bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Data-driven Onboard Scheduling for an Autonomous Observation Satellite
Authors: Li Chao , De Causmaecker Patrick , Chen Yingwu
Published: July 2018

Observation requests for autonomous observation satellites are dynamically generated. Considering the limited computing resources, a data-driven onboard scheduling method combining AI techniques and polynomial-time heuristics is proposed in this work. To construct observation schedules, a framework with offline learning and onboard scheduling is adopted. A neural network is trained offline in ground stations to assign the scheduling priority to observation requests in the onboard scheduling, based on the optimized historical schedules obtained by genetic algorithms which are computationally demanding to run onboard. The computational simulations show that the performance of the scheduling heuristic is enhanced using the data-driven framework.
Repairing ASR output by Artificial Development and Ontology based Learning
Authors: Anantaram C. , Sangroya Amit , Rawat Mrinal , Chhabra Aishwarya
Published: July 2018

General purpose automatic speech recognition

(gpASR) systems such as Google, Watson, etc.

sometimes output inaccurate sentences when used

in a domain specific scenario as it may not have had

enough training samples for that particular domain

and context. Further, the accent of the speaker and

the environmental conditions in which the speaker

speaks a sentence may influence the speech engine

to recognize certain words inaccurately. Many approaches

to improve the accuracy of ASR output

exist. However, in the context of a domain and

the environment in which a speaker speaks the sentences,

gpASR output needs a lot of improvement

in order to provide effective speech interfaces to

domain-specific systems. In this paper, we demonstrate

a method that combines bio-inspired artifi-

cial development (ArtDev) with machine learning

(ML) approaches to repair the output of a gpASR.

Our method factors in the environment to tailor the

repair process.
Near Real-Time Detection of Poachers from Drones in AirSim
Authors: Bondi Elizabeth , Kapoor Ashish , Dey Debadeepta , Piavis James , Shah Shital , Hannaford Robert , Iyer Arvind , Joppa Lucas , Tambe Milind
Published: July 2018

The unrelenting threat of poaching has led to increased development of new technologies to combat it. One such example is the use of thermal infrared cameras mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) to spot poachers at night and report them to park rangers before they are able to harm any animals. However, monitoring the live video stream from these conservation UAVs all night is an arduous task. Therefore, we discuss SPOT (Systematic Poacher deTector), a novel application that augments conservation drones with the ability to automatically detect poachers and animals in near real time. SPOT illustrates the feasibility of building upon state-of-the-art AI techniques, such as Faster RCNN, to address the challenges of automatically detecting animals and poachers in infrared images. This paper reports (i) the design of SPOT, (ii) efficient processing techniques to ensure usability in the field, (iii) evaluation of SPOT based on historical videos and a real-world test run by the end-users, Air Shepherd, in the field, and (iv) the use of AirSim for live demonstration of SPOT. The promising results from a field test have led to a plan for larger-scale deployment in a national park in southern Africa. While SPOT is developed for conservation drones, its design and novel techniques have wider application for automated detection from UAV videos.
Aesop: A Visual Storytelling Platform for Conversational AI
Authors: Meo Tim , Raghavan Aswin , Salter David A. , Tozzo Alex , Tamrakar Amir , Amer Mohamed
Published: July 2018

We present a new collaborative visual storytelling platform, Aesop, for direction and animation. Aesop consists of a language parser, human gesture monitoring, composition graphs, dialogue state manager, and an interactive 3D animation software. Aesop thus enables 3D spatial and temporal reasoning which are both essential for storytelling. Our key innovation is to enable conversational AI using both verbal and non-verbal communication, which enables research in language, vision, and planning.
Multi-Sensor Mobile Platform for the Recognition of Activities of Daily Living and their Environments based on Artificial Neural Networks
Authors: Pires Ivan Miguel , Pombo Nuno , Garcia Nuno M. , Flórez-Revuelta Francisco
Published: July 2018

The recognition of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and their environments based on sensors available in off-the-shelf mobile devices is an emerging topic. These devices are capable to acquire and process the sensors' data for the correct recognition of the ADL and their environments, providing a fast and reliable feedback to the user. However, the methods implemented in a mobile application for this purpose should be adapted to the low resources of these devices. This paper focuses on the demonstration of a mobile application that implements a framework, that forks their implementation in several modules, including data acquisition, data processing, data fusion and classification methods based on the sensors? data acquired from the accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, microphone and Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. The framework presented is a function of the number of sensors available in the mobile devices and implements the classification with Deep Neural Networks (DNN) that reports an accuracy between 58.02% and 89.15%.
IBM Scenario Planning Advisor: Plan Recognition as AI Planning in Practice
Authors: Sohrabi Shirin , Katz Michael , Hassanzadeh Oktie , Udrea Octavian , Feblowitz Mark D.
Published: July 2018

We present the IBM Research Scenario Planning Advisor (SPA), a decision support system that allows users to generate diverse alternate scenarios of the future and enhance their ability to imagine the different possible outcomes, including unlikely but potentially impactful futures. The system includes tooling for experts to intuitively encode their domain knowledge, and uses AI Planning to reason about this knowledge and the current state of the world, including news and social media, when generating scenarios.
Curly: An AI-based Curling Robot Successfully Competing in the Olympic Discipline of Curling
Authors: Won Dong-Ok , Kim Byung-Do , Kim Ho-Jung , Eom Tae-San , Müller Klaus-Robert , Lee Seong-Whan
Published: July 2018

Most artificial intelligence (AI) based learning systems act in virtual or laboratory environments. Here we demonstrate an AI-based curling robot system named `Curly' that competes on a real-world curling ice sheet. Curly encompasses (1) an AI-based curling strategy and simulation engine under consideration of the high `icy' uncertainty, (2) the thrower robot enabled by autonomous driving with traction control, and (3) the skip robot that allows to recognize the curling field and stone configuration based on vision technology. The Curly performed well both: in classical game situations and when interacting with human opponents, namely, the top-ranked Korean amateur high school curling team.
Organizations teacher training course with blended learning model
Authors: Kim Chung Pham
Published: July 2018

The renovation program of general education require organize training courses with large numbers of teachers in the country to meet the basic requirements of innovation education. With these powerful capabilities and efficiency of the course in the model of Blended learning will save time, budget and improve the effectiveness of teacher training courses.

Blended learning model is the coordination between “face to face”teaching with the online learning model today. Blended learning is seen as a pedagogical approach, integrating the efficiency and social opportunities in the classroom with the ability to promote positive learning with the support of technology in environmental online course.

The study refers to building a model of teacher training on a cloud computing platform that will "simplify" and "technologyize" all the activities of stakeholders in the training process. The organization of these activities takes place through LMS with a large number of participants, with no restrictions on space, time, interoperability, and integration of resources support the training of teachers regularly, continuously.
Pengaruh Kecerahan Warna Lipstik terhadap Banyaknya Kandungan Logam Berat Timbal, Kromium, dan Kadmium yang Dianalisis Menggunakan Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS)
Authors: Adinda Ayuni , Trisnawati Ade , Ayu W Novia Fahmi , Restiawati Mayang
Published: July 2018

Lipstik biasa dimanfaatkan untuk memberikan warna pada bibir, namun kosmetik ini ternyata  menyimpan potensi buruk bagi kesehatan manusia. Beberapa lipstik diduga mengandung logam berat yang berbahaya bagi tubuh manusia seperti timbal (Pb), kromium (Cr), dan kadmium (Cd). Semakin gelap warna lipstik, maka kandungan timbalnya disinyalir semakin tinggi. Efek yang ditimbulkan tidak serta merta tampak pada pemakai lipstik karena kandungan logam beratnya, namun jika bahan-bahan tersebut terakumulasi dalam tubuh maka pada suatu saat akan menimbulkan efek yang besar karena bersifat toksik dan karsinogen. Pada umumnya kandungan logam berat yang nilainya kecil dalam suatu bahan sukar ditentukan keberadaannya dengan pereaksi-pereaksi kimia, tetapi dapat diketahui jumlah dan keberadaannya dengan spektrofotometri serapan atom. Logam berat yang akan dianalisis adalah logam timbal (Pb), kromium (Cr), dan kadmium (Cd). Data diperoleh dengan cara mencatat hasil uji menggunakan alat spektrofotometer serapan atom kemudian dianalisis dengan menggunakan uji-T.
KEBERLAKUAN NOMINA SEBAGAI PREDIKAT DALAM KALIMAT BAHASA INDONESIA: KAJIAN SINTAKSIS (NOUN EXISTENCE AS PREDICATE IN SENTENCE OF INDONESIAN LANGUAGE: A STUDY ON SYNTAX)
Authors: Ambiya Mujahid Zenul
Published: July 2018

In Indonesian language, there are noun that occupy predicate. However, noun are often not considered as predicate by linguists. This day, generaly speaking that verba occupy predicate. Purpose of this research is to describe (1) character of noun, (2) noun that occupy predicate and subject, (3) influence of noun predicate on role argument, (4) presence of copula in sentence with noun as predicate. This type of research is qualitative research. Data analysis method is distribution method. Data analysis techniques is divide direct elements, insert, extend, and reverse. Result of this research is predicate noun has characteristic can be inserted with bukan, dari, yang, menjadi, merupakan, adalah, ialah, dan, hanya, and atau. Noun that occupy predicate are less individual than it subject. Noun occupying predicate also influence role semantic arguments around it. Sentence with noun predicate can be inserted with copula, but sentence is different from sentence with noun predicate. Abstrak Dalam bahasa Indonesia, terdapat nomina yang menduduki predikat. Namun, nomina sering tidak diperhitungkan dalam posisinya sebagai predikat oleh ahli bahasa. Dewasa ini, umum dibicarakan verba yang menduduki sebagai predikat. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan (1) ciri nomina, (2) nomina yang menduduki predikat dan subjek, (3) pengaruh predikat nomina terhadap peran argumen, (4) kehadiran kopula dalam kalimat dengan nomina sebagai predikat. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif. Data dalam penelitian ini adalah kalimat-kalimat yang mengandung predikat yang berkelas kata nomina dalam bahasa Indonesia. Dalam penelitian ini, sumber data primer adalah Solopos dan Kompas. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode simak. Teknik pengumpulan data adalah teknik catat. Metode analisis data adalah metode agih. Teknik analisis data menggunakan teknik bagi unsur langsung, sisip, perluas, dan balik. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah nomina yang menduduki predikat memiliki ciri dapat disisipi dengan bukan, dari, yang, menjadi, merupakan, adalah, ialah, dan, hanya, dan atau. Nomina yang menduduki predikat lebih tidak individual daripada subjeknya. Kemudian, nomina yang menduduki predikat juga mempengaruhi peran semantis argumen di sekitarnya. Kalimat berpredikat nomina dapat disisipi dengan kopula, tetapi kalimat tersebut berbeda dengan kalimat berpredikat nomina.
钢结构防腐施工管理和质量管理与控制
Authors: 赵 建行
Published: July 2018

在建筑工程中， 钢结构由于自身的优势被广泛应用其中， 但其也具有易腐蚀性。 基于此， 本研究在概述钢结构防腐相关理论和做好施工管理和质量控制的重要性的基础上， 分析了影响钢结构腐蚀的主要因素， 并提出了做好施工管理和质量控制的建议， 以希望发挥钢结构在建筑工程中的作用。
水利水电工程质量管理探讨
Authors: 杨 帆
Published: July 2018

随着中国国民经济及社会的快速发展， 中国水利水电工程得到了前所未有的进步， 其水利水电工程不仅仅是社会的助推器， 还是国计民生的重要基础设施建设， 是国家重要的工程项目之一。 基于此， 论文从水利水电工程施工质量管理特点入手， 对其质量管理进行分析， 旨在提高水利水电工程质量管理水平， 促进水利水电工程健康顺利的完成。
群控电梯客流分析及模拟
Authors: 邓 岗 , 吕 增及
Published: July 2018

群控电梯是各个厂家热门研究方向， 各个厂家模拟电梯运行均有诸多课题， 如何提供电梯群控客流分析是一个难点， 电梯客流具有很多特性， 如电梯客流的随机性、 离散性、 不确定性等诸多原因， 可以认为电梯乘客到达模式属于 Poison 类型[1]， 因此我们围绕乘客乘坐电梯的起始楼层、 乘客乘坐电梯的目标楼层与乘客何时乘坐电梯三点进行研究， 通过数学模型,编写程序算法,可以得到各种模式客流模式数据[2]， 所得数据为判断电梯群控算法提供良好的依据。
水利工程施工中防渗技术的微探
Authors: 任 斌
Published: July 2018

尽管中国近年来在水利工程事业上取得了很大进步， 但由于种种客观因素的限制， 仍然存在着很多问题， 最明显的要属防渗问题， 防渗施工质量的优劣不仅对水利工程的施工质量具有严重影响， 甚至还会威胁到人民群众的生命财产安全。所以， 水利工程施工过程中的防渗问题，一直是水利工程施工的难点， 也是行业研究的重点所在。基于此， 本文从防渗施工技术应用于水利工程施工中的重要意义入手， 结合施工中常见问题对水利工程渗水原因进行了探析， 并且对水利工程施工防渗技术进行了具体介绍， 旨在进一步提高水利工程的防渗水平， 为水利工程的经济效益， 以及国民经济的健康发展提供重要保障。
浅谈柔性化箱式贮丝模式的设计及应用
Authors: 栗 丰斌
Published: July 2018

目前烟草加工企业在烟丝的贮丝工艺环节有箱式贮丝和柜式贮丝两种模式， 箱式贮丝模式是柔性化生产的典型技术。 本文通过对两种贮丝模式的对比， 分析了箱式贮丝模式的设计原理和优点， 探讨了箱式贮丝模式与现代物流系统在整体制丝生产环节需要注意的问题。
浅谈深化设计在机电安装工程中的应用
Authors: 李 葆珺
Published: July 2018

随着建筑机电工程自动化水平的不断提高， 管线系统的复杂度也越来越高， 可以说对于施工现场所需的施工图纸， 设计院所出的蓝图已经不能满足了， 往往需要我们专业机电安装企业进行再次深化， 越来越多的工程实践表明深化图纸在机电安装工程中所扮演的角色是越来越重要了。基于此， 本文首先从含义以及价值等方面对深化设计技术进行了简单介绍， 其次从技术实施的原则， 实施的准备， 与其他建设单位的配合， 深化设计在机电安装工程中具体应用， 并结合上海国际航运服务中心西地块项目施工中遇到的各类问题， 等几方面阐述了深化设计在机电安装工程中所起的重要作用。
基于分布式及微服务的IT自动化工具开发运维实践
Authors: 付 永振 , 魏 春来
Published: July 2018

随着私有云 IT 设备数量的日益增加和新技术的不断应用， 以及资源变动的日益频繁， 维护人员所面临的压力也越来越大。 如若遵循原有的维护方式， 凭借现有的维护人员数量、 维护人员能力、 维护工作经验， 已难以应对公司向 ICT 转型过程中所出现的新挑战。 本文秉承分布式及微服务的理念， 开发了 IT 自动化运维工具， 实现了对于 IT 基础设施的健康检查、 配置管理、 变更管理等功能。不仅有效地提高了运维人员的工作效率， 也一定程度上提升了员工的自主研发水平， 有效促进了公司 IT 运维向 DevOps 模式转型。
重庆南桐采煤区矿山地质环境与综合治理模式及应用效果分析
Authors: 潘 国海
Published: July 2018

煤矿开采过程中会对地质环境等造成严重的破坏， 因而综合治理模式的应用对于保护采煤区矿上地质环境的保护具有重要的意义。基于此， 本研究在概述综合治理模式相关理论的基础上， 以重庆南桐采煤区矿山地质环境为例， 分析了该地区地质环境的现状， 提出了综合治理方案， 并对综合治理模式的应用效果进行了探讨， 同时也提出了保障措施， 以希望综合治理模式的应用能够起到更好的效果。
Sosein as Subject Matter
Authors: Plebani Matteo
Published: July 2018

(Neo)Meinongians in general, and Routley in particular, subscribe to the principle of the independence of Sosein from Sein (Routley 1980). In this paper, I put forward an interpretation of the independence principle that philosophers working outside the Meinongian tradition can accept. Drawing on recent work by Stephen Yablo and others on the notion of subject matter, I offer a new account of the notion of Sosein (Being-so) as a subject matter (or topic) and argue that in some cases Sosein might be independent from Sein (Being, Existence). The question whether numbers exist, for instance, is not part of the question of how numbers are, which is the topic mathematicians are interested in.
Richard Routley, "Semantic Analysis of Entailment and Relevant Implication: I"
Authors: Ferenz Nicholas
Published: July 2018

A transcription of Richard Routley's manuscript, "Semantic Analysis of Entailment and Relevant Implication: I".
The Last Man
Authors: Lamb Roger
Published: July 2018

I examine the basic logical character of ‘the last man example’, as well as the logical character of one of its more important variants. Although it has one striking antecedent in recent philosophy – of which more later – it’s fair to regard it as an example first presented to a contemporary audience by Richard Routley in his 1973 paper, ‘Is There a Need for a New, an Environmental, Ethic?’.  I want to determine exactly how the example goes and what it shows. I want to determine what it does not show. One reason for engaging in this exercise is the striking and engaging character of the last man example itself. Another is that a large number of environmental philosophers have since referred to the last man but have drawn different, sometimes contrary, lessons from it – though we won’t have time here to visit any but the earliest of these responses. It seems to me time to patiently revisit the example and time to attempt a conclusive understanding of its significance. A second, and broader, purpose I have is to describe the meta-ethical views it led Routley to adopt – or manufacture! – in an attempt to philosophically position his normative stance within a more fundamental, explanatory, framework.
Nostalgia against melancholy: artistic corporeal representations of the eternal return as a solution. A comparative approach to the work of Jon Mirande and Balthasar Klossowski
Authors: Elizalde Estenaga Amaia
Published: July 2018

This paper focuses on the role that nostalgia and memory play in avoiding the melancholy that the idea of death and passage of concrete real time convey to human beings. While archaic societies found collective responses to the issue and believed in the myth of the eternal return and cyclical time, their modern counterparts started to understand time as linear and, as a consequence, had to find other strategies to abolish concrete real time. By analysing art works from the anthropological and comparative approaches of art criticism, it is contended that art has been an important means to resolve the problem, as some of the corporeal artistic representations of the eternal return created during the 20th century demonstrate.
The Memory Places and Color: The Methods and Practices of Color Use in Ethnographic Research
Authors: Işıklı Hasan
Published: July 2018

Nowadays art festivals engage more to organize their events in unusual places. Either for the sake of city branding or a pure cultural memory action, a performance might be set in a forgotten memory place. The place which is distinguished sharply by a comfortable concert hall becomes one of the actors of the event and the participant questions a past that s/he hasn’t been strongly connected. Thus, the individual is not only aroused by the performance itself and the information in the booklets but also physical environment has an affect. This article aims to tackle the contribution of color as an instrument of data collection in qualitative research. By using color tablets inspired by the colorist Kobayashi the colors are tested firstly as a visual to learn how they make sense in Izmir during International Izmir Festival. Secondly, they are questioned how the participants embed colors’ senses to the memory places where they attended to the concerts. The research process indicates that the experience of a concert might not be visually powerful enough to associate memory places with the colors. However, the technique of color tablets becomes prompting object which support the dialogue construction between the fieldworker and informant. Thus, as an instrument for evocation and conversation color tablets become interactive objects for remembering of the festival experience and it mediates the social roles of the informants and the fieldworker.
Cities largely dependent on groundwater
Authors: Carvalho-Resende Tales
Published: July 2018

This map presents cities largely dependent on groundwater.

For more information, visit: www.whymap.org

Groundwater
Supply
Global upstream protected land
Authors: Meyer Chloé
Published: July 2018

Upstream protected land measures the percentage of total water supply that originates from protected ecosystems. Modified land use can affect the health of freshwater ecosystems and have severe downstream impacts on both water quality and quantity. IUCN category V protected lands, as well as a large number of unclassi ed proposed lands, breeding centers, municipal parks, cultural and historic sites, and exclusively marine areas, are excluded.

Biodiversity
Surface water
Global seasonal variability
Authors: Meyer Chloé
Published: July 2018

Seasonal variability measures variation in water supply between months of the year.

Drought
Flood
Surface water
Economical exposition to drought events (1980-2001)
Authors: Meyer Chloé
Published: July 2018

Estimation of the annual economical exposition to drought based on Standardized Precipitation Index. It is based on three sources: 1) A global monthly gridded precipitation dataset obtained from the Climatic Research Unit (University of East Anglia). 2) A GIS modeling of global Standardized Precipitation Index based on Brad Lyon (IRI, Columbia University) methodology. 3) A Global Domestic Product grid for the year 2010, provided by the World Bank.

Unit is expected average annual GDP (2007 as the year of reference) exposed in (US $, year 2000 equivalent).

For more information, visit: http://preview.grid.unep.ch/

Cost
Drought
Exposure
Risk
Tropical cyclones surges frequency (1975-2007)
Authors: Seewsagur Lakshmi
Published: July 2018

This layer presents an estimation of surges triggered by tropical cyclone frequency of Saffir-Simpson category (Don't forget to zoom on the coasts you are interested in!) Here, unit is expected average number of event per year. However, source unit is expected average number of event per 1000 year.

For more information, visit the Global Risk Data Platform: http://preview.grid.unep.ch/

Disaster
Exposure
Risk
Economical exposition to surges from tropical cyclones (1975–2007)
Authors: Seewsagur Lakshmi
Published: July 2018

This layer presents an estimation of the annual economical exposition to tropical cyclone surges. (Don't forget to zoom on the coast!)

Unit is expected average annual GDP (2010 as the year of reference) exposed in (US $, year 2000 equivalent).

For more information, visit the Global Risk Data Platform: http://preview.grid.unep.ch

Cost
Disaster
Exposure
Flood
Risk
Surface water as abstraction source for drinking water supply in 2014
Authors: Seewsagur Lakshmi
Published: July 2018

Data is given as the percentage of water abstracted for drinking supply that comes from surface water. Abstraction sources include: groundwater, spring water, surface water, other sources and imported water.

The full data are available online. For more information, visit: www.waterstatistics.org

Abstraction
Drinking water
Human settlements
Supply
Contribution of transboundary water to the total renewable water resources (2014)
Authors: Seewsagur Lakshmi
Published: July 2018

Also called the dependency ratio indicator.

Methods of calculation:

Dependency ratio = 100 percent*(IWR)/ ([IWR] + [IRWR]) (Equation 6)

IWR = SW1IN + SW2IN + SWPR + SWPL + GWIN (Equation 7)

Where: IWR = total volume of incoming water resources from neighbouring countries; IRWR = internal renewable water resources; SW1IN = volume of surface water entering the country which is not submitted to treaties; SW2IN= volume of surface water entering the country which is secured through treaties; SWPR = accounted flow of border rivers; SWPL = accounted part of shared lakes; GWIN = groundwater entering the country.

For more information, visit: http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/maps/index.stm and http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y4473e/y4473e07.htm

Supply
Transboundary
Presence of water in 237 water points in Haiti (2013-2016)
Authors: Meyer Chloé
Published: July 2018

This layer identifies if any water was available at the water point on the day of the visit (recognizing that it may be a limited flow) in Haiti. Data was gathered from the Water Point Data Exchange (WPDx) platform, a tool established for sharing water point data throughout the global water sector.

The goal of the Water Point Data Exchange is to simplify the way water point data is shared so all stakeholders can work more efficiently.

For more information, visit the WPDx website at https://www.waterpointdata.org/

Accessibility
Drinking water
Supply
Presence of water in 773 water points in Nicaragua (1980-2016)
Authors: Meyer Chloé
Published: July 2018

This layer identifies if any water was available at the water point on the day of the visit (recognizing that it may be a limited flow) in Nicaragua. Data was gathered from the Water Point Data Exchange (WPDx) platform, a tool established for sharing water point data throughout the global water sector.

The goal of the Water Point Data Exchange is to simplify the way water point data is shared so all stakeholders can work more efficiently.

For more information, visit the WPDx website at https://www.waterpointdata.org/

Accessibility
Drinking water
Supply
Proportion of deaths attributable to water, sanitation and hygiene in 2004
Authors: Guefradj Najet
Published: July 2018

This layer presents the percentage of deaths related to WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) out of the total number of deaths in each country in 2004. Those estimates are provided by the World Health Organization. This layer also provides data for each WASH-related disease.

You can access the report here: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/43840/1/9789241596435_eng.pdf

For more information and to access the raw data, visit the WHO website: http://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/publications/saferwater/en/

Drinking water
Health
Hygiene
Sanitation
Estimated post-neonatal deaths attributable to diarrhoea disease in 2015
Authors: Guefradj Najet
Published: July 2018

This layer represents the estimated percentage of post-neonatal (1 month old to 5 years old) deaths due to diarrhoea out of the total number of post-neonatal deaths for each country in 2015. Those estimates are provided by the World Health Organization and by the Maternal and Child Epidemiology Estimation Group (MCEE-John Hopkins University). Data for neonatal and under five children are also available by clicking in a specific country.

You can access the report here: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/43840/1/9789241596435_eng.pdf

For more information and to access the raw data, visit the WHO website: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.main.ghe1002015-CH3?lang=en

Health
Youth
Estimated post-neonatal deaths attributable to malaria disease in 2015
Authors: Guefradj Najet
Published: July 2018

This layer represents the estimated percentage of post-neonatal (1 month old to 5 years old) deaths due to malaria out of the total number of post-neonatal deaths for each country in 2015. Those estimates are provided by the World Health Organization and by the Maternal and Child Epidemiology Estimation Group (MCEE-John Hopkins University). Data for neonatal and under five children are also available by clicking in a specific country.

You can access the report here: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/43840/1/9789241596435_eng.pdf

For more information and to access the raw data, visit the WHO website: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.main.ghe1002015-CH8?lang=en

Health
Quality
Groundwater storage change across the Indo-Gangetic basin
Authors: Archambault Gabin
Published: July 2018

This 1 km resolution grid shows the estimated mean annual groundwater storage change (in cm) across the aquifer based on annual groundwater-level change and specific yield.

Methodology and a full list of data sources used can be found in the peer-reviewed paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2791.epdf?author_access_token=_2Z_fJZxRkSVmgVJ7xHTVdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0O07GfIlzqIVm44UgFPb1r62_FUJLao4zkJSzYpv-4gIWJorRXEpgh4iarB8vlRNY_tGV_18CAf2j-_GnADYbdp

The raster and a high resolution PDF file are available for download on the website of British Geological Survey (BGS): http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/international/SEAsiaGroundwater/mapsDownload.html

Abstraction
Groundwater
Storage
Groundwater level trends across the Indo-Gangetic basin
Authors: Archambault Gabin
Published: July 2018

This 1 km resolution grid shows mean annual change in water-table levels across the aquifer during the period 2000 to 2010 in meters per year.

Methodology and a full list of data sources used can be found in the peer-reviewed paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2791.epdf?author_access_token=_2Z_fJZxRkSVmgVJ7xHTVdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0O07GfIlzqIVm44UgFPb1r62_FUJLao4zkJSzYpv-4gIWJorRXEpgh4iarB8vlRNY_tGV_18CAf2j-_GnADYbdp

The raster and a high resolution PDF file are available for download on the website of British Geological Survey (BGS): http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/international/SEAsiaGroundwater/mapsDownload.html

Abstraction
Groundwater
Stress
Groundwater abstraction across the Indo-Gangetic basin (2010)
Authors: Archambault Gabin
Published: July 2018

This 1 km resolution grid shows the estimated mean annual groundwater abstraction in millimeters across the Indo-Gangetic basin based on data from 2010.

Methodology and a full list of data sources used can be found in the peer-reviewed paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2791.epdf?author_access_token=_2Z_fJZxRkSVmgVJ7xHTVdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0O07GfIlzqIVm44UgFPb1r62_FUJLao4zkJSzYpv-4gIWJorRXEpgh4iarB8vlRNY_tGV_18CAf2j-_GnADYbdp

The raster and a high resolution PDF file are available for download on the website of British Geological Survey (BGS): http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/international/SEAsiaGroundwater/mapsDownload.html

Abstraction
Groundwater
Stress
Disability-Adjusted Life Year attributable to unsafe sanitation in 2015 for 5 to 14 year-old females
Authors: Guefradj Najet
Published: July 2018

This layer represents the percentage of Disability-Adjusted Life Year attributable to unsafe sanitation in 2015, for 5 to 14 year-old females. Data for other age ranges are also available in the table.

One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of "healthy" life. The sum of DALYs across a population help to quantify the burden of disease, and to evaluate the gap between current health status and an ideal health situation.

Estimates and additional related resources can be found in the Global Burden of Study here: http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-2015 For more information, visit the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation website: http://www.healthdata.org/gbd

Gender
Health
Quality
Water supply seasonal variability in 2013
Authors: Guefradj Najet
Published: July 2018

The water supply seasonal variability is a normalized indicator of the variation in water supply between months of the year. Estimations are given for the year 2014. Seasonal variability is calculated as the standard deviation of monthly total blue water divided by the mean of total blue water calculated using the monthly mean. The indicator was created by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and ranges from 0-5, where 0 is lowest and 5 is highest. Values represent the "All-sector" indicator, and have been rounded to the nearest tenth by AQUASTAT.

For more information, see WRI original analysis here: wri.org/publication/aqueduct-country-river-basin-rankings.

Visit the FAO Aquastat website: http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/query/index.html?lang=en

Supply
Flood occurence in 2013
Authors: Guefradj Najet
Published: July 2018

The flood occurence is a normalized indicator of the number of floods recorded from 1985 to 2011, using the total number of floods observed in that period. The indicator was created by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and ranges from 0-5, where 0 is lowest and 5 is highest. Values represent the "All-sector" indicator, and have been rounded to the nearest tenth by AQUASTAT.

For more information, see WRI original analysis here: wri.org/publication/aqueduct-country-river-basin-rankings.

Visit the FAO Aquastat website: http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/query/index.html?lang=en

Exposure
Flood
Risk
National Rainfall Index (1998-2003)
Authors: Guefradj Najet
Published: July 2018

The National Rainfal Index (NRI) is defined as the national average of the total annual precipitation weighted by its long-term average (here, the average rainfall covering the years 1986 and 2001). The NRI can be used as an indicator of the quality of the agricultural season. Here, the median of the 1998-2003 period is provided.

For more information on the NRI, please see the dedicated Climpag page: http://www.fao.org/nr/climpag/nri/nrilist_en.asp

Visit the FAO Aquastat website at: http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/data/query/index.html?lang=en

Agriculture
Surface water
Disability-Adjusted Life Year attributable to typhoid fever in 2015 for 15-49 year-old males
Authors: Guefradj Najet
Published: July 2018

This layer represents the percentage of total Disability-Adjusted Life Year attributable to typhoid fever for 15-49 year-old males in 2015.

One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of "healthy" life. The sum of DALYs across a population help to quantify the burden of disease, and to evaluate the gap between current health status and an ideal health situation.

Estimates and additional related resources can be found in the Global Burden of Study here: http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-2015 For more information, visit the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation website: http://www.healthdata.org/gbd

Health
Youth
Disability-Adjusted Life Year attributable to typhoid fever in 2015 for 15-49 years-old females
Authors: Guefradj Najet
Published: July 2018

This layer represents the percentage of total Disability-Adjusted Life Year attributable to typhoid fever for 15-49 year-old females in 2015.

One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of "healthy" life. The sum of DALYs across a population help to quantify the burden of disease, and to evaluate the gap between current health status and an ideal health situation.

Estimates and additional related resources can be found in the Global Burden of Study here: http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-2015 For more information, visit the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation website: http://www.healthdata.org/gbd

Health
Youth
Disability-Adjusted Life Year attributable to hepatitis A in 2015 for 15-49 year-old males
Authors: Guefradj Najet
Published: July 2018

This layer represents the percentage of total Disability-Adjusted Life Year attributable to hepatitis A for 15-49 year-old males in 2015.

One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of "healthy" life. The sum of DALYs across a population help to quantify the burden of disease, and to evaluate the gap between current health status and an ideal health situation.

Estimates and additional related resources can be found in the Global Burden of Study here: http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-2015 For more information, visit the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation website: http://www.healthdata.org/gbd

Gender
Health
Quality
Effect of Cutting Conditions and Cooling Fluid on the Surface Roughness of AA2024 in Turning Process
Authors: Jodia Wafa Mahdi
Published: July 2018

This research studied the effect of cutting conditions and cooling fluid on the surface roughness for Aluminum alloy2024 worked by a turning machine in dry and wet cutting cases. The work was performed with different spindle speeds and feed rates with a constant depth of cutting. The cooling fluid used in this work was emulsion water (water/oil). The results proved that the cutting conditions and the coolant have a significant effect to maintain the surface with a least roughness (Ra) possible even without the use of the coolant. On the other hand, the results showed that the feed rate was very effective factor compared to the spindle speed.
Experimental and Numerical Study to Enhance of Heat Transfer Coefficient in Air Flow Using Microchannel
Authors: Jalil Jalal M. , Aziz Ghada A. , Kadhim Amjed A.
Published: July 2018

Experimental and numerical study of fluid flow and heat transfer in microchannel airflow is investigated. The study covers changing the cooling of micro-channel for the velocities and heater powers. The dimensions of the microchannel were, length = 0.1m, width = 0.001m, height = 0.0005 m. The experimental and numerical results were compared with the previous paper for velocities up to 20 m/s and heater powers up to 5 W and the comparison was acceptable. In this paper, the results were extended numerically for velocities up to 60 m/s. The numerical solution used finite volume (SIMPLE algorithm) to solve Navier Stokes equations (continuity, momentum and energy). The results show that the heat transfer coefficient increases up to 220 W/m2 oC for velocity 60 m/s.
POSITIVE INTEGER SOLUTION OF THE MATRIX EQUATION Xn = A FOR THIRD-ORDER MATRICES IN THE CASE OF POSITIVE INTEGERS n
Authors: Yakuto K. L.
Published: July 2018

The problem of the positive integer solution of the equation Xn = A for different-order matrices is important to solve a large range of problems related to the modeling of economic and social processes. The need to solve similar problems also arises in areas such as management theory, dynamic programming technique for solving some differential equations. In this connection, it is interesting to question the existence of positive and positive integer solutions of the nonlinear equations of the form Xn = A for different-order matrices in the case of the positive integer n. The purpose of this work is to explore the possibility of using analytical methods to obtain positive integer solutions of nonlinear matrix equations of the form Xn = A where A, X are the third-order matrices, n is the positive integer. Elements of the original matrix A are integer and positive numbers. The present study found that when the root of the nth degree of the third-order matrix will have zero diagonal elements and nonzero and positive off-diagonal elements, the root of the nth degree of the third-order matrix will have two zero diagonal elements and nonzero positive off-diagonal elements. It was shown that to solve the problem of finding positive integer solutions of the matrix equation for third-order matrices in the case of the positive integer n, the analytical techniques can be used. The article presents the formulas that allow one to find the roots of positive integer matrices for n = 3,…,5. However, the methodology described in the article can be adopted to find the natural roots of the third-order matrices for large n.
THERMAL EFFECTS IN THE EYE-SAFE RING OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR BASED ON KTiOPO4 CRYSTALS
Authors: Rusak A. A. , Dashkevich U. I. , Orlovich V. A. , Shradarevich A. P.
Published: July 2018

For an eye-safe optical parametric oscillator (OPO) built on the basis of a three-mirror ring cavity, each section of which (the space between adjacent plane mirrors) contains a x-cut KTiOPO4 (KТР) crystal having a size of 15(х) × 7(y) × 7(z) mm3, the thermal effects due to idler wave absorption in KTP crystals were investigated. These thermal effects were evaluated by means of experimental measurement of the change in the OPO performance (divergence of the output beam and pulse energy) when transferring the OPO from the mode of generation of occasional single pulses to the mo de of generation of periodically repetitive pulses. It was found when the eye-safe OPO pumped by multimode YAG: Nd laser radiation generates 8-ns pulses with a repetition rate of 10 Hz and an energy of 30–35 mJ, thermal distortions of KTP crystals placed in metal holders at their natural air-cooling, are moderate. The total effect of positive thermolenses induced in nonlinear crystals leads to an increase in the divergence of the beam of the eye-safe OPO by 10 % and to a decrease in the efficiency of the OPO by 0.76 %, by virtue of fact that the induced thermal lenses are not ideal and thereby introduce additional aberration losses into the OPO cavity. The theoretical simulation of the OPO operation in the plane-wave approximation with the use of a system of three coupled first-order abridged differential equations showed that among three KTP crystals the KTP crystal placed first in the path of pump radiation in the OPO is the largest thermal load and the action of the most intense beams.
INFRARED RADIATION CONVERTER BASED ON FABRY – PEROT MICRORESONATORS
Authors: Pilipovich V. M. , Zalesski V. B. , Kanojka A. I. , Kravchenko V. M. , Reshikov K. A.
Published: July 2018

The method of transformation of information from one spectral range to another based on Fabry – Perot microresonators is offered. The method uses incident radiation of an object as affecting a microresonator material (a microresonator material must absorb this radiation), and visible radiation of the optical part of the spectrum as sensing, or reading radiation (a microresonator material should not absorb this radiation). The absorbed energy of incident radiation leads to a change in a microcavity temperature, which results in a change in the optical base of the resonator. The high sensitivity of the Fabry – Perot microcavities is a consequence of the fact that the principle of their operation is based on the physical phenomenon of multipath interference. A common shortcoming of the Fabry – Perot standards is their sensitivity to operating conditions, for example, to a change in the ambient temperature, which also leads to a change in the optical base of the resonator, as well as the influence of IR radiation. This leads to a shift in the spectral characteristics of transmittance or reflection of the Fabry – Perot standards, which worsens their performance characteristics. The method allows one to minimize the environmental temperature fluctuation influence on characteristics of the Fabry – Perot microresonator, which is an element that transforms the information from one spectral range to another. Minimization is performed when the starting temperature point of the microresonator corresponds to a maximum change in the probing radiation intensity due to the temperature.
INFLUENCE OF P16 GENE METHYLATION ON THE RISK OF PROGRESSION OF NON-MUSCLE INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER
Authors: Smal M. P. , Nikitchenko N. V. , Rolevich A. I. , Nabebina T. I. , Krasny S. A. , Goncharova R. I.
Published: July 2018

To accurately predict the tumor behavior and individualize the treatment approach, new methods for bladder cancer (BC) prognosis are required. The most promising prognostic markers are the mutational and epigenetic changes of genes involved in maintaining cellular homeostasis. In the present study, we evaluated the influence of p16 promoter hypermethylation on the risk of recurrence, progression and disease outcome in the group of 158 BC patients. p16 epigenetic changes were found in 11.4 % of urothelial carcinomas and did not depend on clinicоmorphological characteristics. However, in the subgroup of patients with non-muscle invasive tumors, p16 abnormal methylation was significantly associated with smoking, and in the subgroup of patients with muscle-invasive BC, it was linked to a high tumor grade (G3). In the multivariate Cox regression analysis, p16 promoter hypermethylation was an independent predictor for bladder cancer progression (HR 6.84; 95 % CI 1.6–29.9; р = 0.011). The use of the data on the p16 methylation status may improve the accuracy of prognosis of the bladder cancer clinical course and the selection of appropriate treatment strategy.
EMISSION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS CONTAINED IN COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF GASOLINE ENGINES
Authors: Assad M. , Grushevski V. V. , Penyazkov O. G. , Tarasenko I. N.
Published: July 2018

The concentration of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the gasoline combustion products emitted into the atmosphere by internal combustion engines (ICE) has been measured using the gas chromatography method. The concentrations of PAHs in the exhaust gases sampled behind a catalytic converter has been determined when the ICE operates in five modes: idle mode, high speed mode, load mode, ICE cold start mode (engine warm-up) and transient mode. Using 92 RON, 95 RON and 98 RON gasoline the effect of the octane number of gasoline on the PAHs content in the exhaust gases has been revealed. The concentration of the most carcinogenic component (benzo(α)pyrene) in the exhaust gases behind a catalytic converter significantly exceeds a reference value of benzo(α)pyrene in the atmospheric air established by the WHO and the EU for ICE in the load mode.
INFLUENCE OF DYNAMIC LOAD ON GEAR TRANSMISSION DURABILITY OF HEAVY-DUTY ROADHEADING MACHINES
Authors: Prushak V. Y. , Chernous D. A. , Volchek O. M.
Published: July 2018

The article proposes a new method of calculation of the indicators of the durability of the gear transmission of heavy-loaded roadheading machines, allowing a more accurate assessment of the dynamic loading of the teeth. Within the framework of this technique, the elastic moment amplification factors determined by the amplitude-frequency characteristic of transmission are used instead of the specific circumferential dynamic force in the calculation of the maximum operating voltages. The maximum stresses in the bending of teeth and the probability of failure-free operation of the technical system are determined. A spur transmission used in the drive of the Executive body of roadheader is considered as an example of application of the proposed design technique. The comparison of calculated estimations of gear transmission reliability obtained on the basis of the standard method and using amplitude-frequency characteristics is carried out. In the considered design example durability of transfer for a step cycle of loading is more than 2 times higher in comparison with a continuous cycle of loading. It is shown that using a standard calculated coefficient that takes into account dynamic load, the calculated estimations of the durability of the transmission are significantly overestimated. At the same time, the error of the standard method will depend on the frequency range at which the transmission operates, and this error is most significant when the transmission operates near its own frequencies.
THE EFFECT OF WHOLE BODY GAS CRYOTHERAPY ON THE HUMAN THERMAL STATE
Authors: Makhaniok A. A. , Levin M. L.
Published: July 2018

The therapeutic effect of the whole body gas cryotherapy (WBGC) procedure is achieved when the average temperature of the human’s (patient’s) skin surface during the procedure is in a certain temperature range, and the rate of reduction of this temperature exceeds a certain threshold value. The paper presents the results of a theoretical analysis of the patient’s thermal state at the stage of the therapeutic effect of WBGC. The analysis was based on the results of the numerical simulation of temperature distribution in different parts of patients (mеn) of different body constitution (height, cm × mass, kg) 160 × 60, 175 × 75, 190 × 90. Particular attention was paid to the relationship between the amount of heat flow removed from the skin surface and the rate of cooling of the skin of a patient. The results of numerical modeling are presented graphically and are summarized as the ratio between the dimensionless average temperature of the skin at the treatment stage of the WBGC procedure and the time of the patient’s stay in the procedural chamber, referred to the time of the beginning of this stage. With regard to WBGC within the temperatures range of –160 to –110 °C the following regularities were found: 1) approximate constancy (descripancy less than 1 %) at the stage of therapeutic modality of the coefficient of heat transfer from the skin surface to the gas medium in the treatment chamber; 2) the exponential dependence of the value of cutaneous blood flow rate (blood perfusion) on the mean temperature of cooled cutaneous coverings; 3) linear dependence of the logarithm of the ratio of the rate of skin temperature reduction to the value of heat flux density removed by convection and radiation on the logarithm time.
DAFTAR ISI JURNAL BIOLOGI TROPIS JUNI 2018
Authors: Jurnal Biologi Tropis Juni 2018 Daftar isi
Published: July 2018

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