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What Factors are Causal to Survival of a Startup?
Authors: Gonzalez Gilbert
Published: January 2019

A summary of a qualitative and quantitative investigation into what factors are present at time zero that increase the probability that a startup will achieve long term sustainability. The findings of this study will empower advisors and founders on how to improve startup survival rates.

Survival rates for startups in the United States (U.S.) are disappointingly low and economically inefficient. The data shows that the U.S. clearly lags its peer countries in the survival rates of startups. The U.S ranked an unacceptable 11th of 14 among its peer countries in first-year survival rates in recent years. Startup failure does not only impact the entrepreneur; it also impacts creditors, vendors, community stakeholders, and employees (Astrachan & Shanker, 2003). While it is commonly acknowledged that entrepreneurial businesses contribute to economic growth, the influential impact survival can have on economic growth within the community is often understated (Frick, 2016). Guzman and Stern (2016) clearly demonstrate the importance of improving startup survival rates. In their recent study, it was demonstrated that a doubling of entrepreneurial success led to an increase of 6.8% of the Gross Domestic Product. The economic impact of startups on the community makes this area of research even more vital. To avoid failure and improve the sustainability of startups requires an in-depth understanding of the factors that are causal and non-causal to sustainability.

While there has been significant investment and support by communities, government, and private foundations, startup failure rates remain virtually unchanged in the last two decades. In spite of the many years of research in the field of entrepreneurship, U.S. failure rates within the first five years average 53% (DOL 2016), regardless of the industry membership or economic cycles (SBA Office of Advocacy, 2012). Identifying factors that are causal and non-causal to the sustainability of emerging businesses is crucial to the founders and stakeholders.
Within this study, both internal and external factors that may be causal to the macro survival rate of U.S. startups were studied. The external factors were studied quantitatively, using data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) and the Brookings Institute. A protocol of regression analysis and visual analytics were applied to evaluate the quantitative data. It demonstrated that external factors such as the change in real gross domestic product (RGDP), interest rates, and expansion of accelerators have had no significant effect on U.S. macro startup survival rates. Further, the findings confirm that neither geographic location nor industry membership impacted U.S. macro startup survival rates.
Facilities Management; There is Hope for a Better Tomorrow.
Authors: J Smith Rebecca
Published: January 2019

Based on both historic and current study, the industry of facilities management faces an ever growing challenge that puts our public assets at risk. The outcry for additional funding has become universal. Unfortunately, the federal and state governments delegate responsibility for funding solutions down to the local governments. The result; our public facilities are suffering chronic deferred maintenance which leads to the increased cost of ownership, the increased exposure to liability and the decreased expected useful life of the facility. Additionally, there are further negative impacts due chronic deferred maintenance that affect those who occupy the buildings. It has been reported that occupants of the facilities have an overall drop in their performance as a result of poorly maintained surroundings. This affects all levels of education as well as employee performance within public government.
Included in this paper are the results of a study that focuses on the current practices of public facilities management programs. The intent is to identify elements that either support or detract from efficiently operated effective facilities departments. Given the nature of this industry, both objective and subjective elements were addressed. Objectively, the organizational hierarchy and the associated communications pathways were identified. Subjectively, the lifecycle of the facilities mission was dissected and discussed through an interview process. Fifteen specific data points were addressed which included related to accountability, effective communication, data driven program development, allocation of resources, documentation of work performed, continuous training and education, and the use of technology.
This study also served as a measurement against the historical performance of public facilities management practice. There have been decades of growth in public assets. During that time, innovation within operational practice along with technology offer new opportunity to organizations to address issues of efficiency that translate directly into a measure of effectiveness. Given the continued outcry for additional funding, it seems that there are challenges that continue to exist despite the innovations offered. This study focuses on what those challenges are. Further analysis based on successful models of public facilities management provides insights as to what practices, if adopted, may drive the lesser achieving programs toward greater effectiveness.
These Models Need Enterprise Data Management!
Authors: Hoecker Jay
Published: January 2019

After 28 years of public service, the Information Technology Bureau Chief for the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), Dr. Steven Dicks, was still passionate about serving the public. By first focusing on the needs of people in the District, Dr. Dicks was able to objectively observe the many aspects of operations for which he was responsible. His observations led him to believe that the use of technology within his organization wasn’t as effective and efficient as he knew it could be.
The SWFWMD managed the water resources of 16 Florida counties in an area that was close to 10,000 square miles, with 4.7 million inhabitants. To effectively manage water resources, the organization needed to understand current water needs, prepare for future needs, and protect and preserve water resources within its boundaries. A significant part of managing water resources involved the production and utilization of scientific computer models that help track, predict, and control a plethora of water related challenges. At the SWFWMD, individuals used desktop computers to run most of the scientific models. Given the limited computing capacity of the average desktop computer, running a model was beginning to require too much time; and simple interruptions, such as a system reboot, could jeopardize the ability to complete long model runs. Therefore, the resulting data used and produced was often very ineffectively managed.
Dr. Dicks began to wonder about the current system of producing and managing scientific models, and how the systems might be improved. He evaluated options. He thought upgrading individual desktops could help, but only in the short term because as the data sets and demand for processing power continued to grow, the desktop might always be a step behind. Installing powerful servers to house the data sets and run the models would be a significant improvement, but the cost to acquire and maintain the new system might challenge the budget. A cloud-based solution utilizing an “infrastructure as a service” approach, was a third option, but current system infrastructure compatibility, security, and access needed to be carefully evaluated.
Dr. Dicks believed that data management was just as important as the processing power of an upgrade, and that ultimately the technology that allowed for the most effective EDM system needed to be identified and implemented to best serve the needs of the District into the future.
What management strategies can a pharmaceutical company implement to sustain innovation?
Authors: Cabela Ramil
Published: January 2019

The discovery and development of life-saving drugs have been central to improving health worldwide. However, the state of pharmaceutical innovation has been recently challenged due to falling industry outputs, with breakthrough therapies remaining elusive for many companies. Sustaining drug innovations is a top priority for pharmaceutical executives. This researcher examines existing literature to explore patterns and trends in managing the sustainability of drug innovations. An initial survey of articles on general, non-pharmaceutical industry specific strategies for sustaining innovation provides a definition for sustained product innovation. Strategic themes such as organizational structure and culture, a firm's ability to adapt to changes, the role of customers as well as knowledge and technology management across industries are discussed. A brief history of strategic innovation in the biopharmaceutical sector provides context in building a conceptual framework for levers of management strategies that practitioners and academics can use to understand and sustain drug innovations at the firm level. Findings reveal that pharmaceutical companies who adapt their organizational culture, knowledge and technology levers to the cycles of scientific advances within the constraints of their regulatory and market environments are most likely to succeed. These levers of management strategies seem to be mediated by the firm’s absorptive capacity and their ability to form strategic alliances with other organizations.
Exposing Sexual Predators Who Run Martial Arts Schools
Authors: F Murphy William
Published: January 2019

William Murphy, a college professor and a black belt in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu community, frowned as he considered a project that he had been working on. Working in conjunction with Georgette Oden, a lawyer and the head of investigations at Bullshido.net, he had proposed a systematic investigation that would seek to identify sex offenders within the martial arts instruction community. Now he needed to figure out just how far he was willing to go in that investigation.
The context of the project involved many different elements. First, there was the broad mixed martial arts community, which consisted of many different sub-communities that focused on different fighting styles. Each of these communities had their own network of schools that taught the style’s techniques. Also involved was the Bullshido.net community, a controversial website whose original purpose was to investigate fraud, abuse, and “BS” within the martial arts community. While this group could be mobilized to crowdsource investigations, its membership tended to be highly opinionated and more than occasionally crude. Any results provided by such a group would therefore require considerable scrutiny. Finally, there was the potential application of cyber forensics. This would involve the systematic acquisition of data from different online sources and the matching of these sources to identify—for example—individuals who were both martial arts instructors and registered on sex-offender databases.
Murphy recognized that the project was fraught with challenges. As was often the case when working with different databases, data sources were often incomplete and also needed considerable cleaning before they would be useful. Matching records was also a potential challenge. Names were often written in different ways and common names could easily lead to erroneous matches. Crowdsourcing the potential verification of matches depended heavily on the degree to which participants in the process were willing to be objective and did not have any potential hidden agendas. This type of investigation also had major potential legal implications, as well as privacy concerns.
Weighed against these drawbacks were the potential victims that might be spared if instructors with a history of sex offenses could be identified and removed from schools where they had access to unwitting—and often under-aged victims. The project had been initiated by Oden as a result of identifying one such individual. How many more might there be?
How to Build Quality Management in a Small to Medium Enterprise
Authors: (Tres) Bishop Desmond
Published: January 2019

Quality management (QM) in one of its many forms has become an integral part of contemporary business. Since its mainstream introduction to the United States in the early 80’s it has become more than a strategy or a competitive differentiator. QM is now a customer expectation. Most of the voluminous research done in this field was conducted by large businesses for large businesses. However, the vast majority of businesses in the United States and the world at large are small to medium enterprises (SMEs). These organizations have largely been ignored by the quality movement. This study closes that gap by investigating what is currently known in this field by the academic and practitioner communities. The findings from this research study indicate that QM is appropriate to the SME environment. There are specific critical to success factors and barriers to implementation that are unique to SME’s that should be considered prior to implementation. Additionally, there is evidence to suggest that QM is not universal in nature as previously thought but context dependent. Most of the studies that were conducted were survey based. There was comparatively little qualitative research done in this field and no action research projects that this author could find which creates an opportunity for future research.
Industry Analysis: Division I College Football in the U.S.
Authors: E Gilmore Carl
Published: January 2019

This Industry Analysis looks into the aspects of the stakeholders within the constructs of the college football environment and seeks to explain the various impacts on key stakeholders within the constructs of this industry. More importantly this research tracks the student-athlete both decision paths of the process of seeking a professional football career or an education with the benefits to playing football.
Industry Analysis: Unmanned Aerial Systems
Authors: Spencer Darren
Published: January 2019

According to Michael Kratsios, Deputy US Technology Officer, and Executive Assistant of President, UASs will contribute to 100,000 new jobs and provide nearly $80 Billion in economic impact in the United States over the next decade, but "errant use poses unique safety and technological challenges" (Kratsios, 2018). It is these two opposing potential results that pit the advocates for fully integrating UASs into the National Airspace System against those that warn for caution and separation. The profit potential of being the market leader in a new industry clashes with an already established manned system that is recovering from years of losses following September 11, 2002, and regulatory agencies whose mission is the safe and efficient utilization of airspace, particularly of existing manned aviation, clashes with users who want unrestricted and free access at any time and may not necessarily understand the regulatory environment of the complex airspace system they want to occupy. UAS sales are growing irrespective of this, with sales doubling annually from 2013 to 2017, reaching an estimated 2.4 million units sold in the US in 2017 (Scott, 2017) (Meola, The Rise of the Drone Industry, 2017).
Impact of 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act on UASs
Authors: Spencer Darren
Published: January 2019

The commercial unmanned aircraft industry exists in a rapidly evolving and uncertain environment, with a multitude of well-established, well-financed stakeholders in associated industries each vying to influence that environment. Although influence can come in many forms, Congress holds the ultimate power, and gives agencies like the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) a recurring authorization to regulate air travel and associated research. On October 5, 2018, this authorization was extended until 2023

In a variety of draft forms since introduced by Senator Schuster in June of 2017, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 grants an additional 5 years to the FAA, and with it a multitude of new directives related to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs). The House and Senate had versions under review for over a year, each with unique amendments that impact UAS operations and address many of the concerns of stakeholders, but not all of them will assist the industry in its efforts to integrate within the National Airspace system with manned traffic. Some like the Department of Homeland Security, local law enforcement agencies, and commercial passenger operators all have differing interests that may slow the growth and integration of UASs. With this final bill, the industry gets the opportunity to operate as it wishes in some areas, but loses some of the freedoms it once had.
Pemanfaatan Ekstrak Rumput Laut Sebagai Pupuk Organik Pada Pertanian Lahan Sempit Di Desa Lepak Lombok Timur
Authors: Ghazali Mursal , Aryanti Evy , Kurnianingsih Rina , Sunarpi Sunarpi
Published: January 2019

Abstrak. Pertanian merupakan sektor yang memiliki peranan yang sangat penting bagi masyarakat Indonesia. Hal ini dikarenakan masyarakat Indonesia sebagian besar memanfaatkan pertanian untuk memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari. Namun setiap tahun luas lahan pertanian terus mengalami penurunan, akibat alih fungsi lahan. Disisi lain, jumlah penduduk terus mengalami peningkatan. Peningkatan jumlah penduduk menumbuhkan kesadaran untuk memanfaatkan lahan yang sempit untuk bercocok tanam. Selain itu, perlu dilakukan upaya untuk penyadaran kepada masyarakat untuk menggunakan pupuk organik ramah lingkungan yang salah satunya ialah penggunaan ekstrak Sargassum sp. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan selama 4 bulan yaitu mulai Agustus sampai dengan November 2017.  Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat dilakukan melalui dua metode yaitu melalui diskusi kelompok dan partisipatif. Pada saat diskusi kelompok disampaikan tentang pemanfaatan lahan pekarangan dan potensi pemanfaatan esktrak Sargassum sp serta penggunaan kotoran ternak kambing sebagai media tana. Sedangkan pada metode partisipatif, masyarakat dibagikan pot percobaan sebagai media tanaman untuk diaplikasikan oleh masyarakat sendiri. Hasil kegiatan pengabdian menunjukkan bahwa masyarakat sangat antusias mengikuti kegiatan diskusi, hal ini disebabkan karena Sargassum sp bukan jenis tumbuhan yang asing, tetapi mereka baru tahu bahwa tumbuhan tersebut dapat dijadikan sebagai pupuk. Selain  itu, hasil pemeliharaan yang dilakukan oleh masyarakat sebagian menunjukkan hasil yang positif dan sebagaian yang lain tidak berhasil. Ketidakberhasilan disebabkan karena banyak faktor diantaranya: dimakan ayam dan kambing. Kata Kunci: Musim Kering, Lahan Sempit dan Sayuran
Challenges and future perspectives for 3D cerebral organoids as a model for complex brain disorders
Authors: Cheah Pike-See , Mason John O. , Ling King Hwa
Published: January 2019

The human brain is made up of billions of neurons and glial cells which are interconnected and organized into specific patterns of neural circuitry, and hence is arguably the most sophisticated organ in human, both structurally and functionally. Studying the underlying mechanisms responsible for neurological or neurodegenerative disorders and the developmental basis of complex brain diseases such as autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease has proven challenging due to practical and ethical limitations on experiments with human material and the limitations of existing biological/animal models. Recently, cerebral organoids have been proposed as a promising and revolutionary model for understanding complex brain disorders and preclinical drug screening.
Analisis SWOT Pada Penerapan Kantor
Authors: Adhawiyah Rabiatul
Published: January 2019

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[Радиохимические микрореакторы/лаборатории на чипе на основе сцинтилляторов с разным квенчинг-фактором и специфических шифтеров с отличными спектральными характеристиками переизлучения]
Authors: Gradov Oleg
Published: January 2019

Существенной проблемой для многих радиохимических исследований в гетерогенных системах является позиционно-чувствительный имэджинг, т.е. качественная визуализация и количественное картирование образца по критериям совокупности дескрипторов радиоизотопной эмиссии. Данная проблема возникает как в физико-химических работах, так и в биохимии (в случае радиоавтографии клеток тканей с использованием радиотимидина и других меток), геохимической и изотопной минералогии и радиационном материаловедении металлов и сплавов, а также в радиофармакологических изысканиях. Нами в 2010 г. было предложено создание специфических для различных типов энергетических характеристик излучения «лабораторий на чипе / микрореакторов», гибридизующих в себе концепты конструктива детектирующих устройств, радиохимической микрофлюидики, систем для культивации на чипе и поддержания биохимических процессов. Созданные системы являются, своего рода, «спинтарископами» на чипе, так как в ряде режимов с охлаждением способны считать одиночные фотоны. Принципы их действия базируются на локальной (в пределах 1.34-10 мкм) конверсии эмиссии излучающих областей в оптический сигнал с помощью пластиковых ячеистых тонкослойных сцинтилляторов с различным квенчинг-фактором и, в ряде случаев, шифтеров с разным спектральным переизлучением. После этого происходит преобразование оптического сигнала в электрический с помощью КМОП, расположенной в платформе лаборатории на чипе / микрореактора. В дополнение к данной технологии существует возможность верификации точек эмиссии по вторичным признакам с использованием картриджей отличного от сцинтилляторов принципа действия, детектирующих колокализацию методом первичного преобразования фотометрического / денситометрического сигнала, фиксируемого КМОП с позиционной чувствительностью, или неоптических, но доступных для преобразования в оптический сигналов. Так, для множества экзотермических процессов возможно преобразование жидкокристаллическим термоиндикационным конвертером с наложением на карту радиохимической эмиссии, а для радиометаллографии магнитных сплавов – визуализация поля с использованием магнитопленочных / магнитооптических преобразователей.
[Multiparametric multivariate patch-clamp-spectroscopy as a method for plant signaling characterization and complementary systematic descriptor for biochemical taxonomy and biogeographic biochemical plant signaling mapping based on correlational phenospectal auxanometry]
Authors: Gradov Oleg
Published: January 2019

Градов, О. В. Многофакторная патч-кламп-спектроскопия как метод характеризации сигнальных систем растений и источник комплементарных систематических дескрипторов для биохимической таксономии с привязкой к биогеографическим картам и феноспектральной ауксанометрии. In Сигнальные системы растений: от рецептора до ответной реакции организма (2016), Изд-во Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета СПб, pp. 79–81. =[Multiparametric multivariate patch-clamp-spectroscopy as a method for plant signaling characterization and complementary systematic descriptor for biochemical taxonomy and biogeographic biochemical plant signaling mapping based on correlational phenospectal auxanometry]
[Chromatographic auxanometry and GC-MS-auxanometry in forest plant species vegetation phenological monitoring based on flavor and gas chemistry principles with automatic pattern recognition (climatic, meteorological, taxonomic and phenospectral)]
Authors: Gradov Oleg
Published: January 2019

Gradov O. V. Chromatographic auxanometry and GC-MS-auxanometry in forest plant species vegetation phenological monitoring based on flavor and gas chemistry principles with automatic pattern recognition (climatic, meteorological, taxonomic and phenospectral) // Optimization and Protection of Ecosystems. Simferopol: TNU, 2014. Iss. 10. P. 30–45. [Градов О. В. Хромато-ауксанометрія і хромато-мас-ауксанометрія у фенологічному стадійному моніторингу лісових порід на основі флейво- та газохімічних принципів з автоматичною динамічною ідентифікацією патернів (таксономічних, метеоролого-кліматичних і феноспектральних // Экосистемы, их оптимизация и охрана. — 2014. — Т. 10, № 29. — С. 30–45].
[Multiparametric mapping of soils and soil microbioms using underground lab-on-a-chip devices]
Authors: Gradov Oleg
Published: January 2019

Градов О.В. МНОГОФАКТОРНОЕ ФИЗИКО-БИОХИМИЧЕСКОЕ КАРТИРОВАНИЕ МИКРОБИОМА ПОЧВЫ МЕТОДОМ МОНИТОРИНГОВЫХ ЭКСПОЗИЦИЙ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ НА ЧИПЕ В МИКРОТОННЕЛЬНЫХ УСТРОЙСТВАХ «Актуальные аспекты современной микробиологии», cc. 114-116, 2012
[Laser cryoscopic osmometry of Polychaeta species in environmental model marine-biogeochemical media]
Authors: Gradov Oleg
Published: January 2019

Орехов, Ф. К., and Градов, О. В. Спектральная и спектрозональная лазерная криоскопическая видео-миллиосмометрия – техники контроля осмотического анабиоза полихет в неспецифических солевых средах. In ЭКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНАЯ И ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКАЯ БИОФИЗИКА ‘15 (2015), Пущино, p. 149.
Pendidikan Karakter Untuk Anak Usia Dini
Authors: D Sri Wahyuni , NURHAKIKI  , Womal Anggraeni
Published: January 2019

Pendidikan anak usia dini merupakan bentuk pendidikan yang fundamental dalam kehidupan seorang anak dan pendidikan pada masa ini sangat menentukan keberlangsungan anak itu sendiri juga bagi suatu bangsa. Pendidikan karakter merupakan tahapan penting bagi perkembangan seorang anak, bahkan suatu hal yang fundamental bagi kesuksesan perkembangan pembentukan karakter selanjutnya. Oleh karena itu, seorang guru tidak boleh mengabaikan kehadiran anak usia dini demi kepentingan masa depan bagi generasi penerus. Seorang guru dituntut untuk memahami karakteristik anak usia dini, arti pentingnya belajar bagi anak usia dini, tujuan belajar bagi anak usia dini, dan kegiatan belajar bagi anak usia dini. Pembentukan karakter anak usia dini bisa dilakukan memalui kegiatan rutin, kegiatan terprogram, kegiatan spontan, dan keteladanan. Pendidikan karekater direncanakan secara matang oleh stakeholders, sebagai think-thank , baik para pakar karakter (akhlak), tokoh masyarakat, kepala sekolah, guru-guru, dan orang tua murid. Pendidikan karakter ini harus memperhatikan nilai-nilai secara holistik dan universal. Keberhasilan pendidikan karakter dengan keluaran menghasilkan peserta didik yang memiliki moral luhur dan dinamis sehingga menghasilkan warga negara yang baik.
Religiosity As a Moderator between Income and Happiness
Authors: Mabaso Nkosingiphile
Published: January 2019

Does religiosity act as a buffer to all negative life circumstances? To explore this question, I study the relationship between income and happiness and I analyze the effect religiosity has on this relationship. I propose that income will have a bigger impact on the happiness of those who are non- or less religious compared to those who are very religious. The very religious believe that tough times are tests and they believe that God will, in due season, bless them too. This helps them stay happy and hopeful, even if they are not living in the best conditions. I use the General Social Survey, face-to-face interviews with adults (18 years and older) living in U.S. households, of 2016. I analyze the responses of 1,569 respondents. Consistent with existing research, income is significantly and positively correlated with happiness. However, the correlation between happiness and income is greater among those who are non- or less religious than among those who are very religious. The results confirm that religiosity acts as a buffer to negative life circumstances.
The Geography and Equity of Crowdsourced Public Participation for Active Transportation Planning
Authors: Griffin Greg , Jiao Junfeng
Published: January 2019

Transportation planners increasingly use new forms of online public participation alongside traditional in-person approaches, including crowdsourcing tools capable of encouraging geographically specific input. Digital involvement may be particularly valuable in exploring methods to plan at a megaregional scale. Research is beginning to address digital inequalities, recognizing that broadband and smartphone access may restrict opportunities for disadvantaged groups. However, the geography and equity of participation remain pragmatic issues for practice and research. This paper reviews the geography and equity of the participation methods in Austin, Texas for active transportation (bicycling and pedestrian) through three approaches to co-produce informed plans: in-person meetings, public participation geographic information system (PPGIS), and an emerging smartphone platform that logs trips and encourages input on route quality. In addition to spatial analysis with standard deviational ellipses, we include qualitative case analysis to contextualize the geographic and equity implications of different participation approaches. Results show that both online techniques resulted in a larger geography for participation than in-person meetings, with the regional PPGIS covering the most area. However, review of the income levels in each area shows that use of the smartphone-based crowdsourcing platform was aligned with lowest-income areas. This study shows that online participation methods are not homogeneous regarding geography or equity. In some contexts, smartphone applications can help reach lower-income communities, even when compared with in-person meetings. Crowdsourcing tools can be valuable approaches to increase geography and equity of public participation in transportation planning.
Crowdsourcing Bicycle Volumes: Exploring the role of volunteered geographic information and established monitoring methods
Authors: Griffin Greg , Jiao Junfeng
Published: January 2019

The recent interest in performance measures and new bicycle infrastructure development has triggered rapid advancements in monitoring methods for active transportation, but comprehensive monitoring programs for the bicycle mode are far from ubiquitous. This study evaluates the use of GPS survey data and a new crowdsourced volume dataset that may offer promise to extend the reach of limited counting programs. The authors integrated count data from 5 separate trail locations in Austin, Texas, with a previous survey using the CycleTracks smartphone app, and a new data product derived from a larger-scale use of the Strava fitness app. New crowdsourced methods offer prospect to expand the relative time and geography of bicycle traffic monitoring, but do not currently offer many other attributes about trips obtainable from other methods. Further studies involving the combination of high-accuracy monitoring points with crowdsourced datasets may improve the efficiency of monitoring programs over large areas.
The Limits of Commercialized Censorship in China
Authors: Miller Blake
Published: January 2019

China is considered to have the world's most technologically sophisticated and extensive systems of information control. However, during critical moments like the 18th Party Congress, Li Wenliang's death, and the 2022 White Paper Protests, these systems have failed, occasionally leading to anti-regime collective action. Why does highly sensitive content persist on Chinese social media platforms despite state efforts to censor it? Analyzing novel leaked internal data from social media platform Sina Weibo, I find that profit-motives and low capacity of private media platforms often subvert the information control agenda of state actors. Moreover, fragmentation of media regulation in China allows platforms to disobey, delay, or selectively comply with agencies that have stronger enforcement capabilities. This paper contributes to scholarship on media control in China by uncovering how principal-agent problems arising from delegation to private social media platforms impacts the state's capacity to carry out its information control agenda.
Are exercise referral schemes associated with an increase in physical activity? Observational findings using individual patient data meta-analysis from The National Referral database
Authors: Rowley Nikita , Steele James , Wade Matthew , Copeland Robert J. , Mann Steven , Liguori Gary , Horton Elizabeth , Jimenez Alfonso
Published: January 2019

Background: Exercise referral schemes (ERSs) within clinical populations offer inactive individuals the opportunity to increase physical activity levels over the length of scheme. Schemes are also intended to support the treatment of specific health conditions of medically referred individuals through increased physical activity behaviours. The extant literature concerning the impact of exercise referral on physical activity levels is inconsistent. It is of interest researchers, policy makers, commissioners and practitioners to to consider broadly whether meaningful change in physical activity levels are observed in people who undergo exercise referral, to identify potential effective policy actions in supporting active living. Purpose: To examine if ERSs increase physical activity levels in a large cohort of individuals throughout England, Scotland and Wales from The National Referral Database. Method: Data were obtained from 5246 participants from 12 different referral schemes. Average age was 53±15 years and, 68% of participants were female. Participants self-reported International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) scores pre- and post- scheme, to determine if exercise referral had any impact on change in physical activity levels. Two stage individual patient data meta-analysis was performed on the both pre-ERS, and change scores, (i.e. post- minus pre-ERS scores) for MET-minutes/week calculated from IPAQ. Analyses were conducted on the continuous data collected using the IPAQ. Results: For pre-ERS MET-minutes/week the estimate and 95%CI from random effects model was 676 MET-minutes/week [539 to 812 minutes]. For change in MET-minutes/week the estimate and 95%CI from random effects model for was an increase of 540 MET-minutes/week [396 to 684 minutes]. Significant heterogeneity was evident among the schemes (I2 > 80%). Changes in total PA levels occurred as a result of increases in vigorous activity of 17 minutes [95%CI 9 to 24 minutes], increases in moderate activity of 29 minutes [95%CI 22 to 36 minutes], and reductions in sitting of -61 minutes [95%CI -78 to -43 minutes], though little change in walking (-5 minutes [95%CI -14 to 5 minutes]). Conclusion: Observation of participants undergoing ERSs suggests that most are already ‘moderately active’ upon entering an ERS. Changes in physical activity behaviour associated with ERS participation were varied and primarily facilitated by increased moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and reduced sitting. However, this was not sufficient to result in IPAQ categorical change and participants where thus on average still classed as ‘moderately active’. Further work is required to ensure ERSs are implemented to targeting the appropriate populations where they may result in the greatest benefit.
Formation of Eastern Christian civilization (religious context)
Authors: Demchuk R. V.
Published: January 2019

At one time, A.J.Toynby regarded as civilizations of the "third generation" three civilizations that were formed during the transition from the Old City to the Middle Ages on the basis of the sociocultural, in particular, the religious, property of the ancient and Middle Eastern peoples: Western Christianity, Eastern Christianity, and Muslim. The first two, as is known, had two spiritual Christians, which resolutely differed only in the middle of the XI century. But at the civilization level, the distinction between the East Christian and Western Christian worlds began with the final antiquity.
The problem of sex in the religions of the Abrahamic tradition
Authors: Nedzelska N.
Published: January 2019

The paradox of the existence of the species Homo sapiens is that we do not even know: Who are we? Why are we? Where did you go from? Why? At all times - from antiquity to our time - the philosophers touched on this topic. It takes an important place in all religions of the world. These eternal questions include gender issues. In the religious systems of the religions of the Abrahamic tradition there is no single answer to the question of which sex was the first person. Recently, British scientists have even tried to prove that Eve is 84 thousand years older Adam
Sociology of Religion
Authors: Babiy Mykhailo
Published: January 2019

The sociology of religion is an important disciplinary form of religious knowledge. It has a well-defined subject field - a specific set of interrelated problems in the plane "religion - society - man" exposed to sociological reflection.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the context of Uniate Churches
Authors: Madey N. M.
Published: January 2019

Throughout history, the nature of the UGCC is at the center of the attention of researchers. Until now, they are divided into "Westerners" - supporters of Romanization of the church, that is, its purely Catholic nature, and "Byzantines" - those who defend its eastern rite. In addition, the study of the history of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church can be divided into two groups: negativist works (in particular, Orthodox or similar to Soviet historiography) and apologetic works (Catholic, in particular, Ukrainian Catholic historiography). The first group is primarily represented by the works of Ukrainian Soviet historians of the postwar period, which have very well-known names: "Unia: the path of betrayal and disgrace", "UniCity - an instrument of clerical anti-communism", "Uniate Church - enemy of the Ukrainian people", "The reactionary role of the union in the history of Ukrainian people "etc. Of course, the significance of such ideologically exacerbated "research" as a scientific development is doubtful. They have, if not scientific, but rather a journalistic character.
In Chernivtsi religious scholars
Authors: Kolodnyi Anatolii M.
Published: January 2019

The Chernivtsi branch of the UAR is one of the most dynamic in Ukraine among the oblast associations of religious scholars. Particular attention was paid to the formation of the cell itself. It included not only teachers-religious scholars of Chernivtsi universities, but also students of the religious-religious department of the philosophical and theological faculty of the Yu.Fedkovych University. Among the members of the cell are theologians, public servants. We also have 6 candidates of sciences and 6 candidates of theology.
Thesis defended in 2000 in the Specialized Academic Council D 26.161.03
Authors: Of the Journal Editorial board
Published: January 2019

Thesis defended in 2000 in the Specialized Academic Council D 26.161.03
Mekong Delta floating market – cultural features of Vietnamese people in the South of Vietnam
Authors: Ngo Le Van
Published: January 2019

Vietnamese people, in the process of conquering the new land – Mekong Delta, joined other ethnic minorities of Vietnam blood in not only turning the land once uncultivated into fertile plains, into granaries of the whole country, but also created a cultural complex on the basis of inheriting traditional cultural values. The process of territorial expansion, sovereignty establishment, sovereignty enforcement and sovereignty protection is a process of adaptation and creativity of the Vietnamese in the new environment. It was the process of co-existence and conquest of the new land that formed the Southern culture with disparities in comparison with other cultural areas in Vietnam, which the researchers call "rural civilization", "river civilization". When it came to talking to the South, river areas were always mentioned. The communities there knew how to effectively exploit the elements of water not only to make their own cultural features, but also to contribute to socio-economic development. "Floating" markets were closely associated with the activities of "commerce on river" – an economic activity deeply engraved with the stamp of a cultural region which moulded the own specific culture of the South. Our paper presents the floating market in the Mekong River delta – cultural characteristics of the Vietnamese in the South of Vietnam.
From frontier military post to Hong Ngu district-level town
Authors: Do Truong Kim
Published: January 2019

Hong Ngu Town is currently the only town of Dong Thap Province. Place name Hung Ngu dates back from early times and was officially recorded in many of Nguyen Dysnasty’s historical records. The place name Hong Ngu originated from Hung Ngu which was the name of the Nguyen Lords’ army troup assigned to guard the border and to collect taxes. The place where the Nguyen Lords’s army troup stationed was named Bao Hung Ngu. The land was garrisoned by the army troup of the same name. Through long-time contact, the land’s name was set as Hung Ngu. For convenience of sound pronunciation, “hung” was pronounced a little bit inclined to “hong”; thereby, “hung ngu” to “hong ngu”. The place name Hung Ngu (now called Hong Ngu) may have been formed in the late 18th Century or the early 19th Century. Bao Hung Ngu troup originally stationed at Rach Doc Vang rivulet mouth (at Thanh Binh rural district), then moved to the lower shore of Hiep An river, now is the Mekong resort of Dong Thap Tourist Company. Over 200 years, Hong Ngu constantly developed. It took 85 years sharp for the frontier military post in the Nguyen Lords’ times to become an administrative unit at rural district level (1029); now it has been the district-level town of the province for 5 years (2009-2014). The paper points out the continuity of the formation and development process as mentioned above. Hong Ngu continues to rise to become an urban area and the clue of an economic focal point of the North of Dong Thap Province, and towards the near future, a city in the sea area.
Types of characters in the Southern Vietnam novels in the late 19th century and early 20th century
Authors: Pham Hung Manh
Published: January 2019

From the perspective on the forms, characters play an important role in the creation of structures and narrative discourses in the novels. In this paper, we propose to study the characters in the Southern Vietnam novels toward types of characters in the roles of action. Through the roles of action, we could see the content of the narrative, and more importantly, be able to discover the trends of thought, the key inspiration in the Southern Vietnam novels in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Metaphors and cultural models
Authors: Nguyen Thu Thi Kieu , Bach Hien Thi Thu
Published: January 2019

Conceptual metaphors have long been believed to be formed in human minds and yet grounded in physical and cultural experience. The article aims at elaborating on the cultural aspect of the issue by clarifying the role of cultural models. The culturally specific aspect of metaphors have shed light on the incongruence between sets of metaphorical expressions of different languages, hence different cultural models despite the common physical experience of human body. One illustration from Ning Yu’s study about the differences between Chinese ‘xin’ and its English counterparts ‘heart/ mind’ confirms the claim that ‘metaphors are grounded in bodily experience but shaped by cultural understanding’. Another illustration is an analysis of Vietnamese versus English metaphors of heart, which also leads to confirmation of cultural factors in the forming of conceptual metaphors.
Demand Supply Oriented Taxi Suggestion System for Vehicular Social Networks with Fuel Charging Mechanism
Authors: C Selvi , D Keerthana
Published: January 2019

Data mining depends on large-scale taxi traces is an important research concepts. A vital direction for analyzing taxi GPS dataset is to suggest cruising areas for taxi drivers. The project first investigates the real-time demand-supply level for taxis, and then makes an adaptive tradeoff between the utilities of drivers and passengers for different hotspots. This project constructs a recommendation system by jointly considering the profits of both drivers and passengers. At last, the qualified candidates are suggested to drivers based on analysis. The project also provides a real-time charging station recommendation system for EV taxis via large-scale GPS data mining. By combining each EV taxi’s historical recharging actions and real-time GPS trajectories, the present operational state of each taxi is predicted. Based on this information, for an EV taxi requesting a recommendation, recommend a charging station that leads to the minimal total time before its recharging starts.
Big Data Anonymization in Cloud using k-Anonymity Algorithm using Map Reduce Framework
Authors: Raj Anushree , G L D'Souza Rio
Published: January 2019

Anonymization techniques are enforced to provide privacy protection for the data published on cloud. These techniques include various algorithms to generalize or suppress the data. Top Down Specification in k anonymity is the best generalization algorithm for data anonymization. As the data increases on cloud, data analysis becomes very tedious. Map reduce framework can be adapted to process on these huge amount of Big Data. We implement generalized method using Map phase and Reduce Phase for data anonymization on cloud in two different phases of Top Down Specification.
Improvement of Privacy and Security in Hybrid Cloud with Attribute Group Based Access Control
Authors: S Kayalvili , V Sowmitha
Published: January 2019

Cloud computing enables users to accumulate their sensitive data into cloud service providers to achieve scalable services on-demand. Outstanding security requirements arising from this means of data storage and management include data security and privacy. Attribute-based Encryption (ABE) is an efficient encryption system with fine-grained access control for encrypting out-sourced data in cloud computing. Since data outsourcing systems require flexible access control approach Problems arises when sharing confidential corporate data in cloud computing. User-Identity needs to be managed globally and access policies can be defined by several authorities. Data is dual encrypted for more security and to maintain De-Centralization in Multi-Authority environment.
A Hybrid Approach to Gender Classification using Speech Signal
Authors: Pir M. Yasin , Wani Mohamad Idris
Published: January 2019

Speech forms a significant means of communication and the variation in pitch of a speech signal of a gender is commonly used to classify gender as male or female. In this study, we propose a system for gender classification from speech by combining hybrid model of 1-D Stationary Wavelet Transform (SWT) and artificial neural network. Features such as power spectral density, frequency, and amplitude of human voice samples were used to classify the gender. We use Daubechies wavelet transform at different levels for decomposition and reconstruction of the signal. The reconstructed signal is fed to artificial neural network using feed forward network for classification of gender. This study uses 400 voice samples of both the genders from Michigan University database which has been sampled at 16000 Hz. The experimental results show that the proposed method has more than 94% classification efficiency for both training and testing datasets.
Evaluating the Impact of Routing Protocol on VANET
Authors: Thakre Narayan , Verma Sameeksha , Chouksey Amit
Published: January 2019

Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) are self-organizing, self-healing networks that offer wireless communication among vehicles and roadside equipment. Providing safety and comfort for drivers and passengers is a promising goal of those networks. Designing an applicable routing protocol according to the network application is one among the essential necessities for implementing a victorious vehicular network. In this paper, we tend to report the results of a study on routing protocols associated with conveyance applications and their communication desires. The main aim of our study was to spot that routing technique has higher performance in extremely mobile environment of VANET. The thesis works is based on comparison between Ad hoc on demand Distance Vector routing protocol (AODV), Modified Ad hoc on demand distance vector routing (MAODV) and Destination sequenced distance vector routing (DSDV) in VANET on the basis of packet delivery ratio and end-to-end delay. The tool which we used for the work of performance is Network Simulator 2 (NS-2).