bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Gender Stereotypes and the Cultural Representation of Chinese Women in Yang- May Ooi's Bound Feet Blues- ALifeTold in Shoes
Authors: Hala Mohammed Ali  , Asst. Prof Mayada Zuhair Alkhafaji
Published: August 2023

إن النظام الأبوي الذي ينتج قوالب نمطية جنسانية وما يرتبط بها من صعوبات ، سواء عن قصد أو بغير وعي ، يمكن مواجهته بسهولة في الحياة اليومية. يتم تعزيز القوالب النمطية الجنسانية من خلال نظام أبوي يدمج الأحكام المجتمعية ويقسم المجتمع إلى فئتين: الذكورة (القوالب النمطية للرجال) والأنوثة (القوالب النمطية للمرأة) ، والتي تشير إلى الاختلافات البيولوجية بين الرجل والمرأة وتستخدم لتمكين الرجال وإضعاف المرأة في المجتمع. تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى فحص تمثيل النظام الأبوي في مسرحية أوي ، وكذلك تصوير الشخصيات النسائية الرئيسية التي تتحدى النظام الأبوي في المسرحية. كشفت نتائج الدراسة أن النظام الأبوي وجوانبه، مثل الهيمنة الذكورية، والهوية الذكورية ، والتركيز على الذكور، والاهتمام بالسيطرة ، يتم تشجيعها في المجتمع الذي يظهر في المسرحية. على الرغم من أن البطلتين الرئيسيتين تعيشان في مجتمع أبوي، إلا أنهما لا تخضعان للنظام الأبوي والأدوار التقليدية للجنسين المفروضة عليهما كنساء خاضعات ؛ بدلا من ذلك ، يواجهون ويدمرون النظم المجتمعية.
Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques through Optimized Multiphase Flow Control in Wellbores
Authors: Rhoad Johnny , Herbet Michael
Published: August 2023

Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques through Optimized Multiphase FlowControl in Wellbores
Makalah Teori Belajar
Authors: Supriadi
Published: August 2023

Pembahasan tentang teori behavioristik dan teori kognitif
“BIDANG GARAPAN DAN TEKNIK INTELEKTUAL TEKNOLOGI PENDIDIKAN” DAN “PENGARUH TEKNOLOGI PENDIDIKAN DALAM KELEMBAGAAN PENDIDIKAN DAN PELATIHAN”
Authors: p suhenrik Endi
Published: August 2023

Teknologi Pendidikan dalam bidang DUDI untuk perkembangan SDM
Turning Ideas into Reality: Designing and Implementing Software Dev Turnkey Labs
Authors: Abbas Asad
Published: August 2023

Turning Ideas into Reality: Designing and Implementing SoftwareDev Turnkey Labs
Utilizing Entropy and Volatility for Machine Aided Classification of Atrial Fibrillation}
Authors: Ni Luke
Published: August 2023

Atrial Fibrillation (A-FIB) is the most common heartbeat arrhythmia in the United States. It is characterized by an irregularity in electrical impulse reception, causing the atria to beat asynchronously from the ventricles. A-FIB episodes are sporadic, so symptoms may not appear during clinical visits, causing a risk of misdiagnosis which can lead to life-threatening strokes. This study seeks to utilize machine-aided analysis to detect A-FIB through the entropy and volatility of RR-intervals, the distance between two heartbeat-peaks, in electrocardiograms (ECG). Data were retrieved from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Beth-Israel Hospital (MIT-BIH) A-FIB Database. Twenty-three subjects were analyzed using subsections, and 45\% of the RR-Intervals among the subjects were classified as A-FIB. ECG recordings for each subject were separated into subsections, collections of 25 RR-Intervals, and analyzed using Leave One Person Out Cross Validation (LOPO-CV). Volatility, an important predictor in LOPO-CV, was used to measure the dispersion of the length of the RR-intervals in seconds. Shannon, Approximate, and Sample Entropy were also used to classify A-FIB. These entropy features measured the irregularity of RR-Intervals, where decreased regularity suggested increased entropy values. Hyperparameter tuning on all tree-based methods and some non-tree-based methods was conducted to improve accuracy. The results of this study indicated that Sample Entropy was a strong predictor of A-FIB. Tree-based methods such as Random Forests and Cat Boosting had higher accuracies than non-tree-based models. If implemented in wearable heart rate monitoring devices like smartwatches, these results can aid in the preliminary diagnosis of A-FIB outside clinical settings.
What We Do When We Define Morality (And Why We Need to Do It)
Authors: Dahl Audun
Published: August 2023

All psychological research on morality relies on definitions of morality. Yet the various definitions often go unstated. When unstated definitions diverge, theoretical disagreements become intractable, as theories that purport to explain “morality” actually talk about very different things. This article argues for the importance of defining morality and considers four common ways of doing so: The linguistic, the functionalist, the evaluating, and the normative. Each has encountered difficulties. To surmount those difficulties, I propose a technical, psychological, empirical, and distinctive definition of morality: obligatory concerns with others’ welfare, rights, fairness, and justice, as well as the reasoning, judgment, emotions, and actions that spring from those concerns. By articulating workable definitions of morality, psychologists can communicate more clearly across paradigms, separate definitional from empirical disagreements, and jointly advance the field of moral psychology.
The urgency of cyber sovereignty resilience for Indonesia (comparative study with the People's Republic of China)
Authors: Ro'is Nur
Published: August 2023

State sovereignty is born together with the independence of a country, as well as sovereignty in cyberspace. The state has sovereignty in cyberspace as in its territorial space so that it contains jurisdictional authority, but in reality, there are unclear territorial boundaries in cyberspace. Indonesia today still has a dependence on foreign cyber infrastructure which causes a high level of cyber vulnerability along with low cyber sovereignty resilience. In contrast with the People's Republic of China, which has a strong infrastructure and strict cyber policies, it has powerful cyber sovereignty resilience. This study compares the resilience of Indonesia's cyber sovereignty with the People's Republic of China by using normative legal research methodology, with a comparative law approach, it is hoped that it candetermine the urgency of cyber sovereignty strength for Indonesia
Intrusion Errors in Source Memory are affected by Orthographic but not Semantic Similarity
Authors: Zhou Jason , Osth Adam F , Smith Philip L.
Published: August 2023

Intrusions are distinct from other kinds of memory error in that they are driven by items other than the target item. As well as providing insight into how items are organized in memory, characterization of intrusions is important for measurement of other sources of memory error, such as retrieval failure or memory precision. Recent source memory studies have shown that nontarget items that are presented in similar temporal and spatiotemporal contexts relative to the target item are more likely to intrude than are contextually dissimilar items. Our goal in this study was to investigate whether both item similarity and contextual similarity affect intrusion errors. We manipulated the similarity of studied words across three types of lists: orthographically similar words, semantically similar words, and words that were not systematically related to each other. We found that intrusions were more likely in orthographically similar lists but not in semantically similar lists, compared to the unrelated lists. Our findings show that the effect of similarity on intrusions is not limited to contextual dimensions, but also suggest that the effects of semantic similarity are potentially more nuanced and subject to individual differences in how participants approach the source memory task.
Self-Stress: A New Perspective on Stress and Moral Disorders of Civilization
Authors: Orquiza João Carlos
Published: August 2023

This essay addresses the concept of self-stress, originated predominantly from pressures imposed by expectations and moral norms. He contrasts pre-agricultural life, when concerns focused on physical and biological survival, with post-agricultural life, where pressures evolved into more individual, internalized issues linked to productivity and social demands. In this context, compulsory human labor presents itself as a significant source of chronic stress, acting as a kind of direct threat to the individual, by forcing individuals to "earn a living." The role of moral rules in today's society is also examined, and they are a potential influencer in changing the focus of stress from a physical and biological basis to a more internalized one. The essay concludes by proposing a critical reflection on the impact of the "civilizing moral we", a phenomenon in which the collective achievements of humanity are internalized by the individual-a concept exemplified by the expression "we went to the moon". This process may be intrinsically linked to the increase in chronic stress observed in contemporary society, impacting the mental health of individuals and the cohesion of society as a whole. Interestingly, despite this apparent civilizational evolution, we continue, in a way, to live as in prehistory, keeping our core of private property-our home-as something invulnerable. Given this complex scenario, it is suggested the need to evaluate the possibility of a reformulation of the current morality, with the aim of better accommodating genuine human needs.
AMERICAN LISTENERS’ RECOGNITION OF SENTENCES UNAFFECTED BY RACIAL AND ETHNIC PRIMES
Authors: McLaughlin Drew Jordan , Van Engen Kristin J.
Published: August 2023

A listener’s ability to accurately understand speech can be affected by racial and ethnic information about the speaker. For example, the presentation of an East Asian versus a White face has been shown to lead to better understanding of Mandarin-accented English and poorer understanding of American- or Canadian-accented English. This social priming effect has yet to be examined with images of Latinx or Black faces for Standard American English (SAE) in American listeners. We used a matched-guise paradigm to present listeners with Black, East Asian, Latinx, and White primes (images of faces), as well as a control prime (a blurred silhouette), during transcription of SAE-accented sentences. Results indicated no effect of the priming manipulation. In particular, the lack of an East Asian prime effect on recognition accuracy differs from prior work. We discuss the possibility that these effects may be dependent on characteristics of specific social contexts.
Why is the world small? Comment on how the POPNET project can leverage computational social science
Authors: Espinosa-Rada Alejandro , Ortiz Ruiz Francisca
Published: August 2023

In this following comment, we present some criticisms that were made before in the social networks field that might help develop the field of computational social science. For this, we illustrate our argument considering the usage of social networks in the Population-Scale Network Analysis (POPNET) project through the presentation of Frank Takes at the 7th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2). The main argument is that more attention should be given to the theoretical assumptions to motivate, refine and explore more profound relevant research questions of interest to social scientists. We comment on using small-world research to identify how different research questions can be further explored.
Workforce Diversity: Gender, Education, and Ethnicity Affecting Organizational Perceived Performance in Nepalese Banking Sector- A Binary Logistic Regression Modeling
Authors: Thapa Roshan
Published: August 2023

The organization performs well when its diverse workforce works properly. Inclusiveness of workforce diversity namely gender, education, and ethnicity are highly important for better organizational performance. The objective of this study is to measure the impact of workforce diversity on the organizational performance of the Nepalese Banking Sector of Newroad Branches. The strata of managerial level, officer level, and assistant level are developed and 128 samples are taken for the purpose of the study with the stratified random sampling method. Binary Logistic Regression is used as a major statistical tool to analyze the organization's performance against not performing. Through analysis, gender diversity, education diversity, and ethnicity have a positive impact and help to increase organization performance, who believe diversity helps to perform better in the organization. For an organization diversity among employees must be there for the well-being of the organization.
INTERPOL for Strengthening Global Criminal Justice System
Authors: Mainali Laxmi Prasad , Soti Bishnu Prasad
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
Legal Education and Teaching Methodologies
Authors: Mukhia Bal Bahadur
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
Right to Information from the Nepalese Legal Perspective
Authors: Bashyal Krishna Prasad
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
A Glance on History of Contract Law of Nepal
Authors: Paudel Bibek Kumar
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
Money Laundering Laws and Practice in Nepal
Authors: Dhungel Laxmi Narayan
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
Comparative Study on Democracy and Election
Authors: Gautam Govind
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
Labour Law Reformation in Nepal: Impact on the Labour Market
Authors: Shrestha Kabita
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
Analysis of Application of Energy Law in Nepal
Authors: Yonjan Yam Kumar
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
History and Application of Common Law Family
Authors: Sapkota Kishwor
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
Features of the Country Civil (Code) of Nepal
Authors: Acharya Shuvan Raj
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
Apprehension of Kant's Transcendental Argument: An Analysis
Authors: Nepal Manish
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
Empirical Method in Legal Research
Authors: Khadka Chandra Shekhar
Published: August 2023

No abstract available.
Political and Economic Relation in The SAARC Countries
Authors: Kandel Ishwori Prasad
Published: August 2023

The level of cooperation among the member countries of SAARC has increased after its formation in 1985. SAARC was founded with the objective to improve living standards of the people, contribute to political, cultural and regional economic growth and to increase cooperation with another region of the world. Realizing the importance of regional cooperation and development, SAARC members have cooperated to establish and initiate various programs and forums for mutual benefit. Agreement on Judicial cooperation on Counter-Terrorism, establishment of Development Funds, Telemedicine Network, SAARC Writers and Literature Foundation, South Asia Women’s Centre and South Asia Olympic Council. Other major achievements include adoption of Social Charter in 2004, establishment of SAARC Arbitration Council in Islamabad in 2005, and establishment of SAARC Energy Center in Islamabad (2006), South Asian Regional Standards Organization (SARSO) was established in Dhaka (2014), SAARC Disaster Management Center was established in Gujarat in Nov 2016. Area of cooperation has been extended from five to eight. The economic ties and integration have not been very strong in SAARC countries.
Role of NGOs in Rural Development in Nepalese Context
Authors: Acharya Umesh Prasad
Published: August 2023

This research aims to revive dormant NGOs for rural and community development, emphasizing their limited and passive engagement in a specific region, which hinders meeting community needs. It highlights the significance of program selection based on local needs, prioritizing it over donor accessibility as well as that of human resource development within and outside NGOs. Furthermore, the research addresses the issue of the exclusion of marginalized groups due to the dominance of local elites, advocating for empowerment and capacity building. Despite limitations, NGOs are acknowledged as catalysts for transformative change, offering practical insights for revitalizing NGOs and promoting inclusive grassroots development.
Shifting Rhetoric of Teej Songs in the Context of Consumer Culture in Nepal
Authors: Niraula Sanjeev
Published: August 2023

This paper examines the influence of consumer culture behind the shifting rhetoric of the songs performed in Teej, a major festival for Hindu women in Nepal. By analyzing verbal and non-verbal elements in five selected Teej songs, two conventional songs and three modern songs, the study explores the shifting rhetoric of Teej songs. A comparative analysis is carried out to indicate how the modern Teej songs differ from the conventional ones. While the conventional songs deal with the women’s experience after marriage, their pain and agonies, and their desire to return to their parents’ home, the modern songs present themes of fashion, modern lifestyle and celebration. Drawing upon the insights of consumer culture of Steven Miles blending them with the concepts of cultural rhetoric of Tomás Albaladejo and multimodality of Carey Jewitt as a theoretical framework, this paper concludes with an assertion that due to the influence of consumer culture, the rhetoric of Teej songs is in flux caught between traditional practices and consumer culture. By shedding light on this shifting rhetoric of Teej songs, the study contributes to our understanding of how cultural expressions and traditional festivals are shaped by broader socio-cultural forces, highlighting the ongoing negotiation between tradition and contemporary influences in Teej songs.
Constructing Nuda Vita in Sophocles’ Antigone and Behn's Oroonoko: A Biopolitical Perspective on the Concept of Life
Authors: Sharma Pradip
Published: August 2023

The paper aims to offer a biopolitical interpretation of Sophocles’ Antigone and Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko by exploring the role of power in constituting the characters’ bare life. It argues that Oroonoko's relationship with Imoinda and Antigone's burial of Polynices reduce them to slavery and also shows that their captive killing epitomizes their outlawed life (zoé). To elucidate their outlawry brewed by the sovereign’s power, the paper looks into Antigone and Oroonoko’s socio-politically excluded vulnerable life. Their precarious life manifested in legal exclusion appeals Giorgio Agamben’s concept of homo sacer, an outcast who can be killed without incurring homicide. Departing from Michel Foucault’s notion of life fostering biopower that supplants the sovereign power, Agamben discusses that modern power exercise encompasses sovereign power that inherits the right of taking life or letting it live in Homo Sacer. Tuning with Agamben's bare life, this paper critically analyzes Antigone and Oroonoko’s life to slavery and death which suggest their production of biopolitical body. It infers that the state violence witnessed by Antigone and Oroonoko substantiates the killability of homo sacer.
Anthropocentrism and Environmental Apocalypse in Svetlana Alexievich’s Narrative
Authors: Adhikari Rebati
Published: August 2023

Svetlana Alexievich’s Voices from Chernobyl: An Oral History of Nuclear Disaster (1997) presents how the age of anthropocene is driving the earth towards an imminent peril. In this era, humans acknowledge they are capable of the technological fix, repair and enhancement of natural systems. For instance, the Chernobyl explosion which occurred in 1986 is a consequence of human centered and technocratic worldview. Its aftermath such as a series of apocalyptic events have appeared in the narrative one after the other, and each existence of this biotic community is deadly threatened. Hence, this paper argues that this oral narrative of Alexievich admonishes the humans of this present era to prevent the future catastrophes by unmasking the perilous consequences of the Chernobyl explosion based on the voices of its survivors. To address the issues raised in the paper, the relevant insights of Lawrence Buell, Lynn White, Val Plumwood and Vandana Shiva are taken as a theoretical framework to analyze how and why humans are wrecking nature, and summoning the end times. Finally, this paper concludes that human beings must learn lessons from past deeds and respect nature as a whole entity in order to save the planet.
Expectations, Crisis, and Vulnerability: Impact on Student Behaviour
Authors: P.M. Suresh Kumar
Published: August 2023

The exodus of new generation passes outs completing schooling and seeking to pursue degree programs is at an all-time high in colleges across the State of Kerala. As a matter of fact, many of them are short of the basic standards required to cope with the levels demanded of higher education. Barring premier institutes and professional courses, students in UG programs in Arts and Science colleges reveal a declining trend in overall academic standards. Adding to the difficulty, subjects are taught in the local language at the UG and PG levels. This incapacitates students from utilizing the vast repository of knowledge open before them. Resultantly pass percentages are on the decline. Even those who pass are not worth the expectations of a graduate. Classroom experience conveys an apparently dismal picture of student indifference and lack of interest in studies. The main reason for this is that students join the institution with an entirely different set of expectations contrary to what is required. They expect unlimited freedom, leisure, and enjoyment. These are the basic urges in stark contrast with the ground realities of real requirements. If effective learning has to take place, the prime requirement to be met is that students should be interested to learn, willing to learn, and motivated to learn. Their unrealistic expectations are giving way to an array of problems. This is further compounded by a set of contributing factors rooted in crisis such as emotional and personal distress, and low energy levels. A set of predisposing factors adds to the vulnerability. On top of this is the supplementing factors that backtrack them. This paper is an attempt to explore the factors that are responsible for the behavior of students which drives them to pursuits other than studies in the place of their primary objective. The findings are the result of a Case Study conducted in an educational institution in Malappuram district of Kerala.
The Counterintuitive Consequences of Sex Offender Risk Assessments at Sentencing
Authors: Stevenson Megan T , Doleac Jennifer L
Published: August 2023

Virginia adopted a risk assessment to help determine sentencing for sex offenders. It was incorporated as a one-way ratchet toward higher sentences: expanding the upper end of the sentence guidelines by up to 300 per cent. This led to a sharp increase in sentences for those convicted of sexual assault. More surprisingly, it also led to a decrease in sentences for those convicted of rape. This raises two questions: (a) why did sentencing patterns change differently across these groups, and (b) why would risk assessment lead to a reduction in sentence length? The first question is relatively easy to answer. While both groups saw an expansion in the upper end of the sentencing guidelines, only sexual assault had the floor lifted on the lower end, making leniency more costly. The second question is less straightforward. One potential explanation is that the risk assessment served as a political or moral shield that implicitly justified leniency for those in the lowest risk category. Even though the risk assessment did not change sentencing recommendations for low-risk individuals, it provided a ‘second opinion’ that could mitigate blame or guilt should the low-risk offender go on to reoffend. This decreased the risks of leniency and counterbalanced any increase in severity for high-risk individuals.
The Reconciliation Project of Labour Law
Authors: Routh Supriya
Published: August 2023

Historically, in Canada, labour law has not only failed to protect Indigenous working people from the exclusionary logic of (colonization-induced) market capitalism but also marginalized (peripheral and vulnerable) working people among the settlers. In spite of the Canadian judiciary’s attempt to articulate a broader vision of labour law through the values of justice, liberty, equity, and participatory democracy, the foundational private contractual rationale of labour law acts as a constraint on the judiciary’s ability to develop a broader – and more inclusive – regulatory justification. In this article, I suggest that this tension between expansive normative values and narrow (exclusionary) regulatory justification of labour law could be usefully addressed by employing the idea of reconciliation, originally conceived to fashion the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. I argue that an appropriately formulated idea of reconciliation should be able to promote a more inclusive conceptual foundation of labour law, one that is receptive of non-Eurocentric world-views in its foundational narrative and democratic in its continued execution. In so aiding labour law, the reconciliation perspective can close the gap between normative values and regulatory justification of the discipline.
أزمة تخصص العلوم السياسية في الجامعة الجزائرية: مفارقات طفرة ستة عقود من الاستقلال الوطني
Authors: عبد العالي عبد القادر , جصاص لبنى , حجاج قاسم
Published: August 2023

واجه تخصص العلوم السياسية في الجزائر خلال العقد الأخير أزمة عميقة، تتمثل في نقص إقبال الطلبة عليه نتيجة تقلص فرص العمل بالنسبة إلى الخريجين، بعد فترة من الإقبال الكبير على هذا التخصص أدت إلى انتشار سريع لأقسامه عبر نصف الجامعات الجزائرية تقريبًا. وبعد إجراء مقابلات ودراسة استبيانية لعينة من أساتذة العلوم السياسية في الجامعات الجزائرية، ظهرت مجموعة من النتائج تؤكد كلها وجود أزمة هوية وأزمة انتشار وأزمة مخرجات يواجهها هذا التخصص. وبناء على تلك النتائج، اقترح الباحثون حلولًا وبدائل لمواجهة الأزمة وتحويل هذا المجال إلى تخصص يرتبط بسوق العمل وبالواقع الاقتصادي والاجتماعي للجزائر، وينفتح على العالم ويتكيف مع المستجدات العالمية لهذا التخصص.
Многомерный анализ данных: от теории к практике: учебное пособие, [электронное издание сетевого распространения] / Л.С. Паршинцева, Государственный университет управления.– М.: «КДУ», «Добросвет», 2023. – 150 с.
Authors: Паршинцева Л.С.
Published: August 2023

В учебном пособии «Многомерный анализ данных: от теории к практике» представлены основные теоретические сведения многомерных статистических методов, типовые примеры с решениями и задачи для самостоятельной работы. Учебное пособие предназначено для обучающихся по направлениям подготовки 38.03.01 – «Экономика», 38.03.02 – «Менеджмент», а также может быть полезным для преподавателей и специалистов в области анализа данных.
Методика организации волонтерской деятельности: Учебное пособие, [электронное издание сетевого распространения] / Н.Г. Бахтамова. – М.: «КДУ», «Добросвет», 2023. – 79 с.
Authors: Бахтамова Н.Г.
Published: August 2023

Учебно-методическое пособие включает программу учебного курса, тезисы лекций, планы семинарских занятий, темы рефератов и научных докладов, задания для выполнения самостоятельных работ, вопросы для самоконтроля, тесты, которые помогут студентам в изучении методики организации волонтерской деятельности. Учебно-методическое пособие адресовано преподавателям, студентам педагогических высших учебных заведений.
Mobility Management in Vehicular Networks
Authors:   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan, Abbas Anum , Dilber Naveed ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan
Published: August 2023

In mobile technology, vehicular network mobility becomes a major issue as the vehicle (node) is continuously in motion. Further, many research groups and telecom communities are working very hard to find solutions to provide robust, efficient and continuous connectivity to the end users in order to provide seamless connectivity. Furthermore, the goal of vehicular networks is to provide connectivity to the internet through which a user can be able to access the internet from anywhere without any geographical limitation and able to support different multimedia applications with high throughput efficiency and quality of service while in motion. Moreover, by the support of different application in vehicular networks enables the user to continuously aware from the traffic situations like accidents, traffic intensity and other useful information. There are two communication scenario vehicle to vehicle (V2V) and vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) network in (VANET). In this report, we have discussed these two scenarios and its existing mobility management schemes. Further, there are some other open issues which are needed to be resolved, the main issues which we discuss is mobility in the vehicular networks and identify the best possible protocols through theoretical analysis.
Multimodal Medical Image registration using Discrete Wavelet Transform
Authors:   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan, Shakir Hina , Ahsan S.Talha ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan
Published: August 2023

In image processing, image registration develops a relationship between two images using optimal transformation where the images could have been taken at various times, sources or devices, or from different perspectives. It aligns the reference and moving image using geometric transformations. This research study evaluates the performance of multimodal(images acquired from different sources)image registration technique using Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT).The reference and the target images are decomposed into their respective DWT coefficients and then are processed for image registration. After registration, the resultant DWT coefficients are transformed back using Inverse DWT into their spatial coordinates in order to retrieve the registered image. The similarity of the two input images for image registration is calculated and investigated using a similarity metric known as Mutual Information (MI) which is maximized. The quality of registration is measured using cross-correlation coefficient (CCC) of the registered image with respect to the reference image. Finally the time taken for image registration in wavelet domain is analyzed and compared with the image registration taking place in spatial domain.
Secure User Authentication Using Graphical Passwords
Authors:   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan, Ghori Fariya , Abbasi Kashif ,   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi Pakistan
Published: August 2023

The paper discusses secure user authentication mechanisms using graphical passwords. Graphical Password is an alternative to a textual password, which uses images, designs patterns etc. as a password instead of alphanumeric password. Graphical passwords provide better security and usability over textual password, but along with so many advantages of graphical password, they have a major issue of Shoulder Surfing Attack. In this report different techniques of graphical passwords are discussed. To combat shoulder surfing attack, two different techniques of graphical password based authentication are implemented as part of this project. Different user based surveys are conducted. Based on results of user surveys, a comparative analysis is carried out between two prototypes developed in this project. In the end, conclusion is written in terms of application’s security, reliability, user convenience and security against the shoulder surfing attack.
Estratégias da luta epistemológica de P. Kropotkin
Authors: Pedrosa Breno Viotto
Published: August 2023

Objetiva-se, nesse artigo, compreender o contexto cultural, a trajetória e as estratégias que resultam no estabelecimento de P. Kropotkin como renomado cientista e militante anarquista. Para isto, analisa-se suas cartas e sua estratégia editorial. Adotando a perspectiva de P. Bourdieu, busca-se comprovar que suas origens sociais, sua militância e seu trabalho intelectual constituem uma sinergia, que, aliada às suas redes colaborativas, permitiram que Kropotkin atingisse renome, dentro e fora do campo da Geografia, em escala internacional.

P. Kropotkin strategies in epistemological struggle

Abstract: This article aims to understand the cultural context, the trajectory and the strategies that result in the establishment of P. Kropotkin as a renowned scientist and anarchist militant. To this end, his letters and his editorial strategy are analyzed. Adopting the perspective of P. Bourdieu, we seek to prove that his social origins, his militancy and his intellectual work constitute a synergy, which, together with his collaborative networks, allowed Kropotkin to achieve renown, inside and outside the field of Geography, on an international scale.

Keywords: Libertarian geography; Anarchism; P. Kropotkin; Knowledge circulation.

Estrategias de la lucha epistemológica de P. Kropotkin

Resumen: El objetivo de este artículo es comprender el contexto cultural, la trayectoria y las estrategias que dieron lugar al establecimiento de P. Kropotkin como científico y militante anarquista de renombre. Para ello, se analizan sus cartas y su estrategia editorial. Adoptando la perspectiva de P. Bourdieu, se busca demostrar que sus orígenes sociales, su militancia y su trabajo intelectual constituyen una sinergia que, junto con sus redes de colaboración, permitió a Kropotkin alcanzar renombre, dentro y fuera del campo de la Geografía, a escala internacional.

Palabras clave: Geografía libertaria; Anarquismo; P. Kropotkin; Circulación del conocimiento.
A importância do professor supervisor no Estágio Curricular Supervisionado em Geografia no período de pandemia da Covid-19
Authors: De Macedo Maynine Souto , Mauricio Suelen Santos , N. Chaves Ana Paula
Published: August 2023

O objetivo deste texto é discutir sobre o papel do professor supervisor da escola básica no acompanhamento do Estágio Curricular Supervisionado em Geografia. Esse profissional exerce a função de co-formador na trajetória de licenciandos, junto ao professor orientador da disciplina na universidade, e participa ativamente no desenvolvimento das experiências docentes que envolvem essa atividade acadêmica. Assim, abordaremos o processo formativo na disciplina de Estágio Curricular Supervisionado em Geografia III, da sétima fase do curso de Geografia da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), durante o primeiro semestre de 2021. As atividades de estágio envolveram a figura do professor supervisor na escola básica, os estagiários e o professor orientador. Esse período foi marcado pela pandemia da COVID-19 e as aulas na escola aconteceram no formato híbrido, enquanto na universidade eram realizadas exclusivamente no formato não-presencial. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida a partir dos relatórios de estágio apresentados pelos licenciandos, das experiências das professoras (orientadora e supervisora) e de bibliografias referentes às temáticas abordadas. Por meio da análise dos dados, consideramos que o professor supervisor desenvolve um papel ético na formação docente dos graduandos ao viabilizar a iniciação dos licenciandos na docência e ao partilhar suas práticas e vivências em sala de aula.
Slow-growing WNT medulloblastoma with atypical magnetic resonance imaging findings: illustrative case
Authors: Mizushima Makoto , Okamoto Michinari , Yamaguchi Shigeru , Oki Sogo , Motegi Hiroaki , Sugiyama Minako , Manabe Atsushi , Shimizu Ai , Nishioka Kentaro , Hashimoto Takayuki , Hirato Junko , Kanemura Yonehiro , Fujimura Miki
Published: August 2023

BACKGROUND

Medulloblastomas, with four molecular subgroups, are generally rapid-growing tumors with significant contrast enhancement and well-defined margins. However, each subgroup’s clinical features, including disease time course and imaging characteristics, are not well defined.

OBSERVATIONS

The authors describe the case of a 15-year-old female who presented with a 7-month history of impaired left-hand movement and was found to have a lesion on the dorsal side of the fourth ventricle. T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the patient’s first presentation showed diffuse hyperintense signal without apparent mass, and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted imaging showed very slight contrast enhancement. In 1 month, her symptoms progressed, and follow-up MRI revealed an increase in the size of the lesion, showing greater diffusion restriction and contrast enhancement. She underwent gross-total resection, and pathology was consistent with classic medulloblastoma. Genetic analysis of the tumor confirmed the wingless (WNT) molecular subgroup. Adjuvant chemotherapy and proton beam therapy were performed. At the 18-month follow-up, MRI showed no recurrence of disease.

LESSONS

Slow-growing medulloblastoma is very rare and not known to be associated with a specific molecular subgroup. Here, the authors report a case of slow-growing WNT medulloblastoma, indicating that slow growth may be a feature of this subgroup.
Modelo no destructivo para estimar el área foliar individual mediante parámetros alométricos en gulupa (Passiflora edulis fo. edulis)
Authors:   Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Jaime-Guerrero Marilcen , Álvarez-Herrera Javier Giovanni ,   Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Camacho-Tamayo Jesús Hernán ,   Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Published: August 2023

La gulupa es uno de los frutos que ha aumentado sus exportaciones desde Colombia en los últimos 15 años, debido a sus características organolépticas. Conocer el área foliar (AF) en este cultivo es importante; sin embargo, no se conocen métodos prácticos que permitan su cálculo. El objetivo fue desarrollar modelos no destructivos para estimar el AF individual, mediante parámetros alométricos en hojas de gulupa. El AF se determinó en 100 hojas, mediante dos métodos estándar: el medidor portátil láser CI-202 y el software Easy Leaf Area (ELA). Se midió la longitud del lóbulo central (L), el lóbulo derecho (LD) e izquierdo (LI), el ancho base en los lóbulos (a) y el ancho entre las puntas terminales de los lóbulos (b) y se calculó la longitud total (Lt), como la suma de L+LD+LI. Los modelos lineales con mayor coeficiente de determinación (R2) fueron los que relacionaron las variables L*a (0,9377; 0,9756) y Lt*a (0,9430; 0,9841), para el AF, medida con el CI-202 y con el ELA respectivamente, frente al AF estimada. Se validaron R2 de 0,9336 y 0,9612, entre el área de la hoja medida en la localidad de Arcabuco y la estimada con L*a para los dos métodos empleados, mientras que para la estimación del AF con base en Lt*a, se encontraron R2 de 0,9552 y 0,9680, lo que convierte al método ELA como el más confiable para medir el AF y que la variable alométrica Lt*a permite encontrar la mejor predicción de AF individual en hojas de gulupa.
Estimating carcass yield of lambs fed with silage of Cenchrus purpureus in a mix with Tithonia diversifolia
Authors:   Universidad del Tolima, Huertas-González María Alexandra , Mora-Delgado Jairo ,   Universidad del Tolima, Holguín-Castaño Vilma Amparo ,   Q.E.P.D
Published: August 2023

Small ruminant production is currently booming due to its ease of management and contribution to strengthening the food security of rural communities. In this experiment, it was evaluated the effect of feeding with Cenchrus purpureus silages in a mixture with Tithonia diversifolia on the carcass yield and bromatological quality of lambs, with an average weight of 23 kg, fed with silages (treatments): T1 C. purpureus in 100 % and T2 C. purpureus/T. diversifolia in proportion of 67/33 %, respectively. The silages were supplied for 61 days, with an energy supplement of rice flour (277 g/animal), mineralized salt, and water ad libitum. Carcass yield and food consumption were evaluated. The data was analyzed in a totally randomized design with five repetitions; an ANOVA was made and for the comparison of means, the Fisher LSD test was used. The average daily consumption of dry matter was better for T2 showing statistical differences (p <0.0001), the characteristics of the carcass in this treatment were also better; significant differences were found in the nutritional value of the meat, showing better values in T2, for protein, humidity and for the colorimetric variables, because T1, exhibited darker meat, coinciding with the highest pH values (6.15). It is concluded that the C. purpureus silage diet in mixture with T. diversifolia, contributes to the improvement of the quality of the carcass.
PENGUATAN USAHA PRODUKSI POTHIL DI DESA MUNENG WARANGAN KECAMATAN PAKIS KABUPATEN MAGELANG
Authors: Mauluddin M. Subchan , Darmanto Darmanto , Kurniasari Laeli , Faizin Safaah Nur , Astuti Wulan Budi , Astuti Ernawati Budi , Hartati Indah , Nugroho Agung
Published: August 2023

Pothil adalah sejenis makanan ringan berbahan dasar singkong yang menjadi salah satu makanan khas di Kabupaten Magelang.  Salah satu UKM yang bergerak dibidang usaha produksi pothil adalah UKM Pothil Munarsih yang berada di Muneng Warangan Pakis Kab Magelang.  Adapun permasalahan yang dihadapi mitra diantaranya adalah (i) penggunaan alat penggiling yang masih tradisional dengan bahan penutup dari kayu serta rak pemeraman dari kayu, (ii) pengemasan tanpa label kemasan, (iii) mitra belum memiliki ijin usaha dan ijin PIRT, serta (iv) mitra belum memiliki wawasan mengenai manajemen usaha, perijinan, dan pemasaran berbasis e-marketing.  Berdasarkan permasalahan tersebut maka solusi yang ditawarkan dalam kegiatan pengabdian kepada masrarakat ini adalah: (i) perancangan dan pabrikasi alat penggiling singkong serta rak pemeraman, (ii) pelatihan dan pendampingan proses pengemasan beserta desain label dan kemasan, (iii) pendampingan pengurusan ijin usaha dan ijin PIRT, (iv) pelatihan manajemen usaha, perijinan, dan pemasaran berbasis e-marketing. Penerapan alat penggiling, rak pemeraman serta perbaikan lokasi produksi telah berhasil meningkatkan kekuatan usaha produksi pothil. Pelatihan mengenai kemasan produk pangan telah berhasil memberikan wawasan mengenai informasi yang harus termuat dalam label kemasan pangan serta telah menghasilkan desain kemasan produk pothil. Kegiatan pendampingan oleh tim pengusul telah berhasil mendapatkan ijin usaha produks pothil.  Kegiatan pelatihan manajemen usaha telah berhasil memberikan wawasan mengenai manajemen keuangan usaha kecil serta manajemen pemodalan. Kegiatan pelatihan pemasaran telah berhasil memberikan wawasan kepada mitra mengenai jenis jenis media pemasaran online yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk memasarkan produk pothil
PELATIHAN DESAIN MOTIF DAN MEDSOS UNTUK UMKM POT BUNGA DESA TANJUNGANYAR DEMAK
Authors: Mustagfirin Mustagfirin , Pratama Yudhi
Published: August 2023

Dengan perkembangan internet yang pesat seperti sekarang ini, setiap orang akan mudah melakukan pembelian barang yang pemesanan- nya dilakukan secara online. Sehingga bagi orang-orang yang sangat sibuk, yang jaraknya cukup jauh dari penjual barang yang diinginkan, bagi orang-orang yang malas keluar rumah karena kemacetan yang terjadi hampir diseluruh tempat, maka pembelian barang secara online merupakan salah satu solusi. Sehingga nantinya diperkirakan akan sangat banyak orang yang berbelanja secara online. Keutamaan dari kegiatan ini diharapkan dapat membantu membuat Desain Motif unggulan dengan komputer untuk pot bunga pada ban bekas dan promosi merchant atau produk di aplikasi medsos diantaranya Gojek, Grab, Facebook, Instagram.
ANALISIS BALANCE OF THREAT DARI PENGARUH POLITIK INTERNASIONAL CINA DI INDO-PASIFIK: TINJAUAN TEORI REALISME
Authors: Al Anshorys Abdul Muntaqim , Fikri Maulana Muhammad , Ramadinna Fadia , Haykal Muhammad Ziqri
Published: August 2023

Seiring dengan kemajuan zaman, China telah menjadi salah satu kekuatan besar dunia selain Amerika Serikat, Inggris, Prancis, dan Rusia. Amerika bersama Inggris dan Australia membuat aliansi AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom, United States) untuk melawan pengaruh hegemoni China yang semakin melebar ke negara lain, bahkan hingga kawasan Laut Indo-Pasifik. Peneliti ingin mengungkap situasi yang menimbulkan banyak reaksi dari negara-negara di kawasan Indo-Pasifik hingga Eropa. Artikel ini menggunakan teori realisme yang mendasarkan pada pemikiran manusia bagaimana menjamin keselamatan dirinya sendiri. Jadi, kaum realis (AUKUS Alliance) ingin menjaga agar pengaruh China tidak meluas. Salah satu cara untuk menciptakan keamanan internasional menurut kaum realis adalah dengan menyeimbangkan kekuatan ancaman, konsep ini dikenal dengan istilah keseimbangan ancaman. Penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa AUKUS sendiri menilai China berpotensi menjadi ancaman, jika dilihat dari 4 indikator negara yang menjadi ancaman oleh Stephen Waltz dengan teori balance of threat. Yang pertama adalah kekuatan agregat, yang kedua adalah kedekatan geografi, yang ketiga adalah kemampuan ofensif, dan yang keempat adalah niat ofensif.
PERBAIKAN PEMILIHAN UMUM KEPALA DAERAH SECARA LANGSUNG DALAM PERSPEKTIF DEMOKRASI PANCASILA
Authors: Pardiyanto Martinus Aditya
Published: August 2023

Pada tanggal 9 Desember 2015 lalu, Indonesia kembali melaksanakan pilkada secara langsung, setelah dulu pilkada sebelumnya dilaksanakan melalui perwakilan. Akan tetapi dalam pelaksanaannya masih menimbulkan permasalahan klasik, seperti banyaknya praktek politik uang. Realitanya masih terjadi kesenjangan yang sangat tinggi antara das sein dan das sollen-nya. Untuk itu perumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini ialah mengapa pelaksanaan pemilihan umum kepala daerah di Indonesia dilaksanakan secara langsung, serta bagaimana urgensi perbaikan pemilihan umum kepala daerah secara langsung dalam perspektif demokrasi menurut Pancasila. Metode pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode pendekatan yuridis normatif/doktrinal. Spesifikasi penelitian adalah penelitian deskriptif  analitis. Sumber dan jenis data pada penelitian ini merupakan data-data yang terkait  dengan penelitian yaitu UU No. 8 Tahun 2015, UUD 1945, buku-buku pustaka tentang pilkada langsung dan media cetak serta media online. Metode pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah menggunakan metode studi pustaka dan studi dokumenter. Teknik analisis data yang dipergunakan di dalam penelitian ini adalah menggunakan pendekatan analisis data kualitatif normative. Hasil  penelitian  adalah  alasan  pelaksanaan  pemilihan  umum  kepala  daerah  di Indonesia  dilaksanakan  secara  langsung  karena  rakyat  sudah  terbiasa  dengan  sistem pemilihan langsung serta pelaksanaan pemilihan umum kepala daerah langsung merupakan wujud dari kedaulatan rakyat. Urgensi perbaikan pemilihan umum kepala daerah secara langsung dalam perspektif demokrasi menurut Pancasila adalah perbaikan harus mencakup semua aspek, substansi, struktur dan budaya demokrasi substantif. Dalam perbaikannya agar diperoleh perbaikan yang maksimal dalam pelaksanaan pilkada langsung yang  akan  datang  dibutuhkan  kerjasama  dari  semua  elemen  masyarakat,  partai  politik, penyelenggara   pemilu   maupun   pemerintah   dalam   perbaikannya.   Proses   demokrasi prosedural harus diganti menjadi proses demokrasi substantif.
PERAN PEREMPUAN DALAM PEMBANGUNAN DESA DUKUHSETI, KECAMATAN DUKUHSETI, KABUPATEN PATI
Authors: Lutvianti Evy , Prihatmoko Joko Juli
Published: August 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peran perempuan dalam pembangunan desa, serta mengidentifikasi faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi peran perempuan dalam pembangunan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif. Teknik pengambilan data diambil melalui wawancara, observasi, serta dokumentasi. Penelitian dilakukan di Desa Dukuhseti, Kecamatan Dukuhseti, Kabupaten Pati. Desa Dukuhseti lama dikenal sebagai desa pelacuran berbasis tradisi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa peran perempuan dalam pembangunan Desa Dukuhseti, tingkat partisipasi dan keterlibatan perempuan Dukuhseti sudah cukup baik mulai dari keikutsertaan kegiatan PKK, Kader Desa, Kader Posyandu, Fatayat dan Muslimat. Namun dari  sisi  kuantitas  yang  menjadi  aparatur desa  sangat minim. Hal ini disebabkan masih banyak pandangan masyarakat yang menghambat peningkatan peran perempuan. Adapun faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi peran perempuan dalam pembangunan desa, yaitu usia, tindakat pendidikan, pekerjaan, dan kesenjangan sosial.