bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of Rain Peak Morphology on Runoff and Sediment Yield in Miyun Water Source Reserve in China
Authors: Xu Jiajia , Zhang Jianjun , Li Minyi , Wang Fenzhong
Published: November 2019

The research on the impact of rainfall patterns on runoff and sediment yield is still insufficient, especially under natural rainfall conditions. We analyzed the influence of rain peak morphology on runoff and sediment yield based on the data of rainfall, runoff, and sediment in the bare runoff plot of Shixia, a small watershed in the Miyun district of Beijing, from 2007 to 2016. We took 0.4 mm min−1 as the standard of rain peak classification and the peak width, peak number, peak value, peak position and multi-peak continuity as the indexes of rain peak morphology. The results showed that: (1) Peak number, peak value, and peak width were significantly correlated with runoff and sediment yield, while peak position was irrelevant. The order of correlation between rain peak morphology indexes and runoff yield was peak width (0.71) > peak number (0.69) > peak value (0.33) > peak position (0.05). The order of correlation between rain peak morphological indexes and sediment yield was peak width (0.62) > peak value (0.36) > peak number (0.36) > peak position (−0.09). The multi-peak continuity was not correlated with runoff (0.12) and sediment yield (0.45). (2) When the number of rain peaks was greater than one in a single rainfall, the amount of runoff and sediment production increased significantly. (3) For multi-peak rainfall, 90 min was the boundary point of the rain peak interval, and the sediment yield formed by rainfall with a rain peak continuity >1/90 min−1 was significantly larger than the rainfall of ≤1/90 min−1. (4) Covariance analysis showed that the runoff caused by rainfall with a peak at the middle positions was obviously more than rainfall with a peak at the front position. However, the peak position had no significant effect on the sediment yield. (5) The peak rainfall amount of a rainfall (TPR) was a comprehensive index reflecting peak number, peak value and peak width, and the correlation between it and the sediment yield and runoff reached 0.60 and 0.71, respectively. Statistical rainfall characteristic indexes included rainfall amount, average rainfall intensity, rainfall duration, I5 (maximum 5-min rainfall intensity), I10, I15, I20, I30, and I60, among which I60 had the strongest correlation with runoff and sediment yield (0.69, 0.60), which were much larger than other rainfall indexes (0.08~0.47, 0.14~0.48) except rainfall amount (0.75, 0.37). By establishing a regression equation, it was found that both TPR and I60 had good explanatory power for runoff and weak explanatory power for sediment yield.
Non-attendance at urgent referral appointments for suspected cancer: a qualitative study to gain understanding from patients and GPs
Authors: Jefferson Laura , Atkin Karl , Sheridan Rebecca , Oliver Steven , Macleod Una , Hall Geoff , Forbes Sarah , Green Trish , Allgar Victoria , Knapp Peter
Published: November 2019

Background

The 2-week-wait urgent referral policy in the UK has sought to improve cancer outcomes by accelerating diagnosis and treatment. However, around 5–7% of symptomatic referred patients cancel or do not attend their hospital appointment. While subsequent cancer diagnosis was less likely in non-attenders, those with a diagnosis had worse early mortality outcomes.

Aim

To examine how interpersonal, communication, social, and organisational factors influence a patient’s non-attendance.

Design and setting

Qualitative study in GP practices in one Northern English city.

Method

In-depth, individual interviews were undertaken face-to-face or by telephone between December 2016 and May 2018, followed by thematic framework analysis.

Results

In this study 21 GPs, and 24 patients who did not attend or had cancelled their appointment were interviewed, deriving a range of potential explanations for non-attendance, including: system flaws; GP difficulties with booking appointments; patient difficulties with navigating the appointment system, particularly older patients and those from more deprived areas; patients leading ‘difficult lives’; and patients’ expectations of the referral, informed by their beliefs, circumstances, priorities, and the perceived prognosis. GPs recognised the importance of communication with the patient, particularly the need to tailor communication to perceived patient understanding and anxiety. GPs and practices varied in their responses to patient non-attendance, influenced by time pressures and perceptions of patient responsibility.

Conclusion

Failure to be seen within 2 weeks of urgent referral resulted from a number of patient and provider factors. The urgent referral process in general practice and cancer services should accommodate patient perceptions and responses, facilitate referral and attendance, and enable responses to patient non-attendance.
KERJASAMA INDONESIA – NORWEGIA MELALUI SKEMA REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION (REDD+) DALAM UPAYA PENYELAMATAN HUTAN INDONESIA
Authors: Lady Nadhea
Published: November 2019

This study used qualitative research type. The research method used is descriptive analysis techniques. Most of the data collected through the literature, searching websites, and interviews. Those data were analyzed by theory approach based on International Relations, Foreign Policy, International Cooperation, International Agreement, and Environmental. The results of this study indicate that the cooperation between Indonesia – Norway through the REDD scheme is poured into the form of a Letter of Intent (LoI) agreed on three phases in order to save Indonesia’s forest despite undergoing a new stage in the first phase, this cooperation has resulted although not significantly.
PERANAN INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) MELALUI THE INTERNATIONAL FACT FINDING EXPERT MISSION OF THE FUKUSHIMA DALAM PENANGANAN KERUSAKAN REAKTOR NUKLIR DI JEPANG PASCA TSUNAMI 11 MARET 2011
Authors: Amijaya Chrisnanta
Published: November 2019

Utilization of nuclear energy in many countries is a particular concern for international. This not talk only have a positive impact, but also have a negative impact. The damage of Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, Japan is one example of the negative impacts of the use of nuclear energy. March, 11th 2011, 9.2 magnitude earthquake followed by tsunami has destroyed a nuclear power plant that located on the edge of Japan’s sea. This problem get a special concern for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) because it involves the safety and security of utilizing nuclear energy. The approach of this research is a qualitative; the method is descriptive analyzing technique. Data were collected through library research, website research, and interview. Those data were analyzed by theory approach based on International Relation sciences. This research use main theory is role of International Organization theory, such as international organizations as an instrument, as an arena, and as an actor to shows that international organizations, in this case IAEA, show its role in the nuclear
DAMPAK SENGKETA PULAU DOKDO/TAKESHIMA KOREA SELATAN - JEPANG TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN HALLYU DI JEPANG
Authors: Gemilang Aldean Tegar
Published: November 2019

This study aims to determine how the impact of the disputed Dokdo Island / Takeshima between South Korea and Japan on the development of Hallyu in Japan Year 2012-2015. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the disputed Dokdo / Takeshima between South Korea and Japan on the development of Hallyu in Japan after re-simmering dispute over Dokdo Island / Takeshima by the visit of South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in 2012. Methods The study was qualitative. Most of the data were collected through interviews, literature study, observation, documentation, and online data searches. The study was conducted at the Korean Cultural Center, The Japan Foundation, Library and Documentation Centre of Scientific Information LIPI, and the Embassy of Japan to Indonesia. The results showed that the development of Hallyu in Japan after re-simmering dispute over Dokdo Island / Takeshima between South Korea and Japan in 2012 experiencing barriers. Problems island disputes between countries worsen bilateral relations, in the case of disputed Dokdo / Takeshima also have a negative impact on the cultural development of Hallyu in Japan.
INDONESIA – AMERIKA DALAM KERANGKA COMPRHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP
Authors: Yerichielli Yerichielli
Published: November 2019

Indonesian political and strategic relations are quite good with the United States, especially since the New Order regime in Indonesia, namely in the 1960s. But economic ties the two sides have not grown enough in comparison with the United States economic relations with neighboring Indonesia, Singapore and Australia. In terms of political and strategic aspects in the relationship between the two countries produced in the United States and Indonesia are less developed the economic potential between the two. Both countries have significant potential to further enhance the bilateral relations to the mutual interest through the establishment of a comprehensive partnership (Comprehensive Partnership) is a strategic step in improving relations of cooperation in politics, economy, security, environment, energy, education and other areas of life other. Efforts to improve relations between the two sides appeared in recent years because of the encouragement of the government of Indonesia and US efforts to seek larger markets in order to restore its economic crisis. In November 2010 the leaders of both countries signed the US-Indonesia Compherensive Partnership Agreement (US-Indonesia CPA) which is a long-term commitment of both countries to enhance and deepen bilateral relations. One sector that is the focus of the cooperation is the economic sector.
Pengaruh Komunikasi Amae Terhadap Hubungan Uchi Dan Soto Pada Kelompok Persahabatan Orang Jepang Dalam Film Ano Hana
Authors: Sompotan Rizta Emrys Fransiska
Published: November 2019

Abstrak

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pengaruh komunikasi amae terhadap interaksi sosial pada hubungan persahabatan tokoh utama, yaitu kelompok Super Peace Busters. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif analitik. Sumber data primer penelitian ini adalah Film Live Action Ano Hana (2013) dan sumber data sekunder penelitian ini adalah buku, jurnal dan artikel yang berkaitan dengan teori dependensi Jepang menurut Takeo Doi yang dikumpulkan menggunakan teknik studi pustaka. Objek penelitian yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah berupa 4 kutipan dialog diantara setiap anggota kelompok yang dikumpulkan dengan teknik simak dan catat. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa pengaruh komunikasi amae pada film ini lebih cenderung menggambarkan hubungan uchi yang baik dan menjadi semakin erat akibat komunikasi amae yang juga terjalin baik.

 

Kata kunci: penokohan, kelompok sosial, interaksi sosial, komunikasi amae

 

Abstract

This study aims to describe the influence of amae communication on social interactions on the friendship relationships of the Super Peace Busters group as the main of characters. The research method is descriptive analytic. The primary data source of this study is Live Action film of Ano Hana (2013) and the secondary data sources of this study are books, journals and articles related to Japanese dependency theory according to Takeo Doi which were collected using literature study technique. The object of the research is 4 dialogue quotes between each group member which collected by observation and writing technique. The results of this study indicate that the influence of amae communication on this film is more likely to describe a good uchi relationship and become more tighter due to the amae communication also good communication.

 

Keywords: characterization, social group, social interactions, amae communication
Dinamika Kepribadian Tokoh Utama Dalam Novel Jisatsu Yotei Bi Karya Akiyoshi Rikako
Authors: Lairabu Teting
Published: November 2019

Abstract

This study aims to explain death wish in the characterization of the main character. This research uses a descriptive analysis method with the psychology literature approach. The sources of data used were the novel Jisatsu Yotei Bi by Akiyoshi Rikako (2016) and the Indonesian translation of the novel, Scheduled Suicide Day (2017). The object of this research is a quotation in the form of narrative. The results of this study are the main character has a desire to die and it is shown by her always thinking about death and finding out in one website about ways to die that she thinks are comfortable and appropriate.

 

Keywords: Personality Dynamics, Death Wish, Characterization, Psychology Literature.
DAMPAK KONVERSI LAHAN PERTANIAN KE NON-PERTANIAN TERHADAP PENDAPATAN RUMAH TANGGA PETANI DI KECAMATAN CIBADAK KABUPATEN SUKABUMI
Authors: Hatta A. , Warlina Lia
Published: November 2019

ABSTRAK

The research objective were to identify land use change in Kecamatan Cibadak and to describe the impact of land use change toward farmer’s income. This research used primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected by distribution of questionary, while secondary data was obtained from related intitutions.overlay technique was used to identify land use change. In other hand, descriptive analysis was use to describe land use change impact toward on farmer’s income.

The total change of land use was 1,86 % in seven years (2006-2013). The total change of land use was 1,19 % in three years (2013-2016). The total income of land use type settlement was 33,112 ha in the ten years. However, the total change of agricultural land was 19,699 ha. It were 11 farmers who convert their land stated that theor income were in change deu to land conversion. Their agricultural land was converted into built area. The farmers still own the land and the culding or houses.

 

Kata Kunci : Guna Lahan, Perubahan Guna Lahan, Pemasukan
Turismo Sustentável: alternativa para o desenvolvimento da APA Baia Negra, Pantanal de Mato Grosso do Sul
Authors: Silva-Melo Marta Regina da , Melo Gleidson André Pereira de , Guedes Neiva Maria Robaldo
Published: November 2019

O presente estudo tem como objetivo identificar o potencial da Área de Proteção Ambiental Baía Negra, localizada no município de Ladário, no Pantanal de Mato Grosso do Sul, para a prática do turismo sustentável, como alternativa do desenvolvimento local. O estudo foi conduzido por meio da pesquisa qualitativa, com especificidade exploratória, por proporcionar a compreensão dos fenômenos sociais e culturais. Foi verificado que a região é carente de infraestrutura básica, todavia se destaca como importante território por sua vasta riqueza ecológica, arqueológica e paisagística. Notou-se que o Conselho gestor da Unidade de Conservação é atuante e que diferentes ações estão sendo realizadas junto à comunidade, com práticas de valorização e sustentabilidade dos recursos naturais e culturais para o fortalecimento do território e ordenamento do turismo. Considerando que tudo funciona dentro de uma cadeia, infere-se que, ao fomentar o Turismo Sustentável na APA Baía Negra, o poder público, o terceiro setor, e parceiros da iniciativa privada, possam contribuir para o empoderamento da comunidade e corroboram no alcance dos Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS).
Valoração dos Serviços Ecossistêmicos Culturais: mensuração econômica do Bumba meu Boi do Maranhão
Authors: Pinto Sérgio Roberto , Coqueiro Abigail Cardoso , Burkowski Rodrigo , Silva Fabrício Brito
Published: November 2019

O Bumba meu Boi do Maranhão é uma tradicional manifestação cultural brasileira. Nos últimos anos, houve crescente interesse por valorar a variável cultural entre os serviços ecossistêmicos. Constitui-se um desafio valorar uma tradição que reúne elementos constitutivos que configuram uma linguagem estética, expressada pelos corpos humanos que a cultivam, reconhecida como riqueza do patrimônio cultural e imaterial pelo Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo compreender o serviço ecossistêmico cultural e expressar, monetariamente, esse valor; utilizou, para tanto, o Método de Valoração Contingente. Observou-se que essa manifestação possui um valor econômico cuja Disposição a Pagar, por indivíduo participante da pesquisa, foi de R$ 34.24, e isso ocasiona uma totalidade de R$ 10.272.000,00 (dez milhões, duzentos e setenta e dois mil reais) baseado no universo total do público presente no São João na Ilha de São Luís - MA. Os resultados indicam que o bumba meu boi do Maranhão, por ser considerado uma manifestação Cultural, possui valor econômico atribuído à sua imponência cultural.
Sustentabilidade ambiental na Serra de Bodoquena no contexto da legislação de Mato Grosso Sul
Authors: Oliveira Ademir Kleber Morbeck , Diettrich Luciana Correia
Published: November 2019

A Serra da Bodoquena, localizada no sudoeste do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, possui características naturais sui generis, as quais se destacam como importantes elementos de atratividade turística, principalmente para o município de Bonito. Considerando que o turismo deve preocupar-se com a sustentabilidade do ambiente natural e que as políticas públicas de turismo são instrumentos de ordenação desta atividade com vistas ao seu desenvolvimento e manutenção, este estudo objetivou avaliar a sustentabilidade ambiental no município de Bonito, no âmbito das políticas públicas de turismo e seu potencial de efetividade para este município. O levantamento das políticas mencionadas foi realizado por meio de trabalhos publicados e de ferramentas de pesquisa da internet, bem como diretamente na Secretaria e na Fundação de Turismo do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, no Conselho Municipal de Turismo de Bonito e na Secretaria de Turismo de Bonito. Foi ainda aplicado um questionário em cada um dos mencionados órgãos públicos com a finalidade de identificar as políticas mais relevantes e o conhecimento que estes têm sobre as mesmas. Pôde-se constatar que, embora existam políticas públicas de turismo de Mato Grosso do Sul e de Bonito que presumam a conservação do meio natural, não há consenso entre tais políticas e os gestores públicos de turismo, assim como a sustentabilidade nelas prevista não objetiva verdadeiramente a proteção do ambiente natural. Ademais, os gestores não possuem conhecimento suficiente para garantir a aplicabilidade das políticas existentes.
Taxonomic Revision of Chionoloma (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta)
Authors: Alonso Marta , Jiménez Juan A. , Cano María J.
Published: November 2019

A worldwide taxonomic revision of the species belonging to the moss genus Chionoloma Dixon (Pottiaceae) is here presented. Our work is based on the morphological analysis of more than 2600 specimens deposited in different herbaria or collected during field trips. A total of 131 names were found and their nomenclatural types were examined, resulting in the lectotypification of 45 names. It is concluded that Chionoloma is composed of 22 species and one variety, seven of them are here newly combined (C. circinatum (Besch.) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez; C. cylindrotheca (Mitt.) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez; C. hyalinoblastum (Broth.) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez; C. melanostomum (Mitt.) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez; C. orthodontum (Müll. Hal.) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez; C. sarawakense (Dixon) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez; and C. stenocarpum (Thér) M. Alonso, M. J. Cano & J. A. Jiménez). Moreover, 42 names are newly synonymized and a total of 74 new records for various countries are reported. Keys, descriptions, illustrations, photographs, and distribution data of each species are provided.
Análise do romance Dom Casmurro, de Machado de Assis: tópicos para serem trabalhados com estudantes de ensino médio
Authors: Röhrig Maiquel
Published: November 2019

Este trabalho apresenta alguns aspectos do romance “Dom Casmurro”, de Machado de Assis. Os objetivos são reunir e explicar sinteticamente algumas das principais questões da obra, a fim de permitir que o professor tenha uma visão geral de alguns dos vários níveis e possibilidades de leitura. A metodologia consistiu na leitura atenta do romance, bem como da pesquisa bibliográfica. Os resultados apresentados abordam a repetida questão da dúvida acerca do adultério de Capitu, desenvolvendo sua acusação e sua defesa, mas procuram explorar outras questões da obra, igualmente interessantes, como os nomes das personagens, a análise psicológica dos protagonistas, as referências intertextuais, a representação das estruturas sociais brasileiras, entre outros.
desenvolvimento de atividades de compreensão escrita: um corpus de temática política
Authors: Laranja Luana Aparecida Nazzi , Pinto Paula Tavares
Published: November 2019

Baseando-se nos estudos da Linguística de Corpus (LC) o objetivo do presente trabalho é desenvolver atividades de compreensão escrita voltadas para o vestibular baseadas no uso de agrupamentos lexicais. Para isso, foi compilado um corpus de textos jornalísticos autênticos advindos dos sites CNN® e BBC® com o tema politics (política) e este foi comparado a um corpus de inglês geral com o intuito de extrair as palavras-chave positivas, ou seja, do corpus de estudo. A partir de então, foram levantados os clusters - agrupamentos lexicais - dessas palavras para posterior criação das atividades de compreensão escrita na língua inglesa, de modo que os exercícios desenvolvidos tiveram como base as combinações lexicais mais frequentes do tema dos textos compilados. Como base para o desenvolvimento dos exercícios foi utilizado o vestibular da Unesp, contendo questões em português e a língua-alvo. Em função disso, foi esperado responder à seguinte pergunta: Como o uso de um corpus criado a partir de textos jornalísticos autênticos com o tema política pode auxiliar no levantamento de agrupamentos lexicais para o vestibular? A aplicação das atividades criadas foi feita com alunos do terceiro ano do ensino médio em uma escola privada situada em uma cidade do interior de São Paulo. E, pode-se afirmar que as atividades tiveram um impacto positivo em relação ao desenvolvimento da leitura dos estudantes.
Ensino de Línguas Baseado em Tarefas (ELT) no contexto de alunos multiníveis: uma narrativa de estratégias pedagógicas na disciplina Práticas Escritas em Línguas Inglesa no IFCE campus Crateús
Authors: Silveira Francisco Bruno Rodrigues
Published: November 2019

Os alunos de cursos livres e disciplinas voltados para o ensino de línguas estrangeiras podem apresentar níveis diferentes de conhecimento linguístico do idioma estudado. Esta característica chamada de sala de aula multinível, comum nas práticas pedagógicas de idiomas, deve ser cada vez mais foco de produções científicas com o intuito de pensarmos em estratégias de ensino voltadas para a realidade multinível dos discentes. Esta narrativa irá descrever algumas estratégias pedagógicas usadas na disciplina extracurricular Práticas Escritas em Línguas Inglesa ministrada no semestre 2019.1 no IFCE campus Crateús. Por ser uma disciplina extracurricular, os alunos que cursaram esta disciplina eram discentes de diferentes cursos de graduação e apresentavam níveis linguísticos bem heterogêneos na língua inglesa. Serão detalhadas algumas das atividades que foram aplicadas com os cursistas da referida disciplina bem como o processo de aprendizagem dos conteúdos ministrado nestas atividades. Serão utilizadas principalmente as concepções teóricas de Fonseca (2009), Ellis (2003) e Willis (1996) sobre o Ensino de Línguas Baseado em Tarefas e o Ensino Multinível. A presente narrativa visa contribuir para um aprimoramento das práticas do ensino de línguas estrangeiras, especialmente a língua inglesa, nos Institutos Federais e em outas instituições do Brasil.
passividade `a postura ativa: o que o ensino híbrido traz em favor da aprendizagem e aprimoramento do ensino médio
Authors: Spagnol João Volmei Guerra , De Sousa Lucilene Bender , Schneider Fernanda
Published: November 2019

O presente artigo resulta da proposta em estudar alternativas de mudança no formato das aulas expositivas predominantes em escolas públicas trazendo como opções os métodos relacionados ao ensino híbrido (CHRISTENSEN, 2013; HORN; STAKER, 2015; BACICH; TANZI NETO; TREVISANI, 2015). A combinação do ensino tradicional com o ensino on-Iine torna viável esse caminho para a educação, já empregada no Brasil e no mundo. A pesquisa bibliográfica de caráter qualitativo partiu da questão norteadora sobre possíveis avanços que o emprego de ensino híbrido traz ao aluno ao colocá-lo na posição de protagonista na construção de seu conhecimento. Assim, pretendemos investigar caminhos para a sua aplicação no ensino médio em escolas públicas. Os modelos disruptivos trazem ações inovadoras em todos os sentidos, redesenhando o projeto, os espaços físicos e as metodologias. Porém, modelos sustentados preservam a sala de aula tradicional, que é potencializada pelo acréscimo de componentes tecnológicos e pela criatividade do professor. Para implementar um desses modelos é importante realizar um planejamento eficaz e considerar as características dos alunos, cultura escolar, dispositivos tecnológicos e instalações disponíveis.
escrita das línguas de sinais (ELS) no sistema sign writing como apoio à aprendizagem da língua portuguesa para surdos
Authors: De Freitas Lima Danielle Candiota , Ayres Alessandra
Published: November 2019

No método bilíngue de ensino-aprendizagem aos sujeitos surdos, a Língua Portuguesa é ensinada na modalidade escrita. O processo de alfabetização e letramento na maioria das escolas não faz a diferenciação da metodologia utilizada para ensinar essa escrita do Português aos surdos. Este artigo apresenta a importância da Escrita da Língua de Sinais (Els) – no sistema SignWriting como apoio da aprendizagem da escrita da Língua Portuguesa. A Els (escrita da língua de sinais), conforme Stumpf (2005) surgiu por meio de pesquisas linguísticas da Língua de Sinais. A Els– no sistema SignWriting apresenta todas as possibilidades de registro como qualquer outra forma de escrita, além disso, é fundamental para os sujeitos surdos entender melhor a gramática de sua primeira língua e da LP. Neste artigo, concluiu-se que a Escrita de Sinais é muito importante para os surdos porque é a forma legal de escrever sua proporia língua e serve de suporte para a Língua Portuguesa escrita.
Security attacks in S-WBANs on IoT based Healthcare Applications
Authors:   School of Computing Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India, John* Jacob , Varkey Mariam Sunil ,   School of Computing Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India, M Selvi ,   School of Computing Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
Published: November 2019

The internet exists as a global interconnection network for information sharing, commerce, and entertainment. The usage of internet has grown tremendously over the past decade in the field of E- health care monitoring system. In E- health care monitoring systems, Smart Wireless Body Area Networks (S-WBANs) is one among such technologies and is being explored. S-WBANs are primarily used as a smart object with computer-assisted rehabilitation. They serve as a remote monitoring service in smart electronic healthcare to continuously measure the vital parameters like heart rate, insulin level, body temperature, etc. They are thereby providing doctors with early detection of a patient’s medical conditions. However, sharing of sensitive personal data over a wireless network requires a high level of security. Since any breach in the system security will lead to a direct violation of the patient’s privacy. In order to address the security vulnerability of the existing system, in this paper a block chain based Smart Wireless Body Area Networks has been proposed to provide better security with enhanced privacy and access control for E- health care monitoring system. Moreover, the proposed system enhances the scalability and provides mitigation against all the security attacks in IoT Environment.
Breaking The Silence to Accentuate Ostracism: an Audacious Response of Anupama
Authors:   Research Scholar, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sangunthala Institue of Science And Technology, Avadi, Chennai, India., S.* Ms. Prema , Kumar S. Dr. Ramesh ,   Assistant Professor, Department of English, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sangunthala Institue of Science And Technology, Avadi, Chennai, India.
Published: November 2019

Contemporary Indian English fiction has occupied the dynamic place in modern times. Indian English fiction blossomed rapidly due to the emergence of women writers. These women writers tried to express the abhorrent facets of human life. The twenty first century women writers try to awaken the readers about the existing realities of contemporary social values. Sudha Murty is one such proficient writer, who tries to instill many social values of life through her writings. Mahashweta is one such noteworthy novel by Mrs. Murty. It is an inspiring tale about a courageous woman, Anupama, who travels in the world of marriage which is full of illusions, betrayals and the social stigma. This paper analyses the hidden veracities behind Anupama’s fairy-tale marriage, and her hardships in facing the society because of leukoderma. Murty explored the outrageous effects of ostracism - the existing social exploitation- in this novel so diligently through her protagonist Anupama and her daring revolt in overcoming the atrocities of mankind in order to survive in this world as a mere human being.
Performance Evaluation and Implementation of Tasks in Virtual Machines
Authors:   Department Of MCA, Ajay Binay Institute of Technology, Cuttack, India., Prasad* Suman Sourav , Mishra Jyoti Prakash ,   Computer Sc.&Engg. Department, Gandhi Institute for Education and Technology, Baniatangi, Bhubaneswar, India., Mishra Sambit Kumar ,   Computer Sc. &Engg. Department, Gandhi Institute for Education and Technology, Baniatangi, Bhubaneswar, India.
Published: November 2019

In the present situation, it may be essential to build a simple data sharing environment to monitor and protect the unauthorized modification of data. In such case, mechanisms may be required to develop to focus on significant weakened networking with proper solutions. In some situations, block chain data management may be used considering the cloud environment. It is well understood that in virtual environment, allocating resources may have significant role towards evaluating the performance including utilization of resources linked to the data center. Accuracy towards allocation of virtual machines in cloud data centers may be more essential considering the optimization problems in cloud computing. In such cases, it may also be desirable to prioritize on virtual machines linked to cloud data centers. Consolidating the dynamic virtual machines may also permit the virtual server providers to optimize utilization of resources and to focus on energy consumption. In fact, tremendous rise in acquiring computational power driven by modern service applications may be linked towards establishment of large-scale virtualized data centers. Accordingly, the joint collaboration of smart connected devices with data analytics may also enable enormous applications towards different predictive maintenance systems. To obtain the near optimal as well as feasible results in this case, it may be desirable to simulate implementing the algorithms and focusing on application codes. Also, different approaches may also be needed to minimize development time and cost. In many cases, the experimental result proves that the simulation techniques may minimize the cache miss and improve the execution time. In this paper, it has been intended towards distribution of tasks along with implementation mechanisms linked to virtual machines.
Medical Specialization, Technological Innovation and Women Doctors
Authors:   HOD, Department of Sociology in NEF College, Guwahati, Assam, India., Borah* Dr. Rinku
Published: November 2019

In medical profession, most of the women doctors are interested to confine themselves in some less risky and less time consuming specialities. Though there are various technological innovations are going on in medical field, they are underrepresented in most surgical fields, with the exception of obstetrics and gynaecology. In this study, researcher has made an attempt- 1. To find out the specialization of women Doctors in Govt. Hospitals of Assam 2. To examine the factors behind their choice of specialization. This study has been conducted in four district of upper Assam, i.e., Dibrugrah, Jorhat, Sivasagar and Golaghat. This study is based on both primary and secondary data. For collection of primary data, two methods were used, i.e. Observation and Interview. Findings of the study reveal that most of the women doctors were keen to engage themselves especially in non-clinical and Para-clinical speciality. Various technological inventions in medical science have no effects in their choosing of particular specialization.
Automatic Summarization of Textual Document
Authors:   Dept. of Computer Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi -India., Ahmad* Faiyaz , Yassar  ,   Dept. of Computer Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia , New Delhi India., Ahmad Amreen ,   Dept. of Computer Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi -India
Published: November 2019

In today world, there is a huge amount of information is growing every day on the internet and from many other sources and there is lots of textual information in it. To find out the relevant information from this large amount of data, we need an automatic mechanism that will extract the useful data. Such automatic systems are automatic summarization systems. They categorized into extractive and abstractive summarization system. Extractive summarization systems select the important sentences directly from the large document and put into summary whereas abstractive methods understand semantic meaning of the document by linguistic method to interpret and examine the text. In the purposed method, a statistical approach is used where multiple criterions or features are discussed to calculate the score for every sentence and then SIR (Susceptible Infected Recovered) model is used to compute the dynamic weight for every feature. After dynamic weight computation, weighted TOPSIS (The Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) is used for multi-criterion analysis and aggregation. This method is fully implemented and integrated for automated textual document summarization system.
Effect of Steel Bracings on RC Building by Aligning Them at Different Positions
Authors:   M.tech, Structural Engineering, Anurag Group of Institutions, Venkatapur, Ghatkesar (M), Medchal (D), Hyderabad, India., Waseem* Mohammad Abdul , Vimala Dr.A. ,   Professor & H.O.D, Department of Civil Engineering, Anurag Group of Institutions, Venkatapur, Ghatkesar (M), Medchal (D), Hyderabad, India.
Published: November 2019

Earthquake is an unexpected and expensive disaster for both livelihood and economy. In the modern day construction there has been a lot of importance to make the structure resistive against the laterally acting loads. Bracings are an option for lateral load resisting system in tall buildings. The concept of bracings is to add more stiffness and strength to the adequate strength of the structure. Members in a braced frame are generally made of structural steel which can work effectively both in strain and pressure. In the present work 13 story irregular building is considered with and without bracings to evaluate the optimum bracing pattern for the structure. By changing the position of the bracings alternately in both horizontal and vertical direction the analysis is carried out. These are the different models analyzed by pushover analysis (a) Building with no bracing, (b) Building with alternate vertical bracing starting from bay-1, (c) Building with alternate vertical bracing starting from bay-2, (d) Building with alternate vertical bracing starting from story-1, (e) Building with alternate vertical bracing starting from story-1. The non linear static results were compared. The various parameters like story drift, shear, time period, stiffness, moment, torsion, performance points are obtained by the analysis for all the models.
GDP and Outward Foreign Direct Investment from India: Co-Integration and Causality Test
Authors:   Assistant professor Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev Viswavidyalaya, Nagaon, Assam, India., Kakoti* Dikshita , Das Runumi ,   Assistant Professor Pandu College, Guwahati Assam, India., Agarwal Puja ,   Assistant professor Naharkatiya College, Dibrugarh Assam, India.
Published: November 2019

India’s outward foreign direct investment has experienced a Dynamic change over last decade after the liberalisation and globalisation of Indian economy that further achieves economic expansion and development in recent years. Approximately seven percent growth rate is witness by India from 1993-2011.This period also witnessed upward trend of outbound investment from India. UNCTAD (2015) has also nailed India as one of the leading outward investing economies. But a very few works have been done for exploring the long run relationship between outward FDI and GDP in context of the emerging economies like India. With this backdrop, the present study empirically investigates the long run and short run co –integrating relationship between India’s GDP and OFDI. For empirical analysis various econometric tools like test of stationarity, Engle granger co-integration ( as we have consider only two macro variables) and ECM model is used to test the causal association between the selected variables. It is found that there is long run causal relationship among OFDI and India’s Growth rate. The results found that no short term causal association among India’s OFDI and GDP by reflecting the fact that there are other factors which have influence on OFDI flows.
Denoising: A Dual Domain Method
Authors:   Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Rajeev Institute of Technology, Hassan, India., N* Aravind B , Suresh K. V. ,   Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, India.
Published: November 2019

Image has an important role to play in our daily life. It has its applications from simple documentation to complicated surveillance and medical applications. In the area of image processing, denoising is one among the most studied areas. Many a times the captured image will be degraded. This can happen at the time of acquisition and/or transmission. Noise is one such degrading agent. The presence of noise will affect the performance of the applications like segmentation, recognition, object detection and medical as well as general applications. Hence denoising is a prerequisite in these applications. The proposed method utilizes both transform and spatial domains. Shrinkage technique is applied in wavelet domain and in spatial domain, non-local means is used. Simulation is conducted on standard test images. The tabulated results shows that, the proposed method performs comparatively better.
Patterns of Family Support in Cervical Cancer Survivors with High Resilience
Authors:   Public Health Doctoral Student at Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia & Faculty of Psychology and Health Science, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Indonesia., Zuardin*  , Razak Amran ,   Department of Administration and Health Policy, Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia, Maidin M. Alimin ,   Department of Hospital Management, Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia., Tamar Muhammad ,   Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia, Yani Ahmad ,   Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Public Health Universitas Muhammadiyah Palu, Indonesia
Published: November 2019

This study is aimed to explore the patterns of family support in cervical cancer survivors. This study is focused on explaining the kinds of patterns of family support received by cervical cancer survivors who had experienced high-resilience. It implements qualitative methods with descriptive research design. Data is collected by screening using resilience scale and interview. The analysed data include interview results obtained from cervical cancer survivors who had experienced high resilience. Research results showed that high resilience among the three cervical cancer survivors is related to family support. The patterns of family support received by the three participants include closeness, receptors, and durability. The three participants also received at least three out of four patterns of family supports concrete support, emotional support, informative support, and award support. Types of support most needed by the three participants are concrete support and emotional support.
Flexural Strength Behavior of T-Shaped Beam-Column Joint with Varying Polypropylene Fibre
Authors:   Post-graduation Student, Civil Engineering, Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Hyderabad, India., Vikas* Nagari , Krishna Gude Rama ,   Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Hyderabad, India., Sateesh N. ,   Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, India.
Published: November 2019

In times like this earthquakes are most commonly occurring phenomenon in every part of the world. It’s crucial to make sure ductility of the structure is high, which is it should seamlessly distort non-elastically and diffuse forces with no major destruction. For any structural frames shear forces and bending moments are concentrated at the intersecting area. One of such areas is beam-column (B-C) joint. These are the most effected failure zones. The present work deals with experimental study of a T-shaped beam-column joint. From the literature, Polypropylene fibre have improved many desired properties of concrete such as flexural strength, breaking point etc. Therefore introduction of this fibre material into beam-column joint can improve joint properties. Previous studies on this fibre do not convey any important work that has been done on beam-column joint using this fibre, specifically pinned under axial force. In this study, 1/3rd scaled specimens of reinforced concrete (plane RC and RC fibres) T-shaped beam-column joint casted and tested for incremental loadings. All the specimens have been detailed by the provisions of IS: 13920, IS: 456. These specimens were tested by applying sequentially incremented repeated loads using Universal Testing Machine (UTM) of 100kN capacity. The results were correlated in different ways such as, flexural strength, hardness, force dissipation and ductility. Hence, in the present research this fibre material is used in T-shaped B-C joint to see the changes occurred in stiffness and flexural strength, of the joint.
Technology Adoption with respect to various Brands of Smart Phones
Authors:   Currently pursing PhD in Department of Commerce, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore., Preethi V* Kamatchi , Selvakumar Dr. D.S. ,   associated Professor, Department of Commerce, School of Social Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore.
Published: November 2019

The new technology has led the development of the economic growth of the nation. The creators of the new technology keep in mind the need of the people and comes out with most reliable and feasible technology which is mostly diffused and used by the new technology adopters. The technology developed are innovative and user-friendly in the smart phone industry. Every aspect that is considered to build and develop a smart phone are through the research and development. This study focuses on the audience who adopt to use the new technology with respect to the smartphones. There are few studies to show the technology adoption life cycle and its types of adopters. Various smartphone brands keep updating the technology to give its users the best features, the technology adopters also keep up with the updated technology to adopt to the new developments. The smartphones not only develop the hardware but also keep updating their software as well. This study also concentrates and brings out the views about brands and technology adoption. The data collection for this study was conducted in Chennai city. The sampling technique used was judgmental sampling. The questionnaire was distributed to nearly 123 respondents. The study reveals that how the various technology adopters have to be targeted and to market the brand strategically, so the consumers can purchase the smartphones as per their requirement and social status.
Joint Action of Binary Factors in the Sufficient Causes Theory and Its Classification
Authors:   Department of Mathematics, Mechanics and Computer Science, Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia., Nagrebetskaya Julia V. , Panov* Vladimir G. ,   Laboratory of Mathematical Modelling in Ecology and Medicine, Institute of Industrial Ecology Ural Branch of RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Published: November 2019

We consider a problem of formal definition of joint action in the binary sufficient causes framework based on the theory of Boolean algebras. This theory is one of the general causality concepts in epidemiology, environmental sciences, medicine and biology. Its correct mathematical form allows us to regard the binary version of this theory as a specific application of Boolean functions theory. Within the formalism of Boolean functions, a strict definition of the joint action is given and various criteria for the presence of joint action of factors in a Boolean function are obtained. The methods previously developed for analyzing joint action in binary sufficient causes framework allows us to split all the Boolean functions into disjoint equivalence classes. The relationships among these classes however remain uncertain. In the present paper, an integer invariant is introduced which allows one to order joint action types in a certain way. We consider examples of two- and three-factor theories of sufficient causes with the ordinary epidemiological symmetry group. Estimation of the time complexity of determining the type of joint action are considered as well.
Liver Segmentation in Computed Tomography Abdomen Images Based on Particle Swarm Optimization and Morphology
Authors:   Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India., Kiruthika* S. , Raj Dr.I.Kaspar ,   Director, Computer Centre, Gandhigram Rural Institute(Deemed to be University), Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India.
Published: November 2019

Segmenting liver from abdominal images is a thought-provoking task. A method for segmenting liver region from CT abdomen is proposed in this paper. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) method is employed for segmenting multiple regions in the abdomen image. Morphological operation such as Erosion and Dilation is used for segmenting exact portion of liver. Largest connected component and filling holes operation are applied as supporting techniques for image corrections. Experiment on our proposed segmentation approach is carried out and the results are discussed. The quantitative validation was performed with Dice similarity co-efficient metric.