bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ENSINANDO ESTRATÉGIA OU ASSISTINDO GAME OF THRONES ?
Authors: Maranhão Romero de Albuquerque , Dos Ramos Maranhão Raphael
Published: September 2022

Embora a análise fílmica constitua um difícil exercício metodológico devido à complexidade de se investigar aspectos imagéticos e dinâmicos do que é exibido na tela, esse tipo de análise pode constituir uma alternativa de captação de conceitos ilustrativos da realidade organizacional e empreendedora. Desta forma, o objetivo desta pesquisa é identificar o modelo de estratégia organizacional que pode ser ensinado e debatido com o apoio da série de televisão Game of Thrones, do canal HBO. Esta pesquisa caracteriza-se como qualitativa, exploratória e descritiva. O método de investigação adotado consiste em um levantamento bibliográfico e fílmico, assim como da análise de conteúdo para o tratamento dos dados. Sendo a linguagem metafórica fundamental para as comparações entre a teoria sobre estratégia e o conteúdo da série analisada. Assim, a intenção da análise foi ir além do raciocínio lógico, pois a série pode ser utilizada como recurso para uma análise mais profunda, reflexiva e crítica de temáticas importantes para a modificação de valores dos sujeitos sobre si e sua relação com o ambiente social do qual faz parte. Percebe-se que a obra ficcional apresenta grande potencial, em termos de auxílio na formação acadêmica, em especial no ensino-aprendizagem de Estratégia Organizacional, para mobilizar o interesse e a reflexão crítica para a tomada de decisão.
PERCEPÇÃO DOS USUÁRIOS DO SERVIÇO DE FISIOTERAPIA EM UMA UNIDADE DE SAÚDE DO MUNICÍPIO DE PINHEIROS (ES), BRASIL
Authors: dos Santos Lília Ferreira dos Santos , Amorim Patrícia Brandão Amorim
Published: September 2022

A Fisioterapia é a profissão que pode ser definida sendo a ciência que estuda, diagnostica, previne e recupera pacientes com distúrbios funcionais em órgãos e sistemas do corpo humano. O objetivo deste artigo é identificar os fatores associados à satisfação dos usuários em serviços de Fisioterapia na Unidade de saúde do Município de Pinheiros (ES). Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva exploratória do tipo quantitativa realizada com 27 pacientes, de ambos os sexos, com idade de 18 anos a 91 anos. Os resultados indicam que a média de idade dos participantes é 54,4 anos; 70,3% dos usuários são do sexo feminino; e a maior demanda de atendimento ocorre nas especialidades de ortopedia/traumatologia (81,4%), seguido de reumatologia (14,8%). Os usuários demonstraram satisfação nas dimensões de interação usuário-terapeuta, os mesmos demonstraram insatisfação para realizar o agendamento para realizar o atendimento fisioterapêutico, e as condições de acesso para pessoas com deficiência física classificou serem ruins. Conclui-se que os fisioterapeutas possuem uma boa relação com os usuários do serviço de Fisioterapia, e que os mesmos demostram satisfação quanto ao atendimento prestado pelo profissional.
DESINFORMAÇÃO, SAÚDE PÚBLICA E IMUNIZAÇÃO NO BRASIL: OS EFEITOS DA EDUCAÇÃO POPULAR EM SAÚDE
Authors: Silva de Araujo Lima Caroline , Teles de Moraes Maria Gabriela , Jessé Moreira Souza Gabriel , José Leite de Melo Jéssica , Segundo Espinosa Hurtado Filho Tomas , Melo da Silva Camila , Espinosa Suarez Neto Lionel , Reis Valente Renata , Levi Ferreira da Silva Kaio , Luzia Moreira Souza Amanda , Cecília Moreira Souza Gabriela , Hugo Milagres Victor , Farsura de Oliveira Márcia
Published: September 2022

A imunização vacinal é considerada um verdadeiro marco na saúde pública ao contribuir para a redução, proteção e prevenção de inúmeras doenças transmissíveis e no contexto da pandemia de COVID-19 não é diferente. Por isso, o presente trabalho objetivou apresentar as ações educativas que têm por referência a educação popular em saúde, que foram utilizadas a favor da adesão à vacinação, no Brasil, e que estão citadas na literatura científica. Para isso, foi feita revisão sistemática da literatura científica, com a utilização de descritores e estratégias de busca: “Educação em Saúde AND Vacinas contra COVID-19" e “Educação em Saúde AND Imunização", nas bases de dados on-line Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) e Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) - com os filtros “Brasil”, e publicações a partir de 2020, até dezembro de 2021, nos idiomas “português”, “inglês” e “espanhol” e “artigo”. Os resultados apontam para diferentes estratégias de educação popular em saúde (EPS), tais como: (i) rodas de conversa em serviços de saúde públicos; (ii) mensagens e jornais eletrônicos encaminhados aos usuários do SUS pela Atenção Primária à Saúde; (iii) vídeos explicativos encaminhados pelas escolas públicas; e (iv) cartazes disponibilizados em prédios públicos em diferentes municípios. Conclui-se que a EPS dialógica contribui para a emancipação intelectual do cidadão, tornando-o capaz de decidir sobre si mesmo, com segurança, diante das situações de saúde.
Fitness for use of data: scientists' heuristics of discovery and reuse behaviour framed by the FAIR Data Principles
Authors:   School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee, TN, USA, Bishop Bradley  Wade , Collier Hannah ,   School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN, USA
Published: September 2022

Introduction. Data reuse in the natural sciences is necessary due to several factors—data volume, the often-real-time one-time collection, the associated collection costs, as well as data’s long-term scientific value with many potential reuses across domains beyond its original purpose. Method. This study captures heuristics used by natural scientists to inform their discovery and reuse. Using a critical incident technique, forty-three scientists from biology, geology, and oceanography were asked to describe their most recent data discovery resulting in reuse. Analysis. To frame participants’ behaviour along a sequence of actions from finding to reusing data, the survey used the FAIR Data Principles. Results. Results show a common lack of understanding of controlled vocabulary and a common determination of fitness of use by noting familiar sources rather than searching through extensive metadata. Conclusions. Scientists’ perceptions of their discovery and reuse behaviour provide considerations for research and impact practice to inform the design of tools and services to improve data reuse by both humans and machines.
The Social Studies Teacher Candidates' Graphic Reading and Preparing Skills: A Practical Study
Authors: GÜREL Davut , KÖSE Fatih , ERKAHRAMAN Murat Can
Published: September 2022

Today, with the possibilities brought by technology, it is seen that the data needed in almost every area of life is presented by using various visual tools. One of these tools is graphics. Graphs are tools that are used effectively in interpreting the data presented to us and in the visualization of more than one data group that has a relationship. One of the most important objectives of the social studies course, which is created by the content obtained from different social science fields, is to help students learn to read and prepare tables, graphics, and diagrams. The case study design, one of the qualitative research designs, was used in this study. The research group of the study consists of 50 senior teacher candidates studying in the social studies teaching program in a state university in the 2021-22 academic year. In the study, the data were collected through an achievement test that included three graphic reading and two graphic preparation questions developed by the researchers. In addition, an interview form consisting of two questions was used in the study to determine the difficulties faced by the students while reading and preparing graphics. It has been determined that both female and male social studies teacher candidates in the study group can read graphics containing few data but cannot read relatively complex graphics containing many data groups and have difficulty showing two or more data groups using any graphics. It was seen that the graphic reading skills of male students were slightly better than female students, and the graphic drawing skills of female students were slightly better than male students. In addition, it was concluded in the study that, as revealed in previous studies, the graphic reading levels of the students were generally moderate, they could not compare the data with each other or from a theoretical point of view, and they could read mostly the graphics prepared at the primary level.
Surface Management in Prevention of Nosocomial Infections in Radiography Practice
Authors: Chioma Okafor H. Chioma , Ifeoma Nsofor , Ime Okon
Published: September 2022

Background: For prevention of nosocomial infections in Radiography practice, it is imperative to disinfect surfaces used by all patients with appropriate disinfectants.Objective: To determine the disinfectants that are most active in eliminating micro-organisms identified on hard surfaces of equipment and accessories in the radiology department of a tertiary hospital. Methodology: Efficacy of Savlon (chlorohexidine), Jik (Sodium hydrochlorite), and Dettol (Chloroxylenol) were tested. Each examined surface was divided into three horizontal parts. Three BS medichem swabs were moistened with distilled water and used to collect sample along each surface at different points. The surfaces were cleaned with each undiluted disinfectant and allowed to dry for 20 minutes. Three different moistened swabs were used to collect another fresh sample. Chocolate agar was used to prepare the samples and later incubated in incumaxTM incubator for 24 hours at 370C. Colonies were identified under national light microscope.Results: Colony count before disinfection was one 150. After cleaning, it reduced to 60. The isolated organisms were: Staphycoccus aureus, Candida albicans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa coliform and Escherichia coli. Staphylococcus aureus which had the highest colony count of 51 before disinfection was reduced to 14 after disinfection. Escherichia coli had the least colony count before and after disinfection. Jik (sodium hydrochlorite) reduced the total bacterial load form 51 to 14 counts.Conclusion: Sodium hypochlorite (Jik) is the most effective disinfectant noticed in our centre.
Hysterosalpingographic Interrogation of Infertility at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Nigeria
Authors: Isiaq Jamiu , Ohagwu Chukwuemeka , Okwara Kelechi
Published: September 2022

Background: The African traditional society places a high premium on fecundity and therefore, views infertility as a personal tragedy. Prolonged infertility might lead to suicidal tendencies, stigmatization, marital instability, and enormous psychological stress. In recent times in Nigeria, there appears to be an upsurge in the number of couples investigated for infertility using hysterosalpingography (HSG).

Objective: To observe the trend of HSG findings at a foremost tertiary hospital in Nigeria.

Methods: A consecutive enlistment of HSG radiographs concluded and reported on between July 2014 to December 2018. Using an inclusion criteria of patients who had an initial ultrasound scan prior to HSG as noted from radiologists reports, a sample size of 623 radiographs was enlisted from a HSG population of 2,624 cases. Patients’ demographic information were extracted from their request cards and radiologists’ reports.

Results: Patients were aged 22 – 54 (mean: 36.30 ± 6.00) years, with a modal age range of 31 – 40 year (58.5 %) showing the highest throughput. Hysterosalpingography abnormalities were in two broad sites of uterus and fallopian tubes with the former showing a higher frequency ((n = 362, 58.11 %). Specifically, fibroid (n = 198, 31.80 %) and congenital anomalies (n = 24, 3.80 %) were the most and least prevalent abnormalities, respectively.

Conclusions: Women aged 31 – 40 years were the most common patients for HSG, and uterine fibroid was the most common abnormality found in this study.
How Knowledgeable are Non-Radiology Doctors on Ionizing Radiation
Authors: Faragai Aisha R. , Ugwu Anthony C. , Hassan Mohammed , Sidi Mohammed
Published: September 2022

Background: Due to the risk of hazard from ionizing radiation, non-radiology doctors who refer patients to the radiology departments ought to be knowledgeable enough about what their patients are subjected to. The high throughput of radiology requests in our centre in Nigeria justifies this study.

Aim: To evaluate the level of knowledge of non-radiology doctors on ionizing radiation with a view to reviewing local protocols on justification of investigations involving ionizing radiation.

Material and method: Eighty (80) structured questionnaires were administered to non-radiology doctors practising in different hospitals n Kano city, Nigeria. Answers were elicited on radiation protection principles, concept of ionizing radiation, radiation effects, imaging modalities that emit ionizing radiation, radiation measurements and attitude towards ionizing radiation.

Results: Seventy questionnaires were returned out of the eighty sent out with sixty-four (80 %) being properly filled. Knowledge of non-radiology doctors was variable on different indices; 15.6 %, n = 10 (fundamental principles of radiation protection); 45.3 %, n = 29 (effects of ionizing radiation); 34.4 %,  n = 22 (knowledge on ionizing property of radiation); 73 %, n = 47 (emission of ionizing radiation by computed tomography); and 85.9 %, n = 55 (interest in specific modality).

Conclusion:  Non-radiology doctors in Kano metropolis have fairly good knowledge of potential hazards of radiation.
A Review of Medical Imaging Innovations that Impacted Patient Care in Recent Decades as Link to Future Trends
Authors: Njoku Jerome Njoku , Abonyi Chibuzor
Published: September 2022

Background: Medical Imaging has witnessed a revolution in technological advancement, being in the forefront among other disciplines in the health sector. Most of the earlier modalities that were largely analogue and mechanical have been replaced by automated and digitized technology.

Objective: To track the developments and innovations in certain aspects of medical imaging that have impacted positively on patient care.

Methods: Relevant literature were searched physically and online for both old and modern technological innovations in medical imaging and patient care.

Results: There have been new technologies such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and the various ramifications of ultrasonography. Innovations in imaging modalities have brought increased diagnostic accuracy, much as examination time has been drastically shortened and radiation dose levels minimized or completely dispensed with. Manufacturing of portable equipment means that technology can now be taken to the patient and more time is dedicated to patient care. Introduction of digital radiography and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems have further impacted positively on efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery. Graduate degree programmes have invigorated radiographers’ drive for the discovery of new and better ways of diagnosis and treatment through research.

Conclusion: Innovations in technology have led to miniaturization of equipment making it possible to take services to the critically ill patients, thereby improving patients’ accessibility to medical care. Also patients’ exposure to ionizing radiation has reduced due to improvement in research and development of new modalities using radiant energies other than ionizing radiation.
Factors that affect Teaching and Learning among Undergraduate Radiography Students in two Nigerian Universities.
Authors: Chiegwu Uche , Ugwuanyi Chimuanya D , Ofokansi Chigozie F.
Published: September 2022

Objectives: To understand undergraduate radiography students’ perception on effective teaching and learning.

Methods: Two hundred (200) radiography students from different academic levels of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus and University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, were enlisted.  Self-completion semi- structured questionnaires were used to obtain information from students on their perception of the teaching methods employed by lecturers.

Results: Results revealed that factors such as teaching methods, lecturers’ knowledge of the subject,  their disposition at lectures, use of clear concepts and their practical applications, learning environment, use of visual teaching aids, and use of non-judgmental feedback on students’ work can influence effective learning. Other influencing factors included workload and lecture scheduling, student academic level, age, gender and availability of facilities.

Conclusion: The academic performance of students is not only influenced by the lecturer’s knowledge of the subject but also the method used, available facilities, the age and academic level of the students.
Paediatric Diagnostic Reference levels in low Resource Settings: A Guide for developing Country Practitioners with excerpts from ICRP 135
Authors: Nkubli Flavious , Nzotta Chukwuemeka , Nwobi Chigozie , Dlama Joseph
Published: September 2022

Background: The practical implementation of Diagnostic Reference Level in pediatric imaging is a complex task due to their unique individuality in terms of high sensitivity to radiation, varying body sizes and presenting pathology. Hence, good knowledge of medical technology, skill to perform patient dosimetry and to analyze mage quality is required.

Purpose: To provide a guide on the methodological requirements for the establishment of Paediatric Diagnostic Reference Levels (PiDRLs) based on the revised and updated guidelines from the current ICRP publication 135 on Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs).

Materials and method: An extensive review of the ICRP report Publication 135 on Diagnostic Reference levels in medical imaging with a focus on paediatric imaging and other related studies were undertaken. 

Results: The ICRP report 135 updates and refines the recommendations of 2001. It highlights that the application of DRLs in paediatrics alone is not sufficient for the optimization of protection. Image quality must be evaluated. Quantities used for DRLs should be appropriate to the imaging modality being evaluated, assess the amount of ionizing radiation applied to perform a medical imaging task, and be measured directly. For interventional procedures, the complexity of the procedure may be considered in setting DRLs. DRLs shall not be used for individual patients or as trigger (alert or alarm) levels for individual patients. Appropriate weight bands (generally with 5 or 10 kg intervals) are recommended for establishing paediatric DRLs and should be promoted.

Conclusion: The amount of radiation used for examinations of children can vary tremendously due to the great variation in patient size and weight from neonates to adult-sized adolescents. This variation in patient radiation dose is appropriate. However, variation in patient doses due to inappropriate technique or failure to child-size the imaging protocol is not appropriate. This forms the basis of the new ICRP guideline and should form the basis of developing PiDRLs.
Hysterosalphingograpy Findings In Infertile Women: A Systematic Review.
Authors: Mohammed Sidi , Abdurrahman Ashiru Auta
Published: September 2022

Background: Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is a valuable radiological procedure for imaging the female reproductive tract. Structural abnormalities on hysterosalpingography (HSG) are among the important factors in the evaluation of female infertility.

Objectives: The study was aimed at reviewing the available literature on hysterosalpingography findings in infertile women, identifying the missing gap in the subject area, coming up which area of further that will further enhance the role of HSG in the diagnosis of infertility.

Methods: The study was a systemic review that focused on the literature on the topic and keywords of research. The references were obtained using a database; IEEE Xplore, EBSCO, Cochrane and MEDLINE. The search terms used were; hysterosalpingography findings, HSG, detection of infertility, fluoroscopic examinations. The inclusion criteria are articles published in the English language, non-duplicated and those that full text is available online.

Result: Eleven articles were considered for the review. Four of the articles were prospective, whereas the other seven were retrospective studies. Ten of the reviewed articles are from Africa and only one is from Asia. The most frequent finding in the reviewed articles on the two continents was bilateral tubal blockage whereas the least frequent finding is associated with the cervix. The majority of the reviewed articles used short study duration, retrospective, or small sample size.  None of the reviewed articles established a relationship between the HSG findings with demographic information or clinical history of the selected subjects.

Conclusion: The findings of the published articles have proven the potentiality of HSG in detecting uterine abnormalities related to infertility. None of the reviewed articles established a relationship between the HSG findings with demographic information or clinical history of the selected subjects.
The race towards the universal health coverage and factors influencing radiographers' career choice in rural settlements in North-Eastern Nigeria
Authors: Luntsi Geofery , Gubio Hafsat B. M. , Nkubli Flavious B , Kalu Ochie , Chigozie Nwobi I. , Muhammed Njiti M , Zira Joseph D. , Umar Abubakar
Published: September 2022

Background: There is a human resource crisis in the healthcare sector in Nigeria. This is because of the existing inequitable distribution of the available meagre workforce which is itself not helped by the increasing and currently trending brain drain.Purpose: This study aimed at assessing the factors that influence radiographers' choice of career in rural settlements in Northeastern Nigeria.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among Radiographers in Northeastern Nigeria. A 21-item, self-administered semi-structured questionnaire was distributed over a six (6) month period, where 130 questionnaires were distributed. The questionnaire consisted of two sections; a: on demography; b: on factors (attractors and detractors) for career choice in rural areas. Content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data; descriptive statistics were used to analyze quantitative data. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 was used.Results: A total of 91 questionnaires were retrieved, giving a response rate of 70%. There were 56 (61.5%) males and 35 (38.5%) females. About 82 (90.1 %) had B.Sc and 9 (9.9 %) had M.Sc as their highest qualification. The major attractors for accepting rural jobs were improved remuneration 97 (86.8%) and opportunity for continuous professional development 72 (79.1%). While major detractors were, the cultural and traditional beliefs of the people in rural areas 23 (25.3%) and the lack of social amenities/poor infrastructure 22 (24.2%).Conclusion: The attractors for radiographers to rural areas in this study were; improved remuneration, availability of equipment, professional development, availability of social amenities and security among others. To recruit and retain radiographers in the rural areas, government, recruitment agencies and employers should in addition to good remuneration motivate the radiographers by providing adequate power, security, rural posting allowances, good functional equipment and working and learning environment.
Sonographic features of radiologically non-functioning kidneys on intravenous urography (IVU) in Kano Metropolis, Nigeria
Authors: Mansur Umar , Ohagwu Christoper Chukwuemeka , Sidi Mohammed , Dambatta Abdu Hamisu , Ya'u Anas , Abubakar Aminu Abubakar , Hassan Aliyu Abdullahi
Published: September 2022

Background: Despite technological advancement in uro-radiology, renal ultrasonography remains the imaging modality of choice for evaluating various pathological conditions affecting urinary tract (GIT) system.Aim: This study was aimed at evaluating sonographic features of radiologically nonfunctional kidneys in Kano metropolis, Nigeria.Methods: A prospective study involving 94 each of disease and control group were conducted in Kano metropolis from January 2019 to January 2021. Renal scans were performed using a digital ultrasound imaging system; model DP-8800Plus fitted with a 3.5MHz curvilinear transducer. The maximum length, width, and thickness were measured. The renal echogenicity was assessed and graded. Data was analyzed using SPSS Version 22.0Results: The mean values of the right and left renal volumes among adult patients was 400.5 ± 527.3 cm3 and 177.6 ± 174.3 cm3 respectively. For pediatric patients it was 272.3 ± 308.6 cm3 and 241.6 ± 228.7 cm3 for the right and left kidney respectively. The renal parenchymal echogenicity of the right kidney among adult patients were sored as grade II 2 (5.3%), grade III 27 (71%), and grade IV 9 (23.7%), while that pediatric patients were Grade 0 (11.1%), and 8 (88.9%) as grade III. The adults left kidney were scored grade II 2 (6%), and 16 (47%) each as grades III and IV, while the pediatric group scored 3 (25%) as grade II, and 9 (75%) as grade III.Conclusion: Increased renal volume, shrunken kidney, increased renal parenchymal echogenicity, and severe hydronephrosis were strong sonographic indicators of nonfunctional kidneys.
Impact of ultrasound and sociodemographic variables on maternal foetal attachment in Taraba State, Nigeria
Authors: Yakubu A. , Ugwu A.C. , Sidi M. , Zira D.J. , Ibrahim F.Z.
Published: September 2022

Background: Maternal foetal attachment is manifested in behaviors that demonstrate care and commitment to the foetus. Ultrasound decreases maternal anxiety and confers psychological benefit following a reassuring sonogram.Maternal-foetal attachment is affected by many socio-demographic factors which include maternal age, occupation, educational level, race, marriage duration, ethnicity, Religion, income status, pregnancy planning, and identification of the foetal gender.Aim: This study was aimed at assessing the effect of ultrasound and sociodemographic factors on maternal foetal attachment during pregnancy.Method: A prospective study was conducted from November, 2019 to March, 2020. A convenient sampling method was employed and included 404 pregnant women aged 18-45 years old in their 2nd and 3rd trimester. The data were collected using a maternal foetal attachment scale questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were carried out at p value < 0.05.Result: The score of maternal foetal attachment scale was greater with post ultrasound than the pre ultrasound. There was statistically significant difference between the pre and post ultrasound maternal foetal attachment scale (p=0.000). A statistically significant difference was observed in the maternalfoetal attachment across the different ethnic groups (p=0.000), planned and unplanned pregnancy (p=0.000).Conclusion: This study revealed that ultrasound scan has influence on maternal foetal attachment, planned pregnancy. Hausa, Bandawa and Jenjo were found to be more attached to their foetuses.
Reservation Based Vehicle Parking System Using GSM and RFID Technology
Authors: Harikrishna K  , R Ramesh  , M Mothilal  , M Mounika  , Devraboina Sushma
Published: September 2022

This paper is to develop a Reservation based vehicle parking reservation system to overcome the problem of unnecessary time consumption in finding parking spot in commercial parking areas. In this proposed system, we reserve the parking slot in shopping malls, theatres and offices by using short message service (SMS). User reserves the slot by sending a message to GSM modem placed at the parking end. GSM modem gives slot number and a password if the slots are available which is used to allow or deny access to the parking area at the entrance and exit. IR sensor is used for the indication of empty slot with a green LED. User can park the vehicle at the given zone, and this is valid up to a certain grace period only after that the priority will be given to next user. RFID technology is used for entering and exiting parking area and also used to debit the amount for parking charges through RFID tag. The main contribution is the system has more security .Thus users can just reserve the parking slots using the SMS.
A Review Paper on Network Security and Cryptography
Authors: Mr. Pradeep V  , Vaishali  , Vandan M Shetty  , Varsha A M
Published: September 2022

Organizations all over the globe create a tremendous quantity of data on a daily basis since the birth of the World Wide Web and the rise of ecommerce apps and social networks. The most fundamental difficulty in ensuring secure data transfer over the internet is information security. Network security challenges are also growing more significant as society transitions to the digital information era. As more people connect to the internet, cyber-attacks becoming increasingly common. It is necessary to preserve computer and network security, which are crucial challenges. The poisonous hubs wreak havoc on the system. It may use the assets of other hubs while still protecting its own assets. We present an overview of network security and numerous strategies in this article Cryptography is a method for improving network security.
COMPOSTAGEM DE RESÍDUOS ORGÂNICOS DOMÉSTICOS DURANTE O PERÍODO DA PANDEMIA DE SARS-COV-2: UMA REVISÃO
Authors: COELHO CAREN WILSEN MIRANDA , SANTOS MAELE COSTA DOS , ROSA LICIANE OLIVEIRA DA , CORRÊA ÉRICO KUNDE , GATTO DARCI ALBERTO
Published: September 2022

Introdução: A compostagem de resíduos sólidos da agricultura urbana tem se destacado como uma alternativa sustentável para auxiliar famílias vulneráveis a minimizar os efeitos da fome durante a pandemia do COVID-19 nos grandes centros urbanos. Objetivo: Este trabalho tem por objetivo realizar uma revisão integrativa da literatura a fim de deliberar a importância da utilização do fertilizante obtido através da compostagem de resíduos orgânicos alimentares como ferramenta na redução da insegurança alimentar e nutricional com possível geração de renda durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Material e métodos: A pesquisa foi realizada através dos Periódicos CAPES e Google Scholar em abril de 2021. Os descritores utilizados foram: “Gestão de Resíduos” AND “Agricultura Urbana” AND “Compostagem” AND “Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional” AND “COVID-19” e “Waste Management” AND “Urban Agriculture” AND “Composting” AND “Food and Nutritional Security” AND “COVID-19” nas bases de dados. Os critérios de inclusão foram artigos nos idiomas inglês, português e espanhol, datado nos últimos cinco anos, sendo artigos de revisão de literatura o critério de exclusão. Os resultados da busca identificaram dez artigos adequados aos critérios pré-estabelecidos. Resultados: Com a análise dos dados verificou-se que 40% dos artigos encontrados abordavam sobre a compostagem de resíduos orgânicos como alternativa de baixo custo para melhoria do solo na Agricultura Urbana, 20% dos artigos descreviam iniciativas bem-sucedidas no Brasil e 40% abordavam iniciativas bem-sucedidas em outros países do mundo. Resultados: Com os resultados obtidos neste estudo, foi possível verificar que o fertilizante orgânico gerado através da compostagem de resíduos orgânicos utilizado na Agricultura Urbana, além de ser uma prática sustentável de baixo custo, apresenta-se também como ferramenta geradora de renda e segurança alimentar em comunidades carentes. Entretanto, verificou-se a necessidade de pesquisas cientificas que comprovem ou relacionem a Agricultura Urbana associada a compostagem como ferramenta para reduzir a Insegurança Alimentar e Nutricional gerando renda, durante a pandemia do COVID-19. Conclusão: O contexto pandêmico tem levado a diversas discussões, principalmente sobre distribuição de alimentos, expondo os reais problemas vividos por comunidades carentes. A compostagem de resíduos sólidos pode ser uma excelente alternativa para minimizar estes problemas e gerar renda para comunidades vulneráveis.
TracKid – A Location Tracking Application for Children on School Transport
Authors: Karanja Rachel , Khakata Esther
Published: September 2022

Education does not only entail children sitting in class to read books and study, but it also involves activities outside the classroom such as co-curricular activities, transport system, religious activities, and cleaning but unfortunately, they are not given as much thought as anticipated. In the school transport sector specifically, there has been a growing concern among parents on the safety of their children when they are on their way back home to school. Some parents are not able to take their children to and from school due to work demands and frequent traffic snarl-ups, therefore they choose to enroll their child into the school transportation system to cushion them of that burn. The problem however is that even with the school transportation, parents are not able to track the movements of their children while they are on transit to and from school and this has brought about many cases of children getting lost and not arriving home and this results into a blame-game between the school and the parents. The school, in this case, the drivers and the teachers are unable to account for the children and this brings further mistrust, and hence the parents are forced to either bear with the situation or pull out their children from the program altogether and look for alternative options. This paper provides a solution that uses a web application enabling the school, parents and drivers to be accountable for the children while on transit in the school transportation system. This will allow all the stakeholders to communicate efficiently and in turn ensure children’s safety.
E-Health Preventing Pediatric Home Accidents
Authors: Bouderbali Chiraz , Belalem Ghalem
Published: September 2022

Pediatric home accidents still a nightmare for parents, especially for who don’t know how to act in such situations. With the digital health advancements, it will be possible to avoid the disasters of these accidents, especially falls. In this paper, we will present the definition of each of home accidents and ehealth, the motivations and the challenges of this work, related works and propose a prototype to avoid falls disasters with a discussion of the positive and negative points of this prototype and finally make a comparison between our approach and the related works.
Decades of Miscomputation in Genomic Clades and Distances
Authors: B. Frost Richard
Published: September 2022

Hardly a week seems to go by without encountering a new genetics study that contains a diagram of specimen genetic similarities and clades. For these diagrams, biologists have long relied on universitybased and/or commercial computational packages which are not only prone to pilot errors but also contain “analysis” methods which should never be used for genetic distance or clustering. Not that all the software is poor – it appears there is a mixture of good and bad in each package. The troublesome methods, however, have enjoyed acceptable use for so long that serious errors are published on a frequent basis. What follows is a list of concerns that will hopefully be useful to authors and reviewers alike. The report concludes with a graph-theoretical alternative to the current status quo in genomics.
Data Warehousing as Knowledge Pool : A Vital Component of Business Intelligence
Authors: Aljuwaiber Abobakr
Published: September 2022

Increasing amounts of information and diverse formats have forced organizations to create large data repositories in response to the information explosion in the 21st century. As a result, the model of a data warehouse has been introduced to define a large data repository. The purpose of this article is to describe the principles of data warehousing in business and how it can enhance the generation of new knowledge throughout the organization. Definitions of data warehousing are considered and include methods of its use, namely query and data simulation. The steps required prior to transforming the raw data into a data warehouse and project goals for data warehouses and metadata are also discussed. The objective of this document is to provide a clear and simple description of data warehousing terms and concepts, especially for busy managers and laymen. They may only need basic and direct information about data warehouses to gain a complete understanding of the principles of the data warehouse.
Compact Preservation of Scrambled CD-Rom Data
Authors: Hauenstein Jacob
Published: September 2022

When preserving CD-ROM discs, data sectors are often read in a so-called “scrambled mode” in order to preserve as much data as possible. This scrambled data is later unscrambled and further processed into a standard CD-ROM disc image. The process of converting the scrambled data into a standard CD-ROM disc image is potentially lossy, but standard CD-ROM disc images exhibit much higher software compatibility and have greater usability compared to the scrambled data from which they are derived. Consequently, for preservation purposes, it is often necessary to store both the scrambled data and the corresponding standard disc image, resulting in greatly increased storage demands compared to storing just one or the other. Here, a method that enables compact storage of scrambled data alongside the corresponding (unscrambled) standard CD-ROM disc image is introduced. The method produces a compact representation of the scrambled data that is derived from the unscrambled disc image. The method allows for (1) storage of the standard unscrambled disc image in unmodified form, (2) easy reconstruction of the scrambled data as needed, and (3) a substantial space savings (in the typical case) compared to storing the scrambled data using standard data compression techniques.
Identify the Beehive Sound using Deep Learning
Authors: Quaderi Shah Jafor Sadeek , Labonno Sadia Afrin , Mostafa Sadia , Akhter Shamim
Published: September 2022

Flowers play an essential role in removing the duller from the environment. The life cycle of the flowering plants involves pollination, fertilization, flowering, seed- formation, dispersion, and germination. Honeybees pollinate approximately 75% of all flowering plants. Environmental pollution, climate change, natural landscape demolition, and so on, threaten the natural habitats, thus continuously reducing the number of honeybees. As a result, several researchers are attempting to resolve this issue. Applying acoustic classification to recordings of beehive sounds may be a way of detecting changes within them. In this research, we use deep learning techniques, namely Sequential Neural Network, Convolutional Neural Network, and Recurrent Neural Network, on the recorded sounds to classify bee sounds from the nonbeehive noises. In addition, we perform a comparative study among some popular non-deep learning techniques, namely Support Vector Machine, Decision Tree, Random Forest, and Naïve Bayes, with the deep learning techniques. The techniques are also verified on the combined recorded sounds (25-75% noises).
SwarMED: A High-Throughput Interoperability Architecture Over Ethereum and Swarm for Big Biomedical Data
Authors: Kusum Das Arghya
Published: September 2022

In this paper, we introduce SwarMED, a decentralized yet high throughput interoperability system for big biomedical data. SwarMED uses Etehreum blockchain for trustless security and Swarm p2p storage to handle high throughput transaction of big data. In SwarMED, we developed an indexing mechanism over the immutable storage of Swarm to achieve high-throughput while sharing millions of patient records and images among multiple parties. SwarMED achieved a high throughput of 250K medical records per second over a private network constructed over LSU-HPC cluster. This high throughput is 9x more comparing to conventional way of using p2p storage in conjunction with blockchain. This high throughput enables the patients to get realtime access to his comprehensive medical history and scientists to gain real-time access to different medical data for collaborative research complying to the constraints posed by existing laws. Our system-level analysis over different design alternatives over different transfer and storage architectures shows that, p2p storage platforms automatically provide significantly better scalability over traditional HTTP with increasing number of clients. Swarm provides 2x more I/O throughput and 10x less latency than IPFS, another p2p storage system making it a better choice for decentralized big data transaction.
Impact of Pandemic on E-Commerce in Asia
Authors: Wani Bilal Ahmed , BT. Mohamad Ali Noor Azizah
Published: September 2022

The primary objective of this study is to investigate the impact that the coronavirus known as Covid-19 has had on the e-commerce in Asia. Coronavirus, one of the most lethal viruses currently known, is responsible for the deaths of many people. This indicates that the rate of economic growth in the nation has slowed down. On a very large scale, it has nearly completely disrupted all other kinds of businesses, including the e-commerce company. Most outlets owned by major merchants had been closed indefinitely. Aside from that, the situation is difficult for medium and small-sized enterprises (SMEs) since there are less customers shopping at their stores. Additionally, e-commerce companies should not be excluded from consideration. Additionally, Asia has a significant negative impact on them. China is the primary source of more than half of the goods items sold by many online retailers. As a result, it is presumable that this lethal virus will have a significant influence on the internet commerce conducted across Asia, particularly about the sale of Chinese goods. A survey was carried out as part of this study, and primary research was carried out as well, to get a more fruitful conclusion. The findings showed that most goods originate in China, and most industries are under lockdown, which implies that no items are imported or exported. This was shown by the fact that most industries are closed.
Deliverable of Youtube Platform as a Commercial Health Awareness Communication to Malaysian Traveler
Authors: binti Alimom Norasikin , Mohd Ramly Liyana binti , Mohd Azlan Nurul Atiqah binti
Published: September 2022

YouTube video search is the number one source of views in aggregation, the related video recommendation is the main source of views for most of the videos on YouTube. Health awareness also significant to economic progress, as healthy population live longer and will be increasingly productivity. Positive mental and physical health is a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and can contribute to his or her community. In addition, our results reveal that there is a strong correlation between the view count of a video and the average view count of its top referrer videos. The aim of this study are to know the impacts of YouTube as a health awareness video to traveler from Malaysia, and also to find out factors of usage of YouTube rather than other medium applications . Besides that, the factors and the impact of usage is influencing the YouTube as a main website popular and the most websites trending in the worldwide. Health awareness is very crucial information that each person needs to know to ensure that they can maintain a better and healthier life. This study conducted out of 68 respondents where is 35 of female and 33 of male. Most of respondents are in range 15 to 45 years old that are users of new media platforms especially YouTube and interact frequently on these platforms. The questionnaire is made up of three major sections which collect data on the respondents’ demographic profile, their exposure to YouTube, and their knowledge about health awareness video. As the result, this study showed that YouTube as a main platform to find any precautions about health awareness video or materials. In the meanwhile, the researcher agrees personally that YouTube is the best place to look for any videos or materials on health awareness precautions. With this study, it is made evident that YouTube's effects as a health awareness film for travelers from Malaysia altered a respondent's willingness to agree with the study's objectives.
Multimodal Course Design and Implementation using LEML and LMS for Instructional Alignment
Authors: K. Kourouma Mathieu , Warren Ratana , Jackson Lynette , S. Atkins-Ball Deidra , Dora Raven
Published: September 2022

Traditionally, teaching has been centered around classroom delivery. However, the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic has cultivated usage of technology, teaching, and learning methodologies for course delivery. We investigate and describe different modes of course delivery that maintain the integrity of teaching and learning. This paper answers to the research questions: 1) What course delivery method our academic institutions use and why? 2) How can instructors validate the guidelines of the institutions? 3) How courses should be taught to provide student learning outcomes? Using the Learning Environment Modeling Language (LEML), we investigate the design and implementation of courses for delivery in the following environments: face-to-face, online synchronous, asynchronous, hybrid, and hyflex. A good course design and implementation are key components of instructional alignment. Furthermore, we demonstrate how to design, implement, and deliver courses in synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid modes and describe our proposed enhancements to LEML.
Deep Learning Approach for Event Monitoring System
Authors: Vikas Kummari , Rajabrahmam Thipparthi , Venu Ponnam , Hariharan Shanmugasundaram
Published: September 2022

With an increasing number of extreme events and complexity, more alarms are being used to monitor control rooms. Operators in the control rooms need to monitor and analyze these alarms to take suitable actions to ensure the system’s stability and security. Security is the biggest concern in the modern world. It is important to have a rigid surveillance that should guarantee protection from any sought of hazard. Considering security, Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) cameras are being utilized for reconnaissance, but these CCTV cameras require a person for supervision. As a human being, there can be a possibility to be tired off in supervision at any point of time. So, we need a system to detect automatically. Thus, we came up with a solution using YOLO V5. We have taken a data set and used robo-flow framework to enhance the existing images into numerous variations where it will create a copy of grey scale image, a copy of its rotation and a copy of its blurred version which will be used to get an enlarged data set. This work mainly focuses on providing a secure environment using CCTV live footage as a source to detect the weapons. Using YOLO algorithm, it divides an image from the video into grid system and each grid detects an object within itself.
Job Matching using Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Kitichalermkiat Sukit , Singh Vishakha , Chaowiang Suntaree , Tangprasert Sumet , Chiraprawattrakun Pornthep , Leeprechanon Nopbhorn
Published: September 2022

The job market has expanded exponentially in the past few years. With many recruiters and candidates, it is not an easy task to match a perfect candidate with a perfect job. The recruiter targets candidates with the required skill sets mentioned in the job descriptions, while candidates target their dream jobs. The search frictions and skills mismatch are persistent problems. In this paper, we build a model that would match companies with candidates with the right skills and workers with the right company. We have further developed an algorithm to investigate people’s hiring history for better results.