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5 Norwegian National Policies for Digitalization in the LAM Sector – Imperative and Implementation

In a press release in October 2019, the Ministry of Culture stated that the National Budget for 2020 represented a historic commitment to the National Archives, and more specifically to the start-up of the development of national joint solutions for preservation and dissemination of digital archives (Ministry of Culture 2019). Similar objectives were identified in a white paper from 1999 about the LAM institutions in a digital age (Ministry of Culture 1999). Why is the development of solutions still in a start-up phase, 20 years later? Digitalization in the LAM sector has been regarded as a prerequisite for enhancing the public-sphere infrastructure and strengthening the roles and functions of LAM institutions, and it has been an imperative for decades. But digitalization as imperative has some difficult aspects, such as the tendency to sacralization (Henningsen and Larsen, this volume) and other factors that make the concept unclear when it comes to implementation (Blomgren, this volume). What shall be implemented, how, by whom, and at which costs? The concept of digitalizationmay includemanydifferent aspects, such as digital access to collections, the use of social media, strengthening of digital skills among the inhabitants, and increased user contribution. This is a study of the implementation of two aspects of digitalization in the LAM sector in Norway: digitization of analogue material and long-term preservation of born-digital materials. The aim is to deepen the understanding of the national policies in this field. These policies may not be fully formulated in white papers and other policy documents; they should also be regarded in light of the implementation policy and the steps that may or may not be taken in order to realize the objectives expressed at a more abstract level. The study may also contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms of governing the LAM sector in general. The scope of this study is LAM institutions for which the Ministry of Culture has state responsibility that are regarded as central for achieving the digitalization imperative. This includes the National Library for the library sector and the National Archives for the archives sector. For the museum sector, the Arts Council
Administration Methods of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Burn Wounds

Cellular therapies for burn wound healing, including the administration of mesenchymal stem or stromal cells (MSCs), have shown promising results. This review aims to provide an overview of the current administration methods in preclinical and clinical studies of bone-marrow-, adipose-tissue-, and umbilical-cord-derived MSCs for treating burn wounds. Relevant studies were identified through a literature search in PubMed and Embase and subjected to inclusion and exclusion criteria for eligibility. Additional relevant studies were identified through a manual search of reference lists. A total of sixty-nine studies were included in this review. Of the included studies, only five had clinical data from patients, one was a prospective case–control, three were case reports, and one was a case series. Administration methods used were local injection (41% in preclinical and 40% in clinical studies), cell-seeded scaffolds (35% and 20%), topical application (17% and 60%), and systemic injection (1% and 0%). There was great heterogeneity between the studies regarding experimental models, administration methods, and cell dosages. Local injection was the most common administration method in animal studies, while topical application was used in most clinical reports. The best delivery method of MSCs in burn wounds is yet to be identified. Although the potential of MSC treatment for burn wounds is promising, future research should focus on examining the effect and scalability of such therapy in clinical trials.
Advanced Image Analysis for the Assessment of Retinal Vascular Changes

In the last decade, one of the major advances in retinal vascular imaging research has been the clear demonstration that physiological and pathological alterations in the retinal vascular network are associated with a variety of worldwide major diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis. However, the clinical assessment of the retinal vascular condition is most of the times tiresome, and prone to errors, particularly if occurs in a screening environment. Recent advances in image analysis can avoid this workload and provide the ophthalmologist with objective and reproducible results useful in daily clinical practice. The retinal image analysis systems have therefore become a prominent and powerful diagnostic tools in the field of ophthalmology by detecting the changes in retinal images. It has been widely demonstrated that in diabetic retinopathy, the blood vessels often show abnormalities at early stages, as well as vessel diameter alterations. Changes in retinal blood vessels, such as significant dilatation and elongation of main arteries, veins, and their branches, are also frequently associated with hypertension and other cardiovascular pathologies. Among several characteristic signs associated with vascular changes, the Central Retinal Arteriolar Equivalent (CRAE), the Central Retinal Venular Equivalent (CRVE) and the Arteriolar-to-Venular Ratio (AVR) have been frequently used as indicators for the early detection, diagnosis, staging and follow-up of diabetes and hypertension, since they can reflect the narrowing or dilation of the retinal blood vessels. The main goal of this work is the development of an automatic system for the measurement of CRAE, CRVE, AVR and several bifurcation geometrical features. Among other image processing operations, the estimation of these features requires vessel segmentation, vessel caliber measurement, artery/vein (A/V) classification and optic disc (OD) segmentation.
Evaluation of Biodegradation in Aqueous Medium of Poly(Hydroxybutyrate-Co-Hydroxyvalerate)/Carbon Nanotubes Films in Respirometric System

Biodegradable polymers have been increasingly used for scientific and commercial applications because they are similar to some conventional thermoplastics and exhibit the ability of self-degradation. Poly(3hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) nanocomposites films with 1 and 2 wt% of carbon nanotubes (CNT) were prepared by solution mixing, followed by solvent evaporation. In this work, PHBV/CNT nanocomposites were submitted to biodegradation in an aqueous medium for 34 days through a respirometric system. Then, the PHBV films were analyzed by the CO2 production and mineralization as a response of a microbial attack, which was monitored by back titration during all the experiment. The films were also characterized by measuring the weight loss; crystallinity was evaluated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and the surface morphology by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). By analyzing the weight loss of the films, it was observed that adding CNT increases the resistance to biodegradation process. The obtained values of CO2 production and mineralization of the samples, as well as the values of weight loss, showed that the biodegradation of PHBV/CNT nanocomposites was minor in comparison to neat PHBV. The addition of CNT in PHBV matrix influences the surface morphology, causing the presence of cavities and an increase of roughness.
Enron Scandal: Evidence of A Missed Opportunity to Detect and Halt Fraud and Bankruptcy

This paper aims to provide evidence of a missed opportunity to detect and halt financial fraud and bankruptcy of Enron Corporation early enough. The paper utilizes data from the financial statements of Enron Corporation 10K reports in the US SEC Edgar Data Base from 19972001 to detect financial fraud and imminent bankruptcy of Enron Corporation. Financial fraud and bankruptcy were assessed in terms of Z-score and Days’ Sales Receivables, Gross Margin, Asset Quality, Sales Growth and Total Accruals to Total Assets indices. The modified Altman Z-Score Index and Beneish Models were used to determine the indices for Enron Corporation. The results revealed that the modified Altman Z-Score Model yielded score indexes which signified financial statement manipulation and bankruptcy. While the Beneish Model yielded indices were found to be higher than the non-manipulation means thresholds implying that, receivables and revenues were out of balance for some years. The analysis and results in this paper provide evidence that Enron Corporation engaged in financial fraud resulting into bankruptcy and there was a missed opportunity to detect and halt the financial fraud and bankruptcy as early as 1998 if an effective corporate governance system had been in place. Strengthening of corporate governance frameworks, adoption of proactive strategies to corporate failures and vigilance of the stakeholders in public firms are recommended as some of the ways of avoiding similar scandals in future.
Integrating Machine Intelligence into the Cockpit

Abstract : Combat aircraft of the 21st Century will have to be increasingly well equipped to counter the future threat, which itself will have become far more potent. This spiralling system complexity will result in unacceptably high cockpit workloads unless some form of automation is provided to aid the pilot. UK Industry and Government have combined to form a Joint Venture team to investigate the problem and to develop a Mission Management Aid which will assist aircrew throughout the mission, whatever and wherever it is. The paper outlines some of the problems to be overcome and suggests the major functional areas which will constitute the Mission Management Aid.
Intelligent active force control of a rigid robot arm using embedded iterative learning algorithm

The paper presents a novel approach to estimating the inertia matrix of a robot arm adaptively and on-line using an iterative learning algorithm. It is employed in conjunction with an active force control strategy which has been shown to be very effective in accommodating the disturbances. A comprehensive study is performed on a rigid two link manipulator subject to a number of loading conditions. Results clearly indicate the effectiveness of the control scheme in compensating the disturbances and at the same time the estimated inertia matrix is optimized to values corresponding to the converged track error as learning progresses. The viability of the proposed control scheme is illustrated through an experimental work carried out on a robot arm.
Climbing in space: design and implementation of a hexapod robot using dry adhesives

A legged, climbing robot that adheres to surfaces using dry adhesion is presented. This style of robot has potential applications in the space industry, as dry adhesives (unlike suction, magnets, or conventional pressure sensitive adhesives) have the potential to function effectively on orbiting spacecraft. Dry adhesives, fabricated by previous researchers, were tested in simulated space environments. No reduction in adhesive performance was found for pressures down to 1×10−5 mbar or temperatures from −50C to 75C. The design of a robot, Abigaille-III, was optimized for vertical climbing. A custom computing architecture was developed on a Field Programmable Gate Array. A novel, open-loop preloading controller, and a closed-loop positioning controller were implemented. Abigaille-III was observed to climb smooth and uneven vertical surfaces, transfer from horizontal to vertical, loiter for nearly seven hours and climb vertically at a rate of 0.44 mm s−1 for nearly four hours without detachment.
Microwave Electronics: Measurement and Materials Characterization

Preface.1. Electromagnetic Properties of Materials.2. Microwave Theory and Techniques for Materials Characterization.3. Reflection Methods.4. Transmission/Reflection Methods.5. Resonator Methods.6. Resonant-perturbation Methods.7. Planar-circuit Methods.8. Measurements of Permittivity and Permeability Tensors.9. Measurement of Ferroelectric Materials.10. Microwave Measurement of Chiral Materials.11. Measurement of Microwave Electrical Transport Properties.12. Measurement of Dieletric Properties of Materials at High Temperatures.Index.
GCNRDM: A Social Network Rumor Detection Method Based on Graph Convolutional Network in Mobile Computing

Mobile computing is a new technology emerging with the development of mobile communication, Internet, database, distributed computing, and other technologies. Mobile computing technology will enable computers or other information intelligent terminal devices to realize data transmission and resource sharing in the wireless environment. Its role is to bring useful, accurate, and timely information to any customer at anytime, anywhere, and to change the way people live and work. In mobile computing environment, a lot of Internet rumors hidden among the huge amounts of information communication network can cause harm to society and people’s life; this paper proposes a model of social network rumor detection based on convolution networks, the use of adjacency matrix between the nodes represent user and the relationship between the constructions of social network topology. We use a high-order graph neural network (K-GNN) to extract the rumor posting features. At the same time, the graph attention network (GAT) is used to extract the association features of other nodes of the network topology. The experimental results show that the method of the detection model in this paper improves the accuracy of prediction classification compared with deep learning methods such as RNN, GRU, and attention mechanism. The innovation of the paper proposes a rumor detection model based on the graph convolutional network, which lies in considering the propagation structure among users. It has a strong practical value.
Prosthetic Control using Implanted Electrode Signals

This report presents the design and manufacturing process of a bionic signal messagebroker (BSMB), intended to allow communication between implanted electrodes andprosthetic legs designed by Ossur. The BSMB processes and analyses the data intorelevant information to control the bionic device. The intention is to carry out eventdetection in the BSMB, where events in the muscle signal are matched to the events ofthe gait cycle (toe-o, stance, swing). The whole system is designed to detect muscle contraction via sensors implantedin residual muscles and transmit the signals wireless to a control unit that activatesassociated functions of a prosthetic leg. Two users, one transtibial and one transfemoral,underwent surgery in order to get electrodes implantable into their residual leg muscles.They are among the rst users in the world to get this kind of implanted sensors.A prototype of the BSMB was manufactured. The process took more time thanexpected, mainly due to the fact that it was decided to use a ball grid array (BGA)microprocessor in order to save space. That meant more complicated routing and higherstandards for the manufacturing of the board. The results of the event detection indicatethat the data from the implanted electrodes can be used in order to get sucient controlover prosthetic legs. These are positive ndings for users of prosthetic legs and shouldincrease their security and quality of life.It is important to keep in mind when the results of this report are evaluated that allthe testing carried out were only done on one user each.
Characterization of Beta Chain Fibrinogen (FGB) Gene From Maleo (Macrocephalon Maleo S. Muller 1846) Tuva Village Gumbasa Sub-District Sigi Regency Central Sulawesi

The FGB gene is a gene that plays a role in synthesizing b-fibrinogen proteins and is often used as a molecular marker because it is useful for studying bird phylogenetics. The purpose of this study was to describe the character sequences of the FGB gene in Maleo birds (Macrocephalon maleo S. Muller 1864). This study uses laboratory exploratory methods. Alignment is done using the MEGA6 program (Clustal W). Phylogeny trees are constructed based on the Neighbor-Joining algorithm and the Juke-Cantor evolution model of the MEGA6 program. The sample in this study was 0.3 ml of blood from Maleo birds and members of the Megapodiidae group species used as a comparison. The results of this study indicate the length of the FGB 576 bp sequence and was identified with a base composition of 32.2% A, 30.4% T, 17.0% C and 20.3% G. Nucleotide composition of the sequence of Adenine-rich FGB genes. Analysis of the FGB gene sequence phylogeny tree produced a tree topology that was quite good and had the power to split at the interspecies level and place the maleo bird in its own line compared to other Megapoda genera.
Human Supervision of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles

Abstract : To support the vision of a system that enables a single operator to control multiple next-generation unmanned air vehicles from a single workstation, a new interface paradigm is required. The interface must consider different types and levels of human-automation interactions. For instance, the interaction will move from one of human-directed mode selection and activation to more dynamic, bilateral and mixed-initiative human-automation decision-making, collaboration, negotiation, even conflict resolution across a range of situations. This project involved several threads of research to start examining human-automation interaction issues. One research thread focused on determining the appropriate level of automation for tasks envisioned for supervisory control of multiple UASs. Another thread involved the design and evaluation of a temporal interface for support of multi-UAS control and interaction with automation. Finally, a third research thread involved support for other projects that informed future operator-automation interfaces. This report provides a brief review of these research threads.
Session 19 Overview: Adaptive Digital and Clocking Techniques DIGITAL CIRCUITS SUBCOMMITTEE

This session focuses on circuits that adapt to PVT, workload, and precision requirements, including novel techniques in clocking and digital regulators. The presented adaptive digital and clocking circuits demonstrate minimum energy/power-point tracking, adaptivity and uniﬁed clock and voltage control schemes, instruction-based dynamic clock scaling, digital leakage compensation for clocking circuits, adaptive forward/back biasing
COMO AS CRIANÇAS BRASILEIRAS ADQUIREM A EXPRESSÃO DE FUTURIDADE: UM ESTUDO SINTÁTICO

Adopting the Generative Grammar framework, this article investigates how Brazilian children acquire the expression of futurity, namely (i) ‘ir’ + infinitive, (ii) the synthetic form, (iii) verb inflected in the present tense. Since the synthetic form conveying futurity is no longer productive in the speech of BP, the initial hypothesis is that children do not produce the synthetic form for future and, first, acquire the other forms by conveying Prospective Aspect, then acquiring these structures, conveying Irrealis Mode. Data investigated are based on a longitudinal study of 3 monolingual Brazilian children for a period of 01;08 and 03;07. The results show that the three children did not produce the synthetic form; produced infinitive 'ir' + conveying Prospective Aspect when they were 01;08 and only later acquired infinitive 'go' + infinitive by meaning an irrealis reading (at the age of 02;01). Finally, the verbal present form was acquired with 02;08, conveying only an irrealis reading. These results suggest that since there is no positive evidence for synthetic structure, children do not naturally acquire it. In addition, this study evidences a systematic and ordered acquisition, licensing first an aspectual layer and then a mode one. Entradas para indexação PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Gramática Gerativa. Aquisição da Linguagem. Expressão de Futuridade. Forma perifrástica. Forma sintética.
Reinforced concrete and the modernization of American building, 1900-1930

Contents: Introduction: Science and Commerce: Scenes from a Marriage Chapter 1 Concrete Testing: The Academics at Work Chapter 2 Science on Site: The Field-Testing and Regulation of Concrete Construction Chapter 3 Science and the "Fair-Deal": Standards, Specifications, and Commercial Ambition Chapter 4 The Business of Building: Technological and Managerial Techniques in Concrete Construction Chapter 5 What "Modern" Meant: Reinforced Concrete and the Social History of Functionalist Design Conclusion
Nature in Metaphors as a Manifestation of the Creativity of 9-Year-Old Students. Research Reports

Celem artykułu było ukazanie przyrody w wypowiedziach metaforycznych uczniów w wieku 9 lat. Jako metody badawcze zastosowano narracje oraz wywiad narracyjny. Prezentowane wyniki badań są częścią większego projektu badawczego przeprowadzonego na potrzeby rozprawy doktorskiej pt. „Doświadczanie wartości estetycznych w kontakcie z przyrodą uczniów kończących edukację wczesnoszkolną”. Metafory tworzone przez dziecko są przejawem kreatywności, bogatej wyobraźni i swobody posługiwania się językiem. Metafora jest niejako symbolem „przejścia” między światem rzeczywistym a indywidualnym światem wyobraźni dziecka. W artykule przedstawiono fragmenty narracji badanych uczniów ukazujące ich możliwości metaforyczne wykorzystane do opisu przyrody i doświadczeń przyrodniczych.
Reforming hospitality education to fulfill the industry expectations: a case of Universiti Utara Malaysia.

The study of hospitality is considered important due to the fact that it is a vital industry in the service sector. Malaysia has developed the hospitality education program to fulfill the country vision in expanding human resources particularly in the tourism and hospitality industry. One of the educational institutions in Malaysia which focuses on the hospitality education is Universiti Utara Malaysia. This article describes an in-depth study involving seven experts in the hospitality industry. The purpose of the study was to explore their perceptions regarding the hospitality education program particularly in terms of fulfilling the industry requirements and expectations. The experts found that the curriculum consists of several courses which eventually fulfill the needs of the hospitality industry and suggested several aspects to strengthen the program in order to survive the future challenges.