bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
KUTSALI FEDA ETMEK: SAFEVİ DEVLETİ’NDE MERKEZİLEŞME SÜRECİ VE DİNSEL DÖNÜŞÜM
Authors: TANRIVERDİ Ayşe Duygu
Published: August 2023

Diğer Türk-Moğol kökenli devletlerle birçok noktada benzerlikler taşımasına rağmen, Safevi Devleti’nin (1501-1722) kuruluşu ve gelişiminin kendine özgü yönleri vardır. Safeviler İran’da bir tarikat olarak ortaya çıkmışlardır ancak zaman içinde çeşitli Türkmen aşiretlerini ve tasavvuf örgütlerini sadece dinsel değil, aynı zamanda askeri ve politik liderlikleri altında birleştirerek bir Kızılbaş kimliği oluşturmuşlardır. Kuruluş döneminde Safevi Devleti’nin idari yapısı büyük ölçüde Kızılbaş inancıyla özdeşleşmiş ve Kızılbaş göçebe aşiret savaşçılarının siyasi ve askeri hâkimiyeti temelinde örgütlenmiştir. Safevi aşiret konfederasyonu, selefleri gibi, kuruluşundan sonra merkezi-bürokratik bir devlete dönüşmeye başlamıştır. Bu makalede, Safevi aşiret konfederasyonunun birçok farklı ve yarı-bağımsız güç odağının etkileşim içinde olduğu bir politik örgütlenmeden merkezi-bürokratik bir devlete dönüşümü sürecinde dinin rolü tartışılacaktır. Amaç, Şah I. İsmail’in, merkezileşme ve bürokratikleşme sürecinin ihtiyaçları doğrultusunda, dinsel söylemlerini yeniden üreterek ve dinsel alanı yeniden örgütleyerek devleti kurumsallaştırmaya çalıştığını göstermektir. Bu süreçte, “kutsal” Safevi Şahı’nın desteklediği pragmatist bir Onikicilik anlayışı, Kızılbaş taraftarlarını ve inancını kamusal alandan dışlayarak kurumsallaşmaya başlamıştır.
Proposal for the improvement of the integral logistics of a courier, shipping and express delivery company in the city of Villahermosa, Tabasco
Authors: ELISEO-DANTÉS Hortensia , MOREJÓN-SÁNCHEZ Juana María , PÉREZ-GARMENDIA Gloria , BALDERRABANO-BRIONES Jazmín
Published: August 2023

Logistics activities currently represent variables of singular importance in the competitiveness of companies, which is evidenced by evaluating their impact on costs, their link with the level of customer service, their importance in the reliability of operations, safety, and their determining role with respect to many of the values perceived by the market. The purpose of this study is to evaluate logistics processes in an integral manner, considering the before, during and after of these processes. The methodology considers the Likert scale to collect qualitative aspects and transform them into quantitative aspects in order to obtain the necessary information to design a proposal that fits the requirements and needs of the company under study.
Automated Production: The Intersection of Digital Labour and Building Practice
Authors:   The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, Jaschke Clara , Retsin Gilles ,   The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, Saey Kevin ,   The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, Garcia Manuel Jimenez ,   The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, Claypool Mollie ,   The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Published: August 2023

As approaches to computation in architecture are shifting from a new way of making towards a new way of thinking, the term ‘digital architecture’ must be reconsidered in order to find value in increasing computing power that is centered around communities and a reconsideration of labour, instead of neoliberal paradigms or postmodern principles. Automated Architecture Labs (AUAR) at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, and the spinoff company Automated Architecture Ltd, argue that ‘digital architecture’ is not so much a paradigm as rather a collection of methods that fails to address fundamental issues in the contemporary built environment such as the construction industry’s slow digitisation and the field’s inclination to adopt automated technologies such as robotics without questioning work-flows. The paper discusses these issues through a politicised lens using two main concepts, the assembly problem and the automation gap, as starting points for a fundamental reconsideration around frameworks of digital labour. The authors argue that we must radically and creatively rethink our practice in order to formulate a new architectural politics and production framework that is capable of coping with increasing automation. By using discrete parts as the foundation of architectural platforms, the paper introduces a paradigm shift towards participatory community building and digital labour that instrumentalizes automated technologies for a democratising approach to the digital in which humans and machines complement each other.
The Autonomous Future of Mobility
Authors:   Washington University in St. Louis, Vale Constance
Published: August 2023

This paper looks at the problematic history of cars, infra¬structure, and the vehicular landscape and asks how the nature of transportation is changing in light of autonomous mobility. Self-driving vehicles have advanced from research to reality and offer tremendous promise, from reducing emis¬sions and congestion through ridesharing to decreasing the number of driving accidents and deaths. However, autono¬mous driving is still in its early stages, with safety unproven and spatial potential or perils still unclear. To examine the possibilities that autonomous vehicles may offer in the built environment, architects and urban designers will need to respond to new technological imperatives and ongoing sys-temic problems tied to the car’s legacy. The author’s research acts as a case study that explores how design fields can tackle these issues via mobilizing architectural representation and visualization. This research entails the production of an operable physical model and contingent media to create an experimental testing plat¬form for autonomous driving that examines the following questions. How can architectural representation tactics be employed to innovate in the built environment relative to the broad implementation of autonomous vehicles (AVs), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine sensing? And how might those innovations improve upon the problems that cars have created by decreasing environmental degradation, better serving the disenfranchised, and considering the spatial redefinition of cities?
Synoptic Tactics: Mapping Territorial Transgressions
Authors:   Texas Tech University, Mueller Stephen
Published: August 2023

The paper introduces theoretical paradigms, compu¬tational strategies, and representational techniques to uncover, analyze, and engage cross-boundary, territorial phenomena affecting multi-jurisdictional urban environ¬ments. Jurisdictional boundaries (between cities, states, regions, and nations) and urban boundaries (between zones, neighborhoods, land uses and owners) routinely impose artificial limits on the representation and understanding of territorial phenomena. Just as architects often limit site surveys and detailed site investigations near the confines of a given property line, designers and public officials con¬sidering transformations of urban neighborhoods, cities, and city regions are often bound to studies that end at the limits of the urban form. These representational limits are not necessarily intentional oversights on the part of the designer; rather, they are practical results of various data regimes, economic constraints, and ownership models which atomize and selectively distribute spatial and environmental information. Simultaneously, there is a growing sensibility toward transboundary conceptions of shared challenges within bio-regions, eco-regions, watersheds, and similar transboundary constructs gaining geopolitical and design currency.1 Designers seeking to assemble cross-boundary geospatial representations to better assess and intervene within these constructs face challenges in the fragmenta¬tion of data sources and incongruous or incomplete data across jurisdictional divides. The paper details a series of novel synoptic tactics, computational tools and geospatial data visualization techniques projecting territorial transfor¬mations beyond the limits of jurisdictional boundaries.
EVALUASI SISTEM PENYIMPANAN ALAT KESEHATAN DI SALAH SATU PEDAGANG BESAR FARMASI (PBF) DI KOTA BANDUNG
Authors: Adira Rahmawaty
Published: August 2023

Medical devices are instruments, apparatus, machines, and/or implants that do not contain drugs that are used to prevent, diagnose, cure and alleviate disease, treat sick people, restore health to humans, and/or form structures and improve body functions whose distribution flow has been regulated in the Good Medical Devices Distribution Method. One aspect that needs attention in this Good Medical Devices Distribution Method is the medical device storage system. This study aims to evaluate the suitability of the medical device storage system at one of the Pharmaceutical Wholesalers in the city of Bandung with the existing regulations. The results of this study indicate that the medical device storage system at one of the Pharmaceutical Wholesalers in the city of Bandung is very compatible with the Good Medical Devices Distribution Method, even so there are several evaluations of overloaded medical device storage which are stored in the corridors of the medical device storage warehouse.

Keywords: Storage, Medical Devices, CDAKB
LITERATUR REVIEW : GULA DARAH PUASA PADA PENYAKIT DIABETES MELITUS
Authors: - Baharuddin Yusuf
Published: August 2023

Diabetes Melitus adalah kumpulan dari penyakit metabolik yang memiliki ciri kondisi hiperglikemia. Salah satu monitoring gula darah bagi pasien diabetes adalah Gula Darah Puasa (GDP) dan HbA1C. Namun, monitoring gula darah puasa lebih baik untuk monitoring diabetes dibanding HbA1C. Oleh karena itu, disusunlah literatur review ini untuk memberikan informasi gula darah puasa pada penderita Diabetes Melitus (DM). Kesimpulan dalam penelitian ini adalah Gula darah puasa sebagai salah satu skrining kadar glukosa plasma pada pasien diabetes melitus. Gula darah puasa dapat dikontrol dengan manajemen perawatan diri yang lebih disiplin pada penderita diabetes melitus. Kontrol kadar gula darah dilakukan dengan melakukan diet, aktivitas fisik, kepatuhan minum obat, dan pengetahuan. Beberapa metode monitoring GDP seperti Metode GOD-POD (Semi-automatic analyzer), Prinsip Glukometer (Truworth G30®), Metode Heksokinase, Metode enzimatik point-of care testing (POCT), dan Metode Folin and Wu.
PENGARUH VARIASI JUMLAH GARAM DAN WAKTU PENGGARAMAN TERHADAP KUALITAS VIRGIN COCONUT OIL (VCO)
Authors: Syauqul jannah
Published: August 2023

Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) is a processed product from fresh coconut meat that is processed at room temprature or without heating. VCO Oil can be used in various methods, namely heating method, acidification method, and fishing method. The purpose of this study was to determine the quality of VCO made by salting methods with variations in the amount of salt and the time of salting. In research, VCO oil is made by using variations in the salting time, namely 24, 36 and 48 hours and variations n the 1, 2 and 3 grams. The VCO oil obtained will then be subjected to organoleptic tests, free fatty acids, water content and pH tests. The results showed that the variation in the amount of salt and the time of drying had no effect on the organoleptic properties of the VCO oil, where the VCO had a yellowish color, a distinctive smell of coconut oil, and chemical properties tests including pH, water concet and ALB, variations in the amount of salt and the time of salting greatly affect the quality value of VCO oil.
Evaluación de la difusividad térmica efectiva en el estado transitorio de una geometría fractal para condiciones de temperatura y flujo de calor constantes
Authors: Rosas Yescas Israel , Acosta Cano de los Ríos José Eduardo , Chávez López Óscar Arturo , Méndez Herrera Carlos Arturo , Ambríz Díaz Victor Manuel
Published: August 2023

En este trabajo se comparan dos modelos para calcular la difusividad térmica efectiva usada en simulaciones de fenómenos transitorios con diferencias finitas de medios porosos con geometría fractal del tipo Alfombra de Sierpinsky. Se evalúa la coincidencia entre los resultados obtenidos utilizando estos modelos y simulaciones de elemento finito. Esta comparación se hace para dos condiciones: temperatura constante y flujo de calor constante y para diferentes valores de la porosidad.  La simulación en elemento finito se hace utilizando el software Solidworks (SW) y las simulaciones con diferencias finitas utilizan el enfoque de equilibrio térmico local. Los resultados muestran que dependiendo del fenómeno a simular se puede utilizar alguno de los dos modelos. El modelo utilizado reproduce de manera adecuada el efecto de la porosidad en la evolución temporal de la temperatura, pero la distribución espacial no se ve afectada por este parámetro.
Análisis estático, térmico y económico en el proceso de fabricación de marcos para anteojos a partir de herramientas de diseño computacional
Authors: Trejo Moncada Renato , Ambriz-Díaz Victor M. , Terán-Arevalo Francisco
Published: August 2023

La investigación tiene como propósito analizar el comportamiento estático, térmico y económico de un armazón al ser expuesto a condiciones de trabajo en una empresa encargada de manufacturar lentes. Se aplicó un análisis cuasi experimental y se tomaron especificaciones normales de presión y temperatura al momento de ensamblar la lente en el armazón. Con el software SolidWorks® se simularon las condiciones en las que opera el proceso y aportó detalles específicos para determinar costos de fabricación. Se demuestran las áreas de contacto entre lente y armazón, la simulación térmica indica que partes almacenan la mayor cantidad de calor y el análisis económico comprueba la dependencia costo-material.
Cambio de color en las flores y producción asexual de semillas en Fuchsia thymifolia (Onagraceae)
Authors: Cervantes Díaz Cinthya Indira , Cuevas García Eduardo
Published: August 2023

El cambio de color de las flores y la producción asexual de semillas (apomixis), son dos fenómenos poco estudiados en las angiospermas. En este trabajo estudiamos ambos fenómenos en Fuchsia thymifolia, una especie ginodioica en donde coexisten plantas hembra que únicamente producen flores femeninas y plantas con flores hermafroditas, en dos poblaciones naturales de Michoacán. Para estudiar el cambio de color de las flores, se marcaron botones florales en plantas hembra y hermafroditas, los cuales fueron censados y fotografiados diariamente. Para determinar la producción de semillas por apomixis, se utilizaron plantas hembra donde se excluyeron botones florales de los polinizadores y posteriormente se evaluó la producción de frutos. Encontramos que el cambio de color de las flores ocurre tanto en flores femeninas como hermafroditas y este cambio ocurre independientemente de que no fueran polinizadas. La coloración de las flores fue de blanco, cuando las flores abren a rosa durante el tercer y cuarto día y finalmente guinda en los últimos días de vida de las flores (día 5 a 7-8). Además, las flores femeninas fueron más longevas que las hermafroditas. En cuanto a la apomixis, en ambas poblaciones estudiadas y durante dos años, entre el 16 y 20% de las flores embolsadas produjeron frutos maduros.  El cambio de color es similar al detectado en otras especies y en general la mayor coloración coincide con la ausencia de recompensas florales en las flores hermafroditas o con la pérdida de receptividad del estigma en las flores femeninas. En cuanto a la apomixis, se requiere de estudios moleculares que confirmen que las semillas obtenidas son genéticamente idénticas a las plantas hembra, como es de esperarse en este fenómeno.
Selección de una turbina eólica de pequeña capacidad destinada al uso doméstico
Authors: Valencia Calderón Neiffe , Cadenas Calderón Erasmo , Zavala Morales Josué Jordi
Published: August 2023

Se presenta el proceso de selección de una turbina eólica de pequeña capacidad, que puede ser utilizada para uso doméstico. Lo anterior se plantea, debido a que la mayoría de los arquitectos y constructores que pretenden colocar pequeñas turbinas, cuentan con poca información para tomar las decisiones adecuadas en su elección, descargando la mayor parte de la responsabilidad en el vendedor. Como ejemplo práctico se realizó un ejercicio de selección en un sitio ubicado en Tepuxtepec, Michoacán, en dónde existe potencial eólico. El proceso comienza con el cálculo de la necesidad energética por parte del usuario y se asume que no se cuenta con la información necesaria para realizar una prospección eólica, es decir, no hay mediciones anemométricas. Se muestra la manera en que se pueden obtener dichas mediciones de velocidad y dirección de viento, con la finalidad de calcular las dimensiones necesarias de la turbina, para poder elegir una en el mercado o fabricarla. La elección de la turbina, se realizó generando un análisis costo-beneficio, el cual consistió en el cálculo de la energía disponible en el sitio y en la simulación de turbinas de viento a diferentes capacidades, con la finalidad de cubrir la demanda de energía propuesta de 281 kWh por mes, que es el consumo promedio de un hogar en México según el Fideicomiso para el ahorro de energía en el año 2021. La capacidad de la turbina elegida fue de 2.0 kW. De la misma manera se calcula la dirección del viento dominante utilizando el software libre WRPLOT. El artículo aporta información importante de dimensionamiento de una turbina eólica de pequeña capacidad, y muestra la manera en que se pueden obtener datos de mediciones de velocidad y dirección del viento de cualquier lugar del mundo, así como un software libre para generar la rosa de los vientos del lugar elegido, enlazándose con Google Eearth. Finalmente se hace la selección de la turbina con todas sus características y su curva de potencia.
Structure of the spawning herd and stocks of the Siberian vendace of the Yenisei River
Authors: Yablokov N. O. , Krivolutskiy D. A. , Klunduk A. V.
Published: August 2023

The aim of the research is to evaluate the structural and biological parameters of the spawning stock of the turukhanskaya form of the Siberian vendace Coregonus sardinella (Valenciennes, 1848) from the Yenisei River and the state of the commercial stock of this fish species in the period from 2014 to 2021.

   Research methods: in the research used the ichthyological material collected in the period from 2014 to 2021 in the lower reaches of the Yenisei River (near the Dudinka town and the village of Levinsky Sands). Processing of ichthyological materials was carried out according to generally accepted methods. The number of spawning herds of Siberian vendace was calculated using a virtual population analysis in Galland’s modification. Instant natural mortality rates by age groups were calculated using the method of L. A. Zykov.

   Results: According to the control catches, the age of the spawning stock of the turukhanskaya form of Siberian vendace in the Yenisei River was 2+–9+ years. Fish aged 4+ years, which in different years constituted from 47 to 68 % of the spawning stock, dominated in the population. The average long-term age of the spawning population in the study period was 4.2 years. The ratio of females and males in the spawning herd was close to 1:1 on average. Individual absolute fecundity of fishes varied in the range from 1.9 to 12.5 thousand eggs, increasing with increasing age and size of females. The average population fecundity is 2.6–5.3 thousand eggs. The number and biomass of the spawning herd in different years varied from 11.0 to 30.5 thousand individuals and from 630 to 1738 tons, respectively.

   Practical significance: the obtained results about the dynamics and structure of the spawning stock of the semi-anadromous form of the Siberian vendace from Yenisei River for the period from 2014 to 2021 will be used for prognostic purposes in the preparation of materials substantiating the volumes of the recommended catch in the basin of the Yenisei River.

   Conclusion: Based on the results of the analysis of the age, size-weight and sex structure, it was shown that the state of stocks of the semi-anadromous turukhanskaya form of the Siberian vendace in the Yenisei River is currently in a satisfactory condition.
Gender Disparity in Real Estate Investment: A Case Study of the Staff of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria
Authors: Nwosu A. E. , Ajani U. Y.
Published: August 2023

Women have unparalleled strength and an unwavering passion for success and accomplishment. This is evident in the involvement and contributions of women in many professions, including academia. Nevertheless, women participation in real estate investment has been considerable despite the importance and benefits of real estate investment. In view of this, this paper examined gender disparity in real estate investment among the staff of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, Nigeria with a view to encouraging more women participation in real estate investment. FUTA staff (junior and senior cadres) were the target populations while structured questionnaires were randomly administered on the staff. Cross tabulation, correlation analysis, and Mann Whitney U Test were used to analyze the data collected. The study revealed that the percentage of males in active service in FUTA is about twice that of females and men significantly outperform women in real estate investment in FUTA. The study also showed a statistically significant relationship between gender and real estate investment at p value ≤0.05 thus identifying gender as a factor influencing real estate investment while there are also significant differences in the opinions of the males and female staff regarding real estate investment decision. The study concluded that gender has a significant impact on real estate investment and therefore recommended the sensitization of staff on the importance of real estate investment, provision of loans, mortgages as well as salary reviews without any form of discrimination so as to encourage real estate investment and allow for adequate retirement plans.
Towards a Common Standard Framework for Blockchain Interoperability - A Position Paper
Authors: Mihaiu Iulia , Belchior Rafael , Scuri Sabrina , Nunes Nuno
Published: August 2023

Decentralized ledger technology (DLT) is becoming ubiquitous in today's society.  After an initial grassroots adoption, enterprises embrace this technology, following the opportunity to expand to new businesses - the technology is maturing. However, organizations need to connect their existing systems and processes to blockchains (centralized - decentralized) securely and reliably, sometimes also implying to connect blockchains (decentralized - decentralized). This challenge is known as blockchain interoperability.

Blockchain interoperability comes in three modes: data transfers, asset transfers, and asset exchanges. As blockchain interoperability is still maturing, there are many unsolved challenges across the different interoperability modes. In this \emph{position paper}, we illustrate the remaining challenges of interoperability, focusing on the systematic evaluation of interoperability mechanisms, based on the state of the art and our own experience. We first introduce the notion of cross-chain interoperability and cross-chain rules. Then, we present our survey and results. 

We ran an online survey comprised of 17 items targeting blockchain specialists. Our quantitative analysis shows that several interesting metrics can show promising directions to evaluate integration solutions systematically. Finally, building upon our study, we propose the blockchain interoperability evaluation framework, the first step to evaluate blockchain interoperability solutions systematically.
Uncertainties of room acoustics simulation due to directivity data of musical instruments
Authors: Accolti Ernesto , Gimenez Javier , Vorländer Michael
Published: August 2023

Analysis of sound source directivity uncertainty for room acoustics simulations and auralizations. 
Digital Twin-Assisted OWC: Towards Smart and Autonomous 6G Networks
Authors: Eldeeb Hossien , Naser Shimaa , Bariah Lina , Muhaidat Sami , Uysal Murat
Published: August 2023

With the advancements of high-resolution cameras, highly sensitive photodetectors, and energy-efficient light emitting-diodes, optical wireless communication (OWC) has emerged as key-enabling technology for 6G and beyond. Similarly, digital twin (DT) technology has been recently proposed to meet the diverse requirements of emerging applications and provide efficient optimization of the overall system resources by enabling selfsustaining and proactive online learning. In DT, various technology disciplines, including big data, artificial intelligence, intelligent computing, communication, and security-aware technologies, are integrated to create a virtual replica that reflects the physical system. Motivated by this, the presented article discusses DT and its role in the reliable and ubiquitous implementation of OWC networks. We first provide an overview of this emerging research area by shedding light on the key enabling technologies and potential applications in the context of smart-autonomous OWC networks. Subsequently, we provide recent advancements and design aspects related to DT-assisted OWC systems. Finally, future research directions and the impact of different system factors on the overall network performance are discussed. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first in-depth review in the literature on the integration of DT with OWC networks.
Enhancing SSVEP Identification with Less Individual Calibration Data Using Periodically Repeated Component Analysis
Authors: Ke Yufeng , Liu Shuang , Ming Dong
Published: August 2023

 Spatial filtering and template matching-based methods are commonly used to identify the stimulus frequency from multichannel EEG signals in steady-state visually evoked potentials (SSVEP)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). However, these methods require sufficient calibration data to obtain reliable spatial filters and SSVEP templates, and they underperform in SSVEP identification with small-sample-size calibration data, especially when a single trial of data is available for each stimulus frequency. In contrast to the state-of-the-art task-related component analysis (TRCA)-based methods, which construct spatial filters and SSVEP templates based on the inter-trial task-related components in SSVEP, this study proposes a method called periodically repeated component analysis (PRCA), which constructs spatial filters to maximize the reproducibility across periods and constructs synthetic SSVEP templates by replicating the periodically repeated components (PRCs). We also introduced PRCs into two improved variants of TRCA. Performance evaluation was conducted using a self-collected 16-target dataset and a public 40-target dataset. The proposed methods show significant improvements with less training data and can achieve comparable performance to the baseline methods with 5 trials by using 2 or 3 training trials. Using a single trial of calibration data for each frequency, the PRCA-based methods achieved the highest average accuracies of over 95% and 90% with a 1-s data length and maximum average information transfer rates of 198.8±57.3 bits/min and 191.2±48.1 bits/min for the two data sets, respectively. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of PRCA-based methods for SSVEP identification with reduced calibration effort and suggest its potential for practical applications of SSVEP-BCIs. 
DAG Blockchain-based Personalized Federated Mutual learning in Internet of Vehicles
Authors: Wu Yuhang , Huang Xiaoge , Yin Hongbo , Liang Chengchao , Chen Qianbin
Published: August 2023

 Federated learning (FL) emerges as a distributed training method in the Internet of Vehicles (IoVs), allowing connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) to train a global model by exchanging models instead of raw data, protecting data privacy. Due to the limitation of model accuracy and communication overhead in FL, in this paper, we propose a directed acyclic graph (DAG) blockchain-based IoV that comprises a DAG layer and a CAV layer for model sharing and training, respectively. Furthermore, a DAG blockchain-based asynchronous federated mutual learning (DAFML) algorithm is introduced to improve the model performance, which utilizes a student-teacher model in the local training and a mutual distillation method that enables models to be partially updated using mutual transferred knowledge. Moreover, to further improve the model accuracy, the personalized weight is designed to adjust the mutual distillation in the model updating. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed DAFML algorithm outperforms other benchmarks in terms of the model accuracy and distillation ratio.
Development of a low-cost portable scale integrated into a smartphone case based on image processing force estimations
Authors: Shahid Mohammad Zeshaan , Osman Dalia , Noh Yohan
Published: August 2023

This paper presents the development and implementation of a low-cost, portable scale utilizing a smartphone and image  processing technology. The main objective of this research is to explore the potential of using a compliant mechanism, markers, and  image processing techniques to accurately determine the weight of an object. We designed a 3D printed platform fitted with a  webcam to capture images of white markers on a black surface. The Image Processing Toolbox on MATLAB was used to detect  two parameters, the number of white pixels and the centroid positions of the white pixels with respect to the centre of the image in  each marker. Calibration is carried out to convert these two parameters into weight, hence accurately estimating the weight of an  object placed on the platform. 
Autoencoder-based Spatial Modulation for the Next Generation of Wireless Networks
Authors: Shrestha Selina , Naser Shimaa , Bariah Lina , Muhaidat Sami , Sofotasios Paschalis C. , Elgala Hany , Damiani Ernesto
Published: August 2023

Spatial Modulation (SM) has been proposed as a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)-based technique to overcome the inter-channel interference experienced in conventional MIMO systems. It has been further shown that SM enhances energy efficiency and reduces the receiver’s complexity. Nevertheless, under high antenna correlation scenarios, the detection performance of the antenna indices degrades significantly. To address this critical concern, in this paper, we propose three autoencoder-based frameworks for spatial modulation. The first scenario, similar to conventional spatial modulation, trains the encoder for data modulation and the decoder for data demodulation as well as antenna index detection. The performance of this framework deteriorates in high antenna correlation scenarios. Therefore, two novel solutions are presented to embed the antenna index into the transmitted signal in order to reduce the receiver’s reliance on the channel conditions. The first framework adds a  phase-shift keying-based antenna signature, while the other trains the encoder to learn an appropriate antenna index embedding. Simulation results show that the two enhanced frameworks result in a significantly enhanced performance, compared to conventional spatial modulation, in terms of block error rate and power efficiency under a high correlation setup (about 18 dB and 24 dB gain, respectively, at a Rician factor of 20 dB).
A Simplified and Comprehensive Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM) for Multilevel Inverters
Authors: Ostadrahimi Amir
Published: August 2023

Despite numerous advantages of space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) methods, their implementation on multilevel inverters (MLI) is onerous. Due to the ever-increasing use of MLIs in power electronic applications, it is essential to implement efficient modulation procedures aiming to keep control sampling periods sufficiently short. This paper proposes a straightforward SVPWM Strategy, which uses algebraic functions throughout the procedure and avoids using hardware-consuming trigonometric functions. Look-up tables and region detection are no more necessary. It also generates switching states automatically, without requiring any data in advance. As another simplification, the proposed SVPWM is only designed for the first sector, instead of six sectors of the space vector modulation (SVM) plane. This simplification is done via transferring and translating techniques. Regardless of the number of voltage levels, the proposed SVPWM strategy is comprehensively applicable to any n-level three-phase inverters, without any major modification. Simulation and experimental results attest to the authenticity and effectiveness of the proposed SVPWM.  As the supplementary materials of this research, MATLAB simulation files are provided together with the manuscript.
A study of the phenomenon of nostalgia in the poetry of Muhammad al-Maghout
Authors: رحماني اسحق , آبادی صبيه ظفر
Published: August 2023

Nostalgia for the past is a psychological state that emerges in the person subconsciously and is transformed into an idea. In the field of literature, this situation occurs to the person who has become depressed from the present time with various evidences, such as individual motives or the social and political conditions in the society in which he lives, so he always thinks of returning to the past and its sweet memories.
Muhammad Al-Maghout is one of the famous poets in contemporary Arabic literature and the creator of the prose poem, and he is one of the adherents of the doctrine of romanticism. Al-Maghout feels anxiety and feels sad like all other romantics, which makes him escape to nature or himself and withdraw into himself in order to search for it, so he escaped from reality and set out to the past world that always searches for his lost happiness in it. .
Color motif and its connotations in contemporary Iraqi poetry - Adnan Al-Sayegh as a model
Authors: سالمي مالک , غانمی محمد جواد إسماعیل
Published: August 2023

Color motif and its connotations in contemporary Iraqi poetry - Adnan Al-Sayegh as a model
Aplicação de Abordagem Metodológica para Proxy de Degradação da Terra Usando Amplitude Temporal do Índice Rain Use Efficiency – RUE – para os Biomas Cerrado e Caatinga no Brasil
Authors: Carreiro Gabriela Alves , Arcoverde Gustavo Felipe Balué , Barros Jocilene Dantas
Published: August 2023

Este estudo consiste na análise espacial de degradação da terra, com objetivo de identificar padrões espaciais de tendência à baixa resposta hidro-vegetacional em pastagens nos biomas Cerrado e Caatinga entre os anos 2000 a 2018. Os padrões foram avaliados por meio da metodologia para proxy de degradação utilizando-se a razão de produtividade líquida (PPL) e a precipitação que resultou no índice rain use efficiency – RUE. Este índice constitui um indicador de degradação para zonas áridas, semiáridas e subúmido. Os resultados obtidos por meio da metodologia abordada foram linhas de padrão de tendência de resposta hidro-vegetacional – endmember e dois mapas de classificação de tendências de processos degradativos, logo os resultados podem apresentar falsos negativos e uma validação em campo se faz necessária.
Trinta Anos de Geografia Política no PPGG: Balanço e Perspectivas
Authors: De Castro Iná Elias
Published: August 2023

Este texto traz a experiência de 3 anos de geografia política no PPGG como parte da comemoração dos seus 50 anos. A liberdade de escolha da grade temática das disciplinas e das pesquisas dos estudantes e a tolerância entre os colegas do Programa são marcas que têm aberto a possibilidade aos professores de definir novos conteúdos para seus campos de conhecimento com diferentes matrizes teóricas, conceituais e metodológicas. Esse pluralismo beneficiou a ideia de desenvolver estudos numa geografia política informada pelas bases conceituais da política, tomada aqui no seu sentido teórico, institucional e empírico. A abordagem teórica da ciência política como balizamento para questões da geografia política conduziu a temas, autores, discussões teóricas e pesquisas que, de modo surpreendente, apresentavam afinidades com aqueles da geografia e possibilitavam ampliar o escopo de análise e debates na disciplina. A criação do GEOPPOL – Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre Política e Território fortaleceu a geografia política, acolheu estudantes e formou profissionais que hoje atuam em diferentes instituições e estão presentes em universidades de diferentes partes do país. A maioria das teses e dissertações foram publicadas e tornaram-se referências para outros estudantes de outros programas de pós-graduação. A partir do PPGG e do Geoppol temos hoje uma rede de trocas com colegas que lideram pesquisas em geografia política em estados da Região Nordeste – Pernambuco, Paraíba, Bahia e Ceará –, em Brasília, na UnB e no Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia, no Paraná e em instituições do Rio de Janeiro.
Risco a Inundação na Sub-bacia do Rio Paquequer em Teresópolis – RJ
Authors: Moreira Gomes Francisco Carlos , Lapa Diogo Parreira , Zaidan Ricardo Tavares
Published: August 2023

A região serrana do estado do Rio de Janeiro passa por diversas questões ambientais que transitam dos escorregamentos de terra às inundações, a recorrência desses eventos é marcada por prejuízos e mortes anualmente. Esse trabalho tem sua motivação central na aplicação de uma metodologia para a análise do risco de inundação, utilizando-se de alguns planos de informação espacial de fácil acesso e/ou elaboração. A metodologia se deu em três etapas (obtenção de dados, elaboração de parâmetros e validação), e constatou que os locais na sub-bacia do rio Paquequer com o maior risco a inundações são aqueles ocupados pelo núcleo central da cidade. Assim, foi possível mensurar as áreas de risco à inundação de modo preliminar, com planos de informação relativamente simples de serem gerados. Considera-se então que a metodologia aplicada é uma alternativa para municípios menores, com reduzida capacidade de investimento, para fomentar análises mais robustas de risco à inundação.
À Mestra, Maria do Carmo Corrêa Galvão com Carinho...
Authors: Castro Iná Elias de
Published: August 2023

Ao tomar de empréstimo o título do belo filme de 1967 com o ator Sidney Poitier como o professor Mark Thackeray – Mestre Mark – o paralelo certamente não está nos alunos rebeldes, mas na força do personagem diante do seu papel de conduzir aqueles jovens para o caminho do aprendizado.
Visão Sobre a Profª Maria do Carmo Formada ao Longo de Anos de Convivência Profissional
Authors: Coelho Maria Célia Nunes
Published: August 2023

Maria do Carmo Corrêa Galvão foi professora e pesquisadora, competente, erudita, intelectualmente honesta e cientificamente rigorosa.
PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANT FACTORS OF NEONATAL SEPSIS AMONG NEONATES ADMITTED AT HIWOT-FANA SPECIALIZED REFERRAL HOSPITAL, HARAR, ETHIOPIA, 2020
Authors: Jamie Arif Hussen
Published: August 2023

Background: Neonatal sepsis is a systemic infection occurring in neonatal life and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in newborns .It accounts for five million newborn deaths
 Objectives:- The objective of this study was to assess Prevalence of neonatal sepsis and its determinant factors among neonates admitted in Hiwot-Fana Specialized Referral Hospital, Harar, Ethiopia, 2020
Methods: An institution based cross-sectional study with retrospective document review method was conducted in Hiwot-Fana Specialized Referral Hospital in Harar town. Sample size was calculated by using single population proportion sample formula and the final sample size was 292.The study subject was selected by using systematic random sampling method, and adopted data collection tool was used. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version-20. Descriptive analyses were performed and bivariate analyses were used to find out the association of independent variables.
Result: The overall prevalence of neonatal sepsis in this study was 52.7%..This study found out that PROM of the mother, gestational age of neonates and birth weight of the neonate were significantly associated with neonatal sepsis..
Conclusion: The associated risk factors for neonatal sepsis were identified as PROM of the mother, gestational age of neonates and birth weight of the neonate.
Recommendation:Therefore, preventive efforts should focus on high risk neonates such as neonates born from mothers who have PROM, neonate with low birth weight and neonates born prematurely. Thus, a careful monitoring and follow up as well as rigorous treatment are needed.
Awareness and Predominance of Blue Light Related Visual Problems Among Undergraduate Medical Students
Authors: Bhargava Prabal , Maung Theingi Maung , Shan Chong Phei , Christina Chong Kai Thing  , Loo Diong Jing , Philip Gloria , Hui Kee Chin , Gellknight Christina
Published: August 2023

Background:As students spend more time for online class sessions by using computer, they get more prone toblue light exposure.Visual problems among the university students can have an adverse impact on their educational and employment opportunities.The aim of this study is to investigate the blue light exposure and visual problems among the undergraduate university students.
Methods:A cross-sectional study was carried out in a private medical school in the Kedah state, Malaysia. Total of 200 students from pre-clinical years were taken as sample by convenient sampling method.A self-administered structured questionnaire was used, and the data were computerized and analysed by using IBM SPSS Statistics Version 22.
Results: The prevalence of refractive error was 66.6% and the highest problem was short sightedness with astigmatism. Sufficient awareness towards eye problems was noticed among the respondents. More than 90% of the students showed satisfactory knowledge related to the harmful effects of blue light.Dry eyes and recent headache were associated to fluorescent light. Recent visual complaints were depending on computer exposure whilerecent headache was related to mobile use. Worsening of eye problems and computer or projector exposure were found to be associated.
Conclusion: Our study highlights the constrained awareness among novice medical students regarding ocular health. We carefully discerned the pattern of blue light exposure and the prevalence of ocular symptoms and refractive errors in the studied population. Recommendations for further research that can help improve eye health were suggested.
Positional power control system
of assembly robot manipulator with power sensing by pressure in the executive
cylinders
Authors: Kuchin A.A. , Simakov A.L. , Kuznetsova S.V.
Published: August 2023

The paper deals with the topical issue of the power sensing of the assembly robot of the manipulator based on the calculation
of the forces of interaction with the objects of the external environment by the change in pressure in the actuating
pneumatic cylinders. The structural diagram of the positional power control system of the assembly robot manipulator for
the proposed method of power sensing has been determined. An algorithm for the functioning of the position/force control
system of an assembly robot manipulator for performing a typical connection of parts "shaft—sleeve" also has been made.
Influence of shock disturbance on the state of self-oscillations
in machines and in mechanisms in a system with various types of nonlinearities
of complex structure
Authors: Erlich B.M.
Published: August 2023

The problem of the impact of shock disturbance on a nonlinear system of self-oscillations of a complex structure, which
causes the action of a short-duration force with an instantaneous change in speed by a fi nite value, is considered. For
the duration of the shock disturbance, a multiple of the period of self-oscillations is used. In order to improve the state of
self-oscillations, force impact is applied.
Reactances and susseptans of mechanical systems
Authors: Popov I.P.
Published: August 2023

The possibility simplifi ng calculations by replacing the need to solve differential equations with simpler algebraic
methods is investigated. A comprehensive representation of harmonic and related quantities is used. Parallel and series
connections of mechanical power consumers are considered.
SURVEI TINGKAT KEBUGARAN JASMANI (TKJI) SISWA SD NEGERI 1 CONTO BULUKERTO WONOGIRI TAHUN 2022
Authors: Faishal Arindra Yahya  , Agustanico Dwi Muryadi  , Satrio Sakti Rumpoko
Published: August 2023

Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui tingkat kebugaran jasmani dengan aktivitas fisik yang tinggi di SD Negeri 1 Conto Bulukerto Wonogiri Tahun 2022. Metode penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kuantitatif. Subyek dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa SD Negeri 1 Conto Tahun 2022 sebanyak 46 siswa, di mana siswa kelas IV sebanyak 8, siswa kelas V sebanyak 17 dan siswa kelas VI sebanyak 21. Pengambilan sampel pada penelitian ini menggunakan non probability sampling dengan metode purposive sampling. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah tes kebugaran jasmani indonesia (TKJI) untuk anak usia 10-12 tahun. Tes yang digunakan meliputi tes lari 40 meter (putra) dan 30 meter (putri), tes gantung siku tekuk, baring duduk, loncat tegak, dan lari 600 meter. Berdasarkan hasil penelitan dan analisis data, maka dapat diketahui secara keseluruhan didapatkan data dengan klasifikasi kebugaran jasmani kategori “Baik Sekali” sebesar 0% (0 siswa), kategori “Baik” sebesar 9% (4 siswa), kategori “Sedang” sebesar 48% (22 siswa), kategori “Kurang” sebesar 43% (20 siswa) dan kategori “Kurang Sekali” sebesar 0% (0 siswa). Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa tingkat kebugaran jasmani siswa SD negeri 1 Conto Tahun 2022 dalam keadaan sedang.
PENGARUH LATIHAN PLYOMETRIC STANDING JUMP TERHADAP PENINGKATAN VERTICAL JUMP PEMAIN BOLA VOLI TUNAS HARAPAN PONOROGO
Authors: Febri Herdion Alfio Ozon  , Vera Septi Sistiasih
Published: August 2023

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh latihan plyometric standing jump terhadap kemampuan vertical jump pemain bola voli Tunas Harapan Ponorogo. Jumlah populasi yang akan diteliti yaitu sebanyak 45 orang dan sampel 16 orang. Dengan sampel dibagi menjadi 2 kelompok, yaitu kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol. Kelompok eksperimen akan diberikan perlakuan latihan plyometric standing jump sedangkan kelompok kontrol tidak diberikan perlakuan apapun. Teknik pengumpulan yang digunakan yaitu dengan menggunakan tes dan pengukuran. Adapun instrument tes pengukuran yang digunakan pada penelitian ini yaitu tes vertical jump. Analisis data yang digunakan yaitu dengan menggunakan uji-t (Paired Sample Test). Dari analisis statisitik dapat dilihat bahwa nilai Sig.  (2-tailed) diperoleh sebesar 0.000 sehingga kurang dari 0.05 (< 0.05), sehingga hal ini berarti hipotesis nol di tolak (H0 ditolak) dan hipotesis satu di terima (H1 diterima). Dengan begitu, dapat diambil   kesimpulan bahwa terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan dari latihan plyometric standing jump terhadap kemampuan vertical jump pemain bola voli klub Tunas Harapan Ponorogo. Dari hasil penelitian yang telah di lakukan peneliti berharap dapat memberikan manfaat bagi pelatih bola voli maupun guru olahraga dalam menerapkan latihan  plyometric  standing  jump untuk meningkatkan kemampuan vertical jump pemain bola voli. Hal ini juga membantu atlet voli dalam meningkatkan kemampuan diri dalam hal melakukan vertical jump.
HUBUNGAN KEBUGARAN JASMANI DENGAN TINGKAT KECEPATAN TENDANGAN SABIT PESERTA EKSTRAKULIKULER PENCAK SILAT MA PSA NURUL AMAL BANDUNGAN KABUPATEN SEMARANG
Authors: Trisyono  , Catur Wahyu Priyanto  , Lusiana  , Muhlis
Published: August 2023

Tujuan dalam penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui ada atau tidak adanya hubungan antara kebugaran jasmani dengan kecepatan tendangan sabit dalam olahraga pencak silat di Ekstrakurikuler MA PSA Nurul Amal Bandungan. Objek yang telah digunakan dalam penelitian ini dibatasi hanya pada peserta ekstrakurikuler pencaksilat di MA PSA Nurul Amal Bandungan Kabupaten Semarang tahun 2022. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 10. Metode penelitian yang telah digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode korelasi dengan teknik tes kemampuan kebugaran jasmani dan menggunakan lembar evaluator. Dalam Penelitian ini diketahui besarnya pengaruh kebugaran jasmani terhadap kecepatan tendangan sabit 49,7%, yang diperoleh dari keofisien korelasi parsial untuk kebugaran jasmani yaitu (0.49,7 x 100%). Hasil analisis dalam penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa peserta ekstrakulikuler yang memiliki kebugaran jasmani yang baik akan mampuh melakukan tendangan sabit dengan cepat dari pada peserta yang memiliki kebugaran jasmani yang buruk. Dan sisanya dipengaruhi oleh sebab lain yang tidak dikaji dalam penelitian ini.