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Awareness and Acceptance in Using Smart Meter by Energy Customers in Malaysia
Authors: Mohd Nasir Siti Rashidah , Ibrahim Azmi , Hassan Rohana , Haron Halilah , Hassan Siti Hafizan , S. Garieb Siti Laila , Busrah Asnawi
Published: December 2020

The common issues of energy services related to customers’ complaints are delays in billing, inaccurate consumption measurement, lack of breakdown information, lack of real-time billing, and energy consumption.  A questionnaire survey was conducted using face-to-face methods during the pre-installation phase to determine the customers’ awareness, acceptance, knowledge, and benefits in using smart meters. The findings show that 69.6% of the customers are aware that the use of energy-efficient appliances can save electricity. This study shows that the customers, regardless of demographic profiles and background, portrayed overall good awareness of the smart metering and smart living concept. 
Keywords: Awareness, Acceptance, Benefit, Smart Meter 
eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5iSI2.2519.
Public Diplomacy and Related Concepts from the Perspective of Lasswell’s Communication Model
Authors: Saliu Hasan
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this article is to explore the differences between public diplomacy and similar concepts that relate to the country’s international image. Concepts such as public diplomacy, traditional diplomacy, foreign policy, international public relations, propaganda, national branding, etc., are often seen as synonymous. A mere observation of these concepts is provided in the literature review. These concepts are elaborated based on the communication actors’ perspective, the inter-communicating parties, the message providers, the message recipients, and the mode of communication, whereas identifying the differences and distinctions between them is realized according to the Lasswell communication formula. The conclusions show that this communication approach provides more potential to identify the differences between these concepts as compared to the current approaches, which view them from an interdisciplinary perspective.
APPLICATION OF FLOW CYTOMETRY FOR PREDICTION OF TRANSLOCATION t(12;21)(p13;q22)/ETV6-RUNX1 DETECTION IN CHILHOOD B-CELL PRECURSOR ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA
Authors:   Institute of Medical Cell Technologies, Tsaur G.A. , Permikin Zh.V. ,   Ural State Medical University, Popov A.M. ,   Dmitriy Rogachev National Medical Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Verzhbitskaya T.Yu. ,   Institute of Medical Cell Technologies, Riger T.O. ,   Institute of Medical Cell Technologies, Demina A.S. ,   Institute of Medical Cell Technologies, Nokhrina E.S. ,   Yekaterinburg  Regional Children’s Hospital, Arakaev O.R. ,   Institute of Medical Cell Technologies, Saveliev L.I. ,   Institute of Medical Cell Technologies, Fechina L.G. ,   Institute of Medical Cell Technologies
Published: December 2020

Aim. The objective of the study was searching for surface antigen expression that could predict presence of translocation t(12;21)(p13;q22)/ ETV6-RUNX1 in pediatric B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL) patients. Results. ETV6-RUNX1 fusion gene transcript was revealed in 72 (21.1%) out of 341 children with BCP-ALL. Leukemic blast cells in ETV6-RUNX1 — positive patients more frequently had high CD10 expression, myeloid markers co-expression, including CD13, CD33, CD117, and absence of CD20 than in ETV6-RUNX1 — negative ones. Nevertheless diagnostic test performance characteristics of each single parameter was not strong enough for predicting the presence of translocation t(12;21)(p13;q22)/ETV6-RUNX1. On the second step of analysis we used various combinations of the above mentioned markers. The highest diagnostic test performance parameters were obtained in case of combination of high CD117 and heterogeneous CD34 expressions. Specificity of this combination was 0.996 (95% CI 0.989-1.000), positive predictive value 0.947 (95% CI 0.847- 1.000), positive likelihood ratio 67.250 (95% CI 9.130-495.348), while negative likelihood ratio was 0.752 (95% CI 0.659-0.860). Conclusion. Thus, combination of CD34 heterogeneous expression and CD117 expression is highly specific for translocation t(12;21)(p13;q22)/ ETV6-RUNX1. However this combination had limited applicability, because it revealed in 25.0% percent of patients only.
MANIFESTATIONS OF HETEROGENICITY AND POLYMORPHISM OF BREAST CARCINOMA CELLS DURING CULTIVATION
Authors:   Ural State Medical University, Shamshurina E.O. , Ulitko M.V. ,   Institute for Medical Cell Technologies, Mogylenskih A.S. ,   Ural State Medical University, Sazonov S.V. ,   Ural State Medical University, Demidov S.M. ,   Ural State Medical University, Titova S.A. ,   UrFU named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin
Published: December 2020

The aim of the research was assessment of morphological characteristics of cells of two populations, isolated during the development of the method of cultivating a sample of breast carcinoma in order to create a personalized experimental model. Materials and methods. For our work, we used the surgical material of breast carcinoma. After preparation, tumor tissue was incubated in a mixed solution of enzymes, after which the sample was filtered and resuspended in a complete nutrient medium containing antibiotics-antimycotics. The cell suspension was placed in a seed vial with a nutrient medium and incubated in a CO2 incubator until a monolayer was formed. The culture medium was changed every 3 days. Subculture of cell lines was performed when the culture reached 80–90% confluent once every 6–7 days. Control over the state of the culture was carried out using an Eclipse TS100 inverted microscope, Nikon. To assess morphological parameters, cells were stained according to Romanovsky. The linear dimensions of the nuclei and the cells themselves were calculated using an MOV-1-15x ocular micrometer and a Micros MC50 light microscope. Micrographs of the preparations were made on a Leica DM5000 B microscope at 400 magnification. Statistical processing of the results was carried out using the MS Excel and STATISTICA 6 programs; the Mann — Whitney test was used to assess the significance of differences. Results. During the cultivation of breast carcinoma cells during three passages in the culture, two types of cells were identified — adhesive and non-adhesive, in which, with an increase in the cultivation time, the indicators of the relative cell area, the relative area of the nuclei and the nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio significantly increased. In addition, in these populations, the manifestation of polymorphism was noted with an increase in the cultivation time, which manifests itself in an increase in the proportion of larger, irregularly shaped cells at each subsequent passage. Conclusion. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the culture of breast carcinoma cells is characterized by the appearance in the culture of two populations of cells — adhesive and non-adhesive with high proliferative activity, which is confirmed by significant changes in cell sizes, nuclei, nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio. In addition, cell polymorphism is observed in both populations, which is accompanied by an increase in the proportion of larger irregularly shaped cells in culture with an increase in the cultivation time and the number of passages.
Expression and characterization of Trichoderma reesei endoglucanase II in Pichia pastoris under the regulation of the GAP promoter
Authors: Tjandra Kezia Abib Yerah , Dewi Kartika Sari , Fuad Asrul Muhamad , Anindyawati Trisanti
Published: December 2020

Trichoderma reesei is known to be one of the organisms capable for producing various types of cellulase in high concentrations. Among these cellulases, the highest catalytic efficiency of endoglucanases II (EGII, EC 3.2.1.4) are considered important for industrial application. The characterization of the EGII is necessary since it is widely used in high-temperature reactions in the industries. In this study, the recombinant EGII protein was expressed in Pichia pastoris and it has a molecular mass of approximately 52 kDa. Recombinant EGII was purified using Ni-NTA affinity chromatography and characterized by SDS-PAGE and western blot analyses. The enzyme activity of recombinant EGII was measured using the Nelson Somogyi method to determine its optimum pH and temperature. The result showed that the maximum EGII expression was achieved after 72 h of culture incubation. The crude enzyme has optimum activity at pH 5.0, resulting in 16.3 U/mL and 14.6 U/mL activity at 40 °C and 50 °C, respectively. While the purified enzyme gave the specific activity of 115.7 U/mg under the optimum condition. Finally, our study demonstrated that recombinant EGII could retain the endoglucanase activity for 89% and 80% at 40 °C and 50 °C, respectively.
Sabalong samalewa sebagai Etika Moral Orang Sumbawa
Authors: Funay Yaspis Edgar N.
Published: December 2020

Kajian ini mendeskripsikan kearifan lokal dalam bentuk etika atau prinsip moral masyarakat Sumbawa yang disebut sabalong samalewa. Etika tersebut menjadi pedoman hidup masyarakat Sumbawa dalam menjaga eksistensi kehidupan manusia dan keseimbangan alam. Prinsip tersebut menugaskan masyarakat untuk menghormati hubungan antara kehidupan manusia dengan makhluk hidup lainnya, terutama karena adanya perubahan materi dan lingkungan yang mengakibatkan ketimpangan sosial sebagai akibat dari pembangunan lokal. Etika sabalong samalewa memberikan pedoman untuk menjaga keseimbangan antara perkembangan materi atau fisik dan perkembangan mental atau spiritual, sebagai nilai-nilai bersama dan tindakan universal bagi masyarakat Sumbawa lintas kelas sosial. Kajian ini menyimpulkan bahwa etika sabalong samalewa bagi masyarakat Sumbawa adalah suatu embodimen atau pengejawantahan nilai dan perangkat keramahtamahan (convivialisme) dalam pencapaian kehidupan harmonis antara warga dan lingkungannya melalui perwujudan nilai-nilai lokal dan praktik penghormatan terhadap penghuni lain di muka bumi agar tak musnah.
Explotación de recursos líticos en dos canteras prehispánicas de la provincia de La Pampa (Argentina): Meseta del Fresco y Manto Tehuelche
Authors: Carrera Aizpitarte Manuel Pedro , Berón Mónica Alejandra
Published: December 2020

This paper analyzes the characteristics of two lithic quarries used steadily since the end of the Middle Holocene in the province of La Pampa: Meseta del Fresco, an extensive siliceous chert outcrop, and the Manto Tehuelche, a conglomerate composed of cobbles of different types of lithologies which presents various outcrops.
It is discussed in what frequency and with what strategies were exploited the rocks of both sources. For this purpose, information from different sites located in the research micro-areas of Curacó, Lihué Calel, Bajos sin Salida, Valles Transversales and Centro-este is used. The results indicate that the rocks of the Manto Tehuelche were mostly exploited in the extreme south of the study region, with predominance of those with the best quality for knapping. The siliceous chert, on the other hand, presents its highest frequencies in the Centro-este area, and to a lesser extent in the southern region. The lowest intensity of use of the analyzed rocks takes place in the sites from the Valles Transversales area, which have an affinity with the Eastern Pampa subregion in relation to raw materials and technology employed.
La Chakana en la configuración espacial de El Shincal de Quimivil (Catamarca)
Authors: Giovanetti Marco , Silva Sofía
Published: December 2020

The paper presents a cartographic travel through the incaic structures of El Shincal, its findings and relationships. It also takes into account some general considerations about site location and construction, to finally enter in the meaning and scope of notion of chakana compiled through bibliographic sources and ethnographic approach. The latter consisted mainly in the realization semi structured interviews to local inhabitants and to some cusqueños indigenist referents living in Argentina. As archaeological methodologies were carried out field prospections, analysis of satellite images and exhaustive mapping whit in situ detailed information. Final reflections propose to cross data sources for interpreting spatial considerations about site in function of chakana symbol, doing it through multisituated and multitemporal approach. The papers try to be a contribution to the proposal of the ethnographic archaeology that invites to the knowledge production between different disciplinary camps.
Orthodox Legal Ideology by I.A. Ilyin
Authors:   Anatolyi P. Gerasimenko Amur State University, Gerasimenko Anatolyi P.
Published: December 2020

The article presents a critical analysis of the legal ideology of Ivan Aleksandrovich Ilyin (1883–1954) on the material of his works “Our Tasks. Articles of 1948–1954”,“On the Monarchy and the Republic”,“The Way to Evidence”, “The Warming Heart”, etc. The legal ideology shared by this Russian jurist-philosopher is defined as right-wing orthodoxy. It is demonstrated that the legal system acquires the features of a system of legal or ideological types, depending on which secular or religious legal ideology prevails in it. If legislation and legal institutions serve any one secular or religious legal ideology of a radical nature, then the legal system becomes an ideological one. If this does not happen, then the legal system is legal in type. The legal system of an ideological type is formed in a state of a party type, and the legal system of a legal type is formed in a state of a legal type. The legal or party type of state depends on the type of political system of the society – a multi-structured one with a democratic political regime or a mono-structural type with a totalitarian political regime.
The Image of Rahula in Japanese Ritual Texts Koshiki
Authors:   Elena S. Lepekhova, Lepekhova Elena S.
Published: December 2020

The main field of this study is the image of Rahula (Jp. Raun or Ragora), the son and disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni in the Japanese ritual Buddhist text “Raun koshiki” (XIII century), compiled by the Buddhist priest Yuixin. The main purpose of the koshiki texts was to strengthen the karmic connection between the adepts and the object of worship to whom this koshiki was dedicated – Buddha, bodhisattva, arhat or Buddhist patriarch. Therefore, the main content of the koshiki was: the history of the main character, the significance of his role to the Buddhist devotees, praise to his virtues and merit, and, most importantly, mention of those benefits which would gain the believers, taking part in the koshiki ritual. In this context, the creation of “Raun koshiki” and its identification as a special ritual text, which has the same sacred potential, shows the new movement in medieval Japanese Buddhism. It is characterized by the desire to return to the precepts of the original Indian Buddhism, formed in the circles of Nara Buddhism. This movement was a kind of response to the formation of the Japanese Amidaism and the spreading of Chinese Chan Buddhism in Japan
David Lewis-Williams’s Cognitive Archeology: New Approach to Shamanism
Authors:   Aleksandra D. Belova St. Petersburg State University, Belova Aleksandra D.
Published: December 2020

The article outlines the main ideas of the archaeologist David Lewis-Williams and his contribution to the study of shamanism and the analysis of rock paintings. Author examines the depicted scenes, the process of the painting, as well as artifacts and ethnographic evidences of the alleged rituals. The reconstruction of rituals is accompanied by the Lewis-Williams’s conception of the spectrum of consciousness and its various states. Universal mental images arising during ASCs played a large role in the genesis of shamanism, and their fixation in rock art allows one to reconstruct the inner state of the creators of images and the role of trance experiences. The author finds confirmation of his concept in the history of religions. The article also contains critical remarks on the Lewis-Williams’ theory, mainly related to the definition of symbolic activity and the insufficient attention of the author to social organization. The author of the article partially agrees with the criticism, and also brings auxiliary theories that remove some of the criticism. The article outlines the prospects for using the Lewis-Williams’ method in analyzing not only rock paintings, but also folklore sources.
S.L. Frank: Reflections on Religious Experience
Authors:   Irina Yu. Kulyaskina Amur State University, Kulyaskina Irina Yu.
Published: December 2020

The article deals with to the reflections of the outstanding Russian philosopher S.L. Frank about religious experience. The expression “religious experience” became widespread as a generally accepted religious theory concept due to W. James, although long before it this expression was used by F. Schleiermacher and S. Kierkegaard. However, James limited himself to the epistemological aspect of the concept. Later, religious experience was the subject of attention of R. Otto, P. Tillich, M. Buber, M. Thompson and other researchers of religion, each of which contributed to his research. A special place in this series is occupied by the reflections of S.L. Frank. Unfortunately, his achievements in developing the theme of religious experience are often forgotten to be mentioned. Meanwhile, the Russian philosopher proposed his own original concept, based on a solid philosophical foundation. Frank not only did not limit himself to a phenomenological description of religious experience, but, approaching him as a kind of supersensible experience, made an attempt to comprehend his existential nature on the basis of his own ontological teaching – antinomic monodualism. In addition, he analyzed the relationship between “positive religion” and personal religious experience, revealed its significance as the basis of religious faith, and also considered the possibility of its philosophical research, justifying its connection with metaphysical experience and remaining even in his religious quest primarily a philosopher, although his reflections on religious experience, based on personal experiences, are an example of a surprisingly organic mix of religious attitudes and philosophical thinking.
The Sacred and Aspects of Its Localizaton
Authors:   Andrey S. Khudyaev Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Khudyaev Andrey S.
Published: December 2020

The author of this paper pays attention to the problem of the sacred and its localization, proceeding from the definition of religion as a religion subject attitude toward a sacral object and being aware of the absence of unmistakable and generally accepted conception of the last one’ nature. The space surrounding human is considered as the most fundamental dimension, in the context of which phenomena of religious consciousness could take their places. The insightful commentary is given on the conception, which draws distinction between locative and utopian types of religious worldview, on the ground of some scientific-philosophical statements and religious sources. The thesis about locative type heterogeneity, which assumes the process of spatial alienation between religious subject and sacred object and exclusion an opportunity of their direct contact, is put forward. Concerning utopian tradition, it is claimed that they are not capable to be released completely from spatial factor and keep their locative features within the field of ritual and folk religiosity, despite the removing of absolutely significant sacred center out of limits of spatial structure at theological level. Dialectics of locative/utopian becomes a subject of special theological conceptualization within these cultures. The article’s content cannot be applied for formulation of universal model of religious worldview evolutionary development; it is rather connected with typological construction. Its explication could make a contribution to the problem of the sacred space which is a classic issue in the phenomenology of religion.
On the Question of the Original Version and Copies of the “Kutuzov” Icon
Authors:   Sergey V. Zakharov Smolensk State Museum-Preserve, Zakharov Sergey V.
Published: December 2020

The article deals with the question about creation of the original version and copies of the socalled “Kutuzov” icon. The name “Kutuzov” was given to an icon of the Smolensk Mother of God (Theotokos of Smolensk), ordered in 1813 by the residents of Smolensk as a gift to the commander M.I. Kutuzov. The article shows the history of each of the four currently existing copies of icons – Smolensk (Smolensk State Museum-Reserve), Gomel (Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble), Moscow (State Historical Museum) and St. Petersburg (Hermitage) ones on the basis of periodicals and research literature. The article also considers which of the copies cannot be original ones. In addition, there are artistic features of the “Kutuzov” icon, which characterize it as one of the objects of the picturesque heritage of the early 19th century. The article provides a detailed description of the structural elements of the “Kutuzov” icon, its connection with the Hodegetria of Smolensk. As a result, the author comes to the conclusion that there are five known copies of the icon, three of which are almost identical. The author notes the impossibility of a definite answer to the question of the location of the original “Kutuzov” icon and supposes the need for further study of this issue
Civil Religion: USA Phenomenon and China's Prospects
Authors:   Marina A. Khaimurzina Amur State University, Khaimurzina Marina A.
Published: December 2020

The concept of civil religion today acquires great significance for Chinese society. Confucianism is the subject of active discussions about the civil religion in China. Confucianism underlies the basic identities of Chinese society, it’s the core for future transformations and upgrades. Despite the anti-Confucian campaigns of the twentieth century, Confucianism is alive at the level of human relations and in the way of life of the Chinese. The prospects for the formation of the Chinese civil religion are in the plane of personal ethics and morality. Civil religion exists in the norms of behavior, habits and moral consciousness of people. Taking into account the characteristics of Confucian religiosity, in Chinese civil religion the sacrality of the social unity of the people is based on the “superhumanistic” nature of values and duty of everyone to respond to the call of the transcendent (Heaven). Building civil society in China, based on traditional Confucian concepts, not only ensures the continuity of generations and the legitimacy of political power, but can also be seen as the transcendent goal of all political processes.
Religious Uniqueness of Chinese Minority Da Hua Miao
Authors:   Igor V. Kurlyanov Amur State University, Kurlyanov Igor V.
Published: December 2020

The article contains the basic information about the Chinese Miao people: population, the areas of compact settlement, major groups and their religious worldviews. Particular attention is paid to one group of this nation, called Da Hua Miao. Based on written and oral sources, the author identifies factors of the beginning of Christianity in Da Hua Miao culture. During the field study, verification of official information about this people published in Chinese information sources was carried out, and statistical indicators of religiosity were specified. Da Hua Miao mainly live on the mountains in the northwest of Guizhou province and in the surrounding areas of the northeast of Yunnan. Christianity was brought to these people by the Protestant missionary Samuel Pollard. Miao folklore contains images and plots similar to some Old Testament narratives. It cannot be excluded that the presence in the culture of Da Hua Miao some tales similar in content to the biblical stories served as fertile ground for the spreading of Christian teaching and contributed to a more organic inculturation of Christianity among these people. Widespread in modern publications that modern Da Hua Miao are for the most part (up to 80%) Christians is ambiguous. Field research data shows, for example, that of the 250 people living in one of the villages in Funin County, only 30 people regularly attending to the church services, which is about 12%. On the other hand, Christianity is now a typical characteristic of the religious culture of Da Hua Miao. Representatives of this ethnic group in the majority correlate the culture with Christianity, the official authorities of China recognize Christianity as religion of Da Hua Miao
The Role of Education in the Approach to Childbearing in the Clergy Families of the Russian Orthodox Church
Authors:   Dmitryi A. Markov St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University, Markov Dmitryi A.
Published: December 2020

The article analyzes the opposition to the level of education of religiosity and large families. Interviews with 20 families of priests as practicing believers with different educational levels were taken and analyzed to consider the problems. We divided the families of priests into three types: traditional; intermediate; managerial. The traditional type is characterized by the respondent’s trust in God in their views on childbearing, in evaluating non-abortion contraception as a sin. Intermediate respondents talk about trusting God in the matter of having children as an ideal, and about using contraception as an acceptable action, compromise and lack of faith; allow its use in relation to their own family. It is common for managerial type respondents to talk about the use of contraception not as a church norm, but as an action relating to the sphere of individual choice of spouses. It is justified by the health, financial condition of the spouses, their desire to be realized in the profession, their own relationships, etc. The study shows that in each type of priestly family attitude to childbearing you can find mostly educated people. The study demonstrates that in each type of priestly family relationship with childbearing, predominantly educated people are found. As the results of the study presented, we write about the absence of a direct correlation between the level of education and attitudes towards childbearing in clergy families, and we also propose considering the construction of types of religiosity that appeal to a person’s attitude to childbirth and birth control.
Extending Cognitive Science of Religion on Ethnographic Field Notes from the Archive of G.M. Vasilevich
Authors:   Aleksandra D. Belova St. Petersburg State University, Belova Aleksandra D.
Published: December 2020

The article offers a new perspective on field materials collected by an outstanding ethnographer and Tungus studies specialist Glafira Vasilevich. The author of the article draws attention to the ideas in the field materials that are directly related to the thinking of the Evenks. During the work in the archives of the MAE RAS, it was noted that field materials relating to the Evenki imagination can be analyzed via cognitive anthropology and psychology. The article takes a variety of materials for analysis that refers to the thinking of the Evenks: hunting amulets, names, ideas of the appearance of birds and the image of fire. Ideas on implicit meanings (Douglas), the theory of mind (Gervais and others) and promiscuous teleology (Banerjee, Bloom and others) are taken as the methodological basis for the analytical commentary. Each of the selected concepts and all of them together allow to look at the imagination of the Evenks, which generates ideas about the supernatural based on everyday thinking. The article shows how linguistic, logical and moral categories are extended to the animal and natural world through misattribution.
A Modified MFCC for Improved Wavelet-Based Denoising on Robust Speech Recognition
Authors:   Universitas Gadjah Mada, Hidayat Risanuri , Winursito Anggun ,   Universitas Gadjah Mada
Published: December 2020

Research on the current speech recognition system leads to the creation of a noise-resistant system. The Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) extraction method becomes a popular method in the speech recognition system. In this paper, the MFCC's weakness of noise interference is the main reason underlies the accomplishment of a robust speech recognition system. Development was carried out by improving the denoising performance using a wavelet transform. Modifications were carried out by analyzing the weakness of the wavelet denoising process on the recognition system using the MFCC method. The analysis was conducted at one of the MFCC stages, the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) stage. The proposed method was conducted by performing the denoising process using Wavelet only on the noise-related data based on the FFT process' analysis results. The study utilized speech data in the form of eleven isolated words in English added with noise with several different characteristics. Results showed that the proposed method was capable of generating a better accuracy than conventional wavelet denoising methods on the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of 10dB, 15dB, and 20dB using a Fejer Korovkin 6 wavelet type. The highest accuracy increase of the proposed method was in signal to noise ratio (SNR) of 15dB with a rise of 4.63%, followed by a 3.96% increase at 20dB intensity, and 2.3% at 10dB intensity. The performance of the proposed method is then compared with other methods. The results show that the proposed method has the best performance on clean speech and noisy speech at SNR intensities of 10dB, 15dB, and 20dB.
A Comparison of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods with Rule Based Features for Mixed Emotion Analysis
Authors:   VIT University, Daniel Christy , Loganathan Shyamala ,   VIT University
Published: December 2020

Multi-class classification of sentiments from text data still remains a challenging task to detect the sentiments hidden behind the sentences because of the probable existence of multiple meanings for some of the texts in the dataset. To overcome this, the proposed rule based modified Convolutional neural network-Global Vectors (RCNN-GloVe) and rule-based modified Support Vector Machine - Global Vectors (RSVM-GloVe) were developed for classifying the twitter complex sentences at twelve different levels focusing on mixed emotions by targeting abstract nouns and adjective emotion words. To execute this, three proposed algorithms were developed such as the optimized abstract noun algorithm (OABNA) to identify the abstract noun emotion words, optimized complex sentences algorithm (OCSA) to extract all the complex sentences in a tweet precisely and adjective searching algorithm (ADJSA) to retrieve all the sentences with adjectives. The results of this study indicates that our proposed RCNNGloVe method used in the sentiment analysis was able to classify the mixed emotions accurately from the twitter dataset with the highest accuracy level of 92.02% in abstract nouns and 88.93% in adjectives. It is distinctly evident from the research that the proposed deep learning model (RCNN-GloVe) had an edge over the machine learning model (RSVM-GloVe).
Deep Neural Glow Worm Swarm Optimized Soft C-Means Clustering for Energy Aware Route Discovery and Data Gathering in WSN
Authors:   Global Academy of Technology, Ramaiah Sridhar , Nagraj Guruprasad ,   Global Academy of Technology
Published: December 2020

Cluster head selection enacts a prominent role in Wireless Sensor Network to optimize the energy usage during the data collection. Few research works have been designed to choose the best cluster head in wireless network using different optimization techniques. However, cluster head selection performance of conventional algorithms was lower to extend the lifetime of network. Therefore, a Deep Neural Glowworm Swarm Optimized Soft C-Means Clustering (DNGSOSCC) model is proposed. Initially, DNGSOSCC model obtains number of sensor nodes as input at the input layer. After taking input, soft clustering process is carried in DNGSOSCC model at the first hidden layer where it groups the sensor nodes in WSN into a different cluster. Then, the glow worm population is initialized in DNGSOSCC model with the support of number of clusters formed at the second hidden layer. Next, Luciferin value is assessed in DNGSOSCC model for all sensor nodes according to their residual energy level in the third hidden layer. Followed by, the sensor node with higher luciferin value within cluster is selected as optimal cluster head at the fourth hidden layer to perform energy efficient data gathering in WSN. Finally, the output layer provides the selection result of optimal cluster heads in WSN. By using the above process, DNGSOSCC model significantly gathers the data from its cluster member through selected optimal cluster heads with minimal amount of energy. From that, DNGSOSCC model upsurges the lifespan of network through performing efficient route discovery and data collection in WSN. The DNGSOSCC model conducts the simulation work using metrics such as data deliverance ratio, data loss ratio, data transmission delay and network lifetime with reverence to number of data packets and sensor nodes. From the experiments conducted, DNGSOSCC model improves the data deliverance ratio and network lifetime by 19% and 10% as well as minimizes the data loss ratio and data transmission delay by 76% and 34% respectively than existing methods.
Securing an Internet of Things from Distributed Denial of Service and Mirai Botnet Attacks Using a Novel Hybrid Detection and Mitigation Mechanism
Authors:   SRMIST, Karthik M , Krishnan M ,   SRMIST
Published: December 2020

Internet of Things (IoT) has become more familiar in all applications and industrial fields such as medical, military, transportation, etc. It has some limitations because of the attack model in the transmission or communication channel. Moreover, one of the deadliest attacks is known as a Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS). The Presence of DDoS in network layer cause huge damage in data transmission channel that ends in data loss or collapse. To address this issue the current research focused on an innovative detection and mitigation of Mirai and DDoS attack in IoT environment. Initially, number of IoT devices is arranged with the help of a novel Hybrid Strawberry and African Buffalo Optimization (HSBABO). Consequently, the types of DDoS attacks are launched in the developed IoT network. Moreover, the presence of strawberry and African Buffalo fitness is utilized to detect and specify the attack types. Subsequently a novel MCELIECE encryption with Cloud Shield scheme is developed to prevent the low and high rate DDoS attack in the Internet of Things. Finally, the proposed model attained 94% of attack detection accuracy, 3% of false negative rate and 5.5% of false positive rate.
Automated Identification of Semantic Similarity between Concepts of Textual Business Rules
Authors:   Hassan I University, Haj Abdellatif , Balouki Youssef ,   Hassan I University, Gadi Taoufiq ,   Hassan I University
Published: December 2020

Business Rules (BR) are usually written by different stakeholders, which makes them vulnerable to contain different designations for a same concept. Such problem can be the source of a not well orchestrated behaviors. Whereas identification of synonyms is manual or totally neglected in most approaches dealing with natural language Business Rules. In this paper, we present an automated approach to identify semantic similarity between terms in textual BR using Natural Language Processing and knowledge-based algorithm refined using heuristics. Our method is unique in that it also identifies abbreviations/expansions (as a special case of synonym) which is not possible using a dictionary. Then, results are saved in a standard format (SBVR) for reusability purposes. Our approach was applied on more than 160 BR statements divided on three cases with an accuracy between 69% and 87% which suggests it to be an indispensable enhancement for other methods dealing with textual BR.
A Non Linear PUF Circuit Design for Two Factor Authentication in IoT Cryptography
Authors:   Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Gurumanapalli Krishna , Muthuluru Nagendra ,   Sri Krishnadevaraya University
Published: December 2020

Internet-of-Things (IoT) is growing network paradigm which enables mutual communication between the user and smart devices using the internet. The IoT devices are susceptible to the security threats, due to placement of restricted computational capabilities of the computing devices in IoT. The conventional encryption algorithm utilizes the high amount of resource block in it which increases the area and power. Moreover, Two Factor Authentication (TFA) scheme based authentication protocols does not have the efficiency to secure the data. Because the random number generated by the TFA is ideal for all IoT devices which are easy to hack by the unauthorized persons. In this Research paper, the Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR) based Reconfigurable Physical Unclonable Function (RPUF) is proposed to overcome the security issues caused in the IoT communication. The RPUF is designed based on the LFSR to generate the random number for every clock cycle. Normally, reconfigurable process helps to generate the different output values for every clock cycle. But, it failed to generate different outputs for same input values. Here, LFSR based RPUF helps to generated the different response values even the same challenge is given to the input side. The Lightweight TFA scheme is presented for IoT, where PUF has been considered as one of the major authentication factors. At last, Spartan 6 and Virtex 6 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) performances are calculated for proposed TFA-RPUF-IoT and existing TFA-PUF-IoT protocols. In Spartan 6, TFA-RPUF-IoT protocol occupied 11 slices, 31 LUTs, 42 flip flops which are less compared to conventional TFA-PUF-IoT.
The Dynamic Symmetric Four-Key-Generators System for Securing Data Transmission in the Industrial Control System
Authors:   Universitas Gadjah Mada, Riyadi Eko , Priyambodo Tri ,   Universitas Gadjah Mada, Putra Agfianto ,   Universitas Gadjah Mada
Published: December 2020

Most of the communication protocols in the Industrial Control System (ICS) are vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Initially, the network protocol was designed for reliable performance, and thus did not incorporate data transmission security features. Therefore, ICS requires adequate data transmission security. This paper suggests improving the security of data transmission through a dynamic symmetric four-key-generators system, wherein the system anticipates cyberattacks by generating four keys before encryption. It involves four generators: a random initial key generator, a keystream generator, a key scheduling algorithm generator, and a pseudo-random number algorithm generator. In the receiver section, the system generates three keys before decryption to ensure data confidentiality and to avoid cyberattacks. The test results show that the proposed system keyspace is ≈22048 bits, meaning that the key is more secure from brute force attacks. As a result, the cipher data have a correlation value of 0.00007. The entropy value is 7.99, indicating that the cipher data is more secure. Also, speed tests show that the processing time still qualifies as realtime.
A New Weighted-learning Approach for Exploiting Data Sparsity in Tag-based Item Recommendation Systems
Authors:   University of Trunojoyo Madura, Ifada Noor , Nayak Richi ,   Queensland University of Technology
Published: December 2020

The tag-based recommendation systems that are built based on tensor models commonly suffer from the data sparsity problem. In recent years, various weighted-learning approaches have been proposed to tackle such a problem. The approaches can be categorized by how a weighting scheme is used for exploiting the data sparsity – like employing it to construct a weighted tensor used for weighing the tensor model during the learning process. In this paper, we propose a new weighted-learning approach for exploiting data sparsity in tag-based item recommendation system. We introduce a technique to represent the users’ tag preferences for leveraging the weighted-learning approach. The key idea of the proposed technique comes from the fact that users use different choices of tags to annotate the same item while the same tag may be used to annotate various items in tag-based systems. This points out that users’ tag usage likeliness is different and therefore their tag preferences are also different. We then present three novel weighting schemes that are varied in manners by how the ordinal weighting values are used for labelling the users’ tag preferences. As a result, three weighted tensors are generated based on each scheme. To implement the proposed schemes for generating item recommendations, we develop a novel weighted-learning method called as WRank (Weighted Rank). Our experiments show that considering the users' tag preferences in the tensor-based weightinglearning approach can solve the data sparsity problem as well as improve the quality of recommendation.
Super-Twisting Second-Order Sliding Mode Control of a Wind Turbine Coupled to a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator
Authors:   Mohammed V University in Rabat, Moutchou Rania , Abbou Ahmed ,   Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rhaili Salah ,   Mohammed V University in Rabat
Published: December 2020

This paper presents a modelling study and focuses on an advanced higher order slip mode control strategy (Super Twisting Algorithm) for a variable speed wind turbine based on a permanent magnet synchronous generator to capture the maximum possible wind power from the turbine while simultaneously reducing the effect of mechanical stress, powered by a voltage inverter and controlled by vector PWM technique. This paper presents first and second order sliding mode control schemes. On the other hand, a challenging matter of pure SMC of order one can be summed up in the produced chattering phenomenon. In this work, this issue has been mitigated by implementing a new control. The proposed control, characterized by a precision in the case of a continuation of a significant reduction of the interference phenomenon, successfully addresses the problems of essential non-linearity of wind turbine systems. This type of control strategy presents more advanced performances such as behaviour without chattering (no additional mechanical stress), excellent convergence time, robustness in relation to external disturbances (faults in the network) and to non-modelled dynamics (generator and turbine) which have been widely used in power system applications by first order sliding mode control. In particular, second-order sliding regime control algorithms will be applied to the PMSG to ensure excellent dynamic performance. The suggested control is compared to the proportional-integral controller and sliding mode control of order one. The results of simulations under turbulent wind speed and parameter variations show the efficiency, robustness and significantly improved performance of the proposed control approach to distinguish and track quickly (about 10ms depending on the shading pattern) and at the same time saving the main priorities of the sliding mode of order one by reducing the existing chatter. The systems performances were tested and compared using Matlab/Simulink Software.
Online teaching Russian practical grammar at a Chinese university during the epidemic
Authors: Zhang Wei , Vesnina Liudmila E.
Published: December 2020

Due to the pandemic in the spring of 2020, all educational institutions in China had to organize distance learning. It was crucial to introduce effective teaching methods and to use distance learning technologies. The authors of the article described the way online education was organized during the quarantine semester on the example of teaching Practical Russian grammar at Jilin International Studies University (Changchun, China). The purpose of the research is to describe the three-step process of teaching Practical Russian grammar to foreign students and the way distance learning technologies were used. The teachers organized online classes on Practical Russian grammar using BOPPPS model for lesson planning (five teaching steps: B - bridge-in, O - objective, P - pre-assessment, P - participatory, P - post-assessment, S - summary). Lessons were based on this method and the educational process included three steps: 1) students used Xuexitong application to acquire primary knowledge before the lesson; 2) classroom work was organized through the Xuexitong and DingTalk applications - it was aimed at internalization and expansion of knowledge, the ultimate goal was to develop Russian grammar skills; 3) using Xuexitong and DingTalk applications after the classes, the students improved their grammar and communication skills. In addition, the authors of the article proposed the ways to improve the knowledge assessment system and the entire educational process based on the suggested online learning model. Results and scientific novelty are that a practice-oriented approach to language learning can be implemented on the basis of the proposed teaching method. Such an approach enables students to have constant access to a large number of educational resources and to be promptly informed of any changes, which meets learners individual needs and increases their motivation, self-learning abilities and self-organization. Apart from that, students learn better and improve their oral and written communication skills.
Gender issue in the Runet blogosphere language
Authors: Soltys Valeria K.
Published: December 2020

Due to the active changes in the social structure and position of women over the past hundred years, and also due to the gradual increase in the influence of the feminist movement on everyday culture, the gender aspect of sociolinguistic research is of particular interest. This work relates to gender linguistics, its purpose is to study speech behavior in Runet, demonstrating the potential of the language in solving the problem of gender asymmetry. The study was conducted on the material of the Russian-speaking blogosphere, as the most open field for language experiments, which has a significant impact on the language practices of the younger generations and the formation of modern culture. The article studies, describes and analyzes the syntactic, morphological, lexical and word-formation processes observed in Runet: syntactic violations that serve to give constructions gender marking, transformation of stable phrases, new and newly updated word-formation models, the use of neologisms-feminists. In addition, the article for the first time describes the gender gap - a new graphic phenomenon observed exclusively in the oral-written Internet discourse.
Review on the monograph: Babenko, N.G., & Shkapenko, T.M. (Eds.). (2019). Own vs aliens in the modern Russian language discursive practices. Kaliningrad: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Publ.
Authors: Kusal Krzysztof
Published: December 2020

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