bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Robust Intra-Body Communication Using SHA1-CRC Inversion-Based Protection and Error Correction for Securing Electronic Authentication
Authors: Cho Seongho , Park Daejin
Published: October 2020

The explosive increase in the number of IoT devices requires various types of communication methods. This paper presents secure personal authentication using electrostatic coupling Intra-body communication (IBC) based on frequency shift keying (FSK) and error correction. The proposed architecture uses GPIO for a transmitter and analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) for a receiver. We mplemented FSK modulation, demodulation, data protection, and error correction techniques in the MCU software without applying hardware devices. We used the characteristic that the carrier signal is 50% duty square wave for 1-bit error correction and applied a method of randomly inverting SHA1 hash data to protect user authentication data during transmission. The transmitter modulates binary data using a square wave as a carrier signal and transmits data through the human body. The receiver demodulates the signal using ADC and decrypts the demodulated binary data. To determine the carrier frequency from ADC results, we applied a zero-crossing algorithm which is used to detect edge characteristics in image processing. When calculating the threshold value within the zero-crossing algorithm, we implemented an adaptive threshold setting technique utilizing Otsu’s binarization technique. We found that the size of the electrode pad does not affect the signal strength, but the distance between the electrode pad and the skin has a significant effect on the signal strength. Our results show that binary data modulated with a square wave can be successfully transmitted through the human body, and, when 1-bit error correction is applied, the byte error rate on the receiver side is improved around 3.5% compared to not applying it.
Research on Absolute Calibration of GNSS Receiver Delay through Clock-Steering Characterization
Authors: Zhu Feng , Zhang Huijun , Huang Luxi , Li Xiaohui , Feng Ping
Published: October 2020

The receiver delay has a significant impact on global navigation satellite system (GNSS) time measurement. This article comprehensively analyzes the difficulty, composition, principle, and calculation of GNSS receiver delay. A universal method, based on clock-steering characterization, is proposed to absolutely calibrate all types of receivers. We use a hardware simulator to design several experiments to test the performance of GNSS receiver delay for different receiver types, radio frequency (RF) signals, operation status and time-to-phase (TtP). At first, through the receivers of Novatel and Septentrio, the channel delay of Septentrio is 2 ns far lower than 65 ns for Novatel, and for the inter-frequency bias of GLONASS L1, Septentrio tends to increase within 10 ns compared with decreasing of Novatel within 5 ns. Secondly, a representative receiver of UniNav-BDS (BeiDou) is chosen to test the influence of Ttp which may be ignored by users. Under continuous operation, the receiver delay shows a monotone reduction of 10 ns as TtP increased by 10 ns. However, under on-off operation, the receiver delay represents periodic variation. Through a zero-baseline comparison, we verifies the relation between receiver delay and TtP. At last, the article analyzes instrument errors and measurement errors in the experiment, and the combined uncertainty of absolute calibration is calculated with 1.36 ns.
Autonomous Deployment of Underwater Acoustic Monitoring Devices Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: The Flying Hydrophone
Authors: Babatunde Daniel , Pomeroy Simon , Lepper Paul , Clark Ben , Walker Rebecca
Published: October 2020

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are increasingly becoming a popular tool in the observation and study of marine mammals. However, the potential capabilities of these vehicles regarding autonomous operations are not being fully exploited for passive underwater acoustic monitoring in marine mammal research. This article presents results from the development of a UAV system equipped with an underwater acoustic recorder aimed at assisting with the monitoring of harbour porpoises in Special Areas of Conservation in the United Kingdom. The UAV is capable of autonomous navigation, persistent landing, take-off and automatic data acquisition at specified waypoints. The system architecture that enables autonomous UAV flight including waypoint planning and control is described. A bespoke lightweight underwater acoustic recorder (named the PorpDAQ) capable of transmitting the results of fast Fourier transforms (FFT) applied to incoming signals from a hydrophone was also designed. The system’s operation is successfully validated with a combination of outdoor experiments and indoor simulations demonstrating different UAVs capable of autonomously navigating and landing at specific waypoints while recording data in an indoor tank. Results from the recorder suggest that lightweight, relatively low-cost systems can be used in place of heavier more expensive alternatives.
Portable Sleep Apnea Syndrome Screening and Event Detection Using Long Short-Term Memory Recurrent Neural Network
Authors: Chang Hung-Chi , Wu Hau-Tieng , Huang Po-Chiun , Ma Hsi-Pin , Lo Yu-Lun , Huang Yuan-Hao
Published: October 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is characterized by repeated airflow partial reduction or complete cessation due to upper airway collapse during sleep. OSAHS can induce frequent awake and intermittent hypoxia that is associated with hypertension and cardiovascular events. Full-channel Polysomnography (PSG) is the gold standard for diagnosing OSAHS; however, this PSG evaluation process is unsuitable for home screening. To solve this problem, a measuring module integrating abdominal and thoracic triaxial accelerometers, a pulsed oximeter (SpO2) and an electrocardiogram sensor was devised in this study. Moreover, a long short-term memory recurrent neural network model is proposed to classify four types of sleep breathing patterns, namely obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), central sleep apnea (CSA), hypopnea (HYP) events and normal breathing (NOR). The proposed algorithm not only reports the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) through the acquired overnight signals but also identifies the occurrences of OSA, CSA, HYP and NOR, which assists in OSAHS diagnosis. In the clinical experiment with 115 participants, the performances of the proposed system and algorithm were compared with those of traditional expert interpretation based on PSG signals. The accuracy of AHI severity group classification was 89.3%, and the AHI difference for PSG expert interpretation was 5.0±4.5. The overall accuracy of detecting abnormal OSA, CSA and HYP events was 92.3%.
Electrical Resistance Tomography for Control Applications: Quantitative Study of the Gas-Liquid Distribution inside A Cyclone
Authors: Sattar Muhammad Awais , Garcia Matheus Martinez , Banasiak Robert , Portela Luis M. , Babout Laurent
Published: October 2020

Phase separation based centrifugal forces is effective, and thus widely explored by the process industry. In an inline swirl separator, a core of the light phase is formed in the center of the device and captured further downstream. Given the inlet conditions, this gas core created varies in shape and size. To predict the separation behavior and control the process in an optimal way, the gas core diameter should be measured with the minimum possible intrusiveness. Process tomography techniques such as electrical resistance tomography (ERT) allows us to measure the gas core diameter in a fast and non-intrusive way. Due to the soft-field nature and ill-posed problem in solving the inverse problem, especially in the area of low spatial resolution, the reconstructed images often overestimate the diameter of the object under consideration leading to unreliable measurements. To use ERT measurements as an input for the controller, the estimated diameters should be corrected based on secondary measurements, e.g., optical techniques such as high-speed cameras. In this context, image processing and image analysis techniques were adapted to compare the diameter calculated by an ERT system and a fast camera. In this paper, a correction method is introduced to correct the diameter obtained by ERT based on static measurements. The proposed method reduced the ERT error of dynamic measurements of the gas core size from over 300% to below 20%, making it a reliable sensing technique for controlled separation processes.
Mapping Utility Poles in Aerial Orthoimages Using ATSS Deep Learning Method
Authors: Gomes Matheus , Silva Jonathan , Gonçalves Diogo , Zamboni Pedro , Perez Jader , Batista Edson , Ramos Ana , Osco Lucas , Matsubara Edson , Li Jonathan , Marcato Junior José , Gonçalves Wesley
Published: October 2020

Mapping utility poles using side-view images acquired with car-mounted cameras is a time-consuming task, mainly in larger areas due to the need for street-by-street surveying. Aerial images cover larger areas and can be feasible alternatives although the detection and mapping of the utility poles in urban environments using top-view images is challenging. Thus, we propose the use of Adaptive Training Sample Selection (ATSS) for detecting utility poles in urban areas since it is a novel method and has not yet investigated in remote sensing applications. Here, we compared ATSS with Faster Region-based Convolutional Neural Networks (Faster R-CNN) and Focal Loss for Dense Object Detection (RetinaNet ), currently used in remote sensing applications, to assess the performance of the proposed methodology. We used 99,473 patches of 256 × 256 pixels with ground sample distance (GSD) of 10 cm. The patches were divided into training, validation and test datasets in approximate proportions of 60%, 20% and 20%, respectively. As the utility pole labels are point coordinates and the object detection methods require a bounding box, we assessed the influence of the bounding box size on the ATSS method by varying the dimensions from 30×30 to 70×70 pixels. For the proposal task, our findings show that ATSS is, on average, 5% more accurate than Faster R-CNN and RetinaNet. For a bounding box size of 40×40, we achieved Average Precision with intersection over union of 50% (AP50) of 0.913 for ATSS, 0.875 for Faster R-CNN and 0.874 for RetinaNet. Regarding the influence of the bounding box size on ATSS, our results indicate that the AP50 is about 6.5% higher for 60×60 compared to 30×30. For AP75, this margin reaches 23.1% in favor of the 60×60 bounding box size. In terms of computational costs, all the methods tested remain at the same level, with an average processing time around of 0.048 s per patch. Our findings show that ATSS outperforms other methodologies and is suitable for developing operation tools that can automatically detect and map utility poles.
Full-Duplex Relay for Millimeter Wave Vehicular Platoon Communications
Authors: Lee Jong-Ho , Song Jiho
Published: October 2020

The safety and consistency of platoon-based driving are guaranteed via reliable communication between vehicles in a platoon. In this paper, we propose to exploit a full-duplex (FD) relay vehicle for millimeter-wave vehicular communications in platoon-based driving. Considering that a lead vehicle broadcasts information to all vehicles in a platoon, we consider two power allocation problems—maximizing broadcast information rates with a power constraint and minimizing power consumption with a quality-of-service constraint. In particular, for a four-vehicle platoon communication, we derive closed-form solutions for optimal power allocation and present numerical results to verify the performance of the proposed FD relay vehicles.
Future Flood Risk Assessment under the Effects of Land Use and Climate Change in the Tiaoxi Basin
Authors: Li Leilei , Yang Jintao , Wu Jin
Published: October 2020

Global warming and land-use change affects runoff in the regional basin. Affected by different factors, such as abundant rainfall and increased impervious surface, the Taihu basin becomes more vulnerable to floods. As a result, a future flood risk analysis is of great significance. This paper simulated the land-use expansion and analyzed the surface change from 2020 to 2050 using the neural network Cellular Automata Markov (CA-Markov) model. Moreover, the NASA Earth Exchange Global Daily Downscaled Climate Projections (NEX-GDDP) dataset was corrected for deviation and used to analyze the climate trend. Second, the verified SWAT model was applied to simulate future runoff and to analyze the future flood risk. The results show that (1) land use is dominated by cultivated land and forests. In the future, the area of cultivated land will decrease and construction land will expand to 1.5 times its present size. (2) The average annual precipitation and temperature will increase by 1.2% and 1.5 degrees from 2020 to 2050, respectively. During the verified period, the NSE and r-square values of the SWAT model are greater than 0.7. (3) Compared with the historical extreme runoff, the extreme runoff in the return period will increase 10%~25% under the eight climate models in 2050. In general, the flood risk will increase further under the climate scenarios.
MeLa: A Programming Language for a New Multidisciplinary Oceanographic Float
Authors: Bonnieux Sébastien , Cazau Dorian , Mosser Sébastien , Blay-Fornarino Mireille , Hello Yann , Nolet Guust
Published: October 2020

At 2000 m depth in the oceans, one can hear biological, seismological, meteorological, and anthropogenic activity. Acoustic monitoring of the oceans at a global scale and over long periods of time could bring important information for various sciences. The Argo project monitors the physical properties of the oceans with autonomous floats, some of which are also equipped with a hydrophone. These have a limited transmission bandwidth requiring acoustic data to be processed on board. However, developing signal processing algorithms for these instruments requires one to be an expert in embedded software. To reduce the need of such expertise, we have developed a programming language, called MeLa. The language hides several aspects of embedded software with specialized programming concepts. It uses models to compute energy consumption, processor usage, and data transmission costs early during the development of applications; this helps to choose a strategy of data processing that has a minimum impact on performances. Simulations on a computer allow for verifying the performance of the algorithms before their deployment on the instrument. We have implemented a seismic P wave detection and a blue whales D call detection algorithm with the MeLa language to show its capabilities. These are the first efforts toward multidisciplinary monitoring of the oceans, which can extend beyond acoustic applications.
Involuntary Full- and Part-Time Work: Employees’ Mental Health and the Role of Family- and Work-Related Resources
Authors: Moortel Deborah De , Dragano Nico , Wahrendorf Morten
Published: October 2020

Resources related to a good work-life balance may play an important role for the mental health of workers with involuntary working hours. This study investigates whether involuntary part-time (i.e., working part-time, but preferring full-time work) and involuntary full-time work (i.e., working full-time, but preferring part-time work) are associated with a deterioration of mental health and whether family- and work-related resources buffer this association. Data were obtained from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) with baseline information on involuntary working hours and resources. This information was linked to changes in mental health two years later. We found impaired mental health for involuntary full-time male workers and increased mental health for regular part-time female workers. The mental health of involuntary full-time male workers is more vulnerable, compared to regular full-time workers, when having high non-standard work hours and when being a partner (with or without children). Involuntary part-time work is detrimental to men’s mental health when doing a high amount of household work. This study is one of the first to emphasize the mental health consequences of involuntary full-time work. Avoiding role and time conflicts between family and work roles are important for the mental health of men too.
Impact of the Built Environment Measured at Multiple Levels on Nonmotorized Travel Behavior: An Ecological Approach to a Florida Case Study
Authors: Mahmoudi Jina , Zhang Lei
Published: October 2020

Research continues to reveal the benefits of nonmotorized travel modes such as walking and bicycling. Therefore, identification of the factors that nurture these activities is essential in developing sustainable urban planning policies and designs. Among those factors are the built environment characteristics of the place of residence. To date, research on the role of the built environment in nonmotorized travel has focused on neighborhood-level factors. However, people do not stay within their neighborhoods; they live and work at a regional scale and travel to various destinations and distances each day. Nonetheless, little is known about the impact of built environment factors at larger spatial scales on nonmotorized travel behavior. Guided by the principles of the ecological model of behavior, this study investigates the role of the built environment at hierarchical spatial scales in nonmotorized travel behavior. Multilevel Structural Equation Models have been developed to comprehensively examine the complex links between the built environment and individuals’ nonmotorized travel. Findings indicate that built environment factors at multiple spatial scales can influence nonmotorized travel behavior. Thus, to promote walking and bicycling, more effective policies are those that include multilevel built environment and land use interventions and consider the overall physical form of urban areas.
Soil and Water as Resources: How Landscape Architecture Reclaims Hydric Contaminated Soil for Public Uses in Urban Settlements
Authors: Cortesi Isotta , Ferretti Laura Valeria , Morgia Federica
Published: October 2020

Soil is one of the fundamental components for life on Earth, but today, as a consequence of humans’ unsustainable actions, soil is polluted, distressed and spoiled. In contemporary practice design, we recognize the importance of the soil quality to structure new discourses in landscape practice. The central role in this process is undoubtedly played by the value a healthy soil has for the community and for the environment. The strategic design of wet and hydric landscapes is certainly an essential aspect for the regular and exceptional management of the effects produced by pollution and climate change. The research develops the soil as a key subject in the landscape design, specifically in hydric environments where water represents an important factor. The essay is divided into three parts: resources and opportunities of disturbed wet soil, successfully built public space where soil remediation transformed heavy polluted industrial urban sites in fertile public ecosystems within the dense urban structures, and soil design as a domain of urban resilience. The landscape project as an integrated project has spread the seeds of a new approach to the consideration of the contemporary city in an ecological manner.
How Rocks Die: Changing Patterns of Discard and Re-Use of Ground Stone Tools in Middle Bronze Age Cyprus
Authors: McCarthy Andrew
Published: October 2020

Cultural objects are thought to have a lifespan. From selection, through construction, use, destruction, and discard, materials do not normally last forever, transforming through stages of life, eventually leading to their death. The materiality of stone objects, however, can defy the inevitable demise of an object, especially durable ground stone tools that can outlive generations of human lifespans. How groups of people deal with the relative permanence of stone tools depends on their own relationship with the past, and whether they venerate it or reject its influence on the present. A case study from the long-lived site of Prasteio-Mesorotsos in Cyprus demonstrates a shifting attitude toward ground stone objects, from the socially conservative habit of ritually killing of objects and burying them, to one of more casual re-use and reinterpretation of ground stone. This shift in attitude coincides with a socio-political change that eventually led to the ultimate rejection of the past: complete abandonment of the settlement.
Network Structure and Influencing Factors of Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Spatial Correlation Network—A Study Based on Data from 30 Provinces in China
Authors: Wang Fulin , Wu Ling , Zhang Fan
Published: October 2020

Based on the perspective of the value chain of agricultural science and technology innovation, in this paper, we divided the process of agricultural science and technology innovation into two stages: the Research and Development (R&D) of agricultural technology and the application of agricultural technology. We took the efficiency of agricultural science and technology innovation of the two stages as a comprehensive index measure for the development of agricultural science and technology innovation in China. On this basis, we used social network analysis to establish a two-stage spatial correlation network for the innovation development of agricultural science and technology in China. The spatial-temporal evolution trends, structural characteristics, and influencing factors of the network were analyzed from the three aspects of the overall, local, and individual network structure. The results show that: a. The development of agricultural science and technology innovation in China demonstrated a clear spatial correlation and spillover effect, and the spatial correlation network was in a connected state. b. The network had the distribution characteristics of ‘core-edge’ and strong stability, and the hierarchical structure of the members of each province in the network was gradually broken. c. The differences at the market level in agricultural science and technology, the differences in government support for agriculture, the geographically adjacent relationships, and the level of agricultural economic development were important factors affecting the spatial correlation of agricultural science and technology innovation. This study provides a policy reference to use a cross-regional coordinated development mechanism to solve the uneven and asymmetry problem of the distribution of elements in various regions in China.
Study of Water Productivity of Industrial Hemp under Hot and Dry Conditions in Brandenburg (Germany) in the Year 2018
Authors: Drastig Katrin , Flemming Inken , Gusovius Hans-Jörg , Herppich Werner B.
Published: October 2020

Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is a high-yielding multi-purpose crop, but its hydrological functioning is poorly understood. Studies on the interception processes in hemp have been lacking so far. This study contributes to the understanding of the influences of evaporation of intercepted water and other hydrological fluxes within plants of two cultivars, “Santhica 27” and “Ivory”, on the water productivity. To determine water productivity and evaporation from interception, field measurements were conducted on plants of both cultivars at different stages of development. Precipitation (P), throughfall (TF), transpiration (T), and volumetric water content (VWC) were measured along with leaf area index (LAI) and yield of selected plant components. For the entire vegetation period, the cumulative P of 44 mm was converted into 13 mm TF (30%). The inferred evaporation of intercepted water (I) was high at 31 mm (71%). For the assessment water fluxes, the evaporation of intercepted water must be considered in the decision-making process. Besides the LAI, the plant architecture and the meteorological conditions during the cropping cycle seem to be the main factors determining I in the case of plants of both cultivars. Water productivity (WPDM) of the whole plant varied between 3.07 kg m−3 for Ivory and 3.49 for Santhica 27. In the case of bast yield, WPDM was 0.39 kg m-3 for Santhica 27 and 0.45 kg m−3 for Ivory. After the propagation of the uncertainties, the bandwidth of the WPDM of the whole plant was between 0.42 kg m−3 and 2.57 kg m−3. For bast fiber a bandwidth of the WP between 0.06 kg m−3 and 0.33 kg m−3 was calculated. The results show furthermore that even with a precise examination of water productivity, a high bandwidth of local values is revealed on different cultivars. However, generic WP values for fiber crops are not attainable.
Overview of various crops used for green manure
Authors:   Research Institute of Agriculture of Crimea, Prikhodko A.V. , Karaeva N.V. ,   Research Institute of Agriculture of Crimea
Published: October 2020

The aim of our research was to determine the influence of different green manure crops on the process of organic matter entry into the soil, changes in physical and chemical properties of soil, etc. The yields of green mass of sweet clover and sainfoin were the highest – 29.1 and 27.1 t/ha, respectively. Triticale and rye surpassed these crops in the dry matter yield by 0.10-0.30 t/ha and in the organic matter entry into the soil by 0.16-0.36 t/ha. Incorporation of green manures into a farming system contributed to the increase in the amount of nitrogen that is available to the succeeding crop from 0.17 to 1.73 mg/100 g, or 10.4 times. The most considerable increase in the amount of nitrogen was after sainfoin (13.5 times more) and vetch (12.3 times higher). The higher Р2О5 and К2О content in the soil was observed after phacelia used for green manure (3.27 and 32.7, respectively).
Causative agents of Fusarium wilt of the reproductive organs of grapes. Ways of infection
Authors:   North Caucasian Regional Research Institute of Horticulture and Viticulture, Savchuk N.V. , Yurchenko E.G. ,   North Caucasian Regional Research Institute of Horticulture and Viticulture, Vinogradova S.V. ,   Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Porotikova E.V. ,   Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: October 2020

The possibility of grapevines infecting with F. proliferatum and F. oxysporum at the flowering stage is proven. The methods of infection penetration can be different, both through injuring the conductive tissue of inflorescence (axes, ridges), and through flowers (in case of violation of the integrity of delicate tissues by the wind, agricultural tools, etc.). However, the damage caused to the plant by the disease in all these cases is almost the same.
Effect of foliar fertilizing on the yield and quality of rapeseed
Authors:   All-Russian Research Institute of Biological Plant Protection, Taranenko V.V.
Published: October 2020

The aim of the research was to determine the effect of the highly concentrated fertilizer “Vuksal Boron” on the yield and quality of spring rape seeds. The surveys were carried out on the variety ‘Galant’ in the central zone of the Krasnodar Territory. As a result of two year trials, we found that 5–10 l/ha of “Vuksal Boron” positively affected the yield and seed quality of rapeseed. The yield increase was 2.4-3.6 kg/ha or 9–11 % compared to control; the crude fat content in rape seeds was 1.6–2.7%.
Watermelon selection: results and prospects
Authors:   Bykovskaya melon breeding experimental station - branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution ", Bocherova I.N. ,   Federal Scientific Center for Vegetable Growing", Malueva S.V. ,   Bykovskaya melon breeding experimental station - branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Federal Scientific Center for Vegetable Growing"
Published: October 2020

The main direction of selective work in melon breeding is the creation of varieties with high productivity potential. The purpose of the research was to create a new variety of watermelon ‘Malachite’ and accession 705 that are resistant to biotic and abiotic environmental factors and possess a set of economically useful traits. The results of twoyear research showed that in 2018, the variety ‘Malachite’ exceeded ‘Sinchevsky’ (standard) by 4.4 t/ha in yield; in 2019, the yield of ‘Malachite’ was 3 t/ha less than that of the standard one. During the two years, accession 705 exceeded standard one by 6.6 t/ha and 1 t/ha, respectively.
Breeding of common wheat for leaf rust resistance using DNA markers
Authors:   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko, Davoyan E.R. , Bespalova L.A. ,   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko, Davoyan R.O. ,   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko, Agaeva E.V. ,   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko, Mikov D.S. ,   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko, Boldakov D.M. ,   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko, Zubanova Yu.S. ,   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko, Khudokormova Zh.N. ,   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko
Published: October 2020

The article presents the results of the characterization of 277 lines of common wheat developed in the National Center of Grain named after P.P. Lukyanenko by the presence of molecular markers linked to leaf rust resistance genes Lr9, Lr19, Lr24, Lr37, Lr26. Lines with Lr9 and Lr19 were not identified. We detected 52 lines carrying Lr24; 80 lines with Lr26; 141 lines with Lr37. Lines carrying a combination of leaf rust resistance genes were selected using molecular markers. The presence of a combination of Lr37 + Lr26 was established in 31 lines. The combination of Lr24 + Lr26 was detected in 12 lines. Line 125-15 Ms 2 carries a combination of Lr37 + Lr24. A pyramid of three genes was found in the line 144-15 Ms 2. Currently, the selected lines are widely involved in the breeding process.
Improving the efficiency of operational control during the expert evaluation of the quality and biosafety of seed material and forage grain
Authors:   Agrophysical Research Institute, Arkhipov M.V. , Priyatkin N.S. ,   Agrophysical Research Institute, Gusakova L.P. ,   Agrophysical Research Institute, Potrakhov N.N. ,   Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI", Shchukina P.A. ,   Agrophysical Research Institute, Rutkovskaya T.S. ,   Agrophysical Research Institute
Published: October 2020

The aim of this work was to assess the effectiveness of X-ray radiography when evaluating the suitability of batches of grain for sowing or technological purposes, taking into account the possibility to control them during the post-harvest ripening period. X-ray radiography allows solving the problem of choosing batches of grain for different purposes with a minimum level of hidden defects and a high degree of economic suitability for sowing or technological purposes. This technique is of particular value for conducting a preliminary assessment of the quality and biosafety of grain immediately after harvesting when traditional methods are not always applicable.
Search of a new donors of resistance to stem rust in lines of common wheat with genetic material of Agilops speltoides
Authors:   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko, Boldakov D.M. , Davoyan E.R. ,   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko, Davoyan R.O. ,   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko, Zubanova Yu.S. ,   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko, Saushkina A.A. ,   National Grain Center named after P.P. Lukyanenko
Published: October 2020

Scientific work is aimed at developing biotechnology for growing biologically safe products of Linum usitatissimum L. This research presents the study of the structure of microbocenosis in the rhizosphere of Linum usitatissimum L. under the influence of seed bacterization with new multifunctional cyanobacteria forms under conditions of southern Chernozem. In 2017, pre-sowing seed bacterization with strain Nostoc linckia 144 increased the number of aminotrophs by 1.4 times at the beginning of plant vegetation; in 2018 – by 3.3 times during their final stages of maturity. The number of micromycetes was tripled to the end of flax vegetation compared to control. In 2017, bacterization of seeds with a homogenate based on the strain Nostoc linckia 144 contributed to a 1.4-fold increase in the number of cellulose-decomposing microorganisms by the closing stages of the vegetation period.
Efek Konsumsi Beras Sagu Terhadap Perubahan Antropometri Pada Responden Sehat
Authors: Hariyanto Bambang
Published: October 2020

AbstrakIndonesia merupakan penghasil sagu kedua terbesar di seluruh dunia. Diversifikasi sagu dengan menjadikan beras analog untuk dikonsumsi pada orang sehat sebagai makanan pokok untuk pengaturan diet. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui pengaruh konsumsi beras sagu pada relawan sebagai makanan sehat untuk mengetahui parameter berat badan dan Indeks Massa Tubuh (IMT), serta persen lemak tubuh dan visceral. Metoda yang dilakukan adalah dengan memberikan nasi sagu terhadap relawan selama satu bulan sebagai makan siang pengganti nasi putih dan diamati perubahan berat badan, IMT, persen lemak tubuh dan visceral. Setelah 4 minggu perubahan konsumsi makanan pokok dari beras ke beras sagu didapatkan hasil penelitian bahwa beras sagu yang dikonsumsi minimal 1x per hari sebagai makanan pokok mampu menunjukkan penurunan secara signifikan parameter antropometri seperti berat badan (-0,39 kg), IMT (-0,18 kg/m2) dan lemak visceral (-0,20%). Hasil kegiatan ini memberikan alternative pilihan pendamping beras sebagai makanan pokok yang mungkin lebih baik dalam pengontrolan berat badan. Hal ini menjadi data penguat bahwa makanan pokok mungkin tidak harus berasal dari nasi padi tetapi terdapat alternatif lainnya yaitu beras sagu yang dapat mengontol dan menurunkan berat badan.AbstractIndonesia is the second largest producer of sago worldwide. Analog rice from sago, a diversification strategy as a staple food for dietary needs, is necessary to be done and applied in the society. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of analog sago rice consumption in healthy subjects on body weight parameters and Body Mass Index (BMI), as well as body and visceral fat percentage. The method was to provide sago rice to volunteers for one month as a lunch substitute for white rice and observe changes in body weight, BMI, percent body fat and visceral. After 4 weeks of treatment, applying a change of staple foods from white rice to sago rice in daily consumption, it was found that consumption sago rice at least 1x per day as staple food was able to show a significant reduction in anthropometric parameters such as body weight (-0.39 kg), BMI (-0, 18 kg / m2) and visceral fat (-0.20%). The results of this study provide an alternative choice of staple food that may be better for controlling weight. This study  becomes the reinforcing data that staple foods may not have to come from rice, but there are other alternatives, sago rice that can control and lose weight.
Immediate effect of foot reflexology in patients with diabetic neuropathy -Randomized Clinical Trial
Authors: Megda Larissa de Fátima , Terra Andréia Maria Silva Vilela , Matos Jéssica Beatriz de , Taveira Larissa de Melo , Martínez Beatriz Bertolaccini , Pereira Rita de Cássia , Silva Sidney Benedito , Reis Luciana Maria dos , Kosour Carolina , Santos Adriana Teresa Silva
Published: October 2020

Introduction. Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is one of the most frequent chronic complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). One technique capable of influencing the central and peripheral nervous system is foot reflexology (FR). Therefore, the objective of this study was to analyze the immediate effect of FR in DN type 2 patients. Method. This was a randomized controlled clinical trial, with 12 participants selected from a list of diabetic patients from the Basic Health Units of the city of Alfenas-MG. The sample consisted of two groups: Control Group (n=5) and Intervention Group (n=7). The instruments used were: surface electromyography for analysis of the lateral and medial gastrocnemius muscles, baropodometry to evaluate the balance from the variables of mean pressure and mass division, and the cardiofrequency meter to analyze the relationship between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system and cardiovascular stress. Statistical analysis was used the Shapiro-Wilk test and later the independent t test and Mann Whitney for intergroup comparison. Results. There was only a difference in the EMG of the right lateral gastrocnemius muscle (p=0.04). Conclusion. It was concluded that FR was able to generate response in muscle electrical activity, besides influencing the balance of DN2 patients.
Trade‑Association Endorsements, Postal&Online Responses,
and Other Factors Affecting Response Rates: Reflections on a Survey
of Micro‑Firms
Authors: Betton Marc E. , Branston J. Robert , Tomlinson Philip R.
Published: October 2020

Researchers using survey‑based methods must do everything
they can to enhance their response rates in order toimprove the
robustness and validity of the data they collect for analysis.
Extant literature has explored several techniques todo this across
many contexts, including experiments/meta‑analyses. This paper
addresses two particular deficits byconsidering the difficult
context of micro‑firms and also the impact of trade‑association
endorsement (rather thansponsorship). This is done by conducting an
in‑depth ex‑post review of a single, successful survey case
conducted and utilisedin a study of English tourism firms and
regulation. We explore several factors: the type of
trade‑association support (includinglevels of endorsement, access to
member firms, and messages sent on behalf of the research team);
postal versus onlinequestionnaires; message type/frequency; and the
importance of giving respondents an opportunity for open comments.
Thepaper ends with a comprehensive set of suggestions for future
researchers.
Influence of Radiation on Magneto-hydrodynamics Flow Over an Exponentially Stretching Sheet Embedded in a Thermally Stratified Porous Medium in the Presence of Heat Source
Authors: Senge Isaac Ogechi , Oghre Emmanuel Olubayo , Ekang Idongesit Fred
Published: October 2020

The influence of radiation on magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD) boundary layer flow over an exponentially stretching sheet embedded in a thermally stratified porous medium in the presence of heat source and suction/blowing was investigated.
Similarity transformation was used to convert the governing equations from partial differential equations into a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations. Solving numerically, we used shooting method along with fourth order Runge-Kutta technique to obtained numerical values.
The effects of the obtained numerical values of the dimensionless parameters on skin-friction coefficient, Nusselt number, velocity profile and temperature profile are illustrated in table and graphs plotted using MATLAB. Comparison of the velocity profile with previously published work was presented and found to be in good agreement.
The Dilemma of Taxation Law for Small Farmer
Authors:   Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri, Indonesia, Puspasari Ismayantika Dyah
Published: October 2020

The purpose of this research is: (1) to find out to what extent the Directorate General of Tax has fully disseminated to all levels of society, especially farmers, regarding the imposition of PP 23 of 2018 for farmers. (2) analyzing tax imposed to farmers if there was no harvest period, which means they do not get income, (3) analyzing the risk of loss to farmers when in a famine. This research uses the descriptive qualitative approach in which the researcher criticized PP 46 of 2013 and PP 23 of 2018 based on the conditions in the field and was supported by various sources. The results of this study indicate that the community is increasingly uneasy with a variety of new regulations especially that the income of village farmers is uncertain. The application of taxation regulation needs to be reviewed so that the existing rule does not burden small farmers.
Legitimación de las fórmulas consensuadas simplificatorias del procesamiento penal
Authors: Brousset Salas Ricardo Alberto
Published: October 2020

Ante la imposibilidad material de que todas las causas que ingresan al sistema penal puedan ser objeto de procesos comunes lineales, cobran vital importancia dentro del desarrollo penal propiamente dicho, las fórmulas de simplificación que a partir del consenso posibilitan una definición anticipada del proceso. El Código Procesal Penal del Perú ha desarrollado dos fórmulas: la conclusión anticipada del juicio y el denominado proceso de terminación anticipada, ambos de aplicación general sin límites en la punición requerida por el fiscal. Estas son desarrolladas por el autor, proponiendo determinadas condiciones que les darían viabilidad constitucional
ANALYSIS OF MODELS OF BANKING BUSINESS STRATEGY: INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE
Authors: Goncharenko Tetiana
Published: October 2020

Introduction. In the current conditions of development, banks are influenced by numerous external factors at the international and national level, as well as economic, political, social and technological trends, which contribute to the need to change the features of their activities. These include, first of all, the review of banks' business strategies as the main reflections of their activities, as well as the use of more effective types of them in accordance with the specifics of the institution. This issue is the subject of extensive research by both domestic and foreign scientists and requires detailed study and determines the relevance of the chosen topic.
The purpose of the study is a thorough analysis of existing models of business strategy of banks in the international and domestic banking space.
The method (methodology) is presented in the form of general and special methods: analysis and synthesis, comparison and grouping, induction and deduction, logical generalization, etc.
Results. The paper examines the main trends in changing the basic business strategy models of banks in the example of the USA and Europe, which manifested in the characteristic transformation of their component balances and revealed the most common types (eg investment banking, retail banking, strategy focused on interbank operations, etc.). The author also identifies different types of business strategies in Ukraine and outlines their main characteristics (for example, universal banking, retail banking, corporate banking, retail financing, investment and frozen banks, etc.). As a result, it was concluded that there is a difference between national and internatinal business strategy models, which is caused by the specific nature of the economic development, the conditions of the crisis, and this opens the way for improvement.
TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING IN THE WORLD: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS
Authors: Dielini Maryna
Published: October 2020

The subject of this scientific article is the theoretical study of socially responsible investment (SRI) and development in the world and countries of Europe.
The purpose of the research is to study the essence of socially responsible investing, its strategies and to analyze statistically the development of socially responsible investing in the world and in Europe in particular.
Research methods. The methods of synthesis, analysis, comparison, generalization, statistical data processing, graphical and tabular methods of presentation of scientific results were used.
The result of the work is a theoretical and statistical study of the subject of the article. The essence of socially responsible investing is defined as investing in socially responsible entrepreneurships with the purpose of profit. Historical factors of socially responsible investing have been investigated, among which the religious aspect and the increasing importance of human values have been highlighted. Have been described main strategies that investors use in decision-making process about financing companies or projects, outlined their differences and purposes. On the basis of abovementioned, a statistical study was conducted to analyze the overall status of the SRI in the world, what strategies are most represented and to explore more deeply the state of development of SRI in Europe, as the region with the highest volume of SRI.
The results of the research can be used by companies that search an outside investor or, conversely, invest in other businesses to understand the request of today’s business society. Taking into account the world experience will allow to increase the company's own image and a positive effect on the society and the environment.
Conclusion. Socially responsible investments are gaining ground in the world, as this is required by the global community. Entrepreneurs understand the importance of earning socially responsible profits, which is generated by investing in responsible enterprises and projects.
FORMATION OF A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Authors: Zamula Olena , Zamula Oleksii , Uhrimova Iryna
Published: October 2020

Introduction. The development of a modern society is determined by the interaction of various state, commercial and public organizations, which have their own principles, traditions and values, on which the behavior of individuals is based. In such a case, an urgent problem for industrial corporations is finding a value-oriented idea to develop a system of careful management of the environment and taking into account the interests of all stakeholders. It must be accepted by consumers, staff and business owners, without which its successful implementation is impossible. For this purpose, the whole process, from the development of the idea to the control of the obtained results, should be carried out on the basis of scientifically substantiated methodical and practical recommendations for the choice of appropriate management measures that will maximally contribute to the sustainable development of the enterprise.
Purpose. The purpose of this study is to develop a management system for an industrial corporation’s sustainable development while minimizing the losses caused by the realization of financial, technological and environmental risks.
Methodology. The methodology of the work is based on the method of systematic analysis in describing а management system for an industrial corporation’s sustainable development, and management methods in the development of management measures.
Results. The results of the article are to formulate the definition of "management system for an industrial corporation’s sustainable development " as a system in which executives of various levels exercise on the environmental, economic and social elements of the managed subsystem of industrial corporations a purposeful set of measures to ensure positive changes in socio-economic indicators of activity loss while minimizing caused by the realization of risks associated with the effects of financial, environmental, technological and human factors. In order to achieve sustainable development goals, industrial corporation executives are invited to choose a set of measures for the environmental, economic and social elements of the managed subsystem, which should include: organizational changes to identify the centers of decision-making responsibility, identify signs of risk realization and prevent the occurrence of appropriate risks and optimizing the distribution of results of industrial corporation activities among stakeholders.