bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Building the foundation: Coupling capacity-building resources with planning and engagement to build equity and resilience in Virginia
Authors: Tucker Grace , Steinhilber Emily
Published: December 2022

In 2021, the Commonwealth of Virginia concurrently completed the first phase of a Coastal Resilience Master Plan (CRMP) to outline coastal flood hazards and launched a statewide Community Flood Preparedness Fund (CFPF) to jump-start flood resilience capacity building and project implementation. Both initiatives required extensive locality awareness and buy-in to be successful and, despite best efforts, engagement and outreach fell short. The two initiatives were geographically and financially disconnected, leaving localities in the coastal zone with little incentive to participate fully in the CRMP process and localities throughout the state looking for more information about the CFPF. Strategies to improve outreach and engagement and link the two initiatives could provide incentive for participation in both, as has occurred in other regions, as the agency responsible for both moves forward with state mandated planning and engagement. This paper explores lessons learned in Virginia and the potential of the CFPF to level the playing field by allowing lower-resourced, rural, and riverine communities to catch up with urban, coastal communities and become more competitive for funding to address flooding while also concurrently enhancing statewide and coastal resilience planning initiatives.
Folk Elements in the Marutha Thinai Songs
Authors: V Udhayakumar
Published: December 2022

In order to know the oral literary characteristics in Marutha thinai songs one must know the main characteristic features in oral. Plowing industry, planting industry, buffalo herding, ray cutting, fishing and other games such as paddy war, vallai song, silt removal, flower picking are the various kind of arts performed during the sangam period. The poets have recorded countless rituals, beliefs and customs in Marutha thinai songs. Through these songs one can know the culture, tradition and civilization of the ancient Tamil people. The article brings out the hidden folk elements in the Marutha thinai songs.
Sangam Literature as a way to Know Ancient Tamil Beliefs and Omens
Authors: K Hemalatha
Published: December 2022

Folklore is the culture of particular people protected by their beliefs and customs. Beliefs are created and protected by a community of people. Man’s selfishness and social consequences are developing these beliefs. Beliefs often seem to be the basis of fear, but when we do not perceive supernatural activities and when we are unable to explain the reasons for some events in life. Our mind creates some reason for it. And these reasons become a kind of belief. Beliefs are passed down from one generation to another. From birth to death we see man having various kind of beliefs. Beliefs play a major role in human life and it drives human life. This article examines the beliefs and omens of the ancient Tamils through Sangam Literature.
COHESITY OF PRIVATE PRACTICES ON JOURNALISTIC MEDIA IN TANJUNG SELAMAT VILLAGE OFFICE
Authors: Sitorus Sri Wahyuni , Saragih M. Yoserizal
Published: December 2022

Abstract:

Tanjung Selamat Village is one of the villages located in Sunggal District, Deli Serdang Regency. Good management of the use of mass media around the village has made this village a positive image from the community. All did not escape the good cooperation between public relations and the mass media. The purpose of this study was to determine the cohesion that was built between village public relations and the mass media. This research includes descriptive qualitative research with an observational approach to find out a complete picture of the cohesiveness of public relations to journalistic media. The subjects of this study amounted to 2 people including the village head of Tanjung Selamat and village public relations. The results of this study are village public relations have established harmonious communication with all mass media around the village in order to increase the effectiveness of the media on the good image of the village, this can be seen from the way the village office is very appreciative and open to the mass media who want to get information. On the other hand, there is great hope for every element of village institutions to continue to improve good communication with the mass media.

 

Keywords: Cohesiveness of Public Relations, Journalistic Media
Perbedaan Pendapatan Usahatani Tumpangsari Kentang dan Cabe Keriting dengan Kentang dan Tomat Di Kabupaten Garut
Authors: Rosmiati Mia , Sukmawati Dety , Sudrajat Adjat
Published: December 2022

This study aims to determine the description of farming, the amount of farm income, and the differences in income from intercropping between potatoes and curly chilies with potatoes and tomatoes. The number of respondent farmers is 25 people for each intercropping farming. Primary data was collected through questionnaires and interviews with respondents, and secondary data was collected through literature studies to various agencies. The method used in this study is the census method, in which all the population in the field is used as respondents and selected intentionally. The analysis used to determine the differences in the income of this intercropping farming using statistical testing (SPSS version 21 application) with a paired difference test (Paired Sample t-Test). The results showed that (1) Overview of potato and curly chili intercropping with potatoes and tomatoes consisted of seed preparation, tillage, planting, maintenance, harvesting, and post-harvest to marketing (2) The average income of potato and curly chili intercropping was Rp. . 261,447,519,- per hectare per growing season, while the average 16 | O r c h i d A g r i : V o l 1 , N o 2 , B u l a n A g u s t u s T a h u n 2 0 2 1 income of potato and tomato intercropping is Rp. 256,949,751,- per hectare per growing season (3) Based on statistical tests, it was found that there was no significant difference between potato and curly chili intercropping farming income with potatoes and tomatoes.
Stretegi Pengembangan Usaha Pengolahan Oncom (Suatu Kasus Pada Industri Rumah Tangga Mamah Ajeng Desa Kadipaten Kecamatan Kadipaten Kabupaten Majalengka, Jawa Barat)
Authors: Nurazizah Disi , Marina Ida , Sulaksana Jaka
Published: December 2022

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui gambaran Industry Rumah Tangga Mamah Ajeng, Mengidentifikasi dan menganalisis factor internal dan eksternal yang dapat mempengaruhi perkembangan usaha pengolahan oncom di Industry Rumah Tangga Mamah Ajeng dan Mengetahui alternative strategi apa yang memungkinkan untuk diterapkan dalam pengembangan Industry Rumah Tangga Mamah Ajeng. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu deskriptif kuantitatif dengan teknik penentuan responden purposive sampling yang berjumlah 30 orang. Teknik analisis yang digunakan yaitu deskriptif, SWOT, QSPM. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan Industri Rumah Tangga Mamah Ajeng perusahaan yang mengolah oncom dengan pemasok bahan baku dan tenaga kerjanya berasal dari masyarakat sekitar, produksinya setiap hari. Pemasarannya secara offline serta memiliki pembeli tetap. Lembaga penunjangnya yaitu Bank. Strategi yang digunakan yaitu penetrasi pasar dengan cara penyesuaian harga, peningkatan promosi, perbaikan kualitas prodak, penambahan saluran distribusi. Pengembangan prodak yaitu memodifikasi prodak, penawaran paket. Strategi yang menjadi prioritas utama untuk pengembangan perusahaan Â yaitu menjalin hubungan yang baik dengan pemasok dan konsumen tetap seperti memperbanyak komunikasi, diskusi, dan berbagi informasi.
Analisis Break Even Point Usaha Budidaya Ikan Lele (Clarias gariepinus) (Studi Kasus Pada Usaha Budidaya Ikan Lele Banyu Urip di Desa Dawuan Timur Kecamatan Cikampek Kabupaten Karawang)
Authors: Wibowo Handi , Nataliningsih Nataliningsih , Permana Nendah Siti
Published: December 2022

This study aims to analyze the BEP for revenue, BEP for production, and BEP for the selling price of Banyu Urip catfish farming in Dawuan Timur Village, Cikampek District, Karawang Regency. The research method used the case study method. Respondents were taken purposively to the Banyu Urip catfish farming business owners. The results showed that the BEP for Banyu Urip catfish farming business revenue per one production (3 months) was IDR 1,580,142.73, - BEP for production was 90.29 kg and BEP selling price was IDR 12,423 / kg. Thus the Banyu Urip catfish farming business is profitable because the revenue is greater than the BEP revenue, which is Rp. 8,312,500 per one production, the amount of production is greater than the production BEP which is 475 kg, and the selling price is higher than the BEP selling price, which is IDR 17,500 / kg.
UKRAINIAN SOVIET HISTORIOGRAPHY OF 1940-60S ABOUT RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ZAPOROZHIAN HOST AND RUSSIA DURING THE HAYDAMATSKIY MOVEMENT IN THE XVIII CENTURY
Authors: Kinashchuk O.
Published: December 2022

The purpose of the research is to analyze the works of Ukrainian Soviet historians of the 1940s and 1960s, who are devoted to the Haidamat movement and the role of Cossacks in it. Changes in the Soviet paradigm regarding the interpretation of the history of the Zaporozhian Host and the social and political aspects of Zaporizhzhya-Russian relations during the spread of the Haydamak movement in the 18th century are traced.The influence of the resolutions of the congresses of the CPSU on the coverage of the 300th anniversary of the "reunification of Ukraine and Russia" and the 200th anniversary of the Koliivshina has been studied. Among the methods that were used during the preparation of the article - general scientific and general historical, analysis of the Soviet historiography of the problem, comparison and generalization. The scientific novelty is emphasized by the fact that in modern Ukrainian historiography there are no works dedicated to the study of the history of Zaporizhzhya-Russian relations during the Haydamak movement of the 18th century. The author of the article proposes to fill this historiographical gap. 

Conclusions.  In the context of the study of the Haydamak movement of the 18th century, Soviet historians considered Zaporozhye-Russian relations as a component of the struggle of peasants against feudal lords in Right-Bank Ukraine. This was due to the promotion and consolidation in Soviet historiography of the idea of the "leading role" of the peasantry, instead of the Cossacks, in the wars and uprisings of the outlined period. Soviet historians consciously supported the policy of the Central Committee of the CPSU, participating in the transformation of historical science into a political tool, manipulating facts to suit the ruling ideology.
CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT OF SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES USING A NONCOMPLEX MULTIPHASE ALGORITHM
Authors: ALSAYGH Zaid , AL-AMEEN Zohair
Published: December 2022

Microscopic technology has recently flourished, allowing unparalleled viewing of microscopic elements invisible to the normal eye. Still, the existence of unavoidable constraints led on many occasions to have low contrast scanning electron microscopic (SEM) images. Thus, a noncomplex multiphase (NM) algorithm is proposed in this study to provide better contrast for various SEM images. The developed algorithm contains the following stages: first, the intensities of the degraded image are modified using a two-step regularization procedure. Next, a gamma-corrected cumulative distribution function of the logarithmic uniform distribution approach is applied for contrast enhancement. Finally, an automated histogram expansion technique is used to redistribute the pixels of the image properly. The NM algorithm is applied to natural-contrast distorted SEM images, as well as its results are compared with six algorithms with different processing notions. To assess the quality of images, three modern metrics are utilized, in that each metric measures the quality based on unique aspects. Extensive appraisals revealed the adequate processing abilities of the NM algorithm, as it can process many images suitably and its performances outperformed many available contrast enhancement algorithms in different aspects.
TOMATO DISEASE DETECTION MODEL BASED ON DENSENET AND TRANSFER LEARNING
Authors: BAKR Mahmoud , ABDEL-GABER Sayed , NASR Mona , HAZMAN Maryam
Published: December 2022

Plant diseases are a foremost risk to the safety of food. They have the potential to significantly reduce agricultural products quality and quantity. In agriculture sectors, it is the most prominent challenge to recognize plant diseases. In computer vision, the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) produces good results when solving image classification tasks. For plant disease diagnosis, many deep learning architectures have been applied. This paper introduces a transfer learning based model for detecting tomato leaf diseases. This study proposes a model of DenseNet201 as a transfer learning-based model and CNN classifier. A comparison study between four deep learning models (VGG16, Inception V3, ResNet152V2 and DenseNet201) done in order to determine the best accuracy in using transfer learning in plant disease detection. The used images dataset contains 22930 photos of tomato leaves in 10 different classes, 9 disorders and one healthy class. In our experimental, the results shows that the proposed model achieves the highest training accuracy of 99.84% and validation accuracy of 99.30%.
R PEAK DETERMINATION USING A WDFR ALGORITHM AND ADAPTIVE THRESHOLD
Authors: NGUYEN Thanh-Nghia , NGUYEN Thanh-Hai , NGO Ba-Viet
Published: December 2022

The determination of the R peak position in the ECG signal helps physicians not only to know the heart rate per minute, but also to monitor the patient’s health related to heart disease. This paper proposes a system to accurately determine the R peak position in the ECG signal. The system consists of a pre-processing block for filtering out noise using a WDFR algorithm and highlighting the amplitude of the R peak and a threshold value is calculated for determining the R peak. In this research, the MIT-BIH ECG dataset with 48 records are used for evaluation of the system. The results of the SEN, +P, DER and ACC parameters related to the system quality are 99.70%, 99.59%, 0.70% and 99.31%, respectively. The obtained performance of the proposed R peak position determination system is very high and can be applied to determine the R peak of the ECG signal measuring devices in practice.
Sistem Perangkap Hama Tikus Di Kandang Ayam Berbasis Iot Menggunakan Metode C.45
Authors: Faritcan Siallagan Timbo , Andrian Avit
Published: December 2022

Tikus merupakan hewan vetebrata yang sangat mudah berasosiasi dengan lingkungan yang di jumpainya. Sifat tikus yang selalu membuat runway, sangat jerah terhadap umpan, atau sangat mengenal lingkungannya. Ketika manusia terkadang lalai, itulah saat dimana tikus dapat mengubah keadaan lingkungan yang ada sesuai dengan habitatnya. tikus sangat senang hidup pada areal yang jarang disentuh manusia seperti, pada tempat-tempat gelap, lembab, kotor, tersembunyi, dekat sumber makanan dan sulit dijangkau oleh manusia.Setelah melakukan penelitian ini penulis mendapatkan, bahwa alat ini mampu mengurangi hama tikus di sekitas kandang ayam dengan cara perangkap otomatis Penelitian dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode perhitungan Algoritma C4.5 yang mana metode ini digunakan untuk melakukan perhitungan agar dapat menentukan keputusan dimana parameter dihitung agar dapat melihat banyaknya tikus yang masuk ke perangkap
Decision on Suspension of Obligation for Payment of Debt which Ended in Bankruptcy at PT Sarana Yeoman Sembada
Authors: Wahjuni Edi , Santyaningtyas Ayu Citra , Darma Jelita
Published: December 2022

The aim of this research is to find out about the simple evidentiary regulations in Law Number 37 of 2004 concerning Bankruptcy and PKPU. In addition, to find out the formal evidence as well as the judge's legal considerations in the decision to postpone the payment of debt obligations that ended in bankruptcy at PT. Sarana Yeoman Sembada. This research uses normative legal research. The results of this study are that the simple evidence referred to in the determination of bankruptcy is also contained in the PKPU arrangement in Article 222 of the Bankruptcy Law and PKPU. In addition, the Bilyet Giro submitted in the PKPU application against PT. Sarana Yeoman Sembada is invalid as evidence because it does not meet the formal requirements of the Bilyet Giro and violates the provisions contained in the Bankruptcy Law and PKPU, so that the bankruptcy decision given by the Panel of Judges to PT. Sarana Yeoman Sembada was declared wrong because the application which was granted by the Panel of Judges came from an application submitted by the Petitioner who had no legal standing.
The Implementation of the SI-CANTIK Application as an Employee Management Innovation in the Bogor Regency Government
Authors: Rusliandy Rusliandy , Zulfikar Muhammad
Published: December 2022

This study aims to analyze the implementation of the SI-CANTIK application as an employee management innovation in the Bogor Regency Government. The research method used is descriptive qualitative with data collection techniques using observations, interviews, and literature studies. The results show that implementing the SI-CANTIK application has effectively impacted local governments and ASN. In an implementation, there are still problems such as: (1) the SI-CANTIK application has not been integrated with other personnel service applications. (2) ASN individuals have other smartphones and leave them for attendance. (3) Attendance data for employees who do not come to work without information on the application have not been followed up by their direct supervisor. (4) the input of the team member's daily work reports has not been able to describe the achievement of organizational performance. To overcome these problems, several strategies can be carried out: (1) integrating the SI-CANTIK application with other applications to make the implementation of personnel management more comprehensive. (2) It is necessary to revise Bogor Regent Regulation Number 42 of 2019, which regulates superiors who do not take action against disciplinary violators, and the disbursement of TPP is postponed. Another thing that needs to be regulated is categorizing the behavior of leaving smartphones for attendance as a form of disciplinary violation, subject to disciplinary sanctions, and not being given TPP within a specific time, (3) the SI-CANTIK application's development by considering the organizational performance targets contained in the RPJMD and the organization's Strategic Plan associated with team member performance targets.
Revealing the Work Readines of Fresh Graduates in the Capital City Environment New Country
Authors: Prastika Netty Dyan , Shauma Amalia  , Riska Wardani  , Feni Anggraini
Published: December 2022

This study looked at how work readiness for fresh graduates in the capital of the new country, especially fresh graduates in the city of Samarinda. The research was carried out with the aim of determining the work readiness of fresh graduates in finding jobs in the capital of the new country. This type of research is carried out using qualitative research methods using phenomenological methods. The data collection method used in this study was by interviews and observations. The subjects of the study were also determined using purposive sampling techniques. This research also uses data analysis techniques in the form of preparing data, reading the entire data, coding data, applying the results of data coding into several themes to be analyzed, presenting several themes in the form of narratives and interpreting data. The results of this study showed that the four subjects, namely AKP subjects, WDY subjects, JSF subjects, and LND subjects had similar work readiness even though the four subjects had different backgrounds. The main factors of fresh graduate work readiness are interest, knowledge, physical condition, and personality, so that the four subjects are believed to have good work readiness in the new national capital environment.
ANALISIS PENERAPAN PERSEDIAAN BAHAN BAKU DENGAN METODE ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY PADA PT ABDI JAYA TRIKORA BANJARBARU
Authors: Kadarini Diyan
Published: December 2022

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to analyze the raw material inventory control application i.e. economic order quantity (EOQ) on PT Abdi Jaya Trikora Banjarbaru. The research methods are qualitative and descriptive approach. The results show that EOQ method will provide good benefits for the company as the growth rate increased for each month.Keywords: raw materials inventory, economic order quantityAbstrak: Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis penerapan pengen-dalian persediaan bahan baku dengan metode economic order quantity (EOQ) pa-da PT Abdi Jaya Trikora Banjarbaru. Metode penelitian ini adalah deskriptif dan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penerapan persediaan bahan baku dengan metode EOQ akan memberi manfaat yang baik bagi perusahaan karena tingkat pertumbuhan yang terus meningkat setiap bulannya.Kata Kunci: persediaan bahan baku, economic order quantity (EOQ)
Sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka (Salmoniformes, Salmonidae) of continental coast of the Sea of Okhotsk
Authors: Marchenko S. L.
Published: December 2022

Summary the latest and the most complete data about the distribution of sockeye salmon in the rivers of the continental coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, its intraspecific structure and age composition are presented in the article, data on scale structure and growth rate are quoted for the first time.
Marine migrating herring of the Caspian Sea
Authors: Zubkova T. S. , Razinkov V. P.
Published: December 2022

In the Russian water area of the Caspian Sea, after a long period of prohibition of marine net fishing, there is an increase in the intensity of catching marine migratory herring. Long-term monitoring studies confirm that the three species of the most massive herring (Dolginsky herring, Caspian puzanok, Big-eyed puzanok) are characterized by the stability of the biomass of the stock, the structure of populations by age and size-weight composition, the distribution of concentrations on spawning grounds, the yield of new generations. Sea herring is one of the underutilized resources of the Caspian Sea. Possible ways of solving the problem of development of fishing reserves are considered. The current state of reserves makes it possible to increase the annual industrial withdrawal of sea herring to 15,4 thousand tons.
Possibility of breeding of Atlantic sturgeon at the Konakovsky fish factory
Authors: Zharikova V. Y. , Mishchenko A. V. , Karavayeva M. S. , Vilkova O. Y. , Zharikov K. V.
Published: December 2022

The results of the analysis and economic calculations for ensuring the entire cycle of growing Atlantic sturgeon from caviar to producers in the Konakovskiy fish factory, and the planned total costs are shown. Information on the financial assessment of the breeding of the Atlantic sturgeon will allow fish farms to assess their ability to keep the Atlantic sturgeon in order to restore the population of this species in the Baltic Sea basin.
COMPARSION OF THE SHEAR BOND STRENGTH OF CERAMIC BRACKETS BONDED TO PORCELAIN FUSED METAL CROWNS AND METAL FREE CERAMIC CROWNS WITH AND WITHOUT SILANE COUPLING AGENT- AN IN VITRO STUDY.
Authors: Choudhury Dip Gautam
Published: December 2022

Aim-The aim of this study is to evaluate and compare the shear bond strength of ceramic brackets bonded to porcelain
fused metal crowns and metal free ceramic crowns with and without silane coupling agent.Material and Method: 40
metal free zirconia crowns and 40 PFM crowns were fabricated with glazed surfaces according to the manufacturer's
instructions for the study purpose.The samples were divided in two groups A and B and each group was subdivided into
two subgroups (A1, A2) and (B1, B2) Sub-Group A1 and A2: Twenty metal free ceramic crowns were etched with 9%
buffered HF acid gel for 2 minutes,thoroughly washed and air dried.Relyx ceramic primer (silane coupling agent) was
applied to the treated surface.Subgroup B1 and B2: 20 porcelain fused metal crowns were etched with 9% buffered HF
acid gel for 2 minutes,thoroughly washed and air dried.Relyx ceramic primer (silane coupling agent) was applied to the
treated surface. The shear bond strength of ceramic brackets bonded to porcelain fused metal crowns and metal free
ceramic crowns with and without silane coupling agent. Statistical Analysis: ANOVA and Post hoc Tukey's test (HSD)
tests were used for statistical analysis. Result: The result showed that group B1 demonstrate the maximum shear bond
strength among all groups which is 9%HF +Relyx ceramic primer application on porcelain fused metal crowns
(10.27+1.31Mpa) and has highly significant value.Whereas lowest shear bond strength belongs to group B2which is
9%HF and primer is not applied(5.4+0.73 Mpa).Conclusion: Hence it can be concluded that Relyx ceramic primer is
more apropriate choice for bonding orthodontic metal brackets on PFM and zirconia surfaces with conventional
bonding system.
WEEDS INFESTING WHEAT CROP IN ROHTAK, HARYANA
Authors: Pawar Deepika , Kumar Netesh , Kumar Ajay , Narwal Deepti , Sharma Kamal
Published: December 2022

Multiple field visits were performed to investigate weed flora of wheat fields in Rohtak district of Haryana, conducted
during 2018 which revealed infestation of 28 weed species comprising 15 families of grasses and broadleaf weeds.The
weeds were identified with the help of available literature and through comparison with the already identified weed
species. Poa annua, Polypogon monspeliensis and broadleaf weeds Chenopodium album, Rumex retroflex, Coronopus
didymus were the pre-dominant weeds in moist region, whereas Cynodon dactylon, Fumaria parviflora, Chenopodium
album,Polypogon monspeliensis in light soil with low salinity.There was a greater variety of weeds in Bohar and Kharawar
villages and the least was found in village Sheria and Garnavati from vegetative to fully grown stage.Maximum number
of species were of family Poaceae and Asteraceae. This study will be helpful as an additional tool in maintaining the
floristic composition of District Rohtak as well as in controlling the weed problem.
ROLE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN EVALUATION OF PAINFUL HIP JOINT
Authors: Rani K. Radha , Sarada Sarada , Arunkumar B. , Ranjithkumar A.
Published: December 2022

This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic value of MRI in the assessment of painful hip joint. Background: Radiographic
evaluation is an initial and crucial role in patients with painful hip joint. Hip pain has different aetiologies in adults and
children. MRI is the investigation choice for characterizing the various disorders and assessing the full extent of bone,
cartilage and soft tissue abnormality of the hip joint. Methods: This prospective study included 50 patients with painful
hip joint. The following MR sequences were performed to all patients: Coronal T1, T2 & STIR WIs, axial T1&T2WIs, and
sagittal T1WI. Patient's history, local examination of the diseased hip and laboratory investigations were performed.
Results: Male patients ages ranged from 1 to 60 years with a mean age of 35 years. Conclusion: MRI of the hip joint is
informative, diagnostic, and accurate for the assessment of hip pain and sufficient imaging modality for delineation of
different hip joint pathology.
A Comprehensive Comparison of Pre-training Language Models
Authors: Guo Tong
Published: December 2022

Recently, the development of pre-trained language models has brought natural language processing (NLP) tasks to the new state-of-the-art. In this paper we explore the efficiency of various pre-trained language models. We pre-train a list of transformer-based models with the same amount of text and the same training steps. The experimental results shows that the most improvement upon the origin BERT is adding the RNN-layer to capture more contextual information for short text understanding. But the conclusion is: There are no remarkable improvement for short text understanding for similar BERT structures.
Spatiotemporal Graph Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network Model for Citywide Air Pollution Forecasting
Authors: Le Van-Duc , Cuong Bui-Tien , Cha Sang-Kyun
Published: December 2022

This paper applies a Spatiotemporal Graph Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network which is a tight combination of a Graph Neural Network (GNN) to a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) architecture for air pollution forecasting in long-term for the entire city. Our model can effectively learn the spatial and temporal features of the air pollution data and its influential factors (e.g. weather, traffic, external areas) at the time. Our method achieves better performance than a state-of-the-art ConvLSTM model in air pollution forecasting and a hybrid GNN-based model that separates GNN and RNN in discrete layers.
Drop Noise For CTR Prediction
Authors: Guo TechOnly
Published: December 2022

Click-through rate (CTR) prediction is task to estimate the
possibility of user clicking on a recommended item. The ground truth
labels of this task are the click history of users. As there are many reasons
why noise data or low quality data may be generated, the training data
has a certain amount of noise data or low quality data. In this work,
We propose a simple but effective method to find the noise data. Our
method could improve the offline AUC from 0.60 to 0.75 on our realworld dataset.
A Generalized Noise Reconstruction Framework for DOA Estimation in Received Data Domain
Authors: Cong Jingyu , Wang Xianpeng , Lan Xiang , Liu Wei
Published: December 2022

The performance of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation algorithms is affected by noise and clutter, but conventional noise reduction methods are difficult to adapt a variety of DOA estimation algorithms in different noise/clutter environments. To address this issue, a generalized robust framework for noise reconstruction in the received data domain is proposed to enhance DOA estimation performance. The problem of noise reconstruction is formulated as an optimization problem, whose objective function kernel may consist of many different DOA estimation algorithms. First, based on the cumulative sum of an approximate noise first order finite difference, a coarse estimation of the received domain noise is then calculated. In particular, the optimal initial value is obtained using the generalized pattern search algorithm, where the objective function, constructed with the distance between the normalized spatial spectrum peaks and the desired spatial spectrum peaks or the total noise power estimated by least squares (LS), is minimized. Then, exact reconstruction of the received data-domain noise is realized by a new cumulative sum formed using the solution from the previous step. Finally, using the denoised data, the DOA estimation is obtained via different algorithms. The effectiveness of the proposed framework is verified by simulations, with the objective function kernel of the propagator method (PM), Capon, sparse Bayesian learning (SBL), and parallel factorization (PARAFAC), both in terms of accuracy of DOA estimation and effectiveness in suppressing sidelobe and pseudo-peaks, for different cases, including white Gaussian noise, non-uniform noise, colored noise, impulsive noise, and K-distribution sea clutter. In addition, the effectiveness of the proposed framework is verified on the FMCW MIMO radar real-world data. The relevant codes are available online: https://github.com/CJYLostviews/Robust-Noise-Reconstruction/
RIS-Based Steerable Beamforming Antenna with Near-Field Eigenmode Feeder
Authors: Tiwari Krishan Kumar , Caire Giuseppe
Published: December 2022

We present a novel, power and hardware efficient, antenna system leveraging the eigenmodes of the over-the-air propagation matrix from an active multi-antenna feeder (AMAF) to a large reflective intelligent surface (RIS), both configured as standard linear arrays and placed in the near field of each other. We demonstrate the flexibility of the proposed architecture by showing that it is capable of generating radiation patterns for multiple applications such as very narrow beams with low side lobes for space-division multiple access communications, wide-angle beams for short range automotive sensing and sectorial beaconing, and monopulse patterns for radar angular tracking. A key parameter in our design is the AMAF-RIS distance which must be optimized and it is generally much less than the Rayleigh distance. For a given AMAF aperture, the optimal AMAF-RIS distance increases as a function of the RIS size. The AMAF-RIS loss is compensated almost exactly by the larger aperture gain of the RIS leading to almost constant RIS gain with increasing RIS sizes. This allows to choose different beam angular selectivities with the same center beam gain. Active RF amplification is done at the AMAF only, thus resulting in a much higher power efficiency and much lower hardware complexity than conventional phased arrays with same beamforming performance.
The Analysis and Development of an XAI Process on Feature Contribution Explanation
Authors: Huang Jun , Wang Zerui , LI DING , Liu Yan
Published: December 2022

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) research focuses on effective explanation techniques to understand and build AI models with trust, reliability, safety, and fairness. Feature importance explanation summarizes feature contributions for end-users to make model decisions. However, XAI methods may produce varied summaries that lead to further analysis to evaluate the consistency across multiple XAI methods on the same model and data set. This paper defines metrics to measure the consistency of feature contribution explanation summaries under feature importance order and saliency map. Driven by these consistency metrics, we develop an XAI process oriented on the XAI criterion of feature importance, which performs a systematical selection of XAI techniques and evaluation of explanation consistency. We demonstrate the process development involving twelve XAI methods on three topics, including a search ranking system, code vulnerability detection and image classification. Our contribution is a practical and systematic process with defined consistency metrics to produce rigorous feature contribution explanations.
Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Transient Overvoltages on XLPE-insulated HVDC Cables
Authors: Diban Bassel , Mazzanti Giovanni , Mazzocchetti Laura , Seri Paolo
Published: December 2022

HVDC cables are subject to several types of impulses superimposed on the rated DC voltage during their service lifetime. Temporary Overvoltages TOVs and Superimposed Switching impulses SSIs are considered some of the most challenging due to the relatively long impulse duration. This paper aims at investigating experimentally the effect of TOVs and SSIs on XLPE insulation for extruded HVDC cables. 0.15-mm-thick DC-XLPE specimens, aged by applying TOVs and SSIs, are characterized using dielectric analyzer and Fourier Transform InfraRed spectroscopy (FTIR) to detect the aging effects on the insulation. Results show an increase in the imaginary part of permittivity, ε", accompanied with the appearance of additional dipolar polarization losses peaks. The amplitude and frequency of the aforementioned peaks vary with the amplitude and the number of applied TOVs and SSIs. An increase in electrical conductivity is also noticed with aging. FTIR results show absorbance peaks in the aged specimens likely due to the intramolecular bonds rupture accompanied with the formation of aging products.
How to Exploit Optimization Experience? Revisiting Evolutionary Sequential Transfer Optimization: Part B - Algorithm Analysis
Authors: xue xiaoming , yang cuie , Feng Lianghuan , zhang kai , song linqi , Tan Kay Chen
Published: December 2022

This paper is the second part of a two-part series on evolutionary sequential transfer optimization (ESTO). The first part designs a problem generator to generate benchmark problems with diverse properties that can better resemble real-world problems. This part proposes five research questions (RQs) to empirically revisit a large body of knowledge transfer techniques in the context of solution-based ESTO (S-ESTO). Particularly, knowledge transfer techniques are organized from a perspective of transfer strategy, including solution selection, solution adaptation, and the integration of them. The results reveal that the performance of many algorithms is highly sensitive to similarity distribution of STOPs, which suggest the necessity of more flexible algorithm design in future studies. Specifically, when an STOP is full of source tasks that are highly similar to the target task in terms of optimum, one can randomly select one source task and reuse its elite solution(s) to accelerate the target search significantly. When an STOP contains source tasks with mixed similarities to the target task, an effective similarity metric that can represent the transferability is able to identify highly transferable solution(s). When an STOP is full of source tasks with low similarities to the target task, the transferability is expected to be improved by solution adaptation. In solution adaptation, a similarity metric in the form of a maximization (or minimization) objective function that is responsible for representing the transferability is optimized to obtain a mapping function for adapting source solution(s). The source code for reproducing our experiments is available at https://github.com/XmingHsueh/Revisiting-S-ESTOs-PartB.
Targeted Demand Response: Formulation, LMP Implications, and Fast Algorithms
Authors: Zhang Yufan , Wen Honglin , Feng Tao , Chen Yize
Published: December 2022

Demand response (DR) is regarded as a solution to the issue of high electricity prices in the wholesale market, as the flexibility of the demand can be harnessed to lower the demand level for price reductions. As an across-the-board DR in a system is impractical due to the enrollment budget for instance, it is necessary to select a small group of nodes for DR implementing. Current studies resort to intuitive yet naive approaches for DR targeting, as price is implicitly associated with demand, though optimality cannot be ensured. In this paper, we derive such a relationship in the security-constrained economic dispatch via the multi-parametric programming theory, based on which the DR targeting problem is rigorously formulated as a mixed-integer quadratic programming problem aiming at reducing the averaged price to a reference level by efficiently reducing targeted nodes' demand. A solution strategy is proposed to accelerate the computation. Numerical studies demonstrate compared with the benchmarking strategy, the proposed approach can reduce the price to the reference point with less efforts in demand reduction. Besides, we empirically show that the proposed approach is immune to inaccurate system parameters, and can be generalized to variants of DR targeting tasks.
Data Security in Distributed Environments
Authors: Gupta Ishu , Rekha Smruti , Singh Ashutosh Kumar
Published: December 2022

This article comprehensively studies data security in cloud computing environments and presents ideas for solving everyday computing issues. Cloud Computing (CC) is a shared pool of resources that allocates those computing resources to cloud clients over the internet. CC provides a set of controls that act as controls between cloud users and storage. Storage has played a crucial role in the cloud and has become ubiquitous among organizations and clients. Nevertheless, various issues such as security, information protection, interoperability, and consistent quality should be defined appropriately. However, the underlying problem is data security and how cloud providers ensure it. Safe and secure protection technology is indispensable for exchanging information between clouds. Encryption technology is used to provide data security in cloud environments. Numerous cryptography algorithms exist to transform plain text to cipher text before placing the data in the cloud to ensure security.
On the Number of Maintenance Cycles in Systems with Critical and Non-Critical Components
Authors: Li Guanchen , Kagaris Dimitri
Published: December 2022

We present a novel mathematical framework for computing the number of maintenance cycles in a system with critical and non-critical components, where "critical" (CR) means that the component's failure is fatal for the system's operation and renders any more repairs inapplicable, whereas "non-critical" (NC) means that the component  can undergo corrective maintenance (replacement or minimal repair) whenever it fails, provided that the CR component is still in operation. Whenever the NC component fails, the CR component can optionally be preventively replaced.

We extend traditional renewal theory (whether classical or generalized) for various maintenance scenarios for a system composed of one CR and one NC component in order to compute the average number of renewals of NC under the restriction ("bound") necessitated by CR. 

We also develop approximations in closed form for the proposed "bounded" renewal functions. We validate our formulas by simulations on a variety of component lifetime distributions, including actual lifetime distributions of wind turbine components.
Comparison of Regional and General Anesthesia Outcome after Peripheral Vascular Surgery
Authors: Mahfuddoza Dr. MD , Rahman Dr. Md. Siddiqur , Alam Dr. Sarif Shammirul , Alam Dr. Mohammed Rabbikul , Akhter Dr. Tahmina , Kabir Dr. M Lutful
Published: December 2022

Background: Compared to other non-cardiac surgical procedures, peripheral vascular surgery is more likely to cause cardiac morbidity and mortality. Planning anesthesia and surgery for open vascular procedures on the lower limbs necessitates a careful examination of the patient's physical capacity and, ideally, includes cardiac and pulmonary evaluation and, if possible, optimization. Methods: An investigation of relationships between anesthesia approach and outcomes of 436 cases (GA=218 and RA=218) was provided by this retrospective, propensity score matched, cohort study. Between May 2019 and July 2021, the study was carried out at the Department of Anaestheology in National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Result: In both groups most of the patients (80.7% and 84.4%) were aged less than 80 years. Male participants were more prevalent (57.8% and 60.6%) in both groups. In the GA group, the frequency of both general and surgical problems was considerably higher. The GA group experienced significantly more general medical problems than the control group, including post-operative hemorrhage (1.4% vs. 0.9%), ICU >3 days (0.9% vs. 0.5%), cardiac (2.8% vs. 2.3%), and pulmonary (1.4% vs. 0.9%). After multiple regression analysis, the GA group had a significantly higher 30-day mortality rate and greater instances of all complications. The incidence of general and surgical problems was 6.9% and 3.7%, respectively, and the total 30-day mortality was 3.2%. The average length of stay was 5 (3, 9). The overall one-year amputation rate for the same side was 8.3%. Conclusion: This study highlighted the possibility that RA, as opposed to GA, may be associated with a better outcome following open inguinal and infra- inguinal vascular surgery.
Immunohistochemical Expression of Fn14 and GP88 as Prognostic Biological Markers in Invasive Human Breast Cancer
Authors: Al-Qadasi Sabah Ali Mugahed , Mohamed Saeed Mahmoud Saeed , Sultan Roa Mohmed Mahmoud
Published: December 2022

Fibroblast growth factor-inducible 14 (Fn14), is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor super family that normally expressed in healthy tissues, but its expression is increased in injured tissue where it thought to play role in tissue remodeling. Progranulin or acrogranin is an 88-kDa glycoprotein identified by a biological screen for protein targets associated with high tumorigenicity. The aim of the present work was to investigate the expression of Fn14 and GP88 as novel prognostic biomarkers in human invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) versus benign tumors and normal breast tissues as well as their correlation with different pathological and histological parameters. Immunohistochemical technique was used to examine the expression of Fn14 and GP88 in normal, benign as well as in IDC. Present results showed higher expression of Fn14 and GP88 in IDC comparing to normal and benign breast tissues.
Immunohistochemical Expression of Fn14 and Cath-D as Prognostic Biological Markers and Compare with Histological Reaction in Invasive Human Breast Cancer
Authors: Al-Qadasi Sabah Ali Mugahed , Mohamed Saeed Mahmoud Saeed , Sultan Roa Mohmed Mahmoud
Published: December 2022

Fibroblast growth factor-inducible-14 (Fn14) is a 14-kDa type I transmembrane receptor located on chromosome 16p13. Fn14 is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor super family that normally expressed in healthy tissues, but its expression is increased in injured tissue where it thought to play role in tissue remodeling. Cathepsin D (Cath-D) is a soluble lysosomal aspartyl glycoprotease that can degrade the protein components of the matrix and free growth factors therein embedded, thus favoring tumor growth, invasion and angiogenesis. The aim of the present work was to investigate the expression of Fn14 and Cathepsin D as novel prognostic biomarkers in human invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) versus benign tumors and normal breast tissues as well as their correlation with different pathological and histological parameters. Immunohistochemical technique was used to examine the expression of Fn14 and Cath-D in normal, benign as well as in IDC. Present results showed higher expression of Fn14 and Cath-D in IDC comparing to normal and benign breast tissues.
GEOGRAFIA URBANA E PRÁXIS
Authors: Célia Bega dos Santos Regina
Published: December 2022

Neste artigo defendemos a importância e a necessidade de se discutir temáticas nacionais relacionadas aos principais problemas das cidades brasileiras. Em primeiro lugar, enfatizaremos as possibilidades de os geógrafos contribuírem teórica e politicamente para as definições das políticas urbanas, através da atuação no Conselho das Cidades (ConCidades). A seguir, abordaremos brevemente os conflitos fundiários urbanos, de grande importância na dinâmica das cidades brasileiras, bem como a discussão de políticas de prevenção e mediação de tais conflitos. Finalizaremos, apresentando um relato sobre a participação da Comissão de Assuntos Urbanos, da Seção São Paulo, da Associação dos Geógrafos Brasileiros (AGB–SP), nas lutas pela democratização das decisões sobre a Metrópole Paulistana e por uma cidade mais digna e justa, na perspectiva de superação das desigualdades. Estas atuações inscrevem-se num quadro de lutas pela cidade como lugar onde se exercita de fato a democracia e, onde, morar significa não apenas habitar, mas viver, ter trabalho e também acessibilidade ao espaço público, a bens e serviços de qualidade e a oportunidades de convivência, compartilhando a diversidade e respeitando-se a diferença.
СИСТЕМАТИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ И ЭКОЛОГО–ЦЕНОТИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ СЕМЕЙСТВА ЗОНТИЧНЫЕ ЧЕЧЕНСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ
Authors: Загалаева Р.С. , Шахгириева З.И. , Вазарханова М.И.
Published: December 2022

Очень важно сохранить генетический фон флоры, особенно территориальный. Это связано, с одной стороны, с недостающей информацией о полезных растениях, а с другой, – с вероятностью применения генофонда флоры для создания экономически значимых видов и сортов растений.