bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A Strategy for the Treatment of Refractory Ascites in Recurrent Endometrial Cancer Patients – Three Case Reports and Review of the Literature
Authors: Perniola Giorgia , Santangelo Giusi , Palaia Innocenza , Musella Angela , Tomao Federica , Di Donato Violante , Muzii Ludovico , Benedetti Panici Pierluigi
Published: October 2019

Background: Endometrial cancer currently represents the most frequent gynecologic malignancy in Western countries, and the seventh most common cancer in women. For advanced-stage disease, the recurrence risk is high, and the site of the relapse is heterogeneous with localized or spread peritoneal disease. There are few therapeutic strategies, and the quality of life is poor. Cases Presentation: We present 3 cases of peritoneal-spread recurrences of endometrial cancer in patients with advanced stage at diagnosis. The patients had been subjected to multiple lines of chemotherapy including re-challenging with platinum regimens, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, and taxane, with progression of disease. These patients came to us with abdominal distension, dyspnea, elevated CA 125, and presence of ascites. After paracentesis with a single administration of intraperitoneal chemotherapy based on carboplatin, all 3 patients showed improvement in their quality of life and breathing as well as reduction of fatigue and anorexia. No complications occurred. Conclusion: Although only 3 cases are reported, the exceptional results and the absence of side effects observed strongly warrant future trials to investigate the role intraperitoneal chemotherapy can have both as palliative treatment of refractory ascites and as salvage therapy in advanced endometrial cancer.
The Journey of an EGFR-Mutant Lung Adenocarcinoma through Erlotinib, Osimertinib and ABCP Immunotherapy Regimens: Sensitivity and Resistance
Authors: Kibirova Albina , Mattes Malcolm D. , Smolkin Matthew , Ma Patrick C.
Published: October 2019

Patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have several EGFR targeting tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) available in frontline management. However, the disease will inevitably progress over time due to acquired resistance. Longitudinal tumor profiling for genomics guided therapy is indicated upon disease progression. It is a common scenario yet, when after failure of EGFR-TKIs, potentially actionable genomic alterations are lacking. Management of such patient is challenging with very limited options available. Combination of chemotherapy, anti-vascular/anti-angiogenic and immune-checkpoint inhibitors may become a salvage option for such patients. Here we describe a case of TKI refractory EGFR-mutant NSCLC successfully treated with carboplatin, paclitaxel, atezolizumab and bevacizumab combination with remarkable prompt tumor response.
A Case of Brucellosis with Possible Ileal Involvement
Authors: Rodrigues dos Santos Joana , Silva Ryan , Nejo Priscila , Vassalo Tânia , Coimbra Alexandra , Peixoto Lígia
Published: October 2019

Introduction: Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that can involve different organs and tissues. Fever, fatigue, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia, and arthritis are the usual modes of presentation. Gastrointestinal manifestations of human brucellosis are common but documented ileal involvement is extremely rare. Case Description: A 68-year-old female presented with a history of 10 days of intense temporal migraine, photophobia, and phonophobia with partial response to paracetamol. The patient referred night sweats, anorexia, and colicky abdominal pain after her meals for the past 4 months followed by diarrhea. She denied nausea, vomiting, hypersensitivity of the scalp, blurry vision, melena, or rectal bleeding. She denied travelling or contact with animals. Physical examination revealed fever (38.3°C) and splenomegaly. Laboratory workup revealed Hb 7.8 g/dL, leukopenia (3.47 × 109/L), C-reactive protein 5.94 mg/dL, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate 23 mm/h. Abdominal ultrasound showed hepatic steatosis and mild homogeneous splenomegaly. Chest radiography was normal. Lumbar puncture; transcranial, carotid, and temporal arteries Doppler, and head computed tomography (CT) did not show any significant changes. Abdominal CT showed diffuse thickening of the ileum and some mildly swollen locoregional lymph nodes. Fecal calprotectin was not elevated. Blood cultures and serologies were positive for Brucella (positive Rose-Bengal test, ELISA IgM-positive, IgG-negative anti-brucella antibody serology and positive Huddleson reaction – titer 1:320). The patient was started on rifampicin 600 mg/day and doxycycline 100 mg q. 12 h for 10 weeks with good clinical and analytical response. Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy were normal, although the last was done already under antibiotic treatment. Discussion: Although gastrointestinal manifestations of brucellosis are quite common, ileitis is thought to be extremely rare. In countries where brucellosis is endemic, doctors must consider this diagnosis when faced with patients with systemic symptoms and diarrhea or abdominal pain. Early recognition of brucellosis and institution of appropriate therapy usually leads to a good recovery without complications.
On Growth Projections in the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
Authors: Buhaug Halvard , Vestby Jonas
Published: October 2019

The recently developed Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) have enabled researchers to explore coupled human–nature dynamics in new and more complex ways. Despite their wide applicability and unquestionable advantage over earlier scenarios, the utility of the SSPs for conducting societal impact assessments is impaired by shortcomings in the underlying economic growth projections. In particular, the assumed economic convergence and absence of major growth disruptions break with historical growth trajectories in the developing world. The consequence is that the SSP portfolio becomes too narrow, with an overly optimistic lower band of growth projections. This is not a trivial concern, since resulting impact assessments are likely to underestimate the full human and material costs of climate change, especially for the poorest and most vulnerable societies. In response, we propose that future quantifications of the SSPs should incorporate the likelihood of growth disruptions, informed by scenarios of the relevant political contexts that historically have been important in curbing growth.
The Complex Beauty of Boundary Adverbials:In YearsandUntil
Authors: Iatridou Sabine , Zeijlstra Hedde
Published: October 2019

In this article, we discuss two negative polarity item (NPI) adverbials: in years (and its cousins in days, in months, etc.) and until. We argue that much is to be gained by analyzing the two in juxtaposition. We first explore in years, following our approach in Iatridou and Zeijlstra 2017 ; on the basis of our analysis of this item, we then explore until. Our approach permits a unified account of until, whose behavior has led researchers to consider it lexically ambiguous. The commonalities between in years and our unified until also allow us to explain why both these boundary adverbials are strong as opposed to weak NPIs.
Estimation of Peer Effects in Endogenous Social Networks: Control Function Approach
Authors: Johnsson Ida , Moon Hyungsik Roger
Published: October 2019

We propose methods of estimating the linear-in-means model of peer effects in which the peer group, defined by a social network, is endogenous in the outcome equation for peer effects. Endogeneity is due to unobservable individual characteristics that influence both link formation in the network and the outcome of interest. We propose two estimators of the peer effect equation that control for the endogeneity of the social connections using a control function approach. We leave the functional form of the control function unspecified, estimate the model using a sieve semiparametric approach and establish asymptotics of the semiparametric estimator.
Spring Forward, Don't Fall Back: The Effect of Daylight Saving Time on Road Safety
Authors: Bünnings Christian , Schiele Valentin
Published: October 2019

In this paper, we analyze the effect of light conditions on road accidents and estimate the long-run consequences of different time regimes for road safety. Identification is based on variation in light conditions induced by differences in sunrise and sunset times across space and time. We estimate that darkness causes annual costs of more than £500 million in Great Britain. By setting daylight saving time year-round, 8% of these costs could be saved. Thus, focusing solely on the short-run costs related to the transition itself underestimates the total costs of the current time regime.
Ascetic and Nonascetic Layers in the Qurʾan: A Case Study
Authors: Dye Guillaume
Published: October 2019

Using the methods of redaction criticism, this article analyzes two Qurʾanic parallel passages, Q 23:1–11 and Q 70:22–35, and the chronology of their redaction. Relying on discernable traces of editorial work, it argues that these texts of instruction, which initially exhorted their audience to live a pious and ascetic life, have known a process of rewriting, which substantially softened the ascetic injunction of continence present in the earliest versions. This analysis might shed light on the background and development of the Qurʾan and early Islamic piety.
Promoter of shrimp translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) gene has higher activity than cytomegavirus (CMV) promoter in driving foreign genes to express in primary shrimp cells
Authors: Wang Jing , Lin Yuqi , Song Xin , Pu Longjun , Ji Guangdong , Li Guorong , Guo Huarong
Published: October 2019

Active promoters are urgently needed for shrimp cells which are hard to be immortalized. Translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) is a widely and abundantly expressed, growth-related protein. In this study we successfully isolated the promoter (Ptctp) and ORF (= open reading frame) of the TCTP gene from Litopenaeus vannamei and analysed the promoter activity of Ptctp and the growth-promoting effects of over-expressed TCTP protein in the primary Oka organ (lymphoid tissue) cells. It was found, that cytomegavirus (CMV) promoter, highly active in mammalian and fish cells, had a driving activity too low to be detected in shrimp cells. However, shrimp Ptctp had a higher driving activity than Pcmv in the shrimp cells and an obvious fluorescent signal was observed in the shrimp cells transfected by a Pcmv-Ptctp-driven plasmid. However, no obvious growth-promoting effects were observed in the eGFP/TCTP [eGFP = enhanced green fluorescent protein] or TCTP-transfected shrimp cells possibly due to the relatively low expression efficiency.
Characterization and expression analysis of E75 during ovarian development and juvenile growth of the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain Estampador, 1950 (Brachyura, Portunidae)
Authors: Gong Jie , Shi Wenyuan , Zhang Ming , Wang Tianfa , Yu Kun , Ye Haihui
Published: October 2019

In arthropods, E75 is an important nuclear receptor to regulate various physiological processes, such as development and reproduction. In this study, a 3551 bp cDNA of E75 (SpE75) with a typical domain organization of the nuclear hormone receptor was cloned from Scylla paramamosain. A qRT-PCR analysis revealed that, during ovarian development, the expression of SpE75 significantly increased after the onset of vitellogenesis and reached its peak value at the early vitellogenic stage. In vitro and in vivo experiments showed that 20-hydroxyecdysone significantly induced the transcriptions of the genes of both SpE75 and vitellogenin in the ovary. During juvenile crab (C1) development, the expression of SpE75 increased from 0 h (postmoult stage) to 96 h (premoult stage) and kept a low level in the fasting crabs. Together, these results indicate that SpE75 may be playing an important role in the regulation of ovarian development and somatic growth, as a component of ecdysone signalling in crustaceans.
Length-weight relationship of three stomatopod species from the Mumbai coast, India
Authors: Kesavan S. , Jenishma J. S. , Nirmal T. , Kamath S. S. , Xavier K. M. , Bhutia T. P. , Shenoy L.
Published: October 2019

Length-weight relationship (LWR) was estimated for three stomatopod species, namely Oratosquillina perpensa (Kemp, 1911), Harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius, 1798) and Miyakella nepa (Latreille, 1828) for the first time from the north-eastern Arabian Sea. Experimental fishing, using a shrimp trawl, was conducted fortnightly during September 2017 up to April 2018 along the Maharashtra coast. A total of 821 samples were collected. Length-weight relationship showed good fit with coefficient of determination () values varying from 0.9190 to 0.9612. In this study, b values ranged from 2.758 to 3.140. The LWRs of Oratosquillina perpensa and Miyakella nepa have not yet been reported in the SealifeBase.
Mixed Company in the Contact Zone: the “Glocal” Diplomatic Efforts of a Prussian East Indiaman in 1750s Cape Verde
Authors: Gottmann Felicia
Published: October 2019

This article takes a micro-historical actor-centered approach to study the encounter between the officers of a Prussian East India Company Ship and local elites in 1750s Praia, Cape Verde. Combining recent advances in New Diplomatic History and in Company Studies with insights from the study of Contact Zones and transculturation, it analyzes the diplomatic strategies marginalized and hybrid players could adopt to project themselves onto the early modern global stage and locally counterbalance the hegemonic Northern European Atlantic powers. It thus proposes an alternative model of nonprofessional diplomatic interaction in the early modern period.
Sweden’s Early-Modern Neutrality: Neutral Vessels, Prize Cases and Diplomatic Actors in London in the Late Eighteenth Century
Authors: Müller Leos
Published: October 2019

Early modern shipping under neutral flags was an activity that required many capacities, combining practices from three different fields: commerce and shipping, diplomacy, and international law. This complexity of neutral shipping is the reason why traditional diplomatic history paid limited attention to it, despite the fact that shipping and prize cases consumed much of the attention and time of diplomats of neutral nations. The neutral agents had to be able to understand, communicate and move between all three fields. This article studies seizures of Swedish neutral vessels by British privateers and the Royal Navy between 1770 and 1800, including the years of the War of American Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars. It provides examples of how exchanges between different field actors—e.g. shipmasters, ship-owners, merchants, agents, lawyers, naval officers and diplomats—were communicated and understood from the perspective of Sweden’s representatives in London.
Witnessing Together – Who, What and to Whom? The Concept of Witness in Together Towards Life and The Church: Towards a Common Vision
Authors: Heikkilä Ida
Published: October 2019

‘Witness’ belongs to the central vocabulary of contemporary ecumenism. Despite its ecumenically significant role the concept has not been defined in ecumenical dialogues, neither analysed in academic research. Already a rough mapping of dialogue documents shows that the concept is used in various ways and contexts but not in a coherent or conscious way. This article studies the meaning of ‘witness’ in two ecumenical documents issued by the World Council of Churches, ‘Together towards Life. Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes’ (2012) and ‘The Church: Towards a Common Vision’ (2013). Both documents see witness as the characteristically Christian way of participating in the mission of the Triune God but give it different roles in the life of the church.
Early Christian Martyrdom and the End of the Ur-Arché
Authors: Lehmann Sandra
Published: October 2019

This essay follows the assumption that the first principle of classical metaphysics has its counterpart in political sovereignty as suprema potestas. Therefore, both can be equally described as arché. Their epitome is the God of so-called ontotheology, who thus proves to be what I call the Ur-Arché. In contrast to current post-metaphysical approaches, however, I suggest overcoming ontotheology through a different metaphysics, which emphasizes the self-transcending surplus character of being. I regard early Christian martyrdom as an eminent way in which the surplus of being is manifested. This has two interwoven aspects, one ontological and one political, both arising from the excessive idea of the Christ event, or the notion that there is life beyond life unto death. I will analyse the mechanism allowing early Christian martyrs to counteract Roman imperial sovereignty. Finally, I will relate this to contemporary life systems in which sovereignty has become anonymous biopower.
Unconditional Responsibility in the Face of Disastrous Violence
Authors: Liebsch Burkhard
Published: October 2019

This essay draws attention to the question how a strong notion of unconditional responsibility in the face of the other’s mortality (as it was claimed by Emmanuel Levinas) is related to the historical experience of a disastrous violence that seems to annihilate not only numerous bodies, lives, identities and histories but, rather, any responsible religio to the other – whether living or dead. It is well known, that Levinas claimed that human responsibility demands not to let the other alone in his death. But if the other is already dead – like numerous others who share the same fate – keeps human responsibility silent, then? And how is this religio of human responsibility related to forms of disastrous violence which seem to deny it?
Eight new species of the spider genus Khorata Huber, 2005 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China
Authors: YAO ZHIYUAN , NIE LEI , LI SHUQIANG
Published: October 2019

Eight new species of the genus Khorata Huber, 2005 are reported from China: Khorata dawei Yao & Li sp. nov. (Yunnan), K. libo Yao & Li sp. nov. (Guizhou), K. luoping Yao & Li sp. nov. (Yunnan), K. matang Yao & Li sp. nov. (Yunnan), K. qian Yao & Li sp. nov. (Guizhou), K. suwei Yao & Li sp. nov. (Guangxi), K. wenshan Yao & Li sp. nov. (Yunnan), K. yangchun Yao & Li sp. nov. (Guangdong). All new species are described from males and females. Type material is deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) in Beijing, China.
Lacunicambarus dalyae: a new species of burrowing crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the southeastern United States
Authors: GLON MAEL G. , WILLIAMS BRONWYN W. , LOUGHMAN ZACHARY J.
Published: October 2019

The Jewel Mudbug, Lacunicambarus dalyae sp. nov., is a large, colorful primary burrowing crayfish found in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. This species is most similar in appearance to the Paintedhand Mudbug, L. polychromatus, a species found across the Midwestern United States. The ranges of the two species overlap minimally, and they can be distinguished from each other based on several characters, the most notable of which is the much longer central projection of the gonopod in Form I and II males of L. dalyae sp. nov. relative to L. polychromatus. Like its congeners, L. dalyae sp. nov. is commonly found in burrows in the banks and floodplains of streams and is resilient to a moderate amount of anthropogenic habitat degradation, being occasionally collected from burrows in roadside ditches and urban lawns.
A new species of Aphidura Hille Ris Lambers, and additional data for Aphidura pakistanensis (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Republic of Georgia
Authors: BARJADZE SHALVA
Published: October 2019

Apterous viviparous females of Aphidura jimoi sp. nov. living on Dianthus sp. in East Georgia, are described and differences with the most similar species of the genus—A. naimanica Kadyrbekov, 2013, are presented. Additional data are provided for apterous viviparous females of A. pakistanensis Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante & Remaudière, 2013, based on the first record from Georgia and the hitherto unknown alate viviparous females of this species are described. Updated identification keys for apterous females of all species currently included in the genus Aphidura, and for those feeding specifically on Dianthus spp. are provided.
Revision of the genus Theopea Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Sundaland and the Philippines: Redefinition of the genus
Authors: LEE CHI-FENG , BEZDĔK JAN
Published: October 2019

The genus Theopea Baly, 1864 is redefined. Seventeen species from Sundaland and the Philippines are recognized and classified into four species groups (including seven new species): T. impressa (Fabricius, 1801), T. longicollis (Jacoby, 1896), T. louwerensi Jolivet, 1951, T. lunduensis Mohamedsaid, 1998, T. chungi sp. nov. in the T. impressa group; T. flavipalpis Laboissère, 1940, T. guoi sp. nov., T. lui sp. nov., T. sabahensis sp. nov. in the T. flavipalpis group; T. elegantula Baly, 1864, T. pulchella Baly, 1864, T. fairmairei Duvivier, 1885, T. kedenburgi Weise, 1922, T. houjayi sp. nov., T. tsoui sp. nov., T. yuae sp. nov. in the T. pulchella group; and T. costata (Allard, 1889) in the T. costata group. The following new synonyms are established: Theopea pulchella Baly, 1864 = T. nigricollis Jacoby, 1892 syn. nov.; Theopea impressa (Fabricius, 1801) = T. impressa flavicornis Laboissère, 1940 syn. nov. and T. impressa malaccana Laboissère, 1940 syn. nov.; T. lunduensis Mohamedsaid, 1998 = T. sepilokensis Mohamedsaid, 2000 syn. nov. Lectotypes are designated for Crioceris impressa Fabricius, 1801, Ozomena longicollis Jacoby, 1896, Theopea elegantula Baly, 1864, T. fairmairei Duvivier, 1885, T. nigricollis Jacoby, 1892, and T. pulchella Baly, 1864. Theopea obliterata Jacoby, 1884, T. variabilis (Jacoby, 1887), T. incostata (Allard, 1889), T. clypeata Jacoby, 1896, T. modiglianii Jacoby, 1896, T. dohrni (Jacoby, 1899), T. viridipennis (Jacoby, 1899), and T. weberi (Weise, 1913) are removed from Theopea and regarded as species incertae sedis.
“Endangered or an artifact of unsound taxonomy? Case of the critically endangered bush frog Philautus sanctisilvaticus Das and Chanda, 1997”
Authors: MIRZA ZEESHAN A. , WAREKAR PRIYA , MOHAPATRA PRATYUSH P. , RAJU DAVID , PATIL PRANAD , DUTTA SUSHIL K. , PAL SAUNAK
Published: October 2019

We investigated the phylogenetic relationship of the Critically Endangered bush frog Philautus sanctisilvaticus Das and Chanda, 1997 and other species distributed across the fragmented forests of Deccan Peninsula and the northern Eastern Ghats. A short fragment of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene was employed to assess phylogenetic relationships across Philautus sanctisilvaticus Das and Chanda, 1997, Raorchestes terebrans (Das and Chanda, 1998) and Philautus similipalensis Dutta, 2003. All sequenced specimens, including material from near the type localities of P. sanctisilvaticus (Amarkantak) and P. similipalensis (Simlipal) were genetically extremely similar, with pairwise uncorrected distances <1% in the 16S gene, and were phylogenetically placed within the genus Raorchestes. The results based on morphology are ambiguous and do not go hand in hand with molecular data, which however do not provide support for a three species hypothesis either. our findings advocate the need for making nomenclatural amendments. Philautus sanctisilvaticus Das and Chanda, 1997, is the first available nomen for this taxon, and we propose to include this species in Raorchestes as Raorchestes sanctisilvaticus (Das and Chanda, 1997), and to consider the nomina Philautus terebrans Das and Chanda, 1998 syn. nov. and Philautus similipalensis Dutta, 2003 syn. nov. as junior subjective synonyms for this nomen following the Principle of Priority in article 23.1 of the ICZN. The findings are notable from the point of conservation of the species and present a novel case with remarkable genetic homogeneity across the fragmented forests of Deccan Peninsula and Eastern Ghats.
Efficient Ambulance Routing
Authors: Nandhini S. , Kumar Saravana , Kumawat Aditya , Sharma Mansi
Published: October 2019

Road traffic has become a major issue in highly crowded metropolitan cities. Ambulance services which are provided by the government and private organizations struggle to get the patient to the hospital, resulting in unfortunate events which affect the people vastly. We are applying
Internet Of Things (IoT) and cloud based services that can bring up an effective route and smoothen the ambulance movement throughout. Our attempt is to alert people on the road in prior about incoming ambulances by using smart lighting and managing them via cloud. Internet Of Things helps
in collaboration of these different devices, accessing and monitoring them remotely.
An Efficient Action Detection Model Using Deep Belief Networks
Authors: Joshila Grace L. K. , Rahul K. , Sidharth P. S.
Published: October 2019

Computer Vision and image processing have gained an enormous advance in the field of machine learning techniques. Some of the major research areas within machine learning are Action detection and Pattern Recognition. Action recognition is a new advancement of pattern recognition approaches
where the actions performed by any action or living being is tracked and monitored. Action recognition still encounters some challenges that needs to be looked upon and perform recognize the actions is a very minimal time. Networks like SVM and Neural Networks are used to train the network
in such a way they are able to detect a pattern of an action when a new frame is given. In this paper, we have proposed a model which detects patterns of actions from a video or an image. Bounding boxes are used to detect the actions and localize it. Deep Belief Network is used to train the
model where numerous images having actions are given as the training set. The performance evaluation was done on the model and it is observed that it detects the actions very accurately when a new image is given to the network.
Orthogonal Moment Invariant Function for Image Processing
Authors: Hameed Vazeerudeen Abdul
Published: October 2019

Orthogonal moments are of great importance in image processing due to their high discriminatory capability. Orthogonal moment invariant functions like Legendre moments and Complex Zernike moments are known for high computational complexity and/or they are complex valued. This paper
presents a new orthogonal moment function that is real valued. The formulation is appraised to prove that it is computationally less complex when compared to the existing moment functions. The proposed orthogonal moment functions are appraised over their reversible nature to obtain the original
data. The new moment functions are also appraised for their discriminating ability through derivations and experiments. Invariance properties such as scaling, translation and rotational invariance are studied over the new formulation to demonstrate the use of the functions over image processing
applications that involve invariance to image transformations.
Smart Dashboards for Smart City—A Platform to Engage with Citizen
Authors: Vasudavan Hemalata , Balakrishnan Sumathi , Jing TeeWee , Vijay Kartini , Gunasekaran Saraswathy Shamini
Published: October 2019

Smart City is the term composed for a city that aggressively balances itself through ICT based urban solutions and solving multiple problems faced by the ever complex urban lifestyle. Big data analytics is one of the best innovation to process extracted data from this Internet of Things
(IoT) Ecosystem of the smart city. In this ecosystem, the communication and engagement with the city residents are very important. The smart dashboard is a hyper connected platform to effectively project the smart city dimension’s performance to stakeholder and residents. Thus creating
an instant engagement with the citizens. Although most of the smart cities has been computing all the data gathered in the city using the most sophisticated data analytics tools, it has not effectively interfaced it to the benefit of city residents. A Smart Dashboard is seen as an enabler
to the smart city dimensions but many of the current smart dashboards are still elusive and faces many challenges. There will be discussions about the importance of smart dashboard, a list of key indicators and the challenges to implementing this dashboard.
Multikernel Multiclass Relevance Vector Machine for Simultaneous Fault Detection in Benchmark Model of Wind Generation Systems
Authors: Rekha S. N. , Aruna Jeyanthy P. , Devaraj D.
Published: October 2019

The fault identification in Wind Energy Conversion System is a significant angle change in the sustainable power source frameworks. The wind turbine, drive train, converter and the controller all these aspects must have foolproof working carried out. Detection of fault in the WECS has
been detailed and implemented with single fault at a time in the implementation stage. The fault is not stipulated to be occurring one at a time as usually implemented in the previous literature. A Relevance Vector Machine based fault detection technique with the Benchmark Model of the WECS
is carried out with multiclass classification. The proposed implementation would carry out simulation which would consider multiple faults occurring simultaneously thus increasing the robustness of the previous algorithms. Multikernel Relevance Vector Machine (MKRVM) for multiclass classification
is applied to increase the robustness. The developed algorithm is implemented in the MATLAB and the outcomes are acceptable when contrasted with the past algorithm.
Smart City: The State of the Art, Definitions, Characteristics and Dimensions
Authors: Vasudavan Hemalata , Gunasekaran Saraswathy Shamini , Balakrishnan Sumathi
Published: October 2019

The notion of smart city embrace from urbanization with the unceasing boom of population in a city. The rising population in cities require high demand on living standard, facilities and social sustainability, in fact, it is challenging for the existing scarce resources and services
to complement the citizen’s needs and demand. Thus, the model of smart city emerges as a solution to strategically integrate people, process, data and computing technology. Technologies such as Internet of Things, Big Data and Cloud Computing can be integrated with physical infrastructure
to support efficient resourceful services and assure sustainable living standard for the citizens. To transform a city into a smart city it involves a complex and multidimensional process which rapidly changes according to the citizen’s needs. Conversely, there is a lack of universal
standard route in being smart and various cities has implemented many methods in understanding a smart city. This paper aims to produce a systematic research to comprehend the fundamental concept of smart city’s characteristics and dimensions. This research presents various literature
definitions of smart cities, followed by commonly discussed smart city characteristics and dimensions.
Change Detection and Flood Water Mapping Using Sentinel-1A Synthetic Aperture Radar Images
Authors: Anusha N. , Bharathi B.
Published: October 2019

Prodigious flooding in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India during the month of August 2017 was induced by heavy rainfall, causing water levels in several rivers to cross the danger mark bringing normal life to a standstill. The peculiar rainfall pattern in India makes it highly vulnerable
to floods. Demand for crisis information, for instance, natural disasters like severe flood events has increased. A simple but effective method is proposed in this study to find the areas that are affected due to floods, to detect the changes and for flood mapping. These indicators were derived
from the Sentinel-1A Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data by taking the crisis and archive images. An open flood surface can be detected easily in SAR data as it acts as a specular reflector that scatters the energy away from the sensor, causing relatively dark pixels of low backscattered SAR
data. In contrast, the surrounding non-water areas usually exhibit a higher return due to surface roughness. Red, Green, Blue (RGB) composite is made for highlighting the flooded areas and for detecting changes by combining both archive and crisis images. Finally the flood map is compared
with the optical imagery on the Google earth by integrating the resultant RGB composite image on the Google earth. Identification of the flood-prone areas is crucial to action the appropriate control measures in the flood-affected regions.
Client Cluster Identification of Internet Bank Services
Authors: Aysha Fathima Y. , Muthumani S.
Published: October 2019

Remarkable developments and innovation in the information and communication technology has led to significant paradigm shift in banking sector. Internet banking phenomenon has been widely accepted by the banks, as a convenient channel of service delivery owing to its multiple advantages.
In spite of being beneficial to the users as well, the acceptance rate of this delivery channel is very slow among bank’s clients. In order to increase consumer internet banking, banks must take steps to leverage internet banking adoption among customers. Banks have to promote internet
banking by segmenting their targeted customers and positioning them with suitable strategies. This study aims at segmenting the customers based on their usage of services and to identify the perceptions of consumer segments regarding the various attributes of online banking. Hierarchical cluster
analysis, k-means cluster analysis was used to segment the respondents based on their usage of the internet banking service. The respondents were formed into three clusters viz, extensive users, moderate users and constrained users. A profile of each segment of user is made based on
their demographic, psychographics and perception towards attributes of internet banking. Subject to their profile, usage patterns and their perception towards different attributes of internet banking, various recommendations were made to the service providers to formulate strategies targeting
the specific type of users. This study would be facilitate the bankers to draft user focused strategies for increased usage of internet banking services.
Neural Machine Translation: A Review of the Approaches
Authors: Eria Kamya , Jayabalan Manoj
Published: October 2019

Neural Machine Translation (NMT) has presented promising results in Machine translation, convincingly replacing the traditional Statistical Machine Translation (SMT). This success of NMT in machine translation tasks therefore projects to more translation tasks using NMT. This paper
systematically reviews the hitherto proposed NMT systems since 2014. 86 NMT papers have been selected and reviewed. The peak of NMT systems were proposed in 2016 and the same was the case for many machine translation workshops who provided datasets for NMT tasks. Most of the proposed systems
covered English, German, French and Chinese translation tasks. BLEU score accompanied by significance tests has been seen to be the best metric for NMT systems evaluation. Human judgement for fluency and adequacy is also important to support the metrics. There is still room for further improvement
in translations regarding rich source translations and rare words. There is also need for extensive NMT works in other languages to maximize the apparent capabilities of NMT systems. RNN Search and Moses are basically used to develop SMT baselines for model comparisons. Results provide futuristic
and directional insights into further translation tasks.
Fusion of Feature Selection and Random Forest for an Anomaly-Based Intrusion Detection System
Authors: Khonde Shraddha , Ulagamuthalvi V.
Published: October 2019

Considering current network scenario hackers and intruders has become a big threat today. As new technologies are emerging fast, extensive use of these technologies and computers, what plays an important role is security. Most of the computers in network can be easily compromised with
attacks. Big issue of concern is increase in new type of attack these days. Security to the sensitive data is very big threat to deal with, it need to consider as high priority issue which should be addressed immediately. Highly efficient Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) are available now
a days which detects various types of attacks on network. But we require the IDS which is intelligent enough to detect and analyze all type of new threats on the network. Maximum accuracy is expected by any of this intelligent intrusion detection system. An Intrusion Detection System can be
hardware or software that analyze and monitors all activities of network to detect malicious activities happened inside the network. It also informs and helps administrator to deal with malicious packets, which if enters in network can harm more number of computers connected together. In our
work we have implemented an intellectual IDS which helps administrator to analyze real time network traffic. IDS does it by classifying packets entering into the system as normal or malicious. This paper mainly focus on techniques used for feature selection to reduce number of features from
KDD-99 dataset. This paper also explains algorithm used for classification i.e., Random Forest which works with forest of trees to classify real time packet as normal or malicious. Random forest makes use of ensembling techniques to give final output which is derived by combining output from
number of trees used to create forest. Dataset which is used while performing experiments is KDD-99. This dataset is used to train all trees to get more accuracy with help of random forest. From results achieved we can observe that random forest algorithm gives more accuracy in distributed
network with reduced false alarm rate.
Surface Turbulent Fluxes during Persistent Cold-Air Pool Events in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Part I: Observations
Authors: Sun Xia , Holmes Heather A.
Published: October 2019

The land surface is coupled to the atmospheric boundary layer through surface turbulent fluxes. Persistent cold-air pools (PCAPs) form in topographic depressions where cold, dense air fills the valley basin and in the presence of air pollution is accompanied by poor air quality. For the first time, the surface turbulence dataset from seven monitors during the Persistent Cold-Air Pool Study conducted in Salt Lake Valley, Utah (December 2010–February 2011), are analyzed. We found that the surface sensible (H) and latent (LE) heat fluxes were lower during strong PCAP events compared with non-PCAPs. The higher ratio of heat flux to net radiation (H/Rn and LE/Rn) for strong PCAPs compared with weak PCAPs is suspected to be related to the presence of boundary layer clouds, which could enhance the turbulent mixing through cloud top–down mixing. The daily average ground heat flux (G) was a similar order of magnitude toHand LE during wintertime. The highest surface turbulent fluxes and energy balance closure occurred in the stability range of −0.05 <ξ≤ −0.02, or under slightly unstable conditions, near the neutral stability range. The median surface exchange coefficient (Ch), a crucial parameter to determine surface turbulent fluxes in land surface models, was slightly higher at the bare land site (BL) than the short vegetation sites (PH and CR) in wintertime, suggesting the importance of dynamic land-use information in numerical models.
Use of a chain extender as a dispersing agent of the CaCO3 into PBAT matrix
Authors: Nunes Edilene de CD , de Souza Alana G , Rosa Derval dos S
Published: October 2019

This paper investigates the effect of the incorporation of chain extender on the poly(butylene adipate -co-terephthalate) (PBAT) and their mixture with calcium carbonate (CaCO3) composites. Chain extender (ADR) was used to enhance the compatibility between PBAT and CaCO3, which have poor interfacial adhesion. Mechanical, thermal, and morphological properties of PBAT, PBAT/chain extender, and their composites were studied. The incorporation of the chain extender enhanced Young’s modulus and elongation at break of the neat PBAT, which is an indicator of the interaction between both materials. These results were confirmed by 1H NMR and 13C NMR (proton – hydrogen and carbon nuclear magnetic resonance, respectively). The chain extender acted by dispersing the CaCO3 particles; however, with an increase in the filler content, there is a decrease in the mechanical properties. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that chain extender has no influence on neat PBAT thermal behavior and their composites containing CaCO3. Differential scanning calorimetric analysis showed a decrease in crystallinity values of the PBAT and its composites, which is due to the physical impediment in the organization of polymer chains. Photomicrographs, obtained by scanning electron microscopy, showed that chain extender does not influence PBAT morphology. However, in the composites, chain extender enhanced the dispersion on CaCO3 particles.
Effects of Handshake Duration on Other Nonverbal Behavior
Authors: Nagy Emese , Farkas Tibor , Guy Frances , Stafylarakis Anna
Published: October 2019

Although detailed descriptions of proper handshakes partly comprise many etiquette books, how a normal handshake can be described, its proper duration, and the consequences of violating handshake expectations remain empirically unexplored. This study measured the effect of temporal violations of the expected length of a handshake (less than three seconds according to previous studies) administered unobtrusively in a naturalistic experiment. We compared volunteer participants’ ( N = 34; 25 females; 9 males; Mage = 23.76 years, SD = 6.85) nonverbal behavior before and after (a) a prolonged handshake (>3 seconds), (b) a normal length handshake (average length <3 seconds), and (c) a control encounter with no handshake. Frame-by-frame behavioral analyses revealed that, following a prolonged handshake (vs. a normal length or no handshake), participants showed less interactional enjoyment, as indicated by less laughing. They also showed evidence of anxiety and behavioral freezing, indicated by increased hands-on-hands movements, and they showed fewer hands-on-body movements. Normal length handshakes resulted in less subsequent smiling than did prolonged handshakes, but normal length handshakes were also followed by fewer hands-on-face movements than prolonged handshakes. No behavior changes were associated with the no-handshake control condition. We found no differences in participants’ level of empathy or state/trait anxiety related to these conditions. In summary, participants reacted behaviorally to temporal manipulations of handshakes, with relevant implications for interactions in interviews, business, educational, and social settings and for assisting patients with social skills difficulties.
From smart to rebel city? Worlding, provincialising and the Barcelona Model
Authors: Charnock Greig , March Hug , Ribera-Fumaz Ramon
Published: October 2019

This article examines the evolution of the ‘Barcelona Model’ of urban transformation through the lenses of worlding and provincialising urbanism. We trace this evolution from an especially dogmatic worlding vision of the smart city, under a centre-right city council, to its radical repurposing under the auspices of a municipal government led, after May 2015, by the citizens’ platform Barcelona en Comú. We pay particular attention to the new council’s objectives to harness digital platform technologies to enhance participative democracy, and its agenda to secure technological sovereignty and digital rights for its citizens. While stressing the progressive intent of these aims, we also acknowledge the challenge of going beyond the repurposing of smart technologies so as to engender new and radical forms of subjectivity among citizens themselves; a necessary basis for any urban revolution.
Reality-congruence, emancipatory politics and situated knowledge in International Relations: a process sociological perspective
Authors: Saramago André
Published: October 2019

Recent discussions of the epistemological and political implications of the situatedness of knowledge in International Relations (IR) have raised important questions regarding the future development of the discipline. They pose the challenge of understanding under what conditions human beings develop more or less reality-congruent knowledge about world politics and what are the implications of such knowledge for emancipatory political activity. This article argues that process sociology should be understood as a relevant complement to these discussions. Assuming a fundamentally ‘realist’ orientation, process sociology provides a sociologically informed analysis of the material, ideational and emotional forces shaping the development of knowledge. As such, it can help those concerned with the implications of the situatedness of knowledge in IR reinforce their capacity to both understand the social conditions under which it is possible to develop more detached and reality-congruent knowledge about the world and better identify and explain the historically emergent values that should orientate the emancipatory transformation of world politics.
The Impact of Social Desirability Pressures on Whites’ Endorsement of Racial Stereotypes: A Comparison Between Oral and ACASI Reports in a National Survey
Authors: Stark Tobias H. , van Maaren Floor M. , Krosnick Jon A. , Sood Gaurav
Published: October 2019

In the last 60 years, the proportion of white Americans expressing anti-black prejudice in face-to-face survey interviews has declined dramatically. To test whether social desirability pressures affect the expression of anti-black prejudice, we analyzed a within-subjects experiment in the 2008 American National Election Study in which white respondents first reported their endorsement of stereotypes of blacks confidentially via audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) and weeks or months later orally during second interviews. Shifting to ACASI led to a small but significant increase in negative views of blacks. Unexpectedly, shifting to ACASI also led to a similarly large increase in negative views of whites. Furthermore, the ACASI reports had no more predictive validity than did the oral reports. This evidence suggests that social desirability pressures do not seriously compromise oral reports of racial stereotypes in face-to-face interviews.
Washington’s High-Ability Programs During the No Child Left Behind Era
Authors: Hodges Jaret , Lamb Kristen
Published: October 2019

This study used historical data to find associations between changes in policies, funding, and accountability stemming from No Child Left Behind and the provision of services offered to students identified as gifted in the state of Washington. Descriptive statistics and a regression model are used to examine the change in gifted programs by school districts from 2006 to 2007 up until the point where the state received a waiver (2012–2013). Initial results suggest that, during this time frame, the number of districts reporting having gifted programs declined from 77% to 62% of school districts. Furthermore, the regression results provide evidence that school districts that did not make adequate yearly progress were more likely to no longer report having a gifted program as time progressed (β = −0.29, SE = .11). Those districts that retained gifted programs expanded program options.