bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Wearable bioimpedance for continuous and context-aware clinical monitoring
Authors: Karlen Walter , Dutt Abhilash Guru , Verling Michaela
Published: May 2020

Bioimpedance monitoring provides a non-invasive,

safe and affordable opportunity to monitor total body water for a wide range of clinical applications. However, the measurement is susceptible to variations in posture and movement. Existing devices do not account for the variations and are therefore unsuitable to perform continuous measurements to depict trend changes. We developed a wearable bioimpedance monitoring system with embedded real-time posture detection using a distributed accelerometer network. We tested the device on 14 healthy volunteers following a standardized protocol of posture change and compared the obtained measurements with an existing commercial device. The impedance measured with both systems had a high correlation (r>0.98) and a Bland-Altman analysis revealed a bias of -4.5 and limits of agreement of -30 and 21. Context-awareness was achieved with processing accelerometer data placed at the upper and lower leg with an accuracy >95%. The calculated current consumption is as low as 10 mA during continuous measurement operation, suggesting that without recharge the system can be used for multiple days. The proposed motion-aware design will enable the measurement of relevant bioimpedance parameters continuously over long periods and aid in informed clinical decision making.
A unified method for signal parameter estimation of arbitrarily distorted single-phase grids with DC-offset
Authors: Hackl Christoph
Published: May 2020

A unified method is presented which allows to
estimate all harmonic components, DC-offset and fundamen-
tal frequency in arbitrarily distorted single-phase grids us-
ing a frequency-adaptive observer (FAO) consisting of modi-
fied Second-Order Generalized Integrators (mSOGIs), a DC-
Integrator (DCI) and a modified Frequency Locked Loop
(mFLL). DCI and mSOGIs are tuned by pole placement which allows for an arbitrarily fast detection of DC-offset and harmonic components if the fundamental frequency is known. If the fundamental frequency must be estimated as well, a mFLL with Gain Normalization (GN), Rate Limitation (RL), Anti-Windup (AW) strategy and low-pass filters (LPF) must be employed. The effectiveness of the proposed FAO is validated by experimental results and its enhanced performance is shown by comparisons
to existing estimation methods.
o POSSÍVEL USO DA LATANOPROSTA NA TERAPIA CAPILAR
Authors: Santos Sarah Ruhama Maciel Freire , Barbosa Hueiwida Stefani , Libera Larisse Silva Dalla Libera Silva Dalla Libera
Published: May 2020

INTRODUÇÃO: A latanoprosta é um análogo à prostaglandinas utilizadas no tratamento de glaucoma, mas que tem sido usado para avaliação da hipertricose. OBJETIVO: Revisar através da literatura o papel da latanoprosta no crescimento de pelos. METODOLOGIA: Trata-se de uma revisão descritiva que avaliou publicações indexadas na base de dados MEDLINE, consultadas por meio do PUBMED; Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde (BVS), Periódicos Capes e Scientific Eletronic Library Online (SCIELO), nos meses de junho e julho de 2018. A partir das análises foram incluídos apenas trabalhos que fizeram uso da latanoprosta em humanos. RESULTADO E DISCUSSÃO: De 111 artigos relacionados com a latanoprosta e o crescimento de pelos, apenas nove foram incluídos. A maioria dos estudos eram do tipo caso-controle com avaliação do uso da latanoprosta principalmente no crescimento de pelos do couro cabeludo e cílios tratados para alopecia areata e androgenética. O número de participantes dos estudos variou de 1 a 54 indivíduos. A latanoprosta foi utilizada principalmente por via tópica na concentração de 0,005%. Infelizmente nem todos os trabalhos incluídos avaliaram a eficácia da latanoprosta ou descreveram adequadamente a maneira como foi investigado o crescimento dos pelos. CONCLUSÃO: Apesar de não serpossível afirmar que a latanoprosta é eficaz como terapia capilar, este estudo é promissor e pode apoiar novos trabalhos que investiguem melhor a eficácia e segurança da latanoprosta, bem como a dose ideal e duração do tratamento dela ou de outro candidato análogo das prostaglandinas.
IMPACT OF ARAL SEA DRYING ON COTTON PRODUCTIVITY
Authors: Miyrigul Bazarbaevna Esbolova
Published: May 2020

Incorrect use of water resources brought to the drying of Aral Sea. This brought to formation of salty dust deserts. Salty dust aerosols are delivered to adjoining irrigated territories by wind. Soil saltiness increases which negatively influences on the productivity of cotton. For softening negative influence it is recommended to use organic fertilizers in quality of mulch in account of 20-30 t/h.
KEYWORDS: drying, salinization, salty dust aerosols, cotton, yield, organic fertilizers, mulching.
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER QUALITY CHECKING SYSTEM USING ARDUINO IN IOT
Authors: R.Rupa Srivallika Devi  , Dr.K.V. SubbaReddy  , Mr.K. Kranthi Kumar  , N.Harika  , P.Naga Anjali  , B.Prakasa Lakshmi
Published: May 2020

Water pollution is one amongst the most important fears for the inexperienced economic process. because of the fast development and urbanization, the standard of water is obtaining degrade year by year, and it ends up in water-borne diseases and additionally effects turquoise culture. In India, sixty fifth of the drink comes from underground sources, therefore it's necessary to see the standard of the water. The planned system is presenting a style and development of low-price system for real time observance of the water quality victimization IOT, which may notice pollution remotely and take necessary actions. The system consists of many sensors are wont to measure physical and chemical parameters of the water, like temperature, PH, flow and cloudiness. Arduino IDE act as a base station and therefore the knowledge from sensing element nodes are send to that. furthermore, GSM is connected to Arduino that compares sensing element prices to threshold prices and sends a text conscious of the agent if the obtained value is on top of or below the brink value.
KEYWORDS: Arduino, IoT, Water Samples, GSM, Sensors.
Market Model with Positive Demand Curve Overthrows Marxist and Keynesian Model
Authors: Naqellari Alqi
Published: May 2020

In this paper is analyzed the demand and supply side from the perspective of Marxist theory. The supply and demand side is both analyzed with their respective characteristics in capitalism, socialism and in a mixed economy. The possibilities of a macroeconomic equilibrium by considering the following concepts such as commodity, value, price, profit are analyzed. The aim of this paper is: to develop through a non-exhaustive analysis, the common features and differences between macroeconomic models of the aggregate market in the two systems, to build the aggregate market of a macroeconomic model by taking into account these characteristics and to emphasize its importance for the economy. In conclusion, differences between concepts related to macroeconomic equilibrium were identified. A new equilibrium model for the socialist and capitalist model was built. In centralized economies, demand and supply curve lies in a parallel curve with the X-axis, were domestic product is placed. In the market economy model, the demand and supply curve has a positive slope and stretch simultaneously over the market price line. They do not intersect with each other as in the Classical and Keynesian model. This market model applies to the economy. It allows governments, central banks, research institutions, universities, various researchers, etc. to analyze macroeconomic indicators. In this paper, the model is applied to the Albanian economy. In this paper, we used the methods of analysis and synthesis, comparison and description, the method of creating virtual market models, etc.
Trying to Identify some Ancient Residences in Albania through Old Maps
Authors: Shehu Agim , Gashi Ferim , Nikolli Pal
Published: May 2020

This paper attempts to identify ancient settlements in Albania by cartographic methods by elaborating geographical coordinates obtained from Ptolemy's work. The results of the paper are of interest for archeology, history, geography, geodesy, photogrammetry etc. The problem addressed is not simple, as for some settlements, different literature sources give different values ​​of geographical coordinates. In this context, those geographic coordinate systems that best deal with the real position of these settlements are selected. Thus, for example, the longitude (L) of Ohrid (which serves as a support point), in some sources is given the value L1 = 46040 ', while in later sources it is given the value L2 = 470 40'. The calculations are performed for both cases of this longitude, but greater certainty is given when L2 = 47040 'is obtained, because the geographical longitude of Skopje (Scupi with L = 48030'), Prishtina (Ulpiana, with L = 48040 '), Peja (Siparantum, with L = 46030'), etc., are closer to reality than L = 46040 ', according to which Ohrid appears to be highly displaced to the west, in relation to the aforementioned sites (pic. 2.1). Consequently, settlements located in and near the Apollo - Orikum-Ohrid triangle are identified with other sites (as noted in the following statements). All of these anomalies and others such as these have been handled carefully and according to a logical rationale for the material being processed, taking into account all factors that positively impact the settlement identification process.
Social Space of Health and Health Tourism: The Children’s Bathing Colony O Século
Authors: Ferraz Jorge , Ferreira Carlos Miguel , Serpa Sandro
Published: May 2020

This article aims to understand the process of institutionalisation of the social configuration of a bathing colony aimed at lower-class children, promoted by the leaders of the newspaper O Século in the early twentieth century. A perspective that conceptually relates to the social space of health and tourism was favoured. Health is a cultural construction – as a notion – and a political construction – as a space – that can be apprehended relationally, as a product of the social world. In the conceptualisation of tourism, mobility and leisure are central (although not exclusive) axes, understood as dynamic phenomena and concepts, taking on various forms and multiple meanings according to sociohistorical contexts. The paper seeks to demonstrate that the institution of the bathing colony was socially defined, with specific individuals and groups being decisive in this process.
How to Stop Before It Starts: The Case of an Anti-Smoking Campaign for High Schools in the Philippines
Authors: Tupas Fernan P. , Agreda Ivy V.
Published: May 2020

One of the most common problems in the education system in northern Iloilo is students are escaping from classes to smoke with friends and classmates. This act resulted to slow performances in all subject areas. This research aims to find out the influence of anti-smoking campaigns such as symposiums, posters, lectures and video clips to the Junior High School students in northern Iloilo, Philippines. All the students were classified into three categories; non-smokers, second-hand smokers, and smokers. Two from each category were purposively selected. Interview and observation were utilized. The study revealed that non-smokers assured that they will not get involved in this kind of vices, second-hand smokers vowed to encourage their parents, relatives, friends, and classmates to stop cigarette smoking, and smokers to stop smoking because of the results to our organ systems. Health is very important to all the informants. Also, many of these participants belong to below-average learners. In this study, anti-smoking campaigns are effective methods to discourage students to smoke. No e-cigarettes smokers in the group because of its values. Parents and guardians play a vital role in the implementation of this advocacy. Also, the local government units should regulate the implementation of policies and ordinances regarding the smoking of minors. Thus, anti-smoking campaigns and messages could be excellent avenues to educate students about ordinances and laws, and the effects of smoking on our health.
Factors That Influence the Character of Students in School
Authors: Choli Ifham , Raihan
Published: May 2020

The object of this study is the religious attitude and character of students in junior high schools. The purpose of this study is to understand and explore the relationship between Islamic Religious Education with student's character, the level of discipline with student's character, and Islamic education and the level of discipline with student character. The scope of this study is the character of students in school, and student's religious practice. This study uses quantitative analysis based on primary data or survey data at MTs Al_Whatoniyah 20, Bekasi. The findings in this study are that there is a positive relationship between Islamic education and student character at MTs Al-Whatoniyah 20, Bekasi. One increasing index in Islamic Education is associated with an increase of 0.93 in the student character index in Mts Al_Whatoniyah 20 Bekasi. Besides, the value of discipline also has a strong positive relationship with their character. For every one index that rises in the discipline index is also associated with an increase in 1,006 index in the character of students in MTs Al_Whatoniyah 20 Bekasi. The Islamic Education index and the discipline index also simultaneously have a positive relationship with the student character index at MTs Al_Whatoniyah 20 Bekasi.
Relationship between Students’ Scores on Plain Questions and Worded Problems in Mathematics
Authors: Uloku Ossai Peter Agbadobi
Published: May 2020

It appears that students find it easier to solve problems on plain questions than worded problems in mathematics. This led the researcher to study the relationship between students’ scores on plain questions and their scores on worded problems. The study was correlational. A sample of 122 final year senior secondary school students was drawn through judgemental sampling technique from public secondary schools in Bayelsa and Delta states, south-south Nigeria. The instrument had five plain questions and five worded problems adapted from the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination questions examined in 2009,2010 and 2011. Students responded to questions in algebraic operations, arithmetic, trigonometry and geometry. Using mean and the product moment correlation statistics to analyze the scores from the two set of questions, it was discovered that scores from plain questions had no significant relationship with scores from worded problems. However, students had higher mean score on plain questions. It was recommended that students should be drilled in solving word problems in mathematics.
Authors: Pratiwi Wahyu Nur , P Christina Dewi
Published: May 2020

ABSTRACT

Physical exercise is one of the pillars in order to manage Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus whom without Nephropathy. Diabetes dance in this case is Diabetes Dance of Persadia 1 is one of recomended physical exercise for type 2 diabetics mellitus. To determine the effectiveness of Diabetes Dance of Persadia 1 to decrease post prandial blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at Puskesmas Balowerti Kediri. This research is a field experimental with Non Randomized Posttest with Control group design. Research subjects numbered 40 with each group consisting of 20 samples. Blood sugar levels were observed using an autocheck glucometer and analyzed by independent t test. Independent t test obtained a value of ρ = 0.030 where α = 0.05 so ρ <α which means that there were significant differences between the treatment and control groups. The average post prandial blood sugar level of the control group = 262.15 while for the treatment group = 227.25. Diabetes Dance of Persadia l can reduce post prandial blood sugar levels in diabetics mellitus.

 Keywords         : Diabetes Dance of Persadia 1, post prandial blood glucose level, type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Widiastutik Sulenti
Published: May 2020

ABSTRACTPreeclampsia constitutes 5-15% of pregnancy complications, the second cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality, because the etiology is still unclear, so the treatment of pregnancy and childbirth and the referral system are still inadequate.In this study using observational analytic methods, the design of this study is "cross sectional" in this study population of 33 pregnant women at the Main Medika Maternity Clinic in Surabaya.The results showed that primi gravida parity was 20 mothers (60%) and the incidence of severe preeclampsia in primi gravida parity was 18 mothers (54.5%). The population in this study were all pregnant women who examined their pregnancies at the Main Medika Maternity Clinic in Sidoarjo with a large sample of 33 pregnant women with saturated sample techniques. From the results of data analysis using the chi square test showed the results of X ^ 2 count (4.8)> X ^ 2 table (3.84) = Ho rejected H1 accepted. So there is a relationship of parity with the pre-eclampsia event at the Main Medika Maternity Clinic in Sidoarjo.Midwives in carrying out their duties in order to be able to detect early, to immediately refer clients if there are known to complicate pregnancy (preeclampsia) so that clients are referred not in a late state, besides the Birth Planning and Complications Prevention Program (P4K) can increase the active role of husband, family and community planning for safe childbirth.Keywords: Parity, Pre-eclampsia
Approaches to measuring the relevance of geographical dimension of societa inequalities
Authors: Netrdová Pavlína , Nosek Vojtěch
Published: May 2020

The article focuses on geographical dimension of societal inequalities, especially on approaches to its analysing. Two distinct methods of analysing the relative geographical inequality are utilized: Theil index decomposition and spatial autocorrelation measured by Moran’s I coefficient. Both employed methods should bring, in theory, very similar information. This fact is explored empirically by comparing both methods and by their application on detailed economic, social and demographic data on municipalities in Czechia. Conclusions, predominantly of epistemological nature, are intended to assess advantages and limitations of individual methods and their possible application in practice.
Extremal decomposition of the complex plane with free poles
Authors: Bakhtin Aleksandr , Denega Iryna
Published: May 2020

We consider an open extremal problem in geometric function theory of complex variables on the maximum of the functional $$r^\gamma\left(B_0,0\right)\prod\limits_{k=1}^n r\left(B_k,a_k\right),$$ where \(B_{0}\), ..., \(B_{n}\), \(n\ge 2\), are pairwise disjoint domains in \(\overline{\mathbb{C}}\), \(a_0 = 0\), \(|a_{k}| = 1\), \(k=\overline{1,n}\), and \(\gamma\in (0, n]\) (\(r(B,a)\) is the inner radius of the domain \(B\subset\overline{\mathbb{C}}\) relative to a point \(a\in B\)). For all values of the parameter \(\gamma\in (0, n]\), it is necessary to show that its maximum is attained for a configuration of domains \(B_{k}\) and points \(a_{k}\), \(k=\overline{0,n}\), possessing the \(n\)-fold symmetry. The problem was solved by V.N. Dubinin [1, 2] for \(\gamma=1\) and by G.V. Kuz’mina [4] for \(0 \lt \gamma \lt 1\). L.V. Kovalev [4] obtained its solution for \(n \ge 5\) under the additional assumption that the angles between neighbouring line segments \([0, a_{k}]\) do not exceed \(2\pi /\sqrt{\gamma}\). In particular, this problem will be solved in the present paper for \(n=2\) and \(\gamma\in(1,\,2]\).
Filtering of stationary Gaussian statistical experiments
Authors: Korolyuk Volodymyr , Koroliouk Dmytro
Published: May 2020

This article proposes a new filtering model for stationary Gaussian Markov statistical experiments given by diffusion-type difference stochastic equations.
Global well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for system of oscillators on 2D-lattice with power potentials
Authors: Bak Sergiy
Published: May 2020

We consider an infinite system of ordinary differential equations that describes the dynamics of an infinite system of linearly coupled nonlinear oscillators on a two-dimensional integer-valued lattice. We prove a result on the existence and uniqueness of global solutions of the Cauchy problem for such systems with power potentials. Moreover, a result on the nonexistence of global solutions is obtained.
Extremal decomposition of the complex plane with free poles. II
Authors: Bakhtin Aleksandr , Denega Iryna
Published: May 2020

Problems on extremal decomposition of the complex plane with free poles located on an (n,m)-ray system of points are studied. A method that allowed us to obtain new upper bounds for the maximum of the products of the inner radii of mutually non-overlapping domains is proposed.
Minmax bornologies
Authors: Banakh Taras , Protasov Igor
Published: May 2020

A bornology $\mathcal{B}$ on a set $X$ is called minmax, if the smallest and largest coarse structures on $X$ compatible with $\mathcal{B}$ coincide.
We prove that $\mathcal{B}$ is minmax, if and only if the family $\mathcal B^\sharp=\{p\in\beta X:\{X\setminus B:B\in\mathcal B\}\subset p\}$ consists of ultrafilters which are pairwise non-isomorphic via $\mathcal B$-preserving bijections of $X$. In addition, we construct a minmax bornology $\mathcal B$ on $\omega$ such that the set $\mathcal B^\sharp$ is infinite. We deduce this result from the existence of a closed infinite subset in $\beta\omega$ that consists of pairwise non-isomorphic ultrafilters.
Isotone extensions and complete lattices
Authors: Dovgoshey Oleksiy
Published: May 2020

The set of necessary and sufficient conditions under which an isotone mapping from a subset of a poset X to a poset Y has an isotone extension to an isotone mapping from X to Y is found.
Effect of Planting Dates, Soil Mulching and Foliar Spraying Calcium on The Quantitative Yield Characteristics of Okra Plant Grown in plastic Greenhouse
Authors: Alhamrani Kazem S. L. , Abdullah Abdullah A. , Taain Diaa A.
Published: May 2020

Maymunah  Horticulture Station, Agriculture Directorate of Maysan. The experiment included 24 treatments of possible combinations between three sowing dates (T1=15/12, T2=31/12 and T3=15/1), two soil mulching treatments (M2=mulching the soil by black polyethylene, M1=Without mulching) and four concentrations of calcium fertilizer (Ca) (0, 0.5, 1 and 1.5 ml.l-1), to study its effect on the quantitative yield characteristics of Okra plant cultivar "btayrh". The results showed that cultivated plants at date (15/1) showed significant increase in number of pods  per plant, weight of pod, length and diameter of pod, the yield per plant and early yield compared to plants of dates (15/12 and 31/12). The cultivated plants in mulching soil were significantly higher in all studied quantitative yield characteristics. The sprayed plants with calcium (1ml.l-1) were superior in all studied quantitative yield characteristics. The interactions between the studied factors were significant in all the quantitative yield characteristics. The cultivated plants at date (15/1) with mulching and the sprayed by calcium fertilizer (1 ml.l-1) gave the highest values of length & weight of pod, the yield per plant and early yield per plastic house (6.31cm, 4.08g, 81.32g and  0.180 Kg.m-2) respectively. While the cultivated plants at (15/12) and un mulching soil and unfertilized gave the lowest values (2.49cm, 3.58g, 38.50g and 0.085 Kg.m-2) respectively. In conclusion the present study indicated that growth and yield of okra cultivar increased by the addition of 1ml.l-1 calcium which planting on 15 January and mulching soil.
Platinum Nanoparticles: Synthesis Strategies and Applications
Authors: Vineet Kumar  , Ayushi Gautam  , Praveen Guleria
Published: May 2020

Plantinum nanoparticles (Pt NPs) have huge potential as heterogeneous catalyst, chemiresistor coating material, nanomedicine, nanosensor, and electronic components along with various other industrial applications. Physical, chemical as well as biological methods are used for the synthesis of plantinum NPs. Physical methods depend upon the physical phenomenon for Pt NPs synthesis. Chemical methods involve one or other chemical reactions to prepare Pt NPs. Biological methods are preferred over other methods. Among all biological sources, use of plant extracts for Pt NPs synthesis is safe and cost-effective. Pt NPs have application in catalysis, electronics, nanodiagnosis and nanomedicine. Synthesis of diverse Pt NPs using different plant bioresource may be more useful for various in vivo applications in future.
Correlates of Technology-Assisted Adolescent Dating Violence and Abuse
Authors: Karlie E. Stonard
Published: May 2020

Technology-Assisted Adolescent Dating Violence and Abuse (TAADVA) has recently been recognised as new form of violence. However, little is known about the potential risk factors for TAADVA victimisation/perpetration or whether they are similar to those identified for offline Adolescent Dating Violence and Abuse (ADVA). This paper therefore examines the potential correlates of TAADVA victimisation only and perpetration-victimisation (vs. not involved). Findings are reported based on 277 12-18 year old British adolescents who had dated in the last year and completed a series of questionnaires. Findings highlight that correlates associated with ADVA are also related to TAADVA (e.g. past ADVA and having friends with experience of dating violence), however avoidant attachment insecurity was related to male TAADVA, which has not been identified before. Differences were found in some significant correlates for males and females. The findings highlight implications for addressing TAADVA and ADVA through education and awareness about healthy relationships, while considering factors that are associated with TAADVA involvement in prevention and intervention efforts.
Film Tourism Event Longevity: Lost in Mayberry
Authors: Benjamin Stefanie , Schneider Paige P. , Alderman Derek H.
Published: May 2020

The purpose of this study is to examine a US festival widely known for attracting television fan tourists, build a traveler profile or typology of festival goers, and reflect on how the behavioral segmentation of these tourists may affect the longevity of the film tourism event and
the broader planning of the destination community. Specifically, this study examines the Mayberry Days Festival, an annual event held in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Mount Airy is the birthplace and boyhood home of actor, Andy Griffith, whose television series (The Andy Griffith Show)
was set in the fictional hamlet of Mayberry. Online survey invitation cards were distributed during the 2010 Mayberry Days Festival to gather data on the sociodemographic characteristics, motivations, perceptions, and economic impact of the attendee to comprehend how sustainable the Mayberry
Days Festival will be for Mount Airy. Results suggest that visitors are drawn to Mount Airy for a variety of reasons and that The Andy Griffith Show is not necessarily the main motivator. It is important for the town's tourism promoters not to get “lost in Mayberry” as they
plan for alternative marketing and attraction development in the future.
Perspectives of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease research: a personal point of view
Authors: Lonardo Amedeo , Ballestri Stefano
Published: May 2020

Rational government of patient fluxes from primary care to hepatology clinic is a priority of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) research. Estimating pre-test probability of disease, risk of fibrosis progression, and exclusion of competing causes of liver disease must be addressed. Here we propose a novel taxonomic classification of NAFLD based on hepatic, pathogenic and systemic features of disease in the individual patient. The variable course of disease in any given patient remains a clinical enigma. Therefore, future studies will have to better characterize the role of genetic polymorphisms, family and personal history, diet, alcohol, physical activity and drugs as modifiers of the course of disease and clues to the early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. A better understanding of these, together with a taxonomic diagnosis, may prompt a more accurate personalization of care. For example, understanding the putative role of psycho-depression in NAFLD promises to revolutionize disease management in a proportion of cases. Similarly, sex differences in outcome and response to treatment are insufficiently characterized. More studies are awaited regarding those forms of NAFLD which occur secondary to endocrine derangements. The intersections between NAFLD and the lung must better be defined. These include the bi-directional associations of NAFLD and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sleep apnoea syndrome, as well as the totally unexplored chapter of NAFLD and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Finally, the therapeutic roles of intermittent fasting and anticoagulation must be assessed. In conclusion, over the last 20 years, NAFLD has taught us a lot regarding the pathogenic importance of insulin resistance, the limitations of correcting this in the treatment of NAFLD, the root causes of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome, sex differences in disease and the role of nuclear receptors. However, the overwhelming COVID-19 pandemic is now expected to reset the priorities of public health.
Latviešu valodas apguvēju korpusa datu ieguves un apstrādes metodoloģijas izstrāde
Authors: Levāne-Petrova Kristīne , Auziņa Ilze , Pokratniece Kristīne
Published: May 2020

Popularity of learning Latvian as a foreign language is increasing. Latvian as a foreign language is being taught not only in the higher educational institutions of Latvia, but also in more than 20 universities outside Latvia (Šalme 2008; Šalme 2011; Laizāne 2019). Therefore, corpus-based and corpus-driven teaching materials are crucial for the international students that acquire Latvian both in Latvia and abroad.
Since September 2018 the project Development of Learner Corpus of Latvian: methods, tools and applications have been carried out. During the project, based on the already existing experience of designing Learner Corpus of Latvian (LaVA), a corpus of students’ essays with different language backgrounds will be created. The newly developed corpus will be publicly available. Although the corpus creation pipeline includes text collection, digitization, and morphological and error annotation; this article will cover just the first phases of the creation of the corpus – the development of a methodology for data collection and digitization.
The agreement form with data subject about data inclusion into the corpus and the metadata (gender, age, mother tongue, language proficiency level) collection form were developed. Guidelines for teachers on preferred topics have been prepared.
The corpus is built on an integrated multifunctional platform that provides a single interface for uploading, annotating and search. Moreover, the web platform can also be used for storing scanned copies of essays, comparing texts entered by two independent digitizers, correcting texts, and error-annotated texts and making inter-annotator agreement.
At least 1000 essays on different topics from students with different language backgrounds are planned to be included in the LaVA corpus. For data collection, multiple universities and language teachers have been contacted and have agreed to support the corpus creation process by providing it with their students’ previously developed assignments.
Collected essays with metadata are handwritten; therefore, they need to be digitized for further data processing steps. The digitization is carried out in three steps:
1) scanning of the assignments and essays,
2) metadata input,
3) text rewriting in digital format.
Scanned images of the assignments help to validate data correctness if such concern arises. Metadata is entered manually.
Influence of Contact Pressure on the Thermal Contact Conductance of Layered AA3003 Aluminium
Authors: Matsushita Taishi , Belov Ilia , Johansson Anders , Jarfors Anders E. W.
Published: May 2020

For the optimization of the annealing process of aluminium coils, simulation of the process is often performed. To simulate the process with higher accuracy, reliable input parameters are required and the thermal conductivity (thermal contact conductance) is one of them. In the present study, the thermal conductivity and thermal contact conductance of AA3003 alloy sheets were measured by a steady state comparative longitudinal heat flow method at different contact pressure. To evaluate the thermal conductance at the interface, thermal resistance network model' was applied. In addition, the surface roughness of the sheets was also investigated. Based on the measurement results, the semi-empirical equation for the relationship between thermal contact conductance and contact pressure was obtained
The Influence of Co-creation on Creative Industry Performance in Indonesia
Authors: Machmud Amir , Sumawidjaja Riyandi Nur
Published: May 2020

This study aims to analyze and test the hypothesis of the effect of co-creation on the performance of the creative industries in Indonesia. Co-creation measurements with Across Interaction, Product Options, Access and Price Experience, while Firm Performance (Financial, Customer, Internal Business Process, Learning and Growth Perspective). The study method uses explanatory survey with data collection techniques using a questionnaire. The population in this study, SMEs engaged in the creative industries in West Java, Indonesia with a total of 1,571. With slovin sampling technique obtained 252 respondents. The collected data is then analyzed using the Structural Equation Model (SEM). The results of the study show that co-creation has a significant effect on the performance of creative industry SMEs in Indonesia, and the proposed hypothesis is accepted. This finding implies that to win the competition, SMEs must be able to improve their performance through the ability to innovate. Besides that This study implies to improve the performance of creative industry, it is necessary to improve the co-creation process such as increasing across-interactions, increasing the diversity of product options, and facilitating access to information on products.
Self-Identification ResNet-ARIMA Forecasting Model
Authors: Khanarsa Paisit , Luangsodsa Arthorn , Sinapiromsaran Krung
Published: May 2020

The challenging endeavor of a time series forecast model is to predict the future time series data accurately. Traditionally, the fundamental forecasting model in time series analysis is the autoregressive integrated moving average model or the ARIMA model requiring a model identification of a three-component vector which are the autoregressive order, the differencing order, and the moving average order before fitting coefficients of the model via the Box-Jenkins method. A model identification is analyzed via the sample autocorrelation function and the sample partial autocorrelation function which are effective tools for identifying the ARMA order but it is quite difficult for analysts. Even though a likelihood based-method is presented to automate this process by varying the ARIMA order and choosing the best one with the smallest criteria, such as Akaike information criterion. Nevertheless the obtained ARIMA model may not pass the residual diagnostic test. This paper presents the residual neural network model, called the self-identification ResNet-ARIMA order model to automatically learn the ARIMA order from known ARIMA time series data via sample autocorrelation function, the sample partial autocorrelation function and differencing time series images. In this work, the training time series data are randomly simulated and checked for stationary and invertibility properties before they are used. The result order from the model is used to generate and fit the ARIMA model by the Box-Jenkins method for predicting future values. The whole process of the forecasting time series algorithm is called the self-identification ResNet-ARIMA algorithm. The performance of the residual neural network model is evaluated by Precision, Recall and F1-score and is compared with the likelihood basedmethod and ResNET50. In addition, the performance of the forecasting time series algorithm is applied to the real world datasets to ensure the reliability by mean absolute percentage error, symmetric mean absolute percentage error, mean absolute error and root mean square error and this algorithm is confirmed with the residual diagnostic checks by the Ljung-Box test. From the experimental results, the new methodologies of this research outperforms other models in terms of identifying the order and predicting the future values.
Sota- ja jälleenrakennusajan muistelukerronta elämäntarinan säikeenä
Authors: Tarvainen Merja Kristiina
Published: May 2020

Artikkeli käsittelee toisen maailmansodan (1939–1945) ja sen jälkeisten vuosien muistelukerrontaa elämäntarinan säikeenä tutkimalla, millaista on sota- ja jälleenrakennusajan muistelukerronta Vammaisena Suomessa 2013–2014 -elämäkertakokoelmassa. Tutkimuksen metodologinen perusta on tarinallisen kiertokulun malli, jonka ytimiä ovat sisäinen ja kerrottu tarina sekä kulttuurinen tarinavaranto. Vammaisten ihmisten yhteys tarinalliseen kiertokulkuun on usein esteellistä, mutta esteisyys rakentuu suhteessa kerrottavaan aiheeseen. Sota-aika määrittyi elämäntarinan aineellisena ja kerronnallisena olosuhteena, jonka vaikutukset saattoivat ulottua myös myöhempään elämänkulkuun. Jälleenrakennusajan muistelukerronta kiteytyy ristiriitaisten tunteiden kerronnallistumiseen aineellisten kiinnekohtien ja ruumiillisen työn kautta. Raskaita muistoja sanallistettiin esineiden ja paikkojen avulla, jotka välittävät menneisyyden tunnemaailmoja. Yhteys kulttuuriseen tarinavarantoon rakentuu suhteessa kerrottuun teemaan ja saavutettavissa oleviin resursseihin, ja yhteys erilaisiin kulttuurisiin tarinaresursseihin vahvistaa kertovaa toimijuutta ja elämäntarinan rakentamista. Mitä moninaisemmin ihmisellä on mahdollisuus käyttää tarinallisia resursseja elämäntarinansa rakentamiseen, sitä vahvemmaksi hänen narratiivinen toimijuutensa rakentuu. Tämä vahvistaa myös (narratiivista) osallisuutta.
Kirja ja lukija digitalisoituvassa arjessa
Authors: Kajander Anna
Published: May 2020

Anna Kajanderin kansatieteen väitöskirja "Kirja ja lukija digitalisoituvassa arjessa" tarkastettiin Helsingin yliopistossa 21.2.2020. Vastaväittäjänä toimi professori Raine Koskimaa (Jyväskylän yliopisto) ja kustoksena professori Hanna Snellman (Helsingin yliopisto). 
Väitöskirja on luettavissa osoitteessa: https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/310595
Kriisitön vuosikymmen
Authors: Ovaska Juho
Published: May 2020

Artikkelissa analysoidaan 1980-lukua käsittelevän suomalaisen historiantutkimuksen ja presidentti Mauno Koiviston muistelmien pohjalta muodostuvia historiakuvia. Lähtökohtana artikkelissa on arkikäsitykseen pohjautuva vuosikymmenjaottelu, jonka avulla tarkastellaan historiantutkimuksen kohdistumista 1980-luvun eri aihepiirien tutkimukseen. Suomalaisessa yhteiskunnassa tapahtuneita merkittäviä rakenteellisia muutoksia oli 1980-luvulla sisäpoliittisten voimasuhteiden muuttuminen, talouselämän sääntelyn ja ideologisen ajattelun muutokset sekä media-alan murros. Ulkopolitiikassa sen sijaan korostettiin jatkuvuutta. Koiviston tyyli kuvata tapahtumat muistelmissaan rauhallisina, vailla paniikkia ja kriisitunnelmia, on korostanut 1980-luvusta vallitsevaa vakauden vaikutelmaa. Muistelmissa heijastuu Koiviston ”matalan profiilin” poliittinen strategia 1980-luvun tapahtumahistorian kuvauksessa. Kansallisesta näkökulmasta vuosikymmen ei sisällä suurta dramatiikkaa syksyn 1981 presidentin virkakauden ennenaikaisen päättymisen ja syksyn 1989 kansainvälisten murrosten välisenä ajanjaksona, mutta 1980-lukua käsittelevä historiantutkimus heijastaa yhteiskunnan eri osa-alueilla tapahtuneita laaja-alaisia muutoksia. Tapahtuneiden muutosten hidastempoisuus on saanut muutokset näyttämään vakailta ja hallituilta, jolloin vuosikymmen näyttäytyy poikkeuksellisen kriisittömänä ajanjaksona Suomen 1900-luvun historiassa.
Implementasi Lean Canvas Pada Entrepreneurial Project Startup Bisnis
Authors: Harianto Eric
Published: May 2020

The purpose of this research is to: (1) identify business model with the application of lean canvas; (2) obstacles in the application of lean canvas at the business project of students at entrepreneurial project startup business S2 Ciputra University Surabaya; (3) benefits contained in the application of lean canvas on the business project of students at entrepreneurial project startup business S2 Ciputra University Surabaya. Data collected from January 2018 to March 2018. The method used is descriptive research method with qualitative approach. The author conducted interviews with 5 informants ie business project owner. The analysis tools used are lean start up and lean canvas. Data analysis techniques used are Creswell (2014) data analysis techniques. The results in this study are (1) Student business project can be implemented in nine lean canvas blocks and can see the concept of business model easily and linkage between nine blocks in lean canvas. (2) The most difficult constraint experienced by students is when filling the unfair blocks in the lean canvas. (3) Students can easily analyze their business model in determining future strategy to know the project or business that is run effectively or not to be continued or developed based on the achievement measured in the key metric block in one of the lean canvas blocks and the profit earned in the business project which can be seen easily within the difference between the revenue stream block and the cost structure within the lean canvas.
Perancangan Model TDABC Dalam Menghitung Unit Cost Pendidikan
Authors: Eoh Tonny Stephanus
Published: May 2020

Calculation of education unit cost for S1 Economics courses at the University "X" using the TDABC method show that the average tuition fees is Rp. 3,640,469,/student for the academic year 2015/2016; or Rp.1,820,235,-/student for each semester.  Meanwhile, the basis for calculating the unit cost of education that is used for now, just following the unit cost of its competitors, amounting to Rp.1.800.000,-/student for each semester.  So that the unit cost of education courses calculated by TDABC method and the current method relative did not experience a significant difference.  However, the information can be used by management to evaluate the existence of other faculty who use more resources and have fewer number of students.
Implementasi Lean Canvas Pada Project Corporate Entrepreneurship
Authors: Harianto Eric
Published: May 2020

The purpose of this research is to (1) identify project corporate entrepreneurship with the application of lean canvas; (2) identify constraints in the application of lean  canvas  in  corporate entrepreneurship  projects;  (3) identify the  benefits contained in the application of lean canvas in corporate entrepreneurship projects. Data is collected from October 2018 to December 2018. The method used is descriptive research method with qualitative approach. The researcher conducted interviews with 5 informants. The analysis tools used are lean start up and lean canvas. The data analysis techniques used is Creswell data analysis techniques (2014). The results of this study are (1) project corporate entrepreneurship can be implemented in nine lean canvas blocks and can easily see the concept of optimization model and linkages between nine blocks in lean canvas; (2) the most difficult constraints experienced are when filling key metric blocks and unfair advantages in the lean canvas; (3) the researcher can easily analyze project corporate entrepreneurship in determining future strategies in order to find out which projects are effective or not to be continued or developed based on the achievement measured in the key metric blocks in one of the lean canvas blocks and the integration of nine blocks in lean canvas.
Aryl-substituted acridanes as hosts for TADF-based OLEDs
Authors: Masimukku Naveen , Gudeika Dalius , Bezvikonnyi Oleksandr , Syvorotka Ihor , Keruckiene Rasa , Volyniuk Dmytro , Grazulevicius Juozas V
Published: May 2020

Four aryl-substituted acridan derivatives were designed, synthesized and characterized as electroactive materials for organic light emitting diodes based on emitters exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence. These compounds possessed relatively high thermal stability with glass-transition temperatures being in the range of 79–97 °C. The compounds showed oxidation bands arising from acridanyl groups in the range of 0.31–038 V. Ionization potentials of the solid films ranged from 5.39 to 5.62 eV. The developed materials were characterized by triplet energies higher than 2.5 eV. The layer of 10-ethyl-9,9-dimethyl-2,7-di(naphthalen-1-yl)-9,10-dihydroacridine demonstrated hole mobilities reaching10−3 cm2/V·s at electric fields higher then ca. 2.5 × 105 V/cm. The selected compounds were used as hosts in electroluminescent devices which demonstrated maximum external quantum efficiencies up to 3.2%.
Challenging infantile nephrotic syndrome – management and diagnostic issues
Authors:   Department of Nephrology and Dialysis Children, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Emergency Hospital for Children, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Aldea Cornel , Munteanu Teodora ,   Department of Nephrology and Dialysis Children, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Emergency Hospital for Children, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Delean Dan ,   Department of Nephrology and Dialysis Children, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Emergency Hospital for Children, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Bulata Bogdan ,   Department of Nephrology and Dialysis Children, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Emergency Hospital for Children, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Bungardi Adriana ,   Department of Nephrology and Dialysis Children, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Emergency Hospital for Children, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Man Sorin ,   3rd Pediatric Department, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Gafencu Mihai ,   “Louis Turcanu” Emergency Hospital for Children, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania, Duicu Carmen ,   1st Pediatric Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tg. Mures, Romania
Published: May 2020

Infantile nephrotic syndrome (INS) is a kidney disorder characterized by nephrotic syndrome presenting between 4 and 12 months of age with hypoalbuminemia, (<2.5 mg/dl), proteinuria(> 40 mg/m2) and edema. Children with infantile nephrotic syndrome appear normal at birth, proteinuria with a bland urine sediment develops postnatally, increasing progressively during the first or the second year of life. From the point of view of etiology, nephrotic syndrome may be idiopathic, genetic or secondary. Renal histopathology is not anymore a key criterion for diagnostic and prognostic in children with SRNS (steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome), having limited value in distinguishing genetic from nongenetic etiologies. Genetic podocytopathies changed diagnostic, prognostic judgment and therapeutic approaches in early onset SRNS. Therapeutic decisions are based on the underlying etiology.