bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
DNA, Self-Reported Ancestry, and Social Scientific Inquiry
Authors: Zhang Luyin , Trejo Sam
Published: February 2025

Today, one in five Americans has taken a genetic ancestry test (GAT), which estimates the proportion of a person’s DNA that fall into various geographic categories. While much research has focused on [i] conceptually distinguishing race from ancestry and [ii] understanding how people interpret GAT information, few social scientific studies construct and utilize these quantities – which we call genetic similarity proportions (GSPs). Consequently, the empirical distributions and measurement properties of GSPs remain underexplored. After conceptually distinguishing between genealogical and genetic ancestry, we leverage computational genomic methods to estimate GSPs of genotyped respondents from the nationally-representative Add Health study. Utilizing a survey question on respondents’ self-reported ancestral countries, we observe that – though a person’s self-reported ancestry is associated with their GSPs – there exists considerable variation in GSPs among individuals with the same self-reported ancestry. Then, we explore how GSPs can inform our understanding of racial construction and racialization in the U.S. today by examining their relationship with skin tone and racial classification by others. We find that, among respondents who self-report ancestry from the Americas and/or from Sub-Saharan Africa, GSPs are robustly associated with both skin tone and racial classification – suggesting they may be useful for studying within-group heterogeneity and stratification.
Cooperative Federalism in the Nepali Constitution: A Comprehensive Analysis
Authors: Devkota Khimlal
Published: February 2025

Cooperative federalism has emerged as a pivotal concept in governance structures worldwide, facilitating collaboration and coordination among various levels of government. In the context of Nepal, the adoption of federalism represents a significant shift in the country's political landscape, aiming to address historical grievances, promote inclusivity, and foster socio-economic development. This essay provides a detailed examination of cooperative federalism within the framework of the Constitution of Nepal. Through an in-depth analysis of constitutional provisions, historical background, implementation challenges, and case studies, this essay elucidates the role of cooperative federalism in promoting unity, diversity, and equitable development in Nepal. By identifying key opportunities and obstacles, this study offers insights into the prospects for effective governance and democratic consolidation in the federal structure of Nepal.
Man, Woman, or Both? Shakespeare’s Treatment of Androgyny and Lady Macbeth’s Disempowerment
Authors: Fernando R.
Published: February 2025

Androgyny is a concept that has been given comparatively little thought, particularly concerning its impact on Shakespeare’s work. While some have evidently looked at Shakespeare’s treatment of gender, the interest concerning androgyny or transverse nature has been limited. However, in the wake of gender studies and feminism in the late 20th century, androgyny garnered popularity among Shakespeare scholars. Since the 1980s, scholars have begun to view Shakespeare as an androgynous writer and continue to argue that he wrote from a gendered point of view. Suffused with Renaissance gender ideals, Shakespeare’s characters are often depicted with intricate sexual moralities and gender identities worth pursuing. Lady Macbeth emerges as one such character whose dichotomy with gender has paved the way for controversial analyses of her character. Hence, this research has attempted to unravel how androgynous nature affects Lady Macbeth’s character in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth (1606) and how it leads to her eventual disempowerment within the play. With the aid of comprehensive textual analysis, this research has found that Lady Macbeth’s androgynous nature reduces her role in the play and disables her empowerment, espousing the idea that androgyny in Lady Macbeth results in her ultimate downfall which culminates in her insanity and suicide. Therefore, this research has attempted to take a fresh look at Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth, viewing her beyond a power-crazed matriarch and positioning her as a woman whose troubled conscience has created her identity dilemma in the play.
Функциональная роль желточников и тельца Мелиса трематоды Parastrigea robusta
Authors: Уалиева Р.М.
Published: February 2025

В статье отражены гистологические и электронно-микроскопические особенности структурной и функциональной организации отделов женской половой системы(желточников и тельца Мелиса) трематоды Parastrigea robusta, участвующих в формировании скорлупы яиц. Установлено, что процесс образования скорлупы яиц связан с морфофункциональными особенностями желточников и железы Мелиса. Функционально желточные гранулы готовы и содержат скорлуповый материал в зрелом виде(белки предшественники— недубленые белки). Желточные гранулы в оотипе или проксимальном отделе матки высвобождают белки для дубления под действием агентов. Тельце Мелиса трематоды Parastrigea robusta— многофункциональный орган, обеспечивающий активацию процесса высвобождения скорлупового материала из желточных клеток; формирование резистентной яйцевой оболочки в результате наслаивания на нее скорлупового материала; облегчение процесса перемещенияяиц по петлям матки за счет «мукозных» веществ, выделяющихся клетками второго типа. Таким образом, желточные фолликулы и тельце Мелиса трематоды Parastrigea robusta представляют единый функциональный блок, который обеспечивает образование резистентной скорлупы яиц. В данномпроцессе одну из ключевых ролей играет железа Мелиса, желточники поставляют скорлуповый материал. Полученные данные по микроморфологии, ультраструктуре желточников и тельца Мелиса трематоды Parastrigea robusta значительно пополнят знания по особенностям процесса образования резистентной скорлупы яиц.
Генетический анализ вирулентного гена hgbA бактерии Pasteurella multocida
Authors: Мухами Н.Н. , Кендирбаева С.К. , Шораева К.А. , Алмежанова М.Д. , Строчков В.М. , Султанкулова К.Т.
Published: February 2025

Ген hgbA имеет особое значение для выживания бактерии Pasteurella multocida в клетке у хозяина исохранения его патогенности. Ген hgbA может использоваться в качестве маркера в эпидемиологических мониторинговых исследованиях. В ходе экспериментов были наработаны ПЦР продукты гена hgbA, кодирующего железосвязывающие белки пяти бактериальных штаммов Pastеurella multocida, выделенных от сайгаков в Казахстане. Были расшифрованы нуклеотидные последовательности гена hgbA штаммов Pastеurella multocida, выделенных от сайгаков в Казахстане. Нуклеотидная последовательность гена hgbA казахстанского штаммаPasteurella/Saigas/2011/ZKO/KZ была депонирована в Международную базуGenBank под номером KT238895.1. Сравнительный анализ нуклеотидных последовательностей гена hgbA Pasteurella multocida показал, что казахстанские штаммы бактерии Pasteurella multocida, выделенные в2010, 2011 и2012 гг. идентичны между собой на100 %. Нуклеотидные последовательности гена hgbA казахстанских штаммом бактерии Pasteurella multocida показали 99 %-ную гомологию со штаммом Pasteurella multocida_Pm25 (AF331501.1) из Международной базы GenBank. Эти исследования необходимы для выяснения патогенеза и роли гена hgbA в качестве одного из факторов вирулентности бактерии Pastеurella multocida в иммунном процессе.
Центильді шкаланы қолдана отырып Қарағанды облысының бастауыш мектеп жасындағы балалардың шашындағы химиялық элементтердің құрамын бағалау
Authors: Нұрлыбаева Қ.А. , Айткулов А.М. , Мұқашева М.А. , Мұқашева Г.Ж.
Published: February 2025

Мақалада биологиялық үлгіге арналған центильді шкаланы қолдана отырып Қарағанды облысыныңбастауыш мектеп жасындағы балалардың шашындағы химиялық элементтердің құрамы қарастырылған. Зерттелген балаларда мырыш тапшылығы анықталды, ол тіпті орташа дəрежеде иммундық жүйеге əсер етуі мүмкін. Т-лимфоциттер, Инфекциямен күресетін ақ қан жасушалары, ағзадағы мырыш қоры төмен болғанда қалыпты жұмыс істей алмайды. Сондықтан мырыш тапшылығы бар адамдарға инфекцияны жеңуге көп уақыт қажет. Зерттеу көрсеткендей, минерал тапшылығы бар адамдардың мырыш қоспаларын қабылдағанда олардың қан жүйесіндегі Т-лимфоциттер саны артады жəне осы жасушалардың инфекциямен күресу қабілеті жақсарады. Кадмийдің артық болуы мырыш тапшылығын тудырады жəне күшейтеді, балалар ағзасындағы микроэлементті гомеостаздың ауытқуын бағалауда даусыз, себебі Қарағанды облысында тұратын балаларға қоршаған ортаның химиялық ластағыштарының əсеріне жоғары сезімталдық тəн. Тыныс алу органдары ауруларының даму жиілігінің ұлғаюына байланысты мырыш, мыс жəне хром тапшылығы анықталды. Балалардағы шаштың микроэлементтік құрамын талдау нəтижесінде жалпы заңдылығы— эссенциалды микроэлементтердің тапшылығы байқалды.
An Unusual Glacial Event in the Comanch Peak Wilderness Area, Larimer County, Colorado
Authors: Moeglin Thomas D. , Kaplan Sanford S.
Published: February 2025

Late Pinedale till deposits mapped in various stream valleys in the Comanche Peak Wilderness Area, north of Rocky Mountain National Park, indicate that Browns Creek Valley was glaciated from two directions simultaneously while the middle of the valley remained unglaciated. Till deposits at the upper end of Browns Creek Valley display a well-developed end moraine in a U-shaped valley. Immediately downstream from the end moraine the valley becomes V-shaped, and shows no evidence of glaciation. Another till is encountered in the lower reaches of Browns Creek Valley. This sediment was deposited by a distributary of the main valley glacier moving down Beaver Creek Valley. This subsidiary lobe of the Beaver Creek Valley glacier moved down gradient, but upstream. The tills are texturally distinct from alluvial deposits, but similar to each other. The tills are muddy and sandy boulder gravels, while the alluvial deposits that lie between them are sandy bouldery gravels. Although produced by two separate glaciers, glaciation of the upper and lower parts of Browns Creek Valley appears to have taken place simultaneously.
Research Trends of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand: A Quick Analysis using Bibliometric
Authors: Setiyo Muji , Setiawan Indra Chandra , Peeie Mohamad Heerwan Bin
Published: February 2025

The electric vehicles (EVs) market in ASEAN has seen rapid growth in 2024, driven by the global trend towards sustainable transportation and strong government support. Thailand, with strong government policies and extensive charging infrastructure, has emerged as a regional leader. Malaysia and Indonesia are still in the early stages of adoption, grappling with high vehicle costs, limited charging infrastructure, and public acceptance challenges. A bibliometric analysis of research output from 2015–2025 reveals an exponential growth trend in EV-related studies, with Malaysian universities leading the research focus. Despite differences in progress, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand face similar challenges, including limited infrastructure, high cost of ownership, and the need for greater public awareness. Tailored policies, infrastructure improvements, and regional collaboration are critical for ASEAN countries to realize their potential as key players in the global EV transition.
Corrosion protection of tanks: promising solutions using composite materials
Authors: Chepur P. V. , Chipurnoy N. A. , Shemetov K. A. , Efremova A. M. , Konev A. A.
Published: February 2025

The article deals with a promising method of protection against re-liquefaction corrosion. It discusses the background of the research, highlighting the corrosion threats to liquid storage infrastructure and the necessity for more durable and efficient corrosion protection methods. The main purpose of the article is to evaluate the effectiveness of using composite materials for corrosion protection and to identify the potential advantages of this approach. The article considers the essential design parameters of tank structures and the problems of corrosion when metals are exposed to gas-air environments. It describes  a modern and promising method for tackling corrosion. In addition, it is a question of a range of benefits associated with the proposed solution. 

To assess the prospects of composite materials, the study employs methods for analyzing physicochemical properties, conducting strength tests, and evaluating corrosion resistance. An effective strategic solution for the use of storage tanks is proposed, aims at increasing its parameters. 

The main results of the study show that applying composite materials for corrosion protection significantly extends the service life of tanks and reduces costs related to regular maintenance and repairs. The article includes formulas describing processes dependent on parameters such as density, pressure, wall thickness, etc. Also, it reflects dependence of the influence of corrosion lesion growth over time without the use of protection means. The dependence of oil absorption on the density of the proposed material is demonstrated, along with the effects of oil-gas-air environments on oil resistance and gas absorption. Furthermore, the article graphically represents and analyzes the corrosion impact before and after implementing the new protective solutions, as well as the relationship between the corrosion rate and temperature conditions. 

The practical significance of this work lies in the compilation of data that can be utilized by designers, engineers, and operational organizations to make informed decisions regarding the selection of protective materials and technologies for tanks. Ultimately, this will lead to reduced maintenance costs and increased reliability of storage infrastructure.
УПРАВЛІННЯ РЕСУРСНИМИ ТА ІНФОРМАЦІЙНИМИ ПОТОКАМИ НА ПРОМИСЛОВИХ ПІДПРИЄМСТВАХ: ПРОБЛЕМИ ТА ШЛЯХИ ЇХ ВИРІШЕННЯ
Authors: ЛИСАК Віктор
Published: February 2025

The article examines the pressing issues of managing resource and information flows in industrial enterprises in the context of global competition, rapid technological advancements, and digital transformation. The author focuses on the issues and challenges of fragmented information systems, low integration levels, the difficulties of introducing modern technologies into outdated infrastructure, and insufficient automation of key processes. Special attention is given to optimizing resource utilization, enhancing management flexibility, achieving accurate forecasting and planning, and implementing advanced digital management tools.The author proposes solutions to these challenges, including the adoption of ERP systems, Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, Big Data analytics, artificial intelligence, and cloud platforms. The importance of creating unified information sources, integrating existing information systems through application programming interfaces (APIs), enhancing cybersecurity, and adapting personnel to new technologies and changes in management processes is emphasized. The paper details the benefits of digitalization, such as cost reduction, improved production efficiency, increased flexibility, and rapid adaptation to changing market conditions.The research findings demonstrate that integrating modern technologies into production and management processes allows enterprises not only to respond effectively to changes but also to ensure high competitiveness through the optimization of resources and information flows. The article identifies promising directions for implementing innovative solutions, including the development of artificial intelligence technologies for forecasting, adaptive logistics systems, advanced monitoring tools, and automation, which contribute to improving product quality and operational efficiency.The conclusions provide recommendations for industrial enterprises on adopting digital technologies, automation, and the integration of information systems to achieve effective resource and information flow management. Emphasis is placed on the importance of a phased approach to implementing digital tools, staff training, and maintaining robust cybersecurity. The recommendations also include the use of cloud platforms and data exchange standards to optimize costs, enhance decision-making efficiency, and ensure the sustainable development of industrial enterprises.
TREN, TANTANGAN, DAN PELUANG KEBERLANJUTAN GLOBAL INOVASI HIJAU: SEBUAH ANALISIS BIBLIOMETRIK
Authors: Soegieharto Dhani Heryanto
Published: February 2025

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis perkembangan, tantangan, dan potensi pengembangan Green Innovation (GI) melalui pendekatan co-occurrence network analysis, thematic map analysis, dan thematic evolution map. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa GI saat ini memiliki fokus utama pada pembangunan berkelanjutan, inovasi teknologi, manajemen lingkungan, serta kebijakan ekonomi hijau. Tema-tema seperti sustainable development dan green innovations memainkan peran sentral, mengindikasikan pergeseran penelitian dari inovasi teknis ke pendekatan yang lebih komprehensif dan multidisiplin. Tantangan utama dalam penerapan GI meliputi kesenjangan kebijakan, keterbatasan investasi, dan infrastruktur yang belum memadai. Namun, terdapat potensi besar untuk pengembangan GI melalui dukungan kebijakan publik dan peningkatan investasi dalam teknologi hijau. Studi ini memberikan wawasan penting untuk memahami bagaimana GI dapat berkontribusi pada tujuan keberlanjutan global dan mendorong pertumbuhan ekonomi yang berkelanjutan. Rekomendasi penelitian lanjutan mencakup pengembangan kebijakan dan model investasi, penerapan GI dalam sektor spesifik, serta peningkatan kolaborasi internasional.
Quantifiers in Limits
Authors: Keisler H. Jerome
Published: February 2025

The standard definition of lim z→∞F(z)=∞ is an ∀∃∀ sentence. Mostowski showed that in the standard model of arithmetic, these quantifiers cannot be eliminated. But Abraham Robinson showed that in the nonstandard setting, this limit property for a standard function F is equivalent to the one quantifier statement that F(z) is infinite for all infinite z. In general, the number of quantifier blocks needed to define the limit depends on the underlying structure ℳ in which one is working. Given a structure ℳ with an ordering, we add a new function symbol F to the vocabulary of ℳ and ask for the minimum number of quantifier blocks needed to define the class of structures (ℳ,F) in which lim z→∞F(z)=∞ holds.
Undecidability and Concatenation
Authors: Grzegorczyk Andrzej  , Zdanowski Konrad
Published: February 2025

We consider the problem stated by Andrzej Grzegorczyk in “Undecidability without arithmetization” (Studia Logica 79 (2005)) whether certain weak theory of concatenation is essentially undecidable. We give a positive answer for this problem.
Persistent Point Feature Histograms for 3D Point Clouds
Authors: Rusu Radu Bogdan  , Marton Zoltan Csaba  , Blodow Nico  , Beetz Michael
Published: February 2025

This paper proposes a novel way of characterizing the local geometry of 3D points, using persistent feature histograms. The relationships between the neighbors of a point are analyzed and the resulted values are stored in a 16-bin histogram. The histograms are pose and point cloud density invariant and cope well with noisy datasets. We show that geometric primitives have unique signatures in this feature space, preserved even in the presence of additive noise. To extract a compact subset of points which characterizes a point cloud dataset, we perform an in-depth analysis of all point feature histograms using different distance metrics. Preliminary results show that point clouds can be roughly segmented based on the uniqueness of geometric primitives feature histograms. We validate our approach on datasets acquired from laser sensors in indoor (kitchen) environments.
Robust Mission Execution for Autonomous Urban Driving
Authors: Baker Christopher R.  , Ferguson David I.  , Dolan John M.
Published: February 2025

We describe a multi-modal software system for executing navigation missions in an urban environment, focusing on the robust treatment of anomalous situations such as blocked roads, stalled vehicles and tight maneuvering. Various recovery mechanisms are described relative to the nominal mode of operation, and results are discussed from the system's deployment in the DARPA Urban Challenge.
Novelty Detection and Online Learning for Vibration-based Terrain Classification
Authors: Weiss Christian  , Zell Andreas
Published: February 2025

In outdoor environments, a great variety of ground surfaces exists. To ensure safe navigation, a mobile robot should be able to identify the current terrain so that it can adapt its driving style. If the robot navigates in known environments, a terrain classification method can be trained on the expected terrain classes in advance. However, if the robot is to explore previously unseen areas, it may face terrain types that it has not been trained to recognize. In this paper, we present a vibration-based terrain classification system that uses novelty detection based on Gaussian mixture models to detect if the robot traverses an unknown terrain class. If the robot has collected a sufficient number of examples of the unknown class, the new terrain class is added to the classification model online. Our experiments show that the classification performance of the automatically learned model is only slightly worse than the performance of a classifier that knows all classes beforehand.
Double Container-handling Operation for an Efficient Seaport Terminal System
Authors: Hoshino Satoshi  , Fujisawa Tomoharu  , Maruyama Shigehisa  , Hino Hisato  , Ota Jun
Published: February 2025

For an efficient seaport terminal, we propose a novel operational model, namely, a double container-handling operation among operating machines, such as automated guided vehicles (AGVs), automated transfer cranes (ATCs), and quay container cranes (QCCs), in a seaport terminal system. In addition, a passing lane is provided in a container storage yard in order to activate the container-handling operation by the AGVs and ATCs. In this paper, the effect of the double container-handling operation and passing lane on the system utilization is examined. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed operational model with a passing lane is discussed on the basis of the operating time and obtained number of operating machines for a given demand in consideration of a mega-container terminal.
Local Consistency and Junction Tree for Diagnosis of Discrete-Event Systems
Authors: Kan John Priscilla  , Grastien Alban
Published: February 2025

We extend the decentralised/distributed approach of diagnosis of discrete-event systems modeled using automata. The goal is to avoid computing a global diagnosis, which is expensive, and to perform local diagnoses instead. To still ensure global consistency, we transform the topology of the system into a junction tree where each vertex represents a subsystem. Local consistency between the diagnoses of these subsystems ensures global consistency due to the tree structure. This technique will work best for systems whose natural structure is close to a tree structure, as the generated automata will be of reasonable size.
A Heuristic Based Seller Agent for Simultaneous English Auctions
Authors: Anthony Patricia  , Law Edwin
Published: February 2025

The popularity of online auction emerges due to the flexibility and convenience that it offers to consumers. Sellers offer a variety of items for sale with the aims of obtaining more profit. To obtain a reasonable profit, the reserve price for the item must be determined before the item is put up for sale. However, setting the price too high may result in no sale, while setting the price too low may yield a lower profit. In real auction, this is the main selling problem since most sellers fail to place a strategic reserve price for a given item which results in a lower profit. In this work, we develop a seller agent that proposes the item's reserve price based upon several selling constraints that comprise of the number of competitors, the number of bidders, the duration of the auction and the degree of profit that the seller desires when disposing the item. This paper describes the detail implementation and design of our agent's strategy. The seller strategy will be evaluated across a wide context of diverse and varying selling environment using a simulated auction marketplace.
Automatic Configuration of Multi-Robot Systems: Planning for Multiple Steps
Authors: Lundh Robert  , Karlsson Lars  , Saffiotti Alessandro
Published: February 2025

We consider multi-robot systems where robots need to cooperate tightly by sharing functionalities with each other. There are methods for automatically configuring a multi-robot system for tight cooperation, but they only produce a single configuration. In this paper, we show how methods for automatic configuration can be integrated with methods for task planning in order to produce a complete plan were each step is a configuration. We also consider the issues of monitoring and replanning in this context, and we demonstrate our approach on a real multi-robot system, the PEIS-Ecology.
Infection-Based Norm Emergence in Multi-Agent Complex Networks
Authors: Salazar Norman  , Rodriguez-Aguilar Juan A.  , Arcos Josep Ll.
Published: February 2025

We propose a computational model that facilitates agents in a MAS to collaboratively evolve their norms to reach the best norm conventions. Our approach borrows from the social contagion phenomenon to exploit the notion of positive infection: agents with good behaviors become infectious to spread their norms in the agent society. By combining infection and innovation, our computational model helps a MAS establish better norm conventions even when a sub-optimal one has fully settled in the population.
Domain-Dependent View of Multiple Robots Path Planning
Authors: Surynek Pavel
Published: February 2025

We study a problem of path planning for a group of robots in this paper. The problem is stated as a finding of spatial-temporal paths through which the robots can go from their initial locations to the given goal locations in a certain environment. The robots must subordinate to a variety of physical constraints. The most important constraints from our point of view are that the robots must avoid obstacles and they must avoid each other. Both of these two constraints can be captured by a model where the environment is modeled as an undirected graph. Vertices of this graph represent possible locations for the robots and edges represent possible transitions between locations. The robots are located in the vertices of the graph. Each vertex can be occupied by at most one robot. A robot can move to the neighboring unoccupied vertex. The main result of the paper is the description of a class of the problem for which a polynomial time solving algorithm exists. We also present an experimental evaluation in which we tested the ability of several state-of-the-art planners to solve the problem.
Probabilistic Association Rules for Item-Based Recommender Systems
Authors: Castagnos Sylvain  , Brun Armelle  , Boyer Anne
Published: February 2025

Since the beginning of the 1990's, the Internet has constantly grown, proposing more and more services and sources of information. The challenge is no longer to provide users with data, but to improve the human/computer interactions in information systems by suggesting fair items at the right time. Modeling personal preferences enables recommender systems to identify relevant subsets of items. These systems often rely on filtering techniques based on symbolic or numerical approaches in a stochastic context. In this paper, we focus on item-based collaborative filtering (CF) techniques. We show that it may be difficult to guarantee a good accuracy for the high values of prediction when ratings are not enough shared out on the rating scale. Thus, we propose a new approach combining a classic CF algorithm with an item association model to get better predictions. We deal with this issue by exploiting probalistic skewnesses in triplets of items. We validate our model by using the MovieLens dataset and get a significant improvement as regards the High MAE measure.
Classifying Scenarios with Differential Scenario
Authors: Ohnishi Atsushi
Published: February 2025

A visually classification method of scenarios using differential information between normal scenarios is presented. Behaviors of normal scenarios of similar purposes belonging to the same problem domain resemble each other. We derive the differential information, named differential scenario, from such normal scenarios and apply the differential scenario in order to classify scenarios. Our method will be illustrated with examples. This paper describes (1) a language for describing scenarios based on a case grammar of actions, (2) an introduction of the differential scenario, and (3) a method of visualizing scenario classification named Scenario Map using the differential scenario.
The Curves of Time: Pamphulha, 65 Years of Change
Authors: Castriota Leonardo Barci
Published: February 2025

A Suburban Utopia; From Casino to Museum, from Dancing Hall TO Design Center; From Entertainment to Culture: The Future of a Modern Heritage?; Notes; References
Restoring the 20
Authors: Klein Richard
Published: February 2025

Centralised Policy and Cultural Decentralisation; The Programme and Its Uses; The Heritage Left BY The Maisons de la culture; Neglected Spaces; The Renunciation of Aesthetics; Flexibility Versus Appearance; Forgotten Experimentation; Notes
Ontology (Science)
Authors: Smith Barry
Published: February 2025

Increasingly, in data-intensive areas of the life sciences, experimental results are being described in algorithmically useful ways with the help of ontologies. Such ontologies are authored and maintained by scientists to support the retrieval, integration and analysis of their data. The proposition to be defended here is that ontologies of this type – the Gene Ontology (GO) being the most conspicuous example – are a part of science. Initial evidence for the truth of this proposition (which some will find self-evident) is the increasing recognition of the importance of empirically-based methods of evaluation to the ontology development work being undertaken in support of scientific research. Ontologies created by scientists must, of course, be associated with implementations satisfying the requirements of software engineering. But the ontologies are not themselves engineering artifacts, and to conceive them as such brings grievous consequences. Rather, ontologies such as the GO are in different respects comparable to scientific theories, to scientific databases, and to scientific journal publications. Such a view implies a new conception of what is involved in the authoring, maintenance and application of ontologies in scientific contexts, and therewith also a new approach to the evaluation of ontologies and to the training of ontologists.
Intersection and Signed-Intersection Kernels for Intervals
Authors: Ruiz Francisco J.  , Angulo Cecilio  , Agell Núria
Published: February 2025

In this paper two kernels for interval data based on the intersection operation are introduced. On the one hand, it is demonstrated that the intersection length of two intervals is a positive definite (PD) kernel. On the other hand, a signed variant of this kernel, which also permits discriminating between disjoint intervals, is demonstrated to be a conditionally positive definite (CPD) kernel. The potentiality and performance of the two kernels presented when applying them to learning machine techniques based on kernel methods are shown by considering three different examples involving interval data.
Satisfiability Modulo Theories
Authors: Barrett Clark  , Sebastiani Roberto  , Seshia Sanjit A.  , Tinelli Cesare
Published: February 2025

Applications in artificial intelligence, formal verification, and other areas have greatly benefited from the recent advances in SAT. It is often the case, however, that applications in these fields require determining the satisfiability of formulas in more expressive logics such as first-order logic. Also, these applications typically require not general first-order satisfiability, but rather satisfiability with respect to some background theory, which fixes the interpretations of certain predicate and function symbols.
An Ontology-Based Decision Support System for Judges
Authors: Casanovas Pompeu  , Casellas Núria  , Vallbé Joan-Josep
Published: February 2025

This article briefly outlines how the Iuriservice application was envisioned, the modeling process of the Ontology of Professional Judicial Knowledge, and the contribution of the users to the global development of this system. Iuriservice offers a semantically enabled FAQ search system for the Spanish judges in their first appointment. The system is now at the first stage of implementation in the Spanish Judicial School. Users may input questions to the system in natural language to obtain access to a database of experience-based answers to practical day-to-day questions. In order to offer the question-answer pair from the application database that best matches the input question, the search system is enhanced using ontologies. Some lessons learned are also outlined.
Construction of Peer-to-Peer Systems for Knowledge Resource Distribution Using Overlay Clustering of Similar Peers
Authors: Li Huijun  , Ibradzic Samir  , Shao Xiao  , Tokuda Takehiro
Published: February 2025

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems have been attractive solutions for resource distribution and sharing because of their self-organizing and fault-tolerant features. However, due to the decentralized nature, search efficiency is a challenging problem for large scale knowledge resource distribution P2P systems. In this paper, peer-similarity based P2P overlay clustering algorithm is proposed. Simulation results show that search efficiency using overlay clustering of similar peers is substantially improved.
3C-Drive: New Model for Driver's Auto Evaluation
Authors: Brezillon Juliette  , Brezillon Patrick  , Tijus Charles
Published: February 2025

Initial training, which concludes by a driving license, is insufficient because new drivers do not know how to contextualize the learned procedures into effective practices. Our goal is to improve the driver's Situation Awareness, i.e. the way in which the driver perceives events in the environment, and the projection of their status in a close future. More precisely, our concern is the way in which the driver evaluates his own competences. Our aim is to make the driver realize his drawbacks and help him to correct them. For this, first, we model drivers' behavior along two approaches, that is, local and global approaches, in order to have a driver model as exhaustive as possible. Second, we educate the driver, helping him to realize his driving's drawbacks. We present in this paper the results of a specific study on driver classification based on the two approaches.
How Psychology and Cognition Can Inform the Creation of Ontologies in Semantic Technologies
Authors: Engelbrecht Paula C.  , Dror Itiel E.
Published: February 2025

This paper demonstrates how cognitive psychology can contribute to the development of ontologies for semantic technologies and the semantic web. Specifically, the way in which the human cognitive system structures and processes conceptual information can act as a model for structuring formal ontologies, and can guide knowledge elicitation and the use of controlled natural languages. One conclusion is that during knowledge elicitation the dynamic nature of human information retrieval needs to be taken into account to obtain an ontology that is appropriate for its context of use. A further practical implication is that ontology developers need to be more specific and explicit about what they mean by the term ontology (e.g. does an ontology describe typical concept attributes or attributes that are true of most instances?) when explaining the use of concepts in ontologies to domain experts.Crown Copyright 2008
Applying Finite State Morphology to Conversion Between Roman and Perso-Arabic Writing Systems
Authors: Maleki Jalal  , Yaesoubi Maziar  , Ahrenberg Lars
Published: February 2025

This paper presents a method for converting back and forth between the Perso-Arabic and a romanized writing system for Persian. Given a word in one writing system, we use finite state transducers to generate morphological analysis for the word that is subsequently used to regenerate the orthography of the word in the other writing system. The system has been implemented in XFST and LEXC.
Colorimetrical analysis in vegetation state assessment
Authors: Kancheva R.  , Borisova D.
Published: February 2025

Remote sensing is an established technique in environmental studies. First of all, this concerns soil-vegetation ecosystems where the availability of means for vegetation monitoring, stress detection and state assessment is of great importance. A significant amount of research has been performed to develop efficient methods for monitoring of vegetation dynamics. A prevailing part of the works is devoted to the use of multispectral data transformations (vegetation indices) such as spectral bands ratios and linear combinations in order to estimate vegetation parameters. The dependence of vegetation spectral features in the visible and near infrared bands on plant biomass, chlorophyll content, canopy cover, etc. lies at the root of this approach.
Urban growth pattern of Didim
Authors: Esbah H.  , Kara B.  , Deniz B.  , Kesgin B.
Published: February 2025

Didim peninsula is the fattest growing urban area in the Aydin province, Turkey. Since 1990, the Town of Didim has changed significantly after discovered by domestic and international tourist. In spite of the recent rapid LULC change, Didim has not been spoiled compared to other big touristic towns of Turkey. Didim has been announced as “Tourism hot spot” in 2000, thus its planning is overseen by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Monitoring of the Didim's development is necessary to guide the Ministry in promoting sustainable planning guidelines. The present work aims to determine the characteristics and the amount of urban growth in Didim by using remote sensing and GIS technology. Already rectified Aster (dated 04/27/2005) and Spot 2X (03/02/1994) images were used as well as the population information, aerial photographs, city plans and thematic maps from previous studies. Object oriented classification technique is employed. Some complementary information is extracted from aerials and maps by on-screen digitization. Total of 16 LULC categories are defined. After, putting all information in the GIS database, the pattern of landscape change in Didim is described by using selected landscape metrics. The case study of the Town of Didim offers a good example of the impact of national policies on land use dynamics at local landscape scale. The findings indicate three simultaneous key trends: loss of coniferous forests, the thinning of the maqui vegetation cover, and intensification of urban areas on valuable class II type of soils. Identified trends have significant consequences in terms of the response that ecosystems have given to these anthropogenic landscape alterations. A strategy to promote sustainable land use management should be generated timely manner.
Oil-spill detection using generalized linear model and genetic algorithm: A case study in Lebanon
Authors: Özkan C.  , Sunar F.
Published: February 2025

Oil spill discharges have serious biological and economic impacts upon the marine environment. One of the most hazardous land-based threats with an estimation of 110,000 barrels of oil discharges was occurred in the Lebanon coast of the eastern Mediterranean Sea recently. Because of not enough cleaning activities, the oil pollution has spread 100 miles along the coast and effected also to Syria's shoreline. Depending on the wind and current condition, the spilled oil could also be a big threat to other neighborhood countries such as Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus.
Compilation and assessment of Pan-European land cover changes
Authors: Hazeu Gerard  , Mücher Sander  , Kramer Henk  , Kienast Felix
Published: February 2025

Simulating future land use changes requires knowledge about the present land use and the land use in the past. The knowledge on historical land cover changes is important for spatial planning, resource evaluation, ecological modeling etc. This paper describes the production of various land cover datasets, the assessment of the historical cover land dataset for 1960 (HISLU60) and the changes between 1960 and 1990.
Assessment of crop growth conditions for agri–environment ecosystem for modern landscape management
Authors: Dabrowska-Zielinska K.  , Budzynska M.  , Malek I.  , Bojanowski J.  , Bochenek Z.  , Lewinski St.
Published: February 2025

The area of the research is a part of the Landscape Park and belongs to agri–environment ecosystem of South-West Poland. The study on vegetation growth conditions has been carried out applying optical data from TERRA/ASTER, TERRA/MODIS, and ENVISAT/MERIS as well as microwave data from ENVISAT/ASAR. In situ data collected at the time of satellite observations were as follows: soil moisture, leaf area index, biomass, vegetation moisture, crop height, types of crop and its actual vegetation phenological stage. The supervised maximum likelihood classification method was applied to multispectral optical and multitemporal microwave satellite data to distinguish different crop type. From optical satellite data different vegetation and soil moisture indices have been calculated on the basis of surface reflectance and surface temperature supported with meteorological data. Assessment of heat fluxes applying surface temperature calculated from TERRA/ASTER and TERRA/MODIS images was very important for water balance assessment. From microwave satellite data, registered in various polarisations and incidence angles, the backscattering coefficients have been derived and related to soil moisture. It was presented that the classification obtained from ENVISAT ASAR VV HH IS4 and IS6 and assessment of soil moisture yield into good results close to these obtained from optical data, what is very important in regard to often cloud cover. It was very important to get evapotranspiration from optical data. The results should be implemented into management of agri–environment ecosystem. ENVISAT images have been obtained from ESA for CAT-1 1427 project, TERRA images for the national project 4T12E02630.
ERS data for rainfall-runoff models
Authors: Halounová L.  , Švec M.  , Horák J.  , Unucka J.  , Hanzlová M.  , Juříkovská L.
Published: February 2025

The presented project being a part of rainfall-runoff modeling is focused on determination of relations between soil moisture changes detected in radar data and precipitations. One catchment area of– the Olse River in the northern Moravia is used for. The catchment's land cover classes derived from Thematic Mapper data are decisive for creation of homogenous land cover patches. The changes are determined from ERS-2 data. The radar data were chosen according to the flood precipitations date in the catchments covering either before and after flood period or only after a flood one. Radar image data processing is performed by following working steps: image data filtering, band subtraction, delineation and selection of the same land cover patches; these areas were subdivided according to their change values derived from the radar data subtraction. These subareas were evaluated in GIS to find relations between the spatial distribution of the radar data changes and hydrological, morphological, and soil conditions.
A new index for the evaluation of land management in the framework of land degradation assessment
Authors: Imbrenda V.  , Simoniello T.  , Carone T.  , Coppola R.  , D'Emilio M.  , Lanfredi M.  , Liberti M.  , Macchiato M.
Published: February 2025

Soil degradation phenomena are induced by both natural (soil characteristics, climate conditions) and anthropogenic (overgrazing, deforestation, improper agricultural practices) factors. Among the man-induced factors, the intensive agriculture is one of the widest diffused causes of soil deterioration. Particularly, persistent passes of operative machineries produce a dangerous alteration of soil chemical-physical properties. In the framework of Interreg IIIB MILDMAP-MEDIA project, we developed a new index based on the integration of land cover classifications and slope for assessing the level of mechanization that combined with information on soil types allows for estimating the soil vulnerability to compaction.
Open source GRIFINOR platform for 3D spatial data presentation
Authors: Kolar J.  , Bayer T.  , Grill S.
Published: February 2025

The paper describes practical use of the research software platform GRIFINOR developed as a open-source tool for comprehensive presentation of spatial data in 3D format. It presents a supporting tool to project-oriented type of education in geoinformation technology (geomatics). Being developed in Aalborg University, the GRIFINOR platform is now subject of common development inside a group of interested researchers and software programmers spread around the world. The GRIFINOR platform development is based on vision of a product of modern media technology which allows data management, visualization, and exploration of geographic information in three-dimensions. The platform opens opportunities to implement concrete focused on particular concepts of geomatics and studying individual components of geomatics technology. The paper discusses some important skills that students can practice and also presents GRIFINOR research potentials. Some examples are given when the platform has been applied in teaching master students in geomatics study program.
Management Architecture and Systems for Future Internet Networks
Authors: Galis A.  , Denazis S.  , Bassi A.  , Giacomin P.  , Berl A.  , Fischer A.  , de Meer H.  , Srassner J.  , Davy S.  , Macedo D.  , Pujolle G.  , Loyola J.R.  , Serrat J.  , Lefevre L.  , Cheniour A.
Published: February 2025

This paper presents a new autonomic management architectural model consisting of a number of distributed management systems running within the network, which are described with the help of five abstractions and distributed systems: Virtualisation, Management, Knowledge, Service Enablers and Orchestration Planes. The envisaged solution is applicable to the management design of Future Internet as a service and self-aware network, which guarantees built-in orchestrated reliability, robustness, context, access, security, service support and self-management of the communication resources and services.
The Service Web: a Web of Billions of Services
Authors: Domingue John  , Fensel Dieter  , Davies John  , González-Cabero Rafael  , Pedrinaci Carlos
Published: February 2025

SOA4All, a collaborative European research and development project, is pioneering advanced web technology that will allow billions of parties to expose and consume IT services online. Four complementary technical advances are being integrated to create a coherent and domain-independent service delivery platform. Service-oriented architectures and service-orientation principles are being used to support the development of complex services based on distributed and reusable components. Web principles and technology are used to provide an underlying infrastructure that allows the integration of services at a world wide scale. Web 2.0 is used to structure human-machine cooperation in an efficient, user-adapted and cost effective manner. And semantic technology is used to enhance service discovery, composition and execution.