bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PLANO DIRETOR E CONTRADIÇÕES NA PRODUÇÃO DO ESPAÇO URBANO DA ÁREA CENTRAL DE TERESINA (PI)
Authors: Silva Silvana Sousa , Façanha Antonio Cardoso
Published: January 2020

O artigo apresenta análises sobre as intervenções promovidas a partir das propostas do Plano Diretor Urbano, sob a ótica dos agentes que atuam na produção espacial da área central de Teresina (PI). Nessa perspectiva, foram adotados como procedimentos o levantamento de referencial teórico, entrevistas e aplicação de questionários. A análise dos dados revelam contradições na atuação dos agentes durante os processos de elaboração e efetivação das ações pensadas para a área central de Teresina (PI). Conclui-se, que a área central de Teresina assume relevância para um conjunto diversificado de agentes, no entanto, a atuação durante a elaboração das orientações contidas no plano diretor, concorreu para a coexistência de aspectos que geram uma produção contraditória do espaço.
A A MODERNIZAÇÃO DA AGRICULTURA E OS IMPACTOS NA ORGANIZAÇÃO SOCIOESPACIAL DO MUNICÍPIO DE TOROPI-RS
Authors: Prunzel Koglin Andriele , Lourdes Bezzi Meri
Published: January 2020

A modernização da agricultura resultou em considerável impacto para a organização socioespacial do Brasil e, especificamente, para o Rio Grande do Sul. Deste modo, este trabalho aborda as transformações oriundas do incremento produtivo de algumas atividades agrícolas, somada à utilização de agrotóxicos, à inserão de maquinários e à expansão do êxodo rural, o que evidencia as alterações produtivas ocasionadas no município de Toropi-RS. Nesta unidade territorial, aproximadamente 60% das propriedades rurais possuem, na produção fumageira, a sua principal atividade econômica. O setor primário obteve incremento no cenário local devido à dificuldade dos produtores familiares em se modernizarem e permanecerem produzindo soja. Além disso, a presença de agroindústrias, no munícipio, tem promovido a reorganização espacial e, por conseguinte, marcado o "novo rural" no panorama local.
ANÁLISE DO DESMATAMENTO NAS ÁREAS DE INFLUÊNCIA DA BR-421 E AS PRESSÕES SOBRE ÁREAS ESPECIAIS NO OESTE DE RONDÔNIA
Authors: Maiara Alves Lopes Jessica , Mota dos Santos Alex , Gioppo Nunes Fabrizia
Published: January 2020

O objetivo da pesquisa é analisar as principais alterações antrópicas nas áreas de influência da rodovia BR-421 e as pressões sobre o meio físico, em parte das áreas especiais do tipo terras indígenas, localizadas no oeste de Rondônia. Foram utilizados métodos indiretos de análise, nomeadamente o processamento digital de imagens e o cálculo de um índice de pressão antrópica. Além do uso dos métodos indiretos empregou-se um questionário para avaliar a percepção de estudantes indígenas que residem numa das terras encontradas nas áreas de influências da rodovia federal BR-421. Os resultados revelaram que o desmatamento se consolidou nos anos 2000 através da implantação da rodovia BR-421 e a conversão da paisagem revelou-se pela agropecuária, que cresceu 547,82% no período da análise. Das três áreas sob influência da rodovia BR-421, a Área de Influência Direta (AID) foi a que apresentou maior taxa de crescimento de conversão da floresta em áreas agropecuárias, 543,58%.
Chitosan-Nanocellulose Composites for Regenerative Medicine Applications
Authors: Khan Avik , Wang Baobin , Ni Yonghao
Published: January 2020

Regenerative medicine represents an emerging multidisciplinary field that brings
together engineering methods and complexity of life sciences into a unified fundamental understanding
of structure-property relationship in micro/nano environment to develop the next
generation of scaffolds and hydrogels to restore or improve tissue functions. Chitosan has several
unique physico-chemical properties that make it a highly desirable polysaccharide for
various applications such as, biomedical, food, nutraceutical, agriculture, packaging, coating,
etc. However, the utilization of chitosan in regenerative medicine is often limited due to its
inadequate mechanical, barrier and thermal properties. Cellulosic nanomaterials (CNs), owing
to their exceptional mechanical strength, ease of chemical modification, biocompatibility and
favorable interaction with chitosan, represent an attractive candidate for the fabrication of chitosan/
CNs scaffolds and hydrogels. The unique mechanical and biological properties of the
chitosan/CNs bio-nanocomposite make them a material of choice for the development of next
generation bio-scaffolds and hydrogels for regenerative medicine applications. In this review,
we have summarized the preparation method, mechanical properties, morphology, cytotoxicity/
biocompatibility of chitosan/CNs nanocomposites for regenerative medicine applications,
which comprises tissue engineering and wound dressing applications.
Anthocyanins: Plant Pigments, Food Ingredients or Therapeutic Agents for the CNS? A Mini-Review Focused on Clinical Trials
Authors: Cásedas Guillermo , Les Francisco , López Víctor
Published: January 2020

Anthocyanins are plant pigments present in flowers, leaves or fruits with polyphenolic structure belonging
to the group of flavonoids. From a nutritional approach, they are the most abundant flavonoids in dietary
sources responsible for the antioxidant properties of those foods. In addition, the food and pharma industries have
used anthocyanins as food additives or excipients due to its colorant properties. However, beyond its antioxidant
effects, anthocyanins may also act as therapeutic agents due to neuroprotective, antidiabetic and cardioprotective
properties. There is a growing body of evidence suggesting the role of these compounds in the Central Nervous
System (CNS). Previous in vitro and animal studies have suggested neuroprotective benefits, but we here review
human interventions made with anthocyanins in relation to cognition, insomnia, anxiety or depression. Due to the
link between oxidative stress and neurodegenerative disorders, human studies conducted on healthy volunteers
evaluating oxidative stress parameters have also been included. As reviewed here, very few human studies (only
ten) have been performed in the area of CNS; however, considering the obtained outcomes in those trials together
with human interventions in relation with oxidative stress as well as data showing neuroprotective effects
from preclinical experiments, we suggest that anthocyanins may have potential benefits for the CNS.
Novel Thiazole-Based Thiazolidinones as Potent Anti-infective Agents: In silico PASS and Toxicity Prediction, Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Modelling
Authors: Tratrat Christophe
Published: January 2020

Aims and Objective:

The infectious disease treatment remains a challenging concern
owing to the increasing number of pathogenic microorganisms associated with resistance to
multiple drugs. A promising approach for combating microbial infection is to combine two or more
known bioactive heterocyclic pharmacophores in one molecular platform. Herein, the synthesis
and biological evaluation of novel thiazole-thiazolidinone hybrids as potential antimicrobial agents
were dissimilated.

Materials and Methods:

The preparation of the substituted 5-benzylidene-2-thiazolyimino-4-
thiazolidinones was achieved in three steps from 2-amino-5-methylthiazoline. All the compounds
have been screened in PASS antibacterial activity prediction and in a panel of bacteria and fungi
strains. Minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bacterial concentration were both
determined by microdilution assays. Molecular modeling was conducted using Accelrys Discovery
Studio 4.0 client. ToxPredict (OPEN TOX) and ProTox were used to estimate the toxicity of the
title compounds.

Results:

PASS prediction revealed the potentiality antibacterial property of the designed thiazolethiazolidinone
hybrids. All tested compounds were found to kill and to inhibit the growth of a vast
variety of bacteria and fungi, and were more potent than the commercial drugs, streptomycin,
ampicillin, bifomazole and ketoconazole. Further, in silico study was carried out for prospective
molecular target identification and revealed favorable interaction with the target enzymes E. coli
MurB and CYP51B of Aspergillus fumigatus. Toxicity prediction revealed that none of the active
compounds was found toxic.

Conclusion:

Substituted 5-benzylidene-2-thiazolyimino-4-thiazolidinones, endowing remarkable
antibacterial and antifungal properties, were identified as a novel class of antimicrobial agents and
may find a potential therapeutic use to eradicate infectious diseases.
Determination and Modeling on Ultraviolet Light Degradation of Pyridaben Based on Fluorescence Spectrum
Authors: Ji Rendong , Ma Shicai , Bian Haiyi , Wang Xiaoyan , Yu Chenyue , Zhang Yulin
Published: January 2020

Aim and Objective:

Pesticide residues seriously affect human health, so it is very important to
study the degradation of pesticide residues for food safety. The degradation of pyridaben by ultraviolet
(UV) irradiation was studied, the degradation characteristics and modeling were analyzed in this paper.
This study was undertaken to fully reveal the degradation mechanism of UV irradiation for pyridaben
residue and provided the evaluation method of degradation effect.

Materials and Methods:

Firstly, the fluorescence spectra of pyridaben samples were measured by LS55
fluorescence photometer, and the relationship between pyridaben concentration and the fluorescence
intensity of characteristic peak was established. Then, using UV irradiation approach, the pyridaben was
degraded to different degrees by controlling the irradiation time. The degradation process was
characterized according to the change of fluorescence characteristic peak intensity before and after
degradation. The relationship between degradation time and fluorescence intensity was established at last.

Results:

The results showed that the fluorescence characteristic peak of pyridaben was located at 356 nm.
The pyridaben content prediction model function was obtained with the correlation coefficient of 0.9989
and the average recovery of 99.70%. The relative standard deviation (RSD%), the limit of detection (LOD)
and the limit of quantity (LOQ) was 1.71%, 0.0058 ug/ml and 0.0193 ug/ml, respectively. The exponential
function model between UV degradation time and fluorescence intensity was obtained, the corresponding
correlation coefficient was 0.9991, and the average recovery was 100.49%.

Conclusion:

UV light irradiation can effectively degrade pyridaben, degradation process can be
characterized by the change of fluorescence intensity, and the degradation model was tested to be accurate.
Self-Assembly in Peptides Containing β-and γ-amino Acids
Authors: Shankar Sudha , Junaid Ur Rahim  , Rai Rajkishor
Published: January 2020

The peptides containing β-and γ-amino acids as building blocks display well-defined secondary
structures with unique morphologies. The ability of such peptides to self-assemble into complex
structures of controlled geometries has been exploited in biomedical applications. Herein, we have
provided an updated overview about the peptides containing β-and γ-amino acids considering the significance
and advancement in the area of development of peptide-based biomaterials having diverse
applications.
Access to a Library of 1,3-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazenes and Evaluation of their Antimicrobial Properties
Authors: Seck Insa , Ndoye Samba F. , Ba Lalla A. , Fall Alioune , Diop Abdoulaye , Ciss Ismaïla , Ba Abda , Sall Cheikh , Diop Amadou , Boye Cheikh S. , Gomez Generosa , Fall Yagamare , Seck Matar
Published: January 2020

Background:

Due to the rapid development of microbial resistance, finding new molecules
became urgent to counteract this problem.

Objective:

The objective of this work is to access 1,2,3-triazene-1,3-disubstituted, a class of molecule with
high therapeutic potential.

Methods:

Here we describe the access to 17 new triazene including six with an imidazole-1,2,3-triazene
moiety and eleven with an alkyl-1,2,3-triazene moiety and their evaluation against five strains: two
gram (-): Escherichia coli ATCC 25921 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27253; two gram (+) :
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 38213 and Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212; and one fungi: Candida
albicans ATCC 24433.

Results:

All strains were sensitive and the best MIC, 0.28 µM, is observed for 4c against Escherichia
coli ATCC 25921. Compound 9, 3-isopropynyltriazene, appears to be the most interesting since it is
active on the five evaluated strains with satisfactory MIC 0.32 µM against Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas
aeruginosa and 0.64 µM against Enterococcus faecalis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Conclusion:

Comparing the structure activity relationship, electron withdrawing groups appear to increase
antimicrobial activity.
Chemometrics-assisted Spectrophotometric Method for Simultaneous Estimation of Antipsychotic Drugs in Biological Fluid
Authors: Alibakhshi Mojdeh , Sohrabi Mahmoud Reza , Davallo Mehran
Published: January 2020

Background:

Haloperidol (HP) and Risperidone (RIS) are antipsychotic drugs and the simultaneous determination of these drugs is important. Estimation of HP and RIS alone or in combination with other drugs has been performed in a variety of ways.

Objective:

The aim of this paper was to propose a rapid, simple, accurate, and robust method for the simultaneous determination of HP and RIS using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Partial Least Squares (PLS), and Principal Component Regression (PCR) methods along with spectrophotometry technique.

Methods:

The simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of HP and RIS in synthetic mixtures and biological fluid was performed by applying ANNs Containing Feed-forward Backpropagation (FFBP) and Radial Basis Function (RBF) networks as intelligent methods, as well as PLS, and principal component regression PCR as multivariate calibration methods. The Levenberg- Marquardt (LM), Scaled Conjugate Gradient (SCG), and Resilient Back-propagation (RP) algorithms with different layers and neurons were used in FFBP network and obtained results were compared with each other.

Results:

Among various algorithms of the FFBP network, the LM algorithm was selected as the best model with a lower Mean Square Error (MSE). MSE of the RBF model was 1.46×10-25and 1.62×10-23for HP and RIS, respectively. On the other hand, the mean recovery of PLS and PCR was 99.91%, 100.01% and 98.60%, 101.90% for HP and RIS, respectively.

Conclusion:

The proposed models and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) as a reference method were compared with each other by one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test at the 95 % confidence level for the urine sample. It was observed that the developed methods presented comparable results for the simultaneous determination of HP and RIS.
Formalization and Semantic Integration of Heterogeneous Omics Annotations for Exploratory Searches
Authors: Irshad Omer , Ghani Khan Muhammad Usman
Published: January 2020

Aim:

To facilitate researchers and practitioners for unveiling the mysterious functional aspects of human cellular system through performing exploratory searching on semantically integrated heterogeneous and geographically dispersed omics annotations.

Background:

Improving health standards of life is one of the motives which continuously instigates researchers and practitioners to strive for uncovering the mysterious aspects of human cellular system. Inferring new knowledge from known facts always requires reasonably large amount of data in well-structured, integrated and unified form. Due to the advent of especially high throughput and sensor technologies, biological data is growing heterogeneously and geographically at astronomical rate. Several data integration systems have been deployed to cope with the issues of data heterogeneity and global dispersion. Systems based on semantic data integration models are more flexible and expandable than syntax-based ones but still lack aspect-based data integration, persistence and querying. Furthermore, these systems do not fully support to warehouse biological entities in the form of semantic associations as naturally possessed by the human cell.

Objective:

To develop aspect-oriented formal data integration model for semantically integrating heterogeneous and geographically dispersed omics annotations for providing exploratory querying on integrated data.

Method:

We propose an aspect-oriented formal data integration model which uses web semantics standards to formally specify its each construct. Proposed model supports aspect-oriented representation of biological entities while addressing the issues of data heterogeneity and global dispersion. It associates and warehouses biological entities in the way they relate with

Result:

To show the significance of proposed model, we developed a data warehouse and information retrieval system based on proposed model compliant multi-layered and multi-modular software architecture. Results show that our model supports well for gathering, associating, integrating, persisting and querying each entity with respect to its all possible aspects within or across the various associated omics layers.

Conclusion:

Formal specifications better facilitate for addressing data integration issues by providing formal means for understanding omics data based on meaning instead of syntax
Nanoformulations for Ocular Delivery of Drugs - A Patent Perspective
Authors: Dogra Anmol , Kaur Kuljeet , Ali Javed , Baboota Sanjula , Narang Ramandeep Singh , Narang Jasjeet Kaur
Published: January 2020

Efficient delivery of ocular therapeutics with improved efficacy, enhanced bioavailability,
and acceptable patient compliance presents unique challenges. This can be attributed to the presence of
protective mechanisms, physicobiological barriers, and structural obstacles in the eye. Nanotherapeutic
interventions have been explored extensively over the past few years to overcome these limitations.
The present review focusses on the nanoformulations developed for the diagnosis and treatment
of various ocular diseases besides providing an in-depth insight into the patents reported for the
same.
A Short Scale Trial to Study and Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of a Herbal Composition; Verona Anti-BPH Capsule to Treat Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia in Men Older than 40 Years of Age
Authors: Hasan Ifrah , Naqvi Saba Fatima , Khan Amraa , Hasan Yamna , UzairUllah Mir
Published: January 2020

Aims and objective:

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is a condition that causes the proliferation of the cells of the prostate causing urine retention, renal insufficiency, bladder calculi, recurrent Lower Urinary Tract Infections (LUTS) and in complicated cases, hematuria with unbearable pain. The trial was conducted to study the safety and efficacy of novel herbal product Verona anti- BPH capsules at a local clinic of Sharafi Goth, Karachi Pakistan.

Introduction:

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is one major condition. The prevalence of the disease increases to around 8-60% in men at the age of 40 years which is caused mainly by hormonal change, lifestyle changes or diet. The disease is mainly defined as increased cellular proliferation of the prostate glands or an enlarged prostate. 50% men of age 65 years and above of the total population of Pakistan are at risk of having Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).

Method:

This was a single blind, placebo control phase I clinical trial. A total of 35 patients were enrolled in the study, out of which 2 patients got dropped out. 23 patients received Verona anti-BPH capsules and 10 patients received placebo. The sample paired t-test was applied to evaluate the significant level.

Results:

Verona Anti-BPH capsules were found safe and effective in the treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (anti-BPH).

Conclusion:

Verona anti-BPH capsules were known to be effective with no harmful side effects.
TURKISH EFL STUDENTS’ CONCEPTIONS ON ACCENT
Authors: Ulum Ömer Gökhan
Published: January 2020

This study examined the accent conceptions of a group
of 20 EFL university students. Each respondent listened to a speech by four
speakers with different English accents: American, British, Indian, and
Chinese. They diagnosed the diverse accents and declared their inclinations and
views towards each one. Further, the respondents were interviewed one by one about
English variations. Most of the respondents emphasized that they desire to
sound like a native speaker of English. The findings of the study may supply
great help for the researchers in the related field.
Prediction Model for children's risk of autism spectrum disorder: a method based on deep learning artificial neural network (Preprint)
Authors: Dan Luo , Zhuoxin Wang , Weiwei Sun , Zhiwei Bian , Fuzhi Wang
Published: January 2020

BACKGROUND

Over the past two decades, the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children worldwide has been rising rapidly. While Lab-based test were commonly used in the clinical diagnosis of autism, it is not feasible to test all new-borns for autism.

OBJECTIVE

This study focused on the risk factors of children with autism in the pre-pregnancy, early gestational (first month to six month) and perinatal stages as proposed by clinical epidemiological studies, and applied a deep learning artificial neural network to establish an early warning model of children with autism.

METHODS

A multivariate questionnaire on risk factors for autism in children was developed in this study. Parents of children with (n = 137) and without autism (n = 186) in five Chinese cities were investigated. The data were split into two completely independent datasets: training set (80%) and test set (20%). The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of four risk factor set (RFS) models were compared. The AUCs of four prediction models were also compared.

RESULTS

The sensitivity and accuracy values of the RFS-B model were superior to those of the other three models. The specificity of the RFS-C was superior to that of the other three models. The AUCs of the four RFS models were computed to be 0.876, 0.905, 0.850 and 0.870.

CONCLUSIONS

The results of the present study indicate that the deep learning artificial neural network has potential value in early risk prediction for children with autism.
The Causal Relationship Between Portal Usage and Self-Efficacious Health Information–Seeking Behaviors: Secondary Analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey Data (Preprint)
Authors: Park Jaeyoung , Liang Muxuan , Alpert Jordan M , Brown Richard F , Zhong Xiang
Published: January 2020

BACKGROUND

Patient portals have drawn much attention, as they are considered an important tool for health providers in facilitating patient engagement. However, little is known about whether the intensive use of patient portals contributes to improved management of patients’ health in terms of their confidence in acquiring health information and exercising self-care. There is a lack of randomized trials with these outcomes measured both pre- and postadoption of patient portals.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of this study was to examine the causal relationship between the usage of patient portals and patients’ self-efficacy toward obtaining health information and performing self-care.

METHODS

This study was a secondary data analysis that used data from a US national survey, the National Cancer Institute’s Health Information National Trends Survey 5 Cycle 1. Patient portal usage frequency was used to define the treatment. Survey items measuring self-efficacy on a Likert-type scale were selected as the main outcomes, including patients’ confidence in obtaining health information and performing self-care. To establish causality using survey data, we adopted the instrumental variables method. To determine the direction of the causal relationship in the presence of high-dimensional confounders, we further proposed a novel testing framework that employs conditional independence tests in a directed acyclic graph. The average causal effect was measured using the two-stage least squares regression method.

RESULTS

We showed that frequently using patient portals improves patients’ confidence in obtaining health information. The estimand of the weighted average causal effect was 0.14 (95% CI 0.06-0.23; P<.001). This means that when increasing the portal usage intensity, for instance, from 1-2 times to 3-5 times per year, the expected average increase in confidence level measured on a Likert-type scale would be 0.14. However, we could not conclusively determine the causal effect between patient portal usage and patients’ confidence in exercising self-care.

CONCLUSIONS

The results support the use of patient portals and encourage better support and education to patients. The proposed statistical method can be used to exploit the potential of national survey data for causal inference studies.
Um golpe de vista midiático: o discurso da charge entre imagens e imaginários
Authors: Cardoso Eveline Coelho
Published: January 2020

O presente trabalho apresenta uma descrição do gênero discursivo charge, tendo por base os pressupostos da Teoria Semiolinguística de Análise do Discurso (CHARAUDEAU, 2010). Sob tal perspectiva, esse texto multimodal se limita às cláusulas de um contrato comunicativo midiático, cujas restrições conduzem à elaboração de um acontecimento comentado, equilibrado entre um duplo desejo de informar e captar. Por outro lado, desfrutando das liberdades de um “traço texto” de natureza humorística e irônica e plenamente afastado da objetividade jornalística, o enunciador chargista explora estratégias específicas de apelo da emoção mais do que da razão, o que está ancorado em saberes diversos, que permeiam as trocas comunicativas e sustentam sistemas coletivos de representações. Com o apoio da Teoria das Representações Sociais (MOSCOVICI, 2013; JODELET, 2001), veremos de que maneira tais saberes são explorados no comentário verbo-visual chargístico, impregnando de sentidos sua estrutura altamente condensada – que não se deixa interpretar à primeira vista. A peça que aqui nos serve como objeto de estudo é do cartunista carioca Carlos Latuff e traduz um olhar intertextual sobre a educação no Rio de Janeiro.
O ato nostálgico da linguagem: de Fernando Pessoa ao Fado da loucura
Authors: De Freitas Ernani Cesar , Ribeiro Gonçalves Iverton Gessé
Published: January 2020

O presente artigo busca analisar os movimentos enunciativos nostálgicos que se manifestam no ato linguageiro de produções literárias - e artístico-culturais - do discurso do colonialismo português. O objetivo desse trabalho é verificar os mecanismos discursivos usados para atender ao comportamento nostálgico que o Sujeito Comunicante deixa transparecer no Sujeito Enunciante, à luz dos estudos semiolinguísticos de Charaudeau (2008a, 2008b) – sujeitos da linguagem e composição dos circuitos interno e externo do ato linguageiro –, os postulados de Jankelevitch (1974) sobre a nostalgia, além dos escritos de Lourenço (1978, 2014) e Santos (2003) acerca das peculiaridades do colonialismo português. A pesquisa caracteriza-se como descritiva e bibliográfica, com abordagem qualitativa. O corpus desse trabalho é composto pelo poema Mar Português, de Fernando Pessoa, e o Fado Loucura, de Júlio de Sousa. O fado que canta a loucura de Portugal desperta as vozes dos poetas portugueses, como Fernando Pessoa, para reviver as conquistas e as grandes navegações.
Argumentação por implícitos como estratégia de patemização
Authors: Silva Welton Pereira e , Gouvêa Lúcia Helena Martins
Published: January 2020

O presente artigo tem o objetivo de demonstrar como, através de implícitos, o sujeito argumentante pode levar o sujeito interpretante a experimentar determinadas emoções. Para isso, analisamos uma crônica jornalística escrita por Luiz Garcia à luz dos postulados teóricos e metodológicos da Teoria Semiolinguística do Discurso, proposta por Patrick Charaudeau, bem como da Teoria da Argumentação na Língua, de Ducrot e Anscombre. Notamos que diversos conteúdos pressupostos e subentendidos, ou seja, implícitos, apresentados pelo sujeito enunciador da crônica, são passíveis de produzir determinados efeitos patêmicos no sujeito interpretante, a depender de seus valores e crenças. No projeto argumentativo do texto, a patemização contribui para a captação do interlocutor, possivelmente, levando-o a aceitar a tese defendida pelo enunciador.
O elogio à crença: a construção da experiência política brasileira a partir do período pré-eleições de 2018
Authors: Leite Luciana Paiva de Vilhena , Leal Giselle Maria Sarti
Published: January 2020

Este artigo propõe uma análise semiolinguística, com contribuição interdisciplinar, das construções discursivas decorrentes das recentes experiências políticas do cidadão brasileiro, perpassadas pelo uso das mídias sociais, mais especificamente, o Twitter, durante a campanha presidencial de 2018. Analisamos uma amostra de quatro tweets produzidos por sujeitos enunciadores que interpretam a experiência política como aquela que se vincula a uma “tópica da moralidade”, seja ela interpretada como ausência de corrupção, seja como reforço de valores familiares, cristãos, tradicionais, num movimento de supervalorização das crenças, em detrimento da verdade factual.
Formas de identificação/qualificação e de ação na construção do humor
Authors: Nogueira Rafael Guimarães , Morais Margareth Andrade , Machado Luana Maria Siqueira
Published: January 2020

Objetiva-se descrever, em manchetes do jornal popular Meia Hora, efeitos de sentido gerados pela conexão entre formas referenciais e verbais. De um lado, os estudos da Linguística de Texto concebem a referenciação como o processo de interpretação e de (re)categorização da realidade. De outro lado, pesquisas em Linguística Funcional demonstram que, ao contrário dos verbos plenos – como “balear” –, há aqueles que se fundem a uma base nominal, formando verbos suporte – como “meter muito tiro” – ou expressões idiomáticas – como “largar o dedo”. Embora tais postulações teóricas tenham representado avanços na descrição dos fenômenos linguístico-textuais, pouco se tem discutido sobre a relação entre formas de identificação, de qualificação e de ação. Nesse sentido, sob a teoria da Análise Semiolinguística do Discurso, este trabalho demonstrará como, em manchetes populares, expressões referenciais e perífrases verbo-nominais operam, conjuntamente, na construção de jogos de palavras e na caracterização dos objetos de discurso, consistindo em procedimentos linguísticos que podem suscitar o humor.
Debate público, polêmica e controvérsia: a democracia nas malhas do discurso
Authors: Silva Nadja Pattresi de Souza e
Published: January 2020

Livro resenhado:CHARAUDEAU, Patrick. Le débat public entre controverse et polémique: enjeu de vérité, enjeux de pouvouir. Limoges: Lambert-Lucas, 2017a. 242 p.
Texto literário e modos de organização do discurso: uma análise semiolinguística do conto fantástico 'Sonata', de Erico Verissimo
Authors: Moreira Jorge de Azevedo
Published: January 2020

Propomos um estudo relacionando as características do gênero literário fantástico aos modos de organização do discurso, de acordo com a teoria semiolinguística de Patrick Charaudeau. Segundo Tzvetan Todorov, o fantástico caracteriza-se pelo efeito de hesitação produzido no texto. Torna-se importante examinar, então, de que modo esse efeito se insere nos modos de organização narrativo e descritivo. Utilizaremos o conto Sonata, de Erico Verissimo, a fim de ilustrar nossas ideias a esse respeito.
How to Adapt Deep Learning Models to a New Domain: The Case of Biomedical Relation Extraction
Authors: Peña-Torres Jefferson A. , Gutiérrez Raúl E. , Bucheli Víctor A. , González Fabio A.
Published: January 2020

In this article, we study the relation extraction problem from Natural Language Processing (NLP) implementing a domain adaptation setting without external resources. We trained a Deep Learning (DL) model for Relation Extraction (RE), which extracts semantic relations in the biomedical domain. However, can the model be applied to different domains? The model should be adaptable to automatically extract relationships across different domains using the DL network. Completely training DL models in a short time is impractical because the models should quickly adapt to different datasets in several domains without delay. Therefore, adaptation is crucial for intelligent systems, where changing factors and unanticipated perturbations are common. In this study, we present a detailed analysis of the problem, as well as preliminary experimentation, results, and their evaluation.
Evaluación de modelos para el reconocimiento de gestos en señales biométricas, para un usuario con movilidad reducida
Authors: Cabezas Holman S. , Sarmiento Wilson J.
Published: January 2020

Este trabajo presenta los resultados de una comparación de tres modelos computaciones (reconocimiento de patrones, modelos ocultos de Markov y bolsas de características), para el reconocimiento de gestos por medio del procesamiento de señales biométricas, para un usuario con movilidad reducida. La evaluación involucra ocho gestos diseñados de forma participativa con un usuario con problemas de movilidad y se desarrolló mediante un esquema de validación cruzada, en el que se calcularon métricas de sensibilidad y precisión, para un conjunto de datos formado por diez repeticiones de cada gesto. Los resultados obtenidos permitieron concluir que las bolsas de características son el modelo con mejor desempeño para las dos métricas evaluadas. El modelo de tradicional de reconocimiento de patrones al usar máquinas de soporte vectorial mostró los resultados más estables y los modelos ocultos de Markov presentaron el desempeño más bajo.
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING APPROACH TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL
Authors: Zulaeha Dedeh Eha , Marpaung Dian Priyantini
Published: January 2020

This research was held during the internship at SMPK BPK PENABUR Cimahi by taking the material taught in English lesson for 8th grade students at first semester. The objective of this research is to find out the improvement of writing imperative sentence using Project-Based Learning approach. The use of Project Based Learning approach suited with the Kurikulum 2013, which has been used by this school since 2013. The method used Classroom Action Research (CAR), which held on two cycles for seven meetings. Each cycle covered the step of planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The data was collected from test and observation. The data from test showed that treatments are successful in improving writing imperative sentences skill for the students. The improvements covered two points, (1) improvement on their mean score. Mean score of pre-test was 54.967, mean score of post-test1was 64.467 and mean score of post-test2 was 80.033. (2) Improvement of their behaviors. Their activeness individually and participation in the group indicated that the Project Based Learning approach was the right approach to be applied in the classroom teaching. Keywords:  CAR, Project-Based Learning Approach, Writing Skill
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO-STAY TWO STRAY IN ENHANCING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY
Authors: Iswanto Andri , Anugrah Sela
Published: January 2020

The study is aimed at describing the effectiveness of two stay and two stray in enhancing students’speaking ability. The paper is derived from the research result conducted among 30 students of SMK Budi Bakti Utama Padalarang. Classroom action research design with 2 cycles was applied to encourage students’ speaking skill. Observation checklist, fieldnote and speaking test instruments were used to catch on students’ progress (reflection and evaluation) . Observation was finished to see how clear the strategy was understood and performed by the leraners. Fieldnote aimed at jotting down success and restraint of the strategy usage and tes instrument was managed to assess the grading and scoring development whole the first and second cycles. Reflecting and evaluating were organized at the end of every cycle. Based on observation and fieldnote that the students’participation were getting upgraded in every cycle. Besides, the average score and grade at the end of 2 cycles were getting improved. Mean score of cycle 1 was 59.00, and cycle 2 was 65.00. It could be concluded that two stay and two stray strategy boosted speaking ability for English department students of SMK Budi Bakti Utama Padalarang in academic year 2018/2019.
AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ERROR IN WRITING SIMPLE SENTENCES
Authors: Hidayat Budi Nugraha , Maryani Maryani
Published: January 2020

Language is needed whether it is written or spoken. Language is very necessary for people as a mean of communication. The objective of this research was to analyze the students’ ability in writing simple sentences in past tense. This research used qualitaive research and the data were analyzed to investigate the second year of students’ ability in writing English simple sentences. The participant of this research was consisted of 32 students. Data analysis shows that 27.81% the students have difficulties in structure English simple sentence in past tense. Furthermore 38.12% the students have difficulties using regular verbs in past tense, whereas 71.8% the students have difficulties using irregural verbs in past tense. Over all, the students’ ability in writing English simple sentence in past tense can be considered in medium level. This is due to their confusion in using verb (regular verbs and irregular verbs).
THE USE OF CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SKILL IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Authors: Hanafiawi Della , Muharam Harry , Parmawati Aseptiana
Published: January 2020

Students have to learn the four basic language skill, they are listening, reading, writing, speaking. One of the most important skill that is Writing. It can make students to share the ideas into written form in the text or paragraph with the right order of generic structure. The purpose of this research was to find out the improving of students writing skill  of descriptive text using clustering technique at seventh grade students of SMPN 11 Cimahi in the Academic Year of 2018 – 2019. This research used Classroom Action Research. The research was carried out in  two cycles and each cycle consisted of four steps, they are Planning, Action, Observation, and Reflection. Most of the students gradually gained good scores at the end of each  cycles. The students responses showed that they interested to learn writing.The score of Minimum Mastery Criterion of English lesson was 75. The Students mean score of pretest 45,7. The mean score in postest 1 was 53,7. The mean score of posttest 2 was 79,3. From this result, the researcher concludes that teaching descriptive text using clustering technique can improve their writing ability and the atmosphere of the class was more alive. Keywords:  CAR, Writing Skill
Diagnostic Agent Based Inter-Process Communication Aware Monitoring System for Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors: Zafar Amna , Akber Ali Hammad
Published: January 2020

Process failures are instigated by underlying errors and faults in various layers of WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) communication protocol stack. Therefore, efficient and effective monitoring systems for fault detection and diagnosis are imperative for fault tolerance and robust operation of WSN to meet critical application requirements for reliability and throughput. Existing detection-diagnosis regimen are either centralized or distributed and network monitoring is performed passively or actively. This work presents a diagnostic agent based inter-process communication aware monitoring system for WSNs. Diagnostic agent actively performs probe-based process execution tracking and examines the effects of errors, omissions and channel misbehavior on process execution at node, link and network levels to implement failure detection and fault diagnosis. Such diagnosis is performed through the inference of inter-process communication of stacked and peer layer processes on sender and receiver side. The monitoring system has been implemented in Castalia simulator for WSN. Local diagnostic agent is implemented on sensor nodes for self-monitoring and network wide fault diagnosis is performed by global diagnostic agent on cluster head. Simulation results show that the system performs robust root cause analysis of critical process failures due to errors in stacked and peer layer processes. The decentralized distribution of diagnostic load on sensor nodes and cluster head produces lesser communication overhead and is energy efficient.
Lungs Cancer Detection Using Digital Image Processing Techniques: A Review
Authors: ullah Mati , Bari Mehwish , Ahmed Adeel , Naveed Sajid
Published: January 2020

From last decade, lung cancer become sign of fear among the people all over the world. As a result, many countries generate funds and give invitation to many scholars to overcome on this disease. Many researchers proposed many solutions and challenges of different phases of computer aided system to detect the lung cancer in early stages and give the facts about the lung cancer. CV (Computer Vision) play vital role to prevent lung cancer. Since image processing is necessary for computer vision, further in medical image processing there are many technical steps which are necessary to improve the performance of medical diagnostic machines. Without such steps programmer is unable to achieve accuracy given by another author using specific algorithm or technique. In this paper we highlight such steps which are used by many author in pre-processing, segmentation and classification methods of lung cancer area detection. If pre-processing and segmentation process have some ambiguity than ultimately it effects on classification process. We discuss such factors briefly so that new researchers can easily understand the situation to work further in which direction.
Comparative Study of Solar Inactivation of Total Coliforms through Transparent Plastic Bottles and Fabricated Disinfection Setup
Authors: Kumar Kundan , Arain Maryam , Channa Azizullah
Published: January 2020

The water is disinfected through different techniques commonly used at domestic level, including boiling, chlorination, UV (Ultraviolet) disinfection, etc. These methods require extensive amount of chemicals, energy and trained manpower. The solar disinfection of drinking water found as best among all other disinfection techniques as it is easy to apply, economically feasible and environmentally friendly technique. In this study a series of experiments were conducted in order to characterize the bacterial inactivation process contained in FDS (Fabricated Disinfection Setup), consists of a stainless steel tub and glass covering, and TPB (Transparent Plastic Bottles). In this study the role of solar radiation in bacterial inactivation process is compared in transparent plastic bottles and stainless steel tub to determine the performance of both by simulating conditions of turbidity, temperature, and exposure time. The results showed that disinfection of water contained in a stainless steel tub promoted more successful inactivation of total Coliforms reduction about 80% than that of transparent plastic bottles about 70%.
Optimization of Sono-Electrocoagulation Process for the Removal of Dye Using Central Composite Design
Authors: Shah Abdul  Rauf , Tahir Hajira
Published: January 2020

Sono-electrocaogulation process was successfully applied for the removal of RR120 (Reactive Red 120) in the presence of activated carbon. For this purpose, the process variables were optimized using CCD (Central Composite Design). The operational parameters of the technology were the amount of activated charcoal (0.2-2.0g), amount of NaCl electrolyte (1-10g), sonication time (30-120 min) and RR120 dye concentration (40-120 mg/L), respectively. Consequently, the 100% dye removal was determined at the optimal conditions for the process obtained by CCD. In addition, the sonication time, amount of adsorbent and dye concentrations were found the significant process factors. Furthermore, the effects of other parameters like the electric current, current efficiency, amount of NaCl, temperature and formation of coagulants were also studied in the dye removal process, separately. The FTIR (Fourier Transfer Infrared) spectrums were monitored to identify the classes of functional groups present in the dye molecule before and after the treatment. Therefore, the sono-electrocaogulation process was proved an effective technique for purifying simulated wastewater containing RR120 dye.
Stradanje Roma u Slavoniji za vrijeme Drugog svjetskog rata, 1941.-1945.
Authors: Vojak Danijel
Published: January 2020

U radu je analiziran položaj romskog stanovništva na slavonskom području za vrijeme Drugoga svjetskog rata. Istraživanje je bilo usmjereno na analizu politike državnih i lokalnih vlasti prema Romima, koja je uključivala mjere poput njihovog popisivanja, zabrane kretanja i u konačnici njihove sustavne deportacije u jasenovački logor, gdje je znatan dio njih ubijen. Drugi dio odnosi se na analizu odnosa neromskog stanovništva na slavonskom području prema progonu i stradanju njihovih romskih sumještana, unutar kojeg su opisani slučajevi u kojima je dio Slavonaca izravno nastojao spasiti Rome molbama i drugim intervencijama kod ustaških lokalnih i državnih vlasti.
Neprijatelj države iz Okučana
Authors: Miškulin Ivica
Published: January 2020

Oblici i učinkovitost političke opozicije komunističkom režimu u Jugoslaviji, u posljednjem desetljeću njezinog postojanja, još uvijek nam u dobrom dijelu ostaju nepoznanicom. Slučaj Janjka Sarajlića, pojedinca koji se, uslijed zamršene osobne i obiteljske povijesti osuđen na drugorazrednu egzistenciju, drznuo pobuniti, zbog toga prisilno otišao „na privremeni rad u inozemstvu“, potom usudio unijeti u okvir zatvorenog društva nedopuštenu literaturu, zbog čega je uhićen, osuđen te je kaznu služio u nekim od najzloglasnijih kaznionica u državi, a potom se u inozemstvu odlučio aktivno boriti protiv jugoslavenske države, posebno je indikativan za poznavanje problematike nenasilnog otpora komunističkoj Jugoslaviji. Stoga, pored analize djelovanja Janjka Sarajlića, čovjeka o kojemu je tadašnji hrvatski emigrantski tisak naveliko pisao i o čijoj sudbini novodostupno arhivsko gradivo donosi niz podataka, ali je ona svejedno nepoznata, kako u široj javnosti, tako i u uskim okvirima hrvatske historiografije, sljedeće rečenice donose i razmatranja o političkom kriminalu, naravi pravosuđa i zatvorskog sustava te uključenosti emigracije u pokušaje političkih i društvenih promjena u komunističkoj Jugoslaviji.
Adoption Behavior of E-Money Usage
Authors: Miliani Lani , . Mia Tantri Diah Indriani
Published: January 2020

Utilization of e-money as efficient and convenience payment method in Indonesia has been introduced since 2007. The growth of e-money card usage increased up to 53% in 2012, but the individual adoption is still low compared to total population of Indonesia. The objective of this study is to examine factors affecting customer adoption behavior of e-money and to examine the difference in intention to use/reuse e-money between adopter and non-adopter. The in-depth interview showed that risk and security were not the main consideration for using e-money; this result contradicts with the result of similar previous research in e-payment. Meaning, that in Indonesia consumers were not afraid of losing money while using emoney for transaction. The questionnaire based on the modification of Technology Adoption Model and indepth interview results. Sample of 143 respondents were taken to test the hypotheses, and analyzed using multivariate analysis methods. The results of the study-enhanced understanding of adoption behavior of emoney by describing perceived benefit as factor that influence intention to use/reuse e-money in Indonesia. This study also contributed in managerial practice that there are differences intention to use/reuse e-money between adopters and non-adopters due to lack of information of the products.