bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Teaching Rites of Passage: Workshop summary
Authors: Challenges Panel II
Published: March 2020

Twelve presentations, each of around fifteen to twenty minutes, were delivered in three different panels over the two days. The first panel, entitled Challenges, brought together four papers reflecting on the experience of changing from the transition from postgraduate research student to tutoring, teaching and lecturing.
In the Green Fields of Kilburn: Reflections on a Quantitative Study of Irish Migrants in North London
Authors: Ryan Louise
Published: March 2020

This paper considers some of the emotional encounters experienced by the researcher while carrying out a study of Irish migrants in London. Although quantitative research takes little cognisance of the emotional impact of research, this paper suggests some of the ways in which a standardised, closed-ended questionnaire may provoke emotional responses in both the researcher and the researched. The emotional landscape of the research is intimately connected with the physical landscape in which the research is being carried out. Researching Irish migrants in areas such as Kilburn requires a consideration of the complex and dynamic spaces in which an Irish translocal community has been materially constructed and symbolically invented. Kilburn is not simply a backdrop to the research; it forms part of the emotional terrain which has to be negotiated in doing this research.
Caught in an (Ethnographic) Moment: Negotiating Religious Loyalities in and Out of the Field
Authors: Prost Audrey
Published: March 2020

This paper examines some of the methodological and ethical dilemmas inherent to fieldwork in communities saturated by religious identification and discourses. I examine the dynamics of fieldwork along the fault lines of reflexivity, when one’s own existential ground is challenged and reformed through adopting a position of `practical empathy` with religious beliefs from which one had previously sought to distance oneself. Central to this is the idea that the ‘ethnographic moment’, i.e. the moment in which the anthropologist rises to meet a revealed problematic encapsulated in a particular instance of fieldwork, may be paralleled to the experience of religious epiphany, whereby embodied and intellectual understanding of phenomena and situation come to merge, producing a totalising understanding of the field and the “afield”
A tangle of multiple transgressions: The western gaze and the Tobelija (Balkan sworn-virgin-cross-dressers) in the 19th and 20th centuries
Authors: Horváth Aleksandra Djajic
Published: March 2020

This paper focuses on travelogue representations of tobelija, Balkan sworn-virgin-cross-dressers, from the second half of the nineteenth to the beginning of the twentieth centuries. The tobelija, a socially approved female-to-male cross-dresser, takes centre stage in many of these accounts, epitomising all that is exotic, strange, and primeval about the remote and mountainous regions of the Western Balkans during this period. Under the controlling and classifying gaze of the western European traveller, the tobelija materializes in verbal and visual narrative as a strong, armed, and masculinized single woman. Salient to these accounts is the travellers’ mapping of Western understandings of gender onto the local peoples: by categorising them as women, the tobelija are disciplined into binary Western gender discourses.
Fahrid’s insect world
Authors: Ayesta Iban
Published: March 2020

This article explores the subaltern corporeality of one of the many immigrants who are repopulating the city of Berlin. The ethnographer starts writing in the middle of the urban crowd, finding it almost impossible to write on the occurring phenomena due to the ephemeral conditions. Hanging out in the busy and heavily commercial Europa Center, the ethnographer meets Fahrid, an Algerian man who is seated quietly and bended forward. The generous and patient writing on such an apparently odd and absurd physical posture invades the thought of the ethnographer by revealing unexpected and often aberrant connections between Fahrid's body, the insects on the ground, the capitalist city and the practice of writing.
Tales of the global city: German expatriate employees, globalisation and social mapping
Authors: Moore Fiona
Published: March 2020

Transnational business people are seldom studied by anthropologists. They are inexorably linked to cities through the nature of their work and yet detached from them by virtue of their globe-trotting lifestyles. Here, I examine the role that two ‘global cities’ — London and Frankfurt — play in the lives of a group of employees from a German transnational financial corporation. I consider how these employees construct, and are constructed by, the cities in which they work and suggest that anthropologists may have to rethink our present conception of ‘the global’ versus ‘the local’, in favour of more abstract models.
Mumbai slums and the search for 'a heart': ethics, ethnography and dilemmas of studying urban violence
Authors: Sen Atreyee
Published: March 2020

In this article, I have explored some of the methodological problems faced by anthropologists when they conduct fieldwork in volatile ethnographic settings. My own fieldwork was based in the slums of Mumbai, one of the commercial capitals of India, where working-class women had allied themselves with a violent, Hindu nationalist movement. The ‘fundamentalist’ women, who had organised themselves into a miltant, semi-religious task force, played a vital role in orchestrating urban riots. While living and working with these women, I found myself a helpless, often frightened bystander to various forms of factional ‘war’. Would, should, could I prevent this overt use of violence and threats? That was always my primary dilemma. The eerie spectre of ethics continued to haunt my work during the writing-up stage, even though I was far, far away from my killing fields. In this article, I have tried to highlight and address some of the dilemmas of studying urban conflict, in a bid to emotionally equip future research scholars studying the anthropology of violence.
Inscribing the city: a flâneur in Tokyo
Authors: Lucas Raymond
Published: March 2020

A recent topic for fascination in architectural theory has been Walter Benjamin’s work on the flâneur of Charles Baudelaire’s Paris. This figure, more than just a wanderer, shopper or tourist, characterises one aspect of the modern city-dweller’s condition, as found in the Parisian arcades. This meandering, aimless ‘Man Without Qualities’ so informs how we understand the city, for example, as a prototype for both the cinematic subject and audience. Flânerie also has its uses as a thinking tool. City-based artistic movements in the 20th century, from the Dada and Surrealists through to Fluxus and the Situationists have all exploited similar modes of distracted attention in traversing the city. This trajectory takes us to the Situationist International in particular, who engaged with the city in a fashion analogous to the paper support for a drawing, equip us with new ways of understanding the experience of the city. As a part of my general inquiry into the role of drawing and notation in creative practice, the graphic representation of the city forms a case-study of particular interest. How do these alternatives to the traditional tools of architecture and urbanism aid or reconfigure our understandings of cities? This final section shall outline some of my own working practices. Drawn from the tradition of the architectural fantasy, which traces its history from Piranesi through Ferriss and Constant to Tschumi, Koolhaas and MVRDV. By considering architecture as a practice of representation as well as of space- and place-making, the architectural fantasy or paper project offers distinctive possibilities beyond what is commonly assumed to be simply an ‘unbuilt’ or ‘unbuildable’ project. As such, I place my reflections upon Tokyo into this tradition – I will explore the process I have worked through in re-presenting a journey taken through Shinjuku station.
New locations: the virtual city
Authors: Carter Denise
Published: March 2020

While raising questions about the position of the city in anthropological practice, much of the existing discourse has failed to acknowledge that there is a new kind of city out there, the virtual city. However, while the virtual city as a general analytical category may richly fulfil its function as a focal point for cultural meanings, this role may also be problematic, as revealed by my own fieldsite, Cybercity [1]. Against a background that boasts the absence of a shared history of meaning, a new virtual community has been constructed in which human relationships appear to be organised more perfectly than in everyday life. Within this city, being a good citizen is organised around discourses of harmony and unity. This in turn leads to questions about the enforcement of community ideals articulated through the control of both images and texts within the virtual city. By addressing these issues, my aim is not to represent some new model of the city. Rather, it is an attempt to stimulate discussion that will allow a movement towards new models of cities that are central to anthropological practices.
Desigualdad de género en el sistema penitenciario de Bahía y su impacto en la resocialización de las mujeres encarceladas
Authors: José Gomes Sandro
Published: March 2020

El propósito de esta investigación fue analizar la posición desigual vivida por las mujeres en el sistema penitenciario de Bahía, Brasil, y el impacto de dicha posición en la resocialización de la prisión. La investigación cualitativa se realizó con base en una revisión bibliográfica actual sobre el tema e incluyó, en el plan concreto de la investigación, el análisis documental de cinco informes de entidades que dan seguimiento al encarcelamiento de personas en el estado de Bahía y el respeto de los derechos humanos en estas cárceles. Los resultados muestran que, de un total de 25 unidades penitenciarias, solo nueve hacen custodia de mujeres y la mayoría de las unidades no tienen las condiciones mínimas para ejercer esta labor. Por lo tanto, el presente artículo destaca que el sistema penitenciario de Bahía no está preparado para recibir mujeres y, cuando lo hace, les da un trato aún peor que el que reciben los hombres, lo que hace imposible la posibilidad de la resocialización de la prisión.
Ajalla on paikkansa
Authors: Kauppinen Anneli
Published: March 2020

Arvioitu teos:

Maija Surakka: Ajan paikka. Ajanilmausten kehityspolkuja lasten kielessä. Dissertations in Education, Humanities, and Theology 139. Joensuu: Itä-Suomen yliopisto 2019. 256 s. isbn 978-952-61-2973-0. Saatavilla verkossa osoitteessa http://epublications.uef.fi/pub/urn_isbn_978-952-61-2973-0/.
Atlas Ruhrin metropolialueen kielimaisemasta
Authors: Kolehmainen Leena
Published: March 2020

Arvioitu teos:

Evelyn Ziegler, Heinz Eickmans, Ulrich Schmitz, Haci-Halil Uslucan, David H. Gehne, Sebastian Kurtenbach, Tirza Mühlan-Meyer & Irmi Wachendorff: Metropolenzeichen. Atlas zur visuellen Mehrsprachigkeit der Metropole Ruhr. Duisburg: Universitätsverlag Rhein-Ruhr 2018. 319 s. isbn 978-3-95605-038-1.
Kieli(koulutus)politiikka – muutakin kuin julkilausuttua ja -virallista sääntelyä
Authors: Niemelä Heidi
Published: March 2020

Arvioitu teos:

Taina Saarinen, Pirkko Nuolijärvi, Sari Pöyhönen & Teija Kangasvieri (toim.): Kieli, koulutus, politiikka. Monipaikkaisia käytänteitä ja tulkintoja. Tampere: Vastapaino 2019. 320 s. isbn 978-951-768-707-2.
Monikielinen Oulu
Authors: Palander Marjatta
Published: March 2020

Arvioitu teos:

Harri Mantila, Maija Saviniemi & Niina Kunnas (toim.): Oulu kieliyhteisönä. Tietolipas 261. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura 2019. 329 s. isbn 978-951-858-058-7.
Onko no-partikkelilla merkitys?
Authors: Duvallon Outi
Published: March 2020

Arvioitu teos:

Heidi Vepsäläinen: Suomen no-partikkeli ja vastaaminen kysymyksiin keskustelussa. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto 2019. 207 s. isbn 978-951-51-5157-5. Väitöskirja on luettavissa osoitteessa http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-51-5189-6.
Hulisemisesta hulinaksi (tulossa)
Authors: Jeongdo Kim
Published: March 2020

Jeongdo Kimin suomen kielen alaan kuuluva väitöskirja tarkastettiin Helsingin ylipistossa lauantaina 21. syyskuuta 2019. Vastaväittäjänä toimi tohtori Vesa Jarva Jyväskylän yliopistosta ja kustoksena professori Janne Saarikivi.

Jeongdo Kim: Hulisemisesta hulinaksi. Onomatopoieettisuuden haalistuminen suomen fonesteemisten substantiivien valossa. Helsinki: Unigrafia. Väitöskirja on luettavissa osoitteessa https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/304891.
Television ja Twitterin risteyksessä (tulossa)
Authors: Salomaa Elina
Published: March 2020

Elina Salomaan suomen kielen alaan kuuluva väitöskirja tarkastettiin Jyväskylän yliopistossa perjantaina 1. marraskuuta 2019. Vastaväittäjänä toimi apulaisprofessori Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen Helsingin yliopistosta ja kustoksena professori Esa Lehtinen.

Elina Salomaa: Television ja Twitterin risteyksessä: Sosiaalinen televisio vuorovaikutuksen ja mediatapahtumaan osallistumisen välineenä. JYU Dissertations 140. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto 2019. Kirja on luettavissa osoitteessa http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-7869-3.
Suunvuoro
Authors: Komppa Johanna , Lappalainen Hanna
Published: March 2020

Virittäjää on digitoitu usean viime vuoden aikana. Tällä hetkellä koko teksti on saatavissa noin 4 500 kirjoituksesta. Digitoitujen tiedostojen ja nykytekniikan avulla pääsemme tarkastelemaan myös sitä, kuinka usein Virittäjän artikkeleita ja muita kirjoituksia luetaan. Viime vuonna abstraktisivuja käytiin katsomassa lähes 100 000 kertaa, mikä on huomattavasti enemmän kuin edellisvuosina.

Latausmäärien lisäksi on mahdollista selvittää, mitä artikkeleita ja muita kirjoituksia luetaan eri ajan­jaksoina. Esimerkiksi aivan viime päivinä luettuja kirjoituksia voivat seurata kaikki Virittäjän lukijat: vuoden alusta Virittäjän verkkosivun oikeassa laidassa on ollut nähtävissä, mitkä ovat olleet kuluneen viikon aikana luetuimmat kirjoitukset. Havaintojemme mukaan listasta voi usein päätellä, mitä joillain isoilla suomen kielen kursseilla luetetaan ja mitä artikkeleita ja kirjoituksia kuuluu usein tentittäviin opintojaksoihin. Kaikki opettajat eivät ole ehkä vielä tulleet ajatelleeksi, että kun opiskelijoille antaa luettavaksi Virittäjän artikkelin, kurssisivuilla kannattaa tiedoston asemesta jakaa nimenomaan linkki lehden verkkosivuille, jotta lukukerrat näkyvät myös latausmäärissä. Tämä on samalla helppo tapa edistää Virittäjän näkyvyyttä.

Vasta aika näyttää, nouseeko jokin tämän numeron artikkeleista, lektioista, kirja-arvioista tai muista kirjoituksista luetuimpien joukkoon. Artikkeleissa käsitellään maahanmuuttaja­taustaisten lääkäreiden ja asioimistulkkien sanastonhallintaa, huh huh -partikkelin käyttöä, saussurelaisen kielikäsityksen kritiikkiä ja rajakarjalaisten ortodoksien nimenantokäytänteitä. Havaintokirjoitus esittelee lounaismurteisia verbi­johdoksia, ja väitöslektioiden aiheina ovat ukko-elementin sisältävät paikannimet, suomen foneemisten substantiivien onomatopoeettiisuuden haalistuminen ja sosiaalinen televisio vuorovaikutuksen ja osallistumisen välineenä. Kirjallisuusosasto tarjoaa runsaan kattauksen.

Ensi vuonna julkaistaan Virittäjän 125. vuosikerta. Juhlanumeroon (4/2021) on jo esitetty kirjoituskutsu, ja vielä maaliskuun aikana on luvassa tarkempaa tietoa opiskelijoille suunnatusta kirjoituskilpailusta. Paras tai parhaat kirjoitukset julkaistaan ensi vuoden aikana. Juhlat näkyvät kahtena seuraavana vuonna monin tavoin verkossa, joten kannattaa seurata ahkerasti myös Virittäjän Facebook-sivua ja omaa blogia (http://virittajablogi.kotikielenseura.fi/).
Quality Of Financial Statements And Its Effects On Received Credits For Small Medium Enterprise (SME’s) Indonesia
Authors: Sari Inayah Adi , Rahmatika Dien Noviany , Fajri Aminul , Muttaqin Ibnu
Published: March 2020

This research examines the effect of the quality of financial statements, age, guarantees, and terms of SME's on the level of credit received. This study uses primary data by distributing questionnaires to SME business respondents in Indonesia. The sample used was 90 respondents. The results of this study indicate that the quality of SME financial statements does not affect the amount of credit received, this is due to the still low quality of SME financial reports so that banks still doubt the relevance and reliability of the quality of their financial statements. While the age, colateral and term variables affect the amount of credit received by SMEs.
The Effect Of Country Of Origin, Brand Image, Price Fairness, And Service Quality On Loyalty Toward IPhone Mobile Users, Mediated By Consumer Satisfaction
Authors: Nainggolan Frydom , Hidayet Anas
Published: March 2020

The aim of this research is to determine whether country of origin, brand image, price fairness and service quality affect the satisfaction of iPhone users and to find out whether the satisfaction of iPhone users affect brand loyalty. Novelty in this research was the country of origin because Indonesian consumers were more concerned with the country of origin of the product rather than the quality or other things while others were not concerned about it and it might bring up different things in this research.

The populations in this research were iPhone mobile users at the universities in Yogyakarta. The samples in this research were 250 iPhone users. The sampling used non-probability techniques with convenience sampling method and the research models were analyzed using Structural Equation Model (SEM) with the help of AMOS software.

The results of this research proved that country of origin, brand image, price fairness and service quality had significant positive effect on customer satisfaction of iPhone users and iPhone customer satisfaction had significant positive effect on brand loyalty.
Improving Supply Chain Management of a Distribution Firm Using ERP System
Authors: Khan Umair , M. Asim , S. Manzoor
Published: March 2020

This research deals with how the Supply Chain Management of a Distribution company can be improve by using the ERP System. Efficient Supply chain management has prominent role in placing the company at competitive advantage & enhances the productivity of firm. Supply chain management is the strategy which aims for decreasing the costs & enhancing the customer satisfaction. ERP is considered to be Productive instrument for the company which fits as per the need of consumer & distributors. ERP provide the quality system, user satisfaction and system usage. It helps in better planning; decision making and increases the overall performance of the organizational performance. Efficient time management is also provided by ERP.
Importance and Challenges of Green Supply Chain Management in Healthcare
Authors: Ahmed Wajeeha , M. Asim , S. Manzoor
Published: March 2020

This research is related to the importance of the Green Supply Chain Management within in Healthcare sector. Further, the challenges related to it are also discussed. Green building operations are necessary not only for the population but for the environment as well. Awareness related to it is increasing especially in the area of the supply chain management areas. Efficient Supply chain management is necessary within the healthcare sector. Social & economic benefits are generated through green supply chain management. Supply chain management plays a significant role in waste management. Communication & government challenges are considered to be some of the challenges of the Green Supply Chain Management within in Healthcare sector.
Analysis of Investors Herding Behaviour: An Empirical Study from Istanbul Stock Exchange
Authors: Adem Ali Mohammed , Sarıoğlu Serra Eren
Published: March 2020

This study investigates the existence of herding behavior in Istanbul Stock Exchange using a narrow index for the period between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2018. Besides, the study tests herding behavior of investors during high and low volatility periods. The data is collected from Finnet and it contains daily, weekly and monthly return data. The study uses both CSSD and CSAD models. The finding of the study shows that herding is more prevalent when the market falls and from the three data type it is more prevalent in the daily data. This shows that investors behave rationally when the market rises and they become irrational when the market falls. On the other hand, the level of herding is considerably significant during high market volatility periods. Therefore, we conclude that there is aymmetrical investor behavior in Istanbul Stock Exchange.
The Influence of Music as a Key Element of Sales Promotion
Authors: Bytyçi Shaip
Published: March 2020

Visual factors such as exposure, colors, fragrance, music for sale, are a way of communicating between buyers and sellers, which influence consumer decision-making in buying and selling or can also be referred to as a face-to-face deal designed to influence in the decision of a group of persons or a single person to make a purchase. Music as a powerful tool can offer great sales by making consumers feel positive, secure and happy in their purchases. Buyers also consider music to be a personal connection that affects the emotions and mood of the buyer, the genre of music released in the store has an effect on how the shopper views himself in the social environment and in the end it has an effect on the relaxation and mood of the buyer. The combination of genre, tempo, sound and a combination of (recent and old) musical hits enable sales to increase as consumers tend to stay in the market longer until the end of their favorite song, in the meantime during the attitude he puts in his basket unplanned things influenced by the background music, on the other hand the combination of the right colors provides a boost in sales. The purpose of this research is to recognize the influence of different genres of music on the concentration of purchases. By gathering information through research from various literatures, through respondents who frequent shopping malls and follow the various offers the paper comes with some conclusions and recommendations
Channel Path-Loss Measurement and Modeling in Wireless Data Network (IEEE 802.11n) Using Artificial Neural Network
Authors: Olajide Olasoji Y. , Yerima Samson Musa
Published: March 2020

Careful network planning has become increasingly critical with the rising deployment, coverage, and congestion of wireless local area networks (WLANs).This paper  investigates and determine the Path-loss exponent value for the ubiquitous wireless local area network at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti for the line of sight and non-line of sight (N-LOS). Aside this, the paper also models the wireless network using artificial neural network (ANN) technology by training some neurons based on data collected from a drive-test.

The proposed ANN model performed with accuracy and is offered as a simple, yet strong predictive model for network planning – having both speed and accuracy. Results show, that for the area under study, Oye Campus has a higher   standard deviation of 5.76dBm as against ikole Campus with 1.44dBm, this is because of dense vegetation at Oye Campus.

In view of this, the paper provides a predictive site survey for rapid wireless Access point deployment.
Multifactor Violator Model. Condition-factors and Resource-factors
Authors: Kireienko Oleksandr
Published: March 2020

Attack scenarios with limitations were investigated. Resource-factors and condition-factors were set as two types of limitations. Resource-factors are spent at each step of attack and can be replenished completely or partially if a given attack step was successful. A situation, where successful completion of current step with one or more preceding ones is required to replenish resource-factors, is possible. After each step of attack the violator can “exchange” resource-factors to accumulate the required amount of those factors for the next step. The lack of the required amount of resource-factors may either forcefully interrupt an attack or to lower success probability or reduce the time required by protection side to discover the consequences of an attack. This article doesn’t consider the change of relative cost of resource-factors, that is caused by urgency, so that all resource-factors have fixed cost regardless of violator’s reserve of these resource-factors. 

Conditions-factors are fixed limitations for conducting an attack. Discrepancy of condition-factors makes it impossible to either start an attack or to finish the current attack’s step. In certain cases the lack in one condition-factor can be compensated with excess of another condition-factor or via spending additional resource-factors.

The influence on resource-factors and condition-factors is laid as a basis of protection strategies. The strategy of increasing the values of condition-factors for violator decreases the total amount of attacks on a system by screening beginner violators. The threat level from groups of violators and from experienced violators will remain unchanged. The strategy of increasing the rate of resource-factors spending is designed to interrupt attacks in progress. Strategy of decreasing the amount of resource-factors that can be replenished after successful completion of certain steps of attack scenario is meant to decrease violator’s interest in attacking specifically our system and to decrease the chances of attack repetition if an attack occurred.
A Mathematical Model for Predicting the Winnowing Efficiency of Bambara Groundnut Sheller
Authors: Ossom Inimfon Samuel , Alonge Akindele Folarin , Umani Kingsley Charles , Bassey Edidiong J.
Published: March 2020

A mathematical model for predicting the winnowing efficiency of bambara groundnut sheller was developed. The regression equation for model simulation was developed using Least Square Method. The model was verified and validated by fitting it into established experimental data from winnowing efficiency of already existed Bambara groundnut sheller. The result revealed that the fitted model correlated well with the experimental data with R-square value of 0.99. The winnowing efficiency obtained from the predicted model was approximately the same values with the experimental values. Therefore, the model equation was considered to be reasonably good for predicting the winnowing efficiency of bambara groundnut sheller for known values of moisture content and blower speed.
Insert Switches Inside to Increase Battery Lifespan
Authors: Savard Christophe , Venet Pascal , Niel Eric , Pietrac Laurent , Sari Ali
Published: March 2020

This paper shows the possible gain on time before the end of useful time brought by switches addition in a multicell battery. In a first time, it presents a battery electric model. A battery includes many identical electrical energy cells that electrically interact. From a behavioral standpoint, cell performance is measured by fundamental parameters: State of Charge (SoC) and State of Health (SoH). To simulate cell electrical behavior, the Thevenin model or the Nernst model are often used. However, these models do not take into account the cells aging or the possible interactions on aging. A cell ages mainly in two ways: cyclic and calendar. This aging impacts both the elements of the equivalent electrical model and the fundamental parameters (SoC and SoH). Thus, the conventional electric model of a cell does not accurately reflect the cell aging. In this paper, another formal model based on the fundamental curve that relates electrical and behavioral parameters is proposed. It integrates aging into the equivalent electric model estimation. In a second time, in order to validate this model, this cell model is used to simulate parallel-series association. To improve battery lifespan, in addition to the usual balancing techniques, it may be relevant to require some traditional reliability and operating safety solutions. This requires to add switches inside battery. The presented simulation shows adding switches solution is currently not deployed. This is justified in this paper by examining the impact provide on lifespan improvement on an example, which is pretty weak. But it also shows that however, by managing active cells in a different way, adding switches and spare cells can really reach this improvement.
Optimizing Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Facial Expression Recognition
Authors: Chavan Umesh B. , Kulkarni Dinesh
Published: March 2020

Facial expression recognition (FER) systems have attracted much research interest in the area of Machine Learning. We designed a large, deep convolutional neural network to classify 40,000 images in the data-set into one of seven categories (disgust, fear, happy, angry, sad, neutral, surprise). In this project, we have designed deep learning Convolution Neural Network (CNN) for facial expression recognition and developed model in Theano and Caffe for training process. The proposed architecture achieves 61% accuracy. This work presents results of accelerated implementation of the CNN with graphic processing units (GPUs). Optimizing Deep CNN is to reduce training time for system.
Model for Estimating Travel Time on Dynamic Highway Networks in Akure, Ondo State Nigeria
Authors: Nnamani Onyemaechi John , Ijaware Victor Ayodele , Olusina Joseph Olalekan , Idowu Timothy Oluwadare
Published: March 2020

Travel time variability or distribution is very important to travel time reliability studies in transportation systems. This study aimed at developing a multivariate regression model for estimating travel times for dynamic highway networks in Akure Metropolis. The independent variables for the model are Traffic volume, density, speed of vehicles, and traffic flow while the dependent response variable is the Travel time. The estimated travel time was compared with the observed travel time from the real field data and the estimation using the regression model reveals a significant level of accuracy. Also, it was discovered that traffic volume, speed, density, and flow were highly correlated with travel time. The result analyzed using descriptive statistics in the SPSS software environment reveals an R2 value of 0.998, thereby indicating that the independent variables accounted for 99% of travel time in the study area. The Hypothesis tested at 95% confidence level using ANOVA unveils that there is no significant difference between the observed and estimated travel time model. The Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of 0.049 shows that the model performed very well and was very efficient for analyzing the probabilistic relation between travel time and the independent variables. The study recommends the use of the developed travel time model for estimating travel time within the study area.
The Possibilities for Improving Energy Efficiency at Water Utility Sector
Authors: Vataj Gjelosh Gjon , Sejfijaj Zenel
Published: March 2020

Energy efficiency plays an important role in all water sectors. Energy is one of the largest operating costs for water system. For water utility systems, energy is needed for transports of raw water, water treatment process, water storage and distribution. Energy usage can vary based on water source, treatment type, facility age, storage capacity, topography, and system size, which encompasses volume produced and service area. Water Companies are well known with importance of reducing energy consumption and costs as a means to optimize overall system performance and to provide a safe water supply. But managing staff of the water system and operators may not be fully aware of the options available to them to manage their energy budget or to identify, prioritize and fund energy improvement projects. By applying energy efficiency, water utility sectors can build a successful energy management program and achieve energy savings. This paper discusses energy issues facing public water utility sector, steps that responsibility personnel can take to understand and reduce their energy use and costs, and funding resources for energy efficiency. Main focus in this paper is to perform possibilities for increasing energy efficiency of the Pumping Station in Milloshevë which supply with raw water Treatment Plant in Shkabaj, Kosovo.
Electrochemical Evaluation of Galvanized Steel and AISI 1018 as Reinforcement in a Soil Type MH
Authors: Baltazar-Zamora Miguel Angel , Landa-Ruiz Laura , Rivera Yazmin , Croche René
Published: March 2020

This work presents the electrochemical evaluation of bars of Galvanized Steel and AISI 1018 with 3/8” and ½” of diameter, this bars are commonly used for the construction of elements based on Soils Mechanically Reinforced (SMR), the bars were buried in a fine soil predominant in the region of Xalapa City, Ver., México, soil classified in the USCS (Unified Soil Classification System) as a high plasticity silt (MH). Corrosion evaluation was conducted by monitoring the corrosion potential Ecorr and corrosion rate, Icorr, using techniques half-cell potential according to the standard ASTM C-876-15 and Linear Polarization Resistance (LPR), respectively. The experimental setup simulates the real conditions when the steel is used as reinforcement in structures of SMR, where they remain buried throughout the useful life of the structure. The results of the first 110 days of exposure show that the Galvanized Steel bars have a better corrosion performance compared to the AISI 1018 steel regardless of their diameter.
Vowels and Prosody Contribution in Neural Network Based Voice Conversion Algorithm with Noisy Training Data
Authors: Agbolade Olaide Ayodeji
Published: March 2020

This research presents a neural network based voice conversion model. While it is a known fact that voiced sounds and prosody are the most important component of the voice conversion framework, what is not known is their objective contributions particularly in a noisy and uncontrolled environment. This model uses a 3 layer feedforward neural network to map the Linear prediction analysis coefficients of a source speaker to the acoustic vector space of the target speaker with a view to objectively determine the contributions of the voiced, unvoiced and supra-segmental components of sounds to the voice conversion model. Results showed that vowels “a”, “i”, “o” have the most significant contribution in the conversion success. The voiceless sounds were also found to be most affected by the noisy training data. An average noise level of 40 dB above the noise floor were found to degrade the voice conversion success by 55.14 percent relative to the voiced sounds. The result also show that for cross-gender voice conversion, prosody conversion is more significant in scenarios where a female is the target speaker.
New Thermodynamics: Temperature, Sun’s Insolation, Thermal, and Blackbody Radiation
Authors: Mayhew Kent W.
Published: March 2020

The various relationships between the temperature’s witnessed here on Earth, the Sun’s isolation, thermal energy and blackbody radiation are all poorly understood. Herein, the interrelations are examined, and a new theory concerning their relationships is presented. This also puts limitations upon temperature being related to a system’s thermal energy density. It also gives new insights into why inferences based upon infrared spectrometry, do not match those associated with heat capacities. Furthermore, new understandings concerning the inelastic nature of both intermolecular and intramolecular collisions will be proposed. This all will have profound implications to our understanding of thermodynamics, such as what is blackbody radiation, thermal radiation, and temperature, cumulating in profound implications concerning how we view global warming.
Breast Reconstruction Surgery in the Netherlands, an Alternative Payment Method for Breast Reconstruction Surgery. Are Extra Fees Feasible in the Context of Reconstructive Surgery?
Authors: Alqahtani Saeed , Kilani Mohammed Ahmedhani , Mansoor Shahbaz
Published: March 2020

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the Netherlands, and breast reconstruction is becoming a common surgical procedure for women who have had a mastectomy. Reconstruction post breast cancer treatment is covered by conditional reimbursement until 01-04-2020 as long as it as an autologous fat transplant. Conditional reimbursements are special legal exceptions under constant consideration by the Ministry of Health and require evidence on treatment and cost effectiveness to be moved to basic healthcare package.

Surgeons at Maastricht UMC+ have developed sophisticated techniques for women that undergo a reconstruction surgery to recover sensitivity of the breasts. Improved sensitization would lead to a better quality of life and protect the skin against thermal and mechanical injuries. However, current health insurance coverage of breast reconstruction does not permit these additions. Furthermore, the reimbursement system in The Netherlands does not allow people to pay an extra fee for these additions.
The Treatment Planining of Rectum Tumors and The Use of The Wedge Filter for Ensuring The Correct Isodoses
Authors: Selmani Idajet , Malkaj Partizan
Published: March 2020

One of the most important issues in the field of radiotherapy is the correct distribution of the dose around the volume of interest or planning target volume (PTV). For making this possible the exact isodose in a treatment plan has to cover the PTV, so it is used the wedge which is a part of the linear accelerator head. Wedge plays the role of a filter and usually it is called wedge filter. The wedge filter is in use almost in all treatment plans, for all the parts of the body. In this paper it is consider the use of the wedge filter for treatment of rectum tumors.

The process starts with the scanning of the patient and the deliantion of the interest’s volums in the Monaco system. In the following the imagins have been sent in the treatment planning system for making the nesessary plans for treatment of the rectum. Two plans were done, one with the use of the wedge and the other without using it. The dose volume histogram helps for compering the results of the plans. The best conformity of the isodoses it was for the plan with the use of wedge through volume of interest, which is planning target volume (PTV).
The Emerging of The 2019 Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV
Authors: Naji Hassan S.
Published: March 2020

The world is witnessing a major pandemic caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019 nCoV). Efforts are undergoing in order to identify the phylogeny of this elusive virus. It turned out that 2019 nCoV is closely related to two viruses found in bats. Similar to their distant cousins, SARS CoV and MERS CoV, 2019-CoV evolved from bats due to their large genome and greater genetic diversity. Such genetic diversity enables coronaviruses to mutate and form new species that frequently surface among the human population. Developing vaccine and predicting mutation trends in coronaviruses along with surveillance systems are proven pivotal in controlling current and future outbreaks.
Obstructive Neoplastic Anuria Overview at Ibn Rochd University Hospital–A Retrospective Study
Authors: Rachid Moussaab , Chakir Youness , Graiouid Mahdi , Alafifi Mahmoud , Dakir Mohammed , Debbagh Adil , Aboutaieb Rachid
Published: March 2020

Introduction : Obstructive anuria due to pelvic cancers is the most common obstructive anuria in our context, its diagnosis is easy, but it causes a lot of morbidity with often heavy and long management.                                     

Materials and methods : This is a retrospective study containing 40 cases of confirmed neoplastic anuria treated in the urology department at the Ibn Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca Morocco between January 2016 and October 2018.

Purpose : The aim of our study was to establish the epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic and natural historyin patients with neoplastic obstructive anuria.

Results : The mean age was 56 years old with a notable female predominance. The male to female ratio was 0.6. Sixty percent (60%) of our patients were consulted within24 hours after the onset of anuria, the main symptoms preceding or accompanying anuria were lower back pain (75%) and hematuria (37.5%).

Criteria for a positive diagnosis included urinary retention with complete absence of diuresis, the anuria was confirmed by probing or ultrasound, dilation of the urinary excretory system on ultrasound and acute impairment of renal function.

To prevent patient from going into metabolic disorders, hemodialysis was performed in 27 patients (67.5%). Internal diversion of urine by mounting a JJ catheter was initially attempted in 40% of the cases. In case of attempt failure, or in case of locally advanced pelvic tumors, percutaneous nephrostomy was performed with a success rate of 100%.

Upon follow up for 30 months, mortality rate was 5% (n=2), 95% of the patients benefited from a specialized follow-up for their etiological neoplasm.

 Conclusion : The management of neoplastic obstructive anuria must be rapid, the type of urinary diversion is chosen according to the clinical presentation and the technical platform available.
Oral Submucous Fibrosis and Its Relation with Stromal Vascularity: A Systematic Review
Authors: Abdul Sayed Nishat
Published: March 2020

Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a chronic progressive, scarring disease affecting oral, oropharyngeal, and sometimes the esophageal mucosa. It is characterized by the progressive fibrosis of the submucosal tissue. The pathogenesis of OSMF has been directly related to the habit of chewing areca nut and its commercial preparation, which is widespread in Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Malignant transformation has been reported in 7%–12% cases of OSMF. Histopathological spectrum of OSMF includes the apparent alterations observed in the epithelium and connective tissue. Vascularity in OSMF has always been a matter of debate. The prevailing concept is that epithelial atrophy occurs due to lack of perfusion. The present systemic review was done to evaluate oral submucous fibrosis and its relation with stromal vascularity.
Breast Self-Examination Practice Among Female Secondary School Students In Osogbo, Western Nigeria
Authors: Usman I. N. , Olanrewaju S. O. , Usman Saheed Opeyemi
Published: March 2020

Background: Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer affecting women worldwide. It comprises 22.9% of invasive cancers in women and 16% of all female cancers.   It affects about 12% of the women population worldwide. In Nigeria, about one breast cancer death is reported in every 25 cases identified and the practice of breast self-examination has been reported to range from 19% to 43.2%. This cross sectional study assessed the knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self-examination (BSE) among female secondary school students in Osogbo Metropolis.

Methods: A total of 400 respondents were selected using multistage sampling technique. Data were collected using pre-tested self-administered semi structured questionnaire, analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences and presented using appropriate tables and charts. Level of significance set at < 0.05.

Results: The mean age ± SD is 14.77 ± 1.46 years.  390 (97.5%) respondents reported that they have heard of breast cancer while 235 (58.8%) respondents stated that they have heard of breast self-examination (BSE). 15 (3.8%) respondents said the procedures is time wasting while 82 (20.5%) respondents said the procedures were strenuous. 199 (49.8%)  strongly disagree that performing breast self-examination may expose them to breast cancer. Individuals with poor knowledge are one time less likely to do breast self-examination (OR = 1.245, CI = 0.647 - 2.394) while in terms of attitude, those with unfavorable attitude are one time less likely to do breast self-examination (OR = 1.025 CI = 0.949 -1.107).

Conclusion: This study revealed a larger proportion of respondents have heard about breast cancer and breast self-examination but with inadequate knowledge of the correct procedures of breast self-examination (BSE) thereby resulting into poor attitude & practice of breast self-examination (BSE). This challenge therefore indicates an urgent need for continuous awareness and sensitization programs in the communities.
Characteristics of Cataract Patients in Wangaya Hospital Bali Year 2019: A Descriptive Study
Authors: Khrisnawati Anak Agung Ayu Putri , Adiputra Ketut Pramana , Kartiningsih I.A. Putri , Dwipayani Ni Made , Prahesthy Harumi Purwa
Published: March 2020

Cataract is one of the most common cause of visual disturbance with increasing incidence and prevalence in the world. It is characterized by a clouding of the normally clear lens and is associated with age but can also occurs congenitally or be caused by eye trauma. In Wangaya Hospital, blurred vision due to cataract is one of the eye cases that is often found in eye clinics with varying types of cataract, maturity, age, and sex. Therefore, researcher wanted to find out the characteristics of cataract patients in the eye clinic of Wangaya Hospital. The study was conducted at the eye clinic of Wangaya Hospital using secondary data obtained from the eye clinic register in January 2019 to December 2019. This research was a quantitative descriptive study with cross-sectional research design, sampling was done by a total sampling. Univariate analysis was performed for the collected data. We have collected 178 samples with prevalence of cataract in men was 52%, and that for woman was 48%. Most cataract was found at age of >65 years old (41%), and with senile type cataract accounting for 84%. Immature cataract was the commonest type (76%), with the same percentage between men and women which was 38%. More immature cataract occurred at age >65 years by 44% while more mature cataract were found at age 56-65 years (42%). Most common characteristics of cataract patients in Wangaya Hospital during 2019 were men, immature and senile cataract, and with age at >65 years old. The percentage of men and women in immature type cataract were similar.
Once The Eldery, Now The Youth : Epidemiological Study Of Non-Communicable Diseases Among Children Under 15 Years Of Age In Yaoundé-Cameroon
Authors: Nguendo Yongsi Blaise
Published: March 2020

Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, communicable diseases have long been among the most prominent contributors to disease burden. However, like most low-income and middle-income countries across the globe, countries in sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing a shift from disease-burden profiles dominated by communicable diseases and childhood illnesses to profiles featuring an increasing predominance of chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Objective : The main objective of this study is to investigate the magnitude of non-communicable chronic diseases at the Chantal Biya Foundation in Yaoundé. Design and participants: This is an institution-based and cross-sectional study conducted from january to december 2018. Participants were in and out patients who visited the institution and whose a medical condition was clearly diagnosed. Results : Of the 643 medical records, leading causes of visit were infectious diseases (51.1%), followed by NCDs (48.9%). Diagnosed NCDs range from sickle cell disease (5.7%), injuries (9.8%), cardiovascular diseases (12.0%), to cancers (25.0%). Conclusion There is a significant burden of NCDs among adolescents in Yaoundé. Then, interventions for primordial prevention (ie, actions to inhibit the emergence of NCD risk factors) and primary prevention (ie, actions on existing NCD risk factors), as well as educational programmes on leading modifiable behavioural risk factors and metabolic risk factors are crucial.