bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Multi-Armed Bandit Algorithms for a Mobile Service Robot's Spare Time in a Structured Environment
Authors: Korein Max , Veloso Manuela
Published: September 2018

We assume that service robots will have spare time in between scheduled user requests, which they could use to perform additional unrequested services in order to learn a model of users’ preferences and receive rewards. However, a mobile service robot is constrained by the need to travel through the environment to reach users in order to perform services for them, as well as the need to carry out scheduled user requests. We assume service robots operate in structured environments comprised of hallways and floors, resulting in scenarios where an office can be conveniently added to the robot’s plan at a low cost, which affects the robot’s ability to plan and learn.

We present two algorithms, Planning Thompson Sampling and Planning UCB1, which are based on existing algorithms used in multi-armed bandit problems, but are modified to plan ahead considering the time and location constraints of the problem. We compare them to existing versions of Thompson Sampling and UCB1 in two environments representative of the types of structures a robot will encounter in an office building. We find that our planning algorithms outperform the original naive versions in terms of both reward received and the effectiveness of the model learned in a simulation. The difference in performance is partially due to the fact that the original algorithms frequently miss opportunities to perform services at a low cost for convenient offices along their path, while our planning algorithms do not.
Discovering Causal Relations in Semantically-Annotated Probabilistic Business Process Diagrams
Authors: Ceballos Hector , Cantu Francisco
Published: September 2018

Business Process Diagrams (BPDs) have been used for documenting, analyzing and optimizing business processes. Business Process Modeling and Notation (BPMN) provides a rich graphical notation which is supported by a formalization that permits users automating such tasks. Stochastic versions of BPMN allows designers to represent the probability every possible way a process can develop. Nevertheless, this support is not enough for representing conditional dependencies between events occurring during process development. We show how structural learning on a Bayesian Network obtained from a BPD is used for discovering causal relations between process events. Temporal precedence between events, captured in the BPD, is used for pruning and correcting the model discovered by an Inferred Causation (IC) algorithm. We illustrate our approach by detecting dishonest bidders in an on-line auction scenario.
ARCH-COMP18 Category Report: Bounded Model Checking of Hybrid Systems with Piecewise Constant Dynamics
Authors: Bu Lei , Ray Rajarshi , Schupp Stefan
Published: September 2018

This report presents results of a friendly competition for formal verification of contin- uous and hybrid systems with linear continuous dynamics. The friendly competition took place as part of the workshop Applied Verification for Continuous and Hybrid Systems (ARCH) in 2018. In its second edition, three tools have been applied to solve three differ- ent benchmark problems in the category ofbounded model checking of hybrid systems with piecewise constant dynamics (in alphabetical order): BACH, HyDRA, and XSpeed. This report is a snapshot of the current landscape of tools and the types of benchmarks they are particularly suited for. Due to the diversity of problems, we are not ranking tools and we also welcome more tools to join in this friendly competition in the future event.
Using the Winograd Schema Challenge as a CAPTCHA
Authors: Isaak Nicos , Michael Loizos
Published: September 2018

CAPTCHAs have established themselves as a standard technology to confidently distinguish humans from bots. Beyond the typical use for security reasons, CAPTCHAs have helped promote AI research in challenge tasks such as image classification and optical character recognition. It is, therefore, natural to consider what other challenge tasks for AI could serve a role in CAPTCHAs. The Winograd Schema Challenge (WSC), a certain form of hard pronoun resolution tasks, was proposed by Levesque as such a challenge task to promote research in AI. Based on current reports in the literature, the WSC remains a challenging task for bots, and is, therefore, a candidate to serve as a form of CAPTCHA. In this work we investigate whether this a priori appropriateness of the WSC as a form of CAPTCHA can be justified in terms of its acceptability by the human users in relation to existing CAPTCHA tasks. Our empirical study involved a total of 329 students, aged between 11 and 15, and showed that the WSC is generally faster and easier to solve than, and equally entertaining with, the most typical existing CAPTCHA tasks.
Interpretability of a Service Robot: Enabling User Questions and Checkable Answers
Authors: Perera Vittorio , Veloso Manuela
Published: September 2018

Service robots are becoming more and more capable but at the same time they are opaque to their users. Once a robot starts executing a task it is hard to tell what it is doing or why. To make robots more transparent to their users we propose to expand the capabilities of robots to not only execute tasks but also answer questions about their experience.

During execution, our CoBot robots record log files. We propose to use these files as a recording of the robot experience. Log files record the experience of the robot in term of its internals. To process information from the logs we define Log Primitives Operations (LPOs) that the robot can autonomously perform. Each LPO is defined in terms of an operation and a set of filters. We frame the problem of understanding questions about robot past experiences, as grounding input sentences to LPOs. To do so, we introduce a probabilistic model to ground sentences to these primitives. We evaluate our approach on a corpus of 133 sentences showing that our method is able to learn the meaning of users’ questions.

Finally we introduce the concept of checkable answers to have the robot provide answers that better explain the computation performed to achieve the result reported.
ANALYSIS OF GYNZENOSIDES IN THE ROOTS OF PANAX GINSENG INTRODUCED IN THE CENTRAL BOTANICAL GARDEN OF NAS OF BELARUS
Authors: Kochkin Dmitry V. , Glagoleva Elena S. , Galischev Boris A. , Spiridovich Elena V. , Nosov Alexander M. , Reshetnikov Vladimir N.
Published: September 2018

For the first time, a detailed study of the qualitative and quantitative composition of ginsenosides in the Panax ginseng roots was carried out with the help of high-performance liquid chromatography combined with mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS). The plants were introduced into the conditions of the Republic of Belarus at the experimental plot of the Central Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. It was found that in the examined roots, all basic neutral glycosides of ginseng (ginsenosides Rb1, Rc, Rb2/Rb3, Rd, Rf, Rg1 and Re), as well as their malonylated derivatives (malonylginsenosides Rb1, Rc, Rb2/Rb3, Rd, Rg1 and Re) and some “minor” ginsenosides (20-gluco-ginsenoside Rf, notoginsenosides R1 and R2, isomers of malonyl-ginsenosides Rb1 and Rd) are present. The research also showed that different parts of the P. ginseng roots differ significantly in a total content of ginsenosides: for the main root, this parameter was 3.3 % of dry mass, and for the lateral roots – 7.8 % of dry mass.
IDENTIFICATION OF GENES ENCODING STRESS-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS CONTAINING THE DOMAINS A20/AN1 IN THE APPLE GENOME IN SILICO AND ANALYSIS OF THEIR PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIP
Authors: Kuzmitskaya Polina V. , Urbanovich Oksana Yu. , Kilchevsky Aleksandr V.
Published: September 2018

Stress-associated proteins (SAPs) are the transcription factors containing the zinc-finger domains A20 and/or AN1. Genome-wide identification and characterization of an apple variety of Golden Delicious stress-associated proteins was performed, potential SAPs were found. Each of them contains, at least, one zinc-finger domain AN1. A phylogenetic tree was constructed on the basis of the amino acid sequences of apple SAP and homologues from other species (dicotyledonous cotton and monocotyledonous rice) to assess their phylogenetic relationships. The sequences ahead of the translation initiation site of SAPs genes were analyzed to discover cis-elements involved in the gene expression regulation. The analysis shows that apple SAPs are involved in a complex network of regulatory elements that controls the vitality of plant cells. It can be assumed that the expression of SAPs in apple trees occurs constantly, but if conditions of a plant growth are changed, their level increases. Regulation of the SAP expression may depend on a plant ontogenesis stage and it may vary in different tissues.
INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF MODELS OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE IN WESTERN EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION
Authors: Shchyokin Nikolai S.
Published: September 2018

The theocratic models of dialogue between church and state were reconstructed. The central problem of the article is the explication of emergence of the socio-historical situation that once again called for a new formulation of the traditional problem of the church and state interaction as a significant resource for achieving a social consensus and a successful development of society as a whole. The strategy of socio-dynamics of modern society is substantiated, in which the constant and constructive church and state interaction should be considered as a necessary and unique resource for its civilizational capabilities to successfully resolve both global and regional-local problems and contradictions of the modern world. The analysis of the history of Europe and a subsequent secularization of its cultural space justify the fact that just the elaboration of the strategy of the church and state interaction led to the situation that Christian cultural values, remaining in many respects a meaningful constant of the European culture, arrange their clerical nature and successfully integrate into the secular cultural landscape.
DEVELOPMENT MODELS OF BELARUSIAN LIVESTOCK BREEDING
Authors: Sheyko Ivan P. , Sheyko Ruslan I.
Published: September 2018

The measures taken in the recent years to improve performance traits of farm animals allowed one to ensure the production of more than 7.0 million tons of milk and 1726 thousand tons of meat on all-category farms in 2017. 760 kg of milk and 130 kg of meat were produced per capita in the Republic.

For the period up to 2025, main attention should be paid to the application of resource-saving technologies and the latest scientific developments and improvements of the resource potential of the industry in the livestock breeding of Belarus. Priority should be given to the implementation of innovative technologies and improvement of breeding work.

The perfect number of dairy cows in the country with a total cattle number of 4.3–4.5 millions of farm animals should be at a level of approx. 1.5–1.6 million of farm animals. The pig livestock will slightly increase and will amount to 3.3–3.6 millions of farm animals by 2025. The increase in the number of the poultry livestock is not planned and it will remain at a level of 49.5 billions.

Taking into account that the genetic pool of farm animals is the national wealth of the country and using market mechanisms, it is necessary to create the most favorable conditions for breeding enterprises (especially breeding farms). There are few such enterprises, and the state could realize this to ensure the future of the Belarusian livestock.
ADSORPTION PROPERTIES OF TITANIA-SILICA MEMBRANES OBTAINED ON CERAMIC SUBSTRАTE
Authors: Kouznetsova T. F. , Ivanets A. I. , Sauka J. D.
Published: September 2018

Titania-silica membranes on a porous quartz substrate are prepared by its direct contact with metal silicate sol at various Ti/Si ratios in the conditions of coagel sedimentation and presence of cetylpyridinium chloride. The study of textural and adsorption properties of membranes is conducted by low-temperature nitrogen adsorption-desorption, including methods of t-plots and DFT theory. It was shown that obtained membranes have mesoporous structure with the specific surface area and pore hydraulic diameter varied in intervals of 64–217 m2 /g and 4–11 nm, respectively. Developed values of surface area remain up to molar ratio of Ti/Si = 50/50.
DETERMINATION OF VULCANIZATION ACCELERATORS IN ANALYSIS OF POLYMER MATERIALS BY HPLC
Authors: Yukhnik A. V. , Leschev S. M.
Published: September 2018

A method of simultaneous determination of altax, captax, thiuram D, thiuram E, thimate and ethylthimate in aqueous extracts in the sanitary-chemical analysis by high performance liquid chromatography has been developed. Determination was based on the gradient separation of altax, captax, thiuram D, thiuram E, thimate, ethylthimate extracted by water from test objects using Waters XTerra MS C18 column of 250 mm length, internal diameter 4.6 mm, graining phase 5 μm, while UV detection wavelengths were 265 nm and 320 nm. Retention times were 10.3±0.2 min for altax, 3.6±0.2 min for captax, 9.0±0.2 min for thiuram D, 12.3±0.2 min for thiuram E, 11.0±0.2 min for thimate, 15.5±0.2 min for ethylthimate. It has been shown that the method is linear in the range of 0.05–0.60 mkg/ml for altax, 0.005–0.60 mkg/ml for captax, 0.005–0.75 mkg/ml for thiuram D and thiuram Е, 0.01–0.90 mkg/ml for thimate and ethylthimate. Using the calibration graph and standard deviations of analytical signal, following limits of quantification were calculated: 0.01 mkg/ml for altax, 0.002 mkg/ml for captax, 0.003 mkg/ml for thiuram D, 0.005 mkg/ml for thiuram Е, 0.01 mkg/ml for thimate and ethylthimate.
LONG-LIVED RADIONUCLIDES IN THE PRODUCTION OF [18F]FLUOROCHOLINE FOR PET-DIAGNOSIS
Authors: Tylets P. V. , Tugay O. V. , Krot V. O. , Ivaniykovich A. A. , Soroka S. A. , Brinkevich D. I. , Brinkevich S. D. , Baranovski O. A. , Chizh G. V.
Published: September 2018

In the present study the distribution of long-lived radionuclides between the drug product, recovered water [ 18O]H2 O and solid phase extraction cartridges was studied in [18F]fluorocholine production process. Isotopic composition for long-lived nuclides (half-lives = 10–312 days) was determined, the mechanisms of their formation and accumulation on cartridges are considered. It was shown that in the batches of pharmaceutical produced the content of long-lived nuclides is by 5 orders of magnitude lower than the limit value specified by the appropriate 07/2016:2793 European Pharmacopoeia article. The results obtained are of vital importance for optimization of the procedures for radioactive waste management in the production of [18F]fluorocholine using IBA Cyclone 18/9 HC cyclotron and, consequently, for minimization of radiation exposure of personnel.
CORRECTION OF DISORDERS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION OF MALE RATS USING GADOLINIUM ORTHOVANADATE NANOPARTICLES
Authors: Belkina I. O. , Karpenko N. A. , Koreneva E. M. , Smolenko N. P. , Chistyakova E. E. , Klochkov V. K.
Published: September 2018

Male rats were exposed to emotional stress and had an excessive amount of phytoestrogens with the mother’s milk (from 3 to 22 days of life) and were examined at an age of 10 months. Animals had an excess body weight through an increased weight of visceral fat, changes in protein and lipid metabolism (increased total cholesterol and triglycerides), impaired pro/antioxidant balance. These males had a decreased level of testosterone and impaired spermatogenesis (less total sperm concentration and less concentration of morphologically normal gametes) with the formation of defective spermatozoa. Also, the violations of the sexual behavior and the worst fertilization of females were found. More than a two-fold increase of intrauterine losses in these pregnant females was noted. Due to such changes, the reproductive potential (Fi ) in these males was reduced by half compared to the control level.

The effectiveness of application of gadolinium orthovanadate nanoparticles activated by europium (NPs GdVO4 :Eu3+), as part of a hydrogel or a pharmacological composition (0.33 mg/kg of body mass, 70 days) for correction of male reproductive function disorders was studied. As reference preparations, tribestane (68 mg/kg) or spemane (168 mg/kg) was used. After the treatment, the results of spermatogenesis, testosterone production and fertility of the main group of males became better. Due to the reduction of embryonic losses, the reproductive potential index was normalized. NPs normalized the level of triglycerides, total cholesterol, arginine in the serum, as well as the transaminase activity in the liver. An increase in the weight and gonadotropic activity of hypophysis of the treated males were found, indicating a possible effect of NPs on the central regulatory mechanism of the reproductive function. The higher biological activity of NPs in the hydrosol composition was found, which can be explained by the introduction of auxiliary substances into the pharmacological composition that affects the physicochemical properties of NPs GdVO4 :Eu3+ and their biological activity.
ANALYSIS OF ABDOMINAL DELIVERY ACCORDING TO THE MOTHER’S REASONS
Authors: Goncharuk N. P. , Gurzhenko O. Iu.
Published: September 2018

The present work studied the changes in the frequency of caesarean sections and established the dynamics of frequency of planned and urgent caesarean sections, the structure of caesarean section in the mother’s interests, and also the level of caesarean section for the reason of insolvency of uterus cicatrix for the period of 2001–2011 at the Kiev Municipal Maternity Hospital no. 1.

The increase in the frequency of caesarean sections is marked. The positive dynamics of growth of planned operative interferences frequency attracts attention. For the studied period, the level of frequency of caesarean sections for the reason of uterus cicatrix insolvency increased 4.7 times.
Variasi anatomi jumlah tendon musculus extensor antebrachii di laboratorium anatomi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Hang Tuah Surabaya
Authors: ISLAM YOEFAN FAISAL
Published: September 2018

Latar Belakang. Pengetahuan tentang anatomi dan variasi pada tendon ekstensor  dorsum tangan penting untuk anatomist,  juga untuk ahli bedah. Tangan merupakan salah satu organ manusia paling sering terluka. Kontraksi sinergis otot extensor bersama otot flexor penting untuk mencengkram pada objek yang berbeda pada kehidupan. Sehingga diperlukan penelitian otot ekstensor untuk meminimalisir kekeliruan dalam pembedahan

Tujuan. Untuk mengetahui variasi anatomi jumlah tendon otot ekstensor lengan bawah.

Metode. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan kuantitatif yang telah dilakukan di Laboratorium Anatomi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Hang Tuah Surabaya pada bulan agustus 2016. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling dengan sampel seluruh preparat basah tangan yang berjumlah 12 preparat basah.tangan manusia

Hasil dan Kesimpulan. Variasi jumlah tendon musculus ekstensor digitorum 1 yang berjumlah 1 ada 10 (90,9 %) , berjumlah 2 ada 1 (9,1 %).Jumlah tendon musculus ekstensor digitorum 2 yang berjumlah 1 ada 10 (83,3 %), yang berjumlah 2 ada 2 (16,7 %). Jumlah tendon musculus ekstensor digitorum 3 yang berjumlah 1 ada 1 (8,3 %), yang berjumlah 2 ada 9 (75 %) dan berjumlah 3 ada 2 (16,7 %). Jumlah tendon musculus abductor policis longus (APL) Yang berjumlah 1 ada 11 (91,7 %) sedangkan yang berjumlah 3 ada 1 (8,3 %). Jumlah tendon musculus ekstensor policis brevis (EPB) seluruhnya berjumlah 1. Jumlah tendon musculus ekstensor policis longus (EPL) yang berjumlah 1 ada 11 (91,7 %), yang berjumlah 2 ada 1 (8,3 %). Variasi jumlah tendon musculus ekstensor digiti minimi (EDM) yang berjumlah 1 ada 3 (25 %), yang berjumlah 2 ada 9 (75 %). Dimana yang mempengaruhi penelitian ini adalah usia dan ras

Kata Kunci: Tendon Ekstensor Lengan Bawah, variasi, anatomi, jumlah,
Pengaruh Pemberian Ekstrak Biji Petai (Parkia speciosa) Terhadap Gambaran Histopatologi Ginjal Bagian Tubulus Proksimal Pada Tikus Putih (Rattus norvegicus) Jantan Galur Wistar yang Diinduksi Paracetamol
Authors: DEVIANA AVINDA
Published: September 2018

Paracetamol, which is one of the NSAIDs (Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs) is widely used by the wider community as a therapeutic and pain-reducing therapy. In addition to its many uses, paracetamol can cause a variety of serious toxicities, including nephrotoxicity. Bitter bean extract (Parkia speciosa) has a flavonoid compound which is an antioxidant. This was a laboratory experimental study with post-test only control group design using 24 rats divided into 3 groups. Positive control group fed with standard diet, aquades and bitter bean extract (Parkia speciosa); each rat in the treatment group 1 was induced with paracetamol 9 mg / day orally; and each rat in the treatment group 2 was given bitter bean extract (Parkia speciosa) 7,2 mg / day induced paracetamol 9 mg / day after 45 min. The kidneys were taken by surgery on the 15th day and microscopically examined. The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 23 with Kruskal-Wallis method.
Hubungan Pengetahuan dan Status Gizi dengan Kadar Hemoglobin dan Kebugaran Jasmani Atlet
Authors: RAHFILUDIN MOHAMMAD ZEN , ARUBEN RONY , SETIAPUTRI KARINTA ARIANI
Published: September 2018

Kebugaran jasmani merupakan kemampuan untuk melakukan pekerjaan sehari-hari secara efektif dan efisien. Kebutuhan zat gizi bagi atlet sangat penting karena digunakan untuk intensitas latihan dan kinerja organ yang berat, terlebih pada atlet anak-anak yang kebutuhan gizinya juga digunakan untuk tumbuh kembang Atlet juga perlu menjaga kadar hemoglobin tetap optimal untuk mempertahankan performa selama pertandingan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan, konsumsi zat gizi dan persentase lemak tubuh dengan kadar hemoglobin dan kebugaran jasmani pada atlet renang di Kota Semarang. Jenis penelitian ini adalah explanatory research dengan rancangan penelitian cross sectional. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 18 atlet renang di PPLOP dan Klub Renang TCS Semarang yang dipilih menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan uji korelasi Pearson Product Moment dan Rank Spearman. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tidak ada hubungan pengetahuan (p = 0,293) asupan Fe (p = 0,330), vitamin C (p = 0,105), protein (p = 0,645) dan serat (p = 0,089) dengan kadar hemoglobin. Tidak ada hubungan kadar hemoglobin (p = 0,167) dan persentase lemak tubuh (p = 0,098) dengan kebugaran jasmani atlet renang. Penelitian ini merekomendasikan agar atlet dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan terkait sumber makanan bergizi sesuai kebutuhan tubuh serta menjaga kebugaran jasmani agar dapat memberikan performa maksimal saat latihan maupun pertandingan.
Kedudukan Anak dari Perkawinan Berbeda Agama menurut Hukum Perkawinan Indonesia
Authors: Agustin Fitria
Published: September 2018

Article 2 paragraph Â (1) of Law Number 1 Year 1974 contains provisions that marriage shall be considered valid if done according to the law of their respective religion and belief. The above provision implies no marriage outside the law of each of his or her religion and belief. Intermarriages between people of different religions will obviously cause problems as a result of the law of their marriage, most of which include the rights and duties of each husband and wife, property in marriage, as well as the position of the child in a marriage relationship. Problems will arise when the child has been born starting from the pattern of upbringing until when the child is adult and ably performs legal acts such as marriage, inheritance, and so forth. This research is intended to get answers to the problems: (1) How the position of the Child from Marriage parents of different religions? 2) How does the child's relationship with her parents' parent if the child chooses a religion differently from both parents? The invention of the answer to this question is pursued by the Empirical Normative Legal Research Method. The law acts as a Norm (Legislation), with due regard to social reality. The results of the study are: (1) The marriage of religious differences according to the Marriage Law is considered invalid as well as the child born of the Marriage. (2) A child born of a different religious marriage only has a nasab with his mother.
Bericht über die Fortbildungsreihe »Das Geheimnis des Lichts«
Authors: Geißler Peter
Published: September 2018

Esoterisches Gedankengut findet sich immer häufiger in der öffentlichen Diskussion. Dadurch kann es grundsätzlich Material in therapeutischen Prozessen werden, sofern unsere Patienten den Eindruck gewinnen, dass ihre Therapeuten sich offen zeigen, darüber zu sprechen. Mit Bezug auf den Mikrokosmos und die Quantenmechanik auf der einen Seite und den Makrokosmos und die Relativitätstheorie auf der anderen Seite sowie am Beispiel der Lichtnahrung soll gezeigt werden, dass sich unser gängiges materialistisches Weltbild womöglich im Umbruch befindet. Plädiert wird diesbezüglich für eine nicht unkritische, jedoch insgesamt offene, interessierte Haltung – auch im Kontext von psychotherapeutischen Prozessen.
Palinología de los géneros de Cactaceae Maihuenia (Maihuenioideae) y Pereskia (Pereskioideae) de Argentina
Authors: Cuadrado Graciela A. , Garralla Silvina S.
Published: September 2018

Fueron estudiados y descriptos con microscopio óptico y microscopio electrónico de barrido,los granos de polen de cinco especies argentinas de dos géneros, Maihuenia (F.C.C.Weber)K. Schum. y Pereskia Mill., pertenecientes a las subfamilias Maihuenioideae y Pereskioideae(Cactaceae). Maihuenia patagonica (Phil.) Britton & Rose, M. poeppigii (Otto ex Pfeiff.) F.A.C.Weber ex K. Schum., (Maihuenioideae), Pereskia aculeata Mill., P. nemorosa Rojas Acosta yP. sacharosa Griseb. (Pereskioideae). Los granos de polen de Maihuenia son prolatos oesferoidales, medianos o grandes y los de Pereskia son todos esferoidales y grandes. Lasaperturas muestran variación en número, tres a catorce, pero todas son colpadas y tienendiferente modelo de ubicación: Maihuenia tiene granos tricolpados y Pereskia 6-14pantocolpados, algunos de éstos forman sincolpos. La escultura no muestra marcadas diferencias entre las especies, ella es microequinada y nanoequinada con perforaciones rodeadas de un engrosamiento. Se presenta una clave para diferenciar las especies de cadagénero.
CARACTERIZACIÓN DE HYBANTHUS LEUCOPOGON (VIOLACEAE), UNA ESPECIE ENDÉMICA DE CORRIENTES
Authors: Seo Micaela Noemí
Published: September 2018

Se realizó la caracterización macro y micromorfológica de Hybanthus leucopogon Sparre,aspecto aún muy poco estudiado en Hybanthus. Se analizaron los patrones micromorfológicosde la superficie seminal y del margen foliar de esta especie; estas observaciones han reveladola presencia de un patrón específico de micro-ornamentación en la cubierta seminal y lasuperficie foliar que podrían ser utilizados en la identificación infragenérica de Hybanthus
TWO NEWS SPECIES OF BACCHARIS (ASTERACEAE: ASTEREAE) FROM BAHIA, BRAZIL
Authors: Paz Deble Leonardo , Silveira de Oliveira-Deble Anabela
Published: September 2018

En la revisión del género Baccharis para Brasil, fueron reconocidas dos especies nuevas:Baccharis alleluia y Baccharis orbiculata. Estas especies son descriptas, ilustradas y diferenciadasde los taxones afines
Hongos comestibles silvestres: presencia de especies exóticas de Suillus (Boletales, Basidiomycota) y Lactarius (Russulales, Basidiomycota) asociadas a los cultivos de Pinus Elliottii del Nordeste Argentino
Authors: Niveiro Nicolás , Popoff Orlando F. , Albertó Edgardo O.
Published: September 2018

Los hongos silvestres comestibles son un recurso económico importante que permite obtenerun producto deshidratado que puede comercializarse fácilmente. En el presente trabajo, y conel objeto de dar a conocer este recurso, se ilustran y describen dos especies de hongosmicorrícicos asociadas a cultivos de Pinus elliottii en el nordeste argentino que no han sidomencionadas anteriormente para la región: Lactarius deliciosus para la provincia de Misionesy Suillus granulatus para las provincias de Corrientes y Misiones
Correlation and path coefficient analysis for grain yield and its attributing traits of maize inbred lines (Zea mays L.) under heat stress condition
Authors: KANDEL Manoj , GHİMİRE Surya Kant , OJHA Bishnu Raj , SHRESTHA Jiban
Published: September 2018

Heat stress during the flowering,
pollination and grain filling periods affect maize grain yield and its
attributing  traits. Twenty maize inbred
lines were evaluated in alpha lattice design with two replications under heat condition
during spring season from February to June, 2016 at Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal. Meterological data showed maximum mean temperature (46.2–43.28ºC) and minimum
(30.52-30.77ºC) in with relative humidity 37.05 to 49.45% inside the
tunnel during in April-May which coincided with the flowering, pollination and
grain filling periods. The data were
analyzed statistically to study the correlation and path coefficient. The
analysis of variance showed that all the lines were signiﬁcantly
different from each other for all traits anthesis silking interval, SPAD chlorophyll and leaf senescence, tassel blast, leaf
firing, plant and ear height, leaf area index, ear per plant, cob length and
diameter, number of kernel ear-1, number of
kernel row-1, number of kernel row, silk receptivity, shelling percentage, thousand
kernel weight and grain yield. Grain yield had positive and significant
phenotypic correlation with silk receptivity, shelling percentage, cob length
and diameter, number of kernel ear-1, number
of kernel row-1, number of kernel row, SPAD chlorophyll, thousand
kernel weight and significant and negative correlation with tassel blast,
anthesis silking interval, leaf area index, leaf firing. Path analysis revealed
that of thousand kernel weight, shelling percentage, number of kernel ear-1
and silk receptivity exerted maximum positive direct effect on grain yield.
Therefore, selection of genotypes having maximum thousand kernel weight,
shellingpercentage, silk receptivity and number of kernel ear-1 and
shorter anthesis silking interval, no leaf firing and tassel blast is
pre-requisite for attaining improvement in grain yield under heat stress
condition.
Primary school teachers’ perceptions of out of school learning within science education
Authors: Henriksson Ann-Catherine
Published: September 2018

This article examines what key aspects primary teachers highlight when they describe their use of out of school learning in the science subjects. The empirical study is made in the form of a semi-structured interview with primary teachers (N=15). Compared to earlier research in the area the results highlight the importance of clear learning aims for the outdoor sequence. The results show that teachers view outdoor education as an opportunity to study nature "for real", which, according to teachers, increases the interest of the children. As aspects that obstruct outdoor teaching, teachers mainly describe different organizational-economic aspects. In their description of the learning content in the outdoor education, teachers mainly talk about the students’ interest (affective motivations) and the concrete activity or act (process-oriented motivations). The scientific subject knowledge is limited in the teachers’ descriptions.
Mathematics and outdoor photography experience – exploration of an approach to mathematical education, based on the theory of Dewey’s aesthetics
Authors: Meier Antje , Hannula Markku S. , Toivanen Miika
Published: September 2018

Based on Dewey’s theory of art, aesthetics, and experiences and photographer Barnbaums’ writing about expanded perception through photography, we conducted a one-day experimental mathematics education unit. Using photography in outdoor conditions had a positive impact on teacher students’ perception of the use of photography for teaching mathematics. To study the changes in students’ visual attention deeper, we used gaze-tracking to analyse one student’s visual attention when walking outdoors after the activity. The gaze data indicated that more visual attention was given to objects he had photographed or discussed during the group activity in comparison to other objects.
POTENSI PRODUKSI GELATIN CEKER AYAM SEBAGAI UPAYA PEMENUHAN GELATIN DALAM NEGERI GUNA MEWUJUDKAN KESEJAHTERAAN MASYARAKAT INDONESIA
Authors: Aji Rifqi Dhiemas
Published: September 2018

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Being a beast machine: The somatic basis of selfhood
Authors: Seth Anil , Tsakiris Manos
Published: September 2018

Modern psychology has long focused on the body as the basis of the self. Recently, predictive processing accounts of interoception (perception of the body ‘from within’) have become influential in accounting for experiences of body ownership and emotion. Here, we describe embodied selfhood in terms of ‘instrumental interoceptive inference’ that emphasises allostatic regulation and physiological integrity. We apply this approach to the distinctive phenome- nology of embodied selfhood, accounting for its non-object-like character and subjective stability over time. Our perspective has implications for the develop- ment of selfhood and illuminates longstanding debates about relations between life and mind, implying, contrary to Descartes, that experiences of embodied selfhood arise because of, and not in spite of, our nature as ‘beast machines’.
Modeling accuracy, response time, and bias in continuous orientation judgments
Authors: Kvam Peter D.
Published: September 2018

Despite the prevalence of real-world and laboratory tasks where people select among many options, cognitive models have traditionally focused on choices among small sets of alternatives. This has resulted in theoretical and empirical gaps in understanding the decision processes that go into selections among many alternatives or responses that fall along a continuum. This paper addresses these issues by modeling decisions in a perceptual study where participants produce continuous orientation judgments. The experiments showed that manipulations of stimulus difficulty and time pressure have parallel effects to binary choice, with greater stimulus difficulty yielding slower and less accurate responses and time pressure resulting in faster responses at the expense of accuracy. These effects were well accounted for by the circular diffusion model developed by Smith (2016), with drift magnitude parameters shifting with difficulty and threshold parameters shifting with time pressure. However, a manipulation of bias using a predecision cue resulted in bimodal distributions of responses that cannot be explained by the model in its original formulation. To account for this result, I developed a theory of bias based on split attention and racing 2D diffusion processes. This model suggests that responses are determined by both cue-driven and stimulus-driven evidence accumulation processes, such that the winning process determines responses and response times (RTs). As a result, it predicts critical features of responses and response times in the conditions with predecision cues, including bimodal distributions of responses and the longer RTs observed when there was a discrepancy between cue and stimulus orientations.
Bioscience Subjects Background and Nursing Education
Authors: Malik Rozia , Hussain Muhammad , Sarwer Hajra , Afzal Muhammad , Gilani Syed Amir
Published: September 2018

Traditionally, Nursing students study human bioscience e.g. pathophysiology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology in their first and second year course. Nursing students are facing difficulties with bioscience learning. Hence, it’s essential for nursing students to keep in mind that bioscience understanding  is very important throughout the research, and clinical practice. The PURPOSE of this study was to assess BSN students’ experiences regarding bioscience subject’s background and nursing education. A cross-sectional analytic study was done among 183 BSN (Generic) students February 2018 to May 2018. Convenient sampling technique was used to collect the required sample size. Data on individual characteristics of Bioscience learning experiences was collected by distributing semi-structured questionnaire. Statistical tool SPSS 21.0 was used for the analysis of collected data. Person correlation test used to determine the relationship between variables. In this study majority of BSN (Generic) students were considered bioscience subjects more challenging and time consuming. About 45.36% participants were agreed with there is more content required for bioscience compared with nursing subjects. BSN students (59.56%) were reported that bioscience related to nursing practice to gain better understanding for assessment. Majority of participants were reported that bioscience subjects more difficult as compared to nursing subjects. Bioscience relationship with nursing practices significantly correlated with clinical-relevant employment. In this type of research the area of improvement have been reviewed further knowledge available for those who will conduct the research on this topic in future.Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 5, Issue-3: 163-169
Relationship between Leadership Styles of Nurse Managers and Staff Nurses Job Satisfaction in Public Hospital of Punjab, Pakistan
Authors: Naseem Sofia , Afzal Muhammad , Sehar Sana , Gilani Syed Amir
Published: September 2018

Introduction: Nurses are the “backbone” of any human services framework and their work is varied and extremely complicated. When carrying out their jobs, nurses faces different circumstances and patients, which are elements of the circumstances and patient level workloads. In addition, higher amount of nurse’s dissatisfaction prompts to leave out from the nursing profession. This generally creates staff shortage among nurses. Due to  enhances extra time and job stress, increases burnout, longer patient holding up records, lastly, as an outcome expanded displeasure among patients Leadership is the way toward impacting representatives to accomplish organizational goals and objectives Methods: This analytical, cross-case study was conducted in public hospital of Lahore. Respondents ’selection was convenient sampling technique. Selected sample was 211 registered nurses. Well adopted questionnaire as per Likert scale was used in this study. Results: The finding of this study showed that caregivers prefer transformational styles of leaders to achieve optimal presentation of nurses. The results showed that there is statistically significance as p-value < 0.05 at all level of job satisfaction.Conclusions: A transformative leadership style promotes job satisfaction among nurses, which improves performance. Nurses job performance increased proportionally by increasing job satisfaction. In the current health system, it is necessary to develop leadership behaviors that have proven to be effective in the implementation of positive and adaptive behaviors among nurses. Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 5, Issue-3: 201-208
Coping Strategies of Nursing Student against Academic and Clinical Stress at Public Sector Lahore
Authors: Yasmin Samina , Hussain Muhammad , Parveen Kousar , Gilani Syed Amir
Published: September 2018

Nursing is an emotionally demanding and a highly stressful profession as nurses has to deal with different people, in various situations and different times of the day. During their everyday work, they have to cope with extremely emotionally charged and rapidly changing circumstances. It is a universally accepted fact that human nature is prone to wears and tears associated with daily activities. These manifest in the form of stress and strains as witnessed in everyday life. Nurses and other healthcare professionals are exposed on daily basis to different levels of stress and burnout arising from the demand for their jobs. To explore the coping strategies of nursing student against clinical and academic stress. A quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to explore coping strategies of nursing students against academic and clinical stress at public hospital Lahore. The instrument use for the data collection was adopted questioner and convenient sampling technique was used. The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level. It is observed that academic and clinical stress sources and coping mechanisms are statistically significant, as p-value < 0.05. The present study was considered as a cornerstone that gives strong support towards coping strategies of nursing student against academic and clinical stress. It highlighted there are number of clinical and academic stress that hinder good performance of student. These results substantiate the belief that aspects of the practice environment affect student nurse academic performance and most importantly, the quality of care delivered on clinical placement to the patient.Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 5, Issue-3: 209-218
Communicative Arabic and Structure of Its Philosophical Teaching
Authors: Rusydi Muhammad
Published: September 2018

This article orients to expose the philosophical frame of communicative Arabic teaching. Communicative Arabic teaching has a strong philosophical framework because this modern teaching approach directs the Arabic language to its original position as a tool to communicate. In this context, the ontology dealing with the essence of Arabic teaching as a pedagogical reality, the epistemology dealing with its procedural framework and the ontology dealing with its value framework see that communicative Arabic teaching should be developed with a suitable educational philosophy reinforcing the Arabic to its functional-communicative framework. This article, finally, presents an alternative analysis to perceive communicative Arabic teaching.
Manipulation Effect on Lumbar Kinematics in Patients with Unilateral Innominate Rotation and Comparison with Asymptomatic Subjects
Authors: Zamanlou M , Akbari M , Jamshidi A A , Amiri A , Nabiyouni I
Published: September 2018

Background: Lumbar motion analysis is used as a clinical method in the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain (LBP). So far, no studies have shown if manipulating the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) will change spinal kinematics.Objectives: The main objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of SIJ manipulation on the lumbar kinematics in subjects with innominate rotation and to compare lumbar kinematics among experiment and control groups.Material and Methods: This study was a quasi-experiment-control trial study. 21 LBP patients with anterior or posterior innominate rotations in experiment group and 22 asymptomatic subjects in control group were evaluated. Lumbar kinematic variables (LKV) include lumbar range of motion (ROM) and speed, lumbar lateral flexion and rotation asymmetry were evaluated using Qualysis Track Manager (QTM) twice within two days in control group, and these parameters with pelvic asymmetry and disability were tested before and after intervention in the experiment group.Results: While pre-intervention experiment group exhibited significantly lower lumbar lateral flexion (p=0.0001), rotation (p=0.008) ROM and lower lateral flexion speed (p=0.014), post-intervention experiment group exhibited significantly lower lumbar lateral flexion (p=0.01) ROM in comparison with control group. Pelvic asymmetry (p=0.049) and disability (p=0.01) significantly decreased in the experiment group after manipulation, but LKV did not change significantly after the intervention (p˃0.05). Conclusion: Experiment groups had different lumbar kinematics in comparison with control group before and after SIJ manipulation. Despite the changes in pelvic asymmetry and disability, intervention had no effect on lumbar kinematics.
VARIABILITAS FENOTIPIK TANAMAN GAMBIR DI DESA TANJUNG, KECAMATAN KOTO KAMPAR HULU KABUPATEN KAMPAR
Authors: LIDAR SEPRITA , MUTRYARNY ENNY , WULANTIKA TRISIA
Published: September 2018

ABSTRACT

 

Gambier is one commodity that is worth people's plantation economy and prospective for higher developed commercially in the future. Riau Province gambir Subdistrict where producers including the Gambier plantation had the most extensive is a subdistrict of Koto Kampar Kampar Regency acres 4,104 Upstream Research entitled "analysis ofthe Phenotypic variability of Gambir Plant in the village of Tanjung, Kec. Koto Kampar, Kampar Regency of Hulu "has been conducted in March - April 2018, research method using the method of purposive sampling, the samples taken 30 accession later analysis of similarity using the ntsys program ver 2.02. Obtained Results narrow Variability on all character observations. Similarity coefficient gambir accessions ranged from 0.33-0.93.

Keywords: Gambir, Variability ,Germplasm, Phenotypic Characterization
Imperialismus und Globalisierung
Authors: Kößler Reinhart
Published: September 2018

The article revisits classical theory of imperialism, stressing the commonalities in seeing imperialism as an outgrowth of the basic dynamics and restructuring of capitalism, as well as the controversy over the conceptualisation of this dynamic. During World War I, the Bolshevik theorists, Bukharin and Lenin, took up the theme and gave it important twists that had grave consequences, both for later Comintern policy and for Soviet planning practice. In comparison to the classical theories, conceptualisations of globalisation address a similar, though also markedly changed situation in much more complex ways. The article discusses mainly the issues of the state and US hegemony, in connection with claims for a resuscitation of Kautsky's concept of ultra-imperialism and the different forms of wars that haunt the present, in contradistinction to the early 20th century.
Transatlantische Beziehungen
Authors: Schmidt Ingo
Published: September 2018

After World War II US-hegemony has been unchallenged in the capitalist part of the world. Therefore the US could afford to promote European integration. Meanwhile the economic foundations of the US' position have been weakened. First the superiority in terms of productivity got lost and after the New Economy boom there are also doubts about US-dominance on financial markets. This is the more so since the introduction of the Euro represents a major challenge for the Dollar. Nevertheless transatlantic competition on economic issues may not lead to a split as ruling classes in Europe and America share common interests against the rest of the world.