bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Participatory geographic information systems use in Copan Ruinas, Honduras: the development and evaluation of an environmental restoration public participatory Geographic Information System project
Authors: Johnson James M.
Published: July 2019

Sustainable development is the challenge of the 21st century, and public administration will play a part in finding new ways of meeting human needs within the constraints of natural resource systems. The nature of sustainable development has led to expanded forms of governance and new partnerships among non-governmental organizations (NGOs), non-profits, and governments at all levels. This paper examines a participatory geographic information system project being developed in Copan Ruinas, Honduras and its effect on the community stakeholders. pecifically, the participatory geographic information system project will focus on the development of a geodatabase and usable maps that integrate: small-scale (less than five hectares on average) agroforestry projects, and highland habitat restoration projects. During this research, we will focus on the geographic information system project, public participation and how the project meets the standards of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) pillars of participation and core values.
A Evolução da Paisagem nas Áreas de Mineração no Município de Santos, Litoral Sul do Estado de São Paulo
Authors: Bérgamo Técia Regiane , De Oliveira Regina Célia
Published: July 2019

O termo paisagem apresenta uma variação conceitual dentro da ciência geográfica. Neste trabalho abordaremos o enfoque antropogênico a respeito dos problemas das modificações e transformações ocorridas na paisagem devido às atividades de mineração no município de Santos. A mineração consiste numa atividade essencial para o progresso e desenvolvimento econômico. No entanto a atividade apresenta diversos impactos levando a alteração e a degradação da paisagem. O presente trabalho busca realizar uma leitura da paisagem, verificando as mudanças temporais ocorridas desde a década de 1960 aos dias atuais nas áreas de mineração, buscando identificar o estado de desenvolvimento das modificações graduais ocorridas ao longo do período, propondo assim, uma reflexão a respeito do desenvolvimento sustentável das atividades de mineração existentes no município de Santos. A leitura comparativa entre as imagens de satélite de escalas temporais diferentes foi realizada por meio do NDVI (Índice de Vegetação por Diferença Normalizada) dos anos de 1986 e 2017. A aerofoto do ano de 1962 mostra o processo de ocupação, porém os resultados comparativos do NDVI dos anos de 1986 e 2017 demonstraram uma recuperação natural da área.  A esse processo natural, cabe a discussão sobre capacidade da área degradada em retornar a condição estável em conformidade com os valores ambientais, estáticos e sociais do entorno.
Servicio de mapoteca virtual de la Escuela de Ciencias Geográficas, Universidad Nacional.
Authors: Orozco-Montoya Ricardo , Cedeño-Montoya Bepsy
Published: July 2019

Desde el 2007, la Escuela de Ciencias Geográficas (ECG) de la Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA) ha apoyado una actividad académica denominada “Servicio de mapoteca virtual para la incorporación de las TIC en las actividades académicas”. Sin embargo, el rápido avance de las herramientas para la publicación de información geográfica en la Web, la consolidación de la Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de Costa Rica (IDECORI) y del Sistema Nacional de Información Territorial (SNIT) como portal de datos geográficos oficiales, últimos dos puntos liderados por el Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) del Registro Nacional de Costa Rica, ha obligado a que se reoriente el quehacer de la Mapoteca Virtual.. En este trabajo se presenta la nueva propuesta que guiará el desarrollo de la plataforma de Mapoteca Virtual, con lo que se busca ofrecer acceso a datos geográficos generados en la UNA, iniciando con la Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra y el Mar (FCTM), y otros disponibles mediante alianzas estratégicas (como el convenio suscrito con la Dirección General del Archivo Nacional para la publicación de mapas históricos), aplicando ahora los estándares definidos por IDECORI.
Unidades de paisaje locales en el noreste de Michoacán, México
Authors: López-Navarro Alexis , Aguilar-Sánchez Genaro
Published: July 2019

El objetivo fue elaborar un mapa de unidades de paisaje combinando un enfoque experto y local, para la planeación del territorio en el  Noreste del Estado de Michoacán. El enfoque experto uso  la metodología de los paisajes físico-geográficos,  obteniendo unidades  del paisaje, las cuales fueron  interpretadas por los actores locales, mediante la aplicación de herramientas participativas; donde se aplicaron entrevistas semiestructuradas, transectos en campo; se realizaron mapas mentales, y se emplearon los Sistemas de Información Geográficos. Se obtuvo  que ambos enfoques tienen diferencias contrastantes. Por un lado, el enfoque experto define las unidades de paisajes por rasgos biofísicos; en cambio, las personas mediante el conocimiento que tienen, reconocen los atributos y delimitan las unidades de paisaje, por los usos del suelo que les dan. Se concluye, que es importante del uso de métodos híbridos para el estudio de las prácticas comunitarias en el manejo de los recursos de uso común.
Caracterización Sismotectónica de México
Authors: Cotilla-Rodríguez Mario Octavio , Córdoba-Barba Diego , Núnez-Cornú Francisco Javier
Published: July 2019

México es una Región Sismotectónica activa, mayoritariamente en la placa continental de Norteamérica y tiene los 2 tipos de sismicidad (entreplacas y de interior de placa). La estructura jerárquica contiene 3 Provincias Sismotectónicas (Norte-Occidental, Occidental y Centro-Oriental), en ellas hay 11 Unidades Sismotectónicas y en éstas se localizan las zonas sismogenéticas. Estas últimas están segmentadas. La Provincia Occidental es la de más nivel y donde se encuentra el contacto de las placas convergentes.
Monitoreo de la producción de caña panelera mediante herramientas de SIG y teledetección, años 2016-2017, Mérida, Venezuela
Authors: Guillén-García Carlos Enrique , Mogollón -Rojo Amanda , Dávila-Albarrán Mirian Josefina , Boscán-Árraga Katherina
Published: July 2019

Actualmente, las metodologías de evaluación de la producción agrícola no permiten realizar un seguimiento o monitoreo para conocer con precisión la producción. El estado Mérida-Venezuela aporta al país más de 515.000 TM en rubros agrícolas. Esto dificulta la captación veraz de la información productiva; por lo cual se están empleando alternativas tecnológicas que las subsanen. Se ha monitoreado la Caña panelera (Saccharum officinarum sp) a través de imágenes satelitales Sentinel 2A, del 27/03/2016 y el 01/04/2017; y procesadas con el software QGIS-2.18. Se emplearon registros agrarios para establecer las áreas de entrenamiento y verificación de la clasificación supervisada. Se identificaron 379 ha del cultivo para el 27/03/2016; y 361 ha para el 01/04/2017. Esta evaluación identificó 51,6 % más de la superficie (129 ha) obtenida por instituciones oficiales de Mérida para el año 2016, y se estima que superé en más del 50 % la producción para el año 2017, ya que la institución no había consolidado la información.
HUSSERL'S PHENOMENOLOGY OFMEANING IN THE LOGJCAL INVESTIGATIONS
Authors: De Oliveira Nythamar Fernandes
Published: July 2019

Este artigo procura mostrar que,apesar de emergir de uma visão tradicional emetafísica da linguagem, a teoria husserliana dosignificado enquanto espécie ideal nas mvestigaçõesLógicas não é redutível a urna expressãolingüística de uma adequação essencialista erepresentacional, mas antes enfatiza o papel daintencionalidade, a idealidade da linguagem e ocaráter constitutivo da consciência no preenchimentoda "significação" (Bedeutung).
LEITURA MERLEAU-PONTYANA DA TEORIA FENOMENOLÓGICA DA EXPRESSÃO
Authors: Müller Marcos José
Published: July 2019

A tese de Husserl - segundo a qual,os signos (expressivamente empregados) haveriamde encarnar nossos pensamentos - forneceuo ponto de partida ao projeto merleau-pontyanode restituição "filosófica" de nosso contato com omundo da percepção. Porquanto seriam gestosinstituídos por nosso corpo, os signos (expressivamenteempregados) remeteriam a reflexãofilosófica à experiência sensível e, conseqüentemente,ao mundo da percepção revelado por essaexperiência. Mais do que isso, os signos (expressivamenteempregados) esclareceriam a origemsensível dos pensamentos. O que acabaria porsuspender a própria tese fenomenológica de queos pensamentos seriam o desdobramento dosatos de uma consciência pura. A interpretaçãomerleau-pontyana da teoria fenomenológica daexpressão mostrou que, tal como ôs pensamentos,a consciência de nós mesmos seria tributáriada experiência sensível.
LIBERDADE E PRESCIÊNCIA EM OCKHAM
Authors: Estêvão José C.
Published: July 2019

Nos escritos políticos de Guilhenne de Ockham surge com insistência a noção de líberdade, usada como argumento contra o absolutismo pontificio. A raiz deste conceito encontra-se, porém, nas obras filosófico-teológicas, onde, ao tratar do conhecimento divino dos futuros contincontigentes, o autor afirma que existe uma oposição entre o que afirma a filosofia e o que afinna a teologia a respeito.
TRÊS MARCAS (ESTIGMAS) DE OCKHAM NO PENSAMENTO DE HOBBES (O subsídio ockhamiano ao pensamento Hobbesiano)
Authors: Culleton Alfredo
Published: July 2019

Sempre mais está sendo constatadoque entre Thomas Hobbes e Guilherme de Ockhamexiste uma proximidade que não é apenascircunstancial ou só de palavras. Hobbes dependedos medievais muito mais do que admite. Nopresente trabalho examinam-se três casos deconceitos afins entre os dois autores.
EL PENSAMIENTO DE KANT EN ALGUNAS TEORÍAS RECIENTES DE JUSTICIA SOCIAL
Authors: Bertomeu María Julia
Published: July 2019

Neste artigo, a autora aborda a questão da possibilidade de uma teoria da justiça social que seja compatível com a totalidade do sistema kantiano, examinando diversas posições acerca dessa problemática, seguindo-se a essa parte a exposição de sua própria posição no tocante a essa questão.
Cuando caminar es sufrir y viajar un decir: el dolor de los centroamericanos a su paso por México
Authors: Vázquez Vázquez José Dionicio
Published: July 2019

El objetivo de este artículo es dar a conocer los riesgos y maltratos a los que se han enfrentado los migrantes centroamericanos a su paso por México, que inhiben su objetivo de llegar a los Estados Unidos. Los resultados de investigación más relevantes muestran que policías y pandillas de México han extorsionado y robado a los migrantes centroamericanos. Algunas instituciones que no los apoyaron en su tránsito fueron la Comisión de Derechos Humanos, las iglesias, organismos no gubernamentales y los ministerios públicos. Al mismo tiempo reconocen el apoyo de albergues, y de residentes de algunas localidades de Tlaxcala que no los perciben como un riesgo para la seguridad de sus familias. La metodología empleada tiene un enfoque cualitativo, aplicando la técnica del cuestionario semiestructurado y entrevistas a migrantes centroamericanos y residentes de municipios del estado de Tlaxcala.
An automatic irrigation system for water optimization in the Algerian agricultural sector
Authors: Bouketir O.
Published: July 2019

Abstract. Algeria is a vast country with three climatic types and different water resources. These resources are limited especially in the climatic zone two where most staple crops (e.g. wheat) are cultivated. To manage these water resources efficiently, traditional irrigation systems should be replaced by those based on advanced technological techniques. This paper introduces an irrigation system prototype constructed at the department of Electrical Engineering, University of Setif in Algeria. This prototype allows the control of the amount of water dispensed to the plant according to its soil moisture. The circuit was built around an Arduino microcontroller. A program was developed and burned into the microcontroller which was able to sense the amount of the moisture in the plant soil through a moisture sensor. According to this moisture quantity, the microcontroller is to take decision to on or off a small pump for an optimum time and flow speed. The pump was driven by a direct current motor which was controlled by a pulse width modulation dc chopper. The system is enhanced by a liquid crystal display to inform the operator about the moisture percentage, status of the pump and its speed.
Biotic stress factors in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes under various environmental conditions in Trakia Region
Authors: Öztürk İ.
Published: July 2019

Abstract. Barley is an important crop in Trakia region, Turkey and due to various environmental factors it can suffer some biotic stress and yield loss in the region. This research was carried out in two locations (Edirne and Tekirdağ) of Trakia region during 2013-2014 growing year. The experiment was set up with 25 advanced genotypes in completely randomized blocks with four replications at two locations. Grain yield, plant height, days to heading, leaf rust, net blotch, powdery mildew and relationship among these characters were investigated. According to the results, there was significant difference among genotypes for grain yield, biotic stress factors and other characters. The mean grain yield of the genotypes was 6866 kg ha-1. TEA1619-11 had the highest grain yield with 7667 kg ha-1. TEA2311-19 (7593 kg ha-1) and Harman (7593 kg ha-1) were the other highest yielding genotypes. Due to various environmental conditions, there was significant difference between locations. Mean yield in Edirne location was 7841 kg ha-1 and in Tekirdağ location it was 5891 kg ha-1. TEA1619-8 and TEA1619-9 sister lines had the shortest plant height and early genotypes had higher grain yield. Net blotch (Pyrenophora teres f. teres) is the mainly prevalent disease in Trakya region. Leaf rust and powdery mildew had negative effect and decreased grain yield. TEA1619-12, TEA1619-17, TEA2311-19 and TEA1980-25 genotypes were resistant at both locations. TEA1980-25 was an outstanding line to net blotch, leaf rust and powdery mildew. It was determined that increase of net blotch had negative effect and decreased the grain yield in the genotypes.
Serogroup diversity and antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria meningitidis: Meningococcus infection monitoring in Belarus
Authors: Kharkhal Hanna N. , Titov Leonid P.
Published: July 2019

This study performed an epidemiological survey of Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated from patients and from asymptomatic carriers. Altogether, 74 N. meningitidis strains (46 invasive and 28 non-invasive) were isolated between February 2011 and May 2018 in different regions of the Republic of Belarus. Serogenotyping was carried out by real-time PCR. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of antibiotics were determined by broth microdilution and results were interpreted in accordance with EUCAST. The serogroups of N. meningitidis were determined as follows: serogroup B – 65%, C – 11%, W – 9%, A – 5%, Y – 4%, and Z and NG – 3% each. The MIC50 and MIC90 for benzylpenicillin (0.032/0.064–0.125 mg/L), ampicillin (0.032/0.125 mg/L), amoxicillin (0.125/0.25 mg/L), cefotaxime (0.016/0.016 mg/L), ceftriaxone (0.002/0.016 mg/L), ciprofloxacin (0.004/0.008 mg/L), chloramphenicol (1/1 mg/L), meropenem (0.008/0.008–0.016 mg/L), tetracycline (0.25/0.5 mg/L), and rifampicin (0.016/0.25 mg/L) were established. Strains with intermediate susceptibility for benzylpenicillin (12.3%), ampicillin (6.8%), and amoxicillin (24.7%) have been identified. In this study, we report the first rifampicin-resistant N. meningitidis in Belarus.
Progressive delays in the timing of sardine migration in the southwest Indian Ocean
Authors: Fitchett Jennifer M. , Grab Stefan W. , Portwig Heinrich
Published: July 2019

Phenological shifts represent one of the most robust bioindicators of climate change. While considerable multidecadal records of plant and animal phenology exist for the northern hemisphere, few noteworthy records are available for the southern hemisphere. We present one of the first phenological records of fish migration for the southern hemisphere, and one of the only phenological records for the southwest Indian Ocean. The so-called ‘sardine run’ – an annual winter migration of sardines, northeast of their summer spawning grounds on the Agulhas Bank off the coast of Durban, South Africa – has been well documented in local newspapers given the importance placed on fishing and fishing-tourism in the region. An analysis of the first arrival dates of sardines reveals a 1.3 day per decade delay over the period 1946–2012. Although this phenological shift reveals a poor association with sea surface temperatures (SST), it coincides with a poleward shift in the position of the 21 °C mean annual SST isotherm – the threshold temperature for sardine populations. The timing of sardine arrivals near Durban corresponds closely with the number of mid-latitude cyclones passing over the Durban coastline during the months of April and May. The strength of the run is strongly associated with ENSO conditions. The complex suite of factors associated with this phenological shift poses challenges in accurately modelling the future trajectory for this migratory event.
Significance:

The sardine run, a significant event for tourism and fisheries, is occurring progressively later in the year.
The incidence of failed sardine runs has increased in frequency over the period 1946–2012.
These changes in fish migration phenology coincide with a poleward shift in the position of the 21 °C mean annual SST isotherm.
The strength in the sardine run is strongly associated with ENSO conditions.
Статистические подходы к анализу и моделированию сезонности в демографических данных
Authors: Родионова Лилия Анатольевна , Копнова Елена Дмитриевна
Published: July 2019

Согласно майскому  указу Президента (2018 г.), в число национальных целей и стратегических задач развития РФ на период до 2024 г. входят «обеспечение устойчивого естественного роста численности населения РФ и повышение ожидаемой продолжительности жизни до 78 лет». Возросшая необходимость мониторинга текущей демографической ситуации, изучение структуры демографических показателей, пристальное внимание научного сообщества к реализации национальных целей обусловили выбор темы настоящего исследования.

В работе исследовались проблемы моделирования сезонности демографических показателей РФ (числа рождений, числа умерших, младенческой смертности, числа заключенных браков) по ежемесячным данным Росстата за период 2007-2018 гг. Зарубежные исследования показали, что, наряду с традиционными демографическими методами, ARIMA-модели дают хорошие результаты при прогнозировании демографических показателей (численности населения, уровня рождаемости и смертности, продолжительности жизни населения). Использование статистического подхода на основе SARIMA-моделей в данной работе позволило получить адекватные модели с хорошими статистическими и прогностическими свойствами. Стационарность процессов с учетом сезонности анализировали на основе HEGY-теста. Исследуемые в работе показатели имели ряд особенностей, которые были учтены при моделировании. Ряды числа рождений и числа умерших имели второй и первый порядки интегрируемости соответственно и содержали детерминированную сезонность, ряд числа заключенных браков имел первый порядок обычной и сезонной интегрируемости, ряд младенческой смертности не содержал сезонность, что было подтверждено на основе анализа автокорреляционной функции и периодограммы. Для анализируемых показателей в работе были построены точечные и интервальные оценки прогноза на 2019 г. Для сравнения качества прогнозирования SARIMA-моделей в работе были оценены также сезонные модели Хольта-Уинтерса.
Уровень образования как фактор демографического прогноза
Authors: Щур Алексей Евгеньевич
Published: July 2019

Книга посвящена вопросам прогнозирования численности и структуры населения Земли до конца XXI века. Рассматриваются как технические детали построения подобных демографических прогнозов, так и последствиям различных вариантов прогноза для будущих траекторий развития человечества. Особое внимание авторы уделяют уровню образования населения, важнейшей, по их мнению, составляющей человеческого капитала. При этом, как подчеркивается в книге, образовательная структура населения является не только производной от демографических изменений и скорости «экспансии образования» в различных регионах и странах мира, но и сама оказывает и будет оказывать существенное влияние на демографические процессы; именно в этом кроется ее определяющие значение для населения нашей планеты в XXI веке.
Endovascular treatment in the management of hemoptysis: Single Center Experience and Early Stage Clinical Results
Authors: OĞUZ Şükrü
Published: July 2019

Background and objective: Endovascular treatment for bleeding control in the hemoptysis
was first performed and described in 1970’s. In the present day, bronchial
artery embolization is performed for all degrees of hemoptysis in benign and
malign pathologies. Case series to evaluate patients’ demographics, angiographic
findings, technical success of treatment, and early clinical success were
presented.Material-Methods: Between 2007-2018, the patients with hemoptysis
undergoing angiographic evaluation were included the study in Interventional
Radiology Unite. Patients’ demographics, angiographic findings, technical
success of treatment, and early clinical success were evaluated.Results: Thirty-seven patients who had angiographic pathologic
signs from 47 patients with hemoptysis were treated 91.8 % technical success
(n=34). Early stage clinical success, during the length of hospital stay or the
first month period, was achieved in 31 (91%) patients. The main angiographic
abnormality was parenchymal staining and the first choice agents were polyvinyl
alcohol (PVA) for embolization. There were no complications related to the
procedure. Conclusions: Results suggest that endovascular treatment in
patients with hemoptysis is a safe and an effective approach that supports
current literature.
Make LB agar medium v1
Authors: Institute mediak Gurdon
Published: July 2019

Make LB agar medium.
Point of View in Narrative
Authors: Al-Alami Suhair
Published: July 2019

Point of view in narrative is a focal angle of seeing, hearing, smelling, and sensing the story’s settings, characters, and events. Researchers within the fields of language, linguistics and literature, assert that there are three main types of narrator: first-person, second-person, and third-person. The current paper depicts the three types, highlighting each in terms of aim, use, and potential for narrative effectiveness. Linking the paper to narrative stylistics, aspects and markers of point of view such as locative expression, thought and speech presentation, mind style, dis-narration, and modality are discussed. To examine point of view in narrative through discussing areas of relevance to the topic, the paper sheds light on socio-pragmatic and cognitive dimensions within narrative contexts. Finally, the paper concludes with a number of essential factors for shaping the construct of effective point of view in narrative.
Project-based Language Learning: Email Exchanges between Non-native English Speakers
Authors: Wang Sue
Published: July 2019

his study presents the findings of an email exchange project between Chinese and Korean EFL college students. With the non-native speakers of English far outnumbered the native speakers, it is necessary to investigate the interactions between these non-native speakers whose communication is made possible only through English. 36 Chinese EFL college students participated in this e-pal project with a group of 28 Korean EFL college students. This paper reported the Chinese students’ perceptions and their attitudes towards interactions through email exchange with their non-native counterparts. Implications of using project as an approach in EFL learning and teaching is also discussed.
Improving Upper-intermediate EFL Learners’ Communicative Competence through Authentic Materials
Authors: Keshmirshekan Mohammad Hossein
Published: July 2019

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of authentic materials on enhancing Iranian English as a foreign language learners' communicative competence. To this end, 106 upper-intermediate participants out of 136 were selected based on their performance an Oxford Placement Test (OPT) and randomly assigned to two equal groups- one experimental group and one control group. Then a pre-test was administered to assess the participants' communicative competence at the beginning of the course. Then, the experimental group received the treatment. The control group was taught the course content using the regular communicative method through which students received teacher-course from the textbook. After the treatment, the two groups took the post-test. The data analysis through paired and independent sample t-tests revealed that the experimental group outperformed the control group on the posttest. In other words, teaching authentic materials showed to have a significant effect on improving learners' communicative competence. The implications, limitations, and suggestions of this study are explained at the end of the study.
Modal Operators and Personal Pronouns in Roosevelt’s Inaugural Addresses
Authors: Dou Xiaoli
Published: July 2019

This paper tries to apply the interpersonal function of Halliday’s systemic functional grammar to analyze the interpersonal meanings of modal operators and personal pronouns in Roosevelt’s four inaugural addresses, that is, the dynamic and close relationship between the speaker and the hearers. By means of statistic method and stylistic analysis, this paper takes Roosevelt’s four inaugural speeches as objects of study, and mainly explores the interpersonal meanings of modal operators or linguistic forms so as to bring home Roosevelt’s linguistic techniques and stylistic effects. Roosevelt shows great interest in modal operators and personal pronouns to appeal to his audience’s emotional responses, to strengthen his in-group intimacy, and to convince his audience of his political purposes.
The Implementation of Flipped Classroom Teaching Mode in Basic English Teaching for Tibetan College Students
Authors: Liu Jinfeng
Published: July 2019

For Tibetan college students to learn English, code-switching hinders them because Tibetan, Chinese, as well as English, form a trilingual environment for language learning. To improve such situation, this article studies the implementation of flipped classroom mode which can innovate the traditional teaching mode by fully highlighting the students’ subjectivity as well as stimulating the students’ initiative and enthusiasm.
Is Connie a New Woman on the Way to Happiness?—An Analysis of Connie in Lady Chatterley’s Lover from the Perspective of Feminism
Authors: Wen Ting
Published: July 2019

Lady Chatterley’s Love, the last novel written by David Herbert Lawrence, caused quite a series of controversy in the circle of literary critic and among the readers. The heroine in the novel, Connie, Lady Chatterley, is a key figure to be considered when we interpret this work thoroughly. Connie is still regarded as a brave woman at that time that defies the shackles of old ethics and seeks personal emancipation. Can Connie be counted as a real new woman? Why? This paper attempts to answer this question from the perspective of feminism.
"China English" and ELT in China: Global Vision and Local Spirit
Authors: Jiang Haiyang
Published: July 2019

"China English" is an objective reality, which is an English variety in China. It is different from other varieties such as "Cantonese English", "Chinese Pidgin English", "Chinglish". In China, "China English" needs to be integrated into ELT, which not only helps to make up for the gap in the cultural exchange between China and the West, but also is conducive to the spread of Chinese culture. It is the best English carrier for Chinese culture. Although "China English" is not yet a national variety of English, its importance is self-evident. Meanwhile, it also brings some enlightenment to ELT in China.
Multimodal Discourse Analysis of News Pictures
Authors: Bi Mengyuan
Published: July 2019

Multimodal discourse analysis is the analysis of different symbolic modes within a text, which breaks through many limitations of traditional discourse analysis to a great extent. This paper takes the visual grammar of Kress and Leeuwen as the theoretical framework, which gives a good explanation of the reproducing meaning, interactive meaning and composition meaning of image discourse, which is also suitable for the analysis of news picture discourse. This paper expounds how other symbolic resources interact with each other, so as to construct a complete text with linguistic symbols, and then convey more social interactive meaning. The results show that visual grammar is feasible and operational in the analysis of multimodal news texts. The background and text of news discourse can be effectively supplemented and explained, and it is of great significance to improve readers' pictures’ reading ability.
Cioran, el escepticismo y la elección estilística
Authors: Abad Alfredo
Published: July 2019

La importancia concedida por Cioran al lenguaje y sobre todo al estilo, está configurada a partir de su impronta escéptica. La elección estilística procede de la asimilación de una insustancialidad ontológica que fundamenta la comprensión del lenguaje como substituto de la nada. El artículo enfatiza en la relación estrecha entre el pensamiento y la elección estilística y los especifica en la adopción y rechazo que se generan en el autor en torno a la poesía y la lírica.
Power Control of Single Phase Active Rectifier
Authors: KARAFİL Akif , ÖZBAY Harun
Published: July 2019

The most important feature
of active rectifier circuits is the ability to adjust the power factor and DC
bus voltage, when compared to diode rectifiers. However, odd current harmonics
occur in the grid since hard switching state occurs in the active rectifier
circuit. A filter should be used on the grid side to reduce the current
harmonics. Although there are many types of filters, one of the most suitable
filter types is LCL filter when considering the factors such as cost and size.
In this study, LCL filter design calculation is performed and PSIM simulation
results of active-reactive power controlled LCL filter proportional resonant
(PR) current controlled single phase active rectifier circuit is given. The
system is designed according to the active power of 600 W. Then, by adding reactive
power to the system, it is proved that the power control is carried out
successfully.
Secrecy Analysis of Multi-user Half/Full-Duplex Wireless Bi-directional Relaying Network
Authors: OZDURAN Volkan
Published: July 2019

This paper investigates the physical layer security of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technique. The investigation considers a multi-user untrustworthy half/full-duplex based two-way wireless relay with a finite number of friendly jammers in the system model. According to Monte-Carlo simulation results, the system model that operates in full-duplex mode achieves slightly better secrecy outage performance than the system model that operates in half-duplex mode. The results also show that friendly jammers, besides minimizing the information leakage, degrade the system performance severely and cause system coding gain losses in high signal-to-noise ratios.
Should I Stay, or Should I Go? Revisiting Student Retention Models in Distance Education
Authors: RADOVAN Marko
Published: July 2019

Supporters of distance education highlight the many advantages of online learning as compared to face-to-face education, such as greater openness, diversity of teaching materials, adjustment to student learning styles, the speed of learning, and more. Despite the advantages, the growing number of programs, and the increased acceptance of distance education in national strategies worldwide, distance learning providers are faced with the problem of dropouts. Studies have shown that the dropout rate in distance educational programs is higher than the dropout rate in traditional programs. Understanding of the reasons and determinants behind dropping out of an educational program is a challenging task for educators, researchers, and policy-makers. In this paper, we describe the main characteristics of distance education, and analyze the models that try to describe and prevent students from dropping out of these programs. Our analysis suggests that the circumstances that affect the dropout rate should be considered in the planning and implementation of distance education programs.
An Evaluation of Content Creation for Personalised Learning Using Digital ICT Literacy Module among Aboriginal Students (mLICT-OA)
Authors: MAT SALLEH Nor Syazwani , ABDUL KARIM Aidah , MAT DELI Mazzlida , ABDUL MANAF Siti Zuraida , JZ NUN RAMLAN Noor Fazrienee , HAMDAN Analisa
Published: July 2019

ICT in the Malaysian education system serves as a tool to accomplish the National Education Blueprint 2015-2025. Under this blueprint, privileged groups such as the aborigines or Malaysian aboriginals will be given equal opportunity in education. However, a specific classroom teaching method is required to maintain the aboriginal students’ focus and attention on their learning experiences due to their unique paradigm of learning. This study used the Partial Least Square (PLS) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) tool to examine the factors influencing personalised learning and digital self-learning ICT literacy module. It also measured the impact of personalised learning and digital ICT literacy module among secondary aboriginal students. This study involved 92 aboriginal students who participated in a transferable skills and ICT programme held in a public university in Malaysia. Results show that personalised learning positively supported the use of a digital ICT literacy module as a teaching and learning approach. Therefore, this study suggests that the digital ICT literacy module is an adaptive educational resource for personalised learning to meet the learning needs of aboriginal students.
Prevalence of external and internal lymphedema secondary to head and neck cancer treatment
Authors: Manhas Deep Jyoti , Saraf Aditya , . Arti
Published: July 2019

Background: Patients of head and neck cancer are at risk of developing secondary lymphedema after being treated for head and cancer. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of secondary head and neck (HNL) lymphedema in post treated patients of head and neck cancer (HNC).

Methods: This was a prospective observational study including 48 head and neck cancer patients who were atleast 3 months post treatment. The present study was conducted in the department of ENT, GMC Jammu for a period of 1 year from February 2018 to March 2019.

Results: Forty patients (43.34%)  were males and 8 were females with age ranging from 25 to 82 years. 58.33% patients in our study had some form of lymphedema. Out of these patients, 21.43% had only external lymphedema, 35.71% had only internal lymphedema and 42.86% had combined lymphedema.

Conclusions: Lymphedema should be examined in the patients with head and neck cancer patients.
Perspectivas para projetos com enfoque ecossistêmico em saúde humana:
Authors: Santos Mariana Olívia Santana dos
Published: July 2019

Betancourt, Óscar.; Mertens, Frédéric; Parra, Manuel. Enfoques ecosistémicos en salud y ambiente: aportes teórico-metodológicos de una comunidad de práctica. Quito, Ecuador: Ediciones Abya-Yala, 2016. 295 p. Disponível em http://ecosad.org/phocadownloadpap/nuestros-articulos/libro_de_la_copeh-lac-capitulo-iv-ecosistemas-salud-humana.pdf.
Development of Salt Leached Silk Fibroin Scaffold using Direct Dissolution Techniques for Cartilage Tissue Engineering
Authors: Wibowo Untung Ari , Judawisastra Hermawan , Barlian Anggraini , Alfarafisa Nayla M. , Moegni Karina F , Remelia Melinda
Published: July 2019

Autologous transplantations, the gold standard, did not meet sufficient health tissue coverage area for cartilage damage treatments. The field of tissue engineering offers a promising alternative to fulfill this limitation by growing patient own cells on biomaterials through tissue culture, reconstructed into new cartilage tissue, and the implanted to the injury area. To support tissue regeneration, biocompatible, biodegradable, and high strength silk fibroin (SF) was proposed in this study as scaffold materials. In this research, direct dissolution in CaCl2/formic acid, a faster and simpler process than traditional dissolution techniques, combined with salt leaching technique. SF contents on the scaffold were varied from 2 w/v% to 12 w/v% and NaCl size as porogen was fixed in diameter of 250±58 µm. Evaluation of the SF scaffold’s morphology, hydrophilicity, biodegradability, and biocompatibility were conducted. The results showed porous silk fibroin scaffold had been successfully developed. The SF scaffolds have pore size 261-293 µm with highly interconnected pores. FTIR and XRD analysis of the scaffolds showed the characteristics of silk fibroin, which reveals the Î±-helix amorphous and Î²-sheet crystalline structure and comparable to the silk fibers. The scaffold showed good hydrophilicity and high water uptakes, which essential properties for cell survival. The scaffold degraded under Protease XIV, indicate biodegradable properties. Observation of cell attachment confirms the scaffold has good biocompatibility to adipose-derived stem cells and are suitable to be used in cartilage tissue engineering.
Modeling and Experimental Study of Al-Cu Alloy Sand Casting for Circuit Breaker
Authors: Fellicia Dian Mughni , Hidayat M.I.P. , Rochiem Rochman , Putra L.B. Aditya , Wibisono A. T. , Ramadhani Mavindra
Published: July 2019

Aluminum is a light metal with good electrical conductivity and widely applied for electrical devices. One of its application is the circuit breaker component. The 2xxx series of aluminum alloy has a copper alloying element which increases its mechanical properties and improves quality of electrical conductivity. This research aims to obtain the best gating system design of the circuit breaker mold by ANSYS modeling. This research also is subject to measure the influence of Cu alloying to the rate of electrical conductivity, strength, and hardness in aluminum alloys for circuit breaker application by experimental working. Aluminum is alloyed with variations of 1; 2; 3; 4; and 5% copper addition. Modeling of thermal analysis and structural analysis was calculated by ANSYS Mechanical APDL with a finite element method to find the best design for the sand casting experiments. Chemical composition, metallography, brinnel hardness, tensile, XRD, and electrical conductivity tests were conducted in this study. The highest strength is 59.50 MPa was acquired on Al - 3% Cu while the lowest strength is 37.43 MPa was on Al - 1% Cu alloy. The peak of hardness 48.70 HBN could be drawn at Al - 4% Cu. In the other hand, the dip of it was Al 1% Cu of 25.5 HBN. The last variable, conductivity, has the highest amount as of Al-5C, alloys with a value of 12.88 S / M, which is found on Al-1Cu with a value of 9.30 S/m.
Optimization of Biochemical Systems Production Using Combination of Newton Method and Particle Swarm Optimization
Authors: Ismail Mohd Arfian , Mezhuyev Vitaliy , Darmawan Irfan , Kasim Shahreen , Mohamad Mohd Saberi , Ibrahim Ashraf Osman
Published: July 2019

In the presented paper, an improved method that combines the Newton method with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm to optimize the production of biochemical systems was discussed and presented in detail. The optimization of the biochemical system's production became difficult and complicated when it involves a large size of biochemical systems that have many components and interaction between chemical. Also, two objectives and several constraints make the optimization process difficult. To overcome these situations, the proposed method was proposed by treating the biochemical systems as a nonlinear equations system and then optimizes using PSO. The proposed method was proposed to improve the biochemical system's production and at the same time reduce the total of chemical concentration involves. In the proposed method, the Newton method was used to deal with nonlinear equations system, while the PSO algorithm was utilized to fine-tune the variables in nonlinear equations system. The main reason for using the Newton method is its simplicity in solving the nonlinear equations system. The justification of choosing PSO algorithm is its direct implementation and effectiveness in the optimization process. In order to evaluate the proposed method, two biochemical systems were used, which were E.coli pathway and S. cerevisiae pathway. The experimental results showed that the proposed method was able to achieve the best result as compared to other works.
Local Descriptor Approach to Wrist Vein Recognition with DVH-LBP Domain Feature Selection Scheme
Authors: Fronitasari Dini , Basari - , Gunawan Dadang
Published: July 2019

Local Binary Pattern (LBP) is one of the well-known image recognition descriptors for texture-based images due to its superiority. LBP can represent texture well due to its ability to discriminate and compute efficiency. However, when it is used to describe textures that are barely visible, such as vein images (especially contactless vein), its discrimination ability is reduced, which leads to lower performance. LBP has extensively been implemented for features extraction in recognition system of hand, eye, face, eye, and other images. Nowadays, there are a lot of developments of hand recognition systems as a hand is a part of the body that can be easily used in the recognition process and it is easier to contact the sensor when taking the image (user-friendly). In particular, a hand consists of various parts that can be used, such as palm and fingers. Other parts like dorsal and wrist can also be used as they have unique characteristics, i.e., they are different from each other, and they do not change with ages. Changes in pixel intensity can be derived from skeletal vein images to distinguish individuals in palm vein recognition. In the previous paper, we proposed a method diagonal, vertical, horizontal local binary pattern (DVH-LBP) for implementing the palm vein recognition system successfully. Through this work, we improve our previous procedure and implement the improved method for recognizing wrist. In particular, this study proposes a new and robust directional extraction technique for encoding the functions of the wrist vein in a simple representation of binary numbers. Simulation results show the low equal error rate (ERR) of the proposed technique is 0.012, and the recognition rate is 99.4%.
Isolation and Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria Producing GABA from Indigenous West Sumatera Fermented Food
Authors: Anggraini Lili , Marlida Yetti , Mirzah - , Wizna - , Jamsari - , Huda Nurul
Published: July 2019

The purpose of this study was to isolate and characterize lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from indigenous West Sumatera fermented foods. The aim was to obtain LAB isolates that have the ability to produce Î³-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and to characterize the highest GABA producing LAB. The indigenous West Sumatera fermented foods sampled were dadih (fermented buffalo milk), asam durian (fermented durian), tape singkong (fermented cassava) and ikan budu (fermented fish). The conventional method was used to isolate LAB, after which LAB were screened for Î³-amino butyric acid (GABA) and GABA producing LAB characterized by biochemical tests. A total of 704 isolates were successfully isolated. Five hundred fifty two (552) isolates were identified as LAB and 103 isolates were confirmed as GABA producing LAB. The highest GABA producing LAB was DS15 and produced 49.365 mg/ml of GABA. DS18 produced the least GABA of 3.415 mg/ml. Biochemical assay of DS15 showed that the isolate could grow on the MRSA, undergoes aerobic respiration, do not use lactose, glucose, mannitol, arginine, aesculin, arabinose, raffinose, sorbitol, trehalase and xylose/melezitose. The isolate DS15 was also negative for arginine, nitrate reduction, catalase and oxidase tests. Based on the gram stain reaction, the isolate DS15 was a gram-positive bacterium and could be classified as Lactobacillus sp.
Genetic Diversity of Black and Aromatic Rice Cultivar (Oryza sativa L.) from Various Regions in Indonesia using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Markers (RAPD)
Authors: Sholikhah Ummi , Parjanto - , Handoyo Tri , Yunus Ahmad
Published: July 2019

Indonesia is one of many countries with a high potential for genetic diversity resource of rice plants, both black rice, and aromatic rice. Therefore, the kinship relationship in each cultivar of which results are not influenced by the environment can be determined by molecular methods, one of which is by using RAPD analysis. This research employed 20 RAPD primers and DNA genome materials used in isolation from ten black rice cultivars, and 15 aromatic rice cultivars. The research stage began with a collection of black rice and aromatic rice germ plasma in several regions in Indonesia, seed nursery, DNA isolation, DNA quantity, and quality testing, primary selection, RAPD, running RAPD, and phylogenetic analysis. The objectives of this research were to obtain phylogenetic diversity of black and aromatic rice in this analysis. Twenty RAPD primers used to amplify 10 black rice cultivars and 15 aromatic rice cultivars obtained 180 polymorphic DNA Ribbons, with an average percentage of 89.2%. The genetic diversity of all cultivars analyzed was considerably high. At 84% coefficient, two major groups were obtained: black rice and aromatic rice, divided into eight small groups. The results of the phylogenetic analysis demonstrate high diversity between black rice and aromatic rice. Such a thing can be a first step for selecting rice plants which will be taken as plant parent in the crossbreeding.
Critical Information for Vietnamese Economy Aiming at a Strategic Breakthrough as Approaching the Industry 4.0
Authors: Pham Van Tai
Published: July 2019

Chances, and challenges always are created in the fourth industrial revolution that has never faced in the past. Changing and renewing are necessary unless enterprises will come out of “playground” of the fourth industrial revolution. Currently, the navigational field, which has not been outside the “playground”, has suffered from numerous challenges. Although the possible advantages of marine industry only include the seaport system and government support, the challenges and barriers are the majority. Labor, database management, digital technologies, infrastructures, investment, and customer’s attractions are the existent trials of the maritime field. Improvement and renewing the educational program are compulsory. Furthermore, managing the database effectively is not easy. In Vietnam, the lack of synchronous infrastructures is also the enormous challenges of all industries in general and navigational field in particular. Moreover, the investment and customer attractions play the primary role to exist in the revolution. Some of the aspects of the maritime major in the fourth industrial revolution will be mentioned in the article. Also, supporting from Vietnam government as well as current challenges are thoroughly presented and analyzed to find the solutions for approaching the Industry 4.0. Among emerging challenges, the investment attraction, infrastructures, labor, database management, modern digital technology, and customer attraction may be considered as critical information for Vietnamese economy. Importantly, the challenges are analyzed to reveal that if these challenges can be transformed into the motivations, gaining achievements in 4.0 industrial revolution is not difficulty.