bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Optimal Allocation of Computation and Communication in an IoT Network
Authors: Chopra Abhimanyu , Aydin Hakan , Rafatirad Setareh , Homayoun Houman
Published: December 2018

Internet of things (IoT) is being developed for a wide range of applications from home automation and personal fitness to smart cities. With the extensive growth in adaptation of IoT devices comes the uncoordinated and substandard designs aimed at promptly making products available to the end consumer. This substandard approach restricts the growth of IoT in the near future and necessitates that studies understand requirements for an efficient design. A particular area where IoT applications have grown significantly is surveillance and monitoring. Applications of IoT in this domain are relying on distributed sensors, each equipped with a battery, capable of collecting images, processing images, and communicating the raw or processed data to the nearest node until it reaches the base station for decision making. In such an IoT network where processing can be distributed over the network, the important research question is how much of data each node should process and how much it should communicate for a given objective. This work answers this question and provides a deeper understanding of energy and delay tradeoffs in an IoT network with three different target metrics.
SystemC-AMS Thermal Modeling for the Co-simulation of Functional and Extra-Functional Properties
Authors: Chen Yukai , Vinco Sara , Macii Enrico , Poncino Massimo
Published: December 2018

Temperature is a critical property of smart systems, due to its impact on reliability and to its inter-dependence with power consumption. Unfortunately, the current design flows evaluate thermal evolution ex-post on offline power traces. This does not allow to consider temperature as a dimension in the design loop, and it misses all the complex inter-dependencies with design choices and power evolution. In this article, by adopting the functional language SystemC-AMS (Analog Mixed Signal), we propose a method to enable thermal/power/functional co-simulation. The system thermal model is built by using state-of-the-art circuit equivalent models, by exploiting the support for electrical linear networks intrinsic of SystemC-AMS. The experimental results will show that the choice of SystemC-AMS is a winning strategy for building a simultaneous simulation of multiple functional and extra-functional properties of a system. The generated code exposes an accuracy comparable to that of the reference thermal simulator HotSpot. Additionally, the initial overhead due to the general purpose nature of SystemC-AMS is compensated by the surprisingly high performance of transient simulation, with speedups as high as two orders of magnitude.
Gene expression effects of lithium and valproic acid in a serotonergic cell line
Authors: Balasubramanian Diana , Pearson John F. , Kennedy Martin A.
Published: December 2018

Valproic acid (VPA) and lithium are widely used in the treatment of bipolar disorder. However, the underlying mechanism of action of these drugs is not clearly understood. We used RNA-Seq analysis to examine the global profile of gene expression in a rat serotonergic cell line (RN46A) after exposure to these two mood stabilizer drugs. Numerous genes were differentially regulated in response to VPA (log2fold change ≥ 1.0; i.e., odds ratio of ≥2, at false discovery rate <5%), but only two genes ( Dynlrb2 and Cdyl2) showed significant differential regulation after exposure of the cells to lithium, with the same analysis criteria. Both of these genes were also regulated by VPA. Many of the differentially expressed genes had functions of potential relevance to mood disorders or their treatment, such as several serpin family genes (including neuroserpin), Nts (neurotensin), Maob (monoamine oxidase B), and Ap2b1, which is important for synaptic vesicle function. Pathway analysis revealed significant enrichment of Gene Ontology terms such as extracellular matrix remodeling, cell adhesion, and chemotaxis. This study in a cell line derived from the raphe nucleus has identified a range of genes and pathways that provide novel insights into potential therapeutic actions of the commonly used mood stabilizer drugs.
Ultrathin Bronchoscopy with and without Virtual Bronchoscopic Navigation: Influence of Segmentation on Diagnostic Yield
Authors: Diez-Ferrer Marta , Morales Arturo , Tebé Cristian , Cubero Noelia , López-Lisbona Rosa , Padrones Susana , Aso Samantha , Dorca Jordi , Gil Debora , Rosell Antoni ,   on behalf of the GUIBRO study group
Published: December 2018

Background: Bronchoscopy is a safe technique for diagnosing peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs), and virtual bronchoscopic navigation (VBN) helps guide the bronchoscope to PPLs. Objectives: We aimed to compare the diagnostic yield of VBN-guided and unguided ultrathin bronchoscopy (UTB) and explore clinical and technical factors associated with better results. We developed a diagnostic algorithm for deciding whether to use VBN to reach PPLs or choose an alternative diagnostic approach. Methods: We compared diagnostic yield between VBN-UTB (prospective cases) and unguided UTB (historical controls) and analyzed the VBN-UTB subgroup to identify clinical and technical variables that could predict the success of VBN-UTB. Results: Fifty-five cases and 110 controls were included. The overall diagnostic yield did not differ between the VBN-guided and unguided arms (47 and 40%, respectively; p = 0.354). Although the yield was slightly higher for PPLs ≤20 mm in the VBN-UTB arm, the difference was not significant (p = 0.069). No other clinical characteristics were associated with a higher yield in a subgroup analysis, but an 85% diagnostic yield was observed when segmentation was optimal and the PPL was endobronchial (vs. 30% when segmentation was suboptimal and 20% when segmentation was optimal but the PPL was extrabronchial). Conclusions: VBN-guided UTB is not superior to unguided UTB. A greater impact of VBN-guided over unguided UTB is highly dependent on both segmentation quality and an endobronchial location of the PPL. Segmentation quality should be considered before starting a procedure, when an alternative technique that may improve yield can be chosen, saving time and resources.
Unexpected Progression of Tonsillar Herniation in Two Pediatric Cases with Chiari Malformation Type I and Review of the Literature
Authors: Börcek Alp Özgün , Aslan Ayfer
Published: December 2018

Background: Chiari malformation type 1 (CM-1) is a generally congenital, rarely acquired disease characterized with 5 mm or more displacement of cerebellar tonsils through foramen magnum. Methods: Here, we report about 2 patients with CM-1 progressed in the degree of tonsillar herniation from our clinic, whereas increasing in prolapse of tonsillar herniation after diagnosis is extremely uncommon. Results: The first patient aged 17 years was diagnosed with CM-1 in 2009 and was operated due to progression of 5 mm radiologically and worsening symptoms in 2014. The second 5-month-old patient initially showed just low-settled tonsillar localization at the borderline, then it descended by 2 cm when the patient reached 3 years of age, yet could not be operated because of parents’ objection. Conclusion: Due to lack of reports on increasing tonsillar descent in the literature, these case reports will contribute to natural history and management of CM-1.
A Perfused Microfluidic System to Study the Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells in vitro
Authors: Liu Qingxi , Xing Sijie , Liu Yupeng , Zhang Zijiang , Lv Lihui , Cui Zhanfeng , Li Zhaohui , Ma Wenjian , Zhang Tongcun
Published: December 2018

Introduction: Due to the ability to mimic in vivo cellular microenvironments, the development of multicell culture systems has received increasing interest for use as research models and serving as platforms for drug evaluation. Methods: In this study, we developed a perfused microfluidic system to resemble the in vivo intercellular environment and applied it to study the differentiation from neural stem cells into neurons. Results: As determined by immunofluorescence chemistry and quantitative real-time PCR, the neural stem cells grown in this microfluidic system showed an elevated differentiation rate toward the formation of neurons as determined by the increased level of βIII-tubulin production, which is 4 times higher than that of culturing neural stem cells only. Conclusion: These results revealed that some factors secreted into the intercellular microenvironment by adult neuron cells can stimulate the differentiation of neural stem cells, pointing to the importance of developing multicellular culture systems such as the perfused microfluidic system we report here to better resemble the in vivo situation.
ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ТЕХНОЛОГІЇ DATA MINING ДЛЯ З'ЯСУВАННЯ СУДОВО-МЕДИЧНИХ ЕКСПЕРТНИХ ОСОБЛИВОСТЕЙ НЕНАЛЕЖНОЇ МЕДИЧНОЇ ДОПОМОГИ
Authors: Martseniuk V. P. , Franchuk V. V. , Sverstiuk A. S. , Franchuk O. V.
Published: December 2018

У роботі представлені можливості технології штучного інтелекту Data Mining, зокрема методу індукції дерев рішень, для вирішення спеціальних питань під час судово-медичної експертизи кримінальних проваджень, відкритих проти лікарів у випадках неналежного надання медичної допомоги. На підставі отриманих результатів, обґрунтованих автоматизованою математичною програмою інтелектуальної обробки бази даних, встановлені конкретні судово-медичні експертні особливості неналежної медичної допомоги на прикладі кримінальних справ, порушених проти лікарів-терапевтів.
МЕТОДИ СИСТЕМНОЇ БІОЛОГІЇ В ОЦІНЮВАННІ ГЛОБАЛЬНИХ ПЕРЕБУДОВ КЛІТИННОГО МЕТАБОЛІЗМУ ПРИ ХРОНІЧНИХ ЗАХВОРЮВАННЯХ ОБМІНУ РЕЧОВИН
Authors: Mintser O. P. , Zalisky V. M.
Published: December 2018

Системна біологія дозволяє застосовувати математичні моделі для аналізу великих наборів даних і допомагає здійснювати моделювання динаміки складних біологічних систем. В аналітичному дослідженні обговорюються питання використання системного підходу для просування процесів розвитку персоналізованої медицини в лікуванні хвороб обміну речовин, інсулінорезистентності, ожиріння, неалкогольної жирової хвороби печінки, неалкогольного стеатогепатиту та злоякісних новоутворень. Розглянуто результати інтегрального аналізу великих наборів даних для ідентифікації нових біомаркерних молекул, що є основою персоналізованої терапії. Показано, що кількісний системний аналіз може дати нове уявлення про молекулярні механізми в клітині, сформувати нові концепції організації, координації і регулювання клітинних процесів. Украй необхідна конвергенція експериментального та in silico аналізу як окремих клітинних процесів, так і технологічних мереж. Підкреслюється, що системно-біологічний і системно-медичний аналізи вимагають широкого застосування мультидисциплінарних і трансдисциплінарних підходів, як це було продемонстровано на прикладі секвенування цілих геномів. Запропоновано використовувати багатоступеневу систему математичного моделювання в форматі in silico з оцінюванням вірогідності кожної з ключових подій, що забезпечують виконання каскаду біохімічних реакцій.
ЕКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНО-ТЕОРЕТИЧНІ ПІДХОДИ ДО СТВОРЕННЯ КОМП'ЮТЕРНОЇ ПРОГРАМИ ДЛЯ ВІРТУАЛЬНОГО СКРИНІНГУ СКАВЕНДЖЕРІВ NO В РЯДУ АЗАГЕТЕРОЦИКЛІВ
Authors: Ryzhenko V. P. , Belenichev I. F. , Ryzhov O. A. , Levich S. V.
Published: December 2018

Створення комп'ютерних програм для віртуального скринінгу є актуальним завданням для сучасної фармакології і медицини. У статті показані деякі експериментально-теоретичні підходи до створення комп'ютерної програми для віртуального скринінгу скавенджерів NO в ряду азагетероциклів. Наведено методи оцінки антиоксидантної активності, квантово-механічні та статистичні розрахунки. Розглянуто перспективи і переваги комп'ютерного моделювання активності сполук.
ДО 100-РІЧЧЯ ЗАСНУВАННЯ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ МЕДИЧНОЇ АКАДЕМІЇ ПІСЛЯДИПЛОМНОЇ ОСВІТИ ІМЕНІ П. Л. ШУПИКА
Authors: Вороненко Ю. В. , Бабінцева Л. Ю. , Мінцер О. П. , Плугатир В. М.
Published: December 2018

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Impasses na constituição do sujeito
Authors: Voltolini Rinaldo
Published: December 2018

Editorial
Do caos sensorial às primeiras modalidades de organização psíquica: um estudo a partir da autobiografia da autista Donna Williams
Authors: Bialer Marina Martins , Coelho Júnior Nelson Ernesto
Published: December 2018

No presente artigo enfocamos diversos mecanismos defensivos colocados em ação pela autista Donna Williams. Esses mecanismos fizeram com que ela pudesse sair da etapa inicial de caos sensorial no estado de retraimento autístico, para ir em direção a outras modalidades defensivas muito precoces em termos de desenvolvimento do aparelho psíquico. Enfocamos com destaque um primeiro registro associativo conectado à simultaneidade, que operacionaliza um primeiro modelo organizacional perceptivo anterior à organização representacional.
Projeto, Fabricação e Caracterização de uma Bomba Tesla
Authors: Alonso Diego Hayashi
Published: December 2018

Dispositivos Tesla são compostos de discos rotativos (sem palhetas) que funcionam por efeito da camada limite (i.e., por forças de atrito viscoso atuando no fluido e efeito Coandă). Segundo esse princípio de funcionamento, o fluxo resulta contínuo e não pulsátil. O objetivo deste projeto é projetar, fabricar e caracterizar uma bomba Tesla visando melhorar eficiência e potência. A bomba Tesla tem várias aplicações, porém a eficiência de seu funcionamento é consideravelmente baixa, o que abre espaço para otimização do seu projeto. Este projeto é realizado por meio de otimização do rotor e da voluta da bomba Tesla para operação com um fluido newtoniano em escoamento laminar. O funcionamento da bomba Tesla é simulado usando o Método de Elementos Finitos na plataforma FEniCS e validado com o software ANSYS® CFX. A otimização topológica é implementada na plataforma FEniCS utilizando-se a biblioteca dolfin-adjoint no cálculo de sensibilidades (derivadas) e o algoritmo IPOPT para otimização. São fabricados e caracterizados experimentalmente dois protótipos: um protótipo de bomba Tesla usando CDs (discos de policarbonato usados para armazenamento digital de dados) como os discos do rotor, com o espaçamento otimizado por análise paramétrica; e um protótipo projetado pelo método de otimização topológica (fabricado por meio de manufatura aditiva).
Nicolas Schöffer’s SCAM: An Aesthetic Perturbation in the Urban Field
Authors: Holden Susan
Published: December 2018

In 1973 cybernetic artist Nicolas Schöffer drove his SCAM through the streets of Paris, passing by the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower, creating a curious urban spectacle and highlighting the confrontation between different concepts of urban monumentality that had been at stake in post-World War II European society. Part sculpture, part automobile, the SCAM utilized the cybernetic technique of feedback and Schöffer’s application of it in the aesthetic concept of perturbation, in which light, sound and movement effects were orchestrated to interrupt the increasingly rapid cycles of perceptual saturation that Schöffer associated with modern urban life. The following analysis considers Schöffer’s SCAM in relation to the development of the “space-time” concept in the arts and how the technology of cybernetics suggested a new kind of temporality that complicated the role of art and architecture in defining the urban realm. It also considers the appearance of the SCAM idea in Schöffer’s entry to the Plateau Beaubourg architectural competition and its significance as a counterpoint to the “new monumentality” of the completed Centre Pompidou.
Remnance of Form: Interactive Shadows as Altered Views of Objects
Authors: Leigh Sang-won , Roseway Asta , Paradiso Ann
Published: December 2018

The projective nature of light results in distorted shadows, the remnants of physical forms, no different from any human perception that is governed by subjectivity. This work seeks to widen the gap between the objective world and the perception of it by programmatically altering the association between an object and its shadow. The shadow can transform or be animated, demonstrating a range of personality and emotion. On the other hand, the visual and interaction gestalts of our installation are carefully designed to emulate physical shadows. By juxtaposing the poetic interpretation of the shadow and realistic visuals, we explore the evocation of strong personal connections with an object and its shadow.
The Woman Scientist: Brief Reflections on the Visual Representation of Women
Authors: Oliver Kendra H.
Published: December 2018

From a dropped acknowledgment on a publication to the use of women to popularize specific scientific causes, a deeper exploration of women scientists’ role warrants discussion. Here, the author explores this representation of the woman scientist in visual art, framing the discussion from a multifaceted, cross-disciplinary perspective. Through the perspective of various artist’s reflections, the ArtLab exhibition acts as a launching board enabling continued dialogues surrounding the gender perspectives within the scientific community.
Accelerating Nonnegative Matrix Factorization Algorithms Using Extrapolation
Authors: Ang Andersen Man Shun , Gillis Nicolas
Published: December 2018

We propose a general framework to accelerate significantly the algorithms for nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF). This framework is inspired from the extrapolation scheme used to accelerate gradient methods in convex optimization and from the method of parallel tangents. However, the use of extrapolation in the context of the exact coordinate descent algorithms tackling the nonconvex NMF problems is novel. We illustrate the performance of this approach on two state-of-the-art NMF algorithms: accelerated hierarchical alternating least squares and alternating nonnegative least squares, using synthetic, image, and document data sets.
Can Quotas Increase the Supply of Candidates for Higher-Level Positions? Evidence from Local Government in India
Authors: O'Connell Stephen D.
Published: December 2018

A one-third quota rule for women in local political leadership seats in India increases the number of female candidates who later contest seats in state and national legislatures. This arises from the candidacy of beneficiaries who gained political experience due to the quotas and career politicians who continue contesting in longer-exposed areas. The policy accounts for a substantial portion of the increase in female candidates for high office since the mid-1990s. Women have a higher probability of a top finish when running on major party tickets or contesting in areas that overlap with their local constituency.
The first annotated checklist of Croatian crickets and grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Ensifera, Caelifera)
Authors: SKEJO JOSIP , REBRINA FRAN , SZÖVÉNYI GERGELY , PUSKÁS GELLÉRT , TVRTKOVIĆ NIKOLA
Published: December 2018

The first annotated checklist of crickets and grasshoppers (Orthoptera) of Croatia is presented. With 184 orthopteran species, 103 Ensifera and 81 Caelifera, known to inhabit the country, Croatia is among the richest European countries in terms of Orthoptera diversity. Altogether 25 species erroneously reported from the country are omitted from the checklist, 16 Ensifera (Isophya speciosa, Poecilimon brunneri, P. jonicus, P. thoracicus, Modestana ebneri, Pachytrachis bosniacus, Rhacocleis neglecta, Tessellana carinata, T. nigrosignata, Zeuneriana marmorata, Pteronemobius lineolatus, Myrmecophilus acervorum, M. ochraceus, Dolichopoda palpata, Diestrammena asynamora, Troglophilus brevicauda) and 9 Caelifera (Tetrix kraussi, Paracaloptenus caloptenoides, Chorthippus albomarginatus, Omocestus viridulus, Pseudochorthippus montanus, Miramella alpina, Celes variabilis, Oedipoda germanica, O. miniata). First faunistic records of 10 taxa are reported for Croatia, in total four Ensifera (Leptophyes punctatissima, Metrioptera hoermanni, Zeuneriana amplipennis, Gryllotalpa sp.) and six Caelifera (Xya variegata, Chorthippus dichrous, C. loratus, C. mollis ignifer, Odontopodisma sp., Acrotylus l. longipes). For each listed species, its distribution in Croatia and in Europe is given, and IUCN European Red List status is shown for species within threatened categories. Numerous distributional, taxonomic and nomenclatural problems are discussed. Several taxa with poorly defined diagnostic traits are synonymized, namely Gampsocleis abbreviata renei syn.nov. (with G. a. abbreviata), Pholidoptera maritima syn.nov. (with P. dalmatica), P. brachynota syn.nov. (with P. dalmatica), Acrida m. mediterranea syn.nov. (with A. u. ungarica), Chrysochraon dispar intermedius syn.nov. (with C. d. giganteus) and Odontopodisma rammei syn.nov. (with O. fallax).
Confronting recent history: Serbia’s ‘fateful eight’ and a decade of Kosovo’s independence in the Serbian Media (2008–2018)
Authors: Jovanović Srđan Mladenov
Published: December 2018

Confronting recent history: Serbia’s ‘fateful eight’ and a decade of Kosovo’s independence in the Serbian Media (2008–2018)Serbia’s latest “fateful eight” – from the 1918 creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, to the student protests of 1968 – is by far the declaration of independence of its former southernmost province, Kosovo, in 2008. Having in mind that the Kosovo myth – much debated in scholarly circles – is a key instance in understanding Serbia’s nationalism ever since its inception in the nineteenth century, a strong discourse negating Kosovo’s independence has been promulgated by the media. Through the lens of media content analysis, the author tackles the Kosovo-related rhetoric within the media in Serbia’s recent history, from the declaration of Kosovo’s independence, to 2018. Stawiając czoła najnowszej historii: serbska „przełomowa ósemka” i dekada niepodległości Kosowa w serbskich mediach (2008–2018)Najnowszą z serbskich „przełomowych ósemek” – po utworzeniu Królestwa Serbów, Chorwatów i Słoweńców w roku 1918 i protestach studenckich w roku 1968 – jest bez wątpienia ogłoszenie niepodległości przez byłą południową prowincję Serbii, Kosowo, w 2008 roku. Ponieważ mit kosowski – wciąż będący przedmiotem dyskusji w kręgach akademickich – pozostaje kluczowy dla zrozumienia serbskiego nacjonalizmu już od chwili jego narodzin w dziewiętnastym wieku, media forsowały dyskurs wyraźnie przeciwny niepodległości Kosowa. Korzystając z metod analizy treści, autor przygląda się w tekście retoryce serbskich mediów dotyczącej Kosowa, od chwili ogłoszenia przez nie niepodległości w 2008 roku do roku 2018.
Złudne ósemki a "Czeskie pytanie". Strategie pisania Tomáša Garrigue’a Masaryka
Authors: Ćwiek-Rogalska Karolina
Published: December 2018

Deceptive eights and The Czech Question: Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk’s writing strategiesThis article concerns the writing strategies present in Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk’s works, especially in The Czech Question. Firstly, the author shows the impact of the second edition of The Czech Question, published in 1908, on the discussion about the sense of Czech history. Secondly, she examines Masaryk’s writing strategies, showing to what extent they involve creating and, on the other hand, analysing Czech history. Złudne ósemki a Czeskie pytanie. Strategie pisania Tomáša Garrigue’a MasarykaW artykule podjęta zostaje problematyka strategii pisania obecnych w dziele T. G. Masaryka, zwłaszcza w jego Czeskim pytaniu. Po pierwsze, autorka pokazuje jaki wpływ miało drugie wydanie Czeskiego pytania, opublikowane w 1908 roku, na dyskusję o sensie czeskiej historii. Po drugie, autorka analizuje strategie pisania Masaryka, pokazując, do jakiego stopnia chodzi w nim o kreację, a do jakiego o analizę czeskiej historii.
Wstęp
Authors: Ćwiek-Rogalska Karolina , Daszuta Aneta , Mętrak Maciej
Published: December 2018

IntroductionIntroduction to the 12th issue of “Adeptus” written by the Editorial Team. WstępWstęp do 12 numeru „Adeptusa” napisany przez zespół redakcyjny.
Introductory Comments
Authors: Sujecka Jolanta
Published: December 2018

Presentation of the seventh volume of Colloquia Humanistica. Wprowadzenie do 7 tomu „Colloquia Humanistica”.
The semantic classification of adjectives in the Bulgarian Wordnet: Towards a multiclass approach
Authors: Dimitrova Tsvetana , Stefanova Valentina
Published: December 2018

The semantic classification of adjectives in the Bulgarian Wordnet: Towards a multiclass approachThe paper presents an attempt at semantic classification of adjectives in the Bulgarian wordnet. Although designed for the Bulgarian wordnet, the classification can be applied to other wordnets which are developed in parallel to the Princeton WordNet. The classification relies on information that is already available in WordNet from other synsets (noun, verb, and other adjective synsets) that are linked to the adjective synsets via lexico-semantic relations - including their semantic classes, as well as definitions and usage examples. The first stage of the work was already presented at the workshop "Challenges for WordNets" within the conference "Language, Data and Knowledge 2017". The continuation of the effort as described in this article, covers a proposal for introducing additional semantic classes to the adjective synsets (if applicable). Semantyczna klasyfikacja przymiotników w bułgarskim Wordnecie: w kierunku podejścia wielopłaszczyznowegoW pracy przedstawiono próbę semantycznej klasyfikacji przymiotników w bułgarskim wordnecie. Chociaż została ona zaprojektowana dla wordnetu bułgarskiego, klasyfikacja może być zastosowana w innych wordnetach, które są rozwijane równolegle do Princeton WordNet. Klasyfikacja opiera się na informacjach, które są już dostępne w bułgarskim wordnecie pozyskanych z innych synsetów (rzeczownikowych, czasownikowych i innych przymiotnikowych), powiązanych z synsetami przymiotnikowymi poprzez relacje leksykalno-semantyczne, w tym ich klasy semantyczne, a także definicje i przykłady użycia. Pierwszy etap pracy został już przedstawiony, a kolejny obejmuje propozycję wprowadzenia dodatkowych klas semantycznych w synsetach przymiotnikowych (w stosownych przypadkach).
Dynamic verbs in the Wordnet of Polish
Authors: Dziob Agnieszka , Piasecki Maciej
Published: December 2018

Dynamic verbs in the Wordnet of PolishThe paper presents patterns of co-occurrences of wordnet relations involving verb lexical units in plWordNet - a large wordnet of Polish. The discovered patterns reveal tendencies of selected synset and lexical relations to form regular circular structures of clear semantic meanings. They involve several types of relations, e.g., presupposition, cause, processuality and antonymy, do not have a necessary character (there are exceptions), but can be used in wordnet diagnostics and guidelines for wordnet editors. The analysis is illustrated with numerous positive and negative examples, as well as statistics for verb relations in plWordNet 4.0 emo. Some attempts to a more general, linguistic explanation of the observed phenomena are also made. As a background, plWordNet model of linguistic character is briefly recollected. A special attention is given to the verb part. In addition the description of dynamic verbs by relations and features is discussed in details including relation definitions and substitution tests. Czasowniki dynamiczne w Słowosieci - wordnecie języka polskiego W artykule zostały przedstawione wzorce współwystępowania relacji leksykalno-semantycznych obejmujących czasownikowe jednostki leksykalne w ramach Słowosieci - wielkiego relacyjnego słownika języka polskiego, wordnetu języka polskiego. Tłem obserwacji jest Słowosieć 4.0 emo, dla której omówiono skrótowo system relacji czasownikowych wraz ze statystykami. Szczególną uwagę autorzy poświęcili czasownikom dynamicznym i ich typowym relacjom, dla których przedstawiono testy substytucji z wytycznych do relacyjnego opisu czasownika, zdefiniowanych na potrzeby edycji Słowosieci przez lingwistów. Opisane w artykule wzorce współwystępowania ukazują tendencje niektórych relacji synsetów (tj. zbiorów synonimów) i jednostek leksykalnych (m.in. presupozycji, kauzacji, procesywności i antonimii) do tworzenia regularnych struktur, specyfikujących znaczenie wszystkich jednostek/synsetów, połączonych za pomocą danych relacji. Współwystępowania relacji wg wzorców nie mają charakteru obligatoryjnego, dlatego też w artykule przedstawiono zarówno pozytywne, jak i negatywne przykłady jednostek i synsetów, połączonych ze sobą za pomocą relacji współwystępujących, jak i pewne uwagi natury ogólnej, wskazujące na językowy charakter obserwowanego zjawiska. Oprócz znaczenia poznawczego, związanego ze współzależnościami, jakie zachodzą w obrębie systemu językowego, opis tych regularności ma również znaczenie praktyczne - może być wykorzystany przy diagnostyce wordnetu oraz w wytycznych dla lingwistów.
The Three Atmospheric Circulations over the Indian Ocean and the Maritime Continent and Their Modulation by the Passage of the MJO
Authors: Kuznetsova Daria , Dauhut Thibaut , Chaboureau Jean-Pierre
Published: December 2018

The passage of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) over the Indian Ocean and the Maritime Continent is investigated during the episode of 23–30 November 2011. A Meso-NH convection-permitting simulation with a horizontal grid spacing of 4 km is examined. The simulation reproduces the MJO signal correctly, showing the eastward propagation of the primary rain activity. The atmospheric overturning is analyzed using the isentropic method, which separates the ascending air with high equivalent potential temperature from the subsiding air with low equivalent potential temperature. Three key circulations are found. The first two circulations are a tropospheric deep circulation spanning from the surface to an altitude of 14 km and an overshoot circulation within the tropical tropopause layer. As expected for circulations associated with deep convection, their intensities, as well as their diabatic tendencies, increase during the active phase of the MJO, while their entrainment rates decrease. The third circulation is characterized by a rising of air with low equivalent potential temperature in the lower free troposphere. The intensity of the circulation, as well as its depth, varies with the MJO activity. During the suppressed phase, this circulation is associated with a dry air intrusion from the subtropical region into the tropical band and shows a strong drying of the lower to middle troposphere.
What Are the Impacts of Tropical Cyclones on Employment? An Analysis Based on Meta-Regression
Authors: Wu Xianhua , Xu Zhe , Liu Hui , Guo Ji , Zhou Lei
Published: December 2018

To investigate the general principle of the impact of tropical cyclones on employment, explore the reason for the divergence among existing research conclusions, and put forward some suggestions for post-disaster reconstruction, this paper employs meta-regression analysis to study the impacts of tropical cyclones on the quantity of labor employed and employee remuneration from four aspects: industry dimension, time dimension, income dimension, and tropical cyclone intensity. The results are as follows: 1) Tropical cyclones create an impact on the intensity of changes in employment remuneration in the primary industry, and the impact in the secondary industry is greater than that in the tertiary industry. 2) In the short term, the impact of tropical cyclones on employment is negative and the impact intensity is strong, whereas in the medium and long terms, the impact is positive and the intensity of impact decreases. 3) Although tropical cyclones increase the quantity of labor employed from low-income groups, they decrease their employment remuneration. In addition, the impact of disasters on the number of employed high-income groups is relatively small compared to that of low-income groups. 4) A higher category of tropical cyclone results in a greater positive impact on the employment of labor force. Accordingly, the following suggestions are made: 1) The government should issue corresponding policies to provide “temporary disaster subsidies” for disaster-stricken low-income groups. 2) Insurance companies should introduce commercial insurance concerning “post-disaster employment” for employers to purchase before any disaster occurs so as to offer disaster-stricken employees compensation.
Lambeth 2020: Conference or council?
Authors: Avis Paul
Published: December 2018

The future of the Anglican Communion – currently riven by opposing ideologies – hangs to a significant extent on the success or failure of the Lambeth Conference that will gather for the fifteenth time in July 2020. The Archbishop of Canterbury will convene the bishops of the Communion in Canterbury for worship, study and discussion. At the end of the day, the conference may address a teaching message to the Church and to the world. But the Lambeth Conference will not take any decisions intended to bind the Communion as a whole or any of its member churches. The Lambeth Conference does not have the constitutional authority to legislate for Anglicanism, but brings the bishops together to confer. But where does that leave the Lambeth Conference in relation to the 2,000-year history of councils and synods of the Church? How does the Lambeth Conference relate to the great conciliar tradition of Christianity? This article argues that Anglicanism is a form of conciliar, reformed Catholicism and that the Lambeth Conference is an expression of non-hierarchical, non-coercive conciliarity.
Difficult texts: ‘I have set my bow in the clouds’ (Genesis 9.13)
Authors: Mathews Jeanette
Published: December 2018

An analysis of the bow/rainbow in Genesis 9.13.
New directions in relating Christianity to other faiths
Authors: Kibble David G.
Published: December 2018

The three traditional models of the relationship of Christianity to other faiths are outlined: exclusivism, inclusivism and pluralism. Each of the three is critiqued and it is suggested that we need to move beyond these models and adopt instead a more descriptive technique through which we can better describe the relationship in a more detailed and nuanced way.
Mediating effect of psychological suzhi on the relationship between parental emotional warmth and personal belief in a just world
Authors: Liu Guangzeng , Li Kai , Pan Yangu , Zhang Dajun
Published: December 2018

The current study examined how parental emotional warmth and psychological suzhi predicted students' personal belief in a just world and the mediating role of psychological suzhi. The participants were 1306 middle school students (48.2% male, 11- to 20-years-old) from three regions in China. Structural equation modeling analysis indicated that psychological suzhi partially mediated the relationship between parental emotional warmth and students' personal belief in a just world after controlling for covariates; parental emotional warmth was not only directly associated with students' personal belief in a just world but also was indirectly associated with students' personal belief in a just world through psychological suzhi. This examination of psychological suzhi's association with personal belief in a just world extends the understanding of the causes of personal belief in a just world and informs new interventions targeting personal belief in a just world. Future research, clinical implications, and the limitations of the present study are also discussed.
Women in Current Cuba: A Balance between Gains Made and Continuing Challenges
Authors: Díaz Elena
Published: December 2018

In this analysis, it highlights some significant achievements of a diverse character in various areas of women participation in Cuba, but these successes should be assessed through the prism of continuing and stubborn persistence of traditional gender patterns with a specific focus on the female gender. The impact of traditional ideology is strong and its effects are unfavorable, but, on balance, a positive situation prevails. In short, the Cuban woman continues to develop her social participation with her full creative force allowing her to transform herself while striving for the continuance and further development of the achievements and values of her society.
Surrogates’ Perceptions of Service Quality While Making Decisions for ICU Patients
Authors: Gul Senay , Turkman Yasemin E. , Bakitas Marie A. , Dionne-Odom J. Nicholas
Published: December 2018

A qualitative secondary analysis was undertaken to identify aspects of health care service quality in an intensive care unit from the perspective of surrogate decision makers ( N = 19) who were making decisions for relatives at end of life. Directed content analysis was guided by the Donabedian model of health care quality. Nineteen participants averaged 59 years old and were over half female (53%) and patients’ spouses (53%) and adult children (32%). Salient aspects of quality service included surrogate perceptions that clinicians conveyed honesty about the patient’s condition and in an easily understandable way; staff were sensitive and responsive to emotions and practical needs; clinicians demonstrated a clear, confident understanding of the patient’s condition; and support by clinicians was given for surrogates’ choices. Surrogates also commented on the hospital and intensive care unit environment, including cleanliness, comfort, privacy, and noise level. Further research is needed to explore how decision-support strategies might include service quality concepts.
Participatory Sociotechnical Design of Organizations and Information Systems – an Adaptation of ETHICS Methodology
Authors: Adman Peter , Warren Lorraine
Published: December 2018

This paper examines a practical adaptation of the ETHICS methodology used in redesigning an information technology (IT) support service in an academic setting. The purpose of the project was to design appropriate organizational structures and functions and an accompanying information system (IS), to increase the effectiveness of the existing service. A participative sociotechnical approach was adopted for the entire design process which was carried out by the practitioners themselves. The staff's views were elicited during informal participatory group sessions as well as in one-to-one informal discussions. While ETHICS was the overall guiding methodology for the design, QUICKethics was used as a complementary means of analysing the requirements of the new IS. This paper describes the methodology used and the design process; it reflects on the adaptation and its match with the ETHICS methodology, exploring the claimed association with the viable systems methodology and concludes with suggestions for further research.
Re-Engineering in the Face of a Merger: Soft Systems and Concurrent Dynamics
Authors: King Stephen F. , Aisthorpe Phil
Published: December 2018

Business process re-engineering (BPR) was presented as the key to successful organizational transformation in the early 1990s. In this paper we examine a BPR initiative at a medium-sized UK building society in order to explore whether BPR succeeded or failed and to place BPR within the wider context of an organization facing a merger. The study describes the development of a novel BPR methodology which combines both hard and soft modelling approaches and reveals a degree of success in terms of process modelling and gaining consensus on process content and faults. However, two more far-reaching initiatives served to drain away support from the BPR effort: a parallel organizational analysis undertaken by an external consultancy and the hidden (although rumoured) merger talks with a larger partner. Therefore it is inappropriate to view BPR as an isolated, strategic initiative when, in practice, it may be one of several competing change activities vying for support within a changing organizational context. The paper concludes by presenting a model of concurrent dynamics which helps to explain why BPR lost momentum.
E-Commerce and Firm Bargaining Power Shift in Grocery Marketing Channels: A Case of Wholesalers’ Structured Document Exchanges
Authors: Nakayama Makoto
Published: December 2018

Electronic commerce is transforming interorganizational relationships in marketing channels. Reports frequently note that ‘power’ goes to those who gain relevant trading information in marketing channels. The paper then asks whether and how structured or ‘automated’ trading information exchanges (e.g. electronic data interchange (EDI) links) between suppliers and wholesalers impact on their bargaining power in grocery marketing channels. This paper starts with the view that automated information exchanges favour the suppliers because they obtain trading information and gain marketing flexibility more than the wholesalers do. Focusing on the perspective of grocery wholesalers, the paper examines the relationships between (1) EDI use, (2) suppliers’ incentives for EDI, (3) wholesalers’ perceived bargaining power and (4) trust and cooperation between wholesalers and suppliers. Based on exploratory survey data from 33 grocery wholesalers, the paper finds that automated information exchanges may lower wholesalers’ perceived bargaining power. It also shows that an appropriate level of incentives from suppliers tends to compensate for the power loss. This results in higher trust and cooperation in their trading relationships.
A model of ERP project implementation
Authors: Parr Anne , Shanks Graeme
Published: December 2018

Problems with the implementation of ERP systems are well documented. Although companies spend millions on ERP packages and the implementation process, there is extensive evidence that they experience considerable problems, particularly during the actual implementation project. This paper presents a project phase model (PPM) of ERP implementation projects that is a synthesis of existing ERP implementation process models and focuses on the implementation project. Two case studies of ERP implementation within the same organization, one unsuccessful and a later successful one, are reported and analysed in order to determine which critical success factors (CSFs) are necessary within each phase of the PPM. The CSFs are drawn from an earlier stage of this research and from recent literature. The PPM is used as a ‘lens’ for understanding ERP implementation projects, by highlighting the differences between the two cases. We then offer an explanation for these differences, focusing particularly on the successful case. Firstly, the organizational learning that occurred during the unsuccessful project and the associated early appointment of an experienced ‘champion’ with clearly defined responsibilities were critical to the successful project. Secondly, organizations implementing ERP systems should partition large projects into several smaller, simpler projects identified here as ‘vanilla’ implementations. The PPM, together with associated CSFs, provides guidance for practitioners when planning ERP implementation projects and also provides researchers with a foundation for further empirical research.
Software Sizing and Costing Models: A Survey of Empirical Validation and Comparison Studies
Authors: Tate Graham , Verner June M.
Published: December 2018

Effective software cost and size estimation is essential for planning and resource allocation in software development. Recent empirical work which attempts to validate, or which compares, software size and cost estimation models and tools is surveyed. Some observations are made concerning the rather poor results frequently obtained and the need for calibration of models for specific development environments.
Soft Information Systems
Authors: Jackson Ivan F. , Hosking David
Published: December 2018

This paper describes a category of information systems called ‘Soft information systems’. Basically these lie between conventional information systems in which data are well defined, and management support, and decision support systems. A soft system is a system which operates on soft data. Such data cover categories of information such as conjectures, predictions, feelings and opinions and are typically found in systems where there is some element of anticipation of the future. Such systems include career counselling systems, where clients have rather ‘fuzzy’ views of what they might wish to do, through to economic based systems used to predict levels of employment, inflation levels and interest rates etc. In between are management-type systems in which it is normally assumed that hard (i.e. factual) data are used, for instance in budgeting systems. The paper describes some previous work and the experimental systems which tested and explored the ideas involved as well as attempting to refine some of the techniques that can be used to deal with soft data.
Systems Thinking about Information Systems and Strategies
Authors: Angell Ian O.
Published: December 2018

The lack of strategic thinking about IT is discussed and the advantages of adopting systems thinking are detailed. The nature of strategy and tactics with regard to information systems are investigated. The importance of continually realigning information resources with organizational and environmental requirements is highlighted.
Current Use of Software Tools in the Development of Medical and Health Services Computer Applications – a Survey
Authors: Millington Donald , Tulloch Iain M. , Gray Edwin M.
Published: December 2018

A survey was carried out in order to draw on experience in the UK of the use of software tools to develop medical and health service applications. The main objective was to identify the capabilities and characteristics that might be required in software tools created specifically for this area of applications. The work gives some indications of such requirements, but was constrained by the discovery that so far there has been only limited use of the general-purpose software development tools currently available.
A Human Resource Approach to Information Systems Development – the ISU (Information Systems Use) Design Model
Authors: Hales Mike
Published: December 2018

The ISU design model is an ‘architecture’ designed to support a human resource approach to information systems development. The model emerged in a live project for a large local government client, and its particular shape derives from four major areas of concern: (1) quality, and the strategic management of resources; (2) client-led management of information systems development; (3) IT-related labour market issues and equalization of employment opportunities; and (4) human-centred approaches to the design of technology systems. This article develops a working definition of human-centred design practice, indicates key practices in implementing the architecture, and identifies key concepts in interpreting the ‘feel’ of the approach. As a human-centred model, it is essentially about learning, and the article refers to three concepts of organizational learning which informed the design work.
Re-Engineering Tools Have the Potential to Overcome Systems Maintenance Bottleneck
Authors: Moreton Robert
Published: December 2018

The paper argues that the current generation of re-engineering tools can provide significant benefits for those organizations which have high applications maintenance overheads. The paper classifies the different types of re-engineering tools and their application potential. It is argued that these tools promise to provide a migration path towards the integrated computer-aided software environments which will emerge over the next 5–10 years. This paper follows on from work which the author has undertaken for the CSC-Index Performance Enhancement Programme (PEP). PEP is a continuous programme that is open to organizations wishing to measure and improve systems development and productivity.