bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Contributions of Chondroitin Sulfate, Keratan Sulfate and N-linked Oligosaccharides to Inhibition of Neurite Outgrowth by Aggrecan
Authors: Hering Thomas M. , Beller Justin A. , Calulot Christopher M. , Snow Diane M.
Published: February 2020

The role of proteoglycans in the central nervous system (CNS) is a rapidly evolving field and has major implications in the field of CNS injury. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) increase in abundance following damage to the spinal cord and inhibit neurite outgrowth. Major advances in understanding the interaction between outgrowing neurites and CSPGs has created a need for more robust and quantitative analyses to further our understanding of this interaction. We report the use of a high-throughput assay to determine the effect of various post-translational modifications of aggrecan upon neurite outgrowth from NS-1 cells (a PC12 cell line derivative). Aggrecan contains chondroitin sulfate, keratan sulfate, and N-linked oligosaccharides (N-glycans), each susceptible to removal through different enzymatic digestions. Using a sequential digestion approach, we found that chondroitin sulfate and N-glycans, but not keratan sulfate, contribute to inhibition of neurite outgrowth by substrate-bound aggrecan. For the first time, we have shown that N-linked oligosaccharides on aggrecan contribute to its inhibition of neuritogenesis.
Molecular Approach to Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: From Pathways to Therapy
Authors: Palazzo Elisabetta , Morasso Maria I. , Pincelli Carlo
Published: February 2020

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) represents the second most frequent skin cancer, recently showing a rapid increase in incidence worldwide, with around >1 million cases/year in the United States and 2500 deaths [...]
Distributed Learning Based Joint Communication and Computation Strategy of IoT Devices in Smart Cities
Authors: Liu Tianyi , Luo Ruyu , Xu Fangmin , Fan Chaoqiong , Zhao Chenglin
Published: February 2020

With the development of global urbanization, the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities are becoming hot research topics. As an emerging model, edge computing can play an important role in smart cities because of its low latency and good performance. IoT devices can reduce time consumption with the help of a mobile edge computing (MEC) server. However, if too many IoT devices simultaneously choose to offload the computation tasks to the MEC server via the limited wireless channel, it may lead to the channel congestion, thus increasing time overhead. Facing a large number of IoT devices in smart cities, the centralized resource allocation algorithm needs a lot of signaling exchange, resulting in low efficiency. To solve the problem, this paper studies the joint policy of communication and computing of IoT devices in edge computing through game theory, and proposes distributed Q-learning algorithms with two learning policies. Simulation results show that the algorithm can converge quickly with a balanced solution.
Rainfall Event–Duration Thresholds for Landslide Occurrences in China
Authors: He Shuangshuang , Wang Jun , Liu Songnan
Published: February 2020

A rainfall threshold for landslide occurrence at a national scale in China has rarely been developed in the early warning system for landslides. Based on 771 landslide events that occurred in China during 1998–2017, four groups of rainfall thresholds at different quantile levels of the quantile regression for landslide occurrences in China are defined, which include the original rainfall event–duration (E–D) thresholds and normalized (the accumulated rainfall is normalized by mean annual precipitation) (EMAP–D) rainfall thresholds based on the merged rainfall and the Climate Prediction Center Morphing technique (CMORPH) rainfall products, respectively. Each group consists of four sub-thresholds in rainy season and non-rainy season, and both are divided into short duration (<48 h) and long duration (≥48 h). The results show that the slope of the regression line for the thresholds in the events with long durations is larger than that with short durations. In addition, the rainfall thresholds in the non-rainy season are generally lower than those in the rainy season. The E–D thresholds defined in this paper are generally lower than other thresholds in previous studies on a global scale, and a regional or national scale in China. This might be due to there being more landslide events used in this paper, as well as the combined effects of special geological environment, climate condition and human activities in China. Compared with the previous landslide model, the positive rates of the rainfall thresholds for landslides have increased by 16%–20%, 10%–17% and 20%–38% in the whole year, rainy season and non-rainy season, respectively.
Des dalles ornées durant le Campaniforme et l’âge du Bronze ancien en Bretagne : mythe ou réalité ?
Authors: Pailler Yvan , Nicolas Clément
Published: February 2020

Il est plus ou moins acquis depuis les travaux de P. Du Chatellier qu’il existe une forme d’art à l’âge du Bronze ancien en Bretagne dont les représentations se limiteraient à quelques dalles ornées de cupules et autres motifs simples, opinion défendue par J. Briard mais combattue par C. Burgess. Afin d’y voir plus clair, nous avons repris cette question sans a priori en nous limitant géographiquement à la Bretagne. En premier lieu, nous avons réuni le corpus des dalles ornées découvertes en contexte campaniforme ou Bronze et avons intégré celles issues de contextes probables et possibles. La moisson est plutôt maigre puisque ce sont seulement douze sépultures et un habitat qui ont livré des dalles en contexte certain du Campaniforme ou de l’âge du Bronze ancien, auxquels s’ajoutent onze cas plus incertains. Ces dalles ornées (à cupules ou à représentations figuratives) sont toutes en situation de réemploi selon des modalités variées. Les surfaces gravées sont généralement tournées vers l’extérieur mais aussi cachées vers l’intérieur des sépultures. Ces pierres décorées peuvent être réutilisées telles quelles, cassées ou réaménagées. En second lieu, la confrontation avec le corpus des dalles à cupules des sépultures néolithiques ne permet pas de dégager des types ou des agencements de cupules propres à l’âge du Bronze. On peut donc difficilement soutenir l’idée d’un développement de l’art des cupules à cette période en Bretagne ; ce qu’infirme d’ailleurs le nombre écrasant de dalles à cupules en contexte néolithique. Une large part de ces pierres ornées réutilisées dans les sépultures de l’âge du Bronze pourrait bien provenir d’affleurement à cupules ou de monuments néolithiques, comme l’attestent par ailleurs le réemploi de certaines représentations clairement néolithiques (figures anthropomorphes, haches emmanchées). Cependant, un lot de quatre dalles à cupules se distingue par leur perforation, inédite dans l’art mégalithique néolithique, et des figurations de cupules et de formes géométriques reliées entre elles, alors que les signes gravés néolithiques sont généralement placés côte à côte. Les auteurs proposent d’attribuer ce petit ensemble à l’âge du Bronze ancien, voire au Néolithique final. À cela s’ajoutent six petites dalles à cupules, découvertes sur l’habitat de Beg ar Loued comme dans le tumulus de Cruguel ; leur support modeste paraît être une originalité de l’âge du Bronze.
Découvertes anciennes de l’âge du Bronze dans la plaine de la Varenne à Melun (Seine-et-Marne)
Authors: Nallier Renaud , Simonin Daniel
Published: February 2020

Un poignard, une épée et une tasse en bronze ont été mis au jour fortuitement en 1862 et 1863 dans la plaine alluviale de la Seine, au lieu-dit la Varenne, sur le territoire de la commune de Melun. Ces objets, datables du début de la période du Bronze final, sont longtemps passés pour être gallo-romains en raison de l’importance des vestiges antiques découverts, à la même époque, dans le secteur concerné. Les armes, d’après le compte rendu de la découverte effectué par G. Leroy, accompagnaient une sépulture. Le contexte d’enfouissement de la pièce de vaisselle ne peut, par contre, être précisé. La typologie des trois objets évoque des productions étrangères à la région. L’épée, fragmentée, possède une languette tripartite et une lame droite. Elle appartient au type de Reutlingen et présente de fortes similarités avec les exemplaires provenant de la nécropole éponyme située en Allemagne. Les épées de ce type découvertes en France sont peu nombreuses. Le poignard, à languette bipartite et lame à bords rectilignes, peut être rapproché du type de Peschiera défini à partir de modèles italiens. Il trouve peu de comparaisons approchantes en France. La tasse, enfin, se caractérise par une panse arrondie, un rebord évasé et une anse rubanée décorée. Elle appartient à la famille des tasses de type Gusen qui comptent parmi les premières productions de vaisselle en bronze battu de l’âge du Bronze. Ce type, originaire d’Europe centrale, est très peu répandu en France. L’exemplaire découvert dans la plaine de la Varenne est le plus occidental connu à ce jour. De par les catégories d’objets associés, leur appartenance typologique et les manipulations subies par l’épée, la sépulture de Melun se distingue de la douzaine de tombes à épée répertoriées dans les vallées de l’Yonne et de la haute Seine. Il s’agit, en outre, de la sépulture à épée qui se trouve située le plus en aval dans la vallée de la Seine. Ces différents vestiges signalent la présence, dans ce secteur de la vallée, d’une élite occupant une position privilégiée près de l’important axe d’échanges représenté par le fleuve. Ils permettent, de plus, d’envisager l’existence dans la plaine de la Varenne d’une nécropole de l’âge du Bronze aujourd’hui disparue.
Origine des animaux sur pied, circuit de la viande : la formation des assemblages osseux dans le contexte d’une fête traditionnelle à Sumba (Indonésie). Une enquête ethnoarchéologique
Authors: Jeunesse Christian , Denaire Anthony
Published: February 2020

Les études anglo-saxonnes sur l’économie du feasting nous ont rendu attentifs à l’existence, dans des sociétés non-étatiques à organisation hiérarchisée ou stratifiée, de formes d’élevage dans lesquelles l’utilisation rituelle des principaux animaux domestiques joue un rôle central. Les travaux les plus marquants ont concerné essentiellement des sociétés sud-est asiatiques (Hayden, 2001, 2003 et 2009 ; Adams, 2016). Le cochon et le buffle y sont les principaux animaux domestiques. Ils sont considérés comme des bien rituels et ne sont abattus et consommés, sauf exception notable, qu’en contexte festif. Les choix en matière de gestion des cheptels sont conditionnés par la nécessité de satisfaire aux besoins du rituel. L’abattage est saisonnier et la consommation sur l’année est donc irrégulièrement répartie. Les animaux abattus lors des fêtes sont fournis pour partie par l’organisateur et pour partie par ses parents biologiques et ses affins. Si l’essentiel de la viande est consommé sur place, une partie significative fait cependant l’objet d’un partage et d’une consommation «décentralisée » . La circulation centripète des bêtes sur pied et la circulation centrifuge des parts de viande se fait selon les lignes de la parenté. Le rituel primant sur toute autre considération, certains aspects considérés ailleurs comme cruciaux ne jouent ici qu’un rôle secondaire. C’est le cas, par exemple, des contraintes liées à la reproduction des cheptels. Si les travaux ethnoarchéologiques cités nous livrent une bonne caractérisation générale de l’économie du feasting, ils n’évoquent que de manière indirecte les conséquences archéologiques de cette manière de concevoir le rôle des animaux domestiques. C’est cette lacune qui a motivé l’organisation de notre projet, dont l’un des objectifs est de mener une analyse détaillée de la circulation des bêtes sur pied et du circuit de la viande partagée dans le cadre de l’économie du feasting. Cet article présente une analyse détaillée d’une fête en particulier qui s’est déroulée en juin 2016 dans le village de Tarung (île de Sumba, Indonésie). Il débouche sur une amorce de réflexion épistémologique sur les conditions de production des interprétations dans le domaine de l’archéozoologie des sociétés de la Préhistoire récente.
Retoucher, pour quoi faire ? Réflexions fonctionnelles et méthodologiques sur la place occupée par l’outillage brut dans l’économie du premier Mésolithique en Europe du Nord-Ouest
Authors: Guéret Colas
Published: February 2020

En Europe occidentale, la définition du Mésolithique en tant que période s’est surtout basée sur la typologie des industries lithiques et en particulier des microlithes géométriques érigés en véritables fossile-directeurs. En comparaison, l’outillage du fonds commun, moins typé et visiblement moins représenté, a été relégué au second plan. Si certains chercheurs ont supposé une utilisation importante des supports bruts pour expliquer ce déficit, la prise en compte des supports «utilisés » ou «retouchés a posteriori » apparait très variable selon les lithiciens, ce qui rend difficiles les comparaisons entre sites. Surtout, la typologie morphologique montre ici ses limites pour donner un sens tant économique que culturel à ces outils supposés. Dans le cadre d’une thèse récemment soutenue, l’approche tracéologique de plusieurs corpus du premier Mésolithique du Nord de la France et de Belgique a été l’occasion d’aborder cette question et d’estimer la place et la fonction de l’outillage brut dans le système techno-économique des derniers chasseurscueilleurs. L’analyse exhaustive des collections, concernant tout autant les outils typologiques que les pièces non modifiées, a confirmé une utilisation massive de supports bruts qui constituent près de trois quarts des pièces lithiques marquées par des traces fonctionnelles. Ce résultat, numériquement plus important qu’attendu, nous amène à interroger la pertinence des approches méthodologiques les plus répandues qui apparaissent peu adaptées pour reconnaître ces outils bruts et leur donner un sens. L’intégration de la tracéologie dès les premières phases d’étude permettrait d’affiner les typologies et de mieux saisir les objectifs technologiques des productions lithiques. Cette démarche permettrait également d’enrichir les reconstitutions palethnologiques en plein développement actuellement. À cet égard, les 501 zones utilisées étudiées dans le cadre de ce travail permettent de mettre en évidence une ambiance originale propre au Mésolithique. Si l’exploitation des matières animales semble moins intense qu’au Paléolithique récent, le travail des matières végétales occupe par contre une place importante et distingue clairement les sociétés du début de l’Holocène de celles qui les précèdent. Au-delà de ce panorama général, les différents gisements étudiés livrent des données fonctionnelles contrastées, tant du point de vue du nombre d’outils reconnus que des spectres d’activités et démontrent la pertinence de la tracéologie pour aborder l’organisation économique des groupes au sein des cycles de mobilité. Ces résultats, qui reposent principalement sur les supports bruts, encouragent à développer l’approche exhaustive des corpus lithiques appliquée ici, non seulement pour le Mésolithique mais également pour le Paléolithique et le Néolithique.
Ancaman Kekeringan Meteorologis di Pulau Kecil Tropis akibat Pengaruh El-Nino dan Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) Positif, studi kasus: Pulau Bintan
Authors: Narulita Ida , Rahayu Rahmawati , Kusratmoko Eko , Supriatna Supriatna , Djuwansah Muhamad
Published: February 2020

Sumberdaya air Pulau Bintan sangat tergantung pada curah hujan, informasi ancaman kekeringan meteorologis sangat diperlukan dalam pengelolaan sumberdaya air di masa mendatang. Faktor kekeringan meteorologi merupakan faktor utama yang berpotensi menurunkan daya dukung sumberdaya air pulau. Pulau Bintan adalah pulau kecil dengan batuan penyusunnya granit dan batupasir Tuf, mempunyai daya-simpan dan berkelulusan air rendah. Aktifitas perekonomian dan tingkat pertumbuhan penduduknya yang tinggi, berpotensi menurunkan daya dukung sumberdaya air. Studi ini melakukan analisis curah hujan yang menghasilkan informasi ancaman kekeringan di pulau Bintan karena fenomena iklim El-Nino dan IOD+. Data dasar yang digunakan adalah data curah hujan observasi Kijang periode 1980 – 2017 serta data curah hujan satelit CHIRPS, dengan resolusi spasialnya 0,05 ° x 0,05 ° periode 1981 – 2017. Hubungan antara hujan dan fenomena iklim dianalisis dengan metode statistik fungsi waktu. Ancaman kekeringan dianalisis dengan Standardized Precipitation Indeks (SPI) periode defisit 3, 6 dan 12 bulan. Hasil analisis menunjukkan curah hujan di pulau Bintan sangat sensitif terhadap fenomena iklim, korelasi sangat kuat antara curah hujan dengan ENSO dengan nilai R= - 0,75 dan dengan IOD dengan nilai R=-0,75. Hal ini menyebabkan musim kemarau yang cukup panjang saat terjadi El-Nino di tahun 1982, 1997 dan 2015. Hasil analisis SPI menunjukkan fenomena El-Nino 1997 menyebabkan kekeringan dengan intensitas yang sangat tinggi (ekstrim kering), El-Nino 2015 menyebabkan kekeringan dengan intensitas tinggi, durasi panjang. El-Nino lemah tahun 2002, sedikit mempengaruhi curah hujan. Adanya ancaman kekeringan di Pulau Bintan apabila terjadi fenomena iklim El-Nino dan IOD (+). Ancaman semakin tinggi bila kedua moda fenomena terjadi bersamaan. Pengelolaan sumberdaya air di pulau Bintan perlu mempertimbangkan fenomenaiklim (ENSO dan IOD), agar dampak negatif yang akan ditimbulkan dapat ditekan.
THE HUMAN VARIOME PROJECT COUNTRY NODE OF ARGENTINA IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF ACTIVITY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Authors: Solano A.R. , Garrido M. , Mele P.G. , Podestá E.J. , Reichardt J.K.V.
Published: February 2020

The Human Variome Project (HVP) is an international effort aiming systematically to collect and share information on all human genetic variants. It has been working for years in collaboration with local scientific societies by establishing systems to collect every genetic variant reported in a country and to store these variants within a database repository: LOVD (Argentinian chapter: ar.lovd.org). Formally established in 2017 in the Argentinian Node, up to June 2019 we collected more than 25,000 genetic variants deposited by 17 different laboratories. Nowadays the HVP country nodes represent more than 30 countries. In Latin America there are four country nodes: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela; the first two interacted recently launching the LatinGen database. In the present work we want to share our experience in applying the HVP project focusing on its organization, rules and nomenclature to reach the goal of sharing genetic variants and depositing them in the Leiden Open Variation Database. Contributing laboratories are seeking to share variant data to gain access all over the country. It is one of our goals to stimulate the highest quality by organizing courses, applying current nomenclature rules, sponsoring lectures in national congresses, distributing newsletter to serve the Argentinian genomics community and to stimulate the interaction among Latin America countries.
Key words: Data sharing, Argentinian chapter of LOVD, Human Variome Project (HVP)-Argentina
Automated Educative Nudges to Reduce Missed Assignments in College
Authors: Motz Benjamin , Mallon Matthew , Quick Joshua
Published: February 2020

As institutions of higher education increasingly utilize online learning management systems, college students are asked to submit more assignments online. Under this regime, when most assignments are posted and submitted online, it is possible to know if a student is missing a submission for an imminent deadline, and to intervene proactively to reduce missed assignments and improve student outcomes. Toward this goal, we designed and evaluated a scalable targeted intervention: a mobile app that would deploy push notifications when students were missing submissions for assignments with imminent deadlines. Results from two experimental pilots demonstrate that this intervention system significantly decreased missed assignments compared with control notifications about instructor announcements to the class (in Experiment 1), and improved assignment adherence and course grades compared with courses that were not using the app (in Experiment 2). We discuss the benefits and theoretical implications of this behavioral guide rail, a purely informative proactive intervention to mitigate risk in advance of a negative outcome.
Algae and Invertebrates of the Chikoy River and its Tributaries
Authors:   Tashlykova N.A., Afonina E.A., Koryakina E.A., Bespolitov D.V.
Published: February 2020

The Chikoy is a taiga river of the Lake Baikal basin, the biggest tributary of the Selenga River. It is slightly developed and is characterized by the intact state of the natural complexes. The article presents the data on the features of the plankton qualitative and quantitative development in the river middle range and its tributaries such as the Kunaley, the Ashgaley, the Cheryomushka, the Goryachaya, the Solontsovaya and the Bolshaya Burecha (Transbaikal Kray). However, data on the river plankton, available today, are insufficient and fragmented. Studies conducted in May and July 2017 made it possible to establish that the taxonomic composition of the plankton in some tributaries of the Chikoy River (middle course) is extremely poor and is represented by 57 taxa below the genus (34 algae and 23 invertebrates). Diatom algae (up to 80%) and rotifers (up to 60%) dominated in species richness. Species Fragilaria capucina, Gomphonema lanceolatum, Diatoma vulgaris, D. vulgaris var. producta, Hannaea arcus, Ulnaria ulna were dominants in phytoplankton. The algological composition and its dominant forms in the studied rivers were similarity. In the zooplankton, a single complex of dominant species, characteristic of all watercourses, has not been identified. The taxonomic composition and abundance of invertebrates were very poor. In the course of the work carried out, it was established that, despite the geographical position and mountain character of the river, the share of cold-loving species in plankton does not exceed 10.5% – for algae and 7% – for zooplankton. The poor species composition and density of plankton algae and invertebrates correspond to the oligotrophic type of watercourses. The obtained data are primary and can be used for further biological monitoring of the watercourse related to the Baikal basin.
Determination of the Irrigation Water Supply Services Cost
Authors:   Krutov A.N.
Published: February 2020

The article summarizes and analyzes experience in irrigation water charges fixation. Many countries of the world with developed irrigation systems face problems of lack or inadequacy of financial resources to maintain these systems in an efficient state. There is the necessity to find effective financial and organizational mechanisms to address these problems. The purpose of this article is to summarize and analyse the experience of setting fees for the supply of water for irrigation in various socio-economic conditions and to find out possibilities of improving systems of payment collection for the provision of irrigation services and in particular, for irrigation water supply. The analysis is based on a wide range of conditions specific for both developing and developed countries. In addition, the article attempts to assess the experience of using the amount of payment for irrigation water as an incentive for cost recovery to achieve financial sustainability and demand management for the efficient use of water resources. Quotas, water markets, subsidies, as well as information/educational problems have been considered as incentives of water resources demand management. We have considered special features of the tariffs formation in the Central Asia countries. The study has demonstrated that the two-stake tariff implementation will enable to compensate the irrigation services expenses at the level acceptable for water users in case of cultivation of crops generating an adequate income for the tariff’s financing.
A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF “MALAYSIAN-LAHAD DATU” CRISIS AND CRISIS RESPONSES IN ETHNIC NEWSPAPERS IN MALAYSIA
Authors: Ambikapathy Manimegalai , Zanuddin Hasmah
Published: February 2020

This research was to examine the portrayal of crisis response strategies in Malaysian local vernacular printed dailies in covering terrorism crises which is the Lahad Datu crisis in Malaysia. The researcher relied on Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) and Framing theory to identify the news coverage and appropriate solutions through newspaper framing. Five variables were identified by the researcher in examining crisis response strategies such as news category, news slants, news framing, news sources and portrayal of visuals. Through quantitative content analysis, data revealed that the solution category was portrayed by Nanban daily, but Sin Chew focused on the problem category. For the news slants, Sin Chew daily framed negative slants of news most but Nanban daily portrayed issues in positive slants. In measuring the news frame, both dailies focused more on the attribution of responsibility frame. In examining the crisis response strategies, the researcher found, justification crisis response was portrayed predominantly but there is a significant difference between two different vernacular dailies in the portrayal of justification crisis response followed by concern crisis response. Kruskal Wallis’s test revealed that there is a significant difference in the portrayal of concern response between two dailies however, both newspapers having significant associations in portraying compensation crisis response.
Gîya di Dîwana Şêx Ebdurrehmanê Aqtepî da
Authors: ASLANOĞLU Osman
Published: February 2020

Şêx Evdirrehman Aqtepî (1842-1910) li navçeya Çinarê ya Amedê hatiye dinyayê. Şêxekî Neqşîbendî-Xalidî bû. Lê di heman demê de muderrîs, lêkolîner û helbestvan bû. Di gelek qadên cuda da berhemên pir girîng nivîsandine. Piranîya berhemên wî bi Erebî ne. Lê du berhemên xwe yên Kurdî/Kurmancî hene. Yek ji wan dîwana wî ye. Navê dîwana wî Dîwana Rûhî ye û bi awayekî klasîk hatiye nivîsandin. Aqtepî di dîwana xwe de teva mijarên cur bi cur bi giranî li ser evîna îlahî sekinîye. Di helbestên xwe yên tesewwufî-evînî de ji remz û nîşaneyan pir îstîfade kiriye. Ev remz bi piranî ji qadên wek ajal, gîya, kesayet û endamên yarê ne. Em ê di vê xebatê de li ser beşa gîyayan bisekinin. Di beşa gîyayan da dar, meywe û kulîlk hene. Ev remz di helbesta klasîk da bi piranî ji bo xweşikîya yarê tên bikar anîn. Aqtepî jî bi heman awayî cih daye şibandinên bi vî rengî. Aqtepî dora 14 heb nîşaneyên gîyayî bi kar anîne. Hinek ji van bi alîyekî tenê, hinek jî bi çend alîyan hatine behskirin. Em ê ji bo her remzekê ku çend wateyên cuda hebin behsa wan bikin û mînakên wek hev ên derbarê wê wateyê li bin bidin. Bi vî awayî nêrîna edebî ya Aqtepî ya li ser gîyayan baştir dê were dîtin û fehmkirin.
BENTUK DAN KEDUDUKAN LAFADZ “KAM” DALAM AYAT-AYAT AL-QURAN
Authors: Arwan Muhammad Sayyidul , Ukhrawiyah Faizah
Published: February 2020

The languages have a different language formation, because of them make many studies of linguistics, one of them is study of syntax. Study of syintax in Arabic uses Nahwu’s knowledge. The method of this research is qualitative descriptive. This research aims to know the form and position of lafadz “Kam” in the verses of the Qur’an. This researh is necessary, when someone is wrong to determine form and position of lafadz, will make error in interpretation and understanding of the text. The result of this research, the form of “lafadz Kam ’ in the Qur’an has three forms; the first “Kam Istifhamiyyah” there are six verses, the second “Kam Khobariyyah” there are fifteen verses, and the third have two forms, the form of “Kam Istifhamiyyah” and “Kam Khobariyyah”, there are two verses in Qur’an. The lafadz position kam in verses of Qur’an has three positions, namely Mubtada’ there are three verses, Maf’ul bih there are fifteen verses, and Dhorof substitute there are three verses.

Keywords: Kam Istifhamiyah, Kam Khabariyyah, Al-Qur’an, Nahwu
Internet of Things based Street Lighting Automation Vehicle Speed and Counting System for Highways
Authors:   Pursuing master of technology in Electronic Design Technology, S R Engineering College,Warangal., Alekya* Vallala , Joseph Dr.L.M.I.Leo ,   Assistant Professor in department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, S R Engineering College, Warangal, Telangana.
Published: February 2020

Saving energy is a major factor for a day now. Prevention of accidents using the most advanced technology. Speed and counting method of highways in the emerging Internet system of things focused on street lighting automation. We also implemented an automatically turned on and off feature that relies on light intensity, vehicle presence sensor and number system. This proposed system, integrated into the system's efficient auto intensity monitoring system-light, accidents control and speed inspection system, is all monitored on the Internet for quick data transmission and response.
Iot Based Contact Lens Pressure Measurement System
Authors:   Assistant professor, Bannari Amman Institute of technology College in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Lakshmipriya* S. , Parvathy V. ,   Assistant professor, Bannari Amman Institute of technology College in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Devi C.R. Suganya ,   Assistant professor, Bannari Amman Institute of technology College in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Abinaya M. ,   Assistant professor, Bannari Amman Institute of technology College in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Prasanna A. Shyamala ,   Assistant professor, Bannari Amman Institute of technology College in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Published: February 2020

The pressure is the main defect for all the health issue in the entire world. So, the literal measurement of the pressure is the main factor. The manual measurement of the pressure takes so long. Thus the proposed system here is a great effect and time to consume all of the drawbacks in the entire world of ocular health care monitoring. The system uses a polymer called PDD in which they are nontoxic element and can easily be disposable and it does not produce any irritation to the eyes and it’s been a great liable one for the lens production. In which they cannot harm the human eye and can be a beneficial factor for the eye. Thus they are of low cost and can be easily used by the patients without any risk factor in sense of the usage. It transmits the data through the IoT, by an RFID sensor and also to the Personal computers nearby at the range of the sensor modeled over by the ideas of the system in their ability of the defined pressure in the modeled design. The system is over half success in the nanoscale technological development in and around the world of automation. Thus the system is a boot to the world of the technological era and the sooner applications in the area o automation. And it’s a great leap towards the beneficial era of science and development in the upside world of the days to overcome in their criteria of wittedness.
A Characterization of the Annihilators of a Rough Semiring
Authors:   Department of Mathematics, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India., Praba* B. , Saranya R. ,   Department of Mathematics, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India., Gomathi G. ,   Department of Mathematics, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Published: February 2020

In this paper, the annihilators of a Rough Semiring (T, Δ,) are defined. An equivalence relation is defined on these set of annihilator. It is proved that the set of classes induced by this equivalence relation on the set of annihilators forms a Boolean algebra.
Extraction of Lip features for the Identification of Vowels Utterances using MFCC and Geometrical Aspects
Authors:   Research Scholar, Dept. of Electronics & Inst. Engg, R N S Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India., G N* Srikanth , Venkatesha M. K ,   Principal, R N S Institute of Technology, Benga-luru, India
Published: February 2020

Identification of a person’s speech by his lip movement is a challenging task. Even though many software tools available for recognition of speech to text and vice versa, some of the words uttered may not be accurate as spoken and may vary from person to person because of their pronunciation. In addition, in the noisy environment speech uttered may not perceive effectively hence there lip movement for a given speech varies. Lip reading has added advantages when it augmented with speech recognition, thus increasing the perceived infor-mation. In this paper, the video file of a individual person are converted to frames and extraction of only the lip contour for vowels is done by calculating its area and other geometrical as-pects. Once this is done as a part of testing it is compared with three to four people’s lip contour for vowels for first 20 frames. The parameters such as mean, centroid will remain approximate-ly same for all people irrespective of their lip movement but there is change in major and minor axis and hence area changes con-siderably. In audio domain vowel detection is carried out by ex-tracting unique features of English vowel utterance using Mel Frequency Cepstrum Coefficients (MFCC) and the feature vec-tors that are orthonormalized to compare the normalized vectors with standard database and results are obtained with approxima-tion.
Intelligent Replaced of Natural Aggregate and Cement with Recycled Concrete Aggregate, Rice Husk Ash
Authors:   Assistant Professor, ME CM, Civil Dept. DYPCOE, Pune, India, Patil* Ashwini R. , Sawant Sneha K. ,   Assistant Professor, ME CM, Civil Dept. DYPCOE, Pune, India, Meshram Pulakit M. ,   PG Scholar, ME CM, Civil Dept. DYPCOE, Pune, India
Published: February 2020

Annually a huge amount of construction and demolition (C&D) waste is generated. It becomes really harmful and posing an adverse effect to the environment, increasing waste generation have demanded the need for recycling the C&D Waste. Similarly, as cement accounts for 10% global CO2 emissions, it is imperative to reduce the embodied CO2 of concrete. Thus, the sustainability of concrete is a major issue which needs to be addressed. Ways of achieving this is to recycle concrete waste back into concrete to reduce waste and use of supplementary cementitious to reduce CO2 emissions. This research aims to take a two-pronged approach by investigating the effect of pozzolanic replacement with fixed proportion of recycle aggregates to evaluate the strength and potential structural application. In this research carried out M40 mix design and rice husk ash were substituted for cement at level of 5, 10, 15, 20% by using a fixed ratio of 10, 20,30% recycle concrete aggregate (RCA). Compression test, Split Tensile Test, Flexural Test and Rapid Chloride penetration test were conducted on specimens of Grade M40, for compression test the cube was cured for 28 days and 90 days for durability (RCPT). All RCA mixes and up to 15% RHA replacement satisfied M40 criteria at 90 days, however the 20% RHA replacement mix was close to achieving this. Thus, the finding of this study indicates the use of concrete containing 30% RCA and 15% RHA can be substantially reduce waste and embodied CO2 without compromising on strength and durability parameters.
Financial Risks Mitigation for Greenfield Infrastructure Contracts
Authors:   Ph.D. Research Scholar, Noida International University, Noida, India., Varma* Manoj Kumar , Shukla Dr. Anuja ,   Assistant Professor, Noida International University, Noida, India.
Published: February 2020

The Developing economies across the World witness huge Government spending on Infrastructure in order to boost their economy. Mainly these are Greenfield Projects (the projects/investments which are started from scratch level) and require a lot of Financial Planning at pre and post Contract Award level. This research paper identifies and proposes mitigation measures against the Financial Risks involved in Greenfield Infrastructure Contracts namely: 1) Financial Risks due to locked-up bank guarantees, 2) Financial Risks due to prolongation costs in case the works got suspended, 3) Financial Risks due to price escalation, 4) Financial Risks due to de-scoping of major part of the Works, 5) Financial Risks on account of delayed Payments and 6) Financial Risks due to delays and penalties.
Crop Yield Prediction using XG Boost Algorithm
Authors:   M.Tech, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, India., Ravi* Rohit , Baranidharan Dr. B. ,   Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, India.
Published: February 2020

The main objective of this research is to predict crop yields based on cultivation area, Rainfall and maximum and minimum temperature data. It will help our Indian farmers to predict crop yielding according to the environment conditions. Nowadays, Machine learning based crop yield prediction is very popular than the traditional models because of its accuracy. In this paper, linear regression, Support Vector Regression, Decision Tree and Random forest is compared with XG Boost algorithm. The above mentioned algorithms are compared based on R2, Minimum Square Error and Minimum Absolute Error. The dataset is prepared from the data.gov.in site for the year from 2000 to 2014. The data for 4 south Indian states Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala data alone is taken since all these states has same climatic conditions. The proposed model in this paper based on XG Boost is showing much better results than other models. In XG Boost R2 is 0.9391 which is the best when compared with other models.
Education, Globalization and Status of Agricultural Development in NE India
Authors:   Assistant professor, Department of Political Science, NCD Degree college, Gogamukh, hemaji (Assam) India., Basumatary* Monjita
Published: February 2020

North-East is located in NE part of India. This region is very backward in Education and Agricultural fields. About 80% people are dependent on agriculture. But the globalization has made little difference of NE people. Due to backwardness in agriculture production and poor quality of education, agriculture along with others as well as participation capacityin global market is also not developed. So for globalization and agricultural development, education is topmost requirement for the people of NE India. Education is means for participation in global market as well as to produce high level agriculture products.In this paper attempt is made to study about the education and status of agricultural development in NE, to study the impact of globalization in the agriculture of NE Indiaand to find out the problems of agriculture and to suggest measures.
IoT Based Smart Garage Vehicle Washing Water Nestor
Authors:   Ph.D, Scholar in Computer Science, Jain University, Bangalore, INDIA,, Manjunath* Pavan , Shah Dr. Pritam Gajkumar ,   Ph.D from Australia, Department of Computer Science, Jain University, Bangalore, INDIA
Published: February 2020

Water is critical part of the human life. In most of the developing nation, water pollution is one of the bigger mess. These issues can be handled strictly by the Government organization, by implementing tougher action rules to the industries, were the water are released without any proper treatment. Where each industries (or) smart cities, should take up self-initiative responsibility for proper treatment of the polluted out flow water. In our research paper, we are not focusing on the wider area of the water pollution; our focus is limited within the smart cities vehicle washing garages. In very smart cities, were a regular multiple vehicles washing is done in the garage, our research paper will focus on the out flow of the populated water from these vehicle washing garages. Our design and implantation process is simpler and straightforward approach. Were we will monitor of the water quality; and how much level of the water is populated, and it requires at what level of the treatment. These process can be easily automated using the multiple IOT (internet of things) based sensors, the data can be streamed into the Big Data lake (or) it can be directly pushed into the cloud computing services for generating the real time graphs and analyses report instantly. These data collected in the Big Data lake (or) cloud computing services, can be used for detail analyses for research purpose. We will incorporate the block chain concept to keep track of the smart garage location address and the detail information of the number of garage in the smart cities details in the form of the blocks.
Impact of Economic Nationalism on FDI Behavior: An Empirical Assessment
Authors:   Asst. Professor, Department of Commerce, AMU, Aligarh, Ikram* Firdos
Published: February 2020

Purpose: To provide latest and extant literature review and assessment of different environments on foreign direct investment (FDI) Design/Methodology/Approach: This paper reviews some relevant literature in the area and tries to built empirical model linking recent political developments to foreign direct investment. Findings: The findings of the research shows that present business environments affects the FDI growth negatively, in this case the role of economic nationalism plays an important role. Originality/Value: This study is original and proper as it is offering an assessment of how recent political events and overall business environment may impact FDI process in future.
Cluster based Energy Efficient multipath Routing in WSN
Authors:   Departmen t of CSE Bheemanna Khandre Institute of Technology Bhalki, India, Kalyane* Sangamesh J. , B.Patil Dr. Nagaraj ,   Principal, Govt Engg College Gangavati, India.
Published: February 2020

A wireless sensor network (WSNs) is made out of a huge gathering of sensor nodes with restricted assets as far as battery supplied energy. Consequently, the plan of an energy-efficient and extensible routing protocol is a critical worry for WSN applications. In this paper, we propose a novel improved Cluster based energy efficient multipath routing protocol (ICEEMRP) is utilized for energy efficient selection and reselection of CH for multipath routing to transfer the data from source to destination efficiently and simultaneously improving network lifetime. The proposed work take up an improved multipath structure scheme in order to accomplish the balance of the network energy utilization. The proposed plan also plays out the aggressive calculations for parameters, like, packet delivery ratio, energy utilization, network lifetime, and network overhead. The results shows that there is an enormous amount of energy saved in the network and hence improved network lifetime compared to conventional routing techniques.
Influence of Retail Therapy upon Shoppers Experience in Organized Retailing at Select Retail Malls in Grater Hyderabad
Authors:   Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Green Fileds, Vaddeswaram, Tadepalli Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India., Pogul* Prashant , Shankar Dr. A. Udaya ,   Professor, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Green Fileds, Vaddeswaram, Tadepalli Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Published: February 2020

We humans live life for attaining happiness by the way of fulfilling our needs wants & desires. We work hard to earn and satisfy all our requirements. We strive to derive a better experience upon our every shopping attempt which we make. Retail therapy in shopping is to improve the shoppers mood or disposition which is seen among people during depression or stress, in normal context it is a small duration-lived habit. Products purchased during period of retail therapy are also referred to as "comfort buys". in shopping experience, human brain apparently releases the chemical known as dopamine, a natural messenger required for the normal functioning of the brain, and it plays dominant role in our ability to experience pleasure and pain. It appears also to have a role in addictive behavior. The most important reason shopping malls are so popular is due to convenience. Which include clothing stores, a food court, movie theaters, etc Shopping might not be good for wallet, but it could be good for health, new research suggests. Walking within the mall between stores, multiplex, food court, gaming zone etc provides better enjoyment experience which ultimately results into shopper’s satisfaction. “Therapy” denotes the favorable impact of shopping experience of shoppers at shopping malls, there are indeed psychological rewards. This article discuses about retail therapy from shoppers’ experience point of view as depending upon the experience, knowledge & situation the shoppers intend to make compulsive or impulsive buying which impacts behavior of shopper & emotions which are been motivated by desire to fulfill material needs and wants.
Spectrum and Delay Efficient Routing Protocol for Mobile Cognitive Ad-Hoc Networks
Authors:   Department of CSE, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati, India., Sakthivel* M. , Kamalraj* R. ,   Department of CSE, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati, India., kumar J. Uday ,   Department of CSE, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati, India.
Published: February 2020

The ad hoc mobile cognitive network is an advanced network technology for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) problem of frequency deficiency. Cognitive radio networks are cognitive networks that select their network parameters based on the network environment. In a cognitive radio network, two users, the primary and the secondary or the cognitive user, gain access to the spectrum available to communicate with each other when the primary user accesses the spectrum. The secondary user should leave the spectrum and use the spectrum for the spectrum if the spectral hole is available for transmission. Therefore, routing in cognitive networks is a challenge and a challenge in mobile cognitive networks because of node mobility, the primary user interface, and the lack of spectrum. A delay minimized routing protocol is proposed for minimum delay route selection between the source and destination, which is improved version of AODV. The numerical and ns2 simulation results for the proposed protocol significantly state that delay minimized routing protocol (DMR) is better in terms of average end-to-end delay and average throughput.
Experiments on Moisture Squeezing from a Leather Semi-Finished Product
Authors:   Doctor of Technical Sciences, Institute of Mechanics and Seismic Stability of Structures of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan., Atahanovich* Prof. Bahadirov Gayrat , Nikolaevich Tsoy Gerasim ,   Candidate of Technical Sciences, Institute of Mechanics and Seismic Stability of Structures of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan., Mustafaevich Nabiev Ayder ,   Junior Researcher, Institute of Mechanics and Seismic Stability of Structures of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan., Abdurahimovich Umarov Abdurasul ,   Junior Researcher, Institute of Mechanics and Seismic Stability of Structures of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Published: February 2020

The paper presents the results of experimental studies of manufacturing process of moisture squeezing from a wet leather semi-finished product. The effect of the multiplicity of leather semi-finished product passage between the squeezing rolls is determined. The effect of manufacturing factors, such as passage velocity, clamping force of the rolls and the multiplicity of leather semi-finished product passage between the squeezing rolls, on the wringing process is experimentally determined. The dependence of moisture amount removed from the leather semi-finished product on the velocity of its passage between the squeezing rolls under pressure intensity is established.