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The Stakeholder Playbook for Explaining AI Systems
Authors: Hoffman Robert , Klein Gary , Mueller Shane T. , Jalaeian Mohammadreza , Tate Connor
Published: November 2021

The purpose of the Stakeholder Playbook is to enable system developers to take into account the different ways in which stakeholders need to "look inside" of the AI/XAI systems. Recent work on Explainable AI has mapped stakeholder categories onto explanation requirements. While most of these mappings seem reasonable, they have been largely speculative. We investigated these matters empirically. We conducted interviews with senior and mid-career professionals possessing post-graduate degrees who had experience with AI and/ or autonomous systems, and who had served in a number of roles including former military, civilian scientists working for the government, scientists working in the private sector, and scientists working as independent consultants. The results show that stakeholders need access to others (e.g., trusted engineers, trusted vendors) to develop satisfying mental models of AI systems. and they need to know "how it fails" and "how it misleads" and not just "how it works." In addition, explanations need to support end-users in performing troubleshooting and maintenance activities, especially as operational situations and input data change. End-users need to be able to anticipate when the AI is approaching an edge case. Stakeholders often need to develop an understanding that enables them to explain the AI to someone else and not just satisfy their own sensemaking. We were surprised that only about half of our Interviewees said they always needed better explanations. This and other findings that are apparently paradoxical can be resolved by acknowledging that different stakeholders have different capabilities, different sensemaking requirements, and different immediate goals. In fact, the concept of “stakeholder” is misleading because the people we interviewed served in a variety of roles simultaneously — we recommend referring to these roles rather than trying to pigeonhole people into unitary categories. Different cognitive styles re another formative factor, as suggested by participant comments to the effect that they preferred to dive in and play with the system rather than being spoon-fed an explanation of how it works. These factors combine to determine what, for each given end-user, constitutes satisfactory and actionable understanding. exp
A continuity in logical development: domain-general disjunctive inference by toddlers
Authors: Cesana-Arlotti Nicolò , Halberda Justin
Published: November 2021

What are the developmental foundations of logical thought? Here we find that 2.5-year-old toddlers (N=36) can reason using a Disjunctive Inference (i.e., A OR B, NOT A, THEREFORE B) across three contexts, which argues that domain-general logical reasoning may be in place from as early as the third year of life.
3 Minutes: From Zero to Hero
Authors: Sordillo Daniela
Published: November 2021

A reflection on the trial of three-minute student showreel video presentations, in place of a virtual rendition of a traditional academic poster session, in an interdisciplinary conference held online during the Covid-19 pandemic. I revisit the motivation for suggesting this pedagogical approach and reflect on the different learning stakeholders which contributed to the learning strategy’s success.
Afterword
Authors: Hattersley Sara
Published: November 2021

In this afterword, I reflect on my involvement in one element of Warwick’s pandemic contingency work and how PGR tutors made a significant contribution. I consider this in light of the pieces in this inaugural JPPP issue, looking at what this tells us about the value of working with postgraduate researchers who teach, with reference to recent activities, events and surveys and through the lens of persistence in learning.
Zmiany środowiska edukacyjnego uczniów – powszechność, uwarunkowania i konsekwencje w lokalnym systemie edukacji
Authors: Stelmach Joanna
Published: November 2021

Some students experience unexpected, systemically unanticipated changes in their educational environment, such as changing schools or class, or perhaps repeating a year. Such educational pathways are labelled as ‘discontinuous’. They are recognised as disruptions in the educational settings and considered to be risk factors which may impinge on school achievement, behaviour, or overall well-being of a child. In this paper, we discuss the scale of the problem among eighth-graders from Ostrołęka, its probable causes, with particular emphasis on a family situation, and consequences, taking into account the maths and Polish language end-of-year test results in the seventh grade. The study has shown that changes disrupting the educational path carry a risk of greater school difficulties, especially in the case of maths (lower achievement, even when family characteristics relevant to the analysed relationship are controlled for). Therefore, it is important to take care – as much as it is possible – of the continuity of students’ educational environment, e.g. by reducing changes to those that are absolutely necessary (e.g. it should be carefully considered whether the changes in class composition between the third and fourth grade are necessary).
O początkach wychowania seksualnego w Polsce i kontestacji młodzieżowej na Zachodzie – zapis ostatniego wywiadu z Profesorem Andrzejem Jaczewskim
Authors: Stępniewska Julia , Zańko Piotr , Fijałkowski Adam
Published: November 2021

In this text, we ask about the relationship between sexual education in Poland in the 1960s and 1970s with the cultural contestation and the moral (including sexual) revolution in the West as seen through the eyes of Prof. Andrzej Jaczewski (1929–2020) – educationalist, who for many years in 1970s and 1980s conducted seminars at the University of Cologne, pediatrician, sexologist, one of the pioneers of sexual education in Poland. The movie “Sztuka kochania. Historia Michaliny Wisłockiej” (“The Art of Love. The Story of Michalina Wisłocka” [1921–2005]), directed in 2017 by Maria Sadowska, was the impulse for our interview. After watching it, we discovered that the counter-cultural background of the West in the 1960s and 1970s was completely absent both in the aforementioned film and in the discourse of Polish sex education at that time. Moreover, Andrzej Jaczewski’s statement (July 2020) indicates that the Polish concept of sexual education in the 1960s and 1970s did not arise under the influence of the social and moral revolution in the West at the same time, and its originality lay in the fact that it was dealt with by professional doctors-specialists. We put Andrzej Jaczewski’s voice in the spotlight. Our voice is usually muted in this text, it is more of an auxiliary function (Chase, 2009). Each of the readers may impose their own interpretative filter on the story presented here.
A Randomized Study Comparing the Effects of G-CSF and G-CSF/GM-CSF for the Mobilization of Peripheral Blood Stem Cells by Mitoxantrone and High-Dose Cytarabine Chemotherapy
Authors: Huang Yihong , Dai Wenlu , Li Chunyu , Li Depeng , Li Zhenyu , Lu Qunxian , Sun Haiying , Li Baolin , Xu Kailin , Huang Yihong
Published: November 2021

We investigated the efficiency of mitoxantrone (MIT) and high-dose cytarabine (Ara-C) chemotherapy followed by G-CSF and G-CSF/GM-CSF treatments for the mobilization of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) in patients with leukemia and lymphoma. MIT was intravenously injected at 10 mg/(m2·d) for 2 to 3 days, followed by Ara-C injected intravenously at 2 g/m2 every 12 hours for 1 to 2 days. When white blood cell count recovered from the lowest value, 5 to 7.5 μg/ (kg·d) G-CSF was administered in 23 patients for 5 to 7 successive days. Another 27 patients received 3-5 μg/ (kg·d) G-CSF and 3-5μg/ (kg·d) GM-CSF. Autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells were collected. Levels of CFU-GM and CD34+ cells were determined after unfreezing. The CD34+ cells and CFU-GM yields of 27 patients in G-CSF plus GM-CSF combination group [(8.79±3.11)×106/kg, (3.52±1.34)×105/kg, respectively] were significantly higher than those of patients receiving G-CSF alone (n=23) [(6.14±2.06)×106/kg, (2.03±1.06)×105/kg, respectively (P < 0.05)]. No obvious changes of T lymphocyte subsets in patients were observed when using G-CSF/GM-CSF, but levels of CD34+ cells increased gradually (P>0.05). The end-point separation blood volume was all above trebling TBV. No severe complications were observed during the mobilization and collection. Autologous PBSCT obtained quick hematopoietic reconstitution. In conclusion, MA chemotherapy combined with G-CSF alone and G-CSF/GM-CSF can safely and effectively mobilize autologous PBSCs, while G-CSF plus GM-CSF is superior to G-CSF alone. Large volume leukapheresis is an important method to enhance the production rate of stem cells and decrease harvesting time.
PERIOPERATIVE METABOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH THYROTOXICOSIS, POSSIBILITIES OF ITS CORRECTION
Authors: Denysenko A. I. , Cherniy V. I.
Published: November 2021

In the past, thyroid surgery has been the most common cause of thyroid storm, but recently, preoperative drugs that create a euthyroid state before surgery have somewhat improved treatment outcomes. Therefore, the anesthesia of such operations is very important.
The aim of this work: to evaluate the possibility of using dexmedetomidine for perioperative correction of metabolism in thyroidectomy under general anesthesia in patients with thyrotoxicosis.
Materials and methods. The study was prospective, not randomized. The study involved 137 patients (53 men, 84 women, aged 21 to 76 years) with thyrotoxicosis, who underwent planned thyroidectomy under general anesthesia, using the inhalation anesthetic sevoflurane and the narcotic analgesic fentanyl, in low-flow artificial lung ventilation. Perioperative monitoring was complemented by the use of indirect calorimetry. The degree of preoperative risk of patients is ASA III-IV. In group I (n=71), situationally, during the operation, with a heart rate of > 90 beats/min, a selective β-blocker esmolol hydrochloride was administered intravenously (25-50 μg×kg-1×min-1) under the control of ECG and hemodynamic parameters until the heart rate normalizes. In group II (n=66) - dexmedetomidine – 0,1 μg×kg-1×h-1.
Results and discussions. The initial metabolic parameters in both groups were high and amounted, respectively, 830±15 cal×min-1×m-2 in group I and 832 ± 13 cal×min-1× m-2 in group II, which exceeded their basal metabolic rate: in group I - by 54,9% and in group II - by 58,5% (p <0.01). At the stage of induction of anesthesia in group I, a depression of the hemodynamic profile was revealed, probably associated with the effect of the introduction of esmolol hydrochloride, which led to a decrease in oxygen transport without metabolic disturbances. At the stages of mobilization and removal of the thyroid gland, manifestations of hyperdynamia and hypermetabolism were observed in both groups. Metabolism at these stages, in group II, respectively, was lower, by 9,3% and 10,1%, than in group I. The degree of metabolic disorder, in group I, was 42,8% ± 2,3 % and 32,6 ± 1,8%, in group II – 31,2 ± 1,6% and 22,3 ± 1,2% (p <0.05). The blood cortisol level in group I was higher than in group II (p <0.05).
Conclusions. Perioperative energy monitoring using indirect calorimetry allows timely detection of metabolic disorders and appropriate pathogenetic correction. The use of dexmedetomidine at a dose of 0.1 μg × kg-1 × h-1 is quite effective as an intravenous adjuvant for general anesthesia during thyroidectomy in patients with thyrotoxicosis.
Marriage Law
Authors: Афанасьев Николай
Published: November 2021

Протоиерей (впоследствии - протопресвитер) Николай Афанасьев (1893-1966) преподавал церковное право в Свято¬Сергиевском Православном Богословском Институте в Париже в 1932-1940 и в 1947-1966 гг. Впервые публикуемый в настоящем выпуске «Праксиса» его лекционный курс по брачному праву Церкви, вероятно, относится ко второму периоду его преподавательской деятельности в Париже. К преподаванию церковного права о. Николай возвращается после принятия священного сана в 1940 году, вынужденного пребывания в Тунисе в военное время и защиты докторской диссертации «Церковь Духа Святого» в 1950 году. Текст лекций публикуется по авторизованной машинописной копии, хранящейся в архиве о. Николая Афанасьева в Православном богословском институте в Париже.

Archpriest Nikolai Afanasiev (1893-1966) taught church law at the St. Sergei Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris in 1932-1940 and 1947-1966. The text of the lectures is published on the basis of an authorized typewritten copy stored in the archive of Fr. Nicholas Athaniev at the St Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris.
Restoration of the Institution of Deaconess in the Alexandrian Orthodox Church
Authors: Зотин Андрей Александрович
Published: November 2021

Диакониссы - одна из степеней церковной иерархии и служения в Церкви Христовой. Данный институт формировался постепенно на протяжении первых веков. Служение диаконисс было распространено преимущественно в Восточных Церквях с IV по VII- VIII века. Из женских городских аскетических общин девы и вдовицы по достижению необходимого возраста могли быть поставлены епископом в диаконисс. Они исполняли социальные, миссионерские и богослужебные обязанности служительниц в столицах диоцезов, административных центрах, крупных городах Империи, при этом находясь при кафедральных соборах и больших храмах. Например, в Константинополе при святом императоре Юстиниане в собор Святой Софии после его освящения было определено 40 диаконисс. К XII веку чин поставления диаконисс вышел из употребления.16 ноября 2016 года Синод Александрийской Православной Церкви постановил возродить институт диаконисс. 17 февраля 2017 года Патриарх Феодор II посвятил в диакониссы несколько женщин, которые будут помогать в миссионерской деятельности Катангской митрополии (епархия Александрийской Церкви в Конго), особенно в Таинстве Крещения взрослых, венчания, а также в катехизической деятельности Церкви.

Deaconesses are one of the degrees of church hierarchy and ministry in the Church of Christ. This institution was formed gradually during the first centuries. The ministry of deaconesses was distributed mainly in the Eastern Churches from the 4th to the 7th-8th centuries. Out of the women’s urban ascetic communities, virgins and widows, upon reaching the required age, could be placed by bishop in deaconess. They performed the social, missionary and liturgical duties of ministers in the capitals of dioceses, administrative centers, large cities of the Empire, while being at the cathedrals and large temples. For example, in Constantinople under the Holy Emperor Justinian, 40 deaconesses were identified in the Hagia Sophia after its consecration. By the 12th century, the rite of deaconesses was no longer in use. On November 16, 2016, the Synod of the Alexandrian Orthodox Church decided to revive the institution of deaconesses. On February 17, 2017, Patriarch Theodore II ordained several women to be deaconesses who will assist in the missionary work of the Katangan Metropolitanate (diocese of the Alexandria Church in the Congo), especially in the Sacrament of Baptism the adults, weddings, as well as in the catechism of the Church.
Politeness in Thesis Consultation by WhatsApp: Do Lecturers and Students Apply Different Strategies?
Authors: Pasaribu Arsen Nahum , Saragih Erikson , Gea Agustinus
Published: November 2021

The study of politeness in education setting interaction has increased in last decades. However, the investigation of politeness strategies in lecturer-student interaction using WhatsApp is relatively unexplored. Therefore, this study aims to explore politeness strategies used by a lecturer and students in virtual communication using WhatsApp during thesis consultation.  The researcher applied a mixed method: qualitative and quantitative research to discover the politeness phenomena in WhatsApp interaction. The participants of the study were 10 undergraduate students of English Department, University of HKBP Nommensen, and a lecturer as their thesis consultant. The data of the study consist of 50 screenshots of WhatsApp chats  thesis consultation. The results show that all four types of politeness strategies were found in lecture-students interaction. The politeness strategies used by the lecturer and students differ greatly. The lecturer dominantly employed bald on-record (30. 93%) with the most imperative sentences realization; on the other hand, the students tend to use positive politeness strategy (23.20%) with the most greetings realization. This demonstrates that lecturers keep their distance when communicating, whereas students attempt to “get closer” during the interaction. The different politeness strategy choices are caused by the different power and social status (position) factors between lecturers and students. The findings of this study also show that the politeness strategies chosen by lecturers and students are not always consistent with previous similar studies.
Factors Influencing the Use of ICT for English Language Learning of Indonesian EFL University Students
Authors: Arif Tubagus Zam Zam Al , Handayani Reli
Published: November 2021

This study examines the factors of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) that influence the acceptance of ICT use for English language learning of EFL University Students. This study also addresses the possible obstacles that affect and limit the use of ICT by adding motivation and ICT skills as extended TAM variables. This area of research topic is unexplored in the Indonesian context, especially in higher education institution. An analysis of these factors can assist instructors to understand how students learn using ICT and in providing useful advice to them during the learning process. The quantitative method was applied in this study, which included 303 students' teachers of English Education at a state university in Jambi, Indonesia. The instrument used in collecting the data was an online questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with SmartPLS3 program to analyze the proposed hypotheses formed in order to meet the study objectives. The SEM result indicated that the factors of the technology acceptance model are the main factors affecting the ICT use. The study concluded that the influence of motivation and skills for ICT usage was mediated by three main TAM variables, namely perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and attitudes.
Violence in Mexico: the politicides in Puebla from 2010-2020
Authors: Calvillo Barrios Juan
Published: November 2021

This paper argues that the decision making of the political class is one of the main causes of violence and poverty, by presenting statistics that show the evolution of violence in the state of Puebla, Mexico, evidencing manifestations of violence: kidnappings, extortions and murders in the political class. The method used in the process is of a mixed type, used to collect and present statistical data and, through inferential analysis, project their future behavior, thus seeking a change in their behavior, which gives it a normative character. Among the main results, there is evidence of a rise in politicides in Puebla, normalizing violence within the population, this leads to identify a dystopia, following Lorenzo Meyer "the negative aspects of the exercise of power dominate to an extreme degree "(Meyer, 2017, p. 13). There remains for discussion the need to reinterpret the scope of violence, which, although it may reflect a sense of defense, the evidence shows the opposite. In this way, a reflection is drawn on the risks of such violence and the possibilities of turning the state apparatus into a failed one.
ChoKs as a Promising Therapeutic Target for a Variety of Pathologies
Authors: Ibrahim Salam A
Published: November 2021

Alterations in cell metabolism represent a common cause of human diseases. Changes in lipid profiles are not an exception to this rule, including those lipids that are produced via the choline kinase (ChoK) pathway. ChoK catalyzes the conversion of choline to phosphocholine via the transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to choline.
Początki „Przeglądu Historyczno- -Wojskowego” (1929–1939)
Authors: Cękalska Marta
Published: November 2021

The aim of the paper is to present the circumstances surrounding the establishment of the scientific journal „Military Historical Review” (PHW) in 1929. It was created on the initiative of the head of the Military Historical Bureau (WBH), Brigadier General Julian Stachiewicz, and focused on the military history until 1863. The supervision of the periodical was handed over to the head of the Independent Department of Previous Wars of the WBH, Major Otton Laskowski, and it featured publications of military, but above all civil researchers. The article presents the first concepts concerning the shape and functioning of the PHW, the response of the historical-military circles to the creation of the journal, as well as the verification of these ideas and declarations of cooperation in relation to the 10 volumes of the „Review” published in 1929–1938. The article also contains information on the editorial plans for 1939 and attempts to pinpoint the mission that the „Military Historical Review” was supposed to carry out in the interwar period.
Szkolenie i dyscyplina w Armii Halickiej (listopad 1918 – listopad 1919)
Authors: Rutar Wołodymyr
Published: November 2021

The article deals with the process of training of the Galician Army officers and soldiers. The main subdivisions were mobilized soldiers where teaching method were specified. Among them the infantry’s training of military district teams in Stryy, Stanislav and Kolomyya were the most successful. The Artillery had been taught in the spare units in Zolochiv, Kolomyya, Ternopil, Stryi and Chortkiv. The Aviation school operated in Krasne. On the territory of the Nadniprianschyna preparation was conducted at cabinet-type maneuvers, although the real studying was impossible because of frequent changes of situation. The only exception was the artillery schools, which trained several dozen artillery officers. The important part of military training and the maintenance of discipline in units was the officers’ charisma. Not only the successful operation, attack or defense, but also the life of the staff depended on their personal qualities. The reasons of the disciplinary infringements were: the quality of mobilized soldiers (ideology, war fatigue ect.); agitation and propaganda; lack of a national uniform, low wages, problems with technical and financial support. All the violations were severely punished by the command (degradation in rank, arrest, whipping, hanging or shooting). The soldiers received appropriate remuneration and awards for their courage and dedication.
Dwa wywiady z adiutantem księcia Józefa Poniatowskiego
Authors: Baranowski Marcin
Published: November 2021

Colonel Józef Szumlański was an adjutant, household member and close associate of Prince Józef Poniatowski. In 1830 he gave two correspondence interviews to Stanisław Kostka Bogusławski, the author of the first scientific biography Marcin Baranowski: Dwa wywiady z adiutantem ks. Józefa Poniatowskiego 215 of Poniatowski. The content of the interviews was preserved in the manuscript collections of the Scientific Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cracow. Until now, historians have used these materials only to a small extent. The current edition is the first full, critical edition.
Smart parking management system with dynamic pricing
Authors: Mondal Md Ashifuddin , Rehena Zeenat , Janssen Marijn
Published: November 2021

Smart parking is becoming more and more an integral part of smart city initiatives. Utilizing and managing parking areas is a challenging task as space is often limited, finding empty spaces are hard and citizens want to park their vehicles close to their preferred places. This becomes worse in important/posh areas of major metropolitan cities during rush hour. Due to unavailability of proper parking management system, citizens have to roam around a lot in order to find a suitable parking area. This leads to the wastage of valuable time, unnecessary fuel consumption and environmental pollution. This paper proposes a smart parking management system (SPMS) based on multiple criteria based parking space reservation algorithm (MCPR) that allows the driver/owner of vehicles to find and reserve most appropriate parking space from anywhere at any time. The system also considers the concept of dynamic pricing strategy for calculating parking charge in order to gain more revenue by the government agencies as well as private investors. The system employs sensors to calculate concentration index, average inter-arrival time of vehicles of a parking area for better parking management and planning. The simulation results show that proposed system reduces the average extra driving required by the users to find a parking area and hence it will reduce traffic congestion, which in turn reduces air pollution caused by unnecessary driving to find a proper parking area.
Caregiver development of activity-supporting services for smart homes
Authors: Belloum Rafik , Yaddaden Amel , Lussier Maxime , Bier Nathalie , Consel Charles
Published: November 2021

Older adults often need some level of assistance in performing daily living activities. Even though these activities are common to the vast majority of individuals (e.g., eating, bathing, dressing), the way they are performed varies across individuals. Supporting older people in performing their everyday activities is a major avenue of research in smart homes. However, because of its early stage, this line of work has paid little attention on customizing assistive computing support with respect to the specific needs of each older adult towards improving its effectiveness and acceptability. We propose a tool-based approach to allowing caregivers to define services in the area of home daily living, leveraging their knowledge and expertise on the older adult they care for. This approach consists of two stages: 1) a wizard allows caregivers to define an assistive service, which supports aspects of a daily activity that are specific to an older adult; 2) the wizard-generated service is uploaded in an existing smart home platform and interpreted by a dedicated component, carrying out the caregiver-defined service. Our approach has been implemented. Our wizard has been successfully used to define existing manually-programmed, activity-supporting services. The resulting services have been deployed and executed by an existing assisted living platform deployed in the home of community-dwelling individuals. They have been shown to be equivalent to their manually-programmed counterparts. We also conducted an ergonomics study involving five occupational therapists, who tested our wizard with clinical vignettes describing fictitious patients. Participants were able to successfully define services while revealing an ease of use of our wizard.
Enhanced Handwritten Document Recognition Using Confusion Matrix Analysis
Authors: Umadevi T P  , Murugan A
Published: November 2021

The handwritten Multilanguage phase is the preprocessing phase that improves the image quality for better identification in the system. The main goals of preprocessing are diodes, noise suppression and line cancellation. After word processing, various attribute extraction techniques are used to process attribute properties for the identification process. Smoothing plays an important role in character recognition. The partitioning process in the word distribution strategy can be divided into global and local texts. The writer does not use this header line to write the text which creates a problem for skew correction, classification and recognition. The dataset used are HWSC and TST1. The tensor flow method is used to estimate the consistency of confusion matrix for the enhancement of the text recognition .The accuracy of the proposed method is 98%.
IoT Based Health Monitoring System
Authors: Jayakumar S  , Ranjith kumar R  , Tejswini R  , Kavil S
Published: November 2021

Normally, a health issue or an emergency needs to viewed in a multidisciplinary approach. And, thus a standard sensor-based diagnosis in the medical field, requires a greater number of sensors and human efforts if it’s processed on a large scale. To overcome this issue an IoT-based health care application is proposed in this research work. The proposed system consists of an online mobile application that supports continuous wireless monitoring of patients. The Main aim of the paper is to implement a low-cost system and send the patient vital parameters in case of emergency situations. Sensors such as ECG Monitor sensor, Heart Rate sensor, and temperature sensor are used to quantify the patient vital signs. The sensor data are collected and transferred to the cloud for storage of the IoT platform via a module which is connected to the micro controller. The information is processed within the cloud and the appropriate feedback steps are taken on the analyzed data which may be further analyzed by a doctor remotely in person. Remote viewing reduces the burden to doctors and also provides the precise health status of patients. If the patient needs urgent attention, then a message alerts is sent to the care taker or doctor. This kind of mechanism helps in taking precautions beforehand and also helps the doctor to analyze the patient in a better way. The setup is verified using simulation and various test experiments.
A Survey on Securing Medical Data in Cloud Using Blockchain
Authors: HariPriya K  , Brintha NC  , Yogesh C K
Published: November 2021

Security is a major concern in every technology that is introduced newly to facilitate the existing mechanism for better maintenance and handling. This is also the case in electronic health records. The data of the hospitals and the associated patients gets digital in the past few decades. The data is stored in the cloud for various reasons such as convenience of the participating entities to access it, easy maintenance. But, with this there also arises various security concerns. It has been observed from the reason studies that blockchain is used as the means of securing the healthcare data in the cloud environment.This study discusses the following. 1) Applications of blockchain in cloud environment, 2) Applications of blockchain in securing healthcare data 3) General issues and security concerns in blockchain technology and what features of block chain makes it suitable for securing health care a nd what features restricts it from using.This work helps the future researchers in getting a deep understanding of the in and out of applying blockchain in cloud and healthcare environment.
Effective Cataloging over Diverse Algorithms for Automatic Text Summarization and Its Survey
Authors: Pradheeba U  , Sherin Glory J  , Jausmin KJ  , Ramya U
Published: November 2021

In these days, the measure of information and data accessible over the web is gigantic which prompted the making of automatic text summarization. Text Summarization is the route toward obtaining eminent information from a substantial text record. Automatic Text summarization is being a need of great importance and a fascinating theme with regards to NLP. Given the expansion in size and number of archives accessible on the web, an effective automatic text summarizer is significant. The fundamental test is to cause the computer to comprehend the report given with any expansion and create the outline as the primary rationale. The fundamental main impetus behind this work is to diminish the time and exertion spent by the client on perusing the whole document to understand what is the issue here. Subsequently the paper focuses on procedures accessible in delivering the significant rundown by utilizing different abstractive and extractive techniques
The effects of different frequencies of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on patients with swallowing disorders after cerebral infarction
Authors: Du Yupeng , Wei Li , Lu Ying , Gao Hong
Published: November 2021

BACKGROUND: Swallowing disorders represent one of the most common complications after cerebral infarction. OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of different frequencies of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on swallowing disorders after cerebral infarction. METHODS: Ninety patients with swallowing disorder after cerebral infarction were enrolled and randomly assigned to three groups: the 10 Hz frequency rTMS group (30 patients), the 5 Hz frequency rTMS group (30 patients), and the 1 Hz frequency rTMS group (30 patients); another 90 healthy persons without swallowing disorders were included as the control group. The Kubota’s water-swallow test, the video fluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS), and the Electroencephalograph (EEG) were analyzed before and after treatment; the EEG of the control group was detected as the baseline. RESULTS: The Kubota’s water-swallow test scores were significantly decreased while the scores of pharynx period and the aspiration degree of VFSS significantly increased in 10 Hz frequency rTMS group than before treatment (P≤0.05); the amplitudes of C3 of the EEG significantly increased in three frequency groups than before treatment (P≤0.05). CONCLUSIONS: 10 Hz frequency of rTMS is effective for the treatment of swallowing disorder after cerebral infarction, the excitement of C3 area maybe the therapeutic target of rTMS on swallowing disorder after cerebral infarction.
Structured guideline-based physiotherapy reduces difficulties in activities of daily living in Parkinson’s disease
Authors: Medijainen Kadri , Pääsuke Mati , Lukmann Aet , Taba Pille
Published: November 2021

BACKGROUND: In the long term, Parkinson’s disease (PD) leads to the development of difficulties in daily functional tasks. There remains a paucity of evidence on the effectiveness of physiotherapy on patient-perceived difficulties regarding basic activities of daily living (ADL). OBJECTIVES: To assess an effect of a versatile physiotherapy intervention on patient-perceived difficulties in basic ADL. METHODS: The study sample included 24 patients (10 men and 14 women) with PD. Participants were randomly assigned into intervention (IG) and control groups (CG). Two assessments were performed with a gap of 10 weeks. Following first assessment, during an 8-week period, IG participants attended sixteen physiotherapy 60-minutes sessions in groups that were divided into five parts to address the core areas recommended by the European Physiotherapy Guideline for PD (EPGPD): gait, transfers, balance, physical capacity, and manual activities. The main assessment tool was the Modified Patients Specific Functional Scale (ModPSFS), which represents a self-assessment rating on difficulties perceived in 17 different commonly occurring activities. RESULTS: IG members reported a significant reduction in self-perceived difficulties as assessed by ModPSFS (effect size 1.39; 95%CI 5.1, 26.6 points, p = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS: 2-months conventional physiotherapy with incorporated core areas recommended in EPGPD for PD reduced patient-perceived difficulties in basic ADL.
Concussion symptoms and temporary accommodations using a student-centered return to learn care plan
Authors: Philipson Erik B. , Gause Emma , Conrick Kelsey M. , Erickson Scott , Muma Amy , Liu Zhinan , Ayyagari Rajiv C. , Vavilala Monica S.
Published: November 2021

BACKGROUND: Many students return to school after concussion with symptoms but without formal support. OBJECTIVE: To examine concussion symptoms and temporary academic accommodations during school use of a four-week student-centered return to learn (RTL) care plan. METHODS: Five public high schools used the RTL care plan and contributed student-level data after student report of concussion. Data on concussion symptoms, temporary academic accommodations corresponding to reported symptoms, and accommodations provided during RTL care plan use were examined. RESULTS: Of 115 students, 55%used the RTL care plan for three (34%) or four (21%) weeks. Compared to students whose symptoms resolve within the first two weeks, students who used the RTL care plan for three or four weeks reported more unique symptoms (P = 0.038), higher total severity score (P = 0.005), and higher average severity per symptom (P = 0.007) at week one. Overall, 1,127 weekly accommodations were provided. While least reported, emotional symptoms received corresponding accommodations most often (127/155 reports: 82%of occurrences). CONCLUSIONS: Use of an RTL care plan can facilitate the RTL of students with a concussion and may aid in the identification of students who are in need of longer-term support.
Anorectal dysfunction in multiple sclerosis patients: A pilot study on the effect of an individualized rehabilitation approach
Authors: Kovari Martina , Stovicek Jan , Novak Jakub , Havlickova Michaela , Mala Sarka , Busch Andrew , Kolar Pavel , Kobesova Alena
Published: November 2021

BACKGROUND: Anorectal dysfunction (ARD), especially bowel incontinence, frequently compromises the quality of life in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The effect of rehabilitation procedures has not been clearly established. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of an individualized rehabilitation approach on bowel incontinence and anorectal pressures. METHODS: MS patients with ARD underwent 6-months of individually targeted biofeedback rehabilitation. High resolution anorectal manometry (HRAM) and St. Mark’s Fecal Incontinence Scores (SMIS) were completed prior to rehabilitation, after 10 weeks of supervised physiotherapy, and after 3 months of self-treatment. RESULTS: Ten patients (50%) completed the study. Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) demonstrated significant improvement in the SMIS questionnaire over time [14.00 baseline vs. 9.70 after supervised physiotherapy vs. 9.30 after self-treatment (p = 0.005)]. No significant improvements over time were noted in any HRAM readings: maximal pressure [49.85 mmHg baseline vs. 57.60 after supervised physiotherapy vs. 60.88 after self-treatment (p = 0.58)], pressure endurance [36.41 vs. 46.89 vs. 49.95 (p = 0.53)], resting pressure [55.83, vs 52.69 vs. 51.84 (p = 0.704)], or area under the curve [230.0 vs. 520.8 vs. 501.9 (p = 0.16)]. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed individualized rehabilitation program supports a positive overall effect on anorectal dysfunction in MS patients.
Genealogical and zootechnical characteristics of the breeding core of Akhal-Teke horses of the Stavropol Territory
Authors: Kononova Lydia
Published: November 2021

Abstract. The purpose of the study is to analyze the pedigree core of the Akhal-Teke breed bred in the Stavropol Territory using the example of the leading breeding farm LLC “Stavropol stud farm No. 170”. The object of the study was stud stallions (n = 5) and brood mares (n = 30) of the thoroughbred Akhal-Teke breed. Information sources of research: statements of results of assessment of pedigree horses, catalogs of stallions-producers, state studbooks of Akhal-Teke horses, data from the information retrieval system HORSES-3. Results and scope of application. The stallions-producers of the Akhal-Teke breed used in the LLC “Stavropol stud farm No. 170” belong to 4 lines: El, Posman, Gelishikli and Fakirpelvan. According to the direct male line, all mares of the breeding core belong to 6 lines: Gelishikli (36.7 %), El (23.3 %), Gaplan (16.7 %), Posman (13.3 %), Fakirpelvan (6.7 %) and Sere (3.3 %). Zootechnical assessment of breeding stallions and mares of the breeding core showed their compliance with the breed standard. The average age of breeding stallions is 18 years, and broodmares – 11.7 years. The research results can be recommended as an educational material for students and undergraduates of universities studying in the areas of zootechnical profile training, and can also be used in the practical work of zootechnicians of breeding farms and private individuals engaged in breeding Akhal-Teke horses. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that for the first time a detailed genealogical and zootechnical assessment of the breeding nucleus of the Akhal-Teke horses bred in the Stavropol Territory has been given.
Transport category airplane flight range calculation accounting center-of-gravity position shift and engine throttling characteristics
Authors: Tsukanov Ruslan , Riabkov Viktor
Published: November 2021

A problem facing world commercial aviation is a provision of the flight range and an increase in the fuel efficiency of transport category airplanes using fuel trim transfer application, which allows for decreasing airplane trim drag at cruise flight. In the existing mathematical models, center-of-gravity position is usually assumed fixed, but with fuel usage, center-of-gravity shifts within the definite range of center-of-gravity positions. Until the fuel trim transfer was not used in airplanes, the center-of-gravity shift range was rather short, that allowed to use the specified assumption without any considerable mistakes. In case of fuel trim transfer use, center-of-gravity shifts can reach 15…20 % of mean aerodynamic chord, that requires considering the center-of-gravity actual position during the flight range calculation. Early made estimated calculations showed the necessity of following mathematical model improvement using accounting the real engine throttling characteristics. The goal of this publication is to develop a method of flight range calculation taking transport category airplane into account actual center-of-gravity position with fuel using and variation in engine-specific fuel consumption according to their throttling characteristics. On the basis of real data from engine maintenance manuals, formulas are obtained for approximation throttling characteristics of turbofan engines in the form of dimensionless specific fuel consumption (related to the specific fuel consumption at full thrust) dependence on the engine throttling coefficient. A mathematical model (algorithm and its program implementation using С language in Power Unit 11.7 R03 system) has been developed to calculate the airplane flight range accounting its actual center-of-gravity position shift with fuel usage and variation in specific fuel consumption according to engine throttling characteristics. Using comparison with known payload-range diagram, adequacy of developed mathematical model is shown. Recommendations to improve the mathematical model are also given.
Sports Betting and The Black-Litterman Model: A New Portfolio-Management Perspective
Authors: Abinzano Isabel , Campion Maria Jesus , Muga Luis , Raventós-Pujol Armajac
Published: November 2021

Abstract: This paper transfers and adapts the Black-Litterman portfolio management model and its subsequent generalizations to the characteristics and specificities of assets quoted on sports betting markets. The results show that these assets are suitable for the application of portfolio management models with the possible inclusion of investors’ opinions. Information based on the variability of market prices and the attention received by NBA teams in Google Trends is successfully used to simulate the opinions expressed by a hypothetical portfolio manager. Furthermore, the assets are suitable for inclusion in portfolios in which managers are seeking returns uncorrelated with other assets.
Strategies of Utilising Agriculture Wastewater for Microalgae Cultivation and Its Possible Applications: A Review
Authors: Jasni Jannatulhawa , Mohd Yasin Nazlina Haiza , Ruslan Noraini , Che Mat Noor Che Nurul Ashikin , Arisht Shalini Narayanan , Hariz Harizah Bajunaid , Takriff Mohd Sobri , Sajab Mohd Shaiful
Published: November 2021

Microalgae have been found to have high prospects in wastewater treatment, particularly from agriculture. However, the uneconomical algal medium growth has become the major disadvantaged in algal industry. Multiple attempts includes the development of microalgae phycoremediation technology has been integrated into wastewater treatment to reduce the cost of expensive wastewater remediation. Utilising wastewater as a low-cost nutrient medium offers a synergistic effect of wastewater nutrient removal and co-production of valuable biomass simultaneously. This paper is mainly focused on potential, ability, strategy, application (i.e., palm oil wastewater), limitation and challenges of microalgae in agricultural wastewater treatment using phycoremediation. The understanding of cultivating microalgae using agriculture wastewater shall promote the utilisation of wastewater more sustainably in the future. The possible solutions in the application of microalgae for aquaculture and agriculture sector is also discussed in this review. Overall, the utilisation of wastewater in media cultivation for microalgae is restricted due to the expensive treatment and safety concern. However, this pitfall can be reduced in the future together with a further intensive scientific study, advanced technology, better management system and applying better standard protocol.
Didactic and technological tool to encourage study in students of the Systems Engineering School at the National University of Trujillo [Herramienta didáctica y tecnológica para incentivar el estudio en los alumnos de la Escuela de Ingeniería de Sistemas de la Universidad Nacional de Trujillo]
Authors: Boy Chavil Luis Enrrique , Obando Roldan Juan Carlos
Published: November 2021

The present research aims to analyze and evaluate a didactic and technological tool and see the impact to encourage study in the students of the Systems Engineering School at the National University of Trujillo, during the 2020-II semester. It was possible to implement the Stormboard application for the development of Brainstorming as a didactic strategy through which it is intended to encourage the creative and innovative aspect of students when addressing topics and case studies. Analyzing the results obtained, we can point out that impacts were determined on the level of motivation for the study of students with a value of 8%, as well as the impact on the level of perception of educational services of students was determined in the order of 24% and finally, results of the impact on the level of student satisfaction were obtained in the order of 17%.

Finally, it is proposed that these didactic initiatives be taken into account in the academic and institutional policies of the Systems Engineering School of in order to extrapolate the practice to other academic units at the National University of Trujillo.
ANALISIS POTENSI SEKTOR UNGGULAN KOTA BALIKPAPAN DALAM MEMPERSIAPKAN IBU KOTA BARU DARI PERSPEKTIF EKONOMI PERTAHANAN
Authors: Yulianti Nurmaya , Firmansyah Rizki , Sundari Sri
Published: November 2021

This study aims to determine the leading economic sectors of the Balikpapan City in preparing for the New Capital City of Indonesia. This phenomenon is related to the management of leading sectors in the concept of article defense economy. Where the utilization of leading economic sectors are part of national resources as an effort to improve the standard of living of the people can improve welfare, create security stability and strengthen national defense. This study uses secondary data in the form of Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) of Balikpapan City and East Kalimantan Province in 2016-2018. This research uses a quantitative approach to analyze the data collected. The analytical tools: 1). Location Quotient (LQ) analysis can be used to determine the basis and non-base sectors in the economy of Balikpapan City. 2). Shift Share Analysis is used to determine changes and shifts in the economic structure of the City of Balikpapan. The results of the analysis of 17 sectors based on the two analysis tools show that the leading and potential sectors in the City of Balikpapan are the transportation and warehousing sector; processing industry; information and communication.