bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Water Resource Issue and Solution in Helmand – Afghanistan
Authors:   Post graduate student, Civil Engineering (Hydraulics). Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be) University College of Engineering, Pune., Shafaq Mr. Hafizullah , Gidde Prof. Milind R. ,   M. E., Ph. D., Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be) University College of Engineering, Pune.
Published: August 2019

Water is flattering more and more scares and precious resources as population and utilization hike. Elevation of those elements as well as technology and action to support fine water supplies is obligatory to get control of the condition. Agriculture usage of water consumption is almost 70 % of the water used throughout the world and more than half of this water is used for irrigation purpose.For solving the problem of water scarcity in agriculture, it is important to expand water saving irrigation which has become the need of the time. Currently there are varying types of water saving methods include drip irrigation, sprinkler irrigation. Between these irrigation system drip irrigation system is the most successful way in arid and semi-arid areas and its make use of rate can get up to 90 %. Drip irrigation also known as trickle irrigation is a method which minimizes the use of water and filterers by admitting water to drip at a slow and steady pace to the plant root, rather onto the soil surface or openly onto the root zone, a network process of pipes, valves, emitters and tubing.Water is one of the most precocious assets that we have . The level to which water is abundant or hard to get, polluted or clean, advantageous or devastating, deeply effect the size and standard of human life. The relentless elevation in population and the resulting spurt in the request for water and the need to be cautious in organizing and the management of the restricted water resources.
Exhaled Breath Analysis with a Colorimetric Sensor Array for the Identification and Characterization of Lung Cancer of People from Urban Area
Authors:   Electronics and Communication Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering (SIMATS) , Chennai , India., Harshith Arava , Dr. Reji  ,   Electronics and Communication Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering (SIMATS) , Chennai , India.
Published: August 2019

An endeavor to reproduce the Exhaled Breath Analysis with a colorimetric Sensor Array for the distinguishing proof and portrayal of lung Cancer by Peter J. Mazzone yet duplicated in urban situations, to survey the legitimacy of the etod of distinguishing biosignatures in the breath of individuals and furthermore including clinical hazard factors To be as true as possible to the original experiment by developing an breath biosignature of lung malignant growth utilizing a colorimetric sensor cluster and to decide the exactness of breath biosignatures of lung disease but this time concentrated only around sample concentrated from urban areas Comparative techniques were utilized as refered to unique analysis The breathed out breath of 200 investigation subjects, 80 with lung malignant growth and 120 controls, was strained over a colorimetric sensor cluster. Expectation copies were constructed and factually rechecked dependent on the shading deviations of the sensor. Age, sex, contamination introduction, zone of remain, smoking history, and interminable uncooperative pneumonic sickness were fused in the forecast representations. The conjecture model were first endorsed in real way,The show were made of the combined breath and clinical biosignature ; was similarly precise at perceiving lung sickness from control subjects (C-estimation 0.811). The precision improved when the model focused on only a solitary histology (C-estimation 0.825–0.890). Individuals with different histologists could be definitely perceived from one another (C-estimation 0.864 for adenocarcinoma versus squamous cell carcinoma). Moderate rightness were noted for affirmed breath biosignatures of stage and survival. Conclusions: A colorimetric sensor array offers a possible tool to detect any sings especially of lung cancer derived from biosignatures of exhaled breath. Though the extent of surety changes with optimizations, yet breath can be evaluated successfully by evaluating specific factors such as incorporating clinical risk factors.
Smart Roadways Ticketing System (SRTS) using RFID tags
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, (Tamil Nadu,) India., Raj S. Sridhar , Gokul S. Vijay ,   Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi, (Tamil Nadu,) India.
Published: August 2019

To provide a comfort, tension free, straightforward approach of traveling and conjointly to scale back the man power. SRTS involves the effective usage of RFID tags and Reed sensor to make ticketing better, through which the tag holds the identity of the card holder and Reed sensor, comprising a sensor and magnet to determine the distance travelled by the user. RFID Tag can be used by the user for just entering and leaving the bus. Depending on the distance which is travelled by the user, money will be deducted from the card well in advance. An object counter is placed adjacently to detect the number of persons entering the transport vehicle.
The Rational use of Agricultural Land in the Takhtamukay sky District, the Republic of Adygea
Authors:   Maikop State Technological University, Maikop, Russia, Ashinov Yunus N. , Tletseruk Irina R. ,   Maikop State Technological University, Maikop, Russia, Shcherbatova Tatiana A. ,   Yablonovsky Branch of Maikop State Technological University, Yablonovsky, Russia, Shcherbatov Igor V. ,   Yablonovsky Branch of Maikop State Technological University, Yablonovsky, Russia, Machneva Nadezhda L. ,   Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilin, Krasnodar, Russia, Yurin Denis A. ,   Krasnodar Research Centre for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Krasnodar, Russia
Published: August 2019

The authors have conducted an analysis of agricultural land use in the Takhtamukaysky district by categories and types of land and ownership. The agricultural land distribution has been analyzed as well based on the types of use. The conducted analysis has revealed the following: a tendency towards a decrease in agricultural land by 1.2%; a tendency towards a slight decrease in water reserve and land occupied by bogs; a tendency towards a decrease in land owned by the state or municipal entities, peasant (farming) enterprises, citizens engaged in gardening, haymaking and cattle pasture; a tendency towards a decrease in the unused land redistribution reserve.
Corrosion Inhibitor Performance of Phenol Derivative using Density Functional Theory
Authors:   Head of Research and Innovation, System Engineering and Energy Laboratory (SEELAB), Universiti Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian Spanish Institute, Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Malaysia., Bakar Muhamad Husaini Abu , Mohd-Kamal Mohamad-Syafiq ,   System Engineering and Energy Laboratory (SEELAB), Universiti Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian Spanish Institute, Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Malaysia., Yaacob Sazali ,   Electrical and Electronics department, Universiti Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian Spanish Institute, Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Malaysia.
Published: August 2019

Metal-air batteries are demanded in nowadays as a potential replacement of lithium based batteries in storage applications. Because of corrosion occur in metal electrode, this corrosion limited the performance lifetime of the metal-air batteries. The aims of this paper to evaluate the performance inhibition efficiency of phenol derivatives using quantum approach. An inhibitors efficiency of eight phenol derivatives was calculated using Density Functional Theory (DFT) with B3LYP functional and 6-311(d,p) basis set. The parameter of electronic structure was calculated to determine the inhibition efficiency. All of the phenol derivatives led to an increase in inhibition efficiency except 5-Methyl-2-nitrophenol and 4-(Methoxycarbonyl)phenol. DFT show that Phenol, 2,6-dimethoxy-4-2-(2-propenyl) is higher inhibitor efficiency at 94%. As a conclusion, phenol derivatives extracted from the pyrolysis can be used as inhibitor to reducing the corrosion on metal.
Intelligent Collaborative Recommender System by Crow Search Algorithm and K-Means algorithm
Authors:   Student, Sharda University, Greater Noida,(U.P.), India., Tesfaye Eshetu , Pooja  ,   Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sharda University, Greater Noida, (U.P.), India., Astya Rani ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sharda University, Greater Noida, (U.P.), India.
Published: August 2019

A recommender framework is a data refining engines that seeks to foresee the rating for customers and things from enormous information to suggest their preferences. Movie suggestion frameworks give a system to help customers in arranging customers wi
RHBD Charge Pump PLL based 2.4 GHz Frequency Synthesizer
Authors:   Department of ECE, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India., Prasad Varsha , Sandya Dr S ,   Department of ECE, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India.
Published: August 2019

Frequency Synthesizer forms the heart of electronic communication system. Phase Locked Loop (PLL) based Frequency Synthesizers over the years has become the ubiquitous solution for generation of stable clock source. But it is a challenging task to design and develop PLL to be used in radiation environment such as in satellites, space systems and military electronics. Since impact of radiation strike on PLL is said to introduce transient faults resulting in increased timing jitter, distortion in phase, and bit flips. One or more of the above said effects can initiate false triggering which may result in incorrect data to be latched, loss of synchronization in data processing and networking. This may lead to catastrophic effect. Hence, as the stability of frequency synthesizer is of vital importance, there is a stressful need for design of radiation hard, fault tolerant frequency synthesizer. With this motivation, in this paper, a radiation hard CMOS Charge Pump PLL is designed to synthesize a 2.4GHz frequency source using 20MHz reference input frequency. The proposed radiation hard PLL design uses a hybrid Radiation Hardening By Design (RHBD) fault tolerant technique combined with redundancy, hence offering a twofold level of fortification from radiation spikes. Cadence tool was used for simulation. The PLL designed has exhibited satisfactory performance. The RHBD Charge Pump PLL in presence of radiation strike resulted in rms jitter of 128.9ps, phase noise of -94.03dbc/Hz and settling time of 159ns against the IEEE 802.11b/g standard requirement of 250ps jitter, -110dbc/Hz phase noise and 10us setting time.
Optimal Placement of Distributed Transformer with STATCOM to Enhance the Efficiency of the Distribution Networks
Authors:   Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi-590008, Karnataka, India., Magadum Rudresh. B. , Kulkarni Dr. D.B. ,   Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi-590008, Karnataka, India.
Published: August 2019

Due to increase in the population and modernization every year there is exponential growth in the power demand followed by lack of adequate amount of power generation and out dated electrical infrastructure makes weak distribution network to handle the increased power demand. This leads to poor voltage throughout the network, more power loss, load shedding, failure of protection scheme and other power quality related issues. In this paper, optimal placement of DTC with UPFC is carried out to improve the overall efficiency of the network. The analysis is carried out on twenty four bus system using MiPower software. The obtained results are satisfactory in terms of power loss minimization and improvement of the voltage stability.
Ddos Attack Detection and Prevention using Aodv Routing Mechanism and FFBP Neural Network in a Manet
Authors:   M.E, Department of Computer Science, NITTTR, Chandigarh, Batra Jasmine , Krishna Dr. C Rama ,   Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur, M.Tech. from CUSAT, Cochin B.Tech. from JNTU Govt. College of Engg., Anantapur
Published: August 2019

Security is considered as the most important feature in a Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET). There are different types of attacks which may affect the data transmission in MANET but Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is one of the complex and harsh worthy in a MANET. In the existing work, it has been found that the researchers have utilized Support Vector Machine (SVM) and fuzzy logic as a classification algorithm to identify the DoS attack in MANET. The problem with SVM and Fuzzy logic is that they are more complex and more time consuming mechanism to detect attackers. Also, in the existing work, Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) routing protocol is used to find route and it is a searching mechanism which does not include the concept of trust routing table and hence the searching mechanism consumes more energy. To solve the mentioned problems, we are presenting a machine learning approach that is Feed Forward Back Propagation Neural Network (FFBPNN) as a classifier and Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector(AODV) routing protocol for route discovery to shield the network from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The MANET is trained using FFBPNN. Therefore, when malicious node appears in the network, the node is identified on the basis of the node properties like energy consumption and delay. The route is changed by discarding the malicious nodes from the route and hence the network is protected. The throughputs, PDR have been increased by 60.71%, 53.57% and delay has been reduced by 42.21%.
N-Gram Language Model based Continuous Voiced Odia Digit Recognition
Authors:   Department of CS&IT, ITER, S’O’A (Deemed to be) University, Bhubaneswar, India., Mohanty Prithviraj , Nayak Ajit Kumar ,   Department of CS&IT, ITER, S’O’A (Deemed to be) University, Bhubaneswar, India.
Published: August 2019

With the enormous improvement in the area of signal processing, speech processing systems are creating a massive impact in recognizing the voices, controlling the commands and making as communication interfaces. A continuous speech recognition system is essential for voice identification hands free system used as a voice dialer, voice originated security systems and voice based automatic electronic machines. The proposed work suggests a finest speaker independent continuous voiced digit recognition for Odia language. The model integrates the concept of Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) and continuous density Hidden Markov Model (HMM), relating to speech parameterization and recognition respectively. The performance of the model is explored for different levels of HMM like word-level and phoneme-level. Further the model output is evaluated using different N-Gram approaches of the language model. Finally it is shown that the model using phoneme-level HMM with a tri-gram language model is superior to other methodologies.
STATCOM Based Multilevel Inverter Modelling and Simulation
Authors:   PG Student, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science, Hyderabad, India., Shruthi Ms P. , Priyanka Mrs. Y. ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science, Hyderabad, India.
Published: August 2019

The desired reactive power can be provide by exchanging the instantaneous reactive power among the system. A cascaded multilevel inverter type STATCOM is implemented with an isolate DC energy storage. To generate gate pulses for cascaded H-bridge type of multilevel inverter a Level shifted pulse-width modulation technique is employed which reduces harmonics and also the voltage at the output can be maintained. This topology for applying STATCOM together with ANN controller for injecting reactive power gives effective results.
Digital Technologies as a Driver of Intellectual Stratification of Human Resources: Socio-Economic Inequality
Authors:   Market Economy Institute of RAS (MEI RAS), Moscow, Russia, Dudin Mihail Nikolaevich ,   Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, Russia., Shakhov Oleg Fedorovich ,   Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, Russia., Shakhova Margarita Sergeevna ,   Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Moscow, Russia., Rusakova Ekaterina Petrovna ,   Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia., Sizova Yulia Sergeevna ,   Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
Published: August 2019

The goal of the research is to cover the problem of digital inequality considering its negative consequences for society, to conduct a geospatial analysis of the distribution of informational resources among the countries around the world and to determine the main trends of their technological development. Methods. This article uses the following methods: empirical, systematic, analytical, economic and other methods for the research of digital technologies as a driver of intellectual stratification of human resources. Results. The author has studied digital technologies as a driver of intellectual stratification of human resources. The article analyzes the phenomenon of digital inequality as one of the key problems of microsystem development, as well as the geospatial characteristics of this problem.
A Collaborative Intrusion Detection System for Cognitive Radio Networks with Trust and Reputation Management
Authors:   Research Scholar, Department of CSE, Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India., Ganesh S. Sankar , Somasundaram Dr. K. ,   Professor, Department of CSE, Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
Published: August 2019

Systems administration cognitive radios and hubs from primary system (PS) results in a heterogeneous existing together multi radio remote system, with the goal that critical system throughput addition can be accomplished. Be that as it may, by exploring cognitive radio networks (CRN) engineering, the connections in CRNs are probably not going to help total security check because of connection elements, crafty accessibility, and uni-directional in accessible time window, so trust and reputation system is required. CORE is a reputation based security mechanism which enforces cooperation of nodes in CRN. CONFIDANT is based on selective unselfish and belief in mobile nodes and it aims to detect and isolate misbehaving nodes. Both CORE and CONFIDANT mechanism give the trustworthiness of all mobile nodes in the network and it punishes misbehaving nodes once it detected. This paper gives the comparative study of trust based neighbor monitoring CORE and CONFIDANT on secured routing protocols. The simulation results shows that our work provides better detection efficiency, better detection coverage and packet delivery ratio in routing protocols with neighbor monitoring scheme.
Technologies of Managing the Operating Assets
Authors:   Almetyevsk Branch of Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev, Almetyevsk, Russian Federation., Kabitova Yevgeniya Vladimirovna , Iudina Svetlana Valentinovna ,   Almetyevsk Branch of Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev, Almetyevsk, Russian Federation.
Published: August 2019

This study is based on the use of discriminant analysis techniques in order to individualize the analytical tools to assess the efficiency of managing the operating assets of economic agents. It has been determined that for the enterprises belonging to the Group of Companies, different integral indicators with different levels of discrimination are created while using identical discriminant variables, according to which the opposite conclusions can be drawn about the population belonging to a particular class with the same values for each subject. The developed empirical compartment functions prove the thesis of the erroneousness of universalization and generalization of conclusions when applying statistical methods. In other words, the need to identify problems at enterprises, their development potential, and the specifics of made managerial decisions remains an urgent task of analyzing financial and economic activities.
Land use/Land cover Changes in Sangamner City by using Remote Sensing and GIS
Authors:   Department of Civil & Env. Engineering, Research scholar, V.J.T.I., Mumbai-400019, India., V.B Navale , S.Y Mhaske ,   Department of Civil & Env. Engineering, Associate Prof.V.J.T.I., Mumbai-400019, India
Published: August 2019

This paper examines that, with the help of Remotes Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information system (GIS) Land use/Land cover of the town area from period 1975 to 2017 are classified into different classes. The town information is extracted from Toposheet and Remote Sensing Landsat-7 ETM+ images of 1975 to 2017. There are five expansion types are considered during 42 years, including water body, built-up area, forest, Agriculture and exposed Rock. By analyzing the data from the year 1975 to 2017 we found that the natural feature area such as water body, the forest is decreasing continuously and the area of town that is built-up area increase partially etc. Shannon’s Entropy approach identifies the degree of special concentration and dispersion growth, its value is close to 1 which indicates that space distribution is evenly dispersed. According to get the value of statistical Kappa Coefficient which lies in between 0.75 to 0.89 we say that there is accuracy in the requirement of research. Also, in addition to that population for the next three-decade help to define the built-up area of the city, the method used to forecast the population are Arithmetic increase method, Geometric increase method, Incremental increase method, Decreasing rate of growth method and Simple graphical method, this method gives a forecast of urban expansion from the year 2021 to 2041. The Land use/ Land cover changes classification is useful for proper planning, utilization and management of resources. Land use/Land cover changes are contributed to creating community spirit and a properly balanced population structure.
Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocols in Large Size Disaster Scenario
Authors:   Research Scholar, Computer Science and Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India,, Walunjkar Gajanan , Rao Dr Anne Koteswara ,   Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology,
Published: August 2019

Peoples in the disastrous areas under collapsed buildings or landslides need to be rescued in seventy-two hours. Ad hoc networks have been proved to be suitable for various disaster scenarios since no infrastructure needs to be deployed for communication. In this paper, various ad hoc routing protocols such as destination distance vector routing protocol, dynamic source routing protocol, ad hoc on demand routing protocol etc. are discussed and analyzed in such disaster scenario using disaster area mobility model on large size. Disaster area mobility model is more desirable in such scenario. Also these protocols are compared using various performance qualitative and quantitative metrics such as packet delivery ratio, delay, throughput, control overhead and energy etc.
Optimized AODV Routing Algorithm in MANET for Maximizing the Network Lifetime
Authors:   CSE Department, Aditya Institute of Technology and Management, affiliated to JNTUK University, Tekkali, India,, Rao B.Kameswara , Chakravarthy Dr A.S.N. ,   CSE Department, Professor, JNTUKUCEV University, Vizianagaram, India.
Published: August 2019

In present scenario, Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) is the emerging research topic in the applications like disaster situations (battle fields, earthquake, etc). The utility of MANET is increased by combining with the internet. The conventional techniques in MANET have a few issues like less infrastructure, standalone networks, and dynamic or complex topology. In order to address these issues, an efficient clustering and channeling algorithm (Hybrid K-means, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) based Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV) channeling algorithm) is developed for maximizing the network lifetime. The proposed algorithm finds the optimal cluster head selection for discovering the shortest path among the cluster heads. The Hybrid-K-means-PSO-AODV technique is applied to increase the Network Lifetime (NL), alive nodes, total packet send, throughput, and also to minimizes the dead nodes and energy consumption in a network. In the experimental phase, the proposed approach reduced the emery consumption up to 170 joules related to the existing approaches: PSO-PSO- MANETs and PSO-GSO- MANETs.
Evaluating Profitability of Shooting Star Candlestick Pattern in Indian Stock Market
Authors:   University School of Financial Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India., Seth Dr. Sidharath , Singh Dr. Jaspal ,   University School of Financial Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Published: August 2019

This paper investigates the profitability of a candlestick reversal pattern ‘Shooting Star’ in Indian stock market. Its profitability is investigated by using daily data of Nifty 50 component stocks over the period from January 1, 2000 till December 31, 2017. Seven different trading strategies based on shooting star are tested using bootstrapped skewness adjusted t-test and binomial test. The superior performance of three trading strategies for one- and two-day holding periods demonstrates that it can be used to generate profits in Indian stock market. It is recommended that one should trade shooting stars of significantly smaller size and exit short positions within two days.
PERANCANGAN SISTEM INFORMASI DISTRIBUSI AIR BERSIH DENGAN PENDEKATAN PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE
Authors: Setiawan Aji , Budiman Adam Arif , Sianturi Rimba , Zakaria Andriansyah
Published: August 2019

The distribution of air in the Klender Flats in East Jakarta is still not evenly distributed, so that some of the residents of the flat are increasingly lacking in water. Remembering water is the main need in everyday life. To overcome the problems that occur, a tool is made that can measure air flow and regulate the distribution of air using Arduino Uno. This tool uses a device consisting of a solenoid valve and a water flow sensor that is sent to Arduino Uno. water flow sensor will calculate the amount of air that has been used and after reaching the maximum capacity the solenoid valve will flow air distribution in accordance with the maximum capacity of each family head (KK). To implement the tool into the system, the writer uses C programming language and for websites using PHP. The use of water will be monitored every one hour and the system will send data to the database for retrieving necessary monitoring data on the website in graphical form.
KARDIOLOGINIO LIGONIO POŽIŪRIS Į BURNOS SVEIKATOS PRIEŽIŪRĄ, POŽIŪRĮ FORMUOJANTYS VEIKSNIAI
Authors: Sabulis Adomas , Kubilius Mantas , Janužis Gintaras
Published: August 2019

Problemos aktualumas. Širdies ir kraujagyslių ligos (ŠKL) – pagrindinė mirčių priežastis Lietuvoje ir viena tarp pagrindinių pasaulyje. Naujose mokslinėse publikacijose skiriama vis daugiau dėmesio burnos sveikatos ryšiui su sisteminėmis ligomis nagrinėti. Medžiaga ir metodai. Tyrimo metu apklausti atsitiktiniu būdu atrinkti ir apklausti Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universiteto Kauno klinikų (LSMU KK) Kardiologijos skyriuje stacionarizuoti pacientai bei į LSMU KK Veido ir Žandikaulių chirurgijos skyrių burnos sanacijai prieš chirurgines operacijas atsiųsti pacientai. Remiantis Lietuvos sveikatos rodiklių informacinės sistemos duomenimis (2017 m.), apskaičiuotas tiramosios imties statistiškai reikšmingas dydis. Surinkti rezultatai apdoroti naudojant SPSS 25.0.0.0 sistemą. Rezultatai. Tik 31,3% kardiologinių pacientų dantis valo du kartus dienoje ir tik 42,1% jų lankosi pas odontologą reguliariai. Pacientų nuomone, pagrindinės kliūtys gerai burnos sveikatai pasiekti yra didelė odontologinio gydymo kaina ir prastas informuotumas apie ŠKL ir burnos sveikatos ryšį. 52,7% respondentų nebuvo informuoti apie burnos sveikatos ir ŠKL ryšį. Tačiau net 82% respondentų manė, kad toks ryšys gali egzistuoti. Išvados. Sumažinti prastos burnos sveikatos įtaką ŠKL eigai galima kruopščiai įvertinant kardiologinio paciento burnos sveikatą ir fomuojant naujus, geresnius burnos sveikatos priežiūros įpočius. Todėl reikia glaudaus bendradarbiavimo tarp kardiologų ir odontologų.
Šie rezultatai parodė, kad net ir turint teisingą požiūrį ir informuotumą, tik daliai pacientų pavyksta pakeisti burnos sveikatos priežiūros įpročius. Todėl reikia tiek sveikatos specialistų švietimo, tiek pacientų informavimo šia tema. Gerseniam rezultatui pasiekti taip pat reikia ir intensyvios visuomeninės švietimo programos.
Insect and mite pests of pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.) in Japan
Authors: Ishikawa Tadashi , Takahata Ken
Published: August 2019

To further increase the basic knowledge regarding the establishment of pest control for pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.), we conducted surveys of pepino pests in Japan. Thirty-four insect and four mite species were recognized as pests of pepino plants in the present study. Including the results of previous studies, a total of 41 species of insects and mites have been reported as pests of pepino plants in Japan. Three species, namely onion thrips (Thrips tabaci), two-spotted spider mites (Tetranychus urticae), and cotton whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci), are likely the most important insect and mite pests of pepino plants, because they were collected from more than half of the study sites and were much more abundant on pepino plants than the other pest species.
Development of new cytogenetic markers for Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C. Wang
Authors: Kroupin Pavel Yu. , Kuznetsova Victoria M. , Nikitina Ekaterina A. , Martirosyan Yury Ts. , Karlov Gennady I. , Divashuk Mikhail G.
Published: August 2019

Thinopyrum ponticum(Podpěra, 1902) Z.-W. Liu & R.-C.Wang, 1993 is an important polyploid wild perennial Triticeae species that is widely used as a source of valuable genes for wheat but its genomic constitution has long been debated. For its chromosome identification, only a limited set of FISH probes has been used. The development of new cytogenetic markers forTh. ponticumchromosomes is of great importance both for cytogenetic characterization of wheat-wheatgrass hybrids and for fundamental comparative studies of phylogenetic relationships between species. Here, we report on the development of five cytogenetic markers forTh. ponticumbased on repetitive satellite DNA of which sequences were selected from the whole genome sequence ofAegilops tauschiiCosson, 1849. Using real-time quantitative PCR we estimated the abundance of the found repeats: P720 and P427 had the highest abundance and P132, P332 and P170 had lower quantity inTh. ponticumgenome. Using fluorescencein situhybridization (FISH) we localized five repeats to different regions of the chromosomes ofTh. ponticum. Using reprobing multicolor FISH we colocalized the probes between each other. The distribution of these found repeats in the Triticeae genomes and its usability as cytogenetic markers for chromosomes ofTh. ponticumare discussed.
Effect of Acetylsalicylic Acid Dose and Time Discontinued Preoperatively on Outcomes After Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty
Authors: Shaw Jonathan H. , Kadri Omar M. , Les Clifford M. , Charters Michael
Published: August 2019

The purpose of this study was to determine if acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) dose or time discontinued preoperatively affected surgical outcomes in total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The authors hypothesized that ASA worsens surgical outcomes in patients receiving higher doses and in those who discontinue ASA closer to the operative date. A total of 2853 TJAs (1802 primary total knee arthroplasties and 1051 total hip arthroplasties) performed at a tertiary medical center were reviewed. Postoperative outcomes of patients receiving ASA prior to TJA, dosing of ASA (81 mg or 325 mg) preoperatively and postoperatively, and the time of preoperative discontinuation (no ASA, <4 days, <7 days, and 7 or more days) were compared. Preoperative ASA was a risk factor for readmission (odds ratio [OR], 1.86;
P
<.001) and 90-day postoperative events (OR, 1.26;
P
=.004). Among patients receiving ASA, the dose was not a risk factor for any of the studied outcomes. Discontinuing ASA 7 or more days prior to TJA was protective for hematomas (OR, 0.64;
P
=.038), emergency department visits (OR, 0.79;
P
=.006), readmission (OR, 0.65;
P
<.001), and 90-day postoperative events (OR, 0.72;
P
<.001). These outcomes had a time effect: the risk was greater for those who discontinued therapy closer to the operative date. Patients who discontinued ASA 7 or more days prior to TJA had a lower incidence of hematomas, emergency department visits, readmissions, and 90-day postoperative events. This study's findings support discontinuing ASA at least 7 days prior to TJA. [
Orthopedics
. 2019; 42(5):286–293]
Use of a Suture Button Device to Correct Syndesmotic Malreduction Caused by a Trans-Syndesmotic Screw
Authors: Hadeed Michael M. , Hunold Thomas , Yarboro Seth Robert
Published: August 2019

Ankle syndesmosis malreduction is a common problem that leads to significantly worse functional outcomes. This report describes the replacement of a rigid syndesmotic screw with a flexible suture button fixation device to correct fibular translation and tibiotalar malalignment related to screw contact with other tibial implants. Suture button devices, although more expensive, can result in less postoperative malreduction and lead to better functional outcomes. As seen in these cases, careful attention should be given to syndesmotic or tibiotalar reduction after screw placement around other tibial implants, and the screw can be exchanged to a suture button device to address malreduction, if needed. [
Orthopedics
. 2019; 42(5):e480–e484.]
OXIDIZED HYALURONIC ACID/ADIPIC ACID DIHYDRAZIDE HYDROGEL AS DRUG-CARRIER FOR CYTOPROTECTIVE MEDICATIONS — PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Authors: Hsiao Ming-Yen , Lin Ping Cheng , Lin An-Ci , Wu Ya-Wen , Chen Wen-Shiang , Lin Feng-Huei
Published: August 2019

The oxidised hyaluronic acid/adipic acid dihydrazide hydrogel (oxi-HA/ADH) is a biocompatible and biodegradable hydrogel that has been applied in tissue engineering in musculoskeletal medicine. The present study investigated the feasibility of using oxi-HA/ADH as a drug carrier to incorporate cytoprotective medications for possible tendinopathy treatment. The cytocompatibility of oxi-HA/ADH, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and piracetam were tested. Medications were incorporated in oxi-HA/ADH in the cross-linking process and the drug release profile was tested in vitro. Sprague-Dawley rats Achilles tendon-derived cells (TDCs) were isolated and cultured in a self-designed bioreactor exerting 8% cyclic strain at 0.5[Formula: see text]Hz for 8[Formula: see text]h. TDCs were treated with EGCG, piracetam, or no medication during mechanical loading. Gene expression of type I and type III collagen, Pparg, Sox9, and Runx2 (representing adipogenic, chondrogenic, and osteogenic lineages respectively) were analyzed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. EGCG and piracetam showed no cytotoxicity at therapeutic range. The cumulative release profile of the drug-loaded oxi-HA/ADH showed a two-phase release of medication, a burst of 50–60% during the first 24[Formula: see text]h, followed by a steady release over 1–7 days. The decreased type I collagen expression and increased non-tenocyte lineage genes expression of TDCs upon 8% cyclic strain is reversed in the EGCG and piracetam treated groups, compared with non-treated group. Oxi-HA/ADH serves as a potential drug carrier that shows sustained-release characteristics. Anti-oxidative and cytoprotective medications, EGCG and piracetam, were able to suppress the aberrant non-tenocyte lineage genes expression of the TDCs upon excessive mechanical loading.
Experimental Evaluation of a Secure and Ubiquitous Architecture for Electronic Health Records Retrieval
Authors: Quincozes Silvio E. , Kazienko Juliano F.
Published: August 2019

Electronic health record (EHR) systems play a relevant role in hospital daily activities. They support the access of patient data, such as medication delivery and history of hospitalizations. Currently, it is essential to provide easy and secure access to medical records by hospital staff. Pervasive and ubiquitous computing can lead to a better way to manage EHR systems. In this scenario, one of the greatest research challenges is to ensure device authentication avoiding its impersonation. The main contribution of this work is to carry out an extended experimental evaluation of a secure architecture based on ubiquitous computing for medical records retrieval and maintenance to demonstrate its feasibility through of experiments in laboratory and hospital scenarios. For evaluation, this article implements a prototype that performs the medication delivery procedure. Experimental results indicate the system functionality, usability with a decreasing user learning curve, and no significant overhead in terms of communication delay.
Perceived Personalization, Privacy Concern, e-WOM and Consumers' Click Through Intention in Social Advertising
Authors: Debora Dhanya A  , Jaidev Uma Pricilda
Published: August 2019

Social advertising, ads in social media platforms, have become popular in recent years because of the evolution of internet technologies such as web analytics and big data mining. The content of the social advertisement is tailored in order to personalize the message to the target consumer groups. In an effort to reach the prospects, marketers should focus on the social leads on social networking sites (SNS) to promote and to sell their brands/products. Drawing on, online personalized advertising literature, e-WOM recommendations and increasing privacy concerns and perceived ad personalization (conceptualized as functions of psychological reactance) on SNS leads to avoid such advertisements. The goal of the study is to investigate the impact of perceived personalization, privacy concern, and e-WOM to consumers' behavioral click through intentions towards social ads. This study contributed to the theory of psychological reactance by indicating that the individuals with less privacy concern and personalized recommendations from their contacts on SNS have a smaller amount of reactance towards social advertisements than commercial advertisements by marketers. Suggestions for advertisers, social media marketing practitioners conclude the paper.
Using Digital Game-Based Learning to Improve the Academic Efficiency of Vocational Education students
Authors: Roodt Sumarie , Ryklief Yusuf
Published: August 2019

Educators have started exploring the potential of digital game-based learning (DGBL) to enhance the learning experience of students. The objective of this experimental research was to explore the potential of DGBL to improve the academic efficiency among vocational education students in South Africa. Students were separated into two groups, an experimental group and control group. Each group received course instruction in the subject of computer programming but using differing instructional strategies. Subsequent to the planned intervention, the academic achievements of both groups were measured through the contrasting results received for pre- and post-intervention tests. The learner-motivation was measured through feedback elicited via a post-intervention questionnaire. Results of the study revealed that the learning motivation of students had a significant impact on their academic achievement, and the academic achievement of students using DGBL as an instructional strategy were better than those learning through the traditional approach.
Attack-Tree Based Risk Assessment on Cloud-Oriented Wireless Body Area Network
Authors: Mavroeidakos Theodoros , Tsolis Nikolaos Peter , Vergados Dimitrios D. , Kotsopoulos Stavros
Published: August 2019

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is an emerging technology with unrivaled benefits in the fields of e Health and m-Health. The wireless body area networks (WBANs) consist of a major subdomain of M2M communications. The WBANs coupled with the Cloud Computing (CC) paradigm introduce a supreme infrastructure in terms of performance and Quality of Services (QoS) for the development of eHealth applications. In this article, a risk assessment aiming to disclose potential threats and highlight exploitation of health care services, is introduced. The proposed assessment is based upon the implementation of a series of steps. Initially, the health care WBAN-CC infrastructure is scrutinized; then, its threats' taxonomy is identified. Then, a risk assessment is carried out based on an attack-tree consisting of the most hazardous threats against Personally Identifiable Information (PII) disclosure. Thus, the implementation of several countermeasures is realized as a means to mitigate gaps.
Monitoring System for Persons With Alzheimer's Disease via Video-Object Tracking
Authors: Al-Anssari Haitham Asaad , Abdel-Qader Ikhlas , Mickus Maureen
Published: August 2019

This article presents a framework for a food intake monitoring system intended for use with persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Alzheimer's disease has a significant impact on the individual's ability to perform their daily activities including eating. Providing assistance with feeding is a major challenge for caregivers, including a significant time commitment. We present a vision-based system that tracks moving objects, such as the hand, using a combined optical flow and skin region detection algorithms. Skin detection is implemented using two different methods. Hue, saturation, and value (HSV) color space, which is on separation of the illuminance component from chrominance one as the first method and skin color information is extracted from subject's face detected using Viola-Johns algorithm for the second method. Once face and other moving skin regions are detected, bounding boxes are created and used to track all moving regions over the video frames, recognizing eating behavior or the lack of it. Based on experimental results the proposed method using optical flow and skin regions segmentation using HSV color detects the hand to mouth eating motion with 92.12% accuracy. The optical flow and skin region segmentation based on face color information achieves a higher accuracy of 94.29%.
Wearables for Performance Support and Learning
Authors: Havard Byron , Podsiad Megan
Published: August 2019

Wearables include a variety of body-borne sensory, communication, and computational components that users wear on, under, over the body or within clothing. These mechanisms have potential benefits for: (a) human performance support; and (b) cognitive and psychomotor learning. This review of existing wearable research begins with a historical overview of wearables and then provides the reader with a current and future perspective of their use across a variety of educational environments.
Riscos ocupacionais no processo de trabalho do agente comunitário de saúde: revisão integrativa/ Occupational risks in the work process of the community health agent: integrated review
Authors: Mesquita Bárbara Rodrigues Alves , Pedro Raquel Soares , Faria Magda Guimarães de Araujo , Kebian Luciana Valadão Alves , Martins Amanda De Lucas Xavier , Daher Donizete Vago
Published: August 2019

Objetivo: Identificar, na literatura científica, publicações sobre os principais riscos ocupacionais no trabalho do Agente Comunitário de Saúde (ACS). Método: Pesquisa qualitativa do tipo revisão integrativa de literatura, tendo como questão norteadora: Quais os riscos que os ACS estão expostos na sua atividade laboral? A coleta de dados ocorreu em maio de 2019, nas bases de dados Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) e Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), por meio do portal da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), a coleção principal da Web of Science, através do Portal de Periódicos da Capes. Resultados: Foram identificadas 43 publicações que, após a filtragem segundo critérios de inclusão e exclusão, culminou em uma amostra de 12 artigos. Foram identificados quatro tipos de riscos, apresentados no formato de categorias de análise, a saber: Riscos físicos; Riscos químicos; Riscos biológicos; Riscos psicossociais. Conclusões: Diante da tamanha relevância do ACS para a Estratégia Saúde da Família e a saúde pública, cabe a reflexão sobre as condições laborais nas quais estes profissionais se encontram e espera-se que gestores, os próprios ACS e demais profissionais se mobilizem para estruturar mecanismos de apoio e defesa desta categoria, minimizando e sanando os riscos ocupacionais.
 Exposição a agrotóxicos e ocorrência de câncer em trabalhadores de dois municípios do Oeste do Paraná/ Exposure to pesticides and cancer occurrence in workers of two municipalities of West Paraná
Authors: Ruths Jéssica Cristina , Rizzoto Maria Lúcia Frizzon , Machineski Gicelle Galvan
Published: August 2019

Objetivo: Analisar a associação entre exposição a agrotóxicos e a ocorrência de câncer entre trabalhadores dos municípios de Anahy e Vera Cruz do Oeste, Paraná, Brasil. Método: Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo e qualitativo, desenvolvido por meio de entrevistas com 39 participantes com diagnóstico de câncer, residentes nos municípios citados, realizadas entre outubro de 2016 e abril de 2017. Resultados: Houve predomínio de participantes idosos (84,63%), agricultores (71,79%) e com baixa escolaridade (94,85%). 62,5% dos participantes de Anahy e 46,15% de Vera Cruz do Oeste tinham histórico de exposição direta a agrotóxicos; na totalidade dos casos, a exposição se deu por meio da atividade agrícola; 56,42% a exposição foi por mais de 30 anos. Dos agrotóxicos citados pelos participantes, 47,36% não possuem liberação de uso no Brasil. Houve prevalência de cânceres de pele (38,46%), próstata (17,95%) e mama (10,26%). Conclusão: Pode-se dizer, levando em consideração a temporalidade, a consistência e a plausibilidade biológica, que a associação entre o câncer e a exposição a agrotóxicos não pode ser descartada.
 Quedas em pacientes psiquiátricos: uma revisão integrativa/ Psychiatric patients’ falls: an integrative review
Authors: Cassola Talita Portela , Eslabão Adriane Domingues , Dos Santos Elitiele Ortiz , Cruz Idiane Rosset , Schneider Jacó Fernando , Pinho Leandro Barbosa de
Published: August 2019

Objetivo: caracterizar a produção sobre o evento quedas em pacientes psiquiátricos adultos. Método:Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa baseada nos pressupostos teórico-metodológicos de Whittemore. Para coleta de dados utilizou-se os descritores: acidentes por quedas, saúde mental, psiquiatria, enfermagem psiquiátrica e enfermagem nas bases de dados Lilacs, MedLine, PubMed, Cinahl e Embase. Por meio dos critérios de inclusão e instrumentos de controle de qualidade e níveis de evidências, totalizou-se uma amostra de 57 artigos. Resultados: Emergiu da revisão integrativa aspectos referentes aos fatores de risco de pacientes psiquiátricos, mecanismos e instrumentos para avaliar as quedas em pacientes psiquiátricos e intervenções relacionadas à prevenção de quedas. Conclusão: Portanto a produção científica apresenta elementos fundamentais sobre o evento quedas em paciente psiquiátrico, contribuindo para a segurança desses pacientes nas unidades de internações psiquiátricas.