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Towards next generation cyber-physical systems and digital twins for construction

The construction industry continues to seek innovative ways to safely, timely and cost-effectively deliver construction projects. Several efforts have been made to automate construction processes but marginial success has been achieved in effectively reducing the long standing risks suffered by the industry. While industry 4.0 promises to improve project efficiency, reduce waste and improve productivity, the transition to this will depend on the successful adoption of many emerging technologies such as virtual design modeling technologies, sensing technologies, data analysis, storage and communication technologies, human-computer interaction technologies, and robotics. To accelerate innovation, digital twins and cyber-physical systems will be a necessity to advance automation and real-time control with these technologies. While digital twin represents a digital replica of the asplanned and as-built facility, cyber physical systems involve integration of physical systems with their digital replica through sensors and actuators. Despite evidence of the efficacy of cyber-physical systems and digital twins for reducing non-fatal injuries, enhancing safety management, improving progress monitoring and enhancing performance monitoring and control of facilities, their adoption in the construction industry is still in its infancy. This paper sheds light on the opportunities offered by cyber-physical systems and digital twins in other industry sectors and advocates for their increased deployment in the construction industry. This paper describes cyber-physical integration of emerging technologies with the physical construction or constructed facility as the next generation digital twin and cyber-physical systems. Potential scenarios of next generation cyber physical system and digital twin for improving workforce productivity, health, and safety, lifecycle management of building systems, and workforce competency are presented.
ISSN: 2595-6825

Introduction: Congenital syphilis is part of the preventable causes of perinatal mortality. It is possible to perform effective diagnosis and treatment in pregnancy preventing vertical transmission in 97% of cases. In the absence of adequate treatment during pregnancy, the abortion rate can reach 25% and a dead fetus to 11%. Objective: This is an analytical, cross-sectional and retrospective epidemiological study to evaluate the intrauterine mortality of pregnant women with syphilis in Philanthropic Maternity of Aracaju/SE in the years 2017 to 2019. Material and Method: The study used data from the pregnant woman's card and the paper records of the mother/baby binomial followed at the congenital syphilis outpatient clinic. Approved by cep on May 15, 2018, CAAE:74226217.2. 0000.5371. The statistics used Brazilian Journal of Health Review ISSN: 2595-6825 7194 Brazilian Journal of Health Review, Curitiba, v.4, n.2, p. 7193-7204 mar./apr. 2021 were descriptive by means of absolute and relative frequencies of categorical variables and numerical frequencies in mean and standard deviation, the level of statistical significance defined in p < 0.05. The program used was the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciencies) 21. Results: The sample consisted of 347 pregnant women's cards and paper records. The prevalence of gestational syphilis was 1.8% and the intrauterine mortality rate (abortion and dead fetus) in previous pregnancies was 28.5%. The women were young, with a mean of 24.5 years, 84.7% lived in the Urban area, mostly brown and black (85.7%), fertility rate 2.28, 2.1% illiterate and 56.6% elementary school, 61.5% had 6 or more prenatal consultations. At the time of delivery, 51.6% of the mothers had VDRL greater than or equal to 1:8 and only 2.9% were negative at 6 months after delivery. The VDRL of the partners was negative in 66.7% of the cases. In the puerperium, only 39% of the partners were treated adequately, and 75.4% of the puerpery women treated the disease. Conclusion: Intrauterine mortality in women with syphilis in previous pregnancies was almost three times higher than in the general population. Although pregnant women had had the minimum number of prenatal consultations recommended by the Ministry of Health, less than 40% of the partners were treated after the diagnosis of syphilis in their partners.
Copper slag as a potential waste filler for polyethylene-based composites manufacturing

The present study aimed to analyze the application of waste material from copper production– copper slag (ŻŻL) as filler for composites based on the high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Copper slag filler was introduced in the amounts of 1–20 wt%, and its influence on the appearance (color analysis), chemical structure (Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy), microstructure (optical microscopy), as well as static (tensile tests) and dynamic (dynamical mechanical analysis (DMA)) mechanical properties of composites were investigated. Proper dispersion of filler implicated that the incorporation of up to 5 wt% of filler caused only slight, 5% drop of tensile strength, with the simultaneous 16% rise of Young’s modulus. Further increase of filler loading resulted in higher values of porosity and the rise of the adhesion factor, determined from DMA results, which led to the deterioration of mechanical performance. Moreover, spectroscopic analysis of PE-ŻŻL composites indicated that the analyzed filler might be applied as a coloring agent, and the appearance of composites may be engineered by adjustment of filler loading. Keywords: polyethylene, copper slag, mechanical properties, structure, composite, particle reinforced composite
Investigation of microplastics removal methods from aquatic environments

© The Author(s) 2021. Published by ARDA. Abstract Microplastics are less than 5 mm in length and are polymer chains containing carbon and hydrogen atoms. It poses a direct and indirect danger to all living things in the ecosystem. It is found in products such as microplastics, synthetic clothes, plastic bags and bottles, some cleaners, health and beauty products, toothpaste and causes both soil and water pollution from wastewater systems and solid waste. This situation not only threatens the life of creatures living in aquatic ecosystems such as rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans but also penetrates the human body through the food chain, causing various health problems, especially cancer. As with all environmental pollutants, microplastics need to reduce pollution at the source. In this research, treatment methods applied to remove microplastics that cannot be prevented at source from the water ecosystem were investigated and evaluated. According to the results, in wastewater treatment plants, the highest efficiency of microplastic removal is provided by membrane bioreactors. However, by imitating the microplastic removal capabilities and structures of living things in nature, studies on the discovery of new methods of microplastic removal can also be conducted.
CD4CD8 Double-Positive T Cell in Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Correlated with Disease Activity

Primary Sjogren’s syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disease that invades lacrimal glands, salivary glands, and other exocrine glands, but its pathogenic mechanism is still unclear. CD4CD8 double-positive T (DPT) cells have been discovered in recent years to play an important role in autoimmune diseases and viral infections, but the frequency and significance of DPT in primary Sjogren’s syndrome are still unclear. This study detected the frequency of DPT in the peripheral blood of patients with pSS and detected the clinical indicators and cytokines in patients. We then analyzed the correlation between DPT and clinical indicators, cytokines, and disease activity scores. The results showed that the peripheral DPT frequency of pSS patients was significantly higher than that of healthy controls. The peripheral DPT frequency was negatively correlated with ESR, IgA, and IgG, and peripheral DPT frequency was positively correlated with anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10. Analysis of DPT and pSS disease activity scores found that DPT frequency had a negative correlation with ESSDAI and SSDAI. This study suggests that peripheral DPT may play a protective role in pSS. The frequency of peripheral DPT cells can be used as an indicator for disease activity. Regulating the expression of peripheral DPT cells is expected to become a new strategy for treatment of pSS.
TEACHER IDENTITY AS A ROOT OF TEACHER SELVES: PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY VS PERSONAL IDENTITY

This paper sought to investigate the relationship/gap between personal and professional identity experienced by a group of elementary school teachers in Sintang, West Borneo. In gathering the data, the researchers used questionnaire and divided it into two parts: close-ended statements in a form of Likert Scale and open-ended questions which asked the opinion of the teachers related to their personal and professional identity. This study employed a qualitative research, using the snowball sampling. The researchers distributed the questionnaire in form of Likert scale and continued it with open-ended questions. The questionnaire was then followed up by individual interview. The questions were posited to identify teachers’ beliefs of their professional and personal identity. The research results reveal that there are three gap points between personal and professional identity within teacher, namely adjusting myself to the school’s environment, trying to be a good parent for students, and controlling myself in the school. Recommendations for further research studies are also provided at the end of this paper.
Effect of branched-chain amino acid intake with different leucine concentrations on the total number of repetitions performed during resistance exercise

Introduction: the supplementation of branched chain amino acids (BCAA) has been widely used and studied during long-term activities, however, it presents a limited number of studies elucidating the effect of this supplementation during resistance training (RT). Objective: to evaluate the influence of BCAA intake, containing different concentrations of leucine, on the total number of repetitions performed during this practice. Methods: eight participants (4 men and 4 women; age: 20 to 35 years), with experience in RT between 3 and 18 months, performed 10 series with a load corresponding to 80% of 1RM, after ingestion of 0.4 g/kg of BCAA body weight diluted in 250 ml water, with two different leucine concentrations: 4: 1: 1 (3 g leucine, 750 mg isoleucine and 750 mg valine) and 6: 1: 1 (4.5 g leucine, 750 mg isoleucine and 750 mg valine), in addition to the control treatment (CON), characterized by the ingestion of 250 ml water containing a non-caloric dietary compound. Results: it was observed that the total number of repetitions performed in the 10 series was significantly higher for the 6: 1: 1 treatment (70.0 ± 9.5) when compared to the CON treatment (59.8 ± 9.9), different from the 4: 1: 1 treatment (66.8 ± 7.3), which presented a statistically similar result. Conclusion: the concentration of the leucine amino acid, related to the supplemented BCAA dose, is significant to obtain the ergogenic effects promoted by this supplement during the practice of resistance exercise.
Neuroinflammation in Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a chronic debilitating mental illness. In many aspects, the neuropathology of schizophrenia is closely associated with neuroinflammation, especially microglial activation. Microglial hyperactivity, which is characterized by the predominant release of proinflammatory cytokines serves as the basis of the neuroinflammation hypothesis in schizophrenia. The enhanced inflammatory induce neuronal susceptibility to oxidative stress and trigger, glutamatergic synaptic dysregulation, especially in the mesolimbic and mesocortical pathways. Many in vitro studies, in vivo animal evidence, post-mortem examinations, neuroimaging evaluations with Positron Emission Tomography (PET), anti-inflammatory and antipsychotic use converge upon the central role of microglial activation and proinflammatory cytokines as common of features schizophrenia.
Learning Needs Analysis: Thematic Teaching Book Based on HOTS Assisted with 3D Stereoscopic Images to Improve Critical Thinking Ability of Elementary School Students

This study is descriptive explorative which aims to see the needs of teachers and students in implementing High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) based learning in thematic learning. The research objectives were achieved through observation, interviews and document study. The results of observations show that in learning students have problems with learning interest, this can be seen when students do activities that are not related to learning. Meanwhile, the results of the interviews which were supported by document study data revealed that in the thematic book the conceptual presentation was not given in depth. It is necessary to add various activities that support the student learning process. In addition, the teacher argues that it is necessary to provide pictures as an illustration of the teaching concept given, this is because elementary school students are in the 7-11 year age range who are still in the concrete operational thinking stage which requires textbooks that can present abstract concepts. concretely. Based on this, it is natural that students are not interested in participating in learning. This study concludes that the thematic textbooks currently used have shortcomings in the presentation of HOTS material and supporting activities. To cover these shortcomings, it is necessary to develop thematic books that have a more complete concept of material and are made according to the characteristics of elementary school students and contain various activities to support HOTS ability improvement. The development of textbooks is needed as an effort to increase learning interest so that learning objectives can be maximally achieved.
Driving speed influence on operator vibration exposure in forwarding operations

Mechanized forest works, especially cut-to-length operations, have spread widely over the last decades. Operation of harvesters and forwarders is related with increased productivity compared with manual cutting, generally better working conditions for operators, but it also might have some negative aspects. As the productivity of forwarders depends strongly on the transportation distance to unloading location, forest road conditions, log density on site, there are efforts of the drivers and contractors to work more efficiently and to achieve better productivity. As the operation with the crane depends strongly on the operator’s skills and log density, there are limited possibilities to make improvements. Therefore, operators attempt to increase the driving speed still acceptable to achieve the highest possible performance. However, this usually leads to increased operator vibrations. The aim of this study was to justify the forwarder driving speed of full and empty travel, which could ensure best productivity results with the lowest whole-body vibration exposure on the operator. The research was carried on the typical forest road, where the empty and full transport was carried out at speeds ranging from 5 to 15 km·h-1. The results show that optimum speed for empty and full travel operations was approx. 8 km·h-1. At this speed the daily exposure value standardised to an eight-hour reference period A(8) would be less than 0.5 m·s1 for full transport operations and ~0.57 m·s-1 for empty transport for total 10 km driving distance.
Extending In-Memory OLTP with Persistent Memory

In-memory storage engines are known to have higher through-put and lower latency than their disk-based counterparts. However, the more expensive and limited size DDR main memory, hinder their adoption. High capacity persistent memory (PMEM), which is ﬁnally commercially available in the form of Intel’s Optane DC Persistent Memory Module (DCPMM), can be the opportunity to mitigate the above problems. This paper describes practical experience with PMEM as a memory extension for a commercial in-memory storage-engine, under the Huawei openGauss database with its MOT memory engine Interestingly, we ﬁnd that when our storage engine is embedded in a fully functional RDBMS it can exploit PMEM for all data and indexes and maintain DDR main memory performance. However, in micro benchmarks we needed to throttle the use of PMEM to prevent it from becoming a bottleneck. In this paper we present our hands-on experience with PMEM, its good results on RDBMS and its performance on a microbenchmark compared to DDR.
From Complex Fluids to Living Matter

T. Betz Universität Münster The physics of active motion in biological systems Living biological systems are continuously reorganizing their structure to perform their function. The mechanical activity plays here an important role, as the constant generation of forces drives fluctuations as well as controlled motion of intracellular particles, membranes and even whole cells. From a physical point of view, this active motion drives the system far away from thermodynamic equilibrium, which can be measured as a violation of equilibrium quantities such as the fluctuation dissipation theorem. Quantifying the out-of-equilibrium components provides the possibility to model the active molecular processes. We measure the energy and the forces actively applied and model these with an active Langevin approach. On the scale of multicellular systems and tissue we are interested in collective motion which is still poorly understood. Here we use 3D tracking and hydrodynamic models to quantify and understand morphological changes ranging from tumor invasion up to embryonal development. R. Wittkowski Universität Münster Modeling the dynamics of active soft matter Active soft matter contains constituents that are able to move autonomously. Through the energy dissipation of these "active" constituents, active soft matter is intrinsically out of thermodynamic equilibrium. As a consequence, many of the standard laws and methods from thermodynamics can typically not be applied to active soft matter. Instead, new theoretical methods that are applicable far from equilibrium are required. This lecture addresses multiscale methods that allow to derive models for active-soft-matter systems. The focus of the lecture is on field-theoretical methods for modeling the collective dynamics of suspensions of active colloidal particles. A. Förtsch Universität Bayreuth Poster: Oscillatory phase separation in active particle systems We introduce a model with two types of interacting active particles A and B. We assume A-A attraction, A-B attraction and B-B repulsion. The continuum approximation corresponds to two chemotactically interacting species. This continuum model shows an oscillatory instability. Since the two particle types are conserved, this oscillatory instability leads to oscillatory phase separation. Particle simulations lead to the same scenario. Above the oscillatory onset of phase separation, we find traveling clusters in simulations T U E S D AY, 2 5 . 0 9 . 2 0 1 8
The Role of Conjunctive Representations in Stopping Actions

Action selection appears to rely on conjunctive representations that nonlinearly integrate task-relevant features. Here, we tested a corollary of this hypothesis: that such representations are also intricately involved during attempts to stop an action—a key aspect of action regulation. We tracked both conjunctive representations and those of constituent rule, stimulus, or response features through trial-by-trial representational similarity analysis of the electroencephalogram signal in a combined rule-selection and stop-signal paradigm. Across two experiments with student participants (N = 57), we found (a) that the strength of decoded conjunctive representations prior to the stop signal uniquely predicted trial-by-trial stopping success (Experiment 1) and (b) that these representations were selectively suppressed following the onset of the stop signal (Experiments 1 and 2). We conclude that conjunctive representations are key to successful action execution and therefore need to be suppressed when an intended action is no longer appropriate.
Sonographic estimation of foetal weight versus actual birth weight at term

Assessment of foetal weight is vital in routine antenatal management especially in high risk pregnancies where growth monitoring is of utmost importance. Accurate estimation of term foetal weight can help the obstetrician in decision making regarding the baby’s survival outside the uterus. Birth weight remains the principal variable with the most impact on survival of the neonate. Globally an estimated 16% of live born infants have low birth weight, a condition associated with high perinatal morbidity and mortality. An average estimate of perinatal mortality rate in Nigeria is about 130 per 1000. Such high rate of perinatal mortality is a major cause of concern as is in other developing countries. Large for gestational age babies are also at increased risk of neonatal complications. Adequate knowledge of the weight of the foetus in-utero is thus of particular importance in the management of pregnancy, labour and delivery, affording the obstetrician and neonatologist ample information and time to anticipate and prevent foetal weight-related maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. ABSTRACT
Professionals and Volunteers: The Importance of Recognising Diversification in the Healthcare Division of Labour

In sociological research on relationships between professionals and volunteers, professionals are often contrasted with volunteers as abstracted, distinct and homogeneous groups. Focusing on healthcare in selected modern societies, and adopting a neo-Weberian and complementary boundary work perspective, this essay argues the landscape is more complex than between paid groups with exclusionary social closure and the unwaged in the market. First, diversification exists within health professions themselves based on social closure, with hierarchies and differential scopes of practice. Second, unpaid volunteers vary in responsibility depending on factors like employment sector and social background, including qualifications and experience. Third, in the paid workforce, there are interstitial non-professionalised health occupations, such as the neglected, lower educated health support workers, forming the largest, most heterogeneous healthcare labour force. Drawing on studies of healthcare, it is argued that recognising the diversification and interplay Professionals and Volunteers 2 between professionals, volunteers and support workers is vital for enhancing health policy.