bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Immigrant Sanctuary or Danger
Authors: Hoffman Beatrix
Published: March 2021

Hospitals have for centuries been considered safe havens for immigrants and people on the move. However, immigrants and migrants who seek health care have also been targeted for exclusion and deportation. This article discusses the history of how hospitals and health care facilities in the United States have acted both as sanctuaries and as sites of immigration enforcement. This debate came to a head in California in the 1970s, when conservatives began attacking local public health facilities’ informal sanctuary practices. Following the California battles, which culminated in Proposition 187 in 1994, immigrant rights movements have increasingly connected calls for sanctuary with demands for a right to health care.
To Accompany and to Observe: Engaged Scholarship and Social Change Vis-à-Vis Sub-Saharan Transmigration in Morocco
Authors: Barone Sabina , Alioua Mehdi
Published: March 2021

In this interview with Sabina Barone, Mehdi Alioua—Sociology Professor at theUniversité Internationale de Rabat(International University of Rabat), Morocco—reflects on the transformations that Sub-Saharan African migration has brought to Moroccan society over the last two decades, in particular with reference to identity and the denominations of the foreign others, the internal and regional dynamics of (im)mobility, and the challenges to social coexistence and national migration policies. He proposes conceptual categories such as "transmigrant,” “migration by stages,” and “migratory crossroads” to capture the complexity of the mobile experiences unfolding in Morocco. Based on his trajectory of engaged scholarship in favor of migrants and refugees, he calls for a renewed South-South and North-South academic collaboration and cross-fertilization through small scale, bottom-up research made possible by friendship among scholars.
The Updating Status in Facebook: The Interference of English among Users in Academic Context
Authors: Roslina Roslina , Nurhayati Nurhayati
Published: March 2021

This study investigates the interference of English use made by Facebook users in writing status on their account. The researchers formulated two research questions: 1) what types of interferences are found on Facebook status; 2) what factors cause interference on Facebook status. The purpose of this study is to find out the interferences and the factors that cause the interference. This research uses descriptive qualitative method. The descriptive qualitative was used to elaborate, describe and disclose kinds of interference and also the factors of interference that Facebook users produced in updating status. The research showed that the way of the Facebook users in transferring their source language to target language tends to be negative transfer or it is called as language interference. The negative transfers made by Facebook users are semantic and grammatical interference. While, the factors that cause the interference are bilingualism background, disloyalty target language, limited vocabularies of TL mastered by a learner, prestige and style, interlingual factor, overextension of analogy, and transfer of structure.
Exploring Role model, Parenting and Juvenile Delinquents in the Selected Poems
Authors: Mohammed Ibrahim Ayesha
Published: March 2021

“What Children see, Children do”, role modeling is a momentous progression in child’s life. All children have role model at some point in their lives. The point is who they see as their model. This may seem trivial whereas it creates an enormous impression on the impending behaviour and resolutions of the child. It is important for a child to have a social life. Peer and community may also affect the antisocial behaviour of a child. If a child is antisocial or excluded by the peer group, this may lead to stress, apprehension and downheartedness and may even shoddier psychological disturbances. This escalates the risk of crime among juveniles.  There are various reasons for delinquency it can be psychological, economic, political and social. This paper tries to answer the questions, whether Juvenile Delinquency is a social issue and how it can be recognized in the teaching or learning environment and what are the implications of Juvenile Delinquency for teachers and students. It also analyses role modeling and parenting in the selected poems in the anthology titled Teen Poems from behind Bars poems written by youth at Denney Justice Center in Everett, Washington.
A Review of Natural Plants as Sources of Substances for Cleaner Leather Tanning Technologies
Authors:   Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Egerton University, Nalyanya Kallen Mulilo , Rop Ronald K. ,   Department of Mathematics, Actuarial and Physical Science, School of science, University of Kabianga, Onyuka Arthur S. ,   Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute, Nairobi, Birech Zephania ,   Department of Physics, College of Biological and Physical Sciences, University of Nairobi
Published: March 2021

The stringent environmental regulations and compliance regarding leather tanning has compelled leather industry to seek alternative cleaner ingredients that have the capacity to minimize or prevent pollution caused by hazardous chemicals. Practical measures have so far involved replacing the current use of synthetic chemicals such as chromium salts, dyes, fatliquors and surfactants or minimizing their usage by incorporating agrobased organic components. Numerous papers have documented the use of different plant extracts at different stages of leather processing such as tanning, retanning, dyeing and fatliquoring. This present article details the specific plants and the leather processing stage at which they are applied and eventually the quality of the resulting leather. This article attempts to compile a considerable number of investigations published on physical properties of leather that is processed using natural plants. It has been shown that there are striking similarities in leather properties of leather processed using natural plants and using synthetic chemicals. This could help in compiling a database that details works on natural plants, stages of application and the corresponding physical properties which could provide a crucial assistance to research focusing on environmental protection and physical properties of leather which would in turn improve the quality of the resulting leather.
IMPLEMENTASI PEER LED GUIDED INQUIRY (PLGI) TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN PEMECAHAN MASALAH SISWA SMP
Authors: Juariah Siti , Farida Farida , Putra Rizki Wahyu Yunian
Published: March 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui peningkatan kemampuan pemecahan masalah siswa dan pengaruh penerapan model pembelajaran Peer Led Guided Inquiry (PLGI) di kelas VIII MTs Hidayatul Mubtadiin Jati Agung Lampung Selatan. Bentuk penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimen dengan menggunakan Design Randomized Control Group Pretest-Posttest. Sampel penelitian terdiri dari 2 kelas, yaitu kelas VIII A sebagai kelas eksperimen dan kelas VII B sebagai kelas kontrol yang telah diuji normalitas menggunakan uji Liliefors dan diuji homogenitas menggunakan uji kesamaan dua rata-rata. Hipotesis penelitian diuji dengan menggunakan uji-t pihak kanan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan model pembelajaran PLGI dapat meningkatkan kemampuan pemecahan masalah pada pokok bahasan kubus dan balok dengan  = 4,14>  = 1,094.
Evaluasi Kualitas Manajemen Mutu pada PT Intikom Berlian Mustika dengan menggunakan ISO 9001:2015
Authors: . Vera , . Wella
Published: March 2021

Quality Management System is crucial for companies to improve the quality of products and services produced by the companies.  Therefore, companies need to gain international recognition to make the companies has a quality and good system in accordance with predetermined standards. This study uses ISO 9001:2015 as the international standard on quality management and applies in Intikom, whereas Intikom has never conducted an evaluation of the quality management system and found the employee performance is decreased recently. Due to these problems, it is necessary to evaluate and make recommendations that can be used as a guide. Evaluation of the quality management system refers to clause 4 to clause 10 of ISO 9001:2015. The used data collection technique is performing interviews to IT managers and quality management system staffs and distributing 107 questionnaires to 50 respondents for 10 divisions. The results of questionnaire were processed using the Likert scale the overall result is processed using the maturity model. The results obtained from this study of using ISO 9001: 2015 as quality standards find out that Intikom is at 4th level, which represents managed and measurable. Intikom has reached the desired target. Intikom it is ready to apply ISO 9001: 2015 and needs to improve the employee performance and products and services in order to increase to the 5th level.
Implementasi Metode Usability Testing Dengan System Usability Scale Dalam Evaluasi Website Layanan Penyedia Subtitle (Studi Kasus: Subscene)
Authors: Elma Zidni
Published: March 2021

Website subscene.com merupakan salah satu website penyedia subtitle paling populer diantara website penyedia subtitle lainnya. Website ini menyediakan subtitle dengan berbagai bahasa untuk film maupun serial televisi yang dapat diakses secara gratis di internet. Sebuah website atau aplikasi pasti akan dikunjungi oleh banyak orang dengan latar belakang yang berbeda-beda sehingga sebuah website atau aplikasi harus dirancang dengan tepat agar dapat memberikan kemudahan bagi user dalam mengaksenya. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui seberapa efektif dan efisiennya website www.subscene.com. Website perlu dilakukan evaluasi untuk mengetahui tingkat kemudahan, kenyamanan, dan kepuasan user dalam mengakses website, dan untuk mengetahui sejauh mana tingkat usability website subscene.com. Tingkat usability dapat menjelaskan usability pada website subscene.com sudah berada pada tingkatan mana dari sisi user. Penelitian ini memberikan hasil evaluasi untuk mengetahui tingkat usability yang ada pada website subscene.com menggunakan metode usability testing yaitu System Usability Scale yang mempunyai 10 pernyataan sebagai alat pengujian, serta hasil dari penilaian System Usability Scale ini akan memberikan masukan untuk pengembangan website ke depannya agar menjadi lebih baik.

Kata Kunci: website, subscene.com, usability testing, system usability scale
Evaluasi Usability Fitur Webshare Pada Aplikasi Share It Menggunakan Metode Thinking-Aloud
Authors: Rahmi Lusi
Published: March 2021

Share it is an application made by Lenovo which is a service for sharing various types of files, for example images, videos, applications or others.share it, which is currently widely used, has many functions that can help someone when sending and receiving files. One of them is sending files via the Webshare feature in the Share It application. Usability testing is a series of processes or activities that involve Respondents to find out how well a product (system) can be used easily by Respondents. This study discusses how easily Respondents send files via the Webshare feature in the Share It application. The method used here is Thinking-Aloud. The results obtained in this study are respondents who find it difficult when searching for Webshare features in the Share It application. We also provide advice on how to fix this problem with some references that we encountered on the internet.
Apakah Youtuber Indonesia Kena Bully Netizen?
Authors: Siahaan Joviano , Wella Wella , Desanti Ririn Ikana
Published: March 2021

This study will examine the cyberbullying phenomenon that was experienced by Indonesian Youtubers in their Instagram comment section. Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. Youtubers are the subject of this research due to their massive following, who constantly responds to every content posted on their Instagram page. The algorithm chosen to conduct this sentiment analysis was Support Vector Machine (SVM) due to their high accuracy percentage. The data used in this analysis was retrieved from 10 Indonesian Youtuber Instagram accounts. In order to analyze this data, several step was done including text mining, data cleansing, data modeling and applying model to test data. The result of analysis using an SVM model with an accuracy of 81.2% is 49.524% of comments on an Indonesian Youtuber comment section are considered as cyberbullying.
Sensory motor imagery EEG classification based on non-dyadic wavelets using dynamic weighted majority ensemble classification
Authors: Chaudhary Poonam , Agrawal Rashmi
Published: March 2021

The classification accuracy has become a significant challenge and an important task in sensory motor imagery (SMI) electroencephalogram (EEG) based Brain Computer interface (BCI) system. This paper compares ensemble classification framework with individual classifiers. The main objective is to reduce the inference of non-stationary and transient information and improves the classification decision in BCI system. The framework comprises the three phases as follows: (1) the EEG signal first decomposes into triadic frequency bands: low pass band, band pass filter and high pass filter to localize α, β and high γ frequency bands within the EEG signals, (2) Then, Common spatial pattern (CSP) algorithm has been applied on the extracted frequencies in phase I to heave out the important features of EEG signal, (3) Further, an existing Dynamic Weighted Majiority (DWM) ensemble classification algorithm has been implemented using features extracted in phase II, for final class label decision. J48, Naive Bayes, Support Vector Machine, and K-Nearest Neighbor classifiers used as base classifiers for making a diverse ensemble of classifiers. A comparative study between individual classifiers and ensemble framework has been included in the paper. Experimental evaluation and assessment of the performance of the proposed model is done on the publically available datasets: BCI Competition IV dataset IIa and BCI Competition III dataset IVa. The ensemble based learning method gave the highest accuracy among all. The average sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 85.4%, 86.5%, and 85.6% were achieved with a kappa value of 0.59 using DWM classification.
Detection of white blood cells using optimized qGWO
Authors: Sharma Prerna , Sharma Moolchand , Gupta Divij , Mittal Nimisha
Published: March 2021

This paper presents an optimized quantum Grey Wolf Optimization algorithm (qGWO), which is an enhanced version of the Grey Wolf optimization algorithm for feature selection of blood cells, which can further used for the detection of WBCs. White blood cells count in the human body determines the immune system of the human body. A deviation in the count of WBCs from the normal cell count in the human body may indicate an abnormal condition. The proposed model uses a quantum grey wolf optimization algorithm for the detection of White Blood cells among the dataset of various types of blood cells. Quantum Grey Wolf algorithm is used to find the minimal set of optimal features from the set of available features to detect the White Blood Cells optimally. As the ordinary Grey Wolf Optimization algorithm also used to find the minimal set of optimal features, but the features selected by qGWO are better in terms of computational time. Further, several classification algorithms such as Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest algorithm, K Nearest Neighbor(KNN) algorithm are applied to the model to predict its accuracy for the selected subset of features after feature selection. The performance of several classifiers is compared, and the model attained the maximum accuracy of 97.8% using KNN with minimum computational time. The result obtained shows that the algorithm proposed is capable of finding an optimal subset of features and maximizing the accuracy.
Book Review
Authors: Adhikari Jhimli
Published: March 2021

This is a review of a book that discusses knowledge discovery using data mining and knowledge embedding through models. A number of scheme are reported in the book to explain how data mining and discovered embedded knowledge can be beneficial to social organizations, domestic sphere and ICT market. Each chapter of the book presents a unique problem of data mining philosophies from an embedded point of view. It will help researchers to understand the current status of big data mining and embedded knowledge, discover new research opportunities and gain more information about this field.
Serum Uric Acid May Aggravate Alzheimer’s Disease Risk by Affecting Amyloidosis in Cognitively Intact Older Adults: The CABLE Study
Authors: Li Lin-Lin , Ma Ya-Hui , Bi Yan-Lin , Sun Fu-Rong , Hu Hao , Hou Xiao-He , Xu Wei , Shen Xue-Ning , Dong Qiang , Tan Lan , Yang Jiu-Long , Yu Jin-Tai
Published: March 2021

Background: Serum uric acid (SUA) affects the reaction of oxidative stress and free radicals in the neurodegenerative processes. However, whether SUA impacts Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology remains unclear. Objective: We aimed to explore whether high SUA levels can aggravate the neurobiological changes of AD in preclinical AD. Methods: We analyzed cognitively intact participants (n = 839, age 62.16 years) who received SUA and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers (amyloid-β [Aβ], total tau [t-Tau], and phosphorylated tau [p-Tau]) measurements from the Chinese Alzheimer’s Biomarker and LifestylE (CABLE) database using multivariable-adjusted linear models. Results: Levels of SUA in the preclinical AD elevated compared with the healthy controls (p = 0.007) and subjects with amyloid pathology had higher concentration of SUA than controls (p = 0.017). Roughly, equivalent levels of SUA displayed among cognitively intact individuals with or without tau pathology and neurodegeneration. CSF Aβ1 - 42 (p = 0.019) and Aβ1 - 42/Aβ1 - 40 (p = 0.027) were decreased and CSF p-Tau/Aβ1 - 42 (p = 0.009) and t-Tau/Aβ1 - 42 (p = 0.043) were increased with the highest (> 75th percentile) SUA when compared to lowest SUA, implying a high burden of cerebral amyloidosis in individuals with high SUA. Sensitivity analyses using the usual threshold to define hyperuricemia and precluding drug effects yielded robust associations. Nevertheless, the quadratic model did not show any U-shaped relationships between them. Conclusion: SUA may aggravate brain amyloid deposition in preclinical AD, which corroborated the detrimental role of SUA.
Thiamme2-G, a Novel O-GlcNAcase Inhibitor, Reduces Tau Hyperphosphorylation and Rescues Cognitive Impairment in Mice
Authors: Pan Danmin , Gu Jin-Hua , Zhang Jin , Hu Yae , Liu Fei , Iqbal Khalid , Cekic Nevena , Vocadlo David J. , Dai Chun-Ling , Gong Cheng-Xin
Published: March 2021

Background: Abnormal hyperphosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein tau plays a pivotal role in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We previously found that O-GlcNAcylation inversely correlates to hyperphosphorylation of tau in AD brain, and downregulation of brain O-GlcNAcylation promotes tau hyperphosphorylation and AD-like neurodegeneration in mice. Objective: Herein we investigated the effect of increasing O-GlcNAcylation by using intermittent dosing with low doses of a potent novel O-GlcNAcase (OGA) inhibitor on AD-like brain changes and cognitive function in a mouse model of sporadic AD (sAD) induced by intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of streptozotocin (STZ). Methods: STZ was injected into the lateral ventricle of C57BL/6J mice. From the second day, Thiamme2-G (TM2G) or saline, as a vehicle control, was orally administered to the ICV-STZ mice three times per week for five weeks. A separate group of ICV-saline mice treated with saline was used as a baseline control. Behavioral tests, including open field and novel object recognition, were conducted three weeks after the first dose of the TM2G or saline. Protein O-GlcNAcylation, tau hyperphosphorylation, synaptic proteins, and neuroinflammation in the mouse brain were assessed by western blotting. Results: ICV-STZ caused decreased protein O-GlcNAcylation. Enhancement of O-GlcNAcylation to moderate levels by using low-dose OGA inhibitor in ICV-STZ mice prevented STZ-induced body weight loss, rescued cognitive impairments, and restored AD-like pathologies, including hyperphosphorylation of tau and abnormalities in synaptic proteins and neuroinflammation. Conclusion: These findings suggest that moderately increasing protein O-GlcNAcylation by using low doses of OGA inhibitor may be a suitable therapeutic strategy for sAD.
Stem Cells for Huntington’s Disease (SC4HD): An International Consortium to Facilitate Stem Cell-Based Therapy for Huntington’s Disease
Authors:   The SC4HD Consortium
Published: March 2021

Huntington’s disease (HD) research is entering an exciting phase, with new approaches such as huntingtin lowering strategies and cell therapies on the horizon. Technological advances to direct the differentiation of stem cells to desired neural types have opened new strategies for restoring damaged neuronal circuits in HD. However, challenges remain in the implementation of cell therapy approaches for patients suffering from HD. Cell therapies, together with other invasive approaches including allele specific oligonucleotides (ASOs) and viral delivery of huntingtin-lowering agents, require direct delivery of the therapeutic agents locally into the brain or cerebrospinal fluid. Delivering substances directly into the brain is complex and presents multiple challenges, including those related to regulatory requirements, safety and efficacy, surgical instrumentation, trial design, patient profiles, and selection of suitable and sensitive primary and secondary outcomes. In addition, production of clinical grade cell-based medicinal products also requires adherence to regulatory standards with extensive quality control of the protocols and cell products across different laboratories and production centers. Currently, there is no consensus on how best to address these challenges. Here we describe the formation of Stem Cells For Huntington’s Disease (SC4HD: https://www.sc4hd.org/), a network of researchers and clinicians working to develop guidance and greater standardization for the HD field for stem cell based transplantation therapy for HD with a mission to work to develop criteria and guidance for development of a neural intra-cerebral stem cell-based therapy for HD.
Effective splicing localization based on noise level inconsistencies
Authors: Chandra Sekhar P. N. R. L. , Shankar T. N.
Published: March 2021

In the era of digital technology, it becomes easy to share photographs and videos using smartphones and social networking sites to their loved ones. On the other hand, many photo editing tools evolved to make it effortless to alter multimedia content. It makes people accustomed to modifying their photographs or videos either for fun or extracting attention from others. This altering brings a questionable validity and integrity to the kind of multimedia content shared over the internet when used as evidence in Journalism and Court of Law. In multimedia forensics, intense research work is underway over the past two decades to bring trustworthiness to the multimedia content. This paper proposes an efficient way of identifying the manipulated region based on Noise Level inconsistencies of spliced mage. The spliced image segmented into irregular objects and extracts the noise features in both pixel and residual domains. The manipulated region is then exposed based on the cosine similarity of noise levels among pairs of individual objects. The experimental results reveal the effectiveness of the proposed method over other state-of-art methods.
Energy efficient fixed-cluster architecture for wireless sensor networks
Authors: Singh Rajvir , Rama Krishna C. , Sharma Rajnish , Vig Renu
Published: March 2021

Dynamic and frequent re-clustering of nodes along with data aggregation is used to achieve energy-efficient operation in wireless sensor networks. But dynamic cluster formation supports data aggregation only when clusters can be formed using any set of nodes that lie in close proximity to each other. Frequent re-clustering makes network management difficult and adversely affects the use of energy efficient TDMA-based scheduling for data collection within the clusters. To circumvent these issues, a centralized Fixed-Cluster Architecture (FCA) has been proposed in this paper. The proposed scheme leads to a simplified network implementation for smart spaces where it makes more sense to aggregate data that belongs to a cluster of sensors located within the confines of a designated area. A comparative study is done with dynamic clusters formed with a distributive Low Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH) and a centralized Harmonic Search Algorithm (HSA). Using uniform cluster size for FCA, the results show that it utilizes the available energy efficiently by providing stability period values that are 56% and 41% more as compared to LEACH and HSA respectively.
Optimal concurrency on FPGA for lightweight medical image encryption
Authors: Raj Vinoth , Janakiraman Siva , Amirtharajan Rengarajan
Published: March 2021

Digitized forms of images do widely used for medical diagnostics. To maintain the privacy of an individual in e-health care applications, securing the medical image becomes essential. Hence exclusive encryption algorithms have been developed to protect the confidentiality of medical images. As an alternative to software implementations, the realization of image encryption architectures on hardware platforms such as FPGA offers significant benefit with its reconfigurable feature. This paper presents a lightweight image encryption scheme for medical image security feasible to realize as concurrent architectural blocks on reconfigurable hardware like FPGA to achieve higher throughput. In the proposed encryption scheme, Lorentz attractor’s chaotic keys perform the diffusion process. Simultaneously, the pseudo-random memory addresses obtained from a Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR) circuit accomplishes the confusion process. The proposed algorithm implemented on Intel Cyclone IV FPGA (EP4CE115F29C7) analyzed the optimal number of concurrent blocks to achieve a tradeoff among throughput and resource utilization. Security analyses such as information entropy, histogram, correlation, and PSNR confirms the algorithm’s encryption quality. The strength of diffusion keys was ensured by randomness verification through the standard test suite from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The proposed scheme has a larger keyspace of 2384 that guarantees good confusion through near-zero correlation, and successful diffusion with a PSNR of <5 dB towards the statistical attacks. Based on the hardware analysis, the optimal number of concurrent architectural blocks (2 N) on the chosen FPGA to achieve higher throughput (639.37 Mbps), low power dissipation (138.85 mW), minimal resource utilization (1268 Logic Elements) and better encryption quality for the proposed algorithm is recommended as 4 (with N = 2).
First Zagreb index on a fuzzy graph and its application
Authors: Islam Sk Rabiul , Pal Madhumangal
Published: March 2021

The Zagreb index (ZI) is a very important graph parameter and it is extensively used in molecular chemistry, spectral graph theory, network theory and several fields of mathematics and chemistry. In this article, the first ZI is studied for several fuzzy graphs like path, cycle, star, fuzzy subgraph, etc. and presented an ample number of results. Also, it is established that the complete fuzzy graph has maximal first ZI among n-vertex fuzzy graphs. Some bounds of first ZI are discussed for Cartesian product, composition, union and join of two fuzzy graphs. An algorithm has been designed to calculate the first ZI of a fuzzy graph. At the end of the article, a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) method is provided using the first ZI of a fuzzy graph to find the best employee in a company. Also a comparison is provided among related indices on the result of application and shown that our method gives better results.
A new type of generalized picture fuzzy soft set and its application in decision making
Authors: Lu Hanchuan , Khalil Ahmed Mostafa , Alharbi W. , El-Gayar M. A.
Published: March 2021

In this article, we propose a novel concept of the generalized picture fuzzy soft set by combining the picture fuzzy soft set and the fuzzy parameter set. For possible applications, we explain five kinds of operations (e.g., subset, equal, union, intersection, and complement) based on generalized picture fuzzy soft sets. Then, we establish several theoretical operations of generalized picture fuzzy soft sets. In addition, we present the new type by using the AND operation of the generalized picture fuzzy soft set for fuzzy decision-making and clarify its applicability with a numerical example. Finally, we give a comparison between the picture fuzzy soft set theory and the generalized picture fuzzy soft set theory. It is shown that our proposed (i.e., generalized picture fuzzy soft set theory) is viable and provide decision makers a more mathematical insight before making decisions on their options.
Topic prediction and knowledge discovery based on integrated topic modeling and deep neural networks approaches
Authors: Shahbazi Zeinab , Byun Yung-Cheol
Published: March 2021

Understanding the real-world short texts become an essential task in the recent research area. The document deduction analysis and latent coherent topic named as the important aspect of this process. Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and Probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis (PLSA) are suggested to model huge information and documents. This type of contexts’ main problem is the information limitation, words relationship, sparsity, and knowledge extraction. The knowledge discovery and machine learning techniques integrated with topic modeling were proposed to overcome this issue. The knowledge discovery was applied based on the hidden information extraction to increase the suitable dataset for further analysis. The integration of machine learning techniques, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Long Short-Term (LSTM) are applied to anticipate topic movements. LSTM layers are fed with latent topic distribution learned from the pre-trained Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) model. We demonstrate general information from different techniques applied in short text topic modeling. We proposed three categories based on Dirichlet multinomial mixture, global word co-occurrences, and self-aggregation using representative design and analysis of all categories’ performance in different tasks. Finally, the proposed system evaluates with state-of-art methods on real-world datasets, comprises them with long document topic modeling algorithms, and creates a classification framework that considers further knowledge and represents it in the machine learning pipeline.
Detection of Dermal Alpha-Synuclein Deposits as a Biomarker for Parkinson’s Disease
Authors: Doppler Kathrin
Published: March 2021

Alpha-synuclein deposits are detectable in skin biopsies of patients with Parkinson’s disease and other synucleinopathies like multiple system atrophy by immunohistochemical staining. As they are easily to obtain, they appear a promising tool for the pre-mortem histopathological confirmation of the disease and as a potential outcome measure in studies targeting alpha-synuclein aggregates. Good sensitivity, specificity, and practicability are the most important requirements of a biomarker. The review gives an overview on all three aspects, addresses methodological problems and the lack of standardized procedures as a major problem and gives an outlook on the future of skin biopsy as a potential diagnostic tool in synucleinopathies.
Prevalence, Types and Treatment of Tuberculosis: A Review
Authors: Salim Saema
Published: March 2021

Tuberculosis (TB) has reemerged as one of the main cause of death in human beings in recent years. TB is caused by a group of species called Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, and it causes three million deaths each year around the world. In 2010, the global estimated incidence of TB was about 8.0 million. The number of deaths from TB among HIV-negative patients was 1.0 million while the number of deaths among the HIV-positive TB was about 0.40 million. The higher incident and elevation of MDR cases demand efforts to shift focus to various control strategies against TB. According to WHO, in 2014 magnitude of TB was recorded as 126 positive cases per 0.1 million population in the world. Pakistan ranks fourth in high TB burden countries where each year approximately 297,000 TB cases are reported. Tuberculosis can be comprehensively grouped into two main types; pulmonary and extra pulmonary tuberculosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis affects the lungs and is most common type of TB. In 15 to 20 % cases of the active TB, the infection spreads from lungs to different parts of the body. This condition is called extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. Different treatment regimens are available for tuberculosis.
Comparison of the Antioxidant Nutrient Profile among Normal Pregnant Women and Women having Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
Authors: Aamir Kausar , Azhar Arfa , Abid Fatima , Khalid Shamaila , Khan Fiza Ali
Published: March 2021

Background: Preeclampsia is a multifactorial disorder comprising many organs. Oxidative stress (OS) has been intensely linked to its occurrence. Vitamin E, a lipophilic chain breaking antioxidant has been proved to suppress the OS. Present study was designed to investigate antioxidant nutrient profile in patients with different grades of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) and to compare them with normal pregnant controls.
Methods: The study group comprised 110 patients divided in three groups as Group A (n=40) Normotensive patients, Group B (n=40) Mild hypertensive, Group C (n=30) Severe hypertensive. Vitamin A, B-Carotene, serum alpha tocopherol (vitamin E) and vitamin C levels were analysed.
Results: Serum alpha tocopherol (vitamin E) was significantly low in severe and mild cases (0.32±0.00 mg/dl, 0.74±0.03 mg/dl respectively), when compared with normal pregnant women levels (0.78±0.040). All other nutrients were also found to be in reduced quantity for Group C when compared to control group (P value <0.001).
Conclusion: It was therefore concluded that in patients with risk of preeclampsia (PE) adequate antioxidant nutrients may have a role in cessation of free radical-mediated cell disturbances, and thereby protecting against endothelial cell damage, which is the key factor in PE development.
Be the Voice for Hepatitis B Awareness: A Community Based Report
Authors: Husnain Muhammad Shamim ul , Hassnain Shamaila , Ali Haider , Sheikh Naheed Humayun
Published: March 2021

Background: Among life threatening health problems Hepatitis B and C are on the rise and almost three to four hundred million carriers are present all around the world. It is estimated that nearly four million people in Pakistan have been exposed to hepatitis B virus. Hepatitis B has spread to alarming proportions with an estimated prevalence of 2.4% in the province of Punjab. Globally, only 11% of the population is aware that they are suffering from viral hepatitis. The aims were to determine the knowledge, attitude and behavior for Hepatitis B screening and vaccination in the community of Mochi gate and their awareness levels regarding transmission and vaccination of Hepatitis B.
Methods: A knowledge, attitude and behavior (KAB) survey was conducted among general population of UC 32 Mochi gate area Lahore. A sample of 117 were recruited using Convenience sampling. It included both men and women aged 18-64 years and been living at their place of residence for at least six months. A structured questionnaire after informed consent was used. Assured confidentiality. SPSS version 22 was used to analyze the data.
Results: Mean age of the sample was 35.16 + 11.84 years. Out of the total of 117 participants, 58% were males and 42% females. Only 29.9% had knowledge about Hepatitis B and just 10.3% had been ever vaccinated for Hepatitis B. Those who had been screened for Hepatitis B were 20.5%, for Hepatitis C 13.7% and 7.7% for HIV. Only 15.4% were already diagnosed for Hepatitis B. 
Conclusion:  There is dire need to expand awareness so that the vulnerable population making up the majority of the nation can be protected. If the activities occur regularly and in focused manner, we can surely bring the behavior change in the community.
O conceito de ressentimento a partir de Nietzsche
Authors: Ruzza Antonio
Published: March 2021

O conceito de ressentimento foi estudado por Nietzsche para justificar a sua crítica à moral vigente, em particular aquela do Cristianismo. Deleuze se aprofundou no estudo e na interpretação da Genealogia da Moral, a partir dos conceitos nietzschianos de forças ativas e forças reativas presentes no indivíduo. Da relação entre tais forças resultará um homem forte ou fraco. O sujeito ressentido culpa alguém pelo próprio fracasso; deseja vingar-se, mas não tem força para isso. Prefere acomodar-se no papel de vítima; não vive o presente, porque não quer esquecer o passado, que fornece sentido à sua vida. Quando é influenciado pela religião, transforma o ressentimento em má-consciência, transfere a culpa para si mesmo, valoriza o sofrimento para pagar o pecado, inverte os valores de bom e mau, nega a vida.

      O conceito de ressentimento foi retomado pela psicóloga brasileira M. R. Kehl. Ela concorda com a análise de Deleuze quando trata do indivíduo (que é o principal interesse de Nietzsche), e depois estende a mesma concepção ao caso da sociedade. Aqui existem grupos de desfavorecidos, que normalmente devem ser considerados só resignados quando não agem; porém, quando partem para a ação sem fazer a análise correta dos males sociais, escolhem a solução errada de ressentir-se contra quem prometeu melhoras sem realizá-las, ou contra outros grupos de oprimidos, e acabam mantendo as injustiças e as desigualdades sociais, defendidas pelos favorecidos. Dessa maneira, seguindo essa linha, as considerações de Zizek sustentam que tais grupos acabam dando adesão a movimentos populistas, cujo líder explora o ressentimento (existente também nas classes médias e superiores, mas por motivos diferentes), para promover a política de conquista do poder.
Experience with the use of HIPEC in advanced serous ovarian cancer after complete and optimal cytoreduction
Authors: Tsip N.P. , Kopetskiy V.I. , Polentsov Yu.O. , Yegorov M.Yu. , Vakulenko G.O. , Svintsitskiy V.S.
Published: March 2021

Background: Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the most demanding unresolved issues in oncogynecology. In Ukraine, there are over 3000 new cases of the disease annually. 24.6% of patients die within the first year after diagnosis. It indicates the relevance of developing new and optimizing existing OC treatment programs. Aim: To analyze the short-term results of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with primary (non-recurrent) advanced serous OC, in comparison with the group of patients after standard cytoreductive surgery (CRS) of high and medium complexity, according to the following indicators: the effect on metabolism, postoperative complications, length of stay in intensive care unit and hospital, timing of adjuvant chemotherapy initiation. Materials and Methods: Cases of 35 patients with advanced serous OC who underwent the treatment at the Oncogynecology Department of the National Cancer Institute from December 2018 to April 2020 were analyzed. For the assessment of surgical procedures volumes, a surgical complexity scoring system was used. HIPEC was performed in 20 patients (57.1%), while 15 patients (42.9%) underwent standard CRS. Results: At the beginning and end of the HIPEC procedure, a shift in acid-base state and the development of hyperthermia were evident. At the end of the 1st day of the postoperative period, statistically significant changes (p < 0.05) were revealed in pH, base excess, body temperature, alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase levels in patients from HIPEC group indicating the development of metabolic acidosis and toxic liver damage. The negative effects of HIPEC developed at the end of the procedure may persist at the end of the first postoperative day. While metabolic acidosis diminishes, the signs of hepatotoxicity persist. Toxic liver damage is the most frequent complication of the postoperative period detected more often (p < 0.05) after HIPEC in comparison with standard CRS. Standard adjuvant chemotherapy began on average in 31.9 ± 4.4 days in HIPEC group and 18.6 ± 1.6 days in CRS group (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The data obtained indicate that HIPEC negatively affects metabolism and aggravates the severity of disorders that develop during the CRS phase. The use of HIPEC postpones the initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy, which is probably associated with a longer period of restoration of the functions of organs and systems of patients (in particular, liver function). The feasibility of HIPEC in advanced serous OC treatment requires further research.
Field Corn Production Problems: A Diagnostic Guide
Authors: Wright David , Rich Jim
Published: March 2021

The field is a complex environment with many factors that can interact to influence the growth of a corn plant. These factors can be in the form of insects, diseases, nematodes and weeds (biotic); or, they can be factors such as weather, nutrients, or chemicals (abiotic). Under optimum conditions, production of field corn can exceed over 200 bushels of corn per acre; under totally unfavorable conditions, every corn plant can die. This guide was prepared to help identify problems so the proper corrective measures can be taken to minimize or prevent yield losses. For any corrective action to be successful, early detection is essential. This document is SS-AGR-200, a publication of the Department of Agronomy, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication Date: February 2004.

SS-AGR-200/AG201: Field Corn Production Problems: A Diagnostic Guide (ufl.edu)
Physiological, Nutritional, and Other Disorders of Tomato Fruit
Authors: Olson Stephen M.
Published: March 2021

Tomato producers run into many different fruit problems each year. This publication attempts to describe, give possible causes or explanations, and possible controls for certain of these tomato fruit problems. This document is HS-954, one of a series of the Department of Horticultural Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: February 2004.

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs200
General Guidelines for Organic Crop Production
Authors: Ferguson James J.
Published: March 2021

This document is HS972, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: March 2004.

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs212
World Markets for Organic Fresh Citrus and Juice
Authors: Ferguson James J.
Published: March 2021

Given the lack of official foreign trade data on organic sales, Pascal Liu, Commodities Specialist, The Food and Agriculture Organization, has interviewed trade and industry figures and reviewed available sources to develop a perspective on the current market situation and medium-term prospects for fresh organic citrus and juices. Information presented here is based on his May, 2003 paper on World markets for Organic Citrus and Citrus Juices, available at http://www.fao.org/es/ESC/common/ecg/28303_en_CitrusorganicEN.pdf. This fact sheet summarizes the above FAO publication as a general aid to Florida organic citrus growers and others in assessing their export potential for international markets. This document is HS978, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: May 2004.

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs214
Blueberry Varieties for Florida
Authors: Williamson Jeffrey G. , Lyrene Paul M.
Published: March 2021

Blueberries are native to eastern North America. They are one of the few crop plants that originated here. The rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) occurs mostly in certain river valleys in northern Florida and southeastern Georgia. The highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) is native in the eastern third of the United States and southeastern Canada. Florida is rich in other native Vaccinium species. The woods and swamps of Florida are populated with at least eight wild blueberry species. No area of the state lacks wild blueberries, except where soil pH is above 6.0. This document is HS967, one of a series of the Department of Horticultural Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date: March 2004. 

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs215
Guidelines for Purchase and Application of Poultry Manure for Organic Crop Production
Authors: Ferguson James J. , Ziegler Michael R.
Published: March 2021

Poultry manure and poultry litter (manure with bedding) is commonly used as a soil amendment and nutrient source for organic crop production. However, unless a farmer has an on-farm poultry facility, manure must be outsourced and delivered to the farm. Purchase, delivery, and application of these materials involve food safety, legal, regulatory, nutrient availability, and handling issues. Information on these topics can be found in Extension publications from university departments of agronomy, agricultural engineering, food science, horticulture, and poultry science. The purpose of this publication, however, is to integrate this information to provide guidelines and references for organic farmers who use outsourced poultry manure or litter in organic crop production. This document is HS973, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: April 2004. 

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs217
Native Subterranean Termites: Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar), Reticulitermes virginicus (Banks), Reticulitermes hageni Banks (Insecta: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Authors: Su Nan-Yao , Scheffrahn Rudolf H. , Cabrera Brian
Published: March 2021

Most pest species of subterranean termites in North America belong to the endemic genus Reticulitermes. Reticulitermes species are found in every state in the continental United States except Alaska, but are most common in the warm and humid southeastern region. The eastern subterranean termite, R. flavipes is the most widely distributed and is found in the entire eastern region of North America as far north as Ontario, Canada, and south to Key Largo, Florida. Its counterpart, the western subterranean termite, R. hesperus Banks, is found along the entire Pacific Coast ranging from southern California to British Columbia. Reticulitermes tibialis occurs in the inter-mountain region of the West. In addition to R. flavipes, two other Reticulitermes occur in Florida, R. virginicus, and R. hageni. This document is EENY-212, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: May 2001.

EENY-212/IN369: Native Subterranean Termites: Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar), Reticulitermes virginicus (Banks), Reticulitermes hageni Banks (Insecta: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) (ufl.edu)