bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
O espaço museológico pautado pelas perspectivas Fenomenológicas e interdisciplinares
Authors: Pasqualucci Luciana
Published: October 2019

This paper seeks to increase the understanding how of museum can contribute to an interdisciplinary knowledge construction. The article aims to show how interdisciplinarity can be exercised, as well as you can now justify the construction of an interdisciplinary attitude to knowledge. The notions of Phenomenology and Contemporary Art underlie research. The interdisciplinarity, to emphasize the importance of inter and partnerships, and also highlights its five guiding concepts (humbleness, respect, coherence, expectation, and detachment), it is an attitude that can facilitate the educational and institutional intentions of the museum in an attempt to share their cultural and artistic heritage with the public. The interdisciplinarity in the category of state action can achieve in the museum, institutional demands and educational projects trampled a phenomenological view, which means to understand it as being creative, collective and questioning. This man, who question the sense of things, when faced with the contemporary art in the museum, you can build knowledge articulating their experiences to the different areas of knowledge that permeate the plastic arts, adding to the conceptual discourse aspects of reality. When considering the reality, the museum plays an important social role: generate motivations and reflections that continue beyond the museum.

Keywords: Education; interdisciplinarity; phenomenology; museums; contemporary art
Trabalho e precarização nos museus brasileiros: uma análise introdutória
Authors: Miqueias Wagner
Published: October 2019

This study is an initial reflection on the situation of museologists workers in Brazil and is within the framework of the Labour Sociology. Use data from the survey conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Museums (IBRAM), Museums in Numbers, to view the status of museologists in museums institutions, locating such a situation a national and international economic scenario. Develop a brief foray into contemporary reflections on the world of work and its transformations, intending choose certain categories to characterize the museologists and understand them in the world of work. Will privilege studies of Brazilian sociologists Ricardo Antunes and Ruy Braga and English economist Guy Standing, because dealing with the issue of precarious work combining the references of Political Economy and Labour Sociology.

Keywords: museologists, museums, precarization, precariat, work.
الصوفية: تاريخ النشأة ومعنى المفهوم
Authors: عيبلو سالم
Published: October 2019

لقد اختلفت وجهات النظر في الحكم على ظاهرة التصوف، فمن الباحثين من عدّ التصوف ظاهرة اجتماعية،ومنهم من اعتبره ظاهرة سيكلوجية نفسية، ومنهم من رأى أنه ظاهرة فنّية، وكثيراعتبروه ظاهرة فلسفية.
وهذه الدراسة توسّلت بمجموع مقاربات لغوية وتاريخية، فألقت الضوء على المصطلح في اللغة العربية،ثم ناقشت الآراء التي تتعلق بمصادر الظاهرة في الإسلام،وذكرت شيئا من خصائص التصوف الإسلامي ،وكيف تأثر بالأفكار الوافدة.
وهذه الدراسة تعد مدخلا لمبحث آخر هو بعنوان التربية عند الصوفي الهدف المنشود والأدوات المستخدمة.
Communicative Techniques Used by EFL Learners to Accomplish Strategic Proficiency
Authors: Abushama Omran
Published: October 2019

Effective communication is of paramount importance in all aspects of life. To achieve this, verbal and nonverbal techniques may be utilized. These techniques are called Communication Strategies (CSs). The primary objective of this study was to investigate the verbal and nonverbal communication strategies used by EFL (English Foreign Language) learners in the classroom to enhance their communication ability and to achieve strategic proficiency in their communication. It also explored which strategies are more effective or successful for accomplishing strategic proficiency in communication and for compensating the limited knowledge. Data came from two sources: questionnaires which were accomplished by the 20 student participants and 2 teacher participants and an observation administered by the researcher. The results showed that the most common communication strategies used are repetition and paraphrasing, while the less used strategies are literal translation and nonverbal strategies. The findings also confirmed that paraphrasing, repetition and replacing words are more effective than literal translation and nonverbal strategies. In addition, the correlation analysis revealed that the greater experience students have in learning English, the more strategies they use and the Pearson correlation approved that paraphrasing clearly correlated with years of learning English, r = .44, p = .05. Therefore, the communicative technique paraphrasing is used by the students who have greater experience in learning English confirming that using it is dependent on the years or the experience of learning the language.
Occurrence of Aflatoxin B1 in Fresh and Boiled Liver Broiler Chickens in Zaria, Nigeria
Authors:   Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria., Ibrahim M. J. , Kabir J. , Kwanashie M.T ,   Department of Veterinary Microbiology Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria., R. R. Mairabo ,   Nigeria Prison Service, Dukpa Model Prison Farm Center, Federal Capital Territory Command, Abuja, Nigeria.
Published: October 2019

There is an increasing concern for the contamination of poultry products with Aspergillus strains, responsible for the aflatoxin production. Therefore, the persistence of aflatoxin B1 was analyzed in 60 fresh liver divided into two-part one remains fresh and the other part boiled from live bird markets in Zaria, Nigeria, using indirect competitive enzyme link immunosorbent Assay (iELISA). A total of 66.7% of fresh liver and 16.7% of boiled liver were found to be contaminated with aflatoxin B1 above maximum detection limits. The levels of aflatoxin B1 contamination varied in decreasing order as follows: Sabon Gari, Zaria city, Dan Magaji and Tudun wada had aflatoxin level of 66.40 µg/kg, 41.45 µg/kg, 35.25 µg/kg and 29.80 µg/kg, respectively in fresh liver samples. The highest level of aflatoxin B1 in boiled liver was 29.02 µg/kg in Sabon Gari. The persistence of boiling aflatoxin B1 was significant (P < 0.05) in the liver of broilers. The occurrence of aflatoxin B1 in the liver of slaughtered broilers is dangerous and may adversely affect human health. It was concluded that the high level of AFB1 in birds sold in live-bird markets, meant for slaughter for human consumption may have adverse effects on human health. Strict measures should be adopted to monitor and regulate aflatoxin level in feeds and, subsequently, in edible tissues. Keywords: AFB1, ELISA, Chickens and Liver.
The Photometric LSST Astronomical Time-series Classification Challenge PLAsTiCC: Selection of a Performance Metric for Classification Probabilities Balancing Diverse Science Goals
Authors: Malz A. I. , Hložek R. , Allam T. , Bahmanyar A. , Biswas R. , Dai M. , Galbany L. , Ishida E. E. O. , Jha S. W. , Jones D. O. , Kessler R. , Lochner M. , Mahabal A. A. , Mandel K. S. , Martínez-Galarza J. R. , McEwen J. D. , Muthukrishna D. , Narayan G. , Peiris H. , Peters C. M. , Ponder K. , Setzer C. N. ,   (the LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration and the LSST Transients and Variable Stars Science Collaboration)
Published: October 2019

Classification of transient and variable light curves is an essential step in using astronomical observations to develop an understanding of the underlying physical processes from which they arise. However, upcoming deep photometric surveys, including the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), will produce a deluge of low signal-to-noise data for which traditional type estimation procedures are inappropriate. Probabilistic classification is more appropriate for such data but is incompatible with the traditional metrics used on deterministic classifications. Furthermore, large survey collaborations like LSST intend to use the resulting classification probabilities for diverse science objectives, indicating a need for a metric that balances a variety of goals. We describe the process used to develop an optimal performance metric for an open classification challenge that seeks to identify probabilistic classifiers that can serve many scientific interests. The Photometric LSST Astronomical Time-series Classification Challenge (PLAsTiCC) aims to identify promising techniques for obtaining classification probabilities of transient and variable objects by engaging a broader community beyond astronomy. Using mock classification probability submissions emulating realistically complex archetypes of those anticipated of PLAsTiCC, we compare the sensitivity of two metrics of classification probabilities under various weighting schemes, finding that both yield results that are qualitatively consistent with intuitive notions of classification performance. We thus choose as a metric for PLAsTiCC a weighted modification of the cross-entropy because it can be meaningfully interpreted in terms of information content. Finally, we propose extensions of our methodology to ever more complex challenge goals and suggest some guiding principles for approaching the choice of a metric of probabilistic data products.
Taïwan des années 1930 aux années 1950 : la naissance d’une société pluraliste
Authors: Chevalérias Philippe
Published: October 2019

Entre les années 1930 et les années 1950, Taïwan fut l’otage des politiques menées par trois grandes puissances – le Japon, les Etats-Unis et la Chine – soucieuses de préserver leurs intérêts dans la région. Au cours de ces années, l’île perdit son statut de colonie japonaise, et même d’une certaine manière celui de province chinoise, pour suivre sa propre voie dans la limite des contraintes imposées par le contexte géopolitique. Les deux régimes autoritaires qui gouvernèrent Formose durant cette période marquèrent chacun de leur empreinte la société taïwanaise. Au travers d’une approche interdisciplinaire englobant les domaines économique, socio-politique, ou encore artistique (danse, peinture, littérature), ce dossier spécial apporte un éclairage sur le processus qui a conduit à l’émergence d’une société pluraliste à Taïwan à un moment où les Formosans, qui avaient été soumis à l’influence des Japonais pendant un demi-siècle, étaient tiraillés entre les efforts du gouvernement nationaliste pour (ré)imposer la culture chinoise et la tentation de se rapprocher une nouvelle fois du Japon.
1945-1949 : une période charnière pour l’économie de Taïwan. Crise économique et nouvelles opportunités
Authors: Chevalérias Philippe
Published: October 2019

De 1945 à 1949, Taïwan connut une crise économique sans précédent. Les Formosans confrontés à la flambée des prix virent leurs conditions de vie se détériorer très fortement ; une situation d’autant plus dure à supporter que les nationalistes alors au pouvoir semblaient moins se préoccuper des difficultés endurées par la population taïwanaise que de la guerre contre les communistes qu’ils menaient toujours sur le continent. Pourtant, cette période critique fut aussi le prélude à un renouveau de l’économie de l’île. Le contexte géopolitique de la fin des années 1940 qui conduisit Taïpei à se rapprocher de Washington et Tokyo allait être à l’origine de nouvelles opportunités économiques. D’une part, l’interruption des relations à travers le détroit protégea Formose des excès du régime maoïste. D’autre part, les relations privilégiées qui furent nouées avec les Etats-Unis et le Japon en termes de commerce extérieur, d’investissements directs étrangers et de partenariats entre multinationales américaines/japonaises et firmes locales ouvrirent la voie au développement économique de Taïwan après-guerre.
La peinture à Taïwan des années 1930 aux années 1950 : échos artistiques du contexte socio-politique
Authors: Laureillard Marie
Published: October 2019

Entre les années 1930 et 1950, l’art taïwanais, en particulier la peinture, reflète l’évolution politique de l’île et le passage de la gouvernance japonaise à celle du parti nationaliste chinois sous influence américaine. On distingue à la période japonaise deux courants, la peinture à la gouache sur soie dite nihonga et la peinture à l’huile à l’occidentale de style impressionniste. Le lendemain de la seconde guerre mondiale voit l’essor d’un réalisme qui s’accompagne d’une dimension critique nouvelle, avant que la tragique affaire du 28 février 1947 n’affecte profondément le milieu artistique. Puis, avec le repli de Tchang Kai-chek dans l’île en 1949, la peinture à l’encre traditionnelle chinoise devient bientôt le symbole de la « Chine libre ». Taiwan va s’ouvrir peu à peu aux tendances internationales et interpréter à sa manière l’expressionnisme abstrait alors en vogue aux États-Unis selon une voie radicalement opposée au réalisme socialiste prôné par la Chine communiste. Ainsi les choix esthétiques de l’époque peuvent-ils largement s’expliquer à la lumière de l’environnement socio-politique.
« Il faut du fun et le côté un peu cinéphile »
Authors: Legon Tomas
Published: October 2019

Cet article propose l’étude d’un dispositif initié en 2013 par la Région Rhône-Alpes, qui vise à aider les salles de cinéma indépendantes du territoire à séduire un public jeune non captif. À travers l’analyse des objectifs du dispositif et des moyens d’action choisis en fonction du public ciblé, il s’agit d’interroger les ressorts sociologiques de l’action culturelle contemporaine en matière de cinéma. Nous verrons ainsi que derrière des catégories indigènes qui se veulent souvent horizontales, neutres ou universelles (« qualité », « diversité », « curiosité »…), on retrouve le partage de croyances en l’existence de hiérarchies verticales du cinéma (des œuvres, des modes de diffusion, etc.) comme des rapports au cinéma (des manières de voir ou évaluer les films, par exemple), qui sont socialement situés. L’article entend cependant monter en généralité. Le dispositif étudié est en effet un exemple, parmi d’autres, du fait que l’éclectisme éclairé est la déclinaison contemporaine du modèle cultivé à diffuser aux catégories de la population que l’on considère comme les plus exposées aux tentatives hégémoniques des acteurs du champ de production élargi, dotés du pouvoir économique. La transformation des pratiques cinématographiques juvéniles est au croisement de ces enjeux de politique culturelle et de luttes internes au champ cinématographique.
L’extension du droit de la responsabilité contractuelle dans le domaine de la formation professionnelle continue
Authors: Luttringer Jean-Marie
Published: October 2019

L’accent mis par la loi du 5 septembre 2018 relative à la liberté de choisir son avenir professionnel porte sur l’autonomie de la personne, sa capacité d’agir et soulève la question de la responsabilité et de son imputabilité entrevue sous ses différentes formes. De ce fait, le présent propos s’intéressera au mouvement de « personnalisation » du droit à la formation voulu par le législateur pour savoir s’il a eu pour effet de déplacer le centre de gravité de la responsabilité juridique imputable jusqu’ici à l’État à titre principal. Qu’en est-il donc désormais de la responsabilité de l’entreprise comme de celle des prestataires de services de formation ?
Revisiting the sampling, sample preparation, and analytical variability associated with testing wheat for deoxynivalenol
Authors: Tittlemier S.A. , Chan J. , Gaba D. , Pleskach K. , Osborne J. , Slate A.B. , Whitaker T.B.
Published: October 2019

Fifteen lots of wheat were sampled to characterise the total variance and distribution among sample test results associated with measuring deoxynivalenol (DON) in bulk wheat lots. An unbalanced nested experimental design based on past research was used to determine contributions to the total variance from sampling, sample preparation, and analysis. The wheat lots used in the study contained average DON concentrations that ranged from 0.17 to 24.5 mg/kg. Sampling was determined to be the largest contributor to the total variance of measuring DON at low mg/kg concentrations, which are relevant to existing maximum levels. With the experimental design parameters of 1 kg laboratory samples, sub-division of whole and ground grain using rotary sample division, sample comminution using a commercial-grade coffee grinder, extraction of 100 g test portions, and making one measurement of DON in the test portion by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, the total variance of DON measurement at 2 mg/kg was 0.046 mg2/kg2 (coefficient of variation=10.7%). At this concentration, sampling contributed 67% to the total variance, followed by sample preparation (18%) and analysis (15%). The DON distribution among sample test results was accurately described by the normal distribution. The mathematical model of variance was used with the normal distribution of DON measurement results to construct operating characteristics curves to model the likelihood of mischaracterising a wheat lot as (non) compliant with a certain decision limit. With realistic laboratory sample and test portion sizes, as well as a practicable decision limit of 1.5 mg/kg, the estimated probability of mischaracterising a wheat lot containing 2 mg/kg DON as less than this concentration was reduced to 1%.
Facing Stigma and Discrimination as Both a Racial and a Sexual Minority Member of the LGBTQ+ Community
Authors: Arlee Lenore , Cowperthwaite Robyn , Ostermeyer Britta K.
Published: October 2019

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) sexual minority people who are also racial minorities (people of color) face significantly more complex life stressors than their white counterparts, likely due to more stigma and discrimination. This article outlines some of the disparities in this double-minority population that contribute to trends in (1) higher rates of mental health disorders; (2) higher percentages of medical illnesses in general, including higher rates of HIV; (3) higher rates of substance use disorders; and (4) increased rates of violence. Much of the existing research literature pertains to either LGBTQ+ populations or racial/ethnic minority populations, and there has been little research addressing this double-minority population to date. Further research is warranted to better understand the effect of stigma, prejudice, and discrimination in double-minority populations and how to better address their social, health, and mental health disparities.

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Psychological Assessment and Treatment for LGBTQ+ Patients
Authors: Hawks Erin M. , Holster Jessica , Cowperthwaite Robyn , Lewis Angela L. , Hart Jonathan , Ostermeyer Britta K.
Published: October 2019

Mental health providers encounter and provide treatment to patients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) in various treatment settings. Understanding this unique population is essential in delivering culturally competent, appropriate, and effective care to LGBTQ+ patients. This article begins by discussing the existing stigma and the resulting disparities in mental health problems for LGBTQ+ people compared to their cisgender heterosexual counterparts, such as the increased risk of suicide. Then, presented are practical adaptations for the psychological assessment and treatment of LGBTQ+ patients that maintain fidelity to treatment protocols while allowing for flexibility in addressing their unique values, preferences, and challenges.

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Compounded Stigma in LGBTQ+ People: A Framework for Understanding the Relationship Between Substance Use Disorders, Mental Illness, Trauma, and Sexual Minority Status
Authors: Rojas Julio I. , Leckie Raina , Hawks Erin M. , Holster Jessica , del Carmen Trapp Maria , Ostermeyer Britta K.
Published: October 2019

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) people are sexual minorities and have higher rates of substance use disorders, mental illness, and trauma, which translates into compounded stigma for them. Compounded stigma is the additive and cumulative impact of belonging to one, or several, marginalized groups (eg, racial/ethnic minority, LGBTQ+) and also suffering from addiction, mental illness, and/or trauma. There are important interactions among these comorbidities, trauma, and sexual minority status that affect patient behavior, treatment planning, and treatment outcomes. This article presents a Venn diagram as a helpful clinical tool to visually illustrate the complex interactions of mental illness, addictions, trauma, and LGBTQ+ minority status for both health care providers and patients. Having an awareness and understanding of these important interactions can enhance patient rapport and treatment experience as well as treatment planning.

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Correlation of Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Maps With Visual Fields in Nonarteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Authors: Alasil Tarek , Tan Ou , Lu Ake Tzu-Hui , Huang David , Sadun Alfredo A.
Published: October 2019

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To correlate peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (NFL) loss and visual field defects in nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION).

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with NAION and control subjects were enrolled in a case–control study. Participants were scanned with a Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. Peripapillary NFL thickness was averaged in hemispheric, quadrant, and octant divisions. Standard achromatic static perimetry was used to assess visual fields.

RESULTS: The reproducibility of peripapillary NFL parameters was excellent in both the healthy and NAION groups. Eyes in the NAION group showed a significant decrease of peripapillary NFL thickness in terms of the overall average, all quadrant averages, and all octants. There were statistically significant correlations between the peripapillary NFL and visual fields in terms of both overall averages and superior-inferior differences.

CONCLUSION: In NAION, the visual field and peripapillary NFL losses are correlated in both severity and location. Fourier domain OCT provides reproducible measurement of the peripapillary NFL and may be useful in the assessment of NAION.

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Estudio etnobotánico de áreas del noroeste de la provincia de Isfahan, Iran
Authors: Keshavarzi M. , Mosaferi S.
Published: October 2019

Irán es un país que ha utilizado de manera destacada las plantas medicinales desde la antigüedad. En este estudio, documentamos los datos etnobotánicos de los condados de Golpayegan, Shahin Shahr y Meymeh (provincia de Isfahán) por primera vez en Irán. El estudio de campo y la recolección de plantas se realizaron en diferentes temporadas en 2016 y 2017. Los datos etnobotánicos se analizaron utilizando información proveniente de cuestionarios realizados a 27 informantes. En total, se registraron 48 plantas de 24 familias de las áreas estudiadas. Las familias Asteraceae (36%) y Lamiaceae (23%) son las que contienen un mayor número de plantas citadas. Las hojas (45,83%) y las semillas (18,75%) son las partes de planta más utilizadas. Este estudio indica la importancia de las plantas útiles de las áreas estudiadas y la necesidad de realizar este tipo de investigación en otras partes del país con el fin de preservar esta valiosa información de los habitantes locales.
Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Argentina
Authors: Savino Atilio Armando , de Titto Ernesto
Published: October 2019

A general picture of waste management in Argentina is presented, taking into consideration the obligations of the state to guarantee the collection of household waste and to dispose of it in authorized sites and the generator's responsibility on the management of hazardous waste. Separate boxes are presented to present the activities performed by organized waste pickers and by CEAMSE, a state-owned company responsible for waste disposition in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires. Waste management is essential for a sustainable development agenda. As witnessed in Argentina, this requires (1) closing open dumpsites, (2) a reliable and complete waste collection service, and (3) proper treatment of all waste streams. It is thus clear the need to (1) promote a circular economy; (2) tackle the management of organic waste; (3) ensure the adequate control and treatment of hazardous waste; (4) promote a suitable set of policies, regulations, and economic instruments; (5) select the best available technologies; and (6) formalize the informal phase of recycling.
Solid Waste Management in Rwanda
Authors: Kabera Telesphore
Published: October 2019

This chapter aims to describe the status and challenges of waste management (WM) in Rwanda. Currently, waste is managed by the Ministry of Local Government, with the participation of private companies which are only in charge of waste collection. In the city of Kigali, waste is managed by the city of Kigali whereas in other four remaining provinces waste is managed by the districts. Implementation of waste management policy is carried out by a government-owned company called Water and Sanitation Corporation (WASAC) Ltd. The per capita solid waste generation rate in the city of Kigali is equal to 0.57 kg/person/day. A lot of legislations and regulations on WM are in place but their enforcement is weak. The Government of Rwanda should do more in terms of enforcing WM legislations and regulations.
Current Situation and Challenges of Waste Management in Thailand
Authors: Babel Sandhya , Ta Anh Tuan , Habarakada Liyanage Teshan Udayanga
Published: October 2019

Thailand covers an area of 513,120 km2 and is located in the southern region of the continent of Asia. The total population was around 67.2 million in 2016. With increasing population growth, city expansion and rapid industrialization, generated 27.37 tonnes of waste in 2017. Thailand government has recognized problems associated with solid, hazardous, and electronic waste generation and issued policies/regulations to support the waste management system. Initiatives such as roadmap for municipal and hazardous waste, national master plan on cleaner production and cleaner technology, and national integrated e-waste management strategy have been introduced to improve the waste management system. However, there are many issues preventing the implementation of a successful waste management system in Thailand. Society has suffered from waste mismanagement because of lack of awareness and realistically applicable technology. There are also weaknesses in the processes of public participation, policy implementation, and institutional support.
Waste Management in Developing Countries
Authors: Pariatamby Agamuthu , Bhatti Mehran Sanam , Hamid Fauziah Shahul
Published: October 2019

This chapter summarizes and compares the current situation of waste management practices in developing countries as reported in other chapters of this book. Due to increasing rate of urbanization, population, and economic growth, generation of waste is also on the rise. It further makes the waste management situation trickier for developing countries as effective regulations and policies are either lacking or their stringent enforcement is absent. Thus, it leads to major issues of inefficient waste collection, open dumping, open burning, and over-reliance on landfilling. It was also discovered that holistic approach of all relevant stakeholders from governmental level to waste generators level is glaringly missing in most of the developing countries. At the end of the chapter, several recommendations are presented to overcome the challenges.
A Thorough Insight into Theoretical and Practical Developments in MultiAgent Systems
Authors: Juneja Dimple , Singh Aarti , Singh Rashmi , Mukherjee Saurabh
Published: October 2019

Multiagent systems have been a fascination for research community and are often seen as an intelligent solution to many complex real world problems. Researchers have been active in the domain since last three decades and many developments pertaining to theoretical design and practical developments of multiagent systems are worth appreciating. The growth in MAS is multidirectional ranging from conceptual ideas to practical implementations and from the wide range of applications; it appears that multiagent systems are proving to be universal. The paper presents a concise survey of developments in MAS highlighting the important contributions in the field and also questions the universal applicability of agents.
A Hybrid Intelligent Risk Identification Model for Configuration Management in Aerospace Systems
Authors: Nava Jose , Osorio Alejandro
Published: October 2019

This chapter proposes a multi-dimensional patterns recognition model for Configuration Management's Risk Identification in Aerospace Safety Critical Systems. This work has been designed for Aerospace software systems where companies require full compliance with the Aerospace Standard DO-178b. The solution focuses on Risk Identification for the Configuration Management Process Area. An Anomaly Detection Solution has been designed through the modeling of statistics and artificial intelligence algorithms, following CRISP-DM model standard for data mining solutions. A dimensional architecture was designed to model the problem through three dependent and interconnected dimensions. The first dimension, Behavioral Biometrics, which this model has extended to Human Behavioral Patterns. The second dimension is Infrastructure, which represents all physical specialized equipment, environments, networking, and its configurations. The third dimension is space-time, which in this model represents a time dimension against all geographical information project related (code, files, among others).
Using Physics Inspired Wave Agents in a Virtual Environment
Authors: Dafflon Baudouin , Guériau Maxime , Gechter Franck
Published: October 2019

The monitoring and the surveillance of industrial and agricultural sites have become first order tasks mainly for security or the safety reasons. The main issues of this activity is tied to the size of the sites and to their accessibility. Thus, it seems nowadays relevant to tackle with this problem with robots, which can detect potential issues with a low operational cost. To that purpose, in addition to individual patrolling behavior, robots need coordination schemes. The goal of this paper is to explore the possibility of using interference fringes and waves properties in a virtual environment to tackle with the longitudinal distance regulation in the platoon control issue. The proposed model, based on a multi-agent paradigm, is considering each vehicle as an agent wave generator in the virtual environment.
The Media-Sphere as Dream
Authors: Schafer Stephen Brock
Published: October 2019

The psychological nature of the electronic media environment is a virtual reality that—according to Jungian principles—is dreamlike. Perhaps it can be analyzed with Jung's Analytical Psychology. Science is experiencing a paradigm shift into a reality of mediated illusion, and psychological research on this illusion has become the human imperative. It may be stipulated that physics has abolished matter, conceding that “reality is organized mind stuff.” If cosmos is structured holographically and the brain is structured holonomically, it is probable that “mind stuff” is structured holographically. The Jungian concept of Psyche is a good place to begin researching the Media-sphere as mind stuff. Cognitive sciences are probing the brain and nervous system in search of the template for cognitive organization, and the salient features have already emerged. It appears that both conscious and unconsciousness cognitive dimensions have dramatic form. This dreamlike structure can be employed to analyze the media dream, and to foster coherent psychological states in contextual collectives.
Exploiting Chi Square Method for Sentiment Analysis of Product Reviews
Authors: Shelke Nilesh M , Deshpande Shrinivas P
Published: October 2019

Sentiment analysis is an extension of data mining which employs natural language processing and information extraction task to recognize people's opinion towards entities such as products, services, issues, organizations, individuals, events, topics, and their attributes. It gives the summarized opinion of a writer or speaker. It has received lot of attention due to increasing number of posts/tweets on social sites. The proposed system is meant to classify a given text of review into positive, negative, or the neutral category. Primary objective of this article is to provide a method of exploiting permutation and combination and chi values for sentiment analysis of product reviews. Publicly available freely dictionary SentiWordNet 3.0 has been used for review classification. The proposed system is domain independent and context aware. Another objective of the proposed system is to identify the feature specific intensity with which reviewer has expressed his opinion. Effectiveness of the proposed system has been verified through performance matrix and compared with other research work.
Agreement Technologies for Conflict Resolution
Authors: Julian Vicente , Sanchez-Anguix Victor , Heras Stella , Carrascosa Carlos
Published: October 2019

Recently, artificial intelligence, has emerged as a new source of scientific works in conflict resolution. The interest in conflict resolution lies in diverse reasons. One of the main reasons is that computational systems have gradually shifted towards a distributed paradigm where heterogeneous entities should include computational conflict resolution mechanisms, such as proposed by agreement technologies. This chapter gives an overview of these technologies, which are needed in order to ensure the accomplishment of the global system goal and to solve conflicts. Among agreement technologies, automated negotiation is proposed as one key mechanism in conflict resolution due to its analogous use in human conflict resolution. Automated negotiation consists of an automated exchange of proposals carried out by software agents on behalf of their users. Another key technology is argumentation, which provides a fruitful means of dealing with conflicts and knowledge inconsistencies. Agents can reach agreements by engaging in argumentation dialogues with their opponents in a discussion.
Statistical Relational Learning for Collaborative Filtering a State-of-the-Art Review
Authors: Nishani Lediona , Biba Marenglen
Published: October 2019

People nowadays base their behavior by making choices through word of mouth, media, public opinion, surveys, etc. One of the most prominent techniques of recommender systems is Collaborative filtering (CF), which utilizes the known preferences of several users to develop recommendation for other users. CF can introduce limitations like new-item problem, new-user problem or data sparsity, which can be mitigated by employing Statistical Relational Learning (SRLs). This review chapter presents a comprehensive scientific survey from the basic and traditional techniques to the-state-of-the-art of SRL algorithms implemented for collaborative filtering issues. Authors provide a comprehensive review of SRL for CF tasks and demonstrate strong evidence that SRL can be successfully implemented in the recommender systems domain. Finally, the chapter is concluded with a summarization of the key issues that SRLs tackle in the collaborative filtering area and suggest further open issues in order to advance in this field of research.
Predictive Analysis of Emotions for Improving Customer Services
Authors: Jain Vinay Kumar , Kumar Shishir
Published: October 2019

Human emotions plays an important role in everyday communication. Emotions are formed by the combination of cues such as relative actions, facial expressions, and gestures and reactions. Emotions are also present in written texts like in social media, chats, customer reviews. By getting inspired by works done in the domain of sentiment analysis, this chapter explores advances to automatic detection of emotions in text which help in Improving Customer Services. This chapter presents a framework for automatic detection of emotions in customer reviews based on different emotions theories in the fields of psychology and linguistics. This framework uses advanced Machine Learning (ML) techniques with Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods for better understanding of emotion detection and recognition in customer reviews. The text under study comprises data collected from leading Indian e-commerce portals like Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon, which contains text rich in emotions. The advantages and application based emotion detection framework has been incorporated with suitable examples.
Artificial Intelligence in Stochastic Multiple-Criteria Decision Making
Authors: Sawicka Hanna
Published: October 2019

This chapter presents the concept of stochastic multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) method to solve complex ranking decision problems. This approach is composed of three main areas of research, i.e. classical MCDM, probability theory and classification method. The most important steps of the idea are characterized and specific features of the applied methods are briefly presented. The application of Electre III combined with probability theory, and Promethee II combined with Bayes classifier are described in details. Two case studies of stochastic multiple criteria decision making are presented. The first one shows the distribution system of electrotechnical products, composed of 24 distribution centers (DC), while the core business of the second one is the production and warehousing of pharmaceutical products. Based on the application of presented stochastic MCDM method, different ways of improvements of these complex systems are proposed and the final i.e. the best paths of changes are recommended.
Can Computers Create Comics and Animations?
Authors: Ueno Miki , Fukuda Kiyohito , Mori Naoki
Published: October 2019

The objective of this chapter is to develop a method for generating and analyzing creative work by using computers. In this chapter, novels, comics, and animations are considered representative creative work because the main method for representing creative work is the use of natural language and pictures. These works focus on interesting issues, which can be explained by computational approaches to narratology. In this chapter, the authors discuss the following three topics. First, a method of semi-automatic story generation by agent-based simulation is presented. Second, methods of generating and analyzing comics on the basis of the features of pictures and stories used are described. Third, the authors introduce a method of estimating the difficulties of translating a storyboard into original pictures in the process of creating animations.
Realistic Simulation of Cultural Heritage
Authors: Kiourt Chairi , Pavlidis George , Koutsoudis Anestis , Kalles Dimitris
Published: October 2019

One of the most challenging problems in the simulation of real environments is to generate worlds that appear realistic and more attractive. It becomes increasingly challenging when the simulated environment focuses on minors (students), because the young generation has high demands on simulation systems due to their experience in computer gaming. Virtual museums are among the most important simulation environments, which present cultural and educational content for everyone. Their purpose is to enrich the users experience by allowing an intuitive interaction with the museum artifacts and to offer knowledge with the most pleasant ways. This paper focuses on the aspects of realistic simulations in the development of virtual 3D environments for Cultural Heritage applications. This study includes aspects regarding some of the most high-tech image effects, applicable artificial intelligence methods, powerful game engines, how real object can be reconstructed realistically and how all those features may be combined to produce realistic, pleasant, productive and educative environments.
Eco-Innovation in Coastal Hotels
Authors: Dias Álvaro Lopes , Ferro Ricardo Lopes , Bustelo Francisco Espasandín
Published: October 2019

The discussion on coastal hotels' green products is usually one-sided, with a focus on supply or on demand. In this investigation, authors perceive the way both sides think concerning to green products and to what extent exists a correspondence. Supported in a quantitative study in a coastal hotel sample and in another qualitative and quantitative study on a sample of tourists, two models are tested. The results suggest that coastal hotel green strategies should be more market-centric than just complying with regulations. The tourist model permitted to perceive that tourists who are more sensitive to environmental issues are willing to pay more and recommend green hotels, but this relationship should be better understood by coastal hotel decision makers to align their green strategy and communication.
Nautical Stations
Authors: Morais de Brito Mónica , Cordeiro Andreia Sobral
Published: October 2019

The Nautical Station concept is achieved through the establishment and/or assertion (depending on the extent of maturity) of a tourist destination arranged from maritime products that value, in a unified way, all the resources of a territory (foundation, environment, and sociocultural roots) and all the touristic offer already existing in this regional area. It combines a set of nautical activities that forms the central element of product management, based on a local/regional partnership, according to a set of quality criteria to be defined by the certifying entity, which in the Portuguese case is Forum Oceano – Association of Maritime Economy. This chapter analyzes the development of the certification process of the Portuguese Nautical Stations, the theoretical model that manages it, and its application to reality based on the study case constructed by the Nautical Station of Sines, one of the first 15 certified in Portugal.
The Sea by Tradition
Authors: Teixeira Costa Paulo , Veríssimo Medéia
Published: October 2019

Tourism is considered an important tool for the economic growth of territories. However, in an increasingly competitive market, for destinations to stand out from others, it is crucial to build their image considering attributes that are important not only for tourists but above all, for local communities and stakeholders. Additionally, for territories to preserve their functional and symbolic dimensions, it is important to invest in clustering and networking strategies that may strengthen them at local and global levels. In that sense, this chapter presents the trajectory of Ílhavo, a municipality in central Portugal, that reformulated its territorial strategy by defining the sea as the core element that links its past, present, and future. Furthermore, the chapter describes the implementation of the aforementioned strategy, from 1998-2018, reflecting on their implications in terms of brand image and tourism development.
Why Do You Believe in Pseudoscience or Disbelieve in Science?
Authors: Majima Yoshimasa
Published: October 2019

People sometimes hold irrational beliefs even when empirical evidence obviously debunks claims central to beliefs. This chapter reviews empirical studies exploring underlying psychological processes of holding empirically suspect beliefs with a particular focus on belief in pseudoscience. The author explains empirical findings from a dual process view of thinking. Recent studies show individuals with higher analytic tendency exhibit more ideologically polarized reasoning than those with lower analytical tendency. These results suggest a significance of motivated reasoning in order to fully understand the psychological mechanism of everyday beliefs. Future research suggestions emphasize remaining questions, such as a developmental time course of, a cultural diversity of, and evolutional origins and functions of the belief in pseudoscience.
Humanizing the Intellectual Capital to Optimize Knowledge Management Systems in Organizations
Authors: Mohd Yusof Shafiz Affendi , AlHantoobi Sendeyah Salem Rahmah , Jackie Kiren
Published: October 2019

This chapter identifies the best way to measure, develop, and manage intellectual capital as part of knowledge management. The Ministry of Education is a federal organization whose environment has been studied in all aspects of intellectual capital to identify its model, methods, and tools for measuring, developing, and managing intellectual capital. The qualitative method was used to collect results, encompassing interviews, document reviews, direct observations, and focus groups. It was concluded that there is genuine interest within the ministry to develop its intellectual capital and invest in its different dimensions. The chapter offered several contributions, the most important being the process for measuring, developing, and managing of intellectual capital. It also recommends a sustainable and continuous professional development process for employees. Institutions must also pay attention to the knowledge, skills, and innovations derived from the human mind and harness all the supporting potential, which in turn helps develop institutional administrative work.
High genetic differentiation of grapevine rootstock varieties determined by molecular markers and artificial neural networks
Authors: Costa Marcia Oliveira , Capel Livia Santos , Maldonado Carlos , Mora Freddy , Mangolin Claudete Aparecida , Machado Maria de Fátima Pires da Silva
Published: October 2019

The genetic differentiation of grapevine rootstock varieties was inferred by the Artificial Neural Network approach based on the Self-Organizing Map algorithm. A combination of RAPD and SSR molecular markers, yielding polymorphic informative loci, was used to determine the genetic characterization among the rootstock varieties 420-A, Schwarzmann, IAC-766 Campinas, Traviú, Kober 5BB, and IAC-572 Jales. A neural network algorithm, based on allelic frequency, showed that the individual grapevine rootstocks (n = 64) were grouped into three genetically differentiated clusters. Cluster 1 included only the Kober 5BB rootstock, Cluster 2 included rootstocks of the varieties Traviú and IAC-572, and Cluster 3 included 420-A, Schwarzmann and IAC-766 plants. Evidence from the current study indicates that, despite the morphological similarities of the 420-A and Kober 5BB varieties, which share the same genetic origin, two new varieties were generated that are genetically divergent and show differences in performance.
VERIFICAÇÃO DA APLICABILIDADE DE MÉTODO PARA DETERMINAÇÃO DA QUALIDADE DE CALÇADAS: ESTUDO DE CASO EM UMA CIDADE DE PEQUENO PORTE POPULACIONAL
Authors: Silva Otavio Henrique , Locastro João Karlos , Gomes Dalila Cristina , Lisot Aline , De Angelis Bruno Luiz Domingos , De Angelis Neto Generoso
Published: October 2019

Análises técnicas devem ser realizadas com frequência para verificar a segurança na mobilidade dos pedestres. Isso é particularmente relevante quando cidades pequenas são consideradas, visto que a maioria dos cidadãos está acostumada a caminhar em vez de usar o transporte público ou privado. Assim, este trabalho objetivou verificar a adequabilidade do método desenvolvido por Ferreira e Sanches (2001) para análise de calçadas em cidades pequenas, como é o caso de São Tomé, Paraná. Para isso foi aplicada a metodologia, que se utiliza de indicadores de qualidade para determinar o Nível de Serviço dos passeios, nas Avenidas José Madureira e Vidigal. Dos 42 trechos de calçadas avaliados, 25 obtiveram Nível de Serviço C (bom). A Avenida José Madureira apresentou IQC = 3,53 (Nível de Serviço C) e a Avenida Vidigal o IQC = 2,17 (Nível de Serviço D - regular). Verificou-se que o modelo é apropriado para municípios pequenos. Contudo, sugerem-se adaptações, principalmente na avaliação dos Indicadores em que são previstos calçadões e grande densidade de pedestres e ambulantes. Tais características não são comuns aos pequenos centros urbanos.