bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Using ecosystem approach indicators for assessing the ecological status of reef fisheries management in a marine protected area
Authors: YULIANA ERNIK , BOER MENNOFATRIA , FAHRUDIN ACHMAD , KAMAL MOHAMMAD MUKHLIS , PARDEDE SHINTA TRILESTARI
Published: August 2019

Abstract. Yuliana E, Boer M, Fahrudin A, Kamal MM, Pardede ST. 2019. Using ecosystem approach indicators for assessing the ecological status of reef fisheries management in a marine protected area. Biodiversitas 20: 1802-1810.  The purpose of this study was to assess the status of reef fisheries management in a marine protected area base on ecosystem approach indicators and to determine the tactical decisions required to improve management. The study site was in Karimunjawa National Park (KNP) Jepara, Central Java, Indonesia. Data were collected using survey and observation methods and included both primary and secondary data. Coral fish, which were the object of the study was Caesio cuning, Caesio caerulaurea, Plectropomus oligacanthus, and Parupeneus barberinus. Determination of the status of each ecosystem approach indicator was conducted using the flag model. Tactical decisions were necessary to improve the status of management indicators. The results indicated that the ecological status of reef fisheries management of KNP is at a moderate level with an achievement value of 62.75% Tactical decisions are necessary to push the ten indicators to achieve a better level. Three indicators still received a poor status, and the remaining (seven indicators) were within the moderate status. Therefore, the three indicators that need to be improved quickly are fish abundance, fishing gear modification, and fishing capacity.
Epistatic gene control on the yield of tomato at medium elevation in the tropical agroecosystem
Authors: MAWASID FAJAR PRAKOSO , SYUKUR MUHAMAD , TRIKOESOEMANINGTYAS TRIKOESOEMANINGTYAS
Published: August 2019

Abstract. Mawasid FP, Syukur M, Trikoesoemaningtyas. 2019. Epistatic gene control on the yield of tomato at medium elevation in the tropical agroecosystem. Biodiversitas 20: 1880-1886. Cultivation of tomatoes on the middle-low plain generally decreases the quantity and quality of the yield due to high-temperature stress. Increasing the size and weight of lowland tomatoes is needed to enhance national production. Information on the action and genetic model of target characters is needed in the preparation of the assembly program, especially for selection needs. This study aims to obtain genetic information and heritability of tomato yield characters, as a basis for assembling large tomato varieties for the lowlands. The study was conducted using six populations (P1, P2, F1, BCP1, BCP2, and F2) resulting from two different crosses of 99D x Tora (C-I) and 97D x Tora (C-II). The results show that the action of non-additive genes and non-allelic interactions has a large value, with duplicate epistasis being more dominant than complementary epistasis. Duplicate epistasis was found in the character of harvest time, fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit weight in cross I and flowering time, harvest time, fruit length, fruit diameter, and number of fruits in cross II, while complementary epistasis was found in flowering time, fruit weight per plant, number of fruits in cross I, and fruit weight, fruit weight per plant in cross II. Moderate to high heritability was found in the character of fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit weight, and fruit weight per plant. The values are higher in population from the cross I (99D x Tora) for each character, indicating that the cross I has a higher potential for genetic progress than cross II. Selection is recommended when the homozygosity has increased, using the Bulk method or Single Seed Decent. The two methods above can maintain variability in the next generation, so epistasis genes that control target characters are not drastically eliminated.
Short Communication: The diversity of butterflies (Superfamily Papilionoidea) as a success indicator of tin-mined land revegetation
Authors: WIRANTI DINDA , NURTJAHYA EDDY , DAHELMI DAHELMI
Published: August 2019

Abstract. Wiranti D, Nurtjahya E, Dahelmi. 2019. Short Communication: The diversity of butterflies (Superfamily Papilionoidea) as a success indicator of tin-mined land revegetation. Biodiversitas 20: 1923-1928. Some former tin-mining areas in Belitung District have been revegetated. With the increase of vegetation age, the environmental quality changes, and so does the diversity of insects living in the vegetated areas. The objective of this study was to propose the use of butterfly diversity as a success indicator of tin-mined land revegetation. The research was conducted at six locations in Belitung District, consisting of one tin-mined land that had not been revegetated, four revegetated tin-mined lands with different ages of vegetation, namely 1-5 years, 5-10 years, 10-20 years, more than 20 years, and primary forest in Gunung Tajam. The research used the Pollard walk method and specimens were obtained using insect nets. The results showed that the highest diversity of butterflies was recorded in primary forest (31 species), followed by vegetated mined lands with the following ages of vegetation: > 20 years (21 species), 10-20 years (15 species), 5-10 years (14 species ), and 1-5 years (7 species), and the lowest diversity was found in tin-mined land that had not been revegetated (2 species). The Shannon-Wiener diversity index in tin- mined land that had not been revegetated was low, namely 0.56 while in the revegetated tin mined land was medium, i.e., 1.47 – 2.96 and in primary forest was high, i.e., 3.2. The diversity of butterflies in revegetated land increased with the increasing age of vegetation, and the community similarity index between revegetated land and forest also increased with the increasing age of vegetation. Therefore, the diversity of butterflies may be used as a success indicator of revegetation in former tin mining areas.
Aplicação de Redes Neurais Artificiais Para Simulação de Fluxo e Transporte de Contaminantes Sob Incerteza de Condutividade Hidráulica
Authors: Costanzo Caetano Pontes , Vidal Alexandre Campane , Kuroda Michelle Chaves , Sakamoto Simony Yumi
Published: August 2019

A incerteza relacionada à variabilidade espacial da condutividade hidráulica (K) é um importante aspecto a ser considerado nas simulações da migração de plumas de contaminantes e, consequentemente no gerenciamento ambiental de áreas contaminadas. A utilização de modelos estocásticos de K em conjunto com a simulação de fluxo e o transporte de contaminantes é frequente em pesquisas para a previsão do comportamento da pluma, bem como para projetos de remediação sob a incerteza deste parâmetro hidrogeológico. No entanto, as técnicas tradicionais de modelagem de fluxo e de contaminantes, como o MODFLOW e o MT3D, baseadas no método de diferenças finitas, normalmente são lentas e exigem bastante esforço computacional. Dessa maneira, esta pesquisa aplicou redes neurais artificias (RNA) em 100 cenários de condutividade hidráulica, realizados por métodos estocásticos, a fim de avaliar a incerteza de K na migração de uma pluma. Além disso, foi possível validar a utilização de RNA como ferramenta de decisão para a estimativa da concentração média de contaminantes nas águas subterrâneas ao longo de três anos de simulação. Com base nos resultados obtidos, foi possível avaliar possíveis técnicas de remediação para a área de pesquisa em função da migração da pluma sob a incerteza da condutividade hidráulica.
Emperor Menilek II and the Art of Manuscript Illumination: The Politics of Representation in Nineteenth-Century Ethiopia
Authors: Jenkins Earnestine
Published: August 2019

Menelik II was both King of Shewa (1865–1888) and Emperor of Ethiopia (1889–1912). In the late nineteenth century he was confronted with issues unique to the era of European colonization in Africa. This paper examines Menelik II’s use of the visual arts in expressing and communicating ideas about royal authority and power. I examine several illuminated manuscripts commissioned by Menelik II. The books document how Menelik II borrowed and adapted objects and symbols from Ethiopia’s ancient past as a Christian power. Menelik realized that his image as an African ruler who retained his independence was unique within the contexts of late nineteenth-century Africa, wherein the entire continent was colonized except for Liberia and Ethiopia. Menelik II used the traditional Christian art of manuscript illumination in Ethiopia to create visual images that symbolically reinforced his authority as both a Christian and an African sovereign.
The Popular Image of Därgue as Reflected in Amharic Folk Poetry (1974–91)
Authors: Workneh Melakneh Mengistu
Published: August 2019

The popular image of governments that rise and demise is determined by their integrity, vision, and responsiveness to the aspirations of the populace. The resultant social phenomenon, known as popular image or perception, could thus be viewed either as an expression of conformism or nonconformism with the status quo. One of the means by which the public externalizes its outlook is folk literature, which is permeated with the tragedy and comedy of the subject people. This study was designed to determine the popular image of the military government of Ethiopia (1974–91) as reflected in contemporary Amharic folk poetry, which revealed the duality of public perception. On the one hand, the selected couplets are found to be critical of the status quo, which perpetuates negative images. On the other hand, the Därgue1 is perceived as a nationalist government credited with protecting the national interest and the territorial integrity of the country irrespective of its inadvertent malpractices. At any rate, politically motivated propaganda against the military government of Ethiopia seems to have backfired, because most of the couplets evoke nostalgia for the past.
Concentrating white spot syndrome virus by alum for field detection using a monoclonal antibody based flow-through assay
Authors: Rani Amrita , R. Poojary Sathish , B. Thammegouda Naveen Kumar , P. Ballyaya Abhiman , Pati Prakash , K. Srini-vasayya Ramesh , M. Kalkuli Shankar , K. Shivakumaraswamy Santhosh
Published: August 2019

A simple and easy method of concentrating white spot syndrome virus by employing aluminium sulphate, alum as a flocculant was developed and evaluated for field detection. The concentrated virus was detected by a monoclonal antibody based flow-through assay, RapiDot and compared its performance with polymerase chain reaction. The semi-purified virus that was flocculated by 15 and 30 ppm alum in a 50 ml cylinder can be detected successfully by both RapiDot and I step PCR. In addition, alum could also flocculate the virus that is detectable by II step PCR and the concentration of virus was similar to the one observed in water from an infected pond. Furthermore, experimental infection studies validated the successful concentration of virus by alum flocculation followed by rapid detection of virus using monoclonal antibody based RapiDot. Overall, the results obtained in this study indicate that the white spot syndrome virus in water could be easily flocculated by alum for sensitive field detection by monoclonal antibody based RapiDot.
THE HISTORY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LAW NUMBER 9 OF 2013 REGARDING PREVENTION AND ERADICATION OF TERRORIST FINANCING
Authors: Listawati Listawati
Published: August 2019

To response to various acts of terror which occurred in various countries, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a policy in the form of a recommendations that contained a basic framework for the prevention and eradication of criminal acts of terrorist financing that could be universally applied. This implementation of the FATF standard is obligatory for all countries including Indonesia. One component of Indonesia's commitment to implementing the FATF standard is evidenced by the Establishment of Law Number 9 of 2013 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Terrorist Financing (TPPT Law). In this paper, we will discuss the history of the formation of the TPPT Law detailed with 2 (two) main focuses, namely the process of criminalizing acts of terrorist financing in the TPPT Law and the factors that encouraged the Government of the Republic of Indonesia to draft special regulations related to anti-terrorist financing. The review of the complexity of the two focuses shows the strong commitment of the state to preventing and eradicating terrorist financing crimes
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR WASTEWATER SERVICE IN DECENTRALIZED INDONESIA: CASE OF BANDUNG MUNICIPALITY
Authors: Waskitawati Diny , Widianingsih Ida , Gunawan Budhi
Published: August 2019

This paper discusses the effectiveness of infrastructure development for wastewater service in decentralized Indonesia, particularly in Bandung municipality as one of the biggest cities in the country where sanitation problems persist.  Although wastewater service coverage in Bandung municipality shows a gradual improvement from 2010 to 2016, the research identifies the ineffectiveness of wastewater infrastructure development. Qualitative analyses revealed that the wastewater infrastructure development in Bandung municipality funds came from two different sources (local budget and internal donor support). We would argue that in the case of wastewater infrastructure development, the same amount of money shares different processes and results. Compared to AusAID water and sanitation program, in term of value of money, the one designed and managed by the Municipality Water Supply Agency (PDAMs) is less effective. It is concluded the newly developed decentralization laws in Indonesia could not ensure the effectiveness of public service delivery due to the absence of sound governance at local level.
ANALISIS SPASIAL DINAMIKA KONVERSI LAHAN DI KABUPATEN GOWA, SULAWESI SELATAN
Authors: Munawir M , Barus Baba , Sudadi Untung
Published: August 2019

Intensitas pembangunan di Kota Makassar serta integrasi wilayah ke dalam KSN Mamminasata menyebabkan terjadinya proses transformasi fisik-spasial dan berakibat terhadap tingginya konversi lahan di Kabupaten Gowa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) Menganalisis konversi lahan, dan faktor penentunya di Kabupaten Gowa dalam lima titik tahun (1998, 2003, 2007, 2011 dan 2016), serta (2) Menganalisis dinamika konversi penggunaan lahan tersebut. Analisis yang digunakan meliputi (1) analisis penggunaan lahan dan analisis konversi lahan, (2) analisis faktor penentu konversi lahan, dan (3) analisis dinamika konversi lahan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa total konversi penggunaan lahan di Kabupaten Gowa selama periode tahun 1998-2016 sebesar 3.23%. Penggunaan lahan yang mengalami peningkatan luasan paling tinggi yaitu lahan terbangun, sedangkan yang mengalami penurunan luasan paling tinggi yaitu sawah, dan ladang/tegalan. Faktor penentu yang signifikan mempengaruhi konversi penggunaan lahan sawah menjadi lahan terbangun meliputi kepadatan penduduk, jarak dari ibukota kabupaten, jarak dari ibukota kecamatan, jarak dari pasar, kebijakan pola ruang Kabupaten Gowa, dan Integrasi ke dalam KSN Mamminasata, sedangkan konversi ladang/tegalan menjadi lahan terbangun dipengaruhi faktor penentu kemiringan lereng, kepadatan penduduk, jarak dari jalan arteri, jarak dari kota kabupaten, jarak dari objek wisata, kebijakan pola ruang Kabupaten Gowa, dan Integrasi ke dalam KSN Mamminasata. Penggunaan lahan yang paling dinamis berkembang yaitu lahan terbangun dan semak belukar, sementara penggunaan lahan yang paling dinamis menurun meliputi sawah, ladang/tegalan, dan hutan. Intensitas konversi yang tertinggi yaitu pada transformasi penggunaan lahan sawah, ladang/tegalan, semak belukar menjadi lahan terbangun. Tingkat intensitas konversi lahan yang berlangsung cepat terjadi pada periode tahun 2007-2011, dan 2011-2016.
PERANAN KOMODITAS UNGGULAN TANAMAN PANGAN TERHADAP PEMBANGUNAN EKONOMI WILAYAH PROPINSI SUMATERA BARAT
Authors: Martadona Ilham , Leovita Angelia
Published: August 2019

The food crops sub-sector contributes the second largest to Indonesia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), following the subsector of plantation crops. A number of food crops undergo suplus production, is expected to contribute to economic development in the region of West Sumatra Province. The purpose of this study is to analyze food crops commodities as a pre-eminent commodity in every region of West Sumatra Province and analyzing the role of each of the leading commodities to the economic development of West Sumatra Province.Location Quotient (LQ) is used to obtain competitive commodities and analysis of surplus production (SP) was used to analyze how much the role of the main commodity to economic development. The results showed the superior commodities of food crops are corn, rice paddy, and sweet potato. Main commodity of paddy rice field has the most development area in West Sumatera Province. Main commodity of corn is commodity which has the biggest role to economic development in West Sumatera Province.
Homeoprotein Neuroprotection of Embryonic Neuronal Cells
Authors: Vargas Abonce Stephanie E. , Leboeuf Mélanie , Prochiantz Alain , Moya Kenneth L.
Published: August 2019

Most homeoprotein transcription factors have a highly conserved internalization domain used in intercellular transfer. Internalization of homeoproteins ENGRAILED1 or ENGRAILED2 promotes the survival of adult dopaminergic cells, whereas that of OTX2 protects adult retinal ganglion cells. Here we characterize thein vitroneuroprotective activity of several homeoproteins in response to H2O2. Protection is observed with ENGRAILED1, ENGRAILED2, OTX2, GBX2, and LHX9 on midbrain and striatal embryonic neurons, whereas cell-permeable c-MYC shows no protective effects. Therefore, five homeoproteins belonging to three different classes (ANTENNAPEDIA, PAIRED, and LIM) share the ability to protect embryonic neurons from midbrain and striatum. Because midbrain and striatal neurons do not express the same repertoire of the four proteins, a lack of neuronal specificity together with a general protective activity can be proposed. Interestingly, hEN1 and GBX2 provided protection to primary midbrain astrocytes but not to non-neural cells, including mouse embryo fibroblasts, macrophages or HeLa cells. For the four proteins, protection against cell death correlated with a reduction in the number of H2O2-induced DNA break foci in midbrain and striatal neurons. In conclusion, within the limit of the number of cell types and homeoproteins tested, homeoprotein protection against oxidative stress-induced DNA breaks and death is specific to neurons and astrocytes but shows no homeoprotein or neuronal type specificity.
Adaptations during Maturation in an Identified Honeybee Interneuron Responsive to Waggle Dance Vibration Signals
Authors: Kumaraswamy Ajayrama , Ai Hiroyuki , Kai Kazuki , Ikeno Hidetoshi , Wachtler Thomas
Published: August 2019

Honeybees are social insects, and individual bees take on different social roles as they mature, performing a multitude of tasks that involve multi-modal sensory integration. Several activities vital for foraging, like flight and waggle dance communication, involve sensing air vibrations through their antennae. We investigated changes in the identified vibration-sensitive interneuron DL-Int-1 in the honeybeeApis melliferaduring maturation by comparing properties of neurons from newly emerged adult and forager honeybees. Although comparison of morphological reconstructions of the neurons revealed no significant changes in gross dendritic features, consistent and region-dependent changes were found in dendritic density. Comparison of electrophysiological properties showed an increase in the firing rate differences between stimulus and nonstimulus periods in foragers compared with newly emerged adult bees. The observed differences in neurons of foragers compared with newly emerged adult honeybees suggest refined connectivity, improved signal propagation, and enhancement of response features possibly important for the network processing of air vibration signals relevant for the waggle dance communication of honeybees.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Conception of Citizenship Rights in Egypt
Authors: Al-Anani Khalil
Published: August 2019

How do Islamist movements perceive citizenship rights, particularly in conservative societies such as the case in the Middle East? This study attempts to answer this question by examining the case of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Conventional wisdom demonstrates that Islamic movements adopt illiberal views towards women and minorities, particularly non- Muslims, because of their conservative and rigid interpretation of religion. This study argues that religion is not the only factor that shapes these views. By unpacking the position of the Brotherhood towards women and Christians’ rights in Egypt, it shows that the Islamists’ conception of citizenship is driven by ideological and political considerations. It contends that the Brotherhood adopts an ambivalent and ambiguous understanding of citizenship that can be construed by three key factors: ideological stance, organizational cohesion, and political calculations.
The Tunisian Revolution and the Role of Regional Development Disparities in its Outbreak
Authors: Béchir Riadh
Published: August 2019

For several decades, whole regions of Tunisia were excluded from the national development process, which had focused mainly on the coastal regions. Indeed, an ongoing territorial disparity between the governorates of the country was observed. This article addresses this disparity and its relationship with the revolution of 14 January 2011.
Supra-Annular Mitral Valve Replacement in Infants with Congenital Mitral Valve Disease
Authors: Yuan Haoyong , Wu Zhongshi , Yang Yifeng , Huang Can
Published: August 2019

Mitral valve replacement in infants is rare and causes a relatively high mortality, especially for patients under the age of 1. Supra-annular valve replacement is a viable technique for infants with a small valve annulus. Here, we report two infants who underwent mitral valve replacement via the supra-annular technique. The age and body weight of these babies were 2 months and 3 months and 4.1 kg and 4.7 kg, respectively. Aortic mechanical valves were reversely implanted with a short segment of PTFE graft. The purpose of this strategy was to insert a larger mechanical valve and delay resternotomy. A two-year follow-up exam showed normal ventricular function without mechanical valve-related complications. This method is useful in treating neonates and infants.
Although the technique of mitral valve repair has improved over several decades, mitral valve replacement still is necessary at times. In neonates and infants with a small annulus, implantation of commercially available prosthetic valves in the annular position can be a challenge, and an age less than 1 year is a risk factor for early death [Selamet 2008]. Supra-annular mitral valve replacement (SMVR) is an alternative when a traditional annular implantation is not feasible [Sung 2008]. Herein, we report the cases of two patients, who underwent SMVR with a follow-up after two years.
Comparative study of electroencephalographic findings in patients with depression and schizophrenia
Authors: Nitika Verma*,Gyanendra Kumar,B. D. Singh, Amit Kumar
Published: August 2019

Introduction: Schizophrenia and depression are two major and very common mentaldisorders worldwide. Many clinical questionnaire and scales have been formulated todiagnose these cases. Standard (qualitative) electroencephalography (EEG) has alsobeen routinely employed in the diagnostic evaluation of patients of these disorders.However quantitative EEG (qEEG) has not been frequently used in evaluation of thesedisorders. Qualitative EEG (qEEG) findings differ between patients with schizophreniaand patients with depression, but results are not consistent. We performed this study todetermine the differences in EEG parameters(qualitative and quantitative) betweenpatients with schizophrenia, patients with depression, and healthy subjects.Materials and Methods: Our study included 69 patients with schizophrenia, 69patients with depression, and 138 healthy subjects. All patients and healthy subjectswere aged between 18-50 years. All clinical diagnoses were made according to DSM-IVdiagnostic criteria. Standard EEG was performed on all study participants and artefact-free 100-second epochs were selected from the recorded material and analysed withFast Fourier Transformation (FFT) analysis.Observations and Result: Of the entire sample of patients, 40.58% had abnormal EEG.Patients with schizophrenia when compared with healthy subjects showed increaseddelta, theta, and beta activity and decreased alpha activity. Patients with depression alsoshowed similar results, but in fewer regions. In patients with schizo-phrenia, deltapower over some frontal regions was increased in comparison with those in patientswith depression. Schizophrenic patients and healthy subjects showed interhemisphericasymmetry, but it was absent in patients with depression.Conclusion: Abnormal EEG findings in patients with schizophrenia and depression isnot very common. However, on qEEG, the patients with schizophrenia had in-creaseddelta power in comparison to patients with depression. Hence, qEEG may have a rolein clinical differentiation between these two mental disorders and it may be especiallyimportant in cases of negative-symptom schizophrenia.Key words: Schizophrenia, Depression, quantitative electroencephalography(qEEG).
Association of GDNF and CNTNAP2 gene variants with gambling
Authors: Das Arundhuti , Pagliaroli Luca , Vereczkei Andrea , Kotyuk Eszter , Langstieh Banrida , Demetrovics Zsolt , Barta Csaba
Published: August 2019

Background and aims

Some form of gambling can be observed in nearly every society, as the gratification felt upon winning in uncertain conditions is universal. A culturally distinct form of gambling, associated with a traditional sporting event of archery known as “teer,” is innate to the province of Meghalaya, India. The objective of this study was to find genetic variants underlying this unique form of behavioral addiction. To better understand game-based gambling, we studied genetic variants related to dopaminergic pathways and other genes previously linked to various psychological disorders.

Methods

This study was carried out on a sample of 196 Indo-Aryan adults from Shillong, Meghalaya. Genotyping of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) polymorphisms was carried out using real-time PCR. We further investigated 32 single nucleotide polymorphisms located in the 3′ UTR of additional genes of interest using an OpenArray® real-time PCR platform.

Results

Case–control analysis revealed a significant association between GDNF variant rs2973033 (p = .00864, χ2 = 13.132, df = 2) and contactin-associated protein-like 2 (CNTNAP2) variant rs2530311 (p = .0448, χ2 = 13.132, df = 2) with gambling.

Discussion and conclusions

Association of the GDNF gene with gambling could be attributed to its involvement in the development and survival of dopaminergic neurons. Our result is in good agreement with previous data indicating the role of GDNF in certain substance addictions. Several rare variants in the CNTNAP2 gene were also implicated in alcohol addiction in a previous study. This pilot study provides further support for the role of GDNF and CNTNAP2 in addiction behaviors.
Dependency Grammar Induction with a Neural Variational Transition-Based Parser
Authors: Li Bowen , Cheng Jianpeng , Liu Yang , Keller Frank
Published: August 2019

Dependency grammar induction is the task of learning dependency syntax without annotated training data. Traditional graph-based models with global inference achieve state-ofthe-art results on this task but they require O(n3) run time. Transition-based models enable faster inference with O(n) time complexity, but their performance still lags behind. In this work, we propose a neural transition-based parser for dependency grammar induction, whose inference procedure utilizes rich neural features with O(n) time complexity. We train the parser with an integration of variational inference, posterior regularization and variance reduction techniques. The resulting framework outperforms previous unsupervised transition-based dependency parsers and achieves performance comparable to graph-based models, both on the English Penn Treebank and on the Universal Dependency Treebank. In an empirical comparison, we show that our approach substantially increases parsing speed over graphbased models.
Neural Speech Synthesis with Transformer Network
Authors: Li Naihan , Liu Shujie , Liu Yanqing , Zhao Sheng , Liu Ming
Published: August 2019

Although end-to-end neural text-to-speech (TTS) methods (such as Tacotron2) are proposed and achieve state-of-theart performance, they still suffer from two problems: 1) low efficiency during training and inference; 2) hard to model long dependency using current recurrent neural networks (RNNs). Inspired by the success of Transformer network in neural machine translation (NMT), in this paper, we introduce and adapt the multi-head attention mechanism to replace the RNN structures and also the original attention mechanism in Tacotron2. With the help of multi-head self-attention, the hidden states in the encoder and decoder are constructed in parallel, which improves training efficiency. Meanwhile, any two inputs at different times are connected directly by a self-attention mechanism, which solves the long range dependency problem effectively. Using phoneme sequences as input, our Transformer TTS network generates mel spectrograms, followed by a WaveNet vocoder to output the final audio results. Experiments are conducted to test the efficiency and performance of our new network. For the efficiency, our Transformer TTS network can speed up the training about 4.25 times faster compared with Tacotron2. For the performance, rigorous human tests show that our proposed model achieves state-of-the-art performance (outperforms Tacotron2 with a gap of 0.048) and is very close to human quality (4.39 vs 4.44 in MOS).
Dialogue Generation: From Imitation Learning to Inverse Reinforcement Learning
Authors: Li Ziming , Kiseleva Julia , De Rijke Maarten
Published: August 2019

The performance of adversarial dialogue generation models relies on the quality of the reward signal produced by the discriminator. The reward signal from a poor discriminator can be very sparse and unstable, which may lead the generator to fall into a local optimum or to produce nonsense replies. To alleviate the first problem, we first extend a recently proposed adversarial dialogue generation method to an adversarial imitation learning solution. Then, in the framework of adversarial inverse reinforcement learning, we propose a new reward model for dialogue generation that can provide a more accurate and precise reward signal for generator training. We evaluate the performance of the resulting model with automatic metrics and human evaluations in two annotation settings. Our experimental results demonstrate that our model can generate more high-quality responses and achieve higher overall performance than the state-of-the-art.
Dependency or Span, End-to-End Uniform Semantic Role Labeling
Authors: Li Zuchao , He Shexia , Zhao Hai , Zhang Yiqing , Zhang Zhuosheng , Zhou Xi , Zhou Xiang
Published: August 2019

Semantic role labeling (SRL) aims to discover the predicateargument structure of a sentence. End-to-end SRL without syntactic input has received great attention. However, most of them focus on either span-based or dependency-based semantic representation form and only show specific model optimization respectively. Meanwhile, handling these two SRL tasks uniformly was less successful. This paper presents an end-to-end model for both dependency and span SRL with a unified argument representation to deal with two different types of argument annotations in a uniform fashion. Furthermore, we jointly predict all predicates and arguments, especially including long-term ignored predicate identification subtask. Our single model achieves new state-of-the-art results on both span (CoNLL 2005, 2012) and dependency (CoNLL 2008, 2009) SRL benchmarks.
Nano Clay Additive Effect on Shear Strength of GFRP Joints
Authors: ERKLİĞ Ahmet , ÇAKIR Mehmet Veysel , BOZKURT Ömer Yavuz
Published: August 2019

Adhesively
bonding joints are widely used in various industries such as aviation,
automotive and marine due to its advantages such as lightness, sealing ability,
low cost, corrosion resistance and uniform stress distribution. Increasing the
quality and durability of adhesives using various methods is a matter of
interest both in science and engineering. This study investigates the role of
the addition of Nano-clay particles to epoxy resin on the shear strength of
single lap GFRP bonding joints. For this aim, Nano-silica particles were added
in epoxy resin, 1%, 2%, 3% and 5% by weight. The experimental results obtained
from lap shear test showed that the increase in shear strength was about 36, 91
and 63% for 1, 2 and 3 wt. respectively.
Computational Interrogation of The Human Norovirus-Host Cell Interactions Facilitated by A-Type Antigen
Authors: KOCAK Abdulkadir , YİLDİZ Muslum
Published: August 2019

Norovirus infectivity, which causes norovirus-induced gastroenteritis, depends on the interaction between capsid protein VP1 of the virus and host cell HGBA receptors that tailor the cell membrane surface. The interaction results in VP1-HGBA complex formation prior to infection. The details of this interaction have been provided by x-ray structures of HGBA-VP1 complexes, but the dynamic nature of this interaction is not fully uncovered. Therefore, the dynamics that drive the formation of VP1-HGBA complex, which is crucial for developing new therapeutic approaches to find a cure for gastroenteritis disease, need to be elucidated. Here, we computationally analyzed the wild type VP1 capsid protein in complex with A-type HGBA antigen to unravel interactions that are important for virus to enter inside the host cell during infection. We have found that the ligand binding causes a fluctuation in a distant loop which resides in the interface of capsid building blocks, VP proteins. This fluctuation leads an instability in capsid particle that may be an indication for virus uncoating mechanism during the cell penetration.
Implementation of Polar Codes in 5G Systems with Different Waveform Modulations by Using USRP
Authors: DHUHEİR Marwan , ÖZTÜRK Sıtkı
Published: August 2019

Long Term Evolution
(LTE) is an access technique that is used in radio networks. LTE provides high
data bandwidth in transmitting data by providing flexibility against noise and
interference. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technique uses
the FDM (Frequency Division Multiplexer) modulation technique to increase the
amount of carried information over the wireless network. The OFDM signal is
transmitted to the receiver at different frequencies which they are orthogonal
to each other by dividing the bandwidth of a signal into smaller sub-carriers.
Recently, the use of polar codes as a coding scheme in the new generation 5G
systems has come to the communications markets. Polar codes as a channel coding
scheme are a promising technique for the future because it is the first codes
that reach Shannon capacity limit. The cyclical prefix – OFDM (CP-OFDM), which
is used in 4G systems, performs well in many aspects, however, it has much
weakness that make the researches look for a new modulation technique to be
used in 5G systems. Filtered–OFDM (F-OFDM) is considered one solution to the
problems appeared in CP–OFDM. In this paper, the differences between CP-OFDM
and F-OFDM regarding advantages and disadvantages of each type are studied in
details. The comparison between the two modulations waveforms are done by
studying their Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) that deals with measuring the
accuracy of the received signals. Furthermore, the comparison between the two
modulations waveforms with polar codes in the USRP B210 radio are applied to
make our work more practical.
On the axial crush performance of PVC foam-filled aluminum/CFRP hybrid circular tube
Authors: YALÇIN Muhammet Muaz , GENEL Kenan
Published: August 2019

In this study, an
experimental investigation was carried out to improve the energy absorption
capability of the circular aluminum tubes. For this purpose, different specimen
configurations such as PVC foam-filled, empty hybrid (strengthened with CFRP)
and PVC foam-filled hybrid tubes were prepared and tested under axial
compression. It is noted from the experiments that the contribution of foam
filling maximized when it was used with CFRP together. The results revealed
that energy absorption capacity (EAC) of the foam-filled hybrid tube was 2.7
times of the base tube. Moreover, the specific energy absorption (SEA) value
enhanced almost 70% compared to that of the base tube and reached 34.9 J/gr.
Assessment of Effectiveness of Methods and Techniques for Degassing Methane-containing Coal Seams
Authors: Shirjaev S. N.
Published: August 2019

The findings of review of promising methods and techniques providing increasing effectiveness of degassing of coal seams containing methane in the process of their underground mining are presented. Based on the review findings, traditional methods and techniques of degassing were identified, the effectiveness of which is 12–25 %, as well as unconventional methods providing methane degassing of up to 40%. As a classification feature of the unconventional methods and techniques of gaseous methane liberation, a condition of decreasing pressure and increasing temperature of coal matrix containing solid gas hydrate has been adopted. The conditions for methane transition from gas hydrate to free gas taking into account actual mining and technogenic conditions of the mines have been identified. Given the difficulty of supplying additional thermal energy into a coal seam, as the main way to reduce pressure in the seam, unloading of the rock mass relative to the initial stress state, and disruption of coal and rocks in the course of transition from their elastic deformation to elastic-plastic and out-of-limit deformation are accepted.
Ways to Reduce Power Losses in Mining Power Supply Lines
Authors: Antsiferov N. S.
Published: August 2019

Electric energy is the most common and universal form of energy. It can be produced in large quantities near energy sources, transmitted to large distances, easily distributed between consumers and converted into mechanical, thermal, and light energy. Ensuring reliable and economical quality electric energy supply to mining enterprises with the optimal use of energy resources is one of the most important tasks facing the country's energy sector. In the Russian Federation, high degree of concentration of generating capacities at power plants has been achieved. The main capacities are concentrated in power plants with installed capacity of more than 1 million kW. High importance of the electric power industry is determined by the infrastructural nature of the industry and the direct relationship between the country's economic growth and the level of its development effectiveness. One of the most pressing problems of modern electricity supply is the problem of ensuring the quality of electric energy. The main reason for the deterioration in the electricity quality is widespread non-linear loads that create non-sinusoidal currents and voltage unbalance during their operation. The voltage unbalance is most often caused by the presence of an unbalanced load. Unbalanced load currents flowing through the elements of the power supply system cause unbalanced voltage losses in them. This results in appearance of unbalanced voltages on the terminals of electric apparatus. The voltage deviations at electric apparatus overdriven phase may exceed the normally acceptable values, while the voltage deviations at electric apparatus other phases may remain within the normal limits. In addition to the deterioration of the voltage mode at electric apparatus under the unbalanced voltage conditions, the operating conditions of both the electric apparatus and all the network elements are significantly worsened, and the reliability of the electrical equipment and the power supply system as a whole decreased. The paper considers the issues of reducing the voltage losses in power supply networks by improving quality of electric power.
Effect of Operating Factors on Reliability of Stoping Complexes and Assessment of Reliability of their Elements
Authors: Troinich V. A. , Dubovsky A. A. , Vysotskaya N. A.
Published: August 2019

For analyzing the dependence of face equipment failure on its length, two groups of elements are commonly considered. The first group includes all elements of shearer-loaders: conveyor drives, elements of pumping stations of powered supports, supports of face junctions with strikes and others. The second group includes all elements of powered support sections, linear sections of pan lines and scrapers of face scraper conveyors, electric cables of shearer-loaders, main pipelines of powered supports, etc. It is noted that the constancy of number of the first group elements linear variability of number of the second group elements do not uniquely determine the constancy or variability of the failure factor of the aggregate of the same type elements of the first or the second groups [1]. The plot of mean-time-between-failures (MTBF) of SL-500S stoping complex as function of face length is presented. Besides, the curve of the face (complex) length-dependence of average recovery) time (after failure of the SL-500S stoping complex time is shown. Analyzing the dependence of availability factor of stoping complexes on the face length showed that the length of stoping complexes is not a factor determining decrease in the MTBF and increase in the average recovery time. The plot of recovery time (after failure) of the SL-500S stoping complex as function of face length is shown. A formula is presented for assessing the cumulative effect, on the MTBF of SL500S stoping complex, of its length and potash ore cuttability. The plot of correlation between the MTBF of SL500S stoping complex and the face length/the potash ore cuttability is presented, which demonstrates that the complex length followed by the thickness of the extracted layer produce the greatest effect on the MTBF. The plot of the number of failures per day as a function of the maintenance factor of the SL-500C shearer-loader is presented. The plot demonstrates that the average number of failures of the SL-500C shearer-loader per day reaches a minimum and practically stabilize at values of the maintenance factor of 0.9–1.0, which correspond to three-shift production with one 6-hour maintenance shift per day.
Religion of the Selkups and the Kets in the Historical and Cultural Genesis
Authors: Avdeeva Yuliya N. , Degtyarenko Kseniya A. , Pchelkina Daria S. , Shimanskaya Kseniya I. , Koptseva Natalia P. , Shpak Anna A.
Published: August 2019

The article is devoted to the study of the genesis of religious ideas of the Ket and Selkup ethnocultural groups in a historical and cultural context. On the basis of the ethnographic and linguistic material, the article describes the current state of religion and culture of the Kets and Selkups, provides an analytical review of classical and modern studies reflecting the dynamics of the development of religious ideology in the territories inhabited by these ethnic groups. Despite the official Christianization, both the Kets and the Selkups have retained their traditional cosmological and ideological views for many years. Their religious ideology is characterized by coexistence of beliefs and rites of different origins and specificities that reflect natural, everyday, economic and social conditions of ethnic communities. The key manifestations of religious ideology include the idea of the three-part structure of the universe, animistic and ancient totemic beliefs, developed trade ideology, shamanism, burial rites and folklore
Overcoming Ontological Alienation in the Urban Environment
Authors: Farkhidinova Olga M. , Shumkova Valeriia A.
Published: August 2019

In order to improve the conceptual apparatus of epistemology, it is important not only to accumulate variations in thought experiments, to use them for clarifying the key points of reference theory and the degree of ontological assumptions made together with the language usage, but also to question the appeal of explanatory properties of empirical methods for the development of knowledge about the mental states of the “other Self”. This article is divided into two parts: the first one is a theoretical substantiation of the change in the focus of understanding religious experience problem; the second one centres around an example that demonstrates the need to address thought experiments at the stage of identification of human experiences, called religious, since only these experiences grant the opportunity to “expand our own reflexive understanding of the features of our own conceptual scheme” (Stroson, 2009: 97)
Significance of Digital and Numeric (Prolegomena to D. V. Pivovarov’s Symphonica)
Authors: Aleksandr V. Pertsev , Melnikova Elena V. , Sokovnina Irina Ya.
Published: August 2019

Foundations of a new methodology for tolerant dispute proposed by Professor D. V. Pivovarov (1943–2016) are studied in the article. The purpose of the study is to clarify the essence of the concept of “symphonica” proposed by D. V. Pivovarov as a medium in the dialogue of secular and religion scholars. A distinction between “digital” and “numerical” mathematics is made based on Pythagoras, A. Comte, I. Kant and E. Husserl’s teachings. It is proved that the positivist understanding of mathematics does not imply the meaning of numbers, whereas “numerical” mathematics only provides access to the “supratemporal realm of meanings” studied by phenomenology. In the present paper D. V. Pivovarov’s “symphonica” is understood as a form of “inter-phenomenology” that ensures equal access to the ultimate phenomenological grounds of religions, philosophical systems and scientific theories
At the Origings of the European Philosophy of Property
Authors: Ryzhkova Galina S. , Shestovskikh Nataliya A.
Published: August 2019

The article researches the philosophical understanding of property in metaphysical doctrines of Plato and Aristotle, the classicists of ancient thought. It proves that the attitude of these thinkers’ (and primarily Pluto) towards property fits into the general model of human attitude towards the world of social objects and the world in general. This serves the basis for introduction of a special terminological nomination of the “philosophy of property” issue and justification of the thesis about the ways and forms of influence of philosophy of property on European civilization and culture through the adoption of the Platonic and Aristotelian tradition in the interpretation of Christian understanding of property
MEB Okul Öncesi Fen Etkinliklerinin Bilimsel Süreç Becerileri Açısından İncelenmesi
Authors: BİNGÖL Duygu , ÜNAL Merve
Published: August 2019

Bu çalışma, bilimsel süreç becerilerinin pilot illerde uygulanan MEB
okul öncesi eğitim etkinlik kitabında ne kadar yer aldığını tespit etmek
amacıyla yapılmıştır. Bilimsel süreç becerileri, pilot illerde uygulanan MEB
okul öncesi eğitim etkinlik kitabı fen etkinlikleri içerik analizi ile
incelenmiş sonuçlar ortaya konulmuştur. Okul öncesi öğretmenlerin pilot illerde
uygulanan MEB okul öncesi eğitim etkinlik kitabında yer alan etkinlikler hakkındaki
görüşlerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılandırılmış görüşme formu araştırmacılar
tarafından hazırlanmış ve Erzincan İli merkez ilçede bağımsız anaokullarında
görev yapan okul öncesi öğretmenlerine uygulanmıştır. Bu araştırma, tarama
modelinde olup 2017-2018 öğretim yılında Erzincan il merkezinde bağımsız
anaokulunda görev yapan 51 okul öncesi öğretmenin görüşü alınarak
gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmada veriler, yapılandırılmış görüşme yoluyla
toplanmıştır. Elde edilen verileri SPSS programında istatistik analizine tabi
tutulmuş ve her bir soru için frekans ve yüzde değerleri hesaplanmıştır.