bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PENGARUH KEPUASAN WAJIB PAJAK, PENEGAKAN SANKSI PAJAK DAN KEADILAN DISTRIBUTIF TERHADAP KEPATUHAN WAJIB PAJAK DI KOTA PONTIANAK
Authors: SUSENO JOKO , SANI SANI
Published: December 2020

The aims of study are analyzing the impact of satisfaction from the taxpayers, tax sanction enforcement and distributive justice on taxpayer compliance, especially taxpayer of construction service companies. Data has been collected by closed questionnaire with Likert scale between 1 and 5. From the statement, it can know the level of taxpayer compliance as the respondent to the problem determined by the way of providing value to answers result from the respondents. Multiple regression analysis has been used to analyze data. Based on the research, it shows that taxpayer satisfaction variable can be proved by having a positive and significant influence on taxpayer compliance especially taxpayer of construction service company by coefficient result β = 0,383 with p-value equal to 0,0095 smaller than α= 0,05 , variables Enforcement of tax sanctions has been proven by having a positive and significant impact on taxpayer compliance, especially Construction Services Company coefficient β = 0.943 with p-value of 0.014 smaller than α = 0.05. And distributive justice variable has positive and significant influence on taxpayer compliance especially Construction Service Company with result of coefficient β = 0,749 with p-value equal to = 0,0185 smaller than α = 0, 05
ANALISIS PEMBIAYAAN BERMASALAH (NON PERFORMING FINANCING) PADA ASTRA CREDIT COMPANIES (ACC) CABANG PONTIANAK
Authors: Amelia Amelia
Published: December 2020

This research was conducted to obtain what cause of overdue financing and how to overcome problems in the Astra Credit Company (ACC) Pontianak Branch. The variables of this study are single variables, non performing financing (NPF), which become indicators include External and Internal. The method used in this research is descriptive research method. The form of research is a case study. Data collection techniques are direct communication techniques, documentary study techniques. Data collection tools are interviews and archives. From the analysis in this study, the following conclusions are Inadequate human resources, Analysis at the outset of funding submissions, and East Pontianak Region which is the largest source problem
ANALISIS PENILAIAN KINERJA KEUANGAN MENGGUNAKAN PENERAPAN ECONOMIC VALUE ADDED (EVA) dan MARKET VALUE ADDED (MVA) PADA PERUSAHAAN TELEKOMUNIKASI YANG TERDAFTAR DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA PERIODE TAHUN 2015-2018
Authors: Oktary Dewi
Published: December 2020

This study aims to determine the assessment of financial performance using Economic Value Added (EVA) and Market Value Added (MVA) methods for telecommunications companies listed on IDX in the period 2015-2018. EVA is an estimate of the actual economic profit of business for particular year. MVA is the reduction between market value of equity and equity capital invested. The research method used is a quantitative descriptive method with a sampel of telecommunications companies listed on IDX, with secondary data collection techniques. The results of this study indicate that from 2015-2018 PT. TELKOM has positive EVA, In 2015-2016 BTEL has postive EVA value, while 2017-2018 EVA negative value. ISAT 2015-2016 EVA value is negative, 2017 EVA Value is positive, 2018 EVA value is negative. While In 2015 XL has EVA negative EVA value, In 2016-2017 EVA value is positive, and 2018 XL has EVA negative. For the MVA calculation form 2015-2018 PT. TELKOM and BTEL have positive MVA values, FREN has MVA negative. In 2015 ISAT MVA is negative. In 2016-2018 the value of MVA is positive. Whereas In 2015-2016 XL has negative MVA, In 2017-2018 MVA value is positive. It can be seen that although the EVA value is positive, the MVA value is not necessarily positiv
A Context-aware and Geo-based Mobile Application to Automate the Notification of Public Health Issues
Authors: Xiang Angela , Sun Yu
Published: December 2020

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is causing an ongoing pandemic. Social distancing and quarantine are the few effective methods to reduce the spreading risk of the coronavirus among people. As business starts to open up and quarantine policies become looser, the risk of COVID19 spreading becomes greater [1]. This paper describes the development of a context-aware and geo-based mobile application to automatically track an individual’s surroundings and calculate the exposure risk to a public health issue, such as COVID-19. Our application uses other user’s data and online databases with information on COVID-19 cases to calculate a percentage revealing the user’s possible risk at that location.
Parallel Data Extraction using Word Embeddings
Authors: Lohar Pintu , Way Andy
Published: December 2020

Building a robust MT system requires a sufficiently large parallel corpus to be available as training data. In this paper, we propose to automatically extract parallel sentences from comparable corpora without using any MT system or even any parallel corpus at all. Instead, we use crosslingual information retrieval (CLIR), average word embeddings, text similarity and a bilingual dictionary, thus saving a significant amount of time and effort as no MT system is involved in this process. We conduct experiments on two different kinds of data: (i) formal texts from news domain, and (ii) user-generated content (UGC) from hotel reviews. The automatically extracted sentence pairs are then added to the already available parallel training data and the extended translation models are built from the concatenated data sets. Finally, we compare the performance of our new extended models against the baseline models built from the available data. The experimental evaluation reveals that our proposed approach is capable of improving the translation outputs for both the formal texts and UGC.
Concatenation Technique in Convolutional Neural Networks for COVID-19 Detection Based on X-ray Images
Authors: Qasim Yakoop Razzaz Hamoud , Hassan Habeb Abdulkhaleq Mohammed , Hassan Abdulelah Abdulkhaleq Mohammed
Published: December 2020

In this paper we present a Convolutional Neural Network consisting of NASNet and MobileNet in parallel (concatenation) to classify three classes COVID-19, normal and pneumonia, depending on a dataset of 1083 x-ray images divided into 361 images for each class. VGG16 and RESNet152-v2 models were also prepared and trained on the same dataset to compare performance of the proposed model with their performance. After training the networks and evaluating their performance, an overall accuracy of 96.91%for the proposed model, 92.59% for VGG16 model and 94.14% for RESNet152. We obtained accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and precision of 99.69%, 99.07%, 100% and 100% respectively for the proposed model related to the COVID-19 class. These results were better than the results of other models. The conclusion, neural networks are built from models in parallel are most effective when the data available for training are small and the features of different classes are similar.
Predicting Failures of Molteno and Baerveldt Glaucoma Drainage Devices Using Machine Learning Models
Authors: Morrison Paul , Dixon Maxwell , Sheybani Arsham , Rahmani Bahareh
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this retrospective study is to measure machine learning models' ability to predict glaucoma drainage device (GDD) failure based on demographic information and preoperative measurements. The medical records of sixty-two patients were used. Potential predictors included the patient's race, age, sex, preoperative intraocular pressure (IOP), preoperative visual acuity, number of IOP-lowering medications, and number and type of previous ophthalmic surgeries. Failure was defined as final IOP greater than 18 mm Hg, reduction in IOP less than 20% from baseline, or need for reoperation unrelated to normal implant maintenance. Five classifiers were compared: logistic regression, artificial neural network, random forest, decision tree, and support vector machine. Recursive feature elimination was used to shrink the number of predictors and grid search was used to choose hyperparameters. To prevent leakage, nested cross-validation was used throughout. Overall, the best classifier was logistic regression.
Geological storage capacity for green excess energy readily available in Germany
Authors: Kühn Michael , Nakaten Natalie C. , Kempka Thomas
Published: December 2020

Abstract. Energy supply in Germany is subject to a profound change.
The present paper addresses the German potential of storing excess energy
from renewable power sources in the geological subsurface. Wind and solar
electricity can be transformed into hydrogen, and with carbon dioxide
subsequently into methane. When needed, electricity is regained in a gas
turbine power plant combusting the methane. Here, we are taking into account
the actual German storage capacity for natural gas and show that the
outlined technology is ready for operation and economically competitive. The
current potential for combined storage of methane and carbon dioxide allows
to store around 80 TWh renewable excess energy. This is far more than
required to date and estimated to provide the entire coverage in 2050.
Captive Aerosol Growth and Evolution (CAGE) chamber system to
investigate particle growth due to secondary aerosol formation
Authors: Sirmollo Candice L. , Collins Don R. , McCormick Jordan M. , Milan Cassandra F. , Erickson Matthew H. , Flynn James H. , Sheesley Rebecca J. , Usenko Sascha , Wallace Henry W. , Bui Alexander A. T. , Griffin Robert J. , Tezak Matthew , Kinahan Sean M. , Santarpia Joshua L.
Published: December 2020

Abstract. Environmental chambers are a commonly used tool for studying the production and processing of aerosols in the atmosphere. Most are located indoors and most are filled with air having prescribed concentrations of a small number of reactive gas species. Here we describe portable chambers that are used outdoors and filled with mostly ambient air. Each all-Teflon® 1-m3 Captive Aerosol Growth and Evolution (CAGE) chamber has a cylindrical shape that rotates along its horizontal axis. A gas-permeable membrane allows exchange of gas-phase species between the chamber and surrounding ambient air with a mixing time constant of approximately 0.5 h. The membrane non-permeable to particles, and those that are injected into or nucleate in the chamber are exposed to the ambient-mirroring environment until being sampled or lost to the walls. The chamber and surrounding enclosure are made of materials that are highly transmitting across the solar ultraviolet and visible wavelength spectrum. Steps taken in the design and operation of the chambers to maximize particle lifetime resulted in averages of 6.0 h, 8.2 h, and 3.9 h for ~0.06 µm, ~0.3 µm, and ~2.5 µm diameter particles, respectively. Two of the newly developed CAGE chamber systems were characterized using data acquired during a 2-month field study in 2016 in a forested area north of Houston, TX, U.S. Estimations of measured and unmeasured gas-phase species and of secondary aerosol production in the chambers were made using a zero-dimensional model that treats chemical reactions in the chamber and the continuous exchange of gases with the surrounding air. Concentrations of NO, NO2, NOy, O3, and several organic compounds measured in the chamber were found to be in close agreement with those calculated from the model, with all having near 1.0 best fit slopes and high r2 values. The growth rates of particles in the chambers were quantified by tracking the narrow modes that resulted from injection of monodisperse particles and from occasional new particle formation bursts. Size distributions in the two chambers were measured intermittently 24 h day−1. A bimodal diel particle growth rate pattern was observed, with maxima of about 6 nm h−1 in the late morning and early evening and minima of less than 1 nm h−1 shortly before sunrise and sunset. A pattern change was observed for hourly averaged growth rates between late summer and early fall.
Extreme event waves in marine ecosystems: an application to Mediterranean Sea surface chlorophyll
Authors: Di Biagio Valeria , Cossarini Gianpiero , Salon Stefano , Solidoro Cosimo
Published: December 2020

Abstract. We propose a new method to identify and characterise the
occurrence of prolonged extreme events in marine ecosystems at the basin
scale. There is growing interest in events that can affect ecosystem
functions and services in a changing climate. Our method identifies extreme
events as the peak occurrences over a predefined threshold (i.e. the 99th
percentile) computed from a local time series, and it defines a series of
extreme events that are connected over space and time as an extreme event
wave (EEW). The main features of EEWs are then characterised by a set of
novel indexes, related to initiation, extent, duration and
strength. The indexes associated with the areas covered by each EEW were
then statistically analysed to highlight the main features of the EEWs in
the considered domain. We applied the method to a multidecadal series of
winter–spring daily chlorophyll fields that was produced by a validated
coupled hydrodynamic–biogeochemical model of the Mediterranean open-sea
ecosystem. This application allowed us to identify and characterise surface
chlorophyll EEWs in the period from 1994 to 2012. Finally, a fuzzy
classification of EEW indexes provided bio-regionalisation of the
Mediterranean Sea based on the occurrence of chlorophyll EEWs with different
regimes.
Spatio-temporal structure of Baltic free sea level oscillations
in barotropic and baroclinic conditions from hydrodynamic
modelling
Authors: Zakharchuk Eugeny A. , Tikhonova Natalia , Zakharova Elena
Published: December 2020

Abstract. Free sea level oscillations in barotropic and baroclinic conditions were examined using numerical experiments based on a 3D hydrodynamic model of the Baltic Sea. In a barotropic environment, the highest amplitudes of free sea level oscillations are observed in the northern Gulf of Bothnia, eastern Gulf of Finland, and south-western Baltic Sea. In these areas, the maximum variance appears within the frequency range corresponding to periods of 13–44 hr. In a stratified environment, after the cessation of meteorological forcing, water masses relax to the equilibrium state in the form of mesoscale oscillations at the same frequencies as well as in the form of rapidly decaying low-frequency (seasonal) oscillations. The total amplitudes of free baroclinic perturbations are significantly larger than those of barotropic perturbations, reaching 15–17 cm. Contrary to barotropic, oscillations in baroclinic conditions are strongly pronounced in the deep-water areas of the Baltic Sea Proper. Specific spatial patterns of amplitudes and phases of free barotropic and baroclinic sea level oscillations identified them as progressive-standing waves representing barotropic or baroclinic modes of gravity waves and topographic Rossby waves.
Shattered Identity of Immigrant Artist and Creation of Art in a Hybridized Space: The Case Study of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Authors: Shabrang Hoda
Published: December 2020

In this article, first the “paradox of assimilation and difference” and its consequences will be discussed in  the film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night by Ana Lily Amirpour who is an immigrant Iranian-American director. The aim is to show how her shattered identity as an immigrant is represented in her art. Her movie is an amalgamation of different signs from both cultures. These signs are not completely related to host culture (American) or local culture (Iranian). Although this impossible situation seems very painful at the first glance, it is beneficial for immigrant artist. In this hybridized space, she creates a kind of art which is very innovative and unique, because she is not forced to follow the cliché styles which those cultures are dictating her.
An analytical study of the ritual ceremonies in Iranian performing arts, a case study of Travellers
Authors: Khalili Kolahian Shiva
Published: December 2020

Rites and myths are important parts of the identity and the culture of every nation. Iranian rites and performing arts, as a part of Iranian art and culture, which has always got attention throughout history, can help us recognize ancient Iranian culture and history. Cinema, among other interactive arts, has sometimes been able to portray ritual arts well. Travellers movie, made by Bahram Beyzai, is one of the most prominent examples of the visualization of ritual arts in Iran, because the movie consists of three parts, like the three theaters, in which the rites are portrayed as the main story of the movie, and the Persian culture and customs have been exhibited. This paper, which its research method is descriptive-analytical, examines the standing of rites and ritual arts in Travellers movie and analyzes its atmosphere regarding to performing rituals. Its scene design changes as the script process, so that the application of elements such as light and color, and their intensity and reduction in different mental conditions, from pleasure to mourning, has been considered wisely, and the atmosphere has a dramatic impact on the audience in different scenes. The lighting and the coloring of the scenes in the movie, indicates a tribute to beliefs and faith in rites and ritual arts.
The Study of Rubaiyat attributed to Khayyam in Movies
Authors: Minakar Milad , Chitsazian Amir Hossein
Published: December 2020

Among the literati and men of culture of Iran, it is not exaggerated to call Khayyam one of the vaguest figures. One might recognize him certainly and resolutely through his philosophical and scientific works; however, it was his Rubaiyat attributed to him which created many arguments. This paper studies Hakim Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat in English and Persian language feature and non-biographical movies; hence, biographical movies depicting factual or imaginary life of Khayyam or any serials, TV productions, documentaries, non- English, non- Persian movies are not included. The aim is to expound any relationships between the film and Rubaiyat; therefore, according to the type of the applied quatrain, movie genre, plot, some categories are propounded to classify the movies in which Khayyam’s quatrains are quoted such as Transiency-Death, Transiency-Carpe Diem, Heaven and Hell, and Determinism. Indeed, these categories can be applied to the theme of the movies or a single scene in which the stanza is quoted.
Review of Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen
Authors: Poulakis Nick
Published: December 2020

Michel Chion, Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019. xxvi + 270 pp. ISBN 9780231185899, $30.00 (pbk)
A Moebial Ride through Polanski’s Repulsion
Authors: Tüzün Defne
Published: December 2020

This article examines Roman Polanski’s film Repulsion from a psychoanalytic perspective by attending Julia Kristeva’s notion of abjection. This paper deals primarily with two main focal points. First, it focuses on the film’s portrayal of the protagonist, Carole’s abjection, her problem of non-differentiation, as evidenced by her relation to the maternal body and to corporeality. Secondly, the article investigates how the film positions its viewers with regard to Carole. It questions how Repulsion impels its spectators to engage Carole with a similar non-differentiation by generating a complex web of ambiguities with regard to the differentiation between external/internal, objective/subjective and reality/fantasy.
Political Parties’ Preferences about the Volume of Social Spending and its Distribution between Programs and Age Groups: a Comparative Study of France, Spain and the UK
Authors: Ares Cristina , Losada Antón
Published: December 2020

The transformation of the Welfare State is not a standardized response to globalization or a by-product of European Union policies, but rather ‘what parties make of it’ (Burgoon, 2006). Different welfare regimes and welfare cultures contribute to the maintenance of diverse national responses to global and regional integration in terms of their public welfare systems, but there are also meso-level variables, such as parties´ ideologies, that may have an impact on the volume and distribution of welfare expenditure. This article presents a new scheme and procedure to code party manifesto statements in favor of social spending and retrenchment; it applies them in Britain, France and Spain in order to show the possibilities of the new data. The preliminary results indicate that ideologies are linked to parties´ preferences regarding the distribution of social spending between programs, the emphasis on different age groups as beneficiaries of welfare expenditure, and the rationale for social cuts.
España y su proceso civil en perspectiva histórica
Authors: Martínez Martínez Faustino
Published: December 2020

Se realiza una breve exposición sobre la Historia del Proceso Civil en el mundo jurídico hispánico, diferenciando los tiempos visigodos, los altomedievales y los del Derecho Común que nos conducen a la Modernidad, para llegar, por fin, al siglo XIX donde la Codificación culmina, sobre patrones antiguos, la nueva legislación procesal en 1855 y 1881 en el campo civil.
La Real Chancillería de Granada y el crimen: prueba pericial y probanza por ajus-ticiamiento de mujer embarazada en Torredonjimeno (Jaén) en 1598
Authors: Díaz de la Guardia y López Luis
Published: December 2020

En el presente artículo se analiza y edita un expediente conservado en la Real Chancillería de Granada que contiene la información y probanza que el receptor Francisco García de Villamayor realizó en la villa de Torredonjimeno (Jaén) en el año de 1598, a instancia de los Alcaldes del Crimen de la Audiencia granadina, con motivo del ajusticiamiento de mujer preñada y que conocía esa Corte por vía de atentado. El documento, que recoge como prueba pericial el levantamiento del cadáver y la autopsia de la ejecutada, resulta una peculiar fuente de conocimiento tanto para la historia del proceso, como para la historia institucional, la historia de las mujeres y la historia de la medicina.
Vida 3.0. Ser humano en la era de la inteligencia artificial
Authors: Parra Ferreras Sara
Published: December 2020

Tegmark, M. (2018) Vida 3.0. Que significa ser humano en la era de la inteligencia artificial. España, Barcelona: Taurus.
Application of the fuzzy clusterwise generalized structured component method to evaluate implementation of national education standard in Indonesia
Authors: Budi Susetyo , Rezi Wahyuni
Published: December 2020

Results of school accreditation and national examinations are two indicators that are often used to describe the achievement of quality in education in Indonesia. ‘Accreditation’ reflects the fulfillment of 8 national education standards (NES), while the national exam (NE, or UN in Bahasa) for students describes academic performance. Eight NES and academic performance are latent variables. The relationship between the two variables and the validity of its indicators can be evaluated by several methods. Path analysis with latent variables can be obtained through general structured component analysis (GSCA) with the assumption of homogeneity of variance. Since the data are not homogeneous, this study aims to apply the fuzzy clusterwise generalized structured component analysis (FCGSCA) to evaluate the relationship between the NES and the UN, and the validity of the indicators. The results showed that there were two school clusters in Indonesia. The evaluation of the measurement model indicated that some indicators of the accreditation instrument were not valid, i.e., 6 indicators in cluster 1 and 15 indicators in cluster 2. The structural model evaluation of the two clusters indicated that standard of process to the UN was not significant. Based on the overall goodness of the fit model, the total diversities of all variables that could be explained were 61.60% in cluster 1 and 59.90% in cluster 2.
The effect of intellectual capital on competitive advantage: The mediating role of innovation
Authors: Obeidat Ulya , Obeidat Bader , Alrowwad Ala’aldin , Alshurideh Muhammad , Masa'deh Ra'ed , Abuhashesh Mohammd
Published: December 2020

The aim of this study is to explore the impact of intellectual capital on the achievement of competitive advantage in organizations. It also aims to explore the mediating impact of innovation on the relationship between intellectual capital and the achievement of competitive advantage. To meet the study’s goals, the researchers reviewed the relevant literature. The researchers also provide definitions for intellectual capital and innovation. They also identified the dimensions of intellectual capital (i.e. structural, human and relational capital). The study identified the types of innovation (incremental and radical innovation) and found that intellectual capital significantly influences on the achievement of competitive advantage. Moreover, the study found that innovation has a mediating influence on the relationship between intellectual capital and the achievement of a competitive advantage.
Antecedents of Word-of-mouth towards professional B2B service
Authors: Khuong Mai Ngoc , Nhi Nguyen Xuan , Linh Le Thi Thao
Published: December 2020

This research was conducted to investigate the antecedents directly and positively affecting organization’s word-of-mouth towards professional service, primarily in the context of B2B professional general insurance services in Vietnam. The empirical results of this research indicated that five out of seven factors, namely interpersonal skills, premium, technical skills, reputation and risk coverage had both significantly positive direct and indirect effects on organization’s word-of-mouth with the mediation role of organization’s perceived service quality. Based on the empirical results, it is suggested that insurers should improve organization’s perceived service quality, and thereby enhance their word-of-mouth behavior.
John Steinbeck's To a God Unknown: The Clearing Cycle and the Monterey Metaphysics of Ricketts, Steinbeck, and Campbell
Authors: Slesinger Ryan
Published: December 2020

Written during his time living in Monterey, Steinbeck's early novel To a God Unknown (1933) may be used as a hermeneutic for assessing his metaphysics, which he developed from observations of natural cycles with marine biologist Ed Ricketts and a young Joseph Campbell. Their philosophical approach to the world—which Steinbeck describes as “speculative metaphysics” in The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951)—emphasizes a holism that includes spirituality, ecology, and psychology. Steinbeck articulates this conception of reality in To a God Unknown. These beliefs and the vocabulary Steinbeck uses to describe them are heavily influenced by the company he kept—Ricketts and Campbell. A close reading of this novel illuminates his use of a cyclical organizing schema in the form of a recurring trope: a pine glade embedded with spirit that lends an ebb-and-flow pattern to the characters' psychological behavior and physical actions. The cyclical return of this important trope has thus far escaped critical attention, but is an important demonstration of Steinbeck's speculative metaphysics. In contrast to the erratic, demarcated chapter breaks in the novel, this organizational schema is consistent throughout and provides a subtle yet persuasive alternative reading of the book. In addition to elements of biographical and historical context, the critical lens in this article calls on Jungian psychoanalysis, Campbell's myth theories, Deep Ecology, and Anthropocene approaches—each appropriate to an explication of the holism of Steinbeck's work physically, metaphysically, and psychologically.
BALNEÁRIO DA AMIZADE: LEVANTAMENTO DE ASPECTOS AMBIENTAIS E ANÁLISE DOS CRITÉRIOS DE BALNEABILIDADE
Authors: de Oliveira Alves Correia Alessandra , Beatriz Ribeiro Nobre Ana , Mendonca Felici Elson , Ângelo Macena Daniel
Published: December 2020

The Balneário da Amizadeis considered the source that belongs to the hydrographic basin of the upper course of the Limoeiro stream located between the cities of Presidente Prudente and Álvares Machado. The water resource is used in emergency cases to supply the water distribution network of the Basic Sanitation Company of the State of São Paulo, being used for sports, leisure and tourism. In view of the characteris-tics of the place, the objective was to survey the environmental aspects of the study area and analyze the water quality, aiming at comparing the results with the resolution of the National En-vironmental Council. The methodology was based on the Stand-ard Methods for the Examination of Water & Wastewater standard for the analysis of thermotolerant coliforms and Esch-erichia coli from the five collection points and on the characteri-zation of the study area. Taking into account the result of the survey of environmental aspects, it was found that these factors interfered with water quality. In order to assess bathing, the point allowed for access to bathers was considered. When com-paring the results of microbiological parameters, it was noted that the presence of 83.660 thermotolerant coliforms restricts the use for primary contact in point 2, being considered inap-propriate forbathers, as described in CONAMA Resolution No. 274/2000.
INFLUÊNCIA DA INCORPORAÇÃO DE VINHAÇA NAS PROPRIEDADES DE COMPÓSITOS CIMENTÍCIOS NO ESTADO FRESCO
Authors: Nehring Victor , Silva  Menezes Rayssa , Henrique  Pereira  Silva Lucas , Roberta Tamashiro Berguerand Xavier Jacqueline , Friol Guedes de Paiva Fabio , Mitie Otta Kinoshita Angela
Published: December 2020

Tension and compression stresses are introduced in the concrete when Portland Cement are used in large volumes, inducing pathologies such as micro-cracks related to sudden changes in temperature. Sucrose is used as a cement hydration retarding additive and produce good results. In this sense, vinasse is a source of sucrose still little explored. Vinasse is a by-product of the sugar and alcohol industry, produced in large volumes, making it very attractive in this application. This study investigates the influence of vinasse on hydration in cement pastes. The total reducing sugars (TRS) and total soluble sugars (AST) as well as the sucrose present in vinasse was determined through Fehling method. The amount of 25%, 50% and 100% of vinasse were used to substitute water in cement pastes composition. The consistency, initial and final setting time and thermal variation during hydration of pastes were. The results show that the lower amount of substitution (25%) leads to an increase in the initial and final setting time, while larger amounts did not cause the same benefits. The calorimetry test confirmed the results obtained by the setting time test, showing less heat of hydration of the paste with 25% substitution of water for vinasse.
MODELING AND VALIDATING A SECURE INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND CORPORATE NETWORK USING COLORED PETRI NET
Authors: Borrego Adriano , Eduardo  Guelfi Adilson , Aparecido  Alves da  Silva Anderson , Teixeira  de  Azevedo Marcelo , Ferraz  Jr Norisvaldo , Takeo Kofuji Sergio
Published: December 2020

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) networks offer a high level of automation combined with high levels of control, quality,and process improvement. Since network corporate users have to access the ICS environment, these networks have to be interconnected. However, this interconnection can introduce risks to the systems and manufacturing processes, which leads to the need to ensure the interconnection is done safely. The objective of this paper is to perform modeling and validation of a proposed secure interconnection between ICS and corporate networks using Colored Petri Networks (CPN). In addition to the best practices published in related works, this paper recommends some integrated features like the use of terminal server service, secure manual uplinks, and unidirectional security gatewayto enhance environmental security. However, our main contribution is the validation process performed in a CPN, which made it possible to execute queries in the state space resulting from the simulation -that works as a proof of concept. As a result, thepaper presents a secure and validated model of interconnection between ICS and corporate networks, capable of being applied to any interconnection environment
REMOÇÃO DE CORANTES TÊXTEIS POR COAGULAÇÃO-FLOCULAÇÃO-SEDIMENTAÇÃO E ADSORÇÃO
Authors: Fonseca  da  Costa Gabriela , Yuri  de  Almeida  Sawaguchi Marcella , Gomes da Assunção Júnior Vilson
Published: December 2020

Textile effluents when discharged into water bodies without proper treatment cause damage to the water quality of the receiving bodies, mainly due to the large amount of dyes used for dyeing tissues, being necessary to conduct research aiming to improve the treatment efficiency of these effluents. Thus, the objective of this work wasto assessthe removal of pigments Copper phthalocyanine,naphthol monoazole, diaxazine and diazotic, by testbench. For this, the synthetic effluent with pigment dispersion of Copper phthalocyanine was prepared, and the treatments used were coagulation-flocculation and sedimentation using polyaluminium hydroxychloride as coagulant, followed by fixed bed adsorption and the treatment efficiency was measuredthe following parameters: pH, conductivity, turbidity and pigment concentration. The results indicated the best coagulation condition with in pH of 7.41 and 10 mg.L-1dosage of coagulant resulting in 95.0% turbidity and 90.0% color removal. The best adsorbent, CAG 01,for adsorption sampled in this work presented Methylene blue index of 328.12 mg.g-1 and adsorption capacity in equilibrium equal44.57 mg g-1. Coagulation-flocculation and sedimentation treatment removed 75.29% of the pigments and withadsorption treatment, the removal of the pigments reached 97.30%.
Translation Challenges in Rendering Idiolects of Literary Characters
Authors: Sung Olha
Published: December 2020

The article focuses on the challenges in rendering idiolects of literary characters. Idiolect as a means of speech characterisation of personages enables the researchers to see personages as linguistic personalities. Idiolects can fulfil several functions: comparative, psychological, distinctive, and characterising. It is shown that an integral character image is only possible to depict taking into consideration the specific features of characters’ idiolects, which help the reader to discern a character’s social status, age, educational background, gender, and emotional state. The aim of the article is to identify the challenges in rendering idiolects of literary characters, such as phonetic distortion of words, non-equivalent lexis, and non-standard syntax and to examine the relevant translation strategies and tactics of idiolect reproduction. Based on a comparative analysis of the original and translated texts, the research yielded a number of translation strategies such as the strategy of maximum preservation of idiolect characteristics and the strategy of partial preservation of idiolect characteristics. In the framework of the strategy of maximum preservation of idiolect characteristics, the tactic of parallel translation, the tactic of applying functional equivalents and the tactic of phonetic matching are singled out. In the framework of the strategy of partial preservation of idiolect characteristics, the tactics of compensation, omission, preservation, and substitution are singled out.
Transnationale Bildung im Wandel
Authors: Raev Alexander
Published: December 2020

Why and how do German federal ministries and their intermediary organisations and implementation bodies participate in setting up and administering German higher education projects abroad? This pioneering work provides an overview of the development of German transnational education (TNE) between 1990 and 2016. To explain changes in German TNB, it analyses the steering and coordination activities of relevant state and quasi-state actors, while highlighting inter-ministerial conflicts over responsibilities and resources. The study shows that German TNE has become increasingly politicised over time, i.e. that its projects have been embedded in a growing number of strategies aimed at aiding Germany’s foreign, higher education and development policies.
Architectural sculpted decoration of civil basilica in ancient Municipality DD
Authors: Bjelić Igor , Savić Marija
Published: December 2020

On the occasion of the systematic archaeological research of the forum at the ancient site of the Municipium DD in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, one of the rare examples of a civil basilica was discovered, along with the unusual forms of late antique decorative architectural elements within it. The colonnades from the interior of the basilica consisted of as many as three types of different columns - with a rectangular, oval, and circular base. Each of the examples of these columns had the appropriate bases and capitals, which in their appearance deviate from the most common design of these elements within ancient columns. In this paper, we have determined the place and course of development of specific forms of architectural sculpture in this site. The analysis highlights particular architectural details that determine the identification of the stylistic order to which the forms of our capitals and bases are closest. The special motifs that appear in the form of flutes and lunulae on the capitals determine that the decorative stone sculpture from the civil basilica of Municipium DD belongs to the Doric style. In an attempt by a stonemason to define the shapes of a special type of this order, that is the so-called palm "Pergamon" capitals, it is recognizable that he gave up more demanding details such as leaf ends, which are otherwise characterized by this type. Despite the general affiliation with the Roman Doric architecture, the individual approach of the stonemasons in shaping the capitals meant that certain features were noticed on them, which have not been recognized in other archaeological sites in the Balkans so far. At the same time, on the bases of columns with a circular and oval base, a lack of trochilus and listels, common for shaping ancient bases, is noticeable.
Fabrication of epoxy composite material reinforced with bamboo fibers
Authors: Khazal Hussain , Abbas Salman , Younis Younis , Rahman Mohamed , Jamil Thabit
Published: December 2020

This study aims to enhance the mechanical properties of polymer material using type of natural fiber. Bamboo fiber considered the strongest between the natural fibers group, it have low density, high mechanical strength in addition to its availability makes it economical applicable and have potential for used as engineering material. The study is concerned with evaluate some of the mechanical properties (Tensile strength, Bending strength, Impact strength) for the resultant composite reinforced with 10, 20 and 30 vol.% of bamboo fibers, as compared with received material. With the natural reinforcement, the optimum mechanical properties in comparison with the as received epoxy were achieved. The results indicated that the tensile strength increased from 13.51MPa to 33.50MPa (that is a percentage increase of 150%), also the bending strength increased from 24.25MPa to 44.5MPa (that is a percentage increase about 83%), as well as, the increase of the impact strength from 41kJ/m² to 69kJ/m² (that is a percentage increase about 68%).
Understanding traffic congestion from stakeholders' perceptions in the central area of Lahore, Pakistan
Authors: Ali Nazam , Javid Muhammad , Hussain Syed , Rahim Abdur
Published: December 2020

Congestion on roads results in infrastructural deficiencies including massive delays, greater fatalities, and enhanced mental stresses, reduced transit efficiency, and increased travel costs. Traffic is a major problem specifically in the central area of the Lahore city. This study is aimed at understanding the traffic congestion from the stakeholders' perspective and suggesting congestion mitigation measures. A sample of 365 respondents was included through the administration of the questionnaire survey to record the explanatory variables. For this purpose, random cluster sampling method was employed to select respondents (135 pedestrians, 107 shopkeepers, 116 motorists). In-depth interviews were conducted with 7 individuals from Traffic Engineering and Planning Agency (TEPA) and Department of Transportation Engineering and Management (DTEM), about their perceptions of traffic management in the Lahore city. The results are described in the form of statistics of the data, qualitatively and quantitatively. The study has shown that the illegal parking on roadside, bad attitude of motorists and shop keepers, encroachments and running business on streets are the primary reasons for traffic congestion. These traffic congestions are hindering the efficient movements of the flow entities and causing mental stresses in the local residents. The findings of this study endorse that strict enforcement of traffic laws, provision of adequate parking spaces, provision of overhead pedestrian bridges, and education of traffic rules among masses could help to manage the traffic congestion in the central area of Lahore city.
Can you trust your number sense: Distinct processing of numbers and quantities in elementary school children
Authors: Marinova Mila , Reynvoet Bert
Published: December 2020

Theories of number development have traditionally argued that the acquisition and discrimination of symbolic numbers (i.e., number words and digits) are grounded in and are continuously supported by the Approximate Number System (ANS)—an evolutionarily ancient system for number. In the current study, we challenge this claim by investigating whether the ANS continues to support the symbolic number processing throughout development. To this end, we tested 87 first- (Age M = 6.54 years, SD = 0.58), third- (Age M = 8.55 years, SD = 0.60) and fifth-graders (Age M = 10.63 years, SD = 0.67) on four audio-visual comparison tasks (1) Number words–Digits, (2) Tones–Dots, (3) Number words–Dots, (4) Tones–Digits, while varying the Number Range (Small and Large), and the Numerical Ratio (Easy, Medium, and Hard). Results showed that larger and faster developmental growth in the performance was observed in the Number Words–Digits task, while the tasks containing at least one non-symbolic quantity showed smaller and slower developmental change. In addition, the Ratio effect (i.e., the signature of ANS being addressed) was present in the Tones–Dots, Tones–Digits, and Number Words–Dots tasks, but was absent in the Number Words–Digits task. These findings suggest that it is unlikely that the ANS continuously underlines the acquisition and the discrimination of the symbolic numbers. Rather, our results indicate that non-symbolic quantities and symbolic numbers follow qualitatively distinct developmental paths, and argue that the latter ones are processed in a semantic network which starts to emerge from an early age.
Knowledge of mathematical symbols goes beyond numbers
Authors: Douglas Heather , Headley Marcia Gail , Hadden Stephanie , LeFevre Jo-Anne
Published: December 2020

The written language of mathematics is dense with symbols and with conventions for combining those symbols to express mathematical ideas. For example, reading a factored polynomial function such as f(x) = x²(2x + 15) requires the knowledge that parenthesis can be used to signify function notation in one context and multiplication in another. Mathematical orthography is defined as orthographic knowledge of symbolic mathematics. It entails both knowledge of discrete mathematical symbols and the conventions for combining those symbols into expressions and equations. The ability to read text written in the base-ten system, comprised of digits and conventions for combining digits to express whole and rational quantities, is an important aspect of mathematical orthography. However, success in secondary and post-secondary programs requires more advanced mathematical orthography. The goal of this research was to determine if a simple and novel measure of mathematical orthography captures individual differences in adults’ mathematical skills. Mathematical orthography was measured with a timed dichotomous symbol decision task. Adults (N = 58) discriminated between conventional and non-conventional combinations of mathematical symbols (e.g., x² vs. ²x; |y| vs. ||y). The mathematical symbol decision task uniquely predicted individual differences in whole-number arithmetic, fraction/algebra procedures, and word problem solving. These findings suggest that the symbol decision task is a useful index of symbol associations in mathematical development and, thus, provides a tool for understanding the role of mathematical orthography in individual differences in adults’ mathematical skills.
Refuting misconceptions: Computer tutors for fraction arithmetic
Authors: Di Lonardo Burr Sabrina M. , Douglas Heather , Vorobeva Maria , Muldner Kasia
Published: December 2020

Fractions, known to be difficult for both children and adults, are especially prone to misconceptions and erroneous strategy selection. The present study investigated whether a computer tutor improves fraction arithmetic performance in adults and if supplementing problem solving with erroneous examples is more beneficial than problem solving alone. Seventy-five undergraduates solved fraction arithmetic problems using a computer tutoring system we designed. In a between-subjects design, 39 participants worked with a problem-solving tutor that was supplemented with erroneous examples and 36 participants worked with a traditional problem-solving tutor. Both tutors provided hints and feedback. Overall, participants improved after the tutoring interventions, but there were no significant differences in gains made by the two conditions. For students with low prior knowledge about fraction arithmetic, the numerical gains were higher in the erroneous-example group than the problem-solving group, but this effect was not significant. Thus, computer tutors are useful tools for improving fraction knowledge. While erroneous examples may be particularly beneficial for students with low prior knowledge who may hold more misconceptions, more research is needed to make this conclusion.
Iconicity in mathematical notation: Commutativity and symmetry
Authors: Wege Theresa Elise , Batchelor Sophie , Inglis Matthew , Mistry Honali , Schlimm Dirk
Published: December 2020

Mathematical notation includes a vast array of signs. Most mathematical signs appear to be symbolic, in the sense that their meaning is arbitrarily related to their visual appearance. We explored the hypothesis that mathematical signs with iconic aspects – those which visually resemble in some way the concepts they represent – offer a cognitive advantage over those which are purely symbolic. An early formulation of this hypothesis was made by Christine Ladd in 1883 who suggested that symmetrical signs should be used to convey commutative relations, because they visually resemble the mathematical concept they represent. Two controlled experiments provide the first empirical test of, and evidence for, Ladd’s hypothesis. In Experiment 1 we find that participants are more likely to attribute commutativity to operations denoted by symmetric signs. In Experiment 2 we further show that using symmetric signs as notation for commutative operations can increase mathematical performance.