bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Examination of Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Muvattupuzha River Basin using GIS
Authors:   Research Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engg,Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences,Coimbatore,Tamilnadu,India., Beegam N* Shaina , ArulRaj Prince ,   Professor and Dean (E&T),Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences,Coimbatore,Tamilnadu,India., Brema J. ,   Professor,Dept. of Civil Engg. ,,Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences,Coimbatore,Tamilnadu,India.
Published: October 2019

Land is the most important natural resources as far as human beings are concerned. The utilization of land is changing due to the emerging growth of population. The consequences due to change in land use not only affect human beings but at the same time affect the ecosystem also. The emerging effect of change of land use due to urbanization results in flooding and drought condition. This study has been carried out to understand the land use and land cover changes using GIS in a semi-arid region, Kerala, India. For this, the study area has been selected as Muvattupuzha River Basin. Land use land cover changes studies are very much important for planners as well as economists for better land utilization. It has been concluded from the study that built up area has increased during the study period from 110.9 km2 to 504.42 km2, which indicates that urbanization is the main factor which causes the bi-variational changes of land and flood occurrence.
Smart Waiter using Line Following, RFID and Object Detection
Authors:   Department of B.tech student at Lakshmi Narayan College of Technology, Bhopal M.P. (India), Khatri Prince , kabra Raghav ,   Department of B.tech student at Lakshmi Narayan College of Technology, Bhopal M.P. (India), Dubey Pratiksha ,   Department of B.tech student at Lakshmi Narayan College of Technology, Bhopal M.P. (India), shrivastav Abhisar ,   Department of B.tech student at Lakshmi Narayan College of Technology, Bhopal M.P. (India)
Published: October 2019

This model makes usage of various techniques like decision making, RFIDs, and IR-Sensors to establish a programable software. This paper describes how Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can be used in indoor navigation with line following Method for restaurants. None of the previous systems work seamlessly in restaurants which gave rise to our idea of using lines and RFIDs. And this will eventually lead to better results as compared to the previous work.
Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
Authors:   Department of ISE, CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India., B S* Prasad , Akhilaa  ,   Department of ISE, CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India.
Published: October 2019

Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease which can eventually leads to dementia. Mostly occurring in elderly people over the age of 65, it is hard to detect and diagnose correctly. Most common symptoms include memory loss and slow deterioration of cognitive functions. Given that these symptoms are seen often in old people, this hinders the detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Alzheimer’s is currently incurable, but detection of the disease during its early stage is often beneficial to the patient, since there are treatments which can considerably improve the quality of life of the patient. However this can only be done if the patient has been diagnosed at a stage before any permanent brain damage has been done. Most of the current methods for detecting and diagnosing AD are not good enough. It is the need of the hour to develop better and early diagnostic tools. With the improvements in the field of machine learning, we now have the tools needed to drastically improve detection of Alzheimer’s. We examine various machine learning methods and algorithms to find a method which can boost the chances of detecting the disease. We will use the following algorithms: Decision Tree, SVM, Random Forest and Adaboost. The dataset being used is the longitudinal MRI data available included in the OASIS dataset. We will use the aforementioned algorithms on the dataset and compare the accuracies achieved to find an optimal.
Moore Data Clustering Based Bloom Hash Storage for Dimensionality Reduction of Big Data Analytics
Authors:   Research Scholar, School of Computer Studies, Rathnavel Subramaniam College of Arts and Science, Sulur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu,, K* Chitra. , D Maheswari. ,   Head, Research Coordinator, School of Computer Studies- PG, Rathnavel Subramaniam College of Arts and Science, Sulur, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu,
Published: October 2019

Big data contains massive amounts of information’s that are difficult to manage, acquire, store and analyses. The clustering of data is a demanding issue in the field of big data analytics. The existing techniques developed for clustering does not provide efficient performance and also time complexity of clustering was higher. Further, minimizing dimensionality of big data was not addressed effectively. In order to overcome these limitations, a Moore Data Clustering based Bloom Hash Storage (MDC-BHS) Technique is proposed. The MDC-BHS Technique is designed with aim of reducing the dimensionality of big data with lesser time through clustering. The MDC-BHS Technique used Moore Data Clustering (MDC) Model in order to group the data in big dataset with minimum time consumption. After performing clustering process, the MDC-BHS Technique employed Bloom Hash Storage (BHS) Model in order to store clustered data with minimum space complexity. The BHS Model is a space-efficient probabilistic data structure which utilized hashing function to create hash value for clustered data. Therefore, proposed MDC-BHS Technique significantly reduces the dimensionality of larger dataset. The experimental evaluation of MDC-BHS technique is carried out on weather data with factors such as clustering time and clustering accuracy and space complexity with respect to number of data. The experimental results demonstrate that MDC-BHS Technique is able to improve the clustering accuracy and also minimizes the space complexity when compared to state-of-the-art works.
Success in Management of Student Businesses with Personal Characteristics, Government Assistance and Entrepreneurship Curriculum
Authors:   Politeknik Maritim Ami Makassar, Indonesia, Gani* Mashudi , Arsyad Muh. ,   Politeknik Maritim Ami Makassar, Indonesia, Syariati St. ,   Politeknik Maritim Ami Makassar, Indonesia, Hadi Amnah ,   Politeknik Maritim Ami Makassar, Indonesia, Yusriadi Yusriadi ,   Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Hukum Pengayoman, Makassar, Indonesia
Published: October 2019

This research looks at the success of managing student businesses based on personal characteristics, government assistance, and entrepreneurship curriculum. The study was conducted in South Sulawesi Province, Makassar City, using primary data and secondary data. Primary data is obtained through observation and in-depth interview techniques to students of business actors in the research area, while secondary information collected from various published sources. The analytical method used is a descriptive-analytic approach. The results of this study indicate that: (1) the success of student businesses is supported by personal characteristics, government assistance, and entrepreneurial curriculum learning. (2) The strategic role of students in developing a transaction includes: (a) formulate strategies for developing micro and small enterprises through (i) soft skills-based entrepreneurship and business management and (ii) conducting intensive, systematic and integrated education and training on business management and entrepreneurship based on science and technology. (b) Providing easy access for students of business actors whose business plan is deemed feasible by the assessment team.
ANALISIS PENGARUH FAKTOR-FAKTOR PENYEBAB FRAUD DI SEKTOR PEMERINTAHAN KOTA BANJARBARU
Authors: Suzanna Suzi
Published: October 2019

Abstract: Government agencies as budget users, implementers of popular programs and activities, are indicated to be real perpetrators of fraud. Some conditions in the work environment that can be a stimulant for fraud such as weak, inadequate and ineffective internal control systems and inconsistencies in carrying out procedures that have been made, clearly will play a very large role in creating opportunities for fraud. This study aims to prove the influence of Pressure, Opportunity, and Rationalization on Fraud (fraud) on the Municipal Government of Banjarbaru. The results of the study of the pressure variable indicate that the Banjarbaru City Government has a significant and positive effect on fraud. This shows that the higher the pressure that exists on the employee, the higher the action will be towards fraud. The opportunity variable shows that the Banjarbaru City Government has a significant effect on fraud. This shows that the higher the opportunity there is, the lower the action against fraud. Rationalization variables indicate that the Banjarbaru City Government has a significant and positive influence on fraud. This shows that the higher the existing rationalization of employees will increase the action against fraud. Keywords: fraud, pressure, opportunity, rationalization Abstrak: Instansi pemerintah sebagai pengguna anggaran, pelaksana program dan kegiatan kerakyatan, terindikasi secara nyata adalah pelaku fraud. Beberapa kondisi di lingkungan kerja yang dapat menjadi stimulan bagi terjadinya fraud seperti sistem pengendalian intern yang lemah, tidak memadai dan tidak efektif serta adanya inkonsistensi dalam menjalankan prosedur yang telah dibuat, jelas akan sangat besar peranannya dalam menciptakan peluang terjadinya fraud. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuktikan pengaruh Tekanan, Peluang, dan Rasionalisasi terhadap Kecurangan (fraud) pada Pemerintah Kota Banjarbaru. Hasil penelitian dari variabel tekanan menunjukkan bahwa Pemerintah Kota Banjarbaru berpengaruh secara signifikansi dan positif terhadap Kecurangan (fraud). Hal ini menunjukkan semakin tinggi tekanan yang ada terhadap pegawai maka akan meningkatkan tindakan terhadap Kecurangan (fraud). Dari variabel peluang menunjukkan bahwa Pemerintah Kota Banjarbaru berpengaruh secara signifikansi terhadap Kecurangan (fraud). Hal ini menunjukkan semakin tinggi peluang yang ada maka akan menurunkan tindakan terhadap Kecurangan (fraud). Variabel rasionalisasi menunjukkan bahwa Pemerintah Kota Banjarbaru terdapat pengaruh secara signifikansi dan positif terhadap Kecurangan (fraud). Hal ini menunjukkan semakin tinggi rasionalisasi yang ada terhadap pegawai maka akan meningkatkan tindakan terhadap Kecurangan (fraud). Kata kunci : kecurangan, tekanan, peluang, rasionalisasi
PENGARUH KUALITAS PELAYANAN TERHADAP KEPUASAN NASABAH TABUNGAN BANUA PT. BANK KALSEL CABANG PELAIHARI
Authors: Faurina Artini , Khairunnisa Khairunnisa
Published: October 2019

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to know the significant influence of service quality variable consisting of tangible (physical appearance), reliability (trust), responsiveness (responsiveness), assurance (guarantee) and empathy (empathy) to user satisfaction simultaneously and partially at Faculty of Medicine Universitas Lambung Mangkurat Banjarbaru’s Library. The type of research used in this research is descriptive research method with quantitative approach. The problem that the author thoroughly is a problem or symptoms that factual and also occur in the present (at the time of research done), then in this study the author uses descriptive method. Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that: 1) Simultaneously or together the quality of service consisting of physical appearance, trust, responsiveness, assurance and empathy proved to significantly influence the satisfaction of library users of Faculty of Medicine Universitas Lambung Mangkurat Banjarbaru. 2) Partially or separately service quality variables that affect the satisfaction of library users Faculty of Medicine, University of Lambung Mangkurat Banjarbaru is the physical appearance and guarantee. 3) Quality Variables The most dominant service affects the satisfaction of library users of Faculty of Medicine Universitas Lambung Mangkurat Banjarbaru is a guarantee. Keywords: service quality, user satisfaction, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Lambung Mangkurat Banjarbaru’s Library  Abstrak: Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh signifikan secara simultan dan parsial variabel kualitas layanan yang terdiri dari berwujud (penampilan fisik), reliabilitas (kepercayaan), daya tanggap (responsiveness), assurance (jaminan) dan empati (empati) terhadap kepuasan pengguna di Perpustakaan Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Lambung Mangkurat Banjarbaru. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Masalah yang penulis tuntas adalah masalah atau gejala yang faktual dan juga terjadi pada masa sekarang (pada saat penelitian dilakukan), maka dalam penelitian ini penulis menggunakan metode deskriptif. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa: 1) Secara simultan atau bersama-sama kualitas layanan yang terdiri dari penampilan fisik, kepercayaan, daya tanggap, jaminan dan empati terbukti secara signifikan mempengaruhi kepuasan pengguna perpustakaan Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Lambung. Mangkurat Banjarbaru. 2) Variabel kualitas layanan secara parsial atau terpisah yang mempengaruhi kepuasan pengguna perpustakaan Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Lambung Mangkurat Banjarbaru adalah penampilan fisik dan jaminan. 3) Variabel Kualitas Layanan yang paling dominan mempengaruhi kepuasan pengguna perpustakaan Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Lambung Mangkurat Banjarbaru adalah jaminan. Kata kunci : kualitas pelayanan, kepuasan pengguna, Perpustakaan Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Lambung Mangkurat
IMPLEMENTASI ALGORITMA NAZIEF-ADRIANI PADA FITUR TEBAK KATA DI WEB EDUKASI BAHASA INDONESIA
Authors: Noprisson Handrie , Ayumi Vina
Published: October 2019

Salah satu aturan atau tata bahasa Bahasa Indonesia yang harus diketahui adalah mengenai pengenalan kata dasar dan kata berimbuhan. Dalam bidang komputasi, salah satu algoritma yang dikembangkan dan berhubungan dengan aspek kata dasar dan kata berimbuhan Bahasa Indonesia adalah algoritma Nazief-Adriani. Metodologi penelitian terdiri dari 5 tahap yaitu pengumpulan data, analisis, desain, implementasi dan penulisan laporan. Implementasi algoritma Nazief-Adriani dilakukan pada fitur permainan tebak kata yang digunakan untuk menebak kata dasar dari imbuhan yang ada. Sebagai hasil penelitian, algoritma Nazief-Adriani berhasil diimplementasikan dan diuji coba untuk beberapa kata imbuhan (pelatihan, pendidikan dan menghasilkan) pada permainan tebak kata dasar di Web Edukasi Bahasa Indonesia dengan baik namun kekurangan dari algoritma Nazief-Adriani adalah belum mampunya untuk mendeteksi dan menghapus afiks-infiks atau imbuhan tengah/sisipan.
APLIKASI SPEECH TO TEXT BAHASA INDONESIA KE BAHASA BENGKULU MENGGUNAKAN POCKETSPHINX BERBASIS ANDROID
Authors: Deslianti Dwita
Published: October 2019

Saat ini smart phone berbasis Android khususnya sudah menjadi kebutuhan masyarakat karena menjanjikan banyak kemudahan sehari-hari salah satunya ialah speech recognition yang dikembangkan oleh perusahaan Google. Dengan fitur seperti ini, pengguna dapat dimudahkan mencari lokasi, artikel dan apapun yang kita butuhkan saat kita sibuk dalam berkendara dengan hanya menggunakan suara kita saja. Saat bepergian keluar kota pun kita sangat memerlukan sebuah smart phone yang mampu mendampingi kita dalam perjalanan semisal untuk melakukan komunikasi dengan bahasa daerah yang kita kunjungi. Dari permasalahan tersebut maka penulis akan membahas bagaimana membangun suatu aplikasi Speech to Text Bahasa Indonesia ke Bahasa Bengkulu Menggunakan Pocketsphinx Berbasis Android. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah membangun  sebuah  program aplikasi Speech to Text Bahasa Indonesia ke Bahasa Bengkulu Menggunakan Pocketsphinx Berbasis Android Sehingga manfaat dari penelitian ini adalah Dapat membantu ketika sedang bepergian ke kota Bengkulu untuk melakukan komunikasi dengan bahasa Bengkulu.
Electronic publishing and open access to information
Authors: Ikponmwosa Obaseki Tony , Schorlastica Nkwoma , Ngozi Ukachi B.
Published: October 2019

Publishing has transited from traditional to Electronic format making information resources available to users without much subscription. E-publishing is engendered by the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT), this development has brought about increase in the number of scholarly communication in circulation. The awareness and rate of e-publishing differs among faculties, it based on this that this study was carried out to survey the situation of e-publishing and open access of librarians in three federal universities in Southern Nigeria, five research questions were formulated to guide the study. The methodology adopted is descriptive survey, questionnaire was given to a total population of 64 librarians consisting of librarians from the institutions understudy, the data collected from the study shows that though librarians are aware of e-publishing but they have not being publishing as should have been expected in University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) out of the 95% that aware of electronic publishing only 30% have published there articles electronically, in University of Lagos (UNILAG) 100% indicated that they have published electronically while in University of Benin (UNIBEN) 45.4% percent indicated yes while 54.5% said they have not published their articles electronically. On availability of open access it was discovered that they have access as a total of 84% from UNN responded Yes, UNILAG 100% said Yes while in UNIBEN 90.9%. The following problems based on their scoring militating against e-publishing and open access in Nigeria. Inadequate power supply; inadequate computer terminals; inadequate funding for subscription payment.
Understanding Pupil Violence: Bullying Theory as Technoscience in Sweden and Norway
Authors: Boge Cecilie , Larsson Anna
Published: October 2019

Around 1970, violence among pupils became conceptualised in a radically new way when the concept of “mobbing” was introduced into the Nordic school debate. The concept was immediately embraced by popular discourse with the result that significant attention and discussion followed. It was also soon picked up by researchers and became further developed within Swedish and Norwegian behavioural science. This article concerns how pupil violence in the form of bullying was understood and theorised in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s in Sweden and Norway. It shows how certain political and intellectual conditions, and events, in both national contexts were decisive for the development of bullying theory, eventually leading up to a commercialisation of bullying theory. This development is discussed with the help of the concept “psychology-commercial complex,” derived from Pickstone’s theory of technoscience.
Implementation of Filter Picker Algorithm For Aftershock Identification of Lombok Earthquake 2018
Authors: Ardianto A. , Husni Y.M. , Nugraha A. D. , Muzli M. , Zulfakriza Z. , Afif H. , Sahara David P. , Widiyantoro Sri , Priyono Awali , Puspito Nanang T. , Supendi Pepen , Riyanto A. , Wei Shengji , Prabowo B. S.
Published: October 2019

The ability to identify earthquake events that are consistent, efficient and accurate is increasingly needed along with the increase in the amount of data analyzed. In this paper a filter picker algorithm is implemented to identify aftershock  events and determination of arrival time automatically, especially for the P wave phase. Here modifications are made in determining the uncertainty of arrival time and there are additional criteria in determining the time of arrival used. The additional criteria are that in a certain time span, there are at least 5 stations determined by the time the filter picker arrives. This is done to minimize identification errors due to local noise and other practical reasons, namely the minimum number of stations to determine the location and other seismological analysis. To test the filter picker algorithm, aftershock data from the Lombok earthquake occurred on July 29 (M 6.4), August 5 (M 7), and August 19 (M 6.3 and M 6.9)  2018. The aftershock data were used for 30 days, from August 4, 2018 to September 4, 2018 using local seismic station in Lombok Island. The results of the filter picker algorithm were evaluated by comparing the number of earthquake events detected and the accuracy of determining the P wave arrival time automatically to the results of manually arriving time. In addition, a comparison of the results obtained from a broadband type seismometer with a short period is used to find out how much influence the type of tool has on its performance results. The results of the comparison with the manual arrival time show that more than 85 percent of the results of the automatic arrival time have a difference below 0.2 seconds. Therefore, it can be said that the filter picker algorithm is quite effective for identifying events and determining the arrival time of P waves. In this paper it is also shown that this algorithm can be used for broad band and short period seismometer sensor, even without the prior correction of instruments.
Úlcera gástrica em eqüinos
Authors: Da Silva Luís Cláudio Lopes Correia , Belli Carla Bargi , Baccarin Raquel Yvonne Arantes , Fernandes Wilson Roberto
Published: October 2019

A ulceração gástrica em eqüinos, afecção prevalente em potros e eqüinos adultos, tem sido atualmente melhor compreendida pelo desenvolvimento de acuradas técnicas de diagnóstico e de meios de tratamento mais eficazes. A constante atualização do veterinário de eqüinos sobre a etiopatogenia, ocorrência, diagnóstico e tratamento é importante para o correto manejo desta doença.
RELATIONSHIP OF SAFE RIDING KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION ABOUT DANGER, AND SAFE RIDING BEHAVIOR AMONG SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SAMARINDA INDONESIA
Authors: Setyowati Dina Lusiana , Firdaus Ade Rahmat , Rohmah Nur Rohmah
Published: October 2019

Background: A traffic accident is a major factor of death of young people, especially in males, and those with physical disabilities. Although there was a decrease of the number of traffic accidents in 2014 (1,094 accidents) compared to a previous year (1,041 accidents), however it still remains high.   Objective: This study aimed to identify the relationship of safe riding knowledge, perception about danger, and safe riding behavior in high school students in Samarinda City, Indonesia.Methods: The study employed a survey with cross sectional approach in 315 students. Data were collected using questionnaires to measure safe riding knowledge, perception about danger, and safe riding behavior. Data were analyzed using Chi square with α .05.Results: The results showed that there was a significant relationship of safe riding knowledge, perception of danger, and safe riding behavior in high school students (p .05).Conclusion: This finding provides the insights to reduce traffic accidents in high school students increasing the knowledge and perception of safe riding by highlighting the involvement of parents, teachers and related institutions.
Local mechanisms for acupoint sensitization in gall bladder meridian of foot shaoyang-a gene chip study
Authors: Ishida Koichi , Qin Liyue , Wang Ting , Lei Ying , Hu Weiwei , Zhu Geng , Zhuang Qianqian , Gong Yanling , Wang Qian , Arijit Ghosh , Ma Dongni , LI Xingwang , Li Sheng-Tian
Published: October 2019

Acupuncture manipulations are clinically important to traditional Chinese medicine, yet the biological mechanisms have not been fully understood. This study aimed to investigate continuous stimulation-induced gene expression changes at stimulated and non-stimulated adjacent acupoints
in the same meridian. Catgut embedding into acupoint (CEP) was conducted at acupoint Yanglingquan (gall bladder meridian of foot-shaoyang 34, GB34) of Sprague Dawley rats once or continuously for eight weeks, and gene expression changes at GB34 were assessed by gene chip array analysis 72
h after the last CEP treatment. A total of 688 genes exhibited opposite changes in expression between the two treatments, and 1,336 genes were regulated only by the eight-week CEP treatment. Ingenuity Pathway Analysis revealed that among these differentially regulated genes by one-time and
eight-week CEP treatment, insulin-like growth factor-1 pathway and integrin-linked kinase pathway, and Wnt/~ catenin signaling pathway match the observed gene changes to predicted up/down regulation patterns. Upstream analysis further predicted six molecules, namely, tumor necrosis factor,
interleukin 1~, interleukin la, kallikrein-related peptidase 5, protein kinase Ca, and catenin ~1. On the other hand, continuous eight-week CEP stimulation at acupoint Xuanzhong (GB39) caused similar changes in the expression of 32 genes at acupoints GB34 and Fengshi (GB31) on the same meridian.
Taken together, our results provide the first molecular evidence for the local acupoints' mechanisms for acupoint sensitization theory, and implicate the existence of signaling pathways, either direct or indirect, between acupoints within the meridian GB.
A meta-analysis of the clinical efficacy of the combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in the treatment of haemorrhoids
Authors: Zeng Mengjie , Cheng Xueli , Chen Geer , Kou Jiyou
Published: October 2019

At present, surgical resection is the main method of the treatment of haemorrhoids, but is easy to recur after surgery.
Recently, it is reported that acupuncture has a beneficial influence on haemorrhoids.
Thus, whether acupuncture is effective in the treatment of haemorrhoids is the key in this meta-analysis.
To evaluate the clinical efficacy of the treatment of combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in haemorrhoids by meta-analysis, which provide a scientific, effective and feasible evidence for clinical decision-making and practice.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (RCTs).
A meta-analysis was performed by using Review Manager 5.3.
All RCTs about combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine versus Chinese medicine alone were selected and assessed for inclusion.
The effective rate (ER), recurrence rate(RR), Symptom score before and after treatment (perianal edema, hemafecia, perianal pain, pruritus ani, prolapse of haemorrhoids) were the outcomes analyzed in this meta-analysis.
11 RCTs and 976 patients were included.
The methodological quality of most included trials was low to moderate.
In this meta-analysis, the clinical efficacy of combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine was more effective than only Chinese medicine used in haemorrhoids.
The effective rate [OR=5.24,95%CI(3.72,7.40), P<0.0000I], recurrence rate [OR=0.29, 95%CI(0.11, 0.73), P=0.009], perianal edema [WMD=-0.74,95%CI-0.90 to -0.59, P<0.00001], hemafecia[WMD=-0.78,95%CI-0.89 to -0.67. P<0.00001], perianal pain[WMD=-0.72,95%CI-0.94 to -0.50, P<0.00001], pruritus ani[WMD=-0.75,95%CI-0.92 to -0.58, P<0.00001] and prolapse of haemorrhoids[WMD=-0.43,95%CI-0.84 to -0.02, P=0.04] were shown in this meta-analysis.(OR:odds ratio; CI:confidence interval; WMD:weighted mean difference).
There was about 96% of the clinical efficiency in the treatment of acupuncture plus Chinese medicine in haemorrhoids and 89% of that used in Chinese medicine alone, which indicates clearly that 7% higher efficiency in the experimental group compared with the control group.
The treatment of combination of acupuncture and Chinese medicine in haemorrhoids is more useful than Chinese medicine alone applied in piles, which is shown in 91% of clinical effects in average.
Integration of LEAN Last Planner System in construction processes
Authors: Tamošaitienė Jolanta , Starta Tomas
Published: October 2019

Globally, the efficiency of the construction sector has declined around the world over the past 30 years. The main principles aimed at the improvement of the situation are based on lean construction. The concept of lean construction can be effectively used in the strategic process to improve waste reduction as well as cost and time efficiency, which results in positive outcomes such as environmental protection, economy and time-saving. Lean construction practices help to achieve significant benefits. However, many organisations still find it difficult to successfully and correctly integrate lean concepts. The research literature indicates that the construction industry has encountered poor implementation and integration of these concepts. Lean construction has eight main techniques for increasing productivity in implementing customer requirements in the construction industry. Having in mind that lean is the key requirement for gaining construction productivity, this paper provides the basic fundamental knowledge of lean construction. Also, it shows how to get the most effective results by applying the Last Planner System technique. The described case study demonstrates the integration of the Last Planner System technique into the project.
The analysis of Web technologies for BIM model processing
Authors: Shkundalov Danylo , Vilutienė Tatjana
Published: October 2019

Web based BIM platforms are powerful tools for the architects and constructors therefore there exists big amount of such projects around the globe. Each of them has own advantages and disadvantages therefore it is important to understand which platform brings more benefits for the users in relation to the BIM model processing and project management. For this purposes Web based BIM systems need to be analysed and compared by their tools and opportunities. This paper is presenting the results of such comparison in condition of WebBIM platform development with the purpose of better understanding of the further development way.
PEXO: A Global Modeling Framework for Nanosecond Timing, Microarcsecond Astrometry, and μm s−1 Radial Velocities
Authors: Feng Fabo , Lisogorskyi Maksym , Jones Hugh R. A. , Kopeikin Sergei M. , Butler R. Paul , Anglada-Escudé Guillem , Boss Alan P.
Published: October 2019

The ability to make independent detections of the signatures of exoplanets with complementary telescopes and instruments brings a new potential for robust identification of exoplanets and precision characterization. We introduce PEXO, a package for Precise EXOplanetology to facilitate the efficient modeling of timing, astrometry, and radial velocity data, which will benefit not only exoplanet science but also various astrophysical studies in general. PEXO is general enough to account for binary motion and stellar reflex motions induced by planetary companions and is precise enough to treat various relativistic effects both in the solar system and in the target system. We also model the post-Newtonian barycentric motion for future tests of general relativity in extrasolar systems. We benchmark PEXO with the pulsar timing package TEMPO2 and find that PEXO produces numerically similar results with timing precision of about 1 ns, space-based astrometry to a precision of 1 μas, and radial velocity of 1 μm s−1 and improves on TEMPO2 for decade-long timing data of nearby targets, due to its consideration of third-order terms of Roemer delay. PEXO is able to avoid the bias introduced by decoupling the target system and the solar system and to account for the atmospheric effects that set a practical limit for ground-based radial velocities close to 1 cm s−1. Considering the various caveats in barycentric correction and ancillary data Required to realize cm s−1 modeling, we recommend the preservation of original observational data. The PEXO modeling package is available at GitHub (https://github.com/phillippro/pexo) and Zenodo (Feng et al. 2019).
Initial Results from a Pilot Comparative Effectiveness Study of 3 Methotrexate-based Consensus Treatment Plans for Juvenile Localized Scleroderma
Authors: Li Suzanne C. , Torok Kathryn S. , Rabinovich C. Egla , Dedeoglu Fatma , Becker Mara L. , Ferguson Polly J. , Hong Sandy D. , Ibarra Maria F. , Stewart Katie , Pope Elena , Higgins Gloria C. , Laxer Ronald M. , Mason Thomas , Fuhlbrigge Robert C. , Andrews Tracy
Published: October 2019

Objective.

To perform a comparative effectiveness feasibility study in juvenile localized scleroderma (LS), using standardized treatment regimens (consensus treatment plans; CTP).

Methods.

A prospective, multicenter 1-year pilot observational cohort study was performed by Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) LS workgroup members. Patients with active, moderate to severe juvenile LS were treated with one of 3 CTP: methotrexate alone, or in combination with intravenous (30 mg/kg/dose for 3 mos) or oral corticosteroids (2 mg/kg/day tapered by 48 weeks).

Results.

Fifty patients, with demographics typical for juvenile LS, were enrolled, and 44 (88%) completed the study. Most had extracutaneous involvement. Patients improved in all 3 CTP, with > 75% having a major or moderate level of improvement compared to baseline. Damage accrued in some patients. Major deviations from prescribed regimen resulted from medication intolerance (n = 6; 14%) or treatment failure (n = 11; 25%); failures occurred in all 3 CTP. Significant responses to treatment were demonstrated by LS skin scoring measures and overall physician assessments, with differences in response level identified in some patient subsets. Response differences were associated with baseline disease activity level, LS subtype, skin disease extent, and extracutaneous involvement.

Conclusion.

This study demonstrates the feasibility of conducting juvenile LS comparative effectiveness studies. The CTP were found to be safe, effective, and tolerable. Our assessments performed well. Because damage is common and may progress despite effective control of activity, we recommend initial treatment efficacy be evaluated primarily by activity measures. Potential confounders for response were identified that warrant further study.
Reasons for the High Cesarean Delivery Rate among Women with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Using the Korean National Health Insurance Database
Authors: Lee Jung Sun , Oh Ji Seon , Kim Ye-Jee , Hong Seokchan , Lee Chang-Keun , Yoo Bin , Kim Yong-Gil
Published: October 2019

Objective.

Women with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have reported a higher rate of cesarean births than healthy controls. This study aimed to identify factors associated with cesarean births in women with AS.

Methods.

Based on the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service claims database, the subjects comprised female patients aged 20–49 years old with AS. In total, 1293 deliveries after AS diagnosis were included. A logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with cesarean births.

Results.

Among the 1293 deliveries in women with AS, 657 were cesarean and 636 were vaginal deliveries. Compared to vaginal delivery, the women who had cesarean deliveries were older, had a longer disease duration, and had a higher portion of primipara and dispensation of drugs. These factors were associated with a higher risk of cesarean delivery: maternal age (OR 1.08, 95% CI 1.04–1.12), disease duration (OR 1.09, 95% CI 1.03–1.14), and preeclampsia (OR 3.94, 95% CI 1.17–13.32). Further, compared to no drug dispensation, these drugs showed higher risks of cesarean delivery: nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID; OR 1.64, 95% CI 1.31–2.37), tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi), disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD), or corticosteroids (OR 2.01, 95% CI 1.57–2.58). In the subgroup analysis in primiparas, maternal age, or dispensation of NSAID alone, or TNFi, DMARD, or corticosteroids was associated with a higher risk of cesarean delivery.

Conclusion.

Women with AS showed a higher cesarean delivery rate, influenced by both maternal age and disease-related factors.
UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy curriculum for teachers from the perspective of Structural Considerations of Information
Authors: Alcolea-Díaz Gema , Reig Ramón , Mancinas-Chávez Rosalba
Published: October 2019

The discipline Structural Considerations of Information explores the interests underlying communicational dynamics and information strategies, as well as the ways in which they correlate with messages. Considering this knowledge to be key in Communication Education, and having confirmed its close relationship with the dimensions of media competence, its presence is analyzed in the Media and Information Literacy (MIL) curriculum for teachers, whose training is crucial for the success of the process, developed by UNESCO, an organization that is a global referent in the field. A semantic content analysis reveals, from a quantitative perspective, a strong presence of thematic areas covered by the Structural Considerations of Information subject within the competencies and contents of the curriculum. However, at a qualitative level, there are fundamental weaknesses in its relationship with the structural approach to information. This occurs when the critical spirit of the text declines, starting with a definition of the media as sources of reliable information. The ubiquity of disinformation, and the key role played by stakeholders’ knowledge, as well as the development of critical thinking to address it requires an update of this curriculum–the present review contributes to this development– highlighting the current necessity to address it from a structural vantage that fosters critical citizenship and a democratic process.

La disciplina Estructura de la Información estudia los intereses que subyacen a la dinámica comunicacional y a las estrategias de información, y su correlación con los mensajes. Considerando clave este conocimiento para la Educación en Comunicación, y una vez confirmada su estrecha relación con las dimensiones de la competencia mediática, se analiza su presencia en el currículo de Alfabetización Mediática e Informacional (AMI) del profesorado, cuya formación es crucial para el éxito del proceso elaborado por la UNESCO, órgano de referencia mundial en el área. El análisis de contenido semántico desvela, desde un punto de vista cuantitativo, la fuerte presencia de las áreas temáticas de la Estructura de la Información en las competencias y contenidos del currículo. No obstante, aplicado cualitativamente, se detectan debilidades de fondo en la relación con el enfoque estructural de la información. Ocurre cuando decae el declarado espíritu crítico del texto, empezando por definir a los medios como fuentes de información fiable. La ubicuidad de la desinformación y el papel crucial del conocimiento de los agentes envueltos en la misma y del desarrollo del pensamiento crítico para afrontarla, obliga a la actualización de este currículo –a cuyo desarrollo se contribuye con esta revisión–, haciendo, además, más necesario que nunca el afrontarla desde un enfoque estructural que favorezca una ciudadanía crítica y el proceso democrático.
Domestic Violence and the Nursing Curriculum: Tuning In and Tuning Up
Authors: Woodtli M Anne
Published: October 2019

ABSTRACT

Domestic violence is a major health, social, and criminal justice problem in the United States. Although not confined to women, it is a growing concern of women and those who care for women. Nurses are often the first health care provider with whom the battered woman and her family interact. Reports of several studies indicate educational preparation of nurses is inadequate to assure sensitive, quality, and effective nursing care to those who have survived domestic violence. One purpose of this qualitative study was to identify and describe the essential knowledge and skills needed by nurses to provide competent, sensitive care. Interviews were conducted with 13 informants who were considered experts in violence-related care. Their responses were analyzed for categories of response and themes related to their feelings about domestic violence and the essential knowledge and skills nurses need to provide appropriate care. Findings provide data that can form the empirical bases for review of current curriculum content and strategies, indicate needed revisions, and serve as a framework for future curriculum development.
The Safety of Ship Berthing Operations at Port Dock - A Gap Assessment Model Based on Fuzzy AHP
Authors: K Hsu Wen-Kai , Kao Jui-Chung
Published: October 2019

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the safety of ship berthing operation s at port dock. Based on the features of ships berthing operations and the relevant literature, the safety factors SFs ) of ship berthing at port docks are first investigated. A gap assessment model based on Fuzzy AHP is then proposed to assess the perceived differences on those SFs between port marine pilots and shipmasters. Finally, the ships berthing operations at Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan were employed to illustrate the model s practical application The result may provide practical information for both marine pilots and shipmasters to improve the safety performance of ship berthing operation s at port docks.
Regulatory Approaches Leading to Holistic Implementation in a Fishing Vessel Fleet Less than 20 M in Length
Authors: Núñez Sánchez M J , Pérez Rojas L
Published: October 2019

Fishing is a very dangerous sea activity with a high rate of fatalities that is difficult to deal with by Maritime and Fisheries Administrations around the world. Meanwhile the Ocean Governance requires a global approach to sustainability and safety, with overarching principles governing both of them. This paper deals for the first time with the implementation of a complete methodology to assess the safety at sea, by means of a bottom-up goal based standards with safety level approach, encompassing the national regulations and using formal safety assessment as the driver in a fishing vessel fleet below 24 m in length (L). It is concluded that such methodologies are applicable, goal based regulations can be established, flexibility in the design can be provided and have the potential to be later extrapolated to holistic approaches.
A Simulation-Based Methodology for Evaluating the Factors on Ship Emergency Evacuation
Authors: Sarvari P A , Cevikcan E
Published: October 2019

There are many hazards on a ship that makes an emergency evacuation process inevitable. Providing safe and effective evacuation of passengers from ships in an emergency situation becomes critical. Handling a real ship evacuation practice is often unaffordable as modelling such an environment is very expensive and may cause severe distress to participants. As an alternative, simulation models have been used to overwhelm the issue above in recent years. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel simulation-based methodology for evaluating the effect of factors including physical as well as psychological passenger characteristics and routeing systematic on emergency evacuation process for public marine transportation. A detailed questionnaire has been conducted in this work to reflect passenger characteristics on simulation model in a more realistic manner. Also, a new routeing systematic is developed to provide an efficient evacuation procedure. As another contribution, a novel grid-based approach where the meshed discretized nodes can contain more than one passenger is proposed in simulation model for the first time. Then, a statistical analysis is
included within the methodology to assess the importance level of each factor on evacuation time. The proposed methodology is applied to a real life Ro-Ro ferry. A validation protocol based on IMO regulations is conducted and confirmed the effectiveness of the suggested simulation model. The simulation of different scenario types have indicated the influencing factors in a ship emergency evacuation. According to results, passenger characteristics has been identified as the most dominant factor on evacuation performance. The highest evacuation time difference has been observed for different levels of weight attribute. Moreover, it is concluded that the consideration of load utilization balancing among evacuation systems for routeing decreases evacuation time significantly. Finally, significant evacuation time difference between grid approaches have been demonstrated.
SUSPENSION BOAT DYNAMICS - Technical Note
Authors: Grenestedt J L
Published: October 2019

Small boats operating at high speeds often see very high vertical accelerations, which impose large loads on the boats as well as on their occupants. A boat concept with suspension was developed to reduce vertical accelerations. It consists of a centre-hull that is generally not in contact with the water and one or more sponsons connected to suspension links, springs and shock absorbers. Numerical simulations were performed on a simplified 4 degree-of-freedom model operating in seas generated from wave buoy data. A suspension boat with the general size and mass of an NSWRIB 11 meter boat was analysed and optimized. The analyses indicate that the suspension boat could operate at 60 knots in sea state 3 without seeing vertical accelerations above 1.5 G. The same boat but with rigidly mounted running surfaces would see an order of magnitude higher vertical accelerations.
INTEGRATION DESIGN OF WATERJET WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Authors: Jin S , Wang Y , Wei Y , Fu J
Published: October 2019

The integrated Design System of waterjet and its design example are briefly presented including 3-D inverse design of pump, 3-D CAD parametric modeling of inlet duct, 3-D Navier-Stokes flow analysis of pump and inlet duct and Finite Element Analysis of pump. After iteratively optimization based on the CFD analysis, the final design of the waterjet pump and inlet duct were manufactured. The results of the waterjet pump bench test and its CFD simulation were presented and discussed briefly, the errors of the pump Head and Power between the CFD simulation and pump bench test were below 4% in the whole calculating region. In order to prove the validity of the integrated design system, the new waterjet was also installed after the ship for official trial voyage, and the result indicate that: the ship speed propelled by the mixed flow waterjet was higher than that of the old propeller by 9.4%. The use of this modern design system leads to a drastic reduction of the development time of pumps having high performance, high reliability and modern design concepts.
THE STABILITY OF HIGH SPEED SMALL SHIP IN TRANSITIONAL MODE - Technical Note
Authors: Kanifolskyi O O
Published: October 2019

High speed craft often operate in a regime in which they are supported partially by hydrostatic forces and partially by forces of dynamic origin. This transitional regime has received sparse attention in the past, especially in relation to the early stages of design. This paper seeks to correct this deficiency by estimating the component parts of the vertical force on a vessel in the transitional regime. Force values and locations are found by the use of modern CAD and hydrostatics software, combined with model test data. This information is then used in a discussion of stability in the transitional mode.
PARAMETERS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE C-CLASS WINGSAIL
Authors: Magherini M , Turnock S R , Cambell I M
Published: October 2019

Wing sails offer a different design challenge to those of more conventional soft sail rigs. This study was undertaken in order to assess which parameters influence wingsail performance of C-Class catamarans, and to what extent, the results from the wind tunnel can be applied in the design developments of future wingsails. A combined wing sail and C- class catamaran was tested in the low-speed section of the 7’ x 5’ wind tunnel at the University of Southampton. Testing assessed the appropriate settings for the movable element of the multiple-element wing sail as well as heeling angle, trampoline porosity, spanwise camber distribution and gap at the foot of the wingsail. Both upwind and downwind conditions were considered through measurement of driving force, heeling force, heeling and yawl moments. The results demonstrate that low heel angles improve overall performance and that the gap underneath the wingsail foot adversely affects the generation of lift by the sail. An airfoil shaped trampoline is suggested in order to benefit both a reduced gap and a better control over the heel. For heavy wind condition, negative twist at the tip of the wingsail allows higher boat speeds.