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[RETRACTED] Investigation for Evaluating the Energy Recovery Capacity of the Mechanical Brake System on Urban Buses: A Case in Vietnam
Authors: Trinh Van Chon , Nguyen Xuan Phuong , Dong Van Huong , Bui Van Tam , Dong Thi Minh Hao
Published: October 2020

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Available online: 31 October 2020

This article has been retracted by International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology Editorial team, following clear correspondence and confirmation with authors.

The paper is retracted from 18 July 2022.

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Currently, traditional fossil energy is gradually exhausted for sustainable economic development, and environmental protection is an urgent requirement for all countries. Therefore, the issue of saving energy, as well as exploiting renewable energy sources, is being prioritized for development. The braking system collects dynamic energy, also known as the regenerative braking system, which is understood as the brake system; instead of converting kinetic energy into heat, the brake system can collect and store energy. The brake system of the bus in use is usually frictional. During braking, this type of brake system converts the vehicle's kinetic energy into heat, dissipates it into the surrounding environment, and cannot be recovered. Moreover, due to the operational characteristics, the bus has high stopping frequency and high braking capacity, leading to wasted energy, in addition to producing many emissions causing environmental pollution. This study focuses on experimental research for evaluating the dynamic energy acquisition of the mechanical brake system on a school bus as a function of operating parameters such as vehicle speed according to gears, vehicle mass as well as hydraulic pressure parameters. The results are noticed that the highest dynamic energy recovery rate is about 35% in the lowest gear. In the case, from the initial braking velocity of 30km/h to 0 km/h, the initial working pressure of the hydraulic tank is 100bar, the dynamic energy recovery rate is about 25%.
Selection of Soybean Varieties for Coastal Zones in Bengkulu
Authors: Bertham Yudhy Harini , Nusantara Abimanyu Dipo , Pujiwati Hesti
Published: October 2020

The coastal land has multiple stresses, i.e., lack of soil moisture, plant nutrients and organic matter, high temperature, and salinity, and strong wind. Cultivation of crops in these circumstances requires selected input in the forms of organic fertilizers and biofertilizers, which are environmentally friendly and easy to be developed by the farmers. The aim of this study is to select soybean varieties and their compatibility with bio-fertilizer according to the characteristics of coastal land. The experiment was arranged in a Randomized Complete Block Design and repeated five times. The tested factors were soybean varieties (i.e., Anjasmoro, Detam1, Detam2, Grobogan, Malika, and Wilis). Basal fertilization provided was 10-ton ha-1 of organic fertilizer, 200 kg ha-1 of agricultural lime, 50 kg Urea ha-1, and 50 kg ha-1 SP36, and 50 kg KCl ha-1. The results show that Anjasmoro and Wilis varieties have the best growth; their seeds weights were 16.85 and 14.58 g per 100 grains, respectively, and their dry seeds production were 2.67 and 2.58 tons ha-1, respectively. Both varieties also have plant tissue concentration of N (3.85%), P (0.32 to 0.37%), and K (2.44 to 2.50%), which indicate the equality of the needed fertilizers. The results also reveal that both soybean varieties (Anjasmoro and Wilis) are the best candidates for developing soybean cultivation in coastal areas of Bengkulu or anywhere with the same conditions.
Integrating AHP, Cluster Analysis, and Fuzzy TOPSIS to Evaluate Emergency Warehouse Locations of Mount Merapi Eruption Victims
Authors: Sari Diana Puspita , Wicaksono Purnawan Adi , Handayani Naniek Utami , Siahaan Yessica Efirani
Published: October 2020

This paper discusses using a multi-criteria decision model (MCDM) to determine a logistics warehouse location for humanitarian aid. This study concerns the volcanic disaster that occurred in Sleman Regency, Indonesia, in 2010. When this disaster occurred, the location for the logistics warehouse was still based on the closest distance with road access. Since it was located without considering several criteria, delivery to victims was not optimal and faced many obstacles. In this study, MCDM is applied using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and Fuzzy TOPSIS (a technique for the order of preference by similarity to the ideal solution); AHP is used to generate selection criteria and sub-criteria based on expert opinion, while Fuzzy TOPSIS is used to identify the best option among potential locations based on these criteria and subcriteria. This study also uses cluster analysis to determine potential emergency warehouse locations in each operational area based on distance and the number of refugees. Seven criteria and 17 subcriteria were identified to determine the location of the emergency warehouse. In this case, the criteria and subcriteria with the highest weights were both delivery time. Based on the weight of the criteria and subcriteria and the cluster analysis, four potential warehouse locations were identified in the following priority order: Sukoharjo, Sidokerto, Tamanmartani, and Wedomartani.
Oxygen Uptake Rate and Carbon dioxide Evolution Rate on the Fermentation Process of Cocoa Beans (Theobroma Cacao L.)
Authors: Hartuti Sri , Bintoro Nursigit , Karyadi Joko Nugroho Wahyu , Pranoto Yudi
Published: October 2020

Fermentation is one of the most critical stages in the postharvest handling process of cocoa beans. Temperature changes during the fermentation process characterize the success of the cocoa bean fermentation process. In general, aeration conditions during the fermentation process effects changes in fermentation air temperature. This study aims to determine cumulative oxygen uptake and cumulative carbon dioxide evolution during cocoa bean fermentation. Fermenter equipped with a controlled system of air temperatures and aeration rates was used to determine changes in oxygen uptake rate and carbon dioxide evolution rate during the fermentation process. The variables observed were including: length of pod storage time before fermentation (Xâ‚; days), aeration rate (Xâ‚‚; l.min-1), and fermenter temperature (Xâ‚ƒ; â„ƒ). Response surface methodology was used to determine the relationship between cumulative oxygen uptake as well as cumulative carbon dioxide evolution and the observed variables (Xâ‚, Xâ‚‚, Xâ‚ƒ) The results shows that cumulative oxygen uptake and cumulative carbon dioxide evolution obtained in various treatments during the fermentation process are consecutive: 6.66-34.29 g Oâ‚‚ kgvs-¹ and 12.15-50.97 g COâ‚‚ kgvs-¹. Based on the variance analysis of response surface methodology, R² value of the cumulative oxygen uptake is about 88.1%, while R² value of the cumulative carbon dioxide evolution value is about 87.3 %. The highest amount of oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production was obtained at Xâ‚ = 5 days, Xâ‚‚ = 0.25- 0.4 l.min-1, and Xâ‚ƒ â‰¤ 50â„ƒ.
CallDetect: Detection of Call Log Exploitation Inspired by Apoptosis
Authors: Mohd Saudi Madihah , Che Ismail Amirul Adli , Ahmad Azuan , Husainiamer Muhammad â€˜Afif
Published: October 2020

Currently, we saw the increment trend of mobile application(app) exploitation that leads to loss of confidential information and money. Many malware camouflages itself as a genuine mobile app or exploits vulnerabilities inside mobile apps. Hence, this paper presents a mobile app called CallDetect that detects Android Application Interface (API) exploitation for call logs inspired by apoptosis. Apoptosis is known as cell-programmed death, and it is part of the human immunology system. Once it suspects any danger that might cause any harm to the human body, it will kill the suspected danger and itself. In the case of CallDetect, it will scan and uninstall the potentially malicious mobile application on a mobile phone. CallDetect consists of 13 new classifications of API call log, which are used as the database for CallDetect. These classifications were built by using static analysis and open source tools in a controlled lab environment. There were 5560 training datasets from Drebin and 550 anonymous testing dataset from Google Playstore. Our finding showed that 39 mobile apps, or 7%, were identified with possible call log exploitation. This paper can be used as a reference for call log API exploitation and can be further enhanced by integrating it with permission and system call exploitation.
A Spectral and Energy Efficiency of Adaptive Modulation (AM) with Power Control in Wireless Sensor Network
Authors: Pramono Subuh , Ibrahim Muhammad Hamka , Yunindanova Mercy Bientri
Published: October 2020

This paper presents a combination of power control and adaptive modulation performance in wireless sensor networks (WSN). WSN comprised numerous smart and small sensor nodes with limited power, memory, and processing. Furthermore, there is an impairment wireless channel between the sensor node and the coordinator node. Energy and spectral efficiency are essential issues in WSN. These two targets can be reached by applying a combination of power control and adaptive modulation. This work proposes a power control system to determine the modulation level through feedback SNR value of instantaneous wireless channel condition. The modulation level continuously changed based on the wireless channel condition. This adaptive modulation increases spectral efficiency. A better channel condition will drive to switch into a higher modulation level and vice versa. The result shows that the existence of power control can increase by about 9% of spectral efficiency than a system without power control. The system without power control just has a 91 % of selection probability, while the system equipped with power control creates a 100 % selection probability at the same of modulation level (16 QAM). Besides, combining power control with adaptive modulation also adjusts transmitting power at sensor nodes so that the effective use of transmitting power at the sensor node can be achieved. Combining power control and adaptive modulation can decrease the power consumption, enlarge the spectral efficiency with specific target bit error rate (BER), reduce the interference level, and significantly improve the WSN system performance.
Human-Robot Interaction Based on Dialog Management Using Sentence Similarity Comparison Method
Authors: Permatasari Dinda Ayu , Fakhrurroja Hanif , Machbub Carmadi
Published: October 2020

Advances in developing dialogue systems regarding speech recognition, language understanding, and speech synthesis. Dialogue systems to support human interaction with a robot efficiently by using spoken language. Facilities that provide convenience in carrying out daily activities for someone, such as older people, are necessary. The existence of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), so that this interaction can give orders to the robot to do work that cannot be done by humans. This study presents a dialogue management system for HRI with a comparison sentence similarity method between TF-IDF (Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency) Cosine Similarity Algorithm and Jaccard Coefficient and using Finite State Machine (FSM). Dialogue Management is a way to find the response of the answer. When the user says something or in other words, is responsible for managing the flow of the conversation to command the robot. TF-IDF is used to give the weight of the term relationship and comparison between Cosine Similarity and Jaccard Coefficient for comparison method to determine the classification of similarity sentences from the dialogue manager to improve the intent of the dialogue, for the FSM method to set the sequence flow dialogue. We use Google Cloud Speech API as an engine for speech to text using Kinect V2 as an audio sensor. There are eight scenarios created in this system. The speech recognition process using Google Speech for an average of 2.62 seconds shows a reasonably fast response. TF-IDF Cosine Similarity method can produce enough accuracy of 97.43%, and Jaccard Coefficient indicates an accuracy level of 91.57%. The state of the FSM method can be considered as an efficient structure for building dialogue management.
Classification of Jackfruit Fruit Damage Using Color Texture Features and Backpropagation Neural Network
Authors: Oraño Jonah Flor V. , Maravillas Elmer A. , Aliac Chris Jordan G.
Published: October 2020

An accessible and cost-effective technology for plant pest and disease diagnosis could be beneficial for the farmers to be equipped with the technical know-how in producing high quality and quantity of crop yields. This study presents an implementation of image processing and machine learning techniques in building a predictive model for a computer-based and a mobile-based classification of jackfruit fruit damages caused by pests (fruit borer and fruit fly) and diseases (rhizopus fruit rot and sclerotium fruit rot). First, captured images of healthy, and infected fruit were split into two datasets: 60% for training and 40% for the testing phase, wherein each set contains five different classes. Then pre-processing methods such as cropping, scaling, and median filtering were applied that would make these images appropriate for information extraction. Next, 13 Haralick texture features were extracted from color co-occurrence matrices generated from Hue, Saturation, and Luminance color components of pre-processed images. Through Pearson’s correlation approach, texture features such as uniformity, variance, sum average, sum entropy, and entropy were selected as significant descriptors for training the classification model using a backpropagation learning algorithm. Lastly, basic evaluation metrics such as accuracy, precision, sensitivity, specificity, and Cohen’s kappa were computed to determine the performance of the model in recognizing the type of fruit damage on an unforeseen dataset. As a result, an overall accuracy rate of 93.42% and a kappa value of 0.9146 were obtained. In addition, the developed application displays suggestions on the proper pest control or disease management of the identified damage on the fruit surface of jackfruit.
Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) Framework: Case Study of Government’s Website
Authors: Almaarif Ahmad , Lubis Muharman
Published: October 2020

Information security often neglected by individual or employee or even by the enterprise, with there is no proper strategy to raise awareness, promote consistency and maintain performance regarding protect sensitive, confidential, and critical data. One of the common techniques used is a vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT) to assure the security strategy has been implemented into the computer system by analyzing both its strength and weakness. SQL plays an essential role in the Relation Database Management System (RDBMS) and its relationship to the existence of a website and its flexible operation because of its simplicity and integrity. To anticipate these types of threats or other Internet attacks, a goal-oriented penetration test that has a framework is recommended to identify specific types of vulnerabilities that lead to business concessions and to avoid the risks that adversely affect the enterprise Thus. This study conducts VAPT to uncover the possibility of threats and evaluate the potential impact to be reported to the system owner through a proper engagement framework that allows systematic measurement. Government websites have been identified for this purpose of the research to show the current trend that occurred in cyber communities, especially in Indonesia. This study has found various vulnerabilities lies in the directory listing, full path disclosure, PHP info disclosure, folder webserver disclosure, and other potential threats, which present 2 (two) critical, 6 (six) medium, and 2 (two) low level of risk.
MRAC and MPC Controllers for Load Application System of the Accelerated Testing Equipment of Pavements
Authors: Reyes Ortiz Oscar Javier , Useche Castelblanco Juan Sebastian , Vargas Fonseca German Leandro
Published: October 2020

For the study of pavement structures, different methodologies and devices have been used and those have been modified and modernized. The development of these routes directly impacts the social and economic development of the different regions. Through the roads, the interconnection between different points is allowed, and the resources that need to be invested for its construction are high. Trends show real-scale studies to determine real operating parameters that allow improving design processes. For this reason, test devices have been developed that simulating real operating conditions, but these machines require robust and efficient control. Adaptive and predictive controls are the most used in industrial processes, where it is necessary to reduce performance and operation costs—obtaining smooth transitions in the control signal, especially when techniques are used with follow-up to reference models. This document shows the design of the MRAC (Adaptive Reference Control Model) and MPC (Predictive Control Model) controller applied to a hydraulic loading system for real-scale pavement test equipment. The mathematical development of the plant and the controllers is presented, along with its implementation, simulation, and analysis. The main objective of this work is to verify the effectiveness of these controllers for this type of real scale system since due to the number of variables that affect these devices and the complexity of the study material.
Influence of Lean Automation on Resource Wastage in Sugar Industries: Case in Kenya
Authors: E.A.E Osore , M.M Ogot , J.M Ogola
Published: October 2020

Sustainability of resource utilization in local sugar industries is on a decline due to the adoption of obsolete technology, among other factors. In this regard, there is a need for an advanced manufacturing approach to address resource wastages in the local industries. Resource utilization efficiency of a sugar cane industry can be varied through combinations of energy consumption, setup time, and cycle time. However, this depends on manufacturing technology used by the industry that is embodied in different levels of automation. Thus, this study carried out an analysis of the different levels of automation at different stages of the pre-milling process of sugarcane in the case industry to determine the optimum automation level for efficient resource utilization. A randomized block experiment was adopted, and for each indicator under investigation, seven replicates were conducted for the reliability of results. It was found that the rate of power consumption employing LoA 4 (conventional automation) was relatively higher with a total of 45044 kW compared to when LoA 5 (SCADA) or LoA 6 (DCS) was used with a total power consumption of 42058 kW and 42008 kW respectively. Similarly, LoA 5 and 6 have virtually negligible setup and cycle times involved except when it is after a general plant overhaul. This is as a result of minimum variations in the process parameters due to their real-time monitoring and control. Therefore, lean automation proves to be the ultimate technique that should be adopted in our sugar industries.
Training and standardization of simulated patients for multicentre studies in clinical pharmacy education
Authors: Resende Karina A. , Cavaco Afonso M. , Luna-Leite Márcia A. , Acacio Bianca R. , Pinto Núbia  N. , Neta Maria D. , Melo Angelita C.
Published: October 2020

Objective: To evaluate the training and standardization methods of multiple simulated patients (SPs) performing a single scenario in a multicenter study.

Methods: A prospective quasi-experimental study, using a multicenter approach, evaluated the performance of five different individuals with the same biotype during a simulation session in a high-fidelity environment. The SPs training and standardization process consisted of four steps and six web or face-to-face mediated: Step 1: simulation scenario design and pilot test. Step 2: SPs selection, recruitment and beginning training (Session 1: performance instructions and memorization request.) Session 2: check the SPs’ performances and adjustments). Step 3 and session 3: training role-play and performance’s evaluation. Step 4: SPs' standardization and performances’ evaluation (Sessions 4 and 5: first and second rounds of SPs' standardization assessment. Session 6: Global training and standardization evaluation. SPs performance consistency was estimated using Cronbach's alpha and ICC.

Results: In the evaluation of training results, the Maastricht Simulated Patient Assessment dimensions of SPs performances "It seems authentic", "Can be a real patient" and "Answered questions naturally", presented “moderate or complete agreement” of all evaluators. The dimensions "Seems to retain information unnecessarily", "Remains in his/her role all the time", "Challenges/tests the student", and "Simulates physical complaints in an unrealistic way" presented “moderate or complete disagreement” in all evaluations. The SPs "Appearance fits the role" showed “moderate or complete agreement” in most evaluations. In the second round of evaluations, the SPs had better performance than the first ones. This could indicate the training process’s had good influence on SPs performances. The Cronbach's alpha in the second assessment was better than the first (varied from 0.699 to 0.978). The same improvement occurred in the second round of intraclass correlation coefficient that was between 0.424 and 0.978. The SPs were satisfied with the training method and standardization process. They could perceive improvement on their role-play authenticity.

Conclusions: The SPs training and standardization process revealed good SPs reliability and simulation reproducibility, demonstrating to be a feasible method for SPs standardization in multicenter studies. The Maastricht Simulated Patient Assessment was regarded as missing the assessment of the information consistency between the simulation script and the SPs provision.
AGROTÓXICOS, SAÚDE E AMBIENTE: ação estratégica e políticas públicas em territórios do agronegócio
Authors: Corrêa Marcia Leopoldina Montanari , Pignati Wanderlei Antônio , Pignatti Marta Gislene , Lima Francco Antônio Neri de Sousa
Published: October 2020

A exposição aos agrotóxicos demanda a ação integrada de prevenção, vigilância e controle na redução das consequências à saúde. O estudo analisou as ações dos agentes governamentais e da sociedade civil na implementação das políticas públicas de saúde e ambiente quanto ao uso de agrotóxicos em municípios mato-grossenses. Realizou entrevistas com vinte e sete interlocutores, interpretadas por Análise de Conteúdo Temática, a partir da Teoria da Ação Comunicativa. As categorias analisadas, Vulnerabilidades na Saúde e Ambiente, Desafios das Políticas Públicas, Hegemonia política e econômica do agronegócio, evidenciaram as dificuldades na estruturação da atenção e vigilância em saúde, ausência de participação social e ausência de ações intersetoriais. Concluiu que a influência de representantes do agronegócio na ação política local contribui para invisibilização estrutural do tema.Palavras-chave: Política Pública. Agrotóxicos. Saúde e Ambiente.PESTICIDES, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT: strategic action and public policies in agribusiness territoriesAbstractExposure to pesticides demands integrated prevention, surveillance and control actions to reduce health consequences. The study analyzed the actions of government agents and civil society in the implementation of public health and environment policies regarding the use of pesticides in Mato Grosso municipalities. Interviews were conducted with twenty-seven interlocutors, interpreted by Thematic Content Analysis, based on the Communicative Action Theory. The categories analyzed, Vulnerabilities in Health and Environment, Challenges of Public Policies, Political and economic hegemony of agribusiness, evidenced the difficulties in structuring health care and surveillance, absence of social participation and absence of intersectoral actions. It is concluded that the influence of agribusiness representatives on local political actioncontributes to the structural invisibility of the theme.Keywords: Public Policy. Pesticides. Health and Environment.
SANEAMENTO AMBIENTAL NO MARANHÃO: uma análise do financiamento e do gasto público no período de 2009 a 2018
Authors: Reis Jose Rui Moreira
Published: October 2020

Considerando a política de saneamento como um aspecto central da questão ambiental na contemporaneidade, o artigo aborda conceitos e princípios presentes na Lei Federal nº 11.445/07 e analisa o financiamento e o gasto público nas políticas de saneamento básico executados pelo Estado do Maranhão no período de 2009 a 2018, destacando o montante, relevância, gestão, destino e as fontes de financiamento dessas políticas. No plano metodológico fundamenta-se na análise crítica do financiamento e dos gastos orçamentários. Os resultados demonstram uma redução da relevância dos gastos em saneamento na última década, a Companhia de Saneamento Ambiental do Maranhão como principal instituição pública com atuação na área, os gastos com administração como principal destino dos recursos, a priorização de gastos com abastecimento de água, e as tarifas como principal fonte de recursos.Palavras-chave: Saneamento ambiental. Maranhão. Financiamento. Gasto público.ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION IN MARANHÃO: an analysis of financing and public spending from 2009 to 2018AbstractConsidering sanitation policy as a central aspect of contemporary environmental issues, the article addresses to concepts and principles present in Federal Law 11.445/07 and analyzes the financing and public spending on basic sanitation policies implemented by the State of Maranhão from 2009 to 2018, highlighting the amount, relevance, management, destination and funding sources of these policies. At the methodological level it is based on the critical analysis of financing and budget spending. The results show a reduction in the relevance of sanitation spending in the last decade, the Maranhão Environmental Sanitation Company as the main public institution operating in the area, the administration expenses as the main destination of resources, the prioritization of water supply expenses, and tariffs as the main source of resources.Keywords: Environmental sanitation. Maranhão. Financing. Public spending.
ÁREAS DE AFLORAMENTO DO AQUÍFERO GUARANI (SP) E POLÍTICAS DE RECURSOS HÍDRICOS: medidas para gestão
Authors: Barbosa Flavia Darre , Alcantara Anayra Giacomelli Lamas , Moschini Luiz Eduardo , Pugliesi Érica , Pinto Mauricio José Rosso , Hanai Frederico Yuri
Published: October 2020

O estudo procurou entender como é tratada a questão das águas subterrâneas, sobretudo das áreas de afloramento do Sistema Aquífero Guarani no estado de São Paulo nas Unidades de Gerenciamento de Recursos Hídricos Pardo e Tietê/Jacaré, em relação às Legislações de Recursos Hídricos nacional e estadual, e de que forma estas áreas são consideradas na gestão destas unidades. Para tanto, realizou uma revisão bibliográfica a respeito das leis brasileiras e paulistas de recursos hídricos, e pesquisa documental no portal do Sistema de Informação e Gerenciamento de Recursos Hídricos. Como principal resultado, foi possível verificar que as águas subterrâneas, principalmente na área de afloramento do SAG, ainda são abordadas de forma superficial, não havendo as garantias necessárias para que a gestão integrada e descentralizada dos recursos hídricos ocorra de maneira efetiva.Palavras-chave: Água subterrânea. Aquífero guarani. Políticas de recursos hídricos. Área de afloramento. Unidades de Gerenciamento de Recursos Hídricos do Estado de São Paulo.OUTCROPS AREAS OF THE GUARANI AQUIFER (SP) AND WATER RESOURCES POLICIES: measures for managementAbstractThe research sought to understand how the Water Resources Legislation addresses the management of outcrop areas of the Guarani Aquifer System in the state of São Paulo, specifically in the Pardo and Tietê/Jacaré Water Resources Management Units. Therefore, a bibliographical review was carried out regarding the Brazilian and São Paulo laws of water resources, as well as a documentary research in the portal of the System of Information and Management of Water Resources. As a main result it was possible to verify that groundwater, mainly in the outcrop area of the SAG, is still superficially addressed, and there is no guarantee that the integrated and decentralized management of water resources will be effectible apply.Keywords: Groundwater. Guarani aquifer. Water resources policies. Outcrops. Water Resources Management Units (UGRHIS) of the State of São Paulo.
Gesty pańszczyźniane. Cielesny wymiar pamięci społecznej w prozie Iwana Franki
Authors: Glinianowicz Katarzyna
Published: October 2020

У статті здійснено аналіз репрезентацій тілесности в вибраних повістях Івана Франка, що є частиною галицьких дискурсів пам’яті про панщину. Теоретична основа — це концепція тіла як носія суспільної пам’яти, запропонована Полом Каннертоном. Звернено увагу на те, як у Франкових творах представники першого покоління руської/української інтелігенції 70–80-х рр. ХІХ ст., користуючись позою, жестом та тілесною взаємодією, відтворюють минулі панщинні відносини між руським селянством та польською шляхтою. У висновках указано, що вписана в тіло пам’ять про панщину примушує Франкових героїв особливо ревно контролювати свою тілесність. Цей контроль стається частиною процесу емансипації їхньої суспільної та національної ідентичности.
Память и забвение в повести Андрея Платонова „Котлован”
Authors: Frolova Olga
Published: October 2020

W artykule rozpatruje się semantykę terminów „pamięć” i „zapomnienie”, wyrażonych czasownikami mniemać, przypominać sobie, przypomnieć sobie, zapomnieć, zapominać. Analizowane są procesy pamięci i zapomnienia w opowieści Andrieja Płatonowa Wykop (Котлован). Narodowy Korpus Języka Rosyjskiego pozwala na określenie częstotliwości występowania czasowników i rzeczowników w tym tekście: jest w nim 17 użyć czasownika pamiętać, z tego 6 z negacją, przypominać sobie występuje 2 razy, przypomnieć sobie — 12 razy, pamięć — 14 razy, zapominać — 3 razy, konstrukcja z negacją z tym czasownikiem nie występuje, zapominać wystąpiło 31 razy, z tego 4 z negacją, zapomnienie — 2 razy. Andriej Płatonow ukazuje kształtowanie się nowego podmiotu (masy ludzkiej), który ma zbiorową, nieindywidualną istotę. Znajduje to wyraz w rezygnacji z ukazania takiego rodzaju pamięci, która zakłada oparcie wyłącznie na indywidualnych doświadczeniach człowieka i związana jest z jego świadomością.
Novela Josefa Škvoreckého „Neuilly" — "Dichtung", anebo "Wahrheit”?
Authors: Přibáň Michal
Published: October 2020

Artykuł dotyczy noweli Neuilly, prawie nieznanego utworu napisanego przez znanego czeskiego pisarza Josefa Škvoreckiego w 1974 roku. W Neuilly autor porzucił typowy dla siebie sposób konstruowania dzieła, łącznie z drobiazgowym sposobem prowadzenia narracji, i zaproponował czytelnikowi wgląd do własnego wnętrza, dotkniętego piętnem osobistego kryzysu egzystencjalnego spowodowanego wygnaniem i utratą ojczyzny. W artykule autor zajmuje się okolicznościami powstania noweli i wskazuje zasadnicze punkty o charakterze traumatycznym w biografii Škvoreckiego, które zostały opracowane w utworze. Na przykładzie jednego z nich, negatywnego przyjęcia powieści Cud (Mirákl, 1972) przez czeskie środowisko dysydenckie, autor artykułu porównuje odmienność kolektywnej pamięci zwolenników reform politycznych w epoce Aleksandra Dubčeka i indywidualnej pamięci sceptycznie ustosunkowanego do nich pisarza, który w wyniku tych samych wydarzeń musiał opuścić ojczyznę.
Wild grapevine (Vitis sylvestris C.C.Gmel.) wines from the Southern Caucasus region
Authors: Maghradze David , Melyan Gagik , Salimov Vugar , Chipashvili Ramazi , Iñiguez Monserrat , Puras Pilar , Melendez Elena , Vaca Ramón , Ocete Carlos , Rivera Diego , Obón Concepción , Valle Jose Manuel , Rodriguez-Miranda Alvaro , Failla Osvaldo , Ocete Rafael
Published: October 2020

Grapevine domestication took place in the Caucasus area known as the Cradle of Viticulture, within or near the geographical area known as the Vavilov Triangle. The phytogenetic resources of Vitis sylvestris C.C.Gmel. have been previously collected and characterized, but the study on micro vinifications of wild grapevines from the Caucasus is new.In the present document, seven grape samples from female individuals of wild grapevine growing in the South Caucasus region were investigated to assess their oenological profile.Wine samples were obtained from the grapes collected from various populations of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in October 2013 and fermented by the native yeasts.Parameters determined in the wines were, among others, concentration of ethanol (3.63% – 10.15%), pH (3.30 – 4.20), total acidity (1.2 – 10.7 g/L of tartaric acid), total polyphenol index (1.81 – 89.8), and color intensity (2.59 – 20.76). This wide range values is due to the different environmental conditions, the level of ripeness of harvested grapes and their genetic diversity. These data were compared with those obtained in micro vinifications of wild grapevines in Western Europe and wines of several international cultivars.The results of our research demonstrated, that the must of wild grape could be used to improve traditional wines giving to them more coloration.
Selection Strategies for Tissue-Specific Antibody Identification Using Phage Display and Naïve Libraries
Authors: Mairaville Célestine , Martineau Pierre
Published: October 2020

Immunohistochemistry is a widely used technique for research and diagnostic purposes that relies on the recognition by antibodies of antigens expressed in tissues. However, tissue processing and particularly formalin fixation affect the conformation of these antigens through the formation of methylene bridges. Although antigen retrieval techniques can partially restore antigen immunoreactivity, it is difficult to identify antibodies that can recognize their target especially in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. Most of the antibodies currently used in immunohistochemistry have been obtained by animal immunization; however, in vitro display techniques represent alternative strategies that have not been fully explored yet. This review provides an overview of phage display-based antibody selections using naïve antibody libraries on various supports (fixed cells, dissociated tissues, tissue fragments, and tissue sections) that have led to the identification of antibodies suitable for immunohistochemistry.
To Bend the Curve of Terrestrial Biodiversity, Place Agency Centre Stage
Authors: Garcia Claude , Savilaakso Sini , Sassen Marieke , Stoudmann Natasha , Verburg René W. , Quétier Fabien , Araújo Miguel B. , Bastin Jean-François , Boutinot Laurence , Dessard Hélène , Dray Anne , Fernbach Philip , Francisco Scott , Ghazoul Jaboury , Feintrenie Laurène , Naimi Babak , Oszwald Johan , Pietsch Stephan A. , Robinson Brian E. , Sist Plinio , Sloman Steven A. , Sunderland Terry , Vermeulen Cédric , Wilmé Lucienne , Wilson Sarah J. , Waeber Patrick O.
Published: October 2020

Leclère et al.1 have outlined the possibility of a biodiversity transition for the 21st century, a line of thinking equivalent to the Forest Transition theory and what it says about forest cover globally2. The authors use a suite of global models to explore the impacts on global biodiversity of interventions on land-use, consumption and production patterns. They outline six strategies that have the potential to stop the downfall of global terrestrial biodiversity by 2050 and redress it to a pre-1970 level by 2100. Although robust, sophisticated and well-illustrated, the conclusions of this paper cannot alone be used to frame a post-2020 biodiversity strategy.
Social Capital Contributions to Food Security: A Comprehensive Literature Review
Authors: Nosratabadi Saeed , khazami Nesrine , Abdallah Marwa Ben , Lackner Zoltan , S. Band Shahab , Mosavi Amir , Mako Csaba
Published: October 2020

Social capital creates a synergy that brings many benefits to members of a community. Thus, the main objective of this article was to examine whether social capital can improve a society's food security. If yes, how? To answer these questions, a systematic literature review was conducted using the Prisma approach. The output of this method led to finding 39 related articles. Precise studying these articles illustrated that social capital improves food security through two mechanisms of knowledge sharing and product sharing (i.e., sharing food products). It revealed that social capital through improving the food security pillars (i.e., food availability, food accessibility, food utilization, and food system stability) affects food security. In other words, the interaction among the members of the community results in sharing food products and information among community members, and this facilitates food availability and access to food. There are many shreds of evidence in the literature that sharing food and food product among the community member decreases household food security and provides the healthy nutrition to the vulnerable families and improve the food utilization pillar of food security. In addition, it is disclosed that belonging to the social networks increases the resilience of the community members and decreases the vulnerability of the community that subsequently strengthens the stability of a food system. This study contributes to the common literature on food security and social capital by providing a conceptual model based on the literature. In addition to researchers, policymakers can use the finding of this study to provide solutions to address food insecurity problems.
Scaling Dynamics of Human Diseases and Urbanization in Colombia
Authors: Feged-Rivadeneira Alejandro , Andrade Federico , González-Casabianca Felipe , Escobedo Francisco
Published: October 2020

Colombia has one of the largest numbers of internally displaced populations in the world and recently entered a period of post-conflict. These socio-political processes and trends have increased the migration of people towards cities and accordingly are affecting the distribution and occurrence of tropical diseases in its urban and peri-urban areas. Studies have suggested that many human phenomena such as urbanization scale according to the size of human populations regardless of cultural context. But other studies show that health epidemics such as malarial and human immunodeficiency virus infections, follow a scale-free distribution in terms of population size and density. We explore these relationships and dynamics in a tropical context using statistical analyses and available geospatial data to identify the scale dynamics between urbanization processes and disease transmission in Colombia. We found that rural populations and certain disease dynamics were described by power-laws that are frequently mentioned in urbanization studies. However, we found that malaria presented higher intensity of infection in human settlements of less than 50,000 individuals, particularly for ethnic indigenous populations. Results indicate that epidemics and urbanization dynamics do indeed follow scales in Colombia; findings that differ from previous epidemiological studies such as those for malarial infection. Additionally, we identified trends showing that malarial infections become endemic in peri-urban areas. Targeting such peri-urban locations and certain demographic groups are key for managing public health issues in the urbanizing tropics.
Statistical Model-Based Classification to Detect Patient-Specific Spike-and-Wave in EEG Signals
Authors: Quintero Rincón Antonio , Batatia Hadj , Prende Jorge , Muro Valeria , D'Giano Carlos
Published: October 2020

Spike-and-wave discharge (SWD) pattern detection in electroencephalography (EEG) signals is a key signal processing problem. It is particularly important for overcoming time-consuming, difficult, and error-prone manual analysis of long-term EEG recordings. This paper presents a new SWD method with a low computational complexity that can be easily trained with data from standard medical protocols. Precisely, EEG signals are divided into time segments for which the Morlet 1-D decomposition is applied. The generalized Gaussian distribution (GGD) statistical model is fitted to the resulting wavelet coefficients. A k-nearest neighbors (k-NN) self-supervised classifier is trained using the GGD parameters to detect the spike-and-wave pattern. Experiments were conducted using 106 spike-and-wave signals and 106 non-spike-and-wave signals for training and another 96 annotated EEG segments from six human subjects for testing. The proposed SWD classification methodology achieved 95 % sensitivity (True positive rate), 87% specificity (True Negative Rate), and 92% accuracy. These results set the path to new research to study causes underlying the so-called absence epilepsy in long-term EEG recordings.
A New Block Structural Index Reduction Approach for Large-scale Differential Algebraic Equations
Authors: Tang Juan , Rao Yongsheng
Published: October 2020

A new generation of universal tools and languages for modeling and simulation multi-physical domain applications emerged and became widely accepted, which generate large-scale systems of differential algebraic equations (DAEs) automatically. Motivated by the characteristics of DAEs systems with large dimension, high index or block structures, we first propose a modified Pantelides’ algorithm (MPA) for any high order DAEs based on its Σ matrix, which is similar to Pryce’s Σ method. By introducing a vital parameter vector, a modified Pantelides’ algorithm with parameter has been presented.It leads to a block Pantelides’ algorithm (BPA) naturally which can immediately compute the crucial canonical offsets for whole (coupled) systems with block-triangular form. We illustrate these algorithms by some examples. And numerical experiments show that the time complexity of BPA can be reduced by at least O(ℓ) compared to the MPA, which is mainly consistent with the results of our analysis.
Circulating Tumor Cell Separation of Blood Cells and Sorting in novel Microfluidic approaches: a review
Authors: Farahinia Alireza , Zhang W.J. , Badea Ildiko
Published: October 2020

Separation and interpretation of rebellious Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) originating from the primary tumor or cancer tissue plays a significant role in diagnostics, cancer progression analyses, suitable medicine exploration, and treatment proficiency examination. Cancer metastasis occurs when CTCs spread throughout the body and invade healthy tissues, leading to new tumors in that area. Although a dramatic rate of deaths begins from spreading CTCs around the body, valuable measures have been made to control their development. However, the first step is separating these harmful cells from the bloodstream and investigating their features. Having examined the characteristics of CTCs as cancer’s main strength, researchers can introduce complementary treatments that can affect cancerous cells without damaging the healthy cells. Therefore, according to their unique characteristics, numerous techniques have been established for continuous and fast separation and sorting of CTCs. Nevertheless, few separators enjoy the efficient performance and appropriate accuracy and can be produced in mass numbers due to the available fabrication equipment. Microfabrication advancements enable separators to combine the advantages of active and passive methods in a small-scale platform for probing individual cells and separation purposes. Reduction in reagents, sample volume, analysis time, and less harmfulness to patients are some of the motivations that encourage researchers to employ microfluidic instruments for CTCs separation from other blood cells over the last two decades. However, microfabrication limitations mean effective separators, and the diagnostic option they provide, are not readily available. Addressing these limitations requires optimizing the design and fabrication of separators such that they are reduced in their size and fabrication cost, while also maintaining high-throughput separating capability. The emergence of the Lab-On-a-Chip (LOC) and then Lab-On-a-CD (LOCD) technologies, having more inherent benefits than conventional microfluidic devices, has created new opportunities and become increasingly widespread in recent years. Evidence suggests that employing single methodologies or integrating approaches without sufficient understanding of potential outcomes is unlikely to result in successful diagnostic results. This paper contributes an extensive review of several separation systems, including fundamental theories and experimental details, and describes detailed operating principles and device performance.
Real Life Clinical Management and Survival in Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma: the Italian Clinical National Melanoma Registry (CNMR) Experience
Authors: Crispo Anna , Corradin Maria Teresa , Giulioni Erika , Vecchiato Antonella , Del Fiore Paolo , Queirolo Paola , Spagnolo Francesco , Vannella Vito , Caracò Corrado , Tosti Giulio , Pennacchioli Elisabetta , Giudice Giuseppe , Nacchiero Eleonora , Quaglino Pietro , Ribero Simone , Giordano Monica , Marussi Desire , Barruscotti Stefania , Guida Michele , De Giorgi Vincenzo , Occelli Marcella , Grosso Federica , Cairo Giuseppe , Gatti Alessandro , Massa Daniela , Atzori Laura , Calvani Nicola , Fabrizio Tommaso , Mastrangelo Giuseppe , Toffolutti Federica , Celentano Egidio , Budroni Mario , Gandini Sara , Rossi Carlo Riccardo , Testori Alessandro A. E. , Palmieri Giuseppe , Ascierto Paolo A.
Published: October 2020

Background: Cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) is one of the most aggressive types of skin cancer. Currently, innovative approaches such as target therapies and immunotherapies have been introduced in clinical practice for the treatment of metastatic CMM. Data of clinical trials and real life studies that evaluate the outcomes of these therapeutic associations are necessary to establish their clinical utility. The aim of this study is to investigate the types of oncological treatments employed in the real-life clinical management of patients with advanced CMM in several Italian centers which are part of the Clinical National Melanoma Registry (CNMR), and the oncological outcomes obtained. Methods: CNMR collects data of patients with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of primary CMM treated in one of the 38 Italian institutions (hospitals, research institutes, etc.) participating in the network. Melanoma-specific survival and Overall survival were calculated. Kaplan-Meier curves and medians of OS and 95% CI are presented overall and by immunotherapy and target treatments. The Log-rank test compared curves by treatments. Multivariate Cox regression models were used to estimate the hazard ratios adjusting for confounders and other prognostic factors. Results: The median follow-up time was 36 months (range 1.2-185.1). 787 CMM were included in the analysis with completed information about therapies.Global immunotherapy showed a significant improved survival compared with all other therapies (p=0.001). 75% was the highest reduction of death reached by nivolumab/pembrolizumab immunotherapy (anti-PD1 HR=0.25 95% CI 0.14-0.42), globally immunotherapy was significantly associated with improved survival, either for anti-CTL A4 monotherapy or combined with anti-PD1 (HR=0.47;95% CI 0.33-0.66 and HR=0.26; 95% CI 0.15-0.46, respectively). Conclusions: The nivolumab/pembrolizumab and the combination of ipilimumab can be considered the best therapy to improve survival in a real-world-population. The CNMR can complement clinical registries with the intent of improving cancer management and standardizing cancer treatment.