bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Report of the Managing Director to the International Monetary and Financial Committee on IMF Quota and Voice Reform
Authors:   International Monetary Fund
Published: October 2019

The October 2007 Communiqué of the IMFC called on the Executive Board to develop specific proposals on a new income model and a new expenditure framework by the time of the 2008 Spring Meetings. On April 7, 2008, the Executive Board endorsed a new income model for the Fund and considered a new medium-term budgetary envelope for financial years 2009–11, which includes deep spending cuts, and approved administrative, restructuring, and capital budgets for financial year 2009. As a key element of this new income-expenditure framework, the Executive Board ecommended the adoption by the Board of Governors of an amendment of the Articles of Agreement to expand the Fund’s investment authority. The Executive Board’s recommendation was sent to the Board of Governors, with the voting period running through 6:00 p.m., Washington time, May 5, 2008.
Reform of Quota and Voice in the International Monetary Fund-Draft Report of the Executive Board to the Board of Governors
Authors:   International Monetary Fund
Published: October 2019

This report sets out a proposal for a second-round package of reforms consistent with the framework agreed in the Singapore Resolution and, to that end, recommends that the Board of Governors approve the resolution that is appended to this Report (the "Resolution").
Evaluation of the U.K. DFID-Financed Technical Assistance GDDS Project for Selected Anglophone African Countries (2001-06)
Authors:   International Monetary Fund
Published: October 2019

This review of Phase I of the technical assistance (TA) General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) project (2001–2006) for 15 Anglophone African countries1—funded by the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) and executed jointly by the Fund and the World Bank—(henceforth, referred to as the Anglophone African (AAf) project) focuses mostly on the components that were implemented by the Fund’s Statistics Department (STA). The review draws on various internal and periodic evaluations of project execution and reports by technical assistance providers. The GDDS—part of the Fund’s Data Standards Initiative—defined the framework for the AAf project. The main goal of the project was initially limited to assisting countries to become participants in the GDDS via preparatory workshops and development of metadata and plans for improvement. The goal was subsequently expanded to providing TA and promoting greater awareness and regional cooperation.
Assessing the General Data Dissemination System-What Has Been Accomplished After Ten Years, and Where Do We Go From Here?
Authors:   International Monetary Fund
Published: October 2019

This paper reviews the role of the GDDS in helping developing and emerging market countries improve the dissemination of macroeconomic and sociodemographic data. It considers whether the GDDS, in the way it was designed about a decade ago and enhanced along the way, has fulfilled its purpose. Further, it considers whether the GDDS remains relevant to its current and prospective members, given ongoing global integration, increasing emphasis on transparency and governance mechanisms, and increased reliance on the Internet and electronic data transmission.
Changing Patterns in Low-Income Country Financing and Implications for Fund Policies on External Financing and Debt
Authors:   International Monetary Fund
Published: October 2019

Low-income countries (LICs) face significant challenges in meeting their development objectives while maintaining a sustainable debt position. The international community’s main answer to this dilemma has been to promote recourse to concessional external resources. The Fund’s recommendations to LICs conform to this preference: the practice in Fund-supported programs in LICs has generally been to set zero limits on nonconcessional external borrowing while not restricting concessional financing, although flexibility has been applied on a case-by-case basis to allow some nonconcessional borrowing when warranted.
The Fund's Facilities and Financing Framework for Low-Income Countries
Authors:   International Monetary Fund
Published: October 2019

This paper assesses the adequacy of the Fund’s facilities and financing framework for low-income countries (LICs) and proposes reform options. It is part of a broader review of all Fund financial instruments and is timely given the pressure the current global financial crisis is putting on LICs. It builds on previous efforts to adapt the Fund’s toolkit to the evolving needs of its LIC members, including creation of the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) and the recent modification of the Exogenous Shocks Facility (ESF). This paper provides the basis for the first stage of the LIC-specific review, with a focus on: (i) gaps and overlaps in the facility architecture for LICs, (ii) design issues such as access, financing terms, and conditionality, and (iii) the concessional resource envelope and funding structure. Based on feedback from Executive Directors and further external consultation, more detailed reform proposals will be prepared in the second stage of the review.

The Fund’s Facilities and Financing Framework for Low-Income Countries—Supplementary Information
March 13, 2009
2011 Triennial Surveillance Review - Health Check and Statistical Information
Authors:   International Monetary Fund
Published: October 2019

This paper (a) provides a snapshot of the overall value added of Fund‘s surveillance perceived by stakeholders; (b) details where the Fund stands in terms of four operational priorities set out in the 2008 TSR; (c) examines key issues identified in the recent IEO paper on the IMF performance in the run up to the global crisis; and (d) discusses stakeholders' perception on the communication aspects of surveillance.
Review of the Role of Trade in the Work of the Fund
Authors:   International Monetary Fund
Published: October 2019

This review follows the Board-endorsed recommendation by the IEO in 2009 to have an assessment of the Fund’s work on trade every five years. In addition to reviewing past work, this paper discusses key issues going forward towards a future trade agenda for the next five years. This reflects the need to operationalize the implications of the changing trade landscape, including the changing drivers of trade—such as global value chains (GVCs)—and the movement of the fulcrum of trade policy from multilateral rounds to regional and plurilateral deals.
Historical (1700–2012) global multi-model estimates of the fire emissions from the Fire Modeling Intercomparison Project (FireMIP)
Authors: Li Fang , Val Martin Maria , Andreae Meinrat O. , Arneth Almut , Hantson Stijn , Kaiser Johannes W. , Lasslop Gitta , Yue Chao , Bachelet Dominique , Forrest Matthew , Kluzek Erik , Liu Xiaohong , Mangeon Stephane , Melton Joe R. , Ward Daniel S. , Darmenov Anton , Hickler Thomas , Ichoku Charles , Magi Brian I. , Sitch Stephen , van der Werf Guido R. , Wiedinmyer Christine , Rabin Sam S.
Published: October 2019

Abstract. Fire emissions are a critical component of carbon and nutrient cycles and
strongly affect climate and air quality. Dynamic global vegetation models
(DGVMs) with interactive fire modeling provide important estimates for
long-term and large-scale changes in fire emissions. Here we present the
first multi-model estimates of global gridded historical fire emissions for
1700–2012, including carbon and 33 species of trace gases and aerosols. The
dataset is based on simulations of nine DGVMs with different
state-of-the-art global fire models that participated in the Fire Modeling
Intercomparison Project (FireMIP), using the same and standardized protocols
and forcing data, and the most up-to-date fire emission factor table based
on field and laboratory studies in various land cover types. We evaluate the
simulations of present-day fire emissions by comparing them with
satellite-based products. The evaluation results show that most DGVMs
simulate present-day global fire emission totals within the range of
satellite-based products. They can capture the high emissions over the
tropical savannas and low emissions over the arid and sparsely vegetated
regions, and the main features of seasonality. However, most models fail to
simulate the interannual variability, partly due to a lack of modeling peat
fires and tropical deforestation fires. Before the 1850s, all models show
only a weak trend in global fire emissions, which is consistent with the
multi-source merged historical reconstructions used as input data for CMIP6.
On the other hand, the trends are quite different among DGVMs for the 20th
century, with some models showing an increase and others a decrease in fire
emissions, mainly as a result of the discrepancy in their simulated
responses to human population density change and land use and land cover
change (LULCC). Our study provides an important dataset for further
development of regional and global multi-source merged historical
reconstructions, analyses of the historical changes in fire emissions and
their uncertainties, and quantification of the role of fire emissions in the
Earth system. It also highlights the importance of accurately modeling the
responses of fire emissions to LULCC and population density change in
reducing uncertainties in historical reconstructions of fire emissions and
providing more reliable future projections.
Enhanced heterogeneous uptake of sulfur dioxide on mineral particles through modification of iron speciation during simulated cloud processing
Authors: Wang Zhenzhen , Wang Tao , Fu Hongbo , Zhang Liwu , Tang Mingjin , George Christian , Grassian Vicki H. , Chen Jianmin
Published: October 2019

Abstract. Iron-containing mineral aerosols play a key role in the oxidation
of sulfur species in the atmosphere. Simulated cloud processing (CP) of
typical mineral particles, such as illite (IMt-2), nontronite (NAu-2),
smectite (SWy-2) and Arizona Test Dust (ATD) is shown here to modify sulfur
dioxide (SO2) uptake onto mineral surfaces. Heterogeneous oxidation of
SO2 on particle surfaces was firstly investigated using an in situ DRIFTS
apparatus (diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy). Our results showed that the Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area normalized uptake
coefficients (γBET) of SO2 on the IMt-2, NAu-2, SWy-2 and
ATD samples after CP were 2.2, 4.1, 1.5 and 1.4 times higher than the
corresponding ones before CP, respectively. The DRIFTS results suggested
that CP increased the amounts of reactive sites (e.g., surface OH groups) on
the particle surfaces and thus enhanced the uptake of SO2. Transmission
electron microscopy (TEM) showed
that the particles broke up into smaller pieces after CP, and thus produced
more active sites. The “free-Fe” measurements confirmed that more reactive
Fe species were present after CP, which could enhance the SO2 uptake
more effectively. Mössbauer spectroscopy further revealed
that the formed Fe phases were amorphous Fe(III) and nanosized ferrihydrite
hybridized with Al ∕ Si, which were possibly transformed from the Fe in the
aluminosilicate lattice. The modification of Fe speciation was driven by the
pH-dependent fluctuation coupling with Fe dissolution–precipitation
cycles repeatedly during the experiment. Considering both the enhanced SO2
uptake and subsequent promotion of iron dissolution along with more active
Fe formation, which in turn led to more SO2 uptake, it was proposed
that there may be a positive feedback between SO2 uptake and iron
mobilized on particle surfaces during CP, thereby affecting climate and
biogeochemical cycles. This self-amplifying mechanism generated on the
particle surfaces may also serve as the basis of high sulfate loading in
severe fog–haze events observed recently in China.
A two-port electrothermal model for suspended MEMS device structures with multiple inputs
Authors: Schoeman Johan , du Plessis Monuko
Published: October 2019

Abstract. Advances in micromachining have led to the development of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices with suspended structures used in a variety of sensors. Of note for this work are sensor types where two elements exist on the suspended membrane, including examples like air flow and differential pressure detectors, gas detection, and differential scanning calorimetry sensors. Intuitively one would argue that some thermal loss exists between the two elements. However, surprisingly little is documented about this electrothermal interaction. The work presented here addresses this shortcoming by defining a new parameter set, a matrix of thermal coupling coefficients. They are used within our novel two-port electrothermal model based on the heat flow equation adapted as a linear system of equations. However, the model is only effective with knowledge of these coefficients. We introduce an approach to extract the coefficients using finite-element method (FEM)-based multiphysics simulation tools and revisit and extend our previous method of non-ideal power coupling, this time to extract the coefficient matrix from measured data. Both specialist simulation tools and device manufacturing are very expensive. However, they are the only choices in the absence of an analytic model. A major contribution of this work is the derivation of a model to predict the coefficients by analytic means from the device dimensions and material properties. The research contribution and paper culminate in a comparison of analytic, simulated, and experimentally extracted values of two different devices to verify and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed models. The values compare well and show that the best results achieved are approximately 90 % and 70 % thermal linkage respectively for vacuum and atmospheric pressure conditions.
Fault interpretation in seismic reflection data: an experiment analysing the impact of conceptual model anchoring and vertical exaggeration
Authors: Alcalde Juan , Bond Clare E. , Johnson Gareth , Kloppenburg Armelle , Ferrer Oriol , Bell Rebecca , Ayarza Puy
Published: October 2019

Abstract. The use of conceptual models is essential in the interpretation of
reflection seismic data. It allows interpreters to make geological sense of
seismic data, which carries inherent uncertainty. However, conceptual models
can create powerful anchors that prevent interpreters from reassessing and
adapting their interpretations as part of the interpretation process, which
can subsequently lead to flawed or erroneous outcomes. It is therefore
critical to understand how conceptual models are generated and applied to
reduce unwanted effects in interpretation results. Here we have tested how
interpretation of vertically exaggerated seismic data influenced the
creation and adoption of the conceptual models of 161 participants in a
paper-based interpretation experiment. Participants were asked to interpret
a series of faults and a horizon, offset by those faults, in a seismic
section. The seismic section was randomly presented to the participants with
different horizontal–vertical exaggeration (1:4 or 1:2). Statistical
analysis of the results indicates that early anchoring to specific
conceptual models had the most impact on interpretation outcome, with the
degree of vertical exaggeration having a subdued influence. Three different
conceptual models were adopted by participants, constrained by initial
observations of the seismic data. Interpreted fault dip angles show no
evidence of other constraints (e.g. from the application of accepted fault
dip models). Our results provide evidence of biases in interpretation of
uncertain geological and geophysical data, including the use of heuristics
to form initial conceptual models and anchoring to these models, confirming
the need for increased understanding and mitigation of these biases to
improve interpretation outcomes.
Medicine then vs. now: perspectives on the history of Canadian medicine with Dr Douglas Bocking
Authors: Hudson Roger , Tellios Vasiliki
Published: October 2019

Throughout the history of healthcare, revolutionary insights into the biological systems underlying human disease have been repeatedly informed by the efforts of correspondingly radical thinkers. Notwithstanding the relatively brief chronology of Canada, several prominent contributions from Canadian scientists, physicians, and academic leaders have facilitated innovations that continue to curb illness worldwide. The channels for these transformations have been facilitated by perspicacious individuals that have devoted their lives to bridging crucial holistic gaps between science and medicine. Dr Douglas Bocking is one of these individuals. Through progressing the conception of medical innovations and pioneering the launching of novel academic partnerships, he helped establish the University of Western Ontario (UWO) as a leader in medicine within Canada and throughout the world. Bocking’s ardent enthusiasm and cheerful character continues to empower mentees at all experience levels. The Government of Canada formally recognized his steadfast commitments to Canadian healthcare by appointing Bocking to the Order of Canada in 1999. His empathic and innovative disposition has also been immortalized by the Douglas Bocking Award, one of UWO’s highest teaching honours. Beyond the admirable appointments and accolades, Bocking remains an active member of London and UWO communities at 98 years young, continuing to engage and inspire future generations of physicians. His contributions to the development of Canadian healthcare have transcended into improved understanding of the human experience and have enhanced the quality of life for millions of individuals.
The isolation and characterization of lipase from Carica papaya latex using zwitterion sodium lauroyl sarcosinate as agent
Authors: Nhat Dang Minh , Ha Phan Thi Viet
Published: October 2019

Most of industrial lipases are derived from microbial sources, following by a wide variety of plants. Among plant lipases, lipase from Carica papaya latex has been the focus of intense and growing research due to low cost, easy acceptance by consumers and its unique characteristics. This enzyme has been successfully applied for lipid modification and synthesis of some organic compounds. However, research for its molecular structure has been limited due to the difficulty to isolate the enzyme from the latex matrix. In this study, we suggested a modified approach using sodium lauroyl sarcosinate to solubilize the latex, then the protein was precipitated by ammonium sulphate. We also carried out the characterization of the lipase obtained from Carica papaya latex. The results showed that freeze-drying the fresh latex could improve significantly lipase activity of latex powder in comparison with sun-drying or oven-drying. The zwitterion sodium lauroyl sarcosinate could solubilize nearly 50% of the latex and the achieved supernatant exhibited great lipase activity. There was no need to use an organic solvent to delipidate the latex prior to solubilization with sodium lauroyl sarcosinate due to possible denaturation of enzymes. The proteins which were fractionally precipitated with 50 - 60%, 60 - 70% and 70 - 80% ammonium sulphate saturation showed lipolytic activity. The fraction from 50 - 60% saturation with the greatest mass was subjected to ion exchange chromatography, SDS electrophoresis and kinetic parameter determination. The results showed the presence of two proteins with molecular mass ranging from 35 kDa to 55 kDa and both presented lipase activity. The Km and Vmax of the lipase fraction from 50 - 60% saturation was 1.12 mM and 1.2 x 10-6 mM.min-1.mL-1 respectively. So, the freeze-drying of papaya latex could help to preserve its lipase activity and the usage of sodium lauroyl sarcosinate could improve the isolation of the lipase from the papaya latex and pave the way for research on the molecular structure of Carica papaya latex lipases.
Estimation of Market Risk Premium for Japan
Authors: AHN Seoungpil , SHRESTHA Keshab
Published: October 2019

In this paper, the time series of risk aversion parameter is estimated for the Japanese stock market using weekly return data covering 2/7/1973 to 12/27/2000. The time series of risk aversion parameter is estimated with the Time Varying Parameter (EVP) GARCH-M model proposed by Chou, Engle and Kane (1992), which allows for the risk aversion parameter to change over time by modeling the risk aversion parameter to follow a random walk process. The risk aversion parameter is found to range between 3.5 to 2.2. We also find that the risk aversion parameter has not significantly changed over time. This implies that most of the variation in excess return can be explained by the variation in the market (variance) risk. Keywords: GARCH-M, Kalman Filtering, risk aversion, time-varying parameter, volatility.
An Active Teaching Approach to Business Management: Gender and Ethnic Service Learning Self-Reflections
Authors: HELM-STEVENS Roxanne , V. GRIEGO Orlando
Published: October 2019

College business students, as part of a requisite undergraduate business management course, were assigned a service learning project.  A component of the service-learning project was to teach business and management related curriculum to at-risk high school students.  The undergraduate students, consisting of gender and ethnic mixes were then assessed in their perceptions of the following service learning position: leadership to at-risk students, relationships to at-risk students, making a difference to at-risk students, teamwork effectiveness, service learning effectiveness, and role modeling to at-risk students.  A repeated measures ANOVA and factorial ANOVA were used to assess effects.  Significant differences were noted.
Memory Effects on Saudi Arabian Stock Market – Empirical Evidence
Authors: ALKHATHLAN Khalid , PRABAKARAN Sella
Published: October 2019

This paper makes a serious endeavor to investigate whether there exists a need to study the use of non-linear models to test the survival of memory effects in a developing stock market like Saudi Arabia, performing thereon the various statistical tests for the normality of data. It also discussing how various authors are challenging the efficient market hypothesis. This has led to the use of non-linear dynamic systems for modeling movement in stock prices. In order to confirm whether the efficient market hypothesis is applicable to the Saudi Arabian Stock Market, the study has used the TADAWUL returns for the last two decade and tested them for normality. And also find out the various features of the logarithmic return spectrum of the Saudi Arabian stock markets. It also scrutinizes the possible existence of dependencies and memory effects in the return processes. In particular, it performs Rescaled Range (R/S) analysis. The results throw up several intriguing issues of relevance to portfolio managers, stock market players and analysts and academicians. Key Words: EMH, Chaos, Brownian Motion, R/S method, TASI
Pricing and Marketing the e-Databases and Deprivation of Users: A Case Study of Delhi State of India
Authors: RAI Haridwar Singh , BANDYOPADHAYAY Asit
Published: October 2019

Worldly knowledge system can be termed as an integration of Knowledge economy, information technology, library system as a knowledge facilitator, and e-databases in the epoch of modern globalization. Users across the globe perceived it as a commodity and are paying the price of e-databases. Users and knowledge facilitation centers, libraries and information centers are spending substantial part of their proposed expenditure in order to purchase information products in terms of e-databases globally. Global information industry has touched $381billion in 2007. In India, except National Informatics Centre (NIC), rests of the e-database players are private and majority of them are MNCs and monopolist competitive market’s leaders. The State of Delhi has become a reputed e-database market in India and its players are globally aligned and locally well versed with governments and most of them are cropping government resources for their promotion of marketing. Whether they are really a promoter of knowledge development oriented activities or profit maximization agencies only?  Is increasing subscription rate of e-databases becoming a threatening issue for users and libraries and information centers and their establishments? Is nature of market and marketing of e-databases pricing models benefiting the consumers/users/Libraries and Information Professionals (LIPs)? How will the increasing subscription of databases be precipitated in term of development of knowledge economy a, users, libraries and information centers in the State of Delhi in near future? How should users and LIPs react?  This paper is a humble effort to deal with these pertinent questions. Keywords: E-databases, Library Information Personals (LIPs), Pricing, Market Structure
Application of Maintenance Interval De-Escalation in Base Maintenance Planning Optimization
Authors: MUCHIRI Anthony Kariuki , SMIT Klaas
Published: October 2019

This paper presents a unique approach to aircraft maintenance optimization during base maintenance planning. The necessity to optimize maintenance follows from a need to reduce heavy maintenance visits that require significant downtime and are capital intensive. Further, unnecessary maintenance and frequent opening and closing of panels results in significant wear and tear, and thus reducing the inherent reliability of the aircraft. A simulation model has been developed to predict the maintenance requirement of aircraft in an airline operating under known conditions. Construction and validation of the model are based on knowledge and statistical data of actual operations and maintenance practices. The main use of the model is to group maintenance tasks into manageable packages that can be executed at extended maintenance intervals and within specified periods, and thus increasing aircraft availability. The concept of initial interval de-escalation of maintenance is introduced and its positive effects are demonstrated. Keywords: Aircraft maintenance, clustering, simulation, optimization, Boeing 737NG
Education Training in Growing Professionalism Mubaligh Student Study of the Faculty of Islamic Studies University of Muhammadiyah Gresik
Authors: Amirudin Noor
Published: October 2019

This research is one of the efforts of researchers to try to find out how far the professionalism of students of the Islamic Religion Education Study Program at the Faculty of Islam, Muhammadiyah Gresik after participating in Da'wah Training (the program is preaching Ramadhan) This study uses descriptive qualitative research, namely research that produces data in the form of written or oral words from people or observable behavior. The source of research data used is the primary data source in the form of information from the field through direct observation of the activities/training carried out, then secondary data sources in the form of material books, as well as documentation data. For data collection techniques used include methods of observation, interviews, and documentation. Analysis of the data using descriptive analysis by clarifying according to the problems under study then compiled and analyzed. The results of the study show that da'wah training in fostering the professionalism of students to become young preachers has been going well for approximately 14 (fourteen) days. This is evidenced by the results of planning and practice of preaching in Dusun Mambung Lor, Banjar Agung Village, Balongpanggang District, Gresik Regency. First, because the maturity in its planning by planning activities, determining the goals and objectives of da'wah training, while the purpose of da'wah training is to improve the ability of students to become young professional mubalighs, by providing materials, methods, and media used. The second is the existence of organizing in neatly organized da'wah training. The third is practice, practice in da'wah training, by sending students directly into the realm of the general public or referred to as da'wah.
Do Hospital Rankings Mislead Patients? Variability Among National Rating Systems for Orthopaedic Surgery
Authors: Shah Romil F. , Manning David W. , Butler Bennet A. , Bilimoria Karl Y.
Published: October 2019

Introduction:

A growing number of online hospital rating systems for orthopaedic surgery are found. Although the accuracy and consistency of these systems have been questioned in other fields of medicine, no formal analysis of these systems in orthopaedics has been found.

Methods:

Five hospital rating systems (US News, HealthGrades, CareChex, Women's Choice, and Hospital Compare) were examined which designate “high-performing” and “low-performing” hospitals for orthopaedic surgery. Descriptive analysis was conducted for all hospitals defined as high- or low-performing in any of the five rating systems, and assessment for agreement/disagreement between ratings was done. A subsample of hospitals ranked by all systems was then created, and agreement between rating systems was investigated using a Cohen's kappa. Each hospital was included in a multinomial logistic regression model investigating which hospital characteristics increased the odds of being favorably/unfavorably rated by each system.

Results:

One thousand six hundred forty hospitals were evaluated by every rating system. Six hundred thirty-eight unique hospitals were identified as high-performing by at least 1 rating system; however, no hospital was ranked as high-performing by all five rating systems. Four hundred fifty-two unique hospitals were identified as low-performing; however, no hospital was ranked as low-performing by all the three rating systems which define low-performing hospitals. Within the study subsample of hospitals evaluated by each system, little agreement between any combination of rating systems (κ < 0.10) regarding top-tier or bottom-tier performance was found. It was more likely for a hospital to be considered high-performing by one system and low-performing by another (10.66%) than for the majority of the five rating systems to consider a hospital high-performing (3.76%).

Conclusion:

Little agreement between hospital quality rating systems for orthopaedic surgery is found. Publicly available hospital ratings for performance in orthopaedic surgery offer conflicting results and provide little guidance to patients, providers, or payers when selecting a hospital for orthopaedic surgery.

Level of Evidence:

Level 1 economic study
Literary Reflections on Postimperial Violence in East-Central Europe after 1918: Wittlin – Hašek – Vančura
Authors: Kliems Alfrun
Published: October 2019

This paper discusses questions like the irony of history, the lack of illusions, and the prophecy of violence in three classic World War I novels by Jaroslav Hašek, Vladislav Vančura and Józef Wittlin, written in the decades after 1918. The novels have at least three aspects in common: first, the poetics of each is marked in a compressed way by the style of narrating the assassination in Sarajevo in 1918; second, three picaresque figures – Švejk, Řeka and Niewiadomski, respectively – standing in the centre of each novel; and, third, in addition to the war itself, each novel looks proleptically at its consequences, even if the narrated time does not extend to the end of the war. The paper tries to reflect on the novels as the literature of post-imperialist violence. Rhetorical figures of barbarization and self-barbarization, inversion of subject and object, fragmentation of space are particularly significant in the books, demonstrating the aesthetic processing of the reversal from euphoria, over the end of the war, to frustration, over the continuing violence. More specifically, these figures correspond with a remarkable degree with the unfulfilled peace after 1918.
Mais de um sentido: Facilitando a autoria, sincronização e execução de efeitos sensoriais em linguagens multimídia
Authors: Abreu Raphael , Bezerra Eduardo , Santos Joel
Published: October 2019

Advances in ubiquitous computing have spurred research aimed at increasing user immersion in multimedia applications. One such research is the coupling of sensory effects in multimedia presentations. That is, to enable forms of interaction with human senses other than usual sight and hearing. However, the development of applications with sensory effects needs an authoring effort to synchronize sensory effects with audiovisual content. In addition, interactive applications lack abstractions to facilitate the authoring of sensory effects. Therefore, this paper presents works on three approaches to facilitate this scenario.
Online tool to assist volunteer firefighters in Santa Catarina State
Authors: Benedet Igor , Varela Daniel de Andrade , Nogueira Rodrigo Ramos
Published: October 2019

With a commitment to protect and guarantee the safety of the residents of Joinville, 127 years ago a group of people created an institution focused on serving the population in a fast and efficient way. This was how the Volunteer Fire Brigade of Joinville was born, the first such institution in Brazil and the second national fire company. Having seen that it is an association composed of several institutions, as well as several volunteers, a way of managing them is necessary. This paper presents the steps of developing an application to assist the ABVESC firefighters with regard to their institutional organization, bringing greater accessibility and agility to their tasks and planning.
Applying Machine Learning Techniques in Older People Activity Recognition usingWearable and Mobile Devices
Authors: Santana Flavio Vinicius Vieira , Rasteiro Bruno Henrique , Zimmermann Larissa Cardoso , De Nardin Luciana , Pimentel Maria da Graça Campos
Published: October 2019

We investigate the potential of the combined use of smartwatch accelerometer data and smartphone apps for online older adultsactivity recognition.We selected machine learning algorithms which resulted in a posteriori recognition accuracy of 98.92%. Our smartphone app, with the selected machine learning algorithms, carried out online recognition from data captured on the smartwatch. These results allow us, as future work, assess the accuracy of online recognition when the system is used by older adults.
UnderApp: A System For Remote Monitoring Of Landslides Based On Wireless Underground Sensor Networks
Authors: Ferreira Creyton B. de M. , Peixoto Viviane F. , Brito Jorge Augusto G. de , Monteiro André Felipe de A. , Assis Laura Silva de , Henriques Felipe da R.
Published: October 2019

Every year several landslides are observed in Brazil, causing a major impact on the population which lives in risk areas. These events are permanent concerns for the local population, and also for the authorities responsible for monitoring the risk areas. This work presents UnderApp, a system for remote monitoring of landslides based on a Wireless Underground Sensor Network (WUSN). The sensor network is responsible to collect data in real time about rainfall and soil moisture, which are the main metrics for predicting the eminence of landslides. Then, the collected data is stored in a Web Server and sent to an App designed for smartphones to provide the data visualization by the local population and public authorities. A prototype was implemented and initial tests were performed to ratify the feasibility of the data collection and storage. Moreover, the App interface and its main features are presented as well.
Using Deep Learning to Recognize People by Face and Voice
Authors: Silva Lucas Gomes da , Guedes Álan L. V. , Colcher Sérgio
Published: October 2019

There are many ways to build a person identification system and those systems can be used for authentication and security. The latest phones for example, bring fingerprint readers to enhance the user experience. From our perspective on Neural Networkswe determine that Machine Learning is enough to guarantee someone’s identity without the need of any specific sensors other than a camera and a microphone. It is achievable with pictures of their face, sounds of their voice and Deep Learning. This work presents a study to build an application to allow biometric authentication using only multimedia and Deep Learning.
MobiLysa - Sistema de localização e controle do cão-guia robô Lysa para ambientes internos baseado em visão computacional
Authors: Cotta Wagner Augusto Aranda , Machado Flávio , Vassallo Raquel Frizera , Carmo Alexandre Pereira do , Garcia Anilton Salles , Sellin Nedinalva de Araujo
Published: October 2019

Lysa is a guide-robot whose goal is to assist people with visual impairment, improving their autonomy and mobility. Lysa is able to detect potholes, ground obstacles and risks of collision with high objects, warning the user of such dangers by voice. However Lysa is still unable to guide a person to a place within an environment. Therefore, the aim of this project will be to develop MobiLysa: a service to perform localization, navigation and control of the robot Lysa so it can guide a person to a desired location inside a building. That will be done using an Intelligent Space based on computer vision. The user will be able to indicate the desired destination, either by voice or other form of interaction, and be guided to the place independently and safely.
Sistema de Videocolaboração interoperável entre webconferência e endpoints de videoconferência
Authors: Roesler Valter , Gasparoni Júnior Mário , Cecagno Felipe , Valle Rafael , Husemann Ronaldo
Published: October 2019

The purpose of this paper is to present advances in the Mconf web conferencing system to support transparent interoperability with room videoconferencing equipment (known as endpoints), Multipresence system, and Phone@RNP. The system can behave as SFU (Switching Forwarding Unit) or MCU (Multipoint Control Unit), making decisions about the best signal to send to each destination. The following main benefits can be cited: 1) Improving user interaction in the use of such systems, so that it simply enters the portal “Video Collaboration Service”, and the system make the necessary adaptations to obtain the best user experience; 2) Have a single MCU + SFU service, savings resources, as it concentrates programmers on the same code.
Vídeo Síncrono com Preservação Digital e Registro Distribuído como um Serviço para Telessaúde
Authors: Sousa Denio Mariz , Souza Guido Lemos , Silva Cícero I. da , Castro Giuliano Maia
Published: October 2019

This paper proposes a video as a service (VaaS) platform enabling synchronous video and confidential transmission based in an open and scalable architecture in order to simplify the integration of streaming features in telehealth systems. The platform will provide participant authentication, preservation and recovery of videos with proof of existence, integrity and authenticity through digital certificates and blockchain registration, and the association of the recorded media with the patient's electronic medical record. The goal is that users and health professionals can adopt synchronous video resources to carry out the activities of supervision, teleconsulting, telediagnosis and preceptory of resident doctors with focus on Primary Health Care in remote locations in a safe and reliable way.
Standard Navigation Scheme to Accessibility NCL Apps
Authors: Vieira Alex de Souza , Pinto Hedvan Fernandes , Argolo Eraclito de Souza , Sousa Léia Sousa de
Published: October 2019

This proposal is a suggestion to the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT), in NBR 15290, over accessibility Digital TV. The focus is to discuss and establish a standard navigation scheme to accessible NCL applications to be annexed to NBR 15290. This navigation scheme can be used as guidelines for developers to create NCL applications for people with a visual or hearing disability.
Vehicle License Plate Detection and Perspective Rectification
Authors: Alhussein Musaed , Aurangzeb Khursheed , Haider Syed Irtaza
Published: October 2019

The character segmentation and perspective rectification of Vehicle License Plate (VLP) is essential in different applications, including traffic monitoring, car parking, stolen vehicle recovery, and toll payment. The character segmentation of the VLP and its horizontal as well as vertical (pan and tilt) correction is a crucial operation. It has considerable impact on the precision of the vehicle identification process. In this work, we investigate an effective framework for the perspective rectification and homography correction of vehicle's images. The captured images of the vehicle could be tilted in vertical or horizontal or vertical-horizontal mix directions due to different movements. For reasonable high identification results, a polynomial fitting based homography correction method for rectifying the tilted VLPs is applied. A method for determining four corner points of the rotated VPLs is explored. These four detected corner points are applied in the homography correction algorithm. For comprehensively evaluating the performance of the proposed framework, the detected VLPs in various directions, such as horizontal, vertical, and mix horizontal-vertical, are rotated. For the experiments, the real images of the vehicles in the outdoor environment, from different directions and different distances are captured. With our proposed method, we achieve an accuracy of 97 % and 95 % for the simulated and real captured images, respectively.
No God, No Powers
Authors: Orr James ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: October 2019

One common feature of debates about the best metaphysical analysis of putatively lawful phenomena is the suspicion that nomic realists who locate the modal force of such phenomena in quasi-causal necessitation relations between universals are working with a model of law that cannot convincingly erase its theological pedigree. Nancy Cartwright distills this criticism into slogan form: no God, no laws. Some have argued that a more plausible alternative for nomic realists who reject theism is to ground laws of nature in the fundamental dispositional properties or “pure powers” of physical objects. This article argues that for all its advantages over deflationary and rival realist accounts, a pandispositionalist account of law cuts against the commitment to metaphysical naturalism that its supporters almost always presuppose. It then examines and rejects a Platonic version of this account before elaborating and advancing a theistic alternative that is more theoretically powerful and more metatheoretically parsimonious. In slogan form: no God, no powers.
On Armstrong’s Difficulties with Adequate Truthmaking Restrictions
Authors: McDaniel Brannon ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: October 2019

D. M. Armstrong rejects various ontologies that posit truths without truthmakers. But, lest proponents of such questionable ontologies postulate suspicious truthmakers in a bid to regain ontological respectability, Armstrong requires a plausible restriction on truthmaking that eliminates such ontologies. I discuss three different candidate restrictions: categorical, natural, and intrinsic difference-making. While the categorical and natural restrictions eliminate the questionable ontologies, they also eliminate Armstrong’s own ontology. The intrinsic difference-making restriction, on the other hand, fails to eliminate any of them. Thus Armstrong lacks a principled reason for rejecting such ontologies.
Classic Findings, Mimickers, and Distinguishing Features in Primary Blistering Skin Disease
Authors: Tintle Suzanne J. , Cruse Allison R. , Brodell Robert T. , Duong Buu
Published: October 2019

Context.—

Blistering diseases comprise a large group of clinically polymorphic and sometimes devastating diseases. During the past few decades, we have developed an elegant understanding of the broad variety of blistering diseases and the specific histopathologic mechanism of each.

Objective.—

To review examples of the classic findings of specific blistering diseases and emphasize the importance of considering unrelated conditions that can mimic the classic finding.

Data Sources.—

This article combines data from expert review, the medical literature, and dermatology and pathology texts.

Conclusions.—

We have chosen several common examples of classic blistering diseases that are mimicked by other cutaneous conditions to highlight the basic findings in blistering conditions and the importance of clinician-to-pathologist communication.
“Só quem sabe onde é Luanda saberá lhe dar valor”: a tradição oral como herança ancestral
Authors: Oliveira Julvan Moreira de , Farias Kelly De Lima
Published: October 2019

O objetivo desse trabalho foi refletir sobre a importância da Tradição Oral tal como as possibilidades de esta se fazer presente nas práticas educativas brasileiras, provocado pelas experiências do estágio realizado na Escola Primária 16 de Junho, em Luanda, Angola, através do Programa de Intercâmbio Estudantil. Baseando-se em pesquisas bibliográficas de autores que dedicaram seus estudos à temática da tradição oral africana e seus desdobramentos, buscamos perceber a tradição africana não apenas como rica em aspectos históricos, mas como instrumento de conhecimento cultural que permeiam uma sociedade. Os aportes teóricos trazidos pretendem ampliar nosso olhar sobre o legado de culturas predominantemente orais que não se esvaziam de ensinamentos. Tais considerações nos ajudam a perceber que as várias práticas culturais negras desenvolvidas em nosso país abarcam as práticas e saberes africanos. Tido como um continente da palavra falada, a África reconhece a palavra como instrumento de preservação dos saberes ancestrais. A palavra é sagrada e composta de força vital. Na educação, a palavra, a oralidade, se faz presente, tal como na tradição oral. A oralidade, elemento da tradição, é mediadora das relações sociais, políticas, econômicas e culturais. Assim, concluímos pensando uma educação que através dos ensinamentos da tradição oral africana contribua para um conhecimento no qual o ser se envolve na totalidade.
Ynari e a política da "palabre" na brincadeira das palavras
Authors: Dantas Luís Thiago Freire
Published: October 2019

Este artigo propõe uma conversa entre a filosofia africana e a literatura infantil. Se África nos discursos coloniais foi associada à infância, então fazer uma investigação que se fundamenta em uma criança africana propõe repensar aquilo que legitimamos como filosofia. A conversa acontecerá entre a personagem Ynari, do livro Ynari – a menina de cinco tranças, de Ondjaki, e o conceito de Palabre, elaborado pelo filósofo Jean Godefroy Bidima. Assim, o artigo parte da palavra como eixo principal da investigação, pois ela aparece tanto para Ondjaki quanto para Bidima como uma forma de interação com o mundo, seja na criação, seja na destruição. Por fim, questionar o ideal de “neutralidade de conhecimento” que pretende estabelecer um cânone, relegando a multiplicidade de saberes em prol de uma unidade epistêmica.
Filosofar desde os arquipélagos: filosofia afrodiásporica como disputa de imaginários
Authors: Santos Luís Carlos Ferreira dos , Oliveira Eduardo David de
Published: October 2019

O presente trabalho busca disputar imaginários a partir da compreensão de dois conceitos, arquipélagos e filopoética, em diálogo com o pensamento do ensaísta, filósofo e poeta Édouard Glissant. Ele é um pensador do arquipélago e, por isso, do todo-mundo. O pensamento da relação é a resposta oferecida por ele como caminho de superação e crítica à dominação monocolonialista. A obra de Glissant envolve tanto uma estética quanto uma política e mobiliza tanto uma filosofia quanto uma poesia. O diálogo da filosofia e a poesia se dá no intuito do primeiro criar conceitos e o segundo fecundá-lo de imaginação (filopoética).