bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY OF BILATERAL BOARI BLADDER FLAP
Authors: Demchenko V.M. , Shchukin D.V. , Harahatyi I.А. , Strakhovetskyi V.S.
Published: July 2020

We performed a retrospective evaluation of the results of bilateral ureteral reconstruction using a tubularized bladder flap. The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of bilateral Boari surgery to correct ureteral defects. The study included 8 patients who required bilateral ureteral reconstruction. Synchronous operations were performed in 4 patients, other patients (n=4) underwent two-stage operations. The effectiveness of Boari surgery was evaluated retrospectively by analyzing complications and long-term treatment outcomes. The length of the bladder flap on the right varied from 6 to 15 cm and averaged 10.0 ± 3.5 cm, on the left it was from 7 to 13 cm with an average value of 9.3 ± 2.3 cm. The total frequency of intraoperative complications did not exceed 25.0%. Postoperative complications were observed in 5 (62.5%) patients (grade I or II according to Clavien-Dindo). The most common problem was exacerbation of pyelonephritis and leakage of urine from a postoperative wound. Severe dysuria was found in only 2 (25%) patients. A decrease in bladder capacity with persistent hyperactivity was recorded 2 months after surgery in one case. Chronic urinary retention was also observed in one patient. The total number of positive long-term results (good + satisfactory result) was 75%. Two negative results were recorded in patients after synchronous bilateral operations. Boari surgery is an effective and safe method of ureteral reconstruction for defects of both ureters. Two-stage operations have priorities over synchronous bilateral reconstruction due to a higher level of positive long-term results.
CHARACTERISTICS OF GASTRIC MUCOSA INJURY IN PATIENTS WITH NSAID-INDUCED GASTROPATHY AND CONCOMITANT ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE, AND WAYS TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION
Authors: Parkhomenko V.V. , Skrypnyk І.М. , Starchenko І.І. , Gopko O.F.
Published: July 2020

The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in general clinical practice can provoke the development of NSAID-induced gastropathy, which can be complicated by bleeding. The aim of this article was to evaluate the effect of eupatilin on histological changes of the gastric mucosa in patients with NSAID-induced gastropathy and concomitant ischemic heart disease depending on the association with Helicobacter pylori. The study included 125 patients with NSAID-gastropathy and concomitant stable ischemic heart disease I-II functional class. Patients were divided into two groups: I (n=82) included individuals with NSAID-gastropathy, which was not associated with H. pylori, while II (n=43) included individuals with H. pylori-induced gastropathy. Depending on the prescribed treatment complexes, patients were subdivided as follows: I-A (n=44) included patients, who took proton pump inhibitors in standard doses and II-A group (n=23) included patients, who received antihelicobacter therapy according to Maastricht V (2016) guidelines. Patients of groups I-B (n=38) and II-B (n=20) were additionally prescribed 60 mg of eupatilin (1 tablet) 3 times a day for 28 days. The upper endoscopy with the gastric mucosa biopsy, followed by histological examination was done at the beginning of treatment and in 45±2 days. The severity of gastric mucosa erosive and ulcerative injury was assessed endoscopically using a modified Lanzascore scale; morphological changes were evaluated by a semi-quantitative method on a visual-analogue scale. H. pylori is an independent and significant factor determining the severity of endoscopic and morphological changes in NSAID-gastropathy patients with concomitant ischemic heart disease. Acid-suppressive and antihelicobacter therapy can reduce the intensity of the structural injury of the gastric mucosa, but the identified changes substantiate the feasibility of long-term proton pump inhibitors prescribed to the patients with NSAID-gastropathy. Prescribing eupatilin against the background of basic therapy can significantly reduce the severity of erosive-ulcerative gastric mucosa injury assessed by Lanzascore scale while histomorphological parameters by reducing the activity of neutrophilic inflammation, protective effect on mucosal barrier resistance and microcirculatory condition.
RESULTS OF NEPHRON-SPARING SURGERY OF INTRAPARENCHYMAL RENAL TUMORS
Authors: Khareba G.G. , Lisovyi V.M. , Shchukin D.V.
Published: July 2020

Surgical treatment is the main therapy for patients with renal cell carcinoma. The current approach in the treatment of kidney tumours has become widely introduced into nephron-sparing surgery. This approach is usually applied in cases of complex surgeries for large-size tumours with intravenous extension, multifocal, and intraparenchymal renal tumours. The purpose of the study was to investigate the results of nephron-sparing surgery for intraparenchymal renal tumours. Material and methods. The results were obtained in the process of nephron-sparing surgery treatment of 701 patients with renal tumours. After the distribution of all patients according to the criterion of "intraparenchymal renal tumours", we assessed 27 (3,9%) cases of nephron-sparing surgery. There were also 674 (96,1%) patients with exophytic renal tumors. Results. We managed to obtain the information about long-term treatment outcomes from 606 (86.4%) patients. There were 25 (4,1%) patients with intraparenchymal renal tumors. The observation of patients showed that there were cases of death and disease progression for various reasons during 46.5±2.1 months on average. The results of the comparative statistical analysis showed that the 5-year overall survival among patients with intraparenchymal renal tumors made up 88.0% of the cases and among the patients with exophytic renal tumors it was 94.8%. The differences were not significant (p> 0.430). At the same time, the 5-year overall progression-free survival was obtained in 88.9% of the patients with intraparenchymal renal tumors and in 95.2% (p <0.041) of patients with exophytic renal tumors. Conclusion. The problem of nephron-sparing treatment of intraparenchymal renal tumors is an urgent issue. Research has shown that such tumors are complex for nephron-sparing surgery, require complex treatment technologies that affect surgical results. At the same time, positive oncological results demonstrate that nephron-sparing treatment is an effective method of treating fully intraparenchymal renal tumors.
Napadi ubacivanjem SQL izraza – prevencija i obrana
Authors: Ljubičić Nikolina , Jakšić Danijela , Poščić Patrizia
Published: July 2020

Napad ubacivanjem SQL izraza jedna je od najozbiljnijih prijetnji sigurnosti aplikacija zasnovanih nad bazom podataka. Ona omogućuje napadaču da stekne kontrolu nad bazom podataka aplikacije, čime napadač dobiva mogućnost izmjene podataka. Mnoga se istraživanja usmjeravaju na ovaj problem. Brojni su autori predložili različite pristupe za otkrivanje i sprječavanje ove ranjivosti, no koliko je ovaj problem i dan danas prisutan govori i činjenica da ni ti pristupi ne predstavljaju
u potpunosti uspješno rješenje. U ovom radu opisano je nekoliko vrsta napada ubacivanjem SQL izraza te različiti alati i metode koji mogu pružiti određenu prevenciju i obranu od tih napada. Predložene su različite metode za rješavanje problema napada ubacivanjem SQL izraza u obliku opsežnih pregleda varijacija napada ubacivanjem SQL izraza te njihovih opisa i primjera, kako bi se bolje spoznao njihov štetan utjecaj i krajnje posljedice. Štoviše, u radu je dan i kratak pregled prijedloga pojedinih autora vezanih uz prevenciju i obranu od napada ubacivanjem SQL izraza. Na kraju je iznesen zaključak uz objektivan pregled i analizu cjelokupnog istraživanja. Glavni doprinos rada je pregled dosadašnjih istraživanja i pristupa vezanih uz: a) prevenciju napada ubacivanjem SQL izraza i b) obranu od napada ubacivanjem SQL izraza.
Data
envelopment analysis in measuring the efficiency of volleyball teams in Primorsko-Goranska
County
Authors: Jardas Antonić Jelena , Kregar Kristina , Vretenar Nenad
Published: July 2020

Every sport organisation strives to evaluate its performance: its weaknesses and strengths. Measuring efficiency and sports are two interrelated concepts and it is not surprising that most of the research
on sports is focused on analysing the efficiency of teams according to player techniques, attack and defence efficiency. However, there are very few studies based on the analysis of financial factors such as teams’ revenue and costs. In this paper two Data Envelopment Analysis
(DEA) models were used to evaluate 16 young cadet volleyball teams in Primorsko-Goranska County based on two economic inputs. The paper aims to explain the importance of teams’ financial resources in achieving sports efficiency. To analyse the relative efficiency of teams, two frequently used models are employed, the Banker Charnes Cooper (BCC) and the Charnes Cooper Rhodes (CCR) model. In the end, a super efficiency analysis was conducted to make a distinction in efficiency scores between efficient units. Analyses showed that financial factors are not crucial factors for efficiency score and gave possibility to use obtained results and improve the performance of inefficient volleyball teams. The study was conducted on a
sample of 16 teams through 4 inputs and 1 output collected during 2017/2018 season.
Technical efficiency of agriculture in EU countries
Authors: Rusielik Robert , Szczecińska Beata
Published: July 2020

The study attempts to assess the technical efficiency of agriculture in European Union countries. Two methods were used for this purpose. One was to establish a ranking and separate typological groups of countries similar to each other in terms of technical efficiency of agriculture, using the Hellwig’s taxonomic measure of development. The second one concerned the measurement of technical efficiency of EU countries using the DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) method. A set of 6 variables determining the technology of agricultural activity was adopted for the model. The model assuming the variable effects of the BCC scale was adopted for the study. Based on the variables adopted for the DEA model,
a set of diagnostic indicators was defined, which finally included 5 indicators. Based on these indicators, by means of a linear ordering method based on a synthetic variable, countries were grouped into 4 groups bringing together countries from the lowest to the highest efficiency. The results of both methods overlap in the part concerning the countries with the best efficiency. In other groups there are slight
discrepancies that may result from limited access to information and selection of variables for research.
Employee
engagement and improvement as important principles of TQM in
public health institutes
Authors: Vrtodušić Hrgović Ana-Marija , Črnjar Kristina , Škarica Ivana
Published: July 2020

Quality assurance in public health presents one of the key factors in the quality of health service. Accordingly, there is increasing awareness of the need to integrate quality systems and their principles into the healthcare system. Their role is important in the context of quality assurance in accordance with patient requirements as well as in the process of improving the quality of health care service. They are essential for the successful implementation of a quality management system and refer to customer focus, leadership, engagement of people, process approach, improvement, evidence–based decision making, and relationship management. This paper presents the results of a study among Croatian Institutes of Public Health with regard to the level of implementation of quality principles related to employee engagement, improvement and internal customer focus. Analysis focused on
the relationship between focus on internal customer (employees) and improvements as well as the employee engagement and improvement respectively. Results show there is a strong positive relationship between employee engagement and improvements, while between internal customer focus and improvement the relationship has not been verified. In the context of standardization of
quality of public health services, the paper aims to expand theoretical
knowledge about TQM principles, with the emphasis on the employee engagement, internal customer focus (employees) and process improvement.
The results can serve as a basis for improving the existing practice of
quality management system implementation in the public health sector, with emphasis on employees.
Economic evaluation of different strategy for weed management in garlic production
Authors: Štefanić Edita , Maletić Đorđe , Zima Dinko , Štefanić Ivan
Published: July 2020

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate various weed management options on garlic (Alium sativum L.) production in Northeastern Croatia.
This study focus on how different strategies of weed control affects weed community composition and economic benefit of weed management. An experiment was arranged as a complete block design with three different weed management strategies: chemical control (PRE EM and POST EM), mechanical control (three times during the season), and combination of chemical and mechanical treatments, together with weeded checks. Data on
weed density, fresh above weed biomass and garlic yield per m2 were collected at the end of the growing season, and were subjected to statistical and economic analysis. The mayor weeds found in the experimental plots were: Sorghum halepense, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Cirsium arvense and Chenopodium album. The various weed growth (density and biomass) and yield varied with application of weed management practices. Significantly lower values of weed density and fresh above weed biomass were recorded on plots with mechanical and combination of chemical and mechanical treatments compared to weeded check. Chemical application gave in this study insufficient weed control and resulted in lower yields compared to
the mechanical treatments and combination of mechanical and mechanical weed control. The best cost: benefit ratio was observed on treatment with combination of chemical and mechanical weed control and can be successfully applied to boost up the bulb yield in garlic and to harvest
the maximum profit for farmers.
Multi-Level Peer-to-Peer Requests Processing in Mobile Networks
Authors: Pirmagomedov R. , Ahmed A.A.
Published: July 2020

The evolution of the Internet of Things application dictates new, more stringent requirements for the speed of transmission and processing of information. To reduce latency, peripheral multi-service access computing is gaining in popularity. This approach allows users to process data closer to their location. However, such solutions may not take into account the specifics of applications based on peer-to-peer user requests (P2P). Subject of study. The article explores the processing time of P2P requests in mobile networks. Method. The applied methodology includes methods of mathematical and simulation modeling. The main results. The results of the work allow us to conclude that the peripheral computing of multiservice access in their standard architectural design is insufficient. At the same time, the developed solution based on a multilevel architecture with multicast routing provides significantly lower query processing time. Practical significance. The solution proposed by the authors is able to ensure the operability of applications requiring minimal network latency, such as medical applications, unmanned vehicles, search for various service providers with reference to geographical coordinates.
PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN INTERAKTIF BERBASIS MICROSOFT POWER POINT
Authors: Anyan Anyan , Ege Benediktus , Faisal Hendry
Published: July 2020

ABSTRACTThe limitation of supporting media in the teaching and learning process causes the teaching and learning process to be less than optimal. To overcome this, it can be done by using interactive learning media based on Microsoft Power Point. The purpose of this study is to produce interactive PowerPoint learning products Microsoft Power Point to improve student learning outcomes in Thematic learning of the subtheme of the Beauty of the Nature of My Country in grade IV elementary school. The research method used is the published Borg and Gall research: preliminary studies, model development and model trials. The results showed that the interactive learning media developed was declared feasible. Media validation and material validation showed an average score of 82.50% and 79.16%. Student responses to teaching materials scored 81.75% in small-scale trials on large-scale trials receiving scores of 85%. The response teacher got a score of 71.7% and 89.13%. Based on the grades obtained, then the interactive learning media based on Microsoft Power Point is feasible to be applied to grade IV elementary school students.Keywords: Interactive Media, Multimedia, Power Point, Interactive LearningABSTRAKKeterbatasan media pendukung dalam proses belajar mengajar menyebabkan proses belajar mengajar menjadi kurang maksimal. Untuk mengatasi hal tersebut dapat dilakukan dengan menggunakan media pembelajaran interaktif berbasis Microsoft Power Point. Tujuan penelitian ini menghasilkan produk media pembelajaran interaktif berbasis Microsoft Power Point untuk meningkatkan hasil belajar siswa pada pembelajaran Tematik subtema Keindahan Alam Negeriku di kelas IV SD. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian Borg dan Gall yang meliputi: studi pendahuluan, pengembangan model dan uji coba model. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa media pembelajaran interaktif yang dikembangkan dinyatakan layak. Validasi media dan validasi materi menunjukan nilai rata-rata skor sebesar 82,50% dan 79,16%. Respon siswa terhadap bahan ajar interaktif memperoleh skor 81,75% pada uji coba skala kecil sedangkan uji coba skala luas memperoleh skor sebesar 85%. Respon guru mendapat skor 71,7% dan 89,13%. Berdasarkan nilai yang diperoleh, maka media pembelajaran interaktif berbasis Microsoft Power Point layak diterapkan pada siswa kelas IV sekolah dasar.Kata Kunci: Media Interaktif, Multimedia, Power Point, Pembelajaran Interaktif
Application of hybrid GA-PSO based on intelligent control fuzzy system in the integrated scheduling in automated container terminal
Authors: Zhong Meisu , Yang Yongsheng , Zhou Yamin , Postolache Octavian
Published: July 2020

With the development of the large ship, automated container terminals (ACTs) have serious energy consumption and carbon emission problems, reducing the loading and unloading time of ships can ease energy consumption, improve the working efficiency and service level of automated terminals. This paper studies the integrated scheduling problem of the gantry cranes (QCs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and automated rail-mounted gantry (ARMG) in automated terminal. According to the loading and unloading operation mode, we build the mixed integer programming model with the goal of minimizing the ship loading and unloading time, and through various algorithms of heuristic and hybrid improved to solve this problem, it proves the effectiveness of the model to obtain optimized scheduling scheme by numerical experiments, and comparing the different performance of algorithms, the results show that the hybrid GA-PSO algorithm with adaptive auto tuning is superior to other algorithms in terms of solution time and quality, which can effectively solve the problem of integrated scheduling to save the energy of automated container terminal.
Recognize basic emotional statesin speech by machine learning techniques using mel-frequency cepstral coefficient features
Authors: Yang Ningning , Dey Nilanjan , Sherratt R. Simon , Shi Fuqian
Published: July 2020

Speech Emotion Recognition (SER) has been widely used in many fields, such as smart home assistants commonly found in the market. Smart home assistants that could detect the user’s emotion would improve the communication between a user and the assistant enabling the assistant to offer more productive feedback. Thus, the aim of this work is to analyze emotional states in speech and propose a suitable algorithm considering performance verses complexity for deployment in smart home devices. The four emotional speech sets were selected from the Berlin Emotional Database (EMO-DB) as experimental data, 26 MFCC features were extracted from each type of emotional speech to identify the emotions of happiness, anger, sadness and neutrality. Then, speaker-independent experiments for our Speech emotion Recognition (SER) were conducted by using the Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN), Extreme Learning Machine (ELM), Probabilistic Neural Network (PNN) and Support Vector Machine (SVM). Synthesizing the recognition accuracy and processing time, this work shows that the performance of SVM was the best among the four methods as a good candidate to be deployed for SER in smart home devices. SVM achieved an overall accuracy of 92.4% while offering low computational requirements when training and testing. We conclude that the MFCC features and the SVM classification models used in speaker-independent experiments are highly effective in the automatic prediction of emotion.
Flavonoid-profile determination for a hypoglycemic collection by high-performance liquid chromatography
Authors: Kutovaya A. M. , Davydova V. N. , Perova I. B. , Eller K. I.
Published: July 2020

Objectives. Herbal hypoglycemic drugs complement the conventional approach to the treatment of type-2 diabetes based on the use of synthetic prescription drugs. However, their scientifically based application and standardization are limited due to inadequate and often outdated information on their chemical composition. Accordingly, we have developed a hypoglycemic collection (HGС) consisting of common bean pods (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), bilberry shoots (Vaccinium myrtillus L.), galega herb (Gallega officinalis L.), common knotgrass herb (Polygonum aviculare L.), burdock roots (Arctium lappa L.), and cinnamon rose hips (Rosa cinnamomea L.). According to a number of researchers, the antidiabetic properties of these herbs are largely due to the presence of polyphenolic compounds, especially flavonoids. The aim of this study was to determine the profile of flavonoids in the HGС and in its total dry extract (TDE).

Methods. The study was performed by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array and mass spectrometric detection.

Results. Nine individual flavonol glycosides—derivatives of myricetin, quercetin, kaempferol and kaempferide—were identified in the HGC and the TDE. The main flavonol glycosides in the studied objects were robinin and kaempferol-3-glucuronide, the contents of which in the HGC were 2.09 and 2.22 mg/g, in the TDE 4.85 and 3.84 mg/g, respectively. The other flavonol glycosides were determined in the HGC and its TDE at significantly lower concentrations.

Conclusions. The method developed in the study can be used to standardize HGCs and estimate their pharmacological activities.
The evaluation of turmeric (Curcuma longa) supplementation within feed as an antioxidant towards growth performance of catfish Clarias gariepinus Burchell 1822 in zero water exchange condition
Authors: Rahmadani Thoy Batun Citra , Jusadi Dedi , Setiawati Mia , Hastuti Yuni Puji
Published: July 2020

The objective of this research was to evaluate the supplementation of turmeric in the diet on antioxidant status and growth performance of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in zero water exchange condition. This study used a completely randomized design with 4 treatments and 4 replications. Each treatment consisted of feed supplementation turmeric at dosage of 0; 2.5; 5 or 7.5 g kg-1 diet. One hundred catfish juvenile (5.95±0.05 g) were stocked in intermediate bulk container (IBC) tank (1×1×1 m3) and rearing in zero water exchange condition for 60 days. Catfish were fed at satiation twice a day, in the morning and evening. The results showed that an increase in antioxidant content in catfish fed with the addition of turmeric, which simultaneously also reduced the percentage of liver damage. The parameters of liver damage can be seen from several parameters i.e. pale liver, droplet fat and fat content in the addition of turmeric treatment is lower than without the addition of turmeric. However, catfish fed with the addition of turmeric did not show significant results in terms of growth performances.
The effect of herbal supplement feeding and different stocking density on the growth rate of striped catfish, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878)
Authors: Syawal Henny , Effendi Irwan , Kurniawan Ronal
Published: July 2020

Striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) has a high economic value and relatively fast growth, so that optimum stocking density and supplement of natural ingredients, such as Curcuma domestica Val., Kaempferia galanga Linn., and Curcuma xanthorriza Robx. can increase growth and immunity. This study aimed to obtain the optimum stocking density and herbal supplement dosage in feed to increase the growth and survival rates of striped catfish. An experimental method by applying factorial design was used, i.e. the dose and stocking density factors. The dosage of herbal supplements used were 100 mL kg-1 feed (D1), 200 mL kg-1 (D2) and 300 mL kg-1 (D3). Stocking density used was 50 m-3 (P1) and 75 m-3 (P2). The fish used were 8.5±0.5 cm long and weighed 7.5±0.3 g, kept in floating cages of 1 m x 1.5 m x 1 m. Fish maintenance was carried out for 60 days with feeding frequency of three times a day, as much as 10% of body weight. The results showed that the treatment of 200 mL kg-1 dosage and 75 m-3 stocking densities was the best treatment. This treatment showed that specific growth rate, absolute weight, absolute length and feed efficiency were 4.86%, 119.07 g, 15.45 cm, 82.93%, respectively. A supplement dose of 200 mL kg-1 in feed and stocking densities of 75 m-3 could increase growth rates, survival, and feed utilization efficiency of striped catfish.
Manajemen Risiko: Deteksi Dini Upaya Pencegahan Fraud
Authors: Sudarmanto Eko
Published: July 2020

The economic costs of fraud in financial statements continue to be a problem for organizations and the public. The problem discussed in this study is limited risk management strategies to detect early for the prevention of fraud made by company managers and auditors. This strategy is important for proactive fraud prevention and for the integrity of financial statements in the future. The aim of this multi-case qualitative study is to explore early detection and methods of preventing fraud on financial statements using a conceptual framework of risk management. As a conclusion, there is a gap in the concept of risk management in current practice to detect and prevent fraud, and how the auditor's perspective in creating a proactive anti-fraud model. In addition, with this finding practitioners can develop proactive antifraud risk management procedures, and for auditors can develop early detection guidelines in fraud prevention
基于SPOC高校声乐专业课混合式教学模式探究
Authors: 唐 鹤鸣
Published: July 2020

SPOC,Small Private Online Course,指的是小规模限制性在线课程,学校或者教师提前录制好部分课程视频与线下课堂教学相融合的一种“线上+线下”混合式教学模式,是MOOC后形成的一种混合式教学模式。由于SPOC规模小,限准入,针对性强,在艺术院校声乐教学中实施基于SPOC的声乐专业课线上线下混合式教学模式优势明显。
计算机实训室计算机维护策略与技巧
Authors: 王 小辉
Published: July 2020

计算机实训室不仅可以培养人们的实际操作能力和相关的职业技能,更能够将综合实训平台在虚拟空间内部进行搭建,从而节省大量的硬件设施,使后续工作更加便利。本文将计算机实训室的计算机维护作为中心,阐述计算机实训室的计算机维护策略和相关技巧,以期为相关研究起到一定的帮助和借鉴。
Chronic Neurobrucellosis Investigated via Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing
Authors: Zhang Yun , Shi Xiaodan , Fei Xiaofei , Feng Guodong , Zhao* Gang
Published: July 2020

We found that NGS technology has great significance for the diagnosis of brucellosis in non-epidemic area and can rule out other infections. The number of Brucella gene fragments detected by NGS may be affected by clinical resistance to Brucella treatment and Brucella infection. The sensitivity of SAT to detect Brucella may is limited.
Evaluation of article structure components in English-Kwanyama Dictionary (EKD) with reference to the target users
Authors: Shikesho Edward
Published: July 2020

This paper evaluates the article structure components in English-Kwanyama Dictionary (EKD) with reference to the target users. For any bilingual dictionary to satisfy the needs of the target users, it should be user-friendly. Important aspects that have to be considered when one compiles a bilingual dictionary are, among others, orthography, pronunciation, inflections, parts of speech, and translation equivalents. All these aspects are all parts of the microstructure (Gouws, 2002; Gouws & Prinsloo, 2005; Svensén, 2009). A target user should also be defined in any bilingual dictionary, and should be indicated in the dictionary’s front matter texts (Gouws & Prinsloo, 2005). EKD was compiled in 1954, about four and half decades ago, and there is no comprehensive research done to analyse its quality. The study’s theoretical frameworks are the Function Theory and the Text theory. Sven Tarp and Henning Bergenholtz are the leading proponents of theFunction theory which was established in the late 1980s, and deals with dictionary functions and the user needs. The Text theory, proposed by Herbert Ernst Wiegand in the 1990s, deals with dictionaries’ textual structures. It is a qualitative study in a form of text analysis. Systematic dictionary research, which consists of two types, functional text segmentation as well as philological methods, is adopted. The findings reveal that EKD has become old and much needs to be improved in terms of aspects such as orthography. EKD’s target users are not defined in the dictionary’s front matter text, therefore, this paper recommends that lexicographers should define their target users in their future dictionaries’ front matter texts. They should also take into consideration the correct presentation of article structure aspects, based on the comment on form and the comment on semantics, such as spelling, parts of speech indication, lemma inflection, morphology and translation equivalents.
Ujinsi wa nomino za mkopo katika lugha ya Kiswahili
Authors: Msigwa Arnold, B G
Published: July 2020

Masculine, the world languages are generally categorized into two categories; masculine language, feminine language and neuter language. Many Bantu Languages, Swahili inclusive is generally categorized as neuter language; meaning that objects have on its vocabulary like noun has no grammatical gender. However, if you underscore a close observation especially on the borrowed noun, you find something different. The aim of the current article therefore is to investigate how the borrowed noun that enters into Swahili from gendered language behaves. The questions raised by this article are: first, do really borrowed noun that come from gendered language into Swahili become neuter like other noun? Secondly, by looking those borrowed now from gendered language and the way they behaves in Swahili, is it correct to generalize that Swahili language is neuter. These questions and other of this trend are the ones addressed in this article. Data collected from through interview and observation is used to support the argument.
Skills needed to interpret transcendental languages
Authors: Mpemba Titus
Published: July 2020

While interpreting is increasingly becoming important, some interpreting forms still have no visibility in the field and research landscape, transcendental language mediation (henceforth TLM) being a case in point. The present paper examines linguistic and nonlinguistic skills and competencies that are inherent and necessary in interpreting transcendental languages, in view of giving indigenous interpreting forms and sub-forms more visibility in the interpreting research landscape and discourse. As its theoretical underpinning, the paper is guided by ideas from postcoloniality and scriptocentrism. The data were obtained through observation of 24 spirit medium language mediation events and semi-structured interviews to 24 Bhasukuma spirit mediums and 24 mediators in Mwanza, Geita, Shinyanga and Simiyu administrative regions of the United Republic of Tanzania. Findings suggest that there are prior-to-mediation-process skills and during-mediation process skills, which provide more support to the previous studies which found that mediation of transcendental languages is an aspect of interpreting. It is recommended that African scholars should take it as their prerogative to expose more African realities to the world to better peoples’ understanding.
Iho popitha aantu? – Don’t you greet people?
Authors: Mbenzi Petrus Angula , Amakali Justina Meluwa Latenda
Published: July 2020

This paper is intended to investigate the socio-pragmatic context of Oshiwambo greetings. There is a dearth of literature on the intricacies of Oshiwambo forms of greeting and the metamorphosis that it has undergone to date. Thus there is a need to investigate the present state of Oshiwambo greetings. The paper is pegged on Austin’s Speech Act theory that emphasizes that utterances are the production of words and sentences on particular occasions by particular speakers for particular purposes. In view of that, Oshiwambo greetings are expressed to convey a specific message to the addressee by the addressor. Two approaches were employed to collect information for this paper namely, ethnographic approach to gauge the impact of Euro-western culture on Oshiwambo greetings and, documentation to dissect the socio-pragmatic context of Oshiwambo forms of greetings. The paper focuses on the functions, situations and types of greeting that exist in Oshiwambo. It further focuses on the paralinguistic and extra-linguistic features which complement the forms of greetings. The analysis has shown that greetings are an integral part of interactional discourse and serve as a prelude to the establishments of social relationships and that they can vary according to the age of the interactants and the circumstances under which the greetings take place. The paper further reveals that there are circumstances in which no exchange of greeting is expected. In the final analysis the paper reveals that western culture has an effect on the extra-linguistic features which accompany greetings thus both verbal and non-verbal modes of greetings are partly westernized.
Yikambadara Yina Reta Ruhodi Momukunda
Authors: Hamunyera Erenstine
Published: July 2020

Momukunda gwaKampegere mwa tungire vantu namukadendi novana vawo vatatu, Vamati vavali mukadona gumwe. Epata eli kwa kere neparu Iyedigu unene, tjaki ntudi kuna kalimina. Vanona va here kugenda sure, nye kutupu mfuto no mudwaro noyihepwa yimwe yokosure.
Discourse roles of particles in Chiyao
Authors: Julius Taji
Published: July 2020

This paper seeks to investigate the discourse roles of particles in Chiyao along with their environment of occurrence and scope of interpretation. The analysis is based on the data collected through audio-recording of traditional narratives which were later transcribed to identify utterances with particles. The findings establish that particles in Chiyao can occur in three major types of environment, namely within the NP as is the case with question particles, demonstrativeparticles, and exclusive particles; within the VP as is the case with question particles, exclusive particles, and negative particles; and in pre-sentential position (e.g. emotional particles, additive particles, and contrast particles). Concerning the scope of interpretation, the analysis indicates that particles that occur within the NP have their scope of interpretation limited to the NP, while the meaning of those that occur as part of the VP or in pre-sentential position applies to the entire sentence. As for the discourse roles, it is shown that the Chiyao particle performs different significant roles, including emphatic roles, such as emphasising negation; and exclusive roles, that is, to single out some elements within a clause from the rest of a clause in order to show focus. It is further shown that particles are used to signal interrogation, and for anaphoric purposes. Moreover, particles in Chiyao indicate deixis as well as emotions such as surprise,anger, disapproval and shock. Finally, particles indicate contrast and addition. These findings lead to a conclusion that the use of particles represents an important communicative strategy in Chiyao.
Penerapan Teknologi Sabo sebagai Penahan Laju Sedimentasi Pada Muara Danau Limboto
Authors: Alfianto Ardian , Cecilia Shandy , Ridwan Banata Wachid , Surya Putri Chitra Widyasani
Published: July 2020

Lake siltation due to erosion and sedimentation in Limboto Lake has happened since 1932. Based on 2017 analysis, lake contriction reached 4,000 (88,81 hectares annually). So, Limboto is predicted to go extinct in 2031. Since 2017, sabo dam implementation includes a series of effort called ‘Limboto Lake Revitalization’ to retain sedimentation flow. This study aims to review and to compare existing data with latest primary data collected. Measurement of sedimentation potential volume is done using software WaTEM/SEDEM, sabo design, and sabo plan. Overall, sabo plan designed by Sulawesi II River Basin Office is sufficient to accommodate potential of erotion and sedimentation flow in Limboto, despite the hypothesis that sabo dam amount is lacking and structure is positioned unfit with sabo design standard. The review shows that based on accommodating capacity, it is not necessary to add structure in upstream river. On the other hand, based distance between structures, each river requires at least 1 additional structure. This study advises an additional of capacity surge to 1.111.537 cubic meters. Batulayar section has the biggest capacity of 193.662 cubic meters per year, while the smallest is located in Tabongo1 with a capacity of 11.031 cubic meters per year. Updating and scheduled sabo dam review are required.
A SIMPLE RUN-UP CALCULATION OF TSUNAMI KRAKATAU 1883 FOR THE EVALUATION OF NCICD SEAWALL DESIGN
Authors: Simanjuntak Eduardo Meyrianso , Ginting Juventus Welly Radianta , Putra Ida Ayu Irawati Diah Ratna
Published: July 2020

NCICD (National Capital Integrated Coastal Development) Seawall is designed mainly to prevent coastal flooding due to sea level rise and land subsidence in North Jakarta. However, the seawall is not designed to countermeasure a tsunami impact. The purpose of this research is to calculate tsunami impact in term of run-up in five strategic points such as Pelabuhan Muara Angke, Pelabuhan Nizam Zachman, Pantai Ancol, Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok dan Pantai Marunda. In this research, the seawall is evaluated for the worst-case tsunami scenario within the order of Tsunami Krakatau 1883. The source of tsunami is the initial condition from Maeno and Imamura (2011). The propagation from source to coastal area is conducted using SWASH model. SWASH 2D model shows a good agreement with observation data. Compared to Maeno and Imamura’s model, the numerical model shows a better agreement. The verified model is then extracted and the time series is used as an input for the 1D model to calculate the tsunami run-up. The model result shows that Tanjung Priok and Pantai Muranda are the most vulnerable point with tsunami run-up about 4 m. However, the current designed seawall with 4.8 m height is still sufficient to deal with this impact.
Performance Prediction Modeling of Concrete Bridge Deck Condition Using an Optimized Approach
Authors: Chyad Aqeed Mohsin , Abudayyeh Osama
Published: July 2020

Developing an accurate and reliable model for concrete bridge deck deterioration rates is a significant step in improving the condition assessment process. The main goal of this study is to develop a deterioration prediction model based on the condition ratings of concrete bridge decks over the past 25 years as reported in the National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database. While the literatures have typically suggested the Markov chain method as the most common technique used in condition assessment of bridges, the analysis in this pilot study suggests that the lognormal distribution function is a better model for concrete bridge deck condition data. This paper compares the two approaches and presents a new approach that combines the more commonly used Markov chain method with the lognormal distribution function to arrive at an optimal model for predicting bridge deck deterioration rates. The prediction error in the combined model is less than each of the two models (i.e. Markov and Lognormal). Additionally, the steel structure type illustrated the highest deterioration rates within condition ratings from 8 to 4 Comparing with other types. The bridge decks that have ADT of more than 4,000 (vehicles/day) deteriorated faster than of those with ADT less than 4,000 with the same type of structure and skew angle. Bridge decks with skew angles more than 30º deteriorate faster than of those with skew angles less than 30°. Furthermore, it showed that most new Michigan concrete bridge decks may take at least 40 years before dropping gradually from 9 to 3.
The Effect of Atmospheric Pollution on Building Materials in the Urban Environment
Authors: Kuzmichev Andrey A. , Azarov Valery N. , Kuzmichev Alexander V.
Published: July 2020

Nowadays atmospheric pollution affects not only the urban environment in general, but building materials, which leads to their corrosion, in particular. The article discusses the regularities of the adhesion process of particulate matter (dust) on the vertical surfaces of buildings and structures, which are made of various building materials. On the basis of experimental studies, regression dependences of the adhesion of urban dust on different vertical surfaces from random determining factors were obtained. Thus, by studying the regularities of pollution of urban environment objects, made of various building materials, it is possible to achieve their preservation, since they demonstrate the architectural and design features of various historical periods of the country's development.
A Lei 10.639/03 e suas implicações para o fortalecimento da identidade e de direitos dos afro-brasileiros
Authors: Piva Caroline Tito Miranda
Published: July 2020

O presente artigo de revisão tem como propósito enfatizar a importância dos dispositivos legais que tornaram obrigatório o ensino de História da África e da Cultura Afro-brasileira nos currículos da escola básica, contextualizando a participação do movimento negro no Brasil em todo o processo de inclusão dessa temática nas pautas de reivindicações por uma educação emancipatória, problematizando a necessidade de políticas afirmativas de combate ao racismo para o fortalecimento da identidade e de direitos. Pretende-se pesquisar o contexto histórico do processo de homologação da lei 10.639/03 e suas implicações para o reconhecimento dos direitos culturais coletivos.
O processo educacional brasileiro: Desafios e frustrações
Authors: Bastos Manoel de Jesus
Published: July 2020

O presente artigo faz menção ao andamento do atual processo educacional brasileiro, seus desafios e frustrações dentro das possibilidades dos segmentos que o operam. Seu principal objetivo é explicitar aos leitores a verdadeira realidade vivenciada pela sociedade brasileira, seus almejos, expectativas e decepções. Trata-se, portanto, de uma pesquisa de cunho bibliográfico com apego às concepções de alguns teóricos e de algumas fontes oficiais. Comumente, faz-se alusões sobre extraordinários projetos para a melhoria do processo educacional, no entanto, muitos deles não vingam, não saem do papel. Grande parte de suas metas deixam de ser cumpridas e terminam se esvaindo com o passar do tempo. A cidadania, produto de uma educação qualitativa está prevista na lei, no entanto, a sua execução vem sendo ignorada e o seu valor perdendo o sentido.
BAYESIAN NETWORK OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN MALAYSIA
Authors: Zamzuri Zamira Hasanah , Shabadin Akmalia , Ishak Siti Zaharah
Published: July 2020

Exploring the cause and effect of hazardous events such as traffic accident is vital to the society. Statistical analyses have been a great help in terms of understanding and making inference on the cause-effect analysis and also predicting the occurrence of the accident in the future. One of the issues that could not be handled by the conventional way of statistical modelling is the interrelationships exist between the variables in the data set. With the advent of technology and the wide application of machine learning algorithm, this goal can be achieved through the Bayesian network analysis, in which it is a directed acyclic probabilistic graphical model. By using Hill Climb (HC) and Tabu algorithms, the structure of the data was learnt and their relationship is estimated through the conditional probability based on the Bayesâ€™ theorem. We found that that weather does impact on the accident occurred through the lighting condition and the traffic system. It is also learnt that fatality accidents have a higher likelihood to occur in head-on, turn over and out of control accidents. The use of Bayesian network allows for the probability queries which is very important estimates needed as we want to know what is the risk that we face given the information that we have in hand.
AN ONLINE FRAMEWORK FOR CIVIL UNREST PREDICTION USING TWEET STREAM BASED ON TWEET WEIGHT AND EVENT DIFFUSION
Authors: Islam Md Kamrul , Ahmed Md Manjur , Zamli Kamal Zuhairi , Mehbub Salman
Published: July 2020

Twitter is one of most popular Internet-based social networking platform to share feelings, views, and opinions. In recent years, many researchers have utilized the social dynamic property of posted messages or tweets to predict civil unrest in advance. However, existing frameworks fail to describe the low granularity level of tweets and how they work in offline mode. Moreover, most of them do not deal with cases where enough tweet information is not available. To overcome these limitations, this article proposes an online framework for analyzing tweet stream inpredicting future civil unrest events. The framework filters tweet stream and classifies tweets using linear Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier. After that, the weight of the tweet is measured and distributed among extracted locations to update the overall weight in each location in a day in a fully online manner. The weight history is then used to predict the status of civil unrest in a location. The significant contributions of this article are (i) A new keyword dictionary with keyword score to quantify sentiment in extracting the low granularity level of knowledge (ii) A new diffusion model for extracting locations of interest and distributing the sentiment among the locations utilizing the concept of information diffusion and location graph to handle locations with insufficient information (iii) Estimating the probability of civil unrest and determining the stages of unrest in upcoming days. The performance of the proposed framework has been measured and compared with existing logistic regression based predictive framework. The results showed that the proposed framework outperformed the existing framework in terms of F1 score, accuracy, balanced accuracy, false acceptance rate, false rejection rate, and Matthews correlation coefficient.