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Pain and Analgesia in Vulnerable Newborns

Background The last few years have seen tremendous advances in perinatal care leading to salvage of extremely premature, smaller and sicker newborns even in our country. These neonates are categorized as "vulnerable" if they are very preterm or if they are ill or compromised by disease or impairment due to adverse effects either in utero or during the immediate neonatal period. Survival of these "vulnerable" infants is related to the use of a number of investigational and therapeutic modalities in the highly aversive melieu ( bright lights and high intensity sound levels) of a high tech Neonatal intensive care unit ( NICU). These management strategies are both extremely painful and unpleasant often inducing considerable distress in the sick neonate (1-3). In addition, the NICU environment has also been reported as being highly stressful to both the sick baby as well as his parents (1-4).
New Algorithm for Detection of High-speed Moving Objects Using Video Monitor Method

【Abstract】The paper presents a new algorithm for the detection of high-speed moving objects based on picture blocks and HVS color space of image differences techniques. The position of the object is roughly determined by examining the pictures which have been separated to blocks with the help of previous experiences. The moving object is detected in the determined local region by comparing the image differences in HVS color space. The experimental results show that this algorithm can overcome the weakness of traditional image difference method and suppress shadows effectively with advantages of self-adaptation and high speed. It can be used to detect the high-speed moving objects in the complex. 【Key words】Moving object detection; Video monitor; HSV color space; Median filter; Morphological filter
DISCUTINDO AS PRÁTICAS DE ENSINO: RESOLUÇÃO DE PROBLEMAS E INVESTIGAÇÃO MATEMÁTICA

Com as mudanças ocorridas no mundo nas últimas décadas, muitos paradigmas estão sendo derrubados. Fato que vem gerando alterações na forma de ver e de analisar o mundo atual. Nesse contexto, esse ensaio teórico, de cunho qualitativo, tem por objetivo promover reflexões sobre a resolução de problemas e a investigação matemática, como práticas de ensino da Educação Matemática. Para encerrar é relevante frisar que a escola tem por escopo formar estudantes capazes de compreender o mundo e dele participar de forma crítica, criativa e ativa. O estudo aponta que situar o ensino da Matemática nos aportes das práticas de ensino resolução de problemas e investigação matemática é relevante pois quanto maior for a quantidade de informações sobre as práticas de ensino que se fazem presentes nas salas de aula de Matemática, mais subsídios metodológicos os professores terão para auxiliá-los na construção do processo de ensino e aprendizagem.
A subnational assessment of hotel social media metrics: The case of Serbia

Facebook is the most widely used SNS (Social Networking Sites) platform globally, and it represents an important marketing and communication channel for hotels. The dynamic and constantly changing nature requires continuous adaptation to changes and benchmarking in order to identify best practices. This paper investigates selected characteristics of Facebook pages (social media metrics) of all hotels in Serbia in national regional context. In the case of four explored regions of Serbia, the results indicate regional inconsistencies, with most notable differences within the number of page fans, temporal aspects of posts as well as user engagement. On the other hand, similarities are evident in some post characteristics such as type of post and post length, while a specific pattern can be observed concerning page fans country of origin. This paper contributes to the regional understanding of social media metrics that can help hotels when assessing their promotional activities.
Teaching academic writing to students with English as second language

The article on university pedagogy paper presents a course on academic writing for PhD students with English as second language delivered according to Biggs’ theory of constructive alignment. The article starts by reviewing the literature on academic writing and English as second language, and presents the theory of constructive alignment with intended learning outcomes, teaching and learning activities and evaluation applied to academic writing. It argues that peer review and academic writing are two complementary process, and that a course on academic writing focusing on publishing internationally has to embed them both in group activities. The article demonstrates the features of the course and ends by discussing its generativity for research, as it promotes a deep approach thus enhancing research results even in terms of theorization. L’articolo di didattica universitaria presenta un corso in scrittura accademica su riviste internazionali per dottorandi con inglese come seconda lingua impartito coi principi della teoria dell’allineamento costruttivo di Biggs. L’articolo inizia con una rivista della letteratura sulla scrittura accademica con l’inglese come seconda lingua, e presenta la teoria dell’allineamento costruttivo che coniuga i risultati d’apprendimento previsti, le attività d’insegnamento e d’apprendimento, e la valutazione. La tesi sostenuta è che le attività di scrittura accademica e di peer review siano complementari, e un corso debba incorporarle entrambe in lavori di gruppo. Applicando la teoria dell’allineamento costruttivo, si mostra una proposta d’implementazione di corso in scrittura accademica, e si conclude spiegando i suoi processi generativi, dal momento che promuoverebbe un approccio approfondito alla ricerca, migliorando i risultati anche in termini di teorizzazione.
Automatic Summarization in Chinese Product Reviews

With the increasing number of online comments, it was hard for buyers to find useful information in a short time so it made sense to do research on automatic summarization which fundamental work was focused on product reviews mining. Previous studies mainly focused on explicit features extraction whereas often ignored implicit features which hadn't been stated clearly but containing necessary information for analyzing comments. So how to quickly and accurately mine features from web reviews had important significance for summarization technology. In this paper, explicit features and “feature-opinion” pairs in the explicit sentences were extracted by Conditional Random Field and implicit product features were recognized by a bipartite graph model based on random walk algorithm. Then incorporating features and corresponding opinions into a structured text and the abstract was generated based on the extraction results. The experiment results demonstrated the proposed methods outpreferred baselines.
Towards Seamless Integration of Active Assistive Devices into the User's Body Schema

Active assistive devices for lower limbs like prostheses or ortheses support the user by providing additional torque to restore and improve locomotion abilities. In order to ultimately achieve their seamless integration into the user’s experience of everyday routine locomotion, they must provide a customized, familiar and predictable behavior that autonomously supports versatile locomotions, which describes formidable challenges for research and development. Moreover from a psychological perspective, the user might regard the device as part of his or her own body, which would mean a successful integration into the body schema. We suggest an integrated investigation of related research questions from psychology, biomechanics, and engineering from the beginning of any development of active assistive devices. Several experimental platforms have been developed by an interdisciplinary group of researchers. They serve as novel research methodologies towards seamless integration of active assistive devices into the user's body schema. One of the objectives is to investigate how humans incorporate visual, tactile and proprioceptive perception and how to utilize this knowledge in engineering design. The IntBot platform is a robot testbed with the shape of a human leg that mimics squatting movements of subjects in order to investigate rubber hand illusion paradigm transferred to lower limbs. Another setup uses a head-mounted display and a treadmill to give subjects the experience of walking through a virtual park. Measures like proprioceptive drift, feeling of presence and agency, body ownership, and location are assessed. Both platforms contribute to a novel prosthesisuser-in-the-loop concept for a holistic, mechanical and perceptive simulation of human gait with different prosthetic concepts. It aims at a user-centered design of assistive devices by utilizing user experience and assessment. First results indicate that optimized variable stiffness actuation and specific visual and auditory stimuli improve the user’s experience. References P. Beckerle, L. Lahnstein, J. Wojtusch, S. Rinderknecht, O. von Stryk (2013). Conception and Design of a Hardware Simulator for Restoring Lost Biomechanical Function. Proc. IEEE SMC, pp. 1906-1911. Schürrmann, T. , Overrath, P., Christ, O. , Vogt, J. and Beckerle, P. (2015). Exploration of Lower Limb Body Schema Integration with Respect to Body-Proximal Robotics. Proc. IEEE RTSI, pp. 61-65. Short Biography Janis Wojtusch studied electrical engineering with a focus on mechatronics and control design at TU Darmstadt, Germany, and Nihon University, Japan, and graduated in 2011. Currently, he is a research associate and doctoral candidate at TU Darmstadt. * Presenting author Attending author(s)
The Line and Node Voltage Stability Index Presented Through the Porosity of High-voltage Transmission Lines

Abstract The porosity of power system high-voltage transmission lines is presented through the lens of the problem of voltage stability. The ability of transmission lines to receive and transport electric energy to load centers is determined based on the well-known relationships between the characteristic variables in the field of voltage stability. Using a simple procedure, it is possible to trace the effect of electrical power flows on power system transmission line porosity and detect unstable voltage states. Through the proposed approach, the planners and operators of transmission lines can continually calculate the effect of current power flows and transmission topology on the ability of transmission lines to receive more electric power without endangering the voltage stability and desired voltage profiles throughout a given system. Therefore, the results of the presented algorithm can operate in a manner to utilize the inherent available margins of the existing and planned transmission lines.
Agile development of ontologies through conversation

Ontologies and semantic systems are necessarily complex but offer great potential in terms of their ability to fuse information from multiple sources in support of situation awareness. Current approaches do not place the ontologies directly into the hands of the end user in the field but instead hide them away behind traditional applications. We have been experimenting with human-friendly ontologies and conversational interactions to enable non-technical business users to interact with and extend these dynamically. In this paper we outline our approach via a worked example, covering: OWL ontologies, ITA Controlled English, Sensor/mission matching and conversational interactions between human and machine agents.
Tre generasjoner klinisk atferdsanalyse

Målet med anvendt atferdsanalyse å endre atferd til det bedre for enkeltpersonen og/eller samfunnet (Baer, Wolf, og Risley, 1968). På tross av det vide målet, har anvendt atferdsanalyse primært fokusert på behandling av klienter med autisme, psykisk utviklingshemming eller omfattende atferdsproblemer, og i mindre grad på kliniske problemer som depresjon, angst eller rusproblematikk (Hanley, Iwata, og McCord, 2003). Klinisk atferdsanalyse er et samlebegrep på anvendt atferdsanalyse rettet mot behandling av verbalt kompetente klienter, primært med verbale intervensjoner (Dougher og Hayes, 1999). Til forskjell fra anvendt atferdsanalyse er behandlingen i klinisk atferdsanalyse oftest basert på intervensjoner som formidles verbalt og en sentral del av behandlingen foregår som hjemmeoppgaver uten at terapeuten er tilstede. Klinisk atferdsanalyse deler antagelser, prinsipper, og metoder med atferdsanalyse, og kan dermed ses på en undergren av anvendt atferdsanalyse. Woods, Miltenberger, og Carr (2006) foreslår at det svake fokuset på kliniske problemer skyldes at anvendt atferdsanalyse oppsto ut ifra eksperimentell psykologi fremfor klinisk psykologi, og at de metodologiske standardene i atferdsanalyse (som single-case eksperimentelle design) i liten grad er tilpasset for eller gjennomførbare med klienter med kliniske problemer. I tillegg jobbet atferdsanalytikere primært i hel-døgnsinstitusjoner eller skoler med klienter med svært omfattende bistandsbehov. Mer avgrensede problemer – som for eksempel angst eller depresjon – ble oftest behandlet poliklinisk. Det har de siste 20 årene vært en klar økning i interesse for klinisk atferdsanalyse. En årsak til økningen er utviklingen av distinkte atferdsorienterte behandlingsTre generasjoner klinisk atferdsanalyse
Examining the infuence of Sexuality Education Programmes on Tanzanian Pupils’ Knowledge and Skills on Pregnancy: A case of Primary Schools in Morogoro Region

Knowing about serious health-related problems is an essential gateway towards prevention, treatment, and care about oneself. This study presents fndings on pupils’ knowledge and skills about pregnancy and pregnancy control measures in the integrated sexuality education contents. The study was conducted through mixed method approach drawing a sample of 204 respondents from two districts in Morogoro Region, Tanzania. The data were collected through structured interview and focus group discussion methods. The fndings revealed that, the integrated sexuality education in schools has not been very effective in informing pupils on investigated aspects. Some basic aspects related to pregnancy and pregnancy control measures are still mysteries to most pupils. Comparatively, rural pupils indicated less knowledge than their urban counterparts. The study recommends more efforts by teachers in educating pupils on sexuality education concepts. Moreover, concerted efforts should be involved, and they should involve, among others, health professionals and community-based organisations to provide sexuality information to adolescents so as to address problems related to sexual risks, including pregnancy.
From Ripples to Waves, Tides and Beyond

Mandarin tones are known to vary a great deal in an utterance from when they are uttered in isolation. This paper addresses why the ‘speech paragraph’ is a realistic speaking unit and why discourse prosody is an intrinsic part of naturally occurring continuous speech. We argue that while Chao’s (1968) well known ripple-wave analogy describes how sentence intonation is layered over its lower units and triggers tones to modify, the same layering over of global discourse prosody from higher level discourse information also occurs in sentence intonation and triggers more modifications. To empirically prove the existence of prosodic modulations at the discourse level, we adopted a perception based multi-phrase discourse prosody hierarchy that specifies the multi-phrase associative relationship and tested the hypothesis with corpus analysis and computational modeling of data of continuous speech. Results of acoustic analyses show that output discourse prosody can be derived through multiple layers of higher level modulations thereby confirming that tone and intonation alternations are the result of interactions with multiple layers of higher level information. The study also shows how abundant traces of global prosody can be recovered from the speech signal. Therefore, the seemingly random variations in output speech are in fact systematic and predictable, and explain why phonological processing can be achieved.
Finite Time Thermodynamic Optimization of an Irreversible Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell for Vehicle Use

A finite time thermodynamic model of an irreversible proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) for vehicle use was established considering the effects of polarization losses and leakage current. Effects of operating parameters, including operating temperature, operating pressure, proton exchange membrane water content, and proton exchange membrane thickness, on the optimal performance of the irreversible PEMFC are numerically studied in detail. When the operating temperature of the PEMFC increases, the optimal performances of PEMFC including output power density, output efficiency, ecological objective function, and ecological coefficient of performance, will be improved. Among them, the optimal ecological objective function increased by 81%. The proton film thickness has little effect on the output efficiency and the ecological of coefficient performance. The maximum output power density increased by 58% as the water content of the proton exchange membrane increased from 50% to the saturation point. The maximum output power density increases with the operating pressure.
Predicting Financial Solvency of Commercial Borrowers: The Case of Non-Banking Financial Companies

Credit risk can be effectively managed by evaluating and predicting the credit worthiness of a customer or a corporate. Credit scores are calculated to assess the credit worthiness. It helps the financial institutes to know the amount and dimensions of risk involved in different credit transactions. Credit scoring helps the financial institutes to decide whether or not to lend. It also helps in deciding the price of a particular exposure, the appropriate credit facility and different risk tools. This research paper focuses on identifying the triggers of credit default. It also focuses on checking and predicting the financial solvency of the borrowers of non-banking financial companies and assigning the credit worthiness to these companies. The data is collected from a Mumbai based NBFC. The data for the study are extracted from balance sheet and profit &loss statement of these companies. The data includes the financial ratio variables for forty companies. Altman's Z-score is used to find credit worthiness and DuPont technique is used to find the main causes of financial distress. The results of this research highlights that the borrowing companies having a lower return on equity (ROE) are prone to be in distress zone. This research would help the financial institutions to identify the most likely defaulter companies and to segment the clients/companies in safe, grey and distressed zones. The results are robust to sub-samples.
Video stabilization using space-time video completion

This paper proposes a video stabilization method using space-time video completion for effective static and dynamic textures reconstruction instead of frames cropping. The proposed method can produce full-frame videos by naturally filling in missing image parts by locally aligning image data of neighboring frames. We propose to use a set of descriptors that encapsulate the information of periodical motion of objects necessary to reconstruct missing/corrupted frames. The background is filled-in by extending spatial texture synthesis techniques using set of 3D patches. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in the task of full-frame video stabilization.
Moving Education to Cloud: A pilot Study in Montenegrin Higher Education

The paper considers challenges of moving education into Cloud under the conditions of digital divide. The content of the paper is divided into two parts. In the first one, the focus is on digital divide, since it greatly affects the issue. In the second part, a model for adapting Cloud in higher educational environment is proposed, with the emphasise on the needs of so-called developing countries, which suffer consequences of digital inequality. The statistical analyses of the survey conducted on the basis of the proposed model have been made at two universities in Montenegro (South-East Europe). Moreover, brief conclusions along with some guidelines for the future research work in the field are given.
Robust Deformable Medical Image Registration Using Optical Flow and Multilevel Free Form Deformation

In order to track the brain tissue shift due to tumor resection during image guided surgery,this paper presented a framework for robust deformable registration based on the theory of optical flow,within which outlier detection is used to set up locally-refined control points in multilevel free form deformation(FFD) model.Robust M-estimator was also introduced to weaken the effect of outliers in global optimization for getting improved registration result.This proposed method has successfully been applied to a number of registration tasks to demonstrate its applicability and robustness to outliers.
The Hippocampus Book

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Pose and Illumination Invariance with Compound Image Transforms

In the past two decades face recognition has been attracting considerable attention, and has become one of the most prominent areas in computer vision, leading to the development of numerous face recognition algorithms (Gross, Baker, Matthews, & Kanade, 2004; Kong, Heo, Abidi, Paik & Abidi, 2005; Zao et al., 2003). Established common approaches to face recognition include component-based recognition (Brunelli & Poggio, 1993; Wiskott, Fellous, Kruger, & Von Der Malsburg 1997; Ivanov, Heisele & Serre, 2004), face geometry (Samal, Taleb, & Strovoitov, 2001), elastic face matching (Gee & Haynor, 1996), eigenface (Kirby & Sirovich, 1990; ABSTRACT
Detection of Face Direction by Using Inter-Frame Difference

Applying image processing techniques to education, the face of the learner is photographed, and expression and movement are detected from video, and the system which estimates degree of concentration of the learner is developed. For one learner, the measuring system is designed in terms of estimating a degree of concentration from direction of line of learner’s sight and condition of the eye. In case of multiple learners, it must need to measure each concentration level of all learners in the classroom. But it is inefficient because one camera per each learner is required. In this paper, position in the face region is estimated from video which photographs the learner in the class by the difference between frames within the motion direction. And the system which detects the face direction by the face part detection by template matching is proposed. From the result of the difference between frames in the first image of the video, frontal face detection by Viola-Jones method is performed. Also the direction of the motion which arose in the face region is estimated with the migration length and the face region is tracked. Then the face parts are detected to tracking. Finally, the direction of the face is estimated from the result of face tracking and face parts detection.