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Physicochemical Quality and Microbial Activity of Dairy Milk with Ozonation
Authors: Suprapto Dodik , Radiati Lilik Eka , Mahdi Chanif , Evanuarini Herly
Published: July 2021

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ozone exposure to the physicochemical and microbial activity in dairy milk. The research material was fresh milk from dairy cows and ozone was produced by commercial ozone generator brand HANACO, production capacity up to 0.702 mg/min at 24-27ºC with oxygen source coming from ambient air in the nature. The experiment used ozone treatments for 0, 10, 20, and 30 min with variable of analysis such as density, protein, fat, electrical resistance, total plate count, and malondialdehyde which was analyzed using One Way Annova. The results showed that ozone treatment had no significant effect on the density, protein and fat in dairy milk, but had significant (P<0.05) effect on the electrical resistance, total plate count, and production of malondialdehyde. Electrical resistance and malondialdehyde were increased, while total plate count was decreased over time with the ozone exposure. Ozonation is possible to reducing yield loss on milk production that is caused by microbial activity without changing the physicochemical properties of dairy milk.
Agricultura y soberanía alimentaria
Authors: Alcácer Santos César , René Flores Carlos , Calderón Borrero Carlos Enrique , Pardo Moreno Pablo , Vergara Romero Arnaldo , Jadán Solís Katty Pilar , Quinde Rosales Francisco Antonio , Aguilera Peña Roberto , Sorhegui Ortega Rafael Antonio , Najarro Quintero Rodolfo
Published: July 2021

De acuerdo con la División de Población del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de las Naciones Unidas1 , se espera que la población mundial aumente en 2 mil millones de personas en los próximos 30 años, de 7.7 mil millones actualmente a 9.7 mil millones en 2050, con perspectivas de alcanzar los 11 mil millones a fines del presente siglo. Las razones para estas proyecciones de crecimiento son ya conocidas: la población mundial está envejeciendo debido al aumento de la esperanza de vida mientras que aún existen países, la mayoría en vías de desarrollo, con tasas de natalidad muy elevadas. Los cambios resultantes en el tamaño, composición y distribución de la población mundial tendrán sin duda consecuencias importantes para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), los objetivos acordados a nivel mundial para mejorar la prosperidad económica y el bienestar social al tiempo que se protege el medio ambiente.
Análisis espacial de los delitos y aplicación de la normativa jurídica ecuatoriana
Authors: Alcívar Trejo Carlos , Calderón Cisneros Juan Tarquino , Blanc Pihuave Glenda , Duchi Ortega Bolívar , Calderón Cisneros Juan Tarquino
Published: July 2021

En el presente libro se abordará una revisión actualizada de la distribución de la delincuencia en Guayaquil, mediante el uso de técnicas geoestadísticas. En el análisis espacial se determinan modelos teóricos de ajustes de los variogramas con el objetivo de estudiar los tipos de delitos que se distribuyen en cuatro jefaturas o departamentos dentro del sistema de la Policía Judicial del Guayas que son; delitos contra la propiedad, delitos a la administración y fe pública, vehículos y delitos contra las personas. Con la aplicación de los métodos geoestadísticos se puede obtener mapas de estimación y de varianza; y con este se determinan los lugares donde se concentran la mayor incidencia de delitos en la ciudad de Guayaquil.
La cultura organizacional: Eje de acción de la gestión humana
Authors: Llanos Encalada Mónica , Pacheco Rodríguez Miryam Gabriela , Romero Vélez Eva Marisol , Coello Arrata Fabiola , Armas Ortega Yadira Mariuxi
Published: July 2021

La cultura organizacional es considerada la personalidad de la organización, el conjunto de características que le proporcionan su propia identidad y le permiten diferenciarse de las otras. Así como las personas poseen ciertas características de personalidad que se pueden considerar debilidades o fortalezas, las cuales -al no ser manejadas adecuadamente afecta las relaciones interpersonales, en la organización sucede algo similar, la cultura es su personalidad, con características positivas y negativas, la misma que influye y afecta los diferente ámbitos relacionales, tales como: el cliente interno (colaboradores y directivos) y los clientes externos (clientes- proveedores y comunidad). Estas características serán precisamente cualitativas y difícil de identificarlas, por ello se hace necesario intervenir en su abordaje. Por ello, en el presente texto, se enfatiza la importancia de la cultura como eje de acción de la gestión humana, siendo que toda organización indistintamente de su misión y giro de negocio, está conformada por personas. Cada vez, son más las organizaciones que consideran la cultura como estrategia competitiva, ya que les permite institucionalizar y fomentar entre sus colaboradores los valores, formas de comunicación y de relaciones laborales que propenden al éxito de sus organizaciones.
La comunicación de las marcas: Branding
Authors: Diego A. Ontiveros Diego A. , Chaves Norberto , Roberts Kevin , Capriotti Paul , Africano Leandro , Cleres Benito , Sapoznik Marcelo , Werbin Brener Edgardo , Martinelli Celi María Fabiana , Sánchez Eduardo D. , Pierini Adrián , Islas Octavio , Lam de Cheung Vanessa , Sznaider Beatriz , Stellato Federico , Ezequiel Torrandell Cristian
Published: July 2021

El Diccionario de la Real Academia Española de la Lengua define a la sinergia como la “Acción de dos o más causas cuyo efecto es superior a la suma de los efectos individuales”. Es precisamente la sinergia uno de los pilares de la acción académica que como universidad realizamos, buscando constantemente el sumar nuestras potencialidades con instituciones que tienen objetivos comunes de creación y producción intelectual, para así obtener resultados más fructíferos que aporten al conocimiento global. Con este eje en la mira, la Universidad Ecotec suscribió un convenio de cooperación académica con el Grupo DIRCOM de Latinoamérica, para la publicación de textos que enriquezcan el acervo bibliográfico en áreas de comunicación, marketing, relaciones públicas y afines. En esta ocasión, y como segunda colaboración entre nuestras instituciones, tengo el agrado de presentar el libro “Marcas” desarrollado como un compendio de temas de branding, concepción de identidad e imagen corporativa, y marketing, a cargo de valiosos docentes de importantes universidades hermanas de Latinoamérica. Para la Universidad Ecotec, esto es una muestra del trabajo integrado y colaborativo que se puede lograr en pos del avance de las ciencias sociales en Latinoamérica.
El legado del siglo XXI en el Ecuador: un análisis teórico y académico
Authors: Cornejo Marcos Gino Geovanny , García Fabre Eva Irene , Zavala Egas Jorge Enrique , Roldós Aguilera León Eusebio , Acosta Burneo Alberto , Alarcón Burmeo Patricio , Avilés Juan Miguel , Vareles Sandoval Miguel , Quiroga Magallanes José , Reyes de Luca María Antonieta , Zevallos Macchiavello Joaquín , Peña Hurtado Eduardo , Gallardo Zavala Jorge , Márquez Sánchez Fidel , Ortiz de la Cadena Fausto , Ordeñana Rodríguez Xavier , Bucaram Villacis Santiago , Cortez Castro Carlos , Campana Sáenz Pablo
Published: July 2021

Cuando el economista Rafael Correa llegó al poder en 2007, con mayores o menores matices, la tendencia política en América Latina era el socialismo del siglo XXI. Es en ese entorno que, en estos diez últimos años, el régimen ejerció un predominio político en el Ecuador, apoyado por los altos precios del petróleo, un elevado gasto público y mayor endeudamiento. Lo llamaron el “milagro ecuatoriano”. Pero todo fue una entelequia, hoy el país se encuentra en una crisis económica que se ve reflejada en la baja competitividad, desaceleración de la economía, el deterioro del mercado laboral, y el desequilibrio en las finanzas públicas. A esto hay que agregarle, la concepción poco democrática del poder, al construir una institucionalidad que ha quedado en entredicho y que fue concebida a medida de las autoridades y funcionarios públicos. Es en este contexto que se organizó el foro: “El Ecuador de hoy, retos y perspectivas. Estado, Economía y Empresa” celebrado en la Universidad Tecnológica ECOTEC, justamente para tratar estos temas de gran relevancia para la sociedad guayaquileña y nacional. Como un proceso de industrialización, tiene una marcada importancia al generar saltos cualitativos en la producción, a través de la incorporación de valor agregado y conocimiento, lo cual favorece la innovación, el foro abrió un espacio de diálogo sobre este tema que lo expuso de manera magistral la Ministra de Industrias Ing. Eva García Fabre
Systemic Agro-Homeopathy: A New Approach to Agriculture
Authors:   School of Integrated Medicine of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, Lorenzo Francesco Di , Dinelli Giovanni ,   Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Marotti Ilaria ,   Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Trebbi Grazia ,   Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Published: July 2021

Modern agriculture must meet the changing needs of society both in terms of food quality and with regards to the environmental issues related to primary production (e.g., biodiversity, habitats, the quality of water and air, and climate change). In this context, win-win solutions at the farm level are required, with more sustainable food production, as well as, a reduction in air, water, and soil pollution, and loss of biodiversity and natural resources. To address these issues, a new emerging discipline called “systemic agro-homeopathy” is currently being developed. This approach considers plants and their interactions with the environment as a unified agroecosystem, called the “holon” and it is based on the use of substances at ultrahigh dilutions that are safe for farmers and have no ecological side effects. This report describes the principles and the application of this approach.
Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Approaches to COVID-19: A Narrative Review
Authors:   NEMA Research, Inc., Naples, Florida, United States of America, Pergolizzi Joseph V. , LeQuang Jo Ann ,   NEMA Research, Inc., Naples, Florida, United States of America, Magnusson Peter ,   Centre for Research and Development, Region Gävleborg/Uppsala University, Gävle, and the Department of Medicine, Cardiology Research Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Varrassi Giustino ,   Paolo Procacci Foundation, Rome, Italy
Published: July 2021

Traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine (TCIM) approaches to COVID-19 represent a paradigm shift from Western medicine, in that TCIM emphasizes prevention, encouraging wellness, and supporting health and recovery. A wide range of TCIM approaches exist: whole medical systems (such as traditional Chinese medicine), mind-body approaches, biological therapies, body-based treatments, and energy therapies. TCIM is used to help people resist infection, but people with moderate to severe COVID-19 symptoms often relied on integrative approaches using both traditional and Western medicine. It is estimated that over 90% of the infected population in Hubei China had used some form of traditional medicine to treat COVID. Ayurvedic medicine promotes immune-boosting strategies. Among biologically based therapies, there are vitamin therapies and “immune-nutrition” as well as traditional botanical treatments. Energy therapies have been promoted by the Chinese government to treat COVID-19 which may cause a loss of qi energy and an imbalance with too much yang energy in relation to yin. In many ways, it is difficult to apply Western approaches of clinical trials to TCIM, where most treatments are preventive, restorative, and highly individualized. However, the role of TCIM in COVID-19 was significant and underscores the value of TCIM approaches not just in this pandemic but for other infectious diseases as well. This is a narrative review rather than a systematic review or meta-analysis.
Attitudes Toward the Environment and Use of Information and Communication Technologies to Address Environmental Health Risks in Marginalized Communities: Prospective Cohort Study
Authors: Perez-Ramos Jose G , McIntosh Scott , Barrett Emily S , Velez Vega Carmen M , Dye Timothy D
Published: July 2021

Background

Information and communication technologies, including mobile health (mHealth), can help isolated communities address environmental health challenges. The Puerto Rican island of Culebra has faced multiple sociopolitical and economic factors that have distressed the island’s environment and health. Culebrenses are technologically engaged and have demonstrated a use of technology that transcends socioeconomic barriers. As a result, technological interventions could potentially help manage environmental risks on the island.

Objective

This study aims to test and evaluate the potential benefits of an mHealth tool, termed ¡mZAP! (Zonas, Acción y Protección), for engaging communities with environmental risks through technology.

Methods

Participants using ¡mZAP! (N=111) were surveyed. Bivariate analyses were used to examine associations of mHealth use with sociodemographics, technology use, an adapted environmental attitudes inventory, and the multidimensional health locus of control. Logistic regression was used to examine associations between attitudes toward environmental health risks and mHealth use.

Results

Higher positive attitudes toward the environment were significantly associated with the use of ¡mZAP! (odds ratio 5.3, 95% CI 1.6-17.0). Environmental attitudes were also associated with the multidimensional health locus of control powerful others subscale (P=.02), indicating that attitudes toward the environment become more negative as feelings controlled by others increase. Participants felt that the authorities would resolve the challenges (63/111, 56.7%).

Conclusions

Perceived lack of control could present barriers to collective actions to address salient environmental health challenges in communities. The ongoing dependency on government-based solutions to community problems is worrisome, especially after the hurricane experiences of 2017 (which may potentially continue to be an issue subsequent to the more recent 2020 earthquakes).
Common Data Elements for Meaningful Stroke Documentation in Routine Care and Clinical Research: Retrospective Data Analysis
Authors: Berenspöhler Sarah , Minnerup Jens , Dugas Martin , Varghese Julian
Published: July 2021

Background

Medical information management for stroke patients is currently a very time-consuming endeavor. There are clear guidelines and procedures to treat patients having acute stroke, but it is not known how well these established practices are reflected in patient documentation.

Objective

This study compares a variety of documentation processes regarding stroke. The main objective of this work is to provide an overview of the most commonly occurring medical concepts in stroke documentation and identify overlaps between different documentation contexts to allow for the definition of a core data set that could be used in potential data interfaces.

Methods

Medical source documentation forms from different documentation contexts, including hospitals, clinical trials, registries, and international standards, regarding stroke treatment followed by rehabilitation were digitized in the operational data model. Each source data element was semantically annotated using the Unified Medical Language System. The concept codes were analyzed for semantic overlaps. A concept was considered common if it appeared in at least two documentation contexts. The resulting common concepts were extended with implementation details, including data types and permissible values based on frequent patterns of source data elements, using an established expert-based and semiautomatic approach.

Results

In total, 3287 data elements were identified, and 1051 of these emerged as unique medical concepts. The 100 most frequent medical concepts cover 9.51% (100/1051) of all concept occurrences in stroke documentation, and the 50 most frequent concepts cover 4.75% (50/1051). A list of common data elements was implemented in different standardized machine-readable formats on a public metadata repository for interoperable reuse.

Conclusions

Standardization of medical documentation is a prerequisite for data exchange as well as the transferability and reuse of data. In the long run, standardization would save time and money and extend the capabilities for which such data could be used. In the context of this work, a lack of standardization was observed regarding current information management. Free-form text fields and intricate questions complicate automated data access and transfer between institutions. This work also revealed the potential of a unified documentation process as a core data set of the 50 most frequent common data elements, accounting for 34% of the documentation in medical information management. Such a data set offers a starting point for standardized and interoperable data collection in routine care, quality management, and clinical research.
Effect of the Period From COVID-19 Symptom Onset to Confirmation on Disease Duration: Quantitative Analysis of Publicly Available Patient Data
Authors: Park Myung-Bae , Park Eun Young , Lee Tae Sic , Lee Jinhee
Published: July 2021

Background

In general, early intervention in disease based on early diagnosis is considered to be very important for improving health outcomes. However, there is still insufficient evidence regarding how medical care that is based on the early diagnosis of confirmed cases can affect the outcome of COVID-19 treatment.

Objective

We aimed to investigate the effect of the duration from the onset of clinical symptoms to confirmation of COVID-19 on the duration from the onset of symptoms to the resolution of COVID-19 (release from quarantine).

Methods

For preliminary data collection, we performed data crawling to extract data from social networks, blogs, and official websites operated by local governments. We collected data from the 4002 confirmed cases in 33 cities reported up to May 31, 2020, for whom sex and age information could be verified. Subsequently, 2494 patients with unclear symptom onset dates and 1349 patients who had not been released or had no data about their release dates were excluded. Thus, 159 patients were finally included in this study. To investigate whether rapid confirmation reduces the prevalence period, we divided the duration from symptom onset to confirmation into quartiles of ≤1, ≤3, ≤6, and ≥7 days, respectively. We investigated the duration from symptom onset to release and that from confirmation to release according to these quartiles. Furthermore, we performed multiple regression analysis to investigate the effects of rapid confirmation after symptom onset on the treatment period, duration of prevalence, and duration until release from isolation.

Results

We performed multiple regression analysis to investigate the association between rapid confirmation after symptom onset and the total prevalence period (faster release from isolation). The time from symptom onset to confirmation showed a negative association with the time from confirmation to release (t1=−3.58; P<.001) and a positive association with the time from symptom onset to release (t1=5.86; P<.001); these associations were statistically significant.

Conclusions

The duration from COVID-19 symptom onset to confirmation date is an important variable for predicting disease prevalence, and these results support the hypothesis that a short duration of symptom onset to confirmation can reduce the time from symptom onset to release.
Early Acceptability of a Mobile App for Contact Tracing During the COVID-19 Pandemic in France: National Web-Based Survey (Preprint)
Authors: Touzani Rajae , Schultz Emilien , Holmes Seth M , Vandentorren Stéphanie , Arwidson Pierre , Guillemin Francis , Rey Dominique , Rouquette Alexandra , Bouhnik Anne-Déborah , Mancini Julien
Published: July 2021

BACKGROUND

Several countries have implemented mobile apps in an attempt to trace close contacts of patients with COVID-19 and, in turn, reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2. However, the effectiveness of this approach depends on the adherence of a large segment of the population.

OBJECTIVE

The aims of this study were to evaluate the acceptability of a COVID-19 contact tracing mobile app among the French population and to investigate the barriers to its use.

METHODS

The Health Literacy Survey 2019 questioned 1003 people in France during the COVID-19 pandemic on the basis of quota sampling. The survey collected sociodemographic characteristics and health literacy data, as well as information on participants’ communication with caregivers, trust in institutions, and COVID-19 knowledge and preventive behaviors. The acceptability of a mobile app for contact tracing was measured by a single question, the responses to which were grouped into three modalities: app-supporting, app-willing, and app-reluctant. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the factors associated with the acceptability of a mobile app during the COVID-19 pandemic.

RESULTS

Only 19.2% (193/1003) of all participants were app-supporting, whereas half of them (504/1003, 50.3%) were reluctant. The factors associated with willingness or support toward the contact tracing app included lower financial deprivation (app-willing: adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.8, 95% CI 0.69-0.93; app-supporting: aOR 0.7, 95% CI 0.58-0.84) and higher perceived usefulness of using a mobile app to send completed health questionnaires to doctors (app-willing: aOR 2.3, 95% CI 1.70-3.26; app-supporting: aOR 3.1, 95% CI 2.04-4.82). Furthermore, the likelihood of supporting the mobile app increased with age over 60 years (aOR 1.9, 95% CI 1.13-3.22), trust in political representatives (aOR 2.7, 95% CI 1.72-4.23), feeling concerned about the pandemic situation (aOR 2.2, 95% CI 1.47-3.32), and knowledge about the transmission of COVID-19 (aOR 2.0, 95% CI 1.39-2.96).

CONCLUSIONS

The most socioeconomically precarious people, who are at a higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, are also the most reluctant to using a contact tracing mobile app. Therefore, optimal adherence can only be effective with a targeted discourse on public health benefits to adopt such an app, which should be combined with a reduction in inequalities by acting on structural determinants.
Sunscreen Posts on Twitter in the United States and Canada, 2019: Content Analysis (Preprint)
Authors: Fazel Sajjad S , Quinn Emma K , Ford-Sahibzada Chelsea A , Szarka Steven , Peters Cheryl E
Published: July 2021

UNSTRUCTURED

Not applicable.
Early Detection of Cardiotoxicity From Systemic and Radiation Therapy in Patients With Breast Cancer: Protocol for a Multi-Institutional Prospective Study (Preprint)
Authors: Borgonovo Giulia , Vettus Elen , Greco Alessandra , Leo Laura Anna , Faletra Francesco Fulvio , Klersy Catherine , Curti Moreno , Valli Mariacarla
Published: July 2021

BACKGROUND

The incidence of breast cancer is rising worldwide. Recent advances in systemic and local treatments have significantly improved survival rates of patients having early breast cancer. In the last decade, great attention has been paid to the prevention and early detection of cardiotoxicity induced by breast cancer treatments. Systemic therapy-related cardiac toxicities have been extensively studied. Radiotherapy, an essential component of breast cancer treatment, can also increase the risk of heart diseases. Consequently, it is important to balance the expected benefits of cancer treatment with cardiovascular risk and to identify strategies to prevent cardiotoxicity and improve long-term outcomes and quality of life for these patients.

OBJECTIVE

This CardioTox Breast study aims to investigate the use of cardiac imaging, based on cardiac magnetic resonance and echocardiography, and to identify associated circulating biomarkers to assess early tissue changes in chemo-induced and radiation-induced cardiotoxicity in the time window of 12 months after the end of radiotherapy in patients with breast cancer.

METHODS

The CardioTox Breast trial is a multicenter observational prospective longitudinal study. We aim to enroll 150 women with stage I-III unilateral breast cancer, treated with breast conserving surgery, who planned to receive radiotherapy with or without systemic therapy. Baseline and follow-up data include cardiac measurements based on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, echocardiography, and circulating biomarkers of cardiac toxicity.

RESULTS

This study details the protocol of the CardioTox Breast trial. Recruitment started in September 2020. The results of this study will not be published until data are mature for the final analysis of the primary study end point.

CONCLUSIONS

The CardioTox Breast study is designed to investigate the effects of systemic and radiation therapy on myocardial function and structure, thus providing additional evidence on whether cardiac magnetic resonance is the optimal screening imaging for cardiotoxicity.

CLINICALTRIAL

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04790266; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04790266

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DERR1-10.2196/31887
Medical Needs Extraction for Breast Cancer Patients from Question and Answer Services: Natural Language Processing-Based Approach (Preprint)
Authors: Kamba Masaru , Manabe Masae , Wakamiya Shoko , Yada Shuntaro , Aramaki Eiji , Odani Satomi , Miyashiro Isao
Published: July 2021

BACKGROUND

A large number of patient narratives are available on various web services. As for web question and answer services, patient questions often relate to medical needs, and we expect these questions to provide clues for a better understanding of patients’ medical needs.

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to extract patients’ needs and classify them into thematic categories. Clarifying patient needs is the first step in solving social issues that patients with cancer encounter.

METHODS

For this study, we used patient question texts containing the key phrase “breast cancer,“ available at the Yahoo! Japan question and answer service, Yahoo! Chiebukuro, which contains over 60,000 questions on cancer. First, we converted the question text into a vector representation. Next, the relevance between patient needs and existing cancer needs categories was calculated based on cosine similarity.

RESULTS

The proportion of correct classifications in our proposed method was approximately 70%. Considering the results of classifying questions, we found the variation and the number of needs.

CONCLUSIONS

We created 3 corpora to classify the problems of patients with cancer. The proposed method was able to classify the problems considering the question text. Moreover, as an application example, the question text that included the side effect signaling of drugs and the unmet needs of cancer patients could be extracted. Revealing these needs is important to fulfill the medical needs of patients with cancer.
Editorial Note
Authors: Editorial Board  , Steuer Max
Published: July 2021

This Editorial Note, marking the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of the journal, introduces the results of the 2021 IAPSS Politikon Best Article Award. It furthermore discusses the results of selected performance indicators in the last annual reporting period (June 2020 to May 2021) and highlights important changes in the editorial composition and management of the journal.
The role of typology and formal similarity in third language acquisition (German and Spanish)
Authors: Božinović Nikolina , Perić Barbara
Published: July 2021

The focus of this study is the role of previously acquired languages in the acquisition of a third language (L3). It is focused on cross-linguistic influences (CLI) in German/Spanish third lan- guage acquisition (TLA) by learners with Croatian first language (L1) and English second language (L2). Participants in this study were third-year undergraduate students at Roch- ester Institute of Technology’s subsidiary in Croatia (RIT Croatia). All the participants had exclusively Croatian as L1, English as L2, and were learning German and Spanish as L3 at the time of the study. The present study investigates the relationship between language typology and formal similarity and transfer/error production, since many studies have demonstrated that typology plays a determining role in cross-linguistic transfer (Cenoz, Hufeisen & Jess- ner 2001; Hammarberg 2001; Rothman 2010). There are various areas of similarity and dis- similarity between Croatian, English, German, and Spanish. A significant portion of English vocabulary comes from Romance and Latinate sources. Due to these facts, we argue that the strongest L2 (English) influence will be found in the area of lexicon. On the other hand, Cro- atian, German, and Spanish are more similar in the area of morphology, due to the fact that these languages have a higher degree of inflection than English. Accordingly, we argue that the strongest L1 (Croatian) influence will be found in the area of morphology. The results of this research confirmed our initial hypothesis that the type of transfer episodes observed may be related to language typology and formal similarity between specific features of languages. Similarities at the level of lexis and grammar between L2 English and L3 German and Spanish can influence the acquisition process of German and Spanish.
Computer Vision
Authors: Deshmukh Omkar Madhukar
Published: July 2021

Computer vision may be a field of computer science that trains computers to interpret and perceive the visual world. exploitation digital pictures from cameras and videos and deep learning models, machines will accurately determine and classify objects — and so react to what they "see.”. Computer vision is Associate in Nursing knowledge domain scientific field that deals with however computers will gain high-level understanding from digital pictures or videos. From the angle of engineering, it seeks to grasp and alter tasks that the human sensory system will do. Computer vision tasks embrace strategies for exploit, processing, analyzing and understanding digital pictures, and extraction of high-dimensional knowledge from the important world so as to supply numerical or symbolic info, e.g. within the styles of selections. Understanding during this context suggests that the transformation of visual pictures (the input of the retina) into descriptions of the planet that be to thought processes and might elicit acceptable action. This image understanding will be seen because the disentangling of symbolic info from image knowledge mistreatment models created with the help of pure mathematics, physics, statistics, and learning theory.
Concept Designing of a Solar Photovoltaic UPS System with Sunlight Tracker
Authors: Srivastava Dr. Gaurav
Published: July 2021

This paper defines the design of UPS system with the help of sun tracking system, as a source for chargingthe battery to provide the backup power when the regular power source fails. This authentication is provided by obtaining the theoretical calculation of output power, output current and output voltage which are developed due to solar radiations. In this system, if the primary load is not in use, then the power is automatically switching over to secondary load. Basically, an UPS is electrical equipment that is used at the time of emergency. The battery bank is charged with the help of solar photovoltaic cell. This paper proposed an approach to understand the peak power point of the sun based on analysis of the open-circuit voltage of the PV panel. This project provides the power supply to a load which is uninterruptible, by automatically selecting the supply from the main source or inverter.
Early Flood and Victim Detection
Authors: M Bhoomika
Published: July 2021

Thousands of people die because of earthquake and sometimes because of Tsunamis. The resulting damage can be minimized and lives can be saved if people living in the earthquake- tsunami prone area are already prepared to survive the strike. The warning systems can reduce the losses, by alerting people and monitors rising water in residential areas and fastest method to monitor flood that will help motorists or road user to avoid problem when flood occurred. Flood is an unavoidable natural disaster across the world, causing heavy flow of traffic and can also cause severe damage to properties and lives. For this reason, we created a flood detection system to monitor rising water level, flow rate and the rainfall density in residential areas. Using ultrasonic sensor, we created flood level sensing device which is attached to Node MCU controller to process the sensor’s analog signal into a usable digital value of distance. Each node will update its information in regular intervals and data stored in the Blynk application. Flood height is determined by subtracting the sensor’s height with respect to the floor minus the sensed distance between the sensor and the flood water. Natural disasters can cause losses, both assets and objects can even take lives. Convolutional Neural Network is one of the developments of Artificial Neural Networks for image classification, image segmentation, and object recognition with high accuracy and high performance. Convolutional Neural Network can learn to detect various images according to images from the dataset studied. The user can get real-time information on monitoring floods and victim detection over SMS based service. So to reduce the number of losses, the System is designed for detecting victims of natural disasters using the CNN method.
Design and Implementation of Sanitization Drone System
Authors: Yadav Er. Akhilendra
Published: July 2021

Quadcopter are slowly finding its way into various sector applications including security, oil & gas, public health, etc. This Aerial Vehicles provides faster and reliable solutions for many real time challenge and day to day life problems. Spraying sanitizers using drone is one such solution especially in COVID-19 pandemic situation. Quadcopter is designed to carry up to 2.5 litres of sanitizer in its reservoir and the sanitizer spray system is designed to spread the liquid as droplets at a constant flow rate. quadcopter is made of carbon fibre material and equipped with autonomous module as flight controller. The UAV can be operated in both manual and autonomous modes to increase the relieve of operation for indoors as well as in outdoors sanitization process.
Ship Blast Analysis
Authors: Naidu E. Deepak
Published: July 2021

Naval vessels and Submarines structures in their fighting role are susceptible to explosion of torpedoes, mines, TNT etc. The damage inflicted by Contact explosion consists of direct shock wave damage to hull, whipping damage to keel and mechanical damage to onboard equipment and associated systems. The order to design a shock resistant structure, it is important to simulate these structures and loads and then subsequently analyze the same to predict the response (as performing experiments would be expensive). The TNT (Trinitrotoluene) explosion analysis of large structures like ships could be considered as one of the most complicated numerical analysis. Loads can be calculated by using published empirical formulas, which are complicated if calculated the large structure. By using of the FE Software ANSYS, backed up with in the developed software, for Explosion analysis of structures.
Analysis and Design of Multistorey Building
Authors: Sindhu Sagar
Published: July 2021

The primary focus of this research is to analyze and design a multi-storey building (3D-dimensional reinforce concrete frame), the designing of building begins with making the plan of specific building which include the position of rooms, kitchen, toilet etc. the design should be such that it is up to mark of customer requirements and comport nowadays vastu shastra is also kept in mind while designing. The second step is to design the reinforced concrete part which includes designing of slabs, columns, beams, staircase and footing these designing’s were done manually and all the calculations were done according ACT code and the outcomes were compared using STAAD PRO. I design an office building which is made of reinforced concrete frames and the building has three floors with 12 offices on each floor which sum up to 36 offices and the maximum area of a floor is (21.9*40.9) m2. To complete the architectural design, I AutoCAD program and for analyzing and designing the structure of building I used software known as STAAD Pro v8iSSS.and after both the designing I got the results as the map of a building which is architectural and structural safe. For designing the structural plan and architectural design one requires high imagination power as well as theoretical knowledge and also keen knowledge of science of structural engineering and should know the recent design codes, laws and before designing he should have adequate experience and mind set to reach conclusion. STAAD PRO is a very user friendly software it is and easy to understand and operate. We can input the material properties, load value, dimensions and we can also draw the frame within the software and after taking all the data it analyze the whole structure and design the member with reinforced detail for concrete frame and all the designs are done under specified criteria. These criteria are implemented to keep careful balance between economy and safety.
Detection of Metasploit apk Attack via Android Application
Authors: Borkar Buddheshwar R.
Published: July 2021

This application deals with the detection of apk type payload attack and as we know that if the penetration attack is detected then chances are more of preventing our device from such attacks if these penetration tools are used in an unusual manner. Here, we are trying to check the permissions of the app at the time of installation and then we are comparing these permissions with the default permissions accessed by the metasploit apk payload at runtime.
Studies on the Behavior of Epoxy Polymer Matrix Reinforced by Carbon Particles obtained from Pyrolysis of Mixed Waste Plastic: A Review
Authors: Agrahari Deepa
Published: July 2021

Commercial Carbon black is produced by thermal cracking of natural gas but nowadays the prices of carbon black are going down at a very sharp rate. The low prices of carbon black resulted in the search for low cost raw material. Most of the researchers focused on inexpensive agricultural waste such as shells of coconut, palm or bamboo. Pyrolysis of plastics is providing an excellent opportunity to manufacture carbon and presents an effective way to recycle non degradable plastics. Carbon element has revolutionized entire material science studies as it provides well developed pore structure and a very high internal surface area. It finds application as adsorbent, catalyst or electrode. Researchers like carbon black particles as they can be reinforced into polymer matrices providing a huge opportunity to prepare composites. The properties of these carbon black reinforced composites hugely depend on their origin, processing conditions and chemical treatments. The addition of these carbon black fillers obtained from plastics into polymer composites results in the formation of different microstructures and thus providing different types of composites based on shape, particle sizes and source of origin. The high concentration of carbon fillers results in making highly hydrophobic composites and finds application in making pipelines for extreme weather conditions.
Web Technology based Waste Management System: A Real Time on Demand Collection of Waste
Authors: Srivastav Akanksha
Published: July 2021

In the light of today’s urban cities, waste disposal has become a major concern. Improper waste management results in unclean, foul and unhygienic conditions which give birth to numerous diseases in the region. It leads to spread variety of pathogens and leads to poor logistical and human resource management.The main reason is that in the busy working life schedule, people don’t have enough time to dump their waste. Our idea is to build a web based application for proper waste management. Waste will be collected from the user's doorstep as per his/her request to avoid bad treatment/disposal of waste. There will be a real time monitoring of the dumper in order to provide accuracy, live status and no malpractices. The scheduling of stoppage and collection of waste is regulated by the admin and directly transferred to the dumper driver through the web application. The admin ensures route optimization to save time. There will be a personal software at the admin side so that there will be no interference of any other untrusted party. This is a real time initiative to promote the safe waste disposal in the busy life schedule.
Implementation Analysis of Data Classification Approach for Sentiment Classification
Authors: Chincholkar Bhushan R.
Published: July 2021

Sentiment analysis is one of the fastest growing fields with its demand and potential benefits that are increasing every day. Sentiment analysis aims to classify the polarity of a document through natural language processing, text analysis. With the help of internet and modern technology, there has bee n a tremendous growth in the amount of data. Each individual is in position to precise his/her own ideas freely on social media. All of this data can be analyzed and used in order to draw benefits and quality information. In this paper, the focus is on cyber-hate classification based on for public opinion or views, since the spread of hate speech using social media can have disruptive impacts on social sentiment analysis. In particular, here proposing a modified approach with two stage training for dealing with text ambiguity and classifying three type approach positive, negative and neutral sentiment, and compare its performance with those popular methods also as well as some existing fuzzy approaches. Afterword comparing the performance of proposed approach with commonly used sentiment classifiers which are known to perform well in this task. The experimental results indicate that our modified approach performs marginally better than the other algorithms.
Centralised Cleanup Service for Kubernetes and Cloud Resources
Authors: Bhat Pranava
Published: July 2021

The architectural style of developing a software application using loosely coupled and highly cohesive services can be termed as microservices architecture. The microservices allow agile software development and enable businesses to build and deliver applications quickly. To achieve the benefits of microservices, an underlying infrastructure that supports them must exist. This includes CI/CD pipelines, execution environments like virtual machines and containers, logging and monitoring, communication mechanisms, and so on. Containers are lightweight, enable multiple execution environments to exist on a single operating system instance, and provide isolation. Container Orchestration Engines such as Docker swarm or Kubernetes automate deployment, scaling, fault tolerance, and container networking. Many organizations use containers to spawn resources in public or private clouds. Different engineering teams perform various kinds of tests by bundling the test code and dependencies into containers. However, cleaning up these containers is necessary for the efficient utilization of hardware resources. This paper discusses the need and benefits of a centralized cleanup service for Kubernetes and cloud resources. It analyzes the value additions this service can bring to the software development process of large organizations.
WAR AND CONFLICT IN THE AFRICAN SAHEL FRUIT OF HISTORIC AND PERMANENT WAR BETWEEN TWO EMPIRES: the Arab-Islamic empire and the Western empire.
Authors: Diallo Mamadou Alpha
Published: July 2021

This reflection concerns the armed conflicts of the African Sahel and aims to historically analyze the role of Arab-Islamic colonization, Western colonization and the rivalries between the two. It is based on the hypothesis that the confrontation between jihadist and internal and external interventionists in the region constitutes a historical struggle motivated by humanitarian and non moral geoeconomic interests. Methodologically, a historical and comparative analysis is chosen to conclude that the main causes of conflicts should be located in the colonial maps and the historical rivalry between empires and not in ethnic, tribal and religious deferences or the borders created by Western colonization.
AFRICA AND THE ‘GLOBALIZATION BARGAIN’: TOWARDS A COLLECTIVE ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY
Authors: Okoli Al Chukwuma , Atelhe Atelhe George
Published: July 2021

Africa’s existential situation in the prevailing global order is such that no state thereof can afford to take national sovereignty too seriously. Apart from the myriad of structural challenges imposed on the continent by globalization, Africa is faced with a gamut of political and economic problems that can only be meaningfully addressed through some form of strategic multilateral collaboration. Africa’s aspiration to economic sovereignty has been constrained by the structural conditionalities of globalization, which have kept the continent overly weak, dependent and underdeveloped. The constraint is so immanent that individual African states can hardly afford even the relative sovereignty to harness a strategic balance in the fast ossifying asymmetries of interdependence that characterize the contemporary global political economy. It is posited in this paper that the remedy for Africa lies in the ability of her states to transcend their disempowering territorial-cum-nationalistic divides and capitalize on the existing continental multilateral mechanisms towards mainstreaming collective sovereignty, based on the principle of pan-African supranationalism. To that end, leveraging and maximizing the gains and prospects of extant regional and continental supranational organisms would become both salient and expedient.
Negotiation of Meaning of Indonesian EFL Learners in Casual Conversation: An SFL Study
Authors: Yonata Fadhila
Published: July 2021

Communicative interaction is demanded by all levels of EFL learners. To prepare them to comply with this purpose, engaging them to deal with the real-life conversation using the target language may have beneficial effects on their second language acquisition process.  However, the way learners negotiating meaning in an understandable way and how they position themselves as the appropriate role of the speakers are still rarely studied, especially in the Indonesian teaching and learning context. This study aims to reveal what type of commodity is being exchanged by graduate learners (3 females and 1 male) when they are assigned to have an unplanned casual conversation. The study further analyzes the nature of the exchange structure of EFL learners’ casual conversation seen from the Systemic Functional Linguistics perspective. The data were taken from audio recordings of casual conversations and then transcribed as the written data. The conversation was then divided into clauses as the unit of analysis. In employing a spoken discourse analysis framework, interactive analysis was implemented to discover exchange structure. The results show the exchanged commodity is information through statements. It indicates that as magister students, they always show their knowledge off, and intimacy sometimes matters as the reason for informative conversations. The speakers’ role also has been successfully achieved by the speakers since their ability to position themselves as initiators or responders to keep the conversational flow.