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Optimisation of zinc oxide surge arrester design using gravitational search algorithm and imperialist competitive algorithm

10.11591/ijeecs.v13.i3.pp853-860
Syahirah Abd Halim , Azah Mohamed , Nor Azwan Mohamed Kamari , Afida Ayob , Ab Halim Abu Bakar , Hazlee Azil Illias
Reducing electric field stress near the energised end of surge arresters is very important because it may increase the lifetime of the highly stressed ZnO column in vicinity of the high voltage electrode. Most of previous works were based on manufacturers’ procedures and trial and error method to improve the surge arrester designs. In this work, optimisation of ZnO surge arrester design models using Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA) and Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA) is proposed. The surge arrester models were developed using finite element analysis (FEA) and used to determine the electric field distribution. The optimisation methods were used to determine the arrester design parameters which yield the minimum electric field stress surrounding the energized end of the surge arresters. GSA is less complex since it requires only two parameters to be adjusted i.e. mass and velocity while ICA demonstrates faster convergence and better achievement of global optimum. The performance of the proposed methods was then compared with the manufacturer’s test data and previously developed methods.
Volume: 13
Issue: 3
Page: 853-860
Publish at: 2019-03-01

Development of software for Ku-Band signal availability due to rain attenuation

10.11591/ijeecs.v13.i3.pp1252-1258
Norsuzila Ya’acob , Noraisyah Tajudin , Muhammad Rezza Alui , Nani Fadzlina Naim , Murizah Kassim , Wan Norsyafizan Wan Muhamad
Ku-Band signal is often used for satellite communication mainly for direct to home (DTH) broadcasting. One of the major issues using this band is that the signal will be affected by raindrops. Raindrops absorb and scatter signal that operates at a frequency of more than 10 GHz. However, studies have been done to predict and measure the rainfall rate and rain attenuation. The rain attenuation in Ku-Band range and the rain rate were measured at satellite receiving dish, pointed towards the orbital slot 91.5 E over a one-year period in 2013. The cumulative distribution of rain rate obtained as well as a cumulative distribution of rain attenuation obtained are presented and compared with the rain prediction models. The aim is to get the best model to be used for the purpose of software development. It was found out that the DAH prediction model is fairly equitable when compared to direct satellite dish receiving measurements in Malaysia. The model provided a suitable baseline in developing a user interface software for weather prediction.
Volume: 13
Issue: 3
Page: 1252-1258
Publish at: 2019-03-01

The effect of personal health on the formation of human capital: a metasystem approach

10.11591/ijphs.v8i1.17837
M.V. Sokolskaya , A.G. Madzhuga , N.S. Babieva , K.O Khvostunov , A.V. Moskvina , L.B. Abdullina , R.V. Kanbekova , R.M. Salimova , E.V. Golovneva
In article the problem of influence of the personality’s health on formation of the human capital is considered. Authors have conducted theoretical researches of the existing knowledge of the human capital and justifications of influence of the personality’s health on its formation are given. On the basis of the carried-out analysis it is established that now the personality’s health is a significant factor of efficiency of any kind of activity and important quality of the personality, therefore, it can be considered as a factor of formation of the human capital. According to it need of determination of criteria, the indicators of health of the personality influencing formation and development of the human capital was designated.
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page: 135-142
Publish at: 2019-03-01

Husband’s knowledge, characteristics and participation in family planning

10.11591/ijphs.v8i1.12962
Suci Musvita Ayu , Liena Sofiana , Khafidhotul Amaliah
Family planning is an attempt to measure the number and spacing of children. Thus, several ways or alternatives are taken to prevent or postpone pregnancy to Couple of Productive Age. The purpose of the study is to determine the relationship between husband’s knowledge and characteristics and their participation in Family Planning in Randusanga Kulon Village, Brebes District, Central Java. Observasional analytic study was conducted with Cross-sectional design, employed 94 respondents. Results of study revealed that there is a relationship between husbands’ knowledge and their participation in family planning. Similarly, there is also relationship between education and husband’s participation in family planning. However, there found no relationship between the number of children and husband's participation in family planning.
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page: 31-35
Publish at: 2019-03-01

Body mass index, sleep quality, stress conditions determine menstrual cycles among female adolescents

10.11591/ijphs.v8i1.16419
Rosmauli Jerimia Fitriani , Ari Probandari , Budiyanti Wiboworini
Menstrual cycles are an important indicator of women's health. Menstrual cycles can be affected by body mass index (BMI), sleep quality, and stress. This study aimed to analyse the relationship between BMI, sleep quality, stress and the menstrual cycle. The subjects of this research were the female adolescents at the age of at least 15 years old that had experienced menstruation for at least 2 years. The dependent variable is the menstrual cycle while the independent variables are BMI, sleep quality, and stress conditions. Observational analytic research method with Cross sectional design was used in this research. The subjects were 148 female students. The BMI data were obtained through the anthropometric measurement. The sleep quality data were taken with PSQI questionnaire, and the stress condition data obtained from PSS-10 questionnaire which were then analysed using Chi-Square test and Logistic Regression. Results of study showed that there is a significant relationship between BMI, sleep quality, stress conditions and the adolescent menstrual cycle. The results of the multivariate analysis showed that the female adolescents with abnormal BMI are at risk of having menstrual cycle disorders 1.91 times. The adolescents with poor sleep quality are at risk experiencing menstrual cycle disorders 2.05 times, and the adolescents with stress conditions at risk of the menstrual cycle disorders 2.26 times. There is a relationship between BMI, sleep quality, stress conditions and the menstrual cycle. Stress conditions most influence the regularity of the menstrual cycle.
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page: 101-105
Publish at: 2019-03-01

Protein intake and daily activities influence to infant birth weight

10.11591/ijphs.v8i1.16305
Rossa Kurnia Ethasari , Sapja Anantanyu , Kusnandar Kusnandar
Pregnancy is a crucial period time of life. One of the contributing factors in pregnancy is mother’s nutritional need, one of which is protein intake. A pregnant woman’s protein need must be fulfilled for the health of both mother and baby. A more active lifestyle of a pregnant woman will also induce more baby’s brain development than a less active one. To analyze the correlation between protein intake and daily activity with infant birth weight in third trimester pregnant women. Analytic observational using prospective cohort design.Independent variables are protein intake and daily activities.Protein intake data is acquired from 2x24 hours food recall, daily activity is measured using Baecke questionnaire and infant birth weight is measured using a baby scale.Sample size of this study is 109 women achieved using simple random sampling. Statistic test used was chi square test.Mean number of pregnant women’s protein intake per day is 0,68±0,469gr.Bivariate test result shows a significant correlation between protein intake and infant birth weight(p=0,000) and a sighificant correlation between daily activities and infant birth weight(p=0,000). There is a correlation between protein intake with infant birth weight in third trimester pregnant women; and there is a correlation between daily activity with infant birth weight in third trimester pregnant women.
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page: 65-69
Publish at: 2019-03-01

Modified framework for sarcasm detection and classification in sentiment analysis

10.11591/ijeecs.v13.i3.pp1175-1183
Mohd Suhairi Md Suhaimin , Mohd Hanafi Ahmad Hijazi , Rayner Alfred , Frans Coenen
Sentiment analysis is directed at identifying people's opinions, beliefs, views and emotions in the context of the entities and attributes that appear in text. The presence of sarcasm, however, can significantly hamper sentiment analysis. In this paper a sentiment classification framework is presented that incorporates sarcasm detection. The framework was evaluated using a non-linear Support Vector Machine and Malay social media data. The results obtained demonstrated that the proposed sarcasm detection process could successfully detect the presence of sarcasm in that better sentiment classification performance was recorded. A best average F-measure score of 0.905 was recorded using the framework; a significantly better result than when sentiment classification was performed without sarcasm detection.
Volume: 13
Issue: 3
Page: 1175-1183
Publish at: 2019-03-01

Hunger and stress monitoring system using galvanic skin response

10.11591/ijeecs.v13.i3.pp861-865
Uttara Dhananjay Gogate , Dr. Jagdish Wasudeorao Bakal
In the world, roughly more than 3 million people are affected by muscle power loss diseases which cause lack of communication. Further, this lack of communication is a severe problem with hunger and stress, which sometimes proves to be fatal. It is essential to monitor physical parameters such as hunger and mental stress of the patient. To observe hunger and stress, galvanic skin response (GSR) sensor is a most preferred method because it measures the conductance of skin due to sweating. We have designed new hunger and stress monitoring system (HS-MS) that helps patients and their caretakers to monitor stress and hunger level. HS-MS is two electrodes system that attaches to two fingers (index and middle) of the patient and monitors starvation and tension. According to the response of the sensor, caretakers can identify hunger and even the mental stress conditions of the patient. In all, 35 patients were examined using HS-MS system and 20 of them were used as a control. Overall system accuracy was found out to be 86.6% and response time of HS-MS 5 seconds. Sensitivity with respect to hunger and stress was about 99.9% and 73.3% respectively. Thus HS-MS can be identified as a helpful tool to provide comfort to the patient easily and can be used in hospitals or homes with lonely elderly people.
Volume: 13
Issue: 3
Page: 861-865
Publish at: 2019-03-01

The home and school environments, physical activity levels, and adiposity indices of school-age children

10.11591/ijphs.v8i1.16601
Patience K Gaa , Charles Apprey , Reginald Annan , Victor Mogre , Victoria P Dzogbefia
The home and school environments as well as physical activity may be linked to the development of childhood obesity. We evaluated the home and school environments (HSEs), physical activity levels (PAL), television viewing (TVV) and their associations with adiposity indices of school-age children. This cross-sectional study included children aged 6-12 years and their parents from Tamale, Ghana. HSEs and TVV were assessed using questionnaires. The physical activity questionnaire for children (PAQ-C) was used to assess children’s PALs. Weight, height and waist circumferences were measured using standard tools. About 45% of children lived within a walking distance to parks or outdoor recreation centres. Majority of the parents considered their neighbourhoods to be safe for children to engage in physical activity. Only 27% of the schools had a food and nutrition policy, and more than 70% had a field for outdoor activities. Children watched TV for an average of 1.7 hours/day. Mean physical activity scores was 2.51. The school-age children had mean (SD) BMI-for-age z-scores was -0.23(1.47). Time spent watching TV or playing video games was associated with children’s BMI-for-age z-scores (β=0.48, p=0.043), BMI (β=2.28 p=0.005), and % body fat (β=3.80, p=0.005). Child’s level of activity was negatively associated with waist circumference (β =-0.65, p<0.001). Lack of nutrition policy in schools was common. TVV hours predisposed children to excess weight whiles physical activity decreased the likelihood of being obese. 
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page: 82-92
Publish at: 2019-03-01

Performance analysis of supercapacitors for transportation industry

10.11591/ijeecs.v13.i3.pp1031-1038
Vinoth Jonathan Nagarajah , Hui Jing Lee , King Guan Tan , Nathawat Khunprasit
Monitoring device is essential to ensure a reliable and a healthy lifespan of the energy storage system. Hence, a monitoring device is needed to monitor the state of health and state of charge of a Supercapacitor. This project aims to demonstrate a method to monitor Supercapacitors using a microcontroller in both hardware and software approaches. The data was successfully collected by an online platform called ThingSpeak.
Volume: 13
Issue: 3
Page: 1031-1038
Publish at: 2019-03-01

Reducing primary dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls with mung bean extract drinks and stretching

10.11591/ijphs.v8i1.14852
Baiq Dewi Sukma Septiani , Adi Prayitno , Sugiarto Sugiarto
Primary dysmenorrhea is pain during menstruation period due to high levels of prostaglandins, especially prostaglandin F2α in epithelial cells. MungBean Extract Drinks contain several nutrients including vitamin C, calcium, carbohydrates and flavonoids as anti-depressants and anti-inflammatory agent. Stretching is a relaxation technique that can helps relieve menstrual pain in the abdominal part by increasing the production of endorphins which function as neurotransmitters. To determine the effect of Mung Bean ExtractDrinks and Stretching on primary dysmenorrhea (primary menstrual pain) in adolescent girls stressed. This type of open-label non-randomized controlled trial used 87female adolescents who experienced primary menstrual pain with moderate and severe stress levels from two Islamic boarding schools in Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, which were divided into 3 groups, one group as the control and two groups as the experiment. The experiment of 29people with pre and post-test. Mung bean extract drinks were given 250ml/day, otherwise stretching was given 1x/day for 7days before menstruation. Control and experimental group was observed for 1 month. Measurement of menstrual pain scale using the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) assessment sheet. Data analysis uses T-test. The mean primary menstrual pain in adolescents for MungBean Extract Drinks with moderate stress levels was 1.31±1.32 and the difference before and after mung bean extract drinks experience is significant at p=0.004 while at severe stress levels was 1.69±1.54 and the difference between before and after mung bean extract drinks experience is significant at p=0.001. The mean primary menstrual pain in adolescents for stretching experience with moderate stress levels was 2.50±1.93 and the difference before and after stretching experience is significant at p=0.008 while the severe stress level was 2.05±1.80 and the difference before and after stretching experience is significant at p≤0.001. The multivariate test with linear regression revealed that mung bean extract drinks contributed y= (-)138X1+4.897(p=0.001) and related stretching contributed y= (-)2.517X1+6.276(p=0.001). MungBean ExtractDrinks and Stretching will affect to the reduction of primary dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls both at moderate and severe stress levels
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page: 58-64
Publish at: 2019-03-01

An enhanced hybridized artificial bee colony algorithm for optimization problems

10.11591/ijai.v8.i1.pp87-94
Xingwang Huang , Xuewen Zeng , Rui Han , Xu Wang
Artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm is a popular swarm intelligence based algorithm. Although it has been proven to be competitive to other population-based algorithms, there still exist some problems it cannot solve very well. This paper presents an Enhanced Hybridized Artificial Bee Colony (EHABC) algorithm for optimization problems. The incentive mechanism of EHABC includes enhancing the convergence speed with the information of the global best solution in the onlooker bee phase and enhancing the information exchange between bees by introducing the mutation operator of Genetic Algorithm to ABC in the mutation bee phase. In addition, to enhance the accuracy performance of ABC, the opposition-based learning method is employed to produce the initial population. Experiments are conducted on six standard benchmark functions. The results demonstrate good performance of the enhanced hybridized ABC in solving continuous numerical optimization problems over ABC GABC, HABC and EABC.
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page: 87-94
Publish at: 2019-03-01

Performance assessment of six public health programs in Katsina State, Nigeria

10.11591/ijphs.v8i1.18218
Laurent Cleenewerck , Devender Bhalla , Kabiru Abubakar Gulma
This research aimed to evaluate the performance of six ongoing public health programs through core performance indicators in Katsina State, Nigeria. The healthcare delivery in Africa is mostly program-based. This requires that such programs need to be evaluated which may in turn help to identify any existing gaps towards the improvement of patients' access and coverage to their given service. We identified all active health facilities where our programs on malaria, Routine Immunization (RI), Family Planning (FP), Tuberculosis and Leprosy (TBL), HIV/AIDS, and Free Medicare (FMC) were being carried out. After that, a representative sample was derived to obtain data regarding five key performance indicators by using a Logistics Indicators Assessment Tool. Of 1,718 facilities, a total of 983 (57.22%) were visited, In other words, by assuming a normal distribution; each facility expectedly covers only 3,371 individuals. All programs provided different and diverse results on each indicator; however, the most obvious challenge was in the stock-out and demand vs. receipt of required medications. These are particularly for malaria, FMC, FP, and HIV. For instance, the stock-out lasted 222 days for malaria and 135 days for FP. Despite this, none of the programs had a lower than gold-standard near-term availability of required products. Program-based healthcare delivery is inadequate and ineffective unless the local system gets simultaneously developed. If required medications are not becoming available, optimal access, coverage, and benefits cannot be expected to be obtained. Clearly, Nigeria experiences a push system of meeting term supplies. Nigeria needs to strengthen its pharmaceutical system.
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page: 127-134
Publish at: 2019-03-01

Micronutrient intake and fundal height determine birth weight

10.11591/ijphs.v8i1.16311
Faradina Aghadiati , Diffah Hanim , Yulia Lanti Retno Dewi
The birth weight (BW) are utilized as indicators of the healthy and term newborns. Factor that affects the weight of a newborn are micronutrient intake and fundal height. Folic acid and iron (Fe) were associated with newborn birth weight. Fundal height in centimeters (cm) is the same as the gestational age of the week, the fundal height that is not in accordance with the gestational age is leading to stunted fetal growth. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between intake of folic acid, iron (Fe) and fundal height with newborn birth weight. This research method was an analytic observational using a cross-sectional approach. The sample in this study were 114 pregnant women living in Yogyakarta. Statistical test results proved a significant relationship between the intake of folic acid and iron (Fe) with the newborn birth weight (p < 0.05). There was a significant relationship between the fundal height with the newborn birth weight (p < 0.05). The concludes of this study, pregnant women with adequate folic acid intake, adequate iron intake and normal fundal height tended to give birth newborns with normal birth weight.
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page: 93-100
Publish at: 2019-03-01

Adherence and quality of life among diabetic patients with hypertension

10.11591/ijphs.v8i1.15240
Akrom Akrom , Wima Anggitasari
The level of treatment adherence and quality of life are not known in diabetic patients with hypertension. The study aim was to evaluate the level of adherence and quality of life of diabetic patients with hypertension in Bantul Public Hospital (BPH), Bantul, Indonesia.This study used a Cross-sectional method by conducting a survey through a direct interview with the patient. Participants of this study were 143 diabetic patients with hypertension in the internal disease clinic of BPH. Modified Morisky Medication Adherence Scale was used to measure the level of treatment adherence and SF36 questionnaires were used to measure the quality of life. Descriptive and analytical statistical was performed on data from the adherence assessment, quality of life, demographic characteristic and the clinical condition of the research participant. Bivariate analysis with Chi-square was performed to assess the relationship between demographic and clinical factors to the high level of adherence. The majority of respondents had moderate and low levels of adherence. There were 34 patients (23.78%) with a high level of adherence, 56 patients (39.16%) with moderate level of adherence, and 53 patients (37.06%) with low level of adherence. Respondents also had low quality of life, in which the average score of quality of life was 61.96±12.48. Male and college-educated patients have higher adherence (OR>1, p<0.05) compared to other groups. Medication adherence and quality of life of diabetic patients with hypertension in BPH were relatively low. Male and high college-educated patients were associated with high levels of adherence
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page: 14-19
Publish at: 2019-03-01
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