60wt% of palm stearin and 40wt% of polyethylene successfully injected at optimum parameter condition: 350 bar of injection pressure, 140oc of injection temperature, 65vol% of powder loading, 50oc of mold temperature, 600 bar of holding pressure, and 10ccm/s of the injection rate. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the best signal to noise ratio (S/N) presents the contribution of the parameters to the quality characteristic (green strength). Results show that the mold temperature has highest significant percentage (27.59%) followed by powder loading (15.44%) and injection pressure (12.30%) Nevertheless, the analysis of variance does not show any contribution from interaction

Peningkatan Pendidikan Karakter Religius melalui Sikap Berdoa pada Anak Usia 5 – 6 Tahun

The purpose of this study was to determine the increase in religious character education to children aged 5-6 years old through kindergarten attitude of prayer in the State Trustees Nanga Pinoh Melawi . This study uses a form of action research , being the method used is descriptive method . The subjects were teachers and children B1 group , which has 21 children . Location of the study is the TK State Trustees Nanga Pinoh Melawi . Dat collection by using the data and the observation Based on the research and analysis of datas , in particular can be summarized as follows : 1 ) Planning of learning to improve education through the attitude of prayer religious character very well categorized , 2 ) Implementation of learning to improve the education of religious character through an attitude of prayer considered very good . 3 ) The result of the increase in religious character education through an attitude of prayer can be said to be good , because every aspect of a religious character education has increased at a very high categor

Pengaturan Klausula Baku dalam Hukum Perjanjian untuk Mencapai Keadilan Berkontrak

Hukum perjanjian memberikan ruang kepada para pihak untuk membentuk dan menentukan isi dari perjanjian yang akan dilakukan, meski demikian, dalam penerapanya terjadi beberapa permasalahan yang sering dialami dalam menjalankan perjanjian tersebut, salah satu diantaranya adalah adanya kontrak baku. Agar tercapainya keadilan dalam berkontrak maka diperlukan pengaturan klausula baku yang digunakan di dalam perjanjian saat ini. Klausula baku cenderung menguntungkan pihak yang membuatnya dalam hal ini adalah pihak Perusahaan atau kreditur, dimana pihak kreditur memiliki waktu yang cukup banyak untuk membuat klausula perjanjian, sedangkan masyarakat/ debitur tidak memiliki ruang yang cukup untuk melakukan negosiasi atas klausula dalam perjanjian tersebut, bahkan masyarakat sendiri tidak atau bahkan belum familiar dengan istilah-istilah yang terdapat di dalam klausula baku

Kampanye Pencegahan Bullying di Lingkungan Sekolah

Bullying, terutama di lingkungan sekolah di Indonesia seakan tidak ada habisnya. Pelakunya mayoritas adalah teman sekolah. Sayangnya, masyarakat cenderung mendiamkan ketika terjadi bullying. Padahal peran teman sebaya sangat penting untuk mencegah bullying. Untuk mendorong agar masyarakat terutama remaja agar mau berperan dalam mencegah bullying, perlu ada kampanye sosial yang dirancang menggunakan konsep yang jelas dengan pendekatan yang sesuai dengan target yang dituju (remaja). Hasilnya adalah sebuah kampanye sosial “Be a Real Friend”, kampanye yang bersifat fun dan provokatif yang diharapkan mampu mendorong remaja untuk mencegah bullying di sekolahnya

Analisis Kelayakan Pembukaan Cabang Laboratorium Klinik Kesehatan Patra Medica di Kabupaten Boyolali

Boyolali is one of a large city in central Java of Indonesia which its population increases annually by 31%. This city has several health clinic includes antenatal clinics, general clinic and a clinical laboratory. Currently the numbers of clinics to service people are 77 clinics only. In fact, this district still requires on the other of 318 clinics that have an adequate qualification. Therefore it is crucial to establish some new clinics for satisfying the specified requirements by the district government. The purpose of this study is to analyze the feasibility of establishing a new clinical laboratory as an expansion of the existing clinic based on aspects of market, technics and technology, management, financial, legal and environment. Survey was conducted by distributing questioner and interview to a potential stakeholder. Non parametric statistical analysis is done to test some hypotheses at 5% of significant level and 10% of margin of error. The result of this study shows that the establishment of clinic laboratory in Boyolali is feasible according to an analysis of whole aspects

Students' Interest and Usefulness of Fieldwork Approaches to History

It is very exciting that history in the Integrated Cmriculum forSecondary School (ICSS) has been included as one of the core subjects inthe lower and upper secondary levels of Malaysian schools. These subjectsare officially included in the time table of the ordinary, religious, science,vocational and technical schools in the country. One of the most importantand effective methods introduced in the teaching and learning of historyis a fieldwork approaches, particularly a site visit. Since history is acompulsory subject, it is necessary to study and analyse the ICSS historycurriculum to see i f it really could achieve the objectives of the syllabus,successfully imparting knowledge and develop interest among studentsin the subject. The study involved about eight hundred students of selectedsecondary schools in the states of Perak and Terengganu. Instr\imentsused were questionnaire and interview which were conducted with theselected respondents. The analysis of the study were presented inpercentage by using six Likert scale responses. The study shows that historyfieldwork contain many usefulness such as to develop, spark/ stimulate,motivate, investigate, prove, gain social experience, social sldUs, buildteacher-student relation, teaching-learning method, and fulfil NationalCurriculum. Moreover, the effective used of history fieldwork can enhancestudent interest in developing the country towards the advancement of'first class mind' of human capital of Malaysian. It is hoped that the findingwill enlighten teachers and students in the learning of history in the ICSStowards achieving the stipulated aspiration, especially 1-Malaysia

Pemodelan dan Analisis Pengaruh Penggunaan Adaptive Shock Absorber Menggunakan Variabel Orifice terhadap Karakteristik Gaya Redam dan Respon Dinamis Kendaraan

Saat proses mobil berjalan pada jalanan yang tidak rata, bodi dan roda mobil akan terkena energi impact yang berasal dari jalan yang tidak rata. Energi impact yang terjadi akan minimbulkan getaran yang tentunya akan menyebabkan ketidaknyamanan bagi pengendara mobil apabila tidak ada suatu sistem yang dapat meredamnya.. Dalam tugas akhir ini dilakukan pemodelan dan analisis pengaruh penggunaan adaptive shock absorber dengan variabel orifice terhadap karakteristik gaya redam dan respon dinamis kendaraan dengan variasi konstanta pegas variabel orifice , frekuensi eksitasi dan kecepatan kendaraan. Tahap awal penelitian ini dilakukan pemodelan dan simulasi karakteristik gaya redam yang dihasilkan sistem shock absorber dengan konvensional orifice dan sistem adaptive shock absorber dengan variabel orifice dengan input sinusoidal dan bump modified dengan frekuensi ekstitasi 0,8 Hz, 1 Hz, 1,5 Hz, dan 2 Hz dengan variasi parameter konstanta pegas variabel orifice untuk sistem adaptive shock absorber dengan range sebesar 250-100 N/m, dan diameter awal orifice 3 mm untuk kedua jenis shock absorber. Penelitian selanjutnya dilakukan penambahan sistem konvensional dan adaptive shock absorber pada sistem seperempat kendaraan dengan input variasi range kecepatan kendaraan 10-120 km/jam. Parameter sistem adaptive shock absorber dengan variabel orifice yang dipilih adalah konstanta pegas orifice 100 N/m dan frekuensi eksitasi 2 Hz. Dihasilkan karakteristik gaya redam yang berbeda antara konvensional dan variabel orifice. Variabel orifice menghasilkan fluktuasi penurunan nilai gaya redam maksimum ekspansi awal dan akhir terbesar dibandingkan jenis konstanta pegas orifice sebelumnya, sedangkan konvensional orifice memiliki nilai gaya redam maksimum yang tetap. Penurunan gaya redam terhadap waktu pada variabel orifice dapat memberikan kemampuan untuk meredam getaran yang lebih baik pada seperempat kendaraan dibandingkan konvensional orifice pada saat kecepatan tinggi atau frekuensi tinggi. Penelitian selanjutnya dilakukan penambahan sistem adaptive shock absorber pada sistem quartercar dengan variasi kecepatan kendaraan. Dari variasi tersebut, pada kecepatan tertinggi 120 km/jam tersebut diperoleh bahwa perbandingan perpindahan, kecepatan, percepatan bodi kendaraan pada variabel orifice lebih kecil dibandingkan konvensional orifice

Cultivation of Chlorella SP. as Biofuel Sources in Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME)

Renewable energy is essential and vital aspect for development in Indonesia especially less oil reserve for coming 15 years. Biodiesel has received much attention as renewable energy in recent years. One of potential biodiesel is produced from microalgae. Due to high content of nutrients in Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME), this waste is a potential for nutrient growth for microalgae. Chlorella is one of high potential for biodiesel since it has high lipid content (20-30%). The objective of the research is to determine growth rate and biomass productivity in Chlorella Sp cultured in POME. Chlorella Sp was cultured in 20%, 50%, 70% POME using urea concentration 0.1gr/L (low nitrogen source) and 1gr/l (high nitrogen source) at flask disk, pH 6.8-7.2; aerated using aquarium pump and fluorescence lamp 3000-6000 lux as light. Medium was measured using spectrophotometer Optima Sp-300 OD at 680 wave length in 15 days to calculate specific growth rate. At end of cultivation, Chlorella sp was filtered and measured as dry weight. Result indicated that Chlorella sp at 50% POME 1gr/L urea showed higher specific growth rate (0.066/day). Factor affecting growth rate of microalgae is CNP ratio, POME concentration, and urea concentration