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Autoscopie de la constellation Rimbaud
Authors: Popovici Vasile
Published: October 2021

L’intuition d’une logique de l’œuvre et de la vie de Rimbaud semble figurer, avant la lettre, dans l’autoscopie qu’il fait de son âme multiple dans Les Poètes de sept ans , poème écrit à l’âge de quinze ans et demi. Il y parle de trois Rimbaud qui coexistent sous l’apparence d’un seul : l’enfant diurne , qui correspond aux attentes de sa mère, l’enfant nocturne , être-de-plaisir, et l’enfant voyant , projeté dans son espace imaginaire. La constellation Rimbaud, c’est la clé herméneutique que le poète transmet pour la lecture de son œuvre et de sa vie.
Étonnement et connivence dans le jeu fictionnel. Lire la règle fictionnelle à l’école maternelle
Authors: Sève Pierre
Published: October 2021

La question de la vraisemblance et de ses différents avatars est rarement explorée avec les petits enfants. Elle est pourtant constitutive de la capacité à articuler l’expérience vécue et l’expérience narrée, et donc à interpréter un récit. Dans cette contribution, il est fait état de différentes situations où de jeunes élèves ont pu construire le concept de récit avec la souplesse requise. Ces situations montrent qu’il n’est pas prématuré de poser ce genre de problème (l’offre éditoriale est assez diverse pour qu’on y trouve des œuvres adaptées) et que ces jeunes élèves sont capables de goûter la force des « histoires ».
Les nuances du regard des enfants
Authors: Fontoura Pablo
Published: October 2021

Les enfants sont capables de regarder et d’expérimenter des peintures de façon complexe. Ils reconnaissent sur les images des sujets profonds et font des analyses liant l’iconographie à des questions comme la guerre, la mort, la fiction et la morale, comme nous l’indique cette étude sur la visualisation du Retable d’Issenheim par des enfants. La spontanéité de leur regard et la constante création de sens fait de l’expérience esthétique des jeunes un exemple de liberté imaginative qui se différencie de la façon classique et « adulte » de regarder les mêmes peintures, qui consiste plutôt à inscrire des informations perçues dans des codes établis.
Préadolescence et cinéma d’horreur : initiations clandestines et réceptions folkloriques
Authors: Kastler Benoît
Published: October 2021

Cet article est tiré d’un des chapitres de ma thèse de doctorat retravaillé. En s’appuyant fortement sur mon enquête de terrain, il donne à voir la façon dont la préadolescence s’approprie le cinéma d’horreur. Il montre que ce genre fait l’objet d’une initiation cinématographique entre pairs. Moralement condamné par les adultes, c’est un objet culturel consommé clandestinement et sa réception, loin des a priori adultes, laisse entrevoir la culture d’un folklore ludique apprécié des préadolescents de dix à quatorze ans auprès desquels j’ai enquêté.
Y aurait-il des « sous-malades » ?
Authors: Bonnafé Marie
Published: October 2021

Dans cet entretien, Marie Bonnafé revient sur les grandes avancées de la psychiatrie au milieu du xx e  siècle. Cette période a vu naître la psychothérapie institutionnelle, la psychiatrie de secteur, mais surtout une autre perception des malades.
Quatre pistes pour le printemps
Authors: Brétécher Paul
Published: October 2021

En 1985, Félix Guattari fait un rapide bilan des réussites et des limites des mouvements progressistes en psychiatrie depuis l’après-guerre. Il propose quatre axes de travail pour approfondir leur rénovation. Ses propos, qui peuvent sembler datés, ont néanmoins des résonances aujourd’hui.
Savoir de patient/savoir de soignant
Authors: Ponet Blandine , Koenig Héloïse
Published: October 2021

Quelles sont les perceptions réciproques du soigné et du soignant en psychiatrie ? Comment se déroule le soin ? Qu’est-ce qui est pris en compte ? Dans cet entretien croisé, une ancienne patiente et une infirmière reviennent sur leur expérience.
Prendre soin des enfants dans un secteur de pédopsychiatrie publique
Authors: Perrier Edmond , Carraz Yves
Published: October 2021

En s’appuyant sur la politique de secteur et le mouvement de psychothérapie institutionnelle, les auteurs proposent de visiter un secteur de pédopsychiatrie public. Un retour sur des éléments historiques permet de mettre en lumière la pratique de la « cure institutionnelle » dans un secteur de pédopsychiatrie.
Et vos 18 ans, c’était comment ?
Authors: Bauerlé Audrey
Published: October 2021

Une action nommée « Sacs solidaires étudiants » a eu lieu en Alsace de fin février au 1 er  avril 2021. Se réunir pour offrir aux jeunes étudiant.e.s un moment positif, coloré, encourageant en temps de crise. Permettre la parole, le regard, la rencontre avec des professionnels de l’écoute et du travail social pour vivre un moment humain, éthique et préventif.  Obtenir un souvenir qui fera la différence dans chaque esprit présent ce jour-là .
The Patterns of the Transformation in Central European Ceiling Painting around 1700 and Franz Carl Remp in Brežice Castle
Authors: Mádl Martin
Published: October 2021

The ceiling decoration of the Great Hall of Brežice Castle was executed for the Attems family by the painter Franz Carl Remp in 1702–1703. Its form had most probably been inspired by an engraving, reproducing the fresco by Pietro da Cortona in the hall of the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. During the 17th century, many engravings of various motifs and types were used as models for monumental paintings in Central Europe. However, it was above all graphic reproductions of famous ceiling paintings in different artistic centres in Italy which inspired the qualitative turn of Central European ceiling painting around 1700.
Sur l’origine de l’écriture libyque. Quelques propositions
Authors: Casajus Dominique
Published: October 2021

Le présent article propose quelques hypothèses sur l’origine des alphabets dits libyques. Attestés par plus d’un millier d’inscriptions recueillies dans toute l’Afrique du Nord, depuis la Libye jusqu’aux îles Canaries, ces alphabets sont selon toute vraisemblance les ancêtres des alphabets touaregs actuels. La seule inscription qui ait pu être datée avec un degré raisonnable de certitude est une bilingue libyco-punique, mise au jour sur le site de Dougga (Tunisie), qui daterait de 139 avant J.-C. Il semble que les alphabets libyques existaient déjà alors depuis plusieurs siècles. Leurs créateurs ont emprunté quelques lettres (au moins quatre) aux alphabets phénico-puniques. Pour composer les autres lettres, ils semblent avoir eu recours à des procédés géométriques simples qu’on essaie ici de reconstituer.
L’histoire d’un vrai faux traité philosophique (Ḥatatā Zar’a Yā‘eqob et Ḥatatā Walda Ḥeywat). Épisode 2 : Le temps de la démystification et la traversée du désert (de 1916 aux années 1950)
Authors: Wion Anaïs
Published: October 2021

Dans ce deuxième article de la série consacrée à l’histoire des traités philosophiques attribués à Zar’a Yā‘eqob et son disciple Walda Ḥeywat, il s’agit d’explorer le moment de la démystification. Comment survient le doute (dès 1916) puis comment est attribuée la paternité du texte à Juste d’Urbin (en 1920) ? L’article qui fait basculer le statut du texte de « perle rare de la littérature éthiopienne » à celui de supercherie est somme toute très synthétique, et c’est plus un faisceau de preuves qui est rassemblé par le grand philologue et historien C. Conti Rossini qu’une démonstration irréfutable. Un autre philologue orientaliste, E. Mittwoch, tente quelques années plus tard de prouver par l’étude linguistique et philologique la paternité de Juste d’Urbin, pourtant cette étude est biaisée par l’utilisation d’une source indirecte. Malgré tout, les arguments d’autorité de C. Conti Rossini puis de E. Mittwoch furent acceptés par l’ensemble de la communauté scientifique. Nous reprenons donc ici cette enquête, pour la corroborer et l’enrichir, pour en montrer aussi les faiblesses. Surtout, nous apportons au dossier une nouvelle lecture de ces textes grâce à la génétique textuelle, pour permettre de voir l’auteur Juste d’Urbin à l’œuvre dans l’écriture du Ḥatatā Zar’a Yā‘eqob. Par ailleurs, la correspondance inédite de Juste d’Urbin avec Antoine d’Abbadie est à nouveau convoquée pour mieux comprendre la pensée et les motivations de ce libre-penseur.
Le site rupestre de Qorqor (Gar‘āltā, Éthiopie) entre littérature et peinture. Introduction à l’édition de la Vie et des miracles de saint Daniel de Qorqor et aux recherches en cours
Authors: Bosc-Tiessé Claire
Published: October 2021

Cette introduction à l’édition et à la traduction en français d’un texte guèze inédit, la Vie et les miracles de saint Daniel de Qorqor, présente les recherches en cours sur le site rupestre de Qorqor dans l’Éthiopie du Nord. Interrogeant les méthodes et les documents à notre disposition pour faire l’histoire du lieu en prélude à celle de la christianisation effective de cette région, elle propose une première lecture croisée des données fournies par ce texte et par les inscriptions sur les peintures.
Vie et miracles de Daniel de Qorqor. Traduction française
Authors: Colin Gérard
Published: October 2021

Cette édition et traduction de la Vie et des miracles de Daniel est basée sur un manuscrit toujours conservé dans l’église de Qorqor Māryām. Relié avec des ais de bois, il mesure 34,5 x 30 x 9 cm et comprend 115 folios de parchemin. Il a été achevé en l’an 1968 de l’ère éthiopienne (= 1975-76 ap. J.-C.).
Bourdonnements des insectes et musique de David : image sonore de l’Éthiopie chez le père franciscain Remedius Prutký (1752)
Authors: Damon-Guillot Anne
Published: October 2021

L’article analyse l'image sonore que le franciscain Remedius Prutky donne de l'Éthiopie dans son Itinerarium rédigé au milieu du xviiie siècle, et qui a fait l’objet d’éditions et de traductions récentes. La prise en compte de l’oreille missionnaire permet une lecture sensible du récit et donne accès à des modes de représentation de l’autre encore peu explorés. D’une part, dans une rhétorique maîtrisée, les sons entendus sont investis par l’auteur d’un sens symbolique souvent biblique, rendant audible l’hérésie de l’Éthiopie chrétienne. D’autre part, la description de pratiques musicales éthiopiennes, particulièrement en contexte religieux, offre un intérêt pour la musicologie historique et révèle aussi des choix dans le rapport missionnaire qui visent à diffuser une certaine connaissance de la musique liturgique éthiopienne en Occident.
Penser et écrire l’histoire d’un Moyen Âge en Afrique
Authors: Bosc-Tiessé Claire
Published: October 2021

Cette note de lecture montre comment François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar, dans son livre Le rhinocéros d’or. Histoires du Moyen Âge africain, entend tout à la fois renouveler le regard que l’on porte sur les documents et la manière décrire l’histoire de l’Afrique médiévale. Surtout, elle met en exergue le propos sous-jacent du livre, définir un Moyen Âge africain en fonction de l’histoire globale, ici en rapport aux évolutions du monde musulman, et comment l’auteur procède pour construire sa proposition.
En Afrique, pourquoi meurt-on ? Essai sur l’histoire d’un mythe africain
Authors: Quellec Jean-Loïc Le
Published: October 2021

Parmi les mythes d’origine de la mort, celui du message perverti présente en Afrique une répartition très particulière. Son aréologie et l’étude de ses mythèmes à l’aide d’outils phylogénétiques montrent que sa variante la plus archaïque, à un seul messager, est enracinée dans l’aire khoisane. Selon ce récit, Lune mandate Lièvre pour porter à l’humanité un message de vie. Lièvre modifie le message, ce qui introduit la mort chez les hommes, qui depuis lors le haïssent ; en punition, Lièvre est frappé et en garde la lèvre fendue. Ce type primitif fut ultérieurement modifié par l’introduction d’un second messager animal rivalisant avec le premier. Selon ce nouveau type, largement diffusé par des peuples parlant des langues non khoisanes, le Créateur mandate un messager pour porter aux humains un message de vie ; ce messager marche lentement ; pendant qu’il musarde, un second coursier part de son propre chef, et c’est lui qui arrive le premier, mais il modifie le message, ce qui introduit la mort chez les hommes. La répartition des versions du type archaïque conforte l’hypothèse d’une ancienne aire linguistique initialement étendue de l’est à l’extrême sud de l’Afrique, qui aurait été scindée en deux par l’expansion bantoue et dont l’aire khoisane serait un reste méridional.
À propos d'un projet en cours d'édition de manuscrits arabes de Tombouctou et d'ailleurs
Authors: Salvaing Bernard
Published: October 2021

Après un rapide historique des études menées en rapport avec les manuscrits arabes ouest-africains, l’auteur constate que cet énorme gisement documentaire est encore à peine effleuré, en particulier en ce qui concerne l’édition scientifique de ceux-ci.On a expliqué ce retard par les stratégies coloniales face à l’islam noir. Il faut également souligner les préjugés des chercheurs – hormis quelques pionniers, la plupart anglophones – face à des documents qui les déroutent et dont l’exploitation exige une connaissance approfondie de la langue arabe, qui est peu encouragée chez les africanistes par les institutions scientifiques françaises, tandis que les arabisants négligent l’islam périphérique.Cependant, depuis 2009, une équipe d’arabisants et d’africanistes, dirigée par Georges Bohas, a édité près de vingt textes et traduit certains d’entre eux. L’auteur fait un rapide inventaire de ces documents et de leur contenu, en soulignant les avancées de la connaissance qu’ils promettent.
Calebasses anthropophages et dévoreurs africains
Authors: Le Quellec Jean-Loïc
Published: October 2021

Le corpus des mythes de la « Calebasse dévorante » est ici enrichi et complété, de même que celui des mythes diluviens, non rares en Afrique contrairement à une opinion répandue. Les méthodes phylomémétiques montrent que la répartition des mythes africains du Dévoreur s’explique au mieux en supposant l’existence de deux groupes. Leur aréologie suggère qu’une version eurasiatique aurait été introduite en Afrique de l’Est et qu’elle s’y serait alors propagée en s’enrichissant du développement strictement africain selon lequel un Dévoreur anthropomorphe, une fois tué, est brûlé, mais renaît sous la forme d’une calebasse monstrueuse poussant sur ses cendres ; alors ce fruit se met lui aussi à dévorer tout le monde, et il faut donc vaincre une seconde fois le Dévoreur ainsi « réincarné ». Cette nouvelle variante se serait diffusée vers l’ouest et le sud en donnant naissance aux récits dans lesquels ne figure plus que la calebasse, et ces nouvelles versions se seraient plus particulièrement implantées à l’ouest du continent en s’enrichissant d’un nouveau motif : celui selon lequel le vainqueur de ce Dévoreur végétal n’est plus un humain, mais un animal, et plus particulièrement un bélier.
Le royaume de Méroé
Authors: Rilly Claude
Published: October 2021

La civilisation napato-méroïtique qui domine le cours du Nil moyen, d’Assouan à Khartoum, depuis le viiie siècle av. J.-C. jusqu’au ive siècle apr. J.-C., fait suite à la colonisation égyptienne du Soudan ancien. Par sa religion, son idéologie, ses institutions, sa culture matérielle, elle se rattache étroitement au modèle égyptien à tel point que l’on peut parler d’une « civilisation pharaonique » dont l’Égypte et le Soudan ancien seraient les deux versants. L’histoire du royaume de Méroé est assez mal connue dans le détail, d’une part parce que les textes méroïtiques sont peu nombreux et très partiellement compris, d’autre part en raison d’une couverture archéologique relativement récente et clairsemée. Les sources extérieures, égyptiennes, grecques et romaines, sont assez laconiques et moyennement fiables. Les progrès récents de l’archéologie et de la philologie du Soudan ancien laissent toutefois espérer de prochaines avancées.
Un archéologue capucin en Éthiopie (1922-1936) : François Bernardin Azaïs
Authors: Chekroun Amélie
Published: October 2021

En 1922, François Bernardin Azaïs, moine capucin et ancien missionnaire dans la province de Hārar de 1897 à 1913, est envoyé par le gouvernement français en Éthiopie afin de réaliser des recherches archéologiques. Au total, il y accomplit dix missions archéologiques et ethnographiques couvrant les parties est et sud du pays. Seules ses quatre premières expéditions sont connues aujourd’hui, grâce à son ouvrage Cinq Années de recherches archéologiques en Éthiopie (1931). Pourtant, au cours des onze années suivantes, F.B. Azaïs a rédigé de nombreux rapports et articles inédits, conservés actuellement dans les archives capucines de Rome, qui permettent de retracer son parcours et ses découvertes. Cette nouvelle documentation permet au chercheur de compléter nos connaissances sur l’ensemble des sites archéologiques de la moitié sud du pays, de retracer l’origine d’institutions éthiopiennes comme la Bibliothèque nationale et le Musée national mais aussi d’un Institut d’archéologie. À la lumière de ces nouvelles informations, F.B. Azaïs mérite d’être reconnu comme le père de l’archéologie du Sud de l’Éthiopie.
Paul Erdmann Isert (1755-1789), médecin naturaliste sur la côte de Guinée : une source pour une histoire des paysages
Authors: Juhé-Beaulaton Dominique
Published: October 2021

Paul Erdmann Isert était un médecin et homme de science du xviiie siècle. Auteur d’un récit de voyage considéré comme une source majeure pour l’histoire des populations de la côte de Guinée, son apport aux sciences naturelles est resté méconnu. Il est pourtant un pionnier de l’exploration botanique de cette région d’Afrique et il a contribué à la connaissance de la flore de l’Afrique de l’Ouest par ses envois d’échantillons d’herbier conservés dans plusieurs villes d’Europe. Son récit, comportant de nombreuses descriptions des paysages observés et des références à des espèces végétales identifiées selon la nomenclature de Linné, se révèle être une source fondamentale pour restituer les paysages de cette époque. Après avoir retracé le cheminement scientifique de ce naturaliste bien représentatif de son temps, nous verrons comment les données qu’il nous a transmises concernant la flore peuvent être analysées en vue de reconstituer l’histoire des paysages de la région visitée.
Une séquence photographique de la mission Dakar-Djibouti : les funérailles d’Ayaléo
Authors: Sohier Estelle
Published: October 2021

L’« enterrement d’Ayaléo » a été l’un des évènements photographiés de bout en bout par la mission ethnographique française Dakar-Djibouti, créant ainsi une « séquence » d’une trentaine de photographies ayant une unité de sujet, de temps et d’espace. L’ensemble représente les funérailles du muletier de la mission, célébrées aux alentours de la ville de Gondar, dans le nord de l’Éthiopie, en octobre 1932. L’effort des auteurs pour consigner l’intégralité de l’événement et le processus de traitement de l’image en font un témoignage remarquable sur le déroulement des obsèques dans cette région au début des années 1930. Ces documents ne sont compréhensibles que grâce aux différents textes produits en parallèle : légendes, fiches, mais aussi le journal intime de Michel Leiris. Si l’utilisation de la photographie avait d’abord une fonction médiatique, l’ensemble reflète aussi la mise en place de méthodes appliquées à l’utilisation de la photographie comme outil de recherche ethnographique sous la direction de Marcel Griaule.
An Architecture and Reference Implementation for WSN-Based IoT Systems
Authors: Karaduman Burak , Oakes Bentley James , Eslampanah Raheleh , Denil Joachim , Vangheluwe Hans , Challenger Moharram
Published: October 2021

The Internet of Things and its technologies have evolved quickly in recent years. It became an umbrella term for various technologies, embedded devices, smart objects, and web services. Although it has gained maturity, there is still no clear or common definition of references for creating WSN-based IoT systems. In the awareness that creating an omniscient and ideal architecture that can suit all design requirements is not feasible, modular and scalable architecture that supports adding or subtracting components to fit a lot of requirements of various use cases should be provided as a starting point. This chapter discusses such an architecture and reference implementation. The architecture should cover multiple layers, including the cloud, the gateway, and the edges of the target system, which allows monitoring the environment, managing the data, programming the edge nodes and networking model to establish communication between horizontal and vertical embedded devices. In order to exemplify the proposed architecture and reference implementation, a smart irrigation case study is used.
Essentials, Challenges, and Future Directions of Agricultural IoT
Authors: Manikandakumar M. , Karthikeyan P.
Published: October 2021

Agriculture plays a major role in the socio-economic structure of India. A recent report claimed that population of India is increasing faster than its capability to produce rice, wheat, and vegetables. The challenges in the area of agriculture are farming, watering, weather forecasting, marketing, and transportation. These challenges are to be addressed towards proper solution. If the infrastructure and productivity of the food increases, then India can easily feed its population as well as improve the exports of wheat and rice around the world. Internet of things (IoT) is an emerging technical area of agriculture domain. The advantage of IoT is to implement a smart agriculture management system with the help of analyzing the weather conditions of the field in order to optimize the usage of water, energy, fertilizers so as to maximize the crop yield. The objective of this study is to explore the possible contributions of IoT in Indian agriculture towards the improvements in irrigation infrastructure, agricultural productivity, food security, and rural job opportunities.
Mesh Network of eHealth Intelligent Agents for Visually Impaired and Blind People
Authors: Zubov Dmytro
Published: October 2021

Smart assistive devices for blind and visually impaired (B&VI) people are of high interest today since wearable IoT hardware became available for a wide range of users. In the first project, the Raspberry Pi 3 B board measures a distance to the nearest obstacle via ultrasonic sensor HC-SR04 and recognizes human faces by Pi camera, OpenCV library, and Adam Geitgey module. Objects are found by Bluetooth devices of classes 1-3 and iBeacons. Intelligent eHealth agents cooperate with one another in a smart city mesh network via MQTT and BLE protocols. In the second project, B&VIs are supported to play golf. Golf flagsticks have sound marking devices with a buzzer, NodeMcu Lua ESP8266 ESP-12 WiFi board, and WiFi remote control. In the third project, an assistive device supports the orientation of B&VIs by measuring the distance to obstacles via Arduino Uno and HC-SR04. The distance is pronounced through headphones. In the fourth project, the soft-/hardware complex uses Raspberry Pi 3 B and Bytereal iBeacon fingerprinting to uniquely identify the B&VI location at industrial facilities.
Populism and Asianization
Authors: Nakatsu Ryohei
Published: October 2021

This chapter will clarify that the recent spread of populism is based on the fact that logical and emotional thinking/behaving are merging, especially in the West. In the West since the era of Greek philosopher Plato, people have tried to separate logic and emotion and have emphasized the superiority of logic to emotion. However, because of the invention and progress of media technologies, recently people's ways of thinking/behaving are becoming emotional. Therefore, the trend of populism could be understood that the people's ways of thinking/behaving in the West are approaching those in Asia. This phenomenon can be called “Asianization.” This means that populism is not a temporal trend but a long-time lasting trend. Also, this chapter will describe how to overcome populism.
Trump, Sanders, and the Essential Contest Over “Populism”
Authors: Edwards Matthew Charles
Published: October 2021

Twenty-first century politics has been marked by breaks with tradition across large areas of the world. Allegiances have broken down, and surprising results have occurred: the Brexit vote; the rise of movements of the left in Greece and the right in France, Austria, and Germany; and the success or near-success of outsider candidates. Much of this has been labeled ‘populist'. But, by itself, this explains little. The term is complex, contested, and possibly confused. This dissertation sets out why this is so, clarifies some of the competing elements within the various conceptions, and explores some of the reasons that may underlie dispute. It applies these ideas to reports and assessments of the electoral campaigns waged by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders for the US presidency, concluding on the utility of different conceptualisations of ‘populism'.
Unusual Features of the SARS-CoV-2 Genome Suggesting Sophisticated Laboratory Modification as a Biological Robot
Authors: Yan Li-Meng , Cheok Adrian David
Published: October 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has led to deaths worldwide and decimation of the global economy. Despite its tremendous impact, the origin of SARS-CoV-2 has remained mysterious and controversial. The natural origin theory, although widely accepted, lacks substantial support. The alternative theory that the virus may have come from a research laboratory is, however, censored on peer-reviewed scientific journals. Nonetheless, SARS-CoV-2 shows biological characteristics that are inconsistent with a naturally occurring, zoonotic virus. In this report, the authors describe the genomic, structural, medical, and literature evidence, which, when considered together, strongly contradicts the natural origin theory. The evidence shows that SARS-CoV2 should be a laboratory product created by using bat coronaviruses ZC45 and/or ZXC21 as a template and/or backbone. Building upon the evidence, the authors further postulate a synthetic route for SARS-CoV-2, demonstrating that the lab-creation of this coronavirus is convenient and can be accomplished in approximately six months.
Smart City (SC) Initiative and Urban Development in Rural Regions of Inland Norway
Authors: Mei Xiang Ying , Slettli Victoria Kovalenko
Published: October 2021

This study investigates the nature of the interconnection between Smart City (SC) and urban development initiatives. A case of Hamar city is used to identify how SC initiatives is used to combat some of the key challenges faced by a smaller city and non-metropolitan region. In contrast to metropolitan areas, the inland region with Hamar as its administrative centre is facing depopulation. A qualitative approach was applied including individual semi-structured and focus-group interviews. Despite an ambition of adopting SC and several SC projects that are up and running, the process is still at the early stages where many of its key stakeholders are unfamiliar with Hamar's SC initiatives. Poor integration between ICT systems also creates certain challenges. It concludes that better integration and marketing effort should be directed at educating the public about the purpose and goal of SC. Moreover, as technology evolves, it is important to be cautious about issues concerning privacy while ensuring seamless integration and communication between the systems in order to become a true ‘smart' effort.
Policies for Smart and Sustainable Renovation of Urban Blocks
Authors: Tsirigoti Dimitra
Published: October 2021

The objective of this chapter is to recognize the fundamental issues for the low levels of efficiency of the strategies for the energy renovation of the building stock in Greece. The regulatory framework for the energy efficiency and energy renovation is analysed, and the main policies that have been adopted for upgrading the building stock are summarized. Strategies for the energy renovation of buildings have often led to the further deterioration of the built environment as the Greek city is still characterized by the low quality of life and the low energy efficiency of buildings. A tool for assessing the overall benefits of renovation strategies at the urban block scale is presented as a means for the optimization of the efforts and profits. A smart strategy of renovation including thermal insulation, passive design, and green roofs should be context based considering urban form, urban geometry, and climate.
Municipality of Peristeri
Authors: Psathopoulou Pagona-Xanthi
Published: October 2021

In recent years, both in Greece and worldwide, there is a tendency to create smarter cities in order to improve the daily lives of citizens. The chapter focuses on the city of Peristeri and intends to analyze its transformation from a traditional city to a 21st century smart city. As Peristeri is the third largest municipality of Attica, the case of it is of special interest. A recording and an assessment of the transition of Peristeri to a smart city will depict the current situation, future directions, and planning and how the COVID-19 period influenced this transition. Τhe fundamental role of citizens is discussed. The results of the case study analysis indicate that Peristeri aims to be a smart city leader for the western suburbs. Although the findings highlight great potential for further development, the strategy, the methodology, the organization, the emphasis on the citizens and the city seems to be a decisive factor for the municipality of Peristeri to be a pioneer.
Analysis of Demographic Changes in Urban Decline and Shrinkage
Authors: Vargas-Hernández José G. , Zdunek-Wielgołaska Justyna Anna
Published: October 2021

This chapter is aimed to analyse the implications that demographic changes have on urban decline and shrinkage in a global environment. The analysis departs from the assumption that deindustrialization restructuring and demographic suburbanization processes contribute to economic urban decline and shrinkage. After reviewing the evolution of urban decline and shrinkage framed on a methodological approach, the study analyses in detail the different factors involved in any demographic and urban decline and shrinkage. It is concluded that deindustrialization restructuring, demographic decline, and suburbanization processes are crucial in urban shrinkage.
E-Waste Management
Authors: Khatun Ayesha , Dhara Nandan
Published: October 2021

Sustainability addresses balance, balance between present and future essentially required for the survival of our planet. Upgradation of technology has contributed largely in generating enormous waste, the e-waste whose management has become the talk of the hour. E-waste spawns gargantuan toxic leftovers, which are detrimental for the life of Earth and the life of all organisms contained by the Earth. This review-based chapter targets to highlight and fulfill the objectives of e-waste management's prominence from an environmental perspective chiefly in developing countries. E-waste management has traumatized Earth's lifespan. Managing and maintaining it has been the core concern of all the nations particularly of the developing ones. Global e-waste management is taken care of by well-defined legislation. Extended procedure responsibility (EPR) was taken into contemplation for reckoning the trend of its eradication globally.
Machining of Poly Methyl Methacrylate (PMMA) and Other Olymeric Materials
Authors: Mwema Fredrick M. , Wambua Job Maveke
Published: October 2021

Polymers have been adopted industrially in the manufacture of lenses for optical applications due to their attractive properties such as high hardness, high strength, high ductility, high fracture toughness, and also their low thermal and electrical conductivities. However, they have limited machinability and are therefore classified as hard-to-machine materials. This study conducts a critical review on the machining of various polymers and polymeric materials, with particular focus on poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). From the review it was concluded that various machining parameters affect the output qualities of polymers and which include the spindle speed, the feed rate, vibrations, the depth of cut, and the machining environment. These parameters tend to affect the surface roughness, the cutting forces, delamination, cutting temperatures, tool wear, precision, vibrations, material removal rate, and the mechanical properties such as hardness, among others. A multi-objective optimization of these machining parameters is therefore required, especially in the machining of PMMA.
Digital Access to Culturally Relevant Curricula
Authors: Swagerty Tim
Published: October 2021

Native and Indigenous students in low SES urban, rural, and reservation areas have the lowest retention-to-graduation rate and college completion rate of any demographic in the United States. The primary contributing factor is lack of culturally relevant curricula in a culturally sustaining pedagogy to present their culture in a positive representation. The second contributing factor is a lack of access to computer and internet resources to foster and bolster online, remote, and distance learning.
Is Telehealth an Effective Way to Increase Accessibility to Counseling Services?
Authors: Fox Tara Renee
Published: October 2021

Providing telehealth is often a means to increase the accessibility to and availability of clinical mental healthcare services. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth has been globally implemented into healthcare systems. Today, almost 390 million individuals have at least one mental illness. There are many challenges to seeking clinical mental healthcare, including availability and accessibility, anonymity, finances and insurance, stigma, and travel and transportation. Due to these barriers, many individuals have untreated mental health conditions, which can burden healthcare systems. By utilizing innovative delivery models such as telehealth technologies, the disparities experienced by individuals when attempting to seek clinical mental healthcare services can decrease.
Challenges and Victories of Virtual Environments With Students With Disabilities
Authors: Cavitt Dennis , Kovach Danielle
Published: October 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020 altered the educational environment for everyone. Moving from an in-person environment to a virtual one can be highly problematic for individuals (specifically, students with disabilities) whose teachers most often use direct instruction strategies that require face-to-face interaction. This chapter will help the reader understand the variations of the characteristics of the different disability categories served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This chapter will provide the readers with instructional strategies that effectively mitigate difficulties with instruction in a virtual environment. Additionally, this chapter will examine the challenges observed in students with disabilities that make accessing the virtual educational setting problematic. These areas include race, culture, disability, and low socioeconomic factors. Finally, this chapter will provide the reader with tips from teachers and students as they have struggled to navigate this new educational environment.
Hybrid Conflicts in Modern Geopolitics
Authors: Kurban Oleksandr , Stadnichenko Olga
Published: October 2021

The chapter provides an analysis of ethnic, cultural, and religious confrontations in modern geopolitical hybrid conflicts. The methodological basis of the present research is the concept of hybrid geopolitical 3D conflicts. The data of sociological surveys carried out by Ukrainian and Russian research centres as well as the Center for Countering Information Aggression AM&РM are used. The main subject of study is the specifics of interethnic, intercultural, and interreligious conflicts that are part of the hybrid Russian-Ukrainian War (2014-2021). The authors of the chapter conclude that modern Russian-Ukrainian interethnic, intercultural, and interreligious conflicts can be considered as an example of hybrid geopolitical 3D conflicts: it started like military-political aggression and continued at other levels and areas. The conflicts of the sort demonstrate a hybrid nature and are a new phenomenon in international and domestic geopolitics.
Exploring the Determinants of Mobile Banking Adoption in the Context of Saudi Arabia
Authors: Alzaidi Maram Saeed
Published: October 2021

Rapid advances in mobile technologies and innovations have made mobile banking progressively significant in mobile business and monetary administrations. Our study used TAM and perceived risk as a theoretical base to develop a conceptual model that can explain the main factors affecting users intentions to adopt mobile banking in Saudi Arabia context. SEM/AMOS techniques were used to analyse the data collected from mobile banking users. the results indicated that perceived relative advantages, perceived ease of use, perceived compatibility have a significant positive effect on attitude towards mobile banking adoption, while perceived risk has a negative effect on intention to adopt. Furthermore, attitude has a significant influence on intentions to adopt mobile banking. The study offers meaningful implications to theory and practice.
The Role of Responsive Leadership in Meeting Customer Needs During Crises
Authors: Abdelaziz Hamdy Ahmed , Elsheikh Mohammed Abdelraouf
Published: October 2021

This case study conducted to investigate the impact of a responsive leadership approach in meeting customers' needs in a higher education institution in the UAE during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose, a mixed-method model has been used. The data has been collected from a convenient sample working and studying at Al Qasimia University Language Center, in fall 2020. This result indicates that the provided responsive leadership support during COVID-19 was effective and helped in motivating learners and customers to keep learning and making progress greater than what was shown before COVID-19, during the face-to-face teaching and physical assessment. Although the qualitative and quantitative results in this case study revealed a significant impact of responsive leadership approach on customers’ progress, there is still a need to conduct other researches to develop and validate a responsive leadership inventory to facilitate measuring of responsive leadership attributes in a large scale sample and/or population.
ETL Logs Under a Pattern-Oriented Approach
Authors: Oliveira Bruno , Oliveira Óscar , Belo Orlando
Published: October 2021

Considering extract-transform-load (ETL) as a complex and evolutionary process, development teams must conscientiously and rigorously create log strategies for retrieving the most value of the information that can be gathered from the events that occur through the ETL workflow. Efficient logging strategies must be structured so that metrics, logs, and alerts can, beyond their troubleshooting capabilities, provide insights about the system. This paper presents a configurable and flexible ETL component for creating logging mechanisms in ETL workflows. A pattern-oriented approach is followed as a way to abstract ETL activities and enable its mapping to physical primitives that can be interpreted by ETL commercial tools.
A Novel Filter-Wrapper Algorithm on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set for Attribute Reduction From Decision Tables
Authors: Nguyen Thang Truong , Giang Nguyen Long , Tran Dai Thanh , Nguyen Trung Tuan , Nguyen Huy Quang , Pham Anh Viet , Vu Thi Duc
Published: October 2021

Attribute reduction from decision tables is one of the crucial topics in data mining. This problem belongs to NP-hard and many approximation algorithms based on the filter or the filter-wrapper approaches have been designed to find the reducts. Intuitionistic fuzzy set (IFS) has been regarded as the effective tool to deal with such the problem by adding two degrees, namely the membership and non-membership for each data element. The separation of attributes in the view of two counterparts as in the IFS set would increase the quality of classification and reduce the reducts. From this motivation, this paper proposes a new filter-wrapper algorithm based on the IFS for attribute reduction from decision tables. The contributions include a new instituitionistics fuzzy distance between partitions accompanied with theoretical analysis. The filter-wrapper algorithm is designed based on that distance with the new stopping condition based on the concept of delta-equality. Experiments are conducted on the benchmark UCI machine learning repository datasets.
Automatic Equipment Design of Intelligent Manufacturing Flexible Production Line Based on Industrial Motorized Spindle
Authors: He Runqin
Published: October 2021

Based on the previous research on the production line automation, this paper carries out further research and further design and development on the basis of the original production line automation equipment. In this paper, the overall design of the automatic production line is carried out, and the various systems in the automatic production line are optimized, and the backward instruments are eliminated, and then some more advanced and convenient instruments are applied. Then, the hardware and software of the automatic production line are studied respectively, and the human-computer interaction module and real-time main control circuit module are re developed, and the electric shaft is applied to the automatic production line. Finally, the fuzzy PID controller of the stepping motor is designed. The experiment shows that the fuzzy PID control scheme is better than the traditional PID control scheme. After the rationalization of the system, the quality robustness of proactive planning is improved obviously. Then, the temperature of motorized spindle was tested.
The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Jordanian Healthcare Workers
Authors: Fawaris Fadi , Othman Elham H. , AlBashtawy Mohammed , Abu Alfwares Ahmad
Published: October 2021

Introduction: Healthcare workers face incomparable work and psychological demands that are amplified throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers in Jordan. Method: A cross-sectional design was used. Data was collected using an online survey during the outbreak of COVID-19. Results: Overall, of the 312 healthcare workers, almost 38% and 36% presented with moderate to severe anxiety and depression consecutively. Nurses reported more severe symptoms than other healthcare workers. And both anxiety and depression were negatively correlated with well-being. Getting infected was not an immediate worry among healthcare workers; however, they were worried about carrying the virus to their families. Implications for Practice: Stakeholders must understand the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers and plan to provide them with the required psychological support and interventions at an early stage.
Dynamic Modelling and Performance Optimization-Based Sliding Mode Control of Process Drying in a Convective Tunnel Dryer
Authors: Oueslati Hatem , Ben Mabrouk Salah , Mami Abdelkader
Published: October 2021

In this work, we thoroughly investigate the use of sliding mode control for nonlinear systems, specially its application for the control of dryer designed for drying food products. A dynamic model of the drying process has been developed, experimental measurements presented in this paper are established for different values of drying air temperature and drying air velocity. Two scenario of sliding mode control applied to the hybrid tunnel dryer has been assessed through simulations. At first, a nonlinear sliding mode control with first order sliding surface was tested. In front of the insufficient performance of this control in terms of the presence of chattering phenomenon and static error, it was decided to apply a nonlinear sliding mode control with PI sliding surface. Simulation results show that this latter control approach can obtain excellent control performance with no chattering problem, reducing of static error and a good tracking of trajectory.
A Reliable Behavioral Model
Authors: Aouadj Wafa , Abdessemed Mohamed-Rida , Seghir Rachid
Published: October 2021

This study concerns a swarm of autonomous reactive mobile robots, qualified of naïve because of their simple constitution, having the mission of gathering objects randomly distributed while respecting two contradictory objectives: maximizing quality of the emergent heap-formation and minimizing energy consumed by aforesaid robots. This problem poses two challenges: it is a multi-objective optimization problem and it is a hard problem. To solve it, one of renowned multi-objective evolutionary algorithms is used. Obtained solution, via a simulation process, unveils a close relationship between behavioral-rules and consumed energy; it represents the sought behavioral model, optimizing the grouping quality and energy consumption. Its reliability is shown by evaluating its robustness, scalability, and flexibility. Also, it is compared with a single-objective behavioral model. Results' analysis proves its high robustness, its superiority in terms of scalability and flexibility, and its longevity measured based on the activity time of the robotic system that it integrates.
Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology Optimized by Deep Learning to Rural Financial Development and Rural Governance
Authors: Hou Hongwei , Tang Kunzhi , Liu Xiaoqian , Zhou Yue
Published: October 2021

The aim of this article is to promote the development of rural finance and the further informatization of rural banks. Based on DL (deep learning) and artificial intelligence technology, data pre-processing and feature selection are conducted on the customer information of rural banks in a certain region, including the historical deposit and loan, transaction record, and credit information. Besides, four DL models are proposed with a precision of more than 87% by test to improve the simulation effect and explore the application of DL. The BLSTM-CNN (Bi-directional Long Short-Term Memory-Convolutional Neural Network) model with a precision of 95.8%, which integrates RNN (Recurrent Neural Network) and CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) in parallel, solves the shortcomings of RNN and CNN separately. The research result can provide a more reasonable prediction model for rural banks, and ideas for the development of rural informatization and promoting rural governance.
Development of Mucoadhesive Film-Forming Systems Containing Black Ginger Extract for Aphthous Ulcers
Authors: Wattanaphraya Nattanich , Manchun Somkamol , Taokaew Siriporn , Kriangkrai Worawut
Published: October 2021

Film-forming systems (FFSs) were developed by using Eudragit® E100 as a film former. Kaempferia parviflora (black ginger) extract was used as an anti-inflammatory agent for aphthous ulcers. The FFS could rapidly form a thin film in only 5 s when it was applied to a wet surface e.g. an aphthous ulcer. When the FFS was applied to a dry surface, the FFS without extract could form a film in 2-4 min. The incorporation of this extract contributed to delaying the film-formation time in the dry state; hence, the film-forming time increased to 6-8 min. The mucoadhesive property of FFSs was verified with the wash-off method. To simulate oromucosal conditions, the FFSs were applied on a cellophane membrane coated with mucin and washed by phosphate buffer of pH 6.8. The formulations without mucoadhesive polymers could not withstand flushing with a medium for more than 8 min without dislodging. Therefore, three different mucoadhesive agents were trialed: PVP K90, HPMC E15 LV, and HPC SL. The highest adhesion results were obtained when HPMC was added at 5%(w/w) as well as, the residence time was 22 min. In vitro release of black ginger extract from FFS showed a gradual release for 2 h. This study indicated that the FFS with HPMC E15 LV was an appropriate alternative formulation as a local delivery system for an aphthous ulcer.