bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Reliability And Correlation Item On Achievement Goal Orientation Scale Of The Students College In Indonesia
Authors:   Psychology Faculty, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto, Indonesia, Wahidah Fatin Rohmah Nur
Published: June 2021

Achievement goal orientation is one of the important psychological variables in the realm of education, knowing the orientation of students in learning will provide information on the form of behavior they do in academic activities at school. We tested the psychometric properties of the achievement goal orientation tool from Elliot & McGregor, (2001). Participants in this study were 431 students in Indonesia. The results of the study stated that the achievement goal orientation measuring instrument had good reliability and all items met the validity coefficient value of the item correlation test. The research implications are discussed in the discussion.
Factors Related to Low Motivation of Motivation to Carry Baby / Baby to Posyandu
Authors:   STIKES Darmais Padang Sidempuan, Siregar Rahmah Juliani
Published: June 2021

Posyandu is a form of community participation in the health sector which is managed by cadres with the target of all members of the community. This study aims to analyze the relationship between factors related to the low motivation of mothers to bring their babies / toddlers to Posyandu Semangka in the IV neighborhood of Siborang Village in 2020. The research design was an analytic survey using a cross sectional approach. The population in this study were all mothers who had babies / toddlers in the IV environment of Siborang Village, as many as 73 people, with a sample of 73 mothers. The sampling technique was carried out using total sampling. Data analysis used univariate and bivariate tests with Chi Square. The results showed that the variable of maternal occupation had a significant relationship with the variable of the low motivation of mothers to bring their babies / toddlers to Posyandu with a p-value of 0.004 <0.05; the relationship between the level of education of the mother has a significant relationship with the variable of the low motivation of the mother to bring her baby / toddler to Posyandu with a p-value of 0.011 <0.05; Likewise, the maternal knowledge relationship variable has a significant relationship with the low motivation of the mother to bring her baby / toddler to Posyandu with a p-value of 0.040 <0.05. It is recommended that the community, especially mothers, be more active in seeking more information about the importance of bringing their babies / toddlers to Posyandu according to the age of the baby / toddler.
Non-Hormonal Contraceptive Device with Multiple Uses: Increases The Effectiveness of Fertility Awareness Methods and Controls Stress Incontinence
Authors:   Shihata Alfred, Scripps Institution of Medicine and Science San Diego, CA, USA, Alfred Shihata , Steven A Brody ,   Brody, Steven A. MD, Ph.D., Director of Life Span Medical Institute San Diego CA USA, Birgit Linderoth ,   Linderoth, Birgit, Midwife;/in Falun Sweden
Published: June 2021

This article addresses three unmet women’s reproductive health needs, and how the FemCap can fulfill these needs. The FemCap is an FDA-approved, non-hormonal contraceptive device that can accommodate some deficient areas of women’s health: 1. A scarcity of hormone-free contraceptive methods. 2. Enhancement of fertility awareness method that is infrequently used but is the safest method. 3. Help Millions of women who suffer silently from stress urinary incontinence. The FemCap blocks sperm from entering the cervix. It is time-tested to be safe and effective for contraception. Using the FemCap directly at the cervix, it can collect the fertile cervical mucus without mixing it with any other vaginal fluid. Current pessaries used to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) have significant drawbacks, including displacement, erosion, ulceration, of the vagina and urethral blockage. The rim of the FemCap performs the same function as the ring pessary by supporting the bladder neck. The outward flared brim restores the urethra and vaginal anatomy. At the same time, the bowl of the FemCap keep the cervix from prolapsing further. The FemCap is a long-established barrier method of contraception, and pilot studies results show it can improve fertility awareness methods and manage Stress Urinary Incontinence. It would be ideal and cost-effective to have a single reusable device with several functions for contraceptives, increasing the acceptability and effectiveness of fertility awareness methods, and stress urinary incontinence control. The FemCap would be an ideal alternative to the condom.
ESCRITÓRIO DE GERENCIAMENTO DE PROJETOS: PROPOSTA PARA UMA EMPRESA DO RAMO INDUSTRIAL DE RODOVIAS E EXTRAÇÃO DE MINÉRIO
Authors: Bonato Samuel Vinicius , Gandin Fernanda Fagundes , Ribeiro Luciano Maciel , Pereira Junior Errol Fernando Zepka
Published: June 2021

A presente pesquisa, tem como objetivo avaliar a situação atual da empresa estudada no que tange ao gerenciamento de projetos e propor um modelo mais adequado para sua estrutura, uma vez que esta organização emprega grande parte de seu orçamento em diversos tipos de projetos e não possui um processo definido para gerenciamento deles. Esta pesquisa foi realizada em uma empresa do ramo industrial, fabricante e revendedora de máquinas para pavimentação de rodovias e extração de minério. Com base na pesquisa, pode-se afirmar que não existe uma fórmula única para implementação nem mesmo um único modelo de escritório de gerenciamento de projetos: cada organização pode desenvolver uma configuração específica, baseado em suas características, recursos e conhecimento. Conclui-se que a implantação de um gerenciamento de projetos adequado à estrutura da empresa, trará benefícios concretos para ela, proporcionando um maior controle sobre os investimentos empregados nos projetos de negócio e disseminando o conhecimento em gerenciamento de projetos na empresa como um todo. Diante da comparação apresentada, foi possível identificar o quanto a empresa perdeu na execução inadequada do segundo projeto, onde o custo ultrapassou em 107% e o prazo em 48 dias úteis do planejado. Propõe-se que a empresa implemente o escritório de gerenciamento de projetos conforme modelo elaborado nesta pesquisa, cujas características foram baseadas na metodologia MMGP e, realize o acompanhamento das atividades durante o primeiro ano de operação.
Post-militar landscape patrimony as a climate emergency escape to waterfront resilience
Authors:   ULHT, Pais Maria Rita , Hoffmann Katiuska ,   ULHT, Campos Sandra ,   ULHT
Published: June 2021

Coastal Artillery Regiment (RAC) is a unit of the Portuguese Army with the mission of guaranteeing the coastal defense of the ports of Lisbon and Setúbal. The set consists of fixed, secret, camouflaged and fortified batteries, installed along the entrance to the Sado and Tejo rivers. The structures are equipped with heavy artillery pieces. RAC was deactivated in 1998 and its archive was recently declassified. In times of technological advances, there is an inevitable change in the paradigm of military architecture. Technically obsolete structures have fallen into extinction. These territorial voids must be discussed in the inevitable territory reorganization. Should they display archeology or just be absorbed by surroundings? How to deal with post-military heritage? And lastly, how can we deal and operate in such a territorial resilience example, in a way to take profit from this particular long extension of waterfront regarding Climate Emergency. Present paper is a result within two main research projects: “SOSClimateWaterfront” (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) program) and “Bunker architecture from mid 20th century and the post military Portuguese classified heritage” project. In this sense proposes a active research that means an accurate research about Portuguese bunkers and around military areas together with the discussion around the possible use of these areas as resilience areas to climate improvement within waterfronts around Lisbon.
Research on the interaction between water resources overall planning and spatial planning
Authors:   Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning ＆ Design Institute, Chen Jingshu , Liu Xu ,   Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning ＆ Design Institute
Published: June 2021

This study recognizes the urgency of water problems and the importance of water as the basis for development. Focusing on the study of the interactive influence of spatial planning and water resources, we explore how to reflect the dynamic changes of water resources in spatial planning, and explore strategies that water resilient cities can adopt in spatial planning.
The application of resilience planning concepts as a tool for assessment and evaluating Egyptian urban communities to achieve resilience after disasters
Authors:   Doctor at Thebes Academy- High Engineering institute, Al-Sayed Said H. , El-Sayed Yusef ,   Doctor at Thebes Academy- High Engineering institute, Gadou Sahar S. ,   Doctor at Thebes Academy- High Engineering institute
Published: June 2021

After the revolutions of the so-called Arab Spring which begin in Egypt at January 25, 2011, many disasters occurred in many Egyptian cities, and also significant changes in cities led to the emergence of severe shocks suffered by the community, including other subversive threats as Corona pandemic, long-term social pressures like unemployment and poor access Barriers to education, crime or homelessness, as well as deliberate sabotage of urban structures and infrastructure, directly or indirectly, have led to the deterioration of cities and the change of human behavior for the worse. The research aims to identify the concepts and methodology of resilience planning, and apply them to Egyptian cities to increase its ability to recover and adapt positively to un expected changing circumstances or challenges, including Revolutions, Corona pandemic, disasters and climate change, to maintain quality of life and healthy growth, and to achieve permanent systems that can preserving resources for present and future generations. It will also aim to create a tool as (Cities resilience assessment form) for assessment and evaluating the Egyptian Cities for its resilience. That will help to make a community resilience plan includes policies, programs and other actions that can be taken in many sectors to improve a society's ability to cope with risks or change circumstances. Resilience planning can thus reduce future disaster response and recovery costs and improve recovery time after natural or human hazards events. The research will include the definition of resilience planning concepts, implications and objectives that aim to update flexible land-use codes, zoning, development criteria, incentive programs, and other plans or policies to better prepare for potential shocks and pressures, and also help to develop standards that allow action against unexpected events
Resilient replicable school entrance design of Jiangu liveable neighborhood
Authors:   Jiangsu Institute of Urban Planning and Design, Fan Sijia
Published: June 2021

Under the context of the “Jiangsu provincial livable neighborhood” construction, this people centric design proposal precisely starts from the congested and anxious problem during the pick‐ up time around the school entrance in Yaofangmen neighborhood, offers design solutions on different levels, to firstly solve the traffic congestion, to secondly solve the parents’ psychic anxiety and to finally reach the 24‐hr compound use of the school entrance space for the whole neighborhood. Meanwhile, the “Co‐create” design implementation mechanism is also analysed. This paper aims to offer a design and implementation methodology for the provincial‐wide neighborhoods to solve similar problems.
Macro and micro scale modelling of multi-modal transportation spatial networks in the city-state of Doha, Qatar
Authors:   Qatar University, Major Mark David , Tannous Heba O. ,   Qatar University, Al-Thani Sarah ,   Qatar University, Hasan Mahnoor ,   Qatar University, Khan Adiba ,   Qatar University, Salaheldin Adele ,   Qatar University
Published: June 2021

Researchers and practitioners have been modeling the street networks of metropolitan and geographical regions using space syntax or configurational analysis since the late 1990s and early 2000s. Some models even extend to a national scale. A few examples include the island of Great Britain, within the national boundaries of England, over half of the Combined Statistical Area of Metropolitan Chicago and the entirety of Chatham County, Georgia and the City of Savannah in the USA, and the Chiang-rai Special Economic Zone in northern Thailand bordering Myanmar and Laos. Researchers at Qatar University constructed a space syntax model of Metropolitan Doha in 2018. It covered a land area of 650 km2 , encompassing over 24,000 streets, and approximately eighty-five percent (~85%) of the total population (~2.8 million) in Qatar. In a short time, this model led to a deeper understanding of spatial structure at the metropolitan and neighborhood level in Doha compared to other cities of the world, especially in the Gulf Cooperation Council region. The paper presents the initial results of expanding this model to the State of Qatar, which provides ideal conditions for this type of large-scale modeling using space syntax. It occupies the Qatari Peninsula on the Arabian Peninsula adjacent to the Arabian/Persian Gulf, offering natural boundaries on three sides. Qatar also shares only a single border with another country to the southwest, which Saudi Arabia closed due to the current diplomatic blockade. The expanded model includes all settlements and outlying regions such as Al Ruwais and Fuwayriţ in the far north, Al Khor and the Industrial City of Ras Laffan in the northeast, and Durkan and Zekreet in the west. Space syntax is serving as the analytical basis for research into the effect of the newly opened rail transportation systems on Doha's urban street network. Researchers are also utilizing space syntax to study micro-scale spatial networks for pedestrians in Souq Waqif, Souq Wakra, and other Doha neighborhoods. The paper gives a brief overview of this research's current state with an emphasis on urban studies.
Autonomous vehicles and smart cities: future directions of ownership vs shared mobility
Authors:   School of Architecture, Design, and the Built environment, Nottingham Trent University, Bezai Nacer-Eddine , Medjdoub Benachir ,   School of Architecture, Design, and the Built environment, Nottingham Trent University, Fadli Fodil ,   School of Architecture, Design, and the Built environment, Nottingham Trent University, Chalal Moulay Larby ,   School of Architecture, Design, and the Built environment, Nottingham Trent University, Al-Hbeibeh Amin ,   School of Architecture, Design, and the Built environment, Nottingham Trent University
Published: June 2021

Over the last decade, there has been increasing discussions about self-driving cars and how most auto-makers are racing to launch these products. However, this discourse is not limited to transportation only, but how such vehicles will affect other industries and specific aspects of our daily lives as future users such as the concept of work while being driven and productivity, entertainment, travel speed, and deliveries. Although these technologies are beneficial, access to these potentials depends on the behaviour of their users. There is a lack of a conceptual model that elucidate the acceptance of people to Self-driving cars. Service on-demand and shared mobility are the most critical factors that will ensure the successful adoption of these cars. This paper presents an analysis of public opinions in Nottingham, UK, through a questionnaire about the future of Autonomous vehicles' ownership and the extent to which they accept the idea of vehicle sharing. Besides, this paper tests two hypotheses. Firstly, (a) people who usually use Public transportation like (taxi, bus, tram, train, carpooling) are likely to share an Autonomous Vehicle in the future. Secondly, (b) people who use Private cars are expected to own an Autonomous Vehicle in the future. To achieve this aim, a combination of statistical methods such as logistic regression has been utilised. Unexpectedly, the study findings suggested that AVs ownership will increase contrary to what is expected, that Autonomous vehicles will reduce ownership. Besides, participants have shown low interest in sharing AVs. Therefore, it is likely that ownership of AVs will increase for several reasons as expressed by the participants such as safety, privacy, personal space, suitability to children and availability. Actions must be taken to promote shared mobility to avoid AVs possession growth. The ownership diminution, in turn, will reduce traffic congestion, energy and transport efficiency, better air quality. That is why analysing the factors that influence the mindset and attitude of people will enable us to understand how to shift from private cars to transport-on-demand, which is a priority rather than promoting the technology.
A collaborative design studio approach to safeguard waterfront resilience in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zeland
Authors:   Unitec Institute of Technology, Melchiors Lucia C. , Wang Xinxin ,   Unitec Institute of Technology, Bradbury Matthew ,   Unitec Institute of Technology
Published: June 2021

This paper discusses the potential of an interdisciplinary design studio to develop innovative thinking in response to the climatic and social challenges facing contemporary waterfront redevelopments. Climate change has a broad and growing range of environmental effects on coastal cities that demand urgent responses. The paper describes the development of a collaborative and interdisciplinary design studio that identified a number of design responses to meet the challenges of climate change. The studio brought together students and lecturers from architecture and landscape architecture along with relevant stakeholders (government agencies, practitioners, community) to collaborate on the redevelopment of the Onehunga Port in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Engagement with mana whenua (the indigenous people of specific areas of Aotearoa New Zealand) was critical. The students worked in teams to conduct critical research and design throughout a masterplanning design process. The outcomes of the studio included openended and propositional designs rather than the conventional masterplans. Students design work addressed complex problems, such as sea-level rise, to develop a more resilient urban future. Beyond the immediate objectives of the studio, the interdisciplinary collaboration demonstrated a range of benefits, including students learning to work in teams, sharing complementary views, broadening perspectives and increasing social awareness.
Sustainable resources of urban economy
Authors:   Chair of Urban Economy Forum, Pourvaziry Reza , Dadvar-Khani Fazileh ,   University of Tehran, Ananthakrishan S. ,   UN-HABITAT
Published: June 2021

One of the main approaches to sustainable urbanization strategy is to find appropriate resources for promoting the quality of life via developing infrastructure and extending facilities and support urban life by facilitating public access to meet their needs. Based on that we can approach a new urban economy based on sustainable resources and a specific diagram and discipline will participate in it. To realize this idea a clear statement and belief are needed. We expect that the outcome may be under undue pressure of the global political and economic forces because the new model is looking for creating fundamental changes to the current trends and turning to the new paradigm and world development system. To reach this level of transformation this article will focus on 3 cities with different scales, knowing that the scale plays an important role in municipal finance, so: 1- This article will review the top alternative models of the current urban economy. 2- It will examine and analyze the interaction between understandings, recognizing the main challenges of important points between the concepts of life at a macro perspective; the current state of economic circulation in cities and expressing clear key points. 3- This article will be based on the city Prosperity Index of United Nations and also on indexes of the quality of life in order to introduce a model of sustainable urban lifestyle, which will be introduced as a ‘dream’. As planners, we need to help cities promote self-reliance by redesigning the city in such a way that there will be a balance between external dependency and self-reliance 4- It will provide some examples of top priorities on sustainable resources to achieve the goals.
A jogtalanság mint a büntetendő cselekmény ismérve – az önvezető járművekkel kapcsolatos büntetőjogi problémák Finkey Ferenc akadémiai székfoglaló beszédének tükrében
Authors: Herke Csongor
Published: June 2021

Ferenc Finkey gave his inauguration speech at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, entitled Injustice as a Criterion of Punishable Acts. This inauguration speech can also be paralleled with problems today such as the issue of criminal liability for self-driving vehicles. In the case of offences caused by self-driving vehicles, the issue of illegality depends on the degree of automation. For vehicles with higher automation, it is already questionable who is responsible for the accident at all (the manufacturer, the programmer, the owner/operator, the user, or the car as a digital person), and the issue of injustice may vary depending on this. According to Finkey, it is not necessary to define the concept of injustice in the Criminal Code. At the same time, it states that lawful action is not punishable, and this should be the guiding principle in determining criminal liability for self-driving vehicles.
Het onzichtbare Olympia
Authors: Stissi Vladimir
Published: June 2021

Although ancient Olympia is usually viewed as a Classical Greek site, most buildings that are visible nowadays were not there yet when Pindar celebrated famous victors or Peisistratos and Alcibiades won their races. More generally, even though new research has substantially improved our knowledge, the early history of the site is often still neglected in introductory presentations of the site. In this article some important main issues are discussed. First, new excavations have revealed that Bronze Age occupation of the area cannot be connected to the later cult, as some scholars have argued in the past. The older remains were covered by flooding of the nearby rivers when the sanctuary was founded in the 11th century BCE. Up to the late 7th century the sanctuary remained an open area around a large ash altar. Its main structure was a large dam protecting it from floods. The temple now associated with Hera, built around 600 BCE, was the first monumental building of the sanctuary. Recent research suggests this may originally have been dedicated to Zeus, but this cannot be proven conclusively. The common idea that this temple was originally a wooden construction has now also been debunked.
Olympia en de Olympische Spelen in de Romeinse tijd
Authors: van Nijf Onno
Published: June 2021

Most studies of the ancient Olympic Games focus on the Classical period. This is a bit surprising, as it has been established that the Hellenistic and Roman periods constituted the hey-days of Greek sport. In the Hellenistic period, a shared sports and festival culture was one of the main ingredients of an imagined community of Greek cities stretching from southern Italy as far as the Tigris, and beyond. In the Roman Imperial period, sport flourished even more. With Roman support an integrated festival network arose with an empire-wide pull but gravitating in the Eastern provinces. Olympia was the active centre of this system. In this overview, I shall first discuss the athletes who gathered in Olympia, and then the reputation and attractiveness of the Games. I shall conclude with a discussion of some material aspects of the sanctuary.
Formulation of Novel Wound Healing Hydrogel Using Extracts of Padina Tetrastromatica and Determining its Antibacterial Activity against Wound Pathogens
Authors:   Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts & Science for Women., Oviya Ms.S. , Karthiha Mrs. N. ,   Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts & Science for Women.
Published: June 2021

Seaweeds are rich in polysaccharides and also possess antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, antiprotozoal, and antifertility activities. The present study covers the effective wound healing and prevention by Hydrogel prepared from extracts of seaweeds. The seaweed was extracted with solvents and the crude extract was separated using analytical thin-layer chromatography (TLC). The separated compounds and prepared hydrogel were tested for their potential antibacterial activity and anti-inflammatory activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria. This study represented that the extracts of Padina tetrastromatica contain a variety of phytochemical compounds, which can effectively protect the body from inflammation and thus can be used as a potent source of natural protecting compounds.
New Application of Life Rank Algorithm: A Case Study
Authors: Sharma Neha , RashiAgarwal Dr. , NarendraKohli Dr. , Jain Dr. Shubha
Published: June 2021

The past few years have seen the emergence of learning-to-rank (LTR) in the field of machine learning. In information acquiring the size of data is very large and empowering a learning-to-rank model on it will be a costly and time taking process. High dimension data leads to irrelevant and redundant data which results in overfitting. “Dimensionality reduction” methods are used to manage this issue. There are two-dimensionality reduction techniques namely feature selection and feature reduction. There is extensive research available on the algorithm for learning-to-rank but this not the case for dimensionality reduction approaches in LTR, despite its importance. Feature selection techniques for classification are directly used for ranking. To the best of our understanding, feature extraction techniques in the context of ranking problems are not explored much to date. So, we make an effort to fill this void and explore feature extraction in the context of LTR problems. The LifeRank algorithm is a linear feature extraction algorithm for ranking. Its performance is analyzed on RankSVM and Linear regression. It is not applied to other learning-to-rank algorithms. So, in this task, an attempt is made to study the effect of the application of the LifeRank algorithm on other LTR algorithms. LifeRank algorithm is applied on RankNet and RankBoost. Then, the performance of several LTR algorithms on the LETOR dataset is analyzed before and after feature extraction.
Review on Deinterlacing Algorithms
Authors:   Electronics and Communication Dept., R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore, India., Karthik Karthik , Varma B Vinay ,   Electronics and Communication Dept., R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore, India., Narayan Pai Akshay ,   Electronics and Communication Dept., R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore, India.
Published: June 2021

Interlacing is a commonly used technique for doubling the perceived frame rate without adding bandwidth in television broadcasting and video recording. During playback, however, it exhibits disturbing visual artifacts such as flickering and combing. As a result in modern display devices, video deinterlacing is used where the interlaced video format is converted to progressive scan format to overcome the limitations of interlaced video. This conversion is achieved through interpolating interlaced video. Current deinterlacing approaches either neglect temporal information for real-time performance but poor visual quality, or estimate motion for better deinterlacing but higher computational cost. This paper focuses on surveying the deinterlacing algorithms which apply both spatial and temporal-based methods and focus on different aspects of both motion-adaptive, non-motion adaptive, and the time complexity through these implementations.
Hardhat Detection Using IR and Depth Frames
Authors:   Electronics and Communication Dept., R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore, India., Swaroop Swaroop , Prabhakar Deepika ,   Electronics and Communication Dept., R.V College of Engineering, Bangalore, India.
Published: June 2021

The construction industry is one of the largest sectors and 20% of the total deaths happen here. Safety hardhat helmets are one of the precautionary methods recommended and followed in a construction site. Detecting and classifying people wearing and not wearing helmets is an important task. Safety and Security is one of the most researched fields in recent years and acquiring 3D geometric information from any real environment is an important task for such applications. Well-known methods like stereo vision camera systems suffer from high time consumption or from the inability to match corresponding points inhomogeneous regions. Time of Flight (ToF)technology, being a recent development, fulfills features desired for real-time distance acquisition along with the compact size and higher frame rate. A safety application based on the ToF technology ad IR imaging is proposed in the paper. The ToF sensor provides depth information for each pixel as opposed to RGB values in case stereo camera-based systems. The depth sense cameras provide IR images along with the depth information. A YOLO framework is used to classify images. YOLO being faster than RCNN and the faster RCNN is much suitable for real-time classification. The model was trained on 50,000 images. Weights obtained during the 6000th epoch were chosen. A Mean Average Precision of 56% was obtained while testing.
Review on Technologies Used in Developing a Tool for Automatic Software Upgrades at Data Centers
Authors:   RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India., V.K Niveditha. , V Dr. Kiran. ,   RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India., Pathak Avinash ,   Cisco, Bengaluru, India.
Published: June 2021

The fast evolution pace of various technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud Computing and the world moving towards digitalization created an increased need for data centers than ever before. Data centers support a wide range of internet services, including web hosting, e-commerce, and social networking. In recent years huge data centers have been owned and run by tech giants like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, etc., and these firms are known as Hyper-scalers. Hyper-scalers are the next big thing, ready to fundamentally alter the internet world for data storage through a variety of services supplied by them across all technological domains. The tool for automatic software upgrade focuses on having a seamless upgrade for the devices in the datacenters mainly in huge data centers owned by the hyper-scalers. This paper mainly focuses on the technologies used in developing the tool for automatic software upgrade, an overview of how the tool is developed, and its features. By deploying this tool in the datacenters, it supports them in delivering more efficient services.
Modeling and Simulation of Battery Management System (BMS) for Electric Vehicles
Authors:   Dept of Electronics and Communication, RV College of Engineering, India., Bhovi Ravi P , A C Ranjith ,   Dept of Electronics and Communication, RV College of Engineering, India., K M Sachin ,   Dept of Electronics and Communication, RV College of Engineering, India., B S Kariyappa ,   Dept of Electronics and Communication, RV College of Engineering, India.
Published: June 2021

Electric cars have evolved into a game-changing technology in recent years. A Battery Management System (BMS) is the most significant aspect of an Electric Vehicle (EV) in the automotive sector since it is regarded as the brain of the battery pack. Lithium-ion batteries have a large capacity for energy storage. The BMS is in charge of controlling the battery packs in electric vehicles. The major role of the BMS is to accurately monitor the battery’s status, which assures dependable operation and prolongs battery performance. The BMS’s principal job is to keep track, estimate, and balance the battery pack’s cells. The major goals of this work are to keep track of battery characteristics, estimate SoC using three distinct approaches, and balance cells. Coulomb Counting, Extended Kalman Filter, and Unscented Kalman Filter are the three algorithms that will be implemented. Current is used as an input parameter to implement the coulomb counting method. In contrast to voltage and temperature, the current value is taken into account by the Extended and Unscented Kalman Filters. To calculate the state transition and measurement update matrix, these parameters are considered. This matrix will then be used to calculate SoC. Results of all the algorithms will be comparatively analyzed. MATLAB R2020a software is used for the simulation of different algorithms and SoC calculation. Three states of BMS are considered and they are Discharging phase, the Standby/resting phase, and the Charging phase. At the beginning of the Simulation, the SoC values of the cells were 80%. At the end of simulation maximum values of SoC of Coulomb counting, Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), and Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) reached are 100%, 98.74%, and 98.46% respectively. After SoC Estimation, Cell balancing is also performed over 6 cells of the battery pack.
MANAJEMEN STRATEGIS KEMENTERIAN AGAMA KABUPATEN SERANG DALAM PENGEMBANGAN MADRASAH
Authors: Anis Fauzi
Published: June 2021

Madrasah sebagai lembaga pendidikan Islam yang dikelola oleh Kementerian Agama selama ini masih dipandang rendah kualitasnya bagi sebagian masyarakat. Madrasah sebagai salah satu lembaga pendidikan Islam idealnya harus berhasil mengembangkan aspek kehidupan manusia, yaitu aspek spiritual, akhlak, intelektual dan keterampilan atau propesionalitasnya. Masalah pokok dalam penelitian ini adalah Bagaimana formulasi manajemen strategis Kementerian Agama Kabupaten Serang dalam pengembangan madrasah, Bagaimana implementasi manajemen strategis Kementerian Agama Kabupaten Serang dalam pengembangan madrasah, dan Bagaimana evaluasi manajemen strategis Kementerian Agama Kabupaten Serang dalam pengembangan madrasah. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif deskriftif melalui observasi, wawancara, dan dokumentasi, dalam upaya mendeskripsikan manajemen strategis dalam pengembangan madrasah di Kantor Kementerian Agama Kabupaten Serang, dengan nara sumber dari unsur pejabat dan staf. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa manajemen strategis dalam pengembangan madrasah di Kementerian Agama Kabupaten Serang secara umum telah dilaksanakan dengan baik dan tahapan-tahapan yang dilakukan sesuai dengan aturan dan regulasi baik mulai tahapan formulasi (yang mencakup perumusan visi misi, analisis lingkungan internal dan eksternal, pemilihan strategi,  kunci keberhasilan dan penetapan sasaran tujuan dan stategi), tahapan implementasi (yang mencakup sistem rencana program dan kegiatan, penganggaran, sistem pelaksanaan, pemantauan, dan pengawasan,) serta tahapan evaluasi (yang mencakup pengukuran dan evaluasi kinerja, dan pelaporan dan pertanggungjawaban).
Modelagem paramétrica e prototipagem rápida no ensino de Expressão Gráfica
Authors: Lima Elton , Mendes Leticia , Griz Cristiana
Published: June 2021

A inserção de novas tecnologias em várias áreas de atuação tem sido cada vez mais frequente e acelerada. Com o intuito de acompanhar essa crescente incorporação na rotina profissional do arquiteto, vê-se a necessidade da inclusão, também, no processo didático ao longo da formação profissional. O desenho é um meio de comunicação e pode ser feito de forma tradicional ou digital. Para isso, quanto maior o conhecimento e aplicação das propriedades e maneiras de representar formas geométricas, maior é a liberdade criativa do indivíduo. Este trabalho propõe a introdução do conceito de um sistema generativo de projeto (Gramática da Forma), aliado a modelagem paramétrica e a prototipagem rápida para dar suporte ao ensino de temas de geometria gráfica. A inserção da parametrização foi feita em um experimento, utilizando o software Rhinoceros e o plug-in Grasshopper, que vinculou o conteúdo de polígonos à concepção de cobogós por meio de uma gramática da forma paramétrica. O experimento mostrou que a modelagem paramétrica, ainda que se utilize das tecnologias computacionais, requer conhecimentos de geometria gráfica para explorar as potencialidades de maneira consciente e eficiente.
Analisando as seções planas a partir uma perspectiva da Geometria Projetiva: um caso de Homologia
Authors: Melo Sandra
Published: June 2021

Este trabalho trata de uma análise de seções planas a partir de uma perspectiva das transformações geométricas, mais precisamente da Geometria Projetiva, como um caso de Homologia. As transformações geométricas são operações aplicadas a um determinado elemento - Objeto - a fim de produzir um outro elemento – Imagem. Por meio de aportes teóricos, apresentaremos a Homologia e seus elementos. Vamos analisar algumas seções planas, destacando a presença dos elementos da Homologia no traçado para a obtenção de cada uma delas. Empreendemos uma pesquisa bibliográfica do tema abordado neste artigo para depois averiguar a Projetividade presente nas seções planas. Tomamos como base os trabalhos desenvolvidos por Soares (1962), Costa e Costa (1994) e Melo (1993), que discutem e apresentam a teoria projetiva e/ou o seu relacionamento com a Geometria Descritiva e a Perspectiva Cônica. Em tal análise, destacaremos a presença dos elementos da homologia para a defesa de que estas seções podem ser tomadas como um caso de Homologia. Com base na exposição das ideias e das análises realizadas, comprovamos a existência dos elementos da Homologia nos traçados de seções planas, ainda que omitidos ou com outra nomeação, e que são essenciais para a realização das representações gráficas de modo geral.
A Realidade Virtual e o Processo de Avaliação do Projeto na Arquitetura
Authors: Falcão Christianne , Carvalho Breno , Calife Brenda , Barros Erick
Published: June 2021

A avaliação em arquitetura é uma etapa do processo de design para o desenvolvimento de um artefato a partir de protótipos, que são construídos com base em técnicas de prototipagem. A partir de um protótipo, o interlocutor materializa seu conceito para ser melhor compreendido, explorado, comunicado e avaliado por outro interlocutor. Este protótipo pode ser físico ou virtual. Com base neste fator, este estudo propõe o desenvolvimento de um ambiente tridimensional para visualização de um artefato arquitetônico utilizando as tecnologias de prototipagem virtual e realidade virtual. A metodologia utilizada baseia-se em uma pesquisa qualitativa, seguindo as etapas: revisão da literatura, estudo sobre os dispositivos utilizados na simulação em realidade virtual, construção do cenário virtual e montagem da interação no software Unity e teste piloto. Como resultado, um protótipo virtual foi construído, permitindo a coleta de dados sobre a experiência do usuário e as demandas no cenário escolhido.
Safety and immunogenicity of inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccine derived from Vero cell. Phase III, double-blind, randomized, control trial (JECEVAX, VABIOTECH, Vietnam)
Authors: Lien Huynh Phuong , Thiem Vu Dinh , Dat Do Tuan , Ly Nguyen Thi , Tuan Nguyen Anh , Thu Nguyen Tuyet , Quang Nguyen Dang , Huyen Nguyen Thi Thu , Tien Nguyen Dang , Nga Tran Hang , Cuong Tran Kien
Published: June 2021

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is one of the most important infectious disease in Southeast Asia and the Pacifc region and more than 3 billion people are living in endemic areas. The annual incidence is estimated to be 60,000 cases/year of which 15,000 deaths, 50% of the people survive with neurological sequelae. Since 1997, Vietnam has produced and used mouse brain - derived (MB) inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccine (JEVAX®) for children 1 - 5 years of age under the Expanded programme on immunization (EPI). In 2006, VABIOTECH started the research and development of vero cell-derived inactivated JE vaccine (JECEVAX). The clinical trial phases I, II & IIB were conducted successfully and the phase III was completed in January 2019. The study participants included 655 healthy infants aged 9 - 24 months were immunized with JECEVAX testing vaccine, and JEVAX® control vaccine. The results showed that both vaccines were safe with good tolerability in children. The seroconversion rates of JECEVAX (n = 547) were 99.6 - 100%, compared with JEVAX® (n =108) were 99 - 100%. The GMT titer of JECEVAX and JEVAX® after the second dose was 2.07log and 2.02log after the third dose, the neutralizing antibody (PRNT50) increased to 3.04log and 3.19log respectively. The registration dossier with the MOH of Vietnam is being fnalized before scaling up the production to prevent JE disease with JECEVAX high qualifed second generation vaccine.
Texto, política, informática. Las tres revoluciones de Raul Mordenti. Conclusiones del homenaje a un maestro de las Humanidades Digitales
Authors: Fiormonte Domenico , Sordi Paolo
Published: June 2021

RESUMEN: Raul Mordenti fue protagonista en Italia de una red científica, intelectual y política que ha atravesado, en conciencia y en acción, tres transformaciones epistémicas a caballo entre los siglos XX y XXI: la política, la de la universidad y de la investigación literaria y aquella que, en pocas palabras, podríamos definir como digital. Este texto resume la actualidad y la vitalidad de su reflexión intelectual y de su “imaginación científica” cuyo núcleo es la teoría de la práctica revolucionaria. En particular, la contribución descansa en un asunto de la revolución epistemológica de las ciencias humanas, cuyo centro gravita alrededor de las Humanidades Digitales que Mordenti contribuyó a fundar a finales de los años 80: el sentido del texto en un mundo colonizado por la digitalización. La sociedad algorítmica de las plataformas ha vuelto más manifiestas las interconexiones entre filología y crítica textual, tecnologías e intereses geopolíticos globales. Aplicaciones, medios sociales y algoritmos son hoy los editores de nuestra vida, promotores y patrones de un texto que asocia y une hechos, historias, palabras, personas: configuran una obra totalitaria frente a la cual se vuelve necesario llevar adelante una descolonización epistémica como punto de partida de una nueva revolución política, social y antropológica. ABSTRACT: Raul Mordenti is a prominent scientific, intellectual and political Italian figure who has lived and contributed to shape three epistemic transformations across the XX and XXI centuries: one political, one in education and literary research, and the last that we may define, for brevity, as digital. This paper summarizes the vitality of his intellectual reflections and his “scientific imagination” – the heart of which was the practical and theoretical idea of revolution. His contribution focuses in particular on the epistemological revolution in humanities, which gravitates around the field of digital humanities that Mordenti himself helped to found, trying to find the meaning of the text in a world colonized by digitalization. Algorithmic and platform societies have made the connections between philology and textual criticism, technologies and global geopolitical interests more evident: applications, media and algorithms have become the editors of our lives, promoters and masters of texts that group and connect facts, stories, words and people: a totalitarian body that requires a cognitive decolonization to catalyze a new political, social and anthropological revolution.
Adaptation to Climate Change: Status, Household Strategies and Challenges in Lesotho
Authors: Rethabile Kheleli Mareabetsoe , Jing Zhang , Mofolo Tsepang Clementine , Mwandiringana Edmore
Published: June 2021

Rural livelihoods across Lesotho have been markedly impacted by climate change, as they are largely agriculture dependent (80%). Adaptation to the events of climate variability especially in agriculturally dependent communities is of importance. In drier districts given the fact that agriculture is the most affected sector, the (Lesotho) state adopted several strategies and measures for climate change adaptation to improve rural livelihoods. To get an overview of adaptation, the study reviewed the National Adaptation Programme Actions (NAPA), Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the National Policy on Climate Change (NPCC) as the instruments specific to adaptation to climate change. A case study of Mafeteng district, an area subjected to persistent drought events was selected to examine adaptation strategies employed. Two prominent strategies highlighted in the study are conservation agriculture and keyhole gardening. Furthermore, a top down approach is found to exist in terms of adaptation planning, not only that but adaptation action is more focused on capacity building of technocrats whilst households are struggling to adapt at grassroots level. Secondly, research is limited to national assessments leading to nonspecific interventions and last adaptation projects are largely donor funded lacking sustainability in turn. This therefore warrants integrated planning and an interdependent stakeholder approach is proposed as a way forward.
MOTIVACIÓN Y APRENDIZAJE DEL IDIOMA INGLÉS: UNA PERSPECTIVA CONCEPTUAL.
Authors: Álvarez Martínez Julio Antonio , Rojas Ochoa Jony de Jesús
Published: June 2021

En el siguiente artículo se desarrollan los temas de motivación y aprendizaje del idioma ingles a partir de una perspectiva conceptual. De igual forma, se mencionan los tipos de motivación y estilos de aprendizaje con su respectiva definición, además de los estudios empíricos de la motivación en el aprendizaje del idioma inglés. Para ello, se realizará una una revisión documental de carácter cualitativa- descriptiva no experimental porque se enfoca en la descripción de los conceptos que son objeto de estudio. Dicha revisión se hará a través de la búsqueda de información en bases de datos como Scielo, Google Académico y repositorios de distintas universidades. Los resultados evidenciaran la cantidad de documentos encontrados de acuerdo con los descriptores establecidos por los investigadores.
Análise trigonométrica aplicada à identificação de padrões dinâmicos em dados temporais de game neuropsicopedagógico
Authors: KIENITZ LEMOS MYRIAM , Barros Marcelo Miranda , Fróes Maira Monteiro , Kurt Kienitz Wolfgang
Published: June 2021

Padrões dinâmicos são esperados em sistemas de comportamento não linear. Sua caracterização matemática, no entanto, é frequentemente um desafio. Ações realizadas por jogadores em cliques pelo mouse no Jogo dos Elásticos refletem alterações de comportamento cognitivo. Nós desenvolvemos um método analítico, cujo parâmetro, o ângulo de deflexão, é definido a partir de diferenças angulares geradas por tratamento trigonométrico do tempo entre ações, assumido como uma variável dependente em nosso modelo. O tratamento estatístico sugere três grupos aparentemente distintos.  Também detectável um comportamento oscilatório da variável tempo, sugerindo um sistema tendente ao equilíbrio, dinâmico.