bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ecope: Task Aware Workload Elastic Scheduling and Customization for Infrastructure
Authors: Banu Shifaliya , Prabakar M.
Published: June 2018

In the past several years, the development in non functional requirement such as CPU and memory has been    done. Due to the workload characteristics the energy efficiency of non functional component has made a large coverage. We develop Ecope to attain energy proportionality for different methods of services of virtual machine in data centres’ decrease non functional energy for servers in large data centers. Demonstrate three input methods to illustrate our concept to real world services such as file processing, backend services and content processing. These services are applying on virtual machine in large data centers. In short, our aim is to recognize the preeminent non functional configuration among various workloads.
A Survey of Various Image De-noising Techniques
Authors: Thakur Diksha , Singh Mandeep
Published: June 2018

The image processing is the technology through which information of image get processed . the noises are the extra pixels which get added on the image to reduce image quality. The authors proposed various techniques which works to remove noisy pixels from the image. In this paper, various image de-nosing techniques has been reviewed and discuss in terms of their outcomes.
Techniques of Text Detection and Recognition: A Survey
Authors: . Shivani , Bansal Dipti
Published: June 2018

The pattern recognition is the technique which is applied on the image to detect similar type of patterns from the image. The text detection and recognition are the techniques of patterns detection. To detect text area in the image techniques of image segmentation is required which will segment the area in which text is present. To mark the text from the image technique of neural networks is required which will learn from the previous values and drive new values on the basis of current network situations. In this paper, various techniques of image segmentation and neural networks has been reviewed and discussed in terms of their outcomes.
Rainfall Prediction in South-Eastern Part of Bangladesh by Linear Regression Method
Authors: Islam Mohammad Shohidul , Siddika Sultana Easmin , Masum S M Injamamul Haque
Published: June 2018

Rainfall forecasting is very challenging task for the meteorologists. Over the last few decades, several models have been utilized, attempting the successful analysing and forecasting of rainfall. Recorded climate data can play an important role in this regard. Long-time duration of recorded data can be able to provide better advancement of rainfall forecasting. This paper presents the utilization of statistical techniques, particularly linear regression method for modelling the rainfall prediction over Bangladesh. The rainfall data for a period of 11 years was obtained from Bangladesh Meteorological department (BMD), Dhaka i.e. that was surface-based rain gauge rainfall which was acquired from 08 weather stations over Bangladesh for the years of 2001-2011. The monthly and yearly rainfall was determined. In order to assess the accuracy of it some statistical parameters such as average, meridian, correlation coefficients and standard deviation were determined for all stations. The model prediction of rainfall was compared with true rainfall which was collected from rain gauge of different stations and it was found that the model rainfall prediction has given good results.
An Assessment of the Experiences of Caregivers of Children with HIV and AIDS at a Children’s Opportunistic Infections Clinic: Zimbabwe
Authors: E Mangoro , M Chitura , A Mayida
Published: June 2018

The purpose of the study was to assess the experiences of caregivers of children with HIV and AIDS at a Children’s opportunistic infections clinic in Zimbabwe. The main objectives of the study were to determine the kind of relationships existing between the caregivers and the children, to establish the caregivers’ level of knowledge of HIV and AIDS, the treatment modalities involved, to assess the caregivers’ levels of adherence to ART, to establish the caregivers’ support systems and to find out the problems faced by caregivers during their care giving roles. A mixed method approach was employed. A sample of ten caregivers, comprising 4 biological mothers, 3 female relatives, 1 male relative, 1 foster parent and 1 child caregiver was drawn from a population of 423 caregivers of children with HIV and AIDS. who had defaulted treatment and/or missed review dates. The main findings of the study were that, most of the caregivers were the children’s biological mothers and female relatives, and they had known the children since birth. It was found that, prior to the initiation of ART, all the participants were trained to care for the children and were given guidelines on nutrition and drug therapy. Furthermore, all the participants showed knowledge of HIV and AIDS, its prevention and management. While participants mentioned that they received social support from family and friends, it was noted that the burden of care still fell hard on them as they were the ones who stayed with the children and had to be physically available to give care. The challenges faced by caregivers in adhering to ART were found to be financial constraints, living remotely from health care centers, transport problems, contradictory cultural beliefs and stigma. Recommendations included increasing staff compliment, step up sensitization campaigns through Health education programmes and disseminate research findings to stakeholders. Funds permitting, two year longitudinal studies be undertaken in Zimbabwe to ascertain ART adherence.
T (1,2)*-SPACES
Authors: Thamilisai A. , Brindha S.
Published: June 2018

In this paper we discussed about A bitopological space X is called an gT  (1,2)*-space if every (1,2)*-g-closed set in it is  (1,2)*-closed. And A bitopological space X is called a T  (1,2)*-space if every  (1,2)*-closed subset of X is τ1,2-closed in X. and we are also going to prove that Every (1,2)*-αTb-space is T  (1,2)*-space but not conversely
Delimitation and Verification of Decision-Making Factors When Settling Upon Event Destinations: The Brazilian Case
Authors: Stadler Adriano , Maioli Marcos Rogério , Lopez Mariana Pires Vidal
Published: June 2018

This article aims to delimit the decision-making factors when opting for event destinations. Therefore, a survey based on the Likert scale of 6 points was set out to the 79 surveyees who held events in Brazil between 2005 and 2010, and was cataloged by one of the most important event organizers associations in the world. The answers lay out little homogeneity, which is evident from the analysis of average and standard deviations to the multivariate analysis, especially through factor analysis. It was noticed that the categories for services and costs are legitimate; since the categories which aimed at diagnosing the influence of location in choosing the events destination is null and void. The results set out that cost and location have influence in decision-making when it comes to the election of an event destination, but the ascertained variables do not bear high statistical validity.
Comparative Study on Software Development Methods: Agile vs Scrum
Authors: Sharma Ankita , Bali Manav
Published: June 2018

Now a days most of the software companies are able to produce valuable software in a very short span of time with minimum costs and with adjustable environments. For this purpose Agile Methodologies were thus introduced to meet all the requirements of a software development company. In this paper we will discuss the agile technique and SCRUM there advantages and disadvantages. Also we discuss about the dissimilarities and similarities between the new requirements of the software development companies.
Procurement Flexibility of the Dimension of Information Technology Systems for Furniture Industry in Malaysia
Authors: Ahmad Noor Azman Bin , Tahir Md. Nor Hayati Bin
Published: June 2018

This research was conducted to determine whether there is a relationship between procurement flexibility supply chain in the dimensions of information technology systems and issues within dimensions that affect the industries of furniture in Malaysia. This quantitative research involved 150 sets of questionnaire done on furniture factories active operating in Malaysia and review of previous studies. Data analysis involve reliability, validity, hypothesis testing and regression were carried out. The study found there was flexibility procurement in the dimension of information systems technology with the industry of furniture in Malaysia. Issue where suppliers or producers receive product information from buyers are outside the time set found to be most affecting furniture industry in Malaysia. Second issue is suppliers and buyers are very difficult to share information between them, while the third issue was the lack of concern and cooperation of suppliers or producers in terms of distribution of information to the buyer. The issue of buyer channelling the information to the supplier or manufacturer is the lowest influence to the industry of furniture in Malaysia.
Power Quality Events Classification using ANN with Hilbert Transform
Authors: Chheepa Tarun Kumar , Manglani Tanuj
Published: June 2018

With the evolution of Smart Grid, Power Quality issues have become prominent. The urban development involves usage of computers, microprocessor controlled electronic loads and power electronic devices. These devices are the source of power quality disturbances.  PQ problems are characterized by the variations in the magnitude and frequency in the system voltages and currents from their nominal values. To decide a control action, a proper classification mechanism is required to classify different PQ events. In this paper we propose a hybrid approach to perform this task. Different Neural topologies namely Cascade Forward Backprop Neural Network (CFBNN), Elman Backprop Neural Network (EBPNN), Feed Forward Backprop Neural Network (FFBPNN),  Feed Forward Distributed Time Delay Neural Network (FFDTDNN) , Layer Recurrent Neural Network (LRNN), Nonlinear Autoregressive Exogenous Neural Network (NARX),  Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN)  along with the application of Hilbert Transform are employed to classify the PQ events. A meaningful comparison of these neural topologies is presented and it is found that Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN) is the most efficient topology to perform the classification task. Different levels of Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) are added in the input features to present the comparison of classifiers.
A Discussion of Finite State Machine in String Search Based on Function & Class FSM Implementations
Authors: M.O Lawerence , O.O Adewole
Published: June 2018

The simplest type of computing machine that is worth considering is called a ‘finite state machine’. As it  happens, the finite state machine is also a useful approach to many problems in software architecture, only in this case you don’t build one you simulate it. Essentially a finite state machine consists of a number of states – finite naturally! When a symbol, a character from some alphabet say, is input to the machine it changes state in such a way that the next state depends only on the current state and the input symbol. Notice that this is more sophisticated than you might think because inputting the same symbol doesn’t always produce the same behaviour or result because of the change of state.  A few examples based on the C++ implementation of the finite state algorithm based on the function & class objects is presented.
News Category Classification Using Distinctive Bag of Words and ANN Classifier
Authors: Singh Amritpal , Chhillar Sunil Kumar
Published: June 2018

Category classification, for news, is a multi-label text classification problem. The goal is to assign one or more categories to a news article. A standard technique in multi-label text classification is to use a set of binary classifiers. For each category, a classifier is used to give a “yes” or “no” answer on if the category should be assigned to a text. Some of the standard algorithms for text classification that are used for binary classifiers include Naive Bayesian Classifiers, Support Vector Machines, artificial neural networks etc. In this distinctive bag of words have been used as feature set based on high frequency word tokens found in individual category of news. The algorithm presented in this work is based on a keyword extraction algorithm that is capable of dealing with English language in which different news categories i.e. Business, entertainment, politics, sports etc. has been considered. Intra-class news classification has been carried out in which Cricket and Football in sports category has been selected to verify the performance of the algorithm. Experimental results shows high classification rate in describing category of a news document.
Integrated Approach for Sclera Recognition and Eye Gaze Detection
Authors: Rajole Snehal S. , Shinde J. V.
Published: June 2018

In this paper we proposed unique technique which is adaptive to noisy images for eye gaze detection as processing noisy sclera images captured at-a-distance and on-the-move has not been extensively investigated. Sclera blood vessels have been investigated recently as an efficient biometric trait. Capturing part of the eye with a normal camera using visible-wavelength images rather than near infrared images has provoked research interest. This technique involves sclera template rotation alignment and a distance scaling method to minimize the error rates when noisy eye images are captured at-a-distance and on-the move. The proposed system is tested and results are generated by extensive simulation in java.
Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis of Compressible Flow across a Complex Geometry Carburettor Venturi
Authors: .T Arvind , R Swaminathan M.
Published: June 2018

A commercial computational fluid dynamics package could be used to develop a three dimensional, fully turbulent model of the compressible flow across a complex geometry venturi, such as those found in small engine carburettors. The results of the CFD simulation can be used to understand the effect of the different obstacles in the flow on the mass flow rate and the static pressure at the tip of the fuel tube. This would be helpful to analyze the pressure loss in the throat area. Analysis would be performed to study airflow across carburettor venturi by locating fuel tube at the diverging nozzle of the venturi and for various positions of throttle valve in the present paper, fuel tube and throttle plate would be modelled and analyze in order to have better understanding of the flow in complex venturi. The results of this study necessitate for modification throttle valve design. The carburettor body is remodelled with two throttle bodies replacing conventional throttle. Analysis has been performed to study flow field with modified design and results have been discussed.
Species Composition of Mangrove Forests in Olingan Creek- A Reference for Integrated Coastal Management
Authors: Guillena Ma. Dulce C. , Naguit Ma.Rio , Aquino Jane T.
Published: June 2018

Mangroves shares specialized attributes for growing with excess saltwater, and for promoting sustainability and dispersal. These attributes enabled mangroves to occupy tidal areas around the world and kept from extinction. This study aimed to conduct an identification of mangrove species in Olingan creek and determine the status of the mangroves in terms of their relative abundance. Data collection was done through actual determination of mangrove community structure by using the transect line plot technique.  The diversity index was sought using the Shannon’s Diversity Index.  The results showed that there are 14 mangrove species in 9 families found to grow in the area.Nypa fruticans , Rhizophora stylosa and Rhizophora apiculata species were the most dense and most frequent mangrove species in Olingan creek. Terminalia catappa turned out to be the species having the lowest density.Avicennia(officinalis) lanata ranks first in dominancy and importance value followed by Rhizophora stylosa then Calophylluminophyllum. Moreover, Bruguiera sexangula had the lowest dominancy while Sonneratia ovata had the lowest importance value of all the mangrove species. Major problems observed include conversion of mangrove areas into residential and beach development. The mangrove composition in the area is relatively high and therefore needs proper protection, conservation and management.
From Integrated Library System (ILS) to Library Service Platform (LSP): Role of Library Discovery System (LDS)
Authors: Hazra Sheuli
Published: June 2018

This paper shows  the evolution of the web-scale resource discovery services in libraries along with different discovery software available both in commercial and open source domain. The paper discusses several discovery tools and identifies several key parameters on the  basis of which can compare the usability and accessibility of different discovery software. It will be identifies tools possibilities of applications of these interactive, collaborative and participative tools in enhancing existing library services and the feasibility of introducing next generation library services. Therefore, today all world look-over the newly made association which is library discovery system. Library discovery system make a software like 'VuFind' as open source software,  digital library software to distributed across the globe.
Internet of Things based Automation using Artificial Intelligence
Authors: B Chandra Sekar , S Nikhil K , N Raju K , M Sanjay , N Chandrappa D
Published: June 2018

The  Internet of Things(IoT)  has become a hot topic in the present tech-driven world. Internet of Things is one of the promising technology used to control objects connected to Internet through IP address, which enables objects to collect and exchange data. Internet of Things is expanding itself into different areas. Home Automation is one of the trend in application of IoT for realizing smart cities. In the paper, we are developing a system which will control through MQTT protocol. MQTT has been utilized as a platform to provide IoT services which will monitor the applications and generate alerts or take intelligent decisions using concept of IoT. Nodemcu was used as aIoT end device connecting relays to the platform via wifi channel. Home scenario is created and designed IoT messages satisfying the scenario requirement. We also implemented Automation through HTML web page. A main contribution of this paper is that it summarizes uses of Intenet of Things in Home Automation with Artificial Intelligence to monitor and control the appliances.
Android OS Fragmentation: Causes and Concerns
Authors: Chauhan Manvindar Singh , Singh Kulvinder
Published: June 2018

Android is facing a serious security concern due to OS fragmentation, as a significant number of android users are using much older version of the mobile OS without being updated with latest security patches. The rush to release new devices without sufficient testing is inadvertently introducing security flaws.
Automatic Solar Panel Cleaning Robot
Authors: Margaret K. S. , Bathirnath T. , Kumar V. Dinesh , Kumar N. Praveen
Published: June 2018

The dust particles accumulating on the solar panels will decrease the solar energy reaching the solar cells, thereby reducing the overall power output.  In this paper, the problem is reviewed and methods for dust removal and reduction of heat are discussed. A robot cleaning device is developed and features a versatile platform which travels the entire length of a panel.  An Arduino microcontroller is used to implement robots control system.  The robot will provide a favorable result and shows that such a system is viable.  In conclusion, it is found that robotic cleaning and heat reduction is practical and can help in maintain the solar panel efficiency.
Quadcopter for Medical Services
Authors: K Supritha , Mantri Vivechna , V Sindhura Reddy , Ramji Swathi
Published: June 2018

Lack of immediate medical attention post trauma is the major factor of the increased death rates in road accidents. In order to provide timely medical attention, a system is to be designed which is a means that does not have the road constraints of an emergency medical system. This is the Air Ambulance- Quadcopter. Attempting to bring about faster accessibility of medical services to the patient especially in rural areas is the motivating factor. The system will help in implementing this idea of faster site accessibility to a large extent, by providing timely first aid and serving the society through means of a Quadcopter. To design such an equipment, an elaborate survey has been made on the topics of Wi-Fi, Sensor. This paper is an outcome of the survey done which has enriched us with an in-depth knowledge of the various components and techniques required to design and build a Quadcopter.
Surveillance of the Remote Sensitive Areas Using Mobile PIBOT
Authors: Baseer Adila , Kumar Anil
Published: June 2018

In this current world, everyone is worried about their safety due to increase in crime rate. This has led to an increase in the importance of a surveillance system. A system is designed for continuous monitoring and also the system provides live streaming. The system can be deployed at the anyplace i.e. office, house and some remote place where people cannot monitor the particular place. The system acts like a Robot within a local area network through Wi-Fi technology using Raspberry pi 3 , The live streaming is accomplished by using a webcam interfaced with raspberry Pi, it data provided is processed by MJPEG (Motion Joint Photographic Experts Group) streamer and the robot is controlled through webpage’s created. The system is programmed using python programming language.
Model knowledge sharing pada grup Facebook Backpacker Dunia
Authors: Galih Aulia Puspaning
Published: June 2018

Facebook is the largest networking site in the world with a growing number of users. Currently, Facebook has evolved into a site that can be used for information sharing by individuals through their personal accounts in the group called ‘Backpacker Dunia’, totaling 104,130 members whose hobby is traveling all over the world. This study aimed to identify (1) the relationship between commitment, excitement of helping others, reputation, and the group's appreciation of attitudes towards knowledge sharing, (2) the relationship between attitudes toward knowledge sharing and purpose of knowledge sharing, (3) the appropriate model for knowledge sharing in this study. This knowledge sharing model was adapted from the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA). The method used in this study was quantitative with an online questionnaire instrument to facilitate the collection of data because the respondents were in cyberspace. SEM-PLS and Smart-PLS 3.0 were used as methods and tools for data analysis and constructing a knowledge sharing model in this study. The number of respondents in the study was 54 people. In the model proposed in the study were 4 hypotheses in the tested coefficient path and one of them was not significant. The study reveals that the relationship between commitment and attitude toward knowledge sharing is not significant, while the relationship between excitement of helping others and attitude towards knowledge sharing; reputation and attitude towards knowledge sharing; attitude toward knowledge sharing and purpose of knowledge sharing are significant.
Dokumentasi budaya ngaruat lembur di Radio RASI FM
Authors: Wardiana Dian Wardiana , Siti Khadijah Ute Lies , Rukmana Evi Nursanti
Published: June 2018

Radio RASI FM is a community radio that organizes and broadcasts the tradition of ‘ngaruat lembur’, the tradition of expressing gratitude to God, and to ward off disasters as well. This radio performs documentation starting from data searching to creating a form of cultural documentation. The study purpose was to see the documentation process of the traditional culture of ‘ngaruat lembu’ at RASI FM radio. The research used the case study method through qualitative method approach to the owner, broadcaster of radio and community of Cisewu Village. The study results indicated that RASI FM radio documented the ‘ngaruat lembur’ tradition through the recording and management process. Recording activities started from the collection of information and records in the form of pouring data. Management activities consisted of the distribution of duties as an on-air announcer, off-air broadcaster, and audio-visual documentation. Then, the storage of written broadcast results on radio and data into audio-visual media was performed and preservation of documents through the separation and maintenance of audio-visual media. Based on that, we constructed a model of the cultural documentation process of ‘ngaruat lembur’ on RASI FM radio. The radio serves as a preserver of rural community traditions through the ‘ngaruat lembur’ program, which is followed by all circles of society. However, the radio team did not yet have a digital-based form of audio-visual documentation maintenance. Nevertheless, RASI FM radio has become a forum for transferring traditional information of Cisewu Village community.
Morando no meio dos rios e lagos
Authors: Navarro Alexandre Guida
Published: June 2018

Poucas pesquisas foram feitas nas estearias, e, por conta do contexto aquático, informações sobre o mapeamento, sobretudo no que tange ao tamanho e a forma destas aldeias, foram pouco discutidos na restrita literatura sobre este tema. As explicações sobre a preferência pela vida lacustre repousam nas questões defensivas segundo os autores que trabalharam o tema. Por preservar bem os artefatos, estes sítios são um importante testemunho para a compreensão da vida humana na América antes do processo de Conquista. Este artigo apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa arqueológica acadêmica inédita no que diz respeito ao mapeamento desses sítios, inferindo a forma das aldeias e associando-os com a análise cerâmica. É a primeira vez em que esses locais são enquadrados dentro de uma tradição cerâmica.
La fuente de Hércules y Anteo en Aranjuez. Juan Adán e Isidro Velázquez.
Authors: Martinez Leiva Gloria , Jordán de Urríes y de la Colina Javier
Published: June 2018

La fuente de Hércules y Anteo es la más monumental de todas las que embellecen los jardines que componen el Real Sitio de Aranjuez. Encargada en 1795 por Carlos IV al escultor Juan Adán, su comisión se encuadra en un periodo de transformaciones importantes en Aranjuez, en especial en el Jardín del Príncipe donde el rey estaba creando su capricho, la Real Casa del Labrador, su mayor empeño decorativo.La localización de la cuenta general de la obra de la fuente, redactada por Juan Adán en 1805, ha permitido conocer su proceso constructivo, los cambios de planteamiento y de ubicación y las vicisitudes de tan ambicioso proyecto.
La última comunión de San Fernando (1683): continuando con el catálogo del pintor sevillano Antonio Hidalgo
Authors: Porres Benavides Jesús , Romero Dorado Antonio
Published: June 2018

Resumen: Este trabajo presenta una obra firmada por Antonio Hidalgo, pintor de escuela sevillana activo entre 1664 y 1689. Se trata de la Última Comunión de San Fernando, una pintura realizada en 1683 y que se conserva en la Catedral Vieja de Cádiz.Palabras clave: Antonio Hidalgo; Escuela sevillana de pintura; Última Comunión de San Fernando; Catedral Vieja de Cádiz.
Investigation of Polyoxometalate-(Poly)pyrrole Heterogeneous Nanostructures as Cathodes for Rechargeable Magnesium-Ion Batteries
Authors: Henry Hakeem K. , Lee Sang Bok
Published: June 2018

The PMo12-PPy heterogeneous cathode was synthesized electrochemically. In doing so, the PMo12 redox-active material was impregnated throughout the conductive polymer matrix of the poly(pyrrole) nanowires. All chemicals and reagents used were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) purchased from Whatman served as the porous hard template for nanowire deposition. A thin layer of gold of approximately 200nm was sputtered onto the disordered side of the AAO membrane to serve as the current collector. Copper tape was connected to the sputtered gold for contact and the device was sealed in parafilm with heat with an exposed area of 0.32 cm2 to serve as the electroactive area for deposition. All electrochemical synthesis and experiments were conducted using a Bio-Logic MPG2 potentiostat. The deposition was carried out using a 3-electrode beaker cell setup with a solution of acetonitrile containing 5mM and 14mM of the phosphomolybdic acid and pyrrole monomer, respectively. The synthesis was achieved using chronoamperometry to apply a constant voltage of 0.8V vs. Ag/AgCl (BASi) to oxidatively polymerize the pyrrole monomer to poly(pyrrole). To prevent the POM from chemically polymerizing the pyrrole, an injection method was used in which the pyrrole monomer was added to the POM solution only after the deposition voltage had already been applied. The deposition was well controlled by limiting the amount of charge transferred to 300mC. Following deposition, the AAO template was removed by soaking in 3M sodium hydroxide (NaOH) for 20 minutes and rinsed several times with water. After synthesis, all cathodes underwent electrochemical testing to determine their performance using cyclic voltammetry and constant current charge-discharge cycling in 0.1 M Mg(ClO4)2/PC electrolyte. The cathodes were further characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
DNA polymerase ζ deficiency causes impaired wound healing and stress-induced skin pigmentation
Authors: Lange Sabine S , Bhetawal Sarita , Reh Shelley , Powell Katherine Leslie , Kusewitt Donna F , Wood Richard D
Published: June 2018

DNA polymerase ζ (pol ζ) is well established as a specialized enzyme important for DNA damage tolerance, facilitating DNA synthesis past lesions caused by radiation or chemical damage. We report that disruption ofRev3l(encoding the catalytic subunit of pol ζ) in mouse epidermis leads to a defect in proliferation that impairs cutaneous wound healing. A striking increase in epidermal skin pigmentation accompanied both wound healing and UV irradiation in these mice. This was a consequence of stress-induced migration ofRev3l-proficient melanocytes to theRev3l-defective epidermis. We found that this pigmentation corresponded with p53 activation in keratinocytes and was absent in p53-negative areas of the epidermis. Expression of the kit ligand (Kitl) gene, a p53-controlled mediator of keratinocyte to melanocyte signaling, was enhanced during wound healing or following UV irradiation. This study extends the function of pol ζ to the process of proliferation during wound healing.Rev3l-deficient epidermis may be a useful mouse model system for examining communication between damaged keratinocytes and melanocytes, including signaling relevant to human disease.
Link Quality Assessment Algorithm for Heterogeneous Self-organizing Maritime Communications Network
Authors: Bronk Krzysztof , Lipka Adam , Niski Rafał
Published: June 2018

The article introduces a method of performing a radio link quality assessment based on the Link Quality Indicator (LQI) which will be calculated for every system that is available. The method presented has been developed during the netBaltic project completed in Poland and generally applies to the so-called maritime zone A, i.e. the sea area where ships are still within the range of shore-based radio communication systems, particularly 3G/LTE cellular networks. The algorithm was developed based on the results of measurements obtained during two separate campaigns. That measurement data served as a basis for the method’s initial assumptions and was utilized during the method’s veriﬁcation.
Stereoscopic 3DTV Video Quality Metric: the Compressed Average Image Intensity
Authors: Wilczewski Grzegorz
Published: June 2018

This paper presents a newly designed stereoscopic video quality metric. Overall insights towards the creation of mechanisms utilized within the genuine metric are presented herein. Delivery of the core information and motivation behind the features implemented, as well as functionality of the Compressed Average Image Intensity (CAII) quality metric are of utmost importance. The mechanisms created might be characterized as an objective, reliable and versatile quality evaluation tool for advanced analysis of the content delivery chain within stereoscopic video services.
Modelling and optimization of Chromium Powder Mixed EDM Parameter Effect Over the Surface Characteristics by Response Surface Methodology Approach
Authors: Jamil Hosni Nor Ain Binti , Lajis Mohd Amri Bin , Idris Muhammad Ridzuan Bin
Published: June 2018

In this paper, an optimization of chromium powder mixed parameters effect, i.e. discharge current, pulse on time and Cr powder concentration of AISI D2 steels in Powder Mixed EDM (PMEDM) has been made. RSM has been employed to plan and analyzed the experiment. Central composite design (CCD) was chosen as the RSM design that is useful for investigating the quadratic effects. The version 8.0 of the Design Expert software was used to develop the experimental plan for RSM. A mathematical model in the form of the multiple regression equation for second order response surface with the best fittings was developed. The results identify that discharge current and pulse on time the most important parameters effect to minimize recast layer. With the topmost desirability solution, the suggested optimum parameter of discharge current is 20.12 A, pulse-on time 50.14 µs and 3.96 g/L powder concentration to minimize recast layer.
Accounting use and “lack of use” in a religious institution
Authors: Centorrino Giovanna
Published: June 2018

This paper proposes a reflection on the degree of alignment between the indications of P. Lodovico Flori’s Trattato del modo di tenere il libro doppio domestico col suo Essemplare (1636) and its actual use in the accounting activities of a Sicilian Jesuit College, between 1683 and 1739. The purpose of this article is to highlight a particular approach to the indications of the treatise which provides highly detailed and very strict guidance on the use of accounting for the purposes of the annual financial statements of the Houses and Colleges. To achieve this objective, this article considers the case of Castrogiovanni College of the Society of Jesus, located in one of the most internal areas of Sicily, as a practical application. The following article presents a case study, revealing a type of soft use of the accounting treatise written by Flori.
A review of Nohora García’s “understanding Mattessich and Ijiri: a study of accounting thought”
Authors: Liang Pierre Jinghong
Published: June 2018

In her well-researched book, Professor Nohora García offers a refreshing and in-depth look into the glorious past of accounting theorists and their search for answers to above questions posed by the esteemed elders.  The book “Understanding Mattessich and Ijiri: A Study of Accounting Thought” represents the 21st entry of the Studies of Development of Accounting Thought Series, edited by Professor Gary Previts of the Case Western Reserve University and is published by Emerald Publishing, Bingley, UK in the year 2018.

Even within the accounting history domain, Professor García’s book takes on an unusual intellectual journey, let alone in the broader accounting scholarly arena. Her work is unusual in at least two dimensions. First, the book’s choice of Mattessich and Ijiri as the two accounting scholars to study poses a formidable challenge because the denseness of these two scholars’ work both in terms of their shared tendencies toward abstraction and their scientific-philosophical orientation. Second, her work singles out one book each from the vast libraries of these two prolific scholars.
Noticias nº 28 Junio 2018
Authors: Gutiérrez Hidalgo Fernando
Published: June 2018

En el International Economic Symposium – 2018 Sokolov Reading Conference – 2018, celebrado en San Petersburgo los pasados días 18 a 20 de abril hubo un Panel de Editores en el que estuvo representada esta revista.
Propuesta de un sistema de aprendizaje de lengua de señas basado en las tecnologías de la información y comunicación
Authors: Campoverde Molina Milton Alfredo , Reina Alvarado Jacqueline Mishel , Carangui Delgado Antonio Gabriel
Published: June 2018

Esta investigación revela el desarrollo del software que con uso de dispositivos de reconocimiento de voz traduce a un lenguaje de señas; estableciendo como objeto de estudio a 10 estudiantes con discapacidad auditiva de la Unidad Educativa Especial Claudio Neira Garzón: Segundo de Básica (1 estudiante), Cuarto de Básica (5 estudiantes) y Quinto de Básica (4 estudiantes), a continuación, se realizó un análisis del porcentaje de discapacidad de cada estudiante de acuerdo al carnet del Consejo Nacional para la  Igualdad de Discapacidades (CONADIS), luego se aplicó una encuesta a los estudiantes y se mantuvo una entrevista con la directora y subdirectora de la Unidad Educativa, determinando que sería de gran apoyo utilizar alternativas tecnológicas en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de la lengua de señas en los niños de 7 y 15 años con déficit auditivo parcial o total dentro de la asignatura de Lengua y Literatura en la lectoescritura, para el desarrollo del software se utilizó la metodología en cascada, luego de haber desarrollado el sistema se hicieron varias pruebas obteniendo muy buenos resultados en cuanto a su uso, incrementando el nivel de compresión y entendimiento del lenguaje español y la lengua de señas en los niños y además hubo una excelente acogida por parte de los docentes y estudiantes que demostraron mucho interés por usar el software en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje.
Impact of Exports on Economic Aggregates of Pakistan
Authors: Naqvi Hasnain , Adžić Slobodan , Zakić Nebojša , Ratković Milijanka , Ahmad Israr
Published: June 2018

The study employs CGE model, on the data provided in SAM 2001-02 for Pakistan designed by Dorosh et al. (2006), to investigate the impact of Pakistan’s exports on the major aggregates of the economy. To this end, three experiments have been conducted, exportsare increased by 5% in the first simulation (SIM-I), in the second simulation (SIM-II) by 10% and in the third simulation (SIM-III) by 15%. The findings of the study reveal that increase in exports has favourable impact on the performance of macroeconomic variables of the economy i.e. GDP, public and private consumption, savings and investment. Domestic output level of most of the commodities has risen except mine, food manufacturing and other manufacturing. Incomes and expenditures of all the households have risen that results in rise of utility level of all the households. Moreover, all the households have also recorded an increase in the values of compensating variation which implies higher level of welfare for households. However, the value of compensating variation for non-agriculture households has risen more than that of agriculture households indicating pro-urban effect.  Equality among the households has improved as the inequality indices have registered declining trend. The study suggests that export promotion measures should be incorporated in poverty alleviation, income equality and economic growth strategies.
Female Students
Authors: Pruett Mark W. , Şeşen Harun , Pandian J.R.M. , Winter Greg
Published: June 2018

We have conducted the first-ever study of female and male Afghan university students about entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education.  Students at this new university in Afghanistan provided data on their intentions, entrepreneurial disposition, perceptions about the university role, and their beliefs about barriers and motives to entrepreneurship. 

On the one hand, we find significant differences between women and men in disposition and intentions, with women having lower levels of disposition and intentions.  On the other hand, the two groups display remarkably similar views of the importance of numerous entrepreneurship motives and barriers.   They also feel the same about the positive university support of their entrepreneurship interests. 

In other words, although young Afghan women and men appear to feel different about themselves and their plans, they hold relatively similar views on the reasons for entrepreneurship, the impediments to entrepreneurship, and the potential of university education and support to foster entrepreneurship in both sexes.
Revisiting Question Answering in Vampire
Authors: Reger Giles
Published: June 2018

Question answering is the process of taking a conjecture existentially quantified at the outer- most level and providing one or more instantiations of the quantified variable(s) as a form of an answer to the implied question. For example, given the axioms p(a) and f(a)=a the question ?[X] : p(f(X)) could return the answer X=a. This paper reviews the question answering prob- lem focussing on how it is tackled within the VAMPIRE theorem prover. It covers how VAMPIRE extracts single answers, multiple answers, disjunctive answers, and answers involving theories such as arithmetic. The paper finishes by considering possible future directions, such as integration with finite model finding.
Virtualized Module for Distributed Quality Assessment Applied to Video Streaming in 5G Networks Environments
Authors: López Juan Pedro , Jiménez David , Rodrigo Juan Antonio , Sánchez Nuria , Menéndez José Manuel , Álvarez Federico , Lalueza José María
Published: June 2018

The success of streaming platforms and the expansion of advanced multimedia formats, such as UHD that presents 4K and 8K resolutions, demand better network conditions for transmitting higher amounts of data. 5G Networks offer a collection of improvements over their predecessors including an increase of bandwidth and lower latency. Additionally, 5G architecture allows the network nodes to improve their capabilities with the inclusion of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technologies, which provide an opportunity to control media flows and distribute the processing tools through the delocation of remote virtual machines. As a consequence of this fact, different types of applications for broadcast and multimedia analysis can be implemented for different purposes in the network distribution chain, such as image or audio assessment, video edition, metadata addition and other kinds of system processing. For this paper, among these applications, we present a software module that is able to assess video quality when applied in any point of the network in order to determine remotely the state of the network. This module known as "probe" checks the transmission through image evaluation metrics and sends a resulting report to the network backbone for communication the retransmission if necessary, to fulfill the requirements and demands of the users. Tests developed in different network distributions and with a variety of video sequences demonstrate the validity of this innovative software.
Clarificación de aceite de cocina usado y decoloración de aceite rojo de palma con el uso de ozono, carbón activado y peróxido de hidrógeno
Authors: Parra Tania , Marin Sinche Freddy Alexander , Jácome Gonzalo , Sinche Marco
Published: June 2018

Se evaluaron procesos alternativos para la clarificación de aceite de cocina usado (ACU) y la decoloración de aceite rojo de palma (ARP). La clarificación del ACU se desarrolló en dos etapas, una remoción de sedimentos y una decoloración. En la primera etapa se probaron tres métodos: calentamiento, lavado con salmuera, sedimentación y filtración; solamente sedimentación, y lavado con salmuera, sedimentación y filtración. El tercer método permitió la mayor eliminación de impurezas. Para la segunda etapa se probaron tres métodos: adsorción con carbón activado (CA); ozonización y aplicación de peróxido de hidrógeno. El mejor método fue la ozonización con una dosis de 0,1946 mol O3/L y una temperatura post-tratamiento de 60 ºC; se alcanzó un porcentaje de decoloración de 24,4%. Para el ARP, el mejor tratamiento de decoloración fue la adsorción con carbón activado. La relación de aceite:CA que generó los mejores resultados fue 25:1; se logró una disminución de color del 90,48%. El análisis de los parámetros de calidad medidos en los aceites tratados (índice de acidez, índice de saponificación, color y sólidossuspendidos) determinó que estos podrían ser utilizados como materia prima para la elaboración de jabón.
Evaluación de emisiones de gases en un vehículo liviano a gasolina en condiciones de altura. Caso de estudio Quito, Ecuador
Authors: Llanes Cedeño Edilberto Antonio , Rocha-Hoyos Juan Carlos , Peralta Zurita Diana Belén , Leguísamo Milla Julio César
Published: June 2018

En la actualidad es muy importante estimar la aportación del parque vehicular en los inventarios de emisiones contaminantes para la ciudad de Quito debido a su característica geográfica que la ubica en una altura sobre los 2810 m. En esta investigación se evalúan los factores de emisión en ruta de tres combustibles utilizados principalmente por vehículos livianos en el Ecuador; gasolina Súper con 93 octanos; gasolina Extra con 87 octanos; y gasolina Ecopaís (gasolina Extra y un 5 % de bioetanol). Se utilizó un vehículo Chevrolet Aveo 1.6 L instrumentado con un sistema on-board para obtener información de las emisiones contaminantes y el consumo total de combustible en una ruta predeterminada de 12 km, a velocidad promedio de 40 km/h. Se utilizó el modelo simplificado de combustión para desarrollar un balance de masa respecto a la cantidad de carbono presente en el combustible, y así obtener los factores de emisión ( ) en gramos de contaminante por kilómetro recorrido. Los resultados obtenidos son: gasolina Extra: CO 3.194 g/km, HC 0.060 g/km y NOx 0.142 g/km; gasolina 92 Súper: CO 4.770 g/km, HC 0.099 g/km y NOx 0.281 g/km; y gasolina Ecopaís: CO 5.939 g/km, HC 0.082 g/km y NOx 0.279 g/km.
Coque de petróleo como controlador de filtrado en fluidos de perforación base aceite
Authors: Vega Mejía Rubén Dario , León Martín , Lara Patricia
Published: June 2018

La gran cantidad de coque de petróleo producido en Venezuela, conllevó a su uso como controlador de filtrado en fluidos base aceite. Inicialmente el coque se sometió a un proceso de extracción de aceite mediante el método Soxhlet y extracción de azufre mediante microondas. Seguidamente se le realizó una Espectroscopia de Infrarrojo (IR) y se comparó con otra espectroscopia del coque de petróleo natural, donde quedó evidenciado la efectividad del proceso aplicado. Se formularon cuatro (4) fluidos de perforación (12 lpg) con coque como controlador de filtrado, variando su concentración en 6, 8, 10 y 12 lb/bl y después de un envejecimiento dinámico (300°F, 100 lpcm) se estudiaron las propiedades físicas de viscosidad plástica, punto cedente, gel 10 s, gel 10 min y filtrado, obteniéndose rango de valores de 25,3-26,3; 5,7-6,3; 4-5; 7-10 y 10,3-10,9 respectivamente. Un estudio estadístico de parcelas divididas demostró que existieron diferencias estadísticas significativas entre las propiedades físicas de los fluidos formulados y las propiedades físicas de un fluido patrón con lignito como controlador de filtrado. Se concluyó que a pesar de las diferencias estadísticas presentadas es posible el uso de coque de petróleo como controlador de filtrado para las condiciones en estudio.