bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nonverbal behavior of football players
Authors: Aldeen Osman Sirj , Rahman Rasha Abdel
Published: July 2018

The relationship among the body, soul and society is not new, but an old relationship as the humanity itself. There are many studies dealt with the body in relation to various sciences, including psychology, sociology and anthropology. In the modern era, the interest in the sociology and physiology of the body has become a research trend that includes many fields such as communication sciences, folklore and arts. The body has important, expressive and fundamental connotations in expression and nonverbal communication with others, including various movements and gestures as well as the tattoos drawn on different body parts. These have various psychological, cultural and social implications. Thus, the body represents the other ego of the individual through which he expresses his individual and societal components, and implications that reflect the social and cultural context. The football game is one of the most popular in the world, followed by many people from different social classes as well as different ages and nationalities. This game has a large audience not only watching the matches, but also follow the movements and emotions of the player and is affected by them as well as follow the details of their personal lives.
Association between metal hypersensitivity and implant failure in patients who underwent titanium cranioplasty
Authors: Sun Yirui , Hu Yue , Yuan Qiang , Yu Jian , Wu Xing , Du Zhuoying , Wu Xuehai , Hu Jin
Published: July 2018

OBJECTIVE

Digitally designed titanium plates are commonly used for the reconstruction of craniofacial defects, although implant exposure (referred to as failure) is one of the major complications. Metal hypersensitivities have been suggested as possible causes of implant failure of orthopedic, intravascular, gynecological, and dental devices, yet there has been no consensus on the requirement for allergy screening before cranioplasty.

METHODS

In this study, the authors prospectively investigated the prevalence of metal hypersensitivity in patients for whom cranioplasty is planned and assess its relationship with titanium implant failure (exposure).

RESULTS

Based on records from 207 included patients, 39.61% of patients showed hypersensitivity to at least one kind of metal. Approximately one-quarter (25.12%) of patients had multiple metal allergies. Co, Cd, and Zn were the 3 most frequently identified metal hypersensitivities. No allergy to titanium was detected in this study. The overall incidence of cranioplasty implant failure was 5.31% (11 of 207). Patients showing hypersensitivities to more than 3 kinds of metal had higher risks of titanium plate exposure.

CONCLUSIONS

Based on their findings, the authors suggest that routine allergy screening be performed before titanium plate cranioplasty. For patients with hypersensitivities to more than 3 metals, alternative materials, such as polyetheretherketone, should be considered for cranioplasty.
Музыкальный театр В. И. Ребикова и традиции русского символизма
Authors: Semenova Аlina
Published: July 2018

Цель статьи ориентирована на выявление поэтико-интонационной уникальности музыкально-театрального наследия В. Ребикова («Ёлка», «Тэа», «Женщина с кинжалом», «Дворянское гнездо» и др.) в русле духовно-эстетической  и стилевой специфики русского символизма. Методология: статья опирается на аналитический, герменевтический, историографический и феноменологический методы исследования. Научная новизна заключается в обращении к творчеству В. И. Ребикова как одному из интереснейших представителей рубежа XIX-XX ст., и, в частности, к его экспериментальному музыкально-театральному наследию, соотносимому по многим параметрам с исканиями символистов. Выводы. Музыкально-театральная область творчества композитора, обобщенно определяемая им как «театр духа», «театр настроений», «театр внутренних переживаний», представлена такими жанрами, как «музыкально-психографическая драма», «музыкально-психологический рассказ». Генетически она восходит не только к эстетике символистов (А. Шницлер, Л. Андреев, А. Воротников, В. Брюсов, А. Бёклин и др.), но и к отдельным положениям философии Ф. Ницше, художественно-эстетическим исканиям Л. Н. Толстого, а также к традициям русского и западноевропейского музыкального театра XIX – начала ХХ веков. Ключевые слова: символизм, русский символизм, музыкальный символизм, музыкальный театр В. И. Ребикова, «театр духа», «музыкально-психографическая драма».
Основные принципы формообразования в аспекте закономерностей музыкального пространства
Authors: Zavgorodnaya Galina
Published: July 2018

Целью работы является исследование основных закономерностей музыкального формообразования, отражающих все этапы композиционного становления идеи-смысла произведения Методология. В работе применены компаративно-типологический, аналитический и эмпирический подходы. Научная новизна. Анализируются основные функции этапов композиционного становления. Данные функции рассматриваются в аспекте специфики драматургии, элементов музыкальной выразительности, общей системы развертывания тематической идеи, а также жанрово-стилевых показателей художественного целого. Выводы. С позиций кардинальных отличий в логике музыкального мышления (полифония – гомофония) мы получаем возможность раскрыть представление о музыкальном пространстве и времени, как наиболее исконной константе понимания, углубленного проникновения в процесс анализа всех законодательных основ конструирования формы-композиции в музыкальном искусстве. Различные типы музыкального мышления дают основание оценить их выразительно-конструктивную организацию, начиная от звука и до всего формообразующего процесса художественного целого.Ключевые слова: пространство, время, цепная драматургия, восприятие, художественные стили, полифоническое мышление.
Актуальные вопросы системного подхода в современном музыкознании
Authors: Polishchuk Anna
Published: July 2018

Цель статьи: рассмотрение системного подхода к изучению музыкальных явлений современности в отечественном музыкознании. Методология: в работе применены источниковедческий, компаративный и системный подходы. Научная новизна: в контексте изучения музыкальных явлений современности рассматриваются такие понятия, как музыкально-теоретическая и музыкально-практическая системы, система профессионального исполнительства, системность феноменов исполнительской и композиторской школ, системный метод исследования. В качестве выводов предлагается вариант методической организации анализа музыкального произведения, поэтапную основу которого составляют логические принципы многоуровневого иерархического структурирования объекта исследования, т.е. произведения, как системы.Ключевые слова: системный подход, система, методология музыкознания, методическая организация анализа, объект исследования как система.
Лирическое как семантическая доминанта камерно-вокального творчества
Authors: Zhou Du
Published: July 2018

Цель статьи состоит в освещении природы лирического как эстетического модуса, художественной сферы и психологической установки, в определении специфики проявления лирического в музыке, композиционных и стилистических показателей лирической музыкальной семантики. Методология исследования предусматривает взаимодействие философско-эстетического, литературоведческого и музыковедческого подходов, опору на категории психологии искусства. Научная новизна работы обусловлена выделением лирического переживания как предмета музыкального понимания и осмысления,  особого музыкально-языкового явления. Выводы свидетельствуют о том, что лирический модус музыкального содержания  обусловлен тенденциями камернизации и авторизации, связан с автономией определенных жанровых и стилевых сторон музыкального творчества.Ключевые слова: лирическое, лирический модус музыкального содержания, камернизация, авторизация, музыкальный язык.
Актуальные музыковедческие подходы к явлению музыкальной риторики
Authors: Venfen Zhu
Published: July 2018

Целью данной статьи становится осуществление анализа сущности риторики как многогранного феномена и выявление специфики ее развития на разных историко-культурных этапах, а также исследование модификации взглядов на музыкальную риторику. Методология работы опирается на историко-библиографический метод, привлекаются системный, компаративный и аналитический подходы. Научная новизна работы заключается в расширении представлений о музыкальной риторике как о семиотико-культурологической области научных интересов музыковедения; в изучении логики и причин изменений научного знания по отношению к музыкальной риторике; в попытке обобщений наиболее актуальных разработок проблем музыкальной риторики. Выводы. Устанавливается широта границ музыкальной риторики, многообразие подходов к этому феномену, многоаспектность его восприятия и научно-исследовательской оценки, также указывается на невыстроенность, несогласованность основных позиций музыкальной риторики. Обращается внимание на то, что исследование музыкальной риторики с точки зрения теории языка и музыкально-речевой деятельности, то есть с семиотической позиции, в современный период приобретает характер устойчивой и постоянно развивающейся тенденции. Актуализируется понимание музыкальной риторики как выстраивающей определенную семиотическую модель музыки, в которой за основу принимается особая образно-смысловая единица – музыкально-риторическая фигура – своеобразная композиционно-звуковая идиома.Ключевые слова: общая риторика, музыкальная риторика, риторика формы, музыкально-риторическая фигура, семиотическая модель.
Стилевые основы оперных произведений Дж. Верди: к проблеме оперного мышления
Authors: Te Van
Published: July 2018

Цель работы. Прочное внедрение западноевропейской оперы, прежде всего, романтической итальянской оперы, в репертуар китайского оперного театра обусловливает необходимость усвоения китайскими вокалистами стилевых принципов европейского оперного творчества, познание истории и теории оперного жанра в той его разновидности, которая признана классической основой оперного творчества. В связи с этим, особенно важным является определение контекстуальных факторов и музыкально-семантического содержания национального стиля в опере – в их взаимодействии и композиционной целостности и в связи с творчеством Дж. Верди как центральной фигуры итальянской оперной школы. Методология определяется трудами музыковедов, обращенных к проблеме музыкального стиля и музыкальной семантики, культурологическими исследованиями, посвященными явлению стиля эпохи, стиля культуры, национального стиля, эстетическими и музыковедческими работами, связанными с изучением истории оперы и, в частности, итальянской оперы и творчества Дж. Верди. Научная новизна. В статье выявляются контекстуальные факторы формирования национального оперного стиля, в том числе, его культурологическая значимость, основываясь на этом образно-драматургическое содержание опер Дж. Верди объясняется с позиции национально-стилевых доминант исполнительской традиции. Выводы. Исторический подход к явлению стиля становится наиболее плодотворным в области вопросов о генезисе того или иного стилевого направления и о переходе от одной стилевой формации к другой (то есть о стилевой смежности) и особенно необходимым в вопросах о национальном стиле. В своих операх Верди тонко показал различие между утопичностью внутренних стремлений и трагедийностью внешнего осуществления – во внешней жизни – своих главных героев, поэтому внутренний контраст ведущего образа в его операх можно определить как противоречие между трагедией и утопией. Именно в столкновении этих начал дана суть  эстетической концепции оперных произведений композитора, которая определяет целостное музыкально-стилевое решение оперы.Ключевые слова: музыкальная семантика, стиль культуры, национально-стилевые принципы оперного мышления, историческая парадигма оперного творчества.
Взаємодія хореографа та концертмейстера як основа інтерпретаційного процесу
Authors: Kleschukov Volodymyr
Published: July 2018

Мета роботи. У статті аналізуються специфічні параметри творчої взаємодії концертмейстера та хореографа в репетиційному та концертно-виконавському процесі на основі спільних когнітивно-виконавських засад. Методологія дослідження полягає в застосуванні загальнонаукових підходів і принципів – системного, синергетичного, історичного, еволюційного підходів, принципу додатковості, а також компаративного, естетико-культурологічного, історичного методів, музикознавчого підходу. Наукова новизна роботи полягає в розширенні уявлень про феноменологічні аспекти спільної музично-хореографічної інтерпретації у мистецтвознавчому та виконавсько-теоретичному аспектах. Висновки. Осмислення спільності творчо-когнітивних, художньо-мовних, психологічних аспектів музично-інструментального та хореографічного мистецтв, виконавської специфіки концертмейстерської майстерності у хореографічному класі дозволяє виявити феноменологічний статус музично-танцювальної єдності як художньої цілісності навіть поза межами власне синтетичних жанрів. Це актуалізує значущість взаємодії хореографа та концертмейстера у необхідному процесі спільної інтерпретативної діяльності.Ключові слова: музика, танець, хореографічне мистецтво, інтерпретація когнітивно-виконавські властивості, хореограф, концертмейстер, музична інтонація, пластична інтонація, спільна інтерпретація.
Провідні тенденції жанрової стратифікації українського вокально-естрадного виконавства
Authors: Bobul Ivan
Published: July 2018

Мета роботи постає як визначення тих тенденцій жанрової стратифікації українського вокально-естрадного виконавства, що вказують на його власну системну художню організацію. Методологія дослідження зумовлена поєднанням гносеологічного мистецтвознавчого та текстологічного музикознавчого підходів на основі культурологічного дискурсу. Наукова новизна роботи полягає у виявленні чотирьох провідних тенденцій розвитку вокально-естрадної жанрової системи, що надають їй художньо-творчої та культурно-семантичної автономії – театралізації, фестивалізації, академізації та персоналізації. Висновки. Вокально-естрадне виконавство в Україні є найбільш широкою та об’ємною за жанровими складовими сферою музично-сценічної творчості, що має власну систему гносеологічних та аксіологічних ознак, виводить сучасне і актуальне на рівень універсальних категорій – скерована до ідеї всезагального глобалізованого соціуму, надаючи ціннісного темпорального виміру повсякденній свідомості, веде до нової академізації, тому базується на принципах професійної композиторської й виконавської творчості та здійснює стильові і стилістичні інновації. Підпорядковуючи ліричну, індивідуально-особистісну образну сферу, надає їй особливої художньо-ігрової концептуалізації.Ключові слова: українське вокально-естрадне виконавство, жанрова стратифікація, театралізація, фестивалізація, академізація, персоналізація, художньо-ігрова концептуалізація.
Тенденції перехідності у камерно-вокальній творчості російських композиторів xix – початку хх століть.
Authors: Polkanov Andriy
Published: July 2018

Мета роботи – висвітлити загальні стильові тенденції розвитку камерних вокальних жанрів у творчості російських композиторів XIX –  початку ХХ століть як показові для становлення національного стилю музичного мистецтва, виокремити якість перехідності у стильовій системі російської музики даного періоду. Методологія роботи утворена перетином трьох головних методичних настанов: історико-культурологічної, жанрово-стильової мистецтвознавчої та семіологічної музикознавчої. Наукова новизна статті визначається спробою вибудувати жанрово-стильову модель мовної (семіотичної) перехідності в музиці на матеріалі російської музики, визначити тенденції перехідності, які вливають на розвиток камерно-вокальних жанрів та зумовлюють їх входження до системи вторинної композиторської творчості. Висновки роботи дозволяють проектувати визначення національно-стильових засад російської музики її класичного періоду до сфери камерно-вокальної творчості, відкривати в жанровій площині камерно-вокальної музики естетичні та мовні пролегомени національної музичної свідомості.Ключові слова: камерно-вокальна творчість, жанрова галузь, перехідність, стиль, національна музична свідомість, музична мова, класичний період.
Translating the Christian Moral Message: Reading Liang Fa's Good Words to Admonish the Age in the Tradition of Morality Books
Authors: Sun Zexi (Jesse)
Published: July 2018

This paper seeks to interpret Good Words to Admonish the Age, the most important writing of the first Chinese Protestant pastor, Liang Fa (1789–1855), in its complex relations with the tradition of morality books (shan shu). By doing so, the paper attempts to show Liang's subversive adoption of an existing social and religious genre that enjoyed widespread acceptance at the time. While Liang affirms the significance of moral values, he also distinguishes those practices held by morality books as meritorious from actual moral uprightness. In contrast, moral good for Liang is a result of divine intervention (that is, salvation) and a Christian duty, thus transcending the conventional purpose of earthly reward or securing one's own fate for blessings. In crafting his Good Words, the morality-book tradition forms an essential point of contact that Liang appropriated and adapted for delivering his Christian message – a message that is also in competition with the conventional moral view of salvation. For Liang, these moral tenets, which he still holds dear after his conversion, now culminate in a theological knowledge of God and his salvation plan.
Tensile Properties and Corrosion Behavior of Extruded Low-Alloyed Mg–1Sn–1Al–1Zn Alloy: The Influence of Microstructural Characteristics
Authors: Cheng Weili , Zhang Yao , Ma Shichao , Arthanari Srinivasan , Cui Zeqin , Wang Hong-xia , Wang Lifei
Published: July 2018

A low-alloyed Mg–Sn–Al–Zn system was developed and successfully fabricated through the extrusion process. The dependence of tensile properties and corrosion behavior on microstructural characteristics of the studied alloy has been investigated. After extrusion, the alloy consists of fine dynamically recrystallized (DRXed) grains of ~2.65 μm and strongly textured coarse unDRXed grains. As a consequence, the extruded alloy showed a high-tensile yield strength (YS) of 259 MPa, ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of 297 MPa and elongation (EL) of 19.0%. The strengthening response was discussed in terms of grain size, texture and solutes. The as-extruded alloy presented severe pitting corrosion and the dependence of corrosion properties on the crystallographic orientation and the formation of corrosion products was analyzed.
Exact Solutions of Non-Linear Evolution Models in Physics and Biosciences Using the Hyperbolic Tangent Method
Authors: Malinzi Joseph , Quaye Paul Amarh
Published: July 2018

There has been considerable interest in seeking exact solutions of non-linear evolution equations that describe important physical and biological processes. Nonetheless, it is a difficult undertaking to determine closed form solutions of mathematical models that describe natural phenomena. This is because of their high non-linearity and the huge number of parameters of which they consist. In this article we determine, using the hyperbolic tangent (tanh) method, travelling wave solutions to non-linear evolution models of interest in biology and physics. These solutions have recognizable properties expected of other solutions and thus can be used to deduce properties of the general solutions.
Type Ia Supernovae in the First Few Days: Signatures of Helium Detonation versus Interaction
Authors: Maeda Keiichi , Jiang Ji-an , Shigeyama Toshikazu , Doi Mamoru
Published: July 2018

The mechanism for the blue and excessive early-phase emission reported within the first few days of several Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) has been suggested to be the interaction of the SN ejecta with either a non-degenerate companion star or circumstellar media (CSM). Recently, another mechanism has been suggested within the context of the He-detonation-triggered SN scenario (i.e., the double-detonation scenario or He-ignited violent merger), in which the radioactive isotopes in the outermost layer of the SN ejecta produce the early emission. In this paper, we investigate the properties of the excessive early-phase emission predicted by these different scenarios. The early flash in the He-detonation scenario shows behaviors different from those in the companion/CSM interaction scenarios. Especially clear diagnostics are provided once the behaviors in the UV and in the optical are combined. The spectra synthesized for the He-detonation scenario are characterized by absorptions due to He-detonation products, which develop in the decay phase. We further expect a relation between the properties of the early-phase flash and those of the maximum SN emission, in such a way that the brighter and slower initial flash is accompanied by a more substantial effect from the additional absorptions (and reddening). This relation, however, should be considered together with the maximum luminosity of the SN, since the larger luminosity suppresses the effect of the additional absorption. With these expected features, we address the possible origins of the excessive early-phase emission observed in several SNe.
11. L’arbitre, juge de l’économie mondiale
Authors: Clay Thomas
Published: July 2018

Si l’arbitrage existe depuis toujours, la mondialisation de l’économie en a fait la justice naturelle du commerce international et donc celle de l’économie mondiale. Tous les opérateurs, y compris les États, y ont désormais recours et pas un contrat international n’est conclu, pas un investissement étranger n’est envisagé sans que l’arbitrage soit prévu en cas de litige. Encadré par des conventions internationales multilatérales ratifiées par plus de 150 pays, l’arbitrage permet d’avoir un juge neutre et détaché des contingences locales. Mieux, par son modèle efficace, stable et anational, l’arbitrage a participé au développement de l’économie mondiale qu’il a même contribué à réguler.
Vocation alpine. Peut-on historiciser la vocation ? Le cas de l’alpinisme
Authors: Moraldo Delphine
Published: July 2018

À partir du cas de l’alpinisme britannique et français, cet article se propose de réfléchir à la manière dont on peut situer historiquement l’apparition de discours vocationnels. La vocation, dans le cas de l’alpinisme, désigne un engagement corps et âme au sens fort du terme, un engagement qui vient rendre supportables des coûts importants et qui est propre à l’élite de l’alpinisme, c’est-à-dire aux « grands alpinistes ». Elle s’exprime notamment dans les récits autobiographiques des alpinistes, qui constituent en ce sens un matériau intéressant. La genèse historique de la vocation doit se comprendre en rapport avec l’imposition d’une conception spécifique de l’excellence valorisant l’engagement. Dans ce cadre, l’alpinisme gagne à être analysé comme un « jeu sérieux » ( deep play ).
Temperature Forecasting System Using Fuzzy Mathematical Model
Authors: Baareh Abdel Karim M.
Published: July 2018

Temperature study and model development related to estimation is an essential and important task not only for a human life but also for animal life, agriculture, tourism, water reservation and evaporation, and many other fields. Regression is considered a dominant prediction model which is heavily used in forecasting in spite of the difficulties related to the number of available measurements, the order of the model and the nonlinearity of the data. In this article, the purpose is to use a nonlinear model structure to forecast the temperature at the airport of Mumbai city in India using the fuzzy logic technique. The datasets were collected for twelve months period starting from 1st of January 2009 to 31st of December at a weather underground in India. The datasets were divided into two parts, 288 days (80%) of the data for training and the remaining 72 days (20%) for testing. The results obtained and the error calculated using the fuzzy logic model were satisfactory.
Cognitive Agent Based Data Synchronization in Ubiquitous Networks
Authors: Bhajantri Lokesh B. , Ayyannavar Vasudha V.
Published: July 2018

In the recent past, some research works are focused on the design and management of ubiquitous networks (UNs) in terms of performance metrics like routing, computation overhead, latency, and security. Nowadays, data synchronization is one of the most challenging tasks in UNs to ensure the data consistency between the nodes or devices and servers. In this work, the authors present an overview of the UNs, including issues and challenges, cognitive agents, synchronization algorithms, and proposed data synchronization model using cognitive agents. This review article classifies some of the data synchronization algorithms into four categories named: synchronization based on the message digest; timestamp based synchronization; synchronization based on scalability performance; and delta synchronization with their relative performance. This article also compares synchronization algorithms against data synchronization in terms of accuracy, efficiency, scalability, consistency, and control overheads. The authors provide the model of cognitive agent-based data synchronization in UNs, which ensures the network performance in terms of reliability, energy efficient, accuracy, scalable, fault tolerant, and QoS based data synchronization algorithms using cognitive agents.
Deep Analytics in Sport Community Forums
Authors: Fister Dušan , Fister Iztok , Fister Jr. Iztok
Published: July 2018

In recent years, some sport clubs have adopted web forums for online discussions about planning training sessions, races, club problems, sponsors and supporters, equipment and so on. Mostly, these forums are closed, because some discussions about critical information must be permitted only to registered club members. Indeed, various members are connected into a network representing a forum community that participates in forming the internal structure of a club and has taken an increasingly important role in solving the club affairs. This has influenced the classic way of doing business with meetings or calls and has allowed the community to participate in forming plans. This article deals with the deep analytics of data acquired from a web forum of a small cycling club located in Slovenia for a period of five years. The purpose of these analyses is to identify various members of the forum's community, track the dynamics of events as found in this forum, and search for hidden relationships.
Language Teaching in 3D Virtual Worlds with Machinima
Authors: Thomas Michael , Schneider Christel
Published: July 2018

This article is based on findings arising from a large, two-year EU project entitled “Creating Machinima to Enhance Online Language Learning and Teaching” (CAMELOT), which was the first to investigate the potential of machinima, a form of virtual filmmaking that uses screen captures to record activity in immersive 3D environments, for language teaching. The article examines interaction in two particular phases of the project: facilitator-novice teacher interaction in an online teacher training course which took place in Second Life and teachers' field-testing of machinima which arose from it. Examining qualitative data from interviews and screen recordings following two iterations of a 6-week online teacher training course which was designed to train novice teachers how to produce machinima and the evaluation of the field-testing, the article highlights the pitfalls teachers encountered and reinforces the argument that creating opportunities for pedagogical purposes in virtual worlds implies that teachers need to change their perspectives to take advantage of the affordances offered.
A Unique Method of Constructing Brand Perceptual Maps by the Text Mining of Multimedia Consumer Reviews
Authors: Ekhlassi Amir , Zahedi Amirhosein
Published: July 2018

Brand perceptual mapping is a visual technique, it displays how a brand is positioned in the mind of customers, as well as in relation to the competitors. With the rapid growth of e-commerce and the abundance of online consumer-generated content, there is no need for marketers to go through market research in order to understand consumers' opinions. Therefore, in this study, the authors propose a unique method which allows the building of a perceptual map automatically by mining consumer opinions from in particular online product reviews. The authors employ opinion mining techniques to extract and rank the product aspects that are important to customers, during purchasing digital tablets. Subsequently, they generate a score for each brand in these aspects and build the perceptual map using clustering of the brands by these scores. This proposed method is applied to the online customer reviews for digital tablets obtained from Amazon.com. The experimental results highlight the proposed technique is effective and able to correctly depict the position of a brand in its particular competitive environment.
A Dynamic Security Scheme for OppNets Using Cognitive Computing
Authors: Hegde Seema B. , Babu B. Sathish , Venkatram Pallapa
Published: July 2018

Opportunistic communication in MANET's reduce resource starvation and enhances the stability of a network by decreasing high routing overhead. But the frequent opportunistic contact among the devices is prone to security threats. This article proposes a novel cognitive opportunistic computing-based security scheme (COSS) to ensure secure in opportunistic network. The COSS provides multilevel security with different levels of severity. It recommends the security-collaboration-sensitivity parameter(ScS) with collaboration- sensitivity parameter for route handling. Based on the recommended ScS, the type of security scheme is derived from the database and is implemented for that transaction. The scheme involves the following processes for security: contact analysis, belief formulation and security collaboration logic. A COSS scheme is applied in a military attack scenario in which nodes are constructed as a hierarchical model with an access control for communication. Experimental results show that the scheme improves performance in terms of convergence time, energy efficiency and reliability.
Schistosomal Hepatic Fibrosis Classification
Authors: Ashour Dalia S. , Abou Rayia Dina M. , Dey Nilanjan , Ashour Amira S. , Hawas Ahmed Refaat , Alotaibi Manar B.
Published: July 2018

Schistosomiasis is serious liver tissues' parasitic disease that leads to liver fibrosis. Microscopic liver tissue images at different stages can be used for assessment of the fibrosis level. In the current article, the different stages of granuloma were classified after features extraction. Statistical features extraction was used to extract the significant features that characterized each stage. Afterward, different classifiers, namely the Decision Tree, Nearest Neighbor and the Neural Network are employed to carry out the classification process. The results established that the cubic k-NN, cosine k-NN and medium k-NN classifiers achieved superior classification accuracy compared to the other classifiers with 88.3% accuracy value.
Segmentation of Brain Tumor Tissues in HGG and LGG MR Images Using 3D U-net Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Sandur Poornachandra , Naveena C. , Aradhya V.N. Manjunath , Nagasundara K. B.
Published: July 2018

The quantitative assessment of tumor extent is necessary for surgical planning, as well as monitoring of tumor growth or shrinkage, and radiotherapy planning. For brain tumors, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used as a standard for diagnosis and prognosis. Manually segmenting brain tumors from 3D MRI volumes is tedious and depends on inter and intra observer variability. In the clinical facilities, a reliable fully automatic brain tumor segmentation method is necessary for the accurate delineation of tumor sub regions. This article presents a 3D U-net Convolutional Neural Network for segmentation of a brain tumor. The proposed method achieves a mean dice score of 0.83, a specificity of 0.80 and a sensitivity of 0.81 for segmenting the whole tumor, and for the tumor core region a mean dice score of 0.76, a specificity of 0.79 and a sensitivity of 0.73. For the enhancing region, the mean dice score is 0.68, a specificity of 0.73 and a sensitivity of 0.77. From the experimental analysis, the proposed U-net model achieved considerably good results compared to the other segmentation models.
Control of Dynamic Noise in Transcendental Julia and Mandelbrot Sets by Superior Iteration Method
Authors: Jha Ketan , Rani Mamta
Published: July 2018

Researchers and scientists are attracted towards Julia and Mandelbrot sets constantly. They analyzed these sets intensively. Researchers have studied the perturbation in Julia and Mandelbrot sets which is due to different types of noises, but transcendental Julia and Mandelbrot sets remained ignored. The purpose of this article is to study the perturbation in transcendental Julia and Mandelbrot sets. Also, we made an attempt to control the perturbation in transcendental sets by using superior iteration method.
Re-Broadcast AODV(reAODV) Based Routing Protocol Modification Over AODV for VANET In City Scenario
Authors: Saha Soumen , Roy Utpal , Sinha D.D.
Published: July 2018

Vehicular ad-hoc networks or VANETs are a new method of training an ad-hoc network in traffic. The authors have numbers of routing algorithms on a MANET. But none of them works efficiently in a VANET with respect to being a safe and secure transport system. The authors have proposed a modification on an AODV routing algorithm for VANET with the introduction of the double-ended queue or dqAODV in a request packet header. A comparable good result was found in the throughput. In the present work, the authors introduce a modification of an original AODV by applying a partial re-broadcast of the request packet (RREQ) of an AODV. They found a comparable result in the throughput of the packet delivery aspect for this work with the original algorithm and dqAODV. This is compared to the complexity in the original AODV algorithm.
A New Metric of Validation for Automatic Text Summarization by Extraction
Authors: Lokbani Ahmed Chaouki
Published: July 2018

In this article, the author proposes a new metric of evaluation for automatic summaries of texts. In this case, the adaptation of the F-measure that generates a hybrid method of evaluating an automatic summary at the same time as both extrinsic and intrinsic. The article starts by studying the feasibility of adaptation of the F-measure for the evaluation of automatic summarization. After that, the author defines how to calculate the F-measure for a candidate summary. Text is presented with a term vector which can be either a word or a phrase, with a binary-weighted or occurrence. Finally, to determine to the exactitude of evaluation of the F-measure for automatic summarization by extraction calculates correlation with the ROUGE Evaluation.
An Endorsement Selection Model for Sports Celebrities in China
Authors: Hsu Pi-Fang , Hsu Chia-Hui
Published: July 2018

Celebrity endorsement is a critical and positive commercial promotional tool. With the increasing number of international sports celebrities, many sporting and non-sporting goods companies use such celebrities to promote their products. This study develops a model for selecting sports celebrity endorsers. A Chinese sporting brand company is the target of this study. The proposed model adopts the modified Delphi method to identify suitable criteria and applies the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to determine the criteria's relative weights. The selected company exemplifies how the model can guide the selection of sports celebrity endorsers. The model ranks the importance to the target company of five criteria: trustworthiness, match-up, attractiveness, risk and expertise. The proposed model allows the company to select sports celebrity endorsers effectively, and contributes to academia and commerce.
Characterization of Mechanical Properties and Creep Behavior of Woven Glass/Epoxy Substrates by Nanoindentation
Authors: Misrak Abel , Nguyen Luu , Kummerl Steven , Agonafer Dereje
Published: July 2018

Reliability is of a concern when designing new products. Extensive set of reliability tests are performed before a product is ready to be shipped for use. Drop testing, thermal cycling, power cycling, etc. are some of the tests used to assess the reliability of new electronic products. However, performing experimental study of every new design is costly and time consuming. Computational tools (such as finite element analysis software) are often employed to perform the required reliability analysis in a shorter time period and save valuable resources. One of the challenges of performing computational analysis is obtaining accurate material property data to be used for building accurate models. Extensive set of material characterization work needs to be carried out before an accurate model can be developed. For example, for a new printed circuit board (PCB), the bulk properties are often characterized by equipment such as thermomechanical analyzer and tensile testing machines to obtain the bulk properties that can be used for the computational study. However, if a detailed layer-by-layer model is required for the study, it is often difficult to obtain location-dependent mechanical properties for a given woven glass/epoxy substrate. In this article, the use of nanoindentation technique to measure the modulus and creep behavior for a specific layer in the PCB stack-up is investigated. Using measurements at room temperature, the effect of surface roughness, hold time, and maximum load on measurement values is examined.
Description of two new species of Calodromus Guérin-Méneville, 1832 from Peninsular Malaysia (Coleoptera: Brentidae, Cyphagoginae)
Authors: Cheong Loong Fah , Bartolozzi Luca
Published: July 2018

Calodromus mantillerii n. sp. and Calodromus goosseni n. sp. from Perak (Malaysia) are described on two single male specimens. The new taxa are closely related to Calodromus insignis (Senna, 1895) but can be easily distinguished by the very different shape of the first tarsal article of the male hind legs. A key for the identification of the males of the three known species of the Calodromus insignis group is provided. A new locality record of Calodromus insignis from Malaysia is also given.
Yet another alien: a second species of Lepisiota spreading across the Canary Islands, Spain (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Authors: Schifani Enrico , Gentile Vincenzo , Scupola Antonio , Espadaler Xavier
Published: July 2018

The Canary Islands are a biologically important archipelago hosting many unique species, whose myrmecofauna is peculiarly rich in both endemic and introduced species. Lepisiota frauenfeldi cfr. kantarensis Forel, 1911 is reported for the first time from Fuerteventura and Tenerife. It is the second species of Lepisiota introduced in the archipelago in the last few years, and one of the few documented cases in which Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855) s.l. acts as a successful tramp species. Comments are also given on taxonomic problems involving the L. frauenfeldi-group and related taxa. Finally, new additional information and comments are presented on the distribution of other alien ants species from the Canary Islands [Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrásfalvy, 1990, Lepisiota capensis (Mayr, 1862) and Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)].
First records of Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans in southeastern Italy (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Authors: Labadessa Rocco , Dura Teodoro , Mascia Giuseppe , Pisconti Arianna , Rolli Erminio , Wagner Wolfgang
Published: July 2018

New populations of Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans (Charpentier, 1825) are first reported for southeastern Italy. The species was found in the period 2013-2017 in different lowland habitats of Apulia and Basilicata. These data may document a most recent colonization of southeastern Italy, which is potentially due to a wide range shift or expansion of species distribution from adjacent regions or countries.
An integrated diagnostic device for neonatal sepsis and childhood pneumonia
Authors: Shah Rashed , Jenda Gomezgani , Lwesha Vicoria , Nsona Humpreys , Dadlani Pavan , Swedberg Eric
Published: July 2018

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Low body mass index in long standing rheumatoid arthritis: relation to RA disease activity and functional indices
Authors: Gamal S.M. , Alkemary A.K. , Abdo M.A. , El Dakrony A.H.M.
Published: July 2018

The aim of the work was to study the relationship between the body mass index (BMI) in longstanding rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and RA disease activity and functional indices. This study included 105 RA patients. For all patients, we recorded the presence of erosions on radiographs, the presence of subcutaneous nodules (SCN), the 28-tender joint count (TJC), 28-swollen joint count (SJC) scores, the visual analogue scale (VAS), physicians’ global assessments (PhGA), the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and the rheumatoid factor (RF). The disease activity index (DAS28) and BMI were calculated and current treatment was recorded. Patients were divided into two groups: group I: BMI 25. Group I included 32 (30.5%) patients, whereas group II included 73 (69.5%) patients. There were statistically significant differences between the two groups regarding each of the following: SJC (p=0.006), erosions (p=0.006), DAS28 (p=0.016) and PhGA (p=0.007). All were higher in group I (underweight and normal) than in group II (overweight and obese). No statistically significant differences emerged regarding age (p=0.11), smoking (p=0.69), disease duration (p=0.46), TJC (p=0.14), SCN (p=1.00), HAQ (p=0.26), VAS (p=0.16), ESR (p=0.25), RF (p=0.54) and steroid cumulative dose (p=0.08). Low BMI in longstanding RA patients may indicate more active and erosive disease and it may be considered as a poor prognostic factor.
Direct testing by VITEK® 2: A dependable method to reduce turnaround time in Gram-negative bloodstream infections
Authors: Barman Purabi , Chopra Shimpi , Thukral Tarun
Published: July 2018

CONTEXT: Bloodstream infections pose a major health-care burden worldwide. Routine microbiological methods are time-consuming, thereby delaying appropriate treatment.

AIMS: The aim of this study is to evaluate the method of direct testing of identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of positive blood culture bottles by VITEK®2.

SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This was a prospective study at a tertiary level hospital.

SUBJECTS AND METHODS: One hundred positive BACTEC blood culture bottles with monomicrobial Gram-negative organisms on microscopy were tested in parallel by direct ID/AST as well as conventional method. Results obtained by two methods were compared in terms of ID/AST and turnaround time (TAT).

Results: Of the 100 isolates tested, only one was misidentified by the direct method and there was no unidentified isolate. The AST results demonstrated 99.74% categorical and 99.65% essential agreement. Of 1144 organism-antibiotic combinations, there were 0.44% major error, no very major error, or minor error observed.

Conclusions: While conventional method is the gold standard, the direct ID/AST methods have demonstrated that it can be successfully utilized to decrease TAT to the final results by 18–24 h, without sacrificing test accuracy. This technique will help to tailor antimicrobial therapy, thereby reducing patient morbidity, mortality, and antibiotic resistance, as well.
L’orthographe des homophones : quelles difficultés pour les élèves du secondaire?
Authors: Champoux Ménaïc
Published: July 2018

Cet article rend compte des résultats obtenus lors d’une recherche descriptive visant à faire le portrait des principales difficultés rencontrées par les élèves du secondaire relativement à l’orthographe des homophones, et cela, à travers différents angles d’analyse. Dans cette recherche, nous avons fait ressortir les erreurs d’homophonie commises le plus fréquemment par les élèves étudiés et avons ensuite analysé chacune des formes homophones problématiques en fonction de critères variés tels que leur fréquence lexicale, leur appartenance à une catégorie grammaticale particulière ou encore la structure syntaxique qui les sous-tend.Les résultats révélés par notre analyse montrent, entre autres, que ce sont principalement les finales verbales en /E/ qui posent problème aux élèves du secondaire, suivies par les formes homophones s’est/c’est/ces/ses et se/ce. De plus, de nombreux facteurs semblent expliquer la prépondérance de certaines erreurs.
What is Privacy Anyway? A Longitudinal Study of Media Frames of Privacy
Authors: Fornaciari Federica
Published: July 2018

Technological development often prompts individuals to rethink the boundaries of their privacy. The decision of sharing or withholding information is also prompted by greater narratives that help readers to understand the shape of privacy and its relations to evolving societal landscapes. Informed by frame theory, the current study implements a longitudinal discourse analysis of 140 editorials published in US mainstream media outlets between 1900 and 2016 to explore how media narratives have framed privacy, and how they have rendered its connection with overarching societal contexts, across decades of technological development. Findings suggest that, in media narratives, the shape of privacy has shifted from a fundamental value to a more materialistic one. Also, across the decades, media frames have kept wavering between “the right to know” and “the right to privacy” – suggesting the importance of one over the other, mostly to respond to current political events.
Free Speech Beyond Words: The Suprising Reach of the First Amendment by Mark V. Tushnet, Alan K. Chen, and Joseph Blocher
Authors: Richardson Wade Franklin
Published: July 2018

Free Speech Beyond Words: The Surprising Reach of the First Amendment addresses a straightforward, and seemingly simple, question—why is it that certain art forms that do not communicate a specific, clearly articulated message, are considered “speech” and, thus, are covered under the First Amendment?  Written by three authors, this work is divided into an introduction, three main chapters, and a concluding chapter.  In Chapter One, Alan Chen discusses instrumental music under the First Amendment, while in Chapter Two, Mark V. Tushnet focuses on nonrepresentational art and the First Amendment, and Joseph Blocher explores the relationship between nonsense and the First Amendment in Chapter Three (as the Supreme Court has declared nonsense poetry such as Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” to be protected under the First Amendment.)  While the authors make some headway in trying to justify First Amendment protection for these art forms (and for the concept of nonsense), their primary goal seems to be to make the argument that this is an important area of legal scholarship that has been underexplored, and to encourage further study and work in this area.
Targets of the Censor
Authors: Stone David R.
Published: July 2018

Books, periodicals, student publications/performances, websites, poetry
Análise das feições de dissecação do relevo na folha topográfica de São Pedro do Sul - RS
Authors: Raffaelli Jair Antônio , Werlang Mauro Kumpfer
Published: July 2018

The investigation purpose was to observe, to localize, to analyse and to catalogue the different kinds of relieve, with its area and spacial distribution, based on the relieve dissection indexes of the São Pedro do Sul-RS topographic map, using the metodology first formulated by RADAMBRASIL PROJECT (1986) and after adapted by ROSS (1992 and 1996), to the relieve dissection study. The metodology was adapted to the survey scale (1:50000) and was shawed as efficient to these types of studies. It basically consider the interfluvial dimension and the fluvial channels carving degree. The study area is located on two distincts parts: the Central Depression of the Rio Grande do Sul and the edge Rio Grande do Sul Central Depression and the Brazilian Meridional Tableland edge. The first part has mainly areas with a plane os smooth wavy and the second part with strong slope and rugged. The areas observed with less dissection degree are situated mainly at the Central Depression part, whereas the sectors that shows a bitter dissection degree are located at the tableland edge. The results obtained shows that the area has predominantly medium to weak dissection indexes.