bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
STARVATION DELAYED DHCP SERVICE FOR ENABLING POOL RECOVERY
Authors: Yaibuates Mayoon , Chaisricharoen Roungsan
Published: June 2022

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Internet Protocol (IP) address starvation is a method, used by attackers, to breakdown communication over IP network. In order to solve this problem, a method to detect and recover malicious IP address request by using Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) protocol has been proposed. However, the ICMP based was not be able to work faster in detecting and recovering the malicious request than the attack rate. This study proposed an ease and effective authentication method to emphasize on limiting the rate of IP addresses request by malicious client during the DHCP discovering process and prevent the DHCP server from being IP address starved. Experimental results revealed that the proposed method was not only limited to the IP addresses requested time by attackers but also able to prevent the DHCP server from facing the IP address starvation attack.
SELECTION OF A MINIMAL NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT PORCINE SNPs BY AN INFORMATION GAIN AND GENETIC ALGORITHM HYBRID MODEL
Authors: Rathasamuth Wanthanee , Pasupa Kitsuchart , Tongsima Sissades
Published: June 2022

A panel of a large number of common Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) distributed across an entire porcine genome has been widely used to represent genetic variability of pigs. With the advent of SNP-array technology, a genome-wide genetic profile of a specimen can be easily observed. Among the large number of such variations, there exists a much smaller subset of the SNP panel that could equally be used to correctly identify the corresponding breed. This work presents a SNP selection heuristic that can still be used effectively in the breed classification. The features were selected by combining a filter method and a wrapper methodâ€“information gain method and genetic algorithma“plus a feature frequency selection step, while classification used a support vector machine. We were able to reduce the number of significant SNPs to 0.86 % of the total number of SNPs in a swine dataset with 94.80 % classification accuracy.
ROBUST FEATURE EXTRACTION BASED ON SPECTRAL AND PROSODIC FEATURES FOR CLASSICAL ARABIC ACCENTS RECOGNITION
Authors: Ibrahim Noor Jamaliah , Idna Idris Mohd Yamani , Mohd Yusoff Mohd Yakub @ Zulkifli , Abdul Rahman Noor Naemah , Izzi Dien Mawil
Published: June 2022

The variability of speech patterns produced by individuals is unique. The uniqueness is due to the accent influenced by the individual’s native dialect. Modeling individual variation of spoken language is a challenge under the Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) field. The individual differences concerning of accent revealed the critical issues in Classical Arabic (CA) recitation among Malay speakers. This problem is caused by the misarticulate phonemes, which affected by the Malay colloquial dialect and native language. Most of ASR researchers are unable to understand the behavior of phonemes and speech patterns in CA, thus degrading the ASR performance. This paper focuses on identifying the accent of Malay speakers on the recitation of Sūrah Al-Fātiḥah with 7 Quranic accents, using the proposed feature extraction technique. In this work, the technique presented is a combination of spectral and prosodic features, which are mainly designed for accent in ASR. Differed with current conventional method, where the spectral feature alone has been applied for feature extraction in many ASR research. The prosodic elements in CA such as pitch, energy and spectral-tilt need to be taken into consideration, thus a significant variety of features for each phoneme able to help in distinguishing one accent from another. Meanwhile, the spectral representation of Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) is utilized for the decorrelating property of the cepstrum. At present, Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM) has been applied for the classification stage. From experimental results, the system performance is the best when the prosodic is integrated with MFCC, alongside the GMM with 81.7%-89.6% of accuracy. It was 5.5%-7.3% increment as compared to MFCC alone.
GESTURE INTERFACING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (DASH) FOR SMART DOOR CONTROL: GOMS ANALYSIS
Authors: Azmi Siti Sarah , Raja Yusof Raja Jamilah , Chiew Thiam Kian , Phaik Geok Jadeera Cheong , Sim Gavin
Published: June 2022

People with disabilities may interact with their environment differently from other human beings. This is also the case with people with the disability of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH). However, most environments do not include supportive design for DASH. This study aimed to explore and analyze the body parts used by people with DASH to open doors in a real-world environment and to find an efficient interface design for people with DASH to open doors through a computer interface. This study was conducted in three parts: interviews of three people with DASH, observation of the videos of people with DASH opening doors, and GOMS analysis of five designed interfaces for people with DASH to open doors/windows through a computer interface. It was found that head gesture was suitable to be used as an interaction medium and through the GOMS analysis that the Type 5 (every task has a different head gesture movement) and Type 3 (positioning heads at different vertical or horizontal positions) are two most efficient designed interfaces for head gesture with regards to opening a door.
AREA BASED EFFICIENT AND FLEXIBLE DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE POWER AND ENERGY USING EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS
Authors: Kumar K Sathish , Esther B. Priya , Indrgandhi V. , Sudhakar S. , Ravi Logesh , Subramaniyaswamy V.
Published: June 2022

Evolutionary algorithms are stochastic that reflects the biological evolution to reach optimal solutions to optimization problems where mathematical techniques may fail. Demand Side Management (DSM) are designed to reduce electricity consumption or to shift the consumption from peak to off – peak hours depending on consumers’ lifestyle and behaviour. DSM is a flexible consumer driven activity in which the consumer has voluntarily changed his energy usage pattern during peak demand so to maintain the reliability and stability of power system and the performance of an electrical grid. In this aspect we have explored the impact of an efficient and flexible DSM which can reduce the power demand and energy in different areas like rural, urban and villa there by utilizing the device power rating and its activation time. The defined problem was solved with evolutionary based – genetic (GA), particle swarm (PSO) and differential evolution (DE) optimization algorithms. Simulation results show the better outcome in terms of power demand and energy reduction and the results are compared to know the better performing algorithm as on applied to DSM.
A V2I BASED APPROACH TO MULTICAST IN VEHICULAR NETWORKS
Authors: Tomar Ravi , Sastry Hanumat G , Prateek Manish
Published: June 2022

The present research work proposes a novel approach for efficient information dissemination in Vehicular Networks using V2I based communication. This approach makes use of the V2I communication to establish the connectivity between the cloud server and the vehicle. The approach is focused on finding the utility of existing IoT protocols in the Vehicular Networks. The foundation of this work relies in the (Message Queue Telemetry Transport Protocol) MQTT protocol, IoT and IaaS. The paper presents the background technologies used in the work and propose the approach. The proposed approach has been experimentally tested and found significant results.
AN ADAPTIVE HESITANT FUZZY SETS BASED GROUP RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM
Authors: Jayaraman Rohith , Subramaniyaswamy V. , Ravi Logesh
Published: June 2022

Accurate group movie recommendation systems are a need in society today. We find that people tend to watch movies in groups rather than by themselves. However, the groups of people that tend to watch movies together are very diverse. In the existing methods, the characteristics of individual users are simply aggregated to obtain the group’s attributes and most of the time useful data is not utilized. This can be improved upon by ensuring the utilization of all the data that we are presented with from the scenario. The method proposed in this paper is termed integrated as we weighed in the individual traits of each user in the group when predicting the group’s rating for a movie. We used the concept of Hesitant Fuzzy Sets (HFS) in order to keep track of the characteristics of each of the users individually. The method we proposed in this paper employs Matrix Factorisation (MF) based Collaborative Filtering (CF) along with hesitant fuzzy sets. The way we performed MF based CF for a group is that we found the factors first and then formed the groups. The ratings were then predicted for these groups. The groups we have considered are of three sizes - 3 users, 5 users, and 10 users.
DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC ATTENDANCE SYSTEM USING VOICE VERIFICATION
Authors: Md Lazam Nor Azlinah , Saparon Azilah
Published: June 2022

Based on the fact that all Human Voices are different, where every individual’s voice contains unique characteristics that can be distinguished from others by using special analysis, voice verification can also be used for biometric recognition of individual. The aim of this project is to develop an automated attendance process captivating and student databases record maintaining using C++ programming and voice verification technique. The Input speech will undergo a series of voice recognition processes. The process starts with Feature extraction to obtain the attribute of voice. The features or specific characteristics for each voice are extracted by linear predictive coding technique (LPC) into feature vectors which later be used in speaker modeling. In speaker modeling stage the feature vectors of each speaker will be then processed by Gaussian Mixture Modeling (GMM) technique to generate speaker models and will be stored in a database. Verification process is done through template matching technique. Based on log-likelihood logic decision (template matching technique) with respect to the FAR (False Acceptance Rate) and FRR (False Rejection Rate), the identity of that speaker is accepted if the match is above the threshold. Once the verification result is accepted, the attendance in MySQL database for that speaker will be auto-updated.
UX DESIGN EVALUATION OF AN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM FOR HUMAN PHYSICAL TRAINING
Authors: Sidhu Manjit Singh , Iqbal Javid
Published: June 2022

Technology advancements has enabled dance to be learnt without mirrors or real dance trainer. Distinctive benefits has been contributed by Augmented Reality (AR) technology. Dance trainers are focusing upon implementing dance analysis systems to enhance dance trainee’s artistic skills. AR technology presents new user experience (UX) for learning, instructing, developing and accessing physical dance movements as well as provides scope to expand dance resources and rediscover the learning process. In this research work, we present a novel human physical training system i.e. dance training and analysis that could help individuals in learning selected dance styles which ignites motivation, matches dance steps/body postures and analyzes the performance. This study explored quantitative data by means of statistical tests validation with participants in using the phyisical training system that has facilitated in testing the dance body postures and steps. The work also adopted the user experience (UEQ) questionnaire to perform the UX evaluation. The outcome revealed favaroble results indicating the measurement score of the UEQ six scales to be in the positive range.
A PORTABLE LABORATORY WITH INTEGRATED LOCAL WISDOM FOR PHYSICS EDUCATION BASED ON LECTURER AND STUDENT PERCEPTIONS
Authors: Susanto Rudi , Husen Mohd Nizam , Lajis Adidah
Published: June 2022

Learning a laboratory-based subject, such as physics, requires the student to be present in a laboratory for an optimum learning outcomes attainment. However, building laboratories with equipment are expensive where some institutions in certain countries could not afford it. This study aims to obtain data and perform analysis of the needs to develop portable physics laboratory based on information technology with embedded systems and the integration of local wisdom values in the contents. Samples involved in answering the questionnaire are from students and physics lecturers across the universities in Indonesia. The results of this research discuss perception from lecturers and students in 3 aspects about laboratory and learning physics, physics laboratory based on information technology and portable laboratory with integrated local wisdom (PL-ILW). Finding shows that 93.6% of the lecturers and 84.8% of the students are strongly agree and mostly agree for the development and implementation of a PL-ILW. The result shows that PL-ILW is suitable not only without the existence of a conventional laboratory, but it also suitable as add-ons where the portability is an advantage to be used at different locations.
BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DECENTRALIZED USER AUTHENTICATION SCHEME FOR LETTER OF GUARANTEE IN FINANCIAL CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Authors: A. Sasikumar , B Karthikeyan , S. Arunkumar , P. Saravanan , V Subramaniyaswamy , Ravi Logesh
Published: June 2022

The use of blockchain technology in the financial contract management system leads many challenges for user authentication and key distribution. In traditional financial system, the core endeavor with strong letter of guarantee play an irreplaceable role in the supply chain management. In this context, fraud in financial contract management is severe problem for economical growth. To overcome the problems of the conventional transaction process, in this paper, we develop a user access control and key management scheme that uses blockchain decentralized network to manage the letter of guarantee. This decentralized network platform can helps the problem of no trust among the users, improves the efficiency of data transmission, reduces costs, and provides better financial services to the relevant parties in the supply chain. The proposed user authentication is developed based on the deterministic encryption algorithm to achieve decentralized security for trusted data transmission. Finally, the experimental results shows that the computation cost of the proposed authentication increases due to the rising of number of customer added to the blockchain network. Overall the proposed authentication scheme most suitable for banking system to issue the LoG contract in right time.
MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM SELECTION FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION
Authors: Gokiladevi M. , Santhoshkumar Sundar , Varadarajan Vijayakumar
Published: June 2022

In last decades, chronic kidney disease (CKD) becomes a global health problem that is steadily developing worldwide. It is a chronic illness highly related to increased morbidity and mortality, cardiovascular diseases, and high healthcare cost. Earlier identification and classification of CKD is treated as a major factor in controlling the mortality rate. Data mining (DM) techniques are used for the extraction of hidden details from the clinical and laboratory patient data that is used to aid doctors in enhancing diagnostic accuracy. Recently, machine learning (ML) techniques are commonly employed for the prediction and classification of diseases in healthcare sector. With this motivation, this study examines the performance of different ML algorithms to diagnose CKD at the earlier stages. The proposed model involves data pre-processing in two stages such as missing value replacement and data transformation. Besides, a set of five ML based classification models are involved such as support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), logistic regression (LR), K-nearest neighbor (KNN), and decision tree (DT). For investigating the performance of the different ML models, a benchmark CKD dataset from UCI repository is employed and the results are examined under different aspects. Among the different classifiers, the RF model has accomplished superior results with the maximum precision of 0.99, recall of 0.99, and F-score of 0.99 with a minimal error rate of 0.012.
Incertidumbre en la toma de citología cérvico uterina
Authors: Valderrama-Sanabria Mery Luz , Alvarez-Najar Juan Pablo , Loboa-Rodríguez Nelly Johanna , Peña-Pita Amalia Priscila
Published: June 2022

Objetivo: Determinar el nivel de incertidumbre de las usuarias que acuden a la toma de citología cervico uterina según la teoría de Mishel. Materiales y métodos: Estudio de corte transversal de tipo descriptivo, realizado durante el año 2019 a partir de una muestra por conveniencia, no probabilística conformada por 151 mujeres a quienes se les aplicó la Escala de Incertidumbre en la enfermedad de Mishel adaptada para procedimientos diagnósticos en Colombia en el año 2017 por la enfermera Leidy Yazmin Díaz Moreno. Tiene validez de contenido de 0.861 y Alfa de Cronbach de 0.90. Se realizó análisis univariado a través de frecuencias y distribución porcentual para las características sociodemográficas y para obtener los niveles de incertidumbre se efectuó la sumatoria de ítems y chi cuadrado para identificar asociación. Resultados: La edad promedio fue 39 años, el 17,3% de mujeres manifestó acudir a toma de citología por primera vez. Aproximadamente el 95% de las mujeres presentó niveles de incertidumbre alto o moderado. Conclusiones: La incertidumbre provocada por un posible diagnóstico de cáncer, puede hacer que las personas evalúen inadecuadamente una situación estresante como la toma de citología cervico uterina; es por eso que, la aplicación de la teoría de Mishel lleva a que se identifiquen las primeras percepciones del paciente para realizar un plan de cuidado enfocado en controlar esta situación y luego alcanzar que la persona o familiar afronten y se adapten a la enfermedad.
Study on the Interaction Mechanism between Phospholipase A1 from Serratia marcescens and Its Auxiliary Proteins Based on Molecular Docking
Authors: Jie Zhou , Meng Yang , Yan Liu , Huimin Zhang , Chuang Li , Qingtao Liu , Zhou Wang , Zhenglian Xue
Published: June 2022

Previous studies showed a sequence encoding an auxiliary protein (PlaS)
downstream of the phospholipase A1 (PlaA1) gene of Serratia
marcescens. There is an interaction between PlaA1 and PlaS, which may
be closely related to the high enzymatic activity property of
phospholipase A1. In order to further investigate the interaction
mechanism, it is necessary to explore binding sites of the interaction
between PlaA1 and PlaS and the regulatory mechanism for enzymatic
properties by molecular docking and site-directed mutagenesis. The
results showed that the active center site of PlaA1 was encapsulated
internally, and a “catalytic pocket” was formed externally by
Leu197-Ser249. The docking process of PlaA1 and PlaS involved 29 and 30
amino acids, respectively, of which Phe186 and Lys238 of PlaA1 are
involved in forming π-bonds and multiple hydrogen bonds. Therefore,
Phe186 and Lys238 were site-directed mutated to Ala to obtain the mutant
enzymes PlaA1 and PlaA1 ,
respectively. The results showed that the mutant enzymes showed no
significant changes in optimum temperature and pH but poor stability.
The kinetic parameters indicated that the affinity between PlaA1 and
substrates was weakened, and the catalytic efficiency was reduced after
mutation. Therefore, it demonstrated that Phe186 and Lys238 of PlaA1
provided non-covalent bonds conducive to the enzymatic activity and
stability in the interaction between PlaA1 and PlaS, which would provide
some theoretical basis for further rational design and modification of
phospholipase A1 subsequently.
Ethnic Minority Language and Sinophone Minority Literature in China
Authors: Poupard Duncan
Published: June 2022

Minority authors in China are generally conceived of as having two choices: they can make an attempt at becoming “major”, by repeating the major literature’s ideological praxis (successful examples may be minority authors who become literary “masters” such as Tibetan author Alai 阿来 and Miao-Tujia author Shen Congwen 沈从文); or conversely they can attempt to become (more) “minor”, reproducing regionalist and minority representations. This is perhaps best encapsulated by the turn of phrase used by Abram de Swaan: “there is a choice for authors between being a small fish in a big pond or a big fish in a small pond”. What I attempt to show in this article is the possibility of a third way, a refusal to play by the rules of the game, so to speak, by changing the fundamental framework of the literary territory itself. In the writing of Naxi author Sha Li 沙蠡 we see usage of ethnic language as a form of resistance not against the Sinicizing centre, but against the very notion of being peripheral (to refuse to recognize the existence of two separate “ponds”). Sha Li does this by deterritorializing Chinese in a way that moves the language away from its traditional centre. Sinophone minority literature thus becomes a way of reorienting the centre, a place where the centre is the periphery, and it is in these spaces that the reader can find an “authentic” China.
The RP-HPLC method for analysis of usnic acid as potential marker of herbal drugs-based formulations containing Usnea barbata
Authors: Tadic Vanja , Zugic Ana , Djordjevic Sofija , Zizovic Irena , Homsek Irena , Misic Dusan , Nesic Ivana
Published: June 2022

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a sensitive RP-HPLC method for the determination of usnic acid, as a potential marker substance of the herbal product for oromucosal use being a complex mixture of plant extracts and an essential oil, including the extract of Usnea barbata. Analysis of usnic acid in the tested formulation was performed through an extraction with methanol, prior to injection onto the HPLC column (Zorbax Eclipse XDB-C18 600 Bar (4.6 mm?100 mm, 1.8 ?m)). The employed gradient procedure of the solvents (phosphoric acid (pH 2.5) and acetonitrile), at flow rate of 0.1 mL min-1 allowed for the efficient and reproducible separation of usnic acid from the other compounds present in the investigated complex mixture. The established suitability, linearity, precision, accuracy and selectivity/specificity of this assay implied its applicability for the reliable examination in the stability study of the investigated multi-ingredient herbal preparation.
Észt robotikai innováció
Authors: Ocskay István
Published: June 2022

A szerző az MH Modernizációs Intézet szakértőjeként vett részt az innovatív észt Milrem hadiipari vállalat bemutatóján, amelyen az integrált, moduláris, vezető nélküli szárazföldi járműrendszer munkacsoport eredményeit ismerhette meg a szakmai közönség. Az előremutató fejlesztések ellenére a bemutatott eszközök még nem képesek autonóm működésre, de a PESCO iMUGS program célkitűzései között szerepel, hogy a távirányítású vezetési módot a saját szenzorok által nyert információk, valamint a mesterséges intelligencia által tervezett útvonalak általi önvezető képességekkel váltsák fel.
Ambulatory blood pressure trajectories and blood pressure variability in kidney transplant recipients: a comparative study against chronic kidney disease patients
Authors: Korogiannou Maria , Theodorakopoulou Marieta , Sarafidis Pantelis , Alexandrou Maria Eleni , Pella Eva , Xagas Efstathios , Argyris Antonis , Protogerou Athanase , Papagianni Aikaterini , Boletis Ioannis N. , Marinaki Smaragdi
Published: June 2022

Background: Hypertension is a major cardiovascular risk factor in both kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) and patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is considered the gold-standard method for hypertension management in these subjects. This is the first study evaluating the full ambulatory blood pressure (BP) profile and short-term BP variability (BPV) in KTRs versus CKD patients without kidney replacement therapy. Methods: Ninety-three KTRs were matched with 93 CKD patients for age, sex, and estimated glomerular filtration rate. All participants underwent 24-hour ABPM. Mean ambulatory BP levels, BP trajectories, and BPV indices (standard deviation [SD], weighted SD, and average real variability) were compared between the two groups. Results: There were no significant between-group differences in 24-hour systolic BP (SBP)/diastolic BP (DBP) (KTRs: 126.9 ± 13.1/79.1 ± 7.9 mmHg vs. CKD: 128.1 ± 11.2/77.9 ± 8.1 mmHg, p = 0.52/0.29), daytime SBP/DBP and nighttime SBP; nighttime DBP was slightly higher in KTRs (KTRs: 76.5 ± 8.8 mmHg vs. CKD: 73.8 ± 8.8 mmHg, p = 0.04). Repeated measurements analysis of variance showed a significant effect of time on both ambulatory SBP and DBP (SBP: F = [19, 3002] = 11.735, p < 0.001, partial η2 = 0.069) but not of KTR/CKD status (SBP: F = [1, 158] = 0.668, p = 0.42, partial η2 = 0.004). Ambulatory systolic/diastolic BPV indices were not different between KTRs and CKD patients, except for 24-hour DBP SD that was slightly higher in the latter group (KTRs: 10.2 ± 2.2 mmHg vs. CKD: 10.9 ± 2.6 mmHg, p = 0.04). No differences were noted in dipping pattern between the two groups. Conclusion: Mean ambulatory BP levels, BP trajectories, and short-term BPV indices are not significantly different between KTRs and CKD patients, suggesting that KTRs have a similar ambulatory BP profile compared to CKD patients without kidney replacement therapy.
Political Discourse Analysis: Analyzing Building Tasks in Trump’s Speech in Saudi Arabia
Authors: Alenizi Aied , Odeh AbuSa’aleek Atef
Published: June 2022

This study aimed to investigate how the tasks of significance and identities are built in President Trump’s speech in Saudi Arabia to find how President Trump employs language to perform these two building tasks. President Trump’s speech in Saudi Arabia was analyzed qualitatively according to Gee’s (2011) building tasks model. It has been found that President Trump enacts and builds the significance task by carefully selecting lexical items, cooperative patterns, lexical choice, and compliments. Furthermore, President Trump enacts particular identities and attributes specific identities to others in his speech, such as political, social, and cooperative identities. The analysis shows that President Trump shifts between the identities such as President of the U.S., a representative of the American People, a fighter and defender of American citizens and the world’s safety and security, a businessman, a well-educated and knowledgeable person. This study recommends that future research investigate other political speeches delivered by President Trump based on any of the seven-building tasks of language that did not cover in this study.
Creative Teaching Methods in the Formation of Language and Speech Competencies: Experience Working with Arab Students
Authors: O. Tieliezhkina Оlesia , O. Dolhopol Olena , V. Herasymchuk etiana , A. Berestova Alla , V. Goltvenytska Margarita
Published: June 2022

The article raises the topical issue of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language to Arab students. Representatives of the Arab world have specific features in behavior, attitude to the organization of the educational process associated with cultural traditions, and upbringing. The Ukrainian system of higher education offers high-quality training. Among scientists, teachers, and methodologists, discussions are underway to choose the most effective methods of teaching international students the Ukrainian language. The study of creative methods of teaching Arabic students Ukrainian as a foreign language is very important, as it has not yet been the subject of a separate scientific study, and has not been covered in a separate article. The goal of our article is to outline the most effective methods of forming language and speech competencies for Arab students. The goal involves completing tasks: 1) to define language and speech competence; 2) to identify the effective use of language learning creative methods (classroom and distance education); 3) to check the effectiveness of the use of creative teaching methods in the formation of language and speech competencies of Arab students in listening, reading, speaking and writing. According to the authors of the article, creative methods are methods that meet the psychological, age, and mental characteristics of Arab students. We concluded that the active use of creative methods in the educational process gives positive results informed language and speech competencies, due to which international students have the opportunity to study and communicate in Ukrainian-speaking environment. We consider such results to prove.
Teaching High Functioning Children with Autism: Considerations for Vocabulary Course Design Using Technology
Authors: Abd Majid Faizah , Basree Abd Rahman Shireena , Fairus Kamaruzaman Muhamad
Published: June 2022

This paper highlights one of the most critical aspects of facilitating vocabulary learning among children with autism. Several pertinent issues serve as the focus of the paper; vocabulary course design for high functioning children with autism and the relevant considerations required when teaching them using technology. To explore these issues, a qualitative design using content analysis through extensive literature review was conducted. The content analysis included a critical examination of the features of children with autism and their learning and the theories of vocabulary course design and its principles. The analysis brought to light relevant considerations following the five factors as identified from the critical examination of the literature. Hence, this paper proposes course design for high functioning children with autism considerations. Curriculum designers, syllabus writers and instructors for children with autism could expect to benefit from this paper. This paper also recommends quantitative research such as a survey with the relevant stakeholders to confirm or enrich the data from the present study.
PEMBELAJARAN SENI BUDAYA DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN MEDIA VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) PADA TINGKAT SATUAN SMA BERBASIS LOCAL WISDOM SUMATERA UTARA
Authors: Atmojo Wahyu Tri , Suroso Panji , Rahmah Sitti
Published: June 2022

Studi ini ingin mengkaji konsep pembelajaran seni budaya dengan menggunakan media Virtual Reality (VR) pada tingkat satuan SMA berbasis Lokal Wisdom Sumatera Utara. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian pengembangan atau yang lebih dikenal dengan Research & Development (R&D). Penelitian pengembangan digunakan untuk mengembangkan dan menghasilkan produk dari penelitian ini berupa model pembelajaran seni budaya berbasis kearifan lokal Sumatera Utara dengan menggunakan media Virtual Reality (VR). Dalam penelitian ini dihasilkan konsep yaitu : 1) Pembelajaran dengan menggunakan media Virtual Reality (VR) merupakan suatu sistem pembelajaran dimana dalam proses belajar mengajarnya dapat memanfaatkan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi. Istilah Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adalah segala bentuk teknologi (perangkat keras dan perangkat lunak) yang digunakan untuk memproses, menangkap, mentransmisikan, mengambil, memanipulasi, atau menampilkan data sebagaimana adanya dengan sangat jelas. Dalam hal ini dunia pendidikan dapat memanfaatkan dan menghadirkan komponen sumber belajar yang lebih nyata dan mengandung materi instruktional dilingkungan pembelajaran dalam berbentuk teknologi informasi dan komunikasi secara langsung di ruang belajar. 2) Kearifan lokal merupakan cara orang bersikap dan bertindak dalam menanggapi perubahan dalam lingkungan fisik dan budaya. Suatu gagasan konseptual yang hidup dalam masyarakat, tumbuh dan berkembang secara terus menerus dalam kesadaran masyarakat dari yang sifatnya berkaitan dengan kehidupan yang sakral sampai dengan yang profan. Kearifan lokal atau local wisdom dapat dipahami sebagai gagasan-gagasan setempat lokal yang bersifat bijaksana, penuh kearifan, bernilai baik, yang tertanam dan diikuti oleh anggota masyarakatnya.
Biointerfaces inteligentes aplicadas ao monitoramento e comunicação homeodinâmica entre o ambiente hospitalar e a equipe de enfermagem do CAISM-UNICAMP
Authors: Baisch Lucas , Zuanon Rachel
Published: June 2022

A pesquisa visa evidenciar as conexões entre os campos científicos da Arquitetura e das Neurociências Cognitivas e Comportamentais, para analisar as relações entre o ambiente hospitalar e o corpo humano. O estudo tem como foco as profissionais de enfermagem do Centro de Atenção Integral à Mulher (CAISM-UNICAMP) e, neste contexto, articula a produção de estímulos somatossensoriais, o monitoramento dos sinais vitais e o monitoramento dos dados do ambiente hospitalar. Assim, avança para a integração e visualização destes dados em uma plataforma Building Information Modeling (BIM). Portanto, a relação entre os estímulos somatossensoriais, o desempenho de fatores ambientais e o equilíbrio homeodinâmico do corpo desses profissionais é investigada diante das sobrecargas cotidianas — sejam elas físicas ou mentais — em ambientes hospitalares, que se tornam ainda mais intensificadas pelos impactos da Pandemia de COVID-19. A pesquisa é sustentada, principalmente, por referências disponíveis apenas na língua inglesa, o que reforça sua relevância para o cenário nacional e internacional da língua portuguesa. Os estudos sobre os avanços do BIM em Eastmann et al. [1] pesquisam sobre o estágio Facility Manager (FM), ou seja, a manutenção do prédio. Como o modelo BIM armazena informações do ambiente hospitalar, também pode receber informações do corpo humano dos profissionais de enfermagem. Assim, os dados analíticos podem ser visualizados na plataforma, pois o BIM pode comunicar dados numéricos e em tempo real, que podem ser visualizados em uma plataforma on-line. A metodologia de pesquisa compreende uma abordagem transdisciplinar baseada no conceito de Ambientes e Produtos Homeodinâmicos [2] e nas bases teóricas das Neurociências Cognitivas e Comportamentais, especialmente na perspectiva do conceito de homeostase biológica, e Arquitetura com ênfase na Modelagem da Informação da Construção tecnologia. Além disso, esta pesquisa é baseada no Design Science Research; e na criação de artefatos para a construção de um dispositivo com a intenção de resolver um problema específico, envolve, também, a pesquisa de campo voltada para a aplicação de um protocolo experimental, bem como a sistematização, análise e interpretação de todos os dados recolhidos, com vista ao desenvolvimento de um sistema tecnológico integrado, orientado para a homeostase biológica dos profissionais de enfermagem em cenários pandêmicos e pós-pandêmicos da COVID-19. Assim, a investigação também é orientada para a prática, o que permite ao investigador desenvolver, aplicar e comunicar conhecimentos originais, em contextos nacionais e internacionais, com implicações diretas na produção de artefatos (software e hardware) e na criação de novos processos tecnológicos.
El diseñador transmedia como mediador de mundos
Authors: Mesquita Dario
Published: June 2022

La convergencia de medios ha hecho que la experiencia comunicativa sea cada vez más colectiva y fragmentada entre diferentes plataformas y redes diseñadas para la participación. Este proceso se consolidó especialmente a través de prácticas transmedia en el campo de las artes y el entretenimiento (DENA, 2009), que implementaron dinámicas complejas de narración a través de múltiples soportes mediáticos, reforzando una mayor relación entre los agentes involucrados (público y cineastas) y los contenidos que circulan. Existe una tendencia a que los proyectos mediáticos actúen de forma casi emergente, marcada por la constante negociación entre el público y quienes los proyectan, actuando más como entornos o contextos de consumo y (re)creación de contenidos. Podemos considerar la construcción de mundos como algo inherente al escenario actual de la producción mediática, ya asumido por una lógica transmedia que busca involucrar a diferentes públicos a través de diferentes pantallas y plataformas participativas como las redes sociales. De esta forma, la práctica transmedia se convierte en un medio para construir mundos donde los contextos se mediatizan y coordinan entre diferentes soportes y plataformas mediáticos —la multiplataforma—, generando una gran plataforma transmedia integrada. Así, la acción de lo que tradicionalmente se conoce como productor transmedia se convierte en la de un diseñador que no solo planifica productos terminados, sino que también actúa como mediador de contextos que configuran la experiencia en el proyecto (o mundo) diseñado. Como sostiene José Bártolo (2011, np), el diseñador contemporáneo ya no debe ser reconocido como un especialista responsable de encontrar soluciones específicas, sino como un “agente social crítico”, que colabora con socios no diseñadores en la búsqueda de transformaciones efectivas en ciertos aspectos de la realidad. Es decir, como los mundos creados por las prácticas transmedia se interpretan como entornos o plataformas mediadoras entre diferentes agentes, el diseñador debe actuar como un mediador de acciones, centrado en la experiencia en sus diferentes aspectos, en un contexto en el que las “[...] distinciones entre producción y consumo se desdibujó ”(HOLLOWAY, 2021, p. 12). Desde este punto de vista, este trabajo busca discutir el uso del término “diseñador transmedia”, en detrimento de “productor transmedia”, para designar al gestor de proyectos que hacen uso coordinado de un ecosistema comunicativo con el fin de constituir mundos como plataformas para, por tanto, brindar inmersión y experiencias participativas para el público. Por tanto, se realizará una revisión bibliográfica sobre las correlaciones entre el campo del diseño de proyectos y la práctica transmedia, además de un breve análisis de proyectos multiplataforma, con el fin de proponer conceptos para pensar el papel del diseñador transmedia desde un diseño pensando en la construcción continua de un mundo como una plataforma que se expande en colaboración con el público.
O transmídia designer como mediador de mundos
Authors: Mesquita Dario
Published: June 2022

A convergência de mídias tem tornado a experiência comunicativa cada vez mais coletiva e fragmentada entre diferentes plataformas e redes voltadas para a participação. Este processo consolidou-se principalmente por meio de práticas transmídia no campo das artes e do entretenimento (DENA, 2009), que implementaram complexas dinâmicas de contação de histórias por meio de múltiplos suportes midiáticos, reforçando uma maior relação entre os agentes envolvidos (público e cineastas) e os conteúdos que circulam. Há uma tendência dos projetos de mídia atuarem de forma quase emergente, marcados pela constante negociação entre o público e quem os projeta, atuando mais como ambientes ou contextos de consumo e (re)criação de conteúdos. Podemos considerar a construção de mundos como algo inerente ao cenário atual da produção midiática, já tomado por uma lógica transmídia que busca envolver diferentes públicos por meio de diferentes telas e plataformas participativas (como as redes sociais). Desta forma, a prática transmídia torna-se um meio de construção de mundos, onde contextos são mediados e coordenados entre diferentes suportes e plataformas midiáticas — a multiplataforma — gerando uma grande plataforma transmídia integrada. Assim, a ação do que tradicionalmente se chama de produtor transmídia passa a ser a de um designer que não apenas planeja produtos acabados, mas, também, atua como mediador de contextos que configuram a experiência no projeto (ou mundo) desenhado. Como defende José Bártolo (2011, np), o designer contemporâneo não deve mais ser reconhecido como um especialista, responsável por encontrar soluções específicas, mas como um “agente social crítico”, que colabora com parceiros não designers na procura de transformações efetivas em certos aspectos da realidade. Ou seja, como os mundos criados pelas práticas transmídia são interpretados como ambientes ou plataformas mediadoras entre diferentes agentes, o designer deve atuar como um mediador de ações, focado na experiência em seus diferentes aspectos — em um contexto no qual as “[...] distinções entre a produção e o consumo tornou-se confusa” (HOLLOWAY, 2021, p. 12). Sob este aspecto, este artigo busca discutir a utilização do termo designer transmídia, em detrimento de produtor transmídia, para designar o gestor de projetos que faz uso coordenado de um ecossistema de comunicação a fim de constituir mundos como plataformas para, assim, proporcionar imersão e experiências participativas para o público. Para tanto, será realizada uma revisão bibliográfica sobre as correlações entre o campo do design de projetos e a prática transmídia, além de uma breve análise de projetos multiplataforma, a fim de propor conceitos para pensar o papel do designer transmídia a partir de um design, pensando na construção contínua de um mundo como uma plataforma que se expande em colaboração com o público.
Creación de un sistema de cambio de formas
Authors: Seda Daniel
Published: June 2022

Desde finales de 2019 he estado desarrollando un sistema modular de piezas que no solo pueden encajar libremente sino que también mantienen una cierta libertad de movimiento, lo que permite la alteración de su forma. El sistema surgió como un proyecto educativo para la creación de insectos modulares, y a partir de septiembre de 2020 tomó otros rumbos con la creación de un títere articulado también con propiedades de transformación, con la incorporación de otros módulos interconectables. Un conjunto de partes conectadas tiene propiedades de rotación en relación con su conexión. El proyecto se ha publicado en un formato de código abierto, dentro de una licencia GPL que permite acceder a él, modificarlo y volver a publicarlo siempre que se mantenga la apertura del mismo. En su forma actual, ya es un sistema consistente para construir formas transformables. El proyecto se ha inspirado en diversas técnicas como el origami y los autómatas. Se encuentra entre los territorios del arte interactivo y el gigantesco universo de técnicas lúdicas, ya sean relacionadas con la educación o con el juego puramente por diversión. Es posible obtener varias configuraciones del mismo conjunto de piezas conectadas. Las asociaciones evocadas por la manipulación de las formas creadas dentro de este sistema me llevaron a contenidos de biología como el estudio de las bases nitrogenadas que componen tanto el ADN como el ARN y las proteínas, y también me están llevando a indagar en los 20 aminoácidos comunes a toda la vida conocida en la Tierra y sus propiedades de composición. Todo esto enriquece el proceso de investigación, pero también crea otros problemas derivados de mi falta de conocimiento específico en estas materias. Como me informo, debo recordar que mi investigación se desarrolla dentro del área de las Artes. Se trata de una investigación de un proceso creativo que puede involucrar técnicas y contenidos de otras áreas, pero es un pensamiento estructurado de manera física con su autonomía en relación con las otras áreas del conocimiento. Esta investigación se nutre de otras áreas pero no se somete a ellas. Por el contrario, tiene el potencial de inspirar estéticamente cualquier área, sin que su contenido necesite ser técnicamente preciso en relación a sus fuentes de inspiración. Las fuentes bibliográficas y referencias teóricas de esta investigación son diversas y la investigación es esencialmente interdisciplinaria. Teóricos como Gilbert Simondon, artistas como Lígia Clark, Chuck Hoberman, Theo Jansen y Erik Aberg participan como inspiración poética para la investigación que se encuentra en curso. Otros sistemas creativos como Lego, Tinkertoys, Playmobil y cualquier otro, también se están utilizando libremente como fuente de inspiración, así como otras referencias pop como las Barbapapas, los Transformers, el robot T-1000 y muchas otras películas y series que han sido creadas utilizando elementos visuales inspirados en el concepto de “materia programable”.
Criando um sistema de mudança de formas
Authors: Seda Daniel
Published: June 2022

Desde o final de 2019, venho desenvolvendo um sistema modular de peças que, além de encaixar-se livremente entre si, mantém uma certa liberdade de movimento, permitindo a alteração de sua forma. O sistema surgiu como um projeto educacional para a criação de insetos modulares e, a partir de setembro de 2020, tomou outros rumos, com a criação de um boneco articulado, também com propriedades de transformação com outros módulos interconectáveis sendo adicionados. Um conjunto de peças conectadas possui propriedades de rotação em relação à sua conexão. O projeto foi publicado em um formato de código aberto, dentro de uma licença GPL, permitindo que seja acessado, alterado e republicado, desde que a abertura do projeto seja mantida. Em sua forma atual, já é um sistema consistente para a construção de formas transformáveis. O projeto foi inspirado nas mais diversas técnicas, como origami e autômatos. Situa-se entre os territórios da arte interativa e o gigantesco universo das técnicas lúdicas. Sejam relacionadas à educação ou ao puro jogo por lazer, é possível obter várias configurações do mesmo conjunto de peças conectadas. As associações evocadas pela manipulação das formas criadas dentro deste sistema levaram-me a conteúdos de biologia, como o estudo das bases nitrogenadas que compõem o DNA e o RNA e as proteínas, e também estão me conduzindo aos 20 aminoácidos comuns a todas as formas de vida conhecidas na Terra e suas propriedades de composição. Tudo isto enriquece o processo de pesquisa, mas, também, cria outros problemas decorrentes da minha falta de conhecimento específico nestes assuntos. Devo lembrar que minha pesquisa se dá na área de Artes, mas, na medida em que me informo, torna-se uma pesquisa de um processo criativo que pode envolver técnicas e conteúdos de outras áreas, um pensamento estruturado de forma física com sua autonomia em relação com as demais áreas do conhecimento. Esta pesquisa é informada por outras áreas, mas não se submete a elas; pelo contrário, tem potencial para inspirar esteticamente qualquer área, sem que seu conteúdo precise ser tecnicamente preciso em relação às suas fontes de inspiração. As fontes bibliográficas e referenciais teóricos desta pesquisa são diversas — a pesquisa é essencialmente interdisciplinar. Teóricos como Gilbert Simondon, artistas como Lígia Clark, Chuck Hoberman, Theo Jansen e Erik Aberg participam como inspiração poética das pesquisas em andamento. Outros sistemas criativos, como Lego, Tinkertoys, Playmobil e qualquer outro, também estão sendo utilizados livremente como uma fonte de inspiração, bem como outras referências pop como os Barbapapas, os Transformers, o robô T-1000 e muitos outros filmes e séries que surgiram com visuais inspirados no conceito de “matéria programável”.