bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The nitty-gritties of Effective Presentations for Technologists
Authors:   Asst. Professor (Senior), English, Department of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of technology, Vellore, Tamilnadu, Sunitha Dr. V. , Arruri Dr. Rajesh ,   Assistant Professor, Department of English Language, Deanship of Preperatory Year and Supporting Studies, Imam Abdul Rahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Gopalkrishna. Ms. Nagakala Nanjangud ,   Senior Lecturer, Imam Abdul Rahman Bin Faisal University. Dammam. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Published: August 2019

Presentations are one of the proficient skills, which every professional has to acquire. A Presentation is an effectual tool to execute a plan. Presentations are necessary for decision making, to give training or a set of instructions while handling a project, to learn a skill, to select a service or strategy, to report progress and so on. Technical presentation is one of the soft skills that every Engineering professional needs to familiarize and master. Technical presentations elucidate the design and working of a product, technological progression and a solution to tackle a difficulty. Every technologist despite his/her technical skill and expertise also needs to be an effective presenter in order to execute his project and this is the need of the hour. The present paper prepared after substantial research and knowledge gained through experience, focuses on how to cultivate the skill of presentation in an effective manner so that the audience becomes engrossed and enthralled. The paper also sheds light on the techniques of selecting a topic, preparing a paper, modus operandi of opening, conducting and closing a presentation, memory techniques to remember the content, appearance, tact, body language, tone, innovation and methods to collect audience feedback required for effective technical presentation.
Strength, Physicochemical and Morphological Characteristics of Fly Ash Stabilized Black Cotton Soil
Authors:   Research Scholar, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal-462003, India., Kushwaha S.S. , Dindorkar Dr. N. ,   Professor Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal-462003, India., Kishan Dr. D. ,   Associate Professor, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal-462003, India.
Published: August 2019

Black Cotton (BC) soil is one of the problematic soil deposits in India. These soils are problematic due to their poor engineering properties and high shrinkage and swelling properties due to high affinity to water. This paper, explore stabilization of Black cotton soil having poor strength characteristic and high shrinkage and swelling characteristic, with Class F Fly Ash (FA) to verify its scope for use as soil sub-base construction material. Fly ash is a good soil stabilizing additive in alone or along with other additives. It improves the index and engineering properties of Black cotton soil as verified from previous research work. In this research work, a Laboratory experimental program was planned with Fly ash, variation from 0% to 50% and humid curing period varies from 0 to 28 days. In the first stage of the experiment, Atterberg’s limits and compaction test have performed on Black cotton soil with all mixture and found their respective Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) and Maximum Dry Densities (MDD). In the second stage of the experiment, UCS and CBR tests were carried out for immediate, 7, 14, 28 and 45 days curing periods. The Atterberg’s limits, OMC, MDD, UCS, and CBR of Fly ash stabilized Black cotton found much satisfactory at 20% FA and 28 days curing period. CBR and UCS value get increments of 77.91% and 83.45% respectively. From the physicochemical analysis through X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning of Electron Microscope (SEM), it was noticed That enhancement of strength is due to the pozzolanic reaction which causes the formation of new crystalline mineral of Alumino-Silicate-Hydrates (ASH) and Calcium- Alumino-Silicate-Hydrates(CASH) in void space of the matrix.
736 Published By: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Retrieval Number: B1780078219/19©BEIESP DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B1780.078219 Journal Website: www.ijrte.org A Meta Classification Model for Stegoanalysis using Generic NN
Authors:   Department of CSE, Sreekavitha Engineering college, Khammam Professor & HOD, Guttikonda John Babu , Rangu Sridevi ,   Department of CSE, JNTUH College of Engineering, Hyderabad
Published: August 2019

The core idea behind deep learning is that comprehensive feature representations can be efficiently learned with the deep architectures which are collected of stacked layer of trainable non linear operation. However, because of the diversity of image content, it is hard to learn effective feature representations directly from images for steGAnalysis. SteGAnalysis may be generally figured as binary classification issue. This technique, which is called a universal/blind steGAnalysis, will become the principle stream around current steGAnalytic algorithms. In the preparation phase, effective features which are sensitive with message embedding are concentrated on highlight possibility control by steGAnographier. Then, a binary classifier will be discovered looking into pairs from claiming blanket pictures and their relating stegos pointing with Figure a limit on recognize steGAnography. On testing phase, those prepared classifier is used to anticipate labels from claiming new enter pictures. Past exploration indicated that it will be rather critical to power spread Characteristics Also stego offers to be paired, i. e. SteGAnalytic offers from claiming spread pictures And their stego pictures ought further bolstering be safeguarded in the preparing situated. Otherwise, breaking cover-stego pairs in distinctive sets might present biased error and prompt to a suboptimal execution. Proposed approaches have to fix the kernel of first layer as the HPF (high-pass filter). It is so-called pre-processing layer. We suggested another technic with characteristic decrease done which characteristic Choice and extraction And classifier preparation need aid performed at the same time utilizing a generic calculation. That generic calculation optimizes An characteristic weight vector used to scale the individual features in the unique example vectors. A masker vector may be likewise utilized to concurrent Choice of a characteristic subset. We utilize this technobabble clinched alongside mix with those RESNET, and look at the outcomes with established characteristic Choice and extraction systems.
Optimizing Rotavator Design Towards Enhancing Agricultural Crop Productivity
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, G. H. Raisoni Institute of Engineering & Management, Jalgaon, India, Bhishnurkar Ankush D. , Matani Dr. Ashok G. ,   Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Amravati, India
Published: August 2019

By continuous and rapid growth in industrialization as well as population, the agricultural lands are also becoming less and less continuously day by day which results in increase in the population of small land holders. In addition to this, because of continuous decreasing production the youth of the villages are also migrating in big cities for the employment, resulting decreasing manpower essential to perform various seedbed operations in the villages. Hence, it is the need of time for small farmers having small agricultural land and having less crop production to introduce the cost-effective farm mechanization so that they can improve production rate. Rotavator is the best option available to achieve this landmark as it is already proved that seedbed prepared by using rotavator gives highest benefit to cost ratio. For this experimental study the whole land of 9 acre area is divided into 18 plots of equal size in area. The combination of method of seedbed preparation and use of fertilizers were the preliminary criteria. The categories of fertilizer according to quantity are discussed earlier which are 50kg, 35kg and 65kg per acre respectively. The quantities of organic fertilizer used are 45kg and 60kg per acre of agricultural land for both seedbeds which are prepared manually and by using rotavator. The highest production of Pigeon Pea was obtained of 814kg was from the plot whose seedbed is prepared by using agricultural machine called rotavator and organic fertilizer; next highest production is obtained of 802 kg from the plot whose seedbed is prepared by using rotavator and the fertilizer used was chemical fertilizer. The minimum production of Pigeon Pea which is 690 kg was obtained in the plot whose seedbed was prepared manually and chemical fertilizer was used.
Modelling Buying Demand in the Tourism Industry based on Machine Training Methods
Authors:   Department of International Tourism, Hotel & Restaurant Business and Language Training Alfred Nobel University Dnipro, Ukraine, Tkach Viktoriya , Pavlenchyk Anatolii ,   Department of Economics and Management Lviv State University of Physical Culture Lviv, Ukraine, Sadchenko Оlena ,   Department of Marketing and Business Administration Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University Odessa, Ukraine, Nikola Svetlana ,   Department of Finance, Banking and Insurance Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University Odessa, Ukraine, Drozdova Valeriia ,   Department of Management and Logistics Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies Odessa, Ukraine, Davydenko Iryna ,   Department of Tourism, Hotel and Restaurant Business Odessa National Economic University, Odessa, Ukraine
Published: August 2019

The business processes of companies in the tourism industry lend themselves well to formalization and, consequently, computer automation. This study focuses on the process of creating a demand forecast model for a travel agent based on data mining algorithms. The program code was developed in the Anaconda development environment, which allows to process the initial data and to give the prediction results for two indicators of MAE and program accuracy. The program code is designed to improve the performance of the entire system by selecting the correct functions.
Optimized Recommendation System for E Commerce on Product Features and User Behavior
Authors:   School of Information Technology and Engineering, VIT Vellore, India., Selvi G. Chemmalar , Singh Iqjot ,   Department of Computer Applications, VIT Vellore,India.
Published: August 2019

Big data is a late of huge information stored in it and all we need is to dig into get the important information out of it and create a useful system which can be very helpful in improving the current scenario. There are various applications where big data is being used and even there are few fields that are learning techniques to go with big data and evaluate their work and get an improve decision. This paper particularly concentrates on the e commerce system which is highly trending on the market field. [20] E commerce also known as electronic commerce is a market place which gives you a platform to enjoy various services from both buyers as well as sellers. It is a place with various varieties are provided that can help the consumer to choose from and the buyer can get a platform where he can show case his product and get millions of the customer at the same time and he does not have to look for site all the time, it’s the system that take care of it. Now big data is playing a vital role in e commerce as it reads about user behavior and provides him a suitable product that he may need according to his behavior and query. There are various machine learning algorithms that are working on this and improving the services. [11] Basically in this paper we will read the user information and combine it with the product attributes and get a suitable suggestion for the user that will be most likely to be purchased by him. In the existing system we just look at one part of the case and give suggestion but in this paper we looked at both the sides, that is we looked after the product entities (the attributes and features that it poses) and the user behavior (the information given by the user and its previous history) that will better prediction and improve the system. Moreover for the optimized working of the system we included an enhanced version of HPCA scheduling algorithm for the Hadoop distributed file system also known as HDFS, which is very suitable for the heterogeneous system, the existing algorithm looks after the overall capacity of the node and then the tasks were assigned but here we will consider the health and the left over capacity of the nodes and arrange the queue for the same which will be refreshed all the time after the task is completed by any node.[18] The aim of the paper is to provide fast and most suitable suggestions to the users which can play a vital role in improving the sales of the company and getting the target done soon and faster.
Detecting and Resolving Conflicts in Adaptation Rules for the Context Aware System
Authors:   School of Computing Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India., S Rajarajeswari , V Neelanarayanan ,   School of Computing Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Published: August 2019

Context aware systems are embedded in the environment and provide services anytime and everywhere. Context aware system is built upon context information gathered from the environment and the adaptation rule which describes what need to be performed for the context information gathered. Consistent behavior of the context aware system will be ensured by the complete and correct context information and adaptation rules. There may have a situation where conflicts may occur at context level and adaptation rule level. Many researchers presented different methods to detect and resolve conflict in context information level. In this work we proposed a procedure to detect and resolve conflicts in the adaptation. Two different types of conflicts are addressed in this work. We have discussed about the procedure to resolve these two types of conflicts in the adaptation rule.
Nano Αψ-Connectedness and Compactness in Nano Topological Spaces
Authors:   Department of Mathematics, Dr.N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India, Jeevitha R. , Parimala M. ,   Department of Mathematics, Bannariamman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Tamilnadu, India, Udhayakumar R. ,   Department of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, India
Published: August 2019

In this article, the concept of nano αψ connected, TNαψ space in nano topological spaces (NTS) and entrenched few of their accompanying features. Ferther we investigate the Nαψ compact space in nano topological spcae. AMS (2010) Subject classification: 54A05,54C10,54D15.
Implementasi Manajemen Sumber Daya Manusia di Pondok Pesantren
Authors: Ittihad Ittihad
Published: August 2019

Fokus pada penelitian ini disaat banyak lemabaga pendidikan mengalami penurunan peserta didik yang signifikan, justru Pondok Pesantren Syaikh Zainuddin NW Anjani mengalami kenaikan santri. Dalam membekali masa depan santri, Ponpes Syaikh Zainuddin NW Anjani memberikan pelajaran agama, umum dan keterampilan. Penelitian tentang manajemen sumber daya manusia merupakan penelitian lapangan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif. Kehadiran peneliti di lapangan  sebagai instrumen. penelitian di lakukan di Pondok Pesantren Syaikh Zainuddin NW Anjani. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini berupa data tuli yang bersumber dari dua macam yaitu: informan dan arsip (dokumen). Teknik pengumpulan data melalui wawancara (interview). Pengamatan (0besrvasi) dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data kualitatif dilakukan secara interaktif dan berlangsung secara terus menerus sampai tuntas, sehingga datanya sudah jenuh. Menyatakan hasil penelitian bahwa karakteristik Pondok Pesantren Syaikh Zainuddin NW Anjani menurut tipenya termasuk dalam pondok pesantren modernt yakni pondok pesantren kalafi, menurut tipe Pondok Pesantren tipe D. Implementasi manajemen sumber daya manusia pondok pesantren Syaikh Zainuddin NW Anjani dilakukan sebagai berikut: perencanaan dilakukan berdasarkan analisis trend, selanjutnya dirumuskan dalam bentuk perencanaan, pengorganisasian selanjutnya dilakukan pembagian tugas pengurus dan tenaga pendidik. Pelaksanaan meliputi: metode rekrutmen belum terbuka sehingga tidak ada seleksi. Orientasi belum dilaksanakan pada semua tenaga baru. Pelatihan untuk materi umum masih tergantung panggilan dari Kanwil Kemenag Kabupaten Lombok Timur. Pengendalian meliputi:penilaian baru menggunakan cara pendekatan individual. Kompensasi yang diberikan tidak sesuai dengan job analisis.
Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Proses Merencanakan Eksperimen dan Hasil Belajar PKn di SMK Negeri 1 Sakra Tahun Pelajaran 2018/2019
Authors: Farijan Ahmad
Published: August 2019

The background of this study is the incomplete learning outcomes of X.b grade students of SMK Negeri 1 Sakra in the 2018/2019 Academic Year. To solve these problems by applying cooperative learning models in the learning process. This type of research is conducted by PTK (Class Action Research), which is a study in a classroom at a school with an emphasis on the improvement and improvement of learning processes and practices. Data collection techniques used were interviews, observation, use of tests, demonstrations. Data analysis techniques in this study used the analysis of the level of process skills in planning student experiments, scoring.
Analisis Dampak Pemanfaatan Waktu Luang di Kampus terhadap Prestasi Belajar Mahasiswa
Authors: Munahar Suhaili
Published: August 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemanfaatan waktu luang mahasiswa di kampus terhadap restasi belajar yang diraih dalam bentuk IP. Tidak bisa dipungkiri bahwa setiap mahasiswa masuk ke kampus menginginkan hasil atau prestasi belajar yang baik sesuai cita-cita, salah sartu indikator keberhasilan belajar ditunjukkan dengan raihan indeks prestasi  (IP) yang baik. Penelitian ini dilakukan di STIT Palapa Nusantara Lombok khususnya mahasiswa Prodi PGMI dengan mengambil seluruh populasi menjadi sampel sebanyak 78 mahasiswa karena kurang dari 100 orang. Desain penelitian yang digunakan berupa Ex post Facto. Pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik tes dalam bentuk angket atau quisioner guna mengumpulkan data pemanfaatan waktu luang mahasiswa di kampus (X) dan dokumentasi berupa daftar KHS IP mahasiswa terkait prestasi belajar (Y). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa rata-rata data angket respon berada pada kategori sedang dan prestasi belajar mahasiswa berada pada kategori memuaskan. Pengujian hipotesis menggunakan uji regresi dengan Fhitung = 1,29<Ftabel = 3,98 yang berarti bahwa Ha ditolak dan Ho diterima, yaitu tidak ada pengaruh pemanfaatan waktu luang di kampus terhadap prestasi belajar mahasiswa Prodi PGMI STIT Palapa Nusantara Lombok.
Problematika Penerapan Undang-undang Jaminan Produk Halal di Indonesia
Authors: Kusnadi Moh.
Published: August 2019

This paper aims to resolve challenges and controversies faced by the Halal Law and provide a transition process before the Halal Law regime and after the enactment of the Halal Law. This paper also looks at the readiness and effectiveness as well as the method of determination made under the Halal Law when the time comes that this Halal Law will be fully implemented on October 17, 2019. The analytical method used uses qualitative analysis using literature review as data collection. The theory used is the effectiveness of the legal system by Lawrence M. Friedman who oversees the effectiveness of three criteria, namely structure, substance, and legal culture. The results of this paper show that the Halal Law has many problems before it is fully implemented in October 2019. First, the structure of this law is not ready to undergo a halal process system. Second, the substance of the Halal Law is burdensome and rather burdensome and incomplete because there are many supporting regulations that have not yet been ratified. In addition, the results also show how Halal Act determines the halalness of a product. Still using the same method before the enactment of the Halal Law that relies on the MUI Fatwa Assembly.
Dampak Kepemimpinan Transformasional dan Kepuasan Kerja pada Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB)
Authors: Hasanah Uswatun
Published: August 2019

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui deskripsi kepemimpinan transformasional kepala sekolah, kepuasan kerja, dan OCB; pengaruh kepemimpinan transformasional terhadap OCB; pengaruh kepuasan kerja terhadap OCB: dan pengaruh kepemimpinan transformasional kepala sekolah dan kepuasan kerja. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan penelitian kuantitatif jenis ex-post facto. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah semua guru Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP) di Kecamatan Jerowaru Kabupaten Lombok Timur sebanyak 189 guru. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 85 guru yang diambil dengan tehnik sampling purposive. Data dianalisis mengunakan Teknik Deskriptif dan regresi ganda. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kepemimpinan transformasioanl kepala sekolah tergolong kategori baik, kepuasan kerja tergolong kategori tinggi, dan OCB guru tergolong kategori tinggi; kepemimpinan transformasional kepala sekolah berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap OCB; kepuasan kerja berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap OCB; dan kepemimpinan transformasional kepala sekolah dan kepuasan kerja berpengaruh positif dan signifikan secara simultan terhadap OCB.
Pemikiran Harun Nasution tentang Pendidikan dan Relevansinya dengan Pendidikan di Era Modern
Authors: Chailani Muchammad Iqbal
Published: August 2019

Education has a important role in the advancement of human civillization, especially in terms of developing normative values so that education not only creates intelligent human beings but also creates humans who know their responsibilities as servants of God and soxial beings. Problems often occur big that result from the destruction of human morals that do not inspire Islamic values. Harun Nasution had the idea of Islamic renewal which is often referred to as “Gebrakan Harun Nasution” which calls for the rise of Muslims not only marked by overflowing religius emotions, but must be based on deep, comprehensive, philosophical thinking on the religion of Islamic Departingg from this, of course there relevance between Harun Nasution’s perspective about education and the national education system (kurikulum) in Indonesia in modern times.
Analisis Tingkat Kepuasan Pasien Rawat Inap Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Bima Provinsi NTB Tahun 2016
Authors: Junaidin Junaidin
Published: August 2019

Rumah sakit merupakan sebuah organisasi yang menjual jasa, maka pelayanan yang berkualitas merupakan hal yang harus dipenuhi sehingga para pemakai jasa mendapatkan kepuasan. Kepuasan pasien di RSUD Bima yang masih rendah menjadi dasar pembenahan di RSUD Bima, salah satunya adalah melalui upaya peningkatan mutu pelayanan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis pengaruh mutu pelayanan kesehatan terhadap kepuasan pasien rawat inap di RSUD Bima Tahun 2016. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di RSUD Bima Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh pasien rawat inap pada bulan Oktober 2016. Sampel dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 100 orang yang dipilih secara acak(Probability Sampling Method) artinya populasi seluruhnya mendapatkan kesempatan yang sama untuk menjadi responden. Teknik analisis data meliputi analisis univariat, analisis bivariat dengan uji Chi Square, dan analisis multivariat dengan menggunakan uji regresi logistik berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukan dari kelima dimensi mutu pelayanan kesehatan yaitu Reliability,Tangibles, Responsiveness,Assurance,Empathy,semuanya berpengaruh secara signifikan pada kepuasanpasien ( p <0,05 ) dimensiReliability yang dilihat adalah pelayanan yang tepat waktu, handal, mandiri dan profesional. Tangibles yang dilihat adalahkebersihan, ketersediaan fasilitas.Responsiveness yang dilihat adalah kecepatan, kemudahan dan kelancaran dari suatu pelayanan.Assurance yang dilihat adalah kemampuan dan keterampilan yang dimiliki oleh tenaga medis dan Empathyyang dilihat adalah sikap dalam menyapa pasien, kurang peduli atas keluhan pasien, sikap berkomunikasi dengan pasien. Disarankan bagi para tenaga medis memperhatikan kebutuhan dan keinginan pasien, serta menumbuhkan kepercayaan dalam hal pelayanan cepat, akurat dan pasti sehingga akan meningkatkan kepuasan pasien.
Inherent atomic mobility changes in carbocation intermediates during the sesterterpene cyclization cascade
Authors: Sato Hajime , Mitsuhashi Takaaki , Yamazaki Mami , Abe Ikuro , Uchiyama Masanobu
Published: August 2019

We previously showed that the regio- and stereoselectivity in terpene-forming reactions are determined by the conformations of the carbocation intermediates, which reflect the initial conformation of the substrate, geranylfarnesyl diphosphate (GFPP). However, it remains unclear how the initial conformation of GFPP is controlled, and which part(s) of the GFPP molecule are important for its fixation inside the substrate-binding pocket. Here, we present the first detailed analysis of the inherent atomic mobility in carbocation intermediates during sesterterpene biosynthesis. We identified two methyl groups as the least mobile of all the carbons of the carbocation intermediates in the first half of the cyclization cascade. Our analysis suggests that these two methyl groups are critical for the preorganization of GFPP in the biosynthetic pathways leading to sesterfisherol and quiannulatene.
Determining Electron Temperature and Density in a H ii Region Using the Relative Strengths of Hydrogen Radio Recombination Lines
Authors: Zhu Feng-Yao , Zhu Qing-Feng , Wang Jun-Zhi , Zhang Jiang-Shui
Published: August 2019

We have introduced a new method of estimating the electron temperature and density of H ii regions by using single-dish observations. In this method, multiple hydrogen radio recombination lines of different bands are computed under the assumption of low optical depth. We use evolutionary hydrodynamical models of H ii regions to model hydrogen recombination line emission from a variety of H ii regions and assess the reliability of the method. According to the simulated results, the error of the estimated temperature is commonly <13%, and that of the estimated density is <25% for a <1% uncertainty of the observed line fluxes. A reasonable estimated value of electron density can be achieved if the uncertainty of the line fluxes is lower than 3%. In addition, the estimated values are more representative of the properties in the relatively high density region if the gas density gradient is present in the H ii region. Our method can be independent of the radio continuum observations. But the accuracy will be improved if a line-to-continuum ratio at millimeter wavelengths is added to the estimation. Our method provides a way to measure the temperature and density in ionized regions without interferometers.
CME Arrival Time Prediction Using Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Wang Yimin , Liu Jiajia , Jiang Ye , Erdélyi Robert
Published: August 2019

Fast and accurate prediction of the arrival time of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) at Earth is vital to minimize hazards caused by CMEs. In this paper, we use a deep-learning framework, i.e., a convolutional neural network (CNN) regression model, to analyze transit times from the Sun to Earth of 223 geoeffective CME events observed in the past 30 yr. 90% of them were used to build the prediction model, and the rest 10% have been used for test purpose. Unlike previous studies on this topic, our proposed CNN regression model does not require manually selected features for model training, it does not need time spent on feature collection, and it can deliver predictions without deeper expert knowledge. The only input to our CNN regression model is the instances of the white-light observations of CMEs. The mean absolute error of the constructed CNN regression model is about 12.4 hr, which is comparable to the average performance of the previous studies on this subject. As more CME data become available, we expect the CNN regression model will reveal better results.
CWISEP J193518.59–154620.3: An Extremely Cold Brown Dwarf in the Solar Neighborhood Discovered with CatWISE
Authors: Marocco Federico , Caselden Dan , Meisner Aaron M. , Kirkpatrick J. Davy , Wright Edward L. , Faherty Jacqueline K. , Gelino Christopher R. , Eisenhardt Peter R. M. , Fowler John W. , Cushing Michael C. , Cutri Roc M. , Garcia Nelson , Jarrett Thomas H. , Koontz Renata , Mainzer Amanda , Marchese Elijah J. , Mobasher Bahram , Schlegel David J. , Stern Daniel , Teplitz Harry I.
Published: August 2019

We present the discovery of an extremely cold, nearby brown dwarf in the solar neighborhood, found in the CatWISE catalog. Photometric follow-up with Spitzer reveals that the object, CWISEP J193518.59–154620.3, has ch1–ch2 = 3.24 ± 0.31 mag, making it one of the reddest brown dwarfs known. Using the Spitzer photometry and the polynomial relations from Kirkpatrick et al. we estimate an effective temperature in the ∼270–360 K range, and a distance estimate in the 5.6–10.9 pc range. We combined the WISE, NEOWISE, and Spitzer data to measure a proper motion of

mas yr−1, μ

δ
 = −50 ± 97 mas yr−1, which implies a relatively low tangential velocity in the range 7–22 km s−1.
Re-description of the type species of the genera Ganesella Blanford, 1863 and Globotrochus Haas, 1935; with description of a new Ganesella species from Thailand (Eupulmonata, Camaenidae)
Authors: Sutcharit Chirasak , Backeljau Thierry , Panha Somsak
Published: August 2019

The taxonomy of the speciose genusGanesellaW.T. Blanford, 1863 and the endemic genusGlobotrochusHaas, 1935 is unclear since the anatomical characters of the the type species of these two genera have never been reported before. Therefore, the present paper provides the first anatomical descriptions of the reproductive apparatus, pallial system and radula ofHelix capitiumBenson, 1848 andHelix onesteraMabille, 1887, the respective type species ofGanesellaandGlobotrochus. In addition,Ganesella rhombostoma(Pfeiffer, 1861) andGanesella carinella(Möllendorff, 1902) from Thailand are re-described, and a new species,Ganesella halabalahSutcharit & Panha,sp. nov., from southern Thailand is described. This new species differs from all others by having a larger shell, an obtuse apex and an aperture lip with a prominent beak-like deflection.
L’irresponsabilité, une compétence de dominant
Authors: Lamour Sabine
Published: August 2019

Cet article rompt avec le cadre théorique dominant qui souvent décrit la République d’Haïti comme un État failli, maudit, fragile. En s’appuyant sur des entretiens et des récits de vie menés auprès de femmes haïtiennes, sur la lecture de documents de projets post-séisme concernant les femmes et des discours circulant sur elles après la catastrophe dans les espaces décisionnels, l’article analyse les liens intimes existant entre les décideurs politiques des deux sexes, les ONG et les rapports de sexe dans la société haïtienne. Cette lecture haïtianocentrée permet d’isoler une compréhension du concept de gouvernementalité et de construire le concept d’irresponsabilité saisie comme une compétence de dominant. Cette situation montre que la position traditionnelle occupée par ces décideurs dans les rapports inégalitaires dans cette société les empêche d’endosser les problèmes de la population qu’ils reportent dans les familles sur les femmes avec le concours des ONG. L’irresponsabilité de l’État haïtien doit être saisie comme une forme paradigmatique du politique, une autre forme de gouvernementalité au même titre que la responsabilité, dans un contexte où l’État refuse de manière historique d’assumer son étatisation.
Les paradoxes de la résilience en matière de sécurité alimentaire
Authors: Fallot Abigaïl , Bousquet François , Dury Sandrine
Published: August 2019

L’article analyse les correspondances et les décalages entre la pensée sur la résilience dans la littérature et la façon dont on traite de résilience en matière de développement et de sécurité alimentaire dans les projets et dans les guides pratiques d’évaluation. Six paradoxes sont soulevés à propos : de la compréhension ou de la mesure de la résilience ; de la résilience en situation de blocage ; du rôle de métaphore mobilisatrice du concept alors que son interprétation prête à controverses ; de son caractère intégrateur alors que son évaluation porte, le plus souvent, sur des composantes dissociées ; de son positionnement par rapport à la vulnérabilité ; et de la pluridisciplinarité propre au concept de résilience. On cherche comment résoudre chaque paradoxe et mieux saisir les liens entre production agricole et sécurité alimentaire des ménages ruraux dans des contextes de pauvreté, de dégradation environnementale et d’aléas multiples. On souligne ainsi ce qui singularise les travaux sur la résilience en termes d’approche et la possibilité d’une contribution originale dans le domaine du développement, avec notamment la prise en compte des points de vue en présence et un éclairage sur les irréversibilités des changements considérés.
Préférences des consommateurs et filière de l’attiéké en Côte d’Ivoire
Authors: Youan Bi Trazié Bertrand Athanase
Published: August 2019

L’attiéké est un produit agroalimentaire socio-économiquement important en Côte d’Ivoire. Face à la menace de disparition de l’attiéké originel au profit de l’attiéké industriel et du garba, l’État de Côte d’Ivoire a entamé l’inscription de l’attiéké sur la liste des indications géographiques protégées (IGP) afin d’améliorer son approvisionnement en quantité et en qualité. Le but de cette étude est d’analyser la sécurisation de l’approvisionnement de l’attiéké à la suite de son éventuel enregistrement IGP. Les enquêtes menées auprès des producteurs, commerçants et consommateurs ont fait ressortir que l’IG renforce potentiellement le pouvoir des acteurs. Ce pouvoir ne sera effectif qu’en présence d’organisations autonomes d’acteurs bien formés à la vie associative et aux enjeux au niveau des différents maillons de la chaîne de valeur.
Impact of microalgal phenolic extracts on the control of Fusarium graminearum and deoxynivalenol contamination in wheat
Authors: Scaglioni P.T. , Scarpino V. , Marinaccio F. , Vanara F. , Furlong E. Badiale , Blandino M.
Published: August 2019

In this study, microalgal phenolic extracts (MPE) of Nannochloropsis sp. and Spirulina sp. were tested in in vitro experiments and, in comparison with synthetic fungicides, in field experiments, for their ability to control Fusarium graminearum development and limit deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination. In in vitro experiments, the Nannochloropsis and Spirulina extracts inhibited fungal biomass by 34 and 25%, respectively, compared with the untreated control. This effect was confirmed by a reduction in ergosterol production (-80% for Nannochloropsis and -75% for Spirulina) and in DON content (-97% for Nannochloropsis and -62% for Spirulina). In field experiments, application of the fungicide prothioconazole and prothioconazole + tebuconazole resulted in control of Fusarium head blight (FHB) and foliar disease, leading to a significant increase in grain yield (+13%) and a reduction in DON content (-46%) compared to the untreated control. The application of MPE at wheat flowering reduced the severity of FHB compared with the control (-35% for Spirulina and -39% for Nannochloropsis). However, the MPE did not significantly control foliar diseases (Septoria tritici blotch) and therefore did not enhance the grain yield. Moreover, no effect in reducing the DON content in comparison to the control was observed in the field. In view of that, the use of MPE in wheat fields as real alternatives to conventional fungicides requires the discovery of solutions to empower their persistence and efficacy.
Intertextualidade na lei para o controlo de acidentes graves envolvendo substâncias perigosas em Portugal
Authors: Carvalho Mónica
Published: August 2019

A partir da Análise Crítica do Discurso, examina-se a transposição da Diretiva Seveso III em Portugal, discutindo-se os aspetos mais expressivos da sua intertextualidade discursiva. Esta permite observar tanto a reprodução de discursos – quando nenhum elemento novo é introduzido – como as mudanças discursivas por meio de novas combinações. Entre os principais textos identificados, destacam-se os do universo técnico e económico da gestão corporativa, que são o principal referencial normativo da legislação em análise. Neste artigo discute-se como, através da recontextualização, esses textos exteriores, além de terem a sua própria função normativa no universo onde são produzidos, passam também a ter legalidade segundo as normas da União Europeia e as normas de cada um dos seus Estados-Membros.
Economics and Interdisciplinarity: One Step Forward, N Steps Back?
Authors: Fine Ben
Published: August 2019

Mainstream economics has become more interdisciplinary. Why is this? Does it represent a break with its intra-disciplinary character? How does it relate to major points of criticism – the lack of realism and disregard for methodology and alternative schools and history of economic thought? What light does this shed on the nature of economics today? Answers are found by tracing “economics imperialism” through three phases, emphasising the “historical logic” of economics imperialism, how its initial confinement to market supply and demand created a logical framing of universal application. As a result, microeconomics (and econometrics) triumphed over other fields and methods to such an extent and with such an acceptability that its corresponding principles are now applied, however inconsistently, with those of other disciplines and fields through a process termed “suspension”.
Uma tarefa crucial para a economia política: a crítica da inovação tecno-liberal
Authors: Garcia José Luís
Published: August 2019

Este artigo procede a uma crítica à inovação impulsionada, desde as décadas finais do século xx, como grande projecto das sociedades. O texto apresenta duas contribuições principais para a elucidação do que está em causa nesse empreendimento. A primeira consiste em sustentar que a orientação para a inovação é uma política económica, de carácter neoliberal, que tem como objectivo o aumento da produtividade e dos lucros, através da anexação da ciência e da tecnologia, e abrindo o caminho aos mercados de novos âmbitos do mundo natural e da vida humana. A segunda é sugerir que o projecto da inovação é uma nova manifestação de historicismo, mais propriamente de historicismo tecno-liberal. O texto conclui com a defesa da necessidade de avaliar as políticas da inovação segundo valores adequados para alcançar fins socialmente equitativos e ecologicamente viáveis.
Sustainable Practices for Built Environment
Authors: Thanikal Joseph Varghese , Bhatnagar Anurita , Jain Anupam , George Susan
Published: August 2019

This chapter is aimed at appraising the reader with the course delivery methodology/teaching pedagogy practiced at School of Construction at RICS School of Built Environment, Amity University. The chapter highlights the innovative tools and techniques devised by the school for enhancing a students' learning process and ingraining the thoughts for sustainability in construction at nascent stages of construction management. The course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of sustainable construction principles and communicating current sustainability practice to various stakeholder groups.
On the Principles of Imagination and Creativity
Authors: Chaurasia Rajashree
Published: August 2019

Human beings are the only mammals to be able to utilize high-level cognitive functions to build knowledge, innovate, and communicate their complex ideas. Imagination, creativity, and innovation are interlinked in the sense that one leads to the other. This chapter details the concepts of imagery, imagination, and creativity and their inter-relationships in the first section. Next, the author discusses the historical perspectives of imagination pertaining to the accounts of famous philosophers and psychologists like Aristotle, Kant, Hume, Descartes, Sartre, Husserl, and Wittgenstein. Section 3 and 4 present the neuro-biological correlates of imagination and creativity, respectively. Brain regions, neuronal circuits, genetic basis, as well as the evolutionary perspective of imagination and creativity are elicited in these sections. Finally, creativity and innovation are explored as to how they will contribute to knowledge build-up and advances in science, engineering, and business in the fourth industrial revolution and the imagination age.
Is an Artist a Better Scientist?
Authors: Frenz Rebecca , Bucher Julien , Hermann-Fankhänel Anja
Published: August 2019

This chapter regards itself with the verification of theses by American scientist Robert Root-Bernstein who through scientific work spanning decades was able to find support for the argument that a successful scientist is more likely to have an artistic avocation than their less successful counterparts. This chapter takes a close look at three studies by Root-Bernstein and goes on to try and affirm his findings by conducting and analyzing interviews with scientists that have an artistic avocation. The results of the study show that art offers an escape for scientists to reorganize their thoughts. Further, if scientists combine the two worlds of art and science, the scientists can directly benefit from their artistic avocation for their scientific work.
Traffic Analysis of UAV Networks Using Enhanced Deep Feed Forward Neural Networks (EDFFNN)
Authors: Vanitha N.  , Ganapathi Padmavathi
Published: August 2019

The world is moving to an autonomous era. Autonomous vehicles take a major role in day-to-day activity, helping human personnel do work quickly and independently. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are autonomous vehicles controlled using remotes in ground station by human personnel. These UAVs act as a network that plays a vital role in the digital era. There are different architectures of UAV networks available. This chapter concentrates on centralized UAV network. Because of wireless and autonomy characteristics, these networks are prone to various security issues, so it's very important to monitor and analyze the traffic of the UAV network in order to identify the intrusions. This chapter proposes enhanced deep feed forward neural network (EDFFNN) in order to monitor and analyze the traffic of the UAV network to detect the intrusions with maximum detection rate of 94.4%. The results have been compared with the previous method of intrusion detection.
Sex and the City
Authors: Javaid Aliraza
Published: August 2019

Despite the issue that male sex work involves a substantial proportion of the market and is key to making clear the impact of gender in shaping male sex workers' experiences and their oftentimes fleeting relationship with male clients, work on sex work has largely focused on female sex workers to a far greater extent than their male counterparts. Subsequently, we know little of the social relations between male sex workers and their male clients. The interactional dynamics of sellers and clients in such settings are rarely considered. The author's focus, then, is exploring the social interactions between male sex workers and their male clients in particular. I seek to examine the ways in which such interactions could manifest in different settings and contexts within the area of male sex work. For example, I unravel the interactional dynamics in the setting of sexual violence against male sex workers.
Malware Threat in Internet of Things and Its Mitigation Analysis
Authors: Yamaguchi Shingo , Gupta Brij
Published: August 2019

This chapter introduces malware's threat in the internet of things (IoT) and then analyzes the mitigation methods against the threat. In September 2016, Brian Krebs' web site “Krebs on Security” came under a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. It reached twice the size of the largest attack in history. This attack was caused by a new type of malware called Mirai. Mirai primarily targets IoT devices such as security cameras and wireless routers. IoT devices have some properties which make them malware attack's targets such as large volume, pervasiveness, and high vulnerability. As a result, a DDoS attack launched by infected IoT devices tends to become massive and disruptive. Thus, the threat of Mirai is an extremely important issue. Mirai has been attracting a great deal of attention since its birth. This resulted in a lot of information related to IoT malware. Most of them came from not academia but industry represented by antivirus software makers. This chapter summarizes such information.
E-Government Contribution to Better Performance by Public Sector
Authors: Abu-Shanab Emad A.
Published: August 2019

E-government is a new phenomenon that improves public services provision to citizens, improves public sector performance, and enriches the political arena. Such ambitious objectives are not fully investigated in the literature, where most research focused on the service provision area. Improving public sector's performance is a vital dimension of e-government benefits and addresses the demands for cutting budgets and the financial situations facing many governments across the world. This study explored the e-government literature to summarize the reported contributions of e-government in relation to improving government performance. The second objective is to conduct an empirical test for our propositions based on public employees' perceptions regarding the set of benefits and contributions alleged by research. A sample of 107 public employees filled a survey summarizing the contributions of e-government based on 6 major dimensions. Conclusions and future work are stated at the end.
Open Judiciary in High Courts
Authors: Cano Jesus , Pomed Luis , Jiménez-Gómez Carlos E. , Hernández Roberto
Published: August 2019

With this work, it is hoped to offer an insight into open judiciary applied to the specific context of constitutional courts in the Civil Law system from both a legal and technological point of view. The advances in IT are now becoming the drivers of social change and new ways for citizens and public administrations to interrelate. Information technology has enabled a different way for citizens to access public services under an e-Government umbrella to a greater or lesser degree of success. In the area of e-Justice it would appear that advances are perceived in different ways, particularly in the higher courts. This chapter will set out how constitutional justice is integrated into the world of electronic justice as an example of a genuine challenge that is full of paradoxes.
Collaborative Governance and the Implementation of Fiscal Responsibility Frameworks
Authors: Gatchair Sonia D.
Published: August 2019

Local governments, like their central government counterparts, must demonstrate increased fiscal responsibility. Although the Jamaican finance ministry has overall responsibility for direction and control of fiscal management at all levels of government, successful implementation cannot be achieved solely by the finance ministry's efforts, but requires the inputs of other actors, including central government, local authorities, the private sector, and civil society groups. This chapter examines the strategic use of collaborations among local authorities and other stakeholders in the implementation of fiscal management policies, in particular revenue-raising efforts in Jamaica, a small island state. The study examines relationships/partnerships (collaborative governance) focusing on the actors, structure, and processes in the implementation of fiscal policy reforms in local authorities. It finds that deliberate efforts must be made to manage complexity arising from overlapping networks with unclear boundaries and fluidity in participation and leadership.