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An Illustrated Copy of Nava’i’s Khamseh by Pir Ahmed bin İskender: TSMK. H. 802
Authors:   Sakarya University, Kaya Gülsen Tezcan
Published: August 2023

Ali Shir Nava’i (d.1501) was a famous statesman, poet and linguist, a political and cultural identity in the Timurid capital, Herat at the end of the 15th century. The subject of this research is the first and only illustrated copy of Ali Shir Nava’i’s Khamseh, which was produced in the Ottoman Royal Atelier. The colophon on folio 309v of this copy, dating 937/1530-31, shows that the calligrapher, bookbinder and the painter of this Khamseh as Pir Ahmed bin Iskender. This copy includes a total of 16 illustrations, two of which depict scenes from Hayrat-ul-abrar, seven of which depict scenes from Farhadva Shirin, three of which depict scenes from Layli va Majnun, three of which depict scenes from Sab'ai Sayyar and one of which depicts scenes from Sadd-i-Iskandari. This manuscript, which appears to be an original example with both the choice of subject in the paintings and the style of the paintings, is important in terms of pioneering the historical and literary manuscripts prepared in the period of Suleiman the Magnificent and after wards.
Methodological Features оf "Tarihi Muluki Ajam"
Authors:   Institute   of   Uzbek   Language,   Literature   and   Folklore   under   the   Uzbekistan   Academy of Sciences., Ergashev Qodirjon
Published: August 2023

This article is dedicated to the style of "Tarihi Muluki Ajam" by Alisher Navo'i. The work draws a conclusion about the specificity of the language of the work, the presence of literary and scientific stylistic elements in it and the synthesis of these two stylistic features. The guiding principles of Navoi's style in prose are classified and each is interpreted separately. As a result, the criteria for the examination of works of the author's prose were determined.
Culture, School and Pedagogical Heritage in Didactic works
Authors:   Bukhara State University, Izbullaeva Gulchehra
Published: August 2023

This article describes the combination of culture, school and pe- dagogical heritage in didactic treatises created in Maveraunnahr and Kho-rasan until the end of the 12th and the first half of the 14th centuries. In particular, the didactic works of Najmiddin Kubro, Fariduddin Attar, Orif Revgari, Muslihiddin Saadi, Awfi Bukhari, Sayfiddin Bokharzi, Nasiriddin Tusi, Jalaluddin Rumi, Aziziddin Nasafi, Pahlavan Mahmud, Nasiruddin Burhanuddin Rabguzi, Khusrav Dehlavi, Ziyawuddin Nakhshabi, Mahmud Shabustari belong to this period. Profound study of didactic works, identification of the most valuable thoughts in them, sorting, creative use of them today and wide application to life is an important task nowadays. Didactic treatises serve to educate the spiritual-moral qualities in a person, as well as the impor-tance of achieving moral and physical perfection, which are considered as the main factors of human perfection, the specific advantages of being scientific, useful aspects of the study of a particular profession or job.
Hoja Bahouddin Nakshbandi, his Life, Activities and Views: Return to Gijduvani and Improvemen of Khojagon-Nakshbandiya’s Doctrine
Authors:   Institute of Oriental Studies named after Abu Rayhan Beruni of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Rahimov Komiljon
Published: August 2023

Khoja Bahauddin Naqshband (718 / 1318-791 / 1389) perfected the sect founded by Khoja Abdulkhaliq Gijduvani (ca. 496 / 1103-575 / 1179) in the 12th century and made it one of the most influential sects. Hoja Bahauddin Naqshband reintroduced the dhikr secret, which was introduced by Gijduvani but repealed by the later pirs who approved the dhikr jahri, three new rashas (wuqufi zamani, wuqufi adadiy, added the heart) and increased their number to eleven. While denying secularism and bigotry, Bahauddin Naqshband advocated active communication with people and professionalism, while at the same time not forgetting God for a moment.This article seeks to provide a more accurate account of the life, activities, and teachings of Hoja Bahauddin Naqshband, based on historical sources and research, as well as drawing detailed conclusions in this regard.
Self-supervised learning for robotic bin-picking
Authors: Chen Liming
Published: August 2023

Endowing robots with human-like dexterity is a longstanding challenge in AI and robotics. State of the art research on robot manipulation is data driven through robot learning but robot data is particularly expensive to acquire. In this talk, I will showcase how robot learning for manipulation can be achieved through self-supervised learning using simulation empowered self-play.
Deep learning for inverse problems in imaging
Authors: Magli Enrico
Published: August 2023

Deep learning has significantly advanced several areas of imaging, from image analysis tasks such as classification and segmentation to image restoration tasks. Besides being able to produce photorealistic images, generative architectures such as GANs and diffusion models have turned out to be very useful for solving inverse problems, providing powerful priors that can be used even with lack of ground truth data, or lack of training data at all.

This talk will focus on recent advances in deep models for restoration, touching on aspects such as perception, complexity and priors. I will cover models for supervised, self-supervised, unsupervised and one-shot restoration, in the single- and multi-image case, as well as the generation of multiple ""good"" solutions that are consistent with the observed data. I will show examples of models learning non-local relationships in the data, along with applications to a variety of data types including optical/radar satellite images and point clouds. I will discuss the implications of these methods on accuracy, perceptual quality and complexity, and I will discuss multimodality as a way to further improve image restoration accuracy.
Forward-backward steps in signal processing
Authors: Pesquet Jean-Christophe
Published: August 2023

This talk provides an overview of the forward-backward (FB) algorithm, which is a prominent tool for solving optimization problems in signal and image processing. This algorithm belongs to the class of proximal methods and puts in a unifying framework many traditional optimization schemes. In particular, the FB algorithm is instrumental for solving nonsmooth optimization problems which are encountered in sparse estimation or compressed sensing. A higher mathematical view of this algorithm can also be given through modern fixed point theory, making it possible to address sophisticated variational problems. Finally, it is shown that this algorithm is also closely related to feedforward neural networks. This link brings insight into the development of more robust and more explainable neural architectures.
Historical review of sexual offence and child sexual abuse legislation in Australia: 1788–2013
Authors: Boxall Hayley , Tomison Adam , Hulme Shann
Published: August 2023

The report provides an overview of the socio-political factors and events that have influenced the development of Australia’s child sexual abuse legislation from 1788-2013. Key developments in relevant legislation during this period which are discussed in detail in the report include: the decriminalisation of homosexual acts between consenting males; the removal of gendered language from legislation to enable the law to deal with matters involving male victims, female offenders and same sex offences; broadening the definition of sexual intercourse; introduction of specific legislation relating to child pornography; and introduction of mandatory reporting laws.
Evaluation of the Victorian Community Crime Prevention Program: Final report
Authors: Hulme Shann , Homel Peter
Published: August 2023

The Community Crime Prevention Program (CCPP), established by the Victorian Government, aims to enhance communities’ capacity to deliver local solutions to crime. It is part of a broader suite of initiatives to reduce the impact of criminal behaviour on Victorians. The Community Crime Prevention Unit (CCPU) is a business unit within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to administer the CCPP. The mainstay of the CCPP is a competitive grants program available to a wide variety of community organisations and local government authorities. Bodies that comply with the qualifying criteria are able to apply for funding in the allocated funding rounds. DOJ commissioned the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) to conduct an evaluation of the Victorian CCPP. In order to assess the strategic appropriateness and efficacy of the CCPP the AIC, in consultation with the CCPU and the Regional Directors forum that operates across the DOJ, developed a program logic model and evaluation framework. This informed the development of a comprehensive methodology combining qualitative and quantitative research methods. This included: consultation with key stakeholders; online survey of local government and community organisations; review of CCPP-sponsored interventions; and analysis of administrative data and program documentation relating to the operation of the CCPP. The project was undertaken between February and September 2014.
Crimes against international students in Australia: 2005–09
Authors: Joudo Larsen Jacqueline , Payne Jason , Tomison Adam
Published: August 2023

A key part of the Australian Institute of Criminology’s role is to provide a capacity to investigate new and evolving crimes and in the past two years, there has been significant interest in determining the nature and extent to which international students studying in Australia are victims of crime. Detailed findings are provided from what is the most comprehensive student victimisation study ever conducted in Australia, based on an analysis of Department of Immigration and Citizenship international student visa records for more than 400,000 students matched with police crime victimisation records. In addition, supplementary analysis of the AIC’s National Homicide Monitoring Program (NHMP) database, as well as the Australian component of the 2004 International Crime Victimisation Survey (ICVS), are used to provide additional context to the AIC’s investigation. Primarily, this research was designed to provide the best available estimation of the extent to which international students have been the victims of crime during their time in Australia and to determine whether international students are more or less likely than an Australian comparison population to have experienced crime. This report provides the best available estimation of the extent to which international students have been the victims of crime during their time in Australia and has enabled the rate of recorded crimes experienced by international students from the five largest source countries (People’s Republic of China, India, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the United States) to be compared with the rate for Australian reference populations. While this research has not answered the question of whether attacks against overseas students are racially motivated, the findings from this research do point to other factors such as employment and the use of public transport, that influence the risk or likelihood of overseas students experiencing crime. This provides direction for crime prevention efforts to reduce the risk of crime for this population. This report represents the culmination of the AIC’s research into crimes against international students.
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation of the Lesser Occipital and Greater Auricular Nerve for Post Herpetic Neuralgia in a Case of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome: Case Report
Authors: Johnson Brooks , Covington Stephen , Maita Mostafa , Strand Natalie
Published: August 2023

Background

Post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a painful condition that presents after herpes zoster reactivation in the peripheral and central nervous system. When medical treatment fails, options are limited, and patients may suffer with chronic pain indefinitely.

Case Presentation

We present the case of a gentleman with a 3-year history of PHN in the distribution of the right lesser occipital and greater auricular nerves that failed to respond to medical treatment. He underwent a trial of neuromodulation, and post-operative pain scores improved by 80%, and at 60 days post-operatively his average pain score was 0 out of 10.

Conclusions

PNS is an effective and safe option for the treatment of chronic pain, and we present a report of successful treatment of PHN in a particularly difficult anatomic distribution. PNS of the lesser occipital and greater auricular nerves is a novel treatment for PHN and shows promise as an effective, safe therapy when other treatment fails.
The protective effect of Aspalathus linearis against the experimental gastric ulcer induced by ethanol in rats
Authors: Oruç İdris , Karakoç Zelal , Ketani Muzaffer Aydın , Akduman Filiz , Baksi Nazan , Korkmaz Veli , Oruç Zeynep
Published: August 2023

This study aimed to investigate the effect of Aspalathus linearis on the expression levels of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules and their ability to present antigens to CD8, CD68, and T cells in an experimental rat model of gastritis. Furthermore, changes in tumor necrosis factor–alpha (TNF–α), myeloperoxidase, superoxide dismutase, and malondialdehyde levels due to the antioxidant properties of the plant were evaluated. The study included 24 female Wistar albino rats (Rattus norvegicus). A. linearis was administered to the treatment groups of an ethanol–induced gastritis rat model via oral gavage for 5 days the blood and stomach tissues were sampled for analysis. Biochemical evaluation revealed that TNF–α and myeloperoxidase levels decreased and superoxide dismutase activity increased in the A. linearis–treated groups compared with the ethanol–treated group. Histochemical evaluation revealed that the severity of inflammation decreased in the rats with gastritis treated with A. linearis. In addition, the number of cells expressing CD8 and CD68 decreased. The number of MHC–II immunopositive cells was higher in the A. linearis–treated group compared with the control and other treatment groups. A. linearis exhibits a protective effect on gastric mucosa by reducing the severity of oxidative stress owing to its antioxidant, anti–inflammatory, and antiapopitotic properties.
On enforcing dyadic-type self-map constraints in MatBase
Authors: Christian Mancas
Published: August 2023

Self-maps are widely encountered in the sub-universes modeled by databases, from genealogical trees to sports, from education to healthcare, etc. Their properties must be discovered and enforced by the software applications managing such data to guarantee their plausibility. The (Elementary) Mathematical Data Model provides 13 dyadic-type self-map constraint types. MatBase, an intelligent data and knowledge base management system prototype, allows database designers to simply declare them by only clicking corresponding checkboxes and automatically generates code for enforcing them. This paper describes the algorithms that MatBase uses for enforcing all these 13 self-map constraint types, which may also be used by developers not having access to MatBase.
PERAN PEMERINTAH DESA DALAM PENANGGULANGAN PERNIKAHAN DINI DI DESA KURANJI KECAMATAM LABUAPI LOMBOK BARAT
Authors: Siti Hasanah  , Firzhal Arzhi Jiwantara  , Lukman
Published: August 2023

The research objective was to determine the concept of a negative and positive active decision according to the law on government administration. This type of research is normative legal research, that normative legal research is research that includes research on legal principles, research on legal systematics, research on legal synchronization, legal history research, and comparative legal research. This research uses several approaches, namely legislation. -law (statute approach), Concept Approach (conceptual approach). The result of the research is that a Fiktip Decision is a decision that actually does not exist (non-being) but is considered to be there (being). Decisions that exist (being) at the level of positive law in Indonesia follow as stated in Article 1 number 9 of Law Number 51 of 2009 concerning the Second Amendment to Law Number 5 of 1986 concerning State Administrative Courts, Article 7 and Article 87 of Law Number 30 of 2014 Concerning Government Administration and Positive Functions in Law Number 30 of 2014 concerning Government Administration is not only related to Decisions, but also related to Actions, so there needs to be a change in labeling of Positive Fictional Decisions be a Positive Fictional Decision and / or Action so that it can represent the two elements contained in it
PEMBINAAN PENERAPAN PROTOKOL PENCEGAHAN COVID 19 PADA SISTEM PRODUKSI PANGAN USAHA KECIL DI BOGOR
Authors: Hermawan  , Fitria Dewi Sulistiyono  , Legis Tsaniyah
Published: August 2023

Pengolahan bakery termasuk  industry mikro pangan yang tetap bertahan berproduksi di masa Pandemi Covid 19. Industri pangan berpotensi besar menjadi salah satu rantai penyebaran Covid-19. Zat gizi di dalam produk makanan akan menjadi media pertumbuhan  bagi virus yang tertinggal melalui droplet.  Pembinaan terhadap salah satu industri bakery skala kecil di Bogor, dilakukan terkait dengan penerapan Cara Produksi Makanan yang Baik (CPMB) dipadukan dengan penerapan protokol pencegahan CIOVID 19.  Metoda pelaksanaan pembinaan tersebut dilakukan melalui pendekatan pelatihan, pembimbingan, dan evaluasi keberhasilan.  Pembimbingan dilakukan melalui disain dan penerapan sistem dokumentasi CPMB Plus protokol pencegahan COVID 19.  Evaluasi keberhasilan dilakukan melalui analisa pola temperatur tubuh para pekerja dalam periode tiga bulan serta penilaian Good Manufacturing Practises (GMP) sesuai panduan CODEX Alimetarius Commission Rev.3 Tahun 2005.  Penerapan sistem CPMB telah dilakukan dan hasil auditnya menghasilkan nilai 605 berkategori CUKUP.  Kondisi pengendalian temperatur pekerja  menunjukkan pola membaik, setelah tidak terkendali dalam periode Juni-Agustus 2021
MEMBANGKITKAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR MAHASISWA SAAT PEMBELAJARAN SECARA VIRTUAL PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID 19
Authors: Muhammad Adib Alfarisi  , Heriyanto
Published: August 2023

People worldwide were shocked by the emergence of the novel Covid-19 virus in early 2020, which first appeared in Wuhan City, the capital of Hubei Province, China. On March 1, 2020, the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia finally reported that the Covid-19 virus had infiltrated Indonesia and infected its citizens. In efforts to overcome and reduce the spread of this dangerous virus, the Indonesian government has required restrictions on activities outside the home. The public has also been obliged to avoid crowds to avoid the spread. In addition, the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture also instructs that the learning system must be performed virtually. Online learning has been carried out by utilizing internet technology so that there are no face-to-face meetings between lecturers and students. However, in its implementation, some problems can interfere with the learning process virtually, especially concerning students the lack of learning motivation when carrying out online learning. This research is qualitative research that describes efforts to generate student learning motivation during virtual learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. Motivation to learn is the most crucial factor so that students can receive all learning effectively and efficiently. Therefore, the right stimulants are necessitated in order to arouse their motivation to learn. The research findings indicate what educators should do to increase student learning motivation online is to improve the ability of lecturers, determine appropriate and effective methods, optimize the use of facilities, select appropriate media and conduct periodic evaluations of learning.
TINDAK TUTUR ASERTIF DALAM NOVEL CALABAI KARYA PEPI AL-BAYQUNIE
Authors: Isnaeni  , Lukman  , Noer Jihad Saleh
Published: August 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan memetakan wujud tindak tutur asertif yang digunakan dalam novel Calabai karya Pepi Al-Bayqunie. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif yang menggunakan dua pendekatan, yaitu pendekatan teoretis dan pendekatan metodologis. Data penelitian ini berupa penggalan tuturan dalam sebuah novel yang mengandung gejala tindak tutur. Data tersebut bersumber dari sebuah novel yang berjudul Calabai karya Pepi Al-Bayqunie. Novel dengan ketebalan 383 halaman ini ditulis berdasarkan kisah nyata bissu yang ada di Kabupaten Pangkep. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 14 wujud tindak tutur asertif dalam novel Calabai karya Pepi Al-Bayqunie, yaitu menyatakan, memberitahukan, menyarankan, mengumumkan, menegaskan, menuntut, melapor, menyangkal, membantah, menyanggah, mengisyaratkan, membual, mengeluh, mengklaim. Di antara semua wujud tuturan tersebut, tuturan memberitahukan yang paling banyak ditemukan.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FLASHCARDS TO TEACH SPOKEN FUNCTIONAL TEXT TO EIGHTH GRADERS
Authors: Rani Linggar Purga Hardiyanti  , Restu Arini
Published: August 2023

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the speaking abilities of SMPN 4 Yogyakarta students of class VIII by using a descriptive quantitative research. Students from class VIII at SMPN 4 Yogyakarta were the population of this study, and class VIII E students made up the sample. A test was employed as a research tool in this study. The Pretest and Post-Test scores from two tests are compared to determine how Flashcards support students' speaking development. The result shows, (1) learning spoken functional text using flashcard media in class was declared successful with an average score of 81.71 in the post-test because it meets the Passing Grade standards of the school. The average pretest data (M = 74.77) and the average post-test data (M = 81.71); (2) There are significant results in the class posttest score with 0.000 Sig. value (2-tailed) (p < 0.05); (3) Flashcard learning media is appropriate in improving students' speaking performance as it reduces boredom and produces fun learning for students
Inhibiting Acid Formation and Oxidation of Groundnut Oil Biodiesel Using Green Additives
Authors: Edema O. S.
Published: August 2023

The engine performance of biodiesel had become a major concern. Improving the acid and oxidation stability of groundnut oil biodiesel (GOME), with various plant waste extracts, was carried out on in this study. Freshly prepared GOME was blended with onion extract (OE) and ginger extract (JE), at the rate of 100:1 parts per million, and stored at a temperature of 30±50C for 28 days. At the end of the experimental period, the acid content and oxidation value of the biodiesel treated with both natural additives, were lower when compared to the biodiesel with additives. It was observed that untreated GOME acid value increased from 1.37 - 2.23 mgKOH/g, the acid value of the GOME containing OE increased from 1.35 – 1.81 mgKOH/g, and the acidcontent of the GOME treated with JE increased from 1.34 – 1.94 mgKOH/g. Regarding the oxidation stability, it was observed that the un-amended GOME oxidative stability decreased from 3.14 h to 2.44 h, the GOME amended with OE additive declined from 5.37 to 4.57 h, while the GOME treated with JE additive decreased from 4.99 h to 4.21 h. The findings of this study had revealed that incorporating natural additives into GOME, yield biodiesel with better oxidation stability. It was also noted that the blended GOME met the ASTM approved recommendation for biodiesel; unlike the results recorded for the GOME that was untreated with the natural additives.
Regulatory and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advances and Impact on Global Access to OBGYN and IVF/ Third Party Reproductive Care
Authors: Ditkowsky Lisa
Published: August 2023

The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology held its annual international meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark June 25 th – 28 th , 2023. NAPGO enlisted IVF & Life Sciences expert and journalist Lisa Ditkowsky to attend the Scientific Programme and report on the latest leading-edge developments in the REI space. Strong themes of artificial intelligence, third- party reproduction, government regulatory effects, and increased access to care permeated this exciting international conference.
Only Light and Evidence: Locke on the Will to Believe
Authors: Boespflug Mark
Published: August 2023

John Locke has been widely understood to hold that belief is under one's direct control. This doxastic voluntarism appears to be implicit in his evidentialism, his doxastic moralism, and his postulation of an ability to suspend assent. I argue, first, that interpreting Locke as a doxastic voluntarist is untenable—at odds with his conception of knowledge, probable assent, and religious belief. I also claim that interpreting Locke as a voluntarist fails to cohere with his understanding of the intellect's relation to the will. Although Passmore's voluntarist interpretation does not capture Locke's conception of doxastic control, there is a narrow sense in which Locke allows room for direct control of belief.
Santayana, Commonsensism, and the Problem of Impervious Belief
Authors: Atkins Richard Kenneth
Published: August 2023

Commonsensism is a thesis about commonsense beliefs: our commonsense beliefs are items of knowledge (or should be so regarded) that have epistemic or methodological priority. This account of commonsensism risks making our commonsense beliefs impervious to philosophical argument. But in Santayana's commonsensism, what deserves our trust is not our commonsense beliefs but the development of common sense over successive generations. Our commonsense beliefs deserve only a secondary or subsidiary trust; we trust them only insofar as we trust the momentum of common sense. I examine Santayana's distinctive form of commonsensism and explain why he avoids putting trust primarily in commonsense beliefs.
Reducibility of quartic polynomials and its relation to Galois groups
Authors: Huang Jinhe , Ai Yicheng , Wen Yuhao
Published: August 2023

This paper deals with special classes of quartic polynomials and properties pertaining to their Galois groups and reducibility over certain fields. The existence of quartic polynomials irreducible over Q but reducible over every prime field is first proven, after which criteria are established for the Galois group of polynomials with this property. By constructing classes of V4-generic polynomials and comparing them with criteria put forth in previous studies for determining polynomials with this property, it can be shown that a polynomial of the biquadratic form x4 + ax2 + b has this property if and only if it can be written as x^4 - 2(u + v)x^2 + (u -v)^2 with u, v Q such that none of u, v, or uv can be expressed as ratio of two squares, and 2(u+v),(uv)2 Z . The general form for biquadratic polynomials irreducible over Q and reducible modulo every integer n is found to have a general form similar to this one.
The development and application of ornithopter and the study of ornithopter aerodynamics
Authors: Zhou Zikai
Published: August 2023

Ornithopter, in the past, was a vehicle that appeared in science fiction movies and novels. However, due to advances in materials science and human research into aerodynamics, this fantasy is becoming increasingly possible. In this paper, the development history of the ornithopter is briefly described, and the research results of the ornithopter aerodynamics in recent years are reviewed. This includes the first draft of Leonardo Da Vinci's ornithopter design in the Renaissance era, to the modern ornithopter, as well as a summary of the results of the research on the aerodynamics of the ornithopter and prospects for future applications of the ornithopter. In this paper, through the introduction of the flapper and the discussion of the flapper dynamics, a more reasonable application field of the modern flapper and the prospect of the future can be obtained.
A review of statistical analysis related to information theory and machine learning
Authors: Lou Dongfang
Published: August 2023

With the collection and use of large amounts of data in various disciplines, it has become a necessity to analyze these data that people cannot handle by means of mathematics and information theory. A review of statistical analysis on previous work like data analysis, data mining, and machine learning are conducted in this paper. Specifically information theory in conjunction with machine learning based on basic statistical evaluation are focused on. Many mathematical instruments are used in this area, including evaluating the performance, loss functions, and activation functions. In this paperall these methods from previous work are concluded and the future potential development in this area is discussed. Finally, this paper broadly summarizes the development history about machine learning and information theory, and discusses the pros and cons of both of them and their future development.
Long-range and short-range dihadron correlations in central PbPb collisions at (s_NN )=5.02 TeV and centrality 40-50%
Authors: Bai Yunfan , Liu Junzhe
Published: August 2023

This paper reports the first measurement of charged particle elliptic flow in Pb-Pb collisions at (s_NN ) = 5.02T eV with the ALICE detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The measurement is performed on more than 20,000 events in 40-50% centrality class on both long-range 2 < || < 4 and short-range || < 1 regions. The two-particle correlation method is used over long-range region, in the transverse momentum range of 1 < p_T < 1.5GeV , and the elliptic flow signals, given by v_n =(V_n ) , are v_2 = 0.17 0.01,v_3 = 0.07 0.01,v_4 = 0.04 0.01,v_5 = 0.03 0.01. Since V_1 is obtained as -0.0013, it does not have a square root value. In addition, for n=2-4, it is found that v_n increases as p_T increases. The Q-vectors method is also used to determine the values of v_2. The magnitudes of the Q-vectors are fitted to a function. The values of v_2 produced by the two methods are compared and discussed. At the end, the vectors are used to analyse high-energy jet particles.
Assistive technology control using eeg signal
Authors: Gui Changyang
Published: August 2023

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare states that about 18% of people in Australia, which is 4.4 million, suffers disability. Hosseini et al argued that physically disabled people experience more restrictions in social activities than healthy people, which are associated with lower level of well-being and poor quality of life. To improve the life quality of disabled people, a study is carried out to determine an effective and accurate way to realize what disabled people think. Although there are similar products been made, the previous built products are heavy, clunky, slow in response and inaccurate. In order to solve the problem, an integrated circuit (IC) with a microcontroller is used instead of a laptop and a control system is also implemented to accelerate the response and improve the accuracy. An isolating circuit is implemented as well to improve the stability and durability of the system. Experiment result shows that the IC implemented weighs around 5g, which is 400 times lighter comparing with previous products. The deviation is controlled to be within 2% and the response time is measured to be 0.5s the power consumption is measured to be less than 100W, which is well within the budget.
Latent space manipulation of stable diffusion model for image generation
Authors: Qi Bin
Published: August 2023

The creation of the diffusion model was a piece of exciting news in the deep learning community. Millions of people are excited to try the new DALLE 2 AI artist and the state-of-the-art stable diffusion model. One of the greatest advantages of these AI artists is that they can apply many distinct artistic styles to the same image. Nonetheless, the image created using a specific artistic style sometimes seems too strong or too weak. The ability of adjusting the strength of artistic styles of the generated images enables users of this algorithm greater degrees of freedom in terms of creating images of their wishes. Moreover, the ability of adjusting the strength of artistic styles of the generated images can also serve an educational purpose from which users can understand artistic styles in concreate terms. This paper proposed a novel method of adjusting the level of artistic styles of the generated image which utilized the continuity of the latent space of the Contrastive Language-Image Pretraining (CLIP) encoding and calculate the augmenting latent vector. This novel method provides a greater level of tailored manipulability of the generated image.
The research on near-Earth objects(NEOs) and its possible protectionary methods
Authors: Wang Chenyi
Published: August 2023

Recent year, as technologies and research have unprecedently grow in a fast speed, humans exploration toward outer space become enormous. Several private space exploration and aerospace manufacture corporations, such as SpaceX, have come into public which symbolize the development of human society and start to reshape the human civilization. Near Earth Objects(Neos) or Potential Hazard Asteroids(PHAs) have gradually focused by scientists. With the emerging of Neos observations, it has become vigilant that Neos impact to human civilization is obviously destructive refer to the distinction dinosaur. Neo impact technologies and strategies are tremendously vital in resort of continuing human civilization. This paper presents the time frame of launching of satellite and space station and their function of exploration and the information about near earth objects including its feature and propose several possible solutions toward Neos for short time scales and long times scales including nuclear explosive devices, kinetic impactor, asteroid gravity tractor and asteroid laser ablation. These methods have been list with their advantages and disadvantages and evaluation will be taken from the prospective of successful rate, time, efficiency and cost.
Research on quantum computing and its development
Authors: Xie Zhuoqiao
Published: August 2023

Based on the rapid development of quantum computing and quantum communication all over the world, this paper studies the latest development of quantum computing on the basis of consulting a large number of literatures. By analyzing literature and summarizing, the basic knowledge and concept of quantum computing, the theory of time and data complexity, quantum computer, and the technical route of quantum computing are studied. Through the research, it is found that quantum computing is still in the primary stage, and the hardware of quantum computing, quantum error correction, anti-noise quantum computing and quantum simulation all need further research to improve quantum theory.
The co-operation between the University and the Industry association in the application of building physics results to practice
Authors:   Arctic Construction Cluster Finland, Kauppinen Timo , Hienonen Markku ,   The Finnish Society of Building Inspectors, Fedorik Filip ,   University of Oulu
Published: August 2023

Indoor air questions in Finland have been constantly featured in the media. There are indoor quality deficiencies, not only in existing as well as in new buildings. The problems of indoor conditions can be divided into those caused by design, implementation and use. At the civil engineering department, University of Oulu, you can now specialize in building health. This is a new orientation option, which can be studied at the University of Oulu only. Arctic Construction Cluster Finland was established to restart the once-abolished civil engineering department. The cluster represents all branches of construction, and supports the civil Engineering department. The team for healthy buildings at the Arctic Cluster cooperates with the university's good indoor air and building health team. This is a position paper, where we introduce the operational priorities of the building cluster and the healthy buildings team, cooperation with the indoor air and building health group at Oulu University and the trends which will affect and change the building branch. There are still shortcomings in solutions to indoor conditions problems, which are caused by several factors. Education and training must be developed. Knowledge in hygrothermal performance of buildings is essential to improve it into interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach. Civil engineers must recognize factors that affect building health. Health care staff then investigate the consequences. Different actors should be brought together better than at present.
ASSESSING THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF MUCOSAL EXPOSURE AND INHALATION EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE PARTICLES
Authors:   Tsinghua University, Duan Mengjie , Liu Li ,   Tsinghua University, Da Guillaume ,   Université Paris-Est Créteil,   Harbin Institute of Technology,   Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Géhin Evelyne ,   Université Paris-Est Créteil
Published: August 2023

Particles deposited on mucosa or penetrating into lower airway are two exposure routes. Quantifying administered dose of these two routes gives us idea for future advanced individual protection. Here, we report an in-vitro method to assess the administered doses of eyes, lips, and lower airway. A CT scanning and 3D-printing based human replica is developed, and exposed in front of the 0.6-5μm monodispersed fluorescent particles. At small size particles (<2.5 μm), the administered dose intensity of penetrating into lower airway inhalation (~59.41×10-2 g/g, 0.6μm) is higher than that of eyes and lips (~5.97×10-2 g/g, 0.6μm). Conversely, the administered dose intensity of lower airway inhalation (~9.39×10-2 g/g) becomes higher than that of eyes and lips (~6.24×10-2 ) g/g at 5.0μm particles. This work provides us an effective and economical way to assess exposure risks of particulate contaminants.
Swampland Criteria And Neutrino Generation In A Non-Cold Dark Matter Universe
Authors: Khurshudyan M.
Published: August 2023

In this paper, the implications of string Swampland criteria for a dark energy-dominated universe, where we have a deviation from the cold dark matter model, will be discussed. In particular, we have considered two models. One of them is one parameter model, while the second one has been crafted to reveal the dynamics in the deviation. The analysis has been obtained through the use of Gaussian processes (GPs) and H(z) expansion rate data (a 30-point sample deduced from a differential age method and a 10-point sample obtained from the radial BAO method). We learned that the tension with the Swampland criteria still will survive as in the cases of the models where dark matter is cold. In the analysis besides mentioned 40-point H(z) data, we used the latest values of H0 reported by the Planck and Hubble missions to reveal possible solutions for the H0 tension problem. Finally, the constraints on the neutrino generation number have been obtained revealing interesting results to be discussed yet. This and various related questions have been left to be discussed in forthcoming papers. В статье рассмотрены критерии "струнного болота" для Вселенной с преобладанием темной энергии, где наблюдается отклонение от модели холодной темной материи. В частности, были рассмотрены две модели. Одна из них является однопараметрической, а вторая предложена для выявления динамики отклонения. Анализ был проведен с использованием гауссовских процессов (GPs) и данных о скорости расширения H(z) (выборка из 30 точек, полученная с помощью метода дифференциального возраста, и выборка из 10 точек, полученная с помощью радиального метода BAO). Выяснено, что как и в случаях моделей с холодной темной материей, проблема с критериями "болота" по-прежнему сохранится. В анализе, для выявления возможных решений проблемы постоянной Хаббла H0, помимо упомянутых 40 точек данных H(z), были использованы последние значения Hо, полученные космическими телескопами "Планк" и "Хаббл". Наконец, были получены ограничения на число генераций нейтрино, которые привели к интересным результатам. Эти и другие связанные вопросы оставлены для обсуждения в последующих статьях.
CNN-based plastic waste detection system
Authors:   LEREESI, Higher National School of Renewable Energies, Environment and Sustainable Development, Batna, Algeria, Larbi Guezouli , Aridj Grourou Aya ,   University of Batna 2, Batna, Algeria, Saher Louchen ,   University of Batna 2, Batna, Algeria
Published: August 2023

Plastic waste has become a pressing global concern in recent decades, posing significant challenges to our environment due to its non-biodegradable nature and causing significant pollution and damage to our planet. Recycling plastic waste is one of the most effective solutions to this dilemma, which is why the aim of our project was to create a system that detects plastic waste using a large dataset with labeled data and one of the most famous deep learning neural networks, “Convolutional Neural Networks,” to classify and speed up the waste collection process and provide an easier recycling process. Thanks to our work, we have achieved 97% accuracy.
HÁBITOS ALIMENTARES DE MULHERES NO CLIMATÉRIO: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA
Authors: Antunes Priscila Valéria Santos de França , De Pinho Lucinéia , Morais Harriman Aley
Published: August 2023

O objetivo desse estudo foi analisar a produção científica sobre os hábitos alimentares de mulheres que se encontram no período do climatério. Elaborou-se uma revisão integrativa, com os descritores “climatério” OR “menopausa” AND “comportamento alimentar” OR “hábitos alimentares” OR “padrões alimentares”, no Portal da Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, com artigos publicado até o ano de 2020. Foram encontrados 185 artigos, sendo que apenas 10 atendiam aos critérios de elegibilidade estabelecidos. Verificou-se que, de forma geral, a maioria das mulheres estudadas estava na classificação pós-menopausa e apresentaram ingestão heterogênea dos grupos de alimentos avaliados. Quanto ao estilo de vida a maior parte delas estava com sobrepeso’ e o número de fumantes foi expressivo. Com a análise dos artigos, percebeu-se que as alterações no estilo de vida são frequentes em mulheres na menopausa, sendo necessários estudos para se avaliar a relação entre as mudanças hormonais e os hábitos alimentares deste grupo populacional.
A STUDY ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ON SBI YONO WITH REFERENCE TO STONEHOUSE PET, NELLORE
Authors: Mamatha Mukkanti
Published: August 2023

In India, Banking industries has elaborated various financial rearrangements that would createa shift from all the traditional banking to digitalized banking services to gratify the customer’srequirement. Mobile banking increasing rapidly in India because customers find it more easy and comfortable way for doing banking transactions. Thus digitalized banking services has taken a step further in its digital platform through applications to access account information and other services provided by banks. This type of digitalized banking services will diminish branch level transaction and in due course of time it will make ease for customer services pressure, thus declines the operating cost for banks. SBI provides a lot of applications can be downloaded to the smart phones from app store and are free to experience the freedom to access anywhere anytime the banking services. SBI has several applications for their customers for ease transactions such as SBI ANYWHERE, SBI E-PAY, SBI QUICK, SBI BUDDY and SBIYONO. YONO is the latest application of SBI where the user’s savings bank account can be opened digitally using new YONO app and portal SBI. YONO is new app launched by State Bank of India.
Prevalence and associated factors for kidney dysfunction in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in Zambia
Authors: Banda Justor , Mweemba Aggrey , Chenga Natasha , Siziya Seter
Published: August 2023

Background: A significant link has been reported between COVID-19 pneumonia, disease severity and development of kidney dysfunction. This study assessed the prevalence and correlated factors for kidney impairment in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection

Methods: This nested retrospective study examined medical files of patients with confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia. The outcome variable was kidney dysfunction ( defined as functional renal indexes beyond the normal range) and associated factors. Multivariate logistic regression was employed to establish factors associated with renal dysfunction.

Results: 179 patients were included in this nested study and the mean age was 58.3 years (SD 16.5) and 49.0% were female. The prevalence of renal dysfunction was 51.9% and 39.3% these patients renal had eGFR<60 mL/min/1.73m2 The proportion of kidney impairment was higher in males than females (59.3% vs.44.3 %), patients with underlying hypertension than normotensive (60.5% vs. 39.5 %) and those with chronic kidney disease (CKD) than those without (90% vs. 10%). After adjusting for age, male gender, critical COVID-19 disease, and raised white cell count, hypertension was an independent predictor of kidney impairment with a AOR 1.54 (95% CI [1.06-2.23],p=0.022). Presence of HIV or diabetes mellitus showed a non statistical significance with renal dysfunction.

Conclusion: The study demonstrated a high prevalence of kidney dysfunction in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and presence of hypertension predicted nearly 2-fold development renal impairment.
Preventing Child Kidnaping at Home Using CCTV that Utilizes Face Recognition with You Only Look Once (YOLO) Algorithm
Authors: Firmasyah Gerry , Joniwan Joniwan , Widodo Agung Mulyo , Tjahjono Budi
Published: August 2023

The rise of child abductions often occurs because of weak parental supervision and weak vigilance of strangers who intentionally or unintentionally approach children. Early warning when a child is approached by an unknown person can cancel the intention of the kidnapper. Indeed, CCTV can be used as a tool to thwart crime. Face Recognition is one of the best biometric recognition systems for identifying someone whose body or DNA has certain characteristics that distinguish one person from another. This research resulted in the right collaboration between CCTV which is equipped with the YOLOv8 algorithm which can detect a human object in real-time and also utilizes face recognition which can prevent child abduction by providing an early warning to kidnappers when approaching children. The results of the first test are the optimal combination using 3 cameras and the CNN method and the shooting time in the afternoon. This combination succeeded in providing an early warning in the form of a siren whose sound is issued with the help of a loudspeaker when a child is left alone and approached by an unknown person with the distance between the camera and the object to be detected as far as 1 meter to 3 meters which takes 15 seconds to 22 seconds to complete the detection process in an image. Then the results of further testing with 6 cameras using the LBPH method take between 17 seconds to 18 seconds to complete the detection process in an image, SVM takes 20 seconds to 42 seconds and CNN takes 17 seconds to 24 seconds.
Banking Competition, Efficiency and Stability in the MENA Region
Authors: Trad Khodor
Published: August 2023

The intensification of competition in the banking market following the adoption of financial liberalisation and deregulation policies all over the world has raised questions about their impact on the stability of the banking sectors. This study aims at participating in the continuous debate on how the competition conditions in the market affects the stability of banks in the MENA region. This study exploits a sample of 216 MENA banks operating over the period 1999-2019, and adopts the GMM method to detect the association between banking competition and stability. The empirical results show that market power has a negative effect on banking stability. This result has implications suggesting that the adverse effect of concentration on banking stability implies that regulators should be careful in pushing/encouraging banks consolidate, as this may reduce stability.