bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
CPU Scheduling Techniques: A Review on Novel Approaches Strategy and Performance Assessment
Authors: Harki Naji , Ahmed Abdulraheem , Haji Lailan
Published: May 2020

The operating system (OS) is now being widely used in many of the various modern applications in recent years, ranging from diabetic monitoring to other strategic planning. The main function of any OS is to control and coordinate all hardware resources among the commands of the same/different user, which increases the efficiency of advanced comprehensive applications. In an autonomous computer system, the CPU is one of the important resources to manage and process all activities which require scheduling techniques on a processor. Since the early days of computing and other multi-programming OS, various studies have been assigned to CPU scheduling techniques based on processes management and performance evaluation. Thus, outlining the many issues related to scheduling methodologies and the weaknesses that need to be addressed. This review paper is organized based on two distinct perspectives: the implement strategies of CPU scheduling technique and criteria-based measures used, which assess how the strategies are analyzed and used under performance evaluation.
didascalia, olvidada función esencial de la Iglesia
Authors: García Ahumada Enrique
Published: May 2020

Para demostrar que la didascalia o educación de cristianos es olvidada función esencial de la Iglesia en la normativa pastoral actual, se tratan los temas siguientes: 1) Minusvaloración de la función educativa de la Iglesia en la normativa pastoral actual. 2) La didascalia es función esencial de la Iglesia en los textos bíblicos sobre su fundación. 3) Jesús Maestro fundó la Iglesia esencialmente educadora. 4) La constante praxis educadora de la Iglesia en la historia de la evangelización. 5) Importancia de la educación en la doctrina eclesiológica del Concilio Vaticano II.
fiscales de Chiloé como ejemplo de efectivos agentes trasmisores de la fe cristiana
Authors: Sepúlveda Hernaiz Juan P.
Published: May 2020

El artículo explora el aporte del ministerio laico de los fiscales de Chiloé a la evangelización contemporánea, marcada por un entorno plural y diverso en ofertas de sentido, a partir de tres aspectos que pudieran ser determinantes para un nuevo paradigma misionológico: protagonismo laico, el principio de adaptabilidad y la evangelización desde dentro. Por consiguiente, se intenta mostrar su pertinencia en tanto qué caminos por explorar para que la evangelización siga teniendo algún sentido en el siglo XXI.
KÖPEKLERDE HİPERTROFİK OSTEODİSTROFİ
Authors: TEKİN Deniz , ERGİN Selahattin Halil
Published: May 2020

İlk olarak 1935'te bildirilen hipertrofik osteodistrofi genç, hızlı büyüyen köpeklerde görülen, uzun kemiklerin metafizer bölgesini etkileyen bir kemik hastalığıdır. Patogenezi belirsiz olan bu hastalık, Weimaraner ve Great Dane ırkı köpekler daha sık görülmektedir. Etkilenen hayvanlarda anoreksi, pireksi, letarji, topallık ve kilo kaybına kadar değişen klinik belirtileri gösterirken, lezyonlar özellikle distal radius-ulna ve tibia olmak üzere uzun kemiklerin metafizer bölgelerinde görülür. Hipertrofik osteodistrofi hastalığının tanısında radyografi, tomografi gibi görüntüleme araçlarının yanısıra histopatolojik incelemelerden de yararlanılabilir. Bu çalışmada hipertrofik osteodistrofinin klinik görünümü, tanısı ve sağaltımı hakkında bilgi verilecektir.
PIAGAM MADINAH SEBAGAI KONSEP BUDAYA DAN PERADABAN
Authors: Lukman Lukman
Published: May 2020

Tujuan Penelitian: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap Piagam Madinah sebagai konsep budaya dan peradaban. Metode Penelitian: Kualitatif. Hasil Penelitian: Artikel ini mencoba memaparkan Piagam Madinah sebagai konsep budaya dan peradaban. Hasil dari tulisan ini membuktikan bahwa nilai-nilai Islam dalam bentuk Piagama Madinah yang berlaku dalam kehidupan masyarakat Yatsrib itulah yang kemudian mendasari terbentuknya kebudayaan dan peradaban yang tinggi. Diantara nilai-nilai tersebut adalah bahwa Islam menghapuskan kebodohan (buta huruf), Islam merangsang daya observasi untuk memperhatikan dan meneliti alam semesta, Piagam madinah juga membina daya cipta masyarakat, membina bakat dan potensi sehingga seimbang lahir dan batinnya, seimbang ilmu dan akhlaknya, seimbang ikhtiar dan do’anya. Dengan demikian seharusnya ini menjadi kesadaran semua pihak dalam melakukan pengembangan dan pembinaan masyarakat. Bahwa masyarakat madinah yang dibina oleh Rasulullah Shallallahu ‘Alaihi wa Sallam adalah contoh masyarakat ideal yang harus di ikuti.
PEMBANGUNAN MASYARAKAT SEBAGAI KONSEP DAKWAH DAN PEMBANGUNAN MADINAH SEBAGAI CONTOH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Tohir Sya’roni
Published: May 2020

Tujuan Penelitian: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui konsep pembangunan masyarakat dan pembangunan Madinah sebagai contoh community development. Metode Penelitian: Kualitatif. Hasil Penelitian: Konsep pengembangan masyarakat menurut Islam lebih holistik dari pada konsep pengembangan masyarakat secara umum. Dalam konsep pengembangan masyarakat menurut Islam tidak hanya dibangun hubungannya dengan sesama manusia (hubungan vertikal) tetapi dibangun juga hubungannya dengan  sang pencipta Allah Yang Maha Kuasa (horisontal). Konsep Pengembangan Masyarakat adalah bagian dari Konsep Da'wah. Oleh kerena itu hendaknya para pelaku pengembangan masyarakat dari kalangan umum menggunakan konsep Da'wah sebagai konsep pengembangan masyarakat. Dan yang lebih terpenting lagi sudah seharusnya bagi para da'i, melakukan pengembangan masyarakat sebagai implementasi konsep da'wah.
Korelasi Motivasi Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Sumber Daya Insani Di Politeknik Al Islam Bandung Tahun 2017
Authors: Nuramdiani Dian , Resmiati Nieke , Kaerunnisa Yoppie
Published: May 2020

As one of higher education institutions, Politeknik Al Islam Bandung should be able togive optimal services in producing qualified graduates. As one living organisms thathas a major role in achieving goals of higher education institutions, the Politeknik AlIslam Bandung requires qualified and profesional human resources. The aim of thisstudy is to find out the information about human resources in Politeknik Al IslamBandung, and also to know the correlation between work motivation owned by itshuman resources and resulted performance. The study was conducted on 37respondents consisting of lecturers and staffs of Politeknik Al Islam Bandung. Theresults show that about 83.8% of human resources of Politeknik Al Islam Bandunghave high motivation, with an average of 120,4. The correlation between workmotivation and performance conducted by them belongs to strong category, which is proved by r coefficient value of 0,695. The significance test was carried out with asignificance level of 5% to prove positive and significant relationships between thework motivation and performance of the human resources. The results show that tcountis greater than ttable (5.72 > 1.689). It means that this study has succesfully proved thatthere is a strong relationship between work motivation and performance.
KPC-2 producing Pseudomonas putida as an unexpected pathogen of catheter-associated bloodstream infection
Authors: Chamon Raiane Cardoso , Abel da Rocha Jaqueline , Araujo Martins Isabella , Lopes Pires Laís , Macêdo de Almeida Breno , Souza Leite Nahara , Rezende Vieira de Mendonça Souza Cláudia , Zahner Viviane , Leite Ribeiro Rachel , Pavoni Gomes Chagas Thiago , Souto Martins Ianick
Published: May 2020

Infections due to multidrug resistant Gram-negative pathogens are of great concern worldwide, as they are frequently associated with high mortality and morbidity rates. The occurrence of Pseudomonas spp. producing Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPCs) imposes a great challenge through treatment course of bloodstream infections (BSIs). Pseudomonas putida has been recognized as an emerging pathogen of healthcare associated infections (HAIs). Therefore, we aimed to report a case of a non-fatal case of peripheral line associated BSI (PLA-BSI) in an immunocompromised host due to P. putida harboring blaKPC-2 gene in Brazil. A P. putida isolate was recovered from a blood culture of a 72-year-old man admitted at a University Hospital, identified by BD Phoenix™ 100 (Becton, Dickinson and Company), causing PLA-BSI. The species identification was confirmed by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and resistance to carbapenems were confirmed by Epsilometer test (E-test®). Additionally, the presence of important carbapenemases genes (blaKPC, blaNDM, blaOXA-48-like, blaSPM, blaIMP, blaVIM) was investigated by Polymerase Chain Reaction. The bacterial isolate was confirmed as meropenem resistant P. putida harboring blaKPC-2 gene.Thereofre, these fidings suggest that P. putida can work as a reservoir for resistance genes as this bacterium has the ability to disseminate through water-fluids inside hospital and community settings. Moreover, this paper highlights that a frequent and worldwide disseminated mechanism of resistance (blaKPC-2) is currently occurring among uncommon agents of BSI.
Purpureocillium lilacinum as unusual cause of pulmonary infection in immunocompromised hosts
Authors: Salazar-González Manuel A , Violante-Cumpa Jorge R , Alfaro-Rivera Christian G , Villanueva-Lozano Hiram , Treviño-Rangel Rogelio de Jesús , González Gloria M
Published: May 2020

Purpureocillium lilacinum (P. lilacinum) is an emergent pathogenic mold that presents more commonly as an ocular infection, cutaneous and/or subcutaneous infections in patients that are usually immunocompromised. A pulmonary presentation is rare, the clinical presentation is fever and cough with radiographic presentation as pleural effusion, single-lung consolidation, and cavitary pulmonary disease. We present a case of a patient with hematologic malignancy with febrile neutropenia; after receiving chemotherapy, the patient developed a pulmonary infection with multiple bilateral consolidations shown in the thoracic computed tomography scan. Fever persisted in spite of the use of wide-spectrum antibiotics and amphotericin. Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed and the samples were cultured, isolating in the Sabouraud Dextrous Agar a filamentous fungi growth with purple colonies that were identified morphologically as P. lilacinum and later it was confirmed by molecular methods. Once the infectious agent was identified, we continued amphotericin and oral voriconazole was added to the treatment with complete resolution of the infection. The report aims to create awareness of this emerging infectious disease, as there is little information concerning the treatment and the prognosis of patients infected by P. lilacinum with a pulmonary presentation.
North Atlantic white shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus (Decapoda: Penaeidae) as an aquaculture target species for farming: a review
Authors: Valenzuela-Jiménez Manuel , Durruty-Lagunes Claudia , Cuzon Gerard , Wasielesky Jr. Wilson , Gaxiola Gabriela
Published: May 2020

Litopenaeus setiferus has been described as an economically important native species ranging from the north Atlantic along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico to Florida. Its reproduction has been studied in captivity, as well as some aspects of its nutritional physiology, diseases and adaptation to various environments, including nurseries. In terms of growth, L. setiferus has been compared with L. vannamei for its performance in ponds. As a native species, L. setiferus benefits local fisheries and is also used as a bait shrimp for recreational activity. The present review covers background information and recent advances in research and development efforts to determine its potential both for aquaculture in ponds and intensive biofloc systems (BFT), as well as for the stocking of fishing grounds. The collective research advances for this species presented in this review could help to sustain various strategies, including highly intensive techniques, to rehabilitate L. setiferus in connection with potential institutes.
Diatomaceous earth application to improve shrimp aquaculture: growth performance and proximate composition of Penaeus vannamei juveniles reared in biofloc at two salinities
Authors: Martínez-Montaño Emmanuel , Rodríguez-Montes de Oca Gustavo A. , Román-Reyes José C. , Pacheco-Marges Rosario , Llanos Alejandro , Bañuelos-Vargas Isaura
Published: May 2020

Silicon dioxide has been used in aquaculture to increase the abundance of diatoms; however, its relationship with water quality or productive performance has not been investigated. Our study evaluated the effect of diatomite on water quality, growth performance and proximate composition of Penaeus vannamei reared in seawater (E1) and brackish water (E2) with biofloc. Two independent experiments (E1 and E2), each one with three treatments with biofloc were evaluated: treatments D with a weekly addition of diatomite (10 g m-3); the treatments D plus a continuous inoculum of diatom Chaetoceros muelleri (DD); and only biofloc like control, for E1 was used post-larvae with an initial body weight (IBW) of 0.0075 g; while in E2 was used juvenile with an IBW of 1.42 g. After seven weeks in E1, non-significant differences were registered in survival, weight gain (WG), specific growth rate (SGR) and feeding conversion rate (FCR) between DD treatment and control. However, in E2, the treatment D showed significantly higher WG (9.83 g) and SGR (4.25% d-1) compared to control (7.64 g and 3.86% d-1, respectively). Conversely, the FCR was lower in treatment D (1.16) compared to control (1.49). Non-significant differences were recorded in the proximate composition for shrimp, periphyton, and biofloc, among treatments in both experiments. Levels of nitrogenous wastes were similar among treatments. While in E2, the concentration of settleable solids was significantly higher in treatments with diatomite compared to control. Our results recommend the use of diatomite to improve the growth performance of shrimps cultured in brackish water with biofloc.
The seasonal entrance of Penaeus setiferus and Penaeus duorarum postlarvae into Términos Lagoon, Campeche, México
Authors: Puentes-Salazar Araceli , Cervantes-Hernandez Pedro , Gómez-Ponce Mario A.
Published: May 2020

This study establishes the season for the immigration (recruitment) of Penaeus setiferus and P. duorarum postlarvae into Términos Lagoon, México, as well as the hydrological conditions that occur during this event. The abundance of postlarvae of both species was used to infer the reproductive period for each species. The zooplankton collection was carried out monthly for three years. The nets used were 50 cm in diameter, 1.5 m in length and 505 μm mesh size, and temperature and salinity were measured with an YSI. The fluvial discharges were taken from Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA). The harmonic pattern variation (HPV) was analyzed for each variable (density of postlarvae, salinity, temperature and fluvial discharge). A cycle was analyzed and divided into two episodes (rise and descent) to estimate the HPV of each postlarval species. The entrance of both postlarval species starts from June to September, with higher density in August, which decreases from October to May, with the lowest density in March. The first episode was established from June to August and the second episode in September. During the first episode the hydrological conditions were: high salinity (34), a warm temperature (30ºC) and low accumulated fluvial discharge (2,828 m3 s-1), while, in the second, they were low salinity (28), a moderately warm temperature (29ºC) and high accumulated fluvial discharge (3,934 m3 s-1).
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Polymorphism in Bladder Cancer: A Review
Authors: Siregar Ginanda Putra
Published: May 2020

Bladder cancer is one of the most common urinary tract cancers. The main risk factors for bladder cancer are tobacco usage, aging, gender, exposure to chemicals and drugs such as cyclophosphamide and chlornaphazine, chronic bladder problems, and genetics. Genetic factors continue to be studied including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene polymorphism. Overexpression of VEGF is known to be higher in bladder cancer patient than healthy individual. It is also associated with tumor progression, metastasis, recurrence, and survival since VEGF and its receptor play a key role in angiogenesis. Many studies evaluated the relationship between VEGF polymorphism and the risk of bladder cancer, but the results were inconsistent because of ethnicity and geographical influences. The present study aims to raise knowledge about the role of VEGF polymorphisms on risk of bladder cancer.
Moth versus fly: a preliminary study of the pollination mode of two species of endemic Asteraceae from St Helena (Commidendrum robustum and C. rugosum) and its conservation implications
Authors: Paajanen Mikko , Cronk Quentin
Published: May 2020

Commidendrum robustum (Roxb.) DC. (St Helena gumwood) and C. rugosum (Dryand.) DC. (St Helena scrubwood) are ecologically important, endemic woody Asteraceae from the isolated South Atlantic island of St Helena. Once very abundant, they now exist in sparse fragmented populations due to 500 years of environmental destruction. They are sister taxa that evolved on the island and are reported to hybridise. Commidendrum rugosum has a saucer-like erect capitulum, whereas C. robustum has a somewhat globular hanging capitulum. Using daytime timelapse photography to follow capitula through their life cycle, we found that C. rugosum appears to be myophilous, visited largely by flies (including the endemic syrphid, Sphaerophoria beattiei Doesburg & Doesburg) and occasionally by Lepidoptera. Commidendrum robustum, on the other hand, although visited by flies, strongly attracts moths (especially noted at the Millennium Forest site). Our data suggest that moth visits may reduce visits from flies due to the sensitivity of flies to interference by other insects. We conclude that C. robustum may have a mixed syndrome of myophily/phalaenophily and that there is apparently some divergence of the pollination niche between the two species. Its potential in attracting moths, coupled with its former abundance, suggests that it may have been a major food source for adults of the numerous endemic moths. Pollinator activity was measured by insect visitation rates (mean visits per capitulum per day, V) and insect residence time (mean pollinator kiloseconds per capitulum per day, R). Both are higher for C. robustum (C. rugosum, V = 16.4, R = 3.101; C. robustum, V = 34.0, R = 8.274), reflecting the abundance of moths on the capitula at the Millennium Forest site. The conservation implications of the pollination mode are that: (1) there is considerable pollinator activity on the capitula and pollination is not currently a limiting factor for plant reproduction; (2) gene exchange between geographically-isolated populations of C. rugosum is likely to be minimal due to the apparent reliance of the species for pollination on small flies (especially Sphaerophoria beattiei), which are believed to be not effective as pollinators over long distances (> 1 km). A possible exception is the strong-flying drone-fly, Eristalis tenax Linn. which, although not as abundant as Sphaerophoria, does visit the flowers; (3) there is considerable overlap between the two species in flower visitors and interspecific pollen transfer is possible where the two species grow intermixed (which has potential positive and negative implications for species survival).
Textos de la clerecía y de la lírica cortesana y de la cuestión de «lo oficial» y «lo popular»
Authors: Carrizo Rueda Sofía
Published: May 2020

El modelo de M. Bajtín no puede ser utilizado sin una crítica previa que supere los condicionamientos de la época en que fue elaborado. En el presente artículo se sugieren reflexiones sobre diversos aspectos y se analizan textos de Berceo, de Juan Ruiz y de Jorge Manrique que demuestran la necesidad de deslindar «lo carnavalesco» de toda referencia social.
El comercio de la madera en Madrid (primera mitad del siglo XVI)
Authors: Estella Margarita
Published: May 2020

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Mobile Based Sharing Class Presentation Display Management
Authors: Matias Junrie B. , Batingal Jr. Narciso M. , Cuasito Alvin Kleen L. , Tumalaytay Jenifer T.
Published: May 2020

In this paper, we present an application that helps the teachers in identifying slow learners in a class; similarly, the system will help slow learners cope up with their fast learner peers. Specifically, we evaluated the development of the Mobile-based Sharing Presentation Display Management to assist the teachers in identifying students that don’t understand the topic during lectures. Furthermore, the system automatically collects the students’ attendance, allows the learners to interact with each other, learners can ask questions through a messaging facility, while anonymous to their classmates they can inform the teacher to discuss the topic further presented in the current slide or to give them some time to process the item. Developed using open source technologies, the system can run on multiple platforms, including Android and Windows. Few issues arise during the testing; however, findings revealed that both students and teacher perceive the use of the system positively, and they find it very advantageous to improve their performance in the class.
Design and Implementation of a Smart Traffic Light Management System Controlled Wirelessly by Arduino
Authors: Alaidi Abdul Hadi M. , Aljazaery Ibtisam A. , Alrikabi Haider TH. Salim , Mahmood Ibrahim Nasir , Abed Faisal Theyab
Published: May 2020

In Iraq, the number of people who own vehicles has grown up significantly. However, this increment in vehicles number doesn’t accomplished by a study of roads and intersections expansion. As a result, traffic jams became a big problem that led to long waiting time at each intersection, increased car accidents, pollution, and economic problems. To solve this problem a Smart Traffic Light System (STLS) has been implemented using Arduino, camera, IR sensor to overcome traffic jams problems in Kut city – Iraq.
Design and Implementation of P2P Based Mobile App for Collaborative Learning in Higher Education
Authors: Blilat Asmae , Ibriz Abdelali
Published: May 2020

Within the recent years, mobile technologies have made major progress in its de-velopment. They have become an integral part of our daily life. Therefore, the big interest of using mobile technology in education process is comprehensible. A new technology was born called mobile learning (m-learning). The main benefits of this technology is sharing three important dimensions of learning resources namely learning contents, learning collaborators and learning services. In univer-sity courses, different forms of collaborative and peer learning are progressively used in order to assist students meet an assortment of learning outcomes. There-fore, the use of mobile technologies in education has become a crucial topic for research. Because mobile phone is the first choice of everyone to communicate, our research is focused on the use of smartphones as learning resources. In this paper, we propose an implementation of a new mobile application based peer-to-peer learning system named "EachOther" and a scenario for its usage applied on students of an IT course at the High School of Technology of Fez (ESTF). The aim of this work consists of the conception, the development and the implementa-tion of the mobile application based on Android system to support collaborative learning, by applying an object-oriented modeling language which is Unified Modeling Language (UML).
An Overview of Project-Based Learning Practices Within the Context of 21st Century Skills
Authors: Göloğlu Demir Cennet
Published: May 2020

This chapter develops an accurate understanding for project-based learning approach by examining the definitions, theoretical foundations, and historical process of the approach. It also aimed to, within the framework of this understanding, present the implementation stages and effectiveness of the approach as well as its interaction with the other methods in recent years. In this context, first, different definitions of project-based learning were examined, and then how it evolved into an approach from a concept in its historical development process was addressed. Implementation stages of project-based learning were reported as presented by different researchers. The standards set out due to the diversity experienced in implementation were associated with these steps.
Cognitive vs. Social Constructivist Learning for Research and Training on the Angoff Method
Authors: Iyioke Ifeoma Chika
Published: May 2020

This chapter aims to revitalize the use of the Angoff method in measuring students' performance in the educational contexts by offering guidance on the constructivist learning perspective that is more appropriate for training K-12 teachers. Specifically, it compares the cognitive and social constructivist theories and the Completely Structured Training (CST) and Partially Structured Training (PST) designs for conducting training on the Angoff method. The analysis argues for the relative efficacy of the cognitive constructivist perspective of the CST based on a breakdown of the cognitive strategies of the Angoff method judgments over the social constructivist perspective of the PST that emphasizes interpersonal interactions. The chapter concludes with recommendations for empirical comparisons of the quality of judgments based on the CST and PST models.
The Dance of Clark and Kozma
Authors: Kilis Selcan , Balbay Seher
Published: May 2020

The influence of media and method and their recent dramatic impact on learning have been discussed by many researchers in the instructional technology field and spurred the Clark-Kozma debate. This chapter explores the standpoints of preservice information and communication technology teachers attending a state university in Turkey. The findings are presented as a guide to educators and instructional designers, especially in their preservice research and practice. Participants were selected by convenience sampling, and their opinions were obtained following a debate on the topic. A questionnaire was administered for this purpose that had been prepared by the researchers. The results of the survey were augmented by detailed observations of the debate. Most of the participants agree that new media provides and facilitates the emergence of new methods or changes in existing methods, and learning and teaching benefit from approaches that combine the two.
Supporting a Value-Based Healthcare Paradigm With Digital Health and Wellness Personalised Monitoring Solutions
Authors: Wickramasinghe Nilmini , Goldberg Steve
Published: May 2020

Especially in the US, many are advocating for the incorporation of a value-based system for healthcare delivery including bundled payments for services in an attempt to address escalating healthcare costs. The following proffers the role for digital health solutions to support health and wellness management and the need to develop suitable sustainable business models. However, this approach brings a focus onto comorbidities and chronic conditions, which often need to be addressed or at least better managed before surgery can take place. This opens up the opportunity to examine the potential for digital health solutions such as mobile apps and serious games to provide an enabling or support role for individuals to better manage their chronic conditions. It also brings up the need for better, flexible models to assist health and wellness solution development.
Digital Recognition of Breast Cancer Using TakhisisNet
Authors: Nanni Loris , Lumini Alessandra , Maguolo Gianluca
Published: May 2020

In this chapter, the authors evaluate several basic image processing and advanced image pattern recognition techniques for automatically analyzing bioimages, with the aim of designing different ensembles of canonical and deep classifiers for breast lesion classification in ultrasound images. The analysis starts from convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in a square matrix that is used to feed other CNNs. The novel ensemble, named TakhisisNet, is the combination by sum rule of the whole set of the modified CNNs and the original one. Moreover, the performance of the system is further improved by combining it with some handcrafted features. Experimental results obtained on the well-known OASBUD breast cancer dataset (i.e., the open access series of breast ultrasonic data) and on a large set of bioimage classification problems show that TakhisisNet obtains very valuable results and outperforms other approaches previously tested in the same datasets.
Workforce Readiness and Digital Health Integration
Authors: Senanayake Buddhika , Tyagi Nirupama , Zhou Xiaoyun , Edirippulige Sisira
Published: May 2020

The benefits that digital health may offer include clinical, administrative, research, and educational. Research shows that if used in the right circumstances, digital health may increase access to healthcare services, improve clinical outcomes, safety, and quality of care. Digital health also has the potential to improve organisational efficiencies by reducing duplication and unnecessary diagnostic testing. From a healthcare consumer perspective, there is an expectation that healthcare services need to be provided in a more flexible and cost-effective way as in other spheres such as banking, commerce, and media. This is another important driver for consideration to integrate digital health in healthcare services. As digital health continues to be used in routine healthcare services, practitioners may require new knowledge, skills, and competencies to make the best use of this innovative method. Education and training relating to digital health have been recognised as a priority for developing the future healthcare workforce.
Process Analytics Model Approach in Healthcare
Authors: Kumar S. Santhosh , Sumathi A.
Published: May 2020

Process analytics involves the relationship between the doctor, diagnostic centers and patient. The primary advantages of using process analytics in healthcare are expert guidance, global medical assistance, and possible alternate treatment mechanisms. The secondary advantages are the analysis of the same type of disease complications and the creation of a disease-based healthcare data repository. This chapter focuses on the process model-based approach for healthcare analytics. The two emerging techniques Big data and IoT are needed to be incorporated with the process model for storing and analyzing the healthcare data. The first category assists administrators with identifying areas to streamline operations and concretely increase savings. Research and development are crucial aspects of healthcare, providing new innovative solutions and treatments that can be properly tracked, measured, and analyzed.
Toward Leadership Agility
Authors: Cleveland Simon , Cleveland Marisa
Published: May 2020

Companies are often challenged by the cultural diversity of the growing workforce. As a result, organizational leaders should develop culturally agile competencies in order to engage and motivate their employees. Leadership development programs exist to contribute to an individual's and an organization's success; however, there is a lack of studies that examine how such programs contribute to the development of cultural agility in leaders. Culturally agile leaders are more inclusive in their hiring practices and more open to encouraging more diversity within their own leadership network. Such leaders value collaboration and understand how culturally-grounded traditions and preferences effect transactions. This chapter addresses the roles of positionality and cultural agility, leadership development programs, and capacity and responsibility in building culturally agile leaders. The chapter also proposes how leaders have the capacity and the responsibility to develop other leaders through a relational leadership approach to promote inclusion and diversity.
Reading, Literature, and Literacy in the Mobile Digital Age
Authors: Fawsitt John
Published: May 2020

Reading and literature are struggling for relevance an environment where attention and the data they provide are seen as key motivators for commercial actors, and there is great pressure for those actors to provide engaging media to secure a meaningful market share. Thus, this media has to attract and keep user attention as quickly and as continuously as possible. The only limiting factors being those of time and energy of the user. Leisure hours that allowed periods for unbroken concentration and perusal of written texts are now devoted to online activities. What is not debated is that the effort and focus required to engage with the writer of fiction or other longer texts cannot be as automatically assumed now as it was before the digital age. Therefore, how can or should reading and literature and our notion of them and their purposes change?
Healthcare in India
Authors: Kumari Reenu
Published: May 2020

India facing some complex challenges in healthcare sectors like adaptation of hi tech (digital health), financing, approachability, and adaptability. Therefore, this chapter explores an overview of health and healthcare, source of financing in Indian healthcare, challenges and innovative solutions for the problems. This chapter also discussed the healthcare industry (global and India perspective) and found that total healthcare industry size will be increased US$ 160 Billion (2017) and US$ 372 billion (2022). Health financing is by a number of sources: (1) the tax-based public sector that comprises local, state, and central governments, in addition to numerous autonomous public sector bodies and the private sector. There are major challenges in Indian healthcare: population, non-commutation disease, new technology, inaccessibility to primary healthcare, and medical education. This chapter concluded by providing appropriate knowledge to the multidisciplinary groups such as researchers, policymakers, administrators, and politician.
Mathematical Model to Analyze Effect of Demonetization
Authors: Shah Nita H. , Yeolekar Bijal M. , Patel Zalak Ashvinkumar
Published: May 2020

Demonetization is a fundamental regulatory act of stripping in which a currency unit's status as an exchange is professed worthless. Generally, it is done whenever there is a change of national currency, often to be replaced of the old notes or coins with a new one. Sometimes, a country totally replaces the old currency with new currency. For example, in India recently the government demonetized RS. 500 and 1000 notes. So, one has to deposit their cash within limited time in the banks. The demonetization affects individuals mildly or potentially, which in turn affects banking sector. So, SMPB-model is proposed and analyzed for demonetization. The SMP-model is formulated with the system of nonlinear differential equations. The effect of demonetization is studied by calculating threshold using next generation matrix. The local and global stability for demonetization free equilibrium and demonetization equilibrium is worked out. The existence of the equilibrium is investigated. The model is validated with numerical simulation.
It Is Certainly a Different Manner!
Authors: Zakaria Norhayati , Mohd Yusof Shafiz Affendi , Muton Nursakirah Ab Rahman
Published: May 2020

The present study seeks to understand intercultural communication patterns, characteristics, and styles of team members that engage in virtual collaboration with people from diverse backgrounds known as global virtual team (GVT). Twenty respondents were interviewed in order to develop a rich understanding of the intercultural communication and styles within a GVT, based on Edward Hall's cultural dimensions. The results reveal that GVT members from high context cultures demonstrate indirect communication styles, use non-verbal approaches, and employ silence and polite gestures in certain situations, while low context GVT members are more prone to direct and straightforward communication styles with many verbal responses in online team discussion. In essence, the findings provide key implication to global managers: be prepared to work with cultural diversity in terms of being open-minded, develop a high level of tolerance, and become culturally sensitive to different approaches and preferences of communication styles as employed by team members when working at a distance.
Digital Learning Analytics Recommender System for Universities
Authors: Alharbi Hadeel , Sandhu Kamaljeet
Published: May 2020

The aim of this chapter is to present the multivariate analyses results of the factors that influence students' acceptance and the continuance usage intention of digital learning analytics recommender systems at higher education institutions in Saudi Arabia. Data was collected from 353 Saudi Arabian university students via an online digital survey questionnaire. The research model was then used to examine the hypothesized relationships between user experiences of the digital learning analytics recommender system and their intentions for long-term adoption of the system. The research model was primarily based on the technology acceptance model (TAM) developed by Davis (1989)—the variables ‘perceived usefulness', ‘perceived ease of use', and ‘acceptance', particularly—with ‘continuance usage intention' added as an endogenous construct and with ‘service quality' and ‘user experience' added as external variables.
Dot.com Price Bubble for the Venture Capital Growth of Digital Companies
Authors: Oral Ceren , Akkaya Göktuğ Cenk
Published: May 2020

Today, innovation performance is an important determinant of competition power and national progress. In the beginning of major innovation, new firms are created to benefit from new digital technologies, and investment and employment in the related industries is increasing. Venture capital (VC) plays an important role in financing venture businesses in the high digital technology sector. The VC market is now accessible at any point in history for ventures. Partly due to the rise of digital entrepreneur incubators, risk capitalists have spread throughout the spectrum. The new digital technology creates an almost constant balloon known as “tech bubble” or “dot com bubble,” which caused economic turmoil in the American stock market in the late '90s. Venture capital companies will be informed about market activity, price bubble history, risk capital, and price bubbles that can have a major impact on their business.
Exploiting User Check-In Data for Geo-Friend Recommendations in Location-Based Social Networks
Authors: Liu Shudong , Zhang Ke
Published: May 2020

The development of Web 2.0 technologies has meant that online social networks can both help the public facilitate sharing and communication and help them make new friends through their cyberspace social circles. Generating more accurate and geographically related results to help users find more friends in real life is gradually becoming a research hotspot. Recommending geographically related friends and alleviating check-in data sparsity problems in location-based social networks allows those to divide a day into different time slots and automatically collect user check-in data at each time slot over a certain period. Second, some important location points or regions are extracted from raw check-in trajectories, temporal periodic trajectories are constructed, and a geo-friend recommendation framework is proposed that can help users find geographically related friends. Finally, empirical studies from a real-world dataset demonstrate that this paper's method outperforms other existing methods for geo-friend recommendations in location-based social networks.
The Promotion of Self-Regulated Learning Through Peer Feedback in Initial Teacher Education
Authors: García Elena Cano , Pons-Seguí Laura
Published: May 2020

This study explores how peer-feedback promotes self-regulated learning (SRL) processes in initial teacher education. Self-regulation capacity is analyzed through Pintrich's MSLQ questionnaire. A total of 50 students have participated in this experience during the year 2015-2016. Tasks that enhanced self-regulation and learning to learn competence were developed in this course. In order to analyze the effect of these tasks on SRL, pre- and post-tests were administered to the experimental (n=50) and a control group (n=45). The results revealed an improvement in self-regulation capacity, especially in those items relative to help seeking, task value and self-efficacy.
Hyperbolic metric and membership of conformal maps in the Bergman space
Authors: Betsakos Dimitrios , Karafyllia Christina , Karamanlis Nikolaos
Published: May 2020

We prove that for $0<p<+\infty $ and $-1<\alpha <+\infty ,$ a conformal map defined on the unit disk belongs to the weighted Bergman space $A_{\alpha }^p$ if and only if a certain integral involving the hyperbolic distance converges.
Promoting Professional Development for Teachers Through a Scale of Competence Assessment
Authors: García-Martínez Inmaculada , Pérez-Ferra Miguel , Ubago-Jiménez Jose Luis , Quijano-López Rocío
Published: May 2020

Competencies are a key factor in the professional development of teachers. Additionally, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education are becoming increasingly important due to their potential in the field of education. The combination of both makes it easier to perform a comprehensive assessment of the level of competences of students in the Teacher Degree. The design of tasks and activities in order to promote their assessment enable classroom intervention. Indeed, this paper presents how ICTs have been used in university teaching. In order to respond to the evolution of training needs, we present a valid and reliable evaluation tool for professional competencies and learning results for prospective teachers (Pre-School and Primary Education). We applied for students from the Teacher Degree in their practicum period. Indeed, different learning and assessment tasks have been designed, some related to “correct” or “incorrect” teaching practices. This implies that the students have not only to do their tasks but to identify and to differentiate what is correct in their professional development. Finally, the instrument enables the assessment of the level of professional competencies acquired by prospective teachers during their training period.
A Study of Physio-Chemical Properties of Healthy and Declined Nagpur Mandarin
Orchards
Authors: Joshi Prashant , Kadam Dhiraj , Tayde Shakti , Dharmik Yogesh
Published: May 2020

The present investigation was carried out to characterize and classify some typical healthy and declined Nagpur mandarin gardens in Warud and Morshi Tahsil’s of Amravati District (M.S.). Total forty two representative surface and depth soil samples from healthy and declined Nagpur mandarin gardens were collected and analyzed for various physico-chemical properties. The findings revealed that the texture of soil is clayey (40 - 59 % clay in healthy gardens and 47.4 - 61.4 % clay in declined gardens). The bulk density and porosity in healthy gardens ranged 1.51 - 1.67 mg.m-3, 35.85 - 43.02 % in declined gardens; it varied from 1.51 to 1.66 mg.m-3 and 25.85 to 43.02 % respectively. The pH, organic carbon and CaCO3 content in healthy gardens soils varies 7.5 - 8.0, 4.8 - 9.0 g kg-1, 5.35 - 8.31 % and in declined gardens it’s 7.7 - 8.2, 1.95 - 3.75 gm kg-1, 6.71 - 10.53 % respectively. The electrical conductivity and cation exchange capacity of healthy gardens soil was noticed 0.21 - 0.28 d.Sm-1, 45.92 - 55.53 c.mol (p+) kg ha-1 and in declined gardens it varied 0.22 - 0.32 d.Sm-1, 46.20 - 51.92 c.mol (p+) kg ha-1 respectively. Further, no significant difference was found in clay, bulk density, porosity, electrical conductivity and cation exchange capacity in healthy and declined gardens; however soil reaction was found high in declined gardens than healthy gardens. Organic carbon content was high and free lime content was reported lower in healthy gardens than declined gardens. Study on depth wise distribution showed that bulk density, pH and electrical conductivity increase with soil depth. Organic carbon and cation exchange capacity decreases with soil depth. The available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content of healthy gardens surface soils are ranged 206.0 - 273.7 kg ha-1, 25.0 - 38.3 kg ha-1, 324 - 672 kg ha-1 and in declined gardens it’s varied as 135.4 - 206.8 kg ha-1, 19.8 - 23.3 kg ha-1, 364 - 750.4 kg ha-1 respectively. Available nitrogen and phosphorus content in healthy gardens found more supporting than declined ones. Depth wise distribution showed that available nitrogen and phosphorus showed decreasing trend with the soil depth.
An Efficient Cancer Classification Using Mid value K-means and Naïve Bayes
Authors: R Uma Maheswari
Published: May 2020

Cancer classification is very important in the field of bioinformatics for diagnosis of cancer cells. Accurate prediction of cancer is very important for providing better treatment and to avoid the additional cost associated with wrong therapy. In recent years for classifying the cancer numbers of methods have been exist. The main objective is to find the smallest set of genes by using machine learning algorithms. The proposed method initially uses Naive Bayes classifier with great flexibility. However, the Naive Bayes is not suitable for the classification of large datasets because of significant computational problems. The Naive Bayes combined with the mid k-means clustering (Km-Naive Bayes) is a fast algorithm developed to accelerate both the training and the prediction of Naive Bayes classifiers by using the cluster centers obtained from the k-means clustering. The new techniques namely weighted Mid K-means-Naive Bayes is implemented to improve accuracy and to reduce misclassification and noise arising from irrelevant genes. The proposed algorithm was evaluated with different classifier algorithms which were applied on the same database. The experimental results achieved the proposed Mid K-means - Naive Bayes classification accuracy has 88.8%.
RENKSEL VE DOKUSAL ÖZELLİKLER KULLANARAK ALEV VE ALEV OLMAYAN GÖRÜNTÜ KESİTLERİNİN SINIFLANDIRILMASI
Authors: TOPTAŞ Buket , HANBAY Davut
Published: May 2020

Orman yangınları, ekolojik dengeyi olumsuz yönde etkileyen bir afet türüdür. Orman yangınlarının olumsuz etkilerini azaltmak için yangının yapısının iyi bilinmesi gerekir. Bu çalışmada, orman yangın görüntülerinden elde edilen renksel ve dokusal özellikler kullanılarak alev görüntüleri sınıflandırılmıştır. Yapılan çalışmada alev ve alev olmayan 3100 adet görüntü kesiti üzerinde incelemeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Renk özelliklerinin belirlenmesinde RGB renk uzayı kullanılmıştır. Dokusal özelliklerin belirlenmesinde ise Laws’ın Doku Enerji Ölçümleri ve Gri Seviye Eş Oluşum Matrisinden gelen doku özellikleri kullanılmıştır. Alev ve alev olmayan kesitlerden öznitelikler çıkarıldıktan sonra, Destek Vektör Makineleri ve Yapay Sinir Ağları ile sınıflandırılmıştır. Sınıflandırma başarısı Destek Vektör Makineleri ile %95, Yapay Sinir Ağları ile %96 olarak belirlenmiştir.
ORGANIC SOLAR CELL WITH SPDA: AG NANOWIRE NETWORK
Authors: TAŞALTIN Nevin , KARACA Bahriye
Published: May 2020

In this study, Sulfonated poly (diphenylamine): Ag nanowire network transparent conductive electrode was prepared that is expected to have high transparency and low resistance for organic solar cells. The resistance value was 10 Ωsq-1 and the optical permeability value was 88% with Sulfonated poly (diphenylamine): Ag nanowire network electrode. By using the electrode in organic solar cell, the solar cell efficiency was obtained 2.7%. The prepared Sulfonated poly (diphenylamine): Ag nanowire network electrode is an alternative to Indium tin oxide for use in organic electronic devices as a promising electrode and can also be used in flexible electronic applications.