bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Icky Mr. Fox and the Missing Friend by A. Bitskoff
Authors: Carr-Wiggin Merran
Published: August 2018

Bitskoff, Aleksei. Icky Mr. Fox and the Missing Friend. IckyPen Ltd, 2017. Vers. 19.0.1. Apple App Store, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/missing-friend/id1236379583?mt=8.

Age range: 0-5Price: $2.79.Also available in a Lite version with ads at no cost.

This simple, quirky digital text takes children on a journey to rescue Mr. Mole from Icky Mr. Fox and builds early digital navigation and vocabulary skills. Children experience the story read aloud, with the text displayed on the screen along with charming illustrations.

The app features some interactive elements. Many objects on the screen are clickable and the name of the object appears in writing and is spoken aloud. Other interactive elements include the ability to make the sun rise, turn lights on and off in a room, or move characters in one direction or another. The interactions are intuitive and young children should easily be able to identify the interactive features and navigate the interface. The app somewhat replicates the experience of reading a book, moving from screen to screen with the touch of an arrow.

The illustrations are highly appealing, with adorable characters, painterly background illustrations and harmonious colour schemes. The tone of the illustrations and sounds is gentle and pleasing, and would not stretch the tolerance of parents for annoying levels of noise. The language and storyline are simple and lack creativity, but keep the interest of a child with a certain level of suspense.

The app enables children to follow a story in sequence, to recognize the relationship between sound and text, and encourages them to build fine motor skills and touch-screen computer skills. Children touch the screen to make text and sound appear and swipe to make characters move. Children in the higher end of the age range may build early reading or text decoding skills through seeing and hearing words. The stated age range for the app is 0-5; children aged 2-5 would benefit most. This app is fun for both adults and children and is an engaging way for children to learn digital skills. Children can find more adventures featuring Icky Mr. Fox created by the same developers.

Recommended: 3 out of 4 starsReviewer: Merran Carr-Wiggin

Merran Carr-Wiggin’s experience at Edmonton Public Library includes positions as a Summer Programmer, in the Children’s Department, and at the Strathcona Branch. She is a candidate in the Master of Library and Information Studies program at the University of Alberta, and her work as an actor includes theatre for young audiences.
Tinybop. Me: A Kid’s Diary by A. Seixas
Authors: Sivak Allison
Published: August 2018

Seixas, Ana. Tinybop. Me: A Kid’s Diary. 2016. Apple App Store, https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1126531257?mt=8. 

Ages 3-7 (depending on parent assistance)Cost: $2.99

This app allows young children to create a digital diary filled with their own writings, photos, audio recordings, and drawings. The child creates an avatar from a varied array of options for skin colour, hair colour and style, facial features, and accessories. The app then encourages the child to respond to prompts, such as, “A song about me would be titled…,” “This is an interesting fact about my family,” and, “If I were an animal, I would look like this.” Some questions require a textual response, while others ask the child to draw, record, or take a snapshot of their response to the prompt, thereby taking advantage of the affordances offered by a tablet or phone. Other activities include the option to create a family tree, to create avatars of the child’s friends, and to answer all kinds of questions about the people in the child’s life. A child can draw, record, and photograph daily activities, such as their life at school.

Children can use the app to explore their own ideas, experiences, and feelings through both serious and silly questions. A Kid’s Diary takes a simple process and makes it even more accessible to quite young children. Ana Seixas’ illustrations use eye-popping colours, with good use of contrast and negative space to make clicking easy. The language of the questions is simple and displayed in a large font. Younger children should be able to use this app with the help of caregivers reading the text for the children’s answers. Caregivers should know that the company foregrounds their privacy policy on the developer site, noting that the app does not collect information about the users through the application itself. It is highly recommended as a fun way for children and their caregivers to learn more about themselves and the world they observe around them.

Highly recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Allison Sivak

Allison Sivak is the Public Services Librarian at the University of Alberta Libraries. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Library and Information Studies and Elementary Education, focusing on how the aesthetics of information design influence young people’s trust in the credibility of information content.
News and Announcements
Authors: Pearce Hanne
Published: August 2018

Greetings everyone! This issue of Deakin news focuses primarily on several events happening across Canada, including a few shortlist announcements.

Awards

Finalists for Newfoundland and Labrador Book AwardsFor a list of finalists read more at the Canadian Children’s Book Centre Website

VCRL 2018 Information Book Award Shortlist Announced

For a list of the 10 titles on the shortlist, see the VCRL website.Roundtables voting deadline: October 31, 2018Winner announcement: November 2018

Events

Telling Tales FestivalWestfield Heritage Village, Rockton OntarioSunday September 16, 2018

The Children’s Book Bank Presents An Evening with Emma DonoghueThursday, September 20, starting at 6:00 pm at Daniels Spectrum 585 Dundas Street East in Toronto, Ontario

Word on the Street TorontoHarbourfront CentreSunday September 23, 2018 (includes a “kids zone” area)

WordFest - Calgary, ABOctober 8-15, 2018Memorial Park LibarySee the Youth Program for details

The Annual VCLR Illustrator’s Breakfast: How do they do that?October 13, 2018 | University Golf Course | Vancouver BC

Breakfast & presentations: 8:00 am - 12:00 pmWorkshop: 12:30 – 1:30 pmEarly Bird Rates end September 23, 2018

Book Bash: Canadian Children's Literature FestivalSaturday, October 20 from 12:00 - 4:00 p.mHarbourfront Centre

To conclude, I leave you with this quirky list of books from The New York Times entitled “Charming, Plucky Picture Books That Ease Back-to-Class Jitters.”  All the best for an enjoyable fall and happy reading!

Hanne Pearce
A cosmogonia de Charles Fourier: A reconstrução do mundo em utopia e ficção científica
Authors: Gallo Ivone
Published: August 2018

Este artigo aborda a relação utopia/ficção científica a partir do “Cosmogonie”, um dos escritos mais polêmicos do socialista francês do século XIX, Charles Fourier. Através da análise de um texto de caráter político procurei tratar de aspectos da utopia, das ciências e de formas adquiridas por ambas na ficção científica, na busca por semelhanças entre utopia e ficção científica. O ponto central do artigo é demonstrar como Charles Fourier inventa um novo mundo, descrito em texto como real virtual atribuindo ao absurdo da realidade um aspecto de ficção.
“O Capitão Mendonça”, uma ficção científica machadiana? – considerações sobre o fantástico
Authors: Pereira Cilene Margarete
Published: August 2018

O conto “O capitão Mendonça” foi publicado, por Machado de Assis, em abril e maio de 1870 no Jornal das famílias, aparecendo em livro em duas coletâneas organizadas por Raimundo Magalhães Jr., Contos Recolhidos (1956) e Contos fantásticos de Machado de Assis (1975). No prefácio de Contos Recolhidos, o crítico observava que “O capitão Mendonça” pertencia ao “gênero quase macabro” por tematizar a figura do autômato. A partir do diálogo promovido por Machado de Assis com a narrativa “O homem de areia” (1816-1817), do alemão E.T.A. Hoffmann, citado textualmente no conto do autor brasileiro, este estudo busca examinar as relações possíveis entre o conto machadiano e a ficção científica, gênero relacionado à literatura fantástica, que teria como “pai oficial” o romance Frankenstein de Mary Shelley, de 1818, texto que põe em evidência o desejo humano de cientificamente “decifrar e dominar a natureza”.
A ficção do cientista a respeito da "modesta proposta" de Swift
Authors: Morato Fernando
Published: August 2018

Já no início da era moderna, antes mesmo do desenvolvimento da Ficção Científica, é possível identificar alguns diagnósticos da ruptura entre pensamento científico e formação humanista que vai estar na base do gênero. Um dos pontos de inflexão desse diagnóstico pode ser identificado nas sátiras inglesas (não por acaso, o país emblemático do pensamento científico moderno) do início do século XVIII. Deste ponto de vista, a leitura da "Modesta proposta" de Jonathan Swift pode ser enriquecida por um olhar que procure encontrar nela os vislumbres das futuras distopias da Ficção Científica já na própria alvorada da Revolução Industrial.
JAMESON, Fredric. Archaeologies of the future: the desire called utopia and other science fictions
Authors: Ponte Charles Albuquerque
Published: August 2018

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Apresentação
Authors: Chalmers Vera
Published: August 2018

Apresentação
Considerações sobre a formação do Modernismo brasileiro
Authors: Machado Marcia Regina Jaschke
Published: August 2018

Tradicionalmente, o início do Modernismo brasileiro costuma ser interpretado como um acontecimento ímpar que transformou logo em seu princípio a vida intelectual brasileira. Entretanto, vale sugerir que essa transformação não aconteceu logo nesse momento. O que se percebe é que o começo do Modernismo se configurou pela construção de espaços de atuação e de visibilidade para inovações artísticas, por parte de um pequeno grupo de intelectuais, em um ambiente ainda dominado por um “parnasianismo tardio”. Diante de um contexto social favorável ao surgimento dessas inovações, tal grupo fez uso de uma série de articulações pessoais e políticas para buscar a legitimação do Modernismo. Tendo isso em vista, este artigo tem como objetivo trazer algumas considerações sobre o início desse movimento. Para isso, parte da perspectiva de que sua primeira fase – final dos anos de 1910 e a década de 1920 – apresenta aspectos muito distintos da fase seguinte, os anos de 1930. Ela se caracteriza pelos esforços de intelectuais que visavam à transformação da vida literária, conquista esta que será legitimada apenas a partir de 1930.
Mário de Andrade cronista de São Paulo nos primórdios do modernismo
Authors: Lopez Telê Ancona
Published: August 2018

O artigo trabalha, no jornalismo de Mário de Andrade, textos de 1920 e 1921, vinculados aos primórdios do modernismo. Palavras-chave: Jornalismo de Mário de Andrade, Modernismo brasileiro, poesia modernista. The article studies in Mario de Andrade's journalism, his contribution concerning to the beginning of Brazilian Modernism in 1920-1921.
O drama do poeta
Authors: Sterzi Eduardo
Published: August 2018

Apesar da retórica de tabula rasa que aparece em tantos pontos de sua obra, Oswald de Andrade construiu sua combinação de literatura e teoria a partir de uma releitura renovadora de momentos decisivos da tradição. Dante Alighieri tem aí papel fundamental. É certo que as constantes referências a Dante na obra de Oswald podem ser vistas, por um lado, como um simples jogo com a tradição. Por outro, porém, podem ser interpretadas como expressões da consciência de que, na obra de Dante, se entabulara uma partida decisiva para a configuração da literatura – e das artes em geral – dali por diante. Ou seja, algumas das questões propostas originalmente por Dante talvez continuassem a interrogar os modernistas brasileiros – como, de resto, interpelavam, à mesma época, escritores de outras paisagens, como Eliot e Mandelstam. Busca-se aqui, por meio de um exame da reproposição de figuras dantescas na peça A morta, de 1937, avaliar a relevância do autor florentino para a constituição da ideia oswaldiana de Antropofagia (repensada aqui como uma teoria da poesia).
A Semana de 22 e a Poesia: contradições e desdobramentos
Authors: Pasini Leandro
Published: August 2018

O presente ensaio estuda a poesia modernista brasileira que foi apresentada na Semana de Arte Moderna de 1922. Diante da impossibilidade de se precisar com exatidão os poemas lidos então, este texto busca analisar a elaboração de questões problemáticas na poesia de alguns de seus participantes, principalmente Agenor Barbosa, Tácito de Almeida, Luis Aranha e Mário de Andrade. A proposta aqui é inquirir o modo como a poesia priduzida no contexto da Semana de Arte Moderna se relacionava criticamente com os estilos poéticos que a precederam. Questiona-se, dessa forma, que tipo de influência o contexto local, composto de Parnasianismo dominante e Simbolismo marginalizado, exerceu na incorporação brasileira das estéticas de vanguarda. Procura-se, igualmente, questionar a relação entre a poesia que se moderniza e o contexto local, a presença distintiva da realidade histórico-social brasileira. Aponta-se, por fim, para a relação entre as contradições do momento e seus desdobramentos.
Ouro Preto dos poetas modernistas
Authors: Franco Marcia Maria de Arruda
Published: August 2018

O presente artigo acompanha o esforço dos poetas modernistas em salvar de colapso o complexo arquitetônico colonial de Ouro Preto, através da criação da SPHAN, logo DPHAN, e da escrita de poemas e textos, desde os primeiros anos da década de 1920 até os fins dos anos 1960.
Revistas musicais estrangeiras e compositores modernos na Biblioteca de Mário de Andrade
Authors: Toni Flávia Camargo
Published: August 2018

As revistas musicais estrangeiras lidas por Mário de Andrade ampliaram os espaços restritos de escuta porque apresentavam as produções recentes, através de partituras, críticas de música e ensaios teóricos. Elas também inspiraram os padrões de revistas brasileiras e circularam entre os intelectuais que se reuniam em redações ou que nutriam interesses em comum.
GONÇALVES, Marcos Augusto. 1922: a semana que não terminou
Authors: Rosenbaum Yudith
Published: August 2018

A resenha discute o livro de Marcos Augusto Gonçalves, 1922: a semana que não terminou (Companhia das Letras, 2012), nos 90 anos do evento que catalisou as inovações modernistas das primeiras décadas do século XX.
MARQUES, Ivan. Cenas de um Modernismo de Província: Drummond e outros rapazes de Belo Horizonte
Authors: Valle Neto Júlio de Souza
Published: August 2018

Resenha sobre o livro de Ivan Marques.
Aos vinte estados do Brasil e ao Acre também
Authors: Bittencourt João Fabio , Chalmers Vera
Published: August 2018

Uma coletânea de entrevistas com Mário de Andrade, Tarsila do Amaral, Oswald de Andrade, Ronald de Carvalho, Renato de Almeida, Paulo Prado, Manuel Bandeira, Guilherme de Almeida, Menotti Del Picchia e Plínio Salgado sobre os rumos da arte brasileira após a Semana de Arte Moderna de 1922 que foram publicadas entre os anos de 1926 e 1927 nos periódicos O Jornal e O Paiz.
OS PESCADORES, COLETORES E CAÇADORES HOLOCÊNICOS DOS LITORAIS SUL E NORTE DO BRASIL: Considerações sobre os sambaquis
Authors: Fonseca Djnane , Silva Sergio Francisco Serafim Monteiro da
Published: August 2018

Este artigo apresenta uma revisão dos aspectos básicos do processo de produção de conhecimento arqueológico a partir de problemas sugeridos pelos dados de contexto arqueológico da cultura material, artefatos, ecofatos e biofatos remanescentes de ocupações humanas holocênicas dos litorais sul e norte do Brasil. São apresentados aspectos históricos da pesquisa sobre sambaquis; características funerárias de suas populações; as contribuições da Etnologia, Bioarqueologia, Zooarqueologia e Geoarqueologia; temas sobre complexidade social, continuidade sociocultural, hierarquia, organização social, visibilidade na paisagem costeira, área funerária no contexto monumental e territorial; e atividades de subsistência e adaptação ambiental  essas surpreendentes e diversificadas sociedades costeiras. HOLOCENE HUNTER-GATHERER-FISHERS OF THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN BRAZILIAN COAST Considerations about sambaquis ABSTRACTThis article presents a review of the basic aspects of the process of production of archaeological knowledge from problems suggested by the archaeological context data of the material culture, artifacts, ecofacts and biofacts remnants of Holocene human occupations of the southern and northern coasts of Brazil. Historical aspects of the research on sambaquis are presented; funerary features of their populations; the contributions of ethnology, bioarchaeology, zooarchaeology and geoarchaeology; themes on social complexity, sociocultural continuity, hierarchy, social organization, visibility in the coastal landscape, funeral area in the monumental and territorial context and subsistence activities and environmental adaptation of these surprising and diversified coastal societies.Keywords: Pre-historic hunter-gatherers; Archaeology of Death; Sambaquis.
HUMAN BONES AND ARCHEOLOGY
Authors: Da Silva Sérgio Francisco Serafim Monteiro
Published: August 2018

O livro Human Bones and Archeology, de Douglas Ubelaker, foi publicado inicialmente em 1980, com a preparação conjunta do U.S Department of the Interior, e do Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service e a Interagency Archeological Services, em Washington, D.C, nos EUA. Voltado ao problema dos ossos humanos na arqueologia, em especial aqueles relacionados aos primeiros habitantes da América do Norte, estudados por arqueólogos, antropólogos e bioarqueólogos ainda hoje produtivos, como William Bass, Don R. Brothwell, Jane Buikstra e o próprio Douglas H. Ubelaker, o texto expõe estudos de casos que possibilitam ao leitor perceber os principais aspectos relativos à produção de conhecimento científico em arqueologia quando são escavados sítios com presença de remanescentes humanos.
Observed surface ozone trend in the year 2012 over Nairobi, Kenya
Authors: SHILENJE ZABLON W. , ONGOMA VICTOR
Published: August 2018

El aire limpio es un requerimiento básico para la salud y el bienestar humanos. El Servicio Meteorológico de Kenia ha iniciado acciones de medición de contaminación del aire en varios sitios de Nairobi, en el Centro Meteorológico de Dagoretti Corner y en el monte Kenia. Se miden diversos contaminantes, incluyendo el ozono. La concentración ascendente de gases de efecto invernadero en la atmósfera ha influido en el clima y el tiempo atmosférico. En el presente estudio se analizaron las variaciones de ozono superficial en Dagoretti Corner, Nairobi, durante un periodo de 12 meses que finalizó en julio de 2013, exactamente un año después del inicio de la obtención de datos. Para estudiar la tendencia se analizaron series de tiempo horarias y mensuales de la concentración de ozono. Los datos de ozono se correlacionaron con datos meteorológicos y de temperatura. En términos generales, se encontró que la calidad del aire en Nairobi (representada por la estación meteorológica de Dagoretti Corner) es buena de acuerdo con los estándares de la Organización Meteorológica Mundial. La mayor concentración de ozono se observó durante la tarde y la mínima al amanecer. En una escala estacional, los niveles más altos se observaron en los meses fríos. Esta información ayuda a reducir la exposición al gas y por lo tanto a disminuir sus efectos sobre los seres vivos. Se recomienda la reducción de la exposición al ozono en los tiempos en que se han observado mayores concentraciones para minimizar su impacto.
EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF THE TURBULENT EFFECTS ON LASER BEAM PROPAGATION IN SPACE
Authors: AUGUSTINE SHIVAN M. , CHETTY NAVEN
Published: August 2018

In this work, we have modified an existing experimental setup to fully classify the thermal effects on a laser beam propagating in air. Improvements made to the setup include a new, more powerful laser, a precision designed turbulence delivery system, an imbedded pressure sensor, and a platform for height adjustability between the laser beam and the turbulence model. The setup was not only able to reproduce previous results exactly but also allowed new data for the turbulence strength C2n, the Rytov variance (scintillation) and the coherence diameter (Fried’s parameter) to be successfully measured. Analysis of the produced interferograms has been discussed using fast Fourier transforms. The results confirm, within the Kolmogorov regime, that phase and intensity fluctuations increase relative to temperature. The turbulent region exhibited very strong disturbances, in the range of 1.1 × 10–12 m–2/3 to 2.7 × 10–12 m–2/3. In spite of the strong turbulence strength, scintillation proved otherwise, since the condition for a weak turbulence environment was determined in the laboratory and a low scintillation index was to be expected. This is as a result of the relatively short propagation distances achieved in the laboratory. In the open atmosphere, path lengths extend over vast distances and in order for turbulent effects to be realized, the turbulence model must generate stronger turbulence. The model was, therefore, able to demonstrate its ability to fully quantify and determine the thermal turbulence effects on a propagating laser beam.
A new methodology for building local climate change scenarios: A case study of monthly temperature projections for Mexico City
Authors: ESTRADA FRANCISCO , M. GUERRERO VÍCTOR
Published: August 2018

This paper proposes a new methodology for generating climate change scenarios at the local scale based on multivariate time series models and restricted forecasting techniques. This methodology offers considerable advantages over the current statistical downscaling techniques such as: (i) it provides a better representation of climate at the local scale; (ii) it avoids the occurrence of spurious relationships between the large and local scale variables; (iii) it offers a more appropriate representation of variability in the downscaled scenarios; and (iv) it allows for compatibility assessment and combination of the information contained in both observed and simulated climate variables. Furthermore, this methodology is useful for integrating scenarios of local scale factors that affect local climate. As such, the convenience of different public policies regarding, for example, land use change or atmospheric pollution control can be evaluated in terms of their effects for amplifying or reducing climate change impacts.
Quais são os efeitos do envelhecimento populacional nos sistemas previdenciários de Brasil, Espanha e França?
Authors: Amaro Lucas Campos , Afonso Luís Eduardo
Published: August 2018

O objetivo do trabalho é analisar os impactos do envelhecimento populacional sobre os regimes previdenciários de repartição de três países: Brasil, Espanha e França. Os benefícios e as contribuições são calculados com base nas regras atuais e nas projeções populacionais por sexo e grupo etário, até 2100. De 2016 a 2100, o número de benefícios programáveis nos três países deverá aumentar 235%, 54% e 73%, respectivamente. Em 2050, ceteris paribus, o déficit brasileiro será de USD 188 bilhões, alcançando USD 260 bilhões em 2100. Para França e Espanha, os valores corresponderão a USD 134 bilhões e USD 92 bilhões. Em 2100 o déficit per capita espanhol será o mais elevado: USD 7.200, contra USD 5.400 para a França e USD 3.300 para o Brasil. São feitos ainda dois exercícios adicionais. O primeiro é o cálculo da alíquota de contribuição necessária de equilíbrio. Em 2016 a alíquota já deveria ser de 40% para o Brasil, 23% para a França e 32% para a Espanha. Em 2050, se nada for feito, a alíquota brasileira ultrapassará absurdos 100% e, em 2100, superará irreais 160%. O segundo exercício foi o cálculo do benefício médio de equilíbrio. Para a Espanha, haveria redução de USD 884 mensais para USD 372 em 2050. Para o Brasil, o atual benefício de equilíbrio de USD 248 seria reduzido em 2050 para USD 98. O decréscimo no Brasil (60%) é praticamente igual ao da Espanha (58%). Os resultados proporcionam evidências sobre a necessidade de reformas previdenciárias devido ao envelhecimento.
Editorial. Controle Governamental, Accountability e Coprodução
Authors: Aquino André Carlos Busanelli de , Rocha Arlindo Carvalho , Olivieri Cecília , Pinho José Antonio Gomes de
Published: August 2018

Na atualmente chamada “sociedade de auditoria”, as funções de auditoria e controle têm assumido uma diversidade de estilos de atuação (Power, 2000; 2003). As instituições e organizações de controle têm ganhado cada vez um papel mais relevante como solução de governança. Independente de outras críticas a este modelo de sociedade (ver Lapsley, 2009), para alcançar o esperado potencial as organizações de controle deveriam ir além da verificação de conformidade e legalidade, e alcançar outras formas de auditoria, como contábil e de desempenho. Os três conceitos mencionados no título da chamada, controle, accountability e coprodução têm em comum a ação de indivíduos e organizações sobre governos, com objetivo de alinhar as ações dos governos na direção do interesse público, incluindo legalidade dos atos e um melhor desempenho na entrega de serviços públicos. A questão tangencia outros temas como transparência, governos abertos, governos eletrônicos, e diversas formas de participação social. Este número da revista buscou mesclar estes assuntos, e apresentar em diferentes perspectivas uma visão sobre esta questão no Brasil atual.
Knowledge management system as a basis for smart learning
Authors: Dneprovskaya Natalia V.
Published: August 2018

The purposeof the study is to develop an approach to improve information support for the development of the contents of higher education programs and teaching methodological materials. The system of higher education faces the challenges of supporting the development of the digital economy through training and research. Creating the appropriate content of education becomes a difficult task with the high rate of development of digital technologies and methods to use them. Now, in smart learning, the technical aspects of the organization of the educational process often overshadow aspects, related to the methodology or content of smart learning. However, the issues of the content of education become most relevant. Research in the field of knowledge management remain relevant because, the more perfect the technologies become, that notice the algorithmized work of specialists, the higher the value of creativity for society and the economy.

Materials and methodsof research include discourse analysis of domestic and foreign scientific sources devoted to the issues of smart education and knowledge management, the systematization of the material. Methodological basis for developing an approach to improve information support is the methods and technologies of the theory of knowledge management.

The resultsof the research show that the need for the development of the digital economy places high demands not only for technologies, but also primarily on the competencies for their use. The logic of IT development in education indicates that there is a gradual change in the stages of informatization: from distance education technologies to e-learning and then to smart learning. Each stage of the informatization of education allows solving the problems that are important for the economy and society. There are the factors, influencing the formation of requirements for the content of educational programs: technological, economic, social and geopolitical. The following requirements of smart training for the content of educational programs are revealed: actual information and tasks in the training course; opportunities for independent cognitive, research and project activities of students; distributed information system of smart learning; integration of the educational environment with professional communities; individualization of the content of training.

The conclusion.Technologies and methods of knowledge management can provide the necessary level of speed and quality of development of educational materials. The article describes the knowledge management system, which through the knowledge base, communities and co-creation tools, ensures the relevance of the developed content and fills the smart learning with the necessary content.
Models for management of innovative activities on industrial enterprise
Authors: Volkova Violetta N. , Kudriavtceva Arina S.
Published: August 2018

Innovations were the source of development of all spheres of life activities at all times. At present, the management of any organization is greatly influenced by the active development of innovative technologies of the third and fourth industrial revolutions. At the same time, innovative technologies can have both positive and negative effects. Therefore, when managing innovation activities of an enterprise, the requirements for thoroughness of their analysis are increased. It is necessary to make decisions about the expediency of choosing innovations for a particular enterprise (organization), taking into account the utility and consequences of implementation, to choose models that allow to take into account the specifics of a particular situation, the nature of innovations, their correspondence to the profile, resource and scientific and technical potential of the enterprise, market requirements, stages of the life cycle of the production technology, industries of the enterprise.

The paper aims to substantiation of the models for management of innovative activity of the industrial enterprise.

To realize the goal, a short analysis of modern technological innovations is carried out, recommended in the works of J. Rifkin [19, 20], K. Schwab [24] and the “Strategy of the Information Society Development in the Russian Federation for 2017–2030”. Based on this analysis, innovations are selected that can be used to develop a particular enterprise, and then models are proposed for more thorough evaluation and selection of innovations.

The article briefly analyzes the technological innovations of the third and fourth industrial revolutions and suggests models for comparative analysis and selection of innovations.

When developing models of analysis and selecting innovative technologies for specific enterprises and organizations, it is proposed to use methods of system analysis that are combined on the basis of an approach based on a step-by-step limitation of the domain of acceptable solutions and a gradual formalization of the model for selecting innovations.

The analysis of innovative technologies and the proposed models are useful for the educational process of the university. The research was carried out on the example of the shipbuilding enterprise of Joint-Stock Company “Admiralteyskie Verfi”.
Management of Erectile Dysfunction: An Under-Recognition of Hypertension
Authors: Koroglu Gokhan , Kaya-Sezginer Ecem , Yilmaz-Oral Didem , Gur Serap
Published: August 2018

Background:

Erectile dysfunction (ED) affects 30 million men in the US with a decrease in quality of
life. Thirty percent of hypertensive men suffer from ED.

Objective:

This review will debate the interplay between hypertension and ED, discovering novel insights
concerning hypertension-linked ED, as well as the influence of antihypertensive medications on patients with ED.

Method:

Total number of records screened from PubMed yielded by the search which performed from January
2000 - June 2018.

Results:

Hypertension can cause ED as a consequence of high blood pressure or antihypertensive treatment. Both
hypertension and ED have endothelial dysfunction as a common base mechanism, which can lead to an increase
in vascular smooth muscle contraction. Also, some phosphodiesterase (PDE)-5 inhibitors used to treat ED can
recover blood pressure.

Conclusion:

Understanding of common mechanisms involved in ED accompanied with hypertension and the
research on antihypertensive drugs that impact ED will bring important approaches for identifying novel therapeutic
strategies that will improve quality of life in patients with these conditions.
Towards a Dynamic Exploration of Vision, Cognition and Emotion in Alcohol-Use Disorders
Authors: Creupelandt Coralie , D'Hondt Fabien , Maurage Pierre
Published: August 2018

Visuoperceptive impairments are among the most frequently reported deficits in alcoholuse disorders, but only very few studies have investigated their origin and interactions with other categories of dysfunctions. Besides, these deficits have generally been interpreted in a linear bottom- up perspective, which appears very restrictive with respect to the new models of vision developed in healthy populations. Indeed, new theories highlight the predictive nature of the visual system and demonstrate that it interacts with higher-level cognitive functions to generate top-down predictions. These models notably posit that a fast but coarse visual analysis involving magnocellular pathways helps to compute heuristic guesses regarding the identity and affective value of inputs, which are used to facilitate conscious visual recognition. Building on these new proposals, the present review stresses the need to reconsider visual deficits in alcohol-use disorders as they might have crucial significance for core features of the pathology, such as attentional bias, loss of inhibitory control and emotion decoding impairments. Centrally, we suggest that individuals with severe alcohol-use disorders could present with magnocellular damage and we defend a dynamic explanation of the deficits. Rather than being restricted to high-level processes, deficits could start at early visual stages and then extend and potentially intensify during following steps due to reduced cerebral connectivity and dysfunctional cognitive/emotional regions. A new research agenda is specifically provided to test these hypotheses.
Phenolic Composition and Antifungal Effect of Costus cf. arabicus L Against Yeast of the Candida Genus
Authors: Dos Santos Antonia Thassya Lucas , Machado Antonio Júdson Targino , De Freitas Maria Audilene , De Menezes Irwin Rose Alencar , Coutinho Henrique Douglas Melo , Da Cunha Francisco Assis Bezerra , De Lima E Souza Djair Dos Santos , Boligon Aline Augusti , De Oliveira Adeliana Silva , De Alencar Silva Andressa , Morais-Braga Maria Flaviana Bezerra
Published: August 2018

Background:

The emergence of fungal resistance to commercial drugs has been observed,
and because of that, research with natural products have been performed with the aim of
obtaining bioactive compounds.

Objective:

Evaluate the chemical composition and antifungal activity of the ethanolic extract of
Costus cf. arabicus L leaves (EECAL) over strains of the genus Candida, as well as its inhibitory
potential over yeast virulence.

Methods:

The composition of EECAL was analyzed through High Performance Liquid Chromatography
(HPLC). The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) was determined by broth microdilution
using spectrophotometer readings and the Minimal Fungicidal Concentration (MFC) was investigated.
The reading data of the MIC was used to trace a cellular growth curve and calculate the
Inhibitory Concentration for 50% of the cells (IC50) of the extract and fluconazole. The effect over
the yeast morphology was verified using wet-chamber microculture and visualized through optical
microscopy (40x).

Results:

HPLC detected the presence of flavonoids and phenolic acids. The extract presented fungistatic
effect (MIC of 8.192 µg/mL). The IC50 of the extract and fluconazole varied between 4,008.7 to
5,116.8 µg/mL and 44.0 to 83.1 µg/mL, respectively. The extract inhibited the formation of hyphae
at MICx2 against CA LM 77. For the CA INCQS 40006, the inhibition was verified at MIC/2. In the
CT LM 23 and CT INCQS 40042 strains the presence of hyphae was considered absent at the MIC.

Conclusion:

The extract presented antifungal action on cell growth at elevated concentrations and
an inhibitory effect of dimorphism in the tested Candida species.
Synthesis, Antioxidant and Antiurease Activities of Some New 5,6- dichloro-2-(4-fluorobenzyl)-1H-benzimidazole Derivatives Containing Furan, Oxadiazole, Triazole and Thiadiazole Moieties
Authors: Bektas Hakan , Albay Canan , Menteşe Emre , Sokmen Bahar Bilgin , Kurt Zafer , Şen Dilem
Published: August 2018

Background:

Benzimidazoles and its derivatives have been attracting interest for many years because of their biological activities. Benzimidazoles containing different heterocyclic moieties have wide range of biological activities such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, antiviral, etc.

Methods:

In this study, some benzimidazole derivatives containing furan, oxadiazole, triazole and thiadiazole moieties have been synthesized and then evaluated for their antioxidant and antiurease activities.

Results:

The results showed that all the tested benzimidazoles indicated remarkable urease inhibitory potentials with IC50 values ranging between 0.303±0.03 to 0.591±0.08 µM.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, synthesized benzimidazole derivatives showed good antioxidant and antiurease activities. Heterocyclic groups on benzimidazole nucleus enhance the activities.
An Integrated-OFFT Model for the Prediction of Protein Secondary Structure Class
Authors: Panda Bishnupriya , Majhi Babita , Thakur Abhimanyu
Published: August 2018

Background:

Proteins are the utmost multi-purpose macromolecules, which play a crucial
function in many aspects of biological processes. For a long time, sequence arrangement of amino acid
has been utilized for the prediction of protein secondary structure. Besides, in major methods for the
prediction of protein secondary structure class, the impact of Gaussian noise on sequence representation
of amino acids has not been considered until now; which is one of the important constraints for the
functionality of a protein.

Methods: In the present research, the prediction of protein secondary structure class was accomplished
by integrated application of Stockwell transformation and Amino Acid Composition (AAC), on equivalent
Electron-ion Interaction Potential (EIIP) representation of raw amino acid sequence. The introduced
method was evaluated by using 4 benchmark datasets of low sequence homology, namely PDB25, 498,
277, and 204. Furthermore, random forest algorithm together with the out-of-bag error estimate and
Support Vector Machine (SVM), using k-fold cross validation demonstrated high feature representation
potential of our reported approach.

Results:

The overall prediction accuracy for PDB25, 498, 277, and 204 datasets with randomforest classifier
was 92.5%, 94.79%, 92.45%, and 88.04% respectively, whereas with SVM, the results were
84.66%, 95.32%, 89.29%, and 84.37% respectively.

An integrated-order-function-frequency-time (OFFT) model has been proposed for the
prediction of protein secondary structure class. For the first time, we reported the effect of Gaussian
noise on the prediction accuracy of protein secondary structure class and proposed a robust integrated-
OFFT model, which is effectively noise resistant.
Quality by Design Based Method Development for Simultaneous Estimation of Montelukast Sodium and Theophylline in Tablet Dosage Form
Authors: Shah Kunti Abhishek , Parmar Vijaykumar Kunvarji
Published: August 2018

Background:

Analytical Quality by design (AQbD) is one of the upcoming regulatory
requirements in the field of pharmaceutical analysis for the development of reliable and robust
analytical methods. Montelukast sodium and theophylline available in tablet dosage forms are used widely
for the treatment of airway disorders. Liquid chromatographic methods for estimation of the drugs are
reported but those chromatographic methods developed by the AQbD approach are not available.

Methods:

A systematic design of experiments has been employed to develop a liquid chromatographic
method for simultaneous estimation of montelukast sodium and theophylline. Critical process
parameters are defined and optimization of methanol content in mobile phase, the concentration of
trifluoroacetic acid and flow rate was employed within the framework of the full factorial design. The
statistical analysis of the experimental data for critical quality attributes namely tailing factor of both the
drugs and resolution was performed.

Results:

A multi-dimensional design space for the critical process parameters was obtained. The
optimal chromatographic separation of the two API was achieved using C18 (250mm×4.6mm, 5µm)
column as stationary phase and mobile phase composed of acetonitrile, trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)
(0.2%v/v in water) and methanol in the ratio of 25:15:60 (v/v/v) at flow rate of 1.0 ml min-1. The
influence of the CPP was evaluated by various data tables for example, analysis of variance and lack of
fit. Interpretation of various plots obtained from the experimental data such as predicted vs. actual,
predicted vs. run, pareto chart, perturbation plot and contour plot provided the information on the
manner in which each factor affects the critical quality attributes.

Conclusion:

A design space generated by design of experiments is an evidence for the robustness of the
method. The assay results show the applicability of the method for analysis of commercially available
tablets.
Effect of Neuroinflammation on ABC Transporters: Possible Contribution to Refractory Epilepsy
Authors: Deng Xiaolin , Xie Yangmei , Chen Yinghui
Published: August 2018

Background & Objective: Epilepsy is a common and serious chronic neurological disorder
that is mainly treated with antiepileptic drugs. Although current antiepileptic drugs used in clinical
practice have advanced to the third generation, approximately one-third of patients are refractory to
these treatments. More efficacious treatments for refractory epilepsy are therefore needed. A better
understanding of the mechanism underlying refractory epilepsy is likely to facilitate the development
of a more effective therapy. The abnormal expression and/or dysfunction of efflux transporters, particularly
ABC transporters, might contribute to certain cases of refractory epilepsy. Inflammation in
the brain has recently been shown to regulate the expression and/or function of ABC transporters in
the cerebral vascular endothelial cells and glia of the blood-brain barrier by activating intracellular
signalling pathways.

Conclusion:

Therefore, in this review, we will briefly summarize recent research advances regarding
the possible role of neuroinflammation in regulating ABC transporter expression in epilepsy.
A Novel Low Rank Spectral Clustering Method for Face Identification
Authors: Xu Danhua , Li Chuan , Chen Teng , Lang Fei
Published: August 2018

Background: Low rank is a recent significant model to explore the inner subspace structure
of samples, which has been successfully used in many pattern recognition tasks.

Methods: In this paper, we proposed a novel spectral clustering method to address the face identification
problem. There are three main contributions in our paper. Firstly, the sparse coding under a
cluster-based learned dictionary is taken as the character sample of each face. Secondly, the collaborative
low rank representation is incorporated in the comprehensive optimization framework to construct
an effective affinity graph iteratively, which is different from the conventional ones to tackle
the graph construction and spectral clustering independently. We revised all the patents relating to
the face identification. Thirdly, a numerical algorithm is developed to solve the optimization framework
and obtain a stable solution.

Results: The experimental results showed the superior performance of the proposed method on
recognition ratio.

Conclusion: It means that our proposed low rank based identification algorithm outperforms the existed
excellent methods.
Kumaraswamy Distribution and Random Extrema
Authors: Kozubowski Tomasz J. , Podgórski Krzysztof
Published: August 2018

Objective:

We provide a new stochastic representation for a Kumaraswamy random variable with arbitrary non-negative parameters. The representation is in terms of maxima and minima of independent distributed standard uniform components and extends a similar representation for integer-valued parameters.

Result:

The result is further extended for generalized classes of distributions obtained from a “base” distribution functionFviz.G(x) =H(F(x)), whereHis the CDF of Kumaraswamy distribution.
Kinetic Behaviour of Skin Pigmentation Inhibitory Activity of some Selected Nigerian Medicinal Plants and Other Related Antioxidant Properties
Authors: Popoola Olugbenga K. , Faleye Francis J. , Olabiyi Folorunso A. , Ayodele Olajide
Published: August 2018

Background:

Over exposure to Ultra Violet (UV) radiation is one of the most significant
external stress-inducing factors resulting into occurrence of skin pigmentation among others in human
body. The biological implication of such disorders is not only limited to premature skin aging
and cancer, but also resulted into economic loss of perishable agricultural products.

Methods:

Methanol extracts of ten (10) medicinal plants with skin health traditional history were selected
for this study. The biological profile of the extracts was assessed in an in-vitro system using
colorimetric assays: tyrosinase inhibition, Ferric-ion Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP), Trolox
Equivalent Absorbance Capacity (TEAC) and Fe II-induced microsomal lipid peroxidation.

Results:

Representative of asteraceae such as Laggera pterodonta (S3); Ageratum conyzoides (S4)
and Chromolaena odorata (S5), while Euphorbia convoluloides (S8) were found to possess good anti-
tyrosinase activity (IC50 = 177.50; 125.08; 167.58; 161.92) μg/ml respectively, in which the rate of
formation of dopachrome proceeded via pseudo second order kinetic using the Largergren model.
Other notable inhibition of oxidative stress displayed by the methanol extracts includes S7 (FRAP =
1905.12 ± 2.85 µM AAE/g); S1 & S6 (TEAC = 2163.48 ± 2.80; 1044.35 ± 28.99) µM TE/g, while
S7 & S9 showed highest inhibitory activities on Fe II-induced microsomal lipid peroxidation (IC50 =
33.625; 35.125) µg/ml, respectively in competitive manner to that of the commercial anti-oxidant
EGCG (IC50 = 36.250 µg/ml).

Conclusion:

The outcome of the biological properties of the selected plant extracts in this study
suggested the existence of relationship between the traditional claims and the scientific data therein.