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Near-real-time matched-filtering for the development of dense earthquake catalogs during sequences of seismicity

Conventional earthquake detection methods suffer significant degradations in completeness during high-rate sequences such as aftershock sequences or volcanic swarms. Missed earthquakes during the early periods of aftershock sequences can affect aftershock forecasts and hazard estimates. Missed events during volcanic unrest sequences can impact rate estimations, leading to the sequence being mis-characterized. Much recent work has addressed how matched-filters can be used to overcome some aspects of catalog incompleteness during high-rate sequences, by detecting similar events using cross-correlation. Here we describe the application of open-source (GPL v3.0) software to the near-real-time implementation of matched-filter earthquake detection. Our software (RT-EQcorrscan) is written in Python, and leverages the extensive Obspy package, as well as EQcorrscan and Obsplus to provide matched-filter methods and database handling respectively. RT-EQcorrscan is designed to be modular, so that users can readily utilize only the components they require, or make use of pre-built command-line utilities controlled by simple that can handle thousands of templates over tens of channels of seismic data within the processing capacity (memory and CPU usage) of a standard desktop personal computer. Detections are made within a few seconds of data arriving, with latency due to data delivery and a requirement for full network move-out. At the same time, RT-EQcorrscan has an overarching “Reactor” module to listen to a web-service and respond to new events. If an event occurs that meets user-defined criteria, the Reactor will initiate a near-real-time matched-filter process encompassing the region surrounding the trigger event. Subsequent trigger events in different regions can also be handled with threaded operations. This system is backed-up by a constantly updating template database built on Obsplus, allowing groups of templates to be rapidly deployed. In this presentation we will discuss the key implementation details, as well as showcasing some examples of the system in operation.
A Case Study on University Writing Education Using Masterpieces and Adjacent Text : Focusing on the Ecological Environment

This is an example of the operation of a class to examine the value and meaning of the subject of ecological environment in terms of writing education while designing a model of a college liberal arts class that reads masterpieces and writes. Under the theme of
Data Mining in the Contractual Management of the Brazilian Ministry of Health: A Case Study

Data mining is a process of analyzing data from different perspectives and summarizing it into useful information that can be used to classify data samples. Basically data mining is the process of finding correlations or patterns among dozens of fields in large relational databases. Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence which works with construction and study of systems that can learn from data. The core of machine learning deals with representation and generalization. The use of Data Mining is an important activity to control the development process of a software factory. Outsourcing software development by public and private organizations requires continuous monitoring to ensure compliance with service levels and small inspection teams coexist with work overload. This study seeks to apply data mining techniques and machine learning algorithms to create models to predict the delay in the delivery of demands. Following the CRISP-DM reference model, this study presents the process of creation and application of a predictive model for the contractual management of the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
A Study on the Practical Educational Method of Combining Politics and Law for Democratic Citizenship Education: Focusing on Discussion about the Relationship between Democracy and the Rule of Law

본 연구의 목적은 민주시민교육을 위해 정치와 법 영역의 중요한 교육 내용 요소로서 민주정치와 법치주의의 관계를 논의하고 이를 연계적으로 교육할 수 있는 실천적 방안을 탐색하는 데 있다. 이를 위해 민주정치와 법 영역 내용의 상호 연계적 측면과 관련하여 사회과 교육과정의 역사 속에서의 배정 양상과 관련 연구들에서 이루어진 논의들을 살펴보았다. 이를 바탕으로 정치와 법, 특히 민주주의와 법치주의가 상호 동적 연관 관계에 있음을 밝히고, 보다 적합한 민주시민교육을 위해 양자 간의 상호 연계적 교육이 필요하다는 점을 지적하였다. 또한 사회과교육은 민주시민성이 발현되어야 할 실제 사회와의 연관 관계 속에서 이루어져야 한다는 생각을 바탕으로 작은 사회로서 학급 속에서 민주주의와 법치주의의 연계적 교육 실천 방안들을 예시적 수준에서 제안하였다. 민주시민교육이 보다 적합성 있게 이루어지기 위해서는 학생들이 민주정치와 법 또는 민주주의와 법치주의를 단지 교과서 속의 내용으로만 접하도록 하기보다 그것이 우리의 공동생활 속에서 실제로 작동되는 생활 속의 원리임을 체험적으로 익힐 수 있도록 학급을 민주주의와 법치주의를 실험하고 배울 수 있는 실천의 장으로 만들어갈 필요가 있다.The purpose of this study is to discuss the relationship between democracy and the rule of law which are the important educational contents of politics and law, and to explore educational methods by which the both sides can be combined in practice for democratic citizenship education. To achieve this, this study has examined discussions about the aspects of assignment of contents related to democratic politics and law as regards combining both sides in the history of social studies curriculum. Based on the results, this study clarified that politics and law, particularly democracy and the rule of law have dynamic linkage relationship, and pointed out the necessity of combining both sides for more suitable democratic citizenship education. And this study has suggested practical educational method of combining democracy and the rule of law in classroom at an suggestive level on the basis of idea that social studies ought to be educated in relation to real society in which democratic citizenship should be practiced. For more suitable democratic citizenship education, it is necessary to make classroom into the field of practice in which students can learn by experience that democratic politics and law or democracy and the rule of law are the principles of life.
DATA COMPRESSION IN BLACK-GRAY-WHITE BARCODING

Context. In this paper the authors propose a method for data compression to be used for presenting information in the form of 2D matrix barcode. The proposed method is based on both a structural-logical approach and using three colors in a barcode instead of two colors as it is in standard black-and-white barcodes. This approach allows to increase data density keeping the same area as bicolor barcodes take. In the paper authors present the data compression method and demonstrate the barcoding technology.Objective. The goal of the work is to develop a method of data barcoding that would allow to encode more information in the form of 2D matrix barcode.Method. The method of tricolor matrix barcoding with compression is proposed. The main idea of the method is to compress input textual information on the stage of alphanumeric sequence transformation into a set of barcode patterns, which will form a resulting barcode symbol. It is possible due to intermediate transformation of input characters from initial notation, which is determined by cardinality of an input alphabet, to a notation defined by cardinality of barcode patterns alphabet. Choice of the input alphabet influences overall compression, and it is an important step of the method to choose the initial alphabets for the textual information to be encoded. Use of three colors over standard two colors is also an important component for creating a barcode symbol with increased informational density. As ternary notation is used, the second transformation from the intermediate notation to the ternary one provides more compression. The proposed method allows to represent more textual data in a single barcode symbol than bicolor barcoding approaches do.Results. The method of tricolor matrix barcoding with compression has been developed and described. Authors provided an example of the method implementation on test data that had been barcoded using the method.Conclusions. The experiments conducted for this research have confirmed that the proposed method provides more informational density as compared with black-and-white matrix barcodes. The prospects for further research might include studying noise immunity issue in order to guarantee error-free scanning and increased reliability of the barcode, and extending the barcoding software to be used in any alphabet.
When Linked Data is (not) enough. Cataloguing Tools between Obsolescence and Innovation

The irruption of the informative space of Web, as new manner to disseminate and share information content, has imposed in the last years an important rethinking of international bibliographic production in its theoretical and methodological basis. In this paper we try to understand the evolutive way of the cataloguing tools though the identification and definition of several change factors (technical and functional): which could be in the next future the new challenges related to the creation and treatment of information?
LEFT: LOCAL EDGE FEATURES TRANSFORM

To detect point correspondence between images or 3D scenes, local texture descriptors, such as SIFT (Scale Invariant Feature Transform), SURF (Speeded-Up Robust Features), BRIEF (Binary Robust Independent Elementary Features), and others, are usually used. Formally they provide invariance to image rotation and scale, but this properties are achieved only approximately due to discrete number of evaluable orientations and scales stored into the descriptor. Feature points preferable for such descriptors usually are not belong to actual object boundaries into 3D scenes and so are hard to be used into apipolar relationships. At the same time, linking the feature point to large-scale lines and edges is preferable for SLAM (Simultaneous Localization And Mapping) tasks, because their appearance are the most resistible to daily, seasonal and weather variations.In this paper, original feature points descriptor LEFT (Local Edge Features Transform) for edge images are proposed. LEFT accumulate directions and contrasts of alternative strait segments tangent to lines and edges in the vicinity of feature points. Due to this structure, mutual orientation of LEFT descriptors are evaluated and taken into account directly at the stage of their comparison. LEFT descriptors adapt to the shape of contours in the vicinity of feature points, so they can be used to analyze local and global geometric distortions of a various nature. The article presents the results of comparative testing of LEFT and common texture-based descriptors and considers alternative ways of representing them in a computer vision system.
A Semi-Automated Technique for Transcribing Accurate Crowd Motions

We present a novel technique for transcribing crowds in video scenes that allows extracting the positions of moving objects in video frames. The technique can be used as a more precise alternative to image processing methods, such as background-removal or automated pedestrian detection based on feature extraction and classification. By manually projecting pedestrian actors on a two-dimensional plane and translating screen coordinates to absolute real-world positions using the cross ratio, we provide highly accurate and complete results at the cost of increased processing time. We are able to completely avoid most errors found in other automated annotation techniques, resulting from sources such as noise, occlusion, shadows, view angle or the density of pedestrians. It is further possible to process scenes that are difficult or impossible to transcribe by automated image processing methods, such as low-contrast or low-light environments. We validate our model by comparing it to the results of both background-removal and feature extraction and classification in a variety of scenes.
Coronavirus: survey reveals what the public wants from a contact-tracing app

The UK government is currently trialling a contact tracing app among residents of the Isle of Wight ahead of a plan to roll it out across England. The app is designed to alert users if they have been in contact with someone who has reported COVID-19 symptoms and encourage them to self-isolate. But success will depend on the number of people who are willing to actually use it.
Extent of Adoption of Electronic Records Protection Practices in Polytechnics in Edo and Delta States

The study was designed to determine the extent to which secretaries adopt electronic records protection practices in polytechnics in Edo and Delta States. One research question was raised and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. A total population of 188 secretaries in polytechnics in Edo and Delta States were used for the study without sampling. A structured and validated questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research question and determine the homogeneity of respondents’ responses. The hypotheses were tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that electronic records protection practices were adopted in managing records in polytechnics in Edo and Delta States to a low extent. The findings also revealed that secretaries do not differ significantly in their mean ratings on the extent to which electronic records protection practices are adopted in managing records in polytechnics in Edo and Delta State as a result of gender and their years of working experience. The study concluded that secretaries in polytechnics in Edo and Delta States lack the professional capacity to adopt electronic records protection practices for managing digital records. It was recommended among others that professional workshops and seminars should be organised for secretaries to enable them learn how to adopt electronic records protection practices for effective job performance in the polytechnics.
Video Optimization for Testing Load Balancing of Application Delivery Controller

ADC is an application delivery controller that flexibly delivers services for traditional, containerized and micro-service applications from a data center or any cloud. It delivers unmatched security, superior L4-7 load balancing and increased uptime. It is also beneficial in scaling capacity as and when needed which can also be shared across instances on premises and in the cloud. The testing for superior load balancing capability of ADC can be done through applications built on Android and iOS platform using YouTube Player APIs. This paper discusses the testing of load balancing through sequential playback of selected videos based on an individually preset profile for each video. The outcome of the proposed system was reflected on the new build of the ADC and was found to be effective in detecting PD videos over HTTP, Adaptive Bit Rate videos over HTTP/S and optimizing YouTube ABR videos over QUIC.
The effect of government support on market differentiation in Iraqi small and medium-sized enterprises

This study aims to investigate the effect of government financing and regulations that support market differentiation in the sector of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Iraq. A quantitative approach will be used and a survey instrument employed to collect data from 279 SMEs in the targeted sample size of 2,136 managers of SMEs working in Erbil city in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Structural equation modelling will be used to test the direction of the relationship between the variables. The results of this study showed that government regulation in Iraq positively affected competitive advantage and indicated that financing has an insignificant effect on the competitive advantage of Iraqi SMEs. This study also suggested several main policy implications of these findings as well as the limitations and recommendations for future research on supporting SMEs.
Evaluating the First Year Experiences

연구의 목적은 K대학에서 진행했던 신입생 세미나 수업 운영 결과를 검토하고 수업의 질적 제고를 위한 개선 방안을 도출하고자 했다. 운영 결과, K대학 신입생 세미나는 학과(전공) 특성을 반영한 전공 비교과(co-curricular activities) 수업으로 진행되고 있었으며 수업 운영에 있어서 구성원(교수, 학생)의 역할(코칭) 및 참여(활동 중심)를 높인 특성을 보였다. 수업 내용은 3개의 범주(확장된 오리엔테이션, 전공 세미나, 진로 세미나)로 구성되어 있었고 각 학과(부)는 3개 범주를 기반으로 학과(부) 특성을 반영하여 세부 주제를 개발·운영하였다. 신입생 세미나 수업에 대한 만족도는 학생들의 특성(예: 자퇴의도, 대학 및 전공 희망순위)에 따라 다르게 나타났는데, 이는 프로그램 개선 시 학생 특성을 고려해야 함을 시사하고 있었다. 본 연구는 학습자 중심 수업 운영을 위해서 상향식 수업 설계의 필요성과 구체적인 경험을 통해 탐색하는 학습방식을 제안하고 있다.The purpose of this study was to review the effectiveness of the freshman seminar organized by K University and identify ways to improve the quality of the program. The freshman seminar at K University covers a wide range of topics and gives students a range of college experiences, including co-curricular activities. In addition, the seminar allows for mutual learning experiences of faculty members and students. It is organized into three learning categories(extended orientation, academic seminar, and professional seminar) in general, and university departments have developed subjects based on the categories. Satisfaction with the freshman seminar differed according to the characteristics of students, suggesting that the characteristics of students should be considered when improving the program. This study suggests a bottom-up approach to course design and experiential learning.
Research Archiving As a Tool for Research Continuity: A Look at Bowen University, Nigeria

Aim: The concept of research/project archiving revolves around access to and storage of past works. With the increase in technology, several universities have incorporated the use of electronic archive systems to store research works to provide easy access to such works and improve their research output. Bowen University, Nigeria however, currently runs a manual system of project archiving which is not in tune with the current trend in research archiving. This work was therefore aimed at designing an electronic project archive system for Bowen University that provides accessibility to securely managed past works to cater for the research needs of undergraduate students and enable them to contribute their quota to knowledge.&#x0D; Study Design: An empirical research study design was employed.&#x0D; Place of Study: Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria.&#x0D; Methodology: A self-constructed questionnaire designed via Google Forms was administered to current students, past students and staff members of Bowen University to collect data on user requirements; data were analyzed and the results served as a platform to develop a user-centred system.&#x0D; The Bowen University Project Archive System (BUPAS) was built with a focus on the authenticity of the materials archived using HTML for the user interface design, PHP for the system logic to communicate with a carefully designed and structured database, and a local host server, WAMP providing back and forth communication. The usability test was also conducted for users. &#x0D; Conclusion: The use of the agile methodology ensured the development of a fully functional system that provides a faster and easier platform for submitting and accessing project works with users attesting to the need for the system and commending the simplicity and easy navigation of the system. Also, a major strength any archive system should possess is its ability to ensure a secure way of depositing into it to guarantee the authenticity of materials that are being accessed. The Bowen University Project Archive System possesses this strength.
Audio Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis of Customer Product or Services Reviews

Sentimental analysis evolved over last few decades is only focused on textual sentimental analysis. Recent development in the Internet has opened the new doors for information exchange and growth for citizens to publicly raise their opinions with serious bottlenecks when it comes to do analysis of these opinions in terms of sentiments of the users. Even urgency to gain a real time understanding of citizens concerns has grown very rapidly. Since, the viral nature of the media which is fast and distributed one, some issues get rapidly distributed and unpredictably become important through this word of mouth opinions expressed online. In this paper, we proposed the audio opinion mining and sentiment analysis of customer products or services reviews which helps to take decision in today’s business world to improve their growth of the business. Customer discrimination and sentiment analysis is performed on customer reviews collected as audio messages on customer products or services.
Park Jong-woo’s Status in the History of Andong Modern Literature

본고는 지역문학 연구의 일환으로 소외된 지역문학의 현장을 찾아 발굴하는 일에 목적을 두었다. 중앙문학사에 비해 인적 물적 기반이 부족한 지역문화 현실 속에서도 고군분투한 작가의 자취를 찾아내고 그들의 교류를 확인하여 문학사를 기술할 때 더욱 온전한 문학사를 갖출 수 있기 때문이다. 지역문학사 서술을 위해 안동지역에서 활동했던 작가와 작품을 발굴하는 일 이외에도 작가들의 활동사항을 잘 정리해서 그들의 역량이 지역사회에 어떤 의미로 작용했는지 살펴본 것이다. 안동에 아무 연고가 없는 박종우가 안동의 현대문학에서 중요한 위치를 갖게 된 것은 단순히 안동고등학교 교사였기 때문이 아니다. 당시 안동은 기성문단에 등단한 작가가 없었고 전쟁이후 폐허가 제대로 회복되지 않은 상황이었다. 작가적 역량이나 문학적 역량이 집중될 환경이 되지 못했다. 박종우가 안동에서 문학적 분위기를 주도하고 만들어갈 수 있었던 것은 안동의 현대문학판의 미형성에 큰 이유가 있다고 본다. 안동의 현대문학은 학생동인 중심으로 출발했다는 것은 안동문화의 한 특징을 드러낸다. 박종우의 영향력은 크게 두 가지로 언급한다. <맥향> 동인의 조직과 문예교사로서 시창작 지도이다. 전자는 현대문학이 전무한 안동에도 문학장에 새로운 기운을 불러낸 것이다. 전후 피폐한 지역문화현실을 극복하는 중요한 역할을 했다고 평가할 수 있다. 전쟁을 겪으며 폐허가 되었던 안동에 새로운 문화접변 현상을 박종우가 불러 일으켰고 그 결실로 학생문예운동이 일어난다. 후자는 안동에만 국한되는 것도 아니다. 박종우에게 시창작 지도를 받은 경상남북도 학생들은 오늘날 지역문학 현장에서 중심역할을 하고 있다. 특히, 안동의 경우는 당시 문예장학생 제도로 대학입학까지 하는 사례도 생겨나 문예창작 움직임이 활발해졌다.As part of regional literature research, this paper aims to find and discover scenes from marginalized regional literature to show that a more complete literary history can be gained through literary history descriptions that involve identifying traces of struggling writers and confirming their exchange, even in the local culture reality, which lacks a human and physical foundation compared with central literary history. In addition to discovering the artists that were active in the Andong area and examining their works in order to describe the history of the local literature, we also organized these artists’ activities to see how their capabilities operated within the community. Park Jong-woo, who has no connection with Andong, is not relevant simply because he was a teacher at Andong High School. At the time, Andong had no writer in terms of the ready-made paragraph, and the ruins had not been properly restored since the war. It was not an environment that was conducive for a concentration of artistic or literary competence. I think that the reason Park Jong-Woo was able to lead and create a literary atmosphere in Andong is because there is a great reason behind the formation of the region’s modern literature. The fact that Andong’s modern literature began with a focus on student drivers reveals an important regional cultural characteristic. Park’s influence is largely mentioned in two ways. Machyang is a literary teacher’s map of poetry creation as well as a method of group organization. The former brought a new energy to the literature hall in Andong, from which modern literature was absent. It can be said that it played an important role in overcoming the devastated post-war local cultural reality. In Andong, which was ruined during the war, Park Jong-woo evoked a new cultural transformation phenomenon, resulting in a student literature movement. The movement is not limited to Andong. Students from Gyeongsangnam-do, North Korea, who responded to Park Jong-woo’s guidance on poetry creation, play a central role in the field of local literature today. In the case of Andong, in particular, there are many students who were able to attend university through the literary scholarship system.
School libraries and makerspaces: a metric research

This work is funded by national funds through the Foundation for Science and Technology and by the EuropeanRegional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program(POCI) and PT2020, under the project UID/HIS/ 00057/2019.