bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
OPTIMAL PLACEMENT OF PHASOR MEASUREMENT UNITS FOR POWER SYSTEM OBSERVABILITY WITHOUT CONSIDERING ZERO INJECTION BUSES
Authors: SAINI RAJPAL , mam MANJU
Published: December 2020

This paper present a method to find minimum number of phasor measurement units (PMUs) for complete observability of power system network for normal operating conditions .A linear algorithm is used to determine the minimum number of PMUs needed to make the system observable without considering zero injection buses. For state estimation and fault diagnosis in power system synchronized snapshot of whole system must be necessary. The proposed method is used to benchmark the optimal PMUs placement solution for the IEEE 14-bus, IEEE 18-bus, IEEE 24-bus, IEEE 30-bus and IEEE
57-bus test systems.
HAKI-NFC BASED ANDROID APPLICATION
Authors: KHATWANI JAIKISHAN , SINGH ABHISHEK , RANGDALE HRISHIKESH , JUWARE KAMLESH , ALONE ISHAN
Published: December 2020

News forms of interaction should be considered if we want to model intelligent environments. NFC stands for Near Field Communication. NFC is a relatively new wireless technology and is gaining popularity. Its short range is the reason for its success. Operating over only short distance gives a large degree of security. The concept of NFC near field communication is that the technology is able to provide a very easy method of providing connectivity between devices that are a few centimeters apart, and without the need for all the security and set-up procedures that are needed for many other communication technologies. Thus applications using NFC will be really intuitive to use. Mobile devices have started integrating NFC capabilities into them. Nokia 6131 was the first handset to be introduced which included NFC capability. Now with increasing popularity of NFC, Android included its support for NFC with its 2.3.3 version. The major focus of this paper is developing android application(HAKI) based on NFC such as Smart posters, Attendance monitoring and helping visually impaired which targets wide range of audiences.
RECONFIGURABLE SELF-ADDRESSABLE MEMORY-BASED FSM A SCALABLE INTRUSION DETECTION ENGINE
Authors: SRILATHA B. , KISHORE KRISHNA
Published: December 2020

One way to detect and thwart a network attack is to compare each incoming packet with predefined patterns, also Called an attack pattern database, and raise an alert upon detecting a match. This article presents a novel pattern-matching Engine that exploits a memory-based, programmable state machine to achieve deterministic processing rates that are Independent of packet and pattern characteristics. Our engine is a self addressable memory based finite state machine (samFsm), whose current state coding exhibits all its possible next states. Moreover, it is fully reconfigurable in that new attack Patterns can be updated easily. A methodology was developed to program the memory and logic. Specifically, we merge “non-equivalent” states by introducing “super characters” on their inputs to further enhance memory efficiency without Adding labels. This is the most high speed self addressable memory based fsm.sam-fsm is one of the most storage-Efficient machines and reduces the memory requirement by 60 times. Experimental results are presented to demonstrate the Validity of sam-fsm.
Bankaların Halkla İlişkiler Faaliyetlerinde Sponsorluk Çalışmalarına Verdiği Önem
Authors: DURUCAN Hasan , DOĞRU Eda
Published: December 2020

Evrensel olarak gelinen noktada, hayatımızı idame ettirdiğimiz bu zaman diliminde KOBİ’lerin, şirketlerin, kurum ya da kuruluşların kurulması, kurulduktan sonra varlıklarını sürdürmesi ve hatta büyümeleri, topluma mal olmaları için verdikleri hizmet veya ortaya koydukları ürün kadar imaj da çok önemli göstergeler arasında yer almaktadır. Bu imajı belirli periyotlarda yakalayamayan işletmeler kısa vadede olmasa bile küçülmeye hatta yerine göre varlıklarını koruyamayıp kapanmaya bile mahkûmdur. Lakin yakalanmak istenilen imaj, hem kolay hem de kısa vadede oluşabilecek bir olgu da değildir. İşletmeleri başarılı yönetmek, toplum nazarında halkın sevgisini kazanmak, belirli şan ve şöhrete ulaşmak, bunu sürdürmek uzun vadede profesyonel işlerle ve belirli bir ekip çalışmasıyla yapılır. Belirli zaman dilimlerinde, birden fazla başarılı projelerle ve yılları kapsayacak zaman dilimi içerisinde çalışmaların altına imza atmak, toplum içerisinde olumlu bir imaj oluşturabilir. Bunlar göz önünde bulundurulduğunda, tüm kurum, kuruluş, KOBİ veya büyük işletmeler belirli bir amaca yönelik icra edilen sponsorluk çalışması içerisinde hedefleri ve bütçesi doğrultusunda yer almak istemektedir. Ülkemizde de sponsorluk faaliyetlerine özellikle bankalar önem vermektedir. Müşterisine, hedef kitlesine bundan da öte topluma, insanlığa karşı bazı sorumlukları üstlenme çalışmasıyla yol izleyip pozitif kurumsal imaj yakalamak adına çaba sarf ederler. Bu bağlamda çalışmada Halkla ilişkiler ve iletişime değinilmiş, sponsorluk başlığı tanımlanarak amaçlarına kısaca göz atılmıştır. Bankaların kurum imajı oluşturmadaki yeri detaylandırılmış ve “Bankalar neden sponsor olur?” sorusuna cevap aranmış olup Türkiye Bankalar Birliği’nin şube sayısına göre kamu finans kurumu olan Ziraat Bankası, özel sektörde hizmet veren Türkiye İş Bankası ve katılım bankacılığı türünden Türkiye Finans Bankası’nın kurumsal WEB sayfalarında yayımladığı sponsorluk çalışmaları incelenmiştir.
Approach to the concept of religious freedom. Case study: Colombia (South America)
Authors:   Universidad Antonio Nariño, Colombia, RENDON Alba L. , GUIO Rosa E. ,   Universidad Antonio Nariño, Colombia, RODRIGUEZ Juan P. ,   Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia, SANCHEZ Juan M. ,   Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
Published: December 2020

This document considers the aspects of the analysis of limits in the exercise of the right to religious freedom, worship and conscience, it is an issue of special relevance considering that it is not an "unrestricted and erga omnes" right because there are limits based on respect for the rights of others. It is necessary to promote a culture of respect and tolerance for fundamental freedoms of religion, worship and conscience, promote interreligious dialogue through the design, socialization and implementation of the Fundamental Public Policy on Religious Freedom in Bogota, which constitutes the full exercise of the guarantees established by the International Standards as well as the Colombian Political Constitution, to ensure the recognition and benefits of the practice of the fundamental right to religious freedom, worship and conscience in the various families existing today in society, for which it is also necessary to make the right visible, prevent, denounce and punish those who violate it.
Lectura del avance del ODS 6 en América Latina y el Caribe
Authors:   Universidad de La Salle, Colombia, URAZAN Carlos F. , CAICEDO Maria A. , AYALA Luis E. ,   Universidad de La Salle, Colombia, LONDOÑO Juan P. ,   Universidad de La Salle, Colombia
Published: December 2020

Este estudio analiza la correlación entre la condición económica de un país y su proyección para cumplir en 2030 las metas del ODS 6 (agua y saneamiento). La proyección se realizó con registros entre los años 2000 y 2017. Se concluye que un país con buen nivel económico tiende a avanzar en la extensión de sus redes de servicios básicos, y esa relación es de mayor tendencia a la cobertura del servicio de saneamiento, que al de abastecimiento de agua.
Study of biogas generation from guinea pig excretions in discontinuous and Taiwanese biodigesters at elevations above 2,500 masl
Authors:   Universidad Central de Ecuador, ARROYO Flavio R. , MONTA Luis G. ,   Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, REMACHE Abel P. ,   Universidad Central de Ecuador, TIPAN Juan G. ,   Universidad Internacional del Ecuador
Published: December 2020

The study was carried out to find out if it is feasible to use guinea pig excretions for the generation of biogas as an alternative energy source at altitudes above 2,500 meters above sea level. Two types of biodigesters were investigated, one discontinuous and the other Taiwanese. The biogas was subjected to a gas chromatography analysis, which showed the concentration in weight and moles of CO2, methane, nitrogen and water, relative density, molecular weight and caloric value. The gas from the discontinuous biodigester was the one with the best results, since its composition had 50.10 % mol of methane.
Sistema de costos basado en actividades – el caso del Hotel Panorama del municipio de Sincelejo, Colombia
Authors:   Universidad de Sucre, Colombia, ARROYO Freddy , SANTAMARIA Alvaro E. ,   Universidad de Sucre, Colombia, MENDOZA Arminda ,   Universidad de Sucre, Colombia
Published: December 2020

El objetivo consistió en proponer un diseño del método de costeo ABC para el Hotel Panorama de Sincelejo, Colombia. La investigación fue no experimental transeccional descriptiva. El método de costeo ABC implementado para el análisis, permitió calcular eficientemente las tarifas de servicios, inventarios, mejorar el control, reducir los costos y, reorientar los presupuestos en períodos más adecuados de tiempo; en síntesis, el metodo ABC en comparación con el método de costeo tradicional, permitió maximiar las utilidades del período analizado.
Geleneksel Öğrenme Modelinin Biyokimya Dersindeki Akademik Başarı ve
Kalıcılığın Üzerine Etkisi
Authors: Sepici Dinçel Aylin
Published: December 2020

Abstract
Objectives: In this study, the effect of the traditional teaching model in biochemistry on academic success and permanence was examined.
Materials and Methods: The current analytical work was carried out at the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Cyprus Health and Social Sciences. In this analytical study, the permanence of what the students learned in the biochemistry course was evaluated and the same exam questions were asked three years later. Descriptive statistical analyzes were done.
Results: A significant difference was found between the average of the knowledge score obtained during the course and the score obtained three years later (p=0.010). It has been observed that the traditional learning model is not effective on permanence.
Conclusion: We thought that a student-centered education model should be applied rather than the traditional learning model in order to increase academic success and permanence.
Keywords: Biochemistry education, Learning success and permanenc
Transfer Pricing: Purpose of Determination and Factors Affecting Transfer Pricing Determination
Authors: Khris Barnes , Whiteside Messina
Published: December 2020

The study discusses several things, including the factors that influence the determination of transfer pricing and the methods used in determining transfer pricing. Factors that influence transfer pricing include tax considerations, dance calculations, competitive factors, environmental risk, calculation of performance appraisals and accounting contributions. The method used in determining transfer pricing. Methods in determining transfer pricing include traditional methods, traditional methods consist of several ways including the comparable uncontrolled price method, cost-plus method, and resale price method. Transactional profit method: split profit and transactional net margin method.
Character Schools in Supporting Character Education in Students
Authors: Minas Avetisyan , Charles Aleksanyan
Published: December 2020

Character education is stated as value education, character education, moral education, character education which aims to develop the ability of all school members to make good and bad decisions, exemplify, maintain what is good & realize that good in everyday life wholeheartedly.Character education is placed as the foundation for realizing the vision of national development, namely realizing a society with noble, moral, ethical, cultured, and civilized characters based on the philosophy. This is at the same time an effort to support the realization of the ideals as mandated in the Pancasila and the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution. In addition, the various problems faced by our nation today have increasingly encouraged the enthusiasm and efforts of the government to prioritize character education as the basis for educational development.
Utilization and Management of Eucheuma cottonii Seaweed and Cassava
Authors: Walaluya Makosembu , Lilabite Vyneyia
Published: December 2020

This paper discussed all about seaweed utilization and management. The method that used in the form of experiments conducted by making various kinds of seaweed formulas, casava flour with a mixture of wheat flour. After that, an examination was carried out to determine the durability of the seaweed noodles by comparing the seaweed noodles placed in the refrigerator and in an open room. Seaweed (Eucheuma cottonii) and cassava flour have a lot of protein content so that they can be made into something of high value, namely seaweed noodles, because the ingredients are easy to obtain and good for consumption by the body's growth. Apart from being easy to get, seaweed (Eucheuma cottonii) and cassava are also environmentally friendly because they come from natural ingredients and do not endanger health.
Development of a prototype dry decontamination method for particulate contamination: The DryCon system
Authors: Alexander, PhD, PE, CIH Barbara M. , Feng, MS H. Amy , Merk, BS Gabriel
Published: December 2020

Objective: This article describes the development of a prototype dry decontamination system (DryCon) for use in the event of a contamination incident involving a particulate contaminant. Disrobing and showering is currently recommended almost exclusively in mass decontamination, although it may not be feasible when water is scarce, in cold weather environments, or when there may be compliance issues with the requirement to disrobe, ie, unwillingness to disrobe. During disrobing, dust particles could also re-aerosolize, leading to inhalation of contaminants.Design: The DryCon prototype uses air jets for dry decontamination. The system is portable and can run on building-supplied 220-V power or generator power. Multiple contaminated persons can be treated rapidly, one after the other, using this system.Setting: We tested DryCon in a controlled environment, using a manikin and three different types of fabric squares to investigate its effectiveness, with a decontamination time of 60 seconds.Main outcome: At the higher airflow tested, ie, 90 percent of full blower speed or approximately 540 cfm (15 m3/minute), mean decontamination efficiencies of 56.8 percent, 70.3 percent, and 80.7 percent were measured for firefighter (FF) turnout fabric, cotton denim, and polyester double knit fabric, respectively.Results: Removal of this easily re-aerosolized fraction of the contaminants helps protect contaminated people, as well as healthcare providers they come in contact with, from the potential risk of further inhalation exposures from the re-aerosolization caused by doffing clothing.Conclusion: The results demonstrate the promise of the DryCon system for use where water is not available, as a first step prior to wet decontamination, or in an industrial setting for post-work-shift decontamination. Further lab and field research will be necessary to prove the effectiveness of this technique in real-world applications and to determine if respiratory protection or other personal protective equipment (PPE) is needed during use of the DryCon system.
How will disaster victims react to first responder commands—A survey of simulated disaster victims
Authors: Monnier-Serov, MD, MPH Sophie , Gupta, MD Abhinav , Mangolds, PhD, FNP-C, ENP-C Virginia , Broach, MD, MPH, MBA, FACEP John P. , O’Connor, MD Laurel , Milsten MD, MS FACEP Andrew
Published: December 2020

Objective: To determine whether victim behavior and interaction with triage personnel would conform to expected actions as dictated by the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) triage methodology, which emphasizes that victims will accept their assigned triage category.Methods: In total, 105 volunteers were recruited to complete a 32-question survey after portraying victims in a triage-focused mass casualty incident (MCI) simulation. Questions included sociodemographic characteristics, willingness to follow commands of first responders, and willingness to help first responders. The authors examined whether the outcomes differed by demographics, healthcare experience, or disaster exposure of participants.Results: The survey response rate was 90 percent (95/105). The mean age of participants was 31 years (58 percent women). Half of respondents indicated that they would ask responders to change their triage color if they disagreed with it and 75 percent would ask first responders to change their friend or family members’ triage colors. Twenty-one percent of victims reported that they would alter their own triage tag to receive treatment faster and 38 percent would alter a friend or family member’s triage color. The youngest (20 years) and oldest (40 years) respondents were most likely to act maladaptively.Conclusion: Triage algorithms rely upon victims following the instructions of rescuers. This study suggests that maladaptive behavior by some victims should be anticipated.
Fire at the Oakland Ghost Ship Warehouse: A disaster life cycle-based analysis
Authors: Tolle, MPH Frederick , Chen Allison P. , Hsu, MD, MPH Edbert B.
Published: December 2020

Objective: Structural fires remain a prominent threat to public health and safety even in several regions of the developed world, where rising housing costs force many to reside in unsafe environments. This case report of the Ghost Ship Warehouse fire in Oakland, California, highlights deficiencies in the emergency management system in the context of similar nightclub incidents to inform recommendations that might prevent such events from occurring in the future.Design: The characteristics of the Ghost Ship warehouse and circumstances surrounding the fire, as described in government documents and news media sources, were examined using the disaster life cycle framework. The Ghost Ship fire was also compared with two prior fire disasters at the Happy Land nightclub in New York City and Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island.Results: The following risk factors were identified as common features of deadly nightclub fires: large crowd size, limited access to exits, multiple code violations, lack of required permits, inadequate fire suppression systems, and poor building maintenance. Conclusions: To prevent the recurrence of such disasters, Oakland and other cities should adopt measures to improve interdepartmental communication; streamline reporting of fire and safety hazards, and allocate sufficient resources and staff capable of identifying hazardous buildings, performing inspections, and enforcing building and fire codes. Equally importantly, the urban affordable housing crisis needs to be adequately addressed to mitigate vulnerable populations living in unsafe dwellings that place them at risk of deadly fires.
Volume 15, Number 4
Authors: Disaster Medicine American Journal Of
Published: December 2020

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Frequency of Various Dermatoses Requiring Histopathological Evaluation For Definite Diagnosis; A Retrospective Analysis
Authors: Tariq Hira , Mukhtar Rabia , Fahad Abeer , Rashid Tariq , Anwar Ambereen , Ashraf Ameena
Published: December 2020

Objective: To assess the frequency of various dermatological disorders those require histopathological analysis for definite diagnosis. Methods: We included 669 patients of either gender and all ages in this retrospective study, carried out in the Department of Dermatology, Jinnah Hospital, Lahore for a duration of 2 years. Their clinical data and histopathological reports were analyzed. The dermatoses were categorized into (a) papulosquamous disorders, (b) bullous disorders, (c) eczemas, (d) neoplasia, (e) granulomatous disorders, (f) connective tissue diseases, (g) drug reactions, (h) vasculitides, (i) chronic ulcers and (j) miscellaneous disorders. Results: The frequency of various dermatoses noted were as follows: papulosquamous disorders 28.25%, bullous disorders 11.5%, granulomatous disorders 11.5%, connective tissue diseases 10.61%, miscellaneous disorders 10%, eczemas 9.4%, chronic ulcers 7.17 neoplasia 6.8%, vasculitides 2.84% and drug reactions were 1.79% of total biopsies. Conclusion: The frequency of different diagnostic groups was unique in some respects and confirmed to other studies in others. The significantly high frequency of papulosquamous disorders highlighted the importance of these disorders. Key words: Skin biopsy, papulosquamous disorders, bullous disorders, eczemas, neoplasia, granulomatous disorders, connective tissue diseases, drug reactions, vasculitides, chronic ulcers.
Frequency of Electrolyte Imbalance in Children of Pediatricacute Diarrhea
Authors: Zain Ul Abadin Muhammad , Iftikar Maria , Arshad Navaira , Mahmood Zeeshan , Tahira Beenish , Shafiq Muhammad , Khawar Butt Tayaba
Published: December 2020

Objective: To find out the electrolyte abnomalities among children affected by pediatric acute diarrhea. Methods: Two hundred and eighty children fulfilling the inclusion/exclusion criteria admitted in Department of Pediatrics, Services Hospital, Lahore was taken. Informed consent of the parents of children was obtained to include their data in the study. Demographic profile age, gender, was recorded. Every children with acute diarrhea was followed through 5cc venous blood test sent to the hospital laboratory with the help of pramedical staff of the hospital for evaluation of electrolyte imbalance. Results: In our study, out of 280 cases of Pediatric acute diarrhea, 50 %( n=140) had up to 1 year of age. 64%(n=174) were male while 38 %( n=106) were females. Hyponatremia was the most common electrolyte abnormality effecting 22.5% males and 6.5% females followed by hypokalemia.Electrolyte imbalance was more common in children of age group 2-5years. Conclusion: Electrolyte and acid base abnormalities are common in children with acute watery diarrhea affecting children of 3-12 months of age. Hyponatremia and hypokalemia are the most common abnormalities. Both abnormalities increase with an increase in duration of diarrhea, occur more frequently in patients who are severely dehydrated. Keywords: Electrolyte imbalance, paediatric acute diarrhea, hyponatremia
Meningkatkan Pemahaman Nilai – Nilai Pancasila dengan Pembelajaran Kooperatif Metode STAD pada Siswa SMA Negeri 6 Kaur Bengkulu
Authors: Tarmizi Tarmizi
Published: December 2020

Pancasila values ​​among students are increasingly degraded by globalization. It need an effective learning model to overcome it’s problem. Through this article the author gives test Student Teams-Achievement Division (STAD) Method Cooperative Learning to improve students' understanding of Pancasila values. The researcher used a two-cycle class action research approach to solve the problem of poor understanding of Pancasila values. Each cycle consists of planning, implementation, observation and evaluation, as well as analysis and reflection. There were 25 students as research sample from Senior High School (SMA) 6 Kaur Bengkulu. The data collection is the result of observations and questionnaires. The data analyzed by using quantitative and qualitative descriptive techniques. The results showed that there was an increase in understanding of Pancasila values. In cycle 1, from an initial score of 81.52 to 96.2, it was seen that students gave responses by asking questions. In cycle 2, from a score of 96.2 to 110.6, here students begin to be able to analyze and respond positively to the learning methods used.

Keywords: Pancasila Value, STAD Method, Cooperative Learning
Applying Dictologloss Technique on Students’ Narrative Text: A Quasi Experimental Study
Authors: Kholid Mohammad Ridho , Abimanto Dhanan , Pratiwi Wiwied
Published: December 2020

This article was to find out about the effectiveness of applying dictogloss technique on students’ narrative text. A Quasi-Experimental design was used in this method, with using pre-test and post test design. Subject of this research was at the eleventh grade  at state senior high 10 Bandar Lampung.  The result of this study showed that the value of to  (tobservation ) was 5.2. The value of t table with degree of freedom 38 in significance degree 5 % was 2.02 and in significance degree 1% was 2.71. It indicated that to was higher than or 2.02 < 5.26 > 2.71. for those analysis, the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and t alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. Hence, it was inferred that there were significant difference between students’ narrative writing score who were taught by dictoglos technique.

Keywords: Dictogloss Technique, Experimental Design, Narrative Text
Hubungan Antara Motivasi Kerja dan Kualitas Kekaryaan dengan Kinerja Guru SMA Swasta di Kabupaten Pangkajane dan Kepulauan
Authors: Salam Abdul
Published: December 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) gambaran  motivasi kerja,  kualitas kekaryaan, dan kinerja guru SMA swasta di Kabupaten Pangkajene dan Kepulauan; (2) ada tidaknya hubungan positif  dan signifikan antara motivasi kerja dengan kualitas kekaryaan dengan kinerja guru secara sendiri-sendiri, maupun secara-bersama-sama dengan kinerja guru SMA  swasta  di Kabupaten Pangkajene dan Kepulauan. Penelitian ini tergolong penelitian Survei yang bersifat asosiatif. Jumlah anggota sampel  sebanyak 82 orang guru SMA swasta  di Kabupaten Pangkajene dan Kepulauan yang dipilih secara cluster sampling  yang di lanjutkan dengan proporsional  random sampling  dari 103 populasi  diperoleh 82 sampel  dengan menggunakan rumus Slavin. Sedangkan data motivasi kerja, kualitas kekaryaan, dan kinerja guru  diperoleh dengan menggunakan kuesioner  berbentuk skala likert. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa motivasi kerja guru berada pada kategori tinggi, sedangkan  kualitas kekaryaan dan kinerja guru  masing-masing pada kategori sedang. Hasil analisis infrensial penelitian juga menunjukkan bahwa tidak terdapat hubungan yang berarti antara motivasi kerja dengan kinerja guru SMA swasta  di Kabupaten Pangkajene dan Kepulauan. Sedangkan hasil analisis  infrensial  menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang berarti antara kualitas kekaryaan dengan kinerja guru, demikian juga terdapat hubungan yang berarti antara motivasi kerja dan kualitas kekaryaan secara bersama-sama  dengan kinerja guru SMA swasta di Kabupaten Pangkajene dan kepulauan.

Kata Kunci: Motivasi Kerja, Kualitas Kekaryaan, Kinerja Guru Swasta
Pemberian Insentif dalam Meningkatkan Kinerja Karyawan PT MNC Skyvision
Authors: Sahidah Ahmad , Anwar Ahmad Kasiful
Published: December 2020

The various companies, organizations, and institutions certainly want to get good employee performance in each of their respective fields. In the maintenance and management of human resources, they must receive more attention. A person's performance was influenced by the level of employee education, motivation and work experience. The aim of this artilce was to describe the assessment and measurement of employee performance, the benefits of employee performance appraisal, and the factors that influence the performance of employees of PT MNC Skyvision (INDOVISION). This research was a descriptive analysis, which was done through collecting data, compiling or it’s grouping, and then interpreting the data. The results showed that the provision of incentives had a contribution to change employee attitudes and behavior towards better performance. Employee performance was a very important role and its meaning in the decision making process in the future such as identification of all organizational program needs, program introduction, training, selection, recruitment, placement, reward systems,and promotions.

Keywords: Incentives of Employee, Improving of Employee Performance
Physiology of Growth and Development of Fruits and Seeds of Common Beans
Authors: Ayres Samara Dayse Da Luz , Nóbrega Jackson Silva , Bruno Riselane de Lucena Alcântara , De Oliveira Ademar Pereira , Alves Edna Ursulino , Belarmino Karialane Da Silva , Ribeiro Wellington Souto , De Andrade Alberício Pereira
Published: December 2020

Common beans are one of the most economically important legumes in the world. The determination of the ideal harvesting period may coincide with the maximum seed quality and vigor. Thus, the objective was to evaluate the physiology of growth and development of fruits, seeds and seedlings of two cultivars of common beans. To this end, two cultivars of common beans were used: the “Macarrão Trepador” and “Rasteiro Fartura” harvested every five days after anthesis (DAA). The pods were harvested and sent to the laboratory for seed analysis and extraction. In the laboratory, biometric characteristics of fruits and seeds, physiological quality (germination and vigor) and chemical composition of seeds were evaluated. The physiological maturity of “Macarrão Trepador” and “Rasteiro Fartura” cultivars occurred at 35 DAA, during which the seeds had the maximum dry matter and the minimum water content. The chemical composition of the seeds of both cultivars was similar, except for lignin, whose content was higher in “Rasteiro Fartura” cultivar at 25 DAA. The color and dry mass of fruits and seeds, germination percentage, first germination count, germination speed index and average germination time are the indicators that help in determining the physiological maturity point.
Development of a Model for Assessing the Potential Impact of Blockchain Technologies on Economic Growth Dynamics in Financial Markets
Authors: Safiullin Marat Rashitovich , Burganov Rafis Timerkhanovich , Abdukaeva Alia Aidarovna
Published: December 2020

Over the past years, blockchain technologies have become one of the outstanding innovations in the financial sector of the economy, enhancing and facilitating transaction procedures in many spheres. Moreover, these technologies are of great significance concerning the financial market, including regulators. However, it may well involve a certain level of uncertainty of the generated effects both for themselves and for the national economy. It is worth mentioning that quite many works devoted to the problems posed focus on qualitative assessments and conclusions, focusing either on the study of the technological component of the technologies or on the regulatory and legal ones. This study aims to reinforce the positions of formalized approaches to the study of the scientific and practical problems posed. The paper proposes an algorithm for studying the influence of blockchain technologies on the GDP dynamics through the prism of the transformation of key functioning parameters describing the financial and real sectors of the economy. A cointegration model has been built that allows one to determine the main effects and the potential impact of possible transformations (as a result of the penetration of blockchain technologies into the system of economic relations) of individual functional areas in the financial sector of the economy on GDP dynamics. The obtained estimates of the sensitivity of economic dynamics to the considered adjustments of the financial market demonstrated the potential for economic expansion, provided the possible integration of blockchain technologies in the business environment.
The Reality of Using E-learning Strategies to Improving the Learning of Mathematics for Undergraduate Students
Authors: Elraiss Yasir Ahmed
Published: December 2020

This research aims to know the reality of using e-learning strategy in improving the learning of mathematics in university education, and to know the moral differences between the variables, the researcher used the descriptive and analytical method with the questionnaire tool consisting of (30) paragraphs distributed in the fields of education, learning and evaluation, addressed to a random sample of (110) students and the Mathematics teaching staff of (34) members of Prince Sattam bin Abd Al-Aziz University in Wadi Al-Dawasir at tow Colleges (Arts, Sciences and Engineering) for the first semester of the academic year 2021.After collecting and analyzing data statistically, the researcher came up with the following findings: The most important ones are: the existence of good efficiency in using e-learning strategies in teaching Mathematics , learning and evaluation process, especially in the focus of education, the presence of obstacles in the way of the use of e-learning strategies in learning the university student, especially weak internet, and the absence of statistically significant differences in the efficiency of using strategies of e-learning in learning Mathematics for gender , and for the cumulative academic rate, there is an urgent need for training faculty members and students to improve the use of e-learning strategies in teaching and learning Mathematics, especially when it comes to developing.The research came up with a set of recommendations the most important of which is increasing community awareness to calling for: action to spread the culture of using e-learning in teaching in universities, addressing the obstacles facing the use of e-learning strategies, draw attention to training students and members of Mathematics teaching staff on what is new in the field of educational technologies.
Section 6  Mechanical energy dissipating devices
Authors: Blakeley R. W. G. , Cormack L. G. , Stockwell M. J.
Published: December 2020

Seismic design of bridges
A Guide to Implementation of Time- Driven Activity -Based Costing in Saudi Electronic University
Authors: Oraby Salah
Published: December 2020

This research proposes a guide to implementation of time- driven activity -based costing (TDABC) in Saudi Electronic University (SEU) as an alternative to the traditional costing systems. It is worth mentioning that the cost accounting system should support mission and vision of the university by detecting any idle capacity and providing relevant information for rational decision-making as well as improving the quality of services provided to students and finally managing SEU’s resources efficiently and effectively. According to Saudi’s vision 2030, public universities in Saudi Arabia should act on both of revenue side and cost side.

In the current costing system of SEU, there are no cost pools at colleges’ level, at academic departments’ level, at courses’ level, as well as at students’ level. Rather cost pools found at university’ level only. Therefore, the current costing system provides neither information on unit cost per student at any academic program nor information on the unused capacity at any resource centers.

Despite the fact that TDABC theoretically overcomes the criticism to both traditional costing system that uses direct labor or machine hours as a cost driver and the traditional activity- based costing (ABC that uses many transactions cost drivers to allocate overhead costs to cost objects. The implementation of TDABC is still challenging particularly in universities by using the time as the primary cost driver for allocating resource costs to final cost objects in academic programs especially the human labor is considered the main resource in universities.

The proposed guide to implementation TDABC provided SEU’s management information, including but not limited to, the average actual unit cost per student in each academic program either per semester, or per year, comparing actual fees students paid in each academic program to the actual average unit cost in each academic program to determine whether SEU covers all costs. In addition, comparing the average unit cost per student among all academic programs and investigating reasons of variations. The guide helps management determine the unused capacity in each resource center as well as preparing budgets of all resource centers accurately based on the actual used capacity.
Prevention of scale in the downhole equipment and productive reservoir during the oil well operation
Authors: Saichenko Lilya , Tananykhin Dmitry , Ashena Rahman
Published: December 2020

The problem of scale is very common in the process of oil production at the initial and the final stages of field development. Inorganic scale may precipitate from the formation fluids in various elements of the oilfield system in the oil extraction process. These scales, which collect under certain thermodynamic and physical-technical conditions, cause a decrease in equipment reliability and productivity. The article highlights the main factors affecting the process of scale in field conditions, and evaluates the effectiveness of scale inhibitors. It is noted that at wells with periodic inhibition, it is necessary to switch to more modern protection technologies - constant dosing of the inhibitor into the annulus and setting the inhibitor in the bottom hole formation zone.
Kernel adaptive filtering algorithm based on Softplus function under non-Gaussian impulse interference
Authors: Huo Yuan-Lian , Wang Dan-Feng , Long Xiao-Qiang , Lian Pei-Jun , Qi Yong-Feng ,   College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730000, China,   College of Computer Science and Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Published: December 2020

Kernel adaptive filters are a class of powerful nonlinear filter developed in reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS).The Gaussian kernel is usually the default kernel in KAF algorithm, because the Gaussian kernel has the universal approximation. However, in previous research the kernel adaptive filtering algorithms were mostly based on mean square error criterion and assumed to be in a Gaussian noise environment. When environmental noise is changed, the performance of conventional kernel adaptive filtering algorithm based on mean square error criterion is seriously reduced to failure due to the interference of non-Gaussian noise and the influence of inappropriate non-Gaussian modeling. Therefore, it is important to develop a new method of suppressing the noise of non-Gaussian signals. In this paper, a new kernel fractional lower power adaptive filtering algorithm is proposed by combining the benefits of the kernel method and a new loss function which is robust against non-Gaussian impulsive interferences and has fast convergence under a similar stability condition. The proposed SP-KFLP algorithm generates a new framework of cost function which combines the Softplus function with the KFLP algorithm by updating its weight vector according to the gradient estimation while nonlinear saturation characteristics of output error are used. Compared with the features of sigmoid function the features of the Softplus function guarantee the SP-KFLP an excellent performance for combatting impulsive interference and speeding up the convergence rate. In the kernel fractional low power criterion the reciprocal of the system error is used as the coefficient of the weight vector update formula, and the method of error burst is used to make the weight vector not update to resist the impulse noise. The mean square convergence analysis for SP-KFLP is conducted, and a sufficient condition for guaranteeing convergence is therefore obtained by using the energy conservation relation. The proposed algorithm is very simple computationally. Simulations in a system identification show that the proposed SP-KFLP algorithm outperforms the kernel least-mean-square algorithm, kernel fractional lower power algorithm, and sigmoid kernel fractional lower algorithm in terms of convergence rate and the robustness of against impulsive interference. The proposed algorithm improves not only the capability of resisting impulsive interference, but also the convergence rate. In other words, the contradiction between convergence and tracking performance stability is well taken into account, and the performance under Gaussian noise is also better than the performance of the traditional kernel adaptive algorithm.
Extinction cross section of dimer array of metallic nanoparticles
Authors: Yin Cheng , Lu Cheng-Jie , Da Jing , Zhang Rui-Geng , Kan Xue-Fen , Han Qing-Bang , Xu Tian ,   College of Internet of Things Engineering, Hohai University, Changzhou 213022, China,   School of Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong 226007, China
Published: December 2020

Surface lattice resonance (SLR) relies on both the lattice structure and its unit cell, which usually contains metallic nanoparticles. Since the full width half maximum of the lattice resonance is much narrower than that of localized surface plasmon resonance of a single particle, it is receiving attention increasingly. Based on the modified long-wavelength approximation, in this paper we derive an analytical expression for the extinction cross section of the dimer array of metallic nanoparticles.

Comparing with the single particle array, good tunability can be achieved by the lattice resonance of the dimer array, which is influenced by more factors, including the arrangement of the array, the structural parameter and the rotation of the dimer, the shape and size of the particles, etc. First, the polarizabilities of the two kinds of particles in the dimer array are adjusted by introducing a matrix of the array factors, which take into account the influence of dipole fields of every particle. Then a simple expression of the resonance condition for the SLR of the dimmer array is obtained. The proposed model can be applied to a wide variety of dimer arrays of ellipsoid particles, and the applied method can be generalized to more complicated structure like polymer arrays. In this paper we further discuss the polarization dependence and ability to modulate the lattice resonance, by changing the excitation condition and the structural parameters of the dimer array. It is found that the resonances of the dimmer array can be classified as three main categories. The resonance related to the particles is independent of the variation of the dimmer arrangement or the array structure. On the other hand, the resonances corresponding to the dimmer and the array rely crucially on the structural parameters. By carefully adjusting the structural parameters, we can modulate the specific resonance effectively. This research is of theoretical importance for studying the SLR for more complicated structures and may find potential applications in the design of new photoelectric chip via nanoparticle array.
Optimization of proton imaging system including fringe field of magnetic lens
Authors: Chen Feng , Hao Jian-Hong , Xu Hai-Bo ,   Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100088, China,   School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China,   Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094, China
Published: December 2020

The proton imaging system is composed of four quadrupole magnetic lenses and a collimator. The quadrupole magnetic lenses can realize point-to-point imaging, and the collimator can improve image quality by controlling proton flux and realize material diagnosis. The magnetic field gradient of an ideal quadrupole lens becomes zero at the edge. Inside the lens, the magnetic field gradient is constant along the axis, while the magnetic field boundary of the actual lens extends outward. In the proton imaging system, the fringing field will affect the proton transport state and the performance of the imaging system as well. In this paper, a method to optimize the system is presented when the fringe field is considered. A proton imaging system of 1.6 GeV is established with the Geant 4 program, in which the magnetic field gradient distribution of the actual lens is approximated by the Bell function. In an ideal imaging system, the external drift length is 1.2 m, the internal drift length is 0.5 m, the length of the magnet is 0.8 m, and the magnetic field gradient is 8.09 T/m. The parameters of the practical imaging system can be obtained by using the optimization method: when the integral difference in magnetic field gradient distribution between the actual lens and the ideal lens is equal to zero, the outer drift length of the imaging system is 1.203 m and the inner drift length is 0.506 m; when the integral difference in the magnetic field gradient distribution between the actual lens and the ideal lens is equal to 1%, the outer drift length is 1.208 m and the inner drift length is 0.516 m. In the numerical simulation, a 1mm-thick copper plate and a concentric ball are chosen as the objects, and the influence of the fringing field on the collimator aperture and that on the proton flux error are studied. The results show that the optimized imaging system can reduce the flux error of protons passing through the object, and the difference in the aperture of collimator is on the order of 10–2 when the integral difference is on the order of 10–2 in magnitude.
Electronic properties of two-dimensional Janus atomic crystal
Authors: Wang Pan , Zong Yi-Xin , Wen Hong-Yu , Xia Jian-Bai , Wei Zhong-Ming ,   State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China,   Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Published: December 2020

Since the advent of graphene, two-dimensional materials with various novel properties have received more and more attention in the fields of optoelectronic devices, spintronics and valley electronic devices. Among them, the excellent properties that appear in graphene with various molecular groups for asymmetric functionalization have led to the research of other Janus two-dimensional materials with asymmetric surface characteristics. As an important derivative of two-dimensional materials, Janus two-dimensional materials (especially Janus transition metal chalcogenides) have become a research hotspot in recent years. Both experiment and theory have confirmed that this kind of material has mirror asymmetry and novel characteristics, such as strong Rashba effect and out-of-plane piezoelectric polarization, and thus showing a great prospect for its applications in sensors, actuators, and other electromechanical devices. In this review we introduce the recent research progress of emerging Janus two-dimensional materials (including Janus graphene, various Janus two-dimensional materials and Janus two-dimensional van der Waals heterojunction), and summarize the unique electronic properties and potential applications of Janus two-dimensional materials. Finally, we draw some conclusions and depict a prospect of further exploration of Janus two-dimensional materials.
Theoretical progress and material studies of heavy fermion superconductors
Authors: Li Yu , Sheng Yu-Tao , Yang Yi-Feng ,   Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China,   Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China,   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China,   Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Guangdong 523808, China
Published: December 2020

Heavy fermion superconductors belong to a special class of strongly correlated systems and unconventional superconductors. The emergence of superconductivity in these materials is closely associated with the presence of quantum critical fluctuations. Heavy fermion superconductors of different structures often exhibit distinct competing orders and superconducting phase diagrams, implying sensitive dependence of their electronic structures and pairing mechanism on the crystal symmetry. Here we give a brief introduction on recent theoretical and experimental progress in several different material families. We develop a new phenomenological framework of superconductivity combining the Eliashberg theory, a phenomenological form of quantum critical fluctuations, and strongly correlated band structure calculations for real materials. Our theory provides a unified way for systematic understanding of various heavy fermion superconductors.