bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Preference Oriented Mining Techniques for Location based Point Search
Authors: Sakib S M Nazmuz
Published: November 2021

With the development of internet and wireless technologies, location based search is among the most discussed topic in current era. To address issues of location based search a lot of research has been done but it mainly focused on the specific aspects of the domain like most of the studies focused, on the search of nearby restaurants, shopping malls, hospitals, stores etc., by utilizing location of users as searching criteria. Problem with these studies is that users might not be satisfied by their results and the sole reason behind this might be the absence of user preferences in the search criteria. There exists some studies which focused user preferences along with user location and query time and proposed some frameworks but they are only limited to stores and their research cannot be scaled to other points like schools, hospitals, doctors , petrol pumps, gas station etc. Moreover there exist scalability issues in their recommended algorithms along with some data credibility issues in their public evaluations strategies. Our proposed research is going to present a novel location based searching technique not only for stores but for any point. The presented solution has overcome issues faced in previous research studies and possesses capability to search for “K” nearest points which are most preferable by user, by utilizing searching time as well as query location. Our research has proposed two feedback learning algorithms and one ranking algorithm. To increase the credibility of public evaluation score, system have utilized Google ranking approach while calculating the score of the point. To make user recommendations nonvolatile along with improving recommendations algorithm efficiency, proposed system have introduced item to item collaborative filtering algorithm. Through experimental evaluations on real dataset of yelp.com presented research have shown significant gain in performance and accuracy.
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS): Adaptation and validation for its use in adults in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (Argentina) [Escala de Dificultades en la Regulación Emocional (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale [DERS]): Adaptación y validación para su uso en adultos en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Argentina)]
Authors: Cremades Camila Florencia , Garay Cristian Javier , Etchevers Martín Juan , Muiños Roberto , Peker Graciela Mónica , Gómez Penedo Juan Martín
Published: November 2021

The present study consists of the adaptation and validation of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS; Gratz and Roemer, 2004) for its use in the general population of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 315 subjects between 18 and 65 years old. The scale consists of 30 items which, after a confirmatory factor analysis, were found to fit the six original dimensions. Internal consistency was adequate (α = .936; ω = .938). There is also evidence of convergent and discriminant validity, items discrimination ability, differences by sex and age, and normative values for adults in the AMBA. The Spanish adaptation of the DERS represents a valid and reliable tool to measure different aspects of the emotional regulation process.
Distinct abilities associated with matching same identity faces vs. discriminating different faces: Evidence from individual differences in prosopagnosics and controls
Authors: Berger Amy F. F. , Fry Regan , Bobak Anna K , Juliano Angela , DeGutis Joseph
Published: November 2021

Previous face matching studies provide evidence that matching same identity faces (match trials) and discriminating different face identities (non-match trials) rely on distinct processes. For example, instructional studies geared towards improving face matching in applied settings have often found selective improvements in match or non-match trials only. Additionally, a small study found that developmental prosopagnosics (DPs) have specific deficits in making match but not non-match judgments. In the current study, we sought to replicate this finding in DPs and examine how individual differences across DPs and controls in match vs. non-match performance relate to featural vs. holistic processing abilities. 43 DPs and 27 controls matched face images shown from similar front views or with varied lighting or viewpoint. Participants also performed tasks measuring featural (eyes/mouth) and holistic processing (part-whole task). We found that DPs showed worse overall matching performance than controls and that their relative match vs. non-match deficit depended on image variation condition, indicating that DPs do not consistently show match- or non-match-specific deficits. When examining the association between holistic and featural processing abilities and match vs. non-match trials in the entire group of DPs and controls, we found a very clear dissociation: Match trials significantly correlated with eye processing ability (r=.48) but not holistic processing (r=.11), whereas non-match trials significantly correlated with holistic processing (r=.32) but not eye processing (r=.03). This suggests that matching same identity faces relies more on eye processing while discriminating different faces relies more on holistic processing.
Interleaving Retrieval Practice Promotes Science Learning
Authors: Sana Faria , Yan Veronica X.
Published: November 2021

Can interleaved retrieval practice enhance learning in classrooms? Across a four-week period, students (N = 155) took a weekly quiz in their science courses testing half of the concepts taught in that week. Questions on each quiz were either blocked by concept or interleaved with different concepts. A month after the final quiz, students were tested on the concepts covered in the four-week period. Replicating the retrieval practice effect, participants performed better on concepts that had been on blocked quizzes (M = 54%, SD = 28%) than on concepts not been quizzed (M = 47%, SD = 20%, d = .30). Interleaved quizzes led to even greater benefits, revealing an interleaving benefit: participants performed better on concepts that had been on interleaved quizzes (M = 63%, SD = 26%), than concepts that had been on blocked quizzes (d = .35). These results demonstrate a cost-effective strategy to promote classroom learning.
Emotion may predict susceptibility to fake news but emotion regulation does not seem to help
Authors: Bago Bence , Rosenzweig Leah R , berinsky adam , Rand David Gertler
Published: November 2021

Misinformation is a serious concern for societies across the globe. To design effective interventions to combat the belief in and spread of misinformation, we must understand which psychological processes influence susceptibility to misinformation. This paper tests the widely assumed -- but largely untested -- claim that people are worse at identifying true versus false headlines when the headlines are emotionally provocative. Consistent with this proposal, we found correlational evidence that overall emotional response at the headline level is associated with diminished truth discernment, except for experienced anger which was associated with increased truth discernment. A second set of studies tested a popular emotion regulation intervention where people were asked to apply either emotional suppression or emotion reappraisal techniques when considering the veracity of several headlines. In contrast to the correlation results, we found no evidence that emotion regulation helped people distinguish false from true news headlines.
Problem-Based Learning in a Virtual Environment
Authors: Oti Joy
Published: November 2021

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted teaching and learning in higher education institutions, presenting novel challenges for both staff and students alike. These challenges have had an immense impact in the way postgraduate research (PGR) teachers perform their dual responsibilities as both students and teachers. Achieving a seamless transition from in-person to virtual learning was an arduous task. To this end, pedagogies evolved to accommodate the use of remote conferencing, video capture and other real time communication tools that facilitate virtual collaboration between staff and students. In this paper, I highlight the challenges of integrating online learning with a problem-based learning (PBL), a signature pedagogy employed by law and business schools. I draw on my personal experiences as a student and PGR teacher during the pandemic, and suggest proactive mitigation responses.
Teaching Beyond Timetable
Authors: Bishop Elizabeth G.
Published: November 2021

This article explores the use of PhD research at the forefront of technology to manufacture lifesaving PPE items such as face shields and how this University based research enabled face-to-face teaching to resume in the School of Engineering.
Na tropie polskiej encyklopedii, czyli o wzorcu publikacji ogólnoinformacyjnych w końcu XVIII w. i I poł. XIX w.
Authors: Deszczyńska Martyna
Published: November 2021

The article deals with the issue of Polish encyclopedism of the 18th and 19th centuries against the background of the European Baroque and Enlightenment trends. The phenomenon of the encyclopaedia by B. Chmielowski, I. Krasicki, F.S. Jezierski was analysed in the text. These were works that did not follow a specific and consistent pattern of encyclopaedic publications, were not popular and did not occupy a permanent place in Polish science and literature. Other ephemeral encyclopaedia initiatives taken into account by the author were undertaken without due patronage, and — as research has shown — were secondary and amateur publications. Some attempts, such as the Encyklopedia powszechna. Zbiór wiadomości dla wszystkich stanów of the Glücksbergs from 1839, or the Mała Polska Encyklopedia by S. Plater did not manage to achieve success. Only the creation of S. Orgelbrand’s Encyklopedia powszechna in 1859 filled a significant gap in the Polish publishing and writing “market”. The article also takes into account the statements of the creators and authors of the encyclopaedia regarding the patterns they used for creating such works, and a partial analysis of the megastructure, microstructure and publishing framework of these works.
Niemiecko-polskie doświadczenie, spotkanie, kontakt i dialog w europeizacyjnej pedagogice Andrzeja Jaczewskiego i Karla-Josefa Klugego
Authors: Broecher Joachim , Toczyski Piotr
Published: November 2021

The shared pedagogy of Andrzej Jaczewski and Karl-Josef Kluge grew out of the political and social changes taking place in West Germany after 1968. Their pioneering work focused on international integration, participation, intercultural learning, educating the gifted, giving space to creativity, and building leadership skills. The international pedagogical interactions initiated at that time were primarily the result of Andrzej Jaczewski’s long life journey marked first by German aggression and World War II and later by his conciliatory response to the postwar West German peace impulse. More than half a thousand participants in German-Polish encounters experienced transformative contact and spaces for dialogue in the Europeanising integration current despite the Cold War. We are reconstructing the shape of this experience and its immediate and distant effects by analysing documents, recording oral histories and describing our own autobiographical encounter experience in the stream of humanistically oriented social sciences. Our exchange of ideas was carried out in 2019–2021 remotely and during study visits to Berlin, Kraków, and Andrzej Jaczewski’s home in Ropki. With this article we contribute to the critical debate on the superficiality of the currently proposed education based on behavioural control in a barren and alienated education system. We advocate a pedagogy that prioritises individual freedom, more vibrant communities, increased autonomy, and cosmopolitanism.
Od pedagogiki europeizacji do andragogiki srebrnych treści cyfrowych: studium autobiograficzne i internetoznawcze
Authors: Toczyski Piotr
Published: November 2021

Acording to the Kolb cycle, this autobiographical text is a macro-reflection on the way I experienced contact with Professor Andrzej Jaczewski for decades, especially at two stages of my life: first in scouting (as a 10-year-old) and then in the academic world (after the age of 30). In the first part, I reconstruct a set of factors including early aesthetic inspirations provided by him, which led me to my doctorate on the Europeanisation of Western culture. This path is accompanied by the universal Wagnerian aesthetics and spirituality, which scrolls in the background, once in a while becoming an important figure. In these 30 years of contact with Andrzej Jaczewski, Wagnerism expressed a great emotional and symbolic charge, also as an occasional subject of a joint internet action research project. Presented in the second part of the paper, the study is primarily focused on the first five years of this eight-year postdoctoral action research, inspired by the pedagogy of Janusz Korczak, conducted around silver digital content published systematically as half a thousand blog articles. Despite showing Korczak’s inspiration, I have adopted here, above all, the convention typical of contemporary academic auditing culture, focused on describing social impact and presenting its quantitative indicators.
Intersectional Feminism and Social Justice in Teen Vogue
Authors: Crookston Shara , Klonowski Monica
Published: November 2021

In this article, we argue that Teen Vogue has evolved to encompass aspects of intersectional, feminist activism that is particularly evident in the 2017 “Voices” section of the magazine. This evolution challenges previous research that has found that, historically, teen magazines focus heavily on heteronormativity, ideals of beauty, and consumerism. Our analysis of the content of this section of Teen Vogue in 2017 demonstrates that teen magazines can be reimagined as legitimate sources of intersectional activist feminist information for readers. Despite these positive changes, however, Teen Vogue continues to advertise clothing brands that many adolescent girl readers are likely unable to afford, thereby reinforcing superficial postfeminist notions of empowerment.
The Discourse of Drama
Authors: Thrastardóttir Bergljót , Lárusdóttir Steinunn Helga , Ásgeir Jóhannesson Ingólfur
Published: November 2021

In this article, we consider how girls are positioned in school by what we have chosen to call the discourse of drama. The widely held notion that Nordic girls have it all along with this drama discourse are seen to be the key narratives that reinforce a hegemonic form of girlhood. This ethnographic study focuses on the relations of students between the ages of 13 and 15 in the light of uninformed school staff-member practices. Our findings suggest that girls, despite living in what is seen to be a country that upholds gender equality, are silenced through this discourse of drama. We suggest that teacher education should lead to the facilitation of a gender-inclusive school environment free of stereotypical ideas of gender as a fixed binary.
Evaluation of the tourist attractions of Canton Puyango, Province of Loja-Ecuador
Authors: Tapia Chamba Alex , Asadobay–Guashpa Armando Patricio , Jhohana Larrea Silva Jhohana , Suarez Jaramillo Alexandra , Sanchez Ruiz Jefferson
Published: November 2021

Multi-criteria evaluation studies in the tourism field have gained importance in recent times due to the Covid19 pandemic that has presented challenges and new social, cultural and lifestyle changes in today's society. Therefore, in this context, the CME helps tourism planners and managers to have a clearer vision to make decisions in the prioritization and production of products that help to energize the local economy based on the tourist attractions with the greatest potential. The objective of the study is to inform planners, which tourist attractions have the greatest potential in the canton of Puyango. The research becomes strategic for the canton since the results determine that the petrified forest of Puyango, the 8-sphere clock of the San Jacinto church, the sphinx of the Lord of Giron and the Alma Lojana Gourmet coffee are in the top four positions that are strategic to develop efforts in tourism.
Jak dawniej dbano o broń – z historii piechoty polskiej czasów saskich (część 2: źródła)
Authors: Karpiński Tomasz
Published: November 2021

Second are fragments of original, unpublished XVIII Century sources, mainly reglements and other regulations but also calculations and bills of military charcater of Polish Army on which thesis in first part of article has been made. For some of the aspects not clear shown in sources author use comparisions and sources mainly of prussians origin
Utworzenie Francuskiej Misji Wojskowej w Polsce
Authors: Mróz Mariusz
Published: November 2021

In the spring of 1919 the French Military Mission, led by General Paul Henrys, arrived in the reborn Poland. However, the establishment of the mission was preceded by a series of projects, plans and talks (including a meeting of the Council of Ten) and bilateral Polish-French negotiations. The first ideas concerning the creation of the mission appeared already at the end of 1918. The article presents the activities undertaken in this field, both on the international forum and between Paris and Warsaw, including talks conducted by the Chief of State Józef Piłsudski with General Niessel and General Henrys. The final result of these negotiations was the signing of an agreement on the establishment of the French Military Mission to Poland and a mission contract on 25 April 1919. These documents defined: the role and objectives of the mission, the status of the French personnel and issues related to their service in Poland.
Ku modernizacji kawalerii. Prace teoretyczne i studia Kawaleryjskiej Sekcji Naukowej Towarzystwa Wiedzy Wojskowej
Authors: Koreś Daniel
Published: November 2021

The role and significance of the Military Knowledge Society (TWW), and more specifically its Cavalry Research Section, have not been discussed yet by anyone but the author of this article. Historians and hobbyists dealing with the history of the Polish cavalry are still unaware of the impact that the cavalry subdivision of the TWW had on the development of this service arm. Its position was raised so high primarily thanks to Certified Colonel Jan Karcz, who made sure that the troubles of the Polish cavalry became the subject of discussions among prominent – due to their degrees, positions, functions, but also experience and theoretical research achievements – officers coming from this service arm. In this respect, Karcz was a visionary who believed that the intellectual achievements of cavalry officers, which were presented in military periodicals, could be used much more efficiently within the quasi-advisory body of the Cavalry Department. I shall even put forward the hypothesis that that no other service arm commander or chief of service in the Polish Army has used the possibilities offered by the research sections of TWW to such an extent as Karcz did as head of the Cavalry Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs
Dzieje wojska Polskich Sił Zbrojnych w latach 1940–1947. Stan badań i perspektywy rozwoju (część 1)
Authors: Tym Juliusz
Published: November 2021

The article presents the current state of research on a fragment of the history of the Polish military – the history of the army, i.e. land army units of the Polish Armed Forces existing in the years 1940–1947 in the West and subordinated to the legal authorities of the Republic of Poland in London, as well as prospects for the development of this research. The author focused primarily on non-serial publications which have appeared since 1945 until today. Discussing the state of research, he presented the achievements of both emigration and national historiography. In the latter, he distinguished two periods: before and after 1990. He also discussed the achievements of Western historiography in this field. The author concentrated on the most important trends in historiography so far and on the predominant trends in editing sources, memoirs, biographies and monographs, which he grouped thematically. Author also mentioned the most important archives, both Polish and foreign, in which sources necessary for the reconstruction of the history of the military of the Polish Armed Forces can be found. As far as scientific journals are concerned, the author just mentioned a few of the most important ones published in exile and two leading historical and military ones published in Poland. He also pointed to the most important Polish and foreign archives, which contain sources necessary for the reconstruction of the history of the Polish Armed Forces. The author also characterized briefly the potential of the particular scientific circles that conduct professional research on the history of the Polish Armed Forces. Discussing the prospects for the development of this research, he pointed out the suggested directions and topics that remain undiscovered. He stressed that there are still many areas awaiting scientific exploration. Casting light on the results of the investigations, including new findings, opens up the possibility of writing many articles, including source papers, because many aspects of the functioning of the Polish Armed Forces are still unexplored. It is also a field for many monographs and syntheses
Skromne początki. Czołgi, obrona przeciwpancerna i armia niemiecka podczas I wojny światowej
Authors: Fudalej Krzysztof
Published: November 2021

The history of the use of tanks by the German army during World War I is still insufficiently researched. The few existing publications focus mainly on the technical side of particular constructions and, less frequently, on the description of their combat use. However, there is a lack of general studies analyzing the organizational development of German armored forces and subsequent concepts of their use, as well as explaining the reasons behind individual decisions. The aim of this article is to fill this gap.
„Na posterunku bojowym”. Wojska radzieckie w radzieckiej strefie okupacyjnej Niemiec/ Niemieckiej Republice Demokratycznej 1945–1954. Wybrane aspekty
Authors: Hryciuk Grzegorz
Published: November 2021

The Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany was formed in June 1945. It consisted mainly of the troops of the 1st Belarusian Front with marshal Georgy Zhukov as the first commander-in-chief of the Group. The main task of these troops was to supervise the process of demilitarization and democratization of the Soviet occupation zone in Germany. Occasionally, the Group also secured the process of dismantling a large part of the German industrial infrastructure. The cost of living of the Soviet troops was a major burden on the budget of this zone, which was transformed into the German Democratic Republic in 1949. The significant demobilization of the Red Army (the Soviet Army since 1946) also affected the units stationed in eastern Germany. Their numbers fell in 1947, but some of them were not disbanded or withdrawn to the USSR; they remained as so-called cadre units, with limited numbers, fully armed and equipped. It was their development in 1949 and 1950, in the face of the tightening international situation, that allowed to significantly increase the numbers of the Group’s troops, estimated in the mid-1950s at around 500 000. The Group consisted of the best equipped and trained units of the Soviet Army. These troops guaranteed the stability of local communist regimes (e.g. during the suppression of the East German uprising of 1953), as well as a potential instrument of aggression or defense in the event of war in Europe. In 1954, the Soviet Armed Forces stopped functioning as occupying forces in the GDR. Since then, they were only an element of the system of the mutual balance of forces between blocks competing in Europe. This was also the beginning of doctrinal changes in the Soviet Army. It had to adapt not only to the changed international situation, but above all to the completely different conditions of war on the atomic battlefield.
Oficerowie Biura Historycznego i Wojskowego Biura Historycznego w latach 1922–1939 (część 2)
Authors: Tuliński Arkadiusz
Published: November 2021

The presented biographical collective study concerns the officers of the Historical Bureau/Military Historical Bureau (BH/WBH). It contains biographical notes on officers serving in BH/WBH in 1922–1939, preceded by a preliminary collective portrait of the officers. The biographical notes were prepared taking into account especially their age, civil education, knowledge of foreign languages, the course of military service, work in headquarters or such entities as military museums or educational institutions. The author’s intention was to concisely present both the dynamic development of the office and the professional level of officers assigned to it.
Bohaterski czyn por. Kazimierza Śledzińskiego podczas napadu pod Sieniawką (1926 r.). Przyczynek do historii Korpusu Ochrony Pogranicza (1924–1939)
Authors: Ochał Artur
Published: November 2021

Despite the signing of the peace treaty in Riga (March 21, 1921), which formally ended the Polish-Soviet War (1918–1921), the Eastern Borderlands of the Second Polish Republic were still not a safe place. Although Soviet Russia officially recognized the provisions of the peace treaty and ratified them – thus recognizing, among others, the shape and course of the border with Poland – the communists connected with the Communist International never abandoned their plans for a global revolution and carrying its flame through Poland to Western Europe. The task of the Border Protection Corps (Korpus Ochrony Pogranicza, KOP), a special military formation created in the fall of 1924 to protect the eastern borders of the Polish state, was to restore order and security on the border in response to the diversion and common banditry inspired by Soviet intelligence. The grouping of units in three lines, supported by cavalry subunits, adopted by the KOP command, and above all the determination and firmness of the soldiers in fighting sabotage and banditry, was supposed to pacify the bands and calm the situation on the Polish-Soviet border. In January 1926 there was a bandit attack on bus passengers near Sieniawka in Nowogródczyzna. One of the passengers was Lieutenant Kazimierz Śledziński, an officer of the 9th KOP Battalion in Klecko, who, with a sense of soldierly duty, fought alone against infiltraitors in defense of the civilians. Despite being outnumbered, he managed to repel the attack and bring help despite his wounds. He was the first soldier to be awarded the Cross of Merit for Bravery established in 1928.
Zadanie bojowe 2 Armii Wojska Polskiego w operacji łużyckiej w świetle źródeł rosyjskich i dotychczasowych ustaleń badaczy. Historia do poprawki
Authors: Kania Leszek
Published: November 2021

The article presents the combat task of the Polish Army grouping, the core of which was the 2nd Polish Army under the command of Gen. Karol Świerczewski in the Lusatian operation (April 16–30, 1945). The findings of Polish and foreign researchers to date incorrectly assigned the Polish group to the role of securing the left wing of the 1st Ukrainian Front in the attack on Dresden. The article verifies these findings on the basis of original sources in the form of orders, which are currently available online in the database of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Ołeksandr Kozyr-Zirka – sylwetka niezdyscyplinowanego atamana z okresu rządów Dyrektoriatu Ukraińskiej Republiki Ludowej (1918–1919)
Authors: Kozubel Marek
Published: November 2021

The article is devoted to Oleksandr Kozyr-Zirka, one of the most famous atamans of the period of the Ukrainian national revolution 1917–1921. In November 1918, he joined the uprising against Hetman Paweł Skoropadski. After the overthrow of the Hetmanate, he became famous mainly for the robberies in the rear of Ukrainian Army and the pogroms in Owrucz at the turn of 1918 and 1919. His fate inspired Mikhail Bulgakov to create the character of the bloody ataman Kozyr-Lashka, one of the side characters of the novel „The White Guard”.
Umundurowanie Chorągwi Piechoty Węgierskiej Buławy Polnej Koronnej w latach 1752–1768
Authors: Karpiński Tomasz
Published: November 2021

The uniform of the Hungarian Crown Field Mace Infantry Banner in the years 1752–1768 has not been the subject of research so far. The author of this text presents the evolution of the uniform, equipment and partly armaments of the unit on a rich source basis from the resources of the National Archives in Krakow. The banner had a red-sapphire uniform with traditional Hungarian accents (e.g. long trousers, a zupanik instead of a vest, a Hungarian yarn belt, a saber tie, etc.), also observed in the Austrian army in Hungarian regiments.
Polacy w armii amerykańskiej podczas konfliktu zbrojnego na Kubie w 1898 r. (szkic problemu)
Authors: Kiper Daniel
Published: November 2021

The article deals with the problems associated with Polish immigrants who served in the US Army during the armed conflict in Cuba in 1898. Due to the current state of research, we can only roughly estimate the number of Poles involved in the Spanish-American war. A variety of articles concerning the subject appeared in the contemporary Polish press, based on which attempts were made to outline the general circumstances behind Polish recruitment into the US Army as well as other issues related to, inter alia, military careers, military pastoral care and collective memory of the war.
Sytuacja militarna uczestników wojny wietnamskiej w świetle fragmentów materiału lektorskiego Wydziału Propagandy i Agitacji KC PZPR pt. Uwagi o dynamice konfliktu wietnamskiego (czerwiec 1966)
Authors: Sacewicz Karol
Published: November 2021

This text is a critical edition of a fragment of a document concerning the military aspects of the Vietnam War that was taking place at that time. It is not only an attempt to present a Polish People's propaganda way of seeing the Vietnam War, but it also reveals the existence of communist manipulation and the process behind the creation of an ahistorical image of the Vietnamese struggle.
Secure and Privacy Based Home Patient Monitoring Internet of Things (HPMIoT)
Authors: Rini P L
Published: November 2021

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a network of physical objects that are embedded with sensors are able to collect and transfer information over a wireless network with human conciliation. In confined Home Patient Observation system light-weight wearable/embedded sensing element devices connected to record the patient health conditions. Adopting looming technologies like 5G and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) a multi-staged journey builds ultra-low latency. The health care sector is drowning in information. An overflow of clinical records, patient history, complicated billing information, medical analysis and lot builds it very troublesome to manage such information at intervals the health care sector in a systematized approach. Escorted by IoT, since data mobility occurs, hackers gain access to clinical IoT device, acquire management and revamp data which oblige health partitioners take actions which will injury the health of their client. i) To overthrow security issues introduces Optimized blockchain with hyperledger fabric in edge-cloud computing is proposed. Since data stored in blockchain are immutable, the permission granted patients can only access their records using hash value. Thus, blockchains will provide an immutable audit trail of health facts. ii) Software Defined Network (SDN) deliver Quality of Service (QoS) steer further from network congestion.
Framework for Authentication 802.1X Security Protocol of WNAS as RFC Access Management Device Associated with RFC Authentication Management Technique
Authors: Fathima T  , Vennila S M
Published: November 2021

IEEE 802 is used in LAN networks that expose or provide sensitive data to complex applications or services. These are protocols for accessing, managing and controlling access to network-based services and applications in general. Port-controlled network access controls network access and prevents the transmission and reception of nameless or unauthorized persons, leading to network interruption, service theft and data loss. This paper introduces a new approach to investigate whether a data packets in wired networks transferred to a management device is authenticated packet. The data packets are sent to the SDN from RAR and share the information associated with each packet with a limited rate for the access management and are received by the RFC. Here it detects whether the data packet arrived is accepted or restricted. The speed at the authentication start packet is restricted to manage the number of terminals that enter later authentication, and it avoids avalanche impact of wireless authentication which may cause faults to lots of terminals which enter later authentication at the same time.
The Role of AI in Battling Against Covid-19 Crisis in India
Authors: Shakira Fathima H  , Dilshad Begum M
Published: November 2021

The impact of Covid-19 outbreak has become a matter of grave concern in India. The scarcity of resources to endure the epidemic outbreak combined with the fear of overburdened health care systems had forced many Indian states to go for a partial or complete lockdown. Stimulated by the need for employing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in battling Covid-19 crisis, this paper highlights the importance of AI in responding to the Covid-19 outbreak and curtail the severity of the disease. Artificial Intelligence (AI) aim is to open the door for human in the prediction of the novel Corona Virus disease. Researchers are in process of using AI in finding new drugs and medicines for Covid cure and focusing on detection and analysis of infectious patients, through AI based Machine learning (ML) Algorithms and Expert Systems. Owing to huge number of cases, Covid-19 remains a global health problem, Al could take individual conditions into account, produce suitable decisions and promise to make great strides in managing Corona Virus. We begin with an outline of AI, identify the various applications aimed at fighting the disease, then highlight the challenges and issues associated with the cutting edge solutions finally arriving on the recommendations for the communication to effectively control the Covid-19 crisis.
Survey on Erythema Migrans, and Basal Cell Carcinoma in Computer-Aided Diagnosis
Authors: Radhakrishnan K R  , Sudalaimuthu T  , Dhanalakshmi R
Published: November 2021

Lyme disease appears by various means one of the causes is infection from a bite of a black-legged tick which leads to the formation of a rash called Erythema Migrans (EM). This Lyme disease is the direct root of skin cancer and the primary phase is known as Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC). Skin cancer causes pathological situations it integument the body’s surfaces, including skin, hair, nails, and associated glands. Identifying EM and BCC in biomedical representation is a common platform known as biopsies and many works are done in the traditional methodology. But early detection of EM and BCC in the field of medical imaging using computer-aided diagnosis provides more accuracy and rapidity. This survey is classified under two categories; the first is EM detection and the second is the segmentation of BCC. The circumstances of this review are under the base of different algorithms, various methods used by the non-medicals appliance are discussed and compared by the several measures taken by increasing the parameters to improve the accuracy levels.
Distinct Actions Classification Using Human Action Tracker Technique in Sports Videos
Authors: Kanimozhi S  , Anbarasi S  , Mythili M
Published: November 2021

Recognizing human action in sports is difficult task as various sequences of activities involved in every scene. Identifying each action individually without overlapping of movements is a tedious process due to continuous change of frames within short duration. So proper tracking of human movements for each action is important. Hence new structure-based human action recognition and tracker technique (HART) is proposed. It uses joint trajectory images and visual feature to design each human action. At first, a structural based method employed to extract human skeleton data points from RGB (Red Green Blue) videos. Next, a Multitude Object Tracker (MOT) is proposed which uses the trajectory of human skeleton joints in an image space for identification of actions. Then, Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) combined with Support Vector Machine (SVM) is applied to extract physical body shape and action information. Finally, the action label and interconnected keypoints in humans is jointly detected as end result. The proposed HART technique effectively performed well with the accuracy of about 82% over the other activity recognition methods.
Increased Energy Conservation in Internet of Things (IoT) Related Wireless Networking
Authors: Sripriya P  , Mallikeswari B  , Reshma R
Published: November 2021

The key emergent technology named Internet of Things (IoT) is used in various industries and daily activities of individuals. The IoT sensors are a battery operated one that is connected with internet over various services than ranges between healthcare and industries. Energy conservation or energy efficiency of these sensors is an utmost concern since most of the IoT devices powered with battery may often die while transmitting the data between the other devices. Various researches are conducted to conserve the energy via energy conserving mechanism. In this paper, we develop a multi-objective optimization model to resolve the higher energy consumption by the IoT devices under different diverse environment. These IoT devices communicates wirelessly with other devices in terms of WiFi connectivity and hence the study analyses the efficacy of the model. The experimental results show that the multi-objective modelling of energy conservation shows a reduced consumption of battery power by the IoT devices than conventional mechanisms.
Multi-Scale Fish Segmentation Refinement Using Contour Based Segmentation
Authors: Sai Ramesh L  , Rangapriya CN  , Archana M  , Sabena S
Published: November 2021

Image processing and the analysis techniques are the increasing attention when they have enabled the non-extractive and the non-lethal approach for the collection of fisheries data. The data collection includes the following requirements such as fish size, catch estimation, regulatory compliance, species recognition and population counting. The main process that is used to measure the size of fish accurately is image segmentation. The challenges that can affect the segmentation of images include the blurring of the image areas due to the water droplets on the camera lens and the fish bodies which are out of the camera view. This project describes the automatic segmentation of fish for underwater images This segmentation algorithm implemented for identify the shape of the fish contour-based segmentation is implemented in this project. The project describes about the issues with an effective contour-based segmentation from an initial segmentation. The refinement is processed from coarse level to fine level. At the coarse level, the entire fish is aligned for the contour of the initial segmentation with trained representative contours by using iteratively reweighted least squares (IRLS). At finer levels, the refinement of contour segments is done to represent poorly segmented or missing shape parts. This method addresses the problems listed above and generates promising results with highly robust segmentation performance and length measurement.
Heart Disease Prediction Using Hybrid Random Forest Model Integrated with Linear Model
Authors: Pandhari Wankhede Jaishri , Palaniappan S  , Magesh Kumar S
Published: November 2021

The objective of the paper is to throw light on few existing heart disease predicting approaches and proposes a Hybrid Random Forest Model Integrated with Linear Model (HRFMILM) for predicting and identifying the HDs at an early stage. Even though the linear model has simple estimation procedure, it is very sensitive to outliers and may lead to overfitting process. On the other hand, averaging in Random Forest Model (RFM) improves the overall accuracy and reduces the possibility of overfitting. The dataset is collected from standard UCI repository. Experimental results concluded that the integration of Linear Model with RFM makes the simple estimation procedure with improved overall accuracy than the respective models. Further, the proposed method compares the prediction performance of few existing approaches in terms of parameters, namely, precision, recall and F1-score.
Environmental Crime and Law Enforcement in Indonesia: Some Reflections on Counterproductive Approaches
Authors: Abdurrachman Hamidah , Hamzani Achmad Irwan , Mariyono Joko
Published: November 2021

The enforcement of environmental law in Indonesia shows a contradictory nature. The exploitation of natural resources by corporations has caused unparalleled disasters. Yet, the perpetrators, especially those corporations who work in collective, are rarely able to be persecuted. This research aims to examine the obstacles to environmental law enforcement in Indonesia and analyze the ideal environmental law enforcement model for future use. This research uses a qualitative approach which examines the concepts related to the ideal law enforcement for the future (ius constituendum). Our examination finds that there are three main obstacles in enforcing environmental law in Indonesia: the inability to deal with corporations which have strong political backing, overlapping authorities in the process of crime investigation, and difficulties faced by law enforcement officers in finding evidence. In light of these findings, we propose a model of legal protection for victims of pollution and/ or environmental destruction using the principle of restorative justice. In this model, judges can represent facilitators from the state for the initial stage. The value of this model is that rather than only pursuing punishment for the perpetrators, it shifts the focus towards providing compensation for the victims by the perpetrators.
Connecting Cohorts to Diminish Alzheimer’s Disease (CONCORD-AD): A Report of an International Research Collaboration Network
Authors: Pavlik Valory N. ,   for the CONCORD-AD investigators, Burnham Samantha C. , Kass Joseph S. , Helmer Catherine , Palmqvist Sebastian , Vassilaki Maria , Dartigues Jean-François , Hansson Oskar , Masters Colin L. , Pérès Karine , Petersen Ronald C. , Stomrud Erik , Butler Lesley , Coloma Preciosa M. , Teitsma Xavier M. , Doody Rachelle , Sano Mary
Published: November 2021

Longitudinal observational cohort studies are being conducted worldwide to understand cognition, biomarkers, and the health of the aging population better. Cross-cohort comparisons and networks of registries in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) foster scientific exchange, generate insights, and contribute to the evolving clinical science in AD. A scientific working group was convened with invited investigators from established cohort studies in AD, in order to form a research collaboration network as a resource to address important research questions. The Connecting Cohorts to Diminish Alzheimer’s Disease (CONCORD-AD) collaboration network was created to bring together global resources and expertise, to generate insights and improve understanding of the natural history of AD, to inform design of clinical trials in all disease stages, and to plan for optimal patient access to disease-modifying therapies once they become available. The network brings together expertise and data insights from 7 cohorts across Australia, Europe, and North America. Notably, the network includes populations recruited through memory clinics as well as population-based cohorts, representing observations from individuals across the AD spectrum. This report aims to introduce the CONCORD-AD network, providing an overview of the cohorts involved, reporting the common assessments used, and describing the key characteristics of the cohort populations. Cohort study designs and baseline population characteristics are compared, and available cognitive, functional, and neuropsychiatric symptom data, as well as the frequency of biomarker assessments, are summarized. Finally, the challenges and opportunities of cross-cohort studies in AD are discussed.
When My Child Has Alzheimer’s Disease
Authors: Franklin Gustavo L. , Meira Alex T. , Barbosa Maira Tonidandel , Teive Hélio A.G. , Caramelli Paulo
Published: November 2021

The significant increment in life expectancy, associated to the existence of high-performing older adults, and the appropriate diagnosis of early dementias, lead to an uncommon scenario, of healthy parents accompanying their children with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia to medical consultations. Here, we reported three peculiar clinical vignettes of patients diagnosed with a dementia, who were accompanied by healthy parents. This is a modern situation that tends to become more frequent, and must be properly discussed, since multidisciplinary care and specific training are necessary.
An omnidirectional acoustic energy harvester based on six Helmholtz resonators
Authors: Deng Licheng , Yang Lei , Xue Zhicheng , Ren Qingying , Wang Debo
Published: November 2021

An omnidirectional acoustic energy harvester (AEH) based on six Helmholtz resonators is proposed in this work. Compared with the previous structure, the insufficiency of the directionality and conversion efficiency of energy collection can be effectively improved due to the coupling of six resonators. Based on the distributed parameter model, the relationship of the electrical output, the input frequency with the structure size is obtained. The simulation results show that the maximum output voltage is 70.95 mV at the resonant frequency of 35 kHz. When the external load resistance is 14 kΩ, the maximum output power is 0.45 μW. Moreover, the energy conversion efficiency of this omnidirectional AEH can reach 23%, which is improved greatly compared with the traditional structure. Therefore, this AEH will have a wide range of application prospects in medical implantation equipment and other fields.
Extraction optimization and microencapsulation of Berberine from Berberis vulgaris incorporated in a functional orange drink: Physiochemical attributes and kinetic release studies
Authors: Keshtkaran Maryam , Mizani Maryam , Mousavi Seyed Mohammadali E. , Mohammadifar Mahammad A. , Azizinezhad Reza
Published: November 2021

BACKGROUND:

Berberine, extracted from Berberis vulgaris, is one of the well-known natural antioxidant sources.

OBJECTIVE:

Optimizing the berberine extraction conditions from the whole Barberry plant and microencapsulation of the optimized extract to be used as a bioactive ingredient in functional orange juice.

METHODS:

Seventeen extraction processes were designed to determine an optimized method for producing an ethanol/water extract with maximum yield, safety, and antioxidant properties. The optimal extract was microencapsulated by complex coacervation using tragacanth/gelatin and then spray-dried. The selected microcapsules based on morphology, particle size, and solubility were added to orange juice, and the physical and sensory properties of the functional drink, as well as the kinetic release models, were analyzed.

RESULTS:

An optimal extract with 82% antioxidant activity was prepared using a 75% ethanol/water ratio and an extraction time of 0.5 h at 22.3°C. Spherical-shaped microcapsules could create a desirable cloudy appearance with good stability in the pH of orange juice. The kinetics of the berberine release revealed an initial burst phase followed by a prolonged one, which would appeal to consumers’ sensory perceptions.

CONCLUSIONS:

The excellent compatibility between berberine and orange juice provides a potential capacity to fortify a high-consumption drink with a phytonutrient presented in a berry fruit.