bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
تقنيين مقياس ميداس للذكاءات المتعددة لطلاب الصف الحادي عشر في محافظة شمالي الباطنة بسلطنة عمان
Authors: ALmazruii Abdul Aziz Abdullah Mohammed , Ibrahim Ali Mohammed , Almehrizi Rashid Saif , Alzubaidi Abdul Qawi Salem
Published: January 2021

سعى هذا البحث إلى تقنين مقياس ميداس MIDAS للذكاءات المتعددة للمراهقين من تأليف برانتون شيرر(1996) واستخراج المعايير لدرجاته. تألفت عينة الدراسة من 700 طالبٍ وطالبة (321 ذكور و379 إناث) من طلبة الصف الحادي عشر بمحافظة شمال الباطنة في سلطنة عمان. واستخدم مع البحث كلا من اختبار المصفوفات المتتابعة لرافن على 120 طالبٍ وطالبة واختبار الذكاء اللغوي على 103 من الطلاب وذلك لحساب الصدق التلازمي للمقياس. تم تحليل البيانات باستخدام برنامج SPSS، وبرنامج الليزرال LISREL8.14. وقد أشارت النتائج إلى تمتع المقياس بالصدق البنائي، والصدق التلازمي مع اختبار رافن، ومع اختبار الذكاء اللغوي. وأشارت نتائج التحليل العاملي التوكيدي أن مقياس ميداس حقق مؤشرات حسن المطابقة المقبولة. وأظهر المقياس معاملات ثبات عالية بطريقة ألفا كرونباخ، وطريقة إعادة التطبيق. كما تم حساب الرتب المئينية وذلك لإشتقاق معايير للدرجات الخام. وفي ضوء نتائج البحث يمكن استخدام مقياس ميداس في التوجيه المهني، والإستفادة من معايير الدراسة في التعرف على مستوى الذكاءات المتعددة لدى كل طالب، والعمل على تنمية هذه الذكاءات من خلال استخدام أساليب وأنشطة تدريس مناسبة.
Značenje pojma mali povijesni gradovi u Hrvatskoj
Authors: Bilušić Maja , Obad Šćitaroci Mladen , Karač Zlatko
Published: January 2021

U hrvatskoj literaturi i zakonskoj regulativi ne postoji jednoznačna definicija maloga povijesnoga grada. Cilj rada jest pridonijeti utvrđivanju značenja toga složenog pojma i uspostaviti popis malih povijesnih gradova Hrvatske. Predložena je višekriterijska analiza koja uključuje upravne, funkcijske, veličinske, konzervatorske, povijesne i strukturno­-morfološke kriterije kao početno istra­živanje teme obnove malih povijesnih gradova Hrvatske.
Avaliação das complicações transanestésicas comparando a infusão contínua peridural versus analgésica em cães submetidos a neurocirurgias
Authors: Galindo Victor , Silva Herculano Lícia Flávia , Schopf Pasini Jessika , Vaccarin Charline Vanessa , Mazzanti Alexandre , Vasconcelos Soares André
Published: January 2021

Neurosurgeries have become more frequent in veterinary hospitals, however, there are some questions regarding anesthetics protocols and analgesic techniques. Thus, patient analgesia and hemodynamic stability play a key role in pre, post, and perioperative moments favoring an adequate recovery. This study aimed to evaluate the transanesthetic complications reported on anesthetic records of dogs submitted to hemilaminectomies in the university veterinary hospital of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) between January 2016 and August 2017, and compare three different analgesic protocols most commonly used in the routine for this surgery. In addition, transanesthetic parameters for each dog were equally recorded in five-minute intervals: cardiac frequency (FC), respiratory frequency (f) blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), mean artery pressure (PAM), temperature and end tidal CO2 (EtCO2). The patients were divided into three groups: Group M: animals receiving epidural analgesia with morphine 0.1mg/kg diluted in 0.26 ml/kg of saline solution 0.9%; Group FLK: bolus of fentanyl 2 μg/kg, lidocaine 1 mg/kg, and ketamine 1 mg/kg followed by infusion of fentanyl 0.1 μg/kg/min, lidocaine 50 μg/kg/min and ketamine 10 μg/ kg/min; and Group F: bolus of fentanyl 2 μg/kg followed by infusion of fentanyl 0.1 μg/kg/min. ANOVA was used to evaluate the anesthetic protocols complications, followed by Tukey’s post-hoc test with a significance level of 5% (p 45mmHg). With this study, it was observed that the use of continuous infusions of FLK, fentanyl, and epidural analgesia with morphine, in the used doses, were effective and safe in the dogs submitted to neurosurgeries, however, it was noticed that the use of morphine caused a greater reduction in temperature during the intraoperative period.
Adoption : Les familles de la République
Authors: Roux Sébastien , Fillod-Chabaud Aurélie
Published: January 2021

En avril 2013, au paroxysme des tensions qui entourent l’adoption de la loi Taubira, Frigide Barjot, cheffe de file de la Manif’ pour tous, menace François Hollande de « sang » si la loi pour le mariage homosexuel est adoptée par l’assemblée. Christine Boutin, égérie des catholiques traditionnalistes, parle de « guerre civile » dans des tweets vengeurs. En quelques mois, des centaines de milliers de personnes descendent dans les rues pour manifester et contre-manifester. Moins de quinze ans après l’adoption du Pacs, on invoque à nouveau la République intemporelle et les principes révolutionnaires. On parle, la gorge serrée, de Marianne qu’on trahit. Derrière chaque contrat ou chaque gamète, c’est l’ordre social qui se joue, la République qu’on menace, le symbolique qui tangue… Au début des années 2010, devant les caméras éberluées du monde entier, la France montre à nouveau la place singulière qu’occupent les questions familiales dans le débat public.

*Full article in French
Everyday Suffering and the Abstract Time-Reckoning of Law
Authors: Loher David
Published: January 2021

How does time structure the allocation of responsibility in the context of large-scale corporate crimes? Focusing on the Processo Eternit – a criminal case brought against the former main investor in Europe’s largest asbestos-processing factory in Casale Monferrato (Italy) – this article compares the temporal order of the lived experience of the asbestos disaster in the affected community with the abstract time-reckoning of law. The everyday suffering in the form of the long-term health effects, inscribed in the body through the asbestos fibre, collides with the statute of limitation of the alleged crimes, as stipulated in law and endorsed in the court room. It examines how these incommensurable temporalities reconfigure the allocation of moral and legal responsibility for an industrial disaster and shows how these contradictions are related to the victims’ expectations of justice and their experience of injustice.
The Role of Law in Corporate Accountability
Authors: Kirsch Stuart
Published: January 2021

This special issue addresses the role of law in corporate accountability. Case studies reference people affected by asbestos in Italy, a coal company anticipating closure in Colombia, and both activists and human rights lawyers concerned with the impacts of mining in Ecuador. The afterword considers the significance of temporality in the law, including limits on retrospective claims and efforts to expand the prospective reach of both the law and state policy. It describes the perspectival character of the law in which the forum determines how the underlying facts are seen. It examines how responsibility, against a backdrop of distributed agency, is conceptualized by shortening or expanding chains of liability. It also points to the need for stronger connections between the anthropology of suffering and the discipline’s ethical turn. Finally, it suggests that the legal claims discussed here are aspirational in the sense of describing how the world ought to be.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Authors: Hertz Ellen
Published: January 2021

‘The business of business is business,’ Milton Friedman, a leading figure of the Chicago School of economic thought, famously declaimed. In his 1970 article, ‘The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits’, he argued that corporate managers who factor social and environmental considerations into their decision-making are, in effect, ‘imposing taxes . . . and deciding how the tax proceeds shall be spent’. By deviating from their organizational duties—maximizing profits for the companies that employ them—they are appropriating money owed to shareholders and allocating it to broader social causes, a function that resembles government. Friedman objects to this behavior not on economic or legal but on political grounds: managers have not been elected and there are no principled procedures for determining which causes to support beyond ‘general exhortations from on high’ (Friedman 1970: 17). He also expresses scepticism about ‘hypocritical window-dressing’, concluding: ‘our institutions, and the attitudes of the public make it in their self-interest to cloak their actions in this way’ (Friedman 1970: 17).
CSR Practices and the Political Corporation in Law
Authors: Beckers Anna
Published: January 2021

In her article ‘Corporate Social Responsibility: The Great Shell Game’, Ellen Hertz suggests that there is an inherent danger of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to obscure the public/private divide. By means of strategically engaging with public interests, corporate CSR practices – that according to Hertz are practices deriving from the market – are able ‘to preempt and discredit attempts to define and carry out policies designed to protect the broader public interest’. CSR should be seen as ‘remediation at best’ that ideally needs to be replaced by ‘rules for business’ created by ‘the public’ and not those created by companies themselves.
ORGANIZING EFFECTIVE ONLIDE BUSINESS MEETING
Authors: Kaskova L.F. , Kulay O.A. , Artemiev A.V. , Vashchenko I.Yu.
Published: January 2021

Currently, the correct organization of internet communication is an important stage of effective work. A business meeting is the integral parts of the working process, a gathering of colleagues for exchanging information, making decisions and discussing internal organizational issues. Sometimes internet distance meetings can lose their effectiveness because of many reasons, and instead of being strictly stuck to the agenda, they become digressive and ineffective. The purpose of this article is to identify the factors influencing the effectiveness internet business meetings at dental clinical departments. The commonest drawback of online meetings is that people are actually little involved in the subject matter, often do not listen and do not response others speaker and try to chat in chat box. Different technical equipment and technical skills of the participants, as well as online platforms chosen can also have negative impact. The experience of internet communication has stressed the importance of careful planning and organization in order to conduct an effective business meeting. Knowing the type of the online meeting type, key issues to be discussed help to organize an effective remote event. Early planning of an online meeting structure declines possible drawback.
ANATOMICAL BASIS OF BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SUPERFICIAL TISSUES OF THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL
Authors: Drabovskiy V.S. , Kerbazh N.R. , Akeyshi A.K. , Rybalka Ya.V.
Published: January 2021

Biomechanics is a science that studies the mechanical properties of tissues, individual organs and systems and the body as a whole. The unique mechanical properties of the skin provide the function of support and protection of internal organs through the skin mobility and elasticity. This feature of the skin is determined by its microstructural organization and arrangement of connective tissue fibres. The mechanical properties of the skin are mainly determined by the collagen-rich dermis. The mechanics of the dermis, in turn, depends on the structure, density and direction of collagen fibres. Each biological tissue is able to acquire deformation properties i.e. stretching or contraction. At each stage of deformation in the tissues of different topographic and anatomical areas there are changes in histoarchitectonics (within the plastic characteristics, and outside these parameters). Different structural interactions are expressed by different mechanical factors, which are adequate to the magnitude and direction of tensile forces (deformation vectors), form the typical features of the connective tissue matrix of abdominal wall tissues. Normalization of the direction of tissue stress vectors, uniform distribution of the direction and force of deformation prevent microstructural rearrangement of the surface tissues of the abdominal wall. Dynamic changes in the histological structure and biomechanical behaviour of the skin are closely related to the aging process, hormonal background, mechanical factors: physiological stretching of the skin during rapid growth in adolescence, pregnancy, overweight (or rapid weight loss), under the influence of physical load and wound healing. All these factors lead to connective tissue remodelling. Thus, the skin has a complex three-dimensional morphological structure; it is subjected to prolonged exposure to internal and external factors that determines its mechanical properties.
NEW HORIZONS OF COMBINATION THERAPY FOR PURULENT-NECROTIC SOFT TISSUE INJURIES
Authors: Horodova-Andrieieva T.V. , Liakhovskyi V.I. , Kyzymenko O.O. , Sydorenko A.V.
Published: January 2021

This article describes the study of the therapeutic efficacy in combining VAC‑therapy with periodic instillations of L‑arginine ("Tivortin") for the local treatment of purulent-inflammatory soft tissue conditions. The article presents the results of the local treatment of 44 patients with purulent-inflammatory soft tissue conditions who made up the main group and received VAC‑therapy in combination with periodic instillations of L‑arginine solution. 45 patients of the control group received standard topical treatment with gauze‑ointment dressings. Local treatment of the main group started in the purulent-necrotic phase and lasted 6 days. Instillations were done every 12 hours, with an exposure at 2 hours with subsequent renewal of special indicators of negative pressure therapy. When studying the microflora of purulent foci in the main group on the first day we found that among the pathogens S. aureus was the most prevalent as it was isolated in 30 (68.2%) cases, Enterobacter was found put in 10 (22.8%) cases, Accinetobacter – in 2 (4.5%) cases, Proteus – in 2 (4.5%) cases. The commonest microbial associations in the main group were presented by the combination of Enterobacter and E. fecalis found in 30 (68.2%) patients, the fungal flora (Candida albicans) was found in 5 (11.4%) individuals. On the 7th day among the patients of the main group no aerobic flora was isolated. Among the patients of the comparison group, monoculture was detected in 14 (31.1%) patients and microbial associations – in 5 (11.1%) patients. The patients of the main group demonstrated faster normalization of laboratory blood parameters than in the comparison group. Since the 3rd day, there was a decrease in the number of leukocytes in the peripheral blood. This tendency was more pronounced among the patients of the main group, where the indicators of leukocytosis were significantly lower (p> 0.05) than in the comparison group and on the 5th day reached the reference values, while in the comparison group the indicators got normalized only on the 7th day. Applying this therapy in the integrated treatment of patients with purulent inflammatory soft tissue conditions promotes the rapid cleansing of wounds from necrotic tissues, the appearance of "juicy" granulations in 3 days, as well as diminishes general intoxication and considerably reduces the length of hospital stay.
POTENTIALS OF MINI-INVASIVE ENDORHINOSURGERY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ACTUAL BOUNDARIES OF THE FIELD OF VIEW OF MODERN ENDOSCOPES
Authors: Shkorbotun Ya.V.
Published: January 2021

One of the predetermining factors to perform minimally invasive rhinosurgery successfully is the searching for optimal surgical access areas, the choice of which at present mostly depends on the visualization capabilities of endoscopic devices. The angular vision is one of the important factors for planning and performing endonasal interventions on the anterior maxillary sinus. A large viewing angle allows surgeons to expand the potentials of minimally invasive access, reduce the need to replace endoscopes with different angles during the intervention and improve the quality of the surgical procedure. The purpose of this study was to improve the method for selecting surgical access to the maxillary sinus, taking into the optical axis and the actual size of the field of view provided by the endoscope. The simulation of the process of selecting the optimal option for access to the maxillary sinus on the basis of our own method of predicting the visualization of the lumen in the sinus was performed. To determine the actual viewing angle of the endoscope, we compared the application of the standard methodology and the approach we elaborated. 3 endoscopes with a 70° optical axis orientation were examined; the studies were performed three times. We found that the results of determining the boundaries of the field of view according to our technique and to the method of Wang Q. et al. (2017) did not differ significantly, that indicates the comparable accuracy of both methods. With the declared identical characteristics of all three endoscopes, we revealed the magnitude of the field of view differed quite significantly (by a maximum of 8.7°). Moreover, the value of the viewing angle in all samples of endoscopes tested was greater than that provided by the manufacturer for standard endoscopes (60 °). The average duration of measuring the magnitude of the field of view of the endoscope by the method we proposed took 25.3 ± 3.2 s that was significantly faster than by the method of Wang Q. et al. (2017), 83.7 ± 2.0 s P≤0.05). We should also stress on the greater convenience of carrying out examinations according to our method. When assessing the potential of the maxillary sinus visualization, it is necessary to take into account not only the individual anatomical features of a patient, but also the actual optical characteristics of endoscopes. The device we designed for determining the boundaries of the field of view of endoscopes is easy to manufacture, requires less time for testing and enables to determine the actual viewing angles of the endoscope quicker and more effectively. Actual optical characteristics of endoscopes may differ from the standards.
ANALYSIS OF EFFICACY OF USING PLATELET-RICH PLASMA AND BETAMETHAZONE IN THE TREEATMENT OF ALOPECIA AREATA
Authors: Aljabali M. A. , Kuts L. V.
Published: January 2021

In the era of evidence-based medicine, confirming a disease by using various instrumental methods is one of the important tasks. This enables to reduce the number of diagnostic errors and to prescribe the appropriate treatment in accordance with the current views on the problem of alopecia areata in each case. Moreover, monitoring the course of the disease, data recording and their statistical processing opens up the prospect for obtaining evidence-based treatment methods. Studying the effectiveness of various treatment options and approaches including the registration of results obtained and their statistical processing is of great clinical significance. The aim of this study is to compare the efficiency of monotherapy with betamethasone injections, with platelet-rich plasma, and their combination. The venous blood of 104 patients aged (35.7 ± 8.9 years with alopecia areata was used in the study. All patients were randomly divided to three groups. The group І received intradermal injections of betamethasone (4 sessions per month). The group ІІ received intradermal injections of platelet-rich plasma once every 2 weeks for 16 weeks. The group ІІІ received 4 sessions of betamethasone which were alternated with 4 sessions of platelet-rich plasma treatment at interval of 2 weeks. The patients were examined before the treatment and in 3, 6 and 17 months. The following factors as the age, sex, smoking habit, the presence of alopecia in relatives, the duration, shape and stage of the disease, the index of the severity of alopecia and hair growth, the presence of "yellow and black dots", "conical" and terminal hair were considered in the study. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (version 22.0.). The results have shown the combination therapy allows us to obtain the best result, especially in long follow-up period.
THE EFFECTIVNESS OF ANTI-INLAMMATORY THERAPY EVALUATED BY SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE VESSELS' DOPPLER PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS SUFFERING ON RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Authors: Zhdan V.M. , Lebid V.G. , Ivanytckyi I.V. , Ischeykina Yu. O. , Katerenchuk O.I.
Published: January 2021

Rheumatoid arthritis is known as a highly prevalent disease worldwide, often resulting in stable loss of capacity for work or complete disability over short period from the onset. Detected changes in the joint morphology may depend on the basic treatment received as well as depend on the level of control over the disease progression. The aim of this work is to study the diagnostic potential of Doppler ultrasound technique and Dopplerography in assessing the severity of changes in the knee joints depending on the received basic treatment and the level of control over disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Correlation analysis carried out to compare the severity of bone erosions' indicators and the level of C-reactive protein has revealed no significant correlations. At the same time, there has been found a strong correlation between the level of C-reactive protein values and the blood circulation rate in the arteries of the pannus in all studied groups at the beginning of treatment and in 6 months of the therapy (r≥0.65, p≤0.03). The obtained results clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of the ultrasound diagnostics, especially Doppler indicators, in assessing the effectiveness of the basic treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Greek Durative Verbs with the Nasal Infix and Suffix
Authors: Witczak Krzysztof Tomasz
Published: January 2021

The Indo-European nasal infix presents have not been explained so far
from the semantic point of view. The present author argues that the infix
*-n(e)- originally expressed the feature of durativity. Due to the diachronic
externalization of inflection this nasal morpheme later evolved into a suffix
added to the verbal root. Numerous durative verbs with the nasal marker -an-
are attested as early as the 2nd millennium BCE in the Anatolian
languages; cf. Hittite iy-ann-a/i- ‘to march, go a
long distance’, Palaic iyannnai ‘he marches (a long distance)’ vs. Hitt.
i- ‘to go’, Luw. i-, Hier.Luw. i-, Lat. eō, īre,
Lith. eĩti, OChSl. iti ‘id.’ (< PIE. *h1ei-
‘to go’). The durative verbs in question, as well as the related nouns with the
durative suffix *-ano-, also appear in other Indo-European languages,
cf. Toch. B yaneṃ ‘they walk, go (for a long time)’. Numerous Greek
present forms (e.g. ἁνδάνω, θιγγάνω, λαμβάνω, λανθάνω,
λιμπάνω, μανθάνω, πυνθάνομαι and so on) document the same nasal morpheme not
only infixed into a verbal root, but also in the form of the suffix -αν-.
It is to be explained as the effect of the diachronic externalization of the
durative (nasal) morpheme. The Greek verbal forms with the nasal infix and the
nasal suffix should be treated as intermediate or hybrid. Newer forms
(indicating the durativity of the action) in Greek contain only a nasal suffix
(e.g. αὐξάνω, ἱζάνω, ἰσχάνω, κευθάνω, ληθάνω, οἰδάνω, ῥοφάνω).
Molitva šutnje, govora i kulta kao načini izvršenja religije u filozofiji Bernharda Weltea
Authors: Maslać Suzana
Published: January 2021

U svojoj filozofiji religije Welte je osobitu pozornost posvetio razmatranju onoga što on naziva »izvršenje religije«. Budući da je to izvršenje, među ostalim, potaknuto i čovjekovim traganjem za smislom, prilog započinje Welteovim izlaganjem o nerazdruživoj vezi smisla i religije. Time se pak nužno dolazi do pojma Boga jer je On nositelj smisla. Na tragu njemačke mistike te posebno M. Eckharta, Welte se usteže Boga podvrgnuti svakoj kategorijalnosti te Ga označava pojmovima neizrecivi, beskonačni, skriveni. Kao onomu koji je neizreciv i skriven, Bogu se pristupa molitvom i njezinim oblicima, čime se pokazuje da su upravo to autentični načini čovjekova odnosa prema Bogu: time smo došli do središnje komponente članka, koja je sadržana u predstavlja-nju temeljnih aspekta welteovskoga viđenja molitve – molitva kao šutnja, kao govor i kao kult. Svaki od tih pristupa sadrži svoju osobitost: molitva šutnje nikako nije negacija istinskoga govora; molitvu govora pak u bitnome karakterizira dvopolnost, dok u kultu na poseban način do izražaja dolazi pojam zajednice i s njom okupljačka dimenzija govora. Prilog završava razmatranjem opasnosti u koje izvršavanje religije s obzirom na molitvu i kult može skliznuti. To, kako ga njemački filozof naziva, izopačenje religije predstavlja stari, a uvijek novi problem svake religije: »Ovaj me narod časti samo usnama, a srce mu je daleko od mene.« (Mk 7, 6)
ORNInA: A decentralized, auction-based multi-agent coordination in ODT systems
Authors: Daoud Alaa , Balbo Flavien , Gianessi Paolo , Picard Gauthier
Published: January 2021

On-Demand Transport (ODT) systems have attracted increasing attention in recent years. Traditional centralized dispatching can achieve optimal solutions, but NP-Hard complexity makes it unsuitable for online and dynamic problems. Centralized and decentralized heuristics can achieve fast, feasible solution at run-time with no guarantee on the quality. Starting from a feasible not optimal solution, we present in this paper a new solution model (ORNInA) consisting of two parallel coordination processes. The first one is a decentralized insertion-heuristic based algorithm to build vehicle schedules in order to solve a particular case of the dynamic Dial-A-Ride-Problem (DARP) as an ODT system, in which vehicles communicate via Vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2V) and make decentralized decisions. The second coordination scheme is a continuous optimization process namely Pull-demand protocol, based on combinatorial auctions, in order to improve the quality of the global solution achieved by decentralized decision at run-time by exchanging resources between vehicles (k-opt). In its simplest implementation, k is set to 1 so that vehicles can exchange only one resource at a time. We evaluate and analyze the promising results of our contributed techniques on synthetic data for taxis operating in Saint-Étienne city, against a classical decentralized greedy approach and a centralized one that uses a classical mixed-integer linear program (MILP) solver.
Cross-Cultural Religious Tourism with Impression Distance Search System
Authors: Nurarak Piyaporn , Sasaki Shiori , Rachmawan Irene Erlyn Wina , Kiyoki Yasushi
Published: January 2021

Cross-cultural religious tourism is computational to promote cross-cultural communication and understanding according to impression distance. Our motivation to implement semantic search with an emotion-oriented context into the proposed system is to realize global tourism recommendations expressed in different cultures. The objectives of this paper are (1) to find the religious places by using the tourist’s emotional distance, (2) to find similar religious places not only in the same culture but also in the different cultures with the tourist’s emotional distance calculations. Experimental results demonstrate the feasibility and applicability of this method.
Vision based distance estimation from single RGB camera using field of view and magnification measurements –an AI based non triangulation technique for person distance estimation in surveillance areas
Authors: Alphonse P.J.A. , Sriharsha K.V.
Published: January 2021

Depth data from conventional cameras in monitoring fields provides a thorough assessment of human behavior. In this context, the depth of each viewpoint must be calculated using binocular stereo, which requires two cameras to retrieve 3D data. In networked surveillance environments, this drives excess energy and also provides extra infrastructure. We launched a new computational photographic technique for depth estimation using a single camera based on the ideas of perspective projection and lens magnification property. The person to camera distance (or depth) is obtained from understanding the focal length, field of view and magnification characteristics. Prior to finding distance, initially real height is estimated using Human body anthropometrics. These metrics are given as inputs to the Gradient-Boosting machine learning algorithm for estimating Real Height. And then magnification and Field of View measurements are extracted for each sample. The depth (or distance) is predicted on the basis of the geometrical relationship between field of view, magnification and camera at object distance. Using physical distance and height measurements taken in real time as ground truth, experimental validation is performed and it is inferred that with in 3m–7 m range, both in indoor and outdoor environments, the camera to person distance (Preddist) anticipated from field of view and magnification is 91% correlated with actual depth at a confidence point of 95% with RMSE of 0.579.
An immune-based algorithm for the multi-maintenance with sequential operations
Authors: Hsieh Yi-Chih , You Peng-Sheng
Published: January 2021

In this study, we investigate a new multi-maintenance with sequential operation (MMSO) problem, in which a variety of tasks must be processed on multiple machines. In the MMSO problem, each task has multiple sequential operations that must be processed for each machine. In addition to maintenance, the MMSO problem has many other practical applications, such as physical examination scheduling. The proposed MMSO, which is an NP-hard problem, generalizes typical job shop scheduling problems. Thus, a novel encoding scheme, which is embedded into an immune-based algorithm (IBA), is proposed in this study to convert any sequence of random numbers into a feasible solution of the MMSO problem to solve the MMSO problem. Numerical results of applications in aircraft maintenance and physical examination scheduling are reported and compared with those of particle swarm optimization and genetic algorithm. Experimental results show that IBA outperforms the two other algorithms.
Solving forest harvesting problem with artificial intelligence approaches: An example in Taiwan
Authors: Hsieh Yi-Chih , You Peng-Sheng , Chuang Hao-Chun
Published: January 2021

In this paper, we study the forest harvesting problem (FHP). A forest is assumed to be divided into several identical square units, and each unit has its harvesting value based on its type. Harvesting a unit will affect the growth and values of its neighboring units. In this FHP, the best harvesting plan of a unit must be identified to maximize three various objectives simultaneously. The FHP is a multiobjective mathematical and an NP-hard problem. We apply three artificial intelligence algorithms, namely, immune algorithm, genetic algorithm, and particle swarm optimization, for maximizing the weighted objective to solve the FHP. We also solve the following two sets of test problems: (i) a set of randomly generated FHP problems and (ii) a practical problem in Taiwan. Numerical results show the performance of the three algorithms for the test problems. Finally, we compare and discuss the effects of various weights for the three objectives.
Batch similarity comparison of line traces based on multi-strategy machine learning
Authors: Pan Nan , Pan Dilin , Hou Zhanwei , Jiang Xuemei , Liu Yi
Published: January 2021

Conventional methods can scarcely achieve the rapid comparison of line traces. In this study, trace detection signals based on a single-point laser were collected and smoothed. The multi-scale wavelet coefficient of the trace detection signals was obtained after noise reduction by the dual-tree complex wavelet algorithm to minimize the adverse effects of data size on successive comparison calculations. Batch similarity comparison of trace features was achieved using multiple comparison strategies, including an optimized dynamic time regulation algorithm and the recognition of the changing rate gradient. Based on the results of boosting fusion multi-strategy comparison, optimized comparisons were achieved by machine learning, and a model for the rapid comparison of trace features was established. Finally, the viability of the proposed algorithm was verified by experiments.
Study on the atomization zones of the nozzle in the processes of material primary processing
Authors: Pan Nan , Qian Junbing , Zhao Chengjun
Published: January 2021

It can divide the atomization effect in the direction of the nozzle axial injection into the jet area and the non-jet area by using the second crushing theory. On this basis, according to the feed liquid atomization particles discrete degree index of characteristics particle size of feed liquid atomization, it divides the injection zone into the atomization area and the diffusion area, so as to realize the axial direction of jet nozzle injection zone, atomization zone and the diffusion zone accurately. Simulation and experiment are used to verify the three zones of atomization nozzle. The division of three zones drives the study from the whole space of liquid distribution in the roller to atomization zone, clears the key zone of the roller in tobacco primary processing, and provides a basis for further work.
Bullet fast matching based on single point laser detection
Authors: Pan Nan , Jiang Xuemei , Pan Dilin , Liu Yi
Published: January 2021

Bullet trace detection’s main task is determining the type of bullet and the identity of the gun that fired it. In order to solve conventional bullet trace matching method problems, a bullet fast matching method based on single point laser detection is proposed. First, adaptive control of the bullet center position and cylinder axis were performed. Then, a laser displacement sensor was implemented to perform a 360° detection in order to trace rifling on the bullet surface in the circumferential direction; grayscale morphological filtering was implemented in order to de-noise detection data, and the Pearson correlation coefficient was implemented in order to perform the trace similarity matching calculation, thereby achieving a fast bullet trace matching. Moreover, the algorithm’s effectiveness was verified via practical testing data.
Data communication and intelligence in traffic simulation environments: Simulation time and performance experiments
Authors: Ko Joonho , Cho Hyun Woong , Kim Jung In , Kim Hyunmyung , Lee Young-Joo , Suh Wonho
Published: January 2021

Transportation system management and traveler information systems evolve with the development of data communications and intelligence of traffic simulations. Variety of roadside and mobile sensing platforms will be deployed to allow communication between vehicles with Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC). Traffic data received from moving vehicles will be transmitted to each individual vehicle and traffic management center to provide real time traffic information. Microscopic traffic simulation models will be used for generating intelligence from real time data in the form of traffic analysis and prediction, since they have the highest detailed level of prediction such as vehicle / driver characteristics and have the capability to capture dynamically changing traffic conditions through the simulation. In this study, three communication methods for data communication and intelligence in traffic simulation environments are used including Ethernet, off-the-shelf wireless network, and one commercial network provider for data communication. Simulation time is measured and statistically analyzed using three different communication methods and one non-communication case. Also, traffic simulation performance is investigated to demonstrate the intelligence of traffic simulation tools in modeling traffic congestion.
A step edge detector based on bilinear transformation
Authors: Dabighi Korosh , Nazari Akbar , Saryazdi Saeid
Published: January 2021

Nowadays, Canny edge detector is considered to be one of the best edge detection approaches for the images with step form. Various overgeneralized versions of these edge detectors have been offered up to now, e.g. Saryazdi edge detector. This paper proposes a new discrete version of edge detection which is obtained from Shen-Castan and Saryazdi filters by using bilinear transformation. Different experimentations are conducted to decide the suitable parameters of the proposed edge detector and to examine its validity. To evaluate the strength of the proposed model, the results are compared to Canny, Sobel, Prewitt, LOG and Saryazdi methods. Finally, by calculation of mean square error (MSE) and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), the value of PSNR is always equal to or greater than the PSNR value of suggested methods. Moreover, by calculation of Baddeley’s error metric (BEM) on ten test images from the Berkeley Segmentation DataSet (BSDS), we show that the proposed method outperforms the other methods. Therefore, visual and quantitative comparison shows the efficiency and strength of proposed method.
An efficient approach for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation events prediction using Extreme Learning Machine
Authors: Maghawry Eman , Ismail Rasha , Gharib Tarek F.
Published: January 2021

Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (PAF) is a special class of Atrial Fibrillation. Predicting PAF events from electrocardiogram (ECG) signal streams plays a vital role in generating real-time alerts for cardiac disorders. These alerts are extremely important to cardiologists in taking precautions to prevent their patients from having a stroke. In this study, an effective predictive approach to PAF events using the Extreme Learning Machine classification technique is proposed. Besides, we propose a feature extraction method that integrates new ECG signal features to its time-domain ones. The new features are based on the construction of sparse vectors for peaks in ECG signals that provide high overlap between similar ECGs. The proposed prediction approach with the new ECG features representation were evaluated on a real PAF dataset using the five-fold cross-validation method. Experiments show promising results for predicting PAF in terms of accuracy and execution time compared to other existing studies. The proposed approach achieved classification accuracy of 97% for non-streaming ECG signals mode and 94.4% for streaming mode.
Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Organoids as a Model of Intestinal Xenobiotic Metabolism
Authors: Sasaki Kengo , Inoue Makoto , Machida Masakazu , Kawasaki Tomoyuki , Tsuruta Satoru , Uchida Hajime , Sakamoto Seisuke , Kasahara Mureo , Umezawa Akihiro , Akutsu Hidenori
Published: January 2021

Background: The human intestine is the site of absorption and first-pass metabolism for oral intake. Assessment of absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET) of xenobiotics has transformed the understanding of in vivo pharmacology. However, these processes are difficult torecapitulate in vitro. Objective: We have developed a simple protocol for the generation of mature functional intestinal organoids from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs)under xenogeneic-free conditions. We sought to characterize transcription level in drug transporters and metabolism and evaluate CYP3A4 catalytic function of the organoids. Methods: Human pluripotent stem cell-derived intestinal organoids were generated and evaluated the expression of drug transporters and metabolizing enzymes. We examined the induction of CYP3A4 and ABCB1 gene expression in the organoids. Furthermore, we analyzed the CYP3A4 enzyme activity of the organoids by the p450-Glo CYP3A4 assay kit with luciferin isopropyl acetal. Results: Stem cell-derived intestinal organoids had an outward polarized intestinal epithelial layer and showed similar expression levels of drug transporters and metabolism genes as the adult healthy intestine. They also exhibited CYP3A4 enzymatic function in vitro. Conclusion: This model provides a novel platform for pharmacological testing and can enhance human ADMET studies in drug development.
¿Cómo democratiza la memoria? Experiencias en los márgenes urbanos
Authors: Escoffier Simón , Cataldo Javier
Published: January 2021

Estudio corto que examina cómo la memoria colectiva promueve movilización social en sectores populares urbanos.
Forms of Interaction of the National Police with the Public in the Field of Ensuring Public Safety and Order
Authors: Комзюк А. В.
Published: January 2021

Interaction is a necessary and important part of the work of the National Police, including in the field of public safety and order. Due to the interaction we achieve the coordination of actions and joint activities of the National Police with other entities. Existing forms and methods of the interaction between the National Police and the public do not meet the current requirements and need to be refined or finding new forms and methods. Therefore, there is the need to conduct a thorough study of the problems of the interaction of the National Police with other entities of ensuring public safety and order.

The author of the article has analyzed the importance and legal principles of the interaction of citizens with the police in the field of public order protection and combating crime. The concepts and forms’ types of the specified interaction have been defined. It has been concluded that there is a lack of scientific research focused on the problems of the interaction of the National Police with the public in the field of public safety and order, in particular on finding its new forms.

To achieve this purpose, the author has revealed the essence of the interaction of the National Police with the public in the field of public safety and order, their relations, as well as has defined the classification of forms of the interaction of the National Police with citizens and their associations in the field of public safety and order.

The scientific novelty of the study is that it improves the understanding of the nature and types of forms of the interaction between the National Police and the public in the field of public safety and order.

Summarizing the above, we can conclude that the effective implementation of the authorities in the field of public safety and order by the National Police of Ukraine requires the establishment of effective interaction with citizens and public associations.

The author has offered some new forms of the interaction between the National Police and the public for the implementation, the use of which can improve the state of law enforcement and the fight against crime.
The Practice of Introducing Restrictions on the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly within Administrative Proceedings and the Place of the Judicial Branch of Power in Determining the Admissibility of Such Restrictions
Authors: Самбор М. А.
Published: January 2021

The author has researched the practice of the executive branch of power of Ukraine in establishing a collective (general) ban and restriction of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly under quarantine, as well as the place and role of the judicial branch of power represented by the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in determining the constitutionality of such restrictions and prohibitions.

The powers of the Supreme Court on the constitutional submission to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on the constitutionality of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On quarantine to prevent the spread of acute respiratory disease COVID-19 caused by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and stages of weakening of anti-epidemic measures” dated from May 20, 2020 No. 392 on the establishment of a ban on the exercise of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly within administrative proceedings during the introduction of quarantine in Ukraine, as well as the justification of such a constitutional submission.

It is important to analyze and form a legal understanding of the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on the unconstitutionality of restricting and prohibiting the exercise of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly during quarantine within administrative proceedings – by adopting the relevant resolution by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which was the result of administrative discretion of the highest agency in the system of executive agencies of Ukraine. In this regard, the study focuses on the motivation and validity of the decision of the agency of constitutional jurisdiction and understanding of those legal and social values that were the basis for the judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine while adopting the decision dated from August 28, 2020 No 10-r/2020.
The Current Status of Administrative and Legal Regulation of the Activities of Specially Authorized Entities in the Field of Combating Corruption in Ukraine
Authors: Стреляний В. І.
Published: January 2021

The author has revealed the content of the term of “specially authorized entities in the field of combating corruption” contained in Part 1 of the Art. 1 of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption”. By analyzing the current administrative legislation of Ukraine, the range of public authorities that fall under this concept has been identified. Based on the classification of public authorities existing in administrative science, which are divided into agencies of general and special competence, the author has provided recommendations to improve the list of those public agencies that have the status of specially authorized entities in the field of combating corruption. According to the results of the study, the author has formulated an exhaustive list of specially authorized entities in the field of combating corruption in Ukraine, has provided propositions to improve the provisions of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption” and the Law of Ukraine “On Prosecutor’s Office” in regard to the administrative and legal status of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. The author has offered to amend Part 1 of the Art. 7 of the Law of Ukraine “On the Prosecutor’s Office”, supplementing it with the word “agencies” after the word “system” and before the word “prosecutor’s office”. Thus, this norm will look like this: “the system of agencies of prosecutor’s offices will consist of: 1) Attorney General’s Office; 2) prosecutor’s offices in oblasts; 3) regional prosecutor’s offices; 4) Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. It has been established that only the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office can be recognized as a specially authorized entity in the field of combating corruption among the existing prosecutor’s offices. In this regard, the application of the term of “agencies of prosecutor’s office” in Part 1 of the Art. 1 of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption” is not grounded and leads to a false expansion of the range of anti-corruption entities. In practice, this may lead to an ambiguous interpretation of this legal norm. In this regard, the author has offered to specify the range of prosecutorial agencies that are specially authorized entities in the field of counteraction by replacing the phrase “agencies of prosecutor’s office” with the phrase “Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office”. It has been determined that either the National Police of Ukraine or its separate agencies are not specially authorized entities in the field of combating corruption. In this regard, it has been offered to amend Part 1 of the Art. 1 of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption” by replacing the phrase “National Police” with the phrase “National Police Units”. Thus, those structural subdivisions of the National Police agencies that exercise competence in the field of combating corruption may be recognized as specially authorized entities in the field of anti-corruption.