bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Introduction
Authors: Calonne David Stephen
Published: September 2021

As one studies Crumb from the outset of his career to the present, it becomes evident that he has embarked on a massive autobiographical enterprise in which personal, secret “confessions”—in a mode reminiscent of figures as diverse as Saint Augustine, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henry Miller, and Allen Ginsberg—are made public and merge with the topics to which he is drawn in literature. This Introduction explores Crumb’s traumatic childhood and his early decision to become an artist, the influence of his two brothers on his early intellectual development as well as his rejection of organized religion. The focus then turns to a discussion of Crumb’s role as the genius of the “comix revolution” which was launched during Crumb’s time in San Francisco when Zap magazine was created. The chapter closes with a brief summary of the contents of each chapter. R. Crumb: Literature, Autobiography, and the Quest for Self aims to fill a major gap in contemporary scholarship in the humanities.
On the Road
Authors: Calonne David Stephen
Published: September 2021

Chapter One explores Robert Crumb’s discovery of Beat literature and the ways the emerging American counterculture became a primary influence on his own artistic and intellectual development. Crumb’s friend Marty Pahls was significant in turning Crumb on to the Beat writers. Crumb created portraits of Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Kerouac. Crumb also became fascinated by Buddhism and Hinduism. The Beats’ spiritual quest reflected Crumb’s own desire to find alternatives to Western monotheistic religion. His character Mr. Natural bears several similarities to a Zen teacher, and Zen Buddhist themes will reappear throughout Crumb’s career, for example in his The Zen Teachings of Huang Po. The chapter concludes with a discussion of another author Crumb also greatly admired who is sometimes associated with the Beat movement, Charles Bukowski. Crumb contributed his drawings to several Bukowski books, bringing out themes of alienation which Crumb experienced frequently in his own life.
Philip K. Dick
Authors: Calonne David Stephen
Published: September 2021

Chapter 3 discusses Crumb’s illustrations to the life and work of Philip K. Dick, beginning with an exploration of Crumb’s connections to the California counterculture and its fascination with occult and Gnostic philosophies. Crumb began to turn increasingly towards mysticism in his artwork, and this is exemplified in “The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick.” Crumb’s own experiences with LSD had opened him up to a visionary realm which also set him out on the quest for his “real self.” Crumb sees in Dick’s encounter with Gnosticism a reflection of his own spiritual search. In “The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick,” Crumb directly explores Gnostic ideas and as in his illustrations for Jelly Roll Morton, explores whether intense spiritual experiences such as those recorded by Dick are “real” or not. We can also see Gnostic ideas reflected in “Can You Stand Alone and Face up to the Universe?”, one of Crumb’s greatest works, as well as in his depiction of Christian iconography.
Spaces and Places
Authors: Miller Sue
Published: September 2021

This chapter provides a summary of the most important venues in New York where musicians have performed danzón, rhumba/son, mambo, chachachá, and pachanga. Aside the Palladium, other venues operating in the 1950s and ‘60s are examined in terms of the types of Latin music played in them, documenting the experiences of performers of Cuban dance music in The Bronx, Spanish Harlem, downtown Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Catskills resort venues. The usual narrative of the Palladium as ‘home of the mambo’ is not negated but the narrative is expanded so that the relationships between the various performance scenes can be evaluated more fully. In the latter part of this chapter the history of the dance hall from 1947 to 1966 is examined in terms of the mambo big bands, conjuntos, and charanga bands that performed there, drawing on the perspectives of musicians who experienced live performances there.
La Mecha
Authors: Miller Sue
Published: September 2021

This chapter seeks to understand the context for the popularity of Cuban charanga in the early 1960s in New York through the work of renowned Cuban flute players Rolando Lozano, (Orquesta Aragón, Orquesta América), Belisario López, and José Fajardo. Lozano was a member of Orquesta Nuevo Ritmo de Cuba and later Mongo Santamaría’s charanga. The work of two other established Cuban flute players, Belisario López and José Fajardo, are also examined in the light of their exile in the USA after the 1959 Cuban revolution, testing the hypothesis that their improvisation styles did not alter much but that their repertoire sometimes did, as they performed with US-based musicians. An evaluation of all three players’ work (in both Cuba and the USA) provides a more complete evaluation of their contribution to the style and to Cuban music internationally.
I Don’t Like It Like That!
Authors: Miller Sue
Published: September 2021

This chapter reflects on two different approaches to the Latin boogaloo/bugalú style from its origins in the Bronx and downtown Manhattan clubs through direct interaction with African-American dancers to other more commercial fusions in the wake of the successful bugalú conjuntos of Pete Rodríguez, Ricardo Ray, and Joe Cuba.
Conclusion
Authors: Miller Sue
Published: September 2021

In this final chapter research findings are summarized, defining a variety of distinctive New York performance aesthetics and sounds that go beyond the usual description of New York-based Latin music as being simply loud, gritty, and aggressive. Conclusions are drawn here which have implications for future studies on the history of clave-based Latin dance music, performance aesthetics, and improvisational creativity.
Michie Mee
Authors: Elafros Athena
Published: September 2021

This chapter analyses the formation, maintenance, and transformation of the Caribbean diaspora in the formation of rap music in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It discusses the marginalization of rap music and people of color within the music industry in Toronto. The author focuses especially on the way artists use rap music to challenge racist and racialized conceptions of Canadian identity and, at the same time, help redefine Canadian identity in ways that emphasize the importance of diasporic identities.
Reworking Narrative the Brasilidade
Authors: Oba Junko
Published: September 2021

This chapter investigates música sertaneja in the Japanese Brazilian expatriate community, following its unique trajectory of transnational migration from Brazil to Japan, and back again to Brazil in the past few decades. Música sertaneja is a style of “country music” that originated in the Brazilian countryside in the 1920s. It has become an important agency of identity negotiation for Brazilians of Japanese descent in the past few decades, when the massive economic migration known as dekassegui propelled many middle-class Japanese Brazilians to “return migrate” to their ancestral home as unskilled laborers. The author discusses how this recent dekassegui experience provoked Japanese Brazilian expatriates into reconfiguration of their identity, and how, in the process, they not only used música sertaneja to negotiate their space in the diaspora, but also reworked the traditional brasilidade narrative in their favor.
Indescribable Beings
Authors: Jiménez García Marilisa
Published: September 2021

This chapter establishes literature for young people and school readers as prominent, visual media used by US and Puerto Rican writers, both those in the diaspora and Puerto Rico, throughout the history of the US and Puerto Rico relationship beginning in 1898 with the Spanish American War. This chapter analyzes several prominent picture books, and illustrated textbooks read in the US and PR, from a variety of authors including Ezra Jack Keats and Ángeles Pastor.
“Crashing to Bits”
Authors: Mellette Justin
Published: September 2021

Chapter 3 considers the myriad nature of southern memoir, with particular focus on the anti-racist work of Lillian Smith. Published in a decade replete with southerners writing about the South, including W. J. Cash’s The Mind of the South, William Percy’s Lanterns on the Levee, and Richard Wright’s Black Boy, Lillian Smith’s Killers of the Dream confronts southern paternalism in a stark, direct manner. Specifically, Smith responds to many of her contemporaries by presenting the South not as a romantic site of gentility, but rather as a psychologically traumatizing hellscape, one replete with specters of violence perpetrated against blacks as well as paternalistic control levied against women and poor whites. This chapter contextualizes Smith alongside these other writers, with primary focus on Percy's nostalgia and romanticization of southern gentility, as well as his disdain for poor whites, whom he derides as scoundrels and markedly inferior versions of whiteness.
“Acting Victorian”
Authors: Hedgcock Noelle
Published: September 2021

Contributor Noelle Hedgcock examines the tension the studios create when they market the stars of their prestige pictures—Betty Davis, Joan Crawford, Evelyn Venable, and Joan Fontaine, as "authentically-Victorian" even as the women themselves are demonstrating characteristics of an emerging class of modern women. The studio's mixed strategies result in an ideological strain that underscores the mediated nature of the “New Woman” in mid-twentieth century Hollywood and the United States. Images of the “New Woman” could circulate, but only when set in very specific conditions. Hedgcock's insightful analysis shows the studios allowed the “New Woman” to appear as a rich, young woman in an urban setting, but not in small-town, middle-class, conservative America. In this way, Hedgcock suggests, the studios appeal to the aspirations and anxieties of womanhood found in their audiences, but only if they also left space for their stars to fit the less sophisticated notions of womanhood.
Atrapaespacios. Cómo jugar con la arquitectura
Authors: Benito Alonso Almudena de
Published: September 2021

Atrapaespacios es un taller familiar en el que, de una forma lúdica y a través de la experiencia, se pretende introducir en el mundo de la arquitectura a las niñas y niños de cuatro a seis años gracias a distintos juegos y dinámicas que permiten entender planos y comprender los conceptos complejos como la escala y la proporción.
Uso de gamificación en el Grado Superior de Formación Profesional de Imagen para el Diagnóstico
Authors: Pedraza Carballo María Gema
Published: September 2021

Este artículo versa sobre la experiencia del uso de la gamificación como herramienta educativa en el ciclo de formación profesional de Técnico Superior de Imagen para el Diagnóstico: se desarrolló un escape room para fomentar la adquisición de competencias en los alumnos de dicho grado. Se describen los objetivos a conseguir, los personajes y escenarios de la actividad, las pruebas a realizar y las conclusiones obtenidas después de la ejecución del juego. La idea era que los alumnos actuaran como verdaderos técnicos de rayos y se enfrentaran a ciertas pruebas en función del estado de los pacientes y de las salas de trabajo que componían la actividad.
The WLTC vs NEDC: A Case Study on the Impacts of Driving Cycle on Engine Performance and Fuel Consumption
Authors: Lasocki Jakub
Published: September 2021

The World-wide harmonised Light-duty Test Cycle (WLTC) was developed internationally for the determination of pollutant emission and fuel consumption from combustion engines of light-duty vehicles. It replaced the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) used in the European Union (EU) for type-approval testing purposes. This paper presents an extensive comparison of the WLTC and NEDC. The main specifications of both driving cycles are provided, and their advantages and limitations are analysed. The WLTC, compared to the NEDC, is more dynamic, covers a broader spectrum of engine working states and is more realistic in simulating typical real-world driving conditions. The expected impact of the WLTC on vehicle engine performance characteristics is discussed. It is further illustrated by a case study on two light-duty vehicles tested in the WLTC and NEDC. Findings from the investigation demonstrated that the driving cycle has a strong impact on the performance characteristics of the vehicle combustion engine. For the vehicles tested, the average engine speed, engine torque and fuel flow rate measured over the WLTC are higher than those measured over the NEDC. The opposite trend is observed in terms of fuel economy (expressed in l/100 km); the first vehicle achieved a 9% reduction, while the second – a 3% increase when switching from NEDC to WLTC. Several factors potentially contributing to this discrepancy have been pointed out. The implementation of the WLTC in the EU will force vehicle manufacturers to optimise engine control strategy according to the operating range of the new driving cycle.
Güven faktörü aracılık rolünün; lojistik, pazarlama ve üretim arasındaki içsel entegrasyon ile tedarik zinciri performansı arasındaki ilişkide incelenmesi
Authors: Sayan Zafer , Çalıpınar Hatice , Koç Erdinç
Published: September 2021

Tedarik zincirinin etkin yönetilmesi işletmelerin faaliyetlerinin sürdürebilmesi açısından önemli bir rol oynamaktadır. Bu nedenle tedarik zinciri performansının belirlenebilmesi için tedarik zinciri entegrasyonu ve boyutlarından biri olan içsel entegrasyonun birlikte değerlendirilmesi önem kazanmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, işletme içi ortak sorumluluk alanları bulunan lojistik, pazarlama ve üretim arasındaki içsel entegrasyon ile tedarik zinciri performansı arasındaki ilişkide güven faktörü aracılık rolünün incelenmesi ve öneminin belirlenmesidir. Bu amaçla imalat sektöründe Ankara ve İstanbul’da faaliyette bulunan orta ve büyük ölçekli işletmeler üzerinde ampirik bir çalışma yapılmıştır. Oluşturulan teorik model, güvenirlik ve geçerlik testlerine tabi tutulduktan sonra bootstrap yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre; güvenin aracı değişken olarak kullanılması lojistik, pazarlama ve üretim arasındaki içsel entegrasyonun, tedarik zincirinin süre odaklı performansına anlamlı ve olumlu yönde etki ettiği tespit edilmiştir. Yapılan bu çalışma, araştırmacılara tedarik zinciri yönetimi çalışmalarında içsel entegrasyon ve tedarik zinciri performansı ilişkisinin güven aracı değişkeni ile olan bağlantısını göstermesi açısından önemlidir.
Takım oluşturma ve takım devamlılığı arasındaki ilişkide takım performansının aracılık rolü
Authors: Taşgit Yunus Emre , Bayraktar Merve , Kaplan Nisa , Öney Mehmet
Published: September 2021

Bu araştırma, takım oluşturma, takım performansı ve takım devamlılığı arasındaki ilişkileri incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu kapsamda takım performansının aracılık rolünün tespit edilmesi araştırmanın temel problemini oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada ilişkisel tarama modeli tercih edilmiştir. Veriler, anket tekniği ile toplanmıştır. Toplamda 375 katılımcıdan elde edilen veriler üzerinden araştırma modeli test edilmiştir. Verilerin analizinde SPSS 21.0 ve LİSREL 8.72 programları kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonucunda takım oluşumu ve takım devamlılığı ile ilgili tek boyutlu, takım performansı ile ilgili iki boyutlu (sosyalleşme, dayanışma) bir yapıya ulaşılmıştır. Takım yapısı, takım performansı ve takım devamlılığı arasında yüksek düzeyde pozitif yönlü anlamlı ilişkiler tespit edilmiştir. Takım oluşturma ve devamlılık arasındaki ilişkide performans anlamlı düzeyde kısmi aracılık etkisine sahipken dayanışma performansının sosyalleşme performansına nispeten daha önemli bir kısmi aracılık rolüne sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir.
Proaktif insan kaynakları yönetiminin yeni gücü: İK analitiği ve yapay zekâ
Authors: Bal Yasemin , Bal Mert
Published: September 2021

İK Analitiği son yıllarda giderek önem kazanan konular arasında yer almaktadır. Kurumun insan kaynaklarına ilişkin verilerini analiz etmek, sorunlarını tespit etmek ve strateji belirlemek için kullanılan İK Analitiği kurumlara önemli bir rekabet avantajı sağlamaktadır. İK analitiği, işletmelerin elektronik tablo tabanlı veri deposundan uzaklaşmasını sağlayarak, verileri gerçek zamanlı olarak tutmaya ve bunları kurumun mevcut veri akışı ile birlikte analiz etmeye imkân tanımaktadır. Yapay zekâ yöntemlerinin bu alanda kullanılması ile verimlilik ve tasarruf artışı sağlayan İK analitiği alanına her geçen gün daha fazla işletme yatırım yapmaktadır. Geliştirilen İK analitiği modülleri ile işletmeler İK süreçlerini daha etkin şekilde yönetebilmekte, işe alım kararlarını daha sağlıklı verebilmekte, işten ayrılma niyeti olan çalışanları önceden tahmin edebilmekte, geleceğe yönelik işgücü optimizasyonu ve planlamalarını daha etkin biçimde yapabilmektedir. Böylece, İK analitiği sayesinde veri temelli karar vermek ve strateji belirlemek kolaylaşmaktadır. Bu çalışma kapsamında İK analitiği kavramının önemi incelenecek ve İK fonksiyonlarının hangi süreçlerinde İK analitiğinden yararlanıldığı, hangi yapay zekâ yöntemlerinin bu alanda nasıl kullanıldığı ve işletmelere ne gibi yarar sağladığı üzerinde durulacaktır. Gerek İK analitiği gerekse yapay zekâ konularının işletmecilik alanında giderek yükselen bir trend kazanması, bununla beraber yerli literatürde İK Analitiği ve Yapay Zekâ konusunu birlikte ele alan ve işletmelere kattığı değer yönünden inceleyen teorik pek fazla çalışmanın bulunmaması bu çalışmanın önemini oluşturmaktadır. Çalışma özellikle ilgili alanda çalışan akademisyenler ile uygulamacılara yol gösterici olacaktır.
Determinants of households’ income in Mazar –e- Sharif
Authors: Azizi Abdul Kabir
Published: September 2021

Studying household income is one of the most critical issues in poverty theory and income distribution. This research aims to identify and examine determinants of household income in Mazar-e-Sharif. The study is a descriptive-analytical methodology approach, and in terms of practical purpose, this study is applied research conducted a cross-sectionally with a microeconomic approach at the local level. The sample size included 200 households from the six sites of Mazar-e-Sharif in the year 2020, which were sampled through Be selected by chance. The data collection tool is an individual questionnaire conducted and collected by the researcher, which was analyzed by SPSS software using a regression model and developed econometrics model. The research findings show that the proposed regression model can predict 42.2% of the dependent variable. Furthermore, the analysis of regression model shows that the education of the head of household, members with contractual employment, number of employed members in households, income source of retirement, rent, Hawala, farm have the significant positive relationship with the dependent variable only income source of handicraft has the hostile relationship with the dependent variable. However, the rest of the independent variable does not have a significant relationship with the dependent variable.
Ruido en escenarios de práctica extramural de una facultad de odontología en instituciones de salud de área metropolitana, Bucaramanga-Colombia
Authors: Ardila López Judith Valentina , Galvis García Lisbeth Carolina , Gutiérrez Sánchez Diana Paola , Pérez Mogollón Camila Andrea , Almario Barrera Andrea Johanna , Castellanos Domínguez Yeny Zulay
Published: September 2021

Objetivo: Determinar los niveles de ruido generados en los escenarios de práctica clínica extramural a los que están expuestos los estudiantes de una facultad de odontología. Metodología: estudio observacional analítico de corte transversal, que incluyó los escenarios de práctica clínica que se mantuvieron activos al inicio de la pandemia con Covid-19 y cumplían con los protocolos de bioseguridad establecidos por la legislación nacional; las mediciones de ruido fueron realizadas por un experto con un sonómetro digital  calibrado; el nivel de ruido se midió durante la realización de procedimientos odontológicos en el cubículo (ruido interno) y en el pasillo (ruido externo). La información se analizó con el paquete estadístico Stata 14.0. Se presenta un análisis uni y bivariado; éste último comparó las mediciones de ruido generado entre las instituciones y en cada institución entre el ruido externo e interno, se usó la prueba de Mann-Whitney. El estudio se acogió a las recomendaciones para investigaciones según resolución 8430 de 1993. Resultados: los valores de ruido obtenidos en las tres instituciones evaluadas en la presente investigación,  no excedieron los límites de ruido establecidos por los parámetros nacionales e internacionales y se reportaron mayores niveles de ruido interno (74 dB) y externo (71,5 dB) en la institución ubicada en Floridablanca, a pesar de que en ésta  se encontraba en funcionamiento una sola unidad. Conclusiones: Los niveles de ruido reportados no sobrepasaron los parámetros nacionales e internacionales.
Los programas de educación religiosa requieren incluir la perspectiva de género
Authors: Castro Flores Kattia Isabel
Published: September 2021

Desde 1940, la educación religiosa es una materia más del currículo de la educación pública costarricense. Al cumplirse 80 años de ese hecho, es oportuno reflexionar sobre los enfoques que sustentan los programas de esta materia. Este artículo se ocupará de plantear la pertinencia de incluir la perspectiva de género en los programas. La educación religiosa tiene la responsabilidad ética de aportar para la construcción de una sociedad justa y equitativa. Incorporar esta perspectiva permitirá actualizar contenidos que promuevan el reconocimiento pleno de la humanidad de las mujeres y de los derechos que les atañen como tales.
Multivariate statistical analysis of tropane alkaloids in Anisodus tanguticus (Maxim.) Pascher from different regions to trace geographical origins
Authors: Chen Chen , Li Jingjing , Xiong Feng , Wang Bo , Xiao Yuanming , Zhou Guoying
Published: September 2021

Anisodus tanguticus (Maxim.) Pascher is an important Tibetan folk medicine and the source of tropane alkaloids (TAs) grown in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. There are marked differences in quality of A. tanguticus from geographic areas. The aim of present research was to establish a method for the quantitative analysis of TAs coupled with chemometrics analysis to trace geographical origins. Qualitative analysis of TAs in A. tanguticus was carried out using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry and quantitative analysis of TAs in different plant organs from different geographical origin was achieved. Contents of TAs were subjected to the principal component analysis, and orthogonal partial least-squares discriminant analysis. The contents of the three marker compounds (anisodamine, anisodine and atropine) in the roots and acrial parts of A. tanguticus were positive correlated and varied significantly from different geographical origins. Principal component analysis, and orthogonal partial least-squares discriminant analysis results showed excellent discrimination between different geographical origin of A. tanguticus. This study could provide comprehensive evaluation and further utilization of A. tanguticus resources.
A novel data classification-based scheme for cloud data security using various cryptographic algorithms
Authors: Ul Haq Mohd Naved , Kumar Narender
Published: September 2021

Digital technologies had an effect on people's lives. The majority of these digital devices rely on cloud storage to meet their memory needs. Hundreds of thousands of images, videos, and audio files are being transferred to cloud storage. Thousands of people around the world access these media every second. Unauthorized access to these media must be avoided. One of the weak points for data breaches is the user-end encryption. This paper suggests a strategy for improving cloud data protection by combining the AES and blowfish encryption and decryption algorithms. AES-256 is used as the first layer, followed by blowfish as the second layer, in the hybrid solution. The output of the first layer is input to the second layer and the final result is analyzed. The proposed method also discusses other combined approaches such as AES with other traditional algorithms but the proposed method gives significant results compared to other approaches.
Feasibility study on the development of fly ash bricks utilizing vermicompost as an alternate material for M sand
Authors: Venkadesh K. S. Ajay , Kumar K. Harish , Hariharan B. , Arumugam A. , Kumar A. Nithish , Priya P. Karthigai , Vanitha S.
Published: September 2021

Raw materials requirement is foremost necessary in construction sector. Due to the increase in construction activities, the raw material utilization is also increased, which may lead to depletion of the resources. The usage of M sand also increases day by day. On the other side, waste disposal is posing a major threat to environment and human health. This paper shows the investigation carried out in manufacturing fly ash bricks made by utilizing vermicompost as an alternative material for M sand, the physical and chemical properties of M sand and vermicompost are studied and they seem to be the same. In this study, an attempt is made to check the feasibility of replacement of vermicompost for M sand in brick making. The brick specimens are casted as per the mix proportions and they are tested for strength and durability at the age of 28 days. It has been identified that the vermicompost replacement at 5% and 10%, the compressive strength of the brick is 7.90 and 7.31% respectively, which is found to be nearer to the strength of the control specimen and the water absorption for all the mixes of the brick casted were below 20% as per IS code. Inclusion of vermicompost in the fly ash bricks will tend to reduce the use of M sand.
Exceptional Renal Metastasis from Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Nasal Cavity and Literature Review
Authors: Feki Jihene , Lajnef Maissa , Mallouli Manel , Ben mahfoudh Kheireddine , Boudawara Tahia , Khanfir Afef
Published: September 2021

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare malignant cancer that arises from secretory glands. Slow growth, perineural invasion, and late recurrences are the main characteristics of ACC. Only few cases of kidney metastases from ACC have been reported in the literature. We report here the case of a 66-year-old female patient who presented with bilateral renal metastases from ACC of the nasal cavity, detected 14 years after treatment of primary tumor and 6 years after metastasectomy of lung metastases. Histological examination confirmed diagnosis and the patient was treated with systemic chemotherapy. Radiological evaluation showed stability of the disease. However, a progression with occurrence of metastases in other sites (lung and bones) has been observed after 7 months. She is still receiving second-line chemotherapy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second case of kidney metastases from ACC of the nasal cavity.
Using neural network for drowsiness detection based on EEG signals and optimization in the selection of its features using genetic algorithm
Authors: Sarabi Sepehr , Asadnejad Milad , Rajabi Saman
Published: September 2021

One of the major causes of traffic accidents is driver’s drowsiness. For this reason, detecting whether the driver's eyes are open or closed is one of the critical factors in reducing road deaths. One way to detect whether your eyes are open or closed is to use EEG signals. EEG signals are obtained from the recording of electrical activity in the human brain. The present study uses a neural network that is applied to the driver's EEG signals to detect whether the eye is open or closed. The data of the EEG signals used in this paper consist of 14 features that are based on a statistical population of 600 people. Various neural network algorithms have been implemented for clustering these data into two classes of open or closed eyes, which are described in this paper. Perceptron neural network and radial base neural network (RBF) are two types of networks used in this paper. Also, in order to improve the execution speed and reduce the occupied space of the microcontroller, the genetic algorithm method has been used to optimize the fitting function of Fisher’s discriminant rate, in which the optimized function provides better results in the less occupied time and space.
Polyester fabric modification through fabrication of nano-copper compounds
Authors: Mahdi Jolaei Mohammad , Montazer Majid , Rashidi Abo-Saeed , Bameni Moghadam Mohammad
Published: September 2021

This research introduces a new method of polyester fabric surface modification in order to achieve distinctive features. The copper sulfate, sodium hydroxide and cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) were used to synthesize copper nanoparticles, and loaded on the polyester fabric surface. The optimal sample was considered by SEM-EDX, FT-IR and XRD devices. SEM images showed copper nanoparticles in shape of nano-plates with 150 to 600 nm in length and thickness of about 30 nm. The best results obtained on the modified fabric processed at boil for 120 min. According to the results of experiments CuO and Cu0 were synthesized on the fabric.
The comparison of serum biomarker sin patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoidarth ritis
Authors: S G Almandlawi , A S Ahmed
Published: September 2021

Introduction: This study aims to assess the status of serum vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, type II collagen, calcium, phosphate, albumin, and alkaline phosphatase in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis patients and to study their association with rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. Materials and Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the clinical analysis department, College of Pharmacy, Hawler Medical University in 2017. They study samples were collected at Rizgary Teaching Hospitalduring the period September 2015 to January 2016. A total of (N=156) participants were included: (N=53) patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), (N=53) with osteoarthritis (OA), and (N=50) healthy controls. Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay kits determined serum vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, and type II collagen; and serum albumin, calcium, phosphate and alkaline phosphatase, were determined by standard colorimetric methods. Results: and Discussion: Statistically significant higher levels of parathyroid hormone and type II collagen, with lower levels of Vitamin D, were found in the osteoarthritis group than the rheumatoid arthritis group and the healthy controls (P=0.007, P<0.001, P= 0.005) respectively. Multiple linear regression showed a statistically significant difference in serum type II collagen as a dependent variable, inpatients suffering from RA or OA compared to the healthy control group; after adjusting for the effect of other independent study variables, there was a mean increase of (45.90 nmol/L, P<0.001) in RA patients, and OA patients showed greater levels of type II collagen (73.950 nmol/L) than the health control group (P<0.001).Conclusions: Elevated type II collagen levels, in conjunction with a low vitamin D status, may be strong discriminator between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis patients.
The influence of Rhus coriaria seeds Extracts on the Genetic Resistance of Aspergillus amstelodami
Authors: F M Al-Hyaly , J M Al-Rawi
Published: September 2021

Introduction: This study aims to investigate the safe use of Rhus coriaria seed extracts (water and ethanol) genetically on fungi Aspergillus amstelodami because the extensive use of plant in many pharmaceutical and food fields. Materials and methods: In this study A1 (Wa1) strain of the fungus A.spergillus amstelodami was used in all genetic testing, Rhus coriaria seeds were obtained from the local markets and two types of extracts were prepared (water and ethanol extracts of Rhus coriaria seeds), two types of resistance mutants were isolated both spontaneous and induced by using mutation agent (nitrous acid). Results and Discussion: In this study 18 spontaneous resistance mutation were isolated in frequency 4.26×10-5 and 96 induced mutations were induced by nitrous acid in Frequency39.76×10-5at (MIC) 16 mg / ml of the ethanol extract, and 22 spontaneous mutations were isolate in frequency 4.59×10-5 and 91 nitrous acid induced mutation with an average recurrence 37.36×10-5at (MIC) 25 mg / ml of water extract. Conclusion: We conclude that presence of resistant ability in A. amstelodami toward Rhus coriaria water and ethanol seeds extracts. Therefore, we suggest further thorough studies to detect the activity to plant extract in order to be use in agricultural pest control.
Synthesis and antioxidant evaluation for monocarbonyl curcuminoids and their derivatives
Authors: K N Agel , E Abood , T Alsalim
Published: September 2021

Introduction: Curcumin is a yellow pigment extracted from the Curcuma longa L, which have a several biological activities and pharmacological properties. Curcuminoids have a wide range as antioxidant not only in a food system, but also for biological systems. Materials and Methods: Acetone, 4-thiomethoxy benzaldehy, pepronal, thiosemicarbazide, 4-phenylthiosemicarbazide and chloroethylacetate. The two Analogous of monocarbonyl curcuminoids (MCCs) have been synthesized by claisen –Schmidt condensation from the reaction between one mole of acetone with two moles of appropriate aromatic aldehydes (4-thiomethoxy benzaldehyde and pepronal) then synthesized their hetero derivatives. The pyrazols derived from the reaction MCCs with hydrazine or one of their derivative (thiosemicarbazide, 4-phenylhydrazine).Results and Discussion:All synthesized compounds were characterized by various spectroscopic techniques such as FTIR, 1HNMR, 13CNMR, Mass spectroscopies and CHN analysis. The antioxidant activity of synthesized MCCs, 1, 2, 1a, 2a, 3, were determined by the ability to scavenge the stable 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) free radical according to Blois method. The DPPH inhibition activity was measured by spectrophometric method. The polyhydroxy curcuminoid has showed a high activity for scavenging of DPPH radicals, the reason is the hydroxyl phenolic group OH give the compound high activity of scavenging the radical by donating hydrogen atom to the DPPH radicals and inhibition the radical activity by hydrogen atom transfer (HAT). Therefore the scavenge of radical activitywill be in the order: 3>2a>1a>2>1 andthe half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) between (17.35-135.2) μmol/L.Conclusions: The proposed struc ture of the synthesized compounds were confirmed by used a spectroscopic technique such as, FTIR, Mass spectra (EI),1H and 13C NMR, The antioxidant activity of curcuminoids were studied by using DPPH as a source of radicals. The higher activity of compounds can be attributed to present the phenolic OH group.
Preparation, characterization, and evaluation of polymeric resin (BHMET) from the reaction of malic anhydride with recycled PET as a corrosion inhibitor for Csteel in HCl
Authors: A Yasir , A Khalaf , M Khalaf
Published: September 2021

Introduction: The plastic soft drink bottle from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) was introduced to consumers in 1970s. Because PET have ester group its chemical recycling is preferred. To control and reducethe environmental pollution recycling and reusing of PET has turned into an imperative procedure from the ecological perspective and it has given business opportunity because of far reaching use and accessibilityof PET polymer. Also another source of pollution to the environment was the corrosion of materials. Corrosion is the deterioration and loss of a material and its critical properties due to chemical, electrochemical and other reactions of the exposed material surface with the surrounding environment. Understanding corrosion mechanisms allow to use corrosion-resistant materials and altering designs. Organic inhibitors are very efficient to protect the metals from corrosion in all chemicals (acidic, basic and salt) media. There were many types of corrosion inhibitors and the organic inhibitor are being applied widely to protect metals from corrosion in many aggressive media. The aim of this study is to utilize waste PET-bottles will be depolarized by 2,2-dithioethanol to produce (Bis(2-((2-hydroxyethyl) thio) ethyl) terephthalate (BHTE), then by reacting of (BHTE) with maleic anhydride to produce Bis (2-((6-Mono malic acid –hydroxyethyl ester) sulfanyl) ethyl terephthalate(BHMET). The prepared (BHMET) will be used as corrosion inhibitor andits efficiency to protect the carbon steel in acidic will be assessed. Materials and Methods: Depolymerization of PET waste done with 2,2-dithioethanol. The weight proportion of PET to 2,2-dithioethanol 1:8 (wt%) and zinc acetate (0.5 wt% based on PET) was added as catalyst. Temperature of the reaction mixture was between 160-180 oC for 12 h, then the reaction mixture was kept at 140 oC for 3 h, then allowed to cool to room temperature. With vigorous agitation distilled water in excess to the reaction mixture to allow the black liquid viscous compound oligomer of Bis(2-((2-hydroxyethyl) thio) ethyl terephthalate (BHET) to precipitate. In a three neck round bottom (250 ml) attached with mechanical stirrer and thermometer (5.7gm) of (BHET) compound was added and heated for (15 min.) at (60 OC). Then (2.5gm) of malic anhydride and (1%) sulfuric acid was added. By the mechanical stirrer the mixture was mixed for (50 min.) at temperature (80OC). After the reaction the mixture was washed with distilled water to avoid the acid residue. Scheme (1) shows the mechanism for the prepared (BHMET) corrosion inhibitor.
Annealing Effect on Structural, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of the Binary Al 85 Ni15 Alloy Composition
Authors: Ibrahim Saleh Sarwar , Gögebakan Musa , Omar M. S. , Yaykasli Hakan , Kursun Celal , Anwer Gozeh Bestoon
Published: September 2021

Introduction: The Al 85-Ni15 alloy with 99.99% purity of Al and Ni were prepared by an arc melting technique system. The annealing effect onthe microstructure properties, phase transformation and micro-hardness for the Al-Ni alloy system were investigated. Material and Methods:The alloys were characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) as well as Vickers micro-hardness measurement. Results and Discussion: The quantitative results confirm that the chemical composition of the alloys is very close to compositions and the microstructures are in typical lamellar morphology. Mechanical properties for the as-prepared samples and subsequently heat-treated samples were measured by a Vickers indenter. Values of the micro-hardness (HV) Conclusions: According the XRD pattern analysis a multi phases produced, such as Al, AlNi3in room temperature, Al3Ni2, Al0.42Ni0.58 at 200ºC, Al1.1Ni0.9 at 300ºC and Al 0.802Ni0.198, AlNi3 and AlNi at 400ºC, and Al0.802Ni0.198, AlNi3 and AlNi for 500ºC. Similar approached were obtained from the results of SEM and DTA measurements. Annealing treatments are visibly affecting the alloy phase formation with different phases at different temperature. and the elastic modulus (E) of the as prepared sample are 132.9±0.1 kgfmm-2 (1.329±0.1 GPa) and 80.340±0.1 GPa, respectively. Furthermore, the characteristic of the materials plasticity (δH) value was calculated to be 0.85. The micro-hardness values are decrease with the increase of annealing temperatures.
Examining the horizontal displacement of diaphragm wall embraced by strut affected by piled foundations adjacent to urban deep excavations
Authors: Darvishpour Alireza , Amiri Amirmohammad , Ranjbar Asadollah
Published: September 2021

Utilizing the piled foundation is extremely important and applicable in the civil and geotechnical engineering due to the improvementin the bearing capacity. Employing urban deep excavations, on the other hand, is inevitable and examining the effect of the pile groupis significantly vital due to the nearness of adjacent structures. In this research, the effect of the pile group foundation on the diaphragm wall embraced with struts in urban deep excavations is examined using two-dimensional numerical modeling. The resultsobtained from modeling show that the horizontal distance between the foundation and the excavation edge and also the pile lengthcan significantly affect the horizontal displacement of the wall and the moment diagram imposed on the wall, so that the effect ofthe foundation on the wall is considerably reduced for the distance greater than a certain value.
A comparative study of Timurid mosques with Evolved Gothic Churches
Authors: Sarbakhshian Behnam , Zhianpour Mehri
Published: September 2021

Considering the wealth of glorious religious buildings in the Timurid period in Iran, which wascontemporaneous with the Evolved Gothic period in Europe, a comparative study has been undertakento explore the architectural effects of these two periods on each other along with their similarities anddifferences. This is an applied historical research that adopts a library research method for data collection.By studying the political, economic, and cultural conditions of these periods and by reviewing fiveimportant buildings belonging to each period, the similarities and disparities of these two architecturalstyles are investigated to shed further light on the interaction of the Timurid and Evolved Gothicarchitecture. Despite the geographic distance, and religious and culture different between the Timuridperiod in Iran and the Evolved Gothic in Europe, which overshadows the interaction of these twoperiods, one can still witness that the religious architecture of the Evolved Gothic period has beeninspired by Timurid architecture in some respects, including building materials, interior decoration ofbuildings and architectural style.
Numerical analysis of varies geometries on dynamic analysis on the gravity platform
Authors: Rezaei Tina , Mohammadi Atefeh Mosahebi , Mina Elham , Reza Kavianpour Mohammad
Published: September 2021

On Gravity platform Dynamic Response is a support structure held in place by gravity. Given that the gravity platforms are supportedby the sea bed but not attached to the ground, the motion of them is known as a rocking fluctuation. During the fluctuations, theplatform maybe overturned if the angle is large. In this study, using Ansys Aqwa hydrodynamic software and analytical methods withregard to the performance, the dynamic interaction of platform’s geometry on hydrodynamic forces have been simulated. Theobjective of this study was to analyze the hydrodynamic parameters of the sea and rocking fluctuations of gravity platforms under theimpact of regular wave’s moment considering the soil mechanics and hydrodynamic features of the structure. In order to achievethe objective the hydrodynamic forces using numerical simulations and analytical methods for one column and three hollow columnsplatforms were analyzed. Finally, responses of the platform to irregular waves were studied using numerical simulation. The resultsshowed that with the increasing of the depth, the impact of wave’s force and moment on the base of platform are reduced throughexponential relationship. The reductions are due to the effective depth that is equal to half the wave length. The results suggestthat the response of the rocking motion of gravity platform shows significant changes in relation to height and wavelength. Based onthe curves fitted to the data of the fluctuation angle, sustainability of the platform in the rocking motion can be thoroughly andcompletely investigated.
The Factors Affecting the Location of Medical Centers in Tehran City Case Study: District 1 of Tehran Municipality
Authors: Najafi Morteza , Edalat khah Danial , Asadi Yeganeh Mohammad Reza
Published: September 2021

The historical growth of cities due to the rapid increase of population led to the increased land price in cities and caused problems to theappropriate distribution system as well as the allocation of suitable spaces to some fundamental services like medical centers. Supplyinghealth for all people in every society is one of the basic human rights which should be regarded by governments. The imbalancein fundamental services such as medical care and its imbalanced distribution system cause major challenges expressing themselvesin different economic and skeletal dimensions. In this study which aimed at determining the factors affecting the location of medicalcenters, first the main variables and indicators affecting the location of such centers were extracted and then ranked using the hierarchicalquestionnaire by some relevant experts. After ranking the obtained indicators using the hierarchical method to examine the medicalcenters at district 1 of Tehran and investigating the balance and proportion of medical centers, the location of medical centersin district 1 were examined using the geographical information system by hierarchical model. The obtained results indicated thatthe northeast and east areas of district 1 in Tehran had faced major challenges in terms of the access to medical centers and a specifiedarea in the geographical information system indicated this challenge in the north and northeast areas. The selected point by geographicalinformation system were the areas in this district.
FAKE NEWS E INCREMENTO DESINFORMATIVO DURANTE EL ESTADO DE EXCEPCIÓN 2020: CASO EL MERCIOCO, ECUADOR
Authors: Apolo Ramírez Andrea Estefanía , Tusa Jumbo Fernanda Esperanza , Román Aguilar María Magdalena
Published: September 2021

La presente investigación analiza cómo el ecosistema mediático favorece la creación y proliferación de fake news, tomando como estudio de caso la fanpage El Mercioco durante el estado de excepción de 2020 en Ecuador. La metodología aplicada responde al enfoque cualitativo a través de entrevistas a expertos en el tema y de análisis de contenido, donde se tomó en cuenta el número de seguidores de la fanpage, la cantidad de publicaciones en el período comprendido entre marzo y junio de 2020, el tipo de fake news difundidas en la plataforma y las reacciones de la audiencia, simbolizadas por la cantidad de likes, número de veces que los post fueron compartidos y los comentarios del público. Como resultado se determinó que los temas más propensos a ser foco de noticias falsas son los de carácter político y de salud, ya que justamente durante el período de análisis de la página estudiada, ocurrió la crisis sanitaria por la COVID-19 y se originaron casos de corrupción, relacionados con insumos médicos, en hospitales públicos del país.
Embedded Librarians to Support Data Management Needs of a Multidisciplinary Research Program
Authors: Zhang Qianjin , Westra Brian
Published: September 2021

This presentation describes the establishment of a partnership between the Libraries and a multidisciplinary research program, and some of the products and outcomes from immersive and embedded roles within that program. Several factors contributed to the development of this partnership: outreach efforts by the Engineering Library and the Data Services Librarian to faculty, staff, students, and research administrators; a research program director who has a history of engagement with the Libraries; and the funder’s data management and sharing mandates in the funding opportunity announcement for the research program.